Split (1)

train · 63.4k rows

id stringlengths 3 8	url stringlengths 32 190	title stringlengths 2 122	text stringlengths 6 230k
21206498	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mi%C4%99dzyrzecze%2C%20Silesian%20Voivodeship	Międzyrzecze, Silesian Voivodeship	Międzyrzecze () is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bojszowy, within Bieruń-Lędziny County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Bojszowy, south of Bieruń, and south of the regional capital Katowice. The village has a population of 754. History During the political upheaval caused by Matthias Corvinus the land around Pszczyna was overtaken by Casimir II, Duke of Cieszyn, who sold it in 1517 to the Hungarian magnates of the Thurzó family, forming the Pless state country. In the accompanying sales document issued on 21 February 1517 the village was mentioned as Mezerziczi. The Kingdom of Bohemia in 1526 became part of the Habsburg Monarchy. In the War of the Austrian Succession most of Silesia was conquered by the Kingdom of Prussia, including the village. References Villages in Bieruń-Lędziny County
59902287	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parish%20Church%20of%20St%20Joseph%2C%20Manikata	Parish Church of St Joseph, Manikata	The Parish Church of Saint Joseph () is an iconic Roman Catholic parish church in Manikata, Malta, dedicated to Saint Joseph. It was designed by Richard England in 1962, and it was built between 1964 and 1974. The church marks a break from traditional church building designs, and it is an example of Critical regionalism. Its form is inspired by the girna, a traditional corbelled stone hut. History The first church in the village of Manikata was a small chapel dedicated to St Joseph, built in 1918. By the mid-20th century, this was too small to cater for the village's growing population, and plans were made to enlarge the chapel. These proved to be impractical, so in 1961 it was decided to build a new and larger church at a different location. The rector Manwel Grima asked the architect Edwin England Sant Fournier to make plans for the new church, but the latter entrusted the job to his son Richard England, making the church his first commission. England designed the building in 1962, at the time when the Second Vatican Council was causing reforms in the Catholic Church. These reforms aimed at modernizing the Church proved to be a source of inspiration for England's concept for the new church building. The new church building's capacity stood at 700. The first stone was laid down by Archbishop Mikiel Gonzi on 16 August 1964, in the presence of Prime Minister George Borg Olivier and Minister Joseph Spiteri. The church's construction was marred by a restrictive budget of only £M20,000, a lack of skilled labourers, and the death of Grima in 1971. It was inaugurated by Archbishop Gonzi on 29 November 1974. It became a parish church on 16 February 1975, and it was consecrated by Archbishop Joseph Mercieca on 17 February 1985. The church was scheduled as a Grade 1 building in 2011. Architecture The Manikata church is one of the most iconic and innovative churches in Malta. It broke away from traditional Baroque church designs, and England's concept was derived from site specific conditions relating to critical regionalism, along with a desire to mirror the then-ongoing reforms in the Catholic Church. The church consists of curving walls, which are meant to create an element of intimacy, and their configuration recalls the Megalithic Temples of Malta. Another source of inspiration is the Notre Dame du Haut chapel by Le Corbusier, which also broke away from more conservative church designs in favour of sculptural forms. The overall form of England's church is inspired by an abstracted interpretation of the girna, a type of traditional corbelled stone hut common in rural Malta. The church is aimed to capture both human spirituality along with the peace associated with the natural environment surrounding it. References External links Mellieħa Roman Catholic churches completed in 1974 1974 establishments in Malta 20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Malta
55766496	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%20Million%20Happy%20Nows	A Million Happy Nows	A Million Happy Nows is a 2017 American independent drama film written by Marisa Calin and directed by Albert Alarr. The film stars Crystal Chappell and Jessica Leccia as a lesbian couple dealing with the diagnosis of early onset Alzheimer's. Veteran actress Lainey Allen (Chappell) is tired of being sidelined for younger talent on the soap she has starred in for twenty years. Coupled with finding it harder to retain her lines, she decides not to renew her contract, and she and her publicist and partner, Eva Morales (Leccia), move to a beach house overlooking the ocean on the Central California coast. The move highlights some small changes in Lainey’s personality – mild depression that Eva puts down to leaving the show. But when Lainey starts to forget more than can be attributed to stress, Eva insists on a visit to the doctor. A Million Happy Nows chronicles Lainey and Eva’s changing relationship as they struggle to deal with the diagnosis of Lainey’s Early Onset Alzheimer’s, the prospect of an indomitable woman’s future of dependence and her single support system – the woman who was once in awe of her, became everything to her, and will now look after her. Cast Crystal Chappell as Lainey Allen Jessica Leccia as Eva Morales Hillary B. Smith as Val Dendrie Taylor as Julie Dan Gauthier as Jason Robert Gant as Dr. Hansen Marisa Calin as Kate Dale Raoul as Wendy Roberta Valderrama as Mindy Cuyle Carvin as Mike Andrew Dits as Bartender Michael Corbett as Aden Brett Weinstock as Press Guy Donnell Turner as Mr. Handsome Susan Seaforth Hayes as Katy Mark Hapka as Soap Actor Elissa Reilly Slater as Soap Actor Production Stars Crystal Chappell and Jessica Leccia acquired a very devoted fanbase following their extremely popular pairing as Olivia Spencer and Natalia Rivera Aitoro on CBS’ Guiding Light. Since airing in 2009, the storyline, given the portmanteau “Otalia”, which received critical acclaim and earned Chappell an Outstanding Lead Actress Daytime Emmy nomination, has received around 30 million views on YouTube. In response to the overwhelming global support and positive outpouring from the underrepresented LGBT community, Chappell (now a recipient of the Human Rights Campaign Ally Award) created her production company, Open Book Productions, to bring original programming to the screen, producing Venice: The Series, which received the 2011 Emmy for Outstanding Special Class Short Format Daytime - the first Emmy awarded to content produced for the web, and the 2014 Emmy for Outstanding New Approaches - Drama Series She continued to produce original and creatively uncensored programming with her latest series, LGBT themed political drama Beacon Hill, which was also nominated for the 2015 Outstanding New Approaches - Drama Series Emmy. Open Book Productions was approached by writer Marisa Calin in 2013 and began the collaboration to bring A Million Happy Nows to the screen with Calin's production company Perfect Features. A Million Happy Nows represents the first big-screen pairing of Crystal Chappell and Jessica Leccia. Principal photography took place in California over 20 days in late 2014. The majority of the film was shot in a house overlooking the ocean on the Malibu coast. Post-production was completed at Technicolor in New York in mid 2016. Release A Million Happy Nows premiered on the festival circuit in January 2017, and was officially selected for most major LGBT festivals throughout the year including Mardi Gras Film Festival (Sydney), Inside Out Film and Video Festival (Toronto), FilmOut (San Diego), Frameline (San Francisco), Outfest (Los Angeles) and Newfest (New York) In September 2016, Sales Agent Shoreline Entertainment picked up the rights to the film, and in November 2017, the distribution rights for Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Lichtenstein and Luxembourg were sold to German distributor, Pro-Fun Media. The film was released in those territories as Millionen Momente Voller Glückin in mid December, 2017 and ended the year at number 1 in the DVD category in LGBT films on Amazon.de. North American rights went to Gravitas Ventures in the same month. They released the film across most Video-on-Demand platforms, including iTunes and Amazon Video, in the U.S and Canada on January 23, 2018, under the title 1 Million Happy Nows. The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray in the U.S. in May, 2018. Releases followed in Taiwan, Vietnam, Cambodia and Malaysia by Creative Century Entertainment, in Bulgaria by Medialine, in Poland by Tongariro Releasing, and in Brazil by Encripta. Reception Prominent magazine AfterEllen, which focuses on the portrayal of lesbian and bisexual women in the media, featured A Million Happy Nows at number 6 on their list of [13 best films of 2017]. In their review from May 2017, they described the film as ‘dramatic gold’. Curve Magazine also included the film at number 9 on their list of 10 best films of the year about LGBTIQ woman, alongside critical and commercial successes such as Battle of the Sexes starring Emma Stone. A Million Happy Nows was also the winner of Curve Magazine's Mystery Movie Poll to screen a film for audiences at ClexaCon, the first convention celebrating the LGBTQ community and its allies, born of the pairing of character from the CW's The 100, Clarke and Lexa. The film came away with the film festival's award for Best Feature. A Million Happy Nows has received positive reviews across the board since its premiere at the Mardi Gras Film Festival in January 2017 with the Sydney Arts Guide writing “this film is a labour of love and it's there in every frame and every word... stay(s) with you long after you emerge into the outside glare.” The Hollywood Times described it as “Absolutely Phenomenal” celebrating the British invasion at Outfest in the form of opening night film God's Own Country, and British writer Marisa Calin's win for Best First Feature for A Million Happy Nows. Accolades References External links A Million Happy Nows on IMDb A Million Happy Nows on Facebook Gravitas Ventures 2010s romantic drama films 2017 films American romantic drama films American films 2017 drama films
56327542	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Results%20of%20the%201976%20Victorian%20state%20election%20%28Legislative%20Assembly%29	Results of the 1976 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly)	\|} This is a list of electoral district results for the Victorian 1976 election. Results by electoral district Albert Park Ascot Vale Ballarat North Ballarat South Balwyn Benalla Benambra Bendigo Bennettswood Bentleigh Berwick Box Hill Brighton Broadmeadows Brunswick Bundoora Burwood Carrum Caulfield Coburg Dandenong Doncaster Dromana Essendon Evelyn Footscray Forest Hill Frankston Geelong East Geelong North Geelong West Gippsland East Gippsland South Gisborne Glenhuntly Glenroy Greensborough Hawthorn Heatherton Ivanhoe Keilor Kew Knox Lowan Malvern Melbourne Mentone Midlands Mildura Mitcham Monbulk Morwell Murray Valley Narracan Niddrie Noble Park Northcote Oakleigh Polwarth Portland Prahran Preston Reservoir Richmond Ringwood Ripon Rodney Sandringham Shepparton South Barwon Springvale St Kilda Sunshine Swan Hill Syndal Wantirna Warrandyte Warrnambool Werribee Westernport Williamstown See also 1976 Victorian state election Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1976–1979 References Results of Victorian state elections 1970s in Victoria (Australia)
40953770	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esprit%20Requien	Esprit Requien	Esprit Requien (6 May 1788, Avignon – 30 May 1851, Bonifacio, Corse-du-Sud) was a French naturalist, who made contributions in the fields of conchology, paleontology and especially botany. From the age of 18, he was associated with the botanical garden in the city of Avignon. He performed extensive studies of flora native to Corsica and in the environs of Mont Ventoux. During his lifetime, he amassed an herbarium of 300,000 specimens. In the fields of conchology and palaeontology, he conducted collecting expeditions to the Pyrenees, Catalonia and Italy. The natural history museum, Musée Requien, in Avignon is named in his honor. He is the taxonomic authority of a monotypic plant genus Helxine, now treated as a synonym of Soleirolia, in the nettle family Urticaceae. The genera Requienella (author Jean-Henri Fabre) and Requienia (author Augustin Pyramus de Candolle) are named after him, as are plants with the specific and subspecific epithets of requienii. The World Register of Marine Species lists 57 marine species names by Requien, most of which have become synonyms. Written works Observations sur quelques plantes rares ou nouvelles de la flore française, 1825 - Observations on some rare and new botanical species found in France. Catalogue des végétaux ligneux qui croissent naturellement en Corse, 1852 - Catalogue of woody plants native to Corsica. Bibliographie des journaux publiés à Avignon et dans le département de Vaucluse, 1837 - Bibliography of papers published in Avignon and in the department of Vaucluse. Dons faits au Museum Calve, 1839-1846 - Donations to the Museum Calve. Catalogue des coquilles de l'île de Corse, 1848 - a catalog of Corsican seashells. References External links Musée Requien 1788 births 1851 deaths French naturalists French botanists Conchologists People from Avignon
13026922	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahehia	Mahehia	Mahehia is a genus of woodlice in the family Porcellionidae, which is endemic to the Seychelles. It contains the following species: Mahehia bicornis Budde-Lund, 1913 Mahehia laticauda Budde-Lund, 1913 Mahehia maculata Budde-Lund, 1913 References Porcellionidae Fauna of Seychelles Endemic fauna of Seychelles
40117437	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waayhoek	Waayhoek	Waayhoek is a town in Uthukela District Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. References Populated places in the Alfred Duma Local Municipality
57032391	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manasseh%20Azure	Manasseh Azure	Manasseh Azure, born Manasseh Azure Awuni, is a freelance journalist who worked with Multimedia Group Limited in Accra, Ghana, in the past. He is known for his controversial investigative and anti-corruption reports that have caused national uproar and resulted in some government officials going to prison. He spends his leisure time speaking at youth programmes and anti-corruption seminars. Azure has won various awards for his works including the journalist of the year at the West Africa Media Excellence Awards in 2019 and 2020. Education Born in Bongo in the Upper East Region, Azure moved to Kete-Krachi in the Volta Region where he completed his secondary education at Krachi Senior High School. He proceeded to the Ghana Institute of Journalism where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in communication studies and, later, a Master of Arts degree in communication studies at the University of Ghana. Career Azure began his career as a freelance journalist before joining the Multimedia Group Limited in 2012. He is currently the head of investigation at Joy FM and Joy News, subsidiaries of MGL. Controversies Azure's work has always stirred national controversy, notably concerning the Mahama Ford saga. He broke a story in 2016 when the then president, John Mahama, received a Ford Expedition gift from a Burkinabé contractor. Many groups called for an investigation into the saga. The gift was believed to be a return favour for a contract given to the businessman. The story damaged Mahama's second term bid. In 2019, Azure and Joy FM broadcast a documentary titled "Militia in the heart of the nation" which detailed how a private and unlicensed security group affiliated to the governing New Patriotic Party operated from the seat of a government annexe, the Osu Castle. The government denied the story, as expected, but various government spokespersons contradicted one another. The De-Eye group also sued Azure and the media house. The group abandoned the suit when Azure and the Multimedia Group filed their defence. The journalist has however, won similar defamation suits against those he has investigated. Books The Fourth John: Reign, Rejection and Rebound Letters to My Future Wife Voice of Conscience Awards Azure has won: 2011 : Ghana Journalists Association, Journalist of the Year (awarded in 2012) 2013 : Ghana Journalists Association, Best Anti-Corruption Reporter 2017 : West Africa Media Excellence Awards, Best Investigating Reporting 2018 : West Africa Media Excellence Awards , Anti-Corruption Reporter of the Year 2018 : West Africa Media Excellence Awards, Journalist of the Year References Living people Ghanaian radio journalists 1985 births Ghanaian investigative journalists
8309538	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana%20Baumrind	Diana Baumrind	Diana Blumberg Baumrind (August 23, 1927 – September 13, 2018) was a clinical and developmental psychologist known for her research on parenting styles and for her critique of the use of deception in psychological research. Early life and education Baumrind was born into a Jewish community in New York City, the first of two daughters of Hyman and Mollie Blumberg. She completed her B.A. in Psychology and Philosophy at Hunter College in 1948, and her M.A. and Ph.D. in Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley. Her doctoral dissertation was entitled "Some personality and situational determinants of behavior in a discussion group". Career After being awarded her doctorate she served as a staff psychologist at Cowell Memorial Hospital in Berkeley. She was also director of two U. S. Public Health Service projects and a consultant on a California state project. From 1958-1960 she also had a private practice in Berkeley. She was a developmental psychologist at the Institute of Human Development, University of California, Berkeley. She was known for her research on parenting styles and for her critique of deception in psychological research, especially Stanley Milgram's controversial experiment. Baumrind defined three parenting styles: Authoritarian: the authoritarian parenting style is characterized by high demandingness with low responsiveness. The authoritarian parent is rigid, harsh, and demanding. Abusive parents usually fall in this category (although Baumrind is careful to emphasize that not all authoritarian parents are abusive). Permissive: this parenting style is characterized by low demandingness with high responsiveness. The permissive parent is overly responsive to the child's demands, seldom enforcing consistent rules. The "spoiled" child often has permissive parents. Authoritative: this parenting style is characterized by high demandingness with huge responsiveness. The authoritative parent is firm but not rigid, willing to make an exception when the situation warrants. The authoritative parent is responsive to the child's needs but not indulgent. Baumrind makes it clear that she favors the authoritative style. Baumrind studied the effects of corporal punishment on children, and concluded that mild spanking, in the context of an authoritative (not authoritarian) parenting style, is unlikely to have a significant detrimental effect, if one is careful to control for other variables such as socioeconomic status. She observed that previous studies demonstrating a correlation between corporal punishment and bad outcomes failed to control for variables such as socioeconomic status. Low-income families are more likely to employ corporal punishment compared with affluent families. Children from low-income neighborhoods are more likely to commit violent crimes compared with children from affluent neighborhoods. But Baumrind believed that when appropriate controls are made for family income and other independent variables, mild corporal punishment per se does not increase the likelihood of bad outcomes. This assertion has in turn attracted criticism and counterpoints from other researchers in the same publication, for example: Whether harmful or not, there is still no consistent evidence of beneficial effects. She was influenced in her studies by Theodor Adorno, Else Frenkel-Brunswik, Egon Brunswik, and David Krech Baumrind died in September 2018 following a car accident. See also Parenting style - Maccoby and Martin expanded Baumrind's three parenting styles to four: authoritative, authoritarian, indulgent and neglectful. References Further reading Findings Give Some Support To Advocates of Spanking Biography of Diana Blumberg Baumrind American women psychologists American psychologists Developmental psychologists Hunter College alumni UC Berkeley College of Letters and Science alumni University of California, Berkeley staff 1927 births 2018 deaths Scientists from New York City 20th-century American Jews 21st-century American Jews 20th-century American women 21st-century American women
364066	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotopaxi	Cotopaxi	Cotopaxi is an active stratovolcano in the Andes Mountains, located in Latacunga city of Cotopaxi Province, about south of Quito, and northeast of the city of Latacunga, Ecuador. It is the second highest summit in Ecuador, reaching a height of . Cotopaxi is among the highest active volcanoes in the world. Its most recent eruption began on 14 August 2015, and ended on 24 January 2016. Since 1738, Cotopaxi has erupted more than 50 times, resulting in the creation of numerous valleys formed by lahars (mudflows) around the volcano. The last eruption lasted from August 2015 to January 2016. Cotopaxi was officially closed by the authorities to climbing until it reopened on October 7, 2017. Description On a clear day, Cotopaxi is clearly visible on the skyline from Latacunga and Quito. It is part of the chain of volcanoes around the Pacific plate known as the Pacific Ring of Fire. It has an almost symmetrical cone that rises from a highland plain of about , with a width at its base of about . It has one of the few equatorial glaciers in the world, which starts at the height of . At its summit, Cotopaxi has an wide crater which is deep. The crater consists of two concentric crater rims, the outer one being partly free of snow and irregular in shape. The crater interior is covered with ice cornices and rather flat. The highest point is on the outer rim of the crater on the north side. History Name According to locals who speak Quechua, coto means 'neck' and paxi means 'moon' (Quechua q'oto 'throat' + Aymara phakhsi 'moon'). This refers to the crater of Cotopaxi that looks like a crescent moon. The mountain was honored as a sacred mountain by local Andean people, even before the Inca invasion in the 15th century. It was worshiped as rain sender, which served as the guarantor of the land's fertility, and at the same time its summit was revered as a place where gods lived. Historic eruptions With 87 known eruptions, Cotopaxi is one of Ecuador's most active volcanoes. The first recorded eruption of Cotopaxi was in 1534. This eruption appears to have deposited an ash layer in the lakes of El Cajas National Park that has been dated to 450±70 cal BP. Cotopaxi's most violent eruptions in historical times occurred in the years 1742, 1744, 1768, and 1877. The 1744 and 1768 events destroyed the colonial town of Latacunga. During the June 26, 1877 eruption, pyroclastic flows descended on all sides of the mountain melting the entire ice cap, with lahars traveling more than into the Pacific Ocean and western Amazon basin draining the valley. The city of Latacunga was again leveled completely due to the mudslide deposits. The eruption on 19 June 1742 was witnessed by the scientists Pierre Bouguer and Charles-Marie de La Condamine, members of the French Geodesic Mission, as they descended from nearby Guagua Pichincha. There was a major eruption from 1903 to 1904, and minor activity persisted until at least 1940 and possibly 1942. (Note that direct observations of minor eruptions can be difficult because of bad weather, hence the uncertainty about the 1942 "eruption.") The same source also reported increased thermal/seismic, non-eruptive activity in 1975 and 2002. In the increased activity of 2002, fumarolic activity and sulfuric emissions increased and ice around the inside and on the southeastern side of the cone started to melt. However, no actual eruption was observed. In 2015, two large phreatic (steam) eruptions on the morning of August 14 marked a new phase of volcanic activity. The volcano "remains in a very abnormal situation. In August, 2,100 earthquakes were recorded and emission rates of sulfur dioxide reach approximately . The government estimates some 300,000 people are at risk from the volcano in the provinces of Cotopaxi, Tungurahua, Napo and Pichincha. Climbing The first European who tried to climb the mountain was Alexander von Humboldt in 1802; however, he only reached a height of about . In 1858 Moritz Wagner investigated the mountain, but he could not reach the summit either. On November 28, 1872, German geologist Wilhelm Reiss and his Colombian partner, Angel Escobar, finally reached the summit of Cotopaxi. In 1873 it was summitted by German Geologist Moritz Alphons Stübel and four Ecuadorians, Rafael Jantui, Melchor Páez, Vicente Ramón and Eusebio Rodriguez. In 1880 British mountaineer Edward Whymper and the Italian guides Jean-Antoine Carrel and Louis Carrel made the third recorded ascent of Cotopaxi and spent a night on the summit. Painters and Hans Meyer reached the summit in 1903, and many of Reschreiter's paintings feature a view of Cotopaxi. In the late 20th century, summiting Cotopaxi became a major tourist draw. The José F. Ribas Refuge (Refugio José Félix Ribas) was built in 1971 at an elevation of and enlarged in 2005. A tragedy occurred here on Easter Sunday 1996 when an avalanche partially buried the Refuge and dozens of tourists. The glacier above the Refuge was probably weakened by an earthquake that had shaken the entire Province of Cotopaxi for several days prior to the avalanche. In the warm midday sun a huge portion of the ice wall broke loose. Being Easter, there were many day visitors on the mountain who were buried in the ice and snow. Those trapped in the Refuge broke windows on the downhill side to climb to safety, but 13 people died on the slope above. The Refuge itself is located in a valley and consequently vulnerable to future avalanches. Today Recreation Climbing Cotopaxi to the summit is quite popular, with up to 100 climbers attempting it on weekends. Today, mountain guide companies offer regular guided climbs of the mountain. Climbers grade the conventional route alpine PD (Peu Difficile) or WS (Wenig Schwierig) — or PD/WS+ (indicating "Mildly Difficult PLUS"). Use of crampons and ice axes is mandatory as snow and ice slopes of up to 50 degrees (1 in 2) are encountered, and climbers should be on belay and use aluminum ladders to cross one or two of the crevasses. A 4WD track goes up from the national park entrance to a carpark at altitude on north side, just below the José F. Ribas Refuge. This stone mountain hut — owned and operated by Grupo Ascensionismo del Colegio San Gabriel — is situated higher at (a 40-80 minute uphill hike). Here climbers can spend the night and begin their summit bid in the early morning without any intermediate camps. (Typically no more than about half of those attempting to summit Cotopaxi make it to the top after a daunting — though non-technical — six-hour scramble.) Summiting normally starts around 12:30 am, to reach the summit at latest 7:30 am and then return to the hut before the snow melts and glacier crevasses move/evolve. As of July 28, 2014, the Ribas Refuge is under construction. Tour operators shuttle their clients up to the top of the 4WD track once in the afternoon for a glacier skills class, and then again to start the climb around midnight, spending the intervening hours eating dinner and resting at a hostel lower down by the lakes. Adventure tourism operators in Quito also offer mountain biking tours from the Refuge downhill along the dirt track. Recent activity In April 2015, the volcano began to show signs of unrest, and came back to life. There was a large increase in earthquakes (including harmonic tremors) and SO2 emissions. IGEPN reported slight deformation of the edifice, suggesting an intrusion of magma under the volcano. As of 25 July, the unrest continued, and the most recent significant eruption was a phreatic (ash and steam) eruption that occurred on August 14 and 15, 2015. Ash was deposited heavily in areas close to the volcano, including damaging farmlands on the flanks of neighbouring volcanoes such as El Corazon, and thinly as far as Quito, affecting southern and central areas of the city. Future Cotopaxi eruptions pose a high risk to the local population, their settlements and fields. The main danger of a significant eruption of Cotopaxi would be the flash-melting of its summit glacier, resulting in devastating lahars which would travel down the flanks of the volcano, guided by river valleys whose origins lie at the volcano. Danger from normal, explosive eruptive activity is limited to within Cotopaxi National Park. However, the great distances that lahars of the significant size that Cotopaxi's glacier produces could travel greatly increase the hazard areas to include all river valleys leading from the volcano. If there were to be a very large explosion, it would destroy many northerly settlements within the valley in the suburban area of Quito (pop. more than 2,000,000). Another city which would be in great danger is the regional capital Latacunga, which is located in the south valley, and has been destroyed at least twice in recent history (1768, 1877) by lahars caused by volcanic activity. In art Cotopaxi is commonly depicted in the traditional paintings of the indigenous people of Tigua, as the volcano holds significant cultural value. Cotopaxi was the subject of important works by painter Frederic Edwin Church in 1855 and 1862. In the poem Romance by Walter J. Turner (1916), Cotopaxi is one of the romantic locations that has stolen the poet's heart. In the American film Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), the SS Cotopaxi, a ship named Cotopaxi that disappeared in 1925, appears in the Gobi Desert. American rock band The Mars Volta have a song named after the mountain. In The Star (1897), a short story by H. G. Wells, Cotopaxi erupts with a tumult of lava that reaches the coastline in a day. In Shadrach in the Furnace (1976), a science fiction novel by Robert Silverberg, an eruption by Cotopaxi becomes known as "the night of Cotopaxi". It starts a series of disasters and uprisings that establish in the early 21st century a world dictatorship by the Mongolian Genghis Mao. See also List of volcanoes in Ecuador List of volcanic eruptions by death toll References External links Stratovolcanoes of Ecuador Active volcanoes Andean Volcanic Belt Subduction volcanoes Glaciers of Ecuador 18th-century volcanic events 19th-century volcanic events 20th-century volcanic events Quaternary volcanoes Quaternary South America Five-thousanders of the Andes Climbing areas of Ecuador
2781266	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard%20J.%20Farwell	Leonard J. Farwell	Leonard James Farwell (January 5, 1819 – April 11, 1889) was an American politician and public administrator. He was the 2nd Governor of Wisconsin. Early life Farwell was born in Watertown, New York, the son of James and Rebecca (Cady) Farwell; both his parents died before his 11th birthday. He completed common schooling and apprenticed as a tinsmith until age 19. At that age, he moved west, settling briefly at Lockport, Illinois, where he established himself as a tinsmith. In January 1840, he sold his tinsmith business and moved north, to Milwaukee, in the Wisconsin Territory. He opened a wholesale hardware business there, which developed into one of the largest in the western territories at the time. He travelled extensively between 1846 and 1849, visiting Caribbean islands, Europe, and the near East. On his return, he settled in Dane County, Wisconsin, where he had invested in a great amount of property and owned roughly half the land of the village of Madison, the capitol of the new state. Farwell was active in building up the new capitol—he owned and operated half a dozen mills and shops, and was instrumental in laying out the streets and erecting the public buildings. He contributed to the establishment of the Wisconsin Historical Society, the state Agricultural Society, the public school system, and the University of Wisconsin. Public career Farwell was nominated by the Whig Party as their candidate in the 1851 Wisconsin gubernatorial election. He defeated his opponent, former Milwaukee Mayor Don A. J. Upham, and led the Whigs to a strong showing in the Wisconsin Assembly elections down-ballot, though they did not capture other statewide offices. Farwell's success was likely due to his personal popularity and the contributions he had provided to assist recent immigrants arriving in Wisconsin. He served one term and declined re-nomination in 1853. He was the first and only Whig Governor of Wisconsin. Governorship His term as governor had several significant achievements for the state. In the 1852 session, he signed a law which established the official Wisconsin Supreme Court (1852 Wisconsin Act 395)—prior to this law, the Supreme Court had simply been constituted of the judges of the state's circuit courts. He worked with Democrats in the Wisconsin Senate to pass a major banking act (1852 Wisconsin Act 479) which established a bank comptroller, a state banking institution, and significant regulation of commercial banking and lending. This act was also put to referendum and passed with the support of 79% of the electorate in November 1852. He also signed into law the creation of Wisconsin's Commissioner of Emigration (1852 Wisconsin Act 432), to be established in New York City and to encourage migration to the state. The work of the migration commissioner likely contributed to Wisconsin's population growing by 200,000 over the next three years. In the 1853 session, he signed a historic act abolishing the death penalty in Wisconsin and replaced it with a penalty of life imprisonment (1853 Wisconsin Act 103). This made Wisconsin the first state to abolish the gallows. In the same session, he signed the acts officially incorporating the State Historical Society (1853 Wisconsin Act 17), and the State Agricultural Society (1853 Wisconsin Act 5). Later years After leaving the governorship in 1854, Farwell concentrated on his business and local interests. He ran for alderman in Madison but lost by a close margin in 1857. Many of his investments were lost due to the Panic of 1857, and he ended up selling much of his property to pay his debts. He withdrew to his farm on the northern shores of Lake Mendota and took a role in managing the State Hospital for the Insane. In 1859, he briefly returned to politics when he was elected on the Republican ticket to represent northern Dane County in the Wisconsin State Assembly for the 1860 session. During the American Civil War, he served as Vice President of the association for the relief of Wisconsin's soldiers, providing services for sick and disabled veterans of the war. In 1863, he accepted an appointment from President Abraham Lincoln to the U.S. Patent Office and moved to Washington, D.C. He would serve as principal examiner of inventions for the next seven years. Lincoln assassination On the night of April 14, 1865, he was a witness, at Ford's Theatre, to the assassination of President Lincoln. He wisely presumed that other high officers of the Lincoln administration might also be endangered by the conspiracy and rushed to the Vice President's boarding place, arriving in time to summon additional guards and save Andrew Johnson from the knife of George Atzerodt. Governor Farwell then proceeded to Secretary William H. Seward's residence but arrived too late to prevent that attack. President Johnson later offered Farwell any appointment he wanted in the federal government, but Farwell declined, choosing to continue his work in the Patent Office. Return to the midwest After seven years in Washington, Governor Farwell moved to Chicago and started a patent agency, but he fell victim to the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, and thus abandoned the city. He then relocated to the small town of Grant City, Missouri, where he entered into a partnership in banking and real-estate, and went on to contribute to the building of a new high school, courthouse, and other infrastructure in the city. On April 11, 1889, after a brief illness, Farwell died in Grant City at the age of 70. He was interred at the Grant City Cemetery. Family life Farwell was the son of James and Rebecca (Cady) Farwell; both of his parents died in his childhood, leaving him orphaned at age 11. He married Frances A. Cross (spelled "Corss" in many historical documents) on September 20, 1853, while he was serving his term as Governor. She was the daughter of General Andrew N. Cross (or "Corss"), of Madison. They had three children together before her death, in 1868, while they were living in Washington. He married Frances Amelia Corss. Corss is the correct surname. Cross is incorrect as her surname. As a descendant of Gov. Farwell, I cite family documents, which also show a variant spelled Corse. Electoral history \| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"\| General Election, November 4, 1851 See also Family Histories 1500–2000 for Leonard James Farwell; > DAR Lineage Book: NSDAR: vol 104: 1913. References External links Leonard J. Farwell, Dictionary of Wisconsin History, Wisconsin State Historical Society Leonard J. Farwell, Articles, Wisconsin State Historical Society 1819 births 1889 deaths Members of the Wisconsin State Assembly Governors of Wisconsin Politicians from Watertown, New York Politicians from Chicago People from Grant City, Missouri Politicians from Milwaukee Politicians from Madison, Wisconsin Wisconsin Whigs Whig Party state governors of the United States 19th-century American politicians
52456959	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair-Haired%20Dumbbell	Fair-Haired Dumbbell	The Fair-Haired Dumbbell is a building located at 11 Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., in Portland, Oregon's Burnside Bridgehead project in the Kerns neighborhood, United States. Its exterior design was created by Los Angeles artist James Jean, and was selected by the Regional Arts & Culture Council, the city, and Guerrilla Development. Dan Cohen painted the artwork in June 2017. See also Kevin Cavenaugh References External links Buildings and structures in Portland, Oregon Kerns, Portland, Oregon
2435597	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebel%20Moon%20Rising	Rebel Moon Rising	Rebel Moon Rising is a PC game produced by Theodore Beale (now known as Vox Day) made by Beale's Fenris Wolf studio and published by GT Interactive. A PlayStation version was also announced, but never released. In the game, the Moon has been colonized, and due to political conflicts, the Lunar colonies are rebelling against the United Nations. The player is on the side of the Lunar alliance, fighting against United Nation forces. The game later takes a twist, when an alien species is discovered. This game is the sequel to Rebel Moon. With the same basis as Rising, the player takes on 27 levels in the original Rebel Moon, quite a few more levels than Rising. Rebel Moon was only released in a bonus disk with the Creative Labs hardware "3D BLASTER PCI". The series was also planned to have a third game, "Rebel Moon Revolution", but it was cancelled by GT Interactive. Due to insufficient communications about the cancellation, Fenris Wolf instated a lawsuit against GT Interactive. The PC shareware version of Rebel Moon Rising is included on disc 2 of the EIDOS Interactive game Blood, copyright 1997. A novelization of Rebel Moon, written by Bruce Bethke and Vox Day (the latter being a pseudonym of one of the game's developers), was published in 1996. Reception Computer Gaming World described Rebel Moon Rising as technologically innovative and "highly creative", and declared that its escort missions broke new ground in 3D shooter mission design. The game was commercially unsuccessful, according to Day, because the release of Quake at about the same time made gaming consumers look for 3D games, rather than the "2.5D" of RMR. References External links 1997 video games Windows games Windows-only games Cancelled PlayStation (console) games Video games set on the Moon GT Interactive Software games Video games developed in the United States Video games scored by Rom Di Prisco Video games with 2.5D graphics Sprite-based first-person shooters
122044	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest%20Lake%20Township%2C%20Washington%20County%2C%20Minnesota	Forest Lake Township, Washington County, Minnesota	Forest Lake Township was a township in Washington County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 7,642 at the 2000 census. It is now a part of the city of Forest Lake. History Forest Lake Township's first settlers arrived in the latter half of the 1850s, and the township was officially established in 1893. In the same year, part of the township incorporated as the village of Forest Lake. In 2001, Forest Lake (by this point, a city) annexed the entire township. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township had a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it (13.96%) is water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 7,642 people, 2,628 households, and 2,178 families residing in the township. The population density was 284.3 people per square mile (109.8/km2). There were 2,716 housing units at an average density of 101.1/sq mi (39.0/km2). The racial makeup of the township was 97.66% White, 0.20% African American, 0.25% Native American, 0.60% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 0.31% from other races, and 0.94% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.93% of the population. There were 2,628 households, out of which 39.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 74.8% were married couples living together, 5.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 17.1% were non-families. 13.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 3.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.91 and the average family size was 3.18. In the township the population was spread out, with 28.1% under the age of 18, 6.9% from 18 to 24, 29.9% from 25 to 44, 28.4% from 45 to 64, and 6.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 101.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.3 males. The median income for a household in the township was $70,671, and the median income for a family was $74,564. Males had a median income of $49,259 versus $35,111 for females. The per capita income for the township was $29,066. About 1.7% of families and 2.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.5% of those under age 18 and 3.2% of those age 65 or over. References Geography of Washington County, Minnesota Defunct townships in Minnesota Populated places disestablished in 2001
2712117	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liang%20Ji	Liang Ji	Liang Ji (梁冀) (died 159), courtesy name Bozhuo (伯卓), was a Chinese military general and politician. As a powerful consort kin, he dominated government in the 150s together with his sister, Empress Liang Na. After his sister's death, Liang Ji was overthrown in a coup d'etat by Emperor Huan, with the support of the eunuch faction, in 159. The Liang clan and the clan of his wife, Sun Shou (孫壽), were slaughtered. Family background and early career Liang Ji was the oldest son of Liang Shang () -- an honest official who was also the Marquess of Chengshi, being the grandson of a brother of Consort Liang, the mother of Emperor He. His younger sister, Liang Na, became Emperor Shun's consort in 128, and was created empress in 132. After Empress Liang became empress, Emperor Shun entrusted her father Liang Shang with great power. In 133, Emperor Shun offered to create Liang Ji a marquess, but Liang Shang humbly declined that honor on his son's behalf. In 135, Emperor Shun made Liang Shang Grand Marshal (), over his own repeated objection. Liang Shang was a mild-mannered and honest man, although lacking in abilities. He did, however, trust other capable and honest officials, and during his term of office, the political scene was a lot cleaner than before. It was probably during this time that Liang Ji married his wife, Sun Shou. She was often described by traditional historians as a temptress who was able to induce Liang to be devoted to her sexually (although somewhat contradictorily, the traditional historians also described both heterosexual and homosexual affairs for Liang Ji, including one with his servant Qin Gong (), who was described as having a ménage à trois-type relationship with both Liang and Sun), and she was described to have invented a good number of sexually explicit clothing items. In 136, because both his father and his brother-in-law trusted him, Liang Ji was made the mayor of the capital Luoyang. However, what neither of them knew was that Liang Ji was violent, corrupt, and treacherous. On one occasion, one of Liang Shang's trusted advisors, Lü Fang (), the magistrate for Luoyang County (one of the subdivisions of the Luoyang municipality of which Liang Ji was mayor) warned Liang Shang about Liang Ji's corruption, and Liang Shang rebuked his son. Liang Ji then sent assassins out and killed Lü, but appeared to be so mournful about it that he recommended Lü's brother Lü Yu () to succeed Lü Fang and permitted Lü Yu to arrest and execute all who were suspected in the assassination, leading to the deaths of hundreds of people. As Grand Marshal under Emperor Shun In 141, Liang Shang died. Liang Ji inherited his march. Later that year, Emperor Shun made him Grand Marshal, succeeding his father, and made his younger brother Liang Buyi () -- an honest and humble man, relative to his brother—mayor of Luoyang. As Grand Marshal, Liang Ji gradually eliminated the opposition and consolidated his power, often through violent, illicit, or treacherous means. For example, in 142, because he was criticized by the lower-level official Zhang Gang (), he intentionally made Zhang the governor of Guanglin Commandery, at that time overrun by agrarian rebels, believing that Zhang would surely be killed by these rebels. (However, Zhang was eventually able to convince these rebels to surrender, and governed the commandery with efficiency and honesty.) As Grand Marshal under Emperors Chong and Zhi Emperor Shun died in 144. His infant son Liu Bing (), by Consort Yu, became emperor (as Emperor Chong), and Empress Liang became empress dowager and regent. Empress Dowager Liang appeared to be diligent in governing over the empire, and she trusted several key officials with integrity to advise her on important affairs. However, she also trusted her brother Liang Ji greatly, and Liang Ji used her position to further consolidate his own. However, she was willing to go against his advice on a number of occasions, and she, for example, protected the honest official Li Gu () against Liang Ji's demands to execute Li, in 145. In 145, the young Emperor Chong died, and in an effort to be open to people, Empress Dowager Liang announced his death openly immediately. She summoned the young emperor's third cousins Liu Suan (), the Prince of Qinghe, and Liu Zuan (), the son of Liu Hong () the Prince of Le'an, to the capital Luoyang, to be examined as potential successors. Prince Suan was probably an adult, and was described as solemn and proper, and the key officials largely favored him. However, Liang Ji wanted a young emperor whom he could control, so he convinced Empress Dowager Liang to make the seven-year-old Liu Zuan emperor (as Emperor Zhi). Empress Dowager Liang continued to serve as regent. In 146, after the young Emperor Zhi showed signs that he was already cognizant of Liang Ji's corruption and offended Liang Ji by openly calling him "an arrogant general," Liang Ji had him poisoned, apparently without Empress Dowager Liang's knowledge. The key officials again largely favored Prince Suan as successor, but Liang Ji again vetoed their wishes, and instead persuaded Empress Dowager Liang to make the 14-year-old Liu Zhi (), the Marquess of Liwu, who was betrothed to Empress Dowager Liang and Liang Ji's sister Liang Nüying, emperor (as Emperor Huan). Empress Dowager Liang continued to serve as regent. As Grand Marshal under Emperor Huan It was really during Emperor Huan's reign that Liang Ji exercised near absolute power. He tried to ensure that power by also establishing relationships with Emperor Huan's trusted eunuchs, often presenting them with great gifts, but also making show of force to anyone (eunuchs or non-eunuch officials) that he could cause the death of anyone he wanted to kill. In 147, for example, in conjunction with eunuchs Tang Heng () and Zuo Guan (), he falsely accused Li Gu and Prince Suan of a conspiracy to start a military rebellion. Prince Suan was demoted to be Marquess of Weishi, and he committed suicide. Li, and another key official who opposed Liang Ji, Du Qiao (), were executed. Also in 147, Emperor Huan married Liang Ji's sister Liang Nüying and created her empress. In 150, Empress Dowager Liang died, shortly after she announced that she was returning imperial powers to Emperor Huan. However, Liang Ji remained in effective control of the government—perhaps even more so than before, with his sister now no longer curbing his power. His wife Sun was created the Lady of Xiangcheng, with a march rivaling his own large one. Both of them built luxurious mansions with huge gardens in the rear, and collected innumerable precious items. Liang, further, forced commoners into slavery, and also falsely accused a large number of rich people of crimes, in order to execute them and confiscate their properties. In 151, Liang made a critical error that nearly caused him great harm—he, in contravention to imperial regulations not to bring weapons into the imperial meeting hall, strided in with his sword. The imperial secretary Zhang Ling () rebuked him and moved to impeach him, and while Liang, who was actually still in control of the government, was not impeached, he was greatly embarrassed and penalized by surrendering one year's worth of salary. Because Zhang had been recommended by his brother Liang Buyi, Liang Ji became suspicious of his brother and removed him as the mayor of Luoyang—giving that post to his own son, the 15-year-old Liang Yin (), who was utterly incompetent. Liang Ji further expelled Liang Buyi's friends out of the government. Liang Ji, apparently unsatisfied with his nearly limitless position, took a number of actions that were directly analogous to what Wang Mang had done prior to his usurpation of the Han throne—including ordering officials to recommend to Emperor Huan to enlarge his march to be as large as the Duke of Zhou; to grant him special dispensation, unprecedented since Xiao He, to walk slowly into the imperial meeting hall (by Han regulations, officials were required to trot into the imperial meeting hall), to carry his sword into the meeting hall, to keep his shoes on, and to have the master of ceremonies refer to him only by rank and title, not by name; to grant him rewards as great as those granted to Huo Guang; and for him to be seated above all other imperial officials. This brought expectation that Liang might be interested in usurping the throne eventually. All who dared to criticize him invited certain death. Loss of power and death In 159, Liang Ji's sister Empress Liang Nüying died—which, oddly enough, set in motion a chain of events that would end Liang Ji's power. Liang, in order to continue to control Emperor Huan, had adopted his wife's beautiful cousin (the stepdaughter of her uncle Liang Ji (梁紀—note different character despite same pronunciation)), Deng Mengnü, as his own daughter, changing her family name to Liang. He and Sun gave Liang Mengnü to Emperor Huan as an imperial consort, and, after Empress Liang's death, hoped to have her eventually created empress. To completely control her, Liang Ji planned to have her mother, Lady Xuan (), killed, and in fact sent assassins against her, but the assassination was foiled by the powerful eunuch Yuan She (), a neighbor of Lady Xuan. Lady Xuan reported the assassination attempt to Emperor Huan, who was greatly angered. He entered into a conspiracy with eunuchs Tang Heng, Zuo Guan, Shan Chao (), Xu Huang (), and Ju Yuan () to overthrow Liang—sealing the oath by biting open Shan's arm and swearing by his blood. Liang Ji had some suspicions about what Emperor Huan and the eunuchs were up to, and he investigated. The five eunuchs quickly reacted. They had Emperor Huan openly announce that he was taking back power from Liang Ji and mobilize the imperial guards to guard the palace against a counterattack by Liang, and then surrounded Liang's house and forced him to surrender. Liang and Sun were unable to respond and committed suicide. The entire Liang and Sun clans (except for Liang Ji's brothers Liang Buyi and Liang Meng (), who had already died) were arrested and slaughtered. A large number of officials were executed or deposed for close association with Liang—so many that the government was almost unable to function for some time. Liang and Sun's properties were confiscated by the imperial treasury, which allowed the taxes to be reduced by 50% for one year. The people greatly celebrated Liang Ji's death. References Book of Later Han, vol. 34. Zizhi Tongjian, vols. 51, 52, 53, 54. 159 deaths Han dynasty generals Han dynasty politicians Leaders ousted by a coup Mayors of Luoyang Regents of China Year of birth unknown
22471240	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Forum%2C%20Tunbridge%20Wells	The Forum, Tunbridge Wells	The Forum is an independent music venue in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, with a standing capacity of 250. The venue opened in 1993, the building having previously been a public toilet. Location The Forum is located on Tunbridge Wells Common, close to the junction of the A26 London Road and Frant Road, opposite the Church of King Charles the Martyr and The Pantiles. It is approximately five minutes walk from Tunbridge Wells station. History The Forum was the brainchild of four friends: Michael Oyarzabal, Peter Hoare, Jason Dormon, and Mark Davyd, two of whom had previously been involved with the Rumble Club, an irregular music event that took place in a variety of locations in Tunbridge Wells during the period 1988 to 1992 – bringing bands such as The Boo Radleys, Lush and Green Day to the area. It was the success of The Rumble Club that prompted them to seek a permanent location for their own venue. The Forum opened as a new music venue in January 1993 in a building on Tunbridge Wells Common which had been built as a public cold bath and was subsequently a public toilet and then a brass rubbing centre. It has since hosted a number of acts who have gone on to achieve significant commercial success. In 2007, The Forum produced a parody of the cover of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, showing a selection of the better known acts that had played at the venue. In 2010, The Forum and one of its founders Jason Dormon were featured in The Independent'''s "Happy List", profiling people who make Britain a better place to live. In 2012, the NME'' voted the venue as Britain's Best Small Venue. The Forum has been credited as a key influence by people from the local area who have become successful in the music industry - including Jeremy Pritchard of Everything Everything and Slaves. Notable acts Many acts have appeared at The Forum, towards the beginning of careers that saw them go onto significant commercial success. These have included Adele, Biffy Clyro, Coldplay, Ellie Goulding, Green Day, IDLES, The Libertines, Mumford & Sons, Muse, Oasis, Royal Blood, The Vaccines, We Are Scientists and Wolf Alice. In addition, The Forum has been used as a venue for more established acts who are playing warmup or smaller shows. These have included Ash, The Divine Comedy, Enter Shikari, Foals, Frank Turner, Graham Coxon, Joeyfat, Keane, Rag'n'Bone Man, and Wheatus. References External links Official Forum website TWForum myspace Twitter page Facebook page Music venues in Kent Buildings and structures in Royal Tunbridge Wells Music venues completed in 1993
41953986	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma%20Eta	Gamma Eta	Gamma Eta () is the first social sorority to be founded in the State of Florida. Eighteen women came together to create the sorority at the University of Florida in Gainesville on October 18, 1995. Gamma Eta was chartered and incorporated on August 2, 1999. Gamma Eta is composed of college-educated women of diverse cultural backgrounds, including Caucasian, Hispanic, African, Asian, Middle Eastern (West Asia), and Indian. Gamma Eta is a part of the National Multicultural Greek Council. History Founding In the years leading up to 1995, there were many questions regarding the role of the Latino community at the University of Florida. There was a low retention rate for Latino students and a large cultural disconnect at the University of Florida campus. In direct response to those issues, the Founding Mothers led the efforts to create Gamma Eta for women of diverse backgrounds to provide a social and academic support system. Gamma Eta Society First known as Gamma Eta Society, the founding mothers faced numerous barriers in becoming formally recognized as an official sorority. Despite these obstacles, the founders initiated the first Founding Class in the Spring of 1996. A few months after Gamma Eta's incorporation, the sorority was admitted to the local Multicultural Greek Council as an Associate Member on November 22, 1999. Pillars of success Sisterhood Strength Unity Diversity Scholarship Leadership Service Chapters Active chapters noted in bold, inactive chapters noted in italics. Undergraduate chapters Alpha – University of Florida Beta – University of North Florida Gamma – University of Arkansas Delta – Jacksonville University Epsilon colony – University of Arkansas at Fort Smith Zeta colony – University of Georgia Eta colony – IUPUI Theta colony – St. John's University, Staten Island Campus Alumnae chapters Alpha Chi Alpha – Greater Miami Alpha Chi Beta – North Florida Alpha Chi Gamma – Orlando Alpha Chi Delta – Northwest Arkansas Alpha Chi Epsilon – Washington, D.C. Alpha Chi Zeta – Gainesville Philanthropy Gamma Eta's national philanthropy is breast cancer awareness in official partnership with the National Breast Cancer Foundation. Individual chapters at the collegiate and alumnae levels also support a secondary philanthropy. References External links Gamma Eta Sorority, Inc. National Website Student societies in the United States 1995 establishments in Florida National Multicultural Greek Council Organizations established in 1995
34638770	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statute%20Law%20Revision%20Act%201908	Statute Law Revision Act 1908	The Statute Law Revision Act 1908 (8 Edw 7 c 49) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It repealed the whole or part of Acts, from the Consolidated Fund (No. 1) Act, 1887 to the Appropriation Act, 1900. This Act was repealed for the United Kingdom by Group 1 of Part IX of Schedule 1 to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998. The enactments which were repealed (whether for the whole or any part of the United Kingdom) by this Act were repealed so far as they extended to the Isle of Man on 25 July 1991. This Act was retained for the Republic of Ireland by section 2(2)(a) of, and Part 4 of Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 2007. Section 2 - Application of repealed enactments in local courts The words "to the court of the county palatine of Lancaster or" in this section were repealed by section 56(4) of, and Part II of Schedule 11 to, the Courts Act 1971. This section was repealed by section 32(4) of, and Part V of Schedule 5 to, the Administration of Justice Act 1977. Schedule The Schedule to this Act was repealed by section 1 of, and Part I of the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1927. See also Statute Law Revision Act References Halsbury's Statutes, The Public General Acts passed in the eight year of the reign of His Majesty King Edward the Seventh. HMSO. London. 1908. Pages 232 to 297. External links List of amendments and repeals in the Republic of Ireland from the Irish Statute Book United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1908
20676777	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009%20Davis%20Cup%20Europe/Africa%20Zone	2009 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone	The European and African Zone is one of three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2009. Group I Group II Group III Section A Group A Group B Promotion Play-Off Group Relegation Play-Off Group and are promoted to Europe/Africa Group II in 2010. and are relegated to Europe/Africa Group IV in 2010. Section B Group A Group B Promotion Play-Off Group Relegation Play-Off Group and are promoted to Europe/Africa Group II in 2010. and are relegated to Europe/Africa Group IV in 2010. Group IV , , and are promoted to Europe/Africa Group III in 2010. External links Davis Cup draw details Europe Africa Zone Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone
9712507	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nell%20Martin	Nell Martin	Nell Martin (1890–1961) was an American author from Illinois specializing in light-hearted mysteries and short stories. Biography Her full name was Nell Columbia Boyer Martin. Having worked as a strawberry picker, newspaper reporter, taxi-cab driver, lawyer's assistant, laundry worker, singer, actress and press agent before becoming a writer, she referred to herself as a "Jill of all trades." In her career as a writer, she also published under Columbia Boyer as well as her full name Nell Columbia Boyer Martin. Her "Maisie" short stories were published in Top Notch Magazine in 1927-1928 and later inspired a movie and radio series starring Ann Sothern. Her 1928 novel Lord Byron of Broadway was made into a movie of the same title by MGM in 1930. She was at one time the lover of the mystery writer Dashiell Hammett and he dedicated his 1931 novel The Glass Key to her. She was married to Ashley Weed Dickinson, a journalist and author. Works Martin wrote eight novels and over 200 short stories. Her novels include: The Constant Simp (1927), which was reportedly a parody of the novel, The Constant Nymph The Mosaic Earring (1927) Lord Byron of Broadway: A Novel (1928) The Other Side of the Fence: A Novel (1929) Lovers Should Marry (1933), which she dedicated to Hammett. References 1890 births 1961 deaths American mystery writers American women novelists 20th-century American novelists 20th-century American women writers Women mystery writers 20th-century American short story writers
64810272	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NT%20Indigenous%20Music%20Awards%202004	NT Indigenous Music Awards 2004	The NT Indigenous Music Awards 2004 is the inaugural annual National Indigenous Music Awards, established by MusicNT. The new awards recognise excellence, dedication, innovation and outstanding contributions in the Northern Territory music industry. Members of the public could nominate a musician or band for the People's Choice Award. The awards ceremony was held on 28 August 2004. Performers The Mills Sisters Shellie Morris Yothu Yindi Nabarlek Hall of Fame Inductee Mandawuy Yunupingu & George Rrurrambu Mandawuy Yunupingu was inducted into the NT Music Hall of Fame for his 20-year contribution to Indigenous music. Awards Male Artist of the Year Female Artist of the Year Band of the Year Best New Talent of the Year People's Choice Award Traditional Music Award Excellence in Music Industry Training References 2004 in Australian music 2004 music awards National Indigenous Music Awards
450009	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports%20Hochi	Sports Hochi	, previously known as , is a Japanese language daily sports newspaper. In 2002, it had a circulation of a million copies a day. It is an affiliate newspaper of Yomiuri Shimbun. Reports 19 September 1939: SS Scharnhorst The Hochi Shimbun newspaper was mentioned in an article in The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser on September 20, 1939 concerning the conversion of the SS Scharnhorst into the escort carrier Shin'yō by the Imperial Japanese Navy. See also Hochi Film Award Golden Spirit Award References External links Daily newspapers published in Japan Sports newspapers published in Japan
22153171	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anticarsia	Anticarsia	Anticarsia is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1818. Species Anticarsia acutilinea (Walker, 1865) Anticarsia albilineata Hampson, 1926 Anticarsia anisospila (Walker, 1869) Anticarsia disticha Hampson, 1926 Anticarsia distorta Hampson, 1926 Anticarsia gemmatalis Hübner, 1818 – velvetbean moth Anticarsia irrorata (Fabricius, 1781) Anticarsia parana (Guenée, 1852) Anticarsia renipunctum (Berio, 1977) Anticarsia suffervens Dyar, 1920 Anticarsia tigris (Berio, 1977) Anticarsia unilineata Gaede, 1940 References Eulepidotinae Moth genera
61731382	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20awards%20and%20nominations%20received%20by%20Lady%20Jaydee	List of awards and nominations received by Lady Jaydee	Lady Jaydee is a Tanzanian singer. She specializes in the R&B/Zouk/Afro Pop genres. She is the recipient of more than 10 Tanzania Music Awards, an Africa Magazine Muzik Award, an East Africa TV Award, an All African Music Award, a Clouds FM Award, two Kenya Bingwa Music Awards, and many more. Channel O Music Video Awards \|- \|2003 \|Machozi \|Best African East \| \|- \|rowspan=2\|2005 \|Distance \|Best Video East Africa \| \|- \|Makini (Ft Titi) \|Best Collaboration Video \| \|- \|2006 \|Njalo (Featuring Mina Nawe) \|Best Collaboration \| \|- \|} Kora Awards \|- \|2003 \|Herself \|Most Promising Female Artist Africa \| \|- \|2005 \|Herself \|Best Female Artist East Africa \| \|- \|} Pearl of Africa Music Awards \|- \|2006 \|Herself \|Best Female Artist (Tanzania) \| \|- \|2007 \|Herself \|Best Female Artist (Tanzania) \| \|- \|2008 \|Herself \|Best Female Artist (Tanzania) \| \|- \|2010 \|Herself \|Best Female Artist (Tanzania) \| \|- \|2011 \|Herself \|Best Female Artist (Tanzania) \| \|- \|} M-Nets Africa Awards \|- \|2001 \|Herself \|Best Female Artist From Tanzania \| \|- \|} Tanzania Youth Achievements Awards \|- \|2003 \|Usiusemee Moyo \|Best RnB Song \| \|- \|} BBC Radio Music Awards \|- \|2005 \|Song Of The Year \|Distance \| \|- \|} Uganda Divas Awards \|- \|2011 \|Herself \|Best Female Artist in Tanzania \| \|- \|} Tanzania People's Choice Awards \|- \|2014 \|Yahaya \|Favorite Female Video \| \|- \|2015 \|herself \|Favorite Female Artist \| \|- \|} Baab Kubwa Magazine Awards \|- \|2012 \|herself \|Best Female Artist \| \|- \|} Kisima Music Awards (Kenya) \|- \|rowspan=2\|2008 \|rowspan=2\|Anitha with Matonya \|Song Of The Year \| \|- \|Collaboration of The Year \| \|- \|} Kenya Bingwa Music Awards \|- \|2015 \|Yahaya \|East African Song Of The Year \| \|- \|} Clouds FM Awards \|- \|2000 \|Herself \|Best Female Singer \| \|- \|2011 \|Herself \|Fiesta Hall Of Fame Award \| \|- \|} Tanzania Music Awards \|- \|rowspan=2\|2002 \|herself \|Best Female Artist \| \|- \|Machozi \|Video Of The Year \| \|- \|2004 \|Binti \|Best RnB Album \| \|- \|2007 \|Hawajui (with Mwana FA) \|Best Collaboration \| \|- \|2008 \|Herself \|Best Female Artist \| \|- \|rowspan=2\|2009 \|rowspan=2\|Anitha with Matonya \|Best Collaboration \| \|- \|Song Of The Year \| \|- \|rowspan=3\|2010 \|rowspan=2\|Herself \|Best Female Singer \| \|- \|Song Writer Of the Year \| \|- \|Natamani Kuwa Malaika \|Video Of the year \| \|- \|rowspan=3\|2011 \|rowspan=2\|Herself \|Best Female Artist \| \|- \|Best Female Singer \| \|- \|Nitafanya ( With Kidumu) \|East Africa Song Of the year \| \|- \|rowspan=5\|2012 \|Herself \|Best Female Artist \| \|- \|rowspan=3\|Wangu ( Ft Mr Blue) \|Best Zouk/Rhumba Song \| \|- \|Best Video \| \|- \|Best Collaboration \| \|- \|Kilimanjaro (Joh Makini Ft Gnako and Lady Jay Dee) \|Best HipHop Song \| \|- \|2013 \|Herself \|Best Female Artist \| \|- \|rowspan=6\|2014 \|Herself \|Best Female Singer \| \|- \|rowspan=3\|Yahaya \|Best Zouk/Rhumba Song \| \|- \|Song Of The Year \| \|- \|Video Of The Year \| \|- \|rowspan=2\|Joto Hasira (Ft Professor Jay) \|Afro- Pop Song Of The Year \| \|- \|Best Collaboration \| \|- \|rowspan=3\|2015 \|Herself \|Best Female Singer \| \|- \|Historia and Nasimama \|Best Zouk/Rhumba Song \| \|- \|Forever ft Dabo \|Best Collaboration \| \|- \|} East Africa TV Awards \|- \|2016 \|Ndi Ndi Ndi \|Best Female Artist \| \|- \|} Africa Magazine Muzik Awards \|- \|2014 \|Herself \|Best Female Artist East Africa \| \|- \|2015 \|Herself \|Best Humanitarian Artiste \| \|- \|2017 \|Herself \|Best Female Artist East Africa \| \|} All African Music Awards \|- \|2017 \|Sawa Na Wao \|Best Female Artist In Eastern Africa \| \|} References Tanzanian entertainment-related lists Lists of awards received by Tanzanian musician
2173709	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-Connection	T-Connection	T-Connection was a funk and disco group from Nassau, the Bahamas, who scored two hits on the Billboard Hot 100 between 1977 and 1979. They did better on the US Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, where they had five Top 10 hits, including "Do What You Wanna Do", which reached #1, and "Everything Is Cool", which peaked at #10 on the US Billboard R&B chart. In the United Kingdom, they scored five entries in the UK Singles Chart, with "Do What You Wanna Do" their highest placed success at #11. Their track "Groove to Get Down" has been heavily sampled due to its inclusion on the 1986 Ultimate Breaks and Beats series. Group members included the brothers Theophilus "T" and Kirkwood Coakley, plus guitarists David Mackey and Monty Brown and drummer Anthony Flowers. Discography Albums Magic (TK Records, 1977) On Fire (TK Records, 1978) T-Connection (TK Records, 1978) Totally Connected (TK Records, 1980) Everything Is Cool (Capitol, 1981) Pure & Natural (Capitol, 1982) The Game of Life (Capitol, 1983) Take It to the Limit (Capitol, 1984) Singles See also List of Billboard number-one dance club songs List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance Club Songs chart References External links Disco groups Bahamian musical groups
374342	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AHD	AHD	AHD or Ahd may refer to: Linguistics Althochdeutsch (Ahd.), the German name for Old High German The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language Medicine Alveolar hydatid disease, a parasitic disease Other uses Acoustic Hailing Device Ahd Party, a Jordanian political party Ardmore Downtown Executive Airport, Oklahoma, IATA code AHD Ashtead railway station, Surrey, England, station code Audio High Density, a digital disc format Australian Height Datum
9257654	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982%20European%20Formula%20Two%20Championship	1982 European Formula Two Championship	The 1982 European Formula Two Championship was the sixteenth edition of the European Formula Two Championship, the main feeder series to Formula One. It was contested over 13 rounds and featured 22 different teams, 53 different drivers, seven different chassis and five different engines. Corrado Fabi won the championship in a works March-BMW after a season-long battle with teammate Johnny Cecotto and the Spirit-Honda of Thierry Boutsen. Calendar Note The Spa race was originally scheduled over 30 laps, but was abandoned after 23 due to heavy rain. Full points were still awarded. Championship standings At each race points were awarded as follows: 9 for first place, 6 for second place, 4 for third place, 3 for fourth place, 2 for fifth place and 1 for sixth place. The best nine results could be retained. Discarded points and gross totals are displayed within parentheses. Complete overview R = retired, Rx = retired but classified (placing denoted by x), NC = not classified, NS = did not start, NQ = did not qualify, NPQ = did not pre-qualify, DIS = disqualified (if after race, placing beforehand displayed alongside in parentheses) References Formula Two European Formula Two Championship seasons
18413293	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuloma	Tuloma	Tuloma may refer to: Tuloma (river), a river in Murmansk Oblast, Russia Tuloma (rural locality), a rural locality (a selo) in Murmansk Oblast, Russia
48293296	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah%20Hamilton%20%28historian%29	Sarah Hamilton (historian)	Sarah Hamilton is a British historian and the associate dean for education at the University of Exeter. Hamilton's research relates to the religious, social and cultural history of early medieval Europe from c. 900 to c. 1200, medieval liturgy and ritual, bishops, the delivery of pastoral care, penance, excommunication and heresy. Selected publications Church and People in the Medieval West, 900-1200, Pearson, Harlow, 2013. Writing Medieval Biography, 750-1250, Boydell and Brewer, Woodbridge, 2006. (with J.C. Crick & D. Bates) Defining the holy: sacred space in medieval and early modern Europe, Ashgate, Aldershot, 2005. (with A. Spicer) The practice of penance, 900-1050, Boydell and Brewer, 2001. References Living people Academics of the University of Exeter Year of birth missing (living people) Alumni of the University of Cambridge Alumni of the University of London
13939075	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That%27s%20My%20Line%20%28film%29	That's My Line (film)	That's My Line is a 1931 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Fatty Arbuckle and starring Louis John Bartels, Paul Hurst, Gino Corrado, Al Thompson and Glen Cavender. Cast Louis John Bartels - The Traveling Man Paul Hurst Doris McMahon Gino Corrado Bert Young Al Thompson Glen Cavender See also Fatty Arbuckle filmography External links 1931 films 1931 comedy films 1931 short films Films directed by Roscoe Arbuckle American films RKO Pictures short films American black-and-white films English-language films American comedy films Films with screenplays by Roscoe Arbuckle Comedy short films
32763579	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coccidiphila%20ledereriella	Coccidiphila ledereriella	Coccidiphila ledereriella is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in Southern Europe and on Malta, Sardinia and possibly the Canary Islands, North Africa and Asia Minor. The wingspan is . There are multiple generations per year. Adults are generally on wing from the beginning of April to the end of September. The larvae feed on insect remains, found in spider webs or nest of Lepidoptera larvae. They have also been recorded feeding on dried plant material and galls on various plants. References Moths described in 1850 Cosmopteriginae Moths of Europe Moths of Asia
69635098	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gretchen%20Faust	Gretchen Faust	Gretchen Faust (born 1961 in Stoneham, Massachusetts, USA) is an American contemporary artist, performer, art historian, and yoga instructor who lives and works in Totnes, Devon, United Kingdom. She is known for her visual art and performance work at galleries in New York, Pittsburgh and Zürich. Education Faust earned a BA at Smith College ( 1983)and an MFA (1986) at Hunter collegeHunter College. Work In the early 1990s she became known for using the tip of an ice pick to write text fragments from lectures on art history into gallery walls. In her more recent works, she produced mandala-like paper cutouts, engraved plinths made of Portland stone, photographs of paired handguns, or pairs of large, rug-like circles made of rabbit skins, and camouflage material laid out on the floor. In 2013, Martin Herbert wrote: "Nevertheless, there are consistently continuities: symmetry and asymmetry, sophistication and violence and a variable and explicit focus on cutting, punching, firing - penetrating the surface of things". Faust has described her artwork as similar to yoga: "I’d say the personal process is the same. Cultivating presence and intimacy. And the outcome can result in different forms, depending on the circumstances of intention and form". Exhibition history Faust has had over 20 solo exhibitions and more than 50 group exhibitions. Her work has been shown in group exhibitions at the Kunsthalle Schirn, Frankfurt, the New Museum, New York (with Kevin Warren), wellwellwell, Vienna, MAGASIN - Centre National d’art Contemporain, Grenoble; Galerie Samuel Lallouz, Montreal; Pat Hearn Gallery, New York, (with Kevin Warren), the CAPC Museum of Contemporary Art, Bordeaux, among others. In 1988 Faust had a solo installation at the The Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh. In 1991 she had a solo show at Pat Hearn gallery. 1992, Faust had a one-person show at Marc Jancou Gallery, Zurich. In 2003, Faust had a solo show at greengrassi, London. she had a two person show with Kevin Warren at Pat Hearn Gallery, New York, NY, among others. Faust has created performances that have been presented at Pat Hearn Gallery, the Mattress Factory, among others. Writing Faust was a regular contributor to ARTs Magazine as one of the New York in Review critics from 1989-1994, in addition to contributing to Tema Celeste, NIKE, Art in America, and various artist's catalogues ( Fred Tomaselli, Stephen Schofield, John LeKay, Cady Noland, William Stone, Liz Bachhuber). She wrote an essay that was included in a show to represent Rirkrit Tiravanija's contribution. References Faust was awarded a Studio at P.S. 1 in 1987 and a Pollock Krasner grant in 1990. She was represented by Pat Hearn NYC from 1989-1996 and then after a 7 year hiatus joined greengrassi London and has been represented there since 2003. 1961 births Living people People from Stoneham, Massachusetts American women sculptors American women performance artists Conceptual artists
43335458	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395%20S.L.%20Benfica%20season	1994–95 S.L. Benfica season	The 1994–95 European football season was the 91st season of Sport Lisboa e Benfica's existence and the club's 61st consecutive season in both Portuguese football and UEFA competitions. The season ran from 1 July 1994 to 30 June 1995; Benfica competed domestically in the Primeira Divisão and the Taça de Portugal. The club also participated in the UEFA Champions League as a result of winning the previous league. After winning their latest title, Benfica made significant changes to its squad and management. It sacked Toni and replaced him with Artur Jorge. In the transfer market, the club was far more active than the past seasons. It signed over a dozen players with Michel Preud'homme, Dimas Teixeira and Paulo Bento becoming regulars. They were joined by two loans, Claudio Caniggia and Edílson, both would be the top-scorers of the team. In the departures, fan favourites like Rui Costa or Schwarz were sold, while others like Rui Àguas, Kulkov, Silvino and Hernâni Neves were released. On the pitch, Benfica started the season by losing the 1993 Supertaça to Porto. In the Primeira Divisão, they started winning, but quickly lost their plot. In the Champions League, Jorge led Benfica to the knockout stage after coming first in their group. As the season progress, Benfica performance stabilised and starting early December, they rack up over ten wins in a row. This allowed them to close distances to leader Porto, and progress to the quarter-finals of the Portuguese Cup. In late February, in the decisive stage of the season, Benfica slipped again in the Primeira Divisão, and were eliminated in the other competitions. Til the end, Benfica could only win about half of their remaining fourteen match-days, finishing in third place, 15 points behind Porto. In their last match of the season, they lost another Supertaça to Porto. Season summary In the post-season of a title winning year, Benfica made the surprise choice of releasing Toni, who had been closely associated with the managerial position since assuming the assistant position to Sven-Göran Eriksson in 1982. To replace him, the club chose Artur Jorge. The Portuguese manager was known for the eight titles won at FC Porto, notoriously, the 1986–87 European Cup, plus had just led Paris Saint-Germain to their second league title in history, in the past season. With the club still in financial despair, they were forced to sell important players to gather funds. Rising star, Rui Costa was sold to Fiorentina, reportedly because they offer more money than Barcelona. Schwarz joined Arsenal for 1.8 million pounds, and others left the club, either for disciplinary reasons as with Kulkov and Yuran, or old age, like Rui Àguas. The club sought reinforcements mostly indoors, like Paulo Bento and Dimas, with a few arriving from abroad, with Preud'Homme and Caniggia gathering the most expectations. The season began with the replay match of the 1993 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, ending in another loss on the penalty shoot-out, similar to the 1991 edition. On the league campaign, the situation was better, as Benfica racked up three straight wins; however a loss against União de Leiria on 18 September, put the team behind on the title race by two points. Benfica could not regain any point back over October, ending the month with a four points disadvantage to leader Sporting. Although the domestically, the season was not going according to the club best hopes; in Europe, the track record was much better, with a spot on the next phase secured with one match to spare. Already approaching New Year, the odds in the renewing the title race were further diminished, with a loss in Alvalade expanding the gap to the leader by a point. The first months of 1995 were the teams best throughout the season, as they reduced the distance to the league leader, Porto, to only three points by Match-day 20 after an eight-game winning streak. However, in the next two months, at the deciding part of the season, the club dropped more points to Leiria, and then lost four times in six games, re-opening the gap to Porto to twelve points, finishing any hope of renewing the title. In the other competitions, the prospect was the same, Benfica was knock-out of the Champions League by A.C. Milan, and on the Taça de Portugal, by Vitória Setúbal. The final games of the season were only spent securing a place in the next year European competitions, having the bitter taste of losing both games against Sporting, for a fourth time in history, the first since 1954. The Derby de Lisboa on the 30 of April was also controversial because of the irregular dismissal of Caniggia by referee Jorge Coroado; causing the match to be repeated on 14 July (2–0 win for Benfica), and then annulled on FIFA order. After finishing the league fifteen points behind them, as they regained the title back, Benfica met Porto on the replay of the 1994 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira in Paris, which was left unresolved from early in the season. The northerners won one-nil and took home their eight Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira. Competitions Overall record Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira 1993 Edition 1994 Edition Primeira Divisão League table Results by round Matches Taça de Portugal UEFA Champions League Group Stage Group C Knockout stage Quarter-finals Friendlies Player statistics The squad for the season consisted of the players listed in the tables below, as well as staff member Artur Jorge(manager) and Zoran Filipovic (assistant manager). \|} Transfers In In by loan Out Out by loan References Bibliography S.L. Benfica seasons Benfica
39870180	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuwwah	Fuwwah	Fuwwah (; ) is a city in the Kafr El Sheikh Governorate, Egypt. Name The name Fuwwah is derived from the Arabic word for saffron, fuwwa. History Fuwwah is identified with the ancient Metelis (; ), the capital of the Metelite nome (the 7th nome of Lower Egypt). Medieval Fuwwah grew to become one of the most important cities in al-Dimashqi's time, when he compared its size to that of Cairo. Fuwwah's prosperity owed largely to the decline of Rosetta at that time. Fuwwah was the capital of a province variously called Fuwwah or Al-Muzahamiyatayn. Fuwwah's Christian bishopric remained active through the late thirteenth century, indicating the presence of a large Christian population at the time. Its location on the Rosetta branch of the Nile meant that residents could easily travel by boat, the main mode of transport in the Nile Delta at the time - overland travel was potentially dangerous, as evidenced by the inability of Yusab, the bishop of Fuwwah, to travel to the Synod of 1250 due to Bedouin raids. One of the most important monuments in Fuwwah is the Fez factory established in 1824 by an order from Muhammed Ali Pasha. The 1885 Census of Egypt recorded Fuwwah as a nahiyah under the district of Desouk in Gharbia Governorate; at that time, the population of the town was 9,902 (4,805 men and 5,097 women). References Populated places in Kafr El Sheikh Governorate
3851016	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetable%20Soup%20%28TV%20series%29	Vegetable Soup (TV series)	Vegetable Soup is an American educational children's television program produced by the New York State Education Department that originally ran on PBS from September 22, 1975 to December 14, 1978. NBC concurrently broadcast the series on Sunday mornings, with at least some affiliates showing it along with NBC's regular Saturday morning cartoon lineup; this was a rare instance of a television program seen on both commercial and public television at the same time. All 78 episodes of Vegetable Soup were digitized by the New York State Archives and made available online in the American Archive of Public Broadcasting. Episodes are made up of a mix of live action, cartoon, puppetry, and mixed-media segments. Concept The purpose of the program was to be a television series for children to help counter the negative, destructive effects of racial prejudice and racial isolation and to reinforce and dramatize the positive, life-enhancing value of human diversity in entertaining and affective presentations that children could understand and relate to. Vegetable Soup used an interdisciplinary approach to entertain and educate elementary age children in the value of human diversity. The show combined music, animation, puppetry and live action film, on the subject of economic, racial and ethnic diversity. Regular segments The Big Game Hunt - hosted by Gary Goodrow The Big Job Hunt - hosted by Susan Taylor (Season Two only) Children's Questions How Do You Find Yourself? Know Yourself Long Ago Luther Make A New Friend Mr. Emeritus Nigel Outerscope 1 (Called Outerscope II in season two) Real People Storytelling Time Superlative Horse What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up? What Would You Do? Woody the Spoon Recipes Words Have Stories Characters Long John Spoilsport (James Earl Jones) - regularly appeared on "The Big Game Hunt" and "The Big Job Hunt" segments Larry Hama - hosted various segments Kingman Hui - child actor who starred on the "Long Ago" segment Martin Harris (Martin Brayboy) - regularly appeared in the "Nigel" segment Eddie (Edward M. Beckford, Jr.) - regularly appeared in the "Nigel" segment, sang the opening theme song Scot Richardson (Scot Smith) - regularly appeared in the "Nigel" segment Bob (Daniel Stern) and Robin (Judy Noble) - regularly appeared in the "Outerscope" segment Woody the Spoon (Bette Midler) - regularly appeared in the "Woody the Spoon Recipes" segment Animations Animated segments on the show were created by Jim Simon's Wantu Studios, the musical opening plus 13 Woody the Spoon cooking spots for which Bette Midler did all the voice tracks, and also 48 thirty-second breaks. Beginning in the show's second season, many animated segments were also produced by Colossal Pictures, of which Vegetable Soup was one of its first assignments. Animators Drew Takahashi and Gary Gutierrez worked on Vegetable Soup during its first season, prior to Colossal Pictures' founding. See also High Feather References External links TV.com: Vegetable Soup TV Show Vegetable Soup: Parent-Teacher Guide Flexitoons: Olga Felgemacher Biography Michael Sporn Animation: Jim Simon Biography Vegetable Soup Collection in the American Archive of Public Broadcasting PBS Kids shows 1975 American television series debuts 1978 American television series endings 1970s American children's television series American children's education television series PBS original programming NBC original programming Personal development television series Education in New York (state) American television shows featuring puppetry American television series with live action and animation
27817013	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/30%20Aniversario	30 Aniversario	30 Aniversario (trigésimo aniversario) is a 1987 studio album by Tommy Olivencia and his band. As the title implies, the album was made to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Tommy Olivencia as a bandleader. Singles Three singles were produced from the album, two of which charted on Billboard Hot Latin Tracks. The lead singer for the first-two songs was Hector Tricoche while Paquito Acosta provided the lead vocals for the third single. "Lobo Domesticado" (Domestic Wolf) was the first single released on the album which reached the top ton on Hot Latin Tracks peaking on #6. The song is a cover of Mexican singer-songwriter of Joan Sebastian who released the single the same year which peaked #37 on Hot Latin Tracks. "No Me Tires La Primera Piedra" (Don't Cast The First Stone) was the second single released from the album and peaked on #13 on Hot Latin Tracks. "Lapiz de Carmin" (Carmine Lipstick) was the third single released from the album. Track listing Personnel Paquito Acosta – vocals Hector Tricoche – vocals Chart position Reception José A. Estévez Jr. of Allmusic gave the album a positive review praising the vocalists, production, and the expression of romanticism. See also List of number-one Billboard Tropical Albums from the 1980s References 1987 albums Tommy Olivencia albums
63389386	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wentworth%20and%20Reform%20Gold%20Mines	Wentworth and Reform Gold Mines	Wentworth and Reform Gold Mines is a heritage-listed former Gillies artefact collection, churchyard and now abandoned gold mine at 4570–4578 Mitchell Highway, Lucknow, City of Orange, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by H. W. Newman, Alexander Marshall and Frederick McFadzean and built from 1890 to 1940. Machinery includes a Thompson's winding engine from . It is also known as Main Mine or Wentworth Main Mine; Industrial Archaeological Site. The site is owned by the Orange City Council and was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 24 August 2018. History The village of Lucknow has historic and scientific significance for its links with gold mining activity dating from the very first discovery in 1851 up to the present day. The Wentworth (or Lucknow) Goldfield was discovered in 1851, only two months after Australia's first payable gold find was made at nearby Ophir. It is a good representative example of the many small gold mining settlements which spread throughout the state, and nation, during the mid-late 19th century. This significance is enhanced by the degree to which it has retained many key elements of its original character both above and below ground. The above and below ground evidence of the village's early mining activity is both extensive and varied and the high scientific significance reflects its potential to provide information on early gold mining activity, if appropriately investigated. The character of the village is enhanced by the extent of the remaining above ground mine shaft structures – particularly the steel head frames of the Wentworth Main and Reform sites – which are rare survivors, both within the region and the state, and give the village a striking historic accessible immediacy because of their prominent location on the main road. The Wentworth gold field was private, and owned by W. C. Wentworth who controlled the number of mining ventures carried out on his land. The mining operations necessitated the establishment of a village that was to become known as Lucknow. Closely associated with the success of the Wentworth gold field was Henry H. Newman who was the company mine manager during the peak of the region's gold rush. Newman became a member of the NSW Parliament from 1891 until his death in 1904. The Reform Mine has been described as the richest small gold field of its type in the world. Mining began here in the 1870s or earlier and prospered until the late 1890s. In 1935 the Wentworth Company built a new poppet head over the shaft to pump water in conjunction with the Wentworth Main shaft. At the height of the gold rush the whole hillside beyond the Reform site was a hive of activity, including a battery, foundry and grand two-storey mine office, along with houses, stables and numerous shafts and tunnels. Behind the Reform poppet head, impressive remains of bluestone walls can still be seen. Built on a series of levels, these formed the foundations of the mill, or battery. The small corrugated iron shed behind the poppet head, old equipment and overgrown mullock heaps are other reminders of years of toil by hundreds of men. The site remains a significant landmark within the village of Lucknow, and is situated adjacent to the Michell Highway. In this initial era mining was limited to alluvial works followed by a scattering of underground mining activity, before mining became concentrated on the Chapel Hill area. An 1857 map of the Great Western Road shows two mine shafts and managers residence approximately in the same location as the present Wentworth main shaft. He was renowned as both a mine owner, mine manager and a miners' advocate, supporting a range of charitable and community causes. A legacy of Newman's wealth is the magnificent Lucknow home "Mamhead". It was Newman who negotiated the purchase of the Wentworth Main Mine site, the relocation of the Wesleyan Church and the sinking of the Main Mine shaft. He was also responsible for the construction of the mine's associated 1890s infrastructure. Mining activity declined in Lucknow by the 1920s, only to be renewed under amalgamated companies, particularly during the ownership of the Marshall family from the 1930s era. Most of the current infrastructure situated on the Wentworth main Mine site was constructed during this era. The Wentworth Main Shaft was used for dewatering, rather than mining access and extraction. Of note is the complex underground system of interconnected mine workings. The extraordinary underground system provides an efficient and specialised integrated network, now all substantially flooded due to a rising water table. From the 1960s, the mine site reverted to domestic small scale farming uses. Sheds were adapted for livestock management, gardens and trees were planted around the site. The complex history of the site relates it to numerous other shafts, leases and companies that made up the mining history of Lucknow. The Wentworth Main Shaft Mine site covers the three main eras of central west mining from the first gold rush era of the 1850s, to the peak of the rush and the importation of mining technology during the 1870s–1890s, to the renewal of mining activity in the 1930s/40s. Each era represents differing technology for mining and ore treatment. Elements from all these eras can be interpreted in the Wentworth mine site, whereas the Reform Mine site has below-ground evidence of significant technical achievement. As Lucknow has retained its village character, so has the area retained its social and family history connections. Therefore, their descendants represent many of the pioneer mining families in the Lucknow area today. This provides valuable insight into the social and cultural aspects of the miners who worked on the Wentworth goldfield and in particular on the Wentworth Main Mine site. Orange City Council purchased the Wentworth Main Mine site in 2000. Conservation work was undertaken in 2004 to secure and weatherproof all mine buildings and infrastructure on the site. Description The site contains the Wentworth Main Shaft that was sunk to a depth of some during the 1890s. The original timber poppet head was replaced in the 1930s with a metal poppet head frame. Also during the 1930s, as a result of overseas investment, much of the Wentworth Main Mine infrastructure was renewed. The machinery room, office and equipment store are from this era. As mining operations expanded on the site previous eras of mining history disappeared under the new layers of infrastructure and mining activity. It appears from early records that one of the first shafts sunk on the Wentworth goldfield at Lucknow was located on this land. From a s photo there is clear evidence of a small shaft with a hand-operated windlass located near the quartz outcrop close to the creek. This shaft is still in existence today and may well relate to the 1850s–1860 gold rush. The site contains a series of corrugated iron buildings that remain intact. These buildings include the mine office, equipment storeroom, first aid room, blacksmith, change shed, machinery shed, mine managers cottage and stamper battery shed. The existence of a stamper battery shed is rare – it is the only known example in NSW and one of only five still in-situ within Australia. The stamper battery building houses a 10 head stamper and the ore processing tables. A steam engine, ore box and ore chute also remain in situ. Nearby are ash heaps from boilers and the water pipes that connected to the stamper battery. Concrete pads provide evidence of the location of the former assay building as well as the site of cyanide tanks for the treatment of tailings. Cyanide sand dumps are also clearly visible. Prominent to the site is the poppet head and the associated winding gear. The mine was used during the 20th century for dewatering, to lower the watertable within the Lucknow goldfields to permit mining at the Reform mine site. The poppet head was constructed for this purpose rather than for removing ore, and it is a dewatering bucket that is clearly visible suspended over the main shaft. One of the unique factors of the Lucknow gold field was its operation as a private gold field. As a result, the underground workings (now flooded) form an extensive, integrated and highly organised structure. During the 1960-1980s the site was used for domestic occupation. Domestic changes are minor and include construction of a stockyard adjacent to the blacksmith. A variety of ore bins and similar vessels were reused as poultry feeders and nesting boxes. During the 1980s a garage located adjacent to the equipment room was fitted with a roller panel and the room used as a roadside fruit stall. Since Orange City Council's purchase of the site in 2000 a man proof security fence has been constructed around the site, and the site has been interpreted as an important introduction into the complexities of gold-mining. The Reform Mine began production in the s and was described as one of the richest small gold fields of its type. The Wentworth Company built the new poppet head over the main shaft in 1935 in order to pump water. At its peak, the Reform Mine had a battery, foundry, mine office, stables and houses. There are also an extensive network of underground shafts and tunnels. The condition of this site is poor compared to the Wentworth Mine, visible on the site now is the poppet head, a small shed, overgrown mullock heaps and remains of a bluestone wall. However, by way of contrast, the Reform Mine shows an appreciably industrial history of intensive mine activity rare by way of its preservation. Condition As at 14 December 2005, the collection of buildings provides an exception example of an early 20th century rural gold mine. The Wentworth site and its buildings are in good condition. Buildings are intact and have been subject to a recent program of conservation and maintenance. The majority of the machinery is no longer in-situ, however, base plates and machinery parts remain on site for further interpretation. Archaeological significance is moderate here. Much of the site's mullock heaps were removed during the 1950s, and each era of mining activity have encompassed early eras of operation. No evidence remains of the church that was once located on the site, and given its vernacular construction there is little likelihood of archaeological evidence. The winding engine and stamper battery, and an early boiler are in fair condition; the winder devoid of its brass fittings. Timber processing tables that were situation adjacent to the stamper battery are intact but their condition has deteriorated from use and immersion in water. At its peak, the Reform Mine had a battery, foundry, mine office, stables and houses. There were also an extensive network of underground shafts and tunnels. Visible on the site now is the poppet head, a small shed, overgrown mullock heaps and remains of a bluestone wall. There is archaeological potential here, however, the presence of underground shafts and tunnels would make work challenging. The area is fenced from the public and a small funding grant has been provided to light up the poppet head. , many of the western facing doors and windows have been exposed to the elements over time and now essential conservation and restoration work to the sites main infrastructure is required to maintain the site as a leading tourism and educational destination of the Central West. The program of works will include: Wash Room – repairs to the door and architrave Infirmary – repairs to the door and architrave Blacksmith Shop – adjustments to door and installation of flashing Storage Shed – replacement of posts, repairs to doors and construction of a new awning Pay Office – replay window putty on western windows Mine Managers Cottage – refix door hardware and re-divert water across ground service Pathways – install new edging and crushed granite Check all roofing screws and gutters. The site has high to exception degree of integrity. The intactness of the site by its buildings and associated site workings ie mullock heaps, abandoned equipment, ash heaps etc., makes this site an exceptionally compact example of gold mining history and technology. Modifications and dates The first mining carried out on this site may have been as early as the 1850s. This would have been limited to a shaft located near the creek. The shaft remains and may have been altered to act as an air vent to the 1890s main shaft. A timber and corrugated iron church was constructed on the site and relocated in the early 1890s. There is no evidence of the building. The 1890s timber poppet head and associated corrugated iron machinery buildings no longer exist. A metal poppet head replaced the timber poppet head in 1930s. The machinery building has been extended and altered; the concrete footprint however reveals the various extensions to the building to accommodate larger compressors and the like. The site includes an intact collection of 1930s era mining buildings and associated equipment. The 10 head stamper battery, ore processing tables, ore chute, ore buckets and the like remain in-situ. Also located upon the site are remnants of machinery including machinery from cyanide processing tank, a large boiler, various parts such as fire irons from boilers, ash deposits and cyanide sands. During the era 1960–1980 the mine office and the mine managers cottage were used as residential buildings. Minor domestic scale works occurred during this time, such as construction of a stockyard and reuse of ore bins for poultry feeders and nesting boxes. The impact of these changes is minor and adds to the layers of history relating to the sits use. Also added to the site during the 1970s was a small laundry/shower building. The use of corrugated iron and a design that is in scale and keeping with the earlier buildings reduces the visual impact of this addition. The facility is located to the north of the office building. During the 1990s the site was connected to the village sewer system. Further information Invaluable to the history if the site is the social history of the pioneer mining families of Lucknow. Many of the families remained in the area and their knowledge through family history associations adds an important and vital part to the Wentworth Mine story. The book Lucknow: A veritable gold mine by Kerrin Cook puts together the social history of the pioneer mining families of Lucknow and forms a basis for further work relating to the Wentworth mine site. Heritage listing As at 13 September 2017, the Wentworth and Reform Mines are of state heritage significance as together the sites form relatively intact representations of the central west's gold mining history. The central west was the most productive gold mining area in NSW during the gold rush era. These sites are rare due to the intactness of buildings and significant associated with their prominence as significant and prominent landmarks and representing the cultural heritage association with Lucknow's mining past. Overall the sites represent a compact and intact example of late 19th century and early 20th century gold mining. The presence of the intact stamper battery building and its associated infrastructure is a rare example of its type remaining in situ in NSW. Wentworth and Reform Gold Mines was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 24 August 2018 having satisfied the following criteria. The place is important in demonstrating the course, or pattern, of cultural or natural history in New South Wales. The sites together are of state heritage significance for their historical values which demonstrate, by their high degree of intactness and integrity, aspects of early 20th century rural commercial gold mines. The sites represent and demonstrate three eras of gold mining in NSW from the initial 1851 gold rush, through the mechanisation of gold mining during the 1870-80s to the resurgence of mining operations during the 1930s. The Wentworth site is highly significant for its intact collection of mining infrastructure and ability to demonstrate the continuity of gold mining activity on the site over a 100-year time frame. The presence of an intact stamper battery building complete with ten head stamper battery and ore tables is exceptional and a rare example in NSW. The place has a strong or special association with a person, or group of persons, of importance of cultural or natural history of New South Wales's history. At the time of the first gold finds, explorer, businessman and politician W. C. Wentworth owned the site. Various owners/directors of this private gold field included Orange businessman James Dalton and Cobb & Co directors James Rutherford and W. F. Whitney. During the peak of the Wentworth gold field Henry W. Newman, miner, mine manager, advocate and Parliamentarian managed the mines. This historical association demonstrates the sites' state significance. The place is important in demonstrating aesthetic characteristics and/or a high degree of creative or technical achievement in New South Wales. Both mine areas demonstrate technical significance at a state level, though the expression of these differ. Wentworth mine demonstrates a high degree of significance as a landmark, exemplifying old mining technology covering 100 years of NSW mining history. Located prominently adjacent to the Mitchell Highway, the poppet head dominates the landscape. The intactness of the site establishes the buildings and machinery utilised in the gold mining company operations, particularly of the 1930s era. The technology used in ore extraction and processing can be readily interpreted from this site. The Reform Mine site, in comparison, has a distinctive poppet head and associated infrastructure scattered across the site, but its state level technical significance lies in the below-ground mining infrastructure, particularly the network of mine shafts, and Uncle Tom's mine, one of the richest gold veins in NSWs history. The place has a strong or special association with a particular community or cultural group in New South Wales for social, cultural or spiritual reasons. The Wentworth and Reform sites provide an important and identifiable collection of buildings, relics and landscape features that represent the importance of Lucknow's mining heritage and that of one of the premier goldfields in NSW. The presence of the site adjacent to a State Highway makes the site highly visible to the travelling public, and its dominant landmark features are important to the wider community of regular travellers moving from all parts of NSW through the central west region. The place has potential to yield information that will contribute to an understanding of the cultural or natural history of New South Wales. The Wentworth Mine site with its various buildings, machinery and landscape feature may have high significance in its potential to contribute NSW's knowledge of gold mining activities and the advances of technology. Further research into the site, and the integrated operation of the entire Wentworth gold field is likely to reveal considerable social, technical and scientific research information, archaeological and otherwise, about the evolution of the central west gold fields and the associated mining companies and communities. The place possesses uncommon, rare or endangered aspects of the cultural or natural history of New South Wales. The sites are rare for NSW as they demonstrate a comprehensive account of company gold mining activities during the late 19th century and the first half of the 20th century. The existence of the stamper battery building and its associated infrastructure is considered rare and is thought to be one of the few remaining in situ in NSW. The place is important in demonstrating the principal characteristics of a class of cultural or natural places/environments in New South Wales. The non-contiguous sites have a state level significance in their ability to demonstrate characteristics of a gold mine operating in rural NSW, especially during the 1890s–1940s eras. The Wentworth Mine is outstanding for its intactness of buildings and its restoration, with the interpretation enabling an understanding of the history of the gold mining process. Reform Mine is an unaltered representation of Lucknow's goldmining history – its location within the village of Lucknow and its landmark landscape qualities that are highly visible from the adjacent Mitchell Highway contributes to the sites significance. See also Australian gold rushes Gold mining in New South Wales References Bibliography Attribution New South Wales State Heritage Register City of Orange Mines in New South Wales Collections of museums in Australia Churches in New South Wales Gold mines in New South Wales Articles incorporating text from the New South Wales State Heritage Register
24101974	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heather%20Podesta	Heather Podesta	Heather Miller Podesta (born January 8, 1970) is an American lawyer and lobbyist based in Washington, D.C. She is also recognized as a patron of contemporary art and as a philanthropist. Career In 2007, Podesta founded Heather Podesta + Partners, which is the nation's largest woman-owned government relations firm. As a lobbyist, Podesta's clients include the energy, finance, healthcare, retail, real estate, education, transportation, and weapons sectors. She previously worked as a congressional aide to members of Congress, including US Representatives Robert Matsui and Earl Pomeroy, and US Senator Bill Bradley. She also served as assistant general counsel at the Air Transport Association and general counsel at the Airlines Clearing House. Podesta was once known for supporting and advising Democratic candidates across the country. In the 2012 federal election cycle, Podesta and her colleagues bundled more than $300,000 on behalf of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the Senate Majority PAC, and individual Democratic candidates. Recently, Podesta renamed her firm from "Heather Podesta + Partners" to "Invariant". The firm now has a bipartisan team, and has lobbied for large insurance corporations Prudential and New York Life among others. The National Journal ranked Podesta as one of "Washington's Most Influential Women," GQ named her one of the "50 Most Powerful People in Washington," and The Hill has repeatedly named her one of its "Top Lobbyists". In 2010, the National Law Journal ranked Podesta as one of "Washington's Most Influential Women Lawyers". She received her law degree from the University of Virginia Law School and graduated with honors from the University of California, Berkeley, where she now sits on the National Advisory Council of the Institute of Governmental Studies. In addition, Podesta is a member of the Board of Trustees of Ford's Theatre and serves on the Washington D.C. Police Foundation Board. Rebranding Lobbying Firm to Invariant On March 29, 2017, Podesta rebranded her lobbying firm, Heather Podesta + Partners by changing the name to Invariant. The rebranding was done to reflect the firm's expanding client list and expanding bipartisan team of lobbyists. In the firm's online manifesto, Podesta has publicly highlighted the group's growing number of Republican lobbyists as a strength and takes pride in their bipartisan work. Art collection Podesta, a member of the Board of Trustees of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, is an avid collector of contemporary art. Named by ARTnews as one of the 200 top collectors in 2012 and 2013, she was also named one of the "Philanthropic 50" by Washington Life in 2010. In 2009, Podesta donated Shepard Fairey's iconic Barack Obama "Hope" poster to the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC. Personal life Heather Podesta grew up as Heather Miller, one of two daughters of Sandy and Jill Miller of Brighton. Sanford Miller is a distinguished professor of mathematics at SUNY Brockport. Leslie Jill Miller, now retired, was an executive with Xerox Corp. Podesta was named by Washingtonian as a "Style Setter." Married in 2003, she divorced in 2014 from Tony Podesta. References External links 1970 births American art collectors American lobbyists American political fundraisers Businesspeople from Washington, D.C. Living people Lawyers from Rochester, New York United States congressional aides Washington, D.C. Democrats
54049895	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canton%20of%20Templeuve-en-P%C3%A9v%C3%A8le	Canton of Templeuve-en-Pévèle	The canton of Templeuve-en-Pévèle (before 2021: Templeuve) is an administrative division of the Nord department, northern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Templeuve-en-Pévèle. It consists of the following communes: Anstaing Attiches Avelin Bachy Baisieux Bersée Bourghelles Bouvines Camphin-en-Pévèle Cappelle-en-Pévèle Chéreng Cobrieux Cysoing Ennevelin Fretin Genech Gruson Lesquin Louvil Mérignies Moncheaux Mons-en-Pévèle Mouchin La Neuville Péronne-en-Mélantois Pont-à-Marcq Sainghin-en-Mélantois Templeuve-en-Pévèle Thumeries Tourmignies Tressin Wannehain References Cantons of Nord (French department)
58630663	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chharka%20Tangsong%20Rural%20Municipality	Chharka Tangsong Rural Municipality	Chharka Tangsong () is a rural municipality located in Dolpa District of Karnali Province of Nepal. The rural municipality is divided into total 6 wards and the headquarters of the rural municipality is situated at Chharka. References External links Official website Populated places in Dolpa District Rural municipalities in Karnali Province Rural municipalities of Nepal established in 2017
15009721	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River%20Drumragh	River Drumragh	The River Drumragh runs through Omagh, the county town of County Tyrone in Northern Ireland. A small river known as the Quiggery Water flows through Fintona, with bridges crossing it at Kiln Street and Mill Street. This river then joins with the Ballynahatty Water to form the Drumragh River. Omagh is sited at the confluence of the Camowen, Strule and Drumragh Rivers. The Camowen and Drumragh Rivers actually meet at Omagh to form the River Strule. In 2006 a new Omagh Throughpass road scheme, developed at a cost of £9.7m, was opened. The project included a river bridge to carry the Throughpass over the Drumragh River. Angling The River Drumragh has excellent trout fishing over its entire length. References External links Rivers of County Tyrone
2679338	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aranyer%20Din%20Ratri	Aranyer Din Ratri	Aranyer Din Ratri (; English: Days and Nights in the Forest) is an Indian Bengali adventure drama film released in 1970, written and directed by Satyajit Ray. It is based upon the Bengali novel of the same name by Sunil Gangopadhyay. It was one of the earliest films to employ the literary technique of the carnivalesque. The film was nominated for the Golden Bear for Best Film at the 20th Berlin International Film Festival. A sequel Abar Aranye directed by Goutam Ghose was released in 2003. Plot The plot of the movie goes back to a similar outing the writer Sunil Gangopadhyay took in the early days of his poetic career. The story unfolds around a group of four friends, who despite their differences, bonded deeply. The four friends are all educated and come from different layers of society, but the urge to escape from the daily grind of city life forces them to wander in tribal lands. Of the four friends, Asim, the leader of the pack, owns the car they drive in, has a cushy job, likes the company of girls and yet is very conscious of how he should be perceived by them. Sanjoy is a labour executive but would ideally want to immerse himself in literature. Hari, a frank and straightforward cricketer, wants to forget the girl who dumped him. Shekhar is the jester, the only one without a job. He has a roving eye but stays sober when his friends get drunk and vent their frustrations. They set out for the tribal Palamau, in Bihar. They had read legends about this land, the tribal women who are open, simple and beautiful. Wanting to break rules, they forcefully stay at a forest rest house by bribing the chowkidar. The stay symbolizes their distance from city life and civilization: they wonder whether to shave or not. Hari gets close to tribal Santhal girl Duli when she approaches the group for extra drink. Their resolve to be unshaven collapses when Shekhar sees two ladies Aparna and her sister-in-law Jaya in the forest. They introduce themselves to their family. The two urban groups of people are almost relieved to find each other here. Asim flirts with Aparna and coaxes her to show her room. He is attracted to the elegant and enigmatic Aparna, but is unable to keep pace with her composure, presence of mind and intelligence. At night the four friends go to drink alcohol again in the country liquor house. Hari is upset because he cannot see Duli whom he had met previous night. While returning to their rest house, they stumble upon a car which they shout at without realising it is that of Aparna and Jaya. They oversleep and miss the next day's breakfast at Jaya's place. They find a tiffin outside their rooms and go to Aparna's house to return it. Later, the conservator visits the forest rest house and catches them staying at the Forest Bungalow without permission. When they are about to be kicked out, Aparna, the conservator's acquaintance, manages the situation with her natural grace and composure. The group decides to chat and play a game while Aparna's father is away with Jaya's son. The game reaches a crescendo, with only Asim and Aparna left in the fray, at which point Aparna pulls out, deliberately handing victory to Asim, who seems to have placed his entire confidence at stake on the win. The tensions peak at the village fair where the four friends go their own way. Shekhar goes off to gamble with money borrowed from Asim. Hari takes Duli into the forest and has sex with her. Asim feels his pride and self-confidence shattered when Aparna reveals her more vulnerable side that lies behind her composed exterior. She also holds up a mirror to his bourgeois and urban insensitivity by pointing out how despite having spent three days at the bungalow, he and his friends never bothered to inquire about the chowkidar's wife. Meanwhile, Shekhar finds himself helping all his friends (especially Hari, when the latter gets injured and robbed), despite being fondly considered to be the buffoon of the gang. Sanjoy, held back by his bourgeois moralities, is unable to respond to Jaya's bold advances. The next morning, the four friends, leave for Calcutta since their new friends have had to return in a hurry. As a parting gift, they find a can of boiled eggs sent by the thoughtful Jaya. Cast Soumitra Chatterjee as Ashim Subhendu Chatterjee as Sanjoy Samit Bhanja as Hari Rabi Ghosh as Shekhar Pahari Sanyal as Sadashiv Tripathi Sharmila Tagore as Aparna Kaberi Bose as Jaya Simi Garewal as Duli Aparna Sen as Hari's former lover Reception Critics praised it heavily worldwide. After watching the movie Pauline Kael in the 'New Yorker' felt that "Satyajit Ray’s films can give rise to a more complex feeling of happiness in me than the work of any other director.... No artist has done more than Ray to make us reevaluate the commonplace." Again in 'Reeling' Kael further added: "A major film by one of the great film artists, starring Soumitra Chatterjee and the incomparably graceful Sharmila Tagore." David Robinson wrote in 'Financial Times'- "... every word and gesture is recognizable, comprehensible, true ... Ray's work at its best, like this, has an extraordinary rightness in every aspect of its selection and presentation - the timing, performance, cutting, music - which seem to place it beyond discussion." Jonathan Rosenbaum, in his list of '1000 ESSENTIAL FILMS', kept this film as one of his favourite films released in 1970. The New York Times described the film as a ‘rare, wistful movie that somehow proves it’s good to be alive.’ References External links (SatyajitRay.org) Aranyer Din Ratri 1970 films 1970 drama films Indian films Indian drama films Indian black-and-white films Films based on Indian novels Indian buddy films Films set in Bihar Films directed by Satyajit Ray Films with screenplays by Satyajit Ray 1970s Bengali-language films Films based on works by Sunil Gangopadhyay
18517008	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jillian	Jillian	Jillian is both a feminine given name and a surname. A spelling variant of Gillian, it originates as a feminine form of the given name Julian, Julio, Julius, and Julien. Notable people with the name include: Given name Jillian Armenante (born 1968), American television and film actress Jillian Rose Banks (born 1988), American musical artist Jillian Becker (born 1932), South African novelist Jillian Bell (born 1984), American comedian, actress, and screenwriter Jillian Camarena-Williams (born 1982), American shot putter Jillian D'Alessio (born 1985), Canadian kayaker Jillian Mai Thi Epperly (born c. 1973/4), creator of Jilly Juice Jillian Evans (born 1959), Welsh politician Jillian Grace (born 1985), American model Jillian Hall (born 1980), American professional wrestler Jillian Hunter, American author Jillian Kesner-Graver (1950–2007), American actress and historian Jillian Kraus (born 1986), American water polo player Jillian McDonald, Canadian artist Jillian Medoff (born 1963), American writer Jillian Michaels (born 1974), American exercise instructor Jillian Murray (born 1989), American actress and model Jillian Parry Fry (born 1982), Miss Teen USA 2000 Jillian Reynolds (born 1966), Canadian actress Jillian Richardson (born 1965), Canadian athlete Jillian Skinner (born 1944), Australian politician Jillian Smith (born 1958), New Zealand field hockey player Jillian Speer (born 1979), American acoustic guitarist Jillian Ward (born 2005), FIlipina actress, model and singer Jillian Wheeler (born 1991), American singer-songwriter and actress Jillian Whiting, Australian journalist Surname Ann Jillian (born 1950), American actress See also Jillian's, a restaurant and arcade chain Jillian (I'd Give My Heart), a song and single by Within Temptation Gillian Feminine given names
24434911	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royllo	Royllo	Royllo (also Roillo), is a legendary phantom island that was once thought to be located in the Atlantic Ocean. It is probably identical with the island originally called Ymana in a 1424 nautical chart of Zuane Pizzigano. The island is usually depicted in many 15th-century maps as a small island located slightly to the west (20 leagues or so) of the much larger island of Antillia. It is often found in the group insulae de novo repertae, or "newly discovered islands" along with other legendary islands. References Phantom islands of the Atlantic Mythological islands Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact
45196	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Injective%20function	Injective function	In mathematics, an injective function (also known as injection, or one-to-one function) is a function that maps distinct elements to distinct elements; that is, implies . In other words, every element of the function's codomain is the image of one element of its domain. The term must not be confused with that refers to bijective functions, which are functions such that each element in the codomain is an image of exactly one element in the domain. A homomorphism between algebraic structures is a function that is compatible with the operations of the structures. For all common algebraic structures, and, in particular for vector spaces, an is also called a . However, in the more general context of category theory, the definition of a monomorphism differs from that of an injective homomorphism. This is thus a theorem that they are equivalent for algebraic structures; see for more details. A function that is not injective is sometimes called many-to-one. Definition Let be a function whose domain is a set The function is said to be injective provided that for all and in if then ; that is, implies Equivalently, if then Symbolically, which is logically equivalent to the contrapositive, Examples For any set and any subset the inclusion map (which sends any element to itself) is injective. In particular, the identity function is always injective (and in fact bijective). If the domain of a function is the empty set, then the function is the empty function, which is injective. If the domain of a function has one element (that is, it is a singleton set), then the function is always injective. The function defined by is injective. The function defined by is injective, because (for example) However, if is redefined so that its domain is the non-negative real numbers [0,+∞), then is injective. The exponential function defined by is injective (but not surjective, as no real value maps to a negative number). The natural logarithm function defined by is injective. The function defined by is not injective, since, for example, More generally, when and are both the real line then an injective function is one whose graph is never intersected by any horizontal line more than once. This principle is referred to as the . Injections can be undone Functions with left inverses are always injections. That is, given if there is a function such that for every ( can be undone by ), then is injective. In this case, is called a retraction of Conversely, is called a section of Conversely, every injection with non-empty domain has a left inverse which can be defined by fixing an element in the domain of so that equals the unique pre-image of under if it exists and otherwise. The left inverse is not necessarily an inverse of because the composition in the other order, may differ from the identity on In other words, an injective function can be "reversed" by a left inverse, but is not necessarily invertible, which requires that the function is bijective. Injections may be made invertible In fact, to turn an injective function into a bijective (hence invertible) function, it suffices to replace its codomain by its actual range That is, let such that for all ; then is bijective. Indeed, can be factored as where is the inclusion function from into More generally, injective partial functions are called partial bijections. Other properties If and are both injective then is injective. If is injective, then is injective (but need not be). is injective if and only if, given any functions whenever then In other words, injective functions are precisely the monomorphisms in the category Set of sets. If is injective and is a subset of then Thus, can be recovered from its image If is injective and and are both subsets of then Every function can be decomposed as for a suitable injection and surjection This decomposition is unique up to isomorphism, and may be thought of as the inclusion function of the range of as a subset of the codomain of If is an injective function, then has at least as many elements as in the sense of cardinal numbers. In particular, if, in addition, there is an injection from to then and have the same cardinal number. (This is known as the Cantor–Bernstein–Schroeder theorem.) If both and are finite with the same number of elements, then is injective if and only if is surjective (in which case is bijective). An injective function which is a homomorphism between two algebraic structures is an embedding. Unlike surjectivity, which is a relation between the graph of a function and its codomain, injectivity is a property of the graph of the function alone; that is, whether a function is injective can be decided by only considering the graph (and not the codomain) of Proving that functions are injective A proof that a function is injective depends on how the function is presented and what properties the function holds. For functions that are given by some formula there is a basic idea. We use the definition of injectivity, namely that if then Here is an example: Proof: Let Suppose So implies which implies Therefore, it follows from the definition that is injective. There are multiple other methods of proving that a function is injective. For example, in calculus if is a differentiable function defined on some interval, then it is sufficient to show that the derivative is always positive or always negative on that interval. In linear algebra, if is a linear transformation it is sufficient to show that the kernel of contains only the zero vector. If is a function with finite domain it is sufficient to look through the list of images of each domain element and check that no image occurs twice on the list. A graphical approach for a real-valued function of a real variable is the horizontal line test. If every horizontal line intersects the curve of in at most one point, then is injective or one-to-one. See also Notes References , p. 17 ff. , p. 38 ff. External links Earliest Uses of Some of the Words of Mathematics: entry on Injection, Surjection and Bijection has the history of Injection and related terms. Khan Academy – Surjective (onto) and Injective (one-to-one) functions: Introduction to surjective and injective functions Functions and mappings Basic concepts in set theory Types of functions
29932888	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan%20at%20the%202010%20Asian%20Beach%20Games	Pakistan at the 2010 Asian Beach Games	Pakistan competed at the 2010 Asian Beach Games held in Muscat, Oman from December 8, 2010 to December 16, 2010. Medalists Medal tally by sport Beach Handball Group B Knockout map Semifinals Gold place match Beach Kabaddi Group B Knockout stage Bodybuilding 60 kg December 10 Pre-Judging 70 kg December 10 Pre-Judging Final Nations at the 2010 Asian Beach Games 2010 Asian Beach Games
13746483	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shishani	Shishani	Shishani (; Arabic: شيشاني "Chechen") is a common family name among the Chechen diaspora in the Arab world. Muhammed Bashir Ismail ash-Shishani, Jordanian statesman and major general Mohammad Omar Shishani (born 1989), Jordanian football player Abu Omar al-Shishani, Georgian militant, member of the Islamic State Chechen-language surnames Arabic-language surnames
40181428	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abacetus%20patrizii	Abacetus patrizii	Abacetus patrizii is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily Pterostichinae. It was described by Straneo in 1938. References patrizii Beetles described in 1938
32876905	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misogawa%20Dam	Misogawa Dam	Misogawa Dam () is a dam of Kiso River in the Nagano Prefecture, Japan, completed in 1996. See also Kiso River References Dams in Nagano Prefecture Dams completed in 1996
18554765	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean-Barstow%20House	Dean-Barstow House	The Dean-Barstow House is a historic house located at 275 Williams Street in Taunton, Massachusetts. It was built circa 1810 for Joseph Dean. The house was constructed from lumber planned and finished at Dean's sawmill located nearby. Joseph Dean, a descendant of Walter Dean, one of Taunton's first settlers, was a prosperous farmer and landowner known for his service in the American Revolution and also as a commander during Shays' Rebellion in 1786. The house features a central chimney and gabled eaves and is typical of early 18th century New England vernacular construction, although it was built during the Federal Period. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Taunton, Massachusetts References National Register of Historic Places in Taunton, Massachusetts Houses in Taunton, Massachusetts Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Bristol County, Massachusetts Georgian architecture in Massachusetts
61616887	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIR%20Awards	AIR Awards	The Australian Independent Record Awards (commonly known informally as AIR Awards) is an annual awards night to recognise, promote and celebrate the success of Australia's Independent Music sector. History The inaugural 2006 awards were held at Blacket Hotel in Sydney on 29 November 2006 and sponsored by V energy drinks. The following awards ceremonies were held between October and December in Melbourne, Victoria from 2007 to 2015. In December 2008 it was announced that Jägermeister, previously a "headline sponsor", would become the major sponsors until 2010. When a further three-year deal for sponsorship by Jägermeister was announced in 2010, the awards were renamed the Jägermeister Independent Music Awards. In 2013, Carlton Dry became the major sponsor, with the awards renamed Carlton Dry Independent Music Awards. There were no awards in 2016, due to moved in the eligibility dates for the AIR Awards to align with the calendar year. The 2017 awards saw a slightly longer eligibility period than usual with members' releases period between 1 August 2015 and 31 December 2016. From 2017–2019, the South Australian Government's newly established Live Music Events Fund promised funding to the Awards and concurrent music conference, to take place in Adelaide, South Australia. The events took place in July, along with Music SA's Umbrella: Winter City Sounds, a program of live music across Adelaide, and a couple of food and wine festivals in the city. In 2020-2021, The Awards were be held at the Freemasons Hall, Adelaide. Criteria The AIR Independent Music Awards are co-ordinated by The Australian Independent Record Labels Association), a non-profit, member-owned organisation representing Australia's independent recording sector. Since 2017, Nominees for the Awards must be released between the period 1 January to 31 December, preceding the Awards. All nominees must be Australian artists, must be self-released or released on an Australian independent label. All nominated master recordings must be entirely owned by an Australian artist or Australian Independent Label. For the purposes of these awards, Australian Independent Labels are businesses that are not owned in part or whole by one of the three major labels. For the avoidance of doubt, if an Australian Independent Label chooses to distribute it's catalogue through a third-party major label, they will remain eligible for the awards. Judging process The AIR invites all of its artist, associate, full and distributor members to put forward releases from the eligibility period for a long-list and releases which have charted in the AIR Music Charts during the eligibility period are also eligible for the long-list. The long list is presented to a voting academy of approximately 400 judges. The judging pool includes broadcasters (community radio, commercial radio, ABC Radio, music television channels and ABC television), artists, online music media, newspapers, AIR Members and other independent music industry representatives. Judges choose their three favourite releases across categories for Best Artist, Best Album, Best Single or EP, Breakthrough Artist of the Year, Best Hip Hop Album, Best Country Album, Best Blues & Roots Album, Best Hard Rock, Heavy or Punk Album. There are specialist voting academies for Dance/Electronica Awards as well as Best Jazz Album and Best Classical Album. Categories In the inaugural edition, four awards were presented, Best Performing Independent Album, Best Performing Independent Single/EP, Best Performing Independent Single/EP and Best New Independent Artist. The "performing" element was dropped from the award the following year. Genre specific awards were introduced from 2007. The award for Best New Independent Artist changed to Breakthrough Independent Artist in 2009. See also Music of Australia References 2006 establishments in Australia Australian music awards Awards established in 2006 Recurring events established in 2006
52868277	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey%20S.%20Tanaka	Jeffrey S. Tanaka	Jeffrey Scott Tanaka (1958 November 3, 1992) was an American psychologist and statistician, known for his work in educational psychology, social psychology and various fields of statistics including structural equation modeling. Biography Tanaka was born in Los Angeles in 1958 to parents Margaret and Shoji Tanaka. In 1979, Tanaka received an A.B. (cum laude) in quantitative psychology at UCLA, followed by an M.A. in psychology in 1980 and a PhD in psychometrics in 1984. His professional academic career began at New York University (NYU), where he was assistant professor of psychology from 1983. In 1990, he joined the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign as associate professor while continuing his career at NYU as visiting research associate professor. Tanaka applied himself in a wide range of fields. As a psychologist, he worked in social psychology, educational psychology and cognition. In statistics, his research interests included structural equation modeling, factor analysis and categorical data analysis. On November 3, 1992, Tanaka died in an automobile accident near Bondville, Illinois at the age of 34. Legacy Due to his work with the American Psychological Association (APA) in raising awareness for ethnic minority issues in academia (Tanaka was an ethnic minority himself), the APA named their Jeffrey S. Tanaka Dissertation Award in his memory. In 1993, the Journal of Personality started to run a series of papers titled The Jeffrey S. Tanaka Occasional Papers in Quantitative Methods for Personality in Tanaka's memory. As of 2011, papers were still being written for the series. In 1994, the Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology introduced the Tanaka Award for Best Article in Multivariate Behavioral Research, given annually to the authors of the most outstanding paper in the Multivariate Behavioral Research journal. Publications Selected academic works The works below are listed by number of times cited (descending), according to data from Google Scholar (correct as of January 2017). References 1958 births 1992 deaths American psychologists New York University faculty University of California, Los Angeles alumni University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign faculty 20th-century psychologists
37301585	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MMCG	MMCG	The Maria Mallaband Care Group (MMCG) is an English company providing care for elderly and mentally impaired people. It was established in Leeds in 1996 by Phil Burgan, a former pharmacist, who remains CEO; it was named after his grandmother. Its services include nursing, day care, respite and palliative care. The group has 27 care homes located in the United Kingdom and the Channel Islands. The company is ranked 89th in the Sunday Times Fast Track 100 in 2009. and was listed as one of Britain's fastest growing private companies in 2010. The overall enterprise also includes Countrywide Care Homes, Maria Mallaband Care Solutions, and MMCG Living. Overall, there are 76 care homes, 3200 residents, more than 4,000 staff, and an annual turnover of £100 million. Historically, MMCG provided care for adults with autism or challenging behaviour. In August 2014 that business was demerged into Autism UK Holdings Limited. In 2012 a resident in a MMCG home was kept in a cold room, and was found to have a body core temperature of 25C when they died of hypothermia. In 2016 MMCG pleaded guilty to breaking heath and safety rules, and was fined £1.6million. References External links Health care companies of England Companies established in 1996 Nursing homes in the United Kingdom 1996 establishments in England Companies based in Leeds
3445721	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elantris	Elantris	Elantris is a fantasy novel written by American fantasy and science fiction writer Brandon Sanderson. The book was published on April 21, 2005, by Tor Books and was Sanderson's first published book. The book gained generally positive reviews, and has been translated into multiple languages. Two related works, Hope of Elantris and The Emperor's Soul, have been released, and two additional novels in the series have been announced. The story follows three main characters: Prince Raoden of Arelon, Princess Sarene of Teod, and the priest Hrathen of Fjordell. At the beginning of the story, Raoden is cursed by an ancient transformation known as the Shaod and secretly exiled to the city of Elantris just days before his betrothed, princess Sarene of Teod, arrives for their wedding. As Raoden tries to avoid gangs, keep his sanity, and unite the people of Elantris, Sarene must cope with the loss of her husband-to-be and try to save Arelon from Hrathen, a priest tasked with converting all of Arelon to the religion of Fjordell or dooming it to destruction. Plot summary Elantris was once a place of magic, and the immortal Elantrians were gods in the eyes of people, with the divine ability to create and heal with a mere wave of a hand. Anyone in Arelon had the potential to become an Elantrian through a magical transformation known as the Shaod. But ten years ago, a cataclysm known as the Reod somehow destroyed the magic of Elantris, the inhabitants of the city became "cursed," and the city was sealed off from society. Anyone affected by the Shaod is now thrown into Elantris to stay there forever, still immortal, but cursed with unquenchable hunger and unhealable pain. The book focuses on three principal characters whose stories intertwine. Much of the book occurs in groupings of three chapters, one for each of the three main characters. The majority of the story takes places within the country of Arelon. Main characters There are three main point-of-view characters in the story: Prince Raoden, the prince of Arelon, is transformed into an Elantrian at the beginning of the book. After the Reod, Elantrians were cursed with dark splotches on their skin and hair falling out. The cursed cannot die or be killed except by drastic measures, such as burning or beheading. A major part of the curse is that their bodies can not repair themselves, so they continue to feel the pain of a stubbed toe or bruise forever. Over time the minor injuries accumulate, eventually driving them all insane. Elantrians do not need to eat, but they feel torturous hunger when they don't. Once Raoden is transformed, he is immediately sent to Elantris in secret while his father pretends he has suddenly died. Raoden's storyline centers on his efforts to retain his sanity and improve the Elantrian way of life beyond the anarchy to which it succumbed when Elantris fell. He does this by displaying amazing skills as a leader and getting the Elantrians to focus on work, as opposed to their constant suffering. He also manages to calm and disperse or incorporate the gangs which were terrorizing new Elantrians upon their arrival. Princess Sarene is the princess of Teod and would have been Raoden's political bride had he not been cursed. Raoden has never personally met her, so it comes as a surprise to her when she discovers upon her arrival in Arelon that they are considered to have been married if either of them dies before the wedding. Widow of a supposedly dead prince and a new member of the mostly ill-suited Arelon nobility, she struggles to find out what exactly is going in all affairs concerning the nobility of Arelon, the downtrodden common people of Arelon and Elantris, and what exactly happened to her now deceased husband. Sarene's storyline follows her attempts to stabilize and improve the monarchy and political system, which encouraged nobles to mistreat the peasants. While spending her time in Arelon, she learns of Gyorn Hrathen, and relies upon her knowledge and skills to prevent his religious revolution. Gyorn Hrathen, a Derethi gyorn, otherwise known as a high-ranking priest, arrives in Arelon with a mandate to convert the country to the Derethi religion within three months' time, or his religion's supposed armies will come to destroy the entire nation of Arelon. He parades around the nation to spread propaganda with the intention to make Arelenes hate Elantris and Shu-Korath, and, in turn, convert to Derethi. He takes advantage of the corrupt nobility of the region in order to reach his end goal, often holding secret meetings with them that involve bribery. Hrathen's storyline focuses on his efforts towards politically maneuvering the Arelene aristocracy, with the ultimate intention being to place a converted Derethi on the throne. The novel occasionally focuses on his inward struggles as he feels he must come to terms with the religion he is supposed to believe, for even he questions his work ethic at times. Aons These are central to the book's plot. They are the means by which the Elantrians perform magic. Many characters' names are variations on the Aons, as is customary in this fantasy world. The images of the many Aons can be found in the back of the book. Raoden rediscovers many of the Aons while in Elantris, preserved in scrolls that have not been consumed by the decay of the city. He learns to invoke the Aons, but finds they have lost their power, which is the ultimate cause of Elantris' collapse. Near the end of the book, Sarene helps Raoden discover that the shapes of the Aons coincide with physical landmarks and natural features located around the country. A massive fissure in the earth that now cuts through the country 'altered' these landmarks, which in turn caused the Aons to lose their power. By 'reconstructing' the Aons to now incorporate the fissure in their design, Raoden restores the Aons' power. After realizing that Elantris and its surrounding cities are just one big Aon, he draws a giant line to represent the fissure, which restores Elantris and the Elantrians to their former glory. The Cosmere Like many of Sanderson's other novels and collections, including Mistborn, The Stormlight Archive, Warbreaker, and Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection, Elantris takes place within a universe known as the Cosmere. Although the different novels, novellas, and series within the Cosmere are largely separate narratives, they are related, and "Easter egg" references to other Cosmere works are common. A mysterious figure named Hoid appears at some point in each of Sanderson's full novels and series, including in the last chapter of Elantris. His origins and motives remain unclear. Releases Elantris was published by Tor Books in hardcover on April 21, 2005, and it was Sanderson's first published book. Coinciding with the general release, the Science Fiction Book Club released a hardcover edition in May 2005. The Tor mass market paperback was released on May 30, 2006, and the ebook followed in April 2007. In October 2015, a "tenth anniversary author's definitive edition" was released in trade paperback and hardcover, containing "10,000 words of additional content". In December 2015, the Elantris Tenth Anniversary Dragonsteel Leather Edition was released, which included full-color pages of Elantris-related art, new maps, and two-tonal typeset. It has been translated into Bulgarian, Chinese, Czech, French, Dutch, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, and Turkish. Audiobooks GraphicAudio released Elantris as a dramatized audio production on April 1, 2009. It was adapted and produced with a full cast, narrator, sound effects and music. Recorded Books released a digital audio book of Elantris: Tenth Anniversary Author's Definitive Edition on October 7, 2015, narrated by Jack Garrett. Reception Elantris gained generally positive reviews. Orson Scott Card, American novelist, critic, public speaker, essayist, and columnist, states on his website that "Elantris is the finest novel of fantasy to be written in many years. Brandon Sanderson has created a truly original world of magic and intrigue, and with the rigor of the best science fiction writers he has made it real at every level." Kirkus Reviews praised the book because it was not the first book in a series: "An epic fantasy novel that is (startlingly) not Volume One of a Neverending Sequence... [with] an unusually well-conceived system of magic... the story has some grip and it's a tremendous relief to have fruition in a single volume... A cut above the same-old." Publishers Weekly praised Sanderson's fantasy debut as being outstanding and free of the usual genre clichés, noting that it offers something for everyone, including mystery, magic, romance, politics, religious conflict and robust characters. Sequels Sanderson has discussed an official sequel to Elantris, though he is not sure when it might be written. He has stated that it would take place ten years after the current book's events, and center around some of its very minor characters. He later announced plans for two books following Elantris, with Kiin's children being the main characters in Elantris Two. The Hope of Elantris An e-book short story was released in 2007 entitled The Hope of Elantris. It was initially for sale on Amazon, but Sanderson released it on his own site when the contract with Amazon ran out. Sanderson describes on his website that the events that take place in the e-book happen concurrently with events in Elantris, hence he suggests reading Elantris first for risk of spoiling certain aspects of the story. The inspiration for the story comes from a story told to him by his wife Emily when they were dating in 2006. The Emperor's Soul In 2013, Sanderson wrote the novella titled The Emperor's Soul that takes place in the world of Elantris, but in a very different region. Shai is a thief and practitioner of magical forgery who has been arrested and sentenced to death. She is given 100 days to forge a new soul for the Emperor, who is in a coma following an assassination attempt. Sanderson notes that the reader does not need to read Elantris to understand the plot. References External links Elantris page on Sanderson's official website 2005 American novels 2005 fantasy novels Cosmere novels Tor Books books Debut fantasy novels 2005 debut novels Novels set on fictional planets
38754793	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abid%20Anwar	Abid Anwar	Abid Anwar is a Bangladeshi poet, critic, and lyricist. For his contributions to Bengali poetry, he was awarded the Bangla Academy Literary Award in 2012. References Further reading Living people Bangladeshi male poets Bangladeshi literary critics Recipients of Bangla Academy Award Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people)
68000580	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dany%20Gappmaier	Dany Gappmaier	Daniel Gappmaier known as Dany Gappmaier (born 26 September 1991) is a speedway rider from Austria. He rode in the top tier of British Speedway riding for the Swindon Robins in the SGB Premiership 2017. He currently rides for Berwick Bandits in the SGB Championship 2021. References 1991 births Living people Austrian speedway riders Belle Vue Aces riders Berwick Bandits riders Swindon Robins riders Sportspeople from Salzburg
3312150	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilot%20chute	Pilot chute	A pilot chute is a small auxiliary parachute used to deploy the main or reserve parachute. The pilot chute is connected by a bridle to the deployment bag containing the parachute. Pilot chutes are a critical component of all modern skydiving and BASE jumping gear. Pilot chutes are also used as a component of spacecraft such as NASA's Orion. Deployment methods Spring-loaded The spring-loaded pilot chute is used in conjunction with a ripcord. When the user pulls the ripcord, the container opens, allowing the pilot chute compressed inside and loaded with a large spring inside it to jump out. Spring-loaded pilot chutes are mainly used to deploy reserve parachutes. They are often also used to deploy the main parachute on skydiving students' parachute equipment. They are also commonly used in drogue parachute in cars or in planes such as the B52 Bomber. Pull-out The pull-out and throw-out pilot chutes are identical in construction; the difference is in their connection to the handle and the bridle, and in the way they are packed. With the pull-out system, the pilot chute is packed inside the container. The activation handle is attached to a lanyard, which in turn is attached to the closing pin. The lanyard is also attached to base of the pilot chute, at the point of connection to the bridle. When the user pulls the handle, the closing pin is pulled, opening the container. Continuing the pull, the user pulls the pilot chute out of the container and into the airstream, at which point the pilot chute inflates and pulls the main parachute out of the container. Throw-out The throw-out pilot chute is the most popular type in use today. The pilot chute is packed in a pouch at the bottom of the container (often called BOC for short). The handle is attached to the apex of the pilot chute. When the user grabs the handle and throws the pilot chute into the airstream, the bridle extends, pulling the closing pin and opening the container, as the pilot chute continues in the airstream it extracts the deployment bag containing the main parachute from the container. The pull-out pilot chute and the throw-out pilot chute were both invented by Bill Booth. Drogues Drogues used on tandem-systems are basically large throw-out pilot chutes, but the bridle is anchored on the container with a release system. When the user throws the drogue, the drogue inflates and the bridle extends. The deployed drogue slows down the free-fall speed of the tandem pair. When the user wants to open the parachute, they pull a ripcord, releasing the bridle and allowing the drogue to open the main container. Types Collapsible With the advent of smaller higher performance canopies, the drag induced by trailing a pilot chute behind a canopy has become a significant concern. To reduce this drag some pilot chute designs of the Pull-out and Throw-out variety are collapsible. Once deployment of the parachute has occurred a kill line running up the center of the pilot chute bridle becomes loaded. This kill line pulls down on the apex of the pilot chute collapsing it and greatly reducing its drag on the canopy. Some designs replace the kill line with a fixed length of shock cord, which stretches when the pilot chute is moving quickly, allowing it to inflate. When the pilot slows down (after opening a canopy, for example) the shock cord retracts, killing the pilot chute. While this avoids the possibility of pilot-in-tow malfunction due to an un-cocked pilot, it has the disadvantage of requiring significant airspeed to operate. This could cause a delayed deployment if used for a BASE or balloon jump, or any other jump with a low speed deployment. This type may also begin to re-inflate behind a highly loaded, fast moving canopy, negating the usefulness of a collapsible pilot chute. Vented Pilot chutes for BASE jumping gear are typically larger than skydiving pilot chutes, and often include air vents on the surface. Research on the development of early round parachutes showed that vents can increase stability and reduce oscillation of the parachute. BASE jumpers often use pilot chutes with either apex vents, or ring vents. References Parachuting Aerospace engineering
40168410	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avnede%20Church	Avnede Church	Avnede Church is a Gothic church located some southeast of Nakskov on the Danish island of Lolland. Frescos discovered on the chancel arch during repairs in 2009 are now being restored by the National Museum. History Avnede Church was originally a wooden structure, probably one of the first to be built on Lolland in the early 11th century. It was located near a spring known in pre-Christian times and later Christianized as St Lawrence's spring. It was well known for the powerful effects of its waters. The church itself was also originally dedicated to St Lawrence. Today's stone building dates from the end of the 14th century. Apart from a short period in the 16th century, it was annexed to Halsted Church. Together with Halsted, in 1719 it was transferred to the Juellinge barony, created in honor of Jens Juel, and was subsequently owned by members of the Juel-Vind family. The church gained its independence in 1957. Architecture The church was built in the Gothic style with a nave and a chancel with a three-sided east wall. The tower was added slightly later. The pyramidal spire is from c. 1770. The pulpit from 1580 is decorated with the 10 virtues which were restored in c. 1950 after being painted over for centuries. See also List of churches on Lolland References Lolland Churches in Lolland Gothic architecture in Denmark Churches completed in 1390 Lutheran churches converted from Roman Catholicism Churches in the Diocese of Lolland–Falster 14th-century churches in Denmark
44436537	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kara%20Para%20A%C5%9Fk	Kara Para Aşk	Kara Para Aşk (English: Black Money Love) is a Turkish television series broadcast on ATV screens on Wednesday evenings. The leading cast are Tuba Büyüküstün, Engin Akyürek and Erkan Can. The production of the series is undertaken by Ay Yapım and produced by Kerem Çatay, it was directed by Ahmet Katıksız. The first episode of the series aired on Wednesday, 12 March 2014 and concluded on 15 July 2015. With gaining significant viewer's rating, it was the most popular and most watched television drama by that time. Cast Main characters Supporting Broadcast schedule Awards Locations Episode 164, which is the final episode in the series, was filmed in the small fishing town of Gölyazı in Lake Uluabat. The Gölyazı Old Mosque, which is visible in some scenes, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. International broadcasts Kara Para Aşk has been dubbed in multiple languages. Kara Para Aşk was dubbed in Arabic by Studio Sama Art International and distributed in the Arab World by the Beelink Productions company, aired on MBC Group channels for the first time in the Arab World. : Tolo TV : TV Klan as Diamante dhe Dashuri (Diamonds and love) : as Ennahar Laki : Telefe : Red Uno Bolivia : TDC : Mega as Kara para ask : Caracol TV as Kara para ask : Antena Latina as Amor de contrabando : Nova TV as Ljubav i novac (Love and money) : CBC Egypt as العشق الأسود : Kana TV as Tikur Fiker ጥቁር ፍቅር : Maestro TV and Imedi TV as შავი ფული და სიყვარული (shavi fuli da siyvaruli) : Izaura TV as Piszkos pénz, tiszta szerelem (Black money, pure love) : ANTV and tvOne as Cinta Elif : GEM TV and River as Latifeh لطیفه : ים תיכוני 25 as אהבה וכסף שחור : Alrai TV : MTV Lebanon as العشق الأسود : Imagen TV as Amor y Dinero : Pink M as Ljubav i novac (Love and money) : Urdu1 as Kala Paisa Pyar کالا پیسہ پیار : Latina Televisión as Kara para ask : WAPA-TV as Kara para ask : Pro 2 and Timeless Drama Channel as Dragoste de contrabandă; Netflix as Dragoste și bani murdari : RTV Pink as Ljubav i novac (Love and money) : POP TV as Usodni diamanti (Fatal Diamonds) : Fanproj as Qarash Iyo Qiimo Jaceyl : eExtra and FOX Life as Black Money Love : Nova as Amor de contrabando : MBC 4 and OSN ya hala as العشق الأسود : MundoMax as Amor de contrabando : MY5 as Pul va gul ishqi : Tv3 Ghana : as Black Money Love References Turkish television series 2014 Turkish television series debuts 2015 Turkish television series endings Turkish crime drama television series ATV (Turkey) original programming Television series produced in Istanbul Television shows set in Istanbul Television series set in the 2010s
69249	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waverly	Waverly	Waverly may refer to: Education United States Waverly Community Schools, a school district located in Lansing, Michigan Waverly School District 145, Nebraska Waverly Central School District, New York Waverly High School (disambiguation) The Waverly School, a private school in Pasadena, California Hotels Hotel Waverly, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Hotel Waverly (New Bedford, Massachusetts), United States, on the National Register of Historic Places The Waverly, Hendersonville, North Carolina, United States, a historic hotel on the National Register of Historic Places Places United States Waverly, Alabama, a town Waverly, Colorado, an unincorporated community Waverly, Florida, a census-designated place Waverly, Georgia, an unincorporated community Waverly, Illinois, a small city Waverly Lake, Illinois, a reservoir Waverly, Indiana, an unincorporated community Waverly, Iowa, a city Waverly, Kansas, a city Waverly, Kentucky, a city Waverly, Louisiana, an unincorporated community Waverly, Baltimore, Maryland, a neighborhood Waverly, Michigan, an unincorporated community and census-designated place Waverly Township, Cheboygan County, Michigan Waverly Township, Van Buren County, Michigan Waverly, Minnesota, a city Waverly Township, Minnesota Waverly, Mississippi, an unincorporated community Waverly, Missouri, a city Waverly Township, Lincoln County, Missouri, an inactive township Waverly, Nebraska, a city Waverly, Franklin County, New York, a town Waverly, Tioga County, New York, a village Waverly, Ohio, a village Waverly Township, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania Waverly, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community within the above township Waverly, South Dakota, an unincorporated community and census-designated place Waverly, Tennessee, a city Waverly (Old Wavery) and New Waverly, populated areas next to Sam Houston National Forest, in Texas Waverly, Virginia, a town Waverly, Albemarle County, Virginia, an unincorporated community in Albemarle County, Virginia Waverly, Caroline County, Virginia, an unincorporated community Waverly, Washington, a town Waverly, West Virginia, a census-designated place Waverly, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community Antarctica Waverly Glacier, Palmer Land Other uses Waverly (given name) Waverly Plantation (Leon County, Florida), United States Waverly Plantation (Cunningham, North Carolina), United States, on the National Register of Historic Places Waverly (house) (disambiguation), various historic American houses and mansions, United States Waverly Theater, renamed the IFC Center, an art house movie theater in Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, United States Waverly Bridge (disambiguation) Waverly Fairgrounds, home of the Elizabeth Resolutes of the National Association, baseball's first major league, in 1873 Waverly (brand), a home fashion brand Waverly Films, a Brooklyn-based group of filmmakers, United States Alexander Waverly, a fictional character in the 1960s TV series The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. See also Waverley (disambiguation) Waverly Hall, Georgia, US New Waverly, Texas, US South Waverly, Pennsylvania, US Waverly Place, a street in Manhattan, New York City, New York, US Waverly Historic District (disambiguation) Waverly Village Hall (disambiguation)
58883057	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julio%20Cepero	Julio Cepero	Julio Cepero Balbíno (born 27 September 1953) is a Cuban footballer. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1976 Summer Olympics. References 1953 births Living people Cuban footballers Cuba international footballers Association football midfielders Olympic footballers of Cuba Footballers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people)
29089690	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toby%20Roland-Jones	Toby Roland-Jones	Tobias Skelton Roland-Jones (born 29 January 1988) is an English cricketer. A medium-fast, right-arm bowler and a lower order right-handed batsman, Roland-Jones represents Middlesex in county cricket, and has represented England at Test and One Day International level. Early life and career County career On 23 September 2016, Roland-Jones took a hat-trick against Yorkshire to secure the County Championship for Middlesex for the first time in 23 years. He was named one of the Wisden 2017's Cricketers of the year. In September 2017, Roland-Jones suffered a lower-back stress fracture whilst playing for Middlesex and was consequently unavailable for selection for the England winter tours to Australia and New Zealand. On his return to county cricket in April 2018, a recurrence of the injury was predicted to rule him out of the 2018 season. On 26 July 2019, in the 2019 t20 Blast match against Glamorgan, Roland-Jones took a hat-trick, finishing with career-best figures of 5 for 21. International career In July 2016 he was named in England's squad for their Test series against Pakistan. However, he was dropped from the squad after Ben Stokes and James Anderson were recalled to the England squad for the second Test against Pakistan at Old Trafford. He made his One Day International (ODI) debut for England against South Africa on 29 May 2017. He made his Test debut for England against South Africa on 27 July 2017 and took five wickets in his first Test match, ripping through the South African top four and completing his maiden five-for by removing Temba Bavuma. He was the first Englishman to take a five-for on debut since Adil Rashid in 2015. Roland-Jones also showed that he is a capable lower order batsmen by adding 25 in the first innings (including four fours and one six) and 23 not out (two sixes) in the second innings. See also List of England cricketers who have taken five-wicket hauls on Test debut References External links 1988 births Living people English cricketers England Test cricketers England One Day International cricketers Middlesex cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers North v South cricketers Wisden Cricketers of the Year People from Ashford, Surrey English cricketers of the 21st century
69434112	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brenda%20Rowberry	Brenda Rowberry	Brenda Rowberry is a former netball player in New Zealand. She played for her country on 12 occasions, including in the 1971 Netball World Championships. She is the mother of Anna Stanley, who played netball for the Silver Ferns 92 times. Early life Brenda Rowberry (née Walker) was born on 3 December 1946. She went to the University of Otago School of Physical Education (OUSPE) in Dunedin, where she met her husband, Jerry Rowberry, who would go on to teach Physical Education at Christ's College, Canterbury. They both graduated in 1969. While at university, Rowberry competed in athletics in shot put, discus and javelin events. She took part in the New Zealand University Games in athletics and represented the New Zealand universities in competition with Australian universities. Netball career Rowberry played netball for Canterbury. She was first selected for the Silver Ferns, the national team, in June 1969, becoming the 48th woman to play for the team, and was on the team until 1971. She played mainly in the Goal Defence position, usually in partnership with Tilly Hirst. Rowberry was a strong player, helped by her athletic training, and was one of the few netball players of the time who did weight training. She took part in the 1971 World Netball Championships, which were held in Kingston, Jamaica, with New Zealand finishing second. Later career Rowberry taught Physical Education for 16 years at Linwood High School (now Linwood College) in Christchurch and then transferred to Rangi Ruru Girls' School in Christchurch. She also coached netball, often at the Sacred Hearts College Old Girls' Club. A junior-grade netball competition between schools in the Canterbury region is known as the Brenda Rowberry Cup. In 2018 she and her husband were both given a Service Award by the New Zealand Secondary Schools Athletic Association. Family Rowberry and her husband have four daughters. Their second daughter, Anna, played for the Silver Ferns on 92 occasions. They were the second mother and daughter to play for the Silver Ferns, one year after Belinda Charteris, daughter of Judy Blair, first played for the team. References New Zealand international netball players 1971 World Netball Championships players Living people 1946 births University of Otago alumni
27968618	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003%20Campionati%20Internazionali%20di%20Sicilia%20%E2%80%93%20Singles	2003 Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia – Singles	Fernando González was the defending champion but did not compete that year. Nicolás Massú won in the final 1–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–0) against Paul-Henri Mathieu. Seeds A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. Nicolás Massú (champion) Nikolay Davydenko (first round) David Sánchez (first round) Filippo Volandri (second round) Paul-Henri Mathieu (final) Alberto Martín (semifinals) Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo (first round) Luis Horna (semifinals) Draw References 2003 Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia Draw Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia 2003 ATP Tour Camp
19437044	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grazia%20MacIntosh	Grazia MacIntosh	Grazia MacIntosh (née van Hattum) (born 25 April 1955 in New Plymouth) is a former association football goalkeeper who represented New Zealand at international level. MacIntosh made her full Football Ferns debut in a 1–2 loss to Australia on 4 October 1981. MacIntosh is the sister of former All Whites goalkeeper Frank van Hattum and fellow women's international Marie-Jose Cooper. References 1955 births Living people New Zealand women's international footballers New Zealand women's association footballers Women's association football goalkeepers New Zealand people of Dutch descent Sportspeople from New Plymouth
53675264	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordula%20%28film%29	Cordula (film)	Cordula is a 1950 Austrian drama film directed by Gustav Ucicky and starring Paula Wessely, Attila Hörbiger and Jane Tilden. It is based on a 1925 poem by Anton Wildgans about a woman in a small town who falls pregnant to a local forester serving in the Austrian Army during the First World War. The film was the made by Wessely's independent production company, and was the sixth time she had appeared in a film directed by Usicky. It was partly shot on location in the vicinity of Vorau in Styria, using locals as extras. Interiors were shot at the Sievering Studios in Vienna with sets designed by the art director Otto Niedermoser. Cast References External links 1950 drama films Austrian drama films Austrian films Films directed by Gustav Ucicky Films set on the Austro-Hungarian home front during World War I Films based on poems Films shot at Sievering Studios Austrian black-and-white films
13150878	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine%20Thompson	Katherine Thompson	Katherine Thompson may refer to: Katherine Rawls (1918–1982), American swimmer also known as Katherine Thompson Kate Thompson (author) (born 1956), British author of children's fantasy novels Katherine J. Thompson, American census statistician See also Katherine Thomson (born 1955), Australian playwright and screenwriter Kathryn Thomson (born 1996), British short track speed skater
40348751	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All%20Saints%27%20Episcopal%20Church%20%28Philadelphia%29	All Saints' Episcopal Church (Philadelphia)	All Saints' Torresdale Episcopal Church is an Episcopal church in the Torresdale neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The church was founded in 1772, an extension of Philadelphia's Old Trinity Church. The present church building, designed by Frank Wills, was completed in 1855. History During the late 17th century, Church of England services were the first religious services to be held at the site of what is, today, All Saints' Torresdale Episcopal Church. First conducted in 1698, they were held in a Quaker meeting house built from hewn logs. Replaced by a brick building in 1711, the structure was further improved with the addition of pews in 1759, eventually became known as the Old Trinity Church, and remains situated in what is now Oxford Township, Pennsylvania. By the early 1770s, however, a group of congregants came to realize that their beliefs were not completed aligned with other members of their church, and decided to begin a search for another more suitable location to worship. Writing to the Propagation of the Gospel in London on behalf of those restive congregants in 1771, Dr. William Smith secured permission to build a new facility, found land roughly five miles away in Torresdale, an area in Philadelphia County which would become part of the city of Philadelphia in 1854, and began working to make the new church a reality. Groundbreaking was held on November 3, 1772, on land provided by Christian Minnick, the building was completed, and dedication ceremonies were held on November 3, 1772. "Included in the covenant of ground from Christian Minnick," according to historians at All Saints' Episcopal, "was a stipulation that the church was not to be separated from Trinity Oxford and that the Swedish minister was to preach in it every three weeks." Rectors 1772‐1779 Dr. William Smith 1779‐1785 No Rector 1785‐1786 William Smith (not Dr. Smith) 1786‐1791 Joseph Pilmore 1791‐1798 Dr. William Smith and others 1798‐1799 John Henry Hobart 1799‐1802 no regular Rector 1802‐1804 Charles Cotton 1804‐1805 No Rector 1805‐1806 Mr. Nankevil 1806‐1809 James Abercombie 1809‐1816 James Wiltbank 1816‐1818 No Rector 1818‐1834 George Sheets 1834‐1878 Frederick Beasley 1878‐1879 No Rector 1879‐1882 John Magruth 1882‐1886 James Bassett 1886‐1907 Rush S. Eastman 1907‐1916 Allen Van Meter 1916‐1953 Percy Brown 1953‐1960 Stuart Thomas 1960‐2003 Dr. Edward Chinn 2004‐2009 Jeffrey Liddy 2010‐2012 Stephen Snider (interim rector) 2012–2016 Rev. Dr. Bradley Hauff 2020–present Rev. Jay Walton References External links 19th-century Episcopal church buildings Churches in Philadelphia Episcopal churches in Pennsylvania Gothic Revival architecture in Pennsylvania Philadelphia Register of Historic Places Churches completed in 1855 1772 establishments in Pennsylvania Northeast Philadelphia
47499838	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhor%20%28Vidhan%20Sabha%20constituency%29	Bhor (Vidhan Sabha constituency)	Bhor (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) constituencies of Maharashtra state, western India. This constituency is located in Pune district. Geographical scope The constituency comprises Mulshi taluka, Velhe taluka, Bhor taluka and ward nos. 157, 159 and 160 of Pune Municipal Corporation. Members of Legislative Assembly 1952 : Mohol Namdev Sadashiv alias Mamasaheb Mohol (defeated Nanasaheb Khopade) 1999 :Kashinathrao khutwad 2004 : Anantrao Thopate 2009 : Sangram Anantrao Thopate, Indian National Congress 2014 : Sangram Anantrao Thopate, Indian National Congress. 2019 : Sangram Anantrao Thopate, Indian National Congress. References Assembly constituencies of Pune district Assembly constituencies of Maharashtra
21153900	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behind%20the%20Player%3A%20Robbie%20Merrill	Behind the Player: Robbie Merrill	Behind The Player: Robbie Merrill is an interactive music video featuring Godsmack bassist Robbie Merrill. Released on November 1, 2008 by IMV, the DVD features Robbie giving in-depth bass lessons for how to play "Speak" and "Voodoo" by Godsmack and an intimate behind-the scenes look at his life as a professional musician, including rare photos and video. The DVD also includes Robbie jamming the two tracks with Godsmack drummer Shannon Larkin, VideoTab that shows exactly how Robbie plays his parts in the two songs, as well as other bonus material. IMV donates $.25 from the sale of each Behind the Player DVD to Little Kids Rock, an organization that gets instruments in the hands of underprivileged kids. Contents Behind The Player Robbie talks about his background, influences and gear, including rare photos and video "Speak" by Godsmack Lesson: Robbie gives an in-depth bass lesson for how to play the song Jam: Robbie jams the track with Godsmack drummer Shannon Larkin VideoTab: Animated tablature shows exactly how Robbie plays the track "Voodoo" by Godsmack Lesson: Robbie gives an in-depth bass lesson for how to play the song Jam: Robbie jams the track with Godsmack drummer Shannon Larkin VideoTab: Animated tablature shows exactly how Robbie plays the track Special features Godsmack: Live trailer Little Kids Rock promotional video Personnel Produced By: Ken Mayer & Sean E Demott Directed By: Leon Melas Executive Producer: Rick Donaleshen Associate Producer: Shane Hall Director Of Photography: Ken Barrows Sound Engineer: Tim Harkins Edited By: Jeff Morose Mixed By: Matt Chidgey & Cedrick Courtois Graphics By: Thayer Demay Transcription By: Thayer Demay Camera Operators: Chris Shaw, Mike Chateneuf, Kieth Mcnulty, Doug Cragoe Gaffer: John Parker Technical Director: Tyler Bourns Assistant Director: Matt Pick Production Assistant: Laine Proctor Lighting And Grip: Mcnulty Nielson Artist Hospitality: Sasha Mayer Shot At: Korn Studios Special Guest: Shannon Larkin Cover Photo By: Neil Zlozower Video Courtesy Of: Oz Barron, Universal Records Photos Courtesy Of: Neil Zlozower, Joes Testa, Spector Bass, Shane Hall, Stephanie Pick External links Official website Behind the Player
52075364	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boa%20Nova%20Wildlife%20Refuge	Boa Nova Wildlife Refuge	The Boa Nova Wildlife Refuge () is a wildlife reserve in the state of Bahia, Brazil. Location The Boa Nova Wildlife Refuge is in the municipality of Boa Nova, Bahia. It has an area of . It adjoins segments of the Boa Nova National Park. The purpose is to fully protect and regenerate the natural ecosystems in the transition between Atlantic Forest and Caatinga, to maintain viable populations of endangered mammals and species of birds, particularly the slender antbird (Rhopornis ardesiacus), to maintain and restore waterways and watersheds, and to enable scientific research, education, environmental interpretation, recreation in contact with nature and ecotourism. History A public consultation on creating a national park and wildlife refuge in the south of Boa Nova was arranged by the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) on 14 December 2006. The Boa Nova Wildlife Refuge was created by federal decree on 11 June 2010, which also created the Boa Nova National Park with an area of about . It became part of the Central Atlantic Forest Ecological Corridor, created in 2002. The consultative council for the reserve was created on 27 August 2015. Notes Sources Wildlife reserves of Brazil Protected areas of Bahia 2010 establishments in Brazil
35260712	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamaki%20College	Tamaki College	Tamaki College is co-educational Secondary School in Glen Innes, Auckland, New Zealand. Originally constructed on two sites, it was planned to create a separate boys and girls colleges when the roll reached 1400. The separate sites in Glen Innes saw the establishment of the 'girls' school in 1955 with the last site in 1957. This did not occur and the school remained on two sites until 1987. In 2003 the 'girls' school was closed after a fire burned much of the building. Tamaki College serves the communities of Glen Innes and Panmure; it celebrated its Diamond Jubilee in 2017. Since 1998 there has been an extensive redevelopment within the school including the recreation centre, technological block and library. Tamaki College is part of the "Trades Academies" initiative of the New Zealand Ministry of Education. Tamaki College is part of the "Services Academies" initiative of the New Zealand Ministry of Education. Tamaki College is part of an innovation service in partnership with Pacific Futures Limited. The Tereora Academy helps pathway students through Science onto Health and Science teritiary pathways. Enrolment Tamaki College is a member of the International Students Code. At a 2017 Education Review Office review, Tamaki College had 631 students included 2 international students. At the same review the following data shows the ethnic make up of the school. Houses Each of the houses has a Male and Female House Captain and Deputy House Captains. Traditions The heart of the school life is centred around the schools Marae complex, Te Poho O Tamaki. All students and staff starting their journey at Tamaki College goes through the tradition of being welcomed into the school through powhiri. Principals Mrs S. A. Pamaka: 2006 - Mr D. C. Hodge: 1999 - 2005 Mr J. A. Grant: 1987 - 1998 Mr E. R. Perry: 1973 - 1986 Mr C. B. Floyd: 1966 - 1973 Mr J. D. Murdoch: 1957 - 1966 Notable alumni Academia Alvina Pau’uvale - is a researcher and scientist for the University of Auckland Sport Graeme Crossmen - was a professional rugby union player in New Zealand touring with the All Blacks to South Africa in 1976. George Moala - is a professional rugby union player in New Zealand, representing Auckland and The Blues. Doris Taufateau - is a female rugby union player for New Zealand and Auckland and is a current staff member of the school. Siosiua Halanukonuka - is a professional Tongan rugby union player. He plays in the prop position for the France side Perpignan. Halanukonuka also represents Tonga at international level Maiakawanakaulani Roos - is a female rugby union player for New Zealand and Auckland. Former Staff Richie Harris - Director of rugby and head coach of the Northland ITM Cup. David Hodge - Former Principal of Tamaki College and Rangitoto College, Head of Saint Kentigerns References External links Secondary schools in Auckland Educational institutions established in 1955 1955 establishments in New Zealand
70023724	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris%20Furmanov	Boris Furmanov	Boris Aleksandrovich Furmanov (; 17 December 1936 – 8 February 2022) was a Russian politician. He served as Minister of Architecture, Construction, and Housing from 1991 to 1992. He died on 8 February 2022, at the age of 85. References 1936 births 2022 deaths Soviet politicians Russian politicians Russian people of Ukrainian descent Communist Party of the Soviet Union members Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Recipients of the Order of Friendship of Peoples People from Sievierodonetsk
7021069	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fawn%20%28disambiguation%29	Fawn (disambiguation)	A fawn is a young deer. Fawn may also refer to: Places Canada Fawn Island Fawn Lake, Alberta, a locality Fawn River (Ontario), Kenora District, Northwestern Ontario United States Fawn, Missouri Fawn Grove, Pennsylvania Fawn Lake (New York) Fawn Lake Township, Minnesota Fawn Pond (Massachusetts) Fawn River (Michigan) Fawn River Township, Michigan Fawn Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Fawn Township, York County, Pennsylvania Rising Fawn, Georgia Other uses Fawn River State Fish Hatchery, a historic hatchery near Orland, Indiana Fawn (colour) Fairey Fawn, a British single-engine light bomber of the 1920s Fleet Fawn, a single-engine, two-seat training aircraft produced in the 1930s HMS Fawn, the name of several ships in the British Navy The Fawn (album), by The Sea and Cake Parasitaster, or The Fawn, a 1604 play by John Marston USS Fawn (1863), a steamer Fawn, a Disney Fairies franchise character People with the given name Fawn M. Brodie (1915–1981), American biographer and historian. Fawn Hall (born 1959), notable figure in the Iran-Contra affair. Fawn Johnson, American journalist. Fawn Rogers, American contemporary artist. Fawn Sharp (born 1970), Native American politician, attorney, and policy advocate. Fawn Silver, American actress active between 1965–1972. Fawn Weaver (born 1976), American entrepreneur, historian, and author. Fawn Yacker, American filmmaker, producer and cinematographer. People with the surname James Fawn (1847–1923), British music hall comic entertainer. See also Faun (disambiguation) Fon (disambiguation) Phon, a unit of loudness
21079505	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adr%C3%A9%20Airport	Adré Airport	Adré Airport is a public use airport located near Adré, Ouaddaï, Chad. See also List of airports in Chad References External links Airport record for Adré Airport at Landings.com Airports in Chad Ouaddaï Region
9687993	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond%20Kaelbel	Raymond Kaelbel	Raymond Kaelbel (31 January 1932 – 17 April 2007) was a French international footballer who was part of France national football team during 1958 FIFA World Cup. He was the member of The Board of directors of RC Strasbourg and resided in Illkirch-Graffenstaden before his death. Honours Monaco Division 1: 1960–61 Coupe de France: 1959–60 Strasbourg Coupe de France: 1965–66 External links Profile on French federation official site Profile (International caps) Profile Obituary at UEFA.com 1932 births 2007 deaths Sportspeople from Colmar French people of German descent French footballers French expatriate sportspeople in Monaco France international footballers Association football defenders RC Strasbourg Alsace players AS Monaco FC players Le Havre AC players Stade de Reims players Ligue 1 players 1954 FIFA World Cup players ASPV Strasbourg managers 1958 FIFA World Cup players French football managers Expatriate footballers in Monaco Footballers from Alsace
1214060	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprecher%20Brewery	Sprecher Brewery	Sprecher Brewery is a brewery in Glendale, Wisconsin, U.S. It was founded in 1985 in Milwaukee by Randal Sprecher, and is Milwaukee's first craft brewery since Prohibition. Sprecher produces an assortment of beers, flavored malt beverages, and sodas, and it is famous for its root beer. Despite producing a full range of award-winning craft beers, the brewery is arguably best known for its Black Bavarian (schwarzbier) and premium sodas. Sprecher brews more root beer than all of its alcoholic beers combined. History The founder, Randal Sprecher, a California native, earned his first degree in oceanography and his second in brewing. He was employed by Pabst in Milwaukee. After just over four years at Pabst, he founded his own brewery in 1985. The new brewery was started on a budget of $40,000. Sprecher hand-manufactured and purchased equipment to keep costs down, including a 16-oz. bottling machine from Coca-Cola, and some of this equipment remains in use today. The current Sprecher facility was acquired in 1994. In January 2020, a group of local investors acquired Sprecher Brewery, with Sharad Chadha taking the helm as CEO and President. The new leadership expanded distribution by 10 states, up to 30 total, and grew production capacity by added a new canning line and warehouse space. Over the course of two years, the company doubled to 110 people and went from running a single shift four days a week to double shifts five days a week with the capacity to expand further. In October 2021, Sprecher acquired six soda brands from Chicago-based WIT Beverage Co., including Green River. In January 2022, Sprecher transitioned all of its beer styles from bottles to cans, and accompanied a brand refresh with new labels. Production Raw Wisconsin honey is used as a primary ingredient in its root beer, and Sprecher Ginger Ale uses locally grown ginger. Sprecher's recipe and method for producing its root beer has remained unchanged since its founding. The brewing uses a "fire-brewed" process that brews in a kettle with fire underneath, rather than steam, which caramelizes the sugars and helps blend flavors and create complexity. Year-round beers Special Amber - Vienna Lager Black Bavarian - Schwarzbier Hefe Weiss - Bavaria wheat ale Abbey Triple - Belgian Tripel Pineapple X-Press - Belgian IPA Juicy IPA - Juicy India Pale Ale Seasonal beers Seasonal beers include: Mai Bock - Blonde Bock (Spring) Milwaukee Pils - Bohemian Style Lager(Summer) Oktoberfest - Märzen (Autumn) Winter Lager - Bavarian-Style Dunkel (Winter) Limited release beers Czar Brew - Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Stout Imperial Stout - Imperial Stout Framboise - Belgian-Style Lambic Sodas Root Beer Lo-Cal Root Beer Caffeinated Root Beer Maple Syrup Root Beer Cream Soda Lo-Cal Cream Soda Orange Dream Lo-Cal Orange Dream Cherry Cola Door County Cherry Soda Grape Ginger Ale - Wisconsin Ginger Puma Kola - Cola with vanilla + cinnamon Caffeinated Citrus Splash Ginger Beer Dr Sprecher Strawberry (Seasonal) Red Apple (Seasonal) Raspberry (Seasonal) Blueberry (Seasonal) Valencia Orange Sparkling Water Red Raspberry Sparkling Water Fresh Cut Mango Sparkling Water Ripe Strawberry Sparkling Water These sodas are fairly rare in the soft drink industry in that they are sweetened with pure honey rather than a newer artificial sweetener. Brewery tour Sprecher Brewery offers year-round tours of its facility, including the brew house, the refrigerated cellar, and the bottling line and warehouse. Tours conclude in the indoor beer garden where customers are welcome to sample a wide range of beers and sodas on tap. Traveling beer garden Sprecher has two sets of firetrucks and ambulances that serve as Milwaukee County Parks Traveling Beer Gardens from Memorial Day to Labor Day. Each set visits a Milwaukee County Park for ten (10) days, then moves to another location throughout the summer. A unique twist on Milwaukee's beer gardens at the turn of the 20th century, the Traveling Beer Gardens have proved to be a highly appreciated addition to Milwaukee County Parks and a sustainable private public partnership. Recognition Sprecher has earned awards for 25 different beer types in prestigious national and international competitions. Awards include: 2004 GABF Small Brewing Company of the Year and 2004 GABF Small Brewing Company Brewmaster of the Year. 2007 Australian International Beer Awards, Best of Show & Gold Medal - Russian Imperial Stout; Dopple Bock - Silver; Piper's Scotch Ale - Bronze; 2014 World Beer Cup, Gold - Black Bavarian (Schwarzbier); Bronze - Shakparo (Gluten free); 2004, Bronze - Winter Brew; 2002, Gold - Winter Brew. Several awards annually at both the Los Angeles International Beer Competition and the United States Open Beer Championships. In a 2008, The New York Times taste test, four judges ranked Sprecher's number one among 25 root beers from across the United States for its "wonderfully balanced and complex brew." A review in the October 2009 edition of Details also praised the root beer as "elegant." In popular culture 2005: Won "Most Deserving Small Business Office" Makeover from Xerox, Hon Furniture and Entrepreneur magazine. Featured on NBC's Today show. In November 2006, a contestant on NBC's Deal or No Deal was offered a life-time supply of Sprecher's Root Beer, his favorite soda. See also Beer in Milwaukee External links Sprecher Brewery website References American soft drinks Beer brewing companies based in Wisconsin American companies established in 1985 Glendale, Wisconsin Companies based in Milwaukee 1985 establishments in Wisconsin
35713622	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N6-Methyladenosine	N6-Methyladenosine	{{DISPLAYTITLE:N6-Methyladenosine}} N6-Methyladenosine (m6A) was originally identified and partially characterised in the 1970s, and is an abundant modification in mRNA and DNA. It is found within some viruses, and most eukaryotes including mammals, insects, plants and yeast. It is also found in tRNA, rRNA, and small nuclear RNA (snRNA) as well as several long non-coding RNA, such as Xist. The methylation of adenosine is directed by a large m6A methyltransferase complex containing METTL3 as the SAM-binding sub-unit. In vitro, this methyltransferase complex preferentially methylates RNA oligonucleotides containing GGACU and a similar preference was identified in vivo in mapped m6A sites in Rous sarcoma virus genomic RNA and in bovine prolactin mRNA. More recent studies have characterized other key components of the m6A methyltransferase complex in mammals, including METTL14, Wilms tumor 1 associated protein (WTAP), KIAA1429 and METTL5. Following a 2010 speculation of m6A in mRNA being dynamic and reversible, the discovery of the first m6A demethylase, fat mass and obesity-associated protein (FTO) in 2011 confirmed this hypothesis and revitalized the interests in the study of m6A. A second m6A demethylase alkB homolog 5 (ALKBH5) was later discovered as well. The biological functions of m6A are mediated through a group of RNA binding proteins that specifically recognize the methylated adenosine on RNA. These binding proteins are named m6A readers. The YT521-B homology (YTH) domain family of proteins (YTHDF1, YTHDF2, YTHDF3 and YTHDC1) have been characterized as direct m6A readers and have a conserved m6A-binding pocket. Insulin-like growth factor-2 mRNA-binding proteins 1, 2, and 3 (IGF2BP1–3) are reported as a novel class of m6A readers. IGF2BPs use K homology (KH) domains to selectively recognize m6A-containing RNAs and promote their translation and stability. These m6A readers, together with m6A methyltransferases (writers) and demethylases (erasers), establish a complex mechanism of m6A regulation in which writers and erasers determine the distributions of m6A on RNA, whereas readers mediate m6A-dependent functions. m6A has also been shown to mediate a structural switch termed m6A switch. Species distribution Yeast In budding yeast (Sacharomyces cerevisiae), the homologue of METTL3, IME4 is induced in diploid cells in response to nitrogen and fermentable carbon source starvation and is required for mRNA methylation and the initiation of correct meiosis and sporulation. mRNAs of IME1 and IME2, key early regulators of meiosis, are known to be targets for methylation, as are transcripts of IME4 itself. Plants In plants, the majority of the m6A is found within 150 nucleotides before the start of the poly(A) tail. Mutations of MTA, the Arabidopsis thaliana homologue of METTL3, results in embryo arrest at the globular stage. A >90% reduction of m6A levels in mature plants leads to dramatically altered growth patterns and floral homeotic abnormalities. Mammals Mapping of m6A in human and mouse RNA has identified over 18,000 m6A sites in the transcripts of more than 7,000 human genes with a consensus sequence of [G/A/U][G>A]m6AC[U>A/C] consistent with the previously identified motif. The localization of individual m6A sites in many mRNAs is highly similar between human and mouse, and transcriptome-wide analysis reveals that m6A is found in regions of high evolutionary conservation. m6A is found within long internal exons and is preferentially enriched within 3' UTRs and around stop codons. m6A within 3' UTRs is also associated with the presence of microRNA binding sites; roughly 2/3 of the mRNAs which contain an m6A site within their 3' UTR also have at least one microRNA binding site. By integrating all m6A sequencing data, a novel database called RMBase has identified and provided ~200,000 sites in the human and mouse genomes corresponding to N6-Methyladenosines (m6A) in RNA. Precise m6A mapping by m6A-CLIP/IP (briefly m6A-CLIP) revealed that a majority of m6A locates in the last exon of mRNAs in multiple tissues/cultured cells of mouse and human, and the m6A enrichment around stop codons is a coincidence that many stop codons locate round the start of last exons where m6A is truly enriched. The major presence of m6A in last exon (>=70%) allows the potential for 3'UTR regulation, including alternative polyadenylation. The study combining m6A-CLIP with rigorous cell fractionation biochemistry reveals that m6A mRNA modifications are deposited in nascent pre-mRNA and are not required for splicing but do specify cytoplasmic turnover. m6A is susceptible to dynamic regulation both throughout development and in response to cellular stimuli. Analysis of m6A in mouse brain RNA reveals that m6A levels are low during embryonic development and increase dramatically by adulthood. Additionally, silencing the m6A methyltransferase significantly affects gene expression and alternative RNA splicing patterns, resulting in modulation of the p53 (also known as TP53) signalling pathway and apoptosis. m6A is also found on the RNA components of R-loops in human cells, where it is involved in regulation of stability of RNA:DNA hybrids. The importance of m6A methylation for physiological processes was recently demonstrated. Inhibition of m6A methylation via pharmacological inhibition of cellular methylations or more specifically by siRNA-mediated silencing of the m6A methylase Mettl3 led to the elongation of the circadian period. In contrast, overexpression of Mettl3 led to a shorter period. The mammalian circadian clock, composed of a transcription feedback loop tightly regulated to oscillate with a period of about 24 hours, is therefore extremely sensitive to perturbations in m6A-dependent RNA processing, likely due to the presence of m6A sites within clock gene transcripts. The effects of global methylation inhibition on the circadian period in mouse cells can be prevented by ectopic expression of an enzyme from the bacterial methyl metabolism. Mouse cells expressing this bacterial protein were resistant to pharmacological inhibition of methyl metabolism, showing no decrease in mRNA m6A methylation or protein methylation. Clinical significance Considering the versatile functions of m6A in various physiological processes, it is thus not surprising to find links between m6A and numerous human diseases; many originated from mutations or single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of cognate factors of m6A. The linkages between m6A and numerous cancer types have been indicated in reports that include stomach cancer, prostate cancer, breast cancer, pancreatic cancer, kidney cancer, mesothelioma, sarcoma, and leukaemia. The impacts of m6A on cancer cell proliferation might be much more profound with more data emerging. The depletion of METTL3 is known to cause apoptosis of cancer cells and reduce invasiveness of cancer cells, while the activation of ALKBH5 by hypoxia was shown to cause cancer stem cell enrichment. m6A has also been indicated in the regulation of energy homeostasis and obesity, as FTO is a key regulatory gene for energy metabolism and obesity. SNPs of FTO have been shown to associate with body mass index in human populations and occurrence of obesity and diabetes. The influence of FTO on pre-adipocyte differentiation has been suggested. The connection between m6A and neuronal disorders has also been studied. For instance, neurodegenerative diseases may be affected by m6A as the cognate dopamine signalling was shown to be dependent on FTO and correct m6A methylation on key signalling transcripts. The mutations in HNRNPA2B1, a potential reader of m6A, have been known to cause neurodegeneration. The IGF2BP1–3, a novel class of m6A reader, has oncogenic functions. IGF2BP1–3 knockdown or knockout decreased MYC protein expression, cell proliferation and colony formation in human cancer cell lines. The ZC3H13, a member of the m6A methyltransferase complex, markedly inhibited colorectal cancer cells growth when knocked down. Additionally, m6A has been reported to impact viral infections. Many RNA viruses including SV40, adenovirus, herpes virus, Rous sarcoma virus, and influenza virus have been known to contain internal m6A methylation on virus genomic RNA. Several more recent studies have revealed that m6A regulators govern the efficiency of infection and replication of RNA viruses such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), and Zika virus (ZIKV). These results suggest m6A and its cognate factors play crucial roles in regulating virus life cycles and host-viral interactions. References Nucleosides Purines Hydroxymethyl compounds
60541118	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick%20Langlois	Patrick Langlois	Patrick Langlois (born 28 October 1999) is an American-Australian professional footballer who plays for Hume City as a defender. Club career Newcastle Jets On 20 April 2019, Langlois made his first appearance coming on as a substitute in a 6–1 win over Brisbane Roar. Career statistics References External links Patrick Langlois at Soccerway 1999 births Living people Newcastle Jets FC players A-League Men players National Premier Leagues players Association football defenders Australian soccer players
38215482	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos%20V%C3%A1squez	Carlos Vásquez	Carlos Vásquez may refer to: Carlos Vásquez (baseball) (born 1982), Minor League baseball pitcher Carlos Vásquez (basketball) (1942–1984), Peruvian Olympic basketball player Carlos Vásquez (footballer) Carlos Vásquez (taekwondo) (born 1982), Venezuelan taekwondo practitioner
1253729	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven%20Caldwell	Steven Caldwell	Steven Caldwell (born 12 September 1980) is a Scottish former footballer, coach, and executive. Playing as a defender, mostly as a centre back, Caldwell won 12 caps for the Scotland national team and has played over 300 league matches in his career, primarily in the top three tiers of English football. Since retiring from playing, he has been working as a Major League Soccer analyst for TSN in Canada. Caldwell is the president of League1 Ontario club Oakville Blue Devils FC and has served as the assistant coach of the Canadian national team. His younger brother Gary was also a defender and Scotland international and was formerly the manager of Wigan Athletic. Club career Newcastle United Born in Stirling, Scotland, Caldwell started out his football career at Hutchison Vale, along with his younger brother Gary. He then joined Premiership club Newcastle United at age fourteen, along with Gary, where they began their football careers. In 1998, Caldwell signed his first professional contract with the club. At some point in the 1999–00 season, he was promoted to the first team, appearing twice as an unused substitute. In the 2000–01 season, Caldwell was called up to the first team, with Manager Bobby Robson said: "Caldwell's got a good pedigree. I like to put people in when it's right and when it's necessary and I can afford to do it, and not when we are forced to do it. But we are going to have the confidence with the lad to do it. He's a steady character, has indomitable spirit and we like him very much." Caldwell made his Newcastle United debut on 30 September 2000 against Manchester City, coming on as a second half substitute for Andy Griffin, and played the rest of the game, keeping a clean sheet, in a 1–0 win. On 1 November 2000, he made his first start for the club against Bradford City in the League Cup and scored his first goal for Newcastle United, as they won 4–3. Since making his debut for the club, Caldwell rotated in and out of the first team, due to facing competitions in the defence. He then featured four more times for Newcastle United by the end of the year, making three starts. It wasn't until on 3 March 2001 when Caldwell made his first appearances in two months, due to a thigh injury, starting the whole game, in a 1–1 draw against Everton. He later made two more appearances by the end of the 2000–01 season. At the end of the 2000–01 season, Caldwell went on to make nine appearances in all competitions. At the start of the 2001–02 season, Caldwell was featured three times in Newcastle United's matches in the UEFA Intertoto Cup and once set up a goal, in a 4–0 win against Lokeren on 14 July 2001. Due to lack of first team football opportunities, he was loaned out to Blackpool on a month's loan. Caldwell made his debut for the club, starting the whole game, in a 2–1 win against Colchester United on 13 October 2001. In a follow–up match, he scored his first career goal, against Stoke City in the Football League Trophy, winning 3–2. Caldwell made a total of six appearances for Blackpool before returning to his parent club a month later. Shortly after, Caldwell was loaned out to Bradford City on a month's loan in December 2001. He made his debut for the club, starting the whole game, in a 3–1 win against Rotherham United on 8 December 2001. Since making his debut for Bradford City, Caldwell quickly became a first team regular for the side for the next two months there and had his loan spell extended at the club along the way. His loan spell at Bradford City ended in late–January, as he made nine appearances for the side. At the start of the 2002–03 season, Caldwell continued to find his first team opportunities limited at Newcastle United, due to competitions in the central defence, with Manager Robson challenging him to fight for his first team place at the club. It wasn't until on 2 November 2002 when he was called up to the first team and made his first appearance of the season, coming against Middlesbrough in the league and scored his first goal of the season, in a 2–0 win. Caldwell then made his UEFA Champions League debut against Inter Milan on 27 November 2002, coming on as an 86th-minute substitute, as Newcastle United lost 4–1. He then made six more starts for the club by the end of the year. Because of injuries to Andy O'Brien and Titus Bramble, Caldwell appeared three times at the beginning of January, including helping Newcastle United keep two consecutive clean sheets. However, he was dropped from the first team for the next two months, due to illness and competitions. In between the absent, Caldwell made his first UEFA Champions League start against Bayer Leverkusen, as the club won 3–1 on 26 February 2003. He later made four more appearances later in the 2002–03 season and contributed to the club's UEFA Champions League qualification to next season. In total, Caldwell made seventeen appearances and scoring once in all competitions. Local newspaper Evening Chronicle said his involvement in the first team "deserves credit for his unsung contribution" With his contract expiring at the end of the 2002–03 season, Caldwell said about his future, saying: "I've been in a worse position at this club. I'm not expecting anything at the moment. If the club wants me to stay, I'll be delighted, but I'm 22 and I don't want to spend my time in the reserves. I want to be playing for my country and I won't be doing that if I'm in the reserves." Newcastle United offered a him a new contract, but he rejected it, with clubs like Rangers, Sunderland and Sporting CP were interested in signing him. With an imminent departure from Newcastle United, the club demanded a £750,000 compensation. But in an unexpected turn of an event, it was announced on 19 June 2003 that Caldwell signed a one–year contract extension with the club, having previously rejected the one before, describing it as an "insult". It wasn't until on 15 October 2003 when Caldwell made his first appearance of the 2003–04 season, coming on as a 78th-minute substitute, in a 1–0 win against NAC Breda in the UEFA Cup, a win that saw Newcastle United through to the next round of the tournament following a 6–0 win on aggregate. He then made three more appearances for the club in the first half of the season. Manager Robson praised his performance in the last two matches. However, Caldwell continued to found his first team opportunities limited, due to competitions and his own injury concern. Because of this, Caldwell wanted to leave Newcastle United if he was not given first team football at the club. At one point, Caldwell was expected to leave Newcastle United on loan but Manager Robson blocked any attempts following an injury of Jonathan Woodgate. After Newcastle United recalled him due to an injury of Woodgate and Griffin, he made his appearances for the club since leaving, coming against Wolverhampton Wanderers on 9 May 2004. Caldwell appeared in the last two matches of the 2003–04 season, as Newcastle United failed to qualify for the UEFA Champions League next season. In total at the club, he made a total of seven appearances in all competitions. On 2 February 2004, Caldwell joined fellow Premiership club Leeds United on loan as part of a loan swap for Michael Bridges who went in the opposite direction. He made his debut for the club, starting the whole game, in a 2–0 loss against Aston Villa five days later on 7 February 2004. Since joining Leeds United, Caldwell became a first team regular, playing in the centre–back position, as he attempt to help the club avoid relegation once again. It wasn't until on 10 April 2004 when Caldwell scored his first goal for Leeds United, in a 2–1 win against Blackburn Rovers. However, he was recalled by his parent club on 5 May 2004. By the time Caldwell was recalled, he made thirteen appearances and scoring once in all competitions. Following his absent, Leeds United was eventually relegated to the Championship. Once the 2003–04 season was concluded, Caldwell was released by Newcastle United and by the time he left the club, he made thirty–seven appearances and scoring two times in all competitions. Sunderland Throughout the 2003–04 season, Sunderland wanted to sign Caldwell after their efforts to sign him, both on a free transfer and on loan failed. The club opted to wait to sign him on a free transfer at the end of the 2003–04 season. In May 2004, he agreed a move to Sunderland after leaving Newcastle United. The move was later confirmed on 27 June 2004, with the player signed a three–year contract. After missing out the first match of the 2004–05 season, Caldwell made his debut for the club, starting the whole game, in a 3–1 win against Crewe Alexandra on 10 August 2004. This was followed up by scoring his first goal for Sunderland, in a 3–3 draw against Queens Park Rangers. Since making his debut for the club, Caldwell became was known for his whole-hearted approach to the game and the solid partnership he formed with Gary Breen. Caldwell said that his aim was to help Sunderland reach the promotion to the Premiership, in which Manager McCarthy praised Caldwell for his effort. However, during a 1–1 draw against Wigan Athletic on 28 August 2004, he suffered a knock and was substituted in the 25th minute as a result. After missing one match, Caldwell returned to the starting line–up against Gillingham on 10 September 2004 and kept a clean sheet, in a 4–0 win. It wasn't until on 13 November 2004 when he scored his second goal for the club, in a 1–0 win against Leicester City. This was followed up by helping Sunderland keep two clean sheets in the next two matches, making it three in a row. However in a follow–up against West Ham United, Caldwell was sent–off in the 41st minute after clashing with Serhii Rebrov, as the club lost 2–0. After the match, Sunderland appealed against his red card, which was successful. However, his return was short–lived when he suffered a hamstring injury that saw him miss one match. Despite not risking Caldwell return ahead of the match against Leeds United on 26 December 2004, he returned to the starting line–up, as the club lost 3–2. However, his return was short–lived when Caldwell suffered a calf injury that saw him miss two matches. It wasn't until on 4 February 2005 when he returned to the starting line–up against Wolverhampton Wanderers. Caldwell then scored his third goal of the season, as well as, setting up Sunderland's first goal of the game, in a 5–1 win against Plymouth Argyle on 13 March 2005. Despite facing the sidelined during the 2004–05 season, he continued to regain his first team place, playing in the centre–back position for the rest of the season, as the club continued aiming to reach promotion to the Premiership. On 23 April 2005, Caldwell scored Sunderland's winning goal against Leicester City to send his team back to the Premiership, which he successfully predicted. He later said it was the best moment as a footballer. In his first season at the club, Caldwell went on to make forty–one appearances and scoring four times in all competitions. Ahead of the 2005–06 season, Caldwell said that he couldn't wait to play in Premiership now that Sunderland has returned to the top–flight league. Caldwell made his first Premiership appearance in a year, starting the whole game, as the club lost 3–1 against Charlton Athletic in the opening game of the season. However, he missed the next six matches, due to competition in the defence. Caldwell returned to the starting line–up against Middlesbrough on 25 September 2005, as Sunderland won 2–0, giving their first Premier League since 2002. He regained his first team place in the defence for the next five matches, including setting up a goal against Arsenal on 5 November 2005. This last until Caldwell was dropped from the first team in the next two matches. It wasn't until on 30 November 2005 when he returned to the starting line–up, in a 2–0 loss against Liverpool. Following his return, Caldwell regained his first team place and started in the next nine matches for Sunderland. Along the way, he received a straight red card in the 60th minute in a 2–1 loss against Fulham on 2 January 2006 after "tripping Heiðar Helguson after the Icelandic international had embarrassingly broken the offside trap". After the match, the club appealed against his suspension, but it was upheld and Caldwell had to serve a one match suspension. Having picked up five yellow cards, he, once again, suspended for one match before not playing for the next three matches. It wasn't until on 11 March 2006 when Caldwell returned to the starting line–up against Wigan Athletic and wore the club's captaincy in the absence of Breen, as they lost 1–0. He then captained the side on two more occasions. Caldwell continued to rotate in and out of the starting line–up for the rest of the 2005–06 season, as Sunderland were relegated again in the 2005–06 season. At the end of the 2005–06 season, he went on to make twenty–six appearances in all competitions. Ahead of the 2006–07 season, Caldwell was plagued with a knee injury that saw him sidelined for a month. He was tipped to become the next Sunderland captain following the departure of Breen and was eventually appointed. Caldwell captained in the opening game of the season against Coventry City., as the club lost 2–1. In a follow–up match against Birmingham City, he " sprained the medial ligaments in his knee " that saw him substituted in the 29th minute, as Sunderland lost 1–0. After the match, Caldwell was sidelined for almost three months. It wasn't until on 4 November 2006 when he returned to the starting line–up against Norwich City, as the club lost 1–0. Despite keen to impress new Manager Roy Keane, Caldwell, however, fall out of favour with him, and he rarely featured in Roy Keane's first team when fit. Nevertheless, Caldwell was later featured eight times since returning before suffering a thigh injury that saw him substituted in the 16th-minute substitute, in a 1–0 loss against Preston North End on 30 December 2006. In the January transfer window, he was linked with a move away from the club: Sunderland accepted bids from Championship rivals Burnley and Coventry City. It came after when Manager Keane revealed that the contract talk between the club and Caldwell collapsed. Caldwell was then stripped of Sunderland's captaincy due to his imminent departure from the club. Burnley It was agreed on 25 January 2007 that Burnley agreed to sign Caldwell from Sunderland. However, the move was in doubt and expected to see out his contract for the rest of the 2006–07 season. But the move was back and it was completed minutes before the transfer deadline in January 2007. He signed a three-and-a-half year deal at Turf Moor for an initial £200,000, with a further £200,000 would be payable to Sunderland at a later date. Caldwell made his Burnley debut, starting the whole game, in a 3–1 loss against Queens Park Rangers on 3 February 2007. After the match, Manager Steve Cotterill praised his debut performance. This was followed up by captaining the club for the first time against Sheffield Wednesday, as they drew 1–1. Since making his debut for Burnley, he quickly became a first team for the side, playing in the centre–back position. Caldwell was also named as the club's captain and endeared himself to the team's fans with his uncompromising tackling and commitment. He then helped Burnley keep four consecutive clean sheets between 31 March 2007 and 9 April 2007. At the end of the 2006–07 season, Caldwell made seventeen appearances in all competitions. In the opening game of the 2007–08 season against West Bromwich Albion, however, Caldwell suffered a hamstring injury and was substituted in the 31st minute, as Burnley lost 1–0. It wasn't until on 29 August 2007 when he returned to the starting line–up against Oldham Athletic in the second round of the League Cup, as the club won 3–0. Following this return, Caldwell regained his first team place in the centre–back and his captaincy for the next eight matches. This last until he suffered two separate injuries that saw him out for a month. It wasn't until on 22 December 2007 when Caldwell returned to the starting line–up against Ipswich Town and kept a clean sheet, as the club drew 0–0. Following his return, he resumed his duties as the captain, as well as, his first team place in the centre–back position. It wasn't until on 26 February 2008 when Caldwell scored his first goal of the season, as well as, setting up Burnley's first goal of the game, in a 2–0 win against Coventry City. However, he was sent–off in a match for a second bookable offence against Hull City on 4 March 2008, as the club lost 2–0. After serving a one match suspension, Caldwell returned to the starting line–up against local rivals Preston North End on 22 March 2008, coming on as a second half substitute, in a 2–1 loss. He then scored his second goal of the season, in a 1–0 win against Southampton on 19 April 2008. At the end of the 2007–08 season, Caldwell went on to make thirty–two appearances and scoring two times in all competitions. At the start of the 2008–09 season, Caldwell continued to establish himself in the first team, playing in the centre–back position, as well as, resuming his captain duties for Burnley. He stated that his aim was to help the club reach the Premier League next season. Caldwell helped Burnley keep three consecutive clean sheets between 23 August 2008 and 30 August 2008. It wasn't until on 27 September 2008 when Caldwell scored his first goal of the season, in a 3–1 win against Preston North End. During a 1–1 draw against Charlton Athletic on 25 October 2008, he suffered a hip injury that saw him substituted in the 51st minute. But Caldwell quickly recovered from the injury and returned to the starting line–up against Reading on 28 October 2008, as the club won 1–0. Prior to the match against Chelsea in the Round of 16 of the League Cup, Caldwell said he wanted the opposition team to field in stronger players, saying: "I really hope they play their best team against us because you want to play against the very best. I'm sure they’ll play a strong team, they seem to have been doing it in other rounds of the cup and you want to play against people like Nicolas Anelka, John Terry and Frank Lampard because they're at the very top of football." However in a match, he captained Burnley throughout the match to extra time until his sending off in the 116th minute for a second bookable offence, as the club won 5–4 in the penalty shootout following a 1–1 draw. After serving a one match suspension, Caldwell returned to the starting line–up against Doncaster Rovers on 22 November 2008 and helped Burnley keep a clean sheet, in a 0–0 draw. Once again, he received a straight red card after dragging Richie Wellens back inside the area, in a 2–1 loss against Doncaster Rovers on 28 December 2008. After serving a two match suspension, Caldwell returned to the starting line–up against Swansea City on 10 January 2009, as the club lost 2–0. It wasn't until on 21 March 2009 when Caldwell scored his second goal of the season, in a 2–1 win against Plymouth Argyle. He then helped the club reach the play–offs after beating Bristol City 4–0 in the last game of the season. Caldwell then helped Burnley beat Reading 3–0 in the semi–finals of the Football League Championship play-off to reach the final. The highlight of Caldwell's Burnley career was lifting the Football League Championship play-off trophy as captain after beating Sheffield United 1–0 to play in the Premier League next season. However, he expressed mixed emotions, due to his former club, Newcastle United, being relegated. At the end of the 2008–09 season, Caldwell made 57 starts throughout the season, as the Scottish international was a virtual ever-present in the Clarets back-line. However at the start of the 2009–10 season, Caldwell suffered a groin injury while on international duty and was sidelined for a month. After making a recovery, he returned to the substitute bench for a match against Tottenham Hotspur and didn't make a return on 3 October 2009, starting the whole game, in a 2–1 win against Birmingham City. Following his return, Caldwell regained his first team place, starting seven matches between 18 October 2009 and 20 December 2009. He scored his first goal for the club, scoring from a header, in a 1–1 draw against Aston Villa on 21 November 2009. In a follow–up match against West Ham United, Caldwell received a straight red card for "hauling down Zavon Hines", as Burnley lost 5–3. After serving a one match suspension, Caldwell returned to the starting line–up against Fulham on 12 December 2009, as the club drew 1–1. However during a 2–0 loss against Wolverhampton Wanderers on 20 December 2009, he suffered a groin injury and was substituted in the 67th minute. After the match, it was announced that Caldwell was eventually sidelined for three months. It wasn't until on 10 April 2010 when he returned to the first team, coming on as an 85th-minute substitute, in a 4–1 win against Hull City. Caldwell was later featured three more matches in the remaining matches of the 2009–10 season, including captaining against Tottenham Hotspur in the last game of the season, as the club were relegated from the Premier League. Having made thirteen appearances and scoring once in all competitions, he was released by Burnley at the end of his contract following the 2009–10 season. Wigan Athletic On 23 August 2010, he signed a one-year deal with Wigan Athletic, again joining up with his brother Gary, having trained with the club earlier this month. He made his debut for Wigan Athletic on 24 August 2010, a day after signing, against Hartlepool United in the League Cup second round match, playing the full 90 minutes in a 3–0 victory. Caldwell made his league debut for the club on 16 October 2010 away against Newcastle United, his former club, at St James Park in a 2–2 draw as Newcastle United came from 2–0 down to gain a point. However, he found himself placed on the substitute bench for most of the season. At times, Caldwell was called up to the starting line–up following Wigan's defensive crisis. For the first time in their professional club career, the Caldwell brothers played together in a centre–back against Arsenal on 22 January 2011, in a 3–0 loss. They later played together on two occasions, coming against West Bromwich Albion and Bolton Wanderers. At the end of the 2010–11 season, he went on to make fifteen appearances in all competitions. Following this, Caldwell was released when his contract expired at the end of the season. Birmingham City On 7 July 2011, Caldwell signed a two-year contract with Birmingham City, newly relegated to the Championship. He made his debut for the club on the opening day of the 2011–12 Football League Championship season, playing the whole of a 2–1 defeat at Derby County. He came close to opening the scoring in the Europa League play-off round first leg against Portuguese club Nacional, the first time that Birmingham had participated in major European competition for nearly 50 years, when his placed header struck the foot of the post. In the return, Caldwell helped the club beat Nacional 3–0 advance to the Group Stage. Since making his debut for Birmingham City, he quickly became a first team regular, forming a centre–back partnership with Curtis Davies. Caldwell then helped the club keep four consecutive clean sheets between 16 October 2011 and 29 October 2011. His performance was praised by Manager Chris Hughton for his dedication and commitment to the team. In return, he praised his philosophy, comparing it to his former manager Owen Coyle and even going far as to say "the best sort of manager to play for". Caldwell also captained Birmingham City's matches in the UEFA Europa League group stage, as they were eliminated. He successfully predicted that if the club failed to qualify for the Europa League knockout stage, it would be a disappointment. Once again, Caldwell helped the club keep four consecutive clean sheets between 14 January 2012 and 28 January 2012. In the absent of Stephen Carr and Liam Ridgewell, he captained Birmingham City for the rest of the 2011–12 season. Caldwell stated on two occasions that the club can win the promotion back to the Premier League. However in a match against Ipswich Town on 17 April 2012, he suffered a groin injury and was substituted in the 35th minute, as Birmingham City drew 1–1. After the match, it was announced that Caldwell was sidelined for the rest of the 2011–12 season. He previously missed a match against Watford on 28 August 2011. Caldwell's groin injury was considered to be a loss among the club's supporters, considering his contribution he has done this season so far. However in his absent, Birmingham City lost 3–2 against Blackpool in the semi–finals of the Championship play–offs. At the end of the 2011–12 season, Caldwell went on to make fifty–two appearances in all competitions. Ahead of the 2012–13 season, Caldwell made his return from injury for Birmingham City and featured in a first half friendly match against Borussia Mönchengladbach on 21 July 2012, as the club drew 2–2. He continued to go to the rehabilitation to recover from his groin injury, with Manager Lee Clark saying the situation is monitoring carefully. At the start of the 2012–13 season, Caldwell scored his first goal for Birmingham City on 14 August 2012 in a 5–1 win over Barnet in the League Cup. Since then, he continued to regain his first team place, forming a centre–back partnership with Davies, as well as, resuming his duties as captain. However, Caldwell was dropped to the substitute bench for the next two matches between 27 November 2012 and 30 November 2012. But he returned to the starting line–up against Wolverhampton Wanderers on 8 December 2012, as the club lost 1–0. Caldwell then started in the first team for the next fifteen matches, as well as, resuming his captain duties. It wasn't until on 19 January 2013 when he scored his second goal of the season, in a 2–2 draw against Brighton & Hove Albion. However in a match against Hull City on 2 March 2013, Caldwell suffered an illness that saw him substituted in the 37th minute, as Birmingham City lost 5–2. However since returning from the illness, he found himself placed on the substitute bench, with Paul Robinson preferred for the rest of the 2012–13 season. Despite this, Caldwell went on to make thirty–eight appearances and scoring two times in all competitions. Toronto FC In May 2013, Birmingham confirmed that they would not be taking up their option to extend Caldwell's contract, and he signed for Canadian club Toronto FC of Major League Soccer on loan for the remaining few weeks of that contract. Caldwell made his debut for the club on 18 May 2013, in the starting eleven at home to the Columbus Crew, and was "bitterly disappointed" by the 1–0 defeat. After his contract expired with Birmingham, he signed a two-and-a-half-season contract with Toronto FC, after helping improve the team's goals-against average from 1.5 to 1.0 goals a game. Caldwell scored his first goal with the club on 3 July 2013 in a 3–3 home draw to Canadian rivals, Montreal Impact. On 13 July 2013, he became Toronto FC's sixth team captain in the franchise's history after incumbent captain Darren O'Dea was transferred to another club. Since joining the club, Caldwell became a first team regular for the rest of the 2013 season. However in a match against Sporting Kansas City on 21 September 2013, he received a straight red card in the 86th minute for a foul on Josh Garner, as Toronto lost 2–1. Despite this, Caldwell went on to make twenty–three appearances and scoring once in all competitions. In December 2013, readers of "Waking the Red", a Toronto news site, voted him as the team's best player of the 2013 season. He was given a similar honour by the Red Patch Boys. At the start of the 2014 season, Caldwell continued to be in the first team regular, playing in the centre–back position, as well as, resuming his captain duties for Toronto. He then played in 2014 Canadian Championship#Final both legs of the Canadian Championship finals against Montreal Impact, as the club lost 2–1 on aggregate. However along the way, Caldwell faced two suspensions, including being sent–off against Sporting Kansas City on 24 May 2014. By mid–July, however, he suffered a quad tear that saw him sidelined for a month. It wasn't until on 24 August 2014 when Caldwell returned to the starting line–up against Chicago Fire, only to suffer an injury and substituted in the 22nd minute, as Toronto drew 2–2. Following the match, it was announced that he was sidelined for several weeks, having failed to recover from a quad injury. It wasn't until on 21 September 2014 when Caldwell returned to the starting line–up against Chivas USA and helped the club keep a clean sheet, winning 3–0. Following his return, he started in the remaining six matches of the 2014 season for Toronto. At the end of the 2014 season, Caldwell went on to make twenty–four appearances in all competitions. Reflecting in the season, he tweeted his frustration but determined to help the club get back on track next season. Ahead of the 2015 season, Caldwell was demoted from team captain following the promotion to captain of designated player and American national team mainstay Michael Bradley. He made two appearances for Toronto before suffering an achilles tendon problems during a match against Columbus Crew on 14 March 2015. As a result, Caldwell was sidelined for a month. As a result of his injury, Caldwell announced his retirement from professional football on 14 July 2015. He retired four months after his brother, Gary. International career Youth Team In March 2000, Caldwell was called up to the Scotland U21 squad for the first time. He made his U21 debut, starting the whole game, in a 2–0 loss against France U21 on 28 March 2000. Caldwell then played alongside Gary for the first time for Scotland U21, as the U21 side lost 1–0 against Belgium U21. He later made three more appearances for Scotland U21 later in 2001. The next two years saw him make two appearances for the U21 side, making a total of ten appearances. In November 2002, Caldwell was called up for the Scotland B team for the first time. He then started the whole game, as the national side B team drew 3–3 against Germany B on 18 December 2002. A year later, Caldwell, once again, called up to Scotland B Team once again. He then scored his first goal for the national B Team, as they drew 3–3 against Turkey Future on 10 December 2003. After the match, Caldwell criticised Turkey, calling them a "cheat". Senior career In April 2001, Caldwell was called up to the senior squad for the first time after breaking into the Newcastle United's first team. He made his debut for Scotland in a 1–1 draw away in Poland at the Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 25 April 2001. His home debut came on 12 February 2003 in a 2–0 defeat to the Republic of Ireland at Hampden Park. However, Caldwell did not play for the national side for rest of 2003, as Manager Berti Vogts placed him on the substitute bench and they did not qualify for the UEFA Euro 2004. It wasn't until on 18 February 2004 when he returned to the starting line–up for Scotland, as they lost 4–0 against Wales. Three months later on 30 May 2004 against Trinidad and Tobago, Caldwell came on for his brother in the 79th minute, and played the remaining match, as the national side won 4–1. He played twice in Scotland's qualification for the 2006 World Cup, in a 1–1 draw with Moldova at the Zimbru Stadium in Chişinău, playing alongside Gary for the first time (they were the first siblings to play together for the national team since the 1940s) and a 3–0 away win over Slovenia at the Arena Petrol in Celje. However, Caldwell expressed his frustration on being overlooked from the national team squad, though he later credited new Manager Walter Smith for reviving his Scotland's career. Having been a year without being called up to the national team squad, Caldwell maintained that he's still open to be called up for Scotland. It wasn't until on 5 August 2009 when Caldwell was called up to the national team squad for the first time in three years. He played alongside Gary against Norway on 12 August 2009 until his younger brother was sent–off in the 13th minute before being substituted himself in the 48th minute, as Scotland lost 4–0 in the national side's 2010 World Cup qualification. After the match, Caldwell spoke about the match, describing it as a "freak result" Eventually, he did not play for the national side for the rest of the year, as Scotland finished third, behind Norway, in their qualifying group. It wasn't until on 11 November 2010 when Caldwell was called up to the national team squad for over a year. He briefly captained Scotland when a substitution took place in a 3–0 win against the Faroe Islands on 16 November 2010. His twelfth and final full cap came against Northern Ireland in the 2011 Nations Cup. In total, Caldwell won twelve caps for Scotland at senior international level. Reflecting on his time at the national side, he said: "I think I was unlucky at times with Scotland. I think there was a certain snobbery about playing in Scotland at the time. Guys who played with Scottish clubs got caps that I was better than. I sit here and I'm bloody proud of those 12 caps I won. I'm especially proud and will be forever proud of the three or four I played with my brother. I can't ever really get across what that feels like, what that means for me, for him, for the two of us. It's one of my greatest achievements in football. I got two late Scotland caps when I was playing for Wigan and I'm really, really proud of those. I felt like it was the start of this era that we're in now. We had these young guys coming through – Steven Naismith, James Morrison, James McArthur. Kenny Miller was captain in that last game [against Northern Ireland in Dublin in 2011] and as he went off, he gave me the armband. It was another honour. Whatever the game, to have worn the Scottish armband, that was an incredible feeling." Broadcasting Caldwell became an in-game and studio analyst with Canadian network TSN starting in 2016. Coaching and executive career Oakville Blue Devils In February 2019, Caldwell was named president of Oakville Blue Devils FC of League1 Ontario, the third division in the Canadian soccer league system. Canada Caldwell became an assistant coach of the Canada men's national soccer team under John Herdman in September 2019. Honours Club Sunderland Football League Championship: 2004–05 Burnley Football League Championship play-off winners: 2008–09 Individual Red Patch Boys Player of the Year: 2013 Career statistics Personal life Growing up, Caldwell idolised Kenny Dalglish, who he played under while at Newcastle United, and Mick McCarthy, who played a role of him joining Sunderland in 2004. Caldwell also grew up supporting Celtic, which Gary ended up playing for. Caldwell is married to his wife, Angela and together, they have two children, Will and Robbie. Having lived in England, Caldwell and his family emigrated to Canada after joining Toronto. Throughout his professional career, Caldwell spoke about his relationship on his younger brother, Gary on playing together for Scotland, which happened. At one point, Steven (then at Burnley) and Gary (Wigan Athletic) almost faced each other prior to a match between Burnley and Wigan Athletic, but his injury prevented him doing so. References External links 1980 births Living people Footballers from Stirling Scottish footballers Scotland international footballers Scotland under-21 international footballers Scotland B international footballers Association football defenders Newcastle United F.C. players Blackpool F.C. players Bradford City A.F.C. players Leeds United F.C. players Sunderland A.F.C. players Burnley F.C. players Wigan Athletic F.C. players Birmingham City F.C. players Toronto FC players Premier League players English Football League players Major League Soccer players Scottish expatriate footballers Expatriate soccer players in Canada Scottish expatriate sportspeople in Canada
67788977	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffray%20Durbant	Geoffray Durbant	Geoffray Durbant (born 19 May 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Championnat National club Stade Lavallois and the Guadeloupe national team. Club career Durbant is a youth academy graduate of Red Star. He made his senior debut on 18 May 2012 as a 69th minute substitute for Cédric Sabin in a 2–0 win against Vannes. Durbant scored 15 goals for Sedan during 2019–20 Championnat National 2 season and was league top scorer when the competition was terminated due to COVID-19 pandemic in April 2020. In June 2020, he joined Bastia-Borgo. On 7 June 2021, Laval announced the signing of Durbant on a two year deal. International career Born in France, Durbant represents Guadeloupe at international level. He received maiden call-up to Guadeloupe national team in November 2019. He made his debut on 18 November by scoring two goals in a 10–0 CONCACAF Nations League win against Turks and Caicos Islands. Personal life Durbant is of Guadeloupean and Vietnamese descent. His brother Dylan is also a footballer and plays as a goalkeeper for Sedan. Their father is from Capesterre-Belle-Eau. Career statistics International Scores and results list Guadeloupe's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Durbant goal. References External links 1992 births Living people French people of Guadeloupean descent Sportspeople from Bondy Association football forwards French footballers Guadeloupean footballers Guadeloupe international footballers Championnat National players Championnat National 2 players Championnat National 3 players Red Star F.C. players US Roye-Noyon players AS Vitré players UJA Maccabi Paris Métropole players CMS Oissel players FC Dieppe players US Lusitanos Saint-Maur players CS Sedan Ardennes players FC Bastia-Borgo players Stade Lavallois players
14066070	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege%20of%20Burgos	Siege of Burgos	At the siege of Burgos, from 19 September to 21 October 1812, the Anglo-Portuguese Army led by General Arthur Wellesley, Marquess of Wellington tried to capture the castle of Burgos from its French garrison under the command of General of Brigade Jean-Louis Dubreton. The French repulsed every attempt to seize the fortress, resulting in Wellington's withdrawal. The siege took place during the Peninsular War, part of the Napoleonic Wars. Burgos is located about north of Madrid. After having soundly defeated Marshal Auguste Marmont's French army at the Battle of Salamanca in July 1812, Wellington exploited his great victory by advancing on Madrid. King Joseph Bonaparte and Marshal Jean-Baptiste Jourdan retreated to Valencia where they sought refuge with Marshal Louis Gabriel Suchet. The magnitude of Wellington's triumph also compelled Marshal Nicolas Soult to evacuate Andalucia in the south and withdraw to Valencia. The combined armies of Soult and Joseph soon posed a serious menace to Wellington's grasp on Madrid. The recently defeated French army in the north also built up its strength. Wellington made plans to counter the southern French threat while hoping to quickly capture the strategically important Burgos position, which was an important French supply base. Instead, Dubreton led a masterful defense, thwarting Wellington's assaults time after time. The British commander's hopes were blasted when his attempts to contain the twin French counteroffensives failed. With large French relief armies approaching Burgos from the northeast and Madrid from the southeast, the British commander withdrew to the west, abandoning large areas of Spain that had been recently liberated. That autumn, the French lost an opportunity to defeat Wellington's army. Nevertheless, during the withdrawal to Portugal the Anglo-Portuguese army lost many men to pursuing French cavalry and starvation. Background Wellington's victory over Marshal Marmont at the Battle of Salamanca on 22 July 1812 gravely weakened the French position in Spain. Before the engagement, King Joseph had set out with 14,000 troops, intending to reinforce the marshal, who was unaware that help was on the way. On 25 July, Joseph received a report from the wounded Marmont which covered up the extent of the disaster. Soon, General of Division Clausel reported the true state of affairs. He wrote to the king, "armies usually suffer in morale after a setback, [but] it is hard to understand the extent of discouragement existing in this one. I cannot conceal that a very bad spirit prevails. Disorders and the most revolting excesses mark every stage of our retreat." Joseph immediately withdrew toward Madrid. Desperate to salvage the situation, the king ordered Marshal Nicolas Soult to send help and to evacuate Andalucia, but the marshal refused. On 30 July, Wellington's army reached Valladolid, northwest of Madrid. Leaving 18,000 troops with Lieutenant General Henry Clinton to watch Clausel, the British army commander turned toward Madrid with 36,000 men. On 11 August, General of Division Anne-François-Charles Trelliard's dragoon division fought an inconclusive skirmish with the Allies at the Battle of Majadahonda northwest of Madrid. At first, the French dragoons routed Brigadier General Benjamin d'Urban's Portuguese cavalry. After also driving back Major General George Bock's King's German Legion (KGL) heavy dragoons, the French were finally stopped by fire from the 1st KGL Light Infantry Battalion and the approach of heavy reinforcements. King Joseph evacuated Madrid which the Anglo-Portuguese entered on 12 August, to the cheers of the inhabitants. The following day, the Retiro forts were put under siege and 24 hours later they surrendered to Wellington, yielding 2,046 prisoners, large stocks of clothing and equipment, including 20,000 muskets and 180 brass cannon as well as the eagles of the 13th Dragoon and the 51st Line Infantry Regiments. Harassed by guerillas and tortured by thirst, Joseph's soldiers retreated all the way to the east coast city of Valencia, which they reached on 31 August. Valencia was held by Marshal Louis Gabriel Suchet. Wellington knew that if Joseph and Soult joined forces, his position in central Spain would become perilous. He counted on the autumn rains keeping the Tagus River high and preventing Joseph and Soult from threatening his southern flank. He hoped that the Spanish might delay any French counterattack toward Madrid. He also believed that the capture of Burgos would slow any French drive from the north. To Wellington's amazement, Clausel quickly rallied his beaten army and launched a raid in the north. On 13 August, the French general marched on Valladolid with 25,000 troops. In the face of this advance, Clinton fell back to Arévalo with 7,000 soldiers while José María Santocildes's Spanish corps abandoned Valladolid. Clausel sent his lieutenant Maximilien Sebastien Foy to rescue the trapped French garrisons. While the Spanish attackers concluded the siege of Astorga before he could reach it, Foy rescued the garrisons of Toro and Zamora and reunited with Clausel at Valladolid on 4 September. Wellington and 21,000 troops rejoined Clinton at Arévalo on 3 September. The British army commander set out after Clausel, but that general easily shook off his pursuers and dashed out of reach, leaving a garrison of 2,000 men in Burgos. Wellington left Lieutenant General Rowland Hill to defend Madrid with 31,000 Anglo-Portuguese and 12,000 Spanish. This force included Wellington's three best divisions. Siege San Miguel Hornwork The 35,000-man Anglo-Portuguese-Spanish army laid siege to the castle of Burgos on 19 September. General of Brigade Jean-Louis Dubreton commanded two battalions of the 34th Line Infantry Regiment, one battalion of the 130th Line, one artillery company, one sapper company, nine heavy cannons, 11 field pieces, and six mortars, altogether 2,000 troops. The inner Burgos defenses contained a stronghold known as the Napoleon Battery. Historians differ as to how many heavy guns Wellington had available. Michael Glover wrote that the British had only three 18-pound cannon with 1,306 rounds. David Gates asserted that Wellington only brought eight siege guns though many more recently captured pieces were available. Chris McNab credited the British with having a total of eight 24-pound guns. Admiral Sir Home Popham of the Royal Navy offered to land more heavy guns at Santander, but Wellington declined to use this resource. After costly assaults at the sieges of Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajoz, he was loath to mount a massive infantry attack. At the time, the British army's sapper corps, then called Military Artificers, was seriously understrength. At Burgos, there were only five engineer officers and eight sappers. During the siege operation, one engineer and one of the sappers was killed, two engineers were wounded and all the other seven sappers were wounded. Wellington ordered an assault on the San Miguel hornwork, which guarded the fort's northeast approaches for the night of 19 September. Launched without the benefit of artillery support, there were three simultaneous assaults, the 1st Battalion of the 42nd Foot was spotted by the French in the moonlight and over 200 men were mowed down. Brigadier General Denis Pack's Portuguese brigade suffered an additional 100 losses. The British flank companies of the 1st/42nd Foot, 1st/24th Foot, and 1st/79th Foot were able to gain access to the rear of the hornwork. From there they opened a scattered fire on the French. The defenders suddenly stampeded, leaving the hornwork in the Allies' possession. The 1st Battalion of the 34th Line lost 138 killed and wounded, plus 60 men and seven guns were captured. Allied losses numbered 421 killed and wounded. Burgos Castle British engineers quickly began digging in batteries on the hornwork hill, the first battery was finished on 22 September but hoping to get lucky again, Wellington ordered an attack on the night of 22/23 September before his guns had fired a shot. Men of the 1st and 6th Divisions rushed forward against the palisades with axes, followed by men with just five ladders to scale the 24 foot wall, they failed to receive the support of other troops and were easily repelled with 150 of the 400 men killed and wounded. The engineers then began digging a mine 60 feet to get under the fort's west wall. When this was detonated in the early hours of the 29 September, part of the wall collapsed, the advanced party of British dashed forward but were not supported and were soon driven back from the defences. It turned out that the mine was run under an ancient buried wall that was in front of the modern wall. Consequently, the main French defenses were unscathed by the explosion. A frustrated Wellington ordered his engineers to dig a new mine. Meanwhile, he had his soldiers work overnight to erect a breaching battery close to the walls. At daybreak on 1 October, the French discovered this position and immediately zeroed in their defending artillery. They rapidly destroyed two of the three cannons and inflicted heavy losses on the gun crews. The following night the British reestablished the battery only to see it destroyed again in the morning. On 2 October, Wellington asked Popham to send two 24-pound cannons to replace his lost artillery. As it happened, these guns would not arrive in time. When the new mine was finally ready on 4 October, it was fired, blowing a 100-foot gap in the northwest wall and killing most of the defenders in that area. The subsequent attack managed to secure a foothold in the outer defenses after heavy fighting and 220 casualties. After the Allies began digging a new trench against the inner defenses, Dubreton launched a sortie without warning on 5 October. The attackers killed and wounded almost 150 Allies and carried off or spoiled much of their equipment. No sooner had Wellington resumed siege operations than Dubreton struck again. At 2am on the 8th, with perfect timing, the French swarmed out of the fort and inflicted 184 casualties while suffering small losses. Rain began to fall in sheets, flooding the siege trenches. The British guns on the hornwork ran so low on ammunition that French cannonballs were retrieved and reused. Wellington wrote, "This is altogether the most difficult job I ever had in hand with such trifling means. God send that they may give me a little more time." A third mine was dug and on 18 October, at 4.30pm the mine was detonated under the Chapel of San Roman near the south wall. Assaults were mounted against the west and north walls, but support for the assaults was weak and as before, these attacks withered in the face of intense fire and 170 more casualties were added to the butcher's bill. With a French army threatening his position and with the problems arising from the shortage of artillery and ammunition, Wellington made preparations to retreat on 21 October. However, he was unable to withdraw all his siege guns. The engineers tried to demolish the captured hornwork, but their charges failed to explode. British losses in the siege amounted to 550 killed, 1,550 wounded, and three guns. The French lost 304 killed and 323 wounded, plus the 60 captured. Operations Soult raised the siege of Cadiz on 25 August 1812 and abandoned a huge wagon train of booty in Seville on the 28th. By the end of September, Soult was in contact with Suchet and Joseph. On 15 October, Joseph's forces moved on Madrid with 61,000 soldiers and 84 guns. Soult's column was on the left while a second column under Jean-Baptiste Drouet, Comte d'Erlon marched to Soult's right. In the north, General of Division Joseph Souham's 41,000-man Army of Portugal was swollen to 53,000 by transferring 6,500 infantry and 2,300 cavalry from the Army of the North and by 3,400 reinforcements from France. To hold off these heavy concentrations, Wellington deployed 73,000 troops. At Burgos, he had 24,000 Anglo-Portuguese and Santocildes' 11,000 Spaniards. In the south Hill occupied Toledo with 20,000 soldiers while Major General Charles Alten held Madrid with 18,000. Angry that Wellington had been offered the supreme command in Spain, General Francisco Ballesteros refused to obey the British general's orders to obstruct Soult's move. High hopes had been placed on 8,000 Anglo-Sicilians under Lieutenant General Thomas Maitland at Alicante on the east coast. Maitland remained completely inert during this crisis. Wellington was north of Madrid at Burgos, dangerously separated from Hill's army. To make matters worse, the Tagus was not a serious military obstacle because of unexpectedly low water. When Wellington realized how badly he was outnumbered by Souham, he felt lucky to get away intact. He later wrote, "I had no reason to believe the enemy were so strong till I saw them. Fortunately, they did not attack me: if they had, I must have been destroyed." Even so, he was loath to undertake a long retreat. Aftermath Wellington raised the siege of Burgos on 21 October. He quietly slipped away, undetected by the French until late on 22 October. The drawn Battle of Venta del Pozo was fought on the 23rd. The bulk of the Allied army fell back behind the Pisuerga River at Torquemada that day. Between 25 and 29 October, Souham and Wellington fought a series of actions along the Pisuerga and Carrión Rivers at Palencia, Villamuriel de Cerrato, and Tordesillas which are collectively called the Battle of Tordesillas. When the French seized the bridge over the Duero River at Tordesillas on the 29th, Wellington was compelled to order a retreat. On 29 October, Hill received Wellington's positive order to abandon Madrid and march to join him. After a clash with Soult's advance guard at Perales de Tajuña on the 30th, Hill broke contact and withdrew in the direction of Alba de Tormes. Joseph re-entered his capital on 2 November. Anxious to destroy the British, Joseph rushed after them without bothering to leave a garrison in Madrid. The Allied retreat continued until Wellington and Hill joined forces on 8 November near Alba de Tormes. On 15 November, Soult's 80,000 Frenchmen faced Wellington's 65,000 Allies on the old Salamanca battlefield. To the disappointment of many French soldiers and generals, Soult declined to attack. Wellington began retiring west that afternoon. Logistical arrangements in Wellington's army collapsed and the Allied soldiers marched in cold pouring rain for four days with very little food. Soult only sent his cavalry after the Allies. Even so, the French horsemen scooped up hundreds of stragglers. On 16 November, 600 Allied soldiers were captured by the French. The number of prisoners was even higher on the 17th and included Wellington's second-in-command, General Edward Paget. Before reaching the friendly fortress of Ciudad Rodrigo, the Allied armies lost 5,000 men missing, mostly soldiers who had died from hunger or exposure in the chaotic retreat. It appeared that all of Wellington's efforts in 1812 had been for nothing. Yet, his Anglo-Portuguese army had gained a moral ascendancy over the French that it would never relinquish. Notes References Battles of the Peninsular War Battles in Castile and León Sieges of the Napoleonic Wars Conflicts in 1812 Sieges involving the United Kingdom Sieges involving France Sieges involving Spain Sieges involving Portugal 1812 in Spain King's German Legion September 1812 events October 1812 events History of the province of Burgos
150471	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eunice%2C%20Louisiana	Eunice, Louisiana	Eunice is a city in Acadia and St. Landry parishes in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The 2010 census placed the population at 10,398, a decrease of 1,101, or 9.5 percent, from the 2000 tabulation of 11,499. The St. Landry Parish portion of Eunice is part of the Opelousas–Eunice Micropolitan Statistical Area, while the Acadia Parish portion is part of the Crowley Micropolitan Statistical Area. History One-time lawman and pioneer land developer C.C. Duson is credited with founding Eunice, which was named for his second wife, Eunice Pharr Duson. He and his brother, W.W. Duson, had already founded Crowley, Louisiana in 1887, and now he looked to the north of the parish for future development. Duson bought of land from Willie Humble of Prairie Faquetaïque and mapped out a town site, laid out in lots 50-by-140 feet, 12 lots to the block. Next, he persuaded the Southern Pacific Railroad to extend a branch line from Crowley to his new town. Then he began what he and his brother had learned how to do as well as anyone: promote land sales. It was chartered as a village on September 12, 1894, and incorporated as a town on June 4, 1895. Evangeline Parish was created with the passage of a bill in June 1908. Eunice and Ville Platte were in competition for the parish seat, and Ville Platte was selected by voters on April 12, 1909. After the election, Eunice declared it would remain in St. Landry Parish. In May 2000 a chemical freight train derailed in Eunice, spilling numerous hazardous chemicals and causing about 15 tank cars to explode and burn; approximately 3,500 residents of the town were evacuated for as many as five days. Over 10,000 residents settled in May 2004 for $65 million with the Union Pacific Corporation in a class action suit, claiming that the corporation had failed to repair a defective section of track. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4.7 square miles (12.1 km2), all land. Louisiana Highway 13 and U.S. Highway 190 pass through the center of Eunice with U.S. 190 heading west to Kinder and east to Opelousas, the seat of St. Landry Parish. LA-13 heads north to Mamou and south to Crowley, the seat of Acadia Parish. Climate The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Eunice has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. Parish Eunice is in parts of three parishes, St. Landry, Acadia and Evangeline. Thus the names of certain businesses in Eunice, such as Tri-Parish Bank. Most of the Evangeline Parish portion of Eunice is unincorporated. St. Landry Most of the city limits are located in St. Landry parish. This was one of the original parishes in Louisiana. Acadia Parish Acadia to the south actually borders most of the southern city limits, in a close west to east parallel line, with Sittig Street in the center, parish road 7-23 to the east, and both just inside the St. Landry Parish. On the west side the city limits drops south following highway 755 south and includes the airport, the Louisiana State University Eunice campus, as well as the streets around the campus. Acadia Parish also succeeded from the parish St. Landry. Demographics As of the 2020 United States census, there were 9,422 people, 3,642 households, and 2,470 families residing in the city. As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 10,398 people living in the city. The racial makeup of the city was 63.0% White, 32.5% Black, 0.3% Native American, 0.6% Asian, 0.2% from some other race and 1.2% from two or more races. 2.3% were Hispanic or Latino of any race. As of the census of 2000, there were 11,499 people, 4,316 households, and 2,986 families living in the city. The population density was 2,459.6 people per square mile (948.7/km2). There were 4,675 housing units at an average density of 1,000.0 per square mile (385.7/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 68.76% White, 29.91% African American, 0.11% Native American, 0.21% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.34% from other races, and 0.65% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.11% of the population. There were 4,316 households, out of which 34.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.0% were married couples living together, 17.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.8% were non-families. 27.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 3.18. In the city, the population was spread out, with 29.6% under the age of 18, 10.0% from 18 to 24, 24.1% from 25 to 44, 20.8% from 45 to 64, and 15.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years, a half year older than the statewide median age of 34.0 years. For every 100 females, there were 89.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.5 males. The median income for a household in the city was $21,372, and the median income for a family was $27,173. Males had a median income of $29,500 versus $18,912 for females. The per capita income for the city was $11,937. About 26.5% of families and 31.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 41.9% of those under age 18 and 20.6% of those age 65 or over. Arts and culture Located near the heart of Cajun country, Eunice is famous for its Cajun music, and in November 1997 the Cajun Music Hall of Fame and Museum was founded there. The City of Eunice and the National Park Service sponsor "Laissez les bons temps rouler au rendezvous des cajuns", a live Cajun music show every Saturday night at the Liberty Theatre, an old movie theater that was restored by a "coup de main" by local volunteers after falling into disrepair. Eunice is home to the Prairie Acadian Cultural Center, a unit of Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve. Eunice is host to one of the largest Courir de Mardi Gras (traditional rural French Louisiana Mardi Gras observance,) as well as the World Championship Crawfish Étouffée Cook-off. In 2015, The Eunice Rotary Club and the Jean Lafitte National Park and Preserve teamed up to host a revitalized folklife festival known as the Experience Louisiana Festival held each October on the campus of LSU Eunice. Education Eunice is the home of Louisiana State University Eunice, a community college. LSUE is a campus of Louisiana State University. Eunice is also home to both Eunice High School and St Edmund High School. Notable people Geno Delafose, zydeco musician C.W. Lemoine, Author and Air Force aviator. Mary Alice Fontenot, author of "Clovis the Crawfish" series of books Kyries Hebert, American football free safety for the NFL's Cincinnati Bengals. Carlton Loewer, Major League Baseball pitcher Dennis McGee, Cajun musician Keith Ortego, American football wide receiver for the Super Bowl XX champion Chicago Bears Ann Savoy, Cajun accordionist Marc Savoy, Cajun accordionist and accordion maker Tharold Simon, NFL cornerback for the Seattle Seahawks Cora Kelley Ward, painter Jay Young, television news anchor See also Music of Louisiana List of Notable People Related to Cajun Music References External links City of Eunice Eunice Chamber of Commerce Cities in Louisiana Cities in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana Cities in Acadia Parish, Louisiana Populated places established in 1894 Cities in Lafayette, Louisiana metropolitan area
37982257	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis%20Kirwa	Francis Kirwa	Francis Chepsiror Kirwa (born November 28, 1974 in Rift Valley Province, Kenya) is a Finnish marathon runner of Kenyan origin. In 2005, he adopted Finnish nationality in order to compete internationally in the marathon, and run for his home nation at the IAAF World Championships in Helsinki. He also set a personal best of 2:11:01 by winning the gold medal at the Maratona Sant’Antonio in Padua, Italy. Kirwa represented his adopted nation Finland at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the men's marathon. He successfully finished the race in fourteenth place by twenty-two seconds behind Spain's José Manuel Martínez, outside his personal best time of 2:14:22. Kirwa currently resides in Lahti, since he left from Kenya in 2002. He also trains full-time for marathon and cross-country races at Lahden Ahkera, under his personal and head coach Timo Vuorimaa. References External links Profile – Suomen Olympiakomitea NBC 2008 Olympics profile Finnish male marathon runners Finnish people of Kenyan descent European sportspeople of Kenyan descent Living people Olympic athletes of Finland Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics People from Lahti 1974 births Kenyan expatriate sportspeople in Finland Naturalized citizens of Finland
68734693	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olamide%20Samuel	Olamide Samuel	Olamide Mobolaji Samuel (born 4 September 1992) is a Nigerian arms control, nuclear policy and international security expert. He is a political and strategic advisor on arms control and a Senior Teaching Fellow at the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy, SOAS University of London Life Samuel was born in Lagos on 4 September 1992. He is from the Yagba-East local government area of Kogi State, Nigeria. He received a B.Sc in International Law and Diplomacy in 2013 from Babcock University and MA in Security, Intelligence and Diplomacy in 2014 from University of Buckingham. Samuel later received a PhD in Security and Intelligence Studies in 2019. At 25 years old, Samuel was widely reported as the youngest African to obtain a PhD in National Security Studies Samuel is a Senior Teaching Fellow at the School of Oriental and African Studies, SOAS University of London and the coordinator of SOAS’ disarmament project at the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy, until 2021. In 2020 Samuel was appointed as a member of the security task force in the Vatican COVID-19 Commission created by Pope Francis and is an outspoken supporter of the EndSARS movement against the Nigerian government in 2020 and also criticized U.S President Donald Trump for holding the NewSTART treaty hostage to trilateral negotiations. References Living people 1992 births Nigerian security personnel Babcock University alumni
41098721	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shut%20Up%20%28R.%20Kelly%20song%29	Shut Up (R. Kelly song)	"Shut Up" is a song written and performed by American R&B singer R. Kelly and included on his twelfth solo studio album Black Panties. Released on November 10, 2011 through YouTube, the song was the first recording he made after throat surgery in 2011. Background Following his throat surgery in early 2011, Kelly went to Twitter to announce his return on December 10 same year with a link of his first song he written after the surgery, "Shut Up". The song is to thank his loyal fans and doctors who helped him though the surgery but also to say "shut up" to people who said his career was over and he was washed up. Live performance On December 5, 2013, R. Kelly performed this song for the first time for a live audience on The Arsenio Hall Show. Reception Reviews for "Shut Up" were generally positive: Spin wrote, "Kelly taking aim at the haters who said 'he's washed up, he's lost it.' He hasn't. Dude's voice is in prime smooth R&B form". Lady Gaga encouraged her fans to listen to the song on Twitter and said it empowered her. Singer Fantasia spoke highly of the song and recommended it to her fans. K. Michelle made her own version of this song on her mixtape, 0 Fucks Given, released on July 15, 2012. References R. Kelly songs Songs written by R. Kelly Song recordings produced by R. Kelly 2013 songs
47401436	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert%20Ndele	Albert Ndele	Albert Ndele Bamu (born 15 August 1930) is a Congolese politician and banker. He served as chairman of the College of Commissioners-General that governed the Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville) for two weeks while Justin Marie Bomboko returned from New York to Léopoldville, and the next four months as deputy chairman. He was later governor of the National Bank of the Congo from 1961 to 1970. He briefly served as the Minister of Finance. One term from September 1960 to February 1961, and another term from 15 September 1970 until his dismissal on 12 November 1970. Citations References Living people Governors of the Banque Centrale du Congo Prime Ministers of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Finance ministers of the Democratic Republic of the Congo 1930 births Catholic University of Leuven (1834–1968) alumni Lovanium University alumni People of the Congo Crisis People from Kongo Central 21st-century Democratic Republic of the Congo people
62982590	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragonheart%3A%20Vengeance	Dragonheart: Vengeance	Dragonheart: Vengeance is a 2020 fantasy adventure film directed by Ivan Silvestrini. It is the third direct-to-video prequel of the 1996 film, Dragonheart. The film begins before the events of Dragonheart: Battle for the Heartfire, but ends after them. It was released on Netflix, DVD, and Blu-ray on February 4, 2020. Plot In the years following Drago and Gareth's bonding, the seven dragons they raised left to different lands; one of them, a female named Siveth, traveled to Wallachia. The kingdom and its ruler, King Razvan, initially welcomed Siveth; however, after he's wounded in battle, Siveth refused to share her heart with him, so the king exiled her. Twenty or thirty years after, Lukas, a young farmer, sees savage raiders: The Bear, The Wolf, The Snake, and The Scorpion, kill his family. After losing his parents and house to them, Lukas leaves on a quest for revenge. Lukas goes to the city where King Razvan rules, begging for help, only to get turned down. Later, a swashbuckling mercenary, Darius, approaches Lukas, offering his service to hunt the murderers. A brawl breaks out between Darius and another mercenary group, forcing Lukas to flee. He learns from a blacksmith he meets that Siveth might help him. Lukas travels deep into the countryside to find Siveth, offering her a bag of crop seed as payment. Realizing that Lukas wants vengeance instead of justice, Siveth refuses to help, so Lukas leaves. He soon finds a horse with a saddle and supplies to aid him in his journey. Darius, who followed him, teaches Lukas how to fight. Pursuing The Bear first, Darius and Lukas follow his trail and discover that Siveth has traveled with them, disguised as Lukas's horse. Darius leaves after a heated argument with Siveth, causing her and Lukas to face The Bear and his band of raiders. While trying to kill Lukas during the fight, The Bear falls to his death, pleasing Lukas much to Siveth's dismay. They later subdue The Wolf. Lukas threatens to kill him, but Siveth says The Wolf is more valuable alive, so they take him captive when he agrees to lead them to The Snake and Scorpion. The Wolf keeps his word but, as Darius blunders into the ambush, he escapes, losing an arm to Siveth's ice breath. Despite this, they capture The Snake, and Lukas learns Siveth and Darius are bonded. Questioning what to do with their prisoner, Siveth tells Lukas to spare her and take her back to town to face justice, while Darius says to kill the raider; to dissuade Darius, Siveth explains why she shared her heart with him. When Darius was a child, the king started a war to bolster his popularity and distract people from his corrupt dealings; the king got wounded in battle while Siveth tried to prove his corruption. The king had his cart driver run Darius's parents off the road during his return home, killing them. Siveth then shared her heart with Darius to save him, leading to her refusal to help Razvan and her banishment. She kept the truth from Darius to protect him. Darius reluctantly agrees to spare the Snake, having discovered the raiders were receiving messages. After imprisoning The Snake, Darius learns King Razvan is behind the raiders' attacks, ordering them to kill his subjects to prevent starvation because he didn't prepare for food shortages. Meanwhile, Lukas, with Siveth's help, flirts with Oana, the town healer, after meeting her earlier. The Scorpion returns for The Snake and frees her, poisoning Oana's father, the town's jailer, and setting his house ablaze to cover their escape; Siveth uses her ice breath to douse the flames and regroups with Darius and Lukas. Darius tells them his discovery, so Siveth tries to retrieve the raiders' orders from the king's guards who took them. As Siveth uses her shapeshifting to try and reclaim the evidence, Lukas and Darius pursue The Snake and Scorpion, wandering into an ambush. During the fight, The Scorpion poisons Lukas, and The Snake further wounds him in battle. Darius also gets injured, and Siveth abandons her mission to save Lukas and Darius after seeing them in trouble through their bond. Darius kills The Scorpion, and Siveth kills The Snake. Lukas apologizes for letting revenge darken his heart. Darius and Siveth also reconcile, and he begs her to save Lukas. Siveth takes Lukas to the monastery that raised Darius. Weeks pass, and Lukas recovers with Oana's help. Razvan and a crowd of townsfolk confront Lukas and Siveth shortly after; the king orders Lukas to be surrendered for crimes he didn't commit and orders Siveth to resume her exile. However, Siveth refuses and calls Razvan out for his treason. Then Darius and the recaptured Wolf appear, with The Wolf confessing about Razvan's crimes. Siveth offers her protection to anyone else willing to speak up; more people come forward from the king's guards and council to confess to Razvan's corruption, leading to his and The Wolf's imprisonment. In the time that follows, Siveth is welcomed back into society and shares the crop seed she saved to end Razvan's famines. Lukas rebuilds his home, beginning a relationship with Oana. Now recognized by the kingdom as bonded with Siveth, Darius lives a happy life among the people. Darius reflects on Siveth's teachings, acknowledging that she showed him and Lukas the path to happiness, friendship, and love. Cast Joseph Millson as Darius Jack Kane as Lukas Arturo Muselli as King Razvan Carolina Carlsson as The Snake Tam Williams as The Scorpion Richard Ashton as The Wolf Ross O'Hennessy as The Bear Cameron Jack as Blacksmith Fabienne Piolini-Castle as Oana Helena Bonham Carter as Siveth (voice) Development Production Development of the script for the fifth movie began directly after Battle for the Heartfire'''s completion. Filming Filming began in early November 2018 in Romania and ended on December 5th. Locations include Râșnov Fortress, the volcanic crater in Racoș, and Bran Castle also in Mogoșoaia Palace. Post-production ended on September 21, 2019. Visual effects The VFX company returned to do the CGI effects after working on the previous two films. Music The score was composed by Mark McKenzie, after previously composing the score for Dragonheart: A New Beginning, The Sorcerer's Curse, and Battle for the Heartfire. Like the previous films, the score includes Randy Edelman's original Dragonheart theme from the first film. Reception Sequel According to an interview with Arturo Muselli, a sixth Dragonheart'' film has already entered pre-production. References External links 2020 films 2020s fantasy adventure films American films Romanian films English-language Romanian films Direct-to-video prequel films Arthurian films Direct-to-video fantasy films Universal Pictures direct-to-video films Films about dragons Films shot in Romania Dragonheart films Films produced by Raffaella De Laurentiis Romanian fantasy films American fantasy adventure films 2020 fantasy films
40083214	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torkild%20Rieber	Torkild Rieber	Torkild Rieber (March 13, 1882 – August 10, 1968) was a Norwegian immigrant to the United States who became chairman of the Texas Company (Texaco). Born in a small town in Norway, Rieber became a seaman at the age of 15. By 1904, he was the master of an oil tanker, which was bought the next year by the newly founded Texas Company, or Texaco. He rose steadily through the ranks to become chairman in 1935. The next year he arranged for Texaco to buy the Barco oil concession in Colombia. Over the next three years he oversaw the major engineering feat of opening the remote oilfield and building a pipeline through rugged and jungle-covered terrain to the Caribbean coast. Rieber was sympathetic to the fascist regimes in Europe in the 1930s and illegally supplied oil on credit to Franco's forces during the Spanish Civil War. He also purchased tankers from Germany in exchange for oil. The last tanker was delivered from Hamburg after the outbreak of World War II. For a while, Texaco continued to ship oil to Germany via South America. When Rieber's ties to the Nazis were revealed in August 1940, there was a scandal and he was forced to resign. Rieber continued in the oil industry. Iran nationalized British oil holdings in 1951, but following the 1953 Iranian coup d'état that restored the Shah to power, Rieber negotiated an end to the dispute. Early years Rieber was born in Voss, Norway, on March 13, 1882, son of the owner of a dye works in a small town about from Bergen. His family was Lutheran, and he was brought up in an environment where alcohol, dancing and gambling were strictly forbidden. At the age of 15 Rieber left home and joined the full-rigged sailing ship Hiawatha on a six-month voyage around Cape Horn to San Francisco. On return to Norway he attended a school for sailors, and then found work for two years as quartermaster on a barkentine ferrying indentured Indian laborers from Calcutta to British sugar plantations in the West Indies. In 1901, aged 18, he was in command of a French sailing tanker when he was injured in a shipboard fight while docked in Delaware Bay. He was hospitalized and lost his command. After recovering, Rieber found a position as mate on a Texan oil tanker, the first to leave Texaco's Spindletop facility in Texas. In 1904 he became master of the vessel. Rieber's tanker was bought by the three-year-old Texaco in 1905. After three more years at sea, he was given the job of building a terminal for Texaco at Bayonne, New Jersey. The terminal came into operation before it was complete, and the wooden buildings twice burned down. Rieber arranged for them to be quickly rebuilt. Rieber was then assigned to the company's head office. Rieber married Miriam Marbe in 1909. They had two children, a girl and a boy. Miriam died in 1938. During World War I (1914–1918) he was superintendent of terminals and assistant superintendent of the oil refinery at Port Arthur, Texas. The first boss of Texaco, Joseph Stephen Cullinan, fell out with Texaco's directors in 1913 and left to form another oil company, American Republics Corporation. After World War I ended, Rieber left Texaco and became a vice-president at Cullinan's new company. The company struggled to get organized, and in 1927 Rieber accepted an offer to return to Texaco as vice president in charge of exports and marine transportation. He acquired a fleet of new tankers and opened up markets around the world for Texaco. In 1929 and 1930 he tried unsuccessfully to reach an agreement with Heath Eves of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (later to become British Petroleum) for the two companies to cooperate in Europe or other markets where BP did not have a partner. In 1935 he was appointed chairman of Texaco, with William Starling Sullivant Rodgers as president. Rieber featured on the cover of Time magazine on 4 May 1936. Barco oil concession In the 1930s Texaco was the fourth largest oil company in the United States, after Standard Oil of New Jersey, Socony-Vacuum and Standard Oil of Indiana, but relied completely on domestic oil fields. Rieber wanted other sources of supply in case the United States banned exports to one or all of Texaco's foreign customers. In 1936 Rieber bought the Barco oil concession in Colombia from Gulf Oil for $14,550,000, and sold a half interest to Socony-Vacuum, now Mobil. The crude oil had to be pumped over the Cordillera Oriental across a pass. From there the line ran west through the low-lying Magdalena River valley, in three places running under the river or one of its tributaries. The pipeline terminated at the Caribbean port of Coveñas in the Sucre department. The pipe was designed to be able to carry 28,000 barrels per day from the La Petrólea and Tibú fields. Most of the equipment and supplies were carried by air, a total of , landed on airstrips hacked out of the jungle. This included a suspension bridge long as well as vehicles, power plants, plumbing and food. At its peak, 5,000 local workers were employed, supervised by 400 Americans. Eight employees of the oil companies were killed by Motilone Indians defending their territory. 62 wells were operational when the pipeline was opened in 1939. The crude was gold-green in color and yielded 49% gasoline on straight-run refining, a very high value. The last weld in the pipeline was made by Gladys Crosby Whitney, wife of Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney. Total costs to develop the field and the pipeline were $40,000,000. Ties to Spanish and German fascists Standard Oil of California had acquired the rights to the Bahrain oilfield in the Persian Gulf and was seeking a partner with market presence in the far east. Rieber made an agreement for joint production with the new California-Texas Oil Company, which also took over Texaco's far eastern market. In 1939, the jointly owned subsidiary returned a total of $12 million to its parents. In common with many other business leaders, Rieber admired the efficiency of the fascist movements in Europe. The Spanish Civil War erupted in July 1936. Under the January 1937 Neutrality Act, it was illegal to provide credit to either side; Rieber met General Francisco Franco in August 1936 and agreed to supply the Nationalists with oil on credit until the war ended. Neither was it legal for American ships to transport cargo to Spain; yet Texaco ships ostensibly bound for Antwerp, Rotterdam, or Amsterdam were given sealed orders, which diverted them to Spain. The oil was still priced as though Francoist Spain had transported it. Customs agents discovered the scheme, causing a political scandal. In June 1937, President Roosevelt met Rieber and threatened to embargo future shipments. Texaco was fined $22,000. However, Rieber continued the shipments. He directed his associate at the Paris Texaco office, William M. Brewster, to relay to the Nationalists intelligence on the Spanish Loyalists, such as fuel amounts, cost, and type. In total, Texaco delivered to the Nationalists 3.5 million tons of oil for a total of $20 million. For his service, Rieber was given the title of Knight of the Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic by Franco. In 1936, Rieber commissioned several oil tankers from the Deutsche Werft shipyard in Hamburg, Germany, in return for oil. The Skandinavia tanker was not complete before the outbreak of World War II in September 1939. Although the United States was neutral, the Germans did not want to release a tanker that could be used to supply their enemies. Rieber flew to Berlin to negotiate with the German naval officials. He was successful, and Admiral Erich Raeder allowed the tanker to sail under the flag of Panama to ship oil to neutral countries. In December 1939, Rieber and Hermann Goering made a tour of factories in Germany. They were flown by Pete Clausen, a Pan American Airlines pilot. Rieber continued to ship Colombian oil to Germany, despite the British embargo. According to a German secret service report, Rieber was "absolutely pro-German ... a sincere admirer of the Führer." Rieber met Field Marshal Hermann Göring in 1940 and was given a message from Hitler to President Roosevelt, inviting him to support Berlin's plan for a European Union, led by Germany, which would open its doors to the United States. Roosevelt rejected the offer. Rieber also talked with the German agent Gerhardt Alois Westrick, who was gathering information about American armaments and intentions concerning the European war. After the fall of France, Westrick threw a celebratory party at the Manhattan Waldorf Astoria hotel on 26 June 1940, attended by senior executives of IT&T, General Motors and Ford as well as by Rieber. Westrick posed as a trade official and made much of the huge trade potential with the new German empire once Britain had been defeated, which would soon be accomplished. Westrick also met with Rieber at his head office in the Chrysler Building. The British secret service disclosed this to the American press, causing an uproar. Publicity about Captain Rieber's pro-Nazi views began to threaten Texaco's sales. After a stormy meeting in August 1940, the Texaco board of directors forced Rieber to resign. In July 1940, Life Magazine had published a lengthy profile of Rieber. Reporting his resignation in the 26 August 1940 issue, Life portrayed him as an innocent victim whose only errors had been to dine with Westrick and lend him a Texas Co. car. Torkild Rieber had already aided the German Navy in finding ships of Texaco heading for the UK. Life Magazine did not know that. Later career Rieber became president of the independent Barber Oil Company after he left Texaco. In March 1951 the Iranian parliament voted to nationalize the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC), triggering the Abadan Crisis. The APOC withdrew its employees, and under pressure from Britain other countries embargoed Iranian oil. The Iranians asked for help from the World Bank to resolve the dispute, and the idea was floated that the bank might run the Iranian oil industry in the interim. The World Bank assigned Rieber to assist Hector Prud'homme in examining the oil installations in Iran. The two men arrived in Iran on 31 December 1951 and met prime minister Mohammad Mosaddegh the next day, giving him a message from Robert Garner of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development before going on to inspect the facilities at Abadan. In February 1952 Rieber was part of a larger World Bank mission sent to negotiate an arrangement for restarting oil production pending agreement with the British over ownership of the assets. One sticking point was that the Iranians would not allow British oil technicians to return, and it would not be practical to find sufficient technicians from other countries. The main obstacle was the British demand for revenue sharing. In 1953 the British and Americans sponsored a coup that restored the western-oriented but autocratic Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in place of the elected government. Rieber became adviser to the new Iranian government, and assisted them in their negotiations in 1954 with a consortium of Standard Oil of New Jersey, Royal Dutch Shell and the Anglo-Persian Oil Company. His influence may be seen in the eventual settlement. In 1963 Rieber attended a fortieth anniversary celebration of Time magazine hosted by the publisher Henry Luce at the Waldorf Astoria, attended by many of the people that had been featured on the magazine's cover over the years. He died in Manhattan on August 10, 1968, aged 86. References Citations Sources American energy industry executives 20th-century American businesspeople Texaco people American people of the Spanish Civil War Businesspeople from New York City Businesspeople from Texas Norwegian emigrants to the United States Sea captains Norwegian sailors People from Voss 1882 births 1968 deaths
25358536	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiff%20English	Cardiff English	The Cardiff accent, also known as Cardiff English, is the regional accent of English, and a variety of Welsh English, as spoken in and around the city of Cardiff, and is somewhat distinctive in Wales, compared with other Welsh accents. Its pitch is described as somewhat lower than that of Received Pronunciation, whereas its intonation is closer to dialects of England rather than Wales. It is estimated that around 500,000 people speak Cardiff English. The accent is generally limited to inside the city's northern boundary, rather than extending to the nearby South Wales Valleys where the spoken variety of English is different. However, the accent area spreads east and west of the city's political borders, covering much of the former counties of South Glamorgan and south-west Gwent, including Newport and coastal Monmouthshire. The dialect developed distinctively as the city grew in the nineteenth century, with an influx of migrants from different parts of Britain and further afield. The Cardiff accent and vocabulary has been influenced in particular by those who moved there from the English Midlands, the West Country, other parts of Wales, and Ireland. The Survey of English Dialects did not cover Cardiff but it did survey nearby Newport and six small villages in Monmouthshire. Influence The formation of the modern Cardiff accent has been cited as having an Irish influence, similar to the influence of Liverpool's Scouse accent, given both cities' status as major world ports. According to a 2005 BBC study, the Cardiff accent, as well as that of Liverpool and East London, is in the process of changing due to the modern influence of immigration on youth, primarily of Arabic and Hindustani influence. Social variation Research has shown that there is a great sociolinguistic variation on the Cardiff accent, that is to say, a difference in the way people speak from different social backgrounds in Cardiff. Unsurprisingly, those from a more affluent background generally speak with a less broad accent, closer to that of standard English, compared with people from a working-class background. Thus, the city itself has different dialects, with people from the less affluent eastern and western districts of the city having a stronger and broader accent than those living in the more affluent north Cardiff. Phonetics and phonology Cardiff English shares many phonetic traits with the English spoken in the Severnside area of England, but differs in being non-rhotic. A notable characteristic in the accent is the lack of rounding lips when pronouncing consonants and vowels. While in Received Pronunciation, lip-rounding is a common feature to distinguish vowels, in Cardiff English this is not often observed. The tongue also holds a slightly different shape with people speaking in Cardiff English. The front is rigid and close to the alveolar ridge, while the back is relaxed, creating a large pharyngeal cavity. In continuous speech, the soft palate is also lowered, providing a slight nasal quality. Creaky voice is mainly absent and can only found in prestigious middle-class varieties as in RP. The vocal folds are tenser than in Received Pronunciation, giving a husky, breathy sound to articulation, with the overall effect of greater resonance, tension and hoarseness makes the accent often thought of as being "harsh" or "unpleasant". Place names in Cardiff, such as Crwys and Llanedeyrn, may be pronounced in a way which reflects rules of neither Welsh nor English. Consonants Consonants in CE share general similarities to that of Received Pronunciation. Unique characteristics of consonants of this accent include: Strong aspiration or affrication of voiceless stops as or respectively, which occurs in initial position in predominantly stressed syllables. Sometimes, the stops may be realised as a pure fricative, such as realised as intervocallically. When not in initial position, these stops can also be glottalised in the manner of RP, although this becomes weaker in broader forms of the accent. glottalisation of equivalent unstressed RP to . In RP, is glottalised only with . Furthermore, the final syllable of little is commonly pronounced as . Flapping of generally occurs between voiced phonemes. It can even be an approximant . Like RP, consistent yod-coalescence of . Fricative allophones for voiced stops in medial position, especially with turning to . Furthermore, they are noticeably devoiced in final position. The fricatives may have slightly sharper friction, especially before front vowels; on the other hand may lack labialisation found in other accents. Like the voiced stops, can be devoiced to . Realisation of more often as an approximant rather than a fricative, and undergoes elision as mentioned below. G-dropping is common. Despite carrying out mild stigma, it can still carry prestige as it is heard in middle-class varieties of the accent. More common in younger working-class varieties, -thing is sometimes pronounced . H-dropping often occurs as the is only a marginal consonant in the dialect, being commonly dropped in the so-called 'weak forms'; pronouns and the modal auxiliaries had, has, have. Intervocallically, there is a voiced allophone such as ahead. Studies in the travel agency have been recorded that 'weak forms' are variably dropped, with these same group of people constantly dropping words like hotel (which are in turn preceded by an), emphasising its French origins. It undergoes the same stigma as in . In the broadest forms of the accent, is , commonly represented in the words huge and human. This is also found to a degree in Ireland and American cities influenced by these accents such as Philadelphia and New York City. However, higher-class speakers may pronounce similar to RP, as , although the articulation is more front and the narrowing is closer, making Cardiff's sound markedly prominent to RP. The broadest accents may realise particularly as a tap intervocalically and after the consonants . It can also sometimes be tapped word-initially. Otherwise, it is generally a postalveolar approximant . Cardiff's taps involve a much larger portion of the tongue and is less rapid than in RP, almost as long as . This can cause some homophones between tapped/approximant and , including butter/borough, hotter/horror and starting/starring. Like several northern English dialects, some words' final consonants may be devoiced, in words such as second or wardrobe. The conjunction and, when stressed and before a break, is also notably pronounced . Slight palatal friction of ; often elided before . Unlike other South Wales varieties, has the same clear/dark allophones as RP, namely with clear before vowels and , and (which can be heavily velar) before other consonants and pauses. is frequently a syllabic . Alternatively an can be added before the consonant, otherwise the consonant may be vocalised as a close back vowel. is unrounded , especially before . Two loan consonants from Welsh, and are included in the dialect, but are only found in Welsh names. is often debated as to whether it even should be considered as a phoneme in Cardiff English, as it is exclusively found in people of Welsh-speaking backgrounds or people who have patriotic sentiments to the Welsh language. Many speakers who do not pronounce a convincing find it difficult or even possible anyway, so they would substitute it with either , in names such as Llewelyn, Llandaff. , on the other hand, is more manifested as many speakers of the accent pronounce it in such as Castell Coch, Mynachdy, Pantbach, although that is not to say substitutions such as exist. can also be found in a few interjections of disgust, such as ugh or /. Vowels The accent is non-rhotic, in other words the is only pronounced before a vowel. Much like RP, linking and intrusive R is present in Cardiff English, such as in drawing or draw attention. Unlike the consonants, CE's vowels are significantly different from Received Pronunciation. Many vowels in this accent have a more centralised articulation, as well as the starting points of most diphthongs, as seen below. Like mentioned above, at least the broad varieties seem to lack labialisation. However, if they are labialised, they are articulated with tight lips. Monophthongs The vowel is markedly closer and more front, generally having no glide, when compared to RP . Word-final is generally short and often more open than (), although few broader speakers use a short close vowel . In unstressed non-final environments like anniversary the vowel is in general registers, with some broader accents using . is a somewhat more open , compared to typical RP, causing non-Cardiffians to interpret it as the vowel. However, more modern RP speakers have a similar realisation as Cardiff. Like , is also closer, somewhat advanced and generally has no glide found in RP and several other British dialects. The vowel in is a steady monophthong , significantly raised well above open-mid, which is the common realisation the in-glide of the Received Pronunciation equivalent. is a more open and slightly retracted when compared to RP. Like in the diagram above, some may have their vowel at the same height as this vowel, only differentiated by vowel length. A closer and fronter vowel is used for , when compared to RP. It is usually realised with strong rounding, even the broadest accents have at least a slight rounding. Accents in the general register have a close-mid tongue height. and can be considered to belong to one phoneme , although some sources claim contrast otherwise, which is problematic as there are no minimal pairs between these two vowels. When stressed, it covers a wide allophonic variation as shown in the chart. It is typically open-mid or above, and much closer than RP. The vowel is phonetically central . A similar vowel is used by younger speakers of RP instead of the traditional . Broad forms of Cardiff English use a centralised, unrounded and open-mid , with higher-class accents having a closer vowel with strong rounding that is typical of RP. The horse–hoarse merger is present with younger speakers, although a preservation with some older speakers does exist. is one of the most characteristic vowels of the accents, generally being an open front vowel and notably longer than Received Pronunciation. Broader accents typically exhibit raising, most commonly as , with being heard from the broadest accents of working-class males. Within the United Kingdom, there is no other dialect that has a vowel more raised than , although some American dialects may have these realisations. Regardless if neighbouring any nasal consonants, it is frequently nasalised itself (); this has been linked to Merseyside velarised speech. The raising of this vowel has been stigmatised with local Cardiff culture, especially its city name Cardiff , as well as Cardiff Arms Park and a pint of dark, referring to the local brew Brains Dark. is typically open varying from front to central, similar to more modern forms of RP, with broader accents having a closer realisation as or even , resembling that of more typical RP. However, the broad pronunciation is stigmatised in the same manner as . A small set of words including bad, bag, mad and man can be lengthened though the vowel quality is still that of , which is always slightly lower than . The trap-bath split is variable among status, being the most used in higher-class forms of the accent due to social pressure of the influence of RP. It is however, apparently confusing for speakers of broad and general accents, as is preferred before nasals and before fricatives. However, certain words like ask, bath, grant, laugh, master, rather and the suffix -graph are strongly likely to be pronounced with . On the other hand, answer, castle, chance, dance and nasty are always pronounced with . Even so, the vowels may be conflated thus both variations can be produced even in succeeding sentences. The vowel is unrounded and noticeably fronter than RP (). Diphthongs According to , the diphthongs in CE are , corresponding to , , , and respectively. transcribes with . Speakers also exhibit both the pane–pain and toe–tow merger, which contrasts with some other southern Welsh varieties. Centring diphthongs such as and do not exist and often correspond to disyllabic sequences and (see below for details). is a clear diphthong and has a more closer, centralised in-glide and a closer end point as opposed to RP. Very few older speakers may conservatively have very narrow glides (i.e. ), making it only as a potential diphthong. The most common realisation of is a central–back glide , although a non-standard variant is slightly backed to . Like , also has a closer end point than RP. The traditional pronunciation was more of a slight back diphthong . A noticeably closer in-glide to RP can be seen in . Similar to , has a somewhat closer starting point than RP. 's in-glide is unrounded and more centralised compared to RP. The sequence , when not coalesced in words like nude or you is like many other Welsh accents. However, CE has lost the distinction in environments where cannot proceed certain consonants in RP that can in other Welsh accents as , such as juice or crew. Centring diphthongs do not exist. RP is mostly a disyllabic sequence . In a handful of words (near, mere, year, ear, here and hear) and their derivatives, the pronunciation may be either or . It is not unusual to hear the last four words all pronounced as . Before and , the pronunciation is monophthongal , where RP would actually have . RP vowel is either a disyllabic sequence or merges with the vowel . almost always replaces the word sure; when after consonant + (such as cure or pure), the use of increases by class status, where the upper middle class can have it occurring more often than in RP. However, when without (such as insure or tour), the upper middle class would use the vowel less compared to other classes. Furthermore, Cardiff English does not have smoothing, unlike RP, which is like other Welsh accents. Examples include buying and tower as and . However, a notable exception exists with our being pronounced as . Intonation The intonation of Cardiff English is generally closer to English accents rather than Welsh, but with a wider pitch range than in Received Pronunciation. Nevertheless, the average pitch is lower than other South Wales accents and RP. High rising terminal is also what characterises the dialect from RP, as well as consistency in intonation with strong expression; such as annoyance, excitement and emphasis. Assimilation and elision Like RP and a lot of other English dialects, Cardiff English is prone to constant assimilation and elision. It is the consistency and use of assimilation, even when speaking slowly, distinguishes CE from other English accents. It should also be noted that patterns found in other South Wales dialects are not found in Cardiff and instead is influenced by British accents. is commonly elided at the beginning of a word, e.g. that, there . may also assimilate and be pronounced the same to these alveolar consonants when preceding . Although a similar phenomenon exists in RP, it is much more common and may even carry out to stressed syllables, e.g. all that , although and in these . The contractions doesn't, isn't, wasn't is often realised with the as a stop under the influence of the following nasal, realised as , which can be found Southern American English, although to a broader extent. Cardiff English can further reduce this to . Also, the phrase isn't it pronounced as (and often spelt innit) is a common characteristic of the dialect. However, there is no justification to be classified as an elided form of the full pronunciation, as there is no evidence of speakers analysing it as a clausal form with the pronoun it. Final before another consonant is often elided, as in about four , but we , pocket money , started collecting and United States . In high-frequency words, including at, bit, but, get, got, let, it, lot, out, quite, said and that, may also be elided before a vowel or a pause, as in but I and that's right . Moreover, final may be simplified to not only before consonants like in RP, but also before vowels, as in don't drive or can't handle . A final is sometimes fricatised to , as in about Secret Seven, gets some, it's dead . Intervocalically is occasionally elided and lengthen the previous vowel, as in America or very . Unstressed are mainly elided for vowels, as in except police . Grammar Many of the grammatical features below are influenced from south-western dialects of England, particularly sharing with the dialect of Reading. Non-standard forms when associated with Cardiff often have a negative reaction since most dialects in Wales are influenced by Welsh. The Northern Subject Rule is a common feature of the colloquial Cardiff accent, which is the tendency to use a third-person singular verb conjugation for all pronouns in the present tense. Examples include I lives in Cardiff, we likes it, they squeaks when you walks. This can also extend to the irregular be and do, such as they's awful or we does it often, and sometimes with have (they never has homework). When have is used as an auxiliary, e.g. they have been, it is more likely to be elided as in they been, like many other colloquial or non-standard accents. Likewise, do as an auxiliary is used, as in they does try. In Reading, the third-person singular forms are used to a lesser extent, with have never being the case but do occasionally. On the other hand, the form dos does exist in Reading but is not attested in Cardiff except for the phrase fair dos 'give her/him due credit', which is analysed as a plural morpheme rather than an inflectional one. Conversely, an irregular verb conjugated with third-person singular pronoun can take a first-person singular verb conjugation, specifically with have, but also with do. Examples include she've gone, he do his work, it don't swim. Negative third-person forms of have are difficult to analyse as their forms can be heavily elided; forms such as hasn't, haven't or even ain't can be homophonous. The first and third singular past-tense forms of be, was can once again be found in all pronouns you was, we was, they was. However unlike Reading, were replacing standard was cannot be done except occasionally in negative forms (i.e. she weren't). Sometimes, this may be extended to other irregular verbs when that verb's past participle is the same or very similar as the infinitive form, as in he give a book, she come over here. Double negatives are also present as in some other urban accents of English, e.g. I haven't had nothin''', there isn't no-one in. Similarly never can also be used to negate the past tense in the same manner, as in I never did nothin. Them to mean 'those', as in He likes them cats, similar to other non-standard dialects. Lack of plurals on nouns of measurement, similar to other colloquial British accents, e.g. forty pound, seven foot long (also consider standard six foot five). Using adjectival forms for adverbs, such as shop local (found in many Cardiffian cornerstores), she drives lovely. Removal of prepositional particles when following adverbs, out for 'out of', over for 'over to/in', up for 'up at/in' etc. Nevertheless, non-standard particle compounds indicating position and direction are present, represented in where to. It mainly acts as a postposition as in where's that to?, however it can also be a preposition (where's to the keys?), although this can be non-standard (e.g. where to are you going? vs. where are you going to?). The positional and directional adjuncts here and there can be prefixed with by: by here and by there. Like other various urban accents, reflexive pronouns all use the possessive form as their base rather than the accusative, i.e. hisself for himself or theirselves for themselves. An alternative construction his/her mitt etc. is also used when referring to people, literally meaning 'his/her hand'. The discourse tag isn't it?/innit?, although stereotyped in Welsh English in especially rural areas, is commonly heard in Cardiff. It may simply be a function word, similar to isn't that so? () or Northern Welsh yes? and can also interchange with standard don't/didn't they regardless of social class. Not found in other Welsh accents is predicate fronting, where the predicate is moved to the beginning of the sentence, i.e. hurt he was or awful I thought it sounded, which is influenced by Welsh. In standard English, this also occurs, although this is referred to as 'thematic fronting'. Juxtaposition with particles of different meaning in a sentence, e.g. I'll be over there now, in a minute. Vocabulary Cardiff generally shares its vocabulary with south-west Wales, although a lot of its naturalised vocabulary as well as Welsh loanwords from the area are lost and unrecognisable in Cardiff, specifically farming terms, which use is sparse in the city. Nevertheless, these terms are still present to some degree in Cardiff: to clam (for) — to yearn, to die for (colloquial) dap — plimsole to dap — to bounce, or rarer to hit dap(per) — describes a person's height, usually of a small size (dap of a lad 'small boy') but can also refer to taller people (i.e. she's that dap) when specifying non-verbally dapping — only bouncing once and then catching it, by more specific sources half — an emphatic particle, e.g. s/he's half tidy, general approval expression; he don't half kid herself, 'he is pretentious/grandiose'. hopper — known by some as a tipping-grain container and not exactly a seed basket lush, cracking — great, fabulous, attractive off — unfriendly, hostile pine-end — used by a small amount to refer to the end of a gable pluddle — to puddle, occasionally used as in to puddle through a pool 'to walk through water' tidy — a general term of approval. It covers a variety of meanings including tidy looking 'nice-looking', tidy sort 'decent', tidy job 'job well done' etc. although some claim it has no direct equivalent in standard English Notable speakers The accent can be heard in varying degrees in the voices of Frank Hennessy, Charlotte Church, Colin Jackson, Craig Bellamy and Stan Stennett. Opinions A common first reaction to the accent is often that it is scarcely different from what is considered a "proper Welsh accent", which is usually seen by most outside Wales as being the variety spoken in the South Wales Valleys. The accent is also sufficiently distinct from standard English that researchers from the University of Birmingham have carried out research on the accent in an effort to improve speech recognition software. The former Assembly First Minister Rhodri Morgan pointed out in a pamphlet of Cardiff that having a strong Cardiff accent has long been an issue of class, recalling how teachers at a Cardiff high school prepared pupils for the middle class professions by reciting: "Hark, hark the lark In Cardiff Arms Park!"'' In a survey, carried out by the BBC, Welsh accents are among the least popular accents in the UK. However, the Cardiff accent was rated higher than that of nearby Swansea. In the 1960s, Gwyn Thomas, a Valleys man, described the speech of Cardiffians in the following way: References Bibliography Further reading External links BBC Voices Cardiff accent: Edith talks about community spirit in the old Tiger Bay area of Cardiff Dialect Welsh English Languages of Wales Welsh English Dialects of English City colloquials
46383578	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse%20Moss%20%28filmmaker%29	Jesse Moss (filmmaker)	Jesse Moss is an American documentary filmmaker and cinematographer known for his cinéma vérité style. His 2014 film, The Overnighters, was shortlisted for best documentary feature at the Oscars. He has directed four independent, feature-length films, and three television documentaries and has produced 15 documentaries. Moss is a cinema lecturer at San Francisco State University and lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife and frequent collaborator Amanda McBaine and their two children. His office is in Presidio, San Francisco. Early life Moss was born in San Francisco and raised in Palo Alto, California. His parents divorced when he was five. Though Moss never had any childhood aspirations toward filmmaking, his parents valued journalism. When Moss was a child, photojournalist Richard Boyle, who was famously depicted as a conflict-prone character dealing with substance abuse problems in Oliver Stone's 1986 movie Salvador, stayed in the Moss home and regaled the young Moss and his brother with stories of his adventures overseas. "In a way, that was inspiring," Moss told David Poland in 2014. Moss attended Palo Alto High School. Early career Moss graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 1993. He moved to Washington, D.C. following graduation, where he worked for Congressman Vic Fazio. He was later promoted to policy assistant and speechwriter. Although he enjoyed his work in politics, he felt creatively frustrated. When he was 26, he met Christine Choy, a documentary filmmaker who was showing her film Who Killed Vincent Chin? He was struck that documentary film could be journalistic, political, and artistic. Inspired by Who Killed Vincent Chin? and documentaries such as Hoop Dreams and The War Room, Moss decided to pursue filmmaking. So he quit his job and moved to New York in 1996 to work for Choy. Later, he worked as an in-house producer at Cabin Creek Films for documentary filmmaker Barbara Kopple, who had made Harlan County, USA (1976) and American Dream (1990). "Harlan County, USA is the high water mark of documentary filmmaking for me," Moss told IndieWire. "It really takes us inside that extractive industry and finds the human heart of that experience." Film career Moss' first feature-length documentary was Con Man (2002), which explores the life of James Arthur Hogue, a thief and skilled imposter who fabricated a series of fictional identities for himself and successfully conned his way into Princeton University. Moss was director and producer. Hogue was Moss' upperclassman at Palo Alto High School in 1985 when he posed as a student. The film was later picked up by HBO and was screened as part of Cinemax's Reel Life series in 2002. In 2004, Moss made Speedo: A Demolition Derby Love Story, which he wrote, produced and directed. Speedo follows the promising racing career and troubled family life of Ed "Speedo" Jager, one of the nation's top demolition derby drivers. Speedo made its world premiere at the 2003 South by Southwest festival. It won the "Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary Feature" at the inaugural Independent Film Festival Boston in May 2003. Th film was later picked up by POV on PBS. Moss' next feature documentary, Full Battle Rattle (2008), was co-directed with filmmaker Tony Gerber. It is about the simulation in the fictional Iraqi town of Medina Wasl that the US Army built in the Mojave Desert, which it uses to help train its army units before they deploy to Iraq. The pair were granted permission to live inside the simulation for the duration of a three-week training rotation. Moss and Gerber filmed on both sides of the "war": Gerber lived with the Army Brigade in training and Moss lived in Medina Wasl. Full Battle Rattle made its world premiere at the 2008 Berlin International Film Festival. Moss is best known for his 2014 film The Overnighters, which Eric Kohn of Indiewire called "one of the most remarkable examples of layered non-fiction storytelling to come along in some time" and the Los Angeles Times called "Exceptional…a film of disquieting moral complexity." The Overnighters follows the story of Pastor Jay Reinke, a Lutheran minister in Williston, North Dakota, where the oil boom has attracted desperate men looking for work while also causing a severe housing shortage in the area. Reinke opens his church to the men, undermining his place in the eyes of several members his congregation. The Overnighters was shortlisted for Best Documentary Feature at the Oscars and was named best documentary of 2014 by Indiewire'''s "The Playlist", Paste and Toronto Film Critics Association. As of Spring 2015, Moss is currently working on Reality Party, a new short film about a group of Southern California teenagers who throw a "fake" party, according to Moss' website. Alongside Amanda McBaine, Moss co-directed the political, coming-of-age documentary Boys State (2020). It won the Grand Jury Prize in the U.S Documentary Competition at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. It was reportedly acquired by A24 and Apple for a record $12 million. Style Moss is most inspired by cinéma vérité (observational filmmaking), and in the case of The Overnighters, he wanted to try to film a movie without voiceover or extensive interviews, but film dramatic scenes as they happened. Jeanette Catsoulis of The New York Times praised Moss for his "observational, near-invisible presence" in The Overnighters. Moss is also known for working with a small or nonexistent crew, partially because of budget constraints and partially because of the increased mobility a one-man crew allows for. Moss shot the entirety of The Overnighters by himself on location in North Dakota from 2012 to 2013 Filmography Con Man (2002) Speedo: A Demolition Derby Love Story (2004) Rated "R": Republicans in Hollywood (2004) Full Battle Rattle (2008) Extreme Civil War Reenactors (2012) The Overnighters (2014) Dirty Money: Payday (2018, episode: "Payday") The Family (2019, miniseries) Boys State (2020) Mayor Pete (2021) Awards and nominations Speedo: A Demolition Derby Love Story Winner, Grand Jury Prize, Boston Independent Film Festival Winner, Audience Award, Full Frame Documentary Film Festival Winner, Jury Prize, Newport International Film Festival Full Battle Rattle Winner, Special Jury Prize, 2008 SXSW Film Festival The Overnighters Winner, Special Jury Prize for Intuitive Filmmaking (Sundance Film Festival) Nomination, Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary (Directors Guild of America) Oscar shortlist for Best Documentary Feature Best Documentary Film of 2014 (Toronto Film Critics Association) Nominations, Best Documentary Feature and Best Director (Cinema Eye) Voted Best Documentary of 2014 (Nonfics) Top Documentary of 2014 (Indiewire'''s "The Playlist") The Best Documentary of 2014 (Paste) Boys State Winner, Grand Jury Prize, U.S Documentary Competition (Sundance Film Festival) References External links Political Theatre: Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine on Their Sundance Winner Boys State − Interview on filmmaking. Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American documentary filmmakers American cinematographers Film educators San Francisco State University faculty University of California, Berkeley alumni People from Palo Alto, California Sundance Film Festival award winners
12663856	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir%20Edward%20Archdale%2C%201st%20Baronet	Sir Edward Archdale, 1st Baronet	Sir Edward Mervyn Archdale, 1st Baronet, PC (Ire), DL (26 January 1853 – 1 November 1943) was a Northern Irish politician. Archdale was born the son of Nicholas Montgomery Archdale and his wife Adelaide Mary (née Porter) in Rossfad, County Fermanagh. He entered the Royal Navy in 1867. He was promoted Lieutenant in 1875 and retired in 1881. He was appointed High Sheriff of Fermanagh for 1884. In 1898 he was elected Conservative Member of Parliament for North Fermanagh. He resigned in 1903, but regained the seat in 1916. The seat was abolished in 1922. In 1921 he stood for the new Parliament of Northern Ireland and was elected for Fermanagh and Tyrone. He held that seat until 1929, and was then elected for Enniskillen, retiring in 1937. From 1921 to 1925, he served as Minister of Agriculture and Commerce in the Government of Northern Ireland and continued as Minister of Agriculture from 1925 to 1933. As a landowner and practical farmer he was well-qualified for the job. Archdale was appointed to the Privy Council of Ireland in the 1921 New Year Honours, entitling him to the style "The Right Honourable", and was created a baronet in 1928. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son, Vice-Admiral Sir Nicholas Edward Archdale. Footnotes References Obituary, The Times, 3 November 1943 External links Bio at The Peerage.com 1853 births 1943 deaths People from County Fermanagh Royal Navy officers Farmers from Northern Ireland Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom High Sheriffs of County Fermanagh Lord-Lieutenants of Tyrone Members of the Privy Council of Ireland Members of the Privy Council of Northern Ireland Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Fermanagh constituencies (1801–1922) Irish Unionist Party MPs Ulster Unionist Party members of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom UK MPs 1895–1900 UK MPs 1900–1906 UK MPs 1910–1918 UK MPs 1918–1922 Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1921–1925 Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1925–1929 Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1929–1933 Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1933–1938 Northern Ireland Cabinet ministers (Parliament of Northern Ireland) Deputy Lieutenants of Tyrone Grand Masters of the Orange Order Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland for Fermanagh and Tyrone Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland for County Fermanagh constituencies Ulster Unionist Party members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland
12473546	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern%20brown-throated%20weaver	Northern brown-throated weaver	The northern brown-throated weaver (Ploceus castanops) is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is found in Uganda, Rwanda and adjacent northern Burundi, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Kenya and northwestern Tanzania. Hybridisation P. victoriae (Ash, 1986) is now thought to be a hybrid between P. castanops and P. melanocephalus. References External links Northern brown-throated weaver - Species text in Weaver Watch. northern brown-throated weaver Birds of East Africa northern brown-throated weaver Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
19339372	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yerg%C3%BCc	Yergüc	Yergüc or Yergyudzh may refer to: Yergüc, Khachmaz, Azerbaijan Yergüc, Quba, Azerbaijan
15637071	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20airlines%20of%20the%20Philippines	List of airlines of the Philippines	Air transportation in the Philippines goes back to the early days of aviation prior to World War II, during the American colonial period of the Philippines. Currently, the Philippines has several registered airline companies, but they are mostly chartered. There are two main domestic airline groups doing business as Philippine Airlines and Cebu Pacific, with AirAsia Philippines competing on some international routes. The domestic market is dominated by the Cebu Pacific group which has a 61% market share, followed by the Philippine Airlines group which has 29%, followed by AirAsia, having a 9% share. This list of airlines enumerates local airlines in the Philippines which have a current air operator's certificate issued by the Civil Aviation Authority. Note: Destinations in bold indicate primary hubs, those in italic indicate secondary hubs, while those with regular font indicate focus cities. Scheduled airlines Mainline Regional Charter airlines Cargo airlines See also Lists of airlines List of airlines of Asia List of defunct airlines of the Philippines List of airports in the Philippines Philippines Lists of companies of the Philippines Philippines transport-related lists
28239685	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How%20About%20That%3F	How About That?	How About That?, originally titled Weather and Why, is a Canadian children's science television series which aired on CBC Television from 1953 to 1954. Premise This series, hosted by the network's weather presenter Percy Saltzman, featured demonstrations of physics concepts and provided instructions on creating instruments such as rain gauges or anemometers out of common items. Scheduling This 15-minute series was broadcast on Tuesdays at 5:15 p.m. (Eastern) from 20 October 1953 until 29 June 1954. The first two weekly episodes were aired under the original title Weather and Why until it was retitled as of 4 November. References External links CBC Television original programming 1953 Canadian television series debuts 1954 Canadian television series endings Black-and-white Canadian television shows
42027433	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian%20Foreign%20Services	Russian Foreign Services	The Russian Foreign Services is a complex of measures, carried out by specialized companies to help integrate Russians into their new society, to give wide-ranging support to the Russian citizens while they are abroad. Assistance is provided to ensure comfortable stay of Russian-speaking citizens abroad, through offering the information support during transportation, transfer, accommodation in hotels, organization of excursions, providing concierge services and resolving domestic problems. History of the question Every year the passenger traffic of Russian citizens increases for various reasons. During 2013, with different goals around 42.6 million Russians left the country. This value is 14% higher than in 2012. Trips abroad have a tourist character, and also are linked to employment, education and business trips, visits of relatives. In case of organized tours responsibility for the safe and comfortable stay of people abroad lays on tour operator, but in the case of individual business or friendly trips a person remains with problems alone. Insufficient knowledge of foreign languages makes uncomfortable staying of Russians abroad. According to official documents slightly more than half of the population of Russia knows foreign languages, 33% of this number on initial level of language proficiency and only 5% speak fluently. To solve the problems related to stay Russians abroad the group of specialized government and private services created. Embassies of Russian Federation Embassies of Russian Federations are parts of Russian Foreign Diplomatic Missions subordinate to the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Embassy of the Russian Federation (hereinafter referred to the Embassy) is a public government service, which organizes the representation of Russian Federation in foreign countries. According to the main document embassies serve as representation of the Russian Federation in the state of residence; ensuring the national interests, the implementation of foreign policy of the Russian Federation in the state of residence; execution of orders of the President of the Russian Federation, the Government of the Russian Federation, Ministry of foreign Affairs of Russia, as well as agreed with the foreign Ministry of Russia and other Federal structures, enterprises, institutions and organizations. Foreign trade and economic missions Foreign trade and economic missions subordinate the Russian Chamber of Commerce and defined as set of measures aimed to establishment and development relations with foreign countries to improve economic potential of Russia and its regions. The goal of the mission is assistance to Russian entrepreneurs, producers and exporters in the promotion of industrial products, goods and services for foreign markets, providing cooperation between the countries in trade, investment, as well as all types of cooperatives. The mission assists in the organization of congresses and exhibitions and fairs. Missions can be representatives of regional Russian Chamber of Commerce and their enterprises and organizations, unions and associations of Industrialists and entrepreneurs. Russian Foreign Cultural Centers Russian foreign cultural centers subordinate to the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and exist according to the Article 18 of the Fundamentals of Russian Legislation. According to this law named "Rights to cultural activities in foreign countries" citizens of Russian Federation shall have the right to carry out cultural activities in foreign countries, to create a cultural institution in the territory of other states, if the latter does not contradict the laws of those countries. Russian Cultural Centers are resource centers that provide access to a broad range of learning materials and popular science information from Russia. Most important function of centers as an educational system facilitating the study of Russian language and culture based on progressive methodology and programs. Russian Centers look like platforms providing the opportunity to organize artistic performances, academic discussions and informal gatherings of representatives of various cultural groups. Traditionally Russian Cultural Centers are equipped with print, audio and video materials from Russia organized into the following categories: Culture and Art; Science; Education; Russian Language; History; Society; and Contemporary Russia Consular centers Consular center provides civil attitude of the Russian Federation and foreign countries, protection of rights and legitimate interests of the Russian Federation, its citizens and legal entities abroad. These centers are coordinated by the Consular Department of the Structural Unit of the Central apparatus of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. Today consular activity is providing in 239 consular institutions. In the early 90s Russia created the institution of honorary consuls, which is also an effective mechanism of protection of Russian citizens. In current time there are about 105 of the honorary consuls of the Russian Federation. . Consular officers carry out notarial actions, registration of Vital records acts, protect the rights of Russian citizens abroad, shall take appropriate actions to guarantee safety of citizens in emergency situations, can organize centralized evacuation of people from the country. Private Foreign Services The help provided by Russian diplomatic missions abroad is minimal and it is given only after the registration in the Consulate and the submission of the list of the documents. It comes down to the issue of different documents and to the fulfillment of notarial operations. Russian citizens can also get support in returning to the motherland, but only in the exceptional situation when they are deficient of the means for living . So in the majority of cases people have to solve themselves their troubles when some complicated domestic situations and problems arise (the use of the public transport, currency exchange, the purchase of medicine, ignorance of local laws and traditions, the loss of the luggage, etc.). Even small domestic problems that can be easily solved in the native country can become extreme for compatriots living in a foreign country and can result not only in financial and time losses, but moral harm as well. Till 2014 there was no unified information service that was aimed to provide regular 24-hour support to Russian citizens in any place of the globe. Only few companies and societies that exist in the Russian tourist market solve this matter. Among such companies are information "Service of continents", "Wellcare" service, IP-Travel. Such companies operate in the field of tourism collaborating with tourist agencies and tour operators. Problems that can occur during the trip abroad vary a lot and depend on the activity of multiple participants who create a tour product. Any step of the trip is influenced by different factors and companies have to deal not only with matters connected with transportation and accommodation of a tourist in a country abroad and organization of excursions. It’s inevitable that difficulties in communication with officials and commercial bodies or local citizens arise, and it’s connected with the ignorance of laws and traditions of the other country and a language barrier. The cases of injuries, illness and accidents are not rare and it’s not possible to predict them and it’s rather difficult for a person to cope with such a case all alone. The support of the service companies becomes invaluable. But it must be noted that the range of citizens going abroad is not limited to only tourists. Russians go abroad for various reasons, and regardless of the aim of the arrival abroad, a person will initially need help and support. That’s why special attention is paid to the service companies that provide comprehensive support of a Russian-speaking citizen in every step of stay in a new country. References Russian society
40845861	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohsen%20Mojtahed%20Shabestari	Mohsen Mojtahed Shabestari	Ayatollah Mohsen Mojtahed Shabestari (; 1937 – 17 November 2021) was an Iranian Shiite cleric and politician. He was a member of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th Assembly of Experts from the East Azerbaijan electorate. 4th term Mojtahed Shabestari won with 671,254 and last period 743,818 votes. He was MP of Islamic Consultative Assembly in the electoral district of Tehran in the beginning of the revolution for first, second, fourth and fifth terms. He was also Representative of the Supreme Leader in East Azerbaijan and fourth imam Jumu'ah for Tabriz in northwest of Iran after Iranian Revolution from 1995 until his resignation in 2017. Mojtahed Shabestari was a member of Ahl Al-Bayt World Assembly. His son Javad Mojtahed Shabestari is member of the Assembly of Experts from the West Azerbaijan. Shabestari died in Tehran on 17 November 2021. See also List of Ayatollahs List of members in the First Term of the Council of Experts References External links Mohsen Mojtahed Shabestari Website 1937 births 2021 deaths People from Shabestar Iranian Azerbaijani politicians Members of the Assembly of Experts Iranian Azerbaijani grand ayatollahs and clerics Deputies of Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr Members of the 1st Islamic Consultative Assembly Members of the 2nd Islamic Consultative Assembly Members of the 4th Islamic Consultative Assembly Members of the 5th Islamic Consultative Assembly Representatives of the Supreme Leader in the Provinces of Iran Combatant Clergy Association politicians
6214372	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monaco%20Grand%20Prix%20%28video%20game%29	Monaco Grand Prix (video game)	Monaco Grand Prix: Racing Simulation 2, also known as just Monaco Grand Prix, is a Formula one racing game for Microsoft Windows, Nintendo 64, PlayStation, and Dreamcast. It was released in 1998-1999. The game is based on the Formula One World Championship, but does not have the licence to use drivers names, official cars, etc. (the licence was held by Video System at the time, who made F-1 World Grand Prix and F-1 World Grand Prix II). The game does however have a licence to use Formula One's official sponsors; Schweppes and Castrol among others, helping add to the authenticity of the game. The game is unrelated to Sega's Monaco GP series. The sequel to F1 Racing Simulation, it features 17 authentic tracks, 11 teams and cars with their 22 drivers. The Monaco license is used, although the teams themselves are not licensed. A total of 22 camera views are provided. Telemetry is stored and analysed in a similar way to Grand Prix 2, and physics are modeled to be realistic. There are eight different modes to race, the new ones being a career mode in which the player starts with a poor team and must drive well enough to earn competitive rides, and scenarios recreating key races for particular drivers. Returning from the first game are Time Attack, a full championship, and a 1950s retro mode. There is also a track editor for the players to create their own tracks. Reception The game received "favorable" reviews on all platforms except the Dreamcast version, which received "average" reviews, according to the review aggregation website GameRankings. PC Gamer gave the PC version universal acclaim, while PC Accelerator gave it a favorable review, months before its U.S. release. An unnamed reviewer of Next Generation said of the N64 version in its July 1999 issue: "With 16 tracks, 22 cars onscreen at the same time, two-player split-screen racing, excellent graphics, detailed physics, and great gameplay, it's a hard title to stop playing." Four issues later, however, Chris Carla of the same magazine (now labeled NextGen) said of the Dreamcast version: "If you've got a Dreamcast and [you] want GP racing, this isn't bad, but we'd much rather play Ubi's Speed Devils instead." In Japan, where the same Dreamcast version was ported for release on March 11, 1999, followed by the PlayStation version on September 30, Famitsu gave it a score of 31 out of 40 for the former, and 26 out of 40 for the latter. Pete Wilton of Official UK PlayStation Magazine gave the PlayStation version seven out of ten: "Despite minor annoyances (where's the commentary?) and unrealistic arcade looks, Monaco GP is certainly better than the disappointing F1 '98. The trouble is, some 18 months on, it still can't best F1 '97. It seems like the racing leegends of yesteryear still take some beating." Computer Games Strategy Plus gave the PC version four-and-a-half stars out of five, calling it "a great simulation—arguably the best on the market. Its combination of accurate driving model, gorgeous graphics, and solid multiplayer make it the best—modern day—open wheel racing simulation around." Edge gave the same PC version a score of seven out of ten in its December 1998 issue, saying that despite the issues, the game "proves one of the most comptent and technical recreations of modern F1 currently available." Seven issues later, the same magazine gave the Japanese Dreamcast import six out of ten, calling it "a proficient, F1 simulation title with a respectable set of handling dynamics. It's just that things have moved on a little since its original appearance six months ago, and this version is therefore unable to match its predecessor's impact. Some genuine enhancements -- rather than a seemingly straightforward port -- would have been welcome." AllGame gave the Dreamcast, PC and PlayStation versions each three stars out of five, with Brad Cook saying of the Dreamcast version: "I have to give this game a higher rating than I thought I would simply because I know it will appeal to its intended audience. Just stay away if you want Arcade-style action"; Michael L. House saying that the PC version "crosses the finish line in fairly good shape. I'm a firm believer that all games don't necessarily have to fit exclusively in a restrictive "either/or" category but can fill niches in a sliding scale of desirability. Just as those gamers who do themselves an injustice by adamantly shouting there is only one viable golf simulation because of a strict, narrow mindset, so to[o] will racing fans unwilling to experience alternatives in the Formula 1 racing genre"; and Jonathan Sutyak saying of the PlayStation version: "While Monaco Grand Prix more than passes from a technical standpoint, there are a few things excluded that keep it from being a classic." Jes Bickham of N64 Magazine gave the N64 version 87% in his early review, calling it "a rattlingly good game." Cam Shea of Hyper gave it 83% in his early review, calling it "a semi-sim that would make a good introduction for F1 fans intimidated by steep learning curves." Electronic Gaming Monthly, GamePro, and Nintendo Power gave the European version average reviews, months before its U.S. release date. The PC version was a runner-up for Computer Games Strategy Plus 1999 "Racing Game of the Year" award, which ultimately went to Dirt Track Racing. Its staff wrote: "Superb graphics and excellent vehicle physics are the hallmark of the latest installment in this excellent series." Trivia Ubisoft did not have the official FIA license. Therefore they licensed only the Monaco track and named the game after it. All other F1 tracks are also included, but using different names. In the United Kingdom, the title is Racing Simulation: Monaco Grand Prix. In Germany, the game is just known as Racing Simulation 2 and has a different cover. References External links Console Passion - Sega Dreamcast Games 1998 video games Dreamcast games Formula One video games Nintendo 64 games PlayStation (console) games Ubisoft games Video game sequels Video games developed in France Windows games

Subsets and Splits

No community queries yet

The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.