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Exercise Valiant Shield is one of the largest United States military war games held in the Pacific Ocean. Nine Valiant Shield exercises were conducted between 2006 and 2022. According to the Navy, Valiant Shield focuses on cooperation between military branches and on the detection, tracking, and engagement of units at sea, in the air, and on land in response to a wide range of missions. The first exercise in 2006 involved 22,000 personnel, 280 aircraft, and 30 ships, including the supercarriers , , and . It was the largest military exercise to be conducted by the United States in Pacific waters since the Vietnam War, and it was also the first time observers from the People's Republic of China were allowed to view U.S. wargames. The exercise marked the first of what will become biennial exercises involving different branches of the U.S. military. Valiant Shield 2006 included Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard units. Air operations included thousands of sorties as well as in-air refuelings and parachute deployments. Aircraft from Valiant Shield deployed on missions ranging across the Pacific all the way to Alaska. Ships simulated anti-submarine warfare. Valiant Shield 2006 was the first time that three carrier strike groups had operated together in the Pacific in over ten years. Forces exercised a wide range of skills, including maritime interdiction; defense counter-air; intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance; and command and control. Observers Observers from the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy were invited to attend, as were naval officers from India, Singapore, Japan, Australia, South Korea, Russia, Indonesia, and Malaysia. It was the first time observers from the People's Republic of China had ever been sent to observe U.S. war games. China sent a ten-person delegation, including one high-ranking officer each from its navy, army, and air force, as well as officials from its foreign ministry. According to USA Today, Chinese military observers said that observing the exercises gave them a better understanding of U.S. weapons and tactics. Rear Admiral Zhang Leiyu, leader of the delegation, called the visit to the war games near Guam "a positive step in China-U.S. military ties." Military ties between the United States and China have not been close ever since a communist government came to power in China. Admiral William J. Fallon, the top U.S. commander in the Pacific, said it was "a start" that China accepted his invitation to observe the large-scale exercises. Fallon indicated before the exercises began that he expected China to reciprocate. However, neither Zhang or the Xinhua report gave any indication that such an invitation was forthcoming. The exercise had implications for other world events as well, including acting as a show of force to possibly deter North Korea from test-firing its new Taepodong-2 missile. Participating forces The following U.S. forces participated in Valiant Shield 2006: Joint Task Force 519 staff, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Joint Task Force 519 Joint Force Air Component Command, Kenney Headquarters, Hickam AFB, Hawaii Joint Task Force 519 Joint Force Maritime Component Command, aboard United States Navy Carrier Strike Group Five/Kitty Hawk Carrier Strike Group USS Kitty Hawk, (CV-63), United States Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan Carrier Air Wing Five (CVW-5), Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Japan USS Cowpens, (CG-63), Yokosuka, Japan USS John S. McCain, (DDG-56), Yokosuka, Japan USS Vandegrift, (FFG-48), Yokosuka, Japan USS Lassen, (DDG-82), Yokosuka, Japan USS Curtis Wilbur, (DDG-54), Yokosuka, Japan USS Fitzgerald, (DDG-62), Yokosuka, Japan Carrier Strike Group Nine/Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group USS Abraham Lincoln, (CVN-72), Naval Station Everett, Wash. Carrier Air Wing Two (CVW-2), Naval Air Station Lemoore, California USS Mobile Bay, (CG-53), Naval Station San Diego, Calif. USS Shoup, (DDG-86), Everett, Wash. USS Russell, (DDG-59) Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Carrier Strike Group Seven/Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group USS Ronald Reagan, (CVN-76), San Diego, Calif. Carrier Air Wing Fourteen (CVW-14), Lemoore, Calif. USS Decatur, (DDG-73), San Diego, Calif. USS Lake Champlain, (CG-57), San Diego, Calif. USS McCampbell, (DDG-85), San Diego, Calif. USNS Rainier, (T-AOE-7), Naval Base Bremerton, Washington Other Navy Units USS Blue Ridge, (LCC-19), Yokosuka, Japan USS Houston, (SSN-713), Guam USS Honolulu, (SSN-718), Pearl Harbor, Hawaii USS Hampton, (SSN-767) USS Key West, (SSN-722) USS City of Corpus Christi, (SSN-705), Guam USS Tucson, (SSN-770), Pearl Harbor, Hawaii USS Frank Cable (AS-40), Apra Harbor, Guam USNS Impeccable, (T-AGS-23) RV Cory Chouest MV PFC James Anderson Jr., (T-AK-3002) MV MAJ Bernard F. Fisher, (T-AK-4396) USNS Watson, (T-AKR-310) SS Cape Jacob, (T-AK-5029) SS Petersburg, (T-AOT-9101) Helicopter Anti-Submarine Light 51 (HSL-51), SH-60 Detachments 1,2,3,4,6,11, Atsugi, Japan VP-9 (Patrol Squadron Nine), P-3C Detachment, Kaneohe, Hawaii Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron One, EP-3E Detachment, Misawa, Japan Strategic Communications Wing One, E-6 Mercury Detachment United States Air Force 13th Air Force/Kenney Headquarters (PACAF) Pacific Air Operations Center, Hickam AFB, Hawaii 36th Wing, Andersen AFB, Guam Fifth Air Force 18th Wing, Kadena AB, Okinawa, Japan (F-15C/KC-135/E-3) 35th Fighter Wing, Misawa AB, Japan (F-16CJ) Eighth Air Force 509th Bomb Wing, Whiteman AFB, Missouri (B-2) 11th Air Force (PACAF) 3rd Wing, Elmendorf AFB, Alaska (F-15E) Eighteenth Air Force 60th Air Mobility Wing, Travis AFB California (KC-10) 305th Air Mobility Wing, McGuire AFB New Jersey (KC-10) New York Air National Guard 107th Air Refueling Wing, Niagara Falls International Airport (KC-135) United States Marine Corps I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California III Marine Expeditionary Force, Okinawa, Japan United States Coast Guard USCGC Galveston Island (WPB-1349), Guam References External links 2006 in military history Military exercises involving the United States United States Navy in the 21st century
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The Dweller-in-Darkness is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is a demon, one of the Fear Lords, who has clashed with Doctor Strange. The character made its film debut in the 2021 Marvel Cinematic Universe film Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. Publication history The Dweller-in-Darkness was first mentioned in Thor #229-230 (Nov.–Dec. 1974), by Gerry Conway and Rich Buckler. The character is first fully revealed in Doctor Strange #30 (Aug. 1978), by Roger Stern and Tom Sutton. The character subsequently appears in Doctor Strange #32-33 (Dec. 1978, Feb. 1979), #35-37 (June–Oct. 1979), Fantastic Four Annual #23 (1990), Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme #31-33 (July–Sept. 1991), #38-40 (Jan.–March 1992), and Adventures of the X-Men #11-12 (Feb.–March 1997). The Dweller-in-Darkness received an entry in The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Horror #1 (2005). Fictional character biography The Dweller-in-Darkness is a demon allegedly sired by Cthulhu, from the dimension Everinnye, like the demon Nightmare. The Dweller became shunned by his people for following "The Way of the Shamblu". Like Nightmare, the Dweller feeds on the fear of living beings; fear both increases his powers and keeps him alive. In the universe which existed before the current reality, the Dweller caused a fracture in the M'Kraan Crystal in order to bring about the destruction of the universe and absorb the fear this would cause in every being that existed. Just before the crystal shattered, however, the Phoenix Force telepathically reached out to the minds of all life and united them in peace, foiling the Dweller's scheme. As the universe came to an end, the current Marvel Universe was born. In this new universe, when he first came to Earth, the Dweller-in-Darkness fed upon the fears created by the war between the humans of Atlantis and the Deviants of Lemuria. The Atlantean sorceress Zhered-Na discovered the existence of the Dweller and banished him with the help of Agamotto and the Atlantean god Valka. When Atlantis sank, the Dweller absorbed the fear of the inhabitants and used it to create D'Spayre and ordered him to kill Zhered-Na in revenge. D'Spayre manipulated a tribesman to kill Zhered-Na and Zhered-Na's student, Dakimh the Enchanter would battle D'Spayre over the next millennia, while D'Spayre tried to generate enough fear on Earth to free his creator. During this time the Dweller would create other beings with a similar purpose, including the demoness Spite. D'Spayre would remain his most powerful creation though. In the 20th century, the Dweller appeared in the dreams of many humans and told them that they would gain eternal life if they died. These humans would then kill themselves but turn into Shade Thralls, powerful creatures who served the Dweller, but were vulnerable to light. His plan was stopped by the gods Thor and Hercules who fought the Shade Thralls and destroyed them. He also inspired Zoltan Drago to become the first Mister Fear. The Dweller would create new Shade Thralls. These Shade Thralls were destroyed by Doctor Strange and Clea, but not before the Dweller finally freed himself from his prison. The Dweller witnessed the destruction of his Shade Thralls by Strange and Clea and determined that they were the largest threat to him on Earth. Over the next few months he tried to kill Strange using servants like the Dream-Weaver and several demons, but Strange defeated them all. Still, Strange's resolve was sapped by the Dweller's servants and he was overcome with fear. The Dweller decided that he had defeated Strange and stopped his attacks. Months later, the Dweller gathered the Fear Lords and told them about his plans to create the Great Fear: a terror which would engulf humanity. In fact, the Dweller hoped that the other Fear Lords would be destroyed during this plan by Doctor Strange. Most of the Fear Lords agreed, but the Straw Man, who was benevolent to humanity, disagreed with their plan and warned Strange. The Fear Lords destroyed the Straw Man before he could tell Strange too much, but they only killed one of the Straw Man's many bodies. The Great Fear started out as the Dweller had planned; several of the Fear Lords were destroyed by Strange and his allies, but D'Spayre told Nightmare about the Dweller's true plans. Nightmare and the Dweller fought, but during their battle they generated so much fear that humanity stopped fearing and started to despair. The two were unable to feed upon this despair, but D'Spayre was and he became more powerful than the two of them. Realizing that D'Spayre had manipulated them, the Dweller attacked him, but D'Spayre destroyed the Dweller's robotic body. His head, the only living part of the Dweller, escaped. Hawkeye and Black Widow became involved in a mission against some of the servants of the Dweller-in-Darkness on behalf of the Secret Avengers. Powers and abilities The Dweller has the ability to generate fear in other living beings. This fear in turn sustains and empowers the Dweller, allowing him to generate even more fear. He also has other undefined mystical powers: he can create independent creatures out of fear like D'spayre and he can turn humans who die under his influence into Shade Thralls, beings made of shadow with superhuman strength. Strong light can kill or banish these thralls. The Dweller is immortal, does not age, and even the sorceress Zhered-Na, assisted by powerful beings like Agamotto and Valka, could only banish him, not destroy him. The "Way of the Shamblu", the Dweller's chosen path in life, involved a ritual where the Dweller removed his head from his own body. His body died, but his head lived on, now as a corporeal being, whereas the other inhabitants of Everinnye are more ethereal. The Dweller's head is attached to a robotic body, which possesses superhuman strength, but it can detach and move with the tentacles near its mouth in case of emergency. Other versions Secret Wars 2099 During the Secret Wars storyline in the Battleworld domain of 2099, Martin Hargood (the 2099 version of Baron Mordo) used Alchemax's virtual unreality laboratory to summon the Dweller-in-Darkness. Meanwhile, Miguel O'Hara called in the Avengers to defend the city from the Dweller-in-Darkness allowing the Defenders to intervene without being arrested. While Iron Man, Silver Surfer, Roman the Sub-Mariner, and Hulk confronted the Dweller-in-Darkness, the rest of both teams confronted Hargood. After Hargood was knocked out, Strange was able to reverse the effects of the portal that brought the Dweller-in-Darkness and brought it back to where it came from. In other media Film The Dweller-in-Darkness appears in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021). This version has a more wyvern-like appearance and is depicted as a soul-consuming demon kept imprisoned for thousands of years by the people of Ta Lo. The Dweller uses his powers to convince Xu Wenwu that he is Wenwu's deceased wife Ying Li (it had attempted a similar trick a number of times before with other people) and manipulates Wenwu into using his Ten Rings to release him. The Dweller kills Wenwu and has its minions kill Death Dealer and many others after being freed, but is defeated by Shang-Chi, Katy, Xialing, and the Great Protector. Video games In Marvel Avengers Academy, Dweller-In-Darkness appears in the mobile game, as the second chapter boss for the Doctor Strange special event. The Dweller-in-Darkness appears as a boss fight in Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy. In the video game, the Dweller is a pet and minion of Lady Hellbender. References External links Dweller-in-Darkness on Marvel.com Dweller-in-Darkness at the Marvel Database Characters created by Gerry Conway Characters created by Roger Stern Comics characters introduced in 1978 Marvel Comics characters with superhuman strength Marvel Comics demons Marvel Comics male supervillains
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Hobart Van Zandt Bosworth (August 11, 1867 – December 30, 1943) was an American film actor, director, writer, and producer. Bosworth began his career in theater, eventually transitioning to the emerging film industry. Despite a battle with tuberculosis, he found success in silent films, establishing himself as a lead actor and pioneering the industry in California. Bosworth started his own production company, Hobart Bosworth Productions, in 1913, focusing on Jack London melodramas. After the company closed, Bosworth continued to act in supporting roles, surviving the transition to sound films. He is known as the "Dean of Hollywood" for his role in shaping the California film industry. In 1960, Bosworth was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions to the film industry. Early life Bosworth was born on August 11, 1867, in Marietta, Ohio. His father was a sea captain in the Civil War. When Bosworth was 12 years old, he ran away to sea. In June 1885, he was on shore leave in San Francisco when an opportunity arose for him to join McKee Rankin's stage company. That led to a theatrical career for him. Career Thinking he would like to become a landscape painter, a friend suggested that he work as a stage manager to raise the money to study art. Acting on his friend's advice, Bosworth obtained a job with McKee Rankin as a stage manager at the California Theatre in San Francisco. Earning some money, he undertook the study of painting. Eventually, he was pressed into duty as an actor in a small part with three lines. Though he botched the lines, he was given other small roles. Bosworth was eighteen years old, and on the cusp of a life in the theater. Hobart signed on with Lewis Morrison to be part of a road company for a season as both an actor and as Morrison's dresser, playing Shakespeare's Cymbeline and Measure for Measure. During his time with the company, Hobart and another writer wrote a version of Faust that Morrison used for twenty years in repertory. By 1887, he was acting at the Alcazar Theatre in San Francisco. He became proficient enough on stage to give Shakespearean canon by the time he was twenty-one years old, though he admitted that he was the worst Macbeth ever. Bosworth eventually wound up in Park City, Utah, where he worked in a mine, pushing an ore wagon in order to raise money. He escaped the pits to tour with the magician Hermann the Great as the conjurer's assistant for a tour through Mexico. For the first time in eleven years, the 21-year-old Bosworth met his father. Hobart recalled, "He looked at me and said, "Hum! I couldn't lick you now, son." They never met again. He arrived back in New York in December 1888, and was hired by Augustin Daly to play "Charles the Wrestler" in As You Like It. He did so well in the role, Daly kept him on. Bosworth remained with Daly's company for ten years, in which he played mostly minor parts. Seven times while he was with the company they made foreign tours, playing in Berlin, Cologne, London, Paris and other European cities. Playing exclusively small parts eroded his confidence, and Bosworth left Daly to sign on with Julia Marlowe, who cast him in leads in Shakespearean plays. Just as Bosworth began to taste stage stardom in New York, he was stricken with tuberculosis, a disease often fatal in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Bosworth was forced to give up the stage, and he was not allowed to exert himself indoors. Though he made a rapid recovery, he returned to the stage too quickly and suffered a relapse. For the rest of his working life, he balanced his acting with periods of rest so as to keep his tuberculosis in remission. Bosworth re-established himself as a lead actor on the New York stage, appearing in the 1903 Broadway revival of Henrik Ibsen's Hedda Gabler. He also appeared that year on the Great White Way as the lead in Marta of the Lowlands. This role propelled him to Broadway stardom. However, he was forced again to give up the stage when he lost seventy pounds in ten weeks due to his illness. Bosworth moved to Tempe, Arizona, to partake of the climate to improve his health. Eventually, he got the disease under control again. While not severely handicapped, he was forced to remain in a warm climate lest he suffer a relapse. The disease robbed him of his voice as well, but there was a new medium for actors: silent films. Bosworth moved to San Diego, and in 1908 he was contracted to make a motion picture by the Selig Polyscope Company. Shooting was to be done in the outdoors, and he did not have to use his voice, which was in poor condition. Bosworth once said, "I believe, after all, that it is the motion pictures that have saved my life. How could I have lived on and on, without being able to carry out any of my cherished ambitions? What would my life have meant? Here, in pictures, I am realizing my biggest hopes." Signing with the Selig Polyscope Co., Hobart eventually convinced the movie company to move to Los Angeles. Bosworth is widely credited with being the star of the first movie made on the West Coast. Due to his role in pioneering the film industry in California, Bosworth often was referred to as the "Dean of Hollywood". He wrote the scenarios for the second and third pictures he acted in, and directed the third. According to his own count, he eventually wrote 112 scenarios and produced eighty-four pictures with Selig. Bosworth was attracted to Jack London's work due to his out-of-doors filming experience and the requirements of his health, which precluded acting in studios. Hobart Bosworth Productions Company In 1913, he started his own company, Hobart Bosworth Productions Company, to produce a series of Jack London melodramas. He produced and directed the company's first picture, playing Wolf Larsen in The Sea Wolf. London himself appeared as a sailor. The movie was released in the U.S. by The W. W. Hodkinson Corp. and States Right Independent Exchanges. D. W. Griffith also released a Jack London picture that year, Two Men of the Desert. Hobart followed up The Sea Wolf with The Chechako. The Chechako and some other Bosworth-London pictures were distributed through Paramount Pictures. Bosworth also directed the follow-up, The Valley of the Moon, in which had a supporting actor role. He also appeared as an actor in John Barleycorn, which he co-directed with J. Charles Haydon. He produced, directed, wrote, and acted in Martin Eden and An Odyssey of the North, playing the lead in the latter, which was released by Paramount. He finished up the series by producing, directing, and playing the lead in the two-part "Burning Daylight" series, The Adventures of Burning Daylight. Both were released by Paramount. Soon Bosworth joined the Oliver Photography Company. Subsequently, Bosworth Inc. and Oliver Morosco Productions released a total of thirty-one pictures, most which starred Bosworth. The company ceased operations after producing The Sea Lion. The merger with Paramount ended the period in Bosworth's creative life where he was a major force in the motion picture industry, which was undergoing changes as the industry matured and solidified. He directed one other picture before the merger, The White Scar, which he also wrote and starred in for the Universal Film Manufacturing Company. After his own production company closed, Hobart wound up playing supporting roles as an actor. He divorced his first wife, Adele Farrington, in 1919. On 22 December 1920 he married Cecile Kibre, widow of G. Harold Percival, who had been art director at Ince Studio and who had died of influenza in 1918. Cecile Kibre had a son by Percival, named George, whom Hobart Bosworth later adopted as his son. Bosworth survived motion pictures' transition to sound, or "talkies". Aside from appearing in Warner Brothers' showcase, The Show of Shows (1929), his talking debut proper was in the film short A Man in Peace, for Vitaphone, while his first sound feature was Vitaphone's Ruritanian romance General Crack, starring John Barrymore. Although he appeared in small roles in A-list films, Bosworth primarily made his living as a prominently billed character actor in B-Westerns and serials churned out by Poverty Row studios. In all his roles in A and B pictures, he usually was typecast in a fatherly role, as a clergyman, judge, grandparent, etc. In 1931, Hobart was cast in principal role of fictional famed explorer in the Antarctic, in Frank Capra's "Dirigible" (1931). As the Hollywood production began, an old airfield in nearby Arcadia, California was converted into a set, complete with "artificial snow, fake ice mounds and painted backdrop attached to the back side of the dilapidated Army barracks." With principal photography slated for September, dry ice in metal containers stuffed in actor's mouths sufficed for the usual Arctic breath. In a 1972 interview, director Frank Capra, on TV's "Dick Cavett Show", Capra recalled a horrible accident on set. Capra asked actors to use dry ice encased in small cages in the mouth, to simulate foggy breath in the scene. Because the small cages were cumbersome in the mouth, a frustrated Hobart Bosworth removed the ice and popped it directly into his mouth for the scene. Soon, Bosworth was rushed to hospital with ice burns in his mouth, resulting in removal of some teeth, jaw bone, and tissue. Though recovery was intensive, Hobart resumed his screen career, continuing on to three dozen more films, through the 1930s, into the 1940s, until his death in 1943. Death and legacy On December 30, 1943, Bosworth died of pneumonia in Glendale, California, aged 76. He was entombed in Glendale's Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Grand Mausoleum's Utility Columbarium, niche 4616. For his contributions to the film industry, Bosworth received a motion pictures star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960. The star is located at 6522 Hollywood Boulevard. Selected filmography The Count of Monte Cristo (1908) - Edmond Dantes (film debut) Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1908, Short) - Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde Rip Van Winkle (1908, Short) - Rip Van Winkle Damon and Pythias (1908, Short) The Spirit of '76 (1908, Short) On Thanksgiving Day (1908, Short) The Tenderfoot (1909, Short) Boots and Saddles (1909, Short) In the Badlands (1909, Short) - Carlton Langdon M.D. Fighting Bob (1909, Short) - Fighting Bob In the Sultan's Power (1909, Short) The Leopard Queen (1909, Short) - Captain Jack Ownes Across the Plains (1910, Short) The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910, Short) - Wizard of Oz and King Davy Crockett (1910, Short) The Sergeant (1910, Short extant) - Sergeant Robert Adams The Sanitarium (1910) The Padre (1911) - The Padre - Father Sebastian Brown of Harvard (1911) - (uncredited) The Count of Monte Cristo (1912) Alas! Poor Yorick! (1913, Short) - The Theatre Manager The Sea Wolf (1913) - Wolf Larsen John Barleycorn (1914) - Scratch Nelson Valley of the Moon (1914) - Minor Role Martin Eden (1914) An Odyssey of the North (1914) - Naass Burning Daylight: The Adventures of 'Burning Daylight' in Alaska (1914) - Elam Harnish, aka 'Burning Daylight' Burning Daylight (1914) The Pursuit of the Phantom (1914) - Richard Alden Burning Daylight: The Adventures of 'Burning Daylight' in Civilization (1914) - Elam Harnish, 'Burning Daylight' The Country Mouse (1914) - Billy Bladerson Buckshot John (1915, Director) - 'Buckshot John' Moran Pretty Mrs. Smith (1915) - Minor Role (uncredited) Help Wanted (1915) - Jerrold D. Scott Little Sunset (1915) - Gus Bergstrom the 'Terrible Swede' The Scarlet Sin (1915) - Eric Norton Nearly a Lady (1915) - Minor Role as Frederica's Father (uncredited) A Little Brother of the Rich (1915) - Henry Leamington Business Is Business (1915) - Christ 'Twas Ever Thus (1915) - Hard Muscle / Col. Warren / John Rogers Fatherhood (1915) - Lon Gilchrist Colorado (1915) - Thomas Doyle The White Scar (1915) - Na-Ta-Wan-Gan The Beachcomber (1915) - The sailor Tainted Money (1915) - Big Tim The Target (1916) - Big Bill Brent The Yaqui (1916) - Tambor Two Men of Sandy Bar (1916) - John Oakhurst Doctor Neighbor (1916) - Dr. Neighbor The Iron Hand (1916) - Tim Noland The Way of the World (1916) - John Nevill Oliver Twist (1916) - Bill Sykes Joan the Woman (1916) - Gen. La Hire A Mormon Maid (1917) - John Hogue Freckles (1917) - John McLean Unconquered (1917) - Henry Jackson The Inner Shrine (1917) - Derek Pruyn The Little American (1917) - German Colonel What Money Can't Buy (1917) - Govrian Texler Betrayed (1917) - Leopoldo Juares The Woman God Forgot (1917) - Cortez The Devil-Stone (1917) - Robert Judson The Border Legion (1918) - Jack Kells Behind the Door (1919, extant; Library of Congress) - Oscar Krug Below the Surface (1920, extant; DVD) - Martin Flint His Own Law (1920, extant; Library of Congress) - J.C. MacNeir The Brute Master (1920) - Bucko McAllister, The Brute Master A Thousand to One (1920) - William Newlands The Foolish Matrons (1921) - Dr. Ian Fraser The Cup of Life (1921) - 'Bully' Brand Blind Hearts (1921, extant; Library of Congress) - Lars Larson The Sea Lion (1921, extant; Library of Congress, DVD) - John Nelson White Hands (1922) - 'Hurricane Hardy' The Strangers' Banquet (1922) - Shane Keogh Man Alone (1923) - Ben Dixon Little Church Around the Corner (1923) - John Morton Vanity Fair (1923) - Marquis of Steyne Rupert of Hentzau (1923) - Col. Sapt The Common Law (1923) - Henry Neville The Eternal Three (1923) - Dr. Frank R. Walters In the Palace of the King (1923) - Mendoza The Man Life Passed By (1923) - 'Iron Man' Moore Through the Dark (1924) - Warden Name the Man (1924) - Christian Stowell Nellie, the Beautiful Cloak Model (1924) - Thomas Lipton / Robert Horton The Woman on the Jury (1924) - Judge Davis Captain January (1924) - Jeremiah Judkins Bread (1924) - Mr. Corey The Silent Watcher (1924) - John Steele, 'The Chief' Hearts of Oak (1924) - Terry Dunnivan Hello, 'Frisco (1924) - John Brent If I Marry Again (1925) - John Jordan My Son (1925) - Sheriff Ellery Parker Chickie (1925) - Jonathan Zander the Great (1925) - The Sheriff The Half-Way Girl (1925) - John Guthrie Winds of Chance (1925) - Sam Kirby The Big Parade (1925) - Mr. Apperson Steel Preferred (1925) - James Creeth The Golden Strain (1925) - Maj. Milton Mulford The Far Cry (1926) - Julian Marsh The Nervous Wreck (1926) - Jud Morgan Spangles (1926) - Robert 'Big Bill' Bowman Three Hours (1927) - Jonathan Durkin Annie Laurie (1927) - The MacDonald Chieftain The Blood Ship (1927) - Jim Newman The Chinese Parrot (1927) - P.J. Madden My Best Girl (1927) - Robert Merrill The Smart Set (1928) - Mr. Durant Freckles (1928) - McLean After the Storm (1928) - Manin Dane Hangman's House (1928) - Lord Justice O'Brien The Sawdust Paradise (1928) - Isaiah Annapolis (1928) - Father A Woman of Affairs (1928) - Sir Morton Holderness Eternal Love (1929) - Rev. Tass Hurricane (1929) - Hurricane Martin The Show of Shows (1929) - Executioner - Guillotine Sequence General Crack (1929) - Count Hensdorff King of the Mountain (1929) Mammy (1930) - Meadows The Devil's Holiday (1930) - Ezra Stone The Office Wife (1930) - McGowan Abraham Lincoln (1930) - General Robert E. Lee Du Barry, Woman of Passion (1930) - Duc de Brissac The Third Alarm (1930) - Precinct Fire Captain Just Imagine (1930) - Z-4 Sit Tight (1931) - Dunlap Dirigible (1931) - Louis Rondelle Shipmates (1931) - Admiral Corbin This Modern Age (1931) - Robert Blake Sr. Fanny Foley Herself (1931) - Seely Carnival Boat (1932) - Jim Gannon The Miracle Man (1932) - The Patriarch The County Fair (1932) - Col. Ainsworth The Last of the Mohicans (1932, Serial) - Chingachgook, 'the Sagamore' No Greater Love' (1932) - Doctor Million Dollar Legs (1932) - Olympics Starter (uncredited) The Phantom Express (1932) - Mr. Harrington Lady for a Day (1933) - Governor Whom the Gods Destroy (1934) - Alec Klein Music in the Air (1934) - Cornelius The Keeper of the Bees (1935) - Michael the Bee Master Together We Live (1935) - Col. Dickenson The Crusades (1935) - Frederick - Duke of the Germans Steamboat Round the Bend (1935) - Chaplain The Dark Hour (1936) - Charles Carson Wolves of the Sea (1936) - Capt. Wolf Hansen Wildcat Trooper (1936) - Dr. Martin General Spanky (1936) - Col. Blanchard Portia on Trial (1937) - Governor The Secret of Treasure Island (1938, Serial) - Dr. X Rollin' Plains (1938) - John Gospel Moody King of the Sierras (1938) - Uncle Hank Bullets for O'Hara (1941) - Judge One Foot in Heaven (1941) - Richard Hardy Case (uncredited) Law of the Tropics (1941) - Davis They Died with Their Boots On (1941) - Mr. Cartwright (uncredited) Wild Bill Hickok Rides (1942) - Fanatic in Chicago (uncredited) Bullet Scars (1942) - Dr. Sidney Carter I Was Framed (1942) - D.L. Wallace Escape from Crime (1942) - Chaplain (uncredited) The Gay Sisters (1942) - Clergyman at Wedding (uncredited) Sin Town'' (1942) - Humiston (final film role) References External links Hobart Bosworth at Virtual History 1867 births 1943 deaths American male screenwriters American male silent film actors American male stage actors People from Marietta, Ohio Male actors from Greater Los Angeles Male actors from San Francisco Vaudeville performers Film directors from California Film directors from Ohio 19th-century American male actors 20th-century American male actors Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale) Deaths from pneumonia in California Screenwriters from Ohio Screenwriters from California 20th-century American male writers 20th-century American screenwriters
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Hasma (harsmar, hashima) is a Chinese and widely Central Asian dessert ingredient made from the dried fatty tissue found near the fallopian tubes of true frogs, typically the Asiatic grass frog (Rana chensinensis). Because of its whitish appearance, hasma is often called "snow frog fat". Hasma is relatively expensive, so it is reserved for special occasions and in high-end restaurants. Production Hasma is produced primarily in the Heilongjiang, Jilin, and Liaoning provinces in China. Previously part of Chinese imperial cuisine, soups made with hasma are now widely available in North American cities with large Chinese populations and in Mainland China, Taiwan, Singapore and Hong Kong, albeit at a high price. Physical characteristics Hasma is sold dried as irregular flat pieces and flakes ranging from 1–2 cm in length and 1–5 mm in thickness. Individual pieces are yellowish-white in color with a matte luster, and may be covered with off-white pellicles. When rehydrated, dried hasma can expand up to 10-15 times in size. The dried hasma is rehydrated and double-boiled with rock sugar to create a glutinous texture and opaque color. Dried or rehydrated hasma has a slight fishy smell. In its unflavored form it is sweet and slightly savory in taste with a texture that is glutinous, chewy, and light, quite similar to that of tapioca in a dessert. Preparation Hasma serves the role of providing texture to tong sui, or sweet soups, as well as increasing the perceived luxuriousness and prestige of the soup. These soups are usually flavored with rock sugar. For the uninitiated, this relatively accessible eating experience belies the exotic sounding nature of the dessert. Hasma is widely featured in dessert dishes in high class restaurants in Hong Kong. Hasma is most commonly paired in sweet soups with: Jujubes () Dried longan fruits () Lotus seeds () It is also a key ingredient in making "Three snow soup" (), which consists of: Chinese pear () Snow fungus () Hasma can also be included in more exotic versions of shark fin soup. Health claims Hasma is taken for medicinal purposes in traditional Chinese medicine. Hasma is prescribed to treat respiratory symptoms, but there exists scarce scientific research to support this practice. It is also a suggested remedy for stomach ulcers and to improve the appearance of skin, and even for restored strength after childbirth. References External links Hasma recipes Description of a meal with Hasma Recipe (in Chinese) Chinese desserts Offal
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Muru Ningba or Meru Nyingba (rMe ru snying pa) (Tibetan: རྨེ་རུ་སྙིང་པ་) is a small Buddhist monastery located between the larger monasteries of Jokhang and Barkhor in the city of Lhasa, Tibet, China. It was the Lhasa seat of the former State Oracle who had his main residence at Nechung Monastery. It is located immediately behind and east of the Jokhang and may be accessed from the north side of the Barkhor. History It is said that Emperor Songtsen Gampo built the first building here and it is where the great Tibetan scholar, Thonmi Sambhota, completed his work developing the Tibetan alphabet in the first half of the 7th century. The present building, first constructed during the reign of King Ralpacan (c. 806-838 CE), is built like an Indian vihara around a courtyard, with the lhakang ('temple', literally 'residence of the deity') to the north and monks quarters on the three other sides. It was destroyed during the persecution of Buddhism under Langdarma (c. 838 to 841 CE), but rebuilt by Atisha (980-1054 CE) and became Gelugpa under Sonam Gyatso, the 3rd Dalai Lama (1543–1589). It became the Lhasa residence of the Nechung Oracle in the 17th century, who was possessed by Pehar in his trances. Description The lhakang contains a number of fine murals — the central image being that of Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava), with images of the five Nyingma Yidam-Protectors and Tseumar and Tamdrin in glass cases around the walls. On the western side of the gallery upstairs is the Gongkar Chode Branch Temple, a Sakya shrine dedicated to an image of Gonpo Pelgon Dramtso or Bramze, the Sadhu-Protector of the monastery. His image is to the right of the door and used to be flanked by images of the six-armed Mahakala, Panjara and Shridevi. The oldest extant structure is the Jambhala Lhakhang which was originally built under Ralpacan. It is quite small (7.5 x 7.2 metres), with a low ceiling. It is said to have been where Thonmi Sambhota worked on the alphabet and later became attached to Nechung. The Dhukang or Assembly Hall, a very active temple, was built in the 19th century by Nechung Khenpo Sakya Ngape, and renovated in 1986. There are frescoes portraying the protector deity Dorje Drakden, Tsongkhapa, Atisha, Padmasambhava, Shantarakshita, and King Trisong Detsen. The central image of Avalokiteshvara is new with a copper Padmasambhava to the right and a sand mandala to the left. Behind is an inner sanctum with more images and upstairs is the Tsepame Lhakang with 1,000 small images of Amitayas (or Amitābha) Buddha. Footnotes References Dorje, Gyume (1999). Footprint Tibet Handbook with Bhutan. Footprint Handbooks, Bath, England. . Dowman, Keith (1998). The Power-Places of Central Tibet: The Pilgrim's Guide. Routledge & Kegan Paul, London and New York. . Vitali, Roberto (1990). Early Temples of Central Tibet. Serindia Publications, London. . Buddhist monasteries in Lhasa Buildings and structures in Lhasa Chengguan District, Lhasa Religion in Lhasa Nyingma monasteries and temples
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Richard Harding "Dick" Poff (October 19, 1923 – June 27, 2011) was an American politician and judge. He was first elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1952 from Virginia's 6th congressional district. An attorney and a Republican, he was given strong consideration for the United States Supreme Court by President Richard M. Nixon and was later appointed as a justice (later senior justice) of the Virginia Supreme Court. Early life and education Born in Radford, Montgomery County, Virginia, Poff attended the local public schools and graduated from Christiansburg High School. He then traveled to Salem, Virginia for studies at Roanoke College. After his military service below, Poff used his GI bill benefits, he earned a law degree (LL.B.) in 1948 from the University of Virginia School of Law at Charlottesville. Military service During the Second World War, Poff served as a bomber pilot with the Eighth Air Force in England; flew thirty-five successful missions over Europe; awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross; was inactivated from the service as a first lieutenant serving from February 1943 to August 1945. Legislative career Poff was first elected to Congress in 1952, defeating incumbent Democrat Clarence G. Burton. He was the first Republican to represent this part of Virginia since Reconstruction, and likely owed his victory to Dwight Eisenhower carrying the state in that year's presidential election. However, the 6th had already been moving away from its Democratic roots for some time. The Byrd Democrats in western Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley had begun splitting their tickets as early as the 1930s. He would never face another contest nearly as close as his first one, and was reelected nine times. Poff had his share of controversy during his decades in the House of Representatives. He and Joel Broyhill of Virginia were the only two Republicans, along with the rest of Virginia's entire Congressional delegation, and nearly all members from Southern states, to sign the Southern Manifesto protesting the Supreme Court's mandate in Brown v. Board of Education to desegregate public schools. A. Linwood Holton, former Governor of Virginia (1970–1974), and the commonwealth's first post-Reconstruction Republican Governor, suggests that Poff probably could not have been reelected unless he signed the manifesto. Despite that controversial decision, he was well liked by most of his constituents, most of whom had never been represented by a Republican before. This included many African Americans, who in an ABC News report on his nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court described him as having a great interest in individuals; only one person in that report described him as a racist despite having signed the Southern Manifesto. Consistent with his signing of the Manifesto, Poff voted against the Civil Rights Acts of 1957, 1960, 1964, and 1968, and the Voting Rights Act of 1965, but voted in favor of the 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. In 1971, he favored the Equal Employment Opportunity Act and supported federal aid to accelerate the desegregation process. He was the only member of the House Republican leadership who did not support President Eisenhower's proposal to increase the minimum wage and widen its coverage. According to John Dean, he was also the author of most of the 25th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States while serving on the Judiciary Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives. Electoral history 1952; Poff was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives with 51.55% of the vote, defeating Democrat Clarence Godber Burton. 1954; Poff was re-elected with 62.31% of the vote, defeating Democrat Ernest Robertson and Social Democrat J.B. Brayman. 1956; Poff was re-elected with 62.09% of the vote, defeating Democrat John L. Whitehead and Social Democrat Brayman. 1958; Poff was re-elected with 56.74% of the vote, defeating Democrat Richard F. Pence and Social Democrat Brayman. 1960; Poff was re-elected with 82.62% of the vote, defeating Social Democrat Brayman. 1962; Poff was re-elected with 65.22% of the vote, defeating Democrat John P. Wheeler and now-Independent Brayman. 1964; Poff was re-elected with 56.24% of the vote, defeating Democrat William B. Hopkins. 1966; Poff was re-elected with 80.84% of the vote, defeating Democrat Murray A. Stoller. 1968; Poff was re-elected with 92.16% of the vote, defeating Democrat Tom Hufford. 1970; Poff was re-elected with 74.58% of the vote, defeating Democrat Roy R. White. Nomination to Supreme Court of the United States Before President Richard Nixon could formally nominate him for the U.S. Supreme Court, Poff withdrew (before nomination reached the Senate). John Dean wrote that Poff actually made that decision based on concerns that he would thus be forced to reveal to his then-12-year-old son that he had been adopted. Poff's concern was that the child would be negatively affected by that kind of information if revealed before he was old enough to understand. Nevertheless, according to The New York Times, within weeks after he withdrew from consideration that sensitive personal information was revealed in Jack Anderson's column, and he was forced to inform the child of his adoption anyway. By then, it was too late for reconsideration, and eventually Lewis Powell, another Virginian, was confirmed to the Supreme Court in Poff's place. In 1971, when under consideration for the Supreme Court, Poff said in a newspaper interview that he had supported the Southern Manifesto and opposed desegregation because he believed he would have otherwise been defeated for reelection to the U.S. House. He voiced regret over his opposition to past civil rights measures. Within a year of those comments, he resigned from the House to join the Virginia Supreme Court. Legislation Poff is also well known as one of the men who, as a member of the House Judiciary Committee, sponsored the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, better known as RICO. Poff had an interesting take on RICO, which has since been ignored by the Supreme Court. Poff stated in the Congressional Record that the Act should be used only against organizations, and not individuals. Supreme Court of Virginia Richard H. Poff went on to become Justice and then a Senior Justice of the Virginia Supreme Court, where he served until his retirement. He died on June 27, 2011, in a life care center in Tullahoma, Tennessee. Legacy The Richard H. Poff Federal Building in Roanoke, Virginia is named for Poff. It houses many of the primary federal offices in southwest Virginia, including the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia and the Department of Veterans Affairs. The Roanoke Public Library maintains a collection of newsletters Congressman Poff sent to his constituents (1954-1971). References External sources |- |- 1923 births 2011 deaths 20th-century American judges 20th-century American lawyers People from Radford, Virginia Politicians from Roanoke, Virginia Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross (United States) Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia Roanoke College alumni United States Army Air Forces pilots of World War II United States Army officers University of Virginia School of Law alumni Virginia lawyers Justices of the Supreme Court of Virginia Signatories of the Southern Manifesto
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The DJ Kat Show was a children's television programme presented by the puppet DJ Kat and his friend Linda de Mol, the sister of Endemol founder John de Mol, which ran from 1 September 1986 to 31 December 1995. The show was first broadcast to Europe on satellite and cable channel Sky Channel and later on Sky One and Sky Europe. The show was aired every weekday morning and afternoon (and in later years, at weekends), and throughout its life was home to a particularly large number of imported animated series. A separate version of The DJ Kat Show was later created for the United States where it was aired on stations affiliated with the Fox Broadcasting Company, including WNYW, Fox's flagship station. This article focuses primarily on the original European version. History The original European version was produced by John de Mol's production house John de Mol Produkties, which later became the world-famous Endemol. Linda de Mol is John de Mol's sister. All the linking material between the various cartoons was filmed in Hilversum, the Netherlands and written by Joost Timp. DJ & Kat DJ Kat was a puppet with a black leather jacket who loved spinning his records. He also liked to eat junk from the trash cans. His favorite dish was a jar of peas and carrots mashed together and his favorite drink was milk in a dirty glass. In the intro of the show DJ Kat would say the following line: "This is the DJ Kat show and I am DJ Kat...that's my name. It's a D and a J and a Kat with a K." The reason it is spelled with a K is because the Dutch spell cat with a k and Linda de Mol is Dutch. DJ Kat was originally performed by puppeteer Robert 'Robbie' Hahn. DJ Kat often claimed to be on a project for Millhouse. The Millhouse character is never shown on the show. British puppeteer Don Austen took over the character for a further 5 years (1989–95) for more than 2000 episodes on Sky One. The show picked up the PACE Satellite Award. The Linda de Mol/Steffanie Pitt/Catrina Hylton-Hull years (1986–1992) Linda de Mol was DJ Kat's side-kick when the series began in September 1986. Later she would also branch out into German TV and hosted more of Endemol's programmes, including the original Dutch version of Deal or No Deal. When Sky Channel decided to focus solely on broadcasting in the United Kingdom instead of Europe in early 1989, the production of the DJ Kat show moved from Hilversum to Blackbird Productions in London. Linda de Mol was unceremoniously dropped without much of an explanation. Her last episode (which was shot on location in Austria) was shown on Friday 3 February 1989. The next Monday, 6 February, Steffanie Pitt (aka "Steffie"), daughter of Hammer Horror star Ingrid Pitt, introduced herself as Linda's replacement. Another puppet character, a scouse mouse called 'Yummy Tickle Mouse' was also added to the programme. Steffie left on 8 September of the same year, ostensibly to join the fictional all-female band 'The Sweet Potatoes'. At this time, Robbie Hahn handed over the DJ Kat puppet to British puppeteer Don Austen (who was already employed by Sky as Wally Blubb The Walrus on their Fun Factory weekend morning show). Hahn swiftly rejoined Linda de Mol back in the Netherlands for the very similar TROS television programme De Billy Hotdog Show, the main differences being that the title character was a dog and the show broadcast only once a week. Catrina Hylton-Hull (aka "Treen"), stepdaughter of the late Rod Hull of Emu fame, after numerous auditions, made her first appearance on 11 September 1989. The DJ Kat show did sketches around this time in an attempt to save the flagging format of the series. Catrina Hylton-Hull lasted three years and proved quite popular with fans of the series initially, but with viewing figures falling Sky One came close to pulling the plug on the series. The acclaimed UK production/direction team of Patricia Mordecai, John Northover and Gale Claydon (who produced many series on ITV in the 1980s and 90s) were tasked with the job of creating a new look for the series, intended to begin in 1992. Catrina was initially contracted to continue as presenter with a "rotating" guest cast, but disagreements between her and the new production team about the direction of the new format saw her eventually opt to resign as presenter in mid-June 1992. Second incarnation (1992–1995) After Catrina Hylton-Hull left the show in 1992, the series was totally revamped, and an all-new studio set, theme tune and titles came into being. The revamped show aired for the first time on 13 July 1992 after a three-week gap (the show's cartoon line-up carried on as normal, but continuity was changed to a simple card reading "DJ Kat - on hols, back in ... weeks" at each advert break during this time). The regular co-presenters of the show's second incarnation were - initially - West End actor Simon Jermond and singer Marcelle Duprey (also known as "Marcie"), with Joe Greco as a stand-in host. Jermond left the series in July 1993 after just one year, having decided that TV presenting was not for him, and Joe Greco replaced him on a full-time basis until the series ended in 1995. Alison Way, Peter Corey, David 'Saint' Rubin and future British soap star Jacqueline Pirie were also regularly featured as "guest stars" in various guises. New "game" slots (including 'Katz Alley' and 'Joke Machine') were also introduced for viewers to phone in and compete in, with prizes up for grabs. The new format initially helped to revive the viewing figures with Don Austen, Joe Greco, and Marcelle Duprey continuing to perform through to 1995 with a now staggering output scriptwise. In September 1994, a Saturday spin-off show, 'KTV', was added to production, replacing Sky One's Fun Factory line-up. The new programme placed a greater emphasis on documentary-style features for kids and full-blown sketch parodies - most notably, the General Hospital spoof 'General Accident' and EastEnders take-off 'Arthur Square', both of which saw a then-unknown Jacqueline Pirie putting her acting talents (and flair for adopting English accents) to good use. A low-key Sunday DJ Kat Show was also eventually produced, featuring DJ Kat and usually just Joe Greco presenting. Cancellation (1995) By 1995, viewing figures had begun to fall once again, at which point series editor Michelle Kimber, writers Peter Corey and Dave Arthur, director John Northover and production team Patricia Mordecai, Michael Kerrigan and Gale Claydon reported that they all felt the series had now run its course; in August 1995 chief producers David Drewery and Paul Cole announced that they had decided against both revamping the format for a second time and re-commissioning the series, and Sky One announced that series would be cancelled at the end of the year. John Northover has since cited that the main reason for the falling viewing figures was largely due to the fact that series writers had simply run out of ideas for new scripts and had begun recycling old ones. The final episode was aired on 31 December 1995 and replaced in January 1996 by a short-lived new breakfast TV series, Boiled Egg & Soldiers, which struggled to gain a foothold. American version An American version of The DJ Kat Show debuted on WNYW in New York City on 28 November 1987. The series, which was set against the backdrop of a makeshift clubhouse in the basement of the television station, had the wisecracking cat puppet and his comedy assistant, Elizabeth Rose, reading viewers mail and engaging in comedy skits in between reruns of Woody Woodpecker and Looney Tunes movie cartoons. DJ Kat always wanted to be "the star" and did everything to convince "the boss" (TV station owners) that he was the "biggest star" of the TV station. Comic actor and puppeteer Jim Martin created the American version, manipulated, and voiced the "DJ Kat" character. Steve Howard was the producer who also contributed to the writing. The wrap-arounds were story-arc'd. As time went on, the cartoons were edited to allow room for more live-action. Martin and Rose would leave the series and entertainer/songwriter/scriptwriter and puppeteer Craig Marin and comic actress and mimic Carmen De La Paz would succeed the previous pair as the series' second and last hosts/performers. The DJ Kat Show was seen on Saturday mornings until Saturday 26 December 1987, shifting to a Sunday morning timeslot starting on 3 January 1988. The cartoons were dropped and the programs focused on stories that had DJ and "Jennifer Davis" (De La Paz) trying to host the show despite problems created by their stingy and mean boss "Mr. Midas G. Merkle" and other troublemakers. The DJ Kat Show would remain on WNYW until 24 December 1988. DJ and the other Flexitoon puppets would be seen in wraparound segments during the station's weekday afternoon cartoon programming from then until March 1991 (around the time the Fox Kids Network launched on weekdays). Sky One Undun Sky One Undun was a children's television programme, which ran from 3 January 1996 to 18 October 1996. The show was first broadcast to Europe on satellite and cable channel Sky One. Programmes Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Double Dragon After DJ Kat ended, they modified the tombstone Sky One ident for a new kids block called Sky One Undun, which ran from 3 January 1996 to October 1996. It ended due to the majority of Sky's kids programmes moving to Fox Kids Network upon its launch on 19 October 1996. Cartoons aired on the show Goober and the Ghost Chasers The Hot Rod Dogs And Cool Car Cats Harlem Globetrotters Hurricanes The Transformers Mighty Orbots Fireman Sam Jem Scooby's All Star Laff-A-Lympics Sherlock Hound The World of David the Gnome Biker Mice From Mars George of the Jungle James Bond Jr Felix the Cat Paddington Bear Fraidy Cat Rude Dog and the Dweebs Count Duckula Charlie Chalk Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling Dinosaucers Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch! DuckTales Henry's Cat M.A.S.K. Alvin and the Chipmunks Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (UK Title: Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles) The Care Bears Family (UK Title: Care Bears) Denver, the Last Dinosaur Inspector Gadget Heathcliff Dick Tracy Little Clowns of Happytown Dragon's Lair Dungeons & Dragons Diplodo Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines Darkwing Duck The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 Ulysses 31 Widget the World Watcher Robotix Top Cat Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch Journey to the Center of the Earth Roger Ramjet Hong Kong Phooey Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors Far Out Space Nuts The Banana Splits Adventure Hour Postman Pat Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs Sinbad Jr. and his Magic Belt Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics Skippy the Bush Kangaroo SuperTed Super Mario Bros. Super Show! Silverhawks Thundercats Samurai Pizza Cats Phantom 2040 Superboy Pound Puppies Lensman Dr Splash BraveStarr He-Man and the Masters of the Universe She-Ra: Princess of Power G.I. Joe The World's Greatest Super Friends The Smurfs Little Wizards Yogi's Treasure Hunt Wacky Races Wish Kid Dennis the Menace (1959) (UK Title: Dennis) Dennis the Menace (1986) (UK Title: Dennis) The Adventures of the Little Prince Bump in the Night VR Troopers Orson and Olivia Swat Kats Mighty Max The Adventures of Gulliver Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Amigo and Friends Dynamo Duck Teddy Trucks Incredible Dennis the Menace (UK Title: Incredible Dennis) My Little Pony Mrs. Pepper Pot The Incredible Hulk Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad Delfy and His Friends Double Dragon Transformers: Generation 2 (UK Title: The New Transformers) Spider-Man Saban's Adventures of Peter Pan Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa Highlander: The Animated Series Ritter's Cove External links Retro Junk on the American version of The DJ Kat Show Flexitoon – pictures from The DJ Kat Show 1986 British television series debuts 1996 British television series endings 1980s British children's television series 1990s British children's television series British television series with live action and animation British television shows featuring puppetry Television series by Endemol Fox Broadcasting Company original programming Sky UK original programming
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Beauty and the Beat! is a 1959 album (see 1959 in music) by Peggy Lee, accompanied by the George Shearing Quintet. Sleeve notes The notes on the back cover of the original 1959 LP are in the exaggerated style that was common at the time and present the story that the recording was live: 1959 Track listing "Do I Love You?" (Cole Porter) – 3:03 "I Lost My Sugar in Salt Lake City" (Johnny Lange, Leon Rene) – 2:27 "If Dreams Come True" (Benny Goodman, Irving Mills, Edgar Sampson) – 2:20 "All Too Soon" (Duke Ellington, Carl Sigman) – 2:35 "Mambo in Miami" (Armando Peraza) – 1:42 "Isn't It Romantic?" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 2:54 "Blue Prelude" (Joe Bishop, Gordon Jenkins) – 2:06 "You Came a Long Way from St. Louis" (John Benson Brooks, Bob Russell) – 2:50 "Always True to You in My Fashion" (Porter) – 1:58 "There'll Be Another Spring" (Peggy Lee, Hubie Wheeler) – 2:23 "Get Out of Town" (Porter) – 1:58 "Satin Doll" (Ellington, Johnny Mercer, Billy Strayhorn) – 2:47 Personnel George Shearing – piano Peggy Lee – vocals Ray Alexander – vibraphone Toots Thielemans – guitar Jimmy Bond – double bass Roy Haynes – drums Armando Peraza – conga Remaster This recording was re-issued in 2003 as a CD on the Capitol Jazz label and was described as 'Newly restored from the original studio session tapes'. It was a remixed and remastered version of the original 3-track tapes. The remaster also contained two additional tracks from the studio session, but not included on the original vinyl release - 'Nobody's Heart' (Rodgers and Hart) as track 13 and 'Don't Ever Leave Me' (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) as track 14. The description on the CD names different players from those noted above for the 1959 vinyl version. The personnel are given as: Peggy Lee - Vocals (Tracks 1-4, 7-11, 13,14) George Shearing- Piano Ray Alexander - Vibes (Tracks 1-12) Toots Thielemans - Guitar (Tracks 1-12) NB. Name wrongly spelled as Toots Thielmanns on CD cover notes. Carl Pruitt - Bass (Tracks 1-13) Ray Mosca - Drums (Tracks 1-13) Armando Peraza - Conga, Percussion (Tracks 5, 9) Other recording and production information is given on the cover notes as follows: Produced by David Cavanaugh, recorded on May 28–30, 1959 Re-issue produced by Cy Godfrey and Michael Cuscuna Remixed from the original 3-track tapes and remastered in 24 bit by Ron McMaster. There is also a descriptive note, explaining the subterfuge of claiming that the original issue was of a live recording:This album was originally released with overdubbed applause and background ambience and issued as recorded at the 1959 Miami Disk Jockey's (sic) Convention. It was actually recorded in the studio shortly before or after the actual appearance and is presented here in its pure state and greatly improved fidelity. Tracks 13 and 14, recorded at these sessions, were not included on the original LP. References 1959 albums Capitol Records albums George Shearing albums Peggy Lee albums Albums produced by Dave Cavanaugh Collaborative albums
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Highville Charter School for International Studies is a charter school situated on Leeder Hill Drive, Hamden, Connecticut, USA. It was founded by Lyndon Pitter and opened in Fall 1998. Highville educates pupils from pre-kindergarten to Grade 8 with around 300 on the roll. Highville changed their name to Highville Charter School and increase their enrollment to 12th grade. The high school is called Highville Change Academy. Highville Charter School relocated to 1 Science Park New Haven, CT 06511 in 2017. Highville is notable in that all teaching is carried out in an international context. In the school, each classroom is named after a country. It also has branded a travel agency website. References External links Public elementary schools in Connecticut Public middle schools in Connecticut Educational institutions established in 1998 Schools in New Haven County, Connecticut Charter schools in Connecticut 1998 establishments in Connecticut
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Spadework is a novel by Canadian writer Timothy Findley set in the theater world of Stratford, Ontario. It was first published in Canada by HarperCollins Publishers in 2001. Plot introduction Spadework focuses on the everyday drama of human relationships, enhanced by the intensity of the theater atmosphere and the ambition of young actors at a crossroads that may lead to either a brilliant career or mediocre success. These events force the protagonists to re-examine their sexuality and their loyalties in the face of temptation. Plot summary The novel centers on the story of a few summer months in 1998 in Stratford, Ontario against the backdrop of the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal. The novel is narrated in third-person narrator, which allows change of perspective between the chapters, with Jane Kincaid (a property maker for the Stratford Shakespeare Festival) being the dominant character voice throughout. Jane Kincaid is an immigrant from a southern town somewhere in Louisiana, called Plantation. She left the United States for Ontario to begin a new life as an artist, and to escape her family who was providing her with a modest income from an inheritance. Jane shed her birth-name Aura Lee Terry during the move. She met her husband Griffin, an up-and-coming young Shakespearean actor, and the two lead what seems an entirely ordinary happy suburban existence together with their seven-year-old son Will, dog Rudyard and housekeeper/nanny Mercy Bowman. Their peaceful existence begins to unravel when Griffin's handsome looks lead Jane to suspect that other women (specifically stage partner Zoë Walker, 21) may be after him. This is the spark for the unease and miscommunication which follows. Tony Preston, a high-school boyfriend of Jane's, then shows up out of the blue and sexually assaults her, ejaculating on her dress and face. A few hours later, Preston dies in a car accident. Jane refuses to mention this to anyone, even her psychiatrist, although the reader gets a glimpse of the assault haunting her through the narrative. The town is also menaced by a rape-murderer, who kills two women before committing suicide by drug overdose. Furthermore, Jane receives a strangely aloof letter from her mother telling her that her sister Loretta has committed suicide. A telephone line cut by the spade of an over-eager gardener (Luke) serves as the physical manifestation or symbol for the theme of miscommunication and failure to connect. This cut telephone line prevents two phone calls: one from Griffin to his director Jonathan Crawford, and one from Jesse Quinlan to his nephew Luke, the gardener. Due to this breakdown of communication, Jesse descents to a rapist and murderer. The other missed call from Griffin, meant that he missed out on a potential break-through role due to not committing to a sexual affair with Jonathan. This devastates Griffin, and in desperation, he agrees to meet with Jonathan, where they agree to engage in sexual activities. Jonathan, who thinks of himself as "a sculptor of talent" (128) genuinely desires Griffin and believes that Griffin will grow as a man and an actor if he submits to his power: "I want to teach you how to accept the fact of being desired" (139). Griffin gives in and leaves his family without explanation. Jane is the last to find out that Griffin's affair is not with a younger woman but with an older man. Jane develops her own overpowering desires that are quite independent from Griffin's escapades: when the telephone repairman Milos Saworski, a Polish immigrant with limited command of English, enters her house, she is completely overwhelmed by what she experiences as his unearthly beauty. After Griffin leaves, her pursuit of this "angel-man" becomes more determined and she becomes a living contradiction to Jonathan's assessment of women as sexually mostly passive and incapable of such aggressive pursuit. She asks Milos, himself married and a young father of a dying infant, to model for her in the nude, a proposal which he accepts with knowing innocence and an entirely masculine submission that mirrors the scene between Jonathan and Griffin. Jane's gaze upon Milos' beauty parallels Jonathan's desire for Griffin. Death and betrayal are common themes in the novel - Jane and Griffin's son Will is estranged from both parents; Milos's baby dies due to his inaction and his wife's insistence to keep the baby out of the reach of doctors for religious reasons; Jonathon's 21-year-old son is killed by revolutionaries in Peru. These events spark the characters to re-think their current choices. Jonathon's sad news is brought by his former wife which makes him to realize the wrong-doings of his own marriage and hence affair with Griffin, leading him to release Griffin and send him back to his own family. A few months later, in April, the novel comes back to Jane, Griffin and Will, a happy family unit watching a procession of Swans released from their winter domicile indoors. With the help of her mother's money, Jane has bought the house and made it the home she desired. The novel comes full circle to the peacefulness of the beginning, but this renewed peacefulness seems less precarious because it has been tempered by essential conflict and near break-up. The novel ends on a surprisingly hopeful note with a vision of spring and new life. Characters Jane Kincaid, property artist; her real name was Aura Lee Terry and she is originally from Plantation, Louisiana in the United States; Griffin Kincaid, her husband; an actor just turned 30; Will Kincaid, seven years old, their son; Jonathan Crawford, director; Zoë Walker, an actress, 21; Nigel Dexter, actor, Griffin's friend; Mercy Bowman, Will's babysitter. 2001 Canadian novels Novels by Timothy Findley Novels set in Ontario Culture of Stratford, Ontario HarperCollins books Fiction set in 1998
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Cyriacus of Jerusalem (also called Judas Cyriacus; died 133) was a bishop of Jerusalem who died during a riot in 133 AD. He is often misidentified with Cyriacus of Ancona (d. 360). References Year of birth missing 133 deaths 2nd-century bishops of Jerusalem
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The Bronzen Adhemar (Dutch for "Brass Adhemar") is the official Flemish Community Cultural Prize for Comics, given to a Flemish comics author for his body of work. It is awarded by the Flemish Ministry of Culture during Strip Turnhout, the major Flemish comics festival, once every two years. History Continuing the idea of a comics award given once in 1972, the prize was definitely installed by the makers of the magazine Ciso in 1977, "to emphasize and enhance the quality of Flemish comics". From 1979 on, the winner also got an exposition during the festival in Turnhout. The prize then changed from yearly to two-yearly. The organisation of the Award was transferred to the "Bronzen Adhemar Stichting" in 1991, and again to the Flemish Community in 2003, when a monetary prize of 12,500 Euro was added to the statue all winners received. The name The "Bronzen Adhemar" (Brass Adhemar) is named after Adhemar, the son of Nero, one of the classic Flemish comics. Twice, a "Gouden Adhemar" (Golden Adhemar) was awarded on special occasions. Winners 1972: Ciso-Award for Bob De Moor 1977: Hec Leemans and Daniel Janssen for Bakelandt 1978: Kamagurka for Bert 1979: Karel Biddeloo for De Rode Ridder 1981: Jean-Pol for Kramikske 1983: Merho for Kiekeboe' 1985: Berck for Sammy and Lowietje 1987: Erika Raven for Thomas Rindt 1989: Johan De Moor for Kasper 1991: Jan Bosschaert for Sam and Omni 1993: Eric Joris for Chelsey Gouden Adhemar: Marc Sleen 1995: Dirk Stallaert for Nino and Nero 1997: Ferry for De kronieken van Panchrysia (The chronicles of Panchrysia) 1999: Erik Meynen for De jaren van Dehaene (The years of Dehaene) 2001: Marvano for The Forever War and Dallas Barr 2003: Dick Matena for De Avonden (The evenings). Matena is Dutch but lives in Belgium since the mid-1980s. 2005: William Vance for XIII and Bob Morane Gouden Adhemar: Jef Nys 2007: Kim Duchâteau also nominated: Luc Cromheecke, and Simon Spruyt and Fritz Van den Heuvel 2009: Willy Linthout for Het Jaar van de Olifant 2011: Steven Dupré for Sarah en Robin 2013: Marc Legendre for Biebel 2015: Luc Cromheecke for Plunk'' 2018: Jeroen Janssen 2020: Charel Cambré References External links Strip Turnhout Comics awards Belgian comics Belgian awards Awards established in 1977 The Adventures of Nero
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Extremaduran Coalition () is a political alliance in Extremadura, Spain. It consists of the Extremaduran Regional Convergence (CREx) and the Extremaduran Regionalist Party (PREx). The coalition was represented in the Senate of Spain between 2005 and 2008 by Lidia Redondo Lucas, who was elected as a substitute on the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party list. References External links CE website Political parties in Extremadura Regionalist parties in Spain
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Edward Fenwick Zuber (May 7, 1932 – October 30, 2018) was a Canadian artist. Early life Edward Fenwick Zuber was born on May 7, 1932 in Montreal, Quebec. He first studied art at the École des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, attended Queen's University (fine arts). He served an apprenticeship with Matthew Martirano. Military service in Korea At the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950, Zuber enlisted. He was a parachutist with the 1st Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment. He traveled with his battalion's to Korea in 1952; and he was wounded in action. and was evacuated to the Norwegian M.A.S.H. and the 25th Canadian Field Hospital. Throughout his experience on the Korean front, Zuber produced many drawings and maintained a detailed "Sketch diary". Paintings created after his return to Canada are informed by Zuber's frontline notebooks and experiences. Thirteen of these canvases are in the collections of the Canadian War Museum. During the Korean War, no official war artist was designated by Canada's military. War artist When the Gulf War began, the experience of Canadian forces during "Operation Friction" was captured by the Canadian Armed Forces Civilian Artists Program (CAFCAP). Zuber was selected from among a field of other applicants; and during his time in Qatar, he was recognized as an "official war artist." Zuber served in the Gulf War Theatre from 21 January to 3 March 1991 as Canada's Official War Artist. Death Edward Zuber died on October 30, 2018, at the age of 86. Honors Zuber is the only Canadian service man or woman to have both the Korean War medal and the Gulf War medal. November 11, 1991 — awarded the Korean Medal along with the other Canadians who served in Korea. December 17, 1991 — awarded the Kuwait and Gulf medal by Chief of the Defense Staff, General John de Chastelain. See also Canadian official war artists War artist War art Notes References Bjarnason, Dan and Lani Selick. "North Korea: The Forgotten War," CBC News (Canadian Broadcasting Company). July 18, 2003. External links Zuber Collection on Civilization.ca Ted Zuber's web site Edward Zuber on veterans.gc.ca 1932 births 2018 deaths Canadian diarists 20th-century Canadian painters Canadian male painters 21st-century Canadian painters Artists from Montreal Canadian war artists École des beaux-arts de Montréal alumni 20th-century Canadian male artists 21st-century Canadian male artists
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The following is a list of surface water sports. These are sports which are performed atop a body of water. Boat racing Motorized racing Hydroplane racing Bathtub racing Rowing Canoeing Kayaking Sculling Dragon boat racing Sailing Yacht racing Hydrofoil sailing. This recent development in the high-speed sailing arena has evolved most in the International Moth class of racing dinghy. These boats have a "T" shaped rudder and centreboard that generates sufficient lift to clear the hull from the water. When this happens wetted surface area drops radically and the boats accelerate up to 1.2 to 1.5 times the speed of the prevailing wind. These boats are very light (all up weight is less than 40 kg) and very fast, They hydrofoil in as little as of breeze ("sit on the deck breeze" for most dinghy classes). The top recorded speed is about 50 km/hour, and speeds of 40 km/hour are common in the class. All types of propulsion Dinghy racing Towed water sports Environmental impact includes noise, pollutants, shoreline degradation, and disturbance and dislocation of wildlife, and the governing body, the International Waterski & Wakeboard Federation (IWWF) has been acting to reduce this impact. The IWWF also governs the related sports of barefoot skiing, cable skiing, cable wakeboard, disabled ski, racing, show ski, water skiing, and wakesurfing. Skurfing Skurfing is a surface water sport in which the participant is towed on a surfboard, behind a boat, with a ski rope. It is not a professional sport and has no competitions; it is a freestyle sport with a highly individualistic style and form. Tubing Tubing, also known as biscuiting, is where a large circular rubber tube is towed behind a boat at fast speeds. The general aim is to hold on as long as possible without falling off due to the boat's sharp turns; more experienced biscuiters also try to jump the boat's wake and become airborne. Wake sports Wake sports are sports that involves riding a wake while being towed by a motorboat, personal watercraft, close-course cable systems, ski lifts, winches or a crane, at speeds between 10 mph (wakesurfing) to 25 mph (some professional wakeboarders). Kneeboarding Kneeboarding is an aquatic sport where the participant is towed kneeling on a buoyant, convex, and hydrodynamically shaped board at a planing speed, most often behind a motorboat. Hydrofoiling A hydrofoil is towed water ski where the participant is seated on the ski. The ski consists of a seat tower and board, as well as a foil, which rides beneath the water’s surface, with front and rear wings. The participant straps into the hydrofoil ski and secures the safety straps on the seat tower and the foot bindings. After the deep water start, the skier can ski, jump, and attempt aerial tricks launching the hydrofoil off the water and off boat wake. This aquatic sport is most often towed behind a motorboat or jet ski. Wakeboarding In wakeboarding, the participant is towed standing on a small board, riding a wake produced by the towing boat, and attempts to do tricks. Events are organized by the World Wakeboarding Association. A special wakeboard boat has a wakeboard tower, which places the pull point higher above water's surface which makes it easier to jump. Wakeboarding boats have a ballast system that pumps water into tanks to increase displacement, and enlarge the wake. Wakeskating Wakeskating is an adaptation of wakeboarding that employs a similar design of board manufactured from maple or fibreglass. Unlike wakeboarding, the rider is not bound to the board in any way, similar to the skateboard, from which the name derives. Wakesurfing Wakesurfing differs from other wake sports in that the boat does not tow a rider (continuously). The rider uses a tow rope to help them get up in the wake. After doing so, they drop the rope and then ride the wake as they would when surfing. Water skiing Water skiing is an aquatic sport and recreational activity and is popular in many countries around the world where appropriate conditions exist - an expanse of water unaffected by wave motion. Rivers, lakes, and sheltered bays are all popular for water skiing. Standard water skis were originally made of wood but now are usually constructed out of fibreglass-based composites. They are of similar length to downhill snow skis but are somewhat wider. Instead of a rigid binding, they have rubber molded binding, in which the skier's feet are placed. Skiers are pulled along by a rope with a handle fitted at one end and attached to a powerboat at the other. Boardsports Boardsports are sports that are played with some sort of board as the primary equipment. The following aquatic boardsports are those that are not towed behind a boat: Bodyboarding A bodyboard is an instrument of wave riding consisting of a small roughly rectangular piece of foam, shaped to a hydrodynamic form. The bodyboard is ridden predominantly lying down, (or 'prone'). It can also be ridden in a half-standing stance (known as 'dropknee') or can even be ridden standing up. Flowriding Flowriding, also known as flowboarding, is a late-20th century alternative boardsport incorporating elements of surfing, bodyboarding, skateboarding, skimboarding, snowboarding and wakeboarding. Flowriding takes place on an artificial wave machine, called the FlowRider or the FlowBarrel, created by Wave Loch. Kite sports Kiteboarding Kiteboarding, also known as kitesurfing, and sometimes as flysurfing, involves using a power kite to pull a small surfboard with bindings. Paddleboarding Paddleboarding is an activity in which a person paddles a long streamlined surfboard with their hands. This is done while laying or kneeling on the board. Paddleboards are raced throughout the world. Standup paddleboarding Standup paddleboarding (SUP), also known as standup paddle surfing, is a water sport born from surfing with modern roots in Hawaii. Stand up paddle boarders stand on boards that are floating on the water, and use a paddle to propel themselves through the water. Riverboarding In riverboarding, also known as hydrospeed or white-water sledging, the participant lies prone on their board with fins on their feet for propulsion and steering. Skimboarding Skimboarding is a boardsport which involves riding a skimboard either on an outgoing wave, or in shallow water, where instead of going for waves the rider may attempt to ride a rail or do "tech" tricks. Surfing Surfing is a recreational activity in which individuals paddle into a wave on a surfboard, jump to their feet, and are propelled across the water by the force of the wave. Surfing's appeal probably derives from an unusual confluence of elements: adrenaline, skill, and high paced maneuvering are set against a naturally unpredictable backdrop—an organic environment that is, by turns, graceful and serene, violent and formidable. Windsurfing Windsurfing is a sport involving travel over water on a small 2–4.7 metre board powered by wind acting on a single sail. The sail is connected to the board by a flexible joint. The sport is a hybrid between sailing and surfing. The sail board might be considered the most minimalistic version of the modern sailboat, with the major exception that steering is accomplished by the rider tilting the mast and sail or, when planing, carving the board, rather than with a rudder. Wing foiling Wing foiling or wingsurfing is a sport where an individual holds a lightweight wing on a surf board with a hydrofoil. Bodysurfing Bodysurfing is the art and sport of riding a wave without the assistance of any buoyant device such as a surfboard or bodyboard. Bodysurfers typically equip themselves only with a pair of specialized swimfins that stay on during turbulent conditions and optimize propulsion. See also Horse surfing Stone skipping List of water sports References Water sport-related lists
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The DEBtox method for the evaluation of effects of toxicants makes use of the Dynamic Energy Budget (DEB) theory to quantify the effect. See the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) report, below, for a description of the method. Toxicants, after they have been taken up by the organism and reached the target site, are assumed to affect one or more metabolic processes as specified in DEB theory. Examples of such processes are the costs for maintenance, assimilation of energy from food, costs for producing somatic tissues, costs for the production of offspring, and hazards to the developing embryo. A change in a single metabolic process has particular consequences for both growth and reproduction of the organism. Therefore, the specific pattern of growth and reproduction over time provides information about the affected process. In this way, the DEBtox method can be used to explain observed effect patterns over time, as well as the links between effects on body size and reproduction. A key concept in this method is the determination of the No Effect Concentration. The DEBtox method is able to extract this parameter efficiently from experimental data by making use of knowledge of how effects will show up in the data if they would be present. Not all details of the DEB theory are used in this method; effects on survival as specified by the hazard model hardly uses any detail of the DEB theory, for instance, but is fully consistent with how DEB theory deals with aging as a result of the effects of free radicals. References External links DEBtox information site   Toxicology tests
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"Razor" is a short story by the Russian writer Vladimir Nabokov. It was first published (as Britva) in the expatriate Russian literary magazine Rul' in 1926, but a French translation did not appear until 1991, and an English one (by Dmitri Nabokov, the writer's son) not until 1995. Plot summary Ivanov, an exiled Russian and former military officer living in Berlin, has taken up employment as a barber; an apt position, Nabokov notes, as Ivanov's sharp facial appearance had earned him the nickname "Razor" in his earlier life. On a hot day, an unnamed character dressed largely in black enters the barber's, deserted save for Ivanov, and requests a shave. Ivanov quickly realises that the customer is a fellow Russian who, the reader gathers, tortured Ivanov during Russia's period of revolutionary upheaval. With the unnamed character sitting in the chair, his face lathered with shaving cream, Ivanov reminds him of their last encounter. Ivanov then proceeds to shave him, recounting their previous meeting while also strongly hinting at the effect that one slip of the razor could have. The reader half expects Ivanov to exact his revenge. But having told his story, Ivanov relents and the terrified and clean-shaven Soviet flees from the barber's. Themes While only four pages long in the Penguin paperback edition (1997) of Nabokov's Collected Stories, the story touches upon many of the issues woven into Nabokov's longer works – the importance of an individual's freedom of action and thought, for instance, or the value of observing the life's particular details. These issues are merged and illuminated through the prism of an even more important theme for Nabokov, that of the destruction of his Russian homeland by the Soviet Revolution. Countless numbers of his output evince a livid bitterness not only towards the revolution, but the succeeding ideology of the Communist empire – its police control, its suppression of personal freedoms, its attempts to rein in individual thought. Any character who dares support or favour Communism receives short shrift in Nabokov's work, and while not being a Communist could never be enough to guarantee a character a saintly status, it will save him or her from his withering disdain. In "Razor" this contrast shapes Nabokov's entire characterisation. Ivanov, who made an "epic escape" from the revolution, is a positive figure, while the unnamed Soviet is viewed with immediate contempt. This contrast is most obviously developed in the plot itself. The one-time brutality of the Soviet is strongly suggested by his (past) actions. Ivanov, in contrast, refuses to descend to the methods of his former torturers. Having briefly raised the possibility of torture, enough to terrify the Soviet without inflicting lasting damage, Ivanov stops there. The razor does not slit open the Soviet's throbbing carotid. Cruelty does not beget further cruelty. Ivanov's melancholic realisation is that the pain of the past loss (not only the personal pain inflicted on him but the fact that "his vast, noble, splendid homeland had been ruined by some dull buffoon") will not be eradicated by revenge – Ivanov may not gain his physical retribution but he is assured of his moral superiority. Nabokov employs a number of other techniques and themes to reinforce this contrast. For example, the characters' appearances. Ivanov's face is angular, almost harsh in its perspective: "nose sharp as a draftsman's triangle; chin sturdy as an elbow". Whereas Nabokov emphasises the roundness of the Soviet: "A puffy face ... with a plump mole by the right lobe of the nose." Ivanov applies lather to "the man's cheeks, rounded chin and upper lip." His eyes are "glittering little wheels". Later the Soviet's visage descends to being described as an "eyeless, fat face". Nabokov continues to express his scorn for the Soviet, indicating how he is a figure easily manipulated by others; the inability of a character to express his free will is a considerable crime for Nabokov. So not only does the reader observe that the Soviet's every emotion at the whim of Ivanov ("when he pressed the flat surface of the razor to the man's neck, his entire body twitched") but in the final paragraph, Ivanov seems to be able to control his foe physically. Petrified by the possibility of revenge being meted out, the Soviet cannot move until Ivanov commands it of him. Having done that the Russian barber "clapped the bowler on his head, thrust the briefcase under his arm, and swivelled him toward the door." On leaving the barber's, descriptions of the Soviet further emphasise his robotic demeanour. Eyes completely shut, "he stepped like an automaton", "with the same mechanical gait" and "with an outstretched petrified hand". Each of these descriptions demonstrate the Soviet as being a non-individual, without free will, who can be manipulated and controlled by others. The political subtext of Nabokov's characterisation – communists simply follow the herd rather than think for themselves – becomes clearer. The theme of expression or rejection of individual choice Nabokov articulates in other ways. It is of course entirely deliberate that the Soviet is nameless, the name being a vital part of personal identity. Ivanov, on the other hand, has both an official name and a charismatic nickname. A more subtle but perhaps fundamental aspect to Nabokov's delineation of his characters is that while Ivanov, spiritually free, escapes the view of others, the Soviet is already trapped under the others' gaze. How their faces and appearances are revealed to others becomes a defining characteristic of their personalities. The reader is told at the very start that Razor lacks a facade, and when acquaintances tried to recall his appearance they "could only imagine him in profile". Whereas as soon as the Soviet enters the barber, "the newcomer's reflection appeared in all the mirrors at once, in profile, three-quarter-face, and shown the waxen bald spot in back". The point is more subtle but important nevertheless - the free man escapes the view of others while the man who denies that freedom is forever trapped in the gaze of other people. Use of detail and colour Detail and colour have a strong aesthetic effect in Nabokov's work, offering sharp reminders to both reader and character of the joy to be obtained from observation, however fleeting, of the world around them. Before the Soviet arrives, Ivanov observes "the glittering wheels of cars that left ribbon-like imprints on the heat-softened asphalt, resembling the ornate lacework of snakes." This and others are part of a joyous, seemingly childlike vision, in which inanimate objects are often anthropomorphised. The Soviet's reflection in the mirror showed that same "waxen bald spot ... from which the bowler hat had ascended to snag a hat hook". Once again, it is Ivanov who is rewarded with this joyous skill of observation, watching the passersby and cars, and then inside noting the "marble surfaces aglitter with green and gold scent bottles". The Soviet says and sees little in the story, another contrast that emphasises where the author's affections lie. But this is not quite aestheticism for the sake of it – they are not extraneous things but are observations that shape and determine Ivanov's world. The barber notices the glittering wheels of the cars; a few minutes later he notices the Soviet's "minuscule eyes that glittered like the tiny wheels of a watch movement". The repetition of the glittering wheels motif is not a coincidence but reflects, however lightly, Ivanov's chain of thought; just as the wheels have left their impression on the asphalt, so the Soviet snake has left his imprint on Ivanov. See also Hernando Téllez, whose work "Lather and Nothing Else" has a very similar plot to "Razor" 1926 short stories Short stories by Vladimir Nabokov Works originally published in German newspapers
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Subhash Maharia (born 29 September 1957) was a union minister of state, rural development in Government of India. He was minister from 1999 to 2004. He is a leader of Bharatiya Janta Party and was a member of 12th, 13th and 14th Lok Sabha from Sikar in Rajasthan. He joined Indian National Congress in November 2016 and left Indian National Congress in May 2023 to rejoin Bhartiya Janata Party. He was born on 29 September 1957 in village Kudan in the Lakshmangarh Sikar District, Rajasthan in the family of Brijmohan Maharia. He graduated from S.K. College in Sikar. He is an athlete and represented his state and university in many national competitions. He married Sushma Maharia on 12 December 1980. They have a son and a daughter. Join Congress The two Jat leaders, who switched to the Indian National Congress (on 1 November 2016), are former Union Minister Subhash Maharia and former MP Hari Singh. Maharia, a three-time MP and a minister in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government, is a prominent Jat leader and was once the national vice president of BJP Kisan Morcha. Positions held 1998: Elected to 12th Lok Sabha 1998 - 1999: Member, Committee on Urban and Rural Development and its Sub-Committee-II on Ministry of Rural Areas and Employment. Member, Joint Committee on the Functioning of Wakf Boards, Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Tourism 1999: Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (second term) 1999–2004: Union Minister of State, Rural Development 2004: Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (3rd term) 2010: Member B.J.P. National Executive 2011: National Vice President BJP Kisan Morcha. Others activities Patron : All India Budokan Karate Federation ; Member, B.J.P. Election Committee, Rajasthan, since 1998 ; President - District Sahakari Sangh, Sikar; Secretary, Industries Association, Rajasthan; Profession : Agriculturist, Political - Social Worker and Industrialist. He has widely visited countries like Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia as a representative of Eicher Tractors Ltd. in August 1986. He also led the Indian Delegation to ASIAN COUNTRIES SUMMIT to Cambodia, Sri Lanka, etc. during his tenure as Union minister of GOVT OF INDIA (1999–2004). Mr.Maharia also addressed United Nations General Assembly in New York, U.S.A. in October 2007 as a member of Indian delegation to United Nations. Sports and clubs Table tennis; President, Zila Olympic Sangh, Sikar; Vice-President, Rajasthan Olympic Association; represented Rajasthan in National Athletics; won, (i) Silver Medal in 800 metre race; and (ii) Gold Medal in Rural National Games; Best Athlete in school games, 1975–76; First position holder in 400 and 800 metre race in University of Rajasthan, 1977, 1978 and 1979; represented Rajasthan at Inter University-Athletic Meets, 1977, 1978 and 1979 . References External links 1957 births Rajasthani people Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Rajasthan Living people University of Rajasthan alumni India MPs 2004–2009 People from Sikar India MPs 1998–1999 India MPs 1999–2004 Lok Sabha members from Rajasthan
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George J. Viola (February 22, 1914 – February 26, 2003), better known by his racing name George Rice, was a midget race car driver from Milford, Connecticut. Personal life George fathered two daughters, Sarah and Glorianna, and a son, Edward, with his wife Bess. Racing career Rice was born George J. Viola. When he started racing, he drove sprint cars, not midgets. When he heard about midgets he wanted to try them but his sprint car club at that time don't permit drivers to compete in other series. Viola took the last name of his friend Charlie Rice to become "George Rice". When his younger brother, John, decided to race midgets also, he took the name Johnny Rice and the pair became known as the "Rice Brothers". In the 1940s in particular he was very successful. In 1947 alone he won the Midget track championship at Danbury (CT) Fair Racearena, Deer Park (NY) Speedway, and won his second consecutive title at West Haven (CT) Speedway. He was the 1947 ARDC Midget champion. In 1948 he won the Bridgeport (CT) Speedway Midget track championship. George also raced in 24 Hours of Le Mans with the Briggs Cunningham team in 1952. Awards He was named to the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame in 2009. References 1948 "Midget Auto Racing Souvenir Program" article by Nat Kleinfeld 1914 births 2003 deaths People from Milford, Connecticut Sportspeople from New Haven County, Connecticut 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers Racing drivers from Connecticut
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The following is an episode list for Still Game. The first series began on 6 September 2002 and its ninth and final series ended on 28 March 2019. In the first three series the episode titles were all Scots words that were related to the episode. This was changed to standard English titles for Series 4, so that the rest of UK audience could understand the titles. Series overview Episode list Series 1 (2002) Early series of the show featured short sound clips whenever an exterior shot of Osprey Heights (the building Jack, Victor, and Isa live in) occurred. These included Jack and Victor sighing contentedly and one of the two saying "Is that you?" with the other replying "Oh, aye, that's me." Arguably the most common featured Jack and Victor humming a song ("Hurdy gurdy gurdy, in the windae boxes"). These decreased in frequency after the first couple of series, and were discontinued altogether by the fourth series. Series 2 (2003) {| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;" |- ! style="background:#fbec5d; width:10%;"|Overall ! style="background:#fbec5d; width:10%;"|No. in series ! style="background:#fbec5d; width:40%;"|Title ! style="background:#fbec5d; width:40%;"|Writers ! style="background:#fbec5d; width:40%;"|Air date ! style="background:#fbec5d; width:40%;"| {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 7 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = Gairden | WrittenBy= Ford Kiernan and Greg Hemphill | OriginalAirDate = |Viewers=2.88 | ShortSummary = The residents of Craiglang are being terrorised by the local neds, but the pensioners have had enough and decide to make their own haven they can escape to. Meanwhile, Jack and Victor check on old Ronnie, who has been recently committed to a sanatorium after being found dancing in George Square in his underwear. Guest Starring: John Shedden, Gary Sweeney, and James Young'| LineColor = FBEC5D }} |} Series 3 (2004) Series 4 (2005) Christmas Special (2005) Series 5 (2006) Hogmanay Special (2006) Series 6 (2007) Christmas Special (2007) Hogmanay Special (2007) Live at the Hydro (2014) Children In Need Special (2014) The Story So Far (2014) Series 7 (2016) On 12 May 2016, Ford and Greg announced a new series of Still Game was in the works. Filming of the long-awaited seventh series commenced on 4 July 2016, with the series airing in late 2016 on BBC One nationwide. All of the original main cast reprised their roles. Recurring character Pete "The Jakey" McCormack, played by Jake D'Arcy, who died in May 2015, did not return; and the character's death was announced in the second episode, "The Undrinkables." Series 8 (2018) The eighth series of Still Game'' aired from 8 March to 12 April 2018, in Wales it aired on BBC Two only Series 9 (2019) The ninth series was broadcast from February to March 2019 on the new BBC Scotland channel. Ford Kiernan and Greg Hemphill stated this will be the final series. Filming on the ninth series began in August 2018. That's Plenty (2019) Notes References External links BBC-related lists Lists of British sitcom episodes Episodes
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This is a list of singles which topped the Irish Singles Chart in 1967. Prior to 1992, the Irish singles chart was compiled from trade shipments from the labels to record stores, rather than on consumer sales. Note that the chart release day changed from Monday to Saturday during March, and to Thursday in May (Note how this meant The Dubliners technically had less than one week at the top of a weekly chart). The release date moved back to Saturday in November. See also 1967 in music Irish Singles Chart List of artists who reached number one in Ireland 1967 in Irish music 1967 record charts 1967
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Driven is a motoring television programme launched by Channel 4 in 1998 as a rival to the successful and long-running BBC series Top Gear. It last aired new episodes in 2002. History The style was similar to its rival, but with additional features such as the "Driven 100", a road test of three cars in the same class, where each car would be given marks for qualities such as practicality, desirability and cost of ownership. The car with the highest total score would be the winner. The programme launched with the concept that the presenters should interact with each other rather than present items on their own, as was then the case on Top Gear. The first series also featured a "headquarters", a racing team track, set on a former USAF base (Wethersfield, Essex) at which cars were put through their paces. These concepts resurfaced in the reborn Top Gear soon after. Originally presented by Mike Brewer, James May and Jason Barlow, subsequent series also featured the rally driver Penny Mallory and the racing driver Jason Plato. During the show's run, both May and Barlow left the show to join the old format of BBC's Top Gear. Over a six-year period, Brewer was a presenter on the show. Following the creation of Fifth Gear and the revival of Top Gear, Driven was cancelled by Channel 4 in 2002. Plato went on to present Fifth Gear, May joined the newly relaunched Top Gear, Brewer presented ITV's Pulling Power and Mallory could be seen on ITV4's Used Car Roadshow. Reception The Daily Mirrors Maeve Quigley praised the series, writing, "The show is fast and furious yet manages to get its message across without appearing as laddish as its nearest BBC rival." The Liverpool Echo said, "The demise of the BBC's longrunning motor magazine Top Gear left car enthusiasts with a dearth of quality programming to satisfy their interest. But this sleek new model is being driven to succeed as more than just an adequate replacement for its vintage predecessor." See also Channel 4 programming References External links Automotive television series Channel 4 original programming Driving in the United Kingdom 1998 British television series debuts 2002 British television series endings English-language television shows
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The far-western blot, or far-western blotting, is a molecular biological method based on the technique of western blot to detect protein-protein interaction in vitro. Whereas western blot uses an antibody probe to detect a protein of interest, far-western blot uses a non-antibody probe which can bind the protein of interest. Thus, whereas western blotting is used for the detection of certain proteins, far-western blotting is employed to detect protein/protein interactions. Method In conventional western blot, gel electrophoresis is used to separate proteins from a sample; these proteins are then transferred to a membrane in a 'blotting' step. In a western blot, specific proteins are then identified using an antibody probe. Far-western blot employs non-antibody proteins to probe the protein of interest on the blot. In this way, binding partners of the probe (or the blotted) protein may be identified. The probe protein is often produced in E. coli using an expression cloning vector. The probe protein can then be visualized through the usual methods — it may be radiolabelled; it may bear a specific affinity tag like His or FLAG for which antibodies exist; or there may be a protein specific antibody (to the probe protein). Because cell extracts are usually completely denatured by boiling in detergent before gel electrophoresis, this approach is most useful for detecting interactions that do not require the native folded structure of the protein of interest. References External links Overview at piercenet.com Overview at utoronto.ca Molecular biology techniques Protein methods
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Tetracyanoethylene (TCNE) is organic compound with the formula . It is a colorless solid, although samples are often off-white. It is an important member of the cyanocarbons. Synthesis and reactions TCNE is prepared by brominating malononitrile in the presence of potassium bromide to give the KBr-complex, and dehalogenating with copper. Oxidation of TCNE with hydrogen peroxide gives the corresponding epoxide, which has unusual properties. In the presence of base, TCNE reacts with malononitrile to give salts of pentacyanopropenide: Redox chemistry TCNE is an electron acceptor. Cyano groups have low energy π* orbitals, and the presence of four such groups, with their π systems (conjugated) to the central double bond, gives rise to an electrophilic alkene. TCNE is reduced at -0.27 V vs ferrocene/ferrocenium: Because of its ability to accept an electron, TCNE has been used to prepare numerous charge-transfer salts. The central C=C distance in TCNE is 135 pm. Upon reduction, this bond elongates to 141-145 pm, depending on the counterion. Safety TCNE hydrolyzes in moist air to give hydrogen cyanide and should be handled accordingly. References Alkene derivatives Nitriles Superconductors
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Ramoche Temple (; ) is a Buddhist monastery in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region. It dates back to the seventh century and is considered to be the most important temple in the city after the Jokhang Temple. Situated in the northwestern part of the Tibetan capital, it is east of the Potala and north of the Jokhang. The site occupies an area of 4,000 square meters (almost one acre). History Ramoche is considered to be the sister temple to the Jokhang which was completed about the same time. Tradition says that it was built originally to house the much revered Jowo Rinpoche statue, carried to Lhasa via Lhagang in a wooden cart, brought to Tibet when Princess Wencheng came to Lhasa. Unlike, the Jokhang, Ramoche was originally built in Chinese style. During Mangsong Mangtsen's reign (649-676), because of a threat that the Tang Chinese might invade, Princess Wencheng is said to have had the statue of Jowo Rinpoche hidden in a secret chamber in the Jokhang. Princess Jincheng, sometime after 710 CE, had it placed in the central chapel of the Jokhang. It was replaced at Ramoche by a statue of Jowo Mikyo Dorje, a small bronze statue of the Buddha when he was eight years old, crafted by Vishvakarman, and brought to Lhasa by the Nepalese queen, Bhrikuti. It was badly damaged by the Red Guards during the Cultural Revolution. The temple was badly damaged during the Mongol invasions and there is no certainty that the statue that remained in 1959 was the original one. The original temple was destroyed by fire, and the present three-storied building was constructed in 1474. Soon after it became the Assembly Hall of the Gyuto Tratsang, or Upper Tantric College of Lhasa and was home to 500 monks. There was a close connection with Yerpa which provided summer quarters for the monks. Destruction and restoration The temple was gutted by fire and destroyed in the 1959 Lhasa uprising against Chinese occupation and the bronze statue disappeared. In 1983 the lower part of it was said to have been found in a Lhasa rubbish tip, and the upper half in Beijing. Thanks to the efforts of Ri ‘bur sprul sku, the parts were joined in the Ramoche Temple, which was partially restored in 1986, yet still showed damage in 1993. A major restoration was undertaken in 1986 and the temple now has three stories. Near the main entrance to the building are ten pillars displaying local relics and symbols such as lotus flowers, jewellery, coiling clouds and Tibetan characters. The first floor has an atrium off which opens a scripture hall and the winding corridors of a Buddha palace. The second floor is mainly residential but has a chapel with an image of Buddha as King of the Nagas, and the third floor provides sleeping quarters reserved for the use of the Dalai Lama. Footnotes References Dorje, Gyume (1999). Footprint Tibet Handbook with Bhutan. Footprint Handbooks, Bath, England. . External links Short history and some photos of Ramoche Buddhist monasteries in Lhasa Buddhist temples in Tibet Gelug monasteries and temples Chengguan District, Lhasa Major National Historical and Cultural Sites in Tibet
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Bishrampur block is one of the administrative community development block of Palamu district, Jharkhand state, India. According to census (2001), the block has 15,419 households with aggregate population of 133,862. The block has 96 villages. About Bishrampur Palamu Jharkhand Bishrampur Taluka/Block, close to Medininager Palamu, is located 42 km from Medininagar (Daltonganj). Bishrampur has a separate Vidhan Sabha constituency. Bishrampur is located in north west of daltonganj. It is well connected via NH-98. It is surrounded by mountains by every side, which make a beautiful place. It's well covered by Vodafone, Airtel, Uninor, Reliance, BSNL, Aircel, Idea, Airtel 3G, like cellular networks. See also Palamu Loksabha constituency Jharkhand Legislative Assembly Jharkhand Palamu References Blocks of Palamu district Community development blocks in Jharkhand Community development blocks in Palamu district
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The "Preußenlied" ("Song of Prussia," in German) served as the national anthem of the Kingdom of Prussia, from 1830 to 1840. Because of its opening lyrics, it has also been known as "Ich bin ein Preuße, kennt ihr meine Farben?" ("I am a Prussian, know ye my colours?"). History Bernard Thiersch (1793–1855), the director of a Dortmund gymnasium, wrote the first six verses of the song in Halberstadt to honor the birthday of King Frederick William III of Prussia in 1830. The melody was composed in 1832 by August Neithardt (1793–1861), the Royal Music Director of the 2nd Garde-Grenadier-Regiment of the Prussian Army. Dr. F. Th. Schneider added the seventh verse in 1851. (However, the sixth verse below refers to a battle at Dybbøl that took place in 1864, i.e. apparently after the song was written!) The "Preußenlied" replaced the previous anthem, , and was then succeeded by "Heil dir im Siegerkranz". Because almost all Germans east of the Oder were expelled after World War II, the "Preußenlied" is sometimes sung by refugee organizations, such as the Territorial Association of East Prussia. It almost always has nationalistic undertones. Lyrics References External links Preußenlied at Preußen-chronik.de ***link not found Preußenlied at Ingeb.org Sheet music 1830 songs Historical national anthems German anthems Culture of Prussia European anthems Songs about Germany Frederick William III of Prussia
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Chatarpur block is one of the administrative community development block of Palamu district, Jharkhand state, India. This is one of the important block/Taluka from jharkhand situated at National Highway 98 (India)(old numbering). According to census (2001), the block has 27,271 households with aggregate population of 166,843. The block has 240 villages. See also Palamu Loksabha constituency Jharkhand Legislative Assembly Jharkhand Palamu References Blocks of Palamu district Community development blocks in Jharkhand Community development blocks in Palamu district
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Chainpur block (Palamu district) is one of the administrative blocks of Palamu district, Jharkhand state, India. The block contains 35 panchayats. According to 2011 census List of panchayats Rabada Khura Kalan Karso Bondi Salatua Buribir Ornar Bansdih Baraon Narsinghpur Pathara Kosiyara Patariya Khurd Purbdiha Lokeya Taleya Babhandih Mahugawan Bandua Jhariwa Shahpur (North) Shahpur (South) Chainpur Bhargawan Neura Semara Bedama Babhandih Nawadih Ramgarh Uldanda Chorhat Kankari Basariya Kalan Chando Awsane Bansdih Khurd Huttar Schools and college Greater S.L.A. School, (residential school) Birsanagar Shahpur Rotary (Anand Shankar) Gyan Sagar Public School St. Ignatius H/S School Kundpani St.Xavir Middle School Mahuwabathan SSGPH High School Climax Public School The Success Hub, Chainpur Block Oxford public school, new township chainpur shahpur See also Palamu Loksabha constituency Jharkhand Legislative Assembly Jharkhand Palamu References Blocks of Palamu district Community development blocks in Jharkhand Community development blocks in Palamu district
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Hariharganj block is one of the administrative blocks of Palamu district, Jharkhand state, India. According to census (2001), the block has 13,579 households with aggregate population of 87,499. The block has 194 villages. Hariharganj lies on the border of the Palamu district, along the National Highway 139. The people of this region primarily speak Magadhi. Geography Hariharganj is located at . It has an average elevation of . Hariharganj is situated at the border of Bihar and Jharkhand at NH-98. Demographics Geographical Area - Total Population - 87499 Total Population (Male) - 45397 Total Population (Female)- 42102 Total Literates - 34230 Total Literate (Male) - 22859 Total Literate (Female) - 11371 Administration The panchyayats under this block include: Saraiya Salaiya Pipra Dalpatpur Babhandih Semarwar Dhakcha Arruwa Khurd Satgawa or Hariharganj west part Satgawa or Hariharganj east part Siyar Bhucka Kataiya Kharagpur Sarsot Tendua Madhubana Kulahiya Belodar Dema Infrastructure Primary Health Centres Health - Sanctioned post-25, Working-16, vacancy-9 Family Welfare - Sanctioned post-23, Working-11, vacancy-12 Malaria - Sanctioned post-5, Working-2, vacancy-3 Health Facilities The citizens of this C.D.BLOCK avail 2 Allopathy Hospital, 2 Maternity & Child Welfare Center, 2 Registered Private Medical Practitioners Drinking Water/Water Supply The main sources of water in this C.D.BLOCK are 1 tap water, 126 well water, 3 tank water, 112 handpump, 4 river, 3 canals Post and Telegraph There are 13 Post Office, 3 telephone connections Communication facilities and approach to the village This block is linked with 22 Bus services Banking facilities It has 5 Commercial Bank, 3 Co-operative Commercial Bank. There are 2 Agricultural Credit Societies, 1 Other Credit Societies. Power supply It has electricity connection and receives the power 19 for Domestic use, 8 for Agricultural use, 2 for Other purposes, 10 for all purposes. Recreational facilities It has 2 Cinema Hall/Video Halls Land use/land cover and Irrigation Out of total area 8921.8 Hc. is under forest, 661 Hc. is under Culturable waste, 1409.34 Hc. is under unculturable wasteland (Area not available for cultivation)The irrigation is done on , 336.77 Hc. with Government canal, 114.6 Hc. with Private canal, 910.91 Hc. with well (without electricity), 425.43 Well (with electricity), 96.59 Hc. with Tube-Well (without Electricity), 24 Hc. with Tube-Well (with electricity), 238.29 Hc. with Tank, 44.04 Hc. with River, 27.08 Hc. with Lake, 905.98 Hc. with Others Total Irrigated Area: 3123.69 Total Unirrigated Area: 8587.12 Education No. of schools: Primary schools - 58 Middle schools - 13 High schools - 3 Some of the notable educational institutes include: Sita+2 High School Balika Ucch Vidyalaya Moti Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya Bal Kishore Singh Maha Vidyalaya See also Palamu Loksabha constituency Jharkhand Legislative Assembly Jharkhand Palamu References Community development blocks in Jharkhand Community development blocks in Palamu district
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The House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (ETHI) () is a standing committee of the House of Commons of Canada. The committee was conceived during the first session of the 38th Parliament and held its first meeting in October 2004. Mandate Reporting to the Parliament of Canada on issues related to ethics and privacy Reviewing amendments to the Lobbying Act, the Conflict of Interest Act and the Access to Information Act studying the reports of the Information Commissioner of Canada, the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, and the Commissioner of Lobbying Canada. Work The committee has undertaken numerous studies over the years on topics related to information sharing, national security and privacy such as Information Sharing with the United States and Privacy in Canadian Airports. The committee has also reviewed various pieces of legislation such as the Privacy Act and created corresponding reports with recommendations and amendments. For example, the committee's 2016 Protecting the Privacy of Canadians: Review of the Privacy Act report included twenty eight recommendations to facilitate modernization of the act to account for legislative and technological changes that have occurred since the original Privacy Act was enacted. Membership as of February 13, 2022 Subcommittees Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure (SETH) References Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (ETHI) Ethics organizations Access
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Siw Gunnel Margareta Malmkvist (born 31 December 1936) is a Swedish schlager singer and actress popular in Scandinavia and West Germany. She had a number one hit in West Germany in 1964 with "Liebeskummer lohnt sich nicht" ("Lovesickness Is Not Worthwhile"), and on 18 July 1964 she became the first Swede to have a hit on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, when "Sole Sole Sole", a duet with Italian singer Umberto Marcato, entered the chart, peaking at No. 58. Early life Malmkvist was born in Landskrona, Skåne County, the youngest child of Sigrid and Albert Malmkvist. She had eight siblings, and her early childhood was marked by World War II; although Sweden was a neutral country, the risk of invasion was felt acutely in Landskrona, located only 22 km from the Danish capital on the other side of Öresund. Albert Malmkvist was called up as a soldier. Career In 1955, the 18-year-old Malmkvist won a talent show, which resulted in her being hired as a singer by Arne Domnérus. Her first recording, Tweedle Dee, was released in the same year. She was signed by the record company Metronome in 1958, being touted as the new Alice Babs, and in 1959 she became a TV host, in the entertainment Stora Famnen created by Lennart Hyland. Having had some 40 hits on Swedish radio chart Svensktoppen and 20 on the German singles chart, she has altogether recorded about 600 songs (and has made recordings in ten different languages: Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Dutch, German, English, French, Italian and Spanish) throughout the past five decades, which makes her one of the most productive and successful Swedish female singers. Her biggest success in Sweden is "Tunna Skivor", the Swedish version of Connie Francis' "Everybody's Somebody's Fool". It was #1 for two months (15/8-15/10) according to the Swedish music paper Show Business "Best selling records chart". As an actor, Malmkvist has performed in stage plays, musicals and in films. She played Pippi Longstocking in the popular children musical production of Astrid Lindgren's Pippi Longstocking in 1980, appeared in the musical version of Some Like It Hot (see Sugar) and she played the part of Luisa in the original Swedish – and European – production of Maury Yeston's musical Nine in 1983. In 2002, she appeared as the Mother in Hasse Alfredson's stage play Lille Ronny at Maximteatern. Together with actor Thorsten Flinck, she recorded a popular Swedish cover of Nick Cave/Kylie Minogue's 1995 hit "Where the Wild Roses Grow". In 2008 and 2009, she played the part of Fräulein Schneider in the musical Cabaret at Stockholms Stadsteater, directed by Colin Nutley. Malmkvist has been a contestant in the Swedish Melodifestivalen, which is the qualifying contest for the Eurovision Song Contest, as well as at the European event, several times. She represented Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 1960 in London with "Alla andra får varann". In the following year Malmkvist sang "April, april" together with Gunnar Wiklund at that year's Melodifestivalen; the song won, and was performed by Barbro "Lill-Babs" Svensson as the Swedish representative at the international Contest, held in Cannes. At the Eurovision Song Contest 1969 in Madrid, Malmkvist sang the West German entry "Primaballerina", which finished in the 9th place. She performed the song "C'est la vie" together with Towa Carson and Ann-Louise Hanson, at Melodifestivalen 2004. She was married to Lasse Mårtenson who represented Finland at the Eurovision Song Contest 1964. Malmkvist was supposed to be a celebrity dancer in Let's Dance 2020 on TV4, but because of the coronavirus restrictions she could not participate. In 2023, Malmkvist was a guest celebrity judge in the episode MARATHON Talent Hunt of the Swedish language reality television series Drag Race Sverige broadcast on SVT1 and SVT Play. References External links 1936 births Living people People from Landskrona Municipality Swedish women singers Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Sweden Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Germany Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1960 Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1969 Melodifestivalen winners Swedish musical theatre actresses Schlager musicians Melodifestivalen contestants of 1959 Melodifestivalen contestants of 2004 Melodifestivalen contestants of 1988
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Ovulation induction is the stimulation of ovulation by medication. It is usually used in the sense of stimulation of the development of ovarian follicles to reverse anovulation or oligoovulation. Scope The term ovulation induction can potentially also be used for: Final maturation induction, in the sense of triggering oocyte release from relatively mature ovarian follicles during late follicular phase. In any case, ovarian stimulation (in the sense of stimulating the development of oocytes) is often used in conjunction with triggering oocyte release, such as for proper timing of artificial insemination. Controlled ovarian hyperstimulation (stimulating the development of multiple follicles of the ovaries in one single cycle), has also appeared in the scope of ovulation induction. Controlled ovarian hyperstimulation is generally part of in vitro fertilization, and the aim is generally to develop multiple follicles (optimally between 11 and 14 antral follicles measuring 2–8 mm in diameter), followed by transvaginal oocyte retrieval, co-incubation, followed by embryo transfer of a maximum of two embryos at a time. The treatment for an underlying disease in cases where anovulation or oligovulation is secondary that disease (such as endocrine disease). However, this article focuses on medical ovarian stimulation, during early to mid-follicular phase, without subsequent in vitro fertilization, with the aim of developing one or two ovulatory follicles (the maximum number before recommending sexual abstinence). Indications Ovulation induction helps reversing anovulation or oligoovulation, that is, helping women who do not ovulate on their own regularly, such as those with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). Regimen alternatives The main alternatives for ovulation induction medications are: Antiestrogen, causing an inhibition of the negative feedback of estrogen on the pituitary gland, resulting in an increase in secretion of follicle-stimulating hormone. Medications in use for this effect are mainly clomifene citrate and tamoxifen (both being selective estrogen-receptor modulators), as well as letrozole (an aromatase inhibitor. Follicle-stimulating hormone, directly stimulating the ovaries. In women with anovulation, it may be an alternative after 7 to 12 attempted cycles of antiestrogens (as evidenced by clomifene citrate), since the latter ones are less expensive and more easy to control. Antiestrogens Clomifene citrate Clomifene citrate (or clomid) is the medication which is most commonly used to treat anovulation. It is a selective estrogen-receptor modulator, affecting the hypothalamic–pituitary–gonadal axis to respond as if there was an estrogen deficit in the body, in effect increasing the production of follicle-stimulating hormone. It is relatively easy and convenient to use. Clomifene appears to inhibit estrogen receptors in hypothalamus, thereby inhibiting negative feedback of estrogen on production of follicle-stimulating hormone. It may also result in direct stimulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary axis. It also has an effect on cervical mucus quality and uterine mucosa, which might affect sperm penetration and survival, hence its early administration during the menstrual cycle. Clomifene citrate is a very efficient ovulation inductor, and has a success rate of 67%. Nevertheless, it only has a 37% success rate in inducing pregnancy. This difference may be due to the anti-estrogenic effect which clomifene citrate has on the endometrium, cervical mucus, uterine blood flow, as well as the resulting decrease in the motility of the fallopian tubes and the maturation of the oocytes. Letrozole Letrozole has been used for ovarian stimulation by fertility doctors since 2001 because it has fewer side-effects than clomiphene and less chance of multiple gestation. A study of 150 babies following treatment with letrozole or letrozole and follicle-stimulating hormone presented at the American Society of Reproductive Medicine 2005 Conference found no difference in overall abnormalities but did find a significantly higher rate of locomotor and cardiac abnormalities among the group having taken letrozole compared to natural conception. A larger, follow-up study with 911 babies compared those born following treatment with letrozole to those born following treatment with clomiphene. That study also found no significant difference in the rate of overall abnormalities, but found that congenital cardiac anomalies was significantly higher in the clomiphene group compared to the letrozole group. Dosage is generally 2.5 to 7.5 mg daily over 5 days. A higher dose of up to 12.5 mg per day results in increased follicular growth and a higher number of predicted ovulations, without a detrimental effect on endometrial thickness, and is considered in those who do not respond adequately to a lower dose. Tamoxifen Tamoxifen affects estrogen receptors in a similar fashion as clomifene citrate. It is often used in the prevention and treatment of breast cancer. It can therefore also be used to treat patients that have a reaction to clomifene citrate. Follicle-stimulating hormone Preparations of follicle-stimulating hormone mainly include those derived from the urine of menopausal women, as well as recombinant preparations. The recombinant preparations are more pure and more easily administered, but they are more expensive. The urinary preparations are equally effective and less expensive, but are not as convenient to administer as they are available in vials versus injection pens. Gonadotropin-releasing hormone pump The gonadotropin-releasing hormone pump is used to release doses in a pulsatile fashion. This hormone is synthesised by the hypothalamus and induces the secretion of follicle-stimulating hormone by the pituitary gland. Gonadotropin-releasing hormone must be delivered in a pulsatile fashion to imitate the random secretion of the hypothalamus in order to stimulate the pituitary into secreting luteinizing hormone and follicle-stimulating hormone. The gonadotropin-releasing hormone pump is the size of a cigarette box and has a small catheter. Unlike other treatments, using the gonadotropin-releasing hormone pump usually does not result in multiple pregnancies. Filicori from the University of Bologna suggests that this might be because gonadotrophins are absent when the treatment is initiated, and therefore the hormones released by the pituitary (luteinizing hormone and follicle-stimulating hormone) can still take part in the retro-control of gonadotrophin secretion, mimicking the natural cycle. This treatment can also be used for underweight and/or anorexic patients; it has also been used in certain cases of hyperprolactimenia. National and regional usage In the Nordic countries, letrozole is practically the standard initial regimen used for ovulation induction, since no formulation of clomifene is registered for use there. India banned the usage of letrozole in 2011, citing potential risks to infants. In 2012, an Indian parliamentary committee said that the drug controller office colluded with letrozole's makers to approve the drug for infertility in India. Technique Although there are many possible additional diagnostic and interventional techniques, protocols for ovulation induction generally consist of: Determining the first day of the last menstruation, which is termed day 1. In case of amenorrhea, a period can be induced by intake of an oral progestin for 10 days. Daily administration of the ovulation induction regimen, starting on day 3, 4, or 5, and it is usually taken for 5 days. Sexual intercourse or artificial insemination by the time of ovulation. Ultrasonography During ovulation induction, it is recommended to start at a low dose and monitor the ovarian response with transvaginal ultrasound, including discernment of the number of developing follicles. Initial exam is most commonly started 4–6 days after last pill. Serial transvaginal ultrasound can reveal the size and number of developing follicles. It can also provide presumptive evidence of ovulation such as sudden collapse of the preovulatory follicle, and an increase in fluid volume in the rectouterine pouch. After ovulation, it may reveal signs of luteinization such as loss of clearly defined follicular margins and appearance of internal echoes. Supernumerary follicles A cycle with supernumerary follicles is usually defined as one where there are more than two follicles >16 mm in diameter. It is generally recommended to have such cycles cancelled because of the risk of multiple pregnancy (see also the "Risks and side effects" section below). In cancelled cycles, the woman or couple should be warned of the risks in case of supernumerary follicles, and should avoid sexual intercourse or use contraception until the next menstruation. Induction of final maturation (such as done with hCG) may need to be withheld because of increased risk of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome. The starting dose of the inducing drug should be reduced in the next cycle. Alternatives to cancelling a cycle are mainly: Aspiration of supernumerary follicles until one or two remain. Converting the protocol to IVF treatment with embryo transfer of up to two embryos only. Selective fetal reduction. This alternative confers a high risk of complications. Proceeding with any multiple pregnancy without fetal reduction, with the ensuing risk of complications. This alternative is not recommended. Lab tests The following laboratory tests may be used to monitor induced cycles: Serum estradiol levels, starting 4–6 days after last pill Adequacy of luteinizing hormone surge LH surge by urine tests 3 to 4 days after last clomifene pill Post-coital test 1–3 days before ovulation to check whether there are at least 5 progressive sperm per HPF Mid-luteal progesterone, with at least 10 ng/ml 7–9 days after ovulation being regarded as adequate. Final maturation induction Final maturation induction and release, such as by human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG or hCG) or recombinant luteinizing hormone, results in a predictable time of ovulation, with the interval from drug administration to ovulation depending on the type of drug. This avails for sexual intercourse or intrauterine insemination to conveniently be scheduled at ovulation, the most likely time to achieve pregnancy. As evidenced by clomifene-induced cycles, however, triggering oocyte release has been shown to decrease pregnancy chances compared to frequent monitoring with LH surge tests. Therefore, in such cases, triggering oocyte release is best reserved for women who require intrauterine insemination and in whom luteinizing hormone monitoring proves difficult or unreliable. It may also be used when luteinizing hormone monitoring has no shown an luteinizing hormone surge by cycle day 18 (where cycle day 1 is the first day of the preceding menstruation) and there is an ovarian follicle of over 20 mm in size. Repeat cycles Ovulation induction can be repeated every menstrual cycle. For clomifene, the dosage may be increased by 50-mg increments in subsequent cycles until ovulation is achieved. However, at a dosage of 200 mg, further increments are unlikely to increase pregnancy chances. It is not recommended by the manufacturer of clomifene to use it for more than 6 consecutive cycles. In women with anovulation, 7 - 12 attempted cycles of pituitary feedback regimens (as evidenced by clomifene citrate) are recommended before switching to gonadotrophins, since the latter ones are more expensive and less easy to control. It is no longer recommended to perform an ultrasound examination to exclude any significant residual ovarian enlargement before each new treatment cycle. Risks and side effects Ultrasound and regular hormone checks mitigate risks throughout the process. However, there are still some risks with the procedure. Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome occurs in 5-10% of cases. Symptoms depend on whether the case is mild, moderate, or severe, and can range from bloating and nausea, through to shortness of breathe, pleural effusion, and excessive weight gain (more than 2 pounds per day). Multiple pregnancy There is also the risk that more than one egg is produced, leading to twins or triplets. Women with polycystic ovary syndrome may be particularly at risk. Multiple pregnancy occurs in approximately 15-20% of cases following cycles induced with gonadotrophins such as human menopausal gonadotropin and follicle-stimulating hormone. The risks associated with multiple pregnancy are much higher than singleton pregnancy; incidence of perinatal death is seven times higher in triplet births and five times higher in twin births than the risks associated with a singleton pregnancy. It is therefore important to adapt the treatment to each individual patient. If more than one or two ovulatory follicles are detected on ultrasonography, sexual abstinence is recommended. Lifestyle and/or surgical measures Lifestyle and/or surgical measures to achieve ovulation induction mainly include: Alternatives Other treatments for anovulation are mainly: Weight loss: Obese women are less fertile in both natural and ovulation induction cycles and have higher rates of miscarriage than their counterparts of normal weight; they also require higher doses of ovulation-inducing agents. In vitro fertilization, including controlled ovarian hyperstimulation. In vitro maturation is letting ovarian follicles mature in vitro, and this technique can potentially be an alternative both to anovulation reversal and oocyte release triggering. Rather, oocytes can mature outside the body, such as prior to IVF. Hence, no (or at least a lower dose of) gonadotropins have to be injected in the body. However, there still isn't enough evidence to prove the effectiveness and security of the technique. Laparoscopic ovarian drilling: This `update' of ovarian wedge resection employs a unipolar coagulating current or puncture of the ovarian surface with a laser in four to ten places to a depth of 4±10 mm on each ovary. An analysis was conducted of the first 35 reports, mostly uncontrolled series, in which 82% of 947 patients ovulated following the operation and 63% conceived either spontaneously or after treatment with medications to which they had previously been resistant. References Fertility medicine Assisted reproductive technology
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The Nigerian Mobile Police (MOPOL) force is the paramilitary arm of the Nigeria Police Force and operate under orders from the Nigerian federal government. Organization The Police Mobile Force was established as a strike or Anti-riot unit under the control of the Inspector-General of Police to counter incidents of civil disturbance. It is designated to take over operations of major crisis where conventional police units cannot cope. The 40,000 strong PMF is deployed in 52 Police Mobile Squadrons, each of approximately 700 men, spread amongst the 36 State Commands and Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Mission The Mobile Police have developed into a full-fledged security and anti-crime force to combat armed banditry, violent militant groups, religious insurrection, and many others. The police mobile force also provides guards at the residences of senior Police officers, both serving and retired, the Diplomatic community, their offices and senior Government officials. The PMF has also been charged with the protection of strategic economic sites such as oil installations, on and off shore flow station, Pipeline protection, and other oil related servicing companies. The Police Mobile Force conducts nationwide anti-crime patrols to combat organized crime. They have equally been involved in patrolling and maintenance of law and order operations in volatile states of the country such as Lagos, Rivers, Bayelsa, Delta, Kano, and Bauchi. Mopol have been in UN, ECOWAS, AU and Others peacekeeping operations. Uniforms and equipment The typical attire of the MOPOL consists of a black shirt/vest with olive drab or khaki trousers, also khaki green shirt, Military camouflage and canvas boots, accompanied by a black cap or beret (black/green/blue as well as an automatic rifle. As guardians of oil operations, MOPOL may carry the designation of the company name on their equipment. Criticisms The constraints besetting the Mobile Police are enormous and varied. These range from lack of adequate office and barracks accommodation to a shortage of arms and ammunition, operational vehicles, communication equipment and non payment of allowances to personnel on emergency duties as at when due. The Mobile Police have been widely reported as brutal violators of human rights, particularly during the 1990s, which has earned them the nickname "Kill-and-Go" amongst the Nigerian population (this is because they are known to gun down innocent civilians and simply walk away with impunity). The MOPOL constitute one of the primary means of political repression employed by the Nigerian state for maintaining control over the population; they were involved in such cases as the oppression and occupation of Ogoniland and MOSOP in the mid-1990s, as well as the Ijaw and Itsekiri conflicts in the latter portion of the decade. Individual human rights abuses are too widespread for reportage, however, reports by the BBC include instances of "killing of a soccer fan over his T-shirt, the killing of five traders who were robbed and the shooting of a popular local musician after a musical performance over money". As part of the Internal Security Task Force deployed in Ogoniland, police funded by Shell opened fire on unarmed protesters, "killing one person and wounding several others". The Mobile Police are also intimately connected to the security apparatus of the oil corporations operating in Nigeria, particularly the Niger Delta, as the companies are required to pay the requisite salaries and expenses of Mobile Police forces engaged in the protection of oil operations. Mobile Police are designated to the protection of company assets and, although the MOPOL are under state control, companies such as Shell have admitted to supplying arms and munitions to their MOPOL conditions. This has earned the MOPOL forces charged with guarding oil facilities titles of "Shell Police", "Mobil Police", and others. See also Police Field Force Petroleum in Nigeria Conflict in the Niger Delta MOSOP Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People Nigerian Security Organization (NSO) State Security Service (Nigeria) (SSS) Nigerian Intelligence Agency (NIA) References Sources World Police Encyclopedia, ed. by Dilip K. Das & Michael Palmiotto published by Taylor & Francis. 2004, World Encyclopedia of Police Forces and Correctional Systems,second edition, Gale., 2006 Sullivan, Larry E. Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications, 2005. External links Mobile Police Force official site BBC Report: Nigeria's trigger happy police Military of Nigeria Federal law enforcement agencies of Nigeria
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Colin D'Cunha was Ontario Chief Medical Officer of Health during the SARS crisis. He was succeeded by Karim Kurji. Dr. D'Cunha worked locally, provincially and at the national level in various capacities- Manitoba Chief Occupational Medical Officer, Medical Officer of Health for Scarborough and as a member of Federal Provincial Committees including the Advisory Committee on Occupational and Environmental Health, the Advisory Committee on Population Health, the Council of Chief Medical Officers of Health etc. He has presented on numerous occasions to the Parliament of Canada on a variety of subjects related to Health. As Ontario Chief Medical Officer of Health, his annual reports covered a vast array of factors influencing public health- Antibiotic Resistance, Diabetes, Asthma, Blood Borne Infections, Injury Prevention etc. He developed Public Health system capacity and successfully saw the growth of the public health system by over 100%. The Ontario Universal Influenza Immunization Program was conceived, developed and delivered. This program was recognized globally as the first universal free flu shot program globally and earned him the nickname" Dr. Free Flu Shot". Dr. D'Cunha is very active in Canadian medicine-Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada-past member of the Specialty Committee of Community Medicine, past chair for 6 years of the Specialty Committee, past member of the Regional Advisory Committee, past member of the Fellowship Affairs Committee and the Nominating Committee; past Chief Examiner and Deputy Registrar of the Medical Council of Canada. D'Cunha is currently an adjunct professor at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, and is Director Global Medical Affairs at Apotex Inc.. References Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Canadian public health doctors Physicians from Toronto
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Pennsyltucky is a slang portmanteau of the names of the U.S. states of Pennsylvania and Kentucky. It is used to characterize—usually humorously, but sometimes deprecatingly—the rural part of Pennsylvania outside the Pittsburgh and Philadelphia metropolitan areas, more specifically applied to the local people and culture of its mountainous central Appalachian region. The term is used more generally to refer to the Appalachian region, particularly its central core, which runs from Pennsylvania to Kentucky, and its people. Explanation The word implies a similarity between the two states' mostly rural sections, a connection that exists in fact after numbers of Western Pennsylvanians left the state for Kentucky after the Whiskey Rebellion. It can be used in either a pejorative or an affectionate sense. The "T" Pennsyltucky is interchangeable with the slang term The "T", because of the shape of Pennsylvania when excluding the Philadelphia and Pittsburgh Metro areas. "The T" is used primarily in a political context (e.g., "Winning the T"), and is considered a more politically correct term than "Pennsyltucky" when referring to potential voters without so openly insulting them. The regions of Philadelphia in the southeast corner, Pittsburgh in the southwest area are urban manufacturing centers, with the "T-shaped" remainder of the state being much more rural; this dichotomy affects state politics and culture as well as the state economy. Western Pennsylvania Much of the term's history evolved from the Appalachian area of Pennsylvania, which includes most of the T and most of the Pittsburgh area. Since the early 1800s, Pittsburgh has been one of America's major cities with a distinct association unto itself, separate from the Midwest and the East coast. Its geographic proximity to Ohio and West Virginia creates an Ohio River Valley feel in contrast to the near coastal metropolis of Philadelphia surrounded by Delaware and New Jersey as well as DC (which is geographically closer than Philadelphia). Pittsburgh did not grow radially as most other major American cities but resembled a miles long "spider" of urbanity down river valleys such as the Monongahela, Allegheny, Chartiers and Beaver among others. For much of the 20th century the result was a major sprawling metropolis that just a mile on either side of the valley was as wild and natural as the most remote parts of the state. Even with today's suburban sprawl, very wild bluffs and hollows remain as a web of "green belts" throughout the Pittsburgh metro area. For these reasons notable people familiar with Western Pennsylvania also include Pittsburgh and its immediate area in the "Pennsyltucky" definition. History The term Pennsyltucky can be traced back over a century. Many of the earlier uses appear to be humorous references to a fictitious state. For example, Pennsyltucky is the name of the ship in the 1942 Popeye cartoon "Baby Wants a Bottleship". By the 1970s, the term clearly referred to rural Pennsylvania, as evidenced by country music star Jeannie Seely's 1972 single "A Farm in Pennsyltucky" about her childhood home in northwestern Pennsylvania. Also in 1972, Richard Elman writes in his semi-autobiographical Fredi & Shirl & The Kids that the character Fredi refers to all of Appalachia as Pennsyltucky. The modern popularization of the term is commonly associated with Democratic political consultant James Carville, who worked on President Bill Clinton's first presidential campaign. Carville's original statement did not speak of "Pennsyltucky," instead comparing it to another rural Southern state, Alabama. In 1986, while working on Robert Casey, Sr.'s successful gubernatorial campaign, he said: Between Paoli and Penn Hills, Pennsylvania is Alabama without the blacks. They didn't film The Deer Hunter there for nothing – the state has the second-highest concentration of NRA members, behind Texas. This quote is often paraphrased as "Philadelphia in the east, Pittsburgh in the west, and Alabama in the middle", or alternatively, "Pennsylvania is Philadelphia and Pittsburgh separated by Alabama". See also Tiffany "Pennsatucky" Doggett, a fictional character in the TV series Orange Is the New Black The Gals in Pennsyltucky by Walt Groller References Pennsylvania culture Regions of Pennsylvania American slang Society of Appalachia Electoral geography of the United States
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; ) is a class of frozen desserts similar to ice cream. The main ingredients are egg yolks, sugar, and cream. It has the texture of frozen mousse or cake. The dessert's Spanish counterpart is called semifrío. It was created during the 19th century, but did not gain popularity until the early 20th century. The parfait differs in that the Italian meringue is missing, which is replaced with pâte à bombe. The biscotto ghiacciato instead contains Italian meringue, semi-whipped cream and fruit puree. See also Frozen custard List of custard desserts List of Italian desserts References Frozen desserts Italian desserts Custard desserts
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The Atlanta Southern Confederacy was a strongly Democratic Southern newspaper during the American Civil War. The first issue was February 15, 1859, by Dr. James P. Hambleton. Historian Franklin Garrett explains its quick impact in that Hambleton was a "Fire-eater and his editorials were highly intemperate in tone." But he joined the Confederate Army in May 1861 and sold the paper to C.R. Hanleiter and George W. Adair, who merged it with their Gate City Guardian, keeping the new name. By the time the paper stopped publication in 1865, Hanleiter had been replaced by J. Henley Smith. References Large archive of articles Archive of articles and advertisements External links Atlanta Historic Newspapers Archive Digital Library of Georgia Defunct newspapers published in Georgia (U.S. state) Democratic newspapers (United States) Georgia (U.S. state) in the American Civil War History of Atlanta 1859 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state) Newspapers established in 1859 Publications disestablished in 1864
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One-compartment kinetics for a chemical compound specifies that the uptake in the compartment is proportional to the concentration outside the compartment, and the elimination is proportional to the concentration inside the compartment. Both the compartment and the environment outside the compartment are considered to be homogeneous (well mixed).The compartment typically represents some organism (e.g. a fish or a daphnid). This model is used in the simplest versions of the DEBtox method for the quantification of effects of toxicants. References "One-compartment kinetics." British Journal of Anaesthetics. 1992 Oct;69(4):387-96. Biochemistry
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The SAE steel grades system is a standard alloy numbering system (SAE J1086 - Numbering Metals and Alloys) for steel grades maintained by SAE International. In the 1930s and 1940s, the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) and SAE were both involved in efforts to standardize such a numbering system for steels. These efforts were similar and overlapped significantly. For several decades the systems were united into a joint system designated the AISI/SAE steel grades. In 1995 the AISI turned over future maintenance of the system to SAE because the AISI never wrote any of the specifications. Today steel quotes and certifications commonly make reference to both SAE and AISI, not always with precise differentiation. For example, in the alloy/grade field, a certificate might refer to "4140", "AISI 4140", or "SAE 4140", and in most light-industrial applications any of the above is accepted as adequate, and considered equivalent, for the job at hand, as long as the specific specification called out by the designer (for example, "4140 bar per ASTM-A108" or "4140 bar per AMS 6349") is certified to on the certificate. The alloy number is simply a general classifier, whereas it is the specification itself that narrows down the steel to a very specific standard. The SAE steel grade system's correspondence to other alloy numbering systems, such as the ASTM-SAE unified numbering system (UNS), can be seen in cross-referencing tables (including the ones given below). The AISI system uses a letter prefix to denote the steelmaking process. The prefix "C" denotes open-hearth furnace, electric arc furnace or basic oxygen furnace steels, while "E" specifies only electric arc furnace steel. A letter "L" within the grade name indicates lead as an added ingredient; for example, 12L14 is a common grade that is 1214 with lead added for machinability. Suffixes may be added to the steel grade which specify the forming process used to create a part. These may include cold working (CDS), hot working (HR), quenching and tempering (Q&T), and other methods. Carbon steel Carbon steels and alloy steels are designated a four digit number, whereby the first digit indicates the main alloying element(s), the second digit indicates tg (top grade) element(s), and the last two digits indicate the amount of carbon, in hundredths of a percent (basis points) by weight. For example, a 1060 steel is a plain-carbon steel containing 0.60 wt% C. An "H" suffix can be added to any designation to denote hardenability is a major requirement. The chemical requirements are loosened but hardness values defined for various distances on a Jominy test. Stainless steel 100 Series Type 102—austenitic general purpose stainless steel 200 Series—austenitic chromium-nickel-manganese alloys Type 201—austenitic that is hardenable 300 Series—austenitic chromium-nickel alloys Type 301—highly ductile, for formed products. Also hardens rapidly during mechanical working. Good weldability. Better wear resistance and fatigue strength than 304. Type 302—same corrosion resistance as 304, with slightly higher strength due to additional carbon. Type 303—free machining version of 304 via addition of sulfur and phosphorus. Also referred to as "A1" in accordance with ISO 3506. Type 304—the most common grade; the classic 18/8 (18% chromium, 8% nickel) stainless steel. Outside of the US it is commonly known as "A2 stainless steel", in accordance with ISO 3506 (not to be confused with A2 tool steel). The Japanese equivalent grade of this material is SUS304. Type 304L—same as the 304 grade but lower carbon content to increase weldability. Is slightly weaker than 304. Type 304LN—same as 304L, but also nitrogen is added to obtain a much higher yield and tensile strength than 304L. Type 305—same as 304, but with more nickel to decrease work hardening. Type 308—used as the filler metal when welding 304. Type 309—better temperature resistance than 304, also sometimes used as filler metal when welding dissimilar steels, along with inconel. Type 310 310S— is a highly alloyed austenitic stainless steel used for high temperature application. The high chromium and nickel content give the steel excellent oxidation resistance as well as high strength at high temperature. This grade is also very ductile, and has good weldability enabling its widespread usage in many applications. Type 316—the second most common grade (after 304); for food and surgical stainless steel uses; alloy addition of molybdenum prevents specific forms of corrosion. It is also known as marine grade stainless steel due to its increased resistance to chloride corrosion compared to type 304. 316 is often used for building nuclear reprocessing plants. Type 316L—is an extra low carbon grade of 316, generally used in stainless steel watches and marine applications, as well exclusively in the fabrication of reactor pressure vessels for boiling water reactors, due to its high resistance to corrosion. Also referred to as "A4" in accordance with ISO 3506. Type 316Ti—variant of type 316 that includes titanium for heat resistance. It is used in flexible chimney liners. Type 321—similar to 304 but lower risk of weld decay due to addition of titanium. See also 347 with addition of niobium for desensitization during welding. 400 Series—ferritic and martensitic chromium alloys Type 405—ferritic for welding applications Type 408—heat-resistant; poor corrosion resistance; 11% chromium, 8% nickel. Type 409—cheapest type; used for automobile exhausts; ferritic (iron/chromium only). Type 410—martensitic (high-strength iron/chromium). Wear-resistant, but less corrosion-resistant. Type 416—easy to machine due to additional sulfur Type 420—Cutlery Grade martensitic; similar to the Brearley's original rustless steel. Excellent polishability. Type 430—decorative, e.g., for automotive trim; ferritic. Good formability, but with reduced temperature and corrosion resistance. Type 439—ferritic grade, a higher grade version of 409 used for catalytic converter exhaust sections. Increased chromium for improved high temperature corrosion/oxidation resistance. Type 440—a higher grade of cutlery steel, with more carbon, allowing for much better edge retention when properly heat-treated. It can be hardened to approximately Rockwell 58 hardness, making it one of the hardest stainless steels. Due to its toughness and relatively low cost, most display-only and replica swords or knives are made of 440 stainless. Available in four grades: Type 440A—has the least amount of carbon making this the most stain-resistant. Type 440B—slightly more carbon than 440A. Type 440C—has the greatest amount of carbon of the type 440 variants. Strongest and considered more desirable in knifemaking than the Type 440A variant, except for diving or other salt-water applications. This variant is also more readily available than other variants of type 440. Type 440F—a free-machining variant. Contains the same high carbon content as type 440C. Type 446—ferritic designed for elevated temperature service and is capable of tolerating molten copper and brass. 500 Series—heat-resisting chromium alloys 600 Series—originally created for proprietary alloys (which are no longer given SAE grade numbers) 601 through 604: Martensitic low-alloy steels. 610 through 613: Martensitic secondary hardening steels. 614 through 619: Martensitic chromium steels. 630 through 635: Semiaustenitic and martensitic precipitation hardening stainless steels. Type 630 is most common PH stainless, better known as 17-4; 17% chromium, 4% nickel. 650 through 653: Austenitic steels strengthened by hot/cold work. 660 through 665: Austenitic superalloys; all grades except alloy 661 are strengthened by second-phase precipitation. 900 series—austenitic chromium-molybdenum alloys Type 904—similar to 316 but with higher chromium and molybdenum content for more corrosion resistance Stainless steel designations table High-strength low-alloy steel See also ASTM International Steel grades Unified numbering system References Bibliography
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The Luigi G. Napolitano Award is presented every year at the International Astronautical Congress. Luigi Gerardo Napolitano was an engineer, scientist and professor. The award has been presented annually since 1993, to a young scientist, below 30 years of age, who has contributed significantly to the advancement of the aerospace science and has given a paper at the International Astronautical Congress on the contribution. The Luigi G. Napolitano Award is donated by the Napolitano family and it consists of the Napolitano commemorative medal and a certificate of citation, and is presented by the Education Committee of the IAF. The International Academy of Astronautics awards the Luigi Napolitano Book Award annually. Winners 1993 Shin-ichi Nishizawa 1994 Ralph D. Lorenz 1995 O.G.Liepack 1996 W. Tang 1997 G.W.R. Frenken 1998 Michael Donald Ingham 1999 Chris Blanksby 2000 Frederic Monnaie 2001 Noboru Takeichi 2002 Stefano Ferreti 2003 Veronica de Micco 2004 Julie Bellerose 2005 Nicola Baggio 2006 Carlo Menon 2007 Paul Williams 2008 Giuseppe Del Gaudio 2009 Daniel Kwom 2010 Andrew Flasch 2011 Nishchay Mhatre 2012 Valerio Carandente 2013 Sreeja Nag 2014 Alessandro Golkar 2015 Koki Ho 2016 Melissa Mirino 2017 Akshata Krishnamurthy 2018 Peter Z. Schulte 2019 Hao Chen See also List of engineering awards List of physics awards List of space technology awards External links International Astronautical Federation Award winners IAA Napolitano Napolitano Space-related awards
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Henryk Marcin Broder (born 20 August 1946), self-designation Henryk Modest Broder, is a Polish-born German journalist, author, and television personality. Broder is especially interested in Vergangenheitsbewältigung, Islam, Israel, and the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. He sees a close relationship between German criticism of Israel's policies and antisemitism. Views Ever since Operation Entebbe, Broder grew more and more critical of the German approach towards Israel, and what Broder sees as appeasement towards Islamic threats. In Broder's opinion, Anti-Zionism is in essence anti-Semitic. Broder is also associated with the blog Politically Incorrect and the counter-jihad movement. Reception Broders attitude is controversial. Stefan Niggemeier wrote in the context of right-wing populist statements: "Henryk M. Broder is also a victim of Thilo Sarrazin. For years he has been striving to become the republic's chief provocateur." Works Wer hat Angst vor Pornographie? Ein Porno-Report, Melzer, Darmstadt 1970 As co-author: Die Schere im Kopf. Über Zensur und Selbstzensur, Köln 1976 Danke schön. Bis hierher und nicht weiter. Mit Beiträgen von Detlef Hartmann, Ulrich Klug, Uwe Maeffert, Ulrich Vultejus, Konkret Literatur-Verlag, Hamburg 1980 Der Ewige Antisemit. Über Sinn und Funktion eines beständigen Gefühls, 1986 Fremd im eigenen Land. Juden in der Bundesrepublik, 1987 Ich liebe Karstadt und andere Lobreden, 1987 with Geisel, Eike: Premiere und Pogrom. Der Jüdische Kulturbund 1933–1941. Texte und Bilder, Siedler, Berlin 1992 Erbarmen mit den Deutschen, 1993 Schöne Bescherung! Unterwegs im Neuen Deutschland, 1994 Volk und Wahn, Goldmann, München 1996 Die Juden von Mea Shearim, 1997 Die Irren von Zion, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg 1998 Jedem das Seine, Ölbaum Verlag 1999 www.deutsche-leidkultur.de, Ölbaum Verlag 1999 Kein Krieg, nirgends: Die Deutschen und der Terror, Berlin Verlag, Berlin 2002 A Jew in the New Germany, University of Illinois Press, Champaign, 2003 Hurra, wir kapitulieren – Von der Lust am Einknicken, wjs Verlag, 2006 Kritik der reinen Toleranz, wjs Verlag, Berlin 2008 Vergesst Auschwitz! Der deutsche Erinnerungswahn und die Endlösung der Israel-Frage, Albrecht Knaus Verlag, Munich 2012 Audio Ach So! Gad Granach und Henryk Broder on Tour, CD, Ölbaum-Verlag, Augsburg 2000, References External links Henryk Broder's page at Die Achse des Guten Review: The last days of Europe, a lecture in Maastricht by Henryk Broder, 28 February 2007 Broder's speech at the 2007 Ludwig-Börne-Preis 1946 births Living people People from Katowice 20th-century Polish Jews Counter-jihad activists German essayists German male journalists German journalists 20th-century German journalists 21st-century German journalists German non-fiction writers Writers on antisemitism German male writers German critics of Islam Polish emigrants to Germany German male essayists German Zionists Die Welt people People with ulcerative colitis
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Abingdon was a municipal borough embracing the town of Abingdon-on-Thames in the county of Berkshire from 1835 to 1974. From 1894 it was nearly entirely surrounded by Abingdon Rural District. It was abolished in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, and merged with other districts to form the new Vale of White Horse district of Oxfordshire. References Vision of Britain Municipal Borough Districts of England abolished by the Local Government Act 1972 Former districts of Berkshire Municipal boroughs of England 1835 establishments in England
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Michael Gabriel Fredersdorf (1708 – 12 January 1758) was the longest-standing valet and companion of Frederick II of Prussia. The two young men met when the future Frederick II was still in prison for having attempted to run off with his former companion, Hans Hermann von Katte. At the time, Fredersdorf was four years older than the heir to the throne and served in the army, being the son of a peasant. Both contemporaries and historians have speculated that Fredersdorf and Frederick II had a homosexual relationship, yet there is no definitive proof. Voltaire would later describe the relationship in his Memoires as, "This soldier, young, handsome, well made, and who played the flute, served to entertain the prisoner in more than one fashion." When Frederick moved to Rheinsberg Palace with his wife in 1736, he made Fredersdorf his valet. When he ascended to the throne in 1740, he furthermore made him his private treasurer and, within less than a month, gave him the estate of Zernikow as a present. Later he also made him director of the royal theatre. When the king moved to Sanssouci, his valet's bedroom adjoined his own, still shown today. The royal gardens director Heinrich Ludwig Manger later called the chamberlain the king's chamber lover in a book of 1789. For several years, Fredersdorf had been courting Caroline Marie Elisabeth Daum (* 27. July 1730 in Potsdam; † 10. March 1810 in Berlin), the daughter of the rich arms manufacturer and banker Gottfried Adolph Daum. The king was unwilling to let his servant marry. However, once Fredersdorf, who was often ill, explained to Frederick that bettering his health urgently required someone to look after him, the king acquiesced. In a letter to Fredersdorf dated to November 1753, the king wrote: "marry sooner rather than later, if this will be of use to your [palliative] care". The church book of the Potsdam Garrison Church records the marriage took place on the 30th of December, 1753. Caroline, who had been wed to serve as nursemaid, spent her marriage "as a virgin amidst a thousand worries". Despite this, the couple managed to come to an agreement, and Caroline lived "in blissful freedom, harmony, and inner joy" with her husband until his death. Fredersdorf was dismissed on 9 April 1757, being accused of financial irregularities. He died, ashamed of his lost honor, within less than a year. He was buried in Zernikow. He had no children. His wife however remarried and had children with her second husband, royal chamberlain Johann Labes. Later she raised her grandson, the poet Ludwig Achim von Arnim. References Sources (at Harvard University Press) 1708 births 1758 deaths German classical flautists Male lovers of royalty
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Sheela Basrur, (October 17, 1956 – June 2, 2008) was a Canadian physician and Ontario Chief Medical Officer of Health and Assistant Deputy Minister of Public Health. She resigned from these positions late in 2006 to undergo treatment for cancer. Life and training Basrur was born in Toronto, Ontario, in 1956 to Indian immigrants. Her mother, Parvathi Basrur, was a professor of veterinary genetics and her father, Vasanth Basrur, was a radiation oncologist. She grew up in Guelph, where there were very few visible minorities at the time. After obtaining a Bachelor of Science from the University of Western Ontario in 1979, she received her doctor of medicine from the University of Toronto in 1982, after which Basrur worked as a general practitioner in Guelph for one year. She then spent a year in India and Nepal, where she became interested in public health. Upon returning to Canada, she obtained a Master of Health Science degree in 1987, specializing in community health and epidemiology, again from the University of Toronto. She then completed a post-graduate residency, becoming a specialist in community medicine, as well as an assistant professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Toronto. Basrur lived in Scarborough, but moved to Kitchener, where she underwent treatment for leiomyosarcoma, from which she eventually died on June 2, 2008. Public career Basrur became the Medical Officer of Health for the East York Health Unit until East York was merged into the city of Toronto in 1998, when she became the first Medical Officer of Health for the new amalgamated city. She was widely hailed for her work during the 2003 Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak in Toronto, appearing in numerous television interviews on international networks, such as CNN. Basrur wrote a journal article with Barbara Yaffe and Bonnie Henry in the 2004 Canadian Journal of Public Health entitled "SARS: A Local Public Health Perspective". She said upon the release of the NACSARS report that Basrur's other accomplishments included Canada's first city program that required restaurants to post health inspection results in their windows, post-9/11 bioterrorism preparation plans, and a citywide ban on cigarette smoking in 2004. In 2004 she was appointed Chief Medical Officer of Health and Assistant Deputy Minister of Public Health in the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. She remained in this position until her resignation on December 6, 2006, in order to undergo treatment for her cancer. Honours Basrur received a number of honours throughout her career. In 2007 she was awarded life membership in the Ontario Public Health Association (OPHA), as well as an honorary doctor of laws degree from York University. A nursing oncology fellowship was established in Basrur's name by the Registered Nurses' Foundation of Ontario, and the OPHA created an award for social justice in her honour. A major Public celebration of the life and contributions of Dr.Sheela Basrur was held on Oct 17th 2008 4:00-5:30pm at Convocation Hall, University of Toronto, where the accomplishments of the late Dr. Basrur's life were celebrated by friends, family, the public and leaders from the City of Toronto, the Province of Ontario and the Government of Canada. Upon the formation of the Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion on March 8, 2008, it was announced that the headquarters would be known as the Sheela Basrur Centre. The following month, on April 10, Basrur was inducted into the Order of Ontario for her public service; Basrur's induction ceremony took place outside the normal award schedule, owing to her ongoing battle with leiomyosarcoma. References External links Dr. Sheela Basrur biography at the Sheela Basrur Centre 1956 births 2008 deaths Canadian public health doctors Canadian people of Indian descent Members of the Order of Ontario University of Toronto alumni Academic staff of the University of Toronto Deaths from cancer in Ontario Physicians from Toronto University of Western Ontario alumni 21st-century Canadian civil servants Deaths from leiomyosarcoma Canadian health officials 21st-century Canadian physicians Canadian women physicians Women public health doctors
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Claypotts Castle is a late medieval castle in the suburban West Ferry area of Dundee, Scotland. It is one of the best-preserved examples of a 16th-century Z-plan tower house in Scotland. Now surrounded by modern housing, the castle is maintained as an Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland. History The castle was originally built by John Strachan around 1569–1588 according to dates inscribed on stones that make up parts of the castle, which make its construction longer than usual for such a small building. The land on which the castle was built was originally leased by the Strachan family from the Tironensian Abbey of Lindores starting in the early 16th century. In 1601 the Strachan family sold the castle to Sir William Graham of Ballunie who later sold it to Sir William Graham of Claverhouse. The castle became the property of the crown in 1689 after the death of the then current owner Viscount Dundee John Graham of Claverhouse at the battle of Killiecrankie. In 1694 the castle was given to James Douglas, 2nd Marquess of Douglas. The castle later became the property of his son the Duke of Douglas and after his death in 1761 became the subject of a legal battle for the next eight years until the courts ruled Archibald Douglas to be heir. Ownership later passed to the 13th Earl of Home through marriage who later gave the castle to the state in 1926. It is now in the care of Historic Environment Scotland. There is a legend that the castle was once home to an industrious brownie who helped the servants with their work, but that he left in disgust because of a lazy kitchen maid. Architecture The castle consists of projecting towers at opposite sides of a rectangular main block, known as a Z-plan tower house. This was a popular design in the 16th century and allowed defenders to fire along the faces of the main block from both towers, although it is unlikely that the castle would have had much of a defensive role given its domestic scale. References Castles in Dundee Scheduled Ancient Monuments in Dundee Renaissance architecture in Scotland Buildings and structures completed in the 16th century 16th-century establishments in Scotland Broughty Ferry Clan Graham External links Claypotts Castle Grounds 360° Virtual Tour
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The Knights of Prosperity is an American sitcom that premiered on ABC in the United States on Wednesday, January 3, 2007. It was created by Rob Burnett and Jon Beckerman, who also created the NBC comedy-drama Ed. The show follows a group of misfits—the titular Knights—who attempt to rob various celebrities, the first being Mick Jagger (Jagger was also credited as one of the executive producers, along with the creators and David Letterman). The series was made by Letterman's Worldwide Pants Incorporated and Touchstone Television. The series initially aired on Wednesdays at 9:00 p.m. before being moved to 8:30. The series was pulled after airing nine episodes and then officially canceled by ABC. On August 8, after 5 months off the air, ABC broadcast two episodes and then pulled the sitcom once again. On August 17, 2007, the network made all 13 episodes available for viewing on ABC.com, but were later taken off. Name changes and scheduling The series went through several name changes: the original title, though never publicly affirmed, was Let's Rob Jeff Goldblum, later changed to Let's Rob Mick Jagger once Goldblum committed to the NBC drama Raines. ABC announced the series for its fall schedule as Let's Rob... in May, and the final name change to Knights of Prosperity was reported in July 2006. During the TCA Tour, executive producer Rob Burnett indicated that the title might change again before the show debuts, but the show debuted under the "Knights" name. Originally scheduled to debut on October 17, 2006 at 9:00 p.m., it was pulled from the schedule on October 3 in favor of at least two additional 90-minute episodes of its intended lead-in, Dancing with the Stars. ABC later announced that the program would be shelved and rescheduled for a January 2007 airdate due to the network now making another sitcom, Big Day, a priority for the Tuesday night schedule. On November 9, 2006, ABC began running promos for the show in advance of its January airdate. On December 5, 2006, ABC announced that the program would premiere on January 3, 2007 at 9:00 p.m. Although the show was scheduled to air the following week at 9:00, a primetime address by the President of the United States caused the second episode of the show to air at 9:30 p.m. The show returned to its normal 9:00 time slot the following week. The show was rescheduled to 8:30 beginning on January 31, 2007, and remained there until it was pulled from the schedule on March 5. Before the upfronts, the network announced that it was considering a second season featuring Ray Romano. However, the show was ultimately canceled, and was briefly brought back in the summer to burn off the remaining episodes along with fellow low-rated newcomer The Nine. Both shows were pulled again on August 14 and on August 17, ABC put up the remaining episodes on its website. Marketing On December 26, 2006, to generate buzz for the show, ABC distributed wallets bearing the monogram "KOP" in a number of markets. The wallets contained a receipt from "Enterprise Luxury Goods Ltd." for millions of dollars in purchases, a claim check for a platinum wristwatch, and an invitation to join a promotional group via text message. On December 31, 2006 during New Year's Eve in Times Square, ABC also distributed orange acrylic hats bearing a white embroidered "KOP". Cast and characters Main cast Donal Logue as Eugene Gurkin Sofía Vergara as Esperanza Villalobos Lenny Venito as Francis "Squatch" Squacieri Maz Jobrani as Gourishankar Subramaniam Kevin Michael Richardson as Rockefeller Butts Josh Grisetti as Louis Plunk Guest stars Reiko Aylesworth as Simone Cashwell Ben Bailey as Ralph Carnucci Dustin Diamond as himself Mick Jagger as himself Sally Jessy Raphaël as herself Kelly Ripa as herself Ray Romano as himself Rocco DiSpirito as himself Episodes International distribution Seasonal ratings Seasonal ratings based on average total viewers per episode of Knights of Prosperity on ABC: References External links Extensive interview with the creators on public radio program The Sound of Young America Music from The Knights of Prosperity American Broadcasting Company original programming 2007 American television series debuts 2007 American television series endings 2000s American single-camera sitcoms Mick Jagger English-language television shows Television series by ABC Studios Television series by Worldwide Pants Television shows set in New York City
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Hussainabad block is one of the administrative blocks of Palamu district, Jharkhand state, India. According to census (2001), the block has 29,113 households with aggregate population of 177,013. The block has 183 villages. Its largest town is Hussainabad, also known as Japla. References Blocks of Palamu district Community development blocks in Palamu district
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Lesliganj block is one of the administrative blocks of Palamu district, Jharkhand state, India. History Lesliganj is an historic place; it was an army camp during British rule in India and hence also called Chawni (means "place where force makes camp"). The place has been named after Matthew Leslie who was the Collector and Magistrate of Ramgarh Hill tract in the 1780s. This is the place where the martyr brothers Nilamber and Pitamber were hanged by the British. Therefore, there is a demand from some sections of people to rename it as Nilamber and Pitamber Nagar. Location in Jharkhand Lesliganj is a town in Palamu District in the Indian state of Jharkhand. It is located about 18 km from Daltonganj, the district headquarters and around 210 km from State capital Ranchi. It is a major town and is close to the townships of Satbarwa (16 km south), Kundri (6 km east) and Patan (19 km north). Governance and development Although Lesliganj is a very old town and has its own historic importance, it still remains underdeveloped and largely poor due to many unstable governments in the recent history of the state. Like other areas in Jharkhand, Lesliganj still remains undeveloped, partly due to neglect of the government and partly due to the naxal presence in the interior areas. Few villages are yet to receive electricity connections and those villages which have it, hardly get the supply continuously. Lesliganj caters to the day-to-day needs of the locals through the temporary bazaar which sits thrice a week i.e. on Sundays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays. Other places where the bazaars are held are Kundri, Oriya, Bhakasi, Dhangaon and Getha normally bi-weekly or thrice in a week. Modes of transport Nearest airport is Ranchi Airport. Daltonganj Railway Station on the Ranchi-Garhwa line is the nearest railhead. Lesliganj is linked with various parts of the district by roads. Most villages of the block do not have an all-weather road. Attractions Betla National Park is a nearby attraction not quite in Lesliganj but accessible from Daltonganj. Nearby villages Nearby villages are Jamundih (0 km), Kurain Patra (1.614 km), Darudih (1.800 km), Purnadih (3.219 km), Haratua (3.838 km), Sangbar (3.991 km), Juru (5.607 km) Amwa khurd(8.5;km) Phulang(8.2,KM) Ramsagar(8.2,KM) Other villages in the Lesliganj block include Murmusi, Chaura, Dabara, Darudih, Haratua, Jamundih, Juru, Kott Khas, Kundari, Kurain Patra, Naudiha, Oriya Kalan, Pahari Khurd, Pahari Kala, Kirto, Nawadih-Bhakasi. Post offices Lesliganj has a post office having pin Code 822118. Other post offices in the block are Kundari, Sangbar, Banshikhurd, Pagar Khurd, Rajwadih, Dhangaon etc. Banks It has quite a few number of prominent banks making the things easy for the villagers. The banks in and around Lesliganj include :- State Bank of India, Lesliganj Punjab National Bank, Chainpur State Bank of India, Mohammadganj Punjab National Bank, Manatu State Bank of India, Murubar Gramin Bank, Lesliganj See also Palamu Loksabha constituency Jharkhand Legislative Assembly Jharkhand Palamu References Blocks of Palamu district Community development blocks in Jharkhand Community development blocks in Palamu district
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Manatu block is one of the administrative blocks of Palamu district, Jharkhand state, Inmanatu dia. According to census (2001), the block has 18,083 households with aggregate population of 97,622. The block has 190 villages. See also Palamu Loksabha constituency Jharkhand Legislative Assembly Jharkhand Palamu References Blocks of Palamu district Community development blocks in Jharkhand Community development blocks in Palamu district
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Pandu block is one of the administrative blocks of Palamu district, Jharkhand state, India. According to census (2001), the block has a population of 74,464. The block has 71 villages. It is named for Pandu. Now one more Block, Untari Road has been created from Pandu Block. There is one Government Hospital, and many Registered Pvt Clinics. One Branch of Vananchal Gramin bank is taking care of financial needs for the People of this reason. There exists following facilities in Block Headquarter Pandu: BSNL Telephone exchange (Burnt by Maoists several years ago) Post Office Police Station Kalyan High School(Govt) Kasturba Gandhi Girls High School (Govt Residential) Priyadarshini Indira Gandhi Girls High School (Govt. Aided) Government Middle School Girls Middle School(Govt.) Gyan Jyoti Public School SS Public School Gyan Niketan Public School Saraswati Shishu Mandir(school) One PYKKA center is functioning under able leadership of Ktidashree Sanjay Pandey Pandu is well connected throu Bus from Garhwa, Daltonganj and Rehla. Nearest Railway station is Untari Road - 12 km, Garwa Road - 15 km, Garhwa - 22 km, DaltonGanj 30 km (Ariel distance) Nearest Airport is - Ranchi - 180 km, Patna - 187 km, Varanasi- 150 km See also Palamu Loksabha constituency Jharkhand Legislative Assembly Jharkhand Palamu External links Pandu Map Pandu Official page Jharkhand Vishwanath Temple Community development blocks in Jharkhand Community development blocks in Palamu district
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The Sweden–GDR Association () was a Sweden-based organization, formed on 23 October 1956 to promote ties between Sweden and the German Democratic Republic (GDR or East Germany). The association published the journal DDR-revyn. The association was typically seen as pro-communist and ceased to exist in January 1991, following the collapse of GDR. Bibliography Abraham, Nils: Die Rolle der Freundschaftsgesellschaft "Schweden-DDR" in der Auslandspropaganda der DDR gegenüber Schweden nach 1972, in Den okände (?) grannen. Tysklandsrelaterad forskning i Sverige, 2005. References Organizations established in 1956 Organizations disestablished in 1991 East Germany friendship associations Political organizations based in Sweden Germany–Sweden relations 1956 establishments in Sweden 1991 disestablishments in Sweden Sweden friendship associations
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Panki Block is one of the administrative blocks of Palamu district, Jharkhand, a state in India. According to census records (2001), the block has 21,687 households with aggregate population of 123,820. The block has 200 villages. History Panki, a Taluka/Block close to Medininager Palamu, is located 44 km from Medninagar (Daltonganj). Panki is a part of Panki (Vidhan Sabha constituency), and is located 44 km east of Daltonganj. Panki is a junction point for Chatra, Jharkhand, Balumath (community development block) and Medininagar (Daltonganj). This is one of the developing taluka of Palamu. It's well covered by Vodafone, Airtel, Uninor, Reliance, BSNL, Aircel, Idea, Airtel 4G,Jio 4G, like cellular networks. ATM also available here for SBI near Panki Bazar and pnb ATM near to panki police station. In panki Block and police station Most populated and famous village near to the town are, Tetrai, Konwai and Salgas, Sagalim on road in the way to Daltonganj city. Administration Villages Panki mandal/Block consists of 140 villages. The following is a list of villages in the Block: Abun Ahirgurha Ambabar Ambalori Angara Aparmanri Ara Asarhia Aseahar Auka Bahera Baherwatanr Baida (village) Balmuwan Baludih Banai Bandubar Baniadih Banki Kalan Banki Khurd Banri Pakariya Bara Barkadaha Barodiri Barwadih Barwaiya Basariya Basdiha Bela Bhang Bhanwardah Bhari Bhuinya Kurha Bidra Bidra Bihari Khap Bihra Birbir Biritiya Dandar Birtia Biru Bochdohar Burhabar Burhi Chandarpur Chandarpur Chandwar Chanpi Kalan Chanpi Khurd Chauphal Chhapar Chorea Dandar Kalan Daryapur Dema Dhub Dundar Khurd Duriatu Duwarika Ganeshpur Garhganw Giri Gogar Gongo Gopaldih Gorihara Gudipahari Haldiminhai Harkhuwa Harlaung Harna Hatwar Herum Hesatu Hiringbar Hoiyo Husenigurh Alias Misir Gurha Hutai Irgu Janjo Jaspur Jaspur Alias Cheribar Jhagrudih Jiro Jobla Jolah Bigha Jotang Kakargarh Kamal Kamat Kamtola Kaparphuta Karar Karma Kasmar Kelwa Kerki Khajuri Khankhar Khap Khapar Manda Kolhua Korwatanr Koseri Kotiya Kunwai Kusri Lawabar Loharsi Lukuwa Mahe Mahugain Mahugain Majhauli Mangarpur Manhi Pipra Manran Maran Matnag Matuli Maulaganj Mukta Nagri Naudiha Naudiha Nawa Garh Nawadih Nima Chak Nuru Pachamba Pagar Pakariya Panki Parasia Pardohar Parhiya Tola Parsawan Parsotimpur Pathra Kalan Phulwaria Pipra Kalan Pipratanr Pokhraha Porsam Pundru Puraini Radhadih Ranadah Ranne Ratanpur Rengai Sagalim Salamdiri Salgas Sangaldipa Saraidih Saraiya Sarauna Sarjamatu Sirma Sons Sorath Sunri Surjaun Surjaun Taiya Tal Taledih Tarwadih Tatidiri Tetariadih Tetrain Thekhi Tilamba Titlangi Tola Chatti Tola Manran Tunudag Uchahra Kalan Uchahra Khurd Udih Uksu Ulgara Languages Languages spoken in Panki include Asuri, an Austroasiatic language, and Bhojpuri, a tongue in the Bihari language group written in both the Devanagari and Kaithi scripts. Facilities Education P.H.N Girls High School Rajya Samposit Uchh Vidyalay (S S High School Panki) Rajkiye Buniyadi Ms Panki School Sarswati Sishu Mandir Panki Siksha Niketan Upgovernment Primary School Darjahi Govt Urdu Ps Panki Bazar MK College, Panki, Jharkhand Hospital There are many private hospitals and a government hospital on the main road of Panki. Market A small market called Panki Bazaar is situated in middle of the block, 2 kilometers away from Panki's administrative building. Police Station A police station is situated at the center of Panki. Bank State Bank of Panki (SBIN0003551) is situated at the center of Panki with an ATM facility open during the day. Punjab national Bank (PUNB0265100) is situated at the near of Panki with an ATM facility open during the day. Post Office There is a post office nearby Panki Market, where speed post, parcel and other postal services are available. Bike Show Rooms There is a Honda showroom which name Sonali Honda for two-wheelers near Thana Road. There is also a Bajaj showroom Named Sonali Bajaj. A Hero showroom was inaugurated in 2018 named Milan Automobiles. And the last TVS showroom which is named Rajdeo Auto. This information is feed by indian automobile registration license authority. See also Panki Assembly Palamu Loksabha constituency Jharkhand Legislative Assembly Jharkhand Palamu References Blocks of Palamu district Community development blocks in Jharkhand Community development blocks in Palamu district
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Out West (Live at the Fillmore) is a live double album released by Gomez in June 2005 and the first album the band released for ATO Records. It features material mostly from their first two albums, Bring It On and Liquid Skin, with a few tracks each from In Our Gun and Split the Difference, and one from the Machismo E.P.. There are also a few cover songs, such as "Going Out West" by Tom Waits and "Black Eyed Dog" by Nick Drake (which is combined with "Free to Run" in an extended song). The front album cover is a psychedelic manipulation of a photograph of a traditional Mexican band, possibly inspired by the Fillmore's tradition of using psychedelic posters to promote events. The back album cover shows a photo of the actual band Gomez using similar coloration to the front. Track listing All songs written by Gomez except where indicated. Disc one "Get Miles" "Shot Shot" "Hangover" "Going Out West" (Tom Waits) "Here Comes the Breeze" "We Haven't Turned Around" "Fill My Cup" "Do One" (Dajon Everett, Gomez) "Revolutionary Kind" Disc two "Bring It On" "Nothing Is Wrong" "Love Is Better Than a Warm Trombone" "Do's and Don'ts" "Black Eyed Dog" (Nick Drake) / "Free to Run" "Ping One Down" "Blue Moon Rising" "Get Myself Arrested" "These 3 Sins" "Make No Sound" "Whippin' Piccadilly" DVD The UK edition of the album, released on Independiente, comes with a bonus DVD. Intro "Get Miles" "Whippin' Piccadilly" "Black Eyed Dog" "78 Stone Wobble" / "Fade Away" (Charles Hardin) Outro & Credits Personnel Gomez Ian Ball Ben Ottewell Olly Peacock Paul Blackburn Tom Gray with: Dajon Everett - keyboards, percussion, electronics Technical Bill Walker, Frank Rinaldi - recording External links Gomez (band) albums 2005 live albums Independiente Records live albums Albums recorded at the Fillmore ATO Records live albums Sony BMG live albums
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The 1984–85 UEFA Cup was the 14th season of the UEFA Cup. It was won by Real Madrid, who gained an aggregate victory over Videoton of Hungary in a two-legged final. Changes Spain +1 Netherlands -2 Scotland +1 Czechoslovakia +1 East Germany -1 Poland +1 Greece -1 Albania renounced for English title holders Teams LASK SSW Innsbruck Standard Liège Club Brugge Anderlecht CSKA Septemvriysko Zname Sliven Apollon Limassol FC Bohemians Dukla Banská Bystrica Dukla Prague Odense BK AGF Queens Park Rangers Manchester United Nottingham Forest Tottenham Hotspur Southampton HJK AS Monaco Paris Saint-Germain Auxerre Vorwärts Frankfurt Lokomotive Leipzig Köln Borussia Mönchengladbach Werder Bremen Hamburger SV Olympiacos Rába ETO Győr Videoton KR Fiorentina Internazionale Red Boys Differdange Rabat Ajax Ajax PSV Eindhoven Glentoran Lillestrøm Pogoń Szczecin Widzew Łódź Braga Sporting CP Bohemian F.C. Universitatea Craiova Sportul Studenţesc Dundee United Rangers Hearts Dinamo Minsk Spartak Moscow Atlético Madrid Real Betis Real Madrid Real Valladolid AIK Östers IF Sion Neuchâtel Xamax Fenerbahçe Željezničar Sarajevo FK Partizan NK Rijeka First round |} First leg Second leg Videoton won 1–0 on aggregate. Queens Park Rangers won 7–0 on aggregate. 1–1 on aggregate; Universitatea Craiova won 5–3 on penalties. Lokomotive Leipzig won 7–3 on aggregate. Köln won 3–1 on aggregate. Željezničar won 5–2 on aggregate. Spartak Moskva won 7–2 on aggregate. Dinamo Minsk won 10–0 on aggregate. Partizan won 4–0 on aggregate. Rijeka won 4–2 on aggregate. CSKA Septemvriysko Zname won 4–3 on aggregate. Bohemians ČKD Praha won 8–3 on aggregate. Manchester United won 5–2 on aggregate. PSV Eindhoven won 3–2 on aggregate. Widzew Łódź won 2–1 on aggregate. Fiorentina won 3–0 on aggregate. Borussia Mönchengladbach won 7–3 on aggregate. Standard Liège won 3–1 on aggregate. Club Brugge won 1–0 on aggregate. Olympiacos won 3–2 on aggregate. Linzer ASK won 2–0 on aggregate. Real Madrid won 5–2 on aggregate. Hamburg won 2–0 on aggregate. Sporting CP won 4–2 on aggregate. Ajax won 14–0 on aggregate. Dundee United won 3–1 on aggregate. Rangers won 4–3 on aggregate. Paris Saint-Germain won 6–2 on aggregate. 2–2 on aggregate; Anderlecht won on away goals. Internazionale won 2–1 on aggregate. Sion won 4–2 on aggregate. Tottenham Hotspur won 9–0 on aggregate. Second round |} First leg Second leg Spartak Moskva won 3–1 on aggregate. 2–2 on aggregate; Dinamo Minsk won 5–3 on penalties. 1–1 on aggregate; Bohemians ČKD Praha won 4–2 on penalties. 3–3 on aggregate; Widzew Łódź won on away goals. Hamburg won 6–1 on aggregate. 6–6 on aggregate; Partizan won on away goals. Universitatea Craiova won 2–0 on aggregate. Anderlecht won 7–3 on aggregate. Željezničar won 3–2 on aggregate. Köln won 4–1 on aggregate. Internazionale won 4–3 on aggregate. Dundee United won 7–2 on aggregate. Manchester United won 1–0 on aggregate. Tottenham Hotspur won 4–2 on aggregate. Real Madrid won 4–3 on aggregate. Videoton won 5–2 on aggregate. Third round |} First leg Second leg Željezničar won 4–2 on aggregate. Tottenham Hotspur won 3–1 on aggregate. Videoton won 5–2 on aggregate. Dinamo Minsk won 2–1 on aggregate. Köln won 2–1 on aggregate. 2–2 on aggregate; Internazionale won on away goals. Manchester United won 5–4 on aggregate. Real Madrid won 6–4 on aggregate. Quarter-finals |} First leg Second leg 1–1 on aggregate; Videoton won 5–4 on penalties. Željezničar won 3–1 on aggregate. Internazionale won 4–1 on aggregate. Real Madrid won 1–0 on aggregate. Semi-finals |} First leg Second leg Videoton won 4–3 on aggregate. Real Madrid won 3–2 on aggregate. Final First leg Second leg Real Madrid won 3–1 on aggregate. References External links 1984–85 All matches UEFA Cup – season at UEFA website Official Site Results at RSSSF.com All scorers 1984–85 UEFA Cup according to protocols UEFA 1984/85 UEFA Cup – results and line-ups (archive) UEFA Cup seasons 2
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Walter Hughes Newton (October 10, 1880 – August 10, 1941) was a United States Representative from Minnesota who also served in the Herbert Hoover administration as Secretary to the President. Early life and career Newton was born in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota; attended the public schools and was graduated from the law department of the University of Minnesota at Minneapolis in 1905; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Minneapolis, Minnesota; first assistant prosecuting attorney of Hennepin County 1914 – 1918; Congress Newton was elected as a Republican to the 66th, 67th, 68th, 69th, 70th, and 71st congresses. He served from March 4, 1919, until his resignation on June 30, 1929. Congress in 1928 and 1929 adopted what was known as the "Newton Bill," to divide the jurisdiction of the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, creating the Tenth Circuit, which sits in Denver. This was the first change in the geography of the federal courts since the present system of courts of appeals was created in 1891. The enormous Eighth Circuit had encompassed all the territory from the Mississippi (except Texas and part of Louisiana) almost to the states of the West Coast. Congressman Newton's plan resolved multiple disputes among the American Bar Association, the courts, and both Houses. Newton's solution was to divide the states along a North/South boundary, creating the Tenth Circuit as encompassing Oklahoma, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah and New Mexico, thereby leaving a somewhat unified grouping of Eighth Circuit states sharing the Mississippi/Missouri river system, from Minnesota and the Dakotas to Arkansas. The likeliest pre-Newton plan would have divided the circuit along a boundary from East to West. After Congress Newton left Congress upon his appointment as personal secretary to President Herbert Hoover. He served in that capacity until March 3, 1933; regent of the Smithsonian Institution; appointed a member of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933 and served until 1934 when he resumed the practice of law in Minneapolis, Minnesota; also engaged as an author; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1936 to the 75th Congress; appointed Federal Referee in Bankruptcy in 1938 and served until his death in Minneapolis, Minnesota, August 10, 1941; interment in Lakewood Cemetery. Sources External links Personal secretaries to the President of the United States Baptists from Minnesota University of Minnesota Law School alumni 1880 births 1941 deaths Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Minnesota 20th-century American politicians 20th-century Baptists
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Richard James Green (born 13 March 1976) is a former English cricketer who played 31 matches for Lancashire between 1995 and 2000 mainly as a fast medium bowler and won the coveted NBC Denis Compton Award, which is given to the most promising young player at each of the 18 English first-class counties, in 1996. Green also represented England at junior levels on several occasions. He was born in Warrington, Cheshire. For a number of years, Green has played for Cheshire side Grappenhall, occasionally alongside former teammates Steven Titchard and Neil Fairbrother. He is the team's star batsman and never bowls, presumably because of an injury that may also have played its part in the early conclusion of his county career, Cricket Batting Style: Right Hand Bat Bowling Style: Right Arm Medium References External links Career statistics 1976 births Living people Cricketers from Warrington English cricketers Lancashire cricketers NBC Denis Compton Award recipients
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Evil Ernie, an undead psychotic killer, is a fictional supervillain created by writer Brian Pulido and artist Steven Hughes in 1991 and originally published by Eternity Comics. The imprint shifted hands in 1993 to Chaos! Comics and then Devil's Due Publishing in 2005. Evil Ernie is currently published by Dynamite Entertainment, which purchased the Chaos! Comics imprint. Ernest Fairchild Ernest Fairchild is the root or core of Evil Ernie. Ernest Fairchild was a young boy who possessed the supernatural power to sketch scenes which would later come to pass, for instance he drew himself and his family together with a little brother and several months later his mom became pregnant with their second son. Ernie originally had an enjoyable life; but, when his father became the town pariah because his superiors at the local lumber yard forced him to lay off many workers, things started to turn sour. Mr. Fairchild began to drink heavily and killed Ernest's pet rat, Smiley, in an inebriated fit of anger. This enraged Ernest and led to him drawing a picture of a car crashing into a tree. It just so happened that his mother was driving over to a local bar to pick up her husband while he was drawing this and ended up crashing into a tree just like in Ernest's sketch. In addition to suffering numerous injuries, she had a miscarriage which caused her to slip into an abusive psychosis matching that of her husband. As his parents abused him, Ernest's powers developed further to where he could hear the thoughts of those around him and he discovered that many of his neighbors knew that he was being battered by his parents, but did nothing to help him. Either they had lost their jobs at the lumber yard and were too bitter to care or they still had their jobs, but were too afraid of losing them if they confronted his father. Ernest's parents sought to "cure" him of his abilities and brought him to Dr. Leonard Price, who had been working on a device dubbed the Dream Probe. Price, not knowing about the abuse Ernest was suffering, submitted him to his device, which sent him to the Endless Graveyard, where he met Lady Death. There, she offered to give him the love he so desperately desired if he killed everything on Earth. Once the treatment was over, Ernest pretended to be cured and went home with his parents, only to murder them the next morning along with thirty-five others before he was shot by Doctor Price, who had come to check in on him. After this time he was incarcerated in a mental asylum, under the observation of Doctor Price, who blamed himself for Ernest's murder spree and vowed to make sure it never happened again. Doctor Price lost hope for Fairchild early on, but then a doctor named Mary Young invented a process of altering one's mind known as Neurotech. Despite Price's protests, Ernest was submitted to the Neurotech device. During the treatment, Lady Death used her telepathic link with him to cause the machine to explode, killing Ernest. When a nurse placed a smiley face pin intended to be a gift upon his release next to his corpse, Lady Death used it as a conduit for her arcane energy, mutating Ernest into the powerful, undead monster that would be known as Evil Ernie. "Evil" Ernie Fairchild Evil Ernie hereafter, along with his partner "Smiley" (a psychotic smiley badge, which was once his pet rat) set about to cause "Megadeath", which involved launching all of the USA's nuclear weapons against the rest of the world, so that every other country would launch their own nuclear warheads. Ernie starts to accomplish this by creating an army of zombies known as "Dead Onez". Various adventures ensue, including a trip back to his past to confront his parents about their ill treatment of him, and a trip to hell to rebuke Pagan (the court jester of hell) for having Lady Death cast out into the void by Satan. The culmination of Ernie's efforts amount to him causing Megadeath by causing the rest of the world to fire on itself with nuclear warheads from various countries. Evil Ernie ends his life in a duel with Dr. Price, and in the last moment before the missiles hit, Ernie overpowers Price and mutates him into a Dead One, exclaiming: "Do you see it now?", to which Price replies "I see it, it's beau-". The final scene is one of a mushroom cloud behind the survivors, in the form of Ernie's face and maniacal grin. Hack/Slash and Santa Fe After his death in his own world, Ernie would be reborn in the universe of Tim Seeley's HACK/Slash (in which no equivalent of him appears to exist). Discovering that Lady Death does not exist in this world, a depressed Ernie takes up residence in the Fairchild Sawmill in New Jersey and begins killing strippers and mutating them into Dead Onez. Ernie would eventually encounter slasher slayer Cassie Hack and her partner Vlad, in the ensuing battle read Cassie's mind and fell in love with her, believing them to be two sides of the same coin. After Cassie is saved from him by Vlad, Ernie, wanting to impress Cassie, decides to purge the world of killers and breaks into the Clearview Mental Institution, planning to start his mission there. During his killing spree, Ernie is confronted by Cassie and Vlad and, while fighting the latter, is attacked by a recently arrived police officer. Killing the officer, Ernie discovers Cassie had accidentally been shot and, after she dies, Ernie sacrifices himself to revive her, causing him to die and be reborn elsewhere. After the Hack/Slash crossover, the newly-renewed license gained a new lease on life in the 4-issue mini-series Evil Ernie in Santa Fe. Written by Alan Grant and penciled by Tommy Castillo, it featured Ernie in Santa Fe contemplating matters of fate after killing Norman Lowell, a lawyer who led Ernie against a demonic cult performing rituals with connections to FastWay, a fast food franchise, while planning to sacrifice a child to demon Zabudel who granted wealth to their leader. All the while Ernie is chased by Dr. Price's daughter Layna who wants revenge partnered with detective Rig Dannon who's willing to catch Ernie for the million-dollar reward. Smiley Throughout the series, Ernie's companion is Smiley, a wise-cracking smiley face button usually attached to the lapel of his jacket. Smiley serves as the conduit for the arcane energy that gives Ernie his powers, as well as the comic relief of the series. Smiley claims to be Ernie's super-ego and is sometimes at odds with his friend's decisions, such as when Ernie resurrected his parents in order to confront them about their past. It's believed Smiley is the revived form of Ernest's pet rat whom his father killed in a rage, but for the most part however, his personality is more easy-going and comical than Ernie's. Chaos! Dynamite revamp Smiley resumes the role of Ernest Fairchild, revived as Evil Ernie's lecherously volatile companion, and now taking on a much more active role in all the mayhem caused by his better half. While still supplying and charging his host with arcane energy supplied to him, Smiley himself is a powerful possessing entity who can freely move about and physically assail anyone through his more opposable mandibles. He can even overshadow people by latching onto them and manipulate their actions like a puppeteer working his abilities both on the living and the dead. Unlike in the previous continuity however Smiley was once a struggling family restaurant owner-turned successful business tycoon named Richard Smiley, who was secretly working for the devil and representative Chaos Lord; Lucifer, who condemned his soul to be forever bound to his symbolism of power, Richard's smiley-faced buttons, when the former became a threat to the king of hell's seat of power. Powers and abilities As Ernest Fairchild, he had the ability to sketch drawings of the future. This was first demonstrated when he drew a picture of a brand-new washing machine being delivered shortly before one was delivered to his parents as a prize in a raffle they had not even entered. It seems that his ability could change the future since he once drew a picture of a future younger brother walking with him, when he heard his mother tell his father she was pregnant with a boy, only to prevent his younger brother from being born when he drew his mother's car crashing into a tree. Later on, he gained the ability to listen to the thoughts of others. As Evil Ernie, he was extremely strong and practically unstoppable, thanks to the arcane energy of Lady Death powering him. He could revive anyone he killed or were killed by his minions as loyal zombie followers in his army of undead. When resurrected in Washington D.C., he became even more powerful. He could now resurrect the corpses of anyone nearby, whether he had killed them or not, and could manipulate arcane energy into powerful blasts to destroy his enemies, though he rarely used this ability since he preferred to be more "hands on" when it came to killing. If Ernest were to ever die he can be resurrected through another person when his Smiley button jabs them on his pin, but only once upon the host individual's death as Evil can only control the dead not the living. He retained his telepathic abilities only to a small degree as they now worked specifically on the dead and few things related to the dead, which allowed him to speak to and see Lady Death after murdering someone or using astral projection to visit Hell or the Endless Graveyard while he slept. There is room for speculation on this however; as Purgatori once delved into his mind to find answers to a means of defeating his patron saint and lover, Lady Death. She found the nightmarish images within his psyche were not figments of his imagining but were in fact materialized ghouls which threatened to devour her implicating he had some kind of power to will whatever he wished into reality. Later still when Evil was separated from a still-living Ernest Fairchild as a Jungian archetype fission effect after having discovered the truth from the reanimated remains of his parents while returning home, Ernie regained his ability to read the minds of the living when resuscitated from the painful separation of his better half, openly peering into the minds of three living youths who resurrected him in order to learn their life stories. The source of Evil Ernie's power comes from the arcane energy channeled into him by Lady Death through his button, Smiley. If Ernie is separated from Smiley for too long, he begins to lose his power becoming much weaker and over time he will, eventually, revert to a corpse and die again leaving Smiley an inanimate badge as well. In the revamp of the Evil mythos, Ernest's powers remain much the same but a tad more refined. Still boasting the strength, toughness, recuperation, necromancy and arcane energy manipulation abilities retained as previous issues only using them to a much more mystical effect than just as blunt instruments; if he wishes Ernie can resume his initial living form before he was executed and can physically substitute removed limbs to replace any extremities he may have lost. He is much more liberal in the destructive/concussive effects of his energies using it for hand blasts, releasing it in AoE explosions, etc. On the physical side he can withhold it to increase his physical melee as energy enhanced strikes and can also remotely control any parts of his body to act on his behalf, he also has the innate psychic ability to peer into a person's moral alignment just as soon as he would look at them. In his eyes people appear to Ernie as differently as individual snowflakes; the corrupt appearing hellish and demonic with the particular sins they committed tattooed to their face or forehead, while the innocent retain a human appearance brandishing a smiley button like he does with a ray of light looming over them. It is also suggested that he is, on top of being human, a being of both angelic and demonic descent by another chaos lord: Mistress Hel. Reboot In October 2012, Dynamite Comics rebooted Evil Ernie. It was 6 issue series, written by Jesse Blaze Snider and drawn by Jason Craig. Two years later Dynamite Comics released volume 2, which was 6 issues, written by Tim Seeley & Steve Seeley and drawn by Rafael Lanhellas. Another reboot is on the way due to the 30th anniversary of Chaos characters. Origin of Evil In the newest serialization, Ernest Fairchild was a child born from tragedy. The soon-to-be youngest son in a family of four, and as his mother went into labor a malicious entity possessed his father while they were driving her to the hospital killing everybody from his mother, father to older brother in a hideous car accident; the being later is revealed to be Ernest's future compatriot Smiley. He would later be adopted to an abusive parental figure by the name of Bufford King, who would regularly accost him while his callous girlfriend, Eunice, never bothered to help him. For many years this was the making of Ernie's horrid life usually ending with him praying to Nicolas Cage and Jesus every night; first for salvation of his new caretakers, then deliverance from their unsympathetic brutality, next to punishing them for the rot in their souls until finally he found a new patron to pray to seeing as neither were listening. During his stay in the prison and before he became an inmate Ernest had the peculiar tendency of seeing the innermost aspects of a person's core being. He could see the morality of another's character often viewing both the good and evil people around him in a different light. 5 years prior Fairchild had made a bargain with one of the many chaos lords in charge of running the dark side of the universe: Satan. In exchange for the power to purge the world of sinners he would sacrifice a good number of condemned souls. He poisoned the town's water supply with arsenic in a ritualistic killing, intoxicating them all moments before he would run over the-then imprisoned Bufford's girlfriend with her own truck, unintentional but his first step to being remade, making his way to the 'Widmark Maximum Security Prison' to see his cruel foster father, his final sacrifice. Upon meeting he proceeded to attack King with a shard of glass permanently disfiguring him. Cut a couple of years to the future, Ernie is now a death row prison inmate at the same penitentiary awaiting his execution via electric chair for his murderous acts dubbed by the local media as The Lucrecia Massacre of 2006. Crowds of people attending ranged from newscasters to protesters, fanatics and civil rights activists participated in the festivities bearing witness to the event. All coming in accordance to this execution, with the dead man requesting he go out with his trademark leather jacket and infamous smiley-faced button as a last request. Attending witnesses to his final moments are his grizzled father figure sporting a Glasgow grin who was let in by the corrupt pedophiliac prison warden named Straw, who sat by drawing a sadistic glee while Ernie was regularly tormented by the other death row inmates. As well as his only friends in the joint, the kindly Doctor Thana Thomas and an empathetic pastor named Chaplain who he bonded with during his imprisonment. On the night of execution however, Ernest was reanimated by some kind of esoteric storm of sickly green magical energy which entered his cadaver bursting forth from his bowels. It burned his facial features into a gnarled lipless smile while his ordinarily inert yellow button suddenly sprang to life sporting a scowling facial expression and wicked toothy grin. Thus the jailbird-turned deadman had been revived as the devil's soul harbinger "Evil Ernie". Seeking to finish off the ritual and his vendetta towards his estranged foster parent, Evil Ernie escaped the execution chamber and led a homicidal tirade against both the prisoners and the facility staff along with any other unfortunate sinner who happened to catch his vengeful eye. Experimenting with his newfound powers he tears through the penal area slaughtering sinners in his eyes with unusually grisly and vulgar flare while also sparing the few good individuals he came upon along the way, he would soon find however that reckless expenditure of his arcane energy which animates his corpse weakens him due to his having yet to complete his end of the devil's deal. Due to this weakness he's eventually subdued and hideously maimed by his guardian leading the other inmates, but Smiley tricks Bufford into a new deal which costs him his right arm causing him to flee with the innocent doctor in tow. Meanwhile, outside the prisons borders a U.S. senator catches glimpses of Ernie's rampage at the prison after concluding business with a prostitute. Utterly horrified by this turn of events he orders a gathering of military powers at the Pentagon, then moves to the White House speaking with the President of the United States convincing him that the threat of the now-demonic revenant required the nuclear option. Back at the prison Ernest is beset twice by Uriel the archangel of destiny to try and dissuade him from his murderous recourse, but every time however they were dispatched either by Smiley who was hot-wiring a nearby corpse due to his allegiances to hell and not wanting Ernie to know the truth, and again by Bufford who had attached a severed arm of Fairchild's to himself gaining a portion of his undead son's demonic powers. After having been made vulnerable by Smiley getting damaged by a stray bullet Ernie is soon killed by Bufford as he loses his connection to the arcane energy while trying to defend the host of innocent prisoners possessed by Uriel's followers, but Ernest is again resurrected with even greater power than before by an unknown force and follows up by reanimating an army of dead prisoners and bystanders who were at the prison to face his now-demonized foster father. Still losing the fight against him as the evil power worked better than the kinder zombie kid, Evil managed to pull a Hail Mary by taking control of the arm Bufford severed making him rip out and eat his own heart. Having managed to save Thana, Ernie is unaware that a nuke is dropped over the prison the two are currently occupying. Unbeknownst to him the President had been possessed by Uriel who greenlit the bombing through his proxy. Ernest is soon revived by Smiley but his only friend is incinerated in the blast, cursing Nicolas Cage just as everything was over; Ernie resigns to his fate as the devil's bounty hunter as he picks up Bufford's hat for himself and sets out to parts unknown. Chaos! Highway to Hell While out on a job acting as hitman in the Dakotas, Ernie had a premonition about a dark enchantress whom he'd often have visions of whenever he slept or was awake killing other sinners, ignoring Smiley's pleas of worry Ernest set about finding people affiliated with murder so he could discover the secrets to these odd visions of his. Soon making his way to a highway near Kansas State, his newest mark; Ethan Mueller who was a wanted murderer and was shot dead before he could receive any insight from his mystery woman. Sensing whoever he's searching for is somehow linked in some way to death Ernie sets his sights on finding people who broadcast an insensibly high body count. Every step of the way he's either met with or pursued by various forces seeking to impede his progress, such as Chastity Marks and Morgan Gallows; along with his Chosen. In the meantime Fairchild headed into the titular city in order to greet and make deceased, the man who put Widmark Penitentiary on the map. Disguised as a pizza delivery boy, Ernest would make his presence known to Lt. Brandon Green while getting into an altercation with his manipulative advisor: Senator Cruise. After finally having whacked his repentant nuke carrier Ernie gains the full picture of who it is that's been guiding him, it's none other Mistress Hel, Nordic Goddess of death and the Asgardian underworld. She convinces The Evil One that his employer had been cheating him the entire time; having used Ernie's vigilante crusade against sinners in his own favor in order to swell his ranks in hell and will eventually claim Ernie as his ultimate General. Hel convinces him to lead the initiation of Ragnarok by bringing about a mass exodus of dead souls; basically compelling him to incite Megadeath, in doing so both he and she will make a paradise after conflict at the end of days destroying everything. After letting loose a huge blast of his arcane energy, Ernie levels the housing area where the press had gathered to meet the good lieutenant eviscerating everybody. As Mistress Hel makes her preparations through her ward Serendipity, Ernest leaves his former partner Smiley before getting into a fight with Chastity who quickly gains the upper hand in their conflict. Until Evil Ernie conjures up some of his Dead Onez to restrain her where he deals a critical blow with her own silver sword, as the nubile vampiress makes her escape Ernest quickly catches up to her in a semi-abandoned alley. He ends up overhearing her feelings of lingering regrets about how Chastity's love for someone put him in the crosshairs of Sakaara when her oldest enemy put out a contract on her. Seeing her depth of character reflected through action and persona Ernie offers her a chance to side with him against her current handler. She complies as the two devise a clever means of royally punking the whore of Satan, Ernie using his arcane energy to hotwire the mind of one of Purgatori's renfield's piloting the transport with which Chastity took to catch up with Evil Ernie right into her Las Vegas penthouse. Making their way to the Clearview Mental Institution in St. Louise, Missouri, Ernie and Chastity wade through an enclave of the morbidly self-destructive gathered in front of the psychiatric clinic by Hel's influence. There he and his new partner meet up with Serendipity and Dr. Leonard Price moments before Ernie hooks himself into the professor's dream probe machine which instead of curbing fatalistic depression tendencies, aggravates them into full-on suicidal urges. Using this device to amplify his natural psionic abilities The Evil One projects his telepathy across the globe drudging up people's most horrible characteristics and showing those to them. Sending all of the people both innocent and guilty into a mélange binge sparking a wholesale self-murder in every corner around cities, countries, the globe etc. As The Chosen aligned with the blood mother to make their way into the fray, all the dead suicidal people rise from their grave to engage them. Bit by bit as people from the world start killing themselves one after the other, Ernie begins to burn himself out as the overexpenditure of his energies without Smiley to sustain and refuel him, steadily being reduced to an inanimate corpse because of this. Ernest is met by the women who'd orchestrated the events of Armageddon who use the body of Sara as a vessel to commune with her champion and consort. Her attentions are otherwise preoccupied by the arrival of another Æsir. While Hel is distracted by Purgatori, Vex is revealed as Niorun, Goddess of the Night, and moves to soothe Evil Ernie's psi-induced rampage by feeding him loving happy memories of what he truly desired. Only to be interrupted by Purgatori as she moves to use the device in order to conquer the world, Chastity takes Smiley and tosses him up to the window where Ernie and Purgatori sit just as she uses the probe to broadcast her own psychic mojo to the world and enthralls everyone. After the demon button re-energizes Ernie the latter uses his energy to call down a massive blast which obliterates both him and Purgatori along with the entire building complex sending them both back to hell in a blaze. In the aftermath all that can be seen left of him is the now-inert Smiley picked up by a hazmat team studying the ruined site of his climactic battle. Publishing history Eternity Comics Evil Ernie: #1-5 (1991) Adventure Comics Evil Ernie: Special Limited Edition #1 (1992) Chaos Comics Evil Ernie: Youth Gone Wild #1-5 (1996) Evil Ernie: Resurrection #1-4 (1993) Evil Ernie: #0 (1993) Evil Ernie: Revenge #1-4 (1994) Evil Ernie Vs. Superheroes (1995) Evil Ernie: Straight to Hell Prologue (published by Wizard) (1995) Evil Ernie: Straight to Hell #1-5 (1995-1996) Evil Ernie: #1/2 (published by Wizard) (1997) Evil Ernie Vs. Movie Monster (1997) Evil Ernie: Destroyer #1-9 (1997-1998) Evil Ernie Vs. Superheroes II (1998) Evil Ernie: Monthly #1-10 (1998-1999) Evil Ernie: Depraved #1-3 (1999) Evil Ernie: War of the Dead #1-3 (1999) Armageddon (preview) (1999) Armageddon #1-4 (1999-2000) Evil Ernie: Pieces of Me #1 (2000) Evil Ernie: The Return #1 (2001) The Untold tales of Evil Ernie: Relentless (2002) Devil’s Due Evil Ernie: In Santa Fe #1-4 (2005) Hack/Slash: The Final Revenge of Evil Ernie (2005) Dynamite Evil Ernie: Origin of Evil #1-6 (2012) Li'l Ernie (2013) Chaos! #1-6 (2014) Chaos! Holiday Special #1 (2014) Evil Ernie: Suicide King #1-6 (2014-2015) Chaos! Smiley the Psychotic Button (2015) Alice Cooper Vs. Chaos! #1-6 (2016) Evil Ernie: Godeater #1-5 (2016) Evil Ernie: Present Additional information Prior to her sale to CrossGen (and then Avatar Press), Lady Death was Ernie's lover. In later series Lady Hel who was made to replace Lady Death was his lover alongside Chastity. See also List of Devil's Due Publishing publications References External links Evil Ernie at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived from the original on June 26, 2016. Chaos! Comics characters Chaos! 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Myra M. Hart was a founding member of Staples Inc. She graduated from Cornell University with a B.A. in 1962 and an MBA from Harvard in 1981. She obtained a DBA from Harvard University in 1995. She was Professor of Entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School from 1995-2007. She is a founding scholar of the Diana Group, creators of the Diana Project, which resulted in her receiving the Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research in 2007. Biography She was a founding member of Staples Inc., the office superstore. She served as Professor of Entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School until retiring in 2007. She co-authored four books and developed more than 60 Harvard Business School cases. In 1999, Hart was elected to the Cornell board of trustees and serves on the investment committee and the Committee on Alumni Affairs and Development. Hart is a director of the National Foundation for Women Business Owners, on the corporate boards of directors of Kraft and Office Depot, and on the Board of Advisors of AbsolutelyNew Inc.. Hart is a member of the Boston Club and the MIT Enterprise Council. References Cornell University alumni Harvard Business School alumni Year of birth missing (living people) Staples Inc. people Harvard Business School faculty Kraft Foods people Living people External links Biography of Myra M. Hart
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James Alexander Mackenzie (January 15, 1930 – April 28, 1967) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Oklahoma for one season in 1966 before his sudden death the following spring. Early years A native of Gary, Indiana, Mackenzie played college football at the University of Kentucky for head coach Bear Bryant, and was an assistant coach under Frank Broyles for nine years, one at the University of Missouri and eight at the University of Arkansas. Oklahoma After the 1965 season, Mackenzie was hired as the head coach at the University of Oklahoma in December. He succeeded Gomer Jones, a longtime Sooner assistant who had failed to match the success of the legendary Bud Wilkinson, but remained as athletic director. The Sooners' 3–7 record under Jones in 1965 was the worst in program history (until 1996). In his first season in 1966, Mackenzie led the Sooners to a 6–4 record, defeated rival Texas for the first time in nine years, upset undefeated rival Nebraska on Thanksgiving, and was named the Coach of the Year in the Big Eight Conference. Death Entering his second season, Mackenzie died at age 37 of a heart attack in late April. He collapsed at his Norman home after returning from a brief recruiting trip to north Texas during a break in spring practice. He was survived by his wife, Sue Newell, and two children, Katheryn and James, Jr. Recently departed assistant Homer Rice, the first-year head coach at Cincinnati, turned down the chance to take over for Mackenzie. Assistant coach Chuck Fairbanks, age 33, was promoted to head coach in early May. Head coaching record College References 1930 births 1967 deaths Arkansas Razorbacks football coaches Kentucky Wildcats football players Missouri Tigers football coaches Oklahoma Sooners football coaches High school football coaches in Kentucky High school football coaches in Texas Coaches of American football from Indiana Players of American football from Gary, Indiana
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Patan is one of the administrative blocks/Tehsil/ Taluka of Palamu district, Jharkhand state, India. According to census (2001), the block has 25,186 households with aggregate population of 146,139. The block has 186 villages. History Patan a Taluka/Block, close to Medininager Palamu, is located 25 km from Medininagar (Daltonganj). Patan is a part of Chhatarpur (Jharkhand Assembly constituency). It is well connected by road via two road. Both Road connects to NH-139. Old Patan Road is through patan mod Via Palhe and Main road passes through Bairiya chowk via Jonr. Patan surrounded on every side by mountains is a small beautiful town. It's well covered by Vodafone, Airtel, Uninor, Reliance, BSNL, Aircel, Idea, Airtel 3G, like cellular networks. ATM also available here for SBI near Patan Bazar. Languages Languages spoken here include Asuri, an Austroasiatic language spoken by approximately 17 000 in India, largely in the southern part of Palamu; and Bhojpuri, a tongue in the Bihari language group with almost 40 000 000 speakers, written in both the Devanagari and Kaithi scripts. See also Chhatarpur Assembly Palamu Loksabha constituency Jharkhand Legislative Assembly Jharkhand Palamu References External links Blocks of Palamu district http://palamu.nic.in/patan.html Community development blocks in Jharkhand Community development blocks in Palamu district
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Satbarwa block is one of the administrative blocks of Palamu district, Jharkhand state, India. It is one of the important block/Taliuka in NH-75 (old numbering). According to census (2001), the block has 9,385 households with aggregate population of 52,541. The block has 58 villages. See also Palamu Loksabha constituency Jharkhand Legislative Assembly Jharkhand Palamu References Blocks of Palamu district Community development blocks in Jharkhand Community development blocks in Palamu district
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Thunberg is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Carl Peter Thunberg (1743–1828), Swedish naturalist Anna Sofia Thunberg (1790–1871), Swedish opera singer Clas Thunberg (1893–1973), Finnish speed skater Greta Thunberg (born 2003), Swedish climate activist Lage Thunberg (1905–1977), Swedish Air Force general Olof Thunberg (1925–2020), Swedish actor and director Svante Thunberg (born 1969), Swedish actor, producer and author Torsten Thunberg (1873–1952), Swedish physiologist See also Tunberg Swedish-language surnames
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This Is Madness is the second studio album by spoken word recording artists The Last Poets. It was released in 1971 through Douglas Records. Recording sessions took place at Mediasound Studios with production by Alan Douglas and Stefan Bright. The album peaked at #104 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and at #14 on the Top R&B Albums chart in the United States. It spawned two singles, "O.D." and "True Blues". The songs from This Is Madness were used by various hip hop musicians. Track listing Personnel Jalaluddin Mansur Nuriddin – poet, lead vocals, backing vocals Umar Bin Hassan – poet, lead vocals, backing vocals Raymond "Nilaja" Hurrey – percussion Technical Alan Douglas – producer Stefan Bright – producer Anthony C. Bongiovi – engineering Bilal Farid – photography Abdul Mati (Abdul Mati Klarwein) – painting Bob Vermosa – lettering Charts References External links 1971 albums The Last Poets albums 1970s spoken word albums Spoken word albums by American artists Albums produced by Alan Douglas (record producer) Albums with cover art by Mati Klarwein
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Timothy Wangusa (born 1942) is a Ugandan poet and novelist. Wangusa was chairman of Uganda Writers Association and founder president of International PEN Uganda Centre. Early life and education Wangusa is an ethnic Mumasaaba, born in Bugisu, in eastern Uganda. He studied English at Makerere University where he later served on faculty, and the University of Leeds (UK). He wrote his MA and PhD on British and African poetry, respectively. Wangusa started working at Makerere University in 1969. He was appointed as Professor in 1981 (the first from Bugisu). In his acceptance speech 'A Wordless World,' he looked at how words were starting to lose meaning and there was a continuous shift from words and speech. Later Wangusa served as the Head of Department of Literature and Dean of Faculty of Arts. He was also a Minister of Education in the Ugandan Government (1985–86) and a Member of Parliament (1989–96). Presently, he serves as a Senior Presidential Advisor In Museveni's government. Wangusa played a pivotal role in establishing the Department of Languages and Literature at Uganda Christian University, an Anglican University in Mukono. Writing His collection of poems Salutations: Poems 1965-1975 (1977), reissued with additional poems as A Pattern of Dust: Selected Poems 1965-1990 (1994), reflects his rural origins. The novel Upon This Mountain (1989) tells the story of Mwambu, who is determined to touch heaven, and describes his journey towards adulthood. The novel combines African folklore and proverbs with Christian symbolism. Its main theme is that of growing up in the Ugandan society and what challenges come with growing up in the traditional setting. Wangusa's work has been featured on the pan-African poetry platform Badilisha Poetry Radio. Publications Salutations: Poems 1965-1975 (1977) Upon this mountain (1989) A Pattern of Dust: Selected Poems 1965-1990 (1994) Anthem for Africa (1995) Africa's New Brood (2006) "A taxi driver on his death References Poetry Africa Biographies - page 6 Centre for Creative Arts, Durban, University of Kwazulu Natal 1942 births Living people 20th-century Ugandan poets Makerere University alumni Alumni of the University of Leeds Academic staff of Makerere University Ugandan novelists Male novelists Ugandan male poets 20th-century male writers
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(BJW) is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion established in 1995. It is most famous for its deathmatch style contests. History Big Japan Pro Wrestling was founded in March 1995 by former AJPW wrestlers Shinya Kojika and Kendo Nagasaki, during the boom period for Deathmatch wrestling in Japan. Kendo Nagasaki left in 1999; Shinya Kojika is still president of the company to date. The promotion followed in the footsteps of organizations such as Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW), Wrestling International New Generations (W*ING), and the International Wrestling Association of Japan (IWA Japan), who helped popularise a hard-hitting, violent and bloody style of wrestling known as the Deathmatch, or in more recent years, "hardcore" wrestling. These matches are usually weapon filled, using both "conventional" weapons (such as chairs and tables), as well as "extreme" weapons not usually seen in mainstream wrestling, and previously unused in wrestling at all. These weapons include but are by no means limited to, nails, thumbtacks, fire, and fluorescent light tubes. Barbed wire is also often used liberally in these matches, sometimes wrapped around other weapons, laid on the floor surrounding the ring, wrapped around the ring ropes, or even replacing the ropes altogether. In its early years, BJW was unable to directly compete with the budgets of its competition. This led to the innovation of several unique gimmick matches, many of which helped hide its monetary shortcomings. These include: Circus Deathmatch - above the ring is a scaffold and under that scaffold, there is a type of circus net made of barbed wire. When a wrestler falls off the scaffold the barbed wire spider net is there to "catch" the wrestlers. After a wrestler, or a team of wrestlers, has been thrown into the net it is cut down and the match continues to a pinfall. Piranha Deathmatch - Barbed wire boards are placed in the corners. In the middle of the ring, there is a tank full of Piranhas. To win you must hold your opponent in the tank for ten seconds. Scorpion Deathmatch- This match is similar to the Piranha Deathmatch, but with cacti replacing barbed wire boards and a tank full of scorpions rather than piranhas. Crocodile Deathmatch - Two wrestlers compete in a non-specific death match. The loser of the match must then go on to wrestle a crocodile. This type of match has only been performed once, between Shadow WX & Mitsuhiro Matsunaga. Fire Stone Deathmatch - Electrified space heaters wrapped in barbed wire surround the ring both outside and inside, and the match is won by pinfall. Big Japan W*ING Crisis Big Born Deathmatch (also known as "Crisis Big Born Deathmatch") - A match that combines several different deathmatch types. The match begins on a scaffold above a barbed wire net over a ring. The ring itself is surrounded by cacti, fire stones (electric space heaters wrapped in barbed wire), and dry ice. Thumbtacks are scattered in the ring. In the middle of the ring is a tank of scorpions. Various weapons including light bulbs, light tubes, baseball bats, drills, buzzsaws, and swords are permitted. The match is fought with all members of two teams active at the same time under hardcore street fight rules. When all the wrestlers have fallen into the barbed wire net, the next phase of the match begins. The barbed wire net is removed and the match continues. Wrestlers leave and win the match by submission, by having their head put in the scorpion tank for ten seconds, or by passing out. "Ancient Way" Death Match - Both fighters wrap their hands in hemp rope, which is then coated in honey and dipped in broken glass to make them deadly weapons. Away from the Deathmatches, BJW also has had well-established normal wrestling titles. On February 3, 1998, Yoshihiro Tajiri won a one-night-only 8-man tournament in Tokyo to crown BJW's first World Junior Heavyweight Champion. This match showed a distinct departure from the violent matches BJW is known for. The company also has had a World Heavyweight Championship, a World Women's Championship, a World Tag Team Championship, and a World 4-Man Tag Team Shuffle Championship. Although the World Tag Team and Deathmatch, titles are the only ones still active. Currently, the BJW roster is split into "Deathmatch BJ", "Strong BJ" and "Strong J". The deathmatch workers wrestle for the BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship, the non-deathmatch heavyweight workers for the BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship, and the junior heavyweight workers for the BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship. Big Japan Pro Wrestling Core Big Japan Pro Wrestling Core (BJW Core) is a video-on-demand service owned by Big Japan Pro Wrestling. In November 2017, BJW announced "Big Japan Pro Wrestling Core", a new worldwide video-on-demand site for the promotion's events. The service features matches from the promotion's archives, dating back to 1995. The service has a current monthly subscription price of . In December 2018, BJW announced that the service would shut down at the end of the year, with plans to relaunch in February 2019 using a new service provider. The service was then reactivated. Working relationships Big Japan has had interpromotional feuds with both New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW). These were both kayfabe feuds that were done to generate more income for both companies. During late 1996 and early 1997, BJW agreed with NJPW. Being a relatively new promotion, BJW needed mainstream publicity. NJPW agreed to a feud, which would allow Big Japan wrestlers to appear in their company and use New Japan's popularity to give exposure to their company. In return, Big Japan agreed to lose the feud and the majority of the interpromotional matches, therefore strengthening the New Japan brand. The situation provided an interesting clash of wrestling styles, as NJPW often favored a strong style of competition. The two promotions held Wrestling World 1997, the biggest event during the interpromotional feud and the fifth January 4 Tokyo Dome Show. In the late 1990s and into the 2000s, BJW competed against CZW. CZW was a relatively new American promotion at the time, and also largely focused on an extreme style of wrestling. Wrestlers feuded in both companies having matches in the United States and Japan. During the CZW feud, top star Tomoaki Honma departed the company to become a freelancer. In 2008, BJW entered into a working relationship with Chikara. In October 2008, several BJW wrestlers went to America and faced Chikara in The Global Gauntlet. BJW did well, winning the best of five series on night one, but narrowly lost the Global Gauntlet match on the second night. In 2009, BJW hosted Chikara's inaugural Japanese tour. In 2011, BJW established a three-way working relationship with CZW and German promotion Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw), which led to the creation of the World Triangle League tournament. The working relationship ended in 2015. BJW has also had a long working relationship with the Union Pro Wrestling promotion, which has included BJW workers holding titles in Union Pro and vice versa. The relationship ended in 2014 when UPW shut down. Roster Deathmatch BJ Strong BJ Strong J Freelancers Staff Notable alumni/guests Male Abdullah the Butcher Akira Hyodo Alejandro Astroman Axl Rotten Craig Crazy Sheik Daichi Kakimoto Daigoro Kashiwa Daikokubo Benkei DJ Nira Fuma Gedo Gentaro Hayato Tamura Homicide HUB The Iceman Jado James Keenan Jason Ray Nope Kamikaze Jun Kasai Junya Matsunaga Kazuo Sakurada Kintaro Kanemura Koji Doi Kuuga Mad Man Pondo Masada Masato Inaba Mike Samples Mitsuhiro Matsunaga Miyawaki Necro Butcher Nobuhiro Shimatani Ryota Nakatsu Sagat Shadow WX Shinya Ishikawa Shoki Kitamura Shu Asakawa Takashi Sasaki Takato Nakano Mr. Pogo Takoyakida Tank Nagai Tarzan Goto Tomoaki Honma Tomomitsu Matsunaga Towa Iwasaki Violento Jack Yoshihiro Tajiri Yoshihisa Uto Yusuke Kubo Female Akane Fujita Aoi Kizuki Ayame Sasamura Azumi Hyuga Command Bolshoi Giulia Mika Iwata Misae Genki Kiyoko Ichiki Gami Hanako Nakamori Itsuki Aoki Kazuki Kyoko Kimura Maika Ozaki Mochi Miyagi Sachie Abe Sawako Shimono Suzu Suzuki Tequila Saya Yuu Yamagata CZW Warriors (2000–2002) A derivation of this stable also appeared in Fire Pro Wrestling Returns as the Mad Gaijins, which consisted of Mad Man Pondo and 2 Tuff Tony. Nick Mondo John Zandig Johnny Kashmere Justice Pain Nate Hatred Nick Berk Nick Gage Ruckus Trent Acid Van Hammer Wifebeater Championships As of , . Current This is a list of championships promoted by the company. Some of them are not created by it. Defunct Former Tournaments BJW also holds annual tournaments to decide the top wrestler or tag team in the promotion: Broadcasters Domestic: Fighting TV Samurai Nico Nico Douga Worldwide: BJW Core See also Professional wrestling in Japan List of professional wrestling promotions in Japan Fire Pro Wrestling Returns References External links Japanese professional wrestling promotions 1995 establishments in Japan Entertainment companies established in 1995 Companies based in Yokohama
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The 1995 FA Cup final was a football match played at Wembley Stadium in London on 20 May 1995 to determine the winner of the 1994–95 FA Cup. The 50th FA Cup Final to be played at Wembley since the Second World War, it was contested by Everton and Manchester United. Everton won the match 1–0 via a headed goal by Paul Rideout, after Graham Stuart's shot rebounded off the crossbar. The rest of the game saw Manchester United dominating the attack, only for Welsh international goalkeeper Neville Southall to hold on to a clean sheet. Summary Manchester United, double-winners the previous season, had lost their league crown the previous Sunday to Blackburn Rovers. Manchester United had to play the final without three of their most important players: Eric Cantona (suspended), Andrei Kanchelskis (injured) and Andy Cole (cup-tied). Between them, those three had scored 41 goals in all competitions for United during the season, plus another 15 Cole scored for Newcastle. The final saw final Manchester United appearances for Paul Ince and Mark Hughes (who had contributed greatly to Manchester United's successes under the management of Alex Ferguson), as they both moved to new clubs within weeks after the final. However, the game saw some promising performances from breakthrough players Gary Neville, Nicky Butt and Paul Scholes, all of whom would go on to win numerous major honours for the club. Everton, meanwhile, had escaped from a relegation dogfight which had seen them make their worst start to a league campaign (eight points from a possible 42 after 14 games), with a superbly successful cup run which saw them reach Wembley having conceded only one goal (a penalty for Jürgen Klinsmann of Tottenham Hotspur in the semi-final, which Everton won 4–1). Everton's only absentee was defender Earl Barrett who was cup-tied, and had therefore not been part of Everton's FA cup campaign. Duncan Ferguson passed a fitness test on the day of the game, however, Ferguson was only given a place on the substitutes bench, with Everton fielding the same starting XI that defeated Tottenham Hotspur in the FA Cup semi-final. There was no place among the substitutes for homegrown boyhood Blue John Ebbrell, with Daniel Amokachi being preferred on the bench after he scored twice in the semi-final. Stuart Barlow and Vinny Samways were the other players from the original 17-man cup final squad to not make the 14-man matchday squad. Ebbrell, Barlow and Samways all missed the semi-final against Spurs due to injury, allowing Amokachi to take a place on the substitutes bench; he then scored two goals after mistakenly coming on for Paul Rideout. Rideout had been a doubt for the game with a knee ligament injury and appeared to have suffered a recurrence midway through the second half; after receiving treatment from the Everton physio, Rideout indicated he was ready to return to action, but Amokachi misinterpreted his signal and entered the field, with the substitution confirmed by the fourth official. It was Everton's first major trophy since they won the league championship eight years earlier, and is their most recent major trophy to date. In contrast, Manchester United were left without a major trophy for the first time since the 1988–89 season and were denied the opportunity to become the first club to win the FA Cup nine times. This was the last time that an English manager won the FA Cup – as well as the last time a club other than Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool or Manchester United won the FA Cup – until 2008, when Harry Redknapp managed Portsmouth to victory. The trophy was presented to the Everton captain and man of the match Dave Watson by the Prince of Wales (now Charles III), whose sons Princes William and Harry were attending their first FA Cup Final. Road to Wembley Match details See also All Together Now (Everton song) We're Gonna Do It Again (Manchester United song) References External links Line-ups 1995 Final Fa Cup Final 1995 Fa Cup Final 1995 FA Cup Final FA Cup Final
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Chris Duarte (born February 16, 1963) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. Duarte plays a style of Texas blues-rock that draws on elements of jazz, blues, and rock and roll. In his own words, his musical style is a combination of "rockin' blues" and "punk blues." He is signed to Shrapnel Records. Biography Duarte was born in San Antonio, Texas, and was first inspired by music at age eight after seeing Fiddler On The Roof on television. Duarte first began playing on his brother's guitar and then obtained his own electric guitar, a Supro, at the age of 14. In 1979, Duarte moved to Austin, Texas, and purchased a 1963 Fender Stratocaster guitar for $500 and began exploring various genres including the jazz music of John Coltrane and Miles Davis. This guitar he primarily used to learn to play, was stolen in 1993. Duarte was inspired by blues legend Stevie Ray Vaughan, and credits John Coltrane as his number-one musical idol. Duarte won a label recording contract with Silvertone Records and released Texas Sugar/Strat Magik in 1994, and was named "Best New Talent" in Guitar Player'''s 1995 Reader's Poll. He finished fourth in the magazine's "Best Blues Guitarist" category behind Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy and B.B. King. Duarte said once in an interview, "I always thought I was a better live performer anyway." Though Duarte has played a limited number of US dates in recent years with the Japanese band Bluestone Company backing him, he performs primarily as a power trio billed as the Chris Duarte Group. Originally formed with long-time friends and collaborators, John Jordan on bass and Jeff Hodges on drums, the current incarnation features Dustin Sargent on bass and John McKnight on drums. Apart from his band, Duarte has performed with Julie Burrell, Diana Cantu, Bobby Mack, Tracy Conover, Indigenous, and Omar & the Howlers. Duarte's concert dates in Asheville, North Carolina; Charlotte, North Carolina; and Greenville, South Carolina; were filmed for the PBS television show, The PBS Project, and featured Steve Bailey on bass and Jeff Sipe on drums. His thirteenth and latest album, Lucky 13, is billed as a Chris Duarte Group release, featuring Dustin Sargent on the bass, and John McKnight on the drums, while Duarte plays the guitar and provides vocals. Following its release in 2014, it received positive reviews for its blend of slow, loping blues with psychedelic, rock and jazz overtones. Select discography Albums 1987: Chris Duarte and the Bad Boys (SRS Records) 1994: Texas Sugar/Strat Magik (Silvertone/Jive/BMG) 1997: Tailspin Headwhack (Silvertone/Jive/BMG) 2000: Love Is Greater Than Me (Zoë/Rounder/UMe) 2003: Romp (Zoë/Rounder/UMe) 2007: Blue Velocity (Blues Bureau International/Shrapnel) 2008: Vantage Point (Blues Bureau International/Shrapnel) 2009: Chris Duarte & Bluestone Co. – 396 (Blues Bureau International/Shrapnel) 2009: Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, All Things Blue (Blues Bureau International/Shrapnel) compilation 2010: Infinite Energy (Blues Bureau International/Shrapnel) 2011: Blues In the Afterburner (Blues Bureau International/Shrapnel) 2013: My Soul Alone (Blues Bureau International/Shrapnel) 2013: Live (Blues Bureau International/Shrapnel) 2014: Lucky 13 (Blues Bureau International/Shrapnel) 2016: The Chris Duarte Group (The Fan Club) (World Domination Productions) 2023: Ain't Giving Up (Provogue) Other appearances 1985: Bobby Mack & Night Train – Night Train (SJM Records) Instructional DVDs 1995: The Total Guitar CD, Volume 6 – Total Guitar 2006: Axplorations'' – Hal Leonard Corporation References External links Chris Duarte Official Site Chris Duarte's Electronic Press Kit (duarte.rocks) Chris Duarte Group Fans Shrapnel Records Official Site Chris Duarte early years Chris Duarte Group fan forum Chris Duarte interview with A1 Blues Chris Duarte collection at the Internet Archive's live music archive 1963 births Living people American blues guitarists American male guitarists Musicians from San Antonio Texas blues musicians Songwriters from Texas American blues singers American male singers Guitarists from Texas 20th-century American guitarists 20th-century American male musicians American male songwriters Provogue Records artists
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Teximbank is the oldest operating private bank in Bulgaria. It was created by Georgi Naydenov, a famous Bulgarian businessman, who created the state-owned economic group Texim in the 1960s and 1970s. Texim was 'founded in 1960 as an export-import enterprise, and was gradually expanded to cover various additional types of activities: transport by its own ships and trucks, management of factories producing soft drinks (including Coca-Cola, for the production of which it acquired the license), management of Bulgarian mineral water springs, sale of luxury goods in special shops in Sofia and Varna, etc.' Furthermore, Texim was 'responsible for the bulk of Bulgaria's arms exports, and it is the primary distributor for most of the country's small arms and light weapons'. Georgi Naydenov created Teximbank in September 1992, the beginning of the post-communist era. The bank was created by 'more than 4000 initial shareholders who trusted in Naydenov'. It managed to survive both Bulgarian economic crisis and restored its political and economic independence. Teximbank has proven to be a stable and reliable financial institution. The bank has a full banking license which enables it to perform transactions both in the country and abroad, and it specialises in servicing small and middle-sized businesses. References External links Official Website Sources Official Website of Teximbank: http://www.teximbank.bg Official Site of the Bulgarian National Bank: http://www.bnb.bg https://web.archive.org/web/20070929100501/http://www.mybulgaria.info/bulgaria/travel/information-about-bulgaria-38.html About the CEO of Teximbank: http://www.dksi.bg/en/AboutUs/Members/Vidolova.htm http://www.kampanyarchivum.hu/files/300/8/3/7-2-27.html http://www.hrw.org/reports/1999/bulgaria/Bulga994-02.htm#P384_79881 Banks of Bulgaria Banks established in 1992 1992 establishments in Bulgaria
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SPEW may refer to: Society for Promoting the Employment of Women, one of the earliest British women's organisations Society for the Promotion of Elfish Welfare, a fictional organization formed by Hermione Granger in 2000's Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire "Spew", a short story by Neal Stephenson that was published in the 1996 anthology Hackers
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Starchild is the sixth studio album by American R&B singer Teena Marie, released on November 11, 1984, by Epic Records. Following the relative commercial failure of her previous album, Robbery, Starchild became the highest-selling album of Marie's career. It peaked at #9 on the US Black Albums chart and #31 on the Billboard Albums chart. It was certified Gold by the RIAA on April 1, 1985. The album's success was driven by lead single "Lovergirl" which become a major US hit, reaching #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and her only top 30 hit on that chart. Marie also received a nomination for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for the single at the 27th Grammy Awards-her second nomination in that category. The album was written and produced by Marie, with contributions from Leon Ware and Narada Michael Walden. The track "My Dear Mr. Gaye" is a tribute to Marvin Gaye, who had been fatally shot and killed by his father on April 1, 1984. It was re-released by SoulMusic Records in 2012 as an Expanded Edition, containing 5 mixes as bonus tracks (see track listing below). Track listing All songs written by Teena Marie, except where noted. "Lovergirl" – 4:54 "Help Youngblood Get to the Freaky Party" (Bendrix, Marie) – 5:44 "Out on a Limb" – 6:37 "Alibi" (Marie, Fred Mirza) – 5:23 "Jammin" – 5:52 "Starchild" – 5:35 "We've Got to Stop (Meeting Like This)" (Duet With Ronnie McNeir) – 5:07 "My Dear Mr. Gaye" (Marie, Penny "P.J." Johnson, Leon Ware) – 5:28 "Light" – 1:17 Expanded Edition "Lovergirl" (US Single Edit) - 3:59 "Lovergirl" (US Special 12" Dance Mix) - 5:53 "Lovergirl" (US Single - Instrumental) - 6:10 "Jammin'" (Dance Mix - Long Version) - 8:20 "Out on a Limb" (US 12" Single Edit) - 5:31 Personnel Credits for Starchild adapted from Allmusic Teena Marie – lead vocals, backing vocals (1, 2, 6), pianos, synthesizers, guitars, drums, drum machine programming, percussion, arrangements, rhythm and vocal arrangements, synthesizer arrangements (1, 2, 4, 5, 6), string arrangements (7) Walter Afanasieff – synthesizers Wyman Brown – synthesizers Darren Carmichael – synthesizers Randy Kerber – acoustic piano, synthesizers, rhythm and synthesizer arrangements (6), string arrangements (7) Fred Mirza – synthesizers, synthesizer arrangements (1, 4), rhythm arrangements (4) Dan Radlauer – synthesizers Preston Glass – guitars Dann Huff – guitars Tom McDermott – guitars Corrado Rustici – guitars David Taylor – guitars David T. Walker – guitars Nathan East – bass James Jamerson, Jr. – bass Allen McGrier –bass, male lead vocals (2), drum machine programming (6) James Gadson – drums John Robinson – drums Narada Michael Walden – drums, rhythm arrangements (3) Michael White – drums Paulinho da Costa – percussion Ernie Watts – saxophone solo (8) Gene Page – string conductor (7, 8), string arrangements (8) Harry Bluestone – concertmaster (7, 8) Billy Griffin – backing vocals Mickey Hearn – backing vocals Penny "PJ" Johnson – backing vocals, vocal arrangements (8) Yvette Marine – backing vocals Leon Ware – backing vocals Julia Tillman Waters – backing vocals Maxine Willard Waters – backing vocals Ronnie McNeir – male lead vocals (7) Production Larkin Arnold – executive producer Teena Marie – producer, cover concept Bobby Brooks – engineer (1, 2, 4-9), mixing David Frazier – engineer (3) Rick Butz – assistant engineer Elmer Flores – assistant engineer Deni King – assistant engineer Richard McKernan – assistant engineer Magic Moreno – assistant engineer Gary Wagner – assistant engineer Bernie Grundman – mastering at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, California) P.J. – production coordinator, cover concept Tony Lane – art direction Nancy Donald – art direction Ron Slenzak – photography Tim Wild – airbrushing Renny Roberts – back cover illustration The Michael Gardner Company – management Singles "Lovergirl" #4 US Pop Singles/ #9 US Black Singles "Jammin'" #81 US Pop Singles/ #45 US Black Singles "Out on a Limb" #56 US Black Singles References 1984 albums Teena Marie albums Epic Records albums Freestyle music albums
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Baby Huey's Great Easter Adventure is a 1999 live-action direct-to-video film directed by Stephen Furst, based on the Harvey Entertainment Company animated character Baby Huey. It was released by Columbia TriStar Home Video on VHS on March 2, 1999, and on DVD on February 15, 2005, by Classic Media. A majority of the film's cast and crew were National Lampoon veterans. Cast Rodger Bumpass as Baby Huey (costume), Irv Stephen Furst as the voice of Baby Huey, Phantoms' Manager Harvey Korman as Prof. von Klupp Joseph Bologna as P.T. Wynnsocki David Lander as Bernie Maureen McCormick as Nick's Mom David Leisure as Nick's Dad Michael Angarano as Nick John Vernon as Principal Scotti Denny Dillon as Crabby Mom Promise LaMarco as Teacher Allyce Beasley as Elsa Laraine Newman as Minnie Rachel Snow as Lotta Tiffany Taunman as Little Audrey Melissa Haizlip as Miss Twinkle Kate Simmons as Patsy Peter Jurasik as Tigers' Manager Leonard Joseph as Gym Teacher Stuart Pankin as Umpire Production The film was part of a 12 film slate of direct to video productions by Harvey Entertainment based on their properties. Harvey Entertainment reported an estimated loss of $250,000 directly tied to the film. See also List of Easter films References External links 1999 films American children's films Live-action films based on animated series Films about ducks Films based on Harvey Comics Puppet films Sony Pictures direct-to-video films Films about Easter 1990s English-language films Films directed by Stephen Furst Films scored by Nathan Furst 1990s American films
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Meden Vale is a small former coal mining village originally known as Welbeck Colliery Village prior to renaming in the late 1960s. It is situated close to the small town of Market Warsop, in north Nottinghamshire, England, off the main A60 Mansfield to Worksop road, and lies within Mansfield District Council administrative area and Mansfield Parliamentary constituency, represented since 2017 by Ben Bradley of the Conservative Party. It is in the civil parish of Warsop. There is a small collection of shops, Post Office, a garage and the Three Lions public house. The River Meden flows through the village alongside the main road. The village has a rugby union side which plays in the RFU Midlands 5 East (North) division. Former colliery The economy was based mainly on Welbeck Colliery, which started up when two shafts were sunk between 1912 and 1915. It was determined by owner UK Coal for closure in 2007 due to limited reserves, with the last coal produced 11 May 2010. Most of the working-age employees from the 410 total transferred to other collieries operated by UK Coal, including Daw Mill near Coventry, a daily round-trip of for some. When closed it was one of the last remaining deep mine collieries to operate in England, and at its peak employed 1,400 men and produced 1.5 million tonnes of coal yearly. The headstocks were demolished by explosives in April 2011. Explosion Two security guards were badly injured in an explosion confined to a surface electrical substation at the Colliery site on Saturday 31 December 2011. References External links Meden Vale Rugby Market Warsop Community page Welbeck Colliery History page Villages in Nottinghamshire Mansfield District
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Freestyle Music Park, formerly called Hard Rock Park, was a short-lived, music-themed amusement park in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Built on , the park was located at the intersection of US 501 and the Intracoastal Waterway. It included part of the former Waccamaw Factory Shoppes in Fantasy Harbour, and its headquarters was located in Mall 3. The park opened to the public on April 15, 2008, but following financial issues, it closed later that year on September 24. It reopened under the Freestyle brand on May 23, 2009, but it closed permanently at the end of the season due to mounting financial problems and lawsuits. History Development of Hard Rock Park Jon Binkowski, a businessman from Florida who had worked in the amusement-park industry, bought a small theater in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, in 1999 or 2000. The theater, known as the Ice Castle, did not attract as many guests as Binkowski had expected. Binkowski and Rank Group executive Steven Goodwin began developing plans for an amusement park around the Ice Castle known as Fantasy Harbour. Early in the planning process, Binkowski and Goodwin considered theming the park to the four seasons of summer, spring, winter and fall. After investors said a season–themed amusement park would be too generic, Binkowski considered partnering with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to create an amusement park themed to MGM films, but this idea was too costly. Finally, in 2002, Binkowski proposed a Hard Rock Cafe–themed park in a late-night email to Goodwin, who himself had worked for Hard Rock Cafe in the late 1990s. They spent two hours drawing up plans for the park in a Kinko's store in Hollywood, Los Angeles. Plans for a Hard Rock-themed amusement park were released in 2003, but at the time funding and licensing agreements had yet to be finalized. The park was budgeted at $250 million by January 2005, and Binkowski and Goodwin sought $25 million to $30 million from the government of Horry County, South Carolina. However, as Binkowski and Goodwin were reluctant to submit detailed business plans, members of the county council refused to approve the bond financing. AVX Corporation CEO Dick Rosen and other investors including Ziel Feldman and Safe Harbor Capital Partners managing partner Amnon Bar-Tur created two companies. Myrtle Property Owners I, which invested in the proposed theme park and Myrtle Property Owners II which bought land from Rosen with the intent to build a hotel along the Intracoastal Waterway in October 2005. A feasibility study predicted 3 million visitors a year in the park's first year, with growth of nine percent the second year and decreasing growth rates after that. By 2006, a licensing agreement with the Hard Rock franchise was reached, two days before the Ice Castle had been scheduled for foreclosure. The Hard Rock name was licensed from Seminole Nation–owned Hard Rock International, current owners/operators of the Hard Rock Cafe brand, to HRP Myrtle Beach Operations, LLC, which designed and built the park, for a fee of $2.5 million per year. Africa Israel Investments owned the majority stake in the park. Investors also included Tim Duncan and AVX Corporation CEO Dick Rosen. Financing also included a loan of $385 million, though the park only cost $225 million to build. Most of the financing, about $305 million, was junk bonds. Real estate owners and investors in Myrtle Beach also agreed to give the project $37 million in cash, along with several parcels of land worth $25 million, if they could obtain a partial ownership stake in the park. A groundbreaking for the park took place on July 13, 2006, although few details of the park had been announced by then. Due to the various unexecuted plans for the site over the years, many local residents were skeptical of whether the proposed park could be completed. As late as March 2007, few details had been revealed about the park, even though its operators had begun hiring the first of 3,000 employees and were looking for a $3 million tax abatement from the government of South Carolina. Details of Hard Rock Park were officially announced in April 2007 when its promoters began advertising the park in six cities. At the time of the announcement, Hard Rock Park was to be the first major new amusement park in the United States since Legoland California in 1999. The park's developers also opened a preview center where they displayed a scale model of the park, as well as renderings of attractions. Construction for the park took place during the same year. The park's primary attraction, Led Zeppelin The Ride, topped out during July 2007. Even during Hard Rock Park's construction, questions arose over whether the park was viable. During the construction process, amusement industry expert Dennis Spiegel said the planned park was "questionable" since it could not operate year-round. Local businesspeople also expressed concerns about the projected guest counts, which they believed were overly high; according to Hard Rock Park's developers, the park was supposed to attract 30,000 guests per day. The park's financing consisted mostly of junk bonds, so the park would be forced to make extremely high interest payments on these bonds if they failed to meet the projected guest numbers. Park representatives planned to rely on word-of-mouth marketing instead of a dedicated marketing campaign, and they chose to only partner with certain "preferred" hotels rather than allowing all local hotels to sell tickets to the park. Although the park had been planned to operate for ten months per year, this ultimately turned out not to be the case. 2008 season: Hard Rock Park Following a soft opening in April 2008, Hard Rock Park officially opened on June 2, 2008, with a concert by Eagles and The Moody Blues. The park's opening ceremony was accompanied by a golf tournament that was closed to the public (although this had not been the original plan), where few celebrities showed up. The park featured six "rock environs" celebrating rock's culture, lifestyle, legends and irreverence. These rock environs included the All Access Entry Plaza, Rock & Roll Heaven, British Invasion, Lost in the 70's, Born in the US and Cool Country. At opening, the park had amusement rides, live shows, interactive elements, kids' play areas, gardens, shopping and dining attractions. The park included an amphitheater with 10,000-person capacity featuring live daily shows and special performances. The attractions were divided between six zones and included three major roller coasters, in addition to a water playground themed to the country of Jamaica, several stores, and a 1960s-themed cafe. The park's headquarters, an arcade, and one of the rides were located within the abandoned Waccamaw Factory Shoppes. The park opened to positive reviews. The Times of London's writer Chris Haslam concluded that America's newest theme park brought the genre "from the preschool plastic of Disney to a new age of insubordinate adolescence through a combination of nerdy attention to detail, startling irreverence and sly wit." Beth J. Harpaz, Associated Press travel editor, declared Nights in White Satin: The Trip as one of her all-time favorite rides from any park. However, in light of the frozen credit markets during the financial crisis of 2007–2008, the park could not secure sufficient financing to underwrite its planned advertising campaign. As the 2008 economic downturn deepened during the summer, high gas and hotel prices coupled with limited advertising by the park led to lower-than-expected attendance. The park cited "macroeconomic conditions that significantly depressed overall demand in the travel and leisure industry" and a lack of cash to advertise. The park had borrowed a lot of money and could not convince investors to provide more help to keep the park going. Despite the park operators' reluctance to offer discounted tickets, they began offering discounted tickets during Black Bike Week, as well as to hospitality workers and to residents of the Carolinas. As early as the beginning of August 2008, Hard Rock Park was in danger of bankruptcy, in part because there were so few visitors, and the park did not have enough money in its reserves to offset its lagging attendance. Changes were made to operating hours and planned operating days. The original closing time of 1 a.m. was moved up to 10 p.m. in August and the park moved to weekend-only operations after Labor Day. With an earlier end-of-season planned on November 2, the park scheduled no concerts past August 30. Hard Rock Park recorded only 370,000 guests during the 2008 season. Early closure, bankruptcy and new owners In September 2008, Africa Israel Investments decided to write off its entire $10 million investment in the park "due to liquidity difficulties the park is experiencing". Hard Rock Park then announced that they were ending the 2008 season over a month early, laying off most of the employees, and had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. At the time of the filing, the park expressed hopes of reopening in 2009; the following month the company announced plans to sell the park. In January 2009, the company converted to Chapter 7. In February 2009, the Delaware bankruptcy court declined to force an auction and approved the sale of the park to FPI MB Entertainment (FPI) for $25 million. FPI MB Entertainment was a joint venture of FPI US LLC, a company incorporated in Delaware, and MB Entertainment. The partners included Roundbox Advisors, Freestyle Park International, Baker Leisure Group, and two of the park's original owners, Thomas M. Hiles and D. Tim Duncan. Baker Leisure Group managed the day-to-day park operations. FPI had to completely re-skin and overhaul the park to comply with court rulings. On April 2, 2009, the new owners announced that the Hard Rock name would be dropped. While Hard Rock International had been willing to continue use of the name if conditions could be met, the owners felt that changing the name would give the park a more positive image since the old name was connected with the bankruptcy; also, the "Hard Rock" name was not considered family-oriented. Because of the name change, the bankruptcy court required all Hard Rock souvenirs to be destroyed. Later that month, FPI unveiled a new name for the park: Freestyle Music Park, stating that it would pay homage to a variety of musical genres, including rock n' roll, country, reggae, beach music, pop, R&B, alternative, Christian, disco, and rap. The name does not refer to the Latin music genre, according to sales and marketing director John Stine. In May 2009, HRP Creative Services Co. wanted to make certain attractions separate from the park the new owners planned, with former park CEO Steven Goodwin wanting the new owners to pay royalties. However, a Delaware federal judge said on March 30 that some of the previous owners still owned intellectual property rights relating to the original theme. The original owners then sued FPI, claiming they had not done enough to change the park, and that the new owners were using intellectual property that was not theirs. This action threatened to delay the reopening. On June 22, 2009, the county planning commission agreed to change the name of Hard Rock Parkway to Fantasy Harbour Boulevard. FPI agreed to pay part of the cost for new signs. Businesses located on the road would have to pay their own expenses as the road, once called Outlet Boulevard, received its second name change in two years. By mid-September, five of the seven signs on the street itself had been changed. 2009 season: Freestyle Music Park The park reopened on May 23, 2009, with adult admission reduced to $39.95 ($29.95 for children) and annual passes to $64.95 ($39.95 for children). Additionally, the park offered three separate promotions during the 2009 summer season: $10 off for South Carolina residents, $17.76 for two admission tickets after 4 p.m. and $19.99 for two admission tickets prior to 4 p.m. As a result of these discounts, the park also made less money than anticipated. By August, the price for two admission tickets had been raised to $19.95. Aside from the renaming of the overall park, sections of the park also got new names; "Myrtle's Beach" (previously "Rock 'N' Roll Heaven") became a "tongue-in-cheek celebration of all things Polynesian," "Born in the USA" became "Kids in America," "British Invasion" became "Across the Pond," and "Cool Country" became "Country USA." The entrance changed names from "All Access Entry Plaza" to "VIP Plaza". FPI also introduced Kids in America, a children's section with four rides named after hit songs purchased from Zamperla of Italy. The rides are named "Get Off My Cloud," "Fly Like an Eagle," "Wheels in the Sky" and "Life Is a Highway." "CSI: Live", previously performed at Six Flags Magic Mountain near Los Angeles, was added to the park and was based on the CSI TV series. As the park prepared to close at the end of the summer, FPI President Steve Baker said, "Overall, I'm real happy," and that "we're doing our best, and we're here to stay." Baker made these comments despite the fact that the economy and the park's past problems contributed to a less than spectacular first season. Many amusement parks were also having difficulties, said David Mandt of the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions. Dennis Spiegel, the consultant, said, "It's probably the largest catastrophe in our industry. Quite frankly the park shouldn't reopen." He said for the price FPI paid, they should have been able to make the park succeed. Spiegel said the park was too far from the beach. The park refused to disclose its attendance numbers for the 2009 season, although officials said admission was less than they had projected. Further problems and subsequent closure Throughout the season, a series of lawsuits were filed against the park, adding to the park's woes. The lawsuits were filed by Brandon Advertising (for $1.4 million) on August 5, 2009, and Roundbox Advisors LLC (for $360,000) on August 17, 2009. Baker explained that FPI MB would pay both creditors, saying that Freestyle Park had fewer problems than Hard Rock Park, but people were assuming the difficulties would continue, meaning that they were less patient. Tetra Financial Group also filed a lawsuit in September for lease payments, taxes and fees. In October 2009, FPI announced that they had lined up some new investors to help the park pay its debts. They signed a memorandum of understanding with the investors. The agreement to purchase Hard Rock Park included paying $570,000 owed by the former park owners. In January 2010, the attorney for Hard Rock Park's trustee allowed an extension on that payment as the park searched for new investors. Court documents said the economic situation caused difficulties in making the payments. The park laid off 30 employees early in January 2010. In February 2010, FPI attorney Tobey Daluz announced that the park would not open in March 2010 as planned. She said when or if the park opened depended on actions of investors who have not been identified. On March 29, 2010, lawyer David Slough said the park would not reopen unless investors allowed FPI to pay Hard Rock Park's debt by the deadline of April 1, 2010. He would not say how close investors were to a deal. On April 1, 2010, Slough said, "Currently, the park has no ability to make the payment." Foreclosure and even bankruptcy are now possibilities, but the park could still find investors and reopen, according to attorney Allen Jeffcoat. Court documents filed April 13, 2010, in federal bankruptcy court in Delaware say a court ruling will create a lien; the next step will likely be a Horry County court action leading to the park's sale. On June 29, 2010, a federal court awarded Tetra $14 million after Freestyle failed to answer the lawsuit. On June 30, 2010, Baker said the park was "aggressively" seeking new investors. Jeffcoat, who had no connection to the case, said Tetra would only be repaid after other creditors who already had claims. On August 9, 2010, foreclosure proceedings were filed against Freestyle Music Park. Mortgage holder FPI US LLC seeks over $25 million from park owner FPI MB Entertainment LLC. Loan documents identified the general manager of FPI US LLC as Alexey (Alexei in most documents) Sidnev; Sidnev was a former partner in Moscow-based MT Development, an investor in Freestyle Park that had planned a similar park in Europe. Court filings showed FPI US LLC is a division of MT Development. On August 20, FPI MB Entertainment responded to the foreclosure action, admitting the amount of debt is correct and that it cannot pay. Four out of five creditors responding to the foreclosure claimed FPI US and FPI MB were the same company and that FPI US should not have first claim to park assets. FPI MB attorney Nate Fata denied this. In an August 24, 2010, interview, Baker said the park's entire board had resigned, except for one member appointed by Russian investors who would work to sell the park. Baker, who continued to head Baker Leisure Group, believed the park could succeed under new owners. VenCore Solutions, which leased items such as radios and shelves to Hard Rock Park, continued its agreement with Freestyle Park. On September 8, VenCore, claiming FPI MB owes the company over $1 million was granted the right to repossess the property. FPI MB stated in a letter that VenCore was correct that the property "is currently uninsured and not subject to a hurricane contingency plan." In December 2011, FPI US which received the property in an August foreclosure auction, filed papers showing it had mortgaged the property for $20 million, money that the company's attorney said was needed for maintenance and other expenses until a sale. Land for a proposed hotel which was never built was later sold in a foreclosure auction on July 2, 2012. Three months before the Summer 2012 season, Alain Wizman of Keller Williams, who had been looking for buyers, said Freestyle appeared unlikely to make a return before 2013. However, on April 18, 2013, local Myrtle Beach newspaper My Horry News reported that local Christian nonprofit arts group Abiding Village launched a campaign to generate enough money to buy the former park minus the rides for $10 million and convert the old park into an education and entertainment complex. An official with Freestyle gave the group three weeks to come up with the resources to purchase the land and buildings, according to Abiding Village officials. On May 7 it was announced via The Sun News that with 5 days left Abiding Village had raised only $1 million of the $10 million goal. On May 13, WBTW and WMBF-TV reported the Abiding Village would not call the old theme park home. The group held a yard sale on May 12, 2013, and later that evening the group's website listed the total as $155,789.82. Abiding Village reps said that they were hopeful that they would still be able to buy the land in the future. Martin Durham, the park's former vice president for entertainment, said many factors led to the park's demise, but the biggest culprit was the recession that hit right as it opened. On November 12, 2013, local media reported that Freestyle Music Park was trying to sell off many of the rides from the venture. This was despite earlier rumors that Baker had plans to move the Freestyle rides to a park he planned to open in Orlando, Florida. Dozens of the rides were listed for sale with Nashville-based Ital International; exceptions were the Wave Swinger and Balloon Race, previously sold to Seabreeze Amusement Park. On December 20, 2013, The Sun News reported that the 13-acre Family Kingdom Amusement Park had purchased The Magic Bikes and Jump Around Dunebuggies, two interactive family rides which were the right size for the park. In late July 2014, dismantling and removal of the other rides began. As of August 11, 2014, Ital International no longer listed the rides, and it was reported that other rides were being shipped out of the US, possibly to Vietnam. Being taken down was the roller coaster known as The Eagles' Life In The Fast Lane. Other rides from the park already had been sold. As of February 2015, all of the rides had been dismantled. They were reassembled in Asia Park in Da Nang, Vietnam with the exception of the Led Zeppelin/Time Machine, Maximum RPM!/Round About, and Slippery When Wet/Soakd’ coasters (They were set up, but never operated and were dismantled in 2017). The track has appeared in Ha Long, Vietnam at a new park called Dragon Park Ha Long. Both parks have the same owner. The ride opened in 2017 under the name Dragon's Run. On February 20, 2014, The Sun News reported that Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament bought roughly four acres of the park which it used prior to 2008 for its horses to exercise and graze. Area government officials visited China in February 2016 and reported that investors had plans for a $100 million development on the site. Sale of former park property On January 1, 2019, it was reported that the former Hard Rock/Freestyle Music Park property of approximately 125.14 acres as well as several other parcels was sold by FPI US LLC. to FTPP Bishop Parkway LLC for $3,545,000. Former Myrtle Beach Mayor John Rhodes had repurchased the old park property a few days prior, on December 28, 2018, although Rhodes's involvement was not reported until late February 2019. Rhodes said that he was not sure of what he wanted to do with the property, saying that only that any development would take advantage of the waterway and that "it will not be another theme park." Rhodes applied for demolition permits but did say some buildings might remain. Rhodes, managing partner of the new ownership group, stated on April 6, 2019, that he did not have any immediate plans for the property, and that he was not against selling the property undeveloped. Rhodes stated that he was in no rush to develop the property as there might be others who wanted it more than he did. He did state that he had some ideas for the property, but that he had to find out from his contractor if any of his ideas would work with the existing buildings. Suspicious fires On February 17, 2019, fire official were called just before midnight to the former Hard Rock/Freestyle Music Park for a three-alarm fire. At about 3:00 a.m. the fire was out and investigators were working the scene and the cause of the blaze was not immediately known, but was later deemed suspicious by fire investigators and local police. On June 30, 2019, a debris/structure fire broke out at the former amusement park and a preliminary investigation by fire officials show that the two separate fires were not "of an accidental ignition." A witness told police that they saw smoke coming from the park and that they saw a group of people leaving the site and was able to provide police with a license number, but nobody has been arrested in connection to the case and police continue to investigate. On September 6, 2019, at 5:20 a.m., fire officials responded to a reported commercial structure fire, with the fire being in a former ticket booth area near where one of the parks entrances used to be and flames were visible upon arrival, but the fire was under control within about 30 minutes and there were no reported injuries. There currently are no indications that the fire was suspicious, and is currently under investigation. Redevelopment On October 10, 2019, it was reported that Horry County received a rezoning application in which the property owner is requesting an update to the Planned Development District and to allow for additional uses on a portion of the site. The 112 acre property is currently zoned for only theme park use and possible uses for the property were to be presented during a planning and zoning workshop on November 7, where leaders would decide on what possible uses will be permitted at the former amusement park. The owner of the land confirmed the future development of the property will not include an amusement park. On June 24, 2021, it was announced that any chance of the former park site being redeveloped into an amusement area would all but disappear if Horry County officials approved a land use change request for the property. It was expected that the county planning commission would make a recommendation to expand the distribution district on the site to 125 acres, which would eliminate most of the amusement uses at what is now a former $400 million theme park. If the land change was approved, then 27 types of businesses would be allowed on the property ranging from vehicle and equipment maintenance to RV and boat storage or even wholesale and distribution. On July 9, 2021, it was announced that the following night the Horry County planning commission would approve the expansion of the Planned Development District, but that Horry County council would still need to approve the next step before the project could move forward. There are more than 30 possible uses, but an exact use had not been decided, though the developer indicated willingness to use it for a small packaging site or even using it for something transportation related. On February 1, 2022, it was reported that a permit application for a FedEx distribution facility at the site of the former parks was being reviewed by Horry County government officials. A commercial permit application for an approximately 250,000-square-foot facility was filed the previous month and followed a stormwater permit application for part of the property that was filed in December on behalf of Beach Ford RV. On October 4, 2022, it was announced that FedEx is planning to invest nearly $64 million investment on the property that was once the theme park. In return for the investment FedEx would get a deduction in its property tax rate, only paying on 6% of its assessed value rather than 10.5% for the next 20 years, according to an agreement that was released by county officials on October 4. Attractions Roller coasters Other attractions {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! scope="col" style="width:30%;background-color:#666;color:#FFF;" colspan="2" | Hard Rock Park !! scope="col" colspan="2" style="width:30%;background-color:#666;color:#FFF;" | Freestyle Music Park !! rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:15%;background-color:#666;color:#FFF;" | Manufacturer !! rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:15%;background-color:#666;color:#FFF;" | Type !! rowspan="2" scope="col" style="background-color:#666;color:#FFF;width:10%" | Status !! rowspan="2" scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:#666;color:#FFF;width:5%" | Ref(s) |- ! scope="col" style="width:17%;background-color:#666;color:#FFF;" | Name !! scope="col" style="width:13%;background-color:#666;color:#FFF;" | Area !! scope="col" style="width:17%;background-color:#666;color:#FFF;" | Name !! scope="col" style="width:13%;background-color:#666;color:#FFF;" | Area |-style="border-bottom:3px solid #999;" | All the King's Horses Carousel || British Invasion || Carnaby Carousel || Across the Pond || Chance Rides || Grand Carousel || Closed || |-style="border-bottom:3px solid #999;" | Garage Jam || Lost in the 70s || Grunge Station || Across the Pond || Prime Interactives || Ball play area || Closed || |-style="border-bottom:3px solid #999;" | Games || Lost in the 70s || Ring My Bell || Across the Pond || || Upcharge attraction || Closed || |-style="border-bottom:3px solid #999;" | Just a Swingin''' || Cool Country || The Texas Swing || Country USA || Bertazzon || Wave Swinger || Relocating to Seabreeze Amusement Park || |-style="border-bottom:3px solid #999;" | Kids Rock! State Park || Born in the USA || Fantasy Harbour State Park || Kids in America || Rope Courses, Inc. || Ropes course || Closed || |-style="border-bottom:3px solid #999;" | London Cab Ride || British Invasion || McGillivray Cab Company || Across the Pond || HUSS Park Attractions || Rodeo (London cabs) || Relocated to Sunworld Danang Wonders || |-style="border-bottom:3px solid #999;" | Magic Mushroom Garden || British Invasion || Faerie Glen || Across the Pond || HUSS Park Attractions || Airboat || Relocated to Sunworld Danang Wonders || |- | colspan="8" style="background-color:#FFF;border-bottom:3px solid #999;font-size:90%" | A Scrambler-style ride featuring the "World's largest blacklight poster." |-style="border-bottom:3px solid #999;" | Muddin' Monster Race || Cool Country || Big Ol' Trucks || Country USA || HUSS Park Attractions || Bee Bee || Relocated to Sunworld Danang Wonders || |- | Nights in White Satin: The Trip || British Invasion || Monstars of Rock || Across the Pond || Sally Corp. / ETF || Dark ride || Closed || |- | colspan="8" style="background-color:#FFF;border-bottom:3px solid #999;font-size:90%" | Was a dark ride based on The Moody Blues' "Nights in White Satin". The ride incorporated sights, sounds, smells and tactile effects, onboard ride vehicle audio, a purpose-made movie written to the spoken word section of the song, and a re-orchestrated version of the iconic song by Justin Hayward. Guests entered through a bead curtain and wore chroma-depth 3-D glasses during the ride. Nights was voted in the top three new attractions of 2008 in a themeparkinsider.com annual poll. |-style="border-bottom:3px solid #999;" | Pinball Wizard Arcade || Lost in the 70s || Who's Tommy Arcade || Across the Pond || || Arcade || Closed || |-style="border-bottom:3px solid #999;" | The Punk Pit || Born in the USA || Jump || Across the Pond || || Bounce house || Closed || |-style="border-bottom:3px solid #999;" | Reggae River Falls || Rock & Roll Heaven || Polly Nesian's Splash Bash || Myrtle's Beach || || Water play area || Closed || |-style="border-bottom:3px solid #999;" | Sole Train || Born in the USA || Cuckoo-Ka-ChooChoo || Kids in America || Zamperla || Rio Grande || Closed || |-style="border-bottom:3px solid #999;" | colspan="2" || Fly Like An Eagle || Kids in America || Zamperla || Kite Flyer || Closed || |-style="border-bottom:3px solid #999;" | colspan="2" || Get Off Of My Cloud || Kids in America || Zamperla || Balloon Race || Relocating to Seabreeze Amusement Park || |-style="border-bottom:3px solid #999;" | colspan="2" || Kids' Tree House || Kids in America || Henderson || Treehouse playground || Closed || |-style="border-bottom:3px solid #999;" | colspan="2" || Life Is A Highway || Kids in America || Zamperla || Convoy || Closed || |} Shows Flip 5 Live!-Stars Theatre-Kids In America This was "a high energy, interactive show that rocked the house." The 11 characters were named Kira, Kimmy, Dot, Spin, Chase, Bounce, Trip, Jive, Jam, Cali and Zach. They sang original and cover songs from the past and present. In media On October 26, 2010, the book Grand Strand by former park employee Reid Barwick, became available for purchase online. Many of the details of the fictional "Rocktime Amusement Park" match those of the real story of Hard Rock and Freestyle Music Parks. However, the book contains fraudulent deals which Baker denies took place. The park was used as a set on an episode of the TV series Revolution''. Several rides and the park itself was used as the scene of a post-apocalyptic amusement park. References External links Freestyle Music Park on Modern Day Ruins Freestyle Music Park on ScreamScape Hard Rock Park Photo Gallery 2013 podcast with developer Jon Binkowski Amusement parks in South Carolina Buildings and structures in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina 2008 establishments in South Carolina Tourist attractions in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina Companies that have filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy Companies that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2008 Companies that filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in 2009 2009 disestablishments in South Carolina Defunct amusement parks in the United States Amusement parks closed in 2009 Amusement parks opened in 2008 Modern ruins
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The legacy of absinthe as a mysterious, addictive, and mind-altering drink continues to this day. Though its psychoactive effects and chemical makeup are contested, its cultural impact is not. Absinthe has played a notable role in the fine art movements of Impressionism, Post-impressionism, Surrealism, Modernism, Cubism and in the corresponding literary movements. The legendary drink has more recently appeared in movies, video, television, music, and contemporary literature. The modern absinthe revival has had a notable effect on its portrayal. It is often shown as an unnaturally glowing green liquid demonstrating the influence of contemporary marketing efforts. Arts Absinthe has a widely documented role in 19th-century visual art and was frequently the subject of many genre paintings and still lifes of the day. Edgar Degas' painting L'Absinthe (1876) portrayed grim absinthe drinkers in a cafe. Degas himself never called the painting "L'Absinthe"; it was either his art dealer or a later owner who gave it the name. Years later, it set off a flurry in the London art world, and the grim realism of "L'Absinthe" (a theme popular with bohemian artists) was perceived by London art critics as a lesson against alcohol and the French in general. Édouard Manet began his career with The Absinthe Drinker (1858), oil on canvas demonstrating that at least he was exposed to the drink and its effects. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was notorious for his consumption of the green muse. He often painted impressionistic scenes of the brothels and night spots of 19th-century Montmartre. Lautrec was even known to carry a hollow cane filled with absinthe during long nights out in Paris. An example of Lautrec's work featuring absinthe is in the painting Monsieur Boileau au café. Paul Gauguin is known for consuming large quantities of absinthe, and his bold use of flat color has also been attributed to its influence. Paul Verlaine was addicted to absinthe in his last (alcoholic) period. Picasso depicted absinthe in various media, including the paintings Woman Drinking Absinthe (1901), Bottle of Pernod and Glass (1912), and the sculpture Absinthe Glass (1914). Vincent van Gogh was not a man of moderation, and drank large quantities of absinthe while creating his signature painting style. His ear removing episode is often attributed to overconsumption of absinthe as is his liberal use of the color yellow. Film A 1914 silent film, Absinthe starred King Baggot as a Parisian artist who becomes addicted to absinthe and is driven to robbery and murder. In the 1966 film Madame X, the film's star Lana Turner becomes addicted to absinthe whilst living in Mexico, one of the few countries in which absinthe was legal in the 20th century. A number of films such as EuroTrip, Girls Trip, and Moulin Rouge! have featured hallucination sequences after characters imbibe absinthe, in reference to the drink's mythical hallucinogenic properties. EuroTrip and Moulin Rouge! include personifications of the "green fairy" in these sequences, played by Steve Hytner and Kylie Minogue, respectively. Literature Classic literature As prominent as absinthe's influence on visual art was, it is perhaps even more noteworthy in the context of 19th-century literature. Below is a short list of important authors who credited a portion of their literary success to the drink. Alfred Jarry is notably the author of the French absurdist play, Ubu Roi. Jarry claimed to use absinthe to "fuse together the dream and reality, art and lifestyle". The drink was purported by the author to be a key part of his creative process. Arthur Rimbaud was a young Parisian poet who was notably involved in a homosexual relationship with Paul Verlaine; they famously drank large quantities of absinthe together. Their relationship ended when Rimbaud was shot in the hand by Verlaine, who was then sentenced to prison. Later in life Rimbaud quit drinking absinthe and writing poetry and instead became involved in military exploits and gun running. He is still regarded as one of France's greatest poets. Baudelaire was an avid absinthe drinker. Though he never wrote specifically about absinthe he did reference it in his famous poem "Get Drunk". Ernest Dowson was an important English poet who notably wrote a poem dedicated to absinthe called "Absinthia Taetra". Ernest Hemingway features absinthe in the short story "Hills Like White Elephants" (1927), and in For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940), disappointed with the quality of other liquor available, Robert Jordan turns to absinthe while fighting with the loyalist guerrillas. Hemingway himself was a frequent absinthe drinker and most likely procured his absinthe from Spain and Cuba after the ban. Guy de Maupassant was a naturalistic French author. He is generally considered one of the greatest French short story writers. In one famous work of prose, "A Queer Night in Paris", he describes the smells and sensations of absinthe in the streets of Paris and makes an overt reference to "the hour to take absinthe". Oscar Wilde was an avid absinthe consumer and often wrote about the drink in connection with the creative process. Wilde has been quoted as saying, "What difference is there between a glass of absinthe and a sunset?" and "After the first glass [of absinthe] you see things as you wish they were. After the second, you see things as they are not. Finally, you see things as they really are, and that is the most horrible thing in the world." Paul Marie Verlaine was a famous Parisian poet of the Bohemian style. Though he wrote extensively about the benefits of absinthe in his early years, he later claimed to have consorted with prostitutes and men while drinking it, and blamed the beverage for his downfalls. Even when he was on his deathbed, his friends were said to be hiding bottles for him under his pillow. Marie Corelli's Wormwood: A Drama of Paris (1890) was a popular novel about a Frenchman driven to murder and ruin after being introduced to absinthe. Corelli intended it as a morality tale on the dangers of the drink, with one contemporary scholar comparing it to the anti-drug propaganda film Reefer Madness. The book was speculated to have contributed to subsequent bans of absinthe in Europe and the United States. Contemporary literature Dennis Wheatley included an absinthe session in his novel about the outbreak of the Great War in 1914, The Second Seal (1950). Wheatley was a wine merchant for many years, with a wide stock of spirits and liqueurs as well, and always put much information on the subject in his books. His hero the Duke de Richleau has been sent by British Intelligence on a mission to Vienna. He has to foil a plot by the Black Hand to disturb the peace of Europe, and so of course must concentrate his thoughts: Instinctively he walked back across the Ring to Sachers. There he went up to his room, sat on his bed for a while, then rang for the waiter and ordered a double Absinthe. When it arrived, he added sugar and water and slowly drank the opal fluid. It had no more perceptible kick in it than lime juice, or a diluted paregoric cough mixture which it resembled in flavour, but he knew it had hidden properties which would act like a drug in clearing and accelerating his brain. Absinthe figures heavily into the plot of the novel The Basic Eight (1999), by Daniel Handler, which features Bohemian characters who are drawn to absinthe by its dangerous history. An absinthe hallucination may or may not have inspired a murder in The Second Glass of Absinthe (2003), a mystery novel by Michelle Black, set in 1880 Leadville, Colorado. Asinthe lends the name to Kyell Gold's novel Green Fairy. The substance is the driving force in Dangerous Spirits, in which multiple protagonists make use of it to commune with spirits. Gemma Doyle, the main character of Libba Bray's 2007 sequel Rebel Angels (set in 1895), drinks absinthe with her friends at a Christmas ball and experiences hallucinatory effects. I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell (2006) contains a story in which the author, Tucker Max, experiences absinthe for the first time. The Absinthe Cloud (LePage/Dupuy #1, 2012) is a spy thriller by Timothy Everhart. The characters in Poppy Z. Brite's short story, "His Mouth Will Taste of Wormwood", discover a crate of absinthe, the consumption of which forms the backdrop against which their transgressive antics occur. The short story can be found in Swamp Foetus. Characters in her book Lost Souls also drink absinthe. The Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child character Aloysius Pendergast displays an affinity for absinthe in multiple novels. Absinthe is repeatedly mentioned in Andrei Gusev's story The Writer’s Wife Likes BDSM (2016). Music Absynthe Minded is a Belgian rock band. Barbara (1930-1997) the popular French female singer wrote and composed, with Frédéric Botton, and sang "l Absinthe", a song published in her 12th album (1972). This song is a love song, a bit sad and nostalgic -sadness is Barbara's trademark-, where the singer explains to a lover that drinking absinthe helps, at last to feel in love, to render love joyful, just like it helped Rimbaud and Verlaine to write their poetry (a recurrent comparison, all along the song). Blood Axis and Les Joyaux De La Princesse released a concept album called Absinthe: La Folie Verte. Dominic Miller has an album called "Absinthe" as an homage to French Impressionists. Kasabian recorded a song referred to and titled "La Fee Verte" on their fourth studio album Velociraptor!. Marilyn Manson has been an avid fan of absinthe since the recording of the Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death) album. He has also developed his own brand of the drink, entitled Mansinthe. Mayer Hawthorne has a song entitled "Green Eyed Love" on his first album A Strange Arrangement. Although the lyrics of the song seem to reflect on his relationship with a green-eyed girl, the music video puts the lyrics in a different light, where we can see Mayer Hawthorne unconventionally preparing a glass of absinthe and suffering from hallucinations afterwards. Music video for Frank Ocean's song "Pyramids" opens with a sequence of four shots of absinthe consumed by Frank Ocean. On Minus The Bear's 2002 debut album, Highly Refined Pirates, there is a track entitled "Absinthe Party At The Fly Honey Warehouse". It is one of their most popular tracks among fans. Patton Oswalt references absinthe on his comedy album Werewolves and Lollipops. Symphony X recorded a song called "Absinthe and Rue" on their first album, Symphony X. The band I Don't Know How But They Found Me has a song called "Absinthe", which includes the lyric "absinthe makes the heart grow fonder", a pun on the proverb "absence makes the heart grow fonder". The band Naked City has an album named "Absinthe". The British Extreme Metal band Cradle of Filth has a song entitled "Absinthe With Faust" on their album Nymphetamine. The Damned recorded a song titled "Absinthe" on their album Grave Disorder which was released in 2001. It sampled the line Gary Oldman spoke in the film Dracula referring to the green fairy. The Ghost song "Spirit" from the album Meliora directly references absinthe. Lyrics include "your green muse". The Nine Inch Nails video for "The Perfect Drug" casts Trent Reznor as a grieving father who drinks absinthe as an escape. Mezzo-soprano and absinthe content creator Adrienne LaVey released her debut single about absinthe in 2023, “Goddess in a Glass” with a remix by the darkwave band Male Tears. The Blue Stars Drum and Bugle Corps 2023 production, "In Absintheia," depicts the transformative effects of absinthe as a source of inspiration and clarity. The show's props also depict the traditional method of preparing the drink, including multiple massive sugar cubes, spoons, and straws. Television Absinthe makes an appearance on Anthony Bourdain's Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations during the 2005 pilot episode, "Why the French Don't Suck", in which he visits France. The distilling process is discussed, and he drinks some "real" vintage absinthe. Absinthe played a prominent role in HBO's cable television series Carnivàle. The drink is frequently consumed by the mysterious blind seer Professor Lodz (played by Patrick Bauchau) in the television series. Betty Williams of Coronation Street starting drinking absinthe in one episode. The drink was also featured in rival British soap opera Emmerdale. Bob's indulgence of absinthe is the focus of the Bob's Burgers episode "An Indecent Thanksgiving Proposal." During a speed bump task on episode 11 of Season 15 on The Amazing Race, Brian & Ericka had to make a shot of absinthe and drink it before receiving their next clue. Evil immortal Christoph Kuyler from the television series Highlander: The Series episode "For Evil's Sake". is addicted to absinthe. In "The Big Lockout" episode of this UK comedy series Black Books, the character Manny finds himself locked in his shop and proceeds to drink an entire bottle of absinthe as a substitute for water. In the episode he expects to go crazy, but ultimately just ends up with a bad hangover. Bernard also refers to it as "the drink that makes you want to kill yourself instantly." In American Horror Story: Hotel episode some characters drinks absinthe. In episode 11 of the fourth Gossip Girl season, Serena van der Woodsen is shown preparing, and then drinking absinthe in a boarding school flashback. In episode 4 of the second series of The IT Crowd, the goth character Richmond states, at a dinner party, that he only drinks absinthe. However upon hearing that none is available he says that Carlsberg is fine. In Geordie Shore season 5, Charlotte and Scott stop at an absinthe bar. In Mad Men episode s1.e12 ("Nixon vs. Kennedy"), Paul Kinsey tells his colleagues and the admins who have gathered for an afterwork election night party at Sterling Cooper he has a bottle of absinthe in his office, and drinking it makes him incantato. Ken Cosgrove and a secretary later search Kinsey's office for the absinthe, but don't find it. In the CSI: NY episode "Some Buried Bones", the victim who is leaving a secret society at Hudson University, returns his absinthe spoon as part of the de-initiation rite. The spoon is later found with the victim. In the episode "Dough" of the British comedy series Bottom, when Eddie is getting the drinks in, he asks Richie what he wants. Unable to make his mind up, Richie asks for a pint of absinthe. The bartender responds that there's a gay pub down the road if he wants to go there. Later on, when they all take the first drink, Richie drinks a large amount, then spits it out declaring, "This is shit!" In the episode "The Perfect Cocktail" of How I Met Your Mother, Lily mentions that when Robin drinks absinthe she hallucinates that she is floating. On an episode of the GSN series Late Night Liars, host Larry Miller was shown introducing Weasel to absinthe, commenting on its illegality and supposedly hallucinogenic nature. After just one sip, Weasel claimed that his bow tie was trying to "strangulate" him. On the 4th of May 2012 episode of Eastenders, Derek obtains many boxes of Absinthe and then hires Tyler Moon and Billy Mitchell to distribute around Albert Square. Later on during the episode, following an argument with her family, Lauren shows her friends Whitney and Lucy a bottle of Absinthe (which she had earlier purchased) from her bag and opens it, from here the episode ends on another cliffhanger. The Fine Living Channel's flagship The Thirsty Traveler reality TV series dedicated an entire episode to absinthe in 2004. The host traveled to several distilleries in different countries and observed the process and flavors of contemporary absinthe. The January 8, 2013 episode of New Girl, "Cabin", involves characters drinking a bottle of absinthe while staying at a cabin. The Simpsons episode "The War of Art" features a parody version of absinthe made from capers called "strupo." Theatre Absinthe is an absinthe-themed live show in Las Vegas. Visual novel In the visual novel Umineko no Naku Koro ni, the absinthe is Kinzo's preferred drink. It was implied that it may have drove him to madness due to its alleged hallucinogenic properties. Radio Washington D.C.-based Don and Mike Show has a biannual tradition of doing an entire four-hour show while drinking absinthe, complete with audience participation, interviews, and a news segment. References External links , by Aleister Crowley Jad Adams, The Drink That Fuelled a Nation's Art, TATE ETC., Issue 5 / Autumn 2005 Absinthe Absinthe
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Isaac Terrazas García (born 23 January 1973) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a defender. He played for the Mexico national team and was a participant at the 1998 FIFA World Cup, as well as being in the Mexico squad that won the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup. Career statistics International goals |- | 1. || June 12, 1999 || Seoul, South Korea || || 1–1 || Draw || 1999 Korea Cup |- | 2. || July 3, 1999 || Ciudad del Este, Paraguay || || 1–2 || Loss || 1999 Copa América |} Honours América CONCACAF Champions' Cup: 1992 Mexico FIFA Confederations Cup: 1999 References 1973 births Living people Footballers from Mexico City Club América footballers C.D. Irapuato footballers Liga MX players 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup players 1998 FIFA World Cup players 1999 Copa América players 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup players FIFA Confederations Cup-winning players Mexico men's international footballers Men's association football defenders Mexican men's footballers
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The RSCM Millennium Youth Choir is a British choir for singers aged between 15 and 23. It is the RSCM's leading national choir. In 1999 the Archbishop of Canterbury at the time George Carey, suggested its formation and it gave its first performance in the Millennium Dome in London. The choir has around 40 auditioned members in each season. The choir meets 3 times a year for courses around the United Kingdom and abroad singing in some of the country's finest churches and cathedrals. Conductors The choir has been led by a number of conductors associated with the RSCM: 1999-2001 : Martin Neary 2002-2004 : Gordon Stewart 2005-2014 : David Ogden 2015- : Adrian Lucas Recordings, concerts and broadcasts The choir has made numerous broadcasts for the BBC on Radio 2, Radio 3, Radio 4, Radio Wales and BBC One on the Songs of Praise programme. In September 2009, the choir made its BBC Proms debut joining members of other UK-based youth choirs to perform Handel's Messiah at the Royal Albert Hall with the Northern Sinfonia that was conducted by Nicholas McGegan. In 2002 the choir recorded their first album, A Land of Pure Delight. In 2007 the choir recorded another album as part of the RSCM's 80th-anniversary celebrations, entitled Out of the Stillness. External links Official website The RSCM's page on the choir British Christian musical groups Musical groups established in 1999 1999 establishments in the United Kingdom
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Moroccans () are the citizens and nationals of the Kingdom of Morocco. The country's population is predominantly composed of Arabs and Berbers (Amazigh). The term also applies more broadly to any people who are of Moroccan nationality, sharing a common culture and identity, as well as those who natively speak Moroccan Arabic or other languages of Morocco. In addition to the approximately 37 million residents of Morocco, there is a large Moroccan diaspora. Considerable Moroccan populations can be found in France, Spain, Belgium, Italy, and the Netherlands; with smaller notable concentrations in other Arab states as well as Germany, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Canada. Ethnic groups Moroccans are primarily of Arab and Berber origin as in other neighbouring countries in the Maghreb region. Arabs make up 67% of the population of Morocco, while Berbers make up 31% and Sahrawis make up 2%. Socially, there are two contrasting groups of Moroccans: those living in the cities and those in the rural areas. Among the rural, several classes have formed such as landowners, peasants, and tenant farmers. Moroccans live mainly in the north and west portions of Morocco. However, they prefer living in the more fertile regions near the Mediterranean Sea. The Arab population of Morocco is a result of the inflow of nomadic Arab tribes from the Arabian Peninsula since the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb in the 7th century with a major wave in the 11th century. The major migration to the region by Arab tribes was in the 11th century when the tribes of Banu Hilal and Banu Sulaym, along with others, were sent by the Fatimids to defeat a Berber rebellion and then settle in the Maghreb. Between the Nile and the Red Sea were Arab tribes expelled from Arabia for their turbulence, Banu Hilal and Banu Sulaym, who often plundered farming areas in the Nile Valley. According to Ibn Khaldun, whole tribes set off with women, children, ancestors, animals and camping equipment. These tribes, who arrived in the region of Morocco around the 12th-13th centuries, and later the Ma'qil in the 14th century, contributed to a more extensive ethnic, genetic, cultural, and linguistic Arabization of Morocco over time, especially beyond the major urban centres and the northern regions which were the main sites of Arabization up to that point. The Berber population mainly inhabits the mountainous regions of Morocco where some preserve Berber culture, and are split into three groups; Riffians, Shilha and Zayanes, who inhabit the Rif mountains, Anti-Atlas mountains, and Middle Atlas mountains respectively. The Berbers were an amalgamation of Ibero-Maurisian and a minority of Capsian stock blended with a more recent intrusion associated with the Neolithic revolution. Out of these populations, the proto-Berber tribes formed during the late Paleolithic era. The Arabized Berbers who constitute about a quarter of the population are the Berbers who were Arabized mainly as a result of the Arab nomad inflow, and have adopted Arab culture and the Arabic language as their native language, especially those who sought the protection of the Bedouin. A small minority of the population is identified as Haratin and Gnawa, These are sedentary agriculturalists of non-Arab and non-Berber origin, who inhabit the southern and eastern oases and speak either Berber or Arabic. Some parts of the population are descendants of refugees who fled Spain after the Reconquista in the 15th century. The Trans-Saharan slave trade brought a population of Sub-Saharan Africans to Morocco. After the founding of Israel and start of the Arab-Israeli conflict in 1948, many Jews felt compelled to leave Morocco especially after the anti-Jewish riots in Oujda, and many fled to Israel, Europe, and North America, and by 1967 250,000 Jews left Morocco. History Early Arab era (670–1031) In 670 AD, the first Arab conquest of the North African coastal plain took place under Uqba ibn Nafi, a general serving under the Umayyad Caliphate, marking the first wave of Arab migration to Morocco. Arab tribes such as Banu Muzaina migrated, and the Arab Muslims in the region had more impact on the culture of the Maghreb than the region's conquerors before and after them. The Umayyads brought their language, their system of government, and Islam to Morocco and many Berbers converted to Islam. The first independent state in the area of modern Morocco was the Emirate of Nekor, an Arab emirate in north Morocco ruling as a client state of the Umayyad Caliphate. It was founded by the Himyarite descendant Salih ibn Mansur in 710. After the outbreak of the Berber Revolt in 739, the Berbers formed other independent states such as the Emirate of Sijilmasa and the Barghawata Confederation. After the Battle of Fakhkh in 786, Idris ibn Abdallah, who traced his ancestry back to Ali ibn Abi Talib, fled from the Arabian Peninsula to Morocco. He first went to Tangier before going to Walili and founding the Arab Idrisid dynasty in 788, ruling most of Morocco. The Idrisids established Fes as their capital and Morocco became a centre of Muslim learning and a major regional power. The Idrisids were ousted in 927 by the Fatimid Caliphate and their Miknasa allies. After Miknasa broke off relations with the Fatimids in 932, they were removed from power by the Maghrawa of Sijilmasa in 980. In 973, the Caliphate of Cordoba under the Umayyads took over parts of Morocco. Berber dynasties (1053–1549) From the 11th century onwards, a series of dynasties of Berber origin arose. Under the Almoravid dynasty and the Almohad dynasty dominated the Maghreb, much of present-day Spain and Portugal, and the western Mediterranean region. In the 13th and 14th centuries the Merinids held power in Morocco and strove to replicate the successes of the Almohads by military campaigns in Algeria and Iberia. They were followed by the Wattasids. In the 15th century, the Reconquista ended Muslim rule in central and southern Iberia and many Muslims and Jews fled to Morocco. Portuguese efforts to control the Atlantic coast in the 15th century did not greatly affect the interior of Morocco. According to Elizabeth Allo Isichei, "In 1520, there was a famine in Morocco so terrible that for a long time other events were dated by it. It has been suggested that the population of Morocco fell from 5 to under 3 million between the early sixteenth and nineteenth centuries." Arab dynasties (1549–present) The major migration to the region by Arab tribes was in the 11th century when the tribes of Banu Hilal and Banu Sulaym, along with others, were sent by the Fatimids to defeat a Berber rebellion and then settle in the Maghreb. These tribes advanced in large numbers all the way to Morocco, contributing to a more extensive ethnic, genetic, cultural, and linguistic Arabization in the region. The Arab tribes of Maqil migrated to the Maghreb a century later and even immigrated southwards to Mauritania. From 1549, a series of Arab dynasties arose. First the Saadian dynasty who ruled from 1549 to 1659, and then the 'Alawi dynasty, who remain in power since the 17th century. Both dynasties are Sharifian. Under the Saadian dynasty, the country repulsed Ottoman incursions and a Portuguese invasion at the battle of Ksar el Kebir in 1578. The reign of Ahmad al-Mansur brought new wealth and prestige to the Sultanate, and a large expedition to West Africa inflicted a crushing defeat on the Songhay Empire in 1591. However, managing the territories across the Sahara proved too difficult. After the death of al-Mansur the country was divided among his sons. In 1666, Morocco was reunited by the Arab 'Alawi dynasty, who have been the ruling house of Morocco ever since. Morocco was facing aggression from Spain and the Ottoman Empire lies pressing westward. The 'Alawis succeeded in stabilizing their position, and while the kingdom was smaller than previous ones in the region, it remained quite wealthy. Against the opposition of local tribes Ismail Ibn Sharif (1672–1727) began to create a unified state. Morocco was the first nation to recognize the fledgling United States as an independent nation in 1777. In the beginning of the American Revolution, American merchant ships in the Atlantic Ocean were subject to attack by the Barbary pirates. On 20 December 1777, Morocco's Sultan Mohammed III declared that American merchant ships would be under the protection of the sultanate and could thus enjoy safe passage. The Moroccan-American Treaty of Friendship, signed in 1786, stands as the U.S.'s oldest non-broken friendship treaty. Genetic composition Culture The culture of Morocco is a blend of Arab, Berber, Jewish, and Western European cultures. Through Moroccan history, the country had many cultural influences (Europe, Middle East and sub-Saharan Africa). The culture of Morocco shares similar traits with those of neighboring countries, particularly Algeria and Tunisia and to a certain extent Spain. Each region possesses its own uniqueness, contributing to the national culture. Morocco has set among its top priorities the protection of its diversity and the preservation of its cultural heritage. The traditional dress for men and women is called djellaba (جلابة), a long, loose, hooded garment with full sleeves. For special occasions, men also wear a red cap called a bernousse, more commonly known as a fez. Women wear kaftans decorated with ornaments. Nearly all men, and most women, wear balgha (بلغة). These are soft leather slippers with no heel, often dyed yellow. Women also wear high-heeled sandals, often with silver or gold tinsel. Moroccan style is a new trend in decoration, which takes its roots from Moorish architecture. It has been made popular by the vogue of riad renovation in Marrakech. Dar is the name given to one of the most common types of domestic structures in Morocco; it is a home found in a medina, or walled urban area of a city. Dar exteriors are typically devoid of ornamentation and windows, except occasional small openings in secondary quarters, such as stairways and service areas. These piercings provide light and ventilation. Moroccan cuisine primarily consists of a blend of Arab, Berber, and Andalusi influences. It is known for dishes like couscous and pastilla, among others. Spices such as cinnamon are also used in Moroccan cooking. Sweets like halwa are popular, as well as other confections. Cuisines from neighbouring areas have also influenced the country's culinary traditions. Additionally, Moroccan craftsmanship has a rich tradition of jewellery-making, pottery, leather-work and woodwork. The music of Morocco ranges and differs according to the various areas of the country. Moroccan music has a variety of styles from complex sophisticated orchestral music to simple music involving only voice and drums. There are three varieties of folk music: village and ritual music, and the music performed by professional musicians. Chaabi (الشعبي) is a music consisting of numerous varieties which descend from the multifarious forms of Moroccan folk music. Chaabi was originally performed in markets, but is now found at any celebration or meeting. Gnawa is a form of music that is mystical. It was gradually brought to Morocco by the Gnawa and later became part of the Moroccan tradition. Sufi brotherhoods (tariqas) are common in Morocco, and music is an integral part of their spiritual tradition. This music is an attempt at reaching a trance state which inspires mystical ecstasy. Languages Morocco's official languages are Modern Standard Arabic and Berber. The majority of the population speaks Moroccan Arabic, spoken by 92.2% of the population, 37.3 million people. 8.8 million Moroccans speak Berber varieties which make 26% of the population of Morocco, either as a first language or bilingually with Arabic. Three different Berber dialects are spoken: Tarifit, spoken by 1.27 million mostly in the Rif mountains, Shilha, spoken by 3 to 4.5 million mostly in the Anti-Atlas mountains, and Central Atlas Tamazight, spoken by 2.3 million mostly in the Middle Atlas. Hassaniya Arabic is spoken in the southern part of the country, spoken by over 200,000 people. Morocco has recently included the protection of Hassaniya in the constitution as part of the July 2011 reforms. French is taught universally and still serves as Morocco's primary language of commerce and economics; it is also used in education, sciences, government and most education fields. Spanish is also spoken in the northern and southern parts of the country as a secondary foreign language after French. Meanwhile, English is increasingly becoming more popular among the educated, particularly in the science fields. See also Moroccan diaspora Genetic history of the Iberian Peninsula Expulsion of the Moriscos List of Moroccans Moroccan Americans References Moroccan diaspora Society of Morocco Arabs in Morocco Arab people North African people Maghreb North Africa
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Phillip Matthew Stockman (born 25 January 1980) is an English born Australian former pitcher in Major League Baseball. Amateur career Although Stockman was born in England, he grew up in Australia and is a graduate of Beenleigh State High School in Brisbane, Australia, and he has represented that country as a member of Australia's national baseball team. While with the team, Stockman won a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and he was also a participant in the 2006 World Baseball Classic. Professional career Originally signed by the Arizona Diamondbacks organization, Stockman was a Texas League All-Star in 2003, while working as a starting pitcher for the El Paso Diablos. He signed with the Braves as a six-year minor league free agent in 2006, and earned a midseason promotion to the majors. His contract was purchased from the Richmond Braves on 14 June 2008 in place of RHP Chris Reitsma, who was placed on the 15-day disabled list. He made his debut the next day. On 16 May 2008 Stockman was called up to the major leagues and pitched 1 scoreless inning of relief against Oakland on 17 May, which included his first two career strikeouts (which were Mark Loretta and Josh Beckett.) He was released on 15 March 2009 due to injuries. Brisbane Bandits In the inaugural 2010–11 Australian Baseball League season, Stockman played for the Brisbane Bandits, becoming the first former Major League player to play for them. He finished his Australian Baseball League career that season earning a 2.45 ERA in 10 games, with a miserly .067 batting average against him. Stockman has been part of the team's coaching staff since the 2014–15 Australian Baseball League season. References External links 1980 births Living people Major League Baseball players from Australia Major League Baseball players from the United Kingdom Major League Baseball players from England English baseball players Atlanta Braves players Baseball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Major League Baseball pitchers Olympic baseball players for Australia Olympic silver medalists for Australia 2006 World Baseball Classic players English emigrants to Australia Sportspeople from Oldham Olympic medalists in baseball Arizona League Diamondbacks players Missoula Osprey players Lancaster JetHawks players Yakima Bears players El Paso Diablos players Tucson Sidewinders players Tennessee Smokies players Mississippi Braves players Richmond Braves players Rome Braves players Gulf Coast Braves players Brisbane Bandits players Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
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Tunisians ( Tūnisiyyūn, Twensa) are the citizens and nationals of Tunisia in North Africa, who speak Tunisian Arabic and share a common Tunisian culture and identity. In addition, a Tunisian diaspora has been established with modern migration, particularly in Western Europe, namely France, Italy and Germany. History Africa and Ifriqiya Phoenicians settled Tunisia during the 12th to the 2nd century BC and founded ancient Carthage. The migrants brought with them their culture and language that progressively spread from Tunisia's coastal areas to the rest of the coastal areas of Northwest Africa, the Iberian Peninsula and the Mediterranean islands. From the eighth century BC, most of Tunisians were Punics. When Carthage fell in 146 BC to the Romans the coastal population was mainly Punic, but that influence decreased away from the coast. From the Roman period until the Islamic conquest, Latins, Greeks and Numidian people further influenced the Tunisians, which prior to the modern era, Tunisians were known as Afāriqah, from the ancient name of Tunisia, Ifriqiya or Africa in the antiquity, which gave the present-day name of the continent Africa. From the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb in 673, many Arabs settled with Arab tribes in Tunisia which was called Ifriqiya, in places like Kairouan which soon became one of the purely Arab settlements in the Umayyad Caliphate. This accelerated in the 11th century with the large migrations of the Arab tribes of Banu Hilal and Banu Sulaym to Ifriqiya and the rest of the Maghreb. Some Persians and other Middle-Eastern populations also settled in Ifriqiya, which had its name from the ancient name, the Roman province of Africa. In the early-11th century, Normans from the Kingdom of Sicily took over Ifriqiya and founded the Kingdom of Africa, which lasted from 1135 to 1160. Muslim refugees from Sicily and Malta were encouraged by the Normans to settle in Tunisia during this period. After the Reconquista and expulsion of non-Christians and Moriscos from Spain, many Spanish Muslims and Jews also arrived. According to Matthew Carr, "As many as eighty thousand Moriscos settled in Tunisia, most of them in and around the capital, Tunis, which still contains a quarter known as Zuqaq al-Andalus, or Andalusia Alley." Tunisians During the 17th to the 19th centuries, Ifriqiya came under Spanish, then Ottoman rule and hosted Morisco then Italian immigrants from 1609. Tunis was officially integrated into the Ottoman Empire as the Eyalet of Tunis (province), eventually including all of the Maghreb except Morocco. Under the Ottoman Empire, the boundaries of the territory inhabited by Tunisians contracted; Ifriqiya lost territory to the west (Constantine) and to the east (Tripoli). In the 19th century, the rulers of Tunisia became aware of the ongoing efforts at political and social reform in the Ottoman capital. The Bey of Tunis then, by his own lights but informed by the Turkish example, attempted to effect a modernizing reform of institutions and the economy. Tunisian international debt grew unmanageable. This was the reason or pretext for French forces to establish a Protectorate in 1881. A remnant of the centuries of Turkish rule is the presence of a population of Turkish origin, historically the male descendants were referred to as the Kouloughlis. French protectorate Republic and Revolution Independence from France was achieved on March 20, 1956. The State was established as a constitutional monarchy with the Bey of Tunis, Muhammad VIII al-Amin Bey, as the king of Tunisia. In 1957, the Prime Minister Habib Bourguiba abolished the monarchy and firmly established his Neo Destour (New Constitution) party. In the 1970s the economy of Tunisia expanded at a very healthy rate. Oil was discovered and tourism continued. City and countryside populations drew roughly equal in number. Yet agricultural problems and urban unemployment led to increased migration to Europe. The 84-year-old President Bourguiba was overthrown and replaced by Ben Ali his Prime Minister on November 7, 1987. However, the Ben Ali regime came to an end 23 years later on January 14, 2011, in the events of the Tunisian Revolution, following nationwide demonstrations precipitated by high unemployment, food inflation, corruption, a lack of political freedoms like freedom of speech and poor living conditions. Following the overthrow of Ben Ali, Tunisians elected a Constituent Assembly to draft a new constitution and an interim government known as the Troika because it was a coalition of three parties; the Islamist Ennahda Movement in the lead, with the centre-left Congress for the Republic and the left-leaning Ettakatol as minority partners. Widespread discontent remained however, leading to the 2013–14 Tunisian political crisis. As a result of the efforts made by the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet, the Constituent Assembly completed its work, the interim government resigned, and new elections were held in 2014, completing the transition to a democratic state. The Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet was awarded the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize for "its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia in the wake of the Tunisian Revolution of 2011". Beyond the political changes, which lead to Tunisia becoming a recognised democracy in 2014, those events also brought important changes to the post-2011 Tunisian culture. Population Ethnic groups The country's population is predominantly composed of Arabs 98%. Other ethnic groups include 1% European who settled in the country and 1% of other ethnic groups, including mainly Berbers and sub-Saharan migrants. While Ottoman influence was particularly important in the formation of a Turkish-Tunisian community among the country's elites, other peoples also migrated to Tunisia over different periods of time, including but not limited to, sub-Saharans, Greeks, Romans, Phoenicians (Punics), Jews and French settlers. Nevertheless, from 1870, the distinction between the Tunisian masses and the Turkish elite became blurred. There is also a minority Berber population (1%) mainly located in the Dahar mountains. From the late 19th century to after World War II, Tunisia was home to large populations of French and Italians (255,000 Europeans in 1956), although nearly all of them, along with the Jewish population, left after Tunisia became independent. The history of the Jews in Tunisia goes back some 2,600 years. In 1948 the Jewish population was an estimated 105,000, but by 2013 only about 900 remained. Culture Cultural symbols Flag The national flag of Tunisia is predominantly red and consists of a white circle in the middle containing a red crescent around a five-pointed star. The Hafsid dynasty used a similar flag during the Middle Ages, it consisted of a white crescent pointing upwards and a white five-pointed star but instead of featuring the red color it featured the yellow color. The crescent and star might also recall the Ottoman flag as an indication of Tunisia's history as a part of the Ottoman Empire. Whitney Smith states that the crescent was first emblazoned on standards and buildings in the Punic state of Carthage, located in present-day Tunisia. Since appearing on the Ottoman flag, they were widely adopted by Muslim countries. The sun is often represented with the crescent on ancient Punic artifacts and is associated with the ancient Punic religion, especially with the Sign of Tanit. Coat of arms As for the national coat of arms, they are officially adopted in 1861 and include revised versions on June 21, 1956, and May 30, 1963. The top has a Carthaginian galley sailing on the sea while the lower part is divided vertically and on the right depicts a black lion seizing a silver scimitar. A banner bears the national motto: "Liberty, Order, Justice". Jasmine Imported by the Andalusians in the sixteenth century, jasmine has become the national flower of Tunisia. The gathering takes place at dawn and then, upon nightfall, when young boys collect small bouquets, and later sell them to passersby on the street or to motorists stopped at intersections. Furthermore, jasmine is the subject of a specific sign language. A man who wears jasmine on his left ear indicates that he is single and in addition, offering white jasmine is seen as a proof of love while on the contrary, offering odorless winter jasmine is a sign of insolence. Hamsa The hamsa (, also romanized khamsa) is a palm-shaped amulet popular in Tunisia and more generally in the Maghreb, and commonly used in jewelry and wall hangings. Depicting the open right hand, an image recognized and used as a sign of protection in many times throughout history, the hamsa is believed to provide defense against the evil eye. It has been theorized that its origins lie in Carthage (modern-day Tunisia) and may have been associated with the Goddess Tanit. Chechia The Chechia is the national headgear of Tunisia. Supple and cylindrical in shape, the chechia was imported into Tunisia in its current form from Spain, by the Moors expelled after the capture of Granada in 1492. Finding in Tunisia a second homeland, they establish the craft of the chechia there. After the independence of Tunisia in 1956 and with the arrival of manufactured goods and customs from the Europe, the wearing of the chechia tends to be limited to holidays and religious festivals; it is often associated with the elderly. Language Tunisian Arabic is a set of dialects of Maghrebi Arabic spoken in Tunisia. In addition to mastering French. In the Tunisian diaspora makes it common for Tunisians to code-switch, mixing Arabic with French, English or other languages in daily speech. Moreover, Tunisian Arabic is closely related to the Maltese language, that descended from Maghrebi Arabic and Siculo-Arabic. Gastronomy Tunisian cuisine is a blend of Mediterranean cuisine and traditions. Its distinctive spicy fieriness comes from neighbouring Mediterranean countries and the many civilizations who have ruled Tunisian land: Romans, Vandals, Byzantines, Arabs, Spanish, Turkish, Italians (Sicilians), French, and the native Punics-Berber people. Tunisian food uses a variety of ingredients and in different ways. The main dish that is served in Tunisia is Couscous, made of minuscule grains that are cooked and usually served with meat and vegetables. In cooking they also use a variety of flavors such as: olive oil, aniseed, coriander, cumin, caraway, cinnamon, saffron, mint, orange, blossom, and rose water. Like all Mediterranean cultures, Tunisian culture offers a "sun cuisine", based mainly on olive oil, spices, tomatoes, seafood (a wide range of fish) and meat from rearing (lamb). Architecture Tunisian architecture is traditionally expressed in various facets in Tunisia through Roman architecture and Islamic architecture. Through many buildings, Kairouan forms the epicenter of an architectural movement expressing the relationship between buildings and spirituality with the ornamental decoration of religious buildings in the holy city. In Djerba, the architecture such as the fortress of Kef reflects the military and spiritual destiny of a Sufi influence in the region. The influential role of the various dynasties that ruled the country, particularly in building cities and princes of Raqqada Mahdia, illuminates the role of the geopolitical context in the architectural history of the country. Thus, many original fortresses that protected the coast from Byzantine invasions evolved into cities, like Monastir, Sousse or Lamta. The medina of Tunis, is World Heritage Site of UNESCO, and is a typical example of Islamic architecture. However, in the areas between the ports of Bizerte and Ghar El Melh, settlements founded by the Moors fleeing Andalusia were reconquered by Catholic sovereigns and has more of a Christian influence. Given the cosmopolitan nature of cities in Tunisia, they have retained a diversity and juxtaposition of styles. Many buildings were designed by many different architects, artisans and entrepreneurs during the French protectorate. Among the most famous architects of that time were Victor Valensi, Guy Raphael, Henri Saladin, Joss Ellenon and Jean-Emile Resplandy. Five distinct architectural and decorative styles are particularly popular: those of the eclectic style (neo-classical, baroque, etc..) Between 1881 and 1900 and then again until 1920 the style was neo-Mauresque, between 1925 and 1940 it was in the Art Deco style and then the modernist style between 1943 and 1947. Music According to Mohammed Abdel Wahab, Tunisian music has been influenced by old Andalusian songs injected with Turkish, Persian and Greek influences. Of major note in Tunisian classical music is the Malouf. Deriving from the reign of the Aghlabids in the 15th century, it is a particular type of Andalusian music. In urban areas it uses stringed instruments (fiddle, oud and Kanun) and percussion (darbuka) while in rural areas, it may also be accompanied by instruments like the mezoued, gasba and the zurna. The emergence of new patterns of racial and improvised music since the late 1990s changed the musical landscape of Tunisia. At the same time, the majority of the population is attracted by the music of Levantine origin (Egyptian, Lebanese or Syrian). Popular western music has also had major success with the emergence of many groups and festivals, including rock music, hip hop, reggae and jazz. Among the major Tunisian contemporary artists include Hedi Habbouba, Saber Rebaï, Dhafer Youssef, Belgacem Bouguenna, Sonia M'barek and Latifa. Other notable musicians include Salah El Mahdi, Anouar Brahem, Zied Gharsa and Lotfi Bouchnak. Cinema Tunisian cinema is today recognized as one of the most liberal, most inventive (and one of the most prize-winning) cinemas of Africa and the Middle-east. Since the 90s, Tunisia became an attractive place for filming and numerous companies emerged, serving the foreign film industry and became successful. Tunisia also hosts the Carthage Film Festival which has been taking place since 1966. The festival gives priority to films from African and Middle-eastern countries. It is the oldest film festival on the African continent. Theatre In over a century of existence, Tunisian theatre hosted or gave birth to big names, such as Sarah Bernhardt, Pauline Carton, Gérard Philipe and Jean Marais to mention a few. On November 7, 1962, Habib Bourguiba, whose brother is a playwright, devoted his speech to this art, which he considers "a powerful means of disseminating culture and a most effective means of popular education". From this date, November 7 is regarded as the Tunisian National Day of drama. Dance The variety of dances performed by the Tunisians probably reflects the migration flows that have traversed the country throughout the centuries. Thus, the early Phoenicians brought with them their songs and dances, whose traces are rooted in the region of Tunis, while the Romans have left few traces of art in relation to their architectural contribution. Religious dances were influenced by Sufism but by the end of the 15th century, had progressively become Andalusian with their dances and urban music. Oriental dance would arrive later with the Ottomans, although some experts in the history of Northwest African art have said it was brought to Tunisia by the first Turkish corsairs in the sixteenth century while others say that the origin of this dance goes back further to the era of matriarchy in Mesopotamia and founded by the early Phoenicians. This form of oriental dance usually performed in Tunisia insists on the movements of the pelvis in rhythm, movement highlighted by the elevation of the arms to horizontal, and feet moving in rhythm and transferring weight onto the right leg or left. The Nuba, more rooted in popular practice, is linked to the dancers and the Kerkennah Djerba to a lesser extent. Some experts say that their dress is of Greek origin. Structured into several scenes, the dance is often accompanied by acrobatic games with jars filled with water. Literature Among the Tunisian literary figures include Ali Douagi, who has produced more than 150 radio stories, over 500 poems and folk songs and nearly 15 plays, Khraief Bashir and others such as Moncef Ghachem, Mohamed Salah Ben Mrad or Mahmoud Messadi. As for poetry, Tunisian poetry typically opts for nonconformity and innovation with poets such as Aboul-Qacem Echebbi. As for literature, it is characterized by its critical approach. Contrary to the pessimism of Albert Memmi, who predicted that Tunisian literature was sentenced to die young, a high number of Tunisian writers are abroad including Abdelwahab Meddeb, Bakri Tahar, Mustapha Tlili, Hélé Béji or Mellah Fawzi. The themes of wandering, exile and heartbreak are the focus of their creative writing. The national bibliography lists 1249 non-school books published in 2002 in Tunisia. In 2006 this figure had increased to 1,500 and 1,700 in 2007. Nearly a third of the books are published for children. Tunisian Diaspora Statistics of the Office of Tunisians Abroad show more than 128,000 Tunisian families in Europe with a concentration in France and Germany. Young Tunisians (less than 16 years of age) represent 25% of the Tunisian community abroad. Thus there is currently a rejuvenation of the Tunisian diaspora which is now in its third generation. Women represent nearly 26% of the total community. In France, their percentage is estimated at 38.2%. The portion of the diaspora who are over 60 years old is around 7%. Originally, the largest part of the Tunisians in Europe worked in sectors requiring minimal qualifications. In effect the migrants of the 1960s and 70s were less educated (mostly farmers or manual labourers). Subsequently, the majority of Tunisians settled in France have worked in the service sector (hotels, restaurants or retail) or have headed small businesses. In 2008, Tunisia became the first of the Maghreb countries to sign a management agreement concerning the flow of migrants, at the impetus of President Nicolas Sarkozy: it provides easy access for almost 9,000 Tunisian students enrolled in French institutions, but also almost 500 titres de séjour (residency permits) for highly qualified individuals so that they can acquire experience in France, valid for a maximum of six years. Notable People of Tunisian Heritage Prominent Historical Figures Aboul-Qacem Echebbi, Abu Zakariya Yahya, Ahmad I ibn Mustafa, Aisha Al-Manoubya, Ali Douagi, Ali ibn Ziyad, Asad ibn al-Furat, Aziza Othmana, Azzedine Alaïa, Bchira Ben Mrad, Beji Caid Essebsi, Carlos Marcello, Chokri Belaid, Farhat Hached, Habib Bourguiba, Hassan ibn al-Nu'man, Hayreddin Pasha, Ibn Abi Zayd, Ibn al-Jazzar, Ibn Khaldun, Ibn Rachik, Ibrahim II of Ifriqiya, Lamine Bey, Max Azria, Mohamed Bouazizi, Mohamed Brahmi, Moncef Bey, Moufida Bourguiba, Muhammad al-Tahir ibn Ashur, Radhia Haddad, Sahnun, Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet (Entity winner of the 2015 nobel peace prize) and Victor Perez Modern International Figures Salah Mejri (United States), Bertrand Delanoë (France), Claude Bartolone (France), Dove Attia (France), M. Salah Baouendi (United States), Poorna Jagannathan (United States), Mustapha Tlili (United States), Ferrid Kheder (United States), Oussama Mellouli (United States), Leila Ben Youssef (United States), Mounir Laroussi (United States), Bushido (rapper) (Germany), Loco Dice (Germany), Sami Allagui (Germany), Claudia Cardinale (Italy), Änis Ben-Hatira (Germany), Mounir Chaftar (Germany), Sofian Chahed (Germany), Nejmeddin Daghfous (Germany), Marwan Kenzari (Netherlands), Rani Khedira (Germany), Sami Khedira (Germany), Ayman (Germany), Elyas M'Barek (Germany), Adel Tawil (Germany), Amel Karboul (Germany), Michel Boujenah (France), Tarak Ben Ammar (France), Lââm (France), Yoann Touzghar (France), Isleym (France), Hatem Ben Arfa (France), Sadek (France), Tunisiano (France), Afef Jnifen (Italy), Sana Hassainia (Canada), Hinda Hicks (England), Mohamed Hechmi Hamdi (England), Hend Sabry (Egypt), Ghassan bin Jiddo (Lebanon), Cyril Hanouna (France), Kev Adams (France), Sabrine Bentunsi (France), Moungi Bawendi (United States). . Links with Tunisia In Tunisia, free courses of instruction in Tunisian Arabic are organised during the summer holidays for the children of Tunisian residents abroad, who are heavily influenced by the culture of the countries in which they live. Trips are also organised for them to experience Tunisian culture, history and civilisation. Genetic Tunisians mainly carry E1b1 haplogroup (55%) and J1 haplogroup (34.2%). Listed here are the human Y-chromosome DNA haplogroups in Tunisia. Elkamel, Sarra et al. (2021) wrote that: "Considering Tunisian populations as a whole, the majority part of their paternal haplogroups are of autochthonous Berber origin (71.67%), which co-exists with others assumedly from the Middle East (18.35%) and to a lesser extent from Sub-Saharan Africa (5.2%), Europe (3.45%) and Asia (1.33%)." See also Moroccans References Tunisian diaspora Tunisian people by ethnic or national origin Society of Tunisia Arabs in Tunisia
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K-Club can refer to: The K Club, a golf and leisure complex in Ireland An ethnic Korean or Korean American nightclub in the United States, such as Le Prive K-Club (programme), children's television programme, formerly presented by JLS singer Marvin Humes
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Antonio Zamperla S.p.A. is an Italian design and manufacturing company founded in 1966. It is best known for creating family rides, thrill rides and roller coasters worldwide. The company also makes smaller coin-operated rides commonly found inside shopping malls. Zamperla builds roller coasters, like the powered Dragon Coaster, Mini Mouse, Zig Zag, and Volare. In 2006, Zamperla announced Motocoaster, a motorcycle-themed roller coaster. Rights to some of S.D.C.'s rides were handed to Zamperla (along with S&C and S&MC) after the company went bankrupt in 1993. In 2005, the founder of the company, Mr. Antonio Zamperla, became the first Italian to be inducted into the IAAPA Hall of Fame by virtue of his significant contribution to the entire industry, joining other pioneers such as Walt Disney, George Ferris and Walter Knott. Unlike companies such as Intamin, Vekoma, or Bolliger & Mabillard that concentrate on larger and faster roller coasters, Zamperla focuses on more family-friendly roller coasters that can be easily mass-produced, taken down, and transported to different locations. They are also a major manufacturer of flat rides with such names as: Balloon Race, Bumper cars, Disk'O, Ferris wheel, Water Flume Ride, Galleon/Swinging Ship, Sky Drop, Discovery, Windshear, Tornado, Energy Storm, Z-Force, Mixer, Rotoshake, Turbo Force, Power Surge, Mini Jet, and Air Race. Company structure The company is organized in different departments, the Art Department that works on the study and creation of different themings of the rides, the Technical Department that designs the engineering of the attractions, the Production Department that handles their realization, the Sales Department, the Customer Care and the Park Development Department that works on the design and creation of an amusement park. Projects In 2010 Antonio Zamperla S.p.A. was selected by CAI (Central Amusement International) to restore and renovate the Coney Island area in New York City. The company managed Coney Island's Luna Park and installed only Zamperla rides, representing a perfect test bed for new attractions before to launch them. From 2003 to 2019, Zamperla transformed the Trump Organization's Wollman Rink, within New York City's Central Park, into Victorian Gardens, a traditional-style amusement park with rides like the "Family Swinger", "Samba Balloon", "Aeromax", "Convoy", "Rocking Tug", "Kite Flyer". The park closed in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Another famous Zamperla project is Kernwasser, north of Düsseldorf, a former nuclear power station that was turned into an amusement park called Wunderland Kalkar. In August 2023, it was announced that Zamperla was hired to redesign the former Top Thrill Dragster roller coaster at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio. Top Thrill 2 will open sometime in 2024 as the tallest and fastest triple-launch coaster in the world, with a vertical spike and top hat both reaching 420 feet and a top speed of 120 miles per hour. This will be the largest project taken on by Zamperla. Gallery List of roller coasters As of 2022, Zamperla has built 368 roller coasters around the world. List of other attractions References External links Amusement ride manufacturers Manufacturing companies of Italy Roller coaster designers Roller coaster manufacturers Manufacturing companies established in 1966 Italian companies established in 1966 Italian brands Companies based in Vicenza Articles containing video clips
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The Panacea Society was a millenarian religious group in Bedford, England. Founded in 1919, it followed the teachings of the Devonshire prophetess Joanna Southcott, who died in 1814, and campaigned for Southcott's sealed box of prophecies to be opened according to her instructions. The society believed Bedford to be the original site of the Garden of Eden. History The Society's inspiration was the teachings of the Devonshire prophetess Joanna Southcott (1750–1814). It was founded by Mabel Barltrop in 1919 at 12 Albany Road, Bedford. A clergyman's widow, Barltrop declared herself the 'daughter of God', took the name Octavia and believed herself to be the Shiloh of Southcott's prophecies. Barltrop had originally heard of Southcott via a leaflet written by Alice Seymour. She and 12 apostles founded the Society, originally called the Community of the Holy Ghost. A central purpose of the Society was to persuade 24 Anglican bishops to open Southcott's sealed box of prophecies, and to this end, advertisements were placed in newspapers, both national and local. In the late 1920s and early 1930s the Society generated over 100,000 petitions for the box to be opened. The Society claimed to be in possession of the original box. The Panaceans also believed that the one that was opened in 1927 and found to contain a broken horse pistol and a lottery ticket, was not the genuine box. During the 1930s the membership began to dwindle as did Alice Seymour's smaller rival group. Despite this, the group continued placing adverts in newspapers calling for action from the Church of England. In the 1970s the Society rented billboards which proclaimed "War, disease, crime and banditry, distress of nations and perplexity will increase until the Bishops open Joanna Southcott's box." Another main activity of the Panacea Society was to offer healing of all diseases, including cancer, to those who would write to its headquarters in Bedford and receive a piece of linen blessed by Octavia. They were instructed to put the linen in a jug of water, pray, and drink this "Water A" four times a day. Water A could then be diluted with additional water, producing "Water B," which should be applied to the body as bath water or through sponges. From 1924 to 2012, some 130,000 applicants received the pieces of linen for free, and were only asked to write back and report on the results of the cure. The correspondence, coming from all over the world, is still conserved in the Bedford Panacea Museum, and has been studied in 2019 in a book by British scholar Alastair Lockhart. Premises The Society had its headquarters on Albany Road, close to the remains of Bedford Castle. Another property, an end-of-terrace house on Albany Road named The Ark, was maintained as a residence for the Messiah after the Second Coming. Although small in size, the Society was relatively wealthy, owning several properties in the Castle Road area of Bedford. By 2001, when the Society started to sell off some of its property in order to retain its status as a charity, it was reported to have assets valued at £14m. Membership In the 1930s, about 70 members were said to be living in the Bedford community. In 1967, the Bedfordshire Times reported about 30 members living there. When the last member, Ruth Klein (b. 1932), died in 2012, the Society ceased to exist as a religious community. Charitable trust Whilst the religious society is no longer functioning, there still exists a charity whose main remit is to sponsor academic research into the history and development of prophetic and millenarian movements, as well as provide financial assistance to support the work of registered charities and recognised groups concerned with poverty and health in the Bedford area. The charity officially changed its name to The Panacea Charitable Trust in 2012. Panacea Museum In late 2012, it was announced that the charitable trust would be opening a museum detailing the history of the society, at 9 Newnham Road, Bedford. The Panacea Museum is in ‘Castleside’, a Victorian house that was part of the community's headquarters. It tells the story of the Panacea Society and other similar religious groups. The museum also incorporates several other buildings, set within the gardens, that formed the original community's ‘campus’. The museum is open every Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday between February half term and the end of October. References Further reading External links The market town of Bedford, England was once home to a cult of women who thought they could avert Armageddon at the BBC The Panacea Charitable Trust – official site Details on the Charity Commission website Report on Channel 4's 2003 documentary Review of Jane Shaw: Octavia, Daughter of God. The Guardian, 02.07.11 Review of Jane Shaw: Octavia, Daughter of God. The Times Higher, 25.08.11 Organisations based in Bedford Churches in Bedfordshire Religion in Bedfordshire Christian organizations established in 1918 Intentional communities in the United Kingdom Charitable trusts Millenarianism
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Doane Rock is a glacial erratic located in Eastham, Massachusetts on the grounds of the Cape Cod National Seashore. It is the largest exposed boulder on Cape Cod. It stands 18 feet (5.5 m) high and extends below the ground an estimated 12 feet (3.7 m). This boulder is named after Deacon John Doane, one of Eastham's original settlers. It has also been called Enochs or Enos rock for the deacon's son, as well as Great Rock. The rock was left by the glaciers (Laurentide Ice Sheet; 18,000–12,000 years ago) between what is now the Salt Pond Visitors Center and Coast Guard Beach. Doane Rock is located just off Doane Road about one mile past the Salt Pond Visitor Center on National Park Service land. Limited parking is available near the rock. References "A Geologist's View of Cape Cod", by Arthur Newell Strahler Landforms of Barnstable County, Massachusetts Landmarks in Barnstable County, Massachusetts Glacial erratics of Massachusetts Massachusetts natural resources Cape Cod National Seashore
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The Great Fire of Warwick was a major conflagration that swept through the small town of Warwick, England, beginning at 2:00 p.m. on 5 September 1694 and lasting for six hours. The fire started from a stray spark from the blacksmith located in High Street which blew into the thatch The fire spread quickly down High Street. The town's small population, the close-packed nature of the environment, hot dry weather and the amount of combustible building material all led to the fire's start and spread , and the limited fire-fighting methods which were unfortunately located very close to the fire origin at the time helped transform the small torch fire into a catastrophic event. Damage The Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick was severely damaged by the fire. This was mostly due to the townspeople fleeing to the church for protection, one of only a few stone buildings in the town, as they fled however they carried their possessions with them, some of which were either ablaze or smoldering. These set aflame the timber supports of the stone church causing it to collapse. Fire progressed through Castle Street, Market Street, and High Street until it was halted by the 0.5 metre thick stone walls of the former Lord Leycester Hotel on Jury Street. If the fire had not been stopped by the church and struck the suburbs, it would have burnt all the way to the edge of town. The original estimates had the financial damage totaling around £90,000–£120,000 and the physical damage at around 250–460 houses, but later the Book of Estimates had the damage at 157 houses totaling between £40,000–£60,000. Effects on architecture The Great Fire of Warwick made builders review the way they constructed buildings. The Fire Act of 1694 established new rules and regulations on architecture. The Act stated that public streets and roads should all be made a certain regulated width. It also provided regulations for a standard house design: two storeys of 10 feet in height each with cellars and garrets. This gave the town of Warwick symmetry, uniformity, and a new flair. The fire caused an urban design revolution of sorts. The post-fire homes in Warwick also got rid of the jetted façades and the concept of timber-framed construction in which floors of buildings overhung each other. The town gave compensation to those whose property was destroyed by the street widening process just so that the Fire Act rules would be followed. The beautiful post-fire buildings are credited to Francis and William Smith. In 1695, William was appointed as the surveyor for the fire council. Although he was officially appointed just to follow the council's orders, William took some direction to oversee the rebuilding himself. William throughout his life had a lasting legacy on Warwick, twice serving as the city's mayor from 1713–1714 and 1728–1729. Francis joined his brother in the reconstruction of St. Mary's Church, but later became a successful architect, overseeing the project of the new courthouse. Francis also had a lasting impact on the town. Francis served on the Town Corporation in the 1720s and was the head of maintenance during the 1730s until he died in 1738. The Smith brothers had a lasting impact on the new and beautiful architecture of Warwick and passed on the tradition of architecture to their sons. References Sources used Further reading Fires in England Disasters in Warwickshire 1694 in England Warwick 1694 disasters 17th-century fires Urban fires in the United Kingdom 17th century in Warwickshire
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ICONIX is a software development methodology which predates both the Rational Unified Process (RUP), Extreme Programming (XP) and Agile software development. Like RUP, the ICONIX process is UML Use Case driven but more lightweight than RUP. ICONIX provides more requirement and design documentation than XP, and aims to avoid analysis paralysis. The ICONIX Process uses only four UML based diagrams in a four-step process that turns use case text into working code. A principal distinction of ICONIX is its use of robustness analysis, a method for bridging the gap between analysis and design. Robustness analysis reduces the ambiguity in use case descriptions, by ensuring that they are written in the context of an accompanying domain model. This process makes the use cases much easier to design, test and estimate. The ICONIX Process is described in the book Use Case Driven Object Modeling with UML: Theory and Practice. Essentially, the ICONIX Process describes the core "logical" analysis and design modeling process. However, the process can be used without much tailoring on projects that follow different project management. Overview of the ICONIX Process The ICONIX process is split up into four milestones. At each stage the work for the previous milestone is reviewed and updated. Milestone 1: Requirements review Before beginning the ICONIX process there needs to have been some requirements analysis done. From this analysis use cases can be identified, a domain model produced and some prototype GUIs made. Milestone 2: Preliminary Design Review Once use cases have been identified, text can be written describing how the user and system will interact. A robustness analysis is performed to find potential errors in the use case text, and the domain model is updated accordingly. The use case text is important for identifying how the users will interact with the intended system. They also provide the developer with something to show the Customer and verify that the results of the requirements analysis were correct . Milestone 3: Detailed Design Review During this stage of the ICONIX process the domain model and use case text from milestone 2 are used to design the system being built. A class diagram is produced from the domain model and the use case text is used to make sequence diagrams. Milestone 4: Deployment Unit tests are written to verify the system will match up to the use case text, and sequence diagrams. Finally code is written using the class and sequence diagrams as a guide. References 1. Rosenberg, D. & Stephens, M. (2007). Use Case Driven Object Modeling with UML: Theory and Practice. Apress. () 2. Rosenberg, D., Stephens, M. & Collins-Cope, M. (2005). Agile Development with ICONIX Process. Apress. () Related Concepts Dynamic Systems Development Method (DSDM) Extreme Programming Rational Unified Process Robustness diagram URDAD, the Use Case Driven Analysis and Design methodology is a methodology for technology neutral design. RATF, using Robustness Analysis in combination with Technology Forecasting, to further investigate future software evolution alternatives. External links ICONIX Official Website ICONIX UML and SysML Jumpstart Training ICONIX Process website event management company Introduction to the Iconix Process Robustness Diagrams Software development process Agile software development
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The Baby Huey Show is an animated television series which ran in syndication during the 1994–95 and 1995–96 TV seasons. The show featured the Famous Studios/Harvey Comics character Baby Huey. 26 episodes were produced by combining old theatrical Famous Studios cartoons and new made-for-TV shorts. These were the first Baby Huey cartoons since the 1959 theatrical cartoon Huey's Father's Day. Huey was voiced by Sid Raymond, reprising his role from the original Famous shorts. The first season was produced by Carbunkle Cartoons, a company which did animation on selected episodes of The Ren & Stimpy Show for seasons one and two. Each episode usually consisted of a new 8 minute short followed by two classic Harveytoons (the first featuring Herman and Katnip and the second featuring Baby Huey) and a clip from another classic Harveytoon. The second season was produced by Film Roman, and thus had different writers and directors (Pat Ventura chief amongst them). Joe Alaskey was cast in the title role, instead of original star Sid Raymond from the first season who had originated the voice in 1949. In addition to a new Baby Huey short, each episode contained an uncredited "Richie Rich Gems" vignette, featuring Richie Rich with guest appearances by Reggie, Tiny, Pee-Wee, Freckles, Cadbury, Professor Keenbean, Gloria and Dollar. One Baby Huey television cartoon from the first season was also rebroadcast during each second-season episode. Each episode also contained a theatrical Baby Huey or Herman and Katnip cartoon from Famous Studios. Plot A large, dimwitted baby duck wreaks havoc on those who he comes in contact with as his attempts to help and or play result in hilarious consequences. Huey is often unaware of the havoc he is causing, maintaining an innocence even as a hungry fox attempts—and fails—to eat him. Voice actors Main Sid Raymond as Baby Huey (season 1) Joe Alaskey as Baby Huey (season 2), additional voices Michael Sicoly as Papa (season 1), additional voices Kevin Schon as Papa (season 2) Billy West as the Fox (season 1), additional voices Greg Burson as the Fox (season 2) Maxine Miller as Mama (season 1) Russi Taylor as Mama (season 2) Additional voices Orlando Ashley (season 2) Kathleen Barr (season 1) Nancy Casalese (season 1) Garry Chalk (season 1) Mandy Cumbie (season 1) Marcy Goldberg (season 1) Phil Hayes (season 1) Matt Hill (season 1) Bob Jaques (season 1) Terry Klassen (season 1) Scott McNeil (season 1) Rob Morton (season 1) John Payne (season 1) Thurl Ravenscroft (season 2) Will Ryan (season 1) Rico Zorman (season 1) Episodes Series overview Season 1 (1994) Season 2 (1995) References External links 1990s American animated television series 1994 American television series debuts 1995 American television series endings American children's animated comedy television series Animated television series about children Animated television series about ducks First-run syndicated television programs in the United States Television series by Claster Television Television series created by Bob Jaques
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The Episcopal Diocese of Nevada is the diocese of the Episcopal Church in the USA comprising the entire State of Nevada. The eleventh and current bishop of the Diocese, The Rt. Rev. Elizabeth Bonforte Gardner, was ordained and consecrated by Presiding Bishop Michael Curry at Christ Church Episcopal in Las Vegas on March 5, 2022. On October 8, 2021, the Reverend Gardner was elected bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Nevada. The cathedral in this diocese is Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, and is located in Reno. It was designated in December 2016. In 1971, Nevada achieved separate diocesan status. Under the leadership of diocesan bishop Wesley Frensdorff, who served from 1972 to 1985, Nevada became a leader in the concept of Total Ministry, the "ministry of all the baptized," in which laity and clergy have a more equal share in ministry. The ninth bishop of Nevada, the Right Reverend Katharine Jefferts Schori, was elected the 26th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church at the 2006 General Convention, becoming the first female primate in the Anglican Communion. The Diocese works to be faithfully engaged in civic society with people of all faiths through Nevadans for the Common Good, Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice, the Nevada Faith and Justice Alliance, Communities in Schools, All Our Children, Bread for the World and other groups working for justice and mercy. Bishops These are the bishops who have served the region now known as the state of Nevada: Bishops Joseph Cruickshank Talbot, Missionary, Northwest Diocese (1860 - 1869) Ozi William Whitaker, Missionary, Nevada and Arizona, (1869 - 1886) Abiel Leonard, Missionary, Utah and Nevada, (1888 - 1903) Henry Douglas Robinson (1908 - 1913) George Coolidge Hunting (1914 - 1924) Thomas Jenkins (1929 - 1942) William F. Lewis (1942 - 1959) William Godsell Wright (1960-1972) Wesley Frensdorff (1972 - 1985) Stewart Clark Zabriskie (1986 - 1999) Katharine Jefferts Schori (2001 - 2006)* Jerry A. Lamb, Assisting (2007) Dan Thomas Edwards (2008 - 2018)*James Edward Waggoner, Assisting (2018-2022) Elizabeth Bonforte Gardner (2022 - current) See also Katharine Jefferts Schori, 26th Presiding Bishop Succession list of Episcopal bishops Total Ministry References External links Journal of the Annual Convocation of the Missionary District of Nevada Nevada Christianity in Nevada Christian organizations established in 1971 Province 8 of the Episcopal Church (United States) 1971 establishments in Nevada
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Mount Wilbur () is a mountain standing 3.2 km (2 mi) east of Mount Weaver at the head of the Scott Glacier, in the Queen Maud Mountains, Antarctica. Discovered in December 1934 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party under Quin Blackburn, and named by Byrd for Curtis D. Wilbur, Secretary of the Navy, 1925–29. References Queen Maud Mountains Mountains of the Ross Dependency Amundsen Coast
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Sweet Silver Blues is a fantasy novel by American writer Glen Cook, the first novel in his ongoing Garrett P.I. series. The series combines elements of mystery and fantasy as it follows the adventures of private investigator Garrett. Plot Garrett is a private investigator living in the city of TunFaire, a melting pot of different races, mixed breeds, cultures and religions, though humans predominate. He is approached by the wealthy Tate family. Denny Tate, an old army buddy of Garrett's, has died in an accident. In his will, Denny left an enormous fortune in silver, acquired through questionable means, to a woman his family knows nothing about, Kayean Kronk. Denny's father Willard tries to hire Garrett to locate Kayean, who is believed to be living in the Cantard, the battleground of a generations-old war between the kingdoms of Karenta and Venageta. Having survived his mandatory five-year service there (which many do not), Garrett wants no part of it. Then Denny's partners try to steal the silver and his writings, the latter so they can continue operating as before. For the 10% executor's fee and also to be reunited with Kayean Kronk (a teenage love of Garrett's), Garrett reluctantly heads off to the Cantard with his half-dark elf friend and assassin Morley Dotes, who has his own agenda, and the Roze triplets. Denny's beautiful cousins, Rose and Tinnie Tate, try to tag along, but Garrett forcibly sends them back. When they arrive in Full Harbor, a major Karentine base/city, Garrett makes inquiries, but nobody wants to talk about Kayean, not even her brother. Eventually, he discovers that Kayean loyally followed her husband when he and his brother joined a nest of much despised and feared vampires. A centaur named Zeck Zack, who sometimes works with the vampires, and several other parties become involved. After forcing the truth out of Zack, Garrett and his gang set out to rescue Kayean. In a desperate battle, Garrett retrieves her (as well as Rose and Tinnie Tate and Garrett's friend Saucerhead Tharpe) from the vampire lair. Morley kills Kayean's husband and takes her brother-in-law prisoner. They return to TunFaire, where Garrett delivers Kayean to the Tates. Willard Tate hires TunFaire's foremost expert to cure her. Because she fought the vampire disease, her prognosis is good. Meanwhile, Morley, with Garrett and Saucerhead Tharpe along as guards, delivers the vampire he captured (currently dormant for lack of sustenance) to the kingpin of the criminal underworld of TunFaire. It turns out that the vampire was the kingpin's right-hand man, until he and his brother fled with half of the kingpin's treasure. The kingpin, expecting to see a corpse (in exchange for forgiving Morley Dotes' transgressions), is instead killed by the famished vampire. With his new riches, Garrett purchases the house he has been living in with the Dead Man, a murdered Loghyr who reluctantly helps Garrett out on his cases. (A Loghyr's spirit can linger after death, in the Dead Man's case for four centuries and counting.) Characters Garrett The Dead Man Rose Tate Tinnie Tate Willard Tate Lester Tate Morley Dotes Saucerhead Tharpe The Roze Triplets Playmate Zeck Zack Kayean Kronk References 1987 American novels Garrett P.I. American fantasy novels Novels by Glen Cook
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The NHL Supplemental Draft was a draft that was established by the National Hockey League as an offshoot of the NHL Entry Draft between 1986 and 1994. The Supplemental Draft was used by teams to select collegiate ice hockey players who were not eligible for the standard entry draft. It was created in response to the bidding wars between NHL teams to sign college hockey stars like Adam Oates and Ray Staszak, both of whom signed multi-year contracts with the Detroit Red Wings worth over one million dollars in 1985. The first draft was held on September 17, 1986, a month after the NHL Players' Association approved a new contract with the league allowing the owners to hold a two-round supplemental draft before the entry draft. In 1992, the supplemental draft was scaled back to a single round and limited to non-playoff teams from the previous season and first-year expansion teams. The supplemental draft was discontinued by the 1995 collective bargaining agreement. Unlike the Entry Draft, most players selected never played in the NHL, although a few "diamonds in the rough" went on to NHL careers. Steve Rucchin played the most regular season games (735) among selections and was a team captain for the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim. John Cullen scored the most points (550) and was one of two selections to play in the NHL All-Star Game. The other, Bob Kudelski, is one of eight other selections who enjoyed NHL careers of at least 200 games with Cory Cross, Shawn Chambers, Todd Krygier, Jamie Baker, Steve Martins, Dave Snuggerud, and Steve Guolla rounding out the list. Eligible players The eligibility rules for selecting players was as follows: They were 21-years-old or older by December 31 of the draft year. They had never been claimed in the NHL Entry Draft. They had never previously played professional hockey. They played at least one season of college hockey. The first two supplemental drafts featured seven invalid claims, six of them (including Ian Kidd, who would have otherwise been the first ever supplemental draft selection) because the player entered college after age 20. The other invalid claim was of a player who hadn’t turned 21 yet. List of NHL Supplemental Drafts References
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Manuel Lapuente Díaz (born 15 May 1944) is a Mexican former professional footballer and manager. Playing career He has played 13 matches for Mexico and scored 5 goals. Career as manager He coached Mexico at the 1998 FIFA World Cup, and lead the squad to win the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup. At the club level, he has coached Club Puebla, Club Necaxa and Club América to Mexican league titles. He formerly coached Club Puebla In 2010, he was reappointed manager of Club América after the departure of Jesús Ramírez. Managerial statistics Honours Manager Puebla Mexican Primera División: 1982–83, 1989–90 Copa México: 1989–90 CONCACAF Champions' Cup: 1991 Necaxa Mexican Primera División: 1994–95, 1995–96 América Mexican Primera División: Verano 2002 CONCACAF Champions' Cup: 2006 Mexico CONCACAF Gold Cup: 1998 FIFA Confederations Cup: 1999 External links Manuel Lapuente Website Managerial statistics from 1996-2006 Managerial track record from 1979–2000 with statistics 1944 births Living people Mexican people of Spanish descent Footballers from Mexico City Mexican men's footballers Men's association football forwards C.F. Monterrey players Club Necaxa footballers Club Puebla players Atlas F.C. footballers Liga MX players Mexico men's international footballers Footballers at the 1967 Pan American Games Pan American Games medalists in football Pan American Games gold medalists for Mexico Medalists at the 1967 Pan American Games Mexican football managers Club Puebla managers Tigres UANL managers Atlante F.C. managers Cruz Azul managers Club Necaxa managers Club América managers Mexico national football team managers 1997 Copa América managers 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup managers 1998 FIFA World Cup managers 1999 Copa América managers 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup managers CONCACAF Gold Cup-winning managers FIFA Confederations Cup-winning managers
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The Estonian Institute (Estonian: Eesti Instituut) is a non-governmental and non-profit organisation based in Tallinn aiming to promote Estonian culture abroad. The institute was founded in 1988/1989 as a shadow foreign office for the Estonian independence movement by Lennart Meri, later first foreign minister and first president of Estonia after their Soviet occupation. Current director of the institute is Katrin Maiste. The Institute currently employs a dozen persons, who work either in the Tallinn main office or branches abroad in Finland (Helsinki, founded in 1995) and Hungary (Budapest, est. 1998); previously, the Institute had offices in Sweden (1999-2011) and France (2001-2009). Also 3 teachers of the Estonian language and culture work outside Estonia. The contributors include several prominent people of their field as authors of the texts, editors, board members, designers and creators of information technology applications. The basis of the activities of the Estonian Institute as a non-governmental institution is its constitution. The work is directed by the General Meeting and the Governing Board elected for three years. The Board elected in September 2017 includes Katrin Maiste (Chairman), Liina Luhats, and Mart Meri. As of September 2017 the non-profit organisation has 37 members. The Estonian Institute is supported from state budget via the Ministry of Culture. This is supplemented by targeted financing from various sources for specific undertakings. The teaching of Estonian language and culture is organised in close cooperation with the Ministry of Education and Research. The Estonian Institute is member of the European Union National Institutes for Culture EUNIC. The Institute’s activities rely on the principles of the code of ethics of Estonian non-governmental organisations. History The foundation of the Estonian Institute as civic initiative in the late 1980s derived from the practical need to establish permanent international contacts, which would no longer be controlled by the Soviet authorities. The plan compiled in summer 1988 by Lennart Meri listed the tasks of the Institute as follows: developing permanent cultural and educational foreign relations and introducing Estonia abroad. On 4 October 1988, the cultural council of the creative associations whose purpose was to restore Estonia’s independence, decided to found the Estonian Institute. The official permit was granted in April 1989, and thus for the first six months the Institute operated thanks to the work of volunteers and the support of Estonia’s friends. During its first years, the Estonian Institute partly fulfilled the role of a hotbed for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the future Estonian diplomats. The Institute’s information and culture points operated in various places in Western Europe and Scandinavia, and quite a few developed into an embassy of the Republic of Estonia in the course of restoring diplomatic relations. Soon things took their normal course and the Institute focused on conveying information about Estonia and promoting its culture. Supported by the state, it has become a serious institution to carry out cultural politics. Activities The aim of the Estonian Institute is to spread information about Estonian society and culture in other countries, further cultural and educational links and organise the teaching of Estonian language and culture outside Estonia. Over the years the Institute has published dozens of information booklets and periodicals about Estonia, compiled web pages, organised festivals, exhibitions, conferences and seminars, received journalists, researchers and lecturers, translators and writers, opened culture and information centres in other countries, granted scholarships, despatched lecturers of Estonian language and culture to universities abroad and supplied the study centres with relevant material. Presently, the institute's main areas of activity are publishing diverse brochures, organising cultural events abroad and maintaining several web sites, which include the online encyclopaedia Estonica and the Estonian cultural events calendar Culture.ee. The Estonian Institute also organises conferences, festivals, exhibitions and seminars about Estonian culture, replies to Estonia-related queries, and receives translators, journalists, researchers, writers, and lecturers. Publications Information booklets about Estonia Estonian Literary Magazine Magazine Estonian Art See also Cultural Diplomacy Public diplomacy British Council Alliance Française External links Estonian Institute's homepage Estonian Institute in Finland Estonian Institute in Hungary Web encyclopedia Estonica Culture.ee Estonian culture events calendar References Organizations established in 1989 Culture of Estonia Estonian language Cultural promotion organizations Foreign relations of Estonia Cultural organizations based in Estonia 1989 establishments in Estonia
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9001 may mean: AD 9001, the first year of the 10th millennium 9001 BC, the last year of the 10th millennium BC 9001, natural number succeeding 9000 and preceding 9002 The standard ISO 9001 A reference to the "It's Over 9000!" meme See also 90001
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County Lists for Environment and Solidarity (, FMS) was an electoral alliance in Norway, consisting of the Red Electoral Alliance, Communist Party of Norway, local groups and independents, which contested the 1989 parliamentary election in Norway. The alliance got 22 126 votes (0.8%), which was insufficient to win a seat. References Communist Party of Norway Defunct political parties in Norway Political parties established in 1989 Political parties with year of disestablishment missing Red Party (Norway) 1989 establishments in Norway
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Spell of Iron is the debut album by Finnish metal band Tarot, released in 1986 by Flamingo Music. It was released on CD in 1994 by Bluelight Records, and a remastered version was released in 2006 by Spinefarm Records. The album includes the band's most popular song, "Wings of Darkness". Tarot's website is named after the song. Track listing All music written by Marko and Zachary Hietala, all lyrics by Marko Hietala. Side one "Midwinter Nights" – 4:35 "Dancing on the Wire" – 3:11 "Back in the Fire" – 5:38 "Love's Not Made for My Kind" – 3:28 "Never Forever" – 3:16 Side two "Spell of Iron" – 3:32 "De Mortui Nil Nisi Bene" (instrumental) – 3:29 "Pharao" – 3:01 "Wings of Darkness" – 3:40 "Things That Crawl at Night" – 5:54 Remastered CD edition bonus tracks "Love's Not Made for My Kind" (1995 version) – 4:00 "Back in the Fire" (live) – 5:39 "Love's Not Made for My Kind" (live) – 3:20 "Back in the Fire" (single version) – 5:39 "I Don't Care Anymore" (demo) – 3:42 "Lady Deceiver" (demo) – 3:50 "Blood Runs Cold" (demo) – 2:49 Personnel Tarot Marko Hietala – lead vocals, bass, synthesizer on track 10 Zachary Hietala – lead guitars, backing vocals Mako H. – rhythm guitars, lead guitar on track 8, backing vocals Pecu Cinnari – drums, backing vocals Production Kassu Halonen – producer, synthesizer on track 4, backing vocals on track 8 Jari Laasanen – engineer, mixing Mika Myyryläinen – reissue producer with Tarot Janne Tolsa – reissue producer, bonus tracks engineer and mixing Mikko Tegelman – bonus tracks engineer and mixing Mikko Karmila – bonus tracks engineer References 1986 debut albums Tarot (band) albums
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Valérie Quennessen (3 December 1957 – 19 March 1989) was a French theatre and film actress. Biography Quennessen was born near Paris in Boulogne-Billancourt, of Jewish French/Polish parentage, and dedicated much of her childhood to pursuing her dream of becoming an acrobat. She quickly reached a level of competence and received an award for her expertise at the age of ten. By her teens, she had given up acrobatics and enrolled in acting classes, not because she particularly wanted to get into show business, but to help her overcome social anxiety. She found that she not only overcame her shyness via acting, but she also enjoyed performing. She studied drama first briefly at the École nationale supérieure des arts et techniques du théâtre, then at the Conservatoire National d'Art Dramatique, in Paris, from 1976 to 1979, and appeared in several theater productions, notably Chers Zoiseaux, by Jean Anouilh, which premiered in 1976, and Pirandello's Nuova colonia (1977). She made her first film appearances in a pair of 1976 French films: Le Petit Marcel and Le Plein de super. She continued to appear in the occasional French film and television show, and in 1979 she landed one of the main roles in the American film French Postcards (Willard Huyck), working alongside Miles Chapin, Debra Winger and Mandy Patinkin. She followed up that film by playing Princess Yasimina in John Milius's 1982 film Conan the Barbarian with Arnold Schwarzenegger in the title role. Randal Kleiser's Summer Lovers was the peak of her career for American audiences. This story of a love triangle on the Greek island of Santorini also starred Peter Gallagher and Daryl Hannah. During the filming of the movie, in which she played Lina, an archaeologist, Valérie is said to have discovered several pieces of pottery at the Akrotiri site that were more than 3,500 years old. Shortly after Summer Lovers, Valérie Quennessen appeared in the short We Cannes, filmed during the 1982 film festival by François Manceaux, then gradually retired from acting, choosing to concentrate on raising her family. She and Francois Manceaux had two children, Antoine (1982) and Elsa (1985), both of them born in France. On March 19, 1989, she died in a car accident on the A13 highway in Saint-Ouen-des-Champs at the age of 31. Filmography Le Petit Marcel (Jacques Fansten, 1976) as a receptionist Le Plein de super (Alain Cavalier, 1976) as Marie Nuova colonia (Anne Delbée, 1978, TV adaptation) as Mita La Tortue sur le dos (Luc Béraud, 1978) as a Nietzsche student Brigade des mineurs: Tête de rivière (Guy Lessertisseur, 1978—TV episode) as Doris On efface tout (Pascal Vidal, 1978) Martin et Léa (Alain Cavalier, 1979) as Cléo French Postcards (Willard Huyck, 1979) as Toni Pause-café (Serge Leroy, 1981—TV miniseries, one episode) as a secretary Silas (Sigi Rothemund, 1981—German TV miniseries, one episode) as Melinda, a washerwoman Les Uns et les Autres (Claude Lelouch, 1981) as Francis Huster's character girlfriend Conan the Barbarian (John Milius, 1982) as Princess Yasimina Summer Lovers (Randal Kleiser, 1982) as Lina We Cannes (François Manceaux, 1982 short) as Janine Quartier sud (Mathias Ledoux, 1984—TV) as Rebecca La petite commission (Jean-Paul Salomé, 1985 short) as Sister Clarisse Mode in France (William Klein, 1985—TV) as a model/female cop Haute tension: Eaux troubles (Alain Bonnot, 1989—TV episode) as Judith Theatre Bajazet, by Jean Racine (director Stéphan Boublil, Studio d'Ivry, 1976) Phèdre, by Jean Racine (Antoine Bourseiller, Théâtre Récamier, 1976), as Ismène Chers Zoiseaux, by Jean Anouilh (Jean Anouilh and Roland Piétri, Comédie des Champs-Élysées, 1976), as one of the "Girls" Nuova colonia, by Luigi Pirandello (Anne Delbée, Nouveau Carré Silvia Montfort, 1977), as Mita Babylone, by Alain Gautré (Pierre Pradinas, Compagnie du Chapeau rouge, Avignon, 1979) References External links Valérie Quennessen by Xavier Loriot and Bruce Pinkerton, 2012. Valérie Quennessen - Filmaffinity 1957 births 1989 deaths 20th-century French actresses Actresses from Paris French National Academy of Dramatic Arts alumni French film actresses French stage actresses Road incident deaths in France
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Tsetang () or Zedang (), is the fourth largest city in Tibet and is located in the Yarlung Valley, southeast of Lhasa in Nedong District of the Shannan Prefecture in the Tibet region of China. It is the capital of Shannan Prefecture (which is also referred to as "Shannan City"). Tsetang has been the capital of the Yarlung region since antiquity and was the seat of the ancient emperors of Tibet and, as such, a place of great importance. In the 19th century, it is said to have comprised some 1,000 houses, a bazaar, a gompa and a fort. As the capital of Shannan, it is the second-largest settlement in the historical Ü-Tsang region. It lies at an elevation of above sea level and has a population of approximately 52,000 persons. It is only about to the northeast of the town of Nedong and they have now essentially merged into one city. Tsetang is situated near the flank of Mount Gongbori () where many ancient ruins (such as ruins of Gajiu Monastery) are located. It is known as the cradle of Tibetan's civilization. Samye, Tibet's first monastery, is located only from Tsetang and was founded in 779 CE by King Trisong Detsen. The 14th century monastery of Tsetang, Ganden Chökhorling, was originally Kagyupa but was taken over by the Gelugpas in the 18th century. It was destroyed during the Cultural Revolution in the 1960s but has been restored since. Ngamchö is also a Gelugpa monastery and contains the bed and throne of the Dalai Lama and has a chapel devoted to medicine. The Samten Ling and Drebuling monasteries of the Sakyas still remained in 1959 but have since been destroyed and mostly built over. There is, however, the reconstructed Gelugpa Sang-ngag Zimche Nunnery, in the ruins of Samten Ling with a 1000-armed statue of Chenresig (Avalokiteshvara) said to have been made by Emperor Songtsen Gampo (605 or 617? - 649 CE). The town supposedly dates back to the founding of the Tsetang Gompa in 1351 which became an important centre of learning. One of three caves in the mountainside to the east of the town is said to be the birthplace of the Tibetan people who resulted from the mating of a monkey and a beautiful cannibal ogress. About south of Tsetang is Changzhug Monastery founded during the reign of Songtsen Gampo and about further is Yumbulagang which, according to legend, was built as a palace for the first king, Nyatri Tsenpo, and was the first building in Tibet. There are several hotels and a guesthouse in Tsetang. Climate Tsetang has a subtropical highland climate (Köppen climate classification Cwa). The average annual temperature in Haidian is . The average annual rainfall is with July as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in June, at around , and lowest in January, at around . Notes Footnotes References Buckley, Michael and Strauss, Robert. Tibet: a travel survival kit. (1986) Lonely Planet Publications, Victoria, Australia. . Dorje, Gyurme (2009). Tibet Handbook. Footprint Handbooks, Bath, England. . Dowman, Keith. The Power-Paces of Central Tibet: The Pilgrim's Guide, (1988). Routledge & Kegan Paul, London & New York. . Mayhew, Bradley and Kohn, Michael. (2005) Tibet. 6th Edition. . Populated places in Shannan, Tibet Township-level divisions of Tibet
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Chief of the Defence Force may refer to: Chief of the Defence Force (Australia) Chief of the Defence Staff (Canada) Chief of Defence Force (East Timor) Chief of Defence Forces (Kenya) Chief of Defence Forces (Malaysia) Chief of Defence Force (Maldives) Chief of the Defence Force (Namibia) Chief of Defence Force (New Zealand) Chief of Defence Force (Singapore) Chief of Defence Force (Somalia) Chief of the South African National Defence Force Chief of Defence Forces (Thailand) Chief of Defence Forces (Uganda) See also Defence Force (disambiguation) Chief of defence Chief of the Defence Staff (disambiguation) Commander of the Defence Force (disambiguation)
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The 1983–84 UEFA Cup was the 13th season of the UEFA Cup, the third-tier club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). It was won by English club Tottenham Hotspur, who beat Belgian side Anderlecht on penalties, after the final finished 2–2 on aggregate. Association ranking For the 1983–84 UEFA Cup, the associations are allocated places according to their 1982 UEFA country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 1977–78 to 1981–82. (*) As Albania withdrew. Teams The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for competition: TH: Title holders CW: Cup winners CR: Cup runners-up LC: League Cup winners 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, etc.: League position P-W: End-of-season European competition play-offs winners First round |} First leg Second leg Inter Bratislava won 16–0 on aggregate. Radnički Niš won 5–1 on aggregate. Royal Antwerp won 8–3 on aggregate. Budapest Honvéd won 3–2 on aggregate. Lokomotive Leipzig won 7–2 on aggregate. Sparta Rotterdam won 5–1 on aggregate. Spartak Moscow won 7–0 on aggregate. Verona won 4–2 on aggregate. 1–1 on aggregate; Hajduk Split won 3–1 on penalties. Nottingham Forest won 3–0 on aggregate. Baník Ostrava won 6–1 on aggregate. PSV Eindhoven won 6–2 on aggregate. Austria Wien won 15–0 on aggregate. PAOK won 5–2 on aggregate. Werder Bremen won 3–2 on aggregate. 2–2 on aggregate; Widzew Łódź won on away goals. Celtic won 5–1 on aggregate. Sturm Graz won 2–1 on aggregate. Levski Sofia won 2–1 on aggregate. Bayern Munich won 11–0 on aggregate. Groningen won 4–2 on aggregate. Anderlecht won 4–1 on aggregate. Laval won 1–0 on aggregate. Carl Zeiss Jena won 3–0 on aggregate. Lens won 3–2 on aggregate. Feyenoord won 3–0 on aggregate. Watford won 4–3 on aggregate. Tottenham Hotspur won 14–0 on aggregate. Internazionale won 2–1 on aggregate. Aston Villa won 5–1 on aggregate. Sparta Prague won 4–3 on aggregate. Sporting CP won 4–3 on aggregate. Second round |} First leg Second leg Sparta Prague won 3–1 on aggregate. Hajduk Split won 5–3 on aggregate. Anderlecht won 4–2 on aggregate. Radnički Niš won 6–3 on aggregate. Sparta Rotterdam won 4–3 on aggregate. Watford won 4–2 on aggregate. 2–2 on aggregate; Sturm Graz won on away goals. Austria Wien won 5–3 on aggregate. Lokomotive Leipzig won 2–1 on aggregate. 0–0 on aggregate; Bayern Munich won 9–8 on penalties. Lens won 5–4 on aggregate. Tottenham Hotspur won 6–2 on aggregate. Internazionale won 5–3 on aggregate. Spartak Moscow won 4–3 on aggregate. Nottingham Forest won 3–1 on aggregate. Celtic won 5–2 on aggregate. Third round |} First leg Second leg Sturm Graz won 2–1 on aggregate. Hajduk Split won 4–0 on aggregate. Sparta Prague won 7–2 on aggregate. Anderlecht won 2–1 on aggregate. Austria Wien won 3–2 on aggregate. Nottingham Forest won 2–1 on aggregate. Tottenham Hotspur won 2–1 on aggregate. Spartak Moscow won 3–1 on aggregate. Quarter-finals |} First leg Second leg Hajduk Split won 2–1 on aggregate. Nottingham Forest won 2–1 on aggregate. Tottenham Hotspur won 4–2 on aggregate. Anderlecht won 4–3 on aggregate. Semi-finals |} In 1997, it was revealed that the Anderlecht chairman Constant Vanden Stock had paid a £27,000 bribe to the referee Emilio Guruceta Muro in exchange for help fixing their semi-final second leg match versus Nottingham Forest. During the match, Anderlecht were awarded a dubious penalty, and a last minute Nottingham Forest goal—that would have won them the tie on the away goals rule—was disallowed. In 2016, it emerged that UEFA had known about the bribe since 1993 but had taken no action until the information was made public in 1997, when UEFA suspended Anderlecht from the next European tournament for which they qualified. On qualifying for the 1998–99 UEFA Cup, Anderlecht appealed the suspension in the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which overturned the ban on the grounds that it was made by UEFA's executive committee, which did not have the authority to issue the ban. First leg The match featured an infamous incident that saw a Hajduk fan (later identified as Ante Baraba, a resident of Paljuv settlement within the Novigrad village) run onto the pitch before the start of the second half with a live rooster – in reference to Tottenham's club symbol, the cockerel – and, while standing at the centre circle, kill the animal by snapping its neck. The contest took place as scheduled, however, as a result of the incident, Hajduk was fined CHF3,000 and ordered to play at least 300 km away from their home stadium for their next European tie that turned out to be the 1984–85 European Cup Winners' Cup first round game against Dynamo Moscow. Second leg Anderlecht won 3–2 on aggregate. 2–2 on aggregate; Tottenham Hotspur won on away goals. Final First leg Second leg 2–2 on aggregate; Tottenham Hotspur won 4–3 on penalties. Top scorers References External links 1983–84 All matches UEFA Cup – season at UEFA website Official Site Results at RSSSF.com All scorers 1983–84 UEFA Cup according to protocols UEFA 1983/84 UEFA Cup – results and line-ups (archive) UEFA Cup seasons 2
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