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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phu%20Wiang%20National%20Park

Phu Wiang National Park

Phu Wiang National Park (PWNP) is in Khon Kaen Province, northeastern Thailand, covering the area of the Phu Wiang Mountains. It is best known for its numerous dinosaur bone paleontological sites, The park is one of the world's largest dinosaur graveyards. In 1996, the remains of Siamotyrannus isanensis, a new family of carnivorous thunder lizards, were unearthed in the park. The Phu Wiang Dinosaur Museum in the park displays many of the park's finds. The park, measuring 203,125 rai ~ in size, is approximately northwest of Khon Kaen. The area is characterized by a central plain and the low hills of the western Phu Phan Mountains. Topography The general topography of the area is a mountain range, shaped as a hollow circle. In the center is a basin. It consists of mountains with moderate slopes to steep slopes. The outermost mountain range has a maximum peak of 844 meters above sea level. The highest peak of the mountain southwest of the area is 470 meters above sea level. The north of the inner mountain area is a source of dinosaur fossils. The lowest level of the foothills is 210 meters above sea level. Phu Wiang National Park is located on the Khorat plateau. This is caused by the accumulation of sediments on the land that is more than 4,000 meters thick. The sedimentary layer is almost completely red is called the red sediment, or the Khorat stone, consisting of stone units, Khao Phra Wihan, stone pillars, Phu Phan stone and Khok gravel. The rocks were covered with sludge and quaternary clay. In the present day, there is also a survey of the uranium line in the area as well. Phu Wiang National Park is the upstream source of Huai Sai Khao, which flows into Nam Phong Huai Bang, leaving Huai Nam Lai, which will flow into Chern Huai Ruea, Huai Khum Poon, Huai Nam Bon, and Huai Maew, which will flow into Huai Bong, both Nam Phong, Hua Yong. And Chern River flows into Ubol Ratana Dam. Fauna Bird species include Black-crested bulbul, Lineated barbet, National bird of Thailand Siamese fireback, Eurasian jay, Common flameback, Green-billed malkoha, Rufescent prinia and Shikra. There are no large animals but there are small ones include Slow loris, Masked palm civet, Lesser mouse deer, barking deer, Himalayan porcupine, Fishing cat, Large Indian civet and Small Indian civet. See also List of national parks of Thailand List of Protected Areas Regional Offices of Thailand References National parks of Thailand Phu Phan Mountains IUCN Category II Tourist attractions in Khon Kaen province Prehistoric Thailand Protected areas established in 1965 1965 establishments in Thailand Cretaceous paleontological sites of Asia

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985%20Toronto%20Argonauts%20season

1985 Toronto Argonauts season

The 1985 Toronto Argonauts finished in fourth place in the East Division with a 6–10 record and failed to make the playoffs. Offseason Regular season Standings Schedule Awards and honours 1985 CFL All-Stars References Toronto Argonauts seasons 1985 Canadian Football League season by team

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepani%20Silva

Deepani Silva

Deepani Silva () also known as Deepani de Silva () is a Sri Lankan popular veteran film and teledrama actress. She made it to the films after appearing in several street dramas and plays. On 28 May 2018, Deepani Silva was arrested and was released on bail for involving in an accident in Bandaragama. Biography Deepani Silva is the only film artist in her family. Her father, D. Peter Silva was a trade union leader. She finished her higher education at the Buddhist Ladies' College which is situated in Colombo. Career She started her acting career in 1975 through acting in street dramas. To learn her acting, Deepani joined veteran theatre actor Dhamma Jagoda's theatre school, Lionel Wendt Kala Kendra Ranga Shilpa Shalika which was inaugurated by Dhamma Jagoda as Sri Lanka's first ever theatre school. She learnt acting in the Ranga Shilpa Shalika from late Gamini Haththotuwegama who is still considered as the father of Sri Lankan street theatre. She acted in several teledrama serials including Doo Daruwo, Ammai Thaththai, Hathpana, Lokke Mama, Abuddassa Kolama, Thanradevi in the early 1990s before gaining opportunities to step her foot in Sinhala film industry. Deepani Silva made her film debut in 1994 through Mee Haraka. Deepani also acted in supportive roles during her career including her role as the mother of spoilt son in the 2008 blockbuster film, Machan which portrays the real story of the Sri Lankan handball team which disappeared in 2004 in Germany. She also featured in as one of the members of the cast in the 2018 horror film, Seya which is historically the first all-female featured movie in Sri Lankan film industry. Arrest On 28 May 2018 (Monday) by the time when she was driving the car, she was reported to have met with an accident in the Bandaragama-Kesbewa road in the morning around 6.40am by colliding with a three wheeler. She was charged by the Bandaragama Police and was arrested in connection with the accident which also resulted in critical injuries to a 10-year-old girl who travelled with her father in the three-wheeler. On the same day, she was produced before the Panadura Magistrate and was released on bail with strict conditions. The Magistrate Court also ordered to impound the driving license of Deepani Silva and released her by imposing a personal surety of Rs. 200, 000. Filmography See also List of Sri Lankan actors References External links Date of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Sinhalese artists Sri Lankan film actresses Sri Lankan stage actresses Sri Lankan television actresses 20th-century Sri Lankan actresses 21st-century Sri Lankan actresses Living people Year of birth missing (living people)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sealston%2C%20Virginia

Sealston, Virginia

Sealston is an unincorporated community in King George County, Virginia, United States. Lamb's Creek Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. References United States Postal Service Sealston Post Office 1130 Kings Highway Sealston,Virginia 22547 Phone(540)775-3158 Unincorporated communities in Virginia Unincorporated communities in King George County, Virginia

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorraine%20Wicks

Lorraine Wicks

Lorraine Wicks is a fictional character from the British BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Jacqueline Leonard between 2 April 1996 and 14 November 1997. Storylines Lorraine first arrives in Albert Square in April 1996 when she comes in search of her son, Joe (Paul Nicholls), who had run away from their home in Bolton with the hope of reuniting with his estranged father, David Wicks (Michael French). Lorraine's marriage to David had been a disaster, ruined by David's numerous infidelities. He had abandoned his wife and two children (Karen and Joe) almost eight years prior to Joe's re-appearance, and he had subsequently played no part in any of their lives. David isn't exactly thrilled to see his son, whose overt display of emotion leaves him feeling decidedly uncomfortable. Lorraine is even less happy to be reunited with her ex-husband. She and Joe had been through a turbulent time since his departure. Her daughter Karen had been killed in a car accident and Joe blames himself for her death because he had swapped seats with her moments before the fatal crash. Upon hearing of Karen's death, David becomes wracked with guilt about abandoning his children, but it still doesn't evoke any parental feelings in him towards his son, and he is relieved when Lorraine manages to persuade Joe to return to Bolton. Joe, however, is not easily put off, and he returns to Walford in May, determined to rebuild a relationship with his father; in order to keep him happy Lorraine moves there with him. Lorraine gets a job as a barmaid in The Queen Victoria public house, and it isn't long before she catches the eye of both Grant Mitchell (Ross Kemp) and his friend Nigel Bates (Paul Bradley). Nigel pursues Lorraine, but although she likes him, she is never interested in anything more than friendship. Grant is different, and the two start a relationship, which results in him throwing his wife Tiffany (Martine McCutcheon) out when she is six months pregnant with his child. Grant is infatuated with Lorraine and even proposes to her, but Lorraine is forced to put their relationship on the back-burner after her son Joe has a mental breakdown. Joe's behaviour towards his mother becomes extremely hostile and he also starts to develop severe paranoia; even thinking that Grant is the devil and is attempting to poison him. Grant, never the diplomat, decides to counter Joe's accusation by literally trying to shake some sense into him. However, his outburst is witnessed by Lorraine, who promptly ends their relationship. Joe's mental status only worsens after his father runs out on him for a second time. Lorraine becomes desperate, but her attempts at getting Joe professional help do nothing to help matters. Joe eventually becomes so fearful of the outside world that he refuses to leave his flat and this culminates in him holding Lorraine hostage one night, dowsing himself in petrol and threatening to kill himself or anyone that comes near him. Grant manages to rescue Lorraine, but Joe is sectioned as a result and later diagnosed as suffering from schizophrenia. Joe is later released, and with his condition stabilised he begins to live a normal life. He makes a trip to Bolton and is instrumental in reuniting Lorraine with her ex-boyfriend Peter (Mark McKenna). Peter had been driving the car at the time of the crash that killed Lorraine's daughter and this had led to their eventual breakup. Upon reconciling with Peter, Lorraine decides to go back to Bolton in November 1997. Creation and development Introduced in April 1996, Lorraine is the former wife of the already established character David Wicks (Michael French). She is brought into the serial along with her son Joe Wicks (Paul Nicholls).<ref name="20years">{{cite book |last= Smith|first= Rupert|title= EastEnders: 20 years in Albert Square |year=2005|publisher=BBC books|isbn=978-0-563-52165-5|title-link= EastEnders spin-offs#Non-fiction books}}</ref> Author Kate Lock has described Lorraine as "relentlessly sensible, fair and nice" but with a "rogue gene" that prompted her to select the wrong kind of men. As well as a high-profile storyline concentrating on Joe's diagnosis of schizophrenia, Lorraine's most prominent storyline is a love triangle between herself, Grant Mitchell (Ross Kemp) and Grant's wife Tiffany (Martine McCutcheon). In the storyline, Lorraine discovers that Tiffany is keeping a secret from Grant - that he is potentially not the father of her unborn child. When Tiffany refuses to tell Grant the truth, Lorraine does, making way for them to become a legitimate couple, albeit briefly. Leonard commented in December 1996, "Lorraine has had a year on her own and she feels that she probably needs a bit of contact - and Grant's quite macho. It was very interesting from my point of view because Lorraine could be perceived as being bitchy and she's not. She genuinely cares about Tiffany and their marriage and the baby and she wants the whole situation sorted out. But she and Grant do like each other and care about each other and it loses control a bit." Lock has questioned why Lorraine would have fallen for Grant, suggesting that "Perhaps she thought she could change him". Ultimately though the differences between the couple took their toll. As Lock surmises, "[Grant] did really make an effort to be restrained, but maintaining this facade was beyond him and, after seeing Grant shake her son so hard that his teeth rattled, Lorraine called the whole thing off." Leonard decided to leave EastEnders'' in 1997 to nurse her mother through poor health. She has since commented, "my mum was very poorly at the time and I had that to contend with. After a year and a half in the Square, I just thought it was time for me to go. Paul Nicholls, who played Joe, was leaving and it was the natural progression if you like. The schizophrenia storyline was dragging on and there was nowhere else to go with the character. I could have stayed and took the money I suppose, but I just needed the change. I'm glad I took time out." In the serial Lorraine returns to her home town of Bolton with her son Joe and her former partner Peter, making her on-screen exit in November 1997. When discussing the role in 2000, Leonard said, "They didn't kill us off and the part was left open, but sadly it's too late to go back now. Besides, none of the characters that could link Lorraine back to Albert Square are there any more. I had to go, though. It was a difficult decision but I felt I'd done all I could with the role." However, she did not rule out the possibility of returning, saying, "I think it would be difficult but yes, if the opportunity arose then I would love to go back for a little while. Not forever, just a little while to say hello." Reception Leonard says that viewers of the soap warmed to the character as she was depicted as a "caring mum". She claims she received a lot of fan mail from fans, mostly children, who wanted their mum to be like Lorraine. References External links EastEnders characters Fictional bartenders Television characters introduced in 1996 Female characters in television Beale family (EastEnders)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie%20Cunningham%20%28basketball%29

Sophie Cunningham (basketball)

Sophie Elizabeth Cunningham (born August 16, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA). , Cunningham became a guest analyst for the Phoenix Suns Suns Live! pregame, halftime, and post-game TV coverage. College career Cunningham played four seasons of college basketball at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri for the Tigers. Statistics |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2015–16 | style="text-align:left;"| Missouri | 32 || 32 || 30.1 || .502 || .356 || .831 || 5.8 || 3.0 || 1.1 || 0.3 || 2.4 || 14.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2016–17 | style="text-align:left;"| Missouri | 31 || 31 || 32.9 || .482 || .379 || .848 || 5.3 || 3.4 || 0.9 || 0.3 || 3.4 || 17.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2017–18 | style="text-align:left;"| Missouri | 31 || 31 || 32.7 || .542 || .457 || .836 || 4.7 || 3.0 || 0.8 || 0.1 || 3.0 || 18.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2018–19 | style="text-align:left;"| Missouri | 35 || 35 || 34.3 || .481 || .403 || .839 || 5.9 || 2.8 || 1.2 || 0.3 || 2.9 || 17.8 |- | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career | 129 || 129 || 32.5 || .501 || .403 || .839 || 5.4 || 3.0 || 1.0 || 0.3 || 2.9 || 17.0 Professional career Phoenix Mercury (2019–) Cunningham was selected as the thirteenth overall pick of the 2019 WNBA draft by the Phoenix Mercury. Cunningham was the eighth Missouri alum to be drafted into the WNBA and was the highest selection for a former Tiger. WNBA career statistics Regular season |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2019 | style="text-align:left;"| Phoenix | 32 || 5 || 12.2 || .354 || .304 || .882 || 1.4 || 0.8 || 0.3 || 0.1 || 0.6 || 3.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2020 | style="text-align:left;"| Phoenix | 21 || 11 || 18.9 || .385 || .235 || .880 || 1.0 || 0.8 || 0.5 || 0.1 || 0.7 || 5.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2021 | style="text-align:left;"| Phoenix | 30 || 4 || 17.5 || .437 || .410 || .704 || 2.0 || 1.1 || 0.5 || 0.2 || 0.5 || 5.6 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2022 | style="text-align:left;"| Phoenix | 28 || 20 || 29.5 || .449 || .400 || .875 || 4.4 || 1.6 || 1.0 || 0.4 || 1.0 || 12.6 |- | style='text-align:left;'| Career | style='text-align:left;'| 4 years, 1 team | 111 || 40 || 19.2 || .423 || .366 || .843 || 2.3 || 1.1 || 0.6 || 0.2 || 0.7 || 6.5 |} Postseason |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2019 | style="text-align:left;"| Phoenix | 1 || 0 || 8.0 || 1.000 || 1.000 || .000 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 3.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2020 | style="text-align:left;"| Phoenix | 2 || 0 || 9.5 || .500 || .333 || .000 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 1.5 || 2.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2021 | style="text-align:left;"| Phoenix | 8 || 2 || 17.5 || .484 || .565 || 1.000 || 2.1 || 0.8 || 0.3 || 0.9 || 0.8 || 6.4 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2022 | style="text-align:left;"| Phoenix | 2 || 2 || 31.0 || .455 || .375 || .333 || 2.5 || 2.0 || 0.5 || 0.0 || 2.5 || 7.5 |- | style='text-align:left;'| Career | style='text-align:left;'| 4 years, 1 team | 13 || 4 || 17.6 || .489 || .514 || .625 || 1.8 || 0.8 || 0.2 || 0.5 || 1.6 || 5.7 |} References External links Missouri Tigers bio 1996 births Living people All-American college women's basketball players American women's basketball players Basketball players from Missouri McDonald's High School All-Americans Missouri Tigers women's basketball players Phoenix Mercury draft picks Phoenix Mercury players Phoenix Suns announcers Shooting guards Sportspeople from Columbia, Missouri Rock Bridge High School alumni

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel%20Daher

Michel Daher

Michel Georges Daher (; born 7 March 1961) is a Lebanese entrepreneur, investor, philanthropist and politician who is the founder of Daher Capital and Daher Foods. As of May 2018, he was elected as a Member of Parliament in Lebanon for the Zahle district. Early life Daher grew up in Ferzol, Lebanon, where his father was a farmer. He is the eldest of six brothers and sisters. Michel married Marleine Sayde in 1986 and together they have four children, George, Mark, Edwina and Perla. Daher Foods Michel Daher founded Daher Foods in 1992, one of the largest FMCG companies in the MENA region. Daher Foods operates one of the largest salty snacks operations in the Middle East. In 2016, Daher Foods started producing packaged nuts and kernels in a brand new production facility. In 2019, Daher Foods added biscuits and wafers to its portfolio of products in a brand new production facility. Daher Capital Daher founded Daher Capital, a privately owned family investment office. Daher Capital invests in developed public market equities, emerging markets equities, private equity and venture capital. Some of Daher Capital's publicly known investments include FXCM, where in 2007, Daher Capital joined forces with Lehman Brothers and Yale University to purchase a 35% stake. FXCM went public on the NYSE in December 2010 with a market capitalization of $1.6 billion, a process in which Daher had an active role in. In 2013, Daher sold his FXCM stake and invested in rival Gain Capital. In 2013, Daher purchased a large stake in the largest poultry producer in the US, Pilgrim's Pride and became the company's second largest shareholder. In 2013, Pilgrim's Pride had revenues of $9.0 billion. Daher Capital is also known to be a very active Venture Capital investor. In 2017, Daher Capital was recognized as "one of the biggest supporters of Los Angeles tech companies behind the scenes" by the LA Times. Some of Daher Capital's known VC investments include Maker Studios prior to its sale to Disney for $1 billion, in Bonds.com prior to its sale to the London Stock Exchange, and Burstly, developer of TestFlight, prior to its sale to Apple. In April 2019, Daher Capital worked with BridgePoint Advisers to acquire Kyriba in a deal valuing the company at $1.2 billion. Other companies that Daher invested in that went public include TrueCar and Stonegate Mortgage. Political career Michel Daher expressed concerns on Lebanon's economic model as early as 2012 saying "unless the government embarks on painful austerity measures, Lebanon’s economy will inch closer to the edge of a disaster" in a DailyStar interview at the time. In 2018,  Michel Daher ran for parliament on an economic reform agenda looking to decrease Lebanon's reliance on diaspora remittances and increase the country's productivity, believing the current model was not sustainable. In May 2018, Michel Daher was elected as an independent to Lebanon's parliament in the Zahle district, one of Lebanon's most contested and competitive areas in parliamentary elections. Daher ran against political dynasties and won by a wide margin. Upon his election, Daher vowed to transfer all salaries and benefits from the state that come during his tenure to the Lebanese Army. Daher's political positions have revolved around Lebanon's economy, warning against an impending economic collapse if the political establishment did not effect reforms. Lebanon's economy collapsed in October 2019 due to its heavy debt, corruption, reliance on remittances and the banking sector, and lack of productivity. To mitigate the full effects of the economic collapse, in November 2019 Daher submitted a Capital Control law to parliament as well as the abolishing of Banking Secrecy laws in order to return stolen public funds, both of which were rejected by the existing political establishment. Daher also serves as a board member of the Association of Lebanese Industrialists (ALI) and is on the Executive Committee of Higher Council for Greek Catholics in Lebanon. References External links Daher Capital Daher Foods Interview with Michel Daher Michel Daher sonne la cloche d’ouverture de la Bourse de New York (French) Lebanese businesspeople 1961 births Living people People from Zahle District

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eha%20%28given%20name%29

Eha (given name)

Eha is an Estonian feminine given name from the Estonian language word eha, meaning "dusk" and "twilight", and is occasionally a diminutive of the name Ehala. As of 1 January 2021, 2,294 women in Estonia have the first name Eha, making it the 67th most popular female name in the country. The name is most commonly found in Jõgeva County, where 33.29 per 10,000 inhabitants of the county bear the name. Individuals bearing the name Eha include: Eha Lättemäe (1922–2012), poet and translator Eha Pärn (born 1957), municipal and civil servant Eha Rünne (born 1963), shot putter and discus thrower References Feminine given names Estonian feminine given names

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riverview%20School%20District%20%28Washington%29

Riverview School District (Washington)

Riverview School District No. 407 is a public school district in King County, Washington, USA and contains within its boundaries, the communities of Duvall, Carnation, and the surrounding areas. At the end of the 2021-2022 school year, the district's enrollment was 3,065 students. District boundary It includes Carnation, Duvall, Lake Marcel-Stillwater, and portions of Ames Lake, Cottage Lake, and Union Hill-Novelty Hill. Schools Cedarcrest High School Tolt Middle School Cherry Valley Elementary School Stillwater Elementary School Carnation Elementary School Eagle Rock Multi-Age School Riverview Learning Center (PARADE, CLIP, CHOICE) History In 1988, Tolt Junior/Senior High School split into Tolt Middle School and Tolt High School. The high school later closed when its replacement, Cedarcrest High School, opened in 1993. Tolt Middle School is still located on the original Tolt Junior/Senior High School campus. References External links School districts in Washington (state) Education in King County, Washington 1986 establishments in Washington (state) School districts established in 1986

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percentage%20point

Percentage point

A percentage point or percent point is the unit for the arithmetic difference between two percentages. For example, moving up from 40 percent to 44 percent is an increase of 4 percentage points (although it is a 10-percent increase in the quantity being measured, if the total amount remains the same). In written text, the unit (the percentage point) is usually either written out, or abbreviated as pp or p.p. to avoid confusion with percentage increase or decrease in the actual quantity. After the first occurrence, some writers abbreviate by using just "point" or "points". Differences between percentages and percentage points Consider the following hypothetical example: In 1980, 50 percent of the population smoked, and in 1990 only 40 percent of the population smoked. One can thus say that from 1980 to 1990, the prevalence of smoking decreased by 10 percentage points (or by 10 percent of the population) or by 20 percent when talking about smokers only – percentages indicate proportionate part of a total. Percentage-point differences are one way to express a risk or probability. Consider a drug that cures a given disease in 70 percent of all cases, while without the drug, the disease heals spontaneously in only 50 percent of cases. The drug reduces absolute risk by 20 percentage points. Alternatives may be more meaningful to consumers of statistics, such as the reciprocal, also known as the number needed to treat (NNT). In this case, the reciprocal transform of the percentage-point difference would be 1/(20pp) = 1/0.20 = 5. Thus if 5 patients are treated with the drug, one could expect to heal one more case of the disease than would have occurred in the absence of the drug. For measurements involving percentages as a unit, such as, growth, yield, or ejection fraction, statistical deviations and related descriptive statistics, including the standard deviation and root-mean-square error, the result should be expressed in units of percentage points instead of percentage. Mistakenly using percentage as the unit for the standard deviation is confusing, since percentage is also used as a unit for the relative standard deviation, i.e. standard deviation divided by average value (coefficient of variation). Related units Percentage (%) 1 part in 100 Per mille (‰) 1 part in 1,000 Basis point (bp) difference of 1 part in 10,000 Permyriad (‱) 1 part in 10,000 Per cent mille (pcm) 1 part in 100,000 Baker percentage See also Parts-per notation Per-unit system Percent point function Relative change and difference References Mathematical terminology Probability assessment Units of measurement ru:Процент#Процентный пункт

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Beverley%20%28major%29

Robert Beverley (major)

Major Robert Beverley (1635–1687) was a British merchant who became wealthy after emigrating to the Colony of Virginia, where he also became a controversial clerk of the House of Burgesses following Bacon's Rebellion. One of the wealthiest men in the northern Tidewater region, he eventually owned about 28,000 acres in four counties and founded the Beverley family of Virginia, one of the First Families of Virginia. Biography Early and family life Born in Kingston upon Hull in Yorkshire, England to the former Susanna Hollis and her husband Peter Beverley, he would have three younger brothers and four sisters. He was educated and learned about commerce in England. He also married his first wife, Elizabeth, who died in 1662, shortly after giving birth to their son, Peter Beverley. Beverley married two more times after emigrating to Virginia as discussed below, and had two more sons who survived him. In 1666, in what later became Lancaster County, Virginia, he married the widow Mary Keeble, who bore a daughter and from four to six sons (of whom three reached adulthood) before her death in June 1678. Beverly married Katherine Hone on March 28, 1679, who bore three sons and one daughter. Career Beverley emigrated to the Colony of Virginia in 1663, following his first wife's death. His main income came from exporting his own and his neighbor's tobacco (more than 35,000 lbs in the 1671-1672 season), and importing (and reselling) manufactured goods ranging from soap to wrought iron to cloth and shoes. He soon became surveyor for Gloucester and Middlesex Counties, as well as an attorney in the colony's courts. Governor William Berkeley made Beverley one of the first justices of the peace for Lancaster, when it was formed from Middlesex County. Beverley served as Lancaster County's sheriff before being named the colony's attorney general pro tempore. During Bacon's Rebellion, Beverley proved his loyalty to Governor Berkeley, particularly in rounding ringleaders (sometimes on horseback) and taming the rebellion, although his harsh methods gave rise to complaints. The House of Burgesses elected him as its clerk in February 1676/77, and he refused to give the royal commissioners investigating the rebellion access to the House journals and papers, rationalizing that he could not get permission because it was no longer in session. The assembly of October 1677 protested the royal commissioners' seizing the documents as a violation of legislative privilege, both to Berkeley's replacement, Lieutenant Governor Herbert Jeffreys and the Privy Council back in England. The commissioners reported that Beverley was “the only person that gott [sic] by those unhappy troubles, in Plunderinge (without distinction of honest mens Estates from others).” The Crown responded by dismissing Beverley from all civil offices and mandated that duplicates of all House and Council journals be sent to London regularly. However, the dismissal cost Beverley little and raised his stature with the burgesses and councilors, so they re-elected him clerk in 1679. The next Governor, Thomas Culpeper, dared not oppose his re-appointment as clerk (Culpeper even later claimed that this gave him the power to appoint the clerk). However, Beverley overreached in encouraging planters in Gloucester, Middlesex and New Kent Counties in what grew into tobacco cutting riots to protest low prices. The previous year, Beverley had required each county designate a town from which tobacco would be shipped, and (with his large personal inventory of tobacco) had a considerable stake in raising prices and limiting the export of other tobacco. On May 12, 1682, an arrest warrant was issued against Beverley, he was removed from all positions of public trust, and taken into custody. A biographer estimates his income from public offices in 1683 as £425. However, Governor Culpeper returned to England and his deputy, Sir Henry Chicheley, died before deciding what to do, so Beverley remained a prisoner until brought before the General Court in the spring of 1684. Found guilty of "high Misdemeanors" but not treason, Beverly confessed his error and was pardoned late in the session. Although the burgesses chose Thomas Milner for their clerk during that session, Beverley again won election as the burgesses' clerk on November 3, 1685 by a vote of 19 to 17. However, in 1686, the next Governor, Francis Howard, 5th Baron Howard of Effingham, charged Beverley had altered a bill after it passed the House. Thus on August 1, 1686, King James II again stripped Beverley of all offices, and formally granted the colony' governor the power to appoint the clerk of the House of Burgesses. Death and legacy Beverley never faced trial on those charges, for he died at home on March 15, 1687. He was buried four days later, and his youngest son was christened on the same day. Thus, his wife and three sons survived him. When Beverley died, his personal property alone was valued at £1,591, and the debts owed to him were valued at about £2,200. His eldest son Peter Beverley became Speaker of the House of Burgesses and the colony's secretary and treasurer, as well as a wealthy planter. His son Robert Beverley Jr. also served as the colony's secretary and with his elder brother saved government records from a disastrous fire. References 1635 births 1687 deaths American planters American slave owners Beverley family of Virginia People from Kingston upon Hull

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario%20Salas%20%28footballer%29

Mario Salas (footballer)

Mario Alfredo Salas Saieg (, born 11 October 1967) is a former Chilean football midfielder and current manager. He is the current manager of Magallanes. Salas earned five caps for the Chile national team, scoring no goals between 1993 and 1997, and made his debut in 1993 in a friendly match against Spain in Alicante. He started his managerial career at Barnechea in 2009. In 2011, he won the Tercera División de Chile title and the promotion to Primera B. In 2012, he was appointed as head coach of the Chile U20 national team after the resignation of Fernando Carvallo. He completed his BA in Physical education at the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso. Managerial statistics Honours Footballer Club Unión Española Copa Chile (1): 1993 Colo-Colo Primera División de Chile (3): 1996, 1997 Clausura, 1998 Copa Chile (1): 1996 Manager Club Barnechea Tercera División (1): 2011 Universidad Católica Primera División de Chile (2): 2016 Clausura, 2016 Apertura Supercopa de Chile (1): 2016 Sporting Cristal Peruvian Primera División (1): 2018 Colo-Colo Copa Chile (1): 2019 References External links 1967 births Living people Footballers from Santiago Chilean people of Palestinian descent Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso alumni Chilean men's footballers Chile men's international footballers 1997 Copa América players Everton de Viña del Mar footballers Unión Española footballers Club Deportivo Palestino footballers Colo-Colo footballers Santiago Morning footballers Santiago Wanderers footballers C.D. Antofagasta footballers Chilean Primera División players Primera B de Chile players Men's association football midfielders Chilean football managers Chilean expatriate football managers A.C. Barnechea managers Chile national under-20 football team managers C.D. Huachipato managers Club Deportivo Universidad Católica managers Sporting Cristal managers Colo-Colo managers Club Alianza Lima managers Wadi Degla SC managers Magallanes managers Primera B de Chile managers Chilean Primera División managers Peruvian Primera División managers Egyptian Premier League managers Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Peru Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Egypt Expatriate football managers in Peru Expatriate football managers in Egypt

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Prince Myshkin

Prince Lev Nikolayevich Myshkin (pre-reform Russian: ; post-reform ) is the protagonist of Fyodor Dostoevsky's 1869 novel The Idiot. Dostoevsky wanted to create a character that was "entirely positive... with an absolutely beautiful nature", someone who is truly 'Christian'. According to Joseph Frank, the character of Prince Myshkin approaches "the extremest incarnation of the Christian ideal of love that humanity can reach in its present form, but he is torn apart by the conflict between the contradictory imperatives of his apocalyptic aspirations and his earthly limitations." At the beginning of The Idiot, Prince Myshkin has been in Switzerland for the last four years, at a sanatorium for treatment of his epilepsy. At age 26, having recovered his health, and in possession of a legal document suggesting entitlement to a significant inheritance, he returns to Russia. In St. Petersburg, his purity and guilelessness lead many to the false conclusion that he is an "idiot". In fact, he possesses an incisive intellect, deep emotional intelligence, and a wisdom that surpasses all the other characters in the novel. Significance of the character to the novel As a polyphonic novel each character in The Idiot has a unique voice and perspective in relation to the action and the other actors. As such every scene is a dramatic convergence of multiple independent voices and perspectives rather than simply being a monological recounting of the event by a narrator. Dostoevsky makes Prince Myshkin a character whose voice is capable of "actively and confidently interfering in the interior dialogue of the other person." He is thus significant not merely to the plot, but to the very consciousness of the individual characters. His insight, compassion, sincerity, candour, disinclination to judge and lack of normal social egoism awaken a responsive consciousness in most of the people with whom he engages, and serve to disrupt the habitual flow of their self-centred thoughts and actions. Nastasya Filippovna —Nastásya Filíppovna Baráshkova (Настасья Филипповна Барашкова) It is in the character of Nastasya Filippovna that the capacity of the Prince to affect an other's interior dialogue is most marked. Viewed by both society and herself as a 'fallen woman' because of years of sexual exploitation by Totsky, Nastasya Filippovna often embraces the sharp-tongued, destructive persona of a cynical courtesan. Myshkin understands that this persona grows out of an internalisation of the abuse she suffered and the unjust moral condemnation consequent upon it, and from their first meeting lets her know that it is not who she really is, and that she is guilty of nothing. In the scene at the Ivolgins' apartment, Nastasya Filippovna mocks Ganya's family (who she knows disapprove of her) and intentionally provokes a scandalous scene, but "Myshkin's voice, intersecting with her internal dialogue in another direction, forces her to abruptly change that tone". She kisses the hand of Ganya's mother and acknowledges the truth of Myshkin's reproach. In the subsequent scandal scene at Nastasya Filippovna's apartment, Myshkin again directly addresses her true, innocent self, prompting her once more to abandon the self-destructive course of the 'fallen woman'. Although it is only temporary, and Nastasya Filippovna persistently reasserts the negative voice of her guilt in her words and actions, Myshkin remains in her consciousness as the voice of her innocence. Near the end of the novel, when Aglaya Ivanovna (with whom the Prince is in love) has become Nastasya Filippovna's accuser, Myshkin again defends her, telling Aglaya that the accusations are unjust. According to the narrator, Nastasya Filippovna "—though she sometimes behaved with such cynicism and impudence—was really far more modest, soft, and trustful than might have been believed... Myshkin understood this." Rogozhin —Parfyón Semyónovich Rogózhin (pre-reform Russian: ; post-reform ) After meeting Myshkin on the train to Petersburg in the opening scene of the book, Rogozhin labels him a yurodivy (holy fool). In the Eastern Orthodox tradition the yurodivy was usually a greatly respected figure. According to Frank, "though the gentlemanly and educated Prince bears no external resemblance to these eccentric figures, he does possess their traditional gift of spiritual insight." Rogozhin, sensing the Prince's unique qualities, immediately makes him his confidant and tells him the story of his obsession with Nastasya Filippovna. Later in the novel when, out of jealousy, Rogozhin has developed a hatred for him, Myshkin continues to treat Rogozhin as his friend and brother and, as with Nastasya Filippovna, is able to temporarily draw him out of his darkness and into a space of light and hope. But like Nastasya Filippovna, the negative voice of his obsession always reasserts itself in Myshkin's absence, and provokes him to violence. Aglaya Ivanovna Aglaya Ivanovna's noble and passionate nature leads her to idealise the Prince, turning him into a Don Quixote-like figure, particularly in relation to his attempts to 'save' Nastasya Filippovna. Although the Prince is fascinated by Aglaya and falls in love with her, at no time is he influenced by this idealisation or by any of her other misguided opinions. Aglaya's illusions and the Prince's real motivations are juxtaposed in a number of scenes or consecutive scenes. For example, in a scene from Part II Aglaya reads aloud Pushkin's poem "The Poor Knight", unambiguously indicating to the assembled company that she is identifying the Prince with the poem's subject, a noble Knight who goes off to fight heroically in the Crusades. When this scene is interrupted by the arrival of the group of Nihilists who are seeking to slander the Prince and exploit his wealth, Aglaya is ecstatic that he will have the opportunity to "defend himself triumphantly". Instead the Prince humbly tries to make peace with the young men and calmly absorbs their insults and provocations, even sympathising with them and offering assistance. In the dinner party scene at the Epanchins' house in Part IV of the novel, Myshkin delivers a passionate denunciation of Catholicism, describing it as an unchristian religion because it has been dominated by the desire for political supremacy. He is thus denouncing "the very confusion of the temporal and the spiritual that, on the personal level, Aglaya wishes him to incarnate." As with the other characters, Myshkin's persistently gentle and insightful voice is able at various times to affect Aglaya's interior dialogue in a way that enables her to find her true voice, but she too is unable to sustain the change it produces. In their longest and most significant dialogue, during their secret rendezvous at 'the green seat', her speech alternates between a spontaneous humour and innocence prompted by Myshkin's sincere love for her, and angry outbursts prompted by a misinterpretation of his devotion to Nastasya Filippovna and his failure to embody her romantic ideal. Ippolit Terentyev The character of Ippolit only has a relatively peripheral role in the plot, but he is of vital importance because he represents an antithetical orientation to Myshkin in relation to the problems of life and death, God and morality, that form the thematic basis of the novel. Like Myshkin, Ippolit lives in the shadow of illness and death, but his tormented nihilistic worldview excludes the vision of harmony, joy and compassion that is so essential to Myshkin. Consequently, he is impelled to increasing extremes of rebellion—against society, against nature and against God, as he strives to affirm his will in the face of his impotence. Despite their apparently opposite orientations, Ippolit and the Prince have much in common. It is occasionally evident that Ippolit shares Myshkin's sense of the sacred and the beautiful, and he consciously addresses himself to that sensibility when constructing his atheistic philosophy. Ippolit's interpretation of the book's key religious symbol, Holbein's painting The Body of the Dead Christ in the Tomb, as something that perfectly illustrates the omnipotence of 'blind nature', is posited precisely because it is Christ who is depicted: 'nature' has "senselessly seized, smashed and devoured, dully and without feeling, a great priceless Being, a Being worth all of nature and its laws, worth the whole Earth, which was created perhaps solely for the emergence of that Being." Myshkin remains silent in response to Ippolit's sarcastic barbs about Christian humility, and does not make any attempt to refute his convoluted atheistic arguments. When engaging only with each other, the Prince's quietism and sincere empathy occasionally elicit a corresponding consciousness in Ippolit, but he always later reverts to his cynical bitterness. References Fyodor Dostoyevsky characters Fictional Russian people in literature Fictional princes The Idiot Male characters in literature Literary characters introduced in 1869 Fictional characters with epilepsy and seizures

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Office of the Supreme Leader of Iran

The Office of the Supreme Leader of Iran (, Daftar-e Magham-e Moazzam-e Rahbari lit. Office of the Supreme Leadership Authority), also known as the House of Leadership (, Beit-e Rahbari), is the official residence, bureaucratic office and principal workplace of the Supreme Leader of Iran since 1989. Its structure is a mixture of traditional Beit (religious office of Marja') and bureaucracy. The institution is located in central Tehran and is run by Mohammad Mohammadi Golpayegani. Overview The Office of the Supreme Leader is used by the Supreme Leader to communicate and administer orders to various other military, cultural, economic, and political organizations. A number of political, military, and religious advisors work under this office. These advisors have an influential role in decisions made throughout country. According to Ali Motahari, a former member of parliament from Tehran, the influence of the Office of the Supreme Leader in the country's affairs are so great that "the parliament is effectively a branch of the Office of the Supreme Leader". Sanctions On June 24, 2019, U.S. President Donald Trump signed Executive Order 13876, in which the assets of the Office of the Supreme Leader of Iran, along with Ali Khamenei, are frozen following the incident near the Gulf of Oman in the days prior. See also Ruhollah Khomeini's residency (Jamaran), similar compound of the previous supreme leader References External links Buildings and structures in Tehran Official residences in Iran 1989 establishments in Iran Iranian entities subject to the U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctions Ali Khamenei Revolutionary institutions of the Islamic Republic of Iran

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Handel Gothic

Handel Gothic is a geometric sans-serif typeface designed in 1965 by Donald J. Handel (1936–2002), who worked for the graphic designer Saul Bass. Handel Gothic was an instant success when first released. The typeface was originally distributed in film format by FotoStar and was reissued in the 1980s by Robert Trogman. The typeface was popular in the 1980s, due to its futuristic design, and even today is used to signify the future; it has been used in the credits of both Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as well as the logo for Close Encounters of the Third Kind and the menu text for the 2000 Nintendo 64 game Perfect Dark. Handel Gothic was also used for the end credits on CBS's The Price Is Right from 1972 to 1981. Handel Gothic was also used for the end credits of Sesame Street (1983-1992). The Elsner+Flake, Linotype and URW++ versions use a curved leg on uppercase R (like that of Helvetica), a horizontal tail on the uppercase Q (like that of Univers), a curved lower leg on the lowercase k, and a trident-like lowercase w. The Bitstream and Tilde SIA versions, however, use a thicker 1, a straight leg on the uppercase R (like that of Akzidenz-Grotesk), a straight lower leg on the lowercase k, and a double-v w. Christian Schwartz designed the Simian Display typeface, inspired from the Handel Gothic typeface, used by the American science fiction media franchise Planet of the Apes and available in 3 weights named after primates ("Orangutan" for Regular, "Chimpanzee" for Bold, "Gorilla" for Black) Thai type designer Anupap Jaichumnan designed the Flatory typeface, which also inspired from the Handel Gothic typeface, available in 4 versions (sans-serif, serif, slab serif, high-contrast sans-serif). Handel Gothic Cyrillic It is a version by Tilde SIA with Cyrillic support. The family includes 1 font. ITC Handel Gothic (2008) It is a re-proportioned version designed by Rod McDonald, released in March 2008 by International Typeface Corporation. The original release includes 5 fonts in 5 weights. OpenType features include fractions, ligatures, ordinals, stylistic alternates and subscript/superscript. Italic versions of the fonts were introduced with release of ITC Handel Gothic Pro. ITC Handel Gothic Pro (2010) It is a version of ITC Handel Gothic with complementary italic designs, support of Adobe Central Europe character set, addition of ligatures and alternate characters. Additional OpenType features include localized forms, stylistic set 1. ITC Handel Gothic Arabic (2015) It is a version of ITC Handel Gothic for Arabic, Persian and Urdu languages, designed by Nadine Chahine of Monotype Imaging, based on Kufic script. The font family includes 5 fonts in 5 weights, without italics. URW++ Handel Slab (2009) A slab-serif counterpart to URW++ Handel Gothic with three weights (Light, Medium, Bold) and obliques styles to complement them. Corporate identity uses 343 Industries, the current developer of the Halo video game franchise, have used Handel Gothic in their logo since their first game, Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, released in 2011. This follows the font being used in the first game in the Halo series, Halo: Combat Evolved (in menus in-game, and in the game's instruction manual), which was developed by Bungie and released in 2001. ADFC – Allgemeiner Deutscher Fahrrad-Club, the German NGO, supporting cycling, uses Handel Gothic as their corporate logo font. American Motors / AMC Eagle car model emblem from 1980 until 1987, used for the name of the car model EAGLE. Arkon Technologies – Handel Gothic Light Basic/Four Corporation Canon EOS autofocus photographic cameras line emblem since 1987, used for the name of the camera line EOS. CentOS, a Linux distribution, uses Handel Gothic in its logo. Cinemax Studios (now GMA Pictures) Used the font in 1997 until June 24, 1998 Nvidia, logo font Handel Gothic, logo since 2006. Disney – The Walt Disney Company used Handel Gothic in the logo of The Disney Channel from 1983 to 1986. The font was also used on the Walt Disney Home Video logo Neon Mickey from 1983 to 1986 and the clamshells from Walt Disney Home Video usually from 1980 to early 1984. Additionally, it was featured on the 1971 to 1996 Walt Disney World logo with a Mickey silhouette within an oversized "D", as well as on signage within EPCOT Center prior to refurbishments. The Hoover Company - Used on its vacuum cleaners in the 1990s id Software's 2010 video game Quake Live uses Handel Gothic in its user interface. Robotnik Automation – uses Handel Gothic in their logo. Korean Broadcasting System- Korean national public television broadcaster's logo. Mega (Chilean TV channel) – used Handel Gothic for its news division in the early 2000s. Additionally, his newscast program Meganoticias used Handel Gothic in their logo from 2000 until 2010. Metro TV (Indonesia) Used this font in logo since 2010. Pepsi logos from 1987 to 2003 featured this font. PHP, a general-purpose scripting language, uses Handel Gothic in its logo. San Miguel Corporation uses Handel Gothic as their corporate logo font since 1975. News Patrol, a newscast in the ABS-CBN News Philippines, used this logo font since 2008. TV Patrol, a newscast in the Philippines, used this font since 2001. Huawei, logo font Handel Gothic, logo 2006 to 2018. United Airlines – In 1973 Saul Bass developed the United logo that featured a customized red and blue "Double U" logo and underneath Handel Gothic logotype. Univision – Has used the font for its graphics packages during the early 2000s. Volvo – has used the font since 1974. Initially, it was used for the model badges on its cars, but this application ceased in the early 1980s when it began to be used for the instrument panel and dashboard graphics, where it has been applied ever since. WWF SmackDown! used it for the first two years of the show, as the nameplate font for wrestlers, commentators and other various graphics from 1999 to 2001. ZDF (Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen) – German national public television broadcaster's logo. References External links Handel Gothic Font Family – by Ronald Trogram Handel Gothic by URW MyFonts: Handel Gothic Handel Gothic, Handel Gothic Cyrillic ITC Handel Gothic ITC Handel Gothic font family ITC Handel Gothic Arabic font family What's New From ITC: March 2008 What's Hot From ITC: March 2010 Typefaces and fonts introduced in the 1960s Geometric sans-serif typefaces

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Cellar Darling

Cellar Darling are a three-piece Swiss progressive metal band from Winterthur and Lucerne, founded in 2016. The group was formed by Anna Murphy (vocals, hurdy-gurdy, flute), Merlin Sutter (drums) and Ivo Henzi (guitars and bass). Cellar Darling incorporates heavy metal, folk, classical, and progressive influences. Notably, the band uses a hurdy-gurdy and a transverse flute. The trio were previously part of the Swiss metal band Eluveitie. History Formation In May 2016 three longtime members of Eluveitie announced their departure from the band. Anna Murphy - female singer and hurdy-gurdy player, Ivo Henzi - guitarist, and Merlin Sutter - drummer parted ways with Eluveitie in a highly publicised split. The exact details of the split were not cited in the press, but wide speculation ensued among fans. In June 2016 the trio announced the creation of Cellar Darling. The band quickly began working on new music for their debut release. On 23 September 2016 Cellar Darling launched a single called "Challenge" along with the b-side track "Fire, Wind & Earth". The single was self released and the video was created and directed by the band themselves. The musical style of the initial release was a concrete departure from the folk metal genre of their previous band. Cellar Darling played their first shows in December 2016, supporting Amorphis in Zurich, Switzerland and The Gentle Storm in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. "This Is The Sound" and signing to Nuclear Blast In January 2017 the trio announced their signing to a German independent metal label Nuclear Blast Records, and that their debut album would be released through the label the following summer. In May, it was announced that Cellar Darling's first album would be titled This Is the Sound and was to be released on 30 June 2017. A tracklist of the album was introduced. Cellar Darling released their second ever single called "Black Moon" on 19 May 2017, along with a music video. This was followed on 17 June 2017 with a third single, "Avalanche". Both videos were shot in Tenerife. The debut album was released on 30 June 2017 to widespread critical acclaim. "The Spell" On 2 November 2018 "Insomnia" was released, accompanied by a music video created by Costin Chioreanu. Cellar Darling's second album The Spell was released on 22 March 2019 on Nuclear Blast Records. "The Spell" is a concept album telling a story of "an unnamed girl who is birthed into a world that is full of pain, damaged and debilitated by the human beings that inhabit it". "Dance" On 23 March 2021 the single and music video for "Dance" was released. Although it was originally meant to be part of "The Spell", the song was rewritten in 2020 and released alongside a music video. "Inspiration came from two sources: the dancing plague of 1518, which is a fascinating story in itself, and an engagement with our contemporary world: doesn't it sometimes feel like we're in the process of dancing ourselves to death?". Members Anna Murphy – lead vocals, hurdy-gurdy, flute, keyboards (2016–present) Ivo Henzi – guitars, bass (2016–present) Merlin Sutter – drums (2016–present) Live musicians Nicolas Winter – bass (2017–present) Rafi Kirder – bass (2016) Rachel G - bass (U.S. Tour 2022) Guest musicians Shir-Ran Yinon – violin (2016–2017, 2018) Brendan Wade – uilleann pipes (2016–2017) Fredy Schnyder – piano (2016–2017) Discography Albums This Is the Sound (2017) The Spell (2019) Singles "Challenge" - 2016 "Avalanche" - 2017 "Black Moon" - 2017 "Insomnia" - 2018 "Dance" - 2021 Music videos Challenge Black Moon Avalanche Six days Insomnia The Spell Death Drown Dance References External links Celtic metal musical groups Swiss folk metal musical groups Musical groups established in 2016 Swiss heavy metal musical groups Melodic death metal musical groups 2016 establishments in Switzerland

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jovan%20Raji%C4%87

Jovan Rajić

Jovan Rajić (; September 21, 1726 – December 22, 1801) was a Serbian writer, historian, theologian, and pedagogue, considered one of the greatest Serbian academics of the 18th century. He was one of the most notable representatives of Serbian Baroque literature along with Zaharije Orfelin, Pavle Julinac, Vasilije III Petrović-Njegoš, Simeon Končarević, Simeon Piščević, and others (although he worked in the first half of 18th century, as Baroque trends in Serbian literature emerged in the late 17th century). Rajić was the forerunner to modern Serbian historiography, and has been compared to the importance of Nikolay Karamzin to Russian historiography. Notable works Pesni različnina gospodskih prazniki (Vienna, 1790) Kant o vospominaniju smrti, cantata Boj zmaja s orlovi, (The Battle between Dragon and Eagles) epic poem Istorija raznih slovenskih narodov, najpače Bolgar, Horvatov i Serbov (The History of Various Slavic Peoples, especially of Bulgars, Croats and Serbs), the first systematic work on the history of Croats and Serbs, in four volumes Serbian Catechesis (Katihisis mali) Uroš V (reworked drama by Emanuel Kozačinski, his teacher) See also Arkadije Pejić Marko Jelisejić Antonije Hadžić Joakim Vujić Dositej Obradović Stefan von Novaković Emanuel Kozačinski Visarion Pavlović Simeon Končarević Zaharije Orfelin Vikentije Jovanović Gerasim Zelić References Further reading (Public domain) External links Life Overview (Serbian) Јован Рајић - отац српске историје у огледалу историјске штампе 1726 births 1801 deaths 18th-century Serbian historians Christian writers Eastern Orthodox Christians from Serbia Eastern Orthodox theologians Habsburg Serbs Members of the Serbian Orthodox Church Kyiv-Mohyla Academy alumni People from Sremski Karlovci Serbian geographers Serbian male poets Serbian theologians 18th-century travelers

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Nat (unit)

The natural unit of information (symbol: nat), sometimes also nit or nepit, is a unit of information or information entropy, based on natural logarithms and powers of e, rather than the powers of 2 and base 2 logarithms, which define the shannon. This unit is also known by its unit symbol, the nat. One nat is the information content of an event when the probability of that event occurring is 1/e. One nat is equal to  shannons ≈ 1.44 Sh or, equivalently,  hartleys ≈ 0.434 Hart. History Boulton and Wallace used the term nit in conjunction with minimum message length, which was subsequently changed by the minimum description length community to nat to avoid confusion with the nit used as a unit of luminance. Alan Turing used the natural ban. Entropy Shannon entropy (information entropy), being the expected value of the information of an event, is a quantity of the same type and with the same units as information. The International System of Units, by assigning the same units (joule per kelvin) both to heat capacity and to thermodynamic entropy implicitly treats information entropy as a quantity of dimension one, with . Physical systems of natural units that normalize the Boltzmann constant to 1 are effectively measuring thermodynamic entropy in nats. When the Shannon entropy is written using a natural logarithm, it is implicitly giving a number measured in nats. Notes References Further reading Units of information

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Raimonds Tiguls

Raimonds Tiguls (born 5 December 1972 in Talsi, Latvian SSR) is a Latvian ambient and electronic musician, composer, and producer. Career He has received multiple Annual Latvian Music Recording Awards. In 2003, his album Bay Lounge also won the prize for Best Instrumental, Film or Theatre Musical Album. In 2006, his album Zils. Balts. Zaļš. won the prize for Best Contemporary Folk Music Album, as well as Best Instrumental, Film or Theatre Musical Album. He is credited as the main planner and organiser of concerts at Tiguļkalns in Talsi with international guest performers. Two of Tiguls' songs – Lec, saulīte!, with lyrics by Rasa Bugavičute-Pēce, and Dod, dieviņi!, with lyrics by Nora Ikstena – have been performed at the closing concert of the Latvian Song and Dance Festival. Discography Albums Moonlight sound design (1999) Don't turn away (2001) De angelis (2001; together with the Schola Cantorum Riga) Bay Lounge (2003) Vēstule Ziemassvētkos (2009) Carmina (2011) Islands (2012) Vaira. Saules Dainas (2016; together with Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga) References External links Official website (in English) Musica Baltica: Raimonds Busulis Delfi.lv: Temas – Raimonds Tiguls 1972 births Living people Latvian composers Latvian musicians People from Talsi

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Kulgun, Queensland

Kulgun is a locality in the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Kulgun had a population of 67 people. Geography The principal land use is grazing with a small amount of cropping. History The locality takes its name from its former railway station. The station was originally called Schneiders Road, but was changed by the Queensland Railway Department in 1908. Kulgun is an Aboriginal word meaning track or road. The Fassifern railway line (Queensland's first branch railway line) opened from Ipswich to Harrisville on 10 July 1882. On 12 September 1887 the line was extended to Dugundan with Kulgun being served by Kulgun railway station on Kulgun Road (). The line closed in June 1964. The Siloam Baptist Church was established circa 1896. Following the opening of a new Baptist church in neighbouring Roadvale in 1947, the Siloam Baptist church was little used and, in 1951, was relocated to 4725 Cunningham Highway, Warrill View, where it continued to be used as a Baptist church until 1975, after which it was converted in a house (still extant as at 2023). Kulgun has a population of 67 at the . The locality contained 23 households, in which 52.2% of the population were males and 47.8% of the population were females with a median age of 38, the same as the national average. The average weekly household income was $1,583, $145 below the national average. Education There are no schools in Kulgun. The nearest primary schools are in Roadvale and Kalbar. The nearest secondary school is in Boonah. References Scenic Rim Region Localities in Queensland

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Lin Lie

Lin Lie (Chinese: 林烈) is a Chinese superhero originally appearing in web manhua and later American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by artist Gunji and writer Shuizhu, Lin first appeared in the Chinese digital series Warrior of the Three Sovereigns (Simplified Chinese: 三皇斗战士) #1 (May 2018) as Sword Master, a descendant of Fu Xi who wields the mystical Sword of Fu Xi. Lin made his American comics debut in War of the Realms: New Agents of Atlas #2 (May 2019), where he joined the Agents of Atlas. After losing his Sword in Death of Doctor Strange: White Fox #1 (December 2021), Lin Lie became the new Iron Fist in Iron Fist vol. 6 #1 (February 2022). Publication history Lin Lie, along with the character Aero were created for the Chinese market in a collaboration between Marvel and NetEase to attract more readership in China and across East Asia. After debuting in Chinese digital comics in 2018, Sword Master made his American comics debut in War of the Realms: New Agents of Atlas by writer Greg Pak and artist Gang Hyuk Lim before starring in his own solo series, titled Sword Master, written by Pak and illustrated by Ario Anindito. The Sword Master series also featured republications of the Warriors of Three Sovereigns series Lin debuted in, with translations done by Pak. Sword Master would continue to have regular appearances in Agents of Atlas. In 2022, Lin Lie made his debut as Iron Fist in a five issue miniseries written by Alyssa Wong and illustrated by Michael YG and Sean Chen. The miniseries was followed up with the one-shot A.X.E.: Iron Fist #1 as part of the A.X.E.: Judgment Day crossover event. In May 2023, to celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, Lin starred in a backup story in Daredevil Vol. 7 #11, written by Jason Loo and drawn by Lynne Yoshii, with an AAPI Heritage Month Variant Cover featuring Iron Fist drawn by artist InHyuk Lee. Fictional character biography Warriors of Three Sovereigns Lin Lie is a college student from Shanghai who receives a mysterious sword from his archaeologist father, who went missing along with Lie's older brother Feng shortly afterwards. One year after his family's disappearance, Lie is attacked by a demon at his apartment after receiving a mysterious red orb contained in a puzzle box. The sword Lie's father entrusted to him moves on its own to save Lie from the demon, which is then destroyed by Ji Shuangshuang, a demon hunter. Shuangshuang reveals that the sword is the Sword of Fu Xi, one of three sacred weapons used by the Yellow Emperor and the clans of the Three Sovereigns to seal the evil god Chiyou in the far past. Shuangshuang explains that she and Lie are the descendants of Nü-wa and Fu Xi, respectively, and that the Sword and the red orb containing a piece of Chiyou's soul were removed from one of Chiyou's three tombs, weakening his seal and allowing several of his demon minions to be unleashed around the world. Believing Lie to be too incompetent to protect the orb, Shuangshuang takes it with her. Lie gives chase but is attacked by Baron Mordo, who attempts to take the Sword for himself, but is driven away by Doctor Strange. Strange offers to keep the Sword for safekeeping but relents after Lie explains his lineage and needing the Sword to find his missing father, using his magic to help Lie reunite with Shuangshuang. Together, Lie and Shuangshuang destroy the remaining demons. Lie travels with Shuangshuang and his roommate Ah Cheng to the Nü-wa Clan's headquarters at Gansu, where he is greeted by Shuangshuang's grandmother and the Nü-wa chief Ji Xiangyun. As Lie, his father and brother are the only known descendants of Fu Xi, Xiangyun has Lie trained under Shuangshuang to prepare against Chiyou and his demon army. Agents of Atlas Now going by the name Sword Master, Lie begins a superhero career while fighting the forces of Chiyou and searching for his missing family. During the "War of the Realms", Sword Master and several other Asian superheroes are summoned by Brawn's teleporter to Seoul to help the New Agents of Atlas defend Asia from Queen Sindr and her Fire Goblin forces from Muspelheim. Sword Master and the New Agents of Atlas take Sindr and her army in Northern China and later help Captain Marvel defeat her and her remaining forces at the Great Wall of China near Beijing. After Sindr's liege Malekith is defeated, Sword Master joins the Agents of Atlas. Sword Master runs into his Atlas teammate Shang-Chi in New York City while searching for his father. Noticing the upstart hero's inexperience and recklessness, Shang takes Lie under his wing to improve his skills. The two are reunited with the other Atlas agents when Flushing and other Asian, Pacific and predominantly Asian cities outside of Asia are merged into the portal city of "Pan" Tech by mogul Mike Nguyen of the Big Nguyen Company. Sword Master and Shang-Chi are later confronted by Ares, who attempts to take the Sword of Fu Xi to rescue his kidnaped drakon son Ismenios, who Ares believes was captured by another god. Shang-Chi makes a compromise to Ares: in exchange for Sword Master and Shang-Chi helping him, Ares would help find Lie's missing father. Ares accepts and use Pan Portals to track Ismenios to a temple in Madripoor, where they encounter Davi Naka, the Mother Goddess of Madripoor. Naka reveals that Ismenios attempted to plunder Atlantis's treasure hoard during the absence of its sea serpent guardian, but was caught by Namor. Due to her duty to protect all dragons, Naka rescued Ismenios from Namor's wrath and imprisoned the young drakon in her temple for his protection and to placate the king. Naka further warns the four that despite her efforts, Namor is still outraged over the disappearance of his dragon and implores them to find her. Sword Master and the Atlas Agents help assist Pan's citizens, including defending the city from invading wyverns and sea serpents and protecting Madripoorean refuges from harassment from the Pan Guard. Suspicious by these evengs, Sword Master joins several of his teammates into infiltrating Nguyen's personal tower, where they discover that the Big Nguyen Company had captured Atlantis' missing dragon and were harvesting her scales to power Pan's portals. Before a decision could be made about releasing the dragon, Namor emerges from the waters off of Pan's coast to reclaim his stolen dragon, kickstarting a war between Pan and Atlantis. In the "Atlantis Attacks" storyline, Sword Master and the other New Agents of Atlas are summoned by Brawn during his confrontation with Namor. Namor warns the group to return Atlantis' dragon in a day or else face the wrath of Atlantis before retreating. After the skirmish, Sword Master and the other New Agents are introduced to the original Agents of Atlas by Atlas Foundation head Jimmy Woo. When Woo sends Namora, Venus, Aero and Wave to Atlantis for a diplomatic mission, Brawn discretely orders Sword Master and Shang-Chi to spy on Namora, due to her familial ties with Namor. The dragon is eventually released from captivity, but upon arriving home, she unexpectedly goes berserk and attacks the underwater kingdom. Sword Master witnesses the destruction caused by the dragon and Shang-Chi relays to Amadeus that Atlantis' scientists discovered an implant embedded in the dragon's scales to be the source of her behavior and that Namor believes Amadeus to be behind the sabotage, prompting the king to resume his assault on Pan. When Brawn is forcibly transformed into the Hulk and put under Nguyen's control with Sirena tech in a last-ditch effort to destroy Atlantis, Sword Master and Shang-Chi are able to remove the device from Amadeus, freeing him from Nguyen's control and reverting him back into Brawn. When the conflict between Pan and Atlantis is peacefully resolved, Brawn and Shang-Chi leave the team after admonishing Woo for using the team as his pawns, but Sword Master remains with the Agents of Atlas. During the "King in Black" event, Sword Master initially defends Shanghai from invading symbiote dragons with Aero and the Black Knight, who had been abandoned in Shanghai and separated from his Ebony Blade, but abandons his mission after realizing that the symbiotes were minions of Knull rather than Chiyou, believing the task to be beneath him. Angered by Lie's arrogance, the Sword of Fu Xi abandons him for the Black Knight, which incenses Sword Master as he dismisses the Black Knight as a "psychotic American" unworthy of wielding the Sword. While using the Sword of Fu Xi, the Black Knight succumbs to madness, which prompts the Sword to return to Lie. As Sword Master and the Black Knight fight over the Sword, a symbiote dragon ensnares them with its tendrils, which also mentally connects them to Knull, who expresses his desire for their respective swords and ruthlessly mocks the two for their ignorance of their weapons' true histories. The Sword of Fu Xi uses the opportunity to use its flames to burn the Black Knight's hand, returning to Sword Master and freeing the two from Knull's grasp just as a swarm of symbiote dragons amalgamates into Knull's avatar, taking on a gigantic appearance of Chiyou. Sword Master helps the Black Knight recover the Ebony Blade and two use their respective swords to destroy the avatar with Aero's help. When the "Death of Doctor Strange" prompts legions of demons to invade parts of the world, Sword Master is sent to Seoul by Woo to assist his teammate White Fox with taking down a demonic kumiho that had been terrorizing the South Korean countryside. While fighting the kumiho, the Sword of Fu Xi is destroyed by the kumiho who then threw Sword Master into a ravine. Although White Fox is able to slay the demon, she, the Agents of Atlas and South Korea's Tiger Division are unable to find Lie, with White Fox recovering only a single shard of the Sword, causing them to presume he died. Due to the Sword of Fu Xi's destruction, the seals on Chiyou's three tombs further weakened, prompting more of his demon minions to attack cities around the world. Wielding the Iron Fist Lin Lie miraculously survives and washes ashore to K'un-Lun, where the recently reincarnated dragon Shou-Lao bestows him with his chi, saving Lie's life and making him the new Iron Fist. With several of the Sword's shards embedded in his hands, Lie resolves to find the remaining pieces and reforge the Sword to prevent Chiyou's release. During his hunt for the shards, Lin Lie briefly encounters his predecessor Danny Rand, who had previously given up the Iron Fist, in Flushing and helps him fight off several minions of Chiyou. Unaware of Lie's identity but happy that Shou-Lao chose a new champion, Danny inquires Lie about his background and offers to help him with his training, but Lie rebuffs and summons a portal back to K'un-Lun Lie is later accompanied by Mei Min, a friend he made in K'un-Lun whose family hosts him, during his travels and helps him recover the remaining shards while fighting the demonic forces of Chiyou. Despite being chosen as the new Iron Fist, Lie's ascension is controversial amongst several K'un-Lun citizens as he is not only the third consecutive outsider to become the Iron Fist, he did not go through the required trials to earn Shou-Lou's chi. Due to the shards of the Sword of Fu Xi embedded in his hands, Lie cannot summon the Iron Fist consistently and is left in a constant state of pain, which makes him a target of ridicule and scorn by several detractors, including his rival Yang Yi. After Lie expresses to Min about how unworthy he is as Iron Fist due to his handicap and unwanted status, the Yu-Ti of K'un-Lun, Sparrow, takes Lie under her wing to help him overcome his struggles and regain his confidence. One day during his training, the shards in Lie's hands suddenly begin radiating with burning energy and leaving him writhing in pain, causing Lie to realize that the first tomb of Chiyou had been destroyed An empowered demon minion of Chiyou manages to bypass K'un-Lun's defenses attempts to steal the Sword's remains at Min's home, but Lie injects his arms with them to thwart the demon and uses their extra power to kill him, who reveals with his dying breaths that Lie's brother Feng was the one who destroyed the tomb and that he was waiting for him at the second tomb. Lie takes a portal to the second tomb with Min and Yi but after arriving they encounter Fat Cobra and the Bride of Nine Spiders. Tasked by Rand to track Lie down, the two Immortal Weapons decide to test the new Iron Fist out by fighting him. Severely outmatched and running out of time, Lie flees from the fight to the Nü-wa Clan's headquarters, but is too late to prevent its destruction from Feng and Chiyou's minions. Unable to summon the Iron Fist, Lie is quickly defeated by Feng. Lie rejects Feng's offer to join him, who proceeds to immerse himself with Chioyou's magic to destroy Lie and his allies. Guided by Shou-Lao's spirit, Lie embraces his identities as Sword Master and Iron Fist, allowing him to summon the full power of the Iron Fist and remove the shards from his hands into a restored blade, which Lie uses to wound Feng. When Sparrow arrives with K'un-Lun's warriors, Feng steals her portal to K'un-Lun, where Chiyou's third tomb is located. After the battle, Lie accepts Danny's offer to train him. During the "Judgement Day" storyline, Lie takes a flight to Seoul to rendezvous with White Fox but is visited midflight by Loki, who reveals that he is in league with Feng. Provoked by Loki's arrogance, the Progenitor casts judgement on the two by having them partake in trials within their minds. During Loki's judgement, Lie rescues him from being pinned down by a vision of Mjolnir by using the aura from the Sword of Fu Xi to lift it. During Lie's judgement, the Progenitor appears as Shou-Lou and challenges Lie to take his heart to officially earn his title as Iron Fist. Lie is able to defeat Shou-Lou with Loki's help but instead of taking the dragon's heart, Lie asks Shou-Lou to give it to him. Lie receives the mark of the Iron Fist on his right arm and passes the Progenitor's judgement. Lie and Loki find themselves back on the flight as if nothing happened but the mark still remains on Lie's arm. Before Lie could demand Loki to take him to Feng in K'un-Lun, Loki teleports away from him. Lie eventually arrives in Seoul and reunites with White Fox. Following Danny's advice, Lie seeks out Daredevil in Hell's Kitchen to teach him how to fight through his pain. Powers and abilities As the descendant of Fu Xi, Lin Lie can wield the Sword of Fu Xi and access its divine powers. When activated, the Sword generates mystical green flames, which can be launched as projectiles or be used to increase the cutting power and range of the blade. Due to its ability to move on its own, the Sword is capable of allowing Lin to fly at short distances. Although originally forged to destroy Chiyou and his demon minions, the Sword of Fu Xi is shown to be just as effective against other demons and undead. A noticeable trait is that the Sword of Fu Xi is sentient, and has the ability to move on its own. While the Sword has gone out of its way to protect Lin from threats, it has also defied him when he showed undesirable traits, such as cowardice or arrogance. In some extreme cases, allowed itself to be wielded by non descendants of Fu Xi. Despite the Sword being shattered, its broken shards can still project its mystical green flames, which are still effective against Chiyou's minions. Lin makes use of the shards embedded in his hands to enhance his punches and infuse weapons with the Sword's flames. Lin later gains the ability to generate blades of the Sword that protrude from his right fist. After being bestowed with the chi of the dragon Shou-Lao the Undying, Lin gained the power of the Iron Fist, allowing him to summon and focus his chi to enhance his natural abilities to extraordinary levels. Like every Iron Fist before him, Lin can concentrate his own chi and the superhuman energy from Shou-Lao's heart into his hands, which manifests into a supernatural glow around his hands and fists that can strike with superhuman hardness and impact, while keeping them impervious to pain and injury. Lin can focus his chi inward to heal himself from injury and pain. Due to the broken shards of the Sword of Fu Xi embedded in the flesh of his hands, Lin Lie is in a constant state of pain and agony. The shards' energy disrupts the flow of his chi, which prevents him from channeling the Iron Fist consistently and causes his body to leak spiritual energy. Failure to balance his chi and harness Shou-Lao's chi can potentially result in Lin's death and immediate removal of the shards are potentially fatal. After overcoming his self-doubt and embracing his dual identities, Lie is able to overcome his imbalanced chi, allowing him to summon the full power of Shou-Lao and the Sword of Fu Xi simultaneously without any ill effects. However, the chronic pain remains in his arms. Due to his training under the Nü-wa Clan, Agents of Atlas and the monks of K'un-Lun, Lin Lie is an expert swordsman, martial artist and acrobat. In addition to K'un-Lun's martial arts, Lin is proficient in Bajiquan and Wing Chun. Lin Lie is also exceptionally good at solving puzzles. In other media Lin Lie as Sword Master appears as an unlockable playable character in Marvel Future Fight. References External links Marvel pages: SM2019 Chinese superheroes Fictional dragonslayers Fictional swordfighters in comics Marvel Comics characters with superhuman strength Marvel Comics martial artists Vigilante characters in comics

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Joint Stock Companies Act 1856

The Joint Stock Companies Act 1856 (19 & 20 Vict. c. 47) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was a consolidating statute, recognised as the founding piece of modern United Kingdom company law legislation. Overview Unlike other Acts of Parliament that preceded it, the 1856 Act provided a simple administrative procedure by which any group of seven people could register a limited liability company for themselves. Companies involved in banking and insurance were explicitly excluded from the provisions of the Act. Debate The Joint Stock Companies Bill was introduced to Parliament by the then Vice President of the Board of Trade, Robert Lowe. In doing so he proclaimed the right of every citizen to have freedom of contract and with it obtain limited liability for operating a business. Companies had until recently been prohibited, as a result of the Bubble Act and the stock market panics of the early 18th century. There was still a lot of suspicion of companies, but Lowe rejected the idea that a limited company is inherently subject to fraud, and proposed the suffix "Ltd" to make businesses aware of limited liability. The Third Reading of the Bill took place on 2 June 1856, and passed easily. See also Companies Act Joint Stock Companies Act 1844 Limited Liability Act 1855 Notes References W Paterson (ed). "Joint Stock Companies Act". The Practical Statutes of the Session 1856. London. 1856. Pages 61 to 119. Welsby and Beavan. Chitty's Collection of Statutes. Third Edition. 1865. Volume 1. Title "Companies (Joint Stock). Pages 684 to 717. Charles Wordsworth. The Joint Stock Companies Act, 1856. Fourth Edition. Shaw and Sons. London. 1856. Charles Wordsworth. The New Joint Stock Company Law. Shaw and Sons. London. 1859. Pages 1 to 70. Henry Thring. The Joint Stock Companies Act, 1856. London. 1856. William George Harrison and George A Cape. The Joint Stock Companies Act, 1856. London. 1856. Bibliography. Catalogue. Edward W Cox. "The Joint Stock Companies Act, 1856". The New Law and Practice of Joint Stock Companies. Fourth Edition. London. 1857. Pages 1 to 83. External links Joint Stock Companies Act 1856 Table B, original text Joint Stock Companies Act 1856, explanations 1856 in British law United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1856 History of corporate law United Kingdom company law

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Norat Ter-Grigoryants

Norat Grigoryevich Ter-Grigoryants (, ; born 16 July 1936) is a retired Soviet and Armenian lieutenant-general who played a leading role in developing the Armed Forces of Armenia in 1992–1995, including during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. An Armenian from the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic who served as chief of staff for the Soviet 40th Army in Afghanistan and deputy chief of the Soviet Ground Forces' main staff before the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, Ter-Grigoryants took up the Armenian government's invitation to take command of the Armenian Ground Forces in 1992. Ter-Grigoryants became the head of the general staff and the Armenian government's first deputy minister of defense in 1992–1995. He briefly served named Acting Defence minister of Armenia in 1993. He returned to the Russian Federation since his retirement in 1995 and is a member of the board of the Union of Armenians of Russia. Biography Norat Ter-Grigoryants was born and educated in the city of Vladikavkaz in the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union, where his Armenian family had come in the 1920s after fleeing from the Armenian genocide in the Ottoman Empire. His parents were from Erzurum Province (part of the Ottoman Empire) and Kars (an Armenian province in the Russian Empire annexed by the Turks in the aftermath of World War I). Soviet Army: 1955–1991 Ter-Grigoryants initially entered the Soviet Army as a conscript in 1955, but rejoined in 1957 to become an officer and graduated from the Ulyanovsk Tank School in 1960. He subsequently attended the Vystrel higher officers' course and graduated from the Malinovsky Military Academy of the Armored Troops in Moscow in 1973. He attended the Voroshilov General Staff Academy as a major-general and graduated in 1980. Ter-Grigoryants was stationed in Afghanistan for three years in the early 1980s and was awarded the Order of Lenin for his work as chief of staff to Major-General Viktor Yermakov's 40th Army in Afghanistan in 1982–1983. Ter-Grigoryants was made deputy chief of the Main Staff of the Ground Forces of the USSR upon returning from Afghanistan in late 1983 and remained deputy chief as a lieutenant-general until 1991. Armenian Army: 1992–1995 The dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 turned the violent and increasingly warlike ethnic conflict between Armenians and Azeris that had developed during the Gorbachev period over the Nagorno-Karabakh region into a full-scale undeclared war between the newly independent Armenian and Azerbaijani states. Armenia's government invited Ter-Grigoryants to assume command of the Armenian Army in 1992. Assisting the minister of defense, a military non-professional, Grigoryants was simultaneously named to the post of first deputy defense minister. His formal position was changed to head of the general staff and first deputy minister of defense soon after, when the position of the overall Armenian Army commander was phased out in the course of the ongoing military reform, but he remained a key figure in organizing the Armenian military into an effective force and developing the country's military doctrine. In June 1993, Ter-Grigoryants replaced Defense Minister Vazgen Manukyan in acting capacity following his leave until the appointment of Serzh Sargsyan a month later. Ter-Grigoryants' development of Armenian military doctrine emphasized the role of motorized brigades to allow for operational mobility and flexibility. The air defense forces, previously almost non-existent, were also equipped and organized. Since 1995 Ter-Grigoryants retired in 1995, shortly after the end of the war in Nagorno-Karabakh in 1994. He has resided in the Russian Federation since 1995, but maintains his ties to Armenia and Russia's Armenian community. Ter-Grigoryants is a president emeritus of the Council of Veterans of Russian Land Forces and a board member of the Union of Armenians of Russia. Awards Order of Lenin Order of the Red Banner Order of the Red Star Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR, 2nd class Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR, 3rd class Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary since the Birth of Vladimir Il'ich Lenin" Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" Medal "Veteran of the Armed Forces of the USSR" Medal "For Strengthening of Brotherhood in Arms" Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" Jubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" Jubilee Medal "70 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" Medal "For Impeccable Service", 1st class Medal "For Impeccable Service", 2nd class Medal "30 Years of Victory over militaristic Japan" Order of the Red Banner Medal "Soldiers-internationalists" Order of the Combat Cross, 1st degree Medal of Marshal Baghramyan References 1936 births Living people Armenian generals Government ministers of Armenia Armenian military personnel of the Nagorno-Karabakh War People from Vladikavkaz Recipients of the Order of Lenin Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner Recipients of the Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR", 2nd class Russian people of Armenian descent Soviet lieutenant generals Soviet military personnel of the Soviet–Afghan War Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union alumni Soviet Armenians Chiefs of the General Staff (Armenia)

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Dual Analog Controller

The Dual Analog Controller (SCPH-1150 in Japan, SCPH-1180 in the United States, and SCPH-1180e in Europe) is Sony's first handheld analog controller for the PlayStation, and the predecessor to the DualShock. Its first official analog controller was the PlayStation Analog Joystick (SCPH-1110). History The Dual Analog Controller was first displayed under glass at the PlayStation Expo 96–97, which was held from 1 November to 4 November 1996. It was released in Japan in April 1997, coincident with the Japanese releases of analog-capable titles Tobal 2 and Bushido Blade. It was advertised as allowing for more precise and fluid control of the games' fighters, with the rumble feature contributing to a more realistic experience. Before its release in the United States, Sony decided that vibration feedback would be removed from the European and American versions of the controller. According to a Sony spokesperson, "We evaluated all the features and decided, for manufacturing reasons, that what was most important to gamers was the analog feature." Reasons for dropping the vibration feedback reportedly included its being linked to premature malfunction of the controllers. There were rumors that Nintendo had attempted to legally block the release of the controller in North America due to the vibration feature's similarity to Nintendo's Rumble Pak, but Nintendo firmly denied that it had taken any form of legal action over Sony's controllers. Moreover, according to the United States Patent Office, two employees of Atari Games have held a patent on vibrating game controller technology since March 1991. Another theory for the vibration feedback being dropped was that Sony simply wanted to keep the price of the controller down so as to maximize user adoption. It was released in the United States on 27 August 1997, and in Europe in September 1997 with little promotion. A few months later, the first DualShock controller was released in Japan on 20 November 1997. Namco had already released an analog controller for PlayStation called NeGcon. Sony's Dual Analog Controller's analog mode was not compatible with the NeGcon-compatible games such as Wipeout and Ridge Racer. However, Need for Speed II, Gran Turismo, and Gran Turismo 2 feature compatibility with both NeGcon and Dual Analog control schemes. Fans of a smaller form factor, Japanese players complained that the very long hand grips made the controller too large to be held properly and the lack of a rumble feature in the U.S. and European models are the most commonly cited reasons that Sony decided to end production of this controller and redesign it. This redesign eventually became the DualShock. The Dual Analog controller was discontinued in all three markets in 1998, to be replaced by the DualShock. Features The Dual Analog controller has three modes of operation: Digital, which disables the Analog sticks, Analog (as also found on DualShock/DualShock 2 controllers) and an Analog Flightstick mode emulating the PlayStation Analog Joystick that is not available on the DualShock or DualShock 2. If a PlayStation game is DualShock or Dual Analog compatible, the player may press the Analog button located between the two analog sticks to activate the analog mode. This is indicated by a red LED. If the Dual Analog controller is switched to analog mode while using a game which is not analog-compatible, the game will not register any button presses or, in some cases, the game will consider the controller to be detached, this in part due to the fact the controller's type ID that is reported to the game is changed when the button is pressed. The ability to emulate Sony's own PlayStation Analog Joystick by pressing the "Analog" button a second time to reveal a green LED (this was commonly referred to as "Flightstick Mode") provided a less expensive alternative to the FlightStick Analog Joystick and retailed for an average of US$35 compared to the Flightstick's retail price of US$70. Similarly to the Nintendo 64 controller, the Dual Analog Controller was designed to be held in four different ways: standard control, in which the left thumb uses the directional buttons and the right thumb uses the action buttons; analog control, in which the left thumb uses the left analog stick and the right thumb uses the action buttons; dual analog control, which imitates the Dual Analog Joystick, with both thumbs positioned over the analog sticks, and the shoulder buttons used instead of the action buttons; and analog-digital control, in which the left thumb uses the directional buttons, the right thumb uses the right analog stick, and the shoulder buttons are again used for actions. MechWarrior 2, Ace Combat 2, Descent Maximum, and Colony Wars were among the shortlist of twenty-seven PlayStation Flightstick compatible games. Differences from DualShock The Dual Analog controller features several aspects that remain exclusive to it, and were scrapped or redesigned for the release of the DualShock controller. Only the Japanese version features a vibration feedback function. The European and American versions of the controller do however include circuitry and mounts for a rumble motor, a possible leftover from the Japanese version of the controller, and therefore installing the motor is a simple process. Due to a lack of vibration-compatible games at the time, the European and American versions were not shipped with rumble feedback and, as a result, weigh significantly less than their overseas counterpart, and fall somewhere between the weights of the standard controller and the DualShock. The hand grips are longer than the original controller and the later DualShock controller. The body of the controller is also wider, spacing the pads slightly farther apart. This wider controller body has been retained on the DualShock and all later PlayStation controllers. The L2 and R2 buttons have ridges at the top edge to easily distinguish them from the L1 and R1 buttons and are spaced farther apart than the original controller or DualShock. The L2 and R2 buttons are also wider than the standard controller but shorter than the DualShock. The analog sticks are concave and lack the rubberised coating that has been used on the DualShock and later controllers. In addition to the standard digital mode and the regular "red LED" Analog mode, there is a third mode that emulates the layout of Sony's own PlayStation Analog Joystick, and is indicated by a green LED. This feature is missing on the DualShock. The "Analog" button, used for switching modes, is raised instead of recessed like the DualShock's button and can be more easily hit accidentally. The Analog mode cannot be changed or locked by software as it can with the DualShock controller and later. The Dual Analog's rumble circuit will not respond to PlayStation 2 software even if a rumble motor is installed. References External links "Was this long-lost relative of the Dual Shock a better controller?" by The Next Level. ncsx.com product page Review by vidgames.com Gamepads PlayStation (console) accessories

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Alaisalatemaota Bakulich-Leavasa

Alaisalatemaota Bakulich-Leavasa (born 9 October 1979) is a former Samoan rugby union player. She is Samoa’s most-capped women’s rugby player. She competed for Samoa at the 2002, 2006 and 2014 Rugby World Cups. Biography Bakulich-Leavasa was born in Samoa and is the oldest of five children. Her parents migrated to New Zealand in the early 80s. Her mother is from Le'auva'a and Solosolo in Samoa, while her father is from Vaiala and Vaimoso. Rugby Career Bakulich-Leavasa began playing rugby in Year 10 while attending Marcellin College. She graduated from Epsom Girls' Grammar School, the year they formed their first rugby team. She has made over 50 appearances for three different teams in New Zealand's domestic rugby competition since the early 2000s. Bakulich-Leavasa has featured in three Rugby World Cups for Samoa, in 2002, 2006 and 2014. In 2003 she played for the World XV's team against the Black Ferns. She, along with friends and family, helped create the Maui Tamaki Makaurau women's under 21 team. Bakulich-Leavasa studied Physiotherapy and graduated in 2017. She is currently a physiotherapist for the Manu Sina team. References 1979 births Living people Female rugby union players Samoa women's national rugby union team players

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John Hill (cartoonist)

John Cecil Hill (1889-1974) was a New Zealand cartoonist and artist, usually referred to as J.C. Hill. He was born in Sheffield and worked as a 'tea planter in Ceylon and a commercial turtle hunter' before moving to New Zealand. He was the Auckland Star's first cartoonist, holding the position 1927 to 1952. His work appeared in Tatler, the Bulletin and Time. He served in the First World War and held a number of military positions in New Zealand after the war, before becoming a professional cartoonist. References External links Search for works by John Hill on DigitalNZ Category: New Zealand cartoonists 1889 births 1974 deaths Sri Lankan people of New Zealand descent

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Wonderful (Adam Ant album)

Wonderful is fifth solo studio album and the eighth LP overall of English musician Adam Ant. It peaked at number 24 on the UK Album Chart and number 143 on the US Billboard 200 chart. The band for this album included Ant's long-time collaborator Marco Pirroni, along with ex-Ruts drummer Dave Ruffy and Morrissey's guitarist Boz Boorer. This album includes more acoustic songs than Ant's previous albums. This album repositioned Adam as a more mature pop-rocker, with crafted songs that featured acoustic guitars as prominently as electrics. The album was a moderate hit in the US and UK, as was the single "Wonderful" which became Ant's third US Top 40 hit single. This was the first Adam Ant album to be released in the US before the UK. Its working title was Slapdash Eden and 25 tracks had been written for the project, of which eleven appeared on the final product. The Japanese release came with a mini poster. Promotional cards were released, each card related to one of the album's tracks including Ant's real meanings behind the lyrics of the track. Track listing All songs written by Adam Ant, Marco Pirroni and Boz Boorer; except as indicated. "Won't Take That Talk" (3:59) "Beautiful Dream" (Ant, Pirroni, Kevin Mooney, John Reynolds) - (4:12) "Wonderful" (Ant, Pirroni, Bonnie Hayes) - (4:22) "1969 Again" (4:18) "Yin and Yang" (4:33) "Image of Yourself" (4:02) "Alien" (3:39) "Gotta Be a Sin" (4:13) "Vampires" (4:35) "Angel" (4:39) "Very Long Ride" (Ant, Pirroni, Mooney, Reynolds) - (4:39) Personnel Adam Ant - vocals Boz Boorer, Marco Pirroni - acoustic guitar, guitar Bruce Witkin - bass, mellotron, backing vocals Dave Ruffy - drums John Reynolds - drums (10,11), drum programming on "Beautiful Dream", "Angel" and "Very Long Ride" Technical Chris Lawson - engineer Guy Massey - assistant engineer References Adam Ant albums 1995 albums EMI Records albums Albums produced by David Tickle

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Thomas J. Henderson (activist)

Thomas J. Henderson (2 March 1931 – 14 February 2005) was an American activist and business manager. Henderson was born in Winona, Minnesota and attended Amherst College before receiving a BS and MS from MIT. He worked in the construction trade for many years, becoming CEO of Guy F. Atkinson Co. He was involved in numerous large construction projects, including the Big Dig of Boston and the Oakland-Alameda Coliseum. Henderson also served as the president of the local chapter of PFLAG, the chairman of the Pacific School of Religion, and the national chairman of the YMCA. His wife, Mitzi Henderson, was the national president of PFLAG in the early 1990s. External links Press release of his appointment to YMCA chair Memorial Service PFLAG Obituary 1931 births 2005 deaths American construction businesspeople American activists 20th-century American businesspeople YMCA leaders

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Lars Johannes Irgens

Lars Johannes Irgens (9 October 1775 – 22 April 1830) was a Norwegian jurist and public official. He served as a representative at the Norwegian Constitutional Assembly. Lars Johannes Irgens was born in Hof in Solør, Hedmark, Norway. He was the son of the parish priest of Hof. He was married to Christiane Louise Smith (1778-1858) with whom he had eight children including Norwegian government minister Nils Christian Irgens. He served as a lieutenant in Oppland Dragon Corps (Oplandske Dragonregiment). He graduated as cand.jur. in 1802, and was appointed district stipendiary magistrate (sorenskriver) at Sogn in Sogn og Fjordane the same year. He held this office until his death . He represented Nordre Bergenhus amt (now Sogn og Fjordane) at the Norwegian Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll in 1814 together with Peder Hjermann and Niels Nielsen. All three representatives supported the independence party (Selvstendighetspartiet). References External links Lars Johannes Irgens, Eidsvollsmennene Representantene på Eidsvoll 1814 (Cappelen Damm AS) Men of Eidsvoll (eidsvollsmenn) Related Reading Holme Jørn (2014) De kom fra alle kanter - Eidsvollsmennene og deres hus (Oslo: Cappelen Damm) 1775 births 1830 deaths Fathers of the Constitution of Norway Members of the Storting Sogn og Fjordane politicians Norwegian jurists 19th-century Norwegian people

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Gary Cohen (disambiguation)

Gary Cohen (born 1958) is an American sportscaster. Gary Cohen may also refer to: Gary Cohen (footballer) (born 1984), English cyclist and former footballer Gary G. Cohen (born 1934), American theologian Gary Cohen (health advocate), American environmental activist and health advocate Gary B. Cohen (born 1948), American historian. See also Gary Cohn (disambiguation)

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Baguio City Council

The Baguio City Council () is Baguio's Sangguniang Panlungsod or legislative body. The council has 15 members which is composed of 12 councilors, one ex officio member elected from the ranks of barangay (neighborhood) chairmen, one ex officio member elected from the ranks of Sangguniang Kabataan (youth council) chairmen and one presiding officer. The Vice-mayor of the city is the presiding officer of the council, who is elected citywide. The council is responsible for creating laws and ordinances under the city's jurisdiction. The mayor can veto proposed bills, but the council can override it with a two-thirds supermajority. Powers, duties and functions The Sangguniang Panlungsod, as the legislative body of the city, is mandated by the Local Government Code of 1991 (Republic Act No. 7160) to: Enact ordinances; Approve resolutions; Appropriate funds for the general welfare of the city and its inhabitants; and Ensure the proper exercise of the corporate powers of the city as provided for under Section 22 of the Local Government Code. Furthermore, the following duties and functions are relegated to the Sangguniang Panlungsod: Approve ordinances and pass resolutions necessary for an efficient and effective city government; Generate and maximize the use of resources and revenues for the development plans, program objectives and priorities of the city as provided for under section 18 of the Local Government Code of 1991, with particular attention to agro-industrial development and citywide growth and progress; Enact ordinances granting franchises and authorizing the issuance of permits or licenses, upon such conditions and for such purposes intended to promote the general welfare of the inhabitants of the city but subject to the provisions of Book II of the Local Government Code of 1991; Regulate activities relative to the use of land, buildings, and structures within the city in order to promote the general welfare of its inhabitants; Approve ordinances which shall ensure the efficient and effective delivery of the basic services and facilities as provided for under Section 17 of the Local Government Code; and Exercise such other powers and perform such other duties and functions as may be prescribed by law or ordinance. Membership The city elects twelve members of the council at-large. In plurality-at-large voting, a voter may vote for up to ten candidates and the candidates with the ten highest numbers of votes are elected. Barangay and SK chairs throughout the city each elect a representative to the council, for a total of 14 councilors. City-council elections are synchronized with other elections in the country, which have been held on the second Monday of May every third year since 1992. 2019 - 2022 membership These are the members after the 2019 local elections, and 2018 barangay and SK elections: IP representation The Baguio City Council has an Indigenous People's Mandatory Representative (IPMR) as a member in compliance with the Indigenous Peoples' Rights Act of 1997. It was only on February 3, 2023 that the IPMR seat would be filled for the very first time. Maximo Hilario Edwin Bugnay Jr., was elected by the Ibaloy, Kankanaey and Kalanguya clans. Former councils References Baguio Local government in Baguio Politics of Baguio City councils in the Philippines

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Emi Kaneko

is a Japanese politician of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. A native of Fukushima Prefecture, she did her undergraduate study at Hosei University and later earned master's degrees from California State University, Fresno and Fukushima University. After serving in the town assembly of Hobara, Fukushima for two terms and the city assembly of Date, Fukushima. In 2007, she was elected to the House of Councillors in Fukushima at-large district but she lost reelection 2013. Since 2014 she has been a member of the House of Representatives, representing Fukushima 1st district. References Female members of the House of Representatives (Japan) Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) California State University, Fresno alumni Japanese municipal councilors Politicians from Fukushima Prefecture Living people 1965 births Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan politicians Hosei University alumni Fukushima University alumni

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Noxa (band)

Noxa is an Indonesian grindcore band formed in Jakarta in 2002 by drummer Robin Hutagaol and guitarist Ade Himernio Adnis. The band are known for playing grindcore accompanied by political and humanistic lyrics. History Formation The band was formed by Robin Hutagaol and Ade Himernio Adnis. They soon picked up vocalist Tonny Christian Pangemanan and bassist Dipa Biomantara. The four member of the band shared the same university as students and have known each other for years, occasionally doing some local gigs together. At first they played cover songs from grindcore bands like Nasum and Napalm Death. The name Noxa was chosen because the members of the band were interested in its meaning. Noxa itself means something that exerts a harmful effect on the body. Debut and second album Soon after its inception, the band entered the studio in November 2002 for the recording of debut album. Under their own label Noxa Records, the band released self-titled debut album Noxa in August 2003. This was followed by some gigs in Malaysia and Singapore. Two years after the release of Noxa, the band once again entered the studio to record their second album Grind Viruses. The album was released in 2006 and featured some musician including Keijo Niinimaa of Rotten Sound as lyricist in the song "Starvation". Originally released by Noxa Records, the album was later re-released by Finnish label, Stay Heavy Records, in 2008. In the same year, the band played in Tuska Open Air Metal Festival. Third album and recent member changes On January 17, 2009, drummer Robin Hutagaol died in a motorcycle accident. 6 months later, he was replaced by Alvin Eka Putra, this was followed by planning for recording the third album. During this times, Noxa played in Obscene Extreme Festival in Czech Republic. The third album Legacy was recorded in early 2011. It contains 19 tracks, seven of which were previously drum tracked by Robin Hutagaol before his death. The album was released in July 2011 through Off The Records and once again also featuring other musicians including Jason Netherton of Misery Index and Shane McLachlan of the band Phobia. On September 14, 2019, vocalist Tonny Christian Pangemanan left the band due to health reason. A new singer Diego Shefa was first announced to public in December 2019. After a year of battling his illness, Tonny Pangemanan died on November 13, 2020. Musical style Noxa are known to bring political sociology and humanity theme lyrics in their music. Most of their songs are grindcore typical with short duration, lasting only 1 or 2 minutes or even a few seconds. Band members Current members Ade Himernio Adnis – guitars (2002–present) Dipa Biomantara – bass guitar (2002–present) Alvin Eka Putra – drums (2009–present) Diego Shefa Dila Negara – vocals (2020–present) Former member Robin Hutagaol – drums (2002–2009; died 2009) Tonny Christian Pangemanan – vocals (2002–2019; Died 2020) Timeline Discography Studio albums Extended plays References External links Official website Noxa discography on Discogs Musical groups established in 2002 Indonesian heavy metal musical groups

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Robert David MacDonald

Robert David MacDonald (27 August 1929 – 19 May 2004), known as David, was a Scottish playwright, translator and theatre director. Early life Robert David MacDonald was born in Elgin, in Morayshire, Scotland on 27 August 1929, the son of a doctor and a tobacco company executive. He attended Wellington School, then read modern history at Magdalen College at Oxford University, and later trained as a conductor at the Royal College of Music and the Munich Conservatory. Career as a director MacDonald spent some years as a translator for UNESCO, where he met German director Erwin Piscator in 1957, leading to his involvement in theatre as a director. His collaboration with Piscator also led to his first significant success, when he translated Piscator's version of War and Peace in 1962. This was televised by Granada Television as well as being performed on Broadway for two years. He became assistant director at Glyndebourne and the Royal Opera at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, before becoming artistic director of Her Majesty's Theatre at Carlisle. In 1970, he became co-artistic director of the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow, until his retirement in May 2003. During that time, he directed 50 productions and wrote fifteen plays for the company, including The De Sade Show (1975), Chinchilla (1977), Summit Conference (1978 – later seen in the West End with Glenda Jackson, Georgina Hale and Gary Oldman), A Waste of Time (1980), Don Juan (1980), Webster (1983), In Quest of Conscience (1994), Britannicus (2002) and Cheri (2003). Translations MacDonald translated over 70 plays and operas from ten different languages. In her obituary for MacDonald, Sarah Jones wrote "...it was for his translations, stemming from his ability to speak at least eight languages fluently, that MacDonald may well be best remembered. He brought a diet of Goethe, Lermontov, Gogol, Goldoni and Racine, not only to Glasgow audiences, but to those around Europe and America...". He translated five of Friedrich Schiller's plays, which led Michael Billington to write in 2005, "why is Schiller no longer box-office poison? The first crucial fact is that actable versions of the plays are now readily available. MacDonald was the great pioneer in this area, but Jeremy Sams, Francis Lamport, Mike Poulton and several others have also rid the plays of swagger and fustian." One of MacDonald's early successes was War and Peace, which he had translated from Erwin Piscator's 1955 German stage adaptation of Tolstoy's novel. MacDonald's version reached Broadway in 1967. With Giles Havergal, he adapted Thomas Mann's novella Death in Venice for a one-man production in 1999. Following a run in Glasgow, the production has traveled to several theaters in Europe and the USA. His translation of Racine's Phèdre, titled Phedra, was produced at The Old Vic in November 1984, designed and directed by Philip Prowse and with Glenda Jackson in the title role and Robert Eddison as Theramenes. Death MacDonald died of a heart attack, aged 74. References External links 1929 births 2004 deaths Emmy Award winners Scottish dramatists and playwrights Scottish theatre directors Scottish translators Translators to English 20th-century British dramatists and playwrights 20th-century British translators British theatre directors Translators of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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2012 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference baseball tournament

The 2012 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference baseball tournament began on May 17 and ended on May 20, 2012, at Marty L. Miller Field, on the campus of Norfolk State University in Norfolk, Virginia. It is an eight-team double elimination tournament. Bethune-Cookman won the tournament, as they have done every year but one since the tournament began in 1999. The Wildcats claimed the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. Format and seeding The four teams in the North Division and top four finishers from the South Division were seeded one through four based on regular season records, with first round matchups of the top seed from the North and the fourth seed from the South, the second seed from the North against the third seed from the South, and so on. The winners advanced in the winners' bracket, while first round losers played elimination games. The format meant that was left out of the field. Bracket All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Outstanding Performer See also College World Series NCAA Division I Baseball Championship References Tournament Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference baseball tournament Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Baseball Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Baseball

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Alain Poiré

Alain Poiré (13 February 1917 – 14 January 2000) was a French film producer and screenwriter. He was born in Paris, and died in Neuilly-Sur-Seine. Life and career Alain Poiré graduated from law school and worked for advertising group Havas. In 1938, he moved to working for the film company Société Nouvelle des Etablissements Gaumont (SNEG) as assistant general manager in order to save the company from financial disaster. SNEG was renamed Gaumont Film Company in 1975. Always passionate about cinema, he didn't leave Gaumont until his death in 2000, becoming one of the most prolific producers in French cinema, particularly from the 1950s on. As producer at Gaumont and manager of Gaumont International, Alain Poiré produced more than 200 films. His final film, released after his death, was La Vache et le President. Poiré and his wife Yvette had two sons, Phillipe and Jean-Marie Poiré. He died of cancer at age 82. Filmography (producer) 1948: Les Casse-pieds by Jean Dréville 1950: Tuesday's Guest by Jacques Deval 1950: The Girl from Maxim's by Marcel Aboulker 1951: Darling Caroline by Richard Pottier 1951: The Beautiful Image by Claude Heymann 1951: La Vie chantée by Noël-Noël 1951: La Plus belle fille du monde by Christian Stengel 1952: Ouvert contre X by Richard Pottier 1953: A Caprice of Darling Caroline by Jean Devaivre 1953: Capitaine Pantoufle by Guy Lefranc 1954: Le Défroqué by Léo Joannon 1954: Les Révoltés de Lomanach by Richard Pottier 1954: Service Entrance by Carlo Rim 1955: Le Fils de Caroline chérie by Jean Devaivre 1955: Le Fil à la patte by Guy Lefranc 1955: Les Aristocrates by Denys de La Patellière 1955: Marguerite de la nuit by Claude Autant-Lara 1955: Les Carnets du Major Thompson by Preston Sturges 1956: Un condamné à mort s'est échappé (aka. Le vent souffle où il veut) by Robert Bresson 1956: Assassins et voleurs by Sacha Guitry 1957: Action immédiate by Maurice Labro 1957: Le rouge est mis by Gilles Grangier 1957: Les Aventures d'Arsène Lupin by Jacques Becker 1957: La Peau de l'ours by Claude Boissol 1957: Nathalie by Christian-Jaque 1958: by Édouard Molinaro 1958: And Your Sister? by Maurice Delbez 1958: Le Miroir à deux faces by André Cayatte 1958: Tant d'amour perdu by Léo Joannon 1959: Moana by Raymond Lamy (documentary) 1959: Un témoin dans la ville by Édouard Molinaro 1959: La Nuit des espions by Robert Hossein 1959: Signé Arsène Lupin by Yves Robert 1959: La Verte moisson by François Villiers 1960: Tendre et violente Elisabeth by Henri Decoin 1962: L'Assassin est dans l'annuaire by Léo Joannon 1963: Méfiez-vous, mesdames by André Hunebelle 1963: Jusqu'au bout du monde by François Villiers 1963: Carambolages by Marcel Bluwal 1963: Le Vice et la vertu by Roger Vadim 1963: Les Tontons flingueurs by Georges Lautner 1964: Le Gentleman de Cocody by Christian-Jaque 1964: Cent mille dollars au soleil by Henri Verneuil 1964: Fantômas by André Hunebelle 1964: Les Barbouzes by Georges Lautner 1965: Quand passent les faisans by Édouard Molinaro 1965: Piège pour Cendrillon by André Cayatte 1965: Fantômas se déchaîne by André Hunebelle 1966: Trois enfants... dans le désordre by Léo Joannon 1966: Le Grand Restaurant by Jacques Besnard 1966: by Georges Lautner 1967: Un idiot à Paris by Serge Korber 1967: Fantômas contre Scotland Yard by André Hunebelle 1967: Peau d'espion by Édouard Molinaro 1967: Oscar by Édouard Molinaro 1967: Les Risques du métier by André Cayatte 1967: Le fou du labo 4 by Jacques Besnard 1968: Leontine by Michel Audiard 1968: Le Pacha by Georges Lautner 1969: Clérambard by Yves Robert 1969: Le cri du cormoran le soir au-dessus des jonques by Michel Audiard 1969: Le Cerveau by Gérard Oury 1969: Hibernatus by Édouard Molinaro 1969: Mon oncle Benjamin by Edouard Molinaro 1970: Elle boit pas, elle fume pas, elle drague pas, mais... elle cause! by Michel Audiard 1970: Le Distrait by Pierre Richard 1970: L'homme orchestre by Serge Korber 1971: Les Mariés de l'an II by Jean-Paul Rappeneau 1971: Boulevard du Rhum by Robert Enrico 1971: La Folie des grandeurs by Gérard Oury 1972: by Georges Lautner 1972: Les Malheurs d'Alfred by Pierre Richard 1972: Le grand blond avec une chaussure noire by Yves Robert 1973: La Valise by Georges Lautner 1973: Le Silencieux by Claude Pinoteau 1973: Mais où est donc passée la septième compagnie? by Robert Lamoureux 1973: Quelques messieurs trop tranquilles by Georges Lautner 1974: Comment réussir quand on est con et pleurnichard by Michel Audiard 1974: Comme un pot de fraises by Jean Aurel 1974: La Gifle by Claude Pinoteau 1974: Le Retour du grand blond by Yves Robert 1975: L'Agression by Gérard Pirès 1975: Pas de problème ! by Georges Lautner 1975: Le Téléphone rose by Édouard Molinaro 1975: On a retrouvé la septième compagnie by Robert Lamoureux 1976: Le Pays bleu by Jean-Charles Tacchella 1976: On aura tout vu by Georges Lautner 1976: Dracula père et fils by Édouard Molinaro 1976: Un éléphant ça trompe énormément by Yves Robert 1977: Le Maestro by Claude Vital 1977: Monsieur Papa by Philippe Monnier 1977: Gloria by Claude Autant-Lara 1977: Nous irons tous au paradis by Yves Robert 1978: L'Hôtel de la plage by Michel Lang 1978: Les petits câlins by Jean-Marie Poiré 1978: La Carapate by Gérard Oury 1979: Le Temps des vacances by Claude Vital 1979: Coup de tête by Jean-Jacques Annaud 1979: Flic ou voyou by Georges Lautner 1979: Courage - Let's Run by Yves Robert 1980: Retour en force by Jean-Marie Poiré 1980: Le Guignolo by Georges Lautner 1980: Le Coup du parapluie by Gérard Oury 1980: The Wonderful Day by Claude Vital 1980: La Boum by Claude Pinoteau 1981: Clara et les Chics Types by Jacques Monnet 1981: On n'est pas des anges... elles non-plus by Michel Lang 1981: La Chèvre by Francis Veber 1982: L'As des as by Gérard Oury 1982: La Boum 2 by Claude Pinoteau 1983: L'Été de nos 15 ans by Marcel Jullian 1984: La Septième Cible by Claude Pinoteau 1984: P'tit Con by Gérard Lauzier 1986: Jean de Florette by Claude Berri 1986: Je hais les acteurs by Gérard Krawczyk 1986: Twist again à Moscou by Jean-Marie Poiré 1986: Manon des sources by Claude Berri 1987: by Gérard Oury 1987: Promis... juré ! by Jacques Monnet 1988: L'Étudiante by Claude Pinoteau 1989: La Vouivre by Georges Wilson 1989: L'Invité surprise by Georges Lautner 1990: La Gloire de mon père by Yves Robert 1990: Le Château de ma mère by Yves Robert 1992: by Yves Robert 1993: Cuisine et dépendances by Philippe Muyl 1993: La Soif de l'or by Gérard Oury 1994: Cache cash by Claude Pinoteau 1994: Pourquoi maman est dans mon lit ? by Patrick Malakian 1996: Fantôme avec chauffeur by Gérard Oury 1996: Les Victimes by Patrick Grandperret 1996: Le Jaguar by Francis Veber 1998: Le Dîner de Cons by Francis Veber 1999: Le Schpountz by Gérard Oury See also Gaumont Film Company References External links Alain Poiré on Internet Movie Database 1917 births 2000 deaths French film producers Film people from Paris César Honorary Award recipients

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Michael A. Elliott

Michael A. Elliott is an American scholar of English literature and academic administrator. He became 20th president of Amherst College on August 1, 2022. Education and career Elliott received his B.A. from Amherst College in 1992 and Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1998 with distinction in English and comparative literature. Elliott joined the Emory University faculty in 1998, upon graduating from Columbia. He held a number of administrative posts since joining Emory: he was senior associate dean for faculty (2009–2014), followed by executive associate dean (2014–2015), and interim dean (2016–2017). From 2017 to 2022, he was dean of the Emory College of Arts and Sciences. As dean of Emory College, Elliott led initiatives aimed at diversifying the college faculty and student body and increasing funding for undergraduate research and professional development. He also ran the largest fundraising campaign in Emory College and university history. Elliott also served as Charles Howard Candler Professor of English at Emory. Scholarship Elliott's scholarship focused on American literature and culture during the 19th and 20th centuries. His books include The Culture Concept: Writing and Difference in the Age of Realism (2002) Custerology: The Enduring Legacy of the Indian Wars and George Armstrong Custer (2007), which explored how the contested and fractious legacies of Custer and the Indian Wars continue to symbolize of America's violent past and provide a key to understanding the nation’s multicultural present. His articles and book reviews include “‘This Indian Bait’: Samson Occom and the Voice of Liminality.” Early American Literature, vol. 29, no. 3, 1994, pp. 233–53. Review of Northeastern Indian Lives, edited by Robert S. Grumet, Biography, vol. 20, no. 3, 1997, pp. 350–53. “Ethnography, Reform, and the Problem of the Real: James Mooney’s Ghost-Dance Religion”, American Quarterly, vol. 50, no. 2, 1998, pp. 201–33. Review of That the People Might Live: Native American Literature and Native American Community, by Jace Weaver, American Literature, vol. 70, no. 4, 1998, pp. 900–01. “Telling the Difference: Nineteenth-Century Legal Narratives of Racial Taxonomy”, Law & Social Inquiry, vol. 24, no. 3, 1999, pp. 611–36. Review of The Limits of Multiculturalism: Interrogating the Origins of American Anthropology, by Scott Michaelsen, Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 12, no. 3, 2000, pp. 92–95. Review of Race, Work, and Desire in American Literature, by Michele Birnbaum, South Atlantic Review, vol. 69, no. 3/4, 2004, pp. 129–31. “Indian Patriots on Last Stand Hill”, American Quarterly, vol. 58, no. 4, 2006, pp. 987–1015. Review of Red Land, Red Power: Grounding Knowledge in the American Indian Novel, by Sean Kicummah Teuton, The Journal of American History, vol. 95, no. 4, 2009, pp. 1247–48. “Indians, Incorporated.” American Literary History, vol. 19, no. 1, 2007, pp. 141–59. “Other Times: Herman Melville, Lewis Henry Morgan, and Ethnographic Writing in the Antebellum United States”, Criticism, vol. 49, no. 4, 2007, pp. 481–503. “Our Memorials, Ourselves”, American Quarterly, vol. 63, no. 1, 2011, pp. 229–40. Review of A Misplaced Massacre: Struggling over the Memory of Sand Creek, by Ari Kelman, The Journal of American History, vol. 100, no. 3, 2013, pp. 798–800. “Not over: The Nineteenth-Century Indian Wars”, Reviews in American History, vol. 44, no. 2, 2016, pp. 277–83. With Priscilla Wald, Elliott edited The Oxford History of the Novel in English: Volume Six: The American Novel 1870–1940. With Claudia Stokes, he edited American Literary Studies: A Methodological Reader. Elliott has also been an editor of The Norton Anthology of American Literature. References Living people American academic administrators American university and college faculty deans Presidents of Amherst College Emory University faculty Columbia Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni Amherst College alumni Year of birth missing (living people)

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Fabian Fallert

Fabian Fallert (born 12 May 1997) is a German professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. Fallert has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 101, achieved on 6 February 2023. He has won three ATP Challenger doubles titles. Career In his ATP Tour debut, he reached the doubles final of the 2022 Sofia Open with partner Oscar Otte. Doubles performance timeline ATP career finals Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) ATP Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals Doubles: 20 (12–8) References External links 1997 births Living people German male tennis players People from Bad Urach Sportspeople from Tübingen (region) Tennis people from Baden-Württemberg Ole Miss Rebels men's tennis players

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Chapter 27

Chapter 27 is a 2007 biographical drama film depicting the murder of John Lennon by Mark David Chapman. It was written and directed by Jarrett Schaefer (in his directorial debut), based on the 1992 book Let Me Take You Down: Inside the Mind of Mark David Chapman, the Man Who Killed John Lennon by Jack Jones, produced by Robert Salerno, and stars Jared Leto as Chapman. The film takes place in December 1980, and is intended to be an exploration of Chapman's psyche. Its title is a reference to J. D. Salinger's 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye, which has 26 chapters, and suggests a continuation of the book. As an independent production, it was picked up for distribution by Peace Arch Entertainment and premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival where it received polarized reactions from critics. It later went into limited theatrical release in the United States on March 28, 2008. Chapter 27 was cited as one of the most controversial films of 2007. It received the Debut Feature Prize for Schaefer at the Zurich Film Festival, where Leto also won Best Performance for his portrayal of Chapman. A similar film, The Killing of John Lennon, was released in the United States the previous year. Plot On December 8, 1980, Mark David Chapman shocked the world by murdering 40-year-old musician, former member of The Beatles, and activist, John Lennon, outside The Dakota, his New York apartment building. Chapman's motives were fabricated from pure delusion, fueled by an obsession with the fictional character Holden Caulfield and his similar misadventures in J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye. In one instant, an anonymous, socially awkward and mentally unstable 25-year-old fan of The Beatles, who had fluctuated between idealizing Lennon and being overcome with a desire to kill him, altered the course of the history of music. A man whose painfully restless mind thrashes about uncontrollably between paranoia, sociopathic lying and delusion is summed up in such character revealing comments as "I'm too vulnerable for a world full of pain and lies" and "Everyone is cracked and broken. You have to find something to fix you. To give you what you need. To make you whole again." From his lies to cab drivers (identifying himself as The Beatles' sound engineer) to his socially unacceptable behavior around Jude, a young fan he meets outside The Dakota, to his argument with paparazzi photographer Paul, Chapman keeps the psychoses bubbling below the surface as his grasp on reality deteriorates into a completely misguided rage. Cast Jared Leto as Mark David Chapman Judah Friedlander as Paul Goresh Lindsay Lohan as Jude Hanson Mark Lindsay Chapman as John Lennon Production Development The real Mark David Chapman is currently incarcerated at Wende Correctional Facility, on a guilty plea. Aside from two interviews with Larry King and Barbara Walters, both in 1992, he has not spoken with the media. However, Chapman did reveal the mechanics of his unraveling during those three days in New York City to journalist Jack Jones. The interviews were published in 1992 as Let Me Take You Down: Inside the Mind of Mark David Chapman, a book of Chapman's recollections of his act of violence. Chapter 27 is based on this text. The title "Chapter 27" suggests a continuation of J. D. Salinger's novel The Catcher in the Rye, which has twenty-six chapters, and which Chapman was carrying when he shot John Lennon. Chapman was obsessed with the book, to the point of attempting to model his life after its protagonist, Holden Caulfield. According to the British music magazine Mojo, the title was also inspired by a chapter of Robert Rosen's book Nowhere Man: The Final Days of John Lennon (2000) called "Chapter 27." Rosen's book explores the numerological meaning of the number 27, "the triple 9", a number of profound importance to John Lennon. Lennon was deeply interested in numerology, particularly Cheiro's Book of Numbers, along with nine and all its multiples. It was Chapman's goal, according to Rosen, to write Chapter 27 "in Lennon's blood". Rosen wrote on his blog, in late 2006, that "the inherent truth of my contention that the film’s title was inspired by Nowhere Man remains unchallenged—because it’s self-evident to anybody who’s read the book." Like Chapman, Schaefer is a fan of both The Beatles and J.D. Salinger's novel The Catcher in the Rye, and said he began the script to try to understand "how someone could be inspired to kill anyone as a result of being exposed to this kind of beautiful art. It really bothered me, because Lennon and Salinger have always made me feel so much better, and so much less alone." Casting The script took Schaefer four years to write, but when it was finished, the film came together quickly. With the help of producers Alexandra Milchan and Robert Salerno, Schaefer cast Jared Leto as Mark David Chapman. For his role, Leto gained by drinking microwaved pints of ice cream mixed with soy sauce and olive oil every night. Gaining the weight, he said, was tougher than dieting himself into skeletal shape for his role as drug addict Harry Goldfarb in Requiem for a Dream (2000). The abruptness of Leto's weight gain gave him gout. He had to use a wheelchair due to the stress of the sudden increase in weight put on his body. After the shooting of the film, Leto quickly went on a liquid diet. He explained, "I've been fasting ever since. I've been doing this very strange, like, lemon and cayenne pepper and water fast. I didn't eat any food for 10 days straight; I think I lost 20 pounds that first 10 days." Losing the excess weight after Chapter 27 proved a challenge. "It took about a year to get back to a place that felt semi-normal," he said; "I don't know if I'll ever be back to the place I was physically. I'd never do it again; it definitely gave me some problems." Twenty-two years prior to this film's production, actor Mark Lindsay Chapman, while professionally using the name Mark Lindsay, had been almost cast as John Lennon in the biopic John and Yoko: A Love Story (1985). Yoko Ono had been deeply involved in the production and had herself been initially impressed with his audition and approved his casting prior to discovering his full name was Mark Lindsay Chapman. She then nixed his casting on the grounds it was "bad karma", and a great deal of press attention was given to his having almost gotten the role. The director of Chapter 27, Jarrett Schaefer, auditioned many Lennon impersonators, but was especially impressed with Mark Lindsay Chapman's tape because he conveyed the "tough town" street-smart quality of Lennon that the impersonators failed to convey, as they always played Lennon as larger-than-life. Schaefer described Lennon as having a "chip on his shoulder and always cracking these cynical one-liners", and felt that actor Chapman was best at conveying this quality. Schaefer had some difficulty negotiating the casting with the film's producers because of Chapman's name. After Chapman was cast, he asked Chapman how he should be billed to which Chapman replied "Mark fucking Lindsay Chapman. That's my fucking name." Schaefer remarks that this was so reflective of how Lennon talked, it just reinforced his sense that Chapman was right for the part. Filming The film began shooting in Manhattan, New York in 2006. "I don't have much to compare it to, but the challenges were daunting," said Schaefer, who directed several sequences outside The Dakota, the site of Lennon's assassination. "I had to go into a place that was very sensitive to our story, with trucks, a crew, and a limited amount of time. It wasn't easy." "It was important to Jarrett that we didn't glorify this event," said Salerno. "He didn't want to shoot any of the scenes with John Lennon at The Dakota out of respect for the residents that were there at the time John was killed, so all of that footage was shot separately at another location that we were able keep closed and controlled." These scenes were shot at the Steiner Studios in Brooklyn. Release The studio held Chapter 27'''s world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2007. The film was subsequently screened at the Berlin International Film Festival, Athens Film Festival, Festroia International Film Festival, Waterfront Film Festival, Mediterranean Film Festival, Stockholm International Film Festival, Oslo International Film Festival and the Denver Film Festival. The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) gave the film a Restricted rating for language and some sexual content. Chapter 27 had a limited release in the United States on March 28, 2008 and earned $13,910 in a single theater over the opening weekend. The film's revenues increased by 11.4% in its second weekend in domestic markets, earning $15,500 in five theaters. Chapter 27 grossed $56,215 in the United States and $131,273 overseas. In total, the film has grossed $187,488 worldwide. Its international releases include Mexico ($107,443), Portugal ($20,433), and France ($3,397).Chapter 27 was released on DVD on April 28, 2008 in the United Kingdom. In the United States, it was released on the same formats on July 1, 2008 in exclusives, and everywhere September 30, 2008. The British edition contains a making-of and the trailer of the film, while the American edition includes only a behind-the-scenes. Critical reception When Chapter 27 premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, the film was debated fiercely by critics. MTV wrote that "the audience's reactions made it obvious that some people would love it and others would not." On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 18% based on 50 reviews, with an average rating of 4.0/10. The website's critical consensus reads: "Despite Jared Leto's committed performance, Chapter 27 fails to penetrate the mind of Mark David Chapman, John Lennon's killer." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 32 out of 100, based on 19 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". Andrew O'Hehir from Salon wrote, "Some viewers may well find Chapter 27 sleazy or distasteful, and I won't argue the point. But Schaefer's movie creates its own highly compelling world, which is pretty much the prime directive in filmmaking." He stated that "Leto almost makes you feel how it happened," and called his acting a "highly compelling performance on many levels." He also enjoyed Lohan's performance. Duane Byrge of The Hollywood Reporter wrote, "Chapter 27 is a smart attempt to distill the twisted psychology and motivation of Mark David Chapman, which we've all superficially gleaned through mass-media reports and intermittent updates on Chapman's incarceration." He praised Leto's acting saying, "Jared Leto is mesmeric as the bloated, deranged Chapman. It's a brilliantly measured performance, evincing the tale of a madman through his own awful rhyme and reason." He also praised Schaefer's direction, the other cast and crew. Michael Phillips of the Chicago Tribune gave the film three out of four stars saying, "By the end of this modest, strange venture, Leto made me believe it was worth being forced to hang out on the sidewalk with this man, if only to get a creeping sense of what that might've been like." Upon the film's theatrical release, Richard Roeper wrote, "This is a very tough film to watch, especially for Beatles fans that worshipped Lennon, but it does provide a thought-provoking take on the inner workings of Mark David Chapman's twisted mind." San Francisco Chronicle's Joel Selvin praised Schaefer's direction writing, "The film is impressively mounted and Schaefer has made a directorial debut of distinction, but it is an uncomfortable ride from the opening scenes of Chapman arriving in New York to the inevitable, inexorable final scene." He also called Leto's performance utterly convincing. Rex Reed gave the film a positive review writing, "Even if you are only moderately curious about the events that led up to the pointless death of a musical icon, I think you'll find it a film of arm-twisting fascination." He praised Leto calling him unforgettable and writing, "it is the pulverizing concentration and almost somnambulistic intensity of Jared Leto that gives the film its life and pulse." Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly gave the film a B saying, "Chapter 27 is far from flawless, but Leto disappears inside this angry, mouth-breathing psycho geek with a conviction that had me hanging on his every delusion." Joe Neumaier of the New York Daily News described Chapter 27 as "a claustrophobic drama that gets uncomfortably into the head of Mark David Chapman," and praised Leto saying, "Leto's drawling, blotchy, creepy performance sets it apart." Accolades Cultural impactChapter 27'' was one of the most controversial films of the 2000s. In April 2006, an on-line petition group calling themselves Boycottchapter27.org campaigned to "pressurise movie theatres not to show the film, to stop the glorification of a murderer." Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono, expressed her thought saying, "This is another thing which will hurt me, I'm sure. I would rather not make a story out of Mr. Chapman at all, although I sympathize with the actors. They need to work. It's not just films, you're always talking about it [Lennon's murder]." Sean Lennon, Lennon's son, has gone on record calling the production and making of the film, including Lindsay Lohan's involvement with it, "tacky." Lennon also stated that Lohan understood his feelings and, despite his criticism, they were friends and he did not want to hurt her feelings. The film received accolades from critics who praised the depiction of the mental state of Mark David Chapman in the days leading up the murder of John Lennon in December 1980. References External links 2007 biographical drama films 2007 films American biographical drama films Biographical films about criminals Canadian biographical drama films Canadian docudrama films Films about John Lennon The Beatles in film Films based on non-fiction books Films set in 1980 Films set in Manhattan Films shot in New York City American independent films Cultural depictions of John Lennon Cultural depictions of Yoko Ono Films scored by Anthony Marinelli Films about murder 2007 independent films Canadian independent films 2007 directorial debut films 2007 drama films 2000s English-language films 2000s American films 2000s Canadian films

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moe%20Kyoe

Moe Kyoe

Moe Kyoe (; IPA: ) (born November 6, 1947) is a retired Burmese lethwei fighter and first class flag champion, known for his endurance and speed. He was a key figure in changing the match format to usher in the national champions era. After his career as a Burmese boxer he entered monkhood in 1998. Early life Moe Kyoe was born on November 6, 1947, son of U Ngwe Thaung and Daw Ngwe Yin. In a family with seven siblings, he was the fifth after three sisters and one brother. His father, uncle and three of his brothers were or became boxers as well. As a child he followed his brother around to local pagoda festivals and monks funerals to join the kids matches. He grew up on the west side of the Thanlyin river in Hpa-an but due to the Karen conflict his family was forced to relocate across the Mon State border where they settled near Bin Hlaing along the state border, not far from Thaton. His father who had stayed behind was later killed. Thaton was a hotbed and great stomping ground for many traditional boxers in the area and Moe Kyoe's love for the sport only grew stronger. Lethwei career The journey to first class started in Mon State, in particular Thaton, Kyaikto and Sit Taung. For a short period of time he also fought Thais in Myawaddy in the mid-60's. It was actually in Kyaikto where he received his nickname of Moe Kyoe (meaning thunderbolt/lightning), when a travelling circus shared the festival grounds with the boxing ring and an attending member of the circus noted his swiftness in the ring. Ringside judge and announcer U Sein Tin Maung overheard this and promptly presented the boxer with his new name. By 1969 Moe Kyoe was ranked as a second class boxer and hailed as a promising new star. In the 70's he became a leading and pivotal figure in the sport, winning first class flags against some of the strongest opposition available. His battles with one of the most famous boxers in the person of Tha Mann Kyar are remembered by many. Although no titles were exchanged, his losses to Tha Mann Kyar were used to premiere a national champion over that of a traditional flag champion. Moe Kyoe continued his career for a few more years, into the 80's, until he took a brief hiatus both due to a shortage of competition and the rising economic crisis in the country. After a few years of illegal work importing bicycle tires, car tires and cloth he came back and had one of his last fights against Shwe War Tun, a future long-time national champion and son of the equally imposing Phyu Gyi. Format changes After organisers and promoters started noticing imbalanced competitions in regards to how intensely competitors fought if they were in the same tournament as Moe Kyoe, the trio of him, Kyar Ba Nyein (Myanmar Boxing Federation) and U Bo Sein (Burmese boxer) polished up some of the rules and created a new type of challenge fight. This meant initially that matches would not surpass 15 rounds and that in case of a title challenge judges would score the contest at ringside. These changes gradually led to the naming of a single champion, national or global. And although Moe Kyoe certainly had an equal status to those who succeeded him, he did not carry the title on paper. Personal life Moe Kyoe married once at age 20 but continued his boxing career. He currently lives a solitary life as a monk in the forest near Myaing Ka Lay where he resides alongside the small stupa that carries his name. In his journey to escape from Samsara, after his life as a boxer, he became a vegetarian to comfort his aching body. Titles and accomplishments Tournaments First class flag champion; Mon Shwe Hinthar, 33rd Mon National Day (February 1980) Second class flag champion; Man Thida Park, Mandalay (February 1970) Special flag champion (Second class); Independence Day (January 1970) Lethwei record |- style="background:#fbb;" | 1980-07-05 || Loss || align="left" | Thaton Ba Hnit || Malun Stadium || Mandalay, Myanmar || TKO || 4 || |- style="background:#cfc;" | 1980-02-05 || Win || align="left" | Yangon Aung Din || 33rd Mon National Day, Thein Phyu Stadium || Rangoon, Burma || KO || 13 || |- style="background:#fbb;" | 1979-03-19 || Loss || align="left" | Tha Mann Kyar || 32nd Mon National Day || Mon State, Myanmar || Decision || 15 || 3:00 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 1978-11-06 || Loss || align="left" | Tha Mann Kyar || 23rd Kayin State Day || Kayin State, Myanmar || TKO || || |- ! style=background:white colspan=9 | |- style="background:#c5d2ea;" | 1977-02-03 || Draw || align="left" | Tha Mann Kyar || 30th Mon National Day || Mawlamyine, Mon State, Myanmar || Draw || 11 || 3:00 |- ! style=background:white colspan=9 | |- style="background:#cfc;" | 1973-01-09 || Win || align="left" | Sakkaw Ma || Kyaikkasan Stadium || Rangoon, Burma || KO || 1 || |- style="background:#cfc;" | 1970-02-14 || Win || align="left" | Tun Tin (Hpa-an) || Finals, Flag Tournament Man Thida Park || Mandalay, Burma || KO || 4 || |- style="background:#cfc;" | 1970-01-11 || Win || align="left" | Shwegun Daung (Mottama) || Independence Day, Kennedy Island || Rangoon, Burma || KO || 3 || |- | colspan=9 | Legend: References Living people 1947 births Burmese Lethwei practitioners Burmese Buddhist monks People from Kayin State

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benn%20Skerries

Benn Skerries

Benn Skerries () are a small group of rocks which extend up to westward from Norvegia Point on the island of Bouvetøya. They were charted and named in December 1927 by a Norwegian expedition in the Norvegia under Captain Harald Horntvedt. References Subantarctic islands Landforms of Bouvet Island

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Cooper%20%28archdeacon%20of%20Westmorland%29

John Cooper (archdeacon of Westmorland)

John Cooper was Archdeacon of Westmorland from 1865 until 1896. Cooper was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating B.A. in 1835. He was Vicar of Kendal from 1858 and Canon of Carlisle from 1861 until his death on 25 July 1896. Notes Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Archdeacons of Westmorland 1896 deaths

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20TVB%20dramas%20in%202018

List of TVB dramas in 2018

This is a list of television serial dramas released by TVB in 2018, including highest-rated television dramas and award ceremonies. Top ten drama series in ratings The following is a list of TVB's top serial dramas in 2018 by viewership ratings. The recorded ratings include premiere week, final week, finale episode, and the average overall count of live Hong Kong viewers (in millions). Awards First line-up These dramas air in Hong Kong from 8:00pm to 8:30pm, Monday to Friday on Jade. Second line-up These dramas air in Hong Kong from 8:30pm to 9:30pm, Monday to Friday on Jade. Third line-up These dramas air in Hong Kong from 9:30pm to 10:30pm, Monday to Friday on Jade. Weekend dramas These dramas air in Hong Kong from 8:30pm to 10:30pm, with two back-to-back episodes Sunday on Jade. Starting in 30 July 2018 until 3 August 2018 from Monday thru Friday at 9:30 pm to 10:30 pm only on Jade. Notes Come with Me 性在有情; Released June 5, 2016. Copyright notice: 2016. References External links TVB.com Official Website 2018 2018 in Hong Kong television

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Commissioner

The Commissioner

The Commissioner can refer to: James Gordon (comics), a character from Batman, known as The Commissioner The Commissioner (film), a 1998 film

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgian%20Railways%20Class%2073

Belgian Railways Class 73

The Class 73 is a class of diesel locomotives operated by SNCB/NMBS in Belgium. The class formed the backbone of the NMBS/SNCB shunter fleet. Class 77s have replaced them but they are still to be found across Belgium . They were built in three batches: 7301-7335 during 1965–1967, 7336-7375 during 1973-1974 and finally 7373–7395 in 1976–1977. External links HLR 73 Photos on Railfaneurope.net National Railway Company of Belgium locomotives C locomotives Diesel locomotives of Belgium Railway locomotives introduced in 1965 La Brugeoise et Nivelles locomotives Standard gauge locomotives of Belgium Diesel-hydraulic locomotives Shunting locomotives

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proud%20%28film%29

Proud (film)

Proud is a 2004 film directed by Mary Pat Kelly and stars veteran actor and activist Ossie Davis, in his final film performance. The motion picture was filmed in Elmira NY and Buffalo, NY. The screenplay was written by Kelly based on her non-fiction book Proudly We Served (1999). Proud was an Official Selection of The Third Annual Buffalo International Film Festival in 2009. Mary Pat Kelly and Lorenzo Dufau (last surviving crew member) introduced the screening. Premise The film focuses on the meritorious service of the USS Mason (DE-529) of World War II, the first US Navy ship with a predominantly African American crew, and how three of the men were finally honored in January 1994 for their meritorious service. Cast Reggie Austin as Dubois Vernel Bagneris as Larry's Father Marcus Chait as Lieutenant Westin Michael Ciesla as Yeoman Of The Flagship Ossie Davis as Lorenzo DuFau Eric LaRay Harvey as Kevin / James Graham Rashad Haughton as Hank Fields Janet Hubert as Larry's Mother Albert Jones as Larry / Young Lorenzo DuFau Kidada Jones as Gordon's sister Jeffrey Nash as Marcus / Gordon Buchanan Denise Nicholas as Gordon's Mother Edward O'Blenis as Watkins Aidan Quinn as Commodore Alfred Lind Stephen Rea as Barney Garvey Darnell Williams as Thomas Young, War Correspondent Reception Critical response When the film was released Ronnie Scheib, film critic at Variety magazine, gave the film a mixed review, writing, "A weird hodgepodge, Proud is part history lesson, part family saga, a lyrical nod to the Old Sod, a Navy recruitment flag-waver and a war actioner. Earnest, intermittently rousing pic, skedded for a fall opening, should coast on Davis' masterful performance before being archived by cable for suitable occasions...Pic's overall structure is determined both by Davis' narration and by the presence of black war correspondent Thomas Young (Darnell Williams), who was assigned to cover the Mason. His frequent to-the-camera interviews with sailors abstractly punctuate the film, creating a broader sociological framework...Aside from generally excellent combat scenes, pic is uneven. The bigoted animosity of a petty officer, for instance, or the Admiral's dismissal of the captain's praise of his crew's valor as exaggeration unfold with the leaden sententiousness of a grade-school pageant." Critic Marcia Davis with The Washington Post wrote, "The high purpose of Proud is not matched by the film's execution, however. It's worth seeing, but don't go expecting a traditional Hollywood feature film. It is rather oddly executed and uneven, unlike the well-known and controversial Glory, which won Denzel Washington his first Oscar, or the brilliant A Soldier's Story, adapted from Charles Fuller's A Soldier's Play. Proud is something of a hybrid, part documentary -- with actual footage from the Mason -- and part dramatization. It is at times deeply poignant when it talks about the longing of black men to be treated as men and what they went through to prove their worthiness. It can also be a bit of an unrestrained flag-waver on black American patriotism." Accolades Nominated Black Reel Awards: Best Independent Film, Mary Pat Kelly; 2006. Distribution Film festivals High Falls Film Festivals: November 11, 2004, Rochester, New York. Tribeca Film Festival: April 23, 2005, New York, New York. Lake Placid Film Festival: Lake Placid, New York. Urbanworld Film Festival: New York, New York. Buffalo International Film Festival: Buffalo, New York References External links 2004 films 2004 drama films 2000s war drama films American war drama films Films about race and ethnicity Films set in the 1940s World War II films based on actual events American World War II films 2000s English-language films 2000s American films English-language war drama films

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenni%20Barclay

Jenni Barclay

Jenni Barclay is a professor of volcanology at the University of East Anglia. She works on ways to mitigate volcanic risks, the interactions between rainfall and volcanic activity and the communication of volcanic hazards in the Caribbean. Barclay leads the NERC-ESRC funded Strengthening Resilience to Volcanic Hazards (STREVA) research project as well as a Leverhulme Trust programme looking at the volcanic history of the Ascension Islands. Early life and education Barclay became interested in the natural environment as a child, particularly volcanoes, tsunamis and avalanches. She enjoyed watching scientists from the Climatic Research Unit on BBC Horizon. Barclay studied geology at the University of Edinburgh. She moved to Bristol for her doctoral degree, and studied degassing processes in silicic volcanoes. During her postdoctoral fellowships she investigated magma storage in the Soufrière Hills volcano, an eruption which began on 18 July 1995. She identified that the Soufrière Hills magma contained amphibole, quartz, plagioclase, pyroxene, magnetite and ilmenite at pressures of 115 to 130 Megapascals. She worked at the University of California, Berkeley and University of Geneva, as well as serving as a duty scientist at the Montserrat Volcano Observatory. Research and career In 1999 Barclay was appointed to the University of East Anglia. Her research combines geological investigations into the dynamic processes of volcanoes with analysis of the social and cultural landscapes in which they erupt in. She served as Principal Investigator on Strengthening Resilience to Volcanic Hazards (STREVA), looking to develop a practical volcanic risk assessment framework, which was supported by the Natural Environment Research Council and Economic and Social Research Council. During STREVA Barclay worked with people from Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to document the historical and culture record of the 1902 and 1979 La Soufrière eruptions. As part of the programme, the researchers worked with the University of the West Indies to create a portable exhibit that toured the Caribbean. She combined historical archives, field measurements and meteorological modelling to reconstruct the La Soufrière eruptions. This allowed her to understand how the wind flow around volcanoes controls the movement of ash plumes through the atmosphere, depositing ash both close to the volcano and far away. In her work with communities in Ecuador Barclay showed that volcanic risk can be improved with collaborative monitoring. This work has inspired her latest project, Tomorrow's Cities, which looks at urban disaster risk in cities including Quito. Barclay has argued that the deaths that occur due to pulses of gas and solids after a volcano are avoidable. Public engagement Alongside her research, Barclay is committed to outreach and public engagement. She focuses on communicating the relationships between the hazards and surface topographies; for example, the difficult situations that arise when land that is important to communities becomes too dangerous as a place to live. STREVA resulted in a series of films that gave a voice to affected communities. In 2011 Barclay worked with Top Trumps to create a volcano themed version of the game. To create the game, Barclay consulted her colleagues to rank the thirty volcanoes for their explosiveness and deadliness. Barclay used the funds raised from Volcano Top Trumps to fund annual competitions to help people affected by volcanoes. They helped children in Ecuador make a book about volcano legends, the sales of which raised more money for the local community. She has created websites to communicate the relationship between hazards and landscape. She has appeared on the BBC, as well as speaking at Pint of Science, the Norwich Science Festival and the Natural History Museum. Awards and recognition 2022 - Reginald Daly Lecture of the American Geophysical Union. This is presented 'annually to a recipient who exemplifies Daly's work with outstanding contributions to volcanology, geochemistry, or petrology.' 2015 - UK Volcanic and Magmatic Studies Group of the Geological Society of London, Thermo-Fisher Award, awarded annually to an individual who 'has made a significant contribution to our .. understanding of volcanic and magmatic processes'. Selected publications Her publications include; Personal life Barclay is married with two children. References Living people British volcanologists Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Alumni of the University of Bristol Academics of the University of East Anglia Science communicators Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South%20American%20tapir

South American tapir

The South American tapir (Tapirus terrestris), also commonly called the Brazilian tapir (from the Tupi tapi'ira), the Amazonian tapir, the maned tapir, the lowland tapir, the anta (Portuguese), and la sachavaca (literally "bushcow", in mixed Quechua and Spanish), is one of the four recognized species in the tapir family (of the order Perissodactyla, with the mountain tapir, the Malayan tapir, and the Baird's tapir). It is the largest surviving native terrestrial mammal in the Amazon. Most classification taxons also include Tapirus kabomani (also known as the little black tapir or kabomani tapir) as also belonging to the species Tapirus terrestris (Brazilian tapir), despite its questionable existence and the overall lack of information on its habits and distribution. The specific epithet derives from arabo kabomani, the word for tapir in the local Paumarí language. The formal description of this tapir did not suggest a common name for the species. The Karitiana people call it the little black tapir. It is, purportedly, the smallest tapir species, even smaller than the mountain tapir (T. pinchaque), which had been considered the smallest. T. kabomani is allegedly also found in the Amazon rainforest, where it appears to be sympatric with the well-known South American tapir (T. terrestris). When it was described in December of 2013, T. kabomani was the first odd-toed ungulate discovered in over 100 years. However, T. kabomani has not been officially recognized by the Tapir Specialist Group as a distinct species; recent genetic evidence further suggests it is likely a subspecies of T. terrestris. Appearance T. terrestris is dark brown, paler in the face, and has a low, erect crest running from the crown down the back of the neck. The round, dark ears have distinctive white edges. Newborn tapirs have a dark brown coat, with small white spots and stripes along the body. The South American tapir can attain a body length of with a short stubby tail and an average weight around . Adult weight has been reported ranging from . It stands somewhere between at the shoulder. Features claimed for Tapirus kabomani With an estimated mass of only , T. kabomani is the smallest living tapir. For comparison, the mountain tapir has a mass between . Tapirus kabomani is roughly long and in shoulder height. It has a distinct phenotype from other members of the species. It can be differentiated by its coloration: it is a range of darker grey to brown than other T. terrestris strains. This species also features relatively short legs for a tapir caused by a femur length that is shorter than dentary length. The crest is smaller and less prominent. T. kabomani also seems to exhibit some level of sexual dimorphism as females tend to be larger than males and possess a characteristic patch of light hair on their throats. The patch extends from the chin up to the ear and down to the base of the neck. Head and skull attributes are also important in identification of this species. This tapir possesses a single, narrow, low and gently inclined sagittal crest that rises posteriorly from the toothrow. T. kabomani skulls also lack both a nasal septum and dorsal maxillary flanges. The skull possesses a meatal diverticulum fossa that is shallower and less dorsally extended than those of the other four extant species of tapir. Geographic range The South American tapir can be found near water in the Amazon Rainforest and River Basin in South America, east of the Andes. Its geographic range stretches from Venezuela, Colombia, and the Guianas in the north to Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay in the south, to Bolivia, Peru, and Ecuador in the west. On rare occasions, waifs have crossed the narrow sea channel from Venezuela to the southern coast of the island of Trinidad (but no breeding population exists there). Tapirus kabomani is restricted to South America. It is found in habitats consisting of a mosaic of forest and savannah. It has been collected in southern Amazonas (the type locality), Rondônia, and Mato Grosso states in Brazil. The species is also believed to be present in Amazonas department in Colombia, and it may be present in Amapá, Brazil, in north Bolivia and in southern French Guiana. Behavior T. terrestris is an excellent swimmer and diver, but also moves quickly on land, even over rugged, mountainous terrain. It has a life span of approximately 25 to 30 years. In the wild, its main predators are crocodilians (only the black caiman and Orinoco crocodile, the latter of which is critically endangered, are large enough to take these tapirs, as the American crocodile only exists in the northern part of South America) and large cats, such as the jaguar and cougar, which often attack tapirs at night when tapirs leave the water and sleep on the riverbank. The South American tapir is also attacked by the green anaconda (Eunectes murinus). T. terrestris is known to run to water when scared to take cover. There is a need for more research to better explore social interactions. Diet The South American tapir is an herbivore. Using its mobile nose, it feeds on leaves, buds, shoots, and small branches it tears from trees, fruit, grasses, and aquatic plants. They also feed on the vast majority of seeds found in the rainforest. This is known because the diet is studied through observation of browsing, analysis of feces, and studying stomach contents. Although it has been determined via fecal samples that T. kabomani feeds on palm tree leaves and seeds from the genera Attalea and Astrocaryum, much about the diet and ecology of T. kabomani is unknown. Previously discovered tapirs are known to be important seed dispersers and to play key roles in the rainforest or mountain ecosystems in which they occur. It is possible that T. kabomani shares this role with the other members of its genus although further research is required. Mating T. terrestris mates in April, May, or June, reaching sexual maturity in the third year of life. Females go through a gestation period of 13 months (390–395 days) and will typically have one offspring every two years. A newborn South American tapir weighs about 15 pounds (6.8 kilos) and will be weaned in about six months. Endangered status The dwindling numbers of the South American tapir are due to poaching for meat and hide, as well as habitat destruction. T. terrestris is generally recognized as an endangered animal species, with the species being designated as endangered by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service on June 2, 1970. It has a significantly lower risk of extinction, though, than the other four tapir species. Conservation of T. kabomani The species may be relatively common in forest-savanna mosaic habitat (relicts of former cerrado). Nevertheless, the species is threatened by prospects of future habitat loss related to deforestation, development and expanding human populations. While this tapir does not seem to be rare in the upper Madeira River region of the southwestern Brazilian Amazon, its precise conservation status is unknown. T. kabomani is limited by its habitat preference and tends not to be found where its preferred mosaic gives way to either pure savannah or forest. This, in combination with the fact that other less restricted tapir species within the area are already classified as endangered, has led scientists to hypothesize that the new species is likely to prove more endangered than other members of its genus. Human population growth and deforestation within southwestern Amazonia threaten T. kabomani through habitat destruction. The creation of infrastructure such as roads as well as two dams planned for the area as of December 2013 further threaten to considerably alter the home range. Hunting is also a concern. The Karitiana tribe, a group of people indigenous to the area, regularly hunt the tapir. Additional threats exist from crocodilians and jaguars, natural predators of tapirs within the area. Humans aside, the region of the Amazon in which T. kabomani is found has also been highlighted as an area that is likely to be particularly susceptible to global warming and the ecosystem changes it brings. History of classification Although it was not formally described until 2013, the possibility that T. kabomani might be a distinct species had been suggested as early as 100 years prior. The first specimen recognized as a member of this species was collected on the Roosevelt–Rondon Scientific Expedition. Theodore Roosevelt (1914) believed they had collected a new species, as local hunters recognized two types of tapir in the region and another member of the expedition, Leo E. Miller, suggested that two species were present. Nevertheless, though observed by experts, all tapirs from the expedition have been consistently treated as T. terrestris, including specimen AMNH 36661, which is now identified as T. kabomani. Ten years before T. kabomani was formally described, scientists suspected the existence of a new species while examining skulls that did not resemble the skulls of known tapir species. When the species was formally described in December 2013, it was the first tapir species described since T. bairdii in 1865. Relationships In both morphological and molecular phylogenetic analyses, T. kabomani was recovered as the first diverging of the three tapirs restricted to South America. Morphological analysis suggested that the closest relative of T. kabomani may be the extinct species T. rondoniensis. Molecular dating methods based on three mitochondrial cytochrome genes gave an approximate divergence time of 0.5 Ma for T. kabomani and the T. terrestris–T. pinchaque clade, while T. pinchaque was found to have arisen within a paraphyletic T. terrestris complex much more recently (in comparison, the split between T. bairdii and the tapirs restricted to South America took place around 5 Ma ago). Controversy The validity of the species, and whether or not it can be reliably distinguished from the South American tapir, has subsequently been questioned on both morphological and genetic grounds. Morphological differences between the two species of tapir are noted to be especially difficult to discern in photographs allegedly depicting T. kabomani and noted to be only qualitatively described in the original literature. Morphologically, lack of published numerical ranges for diagnostic differences make it incredibly difficult for individuals to be identified in the field as little black tapirs instead of South American tapirs. A heavy reliance upon the indigenous people for identification of T. kabomani was also noted in the major dissenting article. Concerns were cited regarding the reliability of information when it is gathered from locals as, while they are frequently aware of many more species in an area, they can sometimes describe haplotypes of culturally important species to be entirely different species. Genetic evidence has been questioned on similar grounds. Several examined genetic sequences said to be characteristic for the species, most notably the Cyth sequence of cytochrome b, have been described as minimally divergent from those of other South American tapirs. Further analyses of cytochrome b sequences did reveal a clade allegedly belonging to T. kabomani, however, it was described to be only as divergent as some haplotype found in other species. Mitochondrial DNA originally connected to morphological traits and used to describe the species has also been called into question. Although several samples of T. kabomani have been obtained, only the two samples from southwestern Amazonia were analysed while those obtained in the northwest were not. The connection between the morphology and DNA of supposed T. kabomani in northwestern areas is unknown and there is the possibility that the correlation between mtDNA and morphology is insufficiently supported. However, besides cytochrome b, two other mitochondrial genes were analyzed, COI and COII, both showing the same pattern found for cytochrome b. Several other objections raised against the distinction of T. kabomani from T. terrestris, including external and internal morphological characters, statistical analysis, distribution and use of folk taxonomy, were addressed in Cozzuol et al (2014). Further genetic evidence invalidating T. kabomani as a new species was published by Ruiz-Garcia et al. (2016). Ruiz-Garcia et al. found and sampled tapirs that fit the morphological description provided by Cozzuol et al. (2013) for T. kabomani but they only showed haplotypes of other T. terrestris haplogroups. In addition, the morphological evidence for T. kabomani has been contradicted by further research. Dumbá et al. reevaluated skull shape variation among tapir species and found that T. kabomani and T. terrestris exhibit considerable overlap in skull morphology, though it could still be distinguished by its broad forehead. Gallery Notes References External links ARKive - images and movies of the lowland tapir (Tapirus terrestris) Tapir Specialist Group - Lowland Tapir Multiple photographs of T. kabomani can be viewed at this website. Further reading Linnaeus C (1758). Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio Decima, Reformata. Stockholm: L. Salvius. 824 pp. (Hippopotamus terrestris, new species, p. 74). (in Latin). Tapirs Mammals of Argentina Mammals of Bolivia Mammals of Brazil Mammals of Colombia Mammals of Ecuador Mammals of French Guiana Mammals of Guyana Mammals of Paraguay Mammals of Peru Mammals of Suriname Mammals of Venezuela Fauna of the Amazon Mammals described in 1758 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus

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Intercontinental Football League

The Intercontinental Football League (IFL) was a proposed semi-professional American football league in Europe in the early 1970s. The league was spearheaded by Bob Kap, Tex Schramm, and Al Davis, but failed to materialize. The proposed league is credited with "setting the stage" for NFL Europe. History By the early 1970s, the National Football League (NFL) was already looking to promote its product abroad. The league had sent players to tour American military bases and hospitals during the Vietnam war. On May 27, 1972, forty-two NFL players (including Dan Pastorini, Bob Hayes, Jim Kiick, Jan Stenerud, Alan Page, Matt Snell and Merlin Olsen) had demonstrated “le rugby Americain” before 8,000 in Paris. NFL Bleu beat NFL Rouge that day, 16-6, in a game that closely followed a script. Two years later, interest in overseas play was revived. At the June 5, 1974 press conference at NFL headquarters in New York, the teams of the IFL were announced. The IFL was to be divided into two divisions of three teams each. The likely organization would have been for the teams from German speaking nations (Munich, West Berlin and Vienna) to be in one group, and the southern teams (Barcelona, Rome and Istanbul) in another. The IFL failed to materialize. There are four reasons usually stated: Europe was not ready for American football. Competition with the World Football League, which had planned to expand internationally to such cities as Tokyo and Mexico City. The NFL players’ strike that summer. The economic recession in the U.S. at that time. Despite the league's goals, the IFL did not materialize - the Pro Football Researchers Association attributed this failure to Europe not being ready for American football, potential competition with the World Football League (WFL), a players' strike during the summer of 1974, and the recession that had been "gripping the nation". Another factor was the turmoil in Europe in 1974: Turkey had invaded Cyprus, the American ambassador to Cyprus had been assassinated, Basque separatists had assassinated the prime minister of Spain, and terrorist groups like the Red Brigades had engaged in kidnapping. This turmoil led the State Department to meet with NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle; the officials discouraged him from pursuing the league further. The IFL also suffered a potentially fatal blow when Pan American World Airways, who Kap had brought on as a sponsor, pulled out of the project. Ultimately, Rozelle deemed the creation of the league "impractical". Proposed teams For the 1975 season Munich Lions (Germany) Vienna Lipizzaners (Austria) Berlin Bears (Germany) Rome Gladiators (Italy) Barcelona Almogovares (Spain) Istanbul Conquerors (Turkey) New teams for the 1976 season Paris Lafayettes (France) Copenhagen Vikings (Denmark) Rotterdam Flying Dutchmen (Netherlands) Milan Centurions (Italy) References External links THE FIRST “NFL EUROPE” The Intercontinental Football League presents: Touchdown in Europe 1976 Defunct American football leagues in Europe

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Journal of the International AIDS Society

The Journal of the International AIDS Society (JIAS) is an official open-access, peer-reviewed, medical journal of the International AIDS Society. Founded in 2004 by Mark Wainberg, the journal covers all aspects of research on HIV and AIDS. Since October 2017, JIAS is published by John Wiley & Sons. Aims and scope The journal's primary purpose is to provide an open-access platform for the generation and dissemination of evidence from a wide range of HIV-related disciplines, encouraging research from low- and middle-income countries. In addition, JIAS aims to strengthen capacity and empower less-experienced researchers from resource-limited countries. The journal welcomes submissions on HIV-related topics from across all scientific disciplines, including but not limited to: • Basic and biomedical sciences • Behavioural sciences • Epidemiology • Clinical sciences • Health economics and health policy • Operations research and implementation sciences • Social sciences and humanities, including political sciences and media The journal operates under the leadership of its joint Editors-in-Chief, Prof Kenneth H. Mayer (USA) and Dr. Annette Sohn, as well as an editorial board made up of 46 leading scientists specialized in the disciplines covered by the journal. The journal welcomes submissions from a variety of disciplines with the objectives of making available the most relevant information and of reaching all relevant stakeholders involved in all aspects of the HIV response. The journal strongly encourages submission of papers in the areas of implementation science and operational research, in particular from resource-limited settings. This is to ensure that information on best practices and culturally relevant research findings reaches the broadest possible international audience and stakeholders. Abstracting and indexing The journal is abstracted and indexed in PubMed Central, PubMed/MEDLINE, Science Citation Index Expanded, Chemical Abstracts Service, CINAHL, EMBASE, and Scopus. The journal received its first impact factor of 3.256 in 2012, which rose to 6.296 in 2017 (2016 Journal Citation Reports ® Science Edition). In 2017, the journal was ranked 6th out of 84 infectious diseases journals and 22nd out of 150 immunology titles on the Science Citation Indexes. Training on scientific writing, publication ethics and research integrity JIAS also has a professional development programme and offers workshops at international conferences, which cover not only scientific writing, but also other aspects of publishing. These workshops, mainly attended by young researchers from resource-limited settings, are aimed at increasing the capacity of targeted delegates to publish their findings. List of Editors The following persons have been editors-in-chief of the journal: Mark Wainberg: 2004–2017 (Founding Editor-in-Chief) Elly Katabira: 2004–2009 Papa Salif Sow: 2009–2017 Susan Kippax: 2009–2019 Kenneth H. Mayer: 2017–present Annette Sohn: 2018–present The following persons have been executive editors of the journal: Shirin Heidari: 2004–2013 Marlène Bras: 2014–present References External links English-language journals Academic journals established in 2004 HIV/AIDS journals Creative Commons Attribution-licensed journals Academic journals published by learned and professional societies

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Lake Massabesic

Lake Massabesic or Massabesic Lake is a lake in southern New Hampshire, United States, covering about (equivalent to about ) within the city of Manchester and the town of Auburn. Because it provides drinking water for Manchester, swimming and water skiing are not allowed there. Popular sports on the lake are sailing, fishing, and kayaking. The recreational trails along the lake provide views of the lake and the town of Auburn. Besides flowing into the Manchester water system, the lake's water feeds Cohas Brook, leading to the Merrimack River. Massabesic is a Native American name meaning "place of much water" or "near the great brook." The lake is classified as a cold- and warmwater fishery. See also List of lakes in New Hampshire References Auburn, New Hampshire, by Carl Forsaith External links "Lake Massabesic Watershed", Manchester Water Works website "Lake Massabesic Depth Contour Map", Manchester Water Works Lakes of Hillsborough County, New Hampshire Lakes of Rockingham County, New Hampshire Manchester, New Hampshire Auburn, New Hampshire Tourist attractions in Manchester, New Hampshire New Hampshire placenames of Native American origin

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Flashpoint (album)

Flashpoint is a live album by the English rock band the Rolling Stones, their first live album by the group since 1982's Still Life. The album was compiled by Chris Kimsey with the assistance of Chris Potter. The album was recorded in 1989 and 1990 on the Steel Wheels/Urban Jungle Tour and released in 1991. Steel Wheels Live, released in 2020, is another release from the tour, with a complete 1989 concert and a selection of live rarities. The tour and the two studio tracks recorded for Flashpoint were the last for bassist and long-time member Bill Wyman as a Rolling Stone. History Recorded across North America, Europe and Japan, Flashpoint is also the first Rolling Stones release of the 1990s and, unlike previous live sets, includes two new studio tracks: "Highwire" and "Sex Drive"; the former was released as a single earlier in 1991 and was a comment on the Gulf War. The latter was described as a "basically a dance-track" by Chris Jagger, and a remix 12" would be released of it later that year. Although the live selections are mostly familiar hits mixed in with new tracks from Steel Wheels, Flashpoint also includes lesser-known songs like "Factory Girl" from 1968's Beggars Banquet and "Little Red Rooster", originally a No. 1 UK hit single in 1964, featured here with special guest Eric Clapton on guitar. According to Chris Jagger, some of the backing vocals were re-recorded and Ron Wood added guitar to three tracks afterwards. Flashpoint was recorded using binaural recording. This gives the effect that the concert audience is behind the home listener. The audience cheer track was taken from the Rolling Stones' 1970 live album Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!, complete with an audience member shouting out a request: "'Paint It Black', 'Paint It Black', you devil". Bill Wyman's departure As Flashpoint was The Rolling Stones' final release under their contract with Sony Music, the band signed a new lucrative long-term worldwide deal with Virgin Records in 1991, with the exception of Bill Wyman. After 30 years with the band, the 55-year-old Wyman decided that he had other interests he wanted to pursue and felt that, considering the size of the recently completed Steel Wheels project and tour, it was fitting to bow out at that time. Although he would not officially announce his departure until January 1993 – during the interim the rest of the band had repeatedly asked him to reconsider – he had talked about leaving the band for at least ten years. After Wyman's departure, Ronnie Wood was taken off salary and made a full member of the Rolling Stones partnership, eighteen years after he joined the band. Release Flashpoint was released in April 1991 and was generally well-received, with "Highwire" becoming a rock radio hit, and managed to reach No. 6 in the UK and No. 16 in the US, where it went gold. In 1998, Flashpoint was remastered and reissued by Virgin Records, and again in 2010 by Universal Music. Track listing All tracks written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, except where noted. CD "(Intro) Continental Drift" – 0:26 "Start Me Up" – 3:54 "Sad Sad Sad" – 3:33 "Miss You" – 5:55 "Rock and a Hard Place" – 4:52 "Ruby Tuesday" – 3:33 "You Can't Always Get What You Want" – 7:26 "Factory Girl" – 2:47 "Can't Be Seen" – 4:17 "Little Red Rooster" (Willie Dixon) – 5:15 "Paint It Black" – 4:02 "Sympathy for the Devil" – 5:35 "Brown Sugar" – 4:06 "Jumpin' Jack Flash" – 5:00 "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" – 6:09 "Highwire" – 4:44 "Sex Drive" – 5:07 "Rock and a Hard Place" and "Can't Be Seen", were not included on the vinyl version. Cassette Tape Side one (Intro) "Continental Drift" – 0:29 "Start Me Up" – 3:54 "Sad Sad Sad" – 3:33 "Miss You" – 5:55 "Rock and a Hard Place" – 4:52 "Ruby Tuesday" – 3:34 "You Can't Always Get What You Want" – 7:26 "Factory Girl" – 2:48 "Sex Drive" – 4:28 Side two "Can't Be Seen" – 4:17 "Little Red Rooster" (Dixon) – 5:15 "Paint It Black" – 4:02 "Sympathy for the Devil" – 5:35 "Brown Sugar" – 4:10 "Jumpin' Jack Flash" – 5:00 "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" – 6:08 "Highwire" – 4:46 Other songs/B-sides and charity single The following songs were recorded during the same set of concerts and later released as B-sides: "2000 Light Years from Home" – 3:24 (13 June 1990; Olympic Stadium; Barcelona Spain) – Only released on "Highwire" singles "Gimme Shelter" – 4:47 (26 November 1989; Memorial Stadium; Clemson, South Carolina) – Charity single released in 1993 "Harlem Shuffle" (Bob Relf, Ernest Nelson) – 4:35 (27 February 1990; Korakuen Dome; Tokyo, Japan) – Only released on one of the variations of the UK "Ruby Tuesday" single "I Just Want to Make Love to You" (Dixon) – 3:58 (6 July 1990; Wembley Stadium; London, England) – Only released on "Highwire" singles "Play with Fire" (Nanker Phelge) – 3:31 (26 November 1989; Memorial Stadium; Clemson, South Carolina) – Released on "Ruby Tuesday" single "Street Fighting Man" – 3:43 (25 August 1990; Wembley Stadium; London, England) – Only released on "Jumpin' Jack Flash" Maxi-CD singles "Tumbling Dice" – 4:12 (24 August 1990; Wembley Stadium; London, England) – Only released on "Jumpin' Jack Flash" singles "Undercover of the Night" – 3:59 (19 December 1989; Atlantic City Convention Center; Atlantic City, New Jersey) – Released on the "Ruby Tuesday" single All tracks besides "Gimme Shelter" released in 1990. Personnel The Rolling Stones Mick Jagger – lead vocals, guitars, harmonica Keith Richards – vocals, guitars Ronnie Wood – guitars Bill Wyman – bass guitar Charlie Watts – drums Additional personnel Matt Clifford – keyboards, French horn Chuck Leavell – keyboards, backing vocals Bobby Keys – saxophone Horns by The Uptown Horns – Arno Hecht, Paul Litteral, Bob Funk, Crispin Cioe The Kick Horns - horns on "Rock and a Hard Place" Bernard Fowler – backing vocals Lisa Fischer – backing vocals Cindy Mizelle – backing vocals Lorelei McBroom- backing vocals Eric Clapton – guitar on "Little Red Rooster" Live recordings by Bob Clearmountain, David Hewitt Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering Studios Mixed by Christopher Marc Potter Bernard Fowler – backing vocals on "Highwire" Katie Kissoon – backing vocals on "Sex Drive" Tessa Niles – backing vocals on "Sex Drive" Studio tracks mixed by Chris Kimsey and Mark Stent Engineered by Mark Stent Assistant Engineer Nick Hartley on "Sex Drive" and "Highwire" Art direction and design by Garry Mouat and David Crow Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts Certifications References 1991 live albums Albums produced by Chris Kimsey Albums produced by the Glimmer Twins Rolling Stones Records live albums The Rolling Stones live albums Virgin Records live albums

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Jim McKenny

James Claude "Howie" McKenny (born December 1, 1946) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and broadcaster. As a defenceman, McKenny played in the National Hockey League from 1966 to 1978, mostly for the Toronto Maple Leafs, in addition to a short tenure with the Minnesota North Stars. His nickname "Howie" is due to a resemblance to Howie Young. Known for witty one-liners, McKenny once said of professional ice hockey that "half the game is mental, the other half is being mental". After retiring from playing hockey, McKenny settled in Toronto where he began a career in broadcasting, most notably working as a local television sports reporter on Citytv from 1984 until 2010. Junior hockey career Born in Ottawa, Ontario, McKenny played with the Neil McNeil Maroons of the Metro Junior A league in 1962–63. When the league folded in 1963, McKenny transferred to the Ontario Hockey Association's Toronto Marlboros who won the Memorial Cup in 1964. As a junior, McKenny was considered by many scouts as the second-best defenceman prospect after Bobby Orr. In later years, McKenny spoke openly of his personal life and career being negatively affected by periods of alcoholism developed during his teenage years. Pro hockey career Drafted by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the third round of the 1963 NHL Amateur Draft (17th overall), McKenny had difficulty staying in the NHL early in his career and often played forward instead of his usual position on defence. He was called up from the Marlboros to play two games with the Leafs in the 1965–66 season. He was given two other opportunities with the Leafs in 1966–67 and 1967–68 but only played a total of eleven games. However, on February 24, 1968, he scored the game-winning goal in a 1-0 win over Boston, which was the second goal of his NHL career. He struggled to stick with the Maple Leafs for several years, attributed to a poor attitude, possibly his alcoholism and his antipathy towards the high-pressure style of coach and general manager Punch Imlach. He played in the minor leagues for the Tulsa Oilers, Rochester Americans, and Vancouver Canucks of the Western Hockey League. Throughout the mid-1960s with the Rochester Americans, young McKenny and veteran Don Cherry were roommates when on the road. McKenny finally became a full-time member of the Maple Leafs during the 1969–70 season and became one of the Leafs top defencemen for eight seasons. McKenny has the sixth-highest points total for Leafs defencemen, accumulating 327 points (81 goals, 246 assists) in 594 games, behind only Börje Salming, Tomáš Kaberle, Morgan Rielly, Tim Horton, and Ian Turnbull. McKenny was paired frequently with former Marlboro team-mate Brian Glennie, with offensive skills complementing the hard-hitting, defence-oriented style of Glennie. In 1974, McKenny played in the NHL All-Star Game. In 1971, he also appeared in the movie Face-Off as the skating stand-in for Art Hindle. Near the end of his career, McKenny was sent down to the Dallas Black Hawks Central Hockey League (CHL) for the 1977–78 season, and was subsequently named to the CHL's Second All-Star Team. On May 15, 1978, McKenny was traded to the Minnesota North Stars for cash and future considerations (the rights to Owen Lloyd), playing in only ten games before retiring from the NHL. McKenny played the 1979-80 season in Europe—in Lyon, France and Rapperswil, Switzerland with SC Rapperswil–Jona—before retiring completely from hockey. Post-hockey After hockey, McKenny returned to Toronto and began attempting to break into the broadcasting industry, selling advertising and volunteering on the weekends at radio stations CHUM-AM and CHUM-FM. He soon landed a gig as a colour commentator for Canadian-Italian Hockey League (CIHL) games at St. Mike's Arena, working Friday nights alongside play-by-play announcer Brad Diamond on local station CFMT-TV branded as "Multilingual Television". He was then hired by Gary Slaight at the Slaight Communications-owned Q107 radio station to sell advertising and contribute on the microphone on a show with Scruff Connors and Gene Valaitis. Throughout this time, McKenny supplemented his income with modelling gigs. Citytv In 1984, after longtime Citytv sports anchor Jim Tatti left to launch Sportsline on the Canada-wide Global Television Network, 37-year-old McKenny was hired at Citytv. In addition to filing sports reports, McKenny began appearing as in-studio sports anchorman on the daily CityPulse 6p.m. and 11p.m. newscasts. During their on-camera banter before and after the sports segments, lead anchorman Gord Martineau usually addressed McKenny by his nickname "Howie". Over time, in addition to professional sports, McKenny devoted a significant portion of his CityPulse segments to covering local Toronto-area high school sports. During the high school sports season, this included the 'Athlete of the Week' feature celebrating a different high school athlete's exceptional performance; the segment eventually became somewhat of a signature for the reporter. While on vacation in Montego Bay, Jamaica during November 2002, 55-year-old McKenny suffered a heart attack following a workout. After being taken to Half Moon Clinic in Jamaica, he was transported by air ambulance to South Miami Hospital where he underwent angioplasty. He has since been able to make a full recovery. In later interviews, McKenny talked about having to borrow US$70,000 from friends in order to immediately cover the U.S. airlift and hospital costs due to not having his Canadian medical insurance information on him. The December 27, 2009 broadcast of CityPulse Tonight (11p.m. air time) was McKenny's last with Citytv as the station refocused its sports coverage solely around the younger anchor Kathryn Humphreys. McKenny agreed to a deal to continue anchoring the sports package on the weekend newscasts for another year due to Humphreys' unwillingness to work the weekends. McKenny, at the age of 64, did not pursue further jobs in broadcasting after leaving Citytv, and instead counselled alcohol addicts. In 2013, McKenney was inducted into the Ottawa Sports Hall of Fame. Personal Alcoholism McKenny struggled with alcoholism for much of his career in hockey and television, starting during his late teens and continuing well into his forties. He has been sober for over two decades. He now helps other addicts by working as a counsellor at the Canadian Centre for Addictions, based in Port Hope, Ontario. Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Citations References External links 1946 births Living people Canadian ice hockey defencemen Canadian television sportscasters Citytv people Dallas Black Hawks players Ice hockey people from Ottawa Minnesota North Stars players Oklahoma City Stars players Rochester Americans players Toronto Maple Leafs draft picks Toronto Maple Leafs players Toronto Marlboros players Tulsa Oilers (1964–1984) players Vancouver Canucks (WHL) players

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Radvila Perkūnas

Radvila Perkūnas (Radziwiłł the Piorun, Radziwiłł the Thunderbolt) is a Lithuanian-language opera in 4 acts by Jurgis Karnavičius to the libretto of a musical play written for the opera by Balys Sruoga which premiered at the Kaunas State Theater on February 15, 1937, on the eve of the Independence Day. Although Sruoga was not satisfied either with Karnavičius' music, nor with the production by the director P. Olekas, nevertheless the opera met with great success with the public. In 1948 when the theatre archive was moved to the new capital Vilnius, the opera score was considered lost but the opera was revived and staged at the Kaunas State Musical Theater during the 2018 International Mykolas Oginskis Festival, conducted by Jonas Janulevičius, performed by orchestra, choir, ballet artists and soloists of the Kaunas State Musical Theatre. Plot The opera is set at the time of Krzysztof "Piorun" Radziwiłł when the rivalry between the most powerful families of Lithuania - the Radvilas and the Chodkiewiczs - almost descended into civil war. Roles Note: "Katkus" below refers to the surname Chodkiewicz, coming from Chodko, i.e., Chodko Jurewicz, founder of the Chodkiewicz family KRISTUPAS RADVILA PERKUNAS JONUŠAS, son of Kristupas Radvila SOFIJA OLELKAITĖ, Duchess of Sluck JERONIMAS KATKUS, Vilnius castellan SOFIJA KATKUVIENĖ, Katkus's wife Merkelis Giedraitis, Bishop of Samogitia RUTKA, Jesuit monk BUOŽIUS, Vilnius man BILDŽIUS, Radvila nobleman, MIKNILA, Radvila noble BRUŽYS, Katkus nobleman AGNĖ, Sofia's friend MAGDĖ, member of Katkus court SKARIJA, Vilnius Jew, merchant BEGGAR I VILNIUS WOMAN II VILNIUS WOMAN KNIGHTS References Operas 1937 operas Lithuanian-language operas

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Stefan Donchev

Stefan Donchev (; born 28 August 1975 in Varna) is a former Bulgarian footballer who played as a defender. Career statistics As of 23 December 2010 References 1975 births Living people Bulgarian men's footballers First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players PFC Ludogorets Razgrad players FC Spartak Varna players PFC Levski Sofia players FC Atyrau players FC Lokomotiv 1929 Sofia players Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan Men's association football defenders Footballers from Varna, Bulgaria

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Skull cup

A skull cup is a drinking vessel or eating bowl made from an inverted human calvaria that has been cut away from the rest of the skull. The use of a human skull as a drinking cup in ritual use or as a trophy is reported in numerous sources throughout history and among various peoples, and among Western cultures is most often associated with the historically nomadic cultures of the Eurasian Steppe. The oldest directly dated skull cup at 14,700 cal BP (12,750 BC) comes from Gough's Cave, Somerset, England. Skulls used as containers can be distinguished from plain skulls by exhibiting cut-marks from flesh removal and working to produce a regular lip. Asia The oldest record in the Chinese annals of the skull-cup tradition dates from the last years of the Spring and Autumn period, when the victors of the Battle of Jinyang in 453 BC made the skull of their enemy into a winecup. Later, the Records of the Grand Historian recorded the practice among the ancient Xiongnu of present-day Mongolia. Laoshang (or Jizhu), son of the Xiongnu chieftain Modu Chanyu, killed the king of the Yuezhi around 162 BC, and in accordance with their tradition, "made a drinking cup out of his skull". According to the biography of the envoy Zhang Qian in Han shu, the drinking cup made from the skull of the Yuezhi king was later used when the Xiongnu concluded a treaty with two Han ambassadors during the reign of Emperor Yuan of Han (49-33 BC). To seal the convention, the Chinese ambassadors drank blood from the skull cup with the Xiongnu chiefs. In India and Tibet, the skull cup is known as a kapala, and is used in Buddhist tantric and Hindu tantric rituals. The skull does not belong to an enemy, and indeed the identity of the skull's original owner is not considered significant. Hindu deities such as Kali are sometimes depicted holding a kapala full of human blood. Many carved and elaborately mounted kapalas survive, mostly in Tibet. In 1510, Shah Ismail I defeated and slew Muhammad Shaybani, founder of the Shaybanid Empire in present-day Uzbekistan, in battle. The Shah had his enemy's body dismembered and the parts were sent to various areas of the empire for display, while his skull was coated in gold and made into a jewelled drinking goblet. In Japan, the famed warlord Oda Nobunaga led a number of campaigns against the Azai and Asakura clans beginning in 1570. Following his victories at the sieges of Odani and Ichijōdani Castles in 1573, he took the skulls of Azai Nagamasa, his father Hisamasa, and Asakura Yoshikage and had them prepared for display and for use as sake cups (o-choko). Unlike skull cups of other cultures, which might resemble a bowl or a chalice in the finished form, the Japanese artisans excised a shallow, saucer-shaped portion from the top of the each skull, then lacquered the skulls, covered them in gold leaf, and each cup was set in the aperture from which it had been cut, concave side up. Nobunaga then presented the three skulls to his vassals and drank sake from the cups, in order to demonstrate the fate of those who would oppose or betray him. The three skulls were probably lost when Azuchi Castle was destroyed in 1582. Europe According to Herodotus' Histories and Strabo's Geographica, the Scythians killed their enemies and made their skulls into drinking cups. Edouard Chavannes quotes Livy to illustrate the ceremonial use of skull cups by the Boii, a Celtic tribe in Europe, in 216 BC. According to Paul the Deacon's Historia Langobardorum, when the Lombard king Alboin defeated the Gepids, the hereditary enemies of his people, in 567 AD, he then slew their new king Cunimund, fashioned a drinking-cup from his skull, and took his daughter Rosamund as a wife. Khan Krum of the First Bulgarian Empire was said by Theophanes the Confessor, Joannes Zonaras, the Manasses Chronicle, and others, to have made a jeweled cup from the skull of the Byzantine emperor Nicephorus I (811 AD) after killing him in the Battle of Pliska. The Kievan Rus' Primary Chronicle reports that the skull of Svyatoslav I of Kiev was made into a chalice by the Pecheneg Khan Kurya in 972 AD. He likely intended this as a compliment to Sviatoslav; sources report that Kurya and his wife drank from the skull and prayed for a son as brave as the deceased Rus warlord. According to George Akropolites the skull of Baldwin I of Constantinople was made into a drinking cup by the Tsar Kaloyan of Bulgaria (c.  1205). According to legend, after the pirate Blackbeard was killed and beheaded in 1718, his skull was made into a drinking cup. In 19th century Britain, the poet Lord Byron used a skull his gardener had found at Newstead Abbey as a drinking vessel. According to Lord Byron, Byron even wrote a darkly witty drinking poem as if inscribed upon it, “Lines Inscribed upon a Cup Formed from a Skull”. The cup, filled with claret, was passed around "in imitation of the Goths of old", among the Order of the Skull that Byron founded at Newstead, "whilst many a grim joke was cut at its expense", Byron recalled to Thomas Medwin. See also Kapala Noggin (cup) References Further reading Drinkware Human head and neck Human trophy collecting Indo-European culture

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Crocker's sea snake

Crocker's sea snake (Laticauda crockeri) is a species of venomous snake in the subfamily Hydrophiinae of the family Elapidae. The species is native to Oceania. Etymology The specific name, crockeri, is in honor of American railroad magnate Charles Templeton Crocker (1885-1948), who allowed the California Academy of Sciences to use his yacht, the Zaca, for scientific expeditions. Geographic range L. crockeri is endemic to Lake Te-Nggano, a brackish lake on Rennell Island in the Solomon Islands. Description L. crockeri is sexually dimorphic, with females growing to be longer and heavier than males. Females may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of , but males may attain only in SVL. Maximum tail length is about in both sexes. Conservation status L. crockeri is currently listed as "Vulnerable" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) due to the extremely limited distribution of the species. References Further reading Slevin JR (1934). "The Templeton Crocker Expedition to Western Polynesian and Melanesian Islands, 1933. Notes on the Reptiles and Amphibians, with the Description of a New Species of Sea-snake". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 21 (15) 183–188. (Laticauda crockeri, new species, p. 186). Reptiles of the Solomon Islands Laticauda Endemic fauna of the Solomon Islands Reptiles described in 1934 Taxa named by Joseph Richard Slevin Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

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Alexandru Hrisanide

Alexandru Hrisanide (15 June 1936 – 19 November 2018) was a Romanian pianist and composer who was a representative of late 20th century Romanian avant-garde. A Netherlands resident since 1974, he taught piano and composition at the Amsterdam and Tilburg Academies of Music. Hrisanide's music achieves an original synthesis between archaic melos and modes on the one hand, and the accomplishments of the modern Viennese school on the other. He won the Lili Boulanger Foundation Prize in 1965. Biography Born in Petrila, Romania, Hrisanide studied piano and composition at the Bucharest Academy of Music between 1953 and 1964. His composition teachers were Mihail Jora, Paul Constantinescu and Tudor Ciortea; he studied piano with Florica Musicescu and . In 1965 he continued his musical studies with Nadia Boulanger at the American Conservatory of Music (Fontainebleau, France), and in 1965 and 1966 he participated in the Darmstadt Internationale Ferienkurse, contemporary music workshops. From 1959 he was a teacher at the Bucharest Music High School No. 1. He later taught at the Bucharest Academy of Music until 1972, when he left Romania. He was also active as a piano soloist, particularly in the field of new music. Many Romanian composers dedicated their works to Hrisanide. He is the first Romanian pianist to have performed in recitals with a prepared piano. His studies and articles appeared in Muzica and Contemporanul. Between 1972 and 1974 he was a visiting professor at the University of Oregon, and in 1974 he became a professor at the Amsterdam and Tilburg Academies of Music. He performed as a pianist in France, Germany, the Netherlands, Yugoslavia, Belgium, Spain, the United States, Greece, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Britain and Canada. Hrisanide died at the age of 82 in Haarlem, Netherlands. Compositions Stage music: Acte pour un homme seul by Samuel Beckett (1965), tape music. Vocal-symphonic music: C'était issue stellaire, cantata for male choir, organ, winds and percussion, poem by S. Mallarmé. Paris, Edition Salabert, 1969 premiered in Zagreb, 1997 Biennale of Contemporary Music, Croatian RTV Orchestra. Symphonic music: Poem for orchestra (1959); Passacaglia for big orchestra (1959), premiered in Bucharest. 1967, RTV Orchestra, Ludovic Bács (conductor); Vers-Antiqua. Homage to Euripides (1960), premiered In Hannover, 1966; Ad perpetuam rei memoriam (1967), three pieces for orchestra, Wiesbaden, Edition Ahn-Simrock, 1968, premiered in Bucharest, 1967, Bucharest Philharmonic, Mircea Basarab (conductor); RO for large orchestra (1968); Sonnets (1990), concerto for harpsichord and orchestra, premiered in Bucharest, 1994, New Music Week; "....the past and present and...." Concerto Per Cello [1995–1996]. Film music: The Painter's Hands (1967), Nina Behar (director). Chamber Music: Classic Suite for Piano (1954–1957), Sonata No. 1 for Piano (1955–1965), Bucharest, Edition Muzicală, 1966; Piano Pieces I–XIII (1955–1964), Köln, Edition Hans Gerig, 1968, also in Rumänische Klavierminiaturen für Kinder und Jugendlichen, Leipzig, Edition Peters, 1976 (Sunset); Sonata no. 1 for flute and piano (1957); Sonata no. 3 for flute and piano (1957), Sonata fot violin and piano (1957), Bucharest, 1968; Trio for violin, viola and bassoon (1958); String Quartet (1958), Bucharest, Edit . 1969; Sonata for Piano No. 2 "Sonata Piccola" (1959, 1967); Sonata for Clarinet and Piano (1960–1962), Bucharest, Edition Muzicală, 1964; Sonata No. 2 for Piano and Flute (1960–1962), Bucharest, Edition Muzicală, 1969; Volumes, Inventions for cello and piano (1963), Bucharest, Edition Muzicală, 1967, also Paris, Edition Salabert, 1969; Sonata for Piano No. 3 "Picasso Sonata" (1956–1964), Bucharest, 1968; Music for viola and piano (Sonata), 1965, Bucharest, 1968, Edition Gerig, 1974; Wave (unda) for organ (1965), Paris, Edition Salabert, 1969; Searching for the vertical (In căutarea verticalei) (1965), three pieces for oboe solo, Köln, Edition Hans Geig, 1969; M. P. 5 (Music for 5), quintet for violin, viola, cello, saxophone tenor (or clarinet in B) and piano, Paris, Edition Salabert, 1969, premiered in Köln, Westdeutscher Rundfunk (Musica Nova); Directions (1967–1969), quintet for winds, Paris, Edition Salabert, 1969; Mers-Tefs for violin solo (1968); Musique pour R. A., Première Musique pour RA (1968–1969), experiment for piano and magnetic tape, premiere, Südwestfunk Baden-Baden, 1969; Seconde Musique pour RA (1969), experiment for piano and tape, premiere Köln, Westdeutscher Rundfunk, 1969; Troisième Musique pour RA (1970), piano and magnetic tape; Quatrième Musique pour RA`(1970); Sixième Musique pour RA (1970), piano and magnetic tape; Soliloquium II for string quartet (1970). Choral Music: When the first star was born, 1959, mixed choir, text by Eugen Frunza; A song for light and sun (1961), mixed choir, text by Nina Cassian; Pale leaf, yellow leaf, choir for two equal voices, text by Tudor Arghezi in Songs and madrigals, edited by Petru Simionescu, Bucharest, Edition Muzicala,1966. Vocal Music: Three songs for children, voice and piano (1955), Bucharest, Edition Muzicală, 1963; Four Lieder (1956), voice and piano, text by Tudor Arghezi; Two Lieder (1957), voice and piano, text by Lucian Blaga; Two Lieder (1958), voice and piano, text by Zaharia Stancu (Electrecord CS 030); The River (1959), text by Nicolae Coman; The she-kid (Iada) (1961), voice and piano, text by Tudor Arghezi, Bucharest, Edition Muzicala; Fertility (1962), voice and piano, verses by Nina Cassian; C'était issu stellaire (1965), voice and piano, text by St. Mallarmé, in Jeune école contemporaine, Paris, Edition Salabert, 1969; Mirabile auditu (1968), voice and piano, text by Nichita Stanescu; Patru sen (??) (1969) for voice, oboe¸clarinet and harp, text by Radu Rupea. Main source: Viorel Cosma, Lexicon Muzicieni din România. Critical edition Neue Rumänische Klaviermusik, Köln, Edition Hans Gerig, 1969. Discography Trio for violin, viola and bassoon (1958), 1969, Electrecord CS 022. M. P. 5 ( Music for 5), quintet for violin, viola, cello, saxophone tenor (or clarinet in B) and piano, Music Nova, Electrecord CS 022. Sonata for clarinet and piano (1960–1962), 1969 (ECE 0389). Sonata no. 2 for piano and flute (1960–1962), Bucharest, 1969, Electrecord CS 020. Volumes, Inventions for violoncello and piano (1963), Bucharest, 1969 Electrecord CS 020. Searching the vertical (In cautarea verticalei), 1965, three pieces for solo oboe, Electrecord CS 032). Two Lieder (1958), voice and piano, text by Zaharia Stancu, Electrecord CS 030. ...the past, the present and... (Concerto for cello), in: Four Cello Concertos, Ensembles of the Brabant Conservatory, Jan Cober (conductor), Mirel Iancovici (cello), Fontijs KKCD 97019, 1996. 3 Piese pentru pian, CD I din Pagini muzicale din cariera pianistei Liana Serbescu, Electrecord, EDC 1089-1090, 2013. Anatol Vieru: Jeux, Radio-Television Studio Orchestra, Ludovic Baci conductor, Alexandru Hrisanide (piano), Electrecord ECD 1152. Students , Jan-Willem Rozenboom, Hawar Tawfiq, Vera Micznik, Bibliography Coman, Lavinia: "Alexandru Hrisanide, un campion al avangardei musicale" (Alexandru Hrisanide, a champion of musical avantgarde), Muzica, serie nouă, XXVII, 6, pp. 44–71. Cosma, Viorel: "Hrisanide, Alexandru", in Muzicieni români, Lexicon, Bucharest, Ed. Muzicală a Uniunii Compozitorilor, 2016, pp. 237–238. Cosma, Viorel: "Hrisanide, Alexandru", in Muzicieni din România, Lexicon, vol. 4 (H–J), București, Ed. Muzicală, 2001, pp.72–76. Cosma, Viorel: "Alexandru Hrisanide", in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, London, Macmillan, 1980. Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, sixth edition, London, Collier Macmillan, 1978. Dalhaus, C. and Eggebrecht, A. H.: Brockhaus Riemann Musiklexikon, vol. II, Mainz, Edition Schott and München, Edition Piper, 1989. Frank Paul, Altmann W.: Kurzgefasstes Tonkünstler-Lexicon, A–K, 2, 15th edition, Wilhelmshaven, Heinrichshofen's Verlag. Sava, Iosif and Vartolomei, Luminita: Small Musical Encyclopaedia, Craiova, Edition Aius, 1997. Sandu-Dediu, Valentina: "Towards modern music in Romania". East Central Europe. 30 (2): 1–19. Șerbescu, Liana: "Enigma Alexandru Hrisanide", Studii de Muzicologie, Iași, XIV, 2019, pp. 196–207. Popovici, Doru : First Auditions in Tribuna, Cluj, 6, no. 28 (284), 12.07. 1963. Balan George: "Alexandru Hrisanide", in Contemporanul, 4 (850), 25.01.1963. Notes from concerts in Contemporanul, 26 (976), 25.06.1965. Pinter, Lajos: "Alexandru Hrisanide külfoldi sikerei" (Al. Hrisanide's success abroad. Interview) in Üj Élet, Tg. Mureș, 15.16.1966. Scurtulescu, Dan: "Works by Alexandru Hrisanide" in ??? Bucurest 16, no. 8, VIII 1966. Codreanu, Petre: "Radio and Television Orchestra concert: Alexandru Hrisanide – Ludovic Baci", in Informatia Bucurestiului, 14,. 4193, 3 II 1967 Constantinescu, Grigore: "Passacaglia by Alexandru Hrisanide", in Muzica, Bucharest 17, no. 3.III 1967. Miereanu, Costin: Alexandru Hrisanide: "Ad Perpetuam Rei Memoriam", in Contemporanul, Bucurest, no. 52 (1107), 29 XII 1967. Țăranu, Cornel: Prime auditii. Alexandru Hrisanide "Ad Perpetuam Rei Memoriam", in Tribuna, Cluj, 12, no. 7 (577), 15 II 1968. R.R. : "Interview with Al. Hrisanide about Music = Poetry + Logic", in Ateneu, Bacau, 5, no. 9 (50), IX 1968. Sava, Iosif: "Al. Hrisanide: Roads wide open for contemporary music", in Scînteia Tineretului, 24, no. 6073, 28 XI 1968 (in Romanian). Țipei, Sever: "Alexandru Hrisanide", in România Literară, Bucharest, 2, no. 19, 8 V 1969. Hoffman, Alfred: "Chamber music", in România Liberă, Bucharest, 28, no.8049, 9 IX 1970. Țipei, Sever: "Alexandru Hrisanide: Romanian music fits in perfectly with world music", in România Literară, Bucharest, no.47, 19 XI 1970 (in Romanian). Ionescu, Miruna: Interlocutor: Al. Hrisanide. "First of all I am interested in Romanian contemporary music", in Informația Bucureștiului, Bucharest, 18, no 5478, 16 IV 1971. Ziffren, Abbie: "Romanian pianist debuts in U.S.", in The Valley News, 17 I 1973. Finn, Robert: "Composer Urges Study of Classics", in The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, 4 V 1973. Finn, Robert: "Pianist Showcases Countrymen's Works", in The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, 5 V 1973. "Al. Hrisanide" in Contemporanul, Bucharest, no.30 (1393), 20 VII 1973. Moravcsik, Michael: "Artist from Bucharest", in Old Oregon, Oregon, vol. 52, no. 3 Spring 1973. Honegger, Marc and Massenkeil, Günter: Das grosse Lexicon der Musik, vol. IV, Herder, Freiburg-Basel-Wien, 1976. Pedigo, Alan: International Encyclopaedia of Violin-Keyboard Sonatas and Composer Biographies, Boonville, Arriaga Publications, 1979. "Romanian Music at Carnegie Hall", in Jurnal Intern, 2, no. 158, 11 VI 1991. Cosma, Viorel: "The George Enescu International Festival and the Romanian diaspora", in Romania Libera Extern, 2, no. 68, 8 IX 1991. Florea, Anca: "Alexandru Hrisanide: pianist and composer". In Vestitorul Românesc, Bucharest, no. 37 (85), 17 IX 1991. Manea, Ion: Encyclopedia. Romanians in Western science and culture, Davis, Edition ARA Publications, vol. 13, 1992. Zottoviceanu Elena: "Master copy", in Spectacolul Muzicii, Bucharest, no. 36, 25 X 1995 (in Romanian). References 1936 births 2018 deaths People from Petrila Romanian pianists Romanian composers 21st-century pianists

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1920 United States presidential election in Vermont

The 1920 United States presidential election in Vermont took place on November 2, 1920, as part of the 1920 United States presidential election which was held throughout all contemporary 48 states. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Vermont voted overwhelmingly for the Republican nominee, Ohio Senator Warren G. Harding, over the Democratic nominee, Ohio Governor James M. Cox. Harding ran with Massachusetts Governor Calvin Coolidge, while Cox ran with Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York. Harding won in a massive landslide, taking 75.82% of the vote, while Cox took 23.25%, a Republican victory margin of 52.57%. Vermont historically was a bastion of liberal Northeastern Republicanism, and by 1920 the Green Mountain State had gone Republican in every presidential election since the founding of the Republican Party. From 1856 to 1916, Vermont had had the longest streak of voting Republican of any state, having never voted Democratic before, and this tradition easily continued amidst the nationwide Republican landslide in 1920. Harding was also helped in the state by the local popularity of his running mate, Calvin Coolidge, a traditional New England Yankee born in the small-town of Plymouth Notch, Vermont, who had started his political career nearby as Governor of Massachusetts. Harding swept every county in Vermont by landslide margins, taking more than sixty percent of the vote in all fourteen. Harding broke seventy percent of the vote in eleven counties, and even broke eighty percent in five. Vermont would be the third most Republican state in the union in terms of victory margin, and the second most Republican state in terms of vote share after North Dakota. Vermont would weigh in as over 26% more Republican than the national average in the 1920 election. Results Results by county See also United States presidential elections in Vermont References Vermont 1920 1920 Vermont elections

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Franco Calderón

Franco Calderón (born 13 May 1998) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Unión Santa Fe. Career Calderón's senior career began with Unión Santa Fe. He previously had youth stints with Charata Juniors and Cooperativista. Leonardo Madelón moved the defender into the first-team set-up in 2018–19, subsequently selecting Calderón to start a Copa de la Superliga first round, first leg at the Estadio La Ciudadela on 13 April 2019; he appeared for the full duration of a 1–1 draw. By the conclusion of 2019–20, Calderón had made thirteen appearances in all competitions for Unión; a period in which he scored his first goal, netting in a Copa Argentina first round defeat to Primera C Metropolitana's Dock Sud. Personal life Calderón's twin brother, Pablo, is also a professional footballer. Career statistics . References External links 1998 births Living people Footballers from Chaco Province Argentine men's footballers Men's association football defenders Argentine Primera División players Unión de Santa Fe footballers

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Roy Bennett (gridiron football)

Roy Mitchell Bennett (born July 5, 1961) is a former American and Canadian football defensive back in the National Football League (NFL) and Canadian Football League (CFL). He played for the San Diego Chargers of the NFL and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Edmonton Eskimos of the CFL. Bennett played college football at Jackson State. References 1961 births Living people Players of American football from Birmingham, Alabama Players of Canadian football from Birmingham, Alabama American football defensive backs Canadian football defensive backs Jackson State Tigers football players Winnipeg Blue Bombers players San Diego Chargers players Edmonton Elks players

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Duke of Victoria de las Amezcoas

Duke of Victoria de las Amezcoas () is a hereditary title in the Peerage of Spain, accompanied by the dignity of Grandee and granted posthumously in 1836 by carlist pretender to the throne Infante Carlos as Charles V to Tomás de Zumalacárregui, captain general of the Carlist army, along with the Countship of Zumalacárregui. The title makes reference to the military victories of Zumalacárregui, particularly in the Amezcoas region of Navarre. Although it was originally granted as "Duke of la Victoria" (duque de la Victoria), Francisco Franco added the suffix "de las Amezcoas" in 1955 to distinguish it from the existing Dukedom of la Victoria, which had been granted in 1839 by Isabella II to Zumalacárregui's enemy, Baldomero Espartero. Dukes of la Victoria (1836) Tomás de Zumalacárregui e Imaz, 1st Duke of Victoria de las Amezcoas Dukes of la Victoria de las Amezcoas (1955) José Manuel de Oraá y Mendía, 2nd Duke of Victoria de las Amezcoas José Manuel de Oraá y Sanz, 3rd Duke of Victoria de las Amezcoas Francisco Javier de Oraá y Moyua, 4th Duke of Victoria de las Amezcoas See also List of dukes in the peerage of Spain List of current Grandees of Spain References Dukedoms of Spain Grandees of Spain Lists of dukes Lists of Spanish nobility

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Medet Serhat

Medet Serhat (1931 in Iğdır – 12 November 1994 in Istanbul) was a Kurdish lawyer, from an aristocratic family of the Igdir branch of the widely dispersed Retkan tribe. He was a prominent member of the Istanbul Bar Association, and was known for having support from both Kurds and Turks from different political viewpoints. He represented many Kurdish and Turkish political and business figureheads, including Behçet Cantürk, who was also assassinated in 1994. Early life and education Serhat was born in Iğdır (then part of Kars Province) to İsa and Bahar Serhat. He graduated from the Faculty of Law at Istanbul University. Career He was imprisoned for 13 months in 1959 before being released. When the Supreme Court quashed the verdict, he was sentenced in a re-trial to 10 months and 20 days in prison. The case related to a group of university students having Kurdish identity, and going through their higher education with Kurdish identity instead of assimilating to a Turkish identity. The court described the students as "Kurdish Communists", an accusation used frequently by the Turkish state during the Cold War era. The case was known as 49lar (English: 49ers) as there were 49 suspects. Serhat was prosecuted without arrest in 1963, accused of having disseminated Kurdish propaganda in the journal Denge, which he published in Istanbul. In 1965, he was sentenced to 1 year 4 months in prison for establishing a Kurdish organization. In 1975, he was elected Principal Member of Discipline Committee of Board of Directors of Istanbul Bar Association from Çağdaş Avukatlar Grubu (Modern Lawyers Group). In 1977, he attended the International Lawyers Meeting in Zagreb, Yugoslavia. In 1978, he was elected Istanbul Representative of "İttihad-i Vatani Kürdistan" (Union of the Kurdish Nation) which was active abroad parallel to Jalal Talabani. Serhat was a candidate for Kars from the list of the Republican People's Party (CHP) in the local elections held in 1979. In 1980, he joined the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) as a provisional member. He was detained on 27 January 1981 on charges of disseminating communist and Kurdish propaganda and was released on 29 January. In 1982, he joined the defence in a Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) trial launched in Erzurum, as well as trials in Istanbul and Diyarbakir. In the same year, he was arrested for membership of the Executive Board of the Peace Association, and released in November 1983. In 1984, he acted as the lawyer of Behçet Cantürk, who was involved in drug trafficking, for one case only. Serhat was among the founding members of the Kurdish Rights and Freedoms Foundation, established in İstanbul in 1990 with the aim of establishing the Kurdish National Union, and in this respect establishing a national assembly and a Kurdish political party on a legal platform. In 1991, he had clients among the defendants of the "Peace Committee Association" trial. He was a signatory to the declaration of the "Call for the Democracy Assembly", written during the General Assembly of the Democracy Party (DEP) held in Ankara on 18 and 19 December 1993. He was also one of the defence lawyers for MPs from the defunct Democracy Party (DEP) in the trial launched against them at Ankara SSC in October 1994. Assassination Serhat was killed along with his driver outside his house in Erenköy, İstanbul, on 12 November 1994. His wife was also shot while trying to cover Medet. She was wounded by 14 bullets; she survived, but has remained disabled. In her statements she was unable to give any details about the attackers face, until she saw Nurullah Tevfik Agansoy on television. Medet Serhat's murder was declared an extrajudicial killing, and is still unsolved. The murder had a huge impact, with approximately 5,000 people both Turkish and Kurdish marching at his funeral. His colleagues from the Istanbul Bar Association attended with their courthouse robes. His name was mentioned as a murder organized by the deep state in the Susurluk Scandal, and in 2010 his family asked to be officially listed as victims of the Ergenekon following confessions made by the organization members. References External links (contains the Susurluk reports, and material on the Counter-Guerrilla) Official reports (DOC), hosted by Can Dündar. People from Iğdır Kurdish activists 20th-century Turkish lawyers Istanbul University Faculty of Law alumni Turkish murder victims Turkish Kurdish politicians Assassinated Turkish people 1931 births 1994 deaths

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Chicken as biological research model

Chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus) and their eggs have been used extensively as research models throughout the history of biology. Today they continue to serve as an important model for normal human biology as well as pathological disease processes. History Chicken embryos as a research model Human fascination with the chicken and its egg are so deeply rooted in history that it is hard to say exactly when avian exploration began. As early as 1400 BCE, ancient Egyptians artificially incubated chicken eggs to propagate their food supply. The developing chicken in the egg first appears in written history after catching the attention of the famous Greek philosopher, Aristotle, around 350 BCE. As Aristotle opened chicken eggs at various time points of incubation, he noted how the organism changed over time. Through his writing of Historia Animalium, he introduced some of the earliest studies of embryology based on his observations of the chicken in the egg. Aristotle recognized significant similarities between human and chicken development. From his studies of the developing chick, he was able to correctly decipher the role of the placenta and umbilical cord in the human. Chick research of the 16th century significantly modernized ideas about human physiology. European scientists, including Ulisse Aldrovandi, Volcher Cotier and William Harvey, used the chick to demonstrate tissue differentiation, disproving the widely held belief of the time that organisms are "preformed" in their adult version and only grow larger during development. Distinct tissue areas were recognized that grew and gave rise to specific structures, including the blastoderm, or chick origin. Harvey also closely watched the development of the heart and blood and was the first to note the directional flow of blood between veins and arteries. The relatively large size of the chick as a model organism allowed scientists during this time to make these significant observations without the help of a microscope. Expanding use of the microscope coupled with a new technique in the late 18th century unveiled the developing chick for close-up examination. By cutting a hole in the eggshell and covering it with another piece of shell, scientists were able to look directly into the egg while it continued to develop without dehydration. Soon studies of the developing chick identified the three embryonic germ layers: ectoderm, mesoderm and endoderm, giving rise to the field of embryology. Host versus graft response was first described in the chicken embryo. James Murphy (biologist) (1914) found that rat tissues that could not grow in adult chickens survived in the developing chick. In an immunocompetent animal, like the mature chicken, the host immune cells attack the foreign tissue. Since the immune system of the chick is not functional until about day 14 of incubation, foreign tissue can grow. Eventually, Murphy showed that the acceptance of tissue grafts was host-specific in immunologically competent animals. Culturing virus was once technically difficult. In 1931, Ernest Goodpasture and Alice Miles Woodruff developed a new technique that used chicken eggs to propagate a pox virus. Building on their success, the chick was used to isolate the mumps virus for vaccine development and it is still used to culture some viruses and parasites today. The ability of chicken embryonic nerves to infiltrate a mouse tumor suggested to Rita Levi-Montalcini that the tumor must produce a diffusible growth factor (1952). She identified Nerve Growth Factor (NGF) leading to the discovery of a large family of growth factors which are key regulators during normal development and disease processes including cancer. Adult chicken as a research model The adult chicken has also made significant contributions to the advancement of science. By inoculating chickens with cholera bacteria (Pasteurella multocida) from an overgrown, and thereby attenuated, culture Louis Pasteur produced the first lab-derived attenuated vaccine (1860s). Great advances in immunology and oncology continued to characterize the 20th century, for which we indebted to the chicken model. Peyton Rous (1879-1970) won the Nobel prize for discovering that viral infection of chicken could induce sarcoma (Rous, 1911). Steve Martin followed up on this work and identified a component of a chicken retrovirus, Src, which became the first known oncogene. J. Michael Bishop and Harold Varmus with their colleagues (1976) extended these findings to humans, showing that cancer causing oncogenes in mammals are induced by mutations to proto-oncogenes. Discoveries in the chicken ultimately divided the adaptive immune response into antibody (B-cell) and cell-mediated (T-cell) responses. Chickens missing their bursa, an organ with an unknown function at the time, could not be induced to make antibodies. Through these experiments, Bruce Glick, correctly deduced that bursa was responsible for making the cells that produced antibodies. Bursa cells were termed B-cells for Bursa to differentiate them from thymus derived T-cells. Cancer The chicken embryo is a unique model that overcomes many limitations to studying the biology of cancer in vivo. The chorioallantoic membrane (CAM), a well-vascularized extra-embryonic tissue located underneath the eggshell, has a successful history as a biological platform for the molecular analysis of cancer including viral oncogenesis, carcinogenesis, tumor xenografting, tumor angiogenesis, and cancer metastasis. Since the chicken embryo is naturally immunodeficient, the CAM readily supports the engraftment of both normal and tumor tissues. The avian CAM successfully supports most cancer cell characteristics including growth, invasion, angiogenesis, and remodeling of the microenvironment. Genetics The Gallus gallus genome was sequenced by Sanger shotgun sequencing and mapped with extensive BAC contig-based physical mapping. There are significant, fundamental similarities between the human and chicken genomes. However, differences between human and chicken genomes help to identify functional elements: the genes and their regulatory elements, which are most likely to be conserved through time. Publication of the chicken genome enables expansion of transgenic techniques for advancing research within the chick model system. References Embryology Chickens Animal testing by animal type

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Billy Peterson

Billy Peterson (born as Willard Peterson, in Minnesota) is an American bass player, songwriter, composer, session musician and producer. Growing up in a family of professional musicians, Peterson started with music at a very young age. Billy is brother of Paul Peterson (bass guitarist/singer/songwriter/keyboardist) and Ricky Peterson (keyboardist/singer/song writer/producer). Career Early career In 1967, he joined The Righteous Brothers on a summer tour. While going to school, Peterson played bass and drums in local orchestras, big bands, R&B bands and toured with the Lawrence Welk Show All Stars. After high-school, he started playing bass with trumpet-legend Clifford Brown's pianist Billy Wallace until 1973. In the mid 1970s, he was the bassist on three albums of folk guitarist Leo Kottke and also the electric and upright bassist on Bob Dylan's multi-platinum album Blood On The Tracks for Columbia Records. In 1976, he joined the Gibson guitar staff giving him the opportunity to perform with B.B. King, Johnny Smith, Lenny Breau, Les Paul, and Howard Roberts. During this decade record producer and engineer David Rivkin (aka David Z, who produced Prince in the 1980s) introduced Peterson to keyboardist Ben Sidran, a beginning of a musical partnership remaining strong till today. He released his first solo album “Threshold of Surrender” in 1981. While continuing to tour the US and Europe with various artists, he recorded many albums plus national radio and TV commercials performing from solo bass to playing with a full symphony orchestra. With the Steve Miller Band In 1986, Ben Sidran produced an album for Steve Miller and hired Peterson to play bass on the recording Born to be Blue. Afterwards Peterson became a member of the Steve Miller Band for 23 years, until 2010. He started to tour with the Steve Miller Band in spring 1987 and played bass on the Born to Be Blue (Capitol), Steve Miller Band Box Set (Capitol), and Wide River (Polydor) recordings, amongst numerous others. Simultaneously, when possible, he continued to tour Europe and Japan with Ben Sidran and worked on numerous recordings of other artists, including Georgie Fame or Phil Upchurch. In 1990 Peterson played on, produced and arranged Leo Kottke's album "That's What" for which he wrote a composition named “Mid Air”. Shortly after The Artist (also known as Prince) approached him to create a string arrangement for The New Power Generation's dynamo maven, Rosie Gaines. He also re-harmonized Bryan Adams's hit “Everything I Do I Do It For You”. In 2004, he was the musical director and bass player for the Legends Rock TV Show shot in the South of France and produced by Megabien Entertainment. 2010 to present After leaving the Steve Miller Band, Peterson continues to work with various artists around the world. In 2012 he went on a European Tour with Ben Sidran. Later that year he co-hosted along with Cynthia Johnson the Funkytown Movie, produced by Megabien Entertainment, which showcases some of the Twin Cities´ finest artists and musicians. In 2015, Peterson as the bassist of Bob Dylan's album “Blood on the Tracks” received the GRAMMY Hall of Fame Award, which was inducted due to its significance for musical, social, and cultural history. Awards 2015 - Grammy Hall of Fame Award – Induction of Bob Dylan's album "Blood on the Tracks", with Peterson on bass 2008 - Mid-American Music Hall of Fame – Induction Award, as a member of “The Peterson Family” 2007 - Ancient City Blues Society – Honorary Lifetime Membership 2005 - Minneapolis City Pages - Best Jazz Artist 2005 1989 - Minnesota Music Award – Best Jazz Bass 1988 - Minnesota Music Award – Best Jazz/Fusion Bass Player 1987 - Minnesota Jazz Music Awards – Special Recognition Award 1985 - Minnesota Music Award – Jazz-Modern/Mainstream Instrumentalist 1984 - Minnesota Music Award – Best Jazz Instrumentalist 1984 - Minnesota Music Award – Best Bass 1982 - Minnesota Music Award – Best Jazz Instrumentalist 1975 - Grammy Award - for Bob Dylan's album Blood on the Tracks, with Peterson on bass, awarded for "Best Album Notes". The album also received Double Platinum in the US, Platinum in Canada, Gold in the UK, amongst others. Discography Bob Rockwell: Androids (1974) Leo Kottke: Dreams and All That Stuff (1974) Leo Kottke: Ice Water (1974) Bob Dylan: Blood on the Tracks (1975) Art Resnick: Jungleopolis (1975) Leo Kottke: Chewing Pine (1975) Mark Gaddis: Carousel Man (1976) Steve Miller Band: Fly Like an Eagle (1977) Dick Pinney: Devil Take My Shiny Coins (1977) Michael Johnson: Ain't Dis Da Life (1977) Jim Post: I Love My Life (1978) Ben Sidran: On the Cool Side (1985) Ben Sidran: On the Live Side (1986) Prudence Johnson: Vocals (1987) Claudia Schmidt: Big Earful (1987) Steve Miller: Born 2B Blue (1988) (Capitol) Ben Sidran: Too Hot to Touch (1988) Bill Goodwin/Hal Galper: No Method (1989) Leo Kottke: That's What (1990) Ricky Peterson: Smile Blue (1991) Ben Sidran: Cool Paradise (1991) Larry Long: Troubadour (1992) Steve Miller Band: Wide River (1993) (Polydor) Steve Miller Band: Steve Miller Band [Box Set] (1994) (Capitol) Neal Schon: Beyond the Thunder (1995) Larry Long: Living in a Rich Man's World (1995) Neal & Leandra: Old Love (1995) Phil Upchurch: Whatever Happened to the Blues (1997) Larry Long: Run for Freedom, Sweet Thunder (1997) Various Artists: Jazz Christmas (1998) The CCM Jazz Ensemble: Lady Bird (1998) Jeanne Arland Peterson: Timeless (1999) Bob Rockwell: After Hours (1999) Bob Malach: After Hours (1999) David Hazeltine: After Hours, Vol. 2 (1999) Bill Carrothers: After Hours, Vol. 4 (1999) Ricky Peterson: Souvenir (1999) Irv Williams: Stop, Look, and Listen (2001) Leo Kottke: Ice Water (2000) Larry Long: Well May the World Go (producer only, 2000) Ira Sullivan: After Hours (2001) Various Artists: If I Had a Song: The Songs of Pete (2001) Clementine Cafe: Apres-midi (2001) Various Artists: Go Jazz All Stars: Live in Japan (2001) Irv Williams: Encore (2001) Lee Konitz: After Hours, Vol. 7 (2002) Tony Hymas: Hope Street MN (2002); David Aaron Thomas: Wingin' It (2003) Leo Kottke: Best of the Capitol Years (2003) Ben Sidran/Bob Rockwell: Walk Pretty (2003) Ben Sidran: Anthology (2003) The Peterson Family: A compilation (2003) Irv Williams: That's All (2004) Ben Sidran: Nick's Bump (2004) Leo Sidran: BOhemia (2004) Bob Dylan: The Collection, Vol. 3: Blonde on Blonde/Blood on the Tracks/Infidels (2005) Moodfood: Ice (2005) Les Paul: American Made World Played (2005) Irv Williams: Dedicated to You (2005) Soulfood: Power Yoga (2006) Soulfood: Buddha Chill (2008) Soulfood: Zen Lounge (2009) Oleta Adams: Let's Stay Here (2009) Steve Miller Band: Bingo! (2010) Steve Miller Band: Let Your Hair Down (2011) Irv Williams: Duke's Mixture (2011) Claudia Schmidt: Bend in the River - Collected Songs (2012) Dave King with Bill Carrothers and Billy Peterson: I've Been Ringing You (2012) Steve Miller Band: Young Hearts - Complete Greatest Hits (2013) Irv Williams: Then Was Then, Now Is Now (2014) Peg Carrothers: Edges of My Mind (2014) Ben Sidran: Blue Camus (2015) Irv Williams Trio: Pinnacle (2015) Billy Peterson and David Hazeltine: Next Door (2016) The Peterson Family: Legacy (2017) for references see allmusic or cduniverse.com Filmography Legends Rock, live TV show (2004) Steve Miller Band: Live from Chicago, video documentary (2008) The Funkytown Movie, music documentary (2012) References External links Official Artist Website of Billy Peterson Billy Peterson, musical director of Megabien Entertainment Billy Peterson, Legends Rock TV Show Encyclopedia of Jazz Musicians The Peterson Family Discogs Dave King Trio: Live At The Village Vanguard Dave King Trio with Bill Carrothers + Billy Peterson at the Dakota Jazz Club Ben Sidran (with Billy Peterson, Bob Rockwell and Leo Sidran) at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in London Living people Songwriters from Minnesota Guitarists from Minnesota American male composers 20th-century American composers American male bass guitarists American session musicians 20th-century births Place of birth missing (living people) Steve Miller Band members 20th-century American bass guitarists 20th-century American male musicians Year of birth missing (living people) American male songwriters

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Jireh

Jireh may refer to: Jereh Rural District, a rural district (dehestan) in Jereh and Baladeh District, Kazerun County, Fars Province, Iran Jereh (Iranian village), a village of the Jereh Rural District Jireh Ibañes (born 1982), a Filipino basketball player "Jireh" (song), a 2021 song by Elevation Worship and Maverick City Music Jireh International Pty Ltd, a holding company that franchises Gloria Jean's Coffees Jireh Swift Billings, son of Franklin S. Billings, Jr. See also Jehovah-jireh, a place in the book of Genesis Jira (disambiguation) Jereh (disambiguation)

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Herbstlied, WAB 73

(Autumn song), WAB 73, is a romantic song composed by Anton Bruckner in 1864. The song, scored for men's choir and two soprano soloists with piano accompaniment, depicts an autumn walking with nightingale song. History Bruckner composed the song on a text of Friedrich von Sallet on 19 March 1864. Bruckner dedicated the song to his friend Josef Hafferl, chairman of the Liedertafel Frohsinn. The piece was performed on 24 November 1864 in the of Linz by Frohsinn under Bruckner's baton, with Marie Schimatschek and Anna Bergmann as soloists. A copy of the work, of which the original manuscript is lost, is stored in the archive of the Liedertafel Frohsinn. The piece, which was first issued by Viktor Keldorfer (Universal Edition) in 1911, is issued in Band XXIII/2, No. 16 of the . Text Herbstlied is using a text by Friedrich von Sallet. Music The 69-bar long work in F-sharp minor is scored for choir, two soprano soloists and piano. Strophe 1 is sung by the men's choir. Strophe 2 (from bar 17) is sung by the two soprano soloists, who are figuring the song of the nightingales, with accompaniment of the men's choir. Strophe 3 is sung again by the men's choir. Strophe 4, which is sung again by the two soprano soloists with accompaniment of the men's choir, is ending pianissimo. In the Göllerich/Auer biography, the song is described as (a felicitous evocation of autumnal nature-romanticism). Discography The first recording of Herbstlied was by Theodor Rehmann with the Aachener Domchor in 1938 – 78 rpm: Electrola EG 6530 (transcription for choir) There is a single other recording: Thomas Kerbl, Quartet of the Männerchorvereinigung Bruckner 08, Regina Riel & Katharina Lyashenko (soprano soloists), Mariko Onishi (piano), Anton Bruckner – Männerchöre – CD: LIVA027, 2008 (men's choir replaced by a men's vocal quartet) References Sources August Göllerich, Anton Bruckner. Ein Lebens- und Schaffens-Bild, – posthumous edited by Max Auer by G. Bosse, Regensburg, 1932 Anton Bruckner – Sämtliche Werke, Band XXIII/2: Weltliche Chorwerke (1843–1893), Musikwissenschaftlicher Verlag der Internationalen Bruckner-Gesellschaft, Angela Pachovsky and Anton Reinthaler (Editor), Vienna, 1989 Cornelis van Zwol, Anton Bruckner 1824–1896 – Leven en werken, uitg. Thoth, Bussum, Netherlands, 2012. Uwe Harten, Anton Bruckner. Ein Handbuch. , Salzburg, 1996. . Crawford Howie, Anton Bruckner - A documentary biography, online revised edition External links Hebstlied fis-Moll, WAB 73 – Critical discography by Hans Roelofs A digitalisation of Rehmann's historical performance of Herbstlied can be heard on John Berky's website Weltliche Chorwerke by Anton Bruckner 1864 compositions Compositions in F-sharp minor

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Sandstone false antechinus

The sandstone false antechinus (Pseudantechinus bilarni), also known as the sandstone pseudantechinus, the sandstone antechinus, the sandstone dibbler, Harney's antechinus and the Northern dibbler, is a species of small carnivorous marsupial, which has a patchy distribution in Australia's Northern Territory. Taxonomy The sandstone false antechinus was discovered in 1948 when it was collected on the American-Australian expedition to Arnhem Land. It was described in 1954, when it was given the species name bilarni, which reflects the Aboriginal pronunciation of Bill Harney, an Australian writer and naturalist who accompanied the expedition. The species has at times been assigned to the genus Antechinus, and was long believed to be a member of the genus Parantechinus. The latter genus currently contains a single species, traditionally known as the dibbler (Parantechinus apicalis) in Southwest Australia, from which this species gained a common name of Northern dibbler. Only recently the species has been moved to Pseudantechinus, where it is one of six species. Description It is an insectivorous species that, like many other dasyurids, so exhausts itself in the breeding season that most of the males die, although unlike some other species, about 25% of both sexes survive to a second year. The sandstone false antechinus is partly diurnal and differs from the other members of its genus in its very long, narrow muzzle and its more greyish colour. The breeding season is May–July. Habitat The sandstone false antechinus is found in rocky areas around the Top End and the Gulf of Carpentaria in the Northern Territory. It also inhabits coastal rock platforms on Marchinbar Island. References External links Australian Faunal Directory Dasyuromorphs Mammals of the Northern Territory Marsupials of Australia Mammals described in 1954

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Hardayal Public School

Hardayal Public School is an English medium public school in Bahadurgarh, Haryana, India. The school was opened on 9 February 1998. It is affiliated with the Central Board of Secondary Education and its affiliation number is 530304. The principal is Mrs. Anuradha Yadav. The HPS is situated on Main Najafgarh Road, Bahadurgarh-124507. The school is named "hardayal" after the father in law and the architect" shri Hardayal Singh". Hardayal Public School owes its existence to the vision of Lt Rao Hardayal Singh. It was established in 1998 and is located in a four-acre campus on Najafgarh Road, Bahadurgarh. References www.hardayalpublicschool.com Educational institutions established in 1998 Schools in Haryana 1998 establishments in Haryana

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Phoenix news helicopter collision

On July 27, 2007, two AS-350 AStar helicopters from television stations KNXV-TV and KTVK collided in mid-air over Phoenix, Arizona, while covering a police pursuit. On board the two aircraft were four people in total – pilot Craig Smith and photographer Rick Krolak from KNXV-TV, and pilot Scott Bowerbank and photographer Jim Cox from KTVK – all of whom were killed, while no casualties were reported on the ground. Accident KNXV was the area's ABC affiliate, while KTVK was an independent news station, formerly an ABC affiliate itself; both stations had switched their affiliations after longtime CBS affiliate KSAZ-TV affiliated with Fox in December 1994. The two helicopters were broadcasting a police pursuit live when the collision occurred, at 12:46:18 p.m. MST. Both aircraft came down in the Steele Indian School Park, central Phoenix. Three other news helicopters from some of the city's other stations (KSAZ, KPNX, and KPHO) were in the area and within seconds began reporting on the crash. A photograph taken moments after the collision and showing both helicopters plunging towards the ground was circulated by AP. Aftermath and investigation The collision was investigated by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), which concluded that "...the probable cause of this accident was both pilots' failure to see and avoid the other helicopter. Contributing to this failure was the pilots' responsibility to perform reporting and visual tracking duties to support their station's electronic news gathering (ENG) operation. Contributing to the accident was the lack of formal procedures for Phoenix-area ENG pilots to follow regarding the conduct of these operations." The day of the accident, Phoenix Police Chief Jack Harris brought up the possibility that the suspect in the chase the two helicopters were covering could "be held responsible for any of the deaths from this tragedy". However, in 2010, when the suspect pleaded guilty to 35 crimes stemming from the 2007 police chase, he was not charged with the deaths of the helicopter occupants. Two years after the accident, the families of pilot Scott Bowerbank and photographer Jim Cox announced that a settlement for an undisclosed amount was agreed to with US Helicopters, the owners of the Channel 15 helicopter. Both legal teams released a video reconstructing details of the accident. The computer generated footage simulates the Channel 3 (KTVK) helicopter being struck from behind by the Channel 15 (KNXV) helicopter. Legacy At the time of the accident, five news helicopters were covering the police incident and specific protocols (called Sharp Echo) for radio communications between news helicopters and Phoenix control tower were already in force in an attempt to coordinate their activity. As of 2022, the five English-language television stations in Phoenix use one helicopter, which is shared by KTVK, KPHO, KNXV, KSAZ, and KPNX. In neither operation do pilots perform reporting duties. Additionally, technological improvements such as long-range camera lenses allow helicopters to stay farther back from news stories. See also List of news aircraft accidents and incidents References External links Picture of N215TV at airport-data.com Picture of N613TV at airport-data.com 2007 in Arizona 2000s in Phoenix, Arizona Accidents and incidents involving the Eurocopter AS350 History of mass media in the United States Aviation accidents and incidents in Arizona Aviation accidents and incidents in the United States in 2007 Aviation accidents and incidents caused by pilot error Mid-air collisions Mid-air collisions involving helicopters History of law enforcement in the United States July 2007 events in the United States

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Thomas Shaftoe Robertson

Thomas Shaftoe Robertson (1765 – September 1831) was a British actor who became the manager of a circuit of theatres in and around Lincolnshire that he carried on for nearly half a century. He was able to attract well-known London actors to take parts in plays that he produced. His actress wife, Fanny Robertson, took over the Lincoln circuit upon his death. Early life and career Robertson was the son of James Shaftoe Robertson (died c. 1787), a theatre manager, and Ann Fowler (died 18 April 1803). From a young age, he and his youngest brother James (1771–1831) took part in theatrical productions; he appeared at York before his fifth birthday. Thomas and James had a middle brother, George Fowler Robertson (1774–1843). On 8 September 1793, Robertson married actress Frances Mary Ross later known as Fanny Robertson. Their nephew was William Shaftoe Robertson, whose children included the playwright T. W. Robertson and the actress Dame Madge Kendal. Following the death of his father, and his mother passing the management to him, Robertson entered into a theatre management partnership with James Edward Miller. An advertisement in the Stamford Mercury on 31 August 1787 stated: Robertson is credited with the painting of "A New, Grand, Transparent View of the Besieging, Storming, and Taking of Valenciennes" used in the Stamford theatre in May 1794. The Stamford Mercury, on 11 March 1796, carried an announcement by a Dr E. Laycock and a Mr. William Bousfield Charles Lowe, Junr, of Boston acknowledging that rumours had circulated alleging that Miller had "dishonestly acted towards Mr. Robertson". The piece witnessed that Robertson declared to Laycock and Lowe that he "had no Accusation whatever to make against Mr. Miller, and that such Reports never came from him." Nevertheless, the partnership with Miller ended the following week; Robertson bought Miller out and took a new partner, Robert Henry Franklin (1770–1802), as announced in the Stamford Mercury of 18 March 1796. 19th century Franklin died at the age of 32 in Peterborough on 26 June 1802, leaving his shares in trust for a son; one of his executors was Robertson. Robertson would take any necessary steps to protect his actors as demonstrated by another report in the Stamford Mercury: "We are glad to find that the person who threw a glass at Mrs. Robertson from the gallery of the theatre, December last, is made sensible of his offense (see the advertisement in this page) praise is due to Mr. Robertson for the steps which we understand he immediately took to punish this man for his conduct, and we hope they will be an example to the public, to show Mr. Robertson's determination to prevent repetition of offenses, and to preserve uninterrupted the peace of his theatre". Robertson was a Freemason and is described as Brother Robertson in handbills and newspaper adverts, which refer to the arrangements for the local lodges and visiting brethren to meet at a local pub or inn before attending the theatre. For example, a Wisbech lodge were to meet at the Spread Eagle before a performance of The Merchant of Venice in May 1813 at Wisbech theatre. Lincoln opened its New Theatre on 10 September 1806 with an address spoken by Robertson, followed by performances over the next three days. The theatre venues in the Lincoln circuit varied over time, but at some point included theatres in Lincoln, Boston, Grantham, Peterborough, Newark, Oundle, Spalding, Huntingdon, Wisbech, and other nearby towns. Robertson would bring performers well known from London appearances onto the Lincoln circuit. For example, in 1808 he booked the Young Roscius (Master Betty) to appear at Huntingdon, Peterborough and Wisbech shortly before he retired from the stage for the first time. Robertson took his company to the Whittlesey theatre for Whitsun Week in 1811, following their season in Wisbech. While he was in Lincoln Castle Gaol for debt in 1816 supporters aided him and his wife by putting on amateur productions and benefits, purchasing the theatrical travelling property sold by auction on 1 August, and appointing him their manager. In August 1816 amateur performances took place in Wisbech, Grantham and Lincoln to raise funds to re-establish Robertson's company. The performances at Wisbech included Douglas and the farcical musical piece The Farmer and The Poor Gentleman. His brother James brought his theatre company to perform at Lincoln Race Week and to use any profits to help re-establish the theatrical circuit. Some landlords even reduced the rents of their theatres, according to a handbill promoting Speed the Plough and Chip of the Old Block, to be performed in April 1817 at the Wisbech theatre. Maria Foote appeared at Robertson's Lincoln theatre in November 1828. On her first night she played Olivia in Bold Stroke for a Husband and Variella in The Weathercock. Robertson opened the New Theatre, Whittlesey, on 24 May 1831 with Speed the Plough and the farce The Happiest Day of My Life. The company did not return there for a second season. He died, aged 66, and was buried on 3 September 1831 in Huntingdon. His widow, as Mrs T. Robertson, took over running the Robertson theatre company. References Further reading Petition from Thomas Shaftoe Robertson, manager of a company of comedians, for a licence to perform theatrical representations. 12 November 1822 1765 births 1831 deaths Rob Rob British theatre managers and producers Prisoners and detainees of the United Kingdom

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Lopapeysa

A lopapeysa () or Icelandic sweater is an Icelandic style of sweater originating in early or mid-20th century, at a time when imports had displaced older and more traditional Icelandic clothing and people began to search for new ways to utilize the plentiful native wool. The design has since become a national icon for Icelandic cultural identity. Terminology Lopapeysa (plural lopapeysur) is a compound word, from lopi, denoting the particular kind of unspun yarn traditionally used to make lopapeysur, and peysa 'sweater, jumper, pullover'. Thus the word literally means 'sweater made of lopi'. Design of the sweater It is characterized by a yoke design – that is a wide decorative circle surrounding the neck opening. The sweater is knitted in a non-varying circle, meaning that there is no difference between the front and the back, unless a zipper is added. The body of the sweater is knitted using circular needles, while 'the sleeves are picked up onto the needle containing the bodice. The shaping of the shoulders by gradually casting off is incorporated into the pattern of the yoke'. The yarn used, lopi, is made from the wool of Icelandic sheep and contains both wind hairs and fleece. Lopi is remarkable in that it is not spun, so it contains more air than spun yarn and as a consequence it has better insulation properties. This also makes lopi more difficult to handle than spun yarn, in particular for those new to the material. Icelandic wool has earned an international reputation for its warmth, lightness, and insulation abilities so that even when wet, it keeps you warm. The colors can be artificial, but undyed wool of various colors is available and much in demand. 'Originally, the sweater had a patterned band of at least two colours at the hem, the wrist and the yoke, forming the main pattern across the shoulders. During the 21st century, this changed so that now it is common for only the yoke to be patterned'. Characteristics of the wool As a breed, the Iceland sheep is unique - the purity of the strain has been protected by centuries of isolation and a total absence of contact with others. By the same token, the wool it produces has no counterpart anywhere. Evolving over 1,100 years of exposure to the sub-Arctic climate, Icelandic wool has a distinctive combination of inner and outer fibers. The outer fibers are long, glossy, tough and water resistant, while the inner ones are fine, soft and insulating, providing a high resistance to cold. A further striking characteristic of the Iceland sheep is its natural colors, black, grey, and brown as well as the usual white. Together, these create the distinctive look of Icelandic knitwear, one of the best-known examples of which is the lopi. History Knitting probably came to Iceland in the sixteenth century, but the lopapeysa originated in the early or mid-20th century, at a time when imports had displaced older and more traditional Icelandic clothing, industrial production was replacing hand-knitting, and people began to search for new ways to utilize the plentiful native wool and knitting skills. There is widespread speculation about the origins and originators of the style (including suggestions of Greenlandic women's costume, or Aztec, Navajo, South American, Turkish, or Swedish textile patterns, and claims of original design by Auður Laxness), but the consensus of academic work so far is that the style had a range of foreign influences and no single originator. In the wake of Icelandic full independence from Denmark in 1944, the lopapeysa increasingly became an invented tradition and a symbol of national identity. The lopapeysa has seen two main peaks in fashion: in the two or three decades following Icelandic independence from Denmark in 1944 and then again in the early 21st century as globalisation challenged the national identity. It and other goods inspired by it are in the twenty-first century also widely marketed to tourists in the country. See also Mariusgenser Lusekofte Selburose Þjóðbúningurinn - Icelandic national costume Icelandic tail-cap Sources Icelandic clothing Knitted garments Sweaters Wool clothing

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Elks Stadium

Elks Stadium is a baseball stadium located in Kelowna, British Columbia. The stadium is home to the Kelowna Falcons of the West Coast League. References Sports venues in Kelowna Baseball venues in British Columbia

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Gratangen

Battle of Gratangen

The Battle of Gratangen occurred during the first Norwegian counter-attack in the Narvik Campaign. The Norwegian 6th Division gathered forces to push the Germans out of the Gratangen area and back towards Narvik. The first attack failed disastrously when the Germans counter-attacked unprepared Norwegian forces, routing a battalion and blunting the first Norwegian advance. Background Gratangen was the site of some of the first battles between the German 3rd Mountain Division under Eduard Dietl and the Norwegian 6th Division under General Carl Gustav Fleischer after the German invasion of Norway on 9 April 1940. After initial German success in surprising and routing a battalion from Trøndelag, the tide turned and the German were pushed southwards in the direction of Narvik. German invasion and Norwegian counter-attacks Transported by ten destroyers from the Kriegsmarine, the German Task Force under command of General der Infanterie Eduard Dietl had occupied Narvik and the important military depots at Elvegårdsmoen in the early hours of 9 April 1940. Sinking the outdated Norwegian coastal defence ships and with great loss of life and bluffing the Norwegian land forces into surrender. The Allies counter-attacked by sea and, in the two naval battles of Narvik, the Royal Navy sank all ten German destroyers. The approximately 2,900 shipwrecked German sailors were kitted out with captured Norwegian equipment from Elvegårdsmoen and employed as ground troops in support of Dietl's Gebirgsjäger. In the meantime, the Norwegians mobilised their forces under the leadership of General Carl Gustav Fleischer. The Norwegian plan for a counter-attack on the German bridgehead around Narvik was based on pushing towards Elvegårdsmoen and Bjerkvik through Salangsdalen over the hill Lapphaugen with II/IR15 (Second Battalion/Fifteenth Infantry Regiment) in a frontal attack with artillery support on the German forward positions on Lapphaugen. Lapphaugen was believed to be held in company strength. I/IR12 (First Battalion/Twelfth Infantry Regiment) was planned to advance on the German main positions in Gratangsbotn by a surprise march over difficult terrain over Fjordbotneidet. Alta Battalion (an Independent Infantry Battalion) was in divisional reserve but positioned to support I/IR12. The battle On 24 April, the II/IR15 started its attack on Lapphaugen but due to extreme weather conditions and German resistance the attack was repulsed. The Germans, however, decided to abandon their positions on Lapphaugen and Gratangsbotn. In the foul weather, this went unnoticed by the II/IR15. Consequently, this battalion did not push on with the advance. In wind and heavy snowfall, the I/IR12 crossed the Fjordbotneidet and arrived at Gratangsbotn to find the area cleared of Germans. The soldiers were exhausted after the forced march and went to rest in the farmhouses and barns in Gratangsbotn. For reasons not fully explained, probably a misunderstanding by the battalion's commanding officer, the battalion failed to post a sufficient perimeter security; this was indeed critical as Gratangsbotn geographically is located at the bottom of a kettle with dominating high ground all around. The Germans did not miss this opportunity and immediately counterattacked with a 165-strong force, using Norwegian civilians as a human shields. Though inferior in numbers, the German attack suppressed the surprised Norwegians with superior firepower from mortars and heavy machine guns. Thirty-four Norwegian soldiers were killed, 64 wounded and 130 taken prisoners. Officer losses were heavy: three out of five company commanders were killed in action, one wounded, the fifth was ill with snow-blindness and did not take active part in the battle. The Germans suffered only six soldiers killed, 16 wounded and three missing. The surviving Norwegians retreated from Gratangsbotn. The depleted battalion was later reorganised as a reduced battalion with two rifle companies and one support company and participated actively in the rest of the campaign. Aftermath Despite soundly defeating I/IR12, the Germans understood that their position in Gratangsbotn was untenable. The fresh Alta Battalion under Arne Dagfin Dahl pressed on from the north and II/IR15 resumed its advance over Lapphaugen. The Germans therefore abandoned Gratangen soon after the battle. For the Norwegians on the Narvik front, the battle of Gratangen proved their first serious lesson in the art of war. Before the battle, the inexperienced Norwegian soldiers often had hesitated to fire on the enemy. After Gratangen, the bitterness caused by the German ruthlessness—particularly the use of civilians as human shields—ensured that any such reservations were gone. See also List of Norwegian military equipment of World War II List of German military equipment of World War II Footnotes Norwegian campaign Battles of World War II involving Germany History of Troms Gratangen April 1940 events

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Peabody River State Fish and Wildlife Area

Peabody River State Fish and Wildlife Area is an Illinois state park on in Randolph County, Illinois, United States. It is built on reclaimed mines worked by the Peabody Coal Company from the late 1950s to the late 1980s. See also Finger Lakes State Park: Missouri state park on reclaimed Peabody mines References State parks of Illinois Protected areas of Randolph County, Illinois Peabody Energy Coal in Illinois Mine reclamation

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Samoa Tourism Authority

The Samoa Tourism Authority (STA) is a state-owned enterprise responsible for the marketing of Samoa as a holiday destination and the sustainable development of new and existing tourism products in the country. History The authority was established as the Samoa Visitors Bureau in 1986 following the passing of the Western Samoa Visitors Bureau Act in 1984. The change of name to 'Samoa Tourism Authority' in 2002 was a shift to emphasize the broader concept of tourism. Organisation Structure and Information The STA's main office is located on the ground floor of the FMFMII Government Building in the Apia central business district. It also operates the Visitor Information Centre on main Beach Road (opposite the Catholic Cathedral) and Information Booth at the Faleolo International Airport. STA has Market Representative Offices in New Zealand, Australia and UK/Europe. There are four core divisions of the STA, namely Marketing & Promotions, Planning & Development, Research & Statistics and Policy. The Finance & Corporate Services division provides the necessary administrative support services. Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi is the current Minister of Tourism. Community Activities The STA plays a key role in the National Beautification Committee. It also coordinates the annual Teuila Festival, as well as the Miss Samoa Pageant in collaboration with Manaia Events. References External links Samoa Tourism Authority Official Website Government of Samoa Tourism agencies Tourism in Samoa Organisations based in Samoa

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Viktor Vladimirov

Viktor Vladimirov was a Soviet Lieutenant general, diplomat, and KGB officer operating in Finland. He was the head of KGB assassination and sabotage section, the 13th Department in the 1960s. It is believed that Vladimirov was involved in a failed KGB operation to murder former KGB officer Anatoliy Golitsyn in Canada who had defected from Finland to the United States. He served in the Soviet embassy in Finland in the 1950s, 1970s, and 1980s. He was the top "kotiryssä" ("home Russian") in Finland. Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, he published his memoir "Näin se oli" in 1993. Vladimirov died in 1995. Sources Näin se oli...: Muistelmia ja havaintoja kulissientakaisesta diplomaattitoiminnasta Suomessa 1954–1984., Viktor Vladimirov, 1993, Otava, Helsinki See also Finlandization References 1995 deaths Soviet military personnel Soviet diplomats KGB officers Year of birth missing

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

Sawako

Sawako (written: , or ) is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: , Japanese writer and television personality , Japanese writer , Japanese singer and idol , Japanese football player , Japanese retired professional wrestler Fictional characters , protagonist of the manga series Kimi ni Todoke , a character in the manga series K-On! See also Sawako Decides, a 2009 Japanese film Japanese feminine given names Feminine given names

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junki%20Koike

Junki Koike

is a Japanese football player currently playing for Tokyo Verdy. Club statistics Updated to 19 July 2022. References External links Profile at Ehime FC Profile at JEF United Chiba 1987 births Living people Association football people from Saitama Prefecture Japanese men's footballers J1 League players J2 League players Urawa Red Diamonds players Thespakusatsu Gunma players Mito HollyHock players Tokyo Verdy players Yokohama FC players JEF United Chiba players Ehime FC players Men's association football midfielders

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pistola%20con%20caricato

Pistola con caricato

Pistola con caricato is a revolver with three barrels (drilling) chambered in 6.35×15 mmSR and is equipped with a break action mechanism. The gun has an 18-round cylinder loaded with a type of moon clip, and each barrel has its own firing pin. Using a firing mode selector, the shooter can choose to use either one of the firing pins, all three at once, or the safe position. The safety is on the hammer, and stops the hammer from hitting any of the firing pins. Little is known of the history of the firearm. It is claimed that it was developed in the 20th century in Italy, but some have also claimed that it was made in Spain. The inscription on the firearm is in Italian and Caricato is an Italian word meaning either "stuffed" or "caricature". The full name of the firearm might have been "pistola con caricatore", but it appears the maker possibly ran out of space for the last two letters. One source claims that it is likely that only one prototype was ever made. See also Henrion, Dassy & Heuschen double-barrel revolvers LeMat revolver References Revolvers of Italy Revolvers of Spain

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis%20V.%20Chisari

Francis V. Chisari

Francis "Frank" Vincent Chisari (born 5 April 1942 in New York City) is a physician, experimental pathologist, virologist, and immunologist, known for his research on virus-host interactions of hepatitis B and hepatitis C. Education and career Chisari graduated in 1963 with a bachelor's degree in biology from Fordham University and in 1968 with an M.D. from Cornell University's Weill Medical College. He was in 1970 and 1971 a fellow in anatomic pathology at the Mayo Clinic and in 1972 a staff associate in immunopathology at the NIH's Laboratory of Pathology. In 1973 he completed his residency in internal medicine at Dartmouth Medical School. At Scripps Research he became a research fellow, then an assistant professor from 1975 to 1981, an associate professor from 1981 to 1988, and a full professor from 1988 to 2015, retiring as professor emeritus in 2015. At Scripps Research he headed the Division of Experimental Pathology from 1988 to 2008 and the Laboratory of Experimental Virology from 2008 to 2015. From 1983 to 1984 he was a Fogarty Scholar in molecular biology at the Institut Pasteur. He is now a scientific advisor for Ionis Pharmaceuticals and for Vir Biotechnology. Chisari studies the immunological basis for viral clearance and disease pathogenesis during persistent viral infections, especially HBV and HCV, the signaling pathways and effector molecules that mediate these antiviral effects, and the viral evasion strategies that subvert them. He is most well known for demonstrating that chronic immune-mediated injury and inflammation can cause liver cancer and for discovering that antiviral T cells can purge viruses from infected cells noncytolytically by secreting antiviral cytokines that inhibit viral replication, thus controlling the infection while preserving the vital functions of the infected tissue. Chisari's laboratory developed cell-based models and animal models of HBV and HCV infection and performed foundational studies elucidating the T-cell response to these viruses in infected humans, subhuman primates, and transgenic mice. His group discovered that cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) secrete antiviral cytokiness that inhibit viral replication in the liver cell without killing the cell, thus controlling the infection while preserving the life-saving function of the liver, a new paradigm in hepatitis B virus immunobiology. His research has informed novel immunotherapeutic approaches for the treatment of (chronic) hepatitis, via vaccination that triggers the production of antiviral cytokine-producing T cells and via the activation of dendritic cells. Chisari's laboratory first demonstrated that HCV RNA can be transmitted via exosomes from infected hepatocytes to uninfected hepatocytes while masked from detection by anti-HCV antibodies, identifying a unique mechanism for viral spread by escaping recognition by the immune response while in transit. They also demonstrated that exosomes released by infected cells can deliver HCV RNA to (nonpermissive) plasmacytoid dendritic cells, triggering an innate host response that was shown by many groups to exert a profound antiviral impact on viral spread, illustrating the existence of an elegant balance between virus and host mediated by HCV RNA-containing exosomes, a new paradigm in hepatitis C virus immunobiology. Chisari has served on the editorial boards of many scientific journals, including the American Journal of Pathology, Hematology, the Journal of Clinical Investigation, the Journal of Immunology, the Journal of Virology, PLoS Pathogens, Virology, and Current Opinion in Virology. He is the inventor or co-inventor for many patents on various peptides for treating or preventing viral infections caused by hepatitis-B or hepatitis-C. Awards and honors 1992 – Member of the Association of American Physicians 1996 — Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science 1997 — Ernst Jung Prize 1999 — Rous-Whipple Award of the American Society for Investigative Pathology 1999 — Distinguished Achievement Award of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases 2002 – Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology 2002 — Member of the National Academy of Sciences 2003 — Member of the National Academy of Medicine Selected publications Cited in PMC Free full text Cited in PMC References American virologists American immunologists 20th-century American physicians 21st-century American physicians Fordham University alumni Weill Cornell Medical College alumni Scripps Research faculty Members of the National Academy of Medicine Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science 1942 births Living people Fellows of the American Academy of Microbiology

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North%20Dakota%20Highway%201804

North Dakota Highway 1804

North Dakota Highway 1804 (ND 1804) is a state highway in the U.S. state of North Dakota. ND 1804 and ND 1806 were named to reflect the years of Lewis and Clark's travels through the area, and together constitute the portion of the Lewis and Clark Trail that runs through North Dakota along the northeast and southwest sides of Lake Sakakawea and the Missouri River, respectively. Route description Highway 1804 begins at the border between North Dakota and South Dakota near Pollock, South Dakota, and continues uninterrupted along the north east side of the Missouri River through Emmons, Burleigh, McLean, Mountrail, and Williams counties. At the intersection of Bismarck Expressway in Bismarck, the highway temporarily splits into a separate northbound route (concurrent with 9th Street) and southbound route (concurrent with 7th Street) until both roads terminate at E Boulevard Avenue in front of the North Dakota State Capitol grounds. Further north in Bismarck, ND 1804 intersects Interstate 94, from which it runs concurrent with US 83 for a short distance. Just north of Bismarck, ND 1804 diverges from US 83 to closely follow the Missouri River. It once again runs concurrent with US 83 until just northeast of Lake Sakakawea, where ND 1804 permanently diverges west to closely follow the lake. At Williston, a brief concurrence with US 2 and US 85 begins and ends as ND 1804 dips south alongside the Missouri River to meet its final terminus at Montana Secondary Highway 327 in the Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site. Major intersections References 1804 Transportation in Emmons County, North Dakota Transportation in Burleigh County, North Dakota Transportation in McLean County, North Dakota Transportation in Mountrail County, North Dakota Transportation in Williams County, North Dakota

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafa%C5%82%20Ambrozik

Rafał Ambrozik

Rafał Michał Ambrozik (born 8 December 1979) is a Polish politician. He was elected to the Senate of Poland (10th term) representing the constituency of Piotrków Trybunalski. He was born in Rawa Mazowiecka. References Living people 1979 births 20th-century Polish politicians 21st-century Polish politicians Members of the Senate of Poland 2019–2023

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1932%20Maine%20Black%20Bears%20football%20team

1932 Maine Black Bears football team

The 1932 Maine Black Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of Maine as a member of the New England Conference during the 1932 college football season. In its 12th season under head coach Fred Brice, the team compiled a 5–1–1 record (2–0–1 against conference opponents) and won the conference championship. The team played its home games at Alumni Field in Orono, Maine. Julius Pike was the team captain. Schedule References Maine Maine Black Bears football seasons Maine Black Bears football

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine%20M%C3%BCllner

Christine Müllner

Christine Müllner (born 10 March 1975) is a former synchronized swimmer from Austria. Christine competed in both the women's solo and the women's duet with her sister Beatrix Müllner at the . References 1975 births Living people Austrian synchronized swimmers Olympic synchronized swimmers for Austria Synchronized swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etapaka%20revenue%20division

Etapaka revenue division

Etapaka revenue division (or Etapaka division) is an administrative division in the East Godavari district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is one of the 7 revenue divisions in the district which consists of 4 mandals under its administration. Etapaka is the divisional headquarters. Administration There are 4 mandals in Etapaka revenue division, which were merged from Khammam district of Telangana into East Godavari district. References Revenue divisions in East Godavari district

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kambojika%20Putta%20Khemara%20Tarei

Kambojika Putta Khemara Tarei

Kambojika Putta Khemara Tarei (Khmer: កម្ពោជិកបុត្តាខេមរាតរី) is a dragon boat from Cambodia. The boat holds the Guinness record of being the longest dragon boat in the world. With an overall length of , in November 2018, the boat beat the previous record of set by a Chinese dragon boat in May 2016. The boat was showcased during the 2018 Water Festival in Phnom Penh. History The boat was built to remember the history of production and use of dragon boats by the Khmer people and Khmer kings in older times, who used dragon boats as means of transport to defend the territory. The boat was built by Union of Youth Federations of Cambodia at an overall cost of . Construction of the boat began in April 2018 and it took nearly seven months to finish the construction. The boat measures in overall length, in width and it can accommodate 179 oarsman. More than 13,000 people participated in the construction of the boat and it was completely hand-made. The name Kambojika Putta Khemara Tarei translates to “Dragon Boat of Khmer Youth in Cambodian Territory". The 179 oarsman in the boat symbolizes the day Cambodia was liberated from Khmer Rouge (7 January 1979); 1 being the month and 79 the year. Images References Dragon boat racing Boat types Guinness World Records

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehdi%20Shahbazi

Mehdi Shahbazi

Mehdi Shahbazi (1942, Kermanshah, Imperial State of Iran – November, 2007, California, USA) was a self-made American business man who emigrated to United States in the 1960s from his native Iran. Over the years, Mr. Shahbazi embraced the American dream and work ethics, and made it a reality in his life, coming to own and operate a few gas station franchises in California. After having become convinced over the years, especially after the debacle that followed hurricane Katrina, that the major oil companies were in effect conspiring to gouge consumers and artificially raise prices at the pumps, Mr. Shahbazi began a controversial, and ultimately fatal, public protest of the oil majors from his Shell Oil franchise. His method included the prominent posting of signs on his station's grounds that openly declared his views and directed interested customers to "see the cashier" for further information, which included 2 page fliers detailing his views, complaints, and ultimately his concern both for the consumer, and the societal order (which he felt would not withstand the $5 per gallon price that he insisted was the predetermined price set for gas by the majors). His protest consequently resulted in legal battles with the Shell Oil Company (US), and ultimately his death, at the age of 65, due to the liver failure that apparently resulted from his 4 month liquid fast. He had previously lost his home, and started fasting during the later stages of his battles in the courtroom before losing his business. Sources http://www.mercurynews.com/centralcoast/ci_7497707 1942 births 2007 deaths American businesspeople in retailing Iranian emigrants to the United States Shell plc controversies 20th-century American businesspeople

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali%20Faraj%20Qatrani

Ali Faraj Qatrani

Ali Faraj al-Qatrani is a Libyan politician. He was part of the Presidential Council of the internationally recognized Government of National Accord in Tripoli as one of its vice presidents, from 2016 to 2019. He joined the GNA's Presidential Council at its founding in January 2016 as the representative of eastern Libya and the Libyan National Army faction of General Khalifa Haftar. He criticized the new unity government for not giving adequate representation to the eastern faction. Qatrani has been seen as the most pro-Haftar member of the Council. In September 2017 Qatrani criticized Sarraj for his negotiations with Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir, after General Haftar closed down the Sudanese consulate in the town of Kufra and expelled 12 diplomats, claiming Sarraj's initiative violated the Libyan Political Agreement. In April 2019, after General Haftar declared war on the GNA and launched a military operation to take the capital Tripoli, Qatrani defected to the LNA. References Living people Government ministers of Libya Year of birth missing (living people) Members of the Presidential Council (Libya)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack%20Jones%20Sings

Jack Jones Sings

Jack Jones Sings is an album by Pop vocalist Jack Jones. It was arranged and conducted by Ralph Carmichael. Doug Talbert played piano. Track listing "A Day in the Life of a Fool" (Manha de Carnaval from Black Orpheus) (Luiz Bonfá, Antônio Maria) (2:20) "Autumn Leaves" (Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prévert, Johnny Mercer) (3:19) "Somewhere There's Someone" (Dave Heisler, Charles Nathan) (2:16) "Watch What Happens" (from The Umbrellas of Cherbourg) (Michel Legrand, Norman Gimbel) (2:43) "People Will Say We're in Love" (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) (1:49) "Love After Midnight" (Bert Kaempfert, Joe Seneca, Herbert Rehbein) (2:40) "Somewhere, My Love" (Lara's Theme from Dr. Zhivago) (Maurice Jarre, Paul Francis Webster) (2:20) "The Shining Sea" (from The Russians Are Coming) (Johnny Mandel, Peggy Lee) (3:16) "The Face I Love" (Ray Gilbert, Carlos Pingarilho, Marcos Valle, Paulo Sérgio Valle) (1:49) "Street of Dreams" (Victor Young, Sam M. Lewis) (2:31) "The Snows of Yesteryear" (Fred Talbert, Paul Francis Webster) (2:49) "I Don't Care Much" (John Kander, Fred Ebb) (2:24) This may well be Jack's best album. It was released in 1966 when he was at his peak and although it wasn't one of his biggest sellers, the singing is superb. The selection of songs is perfect for Jack and some of his versions are definitive in the minds of many. For example, he does "I Don't Care Much" (from Cabaret) in a way that conveys the gist of the song better than even some of the original cast versions. Other highlights include "A Day in the Life of a Fool", "Watch What Happens", and "Street of Dreams". 1966 albums Jack Jones (singer) albums Albums conducted by Ralph Carmichael Albums arranged by Ralph Carmichael Kapp Records albums

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurac%C3%A1n%20Buceo

Huracán Buceo

Huracán Buceo is a multisports club, best known for its football side, located in Montevideo in Uruguay. In 2009 the team went into a financial crisis and couldn't play anymore in the professional competitions and played further in the amateur leagues. Handball is also a main sport for the club contributing many players to the national team. Huracán is known as "Tricoplayeros" (a word that joins two senses: three-coloured uniform and the fact that the club was originally based next to the coast of Montevideo). Ricardo Guero Rodriguez played for the youth team, before continuing his career in Mexico. Huracán archrivals are Basañez and Villa Española. The official mascot of the club is Topo Gigio. Performance in CONMEBOL competitions Copa Libertadores: 0 appearances : Copa Sudamericana: 0 appearances : Recopa Sudamericana: 0 appearances : Copa CONMEBOL: 1 appearance 1998: Second Round Titles Uruguayan Second Division: 2 1969, 1995 Divisional Intermedia: 2 1960, 1967 References External links Official Page (Spanish) Football clubs in Uruguay Association football clubs established in 1937 Sport in Montevideo 1937 establishments in Uruguay

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Berzelius (disambiguation)

Jöns Jacob Berzelius was a Swedish chemist. Berzelius may also refer to: Berzelius (secret society), a secret society at Yale University Berzelius (crater), a lunar crater 13109 Berzelius, a Main-Belt minor planet

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cin%C3%A1ed%20mac%20Conaing

Cináed mac Conaing

Cináed mac Conaing (died 851) was King of Knowth in the medieval Irish province of Mide, succeeding his father Conaing mac Flainn in 849. Cináed's family belonged to the Knowth, or Uí Chonaing, branch of the Síl nÁedo Sláine, part of the southern branch of the dominant Uí Néill kin group. The leadership of the southern branch rested with the rival Clann Cholmáin whose chief, Máel Sechnaill mac Máele Ruanaid, was High King of Ireland. Even within the Síl nÁedo Sláine, Cináed and his kin had a rival in the shape of Tigernach mac Fócartai, king of Lagore. In 850 Cináed allied himself with the Viking armies in the Irish midlands. He and his allies, say the Annals of Ulster, "plundered [the southern] Uí Néill from the Shannon to the sea" burning churches and settlements. This is portrayed as a rebellion against Máel Sechnaill, but the target may well have been Cináed's local rival Tigernach whose crannog in Loch Gabhair was burned, along with the nearby church at Trevet. The following year, the Irish annals record, Cináed was treacherously executed by being drowned by Máel Sechnaill and Tigernach, presumably at a conference as the annals add that this was "in spite of the guarantees of the nobles of Ireland, and the successor of Patrick [i.e. the abbot of Armagh] in particular". Cináed was succeeded by his brother Flann. According to saga material embedded in the Fragmentary Annals of Ireland, the Viking king Amlaíb was married to a daughter of Cináed, and killed his brother Auisle in an argument over her. Whether this wife existed, and if she did, whether she was the daughter of this Cináed, or of the king of the Picts Cináed mac Ailpín, or of some other Cináed, is unclear. References Byrne, Francis John, Irish Kings and High Kings. London: Batsford, 1973. Charles-Edwards, T. M., Early Christian Ireland. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. Woolf, Alex, Pictland to Alba 789–1070. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2007. 851 deaths 9th-century Irish monarchs Year of birth unknown

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leap%20year%20starting%20on%20Thursday

Leap year starting on Thursday

A leap year starting on Thursday is any year with 366 days (i.e. it includes 29 February) that begins on Thursday 1 January, and ends on Friday 31 December. Its dominical letters hence are DC. The most recent year of such kind was 2004 and the next one will be 2032 in the Gregorian calendar or, likewise, 2016 and 2044 in the obsolete Julian calendar. This is the only leap year with three occurrences of Tuesday the 13th: those three in this leap year occur three months (13 weeks) apart: in January, April, and July. Common years starting on Monday share this characteristic, in the months of February, March, and November. Any leap year that starts on Monday, Wednesday or Thursday has two Friday the 13ths: those two in this leap year occur in February and August. Calendars Applicable years Gregorian Calendar Leap years that begin on Thursday, along with those starting on Monday and Saturday, occur least frequently: 13 out of 97 (≈ 13.402%) total leap years in a 400-year cycle of the Gregorian calendar. Their overall occurrence is thus 3.25% (13 out of 400). For this kind of year, the corresponding ISO year has 53 weeks, and the ISO week 10 (which begins March 1) and all subsequent ISO weeks occur earlier than in all other years, and exactly one week earlier than common years starting on Friday, for example, June 20 falls on week 24 in common years starting on Friday, but on week 25 in leap years starting on Thursday, despite falling on Sunday in both types of year. That means that moveable holidays may occur one calendar week later than otherwise possible, e.g. Gregorian Easter Sunday in week 17 in years when it falls on April 25 and which are also leap years, falling on week 16 in common years. 400 year cycle century 1: 4, 32, 60, 88 century 2: 128, 156, 184 century 3: 224, 252, 280 century 4: 320, 348, 376 Julian Calendar Like all leap year types, the one starting with 1 January on a Thursday occurs exactly once in a 28-year cycle in the Julian calendar, i.e. in 3.57% of years. As the Julian calendar repeats after 28 years that means it will also repeat after 700 years, i.e. 25 cycles. The year's position in the cycle is given by the formula ((year + 8) mod 28) + 1). Holidays International Valentine's Day falls on a Saturday The leap day (February 29) falls on a Sunday World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly falls on July 25 Halloween falls on a Sunday Christmas Day falls on a Saturday Roman Catholic Solemnities Epiphany falls on a Tuesday Candlemas falls on a Monday Saint Joseph's Day falls on a Friday The Annunciation of Jesus falls on a Thursday The Nativity of John the Baptist falls on a Thursday The Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul falls on a Tuesday The Transfiguration of Jesus falls on a Friday The Assumption of Mary falls on a Sunday The Exaltation of the Holy Cross falls on a Tuesday All Saints' Day falls on a Monday All Souls' Day falls on a Tuesday The Feast of Christ the King falls on November 21 (or on its latest possible date of October 31 in versions of the calendar between 1925 and 1962) The First Sunday of Advent falls on November 28 The Immaculate Conception falls on a Wednesday Gaudete Sunday falls on December 12 Rorate Sunday falls on December 19 Australia and New Zealand Australia Day falls on a Monday Waitangi Day falls on a Friday Daylight saving ends on April 4 ANZAC Day falls on a Sunday, and in some years coincides with Easter Sunday falling on its latest possible date Mother's Day falls on May 9 Father's Day falls on September 5 Daylight saving begins on September 26 in New Zealand and October 3 in Australia British Isles Saint David's Day falls on a Monday Mother's Day falls on March 7, March 14, March 21, March 28 or on its latest possible date of April 4 Daylight saving begins on March 28 Saint Patrick's Day falls on a Wednesday Saint George's Day falls on a Friday, and in some years coincides with Good Friday falling on its latest possible date Father's Day falls on June 20 Orangeman's Day falls on a Monday Daylight saving ends on its latest possible date, October 31 Guy Fawkes Night falls on a Friday Saint Andrew's Day falls on a Tuesday Canada Daylight saving begins on its latest possible date, March 14 Mother's Day falls on May 9 Victoria Day falls on its latest possible date, May 24 Father's Day falls on June 20 Canada Day falls on a Thursday Labour Day falls on September 6 Thanksgiving Day falls on October 11 Daylight saving ends on its latest possible date, November 7 United States Martin Luther King Jr. Day falls on January 19 President's Day falls on February 16 Daylight saving begins on its latest possible date, March 14 Mother's Day falls on May 9 Memorial Day falls on its latest possible date, May 31 Juneteenth falls on a Saturday Father's Day falls on June 20 Independence Day falls on a Sunday Labor Day falls on September 6 Grandparents' Day falls on September 12 Columbus Day falls on October 11 Election Day falls on its earliest possible date, November 2 Daylight saving ends on its latest possible date, November 7 Thanksgiving Day falls on November 25 References Gregorian calendar Julian calendar Thursday

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicole%20Dulalia

Nicole Dulalia

Maria Nicole Jeremiah Dulalia (born October 20, 1997) is a Filipino television actress. She entered showbiz when she was chosen to play the role of Sha-sha in the telefantasya, Super Twins. She played Lev in GMA Network's telenovela, Alice Bungisngis and her Wonder Walis which concluded in June 2012. She has since played supporting roles in a range of television series of GMA, including Villa Quintana (2013-2014) as Maricel Mangaron, Niño (2014) as Patty, Strawberry Lane as Chloe Bermudez and Once Upon a Kiss (2015) as Margaux. TV appearances References Living people Filipino television actresses 1997 births Filipino child actresses GMA Network personalities

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Alan II, Earl of Menteith

Alan II, Earl of Menteith (d. after 23 Aug 1315) was a Scottish Nobleman. Life Menteith was the son of Alan, Earl of Menteith, and is first noted in an order dated at Carlisle in 1307 to provide foodstuffs ' to the two sons of the Earl of Menteith, and the son of the Earl of Stratherne'. He evidently was an English prisoner, but he either escaped to the Scottish camp or was exchanged for an English nobleman held by the Scots. 'Alan, son of Earl Alan of Menteith' was the beneficiary of the entail by his cousin Duncan of the Earldom of Fife in the event of the failure of lawful heirs in an agreement dated at Crichton, 23 August 1315. He died some time before 1 August 1323, on which date his uncle Muireadhach III witnessed a charter as Earl of Menteith. Marriage and issue Alan II, Earl of Menteith married an unknown lady, by whom he had a daughter Mary II, Countess of Menteith. Notes References Balfour Paul, Sir James Scots Peerage IX vols. Edinburgh 1904. Joseph Bain, Calendar of Documents Relating to Scotland, 1272-1307. Edinburgh, 1884 (Vol. II) Mormaers of Menteith 14th-century Scottish earls

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Myopa

Myopa is a genus of flies from the family Conopidae. They are parasitic on honey bees Apis mellifera, also Andrena, and mustache bees Anthophora. Species M. bohartorum Camras, 1953 M. bozinovici Barahona-Segovia 2020 M. buccata (Linnaeus, 1758) M. castanea (Bigot, 1887) M. clausa Loew, 1866 M. curticornis Kröber, 1916 M. curtirostris Kröber, 1916 M. dorsalis Fabricius, 1794 M. extricata Collin, 1960 M. fasciata Meigen, 1804 M. fenestrata Coquillett, 1902 M. flavopilosa Kröber, 1916 M. longipilis Banks, 1916 M. melanderi Banks, 1916 M. metallica Camra, 1992 M. minor Strobl, 1906 M. mixta Frey, 1958 M. morio Meigen, 1804 M. nebulosa Barahona-Segovia 2020 M. occulta Wiedemann in Meigen, 1824M. perplexa Camras, 1953M. picta Panzer, 1798M. plebeia Williston, 1885M. polystigma Rondani, 1857M. rubida (Bigot, 1887)M. stigma Meigen, 1824M. strandi Duda, 1940M. tessellatipennis Motschulsky, 1859M. testacea (Linnaeus, 1767)M. variegata Meigen, 1804M. vesiculosa Say, 1823M. vicaria Walker, 1849M. virginica'' Banks, 1916 References Conopidae Conopoidea genera Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius

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Mucilaginibacter aquaedulcis

Mucilaginibacter aquaedulcis is a Gram-negative, aerobic and rod-shaped bacterium from the genus of Mucilaginibacter which has been isolated from fresh water in Yeongju in Korea. References Sphingobacteriia Bacteria described in 2015

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Okoi Arikpo

Dr. Okoi Arikpo (20 September 1916 – 26 October 1995) was a Nigerian chemist, anthropologist, lawyer, politician and diplomat. He served as the foreign minister of Nigeria. Early life and political career Okoi Arikpo was born in Ugep in 1916. He was educated at the famous Hope Waddell Training Institution in Calabar. He was awarded a First Class Degree in Chemistry in the University of London. He changed into anthropology and got a Doctorate Degree at University College, London. He later studied Law and was called to the English bar in 1956. He authored many books including the classic The Development of Modern Nigeria (1967). He was reputed to be the first West African to be awarded a Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Anthropology. Dr. Okoi Arikpo was President of the West African Student's Union in the United Kingdom in the early 1940s. This organization was the rally point for students from West Africa who were studying in the Great Britain. WASU was lobbying members of the British Parliament to draw their attention to the political problems facing African Colonies and their leaders back home in different African Countries. The organization was the pivot for galvanization for support of some left thinking people to the plight of the colonial territories. WASU was the fulcrum of social and political activities of Students and people of West African Origin in the United Kingdom. Some of its activities include lobbying members of the British Parliament to draw their attention to the political problems facing African Colonies and their leaders. Dr. Okoi Arikpo was the first Minister for Lands & Survey in the Nigerian Government that was formed after the Macpherson Constitution came into force. Okoi Arikpo was one of the four Legislators elected into the Eastern Regional House of Assembly who were chosen to represent the Eastern Region in the Central House of Legislature in Lagos that was promulgated after the coming into force of the Macpherson Constitution. Okoi Arikpo was also a cabinet Minister in the 1957 Government formed by Sir Abubukar TafawaBalewa. Okoi Arikpo was an Activist. He was at the vanguard of the campaign to draw the attention of the Colonial Government to the plight of the minority people of the Eastern and Northern Region. He resigned from the NCNC in protest at the treatment meted out to the then Leader of Government Business in the Eastern Nigerian Government, late Professor Eyo Ita, who was pressured by the leadership of the NCNC to step down in order for Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe to assume the position he was occupying after he had lost out in the power struggle in the Western Nigeria where members of this Party in the Western Region had succumbed to pressure mounted on them not to allow Dr. Azikiwe, an Igbo become leader of Government Business after his Party won the Western Regional election. Thereafter Dr. Okoi Arikpo teamed with other minority rights activists to form the United Nigeria Independence Party which later allied with the Action Group as the opposition in the Eastern Region. He was in the forefront of the fight for autonomy of the ethnic minorities in the East for a creation of the Calabar/Ogoja/ Rivers State. He was the Secretary-General of the COR State and Honourable Justice Udo Udoma was the President. Okoi Arikpo was among the people from the minority ethnic groups who drafted and articulated the position of the minority groups in the country before the Willink Commission was set up by the departing British colonizers to examine the fears of minorities of the Niger Delta. The Willink Commission called attention to the grave dangers in the Niger Delta. Okoi Arikpo was the first Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission. Okoi Arikpo was the longest serving Minister for Foreign Affairs (External Affairs) 1967 - 1975. He was the person who was sent to all the Western Capitals and the United States of America to make a strong case why Nigeria should not be allowed to be Balkanized during the heady days of the Civil War. This was after the secessionist Regime had launched a vehement and vociferous propaganda in Western Capital and the United States of a deliberate policy of genocide being waged against the Igbo people of Nigeria which always turned the scale against Nigeria. Okoi Arikpo, a cerebral intellectual of no mean standing, employed his formidable intellectualism and savvy to turn the tide against the Biafra Regime. In the Africa continent, Okoi Arikpo's effort to ensure that Biafra does not win more recognition after the dramatic recognition accorded it by France, Cote de Voire, Tanzania and Gabon was commendable. A commentator noted thus “Meanwhile, the OAU Council of Ministers meeting in Kinshasa began on September 4 and lasted till September 11, 1967. The Council meeting normally prepares the agenda for the Heads of State meeting. Okoi Arikpo, Gowon's External Affairs minister had a short but firm mandate for the preparatory meeting: ‘Under no circumstances allow the Nigerian crisis to appear on the agenda for the OAU Summit.’ To back up his mandate, Arikpo would cite Article II (2) of the OAU Charter, which states that member states should not interfere in the internal affairs of other members unless invited to do so. He also insisted that Nigeria was not keen to invite the mediation of a third party. Gowon also mandated Arikpo to stage a walk-out from the Summit should the matter, by any means, appear on the agenda or be mentioned during the Summit’’. “The pivotal role that the Ministry of External Affairs was able to play in the foreign policy decision-making system was also due to the sort of leadership that the Commissioner for External Affairs was able to provide. Dr. Okoi Arikpo, who was the Commissioner, was a respected politician and an able administrator. His steady and competent leadership earned respect and support of the career diplomats who dominated the Ministry of External affairs. Arikpo’s ability to work effectively with the career diplomats was also enhanced by his cautious and moderate foreign policy approach shared by the career diplomats. The effective and competent manner in which Arikpo and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that he headed managed Nigeria’s international relations during the Civil War period and the immediate Post- War period showed that Gowon’s Government was correct in allowing the Ministry to have clear primacy in the foreign decision making system. During the Civil War, the Ministry was able to help Nigeria to develop new vital relationships with East European (Military weapons from the Soviet Union and other East European countries) were very important in helping the Nigeria Military extinguish the seccession of Biafra) while still maintaining adequate relationships with the traditional friendly countries of the West’’. Selected publications Arikpo, Okoi (1967). The Development of Modern Nigeria. Penguin Books Arikpo, Okoi. 1958. Who Are the Nigerians? Lugard Lectures. Federal Ministry of Information References External links Reference to the "late Dr. Okoi Arikpo" 1916 births 1995 deaths Foreign ministers of Nigeria

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Doris Ruby

Doris Ruby (1927 – December 16, 1951) was a 24-year-old dancer from Sunnyside, Queens who died in the 1951 Miami Airlines C-46 crash. She was a popular nightclub entertainer. Club performer She opened at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem in late April 1951. Ruby appeared with Fran Warren and Danny Thomas at the Latin Casino in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in early May. She teamed with George Price and Betty Reilly at the Capri in Atlantic Beach, New York in mid-June. She was romantically linked to Paul Thomas, brother of Danny Thomas, at this time. Untimely death Ruby was booked to dance at the Vagabond Club, on Biscayne Boulevard, in Miami, Florida, the week after her death. She had most recently appeared at the Cafe Society in New York City. She appeared briefly on WJZ prior to preparing for her fatal flight to Florida. WJZ had broadcast from Howie's Restaurant on the Avenue of the Americas between 52nd and 53rd Streets in Manhattan. She had been in Hanson's Drug Store, 51st Street and 7th Avenue, only a few hours prior to boarding the plane. This was a popular celebrity hangout. Gregg Sherwood, showgirl and best friend of Ruby, tried to discourage her from flying the night before her death. Sherwood told Ruby that if she had ten days before her Miami opening she could likely get a cancellation on a better airline. 56 people died on the nonscheduled airliner which crashed in Elizabeth, New Jersey. The American Guild of Variety Artists held a benefit for Ruby's family, who were destitute following her death. She was their main support. Walter Winchell reported that Ruby might have flown to Florida earlier if the last night club she appeared in had paid her on time. AGVA, the actors' union, paid her out of the owners' bond (to guarantee wages). This occurred belatedly, a week after she made flying plans. References American female dancers Dancers from New York (state) People from Sunnyside, Queens Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in the United States 1927 births 1951 deaths Accidental deaths in New Jersey Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1951 20th-century American dancers 20th-century American women