In 2015, rumors about C.K.'s behavior toward women in his professional life began to appear on various websites, from high-profile names such as Roseanne Barr, Jen Kirkman, and Tig Notaro. Two years later, in a September 2017 Vanity Fair interview, comedian Notaro cut ties with C.K., a one-time collaborator and producer on her show One Mississippi, saying that he should address the rumors of sexual impropriety, and alluding to an unspecified "incident" between herself and C.K. As he had in the past, C.K. denied the allegations in a September 2017 New York Times interview, saying: "They're rumors, that's all that is ... I don't think talking about that stuff in the press ... is a good idea." On November 9, 2017, The Orchard, distributor of C.K.'s then-upcoming film I Love You, Daddy, canceled the New York premiere of the film due to "unexpected circumstances".

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Later that day, The New York Times published allegations of sexual misconduct from five women against C.K. The women who spoke out in the article included comedy duo Dana Min Goodman and Julia Wolov, who claimed that C.K. had invited them to his hotel room in 2002 during the US Comedy Arts Festival where he masturbated in front of them. They relayed the incident to ImprovOlympics founder Charna Halpern. Comedian Rebecca Corry stated that when they were on the set of a television pilot in 2005, C.K. offered to masturbate in front of her and she declined. Corry reported the incident and no action was taken. Comedian Abby Schachner alleged that C.K. masturbated while they were on the phone describing the conduct as "unprofessional and inappropriate". Both Corry and Schachner stated that C.K. privately apologized for his past behavior several years later.

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In response to The New York Times reporting, C.K. released a statement apologizing and admitting guilt, writing, "These stories are true" and saying that while he initially thought "it was okay because I never showed a woman my dick without asking first", he went on to express remorse, stating, "the power I had over these women is that they admired me. And I wielded that power irresponsibly." He stated: "I have spent my long and lucky career talking and saying anything I want. I will now step back and take a long time to listen."

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Following the scandal, C.K. suffered severe repercussions, stating in 2018 that the fallout had taken him through "hell and back" and cost him approximately $35 million in lost income. The release and distribution of his film I Love You, Daddy was cancelled, and FX Networks and Netflix cut ties with C.K. HBO dropped C.K.'s appearance on an upcoming Night of Too Many Stars television special and removed his content from their on-demand services. C.K.'s manager Dave Becky, who was under fire for allegedly making threatening statements, dropped C.K. as a client. TBS suspended production of, and eventually scrapped, its animated series The Cops, co-created with Albert Brooks. His voice was either replaced or removed from projects such as Illumination's The Secret Life of Pets 2 and Disney Channel's Gravity Falls.

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2018–2023: Return to stand-up comedy

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On August 26, 2018, C.K. made an unannounced appearance at the Comedy Cellar in Manhattan, New York. It was reported that he received an ovation from the audience and performed a typical set, making no reference to the sexual controversy. His return to stand-up comedy was criticized by comedians, including Aparna Nancherla, Ian Karmel, Allie Goertz, and Judd Apatow as being premature, whereas Dave Chappelle, Chris Rock, Bill Burr, Michael Che, Jim Gaffigan, Janeane Garofalo, Sarah Silverman, Wanda Sykes, Judy Gold, Marlon Wayans, Joe Rogan, and Kurt Metzger supported C.K.'s right to continue standup. Comedian Jerry Seinfeld also supported C.K.'s return to standup but opined that the public may have felt that C.K. had not owned up to his actions enough, saying in October 2018, "We know the routine: The person does something wrong. The person's humiliated. They're exiled. They suffer, we want them to suffer. We love the tumble, we love the crash and bang of the fall. And then we love the crawl-back. The grovel. Are you going to grovel? How long are you going to grovel?" Seinfeld added, "We, the court of public opinion, decided if he's going to come back, he'd better show a lot of pain. Because he denied (the public) that." Edie Falco and Alan Alda who starred in C.K.'s Horace and Pete expressed their hope that he would receive a second chance.

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On December 31, 2018, an audience member secretly recorded C.K. working out new material and posted it online, which drew media controversy. Included in his set were jokes about school shootings, which drew a divided reaction from fellow comedians. Ricky Gervais defended C.K.'s jokes, saying "[C.K.'s] got nothing against those [Parkland] kids. It was him pretending to be angry for comedy." In October 2019, C.K. announced in an email to subscribers of his website an international tour of his new material. Following the leak of his new material in December 2018, his future shows would require audience members to lock cell phones and other devices in Yondr pouches, which has become the norm, with comedians Dave Chappelle, John Mulaney, and Aziz Ansari using them as well. Canadian comedian Mark Breslin, owner of Canadian comedy club chain Yuk Yuk's, defended his decision to book C.K. again in Toronto, citing sold out tickets for five shows and a lack of controversy.

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In January 2020, C.K. performed an unannounced set, receiving a standing ovation for the eighth annual benefit show for late comedian Patrice O'Neal, a yearly benefit of which comedian Bill Burr is the organizer. Beginning in March 2020, most of C.K.'s shows were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. On April 4, 2020, C.K. self-released a new stand-up special entitled Sincerely Louis CK through his website without advance notice. The special drew a divided response from audiences, including fellow comedian Amy Schumer, who said, "I laughed at a lot of it. But it's hard to not think of what he has done, what he has and hasn't learned, but I definitely laughed."

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In July 2020, C.K. released an audio series of conversations between himself and then-girlfriend Blanche Gardin titled Long Distance Relationship. Proceeds would go toward the Fistula Foundation and French charity Fondation Abbé Pierre. On August 4, 2020, C.K. was invited by his longtime friend Dave Chappelle to join him in an installment of his standup series "An Intimate Socially Distanced Affair" at the Wirrig Pavilion in Yellow Springs, Ohio, during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. Photos emerged from the event of C.K. with Chappelle, Sarah Silverman, Michelle Wolf, Tiffany Haddish and Common. In October 2020, C.K. appeared in a docu-series titled The Comedy Store about the Los Angeles comedy club of the same name, directed by Mike Binder. In May 2021, following the easing of restrictions in New York City due to the COVID-19 pandemic, C.K. made an unannounced stop at the Village Underground. He then announced upcoming tour-dates for summer 2021 in Atlanta, Nashville and Minneapolis.

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In August 2021, C.K. announced a tour of the United States in the year 2021 and international dates for the year 2022. American dates include two nights at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden. The tour rescheduled dates canceled due to COVID-19, acknowledging the ongoing pandemic and safety concerns. On The Joe Rogan Experience in November 2021, comedian Shane Gillis revealed that C.K. had filmed a new special at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden. On 18 December 2021 C.K. announced the release of a new stand-up comedy special, titled Sorry. The special was released for sale through his website, similar to other releases he has done in the past. He also offered a bundling of previous specials for a larger fee. In April 2022, C.K. won the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album for his special Sincerely, Louis C.K.

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In April and May 2022, C.K. appeared as a guest in a series of episodes of Matt and Shane's Secret Podcast, a podcast hosted by comedians Shane Gillis and Matt McCusker. The series is a four-part, six-hour-long discussion on the stories of each U.S. president in order. June 2022 saw the premiere of C.K.'s film Fourth of July, which he produced, directed, and co-wrote with fellow comedian Joe List. The film is a comedy drama that stars List as a recovering alcoholic jazz musician who confronts his emotionally abusive family. To promote the film, rather than using traditional talk shows, C.K. appeared on a number of well-known podcasts, such as The Joe Rogan Experience, Your Mom's House, Long Days with Yannis Pappas, Ari Shaffir's Skeptic Tank, Flagrant 2, and Are You Garbage?.

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On January 28, 2023, C.K. performed at a sold-out performance at Madison Square Garden. The event was live recorded and aired on his website as the special, Louis C.K.: Back to the Garden. Following the Madison Square Garden show, C.K. took an extended break.

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2025–present: Tour, novel and return to Netflix

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In March 2025, C.K. announced his Ridiculous tour with dates across the world. C.K. announced his debut novel Ingram to be released November 11, 2025.

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In a September 2025 podcast interview on Theo Von's This Past Weekend, C.K. confessed ongoing remorse for his past sexual misconduct saying "I really wish I could have a simple kind of watershed where I can say just 'Yes' to everything that happened, and I'm sorry. I really am. And I'm just trying to do better, and I don't think I can prove that to everybody, 'cause it's a private thing. It's a one-to-one man thing. It's not a famous guy act." C.K. also admitted to regularly attending Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous meetings.

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In September 2025, C.K. performed at the Riyadh Comedy Festival alongside numerous comedians such as Aziz Ansari, Bill Burr, Dave Chappelle, Pete Davidson and Kevin Hart. C.K. and the comedians faced criticism in part due to Saudi Arabia's human rights record. C.K. spoke about the subject on Real Time with Bill Maher saying, "People have been playing Saudi Arabia for years. Comedians have been going and playing Arab countries" while also adding that "[It] just feels like a good opportunity. And I just feel like comedy is a great way to get in and start talking".

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In April 2026, it was announced that C.K. would be headlining a show at The Hollywood Bowl as part of the Netflix is a Joke comedy festival. It was also announced that he would be returning to Netflix with his latest special Ridiculous, his first collaboration with the streamer since 2017, almost a decade prior.

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C.K. has named many comedians whom he admired or who influenced his work, including George Carlin, Woody Allen, Larry David, Joan Rivers, Robin Williams, Steve Martin, Richard Pryor and Bill Cosby. As a filmmaker C.K. has been influenced by the French New Wave, American New Hollywood and surrealist cinema. C.K. has cited filmmakers who have influenced him as being Woody Allen, David Lynch, John Waters, and Luis Buñuel.

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Ticketing innovation

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C.K. innovated direct-to-consumer distribution, in 2001, when he released his debut comedy album, Live in Houston, directly through his website. He became one of the first performers to use his website to offer direct-to-fan ticket sales for his shows, as well as DRM-free video concert downloads. In this way, C.K. sold tickets for his stand-up tour, circumventing large ticket outlets, bypassing their overhead and the venues they control. C.K. has said the ticket outlets create barriers to consumers, whereas direct distribution has effectively "closed the gap between how easy it was to steal it [versus] how easy it was to buy it". The success of the special prompted other comedians, including Jim Gaffigan, Joe Rogan, and Aziz Ansari, to release their own specials with a similar business model.

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Marriage and relationships

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C.K. married artist Alix Bailey in 1995. Together, they have two daughters. The couple divorced in 2008. C.K.'s mother, Mary Louise Székely, died on June 3, 2019.

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C.K. had a brief relationship with musician Fiona Apple. C.K. confirmed he was dating Blanche Gardin in 2018. In August 2022, he mentioned that they had broken up.

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About political partisanship, C.K. stated, "Some things I think are very conservative, or very liberal. I think when someone falls into one category for everything, I'm very suspicious. It doesn't make sense to me that you'd have the same solution to every issue."

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In March 2016, C.K. sent an email to those subscribed to his mailing list which was critical of the 2016 presidential race. C.K. stated he hoped for a conservative president but likened Republican Party presidential candidate Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler. He labeled Trump an "insane bigot", also adding, "He's not a monster. He's a sad man." C.K. later referred to the email as "irrational". But he clarified to Stephen Colbert in April 2017 that Trump is not "some new kind of evil" but rather "a gross, crook, dirty, rotten, lying sack of shit", to applause from the Late Show audience.

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In March 2020, C.K. donated to Joe Biden's 2020 presidential campaign. However, the campaign said that it has refunded the $2,800 donation from C.K. Neither Biden nor C.K. have released statements regarding the matter.

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C.K. is on the record as having voted for the Democratic Party presidential candidate in the 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016 United States presidential elections.

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In 2011, by selling Live at the Beacon Theater on his website, C.K. earned a "million dollars in a matter of days, half of which he [gave] away to his staff and charities." Recipients included the Fistula Foundation, Green Chimneys, the Pablove Foundation, Charity: Water, and Kiva.

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In 2016, he selected the Fistula Foundation as the beneficiary of his Jeopardy! Power Players Week appearance, and won $50,000 for the charity.

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In April 2020, C.K. donated $30,000 to the wait staff at the Comedy Cellar in Greenwich Village during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States as part of a GoFundMe program called "Tip Your Wait Staff".

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Louis C.K. was raised Catholic and has identified as an agnostic.

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Louis C.K. is a writer, director, producer and actor who has acted in many television series, including Lucky Louie (2006), Louie (2010–2015) and Horace and Pete (2016). He has hosted Saturday Night Live four times, in 2012, 2014, 2015 and 2017. He has also appeared in television shows, such as Parks and Recreation and Portlandia. C.K. has also starred in a number of films such as Woody Allen's Blue Jasmine, David O. Russell's American Hustle (both 2013) and Jay Roach's Hollywood blacklist drama Trumbo (2015).

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Awards and nominations

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For his work performing stand-up, writing, acting, directing, producing, and editing, C.K. has received several awards and nominations. Among them are 39 Emmy Award nominations, with six wins. C.K. has won the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album three times—for Hilarious in 2012, Live at Madison Square Garden in 2016, and Sincerely Louis C.K. in 2022.

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C.K. has also been nominated for two Golden Globes and five Screen Actors Guild awards, winning the award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture in 2013, together with the other cast members of American Hustle.

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Additionally, C.K. has won three Peabody Awards in the area of Excellence in Entertainment for his shows Louie, Better Things, and Horace and Pete, as well as three Writers Guild of America awards for his work on Louie, alongside his writing partner, Pamela Adlon.

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The bombardment of Algiers took place between 12 and 21 July 1784. A joint Spanish-Neapolitan-Maltese-Portuguese fleet commanded by the Spanish Admiral Antonio Barceló bombarded the city, which was the main base of the Barbary corsairs, with the aim of forcing them to interrupt their activities. The second bombardment followed a similarly failed expedition the preceding year.

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In August 1783, in response to acts of piracy undertaken by the city, a Spanish fleet with Maltese participation under Antonio Barceló bombarded Algiers for 8 days. The expedition ended in failure with some casualties, vast expenditure of ammunition and no effect. Significant propaganda was made by the participants to portray the attack as a success, but it only inflicted minor damages and was described by the Spanish court as a "festival of fireworks too costly and long for how little it entertained the Moors". Five Algerian privateers captured two Spanish merchant vessels near Palamós in September 1783 as a gesture of defiance. The city's defenses were reinforced with a new 50-gun fortress, 4,000 Turkish volunteer soldiers were recruited in Anatolia, and European aides were hired to assist in the building fortifications and batteries. In addition, at least 70 vessels were prepared to repel the Spanish, and a reward of one thousand gold pieces was offered by the Dey to anyone who captured a ship of the attacking fleet.

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Meanwhile, in Cartagena, Barceló had finished preparations for a new expedition. His fleet consisted of four 80-gun ships of line, four frigates, 12 xebecs, 3 brigs, 9 small vessels, and an attacking force of 24 gunboats armed with pieces of 24 pounds, 8 more with 18 pounds' pieces, 7 lightly armed to board the Algerian vessels, 24 armed with mortars, and 8 bomb vessels with 8 pound pieces. The expedition was financed by Pope Pius VI and supported by the Navy of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, which provided two ships of the line, three frigates, two brigs and two xebecs under Admiral Bologna, by the Order of Malta, which provided a ship of line, two frigates and five galleys, and by that of Portugal, which provided two ships of line and two frigates under Admiral Ramires Esquível.  These last joined the allied fleet later and arrived in the middle of the bombardment.

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On 28 June, having entrusted itself to the Virgen del Carmen, the Allied fleet sailed from Cartagena, arriving off Algiers on 10 July. Two days later at 8:30 AM, the bombardment began with the Spanish ships opening fire. It was kept up until 4:20 PM, during which time about 600 bombs, 1,440 cannon balls and 260 shells were fired over the city, compared to 202 bombs and 1,164 cannonballs fired by the Algerians. Major damage to the city and its fortifications and a large fire were observed.  An attack by light vessels of the Algerian fleet, composed of 67 ships, was repulsed, four of them being destroyed. The Allied casualties were minimal: 6 killed and 9 wounded, most of them due to accidents with the fuses of the bombs. Gunboat No. 27, commanded by the Neapolitan ensign José Rodríguez, exploded accidentally, killing 25 sailors.

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In the following eight days, seven additional attacks were ordered. The Algerians had placed a line of barges armed with artillery that largely prevented the Allied gunboats getting close to their objectives. A shot fired from the fortifications hit the felucca from which Barceló was directing the bombing, sinking it. José Lorenzo de Goicoechea came to the aid of the admiral, who was rescued unscathed. Passing immediately to another boat, Barceló continued leading the attack, downplaying the importance of the incident. Finally, on 21 July, it was decided to end the attack. Contrary winds forced Barceló to give the order to return to Cartagena. More than 20,000 cannonballs and grenades had been fired on the city, badly damaging the city and causing the sinking in the harbour of most of the Algerian vessels. The Allied casualties were 53 men killed and 64 wounded, most due to accidents.

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The bombardment was unsuccessful, but the Dey finally opened to negotiations in 1785, alerted by a third bombardment being in the works and the promise of bombarding Algiers every year until they became willing to negotiate. The bombardments had already convinced the Ottoman Tripolitania to sign a peace treaty with Spain in 1784. Eventually, a peace treaty was signed on June 14, 1786, putting an end to Barbary privateering against Spain and allowing a Spanish consulate in Algiers along with toleration of Catholicism in the city, in exchange for a final payment of 700,000 pesos. It was later found out the parts had signed two different treaties, which had to be sorted out with new negotiations, but except by some alterations in relation to the Spanish possession of Oran, the final treatise was left according to the Spanish version.

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For the first time in centuries, Spain found itself free from being a target of the Barbary slave trade, which led to the extensive development of villages and crops on the Mediterranean coast, previously deterred from exploiting due to the attacks of Barbary corsairs. In order to honor the conclusion of the conflict and open trade, Floridablanca sent a diplomatic fleet to Constantinople. However, Barbary attacks would return during the instability of the Napoleonic Wars, until eventually disappearing with the French conquest of Algeria.

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An Evening of Carols and Capers is an album by Maddy Prior with The Carnival Band.

An Evening of Carols and Capers


This double album is effectively an audio version of the DVD of the same name, though the tracks vary slightly. It is a collection of live recordings from concerts in Oxford and Salisbury. The dates are not given. The songs originated from the studio albums Carols and Capers, Gold, Frankincense & Myrrh and A Tapestry of Carols. To break up the proceedings there are some instrumentals. The "Tinker Polka" derives from a vintage 1930 recording of a Texas Czech band. The song "Balthazar" has an African rhythm, and "Melima" sounds Arabic. "M Charpentier's Christmas Stomp" (CD1) is the same as "M Charpentier's Christmas Swing" (CD2) except that the latter is jazzy. Running time CD1: 37m 57s. CD2: 41m 14s. The package is dated 2005 but it wasn't released until December 2006. The liner notes contain the words to all the songs.

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Masters in this Hall (Words: William Morris; Music: French Traditional)

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The Sans Day Carol (Cornish Traditional)

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God Rest You Merry Gentlemen (Traditional)

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This Endris Night (Anon 16th century)

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M Charpentier's Christmas Stomp (instrumental) (1. French Trad 2. M Charpentier)

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Let an Anthem of Praise (Words: Caleb Ashworth; Music: Traditional)

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The Oxen (Prior/ Lewin/ Watts/ Mizraki/ Banks/ Davis/ Badley)

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Balthazar (Prior/ Lewin/ Watts/ Mizraki/ Banks/ Davis/ Badley)

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Round of the Animals (Prior/ Mizraki)

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Melima (Prior/ Lewin/ Watts/ Mizraki/ Banks/ Davis/ Badley)

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It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (Tune: Traditional, Words by EH Sears (18th century))

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On Christmas Night (Sussex Carol) (Traditional)

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Watts' Cradle Song (Words: Isaac Watts; tune: US early 19th century)

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Vals Musette (instrumental) (Andre Verchuren Traditional)

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Entre Le Boeuf (sung in French) (Traditional)

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M Charpentier's Christmas Swing (instrumental) (1. French Traditional 2. M Charpentier)

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Dratenik (Tinker Polka) (instrumental) (Bacova's Ceska Kapela)

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The Carnal and the Crane (Child 55) (Traditional)

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Ding Dong Merrily on High (Tune: French Trad; words GR Woodward)

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Angels from the Realms of Glory (Words: Montgomery; Music: French Traditional)

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Hark, Hark (sung a cappella) (Words: J Stephenson; Tune: Traditional)

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While Shepherds Watched (Words: Nahum Tate/ Nicholas Brady; Tune: Traditional)

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Maddy Prior - vocals

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Andrew Watts - Shawmes, curtal, clarinet, recorders, Brueghel bagpipes, vocals

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Giles Lewin - Shawm, fiddle, recorders, medieval bagpipes, tin whistle, mandolin, vocals

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Andrew "Jub" Davis - Bass

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Steve Banks - Drums, percussion, bells, fiddle, vocals

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William "Steno" Badley - baroque guitar, lute, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, banjo mandolin, vocals

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Rafaello Mizraki - Acoustic and electric guitars, lute, mandolin, vocals

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An Evening of Carols and Capers at AllMusic. Retrieved 16:13, 23 August 2016 (UTC).

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The Henry Ambler House is a historic house located at 405 Broadway in Mount Pleasant, Iowa.

Henry Ambler House


Henry Ambler, a local attorney, bought this property in 1868. There was already a house on it, and Ambler had it altered and additions built. The house shares several details from two earlier Italian Villas built in town in 1858 and 1865. The asymmetrical, two-story brick structure features a three-story tower, bracketed eaves, and a two-story bay window on the south side. Alterations were made in the 1940s, 1954 when it was divided into apartments, and in 1965. The top of the tower was gutted in a fire in 1983 and had to be rebuilt.

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The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 10, 1986.

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D. Domingos António de Sousa Coutinho, 1st Marquis of Funchal (20 February 1762 – 1 December 1833) was a Portuguese diplomat and author of several works on politics and diplomacy.


He read law in the University of Coimbra shortly after the Pombaline Reform, where he earned his degree in 1781. At first his family considered an ecclesiastical career for him, but he instead joined the diplomatic service, filling the posts of envoy in Denmark (1790-1795), Portuguese representative in Turin (1796-1803), ambassador in London (1803-1814) and in Rome (1814-1828). His period as ambassador to the Court of St James's coincided with the height of international conflict during the Napoleonic Wars. He was intensely involved in secret diplomatic negotiations at this time as Portugal openly sided with Britain and refused to join the Continental System; Sousa Coutinho was of significant importance in arranging the details of the transfer of the Portuguese court to Brazil with British Foreign Secretary George Canning, thus guaranteeing British military protection to the Royal Family.


D. Domingos de Sousa Coutinho was born in 1762 to diplomat and colonial administrator D. Francisco Inocêncio de Sousa Coutinho (1726–1780), the son of a second-born of the 10th Count of Redondo, and his wife D. Ana Luísa Joaquina Teixeira de Andrade e Meneses (1731–1778); D. Domingos was the sixth of eight siblings: Mariana (born 1752), Luísa Margarida (born 1753), Rodrigo (1755–1812), José António (1757–1817), Fernando (born 1760; died young), Domingos himself (1762–1833), Maria Balbina (1763–1831), and Francisco Maurício (1764–1823). He was baptised on 27 February 1762; his godparents were the Count of Oeiras (who would later become more commonly known by the title of Marquis of Pombal) and Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, both represented by proxy.


He was graced with the title of Count of Funchal on 17 December 1808; shortly before his death, in June 1833, he was made Marquis of Funchal.


Knight of the Order of Christ (7 October 1788)


In Sloviansk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, four members of the Transfiguration of The Lord (Ukrainian: Преображення Господнього) Pentecostal church were captured and killed in June 2014, allegedly by members of the Russian Orthodox Army. The reason for the killings is disputed. In a car of one of the kidnapped the money in foreign currency was found, which was the pretext to declare the Protestants American spies. Church officials believe that it was an act of religious persecution.

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The Transfiguration of The Lord Pentecostal church in Sloviansk was formed in 2003, and belonged to the Church of Christians of Evangelic Faith of Ukraine. The church used a former Palace of Culture building for its services. Its senior pastor was Alexander Pavenko (Ukrainian: Олександр Павенко, Russian: Александр Павенко).

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On April 12, 2014, a group of armed men seized government buildings in Sloviansk with the intention of incorporating the Donbas region into Russia. According to the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor of the US State Department, this began a period of persecution of Protestant denominations in pro-Russian separatist-controlled regions.

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On June 8, 2014, during a Pentecost service, members of the Russian Orthodox Army took four church members to an unknown destination:

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Volodymyr Olexandrovych Velychko (Ukrainian: Володимир Олександрович Величко, Russian: Владимир Александрович Величко), born in 1973, a married father of eight

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Viktor Ivanovych Bradarskiy (Ukrainian: Віктор Іванович Брадарський, Russian: Виктор Иванович Брадарский), born in 1974, a married father of three

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Ruvym Olexandrovych Pavenko (Ukrainian: Рувим Олександрович Павенко, Russian: Рувим Александрович Павенко), born in 1984, the son of a pastor

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Albert Olexandrovych Pavenko (Ukrainian: Альберт Олександрович Павенко, Russian: Альберт Александрович Павенко), born in 1990, the married son of a pastor

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The paramilitary troops may have planned to capture the senior pastor (who was not at the church), and seized four cars belonging to the men. The detainees were charged with a "crime against the DPR", support of the Ukrainian army.

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They were detained in the basement of the city's fire department. Slavyansk's deputy prosecutor, who escaped from DPR captivity, testified that he heard cries from detainees who were tortured during interrogation.

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At 3 am on June 9, the four detainees were ordered to get into a car and were driven toward Mount Karachun; they were followed by two cars containing militants. About 4 am, the car with the detainees was shot by the rebels; it is believed that to hide the extent to which the men were tortured, the car was burned. Ministry of Internal Affairs advisor Anton Gerashchenko theorized that the attackers were trying to make it appear that the detainees were killed by Ukrainian military mortar fire.

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Sloviansk deputy mayor for humanitarian affairs Freedon Vekua (Ukrainian: Фрідон Векуа, Russian: Фридон Векуа) announced the deaths that morning at a closed meeting of DPR leaders. According to Anton Gerashchenko, rebel leader Igor Strelkov condemned the murders and their perpetrators were reprimanded.

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Bradarskiy's widow, Natalia, said that on June 10 she was told by Sloviansk police that her husband was among the detainees and she could provide him food and medicine. She said that a rebel spokesperson told her that the detainees were digging trenches near the village of Semenovka (a Kramatorsk suburb) and would be released soon. In early July, relatives of the detainees reported that the four men had been released.

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According to Yulia Gorbunova (Ukrainian: Юлія Горбунова, Russian: Юлия Горбунова‘) of Human Rights Watch, local residents said that the bodies of unidentified people were brought to the morgue; they remained until June 11, when they were buried in a mass grave. Anton Gerashchenko said that the burned car was later identified as Bradarskiy's. The rest of the detainees' cars were seized by rebels and driven out of Sloviansk during the withdrawal of DPR forces. On July 7, after Sloviansk was again controlled by Ukrainian forces, Minister of Internal Affairs Arsen Avakov and deputy Vasyl Pascal (Ukrainian: Василь Паскаль, Russian: Василий Паскаль) arrived in the city. Natalia Bradarskaya asked them to help her find the missing men.

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A week later, Gerashchenko said that bodies exhumed from the mass grave had signs of torture and abuse. Among the 14 bodies were the Pavenko brothers and Bradarsky, identified by their clothing; Velichko's charred body was later identified by DNA profiling. The bodies were reburied where they were found, near a children's hospital, on July 20 after the identification process was completed.

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Christian Science Monitor correspondent Scott Peterson said that the killers were not Ukrainians, but pro-Russian separatists.

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According to Minister of Internal Affairs advisor Anton Herashchenko, the murdered men were accused of sending food to checkpoints of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) and the National Guard, and suspected of informing the Ukrainian military about insurgent activities. There were rumors that the victims brought chemical or biological weapons to Sloviansk, but their relatives denied that the men cooperated with the Ukrainian army.

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Although it was theorized that the men were kidnapped for ransom, church officials believed that religion was the only cause of their deaths. The Pavenko brothers' father was a businessman who owned two factories. Shortly before the abduction, steel was delivered to one factory; this may have been the source of rumors about weapons being delivered to the Ukrainian army.

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The murders are cited as a prominent example of religious persecution in the DPR. The religious-persecution theory was documented by the Russian philosopher Nicholas Karpitsky (Russian: Николай Карлицкий), who lives in Ukraine.

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After the Charlie Hebdo shooting, when Je suis Charlie (French: I am Charlie) spread on the Internet, Ukrainian blogger and public figure Denis Kazansky posted "We are all Protestants from Sloviansk" in solidarity. The slogan was reprinted by a number of media and bloggers.

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Volodymyr Ivanovych Rybak, Ukrainian politician murdered by pro-Russian militants

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Volnovakha bus attack

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January 2015 Mariupol rocket attack

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Malaysia Airlines Flight 17

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February 2015 Kramatorsk rocket attack

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Donetsk "Donetskhirmash" bus station attack

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Karpitsky, Nikolai Nikolayevich (2015). Persecution of Christians in the Donbas (Eastern Ukraine, 2014) (PDF). К.: Mission Eurasia. ISBN 978-966-96156-9-5.

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Богдан Красовский (2015-06-09). "Годовщина трагедии в Славянске: Чужая религия как оправдание убийства". Деловой Славянск. Retrieved 2016-02-12.

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Дмитрий Фионик (2014-08-29). "Восхождение. Кто убил четырёх христиан в осаждённом Славянске". ООО «Фокус Медиа». Retrieved 2016-02-12.

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Между небом и землей on YouTube (Between Heaven and Earth), a documentary film about Victor Bradarskiy (in Russian)

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Arnold Förster (20 January 1810 – 13 August 1884) was a German entomologist, who worked mainly on Coleoptera and Hymenoptera.

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Arnold Förster was born on 20 January 1810 in Aachen, Germany, where he died on 12 August 1884. He was Oberlehrer, or an upper teacher, in Aachen for his entire adult life. He worked ceaselessly on entomology, paying particular attention to Coleoptera and Hymenoptera. He was a pioneering author on Hymenoptera.

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Hymenopterologische Studien I . Formicariae: 74 pp. Aachen. (1850)

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Hymenopterologische Studien. II . Chalcidiae und Prototrupii. Aachen: Ernst ter Meer 152 pp.(1856)

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Synopsis der Familien und Gattungen der Braconen Verhandlungen des Naturhistorischen Vereins der Preussischen Rheinlande und Westfalens. 19: 225–228 (1862)

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Synopsis der Familien und Gattungen der Ichneumonen. Verhandlungen des Naturhistorischen Vereins der Preussischen Rheinlande und Westfalens. 25(1868):135-221.(1869)

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Förster’s Coleoptera and Hemiptera and some of his Hymenoptera - Cynipidae, Ichneumonidae (Cryptinae excl. Pezomachini and Stilpnini, Pimplinae, and Ophioninae excl. Plectiscini and Campoplex), Braconidae, Chrysididae, Formicidae and Vespidae - are in the Natural History Museum of Berlin; his Tenthredinidae, Ichneumonidae (Pezomachini, Stilpnini, Tryphonini, Plectiscini and Campoplex) and Apidae are in Munich State Museum; Proctotrupoidea and Chalcidoidea and the rest of the Ichneumonidae are in the Natural History Museum, Vienna. The rest of Förster’s insects (e.g. Sphecidae, Diptera - incl. many types of species described by Johann Wilhelm Meigen) are in the Zoological Museum of Halle.

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Förster’s notebooks contain keys and descriptions, mostly of genera of Hymenoptera (almost the entirety of the Ichneumonidae), are in the Smithsonian Institution. They are written in German, Greek, and Latin and contain unpublished information. Some refer to the Irish entomologist Alexander Henry Haliday.

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Zoologische Staatssammlung München (Bavarian State Collection of Zoology)

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David Garcia (September 15, 1920 – May 21, 2018) was an American coach, scout and manager in Major League Baseball who spent over 65 years in professional baseball. He served as manager of the California Angels (1977–78) and Cleveland Indians (1979–82). Including three games as acting manager of the 1975 Indians, during his first coaching tenure there, he compiled a career record of 310 wins and 311 defeats (.499).

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Garcia was born in East St. Louis, Illinois, to Spanish immigrant parents and entered the game in 1939. Derailed by injury as a player, Garcia was a minor league infielder for almost 20 seasons — much of that time in the farm system of the New York Giants — and never made it to the major leagues. His playing career also was interrupted by three years (1943–45) of service in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II, and much of his later active career was spent as a player-manager in the low minor leagues. As the playing skipper of the 1951 Oshkosh Giants of the Class D Wisconsin State League, Garcia won the league's triple crown, with 23 home runs, 127 runs batted in and a batting average of .369. He threw and batted right-handed was listed as 6 feet (1.8 m) tall and 185 pounds (84 kg).

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He began managing at age 27 in 1948 with the Giants' Knoxville Smokies farm team of the Class B Tri-State League, and would continue to manage in the New York and San Francisco Giants' minor league organization over the next two decades (1949–55; 1957; 1964; 1967–68). He also coached for Triple-A Minneapolis (1956) and scouted for the Giants (1957–63; 1965–66). Garcia then joined the San Diego Padres as a minor league manager in 1969, their maiden National League season.

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The following season, in his 50th year, Garcia finally reached the majors as San Diego's third-base coach. He coached with the Padres (1970–73), Indians (1975–76; 1979) and Angels (1977) and in 1977 he was named manager of the Angels when Norm Sherry was fired on July 11. While the Angels continued to stumble under him in 1977 (with a 35–46 record), the Halos stood at 25–20 when Garcia was released in favor of Jim Fregosi on June 1, 1978.

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Garcia got another chance to manage with the Cleveland Indians when Jeff Torborg was fired on July 23, 1979.  Cleveland played at a 38–28 clip under Garcia for the remainder of the season, and compiled a mark of 52–51 during the strike-shortened 1981 campaign, but they never finished higher than fifth in the American League East. After a sixth-place finish in 1982, Garcia resigned under fire. But he remained in the game into his mid 80s, as a coach for the Milwaukee Brewers (1983–84), a special assignment scout for the Brewers and Kansas City Royals, and — from 2000–02 — a coach with the Colorado Rockies. Garcia was named to the Rockies' staff when he was 79 years of age by then-skipper Buddy Bell. He also scouted for other MLB teams, including the Seattle Mariners and Chicago Cubs.

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As a minor league manager in the Giants, Padres and Angels organizations, Garcia won 889 games and lost 796 (.528) and won three championships. He is one of only four individuals to play, coach or announce professional baseball during part of eight decades.  (Vin Scully, Tommy Lasorda and Don Zimmer being the other three.)

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Garcia's son David was the Yankees  first-round pick—the 11th player taken overall—in the secondary phase of the January 1978 draft. He spent two years in the Yankee systems. Garcia also had two grandsons play professional baseball. Drew Garcia was a 21st round draft choice of the Chicago White Sox in 2008, and reached the Triple-A level. In 2010, the St. Louis Cardinals selected his grandson, Greg Garcia in the seventh round of Major League Baseball draft.  He made his MLB debut for the Cardinals in April 2014.

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Dave Garcia died in San Diego, his permanent home since 1961, of natural causes at the age of 97.

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Career statistics and manager information from Baseball-Reference

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Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors) · Retrosheet

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Etkin, Jack. "A Baseball Elder's Feel for the Game Endures", The New York Times, Sunday, May 3, 2009.

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The Way of the Scorpion, subtitled "The Way of the Clans: Book 5", is a supplement published by Alderac Entertainment Group (AEG) in 1999 for the fantasy role-playing game Legend of the Five Rings Roleplaying Game. It was the fifth in a series of eleven books outlining the clans of Rokugan.

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Of the seven clans of Rokugan, the Scorpion clan is the most secretive, lawless and anti-social. The Way of the Scorpion describes this clan in detail for the player looking to create a Scorpion Clan character, and for the gamemaster seeking to integrate the nefarious activities of the clan into the campaign. The book begins with short story, followed by sections describing the history of the clan; its social and political structure; and profiles of schools only briefly mentioned in the core rulebook. Another chapter introduces new skills, and new advantages and disadvantages — some of which are exclusive to the Scorpion clan. Some notable people of the clan are also described in detail. In the French version of this book, the book ends with a short scenario.

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The appendices cover a variety of subjects germane to the clan such as its ethics, loyalty, combat etiquette, honor and betrayal.

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The French addition also includes a short scenario titled "Le Crépuscule de l'Honneur" ("Twilight of Honor").<name=bs15 />

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The land of Rokugan, a fictional role-playing setting based on feudal Japan, was originally published as Legend of the Five Rings by AEG and ISOMEDIA in 1995. Two years later, AEG released Legend of the Five Rings Roleplaying Game, which used the Rokugan setting. Shortly after its release, AEG published The Way of the Dragon, which detailed one of the seven clans in Rokugan. Over the next two years, AEG released a series of ten  The Way of the ... books that covered the other clans. The fifth to be released was The Way of the Scorpion, a 118-page softcover book published in 1999, designed by Patrick Kapera, Jennifer Mahr, Ree Soesbee, D.J. Trindle, John Wick, and David Williams, with cover art by David Leri, and interior illustrations by Mary Lee Bryning, Audrey Corman, James A. Crabtree, Cris Dornaus, Scott James, Jennifer Mahr, and Ramón K. Pérez.

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In 1998, Siroz Productions released a French translation of Legend of Five Rings titled Le Livre de Cinq Anneaux, and the following year began to release French translations of The Way of... series, including La Voie du Scorpion. The French books in this series each concluded with the addition of a short scenario.

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The Way of the Scorpion was reviewed in the online second version of Pyramid which said "The first chapter, the Subtle Scorpion, starts off with tales that describe the Scorpion's presence in Rokugan, as well as a brief history detailing why the Scorpion clan behaves as it does. The stories are short enough that they don't distract, and the history makes the Scorpion seem noble in their efforts to do the dirty work of the Emperor.."

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In Issue 11 of the French games magazine Backstab, Geoffrey Picard liked the book, writing, "The short stories are absolutely exhilarating (and teeming with adventure ideas), and the technical section is illustrated with numerous very useful tips." Picard concluded by giving this book a rating of 6 out of 10, saying, "The Scorpion Clan perfectly illustrates the subtle rules of etiquette in this universe, and this book is probably the best tool L5R game masters can currently find.

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Four issues later, Picard reviewed the new French translation, and commented, "This book will give you practical, useful, and intelligent advice to help you integrate a samurai from this clan into your gaming group. It will allow you to understand why the Scorpion Clan still exists today (which wouldn't be the case if it were simply a den of scoundrels)." Picard liked the scenario added to the French edition, pointing out, "This scenario is designed for a group of adventurers with a strong combat bent. However, beware the slumbering brutes within every group: the first part of this adventure will demand considerable diplomatic and investigative skills." Picard concluded, "This supplement succeeds in making us understand that the Way of the Scorpion is also the way of loyalty, the way of honor."

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In Issue 116 of the French games magazine Casus Belli, Matthias Twardowski  noted, "The fifth in the Clan series, it is one of the most successful because it explains, demonstrates, and justifies the existence of the Scorpions, even managing to make them indispensable. All of this constitutes a veritable apologia for cynicism and dishonesty, a delightful read that can be used for many other games." However, Twardowski questioned the chapter on ninjas, pointing out that  "it completely contradicts the core rulebook ... [demonstrating] one of the main problems with the line: the lack of cohesion and editorial direction. With each new release, it becomes clear that the authors are writing what they invent as they go along, without always considering the overall coherence." Despite this, Twadowski concluded, "Way of the Scorpion is the most essential Clan supplement."

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Five issue later, Mehdi Sahmi reviewed the French translation and commented, "I'm increasingly regretting having bought the original English version of the game, because the French version is very well-crafted. That being said, the essential point I should make is that the book dedicated to Scorpions is probably the best in the series." Sahmi concluded, "This supplement is excellent and you should buy it."

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Neocomites is a genus of ammonite from the Lower Cretaceous, Berriasian to Hauterivian, and type genus for the Neocomitidae.

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The shell of Neocomites is fairly involute and compressed with flattish  sides; covered with flexuous ribs that branch in small sheaves from faint umbilical tubercles, in some branching again or intercaled further out on the whorls, ending in small oblique bullae in either side of a smooth flat venter. Ribs may cross the venter transversely  on later whorls. Sutures have deep 1st lateral lobes.

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Neocomites has a fairly widespread distribution and has been found in such places as central and southern Europe, North Africa, Madagascar, northern India, Borneo, Sumatra, Texas, Mexico, Colombia (Macanal Formation, Eastern Ranges), Peru, and Argentina.

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Arkell, W. J.; Furnish, W. M.; Kummel, Bernhard; Miller, A.K.; Moore, R.C.; Schindewolf, O.H. (1957). "Part L, Mollusca 4: Cephalopoda, Ammonoidea". In Raymond C. Moore (ed.). Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press. p. L358. ISBN 978-0-8137-3012-7 – via Internet Archive. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)

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Piraquive, Alejandro; Díaz, Juan Sebastián; Cuéllar, Tomas; Pardo, Germán; Kammer, Andreas (2011), "Reactivación Neógena de estructuras de rift del Cretácico Temprano asociadas con la Falla de Chámeza, Pajarito, Boyacá (Colombia): evidencias tectónicas y bioestratigráficas" (PDF), Geología Colombiana, 36: 197–216, archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-03-30, retrieved 2017-08-04

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"Neocomites". mindat.org. Retrieved 17 June 2022.

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Wright, Claud William; with John Hannes Callomon and M.K. Howarth (1996). Roger L. Kaesler (ed.). Mollusca 4 Revised, Cretaceous Ammonoidea in Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part L. Boulder, Colorado and Lawrence, Kansas: The Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press. p. 60.{{cite book}}:  CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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The Town Bridge is located in Bedford, the county town of Bedfordshire in England.  Spanning the River Great Ouse, it connects the town centre of Bedford with St Johns, historically a separate settlement but now a suburb of Bedford.

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The current bridge was designed by the architect John Wing between 1811 and 1813, replacing an earlier bridge said to date back to 1224.. It was widened between 1938 and 1940. The Swan Hotel and the remains of Bedford Castle are located nearby, the stone from the latter was said to have been used for construction of the medieval bridge. . It has been Grade II listed, having first been listed in 1952.

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Pevsner, Nikolaus. Bedfordshire and the County of Huntingdon and Peterborough. Yale University Press, 2002.

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Palmyra () is a town in southwestern Wayne County, New York, United States.  The population was 7,975 at the 2010 census. The town is named after the ancient city Palmyra in Syria.

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The town contains a village also named Palmyra. The town is about 20 miles (32 km) southeast of Rochester, New York.

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The prehistoric Adena culture left mounds in the area.

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Palmyra was part of the Phelps and Gorham Purchase.

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The Town of Palmyra, originally called "Swift's Landing" after its founder John Swift and "District of Tolland," was created in 1789. The sole local encounter between natives and white settlers that resulted in deaths occurred that same year. The present name was adopted in 1796, reportedly to impress a new school teacher. There were almost one thousand people in the town in 1800.

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The Erie Canal was completed up to Palmyra in 1822, although the canal was not completed to its western terminus until 1825. Palmyra is part of the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor.

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In 1823, the Town of Macedon was formed from part of Palmyra's territory as part of the creation of Wayne County from Ontario County.

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Birth of Latter Day Saint movement

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Palmyra is the birthplace of the Latter Day Saint movement. Founder Joseph Smith, whose family lived on a farm that straddled the line between Palmyra and Manchester, said he had been visited by God and Jesus Christ in 1820, an event known as the First Vision. In 1830 the Book of Mormon was first published in the village of Palmyra by E.B. Grandin, in the present Book of Mormon Historic Publication Site. Beginning in the early 20th century, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints began buying and restoring many of the properties in the area associated with early church history.  In 1997 the Smiths' log cabin was rebuilt on its original site and in 2000 the church built the Palmyra New York Temple on a portion of the former Smith farm.

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According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 33.7 square miles (87.3 km2), of which 33.5 square miles (86.7 km2)  is land and 0.2 square mile (0.5 km2)  (0.62%) is water.

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The Erie Canal passes across the county, through the Village of Palmyra. The multi-use, recreational Erie Canal Heritage Trail continues along the towpath of the Erie Canal as well.

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The south town line is the border of Ontario County.

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New York State Route 21 (north-south) intersects New York State Route 31 (east-west) in Palmyra village.

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The Palmyra-Macedon High School, Palmyra-Macedon Middle School and Palmyra-Macedon Primary School, which serves pre-K as well, are all located within Palmyra and part of the Palmyra-Macedon Central School District.

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The Palmyra Community Library is a Board of Regents chartered library that serves the public with a collection of books, magazines, videos, audiobooks, video games, and local references that may be borrowed or viewed.  The library also hosts a variety of community events year round.  Free wireless internet and computer access are available on site.

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In 2011, the library moved to its current location in the renovated Garlock Packing Company Building.  The move was prompted by a need to expand on site resources, increase seating, and add community gathering spaces.

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The building the Library vacated is now used as district offices for the Palmyra-Macedon Central School District.

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As of the census of 2010, there were 7,975 people, 3,255 households, and 2,175 families residing in the town. The population density was 236.6 inhabitants per square mile (91.4/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 96.7% White, 0.8% Black or African American, 0.4% Native American, 0.5% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 0.2% from other races, and 1.3% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.4% of the population.

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There were 3,255 households, out of which 27.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.1% were married couples living together, 11.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.2% were non-families. 25.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 2.92.

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In the town, the population was spread out, with 25.0% under the age of 20, 5.6% from 20 to 24, 24.0% from 25 to 44, 30.9% from 45 to 64, and 14.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41.7 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.9 males.

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The median income for a household in the town was $47,102, and the median income for a family was $57,770. Males had a median income of $40,742 versus $36,087 for females. The per capita income for the town was $23,569. About 14.5% of families and 16.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 27.5% of those under age 18 and 8.2% of those age 65 or over.

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There were 3,543 housing units at an average density of 105.1 per square mile (40.6/km2). 8.1% of housing units were vacant.

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There were 3,255 occupied housing units in the town. 2,212 were owner-occupied units (68.0%), while 1,043 were renter-occupied (32.0%). The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.2% of total units. The rental unit vacancy rate was 10.1%.

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Communities and locations in the Town of Palmyra

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Cooney Crossing – A location by the west town line on County Road 210.

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East Palmyra – A hamlet near the east town line on County Road 225. The East Palmyra Presbyterian Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.

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Palmyra – The Village of Palmyra on the Erie Canal.

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Red Creek – A stream north of Palmyra village.

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Wide Waters – A long narrow pond in the Erie Canal is partly in the southeast corner of the town.

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E. B. Grandin (1806–1845), printer of first edition of the Book of Mormon

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Increase A. Lapham (1811–1875), "father" of the United States Weather Service

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William T. Sampson (1840–1902), Admiral in the Spanish–American War

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Joseph Smith (1805–1844), founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, resided in Palmyra from 1816 to 1825 and again in 1830

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Martin Harris (1783–1875), financier, scribe, and one of three witnesses of the Book of Mormon resided in Palmyra from 1791 to 1831

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Margaret Aldrich Smith (1863–1929), American First Lady of Guam, born in Palmyra

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Henry Wells (1805–1878), founder of American Express and co-founder of Wells Fargo

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Palmyra (village), New York

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Historical summary of the Town of Palmyra, NY

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What We Almost Made is a 2008 mixtape by London-born entertainer Example. Similar to his previous full-length releases We Didn't Invent the Remix and What We Made, all of the songs in What We Almost Made were mainly written by Example and produced by Rusher. As the title suggests, What We Almost Made was made as a follow-up to What We Made and contains unreleased tracks that weren't included in any of his previous releases (five of which feature various artists); three of the songs, although, were originally B-sides taken from the vinyl releases of the singles "I Don't Want To", "So Many Roads" and "Me & Mandy" (tracks 15, 5 and 6, respectively).

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"Teenage Kicks" (featuring Ali Love)

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"Follow Him" (featuring Scroobius Pip)

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"Loud!" (featuring Frisco & Tinchy Stryder)

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"Heavy Showers" (featuring Trip)

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"Nip/Tuck" (featuring Goldielocks)

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"Who Needs Sunshine?"

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"Dirty Face" (Bootleg)

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Southall Gas Works is a former gas works site of around 88 acres (36 ha) in Southall, west London, which is currently  being redeveloped for mixed-use including 3,750 homes as part of  Berkeley Group's The Green Quarter.

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The site is located in Southall, west London, 4 mi (6.4 km) to the east of Heathrow.  It lies along the south bank of the Paddington Arm of the Grand Union Canal, close to its junction with the main line of the canal to the Thames at Brentford. It is situated on the north side of the Great Western Main Line and Elizabeth line between Southall and Hayes & Harlington stations, close to the junction with the branch line which originally ran to Brentford Dock. Across the canal is Minet Country Park.

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The gas works was originally constructed by the Brentford Gas Company, opening in 1869. It was required to meet rapidly increasing demand in Middlesex, which outstripped the capacity of the company's original works on the Thames at Brentford.

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The gas works was originally established at the western end of the full site, and progressively expanded to the east over sites originally used for brickyards and industrial works. It initially consisted of a retort house and a 480,000 cubic feet (14,000 m3) gas holder. In 1881, a second retort house was built.

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In 1878 no. 2 holder was built with a capacity of 1,130,000 cubic feet (32,000 m3). In 1885, a third holder was built with a capacity of 2,100,000 cubic feet (59,000 m3). In 1892, holder no. 4 was erected, to take 3,950,000 cubic feet (112,000 m3) of gas. In 1899, a carburetted water gas (CWG) plant was added with a capacity of 3,000,000 cubic feet (85,000 m3) per day, and in 1903 another retort house with 200 retorts.

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During World War 1, plants were constructed to produce oil gas tar, coal tar and crude benzole. In 1916 the CWG capacity was increased, and in 1920 Blue Water Gas plant was added.

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In 1926, the Brentford Gas Company was taken over by the Gas Light & Coke Company (GLCC). In the early 1930s a 7,500,000 cubic feet (210,000 m3) waterless holder was constructed. This holder, which was over 300 feet high, was removed in 2019.

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By 1935, some of the works had closed and had been replaced by a smaller works further east. Whilst not as large as the GLCC's Beckton Products Works, this made a significant contribution to the Company's production, particularly of creosote and road tar. The works was situated on the opposite side of London to Beckton, which facilitated the company's road tar spraying operations on that side of the metropolis. Southall Products Works continued to manufacture ammonium sulphate until 1946.

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Following nationalisation of the gas industry in 1949, the plant came under the control of the North Thames Gas Board. Construction of oil gasification plant began and by 1951, up to 300,000 cubic feet (8,500 m3) of gas a day was being produced in this way, primarily at times of peak demand.

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In 1953-54, a further 12,000,000 cubic feet (340,000 m3) CWG plant was built on the site of the original retort house from the 1860s, together with tower purifiers.

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In the early 1960s, plant was installed at Southall to make town gas from a feedstock of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) obtained from Fawley refinery via a 70-mile (110 km) pipeline. The first major oil storage tank, of 2,470,000 imperial gallons (11,200,000 L; 2,970,000 US gal), was installed in 1960. In 1963, the catalytic reforming plant had a production capacity of 60,000,000 cubic feet (1,700,000 m3) per day. Catalytic rich gas plant was installed in 1966 with a capacity of 30,000,000 cubic feet (850,000 m3) per day.

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The Products Works ceased distilling tar and was closed down in 1968. With the move to North Sea gas the gas works closed in 1973, leaving gas distribution and storage as the main on site functions.[1] The site passed into the hands of British Gas in 1973 and subsequently to National Grid plc.

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Parts of the site were used as long-stay parking for Heathrow Airport during the early 21st century, before construction began on The Green Quarter.

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The gasworks was used as a space centre fuelling area for Doctor Who in 1970. The site was used in an episode of The Sweeney in 1975 and in spin-off film Sweeney! in 1977. It was also used in 1978 for the "Fall Girl" episode of The Professionals TV series.

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In 2010, National Grid gained planning permission for a mixed-use development of new homes, leisure, health and education buildings. Initially, this was denied by Ealing Council, however the then mayor of London Boris Johnson called in the plans and overruled the council. In 2014, Berkeley Group entered into an agreement with National Grid to purchase the site, which formed part of the Mayor of London's first "Strategic Housing Zone". In 2016, a Section 73 application to alter the original masterplan permission was approved by the London Borough of Ealing. The site was first named Southall Waterside and the name was subsequently changed to The Green Quarter. The revised masterplan allocated 14 acres (5.6 ha) of the site to landscaped public gardens.

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In 2017, Berkeley started remediation works to improve the environmental condition of the land.  The remediation work was completed in an 'open-air soil hospital' in September 2019. The first affordable homes were finished in early 2019, with the first private residents arriving in 2021.

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In August 2021, the first phase of a new public park at The Green Quarter opened, called Central Gardens. The park has new trees, wildflowers and an amphitheatre, and is used for local community events. When complete, the park will be 4.5 acres (1.8 ha) in size and contain 250 trees as well as a water feature.  Central Gardens is one of two new parks at The Green Quarter, with new wetlands also to be created on the site. Berkeley is also building footbridges to connect to the neighbouring 90-acre (36 ha) Minet Country Park.

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Some local residents have complained that chemicals are being released from the land leading to health problems. Some experts have claimed that the “substances … present a threat to health” however other agencies such as Public Health England have stated that there is “minimal” risk with a risk assessment stating that the area “remained below levels likely to cause acute or short term health effect.”

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Following complaints by nearby residents of strong odours an environmental protection officer was hired by Ealing Council for people to report such complaints.

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East Greenwich Gas Works

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Imperial Gas Works, Fulham

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Ernesta De Mola, best known as Tina De Mola (28 October 1923 – 18 April 2012), was an Italian actress, singer and television personality.

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Born in Milan, De Mola was the daughter of a barber. After winning a contest for new voices in 1941, she started her career as singer-actress with several avanspettacolo companies. In 1942, she met Renato Rascel, and soon she became his wife and the primadonna in his revue company. That same year she made her film debut, in Giacomo Gentilomo's Pazzo d'amore. In 1946, De Mola participated to the Miss Italia beauty contest, getting the title of "Miss Sorriso D'Italia". After working on stage with the companies led by Erminio Macario, Ugo Tognazzi and Mario Carotenuto, she successfully toured South America with a program of Italian music. From 1955 onwards, she also became a central figure in the early Italian television, as a hostess and soubrette in a number of variety shows. De Mola and Rascel obtained the Roman Rota's annulment of marriage in 1963, and De Mola remarried in 1971.

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Tina De Mola at IMDb

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Sir David Grant  FLSW (born 12 September 1947) is a British academic who was the vice-chancellor of Cardiff University in Wales from 2001 to 2012. Following his appointment, Grant oversaw the merger between Cardiff University and the University of Wales College of Medicine, which was completed in 2004, and the award of university status to Cardiff.

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He gained his PhD in engineering science from Durham University in 1974. Prior to his appointment at Cardiff University, Grant worked for the Dowty Group and then became director of technology at the General Electric Company (1991–2001).  He was awarded the Mensforth International Gold Medal by the Institution of Electrical Engineers in 1996.

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He became a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 1997, and was a vice-president from 2007 to 2012.  He is also a former council member of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, and was a governing board member of Innovate UK (formerly the Technology Strategy Board).  He served on the board of the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory from 2012 to 2018, and was chair of the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Network until 2018.

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Grant is a non-executive director of Renishaw plc and of IQE, and chair of the National Physical Laboratory.

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He was elected an Honorary Fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge in 2000.

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He was elected a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales in 2018.

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Grant was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1997 for his contribution to the UK Foresight Programme, and was knighted in the 2016 Birthday Honours for services to engineering, technology, and skills.

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Philippe Coindreau is a French naval officer. He joined the Navy in 1979 and qualified as a pilot in 1984. He served as Major General of the Armed Forces from 1 September 2016 to August 31, 2018.

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Lawrence H. Siegel (October 29, 1925 – August 20, 2019) was an American comedy writer and satirist who wrote for television, stage, magazines, records, and books. He won three Emmys as Head Writer during four seasons of The Carol Burnett Show along with one Writers Guild award and a dozen Emmy and Writers Guild nominations for his work in television comedy on shows like Burnett and Laugh-In.  He was one of Mad Magazine's top movie satire writers, and a member of the  "usual gang of idiots" for almost 33 years as well as one of the earliest humor and satire writers for Playboy. He was also a WWII Veteran, and the only American comedy writer to have ever both won an Emmy and received a Purple Heart.

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Siegel was born in New York City on October 29, 1925, to a family of Jewish descent. His first published work was a poem, Oh Dear What Can Sinatra Be?, which tweaked both the singer and his bobbysoxer fans, and ran in Earl Wilson's syndicated newspaper column in 1943. The verse read in part:

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Blaring lovesick rhyme,

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Her insides flip in double time.

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A slender frame with sagging knees

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Yet garnering fame with uncanny ease

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The stricken dame pants the breeze.

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Eyes of blue, two hands alike

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Stretching forth true

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Close to you?  No, his mike.

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At the age of 18, Siegel was drafted into the Army soon after his contribution to Wilson's column.  In early 1944, after concluding infantry basic training in Georgia, he volunteered for additional stateside training with the 10th Mountain Division. The 10th landed in Naples, Italy for battle in January 1945. Siegel became an Army Rifleman and decorated war hero who received a Purple Heart, Bronze Star Medal, American Theater Ribbon, EAME Theater Ribbon with two Bronze Stars, Victory Medal, Combat Infantry Badge, and a Good Conduct ribbon.

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After the war ended, Siegel enrolled at the University of Illinois on the G.I. Bill. He wrote for the school humor magazine, Shaft, for two years. He became editor of the publication when his predecessor, Hugh Hefner, graduated, a college connection that would influence his future comedy career. While at college, Siegel had stories published in Fantasy and Science Fiction and American Legion Magazine. Siegel graduated and returned to his family in New York in 1950.

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In 1955, while on vacation in Nantucket, Siegel fell in love with Helen Hartman, an aide in the office of United Nations Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld in New York.  He proposed on their first date and they were married until Siegel's death.

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In the late 1950s, Hugh Hefner would enter his life once again when Siegel found work as Eastern Promotion Manager for Chicago-based Playboy. Siegel started writing humorous articles and satirical pieces for Playboy, Humbug and Mad Magazine.  He wrote nearly 300 articles for the latter, which appeared in more than 150 issues.  Siegel's output for Mad included nearly 80 movie and television parodies, including "The Oddfather," "Balmy and Clod" and "Flawrence of Arabia" as well as a dozen "primers," and several imaginary magazine parodies on topics ranging from medicine, to 1960s protesters, to "gun nuts."  Siegel also wrote song parodies, including several of those in the Mad special issue which ultimately provoked a failed lawsuit by Irving Berlin and other composers which established certain copyright law protections that endure to this day.

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In 1965, at the behest of composer Mary Rodgers and Mad publisher William Gaines, Siegel collaborated with Stan Hart on The Mad Show.

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The world-wide success of The Mad Show brought the Siegel and Hart families to Los Angeles in 1968. There, they wrote a Flip Wilson special for NBC and a pilot for 20th Century Fox producer David Gerber called Oh Nurse!

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In 1970, Siegel was hired by producer George Schlatter to write for Laugh-In. He later broke contract to write for Carol Burnett with Stan Hart. The team spent three years with Burnett, during which they won two Emmys and were nominated for another. Siegel and Hart parted from the Burnett show in 1974, and Siegel helped launch That's My Mama on ABC. He returned for the final season of Carol Burnett's show in 1977 and won a third Emmy.

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In the early 1980s, Siegel was hired as part of a team of writers to pen a sequel of sorts to the hit LP record The First Family. Titled The First Family Rides Again and highlighting mimic Rich Little, the follow-up dealt with the life of Ronald Reagan.

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During the 1990s, Siegel spent three years teaching comedy writing at UCLA before turning to acting and joining the Screen Actors Guild. He did commercials for companies including IBM and Northwest Airlines and also performed in stage musicals in the Los Angeles area.  At the age of 87, Siegel was still  doing improvisational comedy, writing, and performing in sketches for shows at the Broad Theater in Santa Monica, California. He died on August 20, 2019, at the age of 93.

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Lambiek Comiclopedia article.

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Complete list of Siegel's MAD articles

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Larry Siegel in 2010 at a Los Angeles comedy club

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Larry Siegel at IMDb

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Larry Siegel discography at Discogs

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Larry Siegel at Find a Grave

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Mehdi Amirabadi (Persian: مهدی امیرآبادی, born 22 February 1979) is a retired Iranian footballer who usually played as a full back.

Mehdi Amirabadi


Amirabadi was born in Tehranpars, Tehran, Iran.

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He joined Saipa in 1998. He joined Esteghlal F.C. in 2004. Since joining the club, he has again and again proven himself at the club scoring many vital goals as well as saving many. He has been the regular player since he joined Esteghlal on the right side for the team. In 2012, he was chosen as the club's captain after Farhad Majidi left the club on loan to Al-Gharafa. After spending 8 seasons at Esteghlal, by end of 2011–12 season he moved to Foolad along with Esmaeil Sharifat. He left Foolad in summer 2013 and joined Azadegan League side Paykan. He helped the club to promoted back to the Iran Pro League for the 2014–15 season.

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Club career statistics

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Last Update 10 May 2014

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International career

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He was part of the 2004 Asian Cup but did not play any match and never got a regular place for Team Melli.

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Iran Pro League (2): 2005–06, 2008–09

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Runner up (1): 2010–11

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Hazfi Cup (2): 2007–08, 2011–12

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Mehdi Amirabadi at TeamMelli.com

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Mehdi Amirabadi at National-Football-Teams.com

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Saron was a Welsh Independent (Congregationalist) chapel in Davies Street, Aberaman, Wales, formed as an initiative of the David Price of Siloa, Aberdare, soon after the development of Aberaman as an industrial settlement as a result of the activities of Crawshay Bailey and David Davis, Blaengwawr. Saron was claimed to be the largest chapel in the Cynon Valley although Calvaria, Abercynon, Ebenezer, Trecynon and Siloa, Aberdare all had a similar capacity.

Saron Chapel, Aberaman


Foundation and early history

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The history of the cause at Saron can be traced to meetings held from November 1846 at a house in Cardiff Road, Aberaman, where Thomas Jones, minister of Adulam, Merthyr Tydfil had come to live and keep a school. At this time, the village of Aberaman was at a very early stage in its development as an industrial centre and, as workers frequently migrated in and out of the area the membership of the nascent church fluctuated. Soon, however the house became too small and the congregation moved to the nearby Lamb and Flag. The premises were owned by one Thomas Howells, but the holding of meetings in a public house, although far from unusual in those days, led to a split among the members and the meetings reverted to the house of Thomas Jones. When he died in January 1848 the future of the church was uncertain.

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However, at this stage, the intervention of David Price, minister of Siloa, Aberdare was crucial in the formation of a permanent Independent church at Aberaman, which was inaugurated later in 1848. In 1849, Joshua Thomas of Bethlehem, Llangadog, accepted a call to minister the church and in that year, in the wake of a religious revival which coincided with a cholera outbreak in the Glamorgan and Monmouthshire valleys, around 120 new members were accepted at Saron. A new building was urgently required and, shortly afterwards land was leased at Abergwawr Farm from Dr James Lewis Roberts and Jennett Roberts and a chapel built which was consecrated in 1850. The building costs in 1849–50 were £719. At this time there were 218 members at Saron.

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The Pastorate of John Davies, 1854–63

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Once the cholera outbreak was over the membership at Saron declined as many of those who had sought religious solace when in fear of the disease now withdrew. In this atmosphere remaining members fell out amongst themselves, a number left for other churches and, ultimately, in August 1852, Joshua Thomas terminated his ministry at Saron. William Edwards, minister of Ebenezer, Trecynon, temporarily took on responsibility for Saron until a call was extended to the Rev John Davies of Llanelli, Breconshire, in June 1854. After some months'  hesitation, Davies accepted and commenced his ministry in November of that year.

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The arrival of the new minister immediately revived the cause at Saron. Although a branch of Saron was opened at Moriah Aman, Cwmaman, leading to the transfer of 29 members the existing building was found to be too small and a decision was taken to extend the building. This took place in 1856 at a cost of £220 to provide seating capacity for 900 people. This work cost £953, and the church debt was £1200, as the cost of building the original chapel had not been cleared. However, the debt was rapidly reduced, and in the early 1860s, the spacious Saron Hall was built behind the chapel at a cost of £300, and by 1865 the debt was largely cleared.

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It was no small feat for an industrial community composed in the main of manual labourers to raise over £2000 in little over fifteen years. Saron did benefit, however, from the religious revival of 1859–60, when some 50 new members were being admitted each month. During this time, members of Saron had a part to play in the formation of the Tabernacle English Congregational Church, Aberdare

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John Davies had been a success at Aberaman and, in June 1863, he received a call from the church at Mount Stuart Square, Cardiff, and he ended his ministry at Saron on 14 June 1863.

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Later Nineteenth Century

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A further renovation took place in 1890 at a cost of £1,600.

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R. Rowlands was minister from 1864 until 1891 and H.P. Jenkins from 1893 until 1922.

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The longest serving minister at Saron was Glannant Jones who served for 42 years from 1931 until 1973. Heulwen Evans ALCM was the organist from 1960 until 2000.

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The chapel was well-maintained into the twenty-first century but eventually closed due to a dwindling congregation. It was later reopened as Saron Chapel, Independent Baptist Church. The first service was November 5, 2014 under the new pastor, an American missionary, Dr. B.J. Stagner Jr. The church was renamed to Calvary Independent Baptist Church Cynon Valley in 2022.

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Jones, Alan Vernon (2004). Chapels of the Cynon Valley. Cynon Valley Historical Society. ISBN 0953107612.

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Rees, D. Ben (1975). Chapels in the Valley. The Ffynnon Press. ISBN 0-902158-08-2.

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Rees, Thomas; Thomas, John (1871). Hanes Eglwysi Annibynnol Cymru, Vol. 2.

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"Glamorgan Chapel Database (Aberdare)". Genuki. Retrieved 25 July 2014.

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Website of current Saron Chapel, Independent Baptist Church

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All Saints Notting Hill is a Church of England parish church in Talbot Road, Notting Hill, London that is affiliated to the Anglo-Catholic Forward in Faith movement.

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The church is built in a Victorian Gothic Revival style with striking  polychromatic decoration. For heritage purposes the church is a Grade II* listed building.

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The building of All Saints' Church was begun in 1852 for the Reverend Dr Samuel Walker. Walker was a wealthy property speculator, one of several buying up land in the area that was then to be known as Kensington Park.

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The church was designed by architect William White, working with Sir George Gilbert Scott as to be the centrepiece of Walker's local property development, and a  church without pew rents.

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Walker's property speculation in the area was a financial failure  and he sold his interests to others speculating on property in the newly emerging area of Kensington Park.

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As a result, the church-building was left unfinished for a number of years during which time in some quarters it received the epthet "All-Sinners-in-the-Mud".

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All Saints was eventually completed in 1861 at a cost of £25,000, without its spire, for the incumbency of Reverend John Light of Trinity College Dublin.

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The tower is 100 feet (30 m) high and is said to resemble the Medieval Gothic Belfry of Bruges, Belgium.

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All Saints suffered serious bomb damage in The Blitz of World War II, along with neighbouring buildings including Pinehurst Court, at 1–9 Colville Gardens. The first bombs fell on 26 September 1940, and the church was hit again in March and June 1944. The Lady Chapel and the south transept chapel were destroyed. Restoration work was completed in 1951.

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On October 14, 1966, Pink Floyd played the first of a number of events known as Notting Hill Fayre at All Saints church hall. The events, staged by the London Free School, were the forerunners of the internationally renowned Notting Hill Carnival. Three years later Hawkwind also played the church hall.

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From 1931 to 1961 the vicar was the outgoing and gregarious Fr John Twisaday, who established the high church worship tradition at All Saints. From January 2025 Rev. Charles Card-Reynolds will be Vicar.

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1885–96 Robert Trench

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1896–1907 Philip Herbert Learyk

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1907–31 Herbert Ridley

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1932–61 John Herbert Cloete Twisaday

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1961–66 John Herbert Brewer

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1966–67 John Henry Dixon

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1976–2018 John Brownsell

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2019-2024 Philip Corbett

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2025- Charles Card-Reynolds

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Decoration and fittings

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The chancel has paintings by Henry Holiday.

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Notable parishioners

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• Walter Passmore (1867–1946), a singer and actor best known for his comic baritone roles in Gilbert and Sullivan operas with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, was a choirboy at All Saints.

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Organs and Organists

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1862-3. The church's first organ was built by Gray & Davison having  first been displayed at the 1862 International Exhibition. It was located in the south transept of the church. This position led to some criticism:

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The north transept of All Saints', Notting Hill, was designed by Mr. White, specially for the reception of the organ, and with this end in view he fenestrated it with a large traceried rose placed high up in the wall [...] the authorities caused the organ to be placed in the south transept, thus completely blocking up a very beautiful four-light window. The effect of the opposite transept, with the blank wall space left perfectly bare, is very unpleasing. [...] The organ in question, by Gray and Davison, occupies an elevated position, and has the somewhat unusual appendage (for a modern instrument) of a choir organ.

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1902. A new three-manual organ by Norman and Beard was installed, in the north chancel and north transept.

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1952. The organ was reconstructed by Percy Daniel & Co, Clevedon, with the pipe-work placed inside the tower speaking into the church via an opening onto the west gallery.

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(n.d.) Henry John Gauntlett (9 July 1805 Wellington – 21 February 1876 Kensington). Mus.D. (Lambeth, 1843)

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(n.d.) George Benjamin Allen (21 April 1822 London – 30 November 1897 Brisbane) Mus.B. (Oxon, 1852).

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(1873–86) Edward Henry Birch. (12 December 1849 Uxbridge – 9 April 1934 Kensington) Mus.B. (Oxon, 1875).

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(1885/6?-at least 1892) George Ernest Lake (29 May 1854 London – 15 March 1893 London).

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(noted In post in1902 & 1921) Richard William Robertson (c.1880 Kensington – 11 May 1936 St Pancras).

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(1905-) Henry Scott-Baker (1880 London -?) A.R.A.M., L.R.A.M., A.R.C.O.

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(noted In post in 1921) Benham Blaxland (1861 Parramatta – 1926 London).

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(1936–42) Joseph Hurst Bannister (1882 Burton-upon-Trent – 2 August 1942  Lindfield).

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(noted in post in 1957/8) Nicholas Jackson (1934– ), 3rd Bt (1979). LRAM.

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(1975) Organist post advertised jointly with St John's Notting Hill, £200p.a.

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(noted in post 2005) Andrew Tait GGSMD MA MMus.

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(2021–23) Christopher Myhill (1980- )

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1877-79 Henry William Richards (16 April 1865, Notting Hill) - 4 January 1956. Reading). Mus.D. (Dunelm, 1903), Hon.R.A.M., Hon.R.C.M., F.R.C.O.

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September 1959 Assistant organist post advertised at £40 p.a.

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Denny, Barbara (1993). Notting Hill and Holland Park Past. Historical Publications. p. 70. ISBN 0-948667-18-4.

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Mitton, Geraldine (2007). The Kensington District. Project Gutenberg. (EBook 21643)

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Pevsner, Nikolaus (1952). London. The Buildings of England. Vol. 2 Except the Cities of London and Westminster. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-071006-X. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)

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Shepherd, FHW, ed. (1973). The Portobello and St Quintin estates. Survey of London. Vol. 37 Northern Kensington. London: London County Council. pp. 298–332.

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Kamihori Station (上堀駅, Kamihori-eki) is a railway station in the city of Toyama, Toyama Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Toyama Chihō Railway.

Kamihori Station


Kamihori Station is served by the  Toyama Chihō Railway Kamidaki Line, and is 2.1 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Minami-Toyama.

Kamihori Station


The station has one ground-level side platform serving a single bi-directional track. The station is unattended.

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Kamihori Station was opened on 25 April 1921.

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Kamihori Post Office

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Passenger statistics

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In fiscal 2015, the station was used by 281 passengers daily.

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List of railway stations in Japan

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Jaspal Singh Bhatti (3 March 1955 – 25 October 2012) was an Indian television personality known for his satirical take on the problems of the common man. He was most well known for his television series Flop Show, Full Tension and mini capsules Ulta Pulta which ran on Doordarshan, India's public service broadcaster, in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He was commonly known as the "King of Comedy" and also the "King of Satire". He carried out various anti-corruption crusades in Chandigarh. His frontal attack on issues like red-tapism, nepotism, and corruption was both comic and awakening for the masses.

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In 2013, he was posthumously awarded the Padma Bhushan, India's third-highest civilian award.

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Early background and personal life

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Bhatti was born on 3 March 1955 in Amritsar, Punjab in a Punjabi Sikh Rajput family. Bhatti graduated from Punjab Engineering College (PEC) in Chandigarh as an electrical engineer.

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Bhatti married Savita Bhatti on 24 March 1985, and has a son, Jasraj Bhatti, and a daughter, Raabiya Bhatti. ]Savita Bhatti was chosen in the 2014 Indian general elections, as a candidate of the Aam Aadmi Party from Chandigarh, but she opted out.

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His low-budget Flop Show, the TV series that debuted in the late 1980s starred his wife Savita Bhatti, who produced the show and acted in all 10 episodes as his wife. The show has cultivated a legacy and is well-remembered. One of his co-actors Vivek Shauq achieved fame after his stint in Flop Show, having found a solid footing in Hindi cinema.

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Bhatti subsequently acted and directed the popular TV series Ulta Pulta and Nonsense Private Limited for Doordarshan network. His show incorporated humour to highlight everyday issues of the middle class in India. Bhatti's satire on the Punjab Police in his film Mahaul Theek Hai (1999) was his first directorial venture for a full-length feature film in his native Punjabi language. He played the role of Jolly Good Singh, a guard, in the movie Fanaa. He played a comical college principal in Koi Mere Dil Se Poochhe. He also starred in the Punjabi comedy film Jijaji.

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Bhatti acted in the Hindi film Aa Ab Laut Chalen with Kadar Khan in 1999.

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Bhatti also appeared in SAB TV's Comedy ka King Kaun as a judge alongside actress Divya Dutta. Bhatti and his wife Savita also competed in a popular Star Plus show Nach Baliye which went on air in October 2008. The couple demonstrated their dancing and comic skills.

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In his later years, Jaspal Bhatti set up a training school and a studio in Mohali near Chandigarh called "Joke Factory".

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He also launched a 52-episode comedy series titled Thank You Jijaji on Sony's family entertainment channel, SAB TV. It was shot at his own MAD Arts film school at Chandigarh.

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At a 2009 carnival in Chandigarh, Bhatti put up a stall displaying vegetables, pulses and oils. The onlookers were invited to throw rings around them to win these costly goods as prizes, poking fun at the government's failure to control inflation.

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In 2009, Bhatti school, Mad Arts, produced an animation film, centered on female foeticide won the second prize in the Advantage India organised by 1take media. It won a certificate of merit at the IDPA-2008 Awards in Mumbai.

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Bhatti was granted the Lifetime Achievement Award, at the first Golden Kela Awards.

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Jaspal Bhatti was awarded Padma Bhushan by the Government of India, posthumously on Republic Day 2013 for his contribution to the Arts.

Jaspal Bhatti


Bhatti was known for floating his political parties during elections to highlight the problems faced by the general public.

Jaspal Bhatti


In 1995, he floated the 'Hawala Party' delighting passers-by with his original poker-faced take on growing political corruption in the country which was already a hotly discussed topic in the context of the Jain-Hawala Diaries.

Jaspal Bhatti


In 2002, Bhatti announced that he was starting the "Suitcase Party" and released his manifesto allotting 5 seats to his family & more seats to be decided based on the suitcase size of the prospective candidates.

Jaspal Bhatti


In 2009, the comedian announced that he was floating the "Recession Party" and Bhajna Amli, alias Gurdev Dhillon, as his party's face from the Ludhiana. In his trademark satirical style, he kept his party's symbol as opium, drugs and alcohol for which he claimed that there would be no shortage of supply if his party was voted to power.

Jaspal Bhatti


India's leading media critic Amita Malik said of him: "Bhatti has the correct style for TV, an understated, quiet humour which sinks in without shouting, and which mercilessly exposes both corruption in our everyday life and the typical people, who thrive on it. The grim fact and the hard truths of our society so bitter otherwise are made so funny through the adept handling of Bhatti, that cleansing laughter is created out of common malpractices."

Jaspal Bhatti


Bhatti died in a car accident near Shahkot in the Jalandhar district on 25 October 2012, aged 57. The car was being driven by his son, Jasraj Bhatti, when it hit a tree. Jaspal died just one day before the release of his film Power Cut starring his son Jasraj.

Jaspal Bhatti


In his remembrance, his wife Savita Bhatti organised "Jaspal Bhatti Humor Festival" which takes place every year on his birth anniversary in Chandigarh.

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Dil Pardesi Ho Gaya (2013) (Posthumous release)

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Power Cut (2012) – Actor and director

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Dharti (2011) – Surveen's Dad

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Hum Tum Shabana (2011) Guest appearance

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Chak De Phatte (2009) – Pyara Singh Lovely

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Ek: The Power of One (2009)

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Fanaa (2006) – Jolly Good Singh

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Nalaik (2006) – Daku Mann Singh

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Mera Dil Leke Dekkho (2006)

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Jija Ji (2005) – Jija Ji

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Kuchh Meetha Ho Jaye (2005) – Ram Saran Dubey

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Kuch Naa Kaho (2003) – Monty Ahluwalia

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Tujhe Meri Kasam (2003) – Sardarji

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Jaani Dushman: Ek Anokhi Kahani (2002)

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Koi Mere Dil Se Poochhe (2002) – Naraaz Shankar

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Shakti: The Power (2002) – Nandini's uncle

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Yeh Hai Jalwa (2002) – Buta Singh

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Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai (2000) – Balwinder (Balu)

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Khauff (2000) – Hava Singh/Dava Singh

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Woh Bewafa Thi (2000)

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Kartoos (1999) – Mini's uncle

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Mahaul Theek Hai (1999)

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Aa Ab Laut Chalen (1999) – Iqbal

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Jaanam Samjha Karo (1999) – Tubby, Rahul's Secretary

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Kaala Samrajya (1999)

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Wanted: Gurdas Mann Dead or Alive (1994) – Thanedaar

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Mahaul Theek Hai (1999) (Also writer and producer)

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Power Cut (2012) (Also writer and producer)

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Jaspal Bhatti at IMDb

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Site Jaspal Bhatti's Official Website

Jaspal Bhatti


Santa Maria della Catena or Santa Maria del Porto is a church in Borgo Santa Lucia of Naples, Italy.

Santa Maria della Catena, Naples


The church was founded in 1576 by the inhabitants of the quartiere, and dedicated to the Madonna della Catena, an important Marian cult in Naples and Sicily. The legend holds that in 1390 in Palermo, three innocent, yet condemned, prisoners had their execution delayed due to a downpour. While in jail, their chains were broken by the miraculous intervention of the Virgin. The chains were found in the church of Santa Maria del Porto, further corroborating their tale, and led to the cult of Holy Mary of "the Chains" (della Catena).

Santa Maria della Catena, Naples


The church here was rebuilt in the 17th century by Carmelo Passero. The decoration of the cupolas was completed by Gabriele Barrile, with collaboration of Andrea Canale. The church has the tomb of the painter Jusepe de Ribera, called Spagnoletto. In the church has been buried since 1799 Admiral Francesco Caracciolo, who was executed by order of Horatio Nelson. The fishermen of the neighborhood considered the admiral one of their own. An epitaph, posted in 1881, recalls that event.

Santa Maria della Catena, Naples


The church was linked to the Feast of the Chain, which until thirty years ago took place in early September. During the feast, a boat was burned on the beach, around which were then organized singing and dancing. Santa Maria della Catena was a parish church up to half of the 18th century, today is a rectory for the nearby church of Santa Lucia a Mare.

Santa Maria della Catena, Naples


Gmina Szczawin Kościelny (1943-1945, German Schauenkirch) is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Gostynin County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Szczawin Kościelny, which lies approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi) south-east of Gostynin and 96 km (60 mi) west of Warsaw.

Gmina Szczawin Kościelny


The gmina covers an area of 127.14 square kilometres (49.1 sq mi), and as of 2022 its total population is 4,830.

Gmina Szczawin Kościelny