[{"text": "Francisco Alberto Caama\u00f1o is a Santo Domingo Metro station on Line 1. It was open on 22 January 2009 as part of the inaugural section of Line 1 between Mam\u00e1 Ting\u00f3 and Centro de los H\u00e9roes. The station is between Am\u00edn Abel and Centro de los H\u00e9roes. This is an underground station, built below Avenida Dr. Bernardo Correa y Cidr\u00f3n. It is named to honor Francisco Caama\u00f1o."}, {"text": "Michail Asterios Sapkas () was a Greek revolutionary of the Macedonian Struggle and politician. Biography. Sapkas was born in 1873 in Magarevo, then Ottoman Empire (now North Macedonia). He studied medicine in the University of Athens. Some years before the Macedonian Struggle occurred, he with his family moved to Larissa, where he joined the \"New Filiki Eteria\" (\"\u039d\u03ad\u03b1 \u03a6\u03b9\u03bb\u03b9\u03ba\u03ae \u0395\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9\u03c1\u03b5\u03af\u03b1\") which was established by Anastasios Pichion. He established the \"Macedonian Society of Larissa\", which during the Macedonian Struggle was recruiting volunteers from the nearby areas. He was elected mayor of Larissa 4 times (1914, 1925, 1929, 1934), and during his service the local water supply and electricity systems got upgraded, as well as the first sidewalks were formed, modern courts of justice were created and the Municipal Conservatory, the Municipal Library and also the Museum of Larissa were founded. Also, during his days, the \"Senior Gendarmerie Administration of Thessaly\" was established in Larissa and he granted 15 stremma for the erection of the Alcazar Stadium in 1932. Furthermore, he was elected Member of the Greek Parliament representing Larissa in 1920 and 1936, supporting the People's Party. He died in 1956, at the age of 83."}, {"text": "Adnan Sel\u00e7uk M\u0131zrakl\u0131 (born in Siverek, 1963) is a Kurdish politician of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) and former member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey and Mayor of Diyarbakir. Early life and education. When M\u0131zrakl\u0131 was three years old his family moved to Eski\u015fehir due to his father's work. He attended the primary and secondary school in Eski\u015fehir. After completing his studies at the faculty of medicine, he began working as a doctor in Diyarbakir in 1991. He worked as a surgeon and was involved in the Medical Chamber. He was also active in the Democratic Society Congress (DTK) since 2000. Due to his involvement in the DTK, he was arrested for 2 months in 2017. Political career. In the General Elections of the 24 June 2018 he was elected to represent Diyarbakir as an MP. In the Municipal election of the 31 March 2019 he was elected as Mayor of Diyarbakir with 62.93% of the votes. He became well known amongst the opposition as he made public a luxury suite in Diyarbakir Municipality which was built before he took office. Due to political pressure, he was dismissed as the Mayor of Diyarbakir on 19 August 2019. The"}, {"text": "population of Diyarbakir protested for weeks against this decision. Legal prosecution. M\u0131zrakl\u0131 was detained on the 21 October 2019 and charged with being a member of terror organization. The prosecution alleged that Mizrakli had attended funerals of PKK members and that he shall have performed surgery for an alleged member of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). Human Rights Watch stated that \"the evidence in an indictment against him does not support the charge that he was involved with terrorism or committed crimes.\" On the 9 March 2020 he was sentenced to 9 years and 4 months imprisonment for membership in a terror organization. He was accused of terror propaganda since April 2020 in an additional case. In that case, the prosecution saw his participation in meetings organized by the HDP or his activism against the execution of Ramin Hossein-Penahi in Iran as terror propaganda. In September 2021 he was acquitted. Detention conditions. Initially being detained in a prison in Diyarbakir, he was transferred away of his hometown from the prison in Diyarbakir in Southeast Anatolia to a prison facility in Kayseri in central Anatolia. He is one of several elected mayors of the HDP, currently in detention in Turkey. In"}, {"text": "February 2022 and at his own request, he was transferred to the F-type prison in Edirne, the same prison in which Selahattin Demirta\u015f is imprisoned."}, {"text": "Bernwig was abbot of the Abbey of Saint Gall from 837 to 840/841. On 25 May 837, he was first documented as Abbot of Saint Gall. His date of birth is not known; he died on a 8 December of an unknown year. Bernwig is often mentioned as registrar between 809 und 826. Before that, he is registered as witness. Between 827 and 831, he is mentioned as dean. An entry of the same name can be found in the confraternity book of Reichenau Abbey and in the book of vows (German \"Professbuch\") of Saint Gall. According to Ratpert, Bernwig was elected abbot with the permission of Emperor Louis the Pious and by request of his predecessor Gozbert. Ratpert reports further that Bernwig sided with Lothar when Emperor Louis' sons found themselves in a dispute for succession. His partisanship with Lothar is said to have cost him the office of abbot. It can be assumed that Bernwig's dismissal between August 840 and April 841 occurred when Louis the German, after his victory over Lothar, became the ruler of Alemanni."}, {"text": "Adolf Kiefer (22 June 1857 - 15 November 1929) was a Swiss mathematician, working mainly on geometry. Life. Kiefer was born in 1857 in Selzach, Switzerland to Jakob, a farmer, village mayor and member of Solothurn parliament. In 1880 he graduated as a teacher of mathematics and physics. He taught, from 1881-2, at the Concordia Institute, in Z\u00fcrich. Kiefer's 1881 doctorate was from the University of Z\u00fcrich for the thesis \"Der Kontakt h\u00f6herer Ordnung bei algebraischen Fl\u00e4chen\". Between 1882 and 1894 he taught geometry and technical drawing at the canton school in Frauenfeld, becoming deputy head in 1886 and head in 1888. In 1894 he became director of the Concordia Institute. Concordia closed after the First World War, Kiefer taught elsewhere including Zurich teachers' college. Kiefer was a member of the committee of the first International Congress of Mathematicians. Kiefer retired in 1926 due to ill health. He became an honorary member of the Schweizerische Naturforschende Gesellschaft in 1928. He died 15 November 1929. Work. Books. Kiefer published over thirty papers, mostly on geometry."}, {"text": "The Ghana Mine Workers' Union (GMWU) is a trade union representing miners in Ghana. In 1944, workers in the electric shop in Aboso succeeded in getting their English foreman removed, as he had been enforcing unfair working conditions. They formed the Gold Coast Employees' Union, and in November 1947 the union organised a successful strike for improved working conditions. In 1957, the Ghana became independent, and the union renamed itself as the \"Ghana Mine Workers' Union\", in recognition of the country's new name, and the main industry in which it represented workers. By 1960, it had 40,000 members, and had affiliated to the Miners' International Federation and the Ghana Trades Union Congress. Membership of the union has gradually fallen, and by 2014 it stood at 16,000. In addition to its industrial activities, it formed the Golden Pride Savings and Loans Company. 1950s: Daniel K. Foevie 1960s: E. Williams 1970s: R. A. Yeboah 1990s: Robert Cole 2000s: Prince William Ankrah"}, {"text": "Netherton is one of the 18 electoral wards that form the Parliamentary constituency of Hyndburn, Lancashire, England. The ward returns two councillors to represent eastern Great Harwood on the Hyndburn Borough Council. As of the May 2018 Council election, Netherton had an electorate of 3,247."}, {"text": "Sabin Zen Morley Lomac (born April 4, 1981) is an American businessman and co-founder of Cousins Maine Lobster. Early life and education. Lomac was raised by his mother Jeannie Lomac. Until the age of 18, he lived in Maine. Lomac attended Hofstra University from 1999 to 2003. From 2000 to 2003 he majored in speech communications, rhetorical studies, and race relations. He also worked at Morton's of Chicago as a waiter in Great Neck, NY and Midtown NYC throughout his college. Achievements. Lomac has appeared in 15 plays while attending Hofstra. He was also represented by NEXT models during college and appeared in catalogue work for Yahoo, Calvin Klein, and many others. Sabin also appeared on All My Children, Guiding Light, Mad TV as an actor while in college. After obtaining a role on Veronica Mars as an actor and to continue his dream of acting he moved to California. At last he moved to Los Angeles and began work as an actor and a Realtor at 360 Realty. He managed a team of 10 realtors and carried, at times, over 80 listings. In 2012 he began Cousins Maine Lobster as a side business idea with his cousin Jim. Cousins"}, {"text": "Maine Lobster currently has 35 food trucks and 12 restaurants in over 20 US cities, including 3 in Taiwan. Lomac also created \"Cousins For A Cause\" 501C3 for philanthropic work with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Los Angeles, which was named National Big Brother of The Year for 2016 from Big Brothers Big Sisters of America. His cousins Maine Lobster has been named in the top 20 most successful \"Shark Tank\" businesses."}, {"text": "Konet Island () is a tidal island located 100 metres off the shores of Telok Gong in Kuala Sungai Baru, Malacca, Malaysia. It is rich with corals and colourful ornamental fishes, connected to the mainland by a tombolo and is accessible by foot at low tide. Similar to Besar Island and according to local legends, the island is also believed to be the home of the elves known as Orang bunian. Another islet with similar feature, Keramat Island, is located 50 metres west of this islet."}, {"text": "Barnfield is one of the 18 electoral wards that form the Parliamentary constituency of Hyndburn, Lancashire, England. The ward returns two councillors to represent the area between Accrington town centre and the Hyndburn district border on the Hyndburn Borough Council. As of the May 2019 Council election, Barnfield had an electorate of 3,416."}, {"text": "The Lewis Mound Group (47-Da-74) is a set of prehistoric Native American burial mounds in the village of McFarland, Dane County, Wisconsin, southeast of Madison. Created by late Woodland people overlooking the eastern shore of Lake Waubesa, they include a bear effigy, a hook-shaped mound, and some geometric shapes. They are visible from public trails in Indian Mound Park, which is owned by the village, just west of Indian Mound Middle School. The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984."}, {"text": "South of Santa Fe is a 1924 American silent western film directed by Victor Adamson under the name Denver Dixon, a pseudonym he often used. A low budget film, it starred Art Mix. It premiered on July 16, 1924, in Chillicothe, Ohio."}, {"text": "South of Santa Fe may refer to:"}, {"text": "Sivert Stenseth Gussi\u00e5s (born 18 August 1999) is a Norwegian footballer who plays as a forward for Panev\u0117\u017eys in A Lyga. Club career. Molde. Gussi\u00e5s made his debut for Molde on 18 April 2018 in a 2018 Norwegian Cup game against Tr\u00e6ff, a game Molde won 6\u20131. He signed a professional contract with Molde on 21 August 2018, which expired at the end of the 2019 season. Str\u00f8mmen (loan). On 22 December 2018, Molde announced that Gussi\u00e5s in the 2019 season would be loaned out to second tier club Str\u00f8mmen. He got his debut for the club in the season opener on 31 March 2019 in a 1\u20131 home draw with Ullensaker/Kisa. In the 61st minute of the game, Gussi\u00e5s scored the equalising goal on a penalty. From 26 May to 16 June, he scored for Str\u00f8mmen in three consecutive league matches. Sandefjord. On 8 January 2020, Sandefjord Fotball announced that Gussi\u00e5s had signed a three-year contract with the club. Panev\u0117\u017eys. On 30 March 2024 Panev\u0117\u017eys announced his signing for the club. On the same day, Gussi\u00e5s made his debut in A lyga against FC Hegelmann. FK Panev\u0117\u017eys loss this match (2-4)."}, {"text": "Altham is one of the 18 electoral wards that form the Parliamentary constituency of Hyndburn, Lancashire, England. The ward returns two councillors to represent the east part of Clayton and Altham village on the Hyndburn Borough Council. As of the May 2019 Council election, Altham had an electorate of 4,088."}, {"text": "The Basilica of Our Lady of Health located in Harihar in India is a pilgrimage centre dedicated to Our Lady of Health. The Shrine has been frequented by the people irrespective of caste, language and religion. Thousands of pilgrims come to this Shrine during the festivities in August\u2013September. The Annual Feast of the Shrine is on 8 September, the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. In 2018, 200,000 devotees attended the feast celebrations. The shrine has been called as the 'Vailankanni of Karnataka'. Several miracles are reported to have occurred here. History. Christianity has a long history in the state of Karnataka. The history of this shrine dates back to the 18th century. A new church dedicated to Our Lady of Health was built on 31 August 1992. On 27 May 2012, the shrine was officially declared as a Diocesan Shrine of the Diocese of Shimoga. Elevation to minor basilica. After careful consideration and proper scrutiny, the Vatican has raised the Shrine of Our Lady of Health, Harihar to the status of a Minor Basilica on 18 September 2019. This is the third shrine in Karnataka to have received the status of Minor Basilica after St. Mary's"}, {"text": "Minor Basilica in the Archdiocese of Bangalore and St. Lawrence Minor Basilica in the Diocese of Udupi. The official celebration of this milestone was held on 15 January 2020."}, {"text": "Vihtij\u00e4rvi () is a village in the northeast part of Vihti municipality, Finland, between the borders of Nurmij\u00e4rvi, Hyvink\u00e4\u00e4, Loppi and Karkkila. The population is about 500. The regional road 132 (Mt 132) between Loppi and Klaukkala runs through the village. The nearest lakes are Niemenj\u00e4rvi and Vihtij\u00e4rvi, from the latter of which the village got its name. Vihtij\u00e4rvi has its own school, a chapel, a cemetery and also a roadside restaurant. There are no grocery stores in the village; the nearest store is located in the village of R\u00f6ykk\u00e4, about to the south. Hiiskula Manor is located in Vihtij\u00e4rvi and was owned by Freirherr , baron and major general of the Russian Imperial Army, from 1845 to 1860."}, {"text": "British Libyans are citizens or residents of the United Kingdom that are of Libyan ancestry. British-Libyans may also include children born in the United Kingdom to a British (or of any other origin) parent and a Libyan parent. Demographics. The 2011 UK Census recorded 14,284 Libyan-born residents in England, 762 in Wales, 1,327 in Scotland and 79 in Northern Ireland. Manchester is home to the largest Libyan population in the UK, with estimates going between 5,000 and 10,000 people of Libyan descent. Associations or Community Centres. Community Arabic schools"}, {"text": "Baxenden is one of the 18 electoral wards that form the Parliamentary constituency of Hyndburn, Lancashire, England. The ward returns two councillors to represent Baxenden village on the Hyndburn Borough Council. As of the May 2019 Council election, Baxenden had an electorate of 3,282."}, {"text": "The first round of the local elections for mayors and municipal councilors on both the local and provincial level in Bulgaria were held on 27 October 2019. The second round of the election took place on 3 November, as per the decree signed by the President of Bulgaria. 6,227,901 Bulgarians were included on the voter lists and were eligible to vote, a 136,000 voter reduction compared to the 2015 local elections. Following the final results, the results on the provincial level showed that the ruling GERB party had lost 6 mayorships in comparison to the previous election. The Socialist Party gained four, the Bulgaria for Citizens movement gained one, the Movement for Rights and Freedoms kept their previous result by obtaining one each, and two independent candidates were elected. Electoral system. The elections to Bulgaria's municipal councils are conducted via proportional representation with an open list preferential voting system. The mayoral elections take place within the context of a majoritarian two-round system. The first round of the elections was held on 27 October. If no candidate in a given constituency managed to gain 50% of the vote, a runoff election was held for that constituency in the second round on"}, {"text": "3 November. Voting is officially mandatory, but in practice there is no punishment for failing to vote and the law itself isn't strictly enforced. Voters further have the option to vote against all proposed candidates. A recent change in Bulgaria's electoral code made it mandatory for all candidates in the local elections to have had a permanent address registration within their respective constituency for at least 6 months prior to the election in order to be permitted to stand for election in that constituency. Machine voting did not take place, as this type of voting was removed from Bulgaria's electoral code in July, under the pretext that it would be \"too complicated\" for voters to vote in local elections using machines. Bulgarian law imposes strong restrictions on campaign agitation. Each piece of electoral propaganda must clearly show the candidate which it represents and must contain the phrase \"the buying and selling of votes is a crime\". The use of Bulgaria's flag or coat of arms on election materials is strictly forbidden. Religious symbols, as well as symbols representing foreign countries or regions are also banned. All campaign materials must be issued in the Bulgarian language only. No agitation is permitted"}, {"text": "on 26 October, the day before the election. Candidates may also only present their platforms before the media after concluding a written contract. Agitation within public transport, as well as all state or local institutions, as well as corporations with over 50% state ownership are banned. Voting takes place between 7:00 and 20:00, which can be extended to 21:00, if by 20:00 there are still people waiting in line to vote. After the votes are collected, they are transported by the Bulgarian police to Arena Armeets, where they are subsequently verified and counted. Electoral campaign. The electoral season officially began on 27 September. A total of 59 political parties, 7 coalitions and numerous independents announced their intention to field a total of 12,000 mayoral candidates and 36,000 candidates for members of the municipal councils. All of Bulgaria's political parties spent a total sum of 1,3 million Bulgarian lev in the electoral campaign in the run-up to the elections. VMRO spent the largest amount of money on the campaign, totaling nearly 300,000 lev. The Movement for Rights and Freedoms came second in terms of spending with over 145,000 lev spent, while the Bulgarian Socialist Party came in third with around 140,000"}, {"text": "lev. The Mayors of Montana and Gotse Delchev set the record for longest mayoral terms, with both of them standing for election for the seventh consecutive term. Funding changes. A few months before the election, Bulgaria's National Assembly accepted a government bill, which cut public party subsidies from 11 down to just 1 lev per vote. The bill also permitted unlimited donations to political parties by private individuals or corporations for the first time in Bulgaria's history. The change was criticised by Bulgaria's opposition as a \"hit by a bat\" from the government in time for the local elections. Mayorship of Sofia. The election for the position of Mayor of Sofia, Bulgaria's capital and largest city, was expected to be hotly contested in particular. Twenty people announced their intention to run for that position, including incumbent mayor Yordanka Fandakova from the ruling GERB party, former Ombudsman and parliamentary deputy head Maya Manolova, VMRO deputy chairman Angel Dzhambazki, and Volen Siderov, the leader of the ATAKA party, who resigned from his seat in the National Assembly in order to announce his candidacy. Fandakova based her campaign around continuing the work she had begun during her previous tenures. Manolova's campaign revolved around"}, {"text": "fixing the aftermath of various scandals surrounding municipal renovations that had happened during Fandakova's previous term, digitalization of municipal services and ensuring kindergarten access for all young children in the city. Dzhambazki focused his campaign on dismantling ghettos inhabited primarily by Bulgaria's romani minority, as well as banning the annual Sofia Pride gay parade as part of what he described as a 'law and order' campaign. The election was expected to be a very tight race between Fandakova, who had run the city for three consecutive mandates and Manolova, who is one of the only two Bulgarian politicians with an approval rating of above 50%. Dzhambazki was expected to come in third. The election was also noteworthy for the fact that it breaks the typical electoral mould. Sofia is traditionally known as a stronghold of centre-right and right-wing politics and is usually considered a very safe election for the ruling GERB party, yet Maya Manolova, who hails from the leftist Socialist Party, was predicted to be one of the top two candidates. If elected, she would have become the first left-wing Mayor of Sofia since the end of the socialist period. A pre-election study found it necessary for a candidate"}, {"text": "to receive around 6000-7000 votes in order to be elected into Sofia's municipal assembly. Conduct. First round. The first round of the election took place on October 27. The electoral commission ordered the seizure of all preference vote ballots in the town of Pleven due to what it deemed a \"technical error\". The ruling GERB party's campaign announced that it would ask Bulgaria's electoral authorities to punish television broadcaster BTV for airing footage which GERB deemed to have negatively affected their electoral result during the voting day. BTV stated that they would refuse to comment before they receive a copy of the complaint. VMRO complained of what they deemed to be \"vote buying, voter intimidation and harassment\". VMRO's candidate in Plovdiv decried what he deemed to be \"monsterous\" electoral manipulation and stated that he would refer the matter to Bulgarian public prosecution. Maya Manolova's campaign raised concerns over what they deemed to be \"organized vote buying\" in favour of Fandakova in three of Sofia's districts, pointing to large discrepancies between the candidates in several electoral sections, in which Fandakova has 10 times more votes than all other candidates combined, despite polling at around 30% in opinion polls and not being"}, {"text": "native to those districts. Manolova later alleged that the \"entire Bulgarian underground was mobilized\" to engage in widespread electoral fraud in favour of her opponent Yordanka Fandakova from the ruling GERB party. Fandakova denied the allegations and stated that it would be impossible for her to win the Sofia election via vote buying. Three cases of major fraud were investigated in the town of Byala Slatina, in which undefined figures broke the secrecy of the ballot by observing which candidates voters were casting their ballot for. In addition, hundreds of voters voted in special mobile voting booths using allegedly fake medical documents. Some of these voters admitted that they were illiterate, that they had no real medical documents and that the voting booth officials \"helped them secretly\" to make a decision on whom to vote for. An illegally unsealed ballot box was also allegedly found to have been used during the voting process in the town. Due to long waiting times during the counting of the ballots, the central electoral commission provided government-funded Sorry! board games, playing cards, Plasma TVs which play Bulgarian movies and various other tabletop games in an attempt to please the counters of the electoral vote."}, {"text": "The commission also separated the entry points to the counting arena, in order to attempt to avoid a repeat of the 2015 elections, in which the counting authorities were locked in without food for over 3 days and wrote SOS messages on Arena Armeec's windows in what was described as analogous to a \"hostage crisis\". Despite these measures, two civilian counters and one policeman fell unconscious during the counting process. Numerous errors were discovered during the ballot verification process. Bulgaria's electoral authorities refused to specify the amount of the errors. ATAKA's Volen Siderov arrived at the ballot counting premises and insisted to be allowed in. He was denied entry by the policemen guarding the area and left by midnight after a long argument with the authorities, which stated that Bulgarian electoral law makes no provision for election candidates to observe the counting process. The independent mayor of Nesebar, who was running for a new term, was arrested the day before the election and held in detention throughout the first round election. Several socialist party councillors were also arrested alongside him by police. Despite this, he managed to win the election while still under arrest by defeating GERB's candidate for the"}, {"text": "position. A local court later ordered that he continue to be held in detention, which rendered the newly re-elected mayor unable to attend the oath-taking ceremony at the local council, thus raising legal questions as to whether or not he would be eligible to take up the position for another mandate. The arrestees were accused by prosecutors of taking part in a vote buying ring, an allegation dubbed \"hilarious\" by the mayor's attorney, which stated that the prosecution had only summoned a single witness, which allegedly rambled on stories with an \"unexpected\" ending. The arrests came after a request by State Prosecutor Sotir Tsatsarov to the Central Electoral Commission for the removal of the legal immunity of the mayor, the socialist party councillors, as well as several candidates from the \"21 Movement\", was granted by the commission. The chairman of Nesebar's Municipal Assembly, himself hailing from the socialist party, stated that he believed the only explanation for these arrests were a \"political order\" as part of a \"war\" to seize power in the town. Despite these events, Bulgaria's electoral authorities stated that the first round of the vote had taken place successfully \"without major incidents\". Aftermath. Following civil protests in"}, {"text": "favour of Nesebar's re-elected Mayor, who was held in detention, Bulgarian authorities eventually agreed to allow him to give his oath of office. He was escorted in a police van to the local municipal assembly by a dozen officers and became the first elected Bulgarian official to give his oath of office while wearing handcuffs. He pledged to serve the town and denied all accusations levied against him. Following his oath, he was taken back to jail by the police. His inauguration was ceremonial, as he would not be permitted to run the town from his jail cell. In addition, Bulgarian prosecutors stated that they were considering the option of calling for the annulment of the Nesebar election and the termination of his term. Second round. Bulgaria's Central Electoral Commission stated that numerous reports were made about illegal vote buying and improper electoral agitation during the election day. Maya Manolova's electoral campaign in Sofia stated that it allegedly had evidence of organized electoral fraud organized by the ruling GERB party. It stated that it had dozens of reports of vote buying, exit poll rigging and violations of Bulgaria's electoral law, adding that the electoral commission had refused access to any"}, {"text": "of her campaign's authorized representatives to the vote counting premises at Arena Armeec, despite them having the legal right to do so. For these reasons, her campaign declared that it did not recognize the election results and would attempt to have the Sofia election annulled and re-run. The Bulgarian Socialist Party stated that it did not have the legal right to ask for a re-run of the election, as Manolova had formally run as an independent, instead of a Socialist Party candidate. Despite this, the party declared that it would support her bid for a re-run, promising to \"remain on the same team\" as her and adding that it would \"remain eternally loyal to Miss Manolova\". Tomislav Donchev from the ruling GERB party denied that his party had been involved in electoral manipulation, stating that GERB's \"various opponents had always complained of electoral fraud\", adding that he was not concerned with them. On the nationwide scale, the Socialist Party's leader Korneliya Ninova stated that the elections were skewed by \"vote buying\" and an \"atmosphere of fear\" among voters. She lamented both the conduct of the elections and the recent changes to Bulgaria's electoral code and raised concerns over the election"}, {"text": "over the mayorship of the Shumen Province, where the candidate supported by GERB defeated the Socialist Party's nominee by just 77 votes, while the electoral authorities declared over 400 ballots as 'invalid'. She also stated that the socialist party's candidate in the Lovech Province had also lost the election to GERB's nominee by just 347 votes and alleged that in that case the number of invalidated ballots was also \"huge\". She finished by stating that her party was considering filing a petition before the Bulgarian courts for the annulment and rerunning of the elections in these provinces. A newly elected mayor hailing from the Alternative for Bulgarian Revival stated that a fellow local councillor and party member in the city of Strelcha was ambushed and badly beaten during the dark hours of the day due to his local political activities in favour of the party. He further alleged that the party had been targeted with \"pressure\" during the elections, which he described as a \"swamp\". Large irregularities during the verification of ballots in several villages in Varna Province led to a case being filed with the Bulgarian Administrative Court, as a third of all ballots cast were declared to be"}, {"text": "\"blank\". Several political analysts asserted that the elections in several provinces and localities were allegedly won by illegal vote buying. A sociologist further called the elections \"the most corrupt elections in the country\" and alleged that one of the political parties had even announced a campaign, where it would pay 50 lev to any citizen, which signs up as a party member. The former mayor of Garmen was arrested by police for alleged illegal vote buying. A candidate for the Blagoevgrad municipal council was also interrogated by Bulgarian police over vote buying allegations. Bulgarian President Rumen Radev stated that he believed the electoral process had been \"compromised\" and called on all citizens to vote in order to dilute the effect of the alleged mass vote buying campaigns. He further stated, that he would invite the Bulgarian Police, Central Electoral Commission and Parliamentary parties to a discussion on what should be the response to what he deemed to be the \"retreat of fairness from the electoral process\". Aftermath. A week following the second round of the election, Maya Manolova officially filed a petition for the annulment of Sofia's Mayoral election, stating that she had deposited 14 folders full of evidence of"}, {"text": "alleged fraud and errors in both the voting and counting process. She further alleged that nearly 6700 residents of EU-member states, which are enfranchised in local elections, had been denied their right to vote as the local administration only included 44 such residents on the electoral rolls. The Socialist Party further filed petitions for the annulment of the elections in three of Sofia's districts - Iskar, Lyulin and Krasna polyana, in which the socialist candidates were all very narrowly defeated by GERB candidates, with the socialists alleging that they had evidence these electoral victories were due to illegal vote buying. The GERB candidates denied the allegations, while Bulgarian Prime minister and GERB leader Boyko Borisov reacted sharply by declaring that GERB's victory in Sofia had been \"undebatable\" and adding that in the same vein that Manolova wanted to annul the mayoral election, he himself would like to annul the 2016 Bulgarian presidential election which GERB lost, but that it would be pointless as the president's mandate was already coming to an end. Results. First round. Following the first round on 27 October, the ruling GERB party remained Bulgaria's strongest political party. It won 90 localities in the first round, compared"}, {"text": "to 65 in the 2015 elections. Despite this increase, GERB's overall support had actually decreased, in what some political scientists described as an \"erosion\", a \"serious challenge\" for the party, and a \"heavy hit\". On the provincial level, the party obtained a plurality of Bulgaria's provinces, winning the mayoral elections on the first round in 8 regions, and qualifying for a runoff in all but three other regions. The Bulgarian Socialist Party won 35 localities in the first round and qualified for the runoff election in 50 more. The party is going to compete against GERB in a runoff election in 9 major cities, compared to the zero it had during the previous election. The party enjoyed a considerable overall increase in support, but still lagged behind GERB by a non-negligible margin. On the provincial level, while the party didn't win any mayoral positions in the first round, it qualified to the runoff election in 13 of Bulgaria's regions. The Movement for Rights and Freedoms won the Kardzhali mayoral election on the provincial level in the first round and qualified for the runoff in the Targovishte Province. VMRO, the Union of Democratic Forces, the Bulgaria for Citizens Movement, the \"Direct"}, {"text": "Democracy\" movement and two Independent candidates didn't win any mayoral positions on the provincial level in the first round of the election, but qualified for one runoff election each. The nationwide electoral turnout was around 42%. Sofia. GERB doubled its number of councillors among Sofia's districts. At the same time, GERB's mayoral candidate in Sofia, Yordanka Fandakova, saw only 36% voter support in comparison to 60% in 2015. Furthermore, while GERB had won between 18 and 20 of Sofia's districts in the first round during the previous election, the party failed to muster the same support this time around, thus forcing every single district of Sofia into a second round runoff election. The Socialist Party's Maya Manolova managed to obtain 27% of the vote, thus securing a runoff election with the incumbent Fandakova from the GERB party and marking a huge increase from the previous election, in which the Socialist Party's Mihail Mirchev polled third with only 8% of the vote. The party also more than doubled its representation in Sofia's municipal assembly, becoming the second largest party in the chamber by surpassing the \"urban rightist\" coalitions. The Democratic Bulgaria coalition, a union of centre-right and right-wing parties which represent"}, {"text": "Sofia's traditional \"urban rightists\" came in third, with its candidate Borislav Ignatov securing 12% of the vote. Boris Bonev from the widely pro-European localist \"Save Sofia\" movement came in fourth with just under 11% of the vote. Despite the fact that he was not elected as Mayor of Sofia, he was nonetheless elected as a municipal councillor, as he had been a candidate for both Mayor and municipal councilor in the same election. VMRO's Angel Dzhambazki fared far worse than expected, polling in fifth at under 4% voter support, despite the fact that the party had spent the largest amount of money for its election campaign. The rest of Bulgaria's nationalist parties, including ATAKA and the National Front for the Salvation of Bulgaria, also fared relatively poorly, receiving less support than in the country's European Parliament election that same year, as well as when compared to the previous local elections in 2014. ATAKA's Volen Siderov polled in at just over 1% of the vote. Second round. GERB managed to win the majority of Mayoral positions on the provincial level after the second round, thus securing its position in first place, despite obtaining a noticeably poorer result than in the previous"}, {"text": "election and losing several regions. GERB's largest success in the election, however, was managing to narrowly secure their control of Sofia City Province and Plovdiv Province, which were strongly contested by the Socialist Party and VMRO respectively. The Socialist Party marked a major increase in support, managing to secure 4 mayoral positions, including the very hotly contested Pernik Province. On the local level, the socialist party won the runoff in 26 localities, thus bringing the total number of local settlements under the party's control up to 61 - more than double the party's result from the previous local election. Two independent candidates won mayoral positions by defeating the two main parties' candidates in the second round - one in Pazardzhik Province and the other in Pleven Province. The UDF managed to avoid being taken off the Bulgarian provincial map by winning the Vidin Province. The Bulgaria for Citizens Movement defeated GERB's candidate and won the election in the Dobrich Province. The \"Direct Democracy\" movement entered the Bulgarian local scene by securing the Yambol Province. Bulgaria's central electoral commission reported that total voter turnout was at 42,1%. Sofia. Although she failed to achieve a majority, GERB's Yordanka Fandakova won the election"}, {"text": "by managing to score at just over 4% more support than her primary opponent - Maya Manolova, and was thus re-elected for another term as Mayor of Sofia. In an unexpected turn of events, a large percentage of the centre-right and right-wing voters, which had previously supported the \"Democratic Bulgaria\" coalition or the VMRO's Angel Dzhambazki, voted mostly in favour of Manolova, the candidate supported by the leftist Socialist Party, instead of Fandakova from the centre-right GERB party. Despite this, political analysts noted that the newly-added option for voters to cast a ballot for none of the above allowed Fandakova to secure another mandate as Mayor of Sofia. GERB, however, took a very heavy hit in Sofia's local districts. The GERB-UDF coalition managed to win only 11 of Sofia's 25 local mayoral positions, as opposed to the 2015 elections in which GERB alone won 23. The candidates of the \"Democratic Bulgaria\" coalition fared well, winning control over 11 local mayoral positions, the vast majority of which were held by GERB in the previous election. The Bulgarian Socialist Party entered into the field of Sofia's local politics, as it won control of two of Sofia's districts - Izgrev and Mladost, whereas"}, {"text": "it lacked any local mayoral seats in Sofia in the previous election. Summary of Results. Results by province:"}, {"text": "\"Ma vie\" is a song by French singer Dadju from his album \"Poison ou Antidote\". It was released on 11 October 2019."}, {"text": "Xigang District may refer to:"}, {"text": "Church is one of the 18 electoral wards that form the Parliamentary constituency of Hyndburn, Lancashire, England. The ward returns two councillors to represent Church village on the Hyndburn Borough Council. As of the May 2019 Council election, Church had an electorate of 3,591."}, {"text": "Cabbage Branch is a long 1st order tributary to Brown Creek in Anson County, North Carolina. Course. Cabbage Branch rises in a pond about 0.5 miles west of Ansonville, North Carolina. Cabbage Branch then flows south-southeast to meet Brown Creek about 3 miles south of Ansonville, North Carolina. Watershed. Cabbage Branch drains of area, receives about 47.9 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 445.24 and is about 62% forested."}, {"text": "Ghazanfar Ali (born 2 February 1980) is a field hockey coach and former player from Pakistan. He has been a former captain of the Pakistan men's national team. He competed in the men's tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics. In July 2022, he was named as the head coach of the Ghana hockey team for the 2022 Commonwealth Games."}, {"text": "Adnan Maqsood (born 12 January 1979) is a Pakistani former field hockey player. He competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2008 Summer Olympics, playing in seven games for his country in the 2004 and six in the 2008 edition of Olympics."}, {"text": "Dilawar Hussain (born 1 April 1979) is a Pakistani former field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics."}, {"text": "Shabbir Muhammad (born 3 March 1978) is a Pakistani former field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics."}, {"text": "Polara is the first album by Minneapolis alternative rock band Polara. The group was founded and led by musician and producer Ed Ackerson. The band was considered one of the most prominent and creative groups to emerge from Minneapolis in the 1990s. \"Billboard\" writer Deborah Russell called Ackerson and Polara the front of \"the emergence of a new local (Twin Cities) scene\" more interested in pop music and postpunk than the punk rock of bands like H\u00fcsker D\u00fc and the Replacements, and Matt Hendrickson of \"Rolling Stone\" called him \"the kingpin of a resurgent Minneapolis music scene.\" After the breakup of his previous band, the 27 Various, and a short stint as second guitarist in Blake Babies singer John Strohm's band Antenna, Ackerson formed Polara in 1994 with guitarist Jennifer Jurgens, bassist Jason Orris, and Trip Shakespeare's Matt Wilson on drums. The new group continued his interest in 1960s mod-rock and Syd Barrett-style psychedelia and added a heavy element of Krautrock-inspired electronics and keyboards. Released on the Twin Cities label Clean (Twin/Tone), \"Polara\" built on the 27 Various' increasing critical buzz, gaining significant national attention. Besides the main band members, Strohm also contributed on multiple instruments. Reception. The album was"}, {"text": "well-received by critics. \"Los Angeles Times\" music critic Robert Hilburn called it a \"wonderfully appealing indie debut\" with \"solid songwriting craft \u2026 sweet melodies and soulful introspection.\" AllMusic writer Rick Anderson called it \"weird but lovable\" and \"as fresh and bracing as a bucket of ice water in the face,\" and said that the band's ability to shift between musical styles made it hard to pigeonhole. \"Billboard\" writer Chris Morris called it \"the first truly great album (I have) heard in 1995.\" Another \"Billboard\" review called the song \"Counting Down\" \"one of the best modern rock singles of the year.\" Paul Evans of \"Rolling Stone\" praised Ackerson's production, saying \"he that delivers sheer infectious fun\u2014songs packed with sing-along choruses and catchy, heavily reverbed effects.\" Joe Gore of \"Guitar Player\" called the album \"an inspired blend of blissful pop melody and whacked-out psychedelia,\" comparing it favorably with Medicine and My Bloody Valentine. \"Trouser Press\" writer Ira Robbins called it \"challenging, uneven and rewarding,\" and that Polara's sound offered \"a door opening to many new possibilities\" for Ackerson's love of studio experimentation. Critical acclaim for \"Polara\" led to a bidding war by several major labels; Polara eventually signed to Interscope Records for"}, {"text": "its second album, \"C'est la Vie\", in 1997."}, {"text": "Mudassar Ali Khan (born 16 September 1979) is a Pakistani former field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics. In 2002, he was on Pakistan's bronze medal-winning team in the Commonwealth Games."}, {"text": "T(D) v L(F) & Anor, [2003 IESC 59] is a reported Irish Supreme Court case in which the Court held that in relation to foreign divorce proceedings, the burden of proof is on the parties to establish their domicile. Thus, in this case the Supreme Court dismissed the appeal of the husband and upheld the judgement of the High Court as he was unable to establish his domicile. Background. Background law. Until the 1937 Irish Constitution came into force, the \"dependent domicile\" of a wife concept provided that in cases regarding determination of domicile of the parties, the domicile of a wife was regarded, for all such purposes, as being the same as her husband. However, in \"C(M) v T(M)\" the High Court held that the rule was inconsistent with the Constitution. This was upheld by the Irish Supreme Court in \"W v W\". Reflecting this, s.5(1) of the Domicile and Recognition of Foreign Divorces Act 1986 provides \"For the rule of law that a divorce is recognised if granted in a country where both spouses are domiciled, there is hereby substituted a rule that a divorce shall be recognised if granted in the country where either spouse is domiciled.\""}, {"text": "In \"C.McG. v D.W. & Anor\", it was held by the High Court that orders given prior to the enactment of s.5(1) of the Domicile and Recognition of Foreign Divorces Act 1986, were still governed by the previous common law rules, including the \"dependent domicile\" concept. The judge in that case held that the courts should extend recognition to decrees of foreign courts where either of the spouses had been \"ordinary residence [in the foreign jurisdiction] for one year prior\" to the institution of proceedings. Facts of the case. The couple that were party to these proceedings were both Irish citizens who married in Ireland in 1980. In 1987 the family moved to the Netherlands and lived there until 1992. Difficulties subsequently developed resulting in the respondent wife returning to Ireland in 1992. A year later the respondent instituted divorce proceedings in the Netherlands. An order in her favour was made by the Dutch court in February 1994. This order awarded her \"interim maintenance payments\". After the respondent failed to pursue divorce proceedings, the appellant himself commenced divorce proceedings in the Netherlands in March 1994. The appellant then returned to live in Ireland in May 1994. The decree of divorce"}, {"text": "was granted in September 1994 by the Dutch court. History of the lower court. In July 2000, the respondent commenced proceedings in the Irish High Court claiming a decree of judicial separation and certain ancillary reliefs. The preliminary issue that arose as part of these proceedings was whether the husband the divorce obtained under the civil law of the Netherlands should be recognised in the Irish state pursuant to the Family Law Act 1995. This arose as in order for the husband to be entitled to such a declaration he had to have been domiciled in the Netherlands at the time the divorce was granted by the Dutch court. The preliminary issue was heard by Morris P. in the High Court on 23 November 2003. The case before the judge was presented with having two limbs: The trial judge in the High Court rejected both limbs of this case and determined that the divorce granted by the Dutch court was not entitled to recognition in Ireland. The husband appealed, with respect to the first limb as to whether he had been domiciled in the Netherlands thus resulting in the divorce granted by the Dutch court being recognised in Ireland. Holding"}, {"text": "of the Supreme Court. The Judges hearing the Supreme Court appeal were Justice Susan Denham, Chief Justice Ronan Keane, Justice John L. Murray, Justice Hugh Geoghegan and Justice Adrian Hardiman. Chief Justice during this period Judge Keane, provided the final judgement with no dissents. Application of Irish case law. In his analysis, Keane CJ referenced previous Irish case law with similar facts. Firstly, the judge provided that the factors which must be taken into account to determine whether the Irish domicile had been replaced by a domicile of choice in the Netherlands had been summarised by Budd J. in \"In Re. Sillar, Hurley v Winbush.\" These factors which had been approved of on a number of occasions in the Irish Supreme Court provides that the person must be determined to make the foreign jurisdiction his home. This must involve an intention to abandon a former domicile and where a declaration of such intention is made it must be weighed with the rest of the evidence. In applying these factors to the current case of the husband, Keane CJ provided that it was important to bear in mind that a decision to move one's residence to another country may not be"}, {"text": "sufficient to establish that the person has abandoned his domicile of origin and acquired another domicile of choice. In doing so, referencing the decision of Henchy J. in \"T v T\", which provided that:\"The period lived abroad may be no more than the external manifestation of the temporary compulsion of circumstances. Such bare facts as we have in this case as to the husband's foreign residence do not show the volitional and factual transition which is the sine qua non for shedding a domicile of origin and acquiring a domicile of choice.\"The judge concluded in the application of these \"well settled principles of law\", \"it would not have been possible for the trial judge\" to hold that the presumption as to the domicile of origin had been rebutted. Detailed fact inquiry. In coming to a judgement in this case Keane CJ conducted an analysis of the more detailed facts of the appellant and respondents' circumstances in moving to the Netherlands and whether the facts of such circumstances acted to rebut the burden of proof and prove that the husband had in fact acquired a new domicile in the Netherlands. Both the appellant and respondent proposed that they \"adjusted well\" to"}, {"text": "living in the Netherlands. However, difficulties developed in the marriage resulting in the respondent returning to Ireland. The appellant noted that he disagreed with her decision to move back to Ireland with the children. However, when this happened in August 1992 it was accepted that his marriage was at an end. He also provided in evidence that prior to her departure, the respondent suggested that the appellant should inquire about the possibility of obtaining a job with the Irish company in Ireland, but this was not in his interests. He visited his family at Christmas time and again at regular intervals. In 1994 he returned to Ireland permanently but maintained that his domicile was still that of the Netherlands. Upon looking at the more detailed evidence regarding the family's situation the judge outlined that the previous case law states that one must look at all the surrounding circumstances in determining whether the husband at the relevant time had formed intention of residing indefinitely in the Netherlands, the alleged domicile of choice. He provided that in 1992 the husband had no intention of returning permanently to Ireland but that it remained possible that if the husband's circumstances changed, he would have"}, {"text": "returned to Ireland permanently. This the judge concluded falls \"well short of the formation of a settled purpose of residing indefinitely in the Netherlands\". The judge stated with emphasis that he could not disregard the significant factor that the husband abandoned any plans to remain indefinitely in the Netherlands as he returned to Ireland within a matter of weeks of the relevant date. The court dismissed the appeal and reaffirmed the finding of the High Court. Subsequent developments. The case returned to the High Court, the respondent argued that if the Irish courts were to grant a decree of divorce, this would be inconsistent with a judgment by a court of another EU member state, something that was impermissible under EU law. This was, therefore a question of EU law. Both the High Court and Court of Appeal rejected this argument. However, the Supreme Court granted leave noting: that there may be circumstances where this Court, as a court of final appeal within the Irish legal order, may be obliged to grant leave to appeal in circumstances where to do otherwise might create a risk that a point which should be the subject of a reference to the Court of"}, {"text": "Justice under Art. 267 of the TFEU might not be referred. Obviously for such a question to arise this Court, on the leave application, would require to be satisfied that there was a realistic possibility that an issue of European law might arise whose determination might be necessary to resolve the case and that any such issue was, at least arguably, not acte clair."}, {"text": "Tariq Aziz (born 12 December 1984) is a Pakistani field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics, where Pakistan finished in the fifth place. His only goal of that tournament came in Pakistan's 3\u20130 victory over India on 25 August 2004."}, {"text": "The Union of Mineworkers of Belgium (, CSTMB; , NCMB) was a trade union representing coal miners in Belgium. History. The union was established on 25 December 1889 as the National Federation of Belgian Miners, incorporating the four major regional unions, which represented Li\u00e8ge, The Center, the Borinage and Charleroi in its early years it focused on reducing working hours and obtaining pensions for elderly miners. Once these were achieved, it also obtained the provision of washing facilities at mines, and a ban on women or children working underground. Membership of the union grew steadily, from 6,966 in 1899, to 39,417 in 1913. On 1 March 1919, it was reconstituted as the \"Union of Mineworkers of Belgium\", and its membership increased dramatically, to 123,468 by the end of the year. However, its affiliation with the Belgian Workers' Party led some miners to join the rival Revolutionary Union of Miners, a communist group, or the Union of Free Miners, a Christian trade union. The CSTMB's membership fell continuously until the 1950s, and by 1955 was only 27,500. It affiliated to the General Federation of Belgian Labour (ABVV). In 1959, a major closure programme led the union to strike, but the ABVV"}, {"text": "opposed turning this into a general strike, and the action was lost. Closures continued, and by 1994 the union had fewer than 10,000 members remaining. It then merged into the General Union. 1935: Nicolas Dethier 1958: 1962: Joseph Dedoyard 1966: Robert Balesse 1970: \"Position abolished\"? Joseph Dejardin 1932: 1945: Achille Delattre 1958: 1962: Nicolas Dethier 1974: Jan Olyslaegers 1988: 1990: Lucien Charlier"}, {"text": "A (a Minor) v Minister for Justice and Equality, Refugee Applications Commissioner, Ireland and the Attorney General [2013] IESC 18, (2013) 2 ILRM 457 is an Irish Supreme Court case where the Supreme Court concluded that a certificate of leave to appeal was not required in order to appeal to the Supreme Court a decision of the High Court to dismiss proceedings as frivolous or vexatious. Background. This case involved a child \"A\", suing by her mother and next friend (the appellant). The appellant was born in Ireland in 2010 and was the child of a Nigerian national, who came to Ireland in 2005. The appellant applied for asylum in Ireland, which application was rejected by the Refugee Applications Commissioner in July 2011. The application for asylum was rejected on the basis that:The appellant (through her mother) sought judicial review of the Refugee Applications Commissioner's decision to refuse the asylum application. As part of this application, the appellant sought a number of reliefs - \"including an order quashing the decision of the [Refugee Applications] Commissioner that the appellant failed to establish a well founded fear of persecution as defined under s.2 of the Refugee Act, 1996, as amended.\" The Minister"}, {"text": "for Justice and Equality, Refugee Applications Commissioner, Ireland and the Attorney General (the respondents) sought an order dismissing the proceedings of the appellant \"on the grounds that they were frivolous, and/or vexatious, and/or doomed to fail, and/or an abuse of the process.\" The High Court agreed with the respondents. The High Court agreed with the Refugee Applications Commissioner's reasoning for denying asylum and found that there was no need for judicial review in this instance and that a motion of appeal against the Refugee Applications Commissioners report would be more appropriate. As the High Court noted, \"the generalised grounds, divorced from any specific flaws in a challenged decision, raise a \"prima facie\" implication that the judicial review proceeding had been commenced as a delaying tactic only.\" The appellant appealed against, and sought an order setting aside, the High Court judgment and order dismissing the proceedings as \"frivolous, and/or vexatious, and/or doomed to fail, and/or an abuse of the process\". The respondents sought to have the appeal struck out on the basis that the appellant had not obtained a certificate of leave to appeal from the High Court - this certificate was, according to the respondents, required under s5(3)(a) Illegal Immigrants"}, {"text": "(Trafficking) Act 2000. Holding of the Supreme Court. The written judgment was provided by Denham CJ, with whom Murray J and Clarke J concurred. S5(3)(a) Illegal Immigrants (Trafficking) Act 2000 provides that: The question for the court was, therefore, whether the order of the High Court dismissing the proceedings was a \"determination of the High Court of an application for leave to apply for judicial review\" in respect of which a certificate of leave to appeal was required. The Supreme Court granted an appeal without the need for a certificate. The appellant's application for leave to apply for judicial review had not been heard by the High Court. The High Court's decision was, rather, based on the respondent's motion to quash an application for judicial review. The High Court's ruling was not, therefore, a 'determination' within the meaning of s5(3)(a) Illegal Immigrants (Trafficking) Act 2000. The Court relied on the reasoning of Geoghegan J in \"B. v Minister for Justice, Equality & Law Reform\" where Geoghegan J noted that: Applying this reasoning to the present case, Denham CJ noted \"[t]he issues involved in a motion to dismiss may be substantially different from those involved in an application for leave to"}, {"text": "apply for judicial review\". She went on to note that the wording of s5(3)(a) Illegal Immigrants (Trafficking) Act 2000 did not ouster the right of appeal. The court concluded that the appellant could bring an appeal without the need for a certificate of the High Court. External links. \"A (a Minor) v Minister for Justice\""}, {"text": "Mood of Defiance was an American punk rock band from San Pedro, California. Dave Markey described their music as \"very atypical for Southern California hardcore\u2014almost psychedelic, but still really aggressive.\" History. The band grew from a previous synthesizer-based band called Kindled Imagination featuring Rachel \"Hatha\" Mason on synth and Greg Hurley (brother of Minutemen drummer George) on vocals and drums. Hatha decided she wanted to sing so she put an ad in \"The Recycler\" and guitarist T.A. Black (Tom Ybarra) and bassist Kevin Ball replied. Soon drummer Ritchie Wilder left Saccharine Trust and joined the group. The band name was taken from a headline in an issue of \"Time\" which read \"MIDDLE EAST: A Mood of Defiance\". A seven track demo was made in 1981 at Media Art with SST house engineer Spot producing. The band began playing shows around town and Hatha became known for her outrageous stage antics such as burning a flag onstage, performing while wearing a wedding dress or covered in fake vomit. About a year after forming, Black and Ball left the band to be replaced by Danny Phillips (a.k.a. Danny Dean) who was previously of the South Bay band Easter, and Gary Kail of"}, {"text": "the band Anti. Wilder eventually left as well to be replaced by a drummer named Thaddeus. This lineup recorded the album \"Now\". By 1984, the band ended. Legacy. The band's \"Divided States Of America\" was chosen as one of \"10 Essential Southern California Hardcore Songs\" by Dave Markey and Jordan Schwartz, authors of \"We Got Power: Hardcore Punk Scenes From 1980's Southern California\". Their track \"Empty Me\" was featured on \"Life Is Ugly \u2013 LA Punk Compilation\" originally released by New Underground Records in 1983 and re-released by Delerium Records in 2001."}, {"text": "Bula Ltd v Tara Mines Ltd (No 6) [2000] IESC 15; [2000] 4 IR 412 is a reported Irish Supreme Court case in which the court considered the test for objective bias in Ireland. During this case the Supreme Court considered: Background. Bula Ltd and others (the appellants in the appeal) appealed to the Supreme Court against the judgement and order of the High Court which found in favour of the Respondents. According to Lynch J. in the High Court \"This case arises out of circumstances which commenced more than a quarter of a century ago. It has its origin in business dealings undertaken in the hopes of arriving at a very large crock of gold, which in the end of the day turned into a bottomless pit of debt and misery for those who most avidly sought the crock of gold. It is from that bottomless pit that the remaining plaintiffs [the appellants in the appeal] in this action hope by this litigation to escape\" The case before the High Court involved an allegation by Bula Limited (in receivership) and others (the plaintiffs in the original hearing) that the first fourteen defendants (the respondents in the appeal) failed to"}, {"text": "cooperate with them in extracting the zinc and lead core body from their neighbouring mine, contrary to a provision in the lease from the Minister for Energy. The plaintiffs claimed that by failing to cooperate with them, the defendants wrongfully conspired together to \"inflict economic loss and damage\" to them to such an extent as to ruin their business. In the High Court, the plaintiffs argued that this conspiracy was orchestrated in order to enable the first defendant (Tara Mines Ltd.) to acquire 1/6 of the plaintiff's share of the Navan Zinc and Lead Ore Body at an undervalue. They did so with a view of operating the Navan Zinc and Lead Ore body for their own benefit along with having certain shares invested in it. With respect to the fifteenth and sixteenth defendants, the plaintiffs argued that by virtue of agreements made with the plaintiffs and other agreements made with Tara Mines Ltd, they were under an obligation to the plaintiffs to prevent the first fourteen defendants from acting in the manner aforesaid. The fifteenth and sixteenth defendants \"not only failed to prevent the first fourteen defendants from so acting but on the contrary encouraged and assisted them is"}, {"text": "so acting.\" The defendants denied by all allegations and alleged that \"the failure of the plaintiffs\u2019 enterprise was due to the plaintiffs\u2019 own incompetence and unreasonable conduct leading to commercial errors of an irrational and disastrous nature.\" Lynch J. dismissed all claims against the defendants. Bula Ltd. appealed to the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court (Hamilton CJ, Barrington and Keane JJ) upheld the High Court decision. Bula Ltd (in receivership), Bula Holdings, Richard Wood and Michael Wymes then sought to have the judgment and order of the Supreme Court set aside on the grounds of objective bias. Holding of the Supreme Court. Written judgments were provided by Denham J and McGuinness J, with Morris P concurring. In addition to seeking to have the judgment and order of the Supreme Court set aside, the appellants also sought discovery of certain documents which they claim were necessary so as to present their case before the court. In relation to the latter, the court refused the appellants discovery of any documents. In relation to the application by way of notice of motion seeking to set aside the Supreme Court order, the appellants alleged that the previous Supreme Court judges (Barrington J and Keane"}, {"text": "J) who decided their appeal was connected to the defendants, something that \"gave rise to a perception of bias.\" Counsel on behalf of the appellants submitted that the circumstances of this case was such that it is permissible for the Supreme Court to review its own judgement. They claimed that the facts show there was a clear breach of the appellant's constitutional rights to fair procedures and constitutional due process. Counsel for the appellants submitted evidence of sixteen previous occasions where Barrington J and Keane J acted for or advised a number of the respondents in relation to issues pertinent to and connected with the issues at hand in this case. These facts, they argued, constituted objective bias (or at least the reasonable apprehension of bias). The first issue before the court was, therefore, whether it could review its own decision of a previous case. The Court held that it does have the jurisdiction to review its own decision. Such jurisdiction only arises in \"exceptional and rare cases\" - there should be a reasonable issue at hand and there should be clear breaches of natural justice for a court to decide whether or not it should review a previously decided"}, {"text": "judgement. With respect to bias, the appellants alleged objective rather than actual bias. The appellants therefore argued that the two judges who heard the appeal were \"disqualified on grounds of objective bias and ought to have disqualified themselves of objective bias\". Denham J concluded that in order for a judge to be disqualified from hearing a case, there\"must be a factor giving rise to a \"reasonable apprehension of bias in the mind of a reasonable person.\" Denham J went on to note that \"[i]f a judge considers that there may be a reasonable apprehension of bias, in accordance with convention, he or she would not sit. However, a judge has a duty to sit and determine cases.\" In this case, however, objective bias had not been established. As the judge noted, \"The applicants have argued that there were seventeen links. Many were repetitive and misunderstood the relationship of counsel to client. Seventeen links were alleged. None of the seventeen raises a ground. Seventeen noughts are still nothing.\" McGuinness J similarly concluded that the professional links established did not give rise to a reasonable apprehension of bias. The Supreme Court accordingly unanimously dismissed the motion."}, {"text": "CC v Minister for Justice [2016] 2 IR 680; [2016 IESC 48] (also referred to as \"Charles v Minister for Justice\") is an Irish Supreme Court case in which the Court dismissed an appeal by the State to issue a deportation order against a Malawian family who were seeking asylum in Ireland. In this case, the Court had to reexamine a previously established test with respect to whether an order for deportation could be granted where an appeal was pending within the courts system. Ultimately, the Court decided that there was no need for refinements as the general principle identified in that test can be applied across a wide number of cases. Background. The applicant in this case, Charles (CC), his wife and their two children, had their application for refugee status denied in 2008. As a result, he filled an application for subsidiary protection and leave to remain in Ireland without challenging the initial denial of refugee status. In 2011, the Minister for Justice and Equality rejected the family's request for subsidiary protection and request for leave to remain in Ireland. This resulted in an order of deportation of the family under section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999."}, {"text": "On appeal of the decision for deportation, the High Court refused the family's judicial review of the decision and the family then appealed this decision to the Supreme Court in 2012. Holding of the High Court. The High Court justified their decision for deportation by claiming that it had partook in a \"lengthy correspondence\" with the family's solicitors and that the family had failed to show up in court for a number of sittings. They also moved address to avoid their pending deportation. Cooke J based his denial on the fact that the family had gone \"off the radar\" as far as the Court was concerned throughout the duration of the asylum application. Holding of the Supreme Court. Written judgments were provided by Clarke J and MacMenamin J, with whom the other judges concurred (in full or part). The Supreme Court found that the current legislation in place often resulted in a confusing system for those seeking asylum in Ireland and also for those seeking subsidiary protection. The Court felt that the current system in place did not serve its intended purpose and caused hardship on both the State and those seeking relief from it. In addition, counsel for the"}, {"text": "State had not established any persuasive arguments to revise the \"Okunade\" test. The issue before this Court was that if the \"Okunade\" test can be applied \"in the context of a situation which arises pending an appeal after an adverse leave judgement upholding a decision to refuse subsidiary protection.\" The position of the State in this case has been that the \"Okunade\" test needs to revised in terms of stays or injunctions pending a decision to which the Charles family opposes. Consequently, it is necessary to understand what that test is before reaching any conclusion. The Court, when faced with cases pending a full hearing, has to make a decision that affords the least amount of injustice. This is the general rule that a court follows when looking to grant or reject an interlocutory injunction in the majority of private law cases. \"Okunade\" fell within the realm of immigration and even though in that case the Court was concerned with an injunction order, the judgement includes all forms of order which may be sought pending a full trial. \"Okunade\" also outlines how the general principle should be applied in public law cases. The Supreme Court pointed out that the problems"}, {"text": "associated with cases pending an appeal are the same kind of problems that come up in cases questioning whether to grant or reject an interlocutory injunction (or a stay) pending trial. This was said in \"Okunade\" as well. The interference of a court before the full trial has the same level of injustice in any case, whether that be an appeal or a trial because there is a risk that in the event a court deprives a party of a remedy, the same party could be said to entitle that remedy at the end of the final trial. So, the courts must establish a balance of the risk of injustice. The Court also acknowledged that in certain situations the way the general principle identified in \"Okunade\" is applied can differ but this does not mean that the test is different. Ultimately, there is only one test which can be used across all cases so the State's argument of refining this test is of little or perhaps no value. Moreover, this Court did not think it was necessary to decide whether the Court of Appeal had correctly applied the \"Okunade\" test or not. The decision of MacMenamin J. found that the"}, {"text": "current system of appeals, judicial review and separate applications was \"counter-productive.\" Many asylum seekers could not assimilate into society during their pending cases which also result in an accumulation of high legal costs to the State. The Court also noted that while there has been abuse of the Irish legal system by economic migrants posing as asylum seekers, the current case before him was of a young family. The Supreme Court also countered the decision of Cooke J. that the family had gone \"off the radar\" for a while in order to avoid deportation. During this time, the family had continued to receive social welfare benefits having been registered with the Department of Social Protection and members of the family also held employment in Ireland. The Court found that the State had not taken any measures to trace the family and also noted that an attempt to trace the family would not have been difficult."}, {"text": "Permetter Branch is a long 2nd order tributary to Brown Creek in Anson County, North Carolina. Variant names. According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as: Course. Permetter Branch rises about 0.5 miles west of Ansonville, North Carolina. Permetter Branch then flows southeast to meet Brown Creek about 2 miles south of Ansonville, North Carolina. Watershed. Permetter Branch drains of area, receives about 47.8 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 452.68 and is about 50% forested."}, {"text": "H.N. v Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform and others, [2012 IESC 58]; [2013] 1 IR 142 (also referred to as \"Nawaz v\" \"Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform and others\"), is an Irish Supreme Court case in which the Court referred the following question to the Court of Justice of the European Union (the CJEU) for preliminary ruling in accordance with Article 267 Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU):Does Council Directive 2004/83/EC, interpreted in the light of the principle of good administration in the law of the European Union and, in particular, as provided by Article 41 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, permit a Member State, to provide in its law that an application for subsidiary protection status can be considered only if the applicant has applied for and been refused refugee status in accordance with national law? Background. The applicant was a Pakistani national. He arrived in Ireland in 2003 on a student visa. He married an Irish national and was granted permission to remain in the State until 2005. However, the marriage broke down. He was notified by the respondent Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform"}, {"text": "in 2006 that his permission to remain in the State would not be renewed. The marital breakdown also affected the applicant's legal entitlement in the State. In 2006, the Minister notified the Applicant of his intention to make an order, pursuant to statutory powers, for his deportation; the Applicant then brought separate proceedings against the Minister and the State, claiming that the legislative provision for deportation was unconstitutional. The applicant sought to apply for subsidiary protection (a status that allows someone who does not qualify as a refugee to stay in Ireland and be given many of the same rights as an Irish citizen) without first applying for refugee status. He did not at anytime apply for asylum in Ireland but explained that as he did not have a fear of persecution as stated by the Refugee Convention (race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or membership of a particular social group), therefore, he was not a refugee. However, he claimed that he was still a victim of fear due to the indiscriminate violence in Pakistan, particularly in the Swat Valley where his family resided. He claimed that returning would amount to a risk of suffering serious harm within the meaning of"}, {"text": "Article 15(c) of the \u2018Qualification Directive\u2019 (Directive 2004/83/EC)(this Directive has subsequently been amended by Directive 2011/95/EU). In 2009, the Applicant made a request to the Minister to consider his subsidiary protection claim, believing that he is qualified for consideration pursuant to the Qualification Directive. He stated that there are \"two million displaced homeless survivors of the Taliban Reign of Terror\", which had been subjected to unrivaled acts of \"barbarous savagery and inhuman cruelty\" by their oppressors. He further claimed that the European Communities (Eligibility for Protection) Regulations 2006 (the \u2019Protection Regulations, the Irish legislation giving effect to the Qualification Directive) was incompatible with and failed to properly transpose the Qualification Directive in requiring him to make an application for refugee status \"that he knew to be false\" before he could make an application for subsidiary protection. On 23 June 2009, the Minister replied and stated that an application for subsidiary protection status was subject to the applicant being refused refugee status. Since there was no refugee application made by the applicant, a subsidiary protection application could not be considered. Issue before the Court. The issue before the Supreme Court was \"whether the Qualification Directive requires Member States, in their implementing"}, {"text": "measures, to make it possible for a third country national to make an application for subsidiary protection status without making any application for refugee status\". As was noted in the court, \"Ireland is the only Member State of the European Union which has not adopted a single administrative procedure applying Council Directive 2005/85/EC on minimum standards on procedures in Member States for granting and withdrawing refugee status\u201d. The question before the court focused on whether an applicant for subsidiary protection must first apply \"and be rejected\" for refugee status, before applying for subsidiary protection in order for his/her application to be considered. Holding of the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court held that in Irish law the applicant could not make an application for subsidiary protection without first applying for, and then being refused refugee status. As a result, the applicant needed to have a failed asylum seeker's status before he could proceed in making an application for subsidiary protection. Based on the issue in question, on the implementation measures of the Qualification Directive requirement, the Supreme Court referred the following question to the CJEU for preliminary ruling in accordance with Article 267 TFEU: Does Council Directive 2004/83/EC, interpreted in the"}, {"text": "light of the principle of good administration in the law of the European Union and, in particular, as provided for by Article 41 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, permit a Member State, to provide in its law that an application for subsidiary protection status can be considered only if the applicant has applied for and been refused refugee status in accordance with national law? Judgment of the European Court of Justice and subsequent developments. The European Court of Justice (ECJ) (Fourth Chamber) within the CJEU responded to the Supreme Court's question in the negative on 8 May 2014, noting that:Council Directive 2004/83/EC of 29 April 2004 on minimum standards for the qualification of status of third country nationals or stateless persons as refugees or as persons who otherwise need international protection and the content of the protection granted, the principle of effectiveness and the right to good administration do not preclude a national procedural rule, such as that of issuing the main proceedings, under which an application for subsidiary protection may be considered only after an application for refugee status has been refused, provided that, first, it is possible to submit the application for refugee"}, {"text": "status and the application for subsidiary protection at the same time, and, second, the national procedural rule does not give rise to a situation which the application for subsidiary protection is considered only after an unreasonable length of time, which is a matter to be determined by the referring court.The ECJ held that the Directive 2004/83 did not preclude a national procedural rule, which provided that an application for subsidiary protection needed to be made after a prior refusal of an application for refugee status. However, the national procedural rules applies provided that the application for refugee status and/or application for subsidiary protection are submitted at the same time (where applicable), and not in a situation where an application for subsidiary protection is considered after an unreasonable length of time. The case returned to the Supreme Court. The court held that as the applicant had not made an application for refugee status, he count not argue that it was not possible to make a simultaneous application in 2009. Therefore, he had not established that the Regulation was not in compliance with the requirements of the Directive as set out by the ECJ. An award for damages was not considered for"}, {"text": "the applicant, as the delay was caused by the proceedings that the applicant himself commenced, and which failed in the consequence of those proceedings. The Court dismissed the appeal."}, {"text": "Okunade v Minister for Justice & Others [2012 IESC 49] was an Irish Supreme Court case in which the Court ruled that the disruption to family life was sufficient injustice to grant an interlocutory injunction to restrain deportation while the applicants challenged pending deportation orders. The case had become moot by the time that the appeal reached the Supreme Court but proceeded as a test case because the issue of interlocutory injunctions arises in a significant number of Supreme Court cases. Background. The applicants were Nigerian nationals, a mother and her four-year-old son who was born in Ireland but was not an Irish citizen. The applicants had sought to claim asylum in Ireland and had been refused. They applied for subsidiary protection in the State, a protection for those who do not qualify for refugee status, and for \"leave to remain\", permission to remain in Ireland for humanitarian reasons. Their applications were refused by the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform and deportation orders were made for the Okunades. The applicants challenged these decisions and applied for an interlocutory injunction to restrain their deportation pending trial. The High Court refused to grant the interlocutory injunction. The case was appealed"}, {"text": "to the Supreme Court. Holding of the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court unanimously overturned the decision of the High Court. The Court concluded that the disruption to family life was significant enough to grant the injunction, especially because a young child was involved. The decision's author wrote: \"However, I feel that it is not possible, on the facts of this case, to overlook the fact that one of the applicants is a child of some four years of age who has known no country other than Ireland. It is hardly the fault of that child that the substantial lapse of time involved in this whole process has led to such a situation. Rather that current status is a function of the lack of a coherent system and sufficient resources. As pointed out earlier a significant disruption of family life is a countervailing factor which, provided it be of sufficient weight, can be enough to tip the balance in favor of the granting of a stay or an injunction.\"The Court concluded that cases of this nature would need to be decided upon in a manner that carried the lower risk of injustice. Subsequent developments. The case was a test case to"}, {"text": "develop case law by raising issues affecting other cases and highlighting the effects of significant delays that are common when dealing with asylum cases."}, {"text": "Bederev v Ireland, [2016] IESC 34; [2016] 3 IR 1, [2016] 2 ILRM 340 is an Irish Supreme Court case which overturned the Court of Appeal's decision that declared s 2 (2) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 unconstitutional on the grounds that it infringed on the exclusive authority of the Oireachtas to make legislation. The Court held that s 2(2) of the 1977 Act contains sufficient principles to allow the government to expand the list of controlled drugs, and is \"not an abrogation of the democratic responsibility of the Oireachtas.\" This case is significant as it resolved the issues arising from the earlier decision of the Court of Appeal which had attracted international media attention by decriminalising certain Class A drugs, ecstasy for example, for a period of 24 hours until the Oireachtas pushed through emergency legislation. Background. Facts of the case. In April 2012, the appellant was brought before Blanchardstown District Court charged with possession of and intent to supply methylethcathinone. Prior to 2011, it was not illegal to possess or supply this particular drug in Ireland which was available to buy in most headshops\". In 2011, the government issued a declaration under s 2(2) of the"}, {"text": "Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 which classified methylethcathinone as a controlled drug. Bederev issued legal proceedings to the High Court seeking an order that s 2(2) of the 1977 Act was unconstitutional, on the grounds that it conferred a legislative making power to the government which was contrary to the doctrine of the separation of powers. Article 15.2.1 of the Constitution states \"the sole and exclusive power of making laws for the State is hereby vested in the Oireachtas: no other legislative authority has power to make laws for the State.\" The High Court. The High Court dismissed Bederev's application and concluded that the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 contained sufficient principles and guidelines to assist and constrain the government in the making of any order pursuant to s 2 (2) and that it did not violate the legislative authority of the Oireachtas under Article 15.2.1 of the Constitution. Bederev appealed the judgement of the High Court to the Court of Appeal. The Court of Appeal. The Court of Appeal (COA) overturned the ruling of the High Court and granted Bederev's appeal by stating that s 2 (2) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 constituted a clear violation of"}, {"text": "Article 15.2.1. The Court held while s 2 (2) did not prevent the government from making an order outside the existing parameters of controlled drugs, it did constrain the government from engaging in policy making as to what drugs could be classified as \"dangerous, harmful\" or what constitutes a \"misuse\" as this was an exclusive right of the Oireachtas. Holding of the Supreme Court. The seven judge panel of the Supreme Court unanimously overturned the decision of the COA and restored the order of the High Court. Charlton J who delivered the judgement held that: \"In the Act of 1977, it is clear that the entire enactment, as to the preamble, the individual sections and the schedule setting out the drugs then controlled, should be read as a whole in order to determine the principles upon which any new drug might be added by the government to the list passed as part of the legislation in 1977. The entire text should also be searched to find the boundaries to the power to add new substances. Central to the guidance given to Government by the Act of 1977 is the schedule of drugs appended to the legislation. Both the drugs individually"}, {"text": "set out in particular sections within the legislation and the schedule, which is part thereof, describe and delimit the kind of drugs needing control. Only such drugs, those dangerous to human health and subject to abuse actually or potentially, may be added. Any such addition is subject to scrutiny by the Oireachtas through the mechanism in the Act enabling the legislature to annul any such delegated legislative authority.\""}, {"text": "Watertown is a census-designated place (CDP) in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. It comprises the central village of the town of Watertown. As of the 2010 census, the population of the CDP was 3,574, out of 22,514 in the entire town. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 22,105. Geography. The Watertown CDP is slightly south of the geographic center of the town of Watertown, on a hill rising to the west of Steele Brook, a southeastward-flowing tributary of the Naugatuck River. The CDP is bordered to the southeast by the community of Oakville, the most populous place in Watertown. The Watertown CDP extends to the south as far as the junction of Connecticut Routes 63 and 73; to the west as far as Middlebury Road, Hamilton Lane, and Guernseytown Road; to the north as far as West Road and Merriam Lane; and to the east to Porter Street, Westbury Park Road, and French Street. U.S. Route 6 follows Cutler Street, Deforest Street, and Woodbury Road through the center of the community; it leads northeast to Thomaston and southwest to Woodbury. Connecticut Route 63 is Watertown's Main Street; it leads north to Litchfield and south five miles to Interstate"}, {"text": "84 at the western border of Waterbury. Downtown Waterbury is five miles to the southeast of Watertown via Routes 63 and 73. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Watertown CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.23%, are water. Demographics. As of the census of 2010, there were 3,574 people, 1,487 households, and 972 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 1,563 housing units, of which 76, or 4.9%, were vacant. The racial makeup of the CDP was 96.0% White, 1.1% African American, 0.3% American Indian or Alaska Native, 0.9% Asian, 0.7% some other race, and 1.0% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.8% of the population. Of the 1,487 households in the community, 27.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.0% were headed by married couples living together, 10.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.6% were non-families. 30.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.2% were someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.34, and the average family size was 2.92. 20.2% of"}, {"text": "the CDP population were under the age of 18, 6.6% were from 18 to 24, 24.5% were from 25 to 44, 32.3% were from 45 to 64, and 16.3% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44.1 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.9 males. For the period 2013-17, the estimated median annual income for a household in the CDP was $71,250, and the median income for a family was $102,000. Male full-time workers had a median income of $57,385 versus $41,723 for females. About 0% of families and 6.3% of the population were living below the poverty line, including 5.1% of those age 65 or over."}, {"text": "Wang Xizhe (), born in 1948 in Sichuan, is a Chinese writer and a political critic. Biography. Wang was born on August 13, 1948, to a middle-class family in Chengdu, Sichuan Province. Raised in Guangdong, Wang became involved with the rebels during the Cultural Revolution and was sent to the countryside in 1968. In 1974, Wang, together with Li Zhengtian and Chen Yiyang, under the pseudonym \"Li Yizhe,\" posted a big-character poster entitled \"Socialist Democracy,\" in which they questioned the ideological system of the Gang of Four and Lin Biao, and even Mao Zedong's authority, claiming that a \"newborn bourgeoisie\" had emerged, and calling for the establishment of a socialist system that was more democratic and based on the rule of law. Together with Liu Xiaobo he wrote and signed a letter that was published on September 30, 1996. This letter called on the Chinese authorities to reconcile the Chinese Communist Party and Guomindang, and have dialogue with the Dalai Lama, the exiled head of the Tibetan government. Liu Xiaobo was later arrested and sentenced to 3 years of \"re-education through labor\" camp. To escape from arrest, Wang Xizhe took refuge in Hong Kong. His escape was revealed on October"}, {"text": "13. Two days later on October 15, he arrived in the United States where he obtained political asylum."}, {"text": "David Cruickshank is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s. He played for South Sydney and Eastern Suburbs in the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) competition, plus for Fulham RLFC and Salford in England in 1990-91. Playing career. Cruickshank made his first grade debut for Eastern Suburbs in round 18 1985 against Manly-Warringah at Brookvale Oval which ended in a 22\u20130 loss. In 1986, Cruickshank signed for arch rivals South Sydney and made his debut against his former club in round 6 1986. South Sydney would end up finishing the season in second place just one point behind minor premiers Parramatta. Cruickshank played in the club's qualifying final loss against Canterbury-Bankstown. Souths were eliminated the following week after losing to rivals Balmain. In 1987, Souths finished in 5th position on the table and qualified for the finals. Cruickshank played in the club's minor preliminary finals victory over Balmain. The following week, Cruickshank played in the club's humiliating 46\u201312 loss against the Canberra Raiders. The match was best remembered for Souths player Steve Mavin and his numerous errors which lead to him being substituted at half time. In 1989, Cruickshank made 10 appearances for Souths as"}, {"text": "the club won the minor premiership. He did not play in the finals series and departed the club at the end of the year. Cruickshank made a total of 88 appearances for Souths across all grades."}, {"text": "Lee Jung-seon (born 15 February 1979) is a South Korean former field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics."}, {"text": "Kim Jong-min (born 15 June 1980) is a South Korean field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics."}, {"text": "Nwakaego (Ego) Boyo (; born 6 September 1968) is a Nigerian actress, producer, executive producer and creative entrepreneur who is popular for her role as Anne Haatrope in the early 90s soap, \"Checkmate\". She is the founder and Managing Director of Temple Productions, Temple films and Temple Studio. Early life. Boyo was born in Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Umuahia, Nigeria during the Nigerian Civil War to the family of Augustine Nnamani and Gloria Nnamani Nee Harewood. She left Nigeria at just ten days old during the Nigerian Civil War and lived in Barbados for the first four years of her life before returning to Enugu in 1971. In 1976, her family moved to Lagos. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Theater Art from the University of Benin. Career. Boyo started her career in the early 1990s series \"Checkmate\", where she played the character of Anne Haatrope, acting alongside Francis Agu and Richard Mofe Damijo. 1995\u20131996. After Checkmate wrapped up in 1995, Boyo started work with Igwe on the film Violated, which was released in 1996. Several members of the Checkmate cast and crew also worked on the film, which was well received by the audience. She started her own production"}, {"text": "company, Temple Productions in 1996. Ego Boyo is the founder and Managing Director of Temple Productions and Temple Media 1998. The studio was set up in 1998 with its first set of digital equipment, one of the first companies to do so as the industry made the gradual change from unstick equipment. In 1998, she bought digital equipment and opened an office on Dolphin Estate in Lagos with a staff of ten. Temple's first major client was 'The Obasanjo For President' campaign in 1998, for which the company produced jingles, music videos and advertisements. Other major corporate clients including-dividing technical support for the industry meant the company went on to great success. 2017. She produced the silent movie \"A Hotel Called Memory\" in 2017, which won the audience award for best experimental film at the BlackStar Film Festival in Philadelphia. In 2019, she produced a movie The Ghost and the house of truth that was directed by Africa Movie Academy Award Winner, Akin Omotoso. She was the 60th president of International Women Society (IWS), an independent, non-political, non-governmental and non-profit organisation founded in 1957. Advocacy. She was Global Rights Ambassador for Global Rights Nigeria; whose work focuses on combating sexual"}, {"text": "violence against women. As the founder and trustee of Tempio Media Advocacy and Information Foundation, she is focused on highlighting women's education and women's healthcare. The foundation works with the non-governmental organizations on their visual messaging to help educate the less privileged. She has worked on documentary and advocacy videos focusing on maternal health as well as sexual assault. She is the Chair of the Advisory board of the Lagos Fringe Theatre Festival, a multi disciplinary Festival which runs annually in Nigeria and encompasses the full spectrum of artistic diversities and also on the governing board of the Mirabel center, the first sexual assault referral center (SARC) in Nigeria. As an advocate for education, Boyo was on the advisory board of Oando Foundation, which has founded schools across Nigeria to create a sustainable educational system that will empower pupils and was a member of the Nigerian Oscar Selection committee. She previously served as a member of the advisory board of the Oando Foundation and was the 60th president of The International Women\u2019s society, and a member of the charity serving in multiple capacities. and a non executive director on the board of Lagos Preparatory and Secondary School, Ikoyi, a private"}, {"text": "British curriculum School based in Lagos. In 2024, Ego Boyo was featured as one of Vogue UK's \"Forces of Change,\" nominated by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, who commended her charity work focused on Nigerian's women Education and Healthcare. Personal life. Ego has been married to Omamofe Boyo since 1992, the deputy group chief executive officer at Oando Plc. She has three children."}, {"text": "GeneSweep or Gene Sweepstake was a sweepstake and scientific wager for scientists to bet on the total number of genes in the human genome. The sweepstake was started at a Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory conference in 2000. Initially, bets could be placed for $1, which was raised to $5 in 2001 and to $20 in 2002. The cost of placing a bet increased significantly because later participants were expected to have much more accurate information available to inform their guesses. By May 23, 2000, 228 bets had been placed, with the average number of predicted genes among them being 62,598. Winning bets in 2003. On May 30, 2003, Ewan Birney of the European Bioinformatics Institute, who had organized the pool, announced the winner: Lee Rowen of the Institute for Systems Biology. Rowen had guessed that the human genome would contain 25,947 genes, which was the closest to the estimated number of 24,847 given by the Ensembl genome database project. In addition to being the winning guess, this was also the lowest of the more than 460 bets that were placed. Rowen split the $1,200 prize pool with Paul Dear of the Medical Research Council (MRC) and Olivier Jaillon of Genoscope."}, {"text": "Rowen credited Jean Weissenbach of Genoscope with convincing her that the true number of human genes would be relatively low. All three winners shared the prize because they were the only betters who guessed under 30,000, and Birney was certain that the total number of genes was less than that. The sweepstakes had always been planned to end in 2003, because Birney had expected that Ensembl would have completed counting the number of human genes by then. Once it became clear that they would need more time to arrive at an exact number, Birney initially planned on extending the sweepstakes for five more years. However, David Stewart convinced Birney to choose a winner by pointing out that the rules specified that a winner had to be chosen in 2003, with no exceptions. Birney noted that, though the exact number was still unknown, there was no doubt that the number of human genes was much less than 26,000, and he announced that 21,000 was the best estimate in a 2003 talk. Ongoing debate after 2003. there is continuing debate amongst scientists about the total number of genes in the human genome, with most estimates ranging from 19,000 and 22,000."}, {"text": "Radim Valcha\u0159 (born 20 April 1989) is a Czech-born Romanian professional ice hockey left winger currently playing for CSM Corona Bra\u0219ov of the Erste Liga. Career. Valcha\u0159 began his career with HC V\u00edtkovice and played one game for the team during the 2006\u201307 Czech Extraliga season. He was then drafted 4th overall of the 2007 CHL Import Draft by the Portland Winterhawks of the Western Hockey League and spent two seasons in Portland before being traded to the Lethbridge Hurricanes in 2009. He played just 13 games for Lethbridge before returning to the Czech Republic with HC Orlov\u00e1 of the Czech 2. Liga. He then had spells with HC Karvin\u00e1 of the 2. Liga and HC 46 Bardejov of the Slovak 1. Liga before moving to Rapaces de Gap of the French Ligue Magnus on 21 March 2013. On 8 May 2015, Valcha\u0159 joined Finnish Mestis team Hokki. He played 11 games before returning to France with Boxers de Bordeaux in October of the same year. Valcha\u0159 then joined Romanian team HSC Cs\u00edkszereda in 2016. Valcha\u0159 played in the 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships for the Czech Republic."}, {"text": "Hurricane Creek is a long 1st order tributary to Brown Creek in Anson County, North Carolina. Course. Hurricane Creek rises about 0.5 miles north of Pinkston, North Carolina near the Wadesboro airport. Hurricane Creek then flows northeast to meet Brown Creek about 3.5 miles southeast of Ansonville, North Carolina. Watershed. Hurricane Creek drains of area, receives about 47.9 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 500.57 and is about 53% forested."}, {"text": "Men's artistic gymnastics events at the 2019 Military World Games were held in Wuhan, China from 21 to 26 October 2019."}, {"text": "The American Association was a Minor League Baseball league that operated primarily in the Midwestern and South Central United States from 1902 to 1962 and 1969 to 1997. Over that 90-year span, its teams relocated, changed names, transferred to different leagues, or ceased operations altogether. This list documents teams which played in the league."}, {"text": "Osama Hassanein (born 17 October 1977) is an Egyptian former field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics."}, {"text": "Ahmed Ramadan (born 15 July 1972) is an Egyptian former field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics."}, {"text": "The Terror of Pueblo is a 1924 American silent western film directed by Denver Dixon, and starring Art Mix and Alma Rayford. It premiered on December 26, 1924, in Emporia, Kansas. Plot. As described in a film magazine review, Bill Hanley and Sam Hawkes still settle their disputes with guns. The arrival of Jack Hanley forces the issue, but Jack is averse to bloodshed. He becomes the laughing stock of the ranch, but turns on them finally and after rescuing his father, routs the enemy and wins the girl."}, {"text": "Ahmed Ramadan can refer to:"}, {"text": "Persona Digital Telephony Ltd v Minister for Public Enterprise, Ireland, [2017 IESC 27]; was an Irish Supreme Court case in which the Court ruled that third party funding to support a plaintiff's legal costs and disbursements is unlawful. Background. The directors of the plaintiffs/appellants, Persona Digital Telephony Ltd and Sigma Wireless Networks Ltd, entered into an investment agreement with Harbour Fund III, LP to provide financial backing for the plaintiffs\u2019 legal costs and disbursements that would be incurred by the plaintiffs in the proceedings, including for the purchase of the plaintiffs\u2019 adverse costs insurance, and to otherwise protect the assets of the plaintiffs against any adverse costs order made in or relating to any such proceedings. It was a condition of the agreement that the parties enter into a security agreement. The plaintiffs contended that the third party funding scheme should be considered in context, and that the question should be asked whether, on the whole, the transaction amounts to unlawful maintenance or champerty, or whether it should be viewed as enabling a claim of public importance to proceed and to ensure the constitutional guarantee of access to justice. The first three defendants/respondents, the State, submitted that maintenance and champerty"}, {"text": "are criminal offences as well as torts. The State submitted that the funding agreement was void for illegality, and that the plaintiffs were asking the Court to vary the scope of the offences and torts of maintenance and champerty, which was not within the jurisdiction of the Court. Ms. Justice Donnelly (High Court) refused to grant the desired declaratory relief to the plaintiffs. The Court held that it was well-settled law that third-party litigation funding agreement in return for a share of the proceeds where the third party had no independent or \"bona fide\" interest constituted an abuse of process. The Court opined that it was for the appellate court to adopt the modern outlook on the concept of propriety having regard to the changing ideas on public policy and not the High Court. Holding of the Supreme Court. The Court (Denham C.J.) granted leave for appeal. The issue the court permitted this was; \u2018Whether third party funding, provided during the course of proceedings (rather than at their outset) to support a plaintiff who is unable to progress a case of immense \"public importance\" is unlawful by reason of the rules on maintenance and champerty.\u2019 The court held that the"}, {"text": "fact that the funding was provided during the course of the proceedings was not a relevant factor. Denham CJ did not consider the fact that the case was described as one of immense public importance to be a relevant factor. However, Denham CJ did consider that third party funding to support a plaintiff (where none of the exceptions apply) is unlawful by reason of the rules on champerty. Denham CJ noted that none of the exceptions arose in this case. Therefore, the appeal was dismissed. Dissents. McKechnie J. dissented from the Judgment of Denham C.J and other concurring Justices stating that the court's effective termination of the Persona litigation by reference to maintenance and champerty was 'both highly disturbing and terribly disquieting' and resulted in an outcome that was 'manifestly troublesome troublesome from the perspective of giving effect to the constitutional right of access to courts'."}, {"text": "Ahmed Mandour (born 6 April 1978) is an Egyptian former field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics."}, {"text": "Mohamed Kasbr (born 23 July 1974) is an Egyptian former field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics."}, {"text": "Amro Ibrahim (born 19 January 1985) is an Egyptian field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics."}, {"text": "Ahmed Mohamed (born 8 August 1981) is an Egyptian former field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics."}, {"text": "Flat Fork is a long 2nd order tributary to Brown Creek in Anson County, North Carolina. Course. Flat Fork rises about 0.5 miles northeast of Wadesboro, North Carolina. Flat Fork then flows northeast to meet Brown Creek about 4 miles southeast of Ansonville, North Carolina. Watershed. Flat Fork drains of area, receives about 47.9 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 417.22 and is about 61% forested."}, {"text": "William Dundas of Fingask (died 1599), was a Scottish courtier who wrote newsletters. William Dundas was a son of Archibald Dundas of Fingask and Elizabeth Colville, daughter of Robert Colville of Cleish. His sister Margaret Dundas married George Douglas of Mordington, a son of George Douglas of Parkhead. A niece, Nicholas Dundas, married Alexander Colville (d. 1597), commendator of Culross. He married Margaret Carnegie, a daughter of David Carnegie of Colluthie in 1582. In 1590 William Dundas wrote to Mr Archibald Douglas describing life at the Scottish court since the marriage of Anne of Denmark and James VI of Scotland and their return from Denmark on 1 May 1590. Dundas had been travelling in England, sightseeing in Cambridge and York, and wrote from Edinburgh on 11 June 1590. He thought the Scottish court was solitary, depleted by reformers who had reduced the number of paid attendants. Everything was arranged by the Lord Chancellor of Scotland, John Maitland of Thirlestane. He reported that the queen, Anna of Denmark, had not surrounded herself with ladies in waiting, but \"carries a marvellous gravity, which with her partial solitariness, contrary to the humour of our people, has banished all our ladies clean from her\"."}, {"text": "John Maitland urged Anna to receive an honorable company of ladies and gentlemen in her household in July 1590. In May 1592, Dundas wrote a letter of recommendation for a young Swiss student, Johann Peter Hainzel von Degerstein, who wished to visit Andrew Melville at the University of St Andrews. In May 1594 he went to London to the ambassador Edward Bruce. His kinsman John Colville shadowed the \"young baron of Fingask\" from Newcastle to Durham and reported his movements to the poet Henry Lok. Colville discovered the contents of letters carried by Dundas and sent his comments to Lok for Sir Robert Cecil. He returned on 30 May with Edward Bruce. A letter of 20 July 1594 seems to refer to the emblems painted on Scottish ceilings which carry moral meanings. Dundas wrote to Sir Robert Cecil, mentioning that Henry Lok had told him in London that Cecil wanted \"of suche toyis\" for his new gallery in his London townhouse as he had seen painted in Edinburgh. Dundas enclosed some of these, presumably drawings of the \"toys\" or emblems. This letter was signed \"William Dondas\". A letter from James Douglas of Spott in London to William Dundas of Fingask,"}, {"text": "from November 1594, praises his skill in the Latin language, and includes news of the injury of the Earl of Erroll at the Battle of Glenlivet. William Dundas died in September 1599. His brother Archibald Dundas succeeded him as laird of Fingask. There has been some confusion over the date of the death of William Dundas and the identity of the \"baron of Fingask\" in the letters of John Colville."}, {"text": "Yasser Mohamed (born 15 February 1974) is an Egyptian former field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics."}, {"text": "Ahmed Ibrahim (born 18 June 1978) is an Egyptian former field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics."}, {"text": "Belal Enaba (born 17 February 1973) is an Egyptian former field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics."}, {"text": "The 1906 Toronto Argonauts season was the Argonaut Football Club's ninth season of organized league play since joining the Ontario Rugby Football Union 1898, and its final season playing in the ORFU senior series. The team finished in second place in the series with four wins and two losses, while the Hamilton Tigers qualified for the Dominion playoffs by winning the series with a perfect record. After playing the 1905 season under the name \"Toronto-Argonauts\" following a merger with the Toronto Rugby Club, on September 7 the club decided to revert to the simpler \"Argonaut Rugby Club\" name. Having managed the club to a 4-2 record in 1905, W. A. Hewitt returned for a second season as manager in 1906. On September 26 the club announced the appointment of Chaucer Elliott as coach, making Elliott the first coach in club history."}, {"text": "Sameh Mohamed (born 28 January 1980) is an Egyptian former field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics."}, {"text": "William Jameson may refer to:"}, {"text": "Mark Lyons is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played for South Sydney and St. George in the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) competition and for Ryedale-York in England. Playing career. Lyons made his first grade debut for South Sydney in round 9 of the 1989 season against Western Suburbs at Campbelltown Stadium. Lyons made 13 appearances for Souths in his debut year as the club won the minor premiership and were one of the favourites to win the competition. Lyons played in the club's preliminary final defeat against the Canberra Raiders at the Sydney Football Stadium. The following season, Lyons played 10 games for Souths as the club endured a horror season on and off the field after finishing last. Souths managed to win only 2 games for the entire campaign. In Lyons last year at Souths, the club finished in a disappointing 14th place on the table. In 1992, Lyons joined St George but was limited to only 3 games for the club. Lyons did not play in St George's grand final loss against the Brisbane Broncos. In 1993, Lyons signed with English side Ryedale-York who were later known"}, {"text": "as the York Wasps. Lyons spent one year in England before returning to Australia."}, {"text": "Walid Mohamed (born 17 July 1977) is an Egyptian field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics."}, {"text": "Amrou Metwalli (born 7 August 1976) is an Egyptian former field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics."}, {"text": "The Johannesburg North Reformed Church/Andrew Murray Congregation (since November 2011 known as the Andrew Murray Reformed Church) is a bilingual (Afrikaans and English) congregation of the Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa (NGK) in the Johannesburg suburb of Orchards. It was formed in 1999 by the merger of the NGK congregation and the Andrew Murray Congregation and functions as a church without borders. Background: Johannesburg North. The congregation dates to the emergence of the suburbs of Orange Grove, Norwood, Orchards, and Sydenham immediately after World War II. Afrikaners who settled in northeastern Johannesburg had largely been part of the Johannesburg Reformed Church (NGK) (with the Braamfontein church) or the Johannesburg East Reformed Church (NGK) (based at the Irene Church). These two were the mother churches of both the Parkhurst Reformed Church (1944) and Johannesburg North. The Irene Church had a satellite church building in Orchards that became the base for the Johannesburg North congregation. Foundation of Johannesburg North. The need for a separate congregation in the northeastern suburbs grew more pressing around 1950. The Johannesburg church council first raised the issue at its December 1939 meeting, while the Johannesburg East council readily approved Norwood's secession in April 1942. Thus Johannesburg"}, {"text": "North officially separated from the two mother congregations on June 26, 1942 in the Norwood church hall. The main Johannesburg church gave the new congregation a starting grant of \u00a31,000, while Johannesburg East bequeathed its properties in Lyndhurst and Norwood (including the Norwood church). The third interview proved the charm, and Rev. J.J. Odendaal of the Jeppestown Reformed Church was hired and invested in January 1943 as the congregation's first pastor. At a March 1945 congregation meeting, many members pledged to help start a construction fund for a church. The Rev. Odendaal left in June 1946 for a post in Vereeniging, to be replaced six months later in January 1947 by Rev. Attie Burger. The Rev. Burger's first congregation was the Paulpietersburg Reformed Church (NGK) in northern Natal, where he helped found the NGK monthly [\"[LIG|Die Voorligter]]\", and later he moved on the Pretoria North Reformed Church (NGK) and founded there the Christian Social Council, the first community center with a full-time social worker ministering to poor Afrikaners. By 1947, there were around 800 members in Johannesburg North. The Rev. Burger continued his predecessor's work toward church building construction, leading a congregation meeting the year of his investiture to institute"}, {"text": "monthly donations for the purpose. In 1949, the congregation was ready to hire as contractor the Afrikaans singer G\u00e9 Korsten\u2019s father Cor Korsten, a 1936 immigrant from the Netherlands who settled his family locally. The Rev. Burger laid the cornerstone of the new church on June 17, 1950, and it was finished on February 18, 1951. Only eleven months later, on January 5, 1952, Rev. Burger married the contractor\u2019s daughter Elna in the new building. Along with this church hall on 17 Oaklands Rd, the congregation also owned on in the Lyndhurst district, which became the center of the Northeast Rand Reformed Church formed in 1959. Later developments. Northeast Rand was the only daughter church of Johannesburg North, but Johannesburg East spawned Johannesburg-Observatory in 1964 as well, yielding three congregations covering the northeastern suburbs. Numbers of Afrikaans-speakers, and therefore congregation memberships in the area, began to decline in the early 1970\u2019s. In 1973, Johannesburg North had 448 confirmed members, Northeast Rand 233, and Johannesburg-Observatory 502; in 1979, the last two were both absorbed by Johannesburg North, where Northeast Rand\u2019s Rev. P. de V. Mellet and Johannesburg-Observatory\u2019s Rev. F. J. du Plessis together served 992 confirmed members. Membership dropped to 590"}, {"text": "in 1985, 350 in 1990, and 231 in 1995 (when there were no pastors left). Meanwhile, the Andrew Murray Congregation, founded in 1966 to minister to Jews, was searching for a place of worship. The congregation had long used the old Belgravia Reformed Church building in Jeppestown South but was leery of the neighborhood and set the 1999 merger agreement to use the Johannesburg North church. In 1999, the merged church had 161 confirmed members who spoke Afrikaans versus 536 English-speakers. Language numbers later ceased to be used, but overall membership rose to 845 in 2005 only to fall to 718 in 2010 and 589 in 2011. By 2014, it had stabilized to 590. Name change. In January 2012, the \"Kerkbode\" reported the church council\u2019s November 22, 2011 decision to abandon the \u201cJohannesburg North\u201d portion of its name to simply become the \u201cAndrew Murray Reformed Church.\u201d External links. [[Category:Afrikaner culture in Johannesburg]] [[Category:Churches in Johannesburg]] [[Category:Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa (NGK)]] [[Category:Protestantism in South Africa]] [[Category:South African Anglophone culture]]"}, {"text": "Mohamed El-Mallah (born 23 October 1977) is an Egyptian field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics."}, {"text": "Maipit is a village and a gram panchayat within the jurisdiction of the Kultali police station in the Kultali CD block in the Baruipur subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography. Area overview. Baruipur subdivision is a rural subdivision with moderate levels of urbanization. 31.05% of the population lives in the urban areas and 68.95% lives in the rural areas. In the southern portion of the subdivision (shown in the map alongside) there are 20 census towns. The entire district is situated in the Ganges Delta and the southern part is covered by the Baruipur-Jaynagar Plain. Archaeological excavations at Dhosa and Tilpi, on the bank of the Piyali River indicate the existence of human habitation around 2,000 years ago. Location. Maipit is located at . It has an average elevation of . Demographics. According to the 2011 Census of India, Maipit had a total population of 5,615, of which 2,962 (53%) were males and 2,653 (47%) were females. There were 759 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literates in Maipit was 3,778 (77.80% of the population over 6 years). Civic administration. Police station. Maipith"}, {"text": "Coastal police station was established on 10 September 2009. It covers an area of . It has jurisdiction over parts of the Kultali CD block. The coastal police stations were formed with the objective of effective policing of the remote areas of the Sundarbans. The police has regular river patrols. Transport. A short stretch of local roads link Maipit to the Jaynagar-Jamtala Road. Jaynagar Majilpur railway station is located nearby. Education. Baikunthapur High School is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1943. It has arrangements for teaching from class V to XII. It has a library with 2,247 books, 10 computers for teaching and learning purposes and a play ground. Healthcare. There is a primary health centre, with 6 beds, at Maipit."}, {"text": "Karin Gundersen (27 August 1944 \u2013 4 June 2024) was a Norwegian literary scholar and translator. Biography. Gundersen was born in Malm, German-occupied Norway on 27 August 1944. A professor of French literature at the University of Oslo, she was also a translator of French literary works. She was awarded the Bastian Prize in 1993, for her translation of Stendhal's novel \"The Charterhouse of Parma\" into Norwegian. She received the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature in 2006, for translation of Stendhal's autobiography \"The Life of Henry Brulard\" into Norwegian language. She was awarded the Dobloug Prize in 2006. Gundersen was a fellow of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters and the Norwegian Academy for Language and Literature. She died in Oslo on 4 June 2024, at the age of 79."}, {"text": "Mohamed El-Sayed (born 29 June 1981) is an Egyptian field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics."}, {"text": "Sayed Hagag (born 1 January 1981) is an Egyptian field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics."}, {"text": "Per Adolf Norlin (23 January 1905 \u2013 11 January 1992) was a Swedish businessman. He was CEO of Swedish Intercontinental Airlines (SILA), Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) and AB Aerotransport (ABA). Career. Norlin was born on 23 January 1905 in Stockholm, Sweden, the son of Karl Norlin, an office manager, and his wife Ingrid (n\u00e9e S\u00f6derman). He passed \"studentexamen\" in 1924. Career. Norlin was CEO of the Swedish Intercontinental Airlines (SILA) from 1943 to 1949. Norlin served as CEO of Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) from 1946 to 1949, vice CEO of AB Aerotransport (ABA) in 1948 and CEO of ABA from 1949 to 1951. He was CEO of SAS from 1951 to 1954 and of SILA from 1955 to 1984. Norlin was also director in the Axel Johnson Group from 1955 to 1980. Norlin was deputy member of the board of the AB Aerotransport (ABA) from 1931 to 1935, board member of ABA and SAS from 1955, vice chairman of the Royal Swedish Aero Club from 1955, chairman of the board of AB Linjebuss from 1955, of Arvid Nordquist HAB from 1956, International Aircraft Leasing Co Inc from 1956, AB Lindholmens varv from 1961, vice chairman of Nyn\u00e4s petroleum from 1957, and board"}, {"text": "member of Motala Verkstad from 1957. He was also a board member of the Rederi AB Nordstjernan from 1963 and chairman of the board of the Maritime Museum. Personal life. In 1933, Norlin married Eva de Champs (1905\u20131989), the daughter of Lieutenant General and Adelaide (n\u00e9e von Horn). He was the father of Eva (born 1939), Christoffer (born 1941) and Malcolm (born 1947). Death. Norlin died on 11 January 1992 and was buried on 27 March 1992 at Norra begravningsplatsen in Stockholm. Awards and decorations. Norlin's awards:"}, {"text": "The Terror is a 1927 mystery thriller play by the British writer Edgar Wallace. It is based on Wallace's 1926 novel \"The Black Abbot\". It premiered at the Winter Gardens Theatre in New Brighton, before beginning a run of 246 performances at the Lyceum Theatre in the West End. The original cast included John Turnbull, Felix Aylmer, Franklyn Bellamy, Dennis Neilson-Terry, Carol Reed and Mary Glynne. Film adaptations. In 1928 it was turned into an early sound film \"The Terror\" by the American studio Warner Bros. This was followed in 1934 \"Return of the Terror\", which was neither a sequel nor a remake but was loosely-inspired by the original play. In 1938 the play was adapted into a British film \"The Terror\" starring Wilfrid Lawson, Linden Travers and Bernard Lee, shot at Elstree Studios."}, {"text": "Victoria Schuck (1909\u20131999) was an American political scientist who was the president of Mount Vernon College from 1977 to 1983. As an expert on the political participation of women and women as political candidates, she contributed to the development of the study of women and politics as a subfield of political science. She also specialized in the state politics of New England, and the politics of South Vietnam. As one of the first 80 women to earn a PhD in political science, Schuck published extensively on the status of women in the profession. In total she published more than 80 articles or monographs, and co-edited several academic books. Schuck spent most of her career at Mount Holyoke College, where she was a Professor of Political Science from 1940 until 1977, and prior to that she was a professor at Florida State University. Early life and education. Schuck was born on February 15, 1909, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to Anthony B. Schuck and Anna Prieb Schuck. She was raised in San Marino, California. She attended Stanford University, where she earned a BA degree in 1930, an MA in 1931, and a PhD in 1937, all in political science. In 2003, a"}, {"text": "publication by George Washington University estimated that this made her \"one of the first 80 or so women to earn a Ph.D. in political science\". Career. Schuck was a professor of political science at Florida State University (then Florida State College for Women) from 1937 until 1940, when she joined the faculty at Mount Holyoke College. During World War II, Schuck worked as a principal program analyst at the Office of Price Administration in the Office for Emergency Management of the Federal government of the United States. In 1977, she left Mount Holyoke to become president of Mount Vernon College, where she remained until 1983. Mount Vernon College which was purchased in 1999 by George Washington University, and became the Mount Vernon Campus of The George Washington University. Schuck was also a visiting professor at Smith College during the 1948\u20131949 school year, a visiting professor at Stanford University in 1952, and a visiting scholar at the Brookings Institution during 1967\u20131968. Schuck was an early researcher in the topic of women and politics. Her studies of women and politics included research on women who were politicians, as well as on women's political participation as citizens. Schuck also published papers regarding the"}, {"text": "situation for women in political science during the second half of the 20th century. Schuck specialized particularly in the state politics of New England, especially Massachusetts. She also conducted comparative politics work on elections and political participation. Notably, she received funding in 1996 and 1971 to observe elections in South Vietnam. As part of that project, she also researched the Constitution of South Vietnam. Following the Watergate scandal, Schuck wrote a review of scholarly works on the topic. In addition to her scholarly articles, Schuck was an editor of the 1979 book \"Women Organizing: An Anthology\", and the 1980 book \"New England Politics\". During the 1970s, she was a political science book reviewer for the \"Key Reporter\" magazine of the Phi Beta Kappa honor society. From 1978 to 1980, Schuck was a member of the D.C. Commission on Post-Secondary Education. She also served on the House Commission on Administrative Review of the United States House of Representatives, on the United States Presidential Commission on Registration and Voter Participation formed by John F. Kennedy, and as a United States representative to the conference of the United Nations Decade for Women in Nairobi. Schuck was also a nongovernmental representative to the United"}, {"text": "Nations Commission on the Status of Women. Recognition. Schuck was involved in the development of women and politics as a subfield of political science, including close involvement with the founding of the Women's Caucus of the American Political Science Association in 1969 and membership on the Association's 1971 Committee on the Status of Women. Schuck is the namesake of the American Political Science Association's Victoria Schuck Award, an annual award that is granted each year to the author or authors of the best book published in the previous year on the topic of women and politics. This award is one of the few awards that is granted directly by the American Political Science Association and not by one of its area-specific sections. The prize was established in 1986, after Schuck advocated for the establishment of a book prize for women and politics scholarship. Schuck endowed it with an initial fund of $3000, to be given in increments of $500 per annual award, and to be funded thereafter by the Association through contributions. By 2020 the award carried a prize of $750. Stanford University endows a Victoria Schuck Faculty Scholar Chair in Political Science, funded through the Victoria Schuck Faculty Scholar"}, {"text": "Fund. In 2003, a portrait of Schuck was hung at the Mount Vernon Campus of George Washington University to commemorate her years as president of Mount Vernon College."}, {"text": "Everyday Life is the eighth studio album by British rock band Coldplay. It was released on 22 November 2019 by Parlophone in the United Kingdom and Atlantic in the United States. It is a double album released as a single CD, with the first half titled \"Sunrise\" and the other \"Sunset\". The release coincided with \"Coldplay: Everyday Life \u2013 Live in Jordan\", in which performances of each half of the album were broadcast from the Amman Citadel in Jordan, at sunrise and sunset, respectively. Many returning producers and collaborators joined the band's efforts including Rik Simpson, Dan Green, Bill Rahko, Davide Rossi, and Emily Lazar. Speculation about the album's existence persisted since their previous record, \"A Head Full of Dreams\", as rumours circulated that Coldplay would disband. It is the first album by the band to feature profanity (on the tracks \"Trouble in Town\", \"Arabesque\" and \"Guns\") and is also their second studio album, after \"Ghost Stories\" (2014), not to be supported by a major worldwide tour. \"Everyday Life\" received generally positive reviews from music critics, who praised its experimental direction, the shift to politically charged lyrics, and varied song styles in contrast to their old roots with albums like"}, {"text": "\"Parachutes\" and \"Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends\". However, others felt that the album lacked thematic consistency. Commercially, \"Everyday Life\" earned the band their eighth consecutive number-one album on the UK Albums Chart and their seventh top-ten album on the \"Billboard\" 200 in the US. The album was supported by four overall singles: \"Orphans\" and \"Arabesque\" in October 2019, \"Everyday Life\" in November 2019 and \"Champion of the World\" in February 2020. At the 63rd Grammy Awards the album garnered two nominations: Best Recording Package and Album of the Year, marking the band's second nomination in the latter category and their first since \"Viva la Vida\". Recording. Some tracks from \"Everyday Life\" have roots in 2009, a decade earlier; as producer Dan Green explains: \"We actually started this album just before \"Mylo Xyloto\" in 2009, there were songs from this record that had been around since then which just didn't seem to fit on other albums. The single 'Arabesque' was one of those\". Rik Simpson, another longtime member of the production team, stated that this album differed in recording style compared to previous records because three members of the band lived in the UK while lead singer"}, {"text": "Chris Martin lived in the US. The band hoped to travel somewhere to inspire the global sounds of \"Everyday Life\" rather than be restricted to a single studio. Therefore, Dan Green created a mobile studio, inspired from jam sessions during their previous world tour, to be set up in various international locations. They include but are not limited to: Villa Tombolino in Tuscany, the Woodshed studios in Los Angeles, The Bakery and Beehive studios in London, and a studio in Johannesburg, South Africa. Travelling around the globe is reflected in the experimental mix of genre influences present on the record including classical, afrobeat, jazz-fusion, etc. The album was one of the first non-reissue albums to be mixed using Dolby Atmos technology, with the Atmos version made available on Amazon Music, Tidal and Apple Music. Composition. \"Everyday Life\" is a considerable shift in musical experimentation compared to the band's previous albums, with critics deeming it their most experimental release. Its release marks Coldplay's first studio double album, with the halves titled \"Sunrise\" and \"Sunset\" respectively (similarly to \"X&Y\", which is split into an \"X\" half and a \"Y\" half, despite being a single album). The album includes a 30-second field recording"}, {"text": "of clock tower bells ringing the Westminster Quarters melody and spread across 8 tracks, entitled \"God = Love\", which serves as an interlude for each side of the album. The track titles spell the name of this section and are revealed when the CD is loaded into a computer. When compared to previous albums released by the band, the lyrics make a stark contrast: even though it still showcases many themes of positivity, equality, unity, hope, legacy, the importance of emotions, and humanity, it also includes racism, police brutality, gun control, loss and pain, plus references of war in terrorism-inflicted countries. The song \"Trouble in Town\" includes a sample from a 2013 incident involving racially-motivated profiling and harassment of a man by a Philadelphia police officer, it is the first Coldplay song to feature profanity (although it is the police officer in the sound recording who uses profanity rather than the track's lyrics), along with \"Arabesque\" and \"Guns\" (which both feature profanity in their actual lyrics). Martin described the album saying that: Promotion. On 13 October 2019, black-and-white posters featuring the band teasing the album, and the date \"22 November 1919\" appeared in various cities around the world, including S\u00e3o"}, {"text": "Paulo, Berlin, Hong Kong and Sydney. On 19 October, a video teaser featuring the same theme was also released. Two days later, several fans began receiving typewritten notes from the band in the mail. On 23 October, the track listing was announced by the band in the advertising sections of several newspapers around the world. This included the \"North Wales Daily Post\", where guitarist Jonny Buckland \"once had a holiday job\". The 19 November edition of the New Zealand newspaper \"Otago Daily Times\" featured advertisements containing lyrics to the tracks from the album. The artwork for the album was created by Argentine artist Pilar Zeta, who worked on the artwork for the band's previous album \"A Head Full of Dreams\". The booklet included in the CD, vinyl, and digital download releases of the album feature lyrics for all tracks and credits. In the bifold of the book features a picture of a large billboard with \"Music of the Spheres\" in large text and \"Coldplay coming soon\" in the bottom left corner, teasing their following album \"Music of the Spheres\". The poster also features a preliminary version of the album's artwork, the \"Map of the Spheres\". Live performances. During an online"}, {"text": "press conference on 1 November, Coldplay announced they would perform \"Everyday Life\" in two shows at the Amman Citadel in Jordan, on 22 November, the release date of the album. The first show showcased the band performing the first half of the album \"Sunrise\" at 4:00 a.m. GMT, and the second show featured the performance of \"Sunset\" at 2:00 p.m. GMT. The shows, which were livestreamed on YouTube, marked the band's first ever performances in the country. Both shows were promoted and advertised as YouTube Originals. The two shows were performed without an audience, but the following night the band performed their first public show at the Citadel. On 18 November, the band announced a one-off show at the London Natural History Museum on 25 November, with proceeds from the show to be donated to an environmental charity. However, the band announced that they would not play a world tour to promote the album until they had addressed concerns regarding travel and the environmental impact of the shows. After taking two years to craft a sustainability plan for touring, Coldplay embark on the Music of the Spheres World Tour in March 2022 in support of their following albums, \"Music of"}, {"text": "the Spheres\" and \"Moon Music\". The tour incorporated songs from \"Everyday Life\" into the set list. Singles. According to Martin, the album \"doesn't really have singles and was never meant to. We had to pull a song off it\". \"Orphans\" and \"Arabesque\" were released as a double lead on 24 October 2019, during the Annie Mac show on BBC Radio 1. On the next day, a music video for \"Orphans\" came out. Its companion piece, \"Arabesque\", however, does not have one. \"Everyday Life\" was then launched as a promotional single on 3 November. Its music video premiered on 9 December and the song was sent to United Kingdom and Italy's contemporary hit radio in the following weeks. Two days before the album's release, a music video for \"Daddy\" and a lyric video for \"Champion of the World\" were made available, the latter impacted radio stations across the United States as a promotional single on 25 February 2020. The \"Cry Cry Cry\" music video, which was co-directed by Dakota Johnson, was released on 14 February. The \"Trouble in Town\" video came out on 12 March. Critical reception. Reviews. \"Everyday Life\" received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns"}, {"text": "a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 73 based on 26 reviews, which indicates \"generally favorable reviews\", becoming the band's second highest-scored album on the website, behind \"A Rush of Blood to the Head\". Writing for \"The Daily Telegraph\", Neil McCormick acclaimed the album's experimentation, stating that \"Everyday Life\" \"feels organic, analogue and playful as Coldplay dip into different musical genres\", and further highlighted Martin's \"golden gift for melody, almost simplistically direct lyrics and emotive crooning\". Chris DeVille of \"Stereogum\" considered that the use of multiple genres worked \"more often than not\", and commended the band's \"more nuanced\" exploration of social issues, concluding that it was a \"truly great album\". In her review for \"NME\", Charlotte Krol claimed that the record \"is proof that Coldplay are more adventurous than they're often given credit for\", although some of its songs are \"sometimes more exciting in theory than in practice\". Other reviewers were less enthusiastic about the album's experimentation. Although \"The Guardian\"s Alexis Petridis considered it a \"laudable intention\", he found the album \"wildly uneven\" and was critical of the \"lyrical vagueness\" of various songs dealing with \"sociopolitical matters\", but praised"}, {"text": "\"a couple of acoustic tracks with genuine emotional heft\". In the same vein, Adam White of \"The Independent\" called the album a \"valiant, if flawed, attempt to break from tradition\" and a \"fascinating, occasionally brilliant curio\", but considered that the band were \"still very much figuring out how to respond to a world that has become meaner, dirtier and crueller\", nevertheless considering the effort admirable. Ludovic Hunter-Tilney of the \"Financial Times\" found the album \"platitudinising\", but considered Martin's songwriting \"more focused than usual\"; he additionally noted its \"quirky production\" and balancing of \"contradictory urges to play it safe and take a risk\". Commercial performance. \"Everyday Life\" debuted at number-one on the UK Albums Chart with 80,974 units sold, becoming Coldplay's eighth consecutive studio album to achieve the feat and the third-fastest selling record of the year in the United Kingdom, behind Ed Sheeran's \"No.6 Collaborations Project\" and Lewis Capaldi's \"Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent.\" It debuted number seven on the United States' \"Billboard\" 200 with 48,000 equivalent units, including 36,000 pure album sales. According to the IFPI, the album sold 740,000 pure copies around the world in 2019, making it the 11th biggest record of the year. The release"}, {"text": "also made Coldplay the seventh most successful group of said period. Track listing. All tracks are written by Coldplay, with production from Rik Simpson, Dan Green and Bill Rahko, except where noted. Notes Sample credits Personnel. Credits adapted from the \"Orphans / Arabesque\" liner notes and the CD pressing. Recording. Coldplay Additional vocalists Additional musicians Production. Main Assistant Artwork and design"}, {"text": "Rakotonirina is a Malagasy surname."}, {"text": "The International Federation of Petroleum and Chemical Workers (IFPCW) was a global union federation bringing together trade union representing workers in the chemical and oil industries. History. The secretariat was established in 1954 at a meeting in Paris, held on the initiative of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) and the Oil Workers' International Union of the United States. It was formed in response to the growth of employment in the oil industry, and was initially named the International Federation of Petroleum Workers. Most of its founder members had previously been affiliated to the International Federation of Industrial Organisations and General Workers' Unions (IFF). The secretariat was based in Denver, and was the only global union federation to have headquarters outside Europe. By 1960, it had 43 affiliates, with a membership of more than 500,000. In 1963, the union began recruiting unions of chemical workers, and renamed itself as the \"International Federation of Petroleum and Chemical Workers\". This brought it into conflict with the IFF, which renamed itself as the \"International Federation of Chemical and General Workers' Unions\" (ICF), and the ICFTU suspended grants to both organisations. By the late 1960s, it became known that the IFPCW was"}, {"text": "receiving regular grants from CIA funds, and it became regarded as a CIA front organisation. Faced with a loss of prestige, it discussed a potential merger with the ICF, but this did not occur, and it dissolved in 1976. Affiliates. In 1960, the following unions were affiliated to the federation: 1954: Loyd A. Haskins 1973: Curtis Hogan 1954: Jack Knight 1967: Luis Tovar 1973: George Sacre"}, {"text": "The 2019\u201320 Telenet UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup was a season long cyclo-cross competition, organised by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). The UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup took place between 14 September 2019 and 26 January 2020, over a total of nine events. The defending champions were Toon Aerts in the men's competition and Marianne Vos in the women's competition. Points distribution. Points were awarded to all eligible riders at each race. The top ten finishers received points according to the following table: Events. In comparison to the previous season, the race in Pontch\u00e2teau was replaced by the Cyclo-cross de Nommay and the two American races were swapped around."}, {"text": "Acallurothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "The Victoria Schuck Award is an annual prize granted by the American Political Science Association to the author of the best book published in the previous year on the topic of women and politics. The award is named in honor of the political scientist Victoria Schuck. Although a number of area-specific sections of the American Political Science Association have dedicated book awards, the Schuck Award is one of only a few awards given directly by the Association rather than by a subsection of it. History. The prize was established in 1986 by the American Political Science Association's Executive Director Thomas E. Mann, its President Aaron Wildavsky, and its Executive Council, at the urging of Victoria Schuck. It was originally endowed by Schuck at a value of $500 per award, out of a fund that she donated totaling $3000. By 2020 the award carried a prize of $750. The committee that awards the prize consists of political scientists who are members of the American Political Science Association; the first prize was awarded by Susan J. Carroll, Jean Bethke Elshtain, and Norma Noonan. Past winners. The past recipients of the prize in each year are as follows:"}, {"text": "Actinothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "Ablemothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae. It occurs in Asia, with two species recorded from Thailand and one species occurring in India, southern Japan, the Philippines, and Taiwan."}, {"text": "Acaciothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "Acanthothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae. The majority of species in the genus occur in the New World. One species has a holarctic distribution and another species is limited to northern Europe."}, {"text": "Aclystothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "Centro de los H\u00e9roes is a Santo Domingo Metro station and the southern terminus of Line 1. It was open on 22 January 2009 as part of the inaugural section of Line 1 between Mam\u00e1 Ting\u00f3 and Centro de los H\u00e9roes. The adjacent station is Francisco Alberto Caama\u00f1ol. This is an underground station, built below Avenida Enrique Jimenez Moya."}, {"text": "Acrosothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Acrosothrips asymmetricus."}, {"text": "John Pfeiffer (born May 9, 1986) is an American politician who has served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from the 38th district since 2014. He is Cherokee. He was re-elected by default in 2020. Pfeiffer authored a successful bill in 2023 that allowed for the removal of racial housing covenants from property titles. He was one of twenty early Oklahoma lawmakers who endorsed Ron DeSantis for the 2024 presidential election."}, {"text": "Adamantothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "Adelphothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae. Species are known to occur on Java, Fiji and in the Philippines."}, {"text": "Rakotoarisoa is a Malagasy surname."}, {"text": "Adraneothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae. The genus has its highest species diversity in the New World, particularly the Neotropics, though species are also known from Asia, Australia and Africa. Many species in \"Adraneothrips\" have two-color patterns, and sexual dimorphism is limited. They are associated with leaf litter and other dead leaves, and are presumed mycophagous."}, {"text": "The National Forestry Rally, Motorsport Ireland National Forest Rally is a rallying series in the Republic of Ireland. It consists series of events, organized by a different motor club representing the region. The championship is regulated by Motorsport Ireland who are the governing body of Motorsports in the Republic of Ireland. Seasons. 2022. With COVID-19 restrictions effectively being lifted, full event calendar has been announced. Killarney Forestry Rally returned to the calendar after 15 years. Midland Forest Rally is scheduled for a debut, and the round 7 details are yet to be announced. Limerick Forest Rally, Lakeland Stages Rally and Sean Conlon Memorial Forestry Rally have been dropped this year. Round 1 of the event was stopped after rally driver Eoin McCarthy crashed heavily on stage 4. The competitor was transferred to the hospital, where he died from his injuries. His co-driver Daniel O'Brien only suffered minor injuries. Round 3 of the event was cancelled 16 days before the rally as the organizers lost access and use of tracks of up to 1/3 of the rally mileage. 2021. COVID-19 pandemic continued into 2021, and all motorsports events remained suspended. The Irish Forest Rally Championship was by default cancelled, although no"}, {"text": "announcement was made. As the vaccinations were progressing, at the end of May Motorsport Ireland announced that motorsports events can resume from 7 June, subject to local restrictions. There was no championship, but some of the Irish Forest Rally event dates were announced. Bushwhacker Rally and Lakeland Stages Rally were also announced by Northern Ireland's motor clubs. 2020. The 2020 calendar included two changes, round 4 Cavan Forest Rally has been dropped in favor of Sean Conlon Memorial Forestry Rally, and round 7 Lakeland Stages Rally replaced by Bushwhacker Rally. The Moonraker Forest Rally was initially scheduled 18 April, but later rescheduled to 28 March. Limerick Forest Rally on 1 March was postponed on the day due to snowfall, the new date proposed is 18\u201319 April. On 12 March all motorsports events were postponed in the light of the coronavirus pandemic. On 20 March, Motorsport Ireland issued a statement that all motorsport events are suspended until 1 June 2020. After the government released a road map on easing the COVID-19 restrictions on 6 May, Motorsport Ireland released a statement same day that in line with Phase 4 of this road map the suspension of all motor sports events is extended"}, {"text": "until the 20 July 2020. Rally events fall under Phase 5 of the guidelines and will not be considered until after the 10 August 2020. On 19 May Motorsport Ireland cancelled the 2020 championship. Clubs might still be able to run events if they wish but it won't hold championship status. Only the round 1 took place before rounds 2-6 were postponed, and eventually all remaining rounds were cancelled. 2019. The calendar consisted of seven events, with a reserve Bushwhacker Rally on 21 September, which ended up not being included as a championship round. The overall champion: Cathan McCourt, Ford Fiesta R5 Top 10 drivers overall: 2018. The calendar consisted of seven events. Round 4 was pushed forward by two weeks. The overall champion: Josh Moffet, Ford Fiesta R5 Top 10 drivers overall: 2017. The calendar originally consisted of seven events, however round 2 was cancelled. The best 5 results counted towards championship points. The overall champion: Sam Moffet, Ford Fiesta WRC Top 10 drivers overall: Sponsors. The main event sponsors are the Coillte - the national forestry company, and Valvoline - the overall title sponsor. Broadcasting. The TV coverage is captured by On the Limit Sports. The viewers can"}, {"text": "view the series on TG4 and RTE Player in Ireland, as well as on satellite channel and Motorsport.tv."}, {"text": "Everyday Life may refer to:"}, {"text": "Argyrios Vouzas () was a Greek revolutionary and doctor of the 19th and 20th centuries. Biography. Vouzas was born in about 1857 in Kastoria, then Ottoman Empire (now Greece). He studied at a Greek school of Kastoria, at a Monastir high school and later graduated in medicine from the University of Athens. He became a doctor, acting in the areas of Kastoria and Florina. He soon became a member of the so-called \"New Filiki Etaireia\", established by Anastasios Pichion in 1867. His actions were discovered by the Ottoman authorities, which lead to his imprisonment in Monastir. When he was released, he assisted the Macedonian Committee as a military doctor. During the First Balkan War he was appointed as a director of a 150-bed military hospital. Shortly after, in 1914, he volunteered for the Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus."}, {"text": "Adrothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "Patricio Pron (born December 9, 1975) is an Argentine literary writer and critic translated into a dozen languages including English, German, French and Italian. Granta magazine selected him in 2010 as one of the 22 best young writers in Spanish of his generation. He won the twenty-second Alfaguara Novel Prize in 2019 for his work \"Ma\u00f1ana tendremos otros nombres\" among other prizes. Life and career. Pron was born in Rosario. He holds a degree in Social Communication from the National University of Rosario and a PhD in Romanesque Philology from the University of G\u00f6ttingen in Germany. He began writing in the press in 1992. Between 2000 and 2001 he toured Europe, the Balkans, North Africa and Turkey as a correspondent for the Rosario newspaper \"La Capital\". He currently writes for \"El Pa\u00eds\" cultural supplement \"Babelia\" and for the Spanish-Mexican magazine \"Letras Libres\", among other publications. Between 2002 and 2007, Pron worked as an assistant at the University of G\u00f6ttingen, where he prepared his doctoral work on the narrative procedures in Copi's work. He moved to Madrid, where he currently lives. He has won several national and international awards, including the Juan Rulfo Short Story Prize, the C\u00e1lamo Extraordinary Prize for"}, {"text": "Lifetime Achievement, the Alfaguara Prize, etc. Pron has also received the Antorchas Grant and the BBVA Foundation Grant for Researchers and Cultural Creators, as well as being a \"Fellow Guest\" of the Civitella Ranieri Foundation. In 2010, Granta magazine selected him as one of the 22 best young writers in Spanish. Pron is renowned for his innovative literary style and his ability to tackle complex subjects with depth and originality. His works have been published by leading national and international publishers and literary magazines. As a literary critic, he stands out for his ability to relate contemporary literature, culture and society and for his questioning gaze. Since September 2024 he is a fellow at The Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers of the New York Public Library."}, {"text": "Adurothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae, first described by Laurence Mound in 1994. There is just one species in this genus: \"Adurothrips atopus.\" The species is wingless and breeds in leaf litter in New South Wales, Queensland and South Australia."}, {"text": "Advenathrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae, first described by Morris, Mound and Sdhwarz in 2000. There is just one species in this genus: \"Advenathrips inquilinus,\" which takes its species epithet from the term inquiline, which describes the behaviour of this species and genus in that in breeding within the homes created by \"Dunatothrips\" species on the phyllodes of \"Acacia aneura\" there is no evidence of its harming the acacia. It also raises the offspring of the \"Dunatothrips\" species whose adults it has evicted. It is found in the arid regions of New South Wales, South Australia, the Northern Territory, and Queensland."}, {"text": "Aeglothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "Aesthesiothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "Warren D. Berry is a retired lieutenant general in the United States Air Force who last served as the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Engineering and Force Protection. References."}, {"text": "Aesthetothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "Afrothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "Agnostochthona is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "Agrothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "Rakotoniaina is a Malagasy surname."}, {"text": "K. Amarnath Ramakrishna is an Indian archaeologist. He is noted for his research into the Keeladi excavation site, a Sangam period settlement in Tamil Nadu. Ramakrishna also worked in Kondapur and Nagarjunakonda museums."}, {"text": "Agynaikothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae. It occurs in Asia, with one species known from Japan and the other from Taiwan."}, {"text": "Paul Roberts is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played for South Sydney in the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) competition. Playing career. Roberts made his first grade debut for South Sydney in round 10 of the 1986 against the Canberra Raiders at Seiffert Oval. At the end of the 1986 season, South Sydney finished in second place on the table. Roberts played in the club's major preliminary finals defeat against Canterbury-Bankstown. Roberts was an integral part of the South Sydney team and in 1989 he played 21 games as the club won the minor premiership. Roberts played in South Sydney's preliminary final defeat against the Canberra Raiders at the Sydney Football Stadium. In 1990, Roberts played no first grade games for Souths and only managed one appearance for the reserve grade team. This was mainly due to an off-field incident which happened in 1989 when Roberts was glassed in the eye during an altercation at a local pub. In 2013 Roberts recalled the incident saying \u201cThere were two guys, big fellas, laying into my cousin. So, you know, whaddya do?, I\u2019ve gone running in to help but, as I did,"}, {"text": "one of them turned and glassed me. Drove it right into my face\". Roberts departed South Sydney at the end of the 1991 season after the club finished 14th on the table. Roberts made a total of 126 appearances for Souths across all grades."}, {"text": "Randrianasolo is a Malagasy surname."}, {"text": "The Faroese Confederation of Sports & Olympic Committee (Faroese: ) (abbreviated \u00cdSF or FCSOC) is the highest authority for sporting activity in the Faroe Islands. It oversees 24 sports associations and over 100 sports clubs for a population of 51,312. History. The Faroese Confederation of Sports was formed in 1939 and its Olympic Committee was added in 1982. In 2019 the Faroese Confederation of Sports celebrated its 80th anniversary. Structure. The FCSOC is run by the Executive Board consisting of: Responsibilities. FCSOC is funded by the Faroese Government and \u00cdtr\u00f3ttarvedding (the Faroese Lottery). Most of FCSOC's budget is used to support the Faroe Islands\u2019 24 sports associations with over 100 sports clubs, ranging from grass roots clubs through to elite athletes, and anti-doping. It also leads the Faroe Islands campaign for Olympic recognition. Olympic Recognition. The Faroe Islands has been a self-governing region of the Kingdom of Denmark since 1948. Currently, the only option its athletes have to compete in the Olympics is as part of the Danish National Olympic Committee. The FCSOC is leading a campaign to get Olympic recognition for the Faroe Islands \u2013 an ambition the nation has held for more than 40 years. Arguments for Olympic"}, {"text": "recognition include the fact that the Faroe Islands is: At the political level the Faroe Islands: The Faroe Islands has claimed it is in an \u201cOlympic no-man\u2019s land\u201d where, for a few weeks every four years, its athletes have to compete under a different flag. It has called on the IOC to reconsider granting the Faroe Islands Olympic recognition. Sport in the Faroe Islands. A third of Faroese people are registered members of sports clubs, and 86% of children actively participate in a sport. Sport is privately funded. Athletes and Sporting Achievements. The Faroe Islands has, and continues to, produce world class athletes. These include: P\u00e1l Joensen, three times gold medal winner at 2008 European Junior Championships in Belgrade [400m, 800m and 1500m], silver medallist in 2010 European Championships in Belgrade [1500m], bronze medallist at 2012 FINA World Swimming Championships Short Course [1500m], silver medallist at 2013 European Short Course Championships [1500m], twice silver medallist at 2014 European Championships [800m and 1500m] and 4th at 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships [1500m]. P\u00e1l Joensen competed at the London 2012 and Rio 2016 for Denmark. Katrin Olsen, silver medallist at the Rowing World Championships 2005 and 2006 and competed at the Beijing"}, {"text": "2008 Olympics for Denmark. Jens Kristian Dam, 2018 World Indoor Rowing Champion Sverri Nielsen, 2nd in the men's single sculls at the 2019 World Rowing Championships in Ottensheim, Austria where he qualified a berth for Denmark at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Men's Football, since joining FIFA in 1988, Faroe Islands has beaten Greece and Austria, and finished above Latvia and Andorra in its 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification group Men's U21 Handball, competed in 2017 World Junior Handball Championships, finishing 16th in the 24 team tournament Men's U17 Handball, won the European Handball Federation 2019 Men's European Open 17 in Gothenburg, beating hosts Sweden 36\u201329 in the final."}, {"text": "David Gruber is an American marine biologist, a Presidential Professor of Biology and Environmental Sciences at Baruch College, City University of New York, and a National Geographic Explorer. Early life. Gruber was born in Paterson, New Jersey, and received his B.S. at the University of Rhode Island, an M.S. in journalism from Columbia University, a Master of Environmental Management from Duke University and a Ph.D. in Biological Oceanography at Rutgers University Institute for Marine and Coastal Sciences. He completed a post-doctoral position in Molecular Psychiatry at Brown University. David was a 2017\u20132018 Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, and is a current Adjunct Fellow at the John B. Pierce Laboratory, affiliated with the Yale School of Medicine. Career. Gruber and collaborators reported discoveries of more than 180 new fluorescent fish species in 2014, as reported in \"The New York Times's\" article, \"Fluorescence is Widespread in Fish, Study Finds.\" In 2015, he observed fluorescence in Hawksbill sea turtles in the Solomon Islands, marking the first time that scientists had observed fluorescence in a marine reptile. Field video of this discovery was featured on \"National Geographic\". Also in 2015, Gruber gave a TED Talk on fluorescence in"}, {"text": "sea creatures at Mission Blue II which has been viewed over 2.3 million times. In 2020, this discovery was listed by National Geographic as a \"top 20 scientific discoveries of the decade\" for \"Seeing animals' unexpected sides.\" Gruber and collaborators again had video featured on the National Geographic website in 2016 after engineering a \"shark-eye\" camera, which for the first time allowed scientists to view sharks as they see each other. From 2017 to 2018, Gruber used his time as a Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute of Advanced Study in order to pursue an in-depth study of jellyfish on topics ranging from their fluorescence, to their connection to humans and how they are effected by climate change. Gruber would use this research into jellyfish in order to act as an educator on a TED-ed animation. In 2018, Gruber promoted marine biology for National Geographic Kids' series \"Best Job Ever.\" In 2019, Gruber was part of the team responsible for discovering that bromo-tryptophan-kynurenines make sharks fluorescent, and this work was featured in \"The New York Times\", \"National Geographic\", Science Magazine, on PBS and on CNN. That same year, Gruber and team were again featured in an article in \"National Geographic\" for"}, {"text": "their discovery of flashlight fish schooling at night using their bioluminescent organs, which opened up the possibility that schooling fish may inhabit even the deep sea, and Gruber led the first study to apply advanced deep machine learning techniques to better detect and classify Sperm Whale bioacoustics. Gruber currently leads Project CETI, an Audacious project to understand Sperm Whale communication. Delicate exploration/soft robotics. Since 2015, Gruber has worked in collaboration with the Harvard MicroRobotics Laboratory in the development of several gentle robotic devices that allow marine researchers to capture and analyze jellyfish and other delicate sea creatures without causing harm. Working with Robert Wood, the director of the MicroRobotics Laboratory, they have developed Squishy Robot Fingers, the Origami Robot, teleoperated soft robotic arms for submarines, and an ultra-gentle robot with soft fingers. The work of the \"Squishy Finger/Soft Robotics for Delicate Deep-sea Marine Biological Interactions Team\" was highlighted in the American Museum of Natural History exhibit, \"Unseen Oceans\"."}, {"text": "The 2017 Fort Worth mayoral election took place on May 6, 2017, to elect the mayor of Fort Worth, Texas. The election was officially non-partisan. Betsy Price, who was serving her third term, ran for reelection. She handily won reelection with over 70% of the vote."}, {"text": "M. M. Joshi may refer to:"}, {"text": "Douglas Long (May 24, 1955 \u2013 January 21, 2012) was an American football defensive back in the National Football League (NFL) who played for the Seattle Seahawks. He played college football at Whitworth University."}, {"text": "Burton Clarke is a gay African-American alternative cartoonist. He is known for his contributions to the rise of LGBT comics and his focus on representing gay men of all races and classes in his art, using a mix of realism and fantasy to tackle complex issues such as internalized racism and homophobia. Personal life. Clarke was born in Plainfield, NJ. He received his Bachelor's in theatre from Syracuse University and his Master's in acting from Florida State University. After four years at Sarasota's Asolo State Theatre, Clarke moved to New York. Due to the difficulty of finding steady work as a black actor, he eventually decided to fall back on his skills as a cartoonist, pursuing a personal interest in broadening gay representation in media. Career. Clarke's comic \"Cy Ross and the SQ Syndrome\" was published first in the \"New York Native\" (1980), then re-printed in Gay Comix #2 (1981), and in \"Meatmen\" Vol.1 (1986). He contributed cover art to Gay Comix #3, and another comic, \"The Satyr\", to Gay Gomix #10. He was also known for publications in the \"Playguy, First Hand,\" and \"Christopher Street\" magazine. Clarke has said that his own style is influenced by that of Leonard"}, {"text": "Star. Reception. Clarke is known for the realism and detail of his art style, his radical use of heavy shading/lighting in black-and-white comics, and for tackling sensitive issues such as the intersection of race and sexuality, as well as internalized racism and homophobia. In \"Cy Ross and the SQ Syndrome\" he confronts the internalized racism which comes with being a \"snow queen\", while \"The Satyr\" confronts the ways in which internalized homophobia can lead to violence. His work has been recognized for the importance and rarity of its subject matter at the time, as well as its use in discussions about pornographic content and government funding for AIDS research. Jerry Mills and Howard Cruse both expressed an admiration for Clarke's art and a desire to see him be more prolific in his output. Activism. Clarke is active in AIDS awareness and in 1987 contributed panel art to the GMHC \"Safer Sex Comix\" project in 1987, an attempt to spread awareness about AIDS and eroticize safe-sex practices such as using condoms."}, {"text": "Sustainable film production is the concept of film production with particular concern for environmental, economic, and social issues. Sustainability in film production incorporates socially and environmentally responsible decision making into the pre-production and production of the film. It involves sustainable development principles at all levels of filmmaking and is best accomplished in a unified manner with collaboration and cooperation from all departments or participants in making the film. The sustainability of the film production should start at the launch of the project, and involve all of the key stakeholders including the director, film producer, production or costume designer, cast, and crew. Film production can be sustainable by working with the triple bottom line of environmental, social, and economic factors. Environmentally, for example, by reducing carbon emissions produced by travel arrangements; selecting vehicles with less CO2 emissions, improved route planning, carpooling or adopting a more sustainable means of transport can help reduce the environmental footprint. Socially, by establishing clear guidelines for minimizing the impact of the filming schedule on local communities (one way this can be achieved by limiting hours of work and engaging early with communities about the logistical effects on the area) and by integrating social enterprising suppliers in"}, {"text": "the production's supply chain. Economically, the film production can be intentional about helping communities\u2019 benefit from film activities: for example, by employing local residents and paying them appropriately or utilizing local props, extras and catering. Green shooting encompasses pre-production, production, and post-production phases, advocating for the integration of eco-consultants to ensure compliance with sustainable practices across departments. Digitization efforts, in pre-production especially, aim to reduce paper use and increase energy efficiency and post-production continues these efforts with digital technologies that further reduce the footprint. History. The discussion of sustainability in film began in the early 1990s, as reported in \"The Hollywood Reporter\" and \"Variety\"\".\" However, the attention was demonstrated in environmental content, environmental activism, and the philanthropy of celebrities rather than the production operations. In Canada, British Columbia formalized their sustainable production efforts in 2006 through the Reel Green initiative, a \"resource centre with a collection of best practices to help productions reduce their environmental impacts and improve their overall environmental footprint\". Following those initiatives in Canada, vendors such as Green Spark Group (2014) and Keep it Green Recycling (2017) have emerged to help productions with recycling and greenhouse gas accounting. In the UK, the British Standard 8909 was announced"}, {"text": "at the Cannes Film Festival in 2011 to improve the British film industry's environmental, social, and economic impact after seeing how BS8901 helped the British events sector. Globally, many film studios have adopted sustainability initiatives, including the \"Big Five\": Universal Pictures, Walt Disney Pictures, Warner Bros., Columbia Pictures, and Paramount Pictures. As well as large television production studios like CBS. The global dedication to sustainable production by the industry has cultivated in the Sustainable Production Forum annually in Vancouver to gather for collaboration and dedication on sustainable film production. Topics discussed at the forum have included fleet transport in the film industry, compostable plastics and packaging, diversity in film, and the future of energy. Awards for sustainable production. Environmental Media Association. The Environmental Media Association (EMA) has a \"Green Seal\" for various categories, one of which being production. The EMA Green Seal recognizes programs honoring progress in sustainable production. The score for production practices is evaluated on a scale of 200 points, with 75 points being the lowest threshold to receive the Green Seal and 125 needed to receive the Gold Seal label. Evaluations are made on best practices in categories such as: production, accounting, art, assistant directors, camera, catering,"}, {"text": "construction, costume & wardrobe, craft service, electric, greens, grip, hair, locations, make-up, props, set decoration, special effects, sound, and transportation. Sustainable Production Forum. The Sustainable Production Forum is the first and only forum to bring together leaders of the film industry to discuss sustainable practices in production, rather than simply environmental friendly content. This forum gives away two awards annually: Sustainable Production Impact and Sustainable Production Champion. The Sustainable Production Impact Award recognizes productions that \"have had measurable reduction in greenhouse gas emissions or waste diversion and contributed positively to the local community\". The Sustainable Production Champion award recognizes individuals that \"go above and beyond to advance sustainable production in the motion picture industry\". Impacts of film productions. Resource consumption. The production process generates a variety of emissions and pollutants, including greenhouse gasses, air pollutants, and chemical waste. Aspects like transportation, energy use, and on-set activities contribute to these emissions, which lead to climate change and air quality deterioration. The usage of electricity during filming and post-production contributes substantially to the environmental footprint of film production, a typical tentpole film production consumes enough energy to power New York Times Square for five days. Film production sites are also heavily reliant"}, {"text": "on energy, water, and raw material consumption. The average production with a budget of $70 million will produce a substantial carbon footprint of 3,370 metric tons. Other factors that can attribute to this emission is the process of set construction, equipment operation, and transportation. Transporting crew, equipment, and cast to remote filming locations significantly increases fuel consumption by 11,478 times of an average car tank, while the air miles equate to 11 one-way trips from Earth to the moon. Another example that contributes to this emission is the number of cameras being utilized, with a larger production scale usually resulting in higher carbon emissions. Examples of sustainable film production. Several film productions have been able to successfully implement sustainable practices in order to reduce their environmental footprint. Initiatives such as alternative fuels, waste diversion programs, and material reuse have demonstrated significant reductions in carbon emissions and waste generation. \"The X-Files\". During the X-Files season 10 reboot, 21st Century Fox utilized alternative fuels and practiced proper recycling which diverted more than 81% of its total waste from landfills. In addition, 100% of the aluminum and steel used in set construction was recycled. A total of 33 tons of emissions were avoided,"}, {"text": "as well as 45,740 plastic bottles. The switch from bottles to jugs alone saved production by $35,000. \"Fifty Shades Freed\". \"Fifty Shades Freed\" is the third movie in the \"Fifty Shades\" phenomenon. The film was filmed mainly in Vancouver, BC and the production worked hard to reduce their footprint. To begin, Fifty Shades Freed was shot consecutively with its predecessor Fifty Shades Darker which helped the production combine and reuse materials. Also, the crew eliminated plastic bottles and saved about 80,000 single use bottles. The set contained a comprehensive recycling and composing program, and had a dedicated Sustainability Production Assistant to take the point on that initiative which resulted in 75% of waste diverted from landfills. Set dressing and materials were donated to Habitat for Humanity ReStore, Great Northern Way Scene Shop, MakerLabs, and Squamish Arts Council at wrap. The Universal Pictures\u2019 Assets Department worked with the Sustainable Lock Up in Vancouver and Recycled Movie Sets in Los Angeles to recirculate the stored sets from the trilogy for reuse and donation to local film schools, non-profits, and other productions. In total, 288 tons of set materials were donated to be reused and 99% of the trilogy's sets were kept out"}, {"text": "of landfills. Fifty Shades Freed was a recipient of a 2016 EMA Green Seal Award\".\" \"Downton Abbey\". When filming in the United Kingdom, the \"Downton Abbey\" film's production team did a number of things to reduce their footprint including sending call sheets, scripts, and production documents electronically, no disposable food service products on site, and recycling/composting. In addition, Carnival Films stored sets from the six seasons of the television series \"Downton Abbey\" that production was able to re-use or re-purpose to save the consumption of new materials. Disposables were also saved by issuing the crew reusable water bottles and the sound department used reusable batteries. At the conclusion of production, the costume department donated $800 worth of fabric and materials to the Wimbledon College of Arts. Storage boxes and hangers were donated to local sewing and flower shops and set decoration donated produce to The Hounslow Urban Farm to be used to feed animals. Downton Abbey received a 2019 EMA Green Seal. \"Yesterday\". \"Yesterday\" implemented a strict-no idling policy to reduce CO2 emissions and many of the crew utilized public transportation. In addition to the sustainable practices, the set decoration team incorporated green messaging on the posters on the school"}, {"text": "set. The Yesterday team donated 2,860lbs of excess catering and set decoration to City Harvest London, feeding 2,383 in need. The construction department donated $6,000 worth of leather tapestries to a firefighting charity. Costumes and props were donated to Dress for Success and British Heart Foundation. \"Yesterday\" received a 2019 EMA Gold Seal. \"Call of the Wild\". In Disney's 2020 adaption of \"Call of the Wild\", with the guidance of sustainability manager Adrienne Pfieffer, the production implemented various initiatives to manage materials and waste effectively. These initiatives resulted in approximately 82% of materials being diverted from landfills, which significantly reduced the film's overall carbon footprint. Small changes around the set made a significant difference in sustainability outcomes. Proper food waste management practices prevented 1,515 pounds of food from ending up in landfills. Disney also opted to make the sets of \"Call of the Wild\" permanent in order to reuse them in future projects. Environmental production guides. Green Production Guide. The Green Production Guide was developed by the Producers Guild of America Foundation and PGAGreen.org with primary support from NBCUniversal, Paramount Global, Amblin Partners, Sony Pictures Entertainment, HBO, Netflix, Amazon Studios, Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery, 20th Century Studios, CBS & Participant"}, {"text": "Media. The Green Production Guide includes a comprehensive database of vendors including info about their services, experience, and locations. The website additionally offers a Production Environmental Accounting Report (PEAR) that can be downloaded to aid production in analyzing their carbon footprint and the Production Environmental Actions Checklist (PEACH), which clarifies best practices in the industry. Reel Green. Reel Green offers free carbon footprint literacy courses to members of the motion picture industry. The 6-hour workshops leave participants with knowledge on how to \"have a sound understanding of the science of climate change, understand how to act to reduce their impact, recognize the impact that production has on the environment, and have knowledge of the tools and techniques to lessen this impact\". Universal Filmed Entertainment Group recently launched their new initiative titled the \"GreenerLight Program,\" which is designed to embed sustainable practices throughout the entire filmmaking process. It will also examine the content and behaviors onscreen through an environmentally friendly lens. All films will include a sustainability plan, and will continue focus on areas such as energy efficiency, fuel-use reduction and donations of food and set material."}, {"text": "This is a list of the Norway national football team results from 2000 to 2019."}, {"text": "The Portraits World Tour was the second headlining concert tour by American singer Greyson Chance in support of his second studio album, \"Portraits\". The tour began on July 11, 2019, in Seattle and concluded on January 31, 2020, in Chicago. Background and development. On June 10, 2019, Chance announced he would be embarking on a six-month world tour. Additional European dates were added due to high demand. Chance added additional European dates on December 11."}, {"text": "The Apolaki Caldera is a volcanic caldera with a diameter of , making it the world's largest caldera. It is located within the Benham Rise (Philippine Rise) and was discovered in 2019 by Jenny Anne Barretto, a Filipino marine geophysicist and her team. The name \"Apolaki\" means \"giant lord\" in Filipino, and is also the name of the god of sun and war in some pantheons in Philippine mythology and the indigenous Philippine folk religions. The volcano has been inactive for millions of years. Geological history. Gravimetric analysis shows that the Philippine Rise, as the submarine mountain massif is named, is made of a nine mile thick layer of magmatic and volcanic rocks. Rock samples ages range from 47.9 to 26 million years, when volcanic activity made up the massif."}, {"text": "Terry Mark Dion (born November 22, 1957) is a former American football defensive end in the National Football League (NFL) who played for the Seattle Seahawks. He played college football at University of Oregon. He now resides in Aberdeen Washington, and teaches at Aberdeen High School."}, {"text": "The 2019 Wichita mayoral election took place on November 5, 2019, to elect the mayor of Wichita, Kansas. The election is officially nonpartisan. Incumbent Jeff Longwell ran for reelection and faced Brandon Whipple in the runoff election. Whipple defeated Longwell, who conceded on election night. Primary campaign and election. In a contest with nine candidates, the three principal candidates who emerged were incumbent mayor Jeff Longwell, state representative Brandon Whipple, and businessman Lyndy Wells. While Longwell emphasized his track record, and plans for area development (particularly development of a new baseball stadium and team), Whipple and Wells focused on other issues, particularly the transparency in government, and promotion of local education development. Whipple further prioritized \"an underfunded police force. [because of] crime rising in our city.\" and proposed the involvement of mental health professionals in sensitive police conflict situations (a proposal similar to a program already in development at the Wichita Police Department). He also proposed re-instituting the Wichita Commission on Civil Rights, and a new \"comprehensive non-discrimination ordinance expanding protections to include Military, Veterans, gender identity, gender expression, and sexual orientation.\" In the 2019 city primary election, preliminary results put Whipple (with 5,729 votes; 25.9% of the total) second"}, {"text": "only to Mayor Longwell (who had 7,136 votes; 32.3%). Candidate Lyndy Wells, however, had nearly the same number of primary votes as Whipple (only 160 votes fewer in initial returns: 5,569 votes; 25.2%), and initially delayed acceptance of the defeat in hopes that a review of 1,000 yet-uncounted ballots (including 500 provisional ballots) would turn the election to his favor. Accordingly, Whipple delayed a formal declaration of victory until the final canvass the following week. However, the final count nearly doubled Whipple's lead (6,067 votes over 5,770 for Wells; Longwell led with 7,404). Run-off campaign and general election. As the two top vote-getters, Whipple and Longwell were on the November 5 ballot as the two finalists for voters to choose between in the runoff in the city's 2019 general mayoral election. During the run-off campaign, Whipple gained endorsements from the unions representing the city's police and firefighters. In late September, a heated controversy arose over Mayor Longwell's actions to steer the city's largest-ever contract \u2013 a $500-million contract to replace the city's water-treatment facility \u2013 away from the experienced out-of-state contractor recommended by an official study, and initially approved by the City Council \u2013 towards, instead, a less-experienced Wichita contractor"}, {"text": "who relied partly on project guidance from a firm implicated in the Flint water crisis. The local contractor was headed by one of the mayor's golfing partners, who had a lengthy personal relationship with the mayor, and who had given the mayor an unreported $1,000 gift. Longwell argued that his efforts were not simply favoritism, but an attempt to bolster \"keep money in the community\", but the revelation aggravated questions of transparency in government that Whipple and Wells campaigned on. An investigation by the District Attorney declined to charge Longwell, but advised him to report gifts from the contractor. In response to the controversy, Wichita restaurateur Jon Rolph, aided by former mayors (Republican Bob Knight and Democrat Carl Brewer), launched a $10,000 campaign to persuade third-place primary loser Lyndy Wells to resume his campaign as a write-in candidate, noting that Whipple lacked experience in city affairs. Whipple countered that he had \"governing experience\", and Wells did not. Whipple expressed anger at the move, calling it an attack upon his candidacy to actually get Longwell elected. In late October, Wells agreed to resume his campaign (as a write-in candidate). In October 2019, Whipple found himself the victim of an elaborate, covert,"}, {"text": "multi-state defamatory campaign in which Republican state Representative Michael Capps was implicated. After the publication of the identities of those involved in the attacks, Sedgwick County Republican party chair Dalton Glasscock called for Capps to resign. Two days before the election, Capps claimed that Glasscock had actually approved the production of the ad, an allegation which Glasscock denied. Newly created anonymous entities also attacked both Whipple and Wells weighed via several mailers. Although the sending organizations used different names, they were all linked through a postal permit held by a Kansas City bulk-mail service. The funding of the salacious video as well as the anonymous mailers will not be required to be reported, according to the Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission. It has ruled outside organizations must report their identities and spending only if they use specific key terms such as \"vote for,\" \"elect,\" \"vote against\" or \"defeat\". The Democratic party was also criticized for publicly sending a mailer claiming that Longwell was being investigated by the District Attorney for \"corruption\". In fact, he had just been advised to report contributions and gifts received from the contractor to which a half-billion-dollar contract had been awarded. In October 2020, Whipple, represented by"}, {"text": "former U.S. Attorney Randy Rathburn, filed suit against Capps, Wichita City Councilman James Clendenin, and Sedgwick County Commissioner Michael O'Donnell, for defamation involving the false charges made against him in the 2019 mayoral election race. Allegations cited were that the co-conspirators tried to blame the conspiracy on Glasscock or Matthew Colburn, and that, with false accusations, they further intended to generate marital discord within Whipple's own family. The suit had originally been filed against the maker of the video, Colburn. It was dropped after Colburn provided audio, text messages, and other evidence, that had identified O'Donnell as the alleged leader of the conspiracy to defame Whipple, and who was accused for writing the script for the video frame-up, Whipple said that he felt sorry for the then-21-year-old Colburn who had been scapegoated by the perpetrators. Results. On election day, November 5, 2019, Longwell conceded the election to Whipple, who won 46.43% of the ballots versus 36% for Longwell. The results were certified on November 15, 2019. Write-in candidate Lyndy Wells finished third with 16.88% of the total cast."}, {"text": "Eugen Oswald Gustav Ernst (20 September 1864 \u2013 31 May 1954) was a German Social Democrat and Socialist politician. His appointment as President of the Police of Berlin in January 1919 prompted the Spartacist uprising in Berlin. Biography. Eugen Ernst was born in Murowana-Goslin, Province of Posen, Prussia (now Murowana Go\u015blina, Poland). His father was a carpenter, he attended school in Werder (Havel), was trained as a typesetter and worked for a book printer until 1892. Ernst joined the bookprinters union in 1884 and became a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) in 1884 or 1886. He soon held several positions as a party official and was the chairman of the intraparty oppositional \"Youth\" from 1891 to 1893. He served as the SPD's steward for the constituency of Berlin 6 from 1897 to 1900 and again from 1902 to 1905. In 1902/1903 he was the business executive of the social democrat Vorw\u00e4rts printing house and its custodian from 1903 to 1918. From 1900 to 1901 and 1917 to 1919, Ernst was a member of the SPD's party board. Ernst was chairman of the Prussian SPD commission from 1907 to 1918 and headed the SPD electoral committee for"}, {"text": "Greater Berlin from 1915 to 1917. In November 1918, Ernst became a member of the workers' and soldiers' council of Greater Berlin. He is either described as Minister of the Interior or Minister without portfolio in the Prussian Council of the People's Deputies under Paul Hirsch. On 4 January 1919, after the Independent Social Democratic (USPD) members of the Prussian Council of the People's deputies had left the people's council, Ernst was appointed President of the Police of Berlin by the Prussian government. His predecessor, Emil Eichhorn, was the last member of the USPD holding an influential position in Berlin. Eichhorn, who worked for the Russian Telegraph Agency in Berlin, had supported the Volksmarinedivision in the Christmas crisis of December 1918 and was dismissed from his post with the approval of the Central Workers and Soldiers council. Eichhorn however refused to accept his dismissal and kept his office at Berlin's police headquarters. He was supported by armed groups of revolutionaries when Ernst appeared at the Police headquarter at Alexanderplatz. The following day a large protest demonstration against the dismissal of Eichhorn was organized by several left-wing groups, which led to the Spartacist uprising. In the 1919 German federal election Ernst"}, {"text": "was elected as a member of the Weimar National Assembly representing the Berlin 3 constituency. Ernst was criticized for his inactivity as the head of Berlin's Police forces during the Kapp Putsch of March 1920 and lost his position as Berlin's President of the Police in April 1920. In May 1920 Ernst became President of the Police of Breslau, but was dismissed in September 1920 after local protesters had attacked the French and the Polish consulate in Breslau on 26 August 1920. From 1926 to 1933, he was town councilor in Werder (Havel). After World War II Ernst rejoined the Social Democratic Party, which was merged with the Communist Party in 1946. He participated in the unification conference of April 1946 but did not play any political role at that time. Ernst died in 1954 in Werder."}, {"text": "Thomas Michael Marvaso (born October 2, 1953) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive back for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Cincinnati Bearcats, earning second-team All-American honors in 1975. He ranks fourth all-time for punt return touchdowns, and is a member of the Bearcat ring of honor."}, {"text": "Cedric Dawe (1906\u20131996) was a British art director. He worked on the set design of over sixty films during his career, spending many years working for ABPC at the company's Elstree and Welwyn Studios. He was praised for his realistic designs for Lance Comfort's 1947 film noir \"Temptation Harbour\". Towards the end of his career he also worked in television, as art director on series such as \"Colonel March of Scotland Yard\", \"Department S\" and \"The Saint\". While under employment at Elstree in the 1930s, he along with Duncan Sutherland and Peter Proud worked under the direction of Clarence Elder."}, {"text": "Adaora Alise Adimora (May 5, 1956 \u2013 January 1, 2024) was an American doctor and academic. She was the Sarah Graham Kenan Distinguished Professor of Medicine and professor of epidemiology at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. Her research centered on the transmission of HIV, as well as other sexually transmitted infections (STIs), among minority populations. Her work highlighted the importance of social determinants of HIV transmission and the need for structural interventions to reduce risk. In 2019, she became an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine in recognition of her contributions. Education and early career. Adimora was raised in Manhattan. Her mother was a nurse administrator and her father was a physician. She attended Cornell University, where she received her Bachelor of Arts degree in 1977. She then attended Yale University School of Medicine, where she received her Doctor of Medicine in 1981. She then went on to pursue the position of Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of North Carolina, and became the first African-American to achieve tenure in the department of medicine. She began her internship in Internal Medicine at Boston City Hospital. When she began medical school, she was initially"}, {"text": "interested in becoming a psychiatrist, but following her internship, decided to complete her residency in Infectious Diseases. She subsequently moved to New York City to complete her fellowship at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 1986, and went on to become a physician at Harlem Hospital Center's Division of Infectious Diseases. In 1993, she completed her Master of Public Health in epidemiology from UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. Research and career. In 1989, Adimora became a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In 2003, she became the first black woman in the University of North Carolina's Infectious Diseases division to receive tenure. Research. Adimora's research program centers on understanding patterns of HIV/AIDS transmission among heterosexual African Americans and has highlighted the role economic and social forces play in the HIV epidemic. In her work, she highlights the importance of sexual network patterns on the spread of the infection. In a 2007 study, she used data from the National Survey of Family Growth, in which a cohort of nearly 5,000 men reported their sexual activity, and found that approximately one in ten men have concurrent sexual partners, which can"}, {"text": "increase the rate at which sexually transmitted infections like HIV can spread. Adimora has also applied her research expertise towards developing evidence-based policy solutions to prevent the spread of HIV. In 2018, she developed a proposal to change the way clinical trials for HIV prevention are approached among populations who have lower incidence of the infection. Randomized clinical trials, which require thousands of participants, are the gold standard for determining a treatment's effectiveness. However, if the number of people who have a particular condition is low, as with conditions that affect minority populations, conducting randomized clinical trials is not possible. For such cases, Adimora and her colleagues proposed a new method to estimate the effectiveness of drugs by combining clinical and pharmacological data from traditional clinical trials with those collected from smaller studies. Adimora also served as the Chair of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) HIV Prevention Trials Network Women at Risk Committee, and served on The Well Project's Women's Research Initiative on HIV/AIDS, among other commitments aimed at ensuring that the voices and experiences of women were always a part of the national and global HIV prevention conversation. Her efforts kept women with HIV in the picture"}, {"text": "even when they weren't talked about as much. Leadership. Adimora was the principal investigator of the UNC site of the Women's Interagency HIV Study (WIHS), which seeks to understand the impact of HIV in women with funding primarily from various Institutes of the National Institutes of Health. Adimora formerly served on the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS, which is tasked with advising the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services on strategies to prevent HIV and promote treatment. Notably, Adimora remained on the Council even after six members exited in June 2017, expressing frustrations with President Donald Trump's healthcare policies. In an interview, she told BuzzFeed News: \"I decided to stay on because I thought that for me it would be best to use my voice from within the council to try to favorably impact policies that affect people with and at risk for HIV, health care providers, and public health.\" She was, however, openly critical of the administration's healthcare policies, co-authoring an opinion editorial warning that the proposed American Health Care Act of 2017 (which never passed) would lead to the unnecessary deaths of Americans, leaving the poorest Americans uninsured. In August 2017, the Council wrote a letter"}, {"text": "to Tom Price, who was then Secretary of Health and Human Services, outlining the impact of repealing the Affordable Health Care Act on HIV prevention. Adimora also formerly served as the chair of the HIV Medical Association, an organization of medical professionals who practice HIV medicine. During her tenure as chair, Turing Pharmaceuticals, the company founded by Martin Shkreli, increased the price of a drug called Daraprim by over 4000 percent. The drug is used to treat the parasitic infection toxoplasmosis, which can be severe for patients with compromised immune systems and for pregnant women. Adimora co-authored a letter to the pharmaceutical company advising they revise their pricing strategy for the drug, urging the company to \"help [them] improve public health by immediately implementing a rational and fair pricing strategy.\" In March 2016, she testified in front of the United States Senate's Special Committee on Aging about the consequences of such drug price increases on vulnerable populations who cannot afford the drugs they need. Death. Adaora Adimora died from cancer on January 1, 2024, at the age of 67. Awards and honors. In 2009, Adimora was named one of the top 100 African American leaders by \"The Root\". She received"}, {"text": "the Mary Turner Lane Award in 2011. She was elected a member of the National Academy of Medicine in 2019."}, {"text": "The men's 10,000 metres event at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games was held on 20 July at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was the first time that the metric distance was contested at the Games, replacing the 6 miles."}, {"text": "Alexis Zab\u00e9, AMC, ASC, (born June 4, 1970) is a Mexican cinematographer who studied at the Centro Universitario de Estudios Cinematogr\u00e1ficos. He is best known for his work on films such as \"Silent Light\" and \"The Florida Project\". Zab\u00e9 is known to work frequently with directors Fernando Eimbcke and Carlos Reygadas. He is a member of both the Mexican Society of Cinematographers and the American Society of Cinematographers. Zab\u00e9 is currently attached to several films including \"Er\u0113m\u012bta (Anthologies)\", directed by Sam Abbas. Early life. As a teenager born in Mexico City, Zab\u00e9 would go to local-second run theaters where they would run a different film every day. His father was a photographer so Zab\u00e9 grew up around images and cameras. He believes his love for photography is \"genetic\" and that his incline towards cinematography is very natural. This natural love for photography and cinema led him to attend the Centro Universitario de Estudios Cinematogr\u00e1ficos. While studying he met future director Fernando Eimbcke and the two became friends, having shot different short films together. After graduating, Zab\u00e9 realized that Mexico's cinematic industry panorama was not promising since the country was going through a severe economic crisis that had an impact on"}, {"text": "the almost zero production of films in those years. Because of this, Zab\u00e9 and the people of his same generation took refuge in other audiovisual aspects such as video clips, commercials and TV programs."}, {"text": "Three Chords & the Truth is the 41st studio album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison, released on 25 October 2019 by Exile Productions and Caroline Records. His sixth record in four years, it reached the Top 20 in seven countries. Morrison's first album to feature all-new original songs since 2012\u2019s \"\", it includes \"If We Wait for Mountains\", a co-write with Don Black, and \"Fame Will Eat the Soul\", a duet with Bill Medley of the Righteous Brothers. Critical reception. It was chosen as a 'Favorite Blues Album' by AllMusic. \"Pitchfork\" concluded that it demonstrates that \"Van Morrison remains one of rock\u2019s most enduring studies in contrast, never changing and forever restless.\" \"Songwriter Harlan Howard coined the phrase \u201cThree chords and the truth\u201d to describe the necessary ingredients for country and western music\", it notes, but finds that \"this isn\u2019t a country record. Van\u2019s talking about his desire to take simple rhymes and traditional song structures and imbue them with Caledonia soul heaviness.\" \"American Songwriter\" writes that \"the vibrant, often vivacious \"Three Chords and the Truth\"\" finds the 74-year-old \"dashing along in an extraordinary creative and fertile clip\"."}, {"text": "The 2003 Fort Worth mayoral election took place on May 3, 2003, to elect the Mayor of Fort Worth, Texas. The election was held concurrently with various other local elections, and was officially nonpartisan. The election saw the election of Mike Moncrief. The mayoral term in Fort Worth is two years. If no candidate received a majority of the vote in the general election, a runoff would have been held."}, {"text": "A bodega cat (also referred to as a deli cat, store cat, shop cat, the manager or the boss) is a type of working cat that inhabits a \"bodega\", which in New York City English refers to a convenience store or deli. Like other working cats, a bodega cat is typically a domestic shorthair kept as a form of biological pest control to manage or prevent rodent infestations. A bodega cat may be a domesticated cat that is kept by the bodega owner, or a semi-feral cat that the bodega owner attracts to the store through regular feeding. Public health departments typically prohibit bodega cats under food codes that ban live animals from establishments where consumable goods are sold. Legality. The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene considers bodega cats a \"general deficiency\", citing concerns over the potential they pose for food contamination. Under Chapter 23 of the Food Service Establishment Violation Penalty Schedule, establishments selling food that keep live animals that are not service animals or fish kept in tanks are subject to a fine ranging from $200 to $350. Despite this, cats remain a ubiquitous presence at many of the more than 10,000 bodegas across"}, {"text": "New York City; \"The New York Times\" reports that many bodega owners keep cats in spite of the law because they are seen as preferable to rodent infestations, which also carry a fine of $300. In popular culture. Bodega cats are a part of internet culture, as well as New York City culture. Multiple blogs and social media accounts are devoted to chronicling photographs of bodega cats across the city. In 2019, a \"Saturday Night Live\" sketch starring John Mulaney parodied the musical \"Cats\" using a bodega cat. That same year, a bodega cat at 71 Fresh Deli and Grocery in Kips Bay, Manhattan, was stolen from the store; the cat's theft was widely covered in New York City media, with \"The New York Times\", New York \"Daily News\", and NY1 reporting on the incident."}, {"text": "Michael David Stromberg (born May 25, 1945) is an American former professional football linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) who played for the New York Jets. He played college football at Temple University."}, {"text": "Avraham (Avi) Balashnikov (; born March 20, 1966) is an Israeli public figure, currently serves as Chairman of The Israel Export Institute and of the College of Management Academic Studies and the representative of the American businessman Ronald Lauder in Israel. Balashnikov previously served as deputy director general of the Israel Export Institute, CEO of the Ministry of Communications, CEO of the Knesset, CEO of the State Comptroller of Israel's office, chairman of commercial television Channel 10 and chairman of the Hadassa Hospitals in Jerusalem. Biography. Balashnikov is a widower and a father of four children. He lives in Jerusalem. He graduated from the University of Haifa. Political career and civil service. Balashnikov began his public career in 1988 as the parliament assistant of MK Shimon Shetreet. In the 1990s, he served as advisor to the Minister of Finance Avraham \"Bayge\" Shochat. After Benjamin Netanyahu established his administration in 1996, Balashnikov moved on to head the office of the Minister of Public Security. In 1999, he joined the businesswoman Pnina Rosenblum and ran with her in the elections to the 15th Knesset as no. 2 in her independent party. The party failed to cross the electoral threshold. At the same"}, {"text": "year, he started working with the Minister of Environmental Protection, Dalia Itzik, as her senior advisor In 2002, Balashnikov became a senior advisor and the head of the minister office of trade and industry, all while serving as a member of the investment center\u2019s administration of the state. During this year, Balashnikov became deputy director general of the Israel Export Institute. In 2005, Balashnikov appointed to the CEO of the Ministry of Communications and served under four ministers. On June 7, 2006, Balashnikov was appointed to the CEO of the Knesset. the Israeli parliament. On February 12, 2007, Balashnikov appointed to acting CEO of the Presidential Residence. Balashnikov served , in parallel, in both roles up to the election of Shimon Peres as President. After the election in 2009, Balashnikov appointed by the Knesset to the CEO of the State Comptroller Office. He resigned his post after two months. Immediately after, Balashnikov was appointed as the Israeli representative of the American businessman Ronald Lauder. In 2012 Balashnikov was appointed as the Channel 10 Chairman of the board, and in 2013 he was appointed also to Chairman of the Hadassa hospitals in Jerusalem. The hospital\u2019s recovery program was signed during his"}, {"text": "tenure. Starting from 2014, he also serves as chairman of the board of Hagihon, which is Israel\u2019s largest water and sewage company. In early 2016, he was also appointed as chairman of the board of the Jerusalem Waste Processing enterprise. From 2014, he has been on the board of the Haifa Technion. Since January 2018, he also serves as chairman of the board of College of Management Academic Studies. In 2018 and 2019, Balashnikov was appointed by the Minister of Education as a member of the Israel Prize committee."}, {"text": "Little Brown Creek is a long 3rd order tributary to Brown Creek in Anson County, North Carolina. This creek is located on the right bank of Brown Creek and is different than the one on the left bank located upstream. Course. Little Brown Creek rises in a pond about 3 miles north of Lowry, North Carolina. Little Brown Creek then flows north to meet Brown Creek about 0.5 miles southeast of Polkton, North Carolina. Watershed. Little Brown Creek drains of area, receives about 48.0 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 432.95 and is about 69% forested."}, {"text": "Baykurut Town also Baykurt (\u0628\u0627\u064a\u0642\u06c7\u0631\u06c7\u062a \u064a\u06d0\u0632\u0649\u0633\u0649 / \u0411\u0430\u0439\u049b\u0443\u0440\u0443\u0442 / Bayinkuluti ) is a town of Wuqia County in Kizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. Baykurut is located in the central to eastern part of the county. It has 2 administrative villages under its jurisdiction. Its seat is at \"Baykurut Village\" (). Baykurut is located away northeast of the county seat Wuqia Town and south of Turugart Port (). It is adjacent to Terak Township in the east, Artux City and Wuqia Town in the south, Toyun Township in the north. It is bordered by the Kyrghyz Republic with a boundary line of 40 kilometers in the west. Name. The name Baykurut is derived from the Kyrgyz language. Baykurut was named after Kurut (\u0642\u06c7\u0631\u06c7\u062a / \"Kuluti\", \u5e93\u9c81\u63d0), a rich person who lived in the Baykurut area. History. Baykurut was the 3rd township of the 4th district in Wuqia County in 1950 and part of \"Toyun Commune\" () in 1958, Baykurut Commune was formed from Toyun in 1962. In 1968 during the Cultural Revolution, the commune was renamed \"Hongqi Commune\" (literally 'Red flag commune', ). The original name was restored in 1980. In 1984, organized as a township in"}, {"text": "1984. In 2020, on December 30, the township was upgraded to a town status. Geography. The town's seat is at 2,310 meters above sea level. The highest altitude is 4,200 meters at Karadob (), the lowest altitude is 1,900 meters at Topa (). Settlements. The town has 2 administration villages and 5 unincorporated villages under its jurisdiction. 2 administration villages: Demographics. , the population of Baykurut was 99.2% Kyrgyz. Economy. , economically poor persons made up 20.74% of the population of Baykurut and the net mean income in the town was 1,365 RMB."}, {"text": "Little Brown Creek is a long, third-order tributary to Brown Creek in Union County, North Carolina. Located on the left bank of Brown Creek, this creek is distinct from another on the right bank downstream. Course. Little Brown Creek originates approximately 8 miles south of Marshville, North Carolina, and flows southeast to its confluence with Brown Creek, about 8 miles south-southeast of Marshville, North Carolina. Watershed. Little Brown Creek drains an area of , receives approximately 48.4 inches of precipitation annually, has a topographic wetness index of 426.99, and is about 42% forested."}, {"text": "Zalika Souley (7 October 1947 \u2013 27 July 2021) was a Nigerien actress, the first sub-Saharan movie actress, and one of the pioneering actresses of African cinema. Life. Aged 19, Zalika played the lead female role in Moustapha Alassane's 1966 film \"Le Retour d'un aventurier\". Most of her later work was for Oumarou Ganda: \"Cabascabo\" (1968), \"Le Wazzou polygame\" (1971), \"Sa\u00eftane\" (1972) and \"L'Exil\u00e9\" (1980). She also acted in Moustapha Alassane's \"Women Cars Villas Money\" (1972), in Yeo Kozoloa's \"Petanqui\" (1983) and Djingarey Ma\u00efga's \"Aube noire\" (1983). Zalika enjoyed the trappings of wealth and fame, achieving notoriety for public behaviour then considered provocative, such as dressing in trousers. However, the Nigerien film industry declined from the 1980s onwards. Rahmatou Ke\u00efta's 2004 documentary \"Al'lessi... An African Actress\" portrays Souley's life. By the time Ke\u00efta made her film, Souley and her four children were living in a two-roomed house in Niamey, without food or water. The film ended with the information that Zalika was now in Europe working as a maid, after she was forced to emigrate in 2000."}, {"text": "\u00cdntimo is the fourth studio album by American singer Nicky Jam. It was released on November 1, 2019, by Sony Music Latin. The album was promoted by a documentary."}, {"text": "In the theory developed by Spanish theologian Domingo B\u00e1\u00f1ez and other Thomists of the 16th-century second scholasticism, physical premotion () is a causal influence of God into a secondary cause (especially into a will of a free agent) which precedes (metaphysically but not temporally) and causes the actual motion of its causal power (e.g. a will): it is the reduction of the power from potency to act. In this sense, it is a kind of divine concurrence, the so-called advocated by the Thomists. More broadly, according to this Thomistic theory, physical premotion is the causal influence of any principal cause upon the respective instrumental cause (such as the influence of a scribe upon his pen) by which the instrumental cause is elevated so as to be capable of producing an effect which is beyond its natural powers (e.g., the pen is enabled to write a poem). In Thomism, the theory of physical premotion helps to explain divine providence (foreknowledge) and universal rulership; on the other hand, it is seen by its critics (chiefly Jesuits defending the alternative theory of Molinism) as leading to theological determinism. Because the proponents of physical premotion are, as Catholics, committed to the freedom of will,"}, {"text": "their position can be viewed as a form of compatibilism. Whether they really are determinists depends on how strictly the necessity of the connection between a divine decree, the resulting premotion, and the ultimate free act is conceived. The proponents of the theory generally try to avoid resorting to unqualified necessity, their term of choice being \"infallibility\". The theory of was applied 1) on the natural level, serving both as a theory of and as a theory of instrumental causality; 2) on the supernatural level, serving as a theory of actual grace. History. Although claimed by B\u00e1\u00f1ez to have its roots in Aquinas, the theory was first explicitly formulated in Domingo B\u00e1\u00f1ez's \"Apologia Fratrum Predicatorum\" (1595), in reaction to Luis de Molina's \"Concordia\"; and it was further elaborated by Diego \u00c1lvarez in his \"De auxiliis\". A violent controversy ensued between the Dominicans and the Jesuits, leading to a papal intervention). At first (1594) the Pope he simply enjoined silence on both parties so far as Spain was concerned; but ultimately, in 1598, he appointed the Congregatio de Auxiliis for the settlement of the dispute, which became more and more a party one. After holding very numerous sessions, the congregation was"}, {"text": "able to decide nothing, and in 1607 its meetings were suspended by Paul V, who in 1611 prohibited all further discussion of the question \"De auxiliis\" and of discussions about efficacious grace, and studious efforts were made to control the publication even of commentaries on Aquinas . Several regent Masters of the Dominican College of St. Thomas, the future Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas (\"Angelicum\"), were involved in the controversy. Two Dominican proponents of physical premotion, Diego Alvarez and Tomas de Lemos, were given the responsibility of representing the Dominican Order in debates before Pope Clement VIII and Pope Paul V. In contemporary analytical philosophy, the opponents of Molinism (such as Robert Merrihew Adams or William Hasker) typically do not subscribe to the B\u00e1\u00f1ezian-Thomist theory of \"praemotio physica\"; instead, they maintain libertarian freedom but insist that it excludes the possibility of Molinist middle knowledge. The theory thus remains confined to the ranks of traditional Thomism."}, {"text": "The West Chatham Bungalow Historic District is a residential historic district in the Chatham neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The district includes 283 Chicago bungalows built between 1913 and 1930 along with a smaller number of other residential buildings. As Chicago grew in the early 20th century and homeownership became more accessible, the bungalow arose as a popular and affordable house design, and tens of thousands of them were built in the city. Chatham, an outlying neighborhood on the city's South Side, benefited from this housing boom, as its transit connections made the area an attractive choice for new housing. The West Chatham bungalows are all brick and feature similar designs, giving the neighborhood a uniform appearance; however, decorative features such as patterned brickwork provide diversity among the homes. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 19, 2010."}, {"text": "V\u00edctor Manuel Palmero Guerol (26 December 1989) is a Spanish actor. He was born in Onda, Castell\u00f3n in 1989 and he made his debut in \"F\u00edsica o qu\u00edmica\". When he ended his role in \"Con el culo al aire\", he worked as a waiter. He appeared in stage plays such as \"Atrapados\", \"Climax\" and \"H\u00e1blame\", starring Mar\u00eda Garral\u00f3n and Mariola Fuentes, and in the TV series \"La que se avecina\". He also appeared in the show \"Pasapalabra\". In 2017 he won Best Actor for his role of Alba Recio in \"La que se avecina\" in a TV online competition."}, {"text": "The 4th Stinkers Bad Movie Awards were released by the Hastings Bad Cinema Society in 1982 to honour the worst films the film industry had to offer in 1981. The ballot was later revisited and the expanded version was released in 2007, some time between the 2006 ballot and the closure of the site. Listed as follows are the original ballot's picks for Worst Picture and its dishonourable mentions, which are films that were considered for Worst Picture but ultimately failed to make the final ballot (29 total), and all nominees included in the expanded ballot. All winners are highlighted."}, {"text": "The Four Corners Tour was the tenth headlining concert tour by British pop rock band The Vamps. The tour began on 27 April 2019 in Plymouth and concluded on 1 June 2019 in Bournemouth. Background and development. On 6 July 2018 The Vamps announced they would be headlining a United Kingdom and Ireland tour, with New Hope Club and Hrvy joining the group as openers. Taylor Grey was also announced as an opening act on select dates. Additional dates in the UK, Europe and Asia were later added. Setlist. This setlist is representative of the show on 29 May 2019 in Dublin. It does not represent all the shows from the tour."}, {"text": "Muhammad Shabbir may refer to:"}, {"text": "Aubercy is a French family-owned company that produces bespoke shoes, high-end ready-to-wear and a shoe repair service. It was founded in 1935 by Andr\u00e9 and Ren\u00e9e Aubercy, at the 34 rue Vivienne in Paris. History. The bootmaker Aubercy was founded in 1935 by Andr\u00e9 and his wife Ren\u00e9e Aubercy. At first, it only produced high-end ready to wear shoes. The first collections were made in a small workshop in the neighborhood of Buttes-Chaumont. The shoes were designed to match the taste of the high society's member that Andr\u00e9 Aubercy befriended during the Interwar period, such as Edward VIII, Albert Sarraut and especially the Baron de Red\u00e9 and Arthuro Lopez. The Baron de Red\u00e9 and Arthuro Lopez were critical influences on the development of Aubercy's style. After World War II, Aubercy became famous for providing shoes to socialites such as Paul Meurice, Sacha Guitry and Jacques Charron. The industrialization of cloth-making led Aubercy to create its own atelier in 1956, hiring Italian artisans for their artistic culture but training them to the French approach of durable products. In 1970, Philippe and Odette Aubercy inherited the company and developed new products, such as a women's line (opening a manufacturing unit in Mod\u00e8ne),"}, {"text": "multiples leather goods products and a made to order service in which client could personalize all the products. Pursuing and reinforcing the handwork and craft identity of the company, Philippe and Odette's son, Xavier Aubercy, invented numerous high-end ready-to-wear models, opened a bespoke boot-maker workshop in Paris in early 2000 led by Didier Martinez (formerly at Berluti), launched a new collection of belts and luggage, and a luxury shoe repair service. By 2004, Aubercy was making 1.3 million euros in annual revenue. Denis Sassou Nguesso, President of the Republic of the Congo, was a returning customer of Aubercy. Description. In 2019, Aubercy is still run by the founder's family and is still independent, administrated by Philippe, Odette and their son, Xavier Aubercy. The company handles many shoe-making processes by hand to preserve the artisan touch and quality. Style. Aubercy style is French but has some elements of both English and Italian shoe styles. Aubercy's style is characterized by many elements usually only used in bespoke boot-making, such as the chiseled toe, the hand-sewed mid-sole, the doubled seam on the upper and hand cutting and hand-sewing the shoes. Award. In June 2016, Aubercy earned the label Entreprise du patrimoine vivant."}, {"text": "The Green Rust is a 1919 crime novel by the British writer Edgar Wallace. An American detective battles an evil Doctor who plans to destroy the world's wheat supplies. Link to full public domain text here Film adaptation. The same year it was made into a silent film \"The Green Terror\" directed by William Kellino and starring Heather Thatcher."}, {"text": "Lake Magpie () is a lake in the C\u00f4te-Nord region of the province of Quebec, Canada. It forms the middle part of the Magpie River. Location. Lake Magpie is in the unorganized territory of Lac-J\u00e9r\u00f4me in the Minganie Regional County Municipality. It can only be reached by float plane. A map of the ecological regions of Quebec shows the lake in sub-region 6j-S of the east spruce/moss subdomain. The lake is named for the Canada jay (\"Perisoreus canadensis\"), a bird closely related to the magpie. Description. The lake is about long. It is large, narrow and very deep, and is fed from the east and west by several streams. The West Magpie River flows into the lake above the south end. The catchment area is . Average discharge from the lake varies from about in March to about in early June. According to the \"Dictionnaire des rivi\u00e8res et lacs de la province de Qu\u00e9bec\" (1914), Lake Magpie is from the mouth of the Magpie River. It is about long, very deep and full of large pike. It is bordered on each side by capes and mountains. The lake and surrounding area have been protected against logging, mining or hydroelectric projects"}, {"text": "since 19 June 2003, with plans to make it a biodiversity reserve. The Pourvoirie du Lac Magpie provides non-exclusive outfitting services from a camp at the north end of the lake. Fish include lake trout, landlocked salmon and northern pike. Hunters may shoot black bear and moose."}, {"text": "High Road is the fourth studio album by American singer and songwriter Kesha. It was released on January 31, 2020, through RCA and Kemosabe Records. Announced in late 2019, the album saw the singer once again taking over the role of sole executive producer, following \"Rainbow\" (2017). She collaborated with various songwriters and record producers to achieve her desired sonority, combining elements of her career beginnings and \"Rainbow\". Musically, \"High Road\" is primarily a pop, country and classic rock record, although it encompasses a variety of genres, including dance-pop, folk, electronic pop, synthpop, trip hop, electro-country, EDM, trap, dream pop, hip hop, and gospel. \"High Road\" was met with mostly positive reviews from music critics. The singer's reapproach of her partying personality was targeted by both positive and negative evaluations. The album debuted at number seven on the US \"Billboard\" 200 albums chart, making it Kesha's fourth top-ten album in the country. It was supported by four singles: \"Raising Hell\" featuring Big Freedia, \"My Own Dance\", \"Resentment\", and \"Tonight\". Kesha was set to embark on the High Road Tour to promote the album, but the tour was ultimately cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Background and release. After the release"}, {"text": "of \"Rainbow\", her third studio album, Kesha issued a new single titled \"Rich, White, Straight Men\" in June 2019. It was initially uploaded onto her YouTube account on June 2 without prior announcement and was made available in online music stores and streaming platforms six days later. In September 2019, \"Billboard\" published a cover story about the singer, in which she announced that her fourth studio album was in development and would be released in following December. Whilst discussing the lyrics of the album, Kesha commented that it would emphasize \"the happiness that I began my career with\", although \"more earned and healthier than ever\". In 2025, Kesha reveals that while she had wanted to portray freedom and joy with this album, the process was actually complicated as she had felt very lonely. Musically, it would define a \"full return to Kesha's pop roots, after leaning into a more country\u2013soul sound\" in \"Rainbow\". Kesha worked with some previous partners, such as Wrabel, Nate Ruess, Justin Tranter, and her mother Pebe Sebert, as well as new collaborators, including Tayla Parx, and Dan Reynolds of Imagine Dragons. In October 2019, the album's artwork and track listing were unveiled. In December 2019, RCA"}, {"text": "Records announced that additional songs would be included in the track listing. The record's release date was postponed to January 10 and later to January 31, 2020. On the eve of the album's street date, Kesha revealed via Twitter that she had finalized a song titled \"Summer\" five days earlier. It was included as the closing track on digital versions of \"High Road\". The cover art for \"High Road\" depicts a melting candle made from a 3D scan of Kesha's head, which \"Dezeen\" described as \"psychedelic\". The image for the album were created by Brian Roettinger, a graphic designer who has worked with Jay Z, Childish Gambino and Florence and the Machine. Roetting explained that the melting candle represented that \"nothing is permanent\" as well as harkening to Kesha's exploration of themes of \"joy\" found in her earlier work. Kesha also sold the replicas of candle as merchandise for the album. Roettinger also served as the art director for the album and corresponding tour. Roettinger also used the motif of melting wax for Kesha's performance at the American Music Awards. Composition. Music and lyrics. Musically, \"High Road\" has been described as a \"full-blown\" pop, electro-country, and classic rock record, utilizing"}, {"text": "musical and vocal characteristics of other music genres, such as hip hop, and electronic music. Lyrically, the album addresses themes of romantic relationships, friendships, self-empowerment, family, and escapism. In the early stages of the album, Kesha's brother suggested that she make uptempo songs as in the past, but she rejected the idea because she didn't want to meet the audience's expectations. After the release of \"Rainbow\", whose main motto was the trauma that Kesha experienced and was experiencing at the time, she decided to get closer to a \"party girl\" personality, who was present and helped to build the singer's public identity during the beginning of her career, especially in the \"Animal\" era. Along with the singer's visuals, \"Rainbow\" lyrical and musical elements were unusual in relation to her previous works due to its more optimistic and sentimental approach. On \"High Road\", she chose to blend the different approaches in an attempt to make them coexist in her personality. Laura Snapes of \"The Guardian\" affirms that \"High Road\" builds a new figure for Kesha's music \"in the way that Tina Turner and Rihanna did after rejecting their own victim narratives\", referring to the legal battle against Dr. Luke. Songs and"}, {"text": "lyrical content. The album's standard edition contains 15 tracks. It opens with \"Tonight\", a \"bass-bumping\" electropop composition. It begins as an \"emotive\" piano-driven ballad followed by a hip hop- and EDM-influenced breakdown with a \"low-riding bassline\" and a \"buzzed beat\" that sees the singer rapping. Kesha stated that \"Tonight\" is a \"celebratory\" song about \"fucking up what I have\". The following track, \"My Own Dance\", sees the singer addressing the expectations placed upon her and her music. It has been described as a \"bold statement about not being the thing people expect, or demand, you to be\" which \"finds her speaking her mind and making it clear that she's not going to dance for you because she's here to dance for herself\". Both \"Tonight\" and \"My Own Dance\" were compared to Kesha's debut single \"Tik Tok\". The \"dance-floor inferno\" lead single \"Raising Hell\" features guest vocals by Big Freedia and is a blend of multiple genres including gospel, EDM, country, and bounce. Compared to the single \"Timber\", which Kesha was featured on, it features beat drops accompanied by \"soaring synth beats\", gospel choirs, handclaps, a church organ, horns, and a post-chorus by Freedia. In the title track, Kesha makes fun"}, {"text": "of people \"who think she's too much of an airhead to write hits or even spell her own name\". \"Shadow\" is a piano ballad that \"demonstrates Kesha's ability to cohesively present all facets of her talent\" and questions her right to be happy. The song was compared to Kesha's 2017 song \"Praying\" and purposefully recalls \"Spaceship\" in the lyrics \"I love tripping in the desert with my best friends, seeing spaceships in the sky\". The soul-influenced sixth track, \"Honey\", is built upon a guitar riff and lyrically debates a \"man-stealing ex-friend\" with \"humour and a chummy chatty style that moves into a more natural narrative\". \"Cowboy Blues\" lyrically analyzes \"the ways in which loneliness can cloud one's instincts\" and was compared to Lady Gaga's 2016 album \"Joanne\" and Taylor Swift's works. The acoustic country ballad \"Resentment\" depicts a \"relationship cracked apart by festering anger\", with lyrics such as \"I don't hate you, babe, it's worse than that / Cuz you hurt me, and I don't react.\" It features guest appearances by Brian Wilson, Sturgill Simpson, and Wrabel. Nick Lowe of \"Clash\" labeled \"Birthday Suit\" as \"the most brilliant thing [Kesha's] ever done\". It is a \"retro pop\" song that samples"}, {"text": "musical elements from the \"Mario\" franchise and was compared to the works of Janet Jackson and Madonna. \"Kinky\" is a \"suitably weird, wonderful and horny\" electro\u2013R&B song with elements of 1980s music and a \"raunchy bassline\". It has a featuring credit for Ke$ha, the stylization the singer used prior to \"Rainbow\", and was compared to the works of Carly Rae Jepsen and the Spice Girls. Lyrically, the song sees the singer \"celebrating kinks\". Kesha sings about \"preserving childlike innocence\" in the \"almost unbelievably bizarre\" \"Potato Song (Cuz I Want To)\", which predominantly features oom-pah and saxophone. The singer said that the song is \"about all the things that I want to do that, as an adult, are maybe kind of childish\". Its polka influences were compared to Lily Allen's 2009 song \"Never Gonna Happen\". Thomas Green of \"The Arts Desk\" labeled it the album's best song. The dream pop number \"BFF\" also features Wrabel, who is Kesha's long-time friend, and lyrically depicts their friendship. Kesha discourses about her absent father in \"Father Daughter Dance\". \"High Road\" ends with \"Chasing Thunder\", an \"ode to wandering, and 'never growing up'\" which was sonically compared to the work of Florence and the Machine."}, {"text": "It has been described as a \"distillation of the earnest, gravelly voice that made Kesha a star\". The digital exclusive track \"Summer\" was compared to \"Timber\" and described as a \"rather thought provoking, enjoyable pop track\". Promotion and singles. In October 2019, to update her public on new releases, Kesha launched a hotline which featured a snippet of an upcoming song. Later that month the singer released a trailer to announce \"High Road\" release. \"Raising Hell\" was released as the album's lead single on October 24, 2019, alongside its music video, which was directed by Luke Gilford. In the United States, it peaked at number five on the \"Billboard\" Dance Club Songs chart and at number 17 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart. Kesha and Freedia performed the song for the first time on \"Jimmy Kimmel Live!\" on October 28. On November 21, 2019, \"My Own Dance\" was issued as the follow-up single. A music video directed by Allie Avital premiered the same day. The song was sent to Australian contemporary hit radio stations in the following day. On November 24, 2019, at the 47th ceremony of the American Music Awards, Kesha performed \"Raising Hell\" and \"Tik Tok\". \"Resentment\""}, {"text": "was sent to Australian contemporary hit radio stations as the album's third single on December 13, 2019, followed by \"Tonight\" as the fourth on January 31, 2020. A music video for \"Resentment\" was shot with Kesha's personal iPhone and released on December 12. Kesha and Freedia performed \"Raising Hell\" on \"The Late Show With Stephen Colbert\" on January 10. Acoustic versions of \"Raising Hell\" and \"Resentment\" were released on January 29. The following day, she performed \"Resentment\" alongside Wrabel on \"The Late Late Show with James Corden\". On February 3, a music video for the album's title track was released. On February 10, Kesha performed \"Tonight\" during the \"Live with Kelly and Ryan\" after-Oscars show. On April 17, she performed \"Resentment\" during the \"Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon\" via a live streaming from her house. On April 26, 2020, she appeared in GLAAD's event Together in Pride: You Are Not Alone, which will raise funds for LGBT-related organizations associated with CenterLink. On August 4, 2020, a video for \"Little Bit of Love\", directed by Kesha and Jonah Best premiered on MTV Live and MTVU as well as on Kesha's Vevo channel. An acoustic performance \"Kinky\" was uploaded to Kesha's official"}, {"text": "YouTube account on October 24, 2020. Touring. In January 2020, Kesha announced the High Road Tour, with Freedia joining her as an opening act. The first concert was scheduled to take place on April 23 in Sugar Land, Texas. The tour was initially postponed to late 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic on March 31, but then it was officially cancelled on May 1. Cancelled dates. The June 27, 2020 show is part of the Soundtrack Music Festival. Commercial performance. On February 9, 2020, \"High Road\" debuted at number seven on the US \"Billboard\" 200 albums chart with 45,000 album-equivalent units consumed, of which 35,000 were pure album sales, making it Kesha's fourth US top-ten album. Critical reception. \"High Road\" received positive reviews from contemporary music critics. The union of the personas approached by Kesha throughout her career, which occurs musically and lyrically on the album, received polarizing responses, with some critics praising the artist's uniqueness, while others pointed out a false personality construction. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 73 based on 19 reviews, indicating \"generally favorable reviews\". Aggregator AnyDecentMusic? gave it 7.0"}, {"text": "out of 10, based on their assessment of the critical consensus. Adam White of \"The Independent\" praised the singer's maturity and confidence. \"The A.V. Club\" Annie Zaleski praised the album for its musical diversity and lyrical and emotional depth. Sal Cinquemani of \"Slant\" also praised the album's sentimental approach, despite labeling it as Kesha's \"least consistent\" album due to the variety of music genres. Nick Lowe of \"Clash\" complimented it for not sounding forced despite its versatility, writing that Kesha \"searches deep and emancipates the embodiment of sheer delight\". Writing for \"DIY\", Elly Watson defined the album as an \"overwhelmingly triumphant pop offering that sees Kesha back at her best and having shit tons of fun while doing it\". \"The Guardian\" Aimee Cliff recognized the album as derived from the singer's early works with a \"new sense of underlying self-awareness\". Focusing on the same topic, Rob Sheffield of \"Rolling Stone\" praised Kesha's return to her party persona. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic and Louise Bruton of \"The Irish Times\" particularly praised \"My Own Dance\" and Kesha's lyrical duplicity. In a more mixed evaluation, Megan Buerger of \"Pitchfork\" summarized \"High Road\" as a setback following \"Rainbow\", affirming that it \"feels strained,"}, {"text": "scattershot, and loaded with tension, like someone trying to portray freedom and free-spiritedness\u2014even a recovered sense of identity\u2014who isn't quite there yet\". She also criticized the album's premise, commenting that \"it doesn\u2019t feel like moving on, it feels like running away\". Similarly, \"PopMatters\" Nick Malone discredited Kesha's attempts to unite the diverse sounds with which she has worked throughout her career and even devalued the investment to return to Kesha's partying identity. He compared Kesha's concern with her audience's perception of herself to Miley Cyrus's fifth studio album \"Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz\". In June 2020, the album was included on \"Rolling Stone\" and \"American Songwriter\"s list of the best albums of 2020 so far. Track listing. Notes Credits and personnel. Credits adapted from the album's liner notes, and organized in alphabetical order by surname."}, {"text": "The Mekong Bobtail (formerly known as the Thai Bobtail) is a breed of cat. Originally named for Thailand, the country of origin of its progenitors, the breed is now named after the Mekong River. It is naturally distributed throughout parts of Asia and was developed as a breed in Russia, and it was recognised by the World Cat Federation in 2004. History. In the 19th century, Mekong Bobtails were among the royal cats given to Russian emperor Nicholas II by Chulalongkorn, king of Siam. The majority of the 200 royal cats gifted by Chulalongkorn had kinked tails resembling those of the modern-day Mekong Bobtail. Other bobtail cats from Southeast Asia were also imported into Russia. The breed is considered to have been developed in Russia, and continued to be experimentally developed there, being bred with other bobtail cats, and possibly also with Siamese cats. The breed started to become more widely known in the 1980s, and in December 1994 a breed standard was drawn up by O. S. Mironova, a Russian felinologist. The breed was recognised by the World Cat Federation in August 2004, and at that time its name was changed from \"Thai Bobtail\" to \"Mekong Bobtail\". Characteristics. Mekong"}, {"text": "Bobtails have a glossy, short coat that can be any pointed colour without white markings, and large eyes which the WCF's breed standard terms an \"intense blue\". The characteristic bobbed, kinked tail contains at least three vertebrae, but must be shorter than a quarter of the body length. The breed has a slight although rectangular build, and the rump is higher than the shoulders. Mekong Bobtails are medium-sized cats, weighing from . The breed is friendly, affectionate, and active. In legend. The ancestors of the Mekong Bobtail which were given to Nicholas II were considered royal cats in Siam. They were also thought to be guardians of temples."}, {"text": "Nargiz Arif gizi Pashayeva (; born December 13, 1962) is an Honored Scientist of Azerbaijan, Honorary member of ANAS (since May 2, 2017), vice-president of ANAS (since June 8, 2018), Doctor of Philology, rector of the Lomonosov Moscow State University's Baku branch, head of the Nizami Ganjavi Scientific Center of the University of Oxford, from the Azerbaijani side, chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the British Foundation for the Study of Azerbaijan and the Caucasus, permanent member of Chancellor's Court of Benefactors of University of Oxford., co-chairman of the Anglo-Azerbaijani Society. Biography. Early life and education. Nargiz Pashayeva was born on December 15, 1962, in Baku. From 1968 to 1978 she studied at the secondary specialized music school named after Bulbul. In 1983, she graduated from the faculty of philology of Baku State University with honors. At the same time, she entered the postgraduate study and successfully completed her thesis and defended dissertation on \"Sabir's Innovation\". On September 23, 1987, she was awarded the degree of candidate of Philological sciences. Then Pashayeva began working at the same faculty as an assistant, lecturer, head lecturer, and finally docent. In 2004, she successfully defended her doctoral thesis on the topic \"Artistic"}, {"text": "aesthetic perception of the person in modern Azerbaijani literature\" (based on the creativity of People's Writer Elchin). Afterwards on February 11, 2005, Pashayeva was awarded the degree of Doctor of Philology, and on March 30, 2005, she was awarded the title of professor. In 2006\u20132008, she worked as a prorector of International Relations at Baku State University. Since 2006, Pashayeva is a Chairman of the Dissertation Council. Pashayeva is also a member of the Union of Azerbaijani Writers since 2007. On June 23, 2008, Nargiz Pashayeva was appointed the Rector of the Baku branch of the Moscow State University, named after M.V.Lomonosov under Presidential Decree. Her main activity is related with this educational establishment. On February 27, 2019, Nargiz Pashayeva was elected academician (foreign member) of the Russian Academy of Education on the recommendation of academician V. Sadovnin. Personal life. Nargiz Pashayeva is from one of the most prominent and popular families in Azerbaijan. So that her grandfather was the noted Iranian-born Azerbaijani writer Mir Jalal Pashayev. Her uncle Hafiz Pashayev was Azerbaijan's first Ambassador to the United States and the founding rector of the ADA University. Pashayeva's father Arif Pashayev is the Rector of the National Aviation Academy in"}, {"text": "Baku, and her mother, Aida Imanguliyeva (1939\u20131992) was a prominent philologist and Arabist, daughter of the prominent journalist and pedagogue Nasir Imanguliyev. Furthermore, her sister is the current First Lady of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Mehriban Aliyeva. She married Altai Sadiqzadeh, an Azerbaijani artist. Her daughter Aida Mahmudova is also an artist and supporter of contemporary art. Awards. On June 20, 2011, she was awarded Order of Friendship of the Russian Federation. On March 15, 2013, she was awarded the Golden Order of Merit of the European Economic Chamber of Trade, Commerce and Industry (European Economic Chamber of Trade, Commerce and Industry - EEIG). On May 24, 2013, she was awarded the Order of Academic Palms. On December 13, 2022, she was awarded the Sharaf Order for her great achievements in the development of science and education in the Republic of Azerbaijan."}, {"text": "Kim Yun-mi (born 31 August 1980) is a South Korean former field hockey player. She competed in the women's tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics."}, {"text": "Ami Mandelman (; born 24 August 1950) is an Israeli actor, voice actor and singer. Biography. Mandelman was born in Haifa, Israel to Polish-Jewish parents who immgirated and fled to Israel in the 1930s. Having grown up during the austerity period, his parents could not afford music lessons, so they sent him to study musical instruments with a private tutor, mainly the accordion and the guitar. Mandelman became more engaged in music during his teen years and was highly influenced by The Beatles. In 1975, Mandelman formed the band Hakol Over Habibi alongside Shlomit Aharon, Kiki Rothstein and Yuval Dor, which was active until 2002. Mandelman is also heavily active as a voice dubber. He is best known for providing the Hebrew voices of Vegeta in Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball Super, Pumbaa in \"The Lion King\" and Mr. Krabs in \"SpongeBob SquarePants\". He also dubbed some characters in \"\" until 2003 when these roles were passed on to Efron Etkin in the follow-up series. Other roles include dubbing Goofy since 1989 and some of the major \"Looney Tunes\" characters since \"Space Jam\". He has also served as a dubbing director for the Hebrew dubbing of films such as"}, {"text": "\"Shrek\". As an actor, Mandelman has appeared in television shows such as \"Shemesh\" and \"A Wonderful Country\". His character was portrayed by Tal Friedman in a television parody about Hakol Over Habibi. He has narrated on productions and projects in the Hebrew language, such as Popiz (Alongside Tzili Yanko) & Cuddlies (Alongside Bobby Lax) for BabyTV. Personal life. Mandelman is married, and has three children who are also active in voice dubbing."}, {"text": "Lee Jin-hee (born 15 May 1980) is a South Korean former field hockey player. She competed in the women's tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics."}, {"text": "HFP is a pioneer organization that runs Film Festivals and other events showcasing and championing ideas of diversity. Through global series of Film Festivals that spread over 13 countries, HFP opens the path to voices with a compelling story to share. Arctic Film Festival is one of the festivals organized by HFP. History and work. Filmmaker Henrik Friis de Magalh\u00e3es e Meneses founded the production company HFP in 2017 in Copenhagen, Denmark, with other offices in Jakarta, and New York City. He and the company's head of production Benn Wiebe have also executive produced documentaries including, \"Women of the Gulag\", which was shortlisted for the 91st Academy Awards. HFP is currently co-producing a documentary film, \"An Elephant in the Room\" along with director Katrine Philp and producer Katrine Sahlstr\u00f8m. The company organizes a global event series of film festivals and currently runs 25 festivals around the world. In 2018, the company started an annual held film festival Rome Independent Cinema Festival to promote the independent cinema and filmmakers in Italy. In 2019, along with the partnership of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), HFP organized Arctic Film Festival, the northernmost film festival in the world. Filmmakers from all around"}, {"text": "the world submitted their films and winners were given awards during the ceremony held in Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway. Film festivals. Film festivals established and organized by HFP are:"}, {"text": "Kim Jung-a (born 1 November 1979) is a South Korean field hockey player. She competed in the women's tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics, where the South Korean Team placed third in their group, missing out of the semi-finals."}, {"text": "Wally Henry (born May 5, 1947, in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada) is an American curler and curling coach. He is a and and a two times United States men's curling champion (1986, 1991). He worked as a national coach for United States Curling Association. Personal life. His daughter Debbie McCormick is World and US curling champion, and his son Donnie Henry is a curler too. Wally Henry started curling in 1955, when he was 8 years old."}, {"text": "The Melody of Death is a 1915 crime novel by the British writer Edgar Wallace. Believing that he is suffering from a fatal illness a newly-married man begins to commit a series of crimes to make sure his wife will be provided for after his death. Film adaptation. In 1922 the story was turned into a silent film \"Melody of Death\" directed by Floyd Martin Thornton, one of a number of Wallace adaptations made by Stoll Pictures."}, {"text": "Aiganothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "Head-Space (alternatively stylised as Headspace, without the hyphen) is a graphic novel, written by Tom Fowler (in his writing debut) and illustrated by CJ Cannon, which was released in three parts throughout 2016 by Oni Press as the third volume of the \"Rick and Morty\" comic series, based on the television series and franchise of the same name by Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon. The only multi-part story arc of the series written by Fowler, following the departure of Zac Gorman, and before the introduction of Kyle Starks, loosely adapting \"Dune\" by Frank Herbert, Part One was released on March 30, 2016, Part Two on April 27, 2016, and Part Three on May 25, 2016, with the collected volume including the one-shots Ready Player Morty and Big Game (The Noble Pursuit of Fair Play), respectively written by Pamela Ribon, illustrated by Marc Ellerby, and released February 24, 2016; and written and illustrated by Fowler, and released June 29, 2016. The series is notable as the last \"Rick and Morty\" comic series arc to follow the Rick Sanchez and Morty Smith of Dimension C-132 (who are killed at the conclusion of the storyline), with most subsequent arcs of the main series"}, {"text": "switching focus to follow Rick C-137 and Morty Prime, the same versions of the characters from the television series (via the plot element of interdimenstional travel). In September 2021, Christopher Lloyd and Jaeden Martell respectively portrayed the Rick and Morty of Dimension C-132 in one of a series of promotional interstitials, directed by Paul B. Cummings. Premise. Part One. In a very special issue of \"Rick and Morty\", the family finds RICK'S SEVERED HEAD! Unable to find Morty, they assume both are dead and begin the somber steps of funeral arrangement. Meanwhile, Rick and Morty\u2026 have bigger problems. Part Two. Rick and Morty are stuck inside the severed head of another dimension's Morty, and things are getting... weird. They still have a narrow chance of saving their own dimension from alien invasion\u2026 but only if Morty can get the science right! Part Three. Having survived their adventures fending off alien invasions in \"head-space,\" Rick and Morty finally return home just in time for the beginning of the same freakin' alien invasion. Can Rick and Morty stave off this newest, samest invasion? What awful decisions will they be forced to make? How long will this new galactic empire last? (Maybe 80"}, {"text": "years? More? Probably somewhere in there). One-shots. \"Ready Player Morty\". In this special one-shot, the Rick and Morty of Dimension C-132 go to a \"Roy\"-type high school simulation planet that allows the player to accelerate their experiences straight to a diploma in just one day. Rick repeatedly kills Morty's character, forcing him to restart in more and more vicious (and sometimes illegal) high school experiences-until Morty does things the way Rick wants and finds himself on the brink of an intergalactic war. But ultimately Morty will be Morty, no matter what universe or scenario. Meanwhile, in a tribute to \"Freaky Friday\", Jerry and Summer stumble upon one of Rick's unattended experiments and end up body-switching! Summer must find a way to get back into her body before her dad ruins her reputation or her mom rounds second base. The title and plot is a reference to the 2011 science fiction novel \"Ready Player One\". \"Big Game (The Noble Pursuit of Fair Play)\". In this special one-shot, after being goaded into an argument with Season Two Jerry about the 'noble nature' of hunting, Rick C-137 takes Jerry and Morty Prime to the biggest Game in the Galaxy, where parents bet on"}, {"text": "their children as they fight to the death in a giant murdertorium! And Morty gets a front row seat (albeit as a contestant)! Will Rick save Morty in time to prevent him competing? Will Jerry manage to elude the space mob? Will Morty find love in the bowels of the arena before it's too late? Probably not. Development. Speaking on his \"writing stint\" on \"Rick and Morty\" ahead of its March release in January 2016, in a non-spoiler interview with \"Paste Magazine\", Tom Fowler revealed the arc would be inspired by the first season of \"Rick and Morty\" (having then not seen the second season), in particular \"Rick Potion #9\", and that as the veteran illustrator's writing debut, he would be \"carte blanche to do anything, as long as you can come up with some kind of [a] scientific explanation that\u2019s both coherently and comedically relevant\" with one issue of Zac Gorman's run additionally providing inspiration for the three-issue arc: In one issue of Zac [Gorman]\u2019s that I read all the way through, they're in this alien death maze, and there's only enough charge in the portal gun to get one of them out. Rick gives Morty some kind of"}, {"text": "excuse and shoves him through. Then there\u2019s this beat where Rick is alone at the end of this maze. It's a silent panel, and you just see how sad and like, existentially alone Rick is. That hit me in the gut, and I said, \u201cOkay, that\u2019s what I'm going for. That's the thing I want to keep. Everything else can be drawn from whatever situations I or my 8-year-old can come up with.\u201d In other media. In September 2021, Christopher Lloyd and Jaeden Martell respectively portrayed the Rick Sanchez and Morty Smith of Dimension C-132 in one of a series of three promotional interstitials, directed by Paul B. Cummings. Several Mortys inspired by \"Dune\"-based third chapter of \"Head-Space\" (and \"HeRicktics of Rick\") were made available as playable characters in updates to the free-to-play role-playing video game \"Pocket Mortys\". Reception. Bob Franco of \"Comics Verse\" complimented the \"fun adventure with plenty of laughs and imaginative situations\" of \"Ready Player Morty\", with Emily Gaudette of \"Inverse\" describing \"Big Game\" as a \"non-enthused novelization of the show\", and David Brooke of \"AIPT Comics\" complimenting Fowler as \"manag[ing] to capture the [concept of] rage and fear so damn well there's no question [what] is"}, {"text": "a comedically traumatic moment\" in depicting the inner rage of Morty Smith."}, {"text": "United American Patriots (UAP) is an American nonprofit organization which advocates and funds legal defense for American servicemembers they believe to have been unjustly convicted and imprisoned on war crimes charges. Herbert Donahue, a retired U.S. Marine Corps major who served in the Vietnam War, founded the group in 2005. Retired Marine Lt. Col. David \"Bull\" Gurfein is CEO. They have advocated on behalf of such American service members as Robert Bales, Corey Clagett, Derrick Miller, Clint Lorance, and Eddie Gallagher. In 2016, \"The New York Times\" reported on UAP's collaboration the Combat Clemency Project, a student group at the University of Chicago Law School."}, {"text": "Akainothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae, first described by Laurence Mound in 1971. The type species is \"Akainothrips citritarsus\" (Girault, 1828). The 34 species of this genus are found only in Australia, in all mainland states and territories. They live and breed in the galls created by other Phlaeothripinae species on the phyllodes of \"Acacia\" species."}, {"text": "The 2019\u201320 Dynamo Dresden season is the 70th season in the football club's history and 4th consecutive season in the second division of German football, the 2. Bundesliga and 9th overall. Season summary. Dynamo Dresden competed in the 2. Bundesliga, having finished 12th during the previous season. On 2 December 2019, following a 2\u20131 defeat to Holstein Kiel, the club parted company with manager Cristian Fi\u00e9l. On 10 December 2019, Markus Kauczinski was appointed as his successor. The club finished bottom on 32 points, and were relegated to the 3. Liga."}, {"text": "Akthethrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae, first described by Laurence Mound in 1970. There is just one species in this genus, \"Akthethrips strobus\", which is found in New South Wales and South Australia, living on the foliage of \"Casuarina glauca\", and \"Casuarina pauper\". It is suggested that the elongate stylets of this species (and genus) \"are adapted to feeding on the chlorophyllous tissue of Casuarina(s)\""}, {"text": "Alerothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae. The genus has an Asian distribution, with one species known from India and two from Thailand."}, {"text": "Aleurodothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "Allidothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "Alloiothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "Allopisothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "Lee Mi-seong (born 18 November 1976) is a South Korean former field hockey player. She competed in the women's tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics."}, {"text": "Allothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "Ko Kwang-min (born 20 February 1981) is a South Korean field hockey player. She competed in the women's tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics."}, {"text": "Kim Jin-kyoung (born 22 March 1981) is a South Korean former field hockey player. She competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2008 Summer Olympics."}, {"text": "Siam City Bank (, ) was a Thai bank that operated from 1941 to 2010. The bank was founded by the Nirandorn family, but changed hands many times, and by the 1990s its largest shareholders were the Srifuengfung and Mahadamrongkul families. The bank suffered badly from the 1997 Asian financial crisis, prompting the Bank of Thailand to intervene. The bank was bailed out and taken over by the state-owned Financial Institutions Development Fund (FIDF). It underwent a merger with the Bangkok Metropolitan Bank in 2002. In 2010, the FIDF sold its controlling stake in the bank to Thanachart Bank (then owned by the Bank of Nova Scotia), into which it was merged."}, {"text": "Lim Ju-young (born 26 January 1980) is a South Korean former field hockey player. She competed in the women's tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and plays goalkeeper."}, {"text": "Kim Mi-seon (born 5 March 1983) is a South Korean former field hockey player. She competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2008 Summer Olympics."}, {"text": "Sir James Skene, Lord Curriehill (1578\u20131633) was a 17th-century Scottish judge and Senator of the College of Justice. Life. He was the son of Sir John Skene of Curriehill and Helen Somerville of Cambusnethan. He was born at Curriehill Castle, near Currie south of Edinburgh. He trained as a lawyer in Edinburgh. In June 1612 he was elected a Senator of the College of Justice and took the title previously used by his father Lord Curriehill. In February 1628, he purchased a baronetcy in Nova Scotia. He was later promoted to President of the College of Justice. Death. He died on 20 October 1633 at his house near the Grammar School in Edinburgh, close to the Flodden Wall. He was buried on 25 October in the floor of Greyfriars Kirk. His gravestone was rediscovered in the 19th century and moved to the outside where it now lies on the outer north wall of Greyfriars Kirk in Greyfriars Kirkyard. Family. He was married to two separate persons each named Janet Johnston (possibly cousins of each other). One of these Janets appears to be the sister of James' legal coilleague, Archibald Johnston, Lord Warriston. After his death Janet married George Winram, Lord"}, {"text": "Liberton. He was father to John Skene, Lord Curriehill II who sold Curriehill Castle to a cousin, Samuel Johnston, in 1656."}, {"text": "Park Jeong-sook (born 28 March 1981) is a South Korean former field hockey player. She competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2008 Summer Olympics."}, {"text": "George Tyson, born George Okumu Otieno (1973\u20132014) was a Kenyan filmmaker who worked mainly in Tanzania. A 'bongo movie' director, he was \"regarded as one of the best commercial directors in the country\" and as the \"godfather of Bongowood\". He died in a car crash at Kibaigwa on 30 May 2014."}, {"text": "The Council of Justice is a 1908 thriller novel by the British writer Edgar Wallace. It is a sequel to the 1905 novel \"The Four Just Men\", and continues the adventures of the heroes of that work. It was followed by four further sequels."}, {"text": "The Danish Twin Registry, also known as the Danish Twin Register, is a twin registry aiming to include records of all twins in the country of Denmark. Established in 1954, it is the oldest nationwide twin registry in the world. It initially included only twins born in Denmark from 1870 to 1910, but it has since grown to include almost all twins born in the country since 1870. It includes over 86,000 twin pairs, making it one of the largest twin registries in the world, and it is considered to be representative of the general population of Denmark. It includes biological data and repeated measurements from the same subjects, as well as information from other national registers in Denmark."}, {"text": "Jurman is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:"}, {"text": "Max Harrison Sanders (born 4 January 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Crewe Alexandra. Early life. Sanders grew up in Horsham and attended Tanbridge House School in the town. Club career. Brighton & Hove Albion. Before joining Brighton & Hove Albion's academy, Sanders had been with AFC Wimbledon's academy. Sanders was first named in a matchday squad for Brighton & Hove Albion on 17 March 2018; he remained an unused substitute in a 2\u20130 defeat to Manchester United in the FA Cup sixth round. Wimbledon (loan). Sanders joined AFC Wimbledon on loan from Brighton on 2 September 2019. He subsequently made his professional debut for AFC Wimbledon on 7 September 2019, replacing Scott Wagstaff in the 45th minute of a 1\u20132 defeat to Milton Keynes Dons. Sanders' sole goal during his loan spell at Wimbledon came on 15 February 2020, in a 2\u20132 draw to Rotherham United in League One. 2020\u201321. On 1 July 2020, Sanders signed a new one-year contract with Brighton which extended his stay at the club until the end of the 2020\u201321 season. He made his debut for \"The Seagulls\" coming on as a sub in a 4\u20130 victory"}, {"text": "over Portsmouth in the EFL Cup on 17 September 2020. 6 days later he started in \"The Seagulls\" 2\u20130 away win over Preston, this appearance also coming in the EFL Cup. He made his third and final League Cup appearance of the season as an 81st-minute substitute for Jayson Molumby which \"The Seagulls\" lost 3\u20130 at home to Manchester United on 30 September falling short of the quarter-finals. Lincoln City. On 1 February 2021, Sanders signed for Lincoln City for an undisclosed fee, with a deal running until 2023. Sanders was encouraged by Brighton sporting director Dan Ashworth to sign for Lincoln in order to play under Michael Appleton. He made his debut on 17 February, starting in the EFL Trophy semi-final away at Sunderland, being replaced in the 58th minute in an eventual penalty shootout loss after a 1\u20131 draw. He made his league debut for \"The Imps\" three days later, coming on as a substitute in the 72nd minute, one minute before Lincoln's winning goal in a 2\u20131 away victory over Wigan. He scored his first goal for the side on 6 November 2021, scoring the only goal of the FA Cup first round fixture at home against"}, {"text": "Bowers & Pitsea. On 10 May 2023, it was announced in the clubs retained list that Sanders would leave the club at the end of his contract. Leyton Orient. On 21 June 2023, Sanders became the first summer signing for newly promoted Leyton Orient. He signed a two-year contract, and made 30 appearances, scoring once, for the London club. Crewe Alexandra. On 3 July 2024, Sanders joined Crewe Alexandra on a two-year deal for an undisclosed fee. He made his debut in the side's League Two opener away at Barrow."}, {"text": "The International Federation of Free Teachers' Unions (IFFTU) was a global union federation of trade unions representing teachers. History. The International Federation of Teachers' Trade Unions was founded after World War II, and affiliated to the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU). When the large majority of Western trade unions left the WFTU, the teachers' trade secretariat was the only one to remain affiliated to the WFTU. To fill this gap, the new International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) held a meeting in Paris in 1951 to found a rival international secretariat, the \"International Federation of Free Teachers' Unions\". By 1960, the secretariat had 12 affiliates in 11 countries, with a total of 229,500 members, and continued to grow rapidly. At the end of 1992, it merged with the World Confederation of Organisations of the Teaching Profession, to form Education International. Affiliates. In 1960, the following unions were affiliated to the federation: 1951: Maurice van de Moortel 1965: Andre Braconier 1981: Fred van Leeuwen 1951: Irvin Kuenzli 1956: Pierre Reymond-Sauvin 1965: Heinrich Roden 1972: Erich Frister 1981: Albert Shanker"}, {"text": "Alocothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "Govatsa Dwadashi is a Hindu cultural and religious festival which marks the beginning of Diwali celebrations in some parts of India, especially in the state of Maharashtra, where it is known as \"Vasu Baras\". In Gujarat, it is celebrated as \"Vagh Baras\" and as \"Sripada Vallabha Aradhana Utsav\" of Sripada Sri Vallabha, at Pithapuram Datta Mahasamsthan in the state of Andhra Pradesh. In Hinduism, cows are regarded to be sacred animals for their capacity to nourish people with milk. In some North Indian states, Govatsa Dwadashi is referred to as \"Vagh\", which implies the repayment of one's financial debts. It is therefore a day when businessmen clear their accounting books and do not make further transactions in their new ledgers. Govatsa Dwadashi is also observed as \"Nandini Vrata\", as both Nandini and Nandi are considered sacred in the Shaivite tradition. It is a thanksgiving festival to the cows for their help in sustaining human life, and thus both cows and calves are worshipped and fed with wheat products. The worshipers abstain from consuming any wheat and milk products on this day. It is believed that by these observances and worship, all wishes of the devotees will be fulfilled. The significance"}, {"text": "of Govatsa Dwadashi is stated in the \"Bhavishya Purana\". It is said that Govatsa Dwadashi was first observed with fasting by King Utt\u0101nap\u0101da (the son of Svayambhuva Manu) and his wife Suniti. Because of their prayers and fast, they had a son named Dhruva. Rituals. Cows and calves are bathed, draped in clothes and flower garlands, and vermilion/turmeric powder is applied on their foreheads. In some villages, people make cows and calves out of mud, dressing them and adorning them as such, symbolically. Aartis are performed. Wheat products, gram and mung bean sprouts are then fed to the cows, symbolising the sacred cow Nandini, who was the daughter of Kamadhenu on earth, and lived in Sage Vasishtha's ashram. Devotees sing songs praising the love of Krishna for cows and being their benefactor. Women observe Nandini Vrata, a fast for the wellbeing of their children and abstain from drinking and eating. As cows are symbolic of motherhood and the chief source of livelihood in many villages in India, they are central to Diwali worship."}, {"text": "Amothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae with one living species."}, {"text": "Amphibolothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "Lysandros Kaftanzoglou (Greek: \u039b\u03cd\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd\u03b4\u03c1\u03bf\u03c2 \u039a\u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03b1\u03bd\u03b6\u03cc\u03b3\u03bb\u03bf\u03c5, 1811\u20131885) was a Greek architect of the 19th century and Chancellor of the National Technical University of Athens. He was born in Thessaloniki. During the massacres of the Greek community in 1821 by the Ottomans, his family left for Marseille. He later studied architecture in Rome. He worked in independent Greece and designed buildings in Athens and other cities. Some of his works include: The Kaftanzoglio Stadium in Thessaloniki is named after him."}, {"text": "Aleksandar \"Aleksa\" Ba\u010dvanski (Temesv\u00e1r, Kingdom of Hungary, Austrian Empire, 1832 \u2014 Belgrade, Kingdom of Serbia, 26 March 1881) was a Serbian actor and theater director. He was an interesting personality in the history of the modern Serbian theatre with an international career but tragic personal and artistic fate. He brought realism to the art of the theatre. Biography. Aleksa Ba\u010dvanski graduated from the gymnasium in Sremski Karlovci and continued his education in Szeged in 1846. After the defeat of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 in which he participated as a high school student, he established an amateur theater in Szeged. After graduating from the city's Lyceum he entered the civil service in Pest and Kecskem\u00e9t. His love for theater led him to quit his job and join a Hungarian touring theatre, where he developed into a character actor. He played in Pest using the theatrical name of Varhidi. In Pest, the painter Stevan Todorovi\u0107 hired him as a member of the National Theater in Belgrade. In addition to acting, he distinguished himself as a master of directing, which he raised to an enviable height, preparing for the work of Adam Mandrovi\u0107 of Dubravka fame, Milo\u0161 Cveti\u0107, Vela Nigrin, Milka Grgurova,"}, {"text": "Pera Dobrinovi\u0107, Milorad Gavrilovic, and To\u0161a Jovanovi\u0107. He was a master at directing epic scenes. He stopped directing in 1874, suffering from eye disease after an unfortunate fall and concussion. Together with the writer and founder of the National Theater, Jovan \u0110or\u0111evi\u0107, he founded and managed the first modern School of Acting in 1870. As an actor, he was representative of the character's personality and stood out with realistic suggestive play. His main roles were: Shylock (Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice),Harpagon (Moli\u00e8re's The Miser), \u0110ura\u0111 Brankovi\u0107 (\"Obernik \u0110ura\u0111 Brankovi\u0107\"), Louis XI (Casimir Delavigne's Louis XI) and others in which he played after a serious illness when he became blind. He bid farewell to the Belgrade audience on 25 March 1881 in the role of Abb\u00e9 Faria (Alexandre Dumas's The Count of Monte Cristo). Shortly after the play, Ba\u010dvanski died. \"In the history of Serbian theater, he represents one of the most tragic figures\"."}, {"text": "Amynothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "Anactinothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "Anaglyptothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae, first described by Laurence Mound and Palmer in 1983. There is only one species known in this genus, Anaglyptothrips dugdalei, which was described from a specimen collected in New Zealand. However it is also found in New South Wales and Queensland. (In New South Wales it has also been found on Norfolk Island.) The species, \"Anaglyptothrips dugdalei,\" is wingless and feeds on fungal spores at the base of grass tussocks."}, {"text": "Kwai Luen () is one of the 31 constituencies in the Kwai Tsing District. Created in 2018 for the 2019 District Council elections, the constituency returns one district councillor to the Kwai Tsing District Council, with an election every four years. Kwai Luen loosely covers area surrounding Kwai Luen Estate in Kwai Chung. It has projected population of 13,492. Councillors represented. Ng was the member of Kwai Tsing District Council representing Hing Fong Constituency, which is in proximity to this constituency, from 1999 to 2019."}, {"text": "Anallothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "The 1905 Toronto Argonauts season was the Argonaut Football Club's eighth season of organized league play since joining the Ontario Rugby Football Union in 1898. On August 22 the members of the rival Toronto Rugby Club decided to merge with the Argos, a decision that was made official at a joint meeting of the two clubs on August 28. The combined team operated under the name \"Toronto-Argonaut Rugby Football Club\" and played in the traditional \"double-blue\" uniforms of the Argonauts. Retaining the services of Toronto RC manager W. A. Hewitt and a number of his players, the \"Tor-Argos\" finished in second place in the senior series of the ORFU with four wins (two by forfeit) and two losses, while the first-place Hamilton Tigers qualified for the Dominion playoffs by winning the series with a perfect record. Regular season. The London Rugby Club withdrew from the series in Week 3, most of the players having resigned after back-to-back losses to Hamilton by a total score of 108-6. This decision resulted in a pair of default wins for the Argonauts and the Toronto Victorias. Schedule. London withdrew from the senior series on October 17."}, {"text": "Ananthakrishnana is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "The Eastern Cherokee, Southern Iroquois and United Tribes of South Carolina, Inc. or ECSIUT is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and \"state-recognized group\" not to be confused with a state-recognized tribe. The state of South Carolina gave them the state-recognized group and special interest organization designation under the SC Code Section 1-31-40 (A) (7)(10), Statutory Authority Chapter 139 (100-111) on February 17, 2005. The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Cherokee Nation, and United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians are collectively opposed to the ECSIUT, with the Cherokee Nation notably including the organization in a list of 212 \"fraudulent groups\" that claim Cherokee identity. These three federally recognized tribes uniformly uphold a strict stance against federally unrecognized Cherokee heritage groups asserting Cherokee tribal identity. Headquarters and purpose. The ECSIUT was first headquartered in Columbia, South Carolina and led by William Moreau Goins, who founded the group and served as CEO until his passing in late 2017. In April of 2020, the ECSIUT elected archaeologist Lamar Nelson as their new chief and CEO. Nelson previously served on the organization's board and alleges to be of Choctaw and Cherokee descent. The ECSIUT is presently headquartered in Duncan, South Carolina. The ECSIUT was established with"}, {"text": "the mission to \"preserve, present, protect, and document Cherokee history and other Native American Indian tribes' cultures and individuals, material culture, historic buildings, and folkways in South Carolina\". Membership. The ECSIUT as a state-recognized \"group\" under South Carolina law, is composed of individuals with diverse characteristics, interests, and behaviors that do not reflect a unified ethnic and cultural heritage. The organization includes Native Americans and people from other ethnic groups, without need for blood relation amongst members. This membership designation differs from that of a state-recognized tribe, where members are part of an assembly of various interrelated families, clans, or generations, and their descendants. Activities. For 20 years the ESCIUT hosted an annual Native American film festival in Columbia, South Carolina which gave exposure to Indigenous filmmakers. The ESCIUT hosts an annual powwow at Hagood Mill Historic Site in Pickens County, South Carolina."}, {"text": "Amalievej is a street in the Frederiksberg district of Copenhagen, Denmark, linking B\u00fclowsvej in the west with H. C. \u00d8rsteds Vej in the east. The western end of the street is lined with large late 19th-century villas while its eastern end is dominated by taller buildings. History. The street was constructed by Frederik B\u00fclow in approximately 1852 as one of the first streets in a new neighbourhood of single family detached homes. The street was initially called Amaliegade but the name was changed to Amalievej to avoid confusion with Amaliegade in Copenhagen. It was named after Amalie Dohlmann, a daughter of the owner of nearby Svanemoseg\u00e5rdFrits August Dohlmann. Her sister was the painter Augusta Dohlmann. Svanemoseg\u00e5rd was located on B\u00fclowsvej and the Dohlmann family were personal friends of Frederik B\u00fclow. Defense Minister Carl Lundbyee lived in the house at No. 4 from 1857 to 1873. The artist Constantin Hansen lived in the house at No. 6 in 1862\u201380. His house, Paletten, has been replaced by the apartment building at No. 10. Tage Iversen operated a private medical clinic in No. 6-8. Princess Elisabeth was born at the site. Notable buildings. The house at No. 1 was built by architect Jens"}, {"text": "Eckersberg for his own use. Several of the houses in the street are listed with a SAVE value of 4 in the Danish Cultural Agency's Registry of Protected Buildings and Places, including No. 4 (1858) and No. 8 (1896). A half-timbered horse stable at No. 4 has survived. Billes Skole, a former school, is located at No. 20."}, {"text": "Ananthakrishnanothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "Andrethrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae, first described by Laurence Mound in 1974. The type species, \"Andrethrips floydi\", is found in Malaysia on dead wood."}, {"text": "Robert Barber is a male former British gymnast. Gymnastics career. Barber represented England in the all-around event and horizontal bar and won a bronze medal in the team event, at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada."}, {"text": "Androthrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae, first described by Heinrich Hugo Karny in 1911."}, {"text": "Apelaunothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "The Vermeule Mansion, also known as the Van Deventer\u2013Brunson House, is a historic house located at 614 Greenbrook Road in North Plainfield in Somerset County, New Jersey. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 27, 2004, for its significance in architecture from 1870 to 1911. History. In 1835, John Vermeule sold the farm property at this site to Jeremiah R. Van Deventer (1809\u20131889). This house was probably started , with a second building phase . Van Deventer's grandson, Augustus J. Brunson (1870\u20131963), inherited the property and made further renovations . The house shows both Second Empire and Colonial Revival architectural styles. It now serves as the Vermeule Community Center for North Plainfield. Since 1985, the house has been used by The Fleetwood Museum of Art and Photographica to exhibit the camera collection of Benjamin Fleetwood and the oil paintings by his wife, Matilda Fleetwood."}, {"text": "Apostlethrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae, first described by Laurence Mound and Kamb Minaei in 2006. The type species is \"Apostlethrips apostus\". The members of this genus are found only in Australia, in the Northern Territory and Western Australia, at the base of grass tussocks where they are believed to feed on fungal hyphae. Species. As listed by GBIF:"}, {"text": "Apterygothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "Thomas Morstede (fl. c. 1411\u20131450) was an esquire and English surgeon who served the three successive kings, Henry IV, Henry V and Henry VI of England. He was described by Theodore Beck as the \"most eminent English surgeon of the fifteenth century\". Family. Thomas Morstede was the son of Thomas and Alianora Morstede from Betchworth, Surrey. After the death of his first wife, Juliana, Morstede married Elizabeth Michell in 1431. She was the widow of his wealthy friend, William Fitzharry, and the daughter of John Michell. John Michell had been an alderman since 1413, a sheriff from 1414 to 1415 and a Lord Mayor in 1424\u201345. As well as this, he had been a Member of Parliament for London on six occasions and thus an influential father-in-law to Morstede. There are many other people with whom Morstede had valuable friendships during his lifetime. One notable example is in the gift of \"10 marks sterling, his English book bound with two latitudinibus and all his instruments of surgery\" which Morstede left to his apprentice, Robert Bryttende. Although he was married twice, the absence of children in Morstede's will has led R.R. James to assume he did not have any. Career. Morstede"}, {"text": "apprenticed under the surgeon Thomas Dayron in London. He first entered the service of Henry IV in 1410 and was appointed as the King's Surgeon in 1411. By 1413 Morstede was appointed Searcher of the Vessels and was responsible for collecting Henry V's dues from ships travelling on the Thames. This office had previously been held by John Bradmore. Thomas Morstede and William Bradwardyne were also asked to \"raise, equip and lead\" a company of surgeons during the Agincourt Campaign of 1415. They were therefore contracted to serve the king abroad. In 1423 and working under Henry VI, Morstede, along with physicians John Somerset and Gilbert Kymer, attempted to found a conjoint college of physicians and surgeons. The college was founded \"for the better education and control of physicians and surgeons in the city and its liberties\". Despite this, the college only lasted a year and collapsed in November 1424. By 1426 Morstede became known as \"Master Thomas\" and was sheriff in the city of London. Legacy. Morstede's will is dated 20 April 1450 and his body was buried in the church of St. Olave in Old Jewry. Morstede's legacy remains in many historical works. A manuscript titled \"A Fair"}, {"text": "Book of Surgery\", which has been dated to 1446, making it one of the earliest surgical works written in English, has been attributed to Morstede. In the manuscript, Morstede states that surgeons should be skilled in both the theory and practice of surgery, and should conduct themselves graciously and show mercy to the poor. S.J. Lang has questioned Morstede's authorship of the manuscript, as it has direct parallels with John Bradmore's \"Philomena\". Such similarities include a description of an incident at the Battle of Shrewsbury. Here, Henry Prince of Wales was struck with an arrow in the left-hand side of his face. The arrowhead became lodged and an instrument illustrated in both Morstede and Bradmore's manuscripts was devised to remove it."}, {"text": "Araeothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "Zita Nancy Lusack (born 4 September 1977 in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire) is a British female former artistic gymnast. Gymnastics career. Lusack represented England in five events at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. She won a gold medal in the team event, a silver medal on the beam and a bronze medal in the all-around event."}, {"text": "Arrhenothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "Asemothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "The massacre of the First Sapper Battalion was the mass murder of 350 Greek soldiers imprisoned in the Makronisos prison island perpetrated by the camp guards and prisoner functionaries belonging to the Third Sapper Battalion. The massacre took place between 29 February and 1 March 1948, during the Greek Civil War. Background. During the Axis occupation of Greece, the EAM-ELAS resistance movement, led by the Communist Party of Greece, emerged as the dominant movement of the Greek Resistance. At the time of Greece's liberation in October 1944, EAM-ELAS dominated the country except for the major cities, especially Athens, where British forces supported the returned Greek government in exile. The rivalry between the British-backed government and EAM-ELAS resulted in the \"Dekemvriana\" clashes in Athens (December 1944 \u2013 January 1945). EAM-ELAS was defeated and had to accept its disarmament in the Treaty of Varkiza (February 1945). With EAM-ELAS neutralized, its members became easy prey for persecution by various right-wing groups in retaliation for the preceding \"Red Terror\". Former ELAS partisans reacted by establishing self-defense units, with the conflict escalating into a large-scale insurgency by the end of the year. Makronisos. Following the outbreak of the civil war, the Hellenic Army sought to"}, {"text": "clear its ranks from politically unreliable personnel. Starting from the summer of 1946, former ELAS fighters and people suspected of holding leftist sympathies were transferred into three special sapper battalions (\u03a4\u03ac\u03b3\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1 \u03a3\u03ba\u03b1\u03c0\u03b1\u03bd\u03ad\u03c9\u03bd). On 28 May 1947, the Second Sapper Battalion was dispatched to the Makronisos military prison, it was followed by the First and Third Sapper Battalions within a span of two months, bringing the number of those imprisoned to just below 10,000. The prison administration engaged in a systematic campaign of physical and psychological torture combined with hard labor, which was aimed at forcing the inmates into signing a letter of repentance. By doing so they would reject their former political ideals, espousing Greek nationalism and monarchism, henceforth becoming prisoner functionaries, pitting them against the unrepentant prisoners. The prison functionaries and those deemed to be the closest to full rehabilitation were transferred to the Third Sapper Battalion, which was presented as an example to be followed for the rest of the prisoners. The Second Sapper Battalion was composed of new arrivals and prisoners whose ideological alignment could not be conclusively established. The First Sapper Battalion (\u0391\u0384 \u03a4\u03ac\u03b3\u03bc\u03b1 \u03a3\u03ba\u03b1\u03c0\u03b1\u03bd\u03ad\u03c9\u03bd) on the other hand was branded the \"Red Battalion\" as it"}, {"text": "was thought to contain exclusively \"unpatriotic\" elements and leftist hard-liners. In reality leftists were evenly distributed in all three battalions with those in the Third Sapper Battalion acting under duress. Massacre. On the morning of 29 February 1948, members of the First Sapper Battalion were heading towards the prison camp's auditorium for their daily roll call. At the same time the Greek Military Police began arresting heavily ill prisoners and others who were tasked with assisting the prison's cook and were therefore excused from the roll call. The military policemen began beating and insulting the detainees, to the annoyance of the rest of the prisoners who reacted by shouting \"disgrace\" and protesting until adjutant Kardaras ordered the policemen to cease the beatings, calming down the crowd. The battalion continued its march towards the auditorium when in a premeditated provocation prison guards opened fire upon the detainees, the latter dropped to the ground while the military policemen escorting them ran towards the barracks. The guards ceased fire upon major Karabekios' order, allowing the sappers to rise from the ground, by that time five prisoners had been killed and ten seriously injured. The battalion's commander, Antonios Vasilopoulos, arrived on the scene shortly"}, {"text": "afterwards, feigning ignorance of the prison administration's plans and promising to investigate the incident and punish those deemed responsible. The prisoners assembled in the center of the camp, placed the corpses into an empty tent, surrounded it with an honor guard and declared a symbolic hunger strike in a gesture of mourning for the victims. On the morning of 1 March, the First Sapper Battalion was encircled by 200 soldiers belonging to the Third Sapper Battalion, while superintendent colonel Georgios Ba\u00efraktaris kept watch from a patrol boat anchored off the island's shore. The prison guards used megaphones to call the prisoners to denounce the communist provocateurs who organized the previous day's mutiny and walk to the Seventh Company's barracks where they were to sign the letter of repentance or face an all out attack by the prison functionaries. The ensuing baton charge was halted after one of the guards sounded a trumpet, this allowed the baton wielding functionaries to withdraw while the rest opened fire on the prisoners who began singing the Greek national anthem. The Greek Ministry of Defence put the number of deaths at 21 (including 4 dead prison guards) and those injured at 61, while witnesses placed"}, {"text": "the total death toll for both days at 350. The survivors were then taken to the Seventh Company's barracks where many of them signed the repentance letter after enduring beatings. The dead were loaded into a ca\u00efque which transported them to the nearby uninhabited island of San Giorgio, they were then taken aboard a military ship which placed them inside weighted wire nets and dumped them into the sea. Between 114 and 154 prisoners were charged with inciting a revolt and tried in the Athens Special Military Court in May 1948. Five were sentenced to death, but the sentence was not carried out. Further five were sentenced to life imprisonment and 32 others received lesser sentences. The press in the government-controlled part of the country covered the events extensively and presented the massacre as a large-scale communist insurrection. Aftermath. The Makronisos prison camp's population continued to rise as the Greek Civil War drew to its end. However allegations of abuse within its confines led the moderate centrist government of Nikolaos Plastiras to transfer most prisoners and political exiles to Agios Efstratios and Trikeri. The prison camps were closed 1957 while the military jails remained operational until October 1960. The first"}, {"text": "account of the prison's operation was published in 1966 by former detainee Nikos Margaris. In 1989, the Greek Ministry of Culture declared the island of Makronisos an historical site and all the military camp's buildings as historically protected monuments. Notes. Citations"}, {"text": "Asianthrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "Jacqueline 'Jackie' Brady (born 12 December 1975) is a female British former artistic gymnast. Younger sister, Suzanne \u2018Suzy\u2019 Brady Kerfoot (born 20 September 1978) is currently ranked as number 3 over 30\u2019s intermediate women\u2019s artistic gymnastics champion (2019). Gymnastics career. Brady represented England in four events at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. She won a gold medal in the team event and a silver medal on the floor."}, {"text": "Athlibothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae, first described by Hermann Priesner in 1952."}, {"text": "Atractothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "Aulothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "The Recapture of Isfahan was a battle of the Persian Constitutional Revolution which saw the arrival of Mujahideen Bakhtiari forces in Isfahan in early 1909."}, {"text": "Austrothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "Ayyarothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "The 2009 Fort Worth mayoral election took place on May 9, 2009, to elect the Mayor of Fort Worth, Texas. The election was held concurrently with various other local elections, and was officially nonpartisan. The election saw the reelection of incumbent mayor Mike Moncrief. The mayoral term in Fort Worth is two years. If no candidate received a majority of the vote in the general election, a runoff would have been held."}, {"text": "Karin Szymko (born May 11, 1979 in Merton, Greater London) is a female British former artistic gymnast. Gymnastics career. Szymko represented England in four events at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. She won a gold medal in the team event."}, {"text": "Azaleothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "Vytautas Ju\u0161\u010dius (born 1952) is a Lithuanian professor and doctor of economic science. In 1980, he graduated from the Moscow State University. In 1975\u20131977 and 1980\u20131990, he taught at the Kaunas Polytechnic Institute. Since 1990, he's the head of Economics departments at the Faculty of Social Sciences at the Klaip\u0117da University."}, {"text": "Richard Cook Mears IV (born May 10, 1994), better known as Nitti Gritti is a Miami based record producer, DJ and vocalist. His collaboration with Party Favor as \"Sidepiece\", a music duo group, was nominated for a Grammy in 2021 under Best Dance Recording segment for their 2019 single \"On My Mind\" featuring Diplo. He is known for collaborating and working with Enrique Iglesias, Pitbull, DJ Snake, Shaquille O'Neal, Tiesto, Diplo, Ookay, Jimmy Levy, Shnd\u014d, etc. In 2019, His single \"200 MPH\" with Diplo won a Latin Grammy, which was on Bad Bunny's album \"X 100PRE\". Biography. Raised in Pennsylvania, Mears moved with his family to Haiti at the age of six where his parents served in Christian missionary work\u2014his father as a soccer coach and his mother, a teacher. After living In Haiti for eight years, he moved to Miami, Florida. He started his professional music career under the name Nitti Gritti in the year 2016 as he released \"It's Nit!\". In 2018, he attended his first world tour and Ghastly's The Mystifying Oracle Tour. In the same year he produced Enrique's \"Move To Miami\" featuring Pitbull and Bad Bunny's \"200 MPH\", with Diplo. His 2018 release \"Crack\" was"}, {"text": "the 7th most played song at 2018 Ultra Music Festival. Mears performed in Audiotistic Music Festival, Electric Daisy Carnival, Life in Color, Okeechobee Music & Arts Festival, Asteria Music Festival etc. His single \"200 MPH\", received a Latin Grammy in 2019. On September 19, 2019, Nitti Gritti announced collaboration with Party Favor to form the duo \"Sidepiece.\" Their debut release was \"Wanna See You\" published through Billboard. Their 2020 single \"On My Mind\" was nominated in the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards for Best Dance Recording segment. In 2020, he was ranked the 14th in the list of the Top 101 Producers in the world by 1001tracklists.com."}, {"text": "Andrew Leach is a Canadian energy and environmental economist and a contributing writer to a number of Canadian news outlets including \"The Globe and Mail\", and \"Maclean's\". His research areas span energy and environmental economics\u2014including topics such as oil sands regulation, clean energy innovations, with a specific focus on climate change policies. Education. After completing his Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree in Environmental Sciences and his M.A. (Economics) from University of Guelph, he earned his Ph.D. in economics from Queen's University. Early career. On completion of his Ph.D. at Queens University, Leach was appointed as an assistant professor at HEC Montreal, a post he held for three years. He moved to the University of Alberta in 2006. Career. Leach is Professor of Economics and Law at the University of Alberta where he teaches courses in environmental and energy economics, environmental law and utilities law. In 2012\u20132013, on a leave from the University of Alberta as Visiting Scholar, Leach spent a year at Environment Canada working on \"greenhouse gas policy for the oil and gas sector.\" Leach was Chair of Alberta's Climate Change Leadership Panel in 2015. Academic research. His primary academic research interests include climate change policy, energy policy including"}, {"text": "oil sands regulation and innovations and policies related to clean energy. He has \"consulted for Environment Canada, the National Roundtable on the Environment and the Economy (NRTEE), the Auditor General of Alberta, Alberta Environment, Alberta Finance and Enterprise, and Alberta Energy.\" Policies. Emissions policies and pricing. In his review of the 2011 policy proposals of then NDP leadership candidate, Thomas Mulcair's plan to combat climate change, Leach said that Mulcair's plan to cap GHG emissions was not broad enough, as it placed too much emphasis on industrial polluters and did not adequately account for life cycle emissions or \"downstream emissions\" associated with fossil fuels used to heat buildings, propel cars and trucks, and run tractors.\" \"GHG emissions are not as concentrated among large, industrial sources as most people think.\" He said that \"agriculture (74Mt/yr), buildings (80Mt/yr), transportation (164Mt/yr), and waste (54Mt/yr) account[ed] for over half of Canadian GHGs\". He added that the \"industrial emissions associated with the production of electricity (126 Mt) and oil and gas (153 Mt)\" produced for \"domestic consumption, not exports.\" In the mass media. Leach is a contributing writer for \"Maclean's\" and \"The Globe and Mail\". \"The Economist\" cited Leach's statistics in its January 1, 2011"}, {"text": "article \"Muck and brass: Canada's tar sands\", which compared statements from a number of environmentalists, academics, and oil industry players, including the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP). CAPP said that by 2011, the oil sands generated only 5% of Canada's which at that time represented about 0.1% of the world total. Leach said that the oils sands \"create about C$500 of value-added per tonne of , against C$20-30 from coal-fired power stations.\" In a June 26, 2015 \"Edmonton Journal\" article, Leach was described as a \"respected\", \"media-savvy\" and \"data-driven\" energy and environmental economist\u2014known for his \"environmental pragmaticism\"\u2014 whose understanding of the energy industry was greater than that of \"many senior execs in the oilpatch.\" The article said that Leach \"knows how much additional cost the industry can bear to curb emissions without rendering it uncompetitive.\" The NDP Alberta provincial government recruited \"Leach to help steer the province\u2019s new climate change strategy\" in 2015. Leach calls for a \"level playing field that discourages more emissions, no matter where they come from\" but does not \"demonize\" the oil sands. In an interview with Gary Lamphier in March 2015, Leach said that Alberta's energy industry \"has to get its head out of"}, {"text": "the oilsands or pay the price for inaction...If we believe the economy we have only exists because we can pollute without paying for it, or without compensating for the damages that creates, that's a real problem.\" Leach believes that the imposition of environmental regulations is necessary. Leach said that while carbon pricing is \"probably the most cost effective way to achieve a particular outcome\", it has limitations. Leach says that carbon pricing is not necessarily and unconditionally going to \"achieve a better outcome\" than with regulation or cap and trade. Leach says that a \"credible emissions reduction plan\" that includes all the elements of Alberta's \"new fiscal regime, from taxes to royalties to carbon levies\" for the oil sands is necessary in order to \"secure new markets\" and major investments for \"big players' in Alberta's oil industry. 2019 federal election: comparing climate plans. From July through October 2019, the CBC series entitled \"Election 2019: A national reckoning on climate change\" consisted of five articles by Leach in which he compared the climate plans proposed by federal parties running in the 2019 Canadian federal election\u2014the Green Party, led by Elizabeth May, the Conservative Party, led by Andrew Scheer, the New Democratic"}, {"text": "Party, led by Jagmeet Singh, the Liberal Party led by the incumbent Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, with the final summary on October 10. Leach co-authored an October 4, 2019 \"Chatelaine\" article with the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) scientist Katherine Hayhoe, comparing the four federal parties. Calgary Energy Centre. Leach reviews articles posted on line by the \"pro-energy corporation\", the Calgary-based Canadian Energy Centre, which is funded by the government of Alberta. Personal life. Leach is married and has two children. He is active on his energy and climate blog entitled \"Rescuing the frog\" and on Twitter."}, {"text": "Nada Taleb Golmie is an American computer scientist and engineer. She is chief of the wireless networks division in the Communications Technology Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Career and education. Golmie joined the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in 1993 as a research engineer. She completed a Ph.D. in computer science at University of Maryland, College Park. Her 2002 thesis was titled \"Coexistence of Bluetooth and 802.11 networks\". Golmie's doctoral advisor was A. Udaya Shankar. Golmie is the chief of the wireless networks division in the NIST Communications Technology Laboratory. Her research in media access control and protocols for wireless networks led to over 200 technical papers presented at professional conferences, journals, and contributed to international standard organizations and industry led consortia. Golmie is a member of the NIST Public Safety Communication Research program and leads the efforts on the simulation modeling and evaluation of LTE in support of public safety communications. She leads several projects related to the modeling and evaluation of future generation wireless systems and protocols and serves as a co-chair for the 5G mmWave Channel Model Alliance. Recognition. Golmie was elected as an IEEE Fellow in 2022, \"for contributions to"}, {"text": "wireless technologies and standards\"."}, {"text": "The Expanders are an American roots reggae band from Los Angeles, California. Biography. Formation and Self-titled album. The Expanders formed in Los Angeles, California in the summer of 2003. The band's sound is influenced by vintage 1970s and early 1980s Jamaican reggae groups, with three-part vocal harmonies, conscious songwriting, and an indie-DIY spirit. The Expanders self-titled debut album was recorded from 2006 to 2010 and was released in 2011 on Man-Like Records. It captured the retro Jamaican sound they hoped to create by recording at Killion Sound studio in Los Angeles, California alongside sound engineer Jay Bonner, the original bass player for The Aggrolites. First covers album. In 2012, the Expanders released a covers album titled, \"Old Time Something Come Back Again, Vol. 1\", a free 13-track covers album of rare Jamaican songs. It was released on Jump Up! Records. \"Hustling Culture\". The Expanders returned to L.A.'s Killion Sound studio between 2012 and 2014 to record their third studio album (second original song album) \"Hustling Culture\". Recordings were done entirely on analogue tape. In 2015, the band signed with New York City's Easy Star Records, who released \"Hustling Culture\" on June 26, 2015. They explained, \"'Hustling Culture' is the band"}, {"text": "coming into its own with our songwriting and musicianship.\" The album debuted #1 on the Billboard's chart of Top Reggae Albums. Second covers album. On September 29, 2017, The Expanders released their second covers album and fourth studio album, \"Old Time Something Come Back Again, Vol. 2\" via Easy Star Records. The album was their second release to debut #1 on the Billboard chart of Top Reggae Albums. The second volume features The Expanders versions of songs by Burning Spear, The Gladiators, The Ethiopians, The Itals, Little Roy, Yabby You, among other reggae artists. Change in the lineup. In 2018, there was a change in the lineup when rhythm guitarist Devin Morrison left the band, which was an amicable departure to explore other musical endeavors. Along with the remaining members, the band added Evan Heins from Ital Vibes and Prime Livity on bass. They also switched Chiquis Lozoya from bass to lead vocals rhythm guitar. Collaborations and riddim albums. Also in 2018, The Expanders collaborated with renowned Grammy Award-winning producer Walshy Fire for two separate riddim albums of their tracks \"Top Shelf\" and \"Thanks For Life.\" The albums feature vocals from reggae artists like Cocoa Tea, Randy Valentine, Queen Omega,"}, {"text": "Fyakin, and others. The Expanders collaborated with Kyle McDonald of Slightly Stoopid on a track titled \"Sweet & Slow\" which was released on November 22, 2019. In the summer of 2020, The Expanders were asked to record two covers of classic Toots & Maytals songs in anticipation of a month-long tribute to Toots Hibbert on \"Rootfire\". However, directly after they finished the recordings, Toots Hibbert died at 77 years old after contacting COVID-19. The band released their two-track tribute EP \"Two For Toots\" on October 23, 2020. It featured covers \"True Love\" and \"Love Is Gonna To Let Me Down\". The proceeds from the album was donated to Toots' family. On November 6, 2020, The Expanders once again teamed up Walshy Fire for another riddim album of their title track \"Peace of Love\". The album featured artists such as Buzzrock, Blessed, Hanali, T\u00f3ke, Promise No Promises and more reggae artists. Lineup. Past band members. Devin Morrison \u2013 Guitar, lead Vocals (2011\u20132018)"}, {"text": "Hirtodrosophila mycetophaga is a fairly large drosophilid fly, with a mean length of 4.0\u20134.5 mm. It has thus far only been found in Australia. It mates on bracket fungi, preferentially those with a lighter-colored surface in order to enhance mating displays. In addition to these physical displays, flies emit specific sounds in order to attract and ultimately copulate with females. In a laboratory, the fly's life cycle spans 17 days. It is one of three Australian species reported to court and mate using a lekking system. However, there is some controversy on whether or not the fly is a true lekking species. Description. \"H. mycetophaga\" has a mean length from its head to the tip of its wing of 4.0 mm for males, and 4.5 mm for females. The fly's lifespan has yet to be recorded in the wild, but averaged 17 days in the laboratory. The fly is primarily located in Australian rainforests, from eastern Victoria to south-central Queensland. It was first discovered by the Ourimbah Creek in New South Wales, in 1924. Habitat. \"Hirtodrosophila mycetophaga\" typically prefers habitats that are naturally wet and humid, as the fly is very susceptible to desiccation. This is especially true for flies"}, {"text": "that are newly emerged; if the fly does not receive fresh food within a day of emergence, it will dehydrate rapidly. The fly's courtship and mating territory is the horizontal underside of the bracket fungus, \"Ganoderma applanatum.\" These fungi are often found growing out of the side of fallen trees and are plentiful in the wet forest. This means that the fly typically has many opportunities to disperse throughout the forest. On an individual bracket fungus flies are spread relatively evenly. Some of these brackets will ripen and become covered in a white layer, interrupted by pores. The underside of the fungus varies in color depending on the developmental stage of the fungus itself. However, \"H. mycetophaga\" will only be found on the fungus if the fungus is white- or grey- colored. This enhances the contrast between the fly and its surroundings and makes mating displays easier to see. Flies tend to choose brackets that are ripe and actively discharging spores. They also require some access to light and may be found in regions under which light is able to travel through the dense forest canopy. Researchers have suggested that adult flies prefer to live on fresh mushrooms, while larvae"}, {"text": "prefer to occupy decaying fungi. In addition, flies use the bracket fungus to camouflage themselves. When a lek is observed from the side, it is more difficult to detect and is therefore less visible to predators, particularly terrestrial predators like spiders and lizards. Home range and territoriality. Once a male \"H. mycetophaga\" comes to a lek, he typically remains in the same location throughout the day. Male patrolling displays include bobbing and holding wings apart. Males tend to occupy a particular region of a bracket fungus, but territories shift over time as males defend mobile zones, termed moving territories. Researchers found that nine out of ten flies reappeared from one day to the next, either to the same fungus or to a nearby one. In courtship, females are more passive in that they move less on the fungus throughout the process. Males meanwhile move frequently, typically sideways. However, females do extend their wings to other flies in order to respond to courtship exchanges. Females will either accept the male's advances by voluntarily assuming a copulatory position or reject the advances by raising her abdomen. Access to female mates in leks. When females visit the lek, they typically appear on the"}, {"text": "edges and stay for shorter periods of time than males do. Females are also outnumbered by males. Differential access to mates has been observed in males; certain males tend to dominate the edges where females first arrive, while others are relegated to inferior positions toward the center of the lek. The male closest to a newly arrived female approaches her and displays wing-scissoring behavior. In the event that other males attempt to copulate with the female, the original male will interrupt courtship to chase the other male away. These chases are usually brief and successful, with the original male being able to retain control of the female. In leks, females tend to associate with larger male aggregations. The general likelihood that a fungus will be occupied increases with its surface area; larger bracket fungi have more flies. However, researchers have confirmed via a multiple Poisson regression analysis that fungus area does not directly affect female distribution; male distribution is the independent variable manipulated. Females do not occupy larger bracket fungi in response to the area itself, but the fact that more males are present on them. Male defense of resources. In addition, researchers believe that the presence of optimal breeding"}, {"text": "sites or specific resources for females does not dictate where aggregations were formed. Aggregations were observed in areas without resources, and fungi with ample resources were not used more often than those without resources. Males were even more evenly distributed than would be expected through a random distribution. This provides evidence that males intentionally stay away from each other, and this dispersion pattern (as well as the female dispersion) provides evidence for the lek mating system. It is unknown if other environmental factors may influence which specific sites \"H. mycetophaga\" utilizes. Food resources. Many, but not all, \"H. mycetophaga\" feed on fungi. Woody tissue and other woody material has been found in the digestive tracts of these flies, particularly from fungal mycelia\".\" Larvae have been reared in a medium of bran-agar infected with molds, and these larvae fed well in this experiment. Most of the fungal material consumed by these flies develops on wood. Mating. Immediately before copulation begins, the male fly moves underneath the female's abdomen in order to initiate copulation thrusts. The male then mounts the female, forcing her wings apart. Copulation lasts between 17\u201322 minutes and terminates when the female removes the male from her body. \"H."}, {"text": "mycetophaga\" eggs are easily noticeable and are held up by four long filaments that emerge from the substrate. Courtships were rarely observed in younger virgin flies (1\u20133 days old); 6\u20139 days of age seemed to be the primary age at which females became sexually receptive to male advances. Courtship behaviors. Overlapping behaviors between sexes. Courtship behaviors observed in both female and male \"H. mycetophaga\" are similar to those found in other flies of the same genus. Prominent wing displays are the primary similarity between the two. Both sexes move their abdomen up and down during courtship rituals, and have been observed to touch tarsi with each other. They will also sometimes attempt to use their middle and fore legs to trample the fly that they are oriented towards. Additionally, both males and females extend one wing 90 degrees in displays. The presence of female wing display in this species is noteworthy; previously, this had only been noted in the \"lesbian\" mutant phenotype of \"D. melanogaster\". Males and females both also showed waxing behavior, which entails the rapid raising and lowering of wings alternately. Differing behaviors between sexes. Males may demonstrate additional courtship behavior in the form of wing vibration and"}, {"text": "scissoring. Vibration is when the male holds his wings apart 45 degrees from one another. This behavior was found during the male's approach of the female, as well as during the chasing stage. Scissoring is when the male holds his wings 90 degrees apart to form a seamless line across the body. This typically lasts longer than vibration. Scissoring was more often present during circling of the female as opposed to approaching. Several long bouts of scissoring are displayed to initiate copulation. Mating sounds. Sounds accompanied the vibration and scissoring, but not wing extension. Vibration in \"H. mycetophaga\" appears as a pulse song with an inter-pulse ratio (the amount of time elapsed between pulses) of 46 ms. Scissoring appears as a sine song. A male tunes his aristae\u2014the large bristle attached to the front part of the antennae\u2014more closely with the intra-pulse frequencies of the pulse song, as opposed to the sine song. The typical frequency of this call is 180 Hz, but this slows to 82 Hz as the male's wings close in preparation for copulation. The sine song has been shown to increase a female's sexual activity as well as receptivity, and decreases the likelihood that she will"}, {"text": "attempt to resist the mating. Moreover, the sine song was used with females that moved around less frequently, while the pulse song was employed while following or approaching females that were more active. Differences in mating sounds among species. There are other fly species that have evolved to display similar songs during different combinations of these behaviors. There are also certain similarities. \"D. nitidithorax\" has a vibration pulse song. In \"D. enigma\" and \"D. lativittata\", the wing extend is also silent. Meanwhile, in \"D. novamaculosa,\" there is a bobbing pulse song and all wing movements are silent. There are differences across species in the number of pulses present within one given round of a song, and the length of the inter-pulse interval also varies. A key distinction between \"H. mycetophaga\" and some other fly species is that singing in \"H. mycetophaga\" occurs with both wings. Use of only one wing, or even abdominal vibrations, is more commonly found. Lek behavior. Mating success for males increases with the size of the lek along with the probability of female encounter. This relationship is linear; as size of lek increases, mating success increases proportionally. However, mating success plateaus after more than 20 males"}, {"text": "gather in one lek. The causal relationship between increased female encounter rate and increased mating success has not yet been established. The ideal free distribution has been tested with leks, and rejected as each male does \"not\" have an equal opportunity to mate. Females prefer males in aggregations, as opposed to solitary males, and also do not choose equally within an aggregation. Females are more likely to mate if the lek contains over five individuals; therefore, the optimal size for a lek is in between five and 20 males. Leks may have evolved away from the source of food because sexual displays would not be easily visible in the poorly-lit forest. The fact that flies tend to aggregate only on fungi with lighter backgrounds, increasing the visibility of displays, is further evidence for this theory; visibility also accounts for the wing display behavior observed. Visual stimulation seems to dominate leks, though olfactory stimulation through pheromones may be involved as well. \"H. mycetophaga\" is one of few species of \"Hirtodrosophila\" that exhibits lek mating. There is a Hawaiian lekking species that is closely related, belonging to the subgenus \"Drosophila\". The presence of lekking in these related species may have resulted from"}, {"text": "convergent evolution. In the Hawaiian \"Drosophila\" however, leks occur on the smooth surface of a fern leaf instead of the underside of a bracket fungus. Female-initiated vs. male-initiated models. Female-initiated models of lekking suggest that male aggregations are primarily shaped by female mate choice. On the other hand, male-initiated models suggest that female choice does not actively influence male dispersion or settlement patterns. If the female-dominant model is supported, number of females (along with average male mating success) should increase with the size of the male aggregation. Meanwhile, if the male-initiated model is supported, then the distribution of males should be proportional to the number of females present. However, male-initiated leks fall in line with the ideal free distribution model and the theory has therefore been rejected. Consequently, leks are more likely female-initiated. Hotspot model. The hotspot model is one of many that have been proposed to explain lek mating. This male-initiated model suggests that male aggregations are concentrated based on areas of high female presence. However, this model may not fully account for the behavior seen in \"H. mycetophaga\". Previous observations have shown that the presence of exudates (fluid emerging from the inside of an organism through some sort"}, {"text": "of opening), which would attract females, does not influence where displays occur. Therefore, this model cannot fully account for lek mating in the species. It is possible that the distribution of certain resources may influence initial clumping. Costs of displaying in groups. Though large aggregations of males are generally more successful, there may be costs of joining that would prevent males from joining. As group size increases, there may be increasingly antagonistic interactions between males. Those males that are not dominant within the group may suffer more from these conflicts, outweighing the benefits of joining the lek. These males may be forced off of display sites. Even though these males are not necessarily significantly smaller than the others, there may be other factors that make them subordinate compared to other males and unable to defend their territory such as age or previous conflict history. The interference model may more accurately explain behavior in this species, as evidence of aggressive encounters within the lek has been found. Poor males are forced onto smaller leks. The most competitive males are found at the best sites on the lek. These males are attractive to females because they provide genetic benefits which will be"}, {"text": "passed on to the offspring. Controversy in mating hypotheses. Leks have previously been used to explain how species avoid predation risks associated with displaying at these aggregation sites. However, the idea that lek mating is present in \"H. mycetophaga\" has been contested. One study suggests instead that the flies simply use the bracket fungi as a breeding and food source. The authors of this paper confirm that collections of flies are present in male aggregations on the white areas of bracket fungi. However, females tend to aggregate around exudates (resulting from the tineid moth larvae's damage). In fact, females were rarely found on fungi without exudate. Immature \"H. mycetophaga\" in particular have been identified in these exudates, as the exudate is used by females as a breeding and feeding source. Males may then display on and defend these resources because of their proximity to those used by females. Therefore, male competition plays a larger part in male distribution than female choice does. According to this hypothesis, larger fungi would be preferred as they provide larger display areas and more exudate for feeding and breeding. The authors suggest that this challenges the idea of a lek by definition. Males are aggregating"}, {"text": "around resources, which goes against the definition of lekking, in which males gather in an area with little to no resources to breed and no feeding or egg-laying goes on there. The authors contest that leks should not be used for feeding or breeding, and provide females with no resources apart from the male. Males should not compete for resources that females seek, and arriving females should choose among males based on courtship alone. Social behavior. \"H. mycetophaga\" are considered non-social insects, excepting the grouping inherent in their lekking behavior. Despite this, groups of two or more adults have been observed to form at different sites. However, other adults of the same species have been observed to avoid joining such groups. Flies intentionally space themselves as well as their progeny out from other flies. Only about 6% of males were seen outside leks, demonstrating a clear benefit to grouping; grouped males have a greater per capita probability of encountering receptive females than do isolated males. As many as 70 males of \"H. mycetophaga\" have been observed on a single bracket fungus at one time. Conservation. Though not necessarily specific to \"H. mycetophaga\", the species has been included in general reports"}, {"text": "that \"Drosophila\" can be used as a biological indicator of the health of an ecosystem or environment, particularly in recent times of climate change. Studies indicate that extinctions and re-appearances of rare rain forest species, like \"H. mycetophaga\", follow increases under periods of environmental stress. Overall, this can be used to assess the impact on biodiversity. \"Drosophila\" in rain forests are especially significant as they tend to have close interactions with the flora of rain forests. \"H. mycetophaga\" collections in Palmerston National Park, north Queensland, were assessed in particular. These collections were found 500 meters inside the forest."}, {"text": "Poecilioidea is a superfamily of killifish, one of the four superfamilies which make up the suborder Cyprinodontoidei, which is in turn one of the two constituent suborders of the order Cyprinodontiformes. They are found in mainly in the Neotropics north into southern North America with a few species in Africa. Families. There are two families with in the superfamily Poecilioidea:"}, {"text": "Azeugmatothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae, first described by Laurence Mound and Palmer in 1983. The holotype for \"A. obrieni\" was collected in Panama, that for \"A. rectus\" in Trinidad. Species. Listed at GBIF and IRMNG:"}, {"text": "Bacillothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "Alfred Musgrave Merriweather CBE, (19 August 1918 \u2013 8 October 1999) was a Scottish missionary in Botswana, who was a member of the National Assembly of Botswana and its first Speaker. He helped improve public health in Botswana. Biography. Merriweather was born in Yorkshire, and lived later in Glasgow. He moved to Molepolole in Bechuanaland Protectorate in 1944 to work in the Scottish Livingstone Hospital. His medical reputation allowed him to become medical adviser to Sir Seretse Khama, first President of Botswana. Merriweather was elected as the speaker of the Legislative Assembly, and as the first speaker of the National Assembly when Botswana became independent. He gained a PhD in Medicine from the University of Edinburgh in 1956. He died in Molepolole in 1999."}, {"text": "Spiral similarity is a plane transformation in mathematics composed of a rotation and a dilation. It is used widely in Euclidean geometry to facilitate the proofs of many theorems and other results in geometry, especially in mathematical competitions and olympiads. Though the origin of this idea is not known, it was documented in 1967 by Coxeter in his book \"Geometry Revisited\". and 1969 - using the term \"dilative rotation\" - in his book \"Introduction to Geometry\". The following theorem is important for the Euclidean plane: Any two directly similar figures are related either by a translation or by a spiral similarity. Definition. A spiral similarity formula_1 is composed of a rotation of the plane followed a dilation about a center formula_2 with coordinates formula_3 in the plane. Expressing the rotation by a linear transformation formula_4 and the dilation as multiplying by a scale factor formula_5, a point formula_6 gets mapped to formula_7 On the complex plane, any spiral similarity can be expressed in the form formula_8, where formula_9 is a complex number. The magnitude formula_10 is the dilation factor of the spiral similarity, and the argument formula_11 is the angle of rotation. Properties. Two circles. Let T be a spiral"}, {"text": "similarity mapping circle k to k' with k formula_12 k' = {C, D} and fixed point C (i.e. C is the center of T). Then for each point P formula_13 k the points P, T(P)= P' and D are collinear. \"Remark:\" This property is the basis for the construction of the center of a spiral similarity for two line segments. Proof: formula_14, as rotation and dilation preserve angles. formula_15, as if the radius formula_16 intersects the chord formula_17 , then formula_18 doesn't meet formula_19 , and if formula_16 doesn't intersect formula_17, then formula_18 intersects formula_19, so one of these angles is formula_24 and the other is formula_25. So P, P' and D are collinear. Center of a spiral similarity for two line segments. Through a dilation of a line, rotation, and translation, any line segment can be mapped into any other through the series of plane transformations. We can find the center of the spiral similarity through the following construction: Proof: Note that formula_35 and formula_36 are cyclic quadrilaterals. Thus, formula_37. Similarly, formula_38. Therefore, by AA similarity, triangles formula_39 and formula_40 are similar. Thus, formula_41 so a rotation angle mapping formula_42 to formula_43 also maps formula_44 to formula_45. The dilation"}, {"text": "factor is then just the ratio of side lengths formula_46 to formula_33. Solution with complex numbers. If we express formula_48 and formula_45 as points on the complex plane with corresponding complex numbers formula_50 and formula_5, we can solve for the expression of the spiral similarity which takes formula_42 to formula_44 and formula_43 to formula_45. Note that formula_56 and formula_57, so formula_58. Since formula_59 and formula_60, we plug in to obtain formula_61, from which we obtain formula_62. Pairs of spiral similarities. For any points formula_48 and formula_45, the center of the spiral similarity taking formula_33 to formula_46 is also the center of a spiral similarity taking formula_26 to formula_27. This can be seen through the above construction. If we let formula_32 be the center of spiral similarity taking formula_33 to formula_46, then formula_72. Therefore, formula_73. Also, formula_74 implies that formula_75. So, by SAS similarity, we see that formula_76. Thus formula_32 is also the center of the spiral similarity which takes formula_26 to formula_27. Corollaries. Proof of Miquel's quadrilateral theorem. Spiral similarity can be used to prove Miquel's quadrilateral theorem: given four noncollinear points formula_80 and formula_45, the circumcircles of the four triangles formula_82 and formula_83 intersect at one point, where formula_28"}, {"text": "is the intersection of formula_85 and formula_86 and formula_87 is the intersection of formula_88 and formula_89 (see diagram). Let formula_90 be the center of the spiral similarity which takes formula_88 to formula_92. By the above construction, the circumcircles of formula_29 and formula_94 intersect at formula_90 and formula_28. Since formula_90 is also the center of the spiral similarity taking formula_98 to formula_86, by similar reasoning the circumcircles of formula_100 and formula_83 meet at formula_87 and formula_90. Thus, all four circles intersect at formula_90. Example problem. Here is an example problem on the 2018 Japan MO Finals which can be solved using spiral similarity:Given a scalene triangle formula_105, let formula_45 and formula_107 be points on segments formula_88 and formula_109, respectively, so that formula_110. Let formula_111 be the circumcircle of triangle formula_112 and formula_28 the reflection of formula_42 across formula_86. Lines formula_116 and formula_117 meet formula_111 again at formula_32 and formula_120, respectively. Prove that formula_121 and formula_122 intersect on formula_111. Proof: We first prove the following claims: \"Claim 1\": Quadrilateral formula_124 is cyclic. \"Proof:\" Since formula_125 is isosceles, we note that formula_126 thus proving that quadrilateral formula_124 is cyclic, as desired. By symmetry, we can prove that quadrilateral formula_128 is cyclic. \"Claim 2\":"}, {"text": "formula_129 \"Proof:\" We have that formula_130 By similar reasoning, formula_131 so by AA similarity, formula_132 as desired. We now note that formula_42 is the spiral center that maps formula_134 to formula_86. Let formula_136 be the intersection of formula_121 and formula_122. By the spiral similarity construction above, the spiral center must be the intersection of the circumcircles of formula_139 and formula_140. However, this point is formula_42, so thus points formula_142 must be concyclic. Hence, formula_136 must lie on formula_111, as desired."}, {"text": "Bactrothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae, first described by Heinrich Hugo Karny in 1912. In 2011, Mound and Tree synonymised the genus, \"Lasiothrips,\" with \"Bactrothrips\""}, {"text": "Baenothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "Bagnalliella is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "The Pesisir language (Pesisir: \"Bahaso Pasisi,\" Indonesian: , ), is a dialect of the Minangkabau language spoken by the Pesisir people in North Sumatra, Indonesia. The Pesisir people are descendants of the Minangkabau who migrated to Tapanuli from present-day West Sumatra in the 14th century and intermingled with other ethnic groups, including the Bataks and Acehnese. The Pesisir people reside in Central Tapanuli, Sibolga, the coastal areas of South Tapanuli, and Mandailing Natal, along the western coastline of North Sumatra. The history of this language began with the arrival of Minangkabau migrants from Pariaman in West Sumatra, who came to trade along the northern west coast of Sumatra. These migrants then made contact with other ethnic groups, resulting in a linguistic acculturation with both languages. As a result, the Pesisir language shares similarities with the Pariaman dialect of Minangkabau and has also been influenced by the Batak languages. The Pesisir language of Sibolga serves as a lingua franca for the people of Sibolga and Central Tapanuli. The Pesisir language is used as a means of communication. In daily interactions, the Pesisir language plays an important role. This role can be seen in many aspects of their lives, such as activities"}, {"text": "in the market, greetings, working on the beach and at sea, visiting, joking, and playing. The use of the language in these aspects is not limited to certain groups but encompasses all members of society, from children to the elderly. Classification. The Pesisir language is a Malayic language. Speakers of Malayic languages are spread from Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Southern Thailand, to the southernmost part of the Philippines. Malay is a member of the Austronesian family of languages, which includes languages from Taiwan, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific Ocean, with a smaller number in continental Asia. Malagasy, a geographic outlier spoken in Madagascar in the Indian Ocean, is also a member of this language family. Although these languages are not necessarily mutually intelligible to any extent, their similarities are often quite apparent. In more conservative languages like Malay, many roots have come with relatively little change from their common ancestor, Proto-Austronesian. There are many cognates found in the languages' words for kinship, health, body parts and common animals. Numbers, especially, show remarkable similarities. The Pesisir language closely resembles the Minangkabau language, particularly the Pariaman dialect. Lexically, it shares about 70% to 80% of its vocabulary with standard Minangkabau, while only"}, {"text": "about 20% with Batak Toba. Research suggests that Pesisir and Minangkabau were once the same language but began to diverge around the 14th century. Over time, the Pesisir language has developed its own distinct features, influenced by interactions with other local languages such as Batak and Acehnese. While most of the vocabularies in the Pesisir language are derived from standard Minangkabau, the intonation, rhythm, and stress of the language are more closely aligned with the Batak languages. Nevertheless, due to these linguistic similarities, most studies still classify the Pesisir language as a dialect of Minangkabau, though some also consider it a dialect of Batak or Malay. Geographical distribution and usage. The Pesisir language is predominantly spoken along the western coast of North Sumatra, particularly in Central Tapanuli, Sibolga, and the coastal areas of South Tapanuli and Mandailing Natal. Its geographical range overlaps with that of the Toba Batak and Mandailing languages, which are also widely spoken in these regions. In Sibolga, the Pesisir language is more commonly used by the residents of South Sibolga and Sibolga Sambas. In these areas, the majority of the population consists of fishermen who use the Pesisir language in their daily lives. Meanwhile, in North"}, {"text": "Sibolga, Batak is more predominantly spoken. In Sibolga Kota District, both languages are generally used, although Indonesian is more commonly spoken. However, in general, the people of Sibolga are usually able to speak both the Pesisir language and Batak, in addition to Indonesian. Meanwhile, in Barus, Central Tapanuli, it is common for locals to code-switch between the Pesisir language, Toba Batak, and Indonesian in the marketplace, adjusting to the language spoken by their customers. In Sibolga and the surrounding regions, the Pesisir language holds a vital role in everyday social interactions, evident across numerous aspects of community life. This widespread use reflects the language's importance in maintaining social cohesion and cultural identity within the Pesisir community. Most Pesisir people are bilingual, fluent in both the Pesisir language and Indonesian. In some areas, young students\u2014typically up to grade three\u2014are also taught in the local language. However, Indonesian remains the primary medium of instruction in education and is widely used for official matters. In Sibolga, no schools currently use the Pesisir language as a medium of instruction, whether in spoken or written form. The lack of educational materials, such as books and other learning resources in the Pesisir language, is a significant"}, {"text": "barrier. This situation is closely linked to the limited number of teachers and students proficient in the Pesisir language. There are no official statistics on the number of dialects in the Pesisir language. However, studies suggest the existence of four distinct dialects: Barus, Sibolga, Singkuang and Sorkam. The differences between these dialects primarily lie in their phonology, while their grammar and lexicon remain largely identical. For example, the word \"head\" is pronounced as \"kapalo\" in the Barus and Sibolga dialects, whereas in the Singkuang dialect, it is pronounced as \"kepalo\". The Sibolga dialect is widely regarded as the prestige variety of the Pesisir language due to its extensive documentation, frequent use in formal settings, and active promotion in both academic and cultural contexts. Phonology. Like many other regional languages in Indonesia, the Pesisir language lacks a standardized phonological system. However, some of the phonological system designed for the Pesisir language is loosely inspired by standard Minangkabau phonology used in West Sumatra, which itself is influenced by standard Indonesian orthography. Vowels. Like standard Minangkabau, the Pesisir language features only five vowels: /a, e, i, o, u/. The key distinction is that the vowel /a/ is an open-central vowel in standard Minangkabau,"}, {"text": "whereas it is an open-front vowel in the Pesisir language. Consonants. The Pesisir language has 19 different consonants, similar to standard Minangkabau. Notes: In writing, the following phonemes are represented as thus: Diphthongs. The Pesisir language features twelve diphthongs, typically found at the end of words: /ai\u032f/, /au\u032f/, /ae\u032f/, /iu\u032f/, /ia\u032f/, /uo\u032f/, /ua\u032f/, /ei\u032f/, /io\u032f/, /eo\u032f/, /ie\u032f/ and /ui\u032f/. Examples of these diphthongs in use are shown below: Grammar. Like many other languages in Indonesia, the Pesisir language exhibits agglutinative characteristics, forming words through linear sequences of morphemes. Its sentence structure generally follows a subject-verb-object (SVO) order, a pattern commonly observed in many Indonesian languages. While there are some notable exceptions, the grammar structure of the Pesisir language shares many similarities with Indonesian and Malay. Affixes. There are three types of affixes in the Pesisir language, namely prefixes, suffixes, and circumfixes. Prefixes are added to the beginning of a word, suffixes to the end, and confixes combine elements at both the beginning and end. Prefixes. Example of prefixes commonly found in the Pesisir language are \"ma-, pa-, ta-, di-, ba-,\" and \"sa-.\" The prefix \"ma-\" has five forms: \"ma-\", \"man-\", \"mang-\", \"mam-\", and \"many-\". The function of the prefix \"ma-\""}, {"text": "is to activate verbs in declarative sentences or to transform nouns into verbs. The meaning of the prefix \"ma-\" is \"to perform an action\" or \"to perform an action using a tool.\" For example: The prefix \"ba-\" has two forms: \"ba-\" and \"bar-\". The function of the prefix \"ba-\" is to transform nouns into verbs, make verbs intransitive, or modify numeral types. The meaning of the prefix \"ba-\" includes \"to have,\" \"to perform an action,\" \"to use a title or form of address,\" or \"to indicate unity (togetherness).\" For example: The prefix \"pa-\" has the forms \"pa-\", \"pan-\", \"pam-\", \"pang-\", and \"pany-\". The function of the prefix \"pa-\" is to transform verbs into nouns or to modify the type of noun. The meaning of the prefix \"pa-\" is to indicate \"having a characteristic,\" to refer to \"a person who (likes to) perform an action,\" to describe \"a person who performs an action using something,\" or to refer to \"a person whose job is related to or involves taking something.\" For example: The prefix \"ta-\" has two forms: \"ta-\" and \"tar-\". The function of the prefix \"ta-\" is to make verbs passive, modify the meaning of intransitive verbs, or indicate adjectives."}, {"text": "The meaning of the prefix \"ta-\" conveys \"can\" or \"inadvertently,\" performing an action unconsciously or involuntarily, or \"the most.\" For example: The prefix \"di-\" has only one form: \"di-\". The function of the prefix \"di-\" is to make verbs passive. Its meaning is \"to be subjected to an action.\" For example: Infixes. In the Pesisir language, there are three suffixes: \"-i\", \"-an\", and \"-kan\".\"\" The suffix \"-i\" has only one form: \"-i\". The function of the suffix \"-i\" is to transform nouns into verbs or to form repetitive verbs. Its meaning is \"to give or apply\" or to indicate repetition. For example: The suffix \"-an\" has the forms \"-an\", \"-kan\", and \"-ran\". The function of the suffix \"-an\" is to transform verbs into nouns. Its meaning indicates \"the one who is subjected to the action.\" For example: The suffix \"-kan\" has only one form: \"-kan\". The function of the suffix \"-kan\" is to form benefactive transitive verbs. Its meaning expresses \"an order or a request. For example: Circumfixes. There are four confixes in the Pesisir language, namely: \"ka-...-an\", \"di-...-an\", \"pa-...-an\", and \"basi-...-an\".\"\" The confix \"ka-...-an\" has the forms \"ka-...-kan\", \"ka-...-an\", and \"ka-...-ran\". Its functions include transforming verbs into passive verbs,"}, {"text": "turning nouns into passive verbs, changing the type of adjective, or forming abstract nouns. The meaning of \"ka-...-an\" indicates \"subjected to an action,\" \"too (very),\" or \"state/condition.\" For example: The confix \"pa-...-an\" has the forms \"pa-...-an\", \"pan-...-an\", \"pang-...-an\", \"pany-...-an\", and \"pam-...-an\". Its function is to change the meaning of nouns and transform verbs into nouns. The meaning of \"pa-...-an\" indicates \"a place where something is obtained, done, or used.\" For example: The confix \"basi-...-an\" has the forms \"basi-...-an\" and \"basi-...-kan\". Its function is to form reciprocal verbs. The meaning of \"basi-...-an\" is \"mutual\" or \"each other.\" For example: Reduplication. Reduplication in the Pesisir language consists of two parts: base word reduplication and affixed word reduplication.\"\" Base word reduplication does not involve any change in the word form. The purpose of base word reduplication is to modify the meaning of the word. It signifies pluralization when the base word is a noun and conveys \"carrying out an action in a relaxed manner\" when the base word is a verb. For example: Affixed word reduplication serves various functions and carries different meanings depending on the affixes applied. For instance, reduplication with the prefix \"ma-\" functions to form verbs from nouns or modify"}, {"text": "the meaning of verbs. This type of reduplication conveys meanings such as \"performing an action in a way that pleases the doer\" or \"carrying out an action playfully.\" Similarly, reduplication with the prefix \"ba-\" functions to make verbs intransitive, create repetitive verbs, or alter the meaning of adjectives. The meanings associated with this reduplication include \"using as a form of address or utilizing,\" \"performing actions repeatedly,\" or \"very.\" Examples include: Compounds. Compound words in the Pesisir language can be analyzed from two perspectives: their constituent elements and the meaning they convey.\"\" The constituent elements of compound words in the Pesisir language are divided into three types: adjective + noun, verb + noun, and verb + verb. The meaning of compound words is often figurative, although in some cases, the meaning can still be derived from the individual elements that compose them. Example of compounds are: Nouns. Nouns in the Pesisir language have several characteristics, such as being formed using affixes \"-an\", \"ka-...-an\", and \"pa-...-an\", being pluralized through reduplication, being followed by demonstrative pronouns, being replaced by interrogative pronouns, or being preceded by numerals.' Nouns can be classified into two categories: countable and uncountable. Countable nouns often require specific classifiers or"}, {"text": "measuring words depending on the context. For example, \"urang\" 'person' is used for people, \"ikku\" 'tail' for animals, and \"bijo\" 'fruit' for objects like fruits, among others.' Examples are: Examples of uncountable nouns are: Verbs. Verbs in the Pesisir language have several characteristics, such as being able to be prefixed with \"ma-\" or \"ba-\" or suffixed with \"-kan\" and \"-i\", and they can be made passive with the prefixes \"di-\" and \"ta-.\" Verbs can be divided into three categories: verbs that cannot be followed by nouns, verbs that can be followed by a single noun, and verbs that can be followed by a noun followed by a particle and another noun. Example of verbs that cannot be followed by nouns are: Examples of verbs that can be followed by a single noun are: Examples of verbs that can be followed by a noun followed by a particle and another noun are: Adjectives. Adjectives in the Pesisir language have several characteristics, such as being followed by a noun, preceded by the affixes \"ta-\", \"sa-\", and \"-an\", or being followed by the particle \"bana\" 'very'.\"\" Adjectives in the Pesisir language can be divided into three categories: simple adjectives, which do not indicate"}, {"text": "comparison or excessiveness; comparative adjectives, which show comparison; and excessive (or superlative) adjectives, which indicate an exaggerated or excessive state. Comparative adjectives can be further divided into three subcategories: equal comparative adjectives, which express equality; more-than comparative adjectives, which indicate a higher degree; and most comparative adjectives, which express the highest degree. Examples of simple adjectives are: Examples of comparative adjectives are: Examples of excessive adjectives are: Numerals. Numerals are typically followed directly by nouns in the Pesisir language. Numerals are divided into three types: cardinal numbers, indefinite numbers, and collective numbers.\"\" Examples of cardinal numbers are: Examples of indefinite numbers are: Examples of collective numbers are: Vocabulary. Most of the vocabularies in the Pesisir language are derived from Minangkabau, specifically the Pariaman dialect spoken in Pariaman and Padang Pariaman Regency in West Sumatra. However, the Pesisir language has absorbed loanwords from Batak and Malay, as well as from standard Indonesian, like many other regional languages in Indonesia. The table below provides examples of common Pesisir vocabulary used on a daily basis along with their Standard Minangkabau, Indonesian, and English translations."}, {"text": "Nafud al-Urayq Natural Reserve is a protected area in Saudi Arabia managed by the Saudi Wildlife Authority. Overview. The natural reserve is located in Najd in central Saudi Arabia and occupying approximately 2036.1 km2. It was listed as a protected area in 1995. Flora and wildlife. The reserve is characterized by floras of and Haloxylon salicornicum and Calligonum. It is also a habitat to the Houbara bustard, hyaena, and wolf."}, {"text": "is a football/soccer video game developed by Visco and edited by SNK in 1995 for the Neo-Geo console. Gameplay. The game represents a simplified football/soccer World cup, which consists of eliminating 7 teams to win the final victory. The first 3 are announced simulating a group stage prior to the direct elimination stage. The other 4, as part of that stage. In that second stage, all the classified selections are shown and which are advancing and which are staying along the way. Each match lasts 2 minutes, stopping the time each time the ball is not in play, contrary to the official rules of this sport. When the clock reaches zero, there will be 12 extra seconds not shown on the screen, as injury time. As in many football/soccer games that are not simulators, in case of draw is needed to continue with an additional credit, and then decide whether to repeat the game or opt for a penalty shootout. Teams. The game presents 28 national teams, which have 3 characteristics that differentiate them from each other, which are shown when choosing each one: Shooting, Defense and Speed. The countries represented are, in order of position on the selection screen:"}, {"text": "Formations. There are 6 types of formations to choose from, and the chosen one cannot be changed throughout the game. They appear as follows on the screen: Development and release. \"Goal! Goal! Goal!\" was developed by Visco and edited by SNK. It was released in 1995 for the Neo-Geo console. Visco Corporation was based in Kyoto, Japan and has partnered with the NES, Super Nintendo, and Nintendo 64. Reception. \"AllGame\"s Kyle Knight gave an overall positive review of \"Goal! Goal! Goal!\"."}, {"text": "Bamboosiella is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "Rous Lench is a village and civil parish in Wychavon, Worcestershire, England. Rous Lench Court, a 16th-century timber-framed building formerly the seat of the Rouse baronets, is a Grade II* listed building. St Peter's Church, Rous Lench is Grade I listed. Dating from the 12th century, the Norman church was enlarged and partly rebuilt by Frederick Preedy between 1884 and 1896. Rous Lench Village Hall, built in 1885 and deeded to the village in 1947, hosts public events and is available for hire."}, {"text": "Bebelothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "is a Japanese voice actress associated with Y\u016brin Pro. She is best known for voicing Ako Saotome in \"Aikatsu Stars!\", Yume Hinata in \"Mewkledreamy\" and Ai Miyashita in \"Love Live! School Idol Festival All Stars\" for the \"Nijigasaki High School Idol Club\". Biography. Natsumi Murakami was born in Tokyo on 7 September 1995. Her motivation to become a voice actor came from a reading drama where a junior high school English class spoke to an \"Alice in Wonderland\" book; her classmates gave her the impression that Alice's voice was cute, and she became interested in the voice acting profession. The perspective of the anime that she liked originally changed, and she was impressed by Mamoru Miyano's performance in \"Death Note\". As a junior high school student, she could not work part-time and did not have the money to attend lessons, so she concentrated on schoolwork. After completing exams, Murakami started looking for a school she could study voice acting. Murakami attended hands-on classes at several vocational schools and training schools, and seeing good tension in it, decided to enroll in Keiko Yokozawa's school, where she started learning the basics of voice acting. Her debut anime was in \"Aikatsu Stars!\", where"}, {"text": "she voiced Ako Saotome. She mentions Ako Saotome as a turning point in her voice acting career, and says that she is important in her life. In addition to Saotome, she also cites Wobblinger-Milli, a character she voiced in the video game \"\", as leaving a lasting impression on her. She voiced Ai Miyashita in \"Love Live! School Idol Festival All Stars\" for the \"Nijigasaki High School Idol Club\". She reprised the role for the project's anime adaptation, which premiered in 2020. Personal life. She has level 2 Kanji Kentei certification. Her motto is . She described her goal as to play an orthodox heroine in a romantic comedy. She cites Ikue \u014ctani and Rie Kugimiya as her admirations. Her favorite foods are meat and white rice and Japanese curry. Her favorite anime is \"Cardcaptor Sakura\", which she has been repeatedly watching since kindergarten, and her favorite musician is aiko. She has a pet dog named . After she started fishing, which is one of her hobbies, she began to like it because she caught a lot of fish. On June 30, 2022, Murakami tested positive for COVID-19."}, {"text": "Giovanni Battista Mongelli (born 8 June 1957 in Foggia), better known as Gianni Mongelli, is an Italian politician. He is a member of the Democratic Party and served as Mayor of Foggia from June 2009 to June 2014."}, {"text": "Blepharidothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "Bolothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "Boothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "Brachythrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "Bradythrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "Sir Alexander Napier, Lord Laurieston (c. 1578 \u2013 1629) was a 17th-century Scottish landowner, judge and Senator of the College of Justice. He was half-brother of the mathematician John Napier. Life. He was born in Merchiston Castle the third son of the second marriage of Archibald Napier, 7th laird of Merchiston, and his wife, Elizabeth Mowbray, a daughter of John Mowbray of Barnbougle. He trained as a lawyer in nearby Edinburgh. In 1617 he inherited substantial lands in a barony in Corstorphine from either a half-brother or uncle. In 1622 he inherited the lands and barony of Lauriston Castle close to Cramond (north-west of Edinburgh). However, he sold Lauriston to a John Cant in November of the same year. In February 1626 he was elected a Senator of the College of Justice and took the title previously used by his father Lord Laurieston. He was also made Lord Justice Clerk. He served on the Privy Council to King James VI. He is often confused with his nephew Archibald Napier, 1st Lord Napier, son of John Napier, who was born at roughly the same time. He died in 1629. Family. He married Mary (Elizabeth?) Crawfurd around 1600. They had three children,"}, {"text": "Alexander, Elizabeth and Margaret. Following the death of Lord Lauriston his wife married Robert McAlexander of Crossclays (Crosskeys). His sister Margaret married James Ogilvy, Lord Ogilvy and his sister Agnes married Sir Patrick Gray of Innergowrie. Property. Merchiston Castle still survives and forms the centrepiece to Napier University, named in honour of his family. Lauriston Castle and its grounds are in control of the City of Edinburgh Council as a public park and museum."}, {"text": "Brakothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae, first described by Crespi, Morris and Mound in 2004. The type species is \"Brakothrips gillesi\". Insects in this genus are found only in Australia, living under the splitting bark of young branches of \"Acacias\" (but one species utilises a similar habitat in \"Eucalyptus cinerea).\""}, {"text": "Syed Imran Ali Warsi (born 5 June 1985) is a Pakistani field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics."}, {"text": "Bunothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "Byctothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "Muhammad Asif Rana (born 20 April 1985) is a Pakistani former field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics."}, {"text": "Peter C. Fatse (born August 3, 1987) is an American professional baseball coach and former player, currently a hitting coach for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). Biography. Fatse is from Hampden, Massachusetts. He graduated from Minnechaug Regional High School in Wilbraham, Massachusetts, and then enrolled at the University of Connecticut, where he played college baseball for the Connecticut Huskies. The Milwaukee Brewers selected Fatse in the 24th round of the 2009 MLB draft. He played for the Brewers' organization in Minor League Baseball for two years, as an outfielder, second baseman, and third baseman. He reached the Class A-Advanced level with the Brevard County Manatees in 2010. He then played in independent baseball leagues for another two years, first with the Pittsfield Colonials of the Can-Am League in 2011, then with the Florence Freedom of the Frontier League in 2012. In his four years of professional baseball, Fatse batted .258 in 329 games, with 17 home runs and 170 RBIs. Fatse founded his own baseball academy, Advanced Performance Academy in Palmer, Massachusetts, in 2010. The Minnesota Twins hired him as their minor league hitting coordinator in January 2019. After the 2019 MLB season, the Boston Red"}, {"text": "Sox hired him as their assistant hitting coach, which was officially announced on October 31. He was named Red Sox hitting coach on December 20, 2021."}, {"text": "Calamothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "John Micael Downs (December 17, 1936 \u2013 October 21, 2019) was an American sketch artist, who worked for the \"Chicago Daily News\" and \"Chicago Sun-Times\". Early life and education. He was born in Tomah, Wisconsin. He studied at the School of the Art Institute. Career. He worked as an illustrator while serving in the United States Army. He later contributed nearly 150 illustrations in an Air Force arts program. As a sketch artist, he worked for the \"Chicago Daily News\" and \"Chicago Sun-Times\" and covered many famous trials including that of the Chicago Seven trial."}, {"text": "Callithrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "Campulothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "Carathrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "Lo\u00efc Vandeweghe (born 23 September 1983) is a Belgian field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics."}, {"text": "Carcinothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae. It is found in Australia in New South Wales, the Northern Territory, Queensland and South Australia."}, {"text": "Ebba Johanna Bergman Lindkvist, also Lindqvist, (1882\u20131942) was a Swedish actress and film director. In 1910 she directed the short drama, \"V\u00e4rml\u00e4ndingarna\", which premi\u00e8red in Sweden on 27 October 1910. As a result, she is considered the first woman to have become a film director in Sweden, creating her first film the year before Anna Hofman-Uddgren's \"Stockholmsfrestelser\" was premi\u00e8red on 27 April 1911. She would chronologically be the second female feature film director in the world after Alice Guy-Blach\u00e9 having debuted as a film maker in 1910, one year before both Anna Hofman-Uddgren and Luise Fleck. Biography. Born on 10 March 1882 in Stockholm, Ebba Johanna Bergman was the daughter of Emma Augusta Charlotta, n\u00e9e Brobeck, and Gustaf Edvard Bergman. The second of four children, she studied song and drama with the opera singer Bertha Tammelin (1836\u20131915) and the actor Emil Hillberg (1852\u20131929). She went on to work as an actress in both travelling and municipal theatres. In May 1907, she married Victor Lindkvist with whom she opened a singing and drama school in Malm\u00f6 in 1910. In October 1910, Lindkvist's version of Fredrik August Dahlgren's play \"V\u00e4rml\u00e4nningarna\" was released, an earlier version by Carl Engdahl having been premi\u00e8red in"}, {"text": "January the same year. She therefore preceded Anna Hofman-Uddgren as Sweden's first female director, even if her film was technically less professional than Hofman-Uddgren's. Lindkvist herself performed in the film. Suffering from pneumonia, Ebba Lindkvist died on 5 June 1942 at a clinic in V\u00e4xj\u00f6 in the south of Sweden. It was not until 2016 that she was recognized as Sweden's first film director. The Ebba Award, presented to a female director, photographer, screenwriter, or editor from Sk\u00e5ne is named after her."}, {"text": "Carientothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "Carissothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "Carius is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Carius malgassus."}, {"text": "C\u00e9dric de Greve (born 27 February 1979) is a Belgian field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics."}, {"text": "The Pilot is an American newspaper established in 1920. It is published Wednesdays and Sundays in Southern Pines, North Carolina and covers Moore County, North Carolina. Its estimated circulation was 15,000 in 2018; its website has over 1.4 million views and 335,000 visitors. Ownership history. The first issue of \"The Pilot\" was published on November 26, 1920 by Stacy Brewer in Vass, North Carolina. Brewer sold the paper on September 7, 1928 to Nelson C. Hyde of Southern Pines. \"The Pilot\" opened a branch office in the Patch Building in Southern Pines for its editorial and advertising staff. The newspaper also opened similar offices in Pinehurst and Aberdeen and moved to Aberdeen in 1929. Nelson Hyde sold \"The Pilot\" to James Boyd on May 23, 1941. Nelson Hyde resigned as editor and Carl Thompson took his position. James Boyd died in February 1944 and his wife, Katharine Boyd, took over the role as publisher and editor. In October 1968, Katherine Boyd sold \"The Pilot\" to Sam and Marjorie Ragan. In January 1986, \"The Pilot\" became a semi-weekly paper and was published on Monday and Thursday. In July 1996, Frank Daniels Jr., Frank Daniels III, David Woronoff, Jack Andrews and Lee"}, {"text": "Drinks purchased The Pilot. On July 23, 1998, The Pilot launched its website, and in October 1999, \"The Pilot\" began publishing three days a week \u2013 Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. In May 2013, \"The Pilot\" began to print twice weekly \u2013 Wednesday and Sunday. Awards. \"The Pilot\" won Best Community Newspaper in the United States in 2015, 2016, and 2017 from the National Newspaper Association. In their comments about the 2015 award for General Excellence in the Non-daily Division, with circulation over 10,000, the NNA wrote: \"of all the entries, this one said 'community' loudest to us. Human interest stories and local issue coverage abound. Just as important, The Pilot\u2019s Opinion pages contain insightful, vigorous debate. This is a well-packaged paper with solid photography. The people of Southern Pines, NC, are fortunate to have this strong news source.\"In 2017, \"Pilot\" photographer Ted Fitzgerald won the Hugh Morton Photographer of the Year award for a community newspaper by the North Carolina Press Association. The paper won numerous awards in the category of community newspapers with over 10,000 circulation, including first place in the following categories: Feature Writing, Arts and Entertainment Reporting, Best Niche Publication, and Best Video among others. Quotes from"}, {"text": "the Paper. \"A long time ago, a wise old editor said,\" \"the function of a newspaper\" \"Is \u201cto print the news and raise hell.\u201d\" \"I haven\u2019t been able to improve upon that definition.\" \"-Sam Ragan, Editor and Publisher, 1968-1996\""}, {"text": "Cartomothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "Cecidothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "Celidothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "(, \"The Black Leaf in My Mouth\") is a poetry collection written by Ki Hyongdo. As Ki Hyongdo was preparing to publish the collection in 1989, he suddenly died from a stroke. The collection was published later that year. His early death added a sense of tragedy to the sorrow and despair that was already present in the first half of the collection and gave rise to the so-called \u201cKi Hyongdo Syndrome.\u201d Overview. Title. It was literary critic Kim Hyun who chose the collection's title \"Ip sog-ui geomeun ip\". Kim Hyun also wrote an analysis of the poetry collection under the title \u201cYeongwonhi dachin binbangui cheheom (\uc601\uc6d0\ud788 \ub2eb\ud78c \ube48\ubc29\uc758 \uccb4\ud5d8 Experience of an Eternally Closed and Empty Room).\u201d Ki Hyongdo originally had been thinking of titling his first poetry collection as \u2018\"Warning at the Station,\"\u2019 according to his older sister. Instead he used this title for a work he published in 1988, the first line of which goes, \u201c\"Mianhajiman naneun ije himangeul noraeharyeonda\" (\ubbf8\uc548\ud558\uc9c0\ub9cc \ub098\ub294 \uc774\uc81c \ud76c\ub9dd\uc744 \ub178\ub798\ud558\ub828\ub2e4 Sorry, but I\u2019m going to try to sing of hope now).\u201d Ki Hyongdo's older sister, while admitting that her brother's poems were primarily dark and gloomy, has pointed to this poem which"}, {"text": "sings of a turn toward hope. She said that if Ki Hyongdo were still alive, he would have become a poet who continued to sing of hope. Ki Hyongdo's initial title, \"\u2018Warning at the Station,\"\u2019 became the title for the collection of works published to celebrate the 20th anniversary of his passing. Themes. Tragic Worldview. The dominating feature of \"Ip sog-ui geomeun ip\" is its tragic worldview. What make\u2019s Ki Hyongdo and this poetry collection unique is that, unlike the majority of poems that take on such a worldview and express a desire to escape the present circumstances, Ki Hyongdo\u2019s poems remain in a nightmarish reality and stubbornly search for meaning there. In other worlds, only the painful reality of the present exists in Ki Hyongdo\u2019s poems. In this sense, as argued by Kim Hyun, Ki Hyongdo wasn\u2019t an alchemist searching for gold in the mud, but a realist who called mud for what it was. Childhood Poverty. The cause of all the gloom, sorrow, and unease that surrounds \"Ip sog-ui geomeun ip\" is Ki Hyongdo\u2019s childhood experiences. In \u201cEomma geokjeong (\uc5c4\ub9c8 \uac71\uc815 Worrying about Mother),\u201d the poet remembers when he was a child and used to shake with loneliness"}, {"text": "when his mother would go out to work and not come back until late into the night. The quote below shows a poor household and the loneliness which the poet experienced because of it. As time passes and the poet becomes an adult, he speaks of the past with a voice laced with more longing than fear. Yet despite this, the things that have taken root deep within the poet, such as an empty room, being alone, and loneliness, leave their mark throughout the collection of poetry. \"Yeolmu samsip daneul igo\" \uc5f4\ubb34 \uc0bc\uc2ed \ub2e8\uc744 \uc774\uace0 \"sijange gan uri eomma\" \uc2dc\uc7a5\uc5d0 \uac04 \uc6b0\ub9ac \uc5c4\ub9c8 \"an osine,\" \uc548 \uc624\uc2dc\ub124, \"haeneun sideun ji orae\" \ud574\ub294 \uc2dc\ub4e0 \uc9c0 \uc624\ub798 \"naneun chanbapcheoreom bange damgyeo\" \ub098\ub294 \ucc2c\ubc25\ucc98\ub7fc \ubc29\uc5d0 \ub2f4\uaca8 \"amuri cheoncheonhi sukjereul haedo\" \uc544\ubb34\ub9ac \ucc9c\ucc9c\ud788 \uc219\uc81c\ub97c \ud574\ub3c4 \"eomma an osine\" \uc5c4\ub9c8 \uc548 \uc624\uc2dc\ub124 \"baechuip gateun balsori tabaktabak\" \ubc30\ucd94\uc78e \uac19\uc740 \ubc1c\uc18c\ub9ac \ud0c0\ubc15\ud0c0\ubc15 \"an deulline, eodupgo museowo\" \uc548 \ub4e4\ub9ac\ub124, \uc5b4\ub461\uace0 \ubb34\uc11c\uc6cc \"geumgan chang teumeuro goyohi bitsori\" \uae08\uac04 \ucc3d \ud2c8\uc73c\ub85c \uace0\uc694\ud788 \ubc27\uc18c\ub9ac \"binbange honja eopdeuryeo huljjeokgeorideon\" \ube48\ubc29\uc5d0 \ud63c\uc790 \uc5ce\ub4dc\ub824 \ud6cc\uca4d\uac70\ub9ac\ub358 Putting thirty radishes on her head My mother went to the market But she has not returned, It\u2019s been sometime since the sun has set I sit in the"}, {"text": "room like cold rice I do my homework as slow as I can But she has not returned Those footsteps like napa cabbage, I cannot hear It\u2019s dark and I\u2019m scared Through the crack in the window I hear the faint sound of rain As I sniffle alone, lying face down in the empty room The Pain of Farewells. Another source of pain in \"Ip sog-ui geomeun ip\" is parting with loved ones. The poem \u201cBin Jip\u201d (\ube48 \uc9d1 Empty House) begins with the line, \u201c\"Sarangeul ilko naneun sseune\" (\uc0ac\ub791\uc744 \uc783\uace0 \ub098\ub294 \uc4f0\ub124 I lost love and now write)\u201d. After saying, \u201c\"Jal itgeora, jjalbatdeon bamdeura\" (\uc798 \uc788\uac70\ub77c, \uc9e7\uc558\ub358 \ubc24\ub4e4\uc544 Farewell, short nights),\u201d and bidding farewell, the poet says goodbye to everything else: the fog outside the window, the candles in the room, the white papers, the reluctance filled fears, and all his past desires. And after having made farewells with all these things, the poet finally writes, \u201c\"Gayeopseun nae sarang bin jibe gatyeonne\" (\uac00\uc5fe\uc740 \ub0b4 \uc0ac\ub791 \ube48 \uc9d1\uc5d0 \uac07\ud614\ub124 My poor love is stuck in an empty house).\u201d Just as in \u201cEomma Geokjeong,\u201d the poet in \u201cBin Jip\u201d has shut his wounds in a small room and is now looking"}, {"text": "back in longing. As Kim Hyun has said, the internal and personal wounds are reborn through the poet\u2019s self-reflection in a lyrical voice. Social Criticism. The poet\u2019s gloom and isolation are deeply related to the atmosphere of oppression and fear that was widespread throughout Korean society in the 1980s, when these poems of Ki Hyongdo\u2019s were written. Not surprisingly, there are indirect criticisms of society present in \"Ip sog-ui geomeun ip\". The poet for example says, \u201c\"Geu iri teojyeosseul ttae\" (\uadf8 \uc77c\uc774 \ud130\uc84c\uc744 \ub54c When that incident happened),\u201d referring indirectly to some event. Although the poet never specifically names the event he is referring to, one can infer that this poem is closely related to the political climate of the mid to late 1980s from passages such as \u201c\"Geuhae yeoreum maneun saramdeuri mudeogiro eopseojyeotgo\" (\uadf8\ud574 \uc5ec\ub984 \ub9ce\uc740 \uc0ac\ub78c\ub4e4\uc774 \ubb34\ub354\uae30\ub85c \uc5c6\uc5b4\uc84c\uace0 That summer many people disappeared in heaps)\u201d and \u201cGeurigo \"geu iri teojyeotda, eolma hu geuga jugeotda\" (\uadf8\ub9ac\uace0 \uadf8 \uc77c\uc774 \ud130\uc84c\ub2e4, \uc5bc\ub9c8 \ud6c4 \uadf8\uac00 \uc8fd\uc5c8\ub2e4 And that incidence occurred, and he died not long after).\u201d In that violent reality, life was met with fear and death. In the last stanza of the titular poem \u201cIp sog-ui geomeun ip(\uc785 \uc18d\uc758 \uac80\uc740 \uc78e"}, {"text": "The Black Leaf in My Mouth),\u201d the poet confesses how afraid he is by writing, \u201c\"Nae ip soge akchakgachi maedallin geomeun ipi naneun duryeopda\" (\ub0b4 \uc785 \uc18d\uc5d0 \uc545\ucc29\uac19\uc774 \ub9e4\ub2ec\ub9b0 \uac80\uc740 \uc78e\uc774 \ub098\ub294 \ub450\ub835\ub2e4 I am afraid of the black leaf hanging stubbornly inside my mouth).\u201d Critical reception. \"Ip sog-ui geomeun ip,\" the only poetry collection Ki Hyongdo left behind, created reactions that were so extreme they have been labeled a \u201csyndrome.\u201d The keen self-awareness unique to youths and the despair and gloom that pervades the entire work resonated deeply with readers and the literati. The knowledge that Ki Hyongdo died so unexpectedly at the young age of just 29 also served to strengthen this reaction. The infatuation with Ki Hyongdo was so extreme that lovers of literature and aspiring poets even claimed that they wanted to die early like Ki Hyongdo and would imitate him by going to third-rate theatre houses to drink. This caused one literary critic to coin the term \u201cKi Hyongdo Syndrome\u201d and argue for the symbolism and generational significance held by \"Ip sog-ui geomeun ip\". Ki Hyongdo\u2019s poems are some of the few that have been praised as a eulogy marking the end of the 1980s."}, {"text": "There are also those who say that Ki Hyongdo was a sort of \u201cpersona\u201d to a generation of youths who experienced the inward gloom of a time when student activism was declining and the possibility of political reform was narrowing. Editions. Ki, Hyongdo. \"Ip sog-ui geomeun ip\". Moonji, 1989. Translations. \u00ab\uc785 \uc18d\uc758 \uac80\uc740 \uc78e\u00bb, \ubb38\uc9c0, 1989 / Une feuille noire dans la bouche, Circ\u00e9, 2012. \u00ab\uc785 \uc18d\uc758 \uac80\uc740 \uc78e\u00bb, \ubb38\uc9c0, 1989 / La hoja negra dentro de la boca, Verbum, 2005."}, {"text": "Thomas van den Balck (born 31 August 1982) is a Belgian field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics."}, {"text": "Cephenothrips was a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "The 1901 Toronto Argonauts season was the Argonaut Football Club's fourth season of organized league play since joining the Ontario Rugby Football Union in 1898. The team won the first league championship in club history, finishing in first place in the senior series of the ORFU with five wins and one loss. The Argos also defeated the University of Toronto, that season's intercollegiate champions, in a two-game series for the city championship. In their first trip to the Dominion championship the Argonauts were beaten 18-3 in Montreal by Ottawa College, champions of the Quebec Rugby Football Union, seven days after the two teams had played to a 12\u201312 tie."}, {"text": "At-Taysiyah Natural Reserve is a protected area in Saudi Arabia managed by the Saudi Wildlife Authority. Overview. The natural reserve is situated to the north-eastern of Saudi Arabia with an area of 4272.2 km\u00b2. It was designated as a natural reserve in 1995. Nature. The geographic patterns of the reserve include dune areas, shallow valleys and steppe desert. Due to its nature, the reserve becomes a destination for migrant houbara bustards during the winter. The reserve is also home to Reem Gazelle, Ostrich, and Arabian oryx."}, {"text": "Philippe Goldberg (born 10 May 1979) is a Belgian former field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics."}, {"text": "Gregory Gucassoff (born 20 April 1985) is a Belgian field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics."}, {"text": "Rous Lench may refer to:"}, {"text": "Patrice Houssein (born 14 September 1977) is a Belgian field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics."}, {"text": "Ceuthothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "Ademosynidae is an extinct family of beetles, known from the Late Triassic to Early Cretaceous. There are at least six genera and 11 species in Ademosynidae. Members of the family were small oval beetles, with a length generally smaller than 1 cm. Characteristics of the family include a pronotum without anterior angles and a rounded anterior margin, and elytra with 9\u201312 punctate striae. The systematic position of the family within the order Coleoptera is currently uncertain: they can be considered early examples of the suborder Polyphaga, or unusual examples of Archostemata. Genera. The family Ademosynidae is restricted to the following six genera and 11 species in Yan, Beutel and Ponomarenko (2017): The following genera and species are also included in the family according to Fossilworks, but are excluded or not mentioned in Yan, Beutel and Ponomarenko (2017):"}, {"text": "Chaetokarnyia is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "Chalepothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "The men's marathon event at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games was held on 25 July in Edinburgh, Scotland."}, {"text": "Senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP) is a phenotype associated with senescent cells wherein those cells secrete high levels of inflammatory cytokines, immune modulators, growth factors, and proteases. SASP may also consist of exosomes and ectosomes containing enzymes, microRNA, DNA fragments, chemokines, and other bioactive factors. Soluble urokinase plasminogen activator surface receptor is part of SASP, and has been used to identify senescent cells for senolytic therapy. Initially, SASP is immunosuppressive (characterized by TGF-\u03b21 and TGF-\u03b23) and profibrotic, but progresses to become proinflammatory (characterized by IL-1\u03b2, IL-6 and IL-8) and fibrolytic. SASP is the primary cause of the detrimental effects of senescent cells. SASP is heterogenous, with the exact composition dependent upon the senescent-cell inducer and the cell type. Interleukin 12 (IL-12) and Interleukin 10 (IL-10) are increased more than 200-fold in replicative senescence in contrast to stress-induced senescence or proteosome-inhibited senescence where the increases are about 30-fold or less. Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) is increased 32-fold in stress-induced senescence, 8-fold in replicative senescence, and only slightly in proteosome-inhibited senescence. Interleukin 6 (IL-6) and interleukin 8 (IL-8) are the most conserved and robust features of SASP. But some SASP components are anti-inflammatory. Senescence and SASP can also occur in post-mitotic cells, notably"}, {"text": "neurons. The SASP in senescent neurons can vary according to cell type, the initiator of senescence, and the stage of senescence. An online SASP Atlas serves as a guide to the various types of SASP. SASP is one of the three main features of senescent cells, the other two features being arrested cell growth, and resistance to apoptosis. SASP factors can include the anti-apoptotic protein Bcl-xL, but growth arrest and SASP production are independently regulated. Although SASP from senescent cells can kill neighboring normal cells, the apoptosis-resistance of senescent cells protects those cells from SASP. History. The concept and abbreviation of SASP was first established by Judith Campisi and her group, who first published on the subject in 2008. Causes. SASP expression is induced by a number of transcription factors, including MLL1 (KMT2A), C/EBP\u03b2, and NF-\u03baB. NF-\u03baB and the enzyme CD38 are mutually activating. NF-\u03baB is expressed as a result of inhibition of autophagy-mediated degradation of the transcription factor GATA4. GATA4 is activated by the DNA damage response factors, which induce cellular senescence. SASP is both a promoter of DNA damage response and a consequence of DNA damage response, in an autocrine and paracrine manner. Aberrant oncogenes, DNA damage, and"}, {"text": "oxidative stress induce mitogen-activated protein kinases, which are the upstream regulators of NF-\u03baB. Demethylation of DNA packaging protein Histone H3 (H3K27me3) can lead to up-regulation of genes controlling SASP. mTOR (mammalian target of rapamycin) is also a key initiator of SASP. Interleukin 1 alpha (IL1A) is found on the surface of senescent cells, where it contributes to the production of SASP factors due to a positive feedback loop with NF-\u03baB. Translation of mRNA for IL1A is highly dependent upon mTOR activity. mTOR activity increases levels of IL1A, mediated by MAPKAPK2. mTOR inhibition of ZFP36L1 prevents this protein from degrading transcripts of numerous components of SASP factors. Inhibition of mTOR supports autophagy, which can generate SASP components. Ribosomal DNA (rDNA) is more vulnerable to DNA damage than DNA elsewhere in the genome such that rDNA instability can lead to cellular senescence, and thus to SASP The high-mobility group proteins (HMGA) can induce senescence and SASP in a p53-dependent manner. Activation of the retrotransposon LINE1 can result in cytosolic DNA that activates the cGAS\u2013STING cytosolic DNA sensing pathway upregulating SASP by induction of interferon type I. cGAS is essential for induction of cellular senescence by DNA damage. SASP secretion can also be"}, {"text": "initiated by the microRNAs miR-146 a/b. Senescent cells release mitochondrial double-stranded RNA (mt-dsRNA) into the cytosol driving the SASP via RIGI/MDA5/MAVS/MFN1. Moreover, senescent cells are hypersensitive to mt-dsRNA-driven inflammation due to reduced levels of PNPT1 and ADAR1. Pathology. The composition and destructiveness of SASP depends upon the senescent cell type, the surrounding microenvironment, and the type of stimulus inducing the senescence. Senescent cells are highly metabolically active, producing large amounts of SASP, which is why senescent cells consisting of only 2% or 3% of tissue cells can be a major cause of aging-associated diseases. SASP factors cause non-senescent cells to become senescent. SASP factors induce insulin resistance. SASP disrupts normal tissue function by producing chronic inflammation, induction of fibrosis and inhibition of stem cells. Transforming growth factor beta family members secreted by senescent cells impede differentiation of adipocytes, leading to insulin resistance. SASP factors IL-6 and TNF\u03b1 enhance T-cell apoptosis, thereby impairing the capacity of the adaptive immune system. SASP factors from senescent cells reduce nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) in non-senescent cells, thereby reducing the capacity for DNA repair and sirtuin activity in non-senescent cells. SASP induction of the NAD+ degrading enzyme CD38 on non-senescent cells (macrophages) may be responsible"}, {"text": "for most of this effect. By contrast, NAD+ contributes to the secondary (pro-inflammatory) manifestation of SASP. SASP induces an unfolded protein response in the endoplasmic reticulum because of an accumulation of unfolded proteins, resulting in proteotoxic impairment of cell function. SASP cytokines can result in an inflamed stem cell niche, leading to stem cell exhaustion and impaired stem cell function. The pro-inflammatory environment generated by SASP factors accelerates the breakdown of extracellular matrix thereby worsening intervertebral disc degeneration (IVDD). AMPK/p53 senescence produces a completely different SASP than IL-1 (p16INK4a) senescence, which is primarily responsible for IVDD. In IVDD, SASP is secreted by nucleus pulposus and annulus fibrosus cells, resulting in extracellular matrix degradation and extracellular inflammation. Senomorphics, but not senolytics have been found to alleviate symptoms without eliminating senescent cells. SASP can either promote or inhibit cancer, depending on the SASP composition, notably including p53 status. Despite the fact that cellular senescence likely evolved as a means of protecting against cancer early in life, SASP promotes the development of late-life cancers. Cancer invasiveness is promoted primarily through the actions of the SASP factors metalloproteinase, chemokine, interleukin 6 (IL-6), and interleukin 8 (IL-8). In fact, SASP from senescent cells is associated"}, {"text": "with many aging-associated diseases, including not only cancer, but atherosclerosis and osteoarthritis. For this reason, senolytic therapy has been proposed as a generalized treatment for these and many other diseases. The flavonoid apigenin has been shown to strongly inhibit SASP production. Benefits. SASP can aid in signaling to immune cells for senescent cell clearance, with specific SASP factors secreted by senescent cells attracting and activating different components of both the innate and adaptive immune system. The SASP cytokine CCL2 (MCP1) recruits macrophages to remove cancer cells. Although transient expression of SASP can recruit immune system cells to eliminate cancer cells as well as senescent cells, chronic SASP promotes cancer. Senescent hematopoietic stem cells produce a SASP that induces an M1 polarization of macrophages which kills the senescent cells in a p53-dependent process. Autophagy is upregulated to promote survival. SASP factors can maintain senescent cells in their senescent state of growth arrest, thereby preventing cancerous transformation. Additionally, SASP secreted by cells that have become senescent because of stresses can induce senescence in adjoining cells subject to the same stresses, thereby reducing cancer risk. SASP can play a beneficial role by promoting wound healing. SASP may play a role in tissue regeneration"}, {"text": "by signaling for senescent cell clearance by immune cells, allowing progenitor cells to repopulate tissue. In development, SASP also may be used to signal for senescent cell clearance to aid tissue remodeling. The ability of SASP to clear senescent cells and regenerate damaged tissue declines with age. In contrast to the persistent character of SASP in the chronic inflammation of multiple age-related diseases, beneficial SASP in wound healing is transitory. Temporary SASP in the liver or kidney can reduce fibrosis, but chronic SASP could lead to organ dysfunction. Modification. Senescent cells have permanently active mTORC1 irrespective of nutrients or growth factors, resulting in the continuous secretion of SASP. By inhibiting mTORC1, rapamycin reduces SASP production by senescent cells. SASP has been reduced through inhibition of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinases and janus kinase. The protein hnRNP A1 (heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein A1) antagonizes cellular senescence and induction of the SASP by stabilizing Oct-4 and sirtuin 1 mRNAs. SASP Index. A SASP index composed of 22 SASP factors has been used to evaluate treatment outcomes of late life depression. Higher SASP index scores corresponded to increased incidence of treatment failure, whereas no individual SASP factors were associated with treatment failure. Inflammaging. Chronic inflammation"}, {"text": "associated with aging has been termed inflammaging, although SASP may be only one of the possible causes of this condition. Chronic systemic inflammation is associated with aging-associated diseases. Senolytic agents have been recommended to counteract some of these effects. Chronic inflammation due to SASP can suppress immune system function, which is one reason elderly persons are more vulnerable to COVID-19."}, {"text": "Chamaeothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "Chelaeothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "Chiraplothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "Gainsborough Ward is a ward in the South East Area of Ipswich, Suffolk, England. It returns three councillors to Ipswich Borough Council. It is designated Middle Layer Super Output Area Ipswich 016 by the Office for National Statistics. It is composed of 6 Lower Layer Super Output Areas. The ward includes: Councillors. The following councillors were elected since the boundaries were changed in 2002. Names in brackets indicates that the councillor remained in office without re-election."}, {"text": "Raemaru is a mountain on the island of Rarotonga in the Cook Islands. The peak of Raemaru is 357 meters above sea level, and is located in the central part of the country, 5 km southwest of the capital Avarua. Raemaru is part of the Pouraa Mountains. The peak is the easiest to climb in Rarotonga. The terrain around Raemaru is hilly to the east, but to the northwest it is flat. The sea is near Raemaru to the southwest. The highest point nearby is Te Manga, 653 meters above sea level, 5.1 km east of Raemaru. The closest major community is Avarua, 5 km northeast of Raemaru. In the surroundings of Raemaru, mainly evergreen deciduous forest grows. According to local legend, the mountain used to be called \"Maru\" and was taller, but part of it was cut off in the night and stolen by warriors from Aitutaki, who took it back to their island where it became Maunga Pu."}, {"text": "Chiridothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "The 2002\u201303 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season began on October 18, 2002, and concluded on March 22, 2003. This was the 30th season of Division III college ice hockey. The NCAA changed the national tournament format to have all rounds be Single elimination. As a result, the mini-game was eliminated from the Championship. Player stats. Scoring leaders. \"GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes\" Leading goaltenders. \"GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average\""}, {"text": "Nurture Nature Center (NNC) is a science-based education center focused on engaging the public on environmental risk topics. NNC is located in the city of Easton, Pennsylvania, roughly 55 miles (89 km) north of Philadelphia and 70 miles (110 km) west of New York City. It was founded by Theodore W. Kheel in response to flooding in 2004, 2005, and 2006 in the Delaware River Basin. The center's work today encompasses both national social science research and local community programming. Areas of work. NNC's social science research is conducted in partnership with the National Weather Service and other governmental agencies. It addresses risk communication regarding natural hazards, particularly extreme weather events and flooding. The research focuses on how to communicate about such risks both in communities impacted by river flooding and flash flooding as well as coastal communities like those impacted by Hurricane Sandy. The Nurture Nature Center has also worked with the local city government in Easton to complete a vulnerability assessment to fulfill the city\u2019s Global Covenant of Mayors commitment. NNC also organizes focus groups, surveys, and public meetings in Easton and the larger Lehigh Valley region about community knowledge of and priorities regarding environmental issues. The Center"}, {"text": "partners with other regional and state-wide organizations to create public education programs on topics like watershed protection. Since opening its location in downtown Easton to the public in September 2011, NNC provides science education using NOAA's Science on a Sphere and exhibits art related to the environment. It is one of about 160 sites with the sphere world-wide. The Center receives federal grants as well as state support to develop science education and art programming."}, {"text": "L'Autre () is a 2020 French drama film written and directed by Charlotte Dauphin. It stars \u00c0strid Berg\u00e8s-Frisbey, Anouk Grinberg, James Thierr\u00e9e, Jean-Louis Martinelli, and Charlotte Dauphin. It had its premiere in France on January 8, 2020. Release. The film premiered in North American premiere at the San Diego International Film Festival in October 2020. Awards and nominations. ! scope=\"row\" | 2020"}, {"text": "The 1989 World Games were held in Karlsruhe, West Germany, from July 20 to 30, 1989."}, {"text": "Chiridurothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "Chirothripoides is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "Eileen Proctor (n\u00e9e Field; 11 August 1916 \u2013 3 December 2007) was an Irish woman, the founder and president of the National Association of Widows in Ireland (NAWI). Early life. Eileen Field was born in London in 1916. She worked as a seamstress and psychiatric nurse, and as a telephonist during the London Blitz. National Association of Widows in Ireland. Proctor was widowed in December 1962 when her husband was knocked down by a bus while cycling home from work. In 1966 she wrote a letter to \"The Irish Press\" seeking support from other widows. The National Association of Widows in Ireland was founded in Dublin in January 1967. Proctor served as its president until her death in 2007. Lobbying by the NAWI introduced more benefits for widows, including an electricity allowance; free TV licence, free phone rental, a \"Living Alone\" allowance, double pension at Christmas, a supplementary benefit for pensioners and those on small, fixed incomes; and widows of Easter Rising veterans. Proctor won a People of the Year Award in 1977."}, {"text": "The 13th Regiment Armory is a historic armory designed by architect Rudolph L. Daus and built in 1892\u20131894. It is located at 357 Marcus Garvey Boulevard (also known as Sumner Avenue) between Putnam and Jefferson Avenues in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City. The armory building is currently used as the Pamoja House (also known as Sumner House Shelter Care Center for Men), a homeless shelter for men managed by Black Veterans for Social Justice, Inc. and supervised by the New York City Department of Homeless Services. The Pamoja House is named for the Swahili word for \"together\". The armory's design is expansive yet austere. According to Francis Morrone, \"Something, perhaps the busy-ness or a greater stridency in the machicolations, makes this armory seem more forbidding than the 23rd Regiment's which is actually rather jolly.\" History. Previous locations. The 13th Regiment was previously housed in Gothic Hall on Adams Street in the 1830s. In 1858, it moved to the Henry Street Armory. and finally to the Flatbush Armory in 1874\u201375. Construction and use as armory. The 13th Regiment had received a $300,000 award for the construction of a new armory in 1890. However, subsequent changes increased the"}, {"text": "armory's cost to $400,000. The armory ultimately cost nearly $700,000, more than twice its original outlay, which was paid by the Kings County government. The \"Brooklyn Daily Eagle\" called the drastic cost increases as \"a scandal of no common dimensions\", and \"The New York Times\" described the armory as one of three Brooklyn armories facing extreme cost overruns, the others being the 14th Regiment Armory in Park Slope and the 23rd Regiment Armory in Crown Heights. A panel of experts recommended cutting several ornate features and downsizing the drill room in order to complete the project within the $300,000 appropriation. The armory was designed by the architect Rudolph L. Daus. Daus had previously designed the Lincoln Club on Putnam Avenue in 1889. He was probably well-connected politically, as he later became surveyor of buildings for Brooklyn. Plans were worked on also by Fay Kellogg, employed by Daus early in her career. The armory opened on April 23, 1894. The excessive reallocation of money on the armory's lavish dimensions had resulted in insufficient funding for such items as sidewalks and fences. The budget cuts also resulted in several design deficiencies: for instance, by September 1894, the roof was found to be"}, {"text": "leaking. Then, in 1903, a wall at the 13th Regiment Armory fell on seven men, killing two of them. Because the drill hall had been downsized as part of the budget cuts, it soon became insufficient for training, and was extended in 1906. The architectural work for this was done by the Parfitt Brothers. In 1921, a large memorial made by L. Riene Co. was erected in the southwest yard with the names of all the soldiers who had been stationed in the armory during World War I, with the casualties listed at the top. Subsequently, a 1944 fire at the armory burned many of the regiment's trophies. The 13th Regiment Armory was used for several civilian purposes over the years, including as a schools' track and field venue, Sunday school competitions, and singing contests. On June 22\u201328, 1953, the building was used for the 48th annual session of the Baptist Congress by the Sunday School Congress and Baptist Training Union. By the mid-20th century, urban armories had become less necessary, and in 1974 the Thirteenth Regiment was deactivated. Plans to close the armory were announced in 1971 as part of a budget cut. A black veterans' group characterized the"}, {"text": "proposal as racist, since the 13th Regiment Armory was located in a predominantly black and Hispanic neighborhood. A methadone treatment center was proposed for the site in 1972, but that plan was opposed by residents who were concerned about crime increases and wanted more attention to be paid to health, housing, recreation, and schools in Bedford\u2013Stuyvesant. Conversion into homeless shelter. After deactivation, the 13th Regiment Armory's headhouse was used to store vehicles while the administration building was used as a school. However, by the 1980s, existing homeless shelters in New York City had become overcrowded, so the city started opening new shelters in armories. Starting in 1987 or 1988, the 13th Regiment Armory was converted for use as a men's homeless shelter, In 1992, a judge ordered that the armory shelter's capacity be cut back from 550 to 200 homeless men. Some residents of the nearby neighborhood did not want the shelter to be opened in the first place, but by 1993, had planted some flowers outside the shelter to beautify it. According to the Pamoja House's website in 2015, it \"specializes in managing a homeless population that was refused from other shelters in New York City and is a"}, {"text": "'next-step' facility. Residents of Pamoja House were deemed 'non-compliant' in general population shelters.\" As a next-step shelter, residents had an 8 PM curfew rather than the DHS standard of 10 PM, and the facility had no television sets, dirty sheets, and meals consisting of one frankfurter and two cups of juice. Steven Banks, as commissioner of the Department of Homeless Services, eliminated the \"next step\" program, converting it into a general population men's shelter with the maximum 200 beds. The company rooms are used as dormitories, and the drill shed is filled with additional dormitories that are no longer in use after the 200-bed limitation was imposed (at one point it had 550 beds in active use). Memorial Hall is used as the mess, and is the only part of the building with central air conditioning. The offices, in one of the company rooms and in the base of the south tower, have window-mounted air conditioners. The north side of the drill hall contains the lavatories and laundry room, but the drill hall is mostly walled off (the walls are about four feet high) and accessible only to staff, as are all floors above the first. On November 29, 2017,"}, {"text": "security staff and residents were caught on camera punching and kicking shelter resident Alexander Singh. On October 25, 2021, \"The City\" published an interview with Wayne Batchelor, who chose to become street homeless after being forced back into Pamoja House while the pandemic continues. Architecture. The 13th Regiment Armory consists of an administration building as well as an attached barrel-vaulted drill shed to its east. The lot measures on Marcus Garvey Boulevard and along Putnam and Jefferson Avenues. According to \"Harper's Weekly\", the building was designed to recall thirteenth century feudal France. Upon the 13th, 14th, and 23rd Regiment Armories' completions in the mid-1890s, the \"New-York Tribune\" stated that \"these three armories are the product of a lavish expenditure ... for the support and encouragement of the militia that has perhaps never been excelled.\" Exterior. The armory consists of an Administration Building wide by deep. To the east is a drill hall measuring . The main facade of the administration building is located along Marcus Garvey Boulevard to the west. This facade contains a large round-arched, stone-faced stone sally port, in diameter. There are two turreted towers flanking the arch, each with a diameter of 28 feet. The round towers"}, {"text": "are tall. The south tower has an observatory, while the north tower has an additional, smaller turret, rising another 28 feet, to serve as an outlook. A terrace measuring in area is located directly above the sally port. Interior. The building contains a basement and four stories, counting a mezzanine. The basement included rifle galleries, firing rooms, squad drill rooms, large lavatories, and an engine room that provided heat and power to the entire armory. In the 1894 \"Harper's\" article, it was indicated that a swimming pool and bowling alleys were expected to be installed, but not at public expense. It includes company rooms feet with ceilings, six on each side, containing captains' and sergeants' rooms, private stairs to locker rooms in the mezzanine. Officers' rooms are on the second floor, described as \"large and excellent.\" There were also council and Veteran Association rooms, , and a gymnasium feet, also on the second floor. The third floor contained a mess-hall, kitchen, and lecture-room. A 1892 \"Harper's\" article described the premises as \"one grand lyceum\". The drill hall contains galleries with built-in seats on the north, south, and west sides. The roof is supported by 200-foot arch iron trusses with a"}, {"text": "skylight in the center. The drill hall could be used for sports such as baseball and track and field, as well as for gymnastics and calisthenics."}, {"text": "Chlarathrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "Choleothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae. It is found in Australia in New South Wales and Queensland."}, {"text": "Chorithrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "Chortothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "Chromatothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "Chthonothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "Claustrothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "Cleistothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "Compsothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "Kristin Sims Levine (born April 22, 1974) is an American novelist who authored \"The Lions of Little Rock\", a New-York Historical Society Children's History Book Prize winner. It is a fictional story about friendship based around true historical events of the Little Rock Nine in Little Rock, Arkansas. In September 2019, it was announced that rights to Lions was optioned for development of a featured film. Levine has written other historical fictional books, \"The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had\" and \"The Paper Cowboy\", which take place during the United States' entry into World War I and McCarthyism era America of the 1950s, respectively. Levine's most recent book, \"The Jigsaw Jungle\", is about a daughter who discovers a family secret. Levine currently lives in Alexandria, Virginia with her two daughters. Life and career. Levine graduated from Swarthmore College in 1997 with a degree in German. She then worked as an \"au pair\" in Vienna, Austria. Later, she became a professor of screenwriting at American University in Washington, DC. Today, Levine continues to reside in Alexandria with her two daughters. Publications. The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had. \"The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had\" was published in 2009 by Puffin"}, {"text": "Books. The novel was originally written as a screenplay. After rejections by various studios due to the cost of producing a period movie with children, Levine turned it into a novel. The story was inspired by her paternal grandfather's childhood in rural Alabama in 1917. The novel tells a story of a friendship between a white farm boy and an African-American city girl during a time when such friendships were not allowed by racist societal norms. \"The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had\" received the following accolades: The Lions of Little Rock. \"The Lions of Little Rock\" was published in 2012 by Penguin Young Readers Group. The novel was inspired by her mother's childhood in Little Rock, Arkansas. It tells a story of a friendship between two little girls whose friendship is made difficult because of racism in a post-segregation South. The girls are caught up in the inflamed racial divide the year after the Arkansas National Guard is called in to escort a group of nine black students, the Little Rock Nine, into a formerly all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. \"The Lions of Little Rock\" received the following accolades: The Paper Cowboy. \"The Paper Cowboy\" was"}, {"text": "published in 2016 by Penguin Young Readers Group. The novel was inspired by her father's childhood in 1950s-era Downers Grove, a southwestern suburb of Chicago. The story revolves around the fears spread by McCarthyism in a communist fearing America. The novel touches on the topic of bullying and the impact of making false accusations. The Jungle. \"The Jungle\" was published in 2018 by Penguin Young Readers Group. The novel is about a young girl whose father has disappeared and must go on a clue searching adventure to find him. Ultimately, she finds her father but discovers a secret he had been keeping from her and her mother."}, {"text": "Conocephalothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "Corroboreethrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "Corycidothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "Coryphothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Fiott de Havilland (April 1775 \u2013 23 February 1866) was a British Army officer and engineer in the Madras Presidency. He later served as a justice and member of the legislature of Guernsey. De Havilland was born in April 1775 at Havilland Hall, Guernsey, the son of Sir Peter de Havilland, Bailiff of Guernsey from 1810 to 1821, and his wife Cartaretta, daughter and heir of the Rev. Thomas Fiott. The family coat of arms includes three triple-turretted towers with the motto \"Dominus fortissima turris\". De Havilland served in Colombo in 1795-96 alongside Colin Mackenzie, in Trichy against Tipu in 1799 and in Egypt in 1801 where he was captured by the French. He was released in 1802. In 1814 he was appointed civil engineer and architect for the Madras Presidency and remained in post until his retirement from the service in April 1825. He became chief engineer at Madras in 1821 and was promoted to lieutenant-colonel in 1824. He wrote a report on the roles of the Engineers, Pioneers, Sappers and Miners which drew much ire. He constructed a sea wall in Madras, designed and built St. Andrew's Church, and at Srirangapatnam he built a demonstration arch"}, {"text": "of 110 feet with ordinary bricks to support a proposal that a five arch bridge could be built across the Kaveri river. The arch collapsed in July 1936. At Madras he established a benchmark for the mean sea level. After he retired de Havilland returned to Guernsey and bought the Vauxqui\u00e9dor estate and became a justice and member of the legislature. In 1808 he married Elizabeth Saumarez (1782-1818, Madras), daughter of Thomas Saumarez, and they had two sons (Thomas de Havilland, a captain in the 55th foot (d. 1843), and Charles Ross de Havilland, a clergyman, who also died before his father) and two daughters. After his return to England he married Harriet Gore in 1828. He died at Beauvoir, Guernsey, on 23 February 1866, at the age of 90."}, {"text": "Craniothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "Diyarbak\u0131r is a city in Turkey. Diyarbak\u0131r may also refer to:"}, {"text": "North Lake Early College High School, also known as North Lake Collegiate Academy, is a public high school located in Dallas County, Texas and operated by the Dallas Independent School District (DISD). It has a campus for 9th and 10th grade students at the main campus at North Lake College in Irving and will have a campus for 11th and 12th grade students in the future. Under Texas law, DISD can have operations, including schools, outside of its own boundaries, and North Lake College is not in the DISD boundaries. The school serves from grades 9-12 and has roughly 300 students in total."}, {"text": "The 2005\u201306 season was Rochdale A.F.C.'s 100th in existence and their 33rd consecutive in the fourth tier of the English football league (League Two). Rochdale finished the season in 9th place."}, {"text": "Kumar Swami (born 21 January 1954), is an Indian godman. He is a self-proclaimed scholar of classical Ayurveda, an Indian system of alternative medicine. Early life. Kumar Swami was born on 21 January 1954 into a peasant family in Srikaranpur, Rajasthan. He did not earn the moniker Swami until later in life. After his marriage, he claims to have sought a variety of learned Gurus, including Jiddu Krishnamurti, Osho, and Baba Hardev Singh, among others. Philanthropy and other activities. Bhagwan Shree Lakshmi Narayan Dham is a non-profit organization founded by Kumar Swami in 2002. The organization is reported to have more than 310 million followers worldwide. It organizes interfaith conventions called 'Prabhu Kripa Dukh Nivaran Samagam' where his disciples are given 'Beej Mantras'. A Langar, a free communal meal with religious underpinnings, is also available during the course of the two-day convention. The disciples also participate in blood donation camps. Clean Yamuna Drive. The devotees of Bhagwan Shree Lakshmi Narayan Dham carried out a peace march in July, 2012, in New Delhi, and handed a memorandum to the Prime Minister's Office. The organization's drive was also supported by Malik Obama, former US President Barack Obama's half brother. He traveled to"}, {"text": "India to meet Kumar Swami at one of his conventions in Mathura. Philosophy. Kumar Swami claims to have discovered the 'hidden knowledge' in the Hindu scriptures. He claims that he has benefitted from that 'knowledge', and that he is now giving to his disciples the form of 'Beej Mantras,' which he claims to be crux of all religions. He claims that he has taken the 'mantras' from sacred books of all religions, including Vedas, Devi Mahatmya, Guru Granth Sahib, the Quran, the Bible, and others. He holds conventions for followers where he provides them his Beej Mantras claiming they have the ability to cure all illnesses and solve all life problems of his devotees. Ayurveda medicine. Dandruff fungal infection treatment. In October 2017, he was awarded the Guinness World Record for most number of people washing their hair simultaneously as a part of dandruff treatment at one of his conventions in Mumbai. Reception. Kumar Swami was invited to deliver the invocation at the opening of the New York State Senate session on April 27, 2011. The then New York State Senator Jack Martins passed a resolution proclaiming April 29, 2011, as \"Brahmrishi Shri Kumar Swami Day\" in the State of"}, {"text": "New York. Kumar Swami also delivered an invocation at the beginning of the Senate session on May 2, 2011. The Senate passed a legislative resolution to honor him, citing him as 'an inspiration behind medical research being done to bridge the gap between Eastern and Western medicine'. He is reported as the first spiritual leader from India to receive such an honor in the US. On his visit to the United Kingdom during UK's Interfaith Week in 2011, he was invited to the House of Commons on November 15 at a private reception hosted by Stephen Timms. He was presented with the 'Ambassador of Peace' award by the Universal Peace Federation organization for his human welfare activities. On this occasion, he was also presented the 'Humanitarian Award' by the Asian Welfare Association as well as the 'Mahaveer Award' by the Young Indian Vegetarians Society in recognition of his vegetarian lifestyle. November 15 is celebrated every year as \"Brahmrishi Shree Kumar Swami day\" in the UK by his followers. On 29 September 2013, he was presented with a resolution on behalf of New Jersey Senate by Senator Michael J. Doherty honoring him as an 'Ambassador of Peace'. On 18 May 2015,"}, {"text": "he was invited in the New Jersey Senate and a resolution was passed by the Senate President Stephen M. Sweeney in his honor. Kumar Swami also addressed the Senate post his reception. Criticism. In 2013, first information report under section 419 and section 420 of the Indian Penal Code and section 7 of Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act, 1954 at Gomtinagar police station was lodged by Thanya Thakur, a law student, against Kumar Swami for his allegedly making claims of having healing powers. Kumar Swami gave an interview to India TV where he denied curing people through his 'mantras.' In an interview given to India TV, callers alleged that they bought his medicines for their ailments and paid his fees but did not receive any benefit."}, {"text": "Crespithrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae, which was first described by Laurence Alfred Mound and David C. Morris in 2000. The type species is \"Crespithrips enigmaticus\". Species of the genus are found in Queensland, the Northern Territory and Western Australia."}, {"text": "Crinitothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "Crotonothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "The Auburn Gresham Bungalow Historic District is a residential historic district in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The district includes 264 Chicago bungalows built from 1918 to 1932 along with a variety of other residential buildings. Homeownership became more attainable for working-class Chicagoans in the early twentieth century, and affordable bungalows played a key role in this pattern, with tens of thousands of the homes built in the city. Auburn Gresham, a South Side neighborhood with railroad access and little prior development, was one of the many parts of the city developed during the bungalow boom. While thirty-two different architects designed homes in the district, the bungalows are still relatively similar, as the uniform building design was a major factor in their affordability; however, elements such as color and brickwork distinguish the individual homes. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 9, 2012."}, {"text": "Cryptothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "Csirothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "Cylindrothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "HMS \"Harpy\" was launched at Liverpool in 1777, the British Royal Navy having purchased her on the stocks. The Navy sold her in 1783. As \"Harpy\" she made voyages to the northern whale fishery, and one voyage as a whaler in the British southern whale fishery. The Sierra Leone Company then purchased her. A French naval squadron captured her in September 1794. The French Navy briefly took her into service as \"Harcourt\", and then \"Harpie\". She was struck in 1796. Career. Royal Navy: The Navy commissioned \"Harpy\" in April 1777 under Commander Roger Wills for Home waters. In 1779 she was in the Belfast area. On 30 April she and captured the American privateer \"Revenge\". \"Harpy\" was registered as a fire ship on 25 August 1779, and underwent temporary fitting for the role between August and September 1779 at Portsmouth. Commander Phillip Walsh recommissioned \"Harpy\" in August, for the Western squadron. In May 1780 she was at Portsmouth undergoing refitting and coppering. \"Harpy\" shared with some 30 vessels in the prize money for the capture on 4 July 1780 of the French privateer \"Comte d'Estaing\". In February 1781 Commander William Cayley assumed command of \"Harpy\". In spring 1781, Admiral George"}, {"text": "Darby sailed a fleet to Gibraltar to relieve the siege for a second time. On the way the fleet captured \"Duc de Chartres\", the Spanish frigate \"Santa Leucadia\", and the French brig \"Trois Amis\". Although executed the actual capture of \"Duc de Chartres\", the entire British fleet of 42 vessels, including \"Harpy\", shared in the resulting prize money. \"Harpy\" shared with 11 other ships the prize money for \"Noord Beck\", captured on 23 June 1781, and the recapture of \"Neptune\" four days later. She also shared with a number of vessels in the prize money for the \"Voyageur\", captured on 12 August. On 11 October the three fireships \"Harpy\", \"Lightning\", and \"Firebrand\" were lying at anchor at Plymouth when \"Firebrand\" caught fire and blew up. All her crew were saved. The other two fireships cut their cables and escaped the flames. In May 1782 Commander Sir James Barclay assumed command. She was paid off in March 1783. The Navy sold her at Woolwich on 21 March. The auction price of \u00a32395 included her masts, yards, rigging, and some stores. Whaler: In August 1785 \"Lloyd's List\" reported that \"Harpy\", Marshall, master, was off Whitby, returning from Greenland with one \"fish\" (whale)."}, {"text": "Then on 8 March 1786 \"Harpy\", Marshall, master, sailed from the Downs bound for \"David Straits\" (Davis Strait). In July \"Harpy\", Marshall, was off Whitby, returning from Davis Straits with five fish. A second report had her arriving at Gravesend on 17 August from Greenland with six fish. \"Harpy\" first appeared in \"Lloyd's Register\" in 1786 with J. Marshall, master, J. Dawse, owner, and trade London\u2013Greenland. On 26 February 1787 \"Harpy\", Marshall, master, sailed for Davis Strait. On 29 August they were back at Gravesend. Almost a year later \"Harpy\", Stevens, master, was at Gravesend again, having taken four fish, at Greenland. \"Harpy\" does not appear under that name in a compendium of all merchant vessels registered at Liverpool in 1786\u20131788. In 1788 \"Harpy\" underwent a large repair. Captain John Inskip and \"Harpy\", Hattersley & Co., owners, were at the Downs on 23 October 1788, waiting to sail for the South Seas. By 11 March 1789 she was at the Cape of Good Hope. She returned on 14 July 1790. While she was on her voyage, her owner had changed from Hattersley to Stephens. Although there is no confirmation from \"Lloyd's List\"s ship arrival and departure (SAD) data, \"Lloyd's Register\""}, {"text": "(1791) still carried her as being in the Southern Whale Fishery. Merchantman: On 5 January 1792 \"Harpy\", Wilson, master, sailed from the Downs for Sierra Leone. \"Lloyd's Register\" (1792) showed \"Harpy\" with James, master, Sierra Leone Company, owner, and trade London\u2013Sierra Leone. She had undergone a good repair in 1791. The Sierra Leone Company had been established in March 1791 and had purchased several vessels. These vessels supported the colony the Company had established in Sierra Leone and that its settlers, free blacks from Canada that the company had transported there, named Freetown. \"Lloyd's List\" for 4 May 1792 reported that \"Amy\", Patterson, \"Lapwing\", Robinson, \"Harpy\", Wilson, and 15 ships from Halifax, Nova Scotia ha arrived in Sierra Leone. (It was this fleet of 15 vessels that brought the settlers.) \"Harpy\" arrived back in England in December. \"Lloyd's Register\" (1795) showed \"Harpy\" with D.Telford, master, the Sierra Leone Company, owner, and trade London\u2013Sierra Leone. Capture: In September 1794 a French naval squadron comprising the razee under the command of \"lieutenant de vaisseau\" Arnaud, \"Vigilance\", , , \"Pervie\", and was cruising the West African coast, destroying British factories and shipping. \"Harpy\", Telford, master, and another Sierra Leone Company ship, , Sayford,"}, {"text": "master were only two of the many vessels the squadron captured. On 9 October 1794 \"Harpy\" arrived at Cape Sierra Leone with passengers and some \u00a310,000 in goods. When Telford saw that the Company's settlement had been destroyed he attempted to flee. \"Harpy\" was starting to gain on the vessel that the French sent to pursue her when the wind failed. Telford immediately struck when the French overtook her. The French plundered \"Harpy\" and her passengers. On 13 October the French departed, taking \"Harpy\" with them. French service: The French Navy took \"Harpy\" into service as \"Harcourt\". In 1795 she was renamed \"Harpie\". She was deleted from the lists in 1796. Post-script. The Debits and Credits accounts for the Sierra Leone Company dated 31 December 1795 included as credits money expected from the underwriters for \"Harpy\"s cargo. The Company had expected insurance largely to cover \"Hardy\" and her cargo."}, {"text": "Cyphothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "Dactylothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "Deplorothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "Adelle Onyango (born 5 February 1989) is a Kenyan radio presenter, social activist and media personality. She was selected as one of 2017's BBC 100 Women and one of OkayAfrica's Top Women of 2018. Early life and education. Onyango is from Kenya, but she attended high school in Botswana. In 2008, she was raped by a stranger in Westlands, Nairobi. Onyango has since supported causes to support the victims of rape, such as founding the campaign \"No Means No\". She studied journalism and psychology at United States International University Africa, where she specialised in public relations. She has always been interested in poetry, but felt there was not enough space for her and her fellow artists. In her final year at university she started an open mic night, where poets and musicians shared their work. While still at university Onyango was headhunted by \"Then One FM\", a Kenyan radio station, and recruited to host their drive time radio programme. She lost her mother to breast cancer in 2012, which has motivated Onyango to becoming involved with campaigns to promote awareness and treatments. Career. Onyango worked as a presenter for the Kenyan radio station Kiss FM Nairobi, where she presented the"}, {"text": "Saturday breakfast show for seven years. At Kiss FM she started a Saturday evening programme on which she played African music. During her time at KISS she became a social media influencer, with her followers calling themselves \"#TeamAdelle\". She left Kiss FM in 2019. Intel announced that Onyango was one of their \"She Will Connect\" ambassadors in 2015. In this capacity she has trained women in Africa to be more confident online and use the internet as a tool for empowerment. She has spoken out against online trolls, saying: \"...be better or grow up. Deal with your internal issues instead of projecting them on us.\" In 2016 Onyango established a mentorship programme, the \"Sisterhood\", which offers support for women in Africa. Through \"No Means No\" and \"Sisterhood\" Onyango helps women access therapies and safe houses, as well as offering confidence classes for victims of rape. She has worked to champion Kenyan women and young people, and launched a new initiative, \"Unapologetically African\", in 2018. As part of this effort she developed a work-experience programme for high-school students. She started the podcast \"Legally Clueless\" in March 2019. The podcast is syndicated by \"Trace 95.3 FM\". The show has both an audio"}, {"text": "and video format. Meru University of Science and Technology hosted a live episode of \"Legally Clueless\" in November 2019. Adelle released her 100th episode of \"Legally Clueless\" in February 2021. The podcast was one of the top podcasts on Spotify in August 2021. She is co-author with Lanji Ouku of the book \"Our Broken Silence\", documenting the voices of survivors of rape, family members, activists, and others, published in March 2022. Awards and honours. Onyango was selected as one of the BBC's top 100 Women in 2017. In 2018 she was selected as one of OkayAfrica's top 100 women. She was one of two Kenyans included in the Africa Youth Awards' 100 Most Influential Young Africans in 2019."}, {"text": "\"Hug N' Bugs\" is the series premiere of the American animated sitcom \"Bless the Harts\". Originally aired on September 29, 2019 on Fox, the episode was written by Erin Wagoner and directed by Pete Michels, who was a former supervising director for \"The Simpsons\", \"Family Guy\", and \"Rick and Morty\". Plot. Mail lady Norma tells single mother Jenny Hart that her water bill is due in 3 days. As Jenny goes through the bills, her mother Betty tells her to come in and see a \"me-me\". Jenny corrects her and tells her it's a meme, when she questions the storage bill she saw earlier. Betty tells Jenny that she has a storage unit there, and Jenny threatens to remove it because the water in the house is going to get shut down. But Betty says Jenny can't do anything without the key. Jenny's daughter, Violet, has a room is full of the family stuff as Wayne, Jenny\u2019s boyfriend, comes in and does the laundry, since the laundry was broken at his place. While he's waiting, he sees Violet drawing and asks her what the drawings symbolize. Wayne is shown as a tree stump. Thinking in his head, he sets off"}, {"text": "to be a better father figure to Violet. He sees a picture of a building of Violet's drawings, which Violet says is called Fort Indigo. Jenny finds the key while going through some stuff and heads down to the storage unit, where she finds out that there are a lot of old toys called Hug N' Bugs that swept the nation 20 years ago. She then calls her mother, who says they can make tons of money selling these. At the Last Supper, Brenda, Jenny\u2019s best friend, warns Jenny to be mindful of reflections, as when she sold something on Craiglist, everyone saw her \"cooter reflections\". Jenny's figment of imagination, Jesus Christ, comes out of the painting and Jenny tells him that she's gonna make cash from selling the leftover toys to pay the water bill. Jesus tells her that's a fad, but when they're talking, EYay (a parody of Ebay) notifies Jenny that her toy sold for $150. As Jenny keeps racking up EYay sales on the toys, the toys keep coming back because Betty keeps buying them back, setting them back to nowhere. At this point, their water gets shut off. They both go down to the water"}, {"text": "district to try to sell them a Hug N' Bug toy, when the employee says they will never sell for that price. Wayne and his friend Leonard finish a building and show Violet it is Fort Indigo. Amazed, she goes inside to get her stuff, eager to move in. While she's gone, a building inspector tells Wayne the building has to come down at the end of the week because it violates many codes. He goes to the city hall to try to get a permit, but Mayor Webb denies it. Wayne tells Violet it has to come down and apologizes, but Violet tells Wayne that he didn't finish looking at all her visuals and that Fort Indigo explodes at the end of her story, revealing that the stump shows the girl (a caricacture of Violet) her way home. When Betty goes next door to try to trade a toy for 10 minutes of water, Wayne tells her to tell the neighbor not to smoke around the toys because they will explode, which gives Violet an idea. Jenny and Betty insert the highly flammable toys that were worthless to destroy Fort Indigo, but Jenny sells a toy on EYay at"}, {"text": "that moment, a Colin Powell Hug N' Bug. Wayne rushes into the fire to save the toy and succeeds. Jenny asks Betty if she bought the toy, which she did not. The family gets their water back on and Jenny thanks whoever bought the toy. The collector, Colin Powell himself, is shown putting Betty's toy on his collectors shelf. Reception. Ratings. On its premiere, \"Hug N' Bugs\" was watched by 1.82 million people and scored a 0.7 rating according to the Nielsen ratings, making it the fourth most watched show on Fox that night, behind \"The Simpsons\", \"Family Guy\", and \"Bob's Burgers\" respectively. Critical response. \"Hug N' Bugs\" received mostly positive reviews from critics. Jonathan Wilson, writing for \"Ready, Set, Cut\", gave the episode 3 out of 5 stars, stating, \"'Hug N' Bugs' though tasked with a lot of setup, was likable and diverting enough to suggest good things for Fox's new animated sitcom.\" Kathryn VanArendonk of \"Vulture\" stated that \"The pilot episode is extraordinarily promising, but it's also suggestive of what the Animation Domination block has been, and what it could be in the future.\" One of few negative reviews for the premiere episode came from Tim Goodman, writing"}, {"text": "for \"The Hollywood Reporter\", who stated that the episode \"just kind of sits there for 30 minutes, pleasant but not particularly funny as it sets up the Hart family,\" and recommended viewers to skip the series and watch \"King of the Hill\". On the options of skipping the episode, or watching it, \"Decider\" voted \"Stream it!\", stating, \"We wish we could make more of a slam-dunk recommendation of 'Bless The Harts'. The show has a lot of room to improve, but the writers and cast are top-notch, and the story is warm enough to give it a chance.\""}, {"text": "Dermothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "Cremains of the Day may refer to:"}, {"text": "Dexiothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "Diaphorothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "Diceratothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "Dichaetothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "Panama\u2013South Korea relations are bilateral relations between Panama and South Korea, which were established in 1962. Panama has an embassy in Seoul. South Korea has an embassy in Panama City. Both countries are members of the United Nations. The Panama-Korea Association was established in 2012 with the purpose of promoting and strengthening commercial, academic, cultural and friendship links between both countries. High level visits. In June 2010, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak visited Panama. Later, in October, he received his Panamanian counterpart Ricardo Martinelli at Cheong Wa Dae for summit talks. Trade. In 2021, Panama's exports to South Korea amounted to $380 million. South Korea is the third largest export partner of Panama."}, {"text": "Dimorphothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae."}, {"text": "The men's 20 miles walk event at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games was held on 18 July in Edinburgh, Scotland."}, {"text": "The NCSIST Chien Hsiang () is a Taiwanese anti-radiation loitering munition developed and produced by the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology. Overview. The Chien Hsiang is 1.2 meters long and has a wingspan of 2 meters. It has a delta wing and a pusher propeller. The Chien Hsiang has a reported loiter time of 100 hours and a top speed of 185 km/h. They are primarily intended to fill the anti-radiation weapon role targeting enemy radars, transmitters, and associated systems. While the Chien Hsiang is comparable to the Israeli IAI Harpy, NCSIST has said that any resemblance is coincidental and that the platform is entirely indigenous. A variant with a sensor ball mounted under its nose has been displayed. History. The Chien Hsiang was first exhibited in 2017 at the Taipei Aerospace & Defense Technology Exhibition. In 2019, the Taiwan Air Force\u2019s Air Defense and Missile Command announced a five year, NT$80b (US$2.54b) project to build up a full force of anti-radiation UAVs. In 2022, it was reported that Chien Hsiang production was ahead of schedule and initial procurement was expected to be completed by 2024 or 2025. Launcher. The main Chien Hsiang launch platform is a trailer"}, {"text": "mounting twelve box launchers. It can also be launched from fixed positions and naval vessels. Variants. Decoy. Designed to confuse air defenses systems in conjunction with strike Chien Hsiangs. Anti-ship. Two Chien Hsiang derivatives with larger warheads were displayed in 2023."}, {"text": "Civic Community (, CC) is a liberal Bolivian political coalition led by former president Carlos Mesa, founded in 2018 to contest the 2019 general election. It was born of the alliance of Revolutionary Left Front (FRI), Sovereignty and Freedom (Sol.Bo), All Organization, and Kochala Force parties. The alliance holds Mesa's presidential candidacy, with former minister Gustavo Pedraza as his running mate. The CC elected 50 deputies and 14 senators in the country's Plurinational Legislative Assembly in the election. The CC campaign focused on condemning the candidacy of incumbent president Evo Morales to an unconstitutional fourth consecutive five-year term. The election took place on October 20, 2019. With a preliminary vote count of 45% for incumbent president Evo Morales and 38% for his leading challenger, former president Carlos Mesa, after 83% of votes were counted, neither of those conditions appeared likely to be met. A second-round runoff vote between those two candidates would therefore be held on 15 December. After that figure of 83% of the total, however, no further updates to the preliminary results were made after 19:40 hours local time, which caused consternation among opposition politicians and the election monitors deployed by the Organization of American States; candidate Mesa"}, {"text": "described the suspension as \"extremely serious\" and spoke of manipulation, while the OAS said an explanation was essential. The electoral authorities explained that updates to the preliminary count had been halted because the official results were beginning to be released; nevertheless, no official results were published overnight. Constituent parties. 2019. On 6 October 2018, former president Carlos Mesa accepted the invitation of the Revolutionary Left Front (FRI) to be the party's presidential candidate in the 2019 general elections. Soon after, various parties expressed their interest in forming a unified opposition alliance with Mesa at the helm. On 24 October, La Paz Mayor Luis Revilla announced that his Sovereignty and Liberty (SOL.bo) civic group had decided to support Mesa's candidacy. After a 26-minute walk through the Central Urban Park La Paz on 30 October, Revilla and Mesa, before the media, presented their \"Citizen\" alliance. The pact was formalized the following day. Civic Community (CC) was registered with the Supreme Electoral Tribunal on 13 November 2018 as a coalition between the FRI, SOL.bo, and over 50 citizens platforms. The coalition was further expanded the following day, when CC signed an alliance with TODOS, the regional party of Tarija Governor Adri\u00e1n Oliva. Despite"}, {"text": "last minute hopes of constructing a \"greater agreement\" between CC and the two largest opposition fronts, the National Unity Front (UN) and the Democrat Social Movement (MDS), both parties registered their own alliance dubbed \"Bolivia Says No\". 2020\u20132021. CC contested regional elections for the first time in 2021. In all but three departments, CC ran its own candidates under the variant name Civic Community \u2013 Autonomies for Bolivia (\"Comunidad Ciudadana-Autonom\u00edas para Bolivia\", CA). The exceptions were in Beni where it aligned with Creemos to form the Let's Change (\"Cambiemos\") alliance, Pando where it joined with the regional Democratic Integration Community (CID), and Tarija where it gained the support of incumbent governor Adri\u00e1n Oliva to form Community of Everyone (\"Comunidad de Todos\"). Santa Cruz was the only department where it did not present a gubernatorial candidate, choosing instead to endorse Creemos leader Luis Fernando Camacho. Largely as a result of the hugely divided opposition field, CC failed to win any gubernatorial elections and won six mayoral elections. These were in Camiri, Colcapirhua, Ingavi, Puerto Rico, San Pedro de Manuripi, and Santos Mercado. The latter four were all located in Pando, where CC saw its best performance. In the 2021 elections the"}, {"text": "Civic Community coalition was composed of the following groups: 2024. In December 2024 the Revolutionary Left Front left the coalition in order to support the candidacy of Jorge Quiroga in the 2025 presidential election. Marcelo Pedrazas, a CC deputy from Chuquisaca, stated that the FRI's withdrawal indicated that \"Civic Community has become a failed project\" as a result of internal strife within the coalition. Constituent parties. 2019. On 6 October 2018, former president Carlos Mesa accepted the invitation of the Revolutionary Left Front (FRI) to be the party's presidential candidate in the 2019 general elections. Soon after, various parties expressed their interest in forming a unified opposition alliance with Mesa at the helm. On 24 October, La Paz Mayor Luis Revilla announced that his Sovereignty and Liberty (SOL.bo) civic group had decided to support Mesa's candidacy. After a 26-minute walk through the Central Urban Park La Paz on 30 October, Revilla and Mesa, before the media, presented their \"Citizen\" alliance. The pact was formalized the following day. Civic Community (CC) was registered with the Supreme Electoral Tribunal on 13 November 2018 as a coalition between the FRI, SOL.bo, and over 50 citizens platforms. The coalition was further expanded the following"}, {"text": "day, when CC signed an alliance with TODOS, the regional party of Tarija Governor Adri\u00e1n Oliva. Despite last minute hopes of constructing a \"greater agreement\" between CC and the two largest opposition fronts, the National Unity Front (UN) and the Democrat Social Movement (MDS), both parties registered their own alliance dubbed \"Bolivia Says No\". 2020\u20132021. CC contested regional elections for the first time in 2021. In all but three departments, CC ran its own candidates under the variant name Civic Community \u2013 Autonomies for Bolivia (\"Comunidad Ciudadana-Autonom\u00edas para Bolivia\", CA). The exceptions were in Beni where it aligned with Creemos to form the Let's Change (\"Cambiemos\") alliance, Pando where it joined with the regional Democratic Integration Community (CID), and Tarija where it gained the support of incumbent governor Adri\u00e1n Oliva to form Community of Everyone (\"Comunidad de Todos\"). Santa Cruz was the only department where it did not present a gubernatorial candidate, choosing instead to endorse Creemos leader Luis Fernando Camacho. Largely as a result of the hugely divided opposition field, CC failed to win any gubernatorial elections and won six mayoral elections. These were in Camiri, Colcapirhua, Ingavi, Puerto Rico, San Pedro de Manuripi, and Santos Mercado. The latter"}, {"text": "four were all located in Pando, where CC saw its best performance. In the 2021 elections the Civic Community coalition was composed of the following groups: 2024. In December 2024 the Revolutionary Left Front left the coalition in order to support the candidacy of Jorge Quiroga in the 2025 presidential election. Marcelo Pedrazas, a CC deputy from Chuquisaca, stated that the FRI's withdrawal indicated that \"Civic Community has become a failed project\" as a result of internal strife within the coalition."}, {"text": "The Brooklyn Citizen was a newspaper serving Brooklyn in New York City from 1887 to 1947. It became influential under editor Andrew McLean (1848-1922), a Scottish immigrant from Renton, West Dunbartonshire. Its offices were located at Fulton and Adams Streets near Borough Hall in Downtown Brooklyn, in a section of buildings later demolished for the construction of Cadman Plaza. Distribution. By 1912, ninety percent of the Citizen's distribution went to Brooklyn homes. In 1942/1943, daily circulation totaled 31,000. Union conflicts. Staff were involved in a major strike in 1894, alongside staff from \"The Brooklyn Ties\" and \"The Brooklyn Standard Union\" who were all members of the Brooklyn Typographical Union No. 98; almost all 75 typesetters at the \"Brooklyn Citizen\" went on strike. As a result of this strike, circulation of the \"Citizen\" fell by one third. In 1943, employees sought union recognition through the Newspaper Guild of New York, of the American Newspaper Guild. The Citizen refused to recognize the union, and the National Labor Relations Board ruled that an election must be held and recognized by the newspaper in September 1943."}, {"text": "Thermal ecology is the study of the interactions between temperature and organisms. Such interactions include the effects of temperature on an organism's physiology, behavioral patterns, and relationship with its environment. While being warmer is usually associated with greater fitness, maintaining this level of heat costs a significant amount of energy. Organisms will make various trade-offs so that they can continue to operate at their preferred temperatures and optimize metabolic functions. With the emergence of climate change scientists are investigating how species will be affected and what changes they will undergo in response. History. While it is not known exactly when thermal ecology began being recognized as a new branch of science, in 1969, the Savanna River Ecology Laboratory (SREL) developed a research program on thermal stress due to heated water previously used to cool nuclear reactors being released into various nearby bodies of water. The SREL alongside the DuPont Company Savanna River Laboratory and the Atomic Energy Commission sponsored the first scientific symposium on thermal ecology in 1974 to discuss this issue as well as similar instances and the second symposium was held the next year in 1975. Animals. Temperature has a notable effect on animals, contributing to body growth"}, {"text": "and size, and behavioral and physical adaptations. Ways that animals can control their body temperature include generating heat through daily activity and cooling down through prolonged inactivity at night. Because this cannot be done by marine animals, they have adapted to have traits such as a small surface-area-to-volume ratio to minimize heat transfer with their environment and the creation of antifreeze in the body for survival in extreme cold conditions. Endotherms. Endotherms expend a large amount of energy keeping their body temperatures warm and therefore require a large energy intake to make up for it. There are several ways that they have evolved to solve this issue. For instance, following Bergmann's Rule, endotherms in colder climates tend to be larger than those in warmer climates as a way to conserve internal heat. Other methods include reducing internal temperatures and metabolic rates through daily torpor and hibernation. \"Strix occidentalis\". The \"Strix occidentalis,\" or the California spotted owl, has a preferred temperature range of around 18.20-35.20 \u00b0C and is less tolerant to heat than most other birds, exhibiting behaviors such as wing drooping and increased breathing at 30-34 \u00b0C. Because of this they tend to live in environments that are resistant to"}, {"text": "temperature change such as old-growth forests. Ectotherms. Because the main source of heat for ectotherms comes from their environment, thermal requirements change from species to species depending on geographical location. Due to some species having a static preferred body temperature through generations, they are shown to exhibit behavioral adjustments in situations of drastic environment change with adjustments in physiology as a last resort. In addition, ectotherms, similarly to endotherms, are generally larger in size when living in colder climates, following the temperature-size rule. \"Podarcis siculus\". The \"Podarcis siculus\" otherwise known as the Italian wall lizard has a preferred temperature range of around 28.40-31.57 \u00b0C for both males and females. A strong direct relationship has been observed between their body temperatures and air temperature in the summer and a weak correlation has been observed in the spring. To control their internal temperature, seeking shade under rocks and leaves has proven to be effective. Plants. Many processes during plant reproduction operate at specific temperature ranges making temperature important for reproductive success. Increasing the temperature of the reproductive organs in plants results in more frequent visitations from pollinators and an increase in the rate of metabolic processes. Factors that affect the capture and"}, {"text": "maintaining of heat in plants include flower orientation, size and shape, coloration, opening and closure, pubescence, and thermogenesis. Climate change. Due to recent global climate change, thermal ecology has become a topic of interest for scientists concerning ecological response. Through observation it has been found that organisms typically respond to changes in weather and temperature by either moving to an environment in which these factors match what they are already accustomed to or staying in their current environment and consequently become acclimated to the new conditions. In a study of the fish species \"Galaxias platei,\" it was concluded that the direct impacts of climate change such as increased temperatures would most likely not pose a significant threat however indirect impacts such as habitat loss may be detrimental."}, {"text": "The 2020 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Northeast Conference for the 2019\u201320 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. All tournament games are played at the home arena of the highest seed. The tournament took place March 4\u201310, 2020. Seeds. The top eight postseason-eligible teams in the Northeast Conference will compete in the conference tournament. Teams will be seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. Schedule and results. Note: Bracket is re-seeded after quarterfinal matchups, with highest remaining seed playing the lowest remaining seed in the semifinals. Bracket and results. Teams are reseeded after each round with highest remaining seeds receiving home court advantage. All-tournament team. Tournament MVP in bold."}, {"text": "Margaret Owens (March 28, 1922 \u2013 October 9, 1955) was an American professional rodeo cowgirl. She was a two-time world champion barrel racer. In December 1948 and 1951, she won the world championship. She was the first world champion for the Girls Rodeo Association, now known as the Woman's Professional Rodeo Association. Life. Margaret Owens was born Margaret Bolt on March 28, 1922, in San Angelo, Texas. She was raised on the NH Ranch and worked it with her father Tom Owens. Owens roped, branded, and broke colts. She admired the women competitors of her time who roped in rodeos and aspired to compete herself. Owens spent her entire life living on ranches. Career. In 1945, the West of the Pecos Rodeo sponsored a contest in Pecos, Texas. It invited nearby towns to send a girl representative. Owens was one of the 18 girls that attended. She was 23 years old, and this was her first rodeo. The rules required that the race be run in a cloverleaf pattern and girls wear \"flashy\" western attire. Owens was representing Sheffield and won that contest. She won the line reining and barrel racing. She also won the girl's tie-down roping. In fact,"}, {"text": "she was a champion roper who won the girl's roping contest 4 years consecutively, being one of several of the first women to compete in this event in Pecos, Texas. And, with her horse, Joe Brown, Owens beat the men at calf roping. Owens spent 21 years competing in rodeo. Owens was one of several women who founded the Girl's Rodeo Association in 1948, later renamed to the Women's Professional Rodeo Association. She was the association's first president. Owens was a renowned horsewoman. She often rode in rodeos during a period of time when the rodeos would not hold any events for women. Sometimes she would compete after the rodeo was over in match roping events. Owens and other women promoted and assisted with all-girl rodeos. Death. On October 9, 1955, when Owens was 33 years old, she was involved in a car accident which took her life. It happened near Sierra Blanca, Texas. Honors. In 1976, Owens was posthumously inducted into the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame. In 2014, she was posthumously inducted into the Texas Rodeo Hall of Fame."}, {"text": "An urmahlullu (Sumerian language: ) is a fictitious and mythological lion-centaur hybrid creature. They are quadrupedal felines from the waist down and humanoids from the waist up, and have appeared in the folklore and myths of several cultures of antiquity, as well as in European art of the Middle Ages and early Renaissance. Ancient Assyria and Mesopotamian Culture. The urmahlullu (\"untamed lion man\") is a mythical ancient Mesopotamian beast with a lion-centaur appearance. It was sometimes depicted as holding a club and wearing a cap of divinity. A guardian spirit, its image was used to ward against various malign demons, including the winged death demon Muk\u012bl r\u0113\u0161 lemutti and the lavatory demon \u0160ulak. Statues of Urmahlullu were sometimes placed outside lavatories, such as those in Nineveh's North Palace, or buried on either side of the lavatory door in homes wealthy enough to have lavatories on the premises. Urmahlullu also appear on Assyrian cylinder seals. Indus Valley and Harappan Culture. Urmahlullu also appear in cylinder and square seals found in excavations of the Indus Valley city-state of Kalibangan. In one scene, a researcher describes a lion-centaur goddess wearing a head-dress with a long pendant whose body merges with that of the"}, {"text": "tiger. This goddess is associated with the later Hindu goddess of war. Medieval Europe. At this time known as sagittaries, lion-centaurs appear as grotesques in prayer books, gargoyles in churches, and as aquamanilia. Etienne de Blois, later King Stephen of England, featured sagittaries on his coat of arms and was known as \"The Sagittary of London Park.\""}, {"text": "Eudist Lake () is a lake in the C\u00f4te-Nord region of the province of Quebec, Canada. The Manitou River flows through the lake from north to south, and continues to the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. The Manitou River crosses the lake from north to south and continues to Gulf of St. Lawrence. Location. Eudist Lake is in the unorganized territory of Lac-J\u00e9r\u00f4me in the Minganie Regional County Municipality of Quebec. It is long and wide, and is upstream from the mouth of the Manitou River. The lake has an area of . This lake has the following bays (clockwise from the mouth): Eug\u00e8ne-Francis Cove, Johnny-Tremblay Bay, Imbeault Bay, Trois Soeurs Bay, baie du Lac in Nazaire, Gaudreau Cove, Pilot Bay, Baie des Tugs. The course of the Manitou River crosses the Lac des Eudistes from north to south over . The mouth of the lake is located at the bottom of a triangular bay in the south-east. Name. The Innu call the lake \"Mantu Nipi\", meaning \"lake of the great spirit\", or Manitou. The French name is in honor of the Congregation of Jesus and Mary, or Eudists, an order that was founded in 1643 in Caen by Saint John"}, {"text": "Eudes (1601\u20131680). The order was broken up during the French Revolution, then reformed in 1826 with the mission of education and propagation of the Christian faith. The Eudists settled in the Maritimes in 1890, and in Quebec from 1903. They were given responsibility for the whole of the C\u00f4te-Nord, including Anticosti Island, and founded many parishes, missions and schools. The lake was first given this name in 1916 in the \"Nomenclature des noms g\u00e9ographiques de la province de Qu\u00e9bec\" published by the Geography Commission. It was formerly called Lac \u00e0 Sec (Dry Lake). Fishing. The Pourvoirie Mabec provides outfitter services in of water including the Eudist and Br\u00e9zel lakes. The main fish species are Brook trout (\"Salvelinus fontinalis\") and Arctic char (\"Salvelinus alpinus\"), with trout often weighing . Fishing is allowed in June and August, but not in July. At the start of the season the fish are found in the main lakes, but by the end of summer they migrate to the Manitou River."}, {"text": "Dustin Stanton (born February 20, 1994) is a former American football offensive lineman. He played college football at Oregon State. Early years. Dustin Stanton was born in North Lakewood, Washington to Marty and Diana Stanton on February 20, 1994. His father played football at Eastern Washington University and worked as a physical therapist where he founded North Sound Physical Therapy in Marysville, Washington. Stanton attended Lakewood High School in North Lakewood, Washington. As a three-year captain, Stanton was a two-time recipient of Lakewood's Coaches Award for leadership and hustle. He also earned first-team all-league as a senior on the hardwood; honorable mention as a junior. Stanton played on offense and defense as a linebacker and tight end, and also participated in basketball and track and field while in high school. Stanton was No.10 overall in Washington with 21 receptions and four touchdowns his senior season. He was considered a three-star recruit by \"Rivals.com\" and was rated as the 32nd tight end prospect of his class. College career. Stanton accepted a football scholarship from Oregon State University. As a redshirt freshman, he started 13 games at tight end, but then moved to the offensive line. As a sophomore, he started 6"}, {"text": "games at right tackle. As a junior, he continued to play at right tackle and started 12 games. Stanton was one of only two offensive linemen to start all 12 games in 2015. As a senior at Oregon State, Stanton started all 12 games, three at right tackle and nine at right guard. Professional career. Cincinnati Bengals. Stanton signed with the Cincinnati Bengals on April 29, 2017, as an undrafted free agent. He was released in August out of preseason. Dallas Cowboys. Stanton signed a 2-year contract with the Dallas Cowboys on April 28, 2018, as a free agent. He suffered a knee injury and was placed on injured reserve for the remainder of the season."}, {"text": "Time is the eighth studio album from Swedish singer M\u00e5ns Zelmerl\u00f6w. It was released on 18 October 2019 through Warner Music Sweden. The album includes the singles \"Walk with Me\" and \"Better Now\". The album peaked at number eighteen on the Swedish Albums Chart. Background. In August 2019, Zelmerl\u00f6w announced that he would release his new album in October. He also announced a four date tour across Sweden in October in connection with the release of the album. He said in an interview, \"It is always best to play at home in Sweden and in the fall you will see that something completely new.\" Some recording sessions took place during songwriting camps in Battersea with others at Peter Gabriel\u2019s Real World studios. When talking about the album, he said, \"It begins with a letter from myself to my younger self as a young boy, then it moves to quite a dark place, before things turn around for the better again.\" Commercial performance. On 25 October 2019, the album entered the Swedish Albums Chart at number eighteen, making it Zelmerl\u00f6w's first album not to debut in the top 10 in Sweden. Critical reception. \"Scandipop\" gave the album a mixed review stating,"}, {"text": "\"He's calling it by far his best album to date. But given the fact that earlier this year he did the unforgivable and publicly slated his earlier work, it's now somewhat difficult to invest too much into what he puts his name to, without wondering if in ten years' time he'll be referring to what you like of his right now, as pretty damn awful.\" Florian Rahn from \"Wiwibloggs\" gave the album a positive review stating, \"He knows his sound and how to deliver a well-produced body of work.\" Singles. \"Walk with Me\" was released as the lead single from the album on 1 March 2019. M\u00e5ns and Dotter performed the song live during Melodifestivalen 2019. The song peaked at number 51 on the Swedish Singles Chart. \"Better Now\" was released as the second single from the album on 17 May 2019. The song peaked at number 79 on the Swedish Singles Chart. \"One\" was released as the third single from the album on 21 November 2019. The song did not enter the Swedish Singles Chart, but peaked at number 20 on the Sweden Heatseeker Songs. \"On My Way\" was released as the fourth single from the album on 24"}, {"text": "April 2020. \"Mirror\" was released as the fifth single from the album on 21 August 2020."}, {"text": "The men's long jump event at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games was held on 21 and 22 July at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland."}, {"text": "Nicola Materazzi (28 January 1939 \u2013 24 August 2022) was an Italian mechanical engineer who developed several sports and racing cars, including the Ferrari 288 GTO, Ferrari F40, Bugatti EB110, and B Engineering Edonis. He was one of Italy's leading turbocharging specialists from the mid-1970s, a respected sports car and motorcycle engineer, and is sometimes referred to as \"Mr. F40\" or the \"father of the F40.\" Early life. Born into a family of doctors, Nicola Materazzi showed an early interest in cars at the age of 4, asking his parents to read him pages of the press articles of the time. During his adolescence, he enrolled in the Liceo Classico school in the town where his father was a practising doctor. In 1961, he built his first go-kart at the age of 22, and he attended as a spectator his first Targa Florio race in 1966, where he was influenced by agile cars such as the Porsche 904 and Ferrari Dino. In 1970, while a spectator at Monza, he witnessed the accident in practice where Jochen Rindt lost his life. Career. Along with Gordon Murray, Colin Chapman, Eric Broadley, and Carroll Shelby, Materazzi was one of the most prolific engineering"}, {"text": "designers of the 1970s, 80s, and 90s, having worked on a total of 38 projects in motorsports, supercars, and motorcycles during a career spanning 42 years. Coming from the region of Cilento, where no automotive industry was present, his first career role started as a Calculations Specialist at the Lancia Turin headquarters. During his career in the Italian automobile industry, he worked with or was the successor to a number of notable engineers, such as (Lancia), Mario Mezzanotte (Pirelli), Franco Rocchi, Angelo Bellei (Ferrari), Antonio Tomaini (Ferrari, Osella), Massimo Tamburini (Cagiva), Paolo Stanzani (Bugatti), Marcello Gandini, Sergio Scaglietti, and Leonardo Fioravanti. Lancia, Abarth, Osella (1968\u20131979). After high school, he spent the summers of 1964 and 1965 in internships at the Mobil Oil refinery near Naples, where he learned about fuels and the important octane properties of different formulations of gasoline. After graduation in engineering at the University of Naples, he spent about a year working there as an assistant professor, leaving during the tense atmosphere created by the student protests of 1968. Hired by the Lancia technical team in the early seventies, he moved to Turin, where he worked as a calculations specialist on chassis, suspension, and steering structures. One"}, {"text": "of his first important experiences was participating in the development of the Lancia Stratos for rallying. Later, as part of the design team responsible for modifying the engine and aerodynamics of the Group 5 turbocharged Stratos Silhouette, he began his long technical career, mostly dedicated to the design and testing of supercharged engines. In 1978, following the merger of the Lancia and FIAT racing departments, he went to Abarth to design the car for the Formula FIAT Abarth, a racing series for developing young race drivers. At the end of 1978, he worked at Osella, where he was responsible for the design of a Formula 2 car (FA2) and later of a Formula 1 car. However, he did not follow the FA1's racing campaign because, by January 1980, he was working at Ferrari. Ferrari Formula 1 and performance road cars (1979\u20131988). In 1979, Materazzi was hired by Ferrari's racing division as head of the design/engineering office (while Mauro Forghieri remained Technical Director) due to his specialisation in forced induction, which would help the team from the 1980 season onwards. He was the main engineer responsible for the adoption of turbo engines at Ferrari. Later, he was also assigned several production"}, {"text": "car developments, such as the engine for the 328 Turbo, Ferrari 288 GTO, 288 GTO Evoluzione, Testarossa, 412 GT. He was then directed by Enzo Ferrari, shortly before his death, to lead the development and creation of the F40, which is probably the project Materazzi is most associated with by Ferrari owners. He also designed various engines such as the type 268 used by the Lancia LC2 in endurance races. Working under Enzo Ferrari. Materazzi was notified of Enzo Ferrari's interest in hiring him by a friend who was working for Ferrari. During a telephone call, Enzo Ferrari invited Materazzi to visit his office and discuss a job offer that would involve him taking responsibility for engine development, in particular with regards to turbocharging. After the successful agreement, the company released an article in the Italian press with the title \"The technical expert who knows everything about the turbo has left Osella and joined Ferrari.\" Mr. Ferrari, who was 100% in control of the Gestione Sportiva (Racing Division), structured the 1981 staff with Mauro Forghieri as technical director, Angiolino Marchetti as head of vehicle design, Gianfranco Poncini as head of structural and aerodynamic calculations, and Nicola Materazzi as head of"}, {"text": "the technical office for all development of chassis and engines. The racing department of Ferrari in the 1980s was of relatively limited size, so there was daily discussion between Ferrari, Forghieri, Materazzi, Tomaini, and other experienced engineers in the team. Materazzi in particular was in a delicate position once the turbocharged engines started to run \"in anger\" on the cars, due to the need to control any reliability issues and prevent failures that would cause the drivers to retire from a race. The turbo cars were powerful, but the technology of the time was not always fully robust. Enzo Ferrari asked to anticipate the introduction of the turbo on the 126 car, while Materazzi argued that some additional time was required to prove on the dynamometers that the engine would run for the required race distances. Owing in part to his total passion for engineering and in part due to not being married, Materazzi was fully dedicated to his work. Ferrari understood this driving passion and sought to encourage him to take on some issues that were predominant in the road car division, where the old man, however, did not have full control; it was FIAT who controlled the Gestione"}, {"text": "Industriale (Industrial Division). Enzo Ferrari lamented that new emissions regulations and cost economising had made the new cars \"sleepy,\" in other words, heavy or underpowered. He felt that Materazzi could look into the powertrain designs and breathe new life into them, bringing the racing know-how into the hands of the gentleman customer. On a late evening in Ferrari's office, the two discussed the project for an engine, where Materazzi clearly stated that a road car engine with three litres of displacement should allow for at least 400 horsepower and not merely 300, as the initial specification stated. Ferrari took this bold statement as an opportunity to delegate the responsibility to him, something Materazzi initially declined due to other racing commitments but reluctantly accepted after the insistence of the old man. The work on the engine then led to more work on the general layout of the (288) GTO vehicle, where Materazzi chose to install the engine longitudinally to allow better space and equal exhaust lengths for the turbocharging. The GTO Evoluzione was unfortunately a victim of the cancellation of the FISA Group B championship. It was ready and should have been produced in the numbers required for homologation but for"}, {"text": "the deaths of Toivonen and Cresto. The few cars that were built were sold to a handful of enthusiasts, and one or more remained parked in a corner of the workshops. Ferrari entrusted one of the experienced test drivers to try it on the road and asked Materazzi why the car would be \"killed\" and if it could please be developed into a road car. Materazzi pointed out to Ferrari that it would be very tricky to develop a car in a very short space of time, but that it could be possible if he did not have interference from people and politics. Ferrari thus invited Materazzi to choose his collaborators and, due to his habit of noting everything day by day in a diary, wrote down \"Materazzi, no rompicoglioni\": Materazzi, no ball-busters (interfering). This agreement after the meeting meant that the project for a new car (the name was not yet chosen) started on 10 June 1986. It was not possible to schedule a launch in October (Frankfurt) because that would have clashed with the Alfa Romeo 164. Instead of postponing the date, Mr. Ferrari insisted that the car be presented before the August holidays, putting considerable pressure on"}, {"text": "Materazzi to complete the work in just 12 months, which was achieved by working on week-ends and bank holidays. The car was presented to the press during a relatively low-key event at the Civic Centre in Maranello on 21 July 1987, where (from left to right) Materazzi, Fioravanti, Ferrari, and Razelli sat at the table to answer questions from the press. The F40 was described in certain press articles as Ferrari's answer to the Porsche 959 owing to the similar release dates. Materazzi, however, confirmed that this was not possible since the Porsche Gruppe B prototype was initiated by Porsche's management (Bott & Schutz) in 1981 and manufactured from 1986 after delays in development related to the high technological content (and related workload). Materazzi always maintained that, logically, only the 288 GTO was the competitor to the 959 due to its development from 1983 to 1984, with the brief to bring more performance to the road cars which Ferrari felt were underpowered. The GTO's link with FISA Group B was predominantly an opportunity to prove the car rather than the raison d'etre of the GTO. The F40, whose development was initiated in June 1986, was a car borne out of"}, {"text": "the GTO Evoluzione but without any specific brief to match the 959 technical content (4WD, adaptive damping, etc.). In August 1987, Enzo Ferrari decided to hand the role of technical director for the road car division to Materazzi, but because FIAT had overall control of that division, it chose instead a manager from Carraro Tractors (then part of the FIAT group). This decision led to Materazzi's departure from Ferrari and employment at the Cagiva motorcycle company, upon invitation from its MD Claudio Castiglioni. Motorcycles and Bugatti (1989\u20131997). After leaving Ferrari, he joined Cagiva as director of the racing department from 1990 to 1991. During this time, he worked on engine and chassis technical developments for the GP500 Cagiva C589 and C591, helping riders Eddie Lawson, Randy Mamola, Alex Barros and John Kocinski win more races than the previous seasons. Massimo Tamburini was responsible for the body and aerodynamics of the motorcycles. At the end of 1991, he was contacted by Romano Artioli to take over the Bugatti EB110 project, which was in serious difficulty after the departure of Paolo Stanzani. During this time, he engineered the switch from the prototype aluminium honeycomb chassis to a carbon-fibre chassis, resolved issues with"}, {"text": "engine reliability, and adapted the torque distribution to improve the vehicle handling. He also played a key role in the specification of the SS lightweight version. So good was the EB110 compared to its rivals during a group test by Michael Schumacher that he ordered one in yellow with a blue comfort interior. In 1994, Materazzi assumed the technical direction of Laverda to work on the new 750cc engine. B Engineering Edonis (2000\u20132005). The Edonis is the swan song of the Italian engineer. Development started in 2000 in order to present the car by 1 January 2001. He designed the Edonis supercar, which was presented in Modena in 2001. In the summer of 2002, French magazine Sport-Auto organised a comparison amongst supercars at the Nardo' circuit in Puglia, southern Italy. The winner was the 715 horsepower Edonis, fitted with Michelin Pax System tyres, which clocked up a record speed for the circuit of 359.6 km/h. Personal life. During his youth, Materazzi was a keen motorcyclist and passionate about go-karts. After his studies in Naples, he lived the majority of his life near Turin and Modena for work reasons. His hobby from an early age was literature, and, over the years,"}, {"text": "he built a very detailed library of technical and non-technical books. As a knowledgeable expert in engines and engineering calculations, he was interviewed by several book authors as the authority on the Ferrari turbocharged cars of the 1980s and contributed to other worldwide articles about engine technology. He also periodically gave talks about cars and engineering. As a lover of the sea, following his retirement in 2006, he returned to his native region of Cilento, where his family had roots."}, {"text": "Mike Fraboni (born June 5, 1948, in Hibbing, Minnesota, United States) is an American curler. He is a and a two time United States men's curling champion (1991, 2002). He works at Madison Curling Club as a curling ice maker."}, {"text": "The Leopold Wenger Institute for Ancient Legal History and Papyrus Research is an institute of the law school of the University of Munich. It traces itself back to the Seminar for Papyrus Research founded by Professor Leopold Wenger in 1909 (which was soon renamed the Institute for Papyrus Research and Ancient Legal History). It was renamed the \u201cLeopold Wenger Institute for Legal History and Papyrus Research\u201d in Wenger\u2019s honor in 1956, under the direction of Wolfgang Kunkel (and Wenger's large library became the core of that institute's collections). Added to this was the acquisition of the surviving holdings of Wenger\u2019s colleague Professor Mariano San Nicol\u00f2. Kunkel\u2019s work in building the institute\u2019s library was also supported by Johannes von Elmenau at the Bavarian Ministry of Culture and the Society of Friends and Supporters of the University of Munich e.V. (M\u00fcnchener Universit\u00e4tsgesellschaft). Together with the Director of the Ancient History Institute of the University of Munich, the Director of the Leopold Wenger Institute for Ancient Legal History and Papyrus Research is traditionally the co-editor of the monograph series entitled M\u00fcnchener Beitr\u00e4ge zur Papyrusforschung und Antiken Rechstgeschichte (\"Munich Contributions to Papyrus Research and Ancient Legal History\u201d). Recent directors of the Leopold Wenger Institute"}, {"text": "for Ancient Legal History and Papyrus Research include Wolfgang Kunkel, Dieter N\u00f6rr, Alfons B\u00fcrge, and Johannes Platschek. In addition to being a teaching resource for classes in ancient law, scholars from throughout world are among the guests and users."}, {"text": "Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost World Tour was a concert tour by British indie rock band Foals in support of the band's two-part album \"Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost.\" The tour started on 4 March 2019 and concluded on 30 August 2021. The tour is the band's first in two years following the release of their 2015 album \"What Went Down\" as well as the first tour following the exit of bassist Walter Gervers. Background. Following a handful of performances in 2017, including a headline performance at the 2017 \"Citadel Festival\" in London's Gunnersbury Park, the band took a break to work on their fifth album. In January 2018, bassist Walter Gervers announced that he would be leaving the band. In January 2019, the band announced the release of two albums \"Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost \u2013 Part 1\" & \"Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost \u2013 Part 2\" alongside dates across USA & Europe as well as the release of their first single in three years, \"Exits\"\".\" The following month Everything Everything bassist Jeremy Pritchard was announced as the band's touring bassist across their 2019 dates alongside touring percussionists Kit Monteith from the band Trophy Wife"}, {"text": "and Vincent Taeger. In October 2019, shortly before the release of \"Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost \u2013 Part 2,\" the band announced a documentary entitled \"Rip Up The Road\" for Amazon Studios recorded across the 2019 live dates, as well as releasing a live EP featuring recordings from the band's two headline performances at London's Alexandra Palace. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Foals rescheduled their remaining tour dates in April 2020. Ten months later, in March 2021, they were rescheduled to April 2022. A few days before the tour started, it was rebranded to the Life Is Yours Tour. Set list. This set list is representative of the performance on 22 June 2019 in London, England. It does not represent the set list at all concerts for the duration of the tour."}, {"text": "This is a list of Albanian cyclists."}, {"text": "The LFG V 8 B\u00e4rbel (Barbel) in English) was a small, single-engined, biplane flying boat which carried two passengers. The sole example was built in Germany shortly after World War I but was exported and used for Baltic flights. Design and development. LFG's first post-World War I flying boat was the monoplane V 3 Susanna which appeared in 1919. In 1921 they built the V 8 B\u00e4rbel, a biplane, though again powered by a single Mercedes D.II engine in pusher configuration. The B\u00e4rbel was a two bay biplane. Its lower wing was attached to the upper fuselage and the one piece upper wing was high above, the bays defined by parallel, vertical interplane struts between the wing spars. The equal span wings were mounted without stagger and with dihedral only on the lower one. Both had wooden structure and were fabric covered. They were almost rectangular in plan, though the tips were slightly angled and blunted. The upper wing carried short ailerons; though a general arrangement diagram shows these as overhung, photographs show no such balances. Its Mercedes D.II engine was mounted between the wings on short struts from the upper fuselage; longer struts from its mounting supported the upper"}, {"text": "wing centre-section. Both trailing edges had central cut-outs for its two-bladed propeller. The B\u00e4rbel had a rectangular cross-section fuselage with a flat planing bottom, its main step close to the centre of gravity under the wings. Behind it the rear fuselage had a narrower, V-section underside that ended at a second step midway between trailing edge and the tail. LFG had experimented with sponsons and then with a wide hull to provide stability on the water with the earlier V 3 and V 3a flying boats but the B\u00e4rbel had deep wingtip floats attached directly to the wing under the outer interplane struts. The pilot's open cockpit was near the nose and a second cockpit had a pair of side-by-side seats just forward of the lower wing leading edge. Dual control could be fitted for pilot training. Behind the first step the fuselage tapered in plan and profile, curving upwards to the tail. Fuselage, floats and the tail were made from duralumin. All the tail surfaces were rectangular. Its fin, broader than high, carried the tailplane near its top, supported from below by a single strut on each side. Rudder and elevators were aerodynamically balanced. Operational history. Only the prototype"}, {"text": "is known to have been built. After its sale on 21 October 1920 to a Finn and LFG's receipt of an export permit in November, it was used for journeys around the Baltic. The sale date suggests the construction date of 1921 provided by G\u00fctschow was a year late."}, {"text": "Hans Walz (born 21 March 1883 in Stuttgart; died 23 April 1974) was a German merchant, and from 1926 to 1963 he was the managing director of Robert Bosch GmbH. After attending high school, Walz completed a two-year apprenticeship in banking and then worked in banking and wholesale. In 1912 he occupied a commercial administrative post at Bosch and was assigned as personal secretary of Robert Bosch in its asset management. In 1919 he was appointed to the supervisory board of the company. He was also a member of the Supervisory Board of the Stuttgart Homeopathic Hospital Society. In the Weimar Republic Walz was a member of the Association for the Defense against Anti-Semitism as well as a friend of . In addition to his membership of the Committee of the Advisory Council of the Protestant Church in W\u00fcrttemberg, his membership led to a negative assessment brought by the Sicherheitsdienst in 1942. In 1933, Walz and other high-ranking Bosch employees filed applications for admission in the Nazi Party (membership number 3,433,104). Admission requests were processed in late summer and fall, and Walz's membership was granted retroactively to May 1 of that year. Walz was also an SS member (membership number"}, {"text": "155.369) and member of the Freundeskreis der Wirtschaft, where Kreis-Manager Fritz Kranefuss complained to the Reichsf\u00fchrer that there were \"unpleasant discussions\" with Walz. Nevertheless, at the end of 1943 or early 1944, he was still appointed Wehrwirtschaftsf\u00fchrer. From 1938 to 1940, Walz had financed the emigration of Jews for Karl Adler, for which he was awarded the title of Righteous Among the Nations in 1969 by Israel. He is one of the few Nazi Party members to be honoured this way, along with Oskar Schindler, Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz, Helmut Kleinicke, and Karl Plagge. In 1953, Walz was awarded the Great Cross of Merit with Star of the Federal Republic of Germany. In 1958 and 1959, he was first treasurer of the liberal Friedrich Naumann Foundation. His mentor Robert Bosch was personally involved in Friedrich Naumann's citizenship school."}, {"text": "Thornton was a cutter launched in 1793 at Southampton that the Sierra Leone Company purchased to assist in their activities. A French squadron destroyed her at Sierra Leone in September 1794. \"Lloyd's Register\" (1794) showed \"Thornton\", cutter, with F.Syford, master, Sierra Leone Company, owner, and trade Cork\u2013Sierra Leone. The Sierra Leone Company had been established in March 1791 and had purchased several vessels. These vessels supported the colony the company had established in Sierra Leone and that its settlers, free blacks from Canada that the company had transported there, named Freetown. \"Lloyd's List\" for 4 May 1792 reported that \"Amy\", Patterson, \"Lapwing\", Robinson, , Wilson, and 15 ships from Halifax, Nova Scotia had arrived at Sierra Leone. (It was this fleet of 15 vessels that brought the settlers.) In October 1793, the company sent to cruise from Bissau to Cape Mesurado. Her mission was to visit the forts on the way to purchase African commodities and bring them back to Freetown. There the company would warehouse them until it could export them on vessels visiting Freetown. The trial apparently was a success. In April 1794 the company expanded the program. \"Thornton\" sailed to the Gold Coast to trade in gold"}, {"text": "and ivory. Other vessels were sent on similar missions. In September 1794 a French naval squadron comprising the razee under the command of \"lieutenant de vaisseau\" Arnaud, \"Vigilance\", , \"Pervie\", and was cruising the West African coast, destroying British factories and shipping. Among many other vessels, they captured two company vessels, \"Harpy\" and \"Thornton\", Sayford, master. They retained \"Harpy\". On 6 October 1794, after setting fire to the company's remaining buildings, the French gave \"the Company's schooner\" \"Thornton\" to an American slave trader named Mariner as a reward for his services to them."}, {"text": "Town & Witherell were two American silversmiths in Montpelier, Vermont, who collaborated between 1838 and 1845. Ira Strong Towne was born March 3, 1810, and died September 19, 1902. His apprentice Elijah Bailey Witherell was born March 15, 1817, and died before April 26, 1849)."}, {"text": "Sarah Jane Harder (\"nee\" Snell; born September 9, 1937) is an American feminist and associate professor emerita of English at the University of Wisconsin\u2013Eau Claire. She started the women's studies program at the University of Wisconsin\u2013Eau Claire and served as president of the American Association of University Women. Early life. Harder was born as Sarah Jane Snell on September 9, 1937, to parents Margaret and Frank. Her mother was of Irish descent, and her father of Swedish. They raised her and her sister Susan as Catholic. She enrolled in the University of Iowa but dropped out to live with her future husband. She was unhappy as a housewife and her parents encouraged her to go back to school. Even as she was pregnant, Harder continued her education and eventually divorced her husband. Career. As a single mother with her parents help, she obtained a degree in both English and history from the University of Wisconsin\u2013La Crosse. During her college years, she was a sorority member of Alpha Delta Pi. After graduation, she became an English professor at the University of Wisconsin\u2013Eau Claire alongside her husband Harry. However, when she became pregnant she was denied maternity leave. She fought this and"}, {"text": "overturned the policy across the entire UW system. In 1971, Harder became a founding member of the National Organization for Women in Wisconsin. She later became an advisor for older students at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. In 1975, she was appointed assistant to the chancellor for affirmative action and educational opportunities at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. She was the first Title IX officer at the University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire. At the conclusion of the 1970s, Harder was a key figure in creating the Wisconsin Women's Network. During her lengthy career at the university, Harder founded the women's studies program, which she later Chaired. In 1983, Harder was appointed convener of the Wisconsin Women's Council, and two years later was elected president of the American Association of University Women (AAUW). The Wisconsin Women's Council was composed of 15 women selected by Anthony Earl to address, amongst other topics, women in poverty. In 1985, Harder and Irene Natividad were elected co-presidents of the Council of Presidents (CP) of the National Council of Women's Organizations. That year, she was also invited to the United Nation's sponsored women's forum in Nairobi, Kenya. Her term as president lasted until 1989, when she"}, {"text": "was replaced by Sharon Schuster. While she served her term as president, Harder also chaired their Educational Foundation and was vice-president of the International Federation of University Women. After leaving the AAUW, Harder became active in the National Peace Foundation (NPF). She was also elected president of the NGO Women for a Meaningful Summit in 1988. With the NPF, she helped manage the Open World Programme, which was launched in 1999, which aimed to bring together 5 thousand Russian leaders to learn about the USA's free enterprise system. She was elected president of NPF in 2006. In 1991, she and Mike Blanchard co-chaired the Education for Employment Council in Wisconsin. In February 2013, Harder and her husband were named Professor Emerita of the University of Wisconsin\u2013Eau Claire."}, {"text": "Governor Edwards may refer to:"}, {"text": "Willem Poolman (born 8 October 1778 \u2013 14 June 1823) was a Dutch military officer and colonial administrator on the Gold Coast. Biography. Willem Poolman was born in Amsterdam to Willem Poolman senior and Catharina Groen. He became a military officer and was eventually installed Commander of the Dutch Gold Coast on 31 December 1821. Poolman arrived in Elmina on 28 May 1822 and was installed on 6 June. Willem Poolman died in office on 14 June 1823. Personal life. Willem Poolman married Elsje Harmsen in 1803. Their son Willem Poolman junior (1809\u20131873) was a member of parliament and founder of the Netherlands East Indies Railway Company."}, {"text": "Nick Johnston is a Canadian guitarist and songwriter who records as a solo artist. As of 2024, he has released six solo records. His albums have featured the work of notable artists such as Paul Gilbert, Marco Minnemann, Guthrie Govan, and Bryan Beller. He has also played on songs by other artists, including Intervals, Scale the Summit, Periphery, Polyphia, and Mike Dawes, and he has toured with Plini, among other artists. In May 2019, he went on a North American tour with Between the Buried and Me and the Contortionist. In 2025, he was announced as a touring guitarist for the metal band Mastodon, before later being confirmed as the official replacement for the group's previous lead guitarist, Brent Hinds. Johnston has cited musical influences such as Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eddie Van Halen, Yngwie Malmsteen, and Jeff Beck, saying \"I sound nothing like those guys, but I'm massively influenced by them\". Another influence was Joe Satriani. \"Before listening to Joe, I don't think I understood how important a role the melodies played in building compositions\", Nick stated in a \"Total Guitar\" interview. \"I realised he was the guy who'd really figured it out\u2014the balance of technique, tone, melody, and production."}, {"text": "While players were learning blues from Hendrix and Clapton, I was learning them from Satriani\". The guitarist released his own signature guitar through Schecter in 2016. Schecter has since released additional variants of his signature guitar, splitting them into the USA Signature Series and Traditional Series, with these being premium and affordable versions respectively. He is also passionate about comics and has hired comics illustrators to create his album art."}, {"text": "The Concert Grove is a section of Prospect Park, Brooklyn, New York City, that historically functioned as an outdoor music venue. It still serves as a sculpture garden lined with busts of musical figures, largely put up by German American S\u00e4ngerfest participants and other cultural groups. The Concert Grove also includes the Concert Grove Pavilion, formerly known as the Oriental Pavilion, and adjoins a Lincoln sculpture facing the lake. History and design. The Concert Grove is located on the northeast edge of the Prospect Park Lake, featuring a terrace garden above an esplanade. Originally completed in 1874 in a design by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, with the assistance of Jacob Wrey Mould and Thomas Wisedell, it was laid out so park patrons could hear music being played from a bandstand on the later-demolished Music Island. The audience was expected to enjoy the outdoor setting and walk around during intermissions, in the style of a promenade concert. The Concert Grove served as the \"artistic center\" for Prospect Park, and in the 19th century, hosted German choral groups. However, as the area was considered to have had bad acoustics, concerts were moved to the nearby Music Pagoda in the Nethermead"}, {"text": "section of Prospect Park when that structure opened in 1887. After this, the Concert Grove became known for a period as the Flower Garden. The southern part of the Concert Grove was later modified to make way for an ice skating rink called Wollman Rink, which was approved in 1960 and opened the following year on the site of the Music Island. The grove was renovated in the 2010s, which also saw the opening of the Shelby White and Leon Levy Esplanade and the island restored as Chaim Baier Music Island, with the demolition of the rink and the construction of the LeFrak Center, a year-round sports facility. The grove's style complements that of the Central Park Mall; however, unlike the elongated, rectangular Mall, the Concert Grove was laid out radially, in order to blend more smoothly with the landscape. The design can also be compared to aspects of Bethesda Terrace, another Vaux and Mould collaboration. It consists of two pathways fanning outward, away from the lake, as well as a pedestrian walkway running through the middle of the grove. Two curved terraces, paralleling the shoreline and running perpendicularly to the spokes of the \"fan\", divide the grove into plateaus."}, {"text": "A path runs southward from the Concert Grove to the LeFrak Center. Structures. Pavilion. The Concert Grove Pavilion, also known as the Oriental Pavilion, is located in the middle of the Concert Grove, measuring with a roof and columns in a Middle Eastern or Indian style. The pavilion is supported by eight columns made of cast iron. The orientalist style could be considered a kind of Indo-Gothic, and may have been influenced by then-current British ideas of Vaux's early apprenticeship under Lewis Nockalls Cottingham or by his collaborator Jacob Wrey Mould. Formerly a table service restaurant, it was converted to a snack bar in the 1950s after the closure of the Concert Grove House. The pavilion was largely destroyed in a 1974 fire, only the pillars surviving, and was reconstructed in 1987, though restoration work was temporarily halted after a contractor died on site. Everything was based on historic photographs and analysis of the destroyed structure, as original plans were lost. It proved difficult to identify the original colors from the old black-and-white images, and the palette was inspired by Vaux's Samuel J. Tilden House. The pavilion deteriorated after that, though plans to restore the pavilion were revealed in 2015."}, {"text": "It has been very occasionally used for events in recent years, such as Shakespeare performances, as well as for weddings. It was again restored in 2021, and a design flaw from 1987 that led to water damage was corrected. Statues. The first of six busts of creative figures in this park section was erected before the completion of the site, and just outside it. The bust of American writer Washington Irving (1871) across East Drive from the Concert Grove, was donated by Demas Barnes. The first inside the grove itself was the bust of Irish poet and lyricist Thomas Moore (1879), donated by the St. Patrick Society of Brooklyn. Moore's bust helped establish a definite musical theme to the sculpture garden, and later busts are of classical composers, sponsored by other European American cultural groups. The later busts include three donated by the United German Singers of Brooklyn representing their wins in national S\u00e4ngerfests: Ludwig van Beethoven (1894, one of a series by Bearer), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1897), and Carl Maria von Weber (1909). And the last one to be added was donated by the Norwegian Societies of Brooklyn, Edvard Grieg (1914). A statue of Abraham Lincoln, the first Lincoln"}, {"text": "monument in the United States, is also located at the Concert Grove. Sculpted by Henry Kirke Brown in 1869, it was initially located at Grand Army Plaza. The Lincoln statue was relocated to the Concert Grove in 1896, and restored in the late 1980s. Another restoration of the Lincoln statue took place in 1998. From 1959 until the early 2010s the statue faced the rear fence of the Kate Wollman Skating Rink. Following the Concert Grove restoration and closure of the rink it now faces the edge of the Prospect Park Lake. It was proposed to move the statue back to its original position as part of the restoration, replacing the bust of Alexander Skene at Grand Army Plaza, but , it was still located in the Concert Grove. Wall. A long low wall of Mary's Point Red sandstone partially surrounds the Concert Grove, with ornate sculptural decoration by Jacob Wrey Mould. A part of the original construction in 1874, it was intended to mark a place for the hitching of carriages. It later become prominent in the local running community as a starting line for circuits around the park, and a 1995 restoration named it \"Harry's Wall\" after a"}, {"text": "founder of the Prospect Park Track Club, funded by the Prospect Park Alliance, New York Road Runners, and friends of Harry Murphy. Former structures. A frame chalet called the Concert Grove House was located north of the grove. It was completed in 1873 and contained a similar design to The Dairy, a now-demolished stone cottage, though the Concert Grove House was a frame building. The Concert Grove House served as a restaurant before being demolished in 1949. Restrooms were also provided within the building."}, {"text": "Abdul Matin Chowdhury (; 1915 \u2013 19 February 1990), popularly known as Shaikh-e-Fulbari (), was a Bengali religious scholar and political activist. A disciple of Hussain Ahmad Madani, he later gained his own following and was politically involved during the partition of India and independence of Bangladesh. Early life and background. Abdul Matin Chowdhury was born in 1915 to a Zamindar family in the village of Fulbari, Golapganj, in what is now Sylhet District, Bangladesh. He was the youngest of the six children of his parents, Rizwan Uddin and Khair-un-nessa Chowdhury. Through his father, he claimed descent from Abdullah ibn Ja'far, a nephew of the fourth Rashidun caliph, Ali ibn Abi Talib. Chowdhury's lineage is the following: Abdul Matin Chowdhury, son of Rizwan Uddin Chowdhury, son of Haydar Ali, son of Muhammad Abdul Latif, son of Muhammad Nazim, son of Muhammad Jama, son of Tahir Muhammad, son of Muhammad Danish, son of Ahmad Khan, son of Karim Khan, son of Mumin Khan, son of Dua Khan, son of Qalandar Hazara, son of Bolly Hazara, son of Mir Hazara. It is said that the latter was granted jagirs in Fulbari by the Mughals after migrating from Afghanistan and marrying the daughter"}, {"text": "of the \"Amil\" (administrator) of Gaur. After being orphaned at the age of eight, Chowdhury initially lived with his elder sister, before coming under the care of his maternal uncle in the village of Ronokali. In 1928, he was introduced to Hussain Ahmad Madani, who had been familiar with his late father. Having impressed Madani with his religious piety and enthusiasm, Chowdhury returned with him to Uttar Pradesh, where he became enrolled at Darul Uloom Deoband, a prominent Islamic university. During this time, he developed a close relationship with Madani, whose home he stayed at during his education, later becoming his religious disciple. Chowdhury graduated from the university after nine years, having had proven a competency in Hadiths, Tafsir and Arabic literature among others. Political and religious career. Under Madani's instructions, he took part and became a leader in the Indian independence movement. Following the Partition of India in 1947, Chowdhury supported the development of the newly created Pakistan, working alongside the leadership of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind organisation. After Bangladesh declared independence in 1971, he attempted to prevent incidents of violence against people by the Pakistani military. When fifty of his relatives in Ronokali were cornered by the army, Chowdhury"}, {"text": "successfully appealed to the soldiers to spare them. On another occasion, he was able to intervene to save the lives of seven Hindus under similar circumstances. Chowdhury subsequently played an active part in the Bangladesh Khilafat movement, working under the leadership of Hafezzi Huzur and presiding over many of its conferences. In 1966 and 1967, Chowdhury undertook extensive missionary work as part of the Tablighi Jamaat organisation. His travels included Turkey, the United Kingdom, Yugoslavia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Japan. He became a notable orator, performing lectures in Bengali, Urdu, Arabic and English. Chowdhury was further recognised both as a philanthropist, due to his support of the poor, and as a writer, receiving praise for his publication, \"Shatter Mapkati\" (\"Scale of Truth\"). He eventually built up an extensive religious following, with his disciples and pupils including Emdadul Haque, Nur Uddin Gohorpuri and Amin Uddin Shaikh-e-Ketia. Death and legacy. Chowdhury died on 19 February 1990 and was survived by his wife and seven children. His burial in his family's ancestral cemetery at Fulbari was attended by thousands of his followers, with the funeral prayer having been led by Gohorpuri. The Allama Abdul Motin Chowdhury Shaikh-e-Fulbari Foundation was later established in his"}, {"text": "honour by several former disciples."}, {"text": "The 2019 CAA men's soccer tournament, was the 37th edition of the tournament. It determined the Colonial Athletic Association's automatic berth into the 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament. The tournament began November 8 and concluded on November 16. James Madison, the defending champions, repeated as champions, defeating UNCW in the final. Awards. All Tournament XI. The All Tournament XI was announced following the CAA Championship Game."}, {"text": "Billie Castle is a ruined 15th-century quadrangular castle, north west of Chirnside, Scottish Borders, Scotland, north of Billiemains. It was designated as a scheduled monument in 1988. History. The property was owned by the Dunbars. Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus sheltered here in 1528 whilst his castle of Tantallon was being unsuccessfully besieged by James V of Scotland, the Angus family having acquired it in 1435. The Renton family were granted the castle in 1540, after it had been annexed by the Crown, but it was slighted by the forces of the Earl of Hertford in May 1544 after they had burnt Edinburgh. The castle was held against the English again, and in February 1548 Hugh Willoughby was sent with Thomas Carlisle and 50 horsemen by Grey of Wilton to captured \"Billie tower\". 10 men dismounted and took the \"barbican\" from a guard of four Scots. James VI of Scotland alarmed the English garrison at Berwick-upon-Tweed by coming to hunt near Berwick-upon-Tweed in March 1596, staying a night the house of the laird of 'Beelleys' (Billie Castle), six miles from Berwick, and then returning to Dunglass. John Carey, 3rd Baron Hunsdon noted that the laird and lady of Billie"}, {"text": "were not in residence. More substantial remains were visible up to the 19th century. Structure. Billie Castle appears to have been a strong quadrangular keep, about by , with walls over thick. An outer wall surrounded the keep. It occupied a platform about that was protected by a single ditch wide and deep on three sides. On the south side, there were double ditches that may have been flooded by means of earthen dams at both ends of a natural gully just south of the enclosure. It is thought that the building had three storeys, with the upper ones being reached by a narrow stone stair in the north west angle. There were two rounded towers at the southernmost angles of the keep. Within the quadrangle are remnants of a tower and the gatehouse. Large, squared, red sandstone blocks were used in the construction. The castle is now a turf-covered mound high that covers an area of . East of the castle there are the remains of a kiln, and two enclosures each of which contain traces of rectangular foundations."}, {"text": "Strategic fair division studies problems of fair division, in which participants cooperate to subdivide goods or resources fairly, from a point of view in which the participants are assumed to hide their preferences and act strategically in order to maximize their own utility, rather than playing sincerely according to their true preferences. To illustrate the difference between strategic fair division and classic fair division, consider the divide and choose procedure for dividing a cake among two agents. In classic fair division, it is assumed that the cutter cuts the cake into two pieces that are equal in his eyes, and thus he always gets a piece that he values at exactly 1/2 of the total cake value. However, if the cutter knows the chooser's preferences, he can get much more than 1/2 by acting strategically. For example, suppose the cutter values a piece by its size while the chooser values a piece by the amount of chocolate in it. So the cutter can cut the cake into two pieces with almost the same amount of chocolate, such that the smaller piece has slightly more chocolate. Then, the chooser will take the smaller piece and the cutter will win the larger"}, {"text": "piece, which may be worth much more than 1/2 (depending on how the chocolate is distributed). The research in strategic fair division has two main branches. One branch is related to game theory and studies the equilibria in games created by fair division algorithms: The other branch is related to mechanism design and aims to find truthful mechanisms for fair division, in particular:"}, {"text": "L\u0101\u02bbau lapa\u02bbau is a traditional medical practice of Native Hawaiians. The Hawaiian words \"l\u0101\u02bbau\" and \"lapa\u02bbau\" mean \"plants\" or \"vegetation\" and \"treat\", \"heal\", or \"cure\" respectively in 'Olelo Hawai'i. L\u0101'au lapa'au follows a belief system that physical illness is a result of a loss of \"mana\" (energy) or \"pono\" (righteousness) within oneself. This practice involves using native plants, herbs and spirituality to treat ailments and injuries. L\u0101\u02bbau lapa\u02bbau is practiced by Native Hawaiian healers known as kahuna l\u0101\u02bbau lapa\u02bbau who are trained in understanding the proper use of each l\u0101'au. History. The history of l\u0101\u2018au lapa\u2018au has been shared by generations for over a thousand years. Traditional Native Hawaiian medicinal practices are based on holistic healing in which the mind, body and spirit are intertwined. This practice was deeply embedded in pre-colonial Native Hawaiian society, but was later affected by colonial influences. Kahuna in ancient native Hawaiian society. Prior to Western contact, Ancient Hawaiian society relied heavily on the kahuna class, those who were experts of a particular skills such as l\u0101'au lapa'au. They were selected to undergo training at a young age. Kahuna were heavily revered and integral in other societal systems such as the \"kapu\" system which outlined"}, {"text": "what activities and behaviors were considered off limits. According to ancient iterations of l\u0101'au lapa'au, those who violated \"kapu\" would have illness befall on them and fraudulent kahuna could face a death penalty. During this era, prior to 1778, Native Hawaiians experienced a limited range of diseases, solely trauma and degenerative associated, due to geographical isolation. Post-western contact. With the introduction of Europeans in Hawaii in 1778, the influence of Christianity changed the ancient ways of living. When missionaries arrived in Hawai\u2018i in 1820, they believed that l\u0101\u2018au lapa\u2018au was black magic. Confusing kahuna l\u0101'au lapa'au for kahuna ana'ana, experts of \"sorcery\", they abolished traditional Hawaiian medical practices altogether. Shortly after the death of King Kamehameha I in 1819, the abolishment of the \"Kapu\" System also threatened the social infrastructure that supported l\u0101'au lapa'au. \"Lomilomi\" (massage) was the only healing art legal to practice in 1819. Though the practice was banned, kahuna continued to practice in secret. However, beyond political turmoil, the integrity of the kahuna l\u0101'au lapa'au was also threatened by the introduction of disease. The introduction of new diseases in the 1880s such as tuberculosis, Hansen's disease, measles, influenza, cholera, gastroenteritis, mumps, scarlet fever, and more, left kahuna"}, {"text": "ill-equipped with resources and knowledge to treat new diseases that the Native Hawaiian community had no immunity to. The Revised Laws of Hawaii, Chapter 89, Section 1077 decreed that kahunas would face fines or imprisonment for practicing healing arts. Licensing and certification. In 1919, the Territorial Legislature created a Hawai\u2018i Medicine Board that was responsible for licensing l\u0101\u02bbau lapa\u02bbau practitioners. The board was composed primarily of White members who had little knowledge regarding Native Hawaiian healing. The board developed licensing protocol that required practitioners to use the Western names for plants. Many renowned kahuna were unable to obtain a license to practice due to language barriers since they were trained in '\u014clelo Hawai'i, not Latin. The Board was abolished in 1959. L\u0101\u2018au lapa\u2018au was recognized as a traditional medicine in the Native Hawaiian Health Care Act passed by the United States Congress in 1988. Practice. Kahuna l\u0101\u02bbau lapa\u02bbau are known as the experts in l\u0101\u02bbau lapa\u02bbau. In order to become a kahuna l\u0101\u02bbau lapa\u02bbau, one had to study for many decades and practice understanding the different healing properties of the la\u02bbau. Kahuna are trained in complementary skills such as plant selection based on criteria such as taste, smell, color, appearance,"}, {"text": "and environment. Kahuna follow a general guideline that \"the one that upholds themselves is a strong la'au\". As a sacred art, kahuna l\u0101\u02bbau lapa\u02bbau seek to ensure that the \"'ike\" or knowledge is properly used for just purposes. The kahuna l\u0101\u02bbau lapa\u02bbau is responsible for gathering, preparing and administering herbs based on the needs of the patient and the healing properties of the herbs / l\u0101\u02bbau. La'au is commonly administered as a poultice, salve, tea, topically, or through direct ingestion. Spirituality is deeply intertwined with the practice of l\u0101\u02bbau lapa\u02bbau. \"Pule\" (prayer) and \"oli\" (chant) accompany rituals of gathering and administering la'au. Kahuna l\u0101\u02bbau lapa\u02bbau believe that giving thanks and stating the intention of the plant to heal is essential to the efficacy of the treatment. L\u0101\u02bbau lapa\u02bbau is frequently accompanied by other traditional healing methods. These include \"lomilomi\" (massage), \"haha\" (diagnosis through feel), and \"ho'oponopono\" (family counseling). Many practitioners of traditional Hawaiian medicine today employ a combination of healing techniques to holistically treat their patients. Examples of the most common l\u0101\u02bbau used for healing include: Research exploring the biological parallels between commonly used l\u0101'au and Western prescriptions is growing to legitimize and foster connections between the two medicinal methodologies."}, {"text": "For example, the \"kukui\" has exhibited anti-bacterial properties for \"S. aureus\" and is used to treat associated disease such as pneumonia. There are also many parallels to l\u0101\u2018au lapa\u2018au in other Polynesian cultures. Modern practices of l\u0101'au lapa'au. Following the Hawaiian Cultural Renaissance of the 1970s, Native Hawaiians were impassioned to reclaim their identity and revitalize traditional arts. Accompanying an increase in the usage of 'Olelo Hawai'i (Native Hawaiian) was an increase in visibility for Native Hawaiian healers practicing l\u0101'au lapa'au. Contemporary revitalization efforts have worked to bridge gaps in healthcare accessibility for the Native Hawaiian population that continues to face higher rates of mortality, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and other diseases comparative to the national average. Integrative care in healthcare systems. While Western medicine remains more mainstream and accessible to Native Hawaiians in modern Hawai'i, health clinics and organizations have begun to employ an integrative approach that combines l\u0101'au lapa'au with Western Primary Care. This system relies on collaboration between a physician and traditional healer to cultivate trust and culturally-competent care. For example, Waim\u0101nalo Health Center, a clinic that serves primarily Native Hawaiian patients, utilizes the integrative care approach in its health services. Ma'iola Services is a cultural health program"}, {"text": "established by Waim\u0101nalo Health Center that combines traditional healing such as \"l\u0101'au lapa'au\", \"lomilomi\", and \"ho'oponopono\" with standard primary care. As of 2023, \"Lomilomi\" massage is now covered by AlohaCare Insurance. Studies regarding this program have found a correlation between offering integrated services and heightened patient satisfaction, sense of belonging, as well as decreased levels of chronic illness. Other related studies have found that patients receiving care in the integrative care model reported positive views towards their kahuna l\u0101'au lapa'au as well as greater comfortability in the non-invasive, long-term approaches of l\u0101'au lapa'au administration. Scholars also suggest that l\u0101'au lapa'au shows promising potential in physical therapy services as it follows similar values of preventative care aimed to promote long-term health. Education. In the wake of the Native Hawaiian Healthcare Act of 1988, traditional epistemologies such as l\u0101'au lapa'au began to emerge in higher education spaces. In 1990, the John A. Burns School of Medicine began to offer courses in Native Hawaiian cultural competence in medicine and officially founded their Department of Native Hawaiian Health in 2003. Today, students can learn about l\u0101'au lapa'au at the University of Hawai'i Community College System and the University of French Polynesia. Students engaging in"}, {"text": "this coursework can go on to earn certificate credentials of varying levels. Community approaches. The l\u0101'au or herbs used in practice have evolved over the years as kahuna have had to adapt to a changing environmental landscape. Many commonly used la'au are not endemic to the Hawaiian islands and originate as canoe plants. The privatization of property alongside urban infrastructure have limited resources of la'au that can be gathered for healing purposes. However, engaging the Native Hawaiian community through workshops and education helps to ensure the future of the healing art of l\u0101'au lap'au. Patients who learn to utilize l\u0101'au lap'au long-term have shown to grow and harvest l\u0101'au of their own, cultivating resources available for generations to come."}, {"text": "The 2019 Conference USA men's soccer tournament, was the 25th edition of the tournament. It determined Conference USA's automatic berth into the 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament. The tournament began November 13 and concluded on November 17. The tournament was hosted by Old Dominion University, and all matches were played at the ODU Soccer Complex in Norfolk, Virginia. Top-seed, Marshall, won their first Conference USA championship, defeating Charlotte in the final. Seeds. The top six teams in C-USA by conference records qualified for the tournament."}, {"text": "John Francis Moss (1844\u20131907) was the first Clerk to the Sheffield School Board in the 30 years following the 1870 Education Act to create compulsory education in England and Wales for children aged between five and 13, and subsequently known as \"The Father of Education in Sheffield\". Early life. John Francis Moss was one of four brothers born to Richard and Elizabeth Moss in Rotherham in 1844. (England & Wales Births 1837\u20132006, 1851 Census). His family lived first at Carr House, Greasbrough, on the north side of Rotherham (1851 Census). He and his brothers George, Charles Herbert, and Benjamin Moss were educated at one of the earliest schools in Rotherham, the British School near Rawmarsh Road at a time when school education was not a universal right. By 1861 he had moved with his family to 28, Phoenix Place, Kimberworth (1861 Census). Career. John F. Moss first served an apprenticeship as a printer in Rotherham before later becoming chief reporter at the Sheffield Daily Telegraph which had been founded in 1855. John F Moss left his career in journalism behind following the passing of the 1870 Education Act to become Clerk to the newly formed Sheffield Board of Schools. In"}, {"text": "his submission to the Statistical Enquiry Committee he stated: In 1872 he registered the Sheffield School Desk Design. After touring around Europe, observing educational practices in other countries he published \"Notes on National Education in Continental Europe\", Later on, in 1880, he published \"The Handbook of the New Code of Regulations\", 1880, John P. Moss [sic]. He was Clerk to the School Board on the occasion of the opening of the new Firth College by Prince Leopold in 1880 a college to subsequently become part of the University of Sheffield. On November 28, 1900, to mark the completion of thirty years work as Clerk to the School Board he was presented with a portrait of himself, painted by Ernest Moore. Death. Mr. John F. Moss died in June, 1907, when he was 62 years old, at his home on Edgebrook Road. External links. \"Our University, our birthday, our story \", the story of Sheffield University rising from Firth College, a college founded whilst John Francis Moss was Clerk to the Sheffield Schools Board."}, {"text": "Martine Berthet (born 27 March 1961) is a French politician of the Republicans (LR). She was the mayor of Albertville, Savoie between 2014 and 2017 and became a senator for Savoie in 2017. Career. Berthet was a deputy mayor of Ugine, Savoie from 2001 to 2014. She participated in the creation of the R\u00e9gion d'Albertville community of communes. On 4 April 2014 she was elected mayor of Albertville by the newly elected municipal council. She was the first female mayor of the city. In the 2015 departmental elections, Berthet stood along with Herv\u00e9 Gaymard in the canton of Albertville-1. They were elected with more than 61 percent of the votes. On 24 September 2017 Berthet was elected a senator for Savoie for The Republicans party after Michel Bouvard's resignation. She was the first female senator for the Savoie department. During the 2017 The Republicans leadership election, she endorsed candidate Laurent Wauquiez, who won the election. Ahead of the 2022 presidential elections, she publicly declared her support for Michel Barnier as the Republicans\u2019 candidate."}, {"text": "Gareth Michael James is the John H. Harland Dean of Emory University's Goizueta Business School. Early life and education. Gareth M. James is a native of New Zealand. In 1994, he earned a bachelor of science and a bachelor of commerce from the University of Auckland, New Zealand, where he majored in statistics and finance. He was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to study in the United States and attended Stanford University, where he earned a Ph.D. in statistics in 1998. Career. Gareth James is renowned for his visionary leadership, statistical mastery, and commitment to the future of business education. James joined the faculty of the Information and Operations Management department at the USC Marshall School of Business in 1998. In 2013, he became professor of data sciences and operations and was named E. Morgan Stanley Chair in Business Administration in 2014. He served as vice dean for faculty and academic affairs from 2013 to 2017 before being named interim dean in 2019. In July 2022, James became the John H. Harland Dean of Emory University's Goizueta Business School. James is a noted scholar and researcher. His extensive published works include numerous articles, conference proceedings, and book chapters focused on statistical"}, {"text": "and machine learning methodologies. His work has been cited more than 20,000 times. James is also co-author of the extremely successful textbook, \"An Introduction to Statistical Learning\". He has led multiple National Science Foundation research grants and has served as an associate editor for five top research journals. The recipient of two Dean\u2019s Research Awards from the Marshall School of Business, he is a life member, and elected Fellow, of the American Statistical Association and the Institute of Mathematical Statistics. His many accolades also encompass honors for his superb teaching and mentoring. James is a recipient of the Evan C. Thompson Faculty Teaching and Learning Innovation Award and three-time winner of the Marshall School of Business\u2019 Golden Apple Award for best instructor in the full-time MBA program. He has also been awarded Marshall and USC\u2019s highest honors for mentoring junior colleagues and graduate students, including the Dean\u2019s Ph.D. Advising, USC Mellon, Evan C. Thompson and Provost\u2019s Mentoring awards. Family. James is married and has two children. His wife is a member of the public health faculty at UCLA."}, {"text": "The women's long jump event at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games was held on 25 July at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland."}, {"text": "The following is a list of Scheduled monuments in Greater London. In the United Kingdom, a scheduled monument is a \"nationally important\" archaeological site or historic building that has been given protection against unauthorised change by being placed on a list (or \"schedule\") by the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS); Historic England takes the leading role in identifying such sites. Monuments are defined in the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 and the National Heritage Act 1983. Scheduled monuments\u2014sometimes referred to as scheduled ancient monuments\u2014can also be protected through listed building procedures, and Historic England considers listed building status to be a better way of protecting buildings and standing structures. A scheduled monument that is later determined to \"no longer merit scheduling\" can be rescheduled."}, {"text": "The East Fork Lewis River is a river in the state of Washington in the United States. It is the largest tributary of the Lewis River. Its source is on Green Lookout Mountain in Skamania County. It then flows to the west through Clark County until it converges with the Lewis about upstream from the Columbia River. History. When George B. McClellan was on the Northern Pacific Railroad Survey in 1853, he logged information in his journals about his visit to the Yacolt area, including the East Fork Lewis River. McClellan observed a few Klickitat families camped at a waterfall on the Yahkohtl River (a Klickitat name for the East Fork). He described them as \"plateau-style Indians\" that rode horses and were armed with a shotgun. He observed these people catching trout from the river. McClellan also noted several waterfalls along the river, which he suggested may be suitable for power generation. Unlike many \"Lewis\" names in the region that reference Meriwether Lewis, the Lewis River was named by an unrelated Adolphus Lewis, a former Hudson's Bay employee who was an early settler in the area. Mills were constructed at multiple points along the East Fork after the Yacolt Burn"}, {"text": "of 1902. They served to salvage partially-burned timber and were dismantled once that task was complete. Two waterfalls on the river, Moulton Falls and Lucia Falls bear the surnames of the owners of mills that were once powered by them. Course. The East Fork Lewis River begins on the west slope of Green Lookout Mountain, in the southwest corner of the Gifford Pinchot National Forest in Skamania County. From there it flows primarily westward, with the majority of its basin lying in Clark County. Its first notable feature is Sunset Falls, followed by its convergence with Yacolt Creek at Moulton Falls Regional Park, south of Yacolt. The river then spills over Moulton Falls and Lucia Falls, before flowing north of Battle Ground through Lewisville Park, Clark County's oldest county park. From there, the river continues westward, through Daybreak Park, after which it joins Brazee Creek, just before passing through La Center. Shortly after flowing past the town, the East Fork curves around Paradise Point just before it merges with the main fork of the Lewis River. Sources. The East Fork's headwaters flow through steep, narrow, rocky valleys, forming a canyon in some places. Copper Creek and Upper Rock Creek are"}, {"text": "its largest primary tributaries. Elevation at the source is approximately . Watershed. The East Fork's basin is approximately 150,635 acres. The rocky upper basin was formed by erosion as well as volcanic and glacial processes, while the lower reaches of the basin have been formed primarily through erosion as the river flows through alluvial flatlands. The lower basin has a much lower gradient than the upper, and shifting sediment deposits cause frequent meandering and braiding. The upper basin has a large amount of hardened volcanic ash, pumice, and other pyroclastic material. With the presence of these brittle materials combined with its steep gradient, it experiences high levels of erosion, contributing to the sediment deposits downstream. River modifications. Sunset Falls was a historic natural barrier for anadromous fish migration. The falls were notched in 1982, reducing their height from to . This change allowed 12% of the current steelhead run to spawn upstream from the falls. Wildlife. Many varieties of trout and salmon live and spawn in the East Fork, including Chinook, coho, chum, and steelhead. The Washington state record winter-run steelhead, weighing 32.75 pounds, was caught in the East Fork in 1982. In 2014, the East Fork was designated as"}, {"text": "a wild steelhead gene bank by the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife."}, {"text": "Noah Benjamin Song (born May 28, 1997) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Boston Red Sox organization, and a member of the United States Navy Selected Reserve. Song played college baseball for the Navy Midshipmen, and graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 2019. That season, he led NCAA Division I baseball in strikeouts, and in strikeouts-per-nine-innings. His fastball has been measured at . Song did not play professional baseball during the 2020\u20132022 seasons due to serving as an officer in the Navy. Amateur career. Song graduated from Claremont High School in Claremont, California, in 2015. Playing baseball for the high school team, in 2015 he received a Perfect Game All-California honorable mention and was named to the All-Sierra League second team. Undrafted out of high school, Song attended the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, where he earned an engineering degree. In his freshman season of 2016, initially throwing in the mid-80s, Song produced a 9\u20133 record with a 2.75 earned run average (ERA) and 57 strikeouts over innings. He was named the Patriot League rookie of the year and a Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American. In his sophomore season in 2017, he went 6\u20134 with"}, {"text": "a 3.67 ERA and 89 strikeouts over 76 innings. During the summer of 2017, Song played in the Cape Cod League for the Harwich Mariners. In his junior season of 2018, Song produced a 6\u20135 record with a 1.92 ERA and 121 strikeouts over 89 innings. Song once again played in the Cape Cod League during the summer of 2018, this time for the Orleans Firebirds. In his senior season of 2019, by which time his fastball velocity had increased to 95\u201397 mph and he added an 82\u201386 mph slider, Song produced an 11\u20131 record with a 1.44 ERA and 161 strikeouts (a new Navy record) over 94 innings. His 161 strikeouts was 3rd in NCAA Division I baseball in 2019, as did his strikeouts-per-nine-innings mark of 15.41 (the best in NCAA Division I since 2009, and 6th-best all-time in Division I history). In his Navy career, he set school records for career wins (32), strikeouts (428), and innings pitched (), and tied for the most shutouts in school history (9). During his time with Navy, Song won numerous awards and distinctions. He was a finalist for the 2019 Golden Spikes Award and 2019 Dick Howser Trophy. He was named"}, {"text": "the 2019 Patriot League Pitcher of the Year. He was named a 2019 First Team All-American by \"Collegiate Baseball\", \"Baseball America\", Perfect Game, NCBWA, D1Baseball, ABCA, and the National College Baseball Hall of Fame. Baseball career. Team USA. On October 10, 2019, Song was selected for the United States national baseball team in the 2019 WBSC Premier 12. In the tournament, his pitches were measured as fast as . He was 0\u20130 with a 0.00 ERA in five relief appearances covering innings, during which he gave up one hit and struck out six batters. Boston Red Sox. Song was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 4th round, with the 137th overall selection, of the 2019 MLB draft. He became the highest selected MLB draft pick in Naval Academy history, and the ninth Navy graduate picked in the MLB draft. On June 6, 2019, Song signed with Boston. Song spent his professional debut season of 2019 with the Lowell Spinners of the Low\u2013A New York\u2013Penn League, going 0\u20130 with a 1.06 ERA, a .167 batting average against, an 0.88 WHIP, and 19 strikeouts over 17 innings. Song did not play in the Boston organization after 2019, due to his"}, {"text": "military obligations. Philadelphia Phillies. On December 7, 2022, Song was selected by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 2022 Rule 5 draft. On February 22, 2023, the Phillies announced that the Navy granted Song's request to change his duty status, allowing him to pursue his baseball career. In spring training, Song was shut down from throwing due to back tightness and was placed on the injured list to begin the season. On June 28, Song made his first professional appearance in almost 4 years, and tossed a perfect frame for the Single\u2013A Clearwater Threshers. After rehab stints with the Double\u2013A Reading Fightin Phils and Triple\u2013A Lehigh Valley IronPigs, Song was activated from the injured list on July 29 and subsequently designated for assignment. Boston Red Sox (second stint). On August 4, 2023, after clearing waivers, Song was returned to the Boston Red Sox organization. In 7 games (6 starts) for the High\u2013A Greenville Drive, he recorded a 4.15 ERA with 15 strikeouts across innings pitched. On March 27, 2024, it was revealed that Song required Tommy John surgery, ruling him out for the entirety of the 2024 season. Naval career. Song was originally accepted to the Navy pilot program in college,"}, {"text": "but had to change after being deemed too tall at to operate planes and helicopters in the field. His job path was then changed to a Naval flight officer and flight mission commander, serving on helicopters. Song was originally scheduled to report to Naval Air Station Pensacola on November 1, 2019, to start training as a naval flight officer and begin his five-year commitment to serve, until he was selected to play for the United States national baseball team at the 2019 WBSC Premier 12 tournament during November 2\u201317. After the tournament, he was scheduled to report to flight school in Pensacola in December 2019. In December 2019, Admiral Robert P. Burke, Vice Chief of Naval Operations, denied Song\u2019s petition to delay his active service time, requiring Song to attend flight school and delay his professional baseball career. Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly, along with Defense Secretary Mark Esper, could grant Song a waiver\u2014against Admiral Burke's recommendation\u2014but a Navy spokesperson said that no final decision had been made. In June 2020, it was reported that Song had received orders to report to flight school in Pensacola by June 26. He was expected to be eligible to apply for"}, {"text": "early release from his training in May 2021. In May 2022, it was reported that Song had completed his flight training, and applied for a waiver to return to playing baseball. In February 2023, the Navy granted Song's request, allowing him to change status from active duty to selected reserve. Personal life. Song's father, Bill, immigrated to the United States from South Korea at the age of five. Bill has been a member of the Los Angeles County Sheriff\u2019s Department, where he is a commander, since 1991. Song does not speak Korean but grew up eating Korean food. Song's mother, Stacy, is a special education instructional assistant. Song has three siblings."}, {"text": "Ivo Hajnal (born 1961 in Z\u00fcrich) is a Swiss\u2013Austrian philologist and linguist, specialized in Indo-European studies and Mycenaean Greek. Hajnal studied Indo-European linguistics and philology at the University of Zurich, and received his PhD in 1990 for a dissertation on the Mycenaean Greek case system. His Habilitation (completed in 1995) focused on ancient Lycian. Following positions in Berlin and M\u00fcnster, Hajnal was appointed a full professor in ancient linguistics at the University of Innsbruck in 2001. He was later made Chairman of the Senate in 2004. Hajnal is a member of the Luwian Studies foundation board."}, {"text": "Destination Freedom was a series of weekly radio programs that was produced by WMAQ in Chicago. The first set ran from 1948 to 1950 and it presented the biographical histories of prominent African Americans such as George Washington Carver, Satchel Paige, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, and Lena Horne. The scripts for those shows were written by Richard Durham. Studs Terkel voiced some of the radio characters. Hugh Downs also served as an announcer in both the initial and 1950 series. The second series of shows ran from 1950 to 1951, and it was produced without Durham. This second series featured patriotic themed dramas that were largely based on Americanism and anti-Communism. The show was the brainchild of African-American journalist and author Richard Durham. In cooperation with \"The Chicago Defender\", he began this series over NBC Chicago outlet WMAQ in June 1948, with scripts emphasizing the progress of African Americans from the days of slavery to the ongoing struggle for racial justice. Airing in Sunday-morning public-service time, the series built a steady audience in the Midwest, with inspirational stories of social progress, earning strong support from Civil Rights organizations, and offering employment to a wide range of African-American performers. Episodes began"}, {"text": "with a stanza from the spiritual \"Oh, Freedom\". \"Destination Freedom\" premiered on June 27, 1948, on Chicago radio WMAQ. Durham's vision was to re-educate the masses on the image of African-American society, since he believed that it was tainted with inaccurate and derogatory stereotypes. Week after week, Durham would generate all-out attacks on these stereotypes by illustrating the lives of prominent African Americans. For two years, Durham wrote script after script for \"Destination Freedom\", receiving no financial compensation for his effort. In 1950, Durham's financial needs forced him to accept an offer by Don Ameche to write material for him. It is also said that Durham's relationship with NBC and WMAQ was not entirely harmonious. Continuing without Durham, the final year of the program turned to general themes of \"American freedom\", without the sharp focus on the African-American experience. This, WMAQ hoped, would create a show to rival \"Paul Revere Speaks\", a popular show at the time. For about 50 years, the show was long forgotten until some transcripts were found, and the characters voiced by Fred Pinkard, Oscar Brown Jr., Wezlyn Tilden, and Janice Kingslow, were heard once more. Two early recordings, \"A Garage in Gainesville\" and \"Execution Awaited\","}, {"text": "are listed in National Recording Registry. In 1949, it received a first-place commendation from the Ohio State University Institute for Education by Radio. External links. 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Turner was born in Marblehead, Massachusetts, worked as a silversmith and engraver from 1744 to 1752 in Boston, and from 1754 to 1757 in Philadelphia. One of his early commissions was an engraving of Boston for the cover of the American Magazine, July 1745, for whom Benjamin Franklin served as a publishing agent. Through his recommendations Turner received a number of commissions. While in Boston, he engraved John Franklin's bookplate, maps for James Alexander's \"Bill in the Chancery of New-Jersey\" (N.Y., 1747), and probably Lewis Evans' drawings for the Franklin stove pamphlet. Turner's advertisement in the \"Boston Evening Post\", June 24, 1745, reads in part: James Turner, Silversmith & Engraver. Near the Town-House in Cornhill Boston. Engraves all sorts of Copper Plates for the Rolling Press, all sorts of Stamps in Brass or Pewter for the common Printing Press, Coats of Arms, Crests, Cyphers, &c., on Gold, Silver, Steel, Copper, Brass or Pewter. He likewise makes Watch Faces, makes and cuts Seals in Gold, Silver, or Steel; or makes Steel Faces for Seals, and sets them handsomely in Gold"}, {"text": "or Silver . . . . Around 1754 Turner moved his shop to Philadelphia, where he continued to engrave maps, bookplates, and for Franklin, the brass stamp of the Penn arms to be used as the masthead for Franklin's \"Pennsylvania Gazette\". Martha Fales also suggests that \"Franklin engaged Turner to cut the first American political cartoon \u2014 the segmented snake, with each section labeled to represent the various colonies, and below the sections the motto 'Join or Die.'\" There he also engraved bookplates and engraved plates for the maps of Lewis Evans, 1755, and Nicholas Scull, 1759, as well as Joshua Fisher's Chart of the Delaware Bay. His obituary was printed in the \"Boston Evening-Post\" on December 10, 1759: \"We hear from Philadelphia that Mr. James Turner, engraver, formerly of this town, lately dies there of Smallpox.\""}, {"text": "Nabil Adib Abdalla (usually: \"Nabil Adib\") is a Sudanese human rights lawyer who was nominated on 20 October 2019 as head of the investigation commission of the 3 June Khartoum massacre that took place during the Sudanese Revolution. Omar al-Bashir era. Adib provided legal defence to many people tortured and imprisoned during the 30 years of the Omar al-Bashir presidency of Sudan. , Adib headed a human rights group called Sudan Human Rights Monitor. On 5 May 2016, several weeks after students had held protests on the campus of the University of Khartoum to defend their right to create a students' union, National Intelligence and Security Service officers raided Adib's office without an arrest warrant. They assaulted two staff members, confiscated legal files and Adib's laptop, and arrested ten students, two lawyers, and two staff members. Sudanese Revolution. Around May 2019, Adib described the first four months of the Sudanese Revolution as \"really amazing\". He stated, \"It took four months and, even though the regime confronted it with violence, the young people remained adamant to bring it down\". Adib expressed his confidence that the August 2019 Draft Constitutional Declaration was appropriate for the practical purposes of the planned 39-month transition"}, {"text": "period to democracy. He insisted that the document does not hold the status of a definitive constitution. He referred to constitutional changes that had been implemented in the October 1964 Revolution and the 1985 Sudanese Revolution. Head of Khartoum investigation. On 20 October 2019, Adib was nominated as head of the investigation commission of the 3 June Khartoum massacre that took place during the Sudanese Revolution. The creation of the commission was mandated under Article 7.(16) of the August 2019 Draft Constitutional Declaration, to cover \"violations committed on 3 June 2019, and events and incidents where violations of the rights and dignity of civilian and military citizens were committed.\" Points of view. Adib attributed discrimination against Christians in Sudan to the political belief, influenced by Arab nationalism, that a nation should have a single identity. He argued that legal discrimination in favour of Islam strengthened successively since the 1950s in Sudan, leading to the 2011 secession of South Sudan. Adib argued that Sudan has a high level of religious diversity and that \"there is no other people more tolerant than Sudanese Muslims\"."}, {"text": "The Havering hoard is a hoard of 453 late Bronze Age (900 to 800 BC) artefacts found at a site overlooking the River Thames in Rainham, London, in 2018. It is the largest bronze-age hoard to be found in London and the third-largest in the United Kingdom. The discovery was made during an archaeological investigation of the site prior to its use for gravel extraction. The finds included weapons, tools and ingots, but only a small quantity of jewellery. It was unusual in being buried in four separate locations; most bronze-age hoards previously excavated have been concentrated in a single location. Some of the items are from continental Europe, demonstrating links with that region. Several proposals have been put forward for the origin of the hoard, which include a collection of goods for recycling, an attempt by a single individual to control the bronze trade in the area or the large-scale abandonment of bronze goods at the start of the Iron Age. The artefacts are currently on exhibition at the Museum of London Docklands, after which they will be on display at the Havering Museum in Romford. Discovery. The Havering hoard was found in 2018 during archaeological investigation works at"}, {"text": "a site north of the River Thames in Rainham, London Borough of Havering, that was to be developed for gravel extraction. The site had been identified as a possible bronze-age enclosure site since the 1960s, when aerial photography revealed crop marks that indicated the presence of earthworks. The surrounding area is known to be rich in bronze-age artefacts. The planning conditions associated with the consent granted by Havering Borough Council to the quarry company included a requirement for an archaeological survey of the site. This requirement had been included at the suggestion of Historic England's Greater London Archaeology Advisory Service, whose initial fieldwork had found the site had high archaeological potential. The quarry company commissioned Archaeological Solutions Ltd to carry out the investigation. The hoard was discovered on a Friday afternoon as the site was closing for the weekend. The discovery was made by 21-year-old archaeologist Harry Platts, who had started with the company just four weeks before on a temporary 6-week contract. He uncovered an axe head and, after working overtime into the evening, the team located further objects buried together in a pit a couple of metres wide. The discovery was ruled to be treasure by the coroner."}, {"text": "After leaving the company Platts went on to study for a master's degree in archaeology at the University of York. Contents. The Havering hoard was found at four locations (hoards 1 to 4) within a large enclosure ditch. It is believed that the 453 separate objects in the hoard had been deliberately placed at these locations. The hoard weighed in total and included swords, socketed axe heads, spear heads, knives, daggers, woodwork tools, metalworking tools, ingots, and other items. There was also a pair of terret rings, used to prevent the reins from tangling on bronze-age carts, which have previously only been found in France. Apart from a small number of bracelets, one of which was determined to have come from north-western France, there was relatively little jewellery. Some of the axes are from continental Europe and the copper ingots are possibly from the Alps. These finds indicate the area had extensive links to the Continent during the Bronze Age. The hoard proved to be the largest bronze-age hoard to be found in London and the third-largest in the whole of the United Kingdom. The finds were dated from 900 to 800 BCE and almost all of the weapons found"}, {"text": "had been broken or damaged. Researchers noted that it was unusual to find distinct collections within the same hoard; most hoards are isolated concentrations of finds. Several theories have been proposed as to the origin of the hoard. Some researchers propose that it is a religious offering, others suggest that it was a site where bronze materials were collected for recycling by a metal worker. Another proposal is that it was the temporary stash of a travelling metal worker, who did not wish to carry heavy goods with him. It may also represent a large-scale abandonment of bronze tools at a time when they were being replaced by iron versions or else an attempt by a powerful individual to control the trade in bronze. It is not known why the hoard was not recovered in the Bronze Age. Exhibition. The finds were due to be exhibited for the first time in April 2020 at the Museum of London Docklands. The COVID-19 pandemic intervened and the museum remained closed from late March until 6 August 2020. Once the exhibition ends the finds will be put on display in the local Havering Museum in Romford."}, {"text": "Sonder Holdings Inc. manages short-term rentals, such as apartment hotels, in North America, Europe, and Dubai. It was founded in Montreal, Canada in 2014 and since 2016 has been based in San Francisco, California. Sonder manages over 9,000 units in over 40 cities in 10 countries and has served over 1 million guests. Although it competes with Airbnb, Sonder leases and manages its own rentals. It targets travelers who prefer larger accommodations than a hotel room but want a more predictable experience than renting from an amateur host. Guests use a mobile app to check in and get customer support. The company outsources maintenance and housekeeping services. Guests can request this service via its app. History. In 2012, to earn extra money, Francis Davidson, a student at McGill University, began subletting his own apartment and managing apartments of out-of-town students in the summers. In 2014, Davidson and Lucas Pellan founded Flatbook, later renamed Sonder, and brought the company to FounderFuel, a startup accelerator in Montreal. In 2019, Sonder announced projects in Dallas, Denver, Miami, New York City, and Philadelphia. In March 2020, Sonder laid off 400 employees, one-third of its staff, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Later that year, the"}, {"text": "company rehired some people who had been laid off. By June 2020, the company had raised over $550 million and was valued at $1.3 billion. In January 2021, the company announced a planned expansion in Quebec, including hiring 700 employees there over the next five years. Sanjay Banker was named president of Sonder, in addition to his role of CFO, and Satyen Pandya was named CTO. In April 2021, Sonder reopened the Flatiron Hotel in Manhattan in April 2021, after signing a lease for the property in 2019. In January 2022, the company became a public company via a merger with a special-purpose acquisition company. Also in January 2022, the company signed agreements to operate three properties in Washington, D.C. In June 2022, it was announced that the company would eliminate 21% of corporate roles and seven percent of frontline roles. Among those laid off was the company's CTO. In August 2024, Marriott International announced a long-term licensing agreement with Sonder, adding 10,500 rooms to Marriott's portfolio and allowing customers to earn or redeem Marriott Bonvoy points starting in late 2024. Controversies. Fines by Boston. The city of Boston fined Sonder $11,700 in December 2019 under a new law banning"}, {"text": "absentee landlords from short-term rentals. Sonder, which accounted for 39 of the 288 such fines in the city, appealed. Neighbor opposition in Minneapolis. In 2019, the developer Sherman Associates agreed to reduce the number of units leased to Sonder in Minneapolis, Minnesota, after complaints from the neighbors regarding proliferation of short-term rental units."}, {"text": "The is the prefectural parliament of Hokkaido. History. In April 2019, Ayako Fuchigami was elected to this assembly, becoming the first openly transgender person elected to a Japanese prefectural assembly. \"As of 29 October 2024\" Members. A list of past members is available at the assembly's website."}, {"text": "The men's triple jump event at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games was held on 24 and 25 July at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland."}, {"text": "Kyle Allen McCarty (born March 5, 1992), known professionally as Kyle Maack, is an American R&B and soul singer and podcaster most known for being the first artist signed to Otis Williams of the legendary Motown quintet The Temptations. Maack's debut release, \"Shakey Ground\", was noted for his cover of The Temptations' 1984 single \"Treat Her Like a Lady\" which featured the 2017 version of the group singing background vocals. Early life. Maack grew up Berlin, New Jersey, and sang in different groups and bands throughout elementary and high school. Career. At age 19, he enlisted in the United States Air Force where he auditioned for and joined the branch's elite entertainment unit, Tops in Blue, in 2014. After an impromptu audition for Otis Williams in October 2016, Maack signed a recording contract with Williams' label, \"10/30 International.\" Maack's sole release on the label was an EP featuring covers of songs by The Temptations, including the title track \"Shakey Ground\", \"Treat Her Like a Lady\" featuring The Temptations, and \"All I Need\" featuring Otis Williams and fellow Air Force veteran Tops In Blue alum and current Temptations member Terry Weeks. \"Shakey Ground\"s last track, \"Here I Am\", is the only"}, {"text": "original song on the project and was co-written by Maack and Williams. The project was produced by Dave Darling who would later go on to produce The Temptations' 2018 album, \"All the Time\". Radio and podcasting. Maack gained further recognition as an intern on The Preston & Steve Show, which broadcasts weekday mornings on WMMR in Philadelphia; singing and producing musical comedy bits and jingles for various segments. He joined the cast of \"Preston & Steve\" as their video producer in 2022. Maack created and hosted the \"TriJam Podcast\" from 2018 to 2022 with fellow Philadelphia artists Shae Davis, Jo Rivers and standup comedian, Will Wright."}, {"text": "The following highways are numbered 568:"}, {"text": "The following highways are numbered 803:"}, {"text": "Ancient Greek folklore includes genres such as mythology (Greek mythology), legend, and folktales. According to classicist William Hansen: \"the Greeks and Romans had all the genres of oral narrative known to us, even ghost stories and urban legends, but they also told all kinds that in most of the Western world no longer circulate orally, such as myths and fairytales.\" Specific genres of folklore have been the topic of scholarly examination, including ghostlore. For example, classicist Debbie Felton notes that \"the Greeks and Romans had many folk-beliefs concerning ghosts\", and highlights a variety of instances of the genre in the Classical record. Historically, classicists rarely delved into folklore studies."}, {"text": "The following highways are numbered 998:"}, {"text": "Erin Macdonald is an astrophysicist, aerospace engineer, and science fiction consultant. She hosts the YouTube channel, Dr. Erin Explains the Universe, teaches STEM through popular culture, and consults with science fiction creators. Education and early career. Macdonald credits fictional characters such as Dana Scully and Kathryn Janeway (the latter of whom she even acknowledges in her Ph.D. dissertation) with providing the inspiration to pursue a science career. She earned her bachelor's degrees in astrophysics and mathematics at the University of Colorado Boulder (after transferring there from the University of New Mexico) and her Ph.D. at the University of Glasgow, where she concentrated in general relativity. Macdonald did post-doctoral work with the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) collaboration as part of an attempt to detect gravitational waves from the Crab Pulsar. She also did post-doctoral work at Cardiff University, still with LIGO, where she was the first female researcher in her department. During this period she became involved with the Actors Workshop, in Cardiff, which she credits with helping her efforts at science communication. Macdonald's first job after leaving academia was at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. She also began teaching at local community colleges and eventually found work"}, {"text": "analyzing data in the aerospace industry. Science communication. While searching for a better work-life balance than that provided in research and academia, Macdonald found opportunities to still teach through a combination of conducting introductory courses and speaking at science fiction conventions. She would discover that these activities put her \u201cin front of students and kids who may find inspiration in a punk-redhead woman covered in tattoos who also happens to have a PhD.\u201d After deciding not to pursue an academic research career, Macdonald began giving talks at science fiction conventions in the areas of her expertise that link the science to the various fandoms of her audience members. For example, she has used \"\" to teach about spacetime. She has made appearances at such conventions as Awesome Con and Dragon Con. This led her to meeting and working with science fiction writers in the entertainment industry. Science fiction consultation. Macdonald moved to Los Angeles from Colorado and works with writers and producers in Hollywood to bring scientific accuracy to their productions. She has, for example, served as technical consultant on several episodes of \"Orbital Redux\". In 2019, Macdonald produced a Great Courses course on the science of science fiction via"}, {"text": "Audible. In late 2019, Macdonald became a science consultant for Star Trek. She works with producers and writers throughout the \"Star Trek\" franchise. She also had cameo appearances in the first and second seasons of \"\", as well as in a 2023 \"Star Trek Online\" update titled \"Incursion\", dubbing her in-universe namesake character \"Dr. Erin Macdonald\"."}, {"text": "The following highways are numbered 742:"}, {"text": "The following highways are numbered 741:"}, {"text": "The following highways are numbered 723:"}, {"text": "Ulrich Pinkall (born 1955) is a German mathematician, specializing in differential geometry and computer graphics. Pinkall studied mathematics at the University of Freiburg with a Diplom in 1979 and a doctorate in 1982 with thesis \"Dupin'sche Hyperfl\u00e4chen\" (Dupin's hypersurfaces) under the supervision of Martin Barner. Pinkall was then a research assistant in Freiburg until 1984 and from 1984 to 1986 at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in Bonn. In 1985 he completed his habilitation in Bonn with thesis \"Totale Absolutkr\u00fcmmung immersierter Fl\u00e4chen\" (Total absolute curvature of immersed surfaces). Since 1986 he is professor at TU Berlin. In 1985 he received the Otto Hahn Medal of the Max Planck Society. In 1986 he received a \"Heisenberg-Stipendium\" from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG). From 1992 to 2003 he was a speaker of the Sonderforschungsbereich (SFB) 288 (differential geometry and quantum physics). In 1998 he was an Invited Speaker with talk \"Quaternionic analysis of Riemann surfaces and differential geometry\" at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Berlin."}, {"text": "The following highways are numbered 525:"}, {"text": "Sheila Metzner (born 1939) is an American photographer. She was the first female photographer to collaborate with \"Vogue\" magazine on an ongoing basis. Metzner lives in Brooklyn, New York. Early life. Metzner graduated from the High School of Art and Design and the Faculty of Visual Communications of the Pratt Institute. In the 1960s, she became the first woman to be promoted to art director by Doyle Dane Bernbach, an advertising agency. Thanks to this, she successfully collaborated with well-known photographers, including Richard Avedon, Melvin Sokolsky, Bob Richardson and Diane Arbus. Art career. Metzner's first show in New York was called Friends & Family. She decided to show part of the images to the director of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, John Sarkovsky. In 1978, he bought one and included in MoMA exhibition \"Mirrors and Windows: American Photography Since 1960\". A second exhibition \u2013 Photography (Spring 1981): Couches, Diamonds and Pie \u2013 took place there. After that, \"The New York Times\" and \"The Sunday Times\" published a photograph of Metzner's husband. In 2008, the School of Visual Arts presented the exhibition \"Time Line: Shelia Metzner\" at the Visual Arts Museum, New York. Personal life. She was married"}, {"text": "to painter and art director Jeffrey Metzner for forty-four years. They had five children."}, {"text": "Rudolphe Lawrence Daus (1854\u20131916) was an American architect based in Brooklyn, New York City. He designed the 13th Regiment Armory in Brooklyn, now the Pamoja House for homeless men, and the Lincoln Club. He also designed several libraries. He was a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. Daus was born in Mexico to a German Catholic family of Jewish descent and studied in Europe before working for Richard Morris Hunt and George B. Post. He established his own firm in 1884. Carl Westman worked at his firm, as did Fay Kellogg at the start of her career. Daus died in Paris in 1916."}, {"text": "The Offerman Building is a historic building at 503\u2013513 Fulton Street in the Downtown Brooklyn neighborhood of New York City, New York, U.S. Designed by Danish architect Peter J. Lauritzen in a Romanesque Revival style, the eight-story building was built between 1890 and 1892 as a commercial structure, housing the S. Wechsler & Brother department store. Although the lower stories remain in commercial use, the upper stories were converted into a 121-unit residential complex in the 2010s. The building is a New York City designated landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The building has three distinct sections: the original wings on Fulton Street to the south and Duffield Street to the east, as well as a three-story glass annex on Bridge Street to the west that dates from the 2010s. On the Fulton and Duffield Street wings, the first and second stories of the facade are clad in stone, while brick and terracotta were used on the upper stories. The Fulton Street wing is mostly seven stories high (except for the central eight-story section), while the Duffield Street wing is six stories high. Inside, the building was originally used in its entirety as a department"}, {"text": "store, with various selling departments on each floor, as well as a small mechanical plant in the basement. The building's interior has been rearranged multiple times throughout the years; by the 2010s, only the basement and first two stories remained in retail use. The building was developed by Brooklyn Sugar Refining Company president Henry Offerman, who agreed in late 1889 to lease the entire structure to S. Wechsler & Bro. (later Wechsler Bros. & Co.). The Offerman Building opened on May 1, 1891, and was expanded along Duffield Street in 1892 after the store's business grew significantly. Wechsler Bros. & Co. occupied the building until 1895, when Offerman took over the store. Joseph H. Bauland operated the store from 1897 to 1903, and Chapman & Co. then operated the store until 1907. The structure was then used as offices from 1909 to 1922, when Martin's department store moved into the building. Martin's occupied the Offerman Building for nearly six decades, moving out during 1979, after which the Laboz family's company United American Land bought the building. In the first two decades of the 21st century, the Laboz family leased out the lowest floors as retail space and converted the upper"}, {"text": "stories to apartments. Site. The Offerman Building is located at 503\u2013513 Fulton Street in the Downtown Brooklyn neighborhood of New York City, New York, U.S. It occupies an irregular land lot on the city block bounded by Fulton Street to the south, Bridge Street to the west, Willoughby Street to the north, and Duffield Street (Abolitionist Place) to the east. The original building has frontage of on Fulton Street and along Duffield Street; including the newer annex, it has an area of . Originally, the building's Duffield Street frontage was only wide. The Fulton Street wing originally extended about deep, but an extension in 1893 increased this depth to . Due to the unusual shape of the lot, both of the original building's frontages are in the middle of their respective blockfronts. The Offerman Building's site wraps around three buildings at the corner of Fulton and Duffield Streets, which the building's developers had never acquired. Nearby buildings include 388 Bridge Street to the northwest, BellTel Lofts and AVA DoBro to the north, and 1 Hoyt Street and 11 Hoyt to the south. In addition, the entrances to the New York City Subway's Hoyt Street station are next to the building."}, {"text": "The Offerman Building's site was part of the 19th-century Duffield estate. The adjacent stretch of Fulton Street, between Brooklyn Borough Hall and Flatbush Avenue, was known as \"upper Fulton Street\" in the 19th century and was the commercial center of the then-independent city of Brooklyn. After the Brooklyn Bridge opened during the late 19th century, upper Fulton Street contained large numbers of retail stores, which had relocated from the Fulton Ferry landing near the East River shoreline. The opening of the Fulton Street Elevated line in 1888, as well as the opening of the New York City Subway system in the early 20th century, attracted further commercial development in the area. Just before the Offerman Building was erected, the site had been occupied by houses. Architecture. The building was designed by Peter J. Lauritzen in the Romanesque Revival style. According to the \"Brooklyn Daily Times\", the Romanesque Revival style had been chosen because it \"readily lends itself to richness and solidity of design\". It ranges between six and eight stories; the section on Fulton Street is generally seven stories high, while the wing on Duffield Street is six stories high. The eight-story tower at the center of the Fulton Street"}, {"text": "wing was built to a height of . Although the Offerman Building's floor count was not unusual for its time, the ceilings were so high that the structure was one of the tallest buildings in Brooklyn when it opened in 1891. Facade. On the Fulton Street elevation of the facade, the first and second stories were originally clad with granite, with a light sandstone band above the second story; brick and terracotta are used on the upper stories. The vertical quality of the Fulton Street facade is emphasized by the use of vertical piers, similar to in early skyscrapers. In addition, Lauritzen divided the facade into numerous arcades to give the facade a quality of intricacy. The lowest two stories on Fulton Street have been renovated at least three times: in the 1940s, 1980s, and 2010s. The Duffield Street elevation is similar, except that gray stone is used on the lowest two stories instead. Fulton Street wing. The facade on Fulton Street is divided vertically into three bays: a central section measuring eight stories tall, which is flanked by a pair of seven-story sections. There were originally five arches at ground level. The central section originally was decorated with a"}, {"text": "three-story arch measuring wide. Each of the outer sections had two display windows measuring high and wide, with transom windows above. Running above the first floor was a cornice which divided the ground and second floors; this cornice was at the same height as the former Fulton Street Elevated. During the 1940s, Morris Lapidus designed a new central arch with a red granite frame and a grid of windows. This arch rises two and a half stories and is surrounded with ornament; above the center arch is a small colonnade with three windows separated by colonnettes. In the outer sections, the first and second stories were redesigned in the 2010s with a cast stone facade, in a simple imitation of the original design, and metal-and-glass storefronts. There are two smaller arches on either side of the central arch at the second story. On the third story, each of the outer sections has four arched windows, supported by colonnettes. There are also lions with the initials \"H. O.\" (standing for Henry Offerman) at either corner. The windows on the fourth through eighth floors were replaced in 2015. On the fourth to sixth stories, the outer sections of the facade each have"}, {"text": "two triple-height arches, with two window openings per story. The spandrel panels above the windows on these stories protrude from the facade; this was intended to create the impression of organic quality. Within either of the outer sections, a cornice runs horizontally above the sixth story, and there are four rectangular windows on the seventh story. The center section of the facade has a quadruple-height arch that ascends to the seventh story; the central arch is divided vertically into three windows on each story. Only the center section rises to the eighth floor, where there are three windows. There are molded Romanesque Revival decorations, such as faces and reliefs, on the sixth through eighth stories above the arches, and there are stone finials atop the eighth floors. The side facades of the Fulton Street wing are plain in design. The western facade has window openings and is set back significantly from the wing on Bridge Street. The third through sixth stories each have four windows, while the seventh story has five windows; the rest of the western facade is of plain brick. The eastern facade of the Fulton Street wing was covered by an advertisement until the 2000s. After the"}, {"text": "2010s renovation, the eastern facade has had two windows on each of the fourth to sixth stories, while the seventh story has had three windows. There is a wooden water tower above the eastern section of the roof. Duffield Street wing. The facade on Duffield Street is for the most part six stories tall and ten bays wide. The center eight bays are in two groups of four. All of the windows on Duffield Street date from the 2010s renovation. At the ground story, each bay has an arch supported on large granite piers; the two center arches in each group are taller than the two outer arches. The arches generally feature storefronts that were installed in the 2010s; the southernmost arch serves as the building's residential entrance, which is covered by a glass canopy. The arches originally had large windows that illuminated the back of the ground-level store. There is a deeply recessed window at the extreme northern and southern ends of the Duffield Street facade. On the second through fifth stories, there are quadruple-height arches supported by shallow pilasters in the eight center bays. There are two windows on the center pilaster: one between the second and third"}, {"text": "stories, which is rectangular, and one between the third and fourth stories, which is arched. In the four bays immediately to the south of the center pilaster, there is a frieze with the words \"1890 Offerman Building 1892\" carved above the second floor. There are 23 arched windows on the sixth story, above which is a brick cornice with corbels. At the center of the sixth story is a metal cartouche, which is painted red and bears the overlapping letters \"H\" and \"O\". The northern wall of this wing, measuring wide, has windows that are visible above the roofs of adjacent buildings. The western wall is wide and has eleven rectangular windows on each of the third through sixth floors. There is a glass-and-metal penthouse above the Duffield Street wing. The southern wall has no windows and is clad in brick. Bridge Street wing. The Bridge Street wing, designed by Greenberg Farrow, was added in 2014 and wraps around the northeastern corner of Bridge and Fulton Street, extending to the Offerman Building's original northern end. The Bridge Street wing is two stories high and has a facade with metal and concrete frame, as well as full-height glass windows. The ground"}, {"text": "floor contains a storefront with a store entrance, while the second floor is reached through the original building. The structure has a flat roof above the second story. Interior. The original building on Fulton Street had on each floor. The annex on Duffield Street increased the building's total size to approximately per floor or in total. The building's framework may have included both cast-iron and steel columns; the columns were placed in four rows and supported horizontal girders beneath each floor slab. Near the rear left of the building were originally two elevators and a staircase connecting all floors. Following an expansion in 1892, there were seven elevators in total: three freight elevators, one dumbwaiter for packages, and three passenger elevators. The second basement houses a small electric plant installed by the Excelsior Electric Light Company. The plant consisted of four boilers, four engines (of which three were used to power the dynamos for the building's arc lights), and pumps to operate the elevators. The building was also outfitted with a central heating system, which at the time was still uncommon. The ceiling of the first basement contained an extensive system of pipes, which was used to carry cash from"}, {"text": "various parts of the building to a central cash room. Reflectors were placed throughout the building to minimize the need for artificial light during the daytime. Although the whole building was originally used for retail purposes, the interiors have been renovated multiple times throughout the years. The first major renovation occurred in the 1940s, and some of the building's original decorations were removed after the second renovation in the 1980s, when the upper stories became offices. Following the third renovation in the 2010s, the building was split into commercial space on the lower two floors and residences above. Original use. When the building opened, the central arch on Fulton Street led to a vestibule with marble-mosaic tiles spelling out the name of the first tenant, S. Wechsler & Bro. The first story was devoted to the sale of \"dress goods\"; furnishings such as cabinets; and other objects like umbrellas and cutlery. A central aisle ran the full length of the first floor, and there was a counter on one side. A light well with a dome was placed at the center of the building, extending several stories. Within this dome, a balcony with a women's parlor overlooked the first floor;"}, {"text": "this was replaced with a music room by the 1900s. Also on Duffield Street were a private employee entrance and an employees' room. By 1899, the first floor had been converted to a men's clothing department. By the time Martin's Department Store moved into the second floor in the 1920s, three staircases connected the first floor and balcony. The first floor was described in the \"Brooklyn Daily Times\" as having \"gleaming white Corinthian pillars support[ing] a richly ornamented ceiling\" measuring high. The building had two basement levels which extended deep. In the first basement were the cut-glass and bric-\u00e0-brac departments. Toys, dolls, and games were sold in a room in the northern part of the Duffield Street wing. On the second basement were the boilers, engines, dynamos, and elevator pumps. The boilers occupied a vault directly under the sidewalk of Fulton Street. Two goods lifts connected the second basement directly with the street. The second basement level housed offices for the credit department, cashiers, the head delivery clerk, the delivery department, and the timekeeper's office. This level also had the lunch rooms, the employee locker rooms, and a crockery delivery room. A stairway led from the second basement directly to"}, {"text": "a raised platform on the first basement level. The second story contained the children's, underwear, millinery, and ready-made costume departments. A portion of the second floor, above the women's parlor, was raised by and housed the millinery department; various types of clothing were sold throughout the rest of the third floor. The next three floors housed upholstery and furniture departments. When Bauland's store took over the building in the late 1890s, some of these departments were relocated or expanded. By 1900, the second floor housed an art gallery, and the third and fifth floors were devoted exclusively to groceries. On the sixth floor were storerooms, receiving rooms, fur storage, supply rooms, and window dressing rooms, as well as the advertising department and private offices for the firms. The seventh floor was used for private events and manufacturing, while the eighth floor was an observatory. The upper stories were used entirely as offices after 1909. Current use. The basement of the Offerman Building, and the first and second floors of both the original structure and the Bridge Street annex, operate as commercial space and are arranged in an open plan. The first and second floors of the original building are attached"}, {"text": "to the Bridge Street wing to the west. In the westernmost bay on Fulton Street is an entrance with escalators, a stair, and an elevator. The rest of the retail space has been redecorated over the years with tiled floors and drywall walls and ceilings. The first and second stories of the original building have cast iron columns, which date to the building's opening in 1891; the decorations on these columns were removed during the 1940s renovation. The southernmost bay on Duffield Street leads to the residential lobby. The original rotunda was restored during the 2010s. On each floor, there is a north-south corridor in the Duffield Street wing and a west-east corridor in the Fulton Street wing, which intersect at the central rotunda. The hallways have carpeted floors and metal doorways leading to apartments on either side. At alternating floors, the rotunda has been glassed-in as a fire-safety measure. The apartments themselves range from studio apartments to three-bedroom units. Inside each apartment, the floors are made of hardwood, except in the kitchens and bathrooms, where there are tiled floors. There are also baseboards and trim made of wood, as well as some of the original cast-iron columns, which have"}, {"text": "lost their original trims. In both the hallways and apartments, the walls and ceilings are gypsum (i.e. drywall). There are 121 apartments in total. During the 2010s renovation of the upper stories, some of the spaces were converted into residents' amenity areas such as a fitness room, kitchen, and lounge. In addition, the roof contains a landscaped terrace with seats. History. The building was developed by Brooklyn Sugar Refining Company president Henry Offerman. Its first occupant was S. Wechsler & Brother, established by brothers Samuel and Hermann Wechsler in 1868. S. Wechsler & Bro., originally headquartered at 293\u2013295 Fulton Street, subsequently expanded to 297\u2013299 Fulton Street. By the late 1880s, the store required yet more space for its expanding operations. Development and opening. During 1889, Offerman and real estate agent Frank A. Barnaby had discussed the feasibility of erecting a seven-story building at the corner of Fulton and Duffield Streets. That November, Barnaby agreed to lease the entire building to dry goods department store S. Wechsler & Brother for 12 years, and Offerman agreed to erect a five-story building on the site. The lease was officially announced the next month. Barnaby acquired nine lots: six at 503\u2013513 Fulton Street and"}, {"text": "three at 240\u2013244 Duffield Street. The site cost $235,000, which the \"Brooklyn Daily Eagle\" characterized as \"a low figure, as the locality is one of the best for business purposes\". The Brooklyn Building Department issued a construction permit for the building in May 1890, and William and Thomas Lamb began erecting the structure the same month. Shortly before construction began, Offerman sued Barnaby, claiming that two of the Duffield Street plots could have been acquired at a lower price. S. Wechsler & Son closed its original store on April 28, 1891, and reopened at the Offerman Building three days later, on May 1. To promote its new building, S. Wechsler & Brother printed pamphlets with color photographs of the structure and its interior, and it distributed these pamphlets to customers. The store was so popular that, by 1892, the owners had decided to acquire several additional lots on Duffield Street, measuring a total of wide and deep. The extra land was used to provide more loading bays and commercial space. S. Wechsler & Bro.'s owners raised additional capital and hired C. Henry Offerman, the son of the building's owner, to raise money for the expansion. After the younger Offerman was"}, {"text": "hired, the Wechsler store became Wechsler Bros. & Co. in October 1892. By that December, the store's annex had opened. The store's book department was expanded into the balcony in late 1894. Wechsler Bros. & Co. only lasted for three years. In September 1895, a week before the partnership agreement was to expire, Samuel and Hermann Wechsler and C. Henry Offerman suddenly decided to dissolve their partnership, and all of the company's stock was liquidated. Henry Offerman, who still owned the building, took over the store's operation. The elder Offerman began hosting exhibitions at the building, such as a showcase of oil paintings. Henry Offerman died in April 1896, less than a year after taking over the store. The trustees of Offerman's estate decided to sell the building's lease and the Offerman store to Joseph Bauland in March 1897, paying $500,000 each for the lease and store. Bauland had been visiting the area from Chicago, and broker Leonard Moody had convinced Bauland to open a store within the Offerman Building. Late 1890s to early 1920s. Bauland remodeled the store to make room for several new or enlarged departments, such as sewing and grocery departments. The millinery department was expanded fourfold,"}, {"text": "and three elevators were added. The rebuilt store opened in mid-March 1897 as Joseph H. Bauland's Great Cash Store. Under Bauland's operation, the store hosted events such as food exhibits and doll receptions. By its second anniversary in 1899, the store was one of Brooklyn's most popular dry-goods stores. Bauland acquired several buildings on Fulton and Bridge Streets, opening a annex within these buildings in October 1899. The annex provided space for multiple new and expanded departments of the store, in addition to a restaurant, beauty salons, and photography studios. Further growth in Bauland's business prompted him to open a grocery department on the third and fifth floors in October 1900. By the next year, Bauland's store was four times as profitable as the Wechslers' store had been at its peak. Chapman & Co., operated by longtime Bauland employee William H. Chapman, acquired the store from Bauland in the beginning of 1903 and began renovating it. The store began hosting events such as food shows and women's hat shows. Chapman & Co. moved their store to Manhattan in January 1907, as the lease of the Offerman Building was about to expire. The building was then acquired by businessman Ralph Leininger,"}, {"text": "who incorporated the Kingston Realty Company with $1,000 in paid-in capital and a valuation of $1 million. Leininger had intended to operate the Darlington department store within the Offerman Building, renovating the interiors to designs by \"experts from Paris\". The second floor of the Darlington store was supposed to contain a sizable silk and dress-goods department on the second floor. Leininger spent $75,000 renovating the building before announcing in September 1907 that the store's opening, which had been planned for the next month, had been delayed indefinitely. The deputy sheriff of Brooklyn seized the building and the store's assets shortly thereafter. For the next two years, the Offerman Building remained closed while it underwent extensive renovations. The structure reopened as an office building in 1909, with some stores remaining on the ground story. One of the building's retail establishments, a restaurant named Silsbe, installed a marquee above its space at some point after 1909. Decoration firm Robert Griffin Co. leased the second floor in 1911 and opened a showroom there. By the 1910s, the tax department of the government of New York City had offices in the Offerman Building, occupying four stories there. The city government also planned to move"}, {"text": "additional offices to the Offerman Building, but the New York City Comptroller blocked these plans. The ground floor of the Offerman Building was occupied by several stores, including the United Cigar Stores, while the New York City government occupied about on the upper stories. Martin's occupancy. 1920s and 1930s. In July 1922, Martin's Department Store bought the Offerman Building from the Offerman estate, along with an adjacent three-story building at 237 Duffield Street, for nearly $1 million. Martin's, operated by the Zeitz family, had occupied the corner of Fulton and Bridge Streets since 1904, and it planned to raze its existing structure after moving into the Offerman Building. Martin's bought out Silsbe's lease, for of ground-floor space, in May 1924 and spent over $300,000 on renovations over the next several months. The new store opened in November 1924. The next year, Martin's opened a ready-to-wear clothing department in the basement and a merchandise receiving department on the fifth floor. The company also decided to take over the space used by various city offices. Three more departments of the store opened in early 1926, and a sprinkler system was installed throughout the building the same year. Martin's occupied the entire ground"}, {"text": "story by September 1926, after Bickford's and United Cigar Stores had moved out. The extra ground-floor space was occupied by the women's shoe department and the men's furnishing department. The company expanded its infants' clothing department to the Offerman Building's mezzanine in 1928, and Martin's had built its \"men's corner\" at Bridge and Fulton Streets by the next year. The store was initially successful because of its location in Downtown Brooklyn, with $5 million in annual profits by 1930. The city government briefly considered leasing space for a municipal courthouse within the Offerman Building in 1930 before canceling their plans later that year. The building's owner Martin Securities Company then unsuccessfully sued to force the city to lease space there. Martin's enlarged its children's and women's clothing departments, relocating these divisions to the second floor, in 1938. 1940s to 1970s. Martin's shared the Offerman Building with the Michael Bros. store; by 1945, Martin's officials were considering expanding their store to the fourth floor, using space occupied by Michael Bros. The store's operators hired Morris Lapidus, a then-little-known architect who had started his own firm in 1944. According to a 1979 autobiography by Lapidus, the renovation of Martin's was his first"}, {"text": "major solo project. Martin's president Fred Zeitz wanted any architect to remain associated with the store for the long term, and Lapidus agreed, as he had no other clients at the time. The fourth-floor expansion was renovated in a modern style and opened in October 1945 as a children's department. Later that year, Zeitz announced plans to expand the store by after Michaels Bros. relocated to another structure. Martin's stopped operating its basement store in 1946 and further expanded the men's and shoe departments in 1947. Lapidus also redesigned the Offerman Building's facade on Fulton Street in March 1947, re-cladding the first two stories in Swedish granite and adding a red-granite arch. Lapidus remained associated with Martin's through the late 1950s, over a dozen years after his original commission for the company. Martin's had three additional stores on eastern Long Island by the 1960s, but it continued to operate its flagship store at the Offerman Building. The store's continued presence in the Offerman Building led \"The New York Times\" to describe Martin's as \"an oasis of calm\" in 1966. At the time, Martin's Offerman Building store occupied and used five of the seven floors for selling goods; the store's Fulton"}, {"text": "Street location alone was making an annual profit of $15 million per year. Compared with competitors on Fulton Street, Martin's remained successful in part because it focused on providing customers full service, similar to the upscale stores on Manhattan's Fifth Avenue. As such, Martin's Offerman Building store employed 900 people by the late 1960s. Martin's business began to decline in the 1970s. The store remained one of the four largest department stores on Fulton Street in Downtown Brooklyn, which was renovated into a pedestrian plaza named Fulton Mall in the mid-1970s. The Seedman Manufacturing Group had bought the Martin's chain in 1977; in an unsuccessful attempt to attract buyers, they started selling lower-quality and cheaper products at the Offerman Building location. In February 1979, Martin's opened a section for \"budget items\" on the building's second and third floors. Seedman announced in April 1979 that it would close Martin's Offerman Building store, saying the store was unprofitable. At the time, the number of employees at that location had declined to 250 or 350. Seedman also planned to sell off the Offerman Building and focus on its remaining locations. Laboz ownership. Shortly after the Martin's store closed, Rentar Development Corp. and Times"}, {"text": "Square Stores offered to acquire the Offerman Building, with the intention of razing it and developing a new building for Alexander's department store on the site. They were beat out by Richard Carroll, a developer who planned to divide the building into \"a number of national chain stores\". Albert Laboz bought the building in 1979 through his company United American Land, and he and his younger brothers Jason and Jody subsequently operated the structure. The structure's interior was renovated extensively during the 1980s. By 1986, the New York City Transit Authority's transit court operated within the building. Discount store Conway's also occupied the building for more than twenty years, until 2010. The Municipal Art Society's Preservation Committee, along with local civic group Brooklyn Heights Association, began petitioning the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) to designate over two dozen buildings in Downtown Brooklyn as landmarks in 2003. Among these structures was the Offerman Building, which was designated as a New York City landmark in March 2005. The following year, Al Laboz said some of the upper-story offices had been sealed for forty to fifty years. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 21,"}, {"text": "2017. New stores. Al Laboz, who was a chairman of Fulton Mall, announced in 2005 that he wanted to redevelop the mall with new stores. As part of this redevelopment, clothing store H&M announced in June 2008 that it would move into the ground floor of a neighboring retail structure at 497 Fulton Street that Laboz, planned to develop. H&M officially signed a lease for the space that November, and clearing of the site at 497 Fulton Street began in 2011. United American Land began renovating 505 Fulton Street and constructing a three-story building at 497 Fulton Street, with a connection between the two structures at the second floor. The opening of the H&M store was delayed because United American Land had to negotiate with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which operated the Hoyt Street subway station. The H&M store ultimately opened in July 2013. H&M's lease only covered in the basement and first story, and Laboz sought to lease out the remaining of retail space in the building. Around the same time that the H&M store opened, Nordstrom Rack announced in 2013 that it would operate a store on the second floor of 497 and 505 Fulton Street, making it"}, {"text": "the Nordstrom chain's first Brooklyn store. Nordstrom Rack opened in May 2014, followed the same year by TJ Maxx. Also in 2014, United American Land received a $65 million loan to refinance the retail space on the lowest stories. Clothing-store chain Old Navy had also opened a store at the Offerman Building by the late 2010s. Conversion of upper-story space. Since at least 2005, Al Laboz had indicated that he wished to convert the upper stories to loft apartments, similar to those that he and his brothers had developed in the SoHo and Tribeca neighborhoods of Manhattan. By 2011, United American Land had finalized plans to convert the Offerman Building's upper stories into upscale residences. Al Laboz also negotiated with an unidentified institution to lease of space on the upper stories. The Laboz brothers began renovating the upper stories of the Offerman Building into 120 residential lofts, adding a residential entrance on Duffield Street, in the early 2010s. GreenbergFarrow designed the renovation. Although the Offerman Building's residential conversion was supposed to have been completed at the end of 2014, the project was still not finished two years later. Sales of the residences on the upper stories, branded as the Offerman"}, {"text": "House, began in mid-2017. Critical reception. When the building opened, the Brooklyn \"Times Union\" wrote that the edifice was a \"palatial building\". \"The\" \"Brooklyn Daily Eagle\" wrote: \"The splendid Fulton Street front and the fine facade on Duffield Street, vast and fine as they are, still do not prepare one fully for the great proportions and elegant vistas of interior.\" The \"Eagle\" wrote in 1892 that the building's arch \"is majestic in its proportions and greatly enhances the beautiful effect of the building\". Architectural writer Francis Morrone wrote in 2011 that \"both the Fulton and the Duffield Street facades are Romanesque Revival extravaganzas\" but that the Duffield Street facade was designed in a \"much more austere manner\" than that on Fulton Street. Lore Croghan of the \"Eagle\" wrote in 2016 that \"the Offerman Building is a tasty piece of Romanesque Revival-style eye candy\"."}, {"text": "The Duke in the Suburbs is a 1909 novel by the British writer Edgar Wallace. Unusually for Wallace, best known for his heavy thrillers, it is a comedy about a Duke who goes to live in a street in the suburbs and the impact he has on the pretentious middle-class residents. It has been described as Wodehousian in style."}, {"text": "The 2020 Atlanta United 2 season was the team's third year of existence, their third season in the USL which is now rebranded as the USL Championship, the second tier of the American soccer pyramid. Players. \"As of September 24, 2020.\"<br> The squad of Atlanta United 2 will be composed of an unrestricted number of first-team players on loan to the reserve team, players signed to ATLUTD2, and Atlanta United Academy players. Academy players who appear in matches with ATLUTD2 will retain their college eligibility. Statistics. Appearances and goals. \"Numbers after plus-sign(+) denote appearances as a substitute.\" ! colspan=10 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|\"Players who have played for Atlanta United 2 this season but have left the club:\""}, {"text": "Amanda Cartier (born November 14, 1977, in Houston, Texas) is an American female race car driver with residence in San Francisco, California, United States. She currently competes in both the Formula Pro USA Western Championships. and Formula 4 United States Championship series. Racing career. Cartier began her racing career in 2014 by spending two years racing Rotax 125 TAG karts in the Simraceway Arrive and Drive Series with 2nd overall place in the championship in 2015. She then furthered her training by completing the Simraceway Formula 3 School of Racing program located at Sonoma Raceway. Her F4 racing career started in 2019 when she made her professional racing debut running a half-season in the SCCA Pro Racing sanctioned Formula Pro USA Western Championships with the World Speed Motorsports team. She would go on to win two F4 Masters Class trophies at Sonoma Raceway, ending the season as F4 Masters Vice-Champion and an overall 6th place in the season points championship. Currently, she had joined in the F4 U.S. Championship support race during the 2019 Formula 1 US Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas with two other women. She has announced to continue with Formula Pro USA Championships in"}, {"text": "2020."}, {"text": "Shane Paul Arthur Hales (born 15 May 1946), known by the stage name Shane and for some of the early part of his career as Trevor Hales, is a New Zealand singer who had several top-10 hits in that country's singles chart in the 1960s and 1970s. Biography. Shane grew up in Guildford, Surrey, England, attending Park Barn Secondary School, before moving to Australia and then New Zealand in the mid-1960s. Shane started his career in 1966 as a member of Australian band The Pleazers, who spent much of their career in Auckland. Shane was briefly a member of Auckland band The Jamestown Union in 1967 before forming his own band, Shane. This band recorded a single, \"The Town of Tuxley Toymaker\" in 1968. While playing a gig in 1968, Shane was approached by television producer Kevan Moore to become a regular singer on the television pop programme \"C'mon\". Shane accepted, and was a regular feature on the show from its second season on. Shane was taken under the wing of New Zealand pop icon Ray Columbus, who became Shane's manager. Several singles were released, among them the Columbus-penned \"I'll Take You Back With Me\", but they did not trouble"}, {"text": "the national chart. At the end of 1968, Shane became part of the \"C'mon\" 1968 national tour and became popular enough to be offered a contract by His Master's Voice. A first single, a cover of the Harry Nilsson the Monkees song \"Cuddly Toy\" failed to fire, but the follow-up, a cover of Terry Knight's paean to Paul McCartney, \"Saint Paul\", captured the public imagination and flew to the top of the charts, where it stayed for six weeks. The recording won the 1969 Loxene Golden Disc award for best New Zealand record of the year. A follow-up single, \"Lady Samantha\" also reached the top five. Shane's debut album, \"Rainy Day Man\", was released at the end of the year. A second album, \"Natural Man\", was released the following year, along with two more singles, \"Heya\" and \"Get It Together\". Interest began to pick up for Shane internationally, and to cash in on it, Shane embarked on an overseas tour, spending two months in Germany where he shared billing with Andy Kim and Christie. While he was touring, he received word of the death of his fianc\u00e9e Jan Campbell in a car crash in New Zealand and flew back home."}, {"text": "He used the recording of his third album as catharsis. The album, \"Straight Straight Straight\", included two songs written about Campbell. Shane returned to Europe soon after the album's release, spending most of the rest of the 1970s in and around London, where he formed a new band, Killa-Hz. After a stage accident in 1980 in which Shane broke his pelvis, Killa-Hz disbanded, and after recovering from his injuries he returned to New Zealand in 1981. He continued to record music, with four singles issued in New Zealand between 1981 and 1986. Shane was appointed a member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to entertainment, in the 2017 Queen's Birthday Honours. Shane has continued to perform music regularly into the 2010s and beyond."}, {"text": "Patrick Run is a long tributary to East Branch Oil Creek in Crawford County, Pennsylvania. Course. Patrick Run rises on the South Branch French Creek divide about 2 miles northeast of Spartansburg, Pennsylvania. Patrick Run then flows southeast and southwest through the Erie Drift Plain to Clear Lake, in Spartansburg, Pennsylvania where it joins East Branch Oil Creek. Watershed. Patrick Run drains of area, receives about 47.0 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 440.74 and is about 42% forested."}, {"text": "The Just Men of Cordova is a 1917 thriller novel by the British writer Edgar Wallace. It is the third entry in a series that began with \"The Four Just Men\" in 1905 about a group of vigilantes battling against crime. The collection includes the completed version of \u201cThe Poisoners\u201d a story first printed in the May 1912 issue of The Novel Magazine without an ending, but with a prize offered to the first reader who submitted the correct ending. Synopsis. The three friends, Poiccart, Manfred and Gonsalez, are enjoying the exotic, Spanish city of Cordova with its heat and Moorish influences, but they are still committed to employing their intellect and cunning to dispense justice."}, {"text": "Governor Curry may refer to:"}, {"text": "Richard Tylden Auchmuty (July 15, 1831 \u2013 July 18, 1893) was an officer in the American Civil War, an architect, and philanthropist. His works were built in New York City and Massachusetts. He designed St. Mary's Episcopal Church at 230 Classon Avenue in Brooklyn and Trinity Episcopal Church at 102 Walker Street in Lenox, Massachusetts, both of which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. His grandfather signed the Declaration of Independence. He worked for and then in partnership with James Renwick. He served in the Fifth Corps and climbed in rank to retire a Lieutenant Colonel. According to a letter he wrote he served at Gettysburg. Auchmuty was born in New York City, the only son of a prominent family. He was philanthropic. A volume of his Civil War letters was published privately. Auchmuty died of pulmonary edema at home in Lenox, Massachusetts, on July 18, 1893. His leg was buried first and then he followed several months after at Green-Wood Cemetery."}, {"text": "Jacobus van der Puije (c. 1754 \u2013 24 June 1781) was an administrator of the Dutch West India Company. He became President of the council (acting Director-General) of the Dutch Gold Coast in 1780. Biography. Jacobus van der Puije was born in Middelburg to a family that originally came from Sint-Maartensdijk. His father was William van der Puije (born 1703). He was governor of Fort Cr\u00e8vecoeur in Accra from 1776 till 1780, when he succeeded Pieter Woortman as the colonial governor of the entire Dutch Gold Coast. Jacobus van der Puije had a daughter named Anna van der Puije with an enslaved African woman named Asoewa. Anna van der Puije herself was also enslaved and freed for 1 mark of gold, paid for by Jacob R\u00fchle, who subsequently married her. He also had a son, Peter van der Puije (born c. 1775), with a local Ga woman from Accra by the name of Ayeley Ablah. Legacy. Jacobus van der Puije is the direct patrilineal ancestor of the Vanderpuije (sometimes spelt as Vanderpuye) family in Ghana. Descendants include politicians Alfred Oko Vanderpuije, Edwin Nii Lante Vanderpuye and Isaac Nii Djanmah Vanderpuye, newsreader Claudia-Liza Armah-Vanderpuije, actor William Vanderpuye, and musician Joseph Bartlett-Vanderpuye."}, {"text": "Woli Arole (born February 22, 1990) is a Nigerian comedian, actor and on-air personality. Professionally he is called Arole, Woli Arole. Early life and education. Woli Arole was born in the city of Ibadan, Nigeria. He had his primary education in Olopade Agoro Apata, Ibadan, and his secondary school education was at Government College, Ibadan. He proceeded to the prestigious Obafemi Awolowo University where he studied psychology. He also obtained a degree in filmmaking in 2020 from the Met Film School in the UK. Career. Woli Arole started as an actor and stand-up comedian from Obafemi Awolowo University. He embraced social media and gained attention with short videos on Instagram. He auditioned and became a finalist at the Alibaba Spontaneity contest in Lagos. He recently debuted with his live show called \u2018The Chat Room With Woli Arole\u2019, on April 8, and it was met with applause. Filmography. In 2018, Woli Arole premiered his movie titled \"The Call\" which he produced and was featured as lead actor."}, {"text": "Governor Dawson may refer to:"}, {"text": "The Visconti Castle of Castelletto is a castle of medieval origin in Castelletto sopra Ticino, Piedmont, northern Italy. It is named after the Visconti house, to which it belonged between the 13th and 20th centuries. Location. A short distance from Castelletto sopra Ticino, the castle lies in an overlooking position near the Ticino, a few hundred meters from where Lake Maggiore ceases and the southern portion of the river begins its course. History. The castle was first mentioned in the 12th century as the property of the Da Castello, a family from Novara. In the 13th century, it was in the possession of members of a cadet branch of the Visconti house, Ottone and later Uberto Visconti, who originated the new cadet branch of the Visconti di Castelletto. In 1329, the Visconti di Castelletto obtained a royal diploma confirming their lordship on Castelletto sopra Ticino. Enriched by duties on goods in transit along the river, the Visconti di Castelletto extended their dominions in the 15th century to the area surrounding the southern Lake Maggiore (Sesto Calende, Angera, Lisanza, Borgo Ticino, Pombia, Varallo Pombia, Invorio Superiore, Paruzzaro). The castle was renovated over the following centuries, mainly on the western side, and"}, {"text": "transformed into an aristocratic residence. It had been a property of the Visconti until the beginning of the 20th century. Today. Today, the castle is a private real estate. It retains its original quadrilateral shape with a tower on each corner. It is in good condition. Three types of masonry, probably related to different construction phases, are visible: river pebbles, squared stones, and plastered walls. The two towers facing the Ticino appear truncated. On one tower stands the coat of arms of the Visconti d'Aragona, the last Visconti branch to own the building. In popular culture. Tommaso Grossi set some scenes of his historical novel Marco Visconti in the castle."}, {"text": "Cool Boarders is a series of snowboarding video games developed by UEP Systems and published by Sony Computer Entertainment."}, {"text": "Grumpy Old Men: The Musical is a stage musical with book by Dan Remmes songs composed by Neil Berg and lyrics by Nick Meglin. The music was orchestrated by Larry Hochman with additional orchestrations by Phil Reno. It is based on the 1993 Warner Bros. film \"Grumpy Old Men\" by Mark Steven Johnson which starred Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau and Ann-Margret. It tells the story of two childhood friends, John Gustafson and Max Goldman, now aging neighbors. An old grudge resurfaces when a mysterious woman moves in across the street. The musical premiered in the United States at the storied Ogunquit Playhouse in Ogunquit, Maine in 2018. Its West Coast premiere was in Southern California at the La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts in 2019. Both premiere productions were directed by Matt Lenz and choreographed by Michele Lynch. Conception. \"Grumpy Old Men: The Musical\" was the brainchild of actor/producer Jeff Gardner. With a goal to produce a Broadway musical, he felt the 1993 film \"Grumpy Old Men\"\u2014with its midwestern backdrop and rich emotional story\u2014was well-suited to musical adaptation. Gardner envisioned a traditional Golden Age musical with a strong book and old-style score. Gardner earned a limited option from both"}, {"text": "Warner Bros., the film's producer, and Mark Steven Johnson, the screenwriter. To create the music and lyrics, he commissioned Neil Berg, composer of \"The 12\" and off-Broadway musical \"The Prince and the Pauper,\" and writer and lyricist Nick Meglin, the multi-decade editor of \"MAD Magazine\". Berg and Meglin had previously collaborated on an award-winning musical sequel to \"A Christmas Carol\" entitled \"Tim and Scrooge\". For the book, Gardner turned to actor and playwright Dan Remmes, best known for his award-winning romantic comedies including \"Three Tables\". Gardner had previously worked with Remmes as producer of his play, \"Night Out\", at the Theater in Old Town, San Diego. Director Glenn Casale was attached to direct. David Holcenberg served as the original music supervisor. Development. An unpublicized table read of the first draft took place in North Hollywood, Los Angeles in 2007. It featured George Hearn and Len Cariou in roles of John and Max, Adrienne Barbeau as Ariel, Charles Durning as Grandpa, Garrett Morris as Chuck, Vicki Lewis as IRS agent Snyder (in a gender reversal from the movie) and Carol Kane in the role of Punky, a new character Remmes created specifically for the musical. Subsequent invitation-only industry readings in New"}, {"text": "York City featured many of the same actors as the Hollywood table read in addition to (in various combinations) F. Murray Abraham, Christopher Lloyd, John Schuck, Marilu Henner, Ken Page and Joshua Malina. World premiere. In 2011, the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre in Winnipeg, Canada offered to provide a world premiere mainstage production. The season slot available conflicted with the schedule of director Glenn Casale. Producer Gardner opted to seize the opportunity and proceed without Casale. Director Bill Castellino was chosen to step in. Elizabeth Baird served as musical director. John MacInnis choreographed. Budget constraints required contractual and creative concessions from all three writers. It also prevented composer Neil Berg and lyricist Nick Meglin from attending rehearsals. Book-writer Dan Remmes was financed to attend a portion of rehearsals. Castellino applied his own vision to the expedited production, which starred John Rubinstein and John Schuck as John and Max, respectively. (Schuck had previously portrayed Grandpa in developmental readings.) Arial was portrayed by Susan Anton with Ken Page as Chuck. The score was orchestrated by Larry Hochman. The supporting roles were cast from a pool of Canadian actors, largely Toronto-based. Without Berg or Meglin present, and with Remmes on site only part"}, {"text": "of the time, the show was hastily modified to accommodate the large stage, new cast and replaced director. The limited engagement ran from October 13 to November 5, 2011. 6-year dormancy. Following the Canadian production, the producers were drained of development money. The project was indefinitely shelved. Contract options with the writers were not renewed. Remmes, Berg and Meglin were left in sole legal possession of their script, score and lyrics, which were unmarketable without the subsidiary rights from the 1993 film\u2014contracts that had also expired. New life. In 2017, six years after the contracts expired, composer Berg\u2014a producer in his own right\u2014yearned to resurrect the show. Partnering with co-writers Remmes and Meglin, they obtained new limited agreements direct from film producer Warner Bros. and screenwriter Johnson. Minus the constraints of producers and investors, the writing team reconfigured the script, score and lyrics and financed an invitation-only industry reading of the reworked show in New York City. The readings were directed by Nick Corley and music directed by Wendy Bobbitt Cavett. It featured a new cast of Broadway actors, including Lee Wilkof as Max, John Hillner as John, Luba Mason as Ariel and Didi Conn as Punky. Productions. East Coast"}, {"text": "premiere. TRW chose Ogunquit Playhouse in Ogunquit, Maine to premiere the reworked show in the United States. Matt Lenz directed the Ogunquit production with musical direction by Phil Reno and choreography by Michele Lynch. Mark Jacoby and Ed Dixon were cast as John and Max respectively. Leslie Stevens portrayed the role Ariel while Doug Eskew was cast as Chuck. Brenda Braxton portrayed Snyder, Hal Linden was cast as Grandpa and Ogunquit-favorite Sally Struthers portrayed the role of Punky. The sold-out run ran from August 8 to September 1, 2018. West Coast premiere. In 2019, the show premiered on the west coast of the United States at the La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts in southern California, produced by McCoy Rigby Entertainment. Lenz and Lynch returned as director and choreographer respectively with music direction by Benet Braun. Reprising their roles from Ogunquit were Mark Jacoby, Leslie Stevens and Hal Linden. Ken Page reprised the role of Chuck from his performance in Winnipeg. Gregory North took over the role of Max and Cathy Rigby played the role of Punky. The production ran from September 20 to October 13, 2019. Critical response. Critical response to the two United States east- and west-coast"}, {"text": "premieres was largely positive. East Coast reaction. To the Ogunquit production, \"Broadway World\" wrote \u201c\"Grumpy Old Men the Musical\" hits the mark right from the start; there's no shortcomings here. With a well written fun script, laced with comic one liners, loveable characters, and a lighthearted musical score, \"Grumpy Old Men\" exceeded all my expectations \u2026 Everything works extraordinarily well in this premiere production. The story is fun and the characters lively, engaging, and memorable \u2026 It has every element of a solid musical that could easily become a favorite of theaters everywhere.\u201d The \"Journal Tribune\" lauded a \u201ccracker-barrel book by Dan Remmes \u2026 the musical numbers are creatively coiffed to fit the template of the fast-moving production \u2026 sometimes touching, sometimes raucous, all times enticing.\u201d \"The Portsmouth Herald\" wrote \u201cBook writer Dan Remmes, along with late lyricist Nick Meglin of \"MAD Magazine\", have crafted a timeless piece of work.\u201d The \"Independent Reviewers of New England\" (IRNE Awards) called it an \u201centertaining inspiration.\u201d \"The Theater Mirror\" (New England Theater Guide) called it \u201ca slap-happy feast.\u201d and the \"Portland Press Herald\" labeled it \"An extremely funny, warm-hearted romance.\" The Boston \"Post-Gazette\" proclaimed, \"The book is great, the score is outstanding \u2026"}, {"text": "I would be very surprised if this production does not move on to Broadway.\" West Coast reaction. Of the west coast production, \"Hollywood Progressive\" wrote \u201c\"Grumpy\u2019s\" upbeat music is in the Broadway musical tradition of hits such as, say, \"The Pajama Game\" \u2026 unexpectedly heartwarming, moving and at all times, highly enjoyable.\u201d The \"Los Angeles Times\" demurred, suggesting the result was \"a considerable loss of the movie's warmth\" while acknowledging it \"didn't seem to faze the opening-night audience, which tittered at each scandalous line. The score\u2014a slick Broadway sound echoing pop styles from the 1940s through the '80s\u2014also kept the room energized.\u201d \"Broadway World Los Angeles\" wrote that \u201cNeil Berg and Nick Meglin have written some very pretty songs \u2026 especially riveting are \u201cI Like the Way Things Are,\" \u201cLife is All About Livin\u201d\u2014Grandpa's song which reminded me of Grandma's song from \"Pippin\"\u2014\u201cAn Angel\u201d and \u201cFamily or Friend.\u201d And \u201cDan Remmes\u2019 book keeps the humor at a high level.\u201d \"StageScene L.A.\" proclaimed \u201cBook writer Dan Remmes\u2019 smartest move is in taking the local citizenry and giving them names, occupations and personalities brought to vibrant life ... Add to this composer Neil Berg and lyricist Nick Meglin's bouncy score ... it's"}, {"text": "a formula that's worked before and works again here like a finely-tuned instrument ... \"Grumpy Old Men The Musical\" has exactly what it takes to become a regional theater favorite.\u201d \"The Whittier Daily News\" wrote, \"When you leave the show, you're likely to want to reach out to someone who means something to you, and let them know that they do.\" \"The Show Report\" wrote, \"This grumpy hurrah remains natural and poignant. Much of that credit significantly belongs to scripter Dan Remmes. His compassion in his book for these now well-known characters eschews real sentimentality and provides a certain dignity even amid the ribald banter and utter puerility of the pension-age adolescents \u2026 a guilty pleasure of a musical!\" and \"Bucking Trends\" called it \"A highly entertaining, life-affirming, feel-good fiesta of a new show.\" Regional productions. In 2019, TRW classified the show as a Premier Title and made licensing available for regional and international productions."}, {"text": "Spring Valley Creek is a stream in Texas and Shannon counties of the Ozarks of southern Missouri. The stream is a tributary of the Current River. The stream headwaters arise in southeast Texas County at . The stream flows to the east-southeast passing into Shannon County south of Summersville. The stream passes under Missouri Routes 17 and 106 and turns to the northeast. The stream passes through several sharp and deeply incised meanders in the area around the community of Ink before reaching its confluence with the Current River at Round Spring at . The stream and the valley, through which it flows, were given the name for the many springs it contains."}, {"text": "Margie Greenough Henson (November 17, 1908\u2013August 16, 2004) was a 1978 National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame inductee. Life. Margie Greenough Henson was born Margie Greenough on a farm near Billings, Montana, on November 17, 1908. She grew up on a working ranch with her seven siblings and all were expected to do daily chores including riding and roping. She married Charlie \"Heavy\" Henson in 1928. They had one son, Chuck Henson. Career. In 1929, Henson joined Jack King's Wild West Rodeo. Her experience growing up on a ranch served her well. She started bronc riding and became a champion. Henson entered bronc riding events in major rodeos across the country, often the only women entrant. After a year with Jack King's, the Hensons joined the Miller Brothers 101 Ranch Show. Henson continued to ride broncs. But she also added to her routine horse racing and steer riding. Later, she even added bull riding. Montana claims some of the best women bronc riders. Four are the most famous: Fannie Sperry Steele, Marie Gibson, and the two Greenough sisters, Alice Greenough and Margie Henson Greenough. Each was a world-class champion. Marge and her sister Alice rode bareback broncs and steers."}, {"text": "Both later rode bucking broncos and bulls and won many championships around the country. The sisters were gentile and refined away from the rodeo. They dressed as ladies. But, they also suffered the same as the men when riding and rode the same horses. Henson and two of her siblings (as the \"Riding Greenoughs\") were inducted into the Rodeo Hall of Fame of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in 1983. Margie and her sister Alice retired from rodeo to Tucson, Arizona. They worked in Western films briefly. She died on August 16, 2004, in Arizona."}, {"text": "This is a list of Australian rules football clubs that originated in St Kilda, Victoria, Australia. List of Clubs. St Kilda Football Club (1858\u20131864). Formed April 1858, played at Alpaca Park. First match 28 March 1859 against University. The club lapsed in June 1864, due to lack of members. St Kilda Esplanade Football Club (1871\u20131889). Played on the Esplanade Oval, wanted to move to the St Kilda Road Park. In 1876 applied to use the ground of West St Kilda Cricket Club, opposites the Village Belle Hotel. St Kilda Alma Football Club (1873\u201377 1881\u20131886). Formed 1872. In 1875 Hon Sec R H Adam. Ground Alpaca Reserve until found unsuitable due to planted trees. 1875 moved to area of Albert Park below the Alpaca Reserve and railway embankment. Club colors dark blue and white caps, blue guernsey and knickerbockers, and blue and white hose. St Kilda Royal Football Club (1884\u20131888). Wanted to play on the St Kilda Football Ground South St Kilda Football Club (1873\u20131899 maybe 1922). Played on oval near railway station and Fitzroy st in Albert Park St Kilda Grosvenor Football Club (1888\u20131890). Played on St Kilda Reserve St Kilda Junior Football Club (1883\u20131922). Played Elwood Reserve Warehousemen Football"}, {"text": "Club (1865\u20131918). Albert Park St Kilda football club (1873 -. Alpaca Park, Junction Oval, Linton St Moorabbin, Waverley Park, Docklands Stadium"}, {"text": "Jack Catterall (born 1 July 1993) is an English professional boxer. He challenged for the undisputed light-welterweight title in 2022. At regional level, he has held multiple light-welterweight championships, including the British title from 2017 to 2018. Early life. Jack Catterall was born on 1 July 1993 in Chorley, Lancashire. One of nine children in the household, Catterall took part in judo and wrestling before finding his way into boxing at the age of 10. Before getting into boxing full time, he took a college course in public services and worked a job laying tarmac to fund his gym sessions. Amateur career. Catterall boxed out of Chorley ABC from the age of 10 and compiled an amateur record of 48\u201318, during a career in which he won a CYP (Clubs for Young People) National title and placed second in the ABAE Junior Championships. Professional career. Early career. Catterall made his professional debut against Carl Allen on 22 September 2012 at the Bowlers Exhibition Centre in Manchester, winning by points decision (PTS) over four rounds. He fought once more in 2012, defeating Johnny Greaves via first-round technical knockout (TKO). He started 2013 with a fourth-round TKO win over Carl Allen in"}, {"text": "March, and secured another three wins that year; Mark McKray via PTS in April; a second-round knockout (KO) over Tom Price in June; and Renald Garrido via PTS in November. Following his first fight of 2014 \u2013 a fifth-round TKO victory over Aleksas Vaseris in March \u2013 it was announced that Catterall had signed a two-year contract with Frank Warren's Queensberry Promotions. His first fight with the company was an eight-round points decision victory over Krzysztof Szot in May. Up next was a fight with undefeated prospect Nathan Brough (11\u20130) on 26 July at the Phones 4u Arena in Manchester. Both fighters had success in round one \u2013 Brough with the jab and Catterall with a few clean shots to the head. The second-round saw much of the same, until Catterall landed a vicious counter left hook to the chin of Brough which left the Liverpudlian needing medical attention in the ring, scoring a TKO win with 58 seconds left in the round to capture the Central Area light-welterweight title. His final fight of 2014 came on 25 October at the Echo Arena, Liverpool, against Tom Stalker, friend of Catterall's previous opponent, Nathan Brough. Stalker, a 2012 Olympian and also"}, {"text": "unbeaten with a record of 9\u20130, had pulled out of a British light-welterweight title eliminator against Chris Jenkins in favour of facing Catterall. Catterall dropped Stalker in the first and second rounds. With 12 seconds remaining in the eighth-round, referee Mark Lyons waved off the fight after a left hook from Catterall sent Stalker stumbling on unsteady legs, giving Catterall the TKO win and the WBO European light-welterweight title. On 6 March 2015, Catterall fought Cesar David Inalef (18\u20135\u20131) for the vacant WBO Inter-Continental light-welterweight title at the Echo Arena in Liverpool. After a controlled performance, in which Catterall had Inalef down in the second-round from a body shot and knocked the Argentines mouthpiece out on three occasions, Catterall scored a fifth-round TKO with 1 minute and 3 seconds remaining. He successfully defended his WBO regional title three times in 2015; a sixth-round TKO over Gabriel Calfin in September; a ten-round UD over Jarkko Putkonen in October; and a third-round TKO over Noe Nunez in December to finish the year. British champion. He had three decision wins in 2016; a defence against Joe Hughes in a British light-welterweight final eliminator in May; Lukasz Janik in an eight-round non-title bout in"}, {"text": "August; and another defence against Diego Gonzalo Luque in December. He began 2017 with a third-round TKO win over Martin Gethin in April, in what would be Gethin's final professional bout, before going on to challenge British light-welterweight champion Tyrone Nurse (35\u20132\u20132) on 21 October, at the First Direct Arena in Leeds. Catterall won by UD with the scorecards reading 118\u2013111, 116\u2013113 and 115\u2013114, to capture the British light-welterweight title. Shortly after winning the title, Catterall vacated in favour of continuing down the WBO title route. World title contention. Starting out 2018 with a first-round KO over Kevin McCauley in a non-title bout in March 2018, Catterall went on to successfully defend his WBO Inter-Continental title a further three times that year; scoring a first-round TKO over Christopher Sebire in May; a ten-round unanimous decision over undefeated Tyrone McKenna in June; and ending with a twelve-round UD over Ohara Davies in October. In January 2019, it was announced that Catterall had been installed as the mandatory challenger to WBO light-welterweight champion Maurice Hooker. While waiting for a fight with Hooker, Catterall took a stay-busy fight in April, defeating Oscar Amador via third-round KO. In August, the WBO announced they had"}, {"text": "sanctioned a unification fight between Hooker and WBC champion Jos\u00e9 Ram\u00edrez, with the winner set to face Catterall as the mandatory challenger within 120 days of the bout. In the meantime, Catterall took another stay-busy fight, defeating Timo Schwarzkopf via UD in November. After Ram\u00edrez defeated Hooker in July 2020 to become a unified champion, the WBO ordered Ram\u00edrez to face Catterall. Around the same time, the WBC also ordered Ram\u00edrez to face their mandatory challenger, Viktor Postol. Ram\u00edrez faced Postol in August 2020, with the agreement that Catterall face the winner. Less than 48 hours after Ram\u00edrez emerged victorious, the WBO once again ordered Ram\u00edrez to face Catterall. Catterall opted to take a step-aside deal in order to allow Ram\u00edrez to face WBA (Super), IBF, and \"The Ring\" champion, Josh Taylor, again with the agreement that the winner face Catterall next. Taylor defeated Ram\u00edrez in May 2021, unifying all four major world titles to set up an undisputed championship fight with Catterall. Undisputed championship challenge. In August, ESPN reported that Catterall and Taylor had agreed terms to meet on 18 December at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow. It was announced by Taylor on 21 October that he had suffered"}, {"text": "an injury, and thus the fight would be postponed to 26 February 2022. Taylor won the bout by a highly controversial split decision with the judges\u2019 scorecards reading 114-111, 113-112 for Taylor and 113-112 for Catterall. Catterall vs. Taylor II. On 26 May 2024 in Leeds, England, Catterall was scheduled to face Josh Taylor in a rematch. He won the fight by unanimous decision with the scores 117-111, 117-111 and 116-113. Catterall vs. Prograis. Catterall was scheduled to face Regis Prograis in a 12-round junior welterweight bout at Co-op Live Arena in Manchester, England on August 24, 2024. The contest was postponed after Catterall suffered an injury and was rescheduled for 26 October 2024 at the same venue, resulting in him winning by unanimous points decision. Catterall vs. Barboza Jr.. Catterall faced Arnold Barboza Jr. in a WBO super lightweight title eliminator at Co-op Live in Manchester, England, on 15 February 2025. He lost by split decision. Catterall vs. Eubank. Moving up a weight division, Catterall faced IBF Intercontinental welterweight champion Harlem Eubank at Manchester Arena on 5 July 2025. The fight was stopped at the start of the seventh round on the advice of the ringside doctor due to"}, {"text": "both fighters suffering serious cuts in an accidental clash of heads. Catterall was declared the winner by technical unanimous decision as he was ahead on all three judges' scorecards at the time of the stoppage."}, {"text": "The 2020 Tacoma Defiance season was the club's sixth year of existence, formerly as Seattle Sounders FC 2, and their sixth season in the USL Championship, the second tier of the United States Soccer Pyramid. It was their third season in Tacoma, Washington. The Defiance are majority owned by Seattle Sounders FC. Competitions. U.S. Open Cup. Due to their ownership by a higher division professional club (Seattle Sounders FC), Tacoma is one of 15 teams expressly forbidden from entering the Cup competition. Statistics. Appearances and goals. \"Numbers after plus-sign(+) denote appearances as a substitute.\""}, {"text": "The spouse of the governor-general of New Zealand generally assists the office-holder in welcoming ambassadors and their spouses, and in performing their other official duties. The governor-general's spouse traditionally participates in celebratory occasions, attends functions and, as a patron of various voluntary associations, works to promote the activities of those associations. None of the activities have any official status. The spouse of the administrator of the Government fulfills the role when the administrator (chief justice) performs the function of the governor-general. The current spouse (since 21 October 2021) is Richard Davies, husband of Cindy Kiro. Both the governor-general and their spouse are entitled to the style \"His/Her Excellency\" during the governor-general's term of office, but not thereafter. The governor-general is entitled to the style \"The Right Honourable\" for life; this does not extend to the spouse. Most of the spouses of governors-general have been content to be background figures providing the office-holder with support. Some have been all but unknown to the general New Zealand public. However, a few have been notable in their own right, and details are shown in the following table."}, {"text": "Marcin Cili\u0144ski (born 10 April 1968) is a Polish football manager and former player who played as a midfielder who is currently the assistant manager of Zag\u0142\u0119bie Lubin II. Career. Early years. Born in Bytom, Cili\u0144ski started his career with the youth levels of Polonia Bytom progressing to play with the reserve team in 1984. He played with Polonia for one season. Zag\u0142\u0119bie Lubin. He moved to Zag\u0142\u0119bie Lubin in 1985, playing one match in his first season. While at Zag\u0142\u0119bie the team initially struggled in the I liga, finishing lower mid-table in his first 2 seasons being relegated in his third season with the club. Despite relegation Zag\u0142\u0119bie saw a resurgence in the team, winning the II liga, finishing 2nd in their first season back in the top flight, and winning the I liga the season after. Cili\u0144ski played 5 times in the season Zag\u0142\u0119bie won the Polish championship. In total Cili\u0144ski played 43 appearances in the top division for Zag\u0142\u0119bie Lubin. Mied\u017a Legnica. Cili\u0144ski joined Mied\u017a Legnica in the second half of the 1990\u201391 season. The 1991\u201392 saw Mied\u017a reach the final of the Polish Cup, playing G\u00f3rnik Zabrze in the final. Cili\u0144ski started in the final which"}, {"text": "ended in a 1-1 draw with Mied\u017a winning in penalties 4-3. Olimpia-Lechia Gda\u0144sk. In 1993 he moved to play with Olimpia Pozna\u0144. In 1995 Olimpia Pozna\u0144 and Lechia Gda\u0144sk were involved in a merger to create the team Olimpia-Lechia Gda\u0144sk with the Olimpia players having to move from Pozna\u0144 to Gda\u0144sk as a result. He made his Olimpia-Lechia debut on 29 July 1995 against \u015al\u0105sk Wroc\u0142aw. Over the course of the season he played 26 games scoring 3 goals as the team ended up being relegated from the top division. Sok\u00f3\u0142 Tychy. After Olimpia-Lechia's relegation Cili\u0144ski chose to stay in the I liga joining Sok\u00f3\u0142 Tychy. The end result was the same as Sok\u00f3\u0142 ended the season bottom of the league, with Cili\u0144ski making 21 appearances. After the season Sok\u00f3\u0142 faced financial trouble due to relegation and disbanded the same year. Later years. After his spell with Sok\u00f3\u0142 he didn't play in the top division in Poland again, with most of his spells at other clubs lasting only one season. He spent the 1997\u20131998 season with \u015al\u0105sk Wroc\u0142aw, helping the team to finish third in the second tier joining Aluminium Konin the season after. Cili\u0144ski spent a year in Switzerland"}, {"text": "with BSC Young Boys and FC Winterthur. He returned to Poland in 2000 joining G\u00f3rnik Polkowice finishing 3rd in the second tier in his first season with the club, failing to make an appearance during his second season at the club. He rejoined Mied\u017a Legnica for a short spell, ending his playing career in the lower divisions with Nysa Zgorzelec and W\u0142\u00f3kniarz Mirsk. Coaching career. He started his coaching career with BKS Boles\u0142awiec in 2004 staying with the club until 2007. He has had a spell as head coach with Prochowiczanka Prochowice. In 2017 Cili\u0144ski became the Zag\u0142\u0119bie Lubin Under 18's manager. Honours. Zag\u0142\u0119bie Lubin Mied\u017a Legnica"}, {"text": "Giallo is a 1933 Italian comedy thriller film directed by Mario Camerini and starring Assia Noris, Sandro Ruffini and Elio Steiner. It is based on the 1928 play \"The Man Who Changed His Name\" by Edgar Wallace in which a young wife begins to fear that her husband may in fact be an escaped murderer. It was made to capitalise on the growing popularity in Italy of Giallo, mystery and thriller fiction notable for their yellow covers and melodramatic plots often written by Anglo-American writers. It is also considered an early precursor of the successful Italian Giallo film genre, which boomed after the Second World War. The film's sets were designed by the art director Gastone Medin. It was shot at the Cines Studios in Rome."}, {"text": "The 2013 Arizona Wildcats baseball team represented the University of Arizona in the 2013 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Wildcats played their home games for the 2nd season at Hi Corbett Field. The team was coached by Andy Lopez in his 12th season at Arizona. The program was coming off of a season that saw them win their first College World Series title since 1986."}, {"text": "A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Kiama on 29 April 1864 because of the resignation of Samuel Gray to attend to his business interests. Results. <includeonly> Samuel Gray resigned.</includeonly>"}, {"text": "Inhyeon wanghu jeon () is a novel written in Hangul about Queen Inhyeon (1667\u20131701), the second queen consort of King Sukjong of Joseon (1661\u20131720). She becomes queen and moves into the royal palace, only to be dethroned due to the slander by Jang Hui-bin, the King's concubine. But later, she clears her name and comes back to the palace. The novel is based on a true story. Author. Its author and date of publication are unknown, but it is estimated to have been written in the late Joseon period. When the novel was first introduced to the academic world, some thought that it was written by a court lady. Later, others offered that it was written by a descendant of Queen Inhyeon's clan or a family member of Pak Tae-bo, who died after publicly opposing the dethronement of Queen Inhyeon. Plot. Queen Inhyeon is the daughter of Min Yu-jung and his wife Lady Song, who has a bizarre dream before giving birth to her. From early age, Queen Inhyeon is virtuous, intelligent, and excellent at needlework, and she gets more and more beautiful as she ages. When Queen Inkyeong, the first queen consort of King Sukjong, dies early, she is"}, {"text": "chosen as the next queen at the age of fourteen. After she becomes queen, she shows generosity and carries out many good deeds. King Sukjong remains childless until the age of thirty, so Queen Inhyeon begs him to get a concubine. When he does, she treats the new concubine, Lady Kim, with respect. However, Lady Kim soon dies and the King's beloved court lady named Jang gives birth to a son and gets elevated to the title of Hui-bin. Jang Hui-bin wants Queen Inhyeon out of the royal palace, so she slanders her, claiming that the Queen is trying to harm Lady Jang and her son. As King Sukjong is deeply in love with her, he deposes of Queen according to Jang's plot. Numerous officials admonish him that it is unjust, but he does not listen and punishes them, instead. Queen Inhyeon moves out to a palace in Anguk-dong and lives there, considering herself a sinner. King Sukjong elevates Jang Hui-bin to the queen consort, gives government posts to her family members, and appoints their son as the crown prince. For about three or four years Jang's family members abuse their power and the King gradually realizes what Jang has"}, {"text": "really done. At the same time, Jang senses that the King is changing, and tries to harm Queen Inhyeon by framing her for engaging in treason. However, the King takes this opportunity to eliminate disloyal officials, prove the Queen's innocence, and reinstall her as the queen consort. Queen Inhyeon moves back to the royal palace and resumes her good deeds, while Jang Hui-bin holds grudges for losing the love of King Sukjong and invites shamans and psychics to put all kinds of curses on the Queen to kill her. As a result, the Queen dies at the age of thirty five, eight years after her reinstallation. The King grieves her death deeply. One day, Queen Inhyeon appears in the King's dream to tell him about Jang's misdeeds, so he goes to Jang's palace and finds all the pieces of evidence and witnesses to prove that Jang had cursed the Queen. Then he punishes those who are close to Jang and orders her poisoned as a death penalty. Features and significance. \"Inhyeon wanghu jeon\" is a fictionalized version of the true story featuring historical figures. People of the Joseon period enjoyed the story of King Sukjong, Jang Hui-bin, and Queen Inhyeon,"}, {"text": "but those living in the present day appreciate it, as well. The novel shows how people at that time understood and enjoyed the historical event in the realm of literature. Queen Inhyeon and Jang Hui-bin are the epitomes of good and evil. Queen Inhyeon represents a person who pursues the norms and virtues of the society to which she belongs, and Jang a person who acts selfishly on her desires and interests. The conflict between the good and the evil ends with the victory of the good and the punishment of the evil, which sends the strong message that good deeds will bring good fortune, and thus are encouraged, while evil deeds will bring disasters and punishment. The novel, set in the royal palace, describes the life and customs of the royal court, and so has value as a historical material with which one can learn about courtly culture. Texts. There are nineteen manuscripts and one text printed with a letterpress printer of the old times. They are all written in Hangul and do not vary largely in content. The oldest, privately owned by Yu Gu-sang, is estimated to have been published in 1836 or 1786, because the year \"byeong-o\""}, {"text": "of the sexagenary cycle is imprinted on the manuscript. The one in the best condition, \"Inhyeon syeongmo minsi deokhaengnok 63 jangbon (Garambon),\" was published in the journal \"Munjang\" in 1940 by Lee Byeong-gi, styled Garam, who introduced the manuscript with his own comments. It excels in quality, because of the detailed descriptions, elaborate story structure, coherent sentences, and elegant prose. It is in possession of Garam-mungo, Seoul University Kyujanggak Institute for Korean Studies."}, {"text": "Stranahan Run is a long tributary to East Branch Oil Creek in Crawford County, Pennsylvania. Course. Stranahan Run rises on the Britton Run divide about 1.5 miles northwest of Spartansburg, Pennsylvania. Stranahan Run then flows northeast and southeast through the Erie Drift Plain to Clear Lake, in Spartansburg, Pennsylvania where it joins East Branch Oil Creek. Watershed. Stranahan Run drains of area, receives about 46.8 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 478.58 and is about 47% forested."}, {"text": "Still/Born is a 2017 Canadian psychological horror film directed and co-written by Brandon Christensen and starring Christie Burke and Jesse Moss. It premiered on April 29, 2017, at the Overlook Film Festival and received generally positive reviews, with critics praising Burke's performance as Mary. Plot. Mary (Christie Burke), in her first pregnancy, gives birth to twins. However, only one of them survives. Mary then starts showing postpartum depression symptoms, and becomes convinced that an evil entity wants to take her surviving baby. After Mary's husband leaves for a business trip, and after some events transpire, Mary starts to fear for her child's life. Reception. 'Still/Born' celebrated its World Premiere at the 2017 Overlook Film Festival in Mount Hood, Oregon. Additionally, the film was also awarded the festival's Scariest Feature Award. The jurors noted that, On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, \"Still/Born\" has an approval rating of 67% based on 21 reviews. The site's critical consensus reads: <ref name=\"Still/Born - Rotten Tomatoes\"></ref> On Metacritic, another review aggregator, the film has a weighted average score of 63 out of 100, based on 4 critics, meaning \"generally favorable reviews\".<ref name=\"Still/Born - Metacritic\"></ref> Noel Murray of the \"Los Angeles Times\" wrote: <ref name=\"Review: 'Still/Born' hones"}, {"text": "in on the nightmares of new parents\"></ref> Frank Scheck of \"The Hollywood Reporter\" stated: <ref name=\"'Still/Born': Film Review\"></ref> Nick Allen of \"RogerEbert.com\" gave the film 3 out of 4 stars and said: <ref name=\"Still/Born - RogerEbert.com\"></ref>"}, {"text": "A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Kiama on 3 November 1870 because of the resignation of Henry Parkes due to financial difficulties following the failure of his importing venture. Results. <includeonly> Henry Parkes resigned due to financial difficulties.</includeonly> Aftermath. Parkes return to parliament was short lived as he was subsequently forced into bankruptcy in December 1870, forcing another by-election."}, {"text": "Anthony Rush (born September 1, 1996) is an American former professional football nose tackle who played in the National Football League (NFL). After playing college football for UAB, he was signed by the Philadelphia Eagles as an undrafted free agent in 2019. He was also a member of the Oakland Raiders, Seattle Seahawks, Chicago Bears, Green Bay Packers, Tennessee Titans, Atlanta Falcons, and Dallas Cowboys. Early life. Rush is a native of Raleigh, North Carolina. He attended Cary High School. He played both defense and offense for his high school team, earning first-team All Southwest Wake Athletic Conference honors as a junior. College career. Because of problems with academics coming out of high school Rush spent his first two years of college at Northeast Mississippi Community College where he recorded 73 tackles and 4 sacks. In his two years at UAB, Rush recorded 77 tackles (20 for loss), 2 sacks and a interception returned for a touchdown. Professional career. Philadelphia Eagles. Rush signed with the Philadelphia Eagles as an undrafted free agent on April 28, 2019. He was waived on July 27. Oakland Raiders. Rush signed with the Oakland Raiders on August 1, 2019. He was waived during final roster"}, {"text": "cuts on August 31, 2019, but was re-signed to the team's practice squad on September 2. Philadelphia Eagles (second stint). On October 21, 2019, Rush was signed by the Eagles off the Raiders' practice squad. He was waived on September 5, 2020. Seattle Seahawks. On September 9, 2020, Rush was signed to the Seattle Seahawks practice squad. He was elevated to the active roster on September 19 for the team's Week 2 game against the New England Patriots, and reverted to the practice squad after the game. He was promoted to the active roster on September 23. He was waived on October 27, 2020. Chicago Bears. On November 10, 2020, Rush was signed by the Chicago Bears to the active roster. He was waived by the team on November 24. Green Bay Packers. On November 25, 2020, Rush was claimed off waivers by the Green Bay Packers. He was waived by the Packers on December 31, 2020, and re-signed to the practice squad two days later. On January 25, 2021, Rush signed a reserve/futures contract with the Packers. He was waived on June 10, 2021. Tennessee Titans. On July 26, 2021, Rush signed with the Tennessee Titans. He was released"}, {"text": "on September 21, 2021. Atlanta Falcons. On September 23, 2021, Rush signed with the practice squad of the Atlanta Falcons. On November 8, 2021, Rush was promoted to the active roster. Rush made his first career NFL start in Week 11 against the New England Patriots. On March 17, 2022, Rush signed a one-year contract with the Falcons. He started the first four games before getting waived on October 6, 2022. Philadelphia Eagles (third stint). On November 24, 2022, Rush was signed to the Eagles practice squad. He was released on December 6. Dallas Cowboys. On December 14, 2022, Rush was signed to the Dallas Cowboys practice squad, after defensive tackle Johnathan Hankins suffered a pectoral injury. On January 30, 2023, he was released."}, {"text": "Diablo IV is a 2023 online-only action role-playing dungeon crawling game developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment. It is the fourth main installment in the \"Diablo\" series. Announced at BlizzCon 2019, the game was released on June 5, 2023 for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X and S, and Microsoft Windows. Players create a character from one of six playable classes\u2014Barbarian, Druid, Necromancer, Rogue, Sorcerer, or Spiritborn\u2014and use their skills to complete quests through combat. Staple features returned from previous installments in the franchise, such as a focus on replayable, procedurally generated dungeons and loot-focused character-building, while also featuring mechanics new to the series, including an open world and player versus player combat. \"Diablo IV\" received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised the game's narrative and atmosphere. The game generated $666 million in revenue within the first six days after launch; as of September 2024, it has surpassed one billion dollars in total revenue. Its first expansion, \"\", was released in October 2024. Season 9: Sins of the Horadrim is slated for release on 1st July 2025 Gameplay. The core formula for the series' gameplay revolves around gradually obtaining stronger equipment by defeating"}, {"text": "increasingly difficult enemies. Enemies are fought using different character class skills which can be customized by equipment and talent trees. This concept is used to progress through the story and quests. Enemies are split into monster families which are defined by a theme, combat style, and their location. Each family contains different archetypes that hold different roles allowing for synergies of specialty abilities between family members. To differentiate between them, they have unique silhouettes, stances and weapons. Creative director Sebastian Stepien explained that the goal was to create a more \"grounded\" story than \"Diablo III\". In order to achieve this, the plot revolves around the simple folk of Sanctuary rather than \"politics, kings, or another high-fantasy theme.\" The playable character's effectiveness in combat is determined by their attributes and their boosts from equipped items. Offensive attributes include attack and critical chance which increase damage output. Defensive stats include elemental resistance and defense which increase how much damage can be taken. \"Diablo IV\" introduces three new attributes: Angelic, Demonic, and Ancestral Power. Angelic and Demonic Power alter the duration of beneficial and negative effects respectively. Ancestral Power increases the chance of effects being applied to another entity. Weapons and gear have"}, {"text": "increasing rarity which are a general indicator of their power. The rarest items have unique effects that alter more than just the character's parameters. In an interview with lead game designer Joe Shely and senior producer Tiffany Wat, it was revealed that trading and crafting will be available in the game but will be limited to resources outside of the most powerful items. Limited-time seasons return to the game, which add \"season-specific\" items, characters, events and content to keep the game fresh for players to enjoy. Microtransactions are included in the form of cosmetic items. The game cannot be played offline and requires an internet connection. The player's viewpoint is an overhead isometric view, as opposed to third person or first person view. Character classes. Six classes have been announced. The Barbarian, Sorcerer, and Druid were announced at BlizzCon 2019, while a fourth, the Rogue, was announced at BlizzCon 2021. A fifth class, the Necromancer, was announced in 2022. A sixth class, the Spiritborn, comes with the expansion pack, \"\", which was released in 2024. Character appearance is customizable rather than being tied to a class. These include choosing a character portrait and the skin color of their character. Mount"}, {"text": "appearances can also be customized. Skill trees exist, allowing for ability customization. Environment. Players are able to traverse through six regions within the \"Diablo\" series' world of Sanctuary. Hell is also a playable area. Procedurally generated dungeons are included, and consist of random layouts of interior and exterior environments. Dungeons are separately instanced, therefore non-party players will not appear. Sanctuary is a fixed area, therefore it does not have the procedurally-generated maps seen in the game's dungeon. The game world is an open world setting; traveling between different regions or dungeons has no loading screens. Additionally, each region can be completed in any order as decided by the player. In order to support these new changes, enemies are scaled to the player (or the party leader in multiplayer) and the story is non-linear. Hardcore mode is present in the game. Select areas within each region have player interactions restricted until sufficient milestones in the story are reached, and such progress will be synced to that of the party leader. Over-world areas have non-party player interactions such as PVP, and boss events that passing players can join. Player population in the world will shift depending on the area. Large settlements will"}, {"text": "display large populations, and to enforce a sense of desolation, more wild zones will change the number of players shown to others. When questioned about \"Diablo IV\"s atmosphere, ex-game director Luis Barriga stated: \"We want users to feel like they're in a medieval city.\" For the first time in the series, all assets are standard 3D game assets and terrain has elevation. This allows for in-game cinematics, and environment interaction. Synopsis. Setting. Set in the \"Diablo\" series' world of Sanctuary, \"Diablo IV\" takes place 50 years after the events of \"\". Cultists have summoned the main antagonist and daughter of Mephisto, Lilith (Caroline Faber). After the events of previous games, the forces of demons and angels have been depleted, allowing an opening for her to establish power in Sanctuary. Thousands of years before the game's events, Lilith and the angel Inarius (Gabe Kunda) created the realm of Sanctuary to provide refuge for those who wished to escape the eternal conflict between the High Heavens and the Burning Hells. This demon-angel relationship led to the birth of the Nephalem, a race that the protagonist falls under; neither Angel nor Demon, but a distinct combination of both. Those in Sanctuary believed that"}, {"text": "this power would bring attention to their shelter and, as a result, the inhabitants spoke of destroying them. Lilith, not wanting her children to be killed, destroyed any that opposed her, causing Inarius to banish her to the void. Plot. The player character, known as \"the Wanderer\", is drugged by villagers corrupted by Lilith and fed petals of her blood, creating a connection to her. After escaping, the Wanderer meets Lorath Nahr (Ralph Ineson), one of the last Horadrim (returning from \"Diablo III: Reaper of Souls\") and explains the prophecy of Lilith's return. Inarius believes he alone can fulfill the prophecy by killing Lilith, which will allow him to return to Heaven. Aided by a young woman named Neyrelle (Judy Alice Lee), the Wanderer enters the sanctum of Rathma, the first Nephalem and founder of the Necromancers. Inside, Rathma's spirit (Scott Whyte) reveals he had a key to Hell. When Inarius demands the key from him, Rathma refuses, and Inarius kills him; Lilith later finds the key. The Wanderer then journeys to Scosglen to meet another Horadrim named Donan (James Goode), who had defeated a demon called Astaroth (David Lodge) with the aid of two Druids years before. Lilith corrupts"}, {"text": "the two Druids to find Astaroth's prison and frees him, in exchange for safe passage through Hell. Astaroth possesses Donan's son Yorin (Thierry Mabonga), who dies when the demon is defeated. Donan recovers the Soulstone used to trap Astaroth, and prepares to alter it in order to trap Lilith. Rejoining Lorath in the Dry Steppes, the Wanderer pursues Lorath's former apprentice Elias (Anthony Howell), who summoned Lilith to Sanctuary. Though Elias cannot be killed, the Wanderer and Lorath retrieve an artifact called the Sightless Eye to discover Lilith's plan: To summon the Lesser Evils to empower humanity against the Prime Evils. She also intends to consume the essence of her father Mephisto (Steve Blum) while he is weak, and use his power to conquer Hell. Elias uses a witch named Taissa (Cherise Boothe) as a vessel to summon Andariel, the Maiden of Anguish, who is defeated by the Wanderer. Seeking to break Elias' immortality, the Wanderer and the Horadrim journey to the swamps of Hawezar. Elias had claimed knowledge from an enchanted \"Tree of Whispers\", but failed to pay the price \u2013 his own head \u2013 for that knowledge. Learning that Elias has contained his life essence in his own"}, {"text": "severed finger, the Wanderer destroys it, before finally defeating Elias; the spirits of the Tree then claim Elias' head. From the Tree, Lorath learns of a gateway to Hell beneath the city of Caldeum, opened using Rathma's key. In Caldeum, the Wanderer defeats another reformed Lesser Evil, Duriel, the Lord of Pain. Inarius goes ahead into Hell to confront Lilith, who kills him. Donan is mortally wounded, and Lorath remains behind, leaving the Wanderer and Neyrelle to pursue Lilith to Mephisto's Cathedral of Hatred. Mephisto himself, having appeared as a bloodied wolf throughout the Wanderer's journey, urges them to focus on Lilith, but Neyrelle chooses to use the Soulstone to contain Mephisto instead, believing him to be the greater threat. The Wanderer then faces Lilith and defeats her. As she dies, Lilith warns that without her, there could be no victory over the Prime Evils. With both creators of Sanctuary dead, the party returns home. Neyrelle ventures off on her own with the Soulstone, knowing the Prime Evils are coming, and hoping to find a way to defeat them for good. Development. After the 2014 release of \"\", Josh Mosqueira conceptualized \"Diablo IV\" under the code name \"Hades\", brainstorming that"}, {"text": "the game would have over-the-shoulder combat similar to the series, permadeath, and multiplayer. Upon the July 2016 departure of Mosqueira from Blizzard, this first iteration of the game was cancelled, restarting development. \"Diablo IV\" was announced on November 1, 2019, at BlizzCon 2019, and was planned to be released for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. Development of the PC and console builds happened simultaneously. \"Diablo IV\"s game director was Luis Barriga, who worked on \"Diablo III: Reaper of Souls\", and \"\". Blizzard Entertainment president Mike Ybarra stated that \"Diablo IV\" took more than 6 years to develop. Game designer Jesse McCree stated that the aesthetic of the game was inspired by that of heavy metal. Their artistic direction tried to achieve an aesthetic between that of the second and third game in the series, with the darkness of \"Diablo II\" and the hand-painted feel of \"Diablo III\" and medieval fine art. John Mueller, Diablo IV's art director, has stated that both the old masters and more modern artists, such as Frank Frazetta and Gerald Brom, serve as inspiration for the game. The development team drew on past editions of \"Diablo\" to design characters. For"}, {"text": "example, the Rogue was intended to capture the high dexterity gameplay of the second game's Assassin and the third game's Demon Hunter. As of July 2021, Barriga and McCree were no longer employed at Blizzard following the \"California Department of Fair Employment and Housing v. Activision Blizzard\" lawsuit. Following the departure of interim co-lead Jen Oneal, Blizzard announced that \"Diablo IV\" would not be released in 2022, citing high employee turnover. Blizzard further announced that the game would be monetized by selling cosmetic items and its season pass, as opposed to selling item upgrades like in \"Diablo Immortal\". On June 12, 2022, a 2023 release was announced. During The Game Awards 2022 event, Blizzard announced that the game would release on June 6. Subsequently Blizzard clarified that it would be released on starting on June 5, with early access starting on June 1, depending on time zone. Users of the open beta have reported issues with playing on a Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti graphics card with has resulted in the game running poorly with frequent overheating and crashing. Some users have reported that the game has caused their graphics card to stop working. Both Blizzard and Nvidia reported in March"}, {"text": "2023 that they were working to resolve the issue. On January 15, 2024, Microsoft Gaming announced that \"Diablo IV\" will be added to Game Pass on March 28, 2024. Marketing and release. Before the announcement, there was evidence for an imminent announcement in a description for a \"Diablo\" artbook. In celebration of the \"Diablo IV\" announcement, BlizzCon 2019 virtual ticket holders received a set of in-game cosmetic wings based on the wings of Lilith. The game was promoted at The Game Awards 2022 with a new trailer and a performance of \"Lilith\" by singer Halsey. Blizzard Entertainment has announced open access beta weekend for \"Diablo IV\", from March 17\u201319 in early access for those who have pre-ordered the game, and March 24\u201326 for everyone. On April 20, Blizzard Entertainment announced the second open access beta weekend for \"Diablo IV\", known as the \"Server Slam\", this time from May 12\u201314. Blizzard Entertainment announced on June 1, 2023 the \"Lilith (Diablo IV Anthem)\" music video by Halsey and Suga from BTS. It was released on June 5. \"Vessel of Hatred\". \"Diablo IV\"s first expansion pack, \"Vessel of Hatred\", was announced at BlizzCon 2023. It is set in the region of Nahantu and"}, {"text": "features a new playable class, the Spiritborn. The expansion pack was released on October 8, 2024. \"Sins of the Horadrim\". Season 9, Sins of the Horadrim, is due to be released 1st July 2025 with the following new features Reception. Critical reception. \"Diablo IV\" received \"generally favorable\" reviews for the Windows and PlayStation 5 versions, and \"universal acclaim\" for the Xbox Series X version, according to review aggregator Metacritic. \"Windows Central\" called \"Diablo IV\" \"Blizzard's magnum opus\" and \"Blizzard's most important, pivotal game since \"World of Warcraft\", exceeding all expectations.\" The game was praised for its atmosphere, storytelling, visuals, level design, and overall improvements to the gameplay over its predecessor. Travis Northup of \"IGN\" called it \"a spectacular sequel\". He commended the gameplay, improvements made over \"Diablo III\", and the uniqueness and customization options of the character classes, but criticized the repetition in the game's opening act, and some technical issues. \"PCGamesN\" praised the visuals and aesthetic, writing \"It's creepy, yet somehow beautiful\". While liking the endgame, \"Ars Technica\" felt the skill trees presented fewer options for upgrades than in \"Diablo III\". Alessandro Barbosa of \"GameSpot\" wrote that the game's story was \"moving and engrossing\", particularly praising the handling of"}, {"text": "Lilith, the game's main antagonist. Barbosa thought that the game put a larger emphasis on companions than in previous \"Diablo\" installments, and highlighted the moment-to-moment action of the game as one of its strongest points. However, he criticized the boss fights in some of the game's more common dungeons for lacking in complexity, calling them less interesting than those encountered in the main story. \"Polygon\" disliked the dungeon-crawling aspect of the game, feeling that it became repetitive fairly quickly, saying \"The procedurally generated dungeons don\u2019t vary much in layout and feel like missed opportunities to have fun with randomized architecture\". \"VG247\" praised the game's soundtrack as \"exceptional; equal parts haunting and daunting, just like its traumatised world\". Sales. On June 6, 2023, Blizzard Entertainment announced that \"Diablo IV\" became the fastest-selling game in Blizzard Entertainment's history. \"Diablo IV\" generated $666 million in revenue within the first five days after launch, and reached 12 million players by August 2023. The PlayStation 5 version of \"Diablo IV\" was the second bestselling retail game during its first week of release in Japan, with 24,375 physical units being sold. The PlayStation 4 version sold 8,524 units in Japan throughout the week and was ranked"}, {"text": "at number five on the weekly all-format video game sales chart. In total, \"Diablo IV\" sold 41,839 retail units across all platforms during its first week of release in Japan."}, {"text": "The Momo Levu (Tui Sabeto) is the Sovereign of the Dominion of Betoraurau. Na Momo Levu \"(translated: The Momo Levu\") is the style of the Sovereign of Betoraurau. Erenavula is official residence of the Sovereign in Koroyaca village, Sabeto. It is a 5-minute drive from the north of Nadi International Airport. Na-Masimasi is the Sovereign's country residence. Located in Koroisau Mountain Park in Sabeto. Na-Masimasi has offered the Sovereign an opportunity for solitude and tranquility, as well as an ideal place to host their family. The Dominion of Betoraurau covers occupied territories under native, freehold and state land tenure. While a large area is reserved native lands, Betoraurau is home to cultural heritage sites, and important land marks such as the Nadi International Airport, Tuvatu Gold Mine and Garden of the Sleeping Giant. Betoraurau lands encompasses villages, peri-urban and urban residential, agricultural and industrial subdivisions. There are five villages in Betoraurau namely, Koroyaca, Narokorokoyawa, Natalau, Naboutini and Korobebe. The Five Villages remains the permanent settlements of the seven \"yavusa\" (tribe) namely Conua (the Momo Levu's tribe), Leiwavuwavu (the Bati Leka, Gonedau), Nasara, Waruta (the Mataisau), Ne (Narogokoso), Leweikoro, Leweidrasa. Current title holder. Momo Levu Rt. Viliame Mataitoga was crowned the"}, {"text": "Momo Levu on January 16th 2024 following the death of the late \"Momo Levu na Tui Sabeto\" \"Ratu\" Tevita Susu Mataitoga (elder brother of the incumbent Momo Levu), in August of 2022. Momo Levu Rt. Viliame and the late Momo Levu Rt. Tevita are sons of the late Momo Levu, \"Ratu\" Kaliova Mataitoga, a former Council Member of the Great Council of Chiefs. The appointment of the \"Momo Levu\" is carried out by the Mataqali Buasali, a clan within the Yavusa Conua."}, {"text": "The Bays railway station is an under construction station station on the Sydney Metro West that will serve the Bays Precinct. It is to be built between Glebe Island and White Bay Power Station and is scheduled to open with the rest of the line in 2032."}, {"text": "The Combined Force Space Component Command (CFSCC) was a U.S.-led multinational subordinate command of United States Space Command. It was responsible for tactical control of American and multinational space forces. The CFSCC's mission was to \"plan, integrate, conduct, and assess global space operations in order to deliver combat relevant space capabilities to Combatant Commanders, Coalition partners, the Joint Force, and the Nation.\" It was established on 29 August 2019. The United States Space Force's Space Operations Command West served as the headquarters and staff for the Combined Force Space Component Command. CFSCC was inactivated on 6 December 2023 with the activation of United States Space Forces \u2013 Space. On 8 January 2024, a ceremony was held to inactivate CFSCC. Structure. The Combined Force Space Component Command's included four centers: History. The Combined Force Space Component Command was established immediately after the establishment of United States Space Command on August 29, 2019. In addition to having tactical control of Space Force, Army, Navy, and multinational forces, the CFSCC also plans and executes space operations. The CFSCC both executes space operations and integrates space effects and support within the existing combatant commands. The CFSCC also provides support to, and receives support from,"}, {"text": "Coalition operations centers including the Australian Space Operations Centre, part of Headquarters Joint Operations Command, Canadian Space Operations Centre, and United Kingdom Space Operations Centre. In addition the CFSCC commands and controls assigned multinational forces in support of Operation Olympic Defender. Olympic Defender is aimed at \"strengthening allies\u2019 abilities to deter hostile actions by rivals.\" British Defense Minister Penny Mordaunt told delegates to a July 2019 conference that \"over the next 18 months.. Britain will send eight personnel\" to the CFSCC to help \"\u201cstrengthen deterrence against hostile actors in space.\" Olympic Defender, dating to 2013, \"coordinate[s] allies\u2019 efforts to protect key satellites.\" The CFSCC specifically commands space domain awareness, space electronic warfare, satellite communications, missile warning, nuclear detonation detection, environmental monitoring, military intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance, navigation warfare, command and control, and positioning, navigation, and timing. A ceremony recognizing the establishment of the CFSCC occurred on October 1, 2019 at Vandenberg AFB. Listed featured units on the CFSCC's webpage include the Combined Space Operations Center/Space Delta 5; the Commercial Integration Cell (CIC); the three other operations centers listed above; the U.S. Army 1st Space Brigade; Space Deltas 2, 3, 4, and 8; and the U.S. Army Satellite Operations Brigade (which"}, {"text": "is being transferred to the Space Force). The Commercial Integration Cell (CIC) enables operational and technology exchange between operators at the Combined Space Operations Center and commercial satellite owner operator partners to assist real\u2010time and near real\u2010time information flow during daily routine operations and to enable rapid, informed response to critical unplanned space events or other activities."}, {"text": "Five Dock railway station is an under construction station station on the Sydney Metro West that will serve the Sydney suburb of Five Dock. It is scheduled to open with the rest of the line in 2032. Five Dock Station is to be built off Great North Road, between East Street and then at the corner of Second Avenue and Waterview Street. There will be one station entrance at Fred Kelly Place, off Great North Road."}, {"text": "Burwood North Metro Station is an under construction station on the Sydney Metro West that will serve the Sydney suburb of Burwood. It will be located on the corner of Burwood and Parramatta Roads and is scheduled to open with the rest of the line in 2032. The two new entrances will be located on both the north and south sides of Parramatta Road."}, {"text": "A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Kiama on 12 January 1871 because of the resignation of Henry Parkes. Parkes had resigned in October 1870 due to financial difficulties following the failure of his importing venture, but had been re-elected at the subsequent by-election. Barely one month later Parkes was forced into bankruptcy and had to resign again. Results. <includeonly> Henry Parkes resigned due to bankruptcy.</includeonly>"}, {"text": "Fivemile Creek is a long tributary to East Branch Oil Creek in Crawford County, Pennsylvania. Course. Fivemile Creek rises on the Shirley Run divide about 2 miles east-northeast of Buell Corners, Pennsylvania. Fivemile Creek then flows north and then west through Fish Flats and the Erie Drift Plain to East Branch Oil Creek. Watershed. Fivemile Creek drains of area, receives about 45.7 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 453.06 and is about 62% forested."}, {"text": "Richard Bragdon (born 1975 or 1976) is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent the riding of Tobique\u2014Mactaquac in the House of Commons of Canada for the Conservative Party in the 2019 Canadian federal election. During the 43rd Canadian Parliament Bragdon's private member bill \"An Act to establish a framework to reduce recidivism\" (Bill C-228) was adopted to require the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, within one year, to develop a federal framework to reduce recidivism. In June 2021, Richard Bragdon voted \"nay\" to Bill C-6 which would make conversion therapy illegal in Canada."}, {"text": "Governor Hoyt may refer to:"}, {"text": "\"Raising Hell\" is a song by American singer Kesha featuring American rapper Big Freedia. It was released as the lead single from Kesha's fourth studio album \"High Road\" on October 24, 2019. Background and promotion. On October 18, 2019, fans were prompted to call a hotline where the singer recorded a message to announce her return to music. On October 21, 2019, \"Rolling Stone\" posted a video clip with the announcement of Kesha's upcoming album \"High Road\". Two days later, Kesha uploaded a trailer of the music video to her Instagram, revealing the release date to be October 24. The song was remixed for club and mix show radio play by Pink Panda, Justin Caruso, Steve James, The Wild, Dirty Werk, Robert Eibach and Danny Morris. It peaked at number 5 on the Billboard Dance Club Songs Chart on February 14, 2020. Composition. \"Raising Hell\" fuses pop, pop rock, gospel, EDM and bounce into a \"Pink-esque\" composition. It has been compared to the single \"Timber\", which Kesha was featured on. Described as combining the musical styles of Kesha's first two studio albums and her third, \"Rainbow\", it features beat drops accompanied by \"soaring synth beats\", gospel choirs, handclaps, a church"}, {"text": "organ, horns, and a post-chorus by Freedia. Critical reception. \u201cRaising Hell\u201d was met with positive reviews from critics, with many deeming it a triumphant return for the pop star. Gil Kaufman, writing for \"Billboard\", called the song \"an all-time keeper\". Lars Gotrich of \"NPR\" wrote the song \"sounds like dollar sign-era Ke$ha with some of the hard-won hindsight from 2017's optimistic, healing \"Rainbow\"\". Jael Goldfine of \"Paper\" called the song \"a wonderful midpoint between snarling party girl Kesha half-rapping over crunchy pop-EDM and her soulful balladry on \"Rainbow\"\". Music video. The music video for \"Raising Hell\" was directed by Luke Gilford. The video portrays Kesha as a televangelist, loved by the people who she preaches to, but is married to an abusive husband. One night, Kesha tries to seduce her drunk husband but is almost choked to death until he is stabbed in the head. Kesha then drags the dead body to the trunk of her car, dyes her hair dark brown, and flees to a motel out of town. She is then wanted for murder and is chased by the police until she is eventually caught and arrested for killing her husband. Live performances. Kesha and Big Freedia performed"}, {"text": "the song for the first time on \"Jimmy Kimmel Live!\" on October 28, 2019. The duo performed the song at the 2019 American Music Awards, followed by a performance of \"Tik Tok\". At one point, her performance became the most tweeted that night. Track listing. Digital download and streaming Digital download and streaming (Justin Caruso remix) Digital download and streaming (Pink Panda remix) Digital download and streaming (Steve James remix) Digital download and streaming (The Wild remix)"}, {"text": "Hannan Magisterial District is one of ten magisterial districts in Mason County, West Virginia, United States. The district was originally established as a civil township in 1863, and converted into a magisterial district in 1872. In 2020, Clendenin District was home to 2,688 people. Geography. Hannan District is located along the Ohio River in the southern part of Mason County. To the northeast, it is bounded by Clendenin District; to the east, by Buffalo-Union District in Putnam County, formerly Buffalo and Teays Valley Districts; to the southwest, by District 5 in Cabell County, formerly Grant and Union Districts; and to the northwest by the Ohio River; across the river is Ohio Township in Gallia County, Ohio. With an area of fifty-three and a half square miles, Hannan is the fourth-largest of Mason County's ten magisterial districts, behind Clendenin, Arbuckle, and Union. The river and creek bottoms in the northern and western part of the district are level and feature a sandy soil, while the hills that occupy the majority of the district are covered with a mixture of white loam and red clay. \"Hardesty's Biographical Atlas of Mason County\" describes a variety of timber, building sandstone, and a vein of"}, {"text": "anthracite coal running through the district. Streams. The main streams of Hannan District are Sixteenmile Creek, Eighteenmile Creek, and Guyan Creek, all of which flow into the Ohio River. The only other streams of note are the upper waters of Trace Creek, a tributary of Hurricane Creek in Putnam County, in the southernmost portion of Hannan District; and the upper course of Evans Creek, which flows eastward into Putnam County near Mount Olive, eventually joining Five and Twenty Mile Creek. At one time, Flatfoot Creek joined the Ohio at the northern end of Hannan district, but the main course of this creek was diverted westward at Hogsett in order to make way for the state fish hatchery and wetlands at the Robert C. Byrd Locks and Dam. Sixteenmile, also known as the \"Ohio Sixteenmile\" to distinguish it from Big Sixteenmile and Little Sixteenmile Creeks in Arbuckle District, both of which empty into the Kanawha, arises in the ridges of the western part of Arbuckle District, in the center of the county, and flows south and west for most of its course through Clendenin District, meeting several tributaries, until crossing into Hannan District at its northern end. Here it meets with"}, {"text": "Jerrys Run, flowing westward out of Clendenin, and meanders southwest across the Ohio River bottom, meeting with Stonecoal Run, and joining the Ohio just below Mercers Bottom, near the site of Hayman's Landing. Eighteenmile Creek begins in western Putnam County, and flows northward toward Mason County, where it turns westward and crosses the southern tip of Clendenin District, joining with several tributaries in its upper course: Whitepine Creek and its Spring Branch just as it enters Mason County, then the Road Fork as it crosses Clendenin District. In Hannan District, Eighteenmile is joined by Mud Run and the Hughes Branch, coming from the north, and by the Right Fork, Fees Branch, and Rocky Fork coming from the south. The creek then emerges from the hills south of Ashton, and crosses the floodplain in a southwesterly direction until it joins the Ohio. Guyan Creek flows out of the hills west of Upland, in the center of Hannan District, and flowing west and south meets with Bear Hollow Creek, flowing northwest out of the southern part of the district, then the Knife Branch coming from the north. Guyan is then joined by the Trace Fork, flowing northward out of Cabell County, and"}, {"text": "bringing with it the waters of Lynn Fork and the Jenkins Branch. The creek then meanders along the county line, meeting with Bryan Creek in Cabell County, the McCowan Branch in Mason County, and Spurlock Creek in Cabell County. Guyan Creek then empties into the Ohio just east of the boundary with Cabell County. Communities. There are no incorporated settlements in Hannan District, but there are several unincorporated villages, including Apple Grove, Mercers Bottom, Ashton, and Glenwood along the Ohio River, Upland and Mount Olive in the eastern part of the district, and the former villages of Bryan and Ellen in the center. Mercers Bottom, originally Mercer's Bottom, located along the Ohio River in the northern part of the district, is the oldest settlement in Hannan District, having received its first postmaster in 1833. The post office at Mercers Bottom was closed in 1935, and the mail redirected to nearby Apple Grove. Located at a high point along the Ohio River bottom, Apple Grove received its post office in 1872. The village is home to a chemical plant, originally built by the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company in 1959, and since 2018 known as APG Polytech, a subsidiary of Taiwanese"}, {"text": "textile manufacturer Far Eastern New Century. Glenwood, located at a narrow part of the river bottom in the western end of the district, received its post office in 1877, while Ashton, just below Mercers Bottom, received its in 1882. Upland, located on a plateau in the eastern part of the district, is the location of Hannan High School, and had its own post office from 1857 to 1909. Mount Olive, on a ridge three miles south of Upland, had a post office from 1872 to 1906. Roads and transportation. The only highway in Hannan District is West Virginia Route 2, which runs along the Ohio River between Huntington and Point Pleasant. Other important roads include Jerry's Run Road, or County Road 37, which runs eastward from Route 2 at Mercers Bottom to U.S. Route 35 at Pliny, in Putnam County; and Ashton-Upland Road, County Road 41, which runs southeast from Route 2 at Ashton to Upland in the interior part of the district. From there, the road continues south to Mount Olive, and then to Milton in Cabell County, where it becomes John Morris Road; Mount Zion Road runs eastward from Upland to Fraziers Bottom in Putnam County, while Five"}, {"text": "and Twenty Mile Creek Road runs northeast from Mount Olive, also finishing at Fraziers Bottom. A Baltimore and Ohio Railroad line, now part of CSX, runs parallel to the Ohio River and West Virginia 2 through the western part of the district, transporting freight between Huntington and Parkersburg, and providing service to the chemical plants at Apple Grove and Gallipolis Ferry, West Virginia, as well as the Mountaineer Power Plant and former Philip Sporn Power Plant at Graham Station, in the northern end of the county. There are no river crossings in Hannan District, but until the twentieth century, there were ferries over the Ohio at Mercers Bottom and Glenwood. History. When the first Europeans began to settle in the southern portion of Mason County, they found the remains of an Indian village near the Ohio River near the boundary with Cabell County. The area had once been home to various groups of Native Americans, including those now known as the Mound Builders from the remains of their earthen structures, but by the mid-eighteenth century it was largely uninhabited. This was probably due to pressure from the Iroquois Confederacy, which is thought to have pushed most of the aboriginal inhabitants"}, {"text": "west of the Ohio. The village found at the western end of Hannan District, together with a Shawnee town near the mouth of the Great Kanawha, which still existed in colonial times, and was known to the colonists as \"Oldtown\", were two of the last Indian habitations on the eastern side of the Ohio. The first step in the colonization of Hannan District was a grant made to the heirs of Hugh Mercer, a Revolutionary General, who had been a friend and ally of George Washington. Mercer fell at the Battle of Princeton in 1777, and in recognition of his service, Congress issued a grant of sixteen thousand acres along the fertile river bottom above the mouth of Eighteenmile Creek. The details of the original survey are uncertain, but George Washington had led a survey of lands on both sides of the Kanawha in 1772, and may have recommended the area. The land was later sold to the settlers in various parcels by the general's grandson, Charles Fenton Mercer. Prior to 1790, the only structure in the area was a hunting cabin built by Andrew Fleming and one of the Mercers. That year, Thomas Hannan purchased the land on which"}, {"text": "the cabin stood, and became the first European to settle permanently in the district. He was followed by Jesse George, who settled at the mouth of Flatfoot Creek, and then by many others. Hannan himself did much to develop the area, operating a ferry across the Ohio River at the mouth of Guyan Creek, and supervising the construction of the first road connecting the Teays Valley in central West Virginia with the inland town of Chillicothe, in Ohio, a span of over one hundred miles, now traversed by U.S. Route 35. In 1810, Hannan built a floating grist mill at his landing on the Ohio River, just within the western boundary of the county. Hannan's son, Jesse, is said to have been the first European child born in the district, while his daughter, Elizabeth, was the first bride married there. Among the early pioneers of Hannan District were brothers Robert and John Hereford, who settled on either side of the mouth of Sixteenmile Creek in 1807 and 1808. John Hereford had served as an adjutant under Lafayette. Robert Hereford built the county's first brick house in 1811. He constructed a grist mill on Sixteenmile Creek in 1815, followed by the"}, {"text": "district's first sawmill. Arriving in 1810 was John M. Hanly, the district's first blacksmith. John Amos, a cabinetmaker, came to the area about this time. The first schoolhouse in the district was a log cabin built for the purpose in 1805. It was a subscription school, for which the surrounding families paid $2.50 per scholar, or $1.00 per month. Eighteen students were taught by schoolmaster Henry, Thomas Hannan's father-in-law. Other schools were opened by John Hereford at Mercer's Bottom in 1808, and by Jacob Ward at Eighteenmile Creek in 1815. In 1820, John Alderson brought the first Baptist church to the area with the opening of Green Bottom Church, a square log structure build on land donated by Thomas Hannan. Among Alderson's successors was William George, who later founded Baptist churches in Arbuckle and Union Districts. Burwell Spurlock was minister of the first Methodist congregation, which met at \"Hereford Church\" beginning in 1825. After West Virginia gained its independence from Virginia in 1863, the legislature enacted a law requiring the counties to be divided into civil townships. Mason County was divided into ten townships, each of which was named after a pioneer settler of Mason County. Hannan Township was named"}, {"text": "in honor of Thomas Hannan, the first European settler of the area. Like the other townships, Hannan was converted into a magisterial district in 1872. It is the only Hannan District in the state."}, {"text": "The 1902 Toronto Argonauts season was the club's 17th season of organized league play since its inception in 1873. The team finished in second place in the senior series of the Ontario Rugby Football Union with two wins and two losses, and failed to qualify for the Dominion playoffs. Regular season. The Hamilton Tigers withdrew from the competition after playing one game, and victory in their remaining scheduled games was defaulted to their opponent."}, {"text": "Coon Run is a long tributary to East Branch Oil Creek in Crawford County, Pennsylvania. Course. Coon Run rises on the Brannon Run divide about 2 miles southeast of Glynden, Pennsylvania. Coon Run then flows northwest through the Erie Drift Plain to East Branch Oil Creek at Glynden. Watershed. Coon Run drains of area, receives about 45.5 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 457.66 and is about 57% forested."}, {"text": "Albert Huggins Jr. (born June 27, 1997) is an American professional football nose tackle. After playing college football for Clemson, he was signed by the Houston Texans as an undrafted free agent in 2019. He has also been a member of the Philadelphia Eagles, New England Patriots, Detroit Lions, Minnesota Vikings, New Orleans Saints, Atlanta Falcons, and Dallas Cowboys. Professional career. Houston Texans (first stint). Huggins signed with the Houston Texans as an undrafted free agent on May 10, 2019. He was waived during final roster cuts on August 31, 2019, but was signed to the team's practice squad on September 2. Philadelphia Eagles (first stint). On October 21, 2019, Huggins was signed by the Philadelphia Eagles off the Texans' practice squad. He was waived after playing in four games on November 30, 2019. New England Patriots. On December 2, 2019, Huggins was claimed off waivers by the New England Patriots. He was waived on December 7, 2019. Philadelphia Eagles (second stint). On December 10, 2019, Huggins was signed to the Eagles practice squad. He signed a reserve/future contract with the Eagles on January 6, 2020. He was waived on July 26, 2020. Houston Texans (second stint). On July 27,"}, {"text": "2020, Huggins was claimed off waivers by the Texans. He was waived on August 31, 2020. Detroit Lions (first stint). Huggins was claimed off waivers by the Detroit Lions on September 1, 2020, but was waived four days later. Minnesota Vikings. On September 8, 2020, Huggins was signed to the Minnesota Vikings practice squad. He was released on October 9, 2020. Detroit Lions (second stint). On October 19, 2020, Huggins was signed to the Lions practice squad. He was released on October 29, and re-signed to the practice squad two days later. He was elevated to the active roster on November 25 and January 2, 2021, for the team's weeks 12 and 17 games against the Texans and Vikings, and reverted to the practice squad after each game. New Orleans Saints. On May 6, 2021, Huggins signed with the New Orleans Saints. He was waived on August 31, 2021, and re-signed to the practice squad. Huggins was signed to the active roster on September 11, 2021. He was waived on October 25 and re-signed to the practice squad. He was promoted to the active roster on December 2. On August 30, 2022, Huggins was placed on injured reserve. He spent"}, {"text": "the entire 2022 season on the IR with an undisclosed injury he suffered during the Saints\u2019 final preseason game. He did not receive a qualifying offer from the Saints following the season and became a free agent on March 15, 2023. Atlanta Falcons. On June 16, 2023, Huggins signed with the Atlanta Falcons. He played in 13 games with five starts, recording 22 tackles as a rotational defensive tackle. Dallas Cowboys. On August 6, 2024, Huggins signed with the Dallas Cowboys. He was waived on August 26. St. Louis Battlehawks. On March 3, 2025, Huggins signed with the St. Louis Battlehawks of the United Football League (UFL).He was released on March 20, 2025."}, {"text": "Gellis is a surname. It may refer to:"}, {"text": "Patrick C. Perroud (born December 31, 1962) is a Canadian curler, a two-time (, ) and a two-time champion (, ). He is one of the few curlers to win world titles with different skips: in 1985 with Al Hackner and in 1990 with Ed Werenich. Personal life. Perroud is married to Canadian and World curling champion Jane Hooper-Perroud. Originally from Thunder Bay, Perroud moved to Toronto after graduating from Lakehead University. He started curling in 1973 when he was 11 years old."}, {"text": "Yvonne Gonzalez is a former school superintendent, serving in that capacity in the Dallas Independent School District (DISD) in 1997 as well as in Santa Fe Public Schools from 1994 to 1996. She also served as interim superintendent of the Houston Independent School District (HISD) in 1994. Her career in education ended after a conviction in federal court for embezzling money from DISD. Early life and career. Gonzalez was born in Brownsville, Texas, but she grew up in Laredo, Texas. She received her undergraduate degree from St. Mary's University. She initially became a secondary level teacher in the San Antonio Independent School District (SAISD). She first worked as a principal in San Antonio before working as an instructor at Texas A&M University and Old Dominion University. During her career she got master's and doctoral degrees at Stephen F. Austin University and Texas A&M University, with the latter conferred in 1987. Houston Independent School District (HISD) superintendent Joan Raymond recruited her as a school administrator. In Spring 1990 she was the principal of Sharpstown Middle School. From 1990 to 1991 she was the principal of Robert E. Lee High School, now known as Wisdom High School. In 1994, after superintendent Frank"}, {"text": "Petruzielo left the district, the school district voted 6-1 to make Gonzalez the interim superintendent; the school district board members described this as a \"symbolic\" motion as Gonzalez was the first Hispanic interim superintendent. Gonzalez served until Rod Paige became the superintendent. She became superintendent of the Santa Fe Public Schools in 1994. A lawyer named Michael Gross stated that the Santa Fe Public Schools community saw her tenure there negatively. She married twice, with Chris Lyle being her second husband. Lyle was unable to obtain employment in Santa Fe. Dallas Independent School District. She became a deputy superintendent in Dallas ISD on April 1, 1996. On her request, DISD hired Lyle in the security department. On January 9, 1997, she became the first DISD superintendent of Hispanic or Latino heritage and the first woman in the same position. Eduardo Paz of \"D Magazine\" stated that Hispanic and Latino DISD residents, who wanted more political representation in the district, praised her appointment to the position. According to Skip Hollandsworth of \"Texas Monthly\", there was racial animosity on the board, so she was chosen as white and Hispanic trustees could use her to appease Hispanics and to politically oppose black trustees,"}, {"text": "the latter of whom boycotted the vote that selected her. She was tall and was, as described by Scott Parks of \"The Dallas Morning News\", a \"bundle of energy\", so she had the nickname \"Tiny Tornado\". She launched a corruption probe which targeted school staff and accused critics of using the \"race card\" when they accused her of focusing too much on African-Americans. During her tenure Matthew Harden, the district's chief financial officer, filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against her, and the conflict became racially partisan, with black people supporting Harden and others supporting Gonzalez. Her tenure as superintendent ended on September 17, 1997; she had resigned the previous day. Criminal charges, conviction, penalty, and post-career. She improperly used money from DISD to acquire furniture for herself, spending $16,000 of it and putting the goods in her house and her office. She was convicted in a federal court, and lost her educational credentials. She was under correctional supervision for one year and three months, from about January 1998 to April 1999; the initial months were served in federal prison and the final three were in a halfway house in San Antonio, Texas. After her prison term she worked at Dixie"}, {"text": "Flag Manufacturing Co.; in 2006 she no longer was employed there. A 2012 \"The Dallas Morning News\" article stated that the last place of employment of Gonzalez that the publication was aware of was a nonprofit immigration reform organization based in Biloxi, Mississippi, and an employee indicated she resided in Mississippi."}, {"text": "A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Kiama on 2 July 1880 because of the resignation of Samuel Charles ahead of a long trip to Britain. Results. <includeonly> Samuel Charles resigned.</includeonly>"}, {"text": "v2food is an Australia-based producer of plant-based meat substitutes. It is a partnership between Jack Cowin's Competitive Foods Australia and CSIRO's investment fund Main Sequence Ventures. The company produces plant-based meat alternative products using protein extracted from legumes. History. v2food was founded in January 2019 out of a partnership between Jack Cowin's Competitive Foods and CSIRO's investment fund Main Sequence Ventures. Jack Cowin's company also owns Hungry Jack's, the master franchisee of Burger King in Australia. CSIRO entered into an arrangement where the organization would generate research in exchange for an equity stake of the company. Founder Nick Hazell is CEO of v2food. Competitive Foods currently operates a facility in Brisbane. In 2019 the Australian Financial Review reported that a new factory to supply v2food would break ground in Wodonga before the end of 2019. The factory opened in December 2020; however in 2023 the factory was shut down following challenges in the marketplace. The company intends to expand its reach into China and other parts of Asia. Products. Hungry Jack's launched v2food's first product in October 2019, the \"Rebel Whopper\", a meat-free alternative to the fast food company's signature Whopper burger. v2food's burger patties later became available at Soul"}, {"text": "Burger and Burger Urge outlets, as well as New Zealand Burger King restaurants from January 2020. In late 2020 Burger King launched the \"Plant-Based Whopper\" featuring v2food's patties in the Philippines and Japan. In April 2020 v2food's mince product became available in meal kits from Marley Spoon. Their mince and burger patties became available in Woolworths and Coles supermarkets later that same year. The company released a sausage product in 2021."}, {"text": "Jeremy Kidd (born 1 April 1962) is a British-born contemporary artist, who does paintings, sculptures, installation art, and photography. In the early eighties, when Kidd was in art school, he was given the assignment to photographically document a walk through a park using multiple shots to convey the scene. This and David Hockney's collages gave him the idea to manipulate digital photography via Photoshop in a similar way, but to take it one step further by blending and molding these shots together. Hence, he created Day through Night transitional works with uneven outlines that reflected the reassembly of many images, as seen in his piece \"Desert to Palm\" (2004), the first one of this series, which was inspired by the poem \"Ariel\" by Sylvia Plath and shown in a group exhibition \u201cCrazy Thoughts Have Quick Wings\u201d at Cirrus Gallery, curated by art critic Eve Wood. This new approach in photography was also presented in his one-person shows, including \u201cFictional Realities\u201d at Laguna Art Museum, CA 2007, \u201cHyper Architectural Typologies\u201d at UCR, the California Museum of Photography, University of California Riverside, CA, 2008 and \u201cFictional Realities\u201d at Fahey Klein Gallery, CA. In 1999 Jeremy Kidd was selected for the Orange County"}, {"text": "Museum Biennial curated by Bruce Guenther, which featured the works of ten artists, who explored the realm of function and form. Kidd's works have been exhibited and collected throughout the United States and internationally, including Great Britain, Germany, the Netherlands, Australia, Algeria, Panama, Hong Kong, Italy, and Dubai. Kidd lives and works in Venice Beach, Los Angeles. Biography. Education and formative years. Years in England. Kidd was born on 1 April 1 1962 in London to a well known artistic family. He is the grandson of the English painter Ben Nicholson and English modernist sculptor Barbara Hepworth. His great grandfather is the painter Sir William Nicholson known for his still lives, landscapes, and portraits of the aristocracy. His great grandfather's lithographs of Queen Victoria and Otto von Bismarck or Prince of Bismarck, are in the print and drawing collection of Tate Britain. Kidd's mother is also a painter. His father, Michael Kidd, was a neuroscientist recognized internationally for his research in Alzheimer's disease. Kidd has two sisters. His sister Alison Kidd used to be a fashion designer and is currently working as an artist. His sister Julia Kidd is a writer. At the age of six, Kidd moved from London"}, {"text": "to Bristol and then went to a boarding school in Dorset at age 12. In 1984, he received his bachelor's degree in Fine Arts & Sculpture from the De Montfort University in Leicester, England. Years on the West Coast. In 1986, Kidd and his then girl-friend Alison Fisher came to New York and lived for two weeks in the Meatpacking District, Manhattan, before they headed towards Tucson, Arizona, via Auto Driveway, where they bought a van in which they traveled around the USA for a year. Kidd worked in migrant jobs, digging ditches and boxing mesquite trees in the Tucson desert for little money and under sometimes hottest weather conditions, alongside people with no social security cards. In 1987 he and Fisher arrived on the Westcoast. They first lived in Seattle, Washington, and then Portland, Oregon, and San Francisco, where they sold hand-painted art T-Shirts at craft fairs and galleries under the company name Fidget, Robin Williams being an early patron. Later they moved to the famed Topanga Canyon Ranch Hotel in Los Angeles where they sold their designer T-Shirts to upscale stores on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills to the movie stars of the time, such as by Silvester"}, {"text": "Stallone, Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, etc. Kidd is also a surfer and surfed both in Topanga State Beach and Malibu Third Point. In 1991 he married Chevy Chase's half-sister, Catherine Cederquist, and a year later they were divorced. Kidd remarried on 3 September 2014 in Santa Barbara. His wife is Wijitra Pimros Kidd. The two met in Thailand. Work. Kidd composes an image from multiple perspectives. In order to get his desired image, he often takes hundreds of digital photographs with a wide-angle lens of either landscape or cityscape scenes at different times of day and night to get a range of lighting conditions and weather shifts and then stitches them together in Photoshop to create a single composition that seems more representative of the time and place. This can take several months to up to a year. According to Kidd, it seems unrealistic to expect a single photographic shot, a single moment in time, to convey the human experience of seeing for he believes we visually explore our environment in the third and fourth dimensions as we build our personal visual journey. With his training as a sculptor, Kidd also often integrates the three \u2013 dimensional with photography. Two"}, {"text": "of his public works, including \"Desert Blade 1 (2017)\" and \"Hercules 1 (2017)\" are currently on view in the biannual outdoor project commissioned by Agensys Inc., installed at the company's headquarters adjacent to Bergamot (arts center) in Santa Monica CA, in which aerodynamic forms were wrapped around images that derived from the landscape they originated from. Among his recent works are \"Ruby City Swing\" (2019) and \"Saddleback Sublime\" (2019), in which sublime images come alive through animation, sound design, and music. The videos were first shown during the Venice Biennale 2019 in Italy as part of the project \u201cAlive in the Universe\u201d founded and launched by Caroline Wiseman that involved 28 Big Bang artists who presented videos, performance art, and art installations over 28 days."}, {"text": "Marta Mar\u00eda Ag\u00fcero Garc\u00eda (born 9 November 1991) is a Paraguayan footballer who plays as a defender for Cerro Porte\u00f1o and the Paraguay women's national team. International career. Ag\u00fcero capped for Paraguay during the 2010 South American Women's Football Championship. Honours. Club. Sportivo Limpe\u00f1o"}, {"text": "The 1903 Toronto Argonauts season was to be the club's 18th season of organized league play since its inception in 1873. However, the Argonaut Football Club resigned in protest from the senior series of the Ontario Rugby Football Union on the eve of the season after the ORFU Executive Committee rejected the club's petition against the Union's decision to reinstate two ineligible players on opposing clubs. As a result, the club did not participate in league competition in 1903."}, {"text": "The Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans is part of the United States Department of Homeland Security. It was created by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, replacing the former Office of Policy, and creating a new Senate-confirmed under secretary of homeland security for strategy, policy, and plans position. Overview. Chad Wolf was confirmed by the Senate as the first Under Secretary on November 13, 2019. The current Under Secretary is Robert P. Silvers, who was confirmed by the US Senate on August 5, 2021, and sworn in on August 10. Reporting officials. Officials reporting to the under secretary (PLCY) include:"}, {"text": "A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Kiama on 13 January 1887 because of the resignation of Harman Tarrant, due to the pressures of his professional practice as a surgeon. Candidates. This by-election was at the emergence of political parties in New South Wales. Both candidates were supporters of free trade, with Sir Henry Parkes campaigning in support of Angus Cameron. Bruce Smith similarly supported free trade principles, but was of a more independent mind, stating at the nomination that he would not \"follow blindly the lead of Sir Henry Parkes or that of any other gentleman\". Results. <includeonly> Harman Tarrant resigned.</includeonly> Aftermath. Cameron took his seat in the Legislative Assembly on 18 January, however his term was short-lived as Parliament was dissolved on 26 January. Cameron was re-elected unopposed at the election on 9 February as a candidate."}, {"text": "Jamaica, an island located within the Caribbean Sea, known for being a popular tourist destination because of its pristine white sand beaches, is now faced with the issue of mass coral depletion. Both environmental and human factors contribute to the destruction of these corals, which inevitably affect Jamaica's environmental sustainability and economy. Actions have been put in place to counteract the negative consequences associated with the loss of the corals, which act as a symbol of hope for the revival of Jamaica's environment. Human behavior has a large impact on Jamaica's 479 square miles of coral reefs, which hosts 60 different species of coral. These reefs are a major tourist attraction for the country, accounting for 27% of its GDP. Due to Jamaica's economic reliance on its coastal reserves, the degradation of the coral reefs is much higher because of continuous habitat destruction. Extent. Along Jamaica's of coastline are of coral reefs as of 2014. However, the reefs were once much larger. About 85% of Jamaica's coral reefs were lost between 1980\u20132000. Coral reef distribution on the northern coast of Jamaica extends from Morant Point in the east to Negril in the west. On the southern coast, the reefs are"}, {"text": "more restricted, occurring mostly on the eastern part of the continental shelf near Old Harbour and Port Royal. Reefs on the southern coast outside this area are small with a patchy distribution. Coral diversity. Various species of hard coral are found in Jamaican reefs, including the following families: Causes of decline. The coral reefs are under threat due to environmental issues such as overfishing, pollution, hurricanes, and disease. Since the beginning of their moderation in 1972, Jamaica's coral reef cover has declined more than 50%. In 2005, up to 95% of the coral was bleached in some locations. Coral bleaching. Rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere directly link to increases in sea temperatures, which have been seen to have adverse effects on coral health. Climate change is a driver of coral bleaching which results from sea surface temperatures rising above normal levels, thus forcing coral polyps to discharge the algae they shared an endosymbiotic relationship with. Tropical corals prefer warmer waters and usually reside close to the surface at their maximum thermal limit, therefore when sea temperatures begin to rise above the normal scale corals become stressed. Once environmental conditions become unfavorable, the corals undergo this process as"}, {"text": "a short-term solution of survival, but prolonged exposure to said conditions can lead to mass coral deaths. Without their main energy provider, corals will experience starvation and then lose their coloration, resulting in beds of white \"bleached\" corals. Pollution. Sewage pollution has led to eutrophication which results in an abundance of nutrients for microalgal populations to bloom. The United Nations Environmental Program determined that 85% of the sewage entering the Caribbean ocean is untreated. This raw sewage contains dissolved inorganic nutrients, pathogens, heavy metals, and toxins that can cause coral bleaching, disease, increased mortality, and decreased coral growth. A study concluded that increased nutrients such as, inorganic nitrogen and phosphorus, doubled the probability of coral diseases and tripled the probability of bleaching. An increase of inorganic nitrogen was also linked to the presence of pathogens which can lead to coral mortality. The heavy metals prevent respiration and nerve communication within the coral which also leads to coral mortality. Ocean acidification. Another consequence of global warming is ocean acidification. CO2 dissolves into the seawater thus changing its chemical composition; this new addition of carbonic acid shifts the pH value lower, making it more acidic. Ocean acidification adversely affects corals by affecting"}, {"text": "the rate at which they can generate their skeletal structures. The basic constituent in a coral's skeleton structure is calcium carbonate which breaks down in the presence of acid. The carbon cycle then becomes disrupted and as a result there is a reduction in the concentration of carbonate ions in the seawater. Marine calcification is now inversely affected which impacts calcifying organisms such as corals as it now becomes harder to build and form their calcium carbonate structures. Without a supportive skeleton, corals will naturally be more frail and easily damaged during storm surges, while the rate of growth and recovery are both slowed. The corals also become weaker, and more susceptible to disease which significantly takes a toll on the resilience of the reefs. Hurricanes. As sea surface temperatures rise, low pressure systems that pass over areas of warmer water are fueled by the excess heat, forming into tropical depressions and then further into high intensity hurricanes. These systems affect wave patterns and seawater movements which can cause severe damage to shallow water corals. Reefs consisting of more fragile coral structures will be more vulnerable to the destructive strengths of currents generated from storm surge swells, and result in"}, {"text": "mass coral colony wipeouts when high category hurricanes hit the island. During storms, sediments and debris can also gather in areas that could have been perfect for coral settlements, but instead become unsuitable and remain barren. Major hurricane events include Hurricane Allen in 1980, Hurricane Gilbert in 1988, and Hurricane Ivan in 2004. In 2005, there were a record breaking 26 storms recorded that caused 26 events of bleaching in 16 of Jamaica's coral reef sites. The hurricanes affected 68% of Jamaica's coral reefs and 38% of those corals later died. In September 2005, up to 95% of Jamaica's corals had bleached, but only 50% recovered later. As a result of the 2005 hurricane, microalgal blooms took over where the corals once were. Invasive species. The invasive species of lion-fish pose a serious threat to the sustainability of Jamaica's coral reefs as marine ecosystems become compromised with their rapid growth in population. These species of lion-fish, more specifically the \"Pterois volitans\" and \"Pterois miles\", are not native to the Caribbean sea waters but instead originated in the Indo-Pacific. The very first reported sightings of the invasion of lion-fish in the Caribbean occurred in the 1980s off the coast of Florida."}, {"text": "It is speculated that these fish entered Atlantic and Caribbean waterways due to aquarium releases, where people would set the species free in the sea after growing too big for the tank and rapidly multiplying. Due to the fact that Jamaican reefs are not the lion-fishes' natural habitat there are no known predators in the area, thereby contributing to their increasing population and inevitably affecting the ecosystem. The lion-fishes' diet is not limited to any one species of fish and their carnivorous eating habits are detrimental to Jamaica's coral reefs as they feed upon the herbivores responsible for keeping algae growth levels in check. Without proper algae regulation there could be a massive overgrowth of algae which blocks out sunlight thus preventing reefs from in turn producing oxygen through photosynthesis. Even the presence of one lone lion-fish was found to cause a 79% reduction in the recruitment of the area's native reef fishes, and its impact is further amplified by the fact that they also breed at a much faster rate than native fish, with females laying up to 2 million eggs per year each. In as little as 5 weeks, one lion-fish also has the ability to wipeout 80%"}, {"text": "of young reef fish, thereby preventing the flourishing of species of fish that are essential to maintaining healthy corals. Aqua tourism. Tourism is an essential aspect of Jamaica's economy, but can also be unintentionally harmful to the environment when tourists are not taught how to properly care for the island's ecosystems. Snorkeling and recreational diving are just some of the few activities tourists normally take part in and sometimes their actions can become detrimental to the corals. Without knowing any better, people swim up to the corals to touch them or snap off pieces for keep sakes which can lead to coral bleaching, as the corals become stressed and expel their algae. By swimming too close the reefs, tourists can also stir up sand and sediments with their flippers thus depositing them on the corals and inevitably hindering the process of photosynthesis. Overfishing. Jamaica's coral reefs house 135 different species of fish. Between 1995 and 1998, fishing licenses increased by 68% for the Montego Bay Marine Park where 69% of fishers rely on fishing as their full-time income. In 1970 on Jamaica's north coast, trap fishermen set 1800 traps which was at least two times above estimated sustainability levels. Fish"}, {"text": "density dwindled to 9.8 fish per 100 m2 between 2001 and 2006. Overfishing has reduced the herbivorous fish that keep algae populations in check and it has caused a phase shift from coral reefs to algae reefs. Today, algae covers 24% of the reefs where corals once stood. By 1960, fish biomass was reduced by 80% due to overfishing. Fish that are vital to coral reef survival, such as the parrot fish, have been driven to near extinction in some regions. In addition, overfishing has also been linked to the disappearance of the black sea urchin, \"Diadema antillarum,\" which also helped to reduce microalgal presence. Overfishing causes an unacceptable reduction in the population of fish which are essential to the proper maintenance of the reefs, such as grazers. Fish such as the native parrot fish help keep algae levels down so that the corals are not completely encased in their bloom. It has been found that there is a direct link between thriving parrotfish populations and thriving coral populations in Caribbean reefs, with islands which have imposed parrotfish fishing bans having the healthiest reefs like Bermuda, and those without which have witnessed major coral declines like Jamaica. Without these essential"}, {"text": "species of fish, Jamaica's reefs run the risk of having total coral decimation. As a result, it is imperative that bans should be put in place to protect the parrotfish, but that's easier said than done when so many local fishermen rely on catching and selling them to make a livelihood. Disease. The Caribbean's coral reefs have been increasingly becoming diseased by 20%. Coral diseases can cause tissue damage or it could even destroy the entire colony. In 1980, white-band disease killed 95% of the \"Acroporid palmata\" and \"Acroporid cervicornis\" colonies which placed them on the Endangered Species Act. A 2010 study concluded that sewage runoff was correlated to the white pox coral disease that destroyed the \"Acroporid palmata\" species. Rehabilitation efforts. With all of these different factors coming into play, Jamaican (and more generally Caribbean) reefs have been affected substantially. Around 9% of the Earth's total coral population resides in the Caribbean, and it is truly saddening that over 50% of that original coral in the region has been destroyed since the 1970s with algal blooms at an all-time high since the 1990s. Jamaica in particular has lost 85% of its coral reefs between 1980 and 1990 mainly due"}, {"text": "to the chain of unfortunate human and natural disasters that struck the island during that time frame. The state of the corals spurred locals to take action to reverse the damage caused to the reefs. As a result, many new (grassroots-run) fisheries and coral nurseries have been established across Jamaica since around 2009, in an effort to bring back the island's marine ecosystem. In Ocho Rios, Jamaica a group of local divers have teamed up to start this restoration process and rebuild the reefs through coral gardening. Firstly, corals are broken off into small fragments and then attached to 'underwater clotheslines' where they are left to grow. These simplistic gardening structures allow the corals to regenerate in optimal conditions as their availability to food and sunshine is maximized. During this regrowth period, the corals are frequently cleaned and any creatures that may feed on the immature coral (such as sea snails and fire-worms) are manually removed. Once the coral bit grows to about the size of a human hand, that is a sign that it is ready to my transplanted onto a rocky reef to instigate natural coral reef restoration. This process is extremely labor-intensive and requires patience, but has"}, {"text": "been seen as effective upon sightings of tropical fish returning to the reefs. Thanks to this effort, coral populations and fish populations are rising."}, {"text": "The Hualien Al-Falah Mosque () is a mosque in Hualien City, Hualien County, Taiwan. It is the ninth and latest mosque built in Taiwan. It is also the first mosque in Hualien County. History. The mosque was inaugurated by former Indonesian Minister of Law and Human Rights Mahfud MD on 18 March 2018. On 10 November 2019, an information and complaint service counter for Indonesian migrant workers in Taiwan was established at the meeting room of the mosque building. Activities. The mosque is the venue for Quran recitation activities by Majelis Taklim Nurul Iman Hualien. The mosque is also the center for information and complaint center for the migrant workers from Indonesia. Transportation. The mosque is accessible within walking distance northwest of Hualien Station of Taiwan Railways."}, {"text": "Klaus Becker (born February 4, 1953, in Marburg, Germany) is a German/American businessman, working in the steel industry. Early life and education. Klaus Becker was born in Marburg, Germany in 1953 and grew up in Dortmund, where his father worked as a technician in a steel production company. He graduated from an apprenticeship program as merchant of foreign trade. Traineeships took him to Italy, Brazil, and the US. Later, he studied business administration and national economics and received a master\u2019s degree from the Ruhr-Universit\u00e4t in Bochum. Career. Since 1979, Becker has lived in Charlotte, North Carolina, working in the international steel trade. In 1991, Becker founded SouthStar Steel Cooperation which became the largest importer of stainless-steel bars in the US within five years. It was the fastest growing privately held company in the Southern Piedmont three years in a row, and was 21st in \"Inc. Magazine\"'s \"The Inner City 100\". With warehouses in Charlotte, Philadelphia, Milwaukee, Los Angeles, and Houston, the company created new supply lines and distributed stainless steel bars from Spanish, Korean, Brazilian and Italian manufacturers. Currently, Becker owns Nirosteel LLC, an international steel trading company based in Charlotte. Nirosteel imports steel and steel related products into the"}, {"text": "US, Mexico and several European countries. Awards. Becker was voted Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young in North Carolina in 1996, and by the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce in 1998. Additionally, he has served as president of the N.C. Chapter of the German-American Chamber of Commerce for seven years, from 2004 to 2011. Personal life. Klaus Becker has been married to Concha Becker since 1983. They have a daughter, Fiorella. Honorary consul. In 2013, Klaus Becker was appointed as honorary consul of the Federal Republic of Germany for North Carolina. In this function, he founded the N.C. Zeitgeist Foundation. The goal of the Foundation is to inform about German culture, industry, politics, as well as history. The foundation has promoted Charlotte as a US location for international business, trade, and investment, and Becker continues to engage German and American businesses. He was instrumental in bringing the soccer clubs FC Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund to Charlotte to play against foreign teams in the International Champions Cup tournament in 2016."}, {"text": "Jamtala is a village within the jurisdiction of the Kultali police station in the Kultali CD block in the Baruipur subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography. Area overview. Baruipur subdivision is a rural subdivision with moderate levels of urbanization. 31.05% of the population lives in the urban areas and 68.95% lives in the rural areas. In the southern portion of the subdivision (shown in the map alongside) there are 20 census towns. The entire district is situated in the Ganges Delta and the southern part is covered by the Baruipur-Jaynagar Plain. Archaeological excavations at Dhosa and Tilpi, on the bank of the Piyali River indicate the existence of human habitation around 2,000 years ago. Location. Jamtala is located at . It has an average elevation of . Demographics. According to the 2011 Census of India, Jamtala had a total population of 4,495, of which 2,294 (51%) were males and 2,201 (49%) were females. There were 536 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literate persons in Jamtala was 3,063 (77.37% of the population over 6 years). Civic administration. CD block HQ. The map of"}, {"text": "the CD block Kultali on the page number 749 in the \"District Census Handbook 2011\" for the South 24 Parganas district shows the CD block headquarters as being located in Jamtala. Transport. Jaynagar-Jamtala Road links Jamtala to the State Highway 1. Jaynagar Majilpur railway station is located nearby. Education. Jamtala Bhagaban Chandra Higher Secondary School is a coeducational higher secondary school. Healthcare. Jaynagar Rural Hospital, with 25 beds, at Jamtala, is the major government medical facility in the Kultali CD block."}, {"text": "Hypersonic Broadcasting Center is a Philippine radio network. Its corporate office is located at HBC Bldg., Penaranda St., Brgy. Iraya, Legazpi, Albay."}, {"text": "Steven J. R. Ellis (born April 21, 1974) is an Australian classicist and archaeologist, and a professor of classics at the University of Cincinnati. His research focuses on Roman cities and archaeological methodologies, and he is widely known for his archaeological excavations at Pompeii. Ellis won the Rome Prize in 2012\u20132013. In 2018, Ellis wrote the book called \"The Roman Retail Revolution\", published with Oxford University Press. Career. Ellis taught in the Department of Classical Studies at the University of Michigan between 2005 and 2007. He joined the Department of Classics at the University of Cincinnati in 2007 as an assistant professor of classics, gaining tenure and promotion to associate professor in 2013. Ellis is the director of the Pompeii Archaeological Research Project: Porta Stabia, an archaeological excavation of Pompeii undertaken by the University of Cincinnati and the American Academy in Rome. His excavations at Pompeii gained popular attention when Apple featured the project's use of the iPad to record, access, and analyze data. Ellis won the Rome Prize of the American Academy in Rome (2012\u20132013)."}, {"text": "The 43rd Canadian Parliament was in session from December 5, 2019, to August 15, 2021, with the membership of its Lower House, the House of Commons of Canada, having been determined by the results of the 2019 federal election held on October 21, 2019. Parliament officially resumed on December 5, 2019, with the election of a new Speaker, Anthony Rota, followed by a speech from the throne the following day. On August 15, 2021, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau advised Governor General Mary Simon to dissolve Parliament and issue the writ of election, leading to a 5-week election campaign period for the 2021 federal election. Proceedings. First session. The first session of the 43rd Parliament opened on December 5, 2019, with the speech from the throne delivered by Governor General Julie Payette. Although several bills were introduced, the agenda was overtaken by the COVID-19 pandemic. Before Parliament implemented a five-week closure on March 13, 2020, the \"Canada\u2013United States\u2013Mexico Agreement Implementation Act\" was given all three Senate readings and royal assent in one day, the only non-appropriation bill adopted before the closure. However, Parliament reconvened for one day, on March 24, 2020, to introduce and adopt the \"COVID-19 Emergency Response Act\" (Bill"}, {"text": "C-13) with unanimous consent. Among other provisions, the bill doubled the GST/HST credit for the 2019 tax year, added $300 to the May 2020 Canada Child Benefit, paused (for 6 months) repayments of Canada Student Loans, immediately transferred $500 million to the provinces, amended the \"Patent Act\" to allow government to use a patented invention without the permission until September 30 to respond to a public health emergency, and enacted the \"Canada Emergency Response Benefit Act\" and the \"Public Health Events of National Concern Payments Act\". They again reconvened for one day, on April 11, for the \"COVID-19 Emergency Response Act, No. 2\" (Bill C-14) which replaced the previous bill's temporary wage subsidies with the expanded Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy program and extended it to September 30. Similarly, the House of Commons reconvened on April 29 and the Senate on May 1 for the \"Canada Emergency Student Benefit Act\" (Bill C-15) to create the Canada Emergency Student Benefit and the Canada Student Service Grant. After a failed attempt in June, Parliament met again between July 20\u201322 for \"An Act respecting further COVID-19 measures\" (Bill C-20) which further extended and amended the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy, provided a one-time $600 payment"}, {"text": "to persons with disabilities, and enacted the \"Time Limits and Other Periods Act (COVID-19)\". During that time, in spring and summer 2020, the Liberal Party had three Members of Parliament resign and the Conservative Party elected a new leader. Initiated after Andrew Scheer's December 2019 announcement of his impending resignation as leader, the Conservative Party leadership election resulted in Durham MP Erin O'Toole becoming the new party leader as of August 24. Marwan Tabbara of Kitchener South-Hespeler changed his affiliation to Independent in June upon the news release that the Guelph Police Service had charged him with counts of assault, criminal harassment, breaking and entering and committing an indictable offence relating to an incident that occurred in April. Effective September 1, York Centre MP Michael Levitt resigned to become President and CEO of the Canadian Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Centre for Holocaust Studies. Effective August 17, Toronto Centre MP Bill Morneau resigned from his position as Canadian Finance Minister and his seat in Parliament reportedly due to his role in the WE Charity controversy and disagreements with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over spending federal funds on managing COVID-19's economic impact. The next day, upon naming Chrystia Freeland to replace Morneau"}, {"text": "as Finance Minister, the Prime Minister prorogued Parliament, ending the first session. First prorogation. On 18 August 2020, Trudeau asked Governor-General Julie Payette to prorogue Parliament; she acceded to his request. On September 18, 2020, Minister of Health Patty Hajdu accepted the resignation of Tina Namiesniowski, who was up until then president of the PHAC. Namiesniowski resigned 17 months into her five-year tenure, which had begun on May 6, 2019. Her resignation followed the resignation of Sally Thornton, Vice-president of the Health Security Infrastructure Branch who had been in charge of the pandemic early warning system and emergency stockpile, and who had resigned earlier in the week. Namiesniowski, who had been appointed as a \"senior official\" in the Privy Council Office, was replaced three days later by Iain Stewart, who was formerly at the NRC. Second session. On September 23, 2020, Parliament resumed with a new throne speech read by Governor General Payette. During this second session, Payette would resign following a workplace review of Rideau Hall. The throne speech was followed by a separate televised address (at 6:30 p.m. EDT) from Prime Minister Trudeau. At the time of the speech, both the Leader of the Opposition O'Toole and Bloc"}, {"text": "Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois leader Yves-Fran\u00e7ois Blanchet were in quarantine after being infected with COVID earlier in the month. The first two bills adopted (Bills C-4 and C-9), as well as Bill C-14 and C-24, provided further federal aid related to COVID-19. With the Canada Emergency Response Benefit ending, the bills created the Canada Recovery Benefit as an income support for those not eligible for employment insurance, in addition to the Canada Recovery Caregiving Benefit, the Canada Recovery Sickness Benefit and the Canada Emergency Rent Subsidy, and the bills extended the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy to June 2021. Bill C-14 directly transferred funds for Covid-related measures. Bill C-30 implemented the legislative items from the 2021 budget, including additional COVID-19 aid in the form of creating the Canada Recovery Hiring Program, extending both the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy and Canada Emergency Rent Subsidy to the end of September, extending the Canada Recovery Benefit at a reduced rate, transferring $1 billion to provinces to help implement their immunization plans, and pausing the applicability of interest on federal student and apprentice loans to March 2023; Old Age Security was increased by 10% with a one-time payment of $500; the federal minimum wage was increased to $15.00"}, {"text": "per hour; face masks and shields were added to the list of products exempted from GST/HST; GST/HST was made applicable to payments to foreign digital products or services such as streaming subscriptions or short-term accommodations; the Canada Health Transfer was increased by $4 billion. In addition, the same bill provided $2.2 billion in additional payments for infrastructure projects funded through the Gas Tax Fund while renaming it the Canada Community-Building Fund, provided $3 billion to the Hibernia project, increased the number of judges on federal courts, and reduced the number of hours (or the amount of earnings from self-employment) required to qualify for unemployment benefits. It also enacted the new \"Retail Payment Activities Act\" to regulate payment service providers. Addressing the federal government's relationship with Indigenous peoples, Bill C-15 adopted the \"United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act\", while Bills C-5 and C-8 enacted call to actions 80 and 94 of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission making September 30 a public holiday titled National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and amended the Oath of Citizenship to state \"...I will faithfully observe the laws of Canada, including the Constitution, which recognizes and affirms the Aboriginal and treaty rights"}, {"text": "of First Nations, Inuit and M\u00e9tis peoples, and fulfil my duties as a Canadian citizen.\" Other legislation adopted during the second session included Bills C-7 and C-12, both adopted with NDP and Bloc support, to address court findings on the previous parliament's legalization of medical assistance in dying and to fulfil Canada's commitment to Nationally Determined Contributions under the Paris Agreement for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Bills C-18 and C-29, both adopted with Conservative support, addressed the Brexit's impact on CETA and ended the Port of Montreal strike. Six private member bills and one senate public bill received royal assent: Canadian Ministry. The 29th Canadian Ministry had continued from the 42nd Parliament. On November 20, 2019, a month after the election, the Prime Minister re-organized his cabinet to align with government priorities and replace members who had retired or been defeated. Chrystia Freeland was named Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs. Of those continuing on in their existing roles, Bill Morneau continued as Minister of Finance, David Lametti as Minister of Justice, Harjit Sajjan as Minister of National Defence, and Navdeep Bains as Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry. In shuffling existing cabinet ministers, Patty Hajdu became the"}, {"text": "new Minister of Health, Fran\u00e7ois-Philippe Champagne the new Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jonathan Wilkinson the new Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Bernadette Jordan the new Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, Seamus O'Regan the new Minister of Natural Resources, and Bill Blair the new Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness. There were seven newcomers to cabinet including Dan Vandal becoming Minister of Northern Affairs, Marc Miller the Minister of Indigenous Services, and Steven Guilbeault the Minister of Canadian Heritage. With Morneau's resignation in August 2020, Freeland was moved over to become Minister of Finance, with the Ministry of Intergovernmental Affairs being returned to Dominic LeBlanc's portfolio. With Navdeep Bains' January 2021 announcement that he would not be seeking reelection, he was replaced as Innovation Minister by Fran\u00e7ois-Philippe Champagne, with Marc Garneau taking over Champagne's Minister of Foreign Affairs role, Omar Alghabra being promoted to cabinet to become the new Minister of Transport, and Jim Carr returning to cabinet (as a Minister without portfolio) after a 1 year absence to receive medical treatments. Senate. In the month before the 43rd Parliament convened, two new groups organized under the Rules of the Senate. The Independent Senators Group (ISG), whose members did"}, {"text": "not maintain membership with any other political party, continued from the previous parliament as the largest organized group. However, 7 of its members, along with 3 Conservative Party senators and one unaffiliated senator, had split-off to form the Canadian Senators Group which allowed its members to also be members of political parties but not be subject to a party whip. Then on November 14, the Senate Liberal Caucus disbanded to form the Progressive Senate Group. When 43rd Parliament convened on December 5, the senate consisted of 100 members, 51 belonging to the ISG, 24 caucusing with the Conservative Party, 13 with the Canadian Senators Group, 8 with the Progressive Senate Group, and 4 remaining non-affiliated. Senator Marc Gold left the ISG on January 24, 2020, to become the Representative of the Government in the Senate. Of those who left the Senate during the 43rd Parliament, 10 had reached the mandatory retirement age, including the last remaining senator appointed by Brian Mulroney, 3 voluntarily resigned and two senators (Elaine McCoy and Judith Keating) died while in office. The Prime-Minister appointment two new senators on January 31, 2020: Judith Keating and legal ethicist Brent Cotter. The next three appointments were made on"}, {"text": "June 22, 2021: lawyer Bernadette Clement, trade unionist Hassan Yussuff and executive of the Saint John Port Authority Jim Quinn. Another 5 were appointed a month later, on July 29, 2021: Cl\u00e9ment Gignac, Amina Gerba and Mich\u00e8le Audette of Quebec, Mayor of Banff Karen Sorensen, and lawyer David Arnot. Representation by province/territory. House of Commons. For background on the current representation, see: \"For historical and current representation in the Senate, see Senate of Canada's history and current representation.\" Officeholders. The officers of Parliament for the 43rd Parliament are set out below. Changes to party standings. House of Commons. Membership changes. The party standings in the House of Commons have changed as follows:"}, {"text": "A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Kiama on 1 February 1986 because of the resignation of Labor Party member Bill Knott. By-elections for the seats of Cabramatta and Canterbury were held on the same day. Results. <includeonly> Labor Party member Bill Knott resigned.</includeonly>"}, {"text": "Carla Georges, known simply as Carla, is a French singer. She is the winner of the first season of the French version of \"The Voice Kids\" and a former member of the band Kids United. In October 2017 she released her first solo album. Early life. Carla Georges was born on 21 April 2003. She is from the town of Graveson in the department Bouches-du-Rh\u00f4ne. \"The Voice Kids\". At the age of 10, she became a contestant in the first season of the French version of the televised singing competition \"The Voice Kids\". \"A friend of my mother knew , the casting director, and sent him a video,\" she recalls. During the blind auditions, she performed Zaz's \"\u00c9blouie par la nuit\" and had all three judges turning their chairs. She chose Jenifer as her coach. In the battles, Carla bettered Gloria and Mina singing \u00c9dith Piaf's \"L'homme \u00e0 la moto\". In the final, which took place on September 20, first she sang C\u00e9line Dion's \"Vole\" for a spot in the final three and then, in the \"championship battle\", in which the contestants repeated their audition songs, once again performed \"\u00c9blouie par la nuit\" and won. The day after her victory,"}, {"text": "Carla stated that she was \"too young\" and wanted to \"wait a few years\" before releasing an album. But a month later it was reported that she started to work on her debut single. The media turned for comments to Jenifer, who had publicly supported the Voice Kids' decision to award the winner a scholarship instead of a recording contract, and Jenifer confirmed that she was against making stars out of children and against Carla releasing a record. \"When I'm against it, I tell them\", she said. In the end, the single never came to be because Carla didn't find a song that suited her: \"I love songs in English, but it's difficult to find a song in French with lyrics that I like and can relate to. I'm only 12. I think I should wait two or three more years. But if I find a song of my dreams, it will be difficult to refuse!\" she explained in a September 2015 interview with \"Purepeople\". Music career. In 2015, Carla continued her music career as a member of Kids United, a child musical group formed as part of a campaign of UNICEF France with the intention of covering \"the most"}, {"text": "beautiful songs celebrating peace and hope\". She was 12 when the group's first single, \"On \u00e9crit sur les murs\", became a hit. The debut album followed in November, debuting at number 9. Both would linger in the French charts for months, eventually, in February 2016, hitting, respectively, number three and number one. On 3 March 2016 Carla announced on Twitter that she left the group. At first, it was said that she left to devote herself to her personal projects (her solo project mentioned in her original tweet), but later she confessed that she left because it was too tiring for her to be in the band while having to go to school. At the end of 2016, she covered the song \"Love Will Find a Way\" from \"\" on the compilation , released by Universal Music France. In 2017, she performed the French-language version of the song \"What's My Name\" from Disney Channel's \"Descendants 2\". This version was released on the French version of the soundtrack album for the movie. She released her first solo single, \"Le Meilleur des 2\" (French version of Hanna Montana's \"The Best of Both Worlds\") in early October 2017 and her first solo album,"}, {"text": "titled simply \"Carla\", on October 27. It was reported that Carla's fans were very disappointed with her choice to cover Disney's theme songs for her comeback. The album debuted at number 124 in France. **"}, {"text": "\"Juicio Final\" (1993) (Spanish for \"Final Judgement\" 1993) were a pair of professional wrestling supercard shows, scripted and produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). The two shows took place on December 3 and December 10, 1993, in Arena M\u00e9xico, Mexico City, Mexico. The shows served as the year-end finale for CMLL before Arena M\u00e9xico, CMLL's main venue, closed down for the winter for renovations and to host \" Circo Atayde \". The shows replaced the regular \"Super Viernes\" (\"Super Friday\") shows held by CMLL since the mid-1930s. The main event of the December 3 show was a \"Luchas de Apuestas\", or bet match, which is considered a higher profile match type than a championship match in \"Lucha Libre\". The match saw Mano Negra defeated Bestia Salvaje, two falls to one, to win the match. Afterwards Bestia Salvaje was forced to stand in the middle of the ring as his hair was shaved off in accordance with \"lucha libre\" traditions. That show featured four additional matches For the December 10 show, Kato Kung Lee and Mocho Cota both risked their hair in another \"Lucha de Apuestas\", hair vs. hair match, that saw Cota cheat to defeat Kato Kung Lee."}, {"text": "As a result Lee was shaved bald afterwards. On the undercard \u00daltimo Drag\u00f3n successfully defended the UWA World Middleweight Championship against El Felino. The December 10 show featured three additional matches. Production. Background. For decades Arena M\u00e9xico, the main venue of the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), would close down in early December and remain closed into either January or February to allow for renovations as well as letting Circo Atayde occupy the space over the holidays. As a result CMLL usually held an \"end of the year\" supercard show on the first or second Friday of December in lieu of their normal \"Super Viernes\" show. 1989 is the first year where CMLL used the name \"El Juicio Final\" (\"The Final Judgement\") for their year end supershow.<br>December 8, 1989 It is no longer an annually recurring show, but instead held intermittently sometimes several years apart and not always in the same month of the year either. All \"Juicio Final\" shows have been held in Arena M\u00e9xico in Mexico City, Mexico which is CMLL's main venue, its \"home\". Storylines. The 1993 \"Juicio Final\" shows featured ten professional wrestling matches in total, all scripted by CMLL with"}, {"text": "some wrestlers involved in scripted feuds. The wrestlers portray either heels (referred to as \"rudos\" in Mexico, those that play the part of the \"bad guys\") or faces (\"t\u00e9cnicos\" in Mexico, the \"good guy\" characters) as they perform."}, {"text": "Obinwanne Okeke (born November 9, 1987) also known as Invictus Obi is a Nigerian entrepreneur and convicted fraudster who is currently serving a ten-year prison sentence in the United States for internet fraud that caused $11M losses to his victims. After initially pleading guilty, on February 16, 2021, Okeke was sentenced to ten years in prison. Until his arrest by the Federal Bureau of Investigation following a 13-month investigation, Okeke was a globally-renowned businessman who had investments in oil and gas, agriculture, private equity, alternative energy, telecom and real estate. He operated his holdings under the 'Invictus Group'. Invictus Group operated in three African countries including Nigeria, South Africa, and Zambia. He holds a master's degree in International business and Counter-terrorism from Monash University, Australia. On August 6, 2019, Okeke was arrested and charged with two counts of computer fraud and wire fraud. According to the charges, he and his syndicates had defrauded American citizens up to $11m \"through fraudulent wire transfer instructions in a massive, coordinated, business e-mail compromise scheme.\" On August 7, he appeared before Michael Nachmanoff, a magistrate with the District Court of Eastern District of Virginia, to answer charges of wire fraud. He pled not guilty"}, {"text": "to the charges. On October 9, 2019, a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, Nigeria ordered the temporary forfeiture of N280M (approximately $800,000) found in his personal and corporate accounts to the Federal Government of Nigeria for fear of its 'dissipation by his cronies' pending the outcome of his trial. Okeke's arrest was followed by the Department of Justice indictment of 80 other persons most of whom were Nigerian nationals. According to the statement released on August 22, 2019, the Department of Justice said that those indicted used various online fraud schemes including business email compromise (BEC) frauds, romance scams, and schemes targeting the elderly, to defraud victims out of millions of dollars. It called the fraud the \"largest case of online fraud in US history\". According to the 145-page U.S. Department of Justice indictment, the victims lost or potentially lost $40 million. Life and career. Okeke was born November 9, 1987, in Ukpor, Nnewi South LGA of Anambra State, Nigeria. He is the 17th child of a polygamous father. He claimed that he was inspired by the desire to lift his mother, who was his father's fourth wife, from extreme poverty. In a feature in \"BBC Focus on Africa\","}, {"text": "Okeke said that while just sixteen years old and still living in the village, he started an IT company that printed business cards and created websites. With his first profits, he bought what was the finest bicycle in his village. He also told the BBC that he had an interest in criminology. In June 2016, Okeke was named on \"Forbes Africa\" 30 under 30 for 2016 while still 28 years old and residing in South Africa. In May 2017, The African Brand Congress awarded the Invictus Group of Companies Ltd the Africa's Most Innovative Investment Company of the Year 2017 Award. In October 2017, he was nominated for an AABLA Award, in the category of Young African Business Leader (West Africa). In 2017, he was a featured speaker at the Forbes Under 30 Summit EMEA 2017 in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. He also ran a charity that gave scholarships to students for a book review in the Igbo language, Invictus Foundation. In 2018, he was featured on BBC's Focus on Africa and described as an \"inspiring\" entrepreneur. He was also a regular contributor to \"Forbes Africa\" magazine where he shared his thoughts on entrepreneurship and investment in Africa. Fraud. According"}, {"text": "to a sworn affidavit that was leaked onto the Internet in the aftermath of his arrest, Mr Okeke had used phishing emails to gain unauthorised access to the email account of the CFO of Unatrac Holding Limited, the UK Export Sales office for Mantrac Group, a subsidiary of American construction and mining equipment manufacturer Caterpillar Inc. From the email account hosted on Microsoft Office 365, Okeke ordered fraudulent transfers reaching up to $11m all of which were sent to overseas accounts. According to the affidavit sworn and signed by Marshall Ward, a special agent of the FBI, Okeke had accessed the email account for about 464 times mostly from Internet Protocol addresses in Nigeria. Acting under the impression that the email emanated from the CFO, the finance staff processed transfers to accounts associated with Okeke approximately 15 transfers between April 11 to 19, 2018. The FBI would initiate investigations after Unatrac lodged a complaint in June 2018 stating that they believed they had been compromised. According to the affidavit, email addresses associated with and used by Okeke were determined by investigators to have been used to engage in extensive discussions with other conspirators about creating fraudulent web pages, designed to"}, {"text": "trick unsuspecting users into providing their account credentials. Using the email addresses, Okeke for use in acts of fraud. The emails beginning from at least 2015, revealed that Okeke and his cohorts had retrieved passwords of accounts belonging to targets located within the Eastern District of Virginia. Arrest and trial. On August 6, 2019, Okeke was arrested by FBI agents at the Dulles International Airport while about to leave the United States. The warrant for his arrest had been issued a day earlier. Investigations leading up to his arrest had been initiated 13 months earlier. On August 6, 2019, following his arrest, Okeke was charged with two counts of computer fraud and wire fraud. On August 7, he pled not guilty to the charges. On August 22, 2019, the Department of Justice, Central District of California released a statement in which eighty other Nigerians were connected to a syndicate that had ties to Okeke. Many more arrests were made both in Nigeria and in the United States. The arrests led to conversations about Nigeria's international image, tribal stereotypes, reputation laundering and the fate of upcoming young Nigerian entrepreneurs both in Nigeria and in the diaspora. On October 9, 2019, a"}, {"text": "Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, Nigeria ordered the temporary forfeiture of N280M (approximately $800,000) found in his personal accounts to the Federal Government of Nigeria for fear of its 'dissipation by his cronies' pending the outcome of his trial. On June 18, 2020, the Department of Justice released a statement stating that Okeke had pled guilty to the charges against him. In the Statement of Facts submitted to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia by his attorneys, Okeke stated that his participation in the events for which he was charged was \"undertaken knowingly, intentionally and unlawfully and not as a result of an accident, mistake or other innocent reason.\" In his plea agreement, he also waived his right to appeal and agreed to forfeit \u201call interests in any fraud-related assets.\u201d Sentence. On February 16, 2021, Okeke was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison. Raj Parekh, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, speaking after the announcement described Okeke's sentencing as precedential: \u201cToday\u2019s sentence further demonstrates EDVA\u2019s and FBI\u2019s worldwide reach in vigorously pursuing justice on behalf of American victims and others and holding international cybercriminals accountable, no matter where they commit their"}, {"text": "crimes.\u201d Brian Dugan, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI's Norfolk Field Office also spoke of Okeke's sentencing in similar terms: \u201cThe FBI will not allow cyber criminals free rein in the digital world to prey on U.S. companies. This sentencing demonstrates the FBI\u2019s commitment to working with our partners at the Department of Justice and our foreign counterparts to locate cybercriminals across the globe and bring them to the United States to be held accountable.\u201d"}, {"text": "The Law of the Four Just Men is a 1921 thriller novel by the British writer Edgar Wallace. It was the fourth in a series of stories featuring The Four Just Men, a group of vigilante crime fighters."}, {"text": "Paula Anne Southgate is a New Zealand politician. She has held several positions in local government since 2001. In October 2019 she was elected the Mayor of Hamilton and was re-elected in October 2022. Early life. Southgate was born in 1963 or 1964 to Margaret Southgate and attended Hamilton Girls' High School and the University of Waikato. She worked as a teacher, a counsellor in the mental health sector, and served on two school boards of trustees. Local government. Southgate served as a councillor on the Waikato Regional Council from 2001 to 2016. In 2013 she was elected to be the council chair over Bob Simcock, with the support of eight out of fourteen councillors. Southgate ran to be mayor of Hamilton and a Hamilton City Councillor in the 2016 local elections but lost to Andrew King. The election was close, with an election-day margin of nine votes reduced to six votes after a judicial recount. However, she was elected as a city councillor from the East ward. In the 2019 local elections, although Southgate did not run for a councillor position, she did win the mayoralty with 33.74% of the vote and a majority of 3,137 votes over King,"}, {"text": "who had proposed renaming Hamilton to Kirikiriroa in spite of public opinion. Geoff Taylor was appointed as her deputy mayor. Southgate sought and won a second mayoral term in the 2022 Hamilton mayoral election. On 12 January 2025, Southgate confirmed that she would not be running for a third mayoral term during the 2025 New Zealand local elections. Personal life. Southgate is married to Greg Forsyth and has two daughters and a stepson."}, {"text": "Governor Martin may refer to:"}, {"text": "The 2021 UEFA Regions' Cup was originally to be held as the 12th edition of the UEFA Regions' Cup, a football competition for amateur teams in Europe organized by UEFA, before being cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The final tournament of this edition would originally be held in June 2021, with the qualifying rounds originally taking place in 2020. However, on 17 June 2020, UEFA announced that the tournament had been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Lower Silesia from Poland were the title holders. Teams. A total of 36 teams entered the tournament. Each of the 55 UEFA member associations could enter a regional amateur representative team which qualified through a national qualifying competition, or when applicable, their national amateur representative team. Associations were ranked according to their UEFA coefficients, computed based on results of the last three seasons (2015, 2017, 2019), to decide on the round their teams entered and their seeding pots in the preliminary and intermediate round draws. The top 28 associations entered the intermediate round, while the bottom 8 associations (ranked 29\u201336) entered the preliminary round. The draws for the preliminary and intermediate rounds was held on 3 December 2019, 14:00 CET (), at"}, {"text": "the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows: Based on the decisions taken by the UEFA Emergency Panel, teams from Russia and Ukraine could not be drawn in the same group. The hosts for each group in the preliminary and intermediate rounds would be selected after the draw. Format. In the preliminary round and intermediate round, each group is played as a round-robin mini-tournament at one of the teams selected as hosts after the draw. In the final tournament, the eight qualified teams play a group stage (two groups of four) followed by the final between the group winners, at a host selected by UEFA from one of the teams. Preliminary round. The winners and runners-up of each group advance to the intermediate round to join the 28 teams which receive byes. The preliminary round was originally to be played by 2 August 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic before being cancelled. Times are CEST (), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses). Group A. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Group B. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Intermediate round. The winners of each group advance to the final tournament. The intermediate round"}, {"text": "was originally to be played by 13 December 2020. Times up to 24 October 2020 are CEST (), thereafter times are CET (), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses). Group 1. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Group 2. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Group 3. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Group 4. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Group 5. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Group 6. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Group 7. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Group 8. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Final tournament. In principle, the final tournament would originally take place in the last two weeks of June 2021. Venues. The hosts of the final tournament would originally be selected by UEFA from the eight qualified teams. Qualified teams. The following eight teams qualify for the final tournament. Final draw. The draw for the final tournament would originally be held in early 2021. Group stage. The winners of each group advance to the final, while the runners-up of each group receive bronze medals. Times are CEST (), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses). Group A. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Group B. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Final. In the final, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary."}, {"text": "The Olde Pink House (also known as The Pink House and, formerly, Habersham House) is a restaurant and tavern in Savannah, Georgia, United States. Located on Abercorn Street, in the northwestern trust lot of Reynolds Square, the building dates from 1771. It is bounded by East Bryan Street to the north, Abercorn Street to the east and East Saint Julian Street to the south. One of its key features is a Palladian window above the portico. The property sits directly across East Saint Julian Street from the Oliver Sturges House, which was constructed 24 years later. History. 18th century. The building, constructed in 1789, was originally known as Habersham House, after its owner James Habersham, Jr., one of Savannah's most important early cotton factors and founding-family members. Habersham lived there until his death in 1799. The lot was originally a land grant from the British Crown. It survived the Savannah fire of 1796 that destroyed 229 buildings in the city. 19th century. In 1812, the home became Planters Bank, the first bank in Georgia. It was at this time that a portico, supported by unfluted Doric columns, was added to the building's main fa\u00e7ade, while an extension was built on"}, {"text": "the northern side. 20th century. After the Civil War, the house changed hands several times, becoming the architectural practice of Henrik Wallin, an attorney's office, a bookstore and (between 1930 and 1943) Alida Harper Fowlkes' (1908\u20131985) Georgian Tea Room. In 1968, the building was bought and restored by Jim Williams, owner of Mercer House. In 1970, Herschel McCallar, Jr. and his partner Jeffrey Keith bought the building for around $60,000. They undertook a one-year restoration, which included jacking up the building and upgrading the foundation by installing I beams and setting it back down. When they did this all the doorways and mouldings went back into place as if it were new. They also discovered the twin fireplaces in the basement that had been covered over at some point in the nineteenth century. These fire places were the original cooking kitchen in the 18th century, and are now the highlight of the bar. They also removed the Victorian staircase and lowered the original 18th-century section of stairs to the first floor. This is what you see when you enter the building today. They also installed the staircase into the tavern so one did not have to go outside. All new"}, {"text": "plumbing and electrical, and a new kitchen were also added at the time. Keith also opened an antique store on the second floor. They made several buying trips to England to purchase the many 18th-century antiques, and paintings seen in the restaurant today. They opened the restaurant in 1971. Keith sold the building to William and Elizabeth Balish in 1992, two years after the death of McCallar. The Balishes retained McCallar and Keith's restoration, and maintained the grandeur they did in the restoration. Donna Moeckel, the daughter of the Balishes, is the current owner. 21st century. In 2006, Arches Bar, on the southern side of the building, was added during an expansion project. There is also a cellar tavern, Planters Tavern, which features a single-table wine vault for special occasions. There are thirteen dining rooms in total. In December 2018, a fire broke out in the upstairs ballroom, causing damage that resulted in the building closing for four months. Copy. An almost-identical house was built in 1928 at 102 East Gaston Street, just beyond the northeastern corner of Forsyth Park."}, {"text": "Judge Newman may refer to:"}, {"text": "This is a list of members of the House of Commons of Canada in the 43rd Canadian Parliament."}, {"text": "Galium perralderii is a species of flowering plant, native to Algeria, in the family Rubiaceae. This plant was first described in 1862 by Ernest Cosson. The specific epithet, \"perralderii\", honours Cosson's friend and fellow botanist, Henri-Ren\u00e9 Le Tourneux de la Perraudi\u00e8re (1831-1861)."}, {"text": "Maycee Kaye Barber (born May 18, 1998) is an American mixed martial artist. She currently competes in the women's Flyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). As of July 1, 2025, she is #6 in the UFC women's flyweight rankings and as of June 3, 2025, she is #15 in the UFC women's pound-for-pound rankings. Background. Barber was born in Greeley, Colorado. She began pursuing mixed martial arts (MMA) at an early age and set her eyes on becoming a professional fighter. In an interview with Yahoo Sports' Kevin Iole, Barber's father, Bucky Barber, said: \"At that point, it was, 'OK, the better we make her as a fighter, the less damage she's going to take.' So we started to travel, and we took her literally all over the United States. \" Barber has a younger brother, Wyatt, who also is a mixed martial artist signed to Bellator. Mixed martial arts career. Legacy Fighting Alliance. Barber made her professional debut against Itzel Esquivel at on June 23, 2017. She won the fight by a first-round armbar submission. Barber was booked to face Mallory Martin at on September 8, 2017. She won the fight by unanimous decision. Barber faced Kaila"}, {"text": "Thompson at on February 18, 2018. She won the fight by a first-round submission. Barber faced Audrey Perkins at on May 4, 2018, in her final fight with the promotion. She won the fight by a second-round technical knockout, the first knockout victory of her professional career. Mayce Barber faced Jamie Colleen at Dana White's Contender Series 13 on July 17, 2018. She received a UFC contract after earning a stoppage in the third round. Ultimate Fighting Championship. Barber made her UFC debut on November 10, 2018 on against Hannah Cifers. She won the fight via TKO in round two. Barber faced JJ Aldrich at on March 23, 2019. Barber won the fight via technical knockout in round two. Barber faced Gillian Robertson on October 18, 2019 at UFC on ESPN 6. She won the fight via technical knockout in round one. Barber faced Roxanne Modafferi on January 18, 2020 at UFC 246. In an upset, she lost the one-sided fight by unanimous decision. After a year of hiatus recovering from a knee injury, Barber faced Alexa Grasso on February 13, 2021 at UFC 258. She lost the fight via unanimous decision. Barber faced Miranda Maverick on July 24, 2021"}, {"text": "at . She won the fight via controversial split decision. 22 out of 22 media outlets scored the bout as a win for Maverick. Barber was expected to face Montana De La Rosa on December 11, 2021 at UFC 269. However, De La Rosa pulled out of the fight in early October citing injury and she was replaced by Erin Blanchfield. In turn, Barber withdrew in early November due to undisclosed reasons. Barber faced Montana De La Rosa on April 23, 2022 at UFC Fight Night 205. She won the fight via unanimous decision. Barber, replacing injured Casey O'Neill, faced Jessica Eye on July 2, 2022, at UFC 276. She won the bout via unanimous decision. The bout also marked the last of her prevailing contract, and she re-signed with the UFC later in the year. Barber faced Andrea Lee on March 25, 2023, at UFC on ESPN 43. She won the bout via split decision. Barber faced Amanda Ribas on June 24, 2023 at UFC on ABC 5. She won the bout in the second round, defeating Ribas via elbows and punches on the ground. The win earned Barber her first \"Performance of the Night\" award. Barber faced Katlyn"}, {"text": "Cerminara on March 9, 2024, at UFC 299. She won the bout by unanimous decision. Barber was scheduled to face Rose Namajunas on July 13, 2024, at UFC on ESPN 59. However, Barber withdrew from the bout, due to what was later revealed to be ongoing health problems, and was replaced by Tracy Cortez. Barber was scheduled to face Erin Blanchfield in the main event on May 31, 2025 at UFC on ESPN 68. At the weigh-ins, Barber weighed in at 126.5 pounds, half a pound over the women's flyweight non-title fight limit. The bout was set to be at catchweight and Barber was to be fined 20 percent of her purse which was to go to Blanchfield. However, minutes before the walkouts were to take place, Barber had to withdraw due to a medical issue involving a seizure and the bout was cancelled. Personal life. In mid-2024 shortly after UFC 299, Barber had a near-death experience involving a combination of pneumonia, strep throat, and a staph infection which led her to be hospitalized for nine days."}, {"text": "Britton Run is a long tributary to East Branch Oil Creek in Crawford County, Pennsylvania. Course. Britton Run rises in a pond on the Lilley Run divide about 1.5 miles west of Concord Corners, Pennsylvania. Britton Run then flows southwest then southeast through the Erie Drift Plain to East Branch Oil Creek about 0.5 miles west of Glynden, Pennsylvania. Watershed. Britton Run drains of area, receives about 46.2 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 481.24 and is about 40% forested."}, {"text": "Monique Richard (born 1975) is a Canadian mountaineer. Biography. Born to an impoverished family in Montreal, Monique had a difficult childhood and lived with several foster families. During her childhood, she was subjected to physical and psychological violence. Early on, it was through sports that she learned to channel her anger and frustration, developing her passion and her taste for action and she quickly stood out by her talents, her performance and her physical abilities. At 22 years old, she was full of energy and desire to discover the world. Often unemployed, or employed at minimum wage, she finished high school and spent her days in libraries where she discovered literature and the arts. Through books, she developed a great interest in Europe, culture and travel, but her situation increased her feeling of helplessness and frustration. Not seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, she felt trapped, and she descended into a deep depression, to the point of thinking of ending her life. That's when an unexpected event completely changed her life. One day, a friend brought her a newspaper ad, published by a Swiss family looking for a young woman from Quebec to take care of their"}, {"text": "children and clean their home for one year. Three months after responding to the ad, Monique flew to Switzerland. She explored Europe insatiably. In the end, she stayed for six extra months. When she returned to Quebec, she earned her degree in arts and literature all while continuing to travel. To this day, she has visited more than 40 countries. In 2006, while owning a caf\u00e9 with her boyfriend at the time, she fell into another period of depression. She admitted that she needed simplicity, travel and authenticity to her therapist who gave her the idea of the Way of St. James. In less than two months, she sold her caf\u00e9 and went to Europe alone to walk 1,600 km in eight weeks. When she returned she didn't have a job but she wanted to continue on her path somehow, so she became a letter carrier for Canada Post. She discovered mountains later, during her hike of the GR20 in Corsica when she was 34 years old. Monique finally found her peace of mind in this environment. Her first experience with altitude would be on Kilimanjaro in 2009. After the climb, she did a safari where she came face to"}, {"text": "face with a leopard, her spirit animal, for the first time. Upon her return, she dove into lectures about mountaineering, met people from the field, attended conferences and, as soon as possible, joined an expedition to Europe's highest peak, Mount Elbrus, in Russia. Then, on to Mount Everest base camp, the Aconcagua and the rest of the highest peaks in all 7 continents. She has a ritual of listening to Pink Floyd\u2019s \u201cLearning to Fly\u201d whenever she leaves on an expedition, at the moment of takeoff. Several of her fans encourage her by joining her in this ritual. Notable ascents. The Seven Summits. Monique Richard completed the Seven Summits in 2012 when she summited Mount Everest. She completed the seven summits in 32 months, which is the Canadian women's record for the time taken to complete the seven climbs. The 8000ers. Monique Richard has participated in five expeditions on 8000 m peaks in the Himalayan and Korakoram ranges. Everest. She took part in three expeditions on Mount Everest. She made her first attempt on Everest on the Nepali side (south face) in October 2011, off-season. Only one other team of mountaineers was on the mountain at that time. In alpine"}, {"text": "style, she reaches Camp 3 (7,300 m) but turns back because of the weather conditions and the large amounts of snow. During the trek back, she injured her ankle. On her second expedition in May 2012, she met Norwegian mountaineer Arvid Lahti, who will become her partner for several climbs around the world. Makalu. In 2014, she became the first Canadian woman to reach the top of the world's fifth highest mountain, Mt Makalu. She did it at the same time with Al Hancock, who became the first Canadian man to reach this summit. She remains to this day the only Canadian woman to have reached this summit. During this expedition, she comes close to death during the descent because of an airway obstruction while in the death zone. K2. In 2015, she made an attempt on K2 where she reached the altitude of 7,300 m. Due to the weather conditions and avalanche danger, she had to turn back. Nobody reached the summit that year. These five climbs were done with the use of supplemental oxygen. On Everest in 2013, she attempted a climb without supplemental oxygen but eventually decided to use it in the upper sections of the mountain."}, {"text": "She ultimately decided to turn back very close to the summit, at an altitude of 8,800 m, because of external factors that affected her psychologically; especially the many corpses found on this route back then. Mount Logan solo. In 2017, the year of the 150th anniversary of Canada, she made a first attempt on this mountain with a companion. They reached the summit plateau but had to turn back at an altitude of about 5,500 m. On May 30, 2018, at 2:38 pm, Monique Richard reached the summit of the highest mountain in Canada, Mount Logan, from the west side (Kings Trench). She is the first woman in the world to have reached the top of this mountain solo. She required a rescue after reaching the summit. Richard's ascent was the first solo to the summit by a woman, though her subsequent rescue leaves the door open for a complete solo ascent and descent. In 2018, a year much less busy than the previous one, very few teams are on the mountain and she is the first climber flown at base camp. At no point during the expedition that lasted 19 days did another team found themselves in front of"}, {"text": "her. The solo expedition became a solitary climb. In the spring of 2018, temperatures are particularly cold in this part of Yukon. To these conditions are added several hardships; broken equipment, fall into a crevasse, storms, avalanches. After reaching the summit she required a rescue; she descended and made an unexpected detour of several kilometers that forced her to climb a 300 m sub-summit before finding her way. That day she covered a distance of 18 km in 14 hours on the summit plateau and found her bivouac around 1:30 am. The next day, she traversed the summit plateau (about 8 km) and returned to Prospector Col, where, recognizing a deteriorating situation due to weather forecasts, the physical effects of several days of fast ascent from Camp 3, equipment breakdowns and the post-traumatic memories of the tragic events that occurred on Rainier two years before, she made the decision to contact Parks Canada emergency services and request an evacuation. The evacuation is difficult because Richard is at the operational limit of the aircraft used by the company mandated by Parks Canada for evacuation operations (approximately 5,500 m). Parks Canada then asked two other climbers who were on the mountain to"}, {"text": "assist Monique Richard so that she could descend to a lower altitude to be evacuated. They managed to reach Richard at her bivouac where they found her weak but conscious and assisted her to ski down to camp 4 from where she was evacuated, at an altitude of about 5,200 m. In order to carry out the evacuation, the operations managers had to purchase additional equipment. The helicopter company has since acquired a new aircraft with a higher operational altitude (an Airbus AS350-B3e Squirrel) which allows it to reach all the upper parts of Mount Logan. Other ascents. Since 2009, Monique Richard has reached the summits of the following mountains with an altitude of more than 4,000 m around the world, and made dozens of other lower-altitude climbs in various mountain ranges, including the Canadian Rockies. Europe Asia Africa South America North America Tragedy on Mount Rainier. In 2016, Monique Richard experienced a major incident on Mount Rainier. On March 26, 2016, she and her best friend and mountain partner, Norwegian mountaineer Arvid Lahti, were surprised by an unexpected storm at 3,300 m and remained stuck all night in the cold, in a blizzard and no visibility. Temperatures dropped to"}, {"text": "-17 C and gusts over 100 km/h swept the mountain. Unfortunately, her friend did not survive and died in her arms of hypothermia in the early morning. She herself was affected by advanced hypothermia but found the strength to descend to Camp Muir where she was assisted by a team of rescuers who were there for training exercises, then evacuated by a US Armed Forces helicopter. This tragedy deeply affected the mountaineer. Monique Richard returned to Mount Rainier the following year to install a commemorative plaque near Camp Muir. Since the tragedy, each year Richard commemorates the death of her friend Arvid Lahti on her social media. A short film produced in 2017 on the life of Monique Richard, \"L'affront des cimes\", relates this accident and the impact it had on Monique Richard. Physical training. Monique Richard is known for her meticulous physical preparation and hard training. Her routine is to get up around 5:15 am to train, which she does between 4 and 5 times a week, for 2 hours a day, including cardio and weight training. She is known for bringing training equipment during her expeditions to train during periods spent at base camps. Her physical training is"}, {"text": "complemented by her work as a letter carrier where she travels about 15 km daily. Monique Richard attaches great importance to nutrition before and during her expeditions. She used a hypobaric tent while preparing for her expedition on Everest in 2013. Conferences. For several years, Monique Richard has been presenting lectures to various audiences in community, school, college, university and corporate environments to share her passion and inspire people. Her conferences focus on the themes of motivation, surpassing oneself and self-confidence, the place of women and girls in society, her expeditions, including her solo climb on Mount Logan, health and safety, and on the awareness and the fight against bullying and violence towards children. Philanthropy. After her sister was diagnosed with this condition, Monique Richard collaborated with the Quebec Association of Fibromyalgia (now theSoci\u00e9t\u00e9 qu\u00e9b\u00e9coise de la fibromyalgie) to raise public awareness about this syndrome which affects about 2 to 3% of the Canadian population. In 2019, Monique Richard decided to join the fight against bullying and violence against children and make this her favorite cause. Annexes. Filmography. Documentary : \"L'affront des cimes\" Film by Florence Pelletier and Caroline Cot\u00e9 (Canada) 2017 \u2013 11 minutes Documentary. \"Alexis le randonneur\" TVA"}, {"text": "Sports 2019 \u2013 30 minutes"}, {"text": "Delirious New York: A Retroactive Manifesto for Manhattan is a 1978 book, written by Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas. The book serves as a \"retroactive manifesto\" for Manhattan between 1850 and 1960, analyzing the development of architecture and urban design throughout New York's history from the founding of New Amsterdam by the Dutch, to the design of the Headquarters of the United Nations by Le Corbusier. Rem Koolhaas describes the concept of 'Manhattanism', the theory of the creation and functioning of the city of New York, at length in the book. Background. The first drafts for the book originate from 1969 in a manifesto by Rem Koolhaas titled 'The Surface'. Koolhaas had been studying at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London since 1968 and wrote the manifesto as a reaction against lectures by Tony Dugdale of the architectural collective Archigram. In 1972, after obtaining a grant to study at Cornell University, Koolhaas moved to New York in an effort to research the city. In doing so, Koolhaas collected magazines, books and postcards from Manhattan for research and joined a postcard collectors' club. Furthermore, Koolhaas joined the Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies. In an interview with Robert Venturi and"}, {"text": "Denise Scott Brown, Koolhaas cites their book Learning from Las Vegas as being an influence on the writing of \"Delirious New York\" during this period at Cornell. \"Delirious New York\" was published three years after Koolhaas founded the Office for Metropolitan Architecture with Elia Zenghelis, Zoe Zenghelis and Madelon Vriesendorp in London in 1975. During this period, Koolhaas further collaborated with Elia Zenghelis on several hypothetical projects in Manhattan, such as redeveloping Roosevelt Island (1975) or the design for the Sphinx Hotel at Times Square (1975). In a 1993 interview with architecture critic Cynthia Davidson, Koolhaas stated that the aim of publishing \"Delirious New York\" was to lay the written foundation to work from as an architect, before actually starting out as one. In this sense, Koolhaas has been described as being a paper architect around this time, given that his first built design was in 1985. Cover. The cover image of the first edition of the book was designed by Madelon Vriesendorp. The painting 'Flagrant D\u00e9lit' depicts the Chrysler Building and the Empire State Building laying in bed, with 30 Rockefeller Plaza intruding on them. The gridiron street pattern of Manhattan is shown through the window, with the rooftops"}, {"text": "of skyscrapers being faces looking at the ordeal. Furthermore, the nightlight near the Empire State Building is the torch of the Statue of Liberty and a used condom in the shape of a Goodyear Blimp can be seen lying on the bed, referencing the zeppelin docking station built on top of the tower. The 1994 republication of the book by The Monacelli Press changed the cover image to a black and white photo of the 1221 and 1251 Avenue of the Americas buildings as seen from 30 Rockefeller Plaza. Publication. \"Delirious New York\" was first published as a hardcover in 1978 by the New York division of the Oxford University Press and was printed in France. A paperback version with a new cover was published in 1994 by New York based Monacelli Press for distribution in the United States and Rotterdam based 010 Publishers for Europe. Further versions by the Monacelli Press have been printed in 1997, 2005, 2014. Aside from the covers, these versions do not differ from the original text."}, {"text": "Podcast Movement (PM) is an annual conference for the podcast industry. It is one of the largest gatherings of participants in podcasting, with over 3,000 attendees in 2019. Described as \"for podcasters, by podcasters\", it focuses on collaboration and networking among attendees, in addition to education and encouragement. The 2017 conference was split into different tracks covering different aspects of podcasting such as Creation, Technical, Industry, Monetization, Marketing, Society, Culture & Advocacy, Audio Drama, and Broadcasters Meets Podcasters. Featured speakers have included Sarah Koenig, Aisha Tyler, Kevin Smith, Pat Flynn, Guy Raz, Dan Carlin, Terry Gross, Alex Blumberg, Roman Mars, Marc Maron, Glynn Washington, Mark Cuban and Aaron Mahnke. Exhibitors include software & service providers, gear and equipment manufacturers. Attendees are made up of amateur and professional podcasters, as well as media professionals working for radio broadcasters, podcast networks, technology companies and advertisers History. The first conference in 2014 was funded via a Kickstarter campaign. The target goal of $11,000 was met within the first 24 hours. In 2019, the organizers announced an additional annual event called 'Podcast Movement Evolutions,' the first of which took place in Los Angeles in February 2020. Controversy. On August 25, 2022, the official Twitter"}, {"text": "account of Podcast Movement apologized for hosting the Daily Wire, a conservative podcasting website co-owned by Ben Shapiro. The organization alleged at least one attendee \"felt pain\" by Shapiro's presence. On September 8 of the same year, they apologized to Mr. Shapiro via Twitter for their previous reaction toward him and his company."}, {"text": "Scott Aitchison ( , born January 14, 1973) is a Canadian politician who has served as a member of Parliament for Parry Sound\u2014Muskoka since 2019. A member of the Conservative Party, he previously served as the Mayor of Huntsville from 2014 to 2019. Aitchison ran unsuccessfully for party leadership. He lost his bid in 2022, placing last with one percentage point. Early career. In his early years, Aitchison worked in sales with Coldwell Banker Thompson Real Estate, and Fowler Construction. He was also previously a consultant with Enterprise Canada Group from 1998-2004. He was a co-chair of the organizing committee for the 2012 Ontario Para Winter Games in Huntsville. Municipal politics. Aitchison was first elected to the Huntsville Town Council in 1994 at the age of 21, where he served for three terms. At the time, he was the youngest individual ever elected to Huntsville Town Council and Muskoka District Council. He was elected again as a District and Town Councilor in 2010 and was Deputy Mayor for the next four years. He was elected mayor in 2014 and re-elected in 2018. He served the office until October 28, 2019. Federal politics. Aitchison won the Conservative nomination in 2019, defeating"}, {"text": "three other candidates, and subsequently won the general election in October of the same year. After winning re-election in 2021, Aitchison was appointed to the Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet as the Shadow Minister for Labour. In December 2021, Aitchison worked directly with Liberal Minister Seamus O'Regan to include in Government Bill C-3 an extension of bereavement leave for grieving parents who work in federally regulated industries. This change thereby incorporated a previously tabled private member\u2019s bill from Conservative MP Tom Kmiec into the government\u2019s legislation. O'Regan said that the display of cross-party support was a rarity. On March 3, 2022, it was reported that Aitchison was preparing a bid for leadership of the Conservative Party of Canada with a campaign focused around character and tone. Aitchison officially launched his campaign on March 20 at a rally in Huntsville. On September 10, it was announced that Pierre Poilievre won the leadership on the first ballot. Aitchison is currently serving as party\u2019s critic for housing, diversity, and inclusion. Political positions. During the 2022 leadership race, Aitchison was characterized as a centrist. However, he prefers to seem himself as a \"small-c conservative\". Political polarization. During the Canada convoy protest, Aitchison expressed his concern"}, {"text": "with what he described as the \u201cgrowing divide in Canada\u201d and accused Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of not talking to Canadians he disagrees with. While delivering a speech in the House of Commons, Aitchison stated his desire to see politicians find compromise and \u201cdisagree without hating each other.\u201d Housing. Aitchison started his leadership campaign by releasing a plan to address what he described as a Canadian housing crisis. His plan, \"YIMBY: A Plan to Build More Homes for Canadians\", had four main aims: ending exclusionary zoning, increasing the number of tradespeople through education and immigration, increasing affordable and social housing, and cracking down on money laundering in Canadian real-estate. Bill 21. Aitchison has spoken out against the 2019 Quebec Act respecting the laicity of the State, also known as Bill 21. In his launch speech for the Conservative Party leadership, Aitchison said, \"Our Party has a proud tradition of being a voice for freedom of religion around the world. We need to have the courage of our convictions to do the same here at home, in every province and territory. Freedom of religion is a charter right. This includes the right of every single Canadian to proudly wear a cross,"}, {"text": "hijab, turban or a kippah at their place of work. Bill 21 is wrong, and I will stand against it.\" CANZUK. Aitchison is supportive of CANZUK, a proposed alliance of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom to increase trade, foreign policy, and military co-operation. He was named to lead two cross-party working groups aimed to facilitate discussions on freer movement and trade within the partner countries. Rural broadband. In his first intervention in the House of Commons, Aitchison raised concern about rural internet service in his riding. He believes there needs to be more competition in the market and federal investment in underserviced areas. Environment. Aitchison is an advocate for what he describes as a credible federal climate change plan that would permit industry to find innovative methods of reducing emissions. He is opposed to a carbon tax, stating that it \"disproportionally hurts lower-income Canadians living in rural areas\". LGBTQ+. On May 17, 2023, Aitchison joined fellow Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner and members of the federal Liberal Party, Green Party, and NDP in releasing a statement on the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia. Aitchison tweeted, \"You belong. You matter. No matter who you are. No"}, {"text": "matter who you love\". Aitchison told \"The Hill Times\" in February 2024 that he supports trans people's right to live without government restrictions, but did not comment on Pierre Poilievre's remarks or Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's policies on trans people."}, {"text": "Governor Green or Greene may refer to:"}, {"text": "Katrina Robinson (born January 13, 1981) is an American former politician who served in the Tennessee Senate from the 33rd district from 2019 to 2022 as a member of the Democratic Party. She was the first sitting member of the state senate to be indicted since Operation Tennessee Waltz and later became the first person to ever be expelled from the state senate. Robinson was born in Memphis, Tennessee, educated at the University of Memphis and Union University, and founded a nursing college in 2015. She was elected to the state senate in the 2018 election after defeating incumbent Senator Reginald Tate in the Democratic primary. Robinson was indicted on forty-eight charges relating to the embezzlement of $600,000 from federal grants to her nursing school in 2020. The charges against her were reduced to twenty before Judge Sheryl H. Lipman acquitted her on fifteen charges. She was found guilty on four counts of wire fraud in 2021. Early life and education. Katrina Robinson was born on January 13, 1981, in Memphis, Tennessee. Her sister, Sherra Wright-Robinson, was the wife of professional basketball player Lorenzen Wright and Sherra was convicted for his murder.<ref name=\"1/28/2018\"></ref> From 1998 to 2008, she attended the"}, {"text": "University of Memphis and graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration in marketing management. In 2010, she graduated from Union University with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. Career. Nursing college. In 2015, Robinson founded The Healthcare Institute, a nursing college, and received $1.6 million in grants from the United States Department of Health and Human Services. She received a total of $2.2 million in federal grants from 2015 to 2019. The Healthcare Institute started with two students and later expanded to over six hundred students. Tennessee Senate. In 2018, Robinson was elected to the Tennessee Senate from the 33rd district as a member of the Democratic Party. On January 29, 2018, Robinson announced that she would run in the Democratic primary. She defeated incumbent Senator Reginald Tate in the Democratic primary and faced no opposition in the general election. Tate had been censured by the Shelby County Democratic Party and Robinson was endorsed by United States Representative Steve Cohen and Senate Minority Leader Sara Kyle. Criminal conviction. In 2016, an investigation into Robinson was started after an anonymous complaint to the United States Department of Health and Human Services reported that she had used $550 of federal grant money"}, {"text": "to purchase a Louis Vuitton handbag. On February 21 and July 28, 2020, the Federal Bureau of Investigation executed search warrants at Robinson's house and nursing school. On July 30, Robinson was indicted on 48 charges, 24 charges of theft and embezzlement from government programs, and 24 charges of wire fraud, in the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee. The Federal Bureau of Investigation reported that her expenses included a trip to Montego Bay, Jamaica which lasted six days, $2,929.26 spent at Wayfair, $856 spent on a Carnival Cruise Line, and $54,000 for a retirement fund. Robinson was accused of stealing $600,000 from $2.2 million in federal grants given to her nursing school from 2015 to 2019. She was the first sitting member of the Tennessee Senate to be indicted since Operation Tennessee Waltz in 2005. On August 12, 2020, she pleaded not guilty, but was found guilty on four of the five charges of wire fraud on September 30, 2021. The forty-eight charges were reduced to twenty charges and Judge Sheryl H. Lipman acquitted her of fifteen of the counts stating that the evidence matched to different theories which could cause a mistrial if theories"}, {"text": "were switched during the trial. She was sentenced on March 18, 2022 to one year supervised release. A federal case against her, Katie Ayers, and Brooke Boudreaux was dismissed by Lipman after Robinson agreed to complete at twelve month diversion period. Lieutenant Governor Randy McNally called for Robinson to resign following her conviction. Robinson claims that she was \"targeted for prosecution\" and Representative Torrey Harris opposes forcing her out of the legislature and claimed that \"there was no evidence presented that she misappropriated less than $3,500 from her own business\". Robinson became the first member of the state senate to be expelled when the state senate voted twenty-seven to five, with all Republicans voting in favor and all Democrats voting against, on February 2, 2022, to remove her. Campaign funding disclosure lawsuit. In February 2023, Robinson was sued by the Tennessee Registry of Election Finance to collect financial penalties resulting from her failure to file 2020 and 2021 financial disclosures documents. Robinson was initially assessed a $7,500 fine in August, 2021 for not filing required campaign disclosure documents for 2020. The registry then added a $10,000 fine after Robinson again failed to submit the documents in 2021. Tennessee Attorney General"}, {"text": "Jonathan Skrmetti's office is prosecuting the case."}, {"text": "Brannon Run is a long tributary to East Branch Oil Creek in Crawford County, Pennsylvania. Course. Brannon Run rises on the McLaughlin Creek divide about 2 miles east of Centerville, Pennsylvania. Brannon Run then flows northwest through the Erie Drift Plain to East Branch Oil Creek about 1.5 miles northeast of Centerville. Watershed. Brannon Run drains of area, receives about 45.4 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 436.55 and is about 60% forested."}, {"text": "Abbas Eqbal Kitabchi (August 28, 1933 \u2013 July 18, 2016) was an Iranian-born American doctor, teacher, and research scientist, whose major contributions in the field of medicine related to the treatment of severe conditions arising from diabetes. He spent his professional career in Memphis, TN and his work influenced the practices of physicians around the nation and the world. Early life and education. Kitabchi was born in Tehran, Iran, on August 28, 1933, to Hossein and Fatima Kitabchi. He was the third of seven children, and the first in his family to complete high school. He was also the first to immigrate to the United States, which he did at the age of 17, intent upon pursuing his father's desire for him to become a heart surgeon. He attended Cornell College, in Mount Vernon, Iowa, and received his Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry in 1954. Thereafter, he attended the University of Oklahoma, in Oklahoma City, OK, earning a Master of Science degree in 1956 and a PhD in Chemistry and Biological Sciences in 1958. He continued his postgraduate work in the Department of Physiology, with Ranwel Caputto, where he began research that would lead to his receiving a grant"}, {"text": "from the National Institutes of Health. Spending his days on his school work, he conducted his grant research on nights and weekends. In 1965, he received his MD, and in 1966, he attended the University of Washington in Seattle, WA, receiving a fellowship in the endocrinology program, working with Robert H. Williams. It was during this time that he became interested in the treatment of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) and hyperglycemia in diabetic patients. Professional career. In 1968, Kitabchi joined the Veterans Administration Medical Center at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center (UTHSC) in Memphis, TN, as Associate Chief of Staff and Medical Research. In 1972, he became a member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation. In 1973, he was appointed Director of Endocrinology, Diabetes, & Metabolism. During this time, he began clinical trials for the management of DKA and treatment of hyperglycemic crises. He later served as Director of the Clinical Research Center at UTHSC. In 2009, he became the Maston K. Callison Professor of Medicine and Molecular Sciences, and in 2013, Master of the American College of Endocrinology. Among his other professional accomplishments, he was a member of the American Diabetes Association (ADA), the American College of"}, {"text": "Physicians, the American Society for Clinical Investigation, the Endocrine Society, and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, as well as being on the editorial board of several peer-reviewed journals for diabetes and metabolism. Treatment of DKA. DKA typically occurs in people with type 1 diabetes. When there is a lack of insulin in the body, there is an increase in the production of glucose, leading to hyperglycemia. This leads to excessive urination, dehydration, and extreme thirst. Insufficient insulin also releases free fatty acids, which turn the blood acidic. In some cases, the body can even become increasingly resistant to insulin. Numerous health problems arise from there, such as nausea, vomiting, and severe abdominal pain, and at worst, cerebral edema, coma, and death. Treatment protocols in the early 1970s called for high doses of insulin, and were overly complicated. In 1973, Kitabchi's first study discovered that low doses of insulin were more effective at resolving DKA, and that intravenous (IV) injections worked more rapidly than subcutaneous or intramuscular methods. In subsequent trials, he continued refining his knowledge and testing various non-insulin therapies, including insulin analogs, His studies with the latter found that in combination with insulin IVs, subcutaneously applied analogs were"}, {"text": "equally effective, and led to lower hospitalization costs by as much as nearly 40%. His work in this area soon became the standard, dramatically decreasing mortality rates in the U.S. from more than 15% to around 1%. His efforts also led to further therapies involving the use of insulin in the treatment of DKA, diabetes-related cardiovascular risks, inflammation, and other symptoms and issues. Ultimately, his research proved to have a lasting legacy in the understanding of many conditions in diabetic patients, and in providing treatments that led to resolving those conditions and improving their health, and has been adopted by physicians worldwide. Legacy. Kitabchi retired in 2014, though he continued to work part-time as professor emeritus until his death. In his 45 years of professional activity, he worked with many of the most important medical organizations in the country, including the National Institutes of Health, the American Diabetes Association, and the Emory University School of Medicine. He authored over 300 publications and more than 100 book chapters and reviews. In his time as a professor at UTHSC, he mentored over 80 Endocrinology fellows as well as countless other students. His contributions to the lives of diabetes patients cannot be measured."}, {"text": "Death. Kitabchi died on July 18, 2016, at his home in Memphis, TN, of unspecified causes. He was survived by his wife, a brother, a sister, four daughters, two stepdaughters, eight grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, and numerous extended family members."}, {"text": "Jasraj Singh Hallan (born 1984) is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent the riding of Calgary East in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2019 Canadian federal election. Born in Dubai to Indian parents, he immigrated to Canada as a child and was raised in Calgary. Before entering politics, he was a businessman in Calgary, owning a home building business. Early life and career. Hallan came to Canada at five years old. He is the son of two economically disadvantaged parents from Dubai. Hallan described himself growing up as an \"at-risk youth\" involved in gangs in northeast Calgary. He graduated from Lester Pearson High School. He has completed an accounting diploma from the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology. He also has a certified Master Builder designation and ran a homebuilding business operating in Calgary. Politics. Hallan previously ran in the 2019 Alberta general election for the riding of Calgary-McCall for the United Conservative Party, losing to Irfan Sabir. Following the death of then-Member of Parliament for Calgary Forest Lawn, Deepak Obhrai in 2019, the Conservative Party of Canada opened a nomination race for the Conservative Candidacy for Calgary Forest Lawn in the 2019 Canadian Federal Election."}, {"text": "The nomination was contested by Obhrai's son, Aman Obhrai, Calgary City Councillor Andre Chabot and Amrit Rai Nannan and was won by Hallan. Hallan won the riding of Calgary Forest Lawn in the 2019 Canadian Federal Election with almost 60% of the popular vote. Hallan voted in support of Bill C-233 - an act to amend the \"Criminal Code\" (sex-selective abortion), which would make it an indictable or a summary offence for a medical practitioner to knowingly perform an abortion solely on the grounds of the child's genetic sex. In 2022, Hallan became the Conservative's party finance critic. In addition, he is one of the Conservative MPs involved in the party effort to outreach to the immigrant and newcomer communities in Canada. Personal life. Hallan currently lives in North East Calgary. An immigrant from Dubai himself, he describes himself as dedicating his time to helping youth in his community and immigrants and refugees to Canada. Hallan sponsored a refugee family from Afghanistan in 2019."}, {"text": "The float serve is one of the types of serves in the game of volleyball. The serve involves hitting the volleyball in such a way to minimize the rotation of the ball, causing unpredictability in the ball\u2019s movement and is akin to baseball's knuckleball. During this serve, the ball is moving in the air without spin, allowing drag, lift, and turbulent air flow to have a big effect on its movement. When done correctly, the float serve is hard for opponents to predict where the ball will end up, thus rendering it hard to pass. The effectiveness of the float serve is determined by its ability to succeed in an ace, or winning the point by serving over the net and having the ball hit the ground before the opponent can touch it. Factors. Rotation of volleyball. Float serves are only possible with minimal to no spin of the volleyball while it is moving in the air. Unlike a topspin serve, which uses the spin of the ball to create a constant difference in pressure that drives the ball downward at a high speed, the float serve can be affected in any direction by the random forces of the air"}, {"text": "and pressure (drag, lift, drag crisis, turbulence) because there is no rotation of the ball to create different speeds at different points in the air surrounding the volleyball. Speed of volleyball and its effect on surrounding air. The speed of the ball is an important factor in determining whether or not the volleyball will float. The slower the ball is moving in the air, the higher the drag coefficient and thus drag will be. The faster the ball is moving in the air, the lower the drag coefficient and drag will be. With lower drag coefficients, the air surrounding the volleyball is less likely to be able to hold onto the surface of the ball. When talking about the air flowing around the ball, there are generally two types; laminar and turbulent. When the volleyball is moving at a lower speed, the air surrounding the ball is in laminar flow, meaning the boundary layers of air are uniform. At a higher speed, specifically called the critical speed (which varies with different conditions), the air around the volleyball is unable to stay uniform and breaks apart into a state called turbulent flow. Surface patterns. The seams and panels of a volleyball"}, {"text": "can change the speed of the air near the ball's surface, speeding the ball up or slowing it down, depending on whether said seams are on the top or the bottom. Experimental results show that balls with panels had the highest critical speed threshold, leading to unpredictable flight patterns. Honeycomb-patterned balls have a much lower critical threshold, while the dimpled pattern increased the threshold. Using a hexagonal or dimpled pattern instead could significantly increase the consistency of its flight instead of the most commonly used volleyballs which have six panels with three parallel rectangular strips. Air flow. Turbulent flow around the volleyball. For a volleyball, once it reaches the critical speed, the air surrounding the ball breaks from laminar flow into this turbulent flow, causing all of the air trailing directly behind it to behave like chaotic vortices. These vortices assist in the random points of lift on the ball while in the air. This along with the decrease in drag coefficient contributes to the random movement of the volleyball, which results in the ball moving left, right, up, down, or a combination of them all. As the volleyball moves through the air, it disturbs the air. This disturbance results"}, {"text": "in an aerodynamic force on the ball, which can be broken down into the lift and drag. As the air surrounding the volleyball transitions from laminar to turbulent flow, also known as the drag crisis, the erratic movement of the trailing air causes lift in the ball at random locations, leading to random movement of the ball. In this turbulent state, the drag coefficient and drag also decreases, which causes more sporadic motion. Reynolds Number. There is also a number used to predict the beginning of turbulent flow. This number is the Reynolds number, which is determined by the speed, viscosity, density of fluid and the size of the object it collides with. The Reynold\u2019s number is a ratio of inertial forces to viscous forces, and specifically for a volleyball in motion in the air, is found by the product of mass density of air, diameter of the ball, and the ball\u2019s velocity, all divided by the viscosity of the air. A low Reynold\u2019s number corresponds to laminar flow, whereas a high Reynold\u2019s number corresponds to turbulent flow. Execution. In order to serve the volleyball so that it floats, the ball must be moving in the air with minimal spin."}, {"text": "To achieve this the server follows a set of specific techniques; The combination of these mechanics allows the server to hit the ball in such a way that it moves with minimal spin after contact is made with the hand."}, {"text": "It's Magic is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt recorded in 1969 but not released by the Delmark label until 2005. Reception. Scott Yanow of Allmusic said \"This previously unissued set by the great bebop saxophonist Sonny Stitt does not contain any real surprises. Stitt, who at the time was using a Varitone octave device on his horns (it is fortunately barely noticeable here), performs with his regular band of the period... Although his playing on both alto and tenor is quite professional and reasonably creative within the boundaries of his boppish music, Stitt sometimes sounds as if he is just going through the motions\". In JazzTimes Chris Kelsey wrote \"Sonny Stitt\u2019s \"It\u2019s Magic\" (Delmark), an organ-trio date recorded in 1969, is less magic than simple sleight-of-hand. ... Absent is the dauntless intensity he could bring to the table when the mood struck him. His use of a Varitone device-an early signal processor that added an octave below the tenor\u2019s normal register-might have been an inhibiting factor, although the extra octave is just barely audible when it can be heard at all ... it\u2019s like watching Houdini pull a rabbit out of a hat. It\u2019s kind of cool, but you"}, {"text": "know he\u2019s capable of much more\". On All About Jazz Paul Olsen noted \"\"It's Magic\" isn't a great album and it's by no means essential. But it's got its charms, though. It's a rough-sounding, raw recording with occasionally faltering sound, but that quality gives it a certain immediacy that benefits the variable performance\u2014at times, anyway. Sometimes Stitt's great, sometimes he's not. The band's ability rises and falls. There's no faking it\u2014and that's jazz, not magic\""}, {"text": "Jenica Atwin (\"n\u00e9e\" Powell; born January 10, 1987) is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent the riding of Fredericton in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2019 Canadian federal election. Atwin was the first Member of Parliament of the Green Party of Canada to be elected outside of British Columbia and the first woman to be elected in the riding of Fredericton. In June 2021, she crossed the floor from the Green Party to the Liberal Party of Canada, and was re-elected as a Liberal three months later in the 2021 federal election. She declined to run in the 2025 federal election. Before politics, Atwin was an education consultant and researcher at a First Nations Education Centre. Early life and education. Jenica Atwin was born Jenica Powell and grew up in Oromocto, New Brunswick. Her father Bob Powell is the mayor of Oromocto. Her stepfather is Ron Tremblay, the Wolastoq Grand Chief. In high school, she was class president. She completed a Master's in Education at the University of New Brunswick. In 2016, Atwin co-organized a spin-off of We Day focused on introducing First Nations youth to one another and helping those who have recently moved"}, {"text": "off of reserves. This took place during Atwin's four years as a cultural transition coordinator and researcher with First Nation Education Initiative Incorporated. Federal politics. Atwin was elected to represent the riding of Fredericton in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2019 Canadian federal election, defeating incumbent MP Matt DeCourcey. She was the first Member of Parliament of the Green Party of Canada to be elected outside of British Columbia, the first third-party candidate to win the electoral district of Fredericton or its predecessor districts, which have traditionally alternated between Conservative and Liberal Members of Parliament (MPs), and the first woman to be elected in the riding of Fredericton. Along with fellow Green MPs Paul Manly and leader Elizabeth May, Atwin's election created the largest Green caucus ever at three. In April 2021, Atwin introduced her first private members\u2019 bill, Bill C-285, which would impose a nationwide ban on the use of glyphosate on forests and fields across Canada, stating that the use of glyphosate is a menace to human health, and plant and wildlife diversity. In May 2021, in response to the 2021 Israel\u2013Palestine crisis, Atwin condemned Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip and called Israel's control"}, {"text": "of the area apartheid. Atwin also called out Green Party leader Annamie Paul's statement on the conflict calling for de-escalation and more dialogue as \"totally inadequate\". In response, Paul's senior advisor Noah Zatzman blasted Atwin and fellow Green MP Paul Manly in a May 14 Facebook post, calling their statements regarding the crisis \"appalling\" and antisemitic, and saying \"we will work to defeat you.\" This followed a statement published on the party website that quoted Paul regarding the crisis, which Atwin responded to with a statement that both reiterated support for the official party policy on the Israeli\u2013Palestinian conflict of expecting MPs to oppose the siege of Gaza and illegal settlements, and described the statement quoting Paul as \"totally inadequate\". Atwin subsequently crossed the floor and joined the Liberal Party on June 10, citing lack of support from Paul's leadership after Zatzman's threat. Paul disagreed with this account and commented the events had nothing to do with Zatzman or her; however, Manly and May, the remaining Green MPs, issued a statement stating: \"Unfortunately, the attack against Ms. Atwin by the Green Party leader's chief spokesperson on May 14th created the conditions that led to this crisis.\" On June 14, 2021,"}, {"text": "shortly after joining the Liberal caucus, Atwin apologized for her earlier remarks, saying that she \"regrets her choice of words\" and adding: \"Palestinians are suffering. Israelis are also suffering as well as their loved ones in Canada and around the world.\" On September 16, 2023, Atwin was named Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Indigenous Services. In August 2024, Atwin sponsored three Palestine-related petitions, one calling for Canada Pension Plan divestment from Israel, another calling for the teaching of the Nakba in school curriculums, and a third calling for the House of Commons to \"re-evaluate the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada program for Gaza\". During the 2024\u20132025 Canadian political crisis, Atwin was one of many Liberal MPs to request that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau resign. In January 2025, Atwin decided not to run in the 2025 Canadian federal election. Personal life. Atwin placed sixth in a 2010 World Series of Poker Circuit ladies tournament in Louisiana. She is married to Oromocto First Nation band councillor Chris Atwin and has two sons. Awards. In 2021, Atwin was selected as the \"Rising Star\" among \"Maclean's\" 12th annual Parliamentarians of the Year."}, {"text": "James Cumming (born March 7, 1961) is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent the riding of Edmonton Centre in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2019 Canadian federal election. Cumming formerly served as the President and CEO of the Edmonton Chamber of Commerce. Cumming is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada. He succeeded and preceded Liberal politician Randy Boissonault as the MP for Edmonton Centre, having run in the 2015 Canadian federal election and placed second before he was elected in 2019. In the 2021 Canadian federal election, he was again defeated by Boissonnault. In 2024, he faced a contested nomination contest that was won by Sayid Ahmed on October 6, 2024. Member of Parliament. During the 43rd Canadian Parliament Cumming introduced one private member's bill: Bill C-229, \"An Act to repeal certain restrictions on shipping\" which sought to repeal the previous parliament's \"Oil Tanker Moratorium Act\". It was brought to a vote on February 3, 2021, but defeated with only Conservative Party members voting in favour. On November 29, 2019, Conservative Party leader Andrew Scheer appointed Cumming to be the party's critic for Small Business and Export Promotion. In the 2020 Conservative Party"}, {"text": "of Canada leadership election he endorsed Peter MacKay. After Erin O'Toole won the leadership election, he appointed Cumming to be the critic for Innovation, Science and Industry on September 8, 2020. On February 10, 2021, Cumming was appointed to a newly created position, critic for COVID-19 economic recovery."}, {"text": "Richard Lehoux (born 1956) is a Canadian politician who served as the member of Parliament (MP) for Beauce from 2019 until 2025, as a member of the Conservative Party. Prior to his election to the House of Commons, Lehoux was the mayor of Saint-Elzear from 1998 to 2017 and the reeve of Nouvelle-Beauce Regional County Municipality from 2000 to 2017. Personal and professional life. Lehoux was born in 1956. His family has been in Beauce for eight generations. His great-grandfather served as mayor of Saint-Elzear from 1898 to 1902, and he is a fourth-generation dairy farmer. Political career. Municipal politics. Mayor of Saint-Elz\u00e9ar and Reeve of Nouvelle-Beauce RCM. Lehoux was the mayor of Saint-Elz\u00e9ar, Quebec in the Chaudi\u00e8re-Appalaches region from 1998 to 2017, and the reeve of Nouvelle-Beauce RCM from 2000 to 2017. F\u00e9d\u00e9ration qu\u00e9b\u00e9coise des municipalit\u00e9s. Lehoux was a member of the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration qu\u00e9b\u00e9coise des municipalit\u00e9s (FQM) from 2001 to 2017. He was the vice president from 2010 to 2014 and briefly served as interim president in 2012. He was elected as the FQM's president in 2014 and held the role until 2017. When the FQM founded the Mutuelle des municipalit\u00e9s du Qu\u00e9bec (MMQ) in 2003, Lehoux served as"}, {"text": "vice president. He would also serve as MMQ president from 2017 to 2018. Federal politics. Lehoux retired from municipal politics in 2017 to return to his dairy farm, but returned to politics in November 2018 as the Conservative candidate for the 2019 Canadian federal election in the Beauce riding, with the support (amongst others) of party leader Andrew Scheer. Lehoux was elected to Parliament following the 2019 election, unseating incumbent Maxime Bernier, who formerly held the seat for the Conservatives, but resigned to form the libertarian-right People's Party of Canada (PPC). He was re-elected in the 2021 election. On March 21, 2025, Lehoux announced that he would not run for re-election in the 2025 Canadian federal election. External links."}, {"text": "Claudia Fern\u00e1ndez Valdivia (born 30 January 1988) is a Bolivian and television presenter. Since September 2012, she has been married to \u00c1lvaro Garc\u00eda Linera, who was Bolivia's vice president from 2006 to 2019. Early years and education. Claudia Fern\u00e1ndez Valdivia was born in La Paz on 30 January 1988, the daughter of \u00d3scar Fern\u00e1ndez (from Chuquisaca) and Gloria Valdivia (from Santa Cruz). Both emigrated to the city for work reasons and stayed to start a family. During her childhood and adolescence she lived in La Paz, completing baccalaureate studies at the Loreto y Humboldt school in 2005. She graduated from Loyola University with a degree in commercial engineering. TV career. \"Disca y Ve\". In 2003, Fern\u00e1ndez successfully auditioned to become a presenter for the Red ATB music program \"Disca y Ve\". This proved to be a valuable experience for her, working alongside Javier Encinas on a prominent national program. \"Uno Teens\". She moved to Red Uno in 2004, as the host of the children's program \"Uno Teens\", a rival of Unitel's \"Chicostation\" in the same time slot. \"Getting through these three years is an achievement,\" said Fern\u00e1ndez, age 19, in a 4 March 2007 edition of \"El Diario\" supplement \"Tu"}, {"text": "Gu\u00eda\". On 5 June 2009, she said goodbye to her audience and left \"Uno Teens\" to work on the network's journalistic programs. \"Notivisi\u00f3n\". After years of appearances on Red Uno's various news shows in La Paz, Fern\u00e1ndez became the host of the network's main news program, \"Notivisi\u00f3n\", alongside journalist . She cited Mar\u00eda Duch\u00e9n and Miriam Claros as role models. She decided to leave Red Uno on 25 December 2017, an announcement she made on the central edition of \"Notivisi\u00f3n\", to devote herself to the care of her young daughter and spend more time with her family. In an interview on the program \"El Ma\u00f1anero\" on 26 December, Fern\u00e1ndez declared: \"They have been 14 years of friendships, shared with so many people. It's difficult\" She justified her decision by mentioning her firstborn as the main reason for her retirement: \"She is starting to walk and I want to be with her.\" She also mentioned that while she was retired from television, she would keep in touch with people and interact with the public through social networks, and that she would return. After more than a year away from the media, Fern\u00e1ndez returned to Red Uno on 7 January 2019. She"}, {"text": "resumed hosting the central edition of \"Notivisi\u00f3n\" in La Paz. Radio career. In 2015, Claudia Fern\u00e1ndez made her first foray into radio broadcasting, temporarily sharing the microphone with journalist Mario Espinoza on Radio Compa\u00f1era 106.3 FM in La Paz, replacing her colleague on the program \"De 9 a 12\". Other work. In 2009, Fern\u00e1ndez was part of Pablo Manzoni's modeling troupe Las Magn\u00edficas at the Bolivia Moda fashion event at government headquarters. Personal life. In 2011, Fern\u00e1ndez began a romantic relationship with the Vice President of Bolivia, \u00c1lvaro Garc\u00eda Linera, while covering Palacio Quemado as a journalist for Red Uno. On 9 June 2011, on the program \"Del Cielo al Infierno\", Garc\u00eda Linera admitted to having a relationship with a commercial engineer, without clearly saying who it was. In a subsequent interview for the magazine \"Ox\u00edgeno\", Fernandez said that she once dated Garc\u00eda Linera, without going into more detail. In February 2012, the couple announced that they were engaged. On 8 September 2012, 24-year-old Fern\u00e1ndez married 49-year-old Garc\u00eda Linera in a ceremony which was broadcast nationally and internationally. The wedding was held with an Aymara rite in the Kalasasaya temple at the archaeological site of Tiwanaku. Among those attending the"}, {"text": "event were Nobel Peace Prize winners Rigoberta Mench\u00fa and Adolfo P\u00e9rez Esquivel, as well as government officials, ambassadors, Aymara native authorities, representatives of social organizations, show business personalities, and dozens of other guests. One of the first gifts the bride and groom received came from President Evo Morales, who hung a pink baby carrier on Garcia Linera's neck. According to Morales, this represented good wishes for Garc\u00eda Linera's dream of \"having a daughter\" to come true. The next day, on 9 September, the couple married before the civil notary, and later under Catholic rite in the Basilica of San Francisco, La Paz. On 17 April 2017, their first daughter was born at the CEMES clinic in La Paz. Claudia Fern\u00e1ndez is a supporter of the football club The Strongest, and a fan of Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo and actor Ashton Kutcher. Professionally, she admires Patricia Janiot and Claudia Palacios of CNN en Espa\u00f1ol."}, {"text": "George Houston (born 2001) is an Irish singer-songwriter from Inishowen, County Donegal. He has released four studio albums, and toured internationally with Paul Weller, Hothouse Flowers, and Joshua Burnside. Early life. Houston was born in Inishowen, County Donegal. He was named after his grandfather. He recalls falling in love with music after watching the 1986 Jim Henson film \"Labyrinth\" and it's star David Bowie, and states that the first song he ever learned to play was \"Dr. Fell\" by Juliet Turner. Houston's father encouraged him to pursue songwriting when he was thirteen, and recorded his first songs at sixteen when his parents gifted him a day pass to a local studio. Career. \"Boo Fucking Hoo\", Houston's first single, was released on 18 September 2020, and he began performing live the following year to support the release of his debut album \"Cold Toast\". His second studio album, \"Undesired\", was released on 11 November 2022, with his debut Irish tour in support of the album commencing in March 2023. His third, \"Vehicular Suicide\", followed on 13 October 2023. In 2024, Houston supported Paul Weller on the Irish and US dates of his tour. Houston made his television debut on the sixty-sixth series"}, {"text": "of \"Later... with Jools Holland\", where he performed \"Lilith\" from his fourth album \"TODC\", which stands for \"The Original Death Card\", named after the tarot card of the same name. Discussing the album, which was recorded at Weller's Black Barn Studios, Houston explained that \u201cTODC has been an incredible healing experience from start to finish. The death card, in tarot, is not only a symbol of death, but the change and rebirth that comes with it. To have a project that is unapologetically feminine, queer, and Irish, all rolled into one has been a massive step in removing myself from the shame that comes with growing up queer in rural Ireland. Even if I do go to hell, at least I lived honestly.\u201d The album was released on 13 June 2025 and was celebrated with a live show at Kinnegar Brewery in Letterkenny on 19 July. Sound and influences. Houston describes his music as \"alternative pop\", and stated that \"what that means to me though is I can take influence from all my favourite genres like folk, rock, synth wave, pop, country (I could go on). My main focus is the lyrics, I want them to be emotive, candid, but"}, {"text": "not alienating, so when it comes to genre, I go in the direction that fits with the lyrics best.\" He noted that he seeks to embody a \"genre queer\" approach to his music, telling BBC News that \"I love the idea that music is non-binary and can be whatever it wants to be\". When discussing his songwriting, Houston explained \"All of my songs come from a place of sadness or anger. That\u2019s the joy of being a singer-songwriter, you\u2019re not trying to imagine what it's like to feel what the songwriter wrote. I\u2019m saying what I\u2019m feeling, and it helps me connect to the music a lot more. It\u2019s a way for me to use music as therapy.\" He listed David Bowie, Kate Bush, Leonard Cohen, First Aid Kit, Lana Del Rey, Stevie Nicks, The Waterboys, Connie Converse, Simon & Garfunkel, and Electric Light Orchestra among his influences."}, {"text": "Greg McLean is a Canadian politician who was first elected to represent the riding of Calgary Centre in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2019 Canadian federal election. He defeated then-cabinet minister, Kent Hehr, by 20,000 votes. During the 2021 Canadian federal election, McLean was re-elected for a second term with 51% of the vote. Personal life. Before his election, McLean was a financial professional for 20 years, working with oil & gas and technology start-ups amongst other industries. He was a Chartered Investment Manager, registered as a Portfolio Manager with the Alberta Securities Commission. Early in his career, he spent six years advising federal Cabinet Ministers Harvie Andre and Jean Corbeil, providing insight into government and regulatory decision-making. McLean has a Bachelor of Commerce Degree from the University of Alberta, and an MBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario. McLean and his wife Ruth Pogue have four sons. Political career. In the 2019 Canadian federal election, McLean was elected to represent Calgary Centre in the House of Commons for the 43rd Canadian Parliament. He introduced two private member's bills, Bill C-262 and Bill C-214, both of which focused on the"}, {"text": "\"Income Tax Act\". Private member's bills. Bill C-262, \"An Act to amend the Income Tax Act\" (capture and utilization or storage of greenhouse gases) sought to create a tax credit for expenses incurred by a corporation capturing and storing greenhouse gases. The bill was brought to a vote on June 9, 2021, but it was defeated at the second reading, with only Conservative Party MPs voting in favour. Bill C-214 \"An Act to amend the Income Tax Act\" (qualifying environmental trust), which sought to add oil or gas wells to the list of sites that environmental trusts may hold for the purposes of the Qualifying Environmental Trust income tax rate, was discharged without a vote. Political appointments & committees. 43rd Parliament. On September 9, 2020, then Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole named McLean the Shadow Minister for Natural Resources and for the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency (CanNor). McLean served in this role until August 15, 2021. After the 2021 election, McLean resumed his position as Shadow Minister for Natural Resources and for the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency in February 22, 2022 until October 11, 2022. During the 1st session of the 43rd Parliament, McLean served on the Standing Committee"}, {"text": "on Justice and Human Rights (February 2020 to August 2020) and on the Special Committee on the COVID-19 Pandemic (April 2020 to June 2020). During the 2nd session of the 43rd Parliament, McLean served on the Standing Committee on Natural Resources as the committee Vice-Chair (October 2020 to August 2021). 44th Parliament. After the 2021 election, McLean served briefly during the 1st session of the 44th Parliament as the Vice-Chair of the Standing Committee on Finance (December 2021 to February 2022) before returning to the post of Shadow Minister for Natural Resources and the Natural Resources Standing Committee in late February 2022. McLean also served on the Standing Committee on Natural Resources (February 2022 to October 2022) and the Standing Committee on the Environment and Sustainable Development (October 2022 to September 2023). McLean's most recent role has been as a member of the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration. McLean served in this role from September 20, 2023 until January 6, 2025. Issues & focus. McLean's questions and speeches in the House of Commons have focused primarily on issues related to natural resources and finance. Natural resources. McLean has called the Trudeau government's emissions and carbon taxation policies \"ineffective\" and"}, {"text": "economically damaging, and has asserted that Canada will not meet the Paris Agreement's greenhouse gas reduction goals. McLean has opposed Bill C-69, which passed in 2019 as the \"Impact Assessment Act and Canadian Energy Regulator Act\". The bill allowed federal regulators to assess the environmental and social impacts of various resource and infrastructure projects. Many Alberta politicians opposed the legislation, with some, such as former Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, stating it was essentially a \u201cno more pipelines act.\u201d The bill was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of Canada in 2023, with a 5-2 majority. McLean opposed the federal government\u2019s goal for a net-zero electricity grid by 2035, calling the goal \u201cunreasonable.\u201d He claimed that the goals, in addition to the energy emissions cap, were incompatible with Alberta\u2019s economy. Finance. McLean has opposed the Trudeau government's federal deficit increases and debt accumulation. McLean described the 2024 Fall Economic Statement, which reported a deficit of $61.9 billion for the 2023-2024 fiscal year, as a \"fiasco\" and claimed that the Trudeau government ignored its own \u201cfiscal guardrails\u201d. In his speeches in the House of Commons he has highlighted the fact that current interest payments on the government\u2019s debt now exceed the yearly"}, {"text": "health care transfer payments. He has claimed that this debt will now fall to future generations to pay off. He has suggested that future governments will be left with empty coffers and will have no emergency funds to deal with future crises. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he spoke about the efficacy of government programs and expenditures, particularly focusing on the Canada Student Service Grant and its sole-source contract to the WE charity (since terminated). McLean has suggested the proposed capital gains tax increase would discourage private investment into desperately needed capital growth. He asserted that it would also strain Canadians\u2019 savings accounts and retirement investments."}, {"text": "Damien C. Kurek (born November 28, 1989) is a Canadian lobbyist, former farmer and politician who was the member of Parliament (MP) for Battle River\u2014Crowfoot from 2019 to 2025. A member of the Conservative Party, Kurek resigned from the House of Commons on June 17, 2025, triggering a by-election to be contested by party leader Pierre Poilievre. Following his resignation, Kurek became a principal at Toronto-based lobbying company Upstream Strategy Group. Early life and education. Born in 1989, Kurek grew up on a farm outside of Consort, Alberta, the son of Jodi and Jason Felix Kurek. When he was fifteen, Kurek went on a trip to Ottawa and put a call into Stephen Harper's office. A ten-minute meeting was arranged with Kurek, Harper, and Kurek's MP at the time, Kevin Sorenson. Kurek is quoted as saying, \"For a kid who loved politics, that was the pinnacle of everything you could possibly imagine.\" Kurek worked as a farmer and seasonally in the oil and gas sector. Since a young age, he has also been involved in his family farm near Consort, Alberta. Kurek obtained his high school diploma in 2008 from Consort Public School. After high school, Kurek went to Eston"}, {"text": "College, where he obtained an associate diploma in Biblical Studies in 2010. Kurek also holds a bachelor's degree in political science and communications from Trinity Western University as of 2015. Political career. Political staffer. He also worked for MP Kevin Sorenson and in various roles at the Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly. Before he was nominated as the Conservative canidate himself in Battle River\u2014Crowfoot, Kurek worked for Sorenson's constituency office in Camrose, Alberta. Member of Parliament. Kurek was elected to Parliament in the 2019 general election. Kurek has served as the Conservative shadow minister of Canadian heritage. On May 2, 2025, Kurek announced he would resign his seat and step down as a MP to trigger the 2025 Battle River\u2014Crowfoot federal by-election, which party leader Pierre Poilievre will contest due to his defeat in Carleton in the 2025 general election. Kurek said he intends to run again in the riding in the next general election. Per the \"Elections Act\", Kurek will be able to resign 30 days after the election result is officially published in the \"Canada Gazette\", which occurred on May 15, 2025. On June 17, 2025, Kurek officially resigned his seat in the House of Commons. Lobbying career. Following his"}, {"text": "resignation from Parliament, lobbying firm Upstream Strategy Group announced that Kurek would join the company as a principal, to provide \"tailored government relations, public affairs, and stakeholder engagement solutions for Upstream\u2019s clients in Alberta and beyond\". Personal life. Kurek resides in Alberta's Special Areas. He also continues to work on his family farm. Kurek married his wife, Danielle, on June 9, 2012, in Saskatoon and has three sons, Matthew, Emerson and Winston."}, {"text": "Up Jumped Spring is an album by trombonist Curtis Fuller recorded in 2003 and released by the Delmark label the following year. Reception. Alex Henderson of Allmusic said \"a strong Jazz Messengers influence asserts itself on these hard bop and post-bop performances ... the trombonist is in fine form throughout the album -- he never fails to sound inspired and focused -- and \"Up Jumped Spring\" is a welcome addition to his catalog\". In JazzTimes Doug Ramsey wrote \"Following illness and the loss of a lung, Curtis Fuller has a trombone sound that\u2019s a bit wooly. But it\u2019s still round and full, and his breath control, speed and agility are intact-and his imagination still flourishes. ... With a solid Chicago rhythm section, Fuller and trumpeter Brad Goode make music the old-fashioned way, with compact improvisations on familiar tunes rather than extended explorations of original material. Their front-line work is a study in sonic contrast, Goode\u2019s penetrating sound against Fuller\u2019s enveloping suppleness\". On All About Jazz Terrell Kent Holmes noted \"The timeless Curtis Fuller has been a brand name trombone player for about 50 years now and he's never sounded better than he does ... not only does he still have"}, {"text": "strong chops but he can bring a fresh perspective to classics and originals\""}, {"text": "Jagdeep Kaur Sahota (born in 1978) is a Canadian Punjabi politician who served as the Member of Parliament for the riding of Calgary Skyview from 2019 to 2021 as a member of the Conservative Party of Canada. She was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2019 Canadian federal election. She was defeated in the 2021 federal election, losing to George Chahal of the Liberal Party. Sahota tried to regain her seat as the party nominee for 2025 federal election but the party appointed someone else. She previously ran in the 2015 Alberta general election for Calgary-McCall, losing to Irfan Sabir."}, {"text": "Lisa Kendall Damour (born November 7, 1970) is an American clinical psychologist, author, and podcaster specializing in the development of teenagers. She is also a recurring contributor on \"CBS Mornings\". Early life and education. Born in 1970 in Denver, Colorado, Damour was raised in Denver, London, and Chicago. She graduated from Denver's Manual High School in 1988 before attending Yale University. After graduating with honors from Yale with a BA, Damour worked for the Yale Child Study Center. She then received a doctorate in clinical psychology at the University of Michigan. Career. Damour held fellowships from Yale's Edward Zigler Center in Child Development and Social Policy, the University of Michigan's Power Foundation, and the Pediatric AIDS Foundation. Damour maintains a private psychology practice while also serving as senior advisor to the Schubert Center for Child Studies at Case Western Reserve University. She was the founding director of Laurel School's Center for Research on Girls. Damour has published two editions of the college textbook \"Abnormal Psychology\" with James Hansell (2005, 2008) and three editions of \"First Day to Final Grade\" with Anne Curzan (2000, 2006, 2011). Her first \"New York Times\" best seller, \"Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls Through the Seven Transitions"}, {"text": "into Adulthood\" (Random House, 2016), describes seven developmental transitions that Damour believes turn girls into grown-ups. Damour's 2019 book, \"Under Pressure: Confronting the Epidemic of Stress and Anxiety in Girls\" (Random House), examines sources of stress and anxiety for adolescents and ways that adults can support them. \"Under Pressure\" was also a \"New York Times\" best seller. \"The Emotional Lives of Teenagers: Raising Connected, Capable, and Compassionate Adolescents\" (Random House, 2023), another \"New York Times\" best seller, helps parents understand the emotional lives of their teenagers and support them through that developmental stage. Damour writes about adolescents for \"The New York Times\" and is a regular contributor to CBS News and UNICEF. Damour served as a consultant for the Walt Disney Pictures movie \"Inside Out 2\". The production team consulted her for guidance on portraying how teenagers' emotions change during puberty. She has co-hosted the \"Ask Lisa Podcast\" with Reena Ninan, giving parenting tips, since the summer of 2020. Damour has given TED Talks. Personal life. Damour lives in Shaker Heights, Ohio, with her husband and two daughters. Honors and awards. In 2016, Damour received a Books for a Better Life: Childcare and Parenting Award for \"Untangled\". In 2019, she"}, {"text": "was recognized as a Thought Leader by the American Psychological Association."}, {"text": "Jeremy Patzer (born 26 March 1987) is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent the riding of Cypress Hills\u2014Grasslands in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2019 Canadian federal election. He previously served on the board of the Conservative Party constituency association for the riding of Cypress Hills\u2014Grasslands. Patzer is the nephew of former MP David L. Anderson, his predecessor in this federal riding."}, {"text": "Michael Kram (born December 20, 1978) is a Canadian politician who was elected as a Conservative to represent the riding of Regina\u2014Wascana in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2019 Canadian federal election. Early life and education. Kram grew up and still resides in south Regina, Saskatchewan. His parents are both retired teachers and his grandparents were farmers. He graduated from Dr. Martin LeBoldus High School in Regina. He has a Bachelor of Science degree majoring in computer science and a Bachelor of Arts degree majoring in economics. Both degrees are from the University of Regina. Kram also studied economics at Carleton University in Ottawa. In interviews, Kram has often noted that becoming a Member of Parliament had been his dream since he was in elementary school. Early career. Before being elected to public office, Kram worked for 20 years in the information technology sector, including a number of contract positions with the Department of National Defence. He worked for over 17 years as a programmer/analyst with Paradigm Consulting, a Regina-based IT consulting firm. During this time, he developed software solutions for a mix of private sector, federal and provincial entities. As a sideline, Kram worked as an"}, {"text": "extra and bit-part actor in a number of Canadian movies and TV shows, including \"\", \"Edge of War\", \"A Dog Named Christmas\" and \"Crime Stories\". His most extensive role was playing Detective Dominick Spinelli in the docu-drama series \"Crime Stories\". Political career. 2015 federal election. Kram ran as the Conservative Party of Canada candidate in the constituency of Regina\u2014Wascana in the 2015 Canadian federal election. He was defeated by incumbent long-time Liberal MP Ralph Goodale. While Kram was defeated by a margin of over 10,600 votes, his absolute vote was comparable to the results of Conservative candidates from the previous five elections. Conversely, the NDP and Green votes were lower than in previous elections, suggesting that the Liberal campaign had benefited from strategic voting. 2019 federal election. Kram ran again as the Conservative candidate for Regina\u2014Wascana in the 2019 federal election. He defeated the incumbent Goodale by a margin of over 7,000 votes, capturing 49.3 per cent of the popular vote. Due to Goodale's long incumbency, Kram was widely predicted to lose throughout the campaign. On September 18, 2019, University of Regina political studies professor Jim Farney said, \"I would guess that the race is going to be closer than"}, {"text": "it was last time, but that kind of name recognition \u2014 the 30 years of networking in public service \u2014 is probably going to see another Goodale victory,\" he said. On October 17, 2019, \"The Western Producer\" predicted that Goodale would hold onto his seat, as did \"The National\". The Election Prediction Project maintained Goodale as their prediction throughout the campaign. On October 3, 2019, a Hill & Knowlton/Advanced Symbolics Inc. artificial intelligence poll predicted a Goodale win, albeit by a reduced margin. Member of Parliament. Kram was sworn in as a Member of Parliament on November 12, 2019. Party leader Andrew Scheer, who represents neighbouring Regina\u2014Qu'Appelle in the House, subsequently appointed him to the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on International Trade and named Deputy Critic for International Trade for the Conservative Opposition caucus. In September 2020, Erin O'Toole, who had succeeded Scheer as leader of the Conservative Party the previous month, reassigned Kram to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities. Since his appointment to this committee, Kram has become vocal regarding pandemic assistance for airports, especially his local airport in Regina, Saskatchewan. In December, 2021, O'Toole named Kram Vice-Chair of the Industry"}, {"text": "and Technology Committee During this time, Kram advocated on behalf of the Canadian Institute of Public Safety Research and Treatment and other research projects at the University of Regina. Following the Conservative leadership race of 2022, newly-elected Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre reassigned Kram to the Public Accounts committee. Early in his tenure on this committee, Kram uncovered that several federal government departments had been defrauded by their own employees who had claimed the Canadian Emergency Response Benefit while still working full time. Kram was subsequently reassigned to the Environment Committee. On that committee, he received media attention for exposing that the government's 2 Billion Trees Program did not actually intend to plant that many trees and was unsure of how many trees they had actually planted. 2021 federal election. Kram ran for re-election as the Conservative candidate for Regina-Wascana in the 2021 federal election. His primary challenger was Liberal Sean McEachern, former chief of staff and campaign manager to former MP Ralph Goodale. McEachern highlighted his connection to Goodale frequently in the media in an effort to capture nostalgia for the former MP. As in 2019 election campaign, Kram's re-election was regarded skeptically by local media who identified Regina-Wascana as"}, {"text": "a \"riding to watch\" for a potential loss by the Conservatives. The polling aggregator site 338Canada.com projected the constituency as a \"toss up\" through much of the campaign. In the final result, Kram won by nearly double the Liberal vote and increased his share of the popular vote in spite of the right-wing competitor People's Party more than tripling its support. 2025 federal election. Kram ran for re-election as the Conservative candidate for Regina-Wascana in the 2025 federal election. His primary challenger was Jeffrey Walters, a sessional lecturer at the University of Regina. The nation-wide collapse of the NDP vote was reflected in the outcome of the Regina-Wascanawith the local NDP vote dropping 13.22 per cent, roughly equivalent to the increase in local Liberal support. Nonetheless, Kram's absolute vote increased by 2,811 votes and his vote share increasing by 0.18 per cent to 50.08. In June, 2025, Kram was named to the Standing Joint Committee for the Scrutiny of Regulations."}, {"text": "Heather McPherson (born May 9, 1972) is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent the riding of Edmonton Strathcona in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2019 Canadian federal election. She previously served as executive director of the Alberta Council on Global Co-operation. Personal life. McPherson was born on May 9, 1972 in Edmonton, Alberta. She attended the University of Alberta where she earned an undergraduate and master's degree in education. Political career. McPherson became the candidate for Edmonton Strathcona after incumbent Linda Duncan announced her intentions to retire. Straying from the party leadership's position, she supported the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project. In the 43rd Canadian Parliament, which lasted from 2019 until the 2021 Canadian federal election was called, she was the only non-Conservative MP from Alberta. She was re-elected in 2021, and was appointed the NDP critic for Foreign Affairs in the 44th Canadian Parliament. McPherson is known for pressing the Liberals to recognize Palestinian statehood, stating they lacked the \"moral courage and political will\" to advance a two-state solution between Palestine and Israel. In the 2025 federal election, McPherson retained her seat in the Edmonton Strathcona riding. However, she was one of the few"}, {"text": "NDP members to return to Parliament, as the party lost the majority of its seats in the House of Commons\u2014along with its official party status. This led to party leader Jagmeet Singh resigning and stepping down from his role. Despite the defeat, McPherson said that she will now focus on the Liberals living up to \"the promises they made to Canadians,\" ensuring her party \"will do that.\" She is considered as a possible candidate in the 2026 New Democratic Party leadership election."}, {"text": "Gary Vidal (born in 1965) is a Canadian politician who represented the riding of Desneth\u00e9\u2014Missinippi\u2014Churchill River in the House of Commons of Canada from 2019 Canadian federal election until 2025. In April 2024, Vidal, whose electoral boundary changed due to his residence being shifted, announced that he would not run for re-election in the 45th Canadian Federal Election because he did not anticipate that his party would allow for an open nomination. Political career. Vidal previously served as mayor of Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan from 2011 until his resignation in April 2019. On April 23, 2024, Vidal announced that he will not seek re-election in the next federal election."}, {"text": "Maria Alexsandrovna Sechenova (Russian: M\u0430\u0440\u0438\u044f A\u043b\u0435\u043a\u0441\u0430\u043d\u0434\u0440\u043e\u0432\u043d\u0430 C\u0435\u0447\u0435\u043d\u043e\u0432\u0430; 1839\u20131929) was the first female ophthalmologist surgeon from the Russian Empire. She was one of the first women to receive an education from a foreign university and one of the first female doctors in Russia. Early life. Maria Alexsandrovna Sechenova was the daughter of Alexander Afnasevich Obruchev, a landowner of Tver Oblast and a famous army general in Russia. She was a sister of . To become independent and to attend university, she organized a dummy marriage in August 1861 to her parents' home teacher, medical student, P. I. Bokov, who later became a popular doctor in Moscow. In the mid-1860s, she fell in love and entered a real marriage with I. M. Sechenov. She was one of the first women to attend lecture in university in 1859. Prior, no woman tried to enter university. After her arranged marriage with Bokov, Sechenova and Nadezhda Suslova, the first Russian female to receive a doctoral degree, began studying at St. Petersburg. At the Medical and Surgical Academy, she studied anatomy under V. L. Gruber and physiology under I. M. Sechenov. Sechenova was one of the first students to work with I. M. Sechenov in his"}, {"text": "laboratory at the Medical and Surgical Academy. Over the summer of 1862, she took Sechenov's supplementary physiology course. After universities began preventing women from attending lectures, Sechenova was forced to leave the academy. In 1868, she moved to Switzerland to study at the University of Zurich and graduated in 1871 with doctoral dissertation \"On the doctrine of keratitis.\" Career. During the Franco-Prussian war (1870\u20131871), she worked voluntarily as a nurse of mercy in the French hospital of . After she returned to Russia, Sechenova began working in an eye disease clinic in Kiev. When women were banned from the university, before continuing her study, Sechenova conducted experiments and published them in the \"Medical Bulletin\". Before leaving Europe and returning to Russia, she published the study, \u201cA way to produce artificial color blindness\u201d, under Sechenov's guidance. Upon her return to Russia, she practiced medicine at home. Later, due to the lack of opportunities to work as an eye surgeon, Sechenova became more engaged with literary and natural sciences. She is the translator of Bram's \"Animal Life\". Popular culture. N. G. Chernyshevsky wrote \"What is to be done?,\" a famous novel that features Vera Pavlovna, a character based on Sechenova. At the"}, {"text": "beginning of his novel, Chernyshevsky notes, \u201c... all the essential in my story are facts experiences by my good friends.\u201d (Kirsanov - Sechenov, Vera Pavlovna - Maria Alexandrovna, Lopukhov - Bokov)."}, {"text": "The Face in the Night is a 1924 thriller novel by the British writer Edgar Wallace. Film adaptation. In 1960 it was turned into the film \"The Malpas Mystery\", directed by Sidney Hayers as part of a long-running series of Wallace films made at Merton Park Studios."}, {"text": "C'est la Vie is the second album by Minneapolis alternative rock band Polara, and their first for Interscope Records. The group was founded and led by musician and producer Ed Ackerson after the breakup of his previous band, the 27 Various, with guitarist Jennifer Jurgens, bassist Jason Orris, and Trip Shakespeare's Matt Wilson on drums. The new group continued his interest in 1960s mod-rock and Syd Barrett-style psychedelia and added a heavy element of Krautrock-inspired electronics and keyboards. Critical acclaim for Polara's 1995 self-titled debut album led to a bidding war by several major labels; Polara eventually signed to Interscope Records, with Peter Anderson replacing Wilson on drums. The album was recorded in 1996 in sporadic sessions in between tours. Though Ackerson produced most of \"C'est La Vie\" himself, the band also worked with prominent producers Alan Moulder (Smashing Pumpkins), Sean Slade, and Paul Q. Kolderie on several tracks. Completing the album took longer than anticipated, so the band released an EP, \"Pantomime\", in November 1996 before the full-length was ready the following April. Ackerson took a holistic approach to making music, viewing composition, performance, recording and post-production all as steps in a single process of creating a song. He"}, {"text": "told an interviewer in \"Guitar Player\" magazine, \"It's all part of the same thing\u2014amps, guitars, effects. You're playing it all.\" Ackerson believed that constant experimentation with new sounds was at the heart of his songwriting approach with Polara, which he stated \"would never make the same record twice.\" In contrast to \"Polara\", his intention on \"C'est la Vie\" was to play more straightforward rock. \"The first album had no lead (guitar parts), and that was very deliberate. I was kind of politicized about it. But when we started to get this record together I realized that I am a rock guitar player, and we felt like making a record more related to rock.\" Reception. The album was well received by critics. Los Angeles Times pop-music critic Robert Hilburn called it \"a work for all rock eras, a collection of exceptionally accessible tunes combining the memorable melodic hooks found in the best classic rock with the attitude and bite of the most polished '90s alternative rock\" such as Smashing Pumpkins and Oasis. Alec Foege of \"Rolling Stone\" said that Polara was \"one of the first indie bands to have computerization as second nature \u2026 seething with textured noise samples and programmed"}, {"text": "atmospheric squiggles.\" He called the band's approach more than just a novelty, but \"a genuine glimpse at mainstream rock's plausible near future.\" \"Trouser Press\" writer Ira Robbins described the record as similar in concept to Polara's previous album: \"psychedelic distortion, wild sound for the hell of it, crossed with tuneful songwriting and innocently cryptic lyrics.\" Ned Raggett of \"Allmusic\" compared the album to Spiritualized and Oasis, and called it \"a partially over-the-top but still enjoyable hour's worth of songs.\""}, {"text": "Cinnamon Peak is a mountain summit located in the northwestern part of Mount Robson Provincial Park, in the Canadian Rockies of British Columbia, Canada. It is situated immediately north of the confluence of the Robson River and the Fraser River, and is visible from the Yellowhead Highway near the park's visitor centre. The peak was labelled \"Little Grizzly\" on Arthur Oliver Wheeler's 1911 topographic map of Mount Robson. He thought it appeared similar to Mount Grizzly in the Selkirk Mountains, but the name was later changed to Cinnamon, which is the coloration of the peak and the Cinnamon bear, which can be easily mistaken for a grizzly bear. \"Little Grizzly\" is a colloquial term for the black bear, Ursus americanus. Eastern populations are typically black in color, however western populations can be cinnamon colored. The mountain's toponym was officially adopted in 1951 by the Geographical Names Board of Canada. The nearest higher peak is Whitehorn Mountain, to the north. Climate. Based on the K\u00f6ppen climate classification, Cinnamon Peak is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers. Temperatures in winter can drop below \u221220 \u00b0C with wind chill factors below \u221230 \u00b0C. This climate supports"}, {"text": "an unnamed glacier on the northeast slope of the mountain. The months June through September usually offer the most favorable weather to view or climb the peak. Precipitation runoff from Cinnamon Peak drains into Swiftcurrent Creek and the Robson River, both of which are tributaries of the Fraser River."}, {"text": "Dan Mazier (born 1963 or 1964) is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent the riding of Dauphin\u2014Swan River\u2014Neepawa in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2019 Canadian federal election. He was previously the president of Keystone Agricultural Producers. Background. In 2018 Mazier stepped down as President of Manitoba's largest general farm organization, Keystone Agricultural Produces (KAP), to seek the federal nomination for the Conservative Party of Canada in the constituency of Dauphin-Swan River-Neepawa. He successfully became the party's candidate and went on to win a seat in the House of Commons in the 2019 election with the largest number of votes in the constituency's history. Mazier's victory was attributed to his focus on rural Canada and focusing on policies that impacted rural Canadians most. This included his focus on improving rural connectivity with better internet and cell phone service and supporting seniors and families living on fixed-incomes. 43rd Parliament. After being sworn in to office, Mazier was named as the Deputy Shadow Minister for Environment and Climate Change by then leader, Andrew Scheer. Mazier focused on bringing a rural lens to environmental policy and strongly opposed a one-size-fits-all approach that he claimed disproportionally impacted rural Canadians."}, {"text": "This included his strong opposition to Justin Trudeau's carbon tax and his support for environmental policies that empowered farmers, ranchers, and landowners to participate in ecological goods and services programs. In 2020, Mazier was appointed to sit on the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans by newly elected leader, Erin O'Toole. Bill C-299 (An Act to Amend the Telecommunications Act). In 2021, Mazier made national headlines when he introduced his Private Members Bill, C-299 (An Act to Amend the Telecommunications Act) in Parliament. Bill C-299 was spearheaded by Mazier to tackle misleading speed claims by Canadian internet companies. His legislation received much support from high-profile advocacy organizations who agreed with his notion that too many Canadians in rural Canada were paying high prices for speeds that were nowhere near what consumers signed up for. Mazier also spent his time in the 43rd Parliament focusing on addressing rural crime. He stated that too many Canadians in rural regions are taken advantage of by criminals because of the well-known lack of response time for emergency services. In spring of 2021 his constituents supported his work on this file when he seconded Bill C-289 in the House of Commons. Bill C-289 would have"}, {"text": "amended the Criminal Code to toughen measures for criminals who victimize rural Canadians by creating an aggravating factor at sentencing for targeting people and property that are vulnerable due to remoteness from emergency medical or police service."}, {"text": "Goodbye Tiger is the fourth studio album by Australian rock music singer-songwriter, Richard Clapton. It was released in October 1977 via Infinity Records/Festival Records and was produced by Richard Batchens. It peaked at No. 11 on the Kent Music Report Albums Chart. It was the final studio album he recorded for Infinity Records and the last produced by Batchens. In October 2010 it was listed at No. 15 in the book, \"100 Best Australian Albums\". Background. Australian singer-songwriter-guitarist, Richard Clapton, started writing tracks for his fourth studio album after he and a group of friends were at Sydney Town Hall to see American journalist, Hunter S. Thompson, in October 1976. Clapton was referred to as \"Tiger\" by \"[his] 'beat poet' buddies.\" They got drunk and the binge continued until he got on a flight to Germany before crashing out at a friend's place in Frankfurt. He wrote the title track at that friend's apartment and later recalled, \"It was the only time I've ever written a song and then not gone back and changed a word. It seemed like it had been the end of our innocence or something.\"<ref name=\"worst/ref\"></ref> He was later snowed in at a resort in Denmark,"}, {"text": "where there was a blizzard and they were trapped, \"but we had enough beer so it didn't really matter.\" It was there that he wrote most of \"Goodbye Tiger\", Clapton's backing band for the album was: Gunther Gorman on guitar, Michael Hegerty on bass guitar (ex-Stars), Kirk Lorange on lead guitar, Diane McLennan on backing vocals, Cleis Pearce on viola (ex-MacKenzie Theory) and Greg Sheehan on drums (ex-Blackfeather, MacKenzie Theory). Additional musicians on some tracks included Tony Ansell on keyboards, Tony Buchanan on saxophone and Jim Penson on drums. Clapton has said that working on the album was the worst year of his life, \"but I guess that's the record I will always be remembered for.\" During 1978 he toured nationally in support of its release with Ansell, Hegerty, Lorange, McLennan and Sheehan. Reception. Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, described \"Goodbye Tiger\" as, \"his most celebrated work, an album full of rich, melodic and accessible rock with a distinctly Australian flavour. It established Clapton's reputation as one of the most important Australian songwriters of the 1970s.\" Australian rock music historian, Chris Spencer, explained why it is one of his favourites, \"[It] represents one of the pinnacles of Australian rock music. Clapton,"}, {"text": "essentially a singer-songwriter, working within the security of numerous band line-ups, wrote his best lyrics on this album. He never reached the same heights again, particularly with his melodies, visions and observations of urban Australia.\" In October 2010 it was listed at No. 15 in the book, \"100 Best Australian Albums\". The writers and music journalists, Toby Creswell, Craig Mathieson and John O'Donnell, described how, \"Strangely, all the songs were about Australia...\" despite being written while he was in Europe. They noticed that Clapton's work with Batchens, \"was fraught with suspicion and hostility.\" While \"The overriding mood of the album is edgy; like a hangover... All of the songs amplify the themes of the key songs 'Deep Water', 'Down in the Lucky Country' and the title song.\""}, {"text": "Lianne Rood (born ) is a Canadian politician. She was elected to represent the riding of Middlesex\u2014London in the House of Commons for the Conservative Party of Canada."}, {"text": "The 2019 Catalan general strike, also known as 18-O, was a general strike held by Catalan separatists on 18 October 2019, on the fifth night of the 2019 protests following the verdict against Catalonia independence leaders for their participation in a referendum on independence two years earlier. Strikes for political reasons are not allowed by Spanish law. The main labor unions in the country, UGT and CCOO, did not participate."}, {"text": "Michael J. \"Mike\" Kelloway (born September 9, 1970) is a Canadian politician who has been a Liberal Party member of the House of Commons of Canada since the 2019 Canadian federal election."}, {"text": "Jaime Y. Battiste (born October 18, 1979) is a Canadian politician who has been a member of the House of Commons of Canada as a member of the Liberal Party since 2019. A member of the Eskasoni First Nation, he is the first Mi'kmaw member of Parliament (MP) in Canada. Background. Battiste is the son of Chickasaw legal scholar James (S\u00e1k\u00e9j) Youngblood Henderson and Mi\ua78ckmaq scholar Marie Battiste, both recipients of Indspire Awards. He is a member of the Eskasoni First Nation. Battiste spent his formative years in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, graduating from Evan Hardy Collegiate in 1997. He holds a degree in Mi\u2019kmaq studies from Cape Breton University and a Juris Doctor from the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University. From 2005 to 2006, Battiste served as co-chair of the Assembly of First Nations National Youth Council. He is also a former AFN regional chief. Battiste was a member of the Content Advisory Committee for the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. Battiste was responsible for negotiating the memorandum of understanding that established treaty education in Nova Scotia. Political career. In April 2019, Battiste announced he was seeking the Liberal nomination in Sydney\u2014Victoria for the 2019 federal election. He won"}, {"text": "the nomination on July 13, 2019. He faced calls for his removal as a candidate after controversial social media posts came to light. On October 21, 2019, Battiste was elected as the member of Parliament (MP) in Sydney\u2014Victoria becoming the first Mi'kmaq MP. Battiste was elected as chair of Liberal Indigenous Caucus in 2019 and has focused on increasing investment in Indigenous communities, in addition to the continued advancement of reconciliation. Battiste has focused on environmental advocacy, with the passage of a private member\u2019s motion, M-35. On December 3, 2021, Battiste was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations. During his second term, Battiste has advocated for the elimination of the Second Generation Cut-Off under the Indian Act. In a press conference in September 2024, Battiste described Atlantic Canadians as \"progressive ... kind of meat and potatoes, fisheries, EI kind of folks\" after he was asked about the declining poll numbers for the Liberal Party. He later apologized for his remarks in a post on social media. Battiste won re-election in the 2025 Canadian federal election in the riding of Cape Breton\u2014Canso\u2014Antigonish, defeating former deputy premier Allan MacMaster. Battiste entered the 2025 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election,"}, {"text": "becoming the first Indigenous person to run for leader of the party. He announced his intention to run on January 13 and his registration was approved by the party's leadership vote committee. On January 30, he withdrew and endorsed former Bank of Canada and Bank of England governor Mark Carney. On June 5, 2025 Prime Minister Mark Carney appointed Battiste as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations. Awards and recognition. In 2017, Battiste was awarded the Sovereign's Medal for Volunteers. As a musician, his band, 2nd Generation, has been nominated for multiple awards and won an East Coast Music Award in 2024."}, {"text": "Kody Blois (born January 17, 1991) is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent the riding of Kings\u2014Hants in the House of Commons as a member of the Liberal Party in the 2019 Canadian federal election. After Mark Carney became Prime Minister, Blois became the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Rural Economic Development in March 2025, and was dropped from the ministry on May 13, 2025, due to the cabinet reshuffle. Early life and education. Blois grew up in Belnan, Nova Scotia, in Hants County. He played ice hockey and was a draft pick for the Halifax Mooseheads. Blois was educated at Saint Mary's University in Halifax, graduating with an undergraduate degree in commerce. He went on to earn his Juris Doctor at Dalhousie University in 2018. Federal politics. Blois was elected to represent the riding of Kings\u2014Hants in the House of Commons as a member of the Liberal Party in the 2019 Canadian federal election. In May 2022, Blois was the only Liberal MP to support the opposition motion Bill C-234, which sought to amend the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act by exempting natural gas and propane used by farmers to dry grain and heat barns from"}, {"text": "the federal carbon tax. After Mark Carney became Prime Minister, Blois became the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Rural Economic Development in March 2025. Blois was reelected in the 2025 federal election on April 28, 2025 and dropped from the 30th Canadian Ministry on May 13, 2025, due to the cabinet reshuffle."}, {"text": "Ganot may refer to:"}, {"text": "Mumilaaq Qaqqaq (; born 4 November 1993; formerly known as Trina Qaqqaq) is a Canadian activist and former politician who served as the member of Parliament (MP) for Nunavut in the House of Commons from 2019 to 2021. Elected in the 2019 Canadian federal election, Qaqqaq was the first member of the New Democratic Party (NDP) to represent Nunavut since the creation of the territory in 1999; Peter Ittinuar (MP for Nunatsiaq) had previously represented what is now Nunavut as an NDP member until switching affiliation to the Liberal Party in 1982. During her tenure, she was the only non-Liberal MP from Northern Canada. Early life and personal life. Qaqqaq was born in Baker Lake, Northwest Territories, and later moved to Iqaluit. She was formerly known as Trina Qaqqaq, but later on adopted Mumilaaq, a moniker given by her father. Mumilaaq means \"dancing little one\" in Inuktitut; Qaqqaq stated she adopted the name to reclaim her culture. Qaqqaq moved to Ottawa in 2011 to study for business administration at Algonquin College. She played ice hockey and competed in 2012 Arctic Winter Games. Later, in 2016, she obtained her diploma in business administration program from Sir Sandford Fleming College in Peterborough,"}, {"text": "Ontario. Before her election to Parliament, she was a facilitator, public speaker, and volunteer, best known for a speech she made in the House of Commons on International Women's Day in 2017. Qaqqaq's speech was a part of Daughters of the Vote, a program that brings young women to the House of Commons to speak about their visions for their country and home community. Qaqqaq's speech, in which she spoke about the high rates of Inuit suicide, drew two standing ovations. She worked as an employment officer with Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated, and as a wellness program specialist with the health department of the Government of Nunavut. She has held positions with Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, working with Susan Aglukark in the Arctic Rose Foundation, and with Northern Youth Abroad. On 23 October 2020, Qaqqaq announced she would be stepping aside for at least eight weeks for what she described as \"personal health problems\" based on advice from her doctor. Qaqqaq returned on 5 January 2021 citing \"extreme burnout, depression, and anxiety\" as the reason for her leave. Before her leave, she went on a three-week tour of the territory in a review of the housing situation Nunavummiut faced. Political career. Qaqqaq"}, {"text": "was approached by the NDP to contest the 2019 Canadian federal election in Nunavut, and accepted their nomination in September 2019. Qaqqaq's Conservative opponent in this race, Leona Aglukkaq, was the MP for Nunavut from 2008 to 2015, winning the seat in both the 2008 and the 2011 federal elections. Aglukkaq had held four ministerial portfolios under Stephen Harper, including Minister of Health and Minister of the Environment. The Liberal incumbent, Hunter Tootoo, had been Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard from 2015 to 2016. Tootoo announced in July 2019 that he would not seek re-election, after resigning from the Liberal Party caucus and the cabinet in 2016. Instead, the Liberal Party nominated Megan Pizzo Lyall, producing a noteworthy race in which the three major party nominees were all Inuit women. Qaqqaq's age at the time of her election, 25, was almost identical to the average age in Nunavut of 24.7. This was viewed as an asset in her election, and Qaqqaq emphasized the contrast between her recent entrance into federal politics and the Liberal and Conservative parties' histories of representing Nunavut. During the campaign Qaqqaq's stated priorities were to reduce Nunavut's suicide rate, increase access to"}, {"text": "housing, and ensure food security in Nunavut. Qaqqaq's most recent initiative has been her emphasis on the effects of climate change, including mentioning unpredictable temperatures that cause strain on animal populations and create hazardous conditions for hunters. Qaqqaq was also named critic for Northern affairs and the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency, also known as CanNor. The agency oversees the development of businesses, skills, and community infrastructure, and has a hand in resource development in the North. On 19 April 2021, Qaqqaq claimed that Labrador MP Yvonne Jones was \"not an Inuk,\" and southern Labrador is \"not an Inuit region\". Jones dismissed Qaqqaq's comments as \"immature and na\u00efve\". Qaqqaq later issued an email statement apologizing \"for how I handled the situation\". On 20 May, Qaqqaq announced that she would not seek re-election at the 2021 Canadian federal election. On 15 June, she gave a farewell speech explaining her actions such as her anger at her racist mistreatment by Parliament security and more importantly her frustrations about she felt she was accomplishing little against what she considered racist indifference to the serious social problems her constituents were enduring by the government who was performing the bare minimum in response and expecting"}, {"text": "praise for that. At a press conference on 8 July, Qaqqaq and fellow NDP MP Charlie Angus called on Justice Minister David Lametti to investigate \"crimes against humanity,\" referring to the sexual and physical abuse of Indigenous children under the residential and day school system. They called on Lametti to appoint a special prosecutor specializing in cases of child abuse. They held portraits of two clerics involved in multiple cases of crimes against children, including that of Johannes Rivoire, whom France was refusing to extradite to face charges in Canada. Qaqqaq was succeeded by Lori Idlout in the 2021 election."}, {"text": "Sophia Y. Vuelo (born Yeu Vue) is a Hmong-American judge for the Second Judicial District in Ramsey County, Minnesota. She was appointed by Democratic governor Mark Dayton on November 30, 2017, to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Margaret M. Marrinan. Early life and education. Vuelo was born in Laos. Her father had been killed in combat prior to her birth. With her mother and siblings, she immigrated to Eau Claire, Wisconsin, where she attended Memorial High School, where she was senior class president in 1990. Her name was formerly Yeu Vue; she changed her first name to Sophia because her Hmong name was mispronounced, and when she married, joined her husband's last name, Lo, to hers to form Vuelo. Vuelo earned a BA in history in 1995 from the University of Minnesota, and a J.D. from the Hamline University School of Law. Career. Vuelo has worked as an assistant city attorney in Rochester, Minnesota, managing attorney and case manager at Catholic Charities, and assistant public defender and special assistant attorney in Ramsey County, Minnesota. She then ran her own law firm, dealing with juvenile detention, family and criminal cases, before being appointed a judge on the"}, {"text": "Ramsey County District Court in November 2017. She was sworn on January 4, 2018, becoming the first Hmong-American judge in Minnesota, and reportedly the third in the U.S."}, {"text": "Doug Shipley (born June 10, 1966) is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent the riding of Barrie\u2014Springwater\u2014Oro-Medonte in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2019 Canadian federal election. He previously served on the Barrie City Council for Ward 3 from 2010 to 2019. Political career. Municipal politics. Shipley is a former city councillor for the Barrie City Council from 2010-2019. While serving as Councillor for Ward 3, Shipley served as Chair of Finance and Corporate Services, Chair of Infrastructure, Investment and Development Services Committee, and Deputy Chair of the Barrie Police Services Board. He also sat on several committees, including the Barrie and Area Physician Recruitment Task Force. Federal Politics. Shipley was first elected to represent the riding of Barrie-Springwater-Oro-Medonte in the House of Commons in the 2019 Canadian federal election. Shipley was re-elected to represent the same riding at the 44th Canadian Parliament. On September 12, 2022 Shipley was appointed Associate Shadow Minister for Public Safety by Conservative Party of Canada leader Pierre Poilievre. Shipley currently serves as the Vice Chair of the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security. Shipley has served on the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security since"}, {"text": "December 7, 2021. Previously, Shipley also served on the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities and was appointed Deputy Shadow Minister of Housing and Diversity and Inclusion by the previous Conservative Party of Canada leader Erin O'Toole."}, {"text": "18O or \"variant\", may refer to:"}, {"text": "David A. Epp (born June 10, 1962) is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent the riding of Chatham-Kent\u2014Leamington in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2019 Canadian federal election. He is a farmer in Leamington, Ontario."}, {"text": "Archeorhinotermes is an extinct genus of termites in the family Archeorhinotermitidae, and is the sole genus of the family. There is one described species in \"Archeorhinotermes\", \"A. rossi\". It was discovered in Burmese amber."}, {"text": "Alex Ruff (born 1974) is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent the riding of Bruce\u2014Grey\u2014Owen Sound in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2019 federal election and re-elected in both the 2021 Canadian federal election and 2025 Canadian federal election. He is a retired Colonel in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF). Background and education. Ruff grew up on a farm just outside of Tara, ON the eldest of five boys. He attended Arran-Tara Elementary School and Chesley District High School. Ruff graduated from the Royal Military College of Canada in 1997 with an honours degree in space science. Military career. As an infantry officer within The Royal Canadian Regiment and throughout his 25-year career, Ruff was posted to Garrison Petawawa, Kingston, CFB Gagetown, Canadian Forces College in Toronto, and to Canadian Special Operations Forces Command headquarters and Canadian Joint Operations Command both of which are in Ottawa. He had six operational deployments: Operation Recuperation (ice storm in eastern Ontario/western Quebec, 1998), twice as part of the Stabilisation Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina - Operation Palladium (Bosnia, 1998\u201399 and 2001), two tours in Afghanistan, first on Operation Athena (Kandahar, Afghanistan in 2007 and then on Operation Attention"}, {"text": "in Kabul, Afghanistan in 2012) and most recently as part of Combined Joint Task Force \u2013 Operation Inherent Resolve (Baghdad, Iraq in 2018\u201319). He retired from the CAF in early 2019. Federal politics. In April 2019, Ruff won the Conservative nomination for the riding of Bruce\u2014Grey\u2014Owen Sound for the 2019 federal election following the retirement of Larry Miller. He was elected as a Member of Parliament on October 21, 2019. He was a member of the Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs from February to August 2020. On September 02, 2020, he was appointed to the Conservative Party House Leadership team by Erin O\u2019Toole as the Deputy Opposition Whip. He served in this role until November 2021. On September 20, 2021, he was re-elected as the MP for Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound. From December 9, 2021 until June 2022, he sat on the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities (HUMA) and from December 13, 2021 until June 2022, he was a member on the Special Committee on Afghanistan (AFGH). Since June 2022, he has been a member of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians. On April 28, 2025, he was re-elected"}, {"text": "again."}, {"text": "Terry Dowdall (born 1964 or 1965) is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent the riding of Simcoe\u2014Grey in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2019 Canadian federal election. He is a former mayor of Essa, Ontario."}]