[{"text": "The 2024 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday, 4 July 2024 to elect all 650 members of the House of Commons. The opposition Labour Party, led by Keir Starmer, won a landslide victory over the governing Conservative Party under Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, ending 14 years of Conservative government. Labour secured 411 seats and a 174-seat majority, the third-best showing in the party's history and its best since 2001. The party's vote share was 33.7%, the lowest of any majority party on record, making this the least proportional general election in British history. They became the largest party in England, Scotland and Wales. The Conservatives suffered their worst-ever defeat, winning 121 seats with 23.7% of the vote and losing 251 seats, including those of the former prime minister Liz Truss and 12 Cabinet ministers. Smaller parties saw record support, with 42.6% of the total vote. The Liberal Democrats, led by Ed Davey, became the third-largest party with 72 seats, their best modern result. Reform UK, led by Nigel Farage, won five seats and 14.3% of the vote, the third-highest vote share, and the Green Party won four seats. For both parties this was their best parliamentary result to"}, {"text": "date. In Scotland the Scottish National Party dropped from 48 to 9 seats, losing its status as Scotland's largest party. In Wales Plaid Cymru won four seats. In Northern Ireland, which has a distinct set of political parties, Sinn F\u00e9in retained seven seats; the first election in which an Irish nationalist party won the most seats in Northern Ireland. The Democratic Unionist Party dropped from 8 to 5 seats. Campaign issues included the economy, healthcare, housing, energy and immigration. There was relatively little discussion of Brexit, which was a major issue during the 2019 general election. This was the first general election under the Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022, the first with photo identification required to vote in Great Britain, and the first fought using the new constituency boundaries implemented following the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies. Background. Political background of the Conservatives before the election. The Conservative Party under Boris Johnson won a large majority at the 2019 general election and the new government passed the Brexit withdrawal agreement. The COVID-19 pandemic saw the government institute extensive public health restrictions, including limitations on social interaction, that Johnson and some of his staff were later found to have"}, {"text": "broken. The resulting political scandal (Partygate), one of many during Johnson's premiership, saw the Conservatives lose their poll lead. These scandals culminated in the resignation of over 50 ministers from the Government following allegations of sexual misconduct against a government minister. Johnson resigned as prime minister in July 2022. He resigned as an MP the following year, after an investigation unanimously found that he had lied to Parliament. Liz Truss won the resultant leadership election and succeeded Johnson in September. Truss announced large-scale tax cuts and borrowing in a mini-budget on 23 September, although many of its measures were reversed following financial instability. She resigned in October, making her the shortest-serving prime minister in British history, and was succeeded unopposed by Rishi Sunak. During his premiership, Sunak was credited with improving the economy and stabilising national politics following the premierships of his predecessors, although many of his pledges and policy announcements ultimately went unfulfilled. He did not avert further unpopularity for the Conservatives who, by the time of Sunak's election, had been in government for 12 years. Public opinion in favour of a change in government was reflected in the Conservatives' poor performance at the 2022, 2023 and 2024 local"}, {"text": "elections. Political background of other parties before the election. Keir Starmer won the Labour Party's 2020 leadership election, succeeding Jeremy Corbyn. Under his leadership, Starmer repositioned the party away from the left and toward the political centre, and emphasised the elimination of antisemitism within the party. Starmer's leading his party rightward in order to improve its electability has been widely compared to Tony Blair's development of New Labour in the 1990s. The political turmoil from the Conservative scandals and government crises led to Labour having a significant lead in polling over the Conservatives, often by very wide margins, since late 2021, coinciding with the start of the Partygate scandal. Labour made gains in local elections: in the 2023 local elections, Labour gained more than 500 councillors and 22 councils, becoming the largest party in local government for the first time since 2002. Ed Davey, who previously served in the Cameron\u2013Clegg coalition, won the Liberal Democrats' 2020 leadership election, succeeding Jo Swinson, who lost her seat in the previous general election. Davey prioritised defeating the Conservatives and ruled out working with them following the election. The Liberal Democrats made gains in local elections: in the 2024 local elections, the Liberal Democrats"}, {"text": "finished second for the first time in a local election cycle since 2009. Like the Conservatives, the Scottish National Party (SNP) suffered political turmoil and saw a decrease in their popularity in opinion polling, with multiple party leaders and First Ministers (Nicola Sturgeon, Humza Yousaf and John Swinney) and the Operation Branchform police investigation. Sturgeon claimed occupational burnout was the reason for her resignation, while Yousaf resigned amid a government crisis following his termination of a power-sharing agreement with the Scottish Greens. When Swinney assumed the leadership after being elected unopposed to succeed Yousaf, the SNP had been in government for 17 years. Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay took over leadership of the Green Party of England and Wales from Si\u00e2n Berry and Jonathan Bartley in 2021. Rhun ap Iorwerth took over leadership of Plaid Cymru. The Brexit Party rebranded as Reform UK, and was initially led by Richard Tice in the years preceding the election before Nigel Farage resumed leadership during the election campaign. Edwin Poots took over as the Democratic Unionist Party leader in May 2021 but lasted only 20 days. He was replaced by Jeffrey Donaldson, who resigned in March 2024 after being arrested on charges relating"}, {"text": "to historical sex offences. He appeared in court on 3 July, the day before polling day, to face additional sex offence charges. Gavin Robinson initially took over as interim leader, and then became the permanent leader in May. New political parties who made their campaign debuts in this election included the Alba Party, led by former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond, and the Workers Party of Britain, led by anti-war activist George Galloway, who won the 2024 Rochdale by-election in a political upset three months before the election was called \u2013 advertising himself as a protest candidate against Labour's stance on the Gaza war and appealing to the constituency's sizeable Muslim population. Date of the election. Originally, the next election was scheduled to take place on 2 May 2024 under the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011. At the 2019 general election, in which the Conservatives won a majority of 80 seats, the party's manifesto contained a commitment to repeal the Fixed-term Parliaments Act. In December 2020, the government duly published a draft Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 (Repeal) Bill, later retitled the Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022. This entered into force on 24 March 2022. Thus, the prime minister can"}, {"text": "again request the monarch to dissolve Parliament and call an early election with 25 working days' notice. Section 4 of the Act provided: \"If it has not been dissolved earlier, a Parliament dissolves at the beginning of the day that is the fifth anniversary of the day on which it first met\". The Electoral Commission confirmed that the 2019 Parliament would, therefore, have to be dissolved, at the latest, by 17 December 2024, and that the next general election had to take place no later than 28 January 2025. With no election date fixed in law, there was speculation as to when the prime minister, Rishi Sunak, would call an election. On 18 December 2023, Sunak told journalists that the election would take place in 2024 rather than January 2025. On 4 January, he first suggested the general election would probably be in the second half of 2024. Throughout 2024, political commentators and MPs expected the election to be held in the autumn. On 22 May 2024, following much speculation through the day (including being asked about it by Stephen Flynn at Prime Minister's Questions), Sunak officially announced the election would be held on 4 July with the dissolution of"}, {"text": "the Parliament on 30 May. The deadline for candidate nominations was 7 June 2024, with political campaigning for four weeks until polling day on 4 July. On the day of the election, polling stations across the country were open from 7 am, and closed at 10 pm. The date chosen for the 2024 general election made it the first to be held in July since the 1945 general election almost exactly seventy-nine years earlier. A total of 4,515 candidates were nominated, more than in any previous general election. Electoral system. General elections in the United Kingdom are organised using first-past-the-post voting. The Conservative Party, which won a majority at the 2019 general election, included pledges in its manifesto to remove the 15-year limit on voting for British citizens living abroad, and to introduce a voter identification requirement in Great Britain. These changes were included in the Elections Act 2022. Boundary reviews. The Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which proposed reducing the number of constituencies from 650 to 600, commenced in 2011 but was paused in January 2013. Following the 2015 general election, each of the four parliamentary boundary commissions of the United Kingdom recommenced their review process in April 2016."}, {"text": "The four commissions submitted their final recommendations to the Secretary of State on 5 September 2018 and made their reports public a week later. However, the proposals were never put forward for approval before the calling of the general election held on 12 December 2019, and in December 2020 the reviews were formally abandoned under the Schedule to the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 2020. A projection by psephologists Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher of how the 2017 votes would have translated to seats under the 2018 boundaries suggested the changes would have been beneficial to the Conservatives and detrimental to Labour. In March 2020, Cabinet Office minister Chloe Smith confirmed that the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies would be based on retaining 650 seats. The previous relevant legislation was amended by the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 2020 and the four boundary commissions formally launched their 2023 reviews on 5 January 2021. They were required to issue their final reports prior to 1 July 2023. Once the reports had been laid before Parliament, Orders in Council giving effect to the final proposals had to be made within four months, unless \"there are exceptional circumstances\". Prior to the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 2020, boundary changes"}, {"text": "could not be implemented until they were approved by both Houses of Parliament. The boundary changes were approved at a meeting of the Privy Council on 15 November 2023 and came into force on 29 November 2023, meaning that the election was contested on these new boundaries. Notional 2019 results. The election was contested under new constituency boundaries established by the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies. Consequently, media outlets reported seat gains and losses as compared to notional results. These are estimates of the results if all votes cast in 2019 were unchanged, but regrouped by the new constituency boundaries. Since notional results in the vote counts at parliamentary elections in the UK do not yield figures at any level more specific than that of the whole constituency, it is only possible to estimate the notional results, with the assistance of local election results. In England, seats were redistributed towards Southern England, away from Northern England, due to the different rates of population growth. North West England and North East England lost two seats each, whereas South East England gained seven and South West England gained three. Based on historical voting patterns, this was expected to help the Conservatives. Using"}, {"text": "the new boundaries, different parties would have won several constituencies with unchanged names but changed boundaries from the 2019 election. For example, the Conservatives would have won Wirral West and Leeds North West instead of the Labour Party, but Labour would have won Pudsey and Heywood & Middleton instead of the Conservatives. Westmorland and Lonsdale, the constituency represented by former Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron, was notionally a Conservative seat. In Scotland, 57 MPs were elected, down from the 59 in 2019, with the following notional partisan composition of Scotland's parliamentary delegation. The Scottish National Party would have remained steady on 48 seats despite two of its constituencies being dissolved. The Scottish Conservatives' seat count of six would likewise remained unchanged. Scottish Labour would have retained Edinburgh South, the sole constituency they won in 2019. Had the 2019 general election occurred with the new boundaries in effect, the Scottish Liberal Democrats would have only won two seats (Edinburgh West and Orkney and Shetland), instead of the four they did win that year, as the expanded electorates in the other two would overcome their slender majorities. Under the new boundaries, Wales lost eight seats, electing 32 MPs instead of the 40"}, {"text": "it elected in 2019. Welsh Labour would have won 18 instead of the 22 MPs it elected in 2019, and the Welsh Conservatives 12 instead of 14. Due to the abolition and merging of rural constituencies in West Wales, Plaid Cymru would have only won two seats instead of four. Nonetheless, the boundary changes were expected to cause difficulty for the Conservatives as more pro-Labour areas were added to some of their strongest seats. In Northern Ireland, the notional results are identical to the actual results of the 2019 general election in Northern Ireland. Campaign. Overview. Labour entered the election with a large lead over the Conservatives in opinion polls, and the potential scale of the party's victory was a topic of discussion during the campaign period. The economy, healthcare, education, infrastructure development, environment, housing, energy, and immigration, and standards in public office were main campaign topics. The Conservative campaign led by Rishi Sunak focused primarily on attacks towards Labour over alleged tax plans including a \u2013 robustly disputed \u2013 claim that Labour would cost households \u00a32,000 more in tax. Keir Starmer used the word \"change\" as his campaign slogan and offered voters the chance to \"turn the page\" by"}, {"text": "voting Labour. The Liberal Democrat campaign led by Ed Davey was dominated by his campaign stunts, which were used to bring attention to campaign topics. When asked about these stunts, Davey said: \"Politicians need to take the concerns and interests of voters seriously but I'm not sure they need to take themselves seriously all the time and I'm quite happy to have some fun.\" Party manifesto and fiscal spending plans were independently analysed by the Institute for Fiscal Studies and their environmental policies were assessed by Friends of the Earth. Announcement. On the afternoon of 22 May 2024, Sunak announced that he had asked the King to call a general election for 4 July 2024, surprising his own MPs. Though Sunak had the option to wait until December 2024 to call the election, he said that he decided on the date because he believed that the economy was improving, and that \"falling inflation and net migration figures would reinforce the Conservative Party's election message of 'sticking to the plan'\". The calling of the election was welcomed by all major parties. Sunak's announcement took place during heavy rain at a lectern outside 10 Downing Street, without the use of any shelter"}, {"text": "from the downpour. The D:Ream song \"\" (previously used by the Labour Party in its successful 1997 general election campaign) was being played loudly in the background by the political activist Steve Bray as Sunak announced the date of the general election. This led to the song reaching number two on UK's iTunes Charts. 22\u201329 May. At the beginning of the campaign, Labour had a significant lead in polling over the Conservatives. Polling also showed Labour doing well against the Scottish National Party (SNP) in Scotland. When visiting Windermere, Davey fell off a paddleboard, while campaigning to highlight the issue of sewage discharges into rivers and lakes. A couple of days later, Davey won media attention when going down a Slip 'N Slide, while drawing attention to deteriorating mental health among children. On 23 May, Sunak said that before the election there would be no flights to Rwanda for those seeking asylum. Immigration figures were published for 2023 showing immigration remained at historically high levels, but had fallen compared to 2022. Nigel Farage announced that he would not be standing in the general election, preferring to focus on campaigning for the 2024 United States presidential election instead. However, Farage later"}, {"text": "announced on 3 June that, contrary to his statement earlier in the campaign, he would stand for Parliament in Clacton, and that he had resumed leadership of Reform UK, taking over from Richard Tice, who remained the party's chairman. Farage also predicted that Labour would win the election, whilst stating the Conservatives were incapable of being the Official Opposition due to having spent \"much of the last five years fighting each other rather than fighting for the interests of this country.\" Also on 23 May, Davey launched the Liberal Democrat campaign in Cheltenham in Gloucestershire. The SNP campaign launch the same day was overshadowed by a dispute around leader John Swinney's support for embattled MSP Michael Matheson and developments in Operation Branchform, the investigation into potential misuse of campaign funds by Nicola Sturgeon and her husband. Starmer launched the Labour Party campaign in Gillingham at the Priestfield Stadium. On 24 May, the Conservatives proposed setting up a Royal Commission to consider a form of mandatory national service. It would be made up of two streams for 18-year-olds to choose from, either 'community volunteering' by volunteering with organisations such as the NHS, fire service, ambulance, search and rescue, and critical local"}, {"text": "infrastructure, or 'military training' in areas like logistics and cyber security. Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn announced on 24 May he was running as an independent in Islington North against a Labour candidate, and was thus expelled from the party. On 27 May, Starmer made a keynote speech on security and other issues. On 28 May, the Conservatives pledged a \"Triple Lock Plus\" where the personal income tax allowance for pensioners would always stay higher than the state pension. Davey went paddleboarding on Lake Windermere in the marginal constituency of Westmorland and Lonsdale, highlighting the release of sewage in waterways. He pledged to abolish Ofwat and introduce a new water regulator to tackle the situation, in addition to proposing a ban on bonuses for chief executives of water companies. Starmer was in West Sussex and emphasised his small town roots in his first big campaign speech. On 29 May, Labour's Wes Streeting promised a 18-week NHS waiting target within five years of a Labour government. Labour also pledged to double the number of NHS scanners in England. On the same day Starmer denied that Diane Abbott had been blocked as a candidate amid differing reports. Abbott had been elected as"}, {"text": "a Labour MP, but had been suspended from the parliamentary party for a brief period. There was controversy about further Labour Party candidate selections, with several candidates on the left of the party being excluded. Abbott said she had been barred from standing as a Labour Party candidate at the election, but Starmer later said she would be \"free\" to stand as a Labour candidate. 30 May \u2013 5 June. On 30 May, both the Conservatives and Labour ruled out any rise in value-added tax. The SNPs M\u00e0iri McAllan claimed that only the SNP offered Scotland a route back into the European Union, making Pro-Europeanism part of the party's campaign. Reform UK proposed an immigration tax on British firms who employ foreign workers. Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay launched the Green Party of England and Wales campaign in Bristol. Rhun ap Iorwerth launched the Plaid Cymru campaign in Bangor. George Galloway launched the Workers Party of Britain campaign in Ashton-under-Lyne. On 31 May, the Conservatives announced new \"pride in places\" pledges, including new rules to tackle anti-social behaviour, rolling out the hot-spot policing programme to more areas, and more town regeneration projects. The Conservatives also unveiled plans for fly-tippers to"}, {"text": "get points on their driving licences and other new measures to protect the environment. On 2 June, Labour pledged to reduce record high legal immigration to the United Kingdom by improving training for British workers. Net migration to the UK was 685,000 in 2023. Labour also focused on national security, with Starmer reaffirming his commitment to a \"nuclear deterrent triple lock\", including building four new nuclear submarines. A YouGov poll conducted on the same day put Labour on course for the party's biggest election victory in history, beating Tony Blair's 1997 landslide. On 4 June, Farage launched his campaign in Clacton. He predicted the previous day that Reform UK would be the Official Opposition following the election as opposed to the Conservatives, saying that the Conservatives are incapable of being the Opposition due to \"spending most of the last five years fighting each other rather than fighting for the interests of this country\". 6\u201312 June. On 6 June, the Green Party announced plans to invest an extra \u00a350 billion a year for the NHS by raising taxes on the top 1% of earners. The Conservatives announced a policy on expanding child benefit for higher-earners. Labour also announced communities will be"}, {"text": "given powers to transform derelict areas into parks and green spaces. Labour's countryside protection plan would also include the planting new national forests, taskforces for tree-planting and flood resilience, new river pathways, and a commitment to revive nature. Green spaces would be a requirement in the development of new housing and town plans. Both Sunak and Starmer attended D-Day commemorations in Normandy on 6 June, the 80th anniversary of Operation Neptune. Sunak was widely criticised for leaving events early to do an interview with ITV, including by veterans. Starmer met with Volodymyr Zelenskyy and King Charles III during the D-Day commemorations, and said that Sunak \"has to answer for his actions\". Sunak apologised the next day and apologised again on 10 June. He made a third apology on 12 June. Farage was among those critical of Sunak over his leaving the D-Day events, saying on 7 June that Sunak did not understand \"our culture\". Conservative and Labour politicians criticised these words as being a racist attack on Sunak, which Farage denied. On 10 June, Labour pledged 100,000 new childcare places and more than 3,000 new nurseries as part of its childcare plan. It also announced its Child Health Action Plan,"}, {"text": "which included providing every school with a qualified mental health counsellor, boosting preventative mental health services, transforming NHS dentistry, legislating for a progressive ban on smoking (a bill proposed by the Conservative government which had not passed before Parliament was prorogued), banning junk food advertising to children, and banning energy drinks for under 16s. Labour released its plan for small business on 8 June, which included pledges to \u2060replace the current business rates system and to tackle the skill shortage by creating a new public body, Skills England. They also pledged to \u2060revitalise Britain's high streets and a new trade strategy. The Liberal Democrat manifesto \"For a Fair Deal\" was released on 10 June, which included commitments on free personal care in England, investment in the NHS including more GPs, increased funding for education and childcare (including a tutoring guarantee for children from low-income families), increased funding for public services, tax reforms, reaching net zero by 2045 (5 years before the current government target of 2050), investing in green infrastructure, innovation, training and skills across the UK to boost economic growth, and removing the two-child limit on tax and benefits. The Liberal Democrats also offered a lifelong skills grant, giving"}, {"text": "adults \u00a35,000 to spend on improving their skills. The party wants electoral reform, and pledged to introduce proportional representation for electing MPs, and local councillors in England, and cap donations to political parties. Sunak released the Conservative manifesto \"Clear Plan. Bold Action. Secure Future.\" on 11 June, addressing the economy, taxes, welfare, expanding free childcare, education, healthcare, environment, energy, transport, community, and crime. They pledged to lower taxes, increase education and NHS spending, deliver 92,000 more nurses and 28,000 more doctors, introduce a new model of National Service, continue to expand apprenticeships and vocational training, simplify the planning system to speed up infrastructure projects (digital, transport and energy), and to treble Britain's offshore wind capacity and support solar energy. The manifesto includes a pledge to abolish Stamp Duty on homes worth up to \u00a3425,000 for first time buyers and expand the Help to Buy scheme. The Conservatives also pledged a recruitment of 8,000 new police officers and a rollout of facial recognition technology. Much of what has been proposed is already incorporated in the 2023 and 2024 budget. Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay released the Green Party's manifesto \"Real Hope. Real Change.\" on 12 June, which pledged more taxes on"}, {"text": "the highest earners, generating \u00a370 billion a year to help tackle climate change and the NHS. They also pledged increased spending for public services, free personal care in England, renationalisation of railway, water and energy, a green society, a wealth tax, a carbon tax, and a windfall tax on the profit of banks. The manifesto promises quicker access to NHS dentistry and GPs and reductions in the hospital waiting list. They would also reach net zero by 2040 and introduce rent controls. On 12 June Conservative minister Grant Shapps said in a radio interview that voters should support the Conservatives so as to prevent Labour winning \"a super-majority\", meaning a large majority (the UK Parliament does not have any formal supermajority rules). This was interpreted by journalists as a possible and surprising admission of defeat. It paralleled social media advertising by the Conservatives that also focused on urging votes not to give Starmer a large majority. 13\u201319 June. On 13 June, Starmer released the Labour Party manifesto \"Change\", which focused on economic growth, planning system reforms, infrastructure, clean energy, healthcare, education, childcare, crime, and strengthening workers' rights. It pledged a new publicly owned energy company (Great British Energy) and National"}, {"text": "Wealth Fund, a \"Green Prosperity Plan\", rebuilding the NHS and reducing patient waiting times, free breakfast clubs in primary schools, investing in green infrastructure, innovation, training and skills across the UK to boost economic growth, and renationalisation of the railway network (Great British Railways). It includes wealth creation and \"pro-business and pro-worker\" policies. The manifesto also pledged to give votes to 16-year olds, reform the House of Lords, and to tax private schools, with money generated going into improving state education. The party guaranteed giving all areas of England devolution powers, in areas such as integrated transport, planning, skills, and health. On 17 June, Farage and Tice released the Reform UK manifesto, which they called a \"contract\" (\"Our Contract with You\"). It pledged to lower taxes, lower immigration, increase funding for public services, reform the NHS and decrease its waiting lists down to zero, bring utilities and critical national infrastructure under 50% public ownership (the other 50% owned by pension funds), replace the House of Lords with a more democratic second chamber, and to replace first-past-the-post voting with a system of proportional representation. It also pledged to accelerate transport infrastructure in coastal regions, Wales, the North, and the Midlands. The"}, {"text": "party also wants to freeze non-essential immigration and recruit 40,000 new police officers. Reform UK are the only major party to oppose the current net zero target made by the government. Instead, it pledged to support the environment with more tree planting, more recycling and less single-use plastics. Farage predicted Labour would win the election, but said he was planning to campaign for the next election. Labour's Rachel Reeves claimed Labour's green plans would create over 650,000 jobs. The Liberal Democrats offered more cost-of-living help for rural communities. Davey highlighted his manifesto pledge to build 380,000 new homes a year, 150,000 of which would be social homes. On 18 June, Labour pledged hundreds of new banking hubs, to \"breathe life\" into high streets. Labour also promised a large increase of renewable energy jobs, backed by new green apprenticeships. On 19 June, both the SNP and Sinn F\u00e9in released their manifestos. Swinney said a vote for his party would \"intensify\" the pressure to secure a second Scottish independence referendum, with other pledges in the SNP manifesto including boosting NHS funding, scrapping the two-child limit on benefits, calling for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, scrapping the Trident defence programme, re-joining"}, {"text": "the European Union, transitioning to a green economy attracting more foreign migrants, tackling drug deaths and devolving broadcasting powers. The Sinn F\u00e9in manifesto called for greater devolution to Northern Ireland and for the UK and Irish governments to set a date for a referendum on the unification of Northern Ireland with the Republic of Ireland. Galloway released the Workers Party manifesto, with promises to improve \"poverty pay\" and provide more social housing. It pledged the renationalisation of utility companies, free school meals for all children without means testing, free adult education, and to hold a referendum on the continued existence of the monarchy and proportional representation for elections. David TC Davies, the Secretary of State for Wales, told a BBC interview the polls were \"clearly pointing at a large Labour majority\", but added that he believed there was \"no great optimism\" from voters. A potentially large Labour majority was also acknowledged by Jeremy Hunt, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Mel Stride, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. Alison McGarry, the Labour chair of Islington North, resigned from the Labour Party after being spotted campaigning for Corbyn; she resigned rather than face expulsion for breaking the party's rules"}, {"text": "on campaigning for a rival candidate. 20\u201326 June. On 20 June, the parties focused on housing. Labour pledged action to protect renters with new legal protections for tenants. It would immediately ban Section 21 \"no-fault\" evictions, as part of plans to reform the private rented sector in England. Labour also pledged to reform planning laws and build 1.5 million homes to spread homeownership. They would also ensure new housing is supported by new local infrastructure (public transport, healthcare, schools), and pledged to build more housing near railway stations and on the 'grey belt' (disused car parks or industrial estates). The Conservatives offered stronger legal protections for tenants, including banning Section 21 \"no-fault\" evictions. They said they would build 1.6 million new homes (including social housing) with new local infrastructure, prioritising brownfield development, while protecting the countryside. The Liberal Democrats offered more protections for tenants, additional social housing, and more garden cities. Also on 20 June, the Alliance Party in Northern Ireland launched their manifesto. Its core policies include reforming the political institutions, dedicated funding for integrated education, a Green New Deal to decarbonise Northern Ireland's economy, childcare reforms, and lowering the voting age to 16. On 21 June, in an"}, {"text": "interview, Farage repeated comments he had made previously stating that the West and NATO provoked Russia's invasion of Ukraine. He was criticised for this by Sunak and Starmer. He also stated that Reform UK would lower the tax burden to encourage people into work. Farage stated in another interview that he would remove university tuition fees if he won power for those studying science, technology, engineering, medicine or maths. Reform UK have already pledged to scrap interest on student loans and to extend the loan capital repayment periods to 45 years. Farage also declared his ambition for Reform UK to replace the Conservatives as the biggest right-wing party in Parliament. The Conservatives pledged a review of licensing laws and planning rules aimed at boosting pubs, restaurants and music venues. Labour framed its 10-year science and R&D budget plans as part of its industrial strategy, with an aim of boosting workforce and regional development. Labour and the Liberal Democrats also focused on water pollution and improving England's water quality. Labour pledged to put failing water companies who do not meet \"high environmental standards\" under special measures, give regulators new powers to block the payment of bonuses to executives who pollute waterways,"}, {"text": "and criminal charges against persistent law breakers. They also ensured independent monitoring of every outlet. On 24 June, Labour focused on NHS dentistry and health, pledged to hold a knife crime summit every year and halve incidents within a decade. The Greens pledged to end 'dental deserts' with \u00a33 billion for new NHS contracts. The Liberal Democrats launched a mini-manifesto for carers. It pledged to establish an independent living taskforce to help people live independently in their own homes, a new care worker's minimum wage to raise their pay by \u00a32 an hour, and a new National Care Agency. Sunak released the Scottish Conservatives' manifesto. Starmer discussed a proposed Football Governance Bill, which will establish the new Independent Football Regulator. The Conservatives and Liberal Democrats have also committed to introducing an Independent Football Regulator. The Liberal Democrats pledged to establish a series of \"creative enterprise zones\" across the UK to regenerate cultural output. On 26 June, Alex Salmond released the Alba Party manifesto. It pledged to increase funding for public services, increase NHS staffing, provide an annual \u00a3500 payment to households receiving the council tax reduction at a cost of \u00a3250 million, increase the Scottish Child Payment, reducing fuel bills,"}, {"text": "a new Scottish clean energy public company, and Scottish Independence. Starmer pledged GP reforms, including the training of thousands more GPs, updating the NHS App, and bringing back the 'family doctor'. Labour would also trial new \"neighbourhood health centres\". The Social Democratic and Labour Party also launched their manifesto on 26 June in Northern Ireland. It pledged a 'Marshall Plan' to tackle health, institutional reform, stronger environmental protection with an independent Environmental Protection Agency, and improving NI's financial settlement. 27 June \u2013 4 July. On 27 June, Labour pledged to reform careers advice and work experience in schools for one million pupils, committing to deliver two weeks' worth of quality work experience for every young person, and recruit more than thousands of new careers advisers. This is part of the party's wider plan to establish a \"youth guarantee\" of access to training, an apprenticeship or support to find work for all 18 to 21-year-olds. On 27 June, an undercover Channel 4 journalist secretly recorded members of Farage's campaign team using offensive racial, Islamophobic and homophobic language, also suggesting refugees should be used as \"target practice\". In a statement, Farage said that he was \"dismayed\" at the \"reprehensible\" language. Tice said"}, {"text": "that racist comments were \"inappropriate\". Farage later accused Channel 4 of a \"set-up\", stating that one of the canvassers, Andrew Parker, had been an actor. Farage stated that Parker had been \"acting from the moment he came into the office\", and cited video of Parker performing \"rough-speaking\" from his acting website. Channel 4 denied that Parker was known to them prior to the report. Regarding other members of his campaign team, Farage stated that the individuals in question had \"watched England play football, they were in the pub, they were drunk, it was crass.\" On 29 June, the Liberal Democrats called for an 'emergency NHS budget' to hire more GPs. Starmer hosted a major campaign rally, and stated in \"The Guardian\" \"if you vote Labour on Thursday, the work of change begins. We will launch a new national mission to create wealth in every community. We'll get to work on repairing our public services with an immediate cash injection, alongside urgent reforms. And we will break with recent years by always putting country before party\". The Greens announced a 'Charter for Small Business', which pledged \u00a32 billion per year in grant funding for local authorities, regional mutual banks for investment"}, {"text": "in decarbonisation and local economic sustainability, and increasing annual public subsidies for rail and bus travel to \u00a310 billion. They also pledged free bus travel for under-18s. The Northern Ireland Conservatives also launched their manifesto. On 30 June, the Liberal Democrats pledged to double funding for Bereavement Support Payments, and to spend \u00a3440 million a year on support for bereaved families. On 2 July, the Greens announced its \u00a38 billion education package would include scrapping tuition fees, providing free school meals for all children, a qualified counsellor in every school and college, and new special needs provision. They also want to end formal testing in primary and secondary schools with a system of continuous assessment. Former prime minister Boris Johnson campaigned for the Conservatives. On 3 July, the political parties made their closing arguments on the last day of campaigning, with Sunak stating he would \"take full responsibility\" for the result. At the end of the campaign, Labour maintained their significant lead in polling over the Conservatives, and had endorsements from celebrities, including Elton John. On 4 July, less than an hour before polls closed, Sunak's government announced the 2024 Dissolution Honours, with life peerages being given to 19 people,"}, {"text": "including former prime minister Theresa May and Cass Review author Hilary Cass. Betting scandal. On 12 June 2024, it was reported that Conservative candidate and Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister, Craig Williams had placed a \u00a3100 bet on the date of the election being in July, three days before the date was announced. The bet was referred to the Gambling Commission to determine whether Williams had placed the bet based on confidential information, which could constitute a criminal offence. Williams apologised for the bet, but neither he nor Sunak would answer whether he had inside information. On 19 June, a police protection officer assigned to Sunak was arrested for betting on the election date. On the same day, it was also announced that Laura Saunders, the Conservative candidate for Bristol North West, was being investigated for betting on the election date. Her husband, Tony Lee, was also being investigated by the Gambling Commission and took a leave of absence from his role as the party's director of campaigning on 19 June. Over the following two weeks, it was reported that dozens of further Conservative Party-linked officials were being investigated by the Gambling Commission, including Conservative Party's chief data"}, {"text": "officer, Nick Mason; \"The Times\" reported that the investigation was being widened to hundreds of suspicious bets. On 25 June, both Williams and Saunders had their support for their candidacies withdrawn by the Conservative Party. In April 2025, Williams and 14 others were charged with offences under the Gambling Act 2005. Debates and interviews. Debates. Rishi Sunak challenged Keir Starmer to six televised debates. Starmer announced that he would not agree to such a proposal, and offered two head-to-head debates\u2014one shown on the BBC, and one shown on ITV; a spokesperson said both networks would offer the greatest audience, and the prospect of any debates on smaller channels would be rejected as it would not be a \"valuable use of campaign time\". Ed Davey declared his wish to be included in \"any televised debates\", although he would ultimately only be featured in one debate. On 29 May, it was announced that the first leaders' debate would be hosted by ITV News with Julie Etchingham as moderator, on 4 June. Key topics were the cost of living crisis, the National Health Service (NHS), young people, education, immigration and tax policy. Sunak said that Labour would cost households \u00a32000 more in tax,"}, {"text": "which Starmer denied. Sunak said this figure was calculated by \"independent Treasury officials\". Fact checkers disputed the sum, stating it was based on assumptions made by political appointees and that the figure was over a four-year period. On 5 June, the BBC reported that James Bowler, the Treasury permanent secretary, wrote that \"civil servants were not involved in the [...] calculation of the total figure used\" and that \"any costings derived from other sources or produced by other organisations should not be presented as having been produced by the Civil Service\". The Office for Statistics Regulation also criticised the claim on the grounds that it was presented without the listener knowing it was a sum over 4 years. A YouGov snap poll after the debate indicated that 46% of debate viewers thought Sunak had performed better, and 45% believed Starmer had performed better. A Savanta poll published the next day favoured Starmer 44% to Sunak 39%. The debate was watched by 5.37 million viewers, making it the most-viewed programme of the week. An STV debate hosted by Colin Mackay took place on 3 June, which included Douglas Ross, Anas Sarwar, John Swinney and Alex Cole-Hamilton. Another debate between these leaders"}, {"text": "(also including Lorna Slater) took place on 11 June, on BBC Scotland, hosted by Stephen Jardine. A BBC debate hosted by Mishal Husain took place on 7 June, which included Nigel Farage, Carla Denyer, Rhun ap Iorwerth, Daisy Cooper, Stephen Flynn, Angela Rayner and Penny Mordaunt. The debate included exchanges between Mordaunt and Rayner over tax, and all the attendees criticised Sunak leaving the D-Day events early; Farage called Sunak's actions \"disgraceful\" and said veterans had been deserted, Cooper said it was \"politically shameful\" and Mordaunt said Sunak's choice to leave prematurely had been \"completely wrong\". After the seven-way debate, a snap poll found that viewers considered Farage had won, followed by Rayner, but that Flynn, Denyer and Cooper scored best on doing a good job. Another debate between these leaders took place on 13 June, with Julie Etchingham as moderator. On 12 June Sky News hosted a leaders' event in Grimsby hosted by Beth Rigby, including Starmer and Sunak, where they took questions from both Rigby and the audience. The debate covered various topics, including the NHS, the economy, education, immigration, housing and their future plans in government. Starmer started the event by saying he was putting the country"}, {"text": "ahead of his party, bringing Labour \"back into the service of working people\". He went on to attack the Conservatives on tax policy, saying that \"the Tories are in no position to lecture anyone about tax rises\". 64% of those questioned by YouGov immediately following the debate said that Starmer had performed better, compared to 36% who said Sunak had performed better. Channel 4 News hosted a debate on 18 June with all seven of the main parties focusing solely on the issues of immigration and law and order. Other BBC debates included three \"Question Time\" specials, two hosted by Fiona Bruce on 20 and 28 June, and one hosted by Bethan Rhys Roberts on 24 June. The first of the two hosted by Bruce featured four separate half-hour question and answer sessions with Sunak, Starmer, Davey and Swinney; the second of the two hosted by Bruce featured the same format with Ramsay and Farage; the programme hosted by Rhys Roberts featured the same format with ap Iorwerth. There was a BBC Cymru Wales debate on 21 June; and a debate between Sunak and Starmer hosted by Husain took place on 26 June. There was also a BBC debate on"}, {"text": "27 June involving the five largest Northern Irish political parties. Interviews. In addition to the debates, the BBC and ITV broadcast programmes in which the leaders of the main parties were interviewed at length. Nick Robinson did BBC \"Panorama\" interviews with all the leaders of the main parties. Sunak's \"Tonight\" interview with Paul Brand drew substantial coverage in the week prior to broadcast, as Sunak controversially departed the D-Day commemorations early to attend. It was later revealed that the interview slot had been chosen by Sunak and his team from a range of options offered by ITN. Endorsements. Newspapers, organisations, and individuals endorsed parties or individual candidates for the election. Candidates. There were 4,515 candidates standing, which constitutes a record number, with a mean of 6.95 candidates per constituency. No seat had fewer than five people contesting it; Rishi Sunak's Richmond and Northallerton seat had the most candidates, with thirteen. MPs who stood down at the election included the former prime minister Theresa May, the former cabinet ministers Sajid Javid, Dominic Raab, Matt Hancock, Ben Wallace, Nadhim Zahawi, Kwasi Kwarteng, and Michael Gove, the long-serving Labour MPs Harriet Harman and Margaret Beckett, and the former Green Party leader and co-leader"}, {"text": "Caroline Lucas, who was the first \u2013 and until this election the only \u2013 Green Party MP. In March 2022, Labour abandoned all-women shortlists, citing legal advice that continuing to use them for choosing parliamentary candidates would be an unlawful practice under the Equality Act 2010, since the majority of Labour MPs were now women. In March 2024, Reform UK announced an electoral pact with the Northern Irish unionist party TUV. The TUV applied to run candidates as \"TUV/Reform UK\" on ballot papers, but this was rejected by the Electoral Office. Nigel Farage unilaterally ended this deal by endorsing two competing candidates from the Democratic Unionist Party on 10 June. Reform UK also announced a pact with the Social Democratic Party (SDP), a minor socially conservative and economically left-wing party, in some seats. There were additionally: A more complete list can be found in the article Candidates in the 2024 United Kingdom general election. Opinion polling. Discussion around the campaign was focused on the prospect of a change in government, as Labour maintained significant leads in opinion polling over the Conservatives, with one in five voters voting tactically. Projections four weeks before the vote indicated a landslide victory for Labour"}, {"text": "that surpassed the one achieved by Tony Blair at the 1997 general election, while comparisons were made in the media to the 1993 Canadian federal election due to the prospect of a potential Conservative wipeout. A YouGov poll conducted four weeks before the vote suggested that Labour was on course for the party's biggest election victory in history, beating Blair's 1997 landslide. The poll indicated Labour could win 422 seats, while the Conservatives were projected to win 140 seats. Halfway through the campaign, psephologist John Curtice summarised the polls as having shown little change in the first two weeks of the campaign but that they had then shown some clear shifts. Specifically, both the Conservatives and Labour had shown a decline of a few percentage points, leaving the gap between them unchanged, while Reform UK and the Liberal Democrats had both shown an increase, with one YouGov poll published 13 June attracting attention for showing Reform UK one point above the Conservatives. Projections. \"Others\" figures include, importantly, the Speaker and all political parties in Northern Ireland, unless otherwise stated. Exit poll. An exit poll conducted by Ipsos for the BBC, ITV, and Sky News was published at the end of"}, {"text": "voting at 22:00, predicting the number of seats for each party. BBC projection. At about 4am on 5 July, the BBC released a new projection, combining the exit poll with the results coming in. Results. Voting closed at 22:00, which was followed by an exit poll. The first seat, Houghton and Sunderland South, was declared at 23:15 with Bridget Phillipson winning for Labour. Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire was the last seat to declare, due to multiple recounts after the election, with Angus MacDonald winning for the Liberal Democrats on the afternoon of 6 July. Notably, the 2024 election was the most unrepresentative in UK history, with Labour's number of votes being fewer than it received in 2019. Summary of seats returned. <section begin=\"General Election 2024 summary\"/> <section end=\"General Election 2024 summary\"/> By nation and region. The result was a landslide win for Labour and a historic loss for the Conservatives. It was the latter's worst result since formalising as a party in the early 19th century, and the largest defeat for any incarnation of the Tories in purely numeric terms since 1761 when they achieved 112 MPs, up from their all time numeric low of 106 in 1754, although"}, {"text": "those made up a higher percentage of seats in Parliament (18.9% in 1754 and 20.1% in 1761 as opposed to 18.6% in 2024) due to the smaller sized House of Commons in 1754\u20131761 of 557 MPs. The Conservatives won no seats in Wales or various English counties, including Cornwall and Oxfordshire (the latter historically known for having several safe Conservative seats), and they only won one seat in North East England. Keir Starmer became the fourth prime minister in a two-year period. Turnout, at 59.9%, was the second lowest since records began in 1885 with only 2001 being lower at 59.4%. The Liberal Democrats made significant gains to reach their highest ever number of seats, mostly gaining Conservative seats in Southern England. This was also the best performance since its predecessor Liberal Party won 158 seats, in third place, in 1923 (itself a higher score than the second-placed Conservatives achieved in this 2024 election) and superior to Labour's 1918 and 1931 performances, as second-placed official Opposition on both occasions. The Co-operative Party, which is in an electoral pact with the Labour Party, and whose MPs are designated as Labour Co-op, also had its best ever result. It elected 43 MPs,"}, {"text": "surpassing its previous record of 38 seats in the 2017 election. These MPs are typically included in the overall Labour total. Reform UK had MPs elected to the Commons for the first time. Their leader, Nigel Farage, was elected to Parliament on what was his eighth attempt. The Green Party of England and Wales also won a record number of seats. The party's two co-leaders, Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay, both entered Parliament for the first time. The Scottish National Party (SNP) lost around three quarters of its seats to Scottish Labour. Labour returned to being the largest party in Scotland and remained so in Wales, although their vote share fell in Wales. Because the Democratic Unionist Party lost 3 seats, Sinn F\u00e9in won the most seats in Northern Ireland, making it the first time an Irish nationalist party was the largest party in Parliament from Northern Ireland. The Traditional Unionist Voice entered the Commons for the first time. In North Down, independent Unionist candidate Alex Easton emerged victorious over the Alliance Party incumbent Stephen Farry, resulting in the election of a total of six independent MPs across the UK. Four independent candidates (Ayoub Khan, Adnan Hussain, Iqbal Mohamed, Shockat"}, {"text": "Adam) outright defeated Labour candidates as well as one (Claudia Webbe) acting as a spoiler to defeat one in areas with large Muslim populations; the results were suggested to be a push-back against Labour's stance on the Gaza war and the humanitarian crisis. Additionally, Wes Streeting retained his Ilford North constituency by a margin of only 528 votes following a challenge by independent British-Palestinian candidate Leanne Mohamad, while prominent Labour MP Jess Phillips retained her Birmingham Yardley constituency by a margin of 693 votes. Labour candidate Paul Waugh won the seat of Rochdale from incumbent MP George Galloway, despite the constituency's sizeable Muslim population. In Islington North, Jeremy Corbyn defeated the Labour candidate with a majority of 7,247; Corbyn is a prominent activist for Palestinian solidarity. In September 2024, Corbyn went on to form the Independent Alliance group in parliament with four of other five elected independent MPs. Proportionality concerns. The combined vote share for Labour and the Conservatives reached a record low, with smaller parties doing well, and this election had the lowest vote share for any party forming a majority government since World War II. The election was highly disproportionate, as Labour won 63% of seats (411) with"}, {"text": "only 34% of the vote, while Reform won under 0.8% of seats (5) with 14.3% of the vote under the UK's first-past-the-post voting system. The Liberal Democrats recorded their best ever seat result (72), despite receiving only around half the votes they did in 2010, and fewer votes overall than Reform, although the party's seat share was again lower than its share of the vote. As Starmer's government was elected with the lowest share of the vote of any majority party on record, journalist Fraser Nelson described Labour's electoral success as a \"Potemkin landslide\". An editorial from \"The Guardian\" described the result as a \"crisis of electoral legitimacy\" for the incoming Labour government. The Gallagher index gave the election a 23.67 score, making it the least proportionate election in modern UK history according to the index, as well as the 5th least proportional result worldwide as of 2024. According to political scientist John Curtice, the 2024 election was the most disproportional in British history and Labour's parliamentary majority was \"heavily exaggerated\" by the voting system. Advocacy group Make Votes Matter found that 58% of voters did not vote for their elected MP. Make Votes Matter spokesman Steve Gilmore, Electoral Reform"}, {"text": "Society chief Darren Hughes, Reform UK leader Nigel Farage and the Green Party of England and Wales co-leader Adrian Ramsay were among the figures that called for electoral reform in the wake of the election. The campaigners said it was the \"most disproportionate election in [British] history\". Marginality. The election resulted in more widespread marginality, with 31% of seats won on margins up to 10% compared with 22% in the 2019 election. The average seat majority fell from 26% in 2019 to 16% in 2024. Voter demographics. YouGov. Below is listed YouGov's demographic breakdown. Ipsos. Below is listed Ipsos's demographic breakdown. Seats changing hands. Based on the notional results. Aftermath. At around 04:45 on 5 July, Sunak conceded defeat to Starmer at the declaration at Sunak's seat of Richmond and Northallerton, before Labour had officially secured a majority. In his resignation speech later that morning, Sunak apologised to Conservative voters and candidates for the party's defeat, and offered his congratulations to Starmer and expressed hope he would be successful, saying: Starmer succeeded Sunak as prime minister, ending 14 years of the Conservatives in government. In his first speech as prime minister, Starmer paid tribute to Sunak, saying \"His achievement as"}, {"text": "the first British Asian Prime Minister of our country should not be underestimated by anyone\", and recognised \"the dedication and hard work he brought to his leadership\" but said that the people of Britain had voted for change:"}, {"text": "Usnea trichodea, commonly known as bony beard lichen, is a pale straw-colored fruticose lichen with a pendant growth form. It grows on trees and is native to eastern North America. Description. \"Usnea trichodea\" hangs from the branches and twigs of trees and can reach a length of . The main branches are smooth and slender, with a diameter of less than ; they send out side-branches at an obtuse angle at intervals. The thallus is divided into articulating sections with raised cracks between; the medulla is dense and white while the axis is reddish-brown. It could be confused with \"Usnea longissima\" but the branching structure and reddish axis are distinctive. Distribution and habitat. \"Usnea trichodea\" occurs in eastern North America where it grows on trees. Its range extends from Ontario, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and eastern Quebec in Canada, southwards to Texas and Florida in the United States. Ecology. Some lichens are extremely sensitive to pollution, and it has been found that \"Usnea trichodea\" and \"Evernia\" spp. will sicken and die if exposed to sulphur dioxide. These lichens can be used as indicators of air pollution. Researchers found that in Nova Scotia, the tricolored bat (\"Perimyotis"}, {"text": "subflavus\"), which roosts in tree foliage over much of its range, was roosting exclusively in the dangling thalli of \"Usnea trichodea\"; the lichen was typically growing on conifers, the majority of which were species of spruce. The authors of the study speculated that the tricolored bats might use the lichen, which contains usnic acid, to reduce parasitism, as the bats were found to be free of ectoparasites."}, {"text": "Sir John Cheyne of Tangwick KC LLD (1841\u20131907) was a 19th/20th century Scottish judge. Life. He was born on 15 February 1841 at 5 Walker Street in Edinburgh's West End the son of Henry Walker WS. He was christened at Northmavine parish church in Shetland near his father's home estate of Tangwick Haa which was built by his family around 1690. By 1851 the family was living at 6 Royal Terrace on Calton Hill. He was sent to Trinity College, Oxford to study law, graduating MA. He passed the Scottish bar as an Advocate in May 1865. He mainly practiced in Dundee. In the 1880s he was living at 7 Airlie Place in Dundee. Airlie Place is a handsome mid-19th century townhouse forming part of a terrace stepping down towards the River Tay. He was at this stage also Sheriff Substitute for Forfarshire. From 1891 he was also Procurator to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland and Vice Dean of the Faculty of Advocates. He became Sheriff of Ross, Cromarty and Sutherland in 1886, transferring to be Sheriff of Renfrew and Bute in 1889, serving until his death. He was knighted by Queen Victoria at Balmoral Castle in"}, {"text": "1897. He lived his final years at 13 Chester Street in Edinburgh's West End. He was a member of the Kirk Session under Rev Archibald Scott at St George's Church on Charlotte Square. He died on 15 January 1907. He is buried in Warriston Cemetery. His simple marble cross stands on the north side of the main central east\u2013west path. The Tangwick estate in Shetland (in which he showed little interest) passed to his younger brother Harry Cheyne. Family. Cheyne married twice: firstly in 1871 to Margaret Simson (1846-1872) who died soon after childbirth, who lived initially with the whole Cheyne family at 12 Albany Street; secondly in 1875 at Inchture to Mary Isabella Edward (born 1847 in Dundee; died 1931). He had one daughter by the first marriage and two by the second."}, {"text": "Ruth Ama Gyan-Darkwa (born 29 May 2004) is a Ghanaian academic prodigy. She is the youngest student to be admitted to the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi. She is currently the youngest person to be admitted at the University of New Mexico to study at the PhD level. Early years and education. Gyan-Darkwa was born on 29 May 2004 in Kumasi to Kwadwo Gyan-Darkwa and his wife. She had her primary and junior high school education at the Christ Our Hope International School in Kumasi, and the Abraham Lincoln Junior High School respectively. She later moved to Justice International School in Kumasi to continue her junior high school education. Due to her ability to learn quickly, she spent a term or two in various classes and was skipped to the next. At nine years old, while in her first year at Justice International School in Kumasi, she sat for the Basic Education Certificate Examination and passed. As a result, she gained admission to St. Louis Senior High School also in Kumasi where she studied General Science at the age of ten. She completed her secondary level education in the year 2017 at the age of twelve."}, {"text": "In 2017, she gained admission into Kwame Nkrumah University of Technology to study Mathematics, making her the youngest student to be ever admitted into the school. Gyan-Darkwa began graduate studies at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque in the fall 2022 semester, where she is a PhD student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. She is the youngest PhD graduate student at the University of New Mexico at the age of 18. Her accomplishment attracted financial support from prominent Ghanaians to her and her family. It is known that the current second lady of the republic of Ghana, Samira Bawumia pledged to finance her tertiary education and to cater for the medical expenses of her parents. Her sister, Josephine Gyan-Darkwa, who is known to have excelled in her exams also received a scholarship from Bernard Antwi Boasiako to pursue her dream of studying medicine in Germany."}, {"text": "Sugar Loaf County was a political subdivision of the Choctaw Nation of Indian Territory, prior to Oklahoma being admitted as a state. The county formed part of the Nation's Moshulatubbee District, or First District, one of three administrative super-regions. History. The county was also called \"Nvnih Chufvk Kaunti\". The Choctaw word \"nvnih\" means \u201ca mountain or high hill\u201d and \"chufvk\" means \u201ca pointed object.\u201d (The apparent lower-case letter \u201cv\u201d is the Greek letter upsilon, which makes a short \u201cu\u201d sound, for a pronunciation akin to \"\u201cnunih chufuk.\"\u201d) This description referred to Sugar Loaf Mountain, which anchored the county's eastern border with Arkansas southeast of Poteau, east of the community of Gilmore. Sugar Loaf Mountain, whose summit is very conical, is locally prominent, rising from the valley floor to an elevation of 2,560 feet. Sugar Loaf County was one of the original 19 counties created by the General Council of the Choctaw Nation in 1850. The county's boundaries were established and designated according to easily recognizable natural landmarks, as were the boundaries of all Choctaw Nation counties. The county was bordered on the south by the Winding Stair Mountains. The county's northern border threaded its way through well-defined valleys along Cavanal"}, {"text": "Mountain and adjacent ridges, following Cedar Creek, Fourche Maline, and the Poteau River. Its eastern border was with Arkansas, and its western border was formed by a line from the source of Gaines Creek north to the headwaters of Bayouzeal. It then followed the Bayouzeal to the Skullyville County boundary line. (Bayouzeal is not a stream name currently in use, and the exact identity of the stream in question is unknown. Maps from the 1800s suggest it may be Brushy Creek or Brazil Creek.) The county courthouse at statehood was located at Conser, a settlement which is no longer extant. It was located southwest of present-day Heavener, west of Hodgen, and southeast of Wister Lake. The county served as an election district for members of the National Council, and as a unit of local administration. Constitutional officers, all of whom served for two-year terms and were elected by the voters, included the county judge, sheriff, and a ranger. The judge's duties included oversight of overall county administration. The sheriff collected taxes, monitored unlawful intrusion by intruders (usually white Americans from the United States), and conducted the census. The county ranger advertised and sold strayed livestock. Statehood. As Oklahoma's statehood approached,"}, {"text": "its leading citizens, who were gathered for the Oklahoma Constitutional Convention, realized in laying out the future state's counties that, while logically designed, the Choctaw Nation's counties could not exist as economically viable political subdivisions. In most the county seat existed generally for holding county court and not as a population center. This was certainly true of sparsely populated Sugar Loaf County. This conundrum was also recognized by the framers of the proposed State of Sequoyah, who met in 1905 to propose statehood for the Indian Territory. The Sequoyah Constitutional Convention also proposed a county structure that abolished the Choctaw counties. Sugar Loaf County was divided principally into the proposed Wade County and Rutherford County. Poteau would have been Rutherford County's principal town. Talihina and Heavener would have been the largest towns in Wade County. Almost none of this proposition was borrowed two years later by Oklahoma's framers, who adopted a very different county structure for the region. The territory formerly comprising Sugar Loaf County, Choctaw Nation now falls within Le Flore County, Oklahoma. Sugar Loaf County ceased to exist upon Oklahoma's statehood on November 16, 1907."}, {"text": "The 1973 City of Lincoln Council election were the first elections to the newly created City of Lincoln Council and took place on 7 June 1973. This was on the same day as other local elections. The Local Government Act 1972 stipulated that the elected members were to shadow and eventually take over from the predecessor corporation on 1 April 1974. The election resulted in the Democratic Labour Party gaining control of the council."}, {"text": "The Dhuaian dam is a dam in Saudi Arabia opened in 2000 and located in Al Baha region."}, {"text": "Ezra 1 is the first chapter of the Book of Ezra in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible, or the book of Ezra\u2013Nehemiah in the Hebrew Bible, which treats the book of Ezra and book of Nehemiah as one book. Jewish tradition states that Ezra is the author of Ezra\u2013Nehemiah as well as the Book of Chronicles, but modern scholars generally believe that a compiler from the 5th century BCE (the so-called \"Chronicler\") is the final author of these books. Ezra 1 contains a narrative of the Edict of Cyrus and the initial return of exiles to Judah led by Sheshbazzar as well as the restoration of the sacred temple vessels. It also introduces the section comprising chapters 1 to 6 describing the history before the arrival of Ezra in the land of Judah in 468 BCE. The opening sentence of this chapter (and this book) is identical to the final sentence of 2 Chronicles. Cyrus Cylinder. The Cyrus Cylinder contains a statement related to the Cyrus's edict which gives the historical background to the Book of Ezra: Cyrus's edict is significant to the return of the Jews, because it shows that they did not slip away from Babylon"}, {"text": "but were given official permission by the Persian king in the first year of his rule, and it is a specific fulfillment of the seventy years prophecy of Jeremiah (, ). Text. The text is written in Biblical Hebrew and divided into 11 verses. Textual witnesses. There is a translation into Koine Greek known as the Septuagint, made in the last few centuries BCE. Extant ancient manuscripts of the Septuagint version include Codex Vaticanus (B; formula_1B; 4th century), and Codex Alexandrinus (A; formula_1A; 5th century). An ancient Greek book called 1 Esdras (Greek: \u1f1c\u03c3\u03b4\u03c1\u03b1\u03c2 \u0391\u02b9) containing some parts of 2 Chronicles, Ezra and Nehemiah is included in most editions of the Septuagint and is placed before the single book of Ezra\u2013Nehemiah (which is titled in Greek: \u1f1c\u03c3\u03b4\u03c1\u03b1\u03c2 \u0392\u02b9). 1 Esdras 2:1\u201314 is the equivalent of Ezra 1:1\u201311 (Cyrus's edict). An early manuscript containing the text of this chapter in Biblical Hebrew is the Codex Leningradensis (1008 CE). Since the anti-Jewish riots in Aleppo in 1947, the whole book of Ezra\u2013Nehemiah has been missing from the text of the Aleppo Codex. Biblical narrative. Ezra 1 starts by providing historical context of a real event: \"the first year of Cyrus king of"}, {"text": "Persia\", but immediately follows with the statement about Yahweh, who has the real control and even already speaks about this event before the birth of Cyrus (; ) and the fulfillment of his word through Jeremiah. Verse 7. The Temple treasures that Nebuchadnezzar took away () are now to be returned to Jerusalem. Verse 11. The equivalent verse in 1 Esdras (verse 14) numbers these articles as 5469."}, {"text": "A park and ride railway station is a railway station designed to be used for park and ride. In Belgium. Noorderkempen railway station in Brecht, opened in 2009 on the HSL 4 high-speed line, functions as a park and ride for Antwerp and to a lesser extent Breda. In New Zealand. In New Zealand, Auckland and Wellington have extensive electrified suburban networks; see Public transport in the Wellington Region (Khandallah railway station right) and Public transport in Auckland (Swanson railway station below). Many suburban stations have \"park and ride\" facilities. In the United Kingdom. Several mainly park-and-ride-status railway stations in England have the suffix \"parkway\" in their name. The etymology is from the original U.S. meaning as the Bristol Parkway railway station was named after the adjacent M32 motorway, originally known as The Parkway because of its green-buffered route into the city. Bristol Parkway was the first railway station so named, in 1972. The majority of such stations were opened in the late 20th century to relieve pressure on existing city centre stations. Examples such as Didcot Parkway are renamings following the expansion of the car parking facilities where the name is used promotionally (for example commuters to Oxford are"}, {"text": "encouraged to leave their car at Didcot and travel to Oxford by train) whereas in others with multi-storey car parks serving modest settlements such as Brookwood and Fleet the suffix has not been adopted. Luton Airport Parkway and Southampton Airport Parkway are examples serving Luton and Southampton airports. Some were so named as they are not in easy walking distance of an airport terminal; passengers use shuttle bus services. Southampton Airport Parkway is within easy walking distance of Southampton Airport. It has extensive car parking of its own, intended for use by commuters rather than users of the airport. In the United States. In the United States, it is common for outlying rail stations to include automobile parking, often with hundreds of spaces. Boston, for example, has built several large parking facilities at its commuter rail and metro stations near major highways and large arterial surface roads around the periphery of the city: Alewife, Braintree, Forest Hills, Hyde Park, Quincy Adams, Riverside, Route 128, Wellington, Woburn. The local transit operator, the MBTA, offers 46,000 park and ride spaces."}, {"text": "Ensemble Offspring is an Australian music ensemble. The group is led by artistic director Claire Edwardes, and features some of Australia's most innovative performers. The group has toured to locations such as Hong Kong, London and Warsaw, are regularly featured at MONA FOMA, Sydney and Melbourne Festivals, and have a cult following at their Sizzle series at Petersham Bowling Club. Ensemble Offspring has premiered over 200 works in its 23-year history. The ensemble was previously known as Spring Ensemble. Together with Kamil Ellis it was nominated for the 2019 ARIA Award for Best Children's Album for \"Classic Kids: Music For The Dreaming\". Awards and nominations. AIR Awards. The Australian Independent Record Awards (commonly known informally as AIR Awards) is an annual awards night to recognise, promote and celebrate the success of Australia's Independent Music sector. ARIA Music Awards. The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony held by the Australian Recording Industry Association. National Live Music Awards. The National Live Music Awards (NLMAs) commenced in 2016 to recognise contributions to the live music industry in Australia. Sidney Myer Performing Arts Group Award. The Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards (created in 1984) recognise the essential role of arts and culture"}, {"text": "in affirming our sense of belonging and lifting our community spirit as a nation."}, {"text": "Kamil Ellis (born ) is an Aboriginal Australian actor and musician. He is known for his roles in the TV series \"Cleverman\", \"Nowhere Boys,\" and \"The Tourist\". Early life. Kamil Ellis was born around 2000. He is of Wiradjuri descent. Career. Ellis has appeared on TV in \"Cleverman\", \"Nowhere Boys,\" \"Bushwhacked!\", and \"SeaChange\". He was an original cast member of the stage play \"The Secret River\". Ellis appeared as a police officer alongside Jamie Dornan and Danielle Macdonald in the limited series, \"The Tourist\" in 2022. At the age of 21, Ellis played the role of a year 12 student in the 2022 high school drama series \"More Than This\". Awards and nominations. Together with the Ensemble Offspring he was nominated for the 2019 ARIA Award for Best Children's Album for \"Classic Kids: Music For The Dreaming\". Awards and nominations. ARIA Music Awards. The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music."}, {"text": "Adil Bouafif (born 31 December 1978) is a Swedish long distance runner who also competes in marathon. He has competed for Sweden since 2010. Career. He came to Sweden from Morocco in 2007 and became a full Swedish citizen in 2010; he has competed for Sweden ever since. Bouafif ran the marathon at the 2010 European Athletics Championships in Barcelona, Spain. He did not complete the race. In 2011, he competed in the 3000 meters at the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Paris, France, but was eliminated. Bouafif competed in the 2012 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki, Finland. He placed thirteenth in 5000 meters and fourteenth in the 10,000 meters. In April 2012, Adil Bouafif won two gold medals in short and long distance terrain running at the Swedish terrain running championships. At the 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden, Bouafif competed in the 3000 meters, and placed seventh in the final. In 2014, he became number 530 to be awarded the Stora Grabbars och Tjejers M\u00e4rke, an honorary award for his achievements in sports. In August 2014, Adil Bouafif won his fourth gold medal in 10,000 meters at the Swedish national championships. He has also competed"}, {"text": "in Finnkampen. On 13 August 2014, Bouafif competed in the 10,000 meters at the European Athletics Championships in Z\u00fcrich, but did not complete the race as he felt pain in his hamstrings. On 26 September 2014, he tested positive for a banned substance. In December 2015, he was sentenced to two years suspension from the sports retroactively from 23 September 2014 until 22 September 2016. And then another two years from that date he was banned from running for the national team. Bouafif came back to the sport in 2017 at the Midnattsloppet. He claimed to be innocent."}, {"text": "The Fareah dam is a dam in Saudi Arabia opened in 1982 and located in Madinah region. The main purpose of the dam is flood control."}, {"text": "The Farwan dam is a dam in Saudi Arabia opened in 1984 and located in Asir region. The main purpose of the dam is flood control."}, {"text": "Erin Babcock (6 June 1981 \u2013 25 April 2020) was a Canadian nurse and politician who was elected in the 2015 Alberta general election to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, representing the electoral district of Stony Plain. Early life. Babcock was the daughter of a pipeliner in the Alberta oil industry, and her family lived in many areas across Western Canada during her childhood. She mentioned that her family's involvement in the oil industry had affected their family life and their economic status. Career. Babcock worked as a licensed practical nurse since 2006 before entering politics in 2015. She had worked in Kindersley, Saskatchewan as a nurse before moving to Edmonton. Babcock worked closely with elderly and stroke patients as well as patients with serious mental and physical health issues. While in Kindersley, Babcock was involved in the Special Olympics where she served on the board of directors. Legislative Assembly of Alberta. In the 2015 Alberta general election, Babcock defeated incumbent Progressive Conservative MLA Ken Lemke to represent Stony Plain. In the 2019 Alberta general election, Stony Plain was dissolved and became Spruce Grove-Stony Plain, and she was defeated by the nominee of the new United Conservative Party, Searle Turton."}, {"text": "Illness and death. Babcock was diagnosed with uterine cancer in May 2018. She said that she would continue as the MLA for Stony Plain while undergoing cancer treatment. The treatment would take a couple of weeks and did not stop her from pursuing the issues that got her involved in politics. As part of her campaign, Babcock had promised to fight for fair access to health care across Alberta and this continued to be an issue during her treatment. Babcock died from the cancer in Edmonton on 25 April 2020, at age 38."}, {"text": "Synergy Percussion is an Australian percussion ensemble formed as Synergy in Sydney in 1974. They mainly play works composed by others for the group. They marked their 40th year with a performance of a new work by Anthony Pateras, specially commissioned for the occasion. Synergy members have included founders Michael Askill (artistic director for the first 35 years) and Colin Piper. Others include Timothy Constable (artistic director 2009 - 2017), Ian Cleworth (artistic director (2017 -), Rebecca Lagos, Joshua Hill, Bree van Reyk, William Jackson, Mark Robinson, Leah Scholes, Phillip South, Fritz Hauser, Alison Pratt, Jeremy Barnett, Graeme Leak, Alison Eddington, Ian Bloxsom (founder) and Ron Reeves (founder)."}, {"text": "The Getty Fire was a 2019 wildfire that burned in Brentwood, Los Angeles, California. The fire was first reported on October 28, 2019 and was contained on November 5, 2019. Thousands of people were forced to flee, 10 homes were destroyed and 15 residences were damaged. Progression. The fire is believed to have started around 1:30 a.m. along the 405 at Getty Center Drive. A tree branch broke and landed in nearby power lines, causing them to spark and arc - igniting nearby brush. More than 1,000 firefighters along with Aerial firefighting fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters battled the blaze in steep and challenging terrain. Spurred on by 50+ mph Santa Ana winds, flames quickly licked brush along the Interstate 405 Freeway, triggering closure of all southbound lanes, and moved west into the canyons. The Getty Center \u2014 which was built to withstand fires and where firefighters were stationed to assist with logistics for helicopter operations \u2014 was never threatened. Effects. The borders of the mandatory evacuation zone were: Temescal Canyon Road on the west, Sunset Boulevard on the south, Mulholland Drive on the north and I-405 on the east. By Oct. 30 some residents were allowed to return home, but"}, {"text": "evacuation orders remained in effect for those between Kenter Canyon, the 405 and Mountaingate Avenue until Nov. 2. The UCLA campus, which is located about 2 miles from the fire, cancelled classes for 45,000 students, and some twenty elementary and secondary schools closed as well. A power outage due to the blaze left roughly 900 customers without power in Bel Air, Brentwood and Westwood. Southern California Edison preemptively turned off power for nearly 16,000 customers shortly after the blaze broke out. The LA Times cast light on the communication gaps that arise amid the confusion of such an evacuation in columnist Frank Shyong's piece, \"Why did no one warn the housekeepers about the Getty Fire?\" He observed gardeners, housekeepers and other domestic workers reporting for work during the fire and questioned the efforts at communication from both the employers and city."}, {"text": "Stenosmia tagmouta is a species of bee, first discovered in 1991. No subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life."}, {"text": "Opinion polling for the 2024 United Kingdom general election was carried out by various organisations to gauge voting intention. Most of the polling companies listed are members of the British Polling Council (BPC) and abide by its disclosure rules. The opinion polls listed range from the previous election on 12 December 2019 to the election on Thursday, 4 July 2024. Graphical summaries. The Conservatives led the polls for the two years following the 2019 general election, which included Brexit, the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccine rollout during the leadership of Boris Johnson. Labour took a lead following the Partygate scandal and maintained this through the Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak premierships until the 2024 election. Guide to tables. Poll results are listed in the tables below in reverse chronological order. The highest percentage figure in each poll is displayed in bold, and its background is shaded in the leading party's colour. The \"lead\" column shows the percentage point difference between the two parties with the highest figures. When a poll result is a tie, the figures with the highest percentages are shaded and displayed in bold. \"Green\" in these tables refers to combined totals for the green parties"}, {"text": "in the United Kingdom, namely the Green Party of England and Wales, the Scottish Greens, and, for polls of the entire UK, the Green Party Northern Ireland. The three parties share a commitment to environmental policies, but are independent of one another, with each contesting elections only in its own region. The polling company ComRes was acquired by Savanta in July 2019. It was rebranded as Savanta ComRes in November 2019 and as Savanta in December 2022. In August 2023, the market research company Omnisis rebranded its public polling arm as We Think. In October 2023, the Norstat group acquired Panelbase. In November 2023, Kantar Public rebranded to Verian. None of these organisational changes entailed changes in methodology. National poll results. Most national opinion polls do not cover Northern Ireland, which has different major political parties from the rest of the United Kingdom. This distinction is made in the tables below in the area column, where \"GB\" means Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), and \"UK\" means the entire United Kingdom. Plaid Cymru only stand candidates in Wales and the Scottish National Party (SNP) only stand candidates in Scotland. 2024. When compared to the result, the final week of polls"}, {"text": "on average underestimated the Conservative and Liberal Democrat vote shares and overestimated the Labour and Reform vote shares. The projected SNP and Green vote shares were largely accurate. Non-geographical samples. The following polls sampled subsets of voters according to particular characteristics from across the UK or Great Britain. Young voters. Savanta published polls of voters aged between 18 and 25. The 2019 result comes from the British Election Study's estimate of voters aged 18 to 24 and the 2024 result comes from Ipsos' estimate of voters among the same age group. Seat projections. The general election was contested under the first-past the post electoral system in 650 constituencies. 326 seats were needed for a parliamentary majority. Most polls were reported in terms of the overall popular vote share, and the pollsters did not typically project how these shares would equate to numbers of seats in the House of Commons. Projections from aggregators. Various models existed which continually projected election outcomes for the seats in Britain based on the aggregate of polling data. Final predictions of some notable models are tabulated below. MRP and SRP polls. Multilevel regression with poststratification (MRP) was used by YouGov to predict outcomes for the 2017"}, {"text": "and 2019 elections. Multiple polling companies conducted such polling and modelling for the 2024 election, these are tabulated below. Also included is a stacked regression with poststratification (SRP) poll produced by J.L. Partners, the first time such a method has been used for a UK election. All of these polls use sample sizes substantially larger than typical national polls. These polls were of Britain only, though the reporting of some results include the 18 Northern Irish seats under \"Others\". Polling companies also differ in their handling of the Speaker's seat, considering it variously as Labour, \"Other\", or omitting it from the results. Negative values in the rightmost \"majority\" column below indicate that the party with the most seats would have a plurality of seats, but would not have a majority. The overall vote share values for these polls, where reported, are also included in the tables above. Exit poll. An exit poll conducted by Ipsos for the BBC, ITV, and Sky News was published at the end of voting at 22:00, predicting the number of seats for each party. The extent of Labour's victory was projected to be slightly less than seen in the last week of opinion polls, though"}, {"text": "still a substantial landslide. The exit poll ended up being close to the actual results, apart from the Reform figure which was slightly overestimated. BBC updated forecasts. Throughout the night and into the early hours of 5 July, BBC News updated their forecast, combining the exit poll with the results coming in."}, {"text": "Anthodioctes camargoi is a species of bee discovered in 1999. No subspecies are listed at the Catalogue of Life."}, {"text": "The Haeer dam is a dam in Saudi Arabia opened in 1976 and located in Riyadh region."}, {"text": "The Ghraba dam is a dam in Saudi Arabia opened in 2005 and located in Asir region. The main purpose of the dam is flood control."}, {"text": "Ant\u00f4nio Candeia Filho better known as Candeia (August 17, 1935 \u2013 November 16, 1978) was a Brazilian samba singer, songwriter, and musician. Early life. Born in Rio de Janeiro to Antonio Candeio and Dona Maria, Antonio was a renowned flautist in samba bands and samba schools through the 1930s. His childhood home in Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro was a frequent meeting place for first-generation samba artists including Paulo da Portela, Joao da Gente, Guitar Dina, Claudionor Cruz, Cumpadi Camb\u00e9, Z\u00e9 da Fome and Luperce. These meetings resulted in the establishment of a carnival block which eventually evolved into the Portela (samba school). From age 6, Candeia attended these meetings and later participated musically. In his youth, he learned guitar and ukulele before later joining the Portela school. Career. In 1953, Candeia composed his first samba, \"Seis datas magnas\", with Altair Marinho. The samba received the highest score on record by the Rio de Janeiro Carnival jury in 1953. Following this Candeia composed four other award-winning samba singles for the Portela school including \"Festas juninas em fevereiro\" (1955) and \"Legados de Dom Jo\u00e3o VI\" (1957) with Waldir 59 as well as \"Rio, capital eterna do samba\" and \"Hist\u00f3rias e tradi\u00e7\u00f5es"}, {"text": "do Rio quatrocent\u00e3o\". In the early 1960s, Candeia joined the Rio de Janeiro Civil Police, assuming the position of investigator. During this time he continued composing sambas, and directed the Samba Messengers alongside Picolino and Cone, releasing an LP in 1964. His career as a police officer ended tragically on December 13, 1965, when he was shot five times during a traffic stop by the driver of the suspect vehicle. One of the bullets lodged in his spinal cord and left him with no movement in his legs. With this paralysis, he was forced to retire from active duty. During this time, Candeia devoted himself exclusively to samba. According to people close to him, he became more sensitive, balanced and free during this time, which changed the character of his music. During this time he reached lyrical maturity, with his lyrics focusing on his disabled condition and his love of samba composing and singing giving him the will to live. In 1970, he released his first album following his injury on the label Record Team. The LP Candeia contained twelve songs including the popular title \"Dia de gra\u00e7a\". The following year, his second LP was released, titled \"Raiz\" and included"}, {"text": "the song \"De qualquer maneira\", with lyrics creating a figurative image of Candeia's wheelchair as a king's throne. In 1975, Candeia completed his third solo LP, \"Samba de roda\", released by Tapecar. Also that year, he participated in the recording of the LP \"Partido em 5\", the first in a three-volume series dedicated to Partido Alto, a style for which Candeia is most widely renowned. Candeia was one of the characters featured in the Partido Alto (documentary) by Leon Hirszman about the samba sub-genre of the same name. Later that year, Candeia also released a critical manifesto on the direction of both the Portela school, as well as Carnival on the whole. In it, he criticised the overly showy components of the Carnival planning, which he saw as losing sight of the true purpose of samba, participation of components and external position. In spite of the harsh tone, Portela responded with clear proposals to make it clear that it was not losing sight of its initial goals. Despite this, the elements of the response from Portela were never discussed by the school board of Oswaldo Cruz and were not instituted. In response, Candeia and other samba artists and composers founded"}, {"text": "the Black Art Recreational Guild Quilombo Samba School, which would not participate in Carnival and emphasized Afro-Brazilian cultural identity. In 1977, Candeia participated in the album \"Quatro Grandes do Samba\", which also featured Nelson Cavaquinho, Guilherme de Brito and Elton Medeiros. That year, he also signed with the American label WEA, which resulted in criticism that Candeia was no longer in touch with Brazilian audiences. On Warner Records, he released \"Luz da inspira\u00e7\u00e3o\", in which Candeia reflects on the cultural identity of black Brazilians after abolition. Later that year, he began to write the book \"Escola de Samba: A \u00e1rvore que esqueceu a raiz\". Candeia intended to write the book with Paulinho da Viola but due to the singer's lack of time the work was written with Isnard de Ara\u00fajo, due to his participation in the creation of the Portela Historical Museum. Decline and death. With kidney problems from his paralysis, Candeia was admitted to the hospital but refused to continue treatment, claiming he had no time. In 1978, \"Escola de Samba: A \u00e1rvore que esqueceu a raiz\" was finally released. He was also able to finalize the recording of \"Ax\u00e9 - Gente amiga do samba\", his fifth and final"}, {"text": "album, considered one of the most important albums in Samba's history. Candeia did not live to see his book published. On November 14, 1978, that year, he had an acute kidney issue and he fell into a coma. Candeia was admitted to the Cardoso Fontes Hospital in Jacarepagu\u00e1. Candeia died two days later in the morning from a kidney infection. Further reading. 1. Bocskay, Stephen (2017). \"Undesired Presences: Samba, Improvisation, and Afro-Politics in 1970s Brazil\". Latin American Research Review. 52 (1): 64\u201378. 2. Bocskay, Stephen (2012). Voices of Samba: Music and The Brazilian Racial Imaginary (1955-1988) (Doctorate). Providence, Rhode Island: Brown University."}, {"text": "Mathieu Mille (born January 10, 1981) is a French former professional ice hockey defenceman. Mille played in the Ligue Magnus for Gothiques d'Amiens, Anglet Hormadi \u00c9lite, Scorpions de Mulhouse, Corsaires de Dunkerque, Ducs de Dijon and Pingouins de Morzine-Avoriaz. Mille also played in the 2008 and 2009 IIHF World Championship for France."}, {"text": "Ecuadorian Civil War may refer to any of the following civil wars in Ecuador:"}, {"text": "The Lewiston Community Building is a historic building in Lewiston, Utah. It was built in 1935, and designed by Karl C. Schaub. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since April 1, 1985. It is PWA Moderne in style."}, {"text": "The Holy See and Papua New Guinea officially established diplomatic relations with each other in 1977. Diplomatic relations between the two in which Papua New Guinea did not act independently had previously been established through the Holy See's Apostolic Delegation of Australia and Papua New Guinea in 1973, and Apostolic Delegation of Papua New Guinea and The Solomon Islands in 1976. Two popesPope John Paul II and Pope Francishave visited Papua New Guinea. History. The first relations of diplomatic character between the two were established in 1947, when the Apostolic Delegation of Australia, New Zealand and Oceania was created. It was branched in 1968 and became the Apostolic Delegation of Australia and Papua New Guinea. In 1976, new delegations were created and Papua New Guinea was branched into the jurisdiction of the Apostolic Delegation of Papua New Guinea and The Solomon Islands. On 7 March 1977, the Holy See branched the delegation, forming the Apostolic Nunciature of Papua New Guinea and the Apostolic Delegation of Solomon Islands. This decision henceforth allowed Papua New Guinea to engage with the Holy See in its own right. The Holy See established its Apostolic Nunciature in Port Moresby, the capital and largest city of"}, {"text": "Papua New Guinea. In May 1984, Pope John Paul II made a visit of pilgrimage to Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. Pope Francis visited Papua New Guinea from 6 to 9 September 2024, as part of his tour of the Indonesian archipelago. He celebrated a mass in Port Morseby, which was attended by an estimated 35,000 people. He then made a stop at Vanimo, in the country's remote northwest. The incumbent nuncio to Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands is Archbishop Maurizio Bravi, who was appointed on 15 January 2025 to replace Archbishop Mauro Lalli."}, {"text": "Lindiwe Sidali (born 1983) is a South African doctor. She is the first South African woman of African ethnicity to become a cardiothoracic surgeon in South Africa. Early years. Sidali was born in Dutywa in the Eastern Cape. She grew up in Dutywa and Rusternburg (North West). She had her high school education at Rakgatla High School in Wonderkop, North West. Upon completion of her high school education, she received a scholarship from the North West Department of Health to study medicine in Cuba where she obtained a degree as a doctor of Medicine. She is known to have recently completed her Fellowship of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital in Durban. Career. She has been a doctor for ten years. In 2018, she became the first South African woman of African ethnicity to become a cardiothoracic surgeon in South Africa."}, {"text": "Seoul Dynasty is a South Korean esports team founded in 2017 that competes in the Overwatch League (OWL). The Dynasty began playing competitive \"Overwatch\" in the 2018 season. All rostered players during the OWL season (including the playoffs) are included, even if they did not make an appearance."}, {"text": "Buttafava railway station is a railway station in Italy. Located on the Monza\u2013Molteno railway, it serves the municipality of Arcore in Lombardy as its secondary station. The train services are operated by Trenord. Train services. The station is served by the following service(s):"}, {"text": "Max Langer (born 11 July 1897 in Spitzkunnersdorf (Krs. Zittau); died 3 May 1985 in Niederoderwitz, was a German painter. From 1917 to 1921 he studied with in the Kunstgewerbeakademie Dresden. After a few years of wandering through Bavaria and Munich he returned to Niederoderwitz."}, {"text": "David Christopher (\u201cD. C.\u201d) Schindler (born December 22, 1970) is an American philosopher and translator, specializing in metaphysics, philosophical anthropology, philosophy of religion, and moral and political philosophy. Son of the theologian David L. Schindler, his work falls in the broadly Neoplatonic tradition, though he is also associated with Thomism, certain strains of German Idealism, and the Communio/Ressourcement school of theology. He is a professor of Metaphysics and Anthropology at the Pontifical John Paul II Institute in Washington, D.C. Education and academic work. Schindler was educated in the Program of Liberal Studies at the University of Notre Dame, where his father, David L. Schindler, was then teaching. During his time at college, he completed a year of French study at L\u2019Universit\u00e9 Catholique de l\u2019Ouest, in Angers, France. In 1995, he completed a Masters of Sacred Theology at the John Paul II Institute in Rome, and in 1997, a Masters of Arts in philosophy at The Catholic University of America. In 2001, he completed his Doctorate in Philosophy at the Catholic University of America, with a dissertation on \u201cThe Dramatic Structure of Truth, in Dialogue with Hans Urs von Balthasar and Continental Philosophy from Kant to Heidegger,\u201d under the direction of"}, {"text": "Riccardo Pozzo. From 2001 to 2013, Schindler held a teaching fellowship in philosophy and then became one of the founding members of the Department of Humanities at Villanova University, with a stint in Munich for an Alexander von Humboldt Research fellowship, 2007\u20132008. Since 2013, he has been a professor at the John Paul II Institute in Washington D.C., where his father also taught. He has served as an editor and translator for the English edition of \"Communio: International Catholic Review\" since 2002. Honors and awards. In 2014, he was invited to give the annual John Paul II Lecture at the University of Dallas; in 2015, he gave the Bitar Lecture at Geneva College in Pennsylvania; in the Fall of 2017, he gave the McMahon Aquinas Lecture at St. Mary's College in Notre Dame, IN; in Fall of 2018, he gave the Albacete Lecture at the Sheen Center in New York. In 2022, he was awarded the Aquinas Medal at the University of Dallas, delivering the annual Aquinas Lecture there. He has also given invited lectures at Hillsdale College in Michigan, Franciscan University in Ohio, St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Pennsylvania, St. Anselm's Abbey in Washington, D.C., St. Patrick's Pontifical University"}, {"text": "in Maynooth, Ireland, and other locations. Schindler has been elected vice-president, and then president, of the American Catholic Philosophical Association for 2024\u20132026."}, {"text": "The James and Amy Burnham Farmstead is a farm with a historic house in Richmond, Utah. It was built in 1895 for James Lewis Burnham and his wife, n\u00e9e Amy Blanche Penrose, who lived here with their twelve children. It was designed in the Victorian Eclectic style. It belonged to David Miller Ross from 1920 to 1928, when it was acquired by the Erickson family. It was purchased by Pete Schropp in 1986. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since October 8, 2004."}, {"text": "Black Death is a board game for 2\u20136 players that was published by Blacksburg Tactical Research Center in 1993. Gameplay. \"Black Death\", designed by Greg Porter, is a game in which players are diseases sweeping across medieval Europe in 1347. The game components are: Each player either takes the role of a historical plague (measles, dysentery, etc.), or designs a new disease. Each disease has a Virulence rating and a Mortality rating between 1 and 5, which together add up to 6. Players then try to move across the map of Europe, infecting as many population centers as possible. Random event cards can help or hinder each player. Victory conditions. The first player to reach an agreed-upon number of victims is the winner. The rules suggest that this number be: Variants. There are also four variants: Reception. In the October 1993 edition of \"Dragon\" (Issue #198), Rick Swan called the game's premise \"bizarre\", and felt that, with relatively few rules, the game \"walks a fine line between being simple and simple-minded\". He concluded that the game was unlikely to be a good candidate for the long term, \"But for the first few plays anyway, the fun is, er, contagious.\""}, {"text": "Lilla Day Monroe (November 11, 1858 \u2013 March 2, 1929) was a lawyer, pioneer, and suffragette who spent the majority of her life in Topeka, Kansas. She contributed significantly to the women's suffrage movement in Kansas. She also compiled the stories of over 800 women pioneers, which her great-granddaughter published as a book in 1982. In 1982, she was inducted to the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame. Life. Lilla Day Monroe was born Lilla Day Moore on November 11, 1859, in Mooresburg, Indiana. Mooresburg became Mooresville and is in Morgan County, Indiana and was named for her father. Her mother raised her in traditional homemaker skills. She taught her the importance of reading. Mother, daughter, and brothers walked regularly to a distant library to borrow books. The books were read and discussed after studies. Monroe's first occupation was that of a schoolteacher. The law. Monroe started reading for the law early, initially for Judge Slack of Indiana. She migrated to Wakeeney, Kansas, in 1884, just at the end of the frontier era. There she met and married Lee Monroe, who was an attorney originally from Pennsylvania. They raised four children. Monroe was interested in the law, so she"}, {"text": "clerked in her husband's practice. She also studied law with her husband at home. She passed the local bar examination in 1894. Then she practiced law in the District Court. On May 7, 1895, she became the first woman admitted to practice in the Kansas Supreme Court. When her husband became judge of the Twenty-Third Judicial District, every court where Moore might practice was covered by her husband. Moore suspended all private practice of the law. She must have perceived a possible conflict or the appearance of one. Moore continued to use her training in volunteer pursuits for women's suffrage and other laws. Women's suffrage. In one of her earliest speeches regarding women's suffrage, titled, \"Intemperance and Women's Rights\", she argued for women to have the right to vote using liquor regulation laws as an example. The Monroe family moved to Topeka in 1901. There Monroe became active in many causes, but most notably women's suffrage. She joined the Kansas State Suffrage Association and served as its president for many years. Monroe was also the head of the Kansas branch of the National Woman's Party. From 1908 to 1912, Monroe spent significant time urging legislators to support Women's suffrage. She"}, {"text": "also made numerous public lectures espousing the need for expanded women's rights. The Monroe home was located where the Docking State Office Building now resides in Topeka. Monroe's home hosted many women and organizations who were participants in Women's suffrage. Monroe's children pointed out that it was commonplace for some of the women to become house guests for many weeks. Monroe composed and wrote a book during the years she worked towards accomplishing Women's suffrage. The book \"The Gee-Gee's Mother Goose\" is verse and nursery rhymes. She once explained that the book's goal was to alleviate tension \"when the argument grew too heated\". No matter how dedicated she was to women's suffrage, Monroe was adamantly against being used for other purposes. When it seemed that the movement had been turned over to the Democrats, she resigned from her position as Kansas chair. She resigned from the organization as well. She claimed that the organization was putting the agenda of the Democratic party first and Women's suffrage second. Monroe wrote and spoke quite frequently. Published accounts demonstrate Monroe's works were popular for their content as well as their delivery. It is also demonstrated in her 1906 address, \"Some Women Suffrage History\","}, {"text": "to a mixed audience at Pike's Pawnee Village in honor of their centennial celebrations. The Pawnee Village was an event established from the Good Government Club which involved Monroe and her friends one year prior. In 1919, Monroe was elected the first president of the Kansas Women Lawyers Association. The Association appropriated the same legislative programs as the Good Government Club. With Monroe heading the association, the association encouraged women to become lawyers, which would enable them to better further the interests of women and children. This plea for more women lawyers was cited in the women \"Lawyers' Journal\". Monroe was also a member of the Kansas Equal Suffrage Association. This organization actively advocated for legislators to pass laws regarding women's rights. Monroe was the president of the organization for many years. Other ventures. Kansas Day Club. An event known as the Kansas Day Club had existed for a long time of which purpose had been to celebrate Kansas statehood. In 1905, Monroe and her friends felt that a women's version of the event would be more gratifying than being passive observers of the men's club. Monroe was an officer in the new Women's Kansas Day Club. She also composed"}, {"text": "the club's articles. The purpose of the club was to gather and preserve Kansas history and encourage patriotism among the youth of the state. The club was an offshoot of the Good Government Club. Good Government Club. Monroe spent many years as a lobbyist with the Good Government Club of Topeka. This led to a unanimous Kansas Senate vote to allow her free access to the Senate floor. Monroe appears to have the most material in the \"Hand Book of Laws\". Laws discussed in this handbook are mostly from reprints from her articles published in \"The Women Lawyers' Journal\". Monroe spent 27 years as the head of this club's lobbying efforts. Other lobbying attempts included a minimum wage bill, child hygiene division in the State Board of Health, the property and inheritance laws, prenuptial contracts, divorce reform, \"care and confinement degenerates, and the segregation of mental and moral delinquents\", equal tax exemption to both sexes. Monroe experienced a great deal of success in lobbying for women's suffrage and other examples mentioned herein. Other clubs. Monroe created and edited \"The Club Woman\". She created and edited \"The Kansas Woman's Journal\". She was a member of the \"Women's Press Association\", the \"State"}, {"text": "Federation of Clubs\", the \"Business and Professional Women's Club\", and the \"National League of Pen Women\". Pioneer women stories. While Monroe was publishing her magazine, \"The Kansas Women's Journal\", she started a journalism project to record the stories of pioneer women, which her daughter and great-granddaughter continued after she died. Monroe preserved more than 800 stories related by or about pioneer women. The stories reflect the adversity the women faced in settling the American frontier and their strength in overcoming these obstacles. The project is still in existence today, maintained as the Lilla Day Monroe Collection of Pioneer Women's Stories. Death and legacy. Monroe's daughter Lenore Monroe Stratton carried the project on by typing and indexing the stories. Monroe's great-granddaughter Joanna Stratton, who was a Harvard University professor, published Monroe's pioneer women stories as a complete volume in Simon and Schuster's \"Pioneer Women, Voices From the Kansas Frontier\" in 1982. Washburn University established the Lilla Day Monroe Award to honor women. Monroe died on March 2, 1929, in Topeka."}, {"text": "Victory was launched at Chittagong in 1816. Between April 1817 and 1821 she was under French ownership, but then returned to Calcutta registry. She was condemned at Manila in March 1837. Career. \"Victory\" was under French ownership from April 1817 to 1821, then British ownership and Calcutta registry again. \"Victory\" appeared in the register at Calcutta in 1824 with C.Reid, master, and M.Crisp, owner. \"Lloyd's List\" carried a letter from the Cape of Good Hope dated 20 September 1827 that reported that had wrecked there while sailing from London to Bombay. Most of her stores and cargo was expected to be saved. \"Victory\", Ferguson, master, was take the undamaged cargo to its destination; the damaged cargo would be auctioned. In 1827 \"Victory\"s master was G.Farquarhson and her owner was Abercrombie & Co. At some point her registry was shifted from Calcutta to Great Britain. Thereafter she appeared in \"Lloyd's Register\". In September 1832, \"Victory\", Biden, master carried Maria Jane Jewsbury, an English writer, poet, and reviewer, to India. Then on 2 May 1835 Biden was sailing by the Chagos Archipelago when he sighted a group of three islets at that he named Nelson's Islands. They probably had been seen in"}, {"text": "1833 by Captain Adam Dixon in , who had named the group Severn Island. Fate. On 10 January 1837 \"Victory\" put into Manila on passage from Singapore for Canton, leaking badly. On 16 March she underwent a survey at Manila that found her waterlogged and unseaworthy; her owners sold her for breaking up."}, {"text": "Kaisyuan Rueitian station () is a light rail station of the Circular light rail of the Kaohsiung Metro. It is located in Cianjhen District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Station overview. The station is a street-level station with two side platforms. It is located at the junction of Rueitian Street and Kaisyuan 4th Road, near the Kaisyuan Night Market."}, {"text": "Ab\u016b Bakr az-Zubayd\u012b (), also known as Mu\u1e25ammad ibn al-\u1e24asan ibn \u2018Abd All\u0101h ibn Mad\u1e25\u012bj al-Faq\u012bh and Mu\u1e25ammad ibn al-\u1e24asan az-Zubayd\u012b al-Ishb\u012bl\u012b (), held the title \"Akhb\u0101r al-fuquh\u0101\" and wrote books on topics including philology, biography, history, philosophy, law, lexicology, and hadith. Life. Az-Zubayd\u012b was a native of Seville, al-Andalus (present-day Spain), whose ancestor, Bishr ad-D\u0101khil ibn \u1e24azm of Yemeni origin, had come with the Umayyads to al-Andalus from \u1e24im\u1e63 in the Levant (Syria). Az-Zubayd\u012b moved to C\u00f3rdoba, the seat of the Umayyad Caliphate, to study under Ab\u016b \u2018Al\u012b al-Q\u0101l\u012b. His scholarship on the philologist S\u012bbawayh\u2019s grammar, \"Al-Kit\u0101b\", led to his appointment as tutor to the son of the humanist caliph \u1e24akam II, the crown prince Hish\u0101m II. At the Caliph\u2019s encouragement, az-Zubayd\u012b composed many books on philology, and biographies of philologists and lexicographers. He became q\u0101\u1e0d\u012b of Seville, where he died in 989."}, {"text": "Elitzur Eito Ashkelon () is a professional basketball team based in Ashkelon in south west Israel. The club currently plays in Israeli National League. The team is named after the late Itamar Sharvit (nicknamed \"Eito\"), who has been Elizur Ashkelon's maintenance manager for 18 years. History. The team was founded in 2015 after Elitzur Ashkelon has been dissolved. In the 2017\u201318 season, the team has been promoted to the Israeli National League after winning the Liga Artzit championship title. In the 2018\u201319 season, they have qualified to the national league playoffs, where they eventually were eliminated by Hapoel Galil Elyon in the Quarterfinals. \"Runner up\" : 2021, 2022 Winners: 2018 \"\""}, {"text": "The Early Parliamentary General Election Act 2019 (c. 29), also known as the Election Bill, was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that made legal provision for the holding of the 2019 general election on 12 December 2019. The act was fast-tracked in its passage through Parliament, meaning that it completed all of its stages in the House of Commons in a single day, on 29 October 2019, and received its formal First Reading in the House of Lords on the same day. It completed its remaining stages there on 30 October, and received royal assent, thereby becoming law, on 31 October. The act was a very unusual piece of constitutional legislation, as it made the 2019 general election unique by being the first (and quite possibly only) national election in UK history to have been triggered by a piece of specific legislation that circumvented the operation of ordinary electoral law. The act also directly demonstrated the ancient principle of Parliamentary sovereignty that Parliament cannot bind its successors. The ordinary law on parliamentary general elections at the time of the passing of the act was the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 (\"FTPA\"), under which elections took place every"}, {"text": "five years, except that an early general election could be triggered by the House of Commons in either of two ways: a resolution supported by at least two-thirds of the total membership of the House, or a vote of no confidence in the government, when an election must be called after fourteen days unless a motion of confidence has been passed. The 2019 act, being a new act, required only a simple majority of the members voting in order to pass. The act automatically became spent upon the conclusion of the election and was repealed by the Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022 which also repealed the FTPA on 24 March 2022. Background. On the weekend of 26 October 2019 the Liberal Democrats and the Scottish National Party proposed introducing a bill in the House of Commons to hold a general election on 9 December 2019. This proposal was initially rejected by the Boris Johnson government as a \"gimmick\", owing to a vote on an early election under the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 (FTPA) which was to be held on 28 October 2019. Two previous attempts in September to get a favourable vote for an early election had failed,"}, {"text": "and the government said it would keep its options open should the third early election motion fail to pass. It did fail, as the required two-thirds majority was not achieved, leaving the government still unable to trigger an election. On 29 October, Prime Minister Boris Johnson introduced an election bill to the House of Commons to circumvent the FTPA and trigger a general election. Only a simple majority of MPs was needed for the Bill to pass. The election date set in the Bill was Thursday, 12 December 2019. After amendments to change the proposed date were voted down, the Commons approved the Bill by a vote of 438 to 20. Provisions. The key provisions of the act, which contained only two sections, are section 1, subsections (1) and (2): Although the act referred to the FTPA, it did not amend it. Consequently, under FTPA section 1(3), following the 2019 election the next election was scheduled for the first Thursday in May (2 May) 2024. Short title, commencement and extent. Section 2(1) of the act provided that the act would come into force upon royal assent. Section 2(2) of the act provided that the act may be cited as the"}, {"text": "\"Early Parliamentary General Election Act 2019\". Repeal of FTPA. After FTPA's repeal under the Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022, the DCPA provides for a parliamentary term to automatically end five years after the day Parliament has first been called, if it has not been dissolved sooner, and instead called for the 2020s' first general election to be held 25 working days following the dissolution. In terms of dates, the 58th Parliament, which first met on 17 December 2019, was scheduled to be dissolved on the same day in 2024, and the next parliamentary polling day was scheduled for no later than 28 January 2025. Instead, its dissolution was on 30 May 2024 and that year's election was held on 4 July. Outcome. Parliament was dissolved on 6 November. The election produced an overall majority of 80 seats for the Conservative Party, led by Prime Minister Boris Johnson. The Conservatives won 365 seats, an increase of 48, while the Labour Party, led by Jeremy Corbyn, won 202, a loss of 60. Following the result, Corbyn announced that he would stand down as Labour Party leader early in 2020."}, {"text": "Robert Travis Kennedy is an American chemist specializing in bioanalytical chemistry including liquid chromatography, capillary electrophoresis, and microfluidics. He is currently the Hobart H. Willard Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry and the chair of the department of chemistry at the University of Michigan. He holds joint appointments with the Department of Pharmacology and Department Macromolecular Science and Engineering. Kennedy is an Associate Editor of Analytical Chemistry and ACS Measurement Science AU. Early life and education. Kennedy was born on November 11, 1962, in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry at the University of Florida in 1984 and a Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (UNC) in 1988 while working under James Jorgenson. He was an NSF post-doctoral fellow at UNC from 1989 to 1991 with R. Mark Wightman. Academic career and research interests. Kennedy became a professor of chemistry at the University of Florida in 1991. After 11 years, he moved to the University of Michigan. He has graduated approximately 80 graduate students. Kennedy's research focuses on developing analytical instrumentation and methods that can help solve biological problems. He is considered a leader in the field of analytical chemistry, and an"}, {"text": "expert in endocrinology, neurochemistry, and high-throughput analysis. Major contributions to analytical chemistry include affinity probe capillary electrophoresis, in vivo neurochemical measurements, and ultra-high pressure liquid chromatography. He has been a Lilly Analytical Research Fellow, Alfred P. Sloan Fellow, NSF Presidential Faculty Fellow, and AAAS Fellow."}, {"text": "Peter J. Nordlander is a Swedish physicist. Career. Nordlander completed a doctorate in theoretical physics at Chalmers University of Technology. Following postdoctoral research at Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Bell Labs, and Rutgers University, Nordlander began teaching at Rice University in 1989. He works within the Laboratory for Nanophotonics at Rice, and serves as the Wiess Chair and Professor of Physics and Astronomy. Recognition. Nordlander was elected to fellowship of the American Physical Society in 2002 \"for pioneering contributions to the chemical physics of atom-surface interactions, including the development of a many-body theoretical description of charge transfer processes in atom-surface scattering.\" He is also a fellow of SPIE, the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Optical Society. Nordlander was one of three recipients of the Willis E. Lamb Award in 2013, \"for pioneering theoretical contributions in the field of plasmonics\" alongside Shaul Mukamel and Susanne Yelin. Nordlander, Naomi Halas, and Tony Heinz won the 2014 Frank Isakson Prize for Optical Effects in Solids awarded by the American Physical Society. Nordlander and Halas shared a second award in 2015, the Optical Society's R. W. Wood Prize. In 2016, Nordlander was listed an ISI highly cited researcher."}, {"text": "The 2019 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 12 December 2019, two and a half years after the previous general election in June 2017. The Scottish National Party (SNP) received the most votes (45%, up 8.1% from the previous election) and won 48 out of 59 seats\u2014a gain of 13 over those won in 2017, and 81% of the Scottish seats in the House of Commons. SNP gains came at the expense of both Labour and the Conservatives. The Tories remained the largest unionist party in Scotland even though they lost more than half of their Scottish seats, winning six compared to thirteen in 2017. Labour was reduced to only one seat, down from seven. The Liberal Democrats won four Scottish seats for no net change, although party leader Jo Swinson (herself the only major party leader to stand for election in Scotland) was unseated in her bid for re-election by her SNP challenger. Labour's vote share was its lowest at a Westminster election in Scotland since December 1910. Political context. The June 2017 general election in Scotland was fought in the aftermath of the 2016 Scottish Parliament election, in which the SNP won a third term in"}, {"text": "government but lost its overall majority in the Scottish Parliament (although the proportional electoral system at Holyrood was intentionally designed to make it very difficult for any one party to gain a majority). The 2016 EU referendum was held a month later on Thursday 23 June, and the final result was for the United Kingdom to leave the EU, although Scotland voted 62.0% Remain. Negotiations then began after the invocation of Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union in March 2017, which was expected to dominate the snap general election campaign. In March First Minister Nicola Sturgeon called for a second independence referendum due to Scotland's vote to remain in the EU the previous year. The result was the issue dominated the 2017 general election and, although the SNP remained the largest party, their number of seats was much reduced, with the Scottish Conservatives, Labour and the Liberal Democrats gaining a total of 21 seats. Former First Minister Alex Salmond and Westminster leader Angus Robertson were among those who lost their seats. In the 2019 European Parliament election, Scottish Labour lost its two MEPs, UKIP lost its seat, the SNP increased its number to three, the Scottish Conservatives held"}, {"text": "theirs and the Brexit Party and Liberal Democrats gained one each. Campaign events. Television debates. Like the rest of the United Kingdom, Scottish broadcasters hosted television debates. On 20 November, BBC Scotland's flagship political programme, \"Debate Night\", moderated by Stephen Jardine, hosted a Young Voter's Special with representatives from the main parties where they debated in front of an audience of voters aged under 30. On 3 December, STV hosted a television debate moderated by Colin Mackay and BBC Scotland announced that they would host a debate on 10 December, two days before the election, moderated by Sarah Smith. The Scottish National Party have been represented in UK-wide television debates in addition due to being the third largest party in the House of Commons. Leader's interviews. In addition to television debates, BBC Scotland and STV also interviewed Scottish party leaders on \"The Nine\" and \"Scotland Tonight\" in the run-up to the general election, alongside guest commentary too. On 4 December, the four main Scottish party leaders took part in leaders interviews with fictional character Chief Commissioner Cameron Mickelson from the BBC Scotland sitcom, \"Scot Squad\"."}, {"text": "Dalabon or Dangbon may refer to:"}, {"text": "Biassono\u2013Lesmo Parco railway station is a railway station in Italy. Located on the Monza\u2013Molteno railway, it serves the municipality of Biassono in Lombardy. The train services are operated by Trenord. Train services. The station is served by the following service(s):"}, {"text": "The Erick Lehi and Ingrid Larsen Olson House is a historic house in River Heights, Utah. It was built in 1891 for Erick Lehi Olson, an immigrant from Sweden who converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at age 16 and arrived in America in 1882. His wife, n\u00e9e Ingrid Larsen, was also an immigrant from Sweden, where she converted to the LDS Church; she arrived in America in 1883. The Olsons lived in Logan before they moved to River Heights, where Olson served as the bishop and as the president of the Third Quorum of Elders of the Cache Stake. Their house was designed in the Queen Anne architectural style. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since March 8, 1997."}, {"text": "Erik Morales vs. Zahir Raheem, billed as Double Trouble, was a professional boxing match contested on September 10, 2005. Background. After their exciting bout in March 2005, Erik Morales and Manny Pacquiao were co-featured on a card at the Staples Center, Los Angeles, California, in what was regarded as tune-up bouts before an inevitable rematch. Pacquiao was to face H\u00e9ctor Vel\u00e1zquez at super featherweight while Erik Morales would make his debut at lightweight against Zahir Raheem. The fights. Pacquiao vs. Vel\u00e1zquez. Vel\u00e1zquez gave Pacquiao a hard time in the first two rounds of their bout before getting caught by Pacquiao's superior speed and power getting stopped in the sixth round. Aftermath. Vel\u00e1zquez later on fought Pacquiao's brother, Bobby, and won via disqualification. Morales vs. Raheem. In the main event, former 3-division champion Erik Morales faced 1996 Olympian Zahir Raheem Morales was a heavy favourite and the matchup was viewed as warmup for his already scheduled rematch against Manny Pacquiao. However, Raheem would frustrate Morales with constant lateral movement. Raheem rocked Morales in the 5th round and built a lead on the scorecards, but Morales rallied in the 11th round and staggered him with a right hand as Raheem's glove touched"}, {"text": "the canvas, but it was not scored a knockdown by referee Jon Schorle. The final scores were 118\u2013110, 116\u2013112 and 115\u2013112 in favor of Raheem giving him a unanimous decision victory. HBO's unofficial scorer, Harold Lederman, scored the bout 118\u2013110 for Raheem, the same score as his daughter Julie Lederman one of the three official judges. According to CompuBox Raheem landed 111 out of 282 punches (39%) against Morales landing only 62 out of 353 (18%). Aftermath. Speaking after the bout Raheem said \"I beat a legend tonight, I made all the sacrifices coming into this fight, I believed in myself and I fought a smart fight. All I needed was a chance to prove myself. None of the elite fighters ever gave me a shot, before Morales stepped up. Now the sky's the limit.\" When asked if fighting at lightweight was perhaps too heavy for him, Morales replied: \"I did feel a little out of whack but I have to look at the tape before I decide to go back down [to 130 pounds].\" Undercard. Confirmed bouts:"}, {"text": "The Hanabej dam is a dam in Saudi Arabia opened in 1979 and located in Riyadh region."}, {"text": "This is a List of transportation units of the United States Army from the Transportation Corps. Battalions. Transportation Motor Transport Battalion The transportation motor transport battalion is designed to support the movement of personnel and mat\u00e9riel for divisions and corps in an area of operation. It is normally attached to a sustainment brigade and consists of a headquarters and headquarters detachment providing command and control of between three and seven motor transport companies, detachments or teams. Movement Control Battalion The movement control battalion is charged with regulating all movement within its area of operation, including along the main supply route (MSR) and alternate supply routes (ASR). Subordinate to the Theater Sustainment Command and/or Expeditionary Sustainment Command, it is a vital component in the planning and execution of deployment, redeployment and distribution operations. The battalion exercises control of between four and ten movement control teams, which are assigned to key areas or transportation nodes. Companies. Motor Transport Company. Motor transport companies provide for the transport of personnel and a variety of commodities, including petroleum products, bulk cargo, and containers. They normally operate as part of a transportation battalion, a Combat Sustainment Support Battalion (CSSB) or Division Sustainment Support Battalion (DSSB). There"}, {"text": "are four basic types of motor companies: Light-Medium Truck Company. The light-medium truck company provides for transportation of bulk cargo, containers and personnel using the Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV). It may operate as part of a motor transport battalion, a CSSB or a DSSB. It consists of a headquarters platoon, a light-medium truck platoon, a medium truck platoon, and a maintenance section. Vehicle complement comprises 50 medium tactical vehicle cargo trucks, including the M1078 and M1083 variants, along with 25 trailers of the same payload capacity; and 10 M1088 medium tactical vehicle tractor trucks with 20 M871 trailers. Its total one-time lift capability is 225 short tons of breakbulk cargo; 404 short tons of breakbulk ammunition; 440 pallets; 10 TEU; or 600 personnel with gear. Medium Truck Company. Medium truck companies come in six different varieties, whether they provide for the transport of general cargo, petroleum products, or containers. Their organization is the same, with a headquarters platoon, three medium truck platoons, and a maintenance section. PLS Truck Company. The Palletized Load System is designed to provide ground transportation for dry and refrigerated containers with a container roll-in/roll-out platform (CROP) or other types of cargo on PLS flatracks."}, {"text": "When equipped with tank racks or load handling system compatible water tank racks (HIPPOs) it can also transport bulk petroleum products or water. Standard complement is 60 PLS trucks, 60 PLS trailers, and 360 flatracks or CROPs, giving it a one-time lift capability of 421 short tons of breakbulk cargo; 757 short tons of breakbulk ammunition; 960 pallets; 120 TEU; 240,000 gallons of bulk water; or 300,000 gallons of bulk fuel. Medium Truck Company Cargo. The medium truck company cargo is designed to provide transport for containerized and non-containerized cargo, including palletized bulk water or refrigerated cargo. Two types of medium truck cargo companies exist. The first is composed of 60 M915 series tractor trucks and 120 M872 40 ft semitrailers, generally used for line haul operations but also capable of local operations. In addition to handling dry or refrigerated cargo, the trailer can be fitted with a mounted fabric tank to transport 4,750 gallons of water or a HIPPO carrying 2,000 gallons along with integrated pump, engine and hose reel. Its one-time lift capability is 447 short tons of breakbulk cargo; 803 short tons of ammunition; 1,080 pallets, 120 TEU, 247,200 gallons of using fabric tanks; or 240,000 gallons"}, {"text": "of water using HIPPOs. The second comprises 60 M1088 medium tactical vehicle tractor trucks with 120 M871 trailers, with a one-time lift capability of 288 short tons of breakbulk cargo; 517 short tons of breakbulk ammunition; 840 pallets; 60 TEU; or 180,000 gallons of water using fabric tanks or HIPPOs. Medium Truck Company POL. The medium truck company POL's mission is the transport of petroleum, oil, and lubricant (POL) products to distribution points. Three different types of POL companies exist. The medium truck company POL (7.5k) EAB Line Haul provides for line haul transportation of bulk fuel, consisting of 60 M915 trucks with 60 7.5k trailers with a total transport capacity of 450,000 gallons. The medium truck company POL (5k) Line Haul is equipped with 60 M915 tractor trucks and 60 5k trailers for a total transport capacity of 300,000 gallons. The medium truck company POL (5k) EAB Tactical provides both line haul and local operations, utilizing 60 M1088 tractor trucks and 60 M967 5k trailers with a total transport capacity of 300,000 gallons. Heavy Truck Company. The mission of the Heavy Equipment Transport System (HET) company is the port clearance, tactical movement and recovery of heavy maneuver forces. Operating"}, {"text": "as part of a transportation battalion or CSSB, it consists of a headquarter platoon, four HET platoons, and a maintenance platoon. Vehicle compliment includes 96 HET systems, each comprising a M1070 truck tractor and M1000 semitrailer. The company is also equipped with medium equipment trailers design to transport loads 60 tons or less. Composite Truck Company. Composite truck companies provide tailored support to division and corps elements with a combination of FMTV and PLS trucks. The composite truck company (heavy) provides support for armored divisions and consists of a headquarters platoon, a medium tactical vehicle platoon for 20 FMTVs, two PLS platoons for 40 PLS trucks and trailers, a HET platoon for 18 HET systems, and a maintenance section. The composite truck company (light) is designed to support light divisions and has the same composition minus the HET platoon. Both types of companies also include 20 MRAP vehicles."}, {"text": "Francis Edward Dec (January 6, 1926January 21, 1996) was an American lawyer best known for typewritten diatribes that he independently mailed and published from the late 1960s until his death. His works are characterized by conspiracy theories and highly accusatory and vulgar attacks, often making use of conglomerate phrases like \"Mad Deadly Worldwide Communist Gangster Computer God\" to slander people, groups, or companies that he believed were engaging in electronic harassment against him, and gained a cult following from the mid-1980s onward due to his comedic incoherence. He has additionally been described as an outsider writer in the field of outsider literature. Biography. Francis E. Dec was born in New York on January 6, 1926. In early 1944, during the Second World War, he enlisted into the United States Army with the rank of private. He remained within the United States for the duration of the war, periodically moving between bases, at one point being assigned to Yuma Army Air Station. After the war, Dec entered into law, but was disbarred by the state of New York in 1958 and proceeded to make numerous \"incoherent\" legal appeals, including an appeal to the Supreme Court. He was admitted to a psychiatric"}, {"text": "hospital for 60 days in 1961 and in 1965 attempted to flee his home in Hempstead, New York for Poland. Dec spent the next 25 years writing and distributing lengthy screeds about the \"Worldwide Communist Gangster Computer God\" and its conspiracy to control the world through electronic mind control devices which he referred to as \"Frankenstein Radio Controls.\" These flyers were mailed to radio and television stations across the United States. According to Dec, the Worldwide Communist Gangster Computer God was the product of an ancient Polish (Slavonic) civilization which it subsequently drove to near-extinction. He was also antisemitic, seeing the Jews as the Computer God's pawns. In his writing, he blamed the Holocaust and Nazism on the Jews, and preceded the names of the Nazi Party members with \"Jew\" (example: Jew Adolf Hitler; Nazi JEW Hans Frank). He asserted that the belief that Jews were victims of the Holocaust was based on misinformation from \"Hollywood movies\". Analysis. Jeffrey Sconce analyzed the written works of Francis E. Dec in his book \"The Technical Delusion: Electronics, Power, Insanity\", within a chapter discussing the phenomenon of targeted individuals. In it, he argues that \"his writing speaks to a feature of technical delusions"}, {"text": "that became increasingly prominent in the second half of the twentieth century.\" Sconce also states that \"Dec's screeds are emblematic in their careening, amplified panic over imperious yet chimerical powers that seemingly are everywhere all the time and yet can never be fully confronted or understood.\" Legacy. Dec gained a cult following in the 1980s, becoming infamous through the KROQ-FM newscaster Boyd Britton's widely circulated dramatic readings of his rants, and figures interested in Dec's works included William S. Burroughs and Genesis P-Orridge; the latter used a recording of reading Dec's rants on the Psychic TV album \"Ultrahouse (The L.A. Connection)\". A 1983 issue of the comics anthology \"Weirdo\" reprinted a page of Dec's writings, and the collective Radiohole, consisting of Eric Dyer, Scott Gillette and Maggie Hoffman, created a stage play inspired by Dec, titled \"A History of Heen (not Francis E. Dec Esq.)\" in 1999. Dec's delusions formed the basis of the Chronicles of Darkness role-playing game's \"God-Machine Chronicle\" story arc, which explores a world in which his delusions are true."}, {"text": "Yarinda Bunnag (, born 6 November 1980) is a Thai architect, singer and actress. She became known in 2001 from the song \"Kae Dai Kid Teung\" (), released under GMM Grammy, before leaving to study architecture at Cornell University. After graduating, she joined the indie label Smallroom and released several albums in addition to working as an architect. She has also done acting work, starring in the films \"Best of Times\" (2009) and \"The Red Eagle\" (2010). In 2016, Yarinda Bunnag was invited to be the regional adviser of Asia Designer Communication Platform."}, {"text": "Madonna and Child with Two Saints or Madonna and Child in Glory between Saint Francis and Saint Clare is a c.1390\u20131395 tempera and gold on panel painting by the Italian artist Gentile da Fabriano, now in the Pinacoteca Malaspina in Pavia. It is one of the earliest surviving works attributed to the artist. It probably originated in the Santa Chiara la Reale monastery in Pavia, founded as a Franciscan house in 1380 by Bianca of Savoy. The gold-working is highly influenced by that of Giovannino de' Grassi."}, {"text": "Robbe Quirynen (born 3 November 2001) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Dessel. Club career. He made his Belgian First Division A debut for Antwerp on 4 August 2019 in a game against Waasland-Beveren. On 27 January 2022, Quirynen signed with Deinze until the end of the 2021\u201322 season. On 10 April 2022, Quirynen signed a two-year deal with Beerschot. On 29 June 2024, Quirynen moved to Dessel on a one-season contract. Honours. Antwerp"}, {"text": "The Howell-Theurer House is a historic two-story house in Wellsville, Utah. It was built as an I-house in 1869. It was the boyhood home of Joseph Howell, who served as a member of the Utah Territorial Legislature from 1886 to 1892, the Utah Senate from 1896 to 1900, and the United States House of Representatives from 1903 to 1917. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since October 18, 1979."}, {"text": ", is a Japanese model, singer, and television personality. Shiina debuted as a model in the fashion magazine \"Ranzuki\" in 2009. She modeled exclusively for the fashion magazine \"Popteen\" from 2010 to 2016. In addition to modeling, Shiina debuted as an idol singer under the name , releasing her first single \"Shinryaku Pikarin Densetsu\" on December 12, 2012. Career. Modeling career. During middle school, Shiina often watched anime and played video games at home due to frequently being suspended for violence, such as destroying property and throwing firecrackers. Shiina admitted at one point in her life, she had suicidal thoughts. After seeing an application for magazine models, she decided to apply to \"shine somewhere.\" In 2009, Shiina began appearing in the fashion magazine \"Ranzuki\" as an amateur model, and subsequently began modeling for other \"gyaru\" fashion magazines such as \"Egg\" and \"Men's Egg.\" From 2010 to 2016, she modeled exclusively for the fashion magazine \"Popteen\" under the nickname \"Pikarin.\" While modeling for \"Popteen\", Shiina's cosplay photoshoots of anime characters went viral, notably during a time where there was no crossover between \"gyaru\" fashion and anime. Music career. In 2012, Shiina made her singing debut under the name Pikarin Shiina and"}, {"text": "branded herself as an \"idol from the Demon World.\" Shiina thought up her Pikarin persona while modeling for \"Popteen\". She released her first single \"Shinryaku Pikarin Densetsu\" on December 12, 2012, which was used as an ending theme to the television program \"Happy Music\". On October 16, 2013, Shiina released \"Toro Amachu\" as her second single, which was used as the theme song for \"Donyatsu\", an anime series she also starred in. On May 21, 2014, Shiina released her first studio album, titled \"Shikkoku no Yami ni Somarishi Utagoe ga Kisama ni mo Kikoeru ka...\" This was followed up with the release of her second album, \"Makai no Owari\", on August 26, 2015. On May 3, 2016, Shiina released and wrote the lyrics for the song \"Makai Shinj\u016b\", which was produced by Kenta Matsukura. The single was released with \"Mitsu to Batsu\" as a double A-side. On December 14, 2016, she released \"Dogeza Road\" on digital services as a collaboration song with Village Vanguard. On May 3, 2017, she released the song \"Ba-Ba-Bah-Ba-Baumkuchen\" as her fourth single, which was used as the ending theme to the television program \"Mutoma 2\". The single included the song \"Geboku Gebo Gebo!!\" as a"}, {"text": "double A-side. On November 20, 2018, Shiina released her fifth single, \"Fukanzen na Boku to Kanseisareta Kaisha\", with \"Hate! Hate! Hate!\" as its leading track."}, {"text": "Giovannino de' Grassi (c.1350 - 6 July 1398) was an Italian architect, sculptor, painter and illuminator. Life. He was born in Milan, Italy, in the 14th century, although the year of his birth is uncertain. Nothing is known about his life before 1370. Grassi was trained in Pavia by Pietro da Pavia. He is known have made illuminated manuscripts for the Visconti family of Milan. He collaborated with the Lombard architect Giacomo de Campione. Death. de Grassi passed away in 1398."}, {"text": "Blackhand's Street Weapons 2020 is a supplement published by R. Talsorian Games in 1994 for the dystopian near-future role-playing game \"Cyberpunk\". Contents. \"Blackhand's Street Weapons 2020\" is a compilation of over 250 weapons for \"Cyberpunk 2020\". Reception. In the August 1996 edition of \"Dragon\" (Issue #232), Rick Swan commented that \"trigger-happy \"Cyberpunk\"-ers should find this a useful resource, if only for the comprehensive statistics and ammunition rules.\""}, {"text": "Arwal Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency for Bihar Legislative Assembly in Arwal district of Bihar, India. It comes under Jahanabad (Lok Sabha constituency)."}, {"text": "Ashtyn Davis (born October 10, 1996) is an American professional football safety for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the California Golden Bears, where he was also a hurdler, and was selected by the New York Jets in the third round of the 2020 NFL draft. Early life. Davis grew up in Santa Cruz, California and attended Santa Cruz High School. He played wide receiver at Santa Cruz and joined the school's track team at the recommendation of his quarterback in order to become a faster football player. Although he was lightly recruited as a football player, Davis began receiving interest from college track coaches late in his senior year after he put up a strong performance 110 metres hurdles in a county track meet despite having never competed in the event before. College career. At the University of California, Berkeley, Davis originally joined their track and field team as a walk-on and only joined the Golden Bears football team after a tryout in the spring of his freshman year. In the second half of his redshirt sophomore year, Davis worked his way up the depth chart to become the starting safety"}, {"text": "alongside Jaylinn Hawkins. As a redshirt junior, Davis made 56 tackles with five passes broken up and four interceptions while also returning 24 kicks for 629 yards and a touchdown and was named first-team All-Pac-12 Conference by the Associated Press, Athlon Sports and Pro Football Focus and honorable mention by the conference's coaches. Davis entered his senior year on the watchlist for the Paul Hornung Award and rated the third-best safety prospect in the 2020 NFL Draft by ESPN analyst Mel Kiper. Davis was named a finalist for the Burlsworth Trophy. In the season finale against UCLA, Davis tied his single-game high in tackles with 8, including the last tackle of the game as part of a goal-line stand. Davis had 55 tackles, two interceptions, four passes defended, two forced fumbles and a fumble recovery in his senior season. He finished his collegiate career with 166 tackles, seven interceptions, 12 passes defended, two forced fumbles and three fumbles recovered on defense while returning 70 kicks for 1,604 yards and a touchdown and two punts for 33 yards. In track and field as a senior, Davis won the Pac-12 110 meter hurdle title and was named second-team All-American. Davis was also"}, {"text": "named an NCAA Indoor All-American in the 60 meter hurdles. Professional career. Pre-draft. Davis was unable to run at the NFL Combine as he still hadn't fully recovered following surgery for a groin injury. NFL.com analyst Bucky Brooks, Pro Football Focus, and ranked Davis as the third best safety in the draft. Kevin Hansen of \"Sports Illustrated\" ranked Davis as the third best safety prospect in the draft (49th overall). He was ranked the fourth best safety by NFL draft analyst Steven Ruiz. NFL analyst Daniel Jeremiah ranked him the fifth best amongst safeties (86th overall). NFL draft analysts projected Davis to be a second or third round pick. New York Jets. 2020 NFL Draft. The New York Jets selected Davis in the third round (68th overall) of the 2020 NFL draft. The Jets previously traded defensive lineman Leonard Williams to the New York Giants to obtain the pick. He was the sixth safety drafted in 2020. He was the first of two Cal safeties drafted in 2020, along with Jaylinn Hawkins who was selected by the Atlanta Falcons in the fourth round (132nd overall). 2020 season. On July 24, 2020, the New York Jets signed Davis to a four\u2013year,"}, {"text": "$4.91 million contract that included an initial signing bonus of $1.36 million. Davis entered training camp slated to be the starting nickelback and primary backup safety. On July 25, 2020, the New York Jets traded starting strong safety Jamal Adams to the Seattle Seahawks. Following his departure, Defensive coordinator Gregg Williams held a competition between David and Bradley McDougald for the starting role. Head coach Adam Gase named Davis a backup safety, behind Marcus Maye and Bradley McDougald. On September 13, 2020, Davis made his professional regular season debut and made one solo tackle during a 17\u201327 loss at the Buffalo Bills. The following week, Davis earned his first career start as the Jets lost 13\u201331 to the San Francisco 49ers in Week 2. He was inactive for two consecutive games (Weeks 3\u20134) after injuring his groin. Davis became the starting strong safety in Week 8 after Bradley McDougald underwent surgery after injuring his shoulder. On November 22, 2020, Davis had a team-leading 12 combined tackles (eight solo) and recovered a fumble on the goal line after teammate Marcus Maye caused wide receiver Keenan Allen to lose possession during a 34\u201328 loss at the Los Angeles Chargers. On December 6,"}, {"text": "2020, Davis recorded six combined tackles (five solo) before exiting in the third quarter due to an injury as the Jets lost 28\u201331 to the Las Vegas Raiders. Om December 12, 2020, the New York Jets placed Davis on injured reserve for the remainder of the season due to a foot injury. He would remain inactive for the last four games of the regular season (Weeks 14\u201317). He finished his rookie season with 36 combined tackles (25 solo), one pass deflection, and a fumble recovery while appearing in ten games with five starts. 2021 season. On January 14, 2021, the New York Jets hired San Francisco 49ers' defensive coordinator Robert Saleh, replacing Adam Gase after the Jets finished the 2020 NFL season 2-14. Davis missed the start of training camp as he was still recovering from his injury. Defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich named Marcus Maye and Lamarcus Joyner the starting safeties in his absence. Davis spent the entire pre-season on the PUP list/Active as he recovered from his foot surgery. On September 1, 2021, the New York Jets placed Davis on injured reserve to begin the regular season. On October 2, 2021, the New York Jets activated Davis from injured"}, {"text": "reserve after missing the first three games (Weeks 1\u20133).. During his absence, starting strong safety Lamarcus Joyner injured his elbow and was placed on injured reserve. In Week 5, Davis was appointed as the starting strong safety for the remainder of the season taking the starting role from Adrian Colbert. In Week 7, Davis collected a season-high 11 combined tackles (ten solo) as the Jets lost 13\u201354 at the New England Patriots. On December 19, 2021, Davis made eight combined tackles (three solo) and had his first career interception on a pass thrown by Tua Tagovailoa to tight end Mike Gesicki during a 24\u201331 loss at the Miami Dolphins. On December 24, 2021, the New York Jets placed Davis on the COVID-19/Reserve list and he was subsequently inactive for a Week 16 victory against the Jacksonville Jaguars. He finished the 2021 NFL season with 62 combined tackles (43 solo), three pass deflections, two interceptions, and was credited with half a sack while appearing in 13 games with ten starts. He received an overall grade of 60.7 by Pro Football Focus, which ranked 44th out of 64 safeties and earned a coverage grade of 66.1 which ranked 34th amongst all safeties"}, {"text": "in 2021. 2022 season. The job as the starting strong safety was available after Marcus Maye departed during free agency. Throughout training camp, Davis competed for the role against Lamarcus Joyner, Jason Pinnock, Will Parks, and Tony Adams. Head coach Robert Saleh named Davis as a backup free safety to start the season, behind starter Jordan Whitehead and starting strong safety Lamarcus Joyner. On September 18, 2022, Davis made one solo tackle, had his only pass break up of the season, and intercepted a pass by Jacoby Brissett to wide receiver Amari Cooper in the closing seconds to seal a 31\u201330 victory at the Cleveland Browns. He was inactive during a Week 7 victory at the Denver Broncos after injuring his hamstring. He re-aggravated his hamstring injury and subsequently was sidelined for two more games (Weeks 13\u201314). He was mainly limited to appearing on special teams in 2022 and only recorded three combined tackles (one solo), one pass deflection, and one interception in 14 games with no starts. 2023 season. Lamarcus Joyner departed in free agency and was replaced by Chuck Clark. The starting free safety role was available after Clark to his ACL and was ruled out for the"}, {"text": "entire 2023 NFL season. The New York Jets signed free agent Adrian Amos to compete for the job against Davis and Tony Adams. Defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich chose Tony Adams and Jordan Whitehead to begin the season as the starting safeties, which pushed Davis into a backup safety. On November 19, 2013, Davis broke up a pass attempt and intercepted a pass by Josh Allen and returned it for a career-high 51\u2013yards during a 6\u201332 loss at the Buffalo Bills. In Week 15, he collected a season-high six combined tackles (four solo) as the Jets were routed 0\u201330 at the Miami Dolphins. In Week 18, Davis recorded five combined tackles (three solo), a season-high three pass deflections, and intercepted a pass attempt by Bailey Zappe during a 17\u20133 victory at the New England Patriots. He finished with 37 combined tackles (23 solo), eight pass deflections, three interceptions, and three fumble recoveries in 17 games and five starts. Pro Football Focus gave Davis an overall grade of 74.7 in 2023. 2024 season. On April 14, 2024, the New York Jets signed Davis to a one\u2013year, $2.74 million contract that includes an initial signing bonus of $157,500. Following the departure of Jordan"}, {"text": "Whitehead via free agency, head coach Robert Saleh stated their would be an open competition for both starting safety roles between Davis, Chuck Clark, and Tony Adams. He began the regular season as a backup safety, behind starters Chuck Clark and Tony Adams. On October 8, 2024, the New York Jets fired head coach Robert Saleh after a 2\u20133 start and named defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich as the interim head coach. In Week 6, he racked up a season-high nine combined tackles (six solo) during a 20\u201323 loss at the Buffalo Bills. The following week, Davis recorded two solo tackles before suffering a head injury early in the fourth quarter and was removed from the Jets' 15\u201337 loss at the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 7. He was diagnosed with a concussion and remained inactive in concussion protocol for the next two games (Weeks 8\u20139). On January 5, 2025, Davis earned his first and only start of the season after Chuck Clark tore his pectoral muscle and collected a season-high tying nine combined tackles (eight solo), a season-high two pass break ups, and a career-high two interceptions off passes thrown by Tyler Huntley during a 20\u201332 victory against the Miami Dolphins."}, {"text": "He finished the 2024 NFL season with a total of 35 combined tackles (25 solo), two pass deflections, and two interceptions in 15 games and one start. Miami Dolphins. 2025 season. On March 13, 2025, Davis signed with the Miami Dolphins on a one-year, $3 million contract."}, {"text": "Andrew P. Bakaj (; ; b. 1982) is an American attorney and former intelligence officer with the Central Intelligence Agency. He was the principal attorney representing the whistleblower who filed the initial complaint that led to the launch of multiple investigations by the United States Congress into the Trump\u2013Ukraine scandal, the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, and, ultimately, the first impeachment of Donald Trump. Bakaj is the founding and managing partner of Compass Rose Legal Group. He represented multiple whistleblowers and government officials in the U.S. House of Representatives investigations into the Trump Administration. Previously while serving as a U.S. government official, he designed the legal and investigative apparatus to protect intelligence community whistleblowers. In his professional legal capacity, Bakaj has advised and counseled numerous senior U.S. Government officials as well as numerous European governments, including the governments of the United Kingdom and France, in a variety of legal and investigative areas. Early life and education. Bakaj was born in Stamford, Connecticut, and is a graduate of Trinity Catholic High School. He subsequently attended The George Washington University, Elliott School of International Affairs in Washington, D.C., from which he earned a bachelor's degree in International Affairs with a concentration"}, {"text": "in National Security Policy. Bakaj earned his Juris Doctor from Syracuse University College of Law in Syracuse, New York, specializing in national security law and public international law. He is of Ukrainian descent and is Ukrainian Catholic. Career. As a student attending The George Washington University, Bakaj interned for three United States Senators: Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Charles Schumer, and Hillary Clinton. Bakaj's internship with Clinton coincided with the September 11 attacks, and he worked directly for her foreign policy advisor. Subsequently, in 2002, Bakaj served the Department of State overseas with the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine. During his tour and while traveling to Lviv, Ukraine, on mission, a deadly air show accident occurred at the Sknyliv Airfield. Due to his proficiency in Ukrainian and proximity to the disaster, Bakaj coordinated with the Embassy in Kyiv to secure emergency aid from the United States. Bakaj continued his public service while in law school, clerking with the Department of Justice. Upon graduating law school, he became a government official with the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General and subsequently the Central Intelligence Agency Office of Inspector General. While with the Department of Defense, Bakaj created the department's legal and investigative"}, {"text": "framework for national security whistleblower reprisal investigations. As a consequence of this accomplishment, the Department of Defense recognized him with a Career Achievement Award. The program he developed became the model for what would eventually become Presidential Policy Directive 19 (PPD-19), Protecting Whistleblowers with Access to Classified Information, issued by President Barack Obama in 2012. Bakaj eventually transitioned to the CIA where he created a whistleblower protection program modeled on the one he developed at the Defense Department so as to comply with the directive. In 2014, Bakaj was instrumental in protecting CIA officers within the Office of Inspector General who reported misconduct within their chain-of-command and, ultimately, to him. The disclosures included allegations that individuals within his own office (the CIA Office of Inspector General) fabricated evidence in a federal criminal investigation in order to obtain a false prosecution. In elevating the matter, he protected the whistleblowers who disclosed the information to him. Because he refused to compromise their identity, Bakaj himself was ultimately reprised against by then-Inspector General David B. Buckley, an Obama appointee. In 2017, President Donald Trump nominated Christopher Sharpley to assume the role of CIA Inspector General. Shortly after Sharpley's confirmation hearing, Bakaj presented evidence"}, {"text": "to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence establishing that Sharpley was less than candid during his confirmation hearing. As a result of Bakaj's disclosure, the White House subsequently withdrew Sharpley's nomination. In 2018 Sharpley resigned from the CIA. In 2019, a years-long investigation found that Buckley illegally reprised against Bakaj. Upon transitioning from government service, Bakaj assumed the role as Special Of Counsel with Mark S. Zaid, P.C. and founded Compass Rose Legal Group, PLLC. First impeachment of President Donald Trump. Bakaj was lead counsel representing the whistleblower who filed the initial complaint that led to the launch of multiple investigations by the United States Congress into the Trump\u2013Ukraine scandal, the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, and, ultimately, the first Impeachment of Donald Trump. Bakaj's co-counsel was Mark Zaid. A friend of the whistleblower, who is an attorney and an expert on national security law, referred the whistleblower to Bakaj, who had more expertise on whistleblower procedure and law. Bakaj provided the whistleblower guidance on filing the complaint. On August 11, 2019, per Bakaj's guidance, the whistleblower filed the complaint with the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community (IGIC). The whistleblower's complaint was deemed credible and a matter of"}, {"text": "\"urgent concern\" by the IGIC. Under federal law, when the IGIC determines that a complaint credibly raises an urgent concern, he or she forwards it to the relevant agency head (here, the DNI), who is required to forward it to the congressional intelligence committees within seven days. In this case, however, Acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire withheld the complaint from Congress. On September 9, 2019, Bakaj hand-delivered a letter informing the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the complaint's existence and that \u201cThe ICIG has informed [Bakaj] that . . . . my client\u2019s disclosure will not be transmitted to Congress because the Acting Director of National Intelligence views the matter as 'outside the scope' of the applicable whistleblower statute\". The next day, the committee's Democratic chairman, Adam Schiff, wrote Maguire demanding the release the complaint, and was rebuffed. Maguire later testified that the White House counsel had told him he could not release the whistle-blower's complaint to Congress because it was covered by executive privilege. Schiff went public. Facing a subpoena, the DNI finally released the complaint to Congress on September 25, 2019. On September 24, 2019, because his client's complaint was being blocked from transmittal"}, {"text": "to Congress, Bakaj sent a letter to Maguire providing \"formal notice\" of his intent to contact congressional intelligence committees directly concerning the matter. The following day the White House authorized the complaint be transmitted to congress. On November 7, 2019, Bakaj sent a letter to the White House warning President Trump to \"cease and desist\" calling for the public disclosure of the whistleblower's identity and \"engaging in rhetoric and activity that places the whistleblower and their family in physical danger.\" He said the president would be legally and morally liable if anyone were to be \"physically harmed as a result of his, or his surrogates', behavior.\" It has been reported that Bakaj and his co-counsel, Mark Zaid, have received death threats that are being investigated by the FBI. In a \"New York Times\" op-ed on March 2, 2020, Bakaj advocated protecting, expanding, and enhancing federal whistleblower protection laws. In a \"Washington Post\" op-ed on April 14, 2020, Bakaj expressed concern about the purging of inspectors general following Michael Atkinson's firing by President Trump, stating that \"alarm bells should be going off\". Bakaj and authors Zaid and John Tye discussed the impact of such actions. In light of the President questioning"}, {"text": "the independence and integrity of the Health and Human Services Inspector General and removing Glenn A. Fine as chairman overseeing the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee, a position for which he was selected by his peers, they wrote about the need for effective government oversight during the COVID-19 Global Pandemic. Facebook Files. Following her initial disclosures, Bakaj took over as lead counsel representing Frances Haugen for her whistleblower activities against Facebook in what has become known as the Facebook Files. In October 2021 the \"Washington Post\" reported \u201cAndrew Bakaj, who represents Haugen at Whistleblower Aid, said it was \u2018immediately clear\u2019 that she had materials that were critical for lawmakers and regulators seeking to hold the company accountable. \u2018She\u2019s a perfect example of why whistleblowers are so important: Without her, we didn\u2019t know what we didn\u2019t know,\u2019 Bakaj told the \"Post\".\u201d Other notable casework. Bakaj is among the attorneys representing Lieutenant Colonel Yevgeny Vindman, whose twin brother Alexander Vindman served as a key witness in President Donald Trump's first impeachment, in a whistleblower reprisal complaint filed with the Pentagon's Inspector General. The complaint alleges Vindman was retaliated against by the President and senior White House officials for his role as a whistleblower."}, {"text": "Bakaj is also a member of the team representing Brian Murphy, the former Acting Under Secretary for the Office of Intelligence and Analysis with the Department of Homeland Security. Murphy alleges that he was told to avoid intelligence assessments on Russia and white supremacists. Bakaj has also been involved in representing U.S diplomats who have been impacted by the Havana syndrome in Cuba as well as individuals before the United States House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack."}, {"text": "Richard Freeman (born ) is a former sports physician known for his work with British Cycling and Team Sky. In a medical tribunal in Manchester, Freeman was accused of aiding cyclists with doping and related misconduct. He admitted to 18 of 22 charges against him. In March 2021, the tribunal additionally found Freeman guilty of ordering testosterone, a performance-enhancing drug restricted by World Anti-Doping Agency and UK Anti-Doping rules, for a Team Sky cyclist in 2011, \"knowing or believing\" it was to help dope a cyclist. After the decision, Freeman was permanently struck off the medical register by the General Medical Council. Following a UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) investigation, he was banned from all sport for a period of four years for \"possession of a prohibited substance\" and \"tampering or attempted tampering with any part of doping control\". Career. Freeman worked as the head of medicine and head of sports science at Bolton Wanderers F.C. from 2001 to 2009. He began working for British Cycling and Team Sky in 2009. The General Medical Council (GMC) alleged that, in May 2011, Freeman ordered 30 Testogel (testosterone) sachets from Fit4Sports Limited to the National Cycling Centre, Manchester. It is also alleged that Freeman"}, {"text": "claimed that the delivery was a mistake and later asked for confirmation to be sent from Fit4Sports asking for the return of the delivery. On 12 June 2011, Freeman received a jiffy bag from British Cycling coach Simon Cope. An investigation into the jiffy bag, conducted by UK Anti-Doping, revealed that the bag had been moved by Cope in an airplane to Geneva, Switzerland where it was driven to La Toissure, France. The contents of the package is disputed. Later in June, Freeman arranged a therapeutic use exemption (TUE) for Bradley Wiggins to take triamcinolone. Freeman denies any wrongdoing surrounding the powerful drug, stating that he was \"abiding by the TUE system\". Freeman has said that his laptop, where medical records of the cyclists were kept, was stolen from a Greek hotel in 2014. Thus, the contents of the jiffy bag is not certain. Freeman claims that it contained Fluimucil, but the medication is common throughout Europe; this questions the need to have the package sent by air. He resigned from British Cycling in October 2017, citing \"stress related issues\". Medical tribunal. Freeman faced a tribunal before the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS), with proceedings stretching over two years. The"}, {"text": "tribunal began in early November 2019, and the allegations related to the incidents in May 2011. He admitted to 18 of the 22 allegations against him, including the claim \"that he asked supplier Fit4Sport to falsely claim the Testogel has been sent in error\". The employee who sent the false email claims that \"she trusted Dr Freeman because he is a doctor\" and also that the 30 Testogel sachets were never returned to the company. Although Freeman admitted to the allegations, he claimed that the testosterone was intended for former British Cycling technical director Shane Sutton to treat his alleged erectile dysfunction, which Sutton strongly denied. Freeman's lawyer, Mary O'Rourke, had \"confrontational exchanges\" with Sutton, resulting in him calling Freeman \"spineless\" before leaving the tribunal. Tensions between Sutton and Freeman were high throughout the tribunal and the latter did not return to the tribunal after the premature leave. The tribunal denied Freeman's request to drop the remaining four charges. Freeman maintained that he did not order the drug \"knowing or believing that it was intended for an athlete\". The tribunal was adjourned due to Freeman's health, after his absence at many hearings. The tribunal resumed in October 2020. Freeman said"}, {"text": "he used \"a screwdriver or blunt instrument\" to destroy a laptop that may have contained information important to the investigation. Freeman said he did so out of fear that information could be hacked, and stated the incident had occurred during a period of ill-health. Freeman also said that he secretly took the 30 sachets of Testogel home on the day it was delivered to the National Cycling Centre and washed them down the sink and claimed that he complained to senior management about alleged misuse of resources by Sutton, including an allegation he spent \u00a36,000 of British Cycling money on personal cosmetic dentistry. He also alleged that ex-medical director Steve Peters had asked him to treat senior management and staff as well as riders free of charge. Peters denied Freeman's claim that he \"gave the green light to unregulated medicine, out of British Cycling supplies, to be given to senior management and selected staff\". On 14 October, Freeman admitted to losing medical information from a third computer after the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) requested blood data from riders after the 2011 Giro d'Italia and the 2011 Tour de France. On the final day of Freeman's cross examination which stretched into"}, {"text": "its seventh week, Freeman claimed he was unaware that testosterone could be used to enhance sports performance in 2011 at the time of his alleged misconduct. He stated he \"came into cycling quite fresh\" and that he never discussed the topic of drug doping with Peters at the time. The tribunal was adjourned again on 26 November to resume once more on 22 January 2021. Freeman's lawyers had asked MPTS for a further adjournment of proceedings to allow him to help administer COVID-19 vaccines, but MPTS denied this request, saying that an adjournment was neither \"proportionate or in the interests of justice\". During its summation on 22 January, the GMC contended that Freeman had worked with athletes who had previously doped when buying testosterone to boost the performance of an unnamed rider. Just five days later, the MPTS confirmed the tribunal would be delayed once again until 6 February, due to \"unforeseen circumstances\". On 12 March, the tribunal found Freeman guilty of ordering banned testosterone \"knowing or believing\" it was to help dope a rider. The tribunal ruled that Freeman ordered Testogel with the knowledge \"it was to be administered to an athlete to improve their athletic performance\". The tribunal"}, {"text": "found that Freeman's actions were \"incapable of innocent explanation\". Freeman said that he was made a scapegoat, but there is no evidence of any wrongdoing by Freeman's colleagues, British Cycling, or Team Sky. On 17 March, the tribunal moved into its second phase which considered Freeman's fitness to practise medicine in light of its verdict. The GMC argued that Freeman was unfit to practise due to \"the seriousness of misconduct, repetition of misconduct and lack of insight into his misconduct.\" The next day, the tribunal ruled that Freeman's fitness to practise was impaired. Freeman said he was \"shocked\" by the verdict and that he \"was not a doper\". On 19 March, Freeman was permanently struck off the medical register. Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service chair Neil Dalton said that the tribunal's determination was \"that erasure is the only sufficient sanction which would protect patients, maintain public confidence in the profession and send a clear message to Dr Freeman, the profession and the public that his misconduct constituted behaviour unbefitting and incompatible with that of a registered doctor.\" Freeman lost his job as a general practitioner at the Great Harwood Medical Centre in Lancashire. In April 2021, Richard Freeman lodged an appeal"}, {"text": "at the High Court in Manchester to contest the verdict of the tribunal. The appeal hearing was expected to begin in November 2021 but was adjourned in early November by the judge. In January 2023, the High Court rejected Freeman's appeal - stating there was \"nothing wrong\" with the tribunal's process or conclusion. UK Anti-Doping Investigation. In February 2021, UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) charged Freeman with two anti-doping rule violations: \"possession of a prohibited substance\" and \"tampering or attempted tampering with any part of doping control\". Freeman stated his intention to contest part of the charges, and requested a hearing. Following Freeman's decision to appeal the findings of the Medical Practitioners Tribunal to the High Court, UKAD announced on 1 June 2021 it was pausing its investigation until the conclusion of his appeal. His appeal was rejected by the High Court on 16 January 2023 allowing the UK Anti-Doping Investigation to resume. The National Anti-Doping Panel (NADP) considered UKAD's case in July 2023 and found both charges proven - \"possession of a prohibited substance\" and \"tampering or attempted tampering with any part of doping control\". Freeman was handed a four year ban from all sport, backdated to 22 December 2020, the"}, {"text": "date on which he was suspended."}, {"text": "Macherio\u2013Canonica railway station is a railway station in Italy. Located on the Monza\u2013Molteno railway, it serves the municipality of Macherio in Lombardy as its secondary station. The train services are operated by Trenord. Train services. The station is served by the following service(s):"}, {"text": "Gobindpur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency for Bihar Legislative Assembly in Nawada district of Bihar, India. It comes under Nawada (Lok Sabha constituency)."}, {"text": "Karletta Chief is a Din\u00e9 hydrologist, best known for her work to address environmental pollution on the Navajo Nation and increase the participation of Native Americans in STEM. She is a professor at the University of Arizona. Education. Chief earned her B.S. and M.S. in civil and environmental engineering at Stanford University. She completed her PhD in hydrology and water resources at the University of Arizona in 2007, where she is now a faculty member. Career. One of Chief's research interests is addressing food, energy and water challenges in Indigenous communities with methods that include their traditional values. In particular, she has researched the impacts of the 2015 Gold King Mine spill on residents of the Navajo Nation. Her research regarding the effects of the Gold King spill have aided several communities affected by the disaster. As part of this work, Chief gives public presentations in the Navajo language, especially to farmers, ranchers, and families who are affected by pollution and mining waste. She has said that her scientific research and her identity are closely linked, telling \"Science Friday\", \u201cmy identity is water-based [from the Bitter Water Clan]. And so that motivates me to do the work that I do.\u201d"}, {"text": "Chief was featured in a short film produced by \"Science Friday\" in 2018, and is one of the interviewees in the feature documentary \"Hacking at Leaves\"."}, {"text": "A Kuma (\u0643\u0645\u0629) is a rounded Omani cap traditionally worn by men. It is flat on the top with the rim folded inwards, and is often white decorated with various ornate colourful designs. It is specially sized (as opposed to one size fits all) and has small holes throughout the embroidery which help keep the head cool in the hot Omani sun. It is frequently worn as day-to-day attire due to Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said's work to maintain the nation's cultural heritage, and as such people not only wear these traditional garments often, but are incredibly proud of them and the patriotism they represent. The opinions of where the Kuma originated from is divided. One theory posits that Omanis brought it to East Africa during the empire's rule of Zanzibar. The other posits that Oman adopted it from East Africa. The Kuma is similar to the East African Kofia. It is sometimes worn with a massar on top of it, to give the massar structure."}, {"text": "The John E. Lee House is a historic two-story house in Hyde Park, Utah. It was built in 1903 by Jesse Hancey for John E. Lee, and designed in the Victorian Eclectic style by Lee's father, Christian C. Lee. Lee, who was a farmer and stockraiser, lived here with his wife, Hattie Reeder Lee, until his death in 1957. The Lees were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The house has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since February 11, 1982."}, {"text": "Sherghati Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency for Bihar Legislative Assembly in Gaya district of Bihar, India. It comes under Gaya (Lok Sabha constituency)."}, {"text": "Triuggio\u2013Ponte Albiate railway station is a railway station in Italy. Located on the Monza\u2013Molteno railway, it serves the municipality of Triuggio in Lombardy. The train services are operated by Trenord. Train services. The station is served by the following service(s):"}, {"text": "Arak Amornsupasiri (, born 2 September 1984), nicknamed Pae (), is a Thai musician, actor and director. He began his musical career as guitarist for the indie rock band Slur, before releasing his first album as a solo singer in 2010. He began acting in the 2007 film \"Body\", and has starred in several films, including \"Best of Times\" (2009) and \"By the Time It Gets Dark\" (2016). His career also includes television acting and modelling."}, {"text": "Bladestorm is a fantasy combat board game that was published by Iron Crown Enterprises (ICE) in 1990. Gameplay. \"Bladestorm\" is a fantasy miniatures combat game. The game component was designed by Coleman Charlton, while the sourcebook was designed by Tim Taylor, Peter Fenlon, and John Ruemmler. Interior illustrations were by Michael Hernandez, Sandy Collora, and Ellisa Martin, and cover art was by Angus McBride. Contents. \"Bladestorm\" comes as a boxed set containing: Character generation. Each player must provide a miniature. In the Basic Game this character has attribute ratings for Movement, Melee Attack, Melee Damage, Defense and Endurance. Combat. If an attacker is within range of an opponent, it can attack using a number of six-sided dice equal to the attacking character's Melee Attack rating; one or more of the dice must exceed the defender's Defense rating in order to inflict damage. Damage is simply equal to the highest die roll that exceeded the defender's Defense rating. Magic. Most spells in the game are designed for mass combat, and are cast using a spell point system. Wizards with Power Hues can accumulate additional spell points if the sky turns a particular color during combat. The title of the game is"}, {"text": "taken from one of the most powerful spells, \"bladestorm\", which takes the form of a massive tornado or an expanding ring that inflicts critical damage on friend and foe alike. Reception. In the February 1992 edition of \"Dragon\" (Issue #178), Rick Swan called the game \"a remarkable design that not only features an elegant set of game mechanics but a fully developed fantasy world in which to use them.\" Swan admired the combat system, calling it, \"quick and simple, minimizing the need for charts and complicated formulas\", and thought that the magic system was \"superb\". He also liked the Advanced rules, saying that they \"build on the concepts introduced in the Basic game, adding interesting twists instead of needless complications.\" Swan did think that the game was best designed for small engagements rather than large-scale combats, and advised avoiding the \"cumbersome\" optional rules. He concluded by giving the game a rating of 4 out of 6, saying, \"the \"Bladestorm\" game is terrific fun, a stylish integration of clever mechanics and sparkling background material, highlighted by the best mass-combat magic system on the market... Skillfully written, richly detailed, and endlessly replayable, there may be a better self-contained fantasy miniatures game than"}, {"text": "the \"Bladestorm\" rules, but I\u2019ve never seen it.\""}, {"text": "The Richmond Relief Society Hall is a historic building in Richmond, Utah. It was built during 1880 to 1882 for the local chapter of the Relief Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since June 7, 1996. It is a \"modest\" building; it was labeled \"Victorian\" in style in its National Register nomination, but no Victorian features are identified. It was deemed notable as \"one [of] the oldest known original Relief Society Halls existing in Utah.\" It served as a Relief Society building until 1904, then used as a schoolhouse until around 1919. It was purchased by the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers in 1919 and served as the DUP's meeting place until 1959. In 1996 it was under renovation for it to serve as a museum and again as a DUP meeting place."}, {"text": "Pelton Peak is a mountain summit located in Chelan County of Washington state. It is part of the North Cascades, a subset of the Cascade Range. Pelton Peak is situated southeast of Cascade Pass in North Cascades National Park near the northern end of the Ptarmigan Traverse. The nearest higher peak is Magic Mountain, to the southwest. The Yawning Glacier rests on its western flank between these two peaks. Surface runoff from the mountain drains into tributaries of the Stehekin River. The mountain's name comes from the Pelton wheel which was used in early mining times, and several mines were located in the vicinity of Pelton Basin, Horseshoe Basin, and Boston Basin. Climate. Pelton Peak is located in the marine west coast climate zone of western North America. Weather fronts originating in the Pacific Ocean travel northeast toward the Cascade Mountains. As fronts approach the North Cascades, they are forced upward by the peaks (orographic lift), causing them to drop their moisture in the form of rain or snowfall onto the Cascades.As a result, the west side of the North Cascades experiences high precipitation, especially during the winter months in the form of snowfall. Because of maritime influence, snow tends"}, {"text": "to be wet and heavy, resulting in high avalanche danger. During winter months, weather is usually cloudy, but, due to high pressure systems over the Pacific Ocean that intensify during summer months, there is often little or no cloud cover during the summer. Geology. The North Cascades features some of the most rugged topography in the Cascade Range with craggy peaks and ridges, deep glacial valleys, and granite spires. Geological events occurring many years ago created the diverse topography and drastic elevation changes over the Cascade Range leading to the various climate differences. These climate differences lead to vegetation variety defining the ecoregions in this area. The history of the formation of the Cascade Mountains dates back millions of years ago to the late Eocene Epoch. With the North American Plate overriding the Pacific Plate, episodes of volcanic igneous activity persisted. In addition, small fragments of the oceanic and continental lithosphere called terranes created the North Cascades about 50 million years ago. During the Pleistocene period dating back over two million years ago, glaciation advancing and retreating repeatedly scoured the landscape leaving deposits of rock debris. The U-shaped cross section of the river valleys is a result of recent glaciation."}, {"text": "Uplift and faulting in combination with glaciation have been the dominant processes which have created the tall peaks and deep valleys of the North Cascades area."}, {"text": "The 1976 City of Lincoln Council election took place on 6 May 1976. This was on the same day as other local elections. The entire council was up for election and the Democratic Labour Party retained control of the council."}, {"text": "Belaganj is an assembly constituency for Bihar Legislative Assembly in Gaya district of Bihar, India. It comes under Gaya (Lok Sabha constituency). After 2009 delimitation, Belaganj Block and most parts of the Sadar Block come under Belaganj Constituency."}, {"text": "HMS \"Intrepid was a 64-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, originally built in Toulon for the French Navy. She was launched in 1740, as S\u00e9rieux\" and fought at the Battle of Toulon before her capture by the British at the First Battle of Cape Finisterre in 1747. After being renamed and refitted by the Royal Navy, she entered British service in late 1747. Between 1748 and 1752 she was assigned as a guard ship off the coast of Kent in south-east England. In 1756 she joined the Mediterranean fleet and was heavily damaged at the Battle of Minorca, one of the first naval battles of the Seven Years' War, where she suffered 45 casualties. After undergoing repairs and a further refit, during which she was reduced to a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line, \"Intrepid\" rejoined the Seven Years' War, taking part in the Battle of Lagos and the Battle of Quiberon Bay in 1759. She crossed the Atlantic in 1761, and fought in the West Indies Campaign of the War, featuring in the Siege of Havana the following year. She was broken up at Chatham in 1765. Design and description. During the first"}, {"text": "25 years of Louis XV of France's reign, beginning in 1715, France built relatively few ships. A sustained period of peace led to low funding for the French Navy, and those ships that were built were designed to be cost effective; maximising their manoeuvrability and armament in order to be able to stand up to the British Royal Navy, which had more ships. As a result, most French third rate ships of the line were built from a formulaic design with 60 or 64 guns dating back to the 1660s. The design was updated slightly in the 1730s to allow an extra pair of guns on each gun deck, but otherwise remained constant. It was to this standard that Ren\u00e9 Boyer based his design for \"S\u00e9rieux\" in the late 1730s, though Boyer died before the ship could be completed, and it was finished under the supervision of Pierre-Blaise Coulomb. \"S\u00e9rieux\" measured long at the gun deck and long at the keel. She had a beam of , a draught of , and a depth of hold of , and a tonnage of 1,286 bm as designed. She was initially carried a crew of 400 men during wartime and 340 at"}, {"text": "peace, commanded by six officers, but the complement later rose to 460 and 410 during war and peacetime, respectively. \"S\u00e9rieux\" was armed with 64 guns, consisting of twenty-six 24-pounders on the lower gun deck, twenty-eight 12-pounders on the upper gun deck, six 6-pounders on the quarterdeck and four 12-pounders on the forecastle. Service. French Navy. \"S\u00e9rieux\" was ordered on 6 February 1738, laid down in Toulon on 4 October 1738, and launched just over two years later, on 26 October 1740. She was completed in May 1741. On 19 February 1744, under the command of , she sailed out of Toulon as part of a French fleet which was tasked with escorting trapped Spanish ships past the British blockade of Toulon, leading to the Battle of Toulon. The British and French were not at war, so the French fleet was under orders not to attack the British, but to retaliate if attacked. The Franco-Spanish fleet established a line of battle, with three distinct sections: forward, centre and vanguard. \"S\u00e9rieux\" formed part of the central group, which combined both French and Spanish ships. When the British attacked, HMS \"Berwick\" should have engaged \"S\u00e9rieux\", but was too far back, and became embroiled"}, {"text": "with the Spanish ships behind instead, while \"S\u00e9rieux\" was able to fire upon her lee side bow. \"S\u00e9rieux\" also exchanged fire with \"Princess Caroline\" and one of the British flagships, \"Barfleur\". Although the battle was indecisive, the Franco-Spanish fleet was able to escape and deliver troops to Italy to shift the balance of the war. In early May 1747, a pair of French convoys left Rochefort; one intended for India, and the other for North America. A French naval fleet under the command of Jacques-Pierre de Taffanel de la Jonqui\u00e8re, on board \"S\u00e9rieux\" as his flagship and on \"Invincible\" provided an escort. A British fleet led by Admiral George Anson sailed to intercept the convoy, and after patrolling the Bay of Biscay, encountered the French fleet on 14 May, north-west of Cape Finisterre in Spain. De la Jonqui\u00e8re ordered his fleet into a line of battle, but they were significantly outnumbered by the British, and after three hours, the entire French naval fleet, including \"S\u00e9rieux\", was captured. Royal Navy. After her capture on 14 May 1747, \"S\u00e9rieux\" was sailed to Portsmouth where she was surveyed just over two weeks later, and subsequently purchased by the Board of Admiralty on 19"}, {"text": "August for \u00a38 5s per ton. Two days later, she was renamed HMS \"Intrepid\". She underwent refit between from August until the following March at a cost of over \u00a310,000, and was commissioned in November 1747 under the command of Captain William Parry. A year later, she was placed on guard duties, doing so in Kent, at Chatham from 1749 to 1751, and Sheerness in 1752, before being decommissioned in November that year. After a survey in July 1753 required no repairs, she was eventually recommissioned in September 1755, commanded by Captain James Young. In April 1756, during the prelude to what later became known as the Seven Years' War, the \"Intrepid\" left Britain as part of a fleet sailing to the Mediterranean under the command of Admiral John Byng. The French had been menacing British-held Minorca for some time, and on 18 April a large French fleet had established itself off the north-west of the island. They bombarded the island, until Byng's fleet arrived on 19 May. The two fleets were relatively equally matched; the British had 842 guns to the French fleet's 800, and each had around a dozen ships of the line. The next day, at the"}, {"text": "Battle of Minorca, the fleets met in a wedge; rather than match-up side by side, the British fleet intercepted the French at an angle of around 30 to 40 degrees, meaning that while the ships at the front were engaged, those at the rear were too far from the French to fight. \"Intrepid\", the sixth British ship from the front, was immobilised early in the fighting when her fore-topmast was hit by enemy fire and destroyed. This caused her to fall back out of the line of battle. Byng instructed the 44-gun frigate HMS \"Chesterfield\" to lay by \"Intrepid\" while the rest of the fleet continued. Ultimately, Byng and his council of war called off the attack, and Minorca fell to the French soon after. During the battle, along with the damage suffered, \"Intrepid\" suffered 45 casualties; 9 killed and 36 wounded. Four months of refits and repairs during 1757 cost \u00a38,842, during which she was reduced to a 60-gun fourth rate ship. Under the command of Captain Edward Pratten, she was recommissioned in June 1757, and sailed with Hawke's fleet until switching to Anson's the following summer. She was involved with the blockade of Brest in April 1758, where"}, {"text": "Pratten had command of a small squadron. The crew of the \"Intrepid\" spotted a French ship, \"Raisonnable\", and Pratten sent two of his ships to chase her. The British ships successfully captured \"Raisonnable\", which was subsequently commissioned into the Royal Navy. The following year, she was involved in the Battle of Lagos; a British victory over the a French fleet attempting to escape the Mediterranean. \"Intrepid\" was one of fifteen British ships of the line which helped Admiral Edward Boscawen capture three enemy vessels and destroy two others. Towards the end of the battle, Boscawen's main aim was to secure the French commander, and so he ordered \"Intrepid\", along with \"America\" to seize the enemy flagship, \"Oc\u00e9an\". As \"Intrepid\" had already anchored, she was unable to carry out the orders, which \"America\" completed alone, destroying the French flagship and capturing its surviving crew. \"Intrepid\" lost six men during the battle, while a further ten were wounded. She returned to England with Boscawen's fleet. Two years later, Captain commanded her at the Battle of Quiberon Bay, a decisive naval victory over the French, after which she blockaded the Basque Roads. She crossed the Atlantic to North America in August 1761, and"}, {"text": "took part in the Havana operations, under the command of Captain John Hale, from June to August 1762, before being decommissioned in 1763. After surveys in May 1764 and June 1765, she was broken up at Chatham from June until August 1765 for \u00a3644 10s 2d."}, {"text": "Christina Erikson (; born 22 February 1973) is a Swedish crime writer. She is also an operating room nurse and she has a degree in media and communication science. Early life. Erikson was born on 22 February 1973 in H\u00f6gsby. Career. Erikson released her debut novel in 2014 with \"Morsarvet\", and the year after she released the book \"En god g\u00e4rning\". In 2015, she released the book \"Av jord \u00e4r du kommen\" a book about the fictional character Rita Benson, and in 2017 a second book about Benson was released named \"D\u00f6dgr\u00e4varens dotter\". In July 2017, Christina Erikson signed a two-year book deal with Bonniers and the first book \"Din V\u00e4n Forsete\" was released in September 2018. In 2023, Erikson ventured onto a new genre and began to write romance with her debut title \"Om du var min.\" Personal life. In 2021, Erikson and her husband, fellow writer , purchased Svart\u00e5 Manor."}, {"text": "James Dickinson may refer to:"}, {"text": "I'm Dreaming may refer to:"}, {"text": "Carate\u2013Cal\u00f2 railway station is a railway station in Italy. Located on the Monza\u2013Molteno railway, it serves the municipality of Carate in Lombardy. The train services are operated by Trenord. Train services. The station is served by the following service(s):"}, {"text": "The 2020 GT World Challenge America powered by AWS is the 14th season of the United States Auto Club's GT World Challenge America, the third season under ownership of the SRO Motorsports Group and the first season without Blancpain sponsorship. The season began on 7 March in Austin and will end on 4 October at Indianapolis. Calendar. At the annual press conference during the 2019 24 Hours of Spa on 26 July, the St\u00e9phane Ratel Organisation announced the first draft of the 2020 calendar with Las Vegas being dropped from the schedule in favor of Indianapolis. Austin was removed from the provisional calendar on 25 October, before it would return on 8 November after extensive discussions with team owners and stakeholders. The round at Indianapolis became a non-points paying event. The round at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park was cancelled. The round at Virginia was moved from 6\u20137 June to 11\u201312 July. The round at Indianapolis is back to being a points paying event to replace the cancelled rounds at CTMP with the first three hours of the Indianapolis 8 Hour Intercontinental GT race counting towards the championship. Entry list. The Pro Cup class was eliminated from the series for this"}, {"text": "season. Race results. Bold indicates overall winner. Points system. Championship points are awarded for the first ten positions in each race. Entries are required to complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points. Individual drivers are required to participate for a minimum of 40 minutes in order to earn championship points in any race. Manufacturers' championship. Source:"}, {"text": "Seniesa Carmen Estrada (; born June 26, 1992) is an American former professional boxer who won the WBA female minimumweight title in March 2021, the WBC and Ring female minimumweight titles in March 2023, and the IBF and WBO female minimumweight titles in March 2024. On March 29, 2024, she became the undisputed female minimumweight champion of the world. She previously held the WBC Silver female light flyweight title from 2018 until 2021, and the WBA female interim flyweight title from 2019 to 2020. She has the fastest knockout in female boxing at five seconds of the first round. Early life. Hailing from East Los Angeles, Estrada is of Mexican descent and started boxing at the age of eight. Professional career. Estrada won the vacant WBC female Silver light flyweight title with a fourth-round stoppage success against Debora Rengifo at Plaza de Toros Calafia, Mexicali, Mexico, on 17 November 2018. She became the interim WBA flyweight title holder with a technical decision win over Marlen Esparza at MGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, Nevada, on 2 November 2019. The fight was stopped on the advice of the ringside doctor before the start of the final round due to a serious cut"}, {"text": "on Esparza's forehead caused by an accidental clash of heads with Estrada taking the victory by virtue of being ahead on all three judges' scorecards at that stage. On July 24, 2020, Estrada scored the fastest knockout in women's boxing history, stopping 42-year-old Miranda Adkins, who came in as a late replacement of an injured Jacky Calvo, just seven seconds into the first round of their scheduled eight round contest at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino, Indio, California. Estrada won her first full world title when she defeated WBA female minimumweight champion Anabel Ortiz by unanimous decision at Dickies Arena, Fort Worth, Texas, on 21 March 2021. She became a two-weight world champion in her next fight by dethroning WBO female junior flyweight title holder Tenkai Tsunami via unanimous decision at Banc of California Stadium, Los Angeles, on 9 July 2021. Estrada was named WBA Female Boxer of the Year for 2021. In 2022, she signed a multi-year promotional contract with Top Rank. Estrada became a unified world champion on 25 March 2023, by adding the WBC female minimumweight title to her WBA crown with a unanimous decision victory over Tina Rupprecht at Save Mart Center, Fresno, California. She also claimed"}, {"text": "the inaugural Ring female strawweight title thanks to this win. On March 29, 2024 at the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona, Estrada defeated IBF and WBO champion Yokasta Valle by unanimous decision to take the undisputed minimumweight title. Estrada announced her retirement from professional boxing on 23 October 2024."}, {"text": "Jai Vardhan Yadav (alias Bachcha Yadav; born 27 July 1978) is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Bihar Legislative Assembly from Paliganj assembly. Yadav started his political career in 2005 from Raghopur assembly as a member of Indian National Congress party but lost. In 2015 he was elected Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly as a member of the Rashtriya Janata Dal. He is a grandson of Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav. He left the Rashtriya Janata Dal on 20 August 2020 and same day joined Janata Dal (United) in the presence of cabinet minister Bijendra Prasad Yadav."}, {"text": "The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich (S6MF) or Sentinel-6A is a radar altimeter satellite developed in partnership between several European and American organizations. It is part of the Jason satellite series and is named after Michael Freilich. S6MF includes synthetic-aperture radar altimetry techniques to improve ocean topography measurements, in addition to rivers and lakes. The spacecraft entered service in mid 2021 and is expected to operate for 5.5 years. Spacecraft. The Sentinel-6 program includes two identical satellites, to be launched five years apart, Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, which launched on 21 November 2020, and Sentinel-6B, which will launch in 2025. These satellites will measure sea level change from space, which have been measured without interruption since 1992. Formerly called \"Sentinel-6A\" and \"Jason-CS A\" (\"Jason Continuity of Service-A\"), it was renamed in honor of the former director of NASA Earth Science Division, Michael Freilich, who was instrumental in advancing space-based ocean measurements. It follows the most recent U.S.-European sea level observation satellite, Jason-3, which launched in 2016, and is currently providing high-precision and timely observations of the topography of the global ocean. Context. Since the launch of TOPEX/Poseidon on 10 August 1992, high-precision satellite altimeters have been essential to monitor how the ocean stores"}, {"text": "and redistributes heat, water, and carbon in the climate system. The two satellites, Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich and Sentinel-6B, will extend this legacy through to at least 2030, which will provide a nearly forty-year record of sea level rise as well as changes in ocean currents. Partnership. The Sentinel-6 was developed by European Space Agency (ESA) in the context of the European Copernicus Programme led by the European Commission, the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), NASA, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), with funding support from the European Commission and technical support from France's National Centre for Space Studies (CNES, Centre national d'\u00e9tudes spatiales). The Sentinel-6 mission is part of the Copernicus programme initiative, the main objective of the Sentinel-6 mission is to measure sea surface topography with high accuracy and reliability to support ocean forecasting systems, environmental monitoring and climate monitoring. The mission definition is driven by the need for continuity in provision of TOPEX/Poseidon mission and Jason satellite series (Jason-1, OSTM/Jason-2, and Jason-3) with improvements in instrument performance and coverage. ESA, NASA, and EUMETSAT will provide mission management and system engineering support. EUMETSAT and NASA will be responsible for long-term archives of altimetry"}, {"text": "data products. All partners will be involved with the selection of science investigators. Responsibilities of partners. ESA EUMETSAT NASA NOAA CNES"}, {"text": "Dinanath Singh Yadav is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Bihar Legislative Assembly from Paliganj constituency as the 2000 Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly as a member of the Rashtriya Janata Dal."}, {"text": "Villa Raverio railway station is a railway station in Italy. Located on the Monza\u2013Molteno railway, it serves the municipality of Besana Brianza in Lombardy as its secondary station. The train services are operated by Trenord. Train services. The station is served by the following service(s):"}, {"text": "Tayfun E. Tezduyar is a mechanical engineer. He is known for his studies on the techniques of stabilizing the finite element methods. Tezduyar obtained his master's degree and doctorate at the California Institute of Technology in 1978 and 1982, respectively. He was then a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University prior to joining the University of Houston faculty in January 1983. Tezduyar assumed an associate professorship at the University of Minnesota in 1987, and was named a full professor in 1991. In 1997, Tezduyar was appointed Distinguished McKnight University Professor. He left Minnesota for the James F. Barbour Professorship in Mechanical Engineering at Rice University in 1998. Tezduyar was listed as an ISI highly cited researcher in 2016. Tezduyar chaired the Applied Mechanics Division of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2011, and was awarded its Ted Belytschko Applied Mechanics Award in 2018. In 2019, he was awarded the Computational Mechanics Award by the Asian Pacific Association for Computational Mechanics. Since 2017, in addition to his position at Rice University, he has been working as a Professor at the Science and Engineering Faculty of Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan."}, {"text": "Dennis Deletant (born 5 March 1946) is a British-Romanian historian of the history of Romania. As of 2019, he is Visiting Ion Ra\u021biu Professor of Romanian Studies at Georgetown University and Emeritus Professor of Romanian Studies at the UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES). He is the author of numerous works on the history of Romania including \"Ceau\u0219escu and the Securitate: Coercion and Dissent in Romania, 1965-89\" (London; New York, 1996); \"Romania under Communist Rule\" (Bucharest, 1998); \"Communist Terror in Romania: Gheorghiu-Dej and the Police State, 1948-1965\" (London; New York, 1999); and \"Ion Antonescu: Hitler's Forgotten Ally\" (London: New York, 2006). Deletant had been \"persona non grata\" in Ceau\u0219escu's Romania, but on 31 December 1989, in the immediate aftermath of the Romanian Revolution\u2014there was still some sniper fire, etc.\u2014Deletant entered Romania at Giurgiu as the only Romanian-language speaker in a BBC crew coming in from Bulgaria, joining another BBC team already in Bucharest and, in what he was later to describe as his Warholian \"fifteen minutes of fame,\" reported on the subsequent events. Academic career. In 1964, he enrolled at the University of London as a student of Romanian. At SSEES, Deletant successively held the positions of"}, {"text": "Assistant Lecturer in Romanian Language and Literature (from 1969), Lecturer in Romanian Language and Literature (from 1972), Senior Lecturer in Romanian Studies (from 1988), Reader in Romanian Studies (from 1993), and Professor (from 1996). Besides his longtime affiliation with SSEES, Deletant served from 1990 to 1999 on the board of the British Government's \u2018Know-How Fund for Central and Eastern Europe\u2019. He was actively involved in that organization's work in Romania and in the Republic of Moldova, was Rosenzweig Family Fellow at the Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2000 and 2001, and was Professor of Romanian Studies at the University of Amsterdam (on secondment from UCL) from 2003 to 2010. Awards. He was made an officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1995 and was awarded the Order of Merit with the rank of commander for services to Romanian democracy in 2000 by President Emil Constantinescu of Romania. In 2016 he was awarded by President Klaus Iohannis the Order of the Star of Romania, Officer rank. He has also been awarded a number of Honorary Degrees from different Academic Institutions."}, {"text": "Cliff Kapono is a Native Hawaiian professional surfer, journalist, and marine conservation scientist. He is known for his research that combines his interests. Education. Kapono earned his PhD at the University of California, San Diego at the Skaggs School of Pharmacy. Career. As a surfer, a scientist, and a Native Hawaiian, Kapono's work focuses on ocean conservation and sustainability. He says that research is part of both his career and his identity. \u201cScience is very powerful in that way to me, as an indigenous person, because it can help to communicate an idea that we have spent thousands of years trying to formulate...For me, the two spaces are completely connected, completely intertwined,\" he told The Surfer's Journal. Kapono says that surfing has been in his family for 90 generations. One of his best-known projects is the Surfer Biome Project, where he studied the microbiome of surfers around the world. Kapono currently studies coral health at the University of Hawai\u02bbi at Hilo. Kapono is an ambassador for the Save the Waves Coalition and several other ocean conservation non-profit organizations, as well as for-profit surfing brands. He has been profiled in several surfing outlets, including Surfer Magazine and The Surfer's Journal. Kapono"}, {"text": "also has a YouTube channel, where he posts videos about scientists and surfers alike. In 2019, he was featured in a national commercial advertising Hawaii as a travel destination. In their 2024 TED talk in Vancouver, BC, Kapono and Dr. Keolu Fox explored using plant DNA as a storage medium, envisioning eco-friendly systems replacing data centers. Drawing on Indigenous knowledge and biotechnology, they proposed a sustainable approach to managing global data demands. The talk blended scientific innovation with ecological responsibility, offering a glimpse of nature-powered data infrastructure."}, {"text": "Hell Let Loose is a 2021 multiplayer tactical first-person shooter developed by Expression Games and Cover 6 Studios, and published by Team17. Players fight in iconic battles of the Western, North African and Eastern Fronts of World War II at the platoon level. The game was created and developed by Australian studio Black Matter, led by Maximilian Rea, who first announced it via a successful Kickstarter campaign in 2017 that raised a total of . It was initially released for Microsoft Windows as an early access title on 6 June 2019, and fully released two years later in July 2021. It was later released for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S on 5 October 2021. In January 2022, Black Matter sold the game to its publisher Team17 for \u00a331 million with the potential addition of \u00a315 million based on the game's performance. Development was handed to Team17 shortly after December 2022, who then founded Cover 6 Studios in the beginning months of 2023 to work on development and potentially on the next game in the series. In April 2023, Team17 contracted the UK studio Expression Games to also continue development of the game. Gameplay. Matches are combined arms battles between"}, {"text": "two teams of either Germans, Americans, British, Soviets or the German Afrika Korps and British 8th Army subfactions. Each team consists of multiple smaller rifle squads of six soldiers, armoured squads of three tank crewmen, and recon squads of two soldiers. As of October 2024, three game modes exist in the game: \"Warfare\", \"Offensive\" and \"Control Skirmish\". In all three modes, the map is divided into sectors that each team seeks to capture and control. The teams consist of 50 players each (so 100 players in total). In the \"Warfare\" mode, the game is won by either controlling all five sectors, or by controlling the majority of them when the timer runs out. In the \"Offensive\" mode, a defending team is in control of all sectors at the beginning of the match, and the objective for the opposing side is then to capture all of them within 30 minutes per objective. In the \"Control Skirmish\" mode, there is one centre objective that both teams seek to control before the timer runs out in a more condensed sized map. Communication is intended as a central gameplay aspect by the developers. Each unit is led by a single officer, who can communicate"}, {"text": "with other officers and the commander through a 'leadership' voice channel. Similarly, there are unit-only and proximity voice channels which are available for everyone. As an alternative to voice communication, there is also access to team-wide and unit level text chat, which is only featured on the PC version of the game. There is also a ping system featured in the game, allowing players to mark things such as attacking points, pieces of equipment, artillery bombardment locations and enemy positions. These different methods of communication allow for the effective relaying of information. The game features 14 different playable classes. With nine classes in infantry, this includes officer, rifleman, automatic rifleman, assault, support, anti-tank, machine gunner, engineer, and medic. In armoured units there are two classes, the tank commander and tank crewman. Recon units also have two classes, the spotter and the sniper. In addition to this, there is a commander role, who is in charge of not only the team and squads, but vehicle deployments, air strikes, and supply drops just to name a few. To supplement this, \"Hell Let Loose\" also features an RTS-inspired resource-based strategic meta-game. These orders do however cost resources, of which there are three types;"}, {"text": "munitions, manpower and fuel. Resource nodes can be built by engineers, using droppable supplies to increase resource production. These resource nodes can be destroyed if found and dismantled by the enemy team. Development. \"Hell Let Loose\" is developed on Unreal Engine 4. After about two years of initial development and testing following the launch of its Kickstarter campaign, the game released on Steam as an early-access title on June 6, 2019 \u2014 the 75th anniversary of the Normandy landings, which was then followed by a full release in July 2021. The game was also released for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S on 5 October 2021. Throughout the numerous updates to the game, the developers have also been constantly working on bringing the console and PC version of the game up to parity. Map design. The game currently features 17 unique maps, covering many battles and environments across different years, each being based on historical WWII battles. These are all designed by combining satellite imagery, archival aerial photography and street-level recreation, with the exception of one map. Additionally, there are unique subfactions for specific maps. Currently, this only includes the German Afrika Korps and British 8th Army subfactions, which are"}, {"text": "present on the El Alamein and Tobruk maps. These map specific subfactions include unique loadouts, uniforms and weapons. Reception. \"Hell Let Loose\" received 'generally favorable' reviews for Microsoft Windows and Xbox Series X, and 'mixed or average' reviews for PlayStation 5, according to review aggregator Metacritic. On the Steam platform, the game holds a 'very positive' review score. \"PCGamesN\" has praised the use of teamwork in the game, writing that \"A well-led assault on an enemy strongpoint involves covering the approach with a smokescreen... taking part in such an assault is a uniquely exhilarating experience that\u2019s like nothing else I\u2019ve felt in a shooter.\" On the other hand, \"PC Gamer\", while enjoying the changes that made \"Hell Let Loose\" more lethal, still felt that the sound wasn't up to par, saying \"My main nitpick is with sound... when everything is tuned correctly, a gun should be so loud that I can't hear my teammate over the radio. This is where Hell Let Loose kinda falls flat. No matter how much I mess with audio sliders, the game never gets loud enough for my liking.\" In July 2023, Team17 released a since-deleted trailer for the game's next update, 'Devotion to Duty'."}, {"text": "Upon release of the trailer, it was met with poor reception in and out of the community, due to the trailer not showcasing actual gameplay like before, and the inclusion of multiple graphical and animation glitches. The game then became the subject of review bombing on Steam after this. As a result of the widespread criticism, both Cover 6 Studios and Team17 issued a joint apology, and announced plans to continue to improve the game on their Reddit page. References. \"all hell breaks loose.\" Cambridge Dictionary. Retrieved December 11, 2024, from https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/all-hell-breaks-loose."}, {"text": "Chris Shutt is an English champion player of English billiards. He won the World Professional Billiards Championship in 2005. Biography. Shutt started playing billiards as a child, after he broke his leg whilst playing football. He found he had an aptitude for billiards, and won a number of junior tournaments. At the age of 18, he turned professional, although still working as a car salesperson in Northallerton. At the age of 14, he won silver in the 800 metres at the national junior athletics championships. He won the English Under-16 billiards title in 1993, the under 19 title in 1995 and 1996, and the English Amateur Championship in 1996, having been runner-up in 1995. His 1996 victory, at the age of 18, made him the youngest winner of the English Amateur Championship, which had been running since 1888, and he turned professional directly after the win. The 2000 International Billiards and Snooker Federation World Open Championship was played on a \"50-up\" basis, with players needing to win the designated number of games played as the first to 50 points. Although Shutt professed to dislike the format, he won the title, qualifying second from his group behind Devendra Joshi. He beat"}, {"text": "Ashok Shadliya 8\u20134 in the last 16, Peter Gilchrist 9\u20136 in the quarter final and Paul Bennett 10\u20132 in the semi-final. In the final he was level at 5\u20135 Roxton Chapman before drawing ahead to 10\u20137 and winning the match 11\u20139. At the 2005 WPBSA World Professional Billiards Championship, Shutt emerged top of his qualifying group, with wins over David Causier, Devendra Joshi, and Clive Everton. He then recorded wins over Steve Mifsud in the quarter-final, and Causier in the semi-final, to play Mike Russell for the title. Shutt won the four-hour final 1,620 to 1,365 to gain the professional title. Shutt was runner-up in the world championship in 2007, losing the final 1,710\u20132,166 to Russell."}, {"text": "Eva Dillner (born 5 December 1952 in Stockholm) is a Swedish author. She grew up in Link\u00f6ping and at the age of fourteen moved with her family to the United States, where she stayed until she was 30."}, {"text": "The Bahi Rock-Art Sites or Bahi rock paintings are rock art located at three sites in the Dodoma region of Tanzania. These white paintings are believed to be products of the Wamia people, who occupied the region before the Wagogo people (the current residents). The paintings, which depict cattle, human figures, stools, gourds, a bird, and an arrow, among other symbols, were supposedly executed during important occasions such as funerals. The Wagogo people, though not fully aware of the original significance of the paintings to the Wamia, have continued to use the sites as sacred locations for rain-making ceremonies. The Bahi paintings are estimated to be at least 340 years old based on the genealogy of the Bahi chief in 1929, which revealed the estimated time of his ancestor Kimanchambogo's arrival in the area. The white painting method is generally associated with Bantu-speaking farming populations."}, {"text": "Early legislative elections were held on 30 January 2022 in Portugal to elect members of the Assembly of the Republic to the 15th Legislature of the Third Portuguese Republic. All 230 seats to the Assembly of the Republic were up for election. On 27 October 2021, the budget proposed by the Socialist minority government was rejected by the Assembly of the Republic. The Left Bloc (BE) and the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP), both of whom had previously supported the government, joined the centre-right to right-wing opposition parties and rejected the budget. On 4 November 2021, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, the President of Portugal, announced a snap election to be held on 30 January 2022. This election was the third national election held in Portugal during the COVID-19 pandemic - as the country held a presidential election (January) and local elections (September) in 2021 - and the fourth overall, as there was a regional election in the Azores in October 2020. The ruling national government led the local elections but suffered losses, especially in Lisbon. The Socialist Party (PS) of incumbent Prime Minister Ant\u00f3nio Costa won an unexpected majority government in the Assembly of the Republic, the second in the party's"}, {"text": "history. The PS received 41.4 percent of the vote and 120 seats, four seats above the minimum required for a majority. The PS won the most votes in all districts in mainland Portugal, only failing to win the Autonomous Region of Madeira. Political analysts considered the PS to have benefited from voters of the BE and the Unitary Democratic Coalition (CDU) casting their votes for the PS instead. The Social Democratic Party (PSD) remained stable but underperformed opinion polls that had predicted a close race with the PS. The PSD won 29.1 percent of the vote, a slightly higher share than in 2019, and received 77 seats, two seats less than the previous election. The PSD was surpassed by the PS in districts like Leiria and Viseu, and lost Bragan\u00e7a by only 15 votes to the PS. In the aftermath of the election, party leader Rui Rio announced he would resign from the leadership. CHEGA finished in third place, winning 12 seats and 7.2 percent of the vote. The Liberal Initiative (IL) finished in fourth place, winning 8 seats and 4.9 percent of the vote. Both parties experienced a surge of voters and made gains this election, though CHEGA received"}, {"text": "100,000 fewer votes than its leader had received in the previous year's presidential election, an election in which turnout was lower. The BE and CDU both suffered significant losses, being surpassed by the IL and CHEGA. Their rejection of the 2022 budget was considered to be a factor in losing votes and seats, along with tactical voting. The BE won 5 seats and 4.4 percent of the vote. CDU won 6 seats and 4.3 percent of the vote, while losing seats in \u00c9vora and Santar\u00e9m districts. The Ecologist Party \"The Greens\" (PEV) lost all their seats for the first time. The CDS \u2013 People's Party (CDS\u2013PP) lost all their seats for the first time, receiving 1.6 percent of the vote. Party leader Francisco Rodrigues dos Santos announced his resignation. People Animals Nature (PAN) suffered losses as well, winning 1 seat and 1.6 percent of the vote, 3 fewer seats than in the previous election. LIVRE won 1 seat and received 1.3 percent of the vote, holding on to the single seat they won in the previous election, with party leader Rui Tavares being elected in Lisbon. The voter turnout grew, compared with the previous election, with 51.5 percent of registered"}, {"text": "voters casting a ballot, despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal. After controversies and accusations because of the counting of overseas ballots, the Constitutional Court forced the repetition of the election in the Europe constituency, which elects two MPs. Therefore, the swearing in of the new Parliament and Government was delayed by a month and a half. The rerun of the election in the overseas constituency of Europe occurred, for in person voting, on 12 and 13 March 2022, and postal ballots were received until 23 March 2022. The final, certified results of the election were published in the official journal, \"Di\u00e1rio da Rep\u00fablica\", on 26 March 2022. Background. Fall of the government. The proposed budget for 2022 was rejected on 27 October 2021 by all Opposition parties, with the expection of PAN and two Independent MPs, and with the then PS minority being the only one voting in favour. Prime Minister Ant\u00f3nio Costa said to Members of Parliament, in his speech before the final vote, that he would not resign and would ask for a \"stable, reinforced and lasting new majority\" in the early elections. After the Parliamentary vote, President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa started hearing parties and convened"}, {"text": "the Council of State, thus deciding to dissolve Parliament and call a snap election for 30 January 2022. Leadership changes and challenges. Liberal Initiative. Early in December 2019, the Liberal Initiative (IL) elected a new leader after their previous leader, Carlos Guimar\u00e3es Pinto, stepped down. Their sole MP, Jo\u00e3o Cotrim de Figueiredo, was elected as leader with 96 percent of the votes in the party's convention. The results were the following: ! align=\"center\" colspan=2 style=\"width: 60px\"|Candidate ! align=\"center\" style=\"width: 50px\"|Votes ! align=\"center\" style=\"width: 50px\"|% Social Democratic Party. The Social Democrats (PSD), the largest opposition party, held a two-round leadership election on 11 January and 18 January 2020. Three candidates were in the race: incumbent PSD leader Rui Rio, former PSD parliamentary caucus leader Lu\u00eds Montenegro and current Deputy Mayor of Cascais Miguel Pinto Luz. Around 40,000 party members, out of almost 110,000, were registered to vote. In the first round, on 11 January, Rui Rio polled ahead with 49 percent of the votes against the 41.4 percent of Lu\u00eds Montenegro and 9.6 percent of Miguel Pinto Luz, with both Rio and Montenegro qualifying for a second round. A week later, on 18 January, Rui Rio was re-elected as PSD leader"}, {"text": "with 53.2 percent of the votes, against the 46.8 percent of Lu\u00eds Montenegro. In both rounds, turnout of registered members achieved almost 80%. The results were the following: ! align=\"center\" rowspan=2 colspan=2 style=\"width: 60px\"|Candidate ! align=\"center\" colspan=2 style=\"width: 50px\"|1st round ! align=\"center\" colspan=2 style=\"width: 50px\"|2nd round ! align=\"center\" style=\"width: 50px\"|Votes ! align=\"center\" style=\"width: 50px\"|% ! align=\"center\" style=\"width: 50px\"|Votes ! align=\"center\" style=\"width: 50px\"|% A leadership election in the PSD was held on 27 November 2021. The original date was 4 December 2021, but the party voted to advance the date in one week. MEP Paulo Rangel was a candidate for the leadership. He faced incumbent PSD leader Rui Rio, who announced his re-election bid on 19 October 2021. Around 46,000 party members, out of more than 85,000 active members, were registered to vote. On 27 November 2021, Rui Rio defeated Paulo Rangel by a 52.4 to 47.6 percent margin and was reelected for a 3rd term as party leader. The results were the following: ! align=\"center\" colspan=2 style=\"width: 60px\"|Candidate ! align=\"center\" style=\"width: 50px\"|Votes ! align=\"center\" style=\"width: 50px\"|% CDS \u2013 People's Party. CDS \u2013 People's Party also elected a new leader after former leader Assun\u00e7\u00e3o Cristas stepped down after the party's worst"}, {"text": "result ever in a general election in the 2019 elections. Five candidates were in the race: People's Youth leader Francisco Rodrigues dos Santos, current CDS MP from Aveiro Jo\u00e3o Almeida, former MP Filipe Lobo d'\u00c1vila, Abel Matos Santos and Carlos Meira. The new leader was elected in a party congress between 25 and 26 January 2020. In that congress, in Aveiro city, Francisco Rodrigues dos Santos was elected leader with 46.4 percent of the delegates votes, against the 38.9 percent of Jo\u00e3o Almeida and 14.5 percent of Filipe Lobo d'\u00c1vila. Abel Matos Santos and Carlos Meira had stepped down from the race, near the end of the congress but before the vote, in support of Rodrigues dos Santos. The results were the following: ! align=\"center\" colspan=2 style=\"width: 60px\"|Candidate ! align=\"center\" style=\"width: 50px\"|Votes ! align=\"center\" style=\"width: 50px\"|% On 26 January 2021, after the 2021 presidential election where Andr\u00e9 Ventura achieving almost 12% of the votes, former Secretary of State for Tourism Adolfo Mesquita Nunes attempted to call a leadership election in an early congress, declaring that he would be a candidate for the leadership in that congress, citing the survival crisis the party faced. In response, Francisco Rodrigues dos Santos called"}, {"text": "for a motion of confidence that, if refused, would result in a leadership congress. Rodrigues dos Santos ended up winning, as the motion was passed with 54% of the votes in favor. Adolfo Mesquita Nunes would abandon CDS\u2013PP a few months later, in October 2021. ! align=\"center\" colspan=2 style=\"width: 60px\"|Option ! align=\"center\" style=\"width: 50px\"|Votes ! align=\"center\" style=\"width: 50px\"|% People-Animals-Nature. In March 2021, the People-Animals-Nature (PAN) leader and spokesperson, Andr\u00e9 Silva, announced he was leaving the leadership of the party to dedicate more time to his family. A party congress to elect a new leader was scheduled for the weekend of 5\u20136 June 2021. For that leadership congress, only one candidate stepped forward, In\u00eas Sousa Real, the party's parliamentary leader. On 6 June, In\u00eas Sousa Real was elected as leader of PAN with 87.2 percent of the votes in the party's congress in Tomar. The results were the following: ! align=\"center\" colspan=2 style=\"width: 60px\"|Candidate ! align=\"center\" style=\"width: 50px\"|Votes ! align=\"center\" style=\"width: 50px\"|% Date. According to the Constitution of Portugal, an election must be called between 14 September and 14 October of the year that the legislature ends but can be called earlier. The election is then called by the president of"}, {"text": "Portugal, not at the sole request of the prime minister of Portugal, after listening to all of the parties represented in Parliament. The election date must be announced at least 60 days in advance if it is held as the legislature ends, but the election must be held within 55 days if it is called during an ongoing legislature (dissolution of parliament). The election day is the same in all multi-seat constituencies, and should fall on a Sunday or a national holiday. The next legislative election should have taken place no later than 8 October 2023; however, due to the rejection of the 2022 State Budget, during which the left-wing parties joined the right-wing parties and voted against the proposal, a snap election was called for 30 January 2022. Electoral system. The Assembly of the Republic has 230 members elected to four-year terms. Governments do not require absolute majority support of the Assembly to hold office, as even if the number of opposers of government is larger than that of the supporters, the number of opposers still needs to be equal or greater than 116 (absolute majority) for both the Government's Programme to be rejected or for a motion of"}, {"text": "no confidence to be approved. The number of seats assigned to each constituency depends on the district magnitude. The use of the d'Hondt method makes for a higher effective threshold than certain other allocation methods such as the Hare quota or Sainte-Lagu\u00eb method, which are more generous to small parties. The distribution of MPs by constituency was the following: Voting during COVID-19. In January 2022, Portugal was experiencing rising infection rates as the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant had a prevalence of 93% among variants in the country. Because of this situation, thousands of voters were likely to be in isolation on 30 January, election day. To address this situation, the government asked for legal advice regarding the issue from the Portuguese Attorney-General's Office. On 19 January, the government announced that isolated voters would be able to vote on election day and recommended that these voters cast a ballot during the last hour the polls were open, between 6pm and 7pm 30 January. Early voting. Voters were also able to vote early, which happened on 23 January, one week before election day. Voters had to register between 16 and 20 January 2022 in order to be eligible to cast an early ballot."}, {"text": "By the 20 January deadline, 315,785 voters had requested to vote early, a number well below expectations. On 23 January, 285,848 voters (90.5 percent of voters that requested) cast an early ballot. Parties. Parliamentary factions. The table below lists the parties represented in the Assembly of the Republic during the 14th legislature (2019\u20132022) and that also contested the 2022 elections: Non-represented parties. The table below lists smaller parties not represented in the Assembly of the Republic that contested the elections in at least one constituency: Rejected. A coalition between the People's Monarchist Party (PPM) and the United Party of Retirees and Pensioners (PURP) was rejected by the Constitutional Court because of several irregularities. Campaign period. Candidates' debates. With parties represented in Parliament. A total of 38 debates were scheduled for these elections. CDU leader, Jer\u00f3nimo de Sousa, would only attend the debates on the main channels of each of the three main networks, RTP1, SIC and TVI. Therefore, he was absent from the debates in the news channels of the three networks, SIC Not\u00edcias, RTP3 and CNN Portugal. Shortly after, the debates between Jer\u00f3nimo de Sousa and other party leaders on those cable channels, were cancelled, thus reducing the number"}, {"text": "of debates to 32. On 11 January 2022, the PCP announced that Jer\u00f3nimo de Sousa would undergo urgent vascular surgery on 12 January and would be out of the campaign trail for 10 days, thus being absent in the debates. Jo\u00e3o Oliveira substituted him in the debate with PSD leader Rui Rio. R\u00e1dio Observador organised two hour and a half debates with the head candidates for the Porto and Lisbon districts. The Porto debate aired on 11 January and the Lisbon debate aired on 14 January. With parties not represented in Parliament. A debate between parties not represented in Parliament was also held on RTP1. Voter turnout. The table below shows voter turnout throughout election day including voters from Overseas. Results. National summary. <onlyinclude> </onlyinclude> Distribution by constituency. !rowspan=2|Constituency!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S !rowspan=2|TotalS !colspan=2 | PS !colspan=2 | PSD !colspan=2 | CH !colspan=2 | IL !colspan=2 | CDU !colspan=2 | BE !colspan=2 | MF !colspan=2 | AD !colspan=2 | PAN !colspan=2 | L Aftermath and reactions. The Socialist Party (PS) of incumbent prime minister Ant\u00f3nio Costa won an unexpected absolute majority in the Assembly of the Republic, the second in the party's history. The PS received 41.5% of the vote and 118 seats,"}, {"text": "two above the minimum required for a majority. The PS won the most votes in all districts in mainland Portugal, only failing to win Madeira. Commentators considered the PS to have benefited from a transfer of the BE and the Unitary Democratic Coalition (CDU) voters to them. Costa said that his \"absolute majority doesn't mean absolute power\" and that he would still be open to forming a coalition, despite it no longer being a requirement to govern. He also promised reforms, saying: \"The conditions have been created to carry out investments and reforms for Portugal to be more prosperous, fairer, more innovative.\" The Social Democratic Party (PSD) remained stable, underperforming opinion polls that had predicted a close race with the PS. The PSD won 29 percent of the vote, a slightly higher share than in 2019, and received 77 seats, two less than the previous election. The PSD was surpassed by the PS in their strongholds, such as Leiria and Viseu, and lost Bragan\u00e7a by only 15 votes to the PS. In the aftermath of the election, party leader Rui Rio announced he would resign from the leadership. CHEGA finished in third place, winning 12 seats and 7.2 percent of"}, {"text": "the vote. The Liberal Initiative (IL) finished in fourth place, winning 8 seats and 4.9 percent of the vote. Both parties experienced a surge of voters and made gains in this election. CHEGA leader Andr\u00e9 Ventura celebrated a \"great night\", though the party received more than 100,000 fewer votes than Ventura had received in the previous year's presidential election, an election in which turnout was lower. He blamed the PS majority on PSD leader Rio for not forming an alliance between the two right-wing parties and stated \"From now on there won't be a soft opposition. We will assume the role of being the real opposition to the Socialists and restore dignity to this country.\" IL leader Jo\u00e3o Cotrim de Figueiredo also celebrated sufficient gains to form a parliamentary group, and said that his party would be a \"firm opposition to socialism\". Both the BE and CDU suffered losses, being surpassed by the CHEGA and IL, with 5 seats and 4.4 percent of the vote; their rejection of the 2022 budget was considered to be a factor in losing votes and seats, as well as tactical voting to avoid a PSD plurality. The CDU won 6 seats and 4.3 percent"}, {"text": "of the vote, while losing seats in \u00c9vora and Santar\u00e9m districts. The Ecologist Party \"The Greens\" (PEV) lost all their seats for the first time. Catarina Martins of the BE blamed the PS for having created a \"false crisis\" that she believed had resulted in a polarised election that penalised parties to the left of the PS. She also spoke out against the gains for CHEGA. Portuguese Communist Party leader Jer\u00f3nimo de Sousa made a similar statement about the PS. The CDS \u2013 People's Party (CDS\u2013PP) lost all their seats for the first time, receiving 1.6 percent of the vote. Party leader Francisco Rodrigues dos Santos announced his resignation. Also due to tactical voting, People Animals Nature (PAN) suffered losses, winning 1 seat and 1.6 percent of the vote, 3 fewer seats than in the previous election. PAN leader In\u00eas Sousa Real spoke of sadness after this result, and said that an absolute majority would be bad for democracy. LIVRE won 1 seat and received 1.3 percent of the vote, holding on to the single seat they won in the previous election, with party leader Rui Tavares being elected in Lisbon. Tavares pledged to get Costa to work with other"}, {"text": "left-wing parties. The voter turnout was the highest since the 2015 Portuguese legislative election, with 51.5 percent of registered voters casting a ballot. Overseas ballots controversy. In this election, 257,791 ballots from overseas were received, but, during the process of counting the ballots, a controversy started. The Social Democratic Party (PSD) filed a complaint in order for the ballots with no ID card copy to be put aside. The Portuguese electoral law requires that for a ballot received by mail to be valid, it needs to be accompanied with an ID card copy of the voter (in order to confirm the identity of the voter, as the equivalent of presenting the ID to the poll workers when voting in person). The Socialist Party (PS) protested against the PSD complaint, reminding the PSD that all parties had had an informal meeting in which it had been decided that all ballots, with or without an ID card copy, would be counted and declared valid. The PSD had confirmed their position in that meeting, but announced that they had changed their mind after they were given a document stating that any such actions would be illegal. Nonetheless, the PSD and the Electoral Commission"}, {"text": "(CNE) warned and advised counting staffs to separate the ballots. But this guideline wasn't followed by several counting staffs, and by the end of the counting of ballots, 80.32% of the Europe constituency ballots, 157,205 ballots out from a total of 195,701, were considered invalid and thrown out. Several parties (Volt, LIVRE, PAN, CHEGA, MAS) appealed to the Constitutional Court in order to have the ballots counted. Of the 5 complaints filed, however, the court accepted only Volt Portugal's complaint. On 15 February, the Court annulled the election in the Europe constituency and demanded a repetition of the vote. The National Election Committee determined that for the rerun of the parliamentary elections in the constituency of Europe on March 12 and 13 can be voted in person, just as until March 23 by absentee ballot. 109,350 ballots were received until 23 March, and of those, 30% (32,777) were declared null as they were not accompanied with an ID card copy. In terms of results, the PS was able to win the two seats from the Europe constituency, unlike in the original election when the PS and PSD both won one seat. Fall of the government. On 7 November 2023, the"}, {"text": "Police and several agents of the Public Prosecutor's office conducted a series of searches to the official residency of the Prime Minister, ministries, and other sites that culminated in the arrest of several people including the chief of staff of the Prime Minister. Ant\u00f3nio Costa himself was also indicted as a suspect in a case of corruption involving the lithium and hydrogen businesses. Shortly after this revelation by the Public Prosecutor's office, Prime Minister Ant\u00f3nio Costa tendered his resignation to President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and also announced he was stepping down from the PS leadership. After this, the President heard all parties and met with the Council of State. On 9 November 2023, President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa called a snap legislative election for 10 March 2024. For the first time ever in Portuguese democracy, a single party majority government didn't complete its full term."}, {"text": "Besana railway station is a railway station in Italy. Located on the Monza\u2013Molteno railway, it serves the municipality of Besana Brianza in Lombardy as its main station. The train services are operated by Trenord. Train services. The station is served by the following service:"}, {"text": "The 2019 Breeders' Cup Classic was the 36th running of the Breeders' Cup Classic, part of the 2019 Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships program. It was run on November 2, 2019 at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California with a purse of $6,000,000. The race was won by Vino Rosso. The Classic is run on dirt at one mile and one-quarter (approximately 2000 m). It is run under weight-for-age conditions, with entrants carrying the following weights: The race was broadcast on NBC with a post time of 5:44 PM Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) \u2013 prime time on the East Coast. Contenders. Pre-entries for the 2019 Classic were announced on October 21 with the post position draw held on October 28. The 2019 Classic was considered to be wide open, given that the major races in the division for both three-year-olds and older male horses were split between many contenders. The favorite was McKinzie, a 4-year-old colt who had finished either first or second in all of his starts in 2019, including a win in the Whitney Handicap. The top-ranked three-year-old in the race was Code of Honor, who had won the Travers Stakes and Jockey Club Gold Cup, the latter"}, {"text": "by disqualification. The mare Elate attempted to become just the second female horse to win the race, the other being Zenyatta in 2009. The other entries were: Race description. War of Will went to the early lead and set moderate fractions, pressed by Mongolian Groom and McKinzie, who had to check strides a few times along the rail. Vino Rosso was a few lengths further back in fourth, then began his move on the far turn while racing three wide. McKinzie had also started his drive, moving to the lead at the head of the stretch. Vino Rosso gradually closed the gap to McKinzie, then pulled away in the final sixteenth of a mile to win by lengths. It was the first Breeders' Cup Classic win for all of Vino Rosso's connections: co-owners Mike Repole (Repole Stable) and Vince Viola (St Elias Stable), trainer Todd Pletcher and jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. Pletcher felt that the colt's earlier win in the Gold Cup at Santa Anita, run over the same course and distance, was pivotal to his success in the Classic. \"It gave us confidence that the horse handled the track\", he said. \"We had a blueprint in place that worked."}, {"text": "So we tried to follow that pattern exactly, and we did.\" Joel Rosario, who rode McKinzie, felt his horse simply got tired. \"I let him run a little bit on the backside just to get my spot\", he said. \"That might have cost him a little bit. He ran his heart out, so we can't be too disappointed. We were just beaten by the best horse on the day.\" Mongolian Groom suffered a severe injury to his left hind leg during the stretch run and was later euthanized. Santa Anita had instigated a number of changes to enhance equine safety after a troubling number of deaths during its winter/spring meeting. \"It's something we were all very concerned about coming in\", said Pletcher. \"I think everyone took every possible precautionary measure.\" Results. Times: \u2013 23.09; \u2013 47.16; \u2013 1:10.71; mile \u2013 1:36.35; final \u2013 2:02.80.<br> Splits for each quarter-mile: (23.09) (24.07) (23.55) (25.64) (26.45) Source: Equibase Chart Payout. Payout Schedule:"}, {"text": "The Mus\u00e9e Maillol de Banyuls-sur-Mer is a private museum at the farm of the sculptor Aristide Maillol where he spent the last years of his life. The farm, \"La M\u00e9tairie\", is situated in the Roume valley 4 km from the city center of Banyuls-sur-Mer in the Pyr\u00e9n\u00e9es-Orientales. The museum is operated by the Fondation Dina Vierny, which also operates the Mus\u00e9e Maillol in Paris. Establishment. After Maillol's death in 1944, the site was abandoned and deteriorated. Much later, thanks to the combined actions of Maillol's model and muse Dina Vierny and the city of Banyuls-sur-Mer, the rescue and restoration of the farm took place. A small Maillol museum was opened to the public at the end of 1994. Exhibits. The museum presents works of Aristide Maillol as well as artifacts from his daily life in La M\u00e9tairie. Exhibits include: In the garden of the museum is his tomb on which sits a bronze cast of \"La M\u00e9diterran\u00e9e\", one of his favorite works."}, {"text": "4,4\u2032-Bis(dimethylamino)benzhydrol is an organic compound with the formula (Me2NC6H4)2CH(OH), where Me is methyl. It is a white solid that is soluble is a variety of organic solvents. The compound is notable as the reduced derivative of Michler's ketone. It is a precursor to triarylmethane dyes."}, {"text": "The Hotel California 2020 Tour (also known as the Hotel California 2021 Tour and Hotel California 2022 Tour and Hotel California 2023 Tour) was a concert tour by American rock band Eagles commemorating their 1976 album, \"Hotel California\". The tour began on 7 February 2020, in Atlanta, at the State Farm Arena, after three Las Vegas concerts in September 2019 received rave reviews and more dates were announced. Background. The band performed the 1976 Grammy-winning album from \"beginning to end.\" \"Each night's concert will feature a 'Hotel California' set, with an accompanying orchestra and choir, followed by an additional set of the band's greatest hits,\" the band's website said. The setlist for the two shows performed in Las Vegas in September 2019 was one of the longest setlists the band had ever played, each show lasting for approximately three hours. The setlist remained the same for the 2020 leg of dates, but the setlists varied slightly in length for the 2021 and 2022 dates. The band performed with an orchestra accompaniment at each show for select songs. The orchestra comprised both local and touring musicians, and was conducted by Jim Ed Norman, who wrote the original orchestrations for the \"Hotel"}, {"text": "California\" album. The first two legs featured Deacon Frey and country artist Vince Gill since they joined the band in 2017 after the death of founding member Glenn Frey in 2016. On March 21, 2020, the band announced the postponement of their North American tour due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On May 1, 2020, band announced the tour would be further postponed to 2021 due to concerns related to the pandemic. It was announced on February 17, 2022 that Deacon Frey would not be participating in the upcoming leg of the \u201cHotel California\u201d tour due to an unspecified illness. The band subsequently announced on April 6, 2022 that Frey would be leaving the group for a solo career, until his return to the band in July the following year prior to the group's final tour."}, {"text": "Dwight in Shining Armor is an American family fantasy television show that premiered on BYUtv on March 18, 2019. The show features a present-day teenager who awakens a princess from a 1,000-year magical slumber. The show has five ten-episode seasons. Seasons 1 and 2 both consist of ten episodes. In June 2019 the series was approved for two more seasons. On February 16, 2021, BYUtv announced that season 5 of \"Dwight\" would premiere in March 2021 and would be the final season. Plot. Dwight is a present-day teenager who falls into an ancient, underground chamber. He lands on Gretta, a Gothic princess who has been magically sleeping for a thousand years. Dwight inadvertently kisses Gretta, breaking the magic spell. This action also awakens her court magician, Baldric, as well as scores of medieval villains and makes Dwight her de facto champion until her hordes of enemies are defeated. Dwight must deal with new role as protector while helping Gretta assimilate into high school life. Production. Seasons 1 and 2 were filmed in Utah. Season 2 was approved before season one aired. Season 3 was moved to Georgia to take advantage of state-offered tax breaks. The episodes are 30 minutes each."}, {"text": "As of March 2019, it is one of the most expensive series ever made by BYUtv. Reception. \"The New York Times\" reported that while reaction of a focus group was positive, some parents were concerned that it was a BYUtv production. \"Parade\" recommended it as a great option for family viewing. Release. In the United States, the show appears on BYUtv. International release by Paramount Television"}, {"text": "Las Jilguerillas was a Mexican ranchera duo that was formed in the mid-1950s by sisters Imelda and Mar\u00eda Amparo Higuera. The municipal president of Numar\u00e1n considers them icons of ranchera music, and they have had several successful tours in both Mexico and the United States. They have also appeared in several Mexican films. History. Early years. Sisters Imelda and Mar\u00eda Amparo Higuera started singing together as children and were discovered by another Mexican sibling duo, Dueto Am\u00e9rica, in the 1950s. They released their first official single, \"Chaparrita Consentida\", on 5 July 1955. Almost immediately, they became a huge success, selling records both in their country and among the Hispanic population in the United States. Later years. Their records were first arranged and produced by Gilberto Parra, and later by Cornelio Reyna, and accompanied instrumentally by various Mexican musicians. After the death of Imelda on 20 July 2004, Mar\u00eda Amparo continued to perform until she was joined by Mercedes Castro in 2007. The group has won many awards throughout its career, including the Er\u00e9ndira State Prize of the Arts in 2017. In 2018, the municipality of Numar\u00e1n erected a commemorative plaque at their childhood home in at a ceremony attended by"}, {"text": "Mar\u00eda Amparo. In 2021, Mar\u00eda Amparo Higuera died due to cardiac arrest and the group was therefore disbanded."}, {"text": "The twentieth series of \"Geordie Shore\", a British television programme based in Newcastle upon Tyne began airing on 29 October 2019 and concluded on 24 December 2019 following ten episodes. After the departures of Holly Hagan, Scott Timlin, Sophie Kasaei from the previous series, it was confirmed that former cast members Abbie Holborn and James Tindale would be returning to the show as their replacements. Filming locations include a trip to the Algarve in Portugal. As well as this, former cast member Adam Guthrie made regular appearances throughout. This series was also the last to feature Sam Gowland and Tahlia Chung. = Cast member is featured in this episode. = Cast member voluntarily leaves the house. = Cast member leaves and returns to the house in the same episode. = Cast member returns to the house. = Cast member leaves the series. = Cast member returns to the series. = Cast member features in this episode, but is outside of the house. = Cast member does not feature in this episode. Episodes. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude>"}, {"text": "Masilo Esau Mabeta (born 21 June 1947) is a South African diplomat and former politician. He was the South African Ambassador to Liberia. When he presented his credentials on 5 April 2011, he became the first Resident Ambassador from South Africa. He was also the South African ambassador to the Comoros from 2004 to 2010. During apartheid, Mabeta was a member of the African National Congress. He left South Africa to go into exile in 1980, and in 1985 he graduated from Harvard University with a thesis titled \"Conflict Resolution in Zimbabwe: The Role of the United States of America\". He later joined the United Democratic Movement, which he represented in the National Assembly before he joined the diplomatic service."}, {"text": "The Latin Grammy Award for Best Pop Song is an honor presented annually at the Latin Grammy Awards, a ceremony that recognizes excellence and promotes a wider awareness of cultural diversity and contributions of Latin recording artists in the United States and internationally. According to the Latin Grammy category description guide it is designed for new songs that contain 51% of the lyrics in Spanish and it is awarded to the songwriter(s). Instrumental recordings, cover songs, remixes and interpolation/sampling recordings are not elegible for the category. It must be a completely new song. It was introduced in 2019 at the 20th Annual Latin Grammy Awards, with Spanish singer Alejandro Sanz and American singer Camila Cabello being the inaugural winners for the song \"Mi Persona Favorita\". Colombian singer Camilo is the only composer to receive the award more than once with two consecutive wins. Most wins. 2 Wins Most nominations. 5 Nominations 4 Nominations 3 Nominations 2 Nominations"}, {"text": "Alice Rebecca Brooks McGuire (August 9, 1902 \u2013 July 9, 1975), nicknamed \"Sally\", was an American librarian. She was named Librarian of the Year by the Texas Library Association, and taught at the University of Texas in its Graduate School of Library Science. Early life and education. Alice Rebecca Brooks was born on August 9, 1902, in Philadelphia, to John and Anna Brooks. Both of her parents were schoolteachers, and she was educated at Philadelphia High School for Girls. After earning her high school diploma, she graduated from Smith College in 1923 with a Bachelor of Arts. She used this degree as an assistant librarian and librarian of laboratory schools at Slippery Rock State Teachers College, from 1923 to 1928. In 1924, she organized an elementary school library while in teacher's college. She temporarily left the field of librarying to earn a Bachelor of Science degree in library science from Drexel Institute of Technology in 1926, after which she studied at Columbia University and the University of Chicago. Her thesis from the University of Chicago was titled \"Developmental values of children's literature\". Career. While in Chicago, she directed the Center for Instruction Materials. She was also an editor for three"}, {"text": "children's encyclopedias and edited columns on children's library services. After her marriage to John Carson McGuire, she tried to gain employment at the Graduate School of Library Science in Texas, but was refused because her husband worked there. As a result, she was appointed as a librarian of Casis Elementary School in partnership with the university. Brooks McGuire sat on the Newbery and Caldecott Awards Committee. For one year, from 1953 to 1954, she served as president of the American Association of School Librarians. In 1960, she was one of the editors of the handbook \"The Standards for School Library Programs.\" In 1963, she joined the University of Texas in their Graduate School of Library Science as an associate professor. By 1968, she was the recipient of Librarian of the Year by the Texas Library Association. In 1996, the University of Texas created the Alice Brooks McGuire Endowed Scholarship. She died on July 9, 1975, aged 72."}, {"text": "Vincent Coburn Smith Jr (born 1964) is an American businessman, billionaire, former CEO of Quest Software, and founder of Toba Capital. Education. Smith was born in 1964 in Baltimore, Maryland. After graduating from Mount Saint Joseph High School he received a bachelor's degree in computer science from the University of Delaware. Career. After graduation in 1986, he worked as a software developer and in sales leadership for Oracle Corp. In 1992, Smith and an associate from Oracle co-founded Patrol software, which was acquired two years later by BMC Software, Inc. for $34 million. Smith helped Jeff Horing and Jerry Murdock launch Insight Partners in 1995, and led the firms' investment into Quest Software. He joined Quest as its CEO in 1998 and took the company public the following year. Quest was acquired by Dell in 2012. At the time, Quest had over 4,000 global employees and approximately $1 billion in annual revenue. Smith founded Toba Capital in 2013. Toba Capital is an investment firm with over $3.5 billion in assets under management, principally funded by Smith's family office. The firm is thematically focused on technology and sustainability, and is active in venture, growth equity, public equities, and real estate. Toba"}, {"text": "has made over 200 direct venture investments, and has staked over 50 external funds. In 2021 Smith created a company to expand the inland surf market. Its first project, the Palm Springs Surf Club, is set to open in 2023. Philanthropy. Smith has pledged 50% of Toba Capital\u2019s returns to foundations that make sustainability-related investments and charitable donations. The balance of returns will be reinvested into companies with the potential to produce meaningful quantities of high-quality jobs and shift markets for the common good. Smith\u2019s primary charitable foundations are Teach a Man to Fish and Walking Softer. Walking Softer was founded to promote, celebrate and in a small way resource the invention of a new economy built on circularity, conservation, and renewal, where the long-term health of the Earth and its inhabitants is considered as deeply and thoughtfully as profit. Personal life. Smith is married to Tori Smith. They reside in Austin, Texas, and Jackson, Wyoming. Smith has five children. Smith is an avid sportsman enjoying skiing, snowboarding, hiking, biking, surfing and golf."}, {"text": "Sonia Mar\u00eda O'Neill Caroli (born 19 August 1994) is a footballer who plays as a midfielder for Calgary Wild FC in the Northern Super League and the Venezuela women's national team. Born in Canada, she represents Venezuela at international level. Early life. O'Neill played youth soccer with North York Hearts-Azzurri and Master's FA. College career. In 2012, O'Neill began attending Niagara University, where she played for the women's soccer team. During her first season, she tore the cruciate ligaments in her knee. In 2014, she moved to the University of North Florida to join their women's soccer team. She did not play in 2014 due to a season-ending knee injury. In 2015, she was named to the Atlantic Sun Conference Academic Honour Roll. Club career. In May 2017, O'Neill joined Swedish Elitettan club Husqvarna FF, scoring two goals in her first match. After two months, she had to return to Canada due to visa issues. In February 2018, she moved to Roma CF to play in the Italian Serie B. In September 2018, she signed with Pink Bari in the Serie A. In August 2019, she briefly played with Croatian club \u017dNK Split at the 2019\u201320 UEFA Women's Champions League."}, {"text": "In September 2019, O'Neill signed with French Division 1 F\u00e9minine club Fleury. In January 2020, she joined Scottish Women's Premier League club Rangers. In 2021, she returned to play for Split again. In September 2022, she joined German club Turbine Potsdam. In August 2023, she signed with English club London City Lionesses in the second tier Women's Championship. In December 2023, she took another break from the game due to her pregnancy, missing the remainder of the season. In December 2024, O'Neill joined Calgary Wild ahead of the inaugural Northern Super League season. On April 16, 2025, she started in the league's inaugural game, a 1-0 loss to Vancouver Rise FC. International career. O'Neill was eligible to represent for Canada, Venezuela, or Italy at international level. In late October 2019, she was called up to the Venezuelan national team for the first time. She made her debut on 8 April 2021 in a friendly against Argentina."}, {"text": "The Cyclo-cross de Karrantza is a cyclo-cross race held annually in Karrantza, Spain, which is rated as a C2 event on the UCI calendar."}, {"text": "Karina Gould (born June 28, 1987) is a Canadian politician and member of the Liberal Party. She has served as member of Parliament (MP) for the riding of Burlington in the House of Commons since October 19, 2015. Gould was first appointed to Cabinet on February 1, 2017 as minister of Democratic Institutions, serving in the role until she was appointed minister of International Development on November 20, 2019, and has since then served in two other portfolios. Gould is the youngest woman to serve as a Cabinet minister in Canadian history and the first woman to have a child while serving as a federal minister. Gould went on maternity leave in January 2024 and was temporarily replaced as House Leader by Steven MacKinnon; she returned to the position in July 2024. On January 18, 2025, Gould announced her campaign for the Liberal leadership. She was the youngest candidate, and was the only candidate still serving as a cabinet minister before resigning on January 24, 2025. She placed in third in the election. Early life and career. Gould was born on June 28, 1987, and grew up in Burlington, Ontario, the daughter of Gesa (Kohn), who practiced veterinary medicine, and"}, {"text": "Peter Gould. She has three brothers. Her paternal grandparents were Czech Jews who survived the Holocaust. Her mother was German and met her father while on a kibbutz in Israel. At sixteen, she participated in the Forum for Young Canadians, spending a week in Ottawa learning about the federal government, which she credits as the impetus for her goal of a career in Parliament. After she graduated from M.M. Robinson High School in 2005, she spent the next year volunteering at an orphanage in Mexico, where she met her husband, Alberto Gerones. Upon her return to Canada in 2006, Gould attended McGill University, earning a joint honours degree in political science as well as Latin American and Caribbean studies. Writing her honours thesis on the Canadian electoral system, she graduated first class honours with distinction in 2010. During her time as an undergraduate student she served as the president of the Arts Undergraduate Society (AUS) and helped organize fundraising for humanitarian aid for Haiti in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake. In 2010, Gould took a job with the Organization of American States in Washington, D.C., working as a consultant in the Migration and Development Program. She is cited as"}, {"text": "contributing to the 2011 report, \"International Migration in the Americas: First Report of the Continuous Reporting System on International Migration in the Americas (SICREMI)\". Gould subsequently completed a master's degree in international relations at St Hilda's College, Oxford. Upon completion of her graduate studies at Oxford, Gould decided to move back to her hometown of Burlington, Ontario. She took a job working as a Trade and Investment Specialist for the Mexican Trade Commission \"ProMexico\" in Toronto. Gould held this position for less than a year before announcing her candidacy in the 2015 election at the age of twenty-eight. Political career. 2015 Canadian federal election. At the age of 28, Gould defeated Conservative incumbent Mike Wallace, who had represented the riding since the 2006 federal election, by winning 46% of the vote to his 42.5%. During the election campaign, she attracted minor attention for deleting a three-year-old tweet expressing opposition to the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipelines \u2013 eventually not approved by the Trudeau government \u2013 and to the development of the Alberta tar sands in general. Reflecting upon her first campaign in 2019 interview, Gould said: \"In 2015, I'd say the No. 1 thing people asked me at the door was"}, {"text": "how old I was and why I thought I could jump into politics at such a young age... And I know, for a fact, that they wouldn't ask a man of the same age those questions.\" Parliamentary Secretary. Gould was named the parliamentary secretary to the minister of international development and \"La Francophonie\" on December 2, 2015. During her time in this role she chaired a foreign-aid strategy session at the Health Systems Research Conference in Vancouver (2016) where stated that it was important to empower women and girls within a feminist approach to foreign aid. During United States President Barack Obama's July 2016 state visit to Ottawa, he gave a shout out to Burlington during his address to Parliament (where his brother-in-law Konrad Ng lives), prompting Gould to wave for the cameras, in what \"Maclean's\" called her most high-profile moment. Minister of Democratic Institutions. On January 10, 2017, she was named Minister of Democratic Institutions, succeeding Maryam Monsef. She also became the President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada. These appointments made her the youngest female Cabinet minister in Canadian history, taking office at the age of twenty-nine. Despite electoral reforms being a pledged mandate of Prime Minister"}, {"text": "Justin Trudeau's 2015 campaign, with this appointment such electoral reforms were no longer part of the Minister of Democratic Institutions mandate. Instead, Gould's mandate included commitments to strengthen Canada's democratic institutions and improve Canada's democratic process by addressing cyber threats, like online meddling and the spread of disinformation from social media giants, and combatting foreign interference. Gould has been credited as being instrumental in both passing and defending Bill C-76 or \"Elections Modernization Act\", which made significant amendments to the \"Canadian Elections Act\", including numerous accommodations for voter accessibility, restrictions on third-party interference on election campaigns, and a prohibition on spending by foreign entities during elections. 2019 Canadian federal election. Running as the incumbent in the 2019 Canadian federal election, Gould was re-elected to her seat. Gould's hometown support grew as her 2019 results surpassed that of 2015, winning 48.6% of the vote to Conservative Jane Michael's 33.2%. With her party winning just 157 seats as opposed to the 177 held prior, Gould's growing support in this key southern Ontario riding enabled the Liberals to obtain a minority government in the 2019 Canadian federal election. Minister for International Development. Gould became the Minister for International Development, a key position in"}, {"text": "Trudeau's foreign policy. It came to light on May 18, 2020 that Gould was formally in charge of the Canadian government's sponsorship of the World Health Organization (WHO). As minister she was entrusted the discussions with Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the WHO's director-general. She had a \"good and frank conversation\" with him via electronic means the week before the 73rd World Health Assembly. As minister, Gould was responsible for implementing Canada\u2019s Feminist International Assistance Policy which targets gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls around the world. Gould assisted in leading Canada\u2019s global efforts in combatting the COVID-19 pandemic. As a champion for gender equality, she also worked to fight hunger, eradicate poverty and advance the sexual and reproductive health and rights of women. In 2021, Gould was appointed as co-chair of the COVAX Advance Market Commitment (AMC) Engagement Group to ensure safe and equitable access to vaccines for all 92 COVAX AMC-eligible economies. Minister of Families, Children and Social Development. Gould was shuffled to the families, children and social development portfolio on October 26, 2021. As Minister, Gould was responsible for signing Early Learning and Child Care agreements with Alberta, New Brunswick, Nunavut, Northwest Territories, and Ontario. These"}, {"text": "agreements aim to reduce average child care costs to $10 per day by 2026. She was also responsible for working with Indigenous partners to ensure that Indigenous children have access to a culturally appropriate Indigenous Early Learning and Child Care system. In May 2022, followings leaks of the American Supreme Court's draft opinion of \"Dobbs v. Jackson\", Gould said American women could access abortions in Canada before \"Roe v. Wade\" was overturned. She also expressed concern for Canadian women who accessed abortion in the United States because of lack of access in Canada. During the spring and summer of 2022, the government received criticism regarding long passport processing times, which fell under Gould's ministerial responsibilities. The federal government had shut down Services Canada Centres and Passport Offices in March 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic and limited applications to \"valid urgent travel reasons\". Service Canada had warned of high demand for passport applications to come following the loosening of pandemic restrictions, which the government had underestimated. Slow processing times led to lengthy delays, forcing many Canadians to cancel travel plans. In early 2023, under Gould\u2019s leadership, Service Canada had returned the passport program to a steady state, reducing processing times"}, {"text": "and virtually eliminating the backlog of passport requests. Leader of the Government in the House of Commons. Prior to a cabinet shuffle, Gould revealed she was expecting her second child and would take parental leave. She was appointed Leader of the Government in the House of Commons in July 2023. Amid the Yaroslav Hunka scandal, Gould deleted a photo from social media of her encounter with Hunka, asked for the Speaker's resignation, and proposed the incident be stricken from official records. This motion was criticized and blocked by the opposition. In November 2023, Gould accused the Leader of the Official Opposition, Pierre Poilievre, of \"American-style, right-wing politics\" after he voted against a free-trade agreement with Ukraine because it included a provision that both sides would \"promote carbon pricing\". 2025 leadership campaign. Gould announced her candidacy in the 2025 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election, to succeed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. She resigned as Government House Leader to run in the race and was replaced on January 24, 2025, by Steven MacKinnon, who had stood in for her during her maternity leave in 2024. Gould said she would introduce a universal basic income program if she won the leadership election and"}, {"text": "became Canada's next prime minister. Gould acknowledged her government mishandled the affordability crisis and had not responded well to the issues that mattered the most to Canadians. She stated she would keep consumer carbon pricing but would stop the April 2025 increase if elected, adding she got into politics to stop climate change. Gould placed third in the election, behind both victor Mark Carney and runner-up Chrystia Freeland, with just over 3% of the vote. When forming the new government, Carney left Gould out of cabinet, and immediately removed the consumer carbon tax. 2025 Canadian federal election. Gould was re-elected to her seat for a fourth term in the 2025 Canadian federal election, winning over 55% of the vote in her Burlington riding. Personal life. Gould married her husband, Alberto Gerones, in 2010. She gave birth to her first child, a son, on March 8, 2018; this made her the first sitting federal Cabinet minister to give birth while in office and the first Cabinet minister to take maternity leave. Her breastfeeding her then-three-month-old son during question period in the House of Commons attracted media attention during June 2018. The family welcomed a second child, a daughter, on January 23,"}, {"text": "2024."}, {"text": "DeLanna Studi is a Cherokee actress who appears in \"DreamKeeper\" (2003), \"Edge of America\" (2003) and \"Shameless\" (2011). Early life and education. Studi was born on June 4, 1976 to mother, Deanna, and father, Thomas. Born into a small town of Muldrow, Oklahoma, she was very involved in her tribe, Cherokee. Being an active member in her tribe, she decided to follow in the footsteps of her uncle Wes Studi who became an actor to represent the Native American culture. Studi attended the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith and Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, and studied architecture. Career. Studi moved to Los Angeles at the age of 22 to start her acting career. The first work that she ever appeared in was the Perfect music video by The Smashing Pumpkins (1998). After this video had surfaced on MTV, she was cast as Talks A Lot in a Hallmark movie, DreamKeeper (2003). In 2015, Studi and her father retraced the 900 mile path, known as the Trail of Tears, that their family followed when forced to leave their homelands in the southeastern United States by the Indian Removal Act of 1830. This journey provided foundation for Studi's play \"And"}, {"text": "So We Walked.\""}, {"text": "Matt Edwards (born in Auckland, New Zealand) is a New Zealand player of pool. Edwards is from Kaiapoi, North Canterbury. He started playing Pool at the age of 12. He is considered New Zealand\u2019s greatest ever pool player, being a record twenty times New Zealand pool champion. In 2019 he became the first ever New Zealander to be invited to play in the 24 player invitational World Pool Masters held in Gibraltar where he made it to the quarter-finals. Career. Edwards made his World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA) debut in 2012 with the 2012 WPA World Nine-ball Championship the first New Zealander to qualify in the World Championship. At the event, Edwards defeated American Shane Van Boening 9\u20137 after trailing 1\u20135. He lost in the last-32 to the eventual winner Darren Appleton 11\u201310. In 2016, Edwards competed in the All Japan Championship where he defeated Chang Jung-lin 9\u20137 who was the WPA world number one at the time. He finished the event in ninth place. Edwards was the first New Zealander to play in the 2017 World Games. At the championship, held in Poland, he defeated Russia's Ruslan Chinakhov 11\u201310 in the last-16. He finished 5th place losing to Jayson Shaw"}, {"text": "in the quarter finals 5\u201311. In 2019 Edwards was selected to play in the 2019 World Pool Masters. In the first session Edwards defeated Chris Melling 7\u20133, the two players had never met in competition prior to this. In the second session Edwards defeated the European Pool Championships nine-ball winner Konrad Juszczyszyn 7\u20136. The match saw the players share the first six racks, at 3\u20133, before Juszczysyn took three racks to lead 6\u20133. Edwards then took the remaining four racks to win the match. He finished fifth place losing to Alexander Kazakis in the quarter-finals. Controversy. Matthew Edwards was suspected of dishonesty charges in October 2022. Edwards always claimed he was innocent of any wrongdoings. In April 2023 all charges were dropped."}, {"text": "\"Heaven's Lost Property\" is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Suu Minazuki. It began monthly serialization in the May 2007 issue of \"Sh\u014dnen Ace\" sold on March 26, 2007 and concluded with the March 2014 issue sold on January 26, 2014. The first \"tank\u014dbon\" was released by Kadokawa Shoten on September 26, 2007, with a total of 20 \"tank\u014dbon\" released in Japan. Chapter titles are often suffixed with two exclamation points. In addition, a four-panel comic, titled , illustrated by ms, was developed and published in the inaugural issue of Kadokawa Shoten's \"4-Koma Nano Ace\" magazine (published on March 9, 2011), and continued in \"Sh\u014dnen Ace\" until its conclusion on March 26, 2011. It focuses on the lives of Astraea, Nymph, and Ikaros."}, {"text": "Zhukovo () is a rural locality (a village) in Novlenskoye Rural Settlement, Vologodsky District, Vologda Oblast, Russia. The population was 100 as of 2002. Geography. The distance to Vologda is 76 km, to Novlenskoye is 7 km. Plyushchevo, Oleshkovo, Podolets, Avdeyevo, Kelebardovo, Aleksino are the nearest rural localities."}, {"text": "Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda \"Txema\" Portillo Vald\u00e9s (born on 1961 in Bilbao) is a Spanish historian, professor of Contemporary History at the University of the Basque Country. He is an expert in Spanish constitutional history. Biography. Vald\u00e9s was born in 1961. He earned a PhD in History from the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), reading a dissertation in 1990 titled \"Monarqu\u00eda y Gobierno Provincial. Poder y Constituci\u00f3n en las provincias exentas, 1760-1808\" and supervised by . On 13 February 1998, he was one of the founders of the Foro Ermua. A lecturer at the UPV/EHU since 1988, he was subject to harassment and threats coming from ETA, as well as an attempted attack at the Vitoria Campus where he worked, wherein an incendiary artifact was put in his car in October 1999. He was appointed Chair in Contemporary History at the UPV/EHU in 2017."}, {"text": "The 47th Illinois General Assembly met from 1911 to 1913. John G. Oglesby of Decatur was the Lieutenant Governor of Illinois and thus \"ex officio\" President of the Senate. Henry M. Dunlap was President \"pro tempore\" of the Senate. Charles A. Adkins of Bement was the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Districts. Illinois was divided into 51 districts, each of which elected one Senator and three Representatives. Districts were last reapportioned in 1901 and would not be reapportioned again until 1947. The counties of each district were as follows:"}, {"text": "Renate\u2013Veduggio railway station is a railway station in Italy. Located on the Monza\u2013Molteno railway, it serves the municipality of Renate in Lombardy. The train services are operated by Trenord. Train services. The station is served by the following service(s):"}, {"text": "The Samuel Holman House, at 307 Norfolk St. in Park City, Utah, was built around 1900. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. It is a one-story frame pyramid house, and has a truncated pyramid roof. It may have been moved, or subsumed within a larger structure, or demolished, because in 2019 satellite views and 2007 Google streetview there appears to be no surviving pyramid house near its address."}, {"text": "Rusdi Ramli (Jawi: \u0631\u0634\u062f\u064a \u0631\u0627\u0645\u0644\u064a; born 16 June 1970) is a Malaysian actor and director who won the 20th Malaysia Film Festival for Best Actor at the University of Science Malaysia. He is a son of the veteran Malaysian actress, Norlia Ghani. Rusdi is born in Ulu Kelang and has starred in many Malaysian television and movie dramas. He was named after P. Ramlee's 1970 film, \"Dr. Rushdi\". His late father was Ramli Ismail, popularly known as Ramli Kechik, starred in \"Do Re Mi\" (1966), where he accompanied Maon (starring Mahmud Jun) to the Youth Party while in the 1972 film \"Laksamana Do Re Mi\", Ramli played the role of Prime Minister of Pasir Berdegung Nation in the same film."}, {"text": "Trusten Frank Crigler (October 17, 1935 in Phoenix, Arizona - May 16, 2021) was a career foreign service officer who became the US Ambassador to Rwanda from October 29, 1976 until May 12, 1979 and Ambassador to Somalia from June 3, 1987 until April 1, 1990. Crigler taught International Affairs at Simmons College once he retired from the State Department. He and his wife (Bettie Ann n\u00e9e Morris) moved to Durham, North Carolina in 1996. He co-founded \"American Diplomacy\", an online quarterly, the same year. Crigler was a fellow with Duke University\u2019s Center for International Development and Research and was a member of the Planning Committee for Carolina Friends of the Foreign Service. Education. Crigler graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College (B.A., 1957) and speaks Spanish and French. Career. Cigler's first position when he joined the Foreign Service in 1961 was as an intelligence analyst in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research. In 1963, he became political officer at the American consulate general in Guadalajara, Mexico. Future positions included consular officer at the U.S. Embassy in Mexico, 1964 - 1966; political officer at the U.S. Embassy in Kinshasa, Zaire, 1966 - 1967; American consul (resident) in Bukavu, Zaire, April"}, {"text": "to July 1967; American consul (nonresident) in Kisangani, Zaire, 1967 - 1969; political-economic officer at the U.S. Embassy in Libreville, Gabon, 1969 - 1970; and political adviser at the U.S. Mission to the Organization of American States in Washington, DC, 1970. As a result of a congressional fellowship, he served on the staff of Representative Frank Thompson (NJ) and then with Senator Lloyd Bentsen (TX). He returned to Mexico in August 1974 as political officer at the Embassy, serving until he was appointed Ambassador to Kigali, Rwanda, in September 1976. He became deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Bogota, Colombia, 1979, and Charg\u00e9 d'Affaires, 1979 - 1981; Director of the Office of Mexican Affairs, 1981 - 1983; and Senior Inspector, Office of the Inspector General at the Department of State, 1983. From 1993 to 1995, Crigler taught at Simmons College as the Warburg Chair in International Relations. Personal life. He and his wife have three children."}, {"text": "Jordyn W. Brooks (born October 21, 1997) is an American professional football linebacker for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Texas Tech Red Raiders and was selected by the Seattle Seahawks in the first round of the 2020 NFL draft. Early life. Brooks was born in Dallas, Texas, and later moved to Houston, Texas, where he grew up. He attended Stratford High School. Brooks was named All-District 19-5A in his junior and senior seasons. Brooks committed to play college football at Texas Tech University over offers from Arkansas, Houston, Missouri and Washington. College career. Brooks was named a freshman All-American by \"24/7 Sports\" and honorable mention All-Big 12 Conference after leading Texas Tech with 86 tackles (five for loss) with four passes broken up and a forced fumble. As a sophomore he finished third on the team in tackles with 89 (0.5 for loss) with an interception and two passes broken up and was again named honorable mention All-Big 12. Brooks was named honorable mention All-Big 12 for a third straight season after leading the Red Raiders with 84 tackles and with 7.5 tackles for loss with three sacks and an"}, {"text": "interception. Going to his senior season, Brooks was named to the Butkus Award watch list and was named the top inside linebacker prospect for the 2020 NFL Draft by \"ESPN\" analyst Mel Kiper. He made 19 tackles with three sacks in an upset win over #21 Oklahoma State on October 5, 2019, and was named the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week and the national defensive player of the week by the Football Writers Association of America and the Walter Camp Football Foundation (WCFF). Brooks was named first-team All-Big 12 and a consensus second-team All-American selection after recording 108 tackles, including 20 tackles for loss and three sacks. Brooks finished his collegiate career with 367 tackles (seventh-most in school history), 33 tackles for loss and seven sacks with two interceptions, two forced fumbles and three fumbles recovered. Professional career. Seattle Seahawks. 2020. Brooks was selected by the Seattle Seahawks in the first round with the 27th overall pick in the 2020 NFL draft. Brooks was named as the backup weakside linebacker to starter K. J. Wright to begin the season. Brooks ended up playing seven snaps in the team's Week 1 game against the Atlanta Falcons where he recorded"}, {"text": "his first career NFL tackle. Following the season-ending injury Bruce Irvin suffered after the team's Week 2 victory over the New England Patriots, the team announced that Brooks would replace Irvin as the starter. In a Week 13 game against the New York Giants, Brooks recorded 4 solo tackles and 6 assists, the most he had all season. He was the co-leader in tackles that game, with Jamal Adams also finishing with 10. In a Week 16 game against the Los Angeles Rams, Brooks recorded 7 solo tackles and 1 assist, leading the team with Adams and D. J. Reed. He ended his rookie season with a total of 57 total tackles, and 2 pass deflections. 2022. Following the Seahawks' 23\u20136 victory over the New York Jets in Week 17 of the 2022 season, it was announced that Brooks had suffered a torn ACL and was placed on injured reserve. He finished the season with a team-high 161 tackles, one sack, five passes defensed, and a forced fumble. Miami Dolphins. On March 14, 2024, Brooks signed a three-year contract with the Miami Dolphins. Personal life. In November 2022, he helped distribute 10,000 cans of soup with Campbell's Chunky."}, {"text": "Ritchie L. Price (born July 13, 1984) is an American college baseball coach and former shortstop. He is an assistant baseball coach at Fresno State University. Price played college baseball at the University of Kansas before pursuing a professional career. Price was the head baseball coach at South Dakota State University from 2007 to 2011. Amateur career. Price attended San Luis Obispo High School in San Luis Obispo, California. Playing for the school's varsity baseball team for three years, he recorded a .392 batting average and 24 career stolen bases. Upon graduation, he enrolled at the University of Kansas, to play college baseball for the Kansas Jayhawks baseball team. As a freshman at Kansas in 2003, Price had a .319 batting average, a .400 on-base percentage (OBP), and a .366 SLG, with eleven doubles. He was named an All-Big 12 Conference honorable mention at shortstop. As a sophomore in 2004, Price batted .339 with a .399 SLG, 1 home run, and 47 RBIs. He was named second team All-Big 12 and he also set a school record for hits by a sophomore with 84. In the 2005 season as a junior, Price hit 2 home runs and 14 doubles. He"}, {"text": "was named a Big 12 honorable mention. Following his junior season at Kansas, Price played collegiate summer baseball for the Yarmouth\u2013Dennis Red Sox of the Cape Cod Baseball League, where he batted 6-for-24 (.250) and had a .471 OBP. Price returned to school for a senior season in 2006, helping the Jayhawks to their first-ever Big 12 Conference Tournament championship and third ever NCAA Tournament appearance. Professional career. The New York Mets chose Price with the eighteenth pick of the 18th round of the 2006 Major League Baseball draft. Price began his professional career with the Brooklyn Cyclones of the Class A-Short Season New York\u2013Penn League, where he batted .000 with one run scored. He was demoted to the Kingsport Mets of the Rookie Appalachian League on June 29. He hit .252 with three doubles for Kingston. Coaching career. In 2007, Price was named a graduate assistant at South Dakota State. On June 15, 2008, Price was named the full-time head coach of the Jackrabbits. On June 30, 2011, Price was named an assistant coach for the Kansas Jayhawks baseball team."}, {"text": "Cassago\u2013Nibionno\u2013Bulciago railway station is a railway station in Italy. Located on the Monza\u2013Molteno railway, it serves the municipality of Cassago Brianza in Lombardy. The train services are operated by Trenord. Train services. The station is served by the following service(s):"}, {"text": "Glenn Boyce is an American academic administrator. He is currently the chancellor of the University of Mississippi. Prior to working at the university, Boyce was commissioner of the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning from 2015 to 2018 and president of Holmes Community College. He has also coached football at three separate segregation academies, including Madison-Ridgeland Academy, Canton Academy and Tri-County Academy. History. Boyce was appointed chancellor of the University of Mississippi on October 13, 2019. He served as commissioner of the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning from 2015 to 2018 and president of Holmes Community College. In the 1980s and 1990s, Boyce worked for three \"segregation academies:\" Madison-Ridgeland Academy, Canton Academy, and Tri-County Academy. The University of Mississippi Foundation is responsible for paying Boyce a $500,000-a-year salary supplement. The university contributes $300,000 in state funds. Boyce's hiring was especially controversial since Boyce had served as a consultant involved in the university's search for a new chancellor before taking the job himself. When the public announcement was made, some students, faculty, and alumni protested; they subsequently accused the university of trying to squelch the protests. Candidates for the position who were encouraged to apply by Boyce while he was a consultant"}, {"text": "for the search have also protested the decision to hire him. Investigative reporter Nick Judin of the \"Jackson Free Press\" alleged that the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning, an organization that Boyce chaired immediately prior to being appointed chancellor of the university, \"may have been part of a long-planned scheme to install one of their own to lead the University of Mississippi.\""}, {"text": "Cockatoo Inn was a hotel located on Hawthorne Boulevard and Imperial Highway in Hawthorne, California. The hotel was a popular destination in Los Angeles, serving US politicians, Hollywood actors, and members of the American Mafia. Cockatoo gained a reputation for being a gathering place for the elites in Los Angeles. The 210-room hotel featured intricate European furnishings, grand banquet halls, and an eccentric bar. The hotel was founded in 1958, when a notorious American Mafia member Andrew Lococo built the hotel. Cockatoo Inn quickly became popular in Los Angeles. Guests of the hotel include John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, and Mickey Rooney. An acting US Attorney identified Andrew Lococo as a prominent member of the American Mafia, making Lococo subject to federal investigations. Shortly afterward he was convicted of horse race-fixing, gambling violations, and perjury in a grand trial. Lococo proceeded to sell the hotel two years after his conviction. The hotel business continued to prosper, but by the late 1980s, the hotel began to suffer and became bankrupt in 1991. The next corporation to buy the bankrupt hotel was also unable to make the Cockatoo Inn profitable and sold the property to investors from China. The"}, {"text": "Cockatoo inn soon fell into disarray and shut down, prompting Chinese investors to sell the property to a property developer. After purchasing the property in 2004, the developer demolished the hotel with plans for a new three hotel complex to replace it. The project was met with neighborhood appeals however, the developer was able to approve the project and pushed forward with its construction. During the complex's construction in 2009, the hotel industry in Los Angeles was suffering from average daily rates for hotels falling 15% in just 2009 alone. Despite obstacles of slow construction, franchising regulations, economic downturn, and financing troubles the developer completed the three hotels. In 2019 plans were announced for an expansion of the complex for a total of seven hotels and 760 rooms. The complex currently includes a Candlewood Suites and Holiday Inn Express, with the \"Cockatoo\" name having been adopted by a Comfort Inn across from the complex on Acacia Avenue."}, {"text": "The House at 62 Daly Avenue in Park City, Utah, presumably located at 62 Daly Ave., was built around 1885. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. It is a frame \"T/L cottage\", which was expanded somewhat around 1889. It may no longer exist."}, {"text": "Didier Pierre Jean-Paul Desprez (born 13 March 1999) is a French professional footballer who plays as goalkeeper for BGL Ligue club F91 Dudelange. Club career. On 2 June 2017, Desprez signed his first professional contract with Lens. He joined Drancy on loan for the 2018\u201319 season in the Championnat National. He made his professional debut with Lens in a 2\u20131 Coupe de la Ligue win over Troyes on 13 August 2019. On 31 August 2021, he signed a two-year contract with Charleroi in Belgium. On 13 July 2022, Desprez joined Paris 13 Atletico in Championnat National on loan. On 11 July 2023, Desprez signed a contract with F91 Dudelange in Luxembourg. He got his debut on 12 July 2023, in a first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa Conference League game against St Patrick's Athletic."}, {"text": "DXGP (89.7 FM) Agusan Radio is a radio station owned and operated by Agusan Del Sur Broadcasting Service, the media arm of the Government of Agusan del Sur. Its studio is located in DOP Government Center, Brgy. Patin-ay, Prosperidad."}, {"text": "Maurice Robinson may refer to:"}, {"text": "Costa Masnaga railway station is a railway station in Italy. Located on the Monza\u2013Molteno railway, it serves the municipality of Costa Masnaga in Lombardy. The train services are operated by Trenord. Train services. The station is served by the following service(s):"}, {"text": "House of the Dragon is an American fantasy drama television series created by George R. R. Martin and Ryan Condal for HBO. A prequel to \"Game of Thrones\" (2011\u20132019), it is the second television series in Martin's \"A Song of Ice and Fire\" franchise. Condal and Miguel Sapochnik served as the showrunners for the first season. Based on parts of Martin's 2018 book \"Fire & Blood\", the series begins about 100 years after the Seven Kingdoms are united by the Targaryen conquest, nearly 200 years before the events of \"Game of Thrones\", and 172 years before the birth of Daenerys Targaryen. Featuring an ensemble cast, the show portrays the events leading up to the decline of House Targaryen, a devastating war of succession known as the \"Dance of the Dragons\". \"House of the Dragon\" received a straight-to-series order in October 2019, with casting beginning in July 2020 and principal photography starting in April 2021 in the United Kingdom. The series premiered on August 21, 2022, with the first season consisting of ten episodes. The series was renewed for a second season five days after its premiere. Sapochnik departed as showrunner after the first season, leaving Condal to serve as the"}, {"text": "sole showrunner for the second season. The second season premiered on June 16, 2024, with eight episodes. In June 2024, ahead of the second-season premiere, the series was renewed for a third season. The series received positive reviews, with praise for its character development, visual effects, writing, score by Ramin Djawadi, and performances (particularly Considine, Smith, D'Arcy and Cooke). However, the pacing, specifically of the time jumps, and the dark lighting of some scenes during the first season were criticized. The series premiere was watched by over 10 million viewers across the linear channels and HBO Max on the first day, the biggest in HBO's history. For its first season, \"House of the Dragon\" won a Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series \u2013 Drama, while Emma D'Arcy earned a nomination for Best Actress in a Television Series \u2013 Drama. It earned nine Emmy Award nominations, including Outstanding Drama Series, and won three British Academy Television Craft Awards. D'Arcy received another Golden Globe Award nomination for their performance in the second season. Production. Development. In 2015, with \"Game of Thrones\" still in production, HBO executives approached \"A Song of Ice and Fire\" writer George R. R. Martin regarding possible successors"}, {"text": "or spin-offs to the series. In November 2018, Martin stated that a \"potential spin-off series would be solidly based on material in \"Fire & Blood\".\" \"Game of Thrones\" creators David Benioff and D. B. Weiss stated they wanted to \"move on\" from the franchise and declined involvement in subsequent projects. By September 2019, a \"Game of Thrones\" prequel series from Martin and Ryan Condal that \"tracks the beginning of the end for House Targaryen\" was close to receiving a pilot order from HBO. The following month, \"House of the Dragon\" was given a straight-to-series order. Condal and Miguel Sapochnik, who won an Emmy Award for directing the episode \"Battle of the Bastards\", were selected to serve as showrunners. In 2016, Condal pitched the idea of a series based on Martin's \"Tales of Dunk and Egg\", however HBO initially passed on it. Sapochnik was also hired to direct the series premiere as well as additional episodes. The series begins 172 years before the events of \"Game of Thrones\" during the reign of King Viserys I Targaryen, ultimately leading to the Targaryen civil war known as the Dance of the Dragons. The project is a reworking of the rejected spin-off concept from"}, {"text": "\"Game of Thrones\" writer Bryan Cogman, on which HBO officially passed. Inspiration for the series came from English medieval history and the Anarchy, a war of succession after the death of Henry I of England between his nephew Stephen of Blois and only surviving child, Empress Matilda, who had fled to Normandy in the 12th century. In January 2020, Casey Bloys, HBO's president of programming, stated that writing had begun. Writers for the show include Condal and Sara Hess, who previously wrote for \"Deadwood\" and \"Orange Is the New Black\". Martin was also involved in the pre-production, providing input on storylines and reviewed scripts and rough cuts. On August 26, 2022, less than a week after its premiere, the series was renewed for a second season. On August 31, Miguel Sapochnik stepped down as director and co-showrunner for the second season, but remained an executive producer. Sapochnik stated, \"It was incredibly tough to decide to move on, but I know that it is the right choice for me, personally and professionally.\" Alan Taylor, who directed \"Game of Thrones\" episodes, joined in season two and serves as an executive producer and director. Following the second season renewal, Bloys stated that it"}, {"text": "was expected to premiere in 2024. Hess told \"Variety\" in late December 2022 that most of season 2 had been written and would include a revenge plot against Alicent following the events of the first-season finale. The second season consists of eight episodes and premiered on June 16, 2024. On his personal blog in December 2023, Martin stated the third and fourth seasons are being written. In June 2024, ahead of the second-season premiere, the series was renewed for a third season. After the second season finished airing in August 2024, Condal said the series is intended to end after the fourth season. Changes from the novels. In the novels, members of House Velaryon are generally described as having \"silver-gold hair, pale skin, and violet eyes\", similar to the Targaryens. However, Condal and Sapochnik wanted to introduce more racial diversity with its casting. \"Game of Thrones\" was criticized for lacking a diverse cast and including cultural stereotypes. As a result, House Velaryon are portrayed as black in the television series. According to Condal, Martin, while writing the novels, considered making the Velaryons a house of black aristocrats who traveled to Westeros from the culturally diverse area of Valyria. Despite initial"}, {"text": "fan criticism of the ethnicity change, publications and commentators stated it helped distinguish between the large number of characters between the two families. \"Fire & Blood\" is written in the style of a history book authored by an in-universe fictional historian studying the Targaryen dynasty and various civil conflicts. The novels of \"A Song of Ice and Fire\", however, are more immersive, with each chapter written in a third-person limited perspective from the immediate point of view of a character. As a result, some accounts of events recorded in \"Fire & Blood\" are second-hand narrations that are potentially speculative or distorted, therefore making the narrator unreliable from the reader's perspective. In an effort to make the story more clear for viewers, the show writers decided to portray the book events in chronological order from a third-person perspective. Creative differences between Condal and Martin. In 2025, showrunner Ryan Condal discussed creative tensions with author George R. R. Martin, citing disagreements over the adaptation of material from Martin's \"Fire & Blood\". In an interview with \"Entertainment Weekly\", Condal described their past collaboration as \"mutually fruitful\" but noted that differences had developed regarding the show's narrative direction. The reported friction followed a since-deleted"}, {"text": "blog post from Martin in September 2023, in which he criticized changes made by Condal and HBO to the source material. Condal stated that he became aware of the post secondhand and expressed disappointment over the situation. He defended creative choices made in the series, including the exclusion of the character Maelor Targaryen from season 2, citing production limitations and the interpretive nature of \"Fire & Blood\", which presents events as historical accounts rather than definitive canon. Condal acknowledged the difficulty of adapting a complex, expansive narrative within the constraints of television production and expressed hope for a future reconciliation with Martin. Casting. Casting for the first season began in July 2020. In October 2020, Paddy Considine was cast as Viserys I Targaryen. Considine was offered a role in \"Game of Thrones\" but declined due to the fantasy elements of the series. Condal in a 2020 interview stated that Considine was their first choice for Viserys. By December, Olivia Cooke, Matt Smith, and Emma D'Arcy were cast as Alicent Hightower, Daemon Targaryen, and Rhaenyra Targaryen, respectively. In an interview with \"The Hollywood Reporter\", Smith stated he was initially hesitant to star in a \"Game of Thrones\" prequel but accepted the"}, {"text": "role after learning of Considine's attachment to the project. In February 2021, Rhys Ifans, Steve Toussaint, Eve Best, and Sonoya Mizuno were added to the main cast. By April, Fabien Frankel joined the cast as Ser Criston Cole. In May, Graham McTavish was spotted on set in full wardrobe. In July 2021, Emily Carey and Milly Alcock were added to the cast as younger counterparts of Alicent Hightower and Rhaenyra Targaryen, respectively. The time jump midway through the first season prompted the casting of multiple actors for the same role. In April 2023, Gayle Rankin, Simon Russell Beale, Freddie Fox, and Abubakar Salim were announced to have joined the cast for the second season as Alys Rivers, Ser Simon Strong, Ser Gwayne Hightower and Alyn of Hull, respectively. In December 2023, Tom Taylor, Clinton Liberty, Jamie Kenna, Kieran Bew, Tom Bennett, and Vincent Regan were announced to have joined the cast for the second season as Lord Cregan Stark, Addam of Hull, Ser Alfred Broome, Hugh Hammer, Ulf the White and Ser Rickard Thorne, respectively. In January 2025, James Norton was announced to have joined the cast for the third season as Lord Ormund Hightower. In March 2025, Tommy Flanagan"}, {"text": "and Dan Fogler were announced to have joined the cast as Lord Roderick Dustin and Ser Torrhen Manderly respectively. In April 2025, Tom Cullen, Joplin Sibtain, and Barry Sloane were announced to have joined the cast as Ser Luthor Largent, Ser Jon Roxton, and Ser Adrian Redfort respectively. Filming. Principal photography on the ten-episode first season of the series began in April 2021. The series was filmed primarily in the United Kingdom. \"House of the Dragon\" was the first production to be shot at Warner Bros. Leavesden Studios' new virtual production stage. On July 18, 2021, a positive COVID-19 case forced the pausing of production for two days. The Spanish publication \"Hoy\" reported that \"House of the Dragon\" would be filmed in the Province of C\u00e1ceres in western Spain between October 11\u201321, 2021. The provincial capital of C\u00e1ceres along with the medieval town of Trujillo were used in scenes for King's Landing. From October 26\u201331, the series was filmed in Portugal at the Castle of Monsanto. The majority of season 1 was shot using Arri Alexa cameras; specifically Alexa 65s for the main camera and the Alexa Mini LFs as additional cameras. Locations in Cornwall, England included St Michael's Mount,"}, {"text": "Holywell Beach and Kynance Cove. Other locations included Castleton, Derbyshire, in areas such as Cave Dale, Eldon Hill Quarry and the Market Place. Some scenes were shot in Aldershot, Hampshire. In February 2022, HBO confirmed that the first season of \"House of the Dragon\" had wrapped production. Visual effects for the series were produced in part by Pixomondo, who worked on \"Game of Thrones\" and received an Emmy Award for Outstanding Visual Effects. In October 2022, it was reported that the OSVP stage at Leavesden Studios, used in the series, was shutting down. The second season began filming on April 11, 2023, at Warner Bros. Studios, Leavesden in Watford, England, and moved to C\u00e1ceres, Spain on May 18, 2023. The series continued filming throughout the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. Despite the show originating in the United States, the largely British cast works under local rules governed by the sister union Equity. Filming wrapped by September 29, 2023. Filming for the third season began on March 21, 2025, at Leavesden Studios, Watford. Filming is expected to last from March to October. Music. It was announced in February 2021 that Ramin Djawadi would compose the series score. Djawadi composed the music for all"}, {"text": "eight seasons of \"Game of Thrones\", which garnered him three Grammy Awards nominations and two Emmy Awards wins. Djawadi and the showrunners opted to retain the original theme song, \"Game of Thrones Theme\", for \"House of the Dragon\". The song debuted in the opening credits of the second episode. In an interview with \"The A.V. Club\", Djawadi stated that the original theme song was used to \"tie the shows together\". For the first season, Djawadi, along with Condal and Sapochnik, watched each episode and made notes on when the music should occur and what mood the music should set. Character motifs from \"Game of Thrones\" are also featured in \"House of the Dragon\", including the Dragon theme \"\". Language. \"Game of Thrones\" conlanger David J. Peterson returned to continue his work on the constructed language High Valyrian. Peterson stated that, unlike \"Game of Thrones\", \"House of the Dragon\" features scene-long dialogue in High Valyrian. In the series, High Valyrian is spoken by both Targaryens and Velaryons, requiring cast members to learn the language. Emma D'Arcy reportedly enjoyed learning it, while Matt Smith initially dreaded it and found it daunting. Budget. The production budget of the first season of \"House of"}, {"text": "the Dragon\" was nearly $200 million, which equates to an average of just below $20 million per episode. In comparison, its parent series, \"Game of Thrones\", cost around $100 million per season, beginning with nearly $6 million per episode from seasons one to five, around $10 million for every episode in seasons six and seven, and up to $15 million each episode in its eighth and final season, earning $285 million in profits per season over its eight seasons. According to \"Deadline Hollywood\", the marketing budget was over $100 million, comparable to the budget for a blockbuster theatrical film. Release. \"House of the Dragon\" premiered on August 21, 2022. It is HBO's first new series to stream in 4K, Dolby Vision HDR and Dolby Atmos on its sister streaming platform HBO Max. The first episode was released for free on YouTube on September 2, 2022. The first-season finale was leaked online the week before the actual air date, with the full episode appearing on torrent sites. According to HBO, the leak came from a Europe, the Middle East and Africa partner and it will \"aggressively\" monitor for additional leaks. The second season premiered on June 16, 2024. The second-season finale"}, {"text": "was also leaked online, with HBO releasing a statement stating the leak originated from a \"third-party distributor\". International broadcast. In New Zealand, the series is distributed by Sky's SoHo TV channel and Neon streaming service. In the Philippines, SKY broadcasts the show via its main cable television services and other digital streaming platforms. In India, JioHotstar distributes the show. In the UK, Ireland, Italy, Germany, Austria and Switzerland, the series airs on Sky Atlantic and its accompanying streaming service Now. In Canada, \"House of the Dragon\" is available on Bell Media's Crave streaming service and its HBO linear channel. In Australia, the series is available for streaming on Binge and Foxtel. Home media. The first season was released on 4K UHD Blu-ray (including a SteelBook special edition), standard Blu-ray, and DVD on December 20, 2022, and contains over an hour of behind-the-scenes features. The second season was released on all the same physical media formats on November 19, 2024. Reception. Critical response. Season 1. On the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the first season holds an approval rating of 90%, based on 876 reviews, with an average rating of 7.85/10. The website's critical consensus reads, \"Covering an era of tenuous"}, {"text": "peace with ferocious \u2013 albeit abbreviated \u2013 focus, \"House of the Dragon\" is an impressive prequel that exemplifies the court intrigue that distinguished its predecessor.\" On Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, the first season received a score of 69 out of 100 based on 43 critic reviews, indicating \"generally favorable reviews\". Reviews for the first season were positive, with critics praising the writing, directing, score, and cast performances. Lucy Mangan of \"The Guardian\" called the show a \"roaring success\" with Lorraine Ali of the \"Los Angeles Times\" stating the show mirrors the acclaim of the early seasons of \"Game of Thrones\". Reviews pointed out the reliance on Martin's work was one of the reasons the series fared better critically than the later seasons of its predecessor, specifically the last season. The cast also received praise, with Paddy Considine, Matt Smith, Emma D'Arcy, and Olivia Cooke being singled out for their performances. In an interview with \"GQ\", Considine stated that Martin told him that \"Your Viserys is better than my Viserys\". The diversity of the characters was mostly met with praise, with Jeff Yang of \"The New York Times\" stating that diversification of the cast can help the series gain"}, {"text": "a more diverse audience. The series was included on multiple critics' top ten lists of 2022, including \"Chicago Tribune\", \"San Francisco Chronicle\", CNN, and \"Polygon\". The show's first season received criticism for the depiction of violence, pacing and cinematography. Reviewing the early episodes, \"Rolling Stone\" and \"Entertainment Weekly\" said the series leaned too much on grand imagery and lacked the breakout supporting characters that \"Game of Thrones\" had\".\" Before the premiere, Martin stated that the series is similar to a Shakespearean tragedy with each character being morally grey with no \"character everybody's going to love\". \"The Guardian\" stated the \"dullness\" of the characters makes the series more of a period drama than an action-adventure fantasy. The \"Los Angeles Times\" and \"The New York Times\" cited the constant actor changes as a reason for the lack of emotional attachment to characters. The graphic violence in the season premiere with a failed caesarean section was criticized for being excessive, and according to \"USA Today,\" \"exploitive and in poor taste\". The time jumps throughout the first season were also noted for being jarring and causing confusion, while Martin defended them as being \"handled very well\". In addition, the dark cinematography in episode seven"}, {"text": "was a point of criticism from both critics and fans. HBO responded that the dimmed lighting in those scenes was an \"intentional creative decision\". \"Game of Thrones\" faced similar criticism regarding the lighting of scenes in its eighth season, with one of the show's cinematographers stating it was a \"deliberate choice\". In an interview with \"The Hollywood Reporter\" before the second season premiere, Ryan Condal said that the lighting for the upcoming season would be changed after listening to the feedback from the previous season. Season 2. On Rotten Tomatoes, the second season holds an approval rating of 83%, based on 272 reviews, with an average rating of 7.55/10. The website's critical consensus reads, \"Approaching its dynastic cataclysm with a deliberate stride rather than a charging gallop, \"House of the Dragon\" carefully sets up its emotional stakes to make the fiery spectacle all the more scorching.\" On Metacritic, the second season received a score of 73 out of 100 based on 40 critic reviews, indicating \"generally favorable reviews\". Viewership. Season 1. The day after the series premiere, HBO said the episode had been viewed by an estimated 9.99 million viewers in the U.S. on its first night of availability \u2013"}, {"text": "including linear viewers and streams on HBO Max \u2013 which it said was the largest single-day viewership for a series debut in the service's history, dethroning \"Euphoria\". After one week of availability, the viewership rose to nearly 25 million in the U.S. across all platforms. Nielsen estimated that the episode was watched by 10.6 million viewers on HBO Max in the first four days, with the number increasing to 14.5 million when including the viewership on the main HBO channel. Samba TV meanwhile stated that 4.8 million U.S. households streamed the episode in the first four days. The series was also popular on social media, with the show premiere being the number one trending topic on Twitter and Google Trends. The finale of the first season was watched by 9.3 million viewers across all platforms during its premiere night according to HBO, which was the highest viewership for any finale of a HBO show since the series finale of \"Game of Thrones\". The show averaged 9\u20139.5 million viewers for an episode on premiere night and 29 million total viewers after a week of release. Nielsen stated in November 2022 that 35% of the viewers of the show were in the"}, {"text": "age range of 18\u201334. Similar to \"Game of Thrones\", the first season of \"House of the Dragon\" was extensively pirated. According to TorrentFreak, it was the most pirated series of 2022, ahead of \"\" and other series. Season 2. Season 2 had a debut of 7.8 million viewers across linear and streaming on its Sunday night premiere, which was a 22% viewership decline from the previous season which had 10 million. In Latin America, viewership was up 30% from season 1. According to Samba TV, viewership for its initial airing of the premiere was watched by 1.3 million U.S. households, compared to 2.6 million for season 1. The series garnered its highest streaming viewership for a particular week during the week of June 17\u201323, 2024, according to Nielsen, garnering a viewership of 1.23 billion minutes. The viewership of the season steadily increased as further episodes were released, reaching a season-high of 8.9 million viewers across linear and streaming with the final episode. The finale also marked the highest streaming viewership for any episode of the show according to HBO. Comparisons with \"The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power\". Critics, fans, and publications have drawn comparisons between \"House of"}, {"text": "the Dragon\" and fantasy series \"\" on Amazon Prime Video. \"The Rings of Power\" is a prequel series set thousands of years before the events of J. R. R. Tolkien's \"The Hobbit\" and \"The Lord of the Rings\", while \"House of the Dragon\" is a prequel series set hundreds of years before \"Game of Thrones\". The similar fantasy genre, close release dates, and extensive fan bases were cited in articles comparing the two series. Commentators and fans alike have described these comparisons as the \"biggest battle in TV history\". More negative criticism from the two fan bases also included the character diversity, with some publications describing some of the criticism as racist. Martin stated that although he hopes both shows are successful, he wants to see \"House of the Dragon\" \"succeed more.\" Lindsey Weber, an executive producer for \"The Rings of Power\", stated that the head-to-head conflict between the two shows are \"totally manufactured by the media for headlines\". Show co-creator J. D. Payne said the only competition he sees is with \"themselves\"; however, he wishes well for \"anyone else working on storytelling\". Financially, the budget for \"The Rings of Power\" is almost $450 million more than \"House of the"}, {"text": "Dragon\". Both series fared successfully in the ratings. According to Nielsen and first-party data, \"The Rings of Power\"s first two episodes had more than 1.25 billion streaming minutes after three days of availability. In comparison, a few hours after the episode two premiere of \"House of the Dragon\", the show had reached more than 1.06 billion streaming minutes. Following the season finale for \"House of the Dragon\", weekly streaming viewership passed 1 billion viewing minutes for the first time. According to Nielsen data, \"The Rings of Power\" has a higher percentage of older viewers, with more than 70% of viewers being over the age of 35. In any given week, \"The Rings of Power\" tended to have more streams than \"House of the Dragon\" given that the viewership of \"House of the Dragon\" was split between those watching online and those watching on HBO channel while that of \"The Rings of Power\" was online only. However, following both series debuts, streaming viewership for \"The Rings of Power\" decreased over the first season, while \"House of the Dragon\" viewership increased. The viewership of individual episodes of \"House of the Dragon\" also tended to increase over a number of weeks after the"}, {"text": "episodes became available while that of \"The Rings of Power\" dropped sharply after the first two weeks. Despite the age gap in viewership, commentators have stated one of the reasons both shows did well was the consistent release schedule that helped create social-media buzz. Both shows have highlighted the \"streaming wars\" between both Amazon and HBO and the entertainment industry as a whole. Accolades. \"House of the Dragon\" received nine Primetime Emmy Awards nominations in 2023, including Outstanding Drama Series, winning one for Outstanding Fantasy/Sci-Fi Costumes. The series won the Golden Globe Award Best Television Series \u2013 Drama in 2023, while Emma D'Arcy earned two Best Actress in a Television Series \u2013 Drama nominations in 2023 and 2025. Other nominations include three Critics' Choice Awards, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards."}, {"text": "DXSF (96.1 FM), broadcasting as San Franz Radio 96.1, is a radio station owned and operated by Agusan Communications Foundation. Its studio is located at Brgy. San Isidro, San Francisco, Agusan del Sur."}, {"text": "Zach Villa (born March 17, 1987) is an American actor and musician. Villa was born in Clinton, Iowa. He is best known for his role as real-life serial killer Richard Ramirez in the ninth season of the FX anthology horror series \"American Horror Story\", titled \"\", and his artistic experience through the band Cylvia. Villa plays piano, drums, bass, guitar, and violin. Personal life. He was born to Mexican parents in Clinton, Iowa. In January 2015, Villa and his bandmate Evan Rachel Wood announced they were engaged. Their band was called Rebel and a Basketcase. The couple ended their engagement in September 2017. Since June 2017, Villa is lead vocalist and guitarist in the band Sorry Kyle."}, {"text": "The Carl G. Johnson House, at 147 Grant Ave. (or 147 Swede Alley) in Park City, Utah, was built around 1885. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. It is a one-story frame hall and parlor plan house with a gable roof; it has a rear shed extension. Its facade is generally symmetrical, with the front door set just a bit off center between two windows. The door is distinctive, with \"arch-topped panels. This type of door was common in Utah in the late 1800s, but few remain in Park City houses, and it is particularly unusual to find this type of door on so modest a dwelling.\""}, {"text": "Emily Luz Flores Castel (born 10 September 1990) is a Peruvian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for CD Universidad C\u00e9sar Vallejo and the Peru women's national team. International career. Flores made her senior debut for Peru in 2014. She was a member of the Peruvian squad that played in the 2014 Copa Am\u00e9rica Femenina and the 2019 Pan American Games. International goals. \"Scores and results list Peru's goal tally first\""}, {"text": "Playground is an album by Robert Mazurek Chicago Underground Orchestra which was released on the Delmark label in 1998. Reception. In his review for AllMusic, Rick Watrous states: \"A revelation. Cornetist Mazurek and his Chicago Underground Orchestra create some of the freshest sounds of late-'90s jazz. Mazurek and Parker's original tunes have the loose improvisatory feel of Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock's late-'60s compositions, giving soloists free reign [sic] to strut their stuff. ... Imaginative use of instrumental colors and combinations prevail throughout the album\". On All About Jazz Jack Bowers said: \"This is an interesting and varied session... Mazurek has abandoned neither melody, harmony nor rhythm, and the band's hard-bop origins can also be discerned from time to time ... Throughout, Rob and the band shrewdly employ uncommon elements - the sound of a glockenspiel or bamboo flute, for example - to accentuate their singular point of view. Everyone is on the same page, and those who fancy Jazz that veers slightly off the beaten path without self-indulgent cerebralism should find this picturesque \"Playground\" well-suited to whatever musical byways they might care to pursue\" Track listing. All compositions by Robert Mazurek except where noted"}, {"text": "Stanislas Solaux (born 4 December 1975) is a French former ice hockey forward. Solaux played in the Ligue Magnus for Dauphins d'\u00c9pinal, Dragons de Rouen and Anglet Hormadi \u00c9lite between 1996 and 2007. He played in the 1998 World Championship for France."}, {"text": "Tom Ducrocq (born 25 August 1999) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ligue 2 club SC Bastia. Career. In May 2019, Ducrocq signed his first professional contract with RC Lens for three years. He made his professional debut with Lens in a 2\u20131 Coupe de la Ligue win over Troyes AC on 13 August 2019. In 2020 Ducrocq moved to Bastia on a two-year loan. In July 2022, he joined the club for a third season, again on loan."}, {"text": "Nemegtonykus (meaning \"Nemegt claw\" after the Nemegt Formation where it was found) is a genus of alvarezsaurid dinosaur from the Nemegt Formation in Mongolia. The type and only species is Nemegtonykus citus. It is the second alvarezsaur known from the Nemegt Formation, the other being \"Mononykus\". Discovery. In 2008, the Korea-Mongolia International Dinosaur Expedition at the Altan Uul III site in the Gobi Desert excavated a dense concentration of theropod skeletons. Some of these were of \"Gobiraptor\" as well as a yet undescribed oviraptorid but three were of Alvarezsauridae. One specimen, MPC-D 100/206, was considered cf. \"Mononykus\" sp. but the other two represented a species new to science. In 2019, the type species \"Nemegtonykus citus\" was named and described by Lee Sungjin, Park Jin-Young, Lee Yuong-Nam, Kim Su-Hwan, L\u00fc Junchang, Rinchen Barsbold and Khishigjav Tsogtbaatar. The generic name combines a reference to the Nemegt with a Greek \u1f44\u03bd\u03c5\u03be, \"onyx\", \"claw\", analogous to \"Mononykus\". The specific name means \"the fast one\" in Latin. The holotype, MPC-D 100/203, was found in a layer of the Nemegt Formation (perhaps late Campanian - early Maastrichtian). It consists of a partial skeleton lacking the skull. It contains six back vertebrae, two sacral vertebrae, twenty-one tail"}, {"text": "vertebrae, five ribs, the left shoulder girdle, the left pubic bone, parts of other pelvic bones, the left hindlimb and the right shinbone. The left hindlimb and the tail were articulated. The other bones were associated on a small surface."}, {"text": "A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Murray on 5 August 1872 because of the resignation of Patrick Jennings. William Hay was elected with 61% of the vote. Results. <includeonly> Patrick Jennings resigned.</includeonly>"}, {"text": "A kakap is a narrow river or coastal boat used for fishing in Malaysia, Indonesia, and Brunei. They are also sometimes used as auxiliary vessels to larger warships for piracy and coastal raids. Etymology. The name \"kakap\" comes from Malay word meaning \"spy\", \"scout\", \"lookout\". Thus, the name means \"type of boat used for scouting\". Description. Kakap resemble pangajava but are smaller and lighter. It also uses a mast and rectangular \"tanja\" sail. The boards and planks on the hull are not nailed with iron nail, but are attached using a wooden dowel technique and reinforced with rattan bonds. Larger kakaps may reach eight meters in length and able to carry 8\u201310 crews. The kakap jeram's hull is planked and built with frames, made by \"meranti\" (dipterocarp) wood. It has carved figurehead and ornamented sternpost. A washstrake made of bamboo splits sewn together with bamboo withies, and held in position by lashings. A heavy beam is fitted forward and used for winding the anchor cable and bitting it. The steering gear consist of a paddle held on the quarter on a stout upright and held at the neck by a rattan lashing. It has 1 mast with junk sail. Average"}, {"text": "length of mast is 13 ft (4 m). The length of a kakap jeram is about 13 ft (4 m), the width is 7 ft (2.1 m), with 3 ft (91 cm) depth. It has a freeboard of 1 ft (30 cm) and crew of 3 men. Role. In Selangor coast, the kakap is used as a fishing boat, under the name of kakap Jeram. Jeram is the name of a big fishing village in the Kuala Selangor district. Its name can be interpreted as \"Jeram scouter\". For piracy activities, the kakap does not sail alone but often accompanies a penjajap and is used as an observer in piracy activities. If a merchant ship encounters such a boat, a penjajap or lanong must be hiding in the nearby waters. A kakap is also suitable for going along the beach and sailing to the river estuary. If attacked, a kakap can land easily on the beach or river bank to make it easier for the crew to escape to the mangrove or palm forest area while carrying the boat with them. Sea people use a kakap that can contain 20 people for piracy activities at sea."}, {"text": "The Jack M. Murdock House, at 652 Rossie Hill Dr. in Park City, Utah, was built around 1895. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. It is a one-story \"T/L cottage\" with a gable roof. It has a hipped roof porch supported by lathe-turned piers."}, {"text": "\"Papa t'es plus dans l'coup\" (; English translation: \"Daddy, you are not 'with it' anymore\") is a song by French singer Sheila. Released on the same EP with \"L'\u00e9cole est finie\", the song also became a huge hit. Sheila performed it many times on television. Also, a Scopitone (an early form of music video) was made for it. Lyrics. The song reflects on parents' misunderstanding of their children, on the generational conflict. Writing. The song was written by Jill & Jan and produced by Jacques Plait and Claude Carr\u00e8re. Covers. Ludivine Sagnier sang this song in Fran\u00e7ois Ozon's 2002 movie \"8 Women\"."}, {"text": "Gandhi family may refer to:"}, {"text": "Viborggade () is a street in the \u00d8sterbro district of Copenhagen, Denmark, linking \u00d8sterbrogade in the west with Strandboulevarden in the east. The street is closed to through traffic at Bopa Plads, a small square located at the intersection with Randersgade. History. The area south of Jagtvej and east of \u00d8sterbrogade was up until the middle of the 19th century a rural area known as Slaftervangen (\"The Butchers' Pasture\"). It was owned by the city but leased by the Butchers' Guild and used for livestock fattening. In 1852, the so-called demarcation line was moved from Jagtvej to The Lakes, paving the way for redevelopment of the area. The older, eastern section of the street was initially called Batterivej (\"Battery Road\". The name referred to Kalkbr\u00f8nbderihavns Batteri (\"Limery Dock Battery\", a coastel fortress constructed at the site in the 1850s as part of Copenhagen's new defensive ring. J. Kornbecks Asfaltfabrik opened in the street in 1865. In 1867, it was joined by August Neubart's Textile Factory. A small working-class neighbourhood of two-storey buildings developed around the factories. In 1886, the street was extended to \u00d8sterbrogade and renamed Viborggade. The new name was in line with a naming scheme introduced by Thorvald"}, {"text": "Krak according to which streets in the area were named after Danish market towns. The industrial activities continued for more than a hundred years. J. Kornbecks Asfaltfabrik had by 1897 been taken over by Tr\u00e6kompagniet, a wood factory, and by 1920 by K\u00f8benhavns Smergelfabrik. The factory in Voborggade was decommissioned when a new one in Maribo on Lolland was occupied in 1975. August Neubert's Textile Factory was later taken over by Pia Lys, a manufacturer of candles. The factory was destroyed in a fire in 1982. Notable buildings. A few of K\u00f8benhavns Smergelfabrik's former buildings have survived. The building at No. 70 is from 1907 and was designed by Anton Rosen. Transport. The western end of the street is located approximately halfway between the metro stations at Poul Henningsens Plads (510 m) and Trianglen (590 m). The eastern end of the street is located approximately 500 metres from the Nordhavn S-train station."}, {"text": "James Shaver may refer to:"}, {"text": "The 1993 NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship was the 22nd annual tournament held by the NCAA to determine the top men's Division II college soccer program in the United States. Seattle Pacific (18-2-1) defeated defending champions Southern Connecticut, 1\u20130, in the final. This was the fifth national title for the Falcons, who were coached by Cliff McCrath."}, {"text": "The House at 622 Rossie Hill Drive in Park City, Utah, presumably at 622 Rossie Hill Dr., was built around 1895. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. It is a one-story frame \"T/L cottage\". It has a gable roof and it has shed additions attached to its south and east sides. A \"simple porch spans the length of the stem-wing and wraps around the northwest corner of the building, terminating at an extension of the rear shed addition.\""}, {"text": "Zabolotnoye () is a rural locality (a village) in Kubenskoye Rural Settlement, Vologodsky District, Vologda Oblast, Russia. The population was 16 as of 2002. Geography. Zabolotnoye is located 42 km northwest of Vologda (the district's administrative centre) by road. Velikoye is the nearest rural locality."}, {"text": "Valentin Rabouille (born 15 April 2000) is a French professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for club Red Star. Career. Rabouille made his professional debut with N\u00eemes in a 3\u20130 Coupe de la Ligue win over Lens on 29 October 2019. However, his senior debut had come almost two years prior, as he played in a 3\u20131 Coupe de France win over SC Anduzien on 3 December 2017. On 23 September 2020, Rabouille signed for Championnat National 2 club Hy\u00e8res. On 27 January 2022, he signed for Championnat National club Cholet. On 29 January 2025, Rabouille joined Red Star in Ligue 2."}, {"text": "David Labriola (born September 9, 1960) is an American politician and judge currently serving on the Region 22 Probate Court with jurisdiction over the towns of Bethlehem, Oxford, Roxbury, Southbury, Washington, Watertown, and Woodbury. Labriola was elected to the court in 2024, after running unopposed as a Republican in a special election to replace Domenick N. Calabrese, who was soon to be 70 years old, the mandatory retirement age for judges in Connecticut. He previously served in the Connecticut House of Representatives from the 131st district from 2003 to 2025. He is the son of Jerry Labriola."}, {"text": "P\u00edo Eko Ndong Obela (born 15 September 1998) is an Equatorial Guinean footballer who plays as a defender. He capped for the Equatorial Guinea national team. Club career. Eko is a Cano Sport Academy product. International career. Eko made his international debut for Equatorial Guinea in 2018."}, {"text": "\"Pile ou face\" (, \"heads or tails\") is a song by French model, actress and singer Corynne Charby. She released it in 1987 as a single and on the album \"Toi\". The song debuted at number 47 in France during the week of 30 May 1987, climbing all the way to number five for one week in July. Composition. The song was written and produced by Franck Yvy and Jean-Louis D'Onorio. Track listing. 7\" single (Polydor 885 730-7) Covers. Emmanuelle B\u00e9art sang this song in Fran\u00e7ois Ozon's 2002 movie \"8 Women\"."}, {"text": "Rafael Mariano Grossi (born 29 January 1961) is an Argentine diplomat. He has been serving as Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) since 3 December 2019. He was formerly the Argentine Ambassador to Austria, concurrent with Slovenia, Slovakia and International Organisations based in Vienna (2013\u20132019). Biography. Early life and studies. In 1983, he graduated from the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina with a BA in Political Science, and in 1985 Grossi joined the Argentine foreign service. In 1997, he graduated from the University of Geneva and the Graduate Institute of International Studies with an MA and PhD in History, International Relations, and International Politics. Career. Grossi began working in nuclear policy during a collaboration between the Argentine foreign service and INVAP. Between 1997 and 2000, he was the President of the United Nations Group of Government Experts on the International Weapons Registry, and later became adviser to the Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations on disarmament. From 2002 to 2007, he was Chief of Staff of the International Atomic Energy Agency and the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. While working for the United Nations, Grossi visited North Korea's nuclear facilities and participated in several meetings"}, {"text": "with representatives of Iran to reach an agreement to freeze its nuclear program. During his work for the Argentine foreign service, he was the General Director of Political Coordination of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship, Ambassador to Belgium and the Argentine Representative to the United Nations Office at Geneva. Between 2010 and 2013, he served as Deputy Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and that last year, President Cristina Fern\u00e1ndez de Kirchner assigned him as Ambassador to Austria and International Organisations based in Vienna, concurrent also in Slovakia and Slovenia. In September 2015, the Argentine government announced the nomination of Grossi as a candidate for Director General of the IAEA, with support from other countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. In 2016, however, the government of Mauricio Macri withdrew its support to promote Susana Malcorra's candidacy as UN Secretary General. In 2016, he was the President of the Nuclear Suppliers Group. In 2017, President Macri announced that he would nominate Grossi for the presidency of the Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons to be held in 2020. Contribution to the search of ARA \"San Juan\". In November 2017, after the"}, {"text": "disappearance of ARA \"San Juan\", Grossi had the idea of reviewing the records of the hydro-acoustic stations of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) as an alternative to obtain clues about what happened with the submarine. He contacted Lassina Zerbo, the Executive Secretary of the CTBTO, and convinced him of doing such reviews. His efforts paid off: the agency subsequently reported on \"an underwater impulse event\" occurred near the last known position of the submarine by the listening posts on Ascension Island and Crozet Islands at . The remains of the ill-fated ship were found a year later, about twenty kilometers from the estimated position based on the cited records. Director General of IAEA. On August 2, 2019, Grossi was presented as the Argentine candidate to become the Director General of IAEA. On 28 October, 2019, the IAEA Board of Governors held its first vote to elect the new Director General, but none of the candidates secured the two-thirds majority in the 35-member IAEA Board of Governors needed to be elected. The next day, 29 October, the second voting round was held, and Grossi won 24 of the 23 needed votes required for Director General Appointment, and became the first"}, {"text": "Latin American to head the organisation. He assumed office on 3 December 2019. In August 2022, Grossi led a team of IAEA inspectors to the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Russian-occupied southern Ukraine. Since 2022, Grossi had been in the spotlight to obtain information on nuclear materials from Iran to re-negotiate the JCPOA. In September 2022, he continued to express concerns about traces of uranium found at three Iranian nuclear sites. Grossi told a press conference in Vienna that he is \"under political pressure\". Iran has long denied that it seeks nuclear weapons for defense purposes. Following the outcome of the Iran-Israel War, Iran's leadership spoke against him, some were even quoted saying he should be \u201carrested and executed\u201d. On the other hand, he received support from Argentina and European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas, who twiited on \"X\": \u201cFull support to the IAEA and DG Grossi in his task to continue to monitor impartially Iran\u2019s nuclear program. This will be key for a diplomatic settlement of the issue.\u201d Personal life. Rafael Grossi is married and has eight children. As well as Spanish, his mother tongue, Rafael Grossi is fluent in French and can express himself in English, Dutch"}, {"text": "and German. He supports the football club Estudiantes de La Plata."}, {"text": "Governor Barnes may refer to:"}, {"text": "Animal rights vary greatly among countries and territories. Such laws range from the legal recognition of non-human animal sentience to the absolute lack of any anti-cruelty laws, with no regard for animal welfare. Overview. As of November 2019, 32 countries have formally recognized non-human animal sentience. These are: Austria, Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Chile, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. The Universal Declaration on Animal Welfare (UDAW) is a proposed global initiative designed to acknowledge animal sentience, prevent cruelty, minimize suffering, and establish welfare standards for animals. It applies to various categories, including farm animals, pets, animals used in scientific research, working animals, wildlife, and those involved in recreational activities. The Great Ape Project is currently campaigning to have the United Nations endorse a World Declaration on Great Apes, which would extend to non-human great apes the protection of three basic interests: the right to life, the protection of individual liberty, and the prohibition of torture. Six countries currently ban the use of great apes for scientific research, and Austria is the only"}, {"text": "country in the world to ban experiments on lesser apes. In 2009, Bolivia became the first country to banish animal abuse and harm in circuses. The United States of America is the only country in the world that has banned killing horses for consumption, and India have banned killing cows for consumption in some of its states. Cow is the national animal of Nepal, and cow slaughter is a punishable offense as per the prevailing law. In 2014, the Jain pilgrimage destination of Palitana City in Indian state of Gujarat became the first city in the world to be legally vegetarian. It has banned buying and selling meat, fish, and eggs, as well as related jobs, such as fishing and animal farming."}, {"text": "Ezra 2 is the second chapter of the Book of Ezra in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible, or the book of Ezra\u2013Nehemiah in the Hebrew Bible, which treats the book of Ezra and book of Nehemiah as one book. Jewish tradition states that Ezra is the author of Ezra\u2013Nehemiah as well as the Book of Chronicles, but modern scholars generally accept that a compiler from the 5th century BCE (the so-called \"Chronicler\") is the final author of these books. The section comprising chapter 1 to 6 describes the history before the arrival of Ezra in the land of Judah in 468 BCE. This chapter contains a list, known as the \"Golah List\", of the people who returned from Babylon to Judah following Cyrus's edict \"by genealogy, family and place of habitation\". Text. The original text is written in Hebrew language. This chapter is divided into 70 verses. Textual witnesses. Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in Hebrew are of the Masoretic Text, which includes Codex Leningradensis (1008). There is also a translation into Koine Greek known as the Septuagint, made in the last few centuries BCE. Extant ancient manuscripts of the Septuagint version include Codex"}, {"text": "Vaticanus (B; formula_1B; 4th century), and Codex Alexandrinus (A; formula_1A; 5th century). An ancient Greek book called 1 Esdras (Greek: \u1f1c\u03c3\u03b4\u03c1\u03b1\u03c2 \u0391\u02b9) containing parts of 2 Chronicles, Ezra and Nehemiah is included in most editions of the Septuagint and is placed before the single book of Ezra\u2013Nehemiah, which is titled in Greek \"\u1f1c\u03c3\u03b4\u03c1\u03b1\u03c2 \u0392\u02b9\". 1 Esdras 5:7\u201346 is the equivalent of Ezra 2, listing the former exiles who returned to Jerusalem. The community (verses 1\u201363). The list here is not an account the people who were recently back from the journey, but those who have arrived and settled down after returning from Babylon, where they currently reside in Palestine among the other inhabitants of the land \u2013 non-Jews and also the Jews who never left the land, \"whom the Babylonians has left behind as undesirable\". The genealogies apparently \"function as authenticators of who has a right to be classified as an \"Israelite\"\", because \"those who could not prove their genealogy were excluded\" (verses 59\u201363). \"Now these are the children of the province, who went up out of the captivity of those who had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away to Babylon, and who returned"}, {"text": "to Jerusalem and Judah, everyone to his city;\" \"Those who came with Zerubbabel were Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah.\" \"The number of the men of the people of Israel:\" Verse 2. Zerubbabel is the leader of the group, and of the Davidic line (see ). He is associated with the messianic hope in the Book of Zechariah, although nothing of this is mentioned in Ezra. Some names are written differently in the Book of Nehemiah: The Jerusalem Bible names a further returnee, Nahamani, and notes that there are twelve returnees as listed there, indicative of the number of the tribes of Israel. Generally, other versions list only 11 names. Nahamani is included among the returnees listed in Nehemiah 7:7. \"Men of the people of Israel\": The list makes the point that only those of the \"Gola\" (=\"the exiles\") 'properly constituted \"Israel\"'. \"[T]he sons of Ater of Hezekiah\u2014ninety-eight;\" \"Also, of the sons of the priests: the sons of Habaiah, the sons of Hakkoz, and the sons of Barzillai (who had taken a wife from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called by their name).\" The totals (verses 64\u201367). The number of the people"}, {"text": "here shows the depletion of the population; in time of Moses \"the whole number of the people of Israel...from 20 years old and upward... was 603,550\" () not counting the Levites, whereas in the time of David, \"in Israel there were 800,000 valiant men who drew the sword, and the men of Judah were 500,000\" (), but now the returned exiles, including the priests and Levites, only \"amount to 42,360\" (). The listing of servants and animals reflects \"the status of the exiles, their resources and capabilities\". Temple gifts (verses 68\u201369). Those arrived back in Jerusalem and Judah gave freewill offerings \"toward the rebuilding of the house of God\". Resettlement (verses 70). The conclusion of the list is similar to the beginning (verse 1): \"by affirming the resettlement of the exiles\", as every person has now settled \"in their own towns\"."}, {"text": "Lee Yuan-chuan (; born 20 May 1944) is a Taiwanese politician. Lee was a party list member of the Legislative Yuan from 1993 to 1996, and represented the Kuomintang. He subsequently led the Kuomintang's social affairs department, the party's Kaohsiung chapter, and the . Between 2009 and 2016, Lee headed the Taiwan Provincial Consultative Council."}, {"text": "Governor Johnston may refer to:"}, {"text": "\"Mon amour, mon ami\" is a song by French singer and actress Marie Lafor\u00eat. It originally appeared on her 1967 EP \"Marie Lafor\u00eat vol. XIII\" (also known as \"Mon amour, mon ami\"). Composition. The song was written by Andr\u00e9 Popp and Eddy Marnay. Track listing. 7-inch EP \"Marie Lafor\u00eat vol. XIII\" (1967, Festival FX 1531 M) A1. \"Mon amour, mon ami\" A2. \"S\u00e9bastien\" B1. \"Je suis folle de vous\" B2. \"Mon village au fond de l'eau\" Charts. \"Mon amour, mon ami\" / \"Je suis folle de vous\" Covers. In 1968 Turkish singer G\u00f6n\u00fcl Yazar covered the song in Turkish as \"\u00c7apk\u0131n K\u0131z\". The song was notably performed by Virginie Ledoyen in Fran\u00e7ois Ozon's 2002 movie \"8 Women\" and by Swedish symphonic metal band Therion in 2012."}, {"text": "Matt\u00e9o Ahlinvi (born 2 July 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as midfielder in Russian First League for Arsenal Tula. Born in France, he plays for the Benin national team. Career. In April 2019, Ahlinvi signed with N\u00eemes Olympique. He made his first team debut with N\u00eemes in a 3\u20130 Coupe de la Ligue win over RC Lens on 29 October 2019. He signed his first professional contract with the club in June 2020. On 14 June 2021, he signed a three-year contract with Dijon. International career. Ahlinvi was born in France to a Beninese father and French mother. He was a youth international for France. He debuted for the Benin national team in a friendly 2\u20130 win over Gabon on 12 October 2020. Personal life. Ahlinvi's brother Joris Ahlinvi is also a footballer, who was called up to represent the Benin national football team."}, {"text": "William Andrew Kelleher (December 13, 1888 \u2013 November 27, 1961) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio from 1915 to 1916, compiling a record of 5\u201313. He played college football at the University of Notre Dame and professionally for the Massillon Tigers and Youngstown Patricians of the Ohio League. A native of Ireland, Kelleher worked for 35 years as a Lorain Works, National Tube Division, a part of U.S. Steel. He died on November 27, 1961, at his home in Lorain, Ohio."}, {"text": "Dorothy Moon (born 1958) is an American far-right politician who served as a Republican member of Idaho House of Representatives from the 8B district from 2016 to 2022. Moon has been the Chair of Idaho Republican Party since July 2022. Early life and education. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Moon grew up near the Ozark Mountains. She earned a Bachelor of Science in secondary education and a Master of Science in resource planning from Missouri State University. Career. Moon moved to Idaho in 1994. She was a special education director and science teacher at Challis High School, retiring in 2012. Since 1994, she has been president of Moon & Associates, Inc, an engineering and surveying company, and owns a gold mining operation in central Idaho. According to her official biography, she took part in a 1992 Antarctic expedition with Lamont Doherty Geological Observatory. In 2009, Moon became involved with the Tea Party movement. She ran as a Republican for Idaho House of Representatives for the 8B district in 2016 and won the November 2016 election, defeating Ammon Emanuel Prolife with 87.3% of the votes. She was re-elected in the November 2018 general election. The district consists of Lemhi, Custer, Boise,"}, {"text": "Gem, and Valley counties. In the 2022 elections, Moon sought the Republican nomination for Secretary of State of Idaho. Moon made baseless claims of voter fraud, claiming on the Idaho House floor without evidence that people from Canada came into Idaho to vote in the 2020 United States presidential election. Moon lost the primary race to Phil McGrane. Idaho Republican Party. In July 2022, Moon was elected chair of the Idaho Republican Party, defeating incumbent Tom Luna by a vote of 434\u2013287. She drew praise from conservatives and libertarians for her hard-right voting record. Take Back Idaho, a group of Idaho Republicans who oppose extremism, decried her election as \"absolutely disturbing.\" As chairwoman, Moon and her allies clashed with opponents from within the state Republican Party. The Republican Central Committees in Power County and Bingham County clashed with Moon over her efforts to invalidate elections to the local Republican organizations, with the Bingham County Republican officials suing the state Republican Party in court. Moon banned media from observing the March 2024 Republican caucuses, a decision criticized by the \"Idaho Statesman\" editorial board. In December 2023, Luna and another former Idaho Republican Party chair, Trent Clark, criticized Moon for undertaking \"purges,"}, {"text": "division and expulsions\" within the state party, writing that the party under Moon had \"veered significantly from the inclusive big tent party envisioned by Ronald Reagan.\" In June 2024, Moon was reelected as chair of the Idaho Republican Party, defeating former Idaho Legislator Mary Souza by a vote of 376 to 228. Moon has had Tyler Kelly, Kiira Turnbow, Ryan Thompson, and Anthony Tirino as Executive Directors. Political positions. Moon is part of the far-right, which gained strength in Idaho politics in the 2020s. She is a member of the John Birch Society. Militia movements. Moon is a supporter of Eric Parker, a right-wing militia movement leader who pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor of obstructing a court order, arising from his role in the 2014 Bundy standoff in Nevada, in which armed men faced off with federal agents at a ranch near Bunkerville, Nevada. Moon organized a letter-writing campaign on Parker's behalf, and introduced him to applause in a session of the state House. Education standards. In 2020, Moon opposed the adoption of proposed state educational standards for English, literacy, and science; she specifically objected to what she contended was a negative portrayal of logging, mining and other resource extraction"}, {"text": "industries, and opposed content on the adverse environmental impacts of logging and dams. Environment. In 2021, Moon sponsored legislation that called for the killing of 90% of the state's gray wolves. Moon also supported a measure to urge Congress to revoke \"wilderness study area\" designation from large swaths of Idaho land, as well as a separate measure to urging Congress to restrict the ability of private landowners to sell their land to conservation organizations for transfer to a federal agency. Vaccines and COVID-19. In March 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Idaho, Moon promoted an end-of-session party in downtown Boise, despite public health advice to avoid large in-person gatherings to prevent the spread of the disease. In October 2020, she was one of several Republican Idaho elected officials to appear in an Idaho Freedom Foundation video questioning the existence of the pandemic. In February 2021, Moon supported a measure to ban state contractors from requiring employees to be vaccinated (against COVID-19 or any other disease). During the legislative debate, Moon was one of several Republican state representatives who spread anti-vaccine misinformation, claiming that her son became autistic after receiving a vaccine. During the debate, Moon said: \"There's no way another"}, {"text": "Moon will ever take a vaccine until the end of any of our lives.\" In March 2021, Moon and fellow state Representative Heather Scott organized a demonstration in support of a bill to terminate the COVID-19 emergency in Idaho; the rally featured multiple face mask burnings in burn barrels. Election of Joe Biden. Moon has said she does not believe Joe Biden was legitimately elected president of the United States. Days after her election as party chair in July 2022, the party was scheduled to consider a resolution declaring as such. Personal life. Moon's husband is Darr, a licensed civil engineer and land surveyor involved in Gold mining, who serves on the national council of the John Birch Society. They have two children. They live near Stanley."}, {"text": "Alain Lortie, commonly known under the pseudonym Daniel Sernine, is a French Canadian writer. Biography. Sernine obtained a Bachelor's in history in 1975 and a Master's in library science in 1977, both from the University of Montr\u00e9al. He dedicated himself to writing in 1975, usually science-fiction, fantasy and books for young adults. His first short stories (\"Jalbert\" and \"La bouteille\") were published in the magazine \"Solaris\", then called \"Requiem\", in 1975. In 1979, he published his first novel, \"Organisation Argus\", as well as two collections of short stories, \"Les Contes de l'ombre\" and \"L\u00e9gendes du vieux manoir\". Sernine has published novels and collections for adults, young adults, and children, and has won multiple awards for his works. He is also credited with a hundred articles and essays dedicated to the fields of writing, publishing, astronomy, science-fiction and fantasy. Sernine has been the literary director of the \"Jeunesse-Pop\" collection at \u00c9ditions M\u00e9diaspaul since 1983 and of Lurelu since 1991, both dedicated to children's literature, as well as a member of the editorial board of \"Solaris\"."}, {"text": "The M6 Motorway is an under-construction motorway in Sydney, New South Wales consisting of twin, 4-kilometre long tunnels linking the M8 Motorway at Arncliffe to President Avenue at Kogarah. This section (referred to as \"stage 1\") started major construction in November 2021 and is expected to open in late 2028. The possibility of future extensions south to Loftus will be accommodated by providing stub tunnels in the project. The project will include new shared cycle and pedestrian pathways, as well as a new pedestrian bridge across President Avenue. There will also be an upgrade of the Princes Highway and President Avenue intersection. As part of the motorway, a motorway control centre and tunnel ventilation facilities will be built. The government's long term plan for the motorway includes two further sections: \"Section B\" would run from the southern end of Stage 1 to the existing freeway-grade section of Taren Point Road in Taren Point, and \"Section C\" would connect Taren Point Road with the A1 road (Princes Highway) in Loftus. In June 2022, the NSW Government announced that some proposed major infrastructure projects including stage 2 of the M6 Motorway, the Beaches Link and the Great Western Highway Blackheath to Little"}, {"text": "Hartley Tunnel would be shelved indefinitely, due to market constraints and labour shortages. History. Early proposals. Princes Motorway, formerly F6 Southern Freeway, is an existing motorway linking Sydney and Wollongong, with its northern terminus currently at Waterfall. There had been previous proposals to extend the F6 northwards into inner Sydney since the 1950s, but no proposal has come into fruition. Only the six-lane Captain Cook Bridge and a short connecting section of Taren Point Road to the south were built and opened in May 1965 as part of the F6 extension proposal. In the mid 2010s, the F6 extension project was revived under the Liberal\u2013National Coalition state government. As part of modifications made during the planning stage of the WestConnex project, stub tunnels was added to the New M5 (now M8) tunnel to allow for an extension connection to it by the F6 extension. In June 2016 the Roads & Maritime Services commenced geotechnical analysis to determine underground rock and soil conditions on the former F6 corridor from Waterfall to the Sydney Orbital Network at Rockdale with a view into developing a possible link between the Princes Motorway and the Orbital Network. It was further reported in October 2016 that"}, {"text": "any extension would be known as SouthConnex. Current proposal. In June 2017, it was revealed that the state government had reviewed a 3.6 billion dollar railway tunnel between Thirroul and Waterfall on the Illawarra railway line that could reduce travel time between Sydney and Wollongong by 22 minutes, but that railway improvements were being sidetracked in favour of improving and extending the motorway. Later in September 2017, a state government leak showed the extent of the route, to be carried out in multiple sections which would largely follow the original planned route. The leaked document referred to the road as South Link. Sections included tunnels to the northern side of the Captain Cook Bridge, a bridge duplication allowing for motorway traffic to use the existing bridge and local traffic to keep access. To the south of the bridge, a surface motorway would run through current parks and reserves which had been left for the original route, then run along the route of the current Princes Highway with tunnels bypassing the towns of Heathcote and Waterfall before joining the existing freeway. In October 2017, the government announced it will proceed with Stage 1 of the F6 extension, which will run via"}, {"text": "two 4 km tunnels linking the New M5 (now M8) tunnels at Arncliffe to President Avenue at Kogarah. Stage 1 was originally planned to start construction in 2020 and open to traffic in late 2024. In October 2019, the government announced a name change of the extension to M6 motorway, removing its reference to the defunct F6 name. The renaming to a different route number was due to general renaming of roads in NSW to reflect newer alphanumeric route numbers. Additionally the decision was made not to connect the future southern end of M6 at Loftus to the northern end of the M1 Princes Motorway at Waterfall, resulting in the two motorways to remain separated in the short-term. The completion date of Stage 1 was also pushed back to late 2025, with major construction planned to begin by early 2022. In December 2019, planning approval for M6 Stage 1 was granted. In June 2022, the NSW Government announced that some proposed major infrastructure projects including stage 2 of the M6 Motorway would be shelved indefinitely, due to market constraints and labour shortages. The government states that there is no timeline, funding commitment or planning approval for the planned further sections"}, {"text": "(section B from Carlton to Taren Point, and section C from Taren Point to Loftus) but the road corridor reserved since 1951 for future sections of the M6 will remain in place. Construction. Prior to the start of major construction, associated construction works began on open spaces near the M6 corridor in August 2020. These include upgrades to Ador Park and McCarthy Reserve at Rockdale, and Brighton Memorial Playing Fields at Brighton-Le-Sands. The upgrades are due to the upcoming construction impacts on the open space and recreational facilities at Rockdale Bicentennial Park. In May 2021, the design and construction contract for Stage 1 was awarded to CIMIC Group's subsidiaries CPB Contractors and UGL, in a joint venture with Ghella. Major construction of Stage 1 began on 29 November 2021. Tolls. Toll prices are proposed to be $2.44 each way when the first stage of M6 opens. However, as all traffic will have to utilise the M8, motorists will also have to pay WestConnex tolls in addition to the M6 toll."}, {"text": "The River of Three Junks (French: La rivi\u00e8re des trois jonques) is a 1957 French thriller film directed by and starring Dominique Wilms, Lise Bourdin and Jean Gaven. Based on the 1952 novel \"Les Gentlemen de Hong Kong\" by Georges Godefroy, the novel was reissued in 1956 as \"La Rivi\u00e8re des trois jonque\". The film is set in Saigon. It was remade in 1965 under the title \"Red Dragon\" returning to Hong Kong. The film's sets were designed by the art director ."}, {"text": "Kent A. Carstairs (born c. 1947) is a Canadian curler, and a . Carstairs began curling at age 26 in Toronto, Ontario. He moved to Midland, Ontario in 1973 where he teamed up with Russ Howard. He is now a resident of Victoria Harbour, Ontario. He works as an accounts manager for Hughes ELCAN."}, {"text": "Argentina joined the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on September 20, 1956 and has since participated in 21 IMF Arrangements. The first Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) began on December 2, 1958, and the most recent Stand-By Arrangement began on June 20, 2018, and expired on June 19, 2021. The most recent arrangement approved Argentina to borrow SDR 40,714.00 million, of which Argentina has borrowed SDR 31,913.71 million as of December 10, 2019. Over the past 63 years, Argentina has frequently used the resources of the IMF and holds the record for the largest loan distributed, reaching nearly $57 billion in 2018. However, in 2006 under the leadership of N\u00e9stor Kirchner, Argentina was able to pay off its debts, thus escaping IMF program conditionality. In 2016 under the leadership of Mauricio Macri relations between the IMF and Argentina were reestablished due to the continuous decline of the country's GDP, leading to the 2018 arrangement. 2001 Economic Crisis in Argentina. November 30 marks the beginning of the 2001 economic crisis in Argentina caused by the rising fear at how rapidly the Argentinian peso was being devalued. This crisis was caused in part by the extensive borrowing Argentina implemented during the presidency of Carlos Menem,"}, {"text": "and the governments dwindling tax revenue. On December 5, 2001, the IMF made an announcement that they would no longer provide aid due to Argentina's inability to meet the conditionality set by the IMF to receive loans. President Adolfo Rodr\u00edguez Sa\u00e1 resigned shortly after the announcement of Argentina's default. 2018 Stand-By Arrangement. The 2018 Arrangement allowed Argentina was academically reviewed as a failure. The IMF acknowledged this fact in later analysis. Total disbursement totaled 50 billion US Dollars. An exceptional amount. Fernandez' government chose not deploy the full amount. Argentina remains the IMF's largest debtor. For size reference, the 2024 Ukraine War package totaled only 15.5 bn US dollars (not accounting for inflation, around 25%). The option to immediately purchase US$15 billion (SDR 10,614 billion) while the remainder of the funds would be disbursed at the discretion of the Executive Board's quarterly review throughout the three year arrangement period. As of 2018, Argentina is ranked the 24th largest economy with a GDP of US$518,475 million, however, the GDP has continued to decline throughout the Macri presidency. The goals of the 2018 Stand-By Arrangement are \"to strengthen the country\u2019s economy by restoring market confidence via a consistent macroeconomic program that lessens"}, {"text": "financing needs, puts Argentina\u2019s public debt on a firm downward trajectory, and strengthens the plan to reduce inflation by setting more realistic inflation targets and reinforcing the independence of the central bank\". Furthermore, the goal of the Arrangement is intended to bolster social spending and continue on the trajectory of spending for healthcare that is currently implemented. 2019 Presidential Election. As of October 27, 2019, Alberto Fern\u00e1ndez won the presidency in the general election (by 48.1% of the vote) against Mauricio Macri among others. Fern\u00e1ndez's presidential term begins December 10, 2019. In a 2019 press briefing with the IMF, it is stated that Alberto Fern\u00e1ndez \"hopes the IMF will help Argentina pay down its debt\". Many account Fern\u00e1ndez's victory to the economic failures of his predecessor Mauricio Macri and the fear that Argentina may default on their 2018 SBA as they did in 2001 after mass economic decline within their economy. As of 2019 in Argentina, 25.4% of households live under the poverty line and 35.4% of the general population is living in poverty. Recent telephone communication between the IMF Managing Director, Kristalina Georgieva, and president-elect Alberto Fern\u00e1ndez indicate that both parties hope to \u201cpursue an open dialogue for the"}, {"text": "benefit of the Argentinian people\u201d. Milei's presidency (2023\u2013). On November 19, 2023, Javier Milei succeeded in defeating Sergio Massa to win the presidency of Argentina. Upon receiving news of his victory, Milei promised drastic changes to the nations economic policy. In part because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Argentina economy had inflation of over 140% in the year prior to the election. The BBC reported that this painful economic position led to the election of Milei, who they described as a 'far right outsider'. During a speech to the World Economic Forum in 2024, Milei argued that the economic challenges of Argentina and the broader western world were due to 'radical feminism', 'Neo-Marxism', and movement away from Neo-liberalism. 6 months into Javier Milei's presidency, Argentina's economic position has yet to improve. The inflation in Argentina rose heights of 250% in December 2023, whilst the annualised GDP growth had fallen to -2.8%. To avoid further economic troubles, Milei and the IMF struck a deal that would allow for US$44 billion dollars of funds to go the country. This deal helps keep the Argentina government solvent, but it will only last for 30 months. Upon breaking the news about this deal, the"}, {"text": "IMF reported there are deep seated challenges in the Argentinian economy holding the country back from stable economic growth. On June 12, 2024, Milei successfully pushed two liberal economic reform bills through the senate, in an attempt to draw in foreign investment. Foreign investment in Argentina has been low for the last decade, in part because of low confidence in the Argentina peso. Argentina has a debt to GDP ratio of 80%, and owes more to the IMF than any other nation."}, {"text": "Calvin Dekuyper (born 24 February 2000) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. Career. Dekuyper made his Belgian First Division A debut for Cercle Brugge on 26 October 2019 in a game against Genk. On 11 August 2021, he joined Mouscron for one season with an option for a second."}, {"text": "Vera Watson (1932 \u2013 October 17, 1978) was an American computer programmer, mountaineer and rock climber who made the first woman's solo climb of Acongagua, the highest mountain in the Americas. She also made several first ascents in the Kenai Mountains in Alaska. She was a member of the successful first all-women team to climb Annapurna, but was killed along with her climbing partner Alison Chadwick-Onyszkiewicz while preparing to attempt the unclimbed central summit of the mountain. Biography. Watson was born in Dalian, China into a Russian family. The city had long had a Russian influence as the former Russian Dalian. She lived in China until the 1950s, when her parents relocated to Brazil. She later emigrated to England and then the United States. Her background helped her become adept at languages. Watson would later be hired at IBM in Yorktown, New York when IBM research was looking for someone with Russian language skills. In her thirties, Watson began mountain and rock climbing. First she climbed close to home, in the Shawangunk Ridge and on Mount Washington. Watson later moved from Yorktown to work at IBM Research in San Jose, California in 1973. She was initially active in machine translation,"}, {"text": "before moving into database management system design. She worked on System R, which was the first implementation of SQL, a standardised database query language which has since become a dominant standard. Watson was married to John McCarthy, a pioneer in the discipline of artificial intelligence and creator of the Lisp programming language. After moving to the western United States, Watson continued climbing and mountaineering on bigger peaks and soon started expedition climbing. In 1974, she took leave without pay from IBM to make the first woman's solo attempt on Aconcagua. That year she would also climb Mount Robson and make some first ascents in the Kenai Range. Annapurna climb. In 1978, Watson joined the American Women's Himalayan Expedition to climb Annapurna alongside her IBM colleague Irene Beardsley. At the time, the first women's expedition made headlines. Watson shared, \"Once we've done it, I think other women will take more initiative to get into mixed teams and become more aggressive about organizing their own expeditions\". On October 17, 1978 while roped to climbing partner Alison Chadwick-Onyszkiewicz, the pair slipped near Camp V and fell to their deaths. Watson was 46 years old. At the time of her death, her husband made"}, {"text": "a statement, \u201cShe was a woman with a taste for achievement, and I encouraged her to make this ascent.\u201d"}, {"text": "Jake Vokins (born 17 March 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a left-back for National League club Eastleigh. Club career. Southampton. On 19 September 2018, Vokins signed a professional contract with Southampton. He made his professional debut for Southampton, coming on as a substitute in the dying seconds of a 3\u20131 EFL Cup loss to Manchester City, on 29 October 2019. Vokins made his first professional start for Southampton in a 2\u20130 FA Cup victory over Huddersfield Town on 4 January 2020, scoring the second goal. On 16 July 2020, he made his first Premier League appearance in a 1\u20131 draw against Brighton. On 4 August 2020, Vokins signed a new four-year deal with the club. He made his first appearance for Southampton in the 2020\u201321 season in a 2\u20130 FA Cup victory against Shrewsbury Town. A week later, Vokins made his first Premier League start of the season in Southampton's 3\u20131 defeat to Arsenal. On 24 June 2024, Southampton announced that Vokins would not be offered a new contract on the expiry of the present contract on 30 June. Sunderland (loan). On 29 January 2021, he joined League One side Sunderland on loan until the end"}, {"text": "of the season. He was cup-tied for Sunderland's victory in the 2021 EFL Trophy Final. Vokins tested positive for COVID-19 during his spell with Sunderland, and an ECG discovered that he had a slight heart flicker. He did not make another appearance for Sunderland afterwards. Ross County (loan). On 2 July 2021, Vokins joined Ross County on loan for the 2021\u201322 season. On 21 July 2021, he made his first appearance for Ross County in a 1\u20130 victory over Brora Rangers in the Scottish League Cup and assisted the only goal of the game. On 1 August 2021, Ross County manager Malkay Mackay revealed that Vokins had suffered a stress fracture on his fifth metatarsal and had to have an operation back at Southampton. Woking (loan). On 1 September 2022, he joined Woking on a season-long loan. On 12 January 2023, Vokins was recalled by Southampton. Eastleigh. On 29 March 2024, he joined National League side Eastleigh on loan until the end of the season. The same day, Vokins made his first appearance for the club in a 0\u20131 victory against Woking. On 2 August 2024, he joined Eastleigh on a permanent contract. International career. Vokins was a member of"}, {"text": "the England under-17 team that finished runners up at the 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship and was a second-half substitute in the final against Spain. Honours. England U17"}, {"text": "Bosnia and Herzegovina and the International Monetary Fund are the relations between the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Bosnia and Herzegovina declared independence from the state formerly known as Yugoslavia in 1992 and joined the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on December 14, 1992. Bosnia and Herzegovina officially succeeded to the IMF membership of the former Yugoslavia on December 20, 1995, thereby giving the country access to the quota, as well as outstanding loans and payments, on behalf of Yugoslavia. Bosnia and Herzegovina, often synecdochically referred to as Bosnia, currently has an IMF quota of 265.20 million SDR (or US$364.01). Bosnia is part of the constituency that contains primarily Eastern European countries but is led by the Netherlands and Belgium. Bosnia controls 4,117 votes of the constituencies 273,058 total votes, and the constituency overall accounts for 5.43% of the IMF's total votes. Since Bosnia joined the IMF in 1992, the country has utilized five borrowing arrangements, four of which were under the Stand-By Arrangements (SBA) and one of which was under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF). The first of the five arrangements was enacted in May 1998 and the most recent was enacted in September"}, {"text": "2016. As of September 2019, Bosnia has 126.82 million SDR outstanding loans and/or purchases from the IMF. History. Prior to 1992 and the war. As a part of Yugoslavia, Bosnia and Herzegovina was relatively peaceful and prosperous, with \"high employment, a strong industrial and export oriented economy, good education system and social and medical security for every citizen.\" This status quo was shattered by the onset of the Bosnian War, which would kill around 100,000 Bosnians and displace around 2.2 million more. The war would also cause an estimated US$221 billion in material damages to Bosnia's economy and cause the countries GDP to fall by 60%. In the aftermath of the war, Bosnia faced a multi-faceted economic challenge; the struggle to rebuild their infrastructure, as well as begin the transition to an increasingly market based economy instead of their previously mixed economy. As of 2017, Bosnia was US$6.69 billion in debt and had an unemployment rate of 20.47%. 1998 intervention. The IMF first intervened in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1998 in the aftermath of the Bosnian War. In May 1998, the IMF approved a loan of 60.6 million SDR (roughly US$81 million) in an attempt to curtail rampant unemployment, sagging"}, {"text": "GDP growth, varying levels of inflation around the country. This loan package was under a 12-month Stand-By Arrangement and it made available 24.2 million SDR (roughly US$32 million) immediately, all of which was dispensed that year. The four main tenants of this 1998 agreement are \"a fixed exchange rate under a currency board arrangement; budgets that are as supportive as possible of reconstruction and social needs, while avoiding any domestic borrowing; external financial assistance, to help supplement the still-limited domestic resources and promote economic recovery; and acceleration of the transition to a market economy through structural reforms.\" The structural adjustments included in this agreement include banking reforms, sweeping privatization of enterprise, and the liberalization of trade and market practices. 2002 intervention. The second IMF intervention in Bosnia and Herzegovina occurred in the form of a Stand-By Arrangement that was approved on August 2, 2002. This 15 month SBA enabled Bosnia and Herzegovina access to 67.6 million SDR, which is 40% of the countries overall quota. This arrangement was targeted at increasing real GDP growth in the country through a demobilization of the Bosnian military, which will yield annual savings of over 1.15% of the countries overall GDP, as well as"}, {"text": "measure to strengthen tax policy and improve the countries budget execution. The SBA was also aimed at correcting the balance of payments issues in the country by securing the necessary foreign financing it required. 2009 intervention. On July 8, 2009, the IMF approved a 36 month long Stand-By Arrangement program for Bosnia and Herzegovina worth 1.01 billion SDR, or around US$1.57 billion. This arrangement was aimed at mitigating the negative impacts of the 2008 financial crisis on the country, and made 182.63 million SDR, or US$282.37, immediately available. Its specific aims were to improve and safeguard the currency regulation board, further consolidate public finances, ensure adequate liquidity and capitalization among public and private banks, and restore confidence in the country as to maintain and ensure sufficient levels of foreign financing. 2012 intervention. On September 26, 2012, the IMF approved a 24 month long Stand-By Arrangement program with Bosnia and Herzegovina worth 338.2 million SDR, or around US$520.6 million. The program immediately made available 50.73 million SDR, or around US$78.1 million, with the express purpose of addressing domestic structural weaknesses in its economic framework. There are four main aims of this arrangement, the first of which is further strengthening the role"}, {"text": "of the Fiscal Council in order to improve national policy coordination. The other main tenants of this arrangement are to aid fiscal consolidation through continued structural reforms to maintain medium-term economic stability, to further increase the countries crisis preparedness. With these reforms being implemented, the IMF believed that they will catalyze the economic environment and create an environment that will be more conducive to private sector development. 2016 intervention. The most recent intervention by the IMF in Bosnia and Herzegovina occurred in 2016 in the form of a three-year loan under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF). The authorized loan amount is 443 million SDR (US$612 million), which is 167% of the countries quota, and 63.4 million SDR (US$87.7 million) of this amount was made available to Bosnia immediately. This loan is aimed at addressing a medium term balance of payments issue, as well as increasing overall economic potential and stability. The three main objectives of this program include structural reforms that attempt to boost private sector employment, gradually decreasing public debt, and reviving bank lending and credit growth."}, {"text": "Vincent of Prague ( 1140\u20131170) was a Czech priest and chronicler. He was a canon and notary of Prague Cathedral. His \"Annals\" cover the reign of Vladislav II of Bohemia from his accession in 1140 until 1167. Vincent was in the entourage of Bishop Daniel of Prague between 1154 and 1160. He was thus an eyewitness to many important events in the Holy Roman Empire. He took part with Daniel and Vladislav in Emperor Frederick I's campaign in Italy in 1158. When Milan sued for peace, the city first approached the bishops\u2014including Daniel of Prague\u2014and then Vladislav, who dictated terms of surrender that Vincent wrote down. Rahewin included the text of this surrender agreement in his chronicle. Vincent's \"Annals\" is a strictly chronological account of Vladislav's reign down to 1167, when it abruptly stops. The Italian campaign of 1158 takes up over a third of the work. In his prologue Vincent states his purpose as recording the \"gesta\" (deeds) of King Vladislav and the \"opera gloriosa\" (glorious works) of his queen, Judith of Thuringia. The unfinished \"Annals\" were continued by Gerlach of Milevsko between 1214 and 1222. Vincent himself is sometimes regarded as one of Cosmas's continuators. *\"Annales Bohemorum Vincentii"}, {"text": "Pragensis\", ed. Josef Emler. Fontes rerum Bohemicarum, 2. Prague, 1874, pp. 407\u2013460. *\"Vincentii Pragensis Annales\", ed. Wilhelm Wattenbach. Monumenta Germaniae Historica, \"Scriptores\" 17. Hanover, 1861, pp. 658\u2013683."}, {"text": "Thibo Somers (born 16 March 1999) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Belgian Pro League club Cercle Brugge. Club career. He made his Belgian First Division A debut for Cercle Brugge on 26 October 2019 in a game against Genk. Six weeks later, on 7 December 2019 he scored his first goal for Cercle. At the end of the season, he was voted by supporters as the winner of the Pop Poll d'Echte, only with 13 first team appearances at that time in which he started 5 times."}, {"text": "Ghost Ballet for the East Bank Machineworks, also known by its abbreviation \"Ghost Ballet\", is a public art installation and modern sculpture at the east bank of the Cumberland River between Nissan Stadium and the John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge in Nashville, Tennessee. It was designed by Alice Aycock. Despite being motionless, \"Ghost Ballet\" seeks to achieve 'static animation'. With its location between the downtown area, pedestrian bridge, and stadium, \"Ghost Ballet\" has the ability to be observed from many vantage points throughout the central business district of Nashville. The way the piece seems to change shapes while the viewer moves around it from these highly utilized areas reminded Aycock of \"a certain kind of movement, dance movements\" which is why she titled it \"Ghost Ballet\". Composition. The sculpture is approximately 100-feet tall, 100-feet wide and 60-feet deep. A distinct element of the piece is how it is built atop a partially deconstructed gantry crane. According to Aycock, the structure is \"engineered for hurricane-strength winds, snow and human loads\". Most of the materials for the metalwork came from Dover Tank and Plate Company of Dover, Ohio while the electrical elements came from Perfection Electricks. These materials include painted steel and aluminum"}, {"text": "in the form of thermoformed acrylic shapes that are painted in neon hues and periodically lighten up with electronic lights. The spiral red steel is meant to invoke imagery of the use of railroads in Nashville's industrial history. The Nashville Office of Arts and Culture describes \"Ghost Ballet's\" visuals as follows: \"The main structure of the sculpture is arced, red-painted steel trusses that twist upward from the crane base to form a disconnected spherical shape. On the ground, a red-painted aluminum \u201cturbine whirlwind\u201d serves as a visual generator for the swirling trusses above. At night, a glowing neon fixture illuminates the sculpture\u2019s center.\" The piece was completed in 2007; however, a small portion of the piece was rotated in 2008 at the request of Aycock. Aycock was sixty\u2010two years of age when \"Ghost Ballet for the East Bank Machineworks\" was officially dedicated in 2008. Vision. The incorporation of the gantry crane is a testament to the river commerce that was once the lifeblood of Nashville's economy. Thematically combining historical elements of the city with this modern art piece continues with the incorporation of railroad-like twisted red metal that is the hallmark of the \"Ghost Ballet\". In using elements of the"}, {"text": "mostly departed river and railroad industries of the city, \"Ghost Ballet\" seeks to memorialize them while simultaneously acknowledging a transcendence from them. The decision to install the sculpture on existing concrete pillars and steel trusses emphasizes the historical context of the setting. This placement seeks to instill the memory of the industrial history of Nashville's once heavily utilized Cumberland River and surrounding railroads. Also, by using an existing foundation the installation is able to further bolster its height without added materials. Furthermore, with its location as a central focal point of Nashville, it itself is a blend of old and new just like the city that continues to grow around it. When proposing the piece to Metro Nashville Arts Commission's Competition Committee, Aycock had the following remark: \u201cThe new metaphorical construction operates as a sign signifying the activity and energy that was generated on the site and also refers to the energy and excitement that still exists. The flying trusses and bridgework, which form the compositional structure of the project, refer not only to the cranes that once occupied the site but also to the existing bridges, which span the river. The flying trusses suggest that the viewer experience the"}, {"text": "entire site as a work of art \u2010 a museum without walls.\u201d As Aycock stated when proposing the piece, the use of lighting throughout the structure is further meant to convey the idea of a \u201c'ghost image' of the past as well as the visual manifestation of the energy of the present\". Funding. In June 2000, the Metro Nashville Arts Commission's (MNAC) public art program was established when the Metropolitan Council of Nashville and Davidson County established the \u201cPercent for Public Art\u201d ordinance which earmarked \u201cone percent (1%) of the net proceeds of general obligation bonds issued for construction projects to fund public art\u201d. Despite being completed in 2007, \"Ghost Ballet for East Bank Machineworks\" was the first piece commissioned using funds from the city's Percent for Public Art Work. According to the Tennessee Performing Arts Center (TPAC), \u201cthis new program funded the roughly $500,000 cost of the sculpture, including artist fees, engineering, and fabrication of the sculptural elements; site preparation; restoration of existing steel beams; transportation; signage; installation; and lighting.\u201d Reception. \"Ghost Ballet for the East Bank Machineworks\" was selected by the Americans for the Arts 2010 Public Art Network's Year in Review 50-Year Retrospective as one of the"}, {"text": "best 50 public art projects over the past 50 years.\" Some art historians have praised Aycock for her desire to transform decaying infrastructure into more structures that more greatly contribute to the spirit of modern society. Mary M. Tinti stated the following in \"Women\u2019s Art Journal\": \"Aycock's frustration with homogeneous design and rampant urban sprawl seen across America may have found another outlet here with \"Ghost Ballet\". With so many of our roads, bridges, and tunnels in desperate need of repair, projects like this put the wonder and excitement back in physics and engineering and inject a bit of good, imaginative structure back into our environment.\u201d"}, {"text": "Juicio Final (1983) (Spanish for \"Final Judgement\" 1983) was a professional wrestling supercard show, scripted and produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), which took place on December 9, 1983, in Arena M\u00e9xico, Mexico City, Mexico. The show 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 1983 Juico Final was a two-stage match, starting with a \"Relevos Suicida\" (\"Suicide Relays\") where the losing team would be forced to fight each other immediately afterwards, with both risking their hair. Hombre Bala and Masakre defeated Rayo de Jalisco Jr. and El Egipico in the \"Relevos Suicida\". Subsequently, Rayo de Jalisco Jr. pinned El Egipico to win the last match of the night. After unmasking El Egipico revealed that his real name was Jose Luis Hernandez. In the third-to-last match of the show Enfermero Jr. defeated C\u00e9sar Curiel, which meant that Curiel had to have all his hair shaved off. The show included four additional matches. Production. Background. For decades Arena M\u00e9xico, the main"}, {"text": "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 a \"end of the year\" supercard show on the first or second Friday of December in lieu of their normal Super Viernes show. 1955 was the first year where CMLL used the name \"El Juicio Final\" (\"The Final Judgement\") for their year-end supershow. 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\". 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 1983 Juicio Final show featured seven professional wrestling matches scripted"}, {"text": "by CMLL with 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": "The Moodys Christmas may refer to:"}, {"text": "A by-election was held in the New South Wales state electoral district of Murray on 22 September 1917. The by-election was triggered by the death of Robert Scobie (). Results. <includeonly> Robert Scobie () died.</includeonly>"}, {"text": "Oh Julie may refer to:"}, {"text": "Alakada Reloaded is a 2017 Nigerian comedy film by Nigerian actress and filmmaker Toyin Abraham. The film is the third instalment of the Alakada franchise, preceded by \"Alakada\" and \"Alakada 2\". It was released in theatres on 26 May 2017 and stars Toyin Abraham, Bolaji Amusan, Gabriel Afolayan, Kemi Lala Akindoju, and a cameo appearance by Odunlade Adekola as himself. The franchise follows Yetunde, a young girl who, having come from a less-privileged family, makes a habit of lying to people about her financial status. In this film, she finds herself competing in a reality show, much like \"Big Brother Naija\", and her habits of lying are getting harder to hold up amongst her castmates, some of whom are actually well-to-do and the rest who are also pathological liars like her. \"Alakada Reloaded\" was a commercial success in Nigerian cinemas upon its release and is included in the list of highest-grossing Nigerian films, with a domestic gross of up to 70 million naira."}, {"text": "The 2019 Giants Live World Tour Finals was a strongman competition that took place in Manchester, England on 7 September 2019 at the Manchester Arena. This event was the finale of the 2019 Giants live tour."}, {"text": "Ejnar Fischer (1877 \u2013 February 8, 1930) was a Norwegian engineer and entomologist. He especially collected beetles, many from his time spent in Australia. He was one of the founders of the Norwegian Entomological Society, which was established in 1904. Career. Fischer passed his university entrance exam in 1895. He later attended the Norwegian Military Academy. He graduated in 1903 with a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the Royal College of Technology in Germany. He was employed by the Swedish company ASEA and was involved in the installation of Tyssedal Hydroelectric Power Station and the Notodden Saltpeter Factory. From 1912 to 1925 he worked as the chief engineer at the Swedish\u2013Australian company Gardner Waern & Co. in Melbourne, Australia. He became interested at an early age in nature and insects. In particular, beetles (Coleoptera) caught his interest. During his stay in Australia, he caught beetles on his travels to various places on the continent and in the light of powerful arc lamps (the light trap technique). Electric light was quite new at that time, and insects are attracted to light. This made a great impression, and newspapers often printed long articles about the phenomenon. The number of beetles Fischer"}, {"text": "captured was far lower than other groups such as butterflies and moths, which are attracted to light sources. His collection included about 3,500 species, but this was only a fraction of the total species available. He stated that \"being an entomologist in Australia was like being a cow in a meadow of clover.\" In 1925, Fischer had to leave Australia due to health problems, and he moved back to Norway. He still had contact with Australian entomologists and he organized his large collection of Australian beetles. His large beetle collection and specialized literature can be found in the insect collection at the Natural History Museum in Oslo today. At the time it was assembled, this collection was of a size that few other museums outside Australia had. He shared some of his experiences in an article in the \"Norwegian Journal of Entomology\". Fischer created many illustrations of insects in his diaries between 1900 and 1904. During his stay in Australia, Fischer suffered from Spanish flu and then pneumonia, forcing him to return to Norway. He died on February 8, 1930, after a long illness."}, {"text": "The Marlborough wine region is by far New Zealand's largest, accounting in 2020 for three quarters of the country's wine production, 70% of its vineyard area and 85% of its wine exports. A Geographical Indication in the north-east of the South Island, it covers the entire Marlborough District and the Kaik\u014dura District of the Canterbury Region, but in practice the vineyards are concentrated around the Blenheim and Seddon townships. Internationally, Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc is recognised as world class; wine writers such as Oz Clarke and George Taber have described it as the best in the world. History. Early settlers in Marlborough planted vines as early as the 1870s. A small block of Brown Muscat was planted in 1873 by David Herd, but in 1931 his son pulled up the last of the vines, and no others were recorded in the region for the next forty years. Commercial wine-making began in earnest only in 1973 when the first large-scale vineyards were planted by Montana Wines, at the time New Zealand's largest producer (now Brancott Estate, owned by Pernod Ricard). Meanwhile in 1975 Daniel Le Brun, a Champagne maker, emigrated to New Zealand to begin producing \"m\u00e9thode traditionelle\" in Marlborough. Wineries in"}, {"text": "the Marlborough region were producing outstanding Sauvignon Blanc by the early 1980s, and in 1985 the Sauvignon Blanc from Cloudy Bay Vineyards finally garnered international attention and critical acclaim for New Zealand wine. Wine writer George Taber recounted in 2006 that Cloudy Bay is \"what many people consider to be the world's best Sauvignon Blanc\" and Oz Clarke wrote that New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc is \"arguably the best in the world.\" The suitability of the region and later success of Daniel Le Brun's sparkling wines were also sufficient to attract significant investment from Champagne producers. New Zealand's plantings of Sauvignon Blanc experienced enormous growth in the 21st century, driven almost exclusively by investment in the Marlborough region. Vineyard area of the grape expanded from in 2003 to in 2018, a five-fold increase in just 15 years. Climate and geography. The soils in the Wairau Valley and the wine-growing districts surrounding Blenheim are primarily free-draining alluvial gravels. The valley is situated between the Richmond Ranges to the north and the Wither Hills to the south, which protect it from extreme weather conditions. These two factors make the valley ideal for viticulture. The climate is usually sunny and warm in summer and"}, {"text": "autumn, resulting in a long growing season, and the cool night-time sea breezes provide the temperature variation required for good characterful wines. It can also be very dry, and younger vines often require some degree of irrigation. Extensive planting has been undertaken on the river terraces and flood plains on the valley floor, although some wineries are using organic practices to also dry-farm vines on north-facing hill slopes. Sub-regions. Although the Marlborough GI extends to the entire Marlborough and Kaikoura district boundaries, vineyards are broadly concentrated into three sub-regions. Wairau Valley. The Wairau Valley is the flood plain and valley floor of the Wairau River, around the town of Blenheim, with deep alluvial gravel soils and river terraces. Southern Valleys. The Southern Valleys are the north-south tributary valleys on the southern slope of the Wairau Valley. These valleys climb south into the Wither Hills, and form ideal, north-facing slopes with largely glacial loess soils. Awatere Valley. Awatere Valley is further to the south-east and south of the Wither Hills. The most recent sub-region to be substantially developed, it accounts for about a third of the total Marlborough growing area. Vineyards are concentrated in the alluvial valley floor of the Awatere"}, {"text": "River, centred around the town of Seddon. Vineyards are also planted further up the narrowing river valley floor to the southwest, and further south following State Highway 1 through to the township of Ward. This sub-region is protected from winds by both the Wither Hills and the mountains of the Inland Kaik\u014dura Range to the south, with a generally cooler climate. Winemaking and regulations. Marlborough was established in 2018 as a New Zealand geographical indication (GI) under new legislation. In the same year, several Marlborough wineries formed an incorporated society \"Appellation Marlborough Wine\" to administer a global label trademark and a certification process to further protect the integrity and quality standards of Marlborough wines. To qualify, wines must be made entirely from sustainably grown grapes from Marlborough, comply with cropping rates set annually, and be bottled in New Zealand. Starting with the 2022 vintage, qualifying wines must also be approved by an independent tasting panel. Marlborough also hosts significant production of \"m\u00e9thode traditionelle\" sparkling wine made from Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, sufficient to attract investment from large Champagne producers Mumm, Deutz, Mo\u00ebt & Chandon (which now owns Cloudy Bay) and Veuve Clicquot. In 2013 several Marlborough producers established \"M\u00e9thode Marlborough\","}, {"text": "a collaborative organisation to set quality standards and promote the brand both domestically and internationally. M\u00e9thode Marlborough wines must be produced entirely in Marlborough using the traditional method of production from only Marlborough-grown Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Pinot Meunier, and aged on lees for a minimum of 18 months."}, {"text": "Fiona Hill could refer to:"}, {"text": "Allison Independent School District was a school district headquartered in Allison, Texas. On July 1, 2003 it merged into the Fort Elliott Consolidated Independent School District."}, {"text": "Ross A. Flom (born 1969) is from Minneapolis MN and is an American developmental psychologist and professor at Southern Utah University. Ross received his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in 1999 and completed his post-doctoral training with Lorraine Bahrick and Robert Lickliter from 1999 to 2001 at Florida International University. Ross Flom was a Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at BYU from 2001 to 2017. Ross is known for his research examining the development of intersensory perception, perception of affect, and perceptual development in human infants. Ross is currently an associate editor for the Journal of Experimental Child Psychology and Infant Behavior and Development. Ross is also a professional ski instructor and ultramarathoner."}, {"text": "Ti-Tree may refer to:"}, {"text": "Brad Foster (born 22 October 1997) is a British professional boxer who held the British and Commonwealth super-bantamweight titles between 2019 and 2021. Early life. Brad Foster was born on 22 October 1997 in Walsall, England. At the age of 9 he took up kickboxing. After winning multiple kickboxing championships including British, European and world titles, he turned to boxing aged 18. Professional career. Foster made his professional debut on 5 December 2015, winning a four-round points decision over Josh O'Donnell at the Town Hall in Dudley, West Midlands. In November 2016, he signed a three-year promotional contract with Frank Warren's Queensberry Promotions. On 20 July 2018, He fought Leon Gower (6\u20130\u20130) for the vacant British Midlands Area super-bantamweight title at the Banks's Stadium in Walsall. Foster won the title via eighth-round stoppage. His next fight came on 8 March 2019 against former British bantamweight champion Josh Wale (27\u201310\u20132) for the vacant British super-bantamweight title at the Barnsley Metrodome in Barnsley, Yorkshire. Foster captured the British title by unanimous decision, with the scorecards reading 119\u2013111, 117\u2013112 and 117\u2013111. On 18 May 2019, he challenged Commonwealth super-bantamweight champion Ashley Lane (13\u20138\u20132) at the Lamex Stadium in Stevenage, Hertfordshire. Foster won via"}, {"text": "twelfth-round technical knockout (TKO), adding the Commonwealth title to his collection, after referee Mark Lyson called a halt to the contest with 12 seconds remaining in the final round. He next fought Lucien Reid (8\u20130\u20131) on 14 September 2019 at the York Hall in London. Foster retained his British and Commonwealth titles through a majority draw. Two judges scored the bout 114\u2013114, while the third scored it 112\u2013116 in favour of Reid. On 28 September 2024, Foster was stopped in the second round by Peter McGrail at Canon Medical Arena in Sheffield, England, on 28 September 2024."}, {"text": "Mary Joyce Doyle (1923 \u2013 June 25, 2016) was an American nun and librarian who founded the library consortium that revolutionized the borrowing of books in Bergen County, New Jersey through the creation of the Bergen County Cooperative Library System. Life and career. Doyle, the middle of three sisters born and raised in Trenton, New Jersey, attended St. Mary's Cathedral High School. An avid reader of the \"Nancy Drew\" books, she was educated in a few Catholic schools before joining Sisters of Mercy during her early teens. After graduating from Georgian Court University, Doyle attended Catholic University of America, where she obtained her master's degree in library science before getting a job as assistant library director in Fair Lawn, New Jersey. She abandoned her religious views in 1974, and became a director of the Bergenfield Public Library. Two years later, Doyle introduced reciprocal lending between Bergen County public libraries, because one of the Upper Saddle River residents was unable to locate a book he wanted. On October 1, 1979, the Bergen County Cooperative Library System was launched and was financed by the Bergen County Freeholders and the New Jersey State Library respectively. Doyle taught at parochial schools in Central and"}, {"text": "South Jersey prior to becoming a head librarian at Holy Spirit High School in Absecon, New Jersey. She also was a president of the New Jersey Library Association before dying at the age of 87 at her home in New Milford, New Jersey. The Mary Joyce Doyle Scholarship Awards are held annually since 2018."}, {"text": "Ekmanis (feminine: Ekmane) is a Latvian surname of German origin (from the German surname Eckmann). Individuals with the surname include:"}, {"text": "Taimaskha Gekhinskaya (; ) was a Chechen military leader, unit commander and participant in the Caucasian war. Life. Taymaskha Gekhinskaya fought for ten years against the Tsarist troops in the Caucasian War, commanding a detachment. In 1840, she participated in the Battle of the Valerik River. According to Lieutenant General Apollo Galafeev, on February 15, 1842, a Tsarist detachment led by Lt. Col. Sulimovsky and a Chechen detachment led by Naib Shamil Akhverdy-Magom took place near Bolshaya Yandyrka. A detachment of the Ingush regular police fought on the side of the Russian troops. Among the 23 Chechens captured was Taymaskha Gekhinskaya (Khalid Oshaev disputes the number of prisoners. According to him, two seriously wounded Chechens were taken prisoner, besides Taymaskha). The prisoners were sent to Vladikavkaz. Emperor Nicholas I became aware of the capture of Taimaskha. Since she was known to him, on his orders, Taimaskha was taken to the palace in her national attire, in which she fought. She was given money to travel to St. Petersburg and purchase clothes. On the road, she was accompanied by a Cossack officer Fedor Grigoriev. The officer was ordered not to take his eyes off her, not to turn off the indicated"}, {"text": "route and, in case of illness, to escort her to the nearest hospital. Taimaskha was thanked by the Emperor as a sign of admiration for her courage and released. Chief of Staff Major General Kotzebue wrote: \"Captured with arms in her hands on April 15, 1842, near the Yandyrka tract, a Chechen woman Taimaskha Molova was demanded by the High Command in St. Petersburg, upon her arrival she was introduced to the Emperor and was honored to receive a precious gold chain from the Empress, after that, with the permission of His Majesty, she was sent back to the Caucasus with a cornet, Prince Dal Alkhasov, with the issuance of 100 silver rubles to her for travel expenses\". Gekhinskaya spent three weeks in St. Petersburg. On October 4, she was taken to Stavropol, and then to the Grozny fortress. Although Taimaskha's Gekhi native village was not far away, she was not allowed to go home. She filed a petition in which she announced her desire to return the gold chain presented to her by the Empress and to receive its value from the treasury. This desire caused a great commotion among the Caucasian authorities and reached the emperor. In the"}, {"text": "end, she was allowed to return to her native village. In culture. The Chechen writer Lecha Yakhyaev dedicated her book \"Gikhkhoyn Taymaskha\" () to her."}, {"text": "\"Dark Crow\" is a single by Japanese rock band Man with a Mission. It was released on October 23, 2019, from Sony Music Records. Overview. The theme was released about 4 months after the previous album \"Remember Me\". Its CD was released in 3 types: First Press Limited Edition, Regular Edition, and Anime Edition. Member Spear Rib is in charge of the disc jacket model for the first production limited edition and regular edition. The title song \"Dark Crow\" is the second opening theme of anime \"Vinland Saga\". \"Dark Crow\" is meant to fit into the theme of the Viking themes. The coupling song \"86 Missed Calls feat. Patrick Stump\" is the theme song for the film \"\". The bonus DVD of the first production limited edition includes \"Jan-Ken Johnny qualification road Director's cut version\" and \"Tokyo Tanaka's challenge to his flyboard Director's cut version\". The bonus DVD of the anime edition includes the \"TV Anime 'Vinland Saga' Special Movie\". Track listing. All songs written by Jean-Ken Johnny and Kamikaze Boy (also composer), except where noted."}, {"text": "Sherry Woodard is an American animal behavior consultant, certified dog trainer, and a star cast member of National Geographic Channel's four-season \"DogTown\" series. Education. Woodard received her dog trainer certification from the Certified Council for Professional Dog Trainers, as well as knowledge-assessed certification. Woodard's Dog Behavior and Handling Workshop was approved for continuing education credit by the same council. Career. Woodard starred in 31 episodes of National Geographic Channel's series \"DogTown\" from 2008 to 2010, mostly filmed on the setting at the southern Utah Best Friends Animal Society's sanctuary. She appeared on NBC's \"The Today Show\" with veterinarian Patti Iampietro to talk about their work featured in the \"Dogtown\" series. She worked directly with 22 of the pit bulls from the dog-fighting kennels of Michael Vick, a former Atlanta Falcons football player who served a prison sentence for operating a dogfighting ring. In a profile Q&A in \"People\" magazine, Woodard discussed her work with some of the Michael Vick dogs featured on the \"DogTown\" show. Her tips for adopting the right dog and cat were featured in \"Parade\" magazine in 2013. She also provided details in 2017 to the \"Huffington Post\" on leash training a cat. In 2014, \"Parade\" featured"}, {"text": "Woodard's Canines with Careers program, which she founded and ran for Best Friends Animal Society beginning in 2009 to train shelter dogs as working canines for people with disabilities or special needs. Woodard designed the program as a nationwide network of trainers who could rescue dogs from shelters and teach them to aid humans. Canines with Careers was included in the book \"Unconditional Honor: Wounded Warriors and Their Dogs\" about Woodard successfully placing trained canines in various careers, including with law enforcement officers, K-9 dog handlers for canine search teams, prison staff, first responders during emergencies, and as service dogs with disabled veterans. In 2013, Woodard helped individuals and groups train and place 380 working dogs through her Canines with Careers program. She participated in a March 2015 celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act at the Red Rock Center for Independence at Dixie State University in St. George, Utah. Woodard's stated vision of shelter dogs as an option is to \"provide a compassionate, less time-consuming and more cost-effective alternative to the traditional model (of service dogs). People\u2019s lives will be enriched and dogs previously without any future are now saved.\" Woodard was instrumental in Hurricane"}, {"text": "Katrina pet rescue, working with thousands of injured and stressed animals left behind in New Orleans in the aftermath of the 2005 storm."}, {"text": "The Hugo-H\u00e4ring-Haus (also called \"Hugo-H\u00e4ring-houses\") is one of two houses built by Hugo H\u00e4ring in 1950 in Biberach an der Ri\u00df. With the support of Kreissparkasse Biberach, it became a municipal property, is a registered cultural monument of the modern age, and is being restored by the Hugo-H\u00e4ring-Gesellschaft e.V. supervised. History. Hugo Haring, one of the most important representatives of the \"New Building\", built both houses after the Second World War. The house on the eastern slope of a steeply sloping slope of the Ri\u00dftal, northeast above the old town, located on Mettenberger Weg 17 was planned and built for Werner Schmitz. The larger house with the address Mettenberger Weg 15 was also planned and built by Hugo H\u00e4ring for the father of Werner Schmitz, Guido Schmitz a weaving miller working in the silk mill. The entry to the Hugo-H\u00e4ring-Haus is on the upper floor. The core of the building is a two-storey building with a floor plan in the form of an angle. The one leg of the angle is directed with its long side of the south side and takes up the living rooms. The other, branching off to the north, the staircase and the side rooms. A"}, {"text": "south-facing pent roof emphasizes the opening towards the sunlight. Haring was not allowed to build during the Nazi period. He occupied himself at this time and later in theoretical writings with architecture. So he wrote about the design process when creating a floorplan in general: \"It's about building the house from the inside, starting with the living processes of living ... The outside is no longer given from the outset, it only becomes clear how the outside of all the structure of the organization first arises. The outside certainly sets boundaries for the organization, but it does not determine its form. You draw walls around residential groups, you do not place living groups in rectangles. ... there will hardly be a right-angled building. ... A natural order will be set up in which the endeavor is made to determine the place to the sun in detail, so that the house expands radially to the south to and from east to west, but the north turns its back. It behaves like a plant turning its organs to the sun.\" Hugo H\u00e4ring Municipal property. After the acquisition of the house, they tried as best they could to restore the house to its"}, {"text": "original condition. The following components were the main interest of the dismantling:"}, {"text": "Lakeview Independent School District was a school district headquartered in Lakeview in Hall County, Texas. Declining student enrollment caused the district to consider consolidating with the larger Memphis Independent School District in 1999. An election was held on August 14 of that year. In order for the consolidation process to move forward, voters in both districts would have to approve the measure. Of the 59 votes cast in Lakeview ISD, 49 (83.1%) favored consolidation. In Memphis, 232 of 239 (97.1%) approved. On July 1, 2000 it merged into the Memphis Independent School District."}, {"text": "Paduwang (also known as bedouang) is a traditional double-outrigger vessel from Madura, Indonesia. It is built with planks instead of single log, and used for fishing, trading and transport of people and goods near Madura island. In the 19th century, Paduwang was a popular fishing craft in East Java. Etymology. According to Horridge, the word \u201c\"paduwang\"\u201d have its roots from word \"wa\", \"wangka\", \"waga\", \"wangga\", and \"bangka\" of Austronesian languages. The term is associated with outrigger perahu or small perahu. The name \"bedouang\" is used by western observer such as admiral Fran\u00e7ois-Edmond P\u00e2ris, possibly a mispronunciation of the name. Description. Paduwang had two short masts, one is on the bow and the other is about 1/3 of the length behind. The rigging is using lete rig, which has upper yard (called \"pebahu\") and lower yard (\"pekaki\"). \"Pebahu\" is always supported by bamboo support pole (called \"sokong\" or \"supak\"). The foresail is mounted on a short mast, while the mainsail has no mast. The mainsail is kept in position by vangs and other ropes attached to its yard. It has 2 versions, one with conventional ends, the other has bifid ends (meaning bifurcated shape at the bow and stern-forming a \"jaw\")."}, {"text": "The hull is built on a dugout keel, both ends closed by simple vertical board. Paduwang only had 1 rudder, held by a rope, moored to a board. The rudder is always positioned under the direction of the wind, with such configuration that it can be switched to other side easily. Small paduwang is only 5 m in length, while large transport paduwang had a small deckhouse at the middle of the hull, and is about 14\u201316 m long. Paduwang can also be propelled using paddles. Large paduwang disappeared in the early 20th century, not long after the emergence of golekan. See also. Other fishing craft of Indonesia:"}, {"text": "Chiu Chang-yueh () is a Taiwanese politician. Political career. By 2014, Chiu had taken office as deputy minister of the interior under Chen Wei-zen. Frequently, he was called upon to make public comments on law enforcement and emergency services. Chiu remained deputy interior minister as the Ma Ying-jeou presidential administration was replaced by that of Tsai Ing-wen. Chiu was called before the Legislative Yuan to discuss amendments to the Social Order Maintenance Act permitting penalties to be levied against people who misused the 1-1-0 emergency telephone number, which passed in May 2016. Chiu helped coordinate security for the 2017 Summer Universiade and private events. He also presided over naturalization ceremonies for Mary Paul Watts, O Anuna, and Gian Carlo Michelini. In 2018, Chiu commented on several topics, among them missing aircraft, proposed revisions to building codes, a bill regarding the financial records of private foundations, and proposed legislation on stalking and harassment. In September 2019, Chiu was nominated to fill a seat on the Central Election Commission, for which he was confirmed by the Legislative Yuan in October 2019."}, {"text": "9\u201311 East 16th Street is a seven-story building between Union Square West and Fifth Avenue in the Ladies' Mile Historic District of Manhattan in New York City, just west of Union Square. The building was designed by Louis Korn for Martin Johnson and built between 1895 and 1896."}, {"text": "Elevator Baby is a 2019 Nigerian drama thriller film directed by Akay Mason and produced by Niyi Akinmolayan. It was produced by Niyi's production company Anthill Studios, and stars Toyin Abraham, Timini Egbuson, Sambasa Nzeribe, Samuel Olatunji, Emem Ufot and Shafy Bello. \"Elevator Baby\" was listed among the highest-grossing Nigerian films of 2019. Plot. Dare (Timini Egbuson) is a wealthy, entitled and unemployed engineering graduate whose father was killed in a vehicular accident. He drinks, spends time with his jobless friends, and is unthankful for his mother's financial support. On his way to a job interview, he enters a lift with Abigail (Toyin Abraham), a poor and pregnant domestic worker. Following a power failure, the lift stops and Abigail goes into labour. He helps her during labour and this experience makes him change his lifestyle. Reception. \"Elevator Baby\" received positive reviews from some film critics. It was praised for its cinematography, lighting and the acting of Abraham and Egbuson. \"Nollywood Reinvented\" highlighted Timini's performance struggles and praised Abraham's ability to carry the movie, stating that the movie was fun to watch. An \"Afrocritik\" review scored the movie 6.2/10 noting that the storyline is not captivating as the movie struggles to"}, {"text": "reach the finish line and is only saved by the performances of the actors."}, {"text": "\"Call It What U Want\" is the second and final single by Above the Law from their second album \"Black Mafia Life\". It features 2Pac and Money-B. The music video for the single features cameos from Big Stretch, Treach, Eazy-E, and MC Ren. Music video. The music video features cameos by Eazy-E, MC Ren, Treach, and Big Stretch."}, {"text": "Zabolotye () is a rural locality (a village) in Novlenskoye Rural Settlement, Vologodsky District, Vologda Oblast, Russia. The population was 1 as of 2002. Geography. Zabolotye is located 88 km northwest of Vologda (the district's administrative centre) by road. Bobrovskoye is the nearest rural locality."}, {"text": "Close Enough is an American adult animated sitcom created by J. G. Quintel. Originally intended to air on TBS in 2017, the project faced various delays and setbacks before eventually premiering on HBO Max on July 9, 2020. The series has received positive reviews, with critics comparing it favorably to Quintel's previous series, \"Regular Show\", which aired on Cartoon Network from 2010 to 2017. In July 2022, HBO Max cancelled the series after three seasons, and a month later, the show was removed from the service. The show was available on Netflix in international countries until it was removed from the service in May 2023. Premise. A couple in their early 30s, Josh and Emily, and their young daughter, Candice, live in a Los Angeles duplex with their divorced friends, Alex and Bridgette. They get into what seem like normal domestic crises, which tend to escalate in surreal (often even in science fiction and fantasy-esque) ways. Episodes. Season 1 (2020). The first season was originally set to run for 10 episodes, but only 8 episodes were released when the series launched. Season 2 (2021). Every episode in this season was directed by J. G. Quintel and Calvin Wong. Release. The"}, {"text": "series was announced in May 2017, four months after Quintel's previous series, \"Regular Show\", concluded its run on the sibling Cartoon Network. The series was originally announced to air on TBS, but was delayed several times. It would later be revealed that TBS had planned to premiere the show as part of its own animation block, but those plans fell through when production on lead-in program \"The Cops\" was shut down after its co-creator Louis C.K. admitted to several instances of sexual misconduct. On October 29, 2019, it was announced that the series would instead move to HBO Max. The second half of the third episode was premiered at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival on June 15, 2020. On August 6, 2020, the series was renewed for a second season. The following month, the series was distributed internationally through Netflix as a Netflix Original, beginning September 14, 2020 in Latin America. The second season premiered on February 25, 2021 on HBO Max. Prior to the season premiere, a third season was announced on February 10, 2021. The second season was released internationally on Netflix on May 26, 2021. The series altogether was removed from Netflix globally in May 2023."}, {"text": "On October 24, 2021, the first two seasons became available to buy digitally on iTunes. The third season was released digitally on May 8, 2022. With the announcement of TBS and TNT's Front Row blocks, the series debuted on the former network on October 25, 2021. The third season premiered on April 7, 2022 on HBO Max. On July 15, 2022, HBO Max cancelled the series after three seasons. On August 17, 2022, the service announced the removal of several shows, including \"Close Enough\". The show was removed from digital purchase in October 2023 alongside all other shows that used to be off Max. Reception. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported an approval rating of 100% based on 19 reviews, with an average rating of 8/10, for the first season. The website's critical consensus reads, \"Completely absurd and yet, utterly relatable, \"Close Enough\" captures the strange experience that is being an adult.\" On Metacritic, it has a weighted average score of 74 out of 100 based on 6 reviews, indicating \"generally favorable reviews\"."}, {"text": "Thennakumbura Amarakoon Rajapaksa Wasala Mohottige Priyantha Seneviratne (; born 5 March), popularly known as Priyantha Seneviratne, is an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, stage drama, and television. He is best known for his roles in the television serials \"Uncle Sam\", \"Pabalu\", \"Podi Mama\", and \"Isuru Bhavana\". Personal life. He was born on 5 March in Thannekumbura, Kandy, Sri Lanka as the third child in the family. He has one elder sister, one elder brother and one younger sister. In his little age, he was suffered with terrible asthma, so the family transferred to Colombo. He is married to Kanchana Kariyapperuma, a music teacher. He met Kanchana during the stage play \"Arundathi\" and then from \"Saranga Nawen Awith\". The couple has one daughter, Pujani Manikya, who was born on 12 October 2005 and one son, Chirath Gagan, born on 28 September 2007. Acting career. He entered drama career with the stage play \"Makulu Del\" staged in 1986 produced by Jagath Muthukumarana. At that time, he was a first year student at technical college, Werahera. Then he joined with Rupavahini Corporation for the children's program \"Kathandara Pituwa\". He produced the program \"Balan Sabe Muthure\" telecast by Rupavahini. He also produced the stage"}, {"text": "play, \"Minisa\". Seneviratne started his film career with a major role in 2004 comedy film, \"Clean Out\" directed by Roy de Silva. Some of his popular cinema acting came through \"Sikuru Hathe\", \"Ethumai Methumai\" and \"Super Six\". In 2007, he won the award for the Best Actor in a comedy role at Raigam Tele'es for the role \"Sumanapala\" in television serial \"Isuru Bhavana\". In 2017, he won the Best Comedian award at Presidential Film Festival for the role in \"Paha Samath\". He hosts the program \"4 Kendare\" with Mihira Sirithilaka as well as \"Hiru Super Dance\" with Shalani Tharaka and Kavinga Perera, both telecast on Hiru TV."}, {"text": "Burul is a tourist village and a gram panchayat in the Budge Budge II CD block in the Alipore Sadar subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography. Area overview. Alipore Sadar subdivision is the most urbanized part of the South 24 Parganas district. 59.85% of the population lives in the urban areas and 40.15% lives in the rural areas. In the northern portion of the subdivision (shown in the map alongside) there are 21 census towns. The entire district is situated in the Ganges Delta and the subdivision, on the east bank of the Hooghly River, is an alluvial stretch, with industrial development. Location. Burul is located at . It has an average elevation of . Demographics. According to the 2011 Census of India, Burul had a total population of 7,014, of which 3,589 (51%) were males and 3,425 (49%) were females. There were 680 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literate people in Burul was 5,117 (80.79% of the population over 6 years). Transport. A short stretch of local roads link Burul to the Budge Budge Trunk Road. Budge Budge railway station is"}, {"text": "located nearby. Education. Saheed Anurup Chandra Mahavidyalaya established in 1991, is affiliated with the University of Calcutta. It offers honours courses in Bengali, English, history, political science, and geography, and general courses in arts, science and commerce. Healthcare. There is a primary health centre, with 6 beds, at Burul."}, {"text": "The discography of the Japanese singer-songwriter Hiroko Moriguchi consists of ten studio albums, eight compilation albums, and thirty four singles released since 1985."}, {"text": "Tariq Raihan Kazi (; born 6 October 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Bangladesh Premier League club Bashundhara Kings. Born in Finland, he plays for the Bangladesh national team at international level. During his youth career he was primarily used as a right wing-back, who could also be deployed as a right back, later on he was transitioned into a center back by coach \u00d3scar Bruz\u00f3n. Kazi is the second Bangladeshi descent footballer to represent Bangladesh internationally after Danish-born Jamal Bhuyan. He represented Finland at U17 and U19 levels internationally, before switching national sides. He also made an appearance in the UEFA Europa League qualifying stage for Ilves. Club career. Ilves. Kazi began his career with Ilves, making his Veikkausliiga debut for the club in June 2018 as a substitute in a 3\u20131 loss to KuPS. On 19 July 2018, Kazi became the first ever Bangladeshi to play in a Europa League match. He came on as a substitute in the 76th minute for Jani Tanska, as Ilves defeated Bulgarian club PFC Slavia Sofia 2\u20131. Tariq spent the 2018\u201319 season on loan at Swedish club HJS Akatemia who played in the Kakkonen which was the"}, {"text": "third level in the league system of Finnish football. During the season Tariq managed to make 8 appearances for the club. Bashundhara Kings. In November 2019, Kazi joined Bangladesh Premier League side Bashundhara Kings on a three-year deal. International career. Having represented Finland at youth international level, in November 2020, Kazi was called up to the Bangladesh squad for their friendlies against Nepal but had to withdraw from the squad due to injury. On 3 June 2021, Kazi made his senior international debut for Bangladesh against Afghanistan in the country's 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifier, playing full 90 minutes. Personal life. Kazi was born to a Finnish mother and a Bangladeshi father in Tampere. Kazi, who has represented Finland in the U17, U18, U19 national team, also has a Bangladeshi passport due to his family roots. His father Sahidul Kazi is a teacher of Tampare University of applied science. Kazi is the grandson of a freedom fighter and school teacher of Naogaon, Abdul Jabber Kazi, who was martyred in the battlefield of 1971 liberation war. He is one of four siblings, with a brother and two sisters. \"Scores and results list Bangladesh's goal tally first.\" Honours. Ilves Bashundhara Kings"}, {"text": "William Stephenson MBE (1916\u20131996) was a British/Australian marine biologist and academic. Early life. William Stephenson was born on 14 June 1916 in Fence Houses, Durham, England. His father was a schoolteacher. From the age of 5 he was interested in zoology. He attended Kings College, Durham and took his B.Sc. with honours in zoology in 1938 and received his PhD in zoology from Durham University in 1941. He took a Diploma in Theory and Practice of Teaching at Durham in 1939. He lectured at Kings College, Newcastle and the University of Bristol, under Maurice Yonge. He led students on vacation fieldwork in marine biology at the University College, Bangor and Cullercoats. He also worked as a lecturer and naturalist at the Dove Marine Laboratory in Cullercoats, part of Kings College, Newcastle. He became a full-time naturalist researcher in marine biology in 1947. War service. Stephenson was involved in non-active service during WW2 with the University Senior Training Corps. He was commissioned in the University of Bristol Senior Training Corps. Move to Australia. Stephenson accepted a professorial position at the University of Queensland in 1949. He promoted the establishment of marine research stations for the university at North Stradbroke Island in"}, {"text": "Moreton Bay and Heron Island on the Great Barrier Reef. He retired from the university in 1982. He published over 24 papers, books and reports. From 1956, his research focussed on swimming crabs of the family Portunidae. He was made an Emeritus Professor following his retirement. Personal life. Stephenson died in 1996. He was married to Rita and they had four children, William, Suzan, Alison and Margot. Publications. Stephenson, W. (1945). Concentration regulation and volume control in Lumbricus terrestris L. \"Nature\", \"155\" (3943), 635. Stephenson, W. (1949). Certain effects of agitation upon the release of phosphate from mud. \"Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom\", \"28\" (2), 371-380. Stephenson, W. (1952). Faunistic records from Queensland: Part 1 and II. \"Papers (University of Queensland. Dept. of Zoology)\". 1(1). Dall, W., & Stephenson, W. (1953). A bibliography of the marine invertebrates of Queensland. \"Papers (University of Queensland. Dept. of Zoology)\". 1(2). Stephenson, W. (1953). \"The natural history of Somerset Dam and its fishing potentialities\". \"Ichthyological notes\", No. 2. Stephenson, W. and Wells, J.W. (1956). The corals of Low Isles, Queensland. \"Papers (University of Queensland. Dept. of Zoology)\": 1(4). Stephenson, W., Hudson, Joy J. and Campbell, B. (1957). The Australian"}, {"text": "portunids (Crustacea: Portunidae). II. The Genus Charybidis. \"Australian journal of marine and freshwater research\", 8(4): 491-507. Stephenson, W. (1957). Key to the genera of reef building corals of Queensland. Unpublished. Stephenson, W. (1957). \"Outdoor studies on living animals in Queensland\". St Lucia: University of Queensland Press. Stephenson, W., & Campbell, B. (1959). The Australian portunids (Crustacea: Portunidae). III. The genus Portunus. \"Marine and Freshwater Research\", \"10\" (1), 84-123. Stephenson, W., & Campbell, B. (1960). The Australian portunids (Crustacea: Portunidae). IV. Remaining genera. \"Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research\", \"11\"(1), 73-122. Stephenson, W., & Searles, R. B. (1960). Experimental Studies on the Ecology of Intertidal Environments at Heron Island. I. Exclusion of Fish from Beach Rock. \"Marine and Freshwater Research\", \"11\"(2), 241-268. Hailstone, T.S. and Stephenson, W. (1961). The biology of Callianassa (Trypaea) australiensis Dana 1852 (Crustacea, Thalassinidea). \"Papers (University of Queensland. Dept of Zoology)\": 1(12). Stephenson, W. (1961). The Australian portunids (Crustacea: Portunidae). V. Recent collections. \"Marine and Freshwater Research\", \"12\" (1), 92-128. Stephenson, W. (1964). Impressions of Universities and Marine Laboratories. \"BioScience\", \"14\"(5), 59-59. Stephenson, W. and Rees, M. (1965). Ecological and life history studies upon a large foraminferan (Discobetellina biperforata Collins 1958) from Moreton Bay, Queensland. \"Papers"}, {"text": "(University of Queensland. Dept. of Zoology)\" 2(10). Rees, M., & Stephenson, W. (1966). Some portunids (Crustacea: Portunidae) mostly from Queensland. \"Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,\" 78(3), pp. 29\u201342. Garth, J. S., & Stephenson, W. (1966). \"Brachyura of the Pacific coast of America, Brachyrhyncha: Portunidae\" (No. 1). Los Angeles: Printed for the Allan Hancock Foundation, University of Southern California. Stephenson, W., & Rees, M. (1967). Portunid crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Portunidae) collected by the \u2018Discovery\u2019 in the Indian Ocean. \"Journal of Natural History\", \"1\"(2), 285-288. Stephenson, W., & Rees, M. (1968). \"The Endeavour and other Australian Museum collections of portunid crabs\". Blight. Stephenson, W., & Rees, M. (1967). Portunid crabs from the International Indian Ocean Expedition in the Smithsonian Collections (Crustacea: Portunidae). \"Proceedings of the United States National Museum\". Stephenson, W., & Rees, M. A. (1968). A Revision of the Genus Ovalipes Rathbun, 1898 (CRUSTACEA, DECAPODA, PORTUNIDAE). Records of the Australian Museum, \"27:\" 213. Stephenson, W., & Rees, M. (1968). A revision of the Charybdis miles \u2018group\u2019 of species (Crustacea: Portunidae), with description of a new species from Queensland waters. \"Memoirs of the Queensland Museum\", \"15\"(2), 91-109. Stephenson, W. (1968). The intertidal acorn barnacle Tetraclita vitiate Darwin at Heron Island."}, {"text": "\"University of Queensland Papers. Heron Island Research Station\": 1(3). Stephenson, W., & Williams, W. T. (1968). Numerical approaches to the relationships of certain American swimming crabs (Crustacea: Portunidae). \"Proceedings of the United States National Museum\". Campbell, B.M. and Stephenson, W. (1970). The Sublittoral brachyura (crustacea: decapoda) of Moreton Bay. \"Memoirs of the Queensland Museum,\" 15(4): 235-301. Stephenson, W., & Cook, S. (1970). New records of portunids from southern Queensland. \"Memoirs of the Queensland Museum\", \"15\" (4), 331-334. Stephenson, W. (1970). \"Places for living: an environmental approach to ecology\". Sydney: Angus and Robertson. Stephenson, W. (1972). \"The ecological development of ma\"n. Sydney: Angus and Robertson. Stephenson, W. (1972). Portunid crabs from the Indo-West-Pacific and Western America in the Zoological Museum, Copenhagen (Decapoda, Brachyura, Portunidae). \"Steenstrupia\", \"2\", 127-156. Stephenson, W. (1972). \"Zoology\". Sydney: Angus and Robertson. Williams, W.T. and Stephenson, W. (1973). The analysis of three-dimensional data (sites x species x times) in marine ecology. \"Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology\", 11(3): 207-227. Stephenson, W., Williams, W.T. and Cook, S.D. (1974). The Benthic fauna of soft bottoms, southern Moreton Bay. \"Memoirs of the Queensland Museum\", 17(1): 73-123. Clifford, H.T. and Stephenson, W. (1975). \"An introduction to numerical classification\". New York: Academic"}, {"text": "Press. Stephenson, W. (1975). Biological results of the snellius expedition: XXVI. The Portunidae (Decapoda-Brachyura) of the snellius expedition (Part II). \"Zoologische Mededelingen\", \"49\"(14), 173-206. Stephenson, W., Raphael, Y.R. and Cook, S.D. (1976). The Macrobenthos of Bramble Bay, Moreton Bay, Queensland. \"Memoirs of the Queensland Museum,\" 17(3): 425-447. Stephenson, W. (1976). Notes on Indo-West-Pacific Portunids (Decapoda, Portunidae) in the Smithsonian Institution. \"Crustaceana\", 11-26."}, {"text": "The 2019 Copa LP Chile Hacienda Chicureo was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the third edition of the tournament which was part of the 2019 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. It took place in Colina, Chile between 4 and 10 November 2019. Singles main-draw entrants. Other entrants. The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:"}, {"text": "Dave (also known as Dave.com) is a digital banking service. The service's main focus is on cash advances. Services. Dave's main service is short-term lending. The company does not charge interest, or origination or similar fees, instead charging for expedited service and a monthly fee; to use the service, and giving the option to \"tip\" the company. Lauren Saunders of the National Consumer Law Center expressed concern that some users may feel compelled to tip, resulting in it being not too different from paying interest. Dave launched a banking service in 2019, through a partnership with Evolve Bank & Trust. It has a service for finding side-work called SideHustle. History. \"Shark Tank\" star Mark Cuban led a $3 million seed investment round in the company, saying he was crushed by overdraft fees in his twenties. The CEO of Dave, Jason Wilk, was the former creator of AllScreen, a company which was also originally funded by Cuban, who put in a $300,000 investment. After the initial investment in Dave by Cuban and other investors, the total funding of the app has increased to $180 million after the $50 million investment by Norwest Venture Capital. The Dave app was the Apple App"}, {"text": "of the Day in April 2017. It has been downloaded 10 million times on iOS and over a million times on Android devices. In July 2019, the company was named one of the next billion-dollar startups by \"Forbes\". In October 2019, Dave received a valuation of US$1 billion, and had over four million users. Dave was ranked number five in \"Inc. Magazine\" list of 5,000 fastest growing companies for 2021. Dave went public on NASDAQ via SPAC on January 6, 2022 through VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings III created by longtime Dave investor Victory Park Capital. The initial valuation was $4 billion. On November 5, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission filed a complaint alleging that Dave used deceptive advertising, not disclosing fees for their cash advance services, and misrepresenting the amount they would use tips for charity. On December 30, 2024, the United States Department of Justice filed an amended complaint against Dave and CEO Jason Wilk \"for alleged violations of the FTC Act and the Restore Online Shoppers\u2019 Confidence Act (ROSCA).\" In response, Dave stated that \"many of the claims are incorrect...\" and introduced a fee structure for new customers from December 4 onwards that removed tips and undisclosed fees,"}, {"text": "with \"existing customers...also shifting\" to it as well. Identity. The name Dave is taken from David, as in David and Goliath, and was chosen on purpose to be different from its competitors. Its mascot is a bear wearing glasses."}, {"text": "The 2019 Henderson Tennis Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the eleventh edition of the tournament which was part of the 2019 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. It took place in Las Vegas, United States between 4 and 10 November 2019. Singles main-draw entrants. Other entrants. The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: The following player received a special exempt into the singles main draw: The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: The following player received entry as a lucky loser:"}, {"text": "Daemon is the sixth full-length studio album by Norwegian black metal band Mayhem. Their major label debut, it was released by Century Media Records on 25 October 2019 in digital formats while a manufacturing problem delayed the physical release until 8 November 2019. Background and promotion. The band went into the studio not long after the \"De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas Alive\" anniversary tour in which the band played the iconic debut album in its entirety for various dates around the world. Many critics suggested the tour was highly influential to the sound of \"Daemon\" with many comparing it to that album. The album was also released on the back of the \"Lords of Chaos\" semi-biopic movie, giving the band a boost in popularity and interest. During promotional interviews for the album, Necrobutcher claimed he was \"On [his] way to kill Euronymous but Varg beat [him] to it\", and also claimed that the Norwegian Police were aware of Vikernes' plot to kill Euronymous, stating: \"But little did I know that the Norwegian police already knew that Count Grishnackh [Varg] was going down also to kill him. Because they bugged his phone, and he actually talked about this killing before he went"}, {"text": "to Bergen so the cops already knew that he was coming, so they probably were thinking to themselves, \u2018We didn\u2019t nail this guy for the church burnings, so let\u2019s nail him for murder, and get rid of this f\u2013king guy in Oslo the same time.\u2019 So that\u2019s basically what happened.\" The bonus disc for the album features a cover of \"Disgusting Semla\" from former vocalist Dead's pre-Mayhem band Morbid. Reception. \"Daemon\" was met with favorable reviews by critics upon release. Loudersound awarded it 4.5 out of 5 and strongly compared it to the band's debut album \"De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas\". Metal Storm awarded it a 7.8 out of 10 calling it a return to form and \"leaving behind the experimental and dissonant sound\" of earlier releases. Consequence of Sound awarded the album an A\u2212 calling it a \"return to form\". Blabbermouth.net awarded it a 9 out of 10. Sputnikmusic were more critical, awarding it only 3.0 out of 5, stating \"\"Daemon\" is a solid dose of black metal, and not much else\". Track listing. Limited Edition CD bonus tracks Limited Edition Vinyl bonus disc Personnel. Mayhem Additional personnel"}, {"text": "This article contains a list of all matches to be played during the 2020 Super Rugby regular season. The season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A New Zealand only competition, Super Rugby Aotearoa, set up by New Zealand Rugby Union, was created in replacement to fill the gap that Super Rugby competition left. Other like-competitions may follow in other conferences, given eradication of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus in the host countries."}, {"text": "The Slovenia men's national under-18 and under-19 basketball team () represents Slovenia in international under-18 and under-19 competitions. It is organized and run by the Basketball Federation of Slovenia (\"Ko\u0161arkarska zveza Slovenije\")."}, {"text": "Goita (\u3054\u3044\u305f) is a traditional Japanese game from Noto, Ishikawa played with 32 tiles or cards similar to Shogi pieces. Unlike actual Shogi pieces, the tiles are the same size and have blank backs. It may be a descendant of an earlier Meiji period game played with 40 or 42 cards. It is related to (Color Crowns) played with uta-garuta. Equipment and rules. There are eight types of tiles or cards with different point values. There are only ten pawns unlike Shogi which has 18. Tiles are typically made of wood or bamboo about 2 cm \u00d7 1 cm in size. Four players are split into two partnerships sitting across from each other. Deal and play is counter-clockwise. The objective of each hand is to be the first side to have a player play out all his cards. After each player is dealt a hand of eight cards, the players take their time to inspect them. A hand can be immediately won if one player is dealt eight, seven, or six pawns. With eight pawns, 100 points is scored. With seven, the remaining card's points are doubled. With six, the higher of the two cards is scored but if both"}, {"text": "are identical then both score. If both partners have five pawns each, they are awarded 150 points thus ending the game immediately. If one partner has five but the other does not, the player without five pawns has the option of forcing a redeal. The dealer plays two cards, one face down while the other is revealed. The next player can either pass or play two cards, one which matches the revealed card (the \"defense card\") and the other for the next player to match (the \"attack card\"). Kings are wild cards which can match any card except for lances and pawns. Kings are not allowed to be attack cards unless one has been played already or if the player has both kings. If three players consecutively pass so that it returns to the original player, he is not obliged to match his previous attack card and can play his defense card face down. The winning partnership's score is based on the going-out card. If the last defense card and going-out card are identical and played after three consecutive passes, then both cards are scored. The winning player becomes the next dealer and play continues until one side reaches 150"}, {"text": "points."}, {"text": "Samuel Cleeton Dallas (May 1, 1857 - October 3, 1920) was an American architect who designed many buildings in the state of Utah, including the NRHP-listed Alfred McCune Home and the Brooks Arcade with William S. Hedges. He also designed five buildings on the campus of the University of Utah."}, {"text": "Vile Nilotic Rites is the ninth studio album by American technical death metal band Nile, released through Nuclear Blast on November 1, 2019. It is the band's only album with bassist/vocalist Brad Parris and first with guitarist/vocalist Brian Kingsland, the latter of whom replaced Dallas Toler-Wade in 2017. Two singles, \"Long Shadows of Dread\" and the title track, were released from the album. Nile toured North America throughout November and December 2019 in support of the record. Background and recording. Drummer George Kollias called \"Vile Nilotic Rites\" a \"special album for all of us since each member contributed on this a lot. I feel it represents the teamwork spirit Nile has right now and that shows on stage as well.\" The album was recorded at Serpent Headed Studios in Greenville, South Carolina. The son of frontman Karl Sanders, Kael Sanders, appears as a guest vocalist on the album, as well as several other guest vocalists. Critical reception. The album was generally well-received by critics and fans alike. Writing for \"Metal Injection\", Austin Weber noted that the most distinct difference about the album from the band's other albums is the \"influx of what you might call more \"traditional\" tech-death lead-work taking"}, {"text": "a larger role here beyond their patented frenetic riff style\". Personnel. Nile Additional musicians Production and design"}, {"text": "Concept formation is the basis for inductive thinking model. It requires presentation of examples. Concept formation is the process of sorting out given examples into meaningful classes. In inductive thinking model students group examples together on some basis and form as many groups as they can, each group illustrating a different concept."}, {"text": "Up on High is the seventh studio album by American band Vetiver. It was released on November 1, 2019 under Mama Bird Records. In support for the album, a tour of the U.S. and the U.K. was announced. The first single from the album, \"To Who Knows Where\" was released on August 28, 2019. Critical reception. \"Up on High\" was met with generally favorable reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 76, based on 11 reviews."}, {"text": "David Cockerell is an electronics engineer and designer. He started his career in the synthesizer world when Peter Zinovieff hired him to work for his EMS company in Putney in 1966, where he designed classic EMS synthesizers such as the Synthi VCS3, Synthi AKS and Synthi 100. In 1974 he worked for Electro-Harmonix in New York, where he first designed guitar pedals like the Small Stone phaser and Electric Mistress flanger. Still working for Electro-Harmonix, in 1980, Cockerell designed one of the first digital delay pedals with looping capabilities, the Instant Replay, followed by the 2 Second Digital Delay in 1981 and the 16 Second Digital Delay in 1982. This led him later to work at Akai, where he was involved in the design of samplers like the S612, S900, S1000, and the famous MPC60. He is currently working for Electro-Harmonix as a Chief Design Engineer. Career. EMS. Cockerell was working as a medical technician when a coworker of his, Mark Dowson, introduced him to Peter Zinovieff who was looking for someone with the technical skill to make the sounds Peter wanted to create. The company's first commercial synthesizer, the VCS3, designed by David Cockerell, was produced in 1969, followed"}, {"text": "by the Synthi KB1 in 1970, also designed by Cockerell. Electro-Harmonix. In 1974 Cockerell went to visit some friends in New York, where he met Electro-Harmonix's founder Mike Matthews, who made Cockerell an offer to work for him as a Chief Design Engineer."}, {"text": "After You is the third studio album by English singer-songwriter Jack Pe\u00f1ate, released on 29 November 2019 through XL Recordings. It was Pe\u00f1ate's first album in 10 years, following 2009's \"Everything Is New\". Pe\u00f1ate co-produced the album with Alex Epton, Inflo and Paul Epworth. The album was preceded by the single \"Prayer\". Background. Pe\u00f1ate estimated that in the 10 years between \"Everything Is New\" and \"After You\", he wrote \"well over a thousand\" songs, telling Apple Music: \"I think I've probably done four [albums] where I thought, 'This is it. I've got this thing.'\" He also explained \"at least one\" completed album was lost in a fire, and that he experienced writer's block and personal problems. Pe\u00f1ate also wanted to learn how to make an album entirely himself, initially estimating that it would take \"four years\", although it \"took a lot longer than expected\". He also travelled to the US, playing with the xx in New York City and then \"just didn't come home\", as well as Peru, which helped to inspire \"Swept to the Sky\". A press release described Pe\u00f1ate's time away as being spent \"indulging in mind-expanding ritual, studying writers and poets like Hesse, Rilke and Huxley alike"}, {"text": "and looking to mysticism and mythology for answers\" that inspired the \"semi-religious experience\" of the album. Critical reception. On review aggregator Metacritic, \"After You\" received a score 75 out of 100 based on eight critics' reviews, indicating \"generally favorable\" reception. Steven Edelstone of \"Paste\" rated the album 8.7 out of 10 and called it Pe\u00f1ate's \"best album yet\", deeming it \"a pop record that's very cognizant of itself, aware of the gap between releases, but with a finger on our current musical pulse\". Edelstone found the album to be \"meticulous\" with \"dreamy and frequently cathartic soundscapes\" that sound as if Pe\u00f1ate \"spent years perfecting these 10 songs\", making \"the wait [...] worth it\". Rhian Daly of \"NME\" gave the album four out of five stars, remarking that Pe\u00f1ate \"sounds full of confidence across the whole record, hopping from sound to sound, idea to idea\", noting the gospel sound of \"Prayer\", the \"low-key beats and glittering keys\" of \"GMT\" and comparing the \"atmosphere\" of \"Loaded Gun\" to \"a lost Lennon and McCartney composition\". Daly concluded that the album is \"full of experiments\" and that the risk Pe\u00f1ate took paid off, judging that it sounds like \"an artist rejuvenated and fired up\"."}, {"text": "Jenessa Williams of \"DIY\" gave the album three-and-a-half stars out of five, finding the album to be \"something of a fever dream, an electric span of ideas that flit from one to the other\". Ben Hogwood of \"musicOMH\" gave the record three stars out of five and wrote that one of Pe\u00f1ate's \"assets is raw honesty\". While feeling that the album has a \"strong first half[, it] flags a little after this\" and that it \"plough[s] a relatively safe furrow in its construction and execution, but he is a very relatable singer, and the keenly felt blue-eyed soul on here should win him new converts\". Writing for AllMusic, Marcy Donelson opined that the producers Pe\u00f1ate worked with on the record \"significantly update his sound, opting for more expansive, choir-fortified arrangements and sleek electronics, bringing him into the home-studio era of electro-pop\" and that it \"marks an ambitious return for the long-absent musician, one that ultimately rewards with musicality\". Reviewing the album for \"The Arts Desk\", Asya Draganova thought Pe\u00f1ate had \"very audibly moved away from his original playful, na\u00efve indie rock sound which led to his early success\" and found it to be a \"clear indication of a journey of"}, {"text": "learning in artistic self-sufficiency: singing, songwriting, production, and musicianship\". Draganova termed \"After You\" an \"intelligent pop album: too complex to belong to a generic category but also accessible to a wide audience\", combining \"a rich and professional yet stripped-back sound\" that \"emphasises Pe\u00f1ate's loyalty to a DIY approach\" as an independent artist, yet with little of \"the original raw energy and fun rock guitar riffs that initially brought recognition and chart success to Pe\u00f1ate a decade or so ago\". Writing for \"The Guardian\", Michael Hann described \"After You\" as a \"tasteful record \u2013 at times it's exactly the soft, melancholy, adult house pop they play in the chic bar at 7pm in every Netflix drama you've ever watched \u2013 but it's also got tunes, and Pe\u00f1ate has also finally lost all his vocal mannerisms, so you're not distracted from those tunes\". Giving the album three out of five stars, Hann felt that ultimately the album \"sounds a little cautious and contained, like a high-end beige sofa, so understated it blends into the background\". David Smyth of the \"Evening Standard\" called the 10 songs an \"eclectic, ambitious bunch\" on which \"Pe\u00f1ate is working hard, pushing his unremarkable voice to the point"}, {"text": "of distortion in places\" and that while \"nice to see him in action again\", \"whether most will remember him fondly enough to care is another matter\"."}, {"text": "The Feake\u2013Ferris House (also known as the Ross Ferris House) is a historic structure at 181 Shore Road in Old Greenwich, Connecticut, United States. The building was purportedly built around 1645 and was expanded over time to its present saltbox shape. History. In 1640 Elizabeth Fones Winthrop Feake and Lt. Robert Feake purchased \"Elizabeth's Neck\" (Greenwich Point) from Native American tribe members. Shortly after the purchase the Feakes likely began construction of a fieldstone cellar dug into a hill overlooking Greenwich Cove possibly serving as a makeshift home for their family. Around 1645, the Feakes constructed a post and beam one-room-over-one-room house on top of the cellar. After the Feakes' divorce, Elizabeth Feake sold the property to Jeffrey Ferris in 1653. Around 1660 Jeffrey Ferris added a lean-to to the back of the house giving the house its saltbox shape. In 1689 Ferris' son, James Ferris, constructed the final major addition, to the right side of house, leaving the house with a two-over-two form and extended lean-to, and Ferris installed new windows, one of which has survived intact and was discovered during the 2018 restoration. It is one of the earliest surviving two-sash windows in America. The Ferris family owned"}, {"text": "the house for several centuries. Jeffrey Ferris' great-grandson, James, was a Revolutionary War veteran of the Battle of White Plains (1776) and owned the house when it allegedly suffered damage from British cannon fire, as evidenced by cannonball marks left on several rafters. James' daughter Hannah inherited the house in the early 1800s. By the mid-1800s Ammi Roswell Ferris (also known as \"Ross\") (1837-1914) owned the house and ran a tollgate at the causeway to Greenwich Point, possibly collecting \"a toll from people who were going to gather scallops and clams at Greenwich Point.\" In 1951 Laura M. Boles and Bertha Boles acquired the property, and in 1968 Laura Boles' executors sold the house to Elizabeth F. Slater in 1968. In 1971 Elizabeth Slater sold it to the Lueder family who owned the house for \"nearly 40 years\" before selling it to the Waters family. Preservation. In 2014 before the age of the structure was discovered, the dilapidated house was nearly demolished and replaced with a newer building by a recent buyer, but through the efforts of local preservationists, its history was uncovered, and the demolition process came to a halt. After determining the house's age using dendrochronology and record"}, {"text": "research, the Greenwich Point Conservancy restored the house in 2018 working together with the private owners, the Waters family, who also constructed a large addition adjacent to the original structure. The house remains privately owned and is possibly the oldest inhabited house in the United States, but is open at least once a year to the public by an easement agreement with the Greenwich Point Conservancy. The house was tested by dendrochronologists at Columbia University's Lamont\u2013Doherty Earth Observatory. The client, Greenwich Point Conservancy (GPC), has not yet released the results of the study, but claims that the west side of the house dates to circa 1645, the north lean-to addition made by Jeffrey Ferris to 1660, and the east side and expansion of the lean-to the James Ferris expansion of 1689. According to the Conservancy, as reported in \"Greenwich Free Press\", the outermost rings of one summer beam dated to 1610, but due to the lack of sapwood in the sample, the precise date of the beam is unknown (but possibly 1640 or perhaps the 1680s). Historian Missy Wolf researched the land's title history dating back to Feake."}, {"text": "Robert James Kerr (born 4 April 1966) is a former New Zealand cricketer who played first-class and List A cricket for Wellington from 1993 to 1998. Robbie Kerr was a middle-order batsman and occasional wicket-keeper who was a one-day specialist. He made his highest List A score of 61 when he won the man of the match award in Wellington's victory over Otago in 1993\u201394. His daughters, Amelia and Jess Kerr, play for the New Zealand women's cricket team. His wife Jo, the daughter of the New Zealand Test batsman Bruce Murray, is a former member of the Wellington women's cricket team."}, {"text": "Vojislav Ili\u0107 Mla\u0111i (; 7 October 1877 \u2013 22 May 1944) was a Serbian writer and poet. Biography. He is often mistaken with the 19th-century Serbian poet Vojislav Ili\u0107 to whom he was not related although for a time they lived near each other in the part of Belgrade called Palilula. Due to their same name, surname and even the same middle initial and out of respect to the older Ili\u0107, he added the title of \"Mla\u0111i\" (the Younger) to his name."}, {"text": "The Junction Chronicles is a trilogy of Canadian speculative thrillers by David Rotenberg, whose protagonist, acting coach Decker Roberts, a synaesthete with a special talent for determining the truth in statements, lives in the neighbourhood of The Junction in Toronto, supplementing his income with his unique talent and becoming involved with American intelligence agents after his life begins to fall apart. The series was first published by Simon & Schuster between 2012 and 2014. Synopsis. \"The Placebo Effect\". In a prologue set in 1988, Decker Roberts, aged 22, stands in Chartres Cathedral, where he meets a monk who asks whether he has decided to stay. Brother Malcolm offers to teach him everything he knows and in return, the cathedral and ministry will become his home, and he will avoid \"the room with no windows \u2013 and the hanging man\". The young Roberts knew then, as the older Roberts knows now, that the monk spoke the truth, as he always knows when anyone speaks the truth, a unique benefit of his particular form of synaesthesia, a neurological condition. For years, this talent has proven to be a lucrative sideline to his regular work as a theatre director and acting coach based"}, {"text": "in The Junction, Toronto. Roberts is hired by companies because he can tell them if their potential recruits are lying. He leads a successful double life, carefully compartmentalized with a myriad of alter egos. His inner life, however, is one of sorrow, having lost his wife to ALS and missing his estranged son, Seth. He is also disturbed by the excessive number of churches in the area. He believes they are there to prevent an evil from re-appearing. He senses its existence when he walks the streets and feels the Junction \"hunch around him in the cold.\" When homeless synaesthete Michael Shedloski arrives in the Junction, he has a vision of a boy dangling from a lamp post across from the public library on Annette Street, grasping a rope at his neck, trying in vain to get his last breath. The event is real, but took place a century earlier. Hearing of this, Roberts knows that the hanged boy is a \"marker\" \u2013 that there must be a portal in the Junction. Then he realizes that its name does not really refer to a railroad depot as most of its residents believe, but rather to a point of connection, a"}, {"text": "connection between this world and another, and the hanged boy marks the access. Henry-Clay Yolles, the CEO of a pharmaceutical company, exploits Sedloski's unique talent for determining perfect ratios, allowing the company to know how many placebo pills can be included in a prescription as a cost saving measure without affecting the drug's efficaciousness. Yolles Pharmaceuticals is now interested in Roberts. A resentful Shedloski publicly protests his dismissal by Yolles and tries to warn Roberts, but is killed. Yolles now needs to eliminate Roberts because he might discover the truth about its new product. Meanwhile, in Washington D.C., the National Security Agency is also interested in Roberts as a means of evaluating statements by terrorists. Yslan Hicks, who studies synasethetes, has been observing him. The NSA becomes more involved as it perceives its potential asset is threatened. Narrowly escaping death when his house burns down, it does not occur to Roberts that it was no accident. Next, his finances are crippled, and his studio condemned. He realizes that he must have heard something in one of his sessions that he should not have, and goes on the run trying to work out why he has been targeted and by whom."}, {"text": "His escape route takes him from coast to coast, north to south, through small towns and big cities across North America, as both pursuer and pursued. As Roberts draws closer to his quarry, he grudgingly agrees to work with and for the NSA. Agent Yslan Hicks tells him his friend Crazy Eddie betrayed him, but he refuses to believe it. \"A Murder of Crows\". Fourteen months have passed since the incident with Yolles Pharmaceuticals. Roberts has spent some time applying his talent in Las Vegas, simultaneously seeking information about Seth, who is suffering from am aggressive form of cancer of the bladder. Crazy Eddie is still trying to win back his daughter, and to do so he intends to incriminate Ira Charendoff, the lawyer to whom he betrayed Roberts over a year earlier. In order to clear the playing field and keep the NSA off his best friend's back at the same time, Eddie sends Roberts to South Africa. A close eye is being kept on both men and others like them by the NSA with a view to using them for combating terrorism. In upper New York State, the elite science-focused Ancaster College prepares for spring graduation. Aggrieved professor"}, {"text": "Neil Frost and resentful janitor Walter Jones conspire to exact violent revenge against the faculty and students. Bombs explode at the graduation ceremony killing over 200 people, the worst terrorist attack on American soil since 9/11. Led by the NSA, America's security forces descend upon Ancaster, and track down Roberts in South Africa, using Seth's whereabouts to persuade him to return to the United States and determine the veracity of hundreds of video statements. Over the course of the work, Roberts shows that his gift has limitations: while he can tell that someone is not telling \"the truth\", he cannot say whether that person is \"lying\", that is, if an untruth is deliberate. Worse, since almost everyone in the videos is not telling the truth about \"something\", it is hard to determine who may have been involved. Roberts learns that the NSA has been tracking other people like him, including a tiny childlike woman named Viola Tripping who can reveal the final thoughts of a deceased person just before death. Agent Yslan Hicks takes the two of them to the crime scene at Ancaster so that Tripping can read the victims' final thoughts and Roberts can tell if those statements"}, {"text": "were truthful. Roberts privately pieces together what happened, but withholds this information from the NSA. In the course of their work, Tripping also provides Roberts with a vision of his estranged son Seth's whereabouts \u2014 in Namibia. \"The Glass House, or, When the Moon's Too Thin for Stories\". In Namibia, Roberts struggles to find his way in isolation. Seth, whose cancer is advancing swiftly, is kidnapped by WJ, a musical prodigy who is unable to feel and who desperately wants to learn from Seth's special abilities. The kidnapping sets a mysterious chain of events in motion. Seth, it seems, is the key to everyone's plans: his inherited \"gifts\" are more powerful than his father's, and there are many who will do anything to control them. Yslan Hicks desperately needs to find both father and son to deal with an urgent threat faced by the NSA. When the trails run cold, Hicks turns to Roberts' old friends for help, but they quickly find themselves confronting an ancient conspiracy, one that draws the synaesthetes, via \"waking dreams\" of a \"glass house\", back to The Junction, the place where a young boy was killed by hanging shortly after 1900. Roberts, his friends, and"}, {"text": "the NSA are inexorably drawn towards a conclusion that will change both themselves and the world around them. Setting. \"The Placebo Effect\" features such Junction landmarks as Squirly's and the Swan Diner (both on ). Rotenberg spoke of the Junction area as \"a different world\" than the Greater Toronto Area: \"For years we had the stockyards just around the corner, hot dog Tuesday was unbelievable... all those churches\u2014so many churches in such a small area.\" referring to Annette Street. Rotenberg wondered if something happened in the neighbourhood that led to the building of so many churches, and did some research, discovering that some police records disappeared when the area was ammalgamated with Toronto: \"I thought, 'What awful thing happened here that some police records were lost?'\" and grew suspicious that ammalgamation provided a convenient opportunity to destroy evidence of a crime by \"wealthy people\". These ideas are explored in some depth in \"The Placebo Effect\". While the initial setting for the series is The Junction, a lot of the action in the first novel actually takes place in New York City, and its landmarks figure prominently. Rotenberg lived there for about a dozen years, and he still knew the city"}, {"text": "better than he did Greater Toronto. Much of the action in the second novel also takes place in other parts of Canada and the United States, in the wake of a terrorist attack at a college in Upper New York State. As well, the plot of the second and third novels takes the protagonist to South Africa and Namibia. Characters. Decker Roberts. Series protagonist Decker Roberts is a middle aged acting coach and a widower, with a \"strained\" relationship with his son Seth. He has a neurological condition called synaesthesia, which, in his case, has led to the innate ability to \"see if people are telling the truth\".Roberts is a synesthete; he \"sees\" language and can tell when people are not telling the truth, but only just. He sees designs and lines that define absolute truth and an absolute lie, but the nuances evade him. If the speaker tells a lie he truly believes to be truth, Decker sees \"truth.\" When he hears a statement he can close his eyes and the patterns he sees tell him if the statement is true. When the ability manifests, Roberts senses \"a stream of cool, clear air above him ... something heavy in"}, {"text": "his right hand and a coldness.\" He sees \"a series of squiggly lines that appear in his line of vision when someone is talking\". Despite his unique insight, or perhaps somehow because of it, Roberts is repeatedly told he is a \"terrible liar.\" Rotenberg said of the character that he is an \"outsider\" and a \"loner\", and, \"as in all my previous novels wants desperately to be part of his society but also fights to keep intact those things that make him special and apart.\" He dislikes police officers and the National Security Agency he grudgingly works for, as he \"distrusts authority of any sort\" He has \"used his head to keep ahead of the inherent violence all around him\", not because he is \"a weakling or a coward\"; rather, he \"sees and understands the diminishing returns of violence.\" Only his \"closest friends\" know about his ability, which he has used for years to supplement his income through a sideline working for companies as a \"human lie detector\" screening potential new employees. He keeps his identity a secret from these employers through \"a myriad of alter egos.\" The notion that there may be others of \"his kind\" only dawns on"}, {"text": "him slowly, and \"that he needs to find them to understand who and what he is.\" Steven Patrick Clare observes: \"By day he seems sociable, liked and respected by his peers and pupils. After hours, however, he seeks solace with select company, often through synesthesia social-media sites.\" On more than one occasion Roberts says to himself: \"You are from them, but not of them\", as though he thinks of himself as other than, or perhaps better than, \"his kind\", other synaesthetes. Roberts also comes to believe that each time he uses his gift \"someone close to him gets hurt.\" His wife's last words to him were, \"What have you done, Decker: What have you done?\" Roberts teaches acting at the Pro Actors Lab, the institute founded by Rotenberg and where he was still teaching at the time the novels were written. Roberts even directed a couple of plays on Broadway, the same as Rotenberg. It is not the first time Rotenberg makes use of \"autobiographical details\": in the Zhong Fong novels there is a Canadian director, Geoffrey Hyland, who teaches \"precisely\" what Rotenberg did and directs \"exactly\" what he directed, and who in turn was taught by Toronto-based Charles Roeg,"}, {"text": "who can always tell when people are telling the truth. NSA agents. Yslan Hicks. Special Agent Yslan Hicks, \"a young blond woman with almost translucent eyes,\" responsible for monitoring Roberts and other synaeesthetes like him. She often makes reference to her resemblance to the fictional character Clarice Starling. When introduced, she \"plays by the rules\" of the NSA, but her time spent with Roberts influences her: she can no longer lie, and turns introspective, wondering she played by the rules \"when the NSA essentially operates without them,\" and when the phenomenon exhibited by Roberts \"can't be explained by logic.\" Leonard Harrison. Head of the NSA Leonard Harrison is described as a Tommy Lee Jones \"without the snark\". Synaesthetes. Seth Roberts. Seth Roberts is the protagonist's son. His mother died of ALS. Nineteen years old in \"The Placebo Effect\", the younger Roberts resents his father, apparently blaming him for his mother's death; he refers to his mother's last words when he writes a message to his father: \"This is what happens when you get close to people Dad. Stay away from me.\" The young man has inherited the same neurological condition, and his talents \"may be even greater than his father's.\""}, {"text": "Like his father, he is being tracked by the NSA, among others. Crazy Eddie. A close friend of Decker Roberts and \"fellow synaesthete\", their relationship \"goes back a very long time and they obviously have a special understanding between one another, often not needing to ask for explanations or give details.\" Eddie is described by critics variously as a \"technology whiz\", computer \"nerd\", or \"genius\". He is not entirely reliable or trustworthy, motivated primarily by a desire to get his daughter back, berating Roberts for not tracking his son down. Michael (Mike) Shedloski. Shedloski has a gift for sensing balance, creating unique sculptures from ordinary items; he can determine the ratios that provide balance in many other circumstances. He is homeless. Viola Tripping. Introduced in \"A Murder of Crows\", Viola Tripping is presented as \"simultaneously a woman and a little girl in both appearance and mannerisms\" who can \"recite the last thoughts of dead people.\" Antagonists. Henry-Clay Yolles. The Cincinnati CEO of Yolles Pharmaceuticals and the principal antagonist of \"The Placebo Effect\", he is unscrupulous. Ira Charendoff. A lawyer representing parties interested in, or involved with cases against, both Decker Roberts and Crazy Eddie, he manipulates the latter against the"}, {"text": "former in \"The Placebo Effect\", and remains Eddie's antagonist in \"A Murder of Crows\". Neil Frost and Walter Jones. Professor Neil Frost harbours a grudge against his colleagues at Ancaster College, \"aggravated by a university system that pays him modestly and ever more frustrated at being denied a full professorship.\" In \"A Murder of Crows\", he conspires to commit heinous crime of mass murder with Walter Jones, a janitor at Ancaster with a scatalogical obsession who stalks female students and comes to display psychopathic tendencies. Jones resents the students and faculty alike for their \"sense of superiority\", believing himself to be \"the equal or better of anyone at the university.\" WJ. Introduced in \"The Glass House\", WJ is a highly talented mathematician who has used his skills with numbers to become wealthy, but is frustrated by his incapacity to enjoy it for lack of feelings: he cannot appreciate relationships, and concepts like beauty or ugliness \"are but words.\" Music is at the centre of the man's life: he is a technically skilled cellist but to him the notes are \"merely sounds\". Themes. Synaesthesia. Outside the speculative fictional world of the novel, a synaesthete is \"someone whose awareness mixes two or"}, {"text": "more senses\"; it is a \"documented condition\" which occurs naturally but may also be linked to head injuries. Rotenberg's own conception of synaesthesia elaborates on this as a condition bestowing the person \"access to the 'other'\", referring to documentaries he had seen on the synaesthete Daniel Tammet, who is also an autistic savant, as an example, a man with \"special gifts in mathematics and languages\", who sees numbers in colours, shapes and sizes and learned conversational Icelandic in a week. Rotenberg also referenced autistic savant Stephen Wiltshire (\"the human camera\"), and Ken Peek, the inspiration for the film \"Rain Man\". Doubt as to the accuracy of the term in-universe is introduced at the beginning of \"A Murder of Crows\", when NSA Special Agent Yslan Hicks questions the agency's use of \"synaesthetes\" for describing the people she monitors; Leonard Harrison retorts: \"But we had to call them something.\" She would rather call them \"the Gifted\". Some of them effectively display \"superpowers\", some of which potentially qualify as \"supernatural\"; the most outstanding example is Viola Tripping, whom Andrew Wilmot characterizes as really \"a medium for speaking to the dead\". Outsiders. A Canadian in the U.S.. Rotenberg stated more than once that Roberts"}, {"text": "is a \"loner\" but also an \"outsider\", and in more than one sense. When asked by Bill Selnes why the Canadian hero of a Canadian novel criss-crosses the American border so many times, Rotenberg pointed out that a lead character who is Canadian \"allows a perspective on America that often Americans don't have.\" Rotenberg lived in the U.S. for a dozen years, his wife is a Puerto Rican American, both children dual citizens. \"One lives in the States; the other has the knee jerk hatred of America that is pretty common here.\"Our relationship with the elephant down there is pretty darned important for us to understand past the knee jerk stuff. Hence, start in Toronto and work south. I was born and raised in Toronto, although I left for 15 years I've been back for 22... and there are times that publishers want to push for American Heroes. Decker's an outsider, we as Canadians are outsiders to the world's most powerful entity, crumbling as it may be.Bill Selnes later remarked: \"Making the hero a Canadian rather than an American when part of the story is set in the United States is so uncommon I do not think I have read"}, {"text": "another mystery with a comparable hero.\" An atypical hero. Roberts is an atypical literary action hero in that he displays no excessive strength, nor skill with weapons. Asked by Selnes why the character was created \"with his mind his primary resource\", Rotenberg said: \"Partially because he's an outsider. Partially because I've got pretty sick of cops and sleuths altogether. How many times can a guy be hit on the back of the head and get back up on his feet and continue?\" Agreeing with the reasoning behind Rotenberg's decision, Selnes later wrote: \"It is tiring to read of fictional heroes being battered about and then swiftly rising again to smite the bad guy. At times I think there is evolving a new rule for thrillers that it cannot be a thriller without a massive body count.\" Writing. Background. By the early 2010s, David Rotenberg had become established as the author of the Zhong Fong series of mystery novels about a Chinese detective based primarily in the city of Shanghai, and then \"Shanghai\", an epic historical novel also set in Shanghai. Rotenberg was approached by Simon & Schuster to write something else: \"After what amounts to eight novels about and around"}, {"text": "China I was ready for a change. I've been back in Toronto since 1987 after an absence of about 18 years. And yet in all that time \u2014 and all those novels \u2014 I hadn't written a word about the city.\" He said \"it was finally time to look around and try to write about home.\" Process. As the Zhong Fong novels are police procedurals, Rotenberg purposefully had his writing space cluttered with images and books when he wrote it: \"two large modern desks at right angles to each other \u2014 the whole thing dominated by a large computer monitor. It felt that the job was to produce order from the chaos \u2014 just as police officers must.\" For \"The Junction Chronicles\", he felt he needed a different kind of workspace for a different kind of literary work, \"spare \u2014 filled with leaps in time and space, often defying normal rules of storytelling\", pushing the boundaries: \"Here the job has to do with entering blank spaces \u2014 creating from whole cloth.\" It took him seven weeks and three days of \"intense looking\" to find the desk for his new office. Made from reclaimed wood, and only a foot and a"}, {"text": "half deep and about four and half feet long, it is \"a piece of art in and of itself.\" The desk has no drawers or file cabinets nor in and out trays, just a small laptop. \"Even the hard copies of what I've written ... kept in a book shelf out of the room.\" Structure and genre. \"The Junction Chronicles\" is an episodic series: in order to follow the action and understand the characters, readers must read the three novels in order, starting with \"The Placebo Effect\". It is written in \"short, snappy chapters\" sometimes less than a page in length. At the time Rotenberg had finished writing the draft of \"A Murder of Crows\" in early 2012, he described it as open-ended, anticipating that he would write as many as five or more novels in the series. As a \"speculative thriller\" series, the novels feature elements which may be understood as either supernatural or paranormal fiction, or science fiction, depending on the reader. In 2018, Richard Lanoie reviewed \"The Placebo Effect\" a \"mystery\" novel. In \"The Glass House\", what Bill Selnes calls the \"touch of the supernatural\" in the first two novels \"has taken over the story\": the synaesthetes'"}, {"text": "exceptional talents are \"supplemented\" by \"mystical abilities\" such as telepathy. Reception. Critical response to \"The Placebo Effect\". Richard Lanoie's review of \"The Placebo Effect\" is overwhelmingly positive: \"Not only is Decker Roberts a very original and interesting character but the premise behind the character, the plot itself, and even the writing are fresh.\" Stephen Patrick Clare said Rotenberg blended the best elements of his previous novels, with a \"quirky cast of characters in an entertaining and engaging read that is distinctly Canadian\", and dialogue that \"is crisp, clear and concise, but never obvious or over-the-top\". Clare is ambivalent about the series protagonist Derek Roberts:Amidst the adventure, there is ample opportunity for Roberts' true persona to emerge. Unfortunately, despite being privy to his peculiar private life, the protagonist never feels fully fleshed out. That said, the book's weakest link might also be its greatest strength; the author's glaring omission of Roberts' inner life leaves a gaping hole that readers can fill in on their own. As such, it is in the power of what is left unsaid \u2014 the silent spaces in between \u2014 that the novel finds its... voice. Robert J. Wiersema called it a \"somewhat workmanlike\" thriller \"possessed of"}, {"text": "an enthralling undercurrent that allows it to transcend its genre and shine on its own terms\", and that Rotenberg \"reveals a surprising depth and intricacy, not in the mechanics of his plot, but at the level of characterization.\" Andrew Wilmot disagrees, finding characterization to be the single greatest problem in the novel, but far from the only one: Rotenberg \"plays fast and loose with the concept of synaesthesia.\" Wilmot also dislikes \"film- and pop culture-based asides\" which \"add little if anything to the characters\". Critical response to \"A Murder of Crows\". Valerie Senyk appreciated how Rotenberg built \"suspenseful momentum\" in telling the story: \"It is a pleasure to read intelligent thrillers by Canadian writers. David Rotenberg ... is a man of many talents who brings his substantial experience in the theatre to his novels. Not only are they extremely literate and sophisticated, they boast truly inventive characters.\" Bill Selnes found \"the fascinating characters of the synaesthetes\" were the strength of the novel, which \"flows well\", despite the plot being \"disjointed at times\", noting also that the title is \"brilliantly related to the plot.\" Rotenberg has created \"a unique form of sleuth in Roberts.\" Joseph Serge thought the \"best parts\" of"}, {"text": "\"A Murder of Crows\" were those related to the character of the janitor who blows up the graduating class of Ancaster College, comparing this aspect favourably to Thomas Harris' \"Silence of the Lambs\": \"Rotenberg gets us inside the mind of the psychopath. We find out about the people who've hurt him in the past and why he agrees to help the professor.\" Serge finds that after the investigation with Roberts and Viola Tripping, however, the novel's pace slows \"drastically\":Although the NSA was using the synaesthetes to track down the killer or killers, there is never a sense of urgency, of racing against the clock. There is no reason to believe the killer or killers will strike again... A lot of fuss is made made about the U.S. president travelling to Ancaster College to speak at the memorial service, but nothing really comes of it, and we are left with an unsatisfying Edgar Allen Poe-style climax involving a premature burial. Sarah Weinman finds the action fast-paced, \"even a little too frenetic,\" despite the introspection, \"especially on the part of Decker's NSA handler Yslan Hicks\", a conflict which \"undercuts the believability\" of the novel: \"it's fun while reading, but the dots don't"}, {"text": "quite connect the way they are supposed to.\" Andrew Wilmot criticizes the novel for the same flaws he found in \"The Placebo Effect\", such as \"frustratingly thin\" characters, \"a problem that stems in large part from the breakneck pace of each very short chapter\". But the sequel has even more issues: political asides \"that feel less tied to the characters and more as if they are a product of the author breaking the fourth wall to tell us how he feels about the world\"; a \"strange and out of place racial insensitivity on display when describing the almost magical connection most Africans seem to have to the planet, or the very free-flowing anti-Muslim language used in sections describing suspects in the attack.\" As well, there is \"insensitivity displayed towards women and size and sexual attraction.\" Critical response to \"The Glass House\". Bill Selnes found \"The Glass House\" \"interesting\" but thought it demanded greater suspension of disbelief than the first two novels in the series: \"The book became a form of fable requiring the reader to either suspend conventional assessments or accept the plot has become a modern myth.\" While he also found the plot \"disjointed\", and the \"connections between the"}, {"text": "plot lines awkward\", he conceded that those who enjoy the paranormal (\"an unconventional paranormal if that is possible\") will be \"fascinated\" by the novel. Adaptations. A series of CNIB audiobooks was produced in 2015, narrated by Maureen McAdams (\"The Placebo Effect\"), Pat Softly (\"A Murder of Crows\"), and Pat Davey (\"The Glass House\"). In early 2012, Rotenberg said that \"The Placebo Effect\" had been optioned by a \"major\" Los Angeles producer who was then working on \"Justified\" (elsewhere confirmed as Don Kurt). In 2018, it was announced that the entire trilogy had been optioned by Don Kurt for television."}, {"text": "Catie Virginia Turner (born February 14, 2000) is an American pop singer. She rose to prominence as a contestant on sixteenth season of \"American Idol\", placing in the top seven. In September 2019, Turner further gained notoriety after her song \"Prom Queen\" was used in the trailer for Shane Dawson's web series \"The Beautiful World of Jeffree Star\", which gained over 11 million views in just one week. She has released four EPs: \"The Sad Vegan\" as an independent artist, followed by \"Heartbroken and Milking It\", \"Comedy & Tragedy: Act I\", and \"Comedy & Tragedy: Act II\" with Atlantic Records. Career. 2017\u20132018: \"American Idol\". Turner had previously auditioned for several reality singing shows, beginning at 11 years old with \"America's Got Talent\". She then auditioned for \"The Voice\" twice and auditioned unsuccessfully for the fifteenth season of \"American Idol\". After trying again in 2017, she received a golden ticket to Hollywood. In an audition held in New York, she sang her original song \"21st Century Machine.\" Her segment on \"American Idol\" was the first shown during the sixteenth season's premiere on March 11, 2018. After getting through Hollywood Week, she made it to the Showcase Round where she sang \"Bad"}, {"text": "Romance\" by Lady Gaga. In the Top 24, she sang \"Call Me\" by Blondie and \"Good to Be Alive (Hallelujah)\" with Andy Grammer. After advancing to the Top 14, she sang \"Take Me to Church\" by Hozier and immediately advanced to the next round. In the Top 10, she sang \"Once Upon a Dream\" from the movie \"Sleeping Beauty\". She advanced to the Top 7, where she was one of two contestants to be eliminated from \"American Idol.\" After singing \"Oops!... I Did It Again\" by Britney Spears, Turner forgot some of the words to \"Manic Monday\" by The Bangles, a flub noticed by the judges. After her elimination, Turner commented that if she had been voted into the next episode, she would have given up her spot to another contestant. Clay Aiken, who finished second place on the second season of \"American Idol\", called the show a \"Vacation Bible School talent show\" for the judges' response to the blunder. During the sixteenth season finale, she reprised her original \"21st Century Machine\" and sang \"Part of Me\" as a duet with Katy Perry. Turner was among the performers starring in American Idol Live! 2018, a 47-city tour that ran from"}, {"text": "July 11 through September 16, 2018. 2019: \"The Sad Vegan\". She performed in Los Angeles in 2018 with Haley Reinhart at the Troubadour and performed solo at the El Rey Theatre and Hotel Cafe. In the spring of 2019, she performed as an opening act for singer Justin Jesso in Los Angeles, New York and Toronto, followed by an opening spot for Meghan Trainor in Atlantic City. On March 1, 2019, Turner released \"Prom Queen\". Raisa Bruner of \"Time\" described the song as displaying \"aching, existential honesty\", with Turner's voice suggesting \"wisdom beyond her years\". Madeline Crone of \"American Songwriter\" described it as an \"anxiety-ridden underdog anthem\". On June 7, 2019, she released \"Savior,\" her lead single for her debut EP, \"The Sad Vegan,\" which released June 14\".\" In the summer of 2019, she headlined The Sad Vegan Tour. On May 17, 2019, Turner, partnering with Postmodern Jukebox, made a vintage strings cover of Billie Eilish's song \"idontwannabeyouanymore.\" The cover has over 1.4million views on YouTube as of December 2021. On September 24, 2019, her live and acoustic version of \"Prom Queen\" was used in its entirety as the trailer for Shane Dawson's 2019 YouTube series \"The Beautiful World of"}, {"text": "Jeffree Star\". The trailer was #1 trending on YouTube, receiving more than 11 million views in one week. The series has also featured several songs from her EP, \"The Sad Vegan\", including \"Breathe,\" \"Home,\" and \"Party!\" 2020\u20132022: Record deal, \"Heartbroken and Milking It\". On April 29, 2020, Turner signed to Atlantic Records over a Zoom call. In November of that year, she made her Atlantic Records debut with the single \"One Day\". On July 16, 2021, Turner released her second EP, \"Heartbroken and Milking It\", with six songs written during the COVID-19 pandemic. In an interview with \"American Songwriter\", Turner explained the title: \"When you have nothing to write about during a pandemic, what can you do? You can milk from past heartbreak.\" The EP included two previous singles: \"Play God\" and \"Therapy\". Another single, \"(Wish I Didn't Have to) Lie\" featuring the pop artist Jordy, was distributed after the EP's release. The song brought the pair on the cover of Spotify's \"Sad Hour\" playlist. Turner would later sing \"(Wish I Didn't Have to) Lie\" for Jordy's Mind Games Tour in December 2021. She was also, along with pop artist Oston, an opening act on the tour. Turner released the"}, {"text": "song \"God Must Hate Me\" on November 23, 2021, after a demo that she teased on her TikTok account went viral. \"Fat Funny Friend,\" composed by Turner with \"American Idol\" sixteenth season contestant Maddie Zahm, became Zahm's breakthrough single after her recording of the song was released on February 4, 2022. 2023\u2013present: \"Comedy & Tragedy\". On June 9, 2023, Turner released her third EP, \"Comedy & Tragedy: Act I,\" featuring her previous single, \"God Must Hate Me,\" and five other tracks. In June 2023, she embarked on a 15-city tour, her first as a headliner, in support of the EP. A second volume, \"Comedy & Tragedy: Act II,\" was released on October 27, 2023. Personal life. In 2018, Turner graduated from Neshaminy High School in Langhorne, Pennsylvania. In July 2022, her father passed away. In 2023, Turner released a song titled \"Comedy & Tragedy\" honoring her late father."}, {"text": "The Slovenia men's national under-16 and under-17 basketball team () is a national basketball team of Slovenia administered by the Basketball Federation of Slovenia (\"Ko\u0161arkarska zveza Slovenije\"). It represents the country in international under-16 and under-17 basketball competitions."}, {"text": "The 2019 QBL season was the 34th and last season of competition since its establishment in 1979. A total of 30 teams contested the league (15 men and 15 women teams). The regular season was played between 6 April and 3 August 2019, followed by a post-season involving the top eight of each gender in August 2019. The schedule was announced on 22 February 2019. The Brisbane Capitals won their second men's QBL title, whilst the Southern Districts Spartans successfully defended their women's QBL title. The Gold Coast Rollers reached both grand finals, however were unable to win either. It was announced on October 30 that the 2019 QBL season was the last QBL season to be played, with the league merging with NBL1 for the 2020 season. Finals Series. The 2019 Queensland Basketball League Finals were played between 10 and 31 August 2019, consisting of two best-of-three semi-final and final series, where the higher seed hosted the first and third games. The Brisbane Capitals won the men's finals, and the Southern Districts Spartans won the women's finals."}, {"text": "This is a list of films which placed number one at the weekend box office for the year 2017."}, {"text": "Anna Kerstin Erica Lindstedt (born 6 April 1960 ) was the Swedish Ambassador to Beijing from 2016 to early 2019. Education and career. Lindstedt grew up in Lund, where she studied at the Lund University. Concurrent with her post in China, Lindstedt served as Ambassador of Sweden to Mongolia. She also served as Ambassador of Sweden to Mexico (2006\u20132011) and Vietnam (2003\u20132006). Prior to joining the Foreign Service, she worked as a journalist and teacher. Backdoor diplomacy controversy. In February 2019, Gui Minhai's daughter Angela made a blog post documenting a \"very strange experience\" involving Lindstedt. In it, she alleged that Lindstedt contacted her in mid-January and invited her to a meeting in Stockholm that she had set up with some Chinese businessmen who she thought could help secure her father's release. Angela recounted in her blog that the meetings were held at a private lounge in a Stockholm hotel, where she was sequestered for days, and was even escorted to and from the bathroom. The men, who claimed to have \"connections within the Chinese Communist Party\", apparently used a mixture of inducements, manipulation and threats on her. She was told that her father's release would be contingent on her"}, {"text": "stopping her campaign and avoiding media engagement. They offered her a Chinese visa as well as a job in the Chinese embassy. To Angela, Ambassador Lindstedt's presence and seemingly supportive stance suggested the talks were initiated by the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs. She nevertheless felt uncomfortable with the meetings. When she later made inquiries of the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, it said it was unaware of the events. The Chinese Embassy in Stockholm denied any involvement; the Swedish Ministry said it was not aware of the events until after the meetings had taken place. It confirmed to the press that the ambassador had been recalled, and that an internal investigation into the incident was under way. Prosecutors investigated her \"for breaching the country's national security by \u2018arbitrary conduct when negotiating with a foreign power.\u2018\u201c On 9 December, Lindstedt was charged by Swedish prosecutors for \"arbitrariness during negotiations with a foreign power\", an unprecedented charge in modern Sweden, with a possible maximum prison sentence of 2 years. Later on, her trial in Stockholm District Court started in June 2020. On 10 July the lower court ruled that the prosecutors could not prove Anna Lindstedt had exceeded her authority and"}, {"text": "acquitted her of the charges against her."}, {"text": "The Binjhal (also known as Binjhwar) is an ethnic group and an offshoot of the Austroasiatic Baiga tribe, are found mainly in many districts of Odisha, Chhatishgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. The 2011 census showed their population to be around 137,040. They are classified as a Scheduled Tribe by the Indian government. Etymology. There are multiple legends regarding the origin of the tribe's name. According to one legend the name is derived from the words \"Bin\" and \"Jhal\", meaning without sweat. The name Binjhal or Binjhwar is derived from the Vindhya Range hills (also known as Vindhyanchal) and they worship their patron deity \"Bindhyabasini\"'. History. Historically the tribe has been known for fighting spirit. It is said that the tribe gave shelter to the mother of Chauhan Dynasty king Ramai Dev in 14th century. They also fought on the side of Veer Surendra Sai & Madho Singh (Ghess) during the Paika rebellion. Subdivisions. The Binjhals are divided into a number of exogamous groups called Vansas, namely Amri, Nag, Khusal, Duguke, Kamati, Mahaiinga, Bagha, Marthi Endja, Bentakar, Majhi. These are further divided into patriarchal lineages such as Surya Bansi, Nag Bansi, Hillchip, Chauhan and Rajput. Culture. Binjhal families are mostly nuclear."}, {"text": "They follow Paternal lineage and Patrilocal traditions. Marriage with same exogamous \"vansa\" is prohibited. Monogamous marriages are common. Marriage by negotiation is the most common type of marriage. However cross-cousin marriage, junior levirate, junior sororate, marriage by elopement, and by capture are also allowed. Divorce, remarriage of widows, widowers and divorcees are also permitted. The groom has to pay the bride price in cash. They practice burial in cases of deaths. However cremation is practised by the rich. They do not have any traditional village council. Elders of the village play a central dispute resolution. The tribe worship Hindu deities. Animist beliefs are also followed by the members."}, {"text": "Classensgade is a street in the \u00d8sterbro district of Copenhagen, Denmark. It runs from \u00d8sterbrogade in the southwest to \u00d8stbanegade in the northeast. History. The street is named after major-general and industrialist Johan Frederik Classen. whose summer retreat, Classens Have (\"Classen's Garden\") was located in the area. It had a vast garden as indicated by the name. Having no children, Classen endowed his estate to a foundation, Det Classenske Fideicommis. Classensgade originates in the access road to a property, Justineborg, which was named after Classen's sister-in_law. The street was officially named Classensvej (\"Classen's Road#) in 1860. The short section from Lille Triangle to Kastelsvej was then part of Kastelsvej. In 1889, Classensvej and the first short section of Kastelsvej were renamed Classensgade. Notable buildings. One of the only surviving country houses in \u00d8sterbro, \u00d8brog\u00e5rd or Vennero, is located in the courtyard of No. 11. It dates from the 19th century. Classensg\u00e5rd (Np. 17\u201319), located opposite Kastelsvej, is a high-end apartment building. The facade surrounds a small cul-de-sac, a solution chosen to make the most of the site without employment of the traditional courtyard buildings. The building features two corner towers and a small bell tower as well as a clock"}, {"text": "gface at the bottom of the cul-de-sac. The building is from 1909. H\u00f8kerforeningens Stiftelse (No. 44) is from 1862. Classens Have (No. 52-68) is a large Neoclassical apartment complex from 1922 to 1924 designed by Povl Baumann, Peter Nielsen and Ole Falkentorp based on a project by Hans Koch og Carl Petersen. The perimeter block surrounds a large garden complex. The Neoclassical property at No. 59-65 was designed by Henning Hansen. No. 70, a building from 1931 designed by Thorkild Henningsen, is an example of the transition from Neoclassicism to Modernism. Public art, monuments and memorials. On a small mound in Classen's Garden stands a memorial to Johan Frederik Classen. The medallion with a portrait relief of Classen was designed by Johannes Wiedewelt. A marble plaque on No. 40 commemorates that the entertainer Victor Borge was born in the building. The plaque features a portrait of Borge as well as a quote by him, stating that the smile is the shortest distance between two people. Transport. The nearest station is \u00d8sterport, served both by metro, S-trains, regional and intercity trains. Movia bus line 37 runs through the street."}, {"text": "The year 2021 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings."}, {"text": "El Gallito (born October 26, 1991) is a Mexican luchador, or professional wrestler. He works for the Mexican Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) promotion where he portrays a face (known as a \"tecnico\" in lucha libre, the protagonists of professional wrestling). He is one of the competitors in CMLL's \"Micro-Estrella\" (\"Micro-Star\") division where he competes with and against other wrestlers with dwarfism. He started his professional wrestling career as a \"mascota\" companion for the regular-sized wrestler El Gallo, on who El Gallito's ring persona, masks and tights are patterned on. In 2017 he became an active wrestler in the \"Micro-Estrella\" division. He was originally known as El Gallito Tapatio, Spanish for \"The Little Rooster from Guadalajara\", later shortened to just \"The Little Rooster\". Professional wrestling career. El Gallito (\"The Little Rooster\") started his professional wrestling career as a \"mascota\" for El Gallo (\"The Rooster\") in 2012. As a \"mascota\", he portrayed a diminutive version of El Gallo and competed as the same rooster character as him.. The rooster imagery was supported by his mask, complete with a fake cockscomb on top of his head and fabric wattles dangling from his chin. As a \"mascota\" he would accompany El Gallo"}, {"text": "to the ring, the character was created primarily to appeal to children and assist El Gallo to portray a \"tecnico\" character (called a face, the protagonists in professional wrestling). Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (2017\u20132022). In early 2017 CMLL recruited El Gallito, and his fellow \"mascotas\" Mije and Zacar\u00edas el Perico to help establish a \"Micro-Estrellas\" (\"Micro-Stars\") division, featuring only wrestlers with dwarfism. The first match of the \"Micro-Estrellas\" division took place on April 30, 2017, and saw El Gallito and Microman defeat Mije and Zacar\u00edas in a special featured match. For the first anniversary of the Micro-Estrellas division, CMLL held an eight-micros \"torneo cibernetico\" elimination match, featuring the entire active Micro-Estrella division at the time. Gallito, Mije, Angelito, and Chamuel took on Microman, Atomo, Guapito, and Zacar\u00edas, which saw Micropan pin Chamuel to win the tournament while Galliot was the fourth to be eliminated from the match. For the 2018 \"D\u00eda de Muertos\" (\"Day of the Dead\") supercard show Gallito, Microman, and Atomo defeated Mije, Chamuel, and Zacar\u00edas two falls to one. four weeks later the \"Micro-Estrellas\" also appeared at CMLL's \"Leyendas Mexicanas\" (\"Mexican Legends\") show where Gallito, Microman, and Guapito defeated Mije, Chamuel, and Zacar\u00edas in the second"}, {"text": "match of the night. At the 2019 version of the \"Homenaje a Dos Leyendas\" (\"Homage to two legends\") show El Gallito and his team once again won their match. With the popularity of the Micro-Estrellas division, CMLL introduced the CMLL World Micro-Estrellas Championship in December 2019. El Gallito and five other Micro-Estrellas (Chamuel, Atomo, Microman, Guapito, and Zacar\u00edas) were involved in the elimination match to determine the first champion on December 25. El Gallito was the second-to-last man eliminated from the match. In the end, Chamuel pinned Microman to eliminate him and win the championship. Independent circuit (2017\u2013present). While working for CMLL, El Gallito, like all wrestlers employed by the company, is allowed to take independent circuit bookings on days he is not needed for their shows. El Gallito's independent circuit appearances usually sees him team with, and face off against, other CMLL Micro-Estrellas. His first non-CMLL match was on June 14, 2017, on a \"Promociones El Cholo\" show in Tijuana, Baja California, and saw El Gallito and Microman defeat Mije and Zacar\u00edas by disqualification. On September 15, 2018, El Gallito and Microman defeated Chamuel and Zacar\u00edas in a match at the Benito Juarez ExpoMuseo in Mexico City. The Micro-Estrellas"}, {"text": "also competed at Desastre Total Ultraviolento's 11th Anniversary Show, which saw Gallito and Microman defeating Mije and Zacar\u00edas. They also made a special appearance for The Crash Lucha Libre, one of Mexico's largest independent promotions, with El Gallito and Microman once again defeating Chamuel and Zacar\u00edas in their March 2, 2019 match. Reception. \"S\u00faper Luchas\" magazine described the Micro-Estrellas division debut match between Microman and El Gallito vs. Mije and Zacar\u00edas, as \"an encounter with a fall that literally stole the night.\""}, {"text": "Silver Spines is a solo album by Rob Mazurek that was released on the Delmark label in 2002. Reception. In his review for AllMusic, Thom Jurek states: \"Working closely with engineer Casey Rice, Mazurek offers 18 compositions of elaborately layered melody, edgeless dissonance, found and electronic sound, manipulated in the studio and reshaped into small but gorgeous small universes of texture, lyricism, impression, and ghostly presences. ... In all, it's as experimental a record as there is, but it is hardly inaccessible. In fact, in most places, it is not only quite lovely to listen to, but full of humor as well. ... \"Silver Spines\" is nothing short of excellent\". On All About Jazz Mark F. Turner said: \"As an improviser the overall concept works within the framework of the artist's vision, but the big picture may be elusive to listeners. Many of the selections would make great samples themselves for material that could be used in other film or sound recordings. The result, however, is a sound collage whose sum is no greater than its individual parts\". Track listing. All compositions by Robert Mazurek except where noted"}, {"text": "Olivier Civelli is a molecular biologist, a researcher in the field of neuropharmacology and an educator. He is the Eric L. and Lila D. Nelson Professor of Neuropharmacology at University of California, Irvine. He is also a Professor in the Department of Developmental and Cell Biology at University of California, Irvine. He is most known for his work in advancing understanding of neurotransmission and his impact on drug discovery. Civelli's research is focused on understanding brain function and the identification and study of novel molecules involved in brain activity. He was the first to decipher the structure of a dopamine receptor, the D2 receptor, central to neurobiology. He also uncovered the diversity of dopamine receptor family, identifying the D1 and D5 receptors and discovered the D4 receptor, of importance in psychiatry. Civelli then invented the strategy that uses orphan receptors to discover new neurotransmitters referred to as reverse pharmacology. Utilizing this strategy, he was the first to identify a novel neuropeptide, orphanin FQ (Nociceptin) in 1995, which he showed to regulate anxiety. He has written over 450 papers and holds 30 patents. In 2004, \"Nature Drug Discovery\" recognized him as one of the world's 20 leading experts on GPCR research"}, {"text": "and \"The Scientist\" featured him in Hooked on a Hunt in 2008. In 2015, he was awarded the Chinese Academy of Sciences President\u2019s International Fellowship Initiative for Visiting Scientists. Early life and education. Civelli was born in Fribourg, Switzerland. He received his undergraduate and Ph.D. degrees at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. The research for his thesis was done at the Institut Jacques Monod in Paris under the supervision of Klaus Scherrer. He then worked as postdoctoral fellow on the discovery of opioid peptide precursors at the University of Oregon, Eugene, with Edward Herbert. Career. In 1985, Civelli joined the Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, as a research assistant professor, and was a founding member of the Vollum Institute. It is there that he cloned the dopamine receptors and discovered their diversity. Civelli joined F. Hoffmann-La Roche, Basel in 1992 as vice president and developed the reverse pharmacology approach that allowed him to discover novel neuropeptides. He returned to academia as the Eric L. and Lila D. Nelson professor of neuropharmacology at the University of California, Irvine in 1996. From 2012 to 2019, he was the Chair of Department of Pharmacology at UC Irvine. Research"}, {"text": "and work. Civelli's research is focused on understanding brain function and the identification and study of novel molecules involved in brain activity. He has conducted research in the area of molecular psychiatry, G protein-coupled receptors, neuropeptides, orphan receptors, novel neurotransmitters, dopamine receptors, orphanin FQ/nociceptin, MCH, and traditional Chinese medicines. In the mid-1980s, Civelli\u2019s research pioneered the identification of new neurotransmitter receptors by applying the homology screening approach to G-protein coupled receptors, an approach which ultimately led to cloning of most of the G protein-coupled receptor families. This development led Civelli to be the first to characterize structurally a dopamine receptor, the D2 receptor. This discovery opened the search for additional dopamine receptors, and, in the subsequent years, Civelli discovered and described the unexpected diversity of dopamine receptors by successively cloning the D1, D4 and D5 receptors. His discovery of the D4 receptor suggested that this receptor may have a particular affinity for the atypical neuroleptic clozapine. Civelli's research in this period did not focus solely on dopamine receptors; he also discovered the adenosine A3 receptor. By cloning G protein-coupled receptors on the basis of their genomic sequences, Civelli had faced receptors that were not matched to their ligands, the so-called"}, {"text": "orphan receptors. He recognized that some orphan receptors will not match to known ligands and consequently that they will bind novel neurotransmitters or neuropeptides. So he devised a 'reverse pharmacology'. In 1995, he was first to discover a novel neuropeptide by using an orphan receptor as target. He named this novel neuropeptide orphanin FQ (OFQ, also known as nociceptin). It is similar in sequence to the opioid peptides. Civelli showed that OFQ does not act on opioid receptors and, in a series of pharmacological analyses, showed that the opioid and OFQ systems have diverged through evolution to prevent crosstalk. He furthermore showed that OFQ blocks stress-induced analgesia, and more importantly, that OFQ is anxiolytic, an activity that he assessed further by generating OFQ knock-out mice. Civelli has then pursued his search for novel transmitters by applying the strategy that he devised to additional orphan receptors. In doing so he was able to find that two particular orphan GPCRs were indeed receptors for melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH) and urotensin II. Then, he uncovered the physiological roles of another novel neuropeptide, NPS. More recently he has applied his approach to the discovery of active compounds in traditional medicines and has identified dihydrocorybulbine as"}, {"text": "a novel analgesic. The reverse pharmacological strategy that Civelli devised has since been used worldwide to discover several more peptides (in particular the orexins and ghrelin) and has had major impact on drug discovery."}, {"text": "Juicio Final (1982) (Spanish for \"Final Judgement\" 1982) was a professional wrestling supercard show, scripted and produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), which took place on December 10, 1982, in Arena M\u00e9xico, Mexico City, Mexico. The show 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 match ended in a draw between Sangre Chicana and El Sat\u00e1nico, which meant that both men were shaved bald afterwards due to the \"Lucha de Apuestas\" (\"bet match\") stipulation. In the semi-main event, EMLL held a rare three-versus-three \"Lucha de Apuestas\" match that saw C\u00e9sar Curiel, Rey Salom\u00f3n, and Ringo Mendoza defeat the trio of Adorable Rubi, Herodes, and Tony Benetto, forcing Rubi, Heroeds and Benetto to have their heads shaved. In the third match of the night the team of Alfonso Dantes and An\u00edbal lost to Lizmark and Rayo de Jalisco Jr. as An\u00edbal removed Lizmark's mask to cause a disqualification. The show featured three additional matches. Production. Background. For decades Arena M\u00e9xico, the main venue"}, {"text": "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 a \"end of the year\" supercard show on the first or second Friday of December in lieu of their normal Super Viernes show. 1955 was the first year where CMLL used the name \"El Juicio Final\" (\"The Final Judgement\") for their year-end supershow. 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 1982 Juicio Final show featured six professional wrestling matches scripted by CMLL with 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": "Pyrestini is a tribe of beetles in the subfamily Cerambycinae, containing the following genera most of which are from the Oriental region, many being reddish in colour:"}, {"text": "Pachylocerus is a genus of longhorn beetles in the subfamily Cerambycinae. Species in the genus are found only in the Oriental (Indo-Malayan) region."}, {"text": "Juicio Final (1981) (Spanish for \"Final Judgement\" 1981) was a professional wrestling supercard show, scripted and produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), which took place on December 4, 1981, in Arena M\u00e9xico, Mexico City, Mexico. The show 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. Only the outcome of three of the six matches have been recorded, with the remaining three only being documented in event posters. The main event match was a \"Lucha de Apuestas\", or \"bet match\" which saw Ringo Mendoza winning the match by disqualification as El Fara\u00f3n landed a foul on Mendoza and as a result El Fara\u00f3n had his hair shaved off. In the semi-main event the tag team of Am\u00e9rico Rocca and Espectro Jr. defeated Cachorro Mendoza and El Alfil in a match that saw Mendoza shaved bald afterwards while El Alfil was forced to unmask and state his birth name, Mario Saucedo, per \"lucha libre\" traditions. The fourth match of the night saw Alfonso Dant\u00e9s retain the Mexican"}, {"text": "National Light Heavyweight Championship against M\u00e1scara A\u00f1o 2000. 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 a \"end of the year\" supercard show on the first or second Friday of December in lieu of their normal Super Viernes show. 1955 was the first year where CMLL used the name \"El Juicio Final\" (\"The Final Judgement\") for their year-end supershow. 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 1981 Juicio Final show featured six professional wrestling matches scripted by CMLL with 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\""}, {"text": "in Mexico, the \"good guy\" characters) as they perform."}, {"text": "Corey Baker (born 6 June 1990) is a New Zealand creative director, choreographer, filmmaker and former dancer. Early life. Baker was born in Christchurch, New Zealand, on 6 June 1990. He grew up in Hornby and attended Yaldhurst School. In his teens he attended Ao Tawhiti school, then known as Unlimited Paenga Tawhiti. At age fourteen, he was aspiring to be a musical theatre actor. His English teacher, who ran a ballet class in central Christchurch, saw him tap dancing in the corridor because of his interest and said, \"Ballet will help with that.\" Baker left high school at fifteen to join the International Ballet Academy (IBA) in Christchurch; he danced full time for a year. His lead teacher at IBA was Carl Myers. Career. Baker has been Resident Choreographer at the Royal New Zealand Ballet and Associate Artist of the Royal Albert Hall. In 2018, Baker created the first professional dance performance in Antarctica, which was filmed for Channel 4 (UK) and aired on Earth Day 2018. In 2020, Baker received a \"Culture in Quarantine\" commission from the BBC and remotely directed and choreographed a 3-minute film titled \"Swan Lake Bath Ballet\", filmed by 27 elite ballet dancers in"}, {"text": "their homes during COVID-19 lockdowns. The film was released in July 2020 and went viral, with over 4 million views by the following month. The film won the 2021 Prix Italia award for web fiction. In 2021, Baker created two dance films focusing on climate justice: \"Blown\" for the BBC and \"Leaders of a New Regime\", which uses Lorde's track of the same title. \"Dance Race\", a commission for the BBC's Dance Passion season, was broadcast on BBC3 in March 2022. Baker was chief choreographer and movement director for the opening ceremony of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. In 2023, he was creative director for the United Nations's Human Rights 75 Concert in Geneva. Baker's other TV credits include choreographing Julianne Nicholson's \"Dance Mom\" in season 4 of Hacks, Strictly Come Dancing, Ru Paul's Drag Race Down Under, Joe Lycett vs the Oil Giant, The National Lottery's Paralympics GB Homecoming, and advertisements for O2/Dua Lipa, Marks & Spencer and EE. He was choreographer of the 2024 Tim Burton movie Beetlejuice Beetlejuice and movement director of the music promo for Lola Young's 2025 single \"One Thing\". Personal life. Baker was in a relationship with American actor Jonathan Groff from 2018"}, {"text": "to 2020."}, {"text": "The Basilica of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary in Karumathampatti, Tamil Nadu is a Catholic Shrine. The feast of Our Lady of Holy Rosary is celebrated on the first Sunday of October every year. Karumathampatty was already a pilgrimage centre in 1640. St. John de Britto visited the church at least 3 times. The original chapel was destroyed in 1684 by the soldiers of the Mysore Rajah Saraboji but rebuilt soon after. The church was again destroyed by Tipu Sultan in 1784 and rebuilt in 1803. It is visited by huge numbers of people in order to venerate Our Lady of the Rosary and to pray for favours. It was announced on 22 July 2019 that the church had been granted the status of a minor basilica and the formal elevation was held on 6 October 2019, the feast day."}, {"text": "Juicio Final (1980) (Spanish for \"Final Judgement\" 1980) was a professional wrestling supercard show, scripted and produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), which took place on December 5, 1980, in Arena M\u00e9xico, Mexico City, Mexico. The show 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. Results records have only documented one match on the 1980 Juicio Final show. The main event, which saw the duo of Sangre Chicana and Alfonso Dant\u00e9s defeat El Jalisco and El Cobarde in a \"Lucha de Apuestas\", or \"bet match\", which resulted in both El Jalisco and El Cobarde being shaved bald afterwards in the \"lucha libre\" tradition. 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 a \"end of the year\""}, {"text": "supercard show on the first or second Friday of December in lieu of their normal Super Viernes show. 1955 was the first year where CMLL used the name \"El Juicio Final\" (\"The Final Judgement\") for their year-end supershow. 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 1980 Juicio Final show featured an undetermined number of professional wrestling matches scripted by CMLL with 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": "Jesse Ray Sheps is an American actor, and musician. In 2018, Sheps gained wider recognition for his leading role in the movie All Square, the winner of the \"Best Narrative Film Award\" at SXSW, starring in the lead role opposite actors Michael Kelly and Pamela Adlon. Sheps is the founder and President of the \"Fire Island Film Festival\", an annual international film festival that had its premiere event in August 2021. The film festival was hosted by Sheps and celebrated over 300 film submissions. It was also a fundraiser for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Sheps is also a published author in national news publications. This includes the Pulitzer Prize winning Gainesville Sun. Life and career. Sheps is from Long Island, New York. He began his career modeling for large international campaigns for companies such as H&M, Toys R US and AMF Bowling. He started his acting career as a series regular playing \u201cFluffy\u201d for two seasons in the Nickelodeon cartoon, Zack & Quack, as well as appeared on several Disney and Amazon Television animated series. Sheps gravitated towards in person television appearances with guest starring roles in television shows such as CBS\u2019s Blue Bloods and Bull. Sheps has also"}, {"text": "appeared in Netflix\u2019s Orange Is the New Black and in David Frankel\u2019s Collateral Beauty, starring Will Smith and Kate Winslet. Sheps is also a singer, songwriter and guitarist, working towards the release of his first album. He is also a fundraiser for the St. Jude's Children's Hospital. Sheps has also written, directed and starred in a new comedy short film called The Talent Show. For his writing and performance Sheps won the best film at two separate film festivals in 2019. Sheps has a lead role playing David Guiterrez's movie, \"Such a Funny Life\". For his role as Brian in \"All Square\" Sheps was awarded the Best Supporting Actor Role in a film, and the Best Young Actor Award by the Vegas Movie Awards."}, {"text": "Torchlight is a 2018 Indian Tamil-language drama thriller film produced, written and directed by Majith. The film stars Sadha, Riythvika and Thirumurugan in the lead roles. The film is produced by the production banner Confident Film Caf\u00e9. The film is loosely based on 1970 Bollywood film \"Chetna\" and the plot is based on the true incidents which happened in the 1990s in the Tamil Nadu-Andhra highways. The film was launched in February 2017 and the principal photography of the film commenced on 23 February 2017. The film was theatrical released on 7 September 2018 and received positive reviews. The film was also dubbed in Telugu version as \"Srimathi 21F\". Plot. The story revolves around a woman who has been forced to serve as a sex worker. Production. The filmmakers announced the project in February 2017 and revealed that the film would be set on the prostitution and about the lives of women who miserably suffer while working in the streets. The film was set in the backdrop of the early 1980s and 1990s. Actress Sadha was roped in to play the lead role and made her comeback into Kollywood industry after 2015 film \"Eli\". The first look poster of the"}, {"text": "film was unveiled by the director on 1 December 2017. Release. The film's release was delayed due to sanctions imposed by the Indian Censor Board, resulting in approximately 87 cuts and an initial refusal to certify the film on the grounds that it contained 'vulgar content'. The director flew to Mumbai and cleared the censorship issue and the film received an A certificate from the Censor Board of Film Certification and was allowed to release. Critical reception. \"Maalai Malar\" positively reviewed the film, rating it 83 out of 100. \"Samayam Tamil\" was less positive, rating it 5 out of 5 stars."}, {"text": "Brigada Costa del Sol (or Drug Squad: Costa del Sol in English) is a Spanish drama television series produced by Mediaset Espa\u00f1a and Warner Bros. International Television Production Espa\u00f1a with the participation of Netflix. Starring Hugo Silva, \u00c1lvaro Cervantes, Miki Esparb\u00e9, Jes\u00fas Castro, and Sara S\u00e1lamo, it was presented to the media on April 3, 2019, and its premiere took place on May 6, 2019, on Spanish networks Telecinco and Cuatro. History. On May 28, 2018, Mediaset Spain and Netflix announced they had reached an agreement to produce their first series together, with Warner Bros. ITVP Spain as co-producer. The names of the main cast of the series were also confirmed, including Hugo Silva, \u00c1lvaro Cervantes, Miki Esparb\u00e9, Jes\u00fas Castro, and Sara S\u00e1lamo. Recording began on June 7 in M\u00e1laga Province and concluded in early February 2019. \"Brigada Costa del Sol\" was one of the only Spanish series to be selected for the MIPDrama MIPTV 2019 event. The first season became available worldwide in its entirety on Netflix on October 25, 2019. Plot. In 1977, a group of police detectives with limited resources, but a lot of ingenuity and courage, is picked to form a special drug-fighting brigade in Torremolinos"}, {"text": "on the Costa del Sol. The series is based on the true story of the Grupo Especial de Estupefacientes Costa del Sol, one of Spain's first anti-narcotics squads. Seasons and episodes. The series premiere took place simultaneously on the two main channels of the Mediaset Espa\u00f1a group on May 6, 2019. For the premiere, a special broadcast filling all of prime time combined the first and the second chapter as if they were a film of about 135 minutes, which was seen by 1,706,000 viewers (12.7% share) on Telecinco and 763,000 (5.7%) on Cuatro. The remaining 11 episodes that make up the first season aired in their usual format on Telecinco."}, {"text": "Unlike the other legislatures of the Fifth French Republic, the eighth legislature from 1986 to 1988 had proportional representation by department. This table summarises representatives from Ain in the 7th, 8th and 9th legislatures. See also. Aisne deputies to the eighth legislature of the French fifth republic"}, {"text": "Pachylocerus corallinus is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It is found in southwestern India. It was first described and given its binomial name by Frederick William Hope who examined a specimen from the cabinet of Captain Thomas Smee of the Indian Navy who had obtained it from a prickly pear in the vicinity of \"Omlecope Dawar\" (possibly \"Ontikoppa\" near Dharwad). Specimens have been recorded from as far north as Bombay, south through Matheran, Goa, to Mangalore. In this genus, the eyes are divided. The antennae are short and do not reach past the middle of the elytra in the male and are even shorter in the female."}, {"text": "Dumglow (379 m) is the highest peak of the Cleish Hills in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It is located north of Dunfermline. An ancient fort lies on its summit, fortified by several sets of ramparts and ditches on its east side. A burial cairn is situated within the remains of the fort."}, {"text": "Catherine M. Croft is a United States Department of State official who has served as a special advisor for Ukraine both in the State Department and on the United States National Security Council. Croft testified in closed-door hearings before the House Intelligence, Oversight and Foreign Affairs committees in October 2019. Career. Croft worked as a Senior Research Associate for the Public International Law & Policy Group (PILPG) where, in 2006, she was involved in the Kosovo Program, contributing to a draft constitution, minority rights legislation, and final status negotiations. Prior to this position, she spent several years working in community development and public health in Latin America. On September 23, 2010 The White House nominated Croft for a promotion in her role as Foreign Service Officer. She was promoted to Foreign Service Officer Class Four on Sept. 21, 2015 In 2012 Croft was one of the ELO's (entry level officers) to leave the U.S. Consulate General in Ciudad Ju\u00e1rez for the Baja peninsula to serve as a site officer, preparing for the G20 meeting that the United States Secretary of State would participate in. Croft's work on Ukraine began in 2013 when she was posted to the U.S. Mission at"}, {"text": "NATO, where her work included NATO-Ukraine relations. When Russia invaded Ukraine, she was moved to the NATO Headquarters in Brussels. From August 2015 to July 2017, Croft was a Ukraine specialist at State Department Headquarters, working on security assistance, arms sales, defense reform and anti-corruption efforts. In July 2017 Croft was asked to join the National Security Council staff at the White House. In her role heading the European Affairs Department of the White House NSC, Croft welcomed the Armenia-USA delegation of the Armenian parliament, which had meetings at the White House and the Congress in Washington D.C. During the meeting the Armenian MPs presented her with several issues regarding regional security, particularly regarding ceasefire violations on NKR-Azerbaijan border. In 2018 Croft had served as the U.S. Director of Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe and Director at the United States National Security Council.The OSCE is the world's largest security-oriented intergovernmental organization. Its mandate includes issues such as arms control, promotion of human rights, freedom of the press, and fair elections. It employs around 3,460 people, mostly in its field operations but also in its secretariat in Vienna, Austria and its institutions. It has its origins in the 1975"}, {"text": "Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe (CSCE) held in Helsinki, Finland.The OSCE is concerned with early warning, conflict prevention, crisis management, and post-conflict rehabilitation. Its 57 participating countries are located in Europe, northern and central Asia, and North America. The participating states cover much of the land area of the Northern Hemisphere. It was created during the Cold War era as an East\u2013West forum. In February 2018 Croft met with Parliamentary Assembly President George Tsereteli (Georgia) from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe when he visited Washington meet with Members of Congress and officials from the U.S. National Security Council and State Department. Ukraine was the focus during a meeting of Tsereteli with Chris Anderson, Special Advisor to Ambassador Kurt Volker, Office of the U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine Negotiations; Elisabeth Millard, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs; and Catherine Croft in her role as OSCE Director at the National Security Council. Tsereteli emphasized in his dialogue the \"conflicts, human rights, hybrid threats from Russia, as well as role of America in addressing the challenges.\" Impeachment Inquiry. In the summer of 2019 Croft took over a role from colleague Christopher Anderson as deputy to"}, {"text": "then-Special Envoy for Ukraine Kurt Volker. Given that she had served at the National Security Council, focusing on Ukraine issues, and on the State Department's Ukraine desk, Croft is acknowledged to be \"steeped in the policy issues\" surrounding the U.S.-Ukraine relationship. Sources familiar with the department say Croft took \"very specific interest in the\" political-military portfolio of Ukraine but refused to work with Rudy Giuliani on Ukraine issues. In her opening statement to congressional committees, Croft noted with regard to former Republican lawmaker Bob Livingston: During my time at the NSC, I received multiple calls from lobbyist Robert Livingston, who told me that Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch should be fired. He characterized Ambassador Yovanovitch as an \"Obama holdover\" and associated with George Soros."}, {"text": "William Arthur Anderson (29 September 1888 \u2013 19 August 1978) was the fifteenth mayor of Queenstown Borough in New Zealand. He served two terms as mayor, from 1939 to 1950, and from 1953 to 1956. He spent 16 years as an elected member of the Queenstown Borough Council, 10 of which were as deputy mayor. Early life and family. Anderson was born in 1888 in Grays, Essex, and once visited New Zealand in 1905. He studied medicine at the University of Otago, graduating MB ChB in 1920. In June 1920, Anderson married Mary Lee. Their daughter, Jan, became a leading researcher in photosynthesis. Anderson's wife died after a long illness when Jan was eight years old. Anderson lived with his second wife, Molly, in a villa on Stanley Street, Queenstown, that stood until 2016. Medical career. He moved to Queenstown, New Zealand in 1920, and remained there for 30 years as the town's sole medical practitioner. He spent 27 years as the superintendent of Wakatipu Hospital until his retirement in 1950, responding to medical requests across the district. In the 1954 New Year Honours, Anderson was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for services to the"}, {"text": "community. Anderson wrote a popular memoir, \"Doctor in the Mountains\", which described his recollections of working in the \"rugged and enormous parish\" of the Lake Wakatipu district, taking difficult journeys to treat patients despite limited medical and surgical resources. Other activities. Anderson was also the first president of the Queenstown and District Historical Society, the sub-centre chairman of the St John Ambulance Queenstown, and the St John's divisional superintendent. In 1970, Anderson's 50 years of voluntary service was recognised by his appointment as an Officer of the Order of St John. Death and legacy. Anderson died in 1978, at the age of 90. A park located off Windsor Place on Queenstown Hill was named after him in 2016. Funded by a bequest from Anderson's daughter, Jan Anderson, the park received a significant upgrade in 2019 with a memorial plaque, weather vane, seating, and new planting."}, {"text": "Piardoba railway station is a railway station on Kharagpur\u2013Bankura\u2013Adra line in Adra railway division of South Eastern Railway zone. It is situated at Mandi, Piardoba, Bishnupur of Bankura district in the Indian state of West Bengal. History. In 1901, the Kharagpur\u2013Midnapur Branch line was opened. The Midnapore\u2013Jharia extension of the Bengal Nagpur Railway, passing through Bankura District was opened in 1903\u201304. The Adra\u2013Bheduasol sector was electrified in 1997\u201398 and the Bheduasol\u2013Salboni sector in 1998\u201399."}, {"text": "The following is a list of notable attractions in Manipur. Ancient Mythology. The ancient Manipuri mythology is indigenous to Manipur kingdom. It is also related to Manipuri religion (or Sanamahism), which includes thousands of Gods and Goddesses. Hill stations. Manipur houses a number of Hill stations, in numerous Hill Ranges of the state. Following are a few of them: Festivals. Following are a few of the great festivals celebrated in the state:"}, {"text": "Monkaen Kaenkoon (, [], ) (b. July 20, 1973 \u2014 ) is a famous Thai Mor lam, Luk thung singer from Isan area. Monkaen Kaenkoon is signed to mor lam and luk thung record label Grammy Gold, a subsidiary of GMM Grammy. He performs many popular songs including \"Rim Fang Nong Harn\", \"Roang Ngan Pid Kid Hod Nong\", \"Chee Wit Puea Chat Rak Nee Puea Ther\", \"Trong Nan Kue Na Thee Trong Nee Kue Hua Jai\", \"Ai Jon Ton Dai Bor\" and \"Kham Wa Hak Kan Mun Hear Tim Sai\". Life and career. Kaenkoon was born as Kittikun Boonkhamchun on July 20, 1973 in Loeng Nok Tha District, Yasothon Province. He is the son of Thongkham and Somthan Boonkhamchun. He learned to sing from his father. He recorded a studio album with Pornsak Songsaeng titled \"Sia Soon Muea Boon Pawech\" by stage name Ponrnphet Boonkhamchun, and he was a singer in RS Public Company Limited by stage name Manop Wongphet, after that, he went on military service and served the country for 2 years. After his military service, he met with Sala Khunnawut and he has been a singer for GMM Grammy since then. He recorded his first album as"}, {"text": "a singer with GMM Grammy titled \"Yang Koay Thee Soi Dieam\", and released in 2005. He has many popular songs with GMM Grammy including \"Rim Fang Nong Harn\", \"Roang Ngan Pid Kid Hod Nong\", \"Dok Jaan Paharn Jai\", \"Adeed Rak Mak Sao Kru\", \"Chee Wit Puea Chat Rak Nee Puea Ther\", \"Trong Nan Kue Na Thee Trong Nee Kue Hua Jai\", \"Ai Jon Ton Dai Bor\", \"Kham Wa Hak Kan Mun Hear Tim Sai\", \"Sunya Namta Mae\" etc. In September 2019, he provided scholarships and built homes in Pilaiporn Sonklang, to some very poor students. In early 2021, it was revealed that he was the most viewed YouTube singer in Thailand, with the number of viewers more than world-class girl group Blackpink."}, {"text": "Arolik is a former Yup'ik settlement and ghost town in Bethel Census Area, Alaska, United States. It was located at the North mouth of Arolik River adjacent to the shore of Kuskokwim Bay. The site is approximately 4 miles south of the city of Quinhagak. It was first surveyed for the 1880 U.S. Census by Ivan Petroff and reported as \"Agaligamute\" (alternatively as \"Aguliagamute\"). In 1913, it was published as \"Arolic\" (Arolik) by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) on Chart T-3399. The Inuit name was reported to mean \"moon.\" The place is no longer permanently inhabited. This may be the site of the burnt village reported to be at the north mouth of Arolik River. The Inuit name of the Arolik River is \"Aalalik,\" meaning \"ashes,\" and refers to ashes of the village at its mouth. A 1951 USGS topographical map of Arolik (Goodnews Bay quadrangle) showed a cluster of buildings still extant. However, by 2019, the aerial map of the location indicated no buildings present and the USGS 2017 Goodnews Bay C-8 topographical map omitted the locale entirely. The site is accessible by gravel road from Quinhagak. Demographics. Arolik first appeared on the 1880 U.S. Census as"}, {"text": "the Inuit village of \"Agaligamute\" with 120 residents, all Inuit. It returned in 1890 as \"Aguliagamiut\" with an all-native population. This included 15 families living in seven houses. It did not report on the census again after 1890."}, {"text": "Bogri Road railway station is a railway station on Kharagpur\u2013Bankura\u2013Adra line in Adra railway division of South Eastern Railway zone. It is situated at Ekaria, Kasua of Bankura district in the Indian state of West Bengal. History. In 1901, the Kharagpur\u2013Midnapur Branch line was opened. The Midnapore\u2013Jharia extension of the Bengal Nagpur Railway, passing through Bankura District was opened in 1903\u201304. The Adra\u2013Bheduasol sector was electrified in 1997\u201398 and the Bheduasol\u2013Salboni sector in 1998\u201399."}, {"text": "Human Acts () is a South Korean novel written by Han Kang. The novel draws upon the democratization uprising that occurred on 18 May 1980, in Gwangju, Korea. In the novel, one boy's death provides the impetus for a dimensional look into the Gwangju Uprising and the lives of the people in that city. \"Human Acts\" won Korea's Manhae Prize for Literature and Italy's Premio Malaparte. Plot. \"Human Acts\" deals with the May 1980 Gwangju Uprising and the death of the young boy Kang Dong-ho. The novel is composed of seven chapters including the final epilogue, with each chapter tracing the passage of time from the incident in the 1980s to the present day. At the same time, the narrative expands to describe the impact that this incident had on other people. The first chapter follows Kang Dong-ho and his circumstances at the time of the May uprising, while introducing the people in his life. The characters that are introduced in this initial chapter later appear as the narrator or central protagonist in the following chapters. The second chapter follows the story of Dong-ho's friend Jeong-dae, who died in the May uprising. The protagonist in the third chapter is Eun-sook,"}, {"text": "who worked with Dong-ho to collect the dead bodies after the Gwangju Uprising. Eun-sook is living in the mid-1980s and works at a publishing agency. The fourth chapter traces the arc of Kim Jin-su, who was jailed for his involvement in the Gwangju Uprising. He had spent time with Dong-ho and Jin-su and was the only boy who survived. Unable to bear his guilt, however, Jin-su takes his own life nearly ten years after the May 18 uprising. The narrator of the fifth chapter is Seon-ju, who suffered terrible sexual torture during the uprising and is working as an activist in the present day. The sixth chapter is a current-day soliloquy by Dong-ho's mother, while in the epilogue, the author herself appears as the narrator. In this manner, Kang Dong-ho's death and the confessions and testimonies of the people who remember him compose the framework of the novel. Development and publication. \"Human Acts\" was serialized in the literary blog \"Window\" () run by Changbi, a Korean publishing house, from November 2013 to January 2014. Later, \"Human Acts\" was published in novel form as the author's sixth full-length novel. The novel is inspired by the Gwangju Uprising, a significant event in"}, {"text": "Korea's contemporary history that occurred on 18 May 1980. The uprising's consequence is reflected in both the writing and the author's statements about her personal experiences and ordeal in writing the novel. Han once remarked that her life was changed when her father showed her an album of photographs from the Gwangju Uprising. She conducted extensive research and reportage before writing fiction based on this violent historic incident. Referring to her experience while composing the novel, Han mentioned that she could sometimes write only three lines a day due to the emotional toll of the incident. However, she has also said that \"Human Acts\" remains her most cherished work. The novel's original title was \"You, In the Summer\" to shed light on the fact that spring has passed and summer has come, with the boy no longer alive to welcome the new season. The title was also intended to hint at how cruel summer can be. The ultimate title \"Human Acts\" was decided at the last minute. The young protagonist in the novel is merely referred to as \"you\" throughout the book, and the novel hauntingly makes it seem as if he is traveling across time from the 1980s to"}, {"text": "the present day. The boy is dead and can no longer be seen, but his presence can be felt each time the people who knew him calls for him. The book has been translated to over 14 languages. Reception. Both the author and her critics have hailed \"Human Acts\" as her most representative work. Although the novel describes an incident familiar to most Korean readers, critics pointed out that the book was able to maintain its pace and tension until the end largely thanks to the power of Han's writing. Writing in \"The Korea Times\", scholar and cultural critic David Tizzard compares Han Kang to the poet Park Nohae and suggests that her work is a symbol of Korean democracy. A deeply personal voice that \"carries the weight of an entire nation.\" During the Park Geun-hye administration, \"Human Acts\" was excluded from inclusion into the Sejong Library project for reasons of ideological bias (books featuring keywords such as the Gwangju Uprising, North Korea, Kaesong Industrial Complex, Karl Marx, etc. were largely excluded from the same list), and Han Kang was placed on the . Style and themes. \"Human Acts\" was written in the author's characteristically poetic, succinct style. Rather than"}, {"text": "discussing the heavy, somber ramifications of the Gwangju Uprising or using titillating language, Han Kang chose to portray the grief of the individual people in a concise, boiled-down style. To appear authentic, the testimonies are offered individually across different chapters, by different narrators, in different styles, and in different forms. Together, these stories create a nuanced, dimensional look at the Gwangju Uprising. To ensure the readers can appreciate the novel in a more deliberate, measured pace, some of the passages have been italicized to slow the readers down. The characters in \"Human Acts\" are average citizens. The novel illustrates how these people respond to the sudden tragedy that befell them. Rather than reenacting the historical incident, the author chose to place the perspectives squarely on the people who endured the horrific accident and the trauma they have had to carry since. \"Human Acts\" asks fundamental questions about the still-open wounds inflicted by state violence and human brutality. In the book, it is asked, \"What does it mean to be human? What should we do, to make sure humans don't become something?\" This question is central to the novel and leads to the understanding that survivors must discuss the incident, record"}, {"text": "it, and remember it to make sure the unfortunate event, where the victims were their own neighbors, our friends, and our family members, will not repeat itself. The most fundamental way to make sure a painful historical event does not repeat itself is to remember what happened. The author herself has said she wants this novel not to expose or accuse, but rather to serve as a testimony and a gesture of mourning. Adaptations. \"Human Acts\" was adapted for a theatrical production \"May 18\" in Poland in October 2019. This was the first play produced in Europe that deals with the May 18 uprising. The May 18 Memorial Foundation provided material to inform the play. When the production was first staged in June for a limited four-time run, it was well received for having combined a Western production with Asian aesthetics."}, {"text": "There are many apps in Android that can run or emulate other operating systems, via utilizing hardware support for platform virtualization technologies, or via terminal emulation. Some of these apps support having more than one emulation/virtual file system for different OS profiles, thus the ability to have or run multiple OS's. Some even have support to run the emulation via a localhost SSH connection (letting remote ssh terminal apps on device access the OS emulation/VM, VNC, and XSDL. If more than one of these apps that support these protocols or technologies are available on the android device, via androids ability to do background tasking the main emulator/VM app on android can be used to launch multiple emulation/vm OS, which the other apps can connect to, thus multiple emulated/VM OS's can run at the same time. However, there are a few emulator or VM apps that require that the android device to be rooted for the app to work, and there are others that do not require such. Some remote terminal access apps also have the ability to access Android's internally implemented Toybox, via device loopback support. Some VM/emulator apps have a fixed set of OS's or applications that can be"}, {"text": "supported. Since Android 8 (Oreo) and later versions of Android, some of these apps have been reporting issues as Google has heightened the security of file-access permissions on newer versions of Android. Some apps have difficulties or have lost access to SD card. It is also been reported that some of the apps have trouble utilizing packages like udisks2, Open vSwitch, Snort (software), and Mininet, due to new hardware or Android API restrictions on apps that have been put into place in the recent years. Due to this, many of these app developers and their community members are stating that the emulation/VM app can run itself and an OS without being rooted, however not all packages will be able to run unless the device is rooted. OS emulators or VM Android apps. The following is a list of OS emulators and OS virtualization Android apps."}, {"text": "John Quincy Adams (21 December 1874 15 March 1933) was an Austrian genre and portrait painter of American ancestry. Early life. Adams was born in Vienna on 21 December 1874. His mother was Nina Bleyer and his father was the American opera singer, Charles R. Adams, who performed at the Vienna State Opera from 1867 to 1877. From 1878 to 1890, he lived with his parents in the United States and was being prepared for a career in banking. In 1891, he became one of the first students to attend a private art school operated by Robert Scheffer. After two years, he enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, where he studied with Siegmund L'Allemand and August Eisenmenger. This was followed by time in Munich, studying with Carl von Marr and Johann Caspar Herterich. He completed his studies in Paris at the Acad\u00e9mie Julian with Jules Laurens and Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant. Despite this variety of instructors, the expatriate American painter, James McNeill Whistler, appears to have had the most influence on his style. Career. In 1903, he became a member of the Vienna K\u00fcnstlerhaus and began to exhibit there on a regular basis. A minor scandal was created in 1909,"}, {"text": "when he displayed a group portrait with Dr. Ernst Wertheim performing gynecological surgery. During World War I, he was a member of the (war press bureau) and painted on the Russian, Italian, Serbian and Albanian battle fronts. Many works from this period are on display at the Museum of Military History, Vienna. He usually spent his summers at Sankt Gilgen, where he had assembled a pre-cast wooden house from Sweden. It is likely that he associated with the artists at the nearby . From 1917 to 1931, he often visited the United States and had several successful showings there. From 1930 to 1931, he painted a series of portraits for Yale University. In 1933, he was preparing to attend an exhibition in Pittsburgh, sponsored by the Carnegie Institute, when he fell ill and died at the Auersperg Sanatorium. He was buried at the Vienna Central Cemetery. His works may be seen at the \u00d6sterreichische Galerie Belvedere and the Vienna Museum, among others. Personal life. Adams died on 15 March 1933 at the Auersperg Sanatorium in Vienna. His daughter, Harriet Walderdorff, became a well known hotelier in Salzburg and, in 1963, was elected President of the Austrian Hotel Association. In 1986,"}, {"text": "she organized a major retrospective of his portraits at the Academy."}, {"text": "Cleora Clanton (October 27, 1891 \u2013 September 16, 1968) was an American librarian. She helped open a branch library for the community in Dallas, Texas. Early life. Clanton was born on October 27, 1891 to parents Robert Allen Clanton and Susanna Elizabeth Webb in Dallas, Texas. Career. In 1915, Clanton began her library career when she accepted a position with the Dallas Public Library. Over the years, she was appointed to branch librarian, assistant librarian, and eventually acting librarian before becoming head of the Dallas Public Library in 1927. After her promotion, she had to face the libraries financial crisis due to a lack of funding. In 1924, she revealed that there was an increase of over 5, 000 book loans from the Dallas Public Library, despite the increased popularity of radio. Although there was an increase, Clanton reported the library needed $25,000 worth of repairs. While she was head of the Dallas Public Library, Clanton was also elected President of the Texas Library Association. In 1929, Dallas had two libraries, Central and Oak Cliff. Clanton was one of the major advocates for branch libraries. She also created bookmobiles as a resource to reach more of the Dallas population. This"}, {"text": "was in part due to the drop in library book loans due to WW2. She also actively supported the creation of a library branch to serve Dallas' African-American community. In 1941, Clanton was selected for the Library Publicity Honor Roll. In the 1950s, she fought against the United States censorship of reading materials. She spoke in front of the City Council of Dallas to advocate for the allowance of pamphlet funding of material that the Council deemed \"un-American.\" When ordered to remove Communist material from the library, she refused on the basis that knowledge of Communism was not in itself harmful. In 1955, she retired and was succeeded by James Meeks. Although she was replaced, she kept her role as associate librarian with a salary of $500 a month. Before retiring, she helped lead the campaign for construction of a new library building in downtown Dallas."}, {"text": "Garbeta railway station is a railway station on Kharagpur\u2013Bankura\u2013Adra line in Adra railway division of South Eastern Railway zone. It is situated at Bandhgora, Garbeta of Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. A total of 23 passenger and express trains stop at Garbeta railway station. History. In 1901, the Kharagpur\u2013Midnapur Branch line was opened. The Midnapore\u2013Jharia extension of the Bengal Nagpur Railway, passing through Bankura District was opened in 1903\u201304. The Adra\u2013Bheduasol sector was electrified in 1997\u201398 and the Bheduasol\u2013Salboni sector in 1998\u201399."}, {"text": "Daniel Alsina Leal (born 10 May 1988) is a Spanish chess Grandmaster (since 2010). Biography. In 2000\u20132005 Daniel Alsina Leal represented Spain several times at the World and European Youth Chess Championships in various age group. He was also a multiple medalist of the Catalan Youth Chess Championship and won the Spanish Junior Chess Championship under 18 years in 2006. In 2005, Daniel Alsina Leal won the International Chess Tournament in Vila de Sant Boi. In 2007, he shared the second place in the International Chess Tournament \"de Sants, Hostafrancs and La Bordeta\" in Barcelona. In 2009 in Barcelona, Daniel Alsina Leal achieved the best individual result in his chess career, winning this tournament alone, being the only player without the title of grandmaster, ahead of in the final classification among others Alexey Dreev, Pavel Tregubov and Ulf Andersson. Daniel Alsina Leal played for Spain in the Chess Olympiad: In 2008, he was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title and received the FIDE Grandmaster (GM) title two years later."}, {"text": "Daran Mark Ponter (born 20 February 1968) is a New Zealand local-body politician who on the 30th of October 2019 succeeded Chris Laidlaw as the chair of the Greater Wellington Regional Council. Biography. Early life. Ponter was born in Kitwe in Zambia's Central Province, Zambia. Soon after his birth his family relocated to Birmingham, United Kingdom and then to Copenhagen, Denmark. In 1973 they moved to Suva, Fiji where he attended Veiuto Primary School. Arriving in New Zealand in 1980, Ponter attended Palmerston North Intermediate Normal School, followed by Palmerston North Boys High School. He was an American Field Service exchange student to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 1985/86. He studied sociology and geography at Massey University. He was a Massey scholar in 1989. After graduation he obtained a Masters of Public Policy from Victoria University of Wellington. Before politics he worked as a regional planner in the Bay of Plenty and public policy adviser in various ministries in Wellington, most notably Te Puni K\u014dkiri. Later, he established and continues to run an independent public policy consultancy with his wife Vickie. Between 2000 and 2004 Ponter was instrumental in leading the establishment of the Maori Television Service for Te Puni Kokiri."}, {"text": "Ponter has worked on seven Treaty of Waitangi settlements, including the settlement for the Waikato River and the Port Nicholson Block settlement in Wellington. He also led the negotiation of seven regional aquaculture agreements to recognise Maori commercial interests in aquaculture. In 2000 he was private secretary to Parekura Horomia, Minister for Maori Development, and in 2018, private secretary to Nanaia Mahuta, Minister for Maori Development. Political career. Ponter first stood for office in 1998 where he unsuccessfully contested a seat on the Wellington Regional Council as part of the Labour Party ticket. In 2001 he stood for the Wellington City Council in the Eastern Ward, but was again unsuccessful. He was first elected to the regional council in 2010 serving until 2013 when he failed to secure re-election. However he was appointed a council member again in April 2016 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of former chairperson Fran Wilde. He was re-elected for two further terms in both 2016 and 2019. Following the 2019 elections he was elected chairperson of the council unopposed. In May 2020, the regional council confirmed all fares would be fully subsidised until the end of June, making all train and bus"}, {"text": "journeys free."}, {"text": "\"The Voice Nigeria\" Season 2 is the second season of the Nigerian version of the TV series \"The Voice\". It was broadcast on Africa Magic from 18 June 2017 and was sponsored by Airtel and Coca-Cola. The winner earned a recording contract with Universal Music Group, an SUV car worth N7 million and a trip to Abu Dhabi. Idyl was the winner of this season, marking Dakolo's first win. This was the first time of having a male winner and also the first of having a male winning coach. Coaches and hosts. 2Baba didn't return as a coach. Yemi Alade replaced him marking her first season as a coach. Waje, Timi Dakolo and Patoranking all returned for their second season on the show. Stephanie Coker and IK Osakioduwa both returned for their second season as hosts. Battles. The Battles advisors were Bez and Darey for all teams. Bez coached the artists on their vocals while Darey coached them on their stage performance. Coaches could steal two losing artists and advance them to the next round. Coach Timi made an exception as he paired three acts together to battle because he turned for \"Tara & Bella\" after his team was full"}, {"text": "in the blind auditions. At the end of the battles each coach had six original artists and two stolen artists making up eight advancing artists on their team. Live shows. Top 32. The live shows kicked off with solo performances by the Top 32 artists, with two artists from each team advancing based on their coach's choice while two from the remaining six artists advanced based on public's vote. Each team had four advancing artists, making a total of sixteen artists advancing to the next round. Artist was eliminated"}, {"text": "The Lalla A\u00efcha Challenge Tour is a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour. It was first played in October 2019 at Royal Golf Dar Es Salam, Rabat, Morocco. It was the first Challenge Tour event to be played in Morocco since the 2010 Moroccan Golf Classic The inaugural event was won by Oliver Farr. Farr started the final day 4 strokes behind the leaders but had a final round 63 to win by 3 shots."}, {"text": "DXSN (92.7 FM), broadcasting as 92.7 Radyo Pilipinas, is a radio station owned by Iddes Broadcast Group. Its studio is located at the 2nd floor, Dela Rosa Bldg., Purok 2-B, Brgy. 1, San Francisco, Agusan del Sur. Despite the station's current branding, it is not to be confused with the state-run Presidential Broadcasting Service's radio network of the same name."}, {"text": "Synesthesia is an album by Chicago Underground Duo which was recorded in 1999 and released on the Delmark label the following year. Reception. In his review for AllMusic, Ken Taylor states: \"Though the Chicago Underground Duo is hypnotically minimal in its aesthetic, Rob Mazurek and Chad Taylor still make a lot of noise. On \"Synesthesia\", the duo combines elements of Miles Davis' \"Bitches Brew\"-era fusion with a futuristic, technological sensibility that could only come out of Chicago. ... \"Synesthesia\" brings out the brilliance of Taylor and Mazurek's sparse instrumentation as, for the most part, they use only a cornet, a keyboard, and drums to weave their plaintive and complex compositions. Mazurek's trumpeting skill is impeccable and his experimentation with \"Synesthesia\"'s rhythm structures is mindblowing as he switches from totally free jazz, to hard bop, to acid jazz at the drop of a hat. Certainly, the lack of other instruments in the mix makes for a grand space to showcase both Mazurek's and Taylor's talents. With \"Synesthesia\", the Chicago Underground Duo provides a strong link between experimental avant-garde jazz and jazz-flecked electronic music. A very provocative and beautiful record\". Pitchfork's Mat LeMay called it \"a thoroughly enjoyable record, at times reaching"}, {"text": "even beyond that\" but noted \"Unfortunately, Mazurek's electronic wizardry doesn't always couple well with Taylor's more traditional free jazz stylings\" conceding that \"The more adventurous passages obviously spring from the able mind of Mazurek, whereas Taylor's portion consists of extended forays into free jazz, complete with wanky drum solos ... For a record with such startling and emphatic dynamics changes, the better portions of \"Synesthesia\" are remarkably smooth ... Mazurek seems to be chipping away at band members and, in doing so, bringing his own unique brand of genre-twisting, rock-influenced electronic jazz into focus. With \"Synesthesia\", Mazurek proves once and for all that he's more than just an ace horn player\". On All About Jazz Derek John stated \"A magnificent example of what happens when open-minded musicians realize the full potential of jazz in the present tense, \"Synesthesia\", contrary to the word's connotations, could, in fact, be the reawakening of the rebirth of cool\". In JazzTimes Christopher Porter noted \"While the CD features some unique soundscapes, and its appeal increases immensely with repeated listens, it\u2019s one of the lesser titles in the group\u2019s ever-expanding catalog ... \"Synesthesia\"\u2019s vibe is more of a studio-composed experiment that relies on overdubs and the"}, {"text": "layering of Taylor\u2019s vibraphones and Mazurek\u2019s electronically manipulated cornet and keyboard squiggles to make its bed of sound, which often recalls Miles Davis during the abstract-ambient parts of \"Get Up with It\"\". Track listing. All compositions by Rob Mazurek and Chad Taylor except where noted"}, {"text": "DXRY (104.9 FM), broadcasting as 104.9 Radyo Natin, is a radio station owned and operated by MBC Media Group. Its studio is located at Purok 2B, Brgy. 1, San Francisco, Agusan del Sur."}, {"text": "Chandrakona Road railway station is a railway station on Kharagpur\u2013Bankura\u2013Adra line in Adra railway division of South Eastern Railway zone. It is situated beside National Highway 60 at Chandrakona Road of Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. History. In 1901, the Kharagpur\u2013Midnapur Branch line was opened. The Midnapore\u2013Jharia extension of the Bengal Nagpur Railway, passing through Bankura District was opened in 1903\u201304. The Adra\u2013Bheduasol sector was electrified in 1997\u201398 and the Bheduasol\u2013Salboni sector in 1998\u201399."}, {"text": "Aguikchuk is a former Yup'ik settlement and ghost town in Bethel Census Area, Alaska, United States. It was located on east bank of Kolavinarak River. The site is approximately 10 miles east of the city of Nightmute. It was visited by E. W. Nelson, U.S. Signal Service in December 1878, its name reported by him was \"Agiukchugamute,\" that is, \"people of Agiukchuk.\" It was last noted on the census of 1940, although the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) reported in 1949 that the village was abandoned and the site, often used for a fish camp, is now called \"Monrak\" or \"Monroke.\" However, the 1954 USGS topographical map of Aguikchuk (Baird Inlet quadrangle) showed these as two separate places, with the site of \"Monrak\" being a mile to the north. Present aerial maps show there is nothing left at the site as of 2019, though it is still labeled as Aguikchuk on Google Maps. Demographics. Aguikchuk first appeared on the 1880 U.S. Census as the Inuit village of \"Agiukchugamute\" with 35 residents, all Inuit. It did not appear on the census again until 1940, when it reported as Aguikchuk. It has not reported on the census again since."}, {"text": "Saba Nazir (born 1 November 1992) is a Pakistani cricketer who plays as a right-arm off break bowler. In October 2019, she was named in Pakistan's squad for their series against Bangladesh. She made her Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) against the visiting Bangladesh in that series, on 30 October 2019. In June 2021, she was named in Pakistan's squad for their series against the West Indies."}, {"text": "Lucaston is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of Huon Valley in the South-east LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about north-west of the town of Huonville. The 2016 census recorded a population of 354 for the state suburb of Lucaston. It is home to Lucaston Park Orchards, which grows raspberries, cherries, plums and apples, and to Pilgrim Hill, a Christian hostel. Lucaston is also the starting point of the Targa Wrest Point car rally. History. The area was formerly known as Bakers Rivulet (or Creek) but late in the 19th century came to be called Lucaston after James Lucas, an early settler. Lucaston was gazetted as a locality in 1970. Geography. Mountain River, a tributary of the Huon River, forms part of the eastern boundary. Bakers Creek rises in the north-west and flows through to the river on the eastern boundary. Road infrastructure. Route C619 (Lollara Road) passes through the south-east corner. Route C645 (Lucaston Road) starts at an intersection with C619 and runs through to the north-east corner, where it exits."}, {"text": "The first season of MTV's reality dating series \"Are You the One?\", filmed in Kauai, Hawaii, premiered on MTV on January 21, 2014. Episodes. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> After filming. Baby Special and Reunion. Baby Special and Reunion aired on September 29, 2014. During this reunion, the gender of Ethan and Amber's baby was revealed to be a girl. There were also conflicts between Scali and Jacy, Shanley and Chris T, and Ryan and Adam. The end of the episode resulted in most conflicts being resolved. Jacy stated that she would be moving to New York (where Scali was based at the time) and they would take their relationship from there. Brittany told the camera that she would be taking Ryan home to meet her parents. Shanley McIntee appeared on the first season of the American version of \"Ex on the Beach\"."}, {"text": "The third season of MTV's reality dating series \"Are You the One?\" premiered on September 24, 2015. Episodes. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> After filming. Mike Crescenzo was later a cast member of the of \"The Real World\". Devin Walker-Molaghan & Rashida Beach competed on \"Are You The One?: Second Chances\". In 2017, Cheyenne Floyd gave birth to her and \"\" cast member Cory Wharton's daughter, Ryder. A year later, Floyd joined the cast of \"Teen Mom OG\" and also appeared on \"How Far Is Tattoo Far?\" On May 27, 2021, Floyd gave birth to son Ace Terrell with, now husband, Zach Davis. Nelson Thomas appeared on the second season of \"Ex on the Beach\". Devin Walker appeared on the third season. In 2020, Amanda Garcia welcomed first son Avonni with then-boyfriend Ray Reinhardt. On December 17, 2021, Connor Smith was arrested for an alleged sexual assault of a 16-year-old girl in July 2021. He was charged with rape, sexual battery, and two counts of criminal confinement. Those charges were later dropped after the victim stopped cooperating with the police. In March 2023, Smith was caught sending illicit images to an undercover police agent posing as a 15 year old girl. When he went"}, {"text": "to go meet the girl, he was spotted by police attempting to apprehend him and ran from the police. As of March 2024 Smith is still on the run and is believed to be in South Florida. \"The Challenge\". Note: Devin appeared on \"\" for an elimination"}, {"text": "Madinda Ndlovu (born 2 May 1965) is a Zimbabwean former footballer and manager currently in charge of Botswana Premier League club Gaborone United. He is generally considered one of the greatest Zimbabwean players of all time. After retiring Ndlovu began his managerial career as head coach of his boyhood club Highlanders in 1998. He first came to Botswana as the manager of Township Rollers in 2005 but lasted only two seasons before joining fellow Botswana Premier League club Nico United, helping them to a highest-ever league finish. Honours. Manager. Highlanders, 2019 Mochudi Centre Chiefs 2011-12, 2012-13 Township Rollers 2013-14 Orapa United 2015-16"}, {"text": "The fourth season of MTV's reality dating series \"Are You the One?\" premiered on June 13, 2016. Episodes. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> After filming. Asaf Goren & Kaylen Zahara, Cameron Kolbo & Mikala Thomas, Giovanni Rivera & Francesca Duncan and Morgan St. Pierre & Tori Deal returned for \"Are You The One?: Second Chances\". In addition to his appearances on MTV programs, Asaf Goren has also competed on \"So You Think You Can Dance 12\", \"\" and \"Celebrity Big Brother Israel 3\". He also appeared on \"RuPaul's Drag Race\" as a member of the Pit Crew. Cameron Kolbo appeared on the first season of \"Ex on the Beach\". \"The Challenge\". Note: Tori appeared on \"\" and \"Battle for a New Champion\" for an elimination"}, {"text": "The fifth season of MTV's reality dating series \"Are You the One?\" premiered on January 11, 2017. This season featured 2 big changes. When a couple gets sent into the truth booth to see if they are a perfect match, the rest of the house can either vote to see if they are a perfect match, or earn $150,000, and not see the result of the couple. This only will pertain to certain weeks. Also, if the house blacks out at a match-up ceremony, their money will decrease by 50% each time instead of $250,000. Progress. After the reunion, final Perfect Matches were revealed as the following: Episodes. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> After filming. Derrick Henry & Casandra Martinez, Hayden Weaver & Carolina Duarte and Mike Cerasani & Alicia Wright returned for \"Are You The One?: Second Chances\". Alicia Wright, Andre Siemens, Derrick Henry, and Taylor Selfridge appeared on the first season of \"Ex on the Beach\". Shannon Duffy appeared on the third season. Tyranny Todd appeared on the . On April 22, 2020, Selfridge and her \"Ex on the Beach\" costar Cory Wharton welcomed their first daughter, Mila Mae. A \"Teen Mom OG\" special episode was planned for the occasion, but was"}, {"text": "pulled off the air after some 2012 racially insensitive tweets from Selfridge resurfaced online. On June 1, 2022, Selfridge gave birth to the couple's second daughter, Maya Grace. On May 17, 2022, Kam Williams and \"The Challenge\" castmate Leroy Garrett welcomed son Kingston Lee. Sexual assault allegations. In April 2021, cast member Gianna Hammer alleged that one night while filming in 2016 she was drugged by production, and then later sexually assaulted by a male cast member whose name she requested be withheld. Hammer was on the prescription drug Zoloft during filming, which she usually took in the morning. Prior to the incident, while extremely intoxicated, she was in an argument with another cast member. Lighthearted Entertainment producers pulled her aside and gave her a second dosage of Zoloft \"to calm her down\". Other cast members witnessed her telling producers that she was not supposed to take the drug while drinking, something her doctors advised her about. She ended up taking it after producers convinced her by saying it wasn't a high enough dosage. The assault occurred later that night while cast members were in bed, and she ended up sharing a bed with a male cast member. Other cast"}, {"text": "members had to stop the assault from happening after hearing her say \"no\" and \"stop\". In the morning, Hammer was told by production what had occurred, and then asked if she wanted the male cast member kicked off the show. In response to Hammer's questions about the producer's thoughts, she alleged they made comments such as \"He flew all the way out here, we did all this testing for him, he has a perfect match in this house ... he\u2019d have to spend the rest of the time in a hotel by himself\". Hammer said she wasn't sure how to answer and said she didn't want to be reason he got kicked off the show, which producers took as a sign that she was okay with him staying in the house. Afterward, the male cast member was no longer allowed to sleep in the bedroom the other cast members used, and slept on the couch the rest of filming. Both the male cast member and Hammer were cut off from booze for the rest of the show which Hammer felt was a punishment for her. \"The Daily Beast\", who first reported the story, says they spoke on the record to"}, {"text": "five other cast members of the season who all confirmed parts of Hammer's story. Following filming, Hammer says she felt \"disrespected\" after she was never contacted by anyone from Lighthearted Entertainment production or MTV about the assault. Fellow castmate Hayden Weaver emailed their MTV representative Lauren Zins alerting her to Hammer's assault and questioning the situation, to which Zins replied via email with \"I am not a magician, I can't erase the past...\" Since the story was released, MTV has taken the season off of streaming platforms and stated they \"take these issues very seriously and have paused production/casting to conduct an independent investigation into the allegations, the third party production company and further review our internal safety protocols.\" Lighthearted Entertainment has denied these allegations, and claimed that \"Throughout the eight seasons of the show, no contestant has reported an incident of sexual assault to Lighthearted.\" They also state they plan to cooperate with full transparency with any investigation."}, {"text": "Apples and honey is a traditional dish served by Ashkenazi Jews on Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year's Day and the beginning of the High Holidays. History. Ancient Israelites likely did not eat apples and honey, since apples were not cultivated in the Levant at the time. Honey from wild bees is attested in the Bible and archaeologists have discovered an apiary from the 10th century BCE in Israel. However, boiled fruit syrups, such as date honey, were the more common form of honey at the time. The first known connection between apples and Rosh Hashanah is in the prayer book \"Machzor Vitry\", written in 11th-century CE France. The first known mention of apples and honey being eaten on Rosh Hashanah comes from the 14th-century legal work \"Arba'ah Turim\", which states that German Jews ate apples and honey in order to bring sweetness into the New Year. Overview. Apples and honey consists of raw apples sliced and served with a separate dish of honey. A blessing is said in Hebrew over the apples and honey, to ask for a \"Sweet New Year\", and the apple is then dipped into the honey and eaten. Dipping apples in honey is a minhag"}, {"text": "and is not dictated by the Tanakh or the Talmud. In American-Jewish culture. Ahead of Rosh Hashanah in English-speaking Ashkenazic schools, young schoolchildren learn the \"dip the apple in the honey\" song (to the tune of Oh My Darling, Clementine)."}, {"text": "If You Give a Dance You Gotta Pay the Band is a 1972 American TV movie. It was the first program shown under the umbrella \"ABC Theater\". The production (at the time referred to as a \"dramatic special\" or \"teleplay\" rather than a made-for-TV movie) was the first screen credit for Laurence Fishburne and led to him getting a role later on in the soap opera \"One Life to Live\". The teleplay first aired on ABC at 8:30pm ET on Tuesday, December 19, 1972 and was rerun on Wednesday, June 6, 1973 at 9:00pm ET. In TV listings of the era, the title was generally given as If You Give a Dance You Gotta Pay the Band without a comma. Plot. The story of ghetto boy and girl trying to raise money for the girl to visit her father in prison. It was shot on videotape in November 1972."}, {"text": "Salboni railway station is a railway station on Kharagpur\u2013Bankura\u2013Adra line in Adra railway division of South Eastern Railway zone. It is situated beside National Highway 60 at Salboni of Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Total 33 Express and Passengers trains stop at Salboni railway station. History. In 1901, the Kharagpur\u2013Midnapur Branch line was opened. The Midnapore\u2013Jharia extension of the Bengal Nagpur Railway, passing through Bankura District was opened in 1903\u201304. The Adra\u2013Bheduasol sector was electrified in 1997\u201398 and the Bheduasol\u2013Salboni sector in 1998\u201399."}, {"text": "A Brief History of Rocketry in ISRO by P. V. Manoranjan Rao and P. Radhakrishnan \u2014 both former scientists of the Indian Space Research Organization \u2014 is a book on the history of rocketry in the Indian Space Research Organisation. Published in 2012, the book was released by space scientist and former President of India A. P. J. Abdul Kalam."}, {"text": "Eduardo Brito is a Santo Domingo Metro station on Line 2. It was open on 1 April 2013 as the eastern terminus of the inaugural section of Line 2 between Mar\u00eda Montez and Eduardo Brito. On 9 August 2018 the line was extended further east to Concepci\u00f3n Bona. The station is located between Manuel de Jes\u00fas Galv\u00e1n and Ercilia Pepin. This is an underground station built below Expreso V Centenario. It is named in honor of Eduardo Brito."}, {"text": "Street Food Fighter () is a South Korean food travel reality show broadcast on tvN. The show follows chef host Baek Jong-won introducing and trying local street foods around the world. Season 1 was aired on Mondays on tvN at 11 p.m. (KST) from 23 April 2018 to 11 June 2018. Season 2 was aired on Sundays on tvN at 10.40 p.m. (KST) from 22 September 2019 to 24 November 2019. Episodes and ratings. In the ratings below, the highest rating for the show will be in red, and the lowest rating for the show will be in blue each year."}, {"text": "Bulgaria was set to be represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with the song \"Tears Getting Sober\" written by Victoria Georgieva, Borislav Milanov, Lukas Oscar Janisch and Cornelia Wiebols. The song was performed by Victoria, which is the artistic name of singer Victoria Georgieva. In October 2019, the Bulgarian broadcaster Bulgarian National Television (BNT) announced that they would be returning to the Eurovision Song Contest after a one-year absence following their withdrawal in 2019 due to financial difficulties. On 25 November 2019, the broadcaster announced that Victoria had been selected to compete at the 2019 contest in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The song that Victoria competed with, \"Tears Getting Sober\", was also internally selected and was presented to the public on 7 March 2020. Bulgaria was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 14 May 2020. However, the contest was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Background. Prior to the 2020 contest, Bulgaria had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest twelve times since its first entry in . The nation achieved their best result in the contest in 2017 with the song \"Beautiful Mess\" performed by Kristian Kostov, which placed second. To"}, {"text": "this point, only four Bulgarian entries had managed to have qualified to the Eurovision final; the nation had failed to qualify to the final with their other eight entries. In 2018, Equinox and their song \"Bones\" qualified to the final and placed fourteenth. The Bulgarian national broadcaster, Bulgarian National Television (BNT), broadcasts the event within Bulgaria and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. In the past, BNT had alternated between both internal selections and national finals in order to select the Bulgarian entry. In October 2018, the Bulgarian broadcaster announced that the country would not participate in 2019 citing financial difficulties as the reason for their decision. Following their one-year absence, BNT confirmed Bulgaria's participation in the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest on 31 October 2019. For their 2020 entry, the broadcaster internally selected the Bulgarian entry, a selection procedure that was used between 2016 and 2018. Before Eurovision. Internal selection. On 25 November 2019, BNT announced during a press conference that they had internally selected Victoria Georgieva to represent Bulgaria in Rotterdam. Victoria previously participated in the fourth season of \"X Factor Bulgaria\" where she placed sixth. Her song \"Tears Getting Sober\" was internally selected and presented on"}, {"text": "7 March 2020 through the release of the official music video via the official Eurovision Song Contest's YouTube channel. The song was written by members of the songwriting team Symphonix International which had been responsible for the Bulgarian entries from 2016 onwards: Borislav Milanov, Lukas Oscar Janisch, Cornelia Wiebols, as well as Victoria herself. In regards to the song, Victoria stated: \"It tells a story about overcoming your fears and pain and moving forward. We don't speak often about the mental health problems our generation faces and this song aims to inspire them and to give them hope.\" At Eurovision. According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the \"Big Five\" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. On 28 January 2020, a special allocation draw was held which placed each country into one"}, {"text": "of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show they would perform in. Bulgaria was placed into the second semi-final, to be held on 14 May 2020, and was scheduled to perform in the second half of the show. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the contest was cancelled. Prior to the Eurovision Song Celebration YouTube broadcast in place of the semi-finals, it was revealed that Bulgaria was set to perform in position 17, following the entry from Georgia and before the entry from Latvia."}, {"text": "Zakobyaykino () is a rural locality (a village) in Markovskoye Rural Settlement, Vologodsky District, Vologda Oblast, Russia. The population was 2 as of 2002. Geography. Zakobyaykino is located 26 km southeast of Vologda (the district's administrative centre) by road. Yakovlevo is the nearest rural locality."}, {"text": "Zakryshkino () is a rural locality (a village) in Leskovskoye Rural Settlement, Vologodsky District, Vologda Oblast, Russia. The population was 37 as of 2002. Geography. Zakryshkino is located 16 km southwest of Vologda (the district's administrative centre) by road. Smolyevo is the nearest rural locality."}, {"text": "Yang Enze (; 20 October 1919 \u2013 9 October 2019) was a Chinese telecommunications engineer who served as Chief Engineer of Wuhan Post and Telecommunications Institute and President of the Institute of Fiber-Optic Technology at Tianjin University. He led the development of the \"82 Project\", China's first fiber-optic communication system that was approved for practical use. He won the National Science Congress Award in 1978 and the State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class) in 1985. Early life and education. Yang was born on 20 October 1919 in Raoping County, Guangdong, Republic of China. He was admitted to Wuhan University in 1937, shortly before the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War. Before Wuhan fell to the invading Japanese Army, the university evacuated to Leshan in Sichuan province, where Yang and his fellow students studied in between Japanese bombing raids. He earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in telecommunications in 1941 and 1943, respectively. Career. After graduation, Yang taught at Wuhan University, Sun Yat-sen University, Nankai University, Tianjin University, and Beijing Institute of Posts and Telecommunications. In 1974, he transferred to , where he led the research project of \"quasi-millimeter-wave spatial telecommunication system\". It won the 1978 National Science Congress"}, {"text": "Award. He later became chief engineer of the institute. In 1978, Yang was appointed chief engineer of the \"82 Project\" and tasked with building China's first fiber-optic communication system. The system, spanning , would link the districts of Wuchang and Hankou of Wuhan, which are separated by the Yangtze river. Fiber-optic communication was a new technology at the time and there had been no prior research in the field in China. Yang and his colleagues overcame many technical difficulties, including the loss of signals and limitation in the length of the optical fibre. The system was approved by the Chinese government for practical use in 1982, the first in the country. The project laid the foundation for the rapid development of the fiber-optic industry in China, and fiber-optic communication systems were subsequently built in many other cities. The project won the State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class) in 1985, as well as provincial and ministerial awards. Yang returned to Tianjin University in 1985 to serve as President of the Institute of Fiber-Optic Technology, where he built the first fiber-optic laboratory in the city of Tianjin. He retired from the position in 1988, but kept teaching at the university"}, {"text": "until the age of 99 (100 in East Asian age reckoning). In 2005, Yang donated 300,000 yuan to construct a science building at the central primary school of his hometown Raoping County. Over his remaining years, he also donated about 500,000 yuan to help needy students in Raoping. Personal life. Yang played tennis until he was 93 and taught till the last year of his life. He attributed his longevity to exercise and persistence. He had a son, Yang Shi (). Yang died from cerebral hemorrhage on 9 October 2019, 11 days before his 100th birthday."}, {"text": "Zalomaikha () is a rural locality (a village) in Kubenskoye Rural Settlement, Vologodsky District, Vologda Oblast, Russia. The population was 12 as of 2002. Geography. Zalomaikha is located 56 km northwest of Vologda (the district's administrative centre) by road. Kosyakovo is the nearest rural locality."}, {"text": "Jarrod Douglas McKay (born 8 June 2000) is a New Zealand cricketer. He made his first-class debut on 30 October 2019, for Central Districts in the 2019\u201320 Plunket Shield season. He made his List A debut on 1 December 2020, for Central Districts in the 2020\u201321 Ford Trophy. He made his Twenty20 debut on 6 January 2023, for the Otago Volts in the 2022\u201323 Men's Super Smash. McKay was educated at Nelson College from 2014 to 2018."}, {"text": "Raymond Lawrence Toole (born 30 October 1997) is a New Zealand cricketer, who is a left-arm medium bowler. He plays for Central Districts in domestic cricket. He made his first-class debut on 30 October 2019, for Central Districts in the 2019\u201320 Plunket Shield season. He made his List A debut on 17 November 2019, for Central Districts in the 2019\u201320 Ford Trophy. He made his Twenty20 debut for Central Districts, on 27 December 2022, against Wellington in the 2022\u201323 Men's Super Smash. On 4 April 2023, he took his best bowling figures of 7 for 57 against Auckland, helping his team to win the match by 188 runs and clinch their 12th Plunket Shield title."}, {"text": "FVG Project (, PFVG) was a centre-right political party active in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. The party was launched in 2017 and originally led by entrepreneur Sergio Bini, Ferruccio Saro and Marco Pottino. Saro was a former member of the Italian Socialist Party, Forza Italia and the People of Freedom, while Pottino was a former leader of Lega Nord Friuli-Venezia Giulia. The party was long led by Mauro Di Bert as president and Sergio Bini as coordinator. In the 2018 Friuli-Venezia Giulia regional election, the party obtained 6.3% of the vote and three regional councillors. Subsequently, Bini was appointed regional minister of Productive Activities and Tourism in the government led by Massimiliano Fedriga of Lega FVG. In the Regional Council, PFVG formed a joint group with Responsible Autonomy, a regional liberal-conservative party. In the run-up of the 2023 Friuli-Venezia Giulia regional election, Bini decided to dissolve the FVG Project and merge into \"Fedriga for President\", the civic list supporting Fedriga. Two FVG Project members, Di Bert and Edy Morandini, were re-elected to the Regional Council."}, {"text": "Penelope Anne Mountjoy was an archaeologist from the United Kingdom who specializes in Mycenaean ceramics. Mountjoy has written several books and received numerous awards and fellowships to continue her research on Greek pottery. Education. Mountjoy undertook a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in classics at the University of Bristol and a Master of Philosophy (MPhil) degree from the University of London before returning to Bristol for her PhD. She is a member of the British School at Athens. Career and Honours. Mountjoy was a recipient of a Seymour Gitin Distinguished Professor Fellowship from the Albright Institute of Archaeological Research in 2014 to study Mycenaean decorated pottery in Cyprus and the South Levant. She has also obtained the Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship, Glassman Hall Fellowship, and was elected as a Corresponding Member of the German Archaeological Institute. On 5 May 1988 she was also elected as a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London (FSA) Mountjoy is currently working on Mycenaean Pottery IIIC (1200-1050) in Cyprus, Turkey and Israel. She is also an experienced draftsman and uses that skill to teach students through \"College Year in Athens\". Her book, \"Mycenaean Pottery: An Introduction\" is streamlined for accessibility by introducing the"}, {"text": "topic and backing it up with a brief description of archaeological and historical background. At the time this book was the most up to date and available books on the topic. While a later book, \"Troy 9: Troy VI Middle, VI Late and VII. The Mycenaean Pottery\" targets a more experienced audience by presenting the pottery using stratigraphy and details of excavation."}, {"text": "Micha\u0142 Garbocz (born March 12, 1973) is a Polish former professional ice hockey forward. Garbocz played in the Polska Hokej Liga for KKH Katowice, TH Unia O\u015bwi\u0119cim and GKS Tychy. He also played in the French Ligue Magnus for Anglet Hormadi \u00c9lite from 2001 to 2007. He also played in the 2002 World Ice Hockey Championships for Poland. He is the younger brother of Dariusz Garbocz who played in the 1992 Winter Olympics for Poland."}, {"text": "Alimata Salemb\u00e9r\u00e9 (born 1942) is a Burkinabe film administrator, civil servant and politician. She was a founding member of the film festival FESPACO, and served as its General Secretary from 1982 to 1984. She was a Minister of Culture in Burkina Faso from 1987 to 1991. Life. Alimata Salemb\u00e9r\u00e9 was born November 9, 1942, in Bobo-Dioulasso. After gaining a BA in modern literature and a professional degree in television production, she started working for Radio T\u00e9l\u00e9vision du Burkina. She was a co-founder of FESPACO in 1969, and president of its first organizing committee. From 1976 to 1980 Salemb\u00e9r\u00e9 was a press officer at the African and Malagasy Common Organization (OCAM). From 1982 to 1984 she was secretary general of FESPACO, and from 1983 to 1986 she was press secretary at the Burkina Faso Embassy in Paris. She was appointed secretary general of the Ministry of Information from 1986 to 1987, and Minister of Culture from 1987 to 1991. From 1992 to 1999 she was Director General of the Agency of Cultural and Technical Cooperation (ACCT)."}, {"text": "Major General John Curtis Hartley, (born 5 January 1943) is an Australian defence and intelligence strategist and a retired officer of the Australian Army. He joined the army via the Royal Military College, Duntroon in 1962, was commissioned into the Royal Australian Infantry Corps and spent much of his career in military intelligence. He twice deployed on operations during the Vietnam War, during which he was Mentioned in Despatches on two occasions and seriously wounded, and commanded the Albury\u2013Wodonga Military Area and the Army Apprentices' School (1984\u201387). He served as General Officer Commanding Training Command (1991\u201392), Director of the Defence Intelligence Organisation (1992\u201395), Deputy Chief of Army (1995\u201398), and Land Commander Australia (1998\u201300). Since his retirement from the army in 2000, Hartley has been involved in community and veterans' organisations and is an active contributor to discussion on defence and strategic issues. Early life. John Curtis Hartley was born in Cardiff, Wales, on 5 January 1943 to Dorothy Ann Prosser and John Curtis Hartley. The family settled in Australia in 1953, where Hartley was educated at Nambour State High School on Queensland's Sunshine Coast. He later obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Queensland. Military career. Hartley"}, {"text": "entered the Royal Military College, Duntroon as an Australian Army officer cadet in February 1962. On graduation, he was commissioned a lieutenant in the Royal Australian Infantry Corps on 15 December 1965 and posted to a platoon command in the 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR). Shortly after, 5RAR was mobilised for deployment to Vietnam. The battalion underwent three months of rigorous training prior to emplaning for Vietnam, arriving on 8 May. Within two weeks, Hartley and 5RAR were engaged in active operations. Alongside the United States 503rd Infantry Regiment and the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, 5RAR took part in Operation Hardihood to clear an area in Ph\u01b0\u1edbc Tuy Province to establish Nui Dat, a base of operations for the 1st Australian Task Force. Hartley was twice Mentioned in Despatches for his distinguished performance in Vietnam. Hartley returned from Vietnam in May 1967 and was posted as aide-de-camp to the General Officer Commanding Northern Command in Brisbane. He was advanced to temporary captain on 24 July that year, appointed General Staff Officer (Grade 3) Operations at headquarters 6th Task Force in 1968, and made substantive captain from 15 December 1969. In April 1970 he returned to Vietnam for a"}, {"text": "second tour, this time as a military advisor with the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam. In this capacity, Hartley was a Senior Advisor to a battalion of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam. He was seriously wounded while operating in Ph\u01b0\u1edbc Tuy Province on 21 March 1971 and was evacuated to Australia on 5 April, but in recognition of his service Hartley was awarded a Cross of Gallantry from the South Vietnamese government, as well as an Army Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster and \"V\" device and an Air Medal from the United States. In 1973, Hartley was appointed adjutant of the Australian Army Intelligence Centre in Woodside, South Australia, and advanced to temporary major from 3 August. He was posted as Staff Officer (Grade 2) Operations and Intelligence to the 4th Military District in 1974, confirmed in the rank of major on 15 December 1975, and appointed a senior instructor at the School of Military Intelligence in Canungra, Queensland, from 1976. Hartley was posted on a two-year exchange with the United States Army Pacific, based in Hawaii, from 1977. He returned to Australia with a second oak leaf cluster to his Army Commendation Medal and, on 15"}, {"text": "January 1980, was made temporary lieutenant colonel and appointed to the directing staff of the Army Command and Staff College. His rank was made substantive from 14 July the same year. Hartley was appointed as Staff Officer (Grade 1) Operations at the headquarters 1st Division in 1981, made Deputy Director of Military Intelligence at Australian Army headquarters in Canberra in 1983 and, promoted colonel on 17 December 1984, was posted as Commander of the Albury\u2013Wodonga Military Area and Commandant of the Army Apprentices' School. For his performance in the latter command, Hartley was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in the 1987 Birthday Honours. He completed the course at the United States Army War College in 1987\u201388 and, with the rank of brigadier, was posted as Military Secretary at Australian Army headquarters from 1988. As a major general, Hartley was appointed General Officer Commanding Training Command in 1991, advanced to an Officer of the Order of Australia in the Birthday Honours the following June, and succeeded Major General John Baker as Director of the Defence Intelligence Organisation in 1992. After three years as head of Australia's military intelligence agency, he was appointed Deputy Chief of Army in 1995."}, {"text": "In 1998, Hartley was awarded a Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany and made Land Commander Australia; his final military appointment before he retired in 2000 after 38 years of military service. Post-military life. Since retiring from the army, Hartley has been active in community and veterans' organisations and a contributor to research on defence and strategic issues. He has lectured on geo-strategic issues at the University of Queensland and Griffith University, has published on military and strategic matters in a range of newspapers and defence magazines, and was the commentator on SBS television and ABC Radio National for the initial phase of the Iraq War in 2003. He was also appointed National President of the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam Association in 2000, President of the National Rifle Association of Australia in 2006, and Chairman of the Battle Honours Committee in 2007. He has been Institute Director and CEO of the strategic research institute Future Directions International since 2009, and is on the board of Soils for Life, an organisation that promotes regenerative landscape management practices. Hartley has two daughters, and lives in the Perth suburb of Nedlands, Western Australia."}, {"text": "Cooroo Lands is a rural locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Cooroo Lands had \"no people or a very low population\". Demographics. In the , Cooroo Lands had \"no people or a very low population\". In the , Cooroo Lands had \"no people or a very low population\"."}, {"text": "Pachylocerus sulcatus is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It is found in Southeast Asia from northeastern India to Vietnam."}, {"text": "Philippe d'Aquin born Mordekha\u00ef Crescas (often Italianate in Judah Mordecai) (Carpentras, 1578 - Paris, 1650), was a French physician, hebraist, philologist and orientalist. Biography. He was born at Carpentras in the Province of Provence about 1578 and died in Paris in 1650. Son of a Jewish second-hand dealer, his original name was Mordekha\u00ef Crescas (or Mardoch\u00e9e Cresque) and early in life, he left his native town to study medicine for a few years without ever obtaining a degree. He was excommunicated from his religious community for having disregarded the obligation on Saturday and for this reason, went to Aquino, where he became converted to Catholic Church and changed his name to Philippe d'Aquin. In 1610 he went to Paris and was appointed by Louis XIII professor of the Hebrew and Aramaic language at the Royal College. He also worked as a doctor with Marie de Medici and Concino Concini and was mentioned among the accusers in the proceedings for \"the crime of Judaism\". In 1617, d'Aquin was a witness for the prosecution in the trial against Concini, Marquis d'Ancre, and his wife L\u00e9onora Galigai in whose household he had occupied some subordinate position for witchcraft and \"Jewishness\". D'Aquin is the"}, {"text": "father of Louis-Henri d'Aquin (or Daquin), and founded a dynasty which gave in particular doctors of the king and bishops. Particularly relevant was his grandson Antoine d'Aquin who was Louis XIV's personal physician. He became particularly famous for his philological works which concern the Hebrew language and the rabbinical and Kabbalistic traditions. D'Aquin participated in the development of the polyglot Bible by Guy Michel Lejay, produced between 1628 and 1645, dedicating himself in particular to the writing of the New Testament in Hebrew. External links. Its bibliography:"}, {"text": "Nerada is a rural locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Nerada had a population of 88 people. Geography. The locality is bounded to the west, north-west, north, north-east, and east by the Johnstone River. Palmerston Rocks National Park is in the south-east of the locality. Apart from the national park, the land use is predominantly growing crops, including sugarcane and bananas with some grazing on native vegetation. History. The locality takes its name from the former Nerada railway station () on the Innisfail Tramway. The name is believed to be an Aboriginal word from the Mamoo language meaning \"grass country\". In May 1936, the Queensland Government decided to construct a school at Nerada. Nerada State School opened on 11 February 1937. It closed in 1945. It was located at approximately 334 Nerada Road (). About 1951, the school building was relocated to Woopen Creek State School. In 1958, Dr Allan Maruff started the first commercial tea plantings in Australia since 1886 in the Nerada valley, south of Cairns, Queensland, using seedlings from the former Cutten brothers plantation at Bingil Bay. In 1969, Tea Estates of Australia (TEA) commenced tea planting adjacent to the Nerada plantation."}, {"text": "In 1971, Nerada Tea Estates (NTE) opened Australia's first commercial tea factory. In 1973, TEA purchased NTE, ceased selling bulk tea and marketed the tea under the Nerada brand. After a number of problems in the 1980s, the original Nerada tea plantation was sold to banana farmers. Demographics. In the , Nerada had a population of 97 people. In the , Nerada had a population of 88 people. Education. There are no schools in Nerada. The nearest government primary school is Mundoo State School in Wangan to the east. The nearest government secondary school is Innisfail State College in Innisfail Estate to the north-east."}, {"text": "Sir Luigi Camilleri was the chief justice of Malta from 1952 to 1957."}, {"text": "Sebastiano Giuseppe Locati (20 January 1861, in Milan \u2013 7 October 1939, in Milan) was an Italian architect. He became famous at the turn of the twentieth century for his efforts in designing structures in eclectic and Art Nouveau styles. Life and career. Born to Francesco Locati and Angela Fossati, he studied at the Accademia di Brera, where he was a pupil of Camillo Boito and Carlo Formenti. After completing his studies in 1881, he won the Oggioni Competition for a two-year post-graduate course in Rome, after which he moved to Paris, where he enrolled in the Acad\u00e9mie des Beaux-Arts and where he updated his artistic knowledge, nurturing his eclectic taste. His career began in 1885 when he collaborated as an assistant with Luca Beltrami and Giovanni Ceruti in designing the Sartorelli house on the via Torino in Milan. [2] There, Locati built several eclectic buildings for private clients, including the Casa Rigamonti at 24 via Solferino (1889\u201390), the Casa dei fratelli Reininghaus (later raised) on the Corso Genova at the corner of the Piazzale Cantore (1895\u201396), and the house of the sculptor Odoardo Tabacchi (1902). [3] In 1899 he obtained an appointment as a professor at the University of"}, {"text": "Pavia, where he taught decoration and architecture, architectural composition and practical architecture until 1935. He also held the post of commissioner of the Conservative Commission of Monuments for Lombardy under the direction of the architect Gaetano Moretti. Locati reached the peak of his professional career in 1906, when he was in charge of the general artistic direction of the section set up at the Parco Sempione of the great Milan International Exhibition, dedicated to the opening of the new Simplon railway tunnel. For the fair he designed the main entrance with an elliptical configuration with the reproduction of the two entrances to the tunnel, some pavilions, the entrance and pavilion of the National Exhibition of Fine Arts and the Aquarium building, in which the references to the Vienna Secession are clearly evident. He is buried at the Cimitero Monumentale di Milano in Milan."}, {"text": "Qian Weiping (; born 1963) is a Chinese military scientist and a former major general in the People's Liberation Army (PLA). An expert in space tracking, telemetry and command, he served as President of and Deputy Director of the Equipment Development Department of the Central Military Commission. In July 2019, he was placed under investigation by the PLA's anti-corruption agency. Education. Qian was born in the town of Yicheng, Yixing, Jiangsu in 1963. He graduated from National University of Defense Technology. Career. In March 2016, he became the head of Information System Bureau of Equipment Development Department of the Central Military Commission. In April 2019, he was appointed deputy director of Equipment Development Department of the Central Military Commission, which oversaw the design of the space programme's telemetry, tracking and command systems for China's manned space program and the Chang'e 1 and Chang'e 2 lunar exploration programs. Investigation. In July 2019, he was placed under investigation by the PLA's anti-corruption agency."}, {"text": "Victorine is a four-act detective opera by the british conceptual artists Art & Language. It was created in English in the summer of 1983 and published in the collective's journal, Art-Language, volume 5, n\u00b02 of March 1984. The French translation of the opera was first published in 1993 by the Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume on the occasion of the Art & Language exhibition. Argument. The action takes place in France, in Paris, at the end of the 19th century. This is a police investigation in which dream and illusion play an important role. Several women have been murdered. Gustave Courbet and \u00c9douard Manet are the two main suspects. Act I. In Paris 1865, in a police station, a vast rectangular room, Inspector Denis is leaning against a long counter. A second police officer is sitting in front of a desk. They're talking. Behind the counter, we see people who are constantly being marginalized and mistreated by the police. Inspector Denis describes the lifeless body of a young girl who has just been murdered. His identity is unknown. Inspector Denis decided to investigate in a place where the young girl was dating: the Caf\u00e9 Vingt-et-Un. In this caf\u00e9, the"}, {"text": "customers are demi-mondaines, left-winged and strolling people with questionable morals. Inspector Denis shows Victorine Meurend a picture of the body, which, horrified, identifies her friend Virginie. Victorine denounces the Inspector's contempt for the demi-mondaines women of which she is a member: At the police station, Sergeant Nozi\u00e8re and Inspector Denis linked this murder to a series of murders of young women. They speculate in order to find the motive for the crimes and the culprit. They allude to several works of art: Gustave Courbet's Les Demoiselles des Bords de la Seine and Manet's Olympia. They decide to question their informer, Picas Osebracs. Act II. At the police station, Inspector Denis, Sergeant Nozi\u00e8re and a second police officer observe various images. They're still looking for the motive for the crime. The second police officer takes a photograph and shows it to Inspector Denis as if he was showing a drawing to a connoisseur. Allusion to Fran\u00e7ois Boucher's La Toilette de V\u00e9nus. Conversation between Picas Osebracs, Inspector Denis and Sergeant Nozi\u00e8re. Picas Osebracs reveals to Inspector Denis that the murdered girl was not a prostitute but a model who posed for painters. A certain Jean Fils sends a ticket to Inspector Denis"}, {"text": "because he wants to meet him at 11 a.m. at the Caf\u00e9 Vingt-et-Un. Inspector Denis decides to go there incognito. Jean Fils introduced himself with a girl. Jean Fils insinuates to Inspector Denis that Courbet is the guilty party. At the police station, at dawn, Inspector Denis asked his collaborators if they had found any clues about Courbet. In a file he discovers a writing from him: \"Work it out who can!\", an allusion to a letter from Courbet to his friend Louis Fran\u00e7ais in 1855 in which he refers to the painter's studio. Inspector Denis decides to go to Courbet's workshop. Act III. In a dark street in Paris, Inspector Denis and Sergeant Nozi\u00e8re are hidden in order to watch the entrance to Gustave Courbet's workshop. Sergeant Nozi\u00e8re evokes the notoriety of Courbet's work. Inspector Denis believes that these are political crimes executed by the Republicans. A man and a peasant holding a scythe enter. They mumble an unintelligible foreign language. Inspector Denis visits Courbet's workshop, which he entered without knocking. He decides to pretend to be the fire chief: Inspector R. Janvin Rambrent. This is an allusion to the painting Firemen running at the fire by Courbet. Begins"}, {"text": "a conversation between the painter and Inspector Denis. Courbet declares: Inspector Denis shows him a search warrant. He wants to search his workshop. Courbet unmasked Inspector Denis and discovered that he was a police officer. The Inspector asked him what his alibi was for the night of June 2, 1858. Courbet replied that he was hunting in Frankfurt. He then asked him for his alibi for February 10, 1849. Courbet states that he was then in Amsterdam. Finally, Inspector Denis asked him for his alibi for March 10 ten years earlier. Courbet replied that he was in Ornans where he was realising a painting from his studio. Inspector Denis returns to the police station. A police report mentions Manet's name. In Manet's studio, he and his friend Mr Barbin contemplate Olympia. Inspector Denis broke into the studio and listened to them in secret. Inspector Denis then asked Manet to provide an alibi. Manet says he was painting. Victorine Meurend has to join him to pose in his studio. Courbet shows Inspector Denis the painting in his workshop. We see a woman lying there, Olympia. Confused, the Inspector sees in Olympia's painting a projection of the murder that Manet intends to"}, {"text": "commit. For him, Victorine is in danger of death. Jean Fils arrives in Manet's studio. He describes Victorine as an embodiment of modernity: Finally, Inspector Denis excludes Manet as a suspect. Act IV. Victorine Meurend talks with her friend Marianne Bricaf\u00e8re in her apartment at 17 rue Ma\u00eetre-Albert. They talk about their friend Virginie's sad fate. The janitor enters and tells Victorine that the police are looking for her because she would be in danger of death. The act ends with an aria \"What can I say to these crazy police?\" in which Victorine concludes by saying that the crime is that of jouissance. Musical score. Victorine's musical score is written by Mayo Thompson, leader of the American experimental rock group Red Krayola who has been collaborating regularly with Art & Language since the 1970s. It remains unfinished to this day. Opera performances. Initially, Victorine was to be performed in the city of Cassel, Germany for documenta 7 in 1982 and shown alongside Art & Language Studio at 3 Wesley Place; Painted by Actors. The performance was to be filmed by a German television channel, but the project was not successful. A unique performance of Victorine's Act IV was given"}, {"text": "in 2012, during the biennale of the Whitney Museum of American Art, where Felix Bernstein performed Victorine and Gabe Rubin, his friend Marianne Bricaf\u00e8re. A capture of this representation is shown at the Ch\u00e2teau de Montsoreau - Museum of Contemporary Art in the hanging of the museum's permanent collection."}, {"text": "The 2016 Junior Africa Cup for Nations was an international field hockey competition held from 18 to 28 March 2016 in Windhoek, Namibia. The tournament served as a direct qualifier for the 2016 Junior World Cup, with the winner and runner-up qualifying."}, {"text": "Zaonikiyevo () is a rural locality (a passing loop) in Prilukskoye Rural Settlement, Vologodsky District, Vologda Oblast, Russia. The population was 3 as of 2002. Geography. Zaonikiyevo is located 14 km north of Vologda (the district's administrative centre) by road. Semenkovo-2 is the nearest rural locality."}, {"text": "Zaprudka () is a rural locality (a village) in Spasskoye Rural Settlement, Vologodsky District, Vologda Oblast, Russia. The population was 19 as of 2002. Geography. Zaprudka is located 29 km south of Vologda (the district's administrative centre) by road. Volkovo is the nearest rural locality."}, {"text": "Karen Aplin is a British atmospheric and space physicist. She is currently a professor at the University of Bristol. Aplin has made significant contributions to interdisciplinary aspects of space and terrestrial science, in particular the importance of electrical effects on planetary atmospheres. She was awarded the 2021 James Dungey Lectureship of the Royal Astronomical Society. Education and research career. After attending The High School, Gloucester, Aplin completed a BSc in Natural Sciences at Durham University in 1997. She was president of Durham University Orchestral Society and received the Norah C. Bowes bequest for the arts. She completed her PhD in experimental atmospheric physics in the Department of Meteorology at the University of Reading in 2000. She took up research posts at the University of Hertfordshire and the STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, working on aspects of space and atmospheric instrumentation, before becoming head of the physics laboratories at Oxford University in 2009. In 2018 she moved to the University of Bristol. Work on atmospheric electricity. Aplin's research has focussed on innovative instrumentation as applied to problems in space and atmospheric science, in particular electrical effects and measurements. She currently maintains the Snowdon space-weather observatory. She has performed experimental work on the"}, {"text": "atmospheric effects of ions formed by cosmic rays, but has been keen to stress that the formed \"particles are too small to act as cloud condensation nuclei\", and thus there is unlikely to be a strong cosmic-ray link to global cloud cover. Her work on atmospheric electricity also extends to the link between volcanoes, lightning and radon gas, and to other solar system bodies, in particular the ultraviolet and galactic cosmic ray effects on Neptune's atmosphere. In a similarly interdisciplinary spirit, Aplin has researched the influence of the climate and weather on western orchestral composers. Awards and recognition. 2021: James Dungey Lectureship of the Royal Astronomical Society. 2019: Visiting professor at the University of Bath (previously visiting senior research fellow) 2015 \u2013 present: Editor of the Journal of Electrostatics 2009 \u2013 present: Editor for the open-access journal History of Geo- and Space Sciences"}, {"text": "The Heathrow Terminal 5 Transit is an automated people mover system (APM) at London Heathrow Airport in the United Kingdom. It operates in the Heathrow Terminal 5 complex and conveys air passengers between the main airport terminal and its satellite buildings, Terminals 5B and 5C. History. The Terminal 5 APM transit came into operation at the opening of Terminal 5 in 2008. It was the first ever deployment of the Innovia APM 200 vehicle. Initially the system had two stops, running between the main Terminal 5A and Terminal 5B, operated with two 3-car APM trains. In 2011, the line was extended to Terminal 5C and APM fleet was initially expanded to nine then later to ten vehicles. Route. The Heathrow Terminal 5 APM vehicles run in a dual-lane tunnel totalling in length. The Transit System has three stations: the main Terminal 5A building (Gates A1-A23), Terminal 5B (Gates B32-B48), and Terminal 5C (Gates C52-C66). The people movers operate exclusively \"airside\", meaning that the system can only be accessed by passengers who have first passed through airport security. A completely separate personal rapid transit system, the London Heathrow Terminal 5 PRT, operates \"landside\" between the car parks and Terminal 5. Vehicles."}, {"text": "The transit system is run with a small fleet of ten Bombardier Innovia APM 200 vehicles which convey over 6,500 passengers per hour in each direction."}, {"text": "Cynthia McClain-Hill (born Cynthia McClain; November 10, 1957) is an American lawyer, policy strategist, and co-founder of Strategic Counsel, PLC. McClain-Hill represents clients engaged in significant real estate development efforts or other land use related matters, provides counsel on a variety of public-private partnerships, and is recognized as one of California\u2019s \u201cSuper Lawyers\u201d. McClain-Hill has served on multiple public and private sector boards and regulatory commissions including Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners, California Coastal Commission, the California Fair Political Practices Commission, Community Redevelopment Agency Commission, and the CalEPA Environmental Justice Advisory Working Group. Biography. McClain-Hill attended the University of California Los Angeles, graduating in 1978 with a Bachelor of Arts Political Science and completed her Juris Doctor from UCLA's School of Law three years later. She was the UCLA Student Body President and First Vice President of the Class of 1976-1977. In 1995, McClain-Hill was working at CS First Boston when her entire Public Finance Department was laid off. Following the lay-off, McClain-Hill start her own practice, McClain-Hill & Associates, now known as Strategic Counsel, PLC. She calls this move in her life as her becoming an \u201caccidental entrepreneur\u201d. McClain-Hill was appointed"}, {"text": "to the City of Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency Commission in 1993. She has worked in the Small and Local Business Advisory Commission, the Los Angeles Mayor's Economic Advisory Council, and appointed to the California Coastal Commission by former California Governor Gray Davis in March 1999. She was also one of five co-chairs for his transition team after his election to office. On August 3, 2016, McClain-Hill was sworn in as a member of the Los Angeles Police Commission after being nominated by Mayor Eric Garcetti McClain-Hill is one of two black commissioners, as well as its third female member. In 2018, after concluding her time with the Los Angeles Police Commission, McClain-Hill was confirmed into the Board of Commissioners of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power by the Los Angeles City Council on August 16, 2018. As appointed by Mayor Eric Garcetti, she will serve a four-year term and replaced former Board Vice-President William W. Funderburk, Jr. Achievements and awards. In an annual survey of more than 65,000 of her peers, McClain-Hill was named one of Southern California\u2019s \u201cSuper Lawyers\u201d, from 2005 to 2007 and 2013-2015. McClain-Hill was the 2008 - 2009 National President of the National"}, {"text": "Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO). She was also the former president of the Los Angeles chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO-LA) from 1999 to 2001. McClain-Hill is a recipient of the U.S. Small Business Administration's \"Women in Business Advocate Award\" from NAWBO, the first annual \"Ruth Standish Baldwin Award\" from the Greater Sacramento Urban League, and the \"Thurgood Marshall Award\" from Minorities in Business Magazine. Personal life. Cynthia McClain-Hill is married with two children."}, {"text": "Nerada Tea is an Australian company that produces tea and coffee. The company is Australia's largest tea producer. History. In 1886, four brothers, James, Leonard, Sidney and Herbert Cutten selected a patch of land on the coast north of Mission Beach at Bingil Bay. They named their new property \"Bicton\" and set about the hard, tedious work of turning dense forest into productive land. The brothers had not brought about that transformation entirely by their own labour, but had established good relations with the local Aboriginal people and enlisted their help. The Cuttens planted tea as well as coffee but could not persuade their local labour force to undertake the constant picking cycle necessary for successful tea production. They had much greater success with their coffee, installing their own coffee mill and marketing the product successfully under their brand name of \"Bicton Coffee\". The Cutten brothers prospered, extending their homestead and improving the property with a sawmill and a wooden railway line from the sawmill to the large stone breakwater that served as their wharf and as shelter for their boats. They negotiated disasters and setbacks. A cyclone in 1890 caused serious damage and there was drought and subsequent fires"}, {"text": "in 1902. Acres of coffee trees were destroyed and Herbert Cutten was badly burned. James Cutten eventually sold his share to his brothers and went to live in Cairns where he worked as a draftsman. The brothers lost most of their labour force when the Queensland Government moved to relocate the Aboriginal population onto settlements and limit the numbers that were able to be employed. Then there was another cyclone in 1911. The outbreak of World War I was the beginning of the end for the Cutten brothers' enterprise. Most of the ships that plied the coast, which the brothers relied on for shipping their produce, were seconded for war service, but the final blow came in the form of the great cyclone of 1918. Two cyclones battered the Queensland coast in that year, the first devastating Rockhampton and Mackay in January. The second cyclone struck in March and was one of the most powerful storms to ever cross Queensland coast. The town of Innisfail was almost totally demolished and to the south, in Bingil Bay and Mission Beach, the winds were accompanied by a massive tidal surge that swept away the huge stone breakwater when it crashed against the"}, {"text": "cliff below the homestead. Practically the whole estate was destroyed. The brothers, who were by then in their sixties, rebuilt their home, but the orchards and coffee plantations were never restored. The jungle was left to reclaim the estate until, in the 1950s, a legacy of the Cutten brothers and their Bicton estate was rediscovered by Dr Allan Maruff, a doctor, born in India in 1911 and educated at the University of Calcutta. Maruff had settled in Innisfail and, after years of successful medical practice, he was taken with the idea of growing tea. His wife's family had a home at Darjeeling and she noted the resemblance of the country around Innisfail to that famous tea growing area of India. Some time in the 1950s, Maruff searched for and found the Cutten brothers' estate and, within the rainforest, was the remnant of the unsuccessful tea plantation that had been let to grow wild. The original tea plants had grown into very large trees with an undergrowth of tea plants and seedlings growing from the seed from the large trees. Maruff collected hundreds of seeds and seedlings, which he planted in a nursery behind his surgery. In 1958, Maruff started the"}, {"text": "first commercial tea plantings in Australia since 1886 in the Nerada valley, south of Cairns, Queensland, which ultimately became the very successful Nerada Tea. The unexpected legacy of the pioneering Cutten brothers became the basis of a successful tea industry, not only in Queensland but also in Papua New Guinea, after Maruff supplied seed from Nerada to new plantations being established there. In 1969, Tea Estates of Australia (TEA) commenced tea planting adjacent to the Nerada plantation. In 1971, Nerada Tea Estates (NTE) opened Australia's first commercial tea factory. In 1973, TEA purchased NTE, ceased selling bulk tea, and marketed the tea under the Nerada brand. The following year TEA opened a small packing factory in Innisfail. In 1991, TEA opened a larger tea factory in Glen Allyn, near Malanda, and a larger packaging plant the next year in Brisbane. In 2019, the Nerada Tea plantation and factory were at 933 Glen Allyn Road (). Nerada Tea was the largest supplier of Australian-grown tea, with over of tea planted in the Cairns Region, producing of black tea. In May 2023, following a prolonged decline in demand as Australian tastes switched from tea to coffee, Nerada ceased all work at the"}, {"text": "estate. The plantation was put into \"hibernation\", and the plantation estate tea rooms, which had once attracted significant international tourism, were closed indefinitely."}, {"text": "Peter Brian Edwards CD, CStJ, FRHSC (March 19, 1931 \u2013 July 25, 2019) was a vexillologist and scholar of flags. He established the \"Canadian Flag Institute\" on October 31, 1978. Life. Interested in vexillology, he was a Member of the North American Vexillological Association and on October 31, 1978, he established the \"Canadian Flag Institute\", renamed Burgee Data Archive (BDA) August 31, 1993. Peter was diligent in researching the often-neglected field of maritime flags and became the world's top reference in the study of burgees. The Burgee Data Archive published \u201cThe Private Signal\u201d, a periodical vexillological journal, and was accepted as a member of the International Federation of Vexillological Associations in 1997. He was the fourteenth president of the Royal Heraldry Society of Canada, from 1988 until 1990. Peter Edwards deposited his and the BDA's collection and library at the Naval Marine Archive in Picton, Ontario before his death in 2019."}, {"text": "Sanjida Akter Maghla (; born 4 June 2001) is a Bangladeshi cricketer who plays as a slow left-arm orthodox bowler. Career. In October 2019, Meghla was named in Bangladesh's squad for their series against Bangladesh. She made her Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for Bangladesh, against Pakistan, on 30 October 2019. In November 2021, she was named in Bangladesh's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against Zimbabwe, and for the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament, also in Zimbabwe. In January 2022, she was named in Bangladesh's team for the 2022 Commonwealth Games Cricket Qualifier tournament in Malaysia. Later the same month, she was named as one of two reserve players in Bangladesh's team for the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand. Meghla was part of the Bangladesh squad for the 2025 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier in Pakistan in April 2025."}, {"text": "Acacia hyaloneura is a shrub or tree belonging to the genus \"Acacia\" and the subgenus \"Juliflorae\" that is native to north eastern Australia. Description. The shrub and tree typically grows to a maximum height of and has an erect to spindly habit. It has smooth brown coloured bark and glabrous, compressed and angular branchlets that are orange or yellow towards the apex and become red with age. It blooms between December and January and from May to July producing golden flowers. The cylindrical spikes have a length of with cream to pale yellow coloured flowers. The pendulous and woody seed pods that form after flowering have a linear shape but taper abruptly at each end. The glabrous dark to blackish brown coloured pods have pale margins and are mostly flat with a length of and a width of . The dull black seeds inside the pods are arranged longitudinally and have a narrowly oblong shape are in length with an open areole. Taxonomy. The species was first formally described by the botanist Leslie Pedley in 1978 as part of the work \"A revision of Acacia Mill. in Queensland\" as published in the journal \"Austrobaileya\". It was reclassified by Pedley in"}, {"text": "1987 as \"Racosperma hyaloneurum\" then transferred back to genus \"Acacia\" in 2001. Distribution. It is endemic to an area in the western part of the top end of the Northern Territory and north-western parts of Queensland. It is also found along the Great Dividing Range in Queensland from around Torrens Creek in the north down to about north of Clermont where it is often situated on slopes and ridges growing in sandt, clayey or rocky soils around and over sandstone or granite as a part of \"Acacia\" or \"Eucalyptus\" woodland communities."}, {"text": "John Joseph Cremona KOM KM (6 January 1918 \u2013 24 December 2020) was a Maltese jurist and poet. He was the Attorney General of Malta during independence talks in 1964 and the author of the Constitution of Malta. He served as the chief justice of Malta from 1971 to 1981. He assumed the functions of Head of State in an acting capacity several times, both as governor-general and president. He simultaneously served as Malta's first representative judge on the European Court of Human Rights from 1965 to 1992. Cremona was also a noted poet, writing in Italian, English, and Maltese. Early life. Cremona was born in Xag\u0127ra, Gozo on 6 January 1918. He held four doctorates: a Dr. jur. from the University of Trieste, an LL.D from the University of Malta, a PhD in law from the University of London, and a DLitt from Sapienza University of Rome. He did research in constitutional law at the London School of Economics and the Institute for Advanced Legal Studies of the University of London. Legal career. In 1943, Cremona was called to the bar in Malta. He was a Lecturer in the Faculty of Law at the University of Malta from 1948"}, {"text": "to 1959, when he was promoted to Professor. In 1961, he became the Head of the department and a Member of the University Senate. Cremona also served as the Attorney General of Malta from 1957 to 1964, and became the Crown Advocate-General in 1964. In 1965, he was simultaneously appointed to three posts: judge of the Superior Courts of Malta, Vice-President of the Court of Appeals, and Vice-President of the Constitutional Court of Malta. He served as the chief justice of Malta from 1971 to 1981. After Malta joined the Council of Europe in 1965, Cremona served as the country's first representative judge on the European Court of Human Rights for three consecutive terms, from 1965 to 1992. He was also the vice president of the court from 1986 to 1992. Public service. Beginning with the Constitution of 1959, Malta was granted greater home rule prior to independence through the creation of local legislative bodies. Cremona was a member of the Executive Council (1959\u20131962) and the Consultative Council (1962\u20131964). He was the original drafter of the 1964 Constitution of Malta, and represented the Maltese government at the Malta Independence Conference in London in 1963. After independence, Cremona advocated for the"}, {"text": "establishment of a native honours system, as Maltese citizens only had access to awards from the British Crown. He became the chair of the selection committee for the National Medal of Merit in 1967, which would be awarded through the Confederation of Voluntary Civic Committees. The first awards were conferred on 21 September 1968. Malta's Independence Day. Cremona later aided the government in establishing the Xirka \u0120ie\u0127 ir-Repubblika. In 1986, he became the chairman of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD). Poetry. In the 1960s, Cremona served as Vice President of the International Poetry Society; Christopher Fry was the president at the time. Cecil Day-Lewis read one of Cremona's poems in a 1969 lecture at the Manoel Theatre, and Queen Elizabeth II read a commemorative poem by Cremona during the dedication of the Siege Bell Memorial in Valletta in 1992. The English Association chose Cremona to be the Maltese contributor to their anthology \"Commonwealth Poems of Today\" (1967). The composer Charles Camilleri used poems by Cremona as the text of the \"War Cantata\" (2002). Honours. Cremona was a fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He was President of the Alliance Fran\u00e7aise organization in Malta, and"}, {"text": "a patron of the St Andrew Society (Malta). Among his decorations were Companion of the National Order of Merit (Malta), Knight of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, Knight of the Most Venerable Order of St. John of Jerusalem (United Kingdom), Chevalier de la L\u00e9gion d'honneur (France), Knight of the Order of St. Gregory the Great (Vatican), Knight Grand Cross of the Constantinian Order, and Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit (Italy). Personal life. Cremona married Beatrice Crispo Barbaro (1927\u20132001) in 1949; they had two daughters and one son. Death. Cremona died at the age of 102 on Christmas Eve 2020. Partial bibliography. Poetry. Cremona wrote poems in Italian, English, and Maltese:"}, {"text": "Carmelo Schembri was the chief justice of Malta from 1981 to 1987."}, {"text": "J\u00f8rn Sigurd Maurud (born 8 April 1960) is a Norwegian jurist. He is Director of Public Prosecutions from 1 November 2019. Career. Maurud graduated as cand.jur. from the University of Oslo in 1987. He has been assigned with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nord-Hedmark District Court, the law company Wikborg, Rein & Co., and the Supreme Court. From 1995 to 2010 he was a public prosecutor in Eidsivating. He was prosecutor in the widely media-covered Orderud case. From 2010 he was State's attorney in Oslo. In 2019 he was appointed as Norwegian Director of Public Prosecutions, effective from 1 November, succeeding Tor-Aksel Busch. At the time of his appointment, Maurud recused from handling of the so-called \"NAV scandal\", due to his relationship to former Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion Hanne Bjurstr\u00f8m."}, {"text": "Jean Lacquemant or Jean Lacman, also known as Dubuisson or du Buisson (1622 or 1623 \u2013 1680 or 1681) was a French composer of Baroque music. Life. Lacquemand was born in Picardie. What little is known about him is due to Jonathan Dunford who showed that Jean Lacquemant and DuBuisson would be the same composer. Moreover, the name or nickname Du Buisson seems to be that of several French musicians of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries; it is mostly unknown if they are related. Works. Dubuisson composed at least 111 pieces. They are all composed for the viola da gamba alone. The known works are contained in six manuscripts, held in libraries in Europe and the United States."}, {"text": "Professor Hugh W. Harding FSA FRHS (17 October 1925 \u2013 12 August 2014) was the chief justice of Malta from 1987 to 1990. He was the son of judge William D. Harding."}, {"text": "David Dostal (born August 27, 1973) is a Czech-born French former professional ice hockey right winger. Born in Opava, Czechoslovakia, Dostal began his career with his hometown HC Slezan Opava and played six games in the Czech Extraliga for the team during the 1996\u201397 season. He then spent a season with HK Spi\u0161sk\u00e1 Nov\u00e1 Ves in Slovakia before joining French side Anglet Hormadi \u00c9lite in 1998. He spent seven seasons with Anglet, during which he became a French citizen and began playing for the French national team in 2003. He played for France in the 2004 World Ice Hockey Championship. Dostal moved in Denmark in 2005, signing for EfB Ishockey. He remained for two seasons before returning to France in 2007, playing in the French lower leagues for the rest of his career."}, {"text": "William D. Harding was a Maltese judge and the Grand Prior of the Grand Priory of Malta. His son was Hugh Harding, a chief justice of Malta from 1987 to 1990."}, {"text": "Huang Jue (, born 7 August 1974) is a Chinese actor. He gained fame for his roles in \"Baobei in Love\" (2004), \"Falling Flowers\" (2012), and \"Fallen City\" (2013). In 2018, Jue had also starred in the films \"Long Day's Journey into Night\", which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival."}, {"text": "Cowley is a rural locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Cowley had a population of 82 people. Geography. The land use is predominantly crop growing, particularly sugarcane and bananas. There is also some grazing on native vegetation. History. Cowley State School opened on 1924 and closed circa 1940. The locality takes its name from the town of Cowley Beach which was formerly named Inarlinga, but which was renamed on 16 November 1991 after the name of the beach. The beach was named after horticulturalist Ebenezer Cowley who was the overseer at Kamerunga State Nursery. Demographics. In the , Cowley had a population of 87 people. In the , Cowley had a population of 82 people. Education. There are no schools in Cowley. The nearest government primary schools are Mourilyan State School in Mourilyan to the north and Silkwood State School in Silkwood to the south-west. The nearest government secondary school is Innisfail State College in Innisfail Estate to the north."}, {"text": "Eken Babu is a Bengali-language web series streaming on Hoichoi. The web series is based on Ekenbabu detective story, which is written by Sujan Dasgupta Anirban Chakraborti plays the title role, with Shoumyo Banerjee and Debapriyo Bagchi in supporting roles. Season 1 (2018). Directed by Anirban Mallik, the Season 1 streamed on Bengali OTT platform hoichoi from 3 March 2018. It was based on the story \"\"Manhattane Moonstone\".\" Season 2 (2018). The Season 2 released on 10 November 2018; all the episodes were directed by Anupam Hari.The story is based on \"Manhattan ey Man hunt\". Season 3 (2019). Season 3 launched on 28 November 2019; all the five episodes were directed by Abhijit Chowdhury. The story is set in Bangladesh, and most of the shooting is also done in Bangladesh. It was based on the story, \"\"Dhaka Rahasyo Unmochito\".\" Season 4 (2020). On 2 October 2020, hoichoi released Season 4 with six new episodes directed by Joydip Mukherjee and Surajit Chatterjee. It was based on the story \"\"Ekenbabu O Barman Bari Rahasya\".\" Season 5 (2021). On 8 October 2021, hoichoi released Season 5 with six new episodes directed by Anirban Mullick. It is based on the story, \"Sankhyar Sanket\". Season"}, {"text": "6 (2022). On 20 September 2022, hoichoi announced Season 6. The series started streaming from 23 December 2022. It was based on the story \"\"Asol Khunir Sondhane\". From this season the actors of the role of both Bapi and Promotho were changed.\" Season 7 (2023). Eken Babu season 7, titled \"Tungkulung E Eken,\" premiered on December 8th, 2023. The season follows Eken Babu, Bapi, and Promotho on vacation in Tungkulung.\"Tungkulung E Eken\" is based on the detective story \"Khuner Age Khuni Khoja\". Season 8 (2025). Detective Eken Babu and his partners chase a killer while his Oriya accent and foodie nature add charm to their investigation. Series was Titled \"Puro Puri Eken\". As title suggests, the story is based on Puri. The series is based on the book \"Nrityoshilpir Mrityu Tadonte Ekenbabu\". Movies. On 19 November 2021, Shree\" Venkatesh Films, announced the first film of the franchise, \"The Eken\". The film released in theatres on 14 April 2022. The film was shot in the hill station of Darjeeling. It was based on the story \"Manhattaner Madman\". On 1 November 2022, SVF announced the second film, which will be shot in December 2022, in Rajasthan. Titled \" and directed by Joydip"}, {"text": "Mukherjee, the movie stars Anirban Chakrabarti, Suhotra Mukhopadhyay, Somak Ghosh, Sandipta Sen and Rajatava Dutta in central roles. The film released in theatres worldwide on 14 April 2023. It was loosely based on the story \"Sosommane Bidai\".\" The third film titled \" was announced on January 2025. The film is directed by Joydip Mukherjee and produced by Shrikant Mohta and Mahendra Soni under the banner of Shree Venkatesh Films and Hoichoi Studios. It was released in the theatres on 16 May 2025. It is based on the novel \"Ideal Jewellery\"\"."}, {"text": "Joseph Said Pullicino was the chief justice of Malta from 1995 to 2002. On 12 December 2005 he was by unanimous resolution of the House of Representatives appointed Parliamentary Commissioner for the Administrative Investigations known as the Ombudsman. On the 11th of March 2011, again by unanimous resolution, he was reconfirmed for his term as Ombudsman."}, {"text": "Mirco Mencacci (born 1961) is a prominent Italian sound designer who works with all aspects of sound, principally within film, art, and music. In 1981, Mencacci founded the SAM recording-facility in Lari, Italy. The studio is also known for its independent record label, book production, film editing, and sound design. Since 2001, he has been fighting a personal battle against noise pollution, the second biggest pollutant in the world. From 1996 to 2011, Mencacci relocated to Rome, where in 1999 he established a secondary arm of SAM studios, providing post-production services for cinema. In 2001 he also became a partner of Sound On Studios. During his time in Rome, Mencacci coordinated and supervised the post-production on over 400 films. Early life. Mencacci was born in Lari, Tuscany in Italy. At 4 years old, he was rendered blind due to a shotgun accident in his grandfather's garden. He moved in Genoa at the age of 7 to attend a disabled school, specifically for the blind. Mencacci's story inspired the Italian autobiographical film Red like the Sky which was directed Cristiano Bortone in 2002. The film illustrates the conditions of disabled schools in Italy in the 1970s. The film won several Audience"}, {"text": "Awards at the S\u00e3o Paulo International Film Festival and at the Sydney Film Festival. It also won the David di Donatello of the Youth. Cinema. Mencacci has crafted sound design for international films that have screened in over one hundred film festivals across the world. His work has also featured and been exhibited at the Guggenheim in New York City, MOMA, Pompidou in Paris, MAXXI Museum in Rome, and the Venice Biennale with films including Michelangelo's Eye to Eye by Michelangelo Antonioni, Puccini and the Girl by Paolo Benvenuti. He has frequently collaborated with director Yuri Ancarani, on films including, The Challenge for which Mencacci received the special Jury Award at Locarno Cinema, San Siro which won the Maxxi Award in 2014 and the Sky Arts award in 2014. Mencacci also worked on the trilogy composed by Il Capo which in 2010 screened at the Venice Film Festival, Piattaforma Luna which premiered at the Rome Film Festival in 2011, and the film Da Vinci from the Venice Biennale in 2013. Mencacci has worked prolifically on films that have screened internationally at film festivals such as the Venice Film Festival, the San Francisco International Film Festival, Eye Honors New York, the"}, {"text": "Milwaukee Film Festival, and the Hamburg International Short Film Festival. Mencacci is the inventor of the Spherical Sound System, which he uses in his cinematographic works. In 2016 he was invited by Dolby to the Casa del Cinema in Rome in to demonstrate his system to audiences and how it applied to the newly launched Dolby Atmos system. Music. Mencacci is a prolific music producer and recording engineer across multi genres and international artists. He has been involved in the recording of jazz, classical, pop and experimental music from artists including Benson Taylor, Blonde Redhead, Playing for Change, Luke Winslow-King, Niia, Stefano Bollani, Anthony Sidney, Mauro Refosco, Tony Scott, Sportfreunde Stiller, Irio de Paula, Nguy\u00ean L\u00ea, Kazu Makino, Ornella Vanoni, Nada Marina Rei, Il Teatro degli Orrori, Paolo Fresu, Enrico Rava, Bruno Tommaso, Nada, Stewart Copeland, Giovanni Caccamo, Riki (Riccardo Marcuzzo), Zen Circus, Bandabard\u00f2, One Dimensional Man, Tooth, Emma Morton, Thegiornalisti, Mauro Ermanno Giovanardi, and many others. Career. Mencacci regularly hold master classes on sound in cinema across Europe and at international educational institutions including universities & film festivals. In 2009 he travelled to the United States to provide a lectures in sound design for cinema at Syracuse University. He"}, {"text": "participated as a speaker on the experimentation of Spherical Sound, and the system of sound recording at Artevisione with Sky and Careof in Milan in 2016, Centro Professione Musica at CPM in Milan, and the Cinekid festival in Amsterdam in 2016, Festival du film de Beauvais in Paris in 2012, Ear to the Earth in New York City in 2006. In 2006, he was a member of the Grand Jury for the Festival International du Film d'Aubagne. Mencacci has given many interviews and special appearance talks throughout his career, including being the special guest of RAI Uno TG1 news, La vita in diretta, in 2016, an interview for TG1 Persone by Angelo Angelastro in 2014, and many others. He participated in the 90th anniversary celebrations of the Italian Blind Union as a blind person who is distinguished in prestigious activities."}, {"text": "domobaal is a contemporary art gallery in John Street in Holborn in central London. It was established in 2000 in a former head office of a firm of lawyers, left largely unrestored. The gallery exhibits new work across all media, including painting, sculpture, film and artists publications, having hosted over 260 exhibitions by artists including Ansel Krut, Lothar G\u00f6tz, Neil Zakiewicz, Alex Rich, Kristaps Anc\u0101ns, David Gates, Neil Gall, Stuart Brisley, Sharon Kivland, Nicky Hirst, Haris Epaminonda, Marcel Dinahet, Maud Cotter, Alice Wilson, Emma Talbot, Ailbhe N\u00ed Bhriain and Walter Swennen among many others. In summer 2023 the gallery also presented an extensive Graham Growley exhibition."}, {"text": "Neco Shay Williams (born 13 April 2001) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a full-back for club Nottingham Forest and the Wales national team. Williams started out with Cefn United at age six. He joined Liverpool later in 2007, where he made 31 total appearances for their first team. He was loaned out to Fulham in January 2022, before joining Nottingham Forest permanently later that year. Born in Cefn Mawr, Williams represents Wales at senior level. He was a member of the Wales squad that qualified for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, becoming the first to do so since 1958. Early life. Neco Williams was born in Cefn Mawr, Wrexham, Wales. He is the second child of Lee Williams, a former footballer for Cefn United, and Emma Jones, a dance teacher. At age six, Williams joined the youth system of Cefn United, originally starting out as a striker. After a tournament in Gresford, Williams was sought after by Manchester United, Everton and Liverpool, with the latter signing him in 2007. Club career. Liverpool. Williams represented Liverpool at U18, U19 and U23 level. He suffered a serious back injury that ruled him out for most of the 2017\u201318 season,"}, {"text": "but he recovered his place to feature in the club's victorious FA Youth Cup campaign two years later. Williams' form at youth level was rewarded when, on 30 October 2019, he made his debut for the senior side, starting in a 5\u20135 (5\u20134) penalty shoot-out win over Arsenal in the EFL Cup. He featured prominently in the match and recorded a last-minute assist for Divock Origi's goal to send the match to penalties, where Liverpool emerged victorious. In December, he was included in Liverpool's squad which won the 2019 FIFA Club World Cup, although he was an unused substitute in both of the club's matches in the competition. Following the turn of the year, he starred in a team largely made up of teenagers and reserves that defeated Merseyside rivals Everton in the FA Cup 3rd round, and Shrewsbury Town in the 4th round replay, forcing an own goal from Ro-Shaun Williams in the latter fixture to secure his side's progression in the competition. In the match against Shrewsbury, Williams was also part of a starting line-up that was the youngest in Liverpool's history, with an average age of 19 years and two days. His Premier League debut followed on"}, {"text": "24 June 2020, shortly after the campaign resumed following a three-month long suspension caused by the COVID-19 outbreak, when he featured as a 74th-minute substitute in a 4\u20130 win over Crystal Palace. Williams would go on to make enough appearances to secure his league winners' medal, becoming the fifth Welsh player to win the Premier League. A few weeks later on 17 August, he signed a new long-term deal with the Reds. Loan to Fulham. On 31 January 2022, Williams joined Championship club Fulham on loan until the end of the 2021\u201322 season. He scored the first senior club goals of his career when he scored twice in a 5\u20131 win over Swansea City on 8 March 2022. Nottingham Forest. Williams signed for newly promoted Premier League club Nottingham Forest on 10 July 2022 on a four-year contract for a fee reported to be around \u00a317 million. On 22 April 2023, Williams scored his first goal for the club in a 3\u20132 away loss against his former club Liverpool. On 1 July 2025, he extended his contract with the club until 2029. International career. Eligible to represent England through his grandparents, Williams has represented Wales at U19 level. In August"}, {"text": "2020 he was called into the senior Wales squad for the first time. Williams made his Wales debut in a 1\u20130 UEFA Nations League win over Finland on 3 September 2020. He scored his first goal for the senior team on 6 September 2020 against Bulgaria in the UEFA Nations League, scoring the winning goal in a 1\u20130 victory for Wales. In May 2021 he was selected for the Wales squad for the delayed UEFA Euro 2020 tournament. Williams helped Wales qualify for the FIFA World Cup in 2022 for the first time since 1958. In November 2022, he was named in the Wales squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. Personal life. Williams has a younger brother, Keelan Williams, who plays for Denbigh Town; he also played for the Liverpool youth team as well as Burnley's U18 and U21 sides. Neco also has an older sister, Taya Williams, and two younger sisters, Sarae Williams and Ocea Williams. His father's family is from Porthmadog. Williams' maternal grandfather, Kelvin Jones, died in November 2022, the day before Williams started in Wales' opening game of the World Cup; he revealed the loss after game, dedicating his performance to Jones. Williams"}, {"text": "attended Ysgol Rhiwabon in Ruabon. A mural of Williams was erected in his home village of Cefn Mawr. Neco and his partner, Nicole, are due to welcome their first child in October. \"Wales' score listed first, score column indicates score after each Williams goal\" Honours. Liverpool Youth Liverpool Fulham"}, {"text": "Enchanted Princess is a \"Royal\"-class cruise ship operated by Princess Cruises, a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation & plc. Princess finalized the order for its fifth \"Royal\"-class ship in 2016 from Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri and her keel was laid down on 14 February 2019 in Monfalcone. Originally expected to be delivered in June 2020, the ship was hampered by construction delays after Fincantieri's operations were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, and she was delivered three months later, on 30 September 2020. After a year-long pause in operations amid the pandemic's impact on tourism, Princess inaugurated the ship's operations on 10 November 2021, when she set sail on her maiden voyage. Design. \"Enchanted Princess\" measures and has a length of , a draft of , and a beam of . She is powered by a diesel-electric genset system, with four total W\u00e4rtsil\u00e4 engines, producing a total output of . Main propulsion is via two propellers, each driven by a electric motor. The system gives the vessel a service speed of and a maximum speed of . The ship houses 1,830 passenger cabins and 757 crew cabins. Of the 1,830 passenger cabins, 81% have a balcony. The ship has a maximum capacity of"}, {"text": "5,800 passengers and crew. On board, the ship includes many of the same modifications in accommodations and offerings first introduced on her sister ship, \"Sky Princess.\" Among the shared features include a new suite accommodation category, but she also includes new restaurants and revised interior d\u00e9cor in select venues. Construction. Carnival Corporation first entered into a strategic agreement with Fincantieri in March 2015 for five cruise ships scheduled for delivery between 2019 and 2022. From this agreement, the contract for a then-unnamed, fifth \"Royal\"-class vessel was finalized for Princess on 2 April 2016. Initial reports stated that she would measure approximately 145,000 GT and have a capacity of 3,660 passengers. On 20 August 2018, Princess announced that its fifth \"Royal\"-class ship would be named \"Enchanted Princess\". On 14 February 2019, the keel was laid at the shipyard in Monfalcone. She was then floated out on 6 August 2019 with a dedication performed by Fincantieri employee Marinella Cossu before Princess Cruises celebrated a separate ceremony on 17 September 2019, with Filipino Princess crew recruiter and trainer Doris Magsaysay Ho performing the honors. In April 2020, Princess announced that Fincantieri had temporarily closed its shipyards for six weeks amid the national outbreak"}, {"text": "of the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy, which resulted in delays affecting the ship's construction and delivery timeline. After construction resumed, she began her sea trials on 13 June 2020, sailing from Monfalcone to Palermo. She remained in Palermo until 26 June before returning to Monfalcone on 29 June. On 8 July 2020, she successfully completed her sea trials. \"Enchanted Princess\" was originally scheduled to debut on 15 June 2020 but delays caused the ship to be delivered three months later on 30 September 2020 in Monfalcone. Upon her delivery, she also became the 100th passenger vessel constructed by Fincantieri. In November 2021, Princess named three women from The Explorers Club as the godmothers to christen the vessel: Lynn Danaher, Vicki Ferrini, and Jenifer Austin. Princess released a taped production that was streamed on 13 December 2021, during which the three godmothers named \"Enchanted Princess.\" Service history. \"Enchanted Princess\" was scheduled to debut on 15 June 2020 on a pre-inaugural Mediterranean sailing from Rome to Southampton on 19 June 2020 prior to her christening on 30 June 2020 in Southampton. However, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Princess ceased operations through summer 2021, effectively cancelling the ship's debut year in Europe and the"}, {"text": "Caribbean. The ship sailed her maiden voyage on 10 November 2021 from Port Everglades, with calls at Princess Cays, St. Thomas, Dominica, Cura\u00e7ao, and Aruba."}, {"text": "Javier Moreno Luz\u00f3n (born 1967) is a Spanish historian, professor of the History of Thought and Social and Political Movements at the Complutense University of Madrid. He is an expert in the political history of Restoration Spain. Biography. Born in 1967 in Hell\u00edn, province of Albacete. He earned a PhD in history from the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) reading a dissertation in 1996 titled \"El conde de Romanones. Caciquismo y pol\u00edtica de clientelas en la Espa\u00f1a de la Restauraci\u00f3n\" and supervised by Santos Juli\u00e1. He has been a scholar and researcher at the National University of Distance Education (UNED), Harvard University, the \u00c9cole des Hautes \u00c9tudes en Sciences Sociales and the London School of Economics and Political Science. He also served as deputy director of the Centro de Estudios Pol\u00edticos y Constitucionales (CEPC). A senior lecturer at the UCM since 1997, Moreno Luz\u00f3n was appointed to a Chair of History of Thought and Social and Political Movements in 2012."}, {"text": "William Tucker Boner (born March 16, 1993), known online as Jericho or IIJERiiCHOII, is an American YouTuber and Twitch streamer. He has over 1.22 million subscribers on YouTube and over 1.2 million followers on Twitch as of May 2024. Career. Jericho started to upload gaming videos and skits on YouTube during his high school years in 2009. He joined Ustream in 2011 and later moved to Twitch. Jericho graduated from the Friends School of Baltimore in 2011. After failing to get into The University of North Carolina, he enrolled in The University of North Carolina Wilmington. Jericho thought that college was preventing him from making content, which influenced his decision to drop out and move to Los Angeles with other YouTubers (GoldGlove, TmarTn, Syndicate, MuzzaFuzza), known collectively as the Gamershore. He took classes at a community college in Los Angeles, but eventually became a YouTuber and Twitch streamer full time. Jericho is the co-founder of The Race, which was a regular fundraising livestream event, helping the charity program of the Call of Duty Endowment foundation. Jericho and fellow streamer Tom Cassell (Syndicate) are the creators of the \"Minecraft\" multiplayer series titled Mianite, which was released in May 2014. They later"}, {"text": "partnered up with Jordan Maron and Sonja Reid as the four main characters of the series. Mianite was renewed for a second season in 2015, which was the end of the original run of the series. Cassell continued the series with other YouTubers including Maron under the name Mianiatian Isles in 2020, with Boner declining to return to the project. Occasionally, Jericho participates in esports tournaments for \"\" and \"Player Unknown's Battlegrounds\". Jericho has competed in other events such as Twitch Rivals, and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive matches as a stand-in for the North American esports team Mythic. On November 29, 2019, Jericho, along with Daniel Goudie of Disciple Records, launched the record label \"NightMode\". The label's first single is \"Everything You Need\" by Unlike Pluto. The label has released new singles on a seasonal basis, and has created some collaboration projects, including \"This Is Cyberpunk\" intended to be a simultaneous release with the video game Cyberpunk 2077, a skin for the character Athena in the third-person MOBA Smite, and a music-kit for Counter-Strike featuring Dashstar* by Knock2 which was created with the involvement of Valve and the artist, Knock2, itself. Recognition. In 2018 he was listed on the \"Forbes\"s \"30"}, {"text": "Under 30\" list in the gaming category."}, {"text": "The Zeppelin-Lindau Gs.I, often known post-WWI as the Dornier Gs.I after its designer Claude Dornier, was a civil flying boat developed immediate post-war from a military prototype. Its passenger cabin seated six. Only one was completed, and that was eventually scuttled to keep it out of Allied hands. Another of the military prototypes was intended to have a bigger, nine seat cabin and other refinements but the Gs.II was incomplete when discovered by Allied inspectors. Design and development. The Gs.I was originally designed as a reconnaissance flying boat for the German Navy. Construction began in August 1918 but it was unfinished by the time of the November Armistice, after which militarary aircraft building was forbidden. Zeppelin-Lindau responded by completing one of the three examples ordered into a small airliner. Like the earlier Zeppelin-Lindau Rs.II and its successors, the all-metal Gs.I was a high wing, strut-braced monoplane but its engines were on top of the wing rather than between it and the hull. The wing had twin, triangular section spars, aluminium ribs and was fabric-covered. It was rectangular in plan apart from slightly blunted tips, with a low aspect ratio of 5.6. On each side a parallel pair of steel tube"}, {"text": "struts braced the outer wings to the sponsons, which provided stability on water. The centre-section struttage was complicated by the need to support and absorb the engine weight and thrust. The Gs.I was powered by a pair of water-cooled, six cylinder inline, Maybach Mb IVa engines in push-pull configuration within a single cowling on top of the wing. The forward engine had a frontal radiator but the rear one had a smaller radiator above the cowling and its upper parts exposed for cooling. Their tanks held of fuel. The flying boat's duralumin hull was wide and its shallow planing bottom had its main step under mid-wing, narrowing aft to a secondary step. The original military design accommodated three, a nose gunner, the pilot in a cockpit ahead of the wing and a dorsal gunner between wing and tail. Instead, the airliner had a small, enclosed, rounded passenger cabin built upon the deck ahead of the wing. The pilot sat in an open cockpit above the front of the cabin, which held six (or eight) passengers and had four generous windows on each side. The position of the flight engineer is uncertain: \"L'A\u00e9rophile\" describes a post under the wing whilst images"}, {"text": "show a position behind the pilot as well as an unenclosed dorsal post. The Gs.I had a twin finned, strutted biplane tail. The lower, rectangular plan tailplane was mounted on top of the fuselage with rectangular fins at its tips supporting a wider span upper tailplane with slightly angled tips. The elevators were also rectangular but the rudders were cut away at the top for elevator movement. Operational history. The Gs.I made its first flight on 21 July 1919. After a period of flight-testing it was trialed by the Swiss airliner \"ad Astra\", a forerunner of Swissair. After a series of flights it was returned to Lindau on 10 December 1919. It then gave a demonstration flight on 3 March 1920 in the Netherlands, where KLM had shown an interest. On their way to another demonstration, this time in Stockholm, the crew learned that the aircraft was to be searched by the commission who supervised German aircraft construction at the time. Rather than risking the Gs.I's confiscation and the revelation of its advanced construction features they diverted to Kiel and, on 25 April 1920, scuttled it in the Baltic. Zeppelin-Lindau Gs.II. The Gs.II was a planned larger and more refined"}, {"text": "version of the Gs.I, using the two remaining military Gs.I airframes. The layout and engines remained the same but wing area was increased by 22% by a 7% increase in span and 6% decrease in aspect ratio. The new wing was metal-skinned, with readily removed panels for internal inspection, though fabric-covering was an option, yielding an extra of payload. The other major changes were to the passenger and crew accommodation and to the tail. The bulbous cabin of the Gs.I was removed and a new, longer cabin built under the original deckline, stretching back to the plane of the forward propeller. It could hold eight, or nine \"at a pinch\". To the rear of the cabin there was a luggage hold and, behind that, the fuel tanks. The pilot and mechanic also sat to the rear of the cabin, raised to deck level and behind the propeller, in an open, side-by-side seat cockpit. The Gs.I's biplane, twin-finned tail was replaced by a more conventional, cruciform unit with angular surfaces. A small fin with a cropped triangular profile carried a balanced rudder and also mounted a rectangular plan tailplane, double strut-mounted just above the fuselage. This carried rectangular, narrow chord elevators."}, {"text": "The partial construction of at least one Gs.II is known from photographs to have started and its new forward fuselage mostly built but it was probably destroyed by the Allies in 1919 before completion. Bibliography."}, {"text": "Bitiya Hamaray Zamanay Main (English: Daughter, in our days) is a 2016 Pakistani comedy drama telefilm directed by Azfar Ali, written by Mansoor Saeed, produced by Abdullah Kadwani and Asad Qureshi under the 7th Sky Entertainment banner. The serial stars Ushna Shah, Javeria Abbasi and Wahaj Ali and was released in August 2016. Synopsis. Bitiya Humare Zamane Ki is a romantic comedy film which tells the story of three mothers who all have different aims for their children. One of them wants to get her son married while the other has recently got his son married. The third is a stepmother of Iraj (Ushna Shah) and since the start they both have had their differences and disagreements. Iraj falls in love with Fahad (Wahaj Ali) who is the only son of his parents. Fahad's mother is overly possessive about his son and wants to find him the best bride. During engagement and wedding preparations, many misunderstanding and disagreements happen. Amidst family pressures Fahad and Iraj come closer and part ways."}, {"text": "The Pioneer Theatre, also known as \"Pioneer Walk-In Theatre\" and \"Snow Kenna's Walk-In Picture Theatre\", was a theatre in the Northern Territory of Australia located in Alice Springs. The building was built by Leslie 'Snow' Kenna in 1942 and closed, as a theatre, in 1984 and now operates as the Alice Springs YHA. History. Leslie Kenna, known almost universally as Snow, arrived in Alice Springs in the latter half of 1936 with motion picture equipment and \u201ca tonne of nitrate picture film\u201d. Kenna very soon started showing movies at the Welfare Hall before the Capitol Theatre was opened by his friend, and landlord Ly Underdown who Kenna leased it from. Movies were a very important part of the social life of people in Alice Springs at this time; especially because. from 1928 - 1964 Aboriginal people were only allowed into the \"town-limits\" during daylight hours for medical attention, and only to attend \"the pictures\" in the evenings. In 1942 Kenna built his own theatre, Pioneer Theatre, on Parsons Street, which had no roof as there was no air-conditioning in town and this, in combination with the deck chairs provided, kept keep people cool. In winter, when minus temperatures are reached,"}, {"text": "people brought blankets, hot water bottles and flasks of coffee. Frequently dogs, from the outlying town-camps, wandered into the Theatre with their Aboriginal owners and provided an entertainment of their own. Important events in the Theatres operation were: Kenna died in August 1965 and the Kenna family continued to run the theatre, and the Pioneer Drive-In Picture Theatre (which Kenna had established in 1957) until the early 1970s when they sold them the Greater Union Theatres. Greater Union Theatres only opened the Pioneer Theatre on Saturday nights and, for many years, new releases would be shown first here before opening at the drive-in. Following a decline in demand, the Theatre was closed in early 1984 and, on the 8th of December 1984, Major Leslie Oldfield opened \"Pioneer Market Place\", a grocery, and one of the two dozen shops opened on the property. This was, however, short lived, and in 1986 the Theatre was threatened with demolition but, following intervention from the National Trust of Australia (Northern Territory), and the YHA's interest in buying the property in 1988 it was saved. It is one of the few surviving World War II era buildings remaining in Alice Springs and it is believed"}, {"text": "to be the last known example of its kind in the Northern Territory. The former theatre was nominated in 1994 for inclusion on the Northern Territory Heritage Register, but the nomination lapsed in 2013 after the owner declined to agree to have the building listed."}, {"text": "Edith Bateson (1867\u20131938) was a British painter and sculptor. Biography. Bateson was born in Cambridge and studied painting and sculpture at the Royal Academy Schools in London, where she won a number of prizes. Living in Bushey in Hertfordshire, then for a time at Robin Hood's Bay in Yorkshire, Bateson created statuettes and small groups of figures in bronze. From 1891 to 1935 she was a regular exhibitor in group exhibitions in London and Paris. In London she mainly showed works at the Royal Academy, with the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers and the Royal Society of British Artists while in Paris she exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Francais."}, {"text": "B\u00e9atrice Didier (born 21 December 1935 in La Tronche, Is\u00e8re) is a French literary critic. Biography. Didier was a professor of literature and a publishing series director. She earned a literary doctorate in 1965. She is also a Professor Emeritus of \u00c9cole normale sup\u00e9rieure (ENS), where she headed a seminary exposing the relationship between literature and music. Didier is a specialist of the French literature of the 17th and 18th centuries (especially Senancour, Chateaubriand, Stendhal and George Sand) as well as of autobiographical works. She edited and published numerous works, and contributed to the \"Europe\" magazine. She headed the series \"\u00c9crivains\", \"\u00c9criture\" and \"\u00c9crit\" of the Presses Universitaires de France. She is the deputy chairwoman of the Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Chateaubriand."}, {"text": "Lieutenant General Alok Singh Kler, PVSM, VSM, ADC is a retired General Officer in the Indian Army who last served as General Officer-Commanding-in-Chief of the South Western Command. He assumed office on 1 September 2019, taking over from Lt Gen Cherish Mathson. Early life and education. Alok was born into the Kler military family which originated from Sarhal Qazian nawashar then moved to Kakrala Kalan near Ludhiana, Punjab, India. The family has over 300 years of service in the Indian Armed Forces. His father, Gen Gurdev Singh Kler was Mentioned in dispatches (MiD) in Sialkot in Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 fighting with 18th Cavalry. Commanding 56 Brigade, he was awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal (AVSM) for capturing the largest group of armed insurgents in Nagaland in the 1970s. Commanding an armoured brigade and division, he was Director General of Military Training (DGMT) and commanded the Armoured Corps Centre and School in Ahmednagar, Maharashtra before retiring as a Lieutenant General. His elder brother, Jasjit Singh Kler was in the Indian Air Force. He served as the Commandant of the National Defence Academy before retiring as an Air Marshal. His Uncle, Gen Hardev Singh Kler was awarded the Mahavir Chakra in"}, {"text": "the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 for commanding 95 Brigade. His formation was among the first to enter Dhaka. Alok's father-in-law, Brigadier Narinder Singh Sandhu saw action in both the wars of 1965 and 1971 and was awarded the Mahavir Chakra. Alok attended Mayo College, Ajmer before graduating from the National Defence Academy and the Indian Military Academy. Career. Kler was commissioned into 68 Armoured Regiment in June 1982. He has attended Defence Services Staff College at Wellington, the Battalion Commander Combat Course at Germany, the Higher Command Course at Army War College, Mhow, and the National Defence College at Bangladesh. Kler commanded an Armoured regiment, an Armoured Brigade in the western sector and the same Armoured Division which was commanded by his father. He later commanded the Strike Corps (II Corps) in the Western theatre. He has also held important staff positions like the Chief of Staff of Army Training Command (ARTRAC). He later served as the Director General Military Training (DGMT). He has been awarded the Vishisht Seva Medal in 2015 and a COAS Commendation card in 2009. Kler has a keen interest in cycling, fitness and sports. He made news when he cycled 270 km from Delhi to"}, {"text": "Jaipur to take command of the South Western Command. As an Army Commander, he was entitled to fly down to his headquarters or drive down in a cavalcade of military vehicles. \"\u201cCycling is a terrific workout and I am passionate about it. I believe fitness should be a personal mission and not imposed by the organisation. It sends a message of fitness to the men under my command and others too,\u201d\" said Gen Kler. He also carried out a para jump, after taking over the South Western Command. He jumped out an ALH Dhruv helicopter on 25 October. He had earlier, as the DGMT, carried out a para jump Nasik by service aircraft from 10,000-12,000 feet. Kler retired from the Army on 31 March 2021."}, {"text": "Thomas Seitz (born 8 October 1967 in Ettenheim) is a German lawyer and politician. He was member of the AfD from 2013 til March 31, 2024. Since 2017 he has been a member of Bundestag. Seitz grew up in Lahr in the Black Forest. He studied Law at Albert-Ludwigs-Universit\u00e4t Freiburg and University of Lausanne. He completed his legal clerkship at the Offenburg District Court. From 2008 until his election to the Bundestag, Seitz worked in Freiburg im Breisgau as a public prosecutor in the field of traffic law. In 2010 he was a member of the right-wing party \"Die Freiheit\" (\"German Freedom Party\") for 10 months and became member of the AfD in spring 2013. He left the AfD at the end of March 2024."}, {"text": "Jonas Eika Rasmussen (born 1991) is a Danish writer. Eika made his literary debut in 2015, with the novel \"Lageret Huset Marie\". His next book was the short story collection \"Efter Solen\" from 2018, for which he was awarded , Den sv\u00e6re Toer, and . He was awarded the Nordic Council Literature Prize 2019 for \"Efter Solen\". An English edition, translated by Sherilyn Nicolette Hellberg, \"After the Sun\", was longlisted for the 2022 Republic of Consciousness Prize."}, {"text": "Cowley Creek is a rural locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Cowley Creek had \"no people or a very low population\". Demographics. In the , Cowley Creek had a population of 13 people. In the , Cowley Creek had \"no people or a very low population\"."}, {"text": "Goolboo is a rural locality in the Cassowary Coast Region of Queensland, Australia. In the , Goolboo had a population of 25 people. Geography. The locality is bounded to the west, north-west, north, and north-east by Liverpool Creek, which eventually flows into the Coral Sea. The Bruce Highway enters the locality from the south (Silkwood) and exits to the locality to the north-east (Cowley). The North Coast railway line enters the locality from the south-west (Silkwood) and exits to the north-west (Warrubullen). The locality was served by the now-abandoned Goolboo railway station (). The land use is crop growing, predominantly sugarcane. There is a cane tramway network to transport the harvested sugarcane to the South Johnstone sugar mill. History. The name of the locality originates from a former railway station, which was given the name by the Queensland Railways Department on 4 December, 1924. The name \"Goolboo\" is derived from an Aboriginal word meaning \"magpie\". Demographics. In the , Goolboo had a population of 19 people. In the , Goolboo had a population of 25 people. Education. There are no schools in Goolboo. The nearest government primary school is Silkwood State School in neighbouring Silkwood to the south. The nearest"}, {"text": "government secondary schools are Innisfail State College in Innisfail Estate to the north and Tully State High School in Tully to the south-west."}, {"text": "Xavier Dablemont (born 10 June 1975) is a French former footballer who played as a midfielder."}, {"text": "Warrubullen is a rural locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Warrubullen had a population of 59 people. Geography. The locality is bounded to the west by the Basilisk Range National Park. The North Coast railway line enters the locality from the south-east (Goolboo) and exits to the north (Moresby). The locality was once served by the now-abandoned Warrubullen railway station (). The Warrubullen Conservation Park is in the north of the locality. Apart from the protected area, the land use is predominantly grazing on native vegetation with some sugarcane growing in the south of the locality. Demographics. In the , Warrubullen had a population of 61 people. In the , Warrubullen had a population of 59 people. Education. There are no schools in Warrubullen. The nearest government primary schools are Mourilyan State School in Mourilyan to the north and Silkwood State School in Silkwood to the south. The nearest government secondary school is Innisfail State College in Innisfail Estate, Innisfail."}, {"text": "Jos\u00e9 Augusto Oct\u00e1vio Gamboa dos Passos, known as Z\u00e9z\u00e9 Gamboa (born 1955) is an Angolan film director. Life. Z\u00e9z\u00e9 Gamboa was born in Luanda in 1955. He started working as a news producer in Angolan television in May 1974. In 1980 he moved to Europe, spending nine years in Paris and another seven years in Belgium before eventually settling in Lisbon. Gamboa started film-making by making documentaries. He also worked on \"Foreign Land\" (1995), directed by Walter Salles, and \"Napomuceno's Will\", Francisco Manso's 1997 film adaptation of Germano Almeida's novel \"The Last Will and Testament of Senhor da Silva Ara\u00fajo\". \"The Hero\" (2004) tells the story of a man attempting to recover his stolen prosthetic limb in an Angola trying to rebuild itself after the civil war. It received the Jury Prize for World Cinema at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, among over 25 film festival awards. Critic Olivier Barlet has characterized Gamboa's \"The Great Kilapy\" (2012), \"a burlesque biopic about a professional swindler\" in 1970s Angola, as using farce to \"reveal the extent to which the contradictions of the colony already bore the seeds of decolonization\"."}, {"text": "\u00c9ric Bertrand (born 30 March 1964) is a French former footballer who played as a defender."}, {"text": "Ncoza Dlova is a South African dermatologist. In 2019, she helped discover a new gene that is a major cause of permanent hair loss amongst women of African descent. She is currently the dean and the first African woman to head University of KwaZulu-Natal's School of Clinical Medicine. Early years and education. Dlova was born in Mtyolo, a small village in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. For six years, she studied medicine at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, after which she specialized in the field of dermatology for four years at the same school. As a result, she became the first black dermatologist produced by the university. Career. She is one of the first few black dermatologists in South Africa, a principal specialist and senior consultant in charge of five regional and tertiary dermatology outpatients clinics in South Africa. She has conducted and collaborated on research works which have received international acclaim. For instance, she collaborated with scientists in the US to discover the root cause of Central Centrifugal Cicatricial Alopecia (CCCA), one of the most common causes of scarring alopecia amongst African women. She also collaborated with chemists to research the analysis of skin lighteners. She is also known to"}, {"text": "have been running workshops in partnership with the KZN Albinism Society of South Africa to increase awareness and understanding about the genetic skin and eye condition and to fight against discrimination and stigmatisation of people with albinism. Works. Her research usually focuses on ethnic skin and hair, pigmentation disorders, as well as HIV and skin. She is known to have written three books on dermatology and contributed eight chapters in major dermatology textbooks. Some of her publications include:"}, {"text": "Franck Meyrignac (born 27 September 1970) is a French former football defender."}, {"text": "Edmundo Meza (July 19, 1955 - February 11, 1985), also known as Mundo Meza, was an artist and activist who was born in Tijuana, Mexico and grew up in East Los Angeles. He discovered his passion for the area's avant-garde culture in early 1970. As an emerging artist, Mundo Meza worked for shoe designer Fred Slatten on Santa Monica Boulevard as a window dresser. He also painted unique designs onto Slatten's platform shoes, gathering a celebrity clientele which included Cher, Elton John, and Diana Ross. Meza collaborated with style icon Simon Doonan and together they created provocative window displays for West Hollywood's Maxfield Bleu. Their brash reportage art combined vintage mannequins, luxury goods, and objects from prop houses, often evoking controversy and strong reactions. One such display satirized a news story about a coyote stealing a child. The hysteria erupted even more for using a taxidermy coyote. Mundo played a pivotal role in the emergence of Chicano conceptualists which included Robert Legorreta (Cyclona), Joey Terrill, Teddy Sandoval, Jack Vargas and members of the collective Asco led by Harry Gamboa, Jr., Gronk, Willie Herr\u00f3n, and Patssi Valdez. His work was highly influenced by the Chicano artistic community which has recently started"}, {"text": "to receive public recognition due to its panache, confrontational aesthetics, and extravagance. He died in 1985 due to complications from AIDS. Education. Meza graduated from Huntington Park High School in 1973 with a scholarship to Otis Art Institute. Career. Mundo Meza had a multidisciplinary practice that encompassed an array of different fields including painting, design, fashion, and installation. Initially, all of his work responded directly to the issues of society, and through his use of mesoamerican imagery, Meza was able to contextualize within the gay liberation movement. Meza is widely known for his collaborations with Robert Legorreta (Cyclona) and Gronk during the early 1970s. His work included a number of confrontational performances in East Los Angeles, including, \"Caca-Roaches Have No Friends\". His early practice combined Chicano Nationalism with visual panache and psychedelic experimentation in order to enunciate the ideology behind his work. From 1976 to 1978, Meza danced with the Aisha Dance Company. He performed, with his long time partner Carlos \u201cCharles\u201d Docando for the opening of the King Tut exhibit at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in March 1978. In the early 1980s, Meza collaborated with British designer Simon Doonan, producing surreal and shocking window displays for"}, {"text": "Maxfield Bleu in West Hollywood and other Melrose Avenue boutiques. Parody and satire were a common theme which set them apart from other displays. By 1983, his work became increasingly lyrical and abstract. Most of his paintings depicted the Chicano Body as a site for subversion and were calm simplified compositions. This change in tone was his method of using modernist abstraction in order to shed light on a new dialectic figure of queerness in the face of AIDS. Legacy. In 2014 and 2015, the Getty Foundation awarded grants totaling $270,000 for exhibition research, support, and implementation of \"Axis Mundo: Queer Networks in Chicano L.A.\" Organized by the ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives at the University of Southern California Libraries, the exhibition takes its name from Meza's work and focuses on queer, Chicanx artists and their collaborations from the late 1960s to the early 1990s. The exhibit was first shown at the ONE Archives' gallery and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles before traveling to several galleries across the United States. Co-curators C. Ondine Chavoya and David Evans Frantz worked for four years, on behalf of the ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives at the University of"}, {"text": "Southern California to assemble and research the collection for the exhibition, spending time in Mexico, Spain, and England."}, {"text": "Dimitrinka Todorova (; 3 February 1974\u201312 March 2020) was a Bulgarian individual rhythmic gymnast. She was the 1989 junior European champion and won several medals at the senior European championships in 1990 and 1992. Biography. Todorova was born 3 February, 1974 and trained in the club Slavia with coach Lyudmila Dimitrova. She was successful as a junior gymnast, winning four gold medals and two silver medals at the 1989 Junior European Championships in Spain, including the all-around gold. In the apparatus finals, she won two golds with rope and ball and two silvers with the hoop and clubs. She also won the team gold along with her teammates Mila Marinova and Teodora Blagoeva. Todorova turned senior a year later and finished fourth in the all-around at the 1990 European championship in G\u00f6teborg. She won a silver medal in the team event with her teammates Julia Baicheva and Neli Atanassova, and individually, she won bronze medals in the ribbon and rope finals. In the ball final, she placed 8th. In 1992, she again competed at the 1992 European Championship, where she won the gold team medal alongside Maria Petrova and Diana Popova. She won another bronze medal in the ball final,"}, {"text": "and she placed 4th with clubs and 6th in the hoop final, but she tied for eighth in the all-around. In 2000, she was in a car accident in Turkey; the ambulance taking her back to Bulgaria then also crashed. Todorova recovered from the crashes. At that time, she was no longer involved in gymnastics. Todorova died of cancer at the age of 46 on 12 March, 2020."}, {"text": "Edmund George Hornby (1799\u20131865) was a British politician who was MP for Warrington between 1832 and 1835. He was the son of Edmund Hornby."}, {"text": "Bernard H\u00e9r\u00e9son (born 8 January 1969) is a French former football defender."}, {"text": "The International Federation of Actors (, FIA) is a global union federation bringing together trade unions representing actors. History. The federation was established in 1952, on the initiative of the British Actors' Equity Association, and the Syndicat Fran\u00e7ais des Artistes-Intepr\u00e8tes. The organisation's logo was designed by Jean Cocteau. In 1970, the International Federation of Variety Artists joined the organisation. For many years, the secretariat was independent of both the main international federations of trade unions, the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions and the World Federation of Trade Unions, and as such, by the 1980s, it represented both unions in capitalist countries, and in communist countries. In 1997, the organisation affiliated with the International Arts and Entertainment Alliance. 1952: Pierre Chesnais 1968: Rolf Rembe 1974: Gerald Croasdell 1983: Rolf Rembe 1991: Michael Crosby 1996: Katherine Sand 2001: Dominick Luquer 1952: Jean Darcante / G\u00e9rard Philipe 1956: Gordon Sandison 1958: Fernand Gravey 1964: Rodolfo Landa 1967: Vlastimil Fisar 1970: Pierre Boucher 1973: France Delahalle 1982: Peter Heinz Kersten 1992: Tomas Bolme 2008: Agnete Haaland 2012: Ferne Downey 2021: Gabrielle Carteris"}, {"text": "David Rin\u00e7on (born 8 March 1970) is a former French football forward. Coaching career. In 2012, Rin\u00e7on became assistant coach of FC Hirtzbach under his former FC Mulhouse teammate, Herv\u00e9 Milazzo. In the 2015-16 season, after Milazzo left the club, Rin\u00e7on took over as manager. In the 2016-17 season, Rin\u00e7on was an assistant coach at FC Sierentz under manager Florian D\u2019Almeida. Ahead of the 2017-18 season, Rin\u00e7on was presented as the new manager of AS Blotzheim. He left the club in 2019. In 2019, FC Hagenbach and Rin\u00e7on's former club, FC Balschwiller, merged to form the new club Entente Hagenbach-Balschwiller. Rin\u00e7on later became both vice-president and assistant coach of the new club."}, {"text": "The Fujifilm X-Pro3 is a mirrorless interchangeable-lens digital camera announced on October 23, 2019. It is part of Fujifilm's X-Series of cameras, the successor to the X-Pro2. Sales began on November 28, 2019. X-Pro3 is the latest release of the series. Features. The overall design follows traditional range finder cameras much like the X-Pro 1 and X-Pro 2 before it but like those cameras it is a traditional mirrorless camera but with the addition of an Optical View Finder to complement the Electric View Finder. A lever on the front of the camera switches between EVF and OVF with the OVF providing clear framelines and the view outside of these framelines in a rangefinder style, leading to the X-Pro series being popular with street photographers to see what might be entering their shot. The camera's top and base plates are made from titanium, and the rest of the body shell is made from magnesium alloy. A variant with a harder wearing DuraTect finish for the titanium top and base plates is scheduled to be available from 8 December 2019. Reviewers have indicated the latter finish accentuates fingerprints. Another notable design change from previous X-Pro models is the X-Pro3's hidden display."}, {"text": "The camera's main LCD screen is mounted on an inward facing hinge and must be opened downwards for viewing or waist level shooting, leaving the screen hidden and the rear of the camera protected when not in use. On the back side of the LCD screen (viewable when the LCD is not) is a secondary unlit display which can be used to display the camera's settings or the film simulation in use. The X-Pro3 does not have in-body image stabilization. The autofocus works down to -6 EV (near darkness)."}, {"text": "Pascal Havet (born 21 June 1964 died 29 April 2025) is a French former professional footballer who played as a defender."}, {"text": "Christophe Lagrange (born 24 October 1966) is a French former professional footballer who played as a forward."}, {"text": "In international rallying, R5 refers to a class of cars competing under Group R regulations. R5 regulations were introduced by the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) in 2012 as a replacement for the Super 2000 class. In 2019 the FIA renamed the R5 specification ruleset to Group Rally2 as part of a wider plan to reorganise FIA championships and replace Group R with new Groups Rally. Existing FIA homologated R5 cars remain eligible for any FIA Rally2 level competition, and non-homologated R5 or Rally2 cars should be accepted equally at national level where approved. R5/Rally2 cars are based on production cars and feature a 1600cc turbocharged petrol engine. R5 cars are a step down from World Rally Cars in their power and performance. They are eligible to compete in the World Rally Championship and in a dedicated series known as the World Rally Championship-2. This championship is exclusively open to manufacturer and professional independent teams competing in R5 cars. In 2020 and 2021, privateer entries in R5 cars contested the World Rally Championship-3. R5 cars also compete in regional championships such as the European Rally Championship and national-level events such as the British Rally Championship. List of R5 models. The"}, {"text": "following models are eligible to compete in the World Rally Championship and its support categories:"}, {"text": "A bagshy is a professional Turkmen bard who devotes his or her life to memorizing and reciting historical epics (\"dessan\" in Turkmen), typically accompanied by the traditional two-stringed instrument known as the dutar. Bagshys have enjoyed great respect in Turkmen society as guardians of the culture, and since independence in 1991, they have received greater support from the government. In central Asia, the word \"bagshy\" (also spelt as \"baqshi\" or \"bakshi\" among other variants) refers to a bard or a shaman. The model Turkic bard is the legendary figure of Dede Korkut (or Qorqyt), who is also regarded as the saint and protector of all bagshy. Dede Korkut is the central figure in the epic The Book of Dede Korkut. He is also said to be the inventor of the two-stringed fiddle known as the qobyz, which is the preferred instrument of shamans. The art of the bagshy is called the bagshychylyk in Turkmen and is handed down orally from one generation of bagshy to the next. The master (halypa) teaches the student (shagirt). Aspiring bagshys pay homage to patron figures such as Ashyk Aydyn Pir and Baba Gambar. The former's shrine is located in Dashoguz province in northern Turkmenistan."}, {"text": "Traditionally the preserve of men, women are also now leading figures in the bagshy profession, among them Almagul Nazarowa, Soltanbagt Rejepowa and Bibinur Ashyrowa. The Smithsonian Institution notes that an apprentice \"bagshy\" must first perform a pilgrimage to a patron saint's mausoleum and must spend the night asking for the saint's blessing."}, {"text": "Beno\u00eet Chagnaud (born 21 August 1972) is a French former football forward."}, {"text": "is a Japanese singer-songwriter who is signed to SMAR. She keeps her personal information secret. In 2020, she became one of five recipients of the Special Achievement Award at the 62nd Japan Record Awards."}, {"text": "Caetano Maria Pacheco Pais dos Reis e Sousa (born 1968) is a Portuguese scientist who is a principal group leader at the Francis Crick Institute. Education. Reis e Sousa was educated at Atlantic College in Wales, Imperial College London (BSc) and the University of Oxford where he was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1992 for research on dendritic cells, and the phagocytosis of antigens by Langerhans cells supervised by Jonathan Austyn. Career and research. After working as a postdoctoral researcher at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) in the United States, with Ronald Germain, he joined the Imperial Cancer Research Fund (ICRF) in 1998. He headed the Immunobiology Laboratory which became part of the Francis Crick Institute in 2015. He is also a visiting professor of Immunology at Imperial College London and King's College London and honorary professor at University College London (UCL). Reis e Sousa's research centres on the mechanisms involved in sensing infection, cancer and tissue injury. He has helped to define the cells and pathways involved in innate immune detection of RNA viruses, fungi and dead cells. Awards and honours. Reis e Sousa was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)"}, {"text": "in 2019, and is also a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedSci), a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) and was made an Officer of the Order of Sant'Iago da Espada by the Government of Portugal in 2009. He was awarded the Liliane Bettencourt for Life Sciences Prize in 2008, Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine in 2017 and the Bial Award in Biomedicine in 2019."}, {"text": "Peabody Academy was established in 1880 in Troy, North Carolina, by the American Missionary Association (AMA) for the sole purpose of educating African Americans of Montgomery County, North Carolina. The Negro boarding school attracted students from all of the surrounding rural areas including towns now known as Biscoe, Mount Gilead, Candor, Pekin, Star, in addition to Troy, North Carolina. Peabody Academy was the only institution, at the time, that served the educational needs of African Americans. After U.S. Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Montgomery County Public School System began the process of integrating its schools under the threat of cutting off federal funds if they did not comply. Almost fourteen years after the Brown v. Board decision and nearly four years after the Civil Rights Act was signed into law, the Montgomery County School Board voted to close Peabody School on March 28, 1968. The Peabody Academy was then repurposed and reopened as an integrated Troy Middle School. Today, the buildings are occupied by the Troy Housing Authority with a few rooms on the bottom floor repurposed as the Peabody Museum. History. Founding board of trustees. Since Troy had the largest population of African Americans in Montgomery"}, {"text": "County and surrounding area, Reverend Ellis and the AMA chose the small town as the location to establish a school for freedman. Peter Green, Alexander C. Powell, and James Kron formed the original Board of Trustees for Peabody Academy. All three were former slaves and leaders in their respective communities. Mr. Green represented the Cheek Creek Township, which is the modern-day Mount Gilead/Pekin area in south-central Montgomery County. Mr. Powell represented the Rocky Springs Township, which is in between Candor and Norman area in the southeastern Montgomery County and northern Richmond County. Mr. Kron represented the Uwharrie Township, which is west of Troy in western Montgomery County. Mr. Green, born in 1810, was the elder of the three men and served as chairman. In 1878, W. H. Watkins of Troy deeded a tract of land to the Trustees of Peabody Academy for \"the purpose of erecting an academy for Negroes on the road leading south from Troy\". Legacy leading to first black mayor of Troy. Sherri Allgood, the first African American Mayor of Troy who served from 2018 to 2020, is a descendant of Peter Green (paternal lineage) and Alexander C. Powell (maternal lineage). Peter Green is Allgood's third great-grandfather"}, {"text": "on her father's side. Alexander C. Powell is the brother of her third great-grandmother on her mother's side. Predecessor to Peabody Academy. Before Peabody was established, the Freeman's Bureau established a school in Troy as part of its mission to educate African Americans across the South and former-slave states after the Civil War. In 1866\u20131867, General Daniel Sickles commanded the Department of the South in District 2, or the Carolinas, and had Negro schools established. The Freeman Bureau worked with Lockey Simmons, local plantation owner of 40 slaves, to establish and help fund a Negro school in Troy, called Simmon's Tan Yard. Louiza, a former slave, was his assistant. Upon his departure from Troy and death in 1880, the American Missionary Association took over the work of educating the Negro students of Troy and Montgomery County. Naming of Peabody Academy. Although it can't be confirmed at this point, it is likely that the Peabody Academy was named after George Peabody, a prominent American international investor. George Peabody is considered to be the father of modern philanthropy. His aims were to improve society, promote education, and provide the poor with the means to help themselves, including African Americans in the South."}, {"text": "He established the Peabody Education Fund in 1867 with $2,000,000 in funding. The fund was instrumental in the construction, endowments, scholarships, teacher and industrial education for newly freed American slaves. It is considered by scholars to be one of the first truly modern philanthropies because of the way it went about giving its capital. The Peabody trustees devised a system of self-help by which the Foundation would provide challenge grants to local communities and the assistance was strategically targeted. Thus, the relatively meager return on the Fund's principal could be leveraged. The Fund would sought out locations where there were sufficient numbers of students and cooperative public officials who would combine the relatively small grant, tax money, or community support to build schools. By the second decade of the Twentieth Century a large number of southern communities had been able to build schools because of efforts by the Peabody Fund joined by others such as the Slater Fund, the Jeanes Fund and the giant General Education Board, established by John D. Rockefeller. Douglas Hall. In 1913 under the leadership of Principal and Reverend Sims, a successful fundraising campaign would help collect approximately $6,000 for the erection of a brick building"}, {"text": "to serve as the main building of Peabody Academy. The building would be called Douglas Hall. These funds would also be dedicated to constructing a new boy's dormitory to be named Anderson Hall. However, WWI would put a halt to Rev Sim's ambitious plan. By 1920, Douglas Hall was near completion and a magnificent structure it was. Peabody students, staff, and carpenters sent by the AMA joined to construct the school's main building. It was a cathedral-like building, composed of brick, with a wall of windows over 25-feet high surrounding the large front double doors. It was modern in every respect, including indoor plumbing and electric lighting. Classrooms were on the first and second floor. The main feature of the first floor was the beautiful chapel and auditorium. The basement housed the school cafeteria and science laboratories. Douglas Hall was destroyed by fire in 1946. The current standing Main Hall for Peabody Academy was built on the same foundation of Douglas Hall. The American Missionary Association. The American Missionary Association (AMA) was a nondenominational abolitionist society dedicated to providing education and political rights to African Americans. The AMA was founded in Syracuse, New York, in 1846 through the merger of"}, {"text": "a group of abolitionists who supported the uprising of slaves on the Amistad in 1839 with several small missionary organizations. Though the AMA's constitution stated that spreading the Christian gospel to America and other nations was the primary goal of the association, it quickly began to center its activities around anti-slavery missions. As slaves were freed during the Civil War, the AMA altered its mission to making provisions for them. More than 500 churches and schools were set up by the AMA to help acculturate the newly freed slaves. The (AMA) sent Reverend William Ellis to Troy, North Carolina, to build a Congregational church and school. Reverend Orishatukeh Faduma Tenure. After the death of Rev. Ellis, Reverend Orishatukeh Faduma, a native African and graduate of London University and Yale, led the school for 17 years starting in 1895. Rev. Faduma was a fine man of moral character and integrity, born in Sierra-Leon. Rev. Faduma graduated from Methodist High School, studied at Queens College in Taunton and London University. He received a Bachelor of Arts In 1885, the first man from Sierra-Leon to do so. He continued his education at Yale University Divinity School, receiving the Bachelor of Divinity in 1895."}, {"text": "Peabody excelled academically under the leadership of Fuduma. The curriculum in those days included courses in the Theology, Masonry, Early Childhood Development, Finance & Economics, Mathematics, Science, and English. Rev. Faduma not only served as principal of Peabody Academy but he was also pastor of the Congregational Church of Troy. Rev. Faduma was an avid support of W.E.B. Dubois and served as a member of the American Negro Academy (ANA), founded in Washington, D.C., in 1897 by Dubois, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Blanche K. Bruce and many other prominent members. It was the first organization in the United States to support African-American academic scholarship. DuBois suggested that a Talented Tenth of African Americans, primarily composed of blacks trained in classical higher education, could lead in educating masses of black citizens. He knew that most of the latter, who still lived in the rural South, would likely work in rural or unskilled jobs. But he wanted to provide opportunities for blacks who could surpass those limits. Rev. Faduma was in prime position to carry forward the mission of the organization being that he served as principal of Peabody Academy, a rural school with a focus on teaching Negro children a trade. Notable"}, {"text": "alumni. Julius L. Chambers. Julius Chambers was the third Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., serving from 1984 to 1993. Chambers was born and raised in Mount Gilead, North Carolina. He remembered when his father, an auto mechanic, had a white customer who refused to pay for repairs, and none of the white lawyers in the town would take his case. The experience led Chambers to want to become a lawyer. He would go on to become one of this country's great civil rights lawyers and leaders, devoting his entire adult life to justice and civil rights law. Chambers' dedication to equality and justice was shaped by his formative experiences as a boy in segregated North Carolina, in particular by the experiences of his father with discrimination. As a result, he held a firm belief that education was paramount to changing the trajectory of his future. He attended and graduated from Peabody Academy High School in Troy, North Carolina. After high school, he attended North Carolina Central University where he earned summa cum laude honors. Chambers went on to earn a master's degree from the University of Michigan and then enrolled as one of the first"}, {"text": "African American students at the University of North Carolina School of Law. He was a brilliant law student at UNC School of Law, where he not only graduated with high honors but also graduated first in his class. He was pioneer in many areas including the first African-American editor-in-chief of The North Carolina Law Review, a student-operated law journal at UNC School of Law. While teaching at Columbia Law School, he obtained a Master of Laws degree. His reputation first caught the attention of then-Legal Defense Fund Director-Counsel, Thurgood Marshall. Chambers was one of the first two LDF scholarship recipients. He also was LDF's first Legal Fellow. This began his lifelong association with the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, where he worked as an intern and lawyer, cooperating attorney, board member and board chair, and, finally, as Director-Counsel, a position he held from 1984 to 1993. In 1993, Chambers left NAACP LDF to become Chancellor at North Carolina Central University, his college alma mater. He remained chancellor at North Carolina Central until he retired in 2001, when he rejoined the firm of Ferguson, Stein & Chambers. Chambers was a founding member of Ferguson, Stein & Chambers, the first integrated law firm"}, {"text": "in North Carolina. The firm became a model for civil rights law firm practice in the private bar. Over his years in practice at the firm, and later at NAACP LDF, Chambers litigated and argued landmark civil rights cases in the United States Supreme Court, including \"Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenberg Board of Education,\" 402 U.S. 1 (1971) (school desegregation), \"Thornburg v. Gingles\", 478 U.S. 30 (1986) (voting rights), Griggs v. Duke Power Co., 401 U.S. 424 (1971) and \"Albemarle Paper Co. v. Moody,\" 422 U.S. 405 (1975) (employment discrimination), \"Shaw v. Hunt,\" 517 U.S. 899 (1996) (redistricting), among many others. Chambers was known for his sharp mind, his relentless focus on the law as a means of advancing civil rights, his understated sense of humor, and his unflappable demeanor. He was a man of tremendous courage. His home and his car were firebombed on separate occasions in 1965, and his office was burned to the ground in 1971, during the height of some of his most contentious civil rights litigation in North Carolina. When he spoke of these events, Chambers was typically matter-of-fact, insisting always that you \u201cjust keep fighting.\u201d Chambers worked alongside other great litigators and racial justice advocates \u2014"}, {"text": "Thurgood Marshall, Jack Greenberg, Constance Baker Motley, Robert Carter \u2014 and he formed the connective tissue with the next generation of civil rights lawyers \u2014 many of whom he personally hired at LDF. Julius Chambers passed away in 2013 at the age of 76. He's survived by two children and three grandchildren. Eddie Coleman, Sr.. Eddie Brice Coleman, Sr. (widower of Mrs. Maudestine Clinkscales Coleman), son of the late Preston and Charlotte Simms Coleman, was born on September 28, 1918, in Chester, South Carolina. He was the fourth of 11 children. Mr. Coleman was married to his wife in 1943 and they were happily married for 55 years until she passed in 1998. He attended Peabody Academy in Troy, North Carolina, and later graduated from North Carolina A&T State University after spending 4 years in the Army. He received his bachelor's degree in agriculture and a master's degree in school administration. He was a remarkable educator and imparted knowledge and motivation to all he met. He began his education administration work for Peabody School in Troy in 1947. At the close of Peabody School, he began teaching for West Montgomery High School. Mr. Coleman was revered as one of the"}, {"text": "most influential people in the county as he worked to bring about peace throughout the community during the school integration process. Prior to retirement, he became the Director of Adult Basic Education for Sandhills Community College, in Pinehurst, North Carolina. Coleman passed away at the age of 97 on October 8, 2015. He was survived by his two sons, Eddie L. Coleman, Jr. and Ronald Coleman. Almetta Armstrong. Almetta Armstrong is a Candor native who graduated from Peabody Academy High School. She earned a Bachelor of Science in elementary education from Shaw University and a Master of Science in elementary education from North Carolina A&T State University. Armstrong retired as an educator that taught for 33 years, 19 of those serving children in Montgomery County Schools. During her educational career, she served as the Montgomery County NCAE President and District NCAE President. Mrs. Armstrong also served on the Montgomery County Board of Education for 19 years. In addition to local leadership roles, Mrs. Armstrong served as a board member on the North Carolina School Boards Association and served as the board president. She served as an education advisor to Governor Jim Hunt and State Superintendent Bob Etheridge. Mrs. Armstrong is"}, {"text": "highly revered in the Montgomery County community for her true passion for children to excel academically. Lieutenant Colonel Earl Durant. Early Durant was born March 4, 1947, in Asheboro, North Carolina, and graduated from Peabody Academy High School in 1964. He enrolled at North Carolina Central University and graduated in 1968 with a Bachelor of Science degree in health education. Durant was commissioned at Officer Training School (Lackland Air Force Base, Texas) in May 1969. In 1970, Colonel Durant was assigned as a deputy missile combat crew member and in 1972, he graduated from Squadron Officer School at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. He would later complete Air Command and Staff College by correspondence in 1974. His various service in the United States Air Force included space surveillance monitor, surveillance officer, and space & missile warning staff officer. From 1979 to 1981, Colonel Durant became director of the Space and Missile Warning Systems. He was also a staff officer assigned to the Deputy Chief of Staff, Space and Missile Warning Systems Headquarters, Strategic Air Command, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. Colonel Durant's military decorations include the Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters, Joint Service Commendation Medal, and the"}, {"text": "Air Force Commendation Medal. Film footage of students. As part of H. Lee Waters' \"Movies of Local People\" on 16mm black and white reversal film, Peabody Academy and its some of its students appear in one of the clips. A collection of Waters' films includes silent footage that he captured when he visited Montgomery County in 1938. Footage included not only footage of Peabody School, but also black and white film of the local townspeople, theater performances, downtown shops, and schools in the surrounding small towns of Troy, Biscoe, Star, and Candor. Waters' collection is digitized and housed at the Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Duke University and the Duke Digital Collections. Peabody Academy Marching Band performed in several Christmas Parades in Star, North Carolina. Footage of the December 14, 1957, Star Christmas Parade Star includes a 10-second appearance by the Peabody's marching band. Original SD footage recorded on Super 8 color film, courtesy of Star Halcyon Woman's Club and is available online via Star Heritage Series YouTube channel. 1950 Yearbook. There was only one yearbook ever designed and published for Peabody High School. It was edited and published by the Senior Class of 1950. The yearbook can"}, {"text": "be found on Flickr.com showing various photos of the student body, staff, football team, basketball team, band, science club, etc. Peabody Community vs Montgomery County Board of Education. In 1954, the Supreme Court unanimously struck down segregation in American public schools, in the case that came to be known as \"Brown v. Board of Education\". This was a landmark decision that would be the catalyst for Civil Rights Movement. However, the Montgomery County Board of Education and School Superintendent, like most of the school systems across the South, were very slow and resistant to implementing the process of desegregation of the schools. This sparked the Peabody Community to organize, strategize, and take action. In 1954, a group of 45 Montgomery County parents led by the NAACP decided that they would file a formal complaint against the school system seeking admission of their African American students to the white schools. They were requesting immediate desegregation of the county schools in accordance with the recent \"Brown v. Board\" decision of the United States Supreme Court. The Peabody Community residents went before the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners on September 7, 1954, with a petition for the desegregation of Montgomery County Schools. Eventually,"}, {"text": "27 parents signed the petition which was delivered by J. Kenneth Lee and George A. Lawson, the attorneys for the petitioners. The summons was issued July 29, 1955. The petitioners were A. E. Thomas, Purty Thomas, Ada Butler, Hattie Stanback, Erie Green, Sam Butler, James Smith, Jessie N. Marshall, Henry Baldwin, Rushie McAuley, Trumella A. Diggs, A. D. Freeman, J. W. French, Oscar Thomas, Gladys K. Thomas, Sydney Thomas, R. D. Gainey, Bertie N. Hammond, Jass Cagle, Irene Martin, Daisy Harris, James Butler, N. W. Lowery, Flora Kelly Simmons, T. H. Simmons, Ernest Simmons, and George Simmons, President of the Peabody High School Parent-Teacher Association (P.T.A.). The case was \"HELEN COVINGTON et al. v. MONTGOMERY COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD\". | No. 323-R. | United States District Court M. D. North Carolina | April 7, 1956. The parents named the defendants as J. S. Edwards, Superintendent of Schools of Montgomery County, and members of the Montgomery County Board of Education: E.R. Wallace, D.C. Ewing, Harold A. Scott, James R. Burt and James Ingram. The class action lawsuit read: The parents of a number of Negro children in Montgomery County, North Carolina, brought this suit to secure an injunction against the Superintendent of"}, {"text": "Schools and the County Board of Education, directing the defendants to present a plan of desegregation of the races in the schools and forbidding them to assign Negroes to particular schools because of their race. The complaint was filed on July 29, 1955, as a class action by thirteen adults personally and as the next friends of the forty-five minor plaintiffs, all of whom are Negroes. The defendants filed an answer on September 22, 1955, alleging that the plaintiffs had failed to exhaust the administrative remedies provided by the State, in that they did not comply with the statutes of the State which regulate the assignment and enrollment of pupils in the public schools. On this account, the defendants moved the court to dismiss the suit, and the District Judge after hearing granted the motion. By 1959, the case had made its way up to the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS). It was argued on March 12, 1959, and the SCOTUS made its decision on March 19, 1959. The SCOTUS upheld the lower courts decision in rejecting the parents appeal to admit their children into the white schools. Many of the black parents involved in the lawsuits suffered retribution for their"}, {"text": "courage and conviction. Several of them received death threats, were fired from their jobs, and blackballed from getting future employment. Although their case was rejected, the effort was not a total failure. It was an unprecedented demonstration by the Peabody Community to Troy, Montgomery County, and the rest of North Carolina that the small community would no longer tolerate desegregation and demanded what was now their constitutional right. These brave parents of the Peabody Community mobilized and showed solidarity in their fight to provide their young African American children with the same facilities, trained teachers, books, pencils, and resources that was provided to white children. Closing of Peabody Academy. It wasn't until U.S. Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that Montgomery County Public School System started to make a serious attempt to integrate its public schools. This was only because the federal government threatened to cut off all federal funds for any school system that did not comply with an integrated school system. Unable to operate without the $64,500 that the school system received annually in the form of federal aid, Superintendent C. Wade Mobley recommended a compromise called \"Freedom of Choice\", in which parents and students were"}, {"text": "given a choice of attending any school of choice, regardless of race or town. Only a handful of black students chose to attend the historically white schools, but there was not one single white student who opted into an all-black school. Then in March 1968, the U.S. Department of Health Education and Welfare (US HEW) informed school officials that they had to eliminate the dual school structure by the 1969\u201370 school year. On March 28, 1968, the Montgomery County School Board voted to close Peabody School and send the elementary students from Peabody to Troy Elementary School. High school-aged students from Peabody would have to enroll at either East or West Montgomery High School, depending on the district where they lived. The Peabody Academy was then repurposed and reopened as an integrated Troy Middle School. All elementary students in the Star district were assigned to Star Elementary, and Biscoe students were assigned to Biscoe Elementary. First and second graders from all-black Highland School were assigned to Mt. Gilead Elementary, and first and second graders from Brutonville went to Candor Elementary. The plan did not comply with federal guidelines, however, because Highland School and Brutonville School remained open as all-black schools."}, {"text": "A team from US HEW arrived in February 1969 to see why the county hadn't made more progress and termed the school board's plan \"unacceptable.\" Paradigm of Hope: The Story of the Peabody Academy. In 2016, John Maynard, in conjunction with Star Heritage Association, published a book entitled \"Paradigm of Hope\", that focuses on the role that the American Missionary Association and Principal Orishatukeh Faduma played in establishing one of the early schools for Negroes in Montgomery County, North Carolina. It also discusses Faduma's background and his involvements as an educator, minister, and activist. Maynard provides a portrayal of the African American community in the area and its relationship with the larger community. Maynard collaborated with Star Heritage Association in writing and publishing the 210-page book. Maynard was motivated to write the book because \"prior historians have put the stories of our African American ancestors on the back-burner\". Peabody Community Development, Inc. Alumni and former students of Peabody High School formed and incorporated an organization to encourage alumni to participate actively in the Troy community and Montgomery County alike. It also promotes its members to attend events, to volunteer, to create new ways for alumni to stay connected to each"}, {"text": "other, and to contribute to the greatness of North Carolina. Today, ownership of the administration building, gym, outside basketball court, and property of Peabody School have been transferred over to Troy Housing Authority. A portion of the basement of the Peabody administration building is reserved for Peabody Community Development and now serves as Peabody Museum. The Museum is open for a limited time on Saturdays and PDC Members hold meetings here once a month. The organization approved a partnership with the Peabody Legacy Project to preserve and highlight the legacy of Peabody Academy, Peabody High School, and Peabody Alumni. The project's secondary mission is to establish a digital footprint for the Peabody Academy/High School through a docuseries, interviews, online postings, videos, and use of social media."}, {"text": "Izaak Godijn or Izaak Godyn (c. 1660 \u2013 after 1712) was a Flemish painter who, after a stay in Italy, spent most of his known artistic career as a court painter in Prague. He produced magnificent Baroque frescos and hunting still lifes. He is credited with introducing the Baroque Netherlandish tradition of hunting pieces into Bohemia. Life. Details about his life are scarce. Izaak Godijn was probably born around 1660 in Antwerp. He is believed to be the younger brother of the painter Abraham Godijn or Abraham Godyn who studied under the prominent history painter Hendrik Herregouts. It is not clear with whom Izaak studied but it is assumed he trained initially in Antwerp. He travelled likely in the company of Abraham Godijn to Italy. He moved to Prague in 1690, where he joined Abraham Godijn. Here he worked as a court painter. He worked together with Abraham Goddijn on a commission to paint frescos in the Troja Palace in Prague. They were part of a group of artists who worked from 1687 to 1693 for Count Wenzel Adalbert von Sternberg on the decoration of the Troja Palace in Prague. This group included Flemish artists such as Johann Baptiste Bouttats."}, {"text": "After Abraham Godijn returned to Antwerp, Izaak was in Prague employed as a court painter to Count Wenzel Adalbert von Sternberg from 1693 to 1712. In 1700 he married in Prague. From 1703 onwards he attempted to become a member of the painter's guild of Mal\u00e1 Strana in Prague but was not successful. A statement by Count von Sternberg that Godijn was his court painter was likely the reason for this failure. Izaak was still documented in Prague in 1708. The date and place of his death are not known but it is presumed he died in Prague after 1712. Work. Izaak Godijn collaborated with Abraham Godijn on the frescos which Count von Sternberg commissioned to be painted in the main room of the Troja Castle. The paintings are considered to be among the best examples of Baroque fresco painting in Northern Europe. The frescos use illusionist effects and narrate in a triumphalist way the history of the Habsburg Dynasty. The design follows the Baroque schema of architectural symbolism whereby the ceiling depicts the celestial world and the walls the terrestrial world. The ceiling is decorated with celestial beings that were said to protect the Habsburg territories. Underneath the curved"}, {"text": "surfaces below the ceiling, angels and \"putti\" are floating before trompe-l'\u0153il architecture showing scenes from Habsburg history. The walls depict the terrestrial world with one of the scenes on the shorter walls celebrating the victory of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor over the Turks. In one scene we see the trompe-l'\u0153il effect of a Turk falling down with his arms outstretched while his shadow is reflected on the painting (see illustration). The longer wall holds statues or busts of the Habsburg rulers in \"grisaille\". The fresco programme achieved a sophisticated and complex synthesis of a fictionalist painting of architecture and lively figural scenes. The exact contribution of Izaak to this decorative program has yet to be clarified. As Izaak's participation in the paintings in the castle of Troja is not documented, he is now mainly recognised for his introduction of the hunting still life into Bohemia. It is possible that Abraham Goddijn also played a role in this introduction of the Netherlandish type of hunting trophy images. Izaak is known to have painted many images of hunting trophies for the noble families von Sternberg, Czernin and Kolowrat. Representative of his work in this genre is the extensive collection in the"}, {"text": "Kolowrat Gallery (Rychnov nad Kn\u011b\u017enou Castle). His hunting pieces drew inspiration from the works of Frans Snyders in their sumptuousness and decorative aspect and from those of Jacobus Victors and Melchior de Hondecoeter in their overall conception and use of the landscape. In the Flemish tradition he created a dramatic effect in his hunting pieces. He continued the late Baroque's use of dramatic composition and lighting. In his compositions he placed the brightly illuminated prey in front of a gloomy landscape or a dark kitchen interior."}, {"text": "Now Sicily (\"Ora Sicilia\") was a regional Italian political party based in Sicily. The party, which functioned mainly as a group within the Sicilian Regional Assembly (ARS), was launched in June 2019 by splinters from Forza Italia led by Luigi Genovese. Originally formed by three regional deputies, a month later the party was joined by Tony Rizzotto from the League. In July 2020 Now Sicily became a full-fledged party. On 14 August 2022, Now Sicily merged into the Movement for Autonomy and Luigi Genovese was a candidate for the \"Populars and Autonomists\" list in the 2022 Sicilian regional election."}, {"text": "Kirby Reed is a fictional character in the \"Scream\" film series, created by Kevin Williamson and portrayed by Hayden Panettiere. She first appeared in \"Scream 4\" (2011) and returns in \"Scream VI\" (2023). The character is a target in the fourth killing spree committed by Ghostface, a mysterious, masked killer who wears a ghost mask and black cloak, to pursue her and her friends. In each film, the killer targets their victims with threatening phone calls and intimate knowledge of their target's lives before one or several of the alleged victims is revealed as a killer. In \"Scream 4\", Reed is introduced as the best friend of franchise protagonist Sidney Prescott's young cousin, Jill Roberts, a millennial target for a copycat anniversary serial killer wearing the infamous Ghostface costume. Since the original killings, no killer has targeted Woodsboro until 2011, making it the second Woodsboro massacre. Panettiere's character worries for her survival after not receiving a phone call like her best friends. The character is a horror genre savvy, trivia fanatic with a dry sense of humor and sarcastic quip. She shows subtle interest in fellow film geek Charlie Walker. She is initially slotted into the \"sidekick\" archetype but outgrows"}, {"text": "this by the final act. She rises to heroine status by the end and is left near-fatally wounded. Being the only unconfirmed victim of the Woodsboro Remake, Kirby was confirmed alive through a photographic cameo in the fifth entry, making her the sole teen survivor of the fourth film and a final girl. Kirby has been described as a \"fan-favorite\" and the fourth film's breakout character. Kirby reappears in \"Scream VI,\" now an FBI special agent based in Atlanta who travels to New York to assist in the investigation into the latest Ghostface knockoff mystery. Appearances. \"Scream 4\" (2011). Kirby's first appearance is in \"Scream 4\" (2011) as the 18-year-old high school senior from the fictional town of Woodsboro, in Northern California. The anniversary week of Billy Loomis (Skeet Ulrich) and Stu Macher (Matthew Lillard)'s original killing spree coincides with the murder of her classmates, Jenny Randall (Aimee Teegarden) and Marnie Cooper (Britt Robertson). She stays at her best friend, Jill Roberts (Emma Roberts)'s house, with her mother, Kate (Mary McDonnell) and Jill's celebrity cousin and heroine, Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell), whom Kirby admires and looks up to. Kirby credits Sidney for her love of horror movies. They receive police"}, {"text": "protection by Deputies Perkins (Anthony Anderson) and Hoss (Adam Brody). Kirby gets her first call, amid watching \"Shaun of the Dead\" with Jill. Ghostface claims to be in Jill's closet, but it turns out to be their other best friend, Olivia Morris (Marielle Jaffe)'s closet next door, whom they watch get savagely murdered. Kirby tends to Jill after she is slashed on the arm by Ghostface following Olivia's murder. She attends film geeks Charlie Walker (Rory Culkin) and Robbie Mercer (Erik Knudsen)'s third annual Stab-A-Thon, a Friday night movie marathon celebrating all seven \"Stab\" films back-to-back. The venue takes place at an abandoned farm, where Gale Riley (Courteney Cox) is stabbed during the Casey Becker (Heather Graham) opening scene. The sheriff's wife being left in critical condition causes the teens to disperse. The exception to this is Jill, who was prohibited from attending the party by her mother. Kirby is contacted by a snuck-out Jill to pick her up due to her mother \"driving [her] crazy\", and they invite Robbie and Charlie to Kirby's for an afterparty. Trevor Sheldon (Nico Tortorella)\u2014whom she had been suspicious of\u2014shows up uninvited, much to her annoyance, and Charlie apologizes, being the last arrival. A"}, {"text": "drunken Kirby almost kisses Charlie, but Trevor barges in again, causing Charlie to storm off. After Sidney arrives to warn Jill to leave, Ghostface has followed and launches at the three women at the front door after Robbie collapses to his death in front of them; the cousins run upstairs, while Kirby runs to another room in her main hallway. Kirby later reconvenes with Sidney again to say someone has smashed the router and the landline is dead; Sidney informs her she may have gotten in contact with the police. The two find Charlie outside her basement patio doors, where Sidney tells her not to let him in if she cannot trust him. Kirby cries, telling him she cannot open the door. Ghostface arrives to attack him. Then the lights shut. When they re-open, Charlie is duct-taped and rope-tied to a chair, like Steven Orth (Kevin Patrick Walls) in the original film's opening scene. Kirby must save his life with horror trivia questions, a callback to Casey Becker (Drew Barrymore), also in the original scene, now taking place in the tentative climax. She mentions \"Psycho\" (1960) as starting the slasher craze, but the killer states it is \"Peeping Tom\" (1960),"}, {"text": "the first film to \"put the audience in the killer's POV.\" She begs for one more question to save Charlie's life. After answering every remake she can think of, Ghostface goes silent, making her assume she has won the trivia game. Kirby goes out to untie and release Charlie, and in doing so, he stabs her in the stomach, revealing he is one of the killers. He blames her for not noticing him sooner, and is tearful about having to kill her. He stabs her in the stomach again, leaving her to drop on the floor and bleed out, still motioning on the ground. Sidney later hears a noise from the basement before Charlie grabs her and takes her away to be confronted with the other killer, Kirby's best friend, Jill. With the other two accounted for in the main hallway, it is inferred that the noise comes from Kirby, who crawls in after being stabbed. Dewey, Judy Hicks (Marley Shelton) and the remaining cops arrive; the victim-acting Jill mistakes Sidney and Kirby, both stabbed in the stomach twice, as being dead. Being a family member, Dewey naively discloses to Jill that Sidney is alive; while Jill targets Sidney in"}, {"text": "her recovering hospital bed, Sidney is able to subdue and kill her psychotic cousin. Meanwhile, it is assumed Kirby was found in the basement by other law enforcement off-screen. Jill is falsely identified as a survivor, while Kirby, whose fate is in limbo, is the later-revealed true survivor and final girl. \"Scream\" (2022). Kirby has a cameo via photograph in the fifth \"Scream\" film, simply titled \"Scream\" (2022), confirming her survival. When Richie Kirsch (Jack Quaid) watches a YouTube video by Film Fails criticizing \"Stab 8\", she is seen in a thumbnail still on the top video on the sidebar. The video titled \"Interview with Woodsboro Survivor Kirby Reed!\", uploaded by Bloody Disgusting three years ago. Since the film takes place in 2021\u20132022, the interview occurred in 2018, when Kirby was 24. \"Scream VI\" (2023). Kirby appears again in \"Scream VI,\" now an FBI special agent and living in Atlanta. She works alongside Detective Bailey to investigate the latest attacks made by the Ghostface killer, acknowledging her previous attack by Charlie Walker in 2011. It is shown that Kirby and Samantha Carpenter are familiar with each other, both having attended Woodsboro High School together and have a friendly reunion at"}, {"text": "the NYPD station. Kirby accompanies Sam and her friends to the Ghostface shrine, where she is seen looking at items belonging to her former best friend and past killer, Jill Roberts along with evidence from her attack at the hands of Charlie Walker. During the finale, Kirby helps Sam turn the shrine into a trap and reveals she is the only one of them that will be armed with a gun. Detective Bailey then contacts Sam to inform her that Kirby was fired from the FBI months prior due to mental instability from her previous attack. Once Bailey arrives at the scene, Kirby is shown to have been attacked again by another Ghostface killer, although Sam remains suspicious. Kirby quickly alerts Detective Bailey when she sees another Ghostface appear behind him, only to be shot twice by Bailey, who reveals himself to be one of the killers along with his children, Ethan Landry and Quinn. Kirby is then shown to have worn a bulletproof vest and has survived her shooting, but is later stabbed once again by Ethan before killing him for good by dropping the TV that was used to kill Stu Macher on his head. She is then"}, {"text": "seen receiving medical attention for her attack, instructing Sam to call her anytime she needs. Casting and development. Casting. Hayden Panettiere was announced to be offered a role on \"Scream 4\" on May 21, 2010, following the cancellation of \"Heroes\" (2006\u20132010). The character was described as fulfilling the \"best friend\" archetype to new heroine, Jill, the cousin of Sidney (portrayed by Neve Campbell). One week later, Panettiere and Rory Culkin were confirmed to star in the film. Personality and creation. The casting call for Kirby characterized her as \"Cute and quirky, was a tomboy until a year ago, now she's alternative, cool and sexy. Jill's best friend. She's a pop culture and horror aficionado.\". Panettiere responded to false claims and rumors she was unsatisfied with her role amid press release for \"Scream 4\": \"I actually think my role is very, very, very fun. She's very sassy. She's very strong. It's a character I don't think I've ever played before. Her name is \"Kirby\"\". She described portraying the character and taking direction from Wes Craven as \"a blast\". In an interview promoting the film, director Wes Craven praised Panettiere's performance as Kirby, working under a supporting cast member role and said,"}, {"text": "\"Hayden is a real powerhouse. Tremendous technical ability. Able to bring enormous emotionalities to something very quickly. Smart. Just so full of life and laughter and fun. And, you know, played this really difficult role as Emma's best friend. And again, brought the picture up so much in her scenes. [...] she just re-affirmed that she is just a really great actress [...] packed into a very small package\u2014but wow, what a powerhouse.\" On Kirby's development off-screen between the fourth and sixth films, Panettiere stated, \"She's come a long way. What happened to her has obviously impacted her life, and it sends her in a certain direction, but she's still the same old Kirby at the heart of it. She's just a little older, a little wiser, but just as spitfire-y, and snarky, and all that good stuff.\" Fate. In an October 2011 interview, Wes Craven discussed Kirby's uncertain fate following the film's release in April. He revealed actress Hayden Panettiere had a no-kill clause in her contract, and further stated that she did not die on-screen, as she \"kept moving on the ground\", but also expressed uncertainty on the development of a fifth film. On January 14, 2012, a"}, {"text": "fan tweeted to Craven. He asked if Kirby died and Craven tweet-replied, \"I don't think so. She was still moving when we cut away from her...\" Craven passed away in August 2015, and the fate of the franchise went into limbo following the dissolution of The Weinstein Company. The franchise rights were bought by Spyglass Media Group in November 2019. In November 2019, Spyglass Media Group acquired the rights to make a new \"Scream\" film, then-unknown to be a direct \"Scream 4\" sequel. In March 2020, it was announced that Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett would direct the fifth installment, with Kevin Williamson serving as an executive producer, and that the film had already entered official development. Co-director, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin spoke about answering Kirby's fate, stating, \"Honestly, the only reason she wasn't in it is because we were so far down the road that it would have been an injustice to Kirby to sort of shoehorn her in,\" he said. \"But we did know that we wanted to somehow answer that at some point.\" Co-director Tyler Gillett elaborated, \"The perfect moment came when the crew was doing post production. They were looking at the YouTube page where she would ultimately"}, {"text": "make her appearance.\" Originally, the \"blink-and-miss\" cameo was the original stand-in for the YouTube video clip that Richie Kirsch (Jack Quaid) watches. Gillett said that the YouTube page was not going to be used and instead, \"It was going to be an interview with Rian Johnson\" (the film's movie-within-a-movie director, parodying the backlash to the 's backlash, of which Johnson directed) where Panettiere's character speaks about \"how great\" \"Stab 8\" is. \"When scheduling made the Rian Johnson thing not work out, we designed the YouTube page and the first thing we said was, 'This is where we can answer the Kirby thing. This is where we can let people know Kirby survived. We'll make this an Easter egg.' As soon as we did that, we're like, 'Oh, it's great. It's subtle.' But it answers the thing we all wanted to know: did she live or die?\", Gillett stated. \"We went back to that Wes Craven quote,\" Bettinelli-Olpin further shared. \"And just thought, all right, let's see that through. We also just loved giving that piece of information in such a small way,\" he explained. \"We know that the fans that really genuinely care about Kirby and are in the did"}, {"text": "Kirby live or die debate are watching things that closely.\" Reception. Reviews. For \"Tilt Magazine\", Sarah Truesdale reviewed \"Scream 4\" on its ten-year anniversary, and referred to Panettiere as Kirby being \"easily the best part of the film,\". She also expressed enthusiasm at the idea of Kirby reappearing in the franchise's future stating that after Panettiere spent \"many years [...] post-\"Heroes\" and \"Scream\" in the very un-genre series \"Nashville\" [i]t would be nice to see her show back up in this realm again.\" Germain Lussier for \"Gizmodo\" retroactively praised the film in a retrospective review and singled out Panettiere saying, \"the kids throughout are wonderful, especially Hayden Panettiere\u2014who spent many years post-\"Heroes\" and \"Scream\" in the very un-genre series \"Nashville\". It would be nice to see her show back up in this realm again.\" William Hughes for \"The A.V. Club\" also described Panettiere as \"one of the best parts of \"Scream 4\"\" when noting her \"Scream VI\" return. In a 2021 \"Fangoria\" article, Julieann Stipidis noted the importance of Kirby, stating, \"The epitome of effortlessly cool, the chic, quick-witted, middle finger-flipping secondary character chewed her way through the scenery, showcasing an abundance of horror knowledge and enthusiasm \u2013 and becoming"}, {"text": "a favorite among women horror fans who had never before quite seen themselves depicted in the mainstream.\" She further stated, \"And exactly 10 years later to the day, we still haven\u2019t really witnessed anything quite like a Kirby again\", and noted the minimality of examples in similar characters introduced later in the 2010s. Melanson for \"Fangoria\" in 2022 wrote about Kirby's return for the sixth installment stating, \"And while we appreciated the confirmation (Kirby lives!) and nod to this fan-favorite, we are happy to see Kirby returning as more than an easter egg for astute eyeballs.\" Fans reacted to the news of Panettiere's return to the role 12 years later with excitement, but also fear that she would be killed off."}, {"text": "Dimitar Mladenov (; born 12 March 1962) is a Bulgarian former professional footballer who played as a defender."}, {"text": "Gattu Bheemudu was an Indian politician belonging to Bharat Rashtra Samithi. He was elected as a member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Gadwal in 1999. He died on 12 June 2019 at the age of 67."}, {"text": "Eustace Akwei (3 December 1913 \u2013 ?) was a Ghanaian medical doctor. He was the first Ghanaian to be appointed Chief Medical Officer in the Gold Coast. Early life. Akwei was born on 3 December 1913. He was educated at Achimota School in Accra and at Edinburgh University. Professional career. Eustace Akwei worked as a public health physician in the Gold Coast. He was the first native to work with Dr G. T. Saunders, who was the first specialist epidemiologist and was instrumental in the control of trypanosomiasis in the country. He was a former Rockefeller Travelling Fellow and later became the first Ghanaian to be appointed Chief Medical Officer to the Ministry of Health in the Gold Coast in 1955. He was one of the prominent doctors present at the inauguration of the Ghana Medical Association in 1958. He was removed from his chief medic role in 1959 by Kwame Nkrumah, who was at the time the Prime Minister of Ghana. He subsequently joined the World Health Organization and was based in Brazzaville in the Republic of the Congo. After the coup d'\u00e9tat in 1966, he was reappointed Chief Medical Officer by the new National Liberation Council (NLC) military"}, {"text": "government which replaced the ruling Nkrumah government. Politics. In 1966, Akwei was appointed Commissioner for Health by the NLC military government, a position he held until the return of democratic rule in 1969."}, {"text": "Acquired haemophilia A (AHA) is a rare but potentially life-threatening bleeding disorder characterized by autoantibodies directed against coagulation factor VIII. These autoantibodies constitute the most common spontaneous inhibitor to any coagulation factor and may induce spontaneous bleeding in patients with no previous history of a bleeding disorder. Its incidence is approximately 1.5 cases/million/year. The distribution is bimodal with a first period occurrence between 20 and 30 years old, which mainly corresponds to women who develop this disorder in the postpartum, and a second peak between 68 and 80 years old, corresponding to the majority of patients, with no sex difference. An underlying medical condition can be identified in up to 50% of patients, including cancer either solid or hematologic; autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, Sj\u00f6gren syndrome, or bullous pemphigoid; administration of drugs and pregnancy. However, AHA can also emerge in elderly people without any risk factors. Overall mortality rate in AHA is varies from 20% to 70% depending on the series, attributed to the underlying disorder in about 50% of the cases, infections (5-15%) and major bleeding episodes (4%) The reason for this loss of tolerance to self-factors is still unclear. There may be different involved mechanisms, such as"}, {"text": "the presence of certain gene polymorphisms (e.g., HLA, CTLA4) and/or autoreactive CD4+ T lymphocytes. Clinical features. Due to the variable bleeding phenotype of this disorder, the clinical picture ranges from life-threatening and traumatic bleeds to mild or no bleeding tendency. In some cases, it is first noted after a surgical procedure, however, most occur spontaneously without apparent provocation. As patients with AHA are often elderly, co-morbidities and co-medications such as anti-platelet agents may also influence the clinical profile and require an individualized therapeutic approach. Symptomatic patients often present with large hematomas, extensive ecchymosis or severe mucosal bleeding, including epistaxis, gastrointestinal bleeding, and haematuria. In contrast with what happens to patients with congenital haemophilia, spontaneous hemarthroses are unusual. Women with postpartum factor VIII inhibitors usually present with abnormal vaginal bleeding. Diagnosis. Any acute or recent onset of bleeding symptoms in a patient with no previous history of bleeding, especially in elderly or post-partum patients, and an unexplained isolated prolonged activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) suggest the diagnosis of AHA, and need further investigation. The differential diagnosis in prolonged aPPT with a normal prothrombin time (PT) includes factor deficiencies, lupus anticoagulant or heparin therapy. The first step to distinguish between factor deficiency"}, {"text": "and the presence of an inhibitory substance is to perform a mixing test, in which patient plasma and normal plasma are mixed and aPTT measured; correction of prolonged aPTT suggests a factor deficiency while persistent prolongation indicates the presence of an inhibitor. Prolongation of the aPTT in a mixture of patient and normal plasma after a 1-2 h incubation compared to an immediate mix is typical of FVIII autoantibodies, as FVIII inhibitors are time and temperature-dependent. The diagnosis is confirmed by the subsequent identification of reduced FVIII levels with evidence of FVIII neutralising activity (titrated using the Bethesda assay or the Nijmegen modification). Treatment. Patients with acquired coagulation factor inhibitors should be treated jointly with haemophilia centres experienced in the management of inhibitors. Initial treatment consists of four steps: Therapy of bleeding. Anti-haemorrhagic treatment should be initiated in patients with AHA and active severe bleeding symptoms irrespective of inhibitor titre and residual FVIII activity. First-line treatment includes by-pass agents (activated prothrombin complex concentrates [aPCC] Factor Eight Inhibitor Bypassing Activity [FEIBA] and recombinant activated factor VII rFVIIa). Both treatments are effective and there is no evidence for the use of one product in preference to the other. Therapy should be continued"}, {"text": "until bleeding is controlled and management must generally rely on the clinical assessment as there are no validated laboratory tests to determine therapeutic levels. The main concern about the use of these agents is the appearance of thrombotic events. Tranexamic acid is a useful adjunct therapy but concerns about its concomitant use with FEIBA exist. A recombinant porcine FVIII molecule has recently been approved to treat bleeding episodes, with similar pharmacokinetics to human FVIII and the possibility of laboratory measurement and dose-adjustment. Alternative treatments if first-line treatment is unavailable or fails include human FVIII, DDAVP, intravenous immunoglobulin, immunoadsorption and plasmapheresis. Antibody eradication. All patients diagnosed with AHA should receive immunosuppressive therapy immediately following diagnosis with prednisolone either alone or combined with cyclophosphamide, what has a complete remission rate of 70-80%. If there is no response within 3\u20135 weeks, second-line therapies should be considered. The most common second-line treatment is with rituximab combined with other agents. Alternative options are calcineurin inhibitors, multiple immunosuppressive agents and immune tolerance protocols. Most immunosuppressive drugs are associated with side effects, including neutropenia-related infections and sepsis. The relapse rate after a first complete remission has been estimated at about 20%"}, {"text": "Ercilia Pep\u00edn is a Santo Domingo Metro station on Line 2. It was opened on 9 August 2018 as part of the section of Line 2 between Eduardo Brito and Concepci\u00f3n Bona. The station is located between Eduardo Brito and Rosa Duarte. This is an underground station built below Avenida San Vicente de Pa\u00fal. It is named in honor of Ercilia Pep\u00edn."}, {"text": "Hans Peter Schmid is a climatologist. He is director of the Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research - Atmospheric Environmental Research of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT/IMK-IFU) based in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. He is also Professor of \"Atmospheric Environmental Research\" at the Center of Life and Food Sciences Weihenstephan at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). Schmid studied at ETH Zurich from 1978 and graduated in 1984 with the work: \"The Horizontal Wind Field in the area of the City of Zurich\" as a natural scientist. He wrote his dissertation at the University of British Columbia. In 2005 he was appointed professor at Indiana University and in 2007 at KIT. Publications. List of publications of Hans Peter Schmids at his personal site at KIT/IMK-IFU"}, {"text": "The Sino-Latin American Production Capacity Cooperation Investment Fund (also referred to as the China-LAC Industrial Cooperation Investment Fund and abbreviated as Claifund) is a multilateral cooperation fund established by the Chinese government to support investments by Chinese companies in Latin America. It is one of two multilateral cooperation funds created by the Chinese government to advance the economic relationship between China and Latin America. The other is the China-LAC Cooperation Fund. Similar to the investment funds in promoting economic ties, the Special Loan Program for China-Latin America Infrastructure Project is a special credit line created by the Chinese government. Fundraising. The first phase of capital for the fund was in the amount of US$10 billion. The capital contribution came from three Chinese government entities: the People's Bank of China, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, and the China Development Bank. Part of the initial capital came from the foreign exchange reserves of China. Investments. The target investments of the fund are described as \"medium- and long-term projects in the fields of manufacturing, new and high technology, agriculture, energy, infrastructure\" including hydroelectric power plants."}, {"text": "Vojt\u011bch Kloz (born January 23, 1986) is a Czech professional ice hockey defenceman who plays for Hungarian club DEAC of the Erste Liga. Career. Kloz began his career with his hometown HC Karlovy Vary in their junior setup. He also spent time with the United States Hockey League's Chicago Steel before he was drafted 50th overall by the Ontario Hockey League's Kingston Frontenacs in the 2003 CHL Import Draft. He played one season in the OHL before returning to Karlovy Vary, making his debut for the senior team during the 2005\u201306 Czech Extraliga season. In 2010, Kloz moved to the Tipsport Liga in Slovakia with HK 36 Skalica. On April 30, 2012, Kloz made another return to Karlovy Vary. After one season he moved to the Polska Hokej Liga in Poland, signing for KH Sanok on August 28, 2013. On May 19, 2014, Kloz returned to Slovakia to sign with HK Nitra but left after playing just seven games and moved onto France's Ligue Magnus with Dauphins d'\u00c9pinal on October 8, 2014. On August 25, 2017, Kloz signed with the Coventry Blaze of the United Kingdom's Elite Ice Hockey League A year later, he returned to France, signing for Chamonix"}, {"text": "HC of August 19, 2018. On June 7, 2019, Kloz joined fellow Ligue Magnus side Anglet Hormadi \u00c9lite. In 2020, Kloz moved to Hungary to sign for Erste Liga side DEAC."}, {"text": "Fernando Mart\u00edn-Valenzuela Marzo (born 1948) is a Spanish diplomat. He served as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from 2018 to 2020. Biography. Born in Montalb\u00e1n (province of Teruel) on 12 November 1948, he earned a licentiate degree in Law from the University of Zaragoza and a diploma in International Studies from the Diplomatic School, joining the diplomatic corps in 1974. Mart\u00edn-Valenzuela, who was appointed as chairman and CEO of the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) in 1989, left the later post in 1991, becoming the Spanish permanent representative to the United Nations and other organizations in Geneva. He served as ambassador to Canada from 1996 to 1999. Following the investiture of Pedro S\u00e1nchez as Prime Minister in June 2018, Valenzuela was appointed as secretary of state for foreign affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation (second to Minister Josep Borrell in the informal hierarchy). He assumed office on 27 June 2018. Valenzuela left the office on 5 February 2020, being replaced by Cristina Gallach."}, {"text": "Dariusz Raczy\u0144ski (30 May 1962 \u2013 12 October 2022) was a Polish footballer who played as a midfielder. He is best known for winning the Polish Cup and Polish Super Cup in 1983 with his hometown club Lechia Gda\u0144sk, their first major trophies and greatest success to date. Career. Raczy\u0144ski was born in Gda\u0144sk on 30 May 1962. He made his footballing debut with Lechia Gda\u0144sk on 16 March 1980 playing against PKS Odra Wroc\u0142aw. In his first three seasons he made 48 appearances and scored 5 goals in the II liga, with Lechia suffering relegation to the third tier at the end of his third season. Despite being relegated it was a time which would become an historic period for the club. The 1982\u201383 season saw Lechia winning the III liga with Raczy\u0144ski making 13 appearances and scored 2 league goals as Lechia won the division and playing in five games of Lechia's winning Polish Cup run, beating Piast Gliwice in the final 2\u20131. The following season Lechia won the Polish Super Cup final by beating the Polish champions Lech Pozna\u0144 1\u20130, with Raczy\u0144ski starting the game. He also played in a 3\u20132 home defeat against Juventus in a"}, {"text": "European competition due to the previous season's cup win. Lechia also won promotion to the top division that season by winning the II liga for the 1983\u201384 season. That season would prove to be his last playing for Lechia, having made his final appearance for the club on 8 June 1985 against GKS Katowice. In total for Lechia he made 111 appearances and scored 9 in all competitions. Raczy\u0144ski then played a further two seasons for Igloopol D\u0119bica and then one and a half for Arka Gdynia, with whom he won promotion to the second division in 1988 before retiring six months later. Death. Raczy\u0144ski died in his hometown Gda\u0144sk after a serious illness on 12 October 2022, at the age of 60. Honours. Lechia Gda\u0144sk Arka Gdynia"}, {"text": "The Continental Basketball Association (CBA) was an American semi-professional basketball league that operated from to . Founded in 1969, the league originally began from an idea to keep the football players from the Central States Football League in shape during the offseason. The \"Continental\" name was chosen over \"Central States Basketball League\" so that it would be more inviting to potential teams outside of Illinois and Wisconsin, where the football league was based. The CBA played using National Basketball Association rules, which included a 24-second shot clock. Each team played a 20-game schedule, divided into 10 home games and 10 away. The six inaugural teams in 1969\u201370 were located in Illinois (Decatur, Peoria, Rockford and Waukegan), Michigan (Grand Rapids) and Wisconsin (Waukesha). The Waukesha team began the season based in Cudahy, Wisconsin, but moved mid-season due to lack of fan support. Though they were on top of the league's standings, the Medalist Mods were second to last in attendance. Waukesha went on to win the league title that season. During the 1970\u201371 season, the NBA Milwaukee Bucks entered a player-development agreement with the CBA Milwaukee Muskies. The Bucks ended the relationship the following season and the Muskies folded as a"}, {"text": "result. The Chicagoland Travelers (originally named the Northwest Chicagoland Travelers) also folded after the 1970\u201371 season because they failed to come up with the $20,000\u2013$30,000 in annual operating costs. The CBA folded after its 1973\u201374 season."}, {"text": "Heinrich Werl\u00e9 (2 May 1887 \u2013 26 May 1955) was a German choir director, organist and music critic. Life. Born in Bensheim, Werl\u00e9, son of a civil servant, was first a music teacher at a school in Leipzig, and from 1926 in the rank of a study council. From 1928 to 1945 he taught music at the P\u00e4dagogisches Institut of the Leipzig University. In 1933 he joined the NSDAP and was registered with effect from 1 May 1933 under the membership number 2,989,562. He was also a member of the National Socialist Teachers League and the National Socialist German Lecturers League. Beside his teaching activity he took over the direction of the chamber choir of the NS-Rundfunkgruppe Gau Sachsen and the \"Abteilung choir- und Volksmusik\" in the NS-Rundfunkgruppe at the Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk. In his contribution \"Zur Lage der Volksmusik im Rundfunk\" in the Leipzig magazine \"Volk im Werden\", he described the Weimar Republic as a \"period of liberalism lying behind us\", which \"out of inertial bourgeois comfort even in the popular has mixed so much foreign, false and hypocritical things with each other and intermingled them with each other, that first of all must be cleared away. Only what is"}, {"text": "true to life and close to the people finds its way directly to the Germans [...] The prerequisites for another are not based on a new aesthetic, but rest in the moral strength of responsibility-conscious National Socialism.\" From 1937 to 1943 Werl\u00e9 was main editor of the magazine for folk music \"Gut Ton\" in Dresden. After the Second World War he worked from 1946 as professor at the Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg. In the same year he founded the MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig, which he took over. In 1953 he obtained his doctorate at the University of Jena with a thesis on \"Musik im Leben des Kindes\". Among his students was church musician Johannes Petzold. Werl\u00e9 died in Leipzig at age 68."}, {"text": "Maya Ghosh (31 December 1949 \u2013 19 May 2019) was a Bangladeshi film, stage and television actress. She acted in more than 200 films. She was a freedom fighter. Biography. Ghosh was born on 31 December 1949 in Jessore. She took part in the Liberation War of Bangladesh. She used to cook for the freedom fighters in refugee camp in Kolkata. Ghosh made her debut in silver screen with \"Patal Bijoy\" in 1981. She acted in television and stage too. She was last seen in \"DB\" in 2016 which was a television series of ATN Bangla. Ghosh was married to Dileep Ghosh. He died in 2002. They had three children. Ghosh died on 19 May 2019."}, {"text": "K.D. (also known as KD Engira Karuppudurai or simply Karuppudurai), is a 2019 Indian Tamil-language comedy drama film written and directed by Madhumita and produced by Yoodlee Films, a production venture of Saregama India Limited. The film stars Mu Ramaswamy and Naga Vishal. The music was composed by Karthikeya Murthy. Nagavishal won Best Child Actor National Award in 2021 and Best Actor Award at the Jagran Film Festival 2019. Madhumita was awarded the Best Director at the UK Asian Film Festival 2019. \"K.D.\" released worldwide on 22 November 2019. It was remade in Hindi as \"Kaalidhar Laapata\" (2025) by Madhumita herself, starring Abhishek Bachchan portraying Mu Ramaswamy's character. Plot. Karuppu Durai, an 80-year-old man, bedridden for the past three months in a coma, suddenly wakes up one fine day to overhear his family planning to kill him by performing an ancient euthanasia or thalaikoothal ritual. Hurt, heartbroken, and afraid, Karuppu Durai runs away from the only home he has ever known. On an aimless path with nowhere to go, he accidentally meets an 8-year-old orphan named Kutty. Kutty is everything that Karuppu Durai is not: smart, spunky and full of life. The fiercely independent Kutty encourages KD to chalk out"}, {"text": "a bucket list and start living for himself. Thus begins an eventful road trip of this unlikely pair \u2013 an old man running away from his family and a young boy who never had one. The duo set out to complete KD's bucket list during which a strong bond forms between the two. Eventually, Kutty gets an offer to get admitted in a school in Chennai, and KD, although initially hesitant to let him, decides that Kutty should go to Chennai to lead a good life. KD then returns to his home, and signs the document handing over the property to his sons. The morning before KD's family decides to kill him by performing euthanasia, KD leaves his family once again for good Soundtrack. Karthikeya Murthy wrote and composed music for this film, consisting of 3 songs apart from the OST. The album & OST received positive reviews from critics with Times of India reviewing the music as \"jaunty and moving in the right places, do the magic\" and Firstpost said \"With a bubbly score that feels like childlike mischief made tangible\" amongst others. Critical response. \"KD (a) Karuppu Durai\" opened to strong critical acclaim with Times of India, The"}, {"text": "New Indian Express, The Indian Express and several other critics giving 4/5, while popular Tamil weekly Ananda Vikatan gave a very positive review and 48 marks for the movie. Baradwaj Rangan of Film Companion South wrote \"One part of why KD is so entertaining is the chemistry between the old man and the young boy \u2014 the other part is that their characters have been sketched out so well. Mu Ramaswamy plays Karuppudurai movingly, but with a twinkle in the eye\". Jigar Ganatra of Mumbai Live gave the film 4.5 stars and wrote \"Madhumita's vision to share a message thereby connecting emotionally with the audience comes across thoroughly in this project. KD aka Karuppudurai is more like embarking on a journey only two observe the lives of two beautiful souls who have no other intention but to keep each other happy and entertained. This film, as expected, fills your heart with various emotions.\""}, {"text": "The Lanzhou South Ring Expressway (), designated G22, is a that bypasses the built-up area of Lanzhou on the south side, the capital of Gansu Province. The design speed of the road is . Construction started in 2014<ref name=\"2018/12-25/8712447\"></ref> and the Expressway was opened on 29 December 2018. The construction cost was budgeted at 11.8 billion yuan. Together with the northern bypass formed by G6 Beijing\u2013Lhasa Expressway and G30 Lianyungang\u2013Khorgas Expressway, it forms a full Expressway Ring Road around Lanzhou. The Lanzhou North Ring Road forms an inner ring road, although it is not built to Expressway standards. Before opening of the Expressway, all traffic from the directions of Linxia and Lintao County over G75 Lanzhou\u2013Haikou Expressway terminated in the built up area of Lanzhou with few grade-separated junctions. The terminus of G75 is at a toll station on a long downward slop, with many hundreds of incidents involving brake failure of heavy trucks taking place. Heavy trucks are since required to use the Ring Expressway, avoiding the hazardous situation. Lanzhou South Service Area is the largest service area in Gansu province. Engineering works. The expressway runs through mountainous loess landscape. The road runs over 20 bridges, and through 17"}, {"text": "tunnels, 58.4% of the length is made up by bridges and tunnels. By far the largest bridge is Xigu Yellow River Bridge, a long dual-tower cable-stayed bridge crossing the Yellow River at above the water."}, {"text": "Awlad Hossain Chakladar (1950/51 \u2013 4 February 2019) was a Bangladeshi freedom fighter, film producer and director. Biography. Chakladar was a freedom fighter. He was the director of \"Nag Nortoki\". This film was Anjuman Ara Shilpi's debut film. He was the producer of \"Premik\" and \"Jogajog\". In 1985 \"Premik\" won National Film Award in two categories. In 1988 \"Jogajog\" also won National Film Award in two categories. Chakladar died on 4 February 2019 at the age of 68."}, {"text": "A histopathologic diagnosis of prostate cancer is the discernment of whether there is a cancer in the prostate, as well as specifying any subdiagnosis of prostate cancer if possible. The histopathologic subdiagnosis of prostate cancer has implications for the possibility and methodology of any subsequent Gleason scoring. The most common histopathological subdiagnosis of prostate cancer is acinar adenocarcinoma, constituting 93% of prostate cancers. The most common form of acinar adenocarcinoma, in turn, is \"adenocarcinoma, not otherwise specified\", also termed conventional, or usual acinar adenocarcinoma. Sampling. The main sources of tissue sampling are prostatectomy and prostate biopsy. Subdiagnoses - overview. In uncertain cases, a diagnosis of malignancy can be excluded by immunohistochemical detection of basal cells (or confirmed by absence thereof), such as using the \"PIN-4\" cocktail of stains, which targets p63, CK-5, CK-14 and AMACR (latter also known as P504S). Other prostate cancer tumor markers may be necessary in cases that remain uncertain after microscopy. Acinar adenocarcinoma. These constitute 93% of prostate cancers. Microscopic characteristics. In uncertain cases, a diagnosis of malignancy can be discarded by immunohistochemical detection of basal cells. Intraductal carcinoma. Intraductal carcinoma of the prostate gland (IDCP), which is now categorised as a distinct entity by WHO"}, {"text": "2016, includes two biologically distinct diseases. IDCP associated with invasive carcinoma (IDCP-inv) generally represents a growth pattern of invasive prostatic adenocarcinoma while the rarely encountered pure IDCP is a precursor of prostate cancer. The diagnostic criterion of nuclear size at least 6 times normal is ambiguous as size could refer to either nuclear area or diameter. If area, then this criterion could be re-defined as nuclear diameter at least three times normal as it is difficult to visually compare area of nuclei. It is also unclear whether IDCP could also include tumors with ductal morphology. There is no consensus whether pure IDCP in needle biopsies should be managed with re-biopsy or radical therapy. A pragmatic approach would be to recommend radical therapy only for extensive pure IDCP that is morphologically unequivocal for high-grade prostate cancer. Active surveillance is not appropriate when low-grade invasive cancer is associated with IDCP, as such patients usually have unsampled high-grade prostatic adenocarcinoma. It is generally recommended that IDCP component of IDCP-inv should be included in tumor extent but not grade. However, there are good arguments in favor of grading IDCP associated with invasive cancer. WHO 2016 recommends that IDCP should not be graded, but it"}, {"text": "is unclear whether this applies to both pure IDCP and IDCP-inv. Ductal adenocarcinoma may have a prominent cribriforming architecture, with glands appearing relatively round, and may thereby mimic intraductal adenocarcinoma, but can be distinguished by the following features: Further workup. Further workup of a diagnosis of prostate cancer includes mainly:"}, {"text": "The 1980 season was Molde's 8th season in the top flight of Norwegian football and their first since their promotion from 2. divisjon in 1979. This season Molde competed in 1. divisjon (first tier) and the Norwegian Cup. In the league, Molde finished in 10th position, 11 points behind winners Start and were relegated to 2. divisjon. Molde participated in the 1980 Norwegian Cup. On 6 August, they were eliminated by Fredrikstad after a 1\u20132 defeat at Fredrikstad Stadion in the fourth round. Squad. <br> Squad statistics. Appearances and goals. Lacking information:"}, {"text": "Charlotte Maria Radclyffe, 3rd Countess of Newburgh or Charlotte, Countess of Derwentwater (\"n\u00e9e\" Livingston) (1694 \u2013 4 August 1755) was a Scottish Jacobite sympathiser. A \"suo jure\" Countess, she was forced into a marriage that gave her earldom to her new husband. Early life. She was the daughter of Charles Livingston, 2nd Earl of Newburgh (1664\u20131694) and Lady Frances Brudenell (d. 1736), an Irish aristocrat who is best known as the subject of a satire in which she was portrayed as the leader of a society of Lesbians. As her father died before she was born, Charlotte became the Countess of Newburgh upon her birth in 1694. After her father's death, her mother remarried to Richard Bellew, 3rd Baron Bellew of Duleek. From her mother's second marriage, she had a younger half-brother, John Bellew, 4th Baron Bellew of Duleek. Charlotte's maternal grandparents were Francis, Lord Brudenell (son and heir apparent of Robert Brudenell, 2nd Earl of Cardigan) and the former Lady Francis Savile (a granddaughter of Thomas Savile, 1st Earl of Sussex). Her paternal grandparents were James Livingston, 1st Earl of Newburgh and, his second wife, Anne Poole (daughter of Sir Henry Poole). Her grandfather was a Member of Parliament"}, {"text": "for Cirencester who supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War before his death in December 1670. Personal life. On 22 December 1713, Lady Newburgh was married to the Hon. Thomas Clifford, the eldest surviving son and heir apparent of Hugh Clifford, 2nd Baron Clifford of Chudleigh and Anne Preston (second daughter and co-heiress of Rev. Sir Thomas Preston, 3rd Baronet, of Furness Abbey). Before his death on 2 December 1718, she was the mother of two children with Clifford: Charlotte was attacked in her bedroom by Charles Radclyffe, \"de jure\" Earl of Derwentwater, who had climbed down the chimney. Radclyffe, a younger son of Edward Radclyffe, 2nd Earl of Derwentwater and Lady Mary Tudor (an illegitimate daughter of King Charles II), had previously made fifteen marriage proposals, but after the attack she had little choice but to marry him on 24 June 1724. Together, they had six children, several of whom were born in Rome: Her husband was an active Jacobite, taking part in the uprising in 1715 and in 1745. He was condemned to death but managed to escape. He was eventually caught and beheaded on 8 December 1746. Death and descendants. Through her eldest daughter, she"}, {"text": "was a grandmother of Countess Cecilia Carlotta Francisca Anna Mahony, Countess Mahony (1740\u20131789), who married Prince Benedetto Giustiniani, 5th Prince of Bassano Romano and Duke of Corbara (d. 1793) in 1757. Charlotte lived until 4 August 1755, when she was buried with her husband at St Giles in the Fields. Their son James Bartholomew Radclyffe, 4th Earl of Newburgh became the Earl and his son was the next but he had no children. The earldom returned to the descendants of Thomas Clifford, starting with Prince Vincenzo Giuseppe Filippo Graziliano Giacopo Gasparo Baldassaro Melchior Domenico Giustiniani, 6th Prince of Bassano Romano, Duke of Corbara and \"de jure\" 6th Earl of Newburgh. His younger brother was His Eminence Prince Giacomo Giustiniani, President of the Congregation of the Reverend Basilica of Saint Peter, last member of the Giustiniani de Banca Family, who died the night of 23\u201324 February 1843."}, {"text": "The Metropolitan and City Police Orphanage was an orphanage for children of officers in the Metropolitan Police and City of London Police. It was established on 1 January 1870 as the Metropolitan Police Orphanage, opened its building at Fortescue House in Twickenham the following October and extended to the City of London Police in 1871. It moved to Wellesley House on Hampton Road, also in Twickenham, in 1874 and a War Memorial Hospital was added in its grounds in 1923. The Orphanage closed in 1937, handing Wellesley House to the Shaftesbury Homes, and the Metropolitan and City Police Orphans Fund was established in its place. The Wellesley House site was demolished and redeveloped in 1971."}, {"text": "Nazmul Huda Mintu (5 December 1942 - 2 June 2019) was a Bangladeshi film director. He directed many Dhallywood films. Biography. Mintu was born on 5 December 1942 in Naogaon. He made his directorial debut in Dhallywood with \"Surjo Othar Age\". He served as general secretary of Bangladesh Film Directors Association from 1989 to 1990. He was the director of \"Moushumi\" which film's title was named after Moushumi. Mintu died in London on 2 June 2019 at the age of 76."}, {"text": "U Turn () is a 2019 Sri Lankan Sinhala mystery thriller film directed by acclaimed cinematographer Channa Deshapriya in his directorial debut. The movie is produced by Maharaja Entertainments as a Sirasa Movie. The movie features the stars Hemal Ranasinghe Thumindu Dodantenna, Bimal Jayakody, Gamya Wijayadasa with the debut actress Chanu Dissanayake in the lead roles. The music of the film is composed by Chinthaka Jayakody with Bharadwaj composing music for the song. The movie is a remake of the 2016 Indian Kannada language film \"U Turn\" \u2013 thereby becoming the first Sinhala remake of a Kannada movie. The film mostly received positive reviews from critics. The film has successfully passed 50 days in theaters. Plot. Raveena (Chanu Dissanayake), a news reporter working on an article on the incidents at a flyover. She also has a crush on the crime reporter Adithya (Thumindu Dodantenna), whose help she seeks for research material on accidents on the flyover. She finds that each day some motorists move the concrete blocks that partition the road just to take a quick U-turn and avoid the traffic. They don't move them back and the blocks are left to lie randomly on the road leading to many"}, {"text": "accidents. A beggar sitting on the flyover notes down the vehicle numbers of bikers who violate the rule to take the U-turn. Then he gives the list to Raveena. She obtains the details of the culprits using her contact in the traffic department, with the intention of confronting them for their \"short-cut\" and writing an article for the paper. Her attempt to meet the first person on the list goes in vain. Later the same day, the police take her into custody and accuse her of killing the same person she wanted to meet. She is shocked and tells her side of the story. Though the senior police officer rejects it, sub-inspector Ranga (Hemal Ranasinghe), finds it believable and does some investigation. It is revealed that all the persons Raveena has on her list have committed suicide. They also noticed that they have committed suicide the same day they took the wrong \"u-turn\". Raveena and Ranga find another number has been noted by the beggar which is to be delivered to Raveena the next day. The duo trace the address and try to rescue the man, a lawyer (Rana Madhav), who has taken the u-turn on the same day. As"}, {"text": "nothing seems suspicious, both leave only to encounter the very death of the lawyer whom they came to rescue."}, {"text": "The Curiel family (Dutch: Curi\u00ebl \"or\" also known as: da Costa) is a prominent Sephardi Jewish family. Until the late 18th century, the family held diplomatic positions for the Portuguese Crown in Hamburg and Amsterdam. History. The family's origins date back to the 14th century in Curiel de Duero, Castile, Spain. Part of the Sephardic community in Spain, the Curiel family settled in Coimbra, Portugal, after the 1492 Spanish decree that ordered the expulsion of all Jews who refused conversion to Catholicism. Abraham Curiel was an eminent physician in Lisbon and ensured that his children practiced Judaism. They were ennobled in 1641 by Jo\u00e3o IV of Portugal and hold noble titles in Portugal, Spain and the Netherlands. The Curiel family has links to banking and commerce, the arts, literature and politics. In 1647, David Curiel financed the Spanish delegation to the Peace of Westphalia. Many members of the family sponsored Hebrew scholarship and practiced Judaism, either openly or as crypto-Jews. Hamburg. Historian Jonathan Israel wrote that in the seventeenth century, \"the new Hamburg synagogue, a place of worship for some eight hundred Sephardi Jews, was filled with emblems and reminders of the Curiel family. The eternal lamp, the \"Ner Tamid\","}, {"text": "was provided by Jacob Curiel, as was the oil for keeping the lamp burning. And also the \"bimah\" that stood at the centre of the synagogue, the shelves which lined it being reserved for the use of Jacob and his family.\" Uriel Uriel da Costa (part of the Curiel family, aliases Uriel Acosta and Uriel Abadat) , was a Portuguese born philosopher who moved with his da Costa (alias Curiel) brothers. He was betrayed by the Curiels for having a free mind and questioning the logic of the Oral tradition and abused in front of an entire synagogue. His brothers participated in excommunicating him. Though has been said Uriel da Costa took his own life, new information from Uriel's autobiography speaks of defense making it likely Uriel was murdered. Amsterdam. Israel wrote that Moses Curiel of Amsterdam was \"renowned for his wealth, the prestige he enjoyed among non-Jews (the Stadholder William III stayed at his house for three days during one of his later visits to Amsterdam), and his handsome donations to the Amsterdam Portuguese Synagogue, his name figured constantly in Dutch Jewish community life and synagogue politics for over half a century.\" He continues: \"his opulent residence on the"}, {"text": "Nieuwe Herengracht, then called the Joden Herengracht, in Amsterdam, testified to the seigneurial grandeur of his life-style and his pretensions to leadership among the Portuguese Jewish 'nation' as the community was known in Holland.\" Israel noted that Nathan Curiel possessed a 'medieval illuminated Hebrew Bible of expectational beauty' which his father, Moses Curiel, had purchased from a Spanish Jew from North Africa. According to Israel, this Bible is considered 'the oldest and most venerable item possessed by Dutch Jewry.' Coriell and Coryell in U.S.A.. Abraham Coriell lived in Middlesex County, New Jersey, U.S.A. in 1702. He and his many Coryell and CORIELL descendants descend from Jacob Curiel (alias Dom Duetre Nunes) as was proven in the Avotaynu project."}, {"text": "Iftekharul Alam Kislu (1927/28 - 5 January 2019) was a Bangladeshi film producer and businessperson. He was the president of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce & Industries. Biography. Kislu was Ahmed Sharif's uncle. He was the owner of Star Film Corporation. He produced \"Sangam\" (1964), \"Anwara\" (1967), \"Ora Egaro Jon\" (1972) and \"Dui Poisar Alta\" (1982). Besides his career in Dhallywood Kislu was a businessperson. He was the president of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce & Industries in 1980. He was a lifetime member of North South University Trust. Kislu died on 5 January 2019 at the age of 91."}, {"text": "Duke of Mandas y Villanueva (), commonly known as Duke of Mandas, is a title of Spanish nobility that is accompanied by the dignity of Grandee of Spain. It was granted along with the Marquessate of Terranova to Pedro Maza de Lizana on 23 December 1614 by king Philip III. Pedro Maza de Lizana was the son of Baltasar Maza de Lizana, lord of Castalla and Ayora in Valencia, fief of Mandas in Sardinia, and of Francisca Hurtado de Mendoza, daughter of Luis Hurtado de Mendoza, 2nd Marquess of Mond\u00e9jar, and Catalina de Mendoza, of the Counts of Monteagudo. He descended from the male line of the Ladr\u00f3n de Vilanova (or Pall\u00e1s) family, Viscounts of Chelva and Counts of Sinarcas, but his father adopted the last name Maza de Lizana, of which he had no ancestry, as a testamentary condition of Brianda Maza y Carroz, a distant relative of him, who designated him as the universal heir of her vast assets. As the 12th Duke died childless, the dukedom became vacant for 2 years until it was rehabilitated in 1884 by Alfonso XII in favour of the 12th Duke's niece, Mar\u00eda Cristina Fernanda Brunetti y Gayoso de los Cobos, 18th"}, {"text": "Countess of Belalc\u00e1zar and sister of the Duke of Arcos. The name of the title makes reference to the Sardinian municipality of Mandas, and most likely to the nearby town of Villanova (Villanueva), both belonging to the province of South Sardinia. Although the second part of the denomination also seems to allude to one of the first holder's maternal surnames, it also might borrow it from the eponymous town in Benag\u00e9ber, which was the manor of the Ladr\u00f3n de Pall\u00e1s family, Lords of Benag\u00e9ber and Counts of Sinarcas."}, {"text": "A. Subramaniam was an Indian freedom fighter and politician belonging to Praja Socialist Party. He took part in Quit India Movement. For taking part in this movement he was sent to jail. He was elected as a member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from Singanallur in 1971. He died on 20 March 2019 at the age of 93."}, {"text": "The Polousny Range (; ) is a mountain range in the Sakha Republic, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia. This range is one of the areas of Yakutia where kigilyakhs are found. History. The area of the Polousny Range was first mapped by geographer and ethnologist Baron Gerhard von Maydell (1835\u20131894) during his pioneering research of East Siberia. The Chondon mammoth was discovered in 2013, at the feet of the Polousny Range in the Chondon basin, 66 km south-west of the village of Tumat. Geography. The Polousny Range is part of the Momsko-Chersk Mountain Region (). It rises in the southern area of the Yana-Indigirka Lowland, north of the Aby Lowland in the Sakha region. It is made up of mountains of middle height and smooth slopes. It includes separate low mountain ranges with stretches of plain in between roughly aligned from east to west. The main ridge stretches in a roughly east/ west direction from the headwaters of the Khroma River to the Indigirka for about . The highest peak is high. In the east, the Ulakhan-Sis, a prolongation of the range on the other side of the Indigirka River, stretches eastwards. To the west rises the Kyun-Tas and southwest"}, {"text": "of it the Selennyakh Range. Lakes Ozhogino and Suturuokha are located by the southern slopes of the eastern end of the range. The sources of the Allaikha and the Byoryolyokh, two important tributaries of the Indigirka, are located north of the range. The lower slopes of the mountains have larch forests and forest tundra vegetation, while the higher altitudes are covered by mountain tundra. Geology. In the context of the singularity of the geology of the Polousny Range, Russian geomorphologist M. Groswald commented:"}, {"text": "Ignace Van Der Brempt (born 1 April 2002) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a defender for club Como. Club career. Club Brugge. Van Der Brempt made his Belgian First Division A debut for Club Brugge on 14 September 2019 in a game against Cercle Brugge. Red Bull Salzburg. In February 2022 he moved to Red Bull Salzburg in the Austrian Bundesliga. He signed a contract until June 2026. Loan to Hamburger SV. On 18 July 2023, Van Der Brempt moved on a season-long loan to Hamburger SV in the 2. Bundesliga. Loan to Como. On 30 August 2024, Van Der Brempt joined newly promoted Serie A club Como in Italy, on a season-long loan. Honours. Club Brugge Red Bull Salzburg"}, {"text": "Khagen Gogoi was an Indian politician from Assam who was affiliated to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He was elected as a member of Assam Legislative Assembly as an Indian National Congress candidate from Mahmora in 1972. He joined the BJP in 1996. He died on 5 March 2019 at the age of 92."}, {"text": "Hedea of Tralles () was an Ancient Greek athlete and musician. She was one of the daughters of Hermesianax of Tralles (Ancient Greek: \u1f19\u03c1\u03bc\u03b7\u03c3\u03b9\u03ac\u03bd\u03b1\u03be). Her grandfather was named Dionysios (). Hedea, together with her sisters Tryphosa () and Dionysia () were young athletes and champions. They were citizens of Tralles and of Corinth in the 1st century AD. Hedea won the race for war chariots of the Isthmian games, the stadion of the Nemean games and of the Sicyon and the kithara-contest for children in Athens. Her father erected a monument at Delphi for his daughters dedicated to the Pythian Apollo. The inscription provides the earliest known names of females victors in non equestrian sports."}, {"text": "State Route 436 (SR 436) is a north\u2013south state highway in Carroll County, Tennessee. It serves as a connector between the town of McLemoresville and the city of McKenzie. Route description. SR 436 begins just east of McLemoresville at an intersection with US 70A/SR 77. It winds its way north through farmland for several miles before passing through some wooded areas, where it crosses a bridge over the South Fork of the Obion River. The highway then winds its way northwest through farmland for several more miles before entering McKenzie along Cherrywood Avenue. SR 436 passes through some neighborhoods before coming to an end at an intersection with US 79/SR 76 just south of downtown. The entire route of SR 436 is a two-lane highway."}, {"text": "The Nanzhuang Old Street or Osmanthus Alley () is an old street in Nanzhuang Township, Miaoli County, Taiwan. Name. The street is also called Osmanthus Alley due to the fact that it is famous for its osmanthus wine. History. The street was the business center of the olden days of the town when it prospered due to the booming of lumber and mining industries within the area. The area however faced a downturn with the declining of those industries."}, {"text": "The Syrian Constitutional Committee was a United Nations-facilitated constituent assembly process that sought, in the context of the Syrian civil war, to reconcile the Ba'athist regime of President Bashar al-Assad and the Syrian opposition, by amending the current or adopting a new Constitution of Syria. The UN hopes that this would lead to negotiations which would subsequently lead to a peaceful end of the conflict, which had been raging for more than eight years by the time of the committee's formation. The Constitutional Committee was formed with the formal approval of both parties involved\u2014namely the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic and the Syrian Negotiation Commission representing the opposition, with the facilitation of the United Nations. It was described by UN Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres as part of a \"Syrian-owned and Syrian-led\" peace process. The decisions it took were not binding under Syrian law and the committee relies on the good faith of both parties for their implementation. The committee was also not bound by any deadlines or timetables. The Committee had achieved no results by the time Assad was overthrown in December 2024. After Assad's fall, new president Ahmed al-Sharaa set up another committee that drafted an interim Syrian constitution."}, {"text": "Origins. The proposal for the creation of a committee to amend Syria's constitution can be traced back to United Nations Security Council Resolution 2254, which was adopted in December 2015. The resolution provided a framework for the creation of such a committee, but its implementation was delayed until after the Geneva peace talks on Syria and then later delayed until a rough framework agreement was reached in Russia in January 2018. The formation of the committee was delayed numerous times, as both sides strongly disagreed on its composition and as the armed conflict continued throughout the negotiations. By the time the committee's composition was agreed upon, the Syrian Government had managed to gain control of the majority of the country's territory through military means. But millions of Syrians have been forcibly displaced, with about half of Syria's pre-war population living outside of the country. Even as the committee's membership list neared its final draft, arguments emerged over which members should be picked to 'represent civil society' \u2013 as both the Syrian Government and Opposition attempted to influence the selection of the figures from the UN's list. The Constitutional Committee, including a package agreement on the Terms of Reference and Core"}, {"text": "Rules of Procedure of, and nominees to the Constitutional Committee was finalized to on 23 September 2019 after a meeting between UN envoy Geir Pedersen and Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem, and after consultations with the opposition. The Constitutional Committee was convened by and is facilitated by the UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Otto Pedersen, a Norwegian diplomat, who noted that the committee was the \"first concrete political agreement between the Government and the Opposition to begin to implement a key aspect of Security Council resolution 2254 \u2013 to set a schedule and process for a new constitution\". History of committee process. Inaugural meeting. The \"large body\" of the committee met for the first time on 30 October 2019, at 12:00 local time at the United Nations Office at Geneva. The Co-Chair nominated by the Syrian Government, Ahmad Kuzbari, lamented \"terrorism\" and hailed the \"sacrifices and heroic deeds\" of the Syrian Army during his inaugural speech. The opposition-nominated Co-Chair, Hadi al-Bahra, stated that it was time for them to \"believe [that] victory in Syria is achieving justice and peace not winning the war\". The two co-chairs did not shake hands at the end of the 45-minute opening ceremony. The"}, {"text": "first meeting of the 45-member \"small body\" took place on 4 November and lasted for four hours. The body decided to hold subsequent 4-hour sessions daily for two weeks. The meeting was described as \"positive\" and \"successful\". First session and initial proposals. In its first days, the Committee managed to agree on a \"code of conduct\" for its members \u2013 which bound them to work with a \"spirit of respect, cooperation and good faith\", avoid any actions which might harm other members, as well as refrain from distributing any documents from within the plenary room as \"official papers\". The code of conduct, however, was made between the two Co-Chairs representing the Syrian Government and Opposition respectively, and not voted on by the whole body of the committee. The Syrian Opposition focused its efforts on a return to an amended version of Syria's 1950 constitutional charter, which would considerably limit the powers of the Syrian Presidency, instead empowering a prime ministerial post. These efforts were rebuked by the Syrian Government, which flatly denied the proposal. Proposals given before the committee included the recognition of the Kurdish language as a secondary language, as well as dropping the word \"Arab\" from Syria's official"}, {"text": "name \u2013 the \"Syrian Arab Republic\". Proposals aimed at bolstering the role of Kurds in Syria were strongly opposed by Turkey, which was expected to influence the opposition's delegates into voting down any proposal it deemed out of line. Second session and deadlock. The second session of the Committee ended in late November 2019 without agreement, as the two sides did not meet each other after failing to agree on an agenda for the session. The Syrian government delegation had presented an agenda of what it dubbed \"national pillars of the Syrian people\", which rejected foreign, especially Turkish involvement in the Syrian Civil War, called for the lifting on the sanctions against Syria and condemned the armed rebel groups in Syria as terrorists. The opposition delegation rejected this proposal and accused the government delegation of attempting to sabotage the committee's work. The opposition's delegation instead presented five proposals, mostly aimed at changing the preamble and principles of Syria's constitution. The government delegation rejected these proposals, stating that they would refuse to accept constitutional proposals before the committee accepts a statement of values, which it opines ought to condemn foreign involvement. The government delegation then presented a proposal that suggested a"}, {"text": "meeting of the full committee and a discussion of the proposals presented by each member. This was also rejected by the opposition's delegation, with the opposition co-chair Hadi Al Bahra stating that they were \"not in a cultural forum to have dialogue and discussions while explosive barrels are falling\". The Syrian opposition blamed the failure to agree to an agenda on the Syrian government for introducing what they deemed were \"irrelevant\" proposals to the committee, while the government delegation blamed the opposition for refusing to enter the meeting room. Following these developments, the meeting was called off. UN Envoy Geir Otto Pedersen stated that no date had been set for a future meeting of the committee. The Northwestern Syria offensive (November 2019\u2013present) between the government and opposition forces began in parallel to the breakdown of talks at the constitutional committee. A month later, in December 2019, Pedersen spoke before the UN Security Council, describing the situation as \"protracted\" and \"deadlocked\" and urged the two sides to agree to an agenda, stating that without such there would be no reason for the committee to meet for a third time. The opposition HNC's Chairman, Naser al-Hariri, stated in an interview to Asharq"}, {"text": "Al-Awsat in later December that the opposition would not enter into any talks with the government delegation before an agenda is set. He accused the Syrian government of failing the negotiations by not agreeing to their proposed agenda. August 2020 session. A third session of negotiations, among the 45-member \"small body\", with 15 members from the government, opposition, and civil society, respectively, started in late August 2020, with a break of several days due to some members testing positive for SARS-CoV-2. Pedersen stated that he had \"received a 'strong signal of support' from 'key international players' and from \"all sides in the Constitutional Committee\" for the continuation of the peace process. \"Anadolu Agency\" interpreted the \"international players\" to refer to Iran, Russia, Turkey and the US. Hadi al-Bahra, one of the opposition leaders, and Ahmad Kuzbari, on behalf of the Syrian government, were co-chairs of the session. October 2021 session. On 22 October 2021, yet another round of peace talks failed to reach common ground. No date for the next round was determined. March 2022 session. On 21 March 2022, the seventh meeting began. Emphasis was placed on four areas of constitutional principles: governance, state identity, state symbols, and the"}, {"text": "regulation and function of public authorities. The talks ended with some amendments on select pieces of presented text. May 2022 session. On 30 May 2022, the eighth meeting began. Although some agreement was had on vague common points, the talks were largely dominated by disagreements on the military's role in the transfer of power, imposed sanctions, returning refugee rights, human rights, war criminal accountability, military restructuring, and the hierarchy of international agreements and the constitution, and others. Pedersen noted progress in the types of discussion even though no agreed upon content was produced. He also stated that the discussions could take years to resolve and that the committee had tacitly agreed to speed up the pace of work and achieve results. \"January 2023\" session. On 17 July 2022 the ninth session, which had been planned to take place from 25\u201329 July, was placed on hold and delayed indefinitely for unclear reasons. On 29 November 2022, following a briefing to the United Nations Security Council, Pedersen expressed his hope that the following session would be held in January 2023. In response to questions about the effect of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on the Syrian Constitutional Committee, Pedersen referred to an"}, {"text": "\"issue\" from Russian representatives in accepting Geneva as the venue for the proposed January 2023 session. Composition. Large body. The whole committee itself, referred to as the \"large body\" and sometimes also dubbed the \"expanded body\", is composed of three groups of 50 members each, where the first group is directly nominated by Bashar al-Assad's government. The second is directly nominated by the Syrian Opposition's High Negotiations Committee and the third includes figures of Syrian civil society, selected by the United Nations. Nearly 30% of all members of the committee are women and seven members are Syrian Kurds. The committee's delegates included members of the People's Council of Syria, university rectors and journalists. Both the Syrian government and opposition intentionally avoided nominating senior political figures as representatives, so as to prevent previous conflicts from hampering the committee's work. The committee is headed by two equal co-chairs \u2013 one nominated by the Syrian Government and the other by the Syrian opposition. They are aided by Geir Pedersen, a UN official who succeeded Staffan De Mistura, Lakhdar Brahimi, and Kofi Annan, as the envoy of the UN's political efforts in Syria. Government quota. Ahmad al-Kuzbari, a member of the Syrian People's Council,"}, {"text": "was selected by the Syrian Government as the Co-Chair of the Committee. Al-Kuzbari remarked that he hoped that the next session of the committee would be held not in Geneva, but in Damascus. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad stated before state media that his government was not a direct part of the Committee, but that the government delegation represented its view. The highest-ranked government official in the delegation was Ahmed Faruk Arnus, an aide to Syria's Foreign Minister Walid Muallem. No other senior government officials were included in the delegation. The delegation itself, which refers to itself as the \"government-backed delegation\", is focused around issues surrounding support for Syria's national sovereignty, as well as its state and military institutions. The delegation is also opposed to Western-backed sanctions against the nation. UN quota. The UN quota was reportedly picked from members from diverse religious, ethnic and geographical backgrounds, with nearly half of its members being women. The members nominated to fill this quota were selected by UN envoy for the Syrian conflict Geir Pedersen. Opposition quota. The opposition quota, formally appointed by the High Negotiations Committee is reportedly split into different factions. Turkey was found to have the most influence over the"}, {"text": "opposition's delegation, playing a role in the selection of over 20 of the opposition's 50 total representatives. Seventeen of those 20 allegedly influenced by Ankara lived in Turkey at the time of the inauguration of the Committee. Some of the opposition representatives are members of the Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army. Russia had the second largest degree of influence over the opposition's delegation \u2013 with 7 of the 50 opposition delegates having links to Moscow. Of those seven, 5 are members of the \"Moscow Platform\", which unlike almost all other opposition factions, does not demand the end of Bashar al-Assad's term as President of Syria. Five members of the opposition delegation are closely aligned to the \"Cairo platform\" made up by secularist individuals of various ideologies, influenced by Egypt \u2013 a country with close links to the Syrian Government. Six are members of the National Coordination Committee for Democratic Change \u2013 a coalition of secular left-wing parties representing Syria's non-violent \"internal\" opposition and often described as Syria's \"most moderate opposition group\". The NCC is tolerated by the Syrian Government and operates openly within Syria, but is sometimes accused of being a front organization for the Syrian Government by several armed opposition"}, {"text": "groups, which the non-violent NCC has refused to endorse. The main leaders of the opposition's delegations, such as Ahmad Tu'mah and designated Committee Co-Chair Hadi al-Bahra, rejected affiliations to any group and instead defined themselves as \"pragmatists\" \u2013 seeing the \"Russian-dominated\" peace process as the only path left for the Syrian Opposition, seeking to eke out political concessions as the prospect of a government overthrow grew far away. The two represented the highest-ranking opposition members in the delegation, with other senior opposition representatives that had previously headed talks, such as Ahmad Jarba, Naser al-Hariri and Riyad Hijab, being absent from the opposition's delegation. Small body. The \"small body\", also sometimes described as the \"mini-committee\", is a cut-down version of the large body, analogous to a parliamentary committee, with 15 members from each of the large body's groups. Committee structure. Legislative procedure. All proposals must first be introduced in the small body of the committee. If a draft proposal is accepted by the small body, it is then passed on for voting in the large body. A proposal is only considered adopted if it is accepted by both bodies. Any decision of both the large or small body may only pass"}, {"text": "if it has the support of a supermajority consisting of 75% of the respective body's members. The committee is, however, instructed to make decisions by consensus where possible. If the committee manages to draft a full new Syrian constitution, it would then be put to a UN-monitored referendum for approval by the Syrian people. The Constitutional Committee has no formal legal status within Syria. The decisions taken by it are not binding in Syrian law, as the formation of the Committee is not in line with the process of constitutional amendment set out by the current Constitution of Syria. Furthermore, the Committee also lacks a legal mandate over the Syrian Opposition. Owing to these facts, it remains to be seen whether either party will actually respect the decisions of the committee. Disputes. The High Negotiations Committee is the body selected to represent the Syrian opposition. While including members of the Syrian National Coalition and of the National Coordination Committee for Democratic Change as well as representatives of armed factions such as the Free Syrian Army, it leaves many other anti-government groups in Syria completely unrepresented in the committee. Despite the inclusion of seven total ethnic Kurds in the committee, the"}, {"text": "mostly neutral Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria as well as its Kurdish-led, majority-Arab military wing \u2013 the Syrian Democratic Forces, is also left completely unrepresented. Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, a group originally linked to Al-Qaeda and designated by the UN as a terrorist organization, as well as Syria's largest rebel group, was excluded from the negotiations for the formation of the committee from its inception. The object of the committee's work is also called into question by both sides. The Syrian Government's delegation asserts that the committee's work should be focused on amending the current Syrian Constitution, which was adopted in 2012, while the opposition delegates insist on creating an entirely new constitution. Analysis of committee processes. The launch of the committee was met with skepticism by political analysts, who noted both the lack of good faith between the Syrian Government and Opposition, as well as the government's recent territorial gains as factors that might prevent the committee from fulfilling its stated objective. Patrick Wintour commented for \"The Guardian\" that the 75% supermajority rule had drawn criticism as it was seen by some as a \"recipe for paralysis\". \"Enab Baladi\" noted that the committee was unlikely to lead to"}, {"text": "peace, as large groups, such as Rojava are excluded from the peace process, while parts of the Syrian Opposition itself have condemned it entirely. They also noted that the committee faces criticism for the non-elected nature of its members and also that the committee itself might be \"unconstitutional\", as it falls outside the rules set out by the current Constitution of Syria for constitutional amendments, which renders its decisions legally non-binding in Syria. Analysts mostly agree that the lack of a binding timetable, the recent military defeats suffered by the opposition, as well as the divisions within the opposition delegation itself give the upper hand to the Syrian Government and its delegation. According to Sami Moubayed writing in \"The Arab Weekly\", should the drafting process continue into 2021, any term limits imposed by a new or amended constitution on the Presidency would only take effect as of 2028 \u2013 after the President has completed his full seven-year term. Reactions. Syrian Opposition. The Syrian Network for Human Rights condemned the formation of the committee, stating that they believed it \"violated and contravened international law\". Syrian dissident Anwar al-Bunni condemned the committee, dubbing it as a \"pretext to fulfill a military agenda"}, {"text": "on the ground\". Various opposition groups criticised the opposition's representatives to the council on social media, dubbing them \"unrepresentative\" or \"unqualified\", while others dismissed the committee entirely, calling it a \"futile endeavor\", which would only \"buy time\" for the Syrian Government to start a new military offensive against the opposition. The Suqour al-Sham Brigades and the remnants of the Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement both condemned the formation of the committee and stated that they will boycott its decisions."}, {"text": "State Route 701 (SR 701) in the U.S. state of Virginia is a secondary route designation applied to multiple discontinuous road segments among the many counties. The list below describes the sections in each county that are designated SR 701."}, {"text": "State Route 702 (SR 702) in the U.S. state of Virginia is a secondary route designation applied to multiple discontinuous road segments among the many counties. The list below describes the sections in each county that are designated SR 702."}, {"text": "State Route 703 (SR 703) in the U.S. state of Virginia is a secondary route designation applied to multiple discontinuous road segments among the many counties. The list below describes the sections in each county that are designated SR 703."}, {"text": "Kashimura (written: ) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:"}, {"text": "Neethana Avan () is a 2010 Indian Tamil language action comedy film directed by Punch Bharath. The film stars Sadhan, Sriman, Srinivasan, Aishwarya Rajesh and Jayashree, with Vaiyapuri, Singamuthu, Kadhal Dhandapani, Bala Singh, Kadhal Sukumar, Yuvarani, Sabitha Anand and C. Saipriya playing supporting roles. The film, produced by P. Ranganayaki, had musical score by V. Thashi and was released on 29 October 2010. This film marks the lead debut of Rajesh and the film debut of Srinivasan. Plot. Sathya (Sadhan) is a fearful college student from a middle-class family. His relative Pooja (Jayashree) and his collegemate Nandhini (Aishwarya Rajesh), the daughter of Vallal Perumal (Srinivasan), are in love with Sathya, but they could not reveal their love to him. Vallal Perumal is an influential and respected man who helps the poor the day, but the night, under a new getup, Vallal Perumal becomes a pervert, and he has raped many women without getting caught. The police inspector Thamizhselvan (Sriman), who gets transferred to his area, starts to investigate these crimes. One day, Sathya is mistaken to have killed Pandian, the brother of the gangster Aadhi (Kadhal Dhandapani), and Thamizhselvan arrests the innocent Sathya. A vengeful Aadhi then murders Sathya's mother"}, {"text": "and Sathya's sister. Thereafter, a fearless Sathya joins Vallal Perumal. Aadhi wants to win the local election, so he asks Vallal Perumal for his support, but Vallal Perumal declines. In the meantime, Thamizhselvan finds out that the rapist is none other than Vallal Perumal. One night, Thamizhselvan, Vallal Perumal, Aadhi and Sathya had a violent fight. During the fight, Sathya stabs Aadhi to death while Vallal Perumal is killed by one of his victims. The film ends with Sathya being released from jail and returning to his lover Nandhini. Production. Baba Cine Combines had launched their new film titled \"Suranga Paadhai\" on 26 November 2009 in Chennai. The same team of \"Anandha Thollai\" (unreleased) and \"Indrasena\" (2010), which was almost complete had teamed up for the second time. The film title was then changed as \"Neethana Avan\" under the banner of Vetrivel Creations. V. Thashi who won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Background Music in 2006 composed the music for this film. After working as an anchor for \"Asathupovathu Yaaru\" and participating in the dance show \"Maanada Mayilada\", Aishwarya Rajesh signed to play the heroine role. Rajesh played the girl next door in the film. Srinivasan, a medical"}, {"text": "practitioner, was cast to play the villain role. Srinivasan was credited with the moniker \"Powerstar\". Soundtrack. The film score and the soundtrack were composed by V. Thashi. The soundtrack, released in 2010, features 4 tracks with lyrics written by Vijayakrishnan, Makkal Dasan, Mukhil and Padmavathi."}, {"text": "Lavanya is an Indian feminine given name of Sanskrit origin in use in India, Bangladesh, parts of Pakistan and Nepal. Notable people with this name include the following:"}, {"text": "State Route 704 (SR 704) in the U.S. state of Virginia is a secondary route designation applied to multiple discontinuous road segments among the many counties. The list below describes the sections in each county that are designated SR 704."}, {"text": "Ranganayaki is a 2019 Indian Kannada drama film written and directed by Dayal Padmanabhan. The film was produced by S. V. Narayan under his banner S.V. Entertainment. It features Aditi Prabhudeva and MG Srinivas along with Trivikram, who is making his debut in the lead roles. The supporting cast includes Lasya Nagraj, Suchendra Prasad and Chakravthy Chandrachud. The score and soundtrack for the film is by Manikanth Kadri and the cinematography is by Rakesh B. The editing of the film was done by Sunil Kashyap H. N. The film before getting released was selected to the Panorama Section of the 50th International Film Festival of India (IFFI), and is the only Kannada film that has been selected. Production and release. The film was announced on 28 March 2019. The principal photography of the film began on 26 April 2019. The film features Aditi Prabhudeva as the lead along with MG Srinivas and Trivikram. Manikanth Kadri scored the film. The film was selected for the Panorama Section of 50th International Film Festival of India (IFFI). The film was released on November 1, 2019 on account of Kannada Rajyotsava. Soundtrack. The film's background score and the soundtracks were composed by Manikanth Kadri."}, {"text": "The music rights were acquired by Ananda Audio. Awards and nominations. \"Ranganayaki\" is the only Kannada film to make it to the 50th edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in the year 2019."}, {"text": "State Route 705 (SR 705) in the U.S. state of Virginia is a secondary route designation applied to multiple discontinuous road segments among the many counties. The list below describes the sections in each county that are designated SR 705."}, {"text": "Kilmastulla () is a civil parish and townland in the Barony of Owney and Arra, County Tipperary, Ireland."}, {"text": "Marquess of Camarasa () is a hereditary title in the Peerage of Spain accompanied by the dignity of Grandee, granted in 1543 by Charles II to Diego de los Cobos y Mendoza (who was son of Francisco de los Cobos y Molina) as a gift of his marriage to Francisca Luisa de Luna y Mendoza, who was Lady of Camarasa."}, {"text": "State Route 706 (SR 706) in the U.S. state of Virginia is a secondary route designation applied to multiple discontinuous road segments among the many counties. The list below describes the sections in each county that are designated SR 706."}, {"text": "Rawls Hotel, at 116 S. Main Street in Enterprise, Alabama, United States, was built in 1903 and was expanded in 1923. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. It is a brick building, with the brick being load-bearing, and is stucco-faced, in Spanish Mission style. It was built by contractor John D.C. McKinnon. The 1903 section, fronting on Main Street, is in plan, and has two one-story storefronts and a two-story pavilion containing them plus a central hallway leading to the hotel lobby. The 1928 section is a three-story, U-shaped portion facing Railroad Street and the train depot. The original section was altered somewhat in the 1928 renovation. It has a \"raised, stepped, curvilinear parapet with cement coping painted a rich brown\" hiding its flat roof. The building was deemed significant \"as one of the most elaborate buildings in Coffee County. Constructed by Japenth Rawls about 1903 and remodeled and enlarged by his nephew, Jesse P. Rawls, in [1928], it is located across from the train station (NRHP 8-7-74) and has served as a landmark and central meeting place for the citizens of Enterprise. The building is also significant for its associations with the Rawls"}, {"text": "-- a family which was important in the early growth and prosperity of the city. The elder Rawls was involved in the development of the turpentine industry in Coffee County, while his nephew built and financed the first electric system in Enterprise and operated one of the largest and oldest mills in the city. It was, however, the railroad, whose station the hotel served, that gave the town its major economic stimulus.\""}, {"text": "State Route 707 (SR 707) in the U.S. state of Virginia is a secondary route designation applied to multiple discontinuous road segments among the many counties. The list below describes the sections in each county that are designated SR 707."}, {"text": "State Route 708 (SR 708) in the U.S. state of Virginia is a secondary route designation applied to multiple discontinuous road segments among the many counties. The list below describes the sections in each county that are designated SR 708."}, {"text": "The International Federation of Variety Artists (IFVA) was a global union federation bringing together trade unions representing entertainers other than musicians and actors. History. The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) organised a World Congress of Intellectual Workers in Brussels in 1951, and the idea for an international organisation of trade unions of variety artists arose. This led to a conference in Hamburg in 1952, at which the secretariat was established. Despite the ICFTU's role in its establishment, the IFVA did not affiliate to it, and instead worked closely with the independent International Federation of Musicians and International Federation of Actors (FIA). One of the smallest international trade secretariats, by 1960, the IFVA had affiliates in five countries, with a total of only 4,045 members. In 1970, the federation merged into the FIA. Affiliates. In 1960, the following unions were affiliated to the federation: 1952: Rudi Roeters 1950s: Robert Zagar 1952: Willi Feldmann 1950s: Willy Manley 1960s: Vic Duncan"}, {"text": "The 1990 King Cup was the 32nd season of the knockout competition since its establishment in 1956. Al-Hilal were the defending champions but they were eliminated by Al-Riyadh in the Round of 16. This season was the final season of the competition. the Cup then returned under the name of King Cup of Champions in 2008. Al-Nassr won their 6th title after defeating Al-Taawoun 2\u20130 in the final. By reaching the final Al-Taawoun became the second First Division side to reach the final after Al-Riyadh in 1978. As winners of the tournament, Al-Nassr qualified for both the 1991 Arab Cup Winners' Cup and the 1991\u201392 Asian Cup Winners' Cup. Bracket. Note: H: \"Home team\", A: \"Away team\" Round of 16. The matches of the Round of 16 were held on 3 and 4 May 1990. Quarter-finals. The matches of the Quarter-finals were held on 10 and 11 May 1990. Semi-finals. The four winners of the quarter-finals progressed to the semi-finals. The semi-finals were played on 17 and 18 May 1990. All times are local, AST (). Final. The final was played between Al-Nassr and Al-Taawoun in the Youth Welfare Stadium in Jeddah. Al-Nassr were appearing in their 10th final while"}, {"text": "Al-Taawoun reached the final for the first time."}, {"text": "State Route 710 (SR 710) in the U.S. state of Virginia is a secondary route designation applied to multiple discontinuous road segments among the many counties. The list below describes the sections in each county that are designated SR 710."}, {"text": "The 2019 Slovak Open was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 20th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2019 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Bratislava, Slovakia between 4 and 10 November 2019. Singles main-draw entrants. Other entrants. The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: The following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate: The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:"}, {"text": "State Route 712 (SR 712) in the U.S. state of Virginia is a secondary route designation applied to multiple discontinuous road segments among the many counties. The list below describes the sections in each county that are designated SR 712."}, {"text": "Lisinopril/amlodipine, sold under the brand name Lisonorm among others, is a medication used to treat high blood pressure. It is a combination of lisinopril, an ACE inhibitor,with amlodipine, a calcium channel blocker. It may be used when blood pressure is not well controlled with each of the two agents alone. It is taken by mouth. Side effects may include low blood pressure, kidney problems, liver problems, cough, and high blood potassium. It should not be used in people who have previously had angioedema due to ACE inhibitors. Use is not recommended during pregnancy or breastfeeding. Lisinopril works by decreasing angiotensin II and increasing bradykinin while amlodipine decreases the entry of calcium into the muscle cells in the heart and blood cells. The combination was approved for medical use in the European Union in 2008. The combination on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines. While it is available in India and the European Union it is not available in Canada, Australia, or the United States as of 2019. Pharmacology. Lisinopril/amlodipine is a combination of two agents which both act to induce vascular smooth muscle relaxation to lower blood pressure in distinct ways:"}, {"text": "State Route 713 (SR 713) in the U.S. state of Virginia is a secondary route designation applied to multiple discontinuous road segments among the many counties. The list below describes the sections in each county that are designated SR 713."}, {"text": "State Route 714 (SR 714) in the U.S. state of Virginia is a secondary route designation applied to multiple discontinuous road segments among the many counties. The list below describes the sections in each county that are designated SR 714."}, {"text": "State Route 715 (SR 715) in the U.S. state of Virginia is a secondary route designation applied to multiple discontinuous road segments among the many counties. The list below describes the sections in each county that are designated SR 715."}, {"text": "The 1976 season was Molde's third consecutive year in the top flight, and their 5th season in total in the top flight of Norwegian football. This season Molde competed in 1. divisjon (first tier) and the Norwegian Cup. In the league, Molde finished in 6th position, 10 points behind winners Lillestr\u00f8m. Squad. <br>"}, {"text": "Alexander Bublik was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title. Dennis Novak won the title after defeating Damir D\u017eumhur 6\u20131, 6\u20131 in the final. Seeds. All seeds receive a bye into the second round."}, {"text": "The (Sanskrit , meaning 'Br\u0101hma\u1e47a of the school of Tittri', abbreviated to 'TB') is a commentary on the Krishna Yajurveda. Considered by academics to be an appendix or extension of the Taittir\u012bya Samhita, the first two books (\"ash\u1e6dakas\") largely consist of hymns and Mantras to the Vedic-era Devas, as well as Mythology, astronomy, and astrology (i.e. the Nakshatras); the third book contains commentaries and instructions on Vedic sacrificial rites such as the Purushamedha, Kaukili-Sutramani, Ashvamedha, and Agnicayana. Recorded around 300\u2013400 BCE, it is prevalent in southern India in areas such in Andhra Pradesh, south and east of Narmada (Gujarat), and areas on the banks of the Godavari river down to the sea. Nomenclature. The (Sanskrit ) can be loosely translated as 'explanations of the sacred knowledge of the school of Tittiri'. Tittiri. According to the Monier-Williams Sanskrit Dictionary, the sage Tittiri (or Taittiri) was a pupil of Yaska (estimated 300-400 BCE). According to the Vishnu Purana, Yaska was, in turn, a pupil of Vai\u015bamp\u00e1yana (estimated 500 BCE). Tittiri is also stated in the Mahabharata to have attended 'the Yaga [Vedic ritual sacrifice] conducted by Uparicaravasu' (\"Dvapara Yuga\", before 3000 BCE). H.H. Wilson states that 'the term Taittir\u00edya is more rationally"}, {"text": "accounted for in the Anukrama\u0144\u00ed or index of the Krishna Yajurveda. It is there said that Vai\u015bamp\u00e1yana taught it to Yaska, who taught it to Tittiri, who also became a teacher; whence the term Taittir\u00edya, for a grammatical rule, explains it to mean, 'The Taittir\u00edyas are those who read what was said or repeated by Tittiri'.' Summary. Relation to the YajurVeda. The Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) states that the Taittir\u012bya Br\u0101hma\u1e47a 'belongs to Krishna Yajurveda and [is] divided into three \"khandas\" [or \"ash\u1e6dakas\", i.e. books]... It has both [a mixture] of Mantras and Brahmans [instructions or explanations] and [is] composed in poetic and prose manner'. A.B Keith states that 'at a comparatively early period the formulae [i.e. mantras from the Samhitas of the YajurVeda] were accompanied by explanations, called Brahmanas, texts pertaining to the Brahman or sacred lore, in which the different acts of the ritual were given Symbolical interpretations, the words of the texts commented on, and stories told to illustrate the sacrificial performance... a mass of old material, partly formulae, partly Brahmana, which had not been incorporated in the Taittiriya Samhita was collected together in the Taittiriya Brahmana, which in part contains matter more"}, {"text": "recent than the Samhita, but in part has matter as old as, at any rate, the later portions of that text'. M. Winternitz adds that the 'Taittiriya-Brahmana of the Krishna Yajurveda is nothing but a continuation of the Taittiriya-Samhita [hymns and mantras], for the Brahmanas were already included in the Samhitas of the Krishna YajurVeda. The Taittiriya-Brahmana, therefore, contains only later additions to the Samhita'. S. Shrava concurs, elaborating that 'This brahmana is an appendix to the Taittir\u012bya sa\u1e41hit\u0101. The main purpose of expounding the brahmana was to complete the incomplete portions of the main sa\u1e41hit\u0101. It abounds with hymns... a subtle form of the story of Yama and Nachiket\u0101 is available in the brahmana [see Katha Upanishad of the Katha Shakha, also related to the Krishna YajurVeda]\u2019. Structure. Shrava states that the 'Taittir\u012bya Br\u0101hma\u1e47a has three \"ash\u1e6dakas\" [books]. The first two \"ash\u1e6dakas\" are named as \"p\u0101rakshudra\" and \"agnihotra\". Portions of the third \"ash\u1e6daka\" are individually named [i.e. after the sacrificial rites expounded, etc.]. These three \"ash\u1e6dakas\" have 28 \"prap\u0101\u1e6dhakas\" [chapters]. Bha\u1e6d\u1e6da Bh\u0101skara, in his commentary names these as \"pra\u015bnas\". [His] edition published from Mysore enumerated 78 \"anuv\u0101kas\" [sections] in the first [ash\u1e6daka], 96 in the second and 179 in"}, {"text": "the third \"ash\u1e6daka\", i.e. 353 \"anuv\u0101kas\" in all\u2019. R.L. Kashyap further elaborates while differing from Sharva slightly, stating that each \"ash\u1e6daka\" of the Taittir\u012bya Br\u0101hma\u1e47a 'is divided into Prap\u0101\u1e6dhakas which are divided into anuv\u0101ka-s. Each anuv\u0101ka is a long rhythmic prose passage without any punctuation. Ash\u1e6daka 1 has 8 Prap\u0101\u1e6dhakas, Ash\u1e6daka 2 has 8 Prap\u0101\u1e6dhakas, [and] Ash\u1e6daka 3 has 12 Prap\u0101\u1e6dhakas. All these 28 Prap\u0101\u1e6dhakas (8+8+12) have 338 anuv\u0101kas [15 less than stated by Shrava]. The name Ash\u1e6daka is given because each main part has 8 main parts or '. Ash\u1e6dakas and Prap\u0101\u1e6dhakas. Based on information provided by Kashyap and R. Mitra, the chapters (\"prap\u0101\u1e6dhakas\") for each of the books (\"ash\u1e6dakas\" or sometimes referred to as \"kandas\") are as follows: Ash\u1e6daka 1: P\u0101rakshudra. The Nakshatras. D.M. Harness states that the \"stars of the Zodiacal belt had a particular importance as reflecting and projecting heavenly influences that the Planets travelling through them energised... The Vedic Nakshatras arose from a spiritual perception of the cosmos. Nakshatras are the mansions of the Gods or cosmic powers and of the Rishis or sages. They can also project negative or anti-divine forces, just as certain planets like Saturn have well known malefic effects. The term"}, {"text": "Nakshatra refers to a means (\"tra\") of worship (\"naksha\") or approach... The Nakshatras dispense the fruits of karma... For this reason Vedic rituals and Meditations to the present day follow the timing of the Nakshatras... [which] are of prime [importance] in muhurta or electional astrology for determining favorable times for actions, particularly sacramental or sacred actions like marriage... A system of 28 lunar mansions [i.e. Nakshatras] was used in the Middle East and in China as well. But in the West it was all but forgotten by a greater emphasis on the twelve signs of the Zodiac... Indeed, it could be argued that the signs arose from the Nakshatras'. Kashyap adds that the 28 Nakshatras - usually clusters rather than single stars - also determine favourable (and unfavourable) times for birth, elaborating that the 'star which is nearest to the moon at their birth-time is the birth-star... [and] Each star has its own deity'. The Nakshatras are detailed in 1.1.2, 1.5.1 (\"ash\u1e6daka\" 1); and 3.1.1 and 3.1.2 (\"ash\u1e6daka\" 3, see below). Kashyap lists them with corresponding deities, common names, and names in Astronomy (Volume 1, Appendix 3): Avatars of Vishnu. Varaha the Boar Avatar. Varaha is primarily associated with the"}, {"text": "Puranic legend of lifting the Earth out of the cosmic ocean. A.A. Macdonell states that this 'boar appears in a cosmogonic character in the SB [Shatapatha Brahmana] (14, 1, 2) where under the name of \"Em\u0169\u1e63a\" he is stated to have raised up the earth from the waters. In the TS [Taittir\u012bya Samhita] (7, 1, 5) this cosmogonic boar, which raised the earth from the primeval waters, is described as a form of Praj\u0101pati. This modification of the myth is further expanded in the TB [Taittir\u012bya Br\u0101hma\u1e47a] (1, 1, 3). In the post-Vedic mythology of the R\u0101m\u0101yana and the Pur\u00e3\u1e47as, the boar which raises the earth, has become of the Avatar of Vishnu'. Varaha is also mentioned in 1.7.9.56 (y\u00e1d var\u0101h\u00e1\u1e25\"\"''), but an English translation has not been found. Vamana the Dwarf Avatar. Vamana is primarily associated with the Puranic legend of taking back the three worlds from the Asura-king Bali in three steps. Here Vamana is explicitly mentioned in the Taittir\u012bya Br\u0101hma\u1e47a; the Sanskrit transliteration for this mention is (emphasis added): ' \"vai\u1e63\u1e47av\u00e1\u1e43 v\u0101man\u00e1m \u0101\u0301labante\"' (1.2.5.40.4). As illustrated in the section below for \"ash\u1e6daka\" 2, there are also several references to 'Vishnu steps' or 'Vishnu strides', associated with the"}, {"text": "Vamana avatar. Narasimha the Man-Lion Avatar. Narasimha is primarily associated with the Puranic legend of destroying the Asura-king Hiranyakashipu to protect the king's devotee son, Prahlada. D.A. Soifer states that 'Brahmana literature yields what must be considered as the prototype of that [Narasimha] myth, the Indra-Namuchi myth', adding that other academics such as Devasthali concur that although elements of the Namuchi legend are 'scattered throughout Brahmana literature (cf. VS [Vajaseneyi Samhita] 10.34; PB [Pancavimsa Brahmana] 12.6.8, MS [Maitrayani Samhita] IV.34; [and] TB [Taittir\u012bya Br\u0101hma\u1e47a] 1.7.1.6)', the fullest version is in the \"\u015aatapatha Br\u0101hma\u1e47a\". An English translation of TB 1.7.1.6 referred to by Soifer has not been found. The TITUS Sanskrit transliteration for this mention is (emphasis added): '\"n\u00e1mucim \u0101sur\u00e1\u1e43 na \u00e1labata\"' (1.7.1.6.3). An indirect reference to the legend via a mention of Namuchi from 1.4.2.1 has been cited instead, as above. Notably, Prahlada, the Vaishnava son of Hiranyakashipu in Puranic literature such as the Bhagavata Purana, is also mentioned (e.g. 1.5.9.1 and 1.5.10.8) where he is explicitly stated to be the son of Kayadhu (wife of Hiranyakashipu). \"Kali Yuga\". There are four \"yugas\" in each cyclical era in Hinduism, with \"Kali Yuga\", the present \"yuga\", being the last and most"}, {"text": "destructive. K. Ishwaran seems to incorrectly state that 'there seems to be no unequivocal reference to the cyclical notion of time in the Sruti [literature]... the word \"yuga\" does not mean an age or the theory of four \"yugas\" (Kane 1946:886-8), and the words \"Krta\", \"Treta\", \"Dvapara\" and \"Kali\" mean throws of dice (1946:886-8). The word \"Kali Yuga\" does not occur at all. Words like \"Krta Yuga\" occur (\"\u1e62a\u1e0dvi\u1e43\u1e61a Br\u0101hma\u1e47a\" V.6) but are not a part of any scheme of cosmic cycles'. This assertion would however seems to be contradicted by the \"Taittir\u012bya Br\u0101hma\u1e47a\". In the first instance (1.5.1, above), the assertion of Ishwaran, Kane, etc., would mean a throw of dice would affect whether one should recite four or five stomas for the \"Jyotishtoma\" sacrifice, which is nonsensical (the \"Jyotishtoma\" sacrifice itself requires 'sixteen officiating priests... It is a sacrifice considered as the typical form of a whole class of sacrificial ceremonies. E. \"jyotis\" light, and \"stoma\" a sacrifice'). In addition, 3.4.16 (\"Anuv\u0101ka\" 16, enumerated in the section on the third \"ash\u1e6daka\") is listed as (emphasis added) 'To the presiding divinities of dice and of the Satya Yuga, etc., dice-players, those who frequent gambling halls, and the like...'. Thus,"}, {"text": "the concept of the \"yugas\" are connected with dice but do not seem to the same thing. Animal welfare. Kashyap comments on a rite detailed in (1.1.6.8) that 'Offering an animal to Rudra does not mean that the animal is killed. Often the animal which is offered becomes free and it lives on the grass in the common pasture of the community without being controlled by a human. The idea is mentioned in several places in the Yajur Veda'. Other relevant extracts include Ash\u1e6daka 2: Agnihotra. P. Mitra states that the Agnihotra is an oblation to the fire-god, Agni. According to M. Rajendralala, as 'a manual of rituals the first \"kanda\" [or p\"rap\u0101\u1e6dhaka\"] of the Taittir\u012bya Brahmana opens with Agnihotra or the establishment of the household fire. This was the first duty of every householder and of a Brahman immediately after being invested with the Brahmanical cord, and marriage. Every householder and his wife had to devote their careful attention to the maintenance of this fire and to offering to it oblations of butter and the booking thereon of frumenty [a dish of hulled wheat boiled in milk].' Prap\u0101\u1e6dhakas and Anuv\u0101kas. Mitra details all chapters (\"prap\u0101\u1e6dhakas\") and sections (\"anuv\u0101kas\") of"}, {"text": "the second book (\"ash\u1e6daka\") with descriptive titles (8 \"prap\u0101\u1e6dhakas\", consisting of 96 \"anuv\u0101kas\"; original spelling unchanged): The Kaukili Sautramani Sacrifice. A.B. Keith states that the Kaukili (, Kaukila or Kaukila) 'Sautramani is not a Soma sacrifice, but is classified by the Sutras as a Haviryajna, though its chief characteristic in its form as recorded is the offering of Sur\u0101 [liquor]. It has two distinct forms, the Kaukili, which is an independent offering, the other the Carak\u0101, an offering which forms part of another offering, as the R\u0101jas\u016bya [performed by ancient kings of India] and the Agnicayana [building of a Fire-Altar]... The differences between the two forms are of detail: thus the Kaukili is marked by the singing by the Brahman of certain S\u0101mans [hymns]. The use of the Sur\u0101 is accompanied by offerings of animals, to Indra a bull, to Sarasvati a sheep, and to the Ashvins a goat'. R. Woodard adds that 'the Vedic Sautramani belongs chiefly to Indra, taking its name from his epithet \"Satraman\", 'good protector'. The Vedic rite is, however, rather complex; while Indra is the principal recipient, deities of the realm of fertility and fecundity [reproduction] figure prominently'. Avatars of Vishnu. Garuda the Mount of"}, {"text": "Vishnu, Kurma the Tortoise Avatar, and Krishna. Kurma is most commonly associated in the Itih\u0101sa (epics) and Puranas with the legend of the churning of the Ocean of Milk, referred to as the \"Samudra manthan\". The ocean is churned with a mountain on the back of the Tortoise avatar to acquire the nectar of immortality called Amrita for the gods, led by Indra. From the Mahabharata: Garuda is also frequently mentioned in respect to Kurma and the \"Samudra manthan\" legend. For example, in the Mahabharata (1.29\u201331) Garuda seeks the Amrita produced by the churning of the ocean to free himself and his mother from slavery. In the \"Bhagavata Purana\" (Canto 8, Chapter 6), Krishna carries the Mandara mountain on the back of Garuda to the Ocean of Milk. The tortoise ( or ) is also mentioned in 2.4.3.6 (2.4.3.23 of the TITUS transliteration; emphasis added): . Notably, 2.8.2.23 states that a mountain represents ignorance, and 2.4.6.21 states: Vamana the Dwarf Avatar. Vamana is most commonly associated with the Puranic legend of taking back the three worlds from the Asura-king Bali in three steps. N. Aiyangar notes that 'In the Rig-Veda Vishnu is celebrated for his three strides by which he"}, {"text": "measures the whole universe'. These so-called 'Vishnu-strides' (Symbolically) factor into Vedic sacrificial rites enumerated by Brahamical literature such as the Shatapatha Br\u0101hma\u1e47a (e.g. 6.7.4.7\u20138) and the Taittir\u012bya Br\u0101hma\u1e47a (e.g. 2.4.3.10, as quoted, and 2.4.6.3). Narasimha the Man-Lion Avatar. Narasimha is primarily associated with the Puranic legend of destroying the Asura-king Hiranyakashipu to protect the king's devotee son, Prahlada. Further references to Namuchi, considered by Soifer to be the 'prototype' of the Narasimha legend, are made in 2.6.3.3 (defeated by the Ashvins rather than Indra) and 2.6.13.1 (stole sacrificial offerings from Indra). Animal welfare. Further to the duty of a king to take good care of animals (as elaborated in 2.7.15.2-3), Kashyap comments in regards to 2.1.1.4 that here 'is a brief mention of the human duty that the calves of the cow giving milk have the highest priority. Only after their needs are satisfied [is] the remaining milk... used for the Yajna. This discipline should be maintained for ten days and nights. If the milk remaining is given to the calves at night, then the Deva Rudra is not pleased since he is the lord of the cows. Ample milk should be given to the calves before the use of"}, {"text": "milk in the Yajna'. Ash\u1e6daka 3. Rajendralala states that the 'first subject treated of in the third kanda [\"ash\u1e6daka\", 'book'] are the Constellations, some of which are auspicious and others the contrary. Then we have the rites appropriate during the wane and waxing of the moon, \"Darsa paurnamasa\", as well as on the full moon and the new moon. The fourth chapter treats of human sacrifices, and then of a number of minor rites with special prayers. Then follow the mantras appropriate for the sacrifice of special animals. This is followed by a chapter on expiations and defects in the observance and performance of ceremonies. The eighth and ninth [prap\u0101\u1e6dhakas, 'chapters'] are devoted to the horse sacrifice, which is the grandest ceremony enjoined on householders, especially appropriate for kings, and involves a number of rites and ceremonies (which are fully detailed in the table of contents) as also a number of ovations of different kinds'. Prap\u0101\u1e6dhakas and Anuv\u0101kas. W. E. Hale and B. Smith cite issues 92\u2013108 of the academic journal \"Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society\", to enumerate the structure and content of the third \"ash\u1e6daka.\" Mitra details all chapters (\"prap\u0101\u1e6dhakas\") and sections (\"anuv\u0101kas\") with descriptive titles (12 \"prap\u0101\u1e6dhakas\","}, {"text": "consisting of 164 listed \"anuv\u0101kas\"; original spelling unchanged): The Nakshatras. Details are provided in the section dealing with the first ash\u1e6daka (see above). The Purushamedha. D.M. Knipe states that there 'is no inscriptional or other record that a purusua-medha [meaning 'human-sacrifice'] was ever performed, leading some scholars to suggest it was simply invented to round out sacrificial possibilities... The significance of the entire enterprise is compromised when [the] SB [\"\u015aatapatha Br\u0101hma\u1e47a\"] 13.6.2 presents a \"deus ex machina\", an ethereal voice that intervenes to halt the proceedings: a sacrificer always eats the victim, man would therefore eat man, not an acceptable act, ergo, no performance'. The 'human sacrifice' was thus symbolic in nature, as were animal sacrifices (e.g. symbolised by plant-based foods offered and consumed in rituals, such as rice-cake; an example is found in 1.6.2.3\u20134 in the Shatapatha). The verse referred to by Knipe states: However, R. Mitra is less convinced, stating that neither 'Aspastambha [founder of a Shakha (school) of Yajurveda] nor Sayana [commentator on the Vedic texts] has a word to say about the human victims being Symbolical... it must be added, however, that Apastambha is very brief and obscure in his remarks, and it would be hazardous"}, {"text": "to draw a positive conclusion from the insufficient data supplied by him, particularly as the Satapatha Br\u0101hma\u1e47a is positive on the subject of the human victims being let off after consecration; though the fact of the Brahmana being much later than the Taittir\u012bya Br\u0101hma\u1e47a, may justify the assumption that the practice of the Kanva [and Madhyandina] can be no guide to the followers of the Taittiriyaka'. The Ashvamedha. Rick F. Talbott states that the 'total ceremony of the Ashvamedha [meaning 'Horse-Sacrifice'] lasted over a year with the actual rites surrounding the sacrifice of the chosen horse taking only three days. The Ashvamedha was one of three royal sacrifices in Ancient India. Performance of this great sacrifice required a victorious king, his three wives, hundreds of attendants, a swift steed with special markings, the special sacrificial grounds near a large quantity of water [and being] supplied with a myriad of ritual utensils and materials. The Horse Sacrifice also required [four] types of priests... Only the victorious king could perform the Ashvamedha [itself]... like all of the new or full moon ceremonies this rite had a special significance for the events that followed'. References and commentaries. The commentator Apastambha (circa 600-300 BCE)"}, {"text": "has not been listed or discussed in this section as it seems he did not comment on the Taittir\u012bya Br\u0101hma\u1e47a specifically, but rather on sacrificial rites in general, which are detailed in multiple Br\u0101hma\u1e47as (e.g. as evidenced above, the Purushamedha is detailed in both the \"Shatapatha\" and \"Taittir\u012bya Br\u0101hma\u0146as\"). The same principle applies to the commentator Sure\u015bvara (circa 800 CE), whose \"Vartika\" works (e.g. 'Vartika on Sariraka Br\u0101hma\u1e47a', 'Vartika on Saptanna Br\u0101hma\u1e47a', and 'Vartika on Udgitha Br\u0101hma\u1e47a', etc.), are commentaries on specific sacrificial rites enumerated in the Br\u0101hma\u1e47as, not the Br\u0101hma\u1e47as themselves. The Nirukta. Recorded by the grammarian Yaska (circa 300 BCE), the Nirukta is one of the six Smriti Vedangas ('limbs of the Vedas') concerned with correct etymology and interpretation of the Vedas. The Nirukta references and lists several Br\u0101hma\u1e47as as sources, including the Taittir\u012bya Brahma\u1e47a. Sayana. The 14th-century Sanskrit scholar Sayana composed numerous commentaries on Vedic literature, including the Samhitas, Brahmanas, Aranyakas, and Upanishads. B.R. Modak states that one of those commentaries by Sayana, a member of the Taittir\u012bya Shakha, was on the Taittir\u012bya Br\u0101hma\u1e47a, and explains that 'king Bukka [1356\u20131377 CE] requested his preceptor and minister Madhavacharya to write a commentary on the Vedas, so that even"}, {"text": "common people would be able to understand the meaning of the Vedic Mantras. Madhavacharya told him that his younger brother Sayana was a learned person and hence he should be entrusted with the task'. Bhava Sw\u0101m\u012b, Bha\u1e6d\u1e6da Bh\u0101skara, and R\u0101m\u0101n\u1e0dara. According to Shrava, the Taittir\u012bya Br\u0101hma\u1e47a was also commented upon by:"}, {"text": "State Route 716 (SR 716) in the U.S. state of Virginia is a secondary route designation applied to multiple discontinuous road segments among the many counties. The list below describes the sections in each county that are designated SR 716."}, {"text": "State Route 717 (SR 717) in the U.S. state of Virginia is a secondary route designation applied to multiple discontinuous road segments among the many counties. The list below describes the sections in each county that are designated SR 717."}, {"text": "Denys Molchanov and Igor Zelenay were the defending champions but chose to defend their title with different partners. Molchanov partnered Hans Podlipnik Castillo but lost in the quarterfinals to Jebav\u00fd and Zelenay. Zelenay partnered Roman Jebav\u00fd but lost in the final to Frederik Nielsen and Tim P\u00fctz. Nielsen and P\u00fctz won the title after defeating Jebav\u00fd and Zelenay 4\u20136, 7\u20136(7\u20134), [11\u20139] in the final."}, {"text": "State Route 718 (SR 718) in the U.S. state of Virginia is a secondary route designation applied to multiple discontinuous road segments among the many counties. The list below describes the sections in each county that are designated SR 718."}, {"text": "State Route 719 (SR 719) in the U.S. state of Virginia is a secondary route designation applied to multiple discontinuous road segments among the many counties. The list below describes the sections in each county that are designated SR 719."}, {"text": "State Route 720 (SR 720) in the U.S. state of Virginia is a secondary route designation applied to multiple discontinuous road segments among the many counties. The list below describes the sections in each county that are designated SR 720."}, {"text": "Club Sportiv Comunal 1599 \u0218elimb\u0103r, commonly known as 1599 \u0218elimb\u0103r or simply as \u0218elimb\u0103r (), is a Romanian football club based in \u0218elimb\u0103r, Sibiu County, currently playing in the Liga II. 1599 \u0218elimb\u0103r was founded in 2016, under the name of Viitorul \u0218elimb\u0103r in order to continue the football tradition in the commune, after the dissolution of the old team, Sevi\u0219ul \u0218elimb\u0103r. History. CSC 1599 \u0218elimb\u0103r was founded in 2016, under the name of \"Viitorul \u0218elimb\u0103r\", by a group of youngsters from the commune, coordinated by Nicolae Preuteasa, in order to continue the football tradition in \u0218elimb\u0103r after the dissolution of the old team, Sevi\u0219ul \u0218elimb\u0103r. The senior squad was enrolled directly in the Liga IV, Sibiu County Series being ranked 6th (2016\u201317) and 2nd (2017\u201318), before finishing 1st and to have the chance to play a promotion play-off match. In the promotion play-off, \"\u0218elimb\u0103renii\" passed of CS Gheorgheni (Harghita County champions), 5\u20133 on aggregate and promoted for the first time in their history to Liga III, but also at six years after the relegation of Sevi\u0219ul from this tier. After two seasons in the third tier, Viitorul \u0218elimb\u0103r promoted in the Liga II, under the command of Florin Maxim."}, {"text": "Viitorul is the first team from \u0218elimb\u0103r that achieved this performance, in the history of the commune from Sibiu County. In the same summer \"Viitorul \u0218elimb\u0103r\" was renamed as CSC 1599 \u0218elimb\u0103r. Grounds. 1599 \u0218elimb\u0103r plays its home matches on Comunal Stadium in \u0218elimb\u0103r, Sibiu County, with a capacity of 1,000 seats. Starting with the spring of 2019, the club moved on M\u0103gura Stadium in Cisn\u0103die, with a capacity of 2,450 seats (500 in the Main Stand and 1,950 in the Second Stand)., due to the renovation and expansion works that started at their own stadium. Notable former players. The footballers enlisted below have had international cap(s) for their respective countries at junior and/or senior level and/or significant caps for CSC 1599 \u0218elimb\u0103r."}, {"text": "State Route 721 (SR 721) in the U.S. state of Virginia is a secondary route designation applied to multiple discontinuous road segments among the many counties. The list below describes the sections in each county that are designated SR 721."}, {"text": "The Queen Who Kept Her Head is a 1934 historical play by the British writer Winifred Carter. It is based on the life of Katharine Parr, the sixth and final wife of Henry VIII, who outlived him. It ran for twenty two performances at the Kingsway Theatre in London West End. The play featured Laura Cowie as Katharine with Raymond Lovell as King Henry. The cast also included Bernard Lee as Sir Thomas Seymour, Felicity Carter and Aubrey Mallalieu, and G. H. Mulcaster as Sir Anthony Knevet. The play text was published in 1938."}, {"text": "Godapiasal railway station is a railway station on Kharagpur\u2013Bankura\u2013Adra line in Adra railway division of South Eastern Railway zone. It is situated beside National Highway 60 at Godapiasal of Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. History. In 1901, the Kharagpur\u2013Midnapur Branch line was opened. The Midnapore\u2013Jharia extension of the Bengal Nagpur Railway, passing through Bankura District was opened in 1903\u201304. The Adra\u2013Bheduasol sector was electrified in 1997\u201398 and the Bheduasol\u2013Salboni sector in 1998\u201399."}, {"text": "State Route 722 (SR 722) in the U.S. state of Virginia is a secondary route designation applied to multiple discontinuous road segments among the many counties. The list below describes the sections in each county that are designated SR 722."}, {"text": "State Route 723 (SR 723) in the U.S. state of Virginia is a secondary route designation applied to multiple discontinuous road segments among the many counties. The list below describes the sections in each county that are designated SR 723."}, {"text": "Mirror Piece is a 1965 contemporary art installation by Michael Baldwin, a member of the British conceptual art collective Art & Language. Description. \"Mirror Piece\" is an installation of variable dimensions. It is composed of multiple mirrors of different sizes covered with regular or deforming glass plates, presented on wooden panels. This installation is accompanied by 13 pages of text and diagrams. Critical analysis. This installation, one of the first ones of the Art & Language collective, replaces the surface of a painting with mirrors. It allows us to discuss, among other things, the theme of representation as well as the place and role of the spectator in the work of art. The mirror, being a surface that reflects light without its own image, the artists will say of this gesture: The mirror being in the place of what should be a painting, the spectator sees himself looking at a work of art and the recent practice of selfies has greatly contributed to the popularity of \"Mirror Piece\"."}, {"text": "State Route 724 (SR 724) in the U.S. state of Virginia is a secondary route designation applied to multiple discontinuous road segments among the many counties. The list below describes the sections in each county that are designated SR 724."}, {"text": "State Route 725 (SR 725) in the U.S. state of Virginia is a secondary route designation applied to multiple discontinuous road segments among the many counties. The list below describes the sections in each county that are designated SR 725."}, {"text": "State Route 726 (SR 726) in the U.S. state of Virginia is a secondary route designation applied to multiple discontinuous road segments among the many counties. The list below describes the sections in each county that are designated SR 726."}, {"text": "State Route 727 (SR 727) in the U.S. state of Virginia is a secondary route designation applied to multiple discontinuous road segments among the many counties. The list below describes the sections in each county that are designated SR 727."}, {"text": "State Route 728 (SR 728) in the U.S. state of Virginia is a secondary route designation applied to multiple discontinuous road segments among the many counties. The list below describes the sections in each county that are designated SR 728."}, {"text": "The Police Convalescent Home or Police Convalescent Seaside Home was an institution in Hove, East Sussex housing police officers during their convalescence from illness or injury. These officers were principally from south-east English forces such as the Metropolitan Police and City of London Police and frequently suffered from lung diseases, for which sea air was held to be beneficial. It opened in March 1890 at 51 Clarendon Villas, which for a time also housed the Southern Counties Police Orphanage A site was soon found at 11 Portland Road for a purpose-built redbrick replacement building with an infirmary and surgery. The Home was largely funded by the Metropolitan and City Police Convalescent Home Fund, some of whose records between 1902 and 1917 are held in the National Archives as MEPO 2/1723 The new building was designed by local architect John George Gibbens, with the foundation stone laid on 29 October 1892 by Princess Christian and opened by the wife of the 4th Earl of Chichester on 21 July the following year. The building was turned into an auxiliary hospital in 1895 during a flu epidemic and into an Auxiliary Military Hospital from 1914 to 1919. It then returned to its original"}, {"text": "use until 1966, when it moved to a site at 205 Kingsway, though the building at 11 Portland Road is now a privately owned nursing home. The Home was finally renamed the Police Rehabilitation Centre and moved from Kingsway, Hove to Flint House, Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire in 1988"}, {"text": "State Route 729 (SR 729) in the U.S. state of Virginia is a secondary route designation applied to multiple discontinuous road segments among the many counties. The list below describes the sections in each county that are designated SR 729."}, {"text": "State Route 730 (SR 730) in the U.S. state of Virginia is a secondary route designation applied to multiple discontinuous road segments among the many counties. The list below describes the sections in each county that are designated SR 730."}, {"text": "State Route 731 (SR 731) in the U.S. state of Virginia is a secondary route designation applied to multiple discontinuous road segments among the many counties. The list below describes the sections in each county that are designated SR 731."}, {"text": "State Route 732 (SR 732) in the U.S. state of Virginia is a secondary route designation applied to multiple discontinuous road segments among the many counties. The list below describes the sections in each county that are designated SR 732."}, {"text": "The 2019 Knoxville Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the sixteenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2019 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Knoxville, United States between 4 and 10 November 2019. Singles main-draw entrants. Other entrants. The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: The following player received entry as a lucky loser:"}, {"text": "State Route 733 (SR 733) in the U.S. state of Virginia is a secondary route designation applied to multiple discontinuous road segments among the many counties. The list below describes the sections in each county that are designated SR 733."}, {"text": "Stephanie Geltmacher (born August 21, 1990) is an American mixed martial artist and currently she competes in the flyweight division. She has previously competed for Invicta Fighting Championships. Background. Aggressive as a child, Geltmacher's father suggested her to start some sort of martial art. She started training Brazilian jiu-jitsu at the age of ten and started wrestling in high school. She attended Yakima Valley College for a year and transferred to Oklahoma City University, being an All-American in wrestling in all four years. Not sure what to do after the college, she started training mixed martial arts with her boyfriend who already trained the sport. Mixed martial arts career. Early career. After going 3\u20131 as an amateur, Geltmacher amassed a record of 2\u20130 prior signed by Invicta Fighting Championships. Invicta Fighting Championships. Geltmacher made her Invicta debut on July 21, 2018, against Kerri Kenneson, replacing Alexa Conners, at . She won the fight by technical knockout. Her next fight came on November 16, 2018, facing Liz Tracy at . She won the fight via unanimous decision. On August 9, 2019, Geltmacher faced Victoria Leonardo at . She lost the fight via unanimous decision. After her first career loss, Geltmacher was"}, {"text": "scheduled to fight Erin Blanchfield at on July 30, 2020. However, she withdrew from the bout and was replaced by Brogan Walker-Sanchez. Geltmacher was then expected to face Trisha Cicero at on November 20, 2020. However, Cicero was forced to withdraw and was replaced by Caitlin Sammons. Geltmacher won the fight via first-round knockout."}, {"text": "State Route 734 (SR 734) in the U.S. state of Virginia is a secondary route designation applied to multiple discontinuous road segments among the many counties. The list below describes the sections in each county that are designated SR 734."}, {"text": "State Route 735 (SR 735) in the U.S. state of Virginia is a secondary route designation applied to multiple discontinuous road segments among the many counties. The list below describes the sections in each county that are designated SR 735."}, {"text": "State Route 736 (SR 736) in the U.S. state of Virginia is a secondary route designation applied to multiple discontinuous road segments among the many counties. The list below describes the sections in each county that are designated SR 736."}, {"text": "State Route 737 (SR 737) in the U.S. state of Virginia is a secondary route designation applied to multiple discontinuous road segments among the many counties. The list below describes the sections in each county that are designated SR 737."}, {"text": "State Route 738 (SR 738) in the U.S. state of Virginia is a secondary route designation applied to multiple discontinuous road segments among the many counties. The list below describes the sections in each county that are designated SR 738."}, {"text": "State Route 739 (SR 739) in the U.S. state of Virginia is a secondary route designation applied to multiple discontinuous road segments among the many counties. The list below describes the sections in each county that are designated SR 739."}, {"text": "State Route 740 (SR 740) in the U.S. state of Virginia is a secondary route designation applied to multiple discontinuous road segments among the many counties. The list below describes the sections in each county that are designated SR 740."}, {"text": "State Route 741 (SR 741) in the U.S. state of Virginia is a secondary route designation applied to multiple discontinuous road segments among the many counties. The list below describes the sections in each county that are designated SR 741."}, {"text": "William Galwey (1 June 1762 \u2013 18 September 1848) was an Anglican priest in Ireland during the late decade of the 18th century and the first four of the 19th. He was born in County Kilkenny and educated at Trinity College Dublin. He was appointed Archdeacon of Cashel in 1807. He resigned in 1824 to become the incumbent at Kilmastulla."}, {"text": "State Route 742 (SR 742) in the U.S. state of Virginia is a secondary route designation applied to multiple discontinuous road segments among the many counties. The list below describes the sections in each county that are designated SR 742."}, {"text": "State Route 743 (SR 743) in Virginia, United States is a secondary route designation applied to multiple discontinuous road segments across 35 counties. The list below describes the sections in each county that are designated SR 743."}, {"text": "Reilly Opelka was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title. Michael Mmoh won the title after defeating Christopher O'Connell 6\u20134, 6\u20134 in the final. Seeds. All seeds receive a bye into the second round."}, {"text": "State Route 744 (SR 744) in the U.S. state of Virginia is a secondary route designation applied to multiple discontinuous road segments among the many counties. The list below describes the sections in each county that are designated SR 744."}, {"text": "Vice Admiral Atul Kumar Jain PVSM, AVSM, VSM is a retired Indian naval officer who served as the 2nd Vice Chief of Defence Staff of India. He assumed the position on 28 February 2021. Previously, he served as Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Naval Command of the Indian Navy. Career. He was commissioned in the Indian Navy in July 1982. He is an alumnus of Sainik School Rewa; National Defence Academy (Pune); the Defence Services Staff College; the College of Naval Warfare (Mumbai) and the National Defence College (Pretoria, South Africa). He is a graduate from Jawaharlal Nehru University and has received his Masters in Defence and Strategic Studies from Madras University."}, {"text": "State Route 745 (SR 745) in the U.S. state of Virginia is a secondary route designation applied to multiple discontinuous road segments among the many counties. The list below describes the sections in each county that are designated SR 745."}, {"text": "State Route 746 (SR 746) in the U.S. state of Virginia is a secondary route designation applied to multiple discontinuous road segments among the many counties. The list below describes the sections in each county that are designated SR 746."}, {"text": "State Route 747 (SR 747) in the U.S. state of Virginia is a secondary route designation applied to multiple discontinuous road segments among the many counties. The list below describes the sections in each county that are designated SR 747."}, {"text": "State Route 748 (SR 748) in the U.S. state of Virginia is a secondary route designation applied to multiple discontinuous road segments among the many counties. The list below describes the sections in each county that are designated SR 748."}, {"text": "The Cairns Dolphins are an Australian basketball team based in Cairns, Queensland. The Dolphins compete in the women's NBL1 North and play their home games at Early Settler Stadium. The team is affiliated with Cairns Basketball Inc. (CBI), the major administrative basketball organisation in the region. CBI's men's team is the Cairns Marlins. Team history. After operating a successful basketball program in Cairns, Queensland, Cairns Basketball joined the Queensland State Basketball League in its second season in 1987. They fielded two teams, the Cairns Marlins in the men's competition and the Cairns Dolphins in the women's competition. After a successful first season for the NBL1 in 2019, in 2020 it expanded into Queensland and replaced the QBL. After this change, the Dolphins transferred to the NBL1 North."}, {"text": "State Route 749 (SR 749) in the U.S. state of Virginia is a secondary route designation applied to multiple discontinuous road segments among the many counties. The list below describes the sections in each county that are designated SR 749."}, {"text": "State Route 750 (SR 750) in the U.S. state of Virginia is a secondary route designation applied to multiple discontinuous road segments among the many counties. The list below describes the sections in each county that are designated SR 750."}, {"text": "State Route 751 (SR 751) in the U.S. state of Virginia is a secondary route designation applied to multiple discontinuous road segments among the many counties. The list below describes the sections in each county that are designated SR 751."}, {"text": "State Route 752 (SR 752) in the U.S. state of Virginia is a secondary route designation applied to multiple discontinuous road segments among the many counties. The list below describes the sections in each county that are designated SR 752."}, {"text": "Telmisartan/amlodipine, sold under the brand name Twynsta among others, is a fixed-dose combination medication used to treat high blood pressure. It is a combination of telmisartan, an angiotensin II receptor antagonist; and amlodipine, as the besilate, a calcium channel blocker. It is taken by mouth. Common side effects include dizziness, swelling, and back pain. Severe side effects may include low blood pressure, kidney problems, electrolyte problems, and a heart attack. Use during pregnancy may harm the baby. Telmisartan works by blocking the effects of angiotensin II while amlodipine works by decreasing calcium ion entry into smooth muscle and heart muscle. The combination was approved for medical use in the United States in 2009. The combination is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines. It is available as a generic medication."}, {"text": "Toshihide Matsui and Frederik Nielsen were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title. Hans Hach Verdugo and Adri\u00e1n Men\u00e9ndez Maceiras won the title after defeating Bradley Klahn and Sem Verbeek 7\u20136(8\u20136), 4\u20136, [10\u20135] in the final."}, {"text": "Jean-Paul George (born March 22, 1944) is a French Chairman and CEO of the energy sector. He is known as co-founder and Chairman of Altergaz, the first French independent natural gas company, created in 2003. Early life. Jean-Paul George graduated from \u00c9cole Polytechnique (1964) and CentraleSup\u00e9lec (1967-69). Career. Jean-Paul George entered in EDF-GDF group in the 70's, he was sales manager of Gaz de France and he is known as founder of the first Gaz de France's subsidiary: Cofathec, today renamed ENGIE Cofely (\u20ac2,2bn of turnover in 2018). He was CEO of Cofathec group from 1994 to 2000 before being appointed Delegate-General of Gaz de France's e-company. Altergaz. After retirement, he cofounded in 2003 with Robert Delbos (former Treasurer, CFO of EDF-GDF and CEO of Solfea bank) and the investor Georges Cohen (founder of Transiciel) the first French independent natural gas company : Altergaz (turnover in 2012 : \u20ac1,6 billion). Delbos was the CEO and George the Chairman of Altergaz between 2003 and 2012. After years of collaboration, Eni, the Italian multinational Oil & Gas company, acquired Altergaz, that was renamed Eni Gas & Power France with 1,5 million of customers in France. Honours. George has been decorated with the"}, {"text": "National Order of the Legion of Honour."}, {"text": "This article summarizes the events related to rock music for the year of 2010."}, {"text": "The Men's 50 metre freestyle competition of the 2019 African Games was held on 24 August 2019. Records. Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. The following new records were set during this competition. Results. Heats. The heats were started on 24 August at 10:20. Final. The final was started on 24 August at 17:00."}, {"text": "Jangalmahal Bhadutala railway station is a railway station on Kharagpur\u2013Bankura\u2013Adra line in Adra railway division of South Eastern Railway zone. It is situated beside Lalgarh\u2013Midnapore Road at Bhadutala of Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. History. In 1901, the Kharagpur\u2013Midnapur Branch line was opened. The Midnapore\u2013Jharia extension of the Bengal Nagpur Railway, passing through Bankura District was opened in 1903\u201304. The Adra\u2013Bheduasol sector was electrified in 1997\u201398 and the Bheduasol\u2013Salboni sector in 1998\u201399."}, {"text": "Fanny Byse n\u00e9e Lee (born 1849) was a British sculptor who specialised in creating heads and busts. Biography. Byse was born in London in 1849 but did not begin practising sculpture until 1893 when she went to Geneva where she was taught by Jules Salmson, the director of the School of Industrial Arts there. Subsequently, she studied in Rome, Florence and Paris. Byse produced numerous busts and head figures, which she mainly exhibited in Paris with the Salon des Artistes Francais but also at the Royal Academy in London during 1902. Her bronze bust of Alexandre Vinet is in the Wellcome Collection in London."}, {"text": "The 1920 United States presidential election in Kansas was held on November 2, 1920, as part of the 1920 United States presidential election. Kansas voters chose ten electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Kansas voted for the Republican nominee, Ohio Senator Warren G. Harding, over the Democratic nominee, Ohio Governor James M. Cox. Harding ran with Massachusetts Governor Calvin Coolidge, while Cox ran with Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York. Harding won the state by a margin of 32.23 percentage points. By the beginning of 1920 skyrocketing inflation and President Woodrow Wilson's focus upon his proposed League of Nations at the expense of domestic policy had helped make the incumbent president very unpopular \u2013 besides which Wilson also had major health problems that had left First Lady Edith Wilson effectively running the nation. Political unrest observed in the Palmer Raids and the \"Red Scare\" further added to the unpopularity of the Democratic Party, since this global political turmoil produced considerable fear of alien revolutionaries invading the country. Another issue was the anti-Cox position taken by the Ku Klux Klan, and Cox's inconsistent stance on newly passed Prohibition \u2013 he"}, {"text": "had been a \"wet\" but announced he would support Prohibition enforcement in August The West had been the chief presidential battleground ever since the \"System of 1896\" emerged following that election. For this reason, Cox chose to tour the entire nation but the only attention Cox received in the Western press was severe criticism. Moreover, at the beginning of the presidential campaign farmers \u2013 a critical constituency in Kansas \u2013 were highly critical of the likely effect of the Cox platform upon their cost of living. Wilson carried Kansas in his two election triumphs in 1912 and 1916. Cox did visit the state in early October, but was aggressively heckled during his only speeches in the state. Surveys earlier by Progressive journalist William Allen White had shown that two-thirds of the Kansas population were opposed to Wilson's League of Nations. At the end of October, two days before the poll, editors estimated a majority of one hundred and twenty thousand votes for Harding in Kansas, although Cox's campaign managers, especially Frank E. Doremus, believed they had a chance of holding the state. As it turned out, Harding easily won Kansas by a two-to-one majority, fifty percent larger than predicted by"}, {"text": "the combined polls of editors at the end of October, and a swing of 37 percentage points from Wilson's victory in the state in 1916. Harding carried all 105 Kansas counties, whereas in 1916 Charles Evans Hughes had carried only 26, although the trend \u2013 dramatic as it was \u2013 was substantially smaller than Harding's landslides in heavily German-American North and South Dakota. In spite of Cox's two-to-one loss, this remains the last presidential election when Kansas voted \"less\" Republican than California, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, New York, Washington or Wisconsin."}, {"text": "Toronto Defiant is a Canadian esports team founded in 2018 that competes in the Overwatch League (OWL). The Defiant began playing competitive \"Overwatch\" in the 2019 season. All rostered players during the OWL season (including the playoffs) are included, even if they did not make an appearance."}, {"text": "Dollar railway station served the village of Dollar, Clackmannanshire, Scotland from 1869 to 1964 on the Devon Valley Railway. History. The station opened on 3 May 1869 by the Devon Valley Railway. To the northeast was the goods yard and to the southeast was the signal box. To the east was Dollar Mine, which provided coal for Kincardine Power Station. The station closed to both passengers and goods traffic on 15 June 1964."}, {"text": "The 2019 Kobe Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 5th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2019 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Kobe, Japan between 4 and 10 November 2019. Singles main-draw entrants. Other entrants. The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking: The following players received entry into the singles main draw as alternates: The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: The following players received entry as lucky losers:"}]