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for St. Petersburg or Seattle at the time). His powerful swing sent home runs deep into some of cavernous old Comiskey Park's farthest reaches, including the roof and even the distant (445 ft) center field bleachers, a rare feat at one of baseball's most pitcher-friendly stadiums. On July 31, 1972, Allen became the first player in baseball's "modern era" to hit two inside-the-park home runs in one game. Both homers were hit off Bert Blyleven in the White Sox' 8-1 victory over the Minnesota Twins at Metropolitan Stadium. On July 6, 1974, at Detroit's Tiger Stadium, he lined a homer off the roof facade in deep left-center field at a linear distance of approximately and an altitude of . Anecdotal | 19,300 |
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and mathematical evidence agreed that Allen's clout would've easily surpassed on the fly.
The Sox were favored by many to make the playoffs in 1973, but those hopes were dashed due in large measure to the fractured fibula that Allen suffered in June. (He tried to return five weeks after injuring the leg in a collision with Mike Epstein of the A's, but the pain ended his season after just one game in which he batted 3-for-5.) In 1974, despite his making the AL All-Star team in each of the three years with the Sox, Allen's stay in Chicago ended in controversy when he left the team on September 14 with two weeks left in the season. In his autobiography, Allen blamed his feud with third-baseman | 19,301 |
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Ron Santo, who was playing a final, undistinguished season with the White Sox after leaving the crosstown Chicago Cubs.
With Allen's intention to continue playing baseball uncertain, the White Sox reluctantly sold his contract to the Atlanta Braves for only $5,000, despite the fact that he had led the league in home runs, slugging (.563), and OPS (.938). Allen refused to report to the Braves and announced his retirement.
## Return to the Phillies.
The Phillies managed to coax Allen out of retirement for the 1975 season. The lay-off and nagging effects of his 1973 broken leg hampered his play. His numbers improved in 1976, a Phillies division winner, as he hit 15 home runs and batted .268 | 19,302 |
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in 85 games. He continued his tape measure legacy during his second go-round with the Phillies. On August 22, 1975, Allen smashed a homer into the seldom reached upperdeck at San Diego's Qualcomm (née Jack Murphy) Stadium.
## Oakland Athletics.
Allen played in 54 games and hit 5 home runs with 31 RBIs for a .240 batting average during his final season for the Oakland Athletics in 1977 before leaving the team abruptly in June of that season. His final day as a player was on June 19, playing both games of a doubleheader, against the White Sox. In five total plate appearances, he had two hits, with his final hit being a single in the eighth inning.
# Career Statistics.
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appearance in the 1976 National League Championship Series as a member of the Phillies, batting .222 (2-9) with a run scored as the Phillies were swept by the Reds. Defensively, his best position was at first base, in which he compiled a .989 fielding percentage in 808 games. He also played 652 games at third base, 257 games in the outfield, and seven games at second base and shortstop.
# Music career.
Dick Allen sang professionally in a high, delicate tenor. The tone and texture of his voice has drawn comparisons to Harptones' lead singer Willie Winfield. During Allen's time with the Sixties-era Phillies, he sang lead with a doo-wop group called The Ebonistics. Dick Allen and The Ebonistics | 19,304 |
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sang professionally at Philadelphia night clubs. He once entertained during halftime of an NBA Philadelphia 76ers game. The "Philadelphia Inquirer" printed a review of his performance:
Here came Rich Allen. Flowered shirt. Tie six-inches (152 mm) wide. Hiphugger bell-bottomed pants. A microphone in his hands. Rich Allen, the most booed man in Philadelphia from April to October, when Eagles coach Joe Kuharich takes over, walked out in front of 9,557 people at the Spectrum last night to sing with his group, The Ebonistics, and a most predictable thing happened. He was booed. Two songs later though, a most unpredictable thing happened. They cheered Rich Allen. They cheered him as warmly as they | 19,305 |
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have ever cheered him for a game-winning home run.
Although his music career was not as substantial or long-lasting as that of Milwaukee Braves outfielder Arthur Lee Maye, Allen gained lasting praise for a recording on the Groovy Grooves label titled, "Echoes of November." The song is featured in the Philles official hundred-year anniversary video and the novel "'64 Intruder". In 2010, Brazilian pop star Ana Volans rerecorded "Echoes of November;" her rendition sold briskly in Brazil. (The CD's jacket contains a dedication to Dick Allen and his Hall of Fame candidacy.)
# Hall of Fame candidacy.
Nearly forty years after retiring, Allen remains a much discussed and still controversial ballplayer. | 19,306 |
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An increasing number of Baseball historians regard him as the best player not inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Allen appeared on the Hall of Fame's 2014 Golden Era Committee ballot (the committee votes every three years since 2011 when Ron Santo was elected by the committee) of 10 selected candidates (selected by a committee of the Baseball Writers' Association of America) from the 1947 to 1972 era for consideration of Hall of Fame enshrinement in 2015. Allen and Tony Oliva were both one vote short of the required 12 votes by the committee which elected none of the candidates.
Sabermetrician Bill James rated Dick Allen as the second-most controversial player in baseball history, behind | 19,307 |
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Rogers Hornsby. James called Allen's autobiography, "Crash", "one of the best baseball books in recent years". For many years Allen held the distinction of the highest slugging percentage among players eligible for but not in the National Baseball Hall of Fame. This only ended in 2006, when Albert Belle became eligible but was not elected.
Allen Barra wrote in his "Wall Street Journal" sports column that "A growing body of baseball historians think that Dick Allen is the best player eligible for the Hall of Fame." The arguments usually center around his very high career averages, batting (.292), slugging (.534), and on-base (.378). They also point out that he began his career during the mid-1960s, | 19,308 |
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a period so dominated by pitchers that it is sometimes called the "second dead ball era" Of the Major League batters with 500 or more career home runs whose play intersected Dick Allen's career at the beginning or end, only Mickey Mantle's lifetime OPS+ of 172 topped Dick Allen's lifetime 156 OPS+ His career OPS+ is the second highest of any retired player not in the Hall of Fame (only topped by Mark McGwire). Allen also played some of his career in pitcher-friendly parks such as Busch Memorial Stadium, Dodger Stadium, and Comiskey Park.
In addition to hitting for high offensive percentages, Allen displayed prodigious power. Before scientific weight training, muscle-building dietary supplements, | 19,309 |
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and anabolic steroids, Allen boasted a powerful and muscular physique along the lines of Mickey Mantle and Jimmie Foxx. Indeed, baseball historian Bill Jenkinson ranks Allen with Foxx and Mantle, and just a notch below Babe Ruth, as the four top long-distance sluggers ever to wield a baseball bat. A segment of MLB Network's "Prime 9" concurred with Jenkinson's findings. On that same broadcast, Willie Mays stated that Allen hit a ball harder than any player he had ever seen. Dick Allen, like Babe Ruth, hit with a rather heavy bat. Allen's 40-ouncer bucked the Ted Williams-inspired trend of using a light bat for increased bat speed. Allen combined massive strength and body torque to produce bat | 19,310 |
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speed and drive the ball. Two of his drives cleared Connie Mack Stadium's 65-foot-high left field grandstand. Twice Allen cleared that park's 65-foot-high right center field scoreboard: a feat considered virtually impossible for a right-handed hitter.
Detractors of Allen's Hall of Fame credentials argue that his career was not as long as most Hall of Famers, so he does not have the career cumulative numbers that others do. They further argue that the controversies surrounding him negatively impacted his teams. Hall of Fame player Willie Stargell countered with a historical perspective of Dick Allen's time: "Dick Allen played the game in the most conservative era in baseball history. It was | 19,311 |
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a time of change and protest in the country, and baseball reacted against all that. They saw it as a threat to the game. The sportswriters were reactionary too. They didn't like seeing a man of such extraordinary skills doing it his way. It made them nervous. Dick Allen was ahead of his time. His views and way of doing things would go unnoticed today. If I had been manager of the Phillies back when he was playing, I would have found a way to make Dick Allen comfortable. I would have told him to blow off the writers. It was my observation that when Dick Allen was comfortable, balls left the park." The two managers for whom Allen played the longest—Gene Mauch of the Phillies and Chuck Tanner of | 19,312 |
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the White Sox—agreed with Willie Stargell that Allen was not a "clubhouse lawyer" who harmed team chemistry. Asked if Allen's behavior ever had a negative influence on the team, Mauch said, "Never. Dick's teammates always liked him. I'd take him in a minute." According to Tanner, "Dick was the leader of our team, the captain, the manager on the field. He took care of the young kids, took them under his wing. And he played every game as if it was his last day on earth." Hall of Fame player Orlando Cepeda agreed, saying to author Tim Whitaker, "Dick Allen played with fire in his eyes." Hall of Fame teammate Rich Gossage also confirmed Tanner's view. In an interview with USA TODAY Sports, Gossage | 19,313 |
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said: "I've been around the game a long time, and he's the greatest player I've ever seen play in my life. He had the most amazing season (1972) I've ever seen. He's the smartest baseball man I've ever been around in my life. He taught me how to pitch from a hitter's prospective, and taught me how to play the game right. There's no telling the numbers this guy could have put up if all he worried about was stats. The guy belongs in the Hall of Fame." Another of Allen's ex-White Sox teammates, pitcher Stan Bahnsen, said, "I actually thought that Dick was better than his stats. Every time we needed a clutch hit, he got it. He got along great with his teammates and he was very knowledgeable about | 19,314 |
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the game. He was the ultimate team guy." Another Hall of Fame teammate, Mike Schmidt, credited Dick Allen in his book, "Clearing the Bases", as his mentor. In Schmidt's biography, written by historian William C. Kashatus, Schmidt fondly recalls Allen mentoring him before a game in Chicago in 1976, saying to him, "Mike, you've got to relax. You've got to have some fun. Remember when you were just a kid and you'd skip supper to play ball? You were having fun. Hey, with all the talent you've got, baseball ought to be fun. Enjoy it. Be a kid again." Schmidt responded by hitting four home runs in that game. Mike Schmidt is quoted in the same book, "The baseball writers used to claim that Dick would | 19,315 |
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divide the clubhouse along racial lines. That was a lie. The truth is that Dick never divided any clubhouse."
# See also.
- Chicagoland Sports Hall of Fame
- List of Major League Baseball career home run leaders
- List of Major League Baseball career runs scored leaders
- List of Major League Baseball career runs batted in leaders
- List of Major League Baseball annual runs batted in leaders
- List of Major League Baseball annual home run leaders
- List of Major League Baseball annual runs scored leaders
- List of Major League Baseball annual triples leaders
# Further reading.
## Articles.
- Keith, Larry (May 19, 1975). "Philadelphia Story: Act II; Mercurial Dick Allen returns to | 19,316 |
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the city where he began his career, saying 'I'd like to think I've grown up.' Suddenly, pennant talk is rampant". "Sports Illustrated".
- Kiersh, Edward (April 13, 1983). "His Inner Turmoil Was Allen's Toughest Adversary". "Philadelphia Inquirer".
## Books.
- Kashatus, William C. (2004). "September Swoon: Richie Allen, the 1964 Phillies and Racial Integration". University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press.
- Kashatus, William C. (2017). "Dick Allen: The Life and Times of A Baseball Immortal, An Illustrated Biography". Lancaster,PA: Schiffer Books.
- Nathanson, Mitchell (2016). "God Almighty Hisself: The Life and Legacy of Dick Allen". Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.
# | 19,317 |
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. "His Inner Turmoil Was Allen's Toughest Adversary". "Philadelphia Inquirer".
## Books.
- Kashatus, William C. (2004). "September Swoon: Richie Allen, the 1964 Phillies and Racial Integration". University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press.
- Kashatus, William C. (2017). "Dick Allen: The Life and Times of A Baseball Immortal, An Illustrated Biography". Lancaster,PA: Schiffer Books.
- Nathanson, Mitchell (2016). "God Almighty Hisself: The Life and Legacy of Dick Allen". Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.
# External links.
- Dick Allen at SABR (Baseball BioProject)
- Dick Allen at Baseball Almanac
- Dick Allen at Baseball Gauge
- Dick Allen at Baseball Library
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Carl D. Perkins
Carl Dewey Perkins (October 15, 1912 – August 3, 1984), a Democrat, was a politician and member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Kentucky serving from 1949 until his death from a heart attack in Lexington, Kentucky in 1984.
# Early years.
Carl Dewey Perkins was born in Hindman, Kentucky on October 15, 1912, to Dora Calhoun Perkins and James Perkins. Perkins attended high school at Hindman High School and Caney Junior College (now Alice Lloyd College). He worked as a teacher in a Knott County School for 90 students. He then went on to attend the Jefferson School of Law (now known as the University of Louisville School of Law) and graduated in 1935. | 19,319 |
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He passed the bar and served a term as a commonwealth attorney for the thirty-first judicial district of Kentucky.
In 1938 Perkins married Verna Johnson and they had one son, Carl C. Perkins.
During World War II, Perkins enlisted in the United States Army and served a tour in Europe.
In 1940, Perkins was elected as a member of the Kentucky General Assembly was then elected Knott County Attorney in 1941 and reelected in 1945. Perkins resigned January 1, 1948 so that he could counsel the Department of Highways for Frankfort, Kentucky.
He was elected to serve as a Kentucky Representative in 1948 winning against the incumbent Wendell H. Meade.
# Congress.
In 1948 Perkins ran against the incumbent | 19,320 |
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Congressman from Kentucky's 7th District, Wendell H. Meade. Perkins unseated Meade and was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-first and to the seventeen succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1949, until his death. Perkins was the chairman of the Committee on Education and Labor (Ninetieth through Ninety-eighth Congresses, 1967–1984). While a part of the committee, his work helped produce the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 and Head Start. The local Head Start in his home city of Hindman, Kentucky is named after Congressman Perkins.
Perkins was the only congressman from Kentucky to vote in favour of the Civil Rights Act in 1964.
# Death.
Carl D. Perkins died August 3, 1984, in | 19,321 |
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Lexington, Kentucky after complaining of feeling ill on a flight from Washington. He fell ill on the plane and was pronounced dead of a heart attack on arrival at St. Joseph's Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky.
His funeral was widely attended as he was widely regarded as a popular Kentucky politician over the course of his career. Many of his colleagues flew to Kentucky to pay their respects along with thousands of native Kentucky residents.
The funeral proceedings were hosted in the Knott County High School gymnasium that was filled to capacity by colleagues and constituents of the congressman all of which were there to pay their respects. Notable attendees included Senator Edward Kennedy, | 19,322 |
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House Majority Leader Jim Wright, Congressman William H. Natcher and House Speaker Thomas P. O'Neil who gave the eulogy.
Perkins was succeeded in office by his son, Carl C. Perkins.
# Legacy.
Perkins's legacy of support to education and the under-privileged is shown by the federal student loan called the Perkins Loan, named for him, as is the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006, which provides federal money for career technical education schooling. The Carl D. Perkins Bridge crossing the Ohio River, the Carl D. Perkins Building on the campus of Eastern Kentucky University, and the Carl D. Perkins Federal Building and United States Courthouse in Ashland, | 19,323 |
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Kentucky are named after him. The vocational school in Hindman, Kentucky at Knott County Central High School, Carl D. Perkins Job Corps at Prestonsburg and Carl D. Perkins Rehab Center at Thelma are also named in his honor. Kentucky highway 80 in Hazard, Kentucky is named the Carl D. Perkins Parkway. The Carl D. Perkins Parkway stretches from Hazard, Kentucky through Carl D. Perkins home county of Knott county, Kentucky. The Carl D. Perkins Parkway connects to the Hal Rogers Parkway in Hazard, Kentucky.
Perkins' grave site is in Hindman, Kentucky, in a public cemetery named "Mountain Memory Gardens". However, he was originally buried at a private cemetery near his home in Hindman. In 2007 Perkins's | 19,324 |
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ucky.
Perkins' grave site is in Hindman, Kentucky, in a public cemetery named "Mountain Memory Gardens". However, he was originally buried at a private cemetery near his home in Hindman. In 2007 Perkins's body was moved to where he is presently buried at Mountain Memory Gardens. Verna J. Perkins sold the old house and the land. She had since retired to a home for the elderly in Lexington, where she died in 2012.
# See also.
- List of United States Congress members who died in office (1950–99)
# External links.
- Carl D. Perkins Papers, 1948-1984, 496 cubic feet (processed) Compiled by Jackie Couture, Debbie Whalen, Chuck Hill, Eastern Kentucky University Special Collections and Archives | 19,325 |
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Seixal
Seixal () is a Portuguese municipality, located in the district of Setúbal, in the region of Lisbon. Its population includes 184,269 inhabitants (2011), situated across the Tagus River estuary from Lisbon, in an area of that includes six parishes. Its seat is the city of Seixal a centre of 31,600 inhabitants situated along the Rio Judeu.
The present Mayor is Joaquim Santos, elected by the Unitarian Democratic Coalition since September 2013. Seixal is known for being one of the few cities in Portugal under the power of the communist party for more than 20 years.
# History.
The toponymy "Seixal" comes from a type of smooth stone ("seixo") that is found in rivers; the name evolving from | 19,326 |
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the name used to describe the geomorphology of the region.
Since the Roman era, the Tagus bay has been a region of human settlement, from many of the archaeological discoveries at Quinta do Rouxinol, in Corroios, and Quinta de S. João, in Arrentela (beginning in the period of the Portuguese Age of Discovery). A land of fishermen and signeurial holdings, the municipality of Seixal evolved over the centuries, always with the connection to the river. It was across the Tagus that many of the region's products (fishe, cereals, salt, olive oil, wine and fruits) were exported to the regional capital.
In the 15th century, due to its prime location, various dockyards and shipbuilders began constructing | 19,327 |
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river boats and trans-Atlantic ships. At the same time, the tides of the region were used to develop mills, such as the tidal mill in Corroios in 1403, fostering various the millers, caulkers and carpenters along the river. It was in Seixal that the brothers Vasco da Gama and Paulo da Gama built vessels for the trip to India. While Vasco da Gama was in Lisbon to prepare the trip, Paulo da Gama commanded carpenters and caulkers in the construction of the ships. Estevão da Gama, the father of the brothers, was commander of Seixal. The construction of the ships was the beginning of what is known as the "Portuguese Discoveries". The settlement at this time was actually a part of the parish of Arrentela, | 19,328 |
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then a division of Almada.
At the beginning of the 16th century, the population of the territory numbers three dozen homes, and by the 18th century there was a population of 400 inhabitants.
After the Liberal revolution, during the administrative reforms of 1836, during the reign of Queen Maria II of Portugal, Seixal obtained the status of municipality. A few years later (1895), this status, was extinguished. At that time Amora was integrated into the municipality of Almada, while Arrentela, Aldeia de Paio Pires and Seixal was annexed into the municipality of Barreiro. Yet, three years later the municipality of Seixal was newly instituted.
As a consequence, by the 18th century, the municipality | 19,329 |
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became an aristocratic retreat for the nobility in nearby Lisbon, resulting in the construction several vacation properties or villas, such as Quinta da Fidalga, Quinta do Alamo, Quinta da Trindade, Quinta de São Pedro and Quinta de Cheiraventos.
Around the bay there are several factories that were important in the development of the municipality, such as the "Fábrica de Vidros da Amora" ("Amora Glass Factory", the "Companhia de Lanifícios da Arrentela" ("Arrentela Wool Co."), the "Mundet Cork Factory" in Seixal; and the cod drying buildings on the Ponta dos Corvos. These early factory installations transformed the municipality from a rural outpost into an industrial centre, eventually resulting | 19,330 |
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in the installation of the steelmaker Siderurgia Nacional in 1961.
In 1966, a bridge was inaugurated over the Tagus providing a direct, stable link to Lisbon.
The civil parish of Corroios was created in 1976. On 27 May 1993, the parish of Fernão Ferro was established, following the division of the old parish of Arrentela; and on 20 May, the towns of Seixal and Amora evolved to the status of city.
# Geography.
Seixel is situated on the peninsula of Setúbal and is part of the metropolitan area of Lisbon. The municipality is bordered to the east by the municipality of Barreiro, south by Sesimbra, west by Almada (with which it has a strong affinity) and the north by the Tagus estuary, through | 19,331 |
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which connects to Lisbon.
The Bay of Seixal is part of the Tagus River Estuary, that is fed by several rivers and confluents that extend to the sea; classified as a "Reserva Ecológica Nacional" ("National Ecological Reserve"), the bay and small tributaries are part of one of the most important humid zones in Portugal, supporting an elevated biodiversity and exceptional landscape.
Seixal is one of the eight municipalities with the most inhabitants in Portugal, and is composed of four parishes occupying a territory of :
- Amora
- Corroios
- Fernão Ferro
- Seixal, Arrentela e Aldeia de Paio Pires
Although the municipal population continued to grow with development, after the 1970s there | 19,332 |
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was a boom in the population, due to improvements in accessibility and mobility, principally due to public transport, its location to Lisbon and installation of economic activities within the territory. This growth transformed, in a short time, from a territory predominantly rural into an urban municipality, consisting of agglomerations of large dimensions focusing on various establishments and social centres. This growth resulted in the 1993 elevation of Seixal and Amora into cities, and the establishment of Corroios into the status of town.
# Economy.
Seixal's industrial tradition dates to the shipbuilding industries during the Age of Discoveries. Its privileged location near the capital, | 19,333 |
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with ease of access along the river, contributed to the establishment of various industries. By the early 1990s, heavy industry and manufacturing ceased to be an important motivator of the local economy, with the small and medium logistics and service industries established in modern industrial parks: there are roughly 15,000 companies. Approximately 556 hectares of the municipality (or 6.2% of the area) is occupied by economic activities, with the municipal planning authority adding an additional 364 hectares (3.8%) to industry.
Two of the most recent investment catchment operations is Seixal Business Park, an area next to the Coina node where are headquartered 69 companies, representing about | 19,334 |
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1,500 jobs, and the study redefine the spatial organization of the area occupied by the former National Steel Company (Siderurgia National do Seixal). These two projects converge on the new Economic Activities Park Seixal County, an area with a total of 700 hectares.
Another area of investment in the county is the tourism. With a wide river front and a large area of tree mass, there are numerous business activities with potential for tourism and leisure. The Office of Business Support - GAE (Gabinete de Apoio ao Empresário), inserted into the GAE Network of Setubal, can support routing of investment through support provided by trained personnel. Here you can learn about business creation, licensing, | 19,335 |
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support and investment incentives, camarários requirements, suitable sites for the installation of economic activities and interpretation of PDM - Municipal Master Plan, as well as other information about the business.
# Transport.
The principal road network that crosses the municipality, guarantees the connections north to Almada and Lisbon, some away, in addition to Setúbal, including the A2 motorway. The A33 motorway also constitutes a vital variant along the Setúbal peninsula, allowing connection along two bridges over the Tagus, and facilitate inter-municipal commerce.
The rail-lines connecting Lisbon to Fogueteiro, across the 25 April Bridge (), reinforces these roadway connections.
Inland | 19,336 |
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navigation across the Tagus estuary is a vital link economically, as well as a tourist link, with catamaran service provided by Transtejo & Soflusa (with 15 minute service) to Cais do Sodré in Lisbon.
A lowland community, Seixal provides bike paths along the bay that link Amora and Seixal, passing through the parishes of Seixal, Arrentela and Amora.
# Culture.
Throughout there are secular or religious celebrations that highlight the calendar year, including the Modern Music Festival of Corroios and Seixal Jazz.
But, the primary event of the social year is the Avante! Festival, the annual festival of Portuguese Communist Party, that attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors. The event consists | 19,337 |
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of a three-day music festival with hundreds of Portuguese and international bands and artists across five different stages, in addition to ethnographic demonstrations, gastronomy, social debates, books and music fair, the Avanteatro (theatre) and sporting events. Several foreign communist parties also participate. The events preparation begins following the conclusion of the annual festivities, through the initiative of party members and youth volunteers.
# Sport.
Seixalíada is the community's annual sporting event bringing together the region's athletes in various sporting activities from track to water event, forming a mini-Olympiad.
# External links.
- Town Hall official website
- Guia | 19,338 |
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hundreds of Portuguese and international bands and artists across five different stages, in addition to ethnographic demonstrations, gastronomy, social debates, books and music fair, the Avanteatro (theatre) and sporting events. Several foreign communist parties also participate. The events preparation begins following the conclusion of the annual festivities, through the initiative of party members and youth volunteers.
# Sport.
Seixalíada is the community's annual sporting event bringing together the region's athletes in various sporting activities from track to water event, forming a mini-Olympiad.
# External links.
- Town Hall official website
- Guia do Seixal
- Photos from Seixal | 19,339 |
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Julian Fantino
Julian Fantino, (; born August 13, 1942) is a Canadian retired police official and former politician. He was the Conservative Party of Canada Member of the Parliament of Canada for the riding of Vaughan following a November 29, 2010 by-election, until his defeat in 2015. On January 4, 2011, Fantino was named Minister of State for Seniors; on May 18, 2011, he became Associate Minister of National Defence; on July 4, 2012, he was named Minister for International Cooperation. Fantino served as the Minister of Veterans Affairs from 2013 until 2015, when he was demoted to his earlier post of Associate Minister of National Defence following sustained criticism of his performance at | 19,340 |
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Veterans Affairs. He was defeated by Liberal candidate Francesco Sorbara in the 2015 election.
Prior to entering politics, Fantino was the Commissioner of the Ontario Provincial Police from 2006 to 2010, Toronto's Chief of Police from 2000 to 2005, and Ontario's Commissioner of Emergency Management from 2005 until 2006, and also served as chief of police of London, Ontario from 1991 to 1998, and of York Region from 1998 until 2000. Prior to his London appointment, he had been a Toronto police officer since 1969.
# Family.
Fantino was born in Italy and emigrated to Canada with his family when he was 11 years old.
# Early Toronto career.
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a security guard at Yorkdale Shopping Centre in suburban Toronto. He volunteered as an Auxiliary Police Officer for the Metro Toronto Police from 1964 to 1969 and then joined the force as a Police Constable. He was a member of the Drug Squad and was promoted to Detective Constable. He subsequently served with Criminal Intelligence and then the Homicide Squad before being promoted to Divisional Commander and then Acting Staff Superintendent of Detectives.
## Wiretap controversy.
According to an internal police report leaked in 2007, Fantino, as superintendent of detectives in 1991, had ordered a wiretap of lawyer Peter Maloney a police critic and friend of Susan Eng, chair of the Toronto Police | 19,342 |
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Services Board, the body overseeing the Toronto Police service. Conversations between Maloney and Eng were illegally recorded despite a court order that only the first minute of Maloney's conversations were to be monitored so as to determine whether the individual who he was talking to was on the list of those being investigated.
## Departure.
After 23 years of service with the Metro Toronto Police, Fantino left to accept an appointment as Police Chief of London, Ontario in 1991.
# London Police Service chief (1991-1998).
In London, he presided over the highly publicized and controversial "Project Guardian", in which over two dozen gay men were arrested for involvement in a purported child | 19,343 |
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pornography ring. While several men were eventually convicted of crimes not related to the stated purpose of the investigation, such as drug possession and prostitution, no child pornography ring was ever found.
Journalist Gerald Hannon later published a piece in "The Globe and Mail" accusing Fantino of mounting an anti-gay witch hunt. In response, Fantino filed a complaint with the Ontario Press Council, which ultimately ruled that the "Globe" should have more clearly labelled Hannon's article as an opinion piece.
Fantino says that he is "not anti-gay or homophobic" and was simply arresting lawbreakers engaging in "a sick, perverted crime".
# York Regional Police chief (1998–2000).
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returned to the Greater Toronto Area as Chief of York Regional Police in 1998. His tenure was brief and he returned to the Toronto Police Service two years later. He was succeeded as chief by Robert Middaugh.
# Toronto Police Service chief (2000–2005).
## Policing controversies.
An incident in September 2000 involving five male police officers entering a woman's bath house sparked public outrage and drew attention to TPS's poor standing in the gay community. In 2004, Fantino made an attempt to repair relations, primarily by appearing on the cover of "fab" in a photo which featured him posing in his police uniform with five other models dressed as the Village People standing behind him.
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appeared to have little patience for protesters: he wanted them to ask police for permission before holding demonstrations. In one report, he commented "a problem is now arising where portions of the public believe that Dundas Square is a public space." In his new position with the OPP, Fantino took an aggressive posture with a native protest blocking a major highway: he stated he "would not/could not tolerate the 401 being closed all day." However, the commander on site decided against a raid as "[he was] not about to put people at risk for a piece of pavement."
In 2003, Fantino criticized the effectiveness of the Canadian gun registry.
Also in 2003, Fantino publicly named and identified | 19,346 |
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several people as being under investigation for child pornography. Despite the lack of evidence, and the crown subsequently dropping the charges, at least one of the men publicly identified committed suicide, naming Fantino's intentional destruction of his reputation as the reason for his suicide in the suicide note.
## Corruption scandals.
Fantino came under increasing scrutiny due to three corruption scandals which broke out during his tenure and his handling of those incidents. Fantino was accused of having tried to deal with these cases out of public view and attempting to shield them from investigation by outside police services.
In one case, drug squad officers are alleged to have beaten | 19,347 |
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and robbed suspected drug dealers. In another, plainclothes officers were charged with accepting bribes to help bars dodge liquor inspections. In the third, a group of officers who advocated on behalf of a drug-addicted car thief faced internal charges.
Two of these cases involve the sons of former police chief William McCormack, and came to light not as a result of investigations by Toronto police, but due to a Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) investigation into gangster activity which inadvertently uncovered evidence of wrongdoing by Toronto police officers. Mike McCormack was later cleared of all wrongdoing due to a lack of evidence.
In December 2009, Fantino was accused during a related | 19,348 |
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court case of having "unplugged" a special task force investigating corruption charges against the Toronto Police Service's narcotics squad, thereby ignoring the task force's suspicions that another of the force's drug squads was corrupt. Lawyer Julian Falconer argued in court that "When Chief Fantino declared there were only a few bad apples, he did not deliver the straight goods," and shut down the investigation before it expanded as part of a damage-control campaign.
In March 2005, the CBC announced that they had obtained documents via the "Access to Information Act" showing that between 1998 and 2005 Toronto had spent $30,633,303.63 settling lawsuits against police. Norm Gardner said the | 19,349 |
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settlement costs, which amount to about $5 million a year over six years, were expected, given the number of confrontations police face, suggesting that "people think they are going to get paid off."
# Contract expiry.
Fantino's contract as police chief expired on February 28, 2005. On June 24, 2004, the police services board announced that it would not be reappointing Fantino due to a 2-2 tie. This was controversial since chair Norm Gardner had been suspended from the five-man board due to a conflict of interest ruling, but as he refused to vacate his seat the three required votes for renewal were far more difficult to obtain. Conservative politicians on Toronto City Council responded with | 19,350 |
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a "Save Fantino" campaign, and the board was deadlocked on the issue of beginning the search for Fantino's replacement.
Many Fantino supporters claimed that the Mayor at the time, David Miller, was openly hostile to Fantino. Miller had ignored calls to pressure the police board after it voted against Fantino's renewal, yet Miller subsequently contacted the board looking for a role in hiring the next police chief, although the latter request was not granted.
Former deputy police chief Mike Boyd took over as interim chief of police on March 1, 2005. On April 6, another former deputy chief, Bill Blair, was named Fantino's permanent successor.
# Commissioner of Emergency Management (2005–2006).
On | 19,351 |
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February 8, 2005, Fantino was appointed Ontario's commissioner of emergency management by Ontario premier Dalton McGuinty. This move was criticized by the opposition parties in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, both for the lack of transparency in the hiring process and for the perception that the appointment was primarily motivated by the desire to avoid having Fantino run as a Progressive Conservative candidate in the 2007 provincial election against Finance Minister Greg Sorbara. However, Sorbara had also blamed Miller for failing to renew Fantino's contract, so this appointment could have also been seen as the Ontario Liberals' show of support for Fantino.
# Ontario Provincial Police | 19,352 |
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commissioner (2006-2010).
Fantino was appointed Commissioner of the Ontario Provincial Police replacing the departed Gwen M. Boniface on October 12, 2006 by the provincial Liberal government; initially for a two-year term. His appointment was criticized by First Nations groups. In March 2008 his contract was extended until October 2009. In June 2009 his contract was further extended until July 2010 so that he could oversee the province's security contingent at the 2010 G8 Summit in Huntsville, Ontario.
He received much public attention over highly publicized child pornography busts, with 21 men arrested in February 2008 and 31 men (some as young as 14) arrested in February 2009. None of the | 19,353 |
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cases has come to trial to date. During his term, Fantino has changed the look of the OPP by ordering that the livery for police cruisers be changed to a 1960s era black and white pattern.
Commissioner Fantino's salary, for 2009, was $251,989.44.
## Shawn Brant controversy.
Fantino was criticized by lawyer Peter Rosenthal during the trial of aboriginal activist Shawn Brant. Fantino was criticized for ordering wiretaps of Brant's phone without proper authority and for making provocative comments to Brant during negotiations to end a blockade of the rail line west of Kingston. By way of those illegal wiretaps, Fantino was recorded saying to Brant "You are going to force me to do everything | 19,354 |
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I can; within your community and everywhere else; to destroy your reputation" and "your whole world is going to come crashing down" NDP MPP Peter Kormos called for Fantino's resignation accusing him of using "pugnacious and bellicose" rhetoric and for engaging in "Rambo-style policing." In the face of defence motions for the police to disclose more evidence about their conduct the Crown agreed to drop the most serious charges against Brant in exchange for a plea bargain resulting in a light sentence. Fantino was also criticized for his role in the Caledonia land dispute after he was accused of sending e-mails to local politicians accusing them of encouraging anti-police rallies by non-Natives.
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Internal discipline hearing controversy.
In late 2008 and early 2009, Fantino was embroiled in a controversy surrounding his role in an internal discipline case at the OPP, in which Fantino was accused of being petty and vindictive in his actions against the officers. Fantino ordered a hearing into the matter but attempted to remove the adjudicator he had appointed on the grounds that the judge was biased against the commissioner due to critical comments he made during testimony by Fantino. Divisional Court rejected Fantino's request. The Ontario Court of Appeal upheld the lower court decision saying an informed person viewing the matter realistically and practically would not conclude there | 19,356 |
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was any apprehension of bias on the part of the adjudicator. The OPP dropped the disciplinary case against the two officers on December 15, 2009, the same day Fantino was due to be cross examined by defence lawyer Julian Falconer. The entire process cost more than $500,000 in public money.
## Private prosecution charge for influencing or attempting to influence an elected official.
Fantino was summoned in early January 2010 to face a charge of influencing or attempting to influence an elected official in April 2007 in Haldimand County, Ontario. The summons came after a December 31 Ontario Superior Court order demanding a formal charge be laid in relation to allegations against Mr. Fantino | 19,357 |
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brought forward by a private complainant, Gary McHale, who alleged that Fantino was illegally influencing or attempting to influence municipal officials in regards to the Caledonia land dispute. The charge against Fantino was stayed in February 2010 as the Crown said there was no reasonable prospect of conviction.
## $90,000,000 conspiracy lawsuit.
On February 4, 2011, Gerald Guy Brummell of Trenton, Ontario filed a $90,000,000 lawsuit against 36 OPP officers, including Julian Fantino, in the Superior Court of Justice in Cobourg Ontario (File 11/11) alleging a conspiracy and coverup relating to the inappropriate use of the judicial system as a tool of revenge against Brummell and his family | 19,358 |
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for complaining about a death threat by one of their officers. In early 2014 Superior Court Justice H.K. O’Connell sided with the government that the claim of malicious prosecution was not supported by evidence. Brummell has appealed this decision to the Court of Appeal for Ontario. On his web site, Brummell alleged that Fantino was an accessory to the murders of Jessica Lloyd and Marie France Comeau, and claimed OPP were knowledgeable of the earlier crimes of Colonel Russell Williams prior to his murders. The Crown settled the lawsuits brought against them by Williams victims, Larry and Bonnie Jones and Massicotte.
# Political aspirations.
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of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario Fantino's name was floated as a possible candidate in the ensuing leadership election. He ended speculation that he was interested in the job with a letter to the "Globe and Mail".
There were rumours that he may run for Mayor of Vaughan, Ontario in the October 25, 2010 municipal election following his retirement from the OPP. An April 2010, "Toronto Star"-Angus Reid poll indicates that Fantino would have the support of 43% of voters leading incumbent Mayor Linda Jackson who has 22% support. In an interview with CFRB on July 9, 2010, Fantino announced that he would not be running for mayor of Vaughan.
# Federal politics.
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Fantino announced he would seek the nomination for the federal Conservative Party in the riding of Vaughan. It had been reported Prime Minister Stephen Harper had spoken to Fantino in early October about running as a Conservative and that Fantino was "leaning" toward doing so. A federal by-election had been made necessary after the resignation of Liberal MP Maurizio Bevilacqua.
Fantino was acclaimed as Conservative Party's candidate on October 14 and the by-election was called for November 29, 2010. During the campaign, he was dogged by a group called "Conservatives Against Fantino" led by Gary McHale and Mark Vandermaas, two activists critical of Fantino's role in the Caledonia controversy. | 19,361 |
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The group picketed Fantino's campaign office and events, and became registered as a third party with Elections Canada under the name "Against Fantino" (after their use of the term "Conservatives" had been disallowed by the agency) in order to be permitted to spend money on printing and distributing 60,000 anti-Fantino pamphlets.
Fantino was elected to the House of Commons of Canada on November 29, 2010 by narrowly defeating Liberal candidate Tony Genco. "The Globe and Mail" noted that Fantino had "beat the Liberals out of one of their safest seats in Ontario, one they had held for 22 years."
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cabinet shuffle following the 2011 federal election Fantino was promoted to Associate Minister of National Defence.
Following the departure of Bev Oda, Harper named Fantino the new Minister for International Cooperation portfolio on July 4, 2012, replacing him at National Defence with Bernard Valcourt.
On July 15, 2013, Fantino was shuffled to the position of Minister of Veterans' Affairs. Several months later, the veterans ombudsman reported that the government provides veterans with insufficient compensation for pain and suffering and criticized the government, saying that some would be near poverty because of cuts to pensions and benefits. In the same year, the department announced the | 19,363 |
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closure of eight local offices servicing veterans. In January 2014, Fantino arrived late for a meeting with veterans about the closures and engaged in an angry confrontation with one of the veterans, resulting in accusations that was is inept, rude and insensitive. In May, he was filmed ignoring and walking away from the angry wife of a veteran as she asked questions of him. Fantino was criticized for his department's difficulties in delivering help and benefits to veterans and for spending $4 million on advertising to explain the government's position while allowing more than $1 billion allocated for benefits to lapse. On January 5, 2015, after months of controversy, Fantino was replaced by | 19,364 |
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Erin O'Toole and demoted to the position of Associate Defence Minister.
In the 2015 Canadian federal election, Fantino was defeated by Liberal candidate, Francesco Sorbara in the redistributed electoral district of Vaughan-Woodbridge.
# Assault charge.
On October 1, 2015 a retired construction worker, John Bonnici, pressed charges against Fantino over an alleged incident on August 31, 1973 in which Bonnici claimed that Fantino poured ketchup down his (Bonnici's) buttocks and spread the condiment by stroking the outside of his pants with a baton. Fantino, who was seeking re-election to the House of Commons in the 2015 Canadian federal election, was charged with "assault with a weapon" — a | 19,365 |
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police baton — and "assault causing bodily harm" against John Bonnici. The Crown dismissed the charge in December 2015 arguing that there was no reasonable prospect of conviction.
# Post Political Life.
## Medical Marijuana.
In September 2017, Julian Fantino announced that he was working with Aleafia, a Concord Ontario-based company that is involved in the use of medical marijuana, one of the many start-ups capitalizing on Canada's July 1, 2018 decriminalization of marijuana. On October 31, 2017, Fantino was announced as Executive Chairman of Aleafia. In several news interviews, he explained how his attitude to the drug changed during his time as Veterans Affairs Minister when he saw the | 19,366 |
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benefits of pot in assisting soldiers to deal with anxiety, sleep disorders and PTSD.
## Fantino's allegations of criminal conspiracy, corrupt & illegal behaviour by lawyers, police and a judge.
On September 28, 2017 Julian Fantino swore an affidavit in support of his application to intervene in the judicial review of a decision by the Canadian Judicial Council in respect of a complaint by former Toronto Police officer Donald Best against Ontario Superior Court Justice J. Bryan Shaughnessy. Fantino's "extensive" 33 page plus 100 exhibits affidavit stated that Best was convicted "upon the presentation by lawyers of provably false evidence." and that that "disturbing" evidence suggests police | 19,367 |
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resources and personnel were "improperly retained, used and co-opted" to help one side in the private civil dispute at the time that Fantino was Commissioner of the Ontario Provincial Police (but without his knowledge). Fantino further posited in the affidavit that there was a conspiracy involving secret backroom dealings by a judge and the police.
Mr. Fantino's application to intervene in the Donald Best matter was heard on October 11, 2017 before a Federal Court of Canada prothonotary. The court refused Fantino's application, but he subsequently filed an appeal of this decision which was to be heard on November 20, 2017 but was not heard by the court at that time. As of January 22, 2018 the | 19,368 |
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legal case continues.
# Honours and awards.
- Recipient of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) Civil Rights Award in Law
- Top Choice Award for Leadership (2005), voted by Italian-Canadians in Toronto, Ontario
- April 14, 2005 he was presented the Key to the City of Toronto by Mayor David Miller.
- Received a star on the Italian Walk of Fame in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 2009.
- He was Sworn in as a Member of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada on 4 January 2011. Giving Him the Right to the Honorific Prefix "The Honourable" and the Post Nominal Letters "PC" for Life.
- He Received the Honorary degree of Doctor of Laws from Assumption University on 10 May 2013.
# | 19,369 |
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ecipient of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) Civil Rights Award in Law
- Top Choice Award for Leadership (2005), voted by Italian-Canadians in Toronto, Ontario
- April 14, 2005 he was presented the Key to the City of Toronto by Mayor David Miller.
- Received a star on the Italian Walk of Fame in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 2009.
- He was Sworn in as a Member of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada on 4 January 2011. Giving Him the Right to the Honorific Prefix "The Honourable" and the Post Nominal Letters "PC" for Life.
- He Received the Honorary degree of Doctor of Laws from Assumption University on 10 May 2013.
# External links.
- Julian Fantino official site | 19,370 |
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Robert Laurent
Robert Laurent (June 29, 1890 – April 20, 1970) was an American sculptor, known for his interpretations of the human form. Born in 1890, he died in Cape Neddick, Maine in 1970 at the age of 80.
# Early life.
Laurent was born in Concarneau, Brittany, France in 1890. There, at the age of 12 his artistic talents were recognized by art connoisseur Hamilton Easter Field who then brought him to the United States when he was twenty years old. In 1908 he travelled to Rome with Field and there studied with Maurice Sterne as well as with wood carver Giuseppe Doratori at the British Academy.
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time and met Mimi Caraes, who became his wife. He returned to Brooklyn in 1919.
in 1922, when his mentor Hamilton Easter Field died, he left Laurent his art collection and Brooklyn home. After inheriting this collection, Laurent established the Hamilton Easter Field Foundation with the aide of other New York artists.
# Professional career.
Laurent taught at the Art Students League in New York City, the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington DC, Vassar College, and Goucher College. He then became a Professor of Fine Arts at Indiana University, a position he held from 1942 to 1960.
Laurent once said "The beauty of alabaster is its transparency. This is what gives it life and vibration."
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won the Audubon Sculpture Award in New York in 1945, several first prizes in Hoosier salons, and in exhibits at the John Herron Museum, Indianapolis. He received high distinction in 1954 when was named sculptor in residence at the American Academy in Rome for a year. Laurent was one of 23 American sculptors whose works were selected for official exhibit of American art shown in Russia in 1959.
Laurent was a fellow of the National Sculpture Society, president of the Hamilton Easter Field Foundation, and a member of the Sculptor's Guild - Indiana Artists, New England Sculptors' Association, and the College Art Association.
# Artwork.
- "Madame De" Felt-tipped pen and ink on paper. sheet: 16 | 19,373 |
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x 10 5/8 in. (40.7 x 27.1 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum
- "Mimi", Smithsonian American Art Museum
- "Polynesian", Smithsonian American Art Museum
- "Shipping" (one-third scale model of Federal Trade Building Relief). 1937. Plaster, wire, and burlap, 29 1/8 x 24 1/2 x 3 3/8 in. (74.1 x 62.2 x 8.6 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum
- "Sleeping Dog", 1920. Crayon and pencil on paper. Sheet: 17 x 22 1/8 in. (43.3 x 56.1 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum
- "Two Boys", Smithsonian American Art Museum
- "Mother and Child", 1924. Depicts his wife and young son on smoothly polished white marble. Alabaster relief in wood frame. 17 1/2 x 11 3/4 x 2 in. (44.5 x 29.9 x 5.2 cm.), Smithsonian | 19,374 |
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and Child", 1924. Depicts his wife and young son on smoothly polished white marble. Alabaster relief in wood frame. 17 1/2 x 11 3/4 x 2 in. (44.5 x 29.9 x 5.2 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum
- "Showalter Fountain", Indiana University Campus, Bloomington, Indiana
- "Salome", Indiana University Eskenazi Museum of Art, Bloomington, Indiana,
- "Veritas Filia Temporis," 1968"." Depicts Father Time and his daughter Truth. Ballantine Hall, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
# Exhibitions.
- "Robert Laurent Memorial Exhibition," The Ogunquit Art Association - July, 1970
# Family.
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Fresno Dome
Fresno Dome is a dominant granite dome rising in isolation above the forest of Soquel Meadow in the Sierra National Forest in Madera County, California.
The dome as known to the Mono Indians as "the greeting place" ("wah-me-yelo"). John Muir encountered Fresno Dome, calling it "Wamello", in the 1870s, and used its summit to locate Fresno Grove (now known as Nelder Grove).
It is accessible by a trailhead which is a three-mile drive from the Sierra Vista Scenic Byway (part of the National Scenic Byway system). The nearest town is Bass Lake, California, to the south.
At its base, sits the Fresno Dome campground, a backwoods campground accessible only by jeep trails. The campground | 19,376 |
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ling it "Wamello", in the 1870s, and used its summit to locate Fresno Grove (now known as Nelder Grove).
It is accessible by a trailhead which is a three-mile drive from the Sierra Vista Scenic Byway (part of the National Scenic Byway system). The nearest town is Bass Lake, California, to the south.
At its base, sits the Fresno Dome campground, a backwoods campground accessible only by jeep trails. The campground is a favorite spot for deer hunters and is largely empty other than during deer season. The dome offers several technical free climbs rated or better, with "Guides in a Snowbank" rated at 5.10a.
# See also.
- Half Dome
- Lembert Dome
- Batholith
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Fairey Gannet
The Fairey Gannet is a British carrier-borne aircraft of the post-Second World War era developed for the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm (FAA) by the Fairey Aviation Company. It was a mid-wing monoplane with a tricycle undercarriage and a crew of three, and a double turboprop engine driving two contra-rotating propellers.
The Gannet was originally developed to meet the FAA's dual-role anti-submarine warfare and strike requirement. It was later adapted for operations as an electronic countermeasures and carrier onboard delivery aircraft. The Gannet AEW.3 was a variant of the aircraft developed as a carrier-based airborne early warning platform.
# Development.
The Gannet was built | 19,378 |
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in response to the 1945 Admiralty requirement GR.17/45, for which prototypes by Fairey (Type Q or Fairey 17, after the requirement) and Blackburn Aircraft (the Blackburn B-54 / B-88) were built.
After considering and discounting the Rolls-Royce Tweed turboprop, Fairey selected an engine based on the Armstrong Siddeley Mamba turboprop: the Double Mamba (or "Twin Mamba"), two Mambas mounted side-by-side and coupled through a common gearbox to coaxial contra-rotating propellers. Power was transmitted from each engine by a torsion shaft which was engaged through a series of sun, planet, epicyclic and spur gears to give a suitable reduction ratio and correct propeller-shaft rotation.
The ASMD.1 | 19,379 |
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engine (2,950 hp/2,200 kW) was used in the Gannet AS.1; ASMD.3 (3,145 hp/2,345 kW) in the AS.4; and ASMD.4 (3,875 hp/2,889 kW) in the AEW.3 variant. The Double Mamba engine could be run with one Mamba stopped to conserve fuel and extend endurance for cruise flight. The contra-rotating propellers meant that when only half of the Double Mamba was running there were no thrust asymmetry problems. The Mamba exhausts were situated on each side of the fuselage, at the root of the wing trailing edge. The gas-turbine engine could run on kerosene, "wide-cut" turbine fuel or diesel fuel, allowing the Admiralty to eliminate the dangerous high-octane petroleum spirit required to operate piston-engined aircraft | 19,380 |
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from carriers.
In 1958 the Gannet was selected to replace the Douglas Skyraider in the AEW role. In order to accommodate the systems required, the Gannet underwent a significant redesign that saw a new version of the Double Mamba installed, new radome mounted under the aircraft, the tailfin increased in area, the undercarriage lengthened and the weapons bay removed. A total of 44 aircraft (plus a single prototype) of the AEW.3 version were produced.
# Design.
The pilot was seated well forward, conferring a good view over the nose for carrier operations, and sat over the Double Mamba engine, directly behind the gearbox and propellers. The second crew member, an aerial observer, was seated | 19,381 |
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under a separate canopy directly behind the pilot. After the prototype, a second observer was included, in his own cockpit over the wing trailing edge. This addition disturbed the airflow over the horizontal stabiliser, requiring small finlets on either side. The Gannet had a large internal weapons bay in the fuselage and a retractable radome under the rear fuselage.
The Gannet's wing folded in two places to form a distinctive Z-shape on each side. The first fold was upward, at about a third of the wing span where the inboard anhedral (down-sweep) changed to the outboard dihedral (up-sweep) of the wing (described as an inverted gull wing). The second wing fold was downward, at about two-thirds | 19,382 |
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of the wing span.
The length of the nosewheel shock absorber caused the Gannet to have a distinctive nose-high attitude, a common characteristic of carrier aircraft.
In FAA service, the Gannet generally wore the standard camouflage scheme of a Sky (duck-egg blue) underside and fuselage sides, with Extra Dark Sea Grey upper surfaces, the fuselage demarcation line running from the nose behind the propeller spinner in a straight line to then curve and join the line of the fin. Code numbers were typically painted on the side of the fuselage ahead of the wing; roundel and serial markings were behind the wing. The T.2 and T.5 trainers were finished in silver overall, with a yellow "Trainer band" | 19,383 |
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on rear fuselage and wings.
# Operational history.
The prototype first flew on 19 September 1949 and made the first deck landing by a turboprop aircraft, on on 19 June 1950, by pilot Lieutenant Commander G. Callingham. After a further change in operational requirements, with the addition of a radar and extra crew member, the type entered production in 1953 and initial deliveries were made of the variant designated AS.1 at RNAS Ford in April 1954. A trainer variant (T.2) WN365 first flew in August 1954. The RN's first operational Gannet squadron (826 NAS) was embarked on . The initial order was for 100 AS.1 aircraft. A total of 348 Gannets were built, of which 44 were the redesigned AEW.3. | 19,384 |
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(It was originally intended to be the same basic configuration with the guppy radome replacing the bomb bay and retractable radome. The specification was changed, moving the crewmen's positions to be like those in the Skyraider which necessitated a complete redesign of the fuselage and wing centre section.) Production was shared between Fairey's factories at Hayes, Middlesex and Heaton Chapel, Stockport / Manchester (Ringway) Airport.
By the mid-1960s, the AS.1s and AS.4s had been replaced by the Westland Whirlwind HAS.7 helicopters. Gannets continued as Electronic countermeasures aircraft: the ECM.6. Some AS.4s were converted to COD.4s for Carrier onboard delivery—the aerial supply of mail | 19,385 |
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and light cargo to the fleet.
The Royal Australian Navy purchased the Gannet AS.1 (36 aircraft). It operated from the aircraft carrier and the shore base near Nowra, New South Wales.
Indonesia bought a number of AS.4 and T.5s (re-modelled from RN AS.1s and T.2s) in 1959. Some Gannets were later acquired by various other countries.
West Germany bought 15 Gannet AS.4s and one T.5 in 1958. They operated as the anti-submarine squadron of "Marinefliegergeschwader" 2 (2nd Naval Aviation Wing) from Jagel and Sylt. In 1963 the squadron was reassigned to MFG 3 at Nordholz Naval Airbase until the Gannets were replaced by the Breguet Br.1150 Atlantic in 1966.
## Accidents and mishaps.
- 21 November | 19,386 |
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1958 – Fairey Gannet AS.1, WN345, suffered a belly landing during a test programme, caused by a partially retracted nosewheel. The pilot tried unsuccessfully to get the gear to deploy. He landed gear-up on a foam-covered runway at RAF Bitteswell, suffering minimal damage. After repair, the Gannet was back in the air within weeks.
- 29 July 1959 – Royal Navy Fairey Gannet AS.4, XA465, could not lower the undercarriage, made a power-on deck belly landing into the crash barrier on HMS "Centaur". The crew was uninjured but the airframe was written off, salvaged in Singapore, but ending up at the fire dump of Singapore Naval Base.
- 23 January 1964 – Royal Navy Fairey Gannet ECM.6 XG832 suffered | 19,387 |
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double engine failure caused by a phosphor bronze bushing on the idler gear of the port engine's primary accessory drive failing. Fine metal particles from the gear were carried away by the shared oil system of the two engines, causing both to be destroyed. All three crew bailed out near St Austell and survived.
- 12 May 1966 – German Navy AS.4 UA-115 crashed shortly after takeoff from Kaufbeuren, killing all three crew members. The crash was deemed the result of pilot error.
## Harness restraint issues.
Tests on the harness restraint system in the Gannet were carried out after a midflight failure due to the release cables binding. The accident was the result of an unrelated engine failure, | 19,388 |
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but the primary issue was the failure of the harness quick-release mechanism.
A brief report in "Cockpit", Q4 1973, concerning the accident:
# Operators.
- Fleet Air Arm
- 724 Squadron RAN
- 725 Squadron RAN
- 816 Squadron RAN
- 817 Squadron RAN
- Marineflieger
- "Marinefliegergeschwader" 2 (1958–63)
- "Marinefliegergeschwader" 3 (1963–66)
- Indonesian Navy Naval Aviation
- Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm
- 700 Naval Air Squadron
- 703 Naval Air Squadron
- 703X Flight
- 719 Naval Air Squadron
- 724 Naval Air Squadron
- 725 Naval Air Squadron
- 737 Naval Air Squadron
- 744 Naval Air Squadron
- 796 Naval Air Squadron
- 810 Naval Air Squadron
- 812 Naval Air Squadron
- 814 Naval | 19,389 |
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Air Squadron
- 815 Naval Air Squadron
- 816 Naval Air Squadron
- 817 Naval Air Squadron
- 820 Naval Air Squadron
- 824 Naval Air Squadron
- 825 Naval Air Squadron
- 826 Naval Air Squadron
- 831 Naval Air Squadron
- 847 Naval Air Squadron
- 849 Naval Air Squadron
- 1840 Naval Air Squadron Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
# Surviving aircraft.
## Australia.
- On display
- Gannet AS.1 "XA334", Camden Museum of Aviation, New South Wales
- Gannet AS.1 "XA331", Queensland Air Museum, Caloundra, Queensland.
- Gannet AS.1 "XA434" at the Fleet Air Arm Museum, Nowra, New South Wales
- Gannet AS.1 "XG789" the Australian National Aviation Museum, Moorabbin, Victoria.
- Gannet T.5 "XG888" | 19,390 |
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at the Fleet Air Arm Museum, Nowra, New South Wales
## Germany.
- On display
- Gannet AEW.3 "XL450", at the Flugausstellung Hermeskeil.
- Gannet AS.4 "UA-113", at the Aeronauticum Marinefliegermuseum Nordholz e.V
- Gannet AS.4 at Technik Museum Speyer
- Gannet AS.4 "UA-106" at Militärhistorisches Museum Flugplatz Berlin-Gatow
## Indonesia.
- On display
- Gannet AS.1, Serial no. "F9139" in Surabaya.
- Gannet AS.1, Serial no. "F9127" at Satria Mandala Armed Forces Museum in Jakarta.
## United Kingdom.
- On display
- Gannet T.2 "XA508", Midland Air Museum, Coventry
- Gannet T.5 "XG883", Museum of Berkshire Aviation, Woodley, Berkshire, England
- Gannet ECM.6 "XG831" at Davidstow | 19,391 |
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Airfield and Cornwall at War Museum, Cornwall.
- Gannet ECM.6 "XA459" at White Waltham Airfield, England
- Gannet ECM.6 "XG797" at the Imperial War Museum at Duxford Airfield, Cambridgeshire
- Gannet AEW.3 "XL497" at the Dumfries and Galloway Aviation Museum, Scotland
- Gannet AEW.3 "XL502" at Yorkshire Air Museum, England
- Gannet AEW.3 "XL503" at the Fleet Air Arm Museum, RNAS Yeovilton
- Gannet AEW.3 "XP226" at the Newark Air Museum, England
- Under restoration or stored
- Gannet AS.4 "XA460" currently under restoration at Aeroventure, Doncaster
- Gannet T.5 "XG882" is on the former RAF Errol, between Dundee and Perth, Scotland; however, the aircraft is unprotected and is derelict
- | 19,392 |
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Gannet AEW.3 "G-KAEW" ("XL500") undergoing a full restoration to airworthiness
## United States of America.
- Airworthy
- Gannet T.5 "XT752", Wings of Steel Foundation, Wisconsin
# References.
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Smith, Dave. "Hit The Deck." "Flypast", No. 328, November 2008.
- Sturtivant, Ray and Theo Ballance. "The Squadrons of the Fleet Air Arm". London: Air-Britain, 1994. .
- Taylor, H.A. "Fairey Aircraft Since 1915". London: Putnam, 1974. .
- Taylor, John W.R. "Fairey Gannet". "Combat Aircraft of the World from 1909 to the Present". New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1969 (reprinted 1977). , .
- Thetford, Owen. "British Naval Aircraft Since 1912". London: Putnam, 1978. .
- Velek, | 19,393 |
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W.R. "Fairey Gannet". "Combat Aircraft of the World from 1909 to the Present". New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1969 (reprinted 1977). , .
- Thetford, Owen. "British Naval Aircraft Since 1912". London: Putnam, 1978. .
- Velek, Martin, Michal Ovčáčík and Karel Susa. "Fairey Gannet Anti-submarine and Strike Variants, AS Mk.1 & AS Mk.4 ". Prague, Czech Republic: 4+ Publications, 2007. .
- Williams, Ray. "Fly Navy: Aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm Since 1945". London: Airlife Publishing, 1989. .
- Willis, David. "Fairey's Versatile Gannet – Part Two", "Air Enthusiast", Number 124, July–August 2006.
# External links.
- List of surviving Gannets
- "XT752: The world's last flying Fairey Gannet T5" | 19,394 |
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IBM Lotus Word Pro
Lotus Word Pro is a word processor software produced by IBM's Lotus Software group for use on Microsoft Windows-compatible computers and on IBM OS/2 Warp. Word Pro can be obtained as part of the Lotus SmartSuite office suite.
Word Pro was based upon Ami Pro (originally published by Samna), but was substantially rewritten (including a new native document format). The predecessor to Ami Pro, Amí, was released in 1988, and was the first fully functional Windows word processor. (The Windows version of Microsoft Word would not debut until early 1989.) Shortly after the release of Amí, the development team added support for tables and renamed the product Ami Pro.
Lotus obtained | 19,395 |
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evelopment team added support for tables and renamed the product Ami Pro.
Lotus obtained Ami Pro to round out their office suite by acquiring Samna in 1990. Lotus continued to develop Ami Pro further with version 3 released in 1992. Version 3.1 is the last version of Ami Pro released (all versions were 16 bit). The Windows versions of Ami Pro were also bundled with Adobe Type Manager for Windows, as Windows had poor support for scalable fonts before the introduction of TrueType.
In 1994, Joe Guthridge was one of seven awarded the Windows Pioneer Award for feedback the Amí development team gave to Microsoft during the early development of Windows.
# See also.
- Comparison of office suites | 19,396 |
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Sonia Waddell
Sonia Waddell (née Scown, born 19 February 1973) is a New Zealand athlete. She represented her country at a World Junior Championship in hurdles before becoming a rower, in which sport she was twice an Olympic competitor and where she won silver at a World Rowing Championship. She later competed as a cyclist and won medals at a UCI Para-cycling Track World Championship as a sighted guide.
# Private life.
Waddell is the daughter of former All Black Alistair Scown and sister of rugby player Hayden Scown. In 1998, she married fellow rower Rob Waddell. Rower Rebecca Scown is her cousin.
# Sports career.
## Athletics.
She represented New Zealand in the 400 m hurdles at the 1990 | 19,397 |
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World Junior Championships in Athletics in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
## Rowing.
She first represented her country in rowing at the 1995 World Rowing Championships in Tampere, Finland, where she came ninth in the women's quadruple sculls. From 1997 onwards, she competed in the single sculls, and at the World Rowing Championships in 1997, 1998, and 1999, she placed tenth, tenth, and fifth, respectively. At the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics, she continued to compete in the single sculls, placing sixth and fifth, respectively.
She won a silver medal in the 2001 World Rowing Championships in the quadruple sculls, alongside Paula Twining and twins Caroline and Georgina Evers-Swindell. In the 2003 World | 19,398 |
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, and at the World Rowing Championships in 1997, 1998, and 1999, she placed tenth, tenth, and fifth, respectively. At the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics, she continued to compete in the single sculls, placing sixth and fifth, respectively.
She won a silver medal in the 2001 World Rowing Championships in the quadruple sculls, alongside Paula Twining and twins Caroline and Georgina Evers-Swindell. In the 2003 World Rowing Championships, she competed in the single sculls and came seventh.
## Cycling.
In 2011, she won the New Zealand Cycling Time Trial Championship.
At the 2011 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships she took one gold and one bronze as a pilot, with teammate Jayne Parsons. | 19,399 |
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