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"Marcelo Bonevardi Marcelo Bonevardi (1929–1994) was a Latin American avant-garde artist known for his mixed media pieces. A native of Argentina, Bonevardi spent the greater part of his career in New York City, where he absorbed avant-garde practices and influences such as abstraction and primitivism, using them to invent a pictorial and symbolic language with which to express his deep spirituality and affinity for myth and ritual. Bonevardi is best known for his shaped canvases, often employing mixed media, which combine elements of painting and sculpture, reflecting his early training and lifelong interest in architecture. During his lifetime, Bonevardi received many honors, including the International Prize at the X Bienal de São Paulo, first prize in the \"Ten Argentine Artists at the United Nations\" permanent installation, and the Platinum Prize from the Konex Foundation. Bonevardi's work has been collected by many leading North American and Latin American museums, including the Museum of Modern Art and the Guggenheim Museum in New York City; the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes and the Museo de Arte Moderno in Buenos Aires; the Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade in São Paulo; and the Museo Rufino Tamayo in Mexico City. Marcelo Bonevardi Marcelo Bonevardi (1929–1994)"
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"Dan Stulbach Dan Filip Stulbach (born September 26, 1969) is a Brazilian actor, television presenter, director and artistic director. He is the first member of a small family of Polish Jewish immigrants to be born in Brazil. He has only one sister, who is a nutritionist and mother of his only nephew. At home, he grew up listening to the Polish language and stories his grandfather told him about life in Poland, devastated during World War II. After graduating from the Colégio Rio Branco, he was undecided about the profession he was supposed to follow, he had a college entrance exam - and was approved - in Medicine, Administration and Engineering. He studied for a year at the Faculty of Engineering, but graduated in Social Communication, at the School of Advertising and Marketing (ESPM). He also attended the School of Dramatic Art at USP. At ESPM, he created the theater group Tangerina, which still exists today. For eight years he directed group shows, which won several amateur theater festivals. He lived in San Diego, California for almost a year. There he studied English and worked as a movie ticket holder. With the money he earned, he spent a season in New York City, where he could watch dozens of plays. Stulbach is often touted as being similar to American actor Tom Hanks, having even been satirized as such by the group of comedians Casseta & Planeta. Dan Stulbach Dan Filip Stulbach (born September 26, 1969) is a Brazilian actor, television presenter, director and artistic director. He is the first member of a small family of Polish Jewish immigrants to be born in Brazil. He has only one sister, who is a nutritionist and mother of his only nephew. At home, he grew up listening to the Polish language and stories"
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"Ash (comics) Ash is an American comic book character created by Joe Quesada and Jimmy Palmiotti, published by Event Comics about a firefighter who gains superpowers from a time-displaced regeneration device from a possible apocalyptic future. Ash is the super-hero alter-ego of fictional firefighter Ashley Quinn. Ash was \"born\" from a mysterious incident when Ashley was trapped inside a burning building and hidden inside was a regeneration chamber from the future. Ash has the ability to use various flame-based weapons, including blades that can be made from fire by his gauntlets. He can also absorb and control flames and fire, has super human strength and durability. He draws his power from flames and fire inside his body which can reach temperatures of 1260 degrees Fahrenheit. Event Comics published several series starring Ash, as well as stand-alone crossovers with another Event title, \"22 Brides\". Ash also appears in \"Cyberforce\" #27-28 in 1996, and starred in a crossover Azrael/Ash #1 with Azrael in 1997. The initial series, simply titled \"Ash\", ran for a total of seven issues, with issue six leading directly into issue zero. The second series, \"Ash: The Fire Within\" ran for two issues (issue 3 was not published). The final series to focus on the title character was \"Ash: Cinder & Smoke\", which ran for a total of six issues. An ongoing Ash series was announced for a November 1997, with a creative team of James Robinson (writer), Joe Quesada (penciler), and Jimmy Palmiotti (inker). The first story arc of the series was to resolve the plot of the incomplete \"Ash: The Fire Within\", and Palmiotti said that \"I swear we'll be on time. The plan is, a year from now we'll be on #12, and in ten years we'll be on #120.\" However, even issue #1 failed to reach completion. In 1999, a two issue series, \"Ash: Fire and Crossfire\" was released by Event Comics before its demise. Through the comics' four-issue year run, and various incarnations, Wizard Entertainment produced a mini-comic (#4), \"Wizard Ash\" 1/2 (numbered as both 0 and 1/2) and \"The Ash Files\". From an interview with Jimmy Palmiotti in January 2009: “We were in Chicago, and I remember it exactly. I came up with the initial idea it in the shower. I came out of the bathroom, dressed [laughter] and hit Joe with it. It was as simple as “fireman superhero.” We both sat for a long time and hashed out the idea some more. It wasn’t for a few more days before my brother Peter came up with the name “Ash.”…Selling Ash to DreamWorks had its effect on us as well.” Ash (comics) Ash is an American comic book character created by Joe Quesada and Jimmy Palmiotti, published by Event Comics about a firefighter who gains superpowers from a time-displaced regeneration device from a possible apocalyptic future. Ash is the super-hero alter-ego of fictional firefighter Ashley Quinn. Ash was \"born\" from a mysterious incident when Ashley was trapped inside a burning building and"
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"Battle of Łowczówek Battle of Łowczówek was a battle during World War I, fought on 22–25 December 1914 at Łowczówek, between the First Brigade of the Polish Legions, fighting for Austria-Hungary, and troops of Imperial Russia. The First Brigade was supported by some units of Hungarian infantry and Austrian artillery. The Austro-Hungarian-Polish forces held back the developing Russian offensive in the region, which allowed the bulk of the Austrian army to avoid being surrounded and to withdraw, but had to yield their positions in the face of continued Russian attacks and the danger of being encircled itself. In the first phase of the war, Russian Empire wanted to knock Austria-Hungary out of the conflict. To achieve this, the Russians invaded Galicia. By November 1914, they had captured Tarnów and Tuchów, and moved westwards, to Kraków. In December 1914, the Russians, who were divided into two armies (those of Generals Aleksei Brusilov and Radko Dimitriev), were stalled in the bloody Battle of Limanowa. Following the battle, the Russians began to retreat to the positions along the Dunajec river, on the Carpathian Foothill. Soon afterwards, they counterattacked with 3rd Army of General Dimitriev, in the area of villages of Łowczów and Łowczówek. This area was located between two Austrian armies (3rd and 4th), and the Russians saw their chance in breaking the front of the enemy. To stop the Russians, Austrian headquarters designated the First Brigade of the Polish Legions under Józef Piłsudski. At that time, the brigade was stationed in Nowy Sącz. Polish unit arrived at the battlefield in the evening of December 22, 1914, and immediately attacked enemy, in order not to allow the Russians to establish their positions on local hills. 1st Regiment, commanded Edward Rydz-Śmigły, was ordered to attack Hill 360, and 5th Regiment under Mieczysław Norwid-Neugebauer attacked Hill 343. 1st Regiment managed to capture the objective, but the attack of the 5th Regiment was halted due to strong Russian fire and darkness. In the morning of December 23, 5th Regiment, with support of Hungarian infantry and Austrian artillery, finally captured Hill 343. Meanwhile, Russians reinforced their units and prepared a counterattack. In the night of December 23/24 they approached Polish positions and carried out several attacks. In the afternoon of December Józef Piłsudski was ordered to withdraw his brigade: the order was soon changed and Poles had to recapture the hills. On December 25 the Russians attacked from Tuchów, along the road to Gromnik. Due to dense fog, both sides used bayonets, and Austrian units, defending their positions near Chojnik retreated, making it impossible to keep the line of the Biała river. Finally, at 1 p.m. on December 25, Poles were ordered to abandon their positions. Their retreat was very difficult, as Russians fiercely attacked their enemy from all sides. The First Brigade was sent to the rear, and rested in Lipnica Murowana. The Brigade captured their objectives, and managed to hold them for 4 days and 3 nights. It attacked the Russians 5 times, repelling 16 Russian counterattacks and capturing 600 prisoners of war. Due to bravery of Polish soldiers, Russian offensive was stopped, and the frontline remained static until the Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive (early May 1915). Polish losses in the battle: 128 KIA (including 38 officers), 342 wounded. Headquarters of the 4th Army awarded 6 gold and 18 silver medals for bravery. All casualties of the battle were buried in Polish Legions Cemetery Nr. 171 in Łowczówek, near the road from Lowczow to Rychwałd. The Battle of Łowczówek is mentioned on Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Warsaw, with the inscription \"LOWCZOWEK 24 XII 1914\". Battle of"
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"Vampyrìsme, Nècrophilie, Nècrosadisme, Nècrophagie Vampyrìsme, Nècrophilie, Nècrosadisme, Nècrophagie is the debut studio album by Italian band Theatres des Vampires. It was released on 1996 through Garden of Grief. The album's sound is significantly more raw than on subsequent releases. In 2003, a completely re-recorded version of this album was released as \"Vampyrìsme...\". Drummer Agaharet would leave the band before the album's completion, leaving vocalist Lord Vampyr to finish it alone. The album's title is French for \"Vampirism, necrophilia, necrosadism, scavenging\" – however, correct spelling in French would be \"Nécro-\" instead of \"Nècro-\" and \"Vampirisme\" instead of \"Vampyrìsme\". Track 1 opens with a passage of Bram Stoker's famous 1897 novel \"Dracula\", while track 8 samples Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's \"Requiem\". Vampyrìsme, Nècrophilie, Nècrosadisme, Nècrophagie Vampyrìsme, Nècrophilie, Nècrosadisme, Nècrophagie is the debut studio album by Italian band Theatres des Vampires. It was released on 1996 through Garden of Grief. The album's sound is significantly more raw than on subsequent releases. In 2003, a completely re-recorded version of this album was released as \"Vampyrìsme...\". Drummer Agaharet would leave the band before the album's completion, leaving vocalist Lord Vampyr to finish it alone. The album's title is French for \"Vampirism, necrophilia, necrosadism, scavenging\" – however,"
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"Ralph Arlyck Ralph Arlyck is an American documentary filmmaker. He has won many awards for his films and has been shown at film festivals including Sundance, New York, London, and Cannes. An alumnus of Colgate University, his first major film was \"Sean\", a short film which features the story of four-year-old Sean Farrell growing up in the Haight-Ashbury section of San Francisco in 1969. It received wide acclaim in the United States and Europe for its frank portrayal of the 1960s counterculture. Among its fans was French director François Truffaut, whose own film, \"The Wild Child\", played alongside \"Sean\" at the Cannes Film Festival. Arlyck revisited Farrell in the 2005 follow-up documentary, \"Following Sean\", which received similar praise at international film festivals. Arlyck's other works include \"An Acquired Taste\", \"Godzilla Meets Mona Lisa\", and \"Current Events\". Ralph Arlyck Ralph Arlyck is an American documentary filmmaker. He has won many awards for his films and has been shown at film festivals including Sundance, New York, London, and Cannes. An alumnus of Colgate University, his first major film was \"Sean\", a short film which features the story of four-year-old Sean Farrell growing up in the Haight-Ashbury section of San Francisco in 1969."
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"Middle Village, Queens Middle Village is a mainly residential neighborhood in the central section of the borough of Queens, New York City, bounded to the north by the Long Island Expressway, to the east by Woodhaven Boulevard, to the south by Cooper Avenue and the Montauk Branch railroad tracks, and to the west by Mount Olivet Cemetery. A small trapezoid-shaped area bounded by Mt. Olivet Crescent to the east, Fresh Pond Road to the west, Eliot Avenue to the north, and Metropolitan Avenue to the south, is often counted as part of Middle Village but is sometimes considered part of nearby Ridgewood. Middle Village is bordered by the neighborhoods of Elmhurst to the north, Maspeth and Ridgewood to the west, Glendale to the south, and Rego Park to the east. In 2003, South Elmhurst, an area between Eliot Avenue and the Long Island Expressway, was reassigned from Elmhurst's ZIP code of 11373 to Middle Village's ZIP code of 11379. The neighborhood is part of Queens Community District 5, served by Queens Community Board 5. Housing in the neighborhood is largely single-family homes with many attached homes, and small apartment buildings. The area was settled around 1816 by people of English descent and was named in the early nineteenth century for its location as the midpoint between the then-towns of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and Jamaica, Queens, on the Williamsburgh and Jamaica Turnpike (now Metropolitan Avenue), which opened in 1816. It was generally sparsely populated because the large Juniper Swamp was in the area. The swamp, an area where the Americans hid from British in the American Revolutionary War, was originally circumscribed by a \"Juniper Round Swamp Road\". In 1852, a Manhattan Lutheran church purchased the farmland on the western end of the hamlet. After the Civil War, the area became predominantly German. The Williamsburgh and Jamaica Turnpike became an un-tolled road by 1873, and St. John Roman Catholic Cemetery was laid out on the eastern side of the town in 1879. Hotels and other services appeared to meet the needs of cemetery visitors. The western part of Middle Village was called \"Metropolitan\" until prior to World War I. The Juniper Swamp was filled in 1915. In 1920, the area was renamed \"Juniper Valley\" as part of a revitalization project. Shortly after, gangster Arnold Rothstein bought of the land, erected facades of houses on that land, and tried to sell these houses, but not before he tried to sell the land to the city as an airport. A housing boom that began in the 1920s eventually consumed the surrounding farmland and became continuous with neighboring towns and neighborhoods. Originally, homes were built by two major builders—the Nansen Building Corporation, and Baier & Bauer. Charles Baier's first project in the area was the Parkville Homes in 1927, a group of 30 homes at Juniper Valley Road and 77th Place. With Ridgewood developer August Bauer, they built 150 single-family row houses by 1928. In 1931, Bauer, collaborating with builder Paul Stier, built some 7-room houses at 78th Street and Furmanville Avenue. Based on data from the 2010 United States Census, the population of Middle Village was 37,929, an increase of 300 (0.8%) from the 37,629 counted in 2000. Covering an area of , the neighborhood had a population density of . The racial makeup of the neighborhood was 74.0% (28,071) White, 0.9% (354) African American, 0.1% (31) Native American, 8.1% (3,059) Asian, 0.0% (7) Pacific Islander, 0.2% (89) from other races, and 0.8% (314) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 15.8% (6,004) of the population. The population in Middle Village has been historically German American. Later, it became Irish American, Italian American, and Yugoslavian-American, although Middle Village has seen an influx of Polish people, Eastern Europeans, Hispanic Americans, and Chinese Americans (mostly in South Elmhurst, after a ZIP code change in the early 2000s). Many of the older families have left Middle Village but have not sold their homes but rather passed them down to their children; the result is many second and third generation residents. The population of Middle Village has been relatively consistent: 28,984 in 2000, compared to 28,981 in 1990. The neighborhood has been historically relatively safe. During the 1970s and 1980s, when crime in New York City was at an all-time high, the Mafia allegedly prevented crime from happening. Although there have been several burglaries and grand larceny autos in recent years, there is not a lot of violent crime. , the 104th Precinct (including Middle Village, plus the neighboring areas of Glendale, Ridgewood, and Maspeth) reported 3 murders (5 in 2001), 18 rapes (15 in 2001), 180 robberies (359 in 2001), 215 felonious assaults (262 in 2001), 292 burglaries (790 in 2001), 575 grand larcenies (551 in 2001), and 227 grand larceny auto (892 in 2001). Metro Mall is a shopping mall on Metropolitan Avenue just west of the neighborhood's subway station. In 1920, the C.B. French Company, which made telephone booths for the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (now AT&T), built a factory on what is now the site of Metro Mall. After the C.B. French Company was acquired by the Turner-Armour Company, which was in turn acquired by the Western Electric Company, Western Electric continued to operate the plant and make telephone booths for AT&T. The plant was closed by around 1965, after which United Merchants and Manufacturers Inc. acquired the land and built a three-story mall on the site between 1972–4. The Frank T. Lang Building, at Metropolitan Avenue and 69th Street, was constructed in 1904. It is named after Frank Lang, who built mausoleums and monuments. The building, which sold mausoleums and monuments until 1946, also used to have an \"H.C. Bohack\" gas station, operated by the same man who also headed the Bohack grocery store chain. The two-story art deco building is notable for imposing gargoyles and finely chiseled faces on its roof. Niederstein's, a renowned local restaurant, was located at 69-16 Metropolitan Avenue until it was demolished in 2005. The site, located near present-day 69th Street, was prime real estate in the early 19th century. Isaac Ferguson, who owned of land at the site, sold of his land to John Heuss, having been loath to give his land to the Geissenhainers of Lutheran Cemetery due to Ferguson's concerns that the tract was worth more than what the Geissenhainers would have paid for it. Huess later sold the land to Henry Schumacher, a then-27-year-old Württemberg native. In 1850, Schumacher built a 2-story wooden roadside lodge, called the Schumacher's Lager Beer Saloon and Hotel, on the Williamsburgh and Jamaica Turnpike. Ferguson sold the remaining to Schumacher in 1864, by which time the area's hotels were booming in popularity. In 1888, Schumacher was dead and his wife, Catharina Sutter, sold the building and the business to John Niederstein, a German cook. Niederstein built 32 rooms with two wings and operated the lodge as a hotel. Henrietta Gabriel, John Niederstein's granddaughter, bought the business from Grace, Niederstein's daughter-in-law, in 1920. In 1969, Gabriel sold the hotel to Reiner and Horst Herink, who operated the structure as a restaurant. Once patronized by 130 thousand annual diners, the restaurant became less popular by the 1990s. Because of its many modifications, the building was ineligible for landmarking by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. The property was sold in the early 2000s and demolished in September 2005 to make way for an Arby's restaurant. A volunteer fire department, Fearless Hook and Ladder Company No. 7, operated at 71-55 Metropolitan Avenue from 1891 until 1986. The Arion Theater, a one-screen, 970-seat theater at Metropolitan Avenue and 74th Street, was built in 1921 and was the first theater in Queens that had wiring for loudspeakers. It closed in the mid-1980s because of a never-implemented plan to turn",
"hotel to Reiner and Horst Herink, who operated the structure as a restaurant. Once patronized by 130 thousand annual diners, the restaurant became less popular by the 1990s. Because of its many modifications, the building was ineligible for landmarking by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. The property was sold in the early 2000s and demolished in September 2005 to make way for an Arby's restaurant. A volunteer fire department, Fearless Hook and Ladder Company No. 7, operated at 71-55 Metropolitan Avenue from 1891 until 1986. The Arion Theater, a one-screen, 970-seat theater at Metropolitan Avenue and 74th Street, was built in 1921 and was the first theater in Queens that had wiring for loudspeakers. It closed in the mid-1980s because of a never-implemented plan to turn the structure into a triplex. Instead, the theater was converted to a RiteAid drugstore—which closed in 2009—and then to a Spirit Halloween superstore. , the site is a Salvation Army location. The Artistic Building, on Metropolitan Avenue between 79th and 80th Streets, is a 1930 structure that is notable for having friezes of biblical scenes on its facade. , it was a tailor's shop. There are also some very old houses in Middle Village. The Morrell House, built by English settler Thomas Morrell, was built in 1719 on present-day Juniper Valley Road; the house was demolished in 1985. By 1995, two other historical houses were slated for demolition by the same developer who demolished the Morrell House. In 2005, though, the Juniper Park Civic Association successfully petitioned to get parts of Maspeth and Middle Village rezoned to prevent aggressive redevelopment. An old farmhouse on Furmanville Avenue, built in the 1890s, still exists . The Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery, at 67-29 Metropolitan Avenue, opened in Middle Village in 1852, due to 1847 regulations that banned new cemeteries in Manhattan. The General Slocum Steamboat Fire Mass Memorial, commemorating the 1904 sinking of the PS \"General Slocum\" that killed 1,021 people, is at Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery. The cemetery is also the burial place of Fred Trump and Mary Anne MacLeod Trump, parents of U.S. President Donald Trump. Near the Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery, on Mount Olivet Crescent, is the Fresh Pond Crematory and Columbarium, which has operated since the late 19th century. Baseball player Lou Gehrig, screenwriter Ring Lardner, Sr., businessman J.P. Morgan, and Richard Hauptmann—notable for the Lindbergh kidnapping—are among the people cremated there. The crematory, the third-oldest in the United States, was erected in 1884 and started cremating people a year later. The columbarium was built in 1893 and expanded in 1898; the two-building complex was further enlarged in 1904 and 1910. The Pullis Farm Cemetery, a small burial plot in Juniper Valley Park, is a gated mini-cemetery dating back to 1846. As many as eight members of the Pullis family are interred in the plot. The cemetery became overgrown was weeds and was restored in 1993–6 with a new headstone. It is one of the few farm burial grounds still located in New York City. Many famous people's graves are located in Middle Village. St. John Cemetery, a cemetery located in Middle Village, holds many famed mobsters, including John Gotti, Lucky Luciano, Joe Gallo, Carlo Gambino, Joseph Profaci, Joe Colombo, Vito Genovese and Carmine Galante. Also buried here are fitness guru Charles Atlas, politicians Geraldine Ferraro and Mario Cuomo, slain New York City police officer Rafael Ramos, and photographer Robert Mapplethorpe. The United Community Methodist Church (founded as the Methodist Episcopal Church of Newtown), the first Methodist church in Middle Village, is located near the present-day intersection of Juniper Valley Road and 80th Street. The church, originally built in 1769, was moved to Metropolitan Avenue near 75th Street in 1836, and was rebuilt in 1901 and 1926. The Trinity Lutheran Church was founded in 1851 in the Lutheran-All Faiths Cemetery. A school was founded in the church in 1861, and the church burned just two years later. Then, it moved to 69th Street. At the 69th Street site, the school burned down in 1895 and the church burned down in 1906. Another church was built on the 69th Street site, but it was structurally damaged by lightning damage in 1975 and completely burned in a 1977 fire. The church's third structure, built in 1979, is located on a plot of land bounded by present-day Penelope Avenue, Dry Harbor Road, Juniper Boulevard South, and 81st Street. The bells and cornerstones from the first two churches are the only remnants of the original structures, and are located in front of the original church. St. Margaret’s Roman Catholic Church, a church and attached school built in 1860, was used during the American Civil War as a temporary jail. The church and school were both reconstructed—the school in 1899 and the church in 1907. In 1935, they moved to a four-story structure on Juniper Valley Road near 80th Street. Our Lady of Hope is a hexagonal structure on Eliot Avenue with a bell tower and is located just north of the New York Connecting Railroad. The church was built in 1965. There used to be many synagogues in Middle Village, due to an influx of Jewish residents in the early 20th century. The Hebrew Institute of Middle Village was a rabbinical seminary, built in 1919 next to a synagogue that existed from 1909 to the 1970s; the building that housed the Hebrew Institute of Middle Village is now occupied by the Middle Village Adult Center. The Holy Archangels Michael & Gabriel Romanian Orthodox Church moved into a former synagogue in 1997, but the synagogue itself dates back to 1921. The only extant synagogue in the area, the Congregation of Forest Hills West, was founded in 1935. Northern Middle Village is served by Juniper Valley Park, a large public park built in 1930 on the former Juniper Swamp. There are tennis, handball, basketball, and bocce courts, as well as seven baseball fields and a quarter-mile running track around a turf football/soccer field. Another park, the Middle Village Playground, is located at 79th Street between 68th Road and 69th Avenue, in southern Middle Village. The city of New York bought the property in 1938 and renovated the playground in 1994. The Middle Village Veteran's Triangle, at Gray and 77th Streets, commemorates local people who were veterans of World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. It was renovated in 1999. Elementary and junior high schools with grades K–8 include PS/IS 49, PS/IS 128, and PS 87. Our Lady of Hope, St. Margaret, and Resurrection-Ascension are three Catholic K-8 schools in the area, and Christ The King Regional High School is another parochial school in the area. The neighborhood is served by the New York City Subway at the Metropolitan Avenue station (). In addition, five local bus lines serve Middle Village: the , and . The , and express bus routes to Manhattan also serve the neighborhood. Notable current and former residents of Middle Village include: Middle Village, Queens Middle Village is a mainly residential neighborhood in the central section of the borough of Queens, New York City, bounded to the north by the Long Island Expressway, to the east by Woodhaven Boulevard, to the south by Cooper Avenue and the Montauk Branch railroad tracks, and to the west by Mount Olivet Cemetery. A small trapezoid-shaped area bounded by"
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"Saturday Evening Puss Saturday Evening Puss is a 1950 one-reel animated cartoon and is the 48th \"Tom and Jerry\" short directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera who created the cat and mouse duo ten years earlier. The cartoon was produced by Fred Quimby, scored by Scott Bradley and animated by Ed Barge, Kenneth Muse, Irven Spence and Ray Patterson. It is notable for being the only cartoon in the entire series to feature Mammy's face on-screen, though only for a split second. Mammy leaves for her Saturday night bridge club. Tom then rushes to the window and signals to his three alley cat friends, Butch, Topsy, and Lightning that it's \"ok for the party\". They arrive and play loud jazz music. The noise disturbs Jerry, who is trying to go to sleep. He complains to Tom, who ignores him. Jerry tries to disrupt the party by tearing the needle off the phonograph, shutting Topsy in a drawer and slamming the piano lid shut on Butch's hands. The cats chase Jerry back into his mouse hole and resume their party. Jerry soon emerges again and the cats chase him. Tom eventually catches him and ties him up with windowsill string. Nevertheless, Jerry has had enough, so he is able to reach the telephone and calls Mammy, telling her about the party. Mammy races back home (during which scene her face is briefly shown for the one and only time) and confronts the cats. Tom tries to run but Mammy grabs him by the tail and unleashes her wrath, throwing all four cats out the front door. At home, Mammy badmouths the cats for ruining her entire evening. To Jerry's dismay, she then decides to relax by playing the same jazz recording that the cats were playing, leaving him no better off than before. DVD: Saturday Evening Puss Saturday Evening Puss is a 1950 one-reel animated cartoon and is the 48th \"Tom and Jerry\" short directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera who created the cat and mouse duo ten years earlier. The cartoon was produced by Fred Quimby, scored by Scott Bradley and animated by Ed Barge, Kenneth Muse, Irven Spence and Ray Patterson. It is notable for being the only cartoon in the entire series to feature Mammy's face on-screen, though only for a split second. Mammy leaves for her Saturday night bridge club. Tom then rushes to the"
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"Electoral history of Joe Lieberman Joe Lieberman (born February 24, 1942) is an American politician, having served as a United States Senator from Connecticut from 1989 to 2013. A former member of the Democratic Party, he was the party's nominee for Vice President in the 2000 election. Currently he is an Independent. Connecticut's 3rd congressional district, 1980: United States Senate election in Connecticut, 1988: United States Senate election in Connecticut, 1994: United States Senate election in Connecticut, 2000: 2000 Democratic National Convention (Vice Presidential tally): United States presidential election, 2000: 2004 Democratic presidential primaries: Connecticut Democratic Senatorial Convention, May 20, 2006: Democratic primary for the United States Senate from Connecticut, August 8, 2006: United States Senate election in Connecticut, 2006: Electoral history of Joe Lieberman Joe Lieberman (born February 24, 1942) is an American politician, having served as a United States Senator from Connecticut from 1989 to 2013. A former member of the Democratic Party, he was the party's nominee for Vice President in the 2000 election. Currently he is an Independent. Connecticut's 3rd congressional district, 1980: United States Senate election in Connecticut, 1988: United States Senate election in Connecticut, 1994: United States Senate election in Connecticut, 2000: 2000 Democratic"
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"Stephen Moreton Stephen John Patrick Moreton (born 9 September 1984) is a former Irish cricketer. Moreton is a right-handed batsman who bowls leg break. He was born at Birmingham, Warwickshire. While attending Oxford Brookes University, Moreton made his first-class debut for Oxford UCCE against Gloucestershire at the University Parks in 2005. Moreton made five further first-class appearances for Oxford UCCE, the last of which came against Durham in 2006. In his seven first-class matches, he scored a total of 273 runs at an average of 24.81, with a high score of 74. This score, which was one of two half centuries he made came against Lancashire. With the ball, he took 8 wickets at a bowling average of 37.12, with best figures of 2/24. In August 2005, Moreton was rated as having bowled the fifth worst over of all time by Simon Lister when writing for the website Cricinfo. The over in question came on his first-class debut against Gloucestershire. Moreton was given the ball close to the close of play on day two of the match, by which stage Gloucestershire had a first-innings lead approaching 400 and Craig Spearman unbeaten on 136. Spearman dispatched Moreton's first over in first-class cricket for 34 runs, hitting 6, 6, 6, 6, 4, 6, to advance his score to 170. The over ranks as the seventh most expensive of all time in first-class cricket. After playing first-class cricket for Oxford UCCE, Moreton had spells playing Second XI cricket for first-class county second XI's, while in 2007 he played a single Minor Counties Championship match for Staffordshire against Suffolk. Having been unable to secure a career playing the game, Moreton moved onto coaching. In November 2010, he was named as the coach of the Ireland women's cricket team, replacing Paul Delany who had resigned earlier in the year. His appointment was on a temporary basis and he was later replaced by Jeremy Bray. Stephen Moreton Stephen John Patrick Moreton (born 9 September 1984) is a former Irish cricketer. Moreton is a right-handed batsman who bowls leg break. He was born at Birmingham, Warwickshire. While attending Oxford Brookes University, Moreton made his first-class debut for Oxford UCCE against Gloucestershire at the University Parks in 2005. Moreton made five further first-class appearances for Oxford UCCE, the last of which came against Durham in 2006. In his seven first-class matches, he scored a total of 273 runs"
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"Swartberg The Swartberg mountains (\"black mountain\" in Afrikaans) are a mountain range in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is composed of two main mountain chains running roughly east-west along the northern edge of the semi-arid Little Karoo. To the north of the range lies the other large semi-arid area in South Africa, the Great Karoo. Most of the Swartberg Mountains are above 2000 m high, making them the tallest mountains in the Western Cape. It is also one of the longest, spanning some 230 km from south of Laingsburg in the west to between Willowmore and Uniondale in the east. Geologically, these mountains are part of the Cape Fold Belt. Much of the Swartberg is part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site . The Swartberg consists of two officially named ranges, the Smaller and the Greater Swartberg Mountains. The Smaller Swartberg are the westernmost of the two. Ironically, this range is the higher one, including the province's highest peak, Seweweekspoortpiek (Seven Weeks Gorge Peak) at 2325 m. The famous Towerkop (Bewitch Peak) towers over the Klein Karoo town of Ladismith at a height of 2189 m. The peak is so named for its cleft peak, that, according to legend, was split by a spell and subsequent bolt of lightning. The Greater Swartberg is located to the east, with the dividing line between the two ranges being the Gouritz River, which cuts a gorge directly through the range. This section, almost of a similar height, is slightly lower in elevation, with the Tierberg (Leopard Mountain) at 2132 m being the highest. These mountains are home to the Cango Caves in the exposed limestone basement rocks exposed by upliftment along a 300 km fault line that runs along the southern flank of the Swartberg ranges (see diagram on the left). These are the most famous subterranean system in South Africa, located just north of Oudtshoorn. Several passes cut through the Swartberg Range, and these are famous primarily for the spectacular geology they dissect, as well as for the engineering skill required in completing several of the routes across them. Until the first pass was cut, these mountains were virtually insurmountable, and cut the Great Karoo off from the Little Karoo and from the coast. John Molteno, Beaufort West businessman (and later Prime Minister) first surveyed the range for a pass with Andrew Bain, Thomas Bain. They rode out from Beaufort West on horseback, in 1854, for a week-long ride to traverse the range and plan the routes. The pass was cut and the route completed in only 223 working days, comprising one of the era's most extraordinary feats of engineering. It was also a huge economic step for the interior of the Cape Colony. For example, by 1870, an eighth of the country's wool exports passed through the Meiringspoort. The Meiringspoort provides paved road transit through the Swartberg range, using the route largely carved by a river. The \"poort\" connects the town of De Rust in the south, with the town of Klaarstroom in the north. It also offers a spectacular drive through incredible rock formations, and is the setting for an annual half marathon that ends in the town of De Rust. Modern additions mean several different passes now cut different routes through the range. This pass, to the far west in the \"Klein Swartberge\", connects the modern town of Laingsburg and the \"Rooinek pass\" in the north, with the Little Karoo to the south. It was built initially purely by a team of convicts without engineers. It was begun in 1859, and the work was finally taken over by Adam de Schmidt. It was completed and opened in 1862. Most famous of all is the Swartberg Pass, which runs between Oudtshoorn in the south and Prince Albert in the north. The Swartberg pass was built by Thomas Bain, son of the famous Andrew Geddes Bain who built Bain's Kloof Pass and many more. It was built using convict labour, and opened on 10 January 1888. The pass is not paved and can be treacherous after rain, but has views over the Little Karoo and the Great Karoo to the north, as well as unusual geology. The Swartberg is regarded as one of the \"finest exposed fold mountain chains in the world\", and this is apparent at the northern end of the pass. The plant life along the pass is particularly interesting as many hundreds of species are found on the Swartberg. Also notable is the drystone work supporting some of its hairpin bends. Paved road transit through the Swartberg is available further east, through the Meiringspoort. Prince Albert hosts the annual Swartberg Pass Half Marathon. The race route goes out of the town and into the Swartberg Pass, with sheer rock and mountains on both sides. The warped and twisted rock formations are both beautiful and spectacular. This race is held usually on the first Saturday of May, to coincide with the Olive Festival. Swartberg The Swartberg mountains (\"black mountain\" in Afrikaans) are a mountain range in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is composed of two main mountain chains running roughly east-west along the northern edge of the semi-arid Little Karoo. To the north of the range lies the other large semi-arid area in South Africa, the Great Karoo. Most of the Swartberg Mountains are above 2000 m high, making them the tallest mountains"
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"Queli Q'ueli () or Q'uelis-tsikhe (ყუელისციხე, \"fortress of Q'ueli\") was a medieval Georgian fortress atop the homonymous mountain of the Arsiani Range (Yalnızçam Dağları), now within the boundaries of Turkey, where it is known as Kol Kalesi or Kuvel Kalesi. Its Georgian name is alternatively transliterated as Qveli, Kveli, K'veli, Qvelis-ts'ikhe or Qvelis-c'ixe. First appearing in the early 10th-century Georgian sources, Q'ueli was one of the principal fortifications of the province of Samtskhe until being conquered by the Ottoman Empire in the 16th century. The name Q'ueli/Q'uelis-tsikhe literally translates from Georgian as \"a cheese fortress\", which was a source of the Greek equivalent Tyrokastron (Τυρόχαστρον)—the name by which the fortress is mentioned in Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos's \"De Administrando Imperio\". The fortress of Q'ueli, now largely in ruins, lies at the village of Kolköy in the present-day district of Posof, northeastern Turkey, close to the border with Georgia. It is first mentioned in the early 10th-century Georgian hagiographic text \"Passion of Gobron\" by Stepane Mtbevari as the site of resistance to the invading army of the Azerbaijani emir Yusuf Ibn Abi'l-Saj—Abu l'K'asim of the Georgian accounts—in 914. According to this source, Q'ueli fell after a 28-day siege and the Georgian commanding officer Gobron, a devoted Christian, was put to death for having refused to convert to Islam. By the 920s, Q'ueli had emerged as a chief fortress of Javakheti, a Georgian duchy which is mentioned in Constantine Porphyrogennetos's \"De Ceremoniis\" as Kouel (Κουελ), so named after the fortress itself. In this passage, Constantine refers to the \"archon of Kouel\", which, according to Professor Cyril Toumanoff, might have been the Georgian Bagratid prince David. Q'ueli is elsewhere referred to by Constantine by its Greek equivalent of Tyrokastron and later appears in possession of David's expansionist cousin, Gurgen II of Tao. Gurgen then gave Q'ueli and Adjara to his father-in-law Ashot Kiskasi in exchange of Klarjeti and, subsequently, deprived him even of these. After Gurgen's death in 941, Q'ueli passed to his cousins and, eventually, was inherited, along with other Bagratid holdings, by Bagrat III, who went on to become the first king of a unified Georgia in 1008. Due to its strategic location, Q'ueli was a scene of several military conflicts throughout its history. In the 1040s, Q'ueli fell under control of the rebellious Georgian warlord Liparit, who was eventually dispossessed of it by King Bagrat IV of Georgia in 1059. The fortress was then apparently given in possession to Murvan Jaq'eli, who appears as the eristavi (duke) of Q'ueli in the 1060s. In 1065 it was passed by the Seljuqid sultan Alp-Arslan during his Georgian campaigns. In 1080, the Turks led by amir Ahmad, probably of the Mamlān dynasty, surprised and defeated King George II of Georgia at Q'ueli. In the 16th century, Q'ueli, along with much of southwest Georgia, fell under the Ottoman sway and lost its past importance. Queli Q'ueli () or Q'uelis-tsikhe (ყუელისციხე, \"fortress of Q'ueli\") was a medieval Georgian fortress atop the homonymous mountain of the Arsiani"
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"Old Logan County Jail The Old Logan County Jail is a historic government building at 202 North Vine Street in Paris, Arkansas. It is a two-story brick building, covered by a hip roof with exposed rafter ends. Its main facade has a single-story porch extending across the front. Windows are set in segmented-arch openings, with strap-metal bars set across them in a crosshatch pattern. There are two entrances, one (without bars) for the jailer's quarters, and one with bars that provides access to the cell block. Built in 1903, it is one of the state's best-preserved early 20th-century county jails. It is the site of the last legal hanging in Arkansas, which took place when John Arthur Tillman, 23, was hung on July 15, 1914 at 7 am for the murder of Amanda Jane Stephens, 19. The jail was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. Old Logan County Jail The Old Logan County Jail is a historic government building at 202 North Vine Street in Paris, Arkansas. It is a two-story brick building, covered by a hip roof with exposed rafter ends. Its main facade has a single-story porch extending across the front. Windows are set"
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"U.S. Mid-Amateur Golf Championship The U.S. Mid-Amateur, often called the Mid-Am for short, is the leading annual golf tournament in the United States for post-college amateur golfers, organized by the USGA. It was first played in 1981 at Bellerive Country Club in Creve Coeur, Missouri, near St. Louis. The Mid-Am was the first new USGA championship in 19 years, since the U.S. Senior Women's Amateur was added in 1962. Qualifications for the Mid-Am are similar to those for the U.S. Amateur, except for the following: The U.S. Mid-Amateur does not have a gender restriction, but there has never been a female champion. The USGA's analogous event for women only is the U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur, first played in 1987. The USGA specifically intended the Mid-Am as a championship for post-college golfers who were not pursuing golf as a career, as virtually all golfers who pursue a professional career decide to do so no later than their early twenties. This was most likely a response to the fact that less than half of all U.S. Amateur qualifiers are 25 or older, and most older golfers found themselves disadvantaged in competing against college golfers who typically play much more often. Like the U.S. Amateur, the Mid-Am consists of two days of stroke play, with the leading 64 competitors then playing a knockout competition held at match play to decide the champion. The profile of Mid-Am champions, with respect to age, is somewhat similar to that of U.S. Amateur champions before World War II. In that era, more top-level golfers chose to remain amateur, and the average age of U.S. Amateur Champions was higher. While the list of winners is considerably less illustrious than that of the U.S. Amateur, one notable winner was Jay Sigel, a three-time winner of this event and a two-time U.S. Amateur champion who went on to play the Champions Tour. The winner receives an automatic invitation to play in the Masters Tournament and the U.S. Open (starting in 2018). <nowiki>*</nowiki> U.S. Mid-Amateur Golf Championship The U.S. Mid-Amateur, often called the Mid-Am for short, is the leading annual golf tournament in the United States for post-college amateur golfers, organized by the USGA. It was first played in 1981 at Bellerive Country Club in Creve Coeur, Missouri, near St. Louis. The Mid-Am was the first new USGA championship in 19 years, since the U.S. Senior Women's Amateur was added in 1962."
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"North Carolina Highway 113 North Carolina Highway 113 (NC 113) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It runs from NC 18 in the community of Laurel Springs, to NC 93 in the community of Piney Creek. NC 113 is an exceptionally straight road in the area; the highway serves as a connector to Virginia from either NC 18 or U.S. Route 221 (US 221). Nearby New River State Park can be accessed by either via US 221 or South Fork Church Road. The Blue Ridge Parkway is south on NC 18. From Weigh Station Road to George Shepherd Road, the road straddles the Ashe/Alleghany county line for . NC 113 was established in 1930 as a primary new routing from Toluca to Newton. In late 1934, it was renumbered to NC 73 (replaced in 1940 by the current NC 10). NC 113 returned in 1937 as a renumbered route through Halifax when US 301 was rerouted to bypass the city. It was renumbered, around 1960, as US 301A (today as US 301 Business). The third, and current, NC 113 was established in 1964, which was extended further north in 1977 to its current terminus after NC 93 was also rerouted further north. North Carolina Highway 113 North Carolina Highway 113 (NC 113) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It runs from NC 18 in the community of Laurel Springs, to NC 93 in the community of Piney Creek. NC 113 is an exceptionally straight road in the area; the highway serves as a connector to Virginia from either NC 18 or U.S. Route 221 (US 221). Nearby New River State Park can be accessed by either via US 221 or South Fork Church Road. The Blue Ridge Parkway"
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"Chanchal II Chanchal II is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Chanchal subdivision of Malda district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Bhakri, a constituent gram panchayat of Chanchal II block, is located at . Chanchal II CD Block is part of the Tal, one of the three physiographic sub-regions of the district. “The Tal region gradually slopes down towards the south-west and merges with the Diara sub-region… (it) is strewn with innumerable marshes, bils and oxbow lakes.” The sub-region largely remains submerged during the monsoons and during the dry season large sections of it turn into mud banks with many shallow marshes scattered around. With hardly any gradient the rivers crawl through the region. The Mahananda River flows along the eastern boundary of the CD Block and the district. The Baramasia River forms the western boundary of the CD Block with Harishachndrapur II CD Block. Chanchal II CD Block is bounded by Chanchal I CD Block on the north, Itahar CD Block of Uttar Dinajpur district on the east, Ratua II and Ratua I CD Blocks on the south and Harishchandrapur II and Harishchandrapur I CD Blocks on the east. Chanchal II CD Block has an area of 205.22 km.It has 1 panchayat samity, 7 gram panchayats, 119 gram sansads (village councils), 92 mouzas and 90 inhabited villages. Chanchal police station serves this block. Headquarters of this CD Block is at Malatipur. Gram panchayats of Chanchal II block/ panchayat samiti are:Bhakri, Malatipur, Gourhand, Chandrapara, Jalalpur, Kshempur and Dhangara Bisanpur. As per 2011 Census of India, Chanchal II CD Block had a total population of 205,333, all of which were rural. There were 105,374 (51%) males and 99,959 (49%) females. Population below 6 years was 32,589. Scheduled Castes numbered 17,112 (8.33%) and Scheduled Tribes numbered 13,786 (6.71%). Large villages (with 4,000+ population) in Chanchal II CD Block were (2011 population in brackets): Bhakri (4,502), Elangi (5,704), Laliabari (8,143), Kashimpur (10,069), Shripur (4,968), Kandaran (5,634), Chandua (4,038), Damalpur (6,161), Hazaratpur (9,248), Jalalpur (5,600), Goalpara (5,711) and Khanpur (6,920). Other villages in Chanchal II CD Block included (2011 population in brackets): Chandrapara (2,279), Malatipur (1,209), Kshempur (806) and Gourhanda (3,857). Decadal Population Growth Rate (%) The decadal growth of population in Chanchal II CD Block in 2001-2011 was 24.30%. The decadal growth of population in Kharba PS orChachal I & II CD Blocks taken together in 1991-2001 was 22.98%. The decadal growth of population in Kharba PS or Chanchal I &II CD Blocks taken together in 1981-91 was 26.75% and in 1971-81 was 22.39%.The decadal growth rate of population in Malda district was as follows: 30.33% in 1951-61, 31.98% in 1961-71, 26.00% in 1971-81, 29.78% in 1981-91, 24.78% in 1991-2001 and 21.22% in 2001-11.The decadal growth rate for West Bengal in 2001-11 was 13.93%. The decadal growth rate for West Bengal was 13.93 in 2001-2011, 17.77% in 1991-2001.24.73% in 1981-1991 and 23.17% in 1971-1981. Malda district has the second highest decadal population growth rate, for the decade 2001-2011, in West Bengal with a figure of 21.2% which is much higher than the state average (13.8%).Uttar Dinajpur district has the highest decadal growth rate in the state with 23.2%.Decadal growth rate of population is higher than that of neighbouring Murshidabad district, which has the next highest growth rate. Population density in the district has intensified from 162 persons per km in 1901 to 881 in 2001 (i.e., around five times), which is highest amongst the districts of North Bengal. However, unlike the densely populated southern regions of West Bengal, urbanisation remains low in Malda district. North Bengal in general, and Malda in particular, has been witness to large scale population movement from other states in India and other districts of West Bengal, as well as from outside the country. The District Human Development Report for Malda notes, “Malda district has been a principal recipient of the human migration waves of the 20th century.” There are reports of Bangladeshi infiltrators coming through the international border. Only a small portion of the border with Bangladesh has been fenced and it is popularly referred to as a porous border. As per the 2011 census, the total number of literates in Chanchal II CD Block was 99,129 (57.38% of the population over 6 years) out of which males numbered 53,185 (59.97% of the male population over 6 years) and females numbered 45,944 (54.66% of the female population over 6 years). The gender disparity (the difference between female and male literacy rates) was 5.31%. See also – List of West Bengal districts ranked by literacy rate Information about mother-tongue is available only at the district level and above. In 2001, Bengali was the mother tongue of 88.1% of the population of Malda district followed by Santali (4.5%) Khortha/Khotta (4.4%), Hindi (1.2%), Bhojpuri (0.4%), Telugu (0.3%), Kurukh/ Oraon (0.2%) and Koda/ Kora (0.1%). While the percentage of population reporting Bengali as a mother tongue has increased from 83.6 in 1961 Census to 88.1 in 2001 Census, the percentage of population reporting Santali as mother tongue has decreased from 7.2 in 1961 Census to 4.5 in 2001 Census. According to the 2011 District Census Handbook: Maldah, during 2011 census, majority of the population of the district were Hindus constituting 51.3% of the population and up from 49.3% in 2001, followed by Muslims with 48.0%, down from 49.7% in 2001. The proportion of the Hindu population of the district had a decreasing trend from 56.7% in 1971 to 49.3% in 2001 then the trend took a reverse turn and increased in 2011. On the other hand, the Muslim population has increased from 46.2% in 1961 to 49.7% in 2001 but in 2011 census it shrunk to 48.0%. Only 0.3% population were Christians. As per 2014 District Statistical Handbook: Malda (quoting census figures), in the 2001 census, Muslims numbered 114,782 and formed 69.48% of the population in Chanchal II CD Block. Hindus numbered 48,626 and formed 29.44% of the population. Christians numbered 98 and formed 0.06% of the population. Others numbered 1,686 and formed 1.02% of the population. As per the Human Development Report for Malda district, published in 2006, the percentage of rural families in BPL category in Chanchal II CD Block was 43.9%. Official surveys of households living in absolute poverty in Malda district have been found to be around 39%. According to the report, “An overwhelmingly large segment of the rural workforce depends on agriculture as its main source of livelihood, the extent of landlessness in Malda has traditionally been high because of the high densities of human settlement in the district… Although land reforms were implemented in Malda district from the time they were launched in other parts of West Bengal, their progress has been uneven across the Malda blocks… because of the overall paucity of land, the extent of ceiling-surplus land available for redistribution has never been large… The high levels of rural poverty that exist in nearly all blocks in Malda district closely reflect the livelihood crisis… “ In Chanchal II CD Block in 2011, amongst the class of total workers, cultivators numbered 16,531 and formed 23.40%, agricultural labourers numbered 38,816 and formed 54.94%, household industry workers numbered 2,203 and formed 3.12% and other workers numbered 13,096 and formed 18.54%. Total workers numbered 70,646 and formed 34.41% of the total population, and non-workers numbered 134,687 and formed 65.59% of the population. There are 90 inhabited villages in Chanchal II CD Block. All 90 villages (100%) have power supply. 89 villages (98.89%) have drinking water supply. 17 villages (18.89%) have post offices. 71 villages (78.89%) have telephones (including landlines, public call offices and mobile phones). 55 villages (61.11%)",
"in Malda district closely reflect the livelihood crisis… “ In Chanchal II CD Block in 2011, amongst the class of total workers, cultivators numbered 16,531 and formed 23.40%, agricultural labourers numbered 38,816 and formed 54.94%, household industry workers numbered 2,203 and formed 3.12% and other workers numbered 13,096 and formed 18.54%. Total workers numbered 70,646 and formed 34.41% of the total population, and non-workers numbered 134,687 and formed 65.59% of the population. There are 90 inhabited villages in Chanchal II CD Block. All 90 villages (100%) have power supply. 89 villages (98.89%) have drinking water supply. 17 villages (18.89%) have post offices. 71 villages (78.89%) have telephones (including landlines, public call offices and mobile phones). 55 villages (61.11%) have a pucca (paved) approach road and 22 villages (24.44%) have transport communication (includes bus service, rail facility and navigable waterways). 7 villages (7.78%) have agricultural credit societies. 5 villages (5.56%) have banks. “Because of its alluvial soils and the abundance of rivers, large and small, Malda has been an important agricultural region since antiquity, leading to dense human settlement within the boundaries of the district. Rice yields have traditionally been high, making it the breadbasket of North Bengal. But the shifting of rivers and overall ecological change have left an inevitable stamp on the present patterns of human settlement, as a consequence of which settlement densities vary considerably across the district… Agricultural land in the Tal and Diara is mostly irrigated and intensively cropped and cultivated… Rainfall in the district is moderate…” Chanchal II CD Block had 89 fertiliser depots, 2 seed stores and 39 fair price shops in 2013-14. In 2013-14, Chanchal II CD Block produced 4,369 tonnes of Aman paddy, the main winter crop from 1,643 hectares, 26,222 tonnes of Boro paddy (spring crop) from 6,910 hectares, 25 tonnes of Aus paddy (summer crop) from 13 hectares, 12,212 tonnes of wheat from 3,533 hectares, 95 tonnes of maize from 25 hectares, 44,430 tonnes of jute from 2,390 hectares, 8,536 tonnes of potatoes from 278 hectares and 409 tonnes of sugar cane from 4 hectares. It also produced pulses and oilseeds . In 2013-14, the total area irrigated in Chanchal II CD Block was 9,888 hectares, out of which 399 hectares were irrigated by river lift irrigation, 608 hectares by deep tube wells, 6,646 hectares by shallow tube wells and 2,235 hectares by other means. Malda district is listed as a backward region and receives financial support from the Backward Regions Grant Fund. The fund, created by the Government of India, is designed to redress regional imbalances in development. As of 2012, 272 districts across the country were listed under this scheme. The list includes 11 districts of West Bengal. In 2013-14, Chanchal II CD Block had 3 ferry services and 1 originating/ terminating bus routes. Malahar is a station on the Howrah–New Jalpaiguri line. In 2013-14, Chanchal II CD Block had 86 primary schools with 19,963 students, 6 middle school with 1,133 students, 11 high schools with 15,527 students and 9 higher secondary schools with 13,288 students. Chanchal II CD Block had 291 institutions for special and non-formal education with 18,217 students. As per the 2011 census, in Chanchal II CD Block, amongst the 90 inhabited villages, 11 villages did not have a school, 44 villages had more than 1 primary school, 35 villages had at least 1 primary and 1 middle school and 20 villages had at least 1 middle and 1 secondary school. In 2014, Chanchal II CD Block had 1 rural hospital and 2 primary health centres, with total 40 beds and 7 doctors (excluding private bodies). It had 25 family welfare subcentres. 8,724 patients were treated indoor and 211,544 patients were treated outdoor in the hospitals, health centres and subcentres of the CD Block. Malatipur Rural Hospital at Malatipur (with 30 beds) is the main medical facility in Chanchal II CD Block. There are primary health centres at Chandrapara (with 4 beds) and Chorolmoni (Khempur PHC) (with 10 beds). Chanchal II Chanchal II is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Chanchal subdivision of Malda district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Bhakri, a constituent gram panchayat of Chanchal II block, is located at . Chanchal II CD Block is part of the Tal, one of the three physiographic sub-regions of the district. “The Tal region gradually slopes down towards the south-west and merges with the Diara sub-region… (it) is strewn with innumerable"
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"Open MPI Open MPI is a Message Passing Interface (MPI) library project combining technologies and resources from several other projects (FT-MPI, LA-MPI, LAM/MPI, and PACX-MPI). It is used by many TOP500 supercomputers including Roadrunner, which was the world's fastest supercomputer from June 2008 to November 2009, and K computer, the fastest supercomputer from June 2011 to June 2012. Open MPI represents the merger between three well-known MPI implementations: with contributions from the PACX-MPI team at the University of Stuttgart. These four institutions comprise the founding members of the Open MPI development team. The Open MPI developers selected these MPI implementations as excelling in one or more areas. Open MPI aims to use the best ideas and technologies from the individual projects and create one world-class open-source MPI implementation that excels in all areas. The Open MPI project specifies several top-level goals: The Open MPI code has 3 major code modules: Open MPI Open MPI is a Message Passing Interface (MPI) library project combining technologies and resources from several other projects (FT-MPI, LA-MPI, LAM/MPI, and PACX-MPI). It is used by many TOP500 supercomputers including Roadrunner, which was the world's fastest supercomputer from June 2008 to November 2009, and K computer, the"
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"Caught in the Crowd \"Caught in the Crowd\" is the second single to be lifted from Kate Miller-Heidke's second album \"Curiouser\". It was written by Kate Miller-Heidke and Keir Nuttall. Initially, it only charted at 54 on the Physical Singles Chart but when it was later released as a digital download, it reached 33 on the official charts, but only spent a week within the top 50. Since its re-release, it has earned gold accreditation in Australia. On Miller-Heidke's official website she states, \"Caught in the Crowd is a different kind of song, with a double tug of the heart-string behind the gentle texture of music, and the recognisably real story of a lingering childhood regret.\" As discovered on the official forum, the song had a working title of \"Song for Elton\". In April 2009 Kate Miller-Heidke and Keir Nuttall were awarded the $US25,000 Grand Prize in the 2008 International Songwriting Competition for their composition \"Caught in the Crowd\". The video starts in a laboratory with Heidke looking through the room with a flashlight. She pulls the sheet off a piece of equipment and tears out a drawing of a boy in a notebook. She drops it into some liquid chemicals and the drawing comes to life. Through the drawings in the notebook, we see flashbacks telling the story of the song. The music video was filmed in the Brisbane Grammar School Science Block, in lab 8, Brisbane. \"Caught in the Crowd\" was the subject of a 2009 schools video competition, in which students were invited to highlight the issue of bullying by producing a music video for the song. The competition was promoted through social networking site MySpace and \"The Daily Telegraph\", and was supported by the NSW Department of Education & Training and Kids Help Line. A digital version of the physical CD single was released on 20 February 2009 which features the same tracks along with an additional track, \"Kid on a Leash\", on the iTunes release. A separate digital single was released after the song won Miller-Heidke and partner Keir Nuttall first prize at the International Songwriting Competition. Two songs, different from the physical release, accompanied \"Caught in the Crowd\" on the digital release. It included the previously unreleased song, \"Are You Fucking Kidding Me?\", recorded at one of her concerts on the Caught in the Crowd Tour. Due to the potential confusion between the two releases, the initial release is named \"Caught In the Crowd - EP\" on Miller-Heidke's iTunes Store. On 25 September 2009, in an interview with French musical magazine \"Hall-Musique\", Kate announced that \"Caught in the Crowd\" would be re-released after \"The Last Day on Earth\". Since being re-released, \"Caught in the Crowd\" has re-entered the chart and mainly dwelled in the 40's and 30's, and did not chart above its original peak of 33. The Re-issue was certified Gold. Caught in the Crowd \"Caught in the Crowd\" is the second single to be lifted from Kate Miller-Heidke's second album \"Curiouser\". It"
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"Bowman v United Kingdom Bowman v United Kingdom [1998] ECHR 4 is a UK constitutional law case, concerning the legitimate limits on campaign finance spending. A majority of the court held that countries joined to the European Convention on Human Rights may be required to permit minimal levels of campaign spending. The minority held that the United Kingdom's near total ban on election-related spending should be regarded as compatible with ECHR article 10. The principle in \"Bowman\" stands in contrast to the unlimited spending at elections that the US Supreme Court opened up by \"Buckley v Valeo\", where a majority struck down parts of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, and the licence of corporations to donate money as a protected right of \"free speech\" in \"Citizens United v FEC\", with or without authorisation by their stakeholders. Phyllis Bowman, an anti-abortion campaigner, distributed 25,000 leaflets in Halifax before the 1992 general election on the positions of three candidates on abortion. She was prosecuted under the Representation of the People Act 1983 section 75 for the offence of spending more than £5 on publications aiming to promote a candidate six weeks before an election, without authorisation. She was acquitted because the summons was issued out of time. However, Bowman contended at the European Court of Human Rights that her prosecution was an unjustifiable interference with her freedom of expression under the European Convention on Human Rights, article 10. The majority of fourteen out of twenty judges on the European Court of Human Rights held there was a violation of ECHR article 10. The Representation of the People Act 1983 section 75 was an indirect restriction freedom of expression. The restriction was prescribed by law, and pursued a legitimate aim of protecting others' rights: candidates and the electorate, by seeking to secure equality among candidates. Freedom of expression and the right to free elections were the foundation of a democratic system, but election spending could undermine equal elections. However, a £5 spending limit was practically an absolute bar on distributing information to influence voters. Given the lack of restrictions on political parties, it was not a proportionate response to secure equality between the candidates. Bowman v United Kingdom Bowman v United Kingdom [1998] ECHR 4 is a UK constitutional law case, concerning the legitimate limits on campaign finance spending. A majority of the court held that countries joined to the European"
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"Virginia State Route 151 State Route 151 (SR 151) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. The state highway runs from U.S. Route 29 (US 29) at Buffalo Hill north to US 250 at Critzers Shop. SR 151 traverses the Blue Ridge foothills of western Nelson County, where the highway provides access to the Wintergreen Resort. SR 151 begins at an intersection with US 29 (Amherst Highway) at the hamlet of Buffalo Hill north of Amherst in northern Amherst County. The state highway heads north as two-lane Patrick Henry Highway. SR 151 passes through the village of Clifford, which contains the historic homes Brick House and Winton; the latter property is preserved as part of a country club. The state highway curves around Turkey Mountain and enters Nelson County by crossing the Piney River. SR 151 passes through the hamlet of Piney River and intersects SR 56 (Tye Brook Highway) at a wye intersection; the southeast leg of the wye is unsigned, long SR 151Y. SR 151 and SR 56 run concurrently northeast through Hendersons Store to Roseland, where SR 56 (Crabtree Falls Highway) splits northwest to ascend the spine of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Immediately to the north of the intersection, SR 151 crosses the Tye River at Lanes Ford. The state highway passes through Jonesboro and follows Hat Creek to its source at Horseshoe Mountain, which the highway crosses via a curvaceous route at Brent Gap. SR 151 descends to the village of Wintergreen at the head of the Rockfish Valley. At SR 664 (Beech Grove Road), the primary access highway to the four-season Wintergreen Resort, SR 151's name changes to Rockfish Valley Road, which follows the South Fork of the Rockfish River past the Devil's Backbone Brewing Company brewpub and the historic home River Bluff. North of the village of Nellysford, SR 151 intersects SR 6 (River Road) at Martins Store near the confluence of the Rockfish River's forks. The two highways follow the North Fork of the river to its source at the confluence of several creeks near Avon, where SR 6 splits north as Afton Mountain Road toward Afton. SR 151 continues northeast along Critzers Shop Road, which enters Albemarle County shortly before reaching the route's northern terminus at US 250 (Rockfish Gap Turnpike) at Critzers Shop. Virginia State Route 151 State Route 151 (SR 151) is a primary state highway"
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"PivotPoint Technology Corporation PivotPoint Technology Corporation is a software and systems engineering services company headquartered in Fallbrook, California. PivotPoint was founded in 2003 by Cris Kobryn, a noted expert in visual modeling languages and model-driven development technologies. PivotPoint is best known for its model-driven development consulting and training services, the latter which feature UML, SysML, BPMN and DoDAF workshops. PivotPoint is a founding member and a major contributor to the SysML Partners, the group of software tool vendors and industry leaders that convened in 2003 to create a UML dialect for systems engineering called SysML (Systems Modeling Language). In June 2007 the SysML Partners were named a winner in the \"Modeling\" category of the SD Times 100, which recognizes the leaders and innovators of the software development industry. PivotPoint Technology Corporation PivotPoint Technology Corporation is a software and systems engineering services company headquartered in Fallbrook, California. PivotPoint was founded in 2003 by Cris Kobryn, a noted expert in visual modeling languages and model-driven development technologies. PivotPoint is best known for its model-driven development consulting and training services, the latter which feature UML, SysML, BPMN and DoDAF workshops. PivotPoint is a founding member and a major contributor to the SysML Partners,"
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"Flame (malware) Flame, also known as Flamer, sKyWIper, and Skywiper, is modular computer malware discovered in 2012 that attacks computers running the Microsoft Windows operating system. The program is being used for targeted cyber espionage in Middle Eastern countries. Its discovery was announced on 28 May 2012 by MAHER Center of Iranian National Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT), Kaspersky Lab and CrySyS Lab of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics. The last of these stated in its report that Flame \"is certainly the most sophisticated malware we encountered during our practice; arguably, it is the most complex malware ever found.\" Flame can spread to other systems over a local network (LAN) or via USB stick. It can record audio, screenshots, keyboard activity and network traffic. The program also records Skype conversations and can turn infected computers into Bluetooth beacons which attempt to download contact information from nearby Bluetooth-enabled devices. This data, along with locally stored documents, is sent on to one of several command and control servers that are scattered around the world. The program then awaits further instructions from these servers. According to estimates by Kaspersky in May 2012, Flame had initially infected approximately 1,000 machines, with victims including governmental organizations, educational institutions and private individuals. At that time 65% of the infections happened in Iran, Israel, Palestine, Sudan, Syria, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt, with a \"huge majority of targets\" within Iran. Flame has also been reported in Europe and North America. Flame supports a \"kill\" command which wipes all traces of the malware from the computer. The initial infections of Flame stopped operating after its public exposure, and the \"kill\" command was sent. Flame is linked to the Equation Group by Kaspersky Lab. However, Costin Raiu, the director of Kaspersky Lab's global research and analysis team, believes the group only cooperates with the creators of Flame and Stuxnet from a position of superiority: \"Equation Group are definitely the masters, and they are giving the others, maybe, bread crumbs. From time to time they are giving them some goodies to integrate into Stuxnet and Flame.\" Flame (a.k.a. Da Flame) was identified in May 2012 by MAHER Center of Iranian National CERT, Kaspersky Lab and CrySyS Lab (Laboratory of Cryptography and System Security) of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics when Kaspersky Lab was asked by the United Nations International Telecommunication Union to investigate reports of a virus affecting Iranian Oil Ministry computers. As Kaspersky Lab investigated, they discovered an MD5 hash and filename that appeared only on customer machines from Middle Eastern nations. After discovering more pieces, researchers dubbed the program \"Flame\" after one of the main modules inside the toolkit <nowiki>[</nowiki>FROG.DefaultAttacks.A-InstallFlame<nowiki>]</nowiki>. According to Kaspersky, Flame had been operating in the wild since at least February 2010. CrySyS Lab reported that the file name of the main component was observed as early as December 2007. However, its creation date could not be determined directly, as the creation dates for the malware's modules are falsely set to dates as early as 1994. Computer experts consider it the cause of an attack in April 2012 that caused Iranian officials to disconnect their oil terminals from the Internet. At the time the Iranian Students News Agency referred to the malware that caused the attack as \"Wiper\", a name given to it by the malware's creator. However, Kaspersky Lab believes that Flame may be \"a separate infection entirely\" from the Wiper malware. Due to the size and complexity of the program—described as \"twenty times\" more complicated than Stuxnet—the Lab stated that a full analysis could require as long as ten years. On 28 May, Iran's CERT announced that it had developed a detection program and a removal tool for Flame, and had been distributing these to \"select organizations\" for several weeks. After Flame's exposure in news media, Symantec reported on 8 June that some Flame command and control (C&C) computers had sent a \"suicide\" command to infected PCs to remove all traces of Flame. According to estimates by Kaspersky in May 2012, initially Flame had infected approximately 1,000 machines, with victims including governmental organizations, educational institutions and private individuals. At that time the countries most affected were Iran, Israel, the Palestinian Territories, Sudan, Syria, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt. Flame is an uncharacteristically large program for malware at 20 megabytes. It is written partly in the Lua scripting language with compiled C++ code linked in, and allows other attack modules to be loaded after initial infection. The malware uses five different encryption methods and an SQLite database to store structured information. The method used to inject code into various processes is stealthy, in that the malware modules do not appear in a listing of the modules loaded into a process and malware memory pages are protected with READ, WRITE and EXECUTE permissions that make them inaccessible by user-mode applications. The internal code has few similarities with other malware, but exploits two of the same security vulnerabilities used previously by Stuxnet to infect systems. The malware determines what antivirus software is installed, then customises its own behaviour (for example, by changing the filename extensions it uses) to reduce the probability of detection by that software. Additional indicators of compromise include mutex and registry activity, such as installation of a fake audio driver which the malware uses to maintain persistence on the compromised system. Flame is not designed to deactivate automatically, but supports a \"kill\" function that makes it eliminate all traces of its files and operation from a system on receipt of a module from its controllers. Flame was signed with a fraudulent certificate purportedly from the Microsoft Enforced Licensing Intermediate PCA certificate authority. The malware authors identified a Microsoft Terminal Server Licensing Service certificate that inadvertently was enabled for code signing and that still used the weak MD5 hashing algorithm, then produced a counterfeit copy of the certificate that they used to sign some components of the malware to make them appear to have originated from Microsoft. A successful collision attack against a certificate was previously demonstrated in 2008, but Flame implemented a new variation of the chosen-prefix collision attack. Like the previously known cyber weapons Stuxnet and Duqu, it is employed in a targeted manner and can evade current security software through rootkit functionality. Once a system is infected, Flame can spread to other systems over a local network or via USB stick. It can record audio, screenshots, keyboard activity and network traffic. The program also records Skype conversations and can turn infected computers into Bluetooth beacons which attempt to download contact information from nearby Bluetooth enabled devices. This data, along with locally stored documents, is sent on to one of several command and control servers that are scattered around the world. The program then awaits further instructions from these servers. Unlike Stuxnet, which was designed to sabotage an industrial process, Flame appears to have been written purely for espionage. It does not appear to target a particular industry, but rather is \"a complete attack toolkit designed for general cyber-espionage purposes\". Using a technique known as sinkholing, Kaspersky demonstrated that \"a huge majority of targets\" were within Iran, with the attackers particularly seeking AutoCAD drawings, PDFs, and text files. Computing experts said that the program appeared to be gathering technical diagrams for intelligence purposes. A",
"enabled devices. This data, along with locally stored documents, is sent on to one of several command and control servers that are scattered around the world. The program then awaits further instructions from these servers. Unlike Stuxnet, which was designed to sabotage an industrial process, Flame appears to have been written purely for espionage. It does not appear to target a particular industry, but rather is \"a complete attack toolkit designed for general cyber-espionage purposes\". Using a technique known as sinkholing, Kaspersky demonstrated that \"a huge majority of targets\" were within Iran, with the attackers particularly seeking AutoCAD drawings, PDFs, and text files. Computing experts said that the program appeared to be gathering technical diagrams for intelligence purposes. A network of 80 servers across Asia, Europe and North America has been used to access the infected machines remotely. On 19 June 2012, \"The Washington Post\" published an article claiming that Flame was jointly developed by the U.S. National Security Agency, CIA and Israel’s military at least five years prior. The project was said to be part of a classified effort code-named Olympic Games, which was intended to collect intelligence in preparation for a cyber-sabotage campaign aimed at slowing Iranian nuclear efforts. According to Kaspersky's chief malware expert, \"the geography of the targets and also the complexity of the threat leaves no doubt about it being a nation-state that sponsored the research that went into it.\" Kaspersky initially said that the malware bears no resemblance to Stuxnet, although it may have been a parallel project commissioned by the same attackers. After analysing the code further, Kaspersky later said that there is a strong relationship between Flame and Stuxnet; the early version of Stuxnet contained code to propagate via USB drives that is nearly identical to a Flame module that exploits the same zero-day vulnerability. Iran's CERT described the malware's encryption as having \"a special pattern which you only see coming from Israel\". \"The Daily Telegraph\" reported that due to Flame's apparent targets—which included Iran, Syria, and the West Bank—Israel became \"many commentators' prime suspect\". Other commentators named China and the U.S. as possible perpetrators. Richard Silverstein, a commentator critical of Israeli policies, claimed that he had confirmed with a \"senior Israeli source\" that the malware was created by Israeli computer experts. \"The Jerusalem Post\" wrote that Israel's Vice Prime Minister Moshe Ya'alon appeared to have hinted that his government was responsible, but an Israeli spokesperson later denied that this had been implied. Unnamed Israeli security officials suggested that the infected machines found in Israel may imply that the virus could be traced to the U.S. or other Western nations. The U.S. has officially denied responsibility. A leaked NSA document mentions that dealing with Iran's discovery of FLAME is an NSA and GCHQ jointly-worked event. Flame (malware) Flame, also known as Flamer, sKyWIper, and Skywiper, is modular computer malware discovered in 2012 that attacks computers running the Microsoft Windows operating system. The program is being used for targeted cyber espionage in Middle Eastern countries. Its"
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"Exposition internationale du bicentenaire de Port-au-Prince The Exposition internationale du bicentenaire de Port-au-Prince was a world's fair held in Port-au-Prince, Haiti in 1949 to mark 200 years since Port-au-Prince's foundation. President Dumarsais Estimé argued in 1948 for an exposition to demonstrate Haitian culture to other countries and encourage tourism and committed $1 million (then almost three-quarters of Haiti's annual budget) to the project. The fair opened on ground at the Gonave Bay which had been cleared of houses and landscaped with gardens, parks and tall coconut and palm trees There were two opening ceremonies: the first on December 8, 1949 and the second on February 12, 1950. During the first ceremony, a telegram from US president Harry S. Truman to Haitian president Dumarsais Estimé was read out, a parade of US soldiers and marines and a US Air Force squadron flew overhead, and the national exhibits and amusement area opened. During the second ceremony, the international as well as the official pavilions were opened. Displays were on show from Argentina, Cuba, France, Guatemala, Italy, Mexico and Venezuela, with Vatican City providing a chapel. An art competition was held, with Gesner Abelard winning a bronze prize, and Jacques-Enguerrand Gourgue a gold. Marian Anderson, Alberto Beltran, Frantz Casseus, Celia Cruz, Miles Davis, Issa El Saeih, Dizzy Gillespie, Ernst Lamy, Ti Ro Ro, La Scala singers, members of the Grand National Opera New York, Daniel Santos, Don Shirley and Bebo Valdes all performed during the exposition. Exposition internationale du bicentenaire de Port-au-Prince The Exposition internationale du bicentenaire de Port-au-Prince was a world's fair held in Port-au-Prince, Haiti in 1949 to mark 200 years since Port-au-Prince's foundation. President Dumarsais Estimé argued in 1948 for an exposition to demonstrate Haitian culture to other countries and encourage tourism and committed $1 million (then almost three-quarters of"
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"Suzuki Stratosphere Suzuki Stratosphere is a Suzuki concept motorcycle, powered by a 1100cc transverse narrow-bore 24-valve inline-6 engine, rated at 180 HP. According to Suzuki press materials, the engine produced above 100 lb-ft of torque from just above idle all the way to redline. The engine was reported to be three-quarters of an inch narrower than the Hayabusa 4-cylinder engine due to the narrow-bore spacing. The prototype was first unveiled on October 22, 2005, at the 39th Tokyo Motor Show. Its general design is based on and harks back to the original Suzuki ED1/ED2 Katana created by Target Design. Specifics to the prototype shown in Tokyo: Suzuki confirmed in August 2007 the Suzuki Stratosphere would enter production, although expected release date, initial model year, initial pricing, and specific list of changes from the original prototype shown in Tokyo were not released, aside from the fact that it would retain the six-cylinder narrow-bore engine. Given Suzuki's experience with the B-King, it was likely that the Stratosphere would appear, at least visually, very similar to the prototype, although the aluminum fairings were apt to be replaced by ABS fairings, and many of the specialty electronics (GPS, HUD, etc.) were unlikely to see production. According to media sources, the Stratosphere was to enter production as a 2009 model. Suzuki Stratosphere Suzuki Stratosphere is a Suzuki concept motorcycle, powered by a 1100cc transverse narrow-bore 24-valve inline-6 engine, rated at 180 HP. According to Suzuki press materials, the engine produced above 100 lb-ft of torque from just above idle all the way to redline. The engine was reported to be three-quarters of an inch narrower than the Hayabusa 4-cylinder engine due to the narrow-bore spacing. The prototype was first unveiled on October 22, 2005, at the 39th Tokyo Motor Show. Its general design is based"
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"Lüchow Lüchow (Wendland) () is a city in northeastern Lower Saxony, in Germany. It is the seat of the \"Samtgemeinde\" (\"collective municipality\") Lüchow (Wendland), and is the capital of the district Lüchow-Dannenberg. Situated approximately 13 km north of Salzwedel, Lüchow is located on the German Framework Road. In the Polabian language, Lüchow is called \"Ljauchüw\" (\"Lgauchi\" or \"Lieuschü\" in older German reference material). In Lüchow one can find the Stones Fan Museum. The museum is designated to the Rolling Stones and was founded in 2011. The river Jeetzel, a tributary of the Elbe, flows through the city. The surrounding landscape was created by glacial action, rising in the west, lower in the east. A total of 89 km are within the limits of the city, which is divided into 24 boroughs: Several of the boroughs are named for, and generally represent, previously-independent settlements which Lüchow has incorporated. The site was first mentioned in 1158, and received city rights in 1293. The only remnant of the fortifications built to defend in the late Middle Ages is a tower, which was adapted and used as a bell tower by St John's Church. A gate was erected in 1555 which divided the city centre from its western suburbs; this gate was demolished in 1793. Lüchow suffered from an outbreak of the Plague in 1537, and barely half a century later, in 1589, was largely destroyed by fire. Another fire in 1608 destroyed much of what had been rebuilt. The worst fire, in 1811, destroyed even the city hall and the Schloss. Friedrich Syrup was born in Lüchow. Detlef Weigel grew up and attended high school in Lüchow. Lüchow Lüchow (Wendland) () is a city in northeastern Lower Saxony, in Germany. It is the seat of the \"Samtgemeinde\" (\"collective municipality\") Lüchow (Wendland), and is"
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"Zu-buru-dabbeda Zu-buru-dabbeda, inscribed \"zú-buru\"\"-dib-bé-da\", is the most complete exemplar of a small body of similarly themed texts from ancient Mesopotamia. Composed in Akkadian, it is a compendium of incantations against field pests such as locusts, grasshoppers, insect larvae, weevils and other vermin, the creatures known as the “great dogs of Ninkilim,” with authorship credited to a certain Papsukkal-ša-iqbû-ul-inni, a scholar and cleric of Babylon and Borsippa. Listed in the \"Exorcist’s Manual,\" recovered from Nineveh, Aššur, Babylon, Sippar and Uruk and the catalogue of apotropaic and prophylactic rituals known as \"Namburbi\" from Nineveh, it was inscribed on perhaps four tablets. It is one of the many texts only recovered from the Library of Ashurbanipal. The text provides a series of invocations to various deities, entreating them to deflect various subjects of the god Ninkilim: There is a sequence of \"šuilla\"-prayers and incantations (\"ka.inim.ma\") to a variety of gods and the four winds, in a formulaic structure. The latter part of the series introduces rituals, one of which involves the fumigation of the infested field with a censer of juniper. In a letter to Sargon II by his governor of Assur, Ṭab-ṣilli-Ešarra, he quotes the king’s instructions to carry out just such a ritual fumigation. The final ritual includes a pause of seven days, a sacrificial white lamb, a bonfire heaped with a variety of offerings, and careful treatment of the charred remains. The tablet includes a plea that “An ignorant scholar, who does not know the wise arts and is not skilled in wisdom, must not see (it)!” It then concludes with a list of equipment needed to perform the rituals. Zu-buru-dabbeda Zu-buru-dabbeda, inscribed \"zú-buru\"\"-dib-bé-da\", is the most complete exemplar of a small body of similarly themed texts from ancient Mesopotamia. Composed in Akkadian, it is a compendium of incantations against"
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"Ziddi (1948 film) Ziddi (, \"Stubborn\") is a 1948 Hindi film directed by Shaheed Latif. It was based on a story written by Ismat Chughtai, which launched the career of Dev Anand as the lead hero. The film helped establish its actors Dev Anand, Kamini Kaushal and Pran in Hindi films. The playback singers - Kishore Kumar and Lata Mangeshkar recorded their first duet - \"Ye Kaun Aya Re\" together in this 1948 film, \"Ziddi\". The music of the film was composed by Khemchand Prakash. The soundtrack featured the first film song sung by playback singer Kishore Kumar, \"Marne Ki Duayen Kyon Mangu\", a solo picturised on Dev Anand. The film also included Lata Mangeshkar's solo, \"Chanda Re Ja Re Ja Re, Piya Se Sandesa Mora Kahiyo Jaa\", picturised on Kamini Kaushal. Ziddi (1948 film) Ziddi (, \"Stubborn\") is a 1948 Hindi film directed by Shaheed Latif. It was based on a story written by Ismat Chughtai, which launched the career of Dev Anand as the lead hero. The film helped establish its actors Dev Anand, Kamini Kaushal and Pran in Hindi films. The playback singers - Kishore Kumar and Lata Mangeshkar recorded their first duet - \"Ye Kaun Aya"
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"Irenicism Irenicism in Christian theology refers to attempts to unify Christian apologetical systems by using reason as an essential attribute. The word is derived from the Greek word \"ειρήνη (eirene)\" meaning peace. It is a concept related to natural theology and opposed to polemicism (war-like argumentation) being rooted in the ideals of pacifism. Those who affiliate themselves with irenicism identify the importance of unity in the Christian church, and declare the common bond between all Christians under Christ. Desiderius Erasmus was a Christian humanist and reformer, in the sense of checking clerical abuses, honoring inner piety, considering reason as meaningful in theology as in other ways. He also promoted the notion that Christianity must remain under one church, both theologically and literally; under the body of the Catholic Church. Since his time, irenicism has postulated removing conflicts between different Christian creeds by way of mediation and gradual amalgamation of theological differences. Erasmus wrote extensively on topics related generally to peace, and an irenic approach is part of the texture of his thought, both on theology and in relation to politics: Despite the frequency and severity of polemics directed against him, Erasmus continued ... to practice a kind of discourse that is critical and ironic, yet modest and irenic. Certain important irenic contributions from Erasmus helped to further the humanist consideration of themes of peace and religious conciliation; these included the \"Inquisitio de fide\" (1524), arguing against the papal opinion that Martin Luther was a heretic, and \"De sarcienda ecclesiae concordia\" (1533). Erasmus had close associates sharing his views (Julius von Pflug, Christoph von Stadion, and Jakob Ziegler), and was followed on the Catholic side by George Cassander and Georg Witzel. The influence of Erasmus was, however, limited, by the virtual exclusion of his works from countries such as France, from 1525, at least in the open; though they did appear in numerous forms and translations. James Hutton speaks of \"the surreptitious manner in which Erasmus' peace propaganda reached the French public.\" Franciscus Junius published in 1593 \"Le paisible Chrestien\" arguing for religious tolerance and Ecumenism. He addressed Philip II of Spain, using arguments taken from the French \"politique\" statesman Michel de l'Hôpital and reformer Sebastian Castellio. Irenic movements were influential in the 17th century, and irenicism, for example in the form of Gottfried Leibniz's efforts to reunite Catholics and Protestants, is in some ways a forerunner to the more modern ecumenical movements. The 1589 \"Examen pacifique de la doctrine des Huguenots\" by Henry Constable proved influential, for example on Christopher Potter and William Forbes. Richard Montagu admired Cassander and Andreas Fricius. The 1628 \"Syllabus aliquot synodorum\" was a bibliography of the literature of religious concord, compiled by Jean Hotman, Marquis de Villers-St-Paul decades earlier, and seen into print by Hugo Grotius using the pseudonym \"Theodosius Irenaeus,\" with a preface by Matthias Bernegger. It was typical enough, however, for moderate and even irenical writers on the Catholic side to find in this period that their arguments were turned back against Catholicism. This style of arguing developed in England from Thomas Bell and particularly Thomas Morton. It led to Thomas James mining Marcantonio de Dominis and Paolo Sarpi, and making efforts to claim Witzel for the Protestant tradition; to the arguments of Gallicanism being welcomed but also treated as particularly insidious; and an irenist such as Francis a Sancta Clara being attacked strongly by firm Calvinists. The handful of Protestant writers who were convinced in their irenic approach to Catholics included William Covell and Thomas Dove. James I of England thought that the Bible translation he commissioned might effect some reconciliation between the English Protestant religious factions, and prove an \"irenicon\". The Greek ἐιρηνικόν (\"eirenikon\") or peace proposal is also seen as \"irenicum\" in its Latin version. An irenic literature developed, relating to divisions within Protestantism, particularly in the twenty years after the Peace of Westphalia. Examples marked out by title are: Isaac Newton wrote an \"Irenicum\" (unpublished manuscript); it supported a latitudinarian position in theology, derived from a review of church history. Anthony Milton writes: [Ecumenical historians] have tended to assume the existence of an irenical 'essentialism' in which the association of Christian unity with peace, toleration and ecumenism is presupposed. [...] In fact, most thinkers of this period accepted that religious unity was a good idea, in the same way that they believed that sin was a bad idea. The problem was that, of course, different people wanted irenicism on different terms. [...] Different interpretations of irenicism could have direct political implications, making the rhetoric of Christian unity an important tool in the political conflicts of the period. It is in that light that he comments on the irenists' succession: Erasmus, Cassander, Jacob Acontius, Grotius, then John Dury, who spent much time on a proposed reconciliation of Lutherans and Calvinists. \"Irenical\" has become a commonly used adjective to design an idealist and pacific conception, such as the democratic peace theory. \"False irenicism\" or \"false eirenism\" is an expression used in certain 20th-century documents of the Catholic Church to criticize attempts at ecumenism that would allow Catholic doctrine to be distorted or clouded. Documents using the term include the encyclical \"Humani generis\", promulgated by Pope Pius XII in 1950, the Second Vatican Council's 1964 Decree on Ecumenism, \"Unitatis Redintegratio,\" and Pope John Paul II's 1984 post-synodal apostolic exhortation, \"Reconciliatio et paenitentia\". Irenicism Irenicism in Christian theology refers to attempts to unify"
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"Langenrohr Langenrohr is a municipality in the district of Tulln in Lower Austria, Austria. The municipality has got 2309 inhapitants since 1. January 2013. Langenrohr lies at the great Tulln in the district of Tulln in Lower Austria. The municipality lies near the city Tulln. Langenrohr is 22,57 square kilometres big, and 17,87% is forested. Cadastral community's are Asparn, Kronau, Langenrohr, Langenschönbichl and Neusiedl. The municipality shared the eventful history of Austria. After the Census of 1971, in Langenrohr were 1148 inhabitants, in 1981 there were 1521 inhabitants, in 1991 there were 1674 inhabitants and in 2001 there were 1974 inhabitants. Josef Reither Museum Mayor of Langenrohr is actually Leopold Figl. In the local Market council there are after the local elections in 2010 with a total of 19 seats following distribution of seats: ÖVP 15 seats, SPÖ 2 seats, FPÖ 2 seats and the others do not have a seat. In Langenrohr is the football Club SV Langenrohr located. The club was 1947 founded and plays since 1993 in the Landesliga Niederösterreich. That's the 4th highest football League in Austria and the highest League of Lower Austria. Langenrohr Langenrohr is a municipality in the district of Tulln in Lower"
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"Thomas Abel (footballer) Thomas Abel (born 13 March 1974) is a Danish former professional association football player, who most prominently won the 2000 Danish Superliga championship with Herfølge Boldklub. Abel started his career with Køge Boldklub, before moving to Herfølge Boldklub in the top-flight Danish Superliga in 1997. He played 34 games and scored two goals in the Superliga from November 1997 to June 2001, and helped Herfølge BK win the 1999–2000 Superliga championship. In January 2001, Abel was put on the transfer list. He went on to play for lower-league club B 93, and had a brief spell back at Herfølge BK, now playing in the Danish 1st Division. Abel was brought to Malaysian club Kedah FA by fellow Dane Jørgen E. Larsen, who coached the team. He later returned to Denmark to play for lower-league club Greve Fodbold. In 2006, he retired to be youth coach of amateur club Ejby IF, but in 2007 he was convinced to return to the pitch and play for Greve Fodbold once again. He ended his career in June 2008. Thomas Abel (footballer) Thomas Abel (born 13 March 1974) is a Danish former professional association football player, who most prominently won the"
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"Porsche 953 The Porsche 953 was a heavily modified variant of the 911, designed and built specifically to compete in the 1984 Paris–Dakar Rally. It was a short lived model, as it was replaced in 1985 by the 959. It is sometimes referred to as the 911 4x4, as it used the developmental, manually controlled four-wheel drive system that was intended to be used on the 959. Travelling on an extremely enhanced suspension, powered by a , 6-cylinder engine, and weighing in at , it was extremely successful. Three of them were entered into the Paris-Dakar Rally, one taking overall first place. Porsche 953 The Porsche 953 was a heavily modified variant of the 911, designed and built specifically to compete in the 1984 Paris–Dakar Rally. It was a short lived model, as it was replaced in 1985 by the 959. It is sometimes referred to as the 911 4x4, as it used the developmental, manually controlled four-wheel drive system that was intended to be used on the 959. Travelling on an extremely enhanced suspension, powered by a , 6-cylinder engine, and weighing in at , it was extremely successful. Three of them were entered into the Paris-Dakar Rally, one"
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"Asseco Resovia Rzeszów Asseco Resovia Rzeszów is a Polish professional volleyball team, based in Rzeszów, playing in PlusLiga. They are six-times Polish Champion and three-times winner of the Polish Cup. The club has had its current name since the 2006/2007 season. Asseco Resovia is ranked 7th (as of October 2016) in the Men's European clubs ranking. In season 2014/2015 Asseco Resovia has been playing in 2014–15 CEV Champions League. They beat Russian club Lokomotiv Novosibirsk (3–1) and lost in revenge match in Rzeszów (2–3) on March 11, 2015. They went to Final Four, which will be held in Berlin, Germany. Asseco Resovia will play with another Polish team – PGE Skra Bełchatów and for the first time in history two Polish teams will be playing at semi-final of CEV Champions League Final Four. On March 28, 2015 Asseco Resovia Rzeszów beat PGE Skra Bełchatów in semi-final of 2014–15 CEV Champions League Final Four held at Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin. It was a historic match, where the semi-final played two Polish teams. On April 28, 2015 Asseco Resovia won their 7th title of Polish Champion. On 16-17 April 2015 Asseco Resovia was a host of 2015–16 CEV Champions League Final Four held in Tauron Arena Kraków. The team lost semifinal with Zenit Kazan and 3rd place match with Cucine Lube Civitanova, so Asseco Resovia took fourth place. Russell Holmes received individual award for the \"Best Middle Blocker\". In 2015–16 PlusLiga, Resovia took second place in regular season because of better set ratio than PGE Skra Bełchatów (Skra lost one more set than Resovia). In finale, ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle beat Asseco Resovia Rzeszów in three matches (0–3). Asseco Resovia Rzeszów Asseco Resovia Rzeszów is a Polish professional volleyball team, based in Rzeszów, playing in PlusLiga. They are six-times Polish Champion and three-times winner of the"
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"Dutch cabinet formation The formation of a Dutch cabinet is the process of negotiating an agreement that will get majority support in parliament for the appointment of the council of ministers and gives sufficient confidence that agreed policies will be supported by parliament. Dutch cabinet formations tend to be a time consuming process, and is for the most part not codified in the constitution. The cabinet of the Netherlands is the executive body of the Dutch government. It consists of ministers and junior ministers, or state secretaries (staats-secretaris) as they are called in the Netherlands. The cabinet requires support from both chambers of the Dutch parliament to pass laws. Thus to form a stable government sufficient, and preferably majority support in both chambers is required. Due to several factors--the multi-party system and the nationwide party-list system of proportional representation--no political party (in the modern sense) has ever had a majority in the House of Representatives since 1900. Indeed, since the adoption of the current proportional representation system in 1918, no party has even come close to the number of seats needed for a majority in its own right. To gain sufficient support in both chambers, at least two parties must agree to form a government with majority support. The negotiations leading to this agreement are the cabinet formation period in the Netherlands. Cabinet formation is engaged in, in two situations. After each general election, the incumbent cabinet resigns, but continues in a caretaker role until a new cabinet is formed. Due to changing party representations in the House of Representatives, a new cabinet has to negotiated. Even if the same parties that were part of the previous government continue in office, the agreement has to be renegotiated to fit election promises and shift in powers. Another reason for cabinet formation can be the fall of a cabinet, i.e. those cases where the agreement between parties breaks down. In the latter case (in principle) a new cabinet can be formed without general elections, although in practice the House of Representatives is almost always disbanded and early general elections are called. First, the leaders of all the elected parties meet with the Speaker of the House of Representatives to appoint a 'scout'. On basis of this advice, the House of Representatives then appoints an informateur who explores the options for a new cabinet. The informateur often is a relative outsider and a veteran politician who has retired from active politics: a member of the Senate, Council of State or a minister of state. He generally has a background in the largest party in the House of Representatives. It is also possible to appoint multiple informateurs, with backgrounds in other prospective partners. The informateur is given a specific task by the House of Representatives, often to \"seek a coalition of parties with coalition agreement and a majority in parliament.\" The informateur has meetings with individual chairs of parliamentary parties, and chairs sessions of negotiations between them. During these negotiations the parties try to find compromises on the policies of the future government and draft a coalition agreement. If the informateur is unsuccessful, he tenders his resignation and the process starts again, with new consultations and the appointment of a new informateur. If he is successful, he will advise the House of Representatives to appoint a \"formateur.\" By convention, the formateur is the leader of the senior partner in the prospective coalition, and hence the prospective prime minister. He or she concludes the talks between the members of the prospective coalition, focusing on any matters left unresolved by the informateur. Once these matters are resolved, the formateur allocates the government portfolios and nominates cabinet members. If the formateur is successful, the monarch formally invites him to form a government, then appoints all ministers and state secretaries individually by Royal Decree (\"Koninklijk Besluit\"). Each minister swears an oath of loyalty to the Constitution. After this the entire Council of Ministers and the monarch are photographed on the stairs of Huis ten Bosch palace. The newly minted ministers all tender their resignations from the House of Representatives, as cabinet ministers aren't allowed to be members of Parliament. The new cabinet then proposes its program to parliament, and is confirmed in office. Prior to 2012, the monarch played a considerable role in the formation of a government. After each election, he or she met with the presiding officers of both legislative chambers, then with the parliamentary leaders of the parties represented in the House of Representatives, in order to help interpret the election results and determine who should lead the next government. On the basis of this advice, the monarch then appointed an informateur to begin negotiations. If successful, the informateur returned to the monarch, who then appointed a formateur. However, in 2012, the States-General changed the formation procedure so that it takes place without royal influence. After the dissolution of parliament and before the appointment of a new cabinet, the incumbent cabinet stays on as a demissionary cabinet, limiting itself to urgent and pressing matters and traditionally not taking any controversial decisions. If the cabinet fell because one of the parties removed its support, it is possible for the ministers and state secretaries representing that party to leave the cabinet without the cabinet becoming demissionary: the other parties then continue to form a new cabinet, which is called a rump cabinet, often a minority government. It is also possible for the monarch to ask the ministers to remain demissionary in office until a new parliament has been elected. The formation is often considered as important as the elections themselves – or even more important. This is because the coalition agreement lays down most of the policies for the future cabinet. The process has been criticized for many reasons. First, it takes place out of public and parliament's view, which means democratic control over the process is limited. Finally, it can take a very long time, often several months. In 1977 it took 208 days (seven months); a term only surpassed twice: in a precursor state of the Netherlands where the formation of the Schimmelpenninck administration which required 222 days to form in 1804-05; and the 225 day cabinet formation following the Dutch general election, 2017 was longer. During this period the previous cabinet serves as caretaker, and has to deal with the new lower house composition. It is custom that caretaker cabinets do not launch any new initiatives; which means that long term policy is on hold during the formation phase. There have often been proposals to codify the procedure in the constitution and make it more democratic. One proposal is to let the population elect the Prime Minister separately. This has always been rejected because it might result in a prime minister being elected at the same time as a parliamentary majority of opposing political signature. Dutch cabinet formation The formation of a Dutch cabinet is the process of negotiating an agreement that will get majority support in parliament for the appointment of the council of ministers and gives sufficient confidence that agreed policies will be supported by parliament. Dutch cabinet formations tend to be a time consuming process, and is for the most part"
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"SM U-164 SM \"U-164\" was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. \"U-164\" was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic. German Type U 93 submarines were preceded by the shorter Type U 87 submarines. \"U-164\" had a displacement of when at the surface and while submerged. She had a total length of , a pressure hull length of , a beam of , a height of , and a draught of . The submarine was powered by two engines for use while surfaced, and two engines for use while submerged. She had two propeller shafts and two propellers. She was capable of operating at depths of up to . The submarine had a maximum surface speed of and a maximum submerged speed of . When submerged, she could operate for at ; when surfaced, she could travel at . \"U-164\" was fitted with six torpedo tubes (four at the bow and two at the stern), twelve to sixteen torpedoes, and one SK L/45 deck gun. She had a complement of thirty-six (thirty-two crew members and four officers). SM U-164 SM \"U-164\" was one"
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"Kidney failure Kidney failure, also known as end-stage kidney disease, is a medical condition in which the kidneys no longer function. It is divided into acute kidney failure (cases that develop rapidly) and chronic kidney failure (those that are long term). Symptoms may include leg swelling, feeling tired, vomiting, loss of appetite, or confusion. Complications of acute disease may include uremia, high blood potassium, or volume overload. Complications of chronic disease may include heart disease, high blood pressure, or anemia. Causes of acute kidney failure include low blood pressure, blockage of the urinary tract, certain medications, muscle breakdown, and hemolytic uremic syndrome. Causes of chronic kidney failure include diabetes, high blood pressure, nephrotic syndrome, and polycystic kidney disease. Diagnosis of acute disease is often based on a combination of factors such as decrease urine production or increased serum creatinine. Diagnosis of chronic disease is typically based on a glomerular filtration rate (GFR) of less than 15 or the need for renal replacement therapy. It is also equivalent to stage 5 chronic kidney disease. Treatment of acute disease typically depends on the underlying cause. Treatment of chronic disease may include hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, or a kidney transplant. Hemodialysis uses a machine to filter the blood outside the body. In peritoneal dialysis specific fluid is placed into the abdominal cavity and then drained, with this process being repeated multiple times per day. Kidney transplantation involves surgically placing a kidney from someone else and then taking immunosuppressant medication to prevent rejection. Other recommended measures from chronic disease include staying active and specific dietary changes. In the United States acute disease affects about 3 per 1,000 people a year. Chronic disease affects about 1 in 1,000 people with 3 per 10,000 people newly develop the condition each year. Acute disease is often reversible while chronic disease often is not. With appropriate treatment many with chronic disease can continue working. Kidney failure can be divided into two categories: acute kidney injury or chronic kidney disease. The type of renal failure is differentiated by the trend in the serum creatinine; other factors that may help differentiate acute kidney injury from chronic kidney disease include anemia and the kidney size on sonography as chronic kidney disease generally leads to anemia and small kidney size. Acute kidney injury (AKI), previously called acute renal failure (ARF), is a rapidly progressive loss of renal function, generally characterized by oliguria (decreased urine production, quantified as less than 400 mL per day in adults, less than 0.5 mL/kg/h in children or less than 1 mL/kg/h in infants); and fluid and electrolyte imbalance. AKI can result from a variety of causes, generally classified as \"prerenal\", \"intrinsic\", and \"postrenal\". Many paraquat intoxication patients experience AKI, sometimes requiring hemodialysis. The underlying cause must be identified and treated to arrest the progress, and dialysis may be necessary to bridge the time gap required for treating these fundamental causes. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) can also develop slowly and, initially, show few symptoms. CKD can be the long term consequence of irreversible acute disease or part of a disease progression. Acute kidney injuries can be present on top of chronic kidney disease, a condition called acute-on-chronic kidney failure (AoCRF). The acute part of AoCRF may be reversible, and the goal of treatment, as with AKI, is to return the patient to baseline kidney function, typically measured by serum creatinine. Like AKI, AoCRF can be difficult to distinguish from chronic kidney disease if the patient has not been monitored by a physician and no baseline (i.e., past) blood work is available for comparison. Symptoms can vary from person to person. Someone in early stage kidney disease may not feel sick or notice symptoms as they occur. When kidneys fail to filter properly, waste accumulates in the blood and the body, a condition called azotemia. Very low levels of azotaemia may produce few, if any, symptoms. If the disease progresses, symptoms become noticeable (if the failure is of sufficient degree to cause symptoms). Kidney failure accompanied by noticeable symptoms is termed uraemia. Symptoms of kidney failure include the following: Acute kidney injury (previously known as acute renal failure) – or AKI – usually occurs when the blood supply to the kidneys is suddenly interrupted or when the kidneys become overloaded with toxins. Causes of acute kidney injury include accidents, injuries, or complications from surgeries in which the kidneys are deprived of normal blood flow for extended periods of time. Heart-bypass surgery is an example of one such procedure. Drug overdoses, accidental or from chemical overloads of drugs such as antibiotics or chemotherapy, may also cause the onset of acute kidney injury. Unlike chronic kidney disease, however, the kidneys can often recover from acute kidney injury, allowing the patient to resume a normal life. People suffering from acute kidney injury require supportive treatment until their kidneys recover function, and they often remain at increased risk of developing future kidney failure. Among the accidental causes of renal failure is the crush syndrome, when large amounts of toxins are suddenly released in the blood circulation after a long compressed limb is suddenly relieved from the pressure obstructing the blood flow through its tissues, causing ischemia. The resulting overload can lead to the clogging and the destruction of the kidneys. It is a reperfusion injury that appears after the release of the crushing pressure. The mechanism is believed to be the release into the bloodstream of muscle breakdown products – notably myoglobin, potassium, and phosphorus – that are the products of rhabdomyolysis (the breakdown of skeletal muscle damaged by ischemic conditions). The specific action on the kidneys is not fully understood, but may be due in part to nephrotoxic metabolites of myoglobin. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) has numerous causes. The most common causes of CKD are diabetes mellitus and long-term, uncontrolled hypertension. Polycystic kidney disease is another well-known cause of CKD. The majority of people afflicted with polycystic kidney disease have a family history of the disease. Other genetic illnesses affect kidney function, as well. Overuse of common drugs such as ibuprofen, and acetaminophen (paracetamol) can also cause chronic kidney disease. Some infectious disease agents, such as hantavirus, can attack the kidneys, causing kidney failure. The \"APOL1\" gene has been proposed as a major genetic risk locus for a spectrum of nondiabetic renal failure in individuals of African origin, these include HIV-associated nephropathy (HIVAN), primary nonmonogenic forms of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, and hypertension affiliated chronic kidney disease not attributed to other etiologies. Two western African variants in APOL1 have been shown to be associated with end stage kidney disease in African Americans and Hispanic Americans. Chronic kidney failure is measured in five stages, which are calculated using a patient’s GFR, or glomerular filtration rate. Stage 1 CKD is mildly diminished renal function, with few overt symptoms. Stages 2 and 3 need increasing levels of supportive care from their medical providers to slow and treat their renal dysfunction. Patients in stages 4 and 5 usually require preparation of the patient towards active treatment in order to survive. Stage 5 CKD is considered a severe illness and requires some form of renal replacement therapy (dialysis) or kidney transplant whenever feasible. A normal GFR varies according to many factors, including sex, age, body size and ethnic background. Renal professionals consider the glomerular",
"kidney disease in African Americans and Hispanic Americans. Chronic kidney failure is measured in five stages, which are calculated using a patient’s GFR, or glomerular filtration rate. Stage 1 CKD is mildly diminished renal function, with few overt symptoms. Stages 2 and 3 need increasing levels of supportive care from their medical providers to slow and treat their renal dysfunction. Patients in stages 4 and 5 usually require preparation of the patient towards active treatment in order to survive. Stage 5 CKD is considered a severe illness and requires some form of renal replacement therapy (dialysis) or kidney transplant whenever feasible. A normal GFR varies according to many factors, including sex, age, body size and ethnic background. Renal professionals consider the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) to be the best overall index of kidney function. The National Kidney Foundation offers an easy to use on-line GFR calculator for anyone who is interested in knowing their glomerular filtration rate. (A serum creatinine level, a simple blood test, is needed to use the calculator.) Before the advancement of modern medicine, renal failure was often referred to as uremic poisoning. Uremia was the term for the contamination of the blood with urea. It is the presence of an excessive amount of urea in blood. Starting around 1847, this included reduced urine output, which was thought to be caused by the urine mixing with the blood instead of being voided through the urethra. The term \"uremia\" is now used for the illness accompanying kidney failure. In non-diabetics and people with type 1 diabetes, a low protein diet is found to have a preventative effect on progression of chronic kidney disease. However, this effect does not apply to people with type 2 diabetes. A whole food, plant-based diet may help some people with kidney disease. A high protein diet from either animal or plant sources appears to have negative effects on kidney function at least in the short term. People who received earlier referrals to a nephrology specialist, meaning a longer time before they had to start dialysis, had a shorter initial hospitalization and reduced risk of death after the start of dialysis. The authors highlighted the resulting importance of early referral in slowing progression of chronic kidney disease. Other methods of reducing disease progression include minimizing exposure to nephrotoxins such as NSAIDs and intravenous contrast. Kidney failure Kidney failure, also known as end-stage kidney disease, is a medical condition in which the"
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"Drahoslav Lím Drahoslav Lím (born September 30, 1925 in Czechoslovakia; died August 22, 2003 in San Diego, California) was a Czech chemist. He invented polyhydroxyethylmethacrylate, the synthetic material used for soft contact lenses (hydrogel). Lím worked as a member of the team of Otto Wichterle (the inventor of soft contact lenses) and in 1955, he came up with poly(hydroethyl-acrylate), the material later used for the lenses. This work was later published in Nature and was the subject of US patents. During 1970 to 1974 he worked in Palo Alto, California, improving contact lenses materials and technology. When he returned to Czechoslovakia he was persecuted for political reasons and was not allowed to work in his specialisation. In 1979, he was allowed to emigrate to the United States. There Lím worked on materials for artificial kidneys and continued with research on polymers. He was both a professor at the University of California, San Diego and the de facto founder of the Revlon Materials Research Center. At the latter he led a team of scientists who researched tinting technologies for hydrogel contact lenses, materials for intraoccular lenses, and formulations for nail enamel. He was awarded over 150 patents. Although the academic community recognises the importance of his inventions, the Czech public almost never hears his name. Drahoslav Lím Drahoslav Lím (born September 30, 1925 in Czechoslovakia; died August 22, 2003 in San Diego, California) was a Czech chemist. He invented polyhydroxyethylmethacrylate, the synthetic material used for soft contact lenses (hydrogel). Lím worked as a member of the team of Otto Wichterle (the inventor of soft contact lenses) and in 1955, he came up with poly(hydroethyl-acrylate), the material later used for the lenses. This work was later published in Nature and was the subject of US patents. During 1970 to 1974 he worked"
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"Ruth Forbes Young Ruth Forbes Young (1903, Milton, Massachusetts – 5 March 1998, Berkeley, California) was a member of the Forbes family and a founder of the International Peace Academy in 1970. She also co-founded Berkeley's Institute for the Study of Consciousness with her third husband, Arthur M. Young. Forbes was a member of the Massachusetts Forbes family, being the daughter of Ralph Emerson Forbes and Elise Cabot. She was a great-granddaughter of Ralph Waldo Emerson and a niece of William Cameron Forbes (Governor-General of the Philippines 1908 - 1913). Forbes married architect Lyman Paine in the mid-1920s; they moved together from Boston to New York, where Forbes' friend Mary Bancroft described them as hosting \"wonderful parties in their West Side apartment\". Forbes and Paine divorced in the 1930s after having two children, Cameron Paine and Michael Paine. A second marriage, in the early 1940s to Dr. Giles Thomas, was cut short by the latter's death. Forbes married Arthur M. Young in 1948. Forbes studied painting at the Arts Student League, and her still lifes and landscapes were exhibited in New York and Philadelphia. She produced ballets in Santa Barbara, designing sets and costumes herself. Forbes joined the World Federalist Movement after the dropping of atomic bombs in 1945. Later wanting to go beyond this, she consulted with United Nations General Secretary U Thant about setting up an international academy to support international diplomatic efforts towards peace. Thant recommended getting in touch with Indar Jit Rikhye, who went on to become the International Peace Academy first President. Forbes provided the Academy's initial funding, and continued to support it financially. In 1972 Forbes also co-founded Berkeley's Institute for the Study of Consciousness with her third husband, Arthur M. Young. Ruth Forbes Young Ruth Forbes Young (1903, Milton, Massachusetts – 5 March"
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"Crocanthes halurga Crocanthes halurga is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1904. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland. The wingspan is about 11 mm. The forewings are orange with dark purple-fuscous markings. There is a broad costal streak from the base to two-fifths, confluent with an undefined antemedian fascia, which is also connected with the base by a subdorsal line. There is a patch occupying the terminal half of the wing, the anterior edge almost straight, blackish, running from the middle of the costa to beyond the middle of the dorsum, enclosing an erect orange blotch from the tornus, reaching three-fourths across the wing, and a narrow orange suffusion along the costa about four-fifths. The hindwings are dark fuscous. Crocanthes halurga Crocanthes halurga is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1904. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland. The wingspan is about 11 mm. The forewings are orange with dark purple-fuscous markings. There is a broad costal streak from the base to two-fifths, confluent with an undefined antemedian fascia, which is also connected with the base by"
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"James Walker (racing driver) James Walker (born 25 August 1983 in Jersey) is a professional racing driver from Great Britain. Walker began his single seater racing career in 2002 in the UK Formula Ford championship, finishing the year in 17th place. He also took part in the Avon Tyres Junior Formula Ford series, finishing 6th, and the end-of-season Formula Ford Festival at Brands Hatch, where he finished 12th. For 2003 he stayed in UK Formula Ford, winning the scholarship class for year-old cars as well as taking three overall podium finishes, including a win at Mondello Park. He also finished 9th in the Formula Ford Festival. As a result of his achievements during the season he was nominated for the National Racing Driver of the Year at the annual Autosport Awards. The following year Walker moved up to the British Formula Three Championship, the first of three seasons in the category. Competing for Hitech Racing, he finished his first season in 18th place. He also raced in the one-off Formula 3 European Cup event, finishing 11th, and the Marlboro Masters at Zandvoort, where he finished in 28th place. During the same year, he was also awarded 'Rising Star' status by the British Racing Drivers Club. In 2005 he switched to the Fortec Motorsport team, taking one race win, at the Nürburgring, to finish the year 11th overall. He once again took part in the Marlboro Masters race, but retired from the event. Walker returned to Hitech Racing for the 2006 season, taking three podium places on his way to 9th in the final standings. He also took part in two F3 Euroseries rounds, at Hockenheim and Brands Hatch, but failed to score a point in the four races he entered. Walker also made a third attempt at the renamed BP Ultimate Masters of Formula 3, but once again failed to finish the race. For 2007 Walker made the step up to the World Series by Renault with Fortec Motorsport, who were also making their debut in the series. He finished his maiden year 19th in the final standings, with the highlight being a win in front of his home crowd at Donington Park. Despite testing for Red Devil Team Comtec during the off-season, Walker stayed with Fortec for a second season in 2008. During the year, he finished in the points on nine occasions, taking a single podium in the final race of the season in Barcelona to finish 13th in the championship. In the off-season, Walker tested for both Ultimate Signature and P1 Motorsport before joining the latter for the 2009 season. He ended up fifth in the championship, winning a single race at Spa-Francorchamps. In 2008, Walker also took part in four races of the inaugural Superleague Formula season. He raced for Rangers F.C. at the Nürburgring and then for Borussia Dortmund at Jerez, where he won the final race of the season. He will return to the series in 2010, driving for defending champions Liverpool, replacing Adrián Vallés. Walker was given a drive a Porsche for J Lowe Racing in the 2010 24 Hours of Daytona, but the car retired before he got behind the wheel. Walker joined Le Mans Series team JMW Motorsport for the 2011 season. He and Rob Bell got two class wins out of five races driving a Ferrari 458 Italia, resulting runners-up in the GTE-Pro drivers and teams championships. In 2012 he won the Paul Ricard race for JMW together with Jonny Cocker, and retired at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The driver swtichted to Delta-ADR for the 2013 FIA World Endurance Championship. Driving an Oreca-Nissan, he got a LMP2 class win, a fourth-place finish and a fifth, resulting 6th in the teams standings. James Walker (racing driver) James Walker (born 25 August 1983 in Jersey) is a professional racing driver from Great Britain. Walker began his single seater racing career in 2002 in the UK Formula Ford championship, finishing the year in 17th place. He also took part in the Avon Tyres Junior Formula Ford series, finishing 6th, and the end-of-season Formula Ford Festival at Brands Hatch, where he finished 12th. For 2003 he stayed in UK Formula Ford, winning"
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"Margaret Davis Bowen Margaret Davis Bowen (May 24, 1894 – April 1976) was a religious leader, civil rights activist and educator who led the Gilbert Academy, a top private black college in New Orleans, during the late 1930s. She received her M. Ed. from the University of Cincinnati in 1935. From 1936 to 1939 she served as international president of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, which has a Margaret Davis Bowen Outstanding Alumni Award for the Southeast Region. In 1948 she resigned from Gilbert and moved to Atlanta where she was active in the Methodist church. She was the first president of the neighborhood association of Just Us, a tiny westside neighborhood of Atlanta near Washington Park, which has dedicated a small park in her honor. She died in April 1976 after a period of illness in a nursing home in Columbus, Ohio. She was married to John Wesley Edward Bowen, a bishop in the Methodist church. A son, John W. E. Bowen III, was a state senator in Ohio. Margaret Davis Bowen Margaret Davis Bowen (May 24, 1894 – April 1976) was a religious leader, civil rights activist and educator who led the Gilbert Academy, a top private black college"
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"2013 Jelajah Malaysia The 2013 Jelajah Malaysia, a cycling stage race that took place in Malaysia. It was held from 26 to 30 June 2013. There were five stages with a total of 856.1 kilometres. In fact, the race was sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale as a 2.2 category race and was part of the 2012–13 UCI Asia Tour calendar. Loh Sea Keong of Malaysia won the race, followed by Sergey Kuzmin of Kazakhstan second and Kiril Pozdnyakov of Russia third overall. Mohamed Harrif Salleh of Malaysia won the points classification and Mohamed Zamri Salleh of Malaysia won the mountains classification. Synergy Baku Cycling Project won the team classification. A total of 20 teams were invited to participate in the 2013 Jelajah Malaysia. Out of 116 riders, a total of 107 riders made it to the finish in Putra Square, Putrajaya. 2013 Jelajah Malaysia The 2013 Jelajah Malaysia, a cycling stage race that took place in Malaysia. It was held from 26 to 30 June 2013. There were five stages with a total of 856.1 kilometres. In fact, the race was sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale as a 2.2 category race and was part of the 2012–13 UCI"
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"Caer Drewyn Caer Drewyn is an early Iron Age hillfort to the north of the town of Corwen, Denbighshire. It has a large stone rampart with entrances on the west and north sides; there is a guard chamber within the north-east entrance, and it has a deep defensive ditch. Caer Drewyn is the most southerly hillfort in the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is situated on the spur of a hill between Llangollen and Corwen, just above the confluence of the River Dee and the River Alwen. The earliest structure was a small enclosure built against a natural rock outcrop. Today this structure is only visible as the remains of a grass-covered bank. A later, larger fortress was surrounded by a dry-stone wall, and does not have the earthen ramparts of other local hillforts. The area of the site is about three hectares. There are two in-turned entrances, one at the highest point, with the possible remains of a guardhouse beside it, and the other on the west side adjoining the remains of a rectangular building. There is a further enclosure outside that contains stone foundations of what may have been a hut platform. Caer Drewyn is an Iron Age fort dating back to about 500 BC, however it was in use as a defensive position long after this. Legend states that Owain Gwynedd occupied it while Henry II of England was invading Gwynedd in 1165 via a southerly route, and Owain Glyndŵr is believed to have gathered his troops here in 1400 after he had proclaimed himself King of Wales. The Welsh antiquarian Edward Lhuyd mentioned Caer Drewyn in the late seventeenth century as \"a place where they kept their cattle in war time\". Caer Drewyn Caer Drewyn is an early Iron Age"
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"Mendelssohn Foundation The Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Foundation is a not-for-profit independent foundation governed according to civil law. It is based in the (where the composer lived in the 1840s) in Leipzig. Originally set up in 2003 as a fiduciary foundation, the Mendelssohn Foundation's legal status was changed in 2012 by the Leipzig city authorities, here operating in partnership with the already registered \"Mendelssohn House International Mendelssohn Foundation\" (\"\"Mendelssohn-Haus Internationale Mendelssohn Stiftung\"\"). This was when the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Foundation became a not-for-profit independent foundation, governed according to civil law. The constitution of the restructured foundation was drawn up on 28 November 2011, and the city's financial and legal participation was agreed at a council meeting on 18 July 2012. The Mendelssohn House and the Mendelssohn Museum, together with the museum site at Goldschmidtstraße 12, were brought into the foundation. Acceptance of the new arrangements by the followed on 28 August 2012. According to its constitution, The Foundation objectives are focused, in particular, on international research and nurture concerning the artistic and societal inheritance bequeathed by the Composer and Director of the Gewandhaus Orchestra (\"\"Gewandhauskapellmeister\"\"), Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847). In addition, the foundation is required to encourage musical training and education in a manner consistent with the priorities of the composer who founded in Leipzig Germany's first music conservatory, which today bears his name as the University of Music and Theatre \"Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy\" Leipzig. The Foundation is also to administer and operate the Mendelssohn Museum in the and the carriage house belonging to it. The first prize winner, in 2007, of the International Mendelssohn Prize in Leipzig was the conductor Kurt Masur, one of Mendelssohn's successors as chief conductor (\"\"Gewandhauskapellmeister\"\") of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. Masur has held the post for nearly thirty years. Masur has also played a leading part in the work of the foundation and of its predecessor entities: heis currently the Foundation's President. The Chairman of the supervisory board is Burkhard Jung, the Lord Mayor of Leipzig. Mendelssohn Foundation The Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Foundation is a not-for-profit independent foundation governed according to civil law. It is based in the (where the composer lived in the 1840s) in Leipzig. Originally set up in 2003 as a fiduciary foundation, the Mendelssohn Foundation's legal status was changed in 2012 by the Leipzig city authorities, here operating in partnership with the already registered \"Mendelssohn House International Mendelssohn Foundation\" (\"\"Mendelssohn-Haus Internationale Mendelssohn"
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"TU8P TU8P () is a Soviet, later Russian diesel locomotive, railcar or draisine for gauge . The TU8P () is used for passenger transport on narrow gauge railways. The TU8P was developed in 1987 - 1988 at the Kambarka Engineering Works to replace the ageing locomotive class TU6P (). The TU8P was designed to be used on any gauge from to . The cab is equipped with a heat-system, refrigerator, radio-set and air conditioning. The first diesel locomotive TU8P - № 0001 was delivered to the narrow gauge railway KSM-№2 with track gauge , TU8P diesel locomotive № 0007, 0008, 0056, 0057 were built with track for the Sakhalin Railway. The TU8P (TY6P) motor railcar currently used on the Vietnamese railway network. The diesel locomotive TU8P & series AMD-1 () are for railway track monitoring and inspection for the Russian railways with the track . The TU8P diesel locomotive № 0003 - 0004 were built for the Uzbekistan with the track gauge . TU8P TU8P () is a Soviet, later Russian diesel locomotive, railcar or draisine for gauge . The TU8P () is used for passenger transport on narrow gauge railways. The TU8P was developed in 1987 - 1988 at"
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"2012 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship The 2012 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship was the 18th FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship, played under the rules of FIBA, the world governing body for basketball, and the FIBA Africa thereof. The tournament was hosted by Mozambique from August 16 to 25, with the games played at the Pavilhão da Académica in Maputo. Senegal defeated Ivory Coast 71–62 in the final to win their first title. The tournament qualified both the winner and the runner-up for the 2013 Under-19 World Cup. Senegal roster<br>Abdoulaye Dione, Abdoulaye Ndoye, Ibrahima Niang, Khadim Fall, Madiara Dieng, Mouhammad Ndour, Ousseynou Gueye, Pape Diatta, Samba Ndiaye, Seydina Ba, Souleymane Fall, Youssoupha Fall, Coach: Madiene Fall 2012 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship The 2012 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship was the 18th FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship, played under the rules of FIBA, the world governing body for basketball, and the FIBA Africa thereof. The tournament was hosted by Mozambique from August 16 to 25, with the games played at the Pavilhão da Académica in Maputo. Senegal defeated Ivory Coast 71–62 in the final to win their first title. The tournament qualified both the winner and the runner-up for the 2013 Under-19 World Cup. Senegal roster<br>Abdoulaye"
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"Mental Health Act 2007 The Mental Health Act 2007 (c 12) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It amended the Mental Health Act 1983 and the Mental Capacity Act 2005. It applies to people in England and Wales. Most of the Act was implemented on 3 November 2008. It introduced significant changes which included: During the Act's development, there were concerns expressed that the changes proposed by the Mental Health Bill were draconian. As a result, the government was forced in 2006 to abandon their original plans to introduce the Bill outright and had to amend the 1983 Act instead. Despite this concession, the Bill was still defeated a number of times in the House of Lords prior to its receiving Royal Assent. , the Green Party supported a reform of the Mental Health Act in order to remove transgender people from the Psychiatric Disorder Register, which they view as discriminatory. Mental Health Act 2007 The Mental Health Act 2007 (c 12) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It amended the Mental Health Act 1983 and the Mental Capacity Act 2005. It applies to people in England and Wales. Most of the"
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"Babs Fafunwa Aliu Babatunde Fafunwa (23 September 1923 – 11 October 2010). He was the first Nigerian Professor of Education. He was a Nigerian educationist, scholar and former minister for Education. As minister, he was in charge of the biggest school system in Africa. He is known for his early writings on the need to re-appraise the inherited colonial epistemological system in Nigeria and to introduce relevant cultural goals, subjects and local languages into the system, in order to accommodate the developmental and cultural pattern of the country. He is also a notable authority on the history of educational planning in Nigeria. Born on September 23, 1923, in Isale Eko, Lagos, Fafunwa had his secondary education at the CMS Grammar School, Lagos between 1937 and 1943. He obtained a B.Sc (Magna Cum Laude) in Social Science and English from Bethune Cookman College (now Bethune-Cookman University, Florida, United States in 1950 and had his M.A (Cum Laude) in Administration and Higher Education in 1955. He earned a Ph.D. in Education from New York University in 1958, becoming the first Nigerian recipient of a doctoral degree in Education. He was a co-founder of the Muslim Students Society of Nigeria. He started his career in 1961 at the University of Nigeria (UNN), Nsukka. During the Nigerian civil war, he left the east and moved to Ife, and taught at the Obafemi Awolowo University. He became a Professor of Education in 1966 and held the position of Dean, Faculty and Head, Department of Education at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN. Due to his brilliance and hard work, he rose to the position of Acting Vice Chancellor at both UNN and University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University). He was also Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Governing Council, University of Calabar. He was at several times, President, Association of Teachers Education in Africa, Director, International Council on Education for Teaching, Washington D C. He retired from active teaching service in 1978 to start the first tutorial college in Nigeria in 1982 and was Minister of Education between 1990 and 1992. While at Nsukka, in collaboration with his colleagues at the education department, the department drafted a proposal to admit grade II teachers into a new two year degree program at the Faculty of Education. The proposal was subsequently adopted and in a few years led to the emergence of the Nigerian Certificate of Education and further broadened the acceptance of Colleges of Education in the university system; today a lot of the colleges are affiliated with universities. He also continued an innovative tradition, already in existence at Nsukka, when he began to implement a curriculum for granting a bachelor's degree in education, the first faculty in the country to do so. A process which will further expand the career potential of many teachers. In 1977, a long time proposal of his to incorporate native languages into pedagogy was finally accepted. Today, most Nigerians learn at least one Nigerian language. Fafunwa and a few other African educationists, had argued that embracing whole heartedly without evaluation foreign systems of education and epistemology, can create the potential for epistemological dis-orientation. Introducing, cultural objectives and environmental familiarity will provide a continuity and balance into the educational advancement of a child and his place in his community. Babs Fafunwa died in the early hours of 11 October 2010, at a hospital in Abuja, the Nigerian Federal Capital Territory and was buried in Lagos. Babs Fafunwa Aliu Babatunde Fafunwa (23 September 1923 – 11 October 2010). He was the first Nigerian Professor of Education. He was a Nigerian educationist, scholar and"
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"Daisy Andrews Munmarria Daisy Andrews, known professionally as Daisy Andrews, (c. 1934 or 1935 – January 2015) was an Australian artist originally from the Walmajarri desert tribe. After taking up artwork later in life – initially illustrating the personal stories of fellow community members – Andrews began exhibiting her paintings in group and solo showings across Australia. She was known for her vividly red landscapes showcasing the mountain ranges of the Great Sandy Desert. In 1994, she received the main Telstra award from the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (NATSIAA) for her painting \"Lumpa Lumpa (wet time) landscape.\" Andrews' work is held in collections owned by the Australian National Gallery, the Museum and Gallery of Northern Territory, the Queensland Art Gallery, the Berndt Museum of Anthropology, the North Australian Research Unit, and the Karrayili Adult Education Centre. A tapestry version of one of her paintings hangs in the Australian Embassy in Tokyo, Japan. Munmarria Daisy Andrews was born circa 1934 or 1935 at Cherrabun station. Her parents, Jack Pinden and Ruby Jarlkurr, belonged to the indigenous Walmajarri desert tribe, and when their daughter was born they were in the process of moving north out of the desert, compelled by a combination of drought, conflict between tribes, and the encroachment of water resources by white settlers. Jack Pinden had three wives. Andrews had an elder brother named Boxer Yankarr and a sister. Although Andrews' father attempted to take his family back to their former home in the desert, they were repeatedly obstructed by white police, and Andrews' father was sometimes forced to return to the city in chains. The family was finally sent to the government-run station of Moola Bulla. After 1981, Andrews began taking classes in reading and writing English at the Karrayili Adult Education Centre. When the men in the class began writing stories about their early memories and family history, Andrews and her fellow female students began illustrating the stories through visual arts, and this soon led Andrews to focus on painting. In 1991, Andrews participated in her first group art show in Adelaide, and two years later her art was featured in the exhibition \"Images of Power\" at the National Gallery of Victoria. In 1994, Andrews received the primary Telstra award from the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (NATSIAA) for her painting \"Lumpa Lumpa (wet time) landscape.\" Between 1991 and 2016, her work was featured in over 40 group exhibitions across the country, and she held solo exhibitions at art galleries in Brisbane, Sydney, Perth and Melbourne. In 1996, Andrews painted a 12-metre Great Sandy backdrop for a production of Alcina by the West Australian Opera. Besides the National Gallery of Victoria, Andrews' work can be found in the collections of the Australian National Gallery, the Museum and Gallery of Northern Territory, the Queensland Art Gallery, the Berndt Museum of Anthropology, the North Australian Research Unit, and the Karrayili Adult Education Centre. Her art was chosen by the Australian Tapestry Workshop to be translated into a woven form, and the resulting wool tapestry is displayed in the Australian Embassy in Tokyo, Japan. Over the course of her career as an artist, Andrews focused on painting the northern mountain ranges of the Great Sandy Desert. She portrayed the landscape in all seasons and weather. Andrews often painted her landscapes with deep red pigments. She stated that much of her work was inspired by painful family stories of tribal massacres and the destruction of Aboriginal landmarks and sacred spaces: \"When I paint, I think of blood\". As a young woman, Andrews met a Bunuba man named Adam Andrews, and the couple began a relationship that led to marriage. Daisy described their feelings for each other as \"young days love\". They eventually had eight children. Andrews was a singer as well as a painter. She passed on her knowledge of traditional songs and ceremonies to Australian youth. She co-founded the Kimberley Language Resource Centre and also helped establish the Karrayili Adult Education Centre. Andrews died in January 2015. Daisy Andrews Munmarria Daisy Andrews, known professionally as Daisy Andrews, (c. 1934 or 1935 – January 2015) was an Australian artist originally from the Walmajarri desert"
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"Legacy Effects Legacy Effects, LLC is an American special effects studio specializing in creature design, prosthetic makeup, animatronics, and specialty suits. Founding partners Lindsay Macgowan, Shane Mahan, John Rosengrant, and Alan Scott supervised projects at Stan Winston Studio for over 20 years before Winston’s death in 2008. After his death they formed their own company, Legacy Effects, with their first film being \"2012\" (2009). Their first film outside of the United States was the Indian film \"Enthiran\" (2010), which was used for prosthetic make up and animatronics. The feature films Legacy Effects has contributed practical effects to include \"Avatar\", \"Iron Man 2\", \"Iron Man 3\", \"The Avengers\", \",\" \"Alice in Wonderland\", \"Snow White and the Huntsman\", \"Life of Pi\", \"Thor\", \"RoboCop\", \"Pacific Rim\", \"Enthiran\" , 2.0 and \"\". Legacy Effects also provided effects for the newest iterations of the \"Terminator\" and \"Jurassic Park\" franchises, \"Terminator Genisys\" and \"Jurassic World\". Legacy contributed character design for films including \"Godzilla\", \"John Carter\", \"The Avengers\", \"The Amazing Spider-Man\", \"Cowboys & Aliens\", \"The Hunger Games\" and \"Avatar\". Their work has garnered Best Visual Effects Academy Award nominations for \"Real Steel\" and \"Iron Man\". Legacy Effects has created effects for television shows such as \"Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.\", \"Colony\", \"Agent Carter\", \"Grey's Anatomy\" and \"The Big Bang Theory\", and contributed work to over 900 commercials. Notable examples of their commercial work include Destiny, Halo, The Aflac Duck, Maxwell the Geico Pig, The KIA Hamsters, and the Jack Links Sasquatch campaigns. Legacy created the iMut8r app, first released in October 2009. A popular Halloween-themed photo manipulation app, iMut8r was named the iPhone App of the Week by Apple October 20, 2010. It is still regularly updated with new features. Legacy Effects gained attention for a 9'9\" (2.97m) cosplay robot that was unveiled at the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con. Created through a partnership between \"Wired\" magazine, YouTube and Stan Winston School, the robot was built by Legacy over a period of 24 days and interacted with Comic-Con attendees throughout the four-day event, operated by a combination of suit performer and radio controlled animatronics. For Comic-Con 2014, Legacy designed and built a 13'6\" (4.11m) tall animatronic creature called Bodock the Giant Creature. Created through a partnership with Stan Winston School, Stratasys, and \"Wired\" magazine, the Giant Creature involved two separate animatronic characters and nine puppeteers. A majority of the hard surfaces were 3D printed by Stratasys. The goal of both events was to celebrate and promote practical special effects. Legacy Effects Legacy Effects, LLC is an American special effects studio specializing in creature design, prosthetic makeup, animatronics, and specialty suits. Founding partners Lindsay Macgowan, Shane Mahan, John Rosengrant, and Alan Scott supervised projects at Stan Winston Studio for over 20 years before Winston’s death in 2008. After his death they formed their own company, Legacy Effects, with their first film being \"2012\" (2009). Their first film outside of the United States was the Indian film \"Enthiran\" (2010), which was used for prosthetic make up and animatronics. The feature films Legacy"
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"Droughts in California Throughout history, California has experienced many droughts, such as 1841, 1864, 1924, 1928–1935, 1947–1950, 1959–1960, 1976–1977, 2006–2010, and 2012–2017. As the most populous state in the United States and a major agricultural producer, drought in California can have a severe economic as well as environmental impact. Drought may be due solely to, or found in combination with, weather conditions; economic or political actions; or population and farming. Water in California is very closely managed, with an extensive pipeline network to serve the most populated and dry areas of the state. Precipitation is limited, with the vast majority of rain and snowfall occurring in the winter months, in the northern part of the state. This delicate balance means that a dry rainy season can have lasting consequences. Very few large-scale water projects have been built since 1979, despite the population doubling since that year. Because much of California's water network relies on a system of pumps to move water from north to south, large volumes of water are often lost to the Pacific Ocean during winter storms when river flow exceeds the capacity of the pumps. This is further complicated by environmental rules which restrict pumping during certain months of the year, to protect migrating fish. In water year 2015, of water flowed through the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta, but only were recovered into water distribution systems. Most of California's major reservoirs serve important flood control functions. Due to the limited capacity of river channels and dam spillways, reservoirs cannot be quickly drained before major storms. This limits how much of a reservoir's capacity can be used for long-term storage. Reservoirs in California are designed to control either rain floods, snowmelt floods or both. In the coastal and southern parts of the state, and much of the Sacramento River system, the primary threat is rain floods in the November–April wet season. Oceanic \"atmospheric river\" or Pineapple Express storms can generate massive precipitation in a short period (often up to 50 percent of the total annual rainfall in just a few storms). This requires a certain safety margin to be maintained in reservoirs, which are often not allowed to capacity until late April or May. Shasta Lake, California's largest reservoir, is limited to approximately 71 percent of capacity in the winter in order to control rain flooding. Levees along Northern California rivers, such as the Sacramento and American rivers, are quite generously sized in order to pass large volumes of floodwater. In the San Joaquin River basin (San Joaquin Valley) and other areas of the state where snowpack is the primary source of river flow, river channels are sized mainly to control snowmelt floods, which do not produce the huge peaks typical of rain floods, but are longer in duration and have a much higher total volume. As a result, reservoirs in this region have very strict restrictions on the amount of water that can be released. An example of a reservoir operated for snow floods is Pine Flat Lake near Fresno, which is restricted to about 53 percent capacity well into spring in order to capture summer snowmelt. However, Pine Flat and other San Joaquin reservoirs are frequently ineffectual in controlling rain floods, because they cannot release water fast enough between winter storms. Certain parts of the state, especially in the central Sierra Nevada, are prone to both rain and snow floods. Reservoirs such as Lake Oroville and Folsom Lake must respond to a wider range of runoff conditions. Lake Oroville is typically limited to 79–89 percent of capacity during the winter and Folsom Lake to 33–60 percent. These values are often adjusted up and down based on the amount of rain and snow forecast. At Folsom Lake, due to the small size of the reservoir, it is difficult to balance the need for winter flood-control space with the need to store water for the summer. This often results in a failure to fill the lake due to a lower than expected spring snowmelt. Water managers and hydrology experts have criticized the outdated, overly conservative operation criteria at Folsom Dam, citing improved weather forecasting and snowpack measurement technology. Progress in forecasting methods has allowed more efficient or \"smart\" operation at certain California reservoirs, such as Lake Mendocino. If dry weather is forecast, water is allowed to be stored above the legal flood control limit, rather than being wasted downstream. This program is known as \"Forecast Informed Reservoir Operations\". In addition, capital improvements such as the $900 million spillway project at Folsom Dam will allow greater flexibility in water releases, making it safer to maintain a high reservoir level during the wet season. California has one of the most variable climates of any U.S. state, and often experiences very wet years followed by extremely dry ones. The state's reservoirs have insufficient capacity to balance the water supply between wet and dry years. El Niño and La Niña have often been associated with wet and dry cycles in California, respectively (the 1982–83 El Niño event, one of the strongest in history, brought record precipitation to the state), but climate data show scant evidence for such a relationship. The very wet 2010–2011 season occurred during a strong La Niña phase, while the 2014–16 El Niño event, which surpassed 1982–83 in intensity, did not bring an appreciable increase of precipitation to the state. The 2012–15 North American drought was caused by conditions of the Arctic oscillation and North Atlantic oscillation which removed storms from the U.S. in the winter of 2011–2012. According to the NOAA Drought Task Force report of 2014, the drought is not part of a long-term change in precipitation and was a symptom of the natural variability, although the record-high temperature that accompanied the recent drought may have been amplified due to human-induced global warming. This was confirmed by a 2015 scientific study which estimated that global warming \"accounted for 8–27% of the observed drought anomaly in 2012–2014... Although natural variability dominates, anthropogenic warming has substantially increased the overall likelihood of extreme California droughts.\" Increasingly dramatic fluctuations in California weather have been observed in the 21st century. In 2015, California experienced its lowest snowpack in at least 500 years; the 2012–15 period was the driest in at least 1200 years. However, the winter of 2016–17 was the wettest ever recorded in Northern California, surpassing the previous record set in 1982–83. In February 2017, Shasta, Oroville and Folsom Lakes were simultaneously dumping water into the ocean for flood control. Lake Oroville flowed over the emergency spillway for the first time in 48 years, after the main spillway was damaged resulting in the temporary evacuation of 200,000 people. The combined inflow to Shasta, Oroville and Folsom Lakes on February 9 was . Two days later, the combined flood control release was . This water would have been worth $370M at Los Angeles County municipal rates. Without changes in water use, it would take about six dry years to deplete the state's reservoirs. Approximately are used in California every year as cattle feed. Also, from 2008–2015, over ( per year) were released into the San Francisco Bay to save 36 Delta smelt. An alternative, salinity barriers, is being installed. Water in California can be expensive. This leads to awareness of water management challenges. In rain-rich states and countries, which are not drought-prone, the water, as elsewhere, is managed by government consent, which assumes ownership and management of all free flowing rivers, lakes, and bodies of water in its parameters. The water being used for commercial purposes, such as Nestle's 72 brands of bottled water, is done so only as permitted and granted by",
"rates. Without changes in water use, it would take about six dry years to deplete the state's reservoirs. Approximately are used in California every year as cattle feed. Also, from 2008–2015, over ( per year) were released into the San Francisco Bay to save 36 Delta smelt. An alternative, salinity barriers, is being installed. Water in California can be expensive. This leads to awareness of water management challenges. In rain-rich states and countries, which are not drought-prone, the water, as elsewhere, is managed by government consent, which assumes ownership and management of all free flowing rivers, lakes, and bodies of water in its parameters. The water being used for commercial purposes, such as Nestle's 72 brands of bottled water, is done so only as permitted and granted by governmental authorities. Lately, locals have been fighting back against the \"stealing\" of precious resources by opposing and not allowing huge water draw down facilities to be set up. In some instances, water tables underground have dropped from 100 to 400–600 feet deep, basically shutting off most private well owners from their own water sources. Orange County is working toward water independence by building the world's largest indirect potable water recycling project – the Groundwater Replenishment System. Poseidon Water is also developing a seawater desalination plant in Huntington Beach for Orange County and has already built and is operating a seawater desalination plant in Carlsbad for San Diego County. Combined the two plants will provide 100 million gallons of drinking water per day, or enough water for about 800,000 people. The runoff from rainfall used to support many aspects of California infrastructure, such as agriculture and municipal use, will be severely diminished during the drought. While groundwater diminishes at a much lower rate than runoff, the lack of runoff will lead to increased groundwater pumping to meet the needs of the water demand. If groundwater is being pumped at a rate higher than it can be replenished by precipitation then groundwater levels will begin to fall and the quality of water will also decrease. With that said the relationship between surface water and groundwater contribute to the hydrologic system, and groundwater helps maintain surface water flows during extended dry periods. With both sources diminishing, the quality and availability of water will decrease. Excessive ground water pumping and aquifer depletion will lead to land sinking and permanent loss of groundwater storage. Decreasing groundwater levels lead to exposing of underground water storage areas, this will cause lack of soil structure strength and possible sinking if the land above is heavy enough. This has already begun in certain parts of the state during the most recent drought. In coastal communities, excessive water pumping can lead to sea water intrusion, which means sea water will begin to flow into the underground water storage areas that were vacated by excess pumping. This can cause decreased water quality and lead to an expensive desalination effort to clean the water before distribution. Water flows through wildlife refuges and national parks can decrease or stop all together due to the decrease of surface and groundwater, the California Water Science Center is a part of a team trying to restore and maintain water flow in these at risk areas. With reduction of water flow and increased windy or dry weather, wildfire risks increase; lightning strikes or accidental human mistake can lead to huge wildfires due to the drier-than-normal climate. Since 1900, the following \"dry years\" have had significantly below-average precipitation. The drought was so bad that \"a dry Sonoma was declared entirely unsuitable for agriculture\". This drought was preceded by the torrential floods of 1861–1862. This drought encouraged farmers to start using irrigation more regularly. Because of the fluctuation in California weather, the need for consistent water availability was crucial for farmers. This drought occurred during the infamous Dust Bowl period that ripped across the plains of the United States in the 1920s and 1930s. The Central Valley Project was started in the 1930s in response to drought. The 1950s drought contributed to the creation of the State Water Project. 1977 had been the driest year in state history to date. According to the \"Los Angeles Times\", \"Drought in the 1970s spurred efforts at urban conservation and the state's Drought Emergency Water Bank came out of drought in the 1980s.\" California endured one of its longest droughts ever, observed from late 1986 through late 1992. Drought worsened in 1988 as much of the United States also suffered from severe drought. In California, the six-year drought ended in late 1992 as a significant El Niño event in the Pacific Ocean (and the eruption of Mount Pinatubo in June 1991) most likely caused unusual persistent heavy rains. 2007–2009 saw three years of drought conditions, the 12th worst drought period in the state's history, and the first drought for which a statewide proclamation of emergency was issued. The drought of 2007–2009 also saw greatly reduced water diversions from the state water project. The summer of 2007 saw some of the worst wildfires in Southern California history. The period between late 2011 and 2014 was the driest in California history since record-keeping began. In May 2015, a state resident poll conducted by Field Poll found that two out of three respondents agreed that it should be mandated for water agencies to reduce water consumption by 25%. The 2015 prediction of El Niño to bring rains to California raised hopes of ending the drought. In the spring of 2015, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration named the probability of the presence of El Niño conditions until the end of 2015 at 80%. Historically, sixteen winters between 1951 and 2015 had created El Niño. Six of those had below-average rainfall, five had average rainfall, and five had above-average rainfall. However, as of May 2015, drought conditions had worsened and above average ocean temperatures had not resulted in large storms. The drought led to Governor Jerry Brown's instituting mandatory 25 percent water restrictions in June 2015. Many millions of California trees died from the drought – approximately 102 million, including 62 million in 2016 alone. By the end of 2016, 30% of California had emerged from the drought, mainly in the northern half of the state, while 40% of the state remained in the extreme or exceptional drought levels. Heavy rains in January 2017 were expected to have a significant benefit to the state's northern water reserves, despite widespread power outages and erosional damage in the wake of the deluge. Among the casualties of the rain was 1,000 year-old Pioneer Cabin Tree in Calaveras Big Trees State Park, which toppled on January 8, 2017. The winter of 2016–17 turned out to be the wettest on record in Northern California, surpassing the previous record set in 1982–83. Floodwaters caused severe damage to Oroville Dam in early February, prompting the temporary evacuation of nearly 200,000 people north of Sacramento. In response to the heavy precipitation, which flooded multiple rivers and filled most of the state's major reservoirs, Governor Brown declared an official end to the drought on April 7. Adaptation is the process of adjusting to circumstances, which means not trying to stop the drought, but trying to preserve the water given the drought conditions. This is the most used option, because stopping a drought is difficult given that it is a meteorological process. Adapting to the problem using innovation and problem solving is often the cheaper and more useful way to go because trying to change the natural processes of the earth could have unforeseen consequences. Droughts"
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"1982–83 Los Angeles Kings season The 1982–83 season saw the Kings miss the playoffs, finishing last in the Smythe Division. Goaltender Gary Laskoski attended the camp on a tryout basis. He had played four years at St. Lawrence University, but had never been drafted. Based on his performance at camp, Laskoski was named the number one goalie for the team. Laskoski was not signed to a contract until after several regular season games, earning $200 per game. One highlight came on January 18, when Laskoski and the Kings ended Wayne Gretzky's consecutive goal streak at 30. However, it was one of the few highlights as the Kings finished last in the division. The Kings finished with the fewest goals scored in the Division and the highest goals against in the division. Laskoski played in 46 games as the number one goalie, but the team played four other goalies in the backup role. Los Angeles's draft picks at the 1982 NHL Entry Draft held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal, Quebec. 1982–83 Los Angeles Kings season The 1982–83 season saw the Kings miss the playoffs, finishing last in the Smythe Division. Goaltender Gary Laskoski attended the camp on a tryout basis."
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"Taher Fakhruddin Taher Fakhruddin is a claimant (only claimant) to the title of 54th Da'i al-Mutlaq of the Dawoodi Bohras, a sect within Shia Islam. He is the oldest son of Khuzaima Qutbuddin, the claimant to the position of 53rd Da'i al-Mutlaq. After the death of the 52nd Da'i al-Mutlaq, Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin, due to the succession controversy two claimants emerged, Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin and Khuzaima Qutbuddin. Khuzaima Qutbuddin died on 30 March 2016. On 31 March 2016 the family of Qutbuddin released a statement that \"Khuzaima Qutbuddin has conferred nass (announcement of successor) on his son Syedna Taher Fakhruddin\". Followers of Qutbuddin regard Fakhruddin as a rightly appointed Da'i al-Mutlaq whereas followers of Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin do not recognise him as the Da'i al-Mutlaq. One of Taher Fakhruddin's first major and controversial decision was regarding the burial arrangements of his father and predecessor in office, Khuzaima Qutbuddin, who died on 30 March 2016. It was decided to bring Qutbuddin's body to India for burial. Qutbuddin was buried at his residence Darus Sakina in Thane on 10 April 2016, after it was arranged for his body to make an overflight circumambulating Raudat Tahera by helicopter in order to pay respects at the mausoleum of his father, the 51st Dai Taher Saifuddin and his half-brother, the 52nd Dai Mohammed Burhanuddin. Khuzaima Qutbuddin had filed a case at the Bombay High Court against Mufaddal Saifuddin in 2014 alleging that only Qutbuddin had received a valid appointment of succession from Burhanuddin. It is expected that Fakhruddin will continue his father's efforts against Saifuddin at the Bombay High Court. https://believesyednaqutbuddin.com Taher Fakhruddin Taher Fakhruddin is a claimant (only claimant) to the title of 54th Da'i al-Mutlaq of the Dawoodi Bohras, a sect within Shia Islam. He is the oldest son of Khuzaima Qutbuddin, the"
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"Tun Tun Oo (MP) Tun Tun Oo (, also spelled Htun Htun Oo; born 22 January 1961) is a Burmese politician currently serves as Amyotha Hluttaw MP for Mandalay Region № 2 Constituency. Tun was born on 22 January 1961 in Mandalay, Myanmar. He graduated with a BEng (Electrical Power) from Rangoon Institute of Technology (RIT). His previous job was as a consultant engineer. He is a member of the National League for Democracy Party politician, he was elected as an Amyotha Hluttaw MP, winning a majority of 344315 votes and elected representative for Mandalay Region № 2 parliamentary constituency. Tun Tun Oo (MP) Tun Tun Oo (, also spelled Htun Htun Oo; born 22 January 1961) is a Burmese politician currently serves as Amyotha Hluttaw MP for Mandalay Region № 2 Constituency. Tun was born on 22 January 1961 in Mandalay, Myanmar. He graduated with a BEng (Electrical Power) from Rangoon Institute of Technology (RIT). His previous job was as a consultant engineer. He is a member of the National League for Democracy Party politician, he was elected as an Amyotha Hluttaw MP, winning a majority of 344315 votes and elected representative for Mandalay Region № 2 parliamentary constituency."
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"Australian cricket team in South Africa in 1921–22 The Australia national cricket team toured South Africa from October to November 1921 and played a three-match Test series against South Africa. Australia won the Test series 1–0. Australia were captained by Herbie Collins; South Africa by Herbie Taylor. The Australians were on their way home from their five-Test tour of England. Their team was unchanged, except that Warwick Armstrong, the captain on the tour of England, did not go on to South Africa. Australia won the Test series 1–0 with two matches drawn. Match length: 4 days (excluding Sundays). Balls per over: 6. All 14 of the Australian team played at least one Test in the series; South Africa also used 14 players. Australian cricket team in South Africa in 1921–22 The Australia national cricket team toured South Africa from October to November 1921 and played a three-match Test series against South Africa. Australia won the Test series 1–0. Australia were captained by Herbie Collins; South Africa by Herbie Taylor. The Australians were on their way home from their five-Test tour of England. Their team was unchanged, except that Warwick Armstrong, the captain on the tour of England, did not go"
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"Canary Row Canary Row is a 1949 Warner Bros. \"Merrie Melodies\" short, released in 1950 and directed by Friz Freleng, written by Tedd Pierce, and starring Tweety Bird and Sylvester. This is the first Sylvester and Tweety cartoon to feature Granny. The title of this cartoon is a play on words from \"Cannery Row\"; Sylvester later starred in another cartoon with a similar title, \"Cannery Woe\". From his room in an 8-story building belonging to the “Bird-Watchers' Society”, Sylvester employs binoculars to focus on the window opposite him, containing Tweety's cage. Tweety does the same (we see Sylvester's dark green eyes magnified enough to see the blood vessels in them, then Tweety's blue eyes—but lacking blood vessels). Tweety puts his binoculars down and says his catchphrase, “I tawt I taw a puddy tat!” Then he replaces his binoculars to confirm and, indeed, “I DID! I DID taw a puddy tat!” Sylvester jumps for joy and runs to the building Tweety is in (the 10-story Broken Arms Apartment Building), but fails to notice the sign banning cats and dogs from the building. This results in a confrontation with the guard just inside the door, who kicks Sylvester out. Next, Sylvester climbs up the drainpipe of the Broken Arms Apartment Building while Tweety sings the song \"When Irish Eyes are Smiling\". Behind Tweety and off-camera, Sylvester swings a paw in metronome rhythm to his \"berry's\" song. Only then does Tweety realize that Sylvester is watching him. He calls for help and jumps out of his cage; Sylvester chases him through the room. However, Tweety's owner, Granny is ready for him. She throws him out the window and, looking down on him, snarls: “Yeah that'll teach ya! Next time I'll give you what for!” Tweety joins in the scolding: “Bad ol' puddy tat!” Sylvester paces around the door, then gets an idea: to climb up \"in\" the drainpipe. Instead of getting scared again, Tweety now drops a bowling ball into the drainpipe. The heavy ball collides with Sylvester – and he swallows it! He frantically attempts to stop himself from rolling into “Champin's Bowling Alley” (a reference to animator Ken Champin), but to no avail. Sounds of bowling pins dropping emanate from said building. Now Sylvester attempts to come up with a new plan for consumption of Tweety. He then notices a street busker with a monkey across the street. He slips across the street and then, after luring the monkey away from his master with a banana, hits him (off-screen) in the head and manages to pass himself off as said monkey to the busker. Tweety isn't fooled, though, realizing that “OH! Here tum dat puddy tat adain!” Sylvester enters Granny's room chasing Tweety, but has to stop running after him outright when Granny notices him. He now tries (without much success) to surreptitiously look for and eat Tweety. His attempt to pass himself off as a monkey is ruined when Granny gives him a penny and he can't resist tipping his hat politely to her. Granny smacks him in the head with an umbrella and then exposes that she was actually fully aware that he was a deliberately intruding cat who wanted to eat her canary rather than a legitimately in-business monkey whose busker master was trying to make a living. Sylvester, who now has a lump on his head, staggers out of the room, tipping his hat at the angry Granny on his way out. Next, Sylvester manages to gain access to the desk clerk's office undetected (how he did so is unknown) and hears the telephone ring. Frustratingly, the desk clerk picks it up, but is professionally calm and polite when talking to Granny. Eavesdropping on them, Sylvester hears that Granny is checking out of Room 158, and that she wants someone to pick up Tweety and her luggage. That gives Sylvester the idea he wants: cut to a shot of Sylvester knocking on Granny's door. Granny opens it a crack and asks Sylvester what he's doing, to which Sylvester replies in his lisping voice, “Your bags, Madame.” Granny answers, “OK, they're behind the door. I'll see you in the lobby.” Sylvester enters Room 158 and picks up Granny's suitcases and Tweety's cage. He carries them all out into the hall, then discards the suitcase and carries the cage down the stairs to the rear of the apartment building. There, he walks into the alley and opens the cage, expecting to enjoy Tweety – but Granny is in the cage! She hits Sylvester with her umbrella several times in rapid succession. Next, Sylvester drags a box, a plank and a 500-pound weight to the point at the base of the apartment building that is in a direct vertical line with Tweety's window. He supports the plank with the box in the middle, stands on one end of the plank and heaves the weight onto the other end. This propels him up to Tweety's level and enables him to snatch the tiny bird. However, as he runs off, the weight lands hard on his head, freeing Tweety. Sylvester next tries to swing over to Tweety's window (Granny had obviously opted to stay), and uses all manner of scientific methods to ensure that he doesn't let Tweety slip by him again. However, he misjudges something that forces him to crash into the wall next to the drainpipe. Tweety remarks that Sylvester will hurt himself more badly unless he's more careful. Finally, Sylvester's pacing stops quite abruptly when he notices the electric air cable wires over his head. He crosses the street, climbs the supporting pole and walks the wires across to the Broken Arms Apartment Building. However, Sylvester has to get out of the way when he hears the bell ringing to signal the approach of a trolley. His feet aren't quick enough to evade the trolley, and he is electrocuted several times as the trolley pursues him! The driver is shown to be: Tweety, who again says, “I tawt I taw a puddy tat!” and Granny, who is sitting next to him, agrees with him, “You did, you DID! You \"DID\" taw a putty tat!”. The cartoon irises out as the trolley shocks Sylvester three times and the film ends. Mel Blanc's voice for Tweety (except when singing) was edited to an extra higher pitch than usual for this cartoon, but would go back to its regular edited pitch in Tweety's next short, \"Putty Tat Trouble\". It would happen again in the 1952 short \"A Bird In A Guilty Cage\", and stayed that way from 1953 to early 1954 but would return to the original edited pitch again in \"Muzzle Tough\". This film was nominated at the 22nd Academy Awards (1949) in the category of Academy Award for Best Short Subjects, Cartoons. Canary Row Canary Row is a 1949 Warner Bros. \"Merrie Melodies\" short, released in 1950 and directed by Friz Freleng, written by Tedd Pierce, and starring Tweety Bird and Sylvester. This is the first Sylvester and Tweety cartoon to feature Granny. The title of this cartoon is a play on words from \"Cannery Row\"; Sylvester later starred in another cartoon with a similar title, \"Cannery Woe\". From his"
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"91.9 Sea FM 91.9 Sea FM (call sign: 4SEE) is a commercial radio station licensed to, and serving the Sunshine Coast and surrounding areas. It broadcasts on 91.9 MHz on the FM band from its studios in Maroochydore. It is owned by EON Broadcasting, and is sister station to 92.7 Mix FM. In 1995, Sea FM Pty Ltd - later the RG Capital Radio Network - purchased the license of studios of 92.7 Mix FM. The group was successful in launching a second station in the growing Sunshine Coast region. Modeled on its Gold Coast sister station, 91.9 Sea FM was launched on 26 June 1996. In 1998, the two stations moved to purpose built studios and offices in Maroochydore. The station was sold to Macquarie Regional RadioWorks in 2004, later Southern Cross Media Group. Following the merger with the Austereo Radio Network, in 2013, the Australian Communications and Media Authority found that Southern Cross Austereo's ownership of stations in both the Brisbane and Sunshine Coast markets breached media diversity laws. The stations were sold to EON Broadcasting for $17.75 million by the end of March 2013, while \"maintaining the strong ‘family’ relationship with Southern Cross Austereo\", due to a Program Supply Agreement between EON Broadcasting and Southern Cross Austereo. In the June 2015 Sunshine Coast ratings survey commissioned by Xtra Research, Sea FM placed second with a 15.2% share 10+, behind sister station Mix FM but ahead of Grant Broadcasters' Hot 91.1. In December 2016, Southern Cross Austereo rebranded all of their Hit Network stations to pull all of their stations in this network together under one brand. Despite being in the Hit Network, 91.9 Sea FM was not rebranded due to it not being owned by Southern Cross Austereo. This also makes it the only Hit Network station to keep its original branding. 91.9 Sea FM 91.9 Sea FM (call sign: 4SEE) is a commercial radio station licensed to, and serving the Sunshine Coast and surrounding areas. It broadcasts on 91.9 MHz on the FM band from its studios in Maroochydore. It is owned by EON Broadcasting, and is sister station to 92.7 Mix FM. In 1995, Sea FM Pty Ltd - later the RG Capital Radio Network - purchased the license of studios of 92.7 Mix FM. The group was successful in launching a second station in the growing Sunshine Coast region. Modeled on its Gold Coast"
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"North Park, San Diego North Park is a neighborhood in San Diego, California, United States, as well as a larger \"community\" as defined by the City of San Diego for planning purposes. The neighborhood is bounded: It includes the sub-neighborhoods of Burlingame, Altadena, and the Morley Field area (site of the Dryden Historic District). North Park is part of the 53rd congressional district, and San Diego City Council District 3. The \"community\" of North Park as defined for planning purposes includes University Heights on the north and Juniper Canyon as the southern boundary, thus including as far southeast as Ceder Park in the officially defined community. The North Park sign can be seen at 30th Street and University Avenue, and this intersection is often considered to be the heart of the neighborhood. In the summer of 1893, San Diego merchant Joseph Nash sold of land northeast of Balboa Park to James Monroe Hartley, who wished to develop a lemon grove. The Hartley family began the arduous process of clearing the land to prepare the earth for the grove, but providing the fledgling trees with proper irrigation was always a problem. Barrels of water had to be hauled from downtown San Diego up a wagon trail that would eventually be called Pershing Drive. As the growth of San Diego eventually caught up with the original Hartley lemon grove, it eventually became roughly bordered by Ray Street to the west, 32nd Street to the east, University Avenue to the north and Dwight Street to the south. Hartley deemed his area \"Hartley's North Park\" - and years later, the name evidently stuck as the City of San Diego referred to the new suburb as \"North Park.\" In 1911, Hartley's eldest son, Jack, and a relative (brother-in-law William Jay Stevens) developed the plot into one of San Diego's first residential and commercial districts. After first establishing \"Stevens & Hartley\", North Park's first real estate firm, in 1905, Jack and William built North Park's first \"high rise\" commercial building, the Stevens building, on the northwest corner of 30th Street and University Avenue (today's \"Western Dental\" building) in 1912. \"Thirtieth & University\" became North Park's symbolic place name - and within 10 years, this became the heart of the community. Later in the 1910s, North Park became one of the many San Diego neighborhoods connected by the Class 1 streetcars and an extensive San Diego public transit system that was spurred by the Panama-California Exposition of 1915 and built by John D. Spreckels. These streetcars became a fixture of this neighborhood until their retirement in 1949. North Park was the site of the crash of PSA Flight 182, California's deadliest aviation accident to date. Although North Park 92104 is a neighborhood of mixed architectural styles from many eras, one area of note is the Morley Field area of North Park. Named for its proximity to Balboa Park's Morley Field Sports Complex, this area is lined with turn-of-the-century Craftsman Bungalows and California Bungalows. Because many of the homes were designed by renowned designer and builder David Owen Dryden, the area is the site of the \"Dryden Historic District.\" This historical district includes the homes along 28th and Pershing Streets, both bordered on the south by Upas Street and to the north by Landis Street. North Park Dryden Historic District was approved by Historical Resources Board on June 23, 2011 An application for designation of 28th Street and Pershing Avenue from Upas to Landis Streets as a historic district was filed with the City of San Diego Historical Resources Board in May 2007. In September 2008, City staff requested additional information. The Working Group submitted a Supplemental Application in January 2009. The Supplemental Application discusses why the neighborhood reflects significant elements of North Park's development, justifies the proposed district boundaries and nominates Edward F. Bryans, who built more than a dozen homes in the proposed district, as a Master Builder. On June 23, 2011, the City's Historical Resources Board (HRB) approved, by a vote of 8-0, establishment of the North Park Dryden Historic District and also approved Edward F. Bryans as a Master Builder. Of the 136 homes in the District, 104 were approved by the HRB as contributing resources to the District. As evidenced above, interest in the history of North Park (especially its architecture) appears to be growing. Helping to foster this interest and awareness is the North Park Historical Society, a local volunteer civic organization. The North Park Historical Society manages a website which contains many articles about historic sites, people and events; North Park walking tours; and information about committee projects and meeting information. Some of the site's extensive collection of articles on North Park's history were written by Donald Covington - historian, Dryden Expert and North Park enthusiast. Forbes magazine named North Park as one of America's best hipster neighborhoods, noting that \"culturally diverse North Park is home to Craftsman cottages, cafes and diners, coffee shops, several microbreweries, boutiques, and the North Park Farmers Market. The North Park Theater and the Ray Street Arts District are also bastions of creativity in the area\" The Los Angeles Times writes: \"North Park has all the ingredients for the cool school: It's culturally diverse and has art galleries, boutiques, trendy bars with handcrafted cocktails and local brews, and foodie-approved eateries.\" An eclectic and diverse array of restaurants, as well as independent coffee shops, can be found along the main arteries of 30th Street and University Avenue. The area is also dotted with bars and night clubs that cater to a wide diversity of patrons. The Linkery used to be in the neighborhood. Waypoint Public now occupies the same space. Downtown North Park contains the Ray Street Arts District. Ray at Night is a gallery walk held the second Saturday of every month in North Park. It is the largest and longest running art walk in San Diego's history. Nearby, the Observatory North Park, a concert venue, occupies the former Birch North Park Theatre, the former home of Lyric Opera San Diego. The historic theater underwent major renovations in 2005. The permanent seats were removed in 2015 for its new use. North Park has a Farmers Market every Thursday which has been listed as one of the top 40 in the USA. The market is located on North Park Way between Granada Ave. and 30th Street. The Spring/Summer hours are 3pm-sunset, Fall/Winter 2pm-Sunset. They feature over 35 independent vendors; locally grown produce/flowers; gourmet/ethnic foods; arts and crafts; books; and, often, live music. The San Diego Music Foundation hosts a large musical festival—North Park Music Thing—in the fall on El Cajon Boulevard, which helps add to North Park's reputation as a great community for the arts in San Diego. As a tradition every December, North Park holds its annual holiday parade. Formerly known as the North Park Toyland Parade, it is now called the North Park Lions Club Holiday Parade. Like other urban San Diego communities, North Park has a high rate of pedestrian activity, relative to other regions of San Diego county. Transportation is served by Interstate 805, which is accessible from the University Avenue and El Cajon Boulevard exits. University Avenue and El Cajon Boulevard are the major east-west thoroughfares in North Park. University Avenue leads west to Hillcrest and east to City Heights and La Mesa. El Cajon Boulevard leads west to Washington Avenue and Mission Hills and continues east to the city of El Cajon. Florida Street connects North Park to Downtown San Diego through Florida Canyon in Balboa Park to the south, and to Adams Avenue and University Heights to the north. 30th Street connects North Park to Adams Avenue and Normal Heights to the north, and to South Park and Golden Hill to the south. Texas Street heads north",
"of pedestrian activity, relative to other regions of San Diego county. Transportation is served by Interstate 805, which is accessible from the University Avenue and El Cajon Boulevard exits. University Avenue and El Cajon Boulevard are the major east-west thoroughfares in North Park. University Avenue leads west to Hillcrest and east to City Heights and La Mesa. El Cajon Boulevard leads west to Washington Avenue and Mission Hills and continues east to the city of El Cajon. Florida Street connects North Park to Downtown San Diego through Florida Canyon in Balboa Park to the south, and to Adams Avenue and University Heights to the north. 30th Street connects North Park to Adams Avenue and Normal Heights to the north, and to South Park and Golden Hill to the south. Texas Street heads north directly into Mission Valley. There is substantial bus service (bus routes 1,2,6,7,10,11, and 215 connecting to Downtown San Diego as well as to the transportation hub in Old Town). The busiest bus line corridor in the San Diego metro region, known as the University Avenue transit corridor (bus routes 7 and 10), traverses North Park. Chris Ward represents District 3. The United States Postal Service operated the North Park Post Office at 3791 Grim Avenue. This post office was closed in July 2011 due to budget cuts in the postal service. North Park, San Diego North Park is a neighborhood in San Diego,"
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"Jenny Bindon Jenny Bindon (born Jenny Lynn Bourn; 25 February 1973) is an American-born association football coach and former goalkeeper who represented New Zealand at international level. She played 77 full internationals in between 2004 and 2010. Jenny and her twin sister, Sarah, were multi-sport stars at Belleville West High School. The two participated in basketball, volleyball, softball, tennis, and cross country. Girls soccer was not offered at the time. Bindon played basketball (1991–93), tennis (1991–92), and soccer (1992) for the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Cougars. She left SIUE to enlist in the United States Coast Guard. After the Coast Guard, Bindon returned to the field in 1998 at Lewis University in Romeoville, Illinois, where she played soccer and basketball. Bindon made her full Football Ferns debut in a 0–2 loss to Australia on 18 February 2004, and represented New Zealand at the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup finals in China, where they lost to Brazil (0–5), Denmark (0–2) and China (0–2). She was also included in the New Zealand squad for the 2008 Summer Olympic games where they drew with Japan (2–2) before losing to Norway (0–1) and Brazil (0–4). On 7 March 2011 Bindon earned her 50th A-international cap in a 5–2 loss to France in the Cyprus Cup, becoming the first New Zealand goalkeeper to reach the milestone. At the 2012 London Olympics, Bindon played all 360 minutes in 4 matches played by New Zealand. She conceded 5 goals, 2 to the USA who sent them home with a 0–2 quarter-final defeat. Other goals conceded in group stage, to Great Britain (0–1), Brazil (0–1), and Cameroon (3–1); Her goalkeeping performance was critical to New Zealand advancing to second stage, since they advanced by better goal difference than Korea DPR. At 39 years of age, she was the oldest competitor in 2012 Olympic women's football tournament. After her last match in 2012 Olympics, she did not rule out competing for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada, quote: \"I've been asked that question many times because of my age. But there's no reason for me to stop as long as this smile stays on my face and my body keeps holding out.\" Bindon announced her retirement from international football in February 2014. After retiring, Binder later moved to coaching, which she has already pursued while as a player. Binder served as the assistant coach and goalkeeper coach for the New Zealand under-17 women's team, and goalkeeper coach for the New Zealand under-20 and senior women's teams, and was joint head coach of third division Takapuna AFC during the 2016 NRFL season, the second female coach in that club to do so. In February 2017 Bindon was named by the University of California, Los Angeles women's soccer team to be an assistant and goalkeeping coach. Bindon moved to New Zealand after her marriage to Grant Bindon, former captain of the New Zealand men's volleyball team, whom she met while they were students at Lewis University. They have one son, Tyler. Jenny Bindon Jenny Bindon (born Jenny Lynn Bourn; 25 February 1973) is an American-born association football coach and former goalkeeper who represented New Zealand at international level. She played 77 full internationals in between 2004 and 2010. Jenny and her twin sister, Sarah, were multi-sport stars at Belleville West High School. The two participated in basketball, volleyball, softball, tennis, and cross country. Girls soccer was not offered at the time. Bindon played basketball (1991–93), tennis (1991–92), and soccer (1992) for the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Cougars. She left SIUE to enlist in the United States Coast Guard. After"
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"2nd Colorado Infantry Regiment The 2nd Colorado Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment during the American Civil War from the state of Colorado. On October 13, 1863, the 2nd Colorado Infantry was consolidated with the 3rd Colorado Infantry Regiment in order to create the 2nd Colorado Cavalry Regiment. On August 29, 1861, James Hobart Ford was authorized by Governor William Gilpin to organize volunteers as a company of infantry. Theodore H. Dodd was appointed command of a second company of volunteers by Governor Gilpin on August 30. Both companies were raised and initially drilled in Cañon City, but by mid-December both companies had marched to Fort Garland in the San Luis Valley. 2nd Colorado Infantry Regiment The 2nd Colorado Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment during the American Civil War from the state of Colorado. On October 13, 1863, the 2nd Colorado Infantry was consolidated with the 3rd Colorado Infantry Regiment in order to create the 2nd Colorado Cavalry Regiment. On August 29, 1861, James Hobart Ford was authorized by Governor William Gilpin to organize volunteers as a company of infantry. Theodore H. Dodd was appointed command of a second company of volunteers by Governor Gilpin on August 30. Both"
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"Greifswald Botanic Garden and Arboretum Greifswald Botanic Garden and Arboretum (total area 9 hectares, German: \"Botanischer Garten und Arboretum der Universität Greifswald\"), was founded in 1763. It is one of the oldest botanical gardens in Germany, and one of the oldest scientific gardens in the world. It is associated with the University of Greifswald in Greifswald, Germany. The Botanic Garden in Greifswald was founded in 1763 by Samuel Gustav Wilcke als \"hortus medicus\", i.e. as a physic garden growing plants for medicinal research. Within a short period of time, the plants in the botanic garden served both a medical \"and\" a scientific purpose, and the garden was renamed to \"hortus academicus\" one year later. Originally, the Botanic Garden was situated near the University of Greifswald's main administrative building, but extensive building activity in the 19th century made a relocation necessary. Professor Julius Münter arranged for the move to a two hectare area west of the city centre, which was completed in 1886. Sixteen greenhouses are situated across the garden today, about half of which are open to the public. The Botanic Garden and the Arboretum are used by the university and students for research and teaching purposes to this very day. The Botanic Garden consists of 16 greenhouses () and the adjacent outdoor area (). The total area of the Botanic Garden is two hectares. The Botanic Garden is located at \"Grimmer Str. 88\". It contains about 7,000 plants. The arboretum has a total size of seven hectares, and is situated at \"Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Str.\", which is near Greifswald University Library and Greifswald University Hospital. The arboretum contains roundabout 1,500 plants and trees. Opening hours as of 2016 - April 9 - 15.45 Uhr - Mai bis September 9 - 18 Uhr - Oktober 9 - 15.45 Uhr Greifswald Botanic Garden and"
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"Ian Campbell, 11th Duke of Argyll Ian Douglas Campbell, 11th and 4th Duke of Argyll (18 June 1903 – 7 April 1973) was a Scottish peer. He is chiefly remembered for his unhappy marriage to, and scandalous 1963 divorce from, Margaret Whigham. Ian Douglas Campbell was born in Paris, France. He was the son of Douglas Walter Campbell and his wife, Aimee Marie Suzanne Lawrence. He was a great-grandson of George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll. He inherited the dukedom from his first cousin once removed, Niall Diarmid Campbell, 10th Duke of Argyll, in 1949. Argyll was married four times. His first marriage was to the Honourable Janet Gladys Aitken (9 July 1908 – 1988), daughter of business tycoon and press baron Lord Beaverbrook, on 12 December 1927. They had a daughter: Ian and Janet divorced in 1934. Argyll's second marriage was to Louise Hollingsworth Morris Vanneck, née Clews (d. 10 February 1970), daughter of Henry Clews by his wife Louise Hollingsworth Morris (ex-wife 1894–1901 of Frederick Gebhard) of Baltimore, Maryland, and former wife of Hon. Andrew Vanneck (md 1930–1933) on 23 November 1935. This marriage produced two sons: This marriage also ended in divorce, in 1951. Argyll's third marriage was to Margaret Whigham (1 December 1912 – 25 July 1993), mother of the Duchess of Rutland, Frances Helen Sweeny, from her previous marriage to Charles Sweeny. They were married on 22 March 1951. Margaret was a glittering society figure with a voracious sexual appetite. Even while married to the Duke, she carried on having affairs with men from actor Douglas Fairbanks Jr. to Duncan Sandys, the Minister of Defence. The marriage was childless and they divorced in 1963, after the Duke photographed one of her sexual exploits. In the infamous divorce proceeding, the Duke produced Polaroid photographs of the Duchess wearing only her signature triple-string of pearls while fellating an unidentified man. This naturally caused a stir in society, and the divorce was granted, though on grounds of adultery with a different man. Argyll's fourth and final marriage was to Mathilda Coster Mortimer (20 August 1925 – 6 June 1997) on 15 June 1963. From this marriage he had a daughter: They remained married until the Duke's death on 7 April 1973. He died in a nursing home in Edinburgh. He was succeeded by his son Ian. While most Dukes and Duchesses of Argyll are buried at Kilmun Parish Church, the 11th Duke and his son, the 12th Duke, both chose to be buried on the island of Inishail in Loch Awe. Ian Campbell, 11th Duke of Argyll Ian Douglas Campbell, 11th and 4th Duke of Argyll (18 June 1903 – 7 April 1973) was a Scottish peer. He is chiefly remembered for his unhappy marriage to, and scandalous 1963 divorce from, Margaret Whigham. Ian Douglas Campbell was born in Paris, France. He was the son of Douglas Walter Campbell and his wife, Aimee Marie Suzanne Lawrence. He was a great-grandson of George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll. He"
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"Galerie Véro-Dodat The Galerie Véro-Dodat is one of the covered passages of Paris. It is located in the 1st arrondissement, connecting the Rue de Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Rue de Croix-des-Petits-Champs. It was built in 1826. Galerie Véro-Dodat was built by two charcutiers between the Rue Bouloi and Rue de Jean-Jacques Rousseau, between the Palais Royal and Les Halles, in 1826. This was during the Bourbon restoration dynasty in the early 1800s, when covered passages or \"galeries\" in Paris were growing quickly in popularity. They provided warm, dry places for the wealthy to shop and dine on rainy, muddy days. In a time before paved streets and sewers, the galeries’ billiards, bistros and public baths served as a grown-up playground for the emerging middle class. At the height of their popularity in the mid 19th century, there were more than 150 passages. However, with the advent of the department store around 1850, the galeries begin to decline. Today, eighteen passages remain. Véro-Dodat was one of the first of Paris's passageways to get gas lighting in 1830, and one of the last to fall into decline. Its decline began during the Second Empire with the demise of the \"Messageries Laffitte et Gaillard\". It was listed as a French historical landmark on 9 June 1965 and was restored in 1997 to its former nineteenth-century, neo-classical glory, complete with its elegant shops specializing in antiques, \"objets d’art\", art books and fashion accessories. It is said this is where French writer Gérard de Nerval would often drink at the restaurant Café de l'Époque, located on the Rue Croix-des-Petits-Champs entrance of the gallery, and that is where he took his last drink before committing suicide by hanging in Châtelet. The actress Rachel occupied an apartment in the passage of 1838 in 1842. The print-seller Gabriel Aubert, editor of \"Le Charivari\" and of \"La Caricature,\" also settled there and introduced the gallery to the most famous caricaturists of the time. The Galerie is neoclassical in style, with marble columns, gold trim, frescoes, and a black and white tiled floor. The passage is arranged to give an illusion of depth, the diagonal grid of black and white tiles, the low height of the ceiling decorated with paintings of landscapes where it is not glass, for shops on the alignment of a strict horizontal plane. The entries in the gallery are ionic arcades closed by gates. Entries are crowned with a balcony. The façade of the gallery on the Rue Bouloi is decorated with two statues in niches representing Hermes with his winged helmet and a Caduceus hand, god of merchants, and Hercules dressed in the skin of Nemean lion. Galerie Véro-Dodat is filled with mostly high-caliber, designer boutiques and antique shops. Among them are two Christian Louboutin stores, the women's Paris flagship boutique, and the world's first CL Men's store, Boutique Homme. Galerie Véro-Dodat The Galerie Véro-Dodat is one of the covered passages of Paris. It is located in the 1st arrondissement, connecting the Rue de Jean-Jacques Rousseau"
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"Mercury(I) nitrate Mercury(I) nitrate is a chemical compound with the formula Hg(NO). It is used in the preparation of other mercury(I) compounds, and is toxic. Mercury(I) nitrate is formed when elemental mercury is combined with \"dilute\" nitric acid (concentrated nitric acid will yield mercury(II) nitrate). Mercury(I) nitrate is a reducing agent which is oxidized upon contact with air. Mercuric nitrate can be reacted with elemental mercury to form mercurous nitrate. Solutions of mercury(I) nitrate are acidic due to slow reaction with water: Hg(NO)(OH) forms a yellow precipitate. If the solution is boiled or exposed to light, mercury(I) nitrate undergoes a disproportionation reaction yielding elemental mercury and mercury(II) nitrate: These reactions are reversible; the nitric acid formed can redissolve the basic salt. Mercury(I) nitrate Mercury(I) nitrate is a chemical compound with the formula Hg(NO). It is used in the preparation of other mercury(I) compounds, and is toxic. Mercury(I) nitrate is formed when elemental mercury is combined with \"dilute\" nitric acid (concentrated nitric acid will yield mercury(II) nitrate). Mercury(I) nitrate is a reducing agent which is oxidized upon contact with air. Mercuric nitrate can be reacted with elemental mercury to form mercurous nitrate. Solutions of mercury(I) nitrate are acidic due to slow"
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"Souleuvre Viaduct Viaduc de la Souleuvre is a partially demolished railway viaduct over the Souleuvre River in La Ferrière-Harang, Normandy, France, now used as for bungee jumping. Built by French engineer Gustave Eiffel for the Caen to Saint-Lô and Vire line, the Viaduc de la Souleuvre opened November 12, 1893. The total length of the viaduct was 364.20 m (1,200 ft), with a maximum height of 62.50 m (210 ft) and was set on 5 stone pillars. The height of these pillars varies between 26 and 60 m, their base is 18m by 8m and their top 7m by 4m. They were built from granite blocks from the Vire region quarries, each of a weight of 350 kg, for a total of 14000 m³ and with mortar sand coming from the Chausey Islands. Before World War II, about fifteen trains a day crossed the viaduct. It was used by the Germans during the War. The Allies tried to destroy the viaduct in 1944, but only managed to partially damage it. More than 500 bombs were dropped around it without hitting it. In August 1944, the viaduct was repaired by the Americans. When the rail line closed in 1960 the viaduct went into disrepair. Despite large local preservationist opinion campaigns, the railway platform was dynamited in 1970. Only the five huge stone pillars remained. In 1990, a permanent platform for bungee jumping was established by A. J. Hackett atop the highest pillar. A light gangway was established where the railway platform used to be, allowing access to the platform from the side of the bridge. Souleuvre Viaduct Viaduc de la Souleuvre is a partially demolished railway viaduct over the Souleuvre River in La Ferrière-Harang, Normandy, France, now used as for bungee jumping. Built by French engineer Gustave Eiffel for the Caen"
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"Jack Stevens (English footballer) John Stevens (1 February 1909 – after 1943) was an English professional footballer who made more than 200 Football League appearances playing as a centre half for Ashington, Stockport County and Brighton & Hove Albion. Stevens was born in Broomhill, Northumberland. As a young man, he was a professional sprinter who won the Morpeth Handicap Sprint. He began his Football League career with Ashington, for whom he appeared twice, and was on the books of Manchester City without playing first-team football, before joining Stockport County in late 1932. He became a regular for Stockport over the next 18 months, was ever-present in the 1933–34 season, and appeared on the losing side in the inaugural Third Division North Cup Final. Stevens then signed for Brighton & Hove Albion. Appearing infrequently in his first season, he missed only five Third Division South matches in the next three, before losing his place to Peter Trainor in 1938–39. He remained with the club during the first season of wartime competition before joining the Manchester Police. Jack Stevens (English footballer) John Stevens (1 February 1909 – after 1943) was an English professional footballer who made more than 200 Football League appearances"
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"Elboya, Calgary Elboya is a residential neighbourhood in the south-west quadrant of Calgary, Alberta. It is bounded by the Elbow River to the north, 4th Street SW / 45 Avenue SW / Macleod Trail to the east, 50 Avenue S to the south and Elbow Drive to the west. \"Stanley Park\" borders the community to the northeast. It was annexed to the City of Calgary in 1910, and was established as a neighbourhood in 1947, when most of the development occurred. It is represented in the Calgary City Council by the Ward 11 councillor. In the City of Calgary's 2012 municipal census, Elboya had a population of living in dwellings, a -2% change from its 2011 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2012. Residents in this community had a median household income of $62,374 in 2000, and there were 16% low income residents living in the neighbourhood. As of 2000, 17.1% of the residents were immigrants. A proportion of 37.4% of the buildings were condominiums or apartments, and 39.2% of the housing was used for renting. The community is served by the Elboya Bilingual Elementary & Junior High public school and St. Anthony (Catholic school). Elboya, Calgary Elboya is a residential neighbourhood in the south-west quadrant of Calgary, Alberta. It is bounded by the Elbow River to the north, 4th Street SW / 45 Avenue SW / Macleod Trail to the east, 50 Avenue S to the south and Elbow Drive to the west. \"Stanley Park\" borders the community to the northeast. It was annexed to the City of Calgary in 1910, and was established as a neighbourhood in 1947, when most of the development occurred. It is represented in the Calgary City Council by the Ward 11 councillor. In"
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"Jason Lo Jason Lo (born 27 April 1975) is a Malaysian music artist, music producer, DJ, entrepreneur and former chief executive officer of Tune Talk. He is sometimes known by the nicknames \"LO\" and \"J Lo\". Lo was born in Kuching, Sarawak, to a Chinese father and Irish mother. He was educated in Singapore and the United Kingdom. He graduated from the University of Hull with a BSc in Accounting, and then did an MBA in Finance at Webster Graduate School in London, before returning to Malaysia to pursue a career in the music industry. In 1996, Lo recorded a ten-track demo in England with his band 'Sunday Man'. In 1997, he recorded another ten-track album with his renamed band 'Drop Circle'. In 1998, the band went their separate ways and Lo returned to Malaysia. His first Malaysian album, the self-financed \"Days Without Dawn\", was released in Malaysia at the end of 1999. Since then, he has released two further albums – \"Firefighter\" (2002) and \"The Fall\" (2005). Lo was the first Southeast Asian artist to reach the top 3 on Pepsi Top 20 international chart. His songs 'Evening News' and 'So Julie' were No. 1 on the Malaysian Top 10 for 7 and 5 weeks respectively. 'Evening News' was also included as a pre-loaded track on Creative Labs' original Creative NOMAD Jukebox for release in the US Lo's music videos have had regional airplay on both MTV Asia and Channel V. He has been a winner of the Asian People's Choice Award for Much Music Asia, and at the Malaysian MTV Music Video Awards. He has been nominated for six AIM Awards (local Malaysian music awards), and for MTV Viewers' Choice Awards. He has headlined live events in Malaysia, and also been an opening act for top international touring bands including Deep Purple, Good Charlotte and Big Country. Lo is also the CEO of his own record label and event promotion company, Fat Boys Records. He has produced albums for Malaysian bands including Disagree and SingleTrackMind, and organised a series of successful concerts called 'Rock the World', which showcased Malaysian talent. Lo has also worked as a DJ at the Malaysian radio station hitz.fm, and been a TV talk show host on the show \"Latte@8\" on 8TV in 2004. In 2006, Lo teamed-up with the Malaysian politician Khairy Jamaluddin (who he attended high school with in Singapore at the United World College of South East Asia) to produce the reality TV show \"MyTeam\". The show, which was televised on TV3, brought together a squad of unknown soccer players selected at trials held around Malaysia to form a team to take on the Malaysian national football team in an exhibition match. The event drew much publicity, and MyTeam put up a creditable performance in losing 2–1 against the national side. MyTeam were invited to enter the Malaysian Premier League in 2007. The team merged with an existing club, Perak UPB FC, to form UPB-MyTeam FC, at which Khairy Jamaluddin became the President and Lo the Deputy President. After finishing runners-up in the Premier League in 2007, the club was promoted to the Malaysian Super League for the 2008 season. A second season of the show, \"MyTeam2\", was broadcast in 2007 In December 2007, Lo was appointed the chief executive officer of Tune Talk, a no-frills mobile virtual network operator, owned by Tune Ventures Sdn Bhd, in which AirAsia Group Chief Executive Tony Fernandes holds a 40% stake. He was later replaced by Ameen Amaedran Abdullah on 12 January 2018. Jason Lo Jason Lo (born 27 April 1975) is a Malaysian"
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"UAAP Season 23 men's basketball tournament The 1960 UAAP men's basketball tournament was the 23rd year of the men's tournament of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP)'s basketball championship. Hosted by Manila Central University, the UE Warriors defeated the FEU Tamaraws in a single game finals taking their third UAAP men's basketball championship. This was the only season hosted by MCU before its pull-out from the league in 1962. The Red Warriors and the Tamaraws advance to the finals by maintaining their clean slates in the championship round. UE routed the University of the Philippines, 87-71, in the first game and FEU kicked defending champion University of Santo Tomas out of contention, 91-81, in the nightcap. The Tamaraws broke away from a sticky fight put up by the Goldies in the early minutes of play and coasted to an easy victory on the record-breaking performance of Romy Diaz, as he scored 40 points, 29 of them in the first half. He held the record for the highest individual score in the season. UE’s Roehl Nadurata was the season's Most Valuable Player. University of the East nosed out Far Eastern University, 87-86, to win the UAAP basketball crown before 9,000 fans at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum. A lay-up by Ramon Figueroa in the last 15 seconds of play sealed the victory for the Warriors and the four-foot El Oro trophy that went to them permanently for winning their third championship since the trophy was placed at stake. UE copped the championship in 1957 and 1958 but lost the crown to University of Santo Tomas in 1959. A dogged stand and heads-up shooting by sophomore Rizaldo Pabillore set up the Warriors’ triumph. The Azcarraga quintet trailed the heavily-favored Tamaraws most of the way but grabbed the reins in the dying minutes of the final half. FEU led 81-75 with three minutes to play but UE staged a magnificent comeback to sew up the ball game. The rally started with a time out by coach Baby Dalupan. Norman de Vera ignited it with two charities on a foul by Rohimust Santos to narrow the gap. Pabillore kept it burning with two interceptions. UAAP Season 23 men's basketball tournament The 1960 UAAP men's basketball tournament was the 23rd year of the men's tournament of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP)'s basketball championship. Hosted by Manila Central University, the UE Warriors"
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"Jasienica, Police Jasienica () is a district of Police, Poland, a town in the Pomerania Region. In the High and Late Middle Ages, the village was the site of Jasenitz Abbey, now in ruins. In Jasienica there is a confluence of the Gunica - a small river used as a kayak-way from Węgornik through Tanowo, Tatynia and Wieńkowo. Gunica flows into Oder in the north part of the town of Police. An Augustinian abbey existed from the 14th century until its dissolution during the Protestant Reformation, when the abbeys of the Duchy of Pomerania were turned into secular domains of the local dukes. The buildings are now in ruins. Each year at the end of August there is \"Augustinian Fair\" (Polish: \"Jarmark Augustiański\") organized in the area of ruins of the abbey, with parade residents of the estate in historical costumes, lectures, artistic performances and stalls with traditional products. Jasienica, Police Jasienica () is a district of Police, Poland, a town in the Pomerania Region. In the High and Late Middle Ages, the village was the site of Jasenitz Abbey, now in ruins. In Jasienica there is a confluence of the Gunica - a small river used as a kayak-way"
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"Herman Vedel Herman Vedel (1 March 1875 – 1 December 1948) was a Danish painter, the leading Danish portraitist of his time. Herman Vedel (born 1 March 1875 in Copenhagen was educated at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts from 1894 to 1897 and at the Zahrtmann Schoolfrom 1896 to 1899. After his debut at Charlottenborg with \"Portrait of a young girl\" in 1900 (Danish National Gallery), he quickly became a sought after portraitist. Among his best-known works are Negotiating the 1915 Constitution (da. \"Forhandlinger om Grundloven 1915\"), which features prominently in Christiansborg Palace, and his portrait of Georg Brandes from 1922. Herman Vedel Herman Vedel (1 March 1875 – 1 December 1948) was a Danish painter, the leading Danish portraitist of his time. Herman Vedel (born 1 March 1875 in Copenhagen was educated at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts from 1894 to 1897 and at the Zahrtmann Schoolfrom 1896 to 1899. After his debut at Charlottenborg with \"Portrait of a young girl\" in 1900 (Danish National Gallery), he quickly became a sought after portraitist. Among his best-known works are Negotiating the 1915 Constitution (da. \"Forhandlinger om Grundloven 1915\"), which features prominently in Christiansborg Palace, and his"
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"Nahuelbuta National Park Nahuelbuta National Park () is one of the few parks located in La Araucanía Region of Chile's Coastal Mountain Range. It sits atop the highest part of the Cordillera de Nahuelbuta. Created in 1939, it consists of 6,832 hectares situated just 162 km northeast of Temuco. Nahuelbuta (Mapuche for \"big tiger\") is a sanctuary for Monkey Puzzle trees, with specimens dating back 2,000 years. In addition to the Monkey Puzzle trees, the park is also home to coigüe, ñirre, oak, lenga, orchids, carnivorous plants. The park provides habitat for the mountain lion, the pudú, a small Chilean deer, and Darwin's fox. Among the birds are the Magellanic woodpecker, the Andean tapaculo and the chucao tapaculo. The park features 30 roads and 15 trails which you can explore by car or on foot. The National Forest Corporation (Chile) information center and camping area are both found in Pehuenco, where the most popular route begins. Following it will treat you to over four kilometers of scenic paths before ending at Cerro \"Piedra del Águila\" (1,379 meters). The peak offers a terrific view of the park's exuberant and pristine natural wonders, the immensity of the Pacific Ocean to the west, and an impressive chain of Andean volcanoes to the east. Other peaks include Cerro Anay and Alto Nahuelbuta, part of the Cordillera de Nahuelbuta. At sundown, you can enjoy the most sublime postcard view Nahuelbuta has to offer: a sky marked by red and pink hues framed by hundreds of thousand-year-old Monkey Puzzle. The administration of the park is located in Pehuenco, which is about 42 km from Angol. There are 10 camping sites here, with picnic tables, fire areas, rustic toilets and water. It is open to the public all year round. Nahuelbuta National Park Nahuelbuta National Park ()"
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"John H. Sykes John H. Sykes is a prominent Tampa Bay area business man and founder of Sykes Enterprises Incorporated (NASDAQ listing SYKE). Sykes was born in Charlotte, North Carolina and attended High Point University and Queens University of Charlotte, as well as Rollins College. He currently serves a Chairman Emeritus of Sykes Inc. and remains active in the Tampa Business community. Sykes founded Sykes Enterprises in 1977 in Charlotte and later moved the company to its present headquarters in Tampa, Florida in 1993. Prior to founding Sykes Enterprises, Sykes served as Senior Vice President in charge of Corporate Development for the CDI Corporation. Sykes has also branched out into the thoroughbred horse breeding business. He purchased Clover Leaf Farms II in Ocala, Florida in 1997. The farm was outfitted as a facility designed for the breeding, development and training of thoroughbreds. It also focuses specifically on sale preparation and resale. The farm made headlines for selling I'll Get Along, the dam of the thoroughbred champion Smarty Jones. Sykes made his permanent mark on the city of Tampa when, in 1997, he made a 10 million dollar donation to the University of Tampa. He topped this gift in 2000 by donating an additional 28 million dollars, thought to be the largest gift ever given to a Florida University as of that time. In honor of his generous contributions and in recognition of his achievements, the University of Tampa renamed its College of Business the John H. Sykes College of Business. He also holds two honorary doctorates from the University of Tampa one in Business Administration and another in Humane Letters. John H. Sykes John H. Sykes is a prominent Tampa Bay area business man and founder of Sykes Enterprises Incorporated (NASDAQ listing SYKE). Sykes was born in Charlotte, North Carolina"
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"Last Night on Earth: Live in Tokyo Last Night on Earth: Live in Tokyo is a live EP by the American punk rock band Green Day, recorded live at the Akasaka BLITZ, Tokyo, Japan on May 28, 2009. It was released in Japan and iTunes on November 11, 2009, and was later released as an import in other countries on December 1, 2009. The EP got to #31 in Japan on the Oricon Weekly Charts and got to number 197 on the \"Billboard\" Top 200. Only 2 songs (\"Basket Case\" and \"Geek Stink Breath\") from the live EP were not from \"21st Century Breakdown\". Although titled after \"Last Night on Earth\" from \"21st Century Breakdown\", the song is not featured on this extended play. Last Night on Earth: Live in Tokyo Last Night on Earth: Live in Tokyo is a live EP by the American punk rock band Green Day, recorded live at the Akasaka BLITZ, Tokyo, Japan on May 28, 2009. It was released in Japan and iTunes on November 11, 2009, and was later released as an import in other countries on December 1, 2009. The EP got to #31 in Japan on the Oricon Weekly Charts and"
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"Shadhin Bangla Football Team The Shadhin Bangla Football Team was formed by Bangladesh Krira Samity of the Bangladeshi government in exile shortly after the start of liberation war in 1971. This is the first instance of a Bangladesh national football team in any form. The team toured throughout India playing a total of 16 friendly matches to raise international awareness and economic support for the liberation war. The Shadhin Bangla football team captain Zakaria Pintoo, was the first person to hoist the Bangladesh flag outside the territorial Bangladesh. By the end of the 16th match the team had contributed Tk 5 lac to Muktijuddho Fund in 1971. Shadhin Bangla Football Team The Shadhin Bangla Football Team was formed by Bangladesh Krira Samity of the Bangladeshi government in exile shortly after the start of liberation war in 1971. This is the first instance of a Bangladesh national football team in any form. The team toured throughout India playing a total of 16 friendly matches to raise international awareness and economic support for the liberation war. The Shadhin Bangla football team captain Zakaria Pintoo, was the first person to hoist the Bangladesh flag outside the territorial Bangladesh. By the end of the"
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"Raymond De Felitta Raymond De Felitta (born June 30, 1964) is an American independent film director, screenwriter and musician. De Felitta was born in New York City. His father Frank De Felitta was Italian American and his mother Dorothy Gilbert De Felitta was of Polish-Jewish descent. De Felitta graduated from Bard College in 1985 and the American Film Institute's directing program, class of 1990. That same year he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film at the 63rd Academy Awards for his AFI thesis short, \"Bronx Cheers\". In 1991 he was awarded a Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting for his screenplay \"Begin The Beguine\". In 1995 he wrote and directed \"Cafe Society\" starring Frank Whaley, Peter Gallagher and Lara Flynn Boyle. The film premiered in Director’ Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalisateurs) section of the 1995 Cannes Film Festival and was shown on the Showtime Network in 1996. It was released theatrically in 1997. In 2000 De Felitta directed the indie film \"Two Family House\" which won the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival along with an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Screenplay. The film was voted the second best reviewed film of the year (after “Almost Famous”) in a poll conducted by the San Francisco Chronicle. In 2003 he directed Paul Reiser's \"The Thing About My Folks\" which received the Audience Award at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. The film was released in 2005 by Picture House. In 2006 De Felitta directed his first documentary \"'Tis Autumn: The Search for Jackie Paris\", which won the Best Jazz Documentary at the Kansas City Filmmakers Jubilee. The film was released in 2007 by Outsider Pictures. In 2009, De Felitta wrote and directed the independent film \"City Island\", which received the First Place Audience Award at the Tribeca Film Festival. The film opened in theaters 19 March 2010 and had a long theatrical run. In 2012, De Felitta directed \"\". The documentary was inspired by a previous documentary that De Felitta’s father, Frank De Felitta, made for NBC News in 1966 titled “Mississippi: A Self Portrait”. The earlier film contained a frank and shocking interview with an African-American waiter, Booker Wright, who told the cameras what it was like working in a whites-only restaurant in the south. The resulting fallout for the waiter and his family was the subject of the second documentary. “Booker’s Place: A Mississippi Story” was the subject of a full one-hour episode of “Dateline NBC”. In 2014, De Felitta directed “Rob The Mob”, which starred Michael Pitt, Nina Arianda, Andy Garcia and Ray Romano. It marked De Felitta’s second collaboration with Garcia, who had starred in and co-produced “City Island”. In 2016, De Felitta directed “Madoff,” a four-hour mini-series for ABC television based on the rise and fall of the notorious financier Bernard L. Madoff. The film starred Richard Dreyfuss and Blythe Danner. De Felitta was nominated for a Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies For Television and Mini-Series. De Felitta wrote the libretto for “Buddy’s Tavern”, a musical version of his film “Two Family House.” The musical won the prestigious Richard Rodgers Award which is given annually through the American Academy of Arts and Letters. It 2010 it received a production at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s Summer Musical Workshop. Later that year it had a limited run at the Hudson Guild Theater in New York City. In 2012 it received a workshop production at The York Theater Company, in New York City. De Felitta is currently working on a musical based on his documentary “Booker’s Place: A Mississippi Story”. De Felitta is a lifelong jazz pianist. In 1994 he self-produced his first CD, \"Movies 'til Dawn.\" His second CD was a piano/vocal collaboration with Peter Bogdanovich titled “Monday Morning Quarterbacks”. His third CD, \"Fatha Land,\" was produced in 2007. This album is a tribute to Earl Hines. His fourth CD, “Pre-War Charm” (featuring his jazz trio) will be released in late 2017. De Felitta has been married to Sherry Brennan since 2001 and has one son, Lorenzo De Felitta. Raymond De Felitta Raymond De Felitta (born June 30, 1964) is an American independent film director, screenwriter"
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"Fujiwara no Akiuji Fujiwara no Akiuji (藤原 顕氏) was a Japanese nobleman and \"waka\" poet of the Kamakura period. Fujiwara no Akiuji was born in 1207. A member of the Northern Branch (\"Hokke\") of the Fujiwara clan, he was the second son of and the younger brother of Fujiwara no Tomoie. He reached the Junior Second Rank at court, and founded the Kamiyagawa lineage (紙屋河家 \"Kamiyagawa-ke\") within the Rokujō branch of the Fujiwara clan. He is occasionally mentioned in the \"Azuma Kagami\" as a court envoy to Kantō (関東祗候). He died on the eighth day of the eleventh month of Bun'ei 11 (1274). Akiuji was a central figure in the Kamakura \"waka\" poetic circle, and in Kyoto helped establish the anti- faction, along with his brother Tomoie and Fujiwara no Mitsutoshi. His poetry was a regular fixture in the \"uta-awase\" contests and other poetic gatherings organized by the members of this faction. His poetry, however, was not highly appreciated. His poems were included in the records of a large number of \"uta-awase\", including the \"Kasuga Wakamiya-sha Uta-awase\" (春日若宮社歌合) and the \"Munetaka-shinnō-ke Hyakugojū-ban Uta-awase\" (宗尊親王家百五十番歌合), as well as in the \"Hōji On-hyakushu\" (宝治御百首). His poems were also included in private anthologies that collected the works of Kamakura poets, including the \"Tōsen Waka Rokujō\" (東撰和歌六帖), the \"Genzon Waka Rokujō\" (現存和歌六帖) and the \"Un'yō Wakashū\". Eleven of his poems were included in imperial anthologies from the \"Shoku Gosenshū\" on. He left a personal collection, the \"Akiuji-shū\", Fujiwara no Akiuji Fujiwara no Akiuji (藤原 顕氏) was a Japanese nobleman and \"waka\" poet of the Kamakura period. Fujiwara no Akiuji was born in 1207. A member of the Northern Branch (\"Hokke\") of the Fujiwara clan, he was the second son of and the younger brother of Fujiwara no Tomoie. He reached the Junior Second Rank"
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"Atelopus franciscus Atelopus franciscus, the Central Coast stubfoot toad, is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae, endemic to the central coastal region of French Guiana. It is a locally common, diurnal species found near fast-flowing small streams and creeks in lowland rainforest. Many authors have suggested this taxon might be a synonym of \"Atelopus flavescens\". It is threatened by habitat loss To attract females and to defend their territories, males of \"A. franciscus\" use advertisement calls, not visual displays as typical for \"Atelopus\". This is somewhat unexpected, given their environment is noisy and males must acoustically compete with males of several other frog species (e.g., \"Allobates femoralis\" and \"Otophryne pyburni\"). Moreover, this species lacks an external vocal sac, so can only produce low-intensity calls that propagate short distances (<8 m). It also lacks external tympana and could be considered anatomically deaf. Nevertheless, it has a well-developed inner ear and has been shown to respond acoustically to the calls of conspecifics in the field. Male territories are closely spaced, only 2–4 m apart on average, and despite the handicaps discussed above, acoustic communication appears sufficiently efficient at these short distances. Eggs are laid in the water. The tadpoles adhere to rocks. Atelopus franciscus Atelopus franciscus, the Central Coast stubfoot toad, is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae, endemic to the central coastal region of French Guiana. It is a locally common, diurnal species found near fast-flowing small streams and creeks in lowland rainforest. Many authors have suggested this taxon might be a synonym of \"Atelopus flavescens\". It is threatened by habitat loss To attract females and to defend their territories, males of \"A. franciscus\" use advertisement calls, not visual displays as typical for \"Atelopus\". This is somewhat unexpected, given their environment is noisy and males must acoustically"
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"Fyodor Bondarchuk Fyodor Sergeyevich Bondarchuk ( ; born May 9, 1967) is a Russian film director, actor, TV and film producer, clipmaker, TV host, founder of production company Art Pictures Studio. Bondarchuk specializes in action, war, and science fiction films. Some of the most notable films Fyodor has directed include \"The 9th Company\" (2005), \"The Inhabited Island\" (2008-2009), \"Stalingrad\" (2013) and \"Attraction\" (2017). As an actor, Bondarchuk is best known for starring in \"8 ½ $\" (1999), \"Down House\" (2001), \"Two Days\" (2011), \"The PyraMMMid\" (2011) and \"Ghost\" (2015) Bondarchuk is a winner of TEFI award in 2003 in nomination “The best host of the entertainment TV-show”. In 2011 he received the Golden Eagle Award as the Best Actor. On October 15, 2012 he was appointed as Chairman of Lenfilm's Board of directors. Fedor was born in Moscow in a family of actress Irina Skobtseva and internationally acclaimed film actor and an Academy Award-winning director Sergei Bondarchuk. In 1985 after finishing school, Fyodor became a student of VGIK. In 1991 he graduated from the class of Yuri Ozerov as a film director. His actor debut was in 1986 in the film \"Boris Godunov\" (1986) where he performed with his father. In 1990 Fyodor Bondarchuk started his career as the first Russian producer of music videos. In 1993 he won the Ovation award as the best producer of musical video. Bondarchuk's breakthrough as an actor came with his dual role in the 1999 cult film \"8 ½ $\" by Grigori Konstantinopolsky, where he played both Fyodor and Stepan. In 2001 Fyodor played the role of Count Myshkin in \"Down House\", loosely based on Dostoyevsky's novel \"The Idiot\". Fedor Bondarchuk started his career as a film producer in 2002, beginning with the film \"In Motion\" (2002). Since that he has produced over twenty film projects that were great box-office successes. Bondarchuk won the 2003 TEFI Award for \"the Best Host of the Entertainment TV-Show\". In 2005 he directed his debut film \"The 9th Company\", which was based on real events which happened during the Afghan war (1979–1989). The filming process took place in the Crimea, and lasted 5 months. \"The 9th Company\" eventually won 7 awards and was nominated eight times. It also broke the former box office record. \"The 9th Company\" became the first Russian film earning $25 million. In 2006 \"The 9th Company\" was submitted for Best Foreign Film on Academy Award, but it was ultimately not nominated. Also Fyodor created a duology \"The Inhabited Island\" (2008). In 2006 Boris Strugatskiy gave rights to screen the film adaptation of the fantasy novel \"Prisoners of Power\". The overall time of the shooting took 222 days. Production and distribution of \"Inhabited Island\" was realized by Fyodor Bondarchuk's film company Art Pictures Studio. The film earned $30 million and took the third place of the box office of CIS area in 2009. In 2012 Bondarchuk received the Golden Eagle Award for the Best Actor in the film \"Two Days\" (2011) by Dunya Smirnova. At the same year, Fyodor and film producer Alexander Rodnyansky officially announced the beginning of the cooperation with IMAX Filmed Entertainment (also known as IMAX Corporation). Greg Foster, the president of the company, said: \"Fedor and Alexander showed me a 15 minute fragment of \"Stalingrad\". And I'm very glad that we did a right choice in choosing a partners\". As a result, their project \"Stalingrad\" was the first non-American film filmed in IMAX format. It was released in October 2013. In 2012 Fyodor Bondarchuk produced the screen adaption of Sergey Minaev's book of the same name, \"Dukhless\". Released in October 2012, it became the most successful Russian fiction film that year. The sequel, \"Dukhless 2\", was released in 2015. Bondarchuk directed the science fiction film \"Attraction\" in 2017. The film was a box office success and earned $18 million. In 2018 he produced another Minaev adaptation, \"Selfie\", and the box-office hit musical film \"Ice\" which grossed $22 million against the budget of $2 million. Fedor is a founder of Art Pictures Studio production company, which he founded in 1991 together with his friends Juhan Saul Gross and Stepan Mikhalkov and reorganized it in Art Pictures Studio in 2006 with his partner Dmitry Rudovskiy. The main area of the company is film and video production and distribution. Company is working with a variety of projects, ranging from music and advertising videos to feature films. Musical and advertising videos made by Art Pictures received a lot of Russian and international awards. The company worked with Heinz, Philips, Sony, Zikr (Colgate total), Pepsi etc. In 2002 Art Pictures moved into film production. In 2008 Fyodor Bondarchuk together with Konstantin Ernst (Director General of the Russian Channel One) and Ilya Bachurin founded the large-scale project Glavkino. The project consists of a television and television complex, a hardware complex, a production center, a script laboratory. In 2011 Glavkino and New York Art Academy founded a grant named after Sergei Bondarchuk. In 2017 Glavkino ownership was transferred from its founders, including Fyodor Bondarchuk, Konstantin Ernst, Ilya Bachurin, Vitaly Golovachev and Nikolai Tsvetkov, to the creditor VTB Bank. Each of the five founders of Glavkino received $1800 each, while VTB repaid the studio's debts, estimated at about $52 million. In 2009 Fyodor Bondarchuk with producer Sergey Selianov initiated the project Kinositi. The main mission of this company is to create network of multimedia educational cinema complexes throughout Russia. In 2012, Kinositi became the official partner of cinema chain Premier Zal. Fyodor Bondarchuk is an owner of three restaurants in Moscow (together with his friends and partners Stepan Mikhalkov, Arkadiy Novikov and Kirill Gusev). Also he opened two restaurants and confectionery in Ekaterinburg. Fyodor Bondarchuk is a popular television host in Russia. His show about the world of cinema aired weekly on the STS TV channel in Russia. His guests in the studio included Oliver Stone, Darren Aronofsky, Michael Bay, Christoph Waltz, Daniel Craig, Til Schweiger etc. In 2003 he received TEFI as the best TV host of entertainment program, in March 2004 Bondarchuk became a member of Russian Television Academy's fund. At the same year Fyodor started to host the reality show \"You - a Supermodel\". In 2013 Fyodor have started his career of TV producer with two projects on the STS channel in Russia. In March 2014 he signed a letter in support of the position of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin on Russia's military intervention in Ukraine. Fedor was married for more than 20 years to Svetlana Bondarchuk (née Rudskaya), main editor of \"HELLO!\" magazine (Russia). They have 2 children: son Sergey and daughter Varvara. After divorcing from Svetlana, Fedor became romantically involved with actress Paulina Andreeva. Fyodor Bondarchuk Fyodor Sergeyevich Bondarchuk ( ; born May 9, 1967) is a Russian film director, actor, TV and film producer, clipmaker, TV host, founder of production company Art Pictures Studio. Bondarchuk specializes in action, war, and science fiction films. Some of the most notable films Fyodor has directed include \"The 9th Company\" (2005), \"The Inhabited Island\" (2008-2009), \"Stalingrad\" (2013) and \"Attraction\" (2017). As an actor, Bondarchuk is best known for starring in \"8 ½ $\" (1999), \"Down House\" (2001), \"Two Days\" (2011), \"The PyraMMMid\" (2011) and"
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"Harpur Hill Quarry Harpur Hill Quarry is a disused quarry on Harpur Hill, Derbyshire. It has flooded and became known locally as \"The Blue Lagoon\". The attractive blue colour is from caustic chemicals in the stone. The quarry lake is a popular swimming spot, despite pollution and its pH level being 11.3, which is highly alkaline (ammonia is 11.5 and bleach is 12.6). In 2013 the water was dyed black to deter swimmers, but as of 2015 the water had clarified and the lagoon has its natural blue appearance again. The water remained a lush blue until it was again dyed black in April 2016. Harpur Hill Quarry Harpur Hill Quarry is a disused quarry on Harpur Hill, Derbyshire. It has flooded and became known locally as \"The Blue Lagoon\". The attractive blue colour is from caustic chemicals in the stone. The quarry lake is a popular swimming spot, despite pollution and its pH level being 11.3, which is highly alkaline (ammonia is 11.5 and bleach is 12.6). In 2013 the water was dyed black to deter swimmers, but as of 2015 the water had clarified and the lagoon has its natural blue appearance again. The water remained a lush"
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"Bright Moon Song and Dance Troupe Bright Moon Song and Dance Troupe (明月歌舞团) was a group founded by Li Jinhui from late 1920s to 1930s. It is also translated as Bright Moonlight Song and Dance Troupe. During the Chinese popular music boom era in the early 1930s, Shanghai had a large number of troupes, or music groups, competing for radio broadcasts and other entertainment slots. These groups were composed mostly of sing-song girls. The troupe merged with Lianhua Film Company in 1931 as the first Chinese popular music group of any sort to become part of the movie industry. The company would later prove to be instrumental in the rise of the first generation of shidaiqu music. Bright Moon Song and Dance Troupe Bright Moon Song and Dance Troupe (明月歌舞团) was a group founded by Li Jinhui from late 1920s to 1930s. It is also translated as Bright Moonlight Song and Dance Troupe. During the Chinese popular music boom era in the early 1930s, Shanghai had a large number of troupes, or music groups, competing for radio broadcasts and other entertainment slots. These groups were composed mostly of sing-song girls. The troupe merged with Lianhua Film Company in 1931 as"
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"Battle of Dražgoše The Battle of Dražgoše () was a Second World War battle between the Slovene Partisans and Nazi Germany armed forces, which took place between January 9 and January 11, 1942, in the village of Dražgoše (nowadays Slovenia). This battle was the first direct confrontation between the two. It ended with brutal reprisals of German forces against the villagers and the destruction of the village. Fighting (both numerically and equipment-wise) vastly superior Germans the Partisan Cankar Battalion (numbering 240 combatants) suffered eight casualties throughout the entire battle. German forces suffered 26 casualties according to German documents. After three days of fighting, the Partisans were forced to leave the village. After the battle, the Partisans were pursued and killed by the Germans. More recent publications have cast the events in a different light, stating that the Partisans selected Dražgoše as a scene to challenge the German forces. The villagers asked the Partisans forces to leave the village, but they refused; then, when the German forces attacked, the Partisans fled. According to Corsellis and Ferrar, the Partisans believed that uprisings such as the one at Dražgoše and the resulting reprisals turned the population against the Germans. The Catholic populace considered that the Partisans staged such uprisings in or near Catholic villages deliberately so that Catholics would be targeted by reprisals. German troops executed 17 male civilians immediately upon having secured a portion of the village. During the evening of the following day, a further 18 male residents who had previously escaped, only to be apprehended as they returned were executed, houses were looted and the village was set on fire. When the fires died down, the Germans then demolished the entire village. The remaining villagers were then rounded up and sent to concentration camps. After the war, the village was entirely rebuilt. Two days after this engagement, German troops attacked two partisan platoons on the Mošnje Pasture (). During the 13-hour engagement, some 12 Partisans were killed and 5 were wounded. On the one hand, the Battle of Dražgoše was lauded as a heroic act of defiance during the Communist era. It was also highly praised after Slovenia declared independence and introduced democracy. Danilo Türk, the president of Slovenia, described the Battle of Dražgoše as the \"biggest moral victory\" of the Slovene nation and as the \"victory of responsibility for the future of one's own nation\" in 2008. He stated that it was a foundation for Slovenia as an independent country. On the other hand, due to the sources that narrate a story about how the Partisans cynically used the village, the political analyst Boštjan M. Turk characterised the Battle of Dražgoše as a great suffering of the Slovenian nation and a disgrace for the Partisan movement; it has also been characterized as a \"wasted effort.\" According to Turk, \"Dražgoše represents a major defeat of the will and spirit of the resistance against the Nazis because innocent people paid for the Partisan hoax with their lives.\" From the Communist point of view, Dražgoše was not a failure because it raised fear among people and made carrying out the revolution and the conquest of power much easier. The historian Stane Granda has described the Battle of Dražgoše as a \"catastrophic miscalculation\" and the \"devastation of the village of Dražgoše\", and its contemporary national celebration as an \"ideological and political construction\". Battle of Dražgoše The Battle of Dražgoše () was a Second World War battle between the Slovene Partisans and Nazi Germany armed forces, which took place between January 9 and January 11, 1942, in the village of Dražgoše (nowadays Slovenia). This"
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"William Cumin (obstetrician) William Cumin (died 17 January 1854) was Regius Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Glasgow between 1834 and 1840. He was the son of Patrick Cumin (died 27 October 1820), Professor of Oriental Languages at the University of Glasgow, and his wife Rachael Baird. The Scottish philosopher David Hume in a letter to Adam Smith in June 1761 had recommended Cumin’s father for his position. William Cumin had been both a surgeon in the army, and later a Professor of Botany at Anderson College, Glasgow, before his appointment to succeed Robert Lee to the Chair of Midwifery in 1834. Cumin left the University of Glasgow in 1840 to take up residence at Clifton, Bristol. He married Ann Johnstone Ker at Glasgow and at Edinburgh in 1821. Cumin died at Bath in 1854. His grandson, Henry Patrick Cholmeley, MB from the University of Oxford in 1886, was the author of \"John of Gaddes and the Rosa Medicinae\" (1912). Cumin's niece, Robina Anne Wilson (30 November 1813 – 28 July 1855), the wife of Leopold Cattani Cavalcanti, is buried at the celebrated Protestant Cemetery at Florence with, among other members of the expatriate British community, the poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning. William Cumin (obstetrician) William Cumin (died 17 January 1854) was Regius Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Glasgow between 1834 and 1840. He was the son of Patrick Cumin (died 27 October 1820), Professor of Oriental Languages at the University of Glasgow, and his wife Rachael Baird. The Scottish philosopher David Hume in a letter to Adam Smith in June 1761 had recommended Cumin’s father for his position. William Cumin had been both a surgeon in the army, and later a Professor of Botany at Anderson College, Glasgow, before his appointment to succeed"
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"Rajkumar Hirani Rajkumar Hirani (born 20 November 1962) is an Indian film director and editor. He is widely regarded as one of the most successful and critically acclaimed filmmakers of the Hindi film industry. Hirani is known for directing the Hindi films \"Munna Bhai M.B.B.S\" (2003), \"Lage Raho Munnabhai\" (2006),\" 3 Idiots\" (2009), \"PK\" (2014) and \"Sanju\" (2018). All of his films have been huge commercial and critical successes. Most have won several awards, including the national awards, and have often been regarded by the media and audiences as some of the most path-breaking films in the history of Indian cinema. He has won 11 Filmfare Awards. He is the founder of production house Rajkumar Hirani Films. Hirani was born on 20 November 1962 in Nagpur to a Sindhi family. His ancestors originally belong to Mehrabpur, a city in the Naushahro Firoz District, Sindh, of modern-day Pakistan. His father Suresh Hirani ran a typing institute in Nagpur. Rajkumar Hirani studied at St. Francis De'Sales High School, Nagpur, Maharashtra. He did his graduation in commerce. His parents wanted him to be a chartered accountant, but he was more keen on theatre and film. In his college days he was involved with Hindi theatre. Suresh had his son's photographs taken and sent him to an acting school in Mumbai. However, Hirani could not fit in and returned to Nagpur after three days. His father then asked him to apply to the Film and Television Institute of India in Pune, but the acting course had shut down and his chances of admission to the directorial course looked slim as there were far too many applicants. Hirani opted for the editing course, and earned a scholarship.. Hirani tried his luck as a film editor for many years. Bad experiences forced him to shift to advertising, and he gradually established himself as a director and producer of advertising films. He was also seen in a Fevicol ad where some men and elephants were trying to pull and break a Fevicol plank, saying \"Jor laga ke Haisha\". He was also seen in the Kinetic Luna ad campaign created by Ogilvy & Mather. He was doing fairly well in the advertisement industry, but he wanted to make movies, so he took a break from advertisement and started working with Vidhu Vinod Chopra. He worked on promos and trailers for \"\". He edited promotions for \"Kareeb\". He got his first big opportunity as a film editor with \"Mission Kashmir\". Rajkumar Hirani's first directorial venture was \"Munnabhai MBBS\" (2003), starring Sanjay Dutt, which is considered a cult classic. It broke all formulaic conventions associated with Bollywood films. Made on a budget of ₹55 million, it was a huge hit worldwide and took a distributor share of ₹25 million from the Indian market. His second directorial effort was the 2006 \"Lage Raho Munnabhai\", which had a strong cultural impact in India, popularising Gandhism under Munna Bhai's notion of Gandhigiri. The film won widespread critical acclaim from critics and had a number of prominent screenings. His third film was the comedy \"3 Idiots\", starring Aamir Khan, R. Madhavan, Sharman Joshi, Kareena Kapoor, Omi Vaidya, Parikshit Sahni and Boman Irani. It was released on 25 December 2009 and was well received by the critics. It became the highest grosser in Indian cinema, shattering all records across Indian and overseas markets. The film was later remade in different languages. His fourth film was the alien satirical drama \"PK\", which starred Aamir Khan, Saurabh Shukla and Anushka Sharma and Sanjay Dutt in the lead roles. It was released on 19 December 2014, broke existing records in India and became the highest grossing Indian film, collecting over Rs.500 crore at the box office. \"PK\" was the first Indian film to gross more than 7 billion and US$100 million worldwide. Hirani's fifth film was \"Sanju\", a biopic on Sanjay Dutt, with Ranbir Kapoor playing Dutt's role. Hirani and his co-writer Abhijat Joshi wrote the screenplay. The film released on 29 June 2018. It received positive reviews from critics , but was criticised for its supposed image cleansing of Sanjay Dutt and was accused of not telling the truth. Sanju became one of the highest-grossing movies of year 2018 and also one of the highest grossing Indian films. Rajkumar Hirani Rajkumar Hirani (born 20 November 1962) is an Indian film director and editor. He is widely regarded as one of the most successful and critically acclaimed filmmakers of the Hindi film industry. Hirani is known for directing the Hindi films \"Munna Bhai M.B.B.S\" (2003), \"Lage Raho Munnabhai\" (2006),\" 3 Idiots\" (2009), \"PK\" (2014) and \"Sanju\" (2018). All of his films have been huge commercial and critical successes. Most have won several awards, including the national awards, and have often been regarded by the media and audiences as"
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"Howrah–Kharagpur line The Howrah–Kharagpur line is part of the Howrah-Nagpur-Mumbai line, Howrah-Chennai main line and Kolkata Suburban Railway. The line runs through the plains of West Bengal. From Howrah, it is first the Gangetic plains and then the basins of the Damodar, Rupnarayan and Kangsabati, thereby traversing Howrah, Purba Medinipur and Paschim Medinipur districts. Kolaghat Thermal Power Station, with its six tall chimneys, one for each of the 210 MW units, is a landmark on this line. Haldia dock complex handled 31.015 million tonnes of traffic in 2011-12. Haldia Refinery, one of the eight operating refineries of Indian Oil Corporation, was commissioned in 1975. Haldia Petrochemicals, a modern naphtha based petrochemical complex and the second largest project of its kind in India, has been a catalyst for the development of a large number of downstream industries. Bengal Nagpur Railway opened to traffic its main line from Nagpur to Asansol in 1891. Sini, on the Nagpur-Asansol line, was connected to Kharagpur and Kolaghat in 1898-99. The Kharagpur-Cuttack section was also opened the same year. The Kolaghat-Howrah track was completed in 1899-1900. Kharagpur was connected to Howrah with the opening of the Rupnarayan bridge on 19 April 1900. The Panskura-Durgachak line was opened in 1968, at a time when Haldia Port was being constructed. It was subsequently extended to Haldia. Haldia Dock Complex, a part of Kolkata Port Trust, was commissioned in 1977. The Tamluk-Digha line was opened in 2004. The Howrah–Kharagpur line was electrified in 1967-69. The Panskura-Haldia line was electrified in 1974-76. Santragachi-Bankaranayabaj sector was electrified in 1984-85. All lines were electrified with 25 kV AC overhead system. EMU train services between Panskura and Haldia introduced in 1976 and direct EMU services between Howrah and Haldia in 1979. Indian Railways propose to lay a new line connecting Sealdah and Haldia, with the distance being shorter by 70 km than the Howrah-Haldia track. There is a plan to connect Digha to Jaleswar on the Kharagpur-Puri line. The Howrah-Kharagpur stretch has three lines. There is a plan to build a fourth line for the Santragachi-Panskura-Kharagpur stretch. There are EMU car sheds at Tikiapara (for Howrah), Panskura and Kharagpur. Kharagpur has a diesel loco shed which houses WDM-2, WDM-3A and WDM-3B locos. Nimpura (for Kharagpur) has an electric loco shed. Santragachi has an electric loco shed and also an outstation trip shed. It houses WAP-4 locos and can take in 50+ locos. Santragachi also has arrangements for rake maintenance. Kharagpur has workshops for loco, carriage and wagon overhaul. The main line is classified as a \"Group A\" line which can take speeds up to 160 km/hr. The branch lines have speed limits within 100 km/hr. The Bengal Nagpur Railway was nationalized in 1944.Eastern Railway was formed on 14 April 1952 with the portion of East Indian Railway Company east of Mughalsarai and the Bengal Nagpur Railway. In 1955, South Eastern Railway was carved out of Eastern Railway. It comprised lines mostly operated by BNR earlier. Amongst the new zones started in April 2003 were East Coast Railway and South East Central Railway. Both these railways were carved out of South Eastern Railway. Howrah and Kharagpur on this line, are amongst the top hundred booking stations of Indian Railway. Howrah–Kharagpur line The Howrah–Kharagpur line is part of the Howrah-Nagpur-Mumbai line, Howrah-Chennai main line and Kolkata Suburban Railway. The line runs through the plains of West Bengal. From Howrah, it is first the Gangetic plains and then the basins of the Damodar, Rupnarayan and Kangsabati, thereby traversing Howrah, Purba Medinipur and Paschim Medinipur districts. Kolaghat Thermal Power Station, with its six tall chimneys, one for"
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"George Leslie, 2nd Earl of Rothes George Leslie, 2nd Earl of Rothes (died 1513) was a Scottish peer. He was the son of Andrew Leslie, Master of Rothes and Marjorie Sinclair (daughter of William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness), and the grandson of George Leslie, 1st Earl of Rothes. George was invested in his lands as Earl of Rothes on 25 May 1492. In 1498 George was summoned to trial for the murder of George Leslie alias Dunlop, and failed to appear in subsequent years. In 1509, the Leslie lands were \"recognized\" by James IV of Scotland. The King took back the family's feudal title because George had tried to sell the lands without permission. Chief amongst the lands was the title of the Barony of Ballinbreich Castle. George died unmarried before March 1513, and was succeeded as Earl by his brother, William. George Leslie, 2nd Earl of Rothes George Leslie, 2nd Earl of Rothes (died 1513) was a Scottish peer. He was the son of Andrew Leslie, Master of Rothes and Marjorie Sinclair (daughter of William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness), and the grandson of George Leslie, 1st Earl of Rothes. George was invested in his lands as Earl"
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"Alain Montpetit Alain Montpetit (September 24, 1950 – June 10, 1987) was a television and radio personality in Quebec, as well as an actor. Montpetit was a native of Westmount, where he was born and where he grew up. His grandfather was Édouard Montpetit, founder of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Montreal. He was the son of André Montpetit, a prominent labour lawyer, founding chair of the board of the Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal and a judge of the Quebec Superior Court, chairing the Commission of Inquiry into Working Conditions in the Post Office 1966. He studied at the National Theatre School of Canada and UCLA. During his days in the United States, he worked at KMET/Los Angeles, California and ran a pirate radio station near the Canada–United States border. On his return to Montreal, in the early 1970s he became a full-time airstaffer at CKGM. After that stint at the Top 40 AM outlet, he would take the offer of being the host of a radio show on CKMF-FM at the start of the fashion for disco. Thanks to the station's emphasis on disco, it went from 48,000 listeners to around 500,000. Montpetit was also hired to host a disco dance show on Montréal's private French-language TV station, Télé-Métropole. According to François Roy, a friend and colleague at the time, Montpetit did not particularly like disco music. However, he took advantage of the opportunity and was known as Montreal's \"King of Disco\", accepting sizable payment in cash or drugs from various club owners for spending time at their establishments. Although Montpetit was married to classical ballet dancer Nanci Moretti and had two children with her. He had brief encounters with many other women. He had a more serious affair with Paule Charbonneau. One of Charbonneau's friends was Marie-Josée Saint-Antoine, a model from Montreal with the Elite agency, who was to move to New York City. On a visit back to Quebec in June 1982, Saint-Antoine convinced her friend to break with Montpetit and communicated this decision to him. Saint-Antoine was stabbed to death, on 17 June 1982, upon her return to New York City. Strong circumstantial evidence ties Montpetit to this murder. Among other things, he gave an alibi to police which, much later, was revealed to be false. A witness saw a man who looked like him with Saint-Antoine shortly before she was killed. Douglas Coco Leopold, who also worked for CKMF and was a prominent disco radio and TV personality, accused Montpetit of the murder on the air. Montpetit sued Leopold for defamation and the case was settled out of court. In June 1987, Montpetit went on air while he was evidently under the influence, as he had on some other occasions. The manager of the station advised him to get help and assured him that his job would be there for him. He was scheduled to go into a rehab on the 12th of June. He travelled to Washington DC on the 9th of June and was found dead of an overdose in a Washington hotel room. He was 36 years old. A fictionalised version of Montpetit, played by Patrick Huard, is one of the central characters in the 2010 Canadian film \"Funkytown\". Alain Montpetit Alain Montpetit (September 24, 1950 – June 10, 1987) was a television and radio personality in Quebec, as well as an actor. Montpetit was a native of Westmount, where he was born and where he grew up. His grandfather was Édouard Montpetit, founder of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Montreal. He"
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"42nd Indiana Infantry Regiment The 42nd Regiment Indiana Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The 42nd Indiana Infantry was organized at Evansville, Indiana and mustered in for a three-year enlistment on October 9, 1861, under the command of Colonel James Garrard Jones. The regiment was recruited in Daviess, Gibson, Pike, Spencer, Warrick, and Vanderburgh counties. The regiment was attached to 14th Brigade, Army of the Ohio, October to December 1861. 14th Brigade, 5th Division, Army of the Ohio, to April 1862. 17th Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of the Ohio, to September 1862. 17th Brigade, 3rd Division, I Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Center, XIV Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, XIV Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to April 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, XIV Corps to October 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, XIV Corps, to July 1865. The 42nd Indiana Infantry mustered out of service at Louisville, Kentucky, on July 21, 1865. They were part of McCook's Brigade at Cheatham Hill (Dead Angle to those who fought there), Kennesaw Mountain battle of June 27, 1864. McCook went up against Maney's Brigade. Company H, Written by Sam Watkins gives a detailed account of the battle. Sam was in Maney's Brigade. • Ordered to Kentucky, and duty at Henderson, Calhoun and Owensboro, Ky., until February 1862. • Advance on Nashville, Tenn., February 10–25, 1862. • Occupation of Shelbyville and Fayetteville and advance on Huntsville, Ala., March 28-April 11. • Action at Wartrace April 11. Advance on and capture of Decatur, Ala., April 11–14. • Action at West Bridge near Bridgeport, Ala., April 29. • Duty at Huntsville, Ala., until August. March to Nashville, Tenn., thence to Louisville, Ky., in pursuit of Bragg, August 27-September 26. • Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1–15. • Battle of Perryville, Ky., October 8. • March to Nashville, Tenn., October 16-November 7, and duty there until December 26. • Advance on Murfreesboro December 26–30. • Battle of Stones River December 30–31, 1862 and January 1–3, 1863. • Duty at Murfreesboro until June. Reconnaissance to Versailles March 9–14. • Tullahoma Campaign June 23-July 7. • Elm River June 29. Occupation of middle Tennessee until August 16. • Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga Campaign August 16-September 22. • Davis Cross Roads or Dug Gap September 11. • Battle of Chickamauga September 19–21. • Rossville Gap September 21. • Siege of Chattanooga, September 24-November 23. • Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23–27. • Lookout Mountain November 23–24. • Missionary Ridge November 25. • Pea Vine Creek and Graysville November 26. • Ringgold Gap, Taylor's Ridge November 27 • Regiment reenlisted January 1, 1864. • Atlanta Campaign May 1-September 8, 1864. o Demonstrations on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8–11. o Buzzard's Roost Gap May 8–9. o Battle of Resaca May 14–15. o Advance on Dallas May 18–25. o Operations on Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. o Pickett's Mill May 27. o Operations about Marietta and against Kennesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. o Pine Hill June 11–14. o Lost Mountain June 15–17. o Assault on Kennesaw June 27. o Ruff's Station, Smyrna Camp Ground, July 4. o Chattahoochee River July 5–17, o Buckhead, Nancy's Creek, July 18. o Peachtree Creek July 19–20. o Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. o Utoy Creek August 5–7. o Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25–30. o Near Red Oak August 29. o Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. • Operations against Hood in northern Georgia and northern Alabama September 29-November 3. • March to the Sea November 15-December 10. Siege of Savannah December 10–21. • Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. • Averysboro, N. C., March 16. • Battle of Bentonville March 19–21. • Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. • Advance on Raleigh April 10–14. • Occupation of Raleigh April 14. • Bennett's House April 26. • Surrender of Johnston and his army. • March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 19. • Grand Review of the Armies May 24. • Moved to Louisville, Ky., June. The regiment lost a total of 310 men during service; 5 officers and 108 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 1 officer and 196 enlisted men died of disease. 42nd Indiana Infantry Regiment The 42nd Regiment Indiana Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The 42nd Indiana Infantry was organized at Evansville, Indiana and mustered in for a three-year enlistment on October 9, 1861, under the command of Colonel James Garrard Jones. The regiment was recruited in Daviess, Gibson, Pike, Spencer, Warrick, and Vanderburgh counties. The regiment was attached"
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"Wales Brewery Wales Brewery, an Alexandria, Virginia brewing facility was founded by Andrew Wales in 1770. George Washington frequently purchased beer from Wales Brewery. Andrew Wales was born in Scotland around 1737. He arrived in the Colonies before 1765 and held a position in John Mercer's Stafford County, Virginia brewery from 1765 to 1769. He rose to the position of brewmaster after a previous brewmaster failed to produce quality beer. Andrew Wales rented space in Alexandria's Town Warehouse on Duke Street and began brewing there commercially in 1770. Within two years, Wales purchased a building to house his brewery, but did not fully relocate brewery operations until 1773. George Washington first purchased a cask of Wales' beer from the Mercer Brewery in 1768 and would remain a customer of Wales Brewery for thirty years. Cornelius Coningham, the first brewer in the city of Washington, took control of the brewery in 1798 renaming it Alexandria Brewery. Coningham held the brewery for Wales until a new owner was found. The brewery complex was purchased by John Fitzgerald in 1798, but was sold to settle Fitzgerald's debts after his death in 1802. The brewery complex no longer exists. Remnants of the Town Warehouse, where Wales first rented space for his brewery, were found in November 2015 during construction of a new hotel. Wales Brewery Wales Brewery, an Alexandria, Virginia brewing facility was founded by Andrew Wales in 1770. George Washington frequently purchased beer from Wales Brewery. Andrew Wales was born in Scotland around 1737. He arrived in the Colonies before 1765 and held a position in John Mercer's Stafford County, Virginia brewery from 1765 to 1769. He rose to the position of brewmaster after a previous brewmaster failed to produce quality beer. Andrew Wales rented space in Alexandria's Town Warehouse on Duke Street"
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Asia accounted for more than 40% of the overall increase in consumption. \n Rank | Country/Region | Oil consumption (bbl/day) | Year \n---|---|---|--- \n| World | 95,008,000 | 2015 \n| United States | 7007198800000000000 ♠ 19,880,000 | 2015 \n| European Union | 7007150000000000000 ♠ 15,000,000 | 2017. \n| China | 7007119680000000000 ♠ 11,968,000 | 2015 \n| India | 7006415900000000000 ♠ 4,159,000 | 2015 \n| Japan | 7006415000000000000 ♠ 4,150,000 | 2015 \n| Saudi Arabia | 7006389500000000000 ♠ 3,895,000 | 2015 \n6 | Brazil | 7006315700000000000 ♠ 3,157,000 | 2015 \n7 | Russia | 7006311300000000000 ♠ 3,113,000 | 2015 \n8 | South Korea | 7006257500000000000 ♠ 2,575,000 | 2015 \n9 | Germany | 7006233800000000000 ♠ 2,338,000 | 2015 \n10 | Canada | 7006232200000000000 ♠ 2,322,000 | 2015 \n11 | Iran | 7006194700000000000 ♠ 1,947,000 | 2015 \n12 | Mexico | 7006192600000000000 ♠ 1,926,000 | 2015 \n13 | France | 7006160600000000000 ♠ 1,606,000 | 2015 \n14 | Indonesia | 7006162800000000000 ♠ 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In CIS, consumption grew by 7.3% (8.9% in Russia), while rising 4.2% in the Middle East (driven by Saudi Arabia and Kuwait). Each region contributed 8% to the overall increase. \n | This article needs to be updated. Please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (September 2015) \n---|---\n The total worldwide oil consumption is 93 million bbl/day according to the International Energy Agency (IEA).",
"207 | Falkland Islands | 7002300000000000000 ♠ 300 | 2011 est. \n208 | Kiribati | 7002300000000000000 ♠ 300 | 2011 est. \n209 | Saint Helena | 7002100000000000000 ♠ 100 | 2011 est. \n In Latin America, demand rose sharply by 5.7% , representing 13% of the increase. In CIS, consumption grew by 7.3% (8.9% in Russia), while rising 4.2% in the Middle East (driven by Saudi Arabia and Kuwait). Each region contributed 8% to the overall increase. \n | This article needs to be updated. Please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (September 2015) \n---|---\n The total worldwide oil consumption is 93 million bbl/day according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). \n | hide This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these template messages) | | This article's factual accuracy may be compromised due to out-of-date information. Please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (February 2014) \n---|--- \n| This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (March 2012) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) \n---|--- \n(Learn how and when to remove this template message) \n This is a list of countries by oil consumption. \n Despite this growth, the US remains by far the largest user of oil, consuming more than China in 2010. China may overtake the US around 2030. \"BP Energy Outlook 2035\" (PDF). p. 38. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-04-02."
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"Alexander Cassatt Alexander Johnston Cassatt (December 8, 1839 – December 28, 1906) was the seventh president of the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR), serving from June 9, 1899, to December 28, 1906. The painter Mary Cassatt was his sister. Frequently referred to as A. J. Cassatt, the great accomplishment under his stewardship was the planning and construction of tunnels under the Hudson River to finally bring PRR's trunk line into New York City. His purchase of a controlling interest in the Long Island Rail Road and the construction of tunnels under the East River created a PRR commuter network on Long Island. Unfortunately, Cassatt died before his grand Pennsylvania Station in New York City was completed. Cassatt joined the PRR in 1861 as an engineer and rapidly rose through the ranks. He was a vice president in 1877 when the Pittsburgh Railway Riots broke out in 1877, and had become Pennsy First Vice-President by 1880. He was disappointed to be passed over for the presidency and resigned from the company in 1882. During his absence he devoted his time to horse raising but still was able to organize a new railroad the New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad (NYP&N), that connected southern markets with the north. Despite no longer being an executive with PRR, he was elected to the PRR's board of directors and was recalled in 1899 to serve as president. Cassatt more than doubled the PRR's total assets during his term, from US$276 million to US$594 million (an increase of 115 percent). Track and equipment investment increased by 146 percent. The route from New York through Philadelphia, Harrisburg and Altoona to Pittsburgh was made double-tracked throughout; to Washington, DC, four-tracked—Pennsy's \"Broad Way.\" Many other lines were double-tracked; almost every part of the system was improved. New freight cutoffs avoided stations; grade crossings were eliminated, flyovers were built to streamline common paths through junctions, terminals were redesigned, and much more. Cassatt initiated the Pennsy's program of electrification which led to the road being the United States' most electrified system. Cassatt was succeeded as Pennsylvania Railroad president by James McCrea. Cassatt was born on December 8, 1839, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the eldest of seven children, including the painter Mary Cassatt, born to Robert Simpson Cassat (later Cassatt), and Katherine Kelso Johnston. The elder Cassatt was a successful stockbroker and land speculator. He was descended from the French Huguenot Jacques Cossart, who came to New Amsterdam in 1662. Her mother, Katherine Kelso Johnston, came from a banking family. Katherine Cassatt, educated and very well read and it was said that it was Alexander who most resembled his mother in \"appearance and temperament\". In 1856, he entered Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to study Civil Engineering where his senior thesis was entitled \"Review of Pressure Turbine\". After graduating in the summer of 1859, Robert Cassatt took Alexander to see a former neighbor from Lancaster Pennsylvania, James Buchanan, 15th President of the United States. By the fall of 1860, Alexander had secured a position as a surveyor or rodman by the Georgia Railroad. By the time the State of Georgia voted to secede from the Union in January 1861, Cassatt had abandoned his work as surveyor on the Dalton-Knoxville line of the Georgia Railroad and returned to Pennsylvania without seeing any military service during the Civil War. In the Spring of 1861, Cassatt had been hired as part of the Engineer Corps of the Pennsylvania Railroad, again as a rodman where he worked on the Connecting Railway. It is unknown how Cassatt managed to avoid the Pennsylvania militia draft during the Union mobilization in this period but in 1864, Cassatt was transferred to Renovo, Pennsylvania, as a resident engineer to work on the middle division of the Philadelphia and Erie railroad. In 1866, Cassatt became superintendent of motive power and machinery for the Oil Creek and Allegheny River Railway, recently reorganized in 1864 as the Warren and Franklin Railroad which was growing rapidly due to the discovery of oil in the region and coal mining. In 1867, Cassatt was appointed as superintendent of motive power and machinery for the Pennsylvania railroad in Altoona with a salary of $3,000 per year ($=) when a trainman made less than $10 a week. Sometime during Cassatt's tenure as superintendent, he married Lois Buchanan, daughter of the Rev. Edward Y. Buchanan and Ann Eliza Foster. Lois Buchanan was a niece of James Buchanan, 15th President of the United States, and through her mother, a niece of songwriter Stephen Foster. The couple had two sons and two daughters. Cassatt was a horse enthusiast and fox hunter who owned Chesterbrook Farm, outside Berwyn, Pennsylvania, where he bred Thoroughbred racehorses. The property is today the site of a subdivision with office buildings and homes using the Chesterbrook Farm name. The original main barn designed by Philadelphia architect Frank Furness has been maintained and restored. (Furness also designed Cassatt's Rittenhouse Square townhouse.) Cassatt initially raced under the pseudonym, Mr. Kelso, and his horses as from the Kelso Stable. He owned the 1886 Preakness Stakes winner, The Bard, and the 1889 Belmont Stakes 1889 winner, Eric. As well, he bred the winner of the 1875, 1876, 1878, and 1880 Preakness Stakes and Foxford, who won the 1891 Belmont. In addition to flat-racing his Thoroughbreds, in 1895 Cassatt helped found the National Steeplechase Association to organize competitive steeplechase racing. He was also responsible for the introduction of the Hackney pony to the United States. In 1878 he acquired 239 Stella in Britain and brought her to Philadelphia. In 1891, Cassatt and several fellow Hackney enthusiasts founded the American Hackney Horse Society. The organization and registry continues to this day, with its headquarters now in Lexington, Kentucky. Cassatt died in 1906 at his Rittenhouse Square townhouse in Philadelphia, after a six-month illness. He was interred in the Church of the Redeemer Cemetery in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. His widow died in 1920. The street crossing the former Pennsylvania Railroad tracks at Berwyn station is named Cassatt Avenue. Gramercy Mansion in Baltimore, Maryland was built by Alexander Cassatt in 1902. In 1910, the Pennsylvania Railroad erected a statue of Cassatt designed by Adolph Alexander Weinman at the new Pennsylvania Station, New York. The statue had the following inscription: The statue is currently located at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg, Pennsylvania. Alexander Cassatt Alexander Johnston Cassatt (December 8, 1839 – December 28, 1906) was the seventh president of the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR), serving from June 9, 1899, to December 28, 1906. The painter Mary Cassatt was his sister. Frequently referred to as A. J. Cassatt, the great accomplishment under"
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"Phi Leonis Phi Leonis (φ Leo) is a star in the constellation Leo. It is bright enough to be seen with the naked eye, having an apparent visual magnitude of 4.46. Based upon parallax measurements, the distance to Phi Leo is around 184 light years. The spectrum of this star fits a stellar classification of A7IVn, which suggests it is an A-type subgiant star that has left the main sequence and is evolving into a giant star. It is being viewed with the plane of the star's equator lying close the line of sight from the Earth, and shows a high rotation rate with a projected rotational velocity of 254 km/s. This rapid spin is giving the star an oblate shape with an equatorial bulge that is 29% larger than the polar radius. Phi Leonis has been mentioned as a shell star—indicating that there is a circumstellar disk of gas around the star's equator—and may display a slight variability. Sporadic variation of the spectra on the time scale of minutes up to months in duration suggests that solid, cometary bodies are in orbit around the star, with objects approaching close enough for refractory materials to sublimate. Phi Leonis Phi Leonis"
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"Mytholmroyd railway station Mytholmroyd railway station serves the communities of Mytholmroyd, Luddendenfoot, Midgley, Cragg Vale, and surrounding areas. It has disabled access via ramps instead of steps on both platforms, although the station is the only one to be built on a viaduct. It lies on the Calder Valley Line operated by Northern and is situated west of Halifax and west of Leeds. The Manchester and Leeds Railway (M&LR) was opened in stages. The section between and was opened on 5 October 1840 and completed in 1841, without a station between and Hebden Bridge. The station was opened by the M&LR in May 1847; within a few weeks of this, the company became the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. The entrance to the station is by way of two long step-free paths from each side of the Mytholmroyd Viaduct. The original station building (as seen above) included a ticket office, as the main entrance to both platforms. The station building was later closed and tickets had to be purchased on the train but later sheltered ticket machines were installed on platform 2, payable by card. Northern's online 'click and collect' system Application, allows the user to purchase tickets, which are then collected on Platform 2. In October 2004, the first arch of the viaduct on the access ramp was cleaned, the path was extended and new fencing was installed. Two live information screens have been added showing the trains service, type and stops / calls. In 2013, a bicycle area was added at the top of one of the ramps, covered by CCTV. In August 2016, planning permission was granted to return the station into commercial use. The planning permission allowed for the floors to be ripped out and reinstated, fireplaces to be refurbished and floors / windows to be installed. The station partnership is currently looking for the community to develop a business plan to use the building for community use. Ideas raised include a 'Ted Hughes' museum, bar and cafe. There is an active station user group - Mytholmroyd Station Partnership, which has enhanced the station area with gardens, flower tubs and school art - including the Northern Mosaic by students from Calder High School. A car park, at the top of platform 2 access road, which engineers use to get machinery onto the tracks in the area, can hold around 20 cars. Three trains per hour call in each direction (since the May 2018 timetable change), westwards to Manchester Victoria (two) or via Blackburn (one) and eastbound to . One Manchester service each hour extends to and , whilst one Leeds service via Bradford runs to and a second Leeds train is routed via . On Sundays, there are hourly services to Manchester and via Preston westbound and two per hour to Leeds via Bradford eastbound. Mytholmroyd railway station Mytholmroyd railway station serves the communities of Mytholmroyd, Luddendenfoot, Midgley, Cragg Vale, and surrounding areas. It has disabled access via ramps instead of steps on both platforms, although the"
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"If on a winter's night a traveler If on a winter's night a traveler () is a 1979 novel by the Italian writer Italo Calvino. The postmodernist narrative, in the form of a frame story, is about the reader trying to read a book called \"If on a winter's night a traveler\". Each chapter is divided into two sections. The first section of each chapter is in second person, and describes the process the reader goes through to attempt to read the next chapter of the book he or she is reading. The second half is the first part of a new book that the reader (\"you\") finds. The second half is always about something different from the previous ones and the ending is never explained. The book was published in an English translation by William Weaver in 1981. The book begins with a chapter on the art and nature of reading, and is subsequently divided into twenty-two passages. The odd-numbered passages and the final passage are narrated in the second person. That is, they concern events purportedly happening to the novel's reader. (Some contain further discussions about whether the man narrated as \"you\" is the same as the \"you\" who is actually reading.) These chapters concern the reader's adventures in reading Italo Calvino's novel, \"If on a winter's night a traveler.\" Eventually the reader meets a woman named Ludmilla, who is also addressed in her own chapter, separately, and also in the second person. Alternating between second-person narrative chapters of this story are the remaining (even) passages, each of which is a first chapter in ten different novels, of widely varying style, genre, and subject-matter. All are broken off, for various reasons explained in the interspersed passages, most of them at some moment of plot climax. The second-person narrative passages develop into a fairly cohesive novel that puts its two protagonists on the track of an international book-fraud conspiracy, a mischievous translator, a reclusive novelist, a collapsing publishing house, and several repressive governments. The chapters which are the first chapters of different books all push the narrative chapters along. Themes which are introduced in each of the first chapters will then exist in succeeding narrative chapters, such as after reading the first chapter of a detective novel, then the narrative story takes on a few common detective-style themes. There are also phrases and descriptions which will be eerily similar between the narrative and the new stories. The ending exposes a hidden element to the entire book, where the actual first-chapter titles (which are the titles of the books that the reader is trying to read) make up a single coherent sentence, which would make a rather interesting start for a book. The theme of a writer's objectivity appears also in Calvino's novel \"Mr. Palomar\", which explores if absolute objectivity is possible, or even agreeable. Other themes include the subjectivity of meaning, the relationship between fiction and life, what makes an ideal reader and author, and authorial originality. Cimmeria is a fictional country in the novel. The country is described as having existed as an independent state between World War I and World War II. The capital is Örkko, and its principal resources are peat and by-products, bituminous compounds. Cimmeria seems to have been located somewhere on the Gulf of Bothnia, a body of water between Sweden to the west and Finland to the east. The country has since been absorbed, and its people and language, of the 'Bothno-Ugaric' group, have both disappeared. As Calvino concludes the alleged, fictional encyclopedia entry concerning Cimmeria: \"In successive territorial divisions between her powerful neighbors the young nation was soon erased from the map; the autochthonous population was dispersed; Cimmerian language and culture had no development\" (\"If on a winter's night a traveler\", pp. 43–44). The pair of chapters following the two on Cimmeria and its literature are followed by one describing another fictional country called the Cimbrian People's Republic, a communist nation which allegedly occupied part of Cimmeria during the latter's decline. Languages named Cimmerian and Cimbrian have both existed. The Cimmerians were an ancient tribal group, contemporary with the Scythians, who lived in southern Ukraine. The Cimbrian language still exists today, and is spoken by about 2230 people in northern Italy, not too remote from Calvino's home in Turin. However, these real-world items have no clear relationship to their fictional namesakes. The main character in the first part of each chapter is you, the reader. The narrative starts out when you begin reading a book but then all of the pages are out of order. You then go to a bookstore to get a new copy of the book. When at the bookstore, you meet a girl, Ludmilla, who becomes an important character in the book. You think Ludmilla is beautiful, and you both share a love of books. Throughout the rest of the narrative, you and Ludmilla develop a relationship while on the quest for the rest of the book you had started reading. There are a number of minor characters that appear at various points in the story including Lotaria (Ludmilla's sister), Ermes Marana (a translation scammer), and Silas Flannery (an author). In a 1985 interview with Gregory Lucente, Calvino stated \"If on a winter's night a traveler\" was \"clearly\" influenced by the writings of Vladimir Nabokov. The book was also influenced by the author's membership in the literary group Oulipo. The structure of the text is said to be an adaptation of the structural semiology of A.J. Greimas. In a letter written to critic Lucio Lombardo Radice dated November 13, 1979 (published in \"Italo Calvino: letters, 1941–1985\"; Princeton University Press, 2013, p. 501), Calvino mentions Bulgakov, Kawabata, Tanizaki, Rulfo, Arguedas, Borges and Chesterton as having influenced, in various ways, the narrative style of the ten stories that comprise the book. \"The Telegraph\" included the novel in 69th place in a list of \"100 novels everyone should read\" in 2009, describing it as a \"playful postmodernist puzzle\". Author David Mitchell described himself as being \"magnetised\" by the book from its start when he read it as an undergraduate, but on rereading it, felt it had aged and that he did not find it \"breathtakingly inventive\" as he had the first time, yet does stress that \"however breathtakingly inventive a book is, it is only breathtakingly inventive once\" – with once being better than never. Novelist and lecturer Scarlett Thomas uses it to teach innovative contemporary fiction, as an example of different kinds of narrative techniques. Sting named his 2009 album \"If on a Winter's Night...\" after the book. English musician and composer Bill Ryder-Jones released the album \"If...\" on 14 November 2011. The album is a musical adaptation of the book and serves as an \"imaginary film score\". If on a winter's night a traveler If on a winter's night a traveler () is a 1979 novel by the Italian writer Italo Calvino. The postmodernist narrative, in the form of a frame story, is about the reader trying to read a book called \"If on a winter's night a traveler\". Each chapter is divided into two sections. The first section of each chapter is in second person, and describes the"
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"Ercole de' Roberti Ercole de' Roberti (c. 1451 – 1496), also known as Ercole Ferrarese or Ercole da Ferrara, was an Italian artist of the Early Renaissance and the School of Ferrara. He was profiled in Vasari's \"Le Vite delle più eccellenti pittori, scultori, ed architettori\". The son of the doorkeeper at the Este castle, Ercole later held the position of court artist for the Este family in Ferrara. According to Vasari: Paintings by Ercole are rare. His life was short and many of his works have been destroyed. By 1473, when he was 17, Ercole had left Ferrara and was working in Bologna in the studio of Francesco del Cossa. According to Vasari, Ercole also apprenticed under Lorenzo Costa in Bologna, but this seems unlikely as he was Lorenzo's senior by several years. Vasari was likely confusing him with Ercole da Bologna or Ercole Banci. Ercole's first mature works are his contributions to the Griffoni Chapel for the San Petronio Basilica in Bologna: a predella depicting the \"Miracles of St Vincent Ferrer\" (c. 1473) (now in the Pinacoteca of the Vatican), and lateral pilasters for the altarpiece commissioned from del Cossa. Ercole de' Roberti is known to have collaborated in the frescoes of Palazzo Schifanoia. In 1480, Ercole created a large altarpiece with a \"Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints\" for Santa Maria in Porto in Ravenna, which is now in the Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan. Portraits of Giovanni II Bentivoglio and Ginevra Bentivoglio attributed to Ercole de' Roberti (c. 1480) are in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Ercole succeeded Cosmè Tura as court painter to the Este family in Ferrara around 1486. His role apparently went far beyond making art: he accompanied Alfonso d'Este on a papal visit to Rome, served as wardrobe manager for Isabella d'Este's wedding in Mantua, and may even have made salamis. A painting of \"Portia and Brutus\" (c. 1486–90), believed to be painted for Eleonora of Aragon, duchess of Ferrara, is in the Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas. Ercole's painting of \"Saint Jerome in the Wilderness\" from this period is in the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. Ercole de' Roberti Ercole de' Roberti (c. 1451 – 1496), also known as Ercole Ferrarese or Ercole da Ferrara, was an Italian artist of the Early Renaissance and the School of Ferrara. He was profiled in Vasari's \"Le Vite"
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"Nutley, East Sussex Nutley is a village in the Wealden District of East Sussex, England. It lies about north-west of Uckfield, the main road being the A22. Nutley, Fairwarp and Maresfield together form the Maresfield civil parish. The village is on the southern edge of Ashdown Forest which was a deer hunting reserve from the time of King Edward II. Iron has also played an important role in the history of the area. The Romans operated nearby in Duddleswell and Maresfield, working on the iron ore to be found in the local weald clay in bloomeries. Roman coins and waste from furnaces has been found at these locations. When the Romans left Britain in the 5th century AD Saxon settlers lived on the site of Nutley. \"Hnut's leagh\" means \"Hnut's Clearing\", and is the most likely origin of the village's modern-day name. Following the Norman Invasion of 1066, Nutley became part of the Rape of Pevensey. In 1176 a chapel was built by Richer de Aquila L'Aigle. It was built in an area known as Chapelwood, along the Chelwood Gate road, just outside Nutley's borders. of land near Wych Cross on Ashdown Forest was granted to the chapel. It was attached to the church at Maresfield. The chapel went out of use after the English Reformation. In 1372 Edward III gave the Chapel of Notlye (as it was called at the time) along with almost of land to his son, John of Gaunt. They were both frequent visitors to Ashdown Forest (then known as Lancaster Great Park; it would keep that name for the next three centuries) because of the hunting. Contraband goods, shipped across the English Channel, were smuggled along the packhorse track from Duddleswell to Nutley. In 1721 Gabriel Tomkins, the leader of the Mayfield Gang, was captured and arrested in Nutley having been chased from Burwash. Tomkins was sentenced to seven years transportation, but gained his freedom by giving valuable information to the authorities. He went on to have a mixed career as both smuggler and customs officer, being Custom House Officer at Dartford in Kent in 1735 and Bailiff to the Sheriff of Sussex, but was hanged in 1750 at Bedford for robbing the Chester stage coach. Nutley Windmill, a rare example of an open trestle post mill, was moved to Nutley from Goudhurst, Kent around 1817, her timbers being older than this. Standing on the edge of the forest she was modernised in the 1880s and operated until 1908. It was only in the mid-19th century that the village school and the church, dedicated to Saint James the Less, were built. The land upon which the school was built was donated by the Earl and Countess De La Warr. Both the school and church are still in use today. Piped water was first introduced to the village in the early 20th century, but electricity and telephones did not arrive until the 1930s. During the First World War and Second World War Canadian troops were stationed at Pippingford Park near Nutley. In the Second World War a Wellington bomber returning from a raid over Germany crashed nearby. The crew were killed. In 1944 a stick of bombs from a German plane landed in Nutley, resulting in minor damage. Twenty locals died in combat during the First World War. To commemorate their sacrifice a Memorial Hall was built, situated opposite what is now the village post office. Eighteen others died in the Second World War, and a second memorial hall was built in the 1970s. It stands opposite the school, and there is also a social club, set of committee rooms, a tennis and squash club, and the Parish Council office. The land for this second memorial hall was donated by the Nettlefold family. Today it is managed by the Nutley War Memorial Trust. Situated next to Ashdown Forest, Nutley is surrounded by idyllic countryside. Nutley lies on the A22 London to Eastbourne main road. Nutley's terrain near the main road is relatively flat, however the further one drifts from the main road the more undulating the land becomes. Off the A22, there are numerous side-roads and country lanes, many of which hold tradition in the village. According to the 2001 Census, 1,342 persons live in Nutley. Approximately 47% of the population are male and 53% are female. The population reside in 520 households, and more than a fifth of the population live alone, including pensioners. The population has increased by 5% since the 1991 census. Local businesses and amenities such as the Nutley Social Club, school, antique shop, village pub, Italian and Indian/Thai restaurants, petrol station and shop, school, village shop, two care homes, three motor repair workshops, car showroom and other small enterprises and businesses employ approximately 150 people. There are more than 90 home-based businesses, employing a further 150 people or thereabouts. An estimated 50% of the working population of Nutley commute to the surrounding areas. 60% of Nutley's 16–74 age group are either employed or self-employed with full or part-time work. Few people are unemployed. 70% of this age group possess a type of qualification, while 20% have a first degree or higher qualification. Nutley, East Sussex Nutley is a village in the Wealden District of East Sussex, England. It lies about north-west of Uckfield, the main road being the A22. Nutley, Fairwarp and Maresfield together form the Maresfield civil parish. The village"
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"William Hiseland William Hiseland (August 6, 1620 – 7 February 1732), sometimes spelt William Hasland or Haseland, was an English and later British soldier and reputed supercentenarian. In 1709, at the age of eighty-nine, he fought at the Battle of Malplaquet and was believed to be the oldest soldier on the field. He lived to become the last survivor of the English Civil Wars, which he had served in from 1642 to 1651. Hiseland attained the rank of sergeant. In extreme old age he became a Chelsea pensioner, although he had to give up his place as an in-pensioner when he married at the age of 103. He is buried at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea. A native of Wiltshire, Hiseland first became a soldier at the age of thirteen and served all through the English Civil Wars. A Royalist, he fought for King Charles at the Battle of Edgehill on 23 October 1642. As well as his service in the Civil War, he followed the colours again in the Williamite War in Ireland and in the War of the Spanish Succession. He was the last survivor of Edgehill and retired with the rank of sergeant. Amid the War of the Spanish Succession, Hiseland was one of the seasoned campaigners the Duke of Marlborough took into Flanders in June 1709. At the Battle of Malplaquet on 11 September 1709 Hiseland served with the Royal Scots, and the regiment claimed the distinction of having both the oldest and the youngest men on the field, as a Private McBain carried his three-week-old baby son throughout the battle in a knapsack. Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond, rewarded Hiseland's long service with a pension of one crown a week, and this was matched by Sir Robert Walpole, until in recognition of his 80 years of service to the Crown Hiseland was given a place as an in-pensioner of the Royal Hospital, Chelsea. He attained the age of 100 while in the Royal Hospital, but at the age of 103 had to leave and become an out-pensioner following his marriage. After his wife died he returned as an in-pensioner and died at the claimed age of 111. On 1 August 1730 Hiseland sat for a portrait in oils by George Alsop. This survives in the museum of the Royal Hospital. The inscription on Hiseland's tomb in the Royal Hospital's burial ground reads as follows: In this instance, \"1732\" refers to what is now called 1733, as at that time the calendar year began on Lady Day, 25 March, and not on 1 January. William Hiseland William Hiseland (August 6, 1620 – 7 February 1732), sometimes spelt William Hasland or Haseland, was an English and later British soldier and reputed supercentenarian. In 1709, at the age of eighty-nine, he fought at the Battle of Malplaquet and was believed to be the oldest soldier on the field. He lived to become the last survivor of the English Civil Wars, which he had served in from 1642 to"
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"Louis-Philippe McGraw Louis-Philippe McGraw (born October 26, 1971 in Sainte-Rose, New Brunswick) is a lawyer in the province of New Brunswick, Canada. He is a former member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, having served from 1999 to 2003. In 2008 he was appointed Commissioner and Vice-President of the National Parole Board. McGraw studied at the University of Moncton, graduating with Bachelor of Business Administration, Bachelor of Laws, and Master of Business Administration degrees. He was admitted to the Bar of New Brunswick in 1997 and set up a law practice in Saint-Isidore. Louis-Philippe McGraw began his involvement in politics as a Liberal and was youth chair of Bernard Richard's unsuccessful bid for the Liberal leadership in 1998. He joined the Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick and was elected to the 54th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly in 1999 to represent the electoral district of Centre-Péninsule. He was defeated in a bid for re-election in 2003 by Denis Landry, whom McGraw had defeated in 1999. McGraw was defeated in a third rematch against Landry in the 2006 election. From the 2006 federal election until the provincial campaign later that year, McGraw served as an advisor to federal cabinet minister Greg Thompson. Louis-Philippe McGraw Louis-Philippe McGraw (born October 26, 1971 in Sainte-Rose, New Brunswick) is a lawyer in the province of New Brunswick, Canada. He is a former member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, having served from 1999 to 2003. In 2008 he was appointed Commissioner and Vice-President of the National Parole Board. McGraw studied at the University of Moncton, graduating with Bachelor of Business Administration, Bachelor of Laws, and Master of Business Administration degrees. He was admitted to the Bar of New Brunswick in 1997 and set up a law practice in Saint-Isidore. Louis-Philippe McGraw began his"
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"John Bernard (died 1674) Sir John Bernard (23 August 1604 – 5 March 1674) was an English landowner. The eldest son of Baldwin Bernard of Abington, Northamptonshire, he succeeded his father in 1610. He was knighted on 24 September 1661, and on 31 March 1664 he was elected Member of Parliament for Northampton, but was unseated on 26 April in favour of Sir Henry Yelverton. He married firstly Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Clement Edmondes; they had four sons, who predeceased him, and four daughters. His second wife, Elizabeth, was daughter of John and Susanna Hall and granddaughter of William Shakespeare. They had no children. John Bernard (died 1674) Sir John Bernard (23 August 1604 – 5 March 1674) was an English landowner. The eldest son of Baldwin Bernard of Abington, Northamptonshire, he succeeded his father in 1610. He was knighted on 24 September 1661, and on 31 March 1664 he was elected Member of Parliament for Northampton, but was unseated on 26 April in favour of Sir Henry Yelverton. He married firstly Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Clement Edmondes; they had four sons, who predeceased him, and four daughters. His second wife, Elizabeth, was daughter of John and Susanna Hall and"
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"Henri Cliquet-Pleyel Henri Cliquet-Pleyel was a French composer born on March 12, 1894 in Paris, and died in that city on May 9, 1963. In 1913 he undertook musical studies at the Conservatoire de Paris under teachers André Gedalge and Eugène Cools, from whom he learned counterpoint and fugue, before taking up composition studies with Charles Koechlin, who had taught such diverse musicians as Poulenc, Milhaud (members of the group Les Six) and Cole Porter. He obtained a position as director of vocal studies at the school in Cannes, later transferring to Deauville, and finally to Aix-les-Bains. In 1923 he co-founded the School of Arcueil, with fellow musicians, Henri Sauguet, Maxime Jacob, and Roger Désormière. The four were devotees of the music of Erik Satie, who was living in Arcueil at the time. The musicians of this group dedicated themselves to the musical goals of clarity, simplicity, and a commitment to French musical tradition, including French humor, which they felt was typified by Satie's music. The group was short-lived, and did not long survive Satie's death in 1925. Cliquet-Pleyel is one of the few notable composers known to have written a piano concerto for the \"right hand\" alone (dozens of concerti for \"left-hand\" alone exist). Henri Cliquet-Pleyel Henri Cliquet-Pleyel was a French composer born on March 12, 1894 in Paris, and died in that city on May 9, 1963. In 1913 he undertook musical studies at the Conservatoire de Paris under teachers André Gedalge and Eugène Cools, from whom he learned counterpoint and fugue, before taking up composition studies with Charles Koechlin, who had taught such diverse musicians as Poulenc, Milhaud (members of the group Les Six) and Cole Porter. He obtained a position as director of vocal studies at the school in Cannes, later transferring to Deauville, and finally"
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