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"High Plains Invaders High Plains Invaders is a 2009 science fiction television film that aired on the Syfy Channel. It is the 21st film of the \"Maneater Series\". The film stars James Marsters. A man goes to a small Colorado town to be hanged for his crimes in 1892 only to end up rescuing the town. \"High Plains Invaders\" was filmed in Romania in December 2008. Marsters said the film was a way to reinvent the Western film genre, which often had the same elements and types of characters, by including alien bugs. The film was released on DVD on , 2010. \"High Plains Invaders\" has had mixed reviews. Dread Central wrote, \"\"High Plains Invaders\" is an above average Syfy original, a pleasantly diverting Wild West creature feature worthy of a Saturday matinee viewing.\" The website said the acting was standard and that the creature design was reminiscent of the bugs from \"Starship Troopers\". It also said the budget limitations were evident: \"We see what looks like thousands of these bugs dropping from the mothership but only see them attack one at a time until the very final moments. The computer animated bugs look fairly credible, which may be due in some small part to how inorganically metallic they are meant to look in the first place.\" DVD Talk said that the film was \"formulaic\" like other films in the \"Maneater\" series. The website commended how it mixed genres such as Western and science fiction. It concluded, \"Outside of its genre-hopping and setting, \"High Plains Invaders\" doesn't stray too much from this formula. However, at a breezy 87 minutes, Richard Beattie's script directed by K.T. Donaldson is never boring—and the requisite Saturday matinee ambience is always present.\" FEARnet said, \"Screenwriter Richard Beattie seems to enjoy wading in the caricatured side of the genre pool, which means that each character is painted in rather broad brushstrokes. This helps to keep \"High Plains Invaders\" from ever becoming too dreary or boring—but it also means the five main characters are left spouting dialogue that, even if it's 'cute,' it's still pretty damn familiar.\" The website called the creature effects \"more polished than you'd normally find\" but noted how few were actually shown at any one time. It concluded, \"Whereas most of the \"Maneater\" Series are 'guilty pleasures' at best, this one actually earns a few points in the realm of legitimate low-budget monster-making.\" High Plains Invaders High Plains Invaders is a 2009 science fiction television film that aired on the Syfy Channel. It is the 21st film of the \"Maneater Series\". The film stars James Marsters. A man goes to a small Colorado town to be hanged for his crimes in 1892 only to end up rescuing the town. \"High Plains Invaders\" was filmed in Romania in December 2008. Marsters said the film was a way to reinvent the Western film genre, which often had the same elements and types of characters, by including alien bugs. The film was released on DVD on"
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"Like Ooh-Ahh \"Like Ooh-Ahh\" (stylized as \"Like OOH-AHH\"; ) is a song recorded by South Korean girl group Twice, the lead single of their debut extended play (EP) \"The Story Begins\". It was released on October 20, 2015 by JYP Entertainment and distributed by KT Music. It was written and composed by Black Eyed Pilseung and Sam Lewis. \"Like Ooh-Ahh\" is described as a \"color pop\" dance track with elements of hip-hop, rock, and R&B. The composition team included Black Eyed Pilseung and lyricist Sam Lewis, known for producing successful releases such as Miss A's \"Only You.\" On October 20, 2015, the song's music video was released online. It was directed by production team Naive (Kim Young-jo and Yoo Seung-woo). The video begins with Twice in a run-down hospital filled with zombies. However, the members barely notice them and continue dancing and singing through the halls, the roof, a bus, and leading to a space eventually with the zombies themselves. It ends as one of the zombies hearing his own heartbeat and slowly turning back into a human. On November 11, 2016, it hit 100 million views on YouTube, making Twice the fourth K-pop girl group to reach this milestone, as well as the first debut music video to do so. Twice became the first K-pop female act to have three music videos with 200 million views as \"Like Ooh-Ahh\" achieved this view count by November the following year. \"Like Ooh-Ahh\" debuted at number 22 on Gaon's Digital Chart until it reached its peak position at number 10, three months after its release. It also peaked at number 6, 27 and 49 on \"Billboard\" charts' World Digital Songs, \"Billboard Japan\" Hot 100 and Philippine Hot 100, respectively. It surpassed 100 million streams in February 2017 and 2,500,000 downloads in July 2018. On February 24, 2017, Twice officially announced that their debut in Japan was set for June 28. They released a compilation album titled \"#Twice\" which consists of ten songs including both Korean and Japanese-language versions of \"Like Ooh-Ahh\". The Japanese lyrics were written by Yhanael. Like Ooh-Ahh \"Like Ooh-Ahh\" (stylized as \"Like OOH-AHH\"; ) is a song recorded by South Korean girl group Twice, the lead single of their debut extended play (EP) \"The Story Begins\". It was released on October 20, 2015 by JYP Entertainment and distributed by KT Music. It was written and composed by Black Eyed"
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"Hamilton Harbour Hamilton Harbour, formerly known as Burlington Bay, lies on the western tip of Lake Ontario, bounded on the northwest by the City of Burlington, on the south by the City of Hamilton, and on the east by Hamilton Beach (south of the Burlington Bay James N. Allan Skyway) and Burlington Beach (north of the channel). It is joined to Cootes Paradise by a narrow channel formerly excavated for the Desjardins Canal. Within Hamilton itself, it is referred to as \"Hamilton Harbour\", \"The Harbour\" and \"The Bay\". The bay is naturally separated from Lake Ontario by a sand bar. The opening in the north end was filled in and channel cut in the middle for ships to pass. The Port of Hamilton is on the Hamilton side of the harbour. The bay was named in 1792 by John Graves Simcoe, the first lieutenant governor of Upper Canada, for the former name of the town of Bridlington in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. Access to the bay was important for the early water transportation and industrial development of the area, including Dundas, Ontario, which had an early but ultimately unrealized lead over both Burlington (Brant's Block) and Hamilton. Over the years, the bay was roughly treated by its littoral residents. Constant infilling, particularly in the North End of Hamilton, damaged fresh water streams and the wildlife they supported. Channel dredging tended to stir up natural and unnatural sediments, further disrupting the ecological land balance in the area. Chemical, industrial and thermal pollution, especially as a byproduct of the burgeoning steel industry after the 1890s, continued to degrade the environment. The water ways in Hamilton have not always been polluted. The north-end of the Harbour used to be a regular swimming spot for working-class families. The pollution of Hamilton Harbour water ways is caused by industrialization and, by proxy, urbanization, which came to be a major problem by 1917. Many working-class families were overcome by health hazards when dumping sewage into the inlets and the bay itself became a regular occurrence. Laurel Sefton MacDowell writes in her book \"An Environmental History of Canada\" that, \"As early as the 1860s, a fishery inspector at Hamilton Harbour discovered that fish found along the shore tasted of coal oil and that dead ducks and muskrats were coated with oil from two refineries.\" By the 1950s, city officials had deemed Hamilton Harbour unfit for any recreation use and shut down all beaches. In 1919, a Federal Order-In-Council changed the name of \"Burlington Bay\" to \"Hamilton Harbour\". By the 1970s, the International Joint Commission, which governs water usage in the Great Lakes Basin, and other agencies began to recognize the need for action. Greater water quality awareness, improved pollution controls, and an economic downturn all served to improve conditions in the 1980s. In the 1990s, beautification and ecological control were well underway. These measures included sealing the Lax Lands, contaminated with heavy metals and other pollutants, under a cap of clay; landscaping Bayfront Park and Pier 4 Park; and keeping common carp from entering Cootes Paradise. The visible and measurable improvement in water quality in Burlington Bay was showcased in 1994 by the very public swim of Sheila Copps, a local MP and federal cabinet minister. Access and recreational use of the bayfront has improved, and swimming is now allowed at two beaches in the harbour: Bayfront and Pier 4. Hamilton Harbour is listed as a Great Lakes Areas of Concern in The Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement between the United States and Canada. Part of the remediation plan is to reclaim the harbour's wetlands. Randle Reef, a site in the harbour, is considered the most dire of identified water pollution issues awaiting remediation in Canada. A section of the site, 6.2 hectares in size, containing a total of 445,000 cubic metres of contaminated sediment from polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and other heavy metals was first contained in 2016 by double steel sheet piling walls. The contained sediment will be dredged to remove most of the contaminants. The wastewater will be treated by an on-site water treatment system using sand filtration and granular activated adsorption. Last, an environmental cap will be built of layers of several materials including aggregates of various sizes, geotextile and geogrid, wickdrains, and surface materials (asphalt and/or concrete), placed sequentially from bottom to top in order to contain toxic sediment that cannot be removed by dredging. The clean-up project will cost a total of $138.9 million and set to be completed in 2022. Environment and Climate Change Canada, and the Ontario Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change, have each committed $46.3 million, with the final third of funding coming from the City of Hamilton ($14 million), the City of Burlington ($2.3 million), Halton Region ($2 million), the Hamilton Port Authority ($14 million), and U.S. Steel Canada ($14 million). The containment is expected to have a 200-year lifespan. The opening from Hamilton Harbour to Lake Ontario is referred to as the Burlington Shipping Canal. It was purposed in 1824 and opened in 1826. Burlington Canal Lift Bridge is a lift bridge the spans over the canal. The bay today is crossed by two highways: 403 & Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW). The Burlington Bay James N. Allan Skyway (nicknamed \"The Skyway\") bridge, part of the QEW, crosses the border between Hamilton Harbour and Lake Ontario. The 403, York Street and a number of railways cross Hamilton Harbour on an glacial sandbar (similar in formation to the present day beach strip to the east) and separates Cootes Paradise from Hamilton Harbour. The bay is thought by some to host a North American cryptid, described by witnesses as a large snake-like creature. A diver drowned in the bay during the filming of a low-budget horror film titled \"Marina Monster\" on August 21, 2005. Hamilton Harbour Hamilton Harbour, formerly known as Burlington Bay, lies on the western tip of Lake Ontario, bounded on the northwest by the City of Burlington, on the south by the City"
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"Polar icebreaker program The Polar Icebreaker Program is the program to replace the United States Coast Guards aging fleet of icebreakers. The current fleet of large icebreakers consists of one operational heavy icebreaker, the USCGC \"Polar Star\", and one medium icebreaker, the USCGC \"Healy\". Both ships are planned to be replaced by 3 heavy and 3 medium icebreakers. The new fleet of icebreakers, will allow the USCG to perform missions in the Arctic such as defense operations and readiness, defending U.S. sovereignty and interests, national security activities and maritime safety, PWCS (Ports, waterways, and coastal security), research, search and rescue, and logistic support and vessel escort. The first icebreaker will be funded by the US Navy. In 2012 the US Coast Guard established the heavy polar icebreaker acquisition program. In 2016, the Coast Guard established an integrated program office with the US Navy to use the Navy's shipbuilding expertise for acquiring the icebreakers. The USCG released draft system specifications in April 2017, and the draft request for proposal (RFP) in October 2017, and the RFP for advance planning and detailed design of the icebreakers was released in March 2018. In January 2018, Commandant Adm. Zukunft stated due to the possibility of the world changing in the future, the icebreakers will have space, weight, and power (SWAP) reservations designed into the ship for modular weapon systems, making the icebreaker an offensive platform. In September 2018, it was announced that the icebreakers would be called Polar Security Cutters, and will have the designation WMSP, and that the Coast Guard was wanting them to be able to have the capability to carry deck mounted weapons if needed. The Heavy polar icebreaker will be able to break through ice that is not less than 6 and a half feet and , independently break through ice that is thick, can operate 80 days without replenishment. The medium icebreaker will be able to break ice not less than 4 and one half feet thick at 3 knots and operate for 80 days without replenishment, both icebreakers will be able to employ removable weapons to use against surface targets as delivered along with SWAP reservations for additional weapons and sensors and will be equipped with surface and air search radars and be able to transmit data and voice information with Department of Defense, Homeland Security and National Science Foundation assets, and will have damage control capabilities contributing to the survivability of the cutters. The PIB will be built to a mix of military and commercial standards, however to drive down costs it will maximize the use of commercial standards. Polar icebreaker program The Polar Icebreaker Program is the program to replace the United States Coast Guards aging fleet of icebreakers. The current fleet of large icebreakers consists of one operational heavy icebreaker, the USCGC \"Polar Star\", and one medium icebreaker, the USCGC \"Healy\". Both ships are planned to be replaced by 3 heavy and 3 medium icebreakers. The new fleet of icebreakers, will allow the USCG to"
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"Su Hongjun Su Hongjun (; Marfch 10, 1940 – February 2, 2017) was a Chinese astronomer who once led the LAMOST project. At age 17, Su was enrolled in the Department of Physics, Peking University, but he transferred to the Department of Geophysics in 1959. Then he transferred to the newly established Department of Astronomy in the next year, and graduated from there in 1963. Su studied and worked at Purple Mountain Observatory until he was moved to Beijing in 1997. In 1979, Su arrived at Mount Stromlo Observatory to conduct research with its telescope. In 1982, Su went to Michigan State University as a visiting scholar for the further research. In 1991, Su was sent to Buenos Aires as a member of the Chinese Astronomical Society delegation to the 21st IAU General Assembly. Su successively served as the secretary general of the Chinese Astronomical Society, the deputy director of Purple Mountain Observatory and the deputy director of Beijing Observatory. Besides the astrophysics, Su also made important contributions to the development of Chinese astronomical instruments and took a post of adjunct research fellow at Nanjing Institute of Astronomical Optics & Technology (NIAOT). Su Hongjun Su Hongjun (; Marfch 10, 1940"
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"Selective disclosure Selective disclosure is a situation when a publicly traded company discloses material information to a single person, or a limited group of people or investors, as opposed to disclosing the information to all investors at the same time. Material information is roughly defined as information that would cause a reasonable investor to make a buy or sell decision. A problem with selective disclosure that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sought to eliminate with Regulation Fair Disclosure(a.k.a. Regulation FD or Reg FD), is that it creates an uneven playing field for investors, allowing some investors to profit from material market moving information before others. An example of a selective disclosure could go as follows: A company insider tells a small group of Wall Street analysts that the company is going to beat current analyst consensus estimates for earnings per share. If this is the first time the company disclosed such guidance, and the guidance wasn't simultaneously disseminated to all investors via a press release or publicized webcast, then the disclosure would constitute selective disclosure. Selective disclosure Selective disclosure is a situation when a publicly traded company discloses material information to a single person, or a limited group"
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"Kash Aap Hamare Hote Kash… Aap Hamare Hote (Translation: Wish... You Were Mine) is a 2003 Bollywood drama film. The film starred Juhi Babbar in her film debut and was directed by Ravindra Peepat. The original music is by Aadesh Shrivastava. Amrita (Juhi Babbar) is the adopted daughter of Yashwant Raj Mankotia (Om Puri). Amrita was actually the daughter of late Yashwant Raj's friend. Yashwant has a son, Randeep Raj Mankotia (Sharad Kapoor) who is in Canada. Yashwant plans to get Randeep and Amrita married. Randeep does not want to go to India to visit his father. To make Randeep come Yashwant pretends to have heart trouble. Randeep does not want to leave his business. He gets even more upset when he learns that he is going to marry Amrita. His father says if he does not accept the marriage all his property will go to Amrita. Randeep agrees to the marriage. After the wedding, Randeep and Amrita travel to Canada. When they go to Randeep's house, Amrita meets Simone (Saadhika), Randeep's business partner/spouse. Simone and Randeep humiliate Amrita and she runs away. Randeep gathers some men and orders them to find Amrita and kill her. Amrita then hides in the garage of Jay Kumar (Sonu Nigam) who befriends her. Daljit (Dolly) Brar (Ravee Gupta) is the daughter of Jay's boss, and is jealous of the friendship between them so she fires Jay. Yashwant Raj misses Amrita so he goes to Canada to visit her. When Yashwant asks where Amrita is Randeep lies and says she has humiliated him by taking up alcohol. Yashwant doesn't realise that to get his daughter he has to kill a human being. Kaash Aap Hamare Hote is a decent enough soundtrack. The soundtrack was listed at No 7 position in the all-time music sales of India. \"Kash... Aap Hamare Hote\" did well at the box office. Critics say \"The film starts off good. Juhi Babbar's debut could have been a thriller.\" Taran Adarsh rated it four stars out of five and said \"it's a hit movie\". Kash Aap Hamare Hote Kash… Aap Hamare Hote (Translation: Wish... You Were Mine) is a 2003 Bollywood drama film. The film starred Juhi Babbar in her film debut and was directed by Ravindra Peepat. The original music is by Aadesh Shrivastava. Amrita (Juhi Babbar) is the adopted daughter of Yashwant Raj Mankotia (Om Puri). Amrita was actually the"
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"Shimajiri District, Okinawa However, there are hundreds of geographic references throughout Japan and even into the northern Kuriles using \"shiri\", to approximate the \"Ainu\" word \"shir\", meaning \"island\". Despite Okinawa being so far south, historically Jōmon culture was dominant as on the mainland, and words likely have survived, though their original meanings have long been lost or modified. As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 131,670 and the density of 464.36 persons per km². The total area is 283.55 km². The district also includes the Kerama Islands. The following airports are located in Shimajiri District and serve various islands: Naha Airport in Naha serves Shimajiri District areas in or near Okinawa Island. Shimajiri District, Okinawa However, there are hundreds of geographic references throughout Japan and even into the northern Kuriles using \"shiri\", to approximate the \"Ainu\" word \"shir\", meaning \"island\". Despite Okinawa being so far south, historically Jōmon culture was dominant as on the mainland, and words likely have survived, though their original meanings have long been lost or modified. As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 131,670 and the density of 464.36 persons per km². The total area is 283.55 km². The district"
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"Marc Mayrand Marc Mayrand (born in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada), is formerly a Chief Electoral Officer of Elections Canada, a position he held from 2007-2016. Mayrand studied law at the University of Ottawa and the London School of Economics. He taught briefly, then joined the national Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy in 1982, and stayed until 2007. He rose to the top job there in 1997. In 2007, he was appointed Chief Electoral Officer of Elections Canada, an independent agency of the Parliament of Canada responsible for supervising the election campaign financing and voting methods. He refused to alter the voting procedure to require Muslim women to remove the veil, as it was not in the Elections Act as written by parliamentarians. In 2011, he called on Parliament to revamp the current election laws, which include lifting the blackout of television and radio election coverage in areas where polls are still open, due to the expansion of the use of social media, citing that \"its very intelligibility and usefulness in a world where the distinction between private communication and public transmission is quickly eroding.\" Mayrand is the only other-wised eligible Canadian who is not permitted to vote in Federal Elections. In a Supreme Court Decision on the Constitutional voting right of Richard Sauvé, a former member of the Satan's Choice biker gang who was imprisoned, it was determined that all Canadians living in the country are eligible to vote in the federal election — except for Canada's Chief Electoral Officer. Mayrand has announced that he was stepping down from his position as of December 28, 2016 in order to allow his successor to be involved in any changes the government should choose to make to the voting system in Canada. Marc Mayrand Marc Mayrand (born in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada), is"
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"Mazayen al-Ibl Mazayen al-Ibl, also known as the King Abdel Aziz Festival and sometimes referred to as Miss Camel, is a beauty pageant for camels put on by the Qahtani tribe of Saudi Arabia. It is held in Guwei'iyya yearly. In 2007, 250 owners participated, showing a total of more than 1,500 camels. Participants come from every Gulf country except Oman, and from every region of Saudi Arabia except the south-western mountain region, where there are no camel breeders. The competition is held in respect to the role of camels in Bedouin history, and to preserve purebred camel strains. Four varieties of camel participate in the show: the majaheem, which is black; the maghateer, which is white; the shi'l, which is dark brown; and the sufur, which is beige with black shoulders. There is strict health testing and veterinarians present at the event. The event is supported by the King and Crown Prince Sultan. Prizes are awarded to the most beautiful camels in four categories based on the number of camels entered by the owner: groups of 100, 50, 10, and individual camels. The beauty of the camel is based on the \"size of its head; whether its lips cover its teeth, the length of its neck and the roundness of its hump\" and \"big eyes, long lashes and a long neck.\" \"The nose should be long and droop down, that's more beautiful [...] The ears should stand back, and the neck should be long. The hump should be high, but slightly to the back.\" The most beautiful camel is called the \"Bayraq\" and can fetch prices of up to $3 million US dollars. In 2007, prizes included 10 million riyals and 72 sports utility vehicles. The winning camels may also sell for prices exceeding one million riyals. There are parts of the festival dedicated to camel trading, where millions of dollars change hands every day. Some members of more stringent Muslim schools have accused the shows as being evil, and have stated that those who participate should \"seek redemption in God\". In addition, some breeders refuse to take part in the competition, saying that it has become too commercial because wealthy businessmen, who have no interest in preserving the breeds and are only interested in fame, have started to enter. There are also dances, feasts, and parties during the festival, as well as youth camel shows. A similar contest in Abu Dhabi is the al-Dhafra Festival, which also awards prizes to the best milking camels and hosts camel races. This festival focuses on Asayel (local camels) and Majahim (dark skinned camels), and also features falcon hunting, Saluki and Arabian horse races, and date packing contests. Mazayen al-Ibl Mazayen al-Ibl, also known as the King Abdel Aziz Festival and sometimes referred to as Miss Camel, is a beauty pageant for camels put on by the Qahtani tribe of Saudi Arabia. It is held in Guwei'iyya yearly. In 2007, 250 owners participated, showing a total of more than 1,500 camels. Participants"
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"Breast imaging In medicine, breast imaging is the representation or reproduction of a breast's form. There are various methods of breast imaging. Mammography is the process of using low-energy X-rays (usually around 30 kVp) to examine the human breast, which is used as a diagnostic and screening tool. The goal of mammography is the early detection of breast cancer, typically through detection of characteristic masses and/or microcalcifications. For the average woman, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommended (2009) mammography every two years in women between the ages of 50 and 74. The American College of Radiology and American Cancer Society recommend yearly screening mammography starting at age 40. The Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care (2012) and the European Cancer Observatory (2011) recommends mammography every 2–3 years between 50 and 69. These task force reports point out that in addition to unnecessary surgery and anxiety, the risks of more frequent mammograms include a small but significant increase in breast cancer induced by radiation. Additionally, mammograms should not be done with any increased frequency in people undergoing breast surgery, including breast enlargement, mastopexy, and breast reducation. The Cochrane Collaboration (2013) concluded that the trials with adequate randomisation did not find an effect of mammography screening on total cancer mortality, including breast cancer, after 10 years. The authors of systematic review write: \"If we assume that screening reduces breast cancer mortality by 15% and that overdiagnosis and overtreatment is at 30%, it means that for every 2000 women invited for screening throughout 10 years, one will avoid dying of breast cancer and 10 healthy women, who would not have been diagnosed if there had not been screening, will be treated unnecessarily. Furthermore, more than 200 women will experience important psychological distress including anxiety and uncertainty for years because of false positive findings.\" The authors conclude that the time has come to re-assess whether universal mammography screening should be recommended for any age group. They thus state that universal screening may not be reasonable. The Nordic Cochrane Collection, which in 2012 reviews updated research to state that advances in diagnosis and treatment make mammography screening less effective today. They state screening is “no longer effective.” They conclude that “it therefore no longer seems reasonable to attend” for breast cancer screening at any age, and warn of misleading information on the internet. Mammography has a false-negative (missed cancer) rate of between 7 and 12 percent. This is partly due to dense tissues obscuring the cancer and the fact that the appearance of cancer on mammograms has a large overlap with the appearance of normal tissues. A meta-analysis review of programs in countries with organized screening found 52% over-diagnosis.Digital breast tomosynthesis Digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) can provide a higher diagnostic accuracy compared to conventional mammography. In DBT, like conventional mammography, compression is used to improve image quality and decreases radiation dose. The laminographic imaging technique dates back to the 1930s and belongs to the category of geometric or linear tomography. Because the data acquired are very high resolution (85 – 160 micron typical ), much higher than CT, DBT is unable to offer the narrow slice widths that CT offers (typically 1-1.5 mm). However, the higher resolution detectors permit very high in-plane resolution, even if the Z-axis resolution is less. The primary interest in DBT is in breast imaging, as an extension to mammography, where it offers better detection rates with little extra increase in radiation. Tomosynthesis is now Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved for use in breast cancer screening. Xeromammography is a photoelectric method of recording an x-ray image on a coated metal plate, using low-energy photon beams, long exposure time, and dry chemical developers. It is a form of xeroradiography. Galactography is a medical diagnostic procedure for viewing the milk ducts. The standard treatment of galactographically suspicious breast lesions is to perform a surgical intervention on the concerned duct or ducts: if the discharge clearly stems from a single duct, then the excision of the duct (microdochectomy) is indicated; if the discharge comes from several ducts or if no specific duct could be determined, then a subareolar resection of the ducts (Hadfield's procedure) is performed instead. To avoid infection, galactography should not be performed when the nipple discharge contains pus. Breast MRI, an alternative to mammography, has shown substantial progress in the detection of breast cancer. The available literature suggests that the sensitivity of contrast-enhanced breast MRI in detection of cancer is considerably higher than that of either radiographic mammography or ultrasound and is generally reported to be in excess of 94%. The \"specificity\" (the confidence that a lesion is cancerous and not a false positive) is only fair ('modest'), (or 37%-97%) thus a \"positive\" finding by MRI should not be interpreted as a definitive diagnosis. The reports of 4,271 breast MRIs from eight large scale clinical trials were reviewed in 2006. Breast ultrasound is the use of medical ultrasonography to perform imaging of the breast. It can be considered either a diagnostic or a screening procedure. It may be used either with or without a mammogram. Scintimammography is a type of breast imaging test that is used to detect cancer cells in the breasts of some women who have had abnormal mammograms, or for those who have dense breast tissue, post-operative scar tissue or breast implants, but is not used for screening or in place of a mammogram. Rather, it is used when the detection of breast abnormalities is not possible or not reliable on the basis of mammography and ultrasound. In the scintimammography procedure, a woman receives an injection of a small amount of a radioactive substance called technetium 99 sestamibi. Breast imaging In medicine, breast imaging is the representation or reproduction of a breast's form. There are various methods of breast imaging. Mammography is the process of using low-energy X-rays (usually around 30 kVp) to examine the human breast, which is used as a diagnostic and screening tool. The goal of mammography is the early detection of"
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"Lloyd Demetrius Lloyd A. Demetrius is a mathematician and theoretical biologist at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics at Berlin, Germany, and the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary biology, Harvard University. He is best known for the discovery of the concept, evolutionary entropy, a statistical parameter that characterizes Darwinian fitness in models of evolutionary processes at various levels of biological organization - molecular, organismic and cultural. Evolutionary entropy, an analogue of the Gibbs entropy in statistical physics, is the cornerstone of directionality theory, an analytical study of evolution by variation and selection. The theory has applications to: a) the development of aging and the evolution of longevity; b) the origin and progression of age related diseases such as cancer, and neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease; c) the evolution of cooperation and the spread of inequality. Born in Jamaica, he carried out his undergraduate studies in mathematics at the University of Cambridge, UK. He received his PhD in mathematical biology, from the University of Chicago, with the dissertation \"Structural organization in cellular systems: a mathematical approach\". He was then a postdoc at the University of California, Berkeley. Demetrius was a faculty member in a number of mathematics departments in the USA: University of California, Berkeley; Brown University, and Rutgers University (1971–1979); and a research scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen (1980–1989). Since 1990, he has been with the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, first as a visiting professor (1990–1992), and then as an associate in population genetics. He has held visiting professorships at MIT, University of Paris, and was an occupant of a Chaire Municipale, a distinguished visiting professorship at the University of Grenoble. His research includes the application of ergodic theory and the theory of dynamical systems to the study of evolutionary processes in biological and socio-economic systems. He has also pioneered the application of the methodology of quantum mechanics to the study of allometric relations between metabolic rate and generation time in cells. This work is the mathematical basis for the analysis of cancer and neurodegenerative disorders as metabolic and bioenergetic diseases. Lloyd Demetrius Lloyd A. Demetrius is a mathematician and theoretical biologist at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics at Berlin, Germany, and the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary biology, Harvard University. He is best known for the discovery of the concept, evolutionary entropy,"
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"Edwin Jackson (American football) Edwin Joseph Jackson (December 19, 1991 – February 4, 2018) was an American football linebacker. He played college football at Georgia Southern University. He signed with the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL) as an undrafted free agent in 2015, and then spent two seasons with the Indianapolis Colts. Jackson attended Westlake High School in his hometown of Atlanta, Georgia, where he was a letterman in football and wrestling. In football, he played the position of linebacker, kicker, and punter. Jackson was a 5A Georgia High School State Championship finalist in Wrestling at the 189 lb weight division. He won regional championships his junior and senior years. Making the Georgia Southern Football Team as a tryout walk-on, Jackson saw action in 13 games as a freshman, and had 10 tackles. He played in 12 games as a sophomore in 2012, collecting 16 tackles and six special teams tackles. Earning the starting middle linebacker spot his junior season, Jackson totaled a team-best 92 tackles, 2.0 sacks and a fumble recovery in 11 games. A highlight game that year featured Jackson posting 10 tackles, including a team-leading eight solo stops in 26-20 upset win against the University of Florida. Jackson was named the College Sports Madness Southern Conference Player of the Week for his performance against the Florida Gators. In Jackson's senior year, he was voted team captain by his teammates, and recorded a career-high 100 tackles, which ranked in the top- 10 of the Sun Belt Conference. He had four games with 13-plus tackles. Jackson also had a forced fumble and an interception, which helped seal a win at South Alabama. Jackson helped Georgia Southern win the Sun Belt Conference Championship in the school's inaugural year competing on the NCAA Football Championship Series (FCS) level in 2014. He was awarded First Team All-Sun Belt honors. Jackson was nominated for the Burlsworth Trophy, which nationally honors former walk-on players who have made significant contributions to their school's team. He was also nominated for the Wuerffel Trophy, which acknowledges players who show exemplary community service with athletic and academic achievement. Also, Jackson was nominated for AllState Good Works Team for his volunteer work at a local Statesboro elementary school, and hosting a football clinic for children in Costa Rica during his Christmas break. Lastly, Jackson competed in the prestigious Medal of Honor Senior Bowl in Charleston, SC after completing his senior year. Jackson was signed by the Cardinals as an undrafted free agent on May 5, 2015. Prior to signing with the team at his initial meeting with Cardinals coaching staff, he brought pound cakes homemade by his mother as an apology for missing his scheduled flight - this earned Jackson the nickname \"Pound Cake\" that stayed with him throughout his professional career. He was released on August 31, 2015 after competing in the 2015 Cardinals' preseason games. On December 8, 2015, Jackson was signed to the Colts' practice squad. He was released on December 16, 2015 and re-signed on December 22. He signed a reserve/future contract with the Colts on January 5, 2016. In 2016, Jackson played in all 16 games with 8 starts, recording 66 tackles. On September 2, 2017, Jackson was placed on injured reserve. On February 4, 2018, the day of Super Bowl LII, Jackson was a passenger with 54-year-old Uber driver Jeffrey Monroe, when Jackson suddenly felt ill, and asked if the two could pull over. Just before 4:00 A.M., the men exited the vehicle along the westbound lanes of Interstate 70 in Indianapolis. While on the shoulder, Jackson and Monroe were struck by a Ford F-150 pickup truck, which veered into the emergency lane. Both Jackson and Monroe died at the scene. The driver, Manuel Orrego-Savala, 37, of Guatemala, was arrested after trying to flee the scene on foot, according to the Indiana State Police. Orrego-Savala was in the country illegally, having been twice deported in 2007 and 2009. Authorities reported that Orrego-Savala was driving without a license and had a blood alcohol concentration of 0.239, nearly three times the legal limit of 0.08 to drive in Indiana. Initially identifying himself to police as Alex Cabrera-Gonsales, he was previously convicted of drunk driving in California in 2005. President Donald Trump tweeted about the incident. On February 7, 2018, Manuel Orrego-Savala was charged by the Marion County prosecutor with two counts of causing death while operating a vehicle above the legal alcohol limit and two counts of failing to remain at the scene of an accident. The previous day, he was charged in a federal court with illegal re-entry of a previously deported Guatemalan. Edwin Jackson (American football) Edwin Joseph Jackson (December 19, 1991 – February 4, 2018) was an American football linebacker. He played college football at Georgia Southern University. He"
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"Sarel Erwee Sarel Erwee (born 10 November 1989) is a South African cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler who plays for KwaZulu Natal. He was born in Pietermaritzburg. Erwee made his List A debut in January 2008, against KZN Inland. As a lower-order batsman, he scored just a single run in his debut. He made his first-class debut in October 2008 against South Western Districts. Batting in the upper order, he scored 8 runs in his debut innings. He was included in the KZN Inland squad for the 2015 Africa T20 Cup. Erwee played for South Africa in the 2017 Hong Kong Sixes tournament in which South Africa beat Pakistan in the finals to win the tournament. In November 2017, he scored his first century in Twenty20 cricket, when he made 103 not out for Dolphins against Cape Cobras in the 2017–18 Ram Slam T20 Challenge. In September 2018, he was named in KwaZulu-Natal Inland's squad for the 2018 Africa T20 Cup. The following month, he was named in Durban Heat's squad for the first edition of the Mzansi Super League T20 tournament. Sarel Erwee Sarel Erwee (born 10 November 1989) is a South African"
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"Halal certification in Europe Halal meat is meat of animal slaughtered according to Quran and Sunnah and thus permitted for consumption by Muslims. Halal meat market is the segment of much bigger food market, which offers goods that can be deemed as halal. In the case of meat, the qualification of \"halal\" addresses the practice of slaughter, and it is therefore comparable to other credence attributes that refer to the method of production rather than to the intrinsic characteristics of the product. Across the EU, an increasing number of religious and commercial organizations are promoting the segmentation of the halal meat market through qualification practices that have created an image of \"non-stunned meat\" as being of authentic halal quality. Across Europe, halal meat markets are experiencing a period of unprecedented growth and development, though the intensity varies from country to country. In the UK and France there has been year-on-year growth for well over a decade, while in Germany the market is just starting to develop. The growth of these markets is in some way linked to the increasing number of Muslim immigrants across Europe and to the growing consumption of meat characteristic of vertical mobility amongst second and third generation Muslims. Halal meat and halal animal products are increasingly available in non-ethnic stores, particularly supermarket chains and fast food restaurants, and much as Jewish diners in the US are attracting large numbers of non-Jewish consumers, so the consumption of halal meat products by non-Muslims is also increasing across Europe. As the market has grown the authenticity of the halal meat sold in supermarkets and fast food restaurants has also been questioned by some Muslims, who have reacted against the practice of stunning and the use of mechanical blades (in the case of poultry) allowed in the halal standards adopted by these economic actors. Dispute between Muslims emerge from debates about the origins of Islam, which Muslims believe are derived from two sources — the Quran and Sunnah. While the Quran provides a detailed and, for some, infallible source of information about the origins of Islam, the Sunnah provides an account based on the application of the principles established in the Qur'an through the lived experience of the prophet Mohammed, as recorded in the Hadiths. Two prescriptive sets of guidelines for halal slaughter follow from these sources, and it is the underlying discourses as they are now interpreted on which current debate and controversy about the authenticity of halal meat stands. The first position is based on an understanding that all people of the Book share common slaughter practices and that Muslims can therefore consume meat from animals reared and slaughtered by Jews and Christians as well as by Muslims. Closely aligned with mainstream science and animal welfare/rights concerns, this position is based on EU legislation for the protection of animals at time of killing, which requires all animals to be made unconscious by stunning prior to slaughter. However, this legislation is interpreted in different ways by different halal certification bodies. According to the Halal Food Authority (HFA) in the UK, poultry (chickens, turkeys and ducks) can only be \"immobilised\" prior to slaughter using electric water baths, while ovine animals (lamb, sheep and goat) can only be stunned using electric tongs. The majority of bovine animals (cattle, bull, cow and ox) in the UK are stunned with a captive-bolt pistol, but this is not permitted by the HFA because of the risk that it may kill the animal. The second position, which emerges from a derogation of the above legislation, allows EU member states to grant slaughterhouses that supply Muslim and Jewish communities an exception from the requirement to stun animals prior to slaughter in line with the religious freedoms granted by Article 9 of the European Convention on Human Rights. While all Islamic specialists agree that halal meat must emerge from the act of slaughter, adherents of this position, common amongst Sunni Muslims, argue that the status of halal meat is linked more directly to Islam and to traditional halal practices. On this account, Muslims are only permitted to consume the meat of an animal if the method of stunning used is reversible (i.e. animals are unconscious but still alive at the time of slaughter), the animal has been blessed by a Muslim prior to slaughter and the blood is allowed to drain completely post-slaughter. If this is not the case, the meat produced is rendered Haram (forbidden) rather than Halal (permitted). The main area of concern is with the perceived risk that instead of being made unconscious by stunning animals will suffer or be killed. It is this controversy about the effectiveness of stunning that drives competition to define what is and is not \"authentic halal\" amongst certifying bodies. The Muslim population in the UK is very diverse, thought the vast majority have roots in South Asia, particularly Pakistan, Bangladesh and India. The population has increased rapidly over the last decade; between 2004 and 2008 it was reported to have grown by more than 500,000 to around 2.4 million, a growth rate ten times faster than the rest of society. The market for halal meat is also growing at a significant rate, with the Halal Food Authority (HFA), the major halal certifying body in the UK, estimating a 30% growth in 2006 alone. However, there is still a great deal of resistance to buying fresh halal meat at supermarkets and it has been estimated that around 70-80% of all halal meat in the UK is \"fake\". Although things are starting to change as supermarket sales increase, many Muslims still prefer to buy fresh meat from independent retailers, who are seen to offer trust in the face of growing concerns about the authenticity of the commercial forms of halal meat that have emerged alongside market growth. As the UK’s oldest and largest certification body, the HFA has been at the centre of much of the recent debate and controversy created by market expansion. Set up in 1994 to regulate halal meat through the licensing of slaughterhouses, the HFA emerged just as halal was becoming an important aspect of Muslim identity in the UK. Prior to this, many Muslims considered meat sold in mainstream retail outlets to be produced by people of the Book and therefore suitable for consumption. France has the largest Muslim population in Europe. In 2000 official sources suggested that there were four million French Muslims, but more recently a figure of seven million has been put forward. Most French Muslim’s have links with the Maghreb in North Africa, though there are also large numbers from West Africa and Turkey. The French market for halal meat has been growing steadily since the 1970s, but much like the UK market it has grown rapidly over the last decade as \"halal\" has become central to the religious and cultural identity of many young Muslims. Unlike the UK, however, where the vast majority of halal slaughter is performed with pre-stunning, in France most halal slaughter is performed with no stunning. Notwithstanding these differences, the problems that have emerged as the halal market has expanded are very similar; market growth is currently estimated to stand at around 15% annually, with the market valued at between 3 and 5 billion euros. Research participants suggested that calls for better certification have also intensified during this period, and much like the UK this trend is reflected in the marketing strategies of French supermarket and fast food chains. French market is huge and hard to define and there is a widespread feeling that it is in a \"mess\". Consumers are increasingly \"warned\" about unlabelled halal meat and there have been rumours that as much as 90% of commercial halal meat is fake. Certification is sometimes presented as the solution to these problems, but it has been estimated that there may",
"the problems that have emerged as the halal market has expanded are very similar; market growth is currently estimated to stand at around 15% annually, with the market valued at between 3 and 5 billion euros. Research participants suggested that calls for better certification have also intensified during this period, and much like the UK this trend is reflected in the marketing strategies of French supermarket and fast food chains. French market is huge and hard to define and there is a widespread feeling that it is in a \"mess\". Consumers are increasingly \"warned\" about unlabelled halal meat and there have been rumours that as much as 90% of commercial halal meat is fake. Certification is sometimes presented as the solution to these problems, but it has been estimated that there may be as many as 50 separate halal labels and certification schemes operating across France. Germany has a population of more than 82 million, of which approximately 4% are Muslim of Turkish origin. Although things are starting to change, the German halal meat market is still in its infancy compared to the UK and French markets. Debate about the authenticity of commercial forms of halal meat has only recently intensified as consumer concerns about animal welfare have forced the Aldi and Lidl supermarket chains to think through the implications of selling halal meat. Consequently, as an executive from Germany’s major certification body — the European Halal Certification Institute (EHZ) — pointed out, because German consumers are not overly concerned about the expansion of the halal market at the present time, debate about the merits of pre-stunned and non-stunned meat has not emerged to the same extent as it has done elsewhere. While the German market remains underdeveloped compared to the UK and French markets, it is starting to get more attention from international producers and certification agencies. The German Federation of Turkish Wholesalers and Retailers recently claimed that German companies would be well advised to embrace the halal market, while the Malaysian National News Agency \"Bernama\" has also drawn attention to the potential the German market offers Malaysian producers. How long it takes for the market to grow as it has done elsewhere depends, it appears, on the take up of these opportunities by halal entrepreneurs and on the ongoing attempt to foster halal standardization. The majority of Norway’s 72,000 Muslims live in the capital city Oslo; most are of Pakistani origin, though immigration from Somalia has recently increased. Animal welfare standards in Norway are widely regarded as the highest in the world; unlike the EU, where the derogation of EU legislation for the protection of animals at the time of killing allows minority groups to practice stunning without slaughter in line with their own cultural traditions, under Norwegian law it is a requirement that all animals are stunned prior to slaughter. While the Jewish population still import kosher meat to bypass this stringent regulation, collaboration between the Muslim community and the Norwegian food authorities has facilitated an ongoing process of halal standardization that has been beneficial for everyone concerned. Unlike the EU countries discussed above, the grocery sector in Norway is horizontally rather than vertically integrated, with manufacturers and farmer’s cooperatives rather than retailers dominating. The major producer of halal meat in Norway is the farmer’s cooperative Nortura. As well as selling carcasses and cuts of halal meat in the marketplace, Nortura also supply processed halal products through their own-label halal brand Alfathi, which they purchased outright from a Somali entrepreneur in 2006. Prior to this, the owner of Alfathi worked with the Norwegian Islamic Council to find a slaughtering method that different Muslim groups could agree on, and which the Norwegian Food Safety Authority would validate. As the latter was not interested in dialogue, this was a difficult task and it took over two years to convince Norway’s Imams that Alfathi halal was trustworthy. Eventually a small number of Imams travelled to Nortura’s abattoir to observe production procedures and soon afterwards a method of slaughter acceptable to all parties was agreed. With the Imams operating as certifiers of halal meat in their own communities trust began to grow and a small range of processed halal products began to appear in Norwegian supermarkets. Dialogue has continued over recent years, primarily over the introduction of halal chicken into the Norwegian market, though there are worries that the encroachment of the European market and the emergence of a more mixed Muslim population — adhering to different schools of thought — will undermine the country’s high animal welfare standards and challenge the halal consensus. Halal certification in Europe Halal meat is meat of animal slaughtered according to Quran and Sunnah and thus permitted for consumption by Muslims. Halal meat market is the segment of much bigger food market, which offers goods that can be deemed as halal. In the case of meat, the qualification of \"halal\" addresses the practice of slaughter, and it is therefore comparable to other"
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"Mike Fung-A-Wing Michael Fung-A-Wing (born 18 December 1978) is a Surinamese former swimmer who specialized in backstroke events. A two-time Olympian (1996 and 2000), he holds Surinamese records in a backstroke double (both 100-metre and 200-metre), still standing for more than a decade. While studying at the University of Georgia in the United States, Fung-A-Wing swam for the Georgia Bulldogs swimming and diving team under head coach Jack Bauerle. Fung-A-Wing's Olympic debut came at seventeen years old for Suriname at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. There, he failed to reach the top 16 final in the 100 m backstroke, finishing forty-seventh in a time of 1:01.24. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Fung-A-Wing competed again in the 100 m backstroke. He set a Surinamese record and a FINA B-cut of 58.31 from the Texas Senior Circuit Championships in College Station, Texas. He challenged seven other swimmers in heat two, including South Korea's 17-year-old Sung Min. Fung-A-Wing picked up a sixth seed on the final lap in 59.06, finishing outside his entry standard, and a 1.71-second deficit from leader Sung. Fung-A-Wing failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed forty-eighth overall in the prelims. Since his sporting career ended in the early 2000s, Fung-A-Wing currently works for Toshiba Business Solutions, and as a chairman club's member for Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce. Mike Fung-A-Wing Michael Fung-A-Wing (born 18 December 1978) is a Surinamese former swimmer who specialized in backstroke events. A two-time Olympian (1996 and 2000), he holds Surinamese records in a backstroke double (both 100-metre and 200-metre), still standing for more than a decade. While studying at the University of Georgia in the United States, Fung-A-Wing swam for the Georgia Bulldogs swimming and diving team under head coach Jack Bauerle. Fung-A-Wing's Olympic debut came at seventeen years old"
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"Heritage Iron Magazine Heritage Iron Magazine was founded in 2008 with a mission to meet a need for those interested in muscle tractors. Muscle Tractors are a classification of tractors specifically produced from the 1960s to the mid-1980s that feature turbo, duals, and front wheel assist. Muscle tractors were a turning point in American farm mechanization when horsepower was taking over from steel wheels and crank-start tractors. This generation of tractors has been growing in popularity among tractor collectors. The magazine was founded to satiate the heritage farmer’s appetite. Heritage Iron features all brands, all makes, and all models of muscle tractors from the 1960s to mid 1980’s including the equipment that the tractors used. It is published out of Greenville, Illinois, by 3-Point Ink, LLC. Founded in 2008, \"Heritage Iron Magazine\" is published by 3-Point Ink, LLC. Sherry Schaefer is the owner, publisher, and editor of the magazine. \"Heritage Iron\" is a bi-monthly publication that features all brands of muscle tractors from the 1960s to 1990. Each issue highlights a featured tractor and presents a detailed account of that tractor, its attributes, its history, and its owner. Other regular features in the magazine are machinery milestones, equipment company history, classified ads, auction results, letters to the editor, an editor’s page, farm toys, literature and memorabilia. The first issue was mailed in January 2009 and featured an International Harvester 1206 on the front cover. Other tractors that have appeared on the cover include: John Deere 8020, Allis-Chalmers 220, Case Spirit of ’76, Minneapolis Moline G1000, Oliver 2255, Massey 97, John Deere 5020, International Harvester 1568, and the Steiger Tiger. The Niche Magazine Conference awarded Heritage Iron Best New Launch of 2008. \"Heritage Iron\" is currently creating an option for an online digital magazine option for the tech savvy subscribers. \"Heritage Iron\" created and patented its own publication mascot, Brutus. Brutus is a cartoon character depicting a muscle bound tractor with human characteristics. Brutus was patented on December 22, 2009. The Brutus logo appears on the front cover of each magazine and in much of the advertising, public relations, and sponsorship material. \"Heritage Iron\" uses vibe stripes throughout its magazine and advertising pieces as a visual reminder of the way the muscle tractors were painted. Vibe stripes are stripes on a tractor that begin as a thin stripe and gradually become thicker. \"Heritage Iron\" has its own line of toy muscle tractors manufactured and sold through SpecCast Toys of Dyersville, Iowa. Two highly detailed 1/64 scale toys will be released each year starting in 2011 and will continue for the next five years. All the tractors will be a part of the “Heritage Iron Series\", and the first toy muscle tractor will be an Oliver 2255. \"Heritage Iron\" has recently partnered with Farm Journal and AGWEB to produce a Heritage Iron Blog. The blog has regular contributions from Sherry and some of \"Heritage Iron\" writers. \"Heritage Iron Magazine\" has a diverse staff of hand-picked writers that each bring a different dynamic to the publication. Some of the regular contributors include: \"Heritage Iron Magazine\" started with 4,000 subscribers in 2008. 2011 circulation numbers have more than tripled to 13,000, including oversees subscribers in Australia, the Netherlands, Canada, Germany, Puerto Rico, Denmark, Switzerland, New Zealand, the UK, and more. Heritage Iron is also available in over 700 Tractor Supply stores and select newsstands throughout the United States. Sherry Schaefer is a Greenville, Illinois (Bond County) native who grew up around tractors and equipment. Her grandfather, Ervin Schaefer, was an Oliver tractor dealer in both Granite City and Hamel, Illinois from 1936 -1965. Her father, Oliver “Ollie” Schaefer, is a used Oliver tractor and equipment dealer in Greenville, Illinois. The Schaefer family also owned and operated a national tractor pulling sled service for more than 25 years beginning in the late 1960s. When she was not tractor-pulling, Schaefer worked as a truck driver hauling grain to elevators along the Mississippi River. The hours she spent on the farm loading grain and tractor pulling gave her vast exposure to tractors of all makes and models to which she gained an affection for. In 1993 Schaefer became the editor of the Hart-Parr Oliver Collectors magazine. Schaefer served in this capacity for 10 ½ years before venturing out on her own. Schaefer began her own bi-monthly Oliver publication in 2004, known as Oliver Heritage Magazine. In 2008 she took a giant step and formed her own publishing company, 3-Point Ink, LLC, in Nokomis, IL. At the same time, she started a new bi-monthly tractor publication, known as Heritage Iron Magazine. Schaefer is in possession of the largest, most comprehensive collection of Oliver literature in the world, in addition to an abundant collection of literature regarding all makes and models of farm equipment. Her personal library has proved to be a tremendous asset to the editorial content of her magazines. Schaefer has authored three books: Farm Tractor Collectibles, (MBI Publishing, in 1998), Oliver Tractors, (MBI Publishing, in 2001), and Classic Oliver Tractors: History, Models, Variations & Specifications 1855-1976, (Voyageur Press, 2009). Additionally, Schaefer has provided her expertise in other tractor-related books including: A Guide to Hart-Parr, Oliver and White Farm Tractors 1901-1996 by Larry Gay, Oliver Farm Tractors by T. Herbert Morrell, Oliver Photographic History by April Halberstadt and Ultimate American Farm Tractor Data Book Nebraska Test Tractors 1920-1960 by Lorry Dunning. In January 2003, Schaefer was picked and approved by the Smithsonian Institution to assist with the restoration of the oldest mass-production gasoline tractor in existence. The tractor had not been in working condition since 1960, and a small team of experts were chosen to bring the tractor back to life for its 100-year anniversary. In August 2003, Schaefer was an expert witness in Washington, D.C. to defend the Chinese Embassy regarding an international trade commission complaint filed by a US tractor manufacturer. She is an executive board member of the Illinois Rural Heritage Museum and a lifetime honorary member of the American Farm Heritage Museum. She has been the guest speaker at numerous community organizations and national tractor club gatherings. In 2011, Schaefer was honored by the I&I Tractor Club with an award of appreciation for her many contributions. Schaefer regularly travels around the country to visit with former executives, engineers, employees, and farmers who are/were involved with the manufacture or use of farm equipment. She also attends various trade shows, toy shows, and tractor exhibits to share her passion of the farm equipment hobby. She also serves as a publisher and editor of \"Oliver Heritage Magazine\", an all Oliver tractor bi-monthly publication. Heritage Iron Magazine"
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"Essentials of Fire Fighting Essentials of Fire Fighting is a fire service training manual produced by Fire Protection Publications (FPP) and the International Fire Service Training Association (IFSTA). Fire Protection Publications is a department of the College of Engineering, Architecture, and Technology (CEAT)at Oklahoma State University (OSU), in Stillwater, Oklahoma. This manual is used by fire service training agencies and departments around the world to train personnel to become firefighters. The Essentials of Fire Fighting is the required training manual used in countless local fire departments and state/provincial training agencies in every region of the United States and Canada. Since the release of the first edition of this manual in 1978, more than 2.25 million copies of The Essentials of Fire Fighting have been distributed to the fire service. There are two versions of the Essentials of Fire Fighting manual. IFSTA/FPP publishes the basic version that contains 21 chapters focused strictly on fire fighting content as required by NFPA 1001, Standard for Fire Fighter Professional Qualifications (2013 edition). IFSTA/FPP, in partnership with Brady, a publisher of EMS training materials, co-publishes the Essentials of Fire Fighting and Fire Department Operations, 6th Edition. This version includes all 21 chapters of Essentials of Fire Fighting , 6th Edition and adds three chapters written and validated to meet the emergency medical and hazardous materials requirements of NFPA 1001. Chapter 22 specifically addresses the Firefighter I and Firefighter II knowledge and skills requirements for the emergency medical care competencies identified in NFPA 1001, Chapter 4. Chapters 23 and 24 meet the First Responder Awareness and Operations Levels for Responders according to NFPA 472: Standard for Competence of Responders to Hazardous Materials/Weapons of Mass Destruction Incidents, 2012 Edition and OSHA 1910.120. The chapters also provide validated content to meet Section 6.6, Mission-Specific Competencies: Product Control, of NFPA 472. The hazardous materials information is adapted from the IFSTA Hazardous Materials for First Responders,4th Edition. In 1934, the Western Actuarial Bureau sponsored a meeting in Kansas City to begin the process of gaining consensus on common training methods and techniques. State fire training directors from Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, and Arkansas attended and the Fire Service Training Association (FSTA) was formed. By its next meeting in 1935, 16 states were represented and more joined every year thereafter. Oklahoma A&M College (OAMC, now known as Oklahoma State University [OSU]) was chosen to publish the manuals to be developed by the Fire Service Training Association. In 1935, two planographed, hardbound books were produced: Elementary Science Applied to the Firefighting Service and Ladders. Eventually a total of ten topics were covered and published in 1937. Because of their red covers, the fire service called them “The Redbooks.” The ten original “Redbooks” were: In 1955, FSTA becomes the International Fire Service Training Association or IFSTA when the first Canadian officials attend and participate. In 1957, Oklahoma A&M College became Oklahoma State University. Throughout the 1950s and 1960s IFSTA became more active in the U.S. fire service. IFSTA was a participant in the Williamsburg meeting that led to the formation of the Joint Council of National Fire Service Organizations. Everett Hudiburg, director of IFSTA, was selected to chair the Joint Council and spearheaded the formation of the National Professional Qualifications Board (Pro Board). The Pro Board developed professional qualifications standards and a national certification system. The four original professional qualifications standards adopted in 1974 included: IFSTA realized that its products could be used to assist firefighters in achieving certification. IFSTA manuals were then revised to ensure they covered the standards. It was apparent that it would be impractical for firefighters to have to buy at least 10 manuals to meet the firefighter certification requirements. It was decided that a single manual should be developed to assist firefighters in achieving certification, and thus the Essentials of Fire Fighting was born. Carroll Herring, director of the Louisiana Fireman Training Program (now known as the Louisiana State University Fire and Emergency Training Institute, is credited with recommending the title of Essentials of Fire Fighting. The first edition of Essentials of Fire Fighting was published in 1978 and subsequent editions have been published in 1983, 1992, 1998, and 2008. The latest edition (6th) was first released in January 2013. The 6th edition of Essentials of Fire Fighting addresses the 2013 edition of NFPA Standard 1001, Standard for Fire Fighter Professional Qualifications. This standard is widely accepted as the standard of knowledge and skills measurement for all firefighters in North America and beyond. This IFSTA manual includes an appendix list of the job performance requirements from the NFPA standard and a cross reference of the NFPA requirements to the chapters of Essentials. They are: Essentials of Fire Fighting Essentials of Fire Fighting is a fire service training manual produced by Fire Protection Publications (FPP) and the International Fire Service"
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"Deborah Luster Deborah Luster (born 1951) is a photographic artist from Northwest Arkansas, US, and has been a professional photographer since the 1990s. Luster has at least one book in print, \"\", and is known for using older technology such as tintype to document and artistically portray violent crime and related topics. She is published and discussed in various international media such as \"The Economist\", educational sources such as the John Simon Guggenhiem Memorial Foundation, galleries such as the Jack Shainman Gallery and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Luster jointly won a Lange-Taylor Prize in 2000 with C.D. Wright with whom she has worked as a duo for \"One Big Self\". Luster published a 64-page 17-inch hardcover book titled \"Tooth for an Eye: A Chorography of Violence in Orleans Parish\" in February 2011. This work focuses on the effect a high rate of homicide has in New Orleans and each piece has a journey through it, or, \"is circular, bringing the viewer through\". Deborah Luster lives and works in New Orleans and Louisiana in the US, and Galway in Ireland. She has won the Baum Award for Emerging American Photographers in 2001, The John Gutmann Photography Fellowship in 2002, and a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship in 2013. She is a 2017 winner of a Ford Foundation Art of Change fellowship. Permanently featured in Whitney Museum of American Art, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, New Orleans Museum of Art, and the Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, Deborah Luster \"creates a complex and vivid portrait\". In earlier work, Luster photographed Mexican religious votive paintings and people she \"connected\" with to create \"saints\" in conjunction with C.D. Wright, poet. The intention was to create \"magical\" portraits and the name of this work was \"Rosesucker Retablos\". Luster has documented murder scenes in New Orleans and claims to be unaffected from visiting such places, but can be quoted describing some as possessed with energy and heat. Luster has produced more than 25,000 photographs in the last fifteen to twenty years focusing on old fashioned technology, particularly tintype, to produce a finish with an antique feel as part of the \"One Big Self\" project including inside work at Louisiana State Penitentiary. Some pieces include graffiti and poetry and were featured free for many weeks as part of Prospect.1 New Orleans city art event. Luster worked with C.D Wright in Louisiana State Pen for six years (1998-2003) on \"One Big Self\" making portraits of prisoners in silver-gelatin emulsion on metal boards. Vince Aletti of \"The New Yorker\" said of her work \"Suddenly, we are there, and desolation, desperation and death are very real.\" She gave visiting presentations at Pratt Institute, Hendrix College and Watkins College of Art and Design in 2013, while in 2014 she was awarded residency at the Irish Museum of Modern Art. She has been awarded the Anonymous Was A Woman Award, Peter S. Reed Foundation Grant, and the Baum Award for Emerging American Photographers. Her work is also featured in dozens of public collections. Luster's work on \"One Big Self\" extended to two other prisons including Angola Penitentiary and her work is permanently displayed in still more notable galleries including the Smithsonian Deborah Luster Deborah Luster (born 1951) is a photographic artist from Northwest Arkansas, US, and has been a professional photographer since the 1990s. Luster has at least one book in print, \"\", and is known for using older technology such as tintype to document and artistically portray violent crime and related topics. She is published and discussed in various international media such as \"The Economist\", educational sources such"
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"Metter, Georgia Metter is a city in Candler County, Georgia, United States. The population was 4,130 at the 2010 census. The city is the county seat of Candler County. Metter was founded in 1889. In 1914, Metter was designated seat of the newly formed Candler County. Metter was incorporated as a town in 1903 and as a city in 1920. Metter is located near the center of Candler County at , in eastern Georgia. Interstate 16 touches the southern edge of the city, leading east to Savannah, and west to Macon. A short, tree-lined parkway leads from I-16 to the downtown area. According to the United States Census Bureau, Metter has a total area of , of which is land and , or 2.53%, is water. Longtime residents use the slogan \"Everything's Better in Metter\". Metter may be best known as the home of \"The Sower\", Michael Guido, who has delivered short evangelical PSAs on late-night television nationwide for decades. Dr. Guido's messages were filmed at Guido Gardens, which houses a public botanical garden and a school of ministry. Guido died at the age of 94 on February 22, 2009. His messages were aired on TV stations in the Georgia and South Carolina region. A prominent event in Metter is Another Bloomin' Festival, an arts and crafts festival held the day before Easter. The festival draws thousands of out-of-town residents, who come to enjoy homemade desserts, barbecue, and crafts. In addition, it serves as a homecoming celebration for former residents who have returned to celebrate the holiday with their families. As of the census of 2000, there were 3,879 people, 1,371 households, and 919 families residing in the city. The population density was 529.8 people per square mile (204.6/km²). There were 1,522 housing units at an average density of 207.9 per square mile (80.3/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 55.04% White, 40.99% African American, 0.44% Asian, 3.07% from other races, and 0.46% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.26% of the population. There were 1,371 households out of which 31.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.0% were married couples living together, 19.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.9% were non-families. 29.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.58 and the average family size was 3.16. In the city, the population was spread out with 25.5% under the age of 18, 9.3% from 18 to 24, 22.9% from 25 to 44, 22.3% from 45 to 64, and 20.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 89.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.2 males. The median income for a household in the city was $21,288, and the median income for a family was $28,073. Males had a median income of $24,935 versus $18,311 for females. The per capita income for the city was $14,308. About 26.5% of families and 33.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 57.7% of those under age 18 and 28.6% of those age 65 or over. The Candler County School District holds pre-kindergarten to grade twelve, and consists of two elementary schools, a middle school and a high school. The district has 117 full-time teachers and over 1,930 students. Metter, Georgia Metter is a city in Candler County, Georgia, United States. The population was 4,130 at the 2010"
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"Wendover, Utah Wendover is a city in Tooele County, Utah, United States. The population was 1,537 at the 2000 census, with a 2006 estimated population of 1,632. Wendover is on the western border of Utah, and is contiguous with West Wendover, Nevada. Interstate 80 runs just north of both cities, while Interstate 80 Business (Wendover Boulevard) runs through the two cities. The Wendover Cut-off was the former path of the Victory Highway as well as U.S. Route 40 to Wendover. Today it serves as a frontage road between Wendover and Knolls just to the south of the Interstate. The town was established in 1908 as a station stop on the Western Pacific Railroad, then under construction. The transcontinental telephone line was completed as workers raised the final pole at Wendover, Utah on June 27, 1914, after construction of of telephone line. However, the line was not utilized until January 25, 1915, when the first transcontinental telephone call was made to coincide with the opening of the Panama Pacific Exposition. From 1917 to 1939, a Western Pacific subsidiary known as the Deep Creek Railroad also operated into Wendover. The Western Pacific became part of the larger Union Pacific Railroad in 1983. During World War II, the nearby Wendover Army Air Field was a training base for bomber pilots, including the crew of the Enola Gay. The Enola Gay was stationed here until June 1945. Recently the Utah Department of Transportation completed an interchange at Aria Boulevard on Interstate 80. Investment is also underway to restore the Wendover Airfield which is currently managed by Tooele County. Meanwhile, lodging has increased along Wendover Boulevard in recent years. Tooele County School District has completed Anna Smith Elementary School which serves the Wendover area. Wendover and Tooele County recently built a joint complex for municipal and county functions. Movements to unite Wendover with West Wendover, which is located across the border in Nevada and allows gambling operations, have taken place but require the approval of the U.S. Congress and the Nevada and Utah legislatures. The U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution permitting Wendover to leave Utah and join Nevada in 2002, but the bill was blocked in the U.S. Senate and did not become law. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 6.4 square miles (16.7 km²), all of it land. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Wendover has an arid climate, abbreviated \"BWk\" on climate maps. As of the census of 2000, there were 1,537 people, 432 households, and 327 families residing in the city. The population density was 238.9 people per square mile (92.3/km²). There were 510 housing units at an average density of 79.3 per square mile (30.6/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 43.98% White, 1.17% African American, 1.76% Native American, 0.85% Asian, 0.13% Pacific Islander, 43.59% from other races, and 8.52% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 68.64% of the population. There were 432 households out of which 54.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.9% were married couples living together, 11.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.1% were non-families. 16.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 3.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.56 and the average family size was 4.10. In the city, the population was spread out with 39.9% under the age of 18, 13.0% from 18 to 24, 30.0% from 25 to 44, 13.2% from 45 to 64, and 3.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 24 years. For every 100 females, there were 106.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 106.7 males. The median income for a household in the city was $31,196, and the median income for a family was $29,722. Males had a median income of $18,417 versus $20,682 for females. The per capita income for the city was $10,794. About 24.7% of families and 26.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 29.1% of those under age 18 and 16.1% of those age 65 or over. Wendover, Utah Wendover is a city in Tooele County, Utah, United States. The population was 1,537 at the 2000 census, with a 2006 estimated population of 1,632. Wendover is on the western border of Utah, and is contiguous with West Wendover, Nevada. Interstate 80 runs just north of both cities, while Interstate 80 Business (Wendover Boulevard) runs through the two cities. The Wendover Cut-off was the former path of the Victory Highway as well as U.S. Route 40 to Wendover. Today it serves as a frontage road between Wendover and Knolls just to the south"
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"Pécsi MFC Pécsi Mecsek Football Club, commonly referred to as Pécsi MFC or simply PMFC, is a professional Hungarian football club based in Pécs, Baranya, that currently competes in the Hungarian third division. The club was established on 16 February 1973 by the merger of five other clubs of the city, Pécsi Dózsa, Pécsi Ércbányász SC, Pécsi Helyiipari SK, Pécsi Bányász and Pécsi Építők. Pécsi MFC's home ground is the Stadium of PMFC, also known as Stadium of Újmecsekalja, a football stadium in Uránváros. The stadium’s current capacity is 7,000, it was opened in 1955. Pécsi MFC holds long-standing rivalries with other football clubs, most notably Komlói Bányász SK, a club based in Komló, a city near Pécs, and Kaposvári Rákóczi FC from Kaposvár. Since its foundation in 1973, the club played most of their seasons in the first division, with twelve seasons spent in the second division. After finishing on the first place of the Western Group of the second division in 2011, the club was promoted to the highest level of professional league. Despite fininshing 11th in the 2014–15 season, the club lost its professional licence due to financial difficulties and gained admittance to the fourth tier of the Hungarian league system in time for the start of the following season. The relegation saw owner Dezső Matyi leaving the club after 8 years, when he sold his share to the city of Pécs. Although association football had been present in Pécs since the early 20th century, the predecessor of Pécsi MFC was founded later, in 1950 with the name Pécsi Dózsa. The new club started to compete in the third division and eventually won promotion to the second division in 1953. After spending only two years in the NB II with moderate success, Pécsi Dózsa started the 1950 season in the top flight of the Hungarian football pyramid, after a fusion with Budapest-based club Kőbányai Dózsa. Pécsi Dózsa made its debut in the first division on 27 February 1955, with a 3–0 win against Szombathely. With only one year of hiatus, Pécsi Dózsa was the member of the NB I until 1972, when the club undergone another, more complex fusion with four other local clubs. Pécs played in second division in the season of 1975–76. Pécs finished as champions of the second division in the season of 1976–77. PMSC has been playing in the first division for 20 years between 1977 and 1997. They won the Hungarian Cup in 1990. In the then European Cup Winners Cup they were drawn against Manchester United, and became the first team to play against English opposition in Europe since English teams were banned five years previously. They lost the game 3–0 on aggregate, and Manchester United went on to win the competition, beating Barcelona in the final. In 2003 Pécs rejoined the first division after two years of exile. Pécs drew with Szombathelyi Haladás and finished first eleven points clear. Tamás Nagy's team lost only three times in 34 matches. Stadion PMFC is a UEFA Category 1 football stadium in Pécs, Hungary. It is currently used for football matches and is the home stadium of Pécsi MFC. The stadium is able to hold 7,000 people and was opened in 1955. The stadium used to be referred to as \"PMSC stadion\" due to the old name of the local team, and sometimes referred to as \"Újmecsekaljai stadion\", which is derived from the name of the district, where the stadium is located. Pécsi MFC Pécsi Mecsek Football Club, commonly referred to as Pécsi MFC or simply PMFC, is a professional Hungarian football club"
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"TPC Stonebrae TPC Stonebrae, formerly TPC San Francisco Bay, is an American links style golf course and private golf club located at Stonebrae Country Club in the hills above Hayward, California on the eastern side of the San Francisco Bay Area. TPC Stonebrae Country Club is currently the newest Country Club in the San Francisco Bay Area and has a top 10 course rating in Northern California. Stonebrae Country Club opened in 2007. The following year, the David McLay Kidd designed championship golf course became part of the Tournament Players Club network operated by the PGA Tour and was rebranded as the TPC San Francisco Bay and then the TPC Stonebrae. It is owned and operated by YCS Investments, an investment company of the family behind King Fook Holdings. Since 2008, TPC Stonebrae is the venue for the variously named Ellie Mae Classic at TPC Stonebrae, a tournament on the Web.com Tour. Upon opening in 2007, TPC Stonebrae has received the following awards: \"Northern California’s Best New Course\" (\"LINKS Magazine, 2007), \"\"One of the Best New Golf Courses\" (\"Travel + Leisure Golf, 2007), \"6th Best New Private Course in America\" (Golf Digest, 2008),\" 2015 National Private Course Winner for Environmental Leaders in Golf Awards (ELGA) presented by Golf Digest, Merit Winner for Private Facility – 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 (Environmental Leaders in Golf Awards (ELGA)). In 2015 TPC Stonebrae Country Club opened a new 32,000 sq. foot Clubhouse that was named as 2014's \"2nd Best New Clubhouse in the World\" by Golf INC Magazine. In 2016 at the Ellie Mae Classic at TPC Stonebrae, Stephan Jaeger set the 18 hole scoring record of 58 at a PGA Tour sanctioned event in the first round of the Ellie Mae Classic and the lowest 72 Hole Tournament aggregate score in history at a PGA Tour sanctioned event. in 2017 at the Ellie Mae Classic at TPC Stonebrae, Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors, received a Sponsors Exemption into the Tournament. During his professional golf debut, Stephen Curry recorded first and second round scores of 74. TPC Stonebrae TPC Stonebrae, formerly TPC San Francisco Bay, is an American links style golf course and private golf club located at Stonebrae Country Club in the hills above Hayward, California on the eastern side of the San Francisco Bay Area. TPC Stonebrae Country Club is currently the newest Country Club"
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"Albert Robles Albert Robles is an American politician and the current Mayor of Carson, California. A member of the Democratic Party, Robles was elected mayor in 2015 to fill a vacancy and re-elected in 2016. Previously, he was a member of the Carson City Council. Robles is also a seven-term board member for the Water Replenishment District of Southern California, although his dual elected offices are the subject of a legal challenge. Robles earned a dual Bachelors from the University of Colorado at Boulder, a law degree from the UC Berkeley School of Law and a Master's Degree from the University of Southern California, where he was a USC Merit Scholarship recipient. Robles was first elected to public office in 1992 when he was 23 years old to the Water Replenishment District of Southern California Board of Directors, representing Division 5. In 1992 he was the youngest elected official in California. He is the youngest Director elected to the WRD board and has been re-elected to seven terms, most recently in 2016. In 2013, he was elected to the Carson City Council. He became mayor in 2015 to fill a vacancy created by the resignation of Mayor Jim Dear. In 2016, Carson voters re-elected Robles, who received 55.2 percent of the vote over former Mayor Dear. Robles was a strong supporter for an NFL stadium to be built in Carson. During one press conference Robles wore a mashup jersey featuring the logos for both the Chargers and the Raiders. Robles represented former South Gate treasurer Albert T. Robles (no relation) during the appeal of the latter's earlier 2004 corruption conviction. Robles was involved in the controversial 2006 elections in Vernon, California, the first elections held in that city since 1980. Robles represented the challengers in the city council election who moved into an abandoned building in the city so they could register to vote. The Vernon city clerk accused Albert T. Robles of being involved in the scheme. A court upheld the candidates' right to run in the election. Afterwords, Leonis C. Malburg, the mayor of Vernon, was indicted and eventually convicted of conspiracy, perjury, and voter fraud. In 2008, Robles ran against Steve Cooley in the election for Los Angeles County District Attorney, receiving 20% of the vote. During the campaign, Robles faced misdemeanor charges filed against him by Cooley's office in November 2007. Robles was charged with printing a pair of political mailers without a return address and expending more than $100 cash in a political campaign. Robles accused Cooley of direct involvement in the charges brought against him because of a personal vendetta and to effect outcome of the election. Cooley denied those allegations. Although Robles lost to Cooley in June 2008, a jury found Robles not guilty of all charges after deliberating for only twenty (20) minutes and he was re-elected in November 2008 to his seat on the Water Replenishment board. In 2016, Los Angeles County prosecutors sued Robles to prevent him keeping his seat on the Water Replenishment Board, claiming that no person cannot be mayor or a city councilman and a board member. Robles is the subject of a separate probe by county prosecutors over his city of residence. The \"Los Angeles Times\" reported that Robles is actually living in the Adams-Normandie neighborhood of Los Angeles, but he is claiming he resides at his parent's home in Carson. Robles faced multiple campaign finance violations for failing to submit documents during the 2012 and 2016 elections. He initially had been ordered to pay at least $85,000 in fines, and agreed to pay $12,000 to settle the violations. Robles was also facing a state ethics inquiry after \"failing to submit state-required disclosure statements for his political campaign finances and personal economic interests for both his elected jobs.\" This also became part of the $12,000 settlement. Robles was also the subject of a sexual harassment suit brought by another Water Replenishment District director after losing a re-election campaign for the position in 2014. The former appointed director was the daughter of former CA Lieutenant Governor, Congressman, and Assemblyman Mervyn Dymally, but Robles denied the allegation. The judge in the case dismissed the unverified action with prejudice. Albert Robles Albert Robles is an American politician and the current Mayor of Carson, California. A member of the Democratic Party, Robles was elected mayor in 2015 to fill a vacancy and re-elected in 2016. Previously, he was a member of the Carson City Council. Robles is also a seven-term board member for the Water Replenishment District of Southern California, although his dual elected offices are the subject of a legal challenge. Robles earned a dual Bachelors from the University of Colorado at Boulder, a law degree from the UC Berkeley School of Law and a Master's Degree from the"
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"Waysted Waysted is a rock band formed by the UFO bass guitarist Pete Way and the Scottish rocker Fin Muir (Ian Muir) in 1982. Recruiting Frank Noon (formerly with Def Leppard), Ronnie Kayfield and Paul Raymond, Waysted signed to Chrysalis Records and released \"Vices\" in 1983. The band has gone through multiple line up changes over the years, with members leaving, rejoining and leaving again, as well as periods of complete dormancy while Way pursued other projects. The band split up in 1987 then reformed in 2003. In 2008, Waysted were touring the UK in support of their new album \"The Harsh Reality\". Waysted Waysted is a rock band formed by the UFO bass guitarist Pete Way and the Scottish rocker Fin Muir (Ian Muir) in 1982. Recruiting Frank Noon (formerly with Def Leppard), Ronnie Kayfield and Paul Raymond, Waysted signed to Chrysalis Records and released \"Vices\" in 1983. The band has gone through multiple line up changes over the years, with members leaving, rejoining and leaving again, as well as periods of complete dormancy while Way pursued other projects. The band split up in 1987 then reformed in 2003. In 2008, Waysted were touring the UK in support of"
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"Galanin receptor The galanin receptor is a G protein-coupled receptor, or metabotropic receptor which binds galanin. Galanin receptors can be found throughout the peripheral and central nervous systems and the endocrine system. So far three subtypes are known to exist: GAL-R1, GAL-R2, and GAL-R3. The specific function of each subtype remains to be fully elucidated, although as of 2009 great progress is currently being made in this respect with the generation of receptor subtype-specific knockout mice, and the first selective ligands for galanin receptor subtypes. Selective galanin agonists are anticonvulsant, while antagonists produce antidepressant and anxiolytic effects in animals, so either agonist or antagonist ligands for the galanin receptors may be potentially therapeutic compounds in humans. Galanin receptor The galanin receptor is a G protein-coupled receptor, or metabotropic receptor which binds galanin. Galanin receptors can be found throughout the peripheral and central nervous systems and the endocrine system. So far three subtypes are known to exist: GAL-R1, GAL-R2, and GAL-R3. The specific function of each subtype remains to be fully elucidated, although as of 2009 great progress is currently being made in this respect with the generation of receptor subtype-specific knockout mice, and the first selective ligands for galanin receptor"
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"Singleton, Lancashire Singleton is a village and civil parish in Lancashire, England. It is situated on the coastal plain called the Fylde. It is located south-east of Poulton-le-Fylde, and at the 2001 census had a population of 877, increasing to 889 at the 2011 Census. The parish is sometimes referred to as two parts – Great Singleton is the larger part containing the village, and Little Singleton is a small area north of the village bordering the River Wyre. Singleton railway station once served the village as part of the Preston and Wyre Joint Railway. The station was situated west of the village, on the road to Blackpool. Singleton's parish church is St Anne's, designed by Lancaster architect Edward Graham Paley and completed in 1861. It has been designated a Grade II listed building by English Heritage. At the time of the Roman conquest of Britain in the 1st century AD, the area around Singleton was inhabited by a Celtic tribe called the Setantii. The village was recorded in the \"Domesday Book\" of 1086 as \"Singletun\". In 2011, drilling equipment was installed at Grange Hill, east of the village, to test for shale gas in the Bowland Shale Formation around 3 km below the surface. In 2013 Cuadrilla and Centrica made plans for hydraulic fracturing, commonly known as fracking, at the site. Singleton is combined with Greenhalgh-with-Thistleton to form the ward of Singleton and Greenhalgh, which elects one councillor. it is represented by Maxine Chew, an independent councillor. Singleton also has a parish council. The village is represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom as part of Fylde. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. Since the 2010 general election, Fylde has been represented at Parliament by Conservative MP Mark Menzies. The village is also part of the North West England constituency of the European Parliament. Singleton, Lancashire Singleton is a village and civil parish in Lancashire, England. It is situated on the coastal plain called the Fylde. It is located south-east of Poulton-le-Fylde, and at the 2001 census had a population of 877, increasing to 889 at the 2011 Census. The parish is sometimes referred to as two parts – Great Singleton is the larger part containing the village, and Little Singleton is a small area north of the village bordering the River Wyre."
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"Holocaust Memorial Center for the Jews of Macedonia The Holocaust Memorial Center for the Jews of Macedonia (Macedonian: Меморијален центар на холокаустот на Евреите од Македонија, \"Memorijalen centar na holokaustot na Evreite od Makedonija\"; Ladino: Sentro Memorial del Holokausto de los Djudios de la Makedonia) is a memorial to the holocaust of the 7,148 Jews from Macedonia and the history of the Jews in the Balkans, located in Skopje, the capital city of the Republic of Macedonia. The Holocaust Memorial Center is a multimedia center, consisting of several functional parts. The construction works began in 2005. The Memorial Center is located in the so-called \"Jewish Quarter\" of Skopje, which was the center of Jewish life in this city until the deportation of the Jews. The museum is located behind the Museum of the Macedonian Struggle, which faces the Vardar River. The Holocaust Memorial Center for the Jews of Macedonia was officially opened on 10 March 2011, exactly 68 years after the German Forces deported the Macedonian Jews to the Treblinka extermination camp. The opening was attended by high-ranking officials from Macedonia, Israel and other countries, notably the Macedonian prime minister Nikola Gruevski, the Macedonian president Gjorge Ivanov, Israeli vice-prime minister Moshe Ya'alon, the presidents of Montenegro and Albania Filip Vujanović and Bamir Topi respectively, as well as a member of the Knesset, religious leaders and diplomats. The memorial center sparked big interest. Only three days after the opening, it was visited by more than 3,000 people. Holocaust Memorial Center for the Jews of Macedonia The Holocaust Memorial Center for the Jews of Macedonia (Macedonian: Меморијален центар на холокаустот на Евреите од Македонија, \"Memorijalen centar na holokaustot na Evreite od Makedonija\"; Ladino: Sentro Memorial del Holokausto de los Djudios de la Makedonia) is a memorial to the holocaust of the 7,148"
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"Oberschule zum Dom The Oberschule zum Dom, a grammar school in Lübeck and the Schleswig-Holstein area of Germany was founded in 1905 during the final years of the German Empire under Kaiser Wilhelm II. The school survived the bombing carried out on the city of Lübeck by the Royal Air Force during the second world war. The School has long been a Gymnasium. It ranks in the top three schools in Lübeck and has always retained a special relationship with archrival the Katharineum zu Lübeck. The School occupies a large red brick building which was previously a hospital next to the Lübeck Cathedral (Dom), this provides it with a very central location within the city. Transport links are very good, being conveniently situated just 75m away from the Fegefeuer bus stop (Haltestelle) which is serviced by the Lübeck bus company with routes to all the major suburbs of the city and some nearby villages such as Krummesse. This provides the school with the ability to accept students not solely from the city but also from slightly further a field. Being a Gymnasium the school is extremely academic, with languages and the sciences taking precedence among other subjects. Languages are seen to be essential, with students receiving an average of 4 hours language related study a week, foreign exchanges are therefore also seen as very important within the school and prove to be very popular with the students themselves. Exchanges are conducted annually between the OzD and Adams' Grammar School (a free state Grammar School funded by the Haberdashers Company) in the United Kingdom and the OzD and the Lycée-Collège de la Planta in French speaking Switzerland. The school also operates a popular ski trip to Saalbach-Hinterglemm in Austria and has in previous years conducted many popular class trips to various destinations and a rowing tour on behalf of the OzD Ruderriege (rowing club) to France. The school also has a number of very successful teams which represent it in sporting events, these include among others, a football team, an athletics team and a basketball team. Oberschule zum Dom The Oberschule zum Dom, a grammar school in Lübeck and the Schleswig-Holstein area of Germany was founded in 1905 during the final years of the German Empire under Kaiser Wilhelm II. The school survived the bombing carried out on the city of Lübeck by the Royal Air Force during the second world"
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"Telia 5G -areena The Telia 5G -areena (until April 2017 Sonera Stadium, before that until August 2010 Finnair Stadium; also known as \"Töölön jalkapallostadion\", \"Töölö football stadium\") is a football stadium in Helsinki, Finland. It is named after the Telia Company. The stadium was inaugurated in 2000. It has a capacity of 10,770 spectators. Originally the ground had a natural grass pitch, but it was soon replaced with an artificial one because the grass couldn't get enough sun light. Since then the stadium has seen numerous artificial playing surfaces that have been gradually replaced. The most recent artificial pitch was installed in April 2015. The ground is located next to the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. Before the current stadium was constructed, it was known as the Helsinki Football Ground and hosted some of the football preliminaries for the 1952 Summer Olympics. It is the home stadium of HJK, HIFK, and is also used for some friendlies by the Finnish national team. It hosted the final of the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship. The stadium was named as one of the stadiums that host the 2009 UEFA Women's Championship. For that tournament, the artificial turf covering the field was temporarily replaced with grass. In the 2016 domestic league season, tenants HJK Helsinki drew the highest average home attendance (5,101). Telia 5G -areena The Telia 5G -areena (until April 2017 Sonera Stadium, before that until August 2010 Finnair Stadium; also known as \"Töölön jalkapallostadion\", \"Töölö football stadium\") is a football stadium in Helsinki, Finland. It is named after the Telia Company. The stadium was inaugurated in 2000. It has a capacity of 10,770 spectators. Originally the ground had a natural grass pitch, but it was soon replaced with an artificial one because the grass couldn't get enough sun light. Since then the stadium"
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"A11 motorway (Romania) The A11 motorway () is a partially built motorway in north-western part of Romania, planned to connect the cities of Arad and Oradea. As of July 2015, the only operational segment is a section from Arad West Interchange (A1) to DN7 (Arad North), known as the Arad Bypass (Centura Arad). The current segment in service was built as part of the Arad Bypass section of the A1 motorway, that was opened in December 2011 (on a single carriageway) and June 2012 (on both carriageways). In July 2015, when the Arad – Nădlac section of the A1 motorway became operational, it changed its route number from A1 to A11. The motorway is planned to be extended towards Oradea and connected to the A3 motorway. A11 motorway (Romania) The A11 motorway () is a partially built motorway in north-western part of Romania, planned to connect the cities of Arad and Oradea. As of July 2015, the only operational segment is a section from Arad West Interchange (A1) to DN7 (Arad North), known as the Arad Bypass (Centura Arad). The current segment in service was built as part of the Arad Bypass section of the A1 motorway, that was opened"
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"2018 Hajjah Governorate airstrike On 22 April 2018, an airstrike by the Saudi Arabian-led coalition hit a wedding in the Bani Qa'is District of Hajjah Governorate, Yemen. Casualty estimates vary, with the Houthi-owned Al-Masirah reporting the toll later that day to be at least 33 civilians including the bride, while other estimates are higher. Forty-five other people were injured. The Saudi Arabian-led coalition carried out two separate airstrikes in Yemen. The planes repeatedly flew over the area where the strike was being conducted, thus preventing medical personnel from treating the victims. The victims were primarily women and children, who were congregating in one of the tents set up for the wedding. A Houthi government spokesperson said that ambulances were initially unable to reach the scene due to the threat from jets, which continued to fly overhead. According to the Houthi officials, the strikes first targeted the men gathering at the wedding and then the women. The airstrike killed the bride and wounded the groom with shrapnel. Some of the injured children lost eyes and limbs. According to Abdul Hakim Alkhulani, a spokesperson for the Health Ministry, \"Due to many casualties from the coalition-led wedding attacks, field hospitals were made near the site of the attacks giving injured civilians medical treatment in order to save lives\". Video footage of the airstrike shows body parts scattered around the area, as well as a young boy hugging a man's body who had died from the strike. According to Bellingcat, a citizen journalist organisation, the bomb was made by the American company Raytheon. A spokesperson for United Nations secretary António Guterres said \"The Secretary-General reminds all parties of their obligations under international humanitarian law concerning the protection of civilians and civilian infrastructure during armed conflicts\". A spokesperson for the Saudi Arabian coalition which carried out the airstrike said, \"We take this report very seriously and it will be fully investigated as all reports of this nature are\". The foreign minister of Iran, Bahram Qassemi, responded to the airstrike saying \"The escalated bombardment of residential areas proves the desperation and inability of the invaders in achieving their goals\". The Saba News Agency of Yemen described the airstrike as \"the new genocidal crime of the Saudis\". The Campaign Against Arms Trade, a UK-based organisation, responded to the incident with a criticism of the UK government, \"Yemen is now in its fourth year of war, and the bombardment is getting worse. Thousands have been killed, and many more will be if it continues. Theresa May has said she wants the UK to play a positive role on the world stage, so why is her government still arming and supporting Saudi atrocities? It's time for her to put the lives of Yemeni people above the interests of arms companies.\" 2018 Hajjah Governorate airstrike On 22 April 2018, an airstrike by the Saudi Arabian-led coalition hit a wedding in the Bani Qa'is District of Hajjah Governorate, Yemen. Casualty estimates vary, with the Houthi-owned Al-Masirah reporting the toll later that"
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"Deuteronomic Code The Deuteronomic Code is the name given by academics to the law code set out in chapters 12 to 26 of the Book of Deuteronomy in the Hebrew Bible. The code outlines a special relationship between the Israelites and Yahweh and provides instructions covering \"a variety of topics including religious ceremonies and ritual purity, civil and criminal law, and the conduct of war\". They are similar to other collections of laws found in the Torah (the first five books of the Tanakh) such as the Covenant Code at Exodus 20-23, except for the portion discussing the Ethical Decalogue, which is usually treated separately. This separate treatment stems not from any concern over authorship, but merely because the Ethical Decalogue is treated academically as a subject in its own right. Almost the entirety of Deuteronomy is presented as the last few speeches of Moses, beginning with an historical introduction as well as a second introduction which expands on the Ethical Decalogue, and ending with hortatory speeches and final words of encouragement. Between these is found the law code, at Deuteronomy 12-26. In critical scholarship, this portion, as well as the majority of the remainder of Deuteronomy, was written by the Deuteronomist. It is difficult to date the laws found in the Deuteronomic Code. Many of the laws can be found elsewhere in the Torah, and it is likely the Deuteronomistic author(s) were influenced by such laws. Biblical scholar Michael Coogan notes two examples, the Covenant Code and the Ritual Decalogue found in Exodus 20:22-23:33 and Exodus 34 respectively. It is characteristic of the discourses of the Deuteronomic Code that the writer's aim is throughout parenetic, making passing allusions to history, for example at Deuteronomy 13:4-5, and 24:9, for the sake of the lessons that the writer believes deducible from it. In the treatment of the laws, they are not merely collected, or a series of legal enactments repeated, but developed with reference to the moral and religious purposes which they can subserve, and to the motives from which it is perceived that the Israelite is ought to obey them. The Deuteronomic Code reflects particular social concerns, more specifically in dealing with the poor and underprivileged. The Deuteronomic Code places special emphasis on the lower class and marginalized. For example, women and children, widows, foreigners and the poor. Deuteronomy 15:12-15 illustrates one example in which a former slave is to receive gifts. The law code seems methodically to provide legal compensation for those who are victimised by the inequities and brutalities that may otherwise inhere in the social system. Duties involving directly the application of a moral principle are especially insisted on, particularly justice, integrity, equity, philanthropy, and generosity; for example insisting on strict impartiality and judges being appointed in every city, as well as insisting that fathers are not to be condemned judicially for the sins of their children, nor vice versa, in stark contrast to some other passages. Nevertheless, despite this general philanthropic nature, breaches of the moral code are punished severely: death is the penalty not only for murder, but also for unchastity, and even for disrespectful behaviour by a son. The style of the Deuteronomic discourses is very marked, being particularly distinct when compared with the style of the rest of the torah. Not only do particular words and expressions, embodying often the writer's characteristic thoughts, recur with remarkable frequency, giving a distinctive colouring to every part of his work, but the long and rolling clauses in which the author expresses himself are a new feature in Hebrew literature. Nowhere else in the Old Testament does there breathe such an atmosphere of generous devotion or of benevolence, neither is there such strong eloquence when duties are elsewhere set forward. According to textual criticism, Deuteronomy is only remotely related to the Priestly Code and there are certainly no verbal parallels. Some of the institutions and observances codified in the Priestly Code are indeed mentioned, mainly burnt-offerings, peace offerings, heave-offerings, the distinction between \"clean\" and \"unclean\", and rules about leprosy. However, they are destitute of the central significance with which they are placed in the Priestly Code. Conversely, the distinction between priests and other Levites, the Levite cities, the jubilee year, the offering of cereal crops, sin offerings, and Yom Kippur, which are fundamental institutions in the Priestly code, are not mentioned at all in the Deuteronomic Code. In the laws which do touch common ground, there are frequently large discrepancies, which in some cases are regarded irreconcilable by critical scholarship. In the documentary hypothesis, this large variation is explained, by the Code being identified as the work of a group of priests, centred at Shiloh, who were rival to the Aaronid group to whom the Priestly Code is assigned. Unlike the Priestly Code, with the laws contained in the Holiness Code, the Deuteronomic Code has some parallels, chiefly moral injunctions. Nevertheless, although in such cases the substance is often similar, the expression is nearly always different, for example the commandment concerning mourning at Deuteronomy 14:1 reflects Leviticus 19:28, and likewise the commandments of mixing kinds, at Leviticus 19:15 is reflected at Deuteronomy 16:19-20, but both occur in quite different phrasing. Thus it can not be said that the legislation of Deuteronomy is in any sense an expansion or development of the Holiness Code itself, although the underlying laws appear to have a greater affinity. As far as critical scholarship is concerned, the Covenant Code, and the Ritual Decalogue which partially repeats it, can be seen to form the foundation of the Deuteronomic legislation. This is evident partly from the numerous verbal coincidences, whole clauses, and sometimes even an entire law, being repeated verbatim, and partly from the fact that frequently a law in Deuteronomy consists of an expansion, or application to particular cases, of a principle laid down more briefly in the Covenant Code or Ritual Decalogue. This can, for example, be seen in Deuteronomy 16:1-17, concerning the three annual feasts, which are described very basically in the Covenant Code, at Exodus 23:14-17. The civil and social enactments which are new to Deuteronomy make provision chiefly for cases likely to arise in a more highly organised community than is contemplated in the legislation of the Covenant Code, and therefore critical scholarship regards the Deuteronomic Code as a development of the Covenant Code reflecting the increased organisation of society in the time between the two. Repeatedly and pointedly the older laws of the Covenant Code are restated in Deuteronomy in terms which inescapably suggest the influence of Amos, Hosea and Isaiah. The difference between the two codes may be summarised as further tempering law on behalf of the offender, and providing a still more merciful view with respect to the weak, and powerless. It is a matter of dispute whether the author knew the Covenant Code and Ritual Decalogue as separate works, or after they had been united into JE, as rather than copying, the laws of the Deuteronomic Code are variously free modification or enlargement of them. Consequently, amongst critical scholarship, some think it to be simply an enlarged edition of the old code, whereas others feel it to have been intended as a replacement. In the Deuteronomic Code, it is strictly laid down that sacrifice is to be offered at a single central sanctuary. However, in the Tanakh, from the Book of Joshua to the Books of Kings (I Kings 6), sacrifices are frequently described as offered in various parts of the land, without any suggestion, by either the characters present in the narrative, or the narrator themselves, that",
"of dispute whether the author knew the Covenant Code and Ritual Decalogue as separate works, or after they had been united into JE, as rather than copying, the laws of the Deuteronomic Code are variously free modification or enlargement of them. Consequently, amongst critical scholarship, some think it to be simply an enlarged edition of the old code, whereas others feel it to have been intended as a replacement. In the Deuteronomic Code, it is strictly laid down that sacrifice is to be offered at a single central sanctuary. However, in the Tanakh, from the Book of Joshua to the Books of Kings (I Kings 6), sacrifices are frequently described as offered in various parts of the land, without any suggestion, by either the characters present in the narrative, or the narrator themselves, that any law, such as that of Deuteronomy, is being broken. Other laws appear to more specifically point to a \"terminus post quem\", after which the code must have been composed. The law concerning the king, and the prohibitions against \"multiplying horses\", \"multiplying wives\", and \"multiplying silver and gold\", at Deuteronomy 17:14-20, appears to be coloured by reminiscences of Solomon \"(c. 950 bce)\", and the forms of idolatry referred to, especially worship of the \"host of heaven\", as described at Deuteronomy 17:3, appear to refer to behaviour during the reign of Ahaz \"(c. 730 bce)\". The Deuteronomic Code is composed of several mitzvot or commandments, approximately one third of the mitzvot in the Torah, and is therefore a major constituent of Jewish Law. While several of the laws are repetitions of those present elsewhere in the Torah, many have notable variations, and there are additionally many further laws which are unique to the code. Deuteronomic Code The Deuteronomic Code is the name given by academics to the law code set out in chapters 12 to 26 of the Book of Deuteronomy in the Hebrew Bible. The code outlines a special relationship between the Israelites and Yahweh and provides instructions covering \"a variety of topics including religious ceremonies and ritual purity, civil and criminal law, and the conduct of war\". They are similar to other collections of laws found in the Torah (the first five books of the Tanakh)"
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"MSNBC Canada MSNBC Canada was a Canadian English language category 2 digital cable specialty channel owned and operated by Rogers Media in partnership with Shaw Communications and MSNBC. MSNBC Canada was a national news television service that consisted of programs featuring news headlines, breaking news coverage, analysis, and information; news magazines, and documentaries. The channel shared its branding and the majority of its programming with its American counterpart, MSNBC. In addition to MSNBC programs such as \"Hardball\", \"MSNBC Investigates\", and \"Imus in the Morning\", the channel consisted of repeated programs from the CBC and CPAC, as its way to fulfill its Canadian content requirements. The channel also occasionally aired informercials. In November 2000, Rogers Broadcasting Limited (on behalf of a corporation to be incorporated) (later incorporated as MSNBC Canada Corp. in partnership with Shaw and MSNBC) was granted approval for a television broadcasting licence by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) called \"MSNBC Canada\", described as \"\"a national English-language Category 2 specialty television service consisting of an innovative hybrid of Canadian and US breaking-news coverage, in-depth news analysis and long-form actuality programming.\"\" The channel was launched on September 7, 2001 as MSNBC Canada. However, after over two years on the air, the channel's owners announced its decision to shutter the service citing difficulties in operating a 24-hour breaking news service, which relied primarily on MSNBC programs, with then-current CRTC mandated Canadian content requirements, calling them \"\"disruptive to subscribers and have proven to be financially burdensome beyond expectation\"\". MSNBC Canada owners wished to shutter the service and replace it with the American feed instead, a process that would require CRTC approval. On December 18, 2003, a Rogers and Shaw application requesting MSNBC to be allowed to broadcast in Canada was made public and was approved on September 16, 2004. On December 1, 2004, MSNBC Canada was discontinued and replaced by the direct American feed, MSNBC. The MSNBC Canada licence was revoked at the request of its owners by the CRTC on December 2, 2005. MSNBC Canada MSNBC Canada was a Canadian English language category 2 digital cable specialty channel owned and operated by Rogers Media in partnership with Shaw Communications and MSNBC. MSNBC Canada was a national news television service that consisted of programs featuring news headlines, breaking news coverage, analysis, and information; news magazines, and documentaries. The channel shared its branding and the majority of its programming with its"
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"50 Rockefeller Plaza 50 Rockefeller Plaza (formerly the Associated Press Building) is a 15-story building located at Rockefeller Plaza between 50th and 51st Streets in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Completed in 1938, the building is part of Rockefeller Center, which was built in the Art Deco style. Rockefeller Center occupies three blocks in Midtown Manhattan bounded by Fifth and Sixth Avenues to the east and west, between 48th Street to the south and 51st Street to the north. By 1936, most of the complex had been completed. Rockefeller Center Inc. only needed to develop three empty plots in the middle of the complex's northern and southern blocks. Rockefeller Center's executives went into talks with the Associated Press for a building on the northern empty lot, which was occupied by the complex's truck delivery ramp. The lot had been reserved for the Metropolitan Opera house, but the managers could not wait to develop the lot anymore, so in 1937, the opera plans were formally scrapped. The lot had also been planned as a hotel site, but this was also deemed economically infeasible. In January 1938, Associated Press agreed to rent the fourth through seventh floors of the structure, with the building to be named for the company. Construction of the steelwork started in April 1938, and after 29 working days, it was topped out by June. The Associated Press moved into the structure in December. The building, located at 50 Rockefeller Plaza, was built to the outer limits of its lot without any setbacks or rooftop gardens; it rose only 15 floors because of the 1916 zoning law and the paucity of other tenants. The presence of Associated Press and Time Inc. expanded Rockefeller Center's scope from strictly a radio-communications complex to a hub of both radio and print media. In 1938, the Associated Press opened the Guild, a newsreel theater, along the curve of the truck ramp below the building. 50 Rockefeller Plaza is located on the west side of Rockefeller Plaza between 50th and 51st Streets. The only building in the Center built to the outer limits of its lot line, the 15-story building took its shape from Associated Press's need for a single, undivided, loft-like newsroom as large as the lot could accommodate—namely, a blocky structure with no setbacks. At one point, of transmission wire were embedded in conduits on the building's fourth floor. The complex's truck ramp descends under the building from 50th Street, while the rear of the building is located next to the Radio City Music Hall. The building also contained the Guild Theater, a 450-seat newsreel theater, from 1938 to 1999. Isamu Noguchi's stainless steel panel, \"News\", is located above the building's entrance. His work, which depicts the various forms of communications used by journalists in the 1930s, honors the different occupations in the news industry. It is one of Noguchi's last abstract works as well as the only stainless steel work he ever commissioned. 50 Rockefeller Plaza 50 Rockefeller Plaza (formerly the"
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"Avoir 20 ans dans les Aurès Avoir 20 ans dans les Aurès (English: To Be Twenty in the Aures) is a 1972 film. A group of young pacifists from Brittany is taken to a camp destined to deserters. They end up by accepting the increasing violence with which they are trained, and become true killing machines. In April, 1961, they are moved to the Aurès mountains in Algeria where they face off against troops from the National Liberation Army. During the battle, the battalion captures a rebel fighter which they shall execute the next morning. Their most precious ideals are supposed to become overridden by sheer discipline. Avoir 20 ans dans les Aurès Avoir 20 ans dans les Aurès (English: To Be Twenty in the Aures) is a 1972 film. A group of young pacifists from Brittany is taken to a camp destined to deserters. They end up by accepting the increasing violence with which they are trained, and become true killing machines. In April, 1961, they are moved to the Aurès mountains in Algeria where they face off against troops from the National Liberation Army. During the battle, the battalion captures a rebel fighter which they shall execute the"
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"Ministry of Works and Transport (Uganda) The Ministry of Works and Transport is a Cabinet level government ministry of Uganda, that is mandated to plan, develop and maintain an economic, efficient and effective transport infrastructure, and transport services by road, rail, water, and air. The ministry is also mandated to manage public works including government structures and promote standards in the construction industry. The ministry is headed by a Cabinet Minister. The current Misiter of Works and Transport is Engineer Monica Azuba Ntege. The headquarters of the ministry are located at the corner of Jinja Road and Old Port Bell Road, in Kampala Central Division, in the Industrial Area of Kampala, the capital and largest city in the country. The coordinates of the ministry headquarters are:0°19'04.0\"N, 32°35'48.0\"E (Latitude:0.317779; Longitude:32.596681). As of July, the ministry is involved, through and with its affiliated entities, in several major construction projects including the following: Ministry of Works and Transport (Uganda) The Ministry of Works and Transport is a Cabinet level government ministry of Uganda, that is mandated to plan, develop and maintain an economic, efficient and effective transport infrastructure, and transport services by road, rail, water, and air. The ministry is also mandated to"
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"Justice League Heroes Justice League Heroes is a console video game for the Xbox and PlayStation 2 platforms. It was developed by Snowblind Studios, published by Warner Bros. Games in conjunction with DC Comics and was distributed in Europe by Eidos Interactive. Based on the long-running comic book series \"Justice League\" and was written by comic book writer Dwayne McDuffie. It uses the Dark Alliance Engine. Three handheld \"Justice League Heroes\" games were released at the same time for the Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS and PlayStation Portable. The Nintendo DS game shares a similar visual style and gameplay mechanics to the console game, but serves as a prequel to its story. This version was developed by Sensory Sweep Studios. The GBA version is titled and focused primarily on The Flash. The game featured 2D sidescrolling action gameplay and a sidestory to the console game's plot. This version was developed by WayForward Technologies. The story of the game begins with Superman and Batman foiling the S.T.A.R. Labs ambush by robots controlled by Brainiac. After Batman and Superman defeat what they think is Brainiac, they discover that they have merely been diverted by a duplicate while another has raided the vaults of the Lab, taking Kryptonian DNA and a chunk of meteorite. Meanwhile, Zatanna and J'onn Jonzz (the Martian Manhunter) face off against Queen Bee and her drones, who are being assisted in their gradual conversion of Metropolis by some of Brainiac's robots. After Metropolis has been saved, the League responds to a series of attempted nuclear missile hijackings; firstly, The Key attempts to hijack a missile before he is subdued by the Flash and Green Lantern (John Stewart), followed by an attempt by Killer Frost which is foiled by Zatanna and Wonder Woman. Despite the League's efforts, one missile is launched undetected during a worldwide communications blackout caused by Brainiac. However, the League realize it has been upgraded; capable of breaking Earth's orbit, the missile has actually been fired at Mars in an effort to free the White Martians, who will invade Earth upon being reawakened. Superman and J'onn J'onnz travel to Mars to stop them from escaping; but this has been yet another diversion from Brainiac who, anticipating their success, took the opportunity to steal vital equipment from the White Martians. Brainiac has also freed Gorilla Grodd from imprisonment, who intends to take revenge on his jailors and humanity with use of his Earthquake Machine. While Wonder Woman assists Superman in stopping the few White Martian vessels that managed to escape Mars and J'onn Jonnz returns to the Watchtower, the rest of the League (including any unlocked characters the player may have accessed by this point) work together with Solovar to stop Grodd. Alone on the Watchtower, J'onn is ambushed by Doomsday who takes him prisoner and takes over control of the Watchtower while Brainiac steals a Mother Box from the League's vaults. Regrouping in an emergency bunker, the League manage to retake the Watchtower, free J'onn and defeat Doomsday, before confronting the real Brainiac in his lair. Seemingly defeated, Brainiac suddenly returns to life as the Mother Box he has stolen activates - and screaming, he is disintegrated and replaced by Darkseid, released from an interdimensional prison created by a Sensory Matrix Field Generator to which he called it \"The Apokolips Hypercube', who has been manipulating Brainiac the entire time. Confronting the League, Darkseid - his powers augmented by the Mother Box - sentences the league to his fate by banishing them to another dimension with his Omega Beams all except Superman. He then proceeds to transform Earth into a new Apokolips and holds Superman prisoner in a Kryptonite prison. The rest of the league land in an alternate dimension, and are separated upon entry. Batman and Zatanna, Wonder Woman and Flash, and J'onn J'onnzz and Green Lantern all must fight separate groups of alien entities to survive and escape. Along the way, Green Lantern picks up a strange radiation that will allow them to survive Darkseid's Omega Beams. It turned out according to Batman, that Darkseid may have banished the League, but the Mother Box tricked him and sent them to that dimension. Regrouping, the League returns to Apokolips Earth, rescues Superman, and they defeat Darkseid by knocking him into the Sensory Matrix Field Generator, imprisoning him once again in his interdimensional prison and restoring Earth to normal. Back at the Watchtower, with the Sensory Matrix Field Generator locked away in the League's vaults, Batman informs the others that if a danger like this should happen again, they would be there. There are an additional four supervillains unique to the Nintendo versions of the game: both the GBA and DS versions feature Circe and Zoom, while the DS also includes General and Prometheus. The game features most of the best known superheroes from the DC Universe, including Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman among others. Each level consists of two members of the Justice League battling a variety of villains and their henchmen. When the game is being played by a single player, the player can freely switch between both of the two Justice League members and play as whichever one he or she prefers. In a two player game, the players can only switch which characters they control by mutual consent. There was another Justice League game in development from Midway Games that was canceled in 2004 but, according to Warner Bros., this game is totally unrelated to the current project. Upon starting a new game, there are seven different characters that the player has immediate access to but more characters (as well as alternative costumes) can be unlocked as the game progresses. These unlockable characters can only be used on levels in which the player(s) can choose which characters to take whereas the costumes can be used at any time. There are also initially three difficulties (Easy, Medium, Hard) and then upon completion of Hard, Elite is unlocked, and then upon completion of Elite, Superhero is unlocked. In each successive difficulty level, the opponents do more damage to the superheroes and also have more health/life, offsetting the gains in skills. On Superhero difficulty, many of the opponents will kill most superheroes in one hit, so the player must have mastered a number of skills and strategies before the players deal with them. Each of the seven main characters has a least two skins that can be purchased in the same manner as the unlockable characters. These alternative costumes vary the characters game stats by small amounts and recreate classic or alternative costumes from the character's history. For example, Superman and the Flash can be made to look like their older counterparts from the Earth-Two universe (Jay Garrick included), while one of the alternative costumes for Batman is the famous blue and grey costume with the yellow elliptic bat emblem on his chest, as well as the Batman Beyond suit. The unlockable Green Lanterns have exactly the same powers as John Stewart and are effectively just changes to the costume, voice, and minor visual differences in their powers and combat animations and fight idles: John Stewart has a rectangular shield, Rayner a triangular one. The PlayStation Portable version was praised for customization and co-op game play. It also received better reviews by both fans and critics than the console versions. The game was unfavorably compared to the similar multiplayer Marvel game \"\", which allows the player to choose any character on any level, while \"Justice League Heroes\" contains several levels where the choice was taken away. The DS version was not received as well, with Nintendo Power giving it a 3.5, GameSpot a 5/10 and IGN a 4.4. The GBA version received generally positive critical response. Justice League Heroes Justice League Heroes is a console video game"
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"Battle of Nagashino The took place in 1575 near Nagashino Castle on the plain of Shitarabara in the Mikawa Province of Japan. Takeda Katsuyori attacked the castle when Okudaira Sadamasa rejoined the Tokugawa, and when his original plot with Oga Yashiro for taking Okazaki Castle, the capital of Mikawa, was discovered. Takeda Katsuyori attacked the castle on 16 June, using Takeda gold miners to tunnel under the walls, rafts to ferry samurai across the rivers, and siege towers. On 22 June the siege became a blockade, complete with palisades and cables strewn across the river. The defenders then sent Torii Suneemon to get help. He reached Okazaki, where Ieyasu and Nobunaga promised help. Conveying that message back to the castle, Torii was captured and hung on a cross before the castle walls. However, he was still able to shout out that relief was on the way before he was killed. Both Tokugawa Ieyasu and Oda Nobunaga sent troops to assist Sadamasa and break the siege, and their combined forces defeated Katsuyori. Nobunaga's skillful use of firearms to defeat Takeda's cavalry tactics is often cited as a turning point in Japanese warfare; many cite it as the first \"modern\" Japanese battle. In fact, the cavalry charge had been introduced only a generation earlier by Katsuyori's father, Takeda Shingen. Furthermore, firearms had already been used in other battles. Nobunaga's innovation was the wooden stockades and rotating volleys of fire, which led to a decisive victory at Nagashino. According to the \"Shinchō kōki\", Nobunaga and Ieyasu brought a total of 38,000 men to relieve the siege on the castle by Katsuyori. Of Takeda's original 15,000 besiegers, only 12,000 faced the Oda–Tokugawa army in this battle. The remaining 3000 continued the siege to prevent the garrison in the castle from sallying forth and joining the battle. Oda and Tokugawa positioned their men across the plain from the castle, behind the Rengogawa, a small stream whose steep banks would slow down the cavalry charges for which the Takeda clan was known. Seeking to protect his arquebusiers, which he would later become famous for, Nobunaga built a number of wooden palisades in a zig-zag pattern, setting up his gunners to attack the Takeda cavalry in volleys. The stockades served to blunt the force of charging cavalry. Of Oda's forces, an estimated 10,000 Ashigaru arquebusiers, 3,000 of the best shots were placed in three ranks under the command of Sassa Narimasa, Maeda Toshiie and Honda Tadakatsu. Ōkubo Tadayo was stationed outside the palisade, as was Sakuma Nobumori, who feigned a retreat. Shibata Katsuie and Toyotomi Hideyoshi protected the left flank. Takeda Katsuyori arranged his forces in five groups of 3,000, with Baba Nobuharu on his right, Naitō Kiyonaga in the center, Yamagata Masakage on the left, Katsuyori in reserve and the final group continuing the siege. A night attack on the eve of the battle by Sakai Tadatsugu killed Takeda Nobuzane, a younger brother of Shingen. The Takeda army emerged from the forest and found themselves 200–400 meters from the Oda–Tokugawa stockades. The short distance, the great power of the Takeda cavalry charge and the heavy rain, which Katsuyori assumed would render the matchlock guns useless, encouraged Takeda to order the charge. His cavalry was feared by both the Oda and Tokugawa forces, who had suffered a defeat at the Mikatagahara. The horses slowed to cross the stream and were fired upon as they crested the stream bed within 50 meters of the enemy. This was considered the optimum distance to penetrate the armor of the cavalry. In typical military strategy, the success of a cavalry charge depends on the infantry breaking ranks so that the cavalry can mow them down. If the infantry does \"not\" break, however, cavalry charges will often fail, with even trained warhorses refusing to advance into the solid ranks of opponents. Between the continuous fire of the arquebusiers' volleys and the rigid control of the \"horo-shu\", the Oda forces stood their ground and were able to repel every charge. Ashigaru spearmen stabbed through or over the stockades at horses that made it past the initial volleys and \"samurai\", with swords and shorter spears, engaged in single combat with Takeda warriors. Strong defenses on the ends of the lines prevented Takeda forces from flanking the stockades. By mid-day the Takeda broke and fled, and the Oda forces vigorously pursued the routed army. According to \"Shinchō kōki\", Takeda suffered a loss of 10,000 men, two-thirds of his original besieging force. Several of the Twenty-Four Generals of Takeda Shingen were killed in this battle, including Baba Nobuharu, Hara Masatane, Sanada Nobutsuna with his younger brother Sanada Masateru, Yamagata Masakage, Saegusa Moritomo, Tsuchiya Masatsugu and Naitō Masatoyo. Obata Masamori received a mortal wound. The Battle of Nagashino and the last years of the Takeda clan are dramatized in Akira Kurosawa's 1980 film \"Kagemusha\" (Shadow Warrior). In the film, a wayward thief is recruited to impersonate the dead Takeda Shingen in the years preceding Takeda Katsuyori's defeat at Nagashino. At the end of the film, the thief witnesses the battle and at its end he dies while the Takeda flag drifts away in the river. The Battle of Nagashino is briefly depicted in Keisuke Kinoshita's 1960 film \"The River Fuefuki\", which also depicts the fall of the Takeda clan. In Sengoku Basara anime, Nobunaga betrayed both Azai Nagamasa and Tokugawa Ieyasu and used his corps on former and ignored aid to the latter. The Battle of Nagashino is a significant part of many PlayStation 2 games, predominantly Koei's \"Kessen III\" and \"Samurai Warriors\". If Shingen is the playable character in \"Samurai Warriors\", there is a 'what-if' situation which examines what would have happened if he had not died: Shingen successfully reads the feint, and does not charge. It then starts raining, rendering the arquebuses worthless except as clubs. Only then would the Takeda cavalry charge, completely routing the Oda–Tokugawa combined forces. Likewise, this can be done in Uesugi Kenshin's Story in \"Samurai Warriors 2\" where due to a historical tangent, Kenshin joins the living Shingen at Nagashino (although in at least one version of SW2's raining at Nagashino, Nobunaga responds by ordering his arquebusiers, \"Simply use your rifles to beat them to death\"). In Samurai Warriors 3 if playing any character besides Shingen, he will appear, not dead, when you get close to getting to the goal of defeating Katsuyori. This changes the end goal from defeating Katsuyori to defeat Shingen. The battle is recreated in the strategy game \"\", with the player taking control of Oda Nobunaga's troops. If players recreate Nobunaga's strategy utilizing Ashigaru spearmen and arquebusiers, they can defeat the powerful Takeda cavalry charge. Battle of Nagashino The took place in 1575 near Nagashino Castle on the plain of Shitarabara in the Mikawa Province of Japan. Takeda Katsuyori attacked the castle when Okudaira Sadamasa rejoined the Tokugawa, and when his original plot with Oga Yashiro for taking Okazaki Castle, the capital of Mikawa, was discovered. Takeda Katsuyori attacked the castle on 16 June, using Takeda gold miners to tunnel under the walls, rafts to ferry samurai across the rivers, and siege towers. 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"José Luis Moreno Barroso José Luis Moreno Barroso (born 3 March 1991), commonly known as Joselu, is a Spanish footballer who plays for Real Oviedo as a forward. A youth proponent of Villarreal, where he played one La Liga season, he spent most of his career in Segunda División, in service of six clubs. Born in Cartaya, Province of Huelva, Joselu came through the ranks of Villarreal CF, and made his senior debut for their third team. He first appeared at the professional level on 12 June 2010, in the reserves' penultimate game of the season, as a half-time substitute in a 0–1 away loss against CD Numancia; he scored his first goal roughly one year later, opening a 1–2 defeat at Real Betis also for the Segunda División championship. The following campaign, Joselu netted 11 times in 29 matches, including a hat-trick on 30 September 2011 in a 3–2 home win over Gimnàstic de Tarragona. The team was eventually relegated due to the descent of their parent club, and he made 16 competitive appearances for the latter – mostly from the bench – that year, including in the UEFA Champions League; his debut was a goalless La Liga away draw to Getafe CF, replacing Jonathan de Guzmán for the final four minutes. On 23 June 2012, Joselu was loaned to Córdoba CF for the upcoming campaign. He remained in his native Andalusia and the second level a year later, signing a three-year deal with the option of a fourth at Recreativo de Huelva. In January 2015, with \"Recre\" in serious financial problems halfway through a season that would end with relegation, Joselu transferred to RCD Mallorca for a year and the option of a second. He remained there only until August, when he was signed by fellow division two side CD Lugo. On 14 June 2017, after being crowned top scorer of the second tier with 23 goals, Joselu agreed to a three-year contract with Granada CF, freshly relegated from the top flight. On 13 August of the following year, he moved to fellow league team Real Oviedo on a four-year deal. Joselu's younger brother, Simón, was also a footballer and a forward. He too came through Villarreal's system. José Luis Moreno Barroso José Luis Moreno Barroso (born 3 March 1991), commonly known as Joselu, is a Spanish footballer who plays for Real Oviedo as a forward. A youth"
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"Lucie Adelsberger Lucie Adelsberger (12 April 1895 – 2 November 1971) was a German Jewish physician who was imprisoned during the Second World War at Auschwitz and Ravensbrück concentration camps, where she provided medical care to other prisoners. She specialised in immunology. Adelsberger was born on 12 April 1895 in Nuremberg. After studying medicine at Erlangen, she began practicing in 1920 and moved to Berlin's Wedding neighbourhood in 1925, where she practiced in internal medicine and paediatrics, specialising in immunology and allergy. In 1927, she joined a serological research group at the Robert Koch Institute, but she was dismissed in 1933 due to the introduction of anti-Semitic laws. She was stripped of her medical license in 1938. Adelsberger was sent to Auschwitz concentration camp from Berlin on 17 May 1943. There, she provided medical care in the camp's infirmary, in particular to prisoners suffering from typhus. She also performed many abortions, since pregnancy was forbidden in the camp, and a baby was born alive it would be killed; Adelsberger collected poison to use for these feticides, and when it ran out some mothers strangled or drowned their newborns. Adelsberger was later transferred to Ravensbrück, and was liberated on 2 May 1945. Adelsberger emigrated to the United States in 1946, and resumed practicing medicine in New York, where she eventually died on 2 November 1971. She published a memoir about her time in Auschwitz in 1956; it was translated into English in 1995. Lucie Adelsberger Lucie Adelsberger (12 April 1895 – 2 November 1971) was a German Jewish physician who was imprisoned during the Second World War at Auschwitz and Ravensbrück concentration camps, where she provided medical care to other prisoners. She specialised in immunology. Adelsberger was born on 12 April 1895 in Nuremberg. After studying medicine at Erlangen, she began"
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"Jack Sepkoski Joseph John Sepkoski Jr. (July 26, 1948 – May 1, 1999) was a University of Chicago paleontologist. Sepkoski studied the fossil record and the diversity of life on Earth. Sepkoski and David Raup contributed to the knowledge of extinction events. They suggested that the extinction of dinosaurs 66 mya was part of a cycle of mass extinctions that may have occurred every 26 million years. Sepkoski was born in Presque Isle, Maine. In 1970, Sepkoski received a B.S. degree, magna cum laude, from the University of Notre Dame. Under Stephen Jay Gould he earned a Ph.D. in geological sciences from Harvard University in 1977. His Ph.D. was on the field geology and paleontology of the Black Hills of South Dakota. From 1974 to 1978, Sepkoski taught at the University of Rochester. In 1978 he joined the University of Chicago and became a professor in 1986. Sepkoski was also a research associate at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. He died of heart failure related to high blood pressure at the age of 50. Sepkoski is perhaps best known for his global compendia of marine animal families and genera, data sets that continue to motivate a tremendous amount of paleobiological research. Sepkoski himself explored his compendium very thoroughly. In 1981, he identified three great Evolutionary Faunas in the marine animal fossil record. Each of his Evolutionary Faunas, the Cambrian, Paleozoic, and Modern Faunas, is composed of Linnean classes of animals that have covarying diversity patterns, characteristic rates of turnover, and broadly similar ecologies. Most importantly, they sequentially replaced one another as dominant groups during the Phanerozoic. Sepkoski modeled the Evolutionary Faunas using three coupled logistic functions, but the underlying drivers of the prominent shift in taxonomic composition represented by the three faunas remains unknown. Jack Sepkoski Joseph"
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"Ouran High School Host Club (film) Following the events of the TV series, Haruhi Fujioka, a brilliant student from a middle-class family, continues to attend the prestigious Ouran High School and work in its Host Club, composed of six handsome boys: the hyperactive Tamaki Suou, sneaky Kyoya Ootori, playful twins Hikaru and Kaoru Hitachiin, cutesy Mitsukuni \"Honey\" Haninozuka, and quiet Takashi \"Mori\" Morinozuka, who service its female customers through flirting, which she agrees to do to pay for accidentally breaking the club's priceless Ming vase. Having spent her first year in the club, Haruhi becomes accustomed to the boys and is especially flustered when she comes face to face with Tamaki; she later learns from a romance magazine given to her by the creepy occultist Umehito Nekozawa that she has in fact fallen in love with him. This does not bode well with Hikaru, who has feelings for Haruhi. In the meantime, the Host Club is about to attend the annual Ouran Festival, whose winning reward is the right to use the luxurious Central Salon. The club has to compete against, among others, the Black Magic Club (led by Nekozawa) and the American Football Club, led by Kyoya's rival, Takeshi Kuze. At the same time, the school also welcomes Princess Michelle Monaru of Singapore as an honorary student. The spoiled Michelle wants everyone to cherish her and later appears to make moves toward Tamaki, which makes Haruhi jealous. However, it is revealed that Michelle only approaches Tamaki so her disgraced family can get into a deal with the Suou, which she does to appease her brother, Lawrence, whom she is estranged with due to the duties he inherited after their parents' deaths. Her attempt to retrieve her precious book, which fell into the rain before, turns awry when Tamaki injures himself while trying to protect Haruhi. Upon learning about this as well as her lie, the Suou head, Shizue, refuses to cooperate with the Monaru. Realizing that Michelle's problem is her loneliness, Haruhi decides to participate in the Host Club's attempt to make her smile again by winning the Festival. They invite Lawrence to Japan, then present him to her as her family treasure, the Festival's end goal. Michelle's book, which Haruhi retrieved earlier, turns out to be a cookbook containing of all the Monaru family's favorite recipes; Michelle has waited for her brother to come home and finally have a proper dinner with her again. The siblings then reconcile and the Host Club is declared the winner of the Festival and gets the Central Salon. There, Hikaru expresses his sentiment that, though he loves Haruhi, he is content to see her happy with Tamaki. Later, when the Host Club takes a walk by a river, Haruhi unsuccessfully tries to express her feelings, but in the process, trips and accidentally kisses Tamaki, much to their embarrassment. Through the closing credits, a scene is displayed in which Haruhi finally manages to enjoy \"otoro\" meat, after being denied since long ago. The film earned at the Japanese box office. Ouran High School Host Club (film) Following the events of the TV series, Haruhi Fujioka, a brilliant student from a middle-class family, continues to attend the prestigious Ouran High School and work in its Host Club, composed of six handsome boys: the hyperactive Tamaki Suou, sneaky Kyoya Ootori, playful twins Hikaru and Kaoru Hitachiin, cutesy Mitsukuni \"Honey\" Haninozuka, and quiet Takashi \"Mori\" Morinozuka, who service its female customers through flirting, which she agrees to do to pay for accidentally breaking the club's priceless Ming vase. Having spent her first year in the club,"
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"Dany (film) Dany is a 2001 Malayalam language Indian political comedy drama film written, directed and produced by T.V. Chandran with Mammootty in the title role. Also starring in the film are noted danseuse Mallika Sarabhai, Vani Viswanath, Siddique, Vijayaraghavan, Ratheesh, popular television actress Maya Moushmi and Narendra Prasad. It released coinciding with the festival of Christmas in December 2001. The film met with critical acclaim with most of the critics hailing the performance of Mammootty. It won numerous awards including a National Film Award and three Kerala State Film Awards. The film is about Daniel Thompson, a saxophone player who is a mute witness to many of the historical happenings taking place around in the world. The film traces the life of this character up to his seventy third year and comments upon many things that may have social and political relevance. Dany as he is known, was born on the day of the Dandi Salt March (12 March 1930). His mother died on the day Guruvayur Satyagraha was conducted. His father died on the day of the first widow remarriage in Namboothiri caste. His wife leaves him on the day the first Communist Government of Kerala loses power. Dany's love, disappointments, triumphs everything coincides with historical events. Dany dons many roles in life. He sings in the church. Then he becomes a saxophone player. He marry Margaret, daughter of a rich man named Chavero when the old man ask him to save the honor of their family. Margaret is pregnant and her lover has died. But with the passage of time, Dany is abandoned by all and he finds himself destined to lead a desolate existence. He ends up in a hospital. And it is here that he meets Bhargavi Amma, a retired professor, who is also desolate after the death of her daughter and after being totally isolated in life. Dany and Bhargavi Amma develop an intimacy and they travel back together from the hospital. But Dany passes away on the way. Anyhow Bhargavi Amma decides to perform the funeral rites in the Christian manner in the compound of her house, a house of orthodox Hindus. This creates certain problems, but Bhargavi Amma decides to dare all such problems. Dany (film) Dany is a 2001 Malayalam language Indian political comedy drama film written, directed and produced by T.V. Chandran with Mammootty in the title role. Also starring"
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"Thomas Lemke (serial killer) Thomas Lemke (born 1969) is a far-right German serial killer, who was convicted of three murders. He was a member of various far-right organizations, including the Wiking-Jugend and the Free German Workers' Party. Lemke was also a mercenary in the HOS militia during the Croatian War. In his apartment, the police also found so-called Anti-Antifa lists of enemies with names and addresses of political opponents. Lemke, who had been convicted for arson, assault, volksverhetzung (incitement to hatred) and illegal possession of firearms, on July 18, 1995 drove together with his girlfriend Bianka W. and mutual friend Dagmar K. to Altena, where kidnapped one of his girlfriend's acquaintances, gagged her, brought her to a forest and began strangling her with a rope. As the victim gasped, Lemke hit her several times with a folding spade, burying the dead woman in a hole in the ground. The prosecution suspected that he forced his girlfriend to act in order to \"have her in hand\", because he feared she would report him, and began acting more violently towards her. On February 2, 1996, Lemke went to Oberhausen and visited his friend Marcel M. Together they drove to Bergisch Gladbach to the apartment of Patricia W. Lemke had met her at the station in Hagen and because she had a sticker saying \"Nazis out\" on her clothes, he wanted to kill her. The woman opened the door, whereupon she was immediately handcuffed, undressed, raped by Lemke, throttled with a shoelace, hit with a plaster cast on the head and finally killed by 91 stab wounds. On March 15, 1996, Lemke shot dead 26-year-old Martin K. at a staircase in Rhade. He was a traitor in Lemke's eyes, because he had announced that he was dropping out of the far-right scene and was going to testify against Lemke. He was sentenced in March 1997 by the Essen Circuit Court for three murders and one rape to life imprisonment, with subsequent placement in psychiatry and preventative detention. By determining the particular gravity of the guilt, the court imposed the maximum penalty. Bianka W. was sentenced to six years for murder and Marcel M. was sentenced to five years in prison for aiding and abetting. Thomas Lemke (serial killer) Thomas Lemke (born 1969) is a far-right German serial killer, who was convicted of three murders. He was a member of various far-right organizations, including"
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"Villa del Rosario, Norte de Santander Villa del Rosario is a Colombian municipality and town located in the eastern part of North Santander department. It is part of the Metropolitan Area of Cúcuta. The municipality is bordered to the north by Venezuela and the municipality of Cúcuta, to the south by the municipalities of Ragonvalia and Chinácota, to the east by Venezuela and to the west by the municipality of Los Patios. Historians agree that the founder was Don Asencio Rodriguez in 1750. Around 1760 several farms were established in the area now known as \"the Old Rosary\". Some of the most important residents in the valleys held a meeting on 15 July 1771 with the intention of formalising the creation of the parish. They petitioned the Spanish monarch Carlos IV, to be granted the title of Villa for the settlement. Consequently, on 18 May 1792, the title of \"Noble, Leal y Valerosa Villa\" was granted by Royal Warrant to the parish of Our Lady of the Rosary. Villa del Rosario contributed many great men, most notably General Francisco de Paula Santander, famous as a soldier and legislator, whose achievements in the Revolution and the formation of the Republic made him prominent in public administration and the founding of Colombia's particular form of democracy. This area typically has a pronounced dry season. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Villa del Rosario has a tropical savanna climate, abbreviated \"Aw\" on climate maps. Villa del Rosario, Norte de Santander Villa del Rosario is a Colombian municipality and town located in the eastern part of North Santander department. It is part of the Metropolitan Area of Cúcuta. The municipality is bordered to the north by Venezuela and the municipality of Cúcuta, to the south by the municipalities of Ragonvalia and Chinácota, to"
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"Robert Wilkinson Furnas Robert Wilkinson Furnas (May 5, 1824June 1, 1905) was the second Governor of Nebraska. Born near Troy, Ohio, and orphaned at the age of eight Furnas was a self-made man. He worked as a farmer, printer, tinsmith, insurance salesman, and postmaster all before getting into politics. He married Mary Elizabeth McComas on October 29, 1845, who died in 1897; and his second was Susannah Emswiler Jameson. He had eight children. Furnas came to Nebraska in 1856 at the age of thirty-two and settled in Brownville, Nebraska. Two months later he published the \"Nebraska Advertiser\", a publication advertising the agricultural opportunities found in Nebraska. He also published the \"Nebraska Farmer\", the first agricultural publication out of Nebraska that is still published to this day. In 1856 and 1858, Furnas was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Nebraska Territory. He served as the public printer for the Nebraska Territory in 1857. In 1861, he was the chief clerk of the Territorial Council. During the Civil War, Furnas became a colonel in the territorial militia, which was loyal to the Union. In 1862 he commanded three Indian regiments aligned with the Union Army and captured the Cherokee Indian chief John Ross. After the war, Furnas served as Indian agent for the Omaha, Winnebago, and Ponca tribes. He was a member of the University of Nebraska board of regents from 1869 to 1875, first president of the Nebraska State Historical Society from 1878 to 1890, United States commissioner to the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition, United States Commissioner to the New Orleans Cotton Centennial and United States commissioner to the Chicago Columbian Exposition. Furnas served as president of the American Fair Association, president of the State Horticultural Society, Fourth Grand Master of Masons of Nebraska AF&AM from 1865 to 1866, first president of the Nebraska Teachers Association and president of the State Board of Agriculture. He served as secretary of the State Board of Agriculture from the early 1880s until his death. Furnas secured the Republican nomination, and was elected governor by popular vote. He served as Governor of Nebraska from 1873 to 1875. Furnas died in 1905 and is interred in Walnut Grove Cemetery in Brownville, Nebraska. Furnas helped to create Arbor Day when he was governor. Furnas County, Nebraska, is named in his honor. Robert Wilkinson Furnas Robert Wilkinson Furnas (May 5, 1824June 1, 1905) was the second Governor of Nebraska."
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"Sayavanam Chayavaneswarar Temple Also see Sayavaneswarar Temple Sayavanam Chayavaneswarar Temple (சாயாவனம் சாயாவனேஸ்வரர் கோயில்) is a Hindu temple located at Sayavanam in Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu, India. The historical name of the place is Tiru Chaikadu. The presiding deity is Shiva. He is called as Chaya Vaneswarar . His consort is known as Kuyilinum Inia Mozhiyal. It is one of the shrines of the 275 Paadal Petra Sthalams - Shiva Sthalams glorified in the early medieval \"Tevaram\" poems by Tamil Saivite Nayanars Tirugnanasambandar and Tirunavukkarasar. This temple is one of the six temples along the banks of the Kaveri which are considered equivalent to the Kashi Vishwanath Temple. These temples are : ° Aiyarappar Koil, Thiruvaiyaru ° Mahalingeswarar Koil, Thiruvidaimarudur ° Mayuranathaswamy Koil, Mayiladuthurai ° Chayavaneswarar Koil, Sayavanam ° Swetharanyeswarar Koil, Thiruvenkadu ° Srivanchinadhaswamy Koil, Srivanchiyam Tirugnanasambandar describes the feature of the deity as: Tirunavukkarasar describes the feature of the deity as: Sayavanam Chayavaneswarar Temple Also see Sayavaneswarar Temple Sayavanam Chayavaneswarar Temple (சாயாவனம் சாயாவனேஸ்வரர் கோயில்) is a Hindu temple located at Sayavanam in Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu, India. The historical name of the place is Tiru Chaikadu. The presiding deity is Shiva. He is called as Chaya Vaneswarar ."
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"Eliza Sproat Turner Eliza L. Sproat Turner (1826 – June 20, 1903) was an American writer, women's club founder and leader, abolitionist, and suffragette. Turner began her adulthood as a teacher and writer, and soon after became involved in a number of social causes. She was a member of the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society and was a leader of the Women's Congress and the publication of the \"New Century for Women\" newspaper for the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition of 1876. The following year she helped found the New Century Club women's club and in 1882 was instrumental in the establishment of the New Century Guild of Working Women. Her poetry and viewpoints about women's issues were published in newspapers and magazines. Eliza L. Sproat Turner was born in 1826 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her father was a writer and farmer from Vermont, who died when Turner was a young girl. Her mother, Maria Lutwyche, came to the United States with her parents and two sisters about 1818 from Birmingham, England and settled in Philadelphia. Turner was raised a Quaker with a brother and attended Philadelphia public schools. Turner married Nathaniel Randolph in 1855 \"out of meeting\". He was a wealthy lumber merchant and a devout Quaker. They had a happy, but short marriage. Turner gave birth to their son, Nathaniel Archer on November 7, 1858, following Randolph's unexpected death. Good friends Margaret Burleigh and Mary Grew, as well as Turner's mother, Mary Sproat, described as a lovely, gracious woman, lived with Turner and her son. All of the women believed in women's rights and equal pay. During the Civil War she met Joseph C. Turner when both volunteered to assist the wounded at Gettysburg. Eliza provided nursing care to the wounded. In 1864, Eliza and Joseph Turner were married. They had a country estate in Chadds Ford called Windtryst and a townhouse in Philadelphia. Joseph Turner stopped practicing law and became a retailer and dairy farmer. Turner's son became a physician after attending the University of Pennsylvania, had a family, and died in 1887. Joseph Turner died in October 1902. Eliza Sproat Turner died June 20, 1903, eight months after the death of her husband, at Windtryst, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania. Florence Earle Coates wrote \"In Memory: Eliza Sproat Turner\", which was published in her book \"Mine and Thine\" in 1904. Turner taught for several years at the Philadelphia public schools and from 1850 to 1853 at Girard College. One of her students Daniel Kane O'Donnell, a poet, remembers her fondly. While working as a teacher, Turner wrote poetry and prose, which was published in magazines and newspapers, like \"National Era\", \"Sartain's Magazine\", and \"Graham's Magazine\". In 1847, \"The Enchanted Lute\" was published in the \"Christian Keepsake\". In the 1840s and 1850s, her works appeared in anthologies of women's writing. \"Out-of-Door Rhymes\" was a collection of Turner's poetry published by James R. Osgood in 1872. She wrote the poem \"An Angel's Visit\" for her friend Margaret Burleigh. Her writing began to reflect her interest in the feminist movement and suffrage. \"The Rooster-Pecked Wife\" was a satire of life of the married woman. She wrote \"Four Quite New Reasons Why You Should Want Your Wife to Vote\" in 1875 as she became engrossed in the suffrage movement. She wrote \"Nobody to Blame\" in 1887 about a woman, used to the city life, who became a farmer's wife and lamented over having \"a mind that is never consulted, a will that is never respected\". She contributed non-fiction articles to magazines, like the \"Boston Woman's Journal\", about women's issues. Turner joined the Philadelphia Union of Associationists in 1847 and the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society in the 1850s. She helped found the Pennsylvania Woman Suffrage Association in 1869, and she was its first corresponding secretary. At the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition of 1876, Turner was a leader of the Women's Congress and distributed the newspaper \"New Century for Women\" that she wrote and edited at the Women's Pavilion. The New Century Club women's club was founded in Philadelphia in 1877 following a stirring paper that Turner delivered at the Women's Congress. Turner was the president from 1879 to 1881 and the first corresponding secretary of the literary, social and community organization. Evening classes were held for working girls and women and the success of the endeavor led to the founding of the New Century Guild of Working Women in 1882. It held vocational classes, philosophy and history study groups, and activities. It had a clubhouse with a dining room and library. The women's club continued after Drexel Institute assumed responsibility for the classes in 1892. Turner brought poor children from the city to stay in the summer at her country estate for a week. In 1875, she developed a formal program, the Children's Country Week Association of Philadelphia based upon her efforts. She was a founding member of Philadelphia's consumer's league and director of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Eliza Sproat Turner Eliza L. Sproat Turner (1826 – June 20, 1903) was an American writer, women's club founder and leader, abolitionist, and suffragette. Turner began her adulthood as a teacher and writer, and soon after became involved in a number of social causes. She was a member of the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society and was a leader of the Women's Congress and the publication of the \"New Century for Women\" newspaper for the Philadelphia"
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"Leohumicola levissima Leohumicola levissima is a species of fungi. It is named after the smooth walled appearance of its terminal conidial cells (\"levissima\" is Latin for \"smooth\"). It was first found in Crater Lake National Park, Oregon. The terminal cell of this species’ conidia remains smooth even after 3 months’ time, as opposed to the encrusted terminal cells of \"L. verrucosa\" and \"L. incrustata\". Conidia of ‘’L. atra’’ have similarly smooth terminal cells, but which are darker. Its conidiogenous hyphae are hyaline, measuring approximately 1–2μm wide, often found in fascicles in aerial mycelium. These are reduced to a single denticle that is 0.5–1.5μm long and 1.0–3.5μm wide. Conidia are two-celled, either solitary or distributed side by side in clusters. Its terminal cell is 4.5–6.0 by 4.0–5.5μm, being globose to subglobose, transitioning to a dark brown colour; its conidial walls are slightly thick. Chlamydospores are sparsely produced, being intercalary, single, and the same colour as the conidial terminal cell. The vegetative mycelium often carry swollen, monilioid hyphae that are 1 to 2μm wide, septate, and show thickened walls. Leohumicola levissima Leohumicola levissima is a species of fungi. It is named after the smooth walled appearance of its terminal conidial cells (\"levissima\""
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"Application for employment An application for employment is a standard business document which is prepared with questions deemed relevant by an employer in order for the employer to determine the best candidate to be given the responsibility of fulfilling the work needs of the company. Most companies provide such forms to anyone upon request at which point it becomes the responsibility of the applicant to complete the form and returning it to the employer at will for consideration. The completed and returned document notifies the company of the applicants availability and desire to be employed and their qualifications and background so a determination can be made as to which candidate should be hired. From the employer's perspective, the application serves a number of purposes. These vary depending on the nature of the job and the preferences of the person responsible for hiring, as \"each organization should have an application form that reflects its own environment\". At a minimum, an application usually requires the applicant to provide information sufficient to demonstrate that he or she is legally permitted to be employed. The typical application also requires the applicant to provide information regarding relevant skills, education, and experience (previous employment or volunteer work). The application itself is a minor test of the applicant's literacy, penmanship, and communication skills - a careless job applicant might disqualify themselves with a poorly filled-out application. The application may also require the applicant to disclose any criminal record, and to provide information sufficient to enable the employer to conduct an appropriate background check. For a business that employs workers on a part-time basis, the application may inquire as to the applicant's specific times and days of availability, and preferences in this regard. It is important to note, however, that an employer may be prohibited from asking applicants about characteristics that are not relevant to the job, such as their political view or sexual orientation. For white collar jobs, particularly those requiring communication skills, the employer will typically require applicants to accompany the form with a cover letter and a résumé. However, even employers who accept a cover letter and résumé will frequently also require the applicant to complete a form application, as the other documents may neglect to mention details of importance to the employers. In some instances, an application is effectively used to dissuade \"walk-in\" applicants, serving as a barrier between the applicant and a job interview with the person with the authority to hire. For many businesses, applications for employment can be filled out online, and do not have to be submitted in person. However, it is still recommended that applicants bring a printed copy of their application to an interview. Application blanks are the second most common hiring instrument next to personal interviews. Companies will occasionally use two types of application blanks, short and long. They both help companies with initial screening and the longer form can be used for other purposes as well. The answers that applicants choose to submit are helpful to the company because they can become an interview question for that applicant at a future date. The employment application is not a standardized form so every company may create its own as long as regulations set by the government are adhered. Applications usually ask the applicant at the minimum for their name, phone number, and address. In addition, applications also ask for previous employment information, educational background, emergency contacts, references, as well as any special skills the applicant might have. The three categories application fields are very useful for discovering are; physical characteristics, experience, and environmental factors. If the company has a bona fide occupational qualification (BFOQ) to ask regarding a physical condition, they may ask questions about it, for example: Experience requirements can be separated into two groups on an application, work experience and educational background. Educational background is important to companies because by evaluating applicants' performance in school tells them what their personality is like as well as their intelligence. Work experience is important to companies because it will inform the company if the applicant meets their requirements. Companies are usually interested when applicants were unemployed and when/why the applicant left their previous job. Companies are interested in the applicant's social environment because it can inform them of their personality, interests, and qualities. If they are extremely active within an organization, that may demonstrate their ability to communicate well with others. Being in management may demonstrate their leadership ability as well as their determination and so on. Customs vary internationally when it comes to the inclusion or non-inclusion of a photograph of the applicant. In the English-speaking countries, notably the United States, this is not customary, and books or websites giving recommendations about how to design an application typically advise against it unless explicitly requested by the employer. In other countries, for instance Germany, the inclusion of a photograph of the applicant is still common, and many employers would consider an application incomplete without it. In France, the requires companies with more than 50 employees to request an anonymous application (\"\"). The job application is called \"Bewerbung\" in Germany and usually consists of three parts, such as the \"Anschreiben\", the \"Lebenslauf\" and the \"Zeugnisse\". \"Anschreiben\" is the German word for Cover Letter and aims at the same goal: convincing the employer to submit an invitation for a job interview. It is essential to work with the paper size DIN A4 and to stay with a length of one single page. The \"Anschreiben\" must be signed by hand and accompanied by a \"Lebenslauf\", the Curriculum Vitae, and \"Zeugnisse\" as copies of relevant reference documents. The \"Lebenslauf\" is of an anti-chronological structure and should give information on work experience, education and professional training as well as on applicant's skills. In Germany, the \"Lebenslauf\" – respectively the Curriculum Vitae – usually includes a photograph called \"Bewerbungsfoto\". Some employers, mainly governmental organisations, deliberately neglect the photograph to ensure a higher degree of objectivity in the course of assessment procedures. A length of two pages is to be aimed at when generating the \"Lebenslauf\". In general, there are two options of submitting a job application in Germany: a job application folder (\"Bewerbungsmappe\") or online (\"Onlinebewerbung\"). According to a study, the \"Onlinebewerbung\" was more favored in Germany than the \"Bewerbungsmappe\" by 2012. Presumably, this development will persist.. The CV is the most important part of the application and should not be longer than two to three pages. It is divided into three areas: in chronological order in anti-chronological order The application letter (La Lettera di accompagnamento al curriculum) will be taken relatively short, polite and formal in Italian applications. Long versions and extensively explained motivations, as well as photos and copies of certificates shall be presented only at the interview. In Spain, the application consists of two parts: the cover letter (\"Carta de Candidatura\") and the CV. No work or training certificates are attached. The cover letter should contain information on the motivation and drafted shortly. The CV should be structured in a tabular form. In Spain, multiple job interviews in the same company are common. Job applications are known to be used by hackers to get employees to open attachments or links or connect USB sticks with malware. As companies typically have more financial resources than private",
"Lettera di accompagnamento al curriculum) will be taken relatively short, polite and formal in Italian applications. Long versions and extensively explained motivations, as well as photos and copies of certificates shall be presented only at the interview. In Spain, the application consists of two parts: the cover letter (\"Carta de Candidatura\") and the CV. No work or training certificates are attached. The cover letter should contain information on the motivation and drafted shortly. The CV should be structured in a tabular form. In Spain, multiple job interviews in the same company are common. Job applications are known to be used by hackers to get employees to open attachments or links or connect USB sticks with malware. As companies typically have more financial resources than private individuals they are often a target of cyberextortion − so called ransomware. Ransomware such as \"Petya\" and \"GoldenEye\" were found to make use of job applications. Cyberespionage and attacks on critical infrastructure-related companies may be other reasons for such attacks and other than ransomware attacks may leave employees in the dark about their computer or network infection. The best method for mitigating such risks would be to have the HR department use a separate computer for job applications that is entirely disconnected from the internal network, on which no confidential or valuable information is stored and to which no portable devices such as USB sticks that may get connected to other computers of the company are connected. Application for employment An application for employment is a standard business document which is prepared with questions deemed relevant by an employer in order for the employer to determine the best candidate to be given the responsibility of fulfilling the work needs of the company. Most companies provide such forms to anyone upon request at which point it becomes the responsibility of the applicant to complete the form and"
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"Anton Hartinger Anton Hartinger (6 August 1806 – 7 January 1890) was an Austrian artist who specialized in still life paintings of fruit and flowers. Hartinger was born in Vienna. He was a member of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna from 1843 to 1851 and a pioneer in the field of chromolithography. In his still lifes he often combined traditional with more exotic flowers, reflecting the great upsurge in plant collecting, cultivation and botanical illustration taking place within the artist's lifetime. He died in Vienna. This book contains Hartinger's hand painted prints of rare and ornamental plants. Investors had to be sought to obtain the funds necessary to produce and publish this work. The 20 installments took from 1844 to 1860 to publish. Very few complete copies are known to exist, however the Vienna Library and the British Library have complete sets of this book. Anton Hartinger Anton Hartinger (6 August 1806 – 7 January 1890) was an Austrian artist who specialized in still life paintings of fruit and flowers. Hartinger was born in Vienna. He was a member of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna from 1843 to 1851 and a pioneer in the field of chromolithography. In"
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"Skybus Airlines Skybus Airlines Inc. was a privately held airline based in Columbus, Ohio, United States. It operated as an ultra low-cost carrier modeled after the European airline Ryanair, and aimed to be the least expensive airline in the United States. The business model was heavily reliant on flying routes where other airlines did not have direct flights, as Ryanair did in Europe, thus keeping competition to a minimum, and on flying into secondary airports, rather than heavily trafficked ones. The airline also sold advertising space on the interior and exterior of its aircraft, as well as selling merchandise on board. Skybus applied for operating approval on January 1, 2005, received approval to operate on March 15, 2006, and FAA certification on May 10, 2007. It had been granted a waiver to begin ticket sales on April 24, 2007; Skybus' first passenger flights out of Columbus began on May 22, 2007. Less than a year later, Skybus announced on April 4, 2008, that it would cease operations as of April 5, citing the lagging economy and rising fuel costs as causes. Taking advantage of America West Airlines pulling down its Columbus, Ohio, hub, its founder, John Weikle, started raising capital to start the airline in that city. Two years later, the Skybus board hired Bill Diffenderffer as its CEO. Diffenderffer's prior airline experience was as in-house counsel for Eastern Airlines and CEO of Continental Airlines System One Reservations. At the time Skybus began operations it was the most heavily capitalized (funded) airline in US history. Its founder, John Weikle, resigned one day after Skybus began its first passenger flights. On April 24, 2007, Skybus Airlines announced their initial set of eight destinations, all of which originated from their hub at Port Columbus International Airport in Columbus. At first, Skybus operated a strict point-to-point service, not booking flights between destination cities that were not Columbus, but the company later announced it would begin flying direct flights from its Portsmouth, NH, destination to two locations in Florida. In addition, prices of tickets and details on extra fees were announced the same day. Service between Port Columbus and the other eight destinations began on May 22, and the airline also announced its intention to expand rapidly. The expansion plans were not envisioned in the original business plan, and, in some instances, it expanded to cities that management did not choose on the basis of computer models used with its initial destination cities (Chattanooga, TN, for example). As part of its business model, Skybus favored smaller, cheaper airports near major markets. To serve Boston, for example, Skybus chose Portsmouth (New Hampshire) International Airport. Skybus marketed itself as an ultra-low-cost carrier, selling ten seats on each flight for $10. The low fares came with a reduction of frills. There were charges for virtually everything else (see Skybus business model), including checked baggage charges, which were later implemented by other carriers such as Delta, Northwest and United. On July 24, 2007, the U.S. Department of Transportation granted Skybus the right to fly international flights to Cancún, Mexico and Nassau, Bahamas. Two months later, the airline announced that it would begin daily service from Portsmouth to St. Augustine and Fort Myers, Florida, served by the Charlotte County Airport in Punta Gorda in December 2007. The airline made news during the Christmas 2007 travel season, when it encountered problems with two of its seven planes, resulting in the cancellation of about 25% of its scheduled service over a two-day period. As a result of not having de-icing contracts in place in advance of winter 2007–08, Skybus was forced to take significant delays and incurred thousands of dollars in additional de-icing costs. On March 24, 2008, Skybus announced that chief executive Bill Diffenderffer had resigned to return to his previous occupation as an author. As of Friday, April 4, 2008, its last day of operation, Skybus provided service to 17 destinations throughout the continental United States: From Columbus (Port Columbus International Airport): From Greensboro/High Point (Piedmont Triad International Airport): Skybus conducted its inaugural flight on May 22, 2007, when the airline began flights from the Port Columbus, OH base. The first service that did not have a Columbus end point began December 17, 2007, when Skybus began flights between Portsmouth and St. Augustine as well as Punta Gorda, Florida. On October 16, 2007, Skybus announced it was eliminating service to San Diego and Bellingham, and cutting one flight a day to Burbank. The cuts were made due to rising fuel costs as it was more cost effective to use the current fleet on shorter and more profitable runs. At the same time, Skybus said it would add a second daily flight to Greensboro, North Carolina, which was now its second focus city, and a third seasonal daily flight to Punta Gorda, Florida. On October 22, 2007, Skybus announced the opening of a new hub at Piedmont Triad International Airport in Greensboro, North Carolina. On January 8. 2008 Service began in New York (Stewart International Airport/Newburgh, NY), On February 6, 2008, Skybus announced that it would end service to the West Coast effective in June, except for a single daily nonstop to Burbank. On March 8, 2008, Skybus landed its first flight at Wilmington-Philadelphia Regional Airport, south of Wilmington, Delaware, a less congested alternative to Philadelphia International Airport. Many travelers in the Philadelphia area preferred the smaller airport without the congestion issues of Philadelphia International Airport. Skybus announced on March 19, 2008, that \"previously announced service between Columbus and Niagara Falls, NY, [before it even started], as well as a previously announced second daily flight between Columbus and Milwaukee, will not begin.\" Also announced was all service to/from Chattanooga, TN, would end on April 14, 2008, along with a cut from two to one daily flight from Greensboro, NC, and Wilmington, DE, and elimination of the Greensboro, NC, and Gulfport-Biloxi, MS, flight. On April 4, 2008, Skybus announced the cessation of all flights effective with the last scheduled departure of the day. Service was set to begin on June 1, 2008, between Boston (Portsmouth, NH), Springfield, MA, (Chicopee, MA), Punta Gorda, FL, St. Augustine, FL, and Richmond, VA. Attempting to emulate Ryanair's business model and Southwest's people-friendly attitude (often considered at odds in comparisons of the two airlines), Skybus had committed itself to be the least expensive airline in the industry with a projected CASM 28% lower than Southwest. To achieve this, Skybus planned to utilize multiple measures designed to increase revenue and decrease costs, many of which are now used by Spirit Airlines. Advertised fares to all of the former target cities began at US$10 one-way; the price increased as more tickets were sold for that flight. Advertisements suggest that ten seats on each flight were sold at the promotional $10 fare. Other fares promoted by Skybus included a $20.08 fare sale (plus fees and taxes) to some of the airline's less popular destinations, to celebrate the New Year. Ticket prices for the remaining fares were expected to be around half the price of other airlines. These fares did not include taxes and other airport fees, however, which add about $10 to a one-way ticket. All fees included, the cheapest round-trip ticket for one adult would have cost approximately $40. Skybus charged extra fees for almost everything other than the ticket itself. This is common among European low-cost carriers, but was almost unheard of at the time among major US carriers. Carry-on baggage (one bag plus one personal item) was free, but checked bags incurred an additional charge. The first two bags less than fifty pounds were $10 each online or $12 each",
"a $20.08 fare sale (plus fees and taxes) to some of the airline's less popular destinations, to celebrate the New Year. Ticket prices for the remaining fares were expected to be around half the price of other airlines. These fares did not include taxes and other airport fees, however, which add about $10 to a one-way ticket. All fees included, the cheapest round-trip ticket for one adult would have cost approximately $40. Skybus charged extra fees for almost everything other than the ticket itself. This is common among European low-cost carriers, but was almost unheard of at the time among major US carriers. Carry-on baggage (one bag plus one personal item) was free, but checked bags incurred an additional charge. The first two bags less than fifty pounds were $10 each online or $12 each at the counter, with each additional bag after two incurring a charge of $50 per bag. Overweight baggage, those weighing over fifty but under seventy-five pounds, was charged an extra $25, and all bags over seventy-five pounds were not accepted. Skybus did not through-check luggage onto connecting flights. Customers connecting on Skybus flights in Columbus were required to collect any checked luggage, then re-check it in Columbus for the second flight. Even though Skybus did not through-check luggage, delayed luggage was a continuing problem for its outsourced ground crews. Seating was first-come, first-served. Passengers paid an extra $10 per person per direction for priority seating, which allowed a passenger to board right after passengers with disabilities. On board, everything from food and drinks to pillows had an additional charge; once purchased, items did not need to be returned. In order to maximize revenue from these fees, Skybus attempted to strictly enforce its no outside food and drink policy. The airline required passengers dispose of food and drink before boarding the plane. Exceptions included baby formula or baby food, special food for those with a medical condition such as diabetes or severe food allergies, or those with dietary restrictions (Kosher, Halal, etc.). In an effort to keep maintenance and operating costs to a minimum, most equipment purchased was uniform. This covered the full range of equipment, from engines, to electrical components, to personnel gear. Because of this, Skybus planned on paying significantly less on employee training and for equipment service. Another major method of cost reduction was to utilize secondary airports, which are generally less congested and charge less to lease space though they may be farther from the advertised destination. To save even more money at the airport, passengers boarded directly from the apron instead of using the jetway, saving both loading/unloading time as well as operating costs. Finally, ticket sales were entirely online. This not only saved on employee costs, but completely eliminated the need for a reservations call center. Flight attendants were paid $9 per flight hour, and were not paid a \"per diem\". While this was considerably lower than competing airlines' wages, flight attendants also received 10% of all sales made during the flight, splitting all commissions evenly among all flight attendants on board. Starting pilot wages were also well below average in terms of hourly rate, starting at $65,000 annually for Captains, and $30,000 for First Officers as a minimum guarantee. The average captain's earnings were about $90,000 vs $120,000 per year for a theoretical first year Captain at airlines like United Airlines (there is no first year pay at United) but in the case of Skybus this included a significant stock options and profit share package unique in the airline industry. Additionally unusual for Skybus flight crew was that there were very few if any overnight trips thus giving the crew far fewer hours away from home (known as TAFB or time away from base) and higher crew utilization rates for more efficient work schedules. Typical Skybus pilot workdays were 8–10 hours long (FAA maximum is 16 hours), which was lower than the industry average of 12–14 hours. Typical pilot work months were 14–15 days with no overnights. The average pilot in the US has a work month of 16–17 days, and the average airline pilot wage is approximately $135,000 averaged between first officer and captain pay. Skybus was one of the few 100% non-union airlines in the United States at the time of its shutdown (among mainline airlines, only JetBlue Airways was 100% non-union at the time, but its pilots are now represented by ALPA). However, it was facing a union organizing campaign from its pilots, who had collected enough signatures to hold a union referendum. The pilots were seeking to join Local 747 of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, based in Houston, Texas. Because of the number of signatures collected, it was presumed that the campaign would be successful. The election would have most likely occurred sometime in April 2008. Successful unionization could have severely undermined Skybus's below-market compensation philosophy and laid the framework for union activity among other Skybus employee groups. (Note that there is precedent for unionized pilots with most other employee groups remaining non-union, as is the case at Delta Air Lines.) While cutting costs was a high priority for Skybus, revenue was their primary focus. Skybus aircraft were outfitted as flying gift shops, selling soda, food, perfumes, handbags, jewelry, watches, clothing, and toiletries. Customers could purchase these items duty-free onboard the aircraft. Seen in this photo is a flight attendant during the gift sales portion of a flight. Advertisements could also be seen throughout the cabin and exterior. This could include overhead bins, carpet, tray tables, and full-body exterior advertisements (see below). The price for interior advertisements was not released, though a company who purchased a full-body advertisement could also buy all interior advertisements for a small increase in price. A complete list of where advertisements were to be placed was not released. Soon after the departures of several top managers, on April 4, 2008, Skybus announced they were shutting down all flight operations. The airline also said it would seek Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. A statement on its website regarding the shutdown said that \"Skybus struggled to overcome the combination of rising jet fuel costs and a slowing economic environment. These two issues proved to be insurmountable for a new carrier.\" Skybus was the fourth United States-based airline to shut down or announce future plans to shut down the week of March 31, 2008, following Aloha Airlines' passenger operations, ATA Airlines and charter airline Champion Air. At the time of the shutdown, Skybus employed about 450 people, mostly in the Columbus, Ohio, area. Almost all were immediately laid off. Passengers were also left stranded before they could complete their round trip flights. Port Columbus did not face harsh losses from the airline's shutdown, because the vacant space allowed existing airlines at Port Columbus to expand and add more service. With the addition of a nonstop flight from Columbus to Los Angeles operated by Delta Air Lines, Columbus now had non-stop flights to all of the major airline hubs in the United States. Their vacancy also made room for AirTran Airways. On October 26, 2006, Skybus announced a deal with the European aircraft manufacturer Airbus to buy 65 of its Airbus A319 aircraft. The order carried an estimated retail price of $3.7 billion, though the actual price Skybus would have paid had not been announced. Additionally, the aircraft were going to come with a 12-year maintenance agreement that was new for Airbus and Skybus was the launch customer for this service plan which helped them manage maintenance costs. Additionally, the aircraft would have been equipped with the latest in EFB (electronic flight bags) and HUD (heads up display)",
"from Columbus to Los Angeles operated by Delta Air Lines, Columbus now had non-stop flights to all of the major airline hubs in the United States. Their vacancy also made room for AirTran Airways. On October 26, 2006, Skybus announced a deal with the European aircraft manufacturer Airbus to buy 65 of its Airbus A319 aircraft. The order carried an estimated retail price of $3.7 billion, though the actual price Skybus would have paid had not been announced. Additionally, the aircraft were going to come with a 12-year maintenance agreement that was new for Airbus and Skybus was the launch customer for this service plan which helped them manage maintenance costs. Additionally, the aircraft would have been equipped with the latest in EFB (electronic flight bags) and HUD (heads up display) technology, as well as TCAS II terrain and traffic avoidance technology which is integrated in with an EGPWS technology box that protects from terrain collision. Skybus planned to lease aircraft of the same type until the new aircraft were to begin delivery in late 2008. On February 14, 2007, Skybus announced they had chosen the CFM56-5B engine built by CFM International to power the 65 A319 aircraft on order from Airbus. The actual price Skybus would have paid for the engines was not disclosed, but the list price for the order is estimated at over $750 million. As of April 2008, the Skybus Airlines fleet consisted of 13 Airbus A319 aircraft (out of a total order of 63), 12 received in December 2007 and one in March 2008, two of which were leased from Virgin America. The average age of the fleet was 4.3 years. Original images of a livery design described by some as \"psychedelic\" emerged on the internet, but since then the all orange design displaying the butterfly logo on the tail made its appearance on the Columbus tarmac. The butterfly logo incorporates the letters \"SB\" for Skybus. This design was not the standard livery for all Skybus aircraft, however, as its airplanes were available as \"branded airplanes\" to any company that paid $500,000 per year for this. A branded airplane featured a full-body advertisement along the fuselage, with the tail and engines of the plane remaining in the Skybus paint scheme. The first sponsored aircraft, aircraft N522VA leased from Virgin America, promoted the theme \"Nationwide is on Your Side\" Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company. It was created by an airplane media company, SkyBrand, based in Seattle. Skybus had also had some self-advertising on the orange tails of its white planes that read, \"Skybus. $10 Fares ... Only Birds Fly Cheaper.\" The first leased aircraft for Skybus that came from Virgin America, had 144 seats on board, and flew with three flight attendants. Flight attendant uniforms were also used as a means of advertising. The uniforms for both male and female flight attendants consisted of black shoes, black casual dress pants with black long sleeve T-shirts. The front and back of the T-shirts would advertise a Skybus focus city, along with an advertising slogan specific to that city or a generic Skybus ad phrase. Flight attendants purchased their own uniforms and were allowed to choose and wear the T-shirt style of their choice. Captain and First Officer uniforms did not have advertising and were of traditional airline style (olive green shirts with epaulettes and black ties). Skybus hubs (CMH and GSO) did not provide connection opportunities for passengers. Skybus highly discouraged connections; as such, passengers wishing to interchange at hubs would have to move bags between flights (on their own) as bags could not be checked on a multi-segment itinerary. In an effort to attract the airline to the city, as well as support its growth early on, the city of Columbus, along with the Columbus Regional Airport Authority, had offered incentives totaling over $57 million. These incentives included a twelve-year tax credit, promised airport improvements, business loans, and marketing support. Most of the incentives were performance-based, which required Skybus to create 1000 jobs and complete other milestones to receive the incentives. Incentives such as airport improvements, however, were already completed. When Skybus began operations, they took advantage of $11 million of improvements to their gates in Concourse B at Port Columbus. Skybus was financed by numerous high-profile companies nationwide and locally. As of April 2, 2007, Skybus had raised an estimated $160 million in startup capital which includes $72.7 million in their second round of fund raising. That was among the largest amounts of start-up funding in the history of airlines. By comparison, JetBlue Airways, which began operations in 1999, raised $130 million prior to starting ($157 million adjusted for inflation). Skybus Airlines' startup finances were provided by a number of large investors. These included Fidelity Investments (12.6% ownership), Morgan Stanley (6.4%), Nationwide Mutual Capital (5%), and Tiger Management (4.1%). Smaller investors included: Huntington Capital Investment Co., Wolfe Enterprises (former owner of The Columbus Dispatch), and Battelle Services Co. Inc. Skybus reported a loss of $16 million during its first three months of operation. A Skybus spokesman said that these results were \"in line\" with expectations for an airline startup. During that period, Skybus planes were 79% full, placing the airline sixteenth highest among 96 reporting airlines. Passenger yield for the quarter was 5.08 cents/mile, compared with Southwest's 12.50 cents/mile and the 13.00-cent/mile average among major national carriers. 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"Don Curry Don \"D.C.\" Curry (born September 5, 1959) is an American actor and stand-up comedian. He is best known for starring as Craig's sex-crazed Uncle Elroy Jones in \"Next Friday\" and \"Friday After Next\" and for his role on the sitcom \"Grace Under Fire\". Curry was also featured in The Boondocks episode, \"The Color Rucks\", in which he voice acts Uncle Ruckus' Caucasian-hating adoptive father. He also hosted 2013 \"BET's Comic View\". Curry got his first start on BET's \"Comic View\". Curry's father is Dr. L. K. Curry pastor emeritus of Emmanual Baptist Church in Chicago. Curry's mother died in 2005. Don Curry Don \"D.C.\" Curry (born September 5, 1959) is an American actor and stand-up comedian. He is best known for starring as Craig's sex-crazed Uncle Elroy Jones in \"Next Friday\" and \"Friday After Next\" and for his role on the sitcom \"Grace Under Fire\". Curry was also featured in The Boondocks episode, \"The Color Rucks\", in which he voice acts Uncle Ruckus' Caucasian-hating adoptive father. He also hosted 2013 \"BET's Comic View\". Curry got his first start on BET's \"Comic View\". Curry's father is Dr. L. K. Curry pastor emeritus of Emmanual Baptist Church in Chicago. Curry's"
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"Milton Osborne Milton Osborne is an Australian historian, author, and consultant specializing in Southeast Asia. He attended North Sydney Boys' High School, graduated from the University of Sydney and received a PhD from Cornell University. Osborne held academic positions in Australia, the United Kingdom, the United States and Singapore. Osborne's main historical contribution had been to synthesize the history of the region as a whole, rather than concentrate on the histories of the present-day nations. His Southeast Asia association began in 1959 with an Australian diplomatic posting to Phnom Penh. In 1980 and 1981 Osborne advised the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on the Cambodian refugee problem. In 1982 he returned to Australia, working as Head of the Asia Branch of the Office of National Assessments, also serving for a year as Head of Current Intelligence. Osborne now lives in Sydney and continues to write while consulting on Asian issues, as well as having been a series editor on the \"Short History of Asia Series\" published by Allen and Unwin. At Sydney University in the 1950s he studied history with Jill Ker Conway. Milton Osborne Milton Osborne is an Australian historian, author, and consultant specializing in Southeast Asia. He"
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"Mystery shopping Mystery shopping (related terms: mystery consumer, secret shopper) is a tool used externally by market research companies, watchdog organizations, or internally by companies themselves to measure quality of service, or compliance with regulation, or to gather specific information about products and services. The mystery consumer's specific identity and purpose are generally not known by the establishment being evaluated. Mystery shoppers perform specific tasks such as purchasing a product, asking questions, registering complaints or behaving in a certain way, and then provide detailed reports or feedback about their experiences. Mystery shopping was standard practice by the early 1940s as a way to measure employee integrity. Tools used for mystery shopping assessments range from simple questionnaires to complete audio and video recordings. Mystery shopping can be used in any industry, with the most common venues being retail stores, hotels, movie theaters, restaurants, fast food chains, banks, gas stations, car dealerships, apartments, health clubs and health care facilities. Since 2010, mystery shopping has become abundant in the medical tourism industry, with healthcare providers and medical facilities using the tool to assess and improve the customer service experience. In the UK, mystery shopping is increasingly used to provide feedback on customer services provided by local authorities, and other non-profit organizations such as housing associations and churches. The mystery shopping industry had an estimated value of nearly $600 million in the United States in 2004, according to a 2005 report commissioned by the Mystery Shopping Providers Association (MSPA). Companies that participated in the report experienced an average growth of 11.1 percent from 2003 to 2004, compared to an average growth of 12.2 percent. The report estimates more than 8.1 million mystery shops were conducted in 2004. The report represents the first industry association attempt to quantify the size of the mystery shopping industry. The Independent Mystery Shoppers' Coalition reports there are 1.5 million mystery shoppers in the United States alone. Similar surveys are available for European regions where mystery shopping is becoming more embedded into company procedures. As a measure of its importance, customer/patient satisfaction is being incorporated more frequently into executive pay. A study by a U.S. firm found more than 55% of hospital chief executive officers surveyed in 2005 had \"some compensation at risk,\" based on patient satisfaction, up from only 8% to 20% a dozen years ago.\" In the United Kingdom, a \"Mystery Shoppers Practitioners' Group\" has been established under the auspices of the Market Research Society. A 2011 survey by the American Express company found a clear correlation between a company's attention to customer service and customers' willingness to pay more for good service. CBC Television's news magazine program \"Marketplace\" ran a segment on this topic during a January 2001 episode. Mystery shopping organizations advise that their research should only be used for employee incentive programs and that punishment or firing is an inappropriate use of mystery-shopper data. However, stories of employees being fired as a direct result of negative mystery shopper feedback are not uncommon. The Trade Organization for Mystery Shopping Providers, MSPA has defined a Code of Professional Standards and Ethics Agreement for Mystery Shopping Providers and for Mystery Shoppers. Other organizations that have defined standards for Mystery Shopping are ESOMAR, MRS and MRA. The most widely used set of professional guidelines and ethics standards for the Market Research industry is ISO In the state of Nevada, mystery shoppers must be licensed by the PILB board and work under a company that has a private investigators license in order to perform mystery shopping jobs. Unlicensed mystery shoppers may face fines. In June 2008, the American Medical Association's Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs released a recommendation on the use of \"secret shopper patients\". The Recommendation: \"Physicians have an ethical responsibility to engage in activities that contribute to continual improvements in patient care. One method for promoting such quality improvement is through the use of secret shopper 'patients' who have been appropriately trained to provide feedback about physician performance in the clinical setting.\" However, in 2009, the council decided to withdraw the report \"in light of further testimony heard at the 2008 Interim Meeting [of the AMA House of Delegates].\" The UK government's Crown Commercial Service operates a Mystery Shopper scheme, whose remit is to provide a route for suppliers to raise concerns about public procurement practice in England. Mystery shopping Mystery shopping (related terms: mystery consumer, secret shopper) is a tool used externally by market research companies, watchdog organizations, or internally by companies themselves to measure quality of service, or compliance with regulation, or to gather specific information about products and services. 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"Cartoys Car Toys, Inc. is a medium-sized chain of stores, founded and headquartered in Seattle. There are currently 50 stores, distributed throughout Washington, Oregon, Colorado, and Texas. Car Toys currently has over 1,000 employees, some of whom work in both the corporate headquarters and a distribution center. The retailer specializes in all assortment of mobile electronics products, but primarily sells automobile audio equipment and wireless phone devices. Car Toys was founded in 1987 by Dan Brettler, who continues as the President and CEO of Car Toys. The company has a Board of Directors though shares are not publicly traded. In 2004, \"Twice Magazine\" ranked Car Toys as the 5th largest national mobile electronic retailer. Recognized as a \"Retailer of the Year\" numerous times by \"Mobile Electronics Magazine\", \"Mobile Electronics Certification Program\" and \"CES Daily\", Car Toys has been included in Audio/Video International Magazine's \"Top Ten 12-Volt Retailers\" for 12 years running and is the only 12-volt retailer currently listed in Twice's \"Top 100\" list of top consumer electronic retailers. Cartoys Car Toys, Inc. is a medium-sized chain of stores, founded and headquartered in Seattle. There are currently 50 stores, distributed throughout Washington, Oregon, Colorado, and Texas. Car Toys currently has"
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"Szilágyi – Hunyadi Liga Szilágyi – Hunyadi Liga was a movement led by Michael Szilágyi and his sister Erzsébet Szilágyi, created with the objective of putting Matthias Corvinus on the throne of the Kingdom of Hungary. John Hunyadi died on 11 August 1456, less than three weeks after his greatest victory over the Ottomans in Belgrade. John's elder sonMatthias's brotherLadislaus became the head of the House of Hunyadi. John's conflict with Ulrich II, Count of Celje ended with Ulrich's capture and assassination on 9 November. Under duress, the King promised he would never take his revenge against the Hunyadis for Ulrich's killing. However, the murder turned most baronsincluding Palatine Ladislaus Garai, Judge royal Ladislaus Pálóci, and Nicholas Újlaki, Voivode of Transylvaniaagainst Ladislaus Hunyadi. Taking advantage of their resentment, the King had the Hunyadi brothers imprisoned in Buda on 14 March 1457. The royal council condemned them to death for high treason and Ladislaus Hunyadi was beheaded on 16 March. Matthias Corvinus was held in captivity in a small house in Buda. His mother Erzsébet Szilágyi and her brother Michael Szilágyi founded Szilágyi – Hunyadi Liga, and staged a rebellion against the King and occupied large territories in the regions to the east of the river Tisza. King Ladislaus fled to Vienna in mid-1457, and from Vienna to Prague in September, taking Matthias with him. The civil war between the Szilágyi – Hunyadi Liga and the barons loyal to the monarch continued until the sudden death of the young King Ladislaus on 23 November 1457. Hereafter the Hussite Regent of BohemiaGeorge of Poděbradyheld Matthias captive. Ladislaus V died childless in 1457. His elder sister Anna and her husband, William III, Landgrave of Thuringia laid claim to his inheritance but received no support from the Estates. The Diet of Hungary was convoked to Pest to elect a new king in January 1458. Pope Calixtus III's legate Cardinal Juan Carvajal, who had been John Hunyadi's admirer, began openly campaigning for Matthias. The election of Matthias Corvinus as king was the only way of avoiding a protracted civil war. Ladislaus Garai was the first baron to yield. At a meeting with Michael Szilágyi and Erzsébet Szilágyi, he promised that he and his allies would promote Matthias's election, and Michael Szilágyi promised that his nephew would never seek vengeance for Ladislaus Hunyadi's execution. They also agreed that Matthias would marry the Palatine's daughter Annahis executed brother's bride. Michael Szilágyi arrived at the Diet with 15.000 troops, intimidating the barons who assembled in Buda. Stirred up by Szilágyi, the noblemen gathered on the frozen River Danube and unanimously proclaimed the 14-year-old Matthias King on 24 January. At the same time, the Diet elected Michael Szilágyi as Regent of the Kingdom of Hungary. Szilágyi – Hunyadi Liga Szilágyi – Hunyadi Liga was a movement led by Michael Szilágyi and his sister Erzsébet Szilágyi, created with the objective of putting Matthias Corvinus on the throne of the Kingdom of Hungary. John Hunyadi died on 11 August 1456, less"
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"Vendor log A vendor log is a log book or a sign in sheet used by retailers, warehouses, distributors and others in the retail trade. Typically vendor logs are used in retailers to keep track of when vendor visitors come into the store to perform retail work. This work could include merchandising, demo work or training sessions. Vendor logs are also used in warehouses, at corporate offices, government buildings etc. The purpose is to track what vendor visited the business, what time they entered and exited and the purpose of the visit. This helps to accomplish two things: to keep a record for the business and to help audit visits by the upper level management of the vendor company. Vendor log A vendor log is a log book or a sign in sheet used by retailers, warehouses, distributors and others in the retail trade. Typically vendor logs are used in retailers to keep track of when vendor visitors come into the store to perform retail work. This work could include merchandising, demo work or training sessions. Vendor logs are also used in warehouses, at corporate offices, government buildings etc. The purpose is to track what vendor visited the business, what"
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"Osmond Gilles Osmond Gilles (24 August 1788 – 25 September 1866) was a settler, pastoralist, mine owner and South Australia’s first colonial treasurer. Born in London of Huguenot descent, in 1816 he went into partnership with Philip Oakden in Hamburg, Germany as a merchant, where in 1825 he married Patience Oakden, Philip's sister. They returned to England, where his wife died in 1833. They had no children, and Gilles never remarried, but took on several protegees, including his nephew John Jackson Oakden. Gilles migrated to the new Australian colony on in 1836 accompanied by his ward Emily Blunden (referred to as Blundell on the passenger list), sister of Dr John Blunden, and acted as the Colonial Treasurer. He was a prominent businessman and land owner, with the largest holdings of any settler in 1837. He was, with his secretary William Finke, and a few others, the fortunate ticket-holder in the ballot for the purchase of city acres at Glenelg, of which he took full advantage. He sat on the Street Naming Committee on 23 May, 1837. Osmond Gilles Osmond Gilles (24 August 1788 – 25 September 1866) was a settler, pastoralist, mine owner and South Australia’s first colonial treasurer. Born"
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"Darashaw Darashaw is an Indibrokering and investment banking company founded in 1926. Darashaw had the distinction of being the Sole Broker to the Nizam of Hyderabad, the then single largest player in the capital markets. Darashaw has the distinction of being the first resource mobilisers and brokers in government securities to be appointed by Reserve Bank of India on the bank's inception in 1935. The company has its headquarters in Mumbai. It has 14 offices nationwide and international presence in Singapore. The company operates in the Indian Debt Market and has a dedicated desk for dealing in the debt market. Darashaw’s business has been structured on Pan National Strategic Business units. Darashaw provides Retirement Benefit Services, encompassing payroll outsourcing, retirement benefits investment intermediation, advisory, fund management and consulting. Director : Mr. Deven Padhya Darashaw Darashaw is an Indibrokering and investment banking company founded in 1926. Darashaw had the distinction of being the Sole Broker to the Nizam of Hyderabad, the then single largest player in the capital markets. Darashaw has the distinction of being the first resource mobilisers and brokers in government securities to be appointed by Reserve Bank of India on the bank's inception in 1935. The company has"
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"El Recreo Shopping Mall El Recreo Shopping Mall is a large shopping mall in the commercial, financial, tourist and cultural district of Sabana Grande, Caracas, Venezuela. According to \"Top Shopping Centers\" magazine, the mall averaged three million visitors per month in 2013-2014. At and seven floors below grade, it is Latin America's deepest construction and part of the late-1990s real-estate boom in Sabana Grande. El Recreo Shopping Mall was designed by Venezuelan architects Carlos Gómez de Llarena and Moisés Benacerraf, who also designed the San Ignacio Center and the National Art Gallery in Caracas. Near the Boulevard of Sabana Grande (Caracas' main commercial corridor, visited by more than 500,000 people daily), it is the city's most popular mall. The shopping center's twin towers—the Citibank and Movilnet Towers—are the tallest skyscrapers in the Venezuelan capital. The mall is connected to the Gran Meliá Caracas Hotel, and its developers have also been successful in Ecuador. The mixed-use commercial center, with office towers and commercial space, has investors from North America, Italy, Spain and Venezuela. The commercial area, about , has a variety of shops. Its fitness center, Gold's Gym El Recreo, was ranked as the company's best international gym during its annual convention in 2011. The mall, also used for noncommercial purposes, has lent its facilities to Espacio Anna Frank of the Venezuelan Jewish community. The food court, a dedicated floor with seating for 748 people, is Venezuela's largest. It serves dishes from a variety of cuisines, including Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Mexican and American. El Recreo Shopping Mall El Recreo Shopping Mall is a large shopping mall in the commercial, financial, tourist and cultural district of Sabana Grande, Caracas, Venezuela. According to \"Top Shopping Centers\" magazine, the mall averaged three million visitors per month in 2013-2014. At and seven floors below grade,"
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"Fathom (film) Fathom Harvill (Welch) is a skydiver touring Europe with a U.S. parachute team. She is approached by a Scottish agent to recover an atomic triggering mechanism. The film was based on Larry Forrester's second \"Fathom\" novel \"Fathom Heavensent\", then in the draft stage but never published. His first was 1967's \"A Girl Called Fathom\". This was one of three 1967 20th Century Fox films about female spies, the others being Doris Day's \"Caprice\" and Andrea Dromm's \"Come Spy with Me\". Fathom Harvill, a beautiful skydiver, is in Spain with a U.S. parachute team. She is abducted by a man called Timothy and taken to see Douglas Campbell, who says he is a Scottish agent working for NATO and wants Fathom to help him find a triggering mechanism for a nuclear weapon that has gone missing in the Mediterranean. The device is hidden inside a figurine known as the Fire Dragon. In hot pursuit of it is an Armenian man named Serapkin who is working on behalf of Communist Chinese interests. Fathom skydives into the villa of a second man, Peter Merriwether, who has a trusted Chinese assistant Jo-May Soon, and is also searching for the figurine. Fathom discovers that the Fire Dragon was stolen from a Far East museum by a Korean War deserter who is now being tracked by a private investigator. Campbell is one and Merriwether the other, but Fathom needs to find out for certain which is which. After fending off a Serapkin knife attack and another from a harpoon, Fathom finds the figurine in a makeup case. She concludes that Campbell is the trustworthy one and boards a plane with Timothy and him, who promptly attempt to toss her from it. Merriwether arrives in another plane, disposes of Fathom's enemies and rescues her. As appearing in screen credits (main roles identified): The film was made by 20th Century Fox to cash in on the success of the Modesty Blaise comic strip and film. It was written by Lorenzo Semple Jr and directed by Leslie Martinson who had just made the film of the TV show \"Batman\". Semple says the studio were attracted by the fact that he and Martinson had made \"Batman\" so quickly and cheaply. He wrote the script in Boris Karloff's old house. Semple wrote the first twenty pages \"making it up as I went along... I made every page exciting\". Semple says he sent the first twenty pages to Fox and David Brown and Richard Zanuck liked it. They gave it to John Koch, who they wanted to produce. Koch insisted on writing the script with Semple line by line. The lead was given to Raquel Welch. She was a 20th Century Fox contractee who had leapt to fame with \"Fantastic Voyage\" and \"One Million Years B.C.\". This inspired Fox to give her her first starring vehicle. Filming started September 1966. It was shot in Cártama, Mijas, Málaga, Torremolinos, Nerja, in Andalucía, Spain and Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, England. Semple says that Welch and Martinson had a fight on the first day of filming and never spoke throughout the rest of the shoot. Second unit director Peter Medak later said of working with Welch: She was at that time quite inexperienced, exactly like one of those American drum majorettes. But she tried very hard and went to see the rushes each day, gradually improving. 'Who's this dumb broad?' people used to say. But I said: 'You wait. I'll bet she made it.' I liked her very much because she was such a genuine person. And she had a beautiful body which always helps. \"I played a blown up Barbie doll,\" said Welch later. \"I have never appeared completely nude but I don't condemn people who do.\" Shortly after filming ended Welch announced she would marry her manager, Patrick Curtis. The \"Los Angeles Times\" film critic said that \"each new Raquel Welch picture brings further proof that when Maria Montez died they didn't break the mold. Like Maria, Raquel can't act from here to there, but both ladies seem to have been born to be photographed... this sappiest of spy pictures.\" On the other hand, the \"New York Times\" called it \"crackling good fun\" and said, \"Somewhere between her unfortunate arrival in the revival of 'One Million Years B.C.' and the new film...Miss Welch has learned to act.\" Fathom (film) Fathom Harvill (Welch) is a skydiver touring Europe with a U.S. parachute team. She is approached by a Scottish agent to recover an atomic triggering mechanism. The film was based on Larry Forrester's second \"Fathom\" novel \"Fathom Heavensent\", then in the draft stage but never published. His first was 1967's \"A Girl Called Fathom\". This was one of three 1967 20th Century Fox films about female spies, the others being Doris Day's"
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"National Express East Coast National Express East Coast (NXEC) was a train operating company in the United Kingdom owned by National Express that operated the InterCity East Coast franchise from December 2007 until November 2009, when it refused financial support for its franchise. It operated InterCity train services on the East Coast Main Line. The original InterCity East Coast franchise was awarded to Sea Containers which operated it from April 1996 until April 2005 trading as GNER. Sea Containers was awarded a new seven-year franchise by the Department for Transport from May 2005 with a three-year extension dependent on performance targets being met. GNER committed to pay a £1.3-billion-premium to the Department for Transport over 10 years. However, due to the financial problems caused by it having overbid as well as financial difficulties encountered by the parent company, in December 2006 the government announced it was stripping the franchise from Sea Containers and would put it up for re-tender, with GNER running the franchise on fixed fee management contract in the interim. In February 2007 the Department for Transport announced that Arriva, First, National Express and Virgin Rail Group had been shortlisted to lodge bids for the new franchise. In August 2007 the Department for Transport awarded the InterCity East Coast franchise to National Express. National Express committed to pay a £1.4-billion-premium to the Department of Transport over seven years and four months. At the time rail analysts had speculated that the company had paid too much for the franchise. National Express East Coast commenced operations on 9 December 2007. NXEC's principal routes were from London King's Cross to Leeds and Edinburgh Waverley. In off-peak times, there were three or four trains per hour to and from King's Cross. The following details apply to weekday operations. The service between King's Cross and Leeds was generally half-hourly, with all trains serving Wakefield Westgate, most trains serving Peterborough and Doncaster and some serving Stevenage, Grantham, Newark and Retford. A half-hourly service between King's Cross and Newcastle operated for most of the day, departing from London on the hour and on the half-hour. The 'top of the hour' departures continued through to Edinburgh Waverley (with the 10:00 departure keeping the traditional name \"Flying Scotsman\"), with a two-hourly extension to Glasgow Central. These trains generally ran as limited-stop expresses between London and Newcastle, all trains called at York, and most at Peterborough and Darlington, though afternoon and evening departures from King's Cross ran non-stop to Doncaster or York. The trains leaving King's Cross on the half-hour generally terminated at Newcastle and served Stevenage, Grantham, Newark, Retford, Northallerton, Doncaster and Durham as well as Peterborough, York, and Darlington. There were four trains per day serving Aberdeen departing Leeds at 07:10 and King's Cross at 10:30 (\"The Northern Lights\"), 14:00 and 16:00 and Aberdeen at 07:52, 09:52 (The Northern Lights) and 14:50 for King's Cross and 18:16 for Edinburgh with a journey time from King's Cross of just over seven hours. These services were operated by HSTs, as the Edinburgh – Aberdeen line was not electrified. The \"Highland Chieftain\" ran between Inverness and King's Cross with a journey time of just over eight hours, departing Inverness at 07:55 and King's Cross at 12:00. This service was operated by a HST, as the Edinburgh – Dunblane and Dunblane – Inverness lines were not electrified. The \"Hull Executive\" ran between Hull and King's Cross, departing Hull at 07:00 and King's Cross at 17:20. This service was operated by a HST as the Temple Hirst Junction – Hull Line was not electrified. There was a 06:55 departure from Skipton and Keighley to King's Cross with an 18:03 return. This was an extension of a Leeds – King's Cross service. Though the line was electrified, the service was operated using a HST because the electrical infrastructure on the line was insufficient to support a Class 91 locomotive and the Class 333 EMUs that operate the local services. The Saturday running of the southbound service was the only NXEC southbound service from Leeds not to call at Wakefield Westgate. This service departed from Leeds and headed along the Leeds-Selby Line to join the East Coast Main Line at Hambleton. This was to retain driver route knowledge for diversionary services. There was a 06:30 service from Bradford Forster Square to King's Cross with a 17:33 return. This was an extension of a Leeds – King's Cross service and was operated by an InterCity 225 set. There was a Monday-Saturday 07:28 departure from Harrogate to King's Cross. However, there was no return journey. This was operated by an InterCity 125. NXEC operated the following named passenger trains: A franchise commitment was to introduce a fifth service out of King's Cross each hour, operating to Lincoln and York on alternate hours from December 2010. It was proposed to lease four Class 90s and Mark 3 sets for use on the Leeds and York services with HSTs being used on the Lincoln services. This was later shelved and five Class 180s were leased instead. It was anticipated that one early morning train would start from Cleethorpes, serving Grimsby Town and Market Rasen, with one evening service to Lincoln extended to Cleethorpes. NXEC inherited a fleet of High Speed Trains and InterCity 225 sets made up of Class 91s hauling Mark 4 Carriages and a Class 82 from GNER. The High Speed Trains were part way through an overhaul program with the Class 43 power cars being repowered with MTU 16V4000R41 engines at Brush Traction and the Mark 3 Carriages refurbished to \"Mallard\" standards at Wabtec, Doncaster. This was completed in 2009. NXEC offered free Wi-Fi to passengers in both first and standard class. To operate proposed new services from 2010, five Class 180s were leased. They were never used by NXEC with three being sublet to Northern Rail in October 2008. In 2009 a High Speed Train that had been on lease while the fleet was refurbished, was returned to Porterbrook and sent to First Great Western. Future/proposed fleet By 2009 NXEC was under increasing financial pressure due to rising fuel prices and the economic downturn. Instead of projected increases in revenue from the franchise, in the first half of 2009 NXEC ticket sales income decreased by 1%. Due to the revenue shortfall, NXEC introduced a charge of £2.50 per journey leg for seat reservations. In April 2009 National Express confirmed that it was still pursuing talks with the government over possible financial assistance with the franchise, either through a reduction in the premium due, or other assistance. In July 2009 it was announced that National Express planned to default on the franchise, having failed to renegotiate the contractual terms of operation, with National Express stating that it would not provide any further financial support necessary to ensure NXEC remained solvent. This meant NXEC would run out of cash by the end of 2009. As a result, the Department for Transport announced it would establish a publicly owned company to take over the franchise. In prior negotiations, the company had reportedly offered to pay over £100 million to be released from its commitment to operate the franchise. Transport Secretary Lord Adonis had rejected this on a matter of principle, saying: \"The government is not prepared to renegotiate rail franchises, because I'm simply not prepared to bail out companies that are unable to meet their commitments\". In defaulting on the franchise, under the franchising system, National Express only directly incurred losses of £72 million by forfeiting bonds. The franchise failure sparked public and industry calls for the permanent public ownership of the InterCity East Coast franchise, or even the complete scrapping of the entire franchise system. In response, Lord Adonis",
"owned company to take over the franchise. In prior negotiations, the company had reportedly offered to pay over £100 million to be released from its commitment to operate the franchise. Transport Secretary Lord Adonis had rejected this on a matter of principle, saying: \"The government is not prepared to renegotiate rail franchises, because I'm simply not prepared to bail out companies that are unable to meet their commitments\". In defaulting on the franchise, under the franchising system, National Express only directly incurred losses of £72 million by forfeiting bonds. The franchise failure sparked public and industry calls for the permanent public ownership of the InterCity East Coast franchise, or even the complete scrapping of the entire franchise system. In response, Lord Adonis reiterated the findings of a 2008 National Audit Office report, which had concluded that the rail franchising system delivered good value for money and steadily improving services. National Express East Coast continued to operate the franchise until 23:59 on 13 November 2009, when the Department for Transport took over through its East Coast subsidiary. National Express East Coast National Express East Coast (NXEC) was a train operating company in the United Kingdom owned by National Express that operated the InterCity East Coast franchise from December 2007 until November 2009, when it refused financial support for its franchise. It operated InterCity train services on the East Coast Main Line. The original InterCity East Coast franchise was awarded"
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"Cove Neck, New York The Incorporated Village of Cove Neck is a village located within the town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, New York, United States. The population was 286 at the 2010 census. Cove Neck is the site of the home of President Theodore Roosevelt. His estate, Sagamore Hill, is now a museum operated by the National Park Service. It attracts many visitors annually. In 1990 Avianca Flight 52 crashed at Cove Neck. There are no remains of the crash. Cove Neck is home to some of Long Island's wealthiest families and residents. It was incorporated in 1927, and many homes have been held throughout generations. Included are: The village is on a peninsula projecting into Long Island Sound. It is located directly across from Centre Island, New York, at the mouth of South Oyster Bay. Cove Neck is located at (40.877655, -73.497176). According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , of which is land and , or 18.47%, is water. As of the census of 2000, there were 300 people, 110 households, and 83 families residing in the village. The population density was 233.4 people per square mile (89.8/km²). There were 140 housing units at an average density of 108.9 per square mile (41.9/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 94.67% White, 4.00% Asian, 1.33% from other races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.33% of the population. There were 110 households out of which 30.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.4% were married couples living together, 7.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.5% were non-families. 19.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.73 and the average family size was 3.16. In the village, the population was spread out with 26.3% under the age of 18, 4.7% from 18 to 24, 20.3% from 25 to 44, 29.3% from 45 to 64, and 19.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.3 males. The median income for a household in the village was $159,792, and the median income for a family was $177,805. Males had a median income of $100,000 versus $47,188 for females. The per capita income for the village was $110,139. None of the population or families were below the poverty line. Oyster Bay-East Norwich Central School District serves Cove Neck. Oyster Bay High School in the hamlet of Oyster Bay serves Cove Neck. Cove Neck, New York The Incorporated Village of Cove Neck is a village located within the town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, New York, United States. The population was 286 at the 2010 census. Cove Neck is the site of the home of President Theodore Roosevelt. His"
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"Giovanni Francesco da Rimini Giovanni Francesco da Rimini, also called the Master of the Scenes from the Life of the Virgin (1420–1469), was an Italian painter. The artist was previously only known as the Master of the Scenes from the Life of the Virgin, until the works could be properly attributed to Giovanni Francesco da Rimini. He was born in Rimini, and documents have him in Padua between 1441 and 1444, and several times in Bologna between 1459 and 1469. He painted primarily religious works for church commissions. His style and depictions of depth in some of his works infer that he may have been influenced by the sculptures of Agostino di Duccio. He died in Bologna in 1469. Giovanni Francesco da Rimini Giovanni Francesco da Rimini, also called the Master of the Scenes from the Life of the Virgin (1420–1469), was an Italian painter. The artist was previously only known as the Master of the Scenes from the Life of the Virgin, until the works could be properly attributed to Giovanni Francesco da Rimini. He was born in Rimini, and documents have him in Padua between 1441 and 1444, and several times in Bologna between 1459 and 1469. He"
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"Clement O. Miniger Clement O. Miniger (November 11, 1874 – April 23, 1944) was an American industrialist and philanthropist. He founded the 'Electric Auto-Lite Company' (now part of Honeywell) in 1911, acting as the company's president until 1934 and its chairman of the board from 1934 to 1944. Clement O. Miniger was born in North East, Pennsylvania, in November 1874, to Mr. and Mrs. Samuel O. Miniger. He had a brother, Charles, and a sister, Anna. The family moved to Arcadia, Ohio, when he was a small boy, where his father built a handle factory. The Miniger family later moved to Fostoria, Ohio, where Samuel Miniger owned a livery stable and later a roller rink. \"C.O.,\" as his friend called him, was educated in the Fostoria public schools. He quit high school in 1890 before graduation, however, and entered a pharmacy training school in Chicago, Illinois. He quit school after two years and moved to Toledo, Ohio, becoming a traveling salesman for a wholesale drug company. In 1902 Miniger abandoned the pharmaceutical industry and purchased several coal mines near Cambridge, Ohio. He left coal mining in 1905 and purchased a paper manufacturing plant. Miniger entered the automotive industry in 1911. At the time, automobile headlamps were carbide lamps powered by acetylene gas. Two men in Indiana had patented an electric headlamp which Miniger believed would replace gas-powered lamps on automobiles. Mininger purchased the patent rights to this new electric headlight in 1911. Moving back to Toledo, he formed the Auto-liter Company. Within a year, the Auto-liter Company employed nearly 1,000 people. The company's first headquarters were in a storefront on Michigan Street, but the firm's sudden growth caused it to move quickly to a new location near the Cherry Street bridge. In typical Miniger fashion, Miniger soon got out of the automotive industry. John Willys had arrived in Toledo in 1909 after acquiring the failing Marion Car Company of Toledo. He merged it with the Overland Company, which he had purchased in 1907, and formed a new automobile manufacturer, Willys-Overland. In 1914, Miniger sold Auto-liter to Willys. But Willys-Overland went bankrupt in 1918, and Miniger bought his company back. Miniger assisted Willys in regaining control of Willys-Overland from the Chrysler Corporation in 1921. Back in control of Auto-liter, Miniger quickly expanded into other automotive product lines, including electric starters, ignition systems, and batteries. Calling his company Electric Auto-lite, in 1927 Miniger gained a controlling interest in the National Lead Battery Company, Prest-O-Lite Battery Company, and Prest-O-Lite, Ltd. (located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada). Battery manufacturing plants were established in seven U.S. states and in Canada. A foreign division was established and batteries manufactured in six overseas locations. Miniger bought out another headlamp company in 1934 and formed the Brown Lamp Division in Cincinnati, Ohio. The same year, he purchased outright the Starting and Lighting Division of the American Bosch Magneto Company. Late in 1934, Electric Auto-lite merged with Moto-Meter Gauge and Equipment Company and expanded into industrial gauges and thermometers, molded plastic parts, speedometers, oil pressure gauges, gasoline gauges, heat indicators and ammeters. Miniger's financial situation suffered a strong reversal during the Great Depression. Heavily invested in banking and real estate, he lost $5 million in 1931 alone. But Miniger recovered, and built or owned a number of important buildings in the city, including Hillcrest, the Bell building, and the B.R. Baker building. He also became one of Toledo's most prominent philanthropists. He was a strong supporter of the Boys' Club of Toledo, Toledo YMCA, St. Vincent's Hospital, the Episcopal Church. Miniger was a strong anti-unionist, and his beliefs led to a major strike against the company in 1934 which led to national headlines. From April 12 to June 3, 1934, a major strike by a federal labor union of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) led to a five-day running battle between roughly 6,000 strikers and 1,300 members of the Ohio National Guard. Known as the \"Battle of Toledo,\" the clash left two strikers dead and more than 200 injured. Miniger was so alarmed by the violence that he ringed his home with a cordon of armed guards. The strike is regarded by many labor historians as one of the three most important strikes in U.S. history. The strike led to the creation of the Toledo Industrial Peace Board. Now called the Labor-Management-Citizens Committee, the Industrial Peace Board became a national model for strike resolution in the post-World War II period. The strike led to Miniger's loss of control over the company. In late August 1934, Royce G. Martin was appointed president of Electric Auto-Lite, and Miniger became chairman of the company's board of directors. Despite his lack of day-to-day control over the firm, Miniger nonetheless continued to play a vital role in the company. He pushed for Electric Auto-lite to continue its expansion into additional automotive fields. Miniger helped structure the company's purchase of Alemite Die Casting in 1935, and later forced it to expand into the manufacture of radiator grilles, door handles, and assorted automotive hardware. The company purchased a bumper plant, hub cap plant, and spring cover plant the following year at his insistence, and built its first spark plug plant in 1936. Clement O. Miniger died at his suburban Toledo home on April 23, 1944. Miniger's first wife, Eleanor, preceded him in death, and he soon remarried. In his will, Miniger bequeathed more than $1 million to his second wife, Edna, and his daughter, Eleanor. His will established the Clement O. Miniger Memorial Foundation, which still exists in 2009. The Clement O. Miniger Radiation Oncology Center at the Medical College of Ohio is named for him. Clement O. Miniger was inducted into the Toledo Hall of Fame in 2007. Clement O. Miniger Clement O. Miniger (November 11, 1874 – April 23, 1944) was an American industrialist and philanthropist. He founded the 'Electric Auto-Lite Company' (now part of Honeywell) in 1911, acting as the company's president until 1934 and its chairman of the board from 1934 to"
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"Emma Fernon Emma Black (née Fernon; born 12 March 1987) is a Scottish female international football defender who plays for Motherwell in the Scottish Women's Premier League (SWPL2). During her international career, Black earned 40 caps and scored 1 goal for the Scotland women's national football team. Black began her career with Glasgow City as a striker, before subsequently converting to defence. She has currently helped the club win seven successive Scottish Women's Premier League titles, adding to a previous success in 2004–05, and has participated in the UEFA Women's Champions League where she became the club's first ever European goalscorer when she netted against Athletic Bilbao, in August 2006. Black retired from playing in 2015 to concentrate on raising a family. However, she returned to playing in January 2018 when she signed for Motherwell, who had appointed her partner Eddie Wolecki Black. Black captained the Scotland under-19 side before making her debut for the senior side in August 2009, against the Netherlands as second-half substitute for Kirsty McBride. She scored her first international goal in a friendly against Northern Ireland in May 2010. Emma Fernon Emma Black (née Fernon; born 12 March 1987) is a Scottish female international football"
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"Sidney Parsons Sidney Parsons (c. 1893 – April 22, 1955) was a Canadian politician, mayor of Edmonton, Alberta, and candidate for election to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Parsons was born in Revelstoke, near to Plymouth, Devon, England in 1893. He was educated in Plymouth, but he and his parents immigrated to New Jersey in the early 1900s. He attended technical schools there, and began work as a bricklayer with the Standard Oil Company in Bayonne, New Jersey. In 1910, he moved to Edmonton, where he enlisted in the armed forces to fight in World War I. He served with the 49th Battalion, under the command of fellow future mayor William Antrobus Griesbach. Upon his return to Canada, Parsons married Gertrude Florence Smitt on January 8, 1918; the pair would have three sons. In his post-war life, Parsons was active in the labour movement and served as an executive officer of the Edmonton Trades & Labour Council (he would serve as its president from 1941 until 1945). Parsons first sought elected office in the 1931 Edmonton election, when he ran for Edmonton City Council as an aldermanic candidate. He finished seventh of fifteen candidates, and was not elected. He fared similarly in the 1932 and 1934 elections. In the 1935 provincial election, Parsons ran as a Labour candidate in the riding of Edmonton; he finished last of twenty-seven candidates, winning only fifty-two votes. After this defeat, he returned to municipal politics, and was finally elected alderman in the 1938 election, finishing fourth of thirteen candidates. He was re-elected in 1940 (finishing fourth of eighteen candidates), 1942 (third of twelve candidates), 1944 (third of twelve), 1946 (fourth of thirteen), and 1948 (first of twelve) elections. He resigned half way through his two-year aldermanic term to run for mayor in the 1949 election. He narrowly won the five candidate field, and was elected to a two-year term. He sought re-election in the 1951 election, but was soundly defeated by William Hawrelak. He did not return to public life thereafter. In later life, Parsons was involved in veterans organizations. He was president of the Ex-Servicemen's Association and was an executive member of the Montgomery branch of the Royal Canadian Legion. He also served as a labour representative on the Edmonton Hospital Board. Sidney Parsons died April 22, 1955. Parsons Road and Parsons Industrial, both in Edmonton, are named in his honour. Sidney Parsons"
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"* Thomas J Wilson-Chairman, CEO, The Allstate Corporation \n * Matthew Winter-President, The Allstate Corporation and CEO, Allstate Life Insurance \n * Don Civgin-President, Emerging Business \n * Thomas Clarkson-President, Allstate West Territory, Allstate Personal Lines \n * Mary Jane Fortin-President, Allstate Life and Retirement \n * Suren Gupta-Executive VP Allstate Technology & Strategic Ventures \n * Harriet Harty-Executive VP, Human Resources \n * Guy Hill-Executive VP, Product Integration & Management \n * Susan Lees-Executive VP, General Counsel, Secretary \n * Katherine Mabe-Executive VP, Allstate Brand Distribution \n * David Prendergast-President, Allstate East Territory \n * Glenn Shapiro-Executive VP, Claims \n * Steven E. Shebik-Executive VP, CFO, Interim Chief Investment Officer \n * Steven P. Sorenson-Executive VP, Product Operations \n\n\n In the 1960s and 1970s, TV, print and radio advertising featured Allstate's spokesman, Ed Reimers. Reimers was often shown making the cupped-hand gesture. For 22 years, he remained the spokesman. \n The brand itself expanded in the 1950s and 1960s and could be found on a variety of products like fire extinguishers and motor scooters. In 1952, an Allstate car was produced, but it was a flop; it was pulled from stores by 1953. The Allstate brand was eventually limited to insurance, tires, and car batteries by the late 1960s before becoming insurance-only in the mid-1970s. In 1991, the company went public before becoming completely independent in 1995. \n Court decisions on the issues debated by Berardinelli and Allstate have gone both ways. According to the Business Week article, as of 2006, \"Courts and regulators in a number of states, including New York, Pennsylvania, and Washington, have forced Allstate to halt or change its practice of handing out a controversial' Do I Need an Attorney? ' form to people involved in accidents.\" On the other hand, the article also states that \"Although plaintiffs have had piecemeal success in bad-faith cases against Allstate, the insurer points to seven court rulings that have rejected attacks on CCPR. Last December a Montana state court noted that while CCPR practices may be illegal' if misapplied in a particular case, they nevertheless are neutral with no manifestly illegal purpose. '\" While many of the cost-reduction strategies McKinsey recommended at Allstate remain in place, some have been reined in following legal and regulatory challenges in several states. \n In 1941, only about a quarter of U.S. drivers had auto liability insurance. This led to the state of New York passing a law which established the financial responsibility of drivers for damage or injuries resulting from auto mishaps. That law inspired legislation in other states, and by the mid-1950s nearly every state had some sort of financial responsibility law on its books. \n Allstate added products throughout the 1950s, including fire insurance in 1954 and homeowners and life insurance in 1957. Allstate began selling insurance to Canadians in 1953. Allstate Insurance Company of Canada was incorporated in 1964. (In 1952 and 1953, Sears also sold an automobile called Allstate.) \n * Allstate New Jersey Insurance Company \n * Allstate New Jersey Property and Casualty Insurance Company \n\n\n The book relates profit-boosting strategies that consulting firm McKinsey & Company presented to Allstate to maximize profits and diminish the amount of money sent to clients who put in a claim. McKinsey specializes in redesigning product delivery systems for Fortune 100 companies (including controversial clients such as Enron) to maximize profits. McKinsey's recommendation to Allstate, according to Berardinelli, was to low-ball claims so that desperate customers in dire straits would be more likely to accept a settlement offer while Allstate continued to make a profit and collect interest on the insurance payment. Allstate would offer its \"good hands\" in the way of a low-ball claim and, if the customer did not accept, to get out \"boxing gloves.\" \n Since 2007, Allstate has been the title sponsor of the Sugar Bowl, one of the four games that make up the Bowl Championship Series. The game is played at the Louisiana Superdome, which is also the home of the New Orleans Saints. Allstate is also a sponsor of the New Orleans Saints. \n * American Heritage Life Insurance Company \n\n\n In 2003, actor Dennis Haysbert became Allstate's spokesman, using the tagline \"That's Allstate's stand.\" \n Estate planning products, business succession planning products, fixed survivorship life, and variable survivorship life family protection insurance, term life, universal life, variable universal life, long-term care and supplemental health \n Many criticisms leveled against Allstate (and other insurers), including Barardinelli's book, involved the use of a software program called \"Colossus\" to process claims. In 2010, Allstate paid a $10 million fine to settle a lawsuit brought by 41 states concerning inconsistencies in the manner in which Colossus was used. It also agreed to standardize its use of the software. However, \"it is important to note that we found no systemic underpayment of bodily injury claims,\" New York Insurance Superintendent James J. Wrynn said in a press release. \n Allstate advertises through the American Football Coaches Association \"Good Works Team\" in which local Allstate agents surprise players with trophies in key Allstate marketing regions. \n In 1999, Allstate unveiled a new business model that created a single contract for exclusive, independent agents selling Allstate insurance. It also created a network of call centers. \n * Allstate County Mutual Insurance Company \n * Allstate Texas Lloyd's \n\n\n In 2012 Allstate Solutions Private Limited (also called Allstate India) was inaugurated in Bangalore which is a technology and operations centre to provides software development and business process outsourcing services to its US parent. Allstate's Bangalore operation is focused on the areas of business intelligence, analytics, testing and mobility. \n Allstate has a Sustainability Leadership Team composed of officers and senior staff from all areas of the company. The team focuses on sustainability efforts from a company-wide perspective–including environmental initiatives that embed \"green\" programs and processes throughout their operations. \n Allstate holds naming rights to the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois, near the company's headquarters. \n In 2007, Allstate became a sponsor of the Mexico National Team, and in 2011 partnered with Major League Soccer and the United States Soccer Federation. \n The company's \"You're in Good Hands with Allstate\" slogan was created in 1950 by Allstate's general sales manager Davis W. Ellis. At the end of the decade, it was used in the company's first network television advertising campaign, which featured actor Ed Reimers. \n In January 2011, Allstate released The Lines, a multi-episode TV drama web series starring actors Teresa Cesario, Kyle Sandgate-Blix, Jackson Schultz, Bridgette Pechman, Chase Maser, and Corey Doyle cast as High-School seniors. The series, filmed in the style of a television drama, depicts the cast in common situations facing teens with respect to driving (Texting while driving in particular). The series appears aimed at promoting interest and support in favor of responsible teen driving and road-safety in general. The Lines spans a total of 8 episodes, each 6–8 minutes in length. Allstate and other large corporations are attracted to the rapid growth of social media for use in their advertising campaigns. \n * Esurance, Inc.",
"Asset management and accumulation, life insurance and retirement \n In 1999, Allstate purchased the personal lines division of CNA Financial and subsequently renamed it to Encompass Insurance Company which is written by independent insurance agents, as opposed to the direct writing that constitutes the core part of its business. \n Allstate is the largest publicly traded property casualty insurance company in the US. Products include:\n Beginning in 2003, as policy growth slowed, Allstate's television commercials used spokesman Dennis Haysbert. The ads were intended to carry the message that Allstate's service was superior to that from low-cost providers Geico and Progressive. Haysbert appeared in more than 250 commercials between 2003 and 2016. \n The Northwestern Wildcats and the Illinois Fighting Illini played a collegiate football game at Wrigley Field on November 20, 2010. It was the first football game at Wrigley Field since 1970 and the first collegiate football game at Wrigley Field since 1938 when DePaul University played its regular games at Wrigley. (9) Allstate title sponsored this game. \n Allstate was a sponsor of the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard from 2005-2009–the annual NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in late summer. Driver Kasey Kahne was featured in advertisements. \n Lessing J. Rosenwald was Allstate's first board chairman, and Odell was named vice president and secretary. \n Allstate has stated intentions of reducing its exposure in hurricane-prone Florida. In November 2006, Allstate did not renew 120,000 policies that were expiring at that time. Governor Charlie Crist and the Florida Cabinet passed a 90-day emergency order to temporarily prevent insurance companies from nonrenewing policies. On February 20, 2007, Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty clarified the order, stating that insurance companies can nonrenew policies if they satisfy certain conditions, including filing new, lower rates with the state and give customers 100 days' notice. \n The PBS television program Now, in conjunction with Bloomberg Markets magazine, did an exposé regarding Allstate and other major insurers' homeowners insurance policies. \n In 1996, their website www.allstate.com was launched. \n In 2010 the actor Dean Winters became a part of Allstate's campaign \"Mayhem\" \"personifying the pitfalls, like collisions and storm damage, that can befall drivers\". \n The Allstate Corporation is the second largest personal lines insurer in the United States (behind State Farm) and the largest that is publicly held. The company also has personal lines insurance operations in Canada. Allstate was founded in 1931 as part of Sears, Roebuck and Co., and was spun off in 1993. The company has had its headquarters in Northfield Township, Illinois, near Northbrook since 1967. Its current advertising campaign, in use since 2004, asks, \"Are you in good hands?\" The corporate spokesperson is Dennis Haysbert. \n * Castle Key Insurance Company \n * Castle Key Indemnity Company \n\n\n In 1949 the Allstate Headquarters Building was completed at 3245 W. Arthington Street in Chicago. The mid-rise building is currently vacant (as of 2013) and in danger of demolition. The building is noted for its early post-war mid-rise construction. This location was vacated at some point when the company relocated in the post-war years. \n In 1984, Neighborhood Office Agent program was introduced to make agents more accessible to customers \n The book was reviewed by Business Week magazine. According to that article, Allstate responded to Berardinelli's allegations by claiming that Berardinelli's allegations were \"unfounded and unproven.\" Rather than trying to cheat customers, the company stated that its major goal was to benefit policyholders by identifying \"exaggerated and fraudulent claims\" and that its \"processes are absolutely sound ... to investigate, evaluate, and promptly resolve each claim fairly, based on the merits.\" \n In July 2008, the American Association for Justice ranked Allstate No. 1 among nation's worst insurers. This ranking was given because:\"While Allstate publicly touts its' good hands' approach, it has instead privately instructed its agents to employ a' boxing gloves' strategy against its policyholders,\" said American Association for Justice CEO Jon Haber. They've since revamped their approach. Allstate criticized the report, with a spokesman noting that \"The personal injury lawyers behind this report provide no support for their statements other than decade old recycled allegations that have been shown to be without merit in courts of law.\" In 2009 Allstate successfully fought to obtain Federal government TARP fund eligibility only to decline it once they obtained eligibility. \n Allstate sponsors branded field goal nets at over 67 colleges and universities. For each field goal and extra point kicked, Allstate donates into collegiate general scholarship funds. To date, those donations exceed $2.9 million. Allstate also sponsors branded nets during field goals and extra points at over 20 college bowl games, including the Allstate Sugar Bowl and the BCS National Championship Game. \n In 1967, the company's home office was moved from Skokie to Northbrook, Illinois. Allstate continued to sell additional types of insurance to customers throughout the decade, including worker's compensation insurance in 1964, surety bonds in 1966, inland-marine coverage in 1967 and a business package policy in 1969. \n * Allstate Solutions Private Limited \n\n\n This is the title of a book written by David Berardinelli, JD; , Michael Freeman, PhD, DC, MPH; and Aaron DeShaw, DC, JD with a foreword by Eugene R. Anderson. \n In 1993, Allstate went public when Sears sold 19.8% of the company. At the time, it was the largest IPO to date. \n In 1933, at the Century of Progress World's Fair in Chicago, Allstate's Richard E. Roskam sold insurance at a booth in the Sears pavilion. In 1934, Allstate opened its first permanent sales office in a Chicago Sears store. \n * Thomas J. Wilson (2007–present) \n * Edward Liddy (1999–2006) \n * Jerry D. Choate (1995–1999) \n * Wayne E. Hedien (1993–1994) \n\n\n * Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York \n\n\n * Allstate Insurance Company of Canada \n\n\n Additionally, Allstate is a partner of the Southeastern Conference and its 20 sports, including football. \n Beginning in 2010, Allstate used Dean Winters as \"Mayhem\", mean to personify the hazards drivers face. The ads conclude with Haysbert asking \"Are You In Good Hands?\" \n The people in this section are key members of corporate leadership. \n A study in 2000 by Northwestern University's Medill Graduate Department of Integrated Marketing Communications found that the Allstate slogan \"You're in good hands\" ranked as the most recognizable in America. \n Asset protection:auto insurance, homeowners insurance, condominium, renters, scheduled personal property, business umbrella, commercial auto, commercial inland marine, small business owner, customizer and business package policy, landlord package, manufactured home, mobile home, motor home, motorcycle, boat, personal umbrella, comprehensive personal liability, recreational vehicle, off-road vehicle, motor club, loan protection and flood protection. \n An investigative report in February 2007 by CNN found that major car insurance companies, like Allstate, are increasingly fighting auto insurance claims from those who incurred injuries by their insured members. Allstate currently commands 18% of the auto insurance market in the United States. \n * Allstate Fire and Casualty Insurance Company \n * Allstate Insurance Company \n * Allstate Indemnity Company \n * Allstate Life Insurance Company \n * Allstate Property and Casualty Insurance Company \n * Encompass Insurance Company",
"In 1925, Sears held a national contest to decide the name of a new brand of car tires. After over two million name submissions, \"Allstate\" was chosen as the winner; the trademark was adopted the very next year. The tires' success in both the catalog and retail stores prompted Sears Chairman General Robert E. Wood to praise the Allstate tire's contribution to Sears' retail store success. \n The 2012 Allstate BCS National Championship Game was played on January 9, 2012 and broadcast on ESPN. \n Allstate Corporation It's Good to Be in Good Hands \n--- \nType | Public \nTraded as | NYSE:ALL S&P; 100 Component S&P; 500 Component \nIndustry | Insurance \nFounded | April 17, 1931; 86 years ago (1931-04-17) \nHeadquarters | Northbrook, Illinois, U.S. \nKey people | Thomas J. Wilson (Chairman, President and CEO) \nProducts | Auto, Home, Life, Motorcycle, Renters, Boat, Landlord, Condo, Off-road vehicle, Business Insurance, Retirement and Investment products, and Banking services. \nRevenue | US$36.534 billion (2016) \nOperating income | US$2.749 billion (2016) \nNet income | US$1.877 billion (2016) \nTotal assets | US$108.610 billion (2016) \nTotal equity | US$20.573 billion (2016) \nNumber of employees | 43,050 (2016) \nParent | Sears (1931–1995) \nSubsidiaries | Encompass Insurance Company Esurance SquareTrade Allstate India www.allstate.ca \nWebsite | www.allstate.com \n In 1985, Allstate began to move agents out of Sears stores and locate agents in neighborhood offices. In June 1993, 19.8 percent of Allstate became public through a stock offering. Allstate became completely independent in June 1995, when Sears spun off the remaining 80 percent stake in the company, distributing 350.5 million shares of Allstate stock to its stockholders. \n Allstate's slogan \"You're in good hands\" was created in the 1950s by Allstate Insurance Company's sales executive, Davis W. Ellis based on a similar phrase he used to reassure his wife about a doctor caring for their child. It has been the slogan ever since 1950. Allstate also referred to themselves as the Good Hands People. \n The idea for Allstate Insurance Company came during a bridge game on a commuter train in 1930, when insurance broker Carl L. Odell proposed to Wood, his neighbor, the idea of selling auto insurance by direct mail. The idea appealed to Wood, and he passed the proposal to the Sears board of directors, which approved it. Allstate Insurance Company, named after Sears' tire brand, went into business on April 17, 1931, offering auto insurance by direct mail and through the Sears catalog. This was in line with one of the objectives of a company to sell automobile insurance in the same manner as Sears sold its merchandise. \n Allstate Corporation owns and operates 18 companies around the United States, Canada and India."
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"San Antonio, Northern Samar ', officially the ', is a in the province of , . According to the , it has a population of people. Its territory is contiguous with Dalupiri Island, just off the western coast of Samar Island at the south end of the San Bernardino Strait. The island's white beaches are considered an \"undisturbed paradise\" and future \"premier tourist destination\" in the Eastern Visayas region. Dalupiri Island lies in the east central periphery of the Philippine archipelago. It is bounded by San Bernardino Strait in the north and east, Samar Sea in the south, and Capul Island in west. It is approximately 5 nautical miles from the Pacific Ocean and sits near the entrance along the Paso de Acapulco, otherwise known as San Bernardino Strait. It has long white sand beach around the island. Dalupiri Island is a 2,700 hectare island of gently rolling hills, mostly of coconut vegetation and shrubbery. It is home to white beaches, caves, and the Lagbangan Lake. The island is composed largely of low and extremely rugged hills and small lowland areas. The island is endowed with relatively rich and fertile soil that allow most crops to be cultivated, but presently it is utilized mostly for coconut plantations. The highest point of the island is in its central southern portion with a maximum elevation of above sea level. The island has no distinct dry or wet season but it has pronounced rainfall from October to January. The heaviest precipitation occurs in November. May is relatively the driest month. The Municipality of San Antonio is composed of ten barangays (listed here with 2010 population): The town center (poblacion) is divided into three small barangays: Poblacion Ward I, Poblacion Ward II, and Poblacion Ward III. Barangay San Nicolas, named after its patron Saint Nicolas, is home to picturesque rock formation along the coast. Barangay Rizal is home to a solar spring and cave. Barangay Pilar is the southernmost tip of the island where a fish sanctuary is located. This is the home of palatable seashells and other seafood. Barangay Burabod's major livelihood is boat-building, fishing, copra and dynamite blasting cap manufacturing. In the early 19th century the settlers from the mainland of Samar found the island an ideal ground for fishing and bird hunting. They come to the island just to catch fish and hunt birds and go back to the mainland of Samar after a handful of catch. People from Bohol and Cebu came to the island in the second half of the 19th century and introduced a method of catching fish using net, commonly known as \"laya\". With its introduction, the name \"Manoglaya\" was born, which literally means \"mano nga paraglaya\" or \"fishermen using laya\". As new settlers came and built new communities in the island, they called the island as \"\"Sugod-sugod\"\", a Cebuano derivative meaning \"just to start or begin\". Later, name was changed to \"Matabia\", referring to the knife-shape of the island. No one knows now why it was changed that way, neither folklores nor historical data reveal the ways and wherefore of the change of its name to Dalupiri Island. In 1904, the Municipality of San Antonio of the province of Samar in Dalupiri Island was established. The Municipality of San Antonio named after its patron saint Anthony of Padua. San Antonio is one of the manufacturing centers of dynamite chemicals like ammonium nitrate, used in the manufacture of blasting caps that are sold in the other provinces of Samar island. It was learned that the island has been tagged by the police as one of the areas in the manufacture of the dynamite blasting caps. Chief Supt. Abner Cabalquinto, Regional VIII Police Director, disclosed that the police operatives in Northern Samar confiscated 50 bags of ammonium nitrate in the town of San Antonio. However, the suspects were able to escape and alluded arrest by the police. Because of the prevalence of homemade dynamite, blast fishing is a perennial problem in the region. In 1994, an Italian tourist was killed and another severely injured while diving when a local fisherman dropped his dynamite on top of them. As a result, the Flying Dog Beach Resort, established in the early 1990s, decided to cease its operation. The Dalupiri Ocean Power Plant is a proposed tidal fence generating station across the Dalupiri Passage between the islands of Dalupiri and Samar. Because of Dalupiri Island's pristine white sand beach, Republic Act No. 9458 declared San Antonio, together with the island towns of Biri, Capul, and San Vicente, as eco-tourism zones in May 2007. With its coral reefs, Dalupiri island is ideal for scuba diving, snorkeling, sailing, yachting, jet skiing, para-sailing and marine life observation. A cultural-tourism festival held in the town of San Antonio from the 9th to the 12th of June annually, celebrating the fishing skills of the townfolks. The festival composed of cultural performances, street dance, beauty search and exhibit complemented with “\"sugod-sugod sa plaza\"”, a nightly entertainment of music and other performances from leading local performers in the community. Secondary school: Elementary schools: Dalupiri Airport, also known as San Antonio Airport, is an airstrip in San Antonio in the Eastern Visayas region of Philippines. Its construction was approved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines on August 8, 2004. This airport is still under constructions and not yet operational to the general public, local resident and Island tourist. San Antonio town proper Seaport the central part of the island premier gateway to the seaport of the town of Victoria. This two seaports are the busiest port connecting the Island and the mainland of Samar, providing main transport system to the island tourist and local resident. There are also several seaport in the nearby barangay that also the gateway of the Island to the mainland land of Samar, in northern part of the island is the Vinisitahan Seaport and the western coast is the Dalupiri Seaport both to seaport in the town of Allen,Northern Samar and in the southern coast of the Island is the Burabod Seaport to the town of San Isidro, Northern Samar. The main transportation going to the different part of the Island is the motorcycle where local called it as \"honda\" regardless of the manufacturer of the motorcycle. While going through the town proper there are several \"padyak\" as commonly called by the local residents; it is a bicycle driven cart. San Antonio, Northern Samar ', officially the ', is a in the province of , . According to the , it has a population of people. 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"Balbirnie House Balbirnie House is an early 19th-century country house in Glenrothes, in central Fife, Scotland. The present house was completed in 1817 as a rebuild of an 18th-century building, itself a replacement for a 17th-century dwelling. The home of the Balfour family from 1640, the house was sold in 1969 and opened as a hotel in 1990. The grounds now comprise a large public park and a golf course. The house is protected as a category A listed building, while the grounds are included in the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland. Around 1640, the Balbirnie estate was acquired by the family of Balfour. A 17th-century house on the estate was remodelled or replaced in the later 18th century for John Balfour. The architecture of these works, completed around 1782, has been attributed to both James Nisbet and to John Baxter Jr. In 1815 further changes were begun by General Robert Balfour, to designs by the architect Richard Crichton. Some £16,000 was spent on extending the south-west front and constructing the portico at the south-east. At the same time, landscape gardener Thomas White provided plans for the improvement of the 18th-century parkland. Meanwhile, General Balfour's two brothers were developing new houses at Whittingehame in East Lothian and Newton Don in the Borders, funded by the same large inheritance. Further alterations, comprising offices, were carried out in 1860, possibly designed by David Bryce. The plant collection was expanded from the mid-19th century with seeds sent from India by George Balfour, a friend of plant collector William Hooker. The garden was remodelled in 1926 by Sir Robert Lorimer. In 1969 the house and estate was acquired by the Glenrothes Development Corporation, who were then building the new town of Glenrothes. A golf course was laid out in the grounds, while the house was converted into council offices. The house was sold on to a private owner who redeveloped it as a 30-bedroom hotel, opened in 1990 by Malcolm Rifkind who was then Secretary of State for Scotland. of parkland and woodland remain in the ownership of Fife Council as a public park. Balbirnie House Balbirnie House is an early 19th-century country house in Glenrothes, in central Fife, Scotland. The present house was completed in 1817 as a rebuild of an 18th-century building, itself a replacement for a 17th-century dwelling. The home of the Balfour family from 1640, the house"
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"Sir William Pulteney (1802 ship) Sir William Pulteney was launched in 1803 at Calcutta as a country ship (a ship that traded only east of the Cape of Good Hope.) She sailed to England on a voyage for the British East India Company (EIC) and her owner sold her there. The EIC then engaged her as an \"extra ship\" for six voyages as an East Indiaman to India and back. She was sold in 1817. William Marshall, captain and owner of , purchased \"Sir William Pulteney\" in 1803 after his return to Bengal from England in \"Union\". The Government had advertised for tenders of vessels to carry cargoes to England but had specified that the vessels be no larger than 600 tons (bm), and \"Union\" was over 700. Marshall tendered \"Sir William Pulteney\" and the EIC accepted his tender. It could not get sufficient vessels and then accepted \"Union\" as well. Marshall took command of \"Sir William Pulteney\" and promoted his first mate from \"Union\", William Stokoe, to command of her. Captain John Marshall sailed from Kolkata on 19 January 1804. \"Sir William Pulteney\" was at Saugor on 24 January and left on 8 March, together with \"Union\". She reached St Helena on 25 June. \"Sir William Pulteney\" sailed from St Helena on 9 July in company with \"Union\" and the EIC \"extra\" ship . The Governor of St Helena, Colonel Robert Patton permitted them to sail without escort. (Had he held them until a convoy had formed, the EIC would have been liable for hefty demurrage charges.) Captain Mungo Gilmore, of \"Eliza Ann\", was the senior captain and Patton appointed him to command the group. At daylight on 22 August, the Indiamen sighted a French privateer brig that sailed towards them and engaged \"Union\", which was the leading ship. The engagement lasted about 20 minutes and the French vessel surrendered at after \"Eliza Ann\" and \"Sir William Pulteney\" came up. The privateer was \"Venus\", and she was armed with sixteen 4, 8, & 12-pounder guns. She had a crew of 73 men (of whom five were away on prizes), under the command of Lieutenant Pierre Henri Nicholas Benamy of the French Navy. In the engagement \"Venus\" had lost one man killed and had two men seriously wounded. She also had on board five men from a prize crew that had put on a Spanish vessel that \"Venus\" had recaptured. The next evening, west of Scilly, \"Venus\" parted from the Indiamen and headed for a British port; the French prisoners remained with the Indiamen. \"Sir William Pulteney\" took on 27. \"Sir William Pulteney\", \"Eliza Ann\", and \"Union\" arrived at The Downs on 2 September. \"Venus\" arrived at Deal on 24 September. Marshall sold \"Sir William Pulteney\". She was admitted to the Registry of Great Britain on 28 November. Barnard repaired her in 1805 and the EIC had her measured. On 2 February 1805 Barnard submitted to the Court of Directors a bill for repairs and stores of £863 16s 4d. The EIC accepted \"Sir William Pulteney\" as an extra ship on 19 February 1805 at a peace time freight rate of £15 4s per ton for 600 tons (bm), plus a war contingency rate of £12 per ton on her first voyage. The term of the engagement was for six voyages. \"Sir William Pulteney\" was one of the EIC vessels that were part of the expedition under General Sir David Baird and Admiral Sir Home Riggs Popham that would in 1806 capture the Dutch Cape Colony. They would carry supplies and troops to the Cape, and then continue on their voyages. \"Sir William Pulteney\" was ultimately bound for Bombay and Bengal. Captain Henry Christopher was appointed to command \"Sir William Pulteney\" on 24 April 1805, and sailed her from Cork on 31 August. She was at Madeira on 30 September. She and the fleet were at St Salvador Bay on 12 November and the Cape of Good Hope on 6 January 1806. After the Dutch Governor Jansens signed a capitulation on 18 January 1806, and the British established control of the Cape Colony, escorted the East Indiamen , , and to Madras. The convoy included \"Sir William Pulteney\", , , , , , and . At Madras, the captains of the eight East Indiamen in the convoy joined together to present Captain George Byng, of \"Belliqueux\", a piece of silver plate worth £100 as a token of appreciation for his conduct while they were under his orders. Byng wrote his thank you letter to them on 24 April. \"Sir William Pulteney\" reached Bombay on 8 May and Saugor on 10 July. She arrived at Calcutta on 15 July. Homeward bound, she was at Culpee on 23 August and Saugor on 20 September. She was at Madras on 9 October and the Cape again on 30 December. She reached St Helena on 23 January and arrived at The Downs on 12 April. Barnard billed the EIC on 6 June 1807 for £1,174 10s 2d for repairs and stores. Captain Christopher sailed from Portsmouth on 15 September 1807, bound for Madras and Bombay. She was reported well on 28 November at . She was in convoy with , , , , , and . Their escort was the 64-gun third rate . \"Sir William Pulteney\" arrived at Madras on 16 February 1808. She reached Tellicherry on 17 March and arrived at Bombay on 7 April. She visited Surat on 30 April and returned to Bombay on 3 May. Homeward bound, she was at the Cape on 18 September, reached St Helena on 19 October, and arrived at The Downs on 11 December. Barnard billed the EIC on 17 February 1809 for £771 11s 5d for repairs and stores. Captain Christopher sailed from Portsmouth on 7 July 1809. \"Sir William Pulteney\" arrived at Calcutta on 13 December. Homeward bound, she was at Culpee on 1 February 1810, Kedgeree on 23 February and Saugor on 11 March. She reached St Helena on 24 June and arrived at The Downs on 5 September. Barnard billed the EIC on 12 November 1810 for £1851 10s 3d for repairs and stores. Captain Christopher sailed from Torbay on 12 May 1811, bound for Madras and Bengal. \"Sir William Pulteney\" was at Madeira on 1 June and left a week later, reached Madras on 26 September, and arrived at Calcutta on 8 November. Homeward bound, she was at Saugor on 9 January 1812, reached St Helena on 12 May, and arrived at The Downs on 22 July. Barnard billed the EIC on 7 November 1812 for £1032 9s 6d for repairs and stores. Captain Christopher sailed from Portsmouth on 18 March 1813, bound for St Helena and Bengal. \"Sir William Pulteney\" was at Tenerife on 12 April and reached St Helena on 21 June. She arrived at Calcutta on 11 November. Homeward bound, she was at Kedgeree on 30 January 1814 Kedgeree, Madras on 18 February, and Point de Galle on 26 February. She reached the Cape on 25 April and St Helena on 19 May, and arrived at The Downs on 6 August. Captain Thomas Dawney sailed from The Downs on 15 April 1815, bound for Bengal and Bombay. \"Sir William Pulteney\" was at Madeira on 26 April and arrived at Calcutta on 3 September. Continuing her voyage, she was at Saugor on 4 December and arrived at Bombay on 2 January 1816. Homeward bound, she was at Tellicherry on 5 February and Point de Galle on 28 February. She reached St Helena on 8 May, and arrived at The Downs on 2 July. On 9 May 1817 \"Sir William Pulteney\"s register was cancelled. She had been sold to Spanish buyers. Notes Citations References Sir William Pulteney (1802 ship) Sir William Pulteney was launched in 1803 at Calcutta"
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"Virtual sex Virtual sex is sexual activity where two or more people - or one person and a virtual character - gather together via some form of communications equipment to arouse each other by transmitting sexually explicit messages. Virtual sex describes the phenomenon, no matter the communications equipment used. These terms and practices continuously evolve as technologies and methods of communication change. Increases in Internet connectivity, bandwidth availability, and the proliferation of webcams have also had implications for virtual sex enthusiasts. It's increasingly common for these activities to include the exchange of pictures or motion video. There are companies which allow paying customers to actually watch people have live sex or masturbate and at the same time allow themselves to be watched as well. Recently devices have been introduced and marketed to allow remote controlled stimulation. An important part of partaking in virtual sex, or sexual acts, would be consent. The ethics of sexting are already being established by young people for whom consent figures as a critical concept. Distinctions between positive and negative experiences of sexting are mostly dependent on whether consent was given to make and share the images. , it is illegal for any person's under the age of 18 to consent to any form of virtual sex (only if nude pictures are sent ), because images of minors are considered child pornography. Virtual sex Virtual sex is sexual activity where two or more people - or one person and a virtual character - gather together via some form of communications equipment to arouse each other by transmitting sexually explicit messages. Virtual sex describes the phenomenon, no matter the communications equipment used. These terms and practices continuously evolve as technologies and methods of communication change. Increases in Internet connectivity, bandwidth availability, and the proliferation of webcams have"
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"South Wild Rice Church St. John's Lutheran Church of Richland County, was built in 1883 by the faith community originally known as the South Wild Rice Lutheran Congregation, whose constitution was adopted on December 27, 1872. In 1882 the name of the faith community was changed to St. John's as construction of the building began. This wood frame church still stands on its original \"single course, dry-laid, uncut fieldstone foundation,\" and is located east of the Wild Rice River in the Red River Valley near Galchutt, North Dakota. The South Wild Rice Congregation was made up of Norwegian immigrants who arrived in the area in the early 1870s. In October 1873 the first annual meeting of the congregation was held, at which it was decided to reserve a 2 acre-parcel of land, found on Section 32, Range 48, Township 134, for religious purposes. One acre was to be set aside as church property, while the remaining acre was to be used as the church's cemetery. The oldest date on any grave marker is 1877. In its early years, this congregation met in members' homes. In 1874 a log schoolhouse was built and served as a church until the congregation could afford a separate building. This first schoolhouse was not very large, only 18 by 22 by 10 feet. Later it was moved to land just north of the church. The community was one of several congregations served by pastor J. A. Hellestvedt. Hellestvedt was the first Norwegian Lutheran pastor to reside in North Dakota, having settled in the state in 1873. St. John's was built in 1883, with the bell tower having been added in 1897, it was listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places in 1982. The church's listing on the National Register was based on its connection with the first wave of Norwegian Lutheran settlers in the region, the early settlement of southeastern North Dakota, and its retention of \"greater integrity than any other church building in the region.\" The church building has not been used for regular services since 1956, except for occasional events such as periodic worship services, baptisms and weddings. However, burial activity in the cemetery has continued. St. John's stands today as a monument of the early pioneers. Although regular services are no longer held, the church build and grounds are maintained by the descendants of these pioneers. Since 1956 this responsibility has been held in trust by the people of Galchutt Lutheran Church of Galchutt, North Dakota. South Wild Rice Church St. John's Lutheran Church of Richland County, was built in 1883 by the faith community originally known as the South Wild Rice Lutheran Congregation, whose constitution was adopted on December 27, 1872. In 1882 the name of the faith community was changed to St. John's as construction of the building began. This wood frame church still stands on its original \"single course, dry-laid, uncut fieldstone foundation,\" and is located east of the Wild Rice River in the Red River"
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"Grand Opera House (Seattle) The Grand Opera House in Seattle, Washington, US, designed by Seattle architect Edwin W. Houghton, a leading designer of Pacific Northwest theaters, was once the city's leading theater. Today, only its exterior survives as the shell of a parking garage. Considered by the city's Department of Neighborhoods to be an example of Richardsonian Romanesque, the building stands just outside the northern boundary of the Pioneer Square neighborhood. The building at 213–217 Cherry Street, Seattle, Washington was originally owned by John Cort, of Cort Circuit fame. Opened in 1900, after Cort convinced the city to extend the northern border of its official entertainment district north from Yesler Way to Cherry Street, it was the city's leading theater of the time. It survived a November 24, 1906 fire, but after it was gutted by another fire in 1917, it was converted to a parking garage in 1923. The reign of the Grand as Seattle's leading theater was relatively short. Cort himself was one of the reasons for this, when he made Seattle's Moore Theatre, also designed by Houghton, his flagship house after its December 28, 1907 opening. The 1911 opening of the showpiece Metropolitan Theatre in the Metropolitan Tract further eroded the Grand's position. By the time a January 20, 1917 fire gutted the building, it had become a movie theater. After the 1917 fire, the building sat empty for several years before becoming a multi-level parking garage in 1923. The Grand Opera House was constructed 1898-1900. Nearby at Third Avenue and Cherry Street, John Considine, a veteran of box house days and a pioneer of vaudeville had his highly successful Seattle Theater. Cort had the basement level of the Grand built in 1898 and opened it as a variety and beer hall known as the Palm Gardens. In the summer of 1900, the rest of the building was built \"in record time,\" with its official opening on October 8, 1900. In the winter of 1901, Cort signed a contract with New York-based impresarios Klaw & Erlanger. The contract went into effect in July 1901, quickly establishing the Grand as Seattle's leading theater and forcing the nearby Seattle Theater into second place. Within a year, Cort had taken over the Seattle Theater as well, placing both theaters in the Klaw & Erlanger circuit. A fire on November 23, 1906 destroyed the interior and led Cort to briefly make the Seattle Theater his flagship; in December 1907, Cort's new Moore Theatre opened and eclipsed the Grand once and for all. that time, Eugene Levy took over the Grand and ran it as a movie theater with \"incidental\" vaudeville. The stage of the Grand was and wide. Two tiers of boxes stood six on each side of the proscenium. There was also a balcony. In all, the highly ornate auditorium had a capacity of 2,200 people. The St. Charles/Rector Hotel was constructed next door on Third Avenue in 1912-13; it was originally interconnected to the opera house at the balcony level. Although the Grand was the twenty-second playhouse in Seattle's history and it was a mere 17 years old when it burned, by that time it was the oldest Seattle playhouse still in use. The theater caught fire early on the morning of Saturday, January 20, 1917, due to defective wiring under the floor of the balcony. Janitor George Matsu turned in the alarm at 6:13 a.m., bringing the fire department. The flames endangered the Rector Hotel, and the guests were evacuated. At about 7 a.m., the domed theater roof caved in, killing fire department Battalion Chief Frederick G. Gilham and seriously injuring nine other firefighters, five of them seriously. By 8 a.m. their colleagues had managed to evacuate the injured men and extinguish the blaze. One hotel guest suffered from smoke inhalation; otherwise, there were no civilian casualties. Less than two weeks later, an article in \"The Seattle Daily Times\" hinted that then-recent Seattle mayor George F. Cotterill may have fired R.H. Ober as Superintendent of Buildings because of the latter's safety-related rejection of permits for the Grand. (There was a long-running feud between the \"Times\" and Cotterill, in which the newspaper \"consistently ridiculed Cotterill and his positions.\") Levy had boasted in an advertisement about having a role in getting Ober removed, and other city officials may have felt intimidated by that; on the other hand, Fire Chief Frank L. Stetson asserted that the Grand had appeared no more dangerous than \"other buildings of its type\" and that the changes to the building that Ober had wanted had, indeed, ultimately occurred. The city council committee investigating the matter did not ultimately conclude that either Levy or Cotterill had done anything wrong. In 1923, new owners Victor Elfendal and W.W. Scrubby decided that the Grand would be converted to use as a parking garage. Schack, Young and Myers, a major Seattle architectural firm, affected the conversion. The Seattle Department of Neighborhoods asserts that this relatively intact and early example of a commercial parking garage has historic significance, independent of the building's historic significance as Downtown Seattle's oldest surviving structure initially designed as a theater. As Seattle's commercial core began to grow and as the automobile began to shape the city, \"large parking garages…were a lucrative and essential part of downtown commerce.\" Construction began March 24, 1923 on a parking garage described at the time as \"the first of its kind in the Northwest\" with \"[p]atented ramps\". At that time it was described as $30,000 \"five-story and basement\" project with a capacity of 300 cars; a day before it opened on August 20, it was described as a seven-story building (6 floors and a basement) with a capacity of 350 cars, and having cost twice the original estimate. It was further described as having \"heavy mill-type construction\" with concrete floors, using the patented d'Humy Motoramp. The garage also included a full-service auto servicing shop. The resulting Cherry Street Garage became the third garage in the portfolio of the Griggs Garage Company, making it the largest such company in Seattle at that time. The building is a 5-story brick masonry structure in Richardsonian Romanesque style, not counting a foundation and basement. It measures x . The theater interior is entirely destroyed, and the façade is much altered, but some original exterior features remain under white paint. The original red brick cladding has been painted over, as have the ornamental quoins and the remaining portions of the original sandstone trim. According to the Department of Neighborhoods, surviving sandstone features include \"the former entry vestibule arch, the arched openings with keystones at the second floor level windows, the upper floor level window sills and watertable. Painted original sandstone trim also accentuates the former name plaque above the entry vestibule arch and the cap of the central raised entry bay.\" The building retains all of its original window openings. The two large openings at the first floor level date from the parking garage conversion. At the east end of the second floor, a former door opening to the ticket booth became a window opening: creating the garage entry and exit meant removing the entry stairway, which (according, again, to the Department of Neighborhoods) \"reportedly was accented by Vermont blue marble.\" Originally, the garage retained raised corner parapets and a prominent cornice; these have been lost. The industrial steel sash windows from 1923 remain. Grand Opera House (Seattle) The Grand Opera House in Seattle, Washington, US, designed by Seattle architect Edwin W. Houghton, a leading designer of Pacific Northwest theaters, was once the city's leading theater. Today, only its exterior survives as the shell of a parking garage. Considered by the city's Department of Neighborhoods to be an example of Richardsonian Romanesque, the building stands just outside the northern boundary of the",
"a window opening: creating the garage entry and exit meant removing the entry stairway, which (according, again, to the Department of Neighborhoods) \"reportedly was accented by Vermont blue marble.\" Originally, the garage retained raised corner parapets and a prominent cornice; these have been lost. The industrial steel sash windows from 1923 remain. Grand Opera House (Seattle) The Grand Opera House in Seattle, Washington, US, designed by Seattle architect Edwin W. Houghton, a leading designer of Pacific Northwest theaters, was once the city's leading theater. Today, only its exterior survives as the shell of a parking garage. Considered by the city's Department of Neighborhoods to be an example of Richardsonian Romanesque, the building stands just outside the northern boundary of the Pioneer Square neighborhood. The"
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"Jessica Dobson Jessica Dobson (born 1984) is an American singer and multi-instrumentalist. She has performed with several musicians and bands, including Beck, Conor Oberst, Spoon, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and American indie rock band The Shins, as well as being a solo artist. She is currently fronting and playing guitar for her own band, Deep Sea Diver. Born in Los Angeles, California, Dobson was signed to Atlantic Records when she was 19 years old. She recorded two solo albums under her own name while on the label, but she was not satisfied with either of the finished products and Atlantic ultimately shelved both albums. After leaving Atlantic, Dobson recorded an EP called \"New Caves\" under the name Deep Sea Diver. She later formed a band under the Deep Sea Diver name consisting of herself on guitar, John Raines on bass and Peter Mansen on drums; The band’s full-length debut album, \"History Speaks\", was self-released in February 2012. In August 2011, it was announced that Dobson would be performing with American indie rock band The Shins. She toured with the band throughout October, and she became an official member of the band in February 2012. Due to her desire to spend more time on writing and performing her own music, she departed from The Shins in 2013. Dobson is married to Peter Mansen, who is the drummer of Deep Sea Diver. They met when he was working as a barista at the Lighthouse Roasters coffee house in Seattle. Dobson is a Christian and includes spiritual themes in her music. Jessica Dobson Jessica Dobson (born 1984) is an American singer and multi-instrumentalist. She has performed with several musicians and bands, including Beck, Conor Oberst, Spoon, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and American indie rock band The Shins, as well as being a solo artist. She"
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"Kannada Prabha Kannada Prabha is a morning daily jointly owned by Jupiter Capital a company founded by Rajeev Chandrasekhar who is Bharatiya Janata Party’s member of parliament and \"The New Indian Express\" Group, is a major Kannada newspaper in Karnataka. The tag line on its masthead is \"The Most Powerful Kannada Newspaper\". It was founded by Ramnath Goenka. Started on 4 November 1967 with one edition in Bengaluru, today this newspaper, headquartered in Bengaluru is spread across the state with 5 other publication centers viz. Gulbarga, Mangalore, Shivamogga, Hubballi, Belagavi and Kalaburagi. Jupiter Capital, owned by Rajeev Chandrasekhar purchased a 51% stake in the newspaper in 2011. Ravi Hegde took charge as Editor in Chief in January 2017. Kannadaprabha gained its credibility under his editorship. Kannada Prabha has won the prestigious \"Karnataka Media Academy award\" for the Best Designed Newspaper successively, for three times since the inception of the award in 2005. Kannada Prabha Kannada Prabha is a morning daily jointly owned by Jupiter Capital a company founded by Rajeev Chandrasekhar who is Bharatiya Janata Party’s member of parliament and \"The New Indian Express\" Group, is a major Kannada newspaper in Karnataka. The tag line on its masthead is \"The"
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"Cosima Spender Cosima Spender (born in Italy) is an Anglo-Italian film director, producer and writer who has worked in varying capacities on \"Dolce Vita Africana\" (2008 director and producer), \"Without Gorky\" (2011 director and writer) and \"Palio\" (2015 writer and director). \"Palio\" won the best documentary editing award at the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival. Spender was born in Italy but moved to England when she was fourteen. She received a degree in Anthropology and Art History at the School of Oriental and African Studies. She then went on to enroll in the post-graduate documentary directing course at the National Film and Television School also in England. Spender is married to and sometimes collaborates with the film editor Valerio Bonelli. Cosima Spender Cosima Spender (born in Italy) is an Anglo-Italian film director, producer and writer who has worked in varying capacities on \"Dolce Vita Africana\" (2008 director and producer), \"Without Gorky\" (2011 director and writer) and \"Palio\" (2015 writer and director). \"Palio\" won the best documentary editing award at the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival. Spender was born in Italy but moved to England when she was fourteen. She received a degree in Anthropology and Art History at the School of Oriental"
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"Michael Reynolds (United Irishmen) Michael Reynolds (c. 1771–1798) was the leader of the United Irish Kildare rebels during the Battle of Naas. Reynolds was a farmer from Johnstown near Naas in County Kildare. Described by Madden as \"a great man of muscular strength and activity, of a short stature and dark complexion and somewhat celebrated in the country for his horsemanship.\" At some point before 1798 Reynolds joined the United Irishmen, a secret society whose aim was to overthrow British rule and establish an independent, democratic republic in Ireland. In March 1798, most of the leadership of the Leinster branch of the Society met at the house of Oliver Bond in Dublin. They were arrested here, causing the crippling of the organization. Many of its leaders, such as Russell and Thomas Addis Emmet, were already in prison, while others like Tone and Arthur O'Connor were away in Europe. Meanwhile, Lord Edward Fitzgerald was hiding within from a government net that was closing in around him. One of the men arrested during this raid was George Cummins, an apothecary and Society leader in Kildare. The remaining members of the Leinster directory appointed Reynolds as his replacement. Finger-pointing soon began as many suspected betrayal. Much of the suspicion fell on Thomas Reynolds (a distant relative to Michael) who was at Bond's during the raid, yet had not been arrested. A few days later, the new leaders met at The Brazen Head pub in Dublin. At the meeting, Michael named his relative Thomas Reynolds as the traitor. Although the committee agreed with him, they rejected Michael's request to execute Thomas Reynolds himself. Thomas Reynolds would live until 1836. In May, the uprising finally began at Ballymore-Eustace. On 22 May, an arrest warrant was issued with rewards offered for some remaining United Irish leaders in Leinster. Among those leaders were Samuel Neilson and Reynolds. The Battle of Naas was one of the first engagements of the rebellion. On the night of May 23, a force of over 1000 rebels under Michael Reynolds' command attacked Naas, the strongest Crown garrison in County Kildare, following the successful mobilisation of the United Irishmen, the Defenders and various rebels throughout county Kildare. The garrison at Naas numbered approximately 250 men, supplemented by some local yeomen, some of whom had already deserted to the rebels. Importantly, the defenders had a number of cannons. The rebel attack was launched from three directions at around 2:30 a.m, achieving a degree of surprise. The onslaught drove Naas' garrison to a barricade outside the gaol which was located on a slight hill at the centre of the town's main street. Rebel assaults on the barricade were eventually beaten back as the military brought two artillery pieces to bear. They then fired at the mass of rebels at close-range as the insurgents advanced on the gaol from the north. Hemmed in by buildings, the rebels were unable to manoeuvre, and cavalry were sent in to take advantage of the confusion. The rebels then began to retreat. The bulk of their casualties (allegedly 135) were inflicted at this stage for the loss of about 25 of the military. Reynolds escaped, linking up with dispersed United men in the Wicklow Mountains. Later in May, he was one of seven men, led by Samuel Neilson, chosen to try and liberate Lord Edward from Newgate Prison. Hacketstown was a small village in County Wicklow with a strategically placed bridge over the River Deneen. The bridge was occupied by the British Army. Trying to cross on June 25, the United Irishmen lost 12 of their party to British defences. In response, Anthony Perry mobilised a considerably sized force of rebels, gaining the opposite side with minimal loss. The bridge was crowded with men, and with British troops firing at the United men from the ground on either side, Reynolds led a charge of his followers under the bridge and across the river. The government troops were pushed back to the nearby barracks, which was then besieged by rebels. Reynolds again led a troop of Kildare men, this time in an attempt to scale the barrack walls with ladders. While scaling the walls, Reynolds was hit by a shot in the belly, mortally wounding him. He died a few days later. Michael Reynolds (United Irishmen) Michael Reynolds (c. 1771–1798) was the leader of the United Irish Kildare rebels during the Battle of Naas. Reynolds was a farmer from Johnstown near Naas in County Kildare. Described by Madden as \"a great man of muscular strength and activity, of a short stature and dark complexion and somewhat celebrated in the country for his horsemanship.\" At some point before 1798 Reynolds joined the United Irishmen, a secret society whose aim was to overthrow British rule and establish an independent, democratic republic in Ireland."
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"Barry Snowdon Barry Snowdon (born 10 February 1968) is a British street sweeper employed by Mansfield District Council working in Market Warsop, Nottinghamshire, England. In 2007 and 2008, he performed two acts of heroism that resulted in national recognition, culminating in a Local Government Council Worker of the Year Award in 2008 and a Reach Out Award for Bravery in 2009. Barry Snowdon was shortlisted in the Bravery category of the Local Government Council Worker of the Year Awards after carrying out two acts of outstanding bravery while out on his rounds. In March 2007, Snowdon chased and caught a thief in Warsop (Notts), after local chiropodist Maxine Kimberley had her handbag stolen. He chased after the thief, holding him down until the police arrived and returning the handbag to its grateful owner in the process. In summer 2008, when carrying out his normal rounds, Barry saw a private highways truck containing high-pressure gas bottles and other highly flammable items on fire only yards away from the BP petrol station on Sherwood Street in Warsop. Snowdon ran to the rescue, grabbing a fire extinguisher from the garage forecourt, and successfully fought the flames single-handedly, sustaining burns to his arms in the process. At the time he said \"I could see the lorry was in danger of exploding and just did what anyone would have done – my instincts were to get the fire out as quickly as possible.\" Barry Snowdon Barry Snowdon (born 10 February 1968) is a British street sweeper employed by Mansfield District Council working in Market Warsop, Nottinghamshire, England. In 2007 and 2008, he performed two acts of heroism that resulted in national recognition, culminating in a Local Government Council Worker of the Year Award in 2008 and a Reach Out Award for Bravery in 2009. Barry"
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"Richard Parks (author) Billy Richard Parks (born June 15, 1955) is an American fantasy, science fiction and horror writer. He writes under the names Richard Parks and W. J. Everett, aside from a few early works written as by B. Richard Parks and Rick Parks. Parks is a native of Mississippi; he was born in Newton. As an adult, prior to his literary career, he was \"a chemist by trade, specializing in paint and polymer films.\" More recently he resided in Ridgeland, Mississippi. He now lives in central New York with his wife and cats. Parks \"started writing seriously about 1976,\" collecting thirty-five rejections before his first professional sale (\"The Passing,\" published in \"Amazing/Fantastic\", v. 28, no. 1, July, 1981). His work since then has appeared in \"Asimov's Science Fiction\", \"Beneath Ceaseless Skies\", \"Fantasy Magazine\", \"Realms of Fantasy\", \"Tor.com\", \"Weird Tales\" and other periodicals, as well as various anthologies. Early in his career \"[h]is most popular recurring character [was] Eli Mothersbaugh, a high-tech ghost hunter based in the sleepy—and oft haunted—imaginary town of Canemill, Mississippi.\" Many of his fantasies with contemporary settings also make use of Canemill, and its name has been adopted for Canemill Publishing, an imprint through which Parks has issued a number of his books. More recently he has found success with his historical fantasies featuring Yamada no Goji, a demon hunter of Heian period Japan. Parke Godwin called \"The Ogre's Wife: Fairy Tales For Grownups\" (2002) \"one of the best SF/fantasy collections I've read in years\" and wrote of Parks that \"[l]ike any fine writer [he] doesn't label easily, which makes him hell for lazy-minded pigeonholers, but his themes are consistent and clear. He uses fantasy to underscore reality: the nature of our humanity and the inescapability of what we are, the choices we make and the price we pay for each, right or wrong. ... [H]e can step imperceptibly from deadpan funny to deeply affecting truth with an utterly transparent style that has the reader racing down the page [and] has the rare ability to say profound things simply.\" Charles de Lint of \"The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction\" praised Parks' \"remarkable storytelling\" in a voice that is, \"sometimes lyrical, sometimes hard-edged; sometimes in a voice that sounds as ancient as the first stories told around our early ancestors' campfires; sometimes in a voice so new that we have yet to hear it.\" Parks's story \"The Ogre's Wife\" won the \"SF Age\" Reader's Poll for short story in 1995. His writings have also received nominations for the World Fantasy Award and the Mythopoeic Award; more specifically, his collection \"The Ogre's Wife: Fairy Tales For Grownups\" (2002), described by one reviewer as an \"absolute treasure of a collection,\" was nominated for the 2003 World Fantasy Award for Best Collection, and his novella \"The Heavenly Fox\" (2011) was nominated for the 2012 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature. Richard Parks (author) Billy Richard Parks (born June 15, 1955) is an American fantasy, science fiction and horror"
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"Felicity Wishart Felicity Jane \"Flic\" Wishart (4 June 1965 – 19 July 2015) was an Australian conservationist and environmental activist. Wishart was born in the Melbourne suburb of Mitcham to parents of Scottish descent from Adelaide, South Australia. At the age of 17, she was arrested in Tasmania during an occupation protest against the Franklin Dam, and imprisoned for several days. In Queensland, she enrolled at Griffith University where she graduated with a Bachelor of Environmental Science. After graduation, Wishart joined the Australian Conservation Foundation in Melbourne, where she was involved in the campaign to have Queensland tropical rain forests listed as World Heritage Sites. In 1989, she campaigned for conservation of the Daintree Rainforest for The Wilderness Society. Wishart returned to Queensland to serve as director of the Queensland Conservation Council between 2000 and 2004, where she led campaigns against land clearing. She returned to The Wilderness Society in 2004, where she was behind the society's climate change and marine conservation campaigns. Wishart's last campaign was Fight for the Reef on behalf of the Australian Marine Conservation Society, where she fought against environmental threats to the Great Barrier Reef, in particular coal industry development in the Galilee Basin. Wishart died unexpectedly in her sleep in July 2015, aged 50. In June 2017, the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority announced that Reef No. 18-022 about north-east of Hinchinbrook Island had been named Felicity Wishart Reef in her honour. Felicity Wishart Felicity Jane \"Flic\" Wishart (4 June 1965 – 19 July 2015) was an Australian conservationist and environmental activist. Wishart was born in the Melbourne suburb of Mitcham to parents of Scottish descent from Adelaide, South Australia. At the age of 17, she was arrested in Tasmania during an occupation protest against the Franklin Dam, and imprisoned for several days."
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"Gmina Pionki Gmina Pionki is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Radom County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Pionki, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,841. Gmina Pionki contains the villages and settlements of Adolfin, Augustów, Bieliny, Brzezinki, Brzeziny, Czarna Wieś, Czarna-Kolonia, Działki Suskowolskie, Helenów, Huta, Januszno, Jaroszki, Jaśce, Jedlnia, Jedlnia-Kolonia, Kieszek, Kolonka, Krasna Dąbrowa, Laski, Marcelów, Mireń, Płachty, Poświętne, Sałki, Sokoły, Stoki, Sucha, Suskowola, Tadeuszów, Wincentów, Zadobrze, Zalesie and Żdżary. Gmina Pionki is bordered by the gminas of Garbatka-Letnisko, Głowaczów, Gózd, Jastrzębia, Jedlnia-Letnisko, Kozienice, Policzna and Zwoleń. <br> Gmina Pionki Gmina Pionki is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Radom County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Pionki, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,841. Gmina Pionki contains the villages and settlements of Adolfin, Augustów, Bieliny, Brzezinki, Brzeziny, Czarna Wieś, Czarna-Kolonia, Działki Suskowolskie, Helenów, Huta, Januszno, Jaroszki, Jaśce, Jedlnia, Jedlnia-Kolonia, Kieszek, Kolonka, Krasna Dąbrowa, Laski, Marcelów,"
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"C. S. Fondy a.s. C.S. Fondy a.s. comprises three mutual funds that were previously managed by CS Fund, Inc., an investment company, namely C.S. Capital Gains Fund, C.S. Energetics Fund and C.S. Regular Dividend Fund. Since 1998, the Funds are managed by AKRO Investment Company, Inc. under the names AKRO Progressive Companies Fund, AKRO Global Equities Fund and AKRO Balanced Fund. Until February 1997, C. S. Funds were managed by the C. S. Fund, Inc., an investment company controlled by a larger number of investors associated with the so-called Motoinvest group. After the receivership of Agrobanka in September 1996, the group decided to urgently sell off all their assets and leave the market; in the context the owners of the C. S. Fund, Inc. decided to sell the company as well. This occurred in February 1997 when the C. S. Fund, Inc. was sold to a Cyprus-based company Austell Enterprises Ltd. Two changes of owners followed: Austell sold S. C. Fund, Inc. to a Czech company Crassus, Ltd. who later sold it to a Russian company Kos-Mos. The new management of C. S. Fund, Inc., appointed by the Russian owner, then stripped C. S. Funds of its assets. Subsequently, the management of C. S. Funds was transferred to AKRO Investment Company by decision of the Ministry of Finance, which manages it up to now. C. S. funds were stripped of their assets shortly after the C. S. Fund, Inc. came into the possession of Russian company Kos-Mos. C.S. Funds were taken over in a state where the majority of their assets were in bank accounts of the individual C. S. Funds in the form of cash due to the anticipated opening of the fund and expectations of equity markets decline. The Board of Directors, shareholders and fund management learned about the changing of the owner on March 3, 1997, when Prague notary Robert Hochman certified Moscow's KosMos, Ltd. as the new owner of C. S. Funds, represented by Nikolai Trofimov. Company representatives of KosMos Ltd. had the same notary register three Czech citizens as the new statutory representative of the C. S. Funds. One of them, at that time, twenty one years old, unemployed young man Vaclav Franta from Chrastava near Liberec got the right to sign a power of attorney to carry out transactions of the company. Later that day he took full advantage of it: he came to a Pilsen bank where the money of the funds was deposited and demonstrated his newly acquired power of attorney from representatives of KosMos Ltd. and instructed to transfer 1.23 billion CZK, which were the entire assets of C. S. Funds, on behalf of the British Swirlglen Ltd to purchase virtually worthless shares of the company Poultry Příšovice, which even were not publicly traded. The money traveled through the brokerage company Umana (the trade was mediated by Umana brokers Josef Matoulek and Vladislav Naď) to Prague bank Girocredit to an account of the company Swirlglen. From there they were supposed to be transferred abroad. Girocredit considered the operation to be so suspicious that they asked for an investigation by the Financial Analytical Department of the Ministry of Finance (FAÚ MF), which alone had the right to suspend the transfers. However, the director of FAÚ MF Jiří Kudlík allowed the transfer of the money abroad on March 11, 1997 after being visited by two representatives of the company Swirlglen.[12] Thus on March 12, 1997 virtually all of the property of C.S. Funds definitely disappeared in accounts in Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Gibraltar and USA. The shareholders of C.S. Funds were not content with the loss of their money and made a series of compensation claims. In January 2001 a judge of the Municipal Court in Prague Hana Hubáčková adjudged sentences ranging from 5 to 10 years over the four men involved in the billions being stolen from the C.S. Funds. However, in September 2003, a judge of the High Court in Prague Pavel Zelenka returned the case to the Municipal Court with the requirement of evidence completion. His main complaint was that the Municipal Court used as evidence Russian interrogation of Trofimov, which the advocates of the defendants were not allowed to participate in. In March 2002, the clients of C. S. Funds won the dispute with the Pilsen bank which, as a depository for the funds, was not supposed to carry out the suspicious transaction. Since mid 1999, the executives of Crassus company Petr Müller and Jaromír Florián were prosecuted because by a few financial transactions they created worthless shares of Poultry Příšovice a.s., which were sold to KosMos, Ltd. for more than a billion CZK. At the end of February 2003 an important verdict in the case of C. S. Funds stripping of assets was made. Judge of the District Court for Prague 4 Hronová decided that the Treasury must compensate one of the shareholders of the C. S. Funds, Zdeňek Řepka from Hradce Králové, 88k CZK plus the cost of the legal proceedings. The verdict meant good news primarily for the other C. S. Funds shareholders. It was in fact the first ever compensation controversy which the Treasury lost. In October 2007, the police suggested to the prosecutors that Pavel Tykač should be accused of the stripping of assets of C.S. Funds as well. Tykač was allowed a retrial in early 2013. This was suggested by the Chief Public Prosecutor's Office in Prague in 2012 based on the allegations of businessman Frantisek Bušek (formerly Chobota) and his companions Klaus Schimmelpfennig and Oscar Gerlach that Tykač was responsible for the C. S. Funds stripping of assets. They submitted the minutes of an alleged meeting in Kufstein, Austria, where they were supposed to be negotiating the division of the stolen money. The argument of these people was extremely challenged when the presented minutes of the alleged meeting proved to be clearly forged. According to forensic experts the creator of the minutes, which were supposed to be created in 1997, used Calibri font which was created a few years later (designed in 2003 and expanded for every day use in 2007), which clearly indicates the very antedating of the record. They themselves refused to testify either out of fear of being prosecuted, or as witnesses they testified to something else, when according to the evidence the C. S. Funds money ended up in the accounts of persons other than Pavel Tykač. Tykač himself stated from the beginning that already in 2011 Bušek blackmailed him that if he did not pay 500mil CZK, he would produce evidence against him and accuse him of C. S. Funds assets stripping. The statement was not proven to be true yet but the fact is that the renewed prosecution Tykač was accompanied by a number of other substandard conditions and steps which have become the subject of discussion in professional circles and also drew attention to the systemic weaknesses of the monitoring activity of the prosecutors (in this case the prosecutor repeatedly disregarded the binding findings of the High and Supreme court). The prosecutor's office eventually stopped the prosecuting of Tykač in December 2015 after nearly three years of renewed investigation. Another person talked about in connection with C. S. Funds assets stripping at least since 2004, but never accused of it, is the controversial financier Petr Sisák. His former girlfriend Lucie Lunde (formerly Václavíková) and also the sentenced Josef Matoulek pointed out Sisák and people surrounding him. Demonstrably the people from his surroundings were connected with the case: Sisák's father-in-law Jaromír Florián (at the time the executive director and shareholder of Crassus, Ltd., which sold the C.S. Funds to the Russian KosMos) or Sisák's longtime collaborator Peter Müller (along with Jaromír Florián he was the Managing Director and Shareholder of Crassus. Previously he was involved, among other things, with Sisák's wife Věra and his father-in-law Florián in the first Silesian capital company, which among other things has previously owned a significant stake in poultry plants",
"but never accused of it, is the controversial financier Petr Sisák. His former girlfriend Lucie Lunde (formerly Václavíková) and also the sentenced Josef Matoulek pointed out Sisák and people surrounding him. Demonstrably the people from his surroundings were connected with the case: Sisák's father-in-law Jaromír Florián (at the time the executive director and shareholder of Crassus, Ltd., which sold the C.S. Funds to the Russian KosMos) or Sisák's longtime collaborator Peter Müller (along with Jaromír Florián he was the Managing Director and Shareholder of Crassus. Previously he was involved, among other things, with Sisák's wife Věra and his father-in-law Florián in the first Silesian capital company, which among other things has previously owned a significant stake in poultry plants Příšovice, factual predecessors of Poultry Příšovice). The convicted in the case Matoulek described Sisák with Florián and Vasil Mohorita, Florián's half-brother and former chairman of SSM, as the main masterminds behind the C. S. Funds assets stripping. Finally, the already mentioned Bušek, Schimmelpfennig and Gerlach or their collaborator Gunnar Kühn, the former CEO of Swirlglen, via which the stolen money traveled abroad, were never accused in this case even though they admitted the participation in the fraud. The forced Administrator of C. S. Funds with the help of hired lawyers and detective agencies managed to track down a significant part of the stolen money and get about 200mil CZK back. AKRO received another 650mil for the funds from the sale of compensation claims against the Pilsen bank. In 2012, AKRO recovered an additional amount of almost 2.1 billion CZK in compensation for damage from the state. The verdict was subsequently overturned by the Supreme Court, but since in the meantime the state had already paid the compensation amount to AKRO and AKRO refused to return the amount paid, the state currently seeks return of the money by legal actions arising from unjust enrichment. In case the lawsuit ended in favor of AKRO and AKRO would not be required to return the money, the acquired amount for the damage compensation, of which a considerable part consists of high interest rates, would reach 2.9 billion CZK. Thus it would significantly exceeded the original amount of the caused damage. The whole affair can paradoxically end very favourably for the shareholders of former C. S. Funds. C. S. Fondy a.s. C.S. Fondy a.s. comprises three mutual funds"
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"Sico of Benevento Sico ( 758 – 832) was the Lombard Prince of Benevento from the 817 to his own death. Before becoming the Prince of Benevento, he had been the gastald of Acerenza. On the assassination of Grimoald IV, Sico succeeded to the princely throne. He made the same empty pledges of tribute and fealty to the Emperor Louis the Pious which Grimoald had made. Sico tried to extend the principality at the expense of Byzantium. He besieged Naples at an unknown date (perhaps c. 831), but could not take the city. He did, however, remove the body of the Neapolitan patron saint, Januarius, who was originally from Benevento. It was also Sico who founded a line of rulers at Capua by bestowing that ancient fortress on Landulf I as gastald. Landulf honoured his benefactor by naming his first castle Sicopolis. When Sico died he was succeeded by his son Sicard. His daughter Itta (also spelled Ita or Itana) married Guy I, Duke of Spoleto. Sico is sometimes numbered \"Sico I\" and Sico of Salerno is numbered \"Sico II\". Sico of Benevento Sico ( 758 – 832) was the Lombard Prince of Benevento from the 817 to his own"
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"Attachment Unit Interface The Attachment Unit Interface (AUI) is a physical and logical interface defined in the original IEEE 802.3 standard for 10BASE5 Ethernet. The (optional) physical interface consists of a 15-pin connection that provides a path between an Ethernet node's Physical Signaling and the Medium Attachment Unit (MAU), sometimes also known as a transceiver. An AUI cable may be up to long, although frequently the cable is omitted altogether and the MAU and MAC are directly attached to one another. AUI connectors became rare beginning in the early 1990s when computers and hubs began to incorporate the MAU, particularly as the 10BASE-T standard became more common and use of 10BASE5 (thicknet) and 10BASE2 (thinnet) declined. The electrical AUI connection was still present inside the equipment. With the introduction of Fast Ethernet the AUI became obsolete, and was replaced by the Media Independent Interface (MII). Gigabit Ethernet and 10 Gigabit Ethernet have respectively the GMII and XGMII interfaces. A modified form using a smaller connector called the AAUI was introduced on Apple Macintosh computers in 1991, and its use discontinued in 1998. An AUI connector is a DA-15 (D-subminiature). It has a sliding clip in place of the thumbscrews normally found on a D-connector to hold two connectors together. This clip permits the MAU and MAC to be directly attached to one another even when their size and shape would preclude the use of thumbscrews. This clip is however frequently found to be awkward and/or unreliable. Attachment Unit Interface The Attachment Unit Interface (AUI) is a physical and logical interface defined in the original IEEE 802.3 standard for 10BASE5 Ethernet. The (optional) physical interface consists of a 15-pin connection that provides a path between an Ethernet node's Physical Signaling and the Medium Attachment Unit (MAU), sometimes also known as a"
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"Nextmedia nextmedia Pty Limited (styled as nextmedia) is an Australian media company which publishes special interest magazines in the sport, humor, and video game industry (among others). The company is headquartered in Sydney and owned by The Forum Media Group, a German-based B2B and B2C publisher. nextmedia is Australia's foremost special interest digital and print media publisher, and has become the country's fourth-largest magazine publishing group. nextmedia was established in 2008 as a new entrant to the special interest publishing sector. nextmedia was managed by CEO David Gardiner and Commercial Director Bruce Duncan until 2018, when Duncan retired, Hamish Bayliss was appointed Managing Director, and David Gardiner 'stepped back' to a role as Executive Chairman. nextmedia was founded in 2007 by acquiring the publishing assets of four companies: In 2013, nextmedia itself was acquired by the Forum Media Group. Shortly thereafter, nextmedia acquired the assets of Haymarket Media Pty Ltd. Nextmedia nextmedia Pty Limited (styled as nextmedia) is an Australian media company which publishes special interest magazines in the sport, humor, and video game industry (among others). The company is headquartered in Sydney and owned by The Forum Media Group, a German-based B2B and B2C publisher. nextmedia is Australia's foremost"
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"The origins of the series go back to the Television Critics Association summer 2016 press tour, where Wolf revealed plans for a crime drama series, placed in New York and set in the world of the FBI. Wolf's original plan was to introduce it on the NBC network as a planned spin-off to his New York crime drama Law & Order:Special Victims Unit, where it was intended to introduce an FBI agent character, but NBC ultimately did not go through with it and the idea was later put on hold for different reasons. It's Wolf's first drama series to launch on a network other than NBC in 15 years. \n No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) \n---|---|---|---|---|---|--- \n| \"Pilot\" | Niels Arden Oplev | Story by:Dick Wolf & Craig Turk Teleplay by:Craig Turk | September 25, 2018 (2018-09-25) | FBI101 | 10.09 \n| \"Green Birds\" | Nick Gomez | Aaron Fullerton | October 2, 2018 (2018-10-02) | FBI104 | 9.37 \n| \"Prey\" | Norberto Barba | Andrew Wilder | October 9, 2018 (2018-10-09) | FBI105 | 9.17 \n| \"Crossfire\" | Arthur Forney | Brian Anthony | October 16, 2018 (2018-10-16) | FBI102 | 9.31 \n5 | \"Doomsday\" | Fred Berner | Judith McCreary | October 23, 2018 (2018-10-23) | FBI106 | 8.82 \n6 | \"Family Man\" | Jean de Segonzac | Barbie Kligman | October 30, 2018 (2018-10-30) | TBA | TBD \n From episode 2 onwards, new character Dana Mosier fullfills a similar role to Nielsen's character and is played by former CSI:NY star Sela Ward. \n No. | Title | Air date | Rating/share (18–49) | Viewers (millions) | DVR (18–49) | DVR viewers (millions) | Total (18–49) | Total viewers (millions) \n---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--- \n| \"Pilot\" | September 25, 2018 | 1.3/5 | 10.09 | 0.8 | 4.07 | | 14.16 \n| \"Green Birds\" | October 2, 2018 | 1.2/5 | 9.37 | 0.7 | 3.70 | 1.9 | 13.07 \n| \"Prey\" | October 9, 2018 | 1.0/4 | 9.17 | 0.7 | 3.56 | 1.7 | 12.74 \n| \"Crossfire\" | October 16, 2018 | 1.0/5 | 9.31 | 0.6 | 3.51 | 1.6 | 12.82 \n5 | \"Doomsday\" | October 23, 2018 | 1.0/5 | 8.82 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD \n * Maggie Bell (played by Missy Peregrym), FBI Special Agent, and the widow of a Wall Street Journal investigative reporter \n * Omar Adom \"O.A.\" Zidan (played by Zeeko Zaki), FBI Special Agent and Maggie's partner \n * Jubal Valentine (played by Jeremy Sisto), FBI Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge \n * Kristen Chazal (played by Ebonée Noel), an FBI analyst \n * Dana Mosier (played by Sela Ward), Special Agent-in-Charge and the team's supervisor \n\n\n In Turkey, the series is broadcast through the pay broadcaster Digiturk. \n FBI \n--- \nGenre | Drama \nCreated by | \n\n * Dick Wolf \n * Craig Turk \n\n \nStarring | \n\n * Missy Peregrym \n * Jeremy Sisto \n * Zeeko Zaki \n * Ebonée Noel \n * Sela Ward \n\n \nComposer (s) | Atli Örvarsson \nCountry of origin | United States \nOriginal language (s) | English \nNo. of seasons | \nNo. of episodes | 5 (list of episodes) \nProduction \nExecutive producer (s) | \n\n * Dick Wolf \n * Arthur W. Forney \n * Peter Jankowski \n * Craig Turk \n\n \nRunning time | 44 minutes \nProduction company (s) | \n\n * Wolf Films \n * CBS Television Studios \n * Universal Television \n\n \nDistributor | CBS Television Distribution \nRelease \nOriginal network | CBS \nOriginal release | September 25, 2018 (2018-09-25)–present (present) \nExternal links \nWebsite \n On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the series has an approval rating of 62% based on 21 reviews, with an average rating of 6.25 out of 10. The website's critical consensus reads, \"Dick Wolf's new series sports a compelling cast and adrenaline-spiking spectacle, although some viewers may find this retread of the mega-producer's previous procedural formulas overly familiar.\" Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 57 out of 100 based on 13 critics, indicating \"mixed or average reviews\". \n The FBI Special Agent in Charge in the first episode (\"Pilot\") was Ellen Solberg, played by Connie Nielsen. On May 16, 2018, the day of scheduling the series for fall 2018, Nielsen was announced to have left the series for undisclosed reasons. \n FBI is an American drama television series by Dick Wolf that airs on the 2018–19 United States network television schedule on CBS, where it premiered on September 25, 2018. FBI received a straight-to-series commission for 13 episodes on September 20, 2017. On October 11, 2018, it was announced that the series had received a full season order from CBS."
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"Katja Leikert Katja Leikert (born Katja Rüb, 3 March 1975) is a German politician (CDU). Since 2013 she has been a member of the Bundestag (Germany's national parliament), representing the which incorporates a number of towns and villages in the commuter belt to the east of Frankfurt and Offenbach. Within the , parliamentary colleagues elected her one of the alliance's eleven Bundestag deputy chairpersons in January 2018. Katja Isabel Rüb was born at Neustadt an der Weinstraße, a mid-sized town on the edge of the Pfälzerwald, roughly half an hour to the southwest of Ludwigshafen. She grew up in the Rhineland, her family ending up in Hanau after 1988. In 1994 she passed her school leaving exams (Abitur) at the Franziskaner-Gymnasium Kreuzburg (secondary school) in nearby Großkrotzenburg. After that she took what in some ways amounted to a gap year, working as a teaching assistant at the Duke of York's Royal Military School in Dover, England. In 1995 Leikert embarked on a degree course in Political Sciences at Frankfurt university. By 2001 her university studies had also taken in Applied Economics, Statistics and Anglistics. Supported by the Erasmus Programme, she spent a semester at the University of Oslo between 1997 and 1998. In July 2003 she won a bursary under the German-American Fulbright Program which took her to Amhurst in Massachusetts. She was the recipient of a further bursary, this time from the German Marshall Fund of the United States and the German military authorities, during May/June 2005. Her doctorate, received from the University of Kaiserslautern (\"\"Technische Universität Kaiserslautern\"\"), followed in 2006. Her dissertation was supervised by Jürgen Wilzewski and concerned United States security policy in respect of Iran and North Korea; it has subsequently been commercially published. Katja Leikert joined the centre right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in 2012. Leikert is chair of the Womens' Union for her home region of Main-Kinzig, a co-opted member of the regional party executive, a co-opted member of the party executive for the municipality of Bruchköbel and a member of the Bruchköbel Commission for Families, Children, Young people and Old people. In the 2013 national parliamentary election Leikert stood successfully for election to the Bundestag, representing the . She won 44.3% of the first preference votes. It was, as she herself commented to reporters, an unbelievably rapid progression for someone who had only been a party member for slightly more than eighteen months. \"I was certainly helped by the [national] political climate\" (\"\"Mir hat eindeutig das politische Klima geholfen\"\"). She became a member of the , where she served as her parliamentary group's rapporteur on organ donation and eHealth. She also became meetings secretary (\"Schriftführerin\") and a deputising member of the , and of the . In the 2017 national parliamentary election Leikert successfully defended her parliamentary seat, albeit with a reduced majority. She won only 35.3% of the first preference votes, but this was still comfortably more than the second placed candidate, of the SPD. Both candidates saw reductions in their share of the vote, and populist or fringe parties gained vote share, reflecting wider national and international trends. Parliamentary colleagues elected her one of the CDU/CSU alliance's eleven Bundestag deputy chairpersons in January 2018, first under the leadership of Volker Kauder and later Ralph Brinkhaus. Her areas of responsibility within the parliamentary group include policy on Europe, political co-ordination and co-operation with like-minded political parties in other parts of Europe, the European People's Party, the CDU's office in Brussels and human rights. In the negotiations to form a coalition government with Social Democrats (SPD) and the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU), Leikert was part of her party's delegation. In June 2017, Leikert voted against her parliamentary group’s majority and in favor of Germany’s introduction of same-sex marriage. Katja Leikert is married with two daughters, born in 2007 and 2010. Katja Leikert Katja Leikert (born Katja Rüb, 3 March 1975) is a German politician (CDU). Since 2013 she has been a member of the Bundestag (Germany's national parliament), representing the which incorporates a number of towns and villages in the commuter belt to the east of Frankfurt and Offenbach. Within the , parliamentary colleagues elected her one of the alliance's eleven"
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"Batterie Mirus The Batterie Mirus is located in Saint Peter and Saint Saviour, Guernsey. Originally called Batterie Nina, it comprised four 30.5 cm guns. The battery was constructed from November 1941 and through the first half of 1942, it was the largest battery in the Channel Islands, the guns having a maximum range of 51 km. The guns were removed in the early 1950s, however the reinforced concrete structures and associated positions remain intact. In 1940 it was initially agreed that the defence of the Channel Islands would come under the remit of the German Kriegsmarine, so \"Marine Artillerie Abteilung 604\" (MAA604) was dispatched to set up a battery on each of the principal islands with calibers of 22 cm, 17 cm and 15 cm. These were installed by May 1941. On 2 June 1941 Adolf Hitler asked for maps of the Channel Islands. By 13 June Hitler had made a decision. Ordering additional men to the Islands and having decided the defences were inadequate, lacking tanks and coastal artillery, the Organisation Todt (OT) was instructed to undertake the building of 200–250 strongpoints in each of the larger islands. The \"Westbefestigungen\" (Inspector of Western Fortresses) was put in overall command, and reports would be made every two weeks of progress. After visits to the islands by Dr Todt, the OT plan, was finalised and submitted to Hitler. The original defence order was reinforced with a second dated 20 October 1941, following a Führer conference on 18 October to discuss the engineers assessment of requirements. Referring to the “permanent fortification” of the Channel Islands to make an impregnable fortress to be completed by December 1942. The plan had required three batteries of 38 cm guns be based on the islands to also provide protection for the bay of Saint-Malo, however they could not be supplied. It was at this conference that the proposal for the 30.5 cm Batterie Nina was approved as four guns and 1,000 rounds of ammunition could be provided at short notice. The work would continue as planned, despite the death of Dr Todt, who was also Minister of Armaments, in a plane crash in February 1942. He was replaced by Albert Speer. The Obukhovskii 12\"/52 Pattern 1907 gun barrels, which were 15.85 meters long, were cast at the Obuchov foundry in 1914 and became the main armament for one of a series of dreadnoughts of the Imperial Russian Navy's Black Sea Fleet. A Finnish ship, SS \"Nina\" was captured at Narvik during the German invasion of Norway. On board was found four barrels from the Russian battleship . This 1914 ship, had been surrendered by the White Fleet in 1921 and interned in Bizerta, where for non-payment of harbour dues she was sold for scrap in the late 1920s, although she was only broken up in 1936. The 12 main armament barrels were placed in storage in Bizerta before being given to Finland in 1940. Eight reached Finland, the remaining four were on board SS \"Nina\" when the ship was seized by the Germans. The captured barrels were sent to Germany, where they were taken to Krupp at Essen where land based mounts were designed and constructed. With a potential range of 51,000m with 250 kg high-explosive shells, and 32,000m with the heavier 405 kg armour-piercing or high-explosive shells they would make good shore based guns. The barrels were given the designation \"30.5cm K.14(r)\" (“14” meaning 1914, year of manufacture) (“r” meaning russisch or Russian). The original cradles for the guns provided elevation to only 15º, so new electrically driven mounting platforms, weighing 38,190 kg, were designed and built enabling an elevation of 48º. They would be known as the \"Bettungsschiessgerüst C.40\" mounts. The shells were propelled with cordite at up to 1,020m/sec, and a compressed air system was developed to allow for the barrels to be cleaned after each round. By 1941, the work on mounts was sufficiently well advanced to commence work on the armour plating of the guns, 150mm at the front, and 50mm on the sides, top and rear. New ammunition was also manufactured by Krupp. The barrels and their cradles were transported on trains to Saint Malo and one at a time put on a barge to Saint Peter Port Harbour Guernsey. A large 100 ton Dutch floating crane was towed from Le Havre, it was needed to lift each 51 ton barrel and breach and 38 ton mounting from the barge onto a trailer with 48 tyres on 12 steerable axles. This trailer, carrying just one piece of a gun was then pulled 8 km at walking speed using four heavy \"Sd.Kfz. 8\" half-tracks connected in line to the battery site. Preparations for the transport in Guernsey included taking trees down with several junctions having walls demolished so that the convoy could avoid sharp corners. 75 ton gantries would lift the guns into their emplacements. The four gun battery was scattered over an area 1 km x 0.75 km. Some local civilians were evicted during the construction period, others after it was completed. Roads were closed and access restricted. A work camp for the OT workers was built, \"Lager Westmark\", many of the workers, were Republican Spanish who had fled Franco and who had been collected from internment camps in France. They were badly fed and treated by the civilian German construction companies they worked for. Other workers included specialist experts brought to the island from Germany or occupied countries and Guernsey men. All workers were paid for their work. If British aircraft were near, the Germans would cut all the lights at their building sites, but not the power to the concrete mixers. The huge mixers ran night and day. 45,000m³ of concrete was poured into the battery area. After they had been built, the battery they covered with earth again. Despite the care, Allied flights over the island had photographed the construction sites. Apart from the gun positions, the battery comprised: Mirus was the only battery in the Channel Islands that had its own Wurzburg radar. The command centre of the battery was linked by telephone lines to naval headquarters, \"Seeko-Ki\" at St Jacques, in St Peter Port and from there to each naval range finding tower, MP1 (facing north) at Chouet, MP2 (facing North-West at L’Eree, MP3 (facing west) and MP4 (facing south) located on cliff tops at Pleinmont. Each level of each tower being connected to, and sighting for, a different naval battery using range finding equipment and Freya radar mounted on the roof of each tower. \"Seeko-Ki\" used a grid system to indicate target areas for the batteries. Apart from the close support (<1,000m) 20mm anti aircraft guns, the battery received support from air attack from the six \"8.8cm Flak\" batteries on the island. Three 60 cm and two 150cm searchlights provided night time illumination. Landings from sea or air landing assault were protected by coastal defences and by infantry and a panzer tank unit located inland. Close to the battery were two 8.1 cm and three 5 cm mortar positions, three \"7.5cm FK 231(f)\" field artillery guns, 16 concrete machine gun positions, barbed wire and mines which gave all round protection. All accommodation bunkers produced using the standard Regelbau system were protected against gas attack with air tight doors, ventilation and filtration systems. Each of the four gun positions comprised the following: The rear section measures externally 33m long by 31m wide, the external walls are 1.5m thick, the roof over the rear section being 2.7m thick. Camouflage was used in the battery, part burying a number of bunkers was common. Guns No. 1 and 3 were disguised as cottages whilst No.2 and No. 4 used netting and fake trees and bushes as camouflage. The three reserve ammunition bunkers, which were built above ground, were camouflaged as houses, given pitched roofs and painted windows and doors. A naval crew of 72 men manned each gun and on 13 April 1942 the first test firing of gun No. 2 took place. The April demonstration was witnessed by several observers, including an official photographer, who stood too",
"and filtration systems. Each of the four gun positions comprised the following: The rear section measures externally 33m long by 31m wide, the external walls are 1.5m thick, the roof over the rear section being 2.7m thick. Camouflage was used in the battery, part burying a number of bunkers was common. Guns No. 1 and 3 were disguised as cottages whilst No.2 and No. 4 used netting and fake trees and bushes as camouflage. The three reserve ammunition bunkers, which were built above ground, were camouflaged as houses, given pitched roofs and painted windows and doors. A naval crew of 72 men manned each gun and on 13 April 1942 the first test firing of gun No. 2 took place. The April demonstration was witnessed by several observers, including an official photographer, who stood too close and was thrown into a ditch by the concussion. Before test firing local house owners were warned to open windows to avoid the glass shattering. Greenhouses in the area collapsed or lost many panes of glass every time the guns were fired. By 29 June, all four guns were in operation, and were ready for manual operation. The command centre used a mechanical computer, which took into account details of wind speed, air pressure and firing range. The data instrument computed these results. Corrections were made depending if the shots were short or over. The control room was manned twenty-four hours a day and required a crew of 18 working shifts. In August 1942 a short ceremony was held to rename the battery. On the orders of \"Großadmiral\" Erich Raeder it became \"Batterie Mirus\" in honour of \"Kapitän zur See \" Rolf Mirus, a \"Kriegsmarine\" weapons expert killed in action on 3 November 1941 aboard \"Flugsicherunggsboot 502\" travelling from Guernsey to Alderney. It was 1 November when the mechanisation of the battery was complete. It was then formally handed over to the Kriegsmarine and came under the remit of MAA604. Work continued on the site with ancillary works being constructed in the ensuing months. Regular alerts took place, some for practice and some for real, however not all alerts resulted in the guns being fired. Sometimes British naval vessels would approach Guernsey to try to get the guns to fire so they could estimate the range and accuracy of these guns, these tests were often ignored and British ships were allowed to enter well within the effective range of the guns. One real shoot on 2 November was found to be targeting two British barrage balloons which had drifted in the sea NW of Guernsey and gave “strange” radar readings on five radar sets. Along with seven other smaller batteries, 529 rounds in total were fired with no effect. In 1943, the battery opened fire on a target, Gun no. 4 broke its trunion rings after two rounds and Gun no. 3 suffered the same fate one round later. Gun no.1 was also put out of action due to a damaged recoil mechanism, the guns had been firing 250 kg HE shells using a 71 kg cartridge at 31º. Engineers were flown in, spare parts were sourced from the Baltic and repairs were completed within the month. The armour plating on the turret roof was improved to 150mm during the repair period. Risk of damage was always a factor in deciding whether to fire, as was the limited life span of the barrels which would need to be returned to the factory to have the internal grooved bore replaced. Mirus was called into action on D-Day, attacking naval units patrolling off of the Cotentin peninsula, damaging two vessels from the resulting blast of a near miss from one 30.5 cm shell. Thereafter, Allied ships were ordered to kept their distance, even so a number of incidents of destroyers coming too close resulted in a salve being fired from Mirus. Each gun could fire a shell every 60–90 seconds, depending on the elevation. The guns were used for Nazi propaganda purposes in photos and in films. On 8 May 1945, following the announcement of the official surrender of Germany, Admiral Friedrich Hüffmeier, the garrison commander of the Channel Islands, warned the Royal Navy that he would fire the coastal batteries at two destroyers, escorting , which had come to accept the surrender, unless they withdrew until the official surrender time of one minute past midnight on 9 May 1945. The Channel Island naval commander, \"Kommandant der Seeverteidigung Kanalinseln\" was created in June 1942, \"Kapitän-zur-See\" Julius Steinbach, was based at St Jacques in Guernsey, where a Naval command centre abbreviated to \"Seeko-Ki\" was built. The Island commander reported to the admiral in charge of the French coast in Rouen, \"Admiral\" Hermann von Fischel. The first commander of the battery arrived in January 1942. \"Kapitänleutnant\" Peter Müller, from Bremen. Succeeded by \"Korvettenkapitän\" Max Schreiber, a former Chief of Police in the City of Munich. Max Schreiber was extremely popular and became its longest serving commander. Replaced as commander of Mirus by \"Kapitänleutnant\" Bruno Heck who was its commander until the German Surrender in May 1945. The Battery Commander throughout Mirus’ active period was \"Oberleutnant\" Hellings. His counterpart in the command post was \"Oberleutnant\" Viggerhaus. A Battery Artillery Officer was directly in charge of all four guns, each with a \"Turmführer\" (gun commander), three NCOs and some 68 men manning each gun. When the Allies arrived in Guernsey, the guns were still intact, no orders had been given to sabotage them. The battery personnel were concentrated in local camps before being shipped to the UK as POWs in empty Landing Ship, Tanks. The drive to recover scrap metal and a strong dislike of anything German in the islands saw the metalwork in the battery removed and scrapped from 1947 onwards, this included the armoured cover, doors, hoists, engines etc. with the barrels and mounts cut up in 1952/3. An ex-RAF Coles mobile crane lifted out a depth charge found at Batterie Mirus during the scrap metal drive of the early 1950s. The charge was originally thought to be a large grease drum used in the operation of the gun, camouflaging its true lethal purpose. Batterie Mirus The Batterie Mirus is located in Saint Peter and Saint Saviour, Guernsey. Originally called Batterie Nina, it comprised four 30.5 cm guns. The battery was constructed from November 1941 and through the first half of 1942, it was the largest battery in the Channel Islands, the guns having a maximum range of 51 km. The guns were"
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"Augustine Bryan Augustine Bryan (died 1726) was an English classical scholar, known for his edition of \"Plutarch's Lives\". He was the son of Augustine Bryan of London, and studied at St Paul's School. He matriculated at Trinity College, Cambridge in 1708 (B.A. 1711, M.A. 1716). He was instituted to the rectory of Piddlehinton, Dorset, on 16 January 1722; and died on 6 April 1726. Bryan published a sermon on the election of the lord mayor in 1718, and just before his death he had finished the printing of an edition of Plutarch's \"Lives\". It was completed by Moses du Soul, and was published under the title of \"Plutarchi Chæronensis Vitæ Parallelæ, cum singulis aliquot. Græce et Latine. Adduntur variantes Lectiones ex MSS. Codd. Veteres et Novæ, Doctorum Virorum Notæ et Emendationes, et Indices accuratissimi\", 5 vols., London, 1723–9. It contains heads of the illustrious persons, engraved from gems. The Greek text is printed from the Paris edition of 1624, with a few corrections, and the Latin translation is also mainly adopted from that edition. Augustine Bryan Augustine Bryan (died 1726) was an English classical scholar, known for his edition of \"Plutarch's Lives\". He was the son of Augustine Bryan of"
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"Griefshire Griefshire is the third album by the gothic metal band Elis. It's their first concept album, and the last before Sabine Dünser's death. Because Sabine Dünser was the creator of the concept of \"Griefshire\" and the main songwriter of the songs on it, the other members decided, after her death, to release \"Griefshire\" in her memory. The story of the album features the following characters: The Narrator's Mother (a wise and benevolent witch-style woman that dedicated her entire life to guide people in their ways to redemption), The Narrator (the younger brother, permanently handicapped since birth, a very intelligent man that constantly deals with his inner doubts), The Narrator's Brother (the older brother, with an impressive skill to be a leader, but he corrupts all the villagers to make them follow him as a sect leader), The Narrator's Daughter (a young girl that inherited the wisdom and skills from her grandmother and was raised by her father to use her powers for good), The Brother's Wife (the wife of the older brother and the secret love for the younger, she discovers the truth about her husband but refuses to leave his side) and The Sect (the villagers, corrupted by the older brother who wanted to lead them to redemption although he could not do that). The first track of the album, \"Tales from Heaven or Hell\", talks about the narrator's daughter, who, after her father's death, decides to fulfill his last will: to read his secret diary to \"discover the truth about her origin\", and to shed his ashes over a small unknown town. However, she is afraid that her father lied to her about everything. The second track, \"Die Stadt\", describes the town as it looks like now, and then it starts talking a little about how the town used to be according to the narrator's memories. \"Show Me the Way\" talks about the narrator's mother and her theory about the \"3x3 notion\", that, according to her, can save everyone from illnesses. Also, it tells how seekers of the truth look for her wisdom. The fourth track, \"Brothers\", is the first track about the two brothers' relationship. The song says that, although the younger brother (the narrator) was physically handicapped since he was born, his older brother does not abandon him, even after their mother's premature death. The song describes the older brother as a man that \"everyone follows and listens to\" due to his leadership skills. Finally, it talks about an \"eternal vow\" that both brothers made in front of their mother's tomb, swearing that they would be together forever, and that they would follow her steps no matter what happened then. The next part of the story includes a non-album track, featured only on the \"Show Me the Way\" MCD: \"Salvation\". It narrates how the younger brother discovered that all he always feared had already happened: his older brother had become a sect leader, and all the people in the town blindly followed him, because he promised them redemption. He wants to stop his older brother before something terrible happens, and he starts planning how to do that, and to remind him the promise they both made to her mother; this part is told in \"Seit dem Anbeginn der Zeit\". The next two tracks, \"Remember the Promise\" and \"Phoenix from the Ashes\", are involved with the big discussion between the two brothers. The first, \"Remember the Promise\", talks about what the narrator told his brother to make him stop before it's too late, and why he could not take anyone safely to salvation; and \"Phoenix from the Ashes\" is the answer of the older brother, his frustration and his negative reaction to his younger brother's words. Meanwhile, the older brother's wife discovers the truth about her husband's mistakes and what could happen if he does not stop pretending to save everyone. She wonders how long she'll be able to stand without being hurt, and all her thoughts can be listened in the next track, \"How Long\". When she finally has decided to leave her husband, her fears stop her, and chooses to stay with him to try to save him. But it's obviously clear that the older brother somehow influenced her final decision (maybe because they had a little daughter). \"Innocent Hearts\" talks about this decision. However, she still doubts about what she chose, and she hopes that her husband remembers how their lives together used to be before the turned into a sect leader, when everything was beauty and pureness. The track \"These Days Are Gone\" (the second non-album track, featured on the MCD) narrates her faith on returning to those wonderful times. The next track's story, \"Forgotten Love\", takes place one year after that crucial decision. Now, the younger brother has withdrawn himself from his brother and the entire community. He spends his time at his favorite place on the hills, while he thinks about his lost love, and wondering how the situation is on the town. He recalls his lost hopes, dreams and good times; but there's nothing he can do. \"The Burning\" is the climax of the story. It tells about what happened when, one day in the afternoon, while spending his time thinking at the hills, the younger brother looked at the town and discovered that the city hall (where the meetings of his brother's sect took place) was on fire. He ran as fast as he could to the city hall to try to save everyone he could, but it was too late: his brother provoked somehow a big fire, and only then the people understood that he was not a redeemer after all, and that nobody could be their redeemer. The only person that the younger brother managed to save from the flames was his brother's little daughter, whom he decided to raise as his own daughter to teach her not to make the same mistakes her father made. Everyone else (including the older brother and his wife) died, and the whole town was reduced to ashes. Now, ten years later, after reading the entire tale on her father's diary, that young girl realized why her father showed her to use her skills only for good. Also, she understood why that dark and ruined town was a special place for her father. 'Ashes to Ashes', she read, interpreting that as some kind of calling the lost souls that died on the town back then were sending to her father and, someday, they would send her, too. However, that would not be the end of the story... and the track \"A New Decade\" tells it clearly. And the final track (the third non-album track featured on the MCD), \"In Einem Verlassenen Zimmer\", talks about the place where that young woman discovered all the truth about her origin, and especially what was about to happen after that. The song is taken from a poem of the same name by Georg Trakl. The bonus track \"Heaven and Hell\" has little or nothing to do with the concept. It is simply a cover of a Black Sabbath song. Concept created by Sabine Dünser. All songs written by Sabine Dünser, except \"Heaven and Hell\" by Ronnie James Dio. All arrangements by Elis. Griefshire Griefshire is the third album by the gothic metal band Elis. It's their first concept album, and the last before Sabine Dünser's death. Because Sabine Dünser was the creator of the concept of \"Griefshire\" and the main songwriter of the songs on it, the other members decided, after her death, to release \"Griefshire\" in her memory. The story of the album features the following characters: The Narrator's Mother (a wise and benevolent witch-style woman that dedicated her entire life to guide people in their ways to redemption), The Narrator (the younger"
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"Fu Yubin Fu Yubin ( born 9 August 1963) is a former Chinese football Goalkeeper who spent is whole career for Liaoning where he won several Chinese league titles and the 1990 Asian Club Championship. In his international career he represented China in the 1992 Asian Cup where he aided them to a third-place finish. Fu Yubin started his career within the 1983 Chinese league season for Liaoning and despite being relevantly short for a goalkeeper he eventually established himself within the team that went on to win the 1985 Chinese league season. This soon saw him called up to the Chinese national team where he was part of the squad that was unexpectedly knocked out by Hong-Kong in the 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign. While he didn't actually play within the game the humbling experience spurred him on and he went on aid his club to be the most dominant team within the league as well helping the team win its first continental championship when they won the 1990 Asian Club Championship. He then went on to establish himself as China's first choice goalkeeper and aided them to a third-place finish after beating United Arab Emirates in a 4-3 penalty shootout. Fu retired by the end of the 1994 league season and moved away from football to join the Chinese entertainment business. Fu Yubin Fu Yubin ( born 9 August 1963) is a former Chinese football Goalkeeper who spent is whole career for Liaoning where he won several Chinese league titles and the 1990 Asian Club Championship. In his international career he represented China in the 1992 Asian Cup where he aided them to a third-place finish. Fu Yubin started his career within the 1983 Chinese league season for Liaoning and despite being relevantly short for a goalkeeper"
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"The Science Academy Society of Turkey The Science Academy Society (Bilim Akademisi Derneği) is an independent, private, self-governing organization founded on November 25, 2011 in Istanbul, Turkey. The Association, referred to from here on as the Science Academy Society, is an independent institution that aims to bring together Turkish scientists. The Science Academy Society aims to raise public awareness about issues related to science practices, policies, education and ethics by organizing and overseeing conferences, meetings and publications by experts. Its main objective is to inform the general public and the institutions at large on the impact as well as the societal implications of scientific and scholarly research. The Science Academy Society is also a member of All European Academies (ALLEA) since 2014. The Science Academy Society was founded when the Turkish Academy of Sciences (Türkiye Bilimler Akademisi, TÜBA) lost its autonomous status following executive decrees on August 27, 2011, and Nov. 3, 2011, which stipulated the appointment of TÜBA members by government agencies. The majority of the regular, honorary and associate members of TÜBA then resigned on the grounds that TÜBA had lost the quality of being an independent academy of science. Seventeen of these resigned TÜBA members founded the Science Academy Society on November 25, 2011, joined shortly after by most of the other resigned members. The Science Academy Society has presently a total of 144 full members (86 from the fields of natural sciences, mathematics and engineering, 35 from social sciences and humanities, 23 from medical sciences) and 26 honorary members, The Science Academy Society engages in the following activities: The Science Academy Society of Turkey The Science Academy Society (Bilim Akademisi Derneği) is an independent, private, self-governing organization founded on November 25, 2011 in Istanbul, Turkey. The Association, referred to from here on as the Science Academy"
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"Jake Gosling Jake Gosling is an English music producer, songwriter, remixer, manager, and publisher best known for his work with artists such as Ed Sheeran, Lady Gaga, The Libertines, James Bay, Shawn Mendes, All Time Low, One Direction,Major Lazer, Christina Perri, Paloma Faith, and Wiley. He received the ASCAP award 2014 as a writer for hit song \"Lego House\" and was named \"Music Week\"s Producer of 2012 after work on Sheeran's album \"+\", as well as being the predominant producer on x (Multiply), Paloma Faith's \"Fall to Grace\", and One Direction's \"Up All Night\" and \"Take Me Home\", in which he produced Number 1 UK and worldwide hit single \"Little Things\". Gosling has remixed under the pseudonym Sketch Iz Dead for Lady Gaga, Timbaland & Nelly Furtado, Keane, Keri Hilson, and Far East Movement. Gosling runs his own recording studio Sticky Studios in Surrey. Gosling and Sarah Liversedge run a joint venture publishing company called \"The Movement London Limited\". Gosling is signed as a songwriter to BDi Music Limited and is a full member of the Music Producers Guild. He was nominated at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards for Record of the Year with \"Thinking Out Loud\". He has also won the Brit Award for 'Album of the Year' in 2015 with Sheeran's x. Gosling has been nominated twice at the Brit Awards for Producer of the Year. He was nominated at the 2015 Grammy Awards for Best Album with x. In June 2015, \"Thinking Out Loud\" became the first single to spend a full year in the UK top 40. In September 2015, it also became the seventh single to have achieved triple Platinum in the UK during the 21st century. \"Thinking Out Loud\" was the first song to reach 500 million streams on Spotify and it is also one of the most streamed songs in the UK. Gosling co-wrote the track \"Incomplete\" off the No.1 Selling album \"Chaos and the Calm\" (which went double Platinum in the UK) and the All Time Low track \"Missing You\" from the album \"Future Hearts\" which debuted at No.1 in the UK and co wrote the track \"Home\" for Birdy on the Album \"Fire Within' which has gone Silver in the UK. In 2016, Shawn Mendes' Album Illuminate was released, Gosling was a lead producer on this. He has also been working with Mario on his latest album 'Dancing Shadows' and is a featured artist and producer on the Major Lazer track 'Tied Up' which features Mr Eazi. RAYE and Jake Gosling . Jake now focused on writing and producing with many different artists and running his record label ‘Goldun Egg’. Jake is on the songwriter committee at BASCA, a full member of the Music Producers Guild and signed as songwriter to BDi Music Limited exclusively. Goldun Egg Jake launched his own Record Label ‘Goldun Egg Records’ in 2017, with the ethos about driving forward their creativity and letting the artists be as creatively free as they can . Signed to the roster are; Gosling started his music career performing as a lead vocalist and keys player in numerous bands, often engineering and producing the band's music, it was here he began to learn music production and modern recording techniques. After working in numerous jobs within the music industry, Gosling started his own recording studio; Sticky Studios, in Surrey, UK. Gosling's first mainstream success came in 2008 with the album \"See Clear Now\" by UK rapper Wiley, which reached number 18 in the UK charts. The album featured tracks \"summertime\", produced by Gosling, and \"Cash In My Pocket\", which he worked on with Mark Ronson. Gosling then worked with Southern Fried Records and produced/co-wrote tracks on the Crookers album \"Tons of Friends\". He also performed vocals alongside Pitbull and Kardinal Offishall on tracks \"Natural Born Hustler\" and \"Put Your Hands On Me\". Gosling started working with a young Ed Sheeran in 2007, and they have gone on to form a successful partnership, both in writing and as a producer/artist team. In 2010, Gosling produced the \"Songs I Wrote with Amy\" EP, produced and co-wrote the \"Loose Change EP\" and The \"No. 5 Collaborations Project\" EP which featured rappers Wiley, Devlin, Sway DaSafo, Mikill Pane, JME, Ghetts, P Money, Dot Rotten, and Wretch 32. In 2014 Gosling produced Ed Sheeran single \"Make It Rain\" for the TV series \"Sons of Anarchy. 2011 saw the release of Sheeran's debut album \"+\", for which Gosling co-wrote seven tracks and produced all but one of the tracks. \"+\" debuted at number 1 in the UK album charts with first week sales of 102,000 copies, first single \"The A Team\" was Grammy-nominated and peaked at number 3 in the Official UK charts, follow up single \"You Need Me, I Don't Need You\" peaked at number 4. The third single, \"Lego House\" (co-written by Sheeran, Gosling, and Leonard), achieved 5× Platinum status in the UK, selling over 600,000 copies and reaching number 5 in the UK singles chart. The fourth single, \"Drunk\", also featured in the top 10 By March 2014, \"+\" had been certified 6× Platinum indicating sales of over 1,800,000 records sold in the UK, as well as selling over 1,000,000 copies of single \"The A Team\". \"+\" received commercial and critical acclaim globally with it peaking at number 1 in multiple countries worldwide and number 5 in the US Billboard 200. The album has been certified 29 Gold and Platinum awards outside of the UK. Gosling produced Ed Sheeran and Shady Records artist Yelawolf's collaboration \"The Slumdon Bridge\" EP. Gosling produced 7 tracks on Sheeran's second album \"x\" alongside other producers Rick Rubin and Pharrell Williams which was released in June 2014 and spent 8 weeks at number 1 in the UK, in its first week it charted at number 1 in 12 countries and has been certified double Platinum as well as being named the UK's biggest selling album of 2014. Gosling worked on One Direction's 2011 multi-Platinum selling, debut album \"Up All Night\". He produced the track \"Moments\". The album was an international success, topping the charts in 16 countries. The album debuted at number 2 on the UK album chart and became the UK's fastest selling debut album of 2011. \"Up All Night\" went straight to number 1 on the United States Billboard 200, selling 176,000 copies in its first week, making One Direction the first British group in US chart history to achieve this feat with their debut album. Gosling worked on the band's follow up album in 2012, titled \"Take Me Home\". \"Little Things\", the second single from the album, was produced by Gosling and co-written by Ed Sheeran and Fiona Bevan, and it debuted at number 1 in the UK Official Singles Chart. Gosling also produced album track \"Over Again\". \"Take Me Home\" has been number 1 in over 20 countries and is certified as 3× Platinum in the UK, with \"Little Things\" being certified as Platinum in the US. Gosling also worked alongside Ryan Tedder on the track \"Right Now\", which appears on One Direction's third studio album \"Midnight Memories\". \"Midnight Memories\" was the best selling artist album of 2013 with sales in excess of 685,000 for the year and is also certified as 2× Platinum in the UK and Platinum in the USA. In 2012, Gosling worked with female solo artist Paloma Faith on her UK double Platinum selling album \"Fall to Grace\", which peaked at number 2 in the UK Albums Chart in May 2012. Gosling collaborated with longtime friend and colleague Nellee Hooper, of Massive Attack fame, who has also produced world-wide stars such as U2 and Madonna. The album's lead single \"Picking Up the Pieces\" peaked at number 7 in the UK Singles Chart and was co-produced by Gosling. The follow up single \"30 Minute Love Affair\" was also co-produced by Gosling. The album became Faith's highest UK chart position to date. Gosling produced 9 of the 13 tracks on Christina Perri's second studio album \"Head or Heart\", released in March 2014 on Atlantic Records. The album reached number 4 on the US Billboard 200 and number 8 on the official UK album charts. \"Human\", the lead single from the album, peaked at number 14 in the UK and number 31 in the USA, where it was certified as gold.",
"in May 2012. Gosling collaborated with longtime friend and colleague Nellee Hooper, of Massive Attack fame, who has also produced world-wide stars such as U2 and Madonna. The album's lead single \"Picking Up the Pieces\" peaked at number 7 in the UK Singles Chart and was co-produced by Gosling. The follow up single \"30 Minute Love Affair\" was also co-produced by Gosling. The album became Faith's highest UK chart position to date. Gosling produced 9 of the 13 tracks on Christina Perri's second studio album \"Head or Heart\", released in March 2014 on Atlantic Records. The album reached number 4 on the US Billboard 200 and number 8 on the official UK album charts. \"Human\", the lead single from the album, peaked at number 14 in the UK and number 31 in the USA, where it was certified as gold. In 2015, Gosling was asked to produce the comeback album \"Anthems for Doomed Youth\" for the British rock band The Libertines. The album contains two notable literary references, the tracks \"Anthem for Doomed Youth\" and \"Gunga Din\" referencing poems of the same titles by Wilfred Owen and Rudyard Kipling respectively. \"Gunga Din\" was released as the album's first single on 2 July 2015. The album's second single, \"Glasgow Coma Scale Blues\", was released on 20 August 2015. Both of which were produced by Gosling. Reviews for the album were generally positive, earning a rating of 70 out of 100 on Metacritic, indicating generally favourable reviews. In 2016 Gosling started working on Shawn Mendes's sophomore album, \"Illuminate\" Gosling produced 9 tracks on the album, which went to number 1 on the US \"Billboard\" 200 with 145,000 equivalent album units, of which 121,000 copies were pure album sales. Joe Levy, writing for \"Rolling Stone\" noted \"\"Illuminate\" mixes professions of romantic agony like \"Mercy\" (where a quietly hummed hook explodes into crashing drums), with nice-boy valentines like \"Treat You Better\" and bedroom come ons like \"Lights On. For Jon Reyes of Idolator, \"[Shawn's] most noticeable change, aside from the tight music hall sonics, is the subtle infusion of sex into the lyrics. He’s graduated from songs like \"Kid In Love\" to fare like \"Lights On\" and \"Patience.\" Both ballads paint clear pictures of behind-closed-doors moments, and the sexual nature of the lyrics doesn’t qualify as innuendo by any means.\" After completing the Shawn Mendes album \"Illuminate\", Gosling was asked to work with another Canadian artist, this time being Shania Twain on her fifth studio album, \"Now\". Now was released on September 29, 2017, by Mercury Nashville. It is Twain's first new studio album in 15 years, since her 2002 release, \"Up!\". Gosling produced 3 tracks on the main, including the promotional single \"Poor Me\". and a further track on the deluxe edition. \"Now\" debuted at number one in the United Kingdom. It also entered at the top position in Australia, becoming her third album after \"Come On Over\" and \"Up!\" to reach the summit of the ARIA Albums Chart. In the United States, it additionally opened atop the \"Billboard\" 200 with 137,000 album-equivalent units, which included 134,000 album sales, and became her second number-one album in the country after \"Up!\". Number 1 Songs/Albums Jake has worked on: • One Direction – ‘Up All Night’ • Ed Sheeran – ‘+’ Album 2011 • One Direction – ‘Take Me Home’ 2012 • One Direction – ‘Little Things’ 2012 • Paloma Faith – ‘Fall to Grace’ 2012 • Ed Sheeran – ‘x’ Album 2014 • Ed Sheeran – ‘Thinking Out Loud’ Single 2014 In June 2015, \"Thinking Out Loud\" became the first single to spend a full year in the UK top 40 • James Bay – ‘Chaos and the Calm’ Album 2015 • Shawn Mendes - ‘Illuminate’ Album 2017 • Shania Twain’s - ‘Now’ Album 2017 Other Songs/Albums Jake has worked on: • Wiley – ‘See Clear Now’ 2008 • Ed Sheeran – ‘Loose Change EP’ 2010 • Nina Nesbitt – ‘The Apple Tree’ 2012, ‘Peroxide’ 2014, ‘Stay Out EP’ 2013, ‘Way In The World’ 2013 • Christina Perry – ‘Head Or Heart’ 2014 • Birdy – ‘Home’ from the deluxe version of her album ‘Fire Within’ 2013 • The Libertines – ‘Anthem For Doomed Youth’ 2015 • Bobby Bazini – ‘Blood’s Thicker Than Water’ 2016 (Which appeared on the hit TV show ‘Suits’) • Jeremy Loops – ‘Critical As Water’ 2018 • Jeremy Loops – ‘Gold’ 2018 • Major Lazer ft. Mr Eazi, RAYE, Jake Gosling – ‘Tied Up’ 2018 • Mario – ‘Dancing Shadows’ 2018 Music Week's Producer of the year 2012 ASCAP Award - ‘Lego House’ 2014 Won - Brit Award for 'Album of the Year' – ‘x’ 2015 Nominated - 57th Annual Grammy Awards for Best Album of the Year - ‘x’ 2015 Nominated - 58th Annual Grammy Awards for Record of the Year – ‘Thinking Out Loud’ 2016 Nominated twice for Brit Awards’ Producer of the Year Gosling has worked with Scottish singer-songwriter Nina Nesbitt. He produced Nina's 2012 \"The Apple Tree EP\" and co-wrote the lead single, \"The Apple Tree\". Gosling produced Nesbitt's debut album, which was released in February 2014 and peaked at number 11 in the UK Album Chart and number 1 in Nesbitt's native Scottish album chart. Gosling co-produced Mikill Pane debut album \"Blame Miss Barclay\", released in 2013. Gosling co-wrote the second single, \"Nothing Really Matters\", from Mr Probz's new album 2015 with writers Akon, Dennis Princewall Stehr, and Giorgio Tuinfort. Gosling has also produced and co-written on Taylor Berrett's debut album, who is signed to Warner Bros. Records in the US. Gosling teamed up with Irish group the Original Rudeboys to produce and co-write their 2012 album \"This Life\", which reached number 3 in the Irish Official Music Chart and has been certified as Platinum. Gosling has also worked on, as they are now known, O.R.B.'s second album, \"All We Are\", which was released in March 2014 and reached number 2 in the Irish Charts. Gosling has also ventured into the world of film, co-writing with composer Ruth Barrett the score for the UK urban film \"Twenty8k\", which was released in October 2012. For the UK charity National Citizen Service, Gosling produced a cover of the Beatles' \"Come Together\" with a selection of the UK's new artists, which included Nina Nesbitt, Will Heard, Lewis Watson, Kimberly Anne, Chasing Grace, Olivia Sebastianelli, and Colour The Atlas. In addition to songwriting and production, Gosling ran a new music night called Nobu Unplugged, an evening he organised with John Woolf to showcase up and coming artists. It was held at the Michelin star restaurant Nobu Berkeley St in London on the last Sunday of every month, and it featured the likes of Ed Sheeran, Nina Nesbitt, Laura Mvula, Jamie N Commons, Tori Kelly, Jacob Banks, and Rixton, amongst others. The night received critical acclaim from \"The Sunday Times\", \"Culture Magazine\", and \"Tatler Magazine\". Gosling runs a management company Sticky Management alongside Adam Coltman. Jake Gosling Jake Gosling is an English music producer, songwriter, remixer, manager, and publisher best known for his work with artists such as Ed Sheeran, Lady Gaga, The Libertines, James Bay, Shawn Mendes, All Time Low, One Direction,Major Lazer, Christina Perri, Paloma Faith, and Wiley. He received the ASCAP award 2014 as a writer for hit song \"Lego House\" and was named \"Music Week\"s Producer of 2012 after work on Sheeran's album \"+\", as well as being the predominant producer on x (Multiply), Paloma Faith's \"Fall to Grace\", and One Direction's \"Up All Night\" and \"Take Me Home\","
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"London Film and Comic Con London Film and Comic Con is a fan convention held annually in London that focuses on films, cult television, gaming, anime. cosplay and comics. London Film and Comic Con began in 2004 and is organised by Showmasters, the same company that organises the Autographica and Collectormania events. In the past, the convention had guests that had included actors and actresses from film and television series including \"Doctor Who\", \"Star Trek\", \"Star Wars\", \"Harry Potter\", \"Heroes\" and others. The convention holds a large dealers hall selling movie, comic and science fiction related memorabilia and original film props, along with free guest talks, professional photo shoots, autograph sessions, displays. London Film and Comic Con London Film and Comic Con is a fan convention held annually in London that focuses on films, cult television, gaming, anime. cosplay and comics. London Film and Comic Con began in 2004 and is organised by Showmasters, the same company that organises the Autographica and Collectormania events. In the past, the convention had guests that had included actors and actresses from film and television series including \"Doctor Who\", \"Star Trek\", \"Star Wars\", \"Harry Potter\", \"Heroes\" and others. The convention holds a large dealers"
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"Robert Wilkinson (footballer) Robert Wilkinson (born 25 December 1956) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Wilkinson, a ruckman from Inverloch-Kongwak, started his VFL career for Hawthorn as a 17-year old in the 1974 season. He debuted in Hawthorn's round six loss to Fitzroy at Junction Oval and was picked again the following week against Carlton. At some point after this he returned to the bush, but in 1979 returned to the Hawthorn lineup for a second stint of league football. He made five appearances for Hawthorn in the 1979 VFL season, which ended in round 20 after he was suspended. The tribunal gave him two-weeks for spitting at Essendon rover Ken Mansfield. He didn't return to the side in 1980 until round eight and put together nine games for the season. In 1981 he remained at Hawthorn but didn't play senior football. He continued his career in the Victorian Football Association with Camberwell. Robert Wilkinson (footballer) Robert Wilkinson (born 25 December 1956) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Wilkinson, a ruckman from Inverloch-Kongwak, started his VFL career for Hawthorn as"
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"Bugun liocichla The Bugun liocichla (\"Liocichla bugunorum\") is a passerine bird species from the Leiothrichidae family closely related to the Emei Shan liocichla. First spotted in 1995 in Arunachal Pradesh, India, it was described as a new species in 2006. The description was made without the collection of a type specimen as they were too few to risk killing one. It is thought to be an endangered species, with the only known population estimated to consist of 14 individuals and commercial development threatening the habitat of this population. The Bugun liocichla is a small babbler () with olive-grey plumage and a black cap. The face is marked with prominent orange-yellow lores, and the wings have yellow, red and white patches. The tail is black with crimson coloured undertail coverts and red tips. The feet are pink and the bill is black at the face fading to pale white. A second duller individual was mist netted, which was probably the female. The voice is described as fluty and distinctive. A study of the evolution of the species within the genus \"Liocichla\" based on mitochondrial DNA sequence similarity showed that the species is most closely related to \"L. omeiensis\" with the Hengduan Mountains possibly acting as the isolating barrier between the two. All sightings of the species have been at an altitude of on disturbed hillsides covered with shrubs and small trees, with the exception of one sighting on the edge of primary forest. It lives in a territory similar to that of the Emei Shan liocichla. Small flocks were observed during January, whereas pairs were observed in May, with an estimated total of 14 individuals. It is thought that pairs may hold and defend territories. The Bugun liocichla is only currently known from just one location. Populations may be discovered in other areas of Arunachal Pradesh or neighbouring Bhutan. Attempts have been made to identify new locations where the species could occur based on identification of suitable habitats using computational models. The species was described in 2006 after being discovered in Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary in Arunachal Pradesh, India, by an astrophysicist, Ramana Athreya. The species was first spotted in the sanctuary in 1995 but was not seen again for ten years. Athreya spotted them again in January 2005 but did not publicize it until he was able to confirm it to be a new species. It was initially identified as appearing most similar to an Emei Shan liocichla, \"Liocichla omeiensis\", a species of Liocichla endemic to China. It was however distinctly different and the full description was finally made by capturing and examining two individuals using mistnets, in May 2006. Due to the apparent rarity of the species no type specimen was collected, instead feathers from the mist net, photographs, recordings and notes were used as the holotype. The International Code of Zoological Nomenclature does not allow for new species to be described without the collection of type specimens, but this provision was circumvented in this case by the collection of feathers (the Code allows for \"any part of an animal\" to be treated as a type specimen; Art. 72.5.1). The 1991 description of the Bulo Burti boubou (\"Laniarius liberatus\"), an African bushshrike species later considered invalid, lacked a specimen and only blood samples were collected and has been more controversial. The first report of the species was made in a posting to Nathistory-India, an electronic mailing list in 1996. It was only in 2006, however that the species was formally described. The species' scientific and common names are derived from the Bugun tribe in whose communal forests the species was discovered. For a \"spectacular bird\" with distinctive calls to have been overlooked until 1995 suggests that the species is not common. Only three breeding pairs are currently known and is listed as critically endangered. While the species is capable of living in degraded forests, its small population is considered threatened, especially in the light of plans to build a highway through an area thought to be its primary habitat. Bugun liocichla The Bugun liocichla (\"Liocichla bugunorum\") is a passerine bird species from the Leiothrichidae family closely related to the Emei Shan liocichla. First spotted in 1995 in Arunachal Pradesh, India,"
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"Larrys Mabiala Larrys Mabiala Destin (born 8 October 1987) is a Congolese footballer who plays for the Portland Timbers, having previously played for Turkish Süper Lig club Kayserispor as a defender, Paris Saint-Germain, Plymouth Argyle, and Nice. He has been capped by DR Congo at international level. Mabiala began playing football at a young age, representing Nogent-on-Oise and Chantilly, before joining Paris Saint-Germain at the age of 14. He signed his first professional contract in November 2006 and made two appearances during the 2006–07 season, in the Coupe de la Ligue and UEFA Cup. A France under-21 international, Mabiala joined English club Plymouth Argyle on a season-long loan in August 2007. A long-term knee injury blighted his time with the club, forcing him to return to Paris for treatment, and the loan was eventually cancelled. Mabiala returned to Paris Saint-Germain in January 2008 and went on to make three appearances in Ligue 1, scoring once. He was transferred to fellow Ligue 1 side Nice in June 2009 for an undisclosed fee and signed a four-year contract. Two and a half years later, Mabiala left Nice to join Turkish club Karabükspor for an undisclosed fee, having agreed a contract with the Süper Lig side until the summer of 2014. Mabiala signed a two-year contract with Kayserispor on 7 August 2015. On 29 May 2017 a team source confirmed that the Portland Timbers signed Mabiala. Having represented France at youth international level, Mabiala received his first call-up to represent Congo DR in 2008. He made his senior international debut in a 1–1 draw with Algeria in Nanterre. Larrys Mabiala Larrys Mabiala Destin (born 8 October 1987) is a Congolese footballer who plays for the Portland Timbers, having previously played for Turkish Süper Lig club Kayserispor as a defender, Paris Saint-Germain, Plymouth Argyle,"
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