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"Izumo Airport This airport is also known as Izumo En-Musubi Airport「出雲縁結び空港」; meaning Izumo Airport of Romantic Fate. The airport opened in June 1966 with a runway length of 1,200 m. The runway was extended to 1,500 m in December 1970, and 2,000 m in March 1991. Scheduled service began in July 1966, with a daily YS-11 flight to Osaka and a daily de Havilland Heron flight to Oki. YS-11 service to Tokyo began in 1979, and was upgraded to DC-9 jet service in 1980 and A300 widebody service in 1993. Routes added since then include Fukuoka (YS-11 from December 1984), Hiroshima-Nishi (BAe Jetstream from 1996), Sapporo (MD-87 from 1996), Komatsu (BAe Jetstream from 1996), Okinawa (MD-90 from 1997), and Nagoya (Saab 340 from 1997). The airport terminal has three jet bridge gates, and is equipped with customs and immigration facilities for international charter flights. The Shimane Prefectural Police also has an air base on site. Bus service is available to Matsue and Izumo. There is no rail service to the airport; the closest railway station is Shōbara Station, about 10 minutes away by car. Izumo Airport This airport is also known as Izumo En-Musubi Airport「出雲縁結び空港」; meaning Izumo Airport of Romantic"
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"Blaise Cronin Blaise Cronin (born 1949) is an Irish-American information scientist and bibliometrician. He is the Rudy Professor Emeritus of Information Science at Indiana University, Bloomington, where he was Dean of the School of Library and Information Science for seventeen years. From 1985-1991 he held the Chair of Information Science and was Head of the Department of Information Science at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, U.K. Blaise Cronin has published more that 300 documents, including monographs, scientific articles, opinion papers, conference papers. Among his publications are: He edited Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology and Annual Review of Information Science and Technology Blaise Cronin Blaise Cronin (born 1949) is an Irish-American information scientist and bibliometrician. He is the Rudy Professor Emeritus of Information Science at Indiana University, Bloomington, where he was Dean of the School of Library and Information Science for seventeen years. From 1985-1991 he held the Chair of Information Science and was Head of the Department of Information Science at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, U.K. Blaise Cronin has published more that 300 documents, including monographs, scientific articles, opinion papers, conference papers. Among his publications are: He edited Journal of the Association for"
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"Marcelo Bravo Marcelo René Bravo (born January 10, 1985) is a former Argentine football midfielder who retired at the age of 21 after discovering that he suffered from a cardiovascular hypertrophy. He played 50 games with Vélez Sársfield, being a key member of the 2005 Clausura winning squad; and played for the Argentine U-20 national team. Bravo's illness is similar to the one that cost fellow footballer Antonio Puerta's life in 2007. Bravo only played at club level for Vélez Sársfield in the Primera División Argentina. He started his professional career in 2003 and retired in 2006, immediately after the club's doctors discovered his illness. He played 16 games and scored 3 goals in Vélez' 2005 Clausura winning campaign, being a regular on the team's left wing. His last game came during the 2006 Apertura in a 6-0 victory over Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata, where he scored one goal. Bravo was part of the Argentine under-20 squad that came third in the 2005 South American Youth Championship held in Colombia. He was a substitute in a team where, among others, played Lionel Messi. Immediately after retiring, Vélez Sársfield offered Bravo a position in Miguel Ángel Russo's coaching staff. He then went on to coach in the club's youth divisions. In an interview given in 2006 he stated: Marcelo Bravo Marcelo René Bravo (born January 10, 1985) is a former Argentine football midfielder who retired at the age of 21 after discovering that he suffered from a cardiovascular hypertrophy. He played 50 games with Vélez Sársfield, being a key member of the 2005 Clausura winning squad; and played for the Argentine U-20 national team. Bravo's illness is similar to the one that cost fellow footballer Antonio Puerta's life in 2007. Bravo only played at club level for Vélez Sársfield"
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"Gwinnett Technical College Gwinnett Technical College is a technical school in Georgia with campuses in Lawrenceville and Alpharetta. It is a unit of the Technical College System of Georgia and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Since opening its doors as the Gwinnett Area Technical School in 1984, the college has added numerous programs of study, made two name changes, expanded its facilities and experienced enrollment growth. Currently, the Lawrenceville campus is 88 acres and the Alpharetta-North Fulton Campus is 25 acres. In 1984, to meet the demand for technological training, the \"Gwinnett Area Technical School\" was founded. The school subsequently expanded its offerings to include a wider variety of high-tech programs. In 1988, the name was changed to Gwinnett Technical Institute, aligning Gwinnett Tech with the network of state technical institutes under the Georgia Department of Technical and Adult Education (DTAE). The following year, DTAE approved Gwinnett Tech to grant associate degrees in applied technology (AAT) in six programming areas, which paved the way for Gwinnett Tech to pursue accreditation with the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges. \"Gwinnett Technical Institute\" changed its name on July 6, 2000 to Gwinnett Technical College to better reflect its position within the region's higher education market. The name change was made possible by Georgia's A+ Education Reform Act of 2000, which allowed technical institutes with proper accreditation to be designated as colleges. During its 28-year history, Gwinnett Technical College has expanded its campus to include a variety of new facilities, including the Health Sciences Building, Corporate Training Center, Environmental Horticulture Center and Computer Training Center. The George Busbee International Center for Workforce Development(Lawrenceville Building 700) opened in spring 2003 and is dedicated to workforce training. The Busbee Center includes a 350-seat auditorium and a technology center with flexible meeting, conference, classroom and exhibit space. Gwinnett Tech opened the D. Scott Hudgens, Jr. Early Education Center during the summer of 2006. The $7 million facility serves as a interactive classroom and observation site for students enrolled in the college's Early Childhood Care and Education program and provide the community with early childhood care and pre-school instruction, including two Georgia Pre-K classes. Today, Gwinnett Tech offers more than 150 associate degree, diploma and certificate programs and hundreds of continuing education seminars and workshops to improve job skills and provide specialized training. Gwinnett Technical College Gwinnett Technical College"
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"Pre-tirement The neologism pre-tirement describes the emergence of a new working state, positioned between the traditional states of employment and retirement. The word is a portmanteau word, coming from the prefix \"pre\" and the word \"retirement\". The state is being found primarily in first world economies, with aging populations. A \"Pre-tireree\" will continue to create economic wealth and/or contribute to the generation of knowledge by research, likely on a part-time or reduced hours basis. Some \"Pre-tirerees\" use the period to give back by providing unpaid social support. This form of unpaid work creates economic benefit, by allowing taxes to be focused on other wealth creating or protecting activities, but relies on the existence of sufficient financial resource. The emergence of a new blend of work and retirement was established in Consumer Intelligence research in December 2014. Here are key findings from the research published in a report by Zopa (2014): The concept appears to be similar to semi-retirement, but the term indicates a half retirement form, without indicating the gradual shift towards a fully retired end state or the non-existence of retirement. One position that may be extrapolated from the research is that a growing number of individuals hope to be healthy enough to get Pre-tirement until they die. While the research shows that a number of individuals chose to shift to this state, it also shows the existence of Enforced Pre-tirement, individuals a pension that will support their living costs. Further research will be needed to establish the different types of Pre-tirement states, and their root causes. The use of the term retirement to encompass Pre-tirement would hide this emerging state. Effects of different forms of work retirement balance have not yet been fully researched. Early findings show that an abrupt shift from Full Time Work to Full Time Retirement can cause depression and other negative health effects. Consideration of the positive benefits of Pre-tirement are likely to be accelerated as the impact of the aging population starts to take deeper effect. First found in a Blog by The Martian Observer (2010) The Blog's use of the neologism matches the term described in the Zopa Report. First used in a book title by Kris Miller (2012), though her usage describes planning for retirement, rather than an emerging state of employment. The ACAS website referred the important shift in retirement norms observed in the Zopa Report: \"many people are choosing to ease into retirement in a 'phased or gradual process'. Use of the neologism in news publications peaked after the publication of the Zopa Report. Usage has been heard on the Radio 4 Today Program March 2015 Esther Rantzen used the term when discussing The Silver Line. Pre-tirement The neologism pre-tirement describes the emergence of a new working state, positioned between the traditional states of employment and retirement. The word is a portmanteau word, coming from the prefix \"pre\" and the word \"retirement\". The state is being found primarily in first world economies, with aging populations. A \"Pre-tireree\" will continue"
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"Roderick MacKenzie (politician) Roderick Mackenzie (January 5, 1868 – April 29, 1957) was a Canadian politician and pioneer merchant. He served in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1928 to 1933 from the electoral district of Cariboo, as a Conservative. Roderick was a merchant from Williams Lake. Born in Applecrooss, Scotland a remote peninsula across from the Isle of Skye which could only be accessed by boat in the winter until the 1950s. He was the son of Murdo and Mary Mackenzie. Roderick served in South Africa as a soldier in the Boer War in 1899 as part of the Highland Regiment. He later returned there to work as a merchant. He married Elizabeth Maclagan of Perth, whom he met while she acted as the hostess of Lord Middleton's Applecross estate. Her relative was the Factor of the estate. Since he was a bachelor, he asked her to join him to be the hostess there. In Roseburg, South Africa, now part of Johannesburg, Roderick and Elizabeth had three children, Iain, Anne Christian (1903) and John Harris. Iain died as an infant of dysentery. The family emigrated to Canada in 1908 and Roderick started a store in Squamish in 1912, where their son Alistair Bain was born. In 1918 Roderick opened another store in Williams Lake at the very beginning of the town's formation. In his book, The Fraser, Bruce Hutchinson mentioned Roderick as a renowned and visionary salesman and merchant. The Squamish store was later run by youngest son Alistair MacKenzie and his wife Pauline. A third store in Wells was opened in the 1930s and was run by eldest son Jack. The Williams Lake store was later run by daughter Anne's husband, Douglas Stevenson. The Main Street in Williams Lake became Mackenzie Avenue, named for the store and the family that ran it. The creation of Scout Island park is a legacy of Roderick Mackenzie's term as an MLA. The Mackenzie family donated land to the city for a golf course. Golf was a passion for Roderick and his daughter Anne. The golf course was later demolished to create the Boitano Mall, and another golf course was created. Roderick and Elizabeth Mackenzie's daughter, Anne Mackenzie Stevenson, was a teacher and school counsellor in Williams Lake. She had a junior high school named after her. When the school was incorporated into a new Williams Lake campus for Thompson Rivers University, the library was named for her. St Roderick MacKenzie (politician) Roderick Mackenzie (January 5, 1868 – April 29, 1957) was a Canadian politician and pioneer merchant. He served in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1928 to 1933 from the electoral district of Cariboo, as a Conservative. Roderick was a merchant from Williams Lake. Born in Applecrooss, Scotland a remote peninsula across from the Isle of Skye which could only be accessed by boat in the winter until the 1950s. He was the son of Murdo and Mary Mackenzie. Roderick served in South Africa as a soldier in"
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"Four Dimensions (Lollipop F album) Four Dimensions () is Taiwanese Mandopop quartet boyband Lollipop F's fourth studio Mandarin album. It was released on 6 November 2010 by Gold Typhoon (Taiwan). This album is the group's first release after changing their name from \"Lollipop\" to \"Lollipop F\", in October 2010, and the departure of two members. The title track \"四度空間\" (Four Dimensions) is listed at number 76 on Hit Fm Taiwan's \"Hit Fm Annual Top 100 Singles Chart\" (Hit-Fm年度百首單曲) for 2010. The album was awarded one of the \"Top 10 Selling Mandarin Albums of the Year\" at the 2010 IFPI Hong Kong Album Sales Awards, presented by the Hong Kong branch of IFPI. The band Lollipop F had gone to Hong Kong and Korea, shooting to create a new look for the new album they first released officially after two members of their group left and after they changed their band name. The recording company had spent around 200 million NT and 48 hours around the clock on shooting the music video for the title track \"四度空間\" (Four Dimensions), they had also spent another 200 million NT on some of the clothing for shooting other music videos in the album. Four"
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"2010 World Cup of Curling The 2010 Grey Power World Cup of Curling took place at the WFCU Centre in Windsor, Ontario from November 3–7, as part of the 2010 World Curling Tour. It was the first Grand Slam event for the 2010–11 curling season. The 2010 World Cup featured 18 teams competing in 3 groups in a round-robin tournament format, with the top 8 teams advancing to the quarterfinals. The purse for this event was CAD$100,000. The winner of the tournament was the Mike McEwen rink which received CAD$22,500. It was McEwen's first slam title. He defeated Jeff Stoughton 4-2 in an all-Winnipeg final. <nowiki>*</nowiki>Skip Bob Ursel injured, but team still referred to as Team Bob Ursel. \"All times shown are in Eastern Standard Time. \"Wednesday, November 3, 7:30 pm \"Thursday, November 4, 10:00 am \"Thursday, November 4, 1:30 pm \"Thursday, November 4, 5:00 pm \"Thursday, November 4, 8:30pm \"Friday, November 5, 10:00 am \"Friday, November 5, 1:30 pm \"Friday, November 5, 5:00 pm \"Friday, November 5, 8:30 pm \"Saturday, November 6, 11:00 am \"Saturday, November 6, 3:00 pm \"Saturday, November 6, 7:00 pm \"Sunday, November 7, 1:00 pm 2010 World Cup of Curling The 2010 Grey Power World"
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"Horace Nelson Horace Aloysius Nelson (February 16, 1878 – 1962) was a Penobscot political leader and the father of dancer and actress Molly Spotted Elk (born Mary Alice Nelson). Nelson was born to Peter \"Dindy\" Nelson and Mary Francis Mitchell Nelson on Indian Island, a Penobscot reservation near Old Town, Maine, U.S., where he lived his entire life with the exception of a few years during college. He attended Old Town High School and, at age 22, was the second Penobscot to graduate (after baseball player Louis Sockalexis). He was the first to study at Dartmouth College, graduating around 1904. Nelson served as the Penobscot Representative in the Maine Legislature from 1921 to 1922 and as the Penobscot governor from 1939 to 1941. In addition to trapping, fishing, and gathering sweet-grass for his wife, Philomene Saulis Nelson (1888–1977), to make baskets from, which were standard tasks for Penobscot men, Nelson also contributed to the family household by keeping a vegetable garden and he had a variety of paid jobs such as ferry master to Indian Island, surveyor, security guard, and laborer working for a shipbuilder and a railroad company. Music was his hobby and he occasionally played for the Penobscot Indian Band and encouraged his children to play music. Horace Nelson Horace Aloysius Nelson (February 16, 1878 – 1962) was a Penobscot political leader and the father of dancer and actress Molly Spotted Elk (born Mary Alice Nelson). Nelson was born to Peter \"Dindy\" Nelson and Mary Francis Mitchell Nelson on Indian Island, a Penobscot reservation near Old Town, Maine, U.S., where he lived his entire life with the exception of a few years during college. He attended Old Town High School and, at age 22, was the second Penobscot to graduate (after baseball player Louis Sockalexis). He was the"
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"Beartooth (band) Beartooth is an American hardcore punk band formed by Caleb Shomo in Columbus, Ohio in 2012. They have been signed to Red Bull Records since 2013. Their debut EP \"Sick\" was released on July 26, 2013, followed by their debut full-length album \"Disgusting\" on June 10, 2014. Their second album \"Aggressive\" was released on June 3, 2016. Their third album \"Disease\" was released on September 28, 2018. Caleb Shomo began writing Beartooth songs while he was still in Attack Attack!. His project was originally called \"Noise,\" but was switched to Beartooth upon realization the name was already taken. He named the band after Bear Tooth Court, where their original bassist Nick Reed grew up. Shomo has stated that Beartooth was supposed to be a mere distraction while he was still a member of Attack Attack! and nothing beyond that, having no intentions to record or play live music; however, after his departure from Attack Attack!, he then focused on the project and admitted that this band has surpassed his wildest expectations and has done everything he has ever wanted to do. He recruited guitarist Taylor Lumley, bassist Nick Reed, and drummer Brandon Mullins for live performances. Shomo said that \"Set Me on Fire\" was the first Beartooth song ever written, followed by \"I Have a Problem\". These songs, as well as \"Go Be the Voice\" and \"Pick Your Poison\", were released online in December 2012. After uploading a live music video for \"I Have a Problem\", Beartooth announced a string of one-off dates that brought them right into fans living rooms, mostly in the Midwest, following the buzz surrounding the band's live performance in the \"I Have a Problem\" live video. They played a date on the 2013 Van's Warped Tour and were featured on the entire 2015 tour. On June 7, 2013, Shomo announced that Beartooth was now signed to Red Bull Records. They released their debut EP \"Sick\" for free on their website on July 26, 2013, with Shomo singing, producing and playing all instruments on the record. On August 17, 2013, the band released a video for \"I Have a Problem\", not to be confused with the earlier live version. On December 18, 2013, the band were confirmed for the Warped Tour 2014. On November 14, the band released a music video for the song \"Go Be the Voice\". On January 6, 2014, Kamron Bradbury, formerly of City Lights was announced as the new rhythm guitarist. In early 2014, Nick Reed left Beartooth and was replaced with Oshie Bichar of City Lights for a U.S. tour with Memphis May Fire throughout February and March. On April 29, 2014, Beartooth released a live music video for their new song, \"Dead\" set to appear on their forthcoming album, \"Disgusting\". On May 13, 2014, it was announced through Facebook the release date for the debut full-length album, \"Disgusting\", as June 10, 2014, along with its track listing. The first single for the album was released on the same day, titled \"Beaten In Lips\", along with its music video. The album was available to stream online a day before its release. As with Beartooth's debut EP, Shomo sung, produced, and played all instruments on \"Disgusting\", except for \"In Between\", co-produced by John Feldmann. Beartooth participated in the Warped Tour 2014 throughout July to early August in order to promote the album. In Europe they embarked on their first headlining tour while it was also announced that they would tour as support to Pierce the Veil and Sleeping With Sirens. In August it was announced that they would also be headlining in their first ever North America tour throughout October with support acts Vanna, Sirens & Sailors, Sylar and Alive Like Me. In February 2015 they toured the United Kingdom in support of Don Broco, We Are the In Crowd and Bury Tomorrow as part of that year's Kerrang! Tour. In March Beartooth will tour across America in a series of 'DIY venues' and house shows some of which are secret, with support act Ghost Key, stating that it is a means of giving back to their fans and that they love the experience performing in a house, much like how the band first toured. In May the band's single 'I Have a Problem' was a confirmed track for the then-upcoming game Guitar Hero Live. From May and early June they toured the UK with support from The Color Morale and Dead Harts, also performing at the Slam Dunk and Download festivals. It was made known by Caleb Shomo that the band are working on new material via his Instagram in August, however a release date was not mentioned. In August the band performed at Reading and Leeds,later supporting heavy metal band Slipknot along with Suicidal Tendencies in North America and Canada in October, and toured as a headline act in the UK in November. On April Fools' Day the band released a \"swingcore jazz\" version of their song \"Dead\" as a prank to fans stating that it was brand new material, however they did state that the albums recording had finished in March and would be released later this year. On April 4 the band announced that they had parted ways with their drummer Brandon Mullins on good terms and wished the best for him, they also assured fans that this would not interfere with upcoming tours. The band will be touring as headline act from early March to mid May with a variety of support acts; Silent Planet, Ghost Key, Stray from the Path, My Ticket Home and Former on mixed dates and has been announced as one of the performers of Download Festival 2016. On April 16, 2016, it was leaked that Beartooth will release \"Aggressive\" on June 3. The band later confirmed the album title and premiered its title track on Sirius XM's Octane channel that day. Beartooth's third album has been completed as of June 23, 2018, and is scheduled for a release date in mid to late 2018. In April 2018, guitarist Taylor Lumley departed the band to pursue other avenues, his replacement was announced in June 2018 with ex-Like Moths to Flames guitarist Zach Huston joining Beartooth full time. It was also announced session/studio drummer Connor Denis had joined the band as their full time drummer. On July 18 the songs \"Infection\", \"Disease\", and \"Believe\" leaked online forcing the band to reveal the name of their new album, \"Disease\", the tracklisting and it's artwork. On September 28th Beartooth released their third studio album \"Disease\". Beartooth's style on both their EP \"Sick\" and their album \"Disgusting\" has mainly been described as metalcore, but with more prominent punk rock influences than the style of Caleb Shomo's previous band Attack Attack! (to the extent that Beartooth have been considered a hardcore punk band) and without the electronic elements that Attack Attack! employed. Reviewers have also highlighted his emphasis on catchy choruses. Chad Childers of \"Loudwire\" commented that \"the former Attack Attack! rocker [Shomo]... is delivering a mix of metalcore and old-school punk on his new band's \"Disgusting\" album\", while \"Rock Sound\" described Beartooth as \"mix[ing] metalcore with nu metal and... massive choruses\", Kory Grow of \"Rolling Stone\" wrote that compared to Attack Attack!, the \"smarter, leaner Beartooth have anteed up the aggression with poppy hooks and slinky hardcore riffing\" and Justin Mabee of \"HM Magazine\" said of \"Disgusting\": \"while much of the album tends to focus on two-steps, thrash and hardcore, Shomo came from a place where catchiness was in every song\". Shomo was also named one of \"Alternative Press\"' \"15 best screamers in modern metalcore\" in February 2014. Another source called the band nu metal revival. Shomo himself commented on his intentions with Beartooth's style in an interview with \"Alternative Press\" in January 2013, when \"Sick\" hadn't been released yet, saying: \"We just want to make fun, punk-rock, hardcore, wild music, play crazy shows and have a good time without any pressure from anything\". When asked about the absence of electronic elements, which he has often worked with, from his new music, he stated: \"I don't want any electronics in",
"Justin Mabee of \"HM Magazine\" said of \"Disgusting\": \"while much of the album tends to focus on two-steps, thrash and hardcore, Shomo came from a place where catchiness was in every song\". Shomo was also named one of \"Alternative Press\"' \"15 best screamers in modern metalcore\" in February 2014. Another source called the band nu metal revival. Shomo himself commented on his intentions with Beartooth's style in an interview with \"Alternative Press\" in January 2013, when \"Sick\" hadn't been released yet, saying: \"We just want to make fun, punk-rock, hardcore, wild music, play crazy shows and have a good time without any pressure from anything\". When asked about the absence of electronic elements, which he has often worked with, from his new music, he stated: \"I don't want any electronics in Beartooth. It's very hardcore and punk roots sounding. I have my electronic thing and I have this more hardcore thing, and I don't want those things to bleed into each other musically.\" In an interview with \"Kerrang!\" Shomo stated that he does not intend to change the band's sound on their sophomore album, and that it will be dark and intense like their debut. Current Former Timeline Beartooth (band) Beartooth is an American hardcore punk band formed by Caleb Shomo in Columbus, Ohio in 2012. They have been signed to Red Bull Records since 2013. Their debut EP \"Sick\" was released on July 26, 2013, followed by their debut full-length album \"Disgusting\" on June 10, 2014. Their second album \"Aggressive\" was released on June 3, 2016. Their third album \"Disease\" was released on September 28, 2018. Caleb Shomo began writing Beartooth songs while he was"
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"Bugg Bugg is a common dance style in Sweden and is very popular on the dancefloors, when dansbands play. Bugg is a four-step dance and performed at different paces (120–180 BPM). Bugg is a partner dance and follows certain basic rules, but is essentially improvised, with the woman following the man's lead. Acrobatic moves are not allowed on national or international dancecompetitions. Swedish Bugg belongs to the swing dance family and closely resembles Modern Jive. Bugg is both a very popular social dance as well as a competitive dance in Sweden. It also has the most competitors and practitioners within the Swedish Dancesport Federation. There is also a variant called double bugg that is usually performed by one man and two women, but other combinations of three dancers may appear. Swedish Bugg is a totally Swedish phenomenon and is also a variant of the early Lindy Hop (Jitterbug), which came to Sweden in the mid-1940s. In films from a famous dance place called Nalen in Stockholm, one can see the Swedish style of Lindy Hop (Jitterbug) in which the Swedish Bugg has its origins. This dance style was then developed to the modern style we see today, danced in dance places throughout Sweden and now beginning to spread around the globe. This style has of course various dialects and variants, but the bases are more or less equal throughout the country. When the dance competitions began in Sweden during the mid 70s, there was only one class for all participants, namely \"Free style\". This was then in 1983 divided into two different dance styles, \"Social bugg\" and \"Free style\". In 1984 this was changed again. A new style was created. These two new styles were then called \"Free style\" and Rock for a long period. Later on these two dancestyles more or less was developed toward one single Bugg style and into what one can see today. Yet with different dialects and variants throughout the country, but without the acrobatic elements. The Swedish Bugg was from now on practised with great enthusiasm by many dancers and in all ages, from all of Sweden. Today, the Swedish Bugg is one of the most popular social dances in Swedish danceclubs (ext link: swedish dance clubs. It can also provide a gateway into other dance styles. Bugg Bugg is a common dance style in Sweden and is very popular on the dancefloors, when"
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"Benjamín Galindo Benjamín Galindo Marentes (born December 11, 1960 in Tierra Blanca, Zacatecas), nicknamed \"El Maestro\" (The Master), is a Mexican former footballer. He participated with the national team in the 1994 FIFA World Cup. Galindo made 65 appearances and scored 28 goals for the Mexico national football team from 1983 to 1997. Galindo was the former coach (\"director tecnico\") of the powerhouse Mexican association football club, CD Guadalajara, until he was replaced in the 2005 season. He was also the coach of Santos Laguna but was once again replaced due to poor results. Galindo was the coach of Cruz Azul until he was replaced with Enrique Meza. He then moved to Club Atlas. Benjamin Galindo for the first time was champion as coach with Club Santos Laguna in the Clausura 2012. On 18 August 2013, Galindo was sacked by CD Guadalajara. On January 2016, Galindo was hired as the head coach for Corinthians FC of San Antonio On November 13 2018, Galindo was announced as the assistant manager under Matias Almeyda's staff at San Jose Earthquakes. Benjamín Galindo Benjamín Galindo Marentes (born December 11, 1960 in Tierra Blanca, Zacatecas), nicknamed \"El Maestro\" (The Master), is a Mexican former footballer."
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"Kelly Klein Kelly Klein (born January 28, 1986), is an American professional wrestler currently signed to Ring of Honor (ROH), and she is the current Women of Honor World Champion in her first reign. Klein made her debut at ROH on October 24, 2015, at the event \"ROH Glory By Honor XIV: Champions Vs. All Stars\" in Dayton, Ohio, defeating Ray Lyn in one minute via submission. Klein made her televised debut on the June 26, 2016 episode of ROH, from Nashville, Tennessee. In the main event of the first ever episode of Women of Honor, she defeated Taeler Hendrix via submission after a hard fought battle between the two. On the December 14, 2016 episode of ROH, the second WOH special, she faced ODB in a winning effort when ODB passed out in Klein's submission. As a heel, she was on a Undefeated Streak in ROH until it was ended by Karen Q with help from Deonna Purrazzo during an event in May 2017. This led to a triple threat match in July in the 3rd Women of Honor event, which Karen Q also ended up winning. Klein later defeated Purrazzo in another singles match on the July 29 tapings, with the win coming after Karen Q turned heel and attacked Purrazzo. On Finale Battle, Klein won the Women of Honor World Championship for the first time, where she defeated the champion Sumie Sakai in a Four Corner Survival match, which also involved Madison Rayne and Karen Q. On October 14, 2017, Klein made her debut for the World Wonder Ring Stardom promotion by entering the Goddesses of Stardom Tag League tournament. She ended up winning the tournament along with Bea Priestley. followed the tournament, Klein and Bea unsuccessfully challenged Oedo Tai (Hana Kimura and Kagetsu) for the Goddess of Stardom Championship. Kelly Klein Kelly Klein (born January 28, 1986), is an American professional wrestler currently signed to Ring of Honor (ROH), and she is the current Women of Honor World Champion in her first reign. Klein made her debut at ROH on October 24, 2015, at the event \"ROH Glory By Honor XIV: Champions Vs. All Stars\" in Dayton, Ohio, defeating Ray Lyn in one minute via submission. Klein made her televised debut on the June 26, 2016 episode of ROH, from Nashville, Tennessee. In the main event of the first ever episode of Women of Honor, she"
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"Pigeon Point, Tobago Pigeon Point is also known as Pigeon Point Heritage Park (PPHP) and is often considered Tobago’s most beautiful beach and is home to the world famous thatch-roofed jetty which has become an internationally recognised signature of Tobago. The resort includes a long stretch of white sand beach with warm aquamarine waters. There are excellent beach facilities such as bathrooms, showers and beach-chair rentals as well as bars and a restaurant. Tourist amenities include souvenir and water-sports shops. Unfortunately, the peninsula has been the subject of major controversy over recent years after the property was bought by Dr. Anthony Sabga, founder and chairman of the Trinidad-based Ansa McAl conglomerate. In early 2005 the government promised to purchase the property; by compulsory purchase order if necessary. A deal was struck and the peninsula became the property of the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) in late 2005 at a cost of $106 million TT dollars. Dr. Sabga had spent a considerable amount of time and personal energy in developing the property into the Heritage Park and the systems and practices that he had established are still being practiced today by the THA who now maintain the property. The controversy that surrounded PPHP was the establishment of an entry fee for usage of the facility. This remains even after the considerable expense to purchase the property and return it to Government control. The entry fee to PPHP is set at TT$20 (US$3.33/£2) per person (children aged 6–12 half-price and children under 6 free). Pigeon Point, Tobago Pigeon Point is also known as Pigeon Point Heritage Park (PPHP) and is often considered Tobago’s most beautiful beach and is home to the world famous thatch-roofed jetty which has become an internationally recognised signature of Tobago. The resort includes a long stretch of white"
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"The Operation M.D. The Operation M.D. (formerly The Operation) is a Canadian garage rock band created by Doctors Dynamite (Cone of Sum 41) and Rocco (Todd Morse of HO) as a side project to their other bands. The band's debut album, \"We Have an Emergency\", was released in February 2007 by Aquarius Records. Their second album \"Birds + Bee Stings\" was self-released by the band's own label \"Mouth To Mouth Music\" in June 2010. McCaslin and Morse met one another as their bands Sum 41 and HO toured during the 2001 Warped Tour. The two came up with a medical theme for their band and assumed the aliases of Dr. Dynamite (McCaslin) and Dr. Rocco (Morse) under the name The Operation. After signing with Aquarius Records the band added \"M.D.\" to their name for legal reasons. The band's debut album \"We Have an Emergency\" was recorded during the summer of 2006, when Sum 41 was on hiatus, and was released on February 20, 2007 in Canada with two music videos made for the songs \"Sayanora\" and \"Someone Like You\", with both videos being directed by Sum 41 drummer Steve Jocz (Dr. Dinero). Though the band has said many times they don't plan to tour or to play live shows with this project, they did however play one special show at the Bovine Sex Club in Toronto, Ontario, in August 2008. On April 18, 2008, the album was also released in Japan. Recording for the band's second album began on September 15, 2008. It was recorded in Johnny Land Studios and in Cone's house in Toronto, Ontario, as well as in an abandoned home studio in Ajax, Ontario, which was called by the band the \"Boehlke's Bunkhouse\". The album's recording was finished in April 2009, and it was mixed and mastered by June 2009.<br> On May 18, 2010, the band released a new song entitled \"We Stand\" on their Myspace page. The song was a charity single the band recorded for a Canadian charity compilation called \"\" which was released on June 22, 2010.<br> The second album's first single \"Buried at Sea\" which was produced by Ian D'sa of Billy Talent (the rest of the album was produced by Cone + Todd) was released on June 10, 2010, with the album, entitled \"Birds + Bee Stings\" being released a few weeks later, on June 29, 2010, through the band's own label Mouth to Mouth Music, with a worldwide digital release only. On October 5, 2010, the band has announced on their Twitter that they are working to book some live shows in support of the new album, around the Christmas time. On October 28, 2010, The band has announced that they will be re-releasing their second album \"Birds + Bee Stings\" in a physical CD release in Canada on November 30, 2010. The album was previously only available as a worldwide digital release, but now will be also available in stores, as well as on the Canadian iTunes, along with a new artwork. The new release was supported by a single show at the Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on December 21, 2010, with Matt Brann on drums. On July 24, 2011, it was mentioned on the band's Twitter that there has been talks to shoot a new music video by the band. On July 29, 2011, Todd Morse has leaked info on his Twitter page about an upcoming previously unreleased single, entitled \"Like Everyone Else\", which will be released on iTunes in a few months. On September 2, 2011, Todd Morse has revealed in an interview that the band plan to go on their first European tour, which will also be their first tour ever, in December, possibly with Tom Thacker of Sum 41 and Gob on lead guitar. Morse has also confirmed that the band plan to release the new single \"Like Everyone Else\" on Christmas, along with an accompanying music video. The song, which was written entirely by Cone McCaslin, is a leftover from the sessions for the band's \"Birds + Bee Stings\" album, and was also considered for inclusion on the Sum 41 album \"Screaming Bloody Murder\", but it was eventually decided to release it as a stand-alone Operation M.D. single. Todd has also commented that the band will be releasing a third album, though it is unknown when work on the new album will begin. On July 28, 2015, the band announced that mixing for their single \"Like Everyone Else\" has begun. On September 25, 2015, \"Like Everyone Else\" was officially released as a stand-alone single on iTunes. The song was originally written by Cone McCaslin for the band's second album back in 2010, and was later being considered for inclusion on Sum 41's 2011 effort \"Screaming Bloody Murder\". On February 1, 2016, the band announced they're mastering their newest single \"Little Miss Takes\", the song being a b-side recorded originally for their first album in 2006. On November 13, 2017, after almost two years of silence, the band announced on their Facebook they'll be releasing a new single on December 1. On December 1, 2017, \"Little Miss Takes\" was officially released as a stand-alone single on iTunes. The song is a reworked version of a demo the band released on their Myspace page back in 2007. The single is the first to feature the band's friend and former Sum 41 drummer Steve Jocz on drumming duties, since recording drums for their first album. (members who worked on the albums or played live with the band) The Operation M.D. The Operation M.D. (formerly The Operation) is a Canadian garage rock band created by Doctors Dynamite (Cone of Sum 41) and Rocco (Todd Morse of HO) as a side project to their other bands. The band's debut album, \"We Have an Emergency\", was released in February 2007 by Aquarius Records. Their second album \"Birds + Bee Stings\" was self-released by the band's own label \"Mouth To Mouth Music\" in June 2010. McCaslin and Morse met one"
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"Lunar dynasty According to Hindu mythology, the Lunar dynasty is one of the four principal houses of the Kshatriya varna, or warrior–ruling caste. This legendary dynasty was said to be descended from moon-related deities (\"Soma\" or \"Chandra\"). According to the \"Mahabharata\", the dynasty's progenitor Ila ruled from Prayag, while his son Shashabindu ruled in the country of Bahli. The great sage Vishvamitra the son of king Gadhi of Kanyakubja dynasty was a descendant of Amavasu, the son of Pururava of Chandravansha clan. Ila's descendants, the Ailas (also known as Chandravansha), were a dynasty of kings of ancient India. Pururavas, the son of Budha was the founder of this dynasty. . Lunar dynasty According to Hindu mythology, the Lunar dynasty is one of the four principal houses of the Kshatriya varna, or warrior–ruling caste. This legendary dynasty was said to be descended from moon-related deities (\"Soma\" or \"Chandra\"). According to the \"Mahabharata\", the dynasty's progenitor Ila ruled from Prayag, while his son Shashabindu ruled in the country of Bahli. The great sage Vishvamitra the son of king Gadhi of Kanyakubja dynasty was a descendant of Amavasu, the son of Pururava of Chandravansha clan. Ila's descendants, the Ailas (also known as Chandravansha),"
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"Glamis Manse Stone The Glamis Manse Stone, also known as Glamis 2, is a Class II Pictish stone at the village of Glamis, Angus, Scotland. Dating from the 9th century, it is located outside the Manse, close to the parish church. It is inscribed on one side with a Celtic cross and on the other with a variety of Pictish symbols. The cross slab is situated at the northeast edge of Glamis village in the grounds of the Manse, close to St Fergus church (). The stone is a cross-slab high, wide and thick. The slab is pedimented and carved on the cross face in relief, and the rear face bears incised symbols. It falls into John Romilly Allen and Joseph Anderson's classification system as a class II stone. The cross face bears a Celtic cross carved in relief with ogee armpits. It has an incised ring and the shaft and roundel are decorated with knotwork interlace designs, with the arms and portion above the roundel holding zoomorphic interlaces. The cross is surrounded by incised symbols and figural representations. In the lower left-hand quadrant is depiction of two bearded, long-haired men apparently fighting with axes. Above them is what appears to be a cauldron with human legs dangling out of it. The lower right-hand quadrant holds what appears to be either a deer or a hound's head, similar to symbols found on the Monifieth 2 stone, above a triple disc symbol. The top right quadrant holds a centaur holding a pair of axes. The top left quadrant holds what has been interpreted as a lion. The rear of the slab holds three incised symbols: a serpent above a fish, with a mirror at the bottom. Historian Lloyd Laing has noted some peculiarities of the layout of the cross face. Firstly, the arms are not perfectly perpendicular to the shaft, being rotated slightly (2.5° anticlockwise). Secondly, the axis of the interlace of the cross roundel is skewed from the axis of the shaft by some 13°. The Glamis manse stone belongs to the Aberlemno School of Pictish sculpture as extended by Laing from Ross Trench Jellicoe's original proposed list. In addition to the Glamis manse stone, stones in the Aberlemno School include Aberlemno 2 (the Kirkyard Stone), Aberlemno 3, Menmuir 1, Kirriemuir 1, Monifieth 2, Eassie, Rossie Priory, and Glamis 1 (Hunter's Hill). Glamis Manse Stone The Glamis Manse Stone, also"
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"Employment Law Alliance The Employment Law Alliance (ELA) is an international law firm composed of management-side labor, employment and immigration lawyers, focused on employment law and immigration law related matters. Headquartered in San Francisco, ELA counts more than 3,000 lawyers in more than 100 nations and all 50 U.S. states among its members. Customers and members of the Employment Law Alliance are also provided access to the organization's “Global Employer Handbook,” which details labor and employment laws around the world. This web-based resource is updated by members of the ELA. Content from the \"Global Employer Handbook\" can now be found in Aperian Global's \"GlobeSmart\" web resource. The organization was founded in 2000 by Stephen J. Hirschfeld, Esq., who currently serves as the organization's CEO. Hirschfeld was honored for his contributions to legal marketing with the 2011 Legal Marketing Association - Bay Area Chapter's Rella Lossy award. Hirschfeld was hired by venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers to evaluate gender issues raised by Ellen Pao. He also served as a witness in the Ellen Pao gender discrimination lawsuit. Periodically the Alliance has conducted surveys on pressing labor and employment issues. In April 2010, the Alliance produced a poll regarding outsourcing. In 2007, the Alliance conducted a poll regarding workplace bullying. In 2005, the Alliance conducted a poll regarding blogging in the workplace. In 2003, the Alliance consucted and published the results of a poll regarding workplace weight issues and accompanying Weight discrimination. The issue of sexual harassment in the workplace was examined in 2002. In February 2011, it was announced that the World Bank had partnered with the ELA for the upcoming report and dataset “Women Business and the Law.” The report, based on an international survey, details how the laws of each country affect women's abilities to secure employment and start a business. According to the project announcement, topics to be covered include and parental leave, retirement and pensions, flexible work and restrictions on working at night and in specific industries. Employment Law Alliance The Employment Law Alliance (ELA) is an international law firm composed of management-side labor, employment and immigration lawyers, focused on employment law and immigration law related matters. Headquartered in San Francisco, ELA counts more than 3,000 lawyers in more than 100 nations and all 50 U.S. states among its members. Customers and members of the Employment Law Alliance are also provided access to the"
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"Álvaro Ulcué Chocué Álvaro Ulcué Chocué (1943–1984) was a Colombian Catholic priest and a member of the Paez people that became an activist in the defense of the rights of his people, as well as ethnic minorities and poor people of his country. He used to denounce cases of violence and abuses of power, especially during his homilies. His intention to organize his people to recover the ancestral lands, created tensions with landowners that accused him of uprising. He was murdered by two men on November 10, 1984 in Santander de Quilichao. The crime remains unpunished. He was the son of María Soledad Chocué Peña and José Domingo Ulcué Yajué, who was governor of the Indigenous Council. Ulcué could start his formal education only when he was 11 in the school of Pueblo Nuevo, Caldono, Cauca. The school was run by the nuns founded by Mother Laura. He finished his primary at the Indocrespo, a residence for Catholic indigenous young people in Guadarrama (Antioquia Department) intended to ordain indigenous clergy in Colombia. He continued his education at the Minor Seminar of Popayán run by the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, but after 4 years, he had to stop due to financial problems. He became teacher first in San Benito Abad (Sucre) and then at his own indigenous shelter in Cauca. But the Archdioceses and the sisters of Mother Laura helped him to finish his dream to become a priest and they paid the studies at the Seminary of Popayán. He finished theology in the seminary of Ibagué. Ulcué was ordained as a priest on July 10, 1973 in Popayán. He celebrated his first Mass in Pueblo Nuevo, at the side of his Paez people, an event that got the attention of the time, because it was the first time that an indigenous man became a Catholic priest in Colombia. In the occasion he said: \"\"In the Seminar we began 62 and now we reached only three: Tomás Mina a black, Joel Ortiz, a farmer and me, an indigenous. This is the fulfillment of the prophecy that God chooses the humble to confuse the powerful.\"\" But his ministry would not be easy: sensible to the suffering of his own people, especially with the problem of lost of ancestral lands before landowners, he became an object of persecution. He received several threats, especially during the 1980s. First it was his own family that was object of violence: in unclear events his own sister, Gloria, an uncle, Serafín and other Paez persons, were murdered. His own father was wounded in events where the Colombian Police was involved. After the funeral of his sister and uncle, soldiers searched at his house. At the end of 1982 the indigenous communities denounced the threats against Fr. Ulcué, stating that the landowners had put a price to his head. He was not intimidated and he did a travel in 1983 to visit other indigenous communities in Colombia and Ecuador, including Afro-Colombians, also victims of discrimination and abuse. The most difficult part came in 1984 with the conflict of López Adentro, a part of the Corinto Paez territory that was expropriated by landowners. Fr. Ulcué participated in a peaceful recovery of the land on January 25, an action that was answered by a violent participation of Police and Army with the death of 5 indigenous, among them a girl of 7 years old. Fr. Ulcué was active providing humanitarian assistance to wounded people and he celebrated a Mass on the site of the recovered land. On November 8 of that same year, the Ministry of Defense, General Oscar Botero Restrepo, visited the troops with other two generals, Ariza and Diaz. Fr. Ulcué invited them to his Parish to discuss about the accusations made by the military against his person that were saying that he was promoting the communities to invade private property. He explained to Min Botero the rights of the indigenous peoples to their ancestral lands and the legal character of their claims to recover the indigenous shelters. At the following day of that meeting, on November 9, the army and the Police invaded the land of López Adentro, burned 150 indigenous houses and destroyed with machines 300 hectares of farming. \"\"The government will always be at the side of the powerful, to defend their interests, but the interests of the poor must be defended by the same organized communities,\"\" he said when he knew the news. \"\"I invite all Christians and other indigenous companions to rise our voices of protest and to condemn these events as contrary to the Law of God,\"\" he asked. On Saturday, November 10, 1984 at 8:30 AM, in Santander de Quilichao, Fr. Ulcué was attacked by two men in a motorbike when he was driving. He left the car and fell to the ground alive. The two criminals returned and shot him once more. Some nuns nearby brought him to the hospital, but he died few minutes after. Nobody has been prosecuted for this crime. In August 14, 1996, 12 years after, the Colombian Institute for Land Reform, Incora, reestablished the indigenous shelter of Corinto, with the same details claimed by Fr. Ulcué, including the land of López Adentro. Álvaro Ulcué Chocué Álvaro Ulcué Chocué (1943–1984) was a Colombian Catholic priest and a member of the Paez people that became an activist in the defense of the rights of his"
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"Yao Di (actress) Yao Di (, born 17 March 1982) is a Chinese actress. Yao was born in Tongxiang, Jiaxing, Zhejiang on March 17, 1982. She graduated from Beijing Film Academy. At the age of 18, Yao entered the entertainment industry. Yao rose to fame for her roles in television series \"The Dream of Red Mansions\" (2010). In 2011, Yao starred in the romance drama \"Naked Marriage\". The TV drama became a national sensation, and Yao was given the title of \"Nation's Girlfriend\" by the Chinese media. The following year, Yao starred in the youth drama \"Beijing Youth\", about teens in Beijing struggling against the strict and traditional culture of their parents. The drama was well received among young Chinese mainland audiences. In 2013, Yao's fame continued to rise after she starred in two TV dramas, \"New Dating Era\" and \"Love Is Not Blind\", which is adapted from a 2011 Chinese movie of the same name. She was named the Most Popular Actress by Youku. However, in 2014, her affair with actor Wen Zhang was exposed. Her reputation was greatly damaged, and this temporarily halted her film career. In 2014, Yao was found to have an affair with actor Wen Zhang while Wen's legal wife Ma Yili just gave birth to their second daughter. Some rumors suggested that their secret romance began when Ma was pregnant. Wen apologized to his family when he was caught by the media while Yao was widely blamed by the public through social media. Yao chose to keep silent after the disputed event and tried to escape from the public. Yao Di (actress) Yao Di (, born 17 March 1982) is a Chinese actress. Yao was born in Tongxiang, Jiaxing, Zhejiang on March 17, 1982. She graduated from Beijing Film Academy. At the age of"
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"Foxton Technology Foxton is an Intel code-name for a power-management technology that was originally planned for inclusion in the first dual-core Itanium 2 processor (code-named Montecito). By providing very granular control of voltages and clock frequencies within the processor, it enables software performance to be optimized for specific workloads, while ensuring that power consumption remains below a particular value. Due to unspecified issues, Foxton was not included in the initial release of Montecito. According to sources inside Intel, it is under consideration for future Itanium 2 processor versions. Foxton technology includes a highly advanced clock generation and distribution network. With this technology, the processor continuously measures total power draw, processor loads, voltage, and clock distribution quality across the entire device, and is able to produce extremely fine clock-to-voltage granularity under dynamic conditions. As a result, Foxton enables a processor to override factory adjusted settings, which are set at relatively high voltage levels at any given frequency to ensure stability against random voltage variances. By dynamically controlling voltage and frequencies across the entire device, Foxton is able to optimize performance for specific workloads, while ensuring that power consumption remains below specified thresholds. Foxton improves power efficiency at any given clock rate, but that is not the primary reason it was developed. Itanium 2 processors implement a wide microarchitecture, which has enormous computing capacity (theoretically capable of sustaining a throughput of six instructions per cycle). However, many software applications can not utilize all the available execution resources, lacking adequate instruction-level parallelism. Idle resources mean lower transistor switching activity, thus lower overall power consumption. Because Itanium 2 maintains such a wide and capable architecture, the decrease in power consumption for average code execution can be substantial. Since modern MPUs clock rates are constrained by power, not filling out the power envelope translates to lost performance. Foxton takes advantage of this decrease by increasing clock frequencies to accelerate performance, while keeping total power consumption below specified thresholds. The result is a processor architecture that can dynamically optimize performance versus power consumption across a broad range of workloads. A Foxton-enabled chip has a variable voltage and frequency adjusted to a nominal power envelope that can be specified from software. Clock and voltage are adjusted to keep the chip's consumption within the envelope. Depending on the actual usage pattern the chip will be able to scale up or down, feeding the core with proper voltage. Under so called \"low activity\" workloads, which generate less heat while being executed, the processor speeds up until it reaches the nominal power setting. Inversely, \"high activity\" loads may cause the chip to reduce core voltage and clock rate to stay below the nominal power setting. Low-activity workloads typically include integer-intensive computations, such as commercial, database applications. Foxton technology should increase performance for these applications by about 10% compared with the same processor running with a \"fixed clock.\" High activity workloads include floating point-intensive computations, such as scientific and R&D simulations. Nominal clock speeds for Itanium processors with Foxton should be based on power consumption for these intensive computations. Intel said Foxton technology will not only appear in the Itanium family, but later in Xeons as well. However, no specific time-frame has been set so far. Foxton Technology Foxton is an Intel code-name for a power-management technology that was originally planned for inclusion in the first dual-core Itanium 2 processor (code-named Montecito). By providing very granular control of voltages and clock frequencies within the processor, it enables software performance to be optimized for specific workloads, while ensuring that power consumption remains below a particular value. Due to unspecified issues, Foxton was"
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"Heiligenberg Tunnel The Heiligenberg Tunnel is the longest of a total of twelve tunnels on the Mannheim-Saarbrücken railway and the longest in the Palatinate. The tunnel crosses the Palatine Watershed in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It was originally built for a single track, but a second track was built a few years later. The tunnel is located in the northwest of the Palatine Forest (\"Pfälzerwald\"). It is located mainly on the urban area of Kaiserslautern; the smaller, eastern part is in Hochspeyer. The tunnel passes through the Heiligenberg mountain without a curve. The Bavarian King Ludwig I approved the construction of a main line railway running east-west from Rheinschanze to Bexbach on 21 December 1837. Between Hochspeyer and Kaiserslautern numerous hills and mountains had to be overcome. The construction of the route was a problem, because line had to pass over the watershed between the Lauter and the Hochspeyerbach between these two towns. This required the construction of a 1347-metre-long tunnel. As early as 1847, railway traffic commenced between Ludwigshafen and Neustadt. The line between Kaiserslautern and Homburg opened on 2 July 1848; this was followed by the opening of the Frankenstein–Homburg section and then the Frankenstein–Kaiserslautern section, including the Heiligenberg Tunnel, which was opened on 2 December 1848. Since the main line from Mannheim to Saarbrücken had always been of great importance for long-distance traffic, it was gradually electrified from 1960 onwards. This required the enlargement of the Heiligenberg tunnel. Work was carried out with trains running, with one side of the tunnel being widened at a time with the affected track blockaded. This delayed the introduction of the electrical operation, which eventually commenced on 12 March 1964. The loading gauge was enlarged to allow the introduction of TGV services between November 2001 and May 2002. This was achieved by the installation of ballastless track using the Getrac A3 system, which allowed a lowering of the superstructure by 20 cm because of its lower profile. It was designed by Kirchner on behalf of the DB AG Regionalbüro Südwest, Stuttgart and cost €3.1 million. A railway accident occurred in the Heiligenberg Tunnel on 28 June 1988. One passenger was killed on the D 2754 express (Heidelberg–Saarbrücken). 10 people had major and 28 had minor injuries. After a violent storm, part of the retaining wall east of the Heiligenberg Tunnel fell onto the tracks towards Mannheim. A freight train loaded with bulk goods from Saarbrücken ran into the rubble and partly derailed; the locomotive and three wagons were forced onto the track. An express train running immediately after it then ran straight into the damaged vehicles. Heiligenberg Tunnel The Heiligenberg Tunnel is the longest of a total of twelve tunnels on the Mannheim-Saarbrücken railway and the longest in the Palatinate. The tunnel crosses the Palatine Watershed in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It was originally built for a single track, but a second track was built a few years later. The tunnel is located in the northwest of the Palatine"
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"Abietinella abietina Abietinella abietina is a species of moss of the genus \"Abietinella\" and is member of the Thuidiaceae family. It is a small, distinctive pleurocarpuous moss with stems that are erect and branches which are spreading, reminiscent of a tiny conifer. It’s extremely rare variety abietina is grown with the commoner var. hystricosa on coastal sand dunes. Abietinella abietina is a species which is perennial in terms of growing season, which means it can be found during all months of the year. \"Abietinella abietina\" shoots are of either green or dark brown. The tips of the shoots are usually yellow or green. The shoots are once-pinnate which have branches in four rows (arranged with two on each side of the stem) in two planes. Secondary stems are the length of about 5-10 cm. The leaves of the stems of \"Abientinella abietina\" are broad and oval shaped. They are longitudinally ridged and have a broad base. The leaves of the branch are smaller compared to the leaves of the stem which are bigger. \"Abietinella abietina\" has the ability to grow stems which are about 2-8 cm in length (but rarely ever 12 cm). Branches arise in four ranks from these stems. The branches are often spread out at wide angles which result in sparse branches. The leaves of \"Abietinella abietina\" are broadly ovate, patent, and they pilcate at the base and they also taper to a long acuminate apex. The leaves of the branches are rather concave and broadly ovate to lanceolate, with a rather shorter apex. \"Abietinella abietina\" favor soils which are shallow mostly in unimproved grassland which overlies calcareous sandy soil, dune slacks, and banks in quarries. \"Abietinella abientina\" is known to hardly ever occur on base-rich slopes or rocky ledges in mountains. It would be extremely rare if found. A similar is \"Thiudium tamarscinum\". \"Thuidium tamariscinum\" is tripinnate which means consists of pinnately compound leaves which are arranged in a single plane. Because of this, it portrays a very feathery look; more feathery then \"Abietinella Aaietina\". Abietinella abietina Abietinella abietina is a species of moss of the genus \"Abietinella\" and is member of the Thuidiaceae family. It is a small, distinctive pleurocarpuous moss with stems that are erect and branches which are spreading, reminiscent of a tiny conifer. It’s extremely rare variety abietina is grown with the commoner var. hystricosa on coastal sand dunes. Abietinella abietina is"
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"Hall's Opera Block Hall's Opera Block, also known as Clark's Opera House and Avon Opera Block, is a historic commercial building located at Avon in Livingston County, New York. It is a three-story, two part commercial block completed in 1876 in the Italianate style. It has a symmetrical seven bay principal facade with iron and glass storefronts on the first floor. The top floor performance space was a central gathering place for the community, where citizens of all ranks could congregate to attend theatrical performances, lectures, dances, political meetings, and school graduations. In November 2007, the village of Avon received a $500,000 state grant to renovate the historic building. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. Hall's Opera Block Hall's Opera Block, also known as Clark's Opera House and Avon Opera Block, is a historic commercial building located at Avon in Livingston County, New York. It is a three-story, two part commercial block completed in 1876 in the Italianate style. It has a symmetrical seven bay principal facade with iron and glass storefronts on the first floor. The top floor performance space was a central gathering place for the community, where citizens of all ranks"
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"1945 Iowa State Cyclones football team The 1945 Iowa State Cyclones football team represented Iowa State College of Agricultural and Mechanic Arts (later renamed Iowa State University) in the Big Six Conference during the 1945 college football season. In their fourth year under head coach Mike Michalske, the Cyclones compiled a 4–3–1 record (2–2–1 against conference opponents), finished in third place in the conference, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 156 to 97. They played their home games at Clyde Williams Field in Ames, Iowa. There was no team captain selected for the 1945 season. Four Iowa State players were selected as a first-team all-conference players: guard Jack Fathauer, backs Dick Howard and Gene Phelps, and center Jim Riding. 1945 Iowa State Cyclones football team The 1945 Iowa State Cyclones football team represented Iowa State College of Agricultural and Mechanic Arts (later renamed Iowa State University) in the Big Six Conference during the 1945 college football season. In their fourth year under head coach Mike Michalske, the Cyclones compiled a 4–3–1 record (2–2–1 against conference opponents), finished in third place in the conference, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 156 to 97. They played"
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"Buffalo Creek and Gauley Railroad The Buffalo Creek and Gauley Railroad (BC&G) was a railroad chartered on April 1, 1904 and ran along Buffalo Creek in Clay County, West Virginia. The original Buffalo Creek and Gauley ended service in 1965. The BC&G was one of the last all-steam railroads, never operating a diesel locomotive to the day it shut down on February 27th, 1965. Its primary purpose was to bring coal out of the mountains above Widen to an interchange with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at Dundon. Beginning at Dundon, the line ran east along Buffalo Creek to a terminus away at Widen. Along the way, it passed marked locations at Avoca, Sand Fork, the company towns of Cressmont and Swandale, and Eakle. Swandale contained the sawmill for lumber operations of the Elk River Coal and Lumber Company and there was a small dairy at Cressmont. The railroad hits the end of the line once it runs into the Rich Run Coal mine's yard in Widen. At Avoca, the ERC&L logging line ran about out in the woods where the logging was done during the final years of operations. After the BC&G ended operations in 1965 it was reactivated in 1971 by the Majestic Mining Company to serve a mine at Widen. The company used an Alco S-2 for power and the operation concluded in 1985. The line was then again reactivated in the mid-1990s when the Elk River Railroad, Inc. (TERRI) reopened the route to Avoca to serve a mine there. The operation lasted only a few years until 1999 when American Electric Power (AEP) determined the coal to be too poor in quality. Some of the BC&G's equipment, as well as that of its sister railroad the Elk River Coal & Lumber Co. have been preserved, some in operating condition. BC&G Consolidation #4 was owned by the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer, North Carolina. It operated in tourist service until a couple of years ago. It was recently acquired by the Durbin & Greenbrier Valley Railroad. Their intention is to restore it to service for a tourist operation between Durban and Cass, W.VA. BC&G Consolidation #13 is owned by Jerry Joe Jacobson and is stored inaccessible to public view at the Age of Steam Roundhouse in Sugar Creek, Ohio. Consolidation #14 is on static display outside Gaithersburg, Maryland's commuter rail station. ERC&L Shay #19 is on display in Ohio. Climax #3 is owned by the Roaring Camp and Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad in California, but is not serviceable. The ERC&L's American log loader and bobber logging caboose are both restored and on display at the Cass Scenic Railroad State Park in Cass, West Virginia. At one time the Elk River Railroad ran modern diesels from Gassaway, through Dundon and a branch to a coal loading facility at Avoca then from Dundon to Hartland. Currently the Buffalo Creek & Gauley Co-op has been in the process of opening up much of the old main line and have run some speeder excursions from Dundon. The Clay County Economic Development Authority has established a pedal-train excursion on the line and is working toward a restoration of the rails to Widen. Much of the line was destroyed by flooding in 2016. Buffalo Creek and Gauley Railroad The Buffalo Creek and Gauley Railroad (BC&G) was a railroad chartered on April 1, 1904 and ran along Buffalo Creek in Clay County, West Virginia. The original Buffalo Creek and Gauley ended service in 1965. The BC&G was one of the last all-steam railroads, never operating a diesel locomotive to the day it"
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"Kawanishi Baika The was a pulsejet-powered \"kamikaze\" (\"divine wind\") aircraft under development for the Imperial Japanese Navy towards the end of World War II. The war ended before any were built. Nazi Germany supplied the Japanese with a great deal of technical data, including details of the Argus As 014 pulse jet engine. It remains debatable whether that technical data included examples of the V1, let alone the Fieseler Fi 103R (Reichenberg). It is noted that wartime U.S. intelligence reports stated that the Japanese knew of the V-1 by October 1943, and one report stated that Japan received one example in November 1944. The reports also suggested that the Japanese were very interested in the V-1 air-launching techniques as used by the Germans. One U.S. Army Air Force document from 1946 shows the Baika as being a copy of the Reichenberg. The cargo manifest of the Japanese submarine I-29 lists a single V-1 fuselage as being included in a shipment of equipment. Some contemporary Japanese historians debate on what, if any, V-1 and Fi 103R data the Japanese actually received and whether the Baika may simply have been an independent design. The only tangible outcome of the Axis cooperation, however, was the construction of prototypes of the Maru Ka10 pulse-jet engine which was to power the \"Baika\". The currently accepted illustrations of the Baika come from the 1953 published book \"Koku Gijutsu No Zenbo\" in which Technical Commander Iwaya (the man who brought the Me 163 and BMW 003 info to Japan) provided drawings of all three versions of the Baika with all versions shown with tricycle landing gear in place. Kawanishi Baika The was a pulsejet-powered \"kamikaze\" (\"divine wind\") aircraft under development for the Imperial Japanese Navy towards the end of World War II. The war ended before any"
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"Jerrod Calhoun Jerrod Calhoun (born October 17, 1981) is an American college basketball coach who is the current head coach for the Youngstown State Penguins men's basketball team. A standout basketball player at Villa Angela-St. Joseph High School in Cleveland, Ohio, Calhoun attended Cleveland State University and played two seasons under Rollie Massimino. He moved on to Cincinnati and acted as a student assistant under Bob Huggins until his graduation in 2004. Calhoun's first job post graduation was as an assistant at Walsh University where he was part of the Cavaliers' NAIA national championship squad in 2005. In 2007, Calhoun rejoined Huggins at West Virginia as director of basketball operations, while being elevated to assistant coach for one season. In 2012, Calhoun was hired as the head coach of Division II Fairmont State University, and in six seasons at the helm, he guided the Falcons to a 124-38 record, which included four NCAA Division II Tournament appearances, and culminated in the school's first-ever title game appearance in 2017. Calhoun was named the 13th coach in Youngstown State history on March 27, 2017, replacing Jerry Slocum. Member of the YBC. Jerrod Calhoun Jerrod Calhoun (born October 17, 1981) is an American"
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"Tom Wisdom Tom Wisdom (born 18 February 1973) is an English actor of theatre, film and television. His film roles include the downtrodden hero of Danny Patrick's \"Hey Mr DJ\", Astinos in \"300\", and the Archangel Michael in Syfy's \"Dominion\". Wisdom was born in Swindon, Wiltshire, England. He is of Liverpool/Bolton mix. Wisdom grew up in many different places because of his father's position in the Royal Air Force, including English air bases in Swindon, Doncaster and Devon. Wisdom has two siblings, an older brother and a younger sister. Wisdom attended both the Taunton's College in Southampton and the Academy Drama School, where he became the recipient of the Stage Scholarship. Wisdom has stated that he is an avid lover of sports, \"even the boring ones\" and that he follows Liverpool F.C. devotedly. He plays football (soccer) himself, as well as \"golf, tennis, badminton, cricket, snooker, pool\" and others. If he didn't become an actor, Wisdom has stated that he would have liked to become a professional athlete. Wisdom also lists his other hobbies as cooking, reading, and watching films. On television, Wisdom played Tom Ferguson in the long-running soap \"Coronation Street\" (1999–2000), Ivor Claire in the Evelyn Waugh adaptation \"Sword of Honour\" (2001), Stephen Clarke in the thriller \"Suspicion\" (2003) and Marco Bailey in Sky One's airline drama \"Mile High\" (2003–04). Other television work includes \"Harry Enfield's Brand Spanking New Show\", \"Children of the New Forest\", \"Wycliffe\" and \"Blackhearts in Battersea\". In early 2010, Wisdom starred in an episode of Agatha Christie's \"Poirot\". He had a one-episode guest role in NBC's \"Hannibal\" as Antony Dimmond in 2015. Wisdom also starred as the archangel Michael in SyFy Channel's \"Dominion\", which began airing in June 2014 and was renewed for a second season which concluded on 1 October 2015. Wisdom's notable known roles in theatre include \"Journey's End\" (UK tour, 2005) as Stanhope and Guy Bennett in Julian Mitchell's \"Another Country\" (Arts Theatre, 2000), though Wisdom has stated that he has been participating in drama since he was young. Wisdom created and subsequently played role of Steven Carter in Patrick Wilde's 1994 play \"What's Wrong With Angry?\" Wisdom's films include his role as Ryan in \"Hey Mr DJ\" (2003), Astinos in \"300\" (2007), and as 'Midnight' Mark in the 2009 film \"The Boat That Rocked\". Other film roles were in \"The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2\" (2008), \"The Lightkeepers\" (2010), \"Romeo and Juliet\" (2013), and as Douglas Talbot in \"Soulmate\" (2013). Tom Wisdom Tom Wisdom (born 18 February 1973) is an English actor of theatre, film and television. His film roles include the downtrodden hero of Danny Patrick's \"Hey Mr DJ\", Astinos in \"300\", and the Archangel Michael in Syfy's \"Dominion\". Wisdom was born in Swindon, Wiltshire, England. He is of Liverpool/Bolton mix. Wisdom grew up in many different places because of his father's position in the Royal Air Force, including English air bases in Swindon, Doncaster and Devon. Wisdom has two siblings, an older brother and a younger sister."
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"Gagauz language The Gagauz language (\"Gagauz dili, Gagauzça\") is a Turkic language spoken by the Gagauz people of Moldova, Ukraine, Russia, and Turkey, and it is the official language of the Autonomous Region of Gagauzia in Moldova. Gagauz belongs to the Oghuz branch of Turkic languages, alongside Azerbaijani, Turkmen, Crimean Tatar (considered Kipchak in some cases), and Turkish. Gagauz has two dialects, Bulgar Gagauzi and Maritime Gagauzi. Gagauz is a distinct language from Balkan Gagauz Turkish. Though it was established as a written language in 1957, Gagauz was not used in curriculum until 1959. Gagauz is a language coming from Balkan Gagauz Turkish; Balkan linguistics was the first to view the consequences of language contact as normal rather than corrupt. The term \"Gagauz language\" and identification of one's language as \"Gagauz\" were established concurrently with or even after the creation of national self-awareness. About 150,000 Gaguazes resided in Moldava in 1986, where they lived in settlements within the Komratskii, Chadyr-Lungskii and Vulkaneshtskii Rayons. Along with the majority of Gagauzes living in Moldova, there are four other cities in Bulgaria in which the Gagauz reside. In 1994, the Gagauz wanted autonomy from the former Soviet Union. The Law on Special Legal Status of Gagauzia was passed leading the Gagauz case to be the only case in the former Soviet Union where an ethnic group was granted autonomy status. On January 14, 1995, The Autonomy Statute for Gagauzia was put into effect, granting independence and attempting to regain control of the areas surrounding the Gagauz capital Comrat. Between 1750 and 1846, Gagauz ancestors fled to Russia and settled in the region that is now the current-day Republic of Moldova. Empress Catherine allowed the Gagauz to settle in the region under the condition that they converted to Orthodox Christianity. The districts of Gagauzia were the poorest in Moldova. In the years leading up to their independence, Gagauzia fought hard against the government over water supply, health care and native language education. Gagauzian autonomy led to tough times and turmoil both internally and with the central government in 2002. Power-sharing is a difficult thing to do, so international assistance was needed many times for disputes between the power-sharing Moldova and Gagauzia. It appears that the first alphabet to be used for the language was the Greek alphabet in the late 19th century. For example, orientalist Otto Blau claims that plays of Euripides had been translated into the Gagauz language and had been written with Greek letters. Beginning in 1957, Cyrillic was used up until the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. In 1996 the Republic of Moldova officially introduced a Latin-based alphabet. This is modelled after the modern Turkish alphabet, with the addition of three letters: to represent the sound of (as in Azeri), to represent the (schwa) sound, which does not exist in Turkish, and or to represent the sound as in Romanian. On the other hand, unlike Crimean Tatar, Turkish, and some other Turkic languages, Gagauz does not have the letter , which had become completely silent in the Gagauz language. Note that dotted and dotless I are separate letters, each with its own uppercase and lowercase form. \"I\" is the capital form of \"ı\", and \"İ\" is the capital form of \"i\". The Gagauz alphabet has no q, w or x. Instead, those characters are transliterated into Gagauz as k, v and ks. A study in 2012 was conducted on the Gagauz community to assess the current situation and sociocultural context. The findings show that within Gagauzia, official documents, printed publications, and official web sites are only in Russian. The National Passport System in Moldova does not allow the spelling of names in Gagauz. Signposts in Gagauzia are mostly in Romanian, and the names of squares and streets have not changed since the time of the Soviet Union. Despite various laws that support the rights of citizens to education in their native language, almost all instruction in Gagauzian schools is in Russian. Gagauz, while the native language of all students, is only taught as a \"native language\" class for a few hours per week. Research has also shown that there are not serious desires or attempts to institute Gagauz as a language of instruction. In a study, 80.6% of respondents preferred Russian as the medium of instructions at schools. There are, however, some notable efforts to increase Gagauz language education. Todur Zanet, editor-in-chief of the \"Ana Sözü\" local newspaper, has played an active role in encouraging readers and local authorities to promote instruction in their mother tongue. Zanet has also contributed significantly to efforts to standardize the language, and increase its accessibility through print and other mediums. \"Ana Sözü\" is the largest local newspaper in Gagauzia. It is also the only local newspaper still written entirely in Gagauz, and was the first newspaper of any kind published in the Gagauz language. Apart from \"Ana Sözü\", there are various newspapers published in the Autonomous Territorial Unit of Gagauzia, including \"Açık Göz\", \"Gagauz Yeri\", \"Gagauz Sesi\", \"Halk Birliği\", \"Novıy Vzgled\", \"Vesti\", \"Gagauzii\", and \"Znamea\". In addition to printed materials, the company Gagauz Radio Televisionu (GRT) produces radio and television broadcasts in Gagauz. Gagauz language The Gagauz language (\"Gagauz dili, Gagauzça\") is a Turkic language spoken by the Gagauz people of Moldova, Ukraine, Russia, and Turkey, and it is the official language of the Autonomous Region of Gagauzia in Moldova. Gagauz belongs to"
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"Central Woodward Christian Church The Central Woodward Christian Church, now known as The Historic Little Rock Missionary Baptist Church, is a Gothic Revival church located at 9000 Woodward Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. Originally home of Central Woodward Christian Church, a Metro-Detroit congregation affiliated with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), it was sold to Little Rock Missionary Baptist Church when the original congregation relocated to Troy, Michigan. The church is built in a classic Gothic Revival style from Indiana limestone, and has a slate roof, copper trim, and stained glass windows. The stained glass windows are a distinguishing feature of the building. Some were installed by the original Disciples of Christ congregation, including two windows designed by A. Kay Herbert. One window depicts George Washington and the other shows Abraham Lincoln holding the Emancipation Proclamation. In the 1990s, the Little Rock congregation began installing more windows to replace the previous clear glass ones. Perhaps the best known of these windows is the African American Pulpit window depicting the Reverend Richard Allen, the founder of the African-Methodist-Episcopal church, Dr. Martin Luther King, Reverend Jesse Jackson, Reverend C. L. Franklin, and Reverend James Holley, pastor of the Little Rock congregation. The Disciples of Christ came to Detroit in 1846, as a church was founded by Reverend William Nay. By the 1890s, the congregation had grown enough to construct a large church in downtown Detroit. In 1926 two Detroit congregations, Central Christian Church and Woodward Christian Church merged under the leadership of Dr. Edgar Dewitt Jones. Jones had been called to serve as pastor of Central Christian Church in 1920, and became pastor of the merged congregation in 1926. In 1928 a new building was constructed at the site of the previous Woodward Avenue Church to house the growing and influential congregation. They hired architect George Mason to design the building, which was opened in 1928. In the late 1970s, after the congregation moved from Detroit to the northern suburb of Troy, the church built another building at 3955 West Big Beaver Road in Troy, retaining the name Central Woodward Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). The congregation has had several pastors since its move to Troy. In July 2008, Dr. Robert Cornwall became the ninth called pastor to serve the church. In 1978, the building at 9000 Woodward was sold to Little Rock Missionary Baptist church, a primarily African American congregation founded in 1938. Today the church is known as 'The Historic Little Rock Baptist Church'. A State of Michigan historical marker commemorates the church. Central Woodward Christian Church The Central Woodward Christian Church, now known as The Historic Little Rock Missionary Baptist Church, is a Gothic Revival church located at 9000 Woodward Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. Originally home of Central Woodward Christian Church, a Metro-Detroit congregation affiliated with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), it was sold to"
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"Webster Street Webster Street (June 8, 1846September 21, 1908) was an American jurist who served as Chief Justice of the Arizona Territorial Supreme Court from 1897 till 1902. Street was born to Samuel and Sarah (Butler) Street on June 8, 1846 near Salem, Ohio. His parents were Quakers of English ancestry. The younger Street attended public schools in Salem before enrolling at Antioch College. Following graduation, he studied law under attorney Thomas Kennet and was admitted to the Ohio bar in 1871. Street married Mary Gilmore of Yellow Springs, Ohio on May 15, 1869. The union produced a son, Lawrence, and a daughter, Julia. Practicing law in Leetonia, Ohio before moving to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Street moved to Arizona Territory in November 1877. He operated a law office in Signal for several months until decline in the mining town prompted him to relocate to Tucson. In 1879 he moved to Tombstone. There he served one term as a county judge. Street moved to Phoenix in January 1887. There he formed a law partnership with Briggs Goodrich. Following Goodrich's death in 1888, he formed a new partnership with Benjamin Goodrich which lasted until 1890. Later partners were Frank Cox, with whom he worked with from 1891 till 1894, and Cassius M. Frazier. Street was a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and Knights of Pythias. He was also a Mason. Street was also active in Republican politics, being selected as the Republican nominee for Maricopa county attorney in 1890 but losing in the general election. Street made several applications for a position on the territorial courts. His March 1889 application was blocked by Governor Lewis Wolfley on the grounds that Street had too many friends in the Democratic party. In April 1891, Street requested appointment as Chief Justice the next time the position became open. It was not until November 6, 1897 that Street's request was honored with resident William McKinley appointing him to become Chief Justice. Street took his oath of office on November 15. Writing very organized opinions, Street was one of the first judges in the territory to number the points he made in his decisions. Many cases of the day involved water rights, mining and the railroads. Street was forced to disqualify himself from a number of cases that came before the court because he had been involved in the case as an attorney before being appointed to the bench. Examples of Street's railroad related cases are \"Roberts v. Smith\", 5 Arizona 368 (1898), which involved a dispute where the plaintiff had been ejected from a train where he believed himself to be a passenger on a freight train, and \"Motes v. Gila Valley, Globe and Northern Railway\", 8 Arizona 50 (1902), which dealt with a minor who had been injured while carrying mail to a train. The Chief Justice also wrote opinions dealing with procedural issues. \"Willard v. Corrigan\",8 Arizona 70 (1902) had significant procedural value in civil proceedings while \"\"Tanborino v. Territory of Arizona\", 7 Arizona 194 (1900) is typical of issues with criminal procedure. \"County of Coconino v. County of Yavapai\", 5 Arizona 385 (1898) came about when Coconino County was created out of Yavapai County and then refused to assume its share of railroad bonds that had been issued by Yavapai's creation. Street's decision ordering Coconino to assume its portion of the debt was later upheld on appeal to the United States Supreme Court. In other matters, the Chief Justice joined Governor N. O. Murphy and Eugene S. Ives on February 24, 1901 as speakers during dedication ceremonies for the Arizona State Capitol. Popular in 1897, Street received widespread support for his appointment. By 1901 there was strong opposition to the judge and efforts were made to have the president remove him from office. The attacks on Street were part of an effort against all Republicans in the territorial government. President Theodore Roosevelt elected not to renominate Street but did allow him to finish his term. After leaving the bench, Street remained in Phoenix and practiced law. For a time he was partnered with Henry N. Alexander. In May 1908, Street was paralyzed by a stroke. He went to Los Angeles in hope the climate there would prove beneficial. Street died in there on September 21, 1908. He was buried in Inglewood Park Cemetery. Webster Street Webster Street (June 8, 1846September 21, 1908) was an American jurist who served as Chief Justice of the Arizona Territorial Supreme Court from 1897 till 1902. Street was born to Samuel and Sarah (Butler) Street on June 8, 1846 near Salem, Ohio. His parents were Quakers of English ancestry. The younger Street attended public schools in Salem before enrolling at Antioch College. Following graduation, he studied law under attorney Thomas Kennet"
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"J. R. Salamanca Jack Richard Salamanca (born December 20, 1922 in St. Petersburg, Florida - October 30, 2013 in Potomac, Maryland) was an American writer and professor emeritus at the University of Maryland. His first novel, \"The Lost Country\" (1958), was made into \"Wild in the Country\", a 1961 film starring Elvis Presley; his second, \"Lilith\", was filmed as \"Lilith\" in 1964, starring Warren Beatty. Salamanca was born in St. Petersburg, Florida, grew up in Florida and Virginia, and served for three years in the Army Air Corps. He was a graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, the Royal Academy of Music and the University of London and served as a professor of English and creative writing at the University of Maryland for many years. Though highly thought of, his books have fallen into obscurity and are largely out of print and hard to obtain, though some are available as digital downloads online. In later life, he supported the Authors' Guild in their proposal to bring a lawsuit against libraries over the matter of copyright, an action that some saw as unwise. J. R. Salamanca Jack Richard Salamanca (born December 20, 1922 in St. Petersburg, Florida - October"
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"Lana Bagen Lana Bagen (born 9 July 1996) is a British figure skater. She was the 2013 British Junior Champion and 2011 British Novice Champion. Lana began skating at the age of 8 at Olympia Skating Club in East Kilbride. In 2008, she was selected for the Great Britain Development Team. She has held the Scottish national title 6 times at various levels. Lana won the silver medal in the novice category at the British Championships. Lana won the gold medal in the British Novice Championships. During the summer of 2011, Lana trained under renowned coach Michael Huth, the coach of world champion, Carolina Kostner. Lana did not medal on a national level that season, but she competed internationally, winning the Barcelona open, in Barcelona, Spain, competing in Skate Copenhagen 2012 and winning 4 silver medals at various events including ones in Sweden and Slovakia. She was selected to compete in the ISU Junior Grand Prix that season, being held in Austria. in 2011. Lana was shortlisted for the Sunday Mail's Young Sportsperson of the Year award. Lana won the gold medal in the British Junior Championships, qualifying her for international competition. She placed 6th Junior in the 2013 Santa Claus Cup and competed in her second Junior Grand Prix, gaining personal best scores at ISU JGP Czech Skate 2013. In May 2013, she skated in the ice show Professionals on Ice on their four dates in Edinburgh. Lana again competed on the international circuit, finishing 3rd in the New Year Cup in Bratislava, 12th in the 2014 Lombardia Trophy, 7th in the Tirnava Edea Ice Cup, 4th in the Mentor Nestle Turon Cup, 12th in the Junior International Challenge cup in The Hague and 10th in the 2014 Santa Claus Cup. Lana earned her way back on to the podium at the British Junior National Championships with a bronze medal finish. She then competed in the 2015 Sportland Trophy in Budapest, finishing 10th. Lana earned a silver medal at the British Championships at Junior level. Lana Bagen Lana Bagen (born 9 July 1996) is a British figure skater. She was the 2013 British Junior Champion and 2011 British Novice Champion. Lana began skating at the age of 8 at Olympia Skating Club in East Kilbride. In 2008, she was selected for the Great Britain Development Team. She has held the Scottish national title 6 times at various levels. Lana"
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"Chemical milling Chemical milling or industrial etching is the subtractive manufacturing process of using baths of temperature-regulated etching chemicals to remove material to create an object with the desired shape. It is mostly used on metals, though other materials are increasingly important. It was developed from armor-decorating and printing etching processes developed during the Renaissance as alternatives to engraving on metal. The process essentially involves bathing the cutting areas in a corrosive chemical known as an etchant, which reacts with the material in the area to be cut and causes the solid material to be dissolved; inert substances known as maskants are used to protect specific areas of the material as resists. Organic chemicals such as lactic acid and citric acid have been used to etch metals and create products as early as 400 BCE, when vinegar was used to corrode lead and create the pigment ceruse, also known as white lead. Most modern chemical milling methods involve alkaline etchants; these may have been used as early as the first century CE. Armor etching, using strong mineral acids, was not developed until the fifteenth century. Etchants mixed from salt, charcoal, and vinegar were applied to plate armor that had been painted with a maskant of linseed-oil paint. The etchant would bite into the unprotected areas, causing the painted areas to be raised into relief. Etching in this manner allowed armor to be decorated as if with precise engraving, but without the existence of raised burrs; it also prevented the necessity of the armor being softer than an engraving tool. Late in the seventeenth century, etching became used to produce the graduations on measuring instruments; the thinness of lines that etching could produce allowed for the production of more precise and accurate instruments than were possible before. Not long after, it became used to etch trajectory information plates for cannon and artillery operators; paper would rarely survive the rigors of combat, but an etched plate could be quite durable. Often such information (normally ranging marks) was etched onto equipment such as stiletto daggers or shovels. In 1782, the discovery was made by John Senebier that certain resins lost their solubility to turpentine when exposed to light; that is, they hardened. This allowed the development of photochemical milling, where a liquid maskant is applied to the entire surface of a material, and the outline of the area to be masked created by exposing it to UV light. Photo-chemical milling was extensively used in the development of photography methods, allowing light to create impressions on metal plates. One of the earliest uses of chemical etching to mill commercial parts was in 1927, when the Swedish company Aktiebolaget Separator patented a method of producing edge filters by chemically milling the gaps in the filters. Later, around the 1940s, it became widely used to machine thin samples of very hard metal; photo-etching from both sides was used to cut sheet metal, foil, and shim stock to create shims, recording heat frets, and other components. Etching has applications in the printed circuit board and semiconductor fabrication industries. It is also used in the aerospace industry to remove shallow layers of material from large aircraft components, missile skin panels, and extruded parts for airframes. Etching is used widely to manufacture integrated circuits and Microelectromechanical systems. In addition to the standard, liquid-based techniques, the semiconductor industry commonly uses plasma etching. Chemical milling is normally performed in a series of five steps: cleaning, masking, scribing, etching, and demasking. Cleaning is the preparatory process of ensuring that the surface to be etched is free of contaminants which could negatively impact the quality of the finished part. An improperly cleaned surface could result in poor adhesion of the maskant, causing areas to be etched erroneously, or a non-uniform etch rate which could result in inaccurate final dimensions. The surface must be kept free from oils, grease, primer coatings, markings and other residue from the marking out process, scale (oxidation), and any other foreign contaminants. For most metals, this step can be performed by applying a solvent substance to the surface to be etched, washing away foreign contaminants. The material may also be immersed in alkaline cleaners or specialized de-oxidizing solutions. It is common practice in modern industrial chemical etching facilities that the workpiece never be directly handled after this process, as oils from human skin could easily contaminate the surface. Masking is the process of applying the maskant material to the surface to ensure that only desired areas are etched. Liquid maskants may be applied via dip-masking, in which the part is dipped into an open tank of maskant and then the maskant dried. Maskant may also be applied by flow coating: liquid maskant is flowed over the surface of the part. Certain conductive maskants may also be applied by electrostatic deposition, where electrical charges are applied to particles of maskant as it is sprayed onto the surface of the material. The charge causes the particles of maskant to adhere to the surface. The maskant to be used is determined primarily by the chemical used to etch the material, and the material itself. The maskant must adhere to the surface of the material, and it must also be chemically inert enough with regards to the etchant to protect the workpiece. Most modern chemical milling processes use maskants with an adhesion around ; if the adhesion is too strong, the scribing process may be too difficult to perform. If the adhesion is too low, the etching area may be imprecisely defined. Most industrial chemical milling facilities use maskants based upon neoprene elastomers or isobutylene-isoprene copolymers. Maskants to be used in photochemical machining processes must also possess the necessary light-reactive properties. Scribing is the removal of maskant on the areas to be etched. For decorative applications, this is often done by hand through the use of a scribing knife, etching needle or similar tool; modern industrial applications may involve an operator scribing with the aid of a template or use computer numerical control to automate the process. For parts involving multiple stages of etching, complex templates using colour codes and similar devices may be used. Etching is the actual immersion of the part into the chemical bath, and the action of the chemical on the part to be milled. The time spent immersed in the chemical bath determines the depth of the resulting etch; this time is calculated via the formula: where \"E\" is the rate of etching (usually abbreviated to \"etch rate\"), \"s\" is the depth of the cut required, and \"t\" is the total immersion time. Etch rate varies based on a number of factors, including the concentration and composition of the etchant, the material to be etched, and temperature conditions. Due to its inconstant nature, etch rate is often determined experimentally immediately prior to the etching process. A small sample of the material to be cut, of the same material specification, heat-treatment condition, and approximately the same thickness is etched for a certain time; after this time, the depth of the etch is measured and used with the time to calculate the etch rate. Aluminium is commonly etched at rates around , and magnesium about Demasking is the combined process of clearing the part of etchant and maskant. Etchant is generally removed with a wash of clear, cold water (although other substances may be used in specialized processes). A de-oxidizing bath may also be required in the common case that the etching process left a film of oxide on the surface of the material. Various methods may be used to remove the maskant, the most common being simple hand removal using scraping tools. This is frequently both",
"to be cut, of the same material specification, heat-treatment condition, and approximately the same thickness is etched for a certain time; after this time, the depth of the etch is measured and used with the time to calculate the etch rate. Aluminium is commonly etched at rates around , and magnesium about Demasking is the combined process of clearing the part of etchant and maskant. Etchant is generally removed with a wash of clear, cold water (although other substances may be used in specialized processes). A de-oxidizing bath may also be required in the common case that the etching process left a film of oxide on the surface of the material. Various methods may be used to remove the maskant, the most common being simple hand removal using scraping tools. This is frequently both time-consuming and laborious, so for large-scale processes this step may be automated. 2% Nital is common etchant for plain carbon steels. Photo chemical machining process video HD link 1 PROCESS VIDEO 1 Photo chemical machining process video HD link 2 PROCESS VIDEO 2 Photo chemical machining process video HD link 3 PROCESS VIDEO 3 Photo chemical machining process video HD link 4 PROCESS VIDEO 4 Chemical milling Chemical milling or industrial etching is the subtractive manufacturing process of using baths of temperature-regulated etching chemicals to remove material to create an object with the desired shape. It is mostly used on metals, though other materials are increasingly important. It was developed from armor-decorating and printing etching processes developed during the Renaissance as alternatives to"
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"Wood ash Wood ash is the residue powder left after the combustion of wood, such as burning wood in a home fireplace or an industrial power plant. It is used traditionally by gardeners as a good source of potash. Many studies have been conducted regarding the chemical composition of wood ash, with widely varying results. Some quote calcium carbonate (CaCO) as the major constituent, others find no carbonate at all, but calcium oxide (CaO) instead. Some show as much as twelve percent iron oxide while others show none, though iron oxide is often introduced through contamination with soil. A comprehensive set of analyses of wood ash composition from many tree species has been carried out by Emil Wolff, among others. Several factors have a major impact on the composition: Typically between 0.43 and 1.82 percent of the mass of burned wood (dry basis) results in ash. Also the conditions of the combustion affect the composition and amount of the residue ash, thus higher temperature will reduce ash yield. Much wood ash contains calcium carbonate as its major component, representing 25 or even 45 percent. Less than 10 percent is potash, and less than 1 percent phosphate; there are trace elements of iron, manganese, zinc, copper and some heavy metals. However, these numbers vary, as combustion temperature is an important variable in determining wood ash composition. All of these are, primarily, in the form of oxides. Wood ash can be used as an organic fertilizer used to enrich agricultural soil nutrition. In this role, wood ash serves a source of potassium and calcium carbonate, the latter acting as a liming agent to neutralize acidic soils. Wood ash can also be used as an amendment for organic hydroponic solutions, generally replacing inorganic compounds containing calcium, potassium, magnesium and phosphorus. Wood ash is commonly disposed of in landfills, but with rising disposal costs, ecologically friendly alternatives, such as serving as compost for agricultural and forestry applications, are becoming more popular. Because wood ash has a high char content, it can be used as an odor control agent, especially in composting operations. Wood ash has a very long history of being used in ceramic glazes, particularly in the Chinese, Japanese and Korean traditions, though now used by many craft potters. It acts as a flux, reducing the melting point of the glaze. Potassium hydroxide can be made directly from wood ash and in this form, is known as caustic potash or lye. Because of this property, wood ash has also traditionally been used to make wood-ash soap. The ectomycorrhizal fungi \"Suillus granulatus\" and \"Paxillus involutus\" can release elements from wood ash. Wood ash Wood ash is the residue powder left after the combustion of wood, such as burning wood in a home fireplace or an industrial power plant. It is used traditionally by gardeners as a good source of potash. Many studies have been conducted regarding the chemical composition of wood ash, with widely varying results. Some quote calcium carbonate (CaCO) as the major"
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"Kaset Wisai District Kaset Wisai (, ) is a district (\"amphoe\") in southwestern Roi Et Province, Thailand. Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Chaturaphak Phiman, Mueang Suang, Suwannaphum of Roi Et Province, Phayakkhaphum Phisai of Maha Sarakham Province, Pathum Rat of Roi Et Province again and Wapi Pathum of Maha Sarakham Province. Originally named Nong Waeng, it was renamed Kaset Wisai in 1939. The district is divided into 13 sub-districts (\"tambon\"), which are further subdivided into 175 villages (\"muban\"). There are two townships (\"thesaban tambon\"): Kaset Wisai and Ku Ka Sing. Each covers parts of the same-named \"tambon\". There are a further 13 tambon administrative organizations (TAO). Kaset Wisai District Kaset Wisai (, ) is a district (\"amphoe\") in southwestern Roi Et Province, Thailand. Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Chaturaphak Phiman, Mueang Suang, Suwannaphum of Roi Et Province, Phayakkhaphum Phisai of Maha Sarakham Province, Pathum Rat of Roi Et Province again and Wapi Pathum of Maha Sarakham Province. Originally named Nong Waeng, it was renamed Kaset Wisai in 1939. The district is divided into 13 sub-districts (\"tambon\"), which are further subdivided into 175 villages (\"muban\"). There are two townships (\"thesaban tambon\"): Kaset Wisai and Ku Ka Sing."
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"Athletic scholarship An athletic scholarship is a form of scholarship to attend a college or university or a private high school awarded to an individual based predominantly on his or her ability to play in a sport. Athletic scholarships are common in the United States, but in many countries they are rare or non-existent. In the United States, athletic scholarships are largely regulated by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). There are also National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) and NAIA, the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. In 1973, the NCAA split its membership into three divisions: Division I, Division II, and Division III. Under NCAA rules, Division I and Division II schools can offer scholarships to athletes for playing a sport. Division III schools may not offer any athletic scholarships. Generally, larger schools compete in Division I and smaller schools in II and III. Most schools give offers to eligible students in most circumstances. Division I football is further divided into the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS, formerly I-A) and Football Championship Subdivision (FCS, formerly I-AA). The two differ in several ways: Some schools or leagues permitted by the NCAA to award athletic scholarships nevertheless prohibit them among their students. An example is the Ivy League, which is part of Division I FCS. The three service academies that participate in Division I FBS football (Army, Navy, and Air Force) are effectively exempt from NCAA scholarship limits because all students at those schools, whether or not they are varsity athletes, receive full scholarships from the service branch that operates the academy. Institutions that engage in misconduct may be stripped of the ability to award a certain number of athletic scholarships. The ultimate penalty, the suspension of an entire athletic program from participation for a set period of time, is popularly known as \"The Death Penalty\"; it has only been levied three times against schools now in Division I: against Kentucky basketball in 1952, Southwestern Louisiana (now Louisiana) basketball in 1973, and SMU football in 1986. In addition to the regulations imposed by the NCAA on the educational institution, the rules governing the provision of athletic scholarship and financial aid are also exhaustive. As noted above, NCAA bylaws place a cap on the number of student-athletes that participate in a given sport at a particular school, who are eligible to receive institutional aid. Institutional aid is defined as the financial aid granted to a student-athlete by the institution in which they are enrolled Financial aid that has not been provided by the school will render the athlete ineligible, unless the aid is received from a guardian or dependent, it has been awarded for reasons separate from the individual's athletic ability, or it has been provided by a recognized and continuing program that may or may not recognize athletic ability as a major criterion (i.e. National Merit Scholarship or as an honorary high school award). There is also a limit to the amount of money that may be awarded through an athletic scholarship. Specifically, it must not exceed the cost of the individual's education otherwise it is considered \"pay\", which violates an athlete's amateur status. Academic eligibility, in addition to the other requirements mentioned, has been a longstanding issue in the history of college athletics. In order to respond to the lack of national academic standards, the NCAA passed the 1.600 GPA rule in 1962 in order for freshmen to receive athletic scholarships. However, this decision received widespread criticism and was eventually abolished in 1973. In its wake, the American Council on Education (ACE) presented Proposition 48 to the NCAA conference in 1983. Instead of a minimum 1.600 freshmen GPA, it recommended that for a student to be eligible they must obtain a 2.0 high school GPA, take 11 core high school courses, and score either a 700 on the SAT or a 15 on the ACT. However, just as the 1.600 rule generated controversy, so to did Proposition 48. Joseph B. Johnson, the president of Grambling State University and a representative of the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education argued that it \"[discriminated] against student-athletes from low-income and minority-group families by introducing arbitrary SAT and ACT cut off scores as academic criteria for eligibility.\" To address this, the NCAA added a partial qualifier to the suggested guidelines. Thus, under the revision, an athlete who met either the 2.0 high school GPA or 700 SAT/15 ACT score would be eligible to receive a scholarship, but would be unable to practice with or play for the team for one academic year. This partial qualifier was subsequently overturned in 1989 following the passage of Prop 42. However, amendments to Prop 42 restored it after much protest. The newest amendment to Proposition 48, Prop 16, was passed in 1992 and later revised in 2008. As of 2008, under Prop 16, a sliding scale for standardized test scores was expanded to allow for a zero score to be allowed in a test, as long as the high school GPA was sufficient to balance it out. Moreover, the number of core high school courses required was increased to 14. Once a high school senior is deemed eligible to receive an athletic scholarship for their participation on a sports team, they must then follow a number of explicit steps in order to participate at the collegiate level. In particular, the NCAA mandates that they sign a National College Letter of Intent (NLI), which is effectively an agreement that binds the student-athlete to institution in which they have chosen to enroll. Some applicants choose commercial third parties to act as intermediaries which seek out scholarships and facilitate the application process. Prior to the late 19th century, college athletics consisted largely of informal gatherings orchestrated by students.The first college game ever played took place on November 6, 1869, when Rutgers defeated Princeton 6-4 in football. Following this monumental game, a movement swept across American colleges that increased the number of schools participating in athletics. As the popularity of sports grew, colleges also began to actively recruit individuals, as well as to offer scholarships. As early as the 1870s, both colleges and universities were providing financial support and incentives to athletes. It was not an uncommon practice at this time for non-students to participate in order to increase the success of a team. In fact, one story tells of a farm boy recruited to play football at the University of Kansas in 1895. As a result of these practices, numerous concerns were raised, including the desire to regulate college athletics. In 1905, the NCAA was created with the intention of \"the regulation and supervision of college athletics throughout the United States, in order that the athletic activities in colleges and universities of the United States may be maintained on an ethical plan in keeping with the dignity and high purpose of education.\" Right from the start, the NCAA expressed a commitment to preserving both education and amateurism within college athletics. Toward this goal, the NCAA was forced to address student funding, specifically alumni sponsorship. Thus, in 1939 the NCAA delivered a statement which emphasized the amateur status of student-athletes and stated that financial awards would be needs based and independent of the individual's continued athletic participation. Then, in 1950, under the governance of the NCAA, colleges developed the athletic scholarship, as a way to pay prospective student-athletes. As a consequence, prospective students would be awarded financially on the basis of athletic ability. For the next twenty years, there were no limits, as set by the NCAA, on the number of scholarships that an educational institution could award players, as well as no",
"preserving both education and amateurism within college athletics. Toward this goal, the NCAA was forced to address student funding, specifically alumni sponsorship. Thus, in 1939 the NCAA delivered a statement which emphasized the amateur status of student-athletes and stated that financial awards would be needs based and independent of the individual's continued athletic participation. Then, in 1950, under the governance of the NCAA, colleges developed the athletic scholarship, as a way to pay prospective student-athletes. As a consequence, prospective students would be awarded financially on the basis of athletic ability. For the next twenty years, there were no limits, as set by the NCAA, on the number of scholarships that an educational institution could award players, as well as no limit on the length of the scholarship term. Moreover, if an athlete withdrew participation from his sport, his scholarship could not be revoked. However, this all changed at the NCAA's annual convention in 1973. On January 13, 1973 the NCAA revised the scholarship system, and voted to institute a one-year scholarship as opposed to the four-year scholarship already in place. Today, Article 15 of the NCAA Manual Bylaws governs the regulations regarding financial aid grants and athletic scholarships for student athletes. As of 2010, Bylaw 15.3.3.1. for Division I athletic programs differs little from the one-year rule invoked in 1973, as it reads, \"If a student's athletics ability is considered in any degree in awarding financial aid, such aid shall neither be awarded for a period in excess of one academic year nor for a period less than one academic year.\" In addition to the \"One-Year Period\", the Bylaws also address recommendations made to extend the one-year term, as well as the policies surrounding injury or illness. Specifically, Bylaw 15.3.3.1.3 states that \"It is not permissible for an institution to assure the prospective student-athlete that it automatically will continue a grant-in-aid past the one-year period if the recipient sustains an injury that prevents him or her from competing in intercollegiate athletics, but an institutional representative may inform the prospective student-athlete of the regular institutional policy related to renewal or continuation of aid past the one-year period for recipients who become ill or injured during their participation.\" Moreover, Bylaw 15.3.4 addresses the instances in which an award may be reduced or canceled during the period of the award. According to the NCAA, this applies if a student-athlete becomes ineligible to compete, engages in fraudulent behavior (i.e. provides false information on their application, letter of intent, or financial aid agreement), engages in misconduct that results in disciplinary action, or voluntarily ends participation in the sport. However, the NCAA asserts that the student-athlete must be awarded a hearing before the reduction or cancellation occurs. In addition to the circumstances in which reduction or cancellation of an award is permissible, there are circumstances in which such action cannot be taken during the term period. Specifically, financial aid cannot be withdrawn or reduced during the award period based on athletic ability, performance, or contribution to success. This is true also in the event of injury, illness, or the result of a physical or mental condition. As a consequence of the complaints voiced and involvement by the Justice Department, in August 2011 the Division I Board of Directors adopted multiyear scholarship legislation to allow Division I schools to provide scholarships for a period greater than one year This legislation was one of many steps the Board of Directors took after the NCAA President Mark Emmert organized a meeting to discuss issues with the operation of Division I athletics. Voting to override Proposal No 2011-97 (as it was named) was open until Friday, February 17, 2012. By a very narrow margin, the multiyear scholarship legislation was upheld. Of the 330 Division I schools, 62.1% voted in favor of the override, which was just .4% short of the 62.5% majority required to overturn the proposal. Following the outcome, President Mark Emmert was quoted saying, \"I am pleased that student-athletes will continue to benefit from the ability of institutions to offer athletics aid for more than one year, but it's clear that there are significant portions of the membership with legitimate concerns. As we continue to examine implementation of the rule, we want to work with the membership to address those concerns.\" Some opponents worry that multiyear scholarships award wealthy schools an advantage in the recruiting process. Others contend that coaches will be forced to keep players that are not a good fit for their program. It is important to note, however, that member institutions opposed to the decision will not be forced to offer student-athletes multiyear scholarships. Rather, the decision, provides coaches and universities with the option to extend the scholarship term if they so choose. By spring 2012, a number of sports programs had declared their intent to offer multiyear scholarships including Ohio State, Auburn, Michigan, Michigan State, Florida, and Nebraska. In June 2014, the Big Ten Conference school presidents endorsed a proposal for four-year guaranteed scholarships that covered the full cost of attendance, although it had not yet moved to implement this proposal. This followed a policy statement by the school presidents of the Pac-12 Conference that stopped just short of endorsing the same. The first school known to have actually implemented a four-year guarantee was the University of South Carolina, which announced on September 25, 2014 that athletes in football, men's and women's basketball, and women's tennis and volleyball would receive guaranteed scholarships effective immediately. The sports are those classified by the NCAA as \"headcount\" sports, in which teams can provide financial aid to a specified number of players. The school also said it was working on a way to provide a similar guarantee to those in \"equivalency\" sports—those in which the NCAA limits teams to providing aid equivalent to a set number of scholarships, with that number being lower than the size of a full playing squad. The following month, the Pac-12 presidents passed a change to conference rules that instituted four-year guaranteed scholarships (full or partial) in all conference sports. In February 2012 John Kavanagh, then a member of the Arizona House of Representatives, introduced bill HB 2675, which would have required students attending a public university in the state of Arizona (Arizona State University, University of Arizona, or Northern Arizona University) to pay an additional $2,000 fee in order to attend one of the three universities. The bill also stated that students should pay this fee from their own means, meaning that no federal or state grants would cover this fee. Only students on full-ride academic or athletic scholarships would have been exempt from this fee. The bill had been scheduled for a vote by the full House, but was then withdrawn by the legislator who had originally introduced it. In other countries athletic scholarships are far more restricted. A common misconception is that Canadian schools do not offer athletic scholarship money for their athletes. Many Canadian student/athletes decide to go to NCAA Division 1 programs based on the illusion that they are receiving a better deal from these schools with regards to finances and athletics. A typical Canadian university program could cost between $5,000-$6,000 Canadian per year, where as an NCAA school charges between $25,000 to $40,000 US to attend their programs. Compounding this is the cost of travel to and from the university for both student and family and the associated costs of living away from home. Based on the information above, Canadian schools have less tuition to cover and",
"had originally introduced it. In other countries athletic scholarships are far more restricted. A common misconception is that Canadian schools do not offer athletic scholarship money for their athletes. Many Canadian student/athletes decide to go to NCAA Division 1 programs based on the illusion that they are receiving a better deal from these schools with regards to finances and athletics. A typical Canadian university program could cost between $5,000-$6,000 Canadian per year, where as an NCAA school charges between $25,000 to $40,000 US to attend their programs. Compounding this is the cost of travel to and from the university for both student and family and the associated costs of living away from home. Based on the information above, Canadian schools have less tuition to cover and also do not have to include substantial federal/provincial scholarships and academic scholarships in their scholarship declarations. While the competitive standard for some sports may be higher in some Division I (and sometimes Division II) schools, this does vary. In general, this difference would not materialize until the play-off portion of the season, where the standard is much higher overall than the general standard of NCAA competition. The academic standard for athletes is lower in United States and leaves many Canadian students returning to Canada having to take extra courses and in some cases, extra years of study in order to have their academic qualifications recognized. U Sports schools are also not bound by the tight NCAA rules surrounding contacts with athletes and in reality, means that U Sports coaches have the potential to develop their athletes to a higher standard, while also maintaining higher academics due to the above-mentioned differences in academic standards. In the United Kingdom entrance scholarships based on sporting ability are not traditional, though contrary to popular belief they are not actually banned. Sporting ability may be taken into account in admission for places on degrees in subjects such as sports science, and at the discretion of admissions staff sporting achievements may be taken into account on choosing candidates based on their ability to make an all round contribution to the institution in the same way as achievements in any other non-academic area. Students who are elite standard sports competitors are eligible for financial support from bodies such as UK Sport on the same basis as anyone else. Certain universities have a strong emphasis on sport, including Loughborough University, University of Bath and Richmond, The American International University in London each of which hosts a number of nationally funded training facilities. Some universities may make bursaries available to top student athletes, though these are generally not large. Some British students take athletic scholarships at American universities, a trend which is particularly noticeable in golf. Many top British golfers are graduates of American universities including Colin Montgomerie, Luke Donald and Paul Casey. Many young individuals use sports scholarships agencies such Athletes USA to help them gain a sports scholarship. Some secondary schools in New Zealand, mainly private ones, offer entrance scholarships based on sporting ability. However, these have been restricted in recent years by the New Zealand Secondary School Sports Council's (NZSSSC) anti-poaching rules. The NZSSSC introduced a quota system in 2007 on the number of new-to-school and international students a school can field at national championships. Some regional secondary school sporting bodies have also enacted the NZSSSC's rules to first teams in local competitions. A new-to-school student is a student who has enrolled at the school in the 24 months prior to the event, excluding students who enrolled at the school in Year 9 (the first year/grade of secondary school) or below. An international student is a student who is not a New Zealand citizen, Australian citizen, or the holder of a New Zealand residence class visa or domestic-endorsed student visa. The quota depends on the sport, for example, rugby union teams (15-a-side) are only allowed six new-to-school and international students, and only two of those six students may be international students. In addition to the quota system, schools are not permitted to induce a student to change schools for sporting purposes, other than by way of a publicly advertised sporting scholarship. The penalties for breaking either rule is loss of competition points and/or disqualification of the athletes, teams, coaches and/or managers involved. Critics have labeled the term to be an oxymoron, stating that physically talented persons selected for their ability to run, jump, throw, kick or hit a ball are retained to staff a school's teams, and paid for their services while being classified as \"scholars\". Some critics of the athletic scholarship system have coined the term \"jockship\" to describe the awards. The term is based on the word \"jock\", a mildly derisive American slang term that plays on the stereotype of the \"dumb athlete\". Such scholarships have been characterized as salaries paid to the persons selected in order to induce them to perform for the hiring school. (The characterization of the salary as a \"scholarship\" is deemed necessary because, generally, at most American colleges, participation as a member of the school's athletic teams is a privilege accorded exclusively to enrolled students, and team members are, in theory, amateurs.) Supporters contend that many students would be unable to receive a higher education at all, but for the availability of athletic scholarships, due to the prohibitive costs associated with university education. The theory is that while most academic scholarships are predominantly awarded to students of middle and upper-class backgrounds (thought of as counter-intuitive, as they are typically considered more affluent), many feel the tendency does, in fact, lean toward athletic scholarships being awarded to less-privileged students, who are, in many cases, members of a minority. Athletic scholarship An athletic scholarship is a form of scholarship to attend a college or university or a private high school awarded to an individual based predominantly on his or her ability to play in a sport. Athletic scholarships are common in the United States, but in many countries they are rare or non-existent. 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"Ancar Ancar (\"Ancar Automóveis de Angola, SA\") is a private company in Angola which was founded in 2001 to put a joint venture with Škoda Auto in place and to establish a car assembly line in Angola. Ancar was regarded as a front company of \"Ancar World Wide Investments Holding\", a company with dubious financial European capital, registered in the USA. Today Ancar Angola now does not exist anymore and the project was ceased from both sides, from the German as well as the Angolan side. There were serious corruption allegations against the main responsibles. The initiators of the project, at that time, were former Škoda Auto board member, Helmuth Schuster, and John Johannsen, searched by the Spanish police with an arrest warrant for serial cheating. Due to dubious business practices of the two, German television channel NDR broadcast on July 14, 2005 on her political program a report about the Volkswagen corruption scandal. According to this news, Volkswagen-Board responded with the dismissal of one board member and additionally ordered to stop the construction of the factory, some outside the Angolan Capital Luanda. The reputation of Volkswagen in Africa was at stake. It was feared that the partner company is a dummy firm. Volkswagen only continued further negotiations until an extensive review of the company took place and then suspended the project. However, Volkswagen announced surprisingly in a press release on June 28, 2008 to continue construction works and to open the assembly factory in 2009. An investment of 15 million U.S. Dollars, including the establishment of a nationwide dealer network was planned too. Another Angolan company called \"ASGM\" came in to participate in this project with a capital of 48 million U.S. Dollars. Infrastructure and its associated dealer network are currently placed under Volkswagen of South Africa. Indeed, the present state is, that the Volkswagen Group, currently has no plans to put this project back to work. (February 2011). According to the original plans that were in effect in the years 2001 to 2005, this factory would have been just an assembly operation, prior to dismantle cars in Lisbon, Portugal, being shipped as parts to Angola and later to be reassembled. This method would have promised high profit gains to the operators. Due to this procedure, new jobs for the local people could have been created, which was supported by Angolan law. Because of the complications that led up to the highest government circles, the Government of Angola made it publicly clear to distance itself from the case. (Welwitschia dos Santos, a daughter of President José Eduardo dos Santos participated in Ancar). Instead, on the designated site, the Polo Industrial de Viana, Viana, China International Fund funded a project under the name of a joint venture called \"CSG - Automóvel fabricado em Angola\". Today, there are already built cars like \"Yumsun Nissan\" models. (as of 2011). Ancar Ancar (\"Ancar Automóveis de Angola, SA\") is a private company in Angola which was founded in 2001 to put a joint venture"
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"Shiroi Shiroi is located in northwestern Chiba Prefecture, roughly equidistant from central Tokyo and Narita International Airport. Chiba Prefecture Shiroi Village was created within Inba District, Chiba Prefecture on April 1, 1885 with the early Meiji period establishment of the municipalities system. From shortly after World War II until the early 1960s Shiroi was the site of a United States Air Force Base (ShiroiI AFB APO 73). Shiroi was elevated to town status on September 1, 1964. As the Japanese economy grew in the 1970s, many people moved from the country to the cities, and the growth of Tokyo sent many residents out to suburbs in the Kantō countryside. Shiroi's real growth began during this period: its rail connection to Chiba City was completed in 1979, and it was linked directly to the Tokyo railway network in 1991. Shiroi was elevated to city status on April 1, 2001 There are nine elementary schools (Grade 1-6) in Shiroi: Shiroidaini Elementary School, Shiroidaiichi Elementary School, Nanatsugidai Elementary School, Ikenokami Elementary School, Shimizuguchi Elementary School, Minamiyama Elementary School, Shiroidaisan Elementary School, Oyamaguchi Elementary School, and Sakuradai Elementary School. There are also five middle schools (Grade 7-9): Shiroi Middle School, Oyamaguchi Middle School, Minamiyama Middle School, Nanatsugidai Middle School, and Sakuradai Middle School. Shiroi is a regional commercial center and a bedroom community for nearby Chiba and Tokyo. During the Meiji era, Shiroi became a fruit-growing area. Local farmers planted kiwi fruit and grapes, but the most famous of Shiroi's fruits turned out to be nashi pears. In the springtime, the pear trees still bloom alongside the sakura. Shiroi Shiroi is located in northwestern Chiba Prefecture, roughly equidistant from central Tokyo and Narita International Airport. Chiba Prefecture Shiroi Village was created within Inba District, Chiba Prefecture on April 1, 1885 with the early Meiji"
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"John Yarde-Buller, 2nd Baron Churston John Yarde-Buller, 2nd Baron Churston (26 October 1846 – 19 April 1910) was a British peer and soldier. The elder son of the Hon. John Yarde-Buller (eldest son of John Yarde-Buller, 1st Baron Churston) and of Charlotte, a daughter of Edward Sacheverell Chandos-Pole, of Radbourne, Derbyshire, he served in the Scots Guards until he succeeded to his grandfather's titles and estates (amounting to some eleven thousand acres) in 1871, retiring the same year as a Captain. In 1872, he married Barbara, the only child of Sir Hastings Yelverton and of Barbara, 20th Baroness Grey de Ruthyn. They had one son and one daughter. In 1910, Churston was succeeded by his son, the Hon. John Reginald Lopes Yarde-Buller. He is the great grandfather of Aga Khan IV. John Yarde-Buller, 2nd Baron Churston John Yarde-Buller, 2nd Baron Churston (26 October 1846 – 19 April 1910) was a British peer and soldier. The elder son of the Hon. John Yarde-Buller (eldest son of John Yarde-Buller, 1st Baron Churston) and of Charlotte, a daughter of Edward Sacheverell Chandos-Pole, of Radbourne, Derbyshire, he served in the Scots Guards until he succeeded to his grandfather's titles and estates (amounting to some"
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"Gate (novel series) One day in modern-day Ginza, Tokyo, a portal from another world suddenly appears and a legion of soldiers and monsters emerge to attack the city. Using more advanced weaponry and tactics, the Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) easily repels the enemy and passes through the Gate to establish a forward operating base and initiate peace negotiations with the Empire of the other world. However, Japan's exclusive access to the Gate is envied by the other nations of the world, who wish to exploit the (Japan's designation for the other world) for their own purposes. Also, the JSDF's activities are closely monitored by their government, who hesitate to involve themselves any further into the Special Region's affairs out of fear of public disapproval. Yōji Itami is a JSDF officer sent to investigate the other world, where magic, dragons and elves are real, using his knowledge of fantasy stories to make his way in this new environment. While exploring the Special Region, he ends up selflessly aiding its people - including Imperial Princess Piña Co Lada - against an ancient dragon and a band of marauders, thus paving the way for negotiations and saddling himself with a group of local girls who have developed feelings for him. However, when he humiliates Imperial crown prince Zorzal in order to rescue a Japanese prisoner from his clutches, the latter decides to make Japan pay in blood, seizing power as a dictator and preparing for an all-out war. Thus the JSDF is eventually forced to engage in aggressive combat action to maintain the status quo and bring negotiations with Zorzal's father, Molt Sol Augustus, to a peaceful conclusion. Following the JSDF's liberation of Princess Piña, the Emperor and the anti-war senators from the Imperial capital, Zorzal goes into hiding and engages in a guerilla war, having his men conduct raids in imitation camouflage uniforms and using shape-shifting monsters to murder innocent civilians to draw the Japanese out; but the JSDF's allies and sympathizers rally to their side to defeat the rogue prince. However, as the goddess Hardy relates to Itami, the Gate itself poses another serious problem. Initially opened by Hardy, but enlarged and stabilized by the Empire's magicians, it begins to cause a series of devastating incidents as the Special Region and Earth begin to drift away from this mutual anchor point. Thus, the Japanese must struggle to both end the civil war and close the Gate in time before both worlds rip each other to pieces. While the Recon Unit encompasses a total of twelve members, the characters listed here are those who gain special prominence in the story. The Empire has at the time of the JSDF's arrival remained the dominant political domain in the Special Region for over 687 years. Its political, cultural and military systems are patterned after those of the ancient Roman Empire. Humans form the primary social class; demihumans are by Imperial law considered non-citizens. The Order of the Rose Knights, founded and led by Imperial Princess Piña Co Lada, consists of a predominantly female group of noble women from the Empire. Originally, they served as color guard and \"decorative\" pieces for the Empire's Army and were never used in battle. Their first actual battle came at the Siege of Italica, where rogue Allied Soldiers became marauders and attacked the merchant city, an event where the Knights demonstrated their skills and loyalty to the Empire and their princess. Clan Formal is a neutral clan that resides in the city of Italica, an important trading center. The former patriarch was Colt Formal, a nobleman, who took in many poor residents and humanoids as servants and as a personal \"hobby\". It is implied that his maids are also combat capable, should the household be threatened. With the founding of the Alnus settlement, several of the Formal household servants move there to aid the JSDF as public workers (shopkeepers, barmaids, etc.). After the failure of Zorzal's coup d'etat and the rescue of Princess Piña and Emperor Molt, Italica and the House Formal become the temporary seat of the legitimate Imperial government. The Special Region is home to several deities - both full-fledged gods and demigods - who act as guardians against undesired developments amongst the other world's people, either by sponsoring those who promote the natural balance or by eradicating any elements which threaten it. Demigods, also called Apostles, are first selected from among mortal beings with great potential; they maintain a physical form, but remain eternally young and alive even after suffering dismemberment, until they become spiritual beings and ascend to godhood upon their 1,000th year. These newly ascended gods are free to claim one of the domains held by the deity they served, or any aspect not yet claimed by another deity. Many denizens of the Special Region base their middle names on the name of the deity they personally worship. Rondel is a university city for studies in magic, natural science and history. It was founded by two demigods over 3,000 years ago, and has produced a great number of renowned magicians and sages since that time. Next to Italica and the settlement at Arnus, it is also one of the few places within the Empire where demihumans enjoy the same basic rights as human beings. Takumi Yanai, a former member of the JSDF, initially published the work on the user-generated content site \"Arcadia\" from April 2006 until June 2009 under the pseudonym . In 2010, AlphaPolis made an arrangement with him to publish his work in print. The first two web-novel volumes were slightly altered to make them less nationalistic whereas the third, and final, web-novel volume was rewritten and expanded into three volumes. These five volumes were published from April 12, 2010 to December 22, 2011 with cover illustrations by Daisuke Izuka. Since then, the series has continued with five volumes of side stories as of July 2015. In December 2012, AlphaPolis began a reprint of the series as a light novel, where each novel volume was split into two small-sized light novel volumes in bunkobon format, as well as new cover and inside illustrations by Kurojishi. A sequel novel series, \"Gate: Weigh Anchor\", centers on a new set of characters from the Maritime Self-Defense Force. There are five manga series based on \"Gate\", all published by AlphaPolis. The first manga, drawn by Satoru Sao, began publishing in July 2011 and as of June 2018, has 13 volumes. This manga is licensed in English by Sekai Publishing, but only the first two volumes have been translated, with Sekai (as of August 2018) stating quality problems with the volume 2 copies. The second manga, which is a four-panel comic strip comedy drawn by Kuinji 51-gou, began in December 2014. The third manga, drawn by Yukie Shiren and titled \"14 year old Pina Co Lada and The Rose Knights of the Gate Empire\", which is a prequel story with Pina as the main protagonist, began in March 2015. A fourth manga, drawn by Abeno Chako and titled \"Gate: Featuring the Starry Heavens\"', which depicts the three main female characters becoming music idols, began in March 2015. A spin-off manga, drawn by Chi and titled \"Mei Company\", is based on the in-universe manga in the \"Gate\" series, and was published in March 2015. An anime television series adaptation was produced by A-1 Pictures and directed by Takahiko Kyōgoku. The series’ character designs are based on the light novel illustrations. The first 12 episodes aired in Japan between July 4 and September 18, 2015. The second half aired on Tokyo MX from January 9 to March 26, 2016. It was streamed online by Crunchyroll and is licensed by Sentai Filmworks in North America. From episode 1 to 12, the opening theme song is by Kishida Kyoudan & The Akeboshi Rockets and the ending theme song is by Hisako Kanemoto, Nao Tōyama, and Risa Taneda. Sentai Filmworks released a complete collection of the series on Blu-ray and DVD on July 11,",
"drawn by Chi and titled \"Mei Company\", is based on the in-universe manga in the \"Gate\" series, and was published in March 2015. An anime television series adaptation was produced by A-1 Pictures and directed by Takahiko Kyōgoku. The series’ character designs are based on the light novel illustrations. The first 12 episodes aired in Japan between July 4 and September 18, 2015. The second half aired on Tokyo MX from January 9 to March 26, 2016. It was streamed online by Crunchyroll and is licensed by Sentai Filmworks in North America. From episode 1 to 12, the opening theme song is by Kishida Kyoudan & The Akeboshi Rockets and the ending theme song is by Hisako Kanemoto, Nao Tōyama, and Risa Taneda. Sentai Filmworks released a complete collection of the series on Blu-ray and DVD on July 11, 2017. For the second half, the opening theme is by Kishida Kyoudan & The Akeboshi Rockets, and the ending theme is by Kanemoto, Tōyama, and Taneda. In June 2017, it was reported that the novels have sold over 4.2 million copies in Japan. Rebecca Silverman of Anime News Network reviewed the first twelve episodes of \"Gate\" where she praised the anime's unique premise of a modern military fighting against fantasy races in another world, having its main protagonist being an older man rather than a teenager and its unique cast of characters, but also criticized the anime for being too political and glorifying the Japanese military. Theron Martin of Anime News Network also praises the anime for a being the opposite of \"Outbreak Company\", another anime with a similar premise about modern Japan discovering a fantasy world. While he found the story and some of the characters entertaining and praised some of the English voice actors, he also criticized how some character stories were much weaker than others, the English script was changed from the original Japanese, and found \"Gate\" political views in the anime were \"graceless and heavy-handed\". The general positive response to \"Gate\" prompted the Japanese military to start a recruitment campaign using the main characters as mascots. A pachislot game based on the anime was released in February 2018. Gate (novel series) One day in modern-day Ginza, Tokyo, a portal from another world suddenly appears and a legion of soldiers and monsters emerge to attack the city. Using more advanced weaponry and tactics, the Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) easily repels the enemy and passes through"
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"Internet Fibre Channel Protocol Internet Fibre Channel Protocol (iFCP) is a gateway-to-gateway network protocol standard that provides Fibre Channel fabric functionality to Fibre Channel devices over an IP network. It is officially ratified by the Internet Engineering Task Force. Its most common forms are in 1 Gbit/s, 2 Gbit/s, 4 Gbit/s, 8 Gbit/s, and 10 Gbit/s. The iFCP protocol enables the implementation of Fibre Channel functionality over an IP network, within which the Fibre Channel switching and routing infrastructure is replaced by IP components and technology. Congestion control, error detection and recovery are provided through the use of TCP (Transmission Control Protocol). The primary objective of iFCP is to allow existing Fibre Channel devices to be networked and interconnected over an IP based network at wire speeds. The method of address translation defined and the protocol permit Fibre Channel storage devices and host adapters to be attached to an IP-based fabric using transparent gateways. The iFCP protocol layer's main function is to transport Fibre Channel frame images between Fibre Channel ports attached both locally and remotely. iFCP encapsulates and routes the fibre channel frames that make up each Fibre Channel information unit via a predetermined TCP connection for transport across the IP network when transporting frames to a remote Fibre Channel port. Internet Fibre Channel Protocol Internet Fibre Channel Protocol (iFCP) is a gateway-to-gateway network protocol standard that provides Fibre Channel fabric functionality to Fibre Channel devices over an IP network. It is officially ratified by the Internet Engineering Task Force. Its most common forms are in 1 Gbit/s, 2 Gbit/s, 4 Gbit/s, 8 Gbit/s, and 10 Gbit/s. The iFCP protocol enables the implementation of Fibre Channel functionality over an IP network, within which the Fibre Channel switching and routing infrastructure is replaced by IP components and technology. Congestion control,"
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"Henry Foreman Sir Henry Foreman OBE (1852 – 11 April 1924) was a British Conservative politician. The son of George Foreman of Campden Hill, Kensington, London, he became deeply involved in the municipal politics of Hammersmith. From 1913–1920 he was mayor of the Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith, and was an alderman on the borough council from 1918. During the First World War Foreman was actively involved in recruiting for the British Army. As mayor of Hammersmith he was the honorary colonel and founder of the 20th London Cadet Corps and helped raise the 140th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery and the 40th Divisional Ammunition Column. He also presented the Parkside Orthopaedic Hospital for Officers at Ravenscourt Park to the War Office. He was awarded the Order of the British Empire for his wartime services. At the 1918 general election he stood as the Coalition Conservative candidate contesting the newly created constituency of Hammersmith North. Foreman faced Liberal and National Party opponents. He was comfortably elected to become member of parliament for Hammersmith North, with a majority of 3,243 votes. He was knighted in 1921, for \"municipal and local services\". He was re-elected as a Conservative at the following election in 1922 with a majority of 2,903 votes over his Labour Party opponent, J P Gardner. A further general election was held in the following year on the issue of tariff reform, and Foreman took the opportunity to retire from politics. He died in April of the following year, and was buried at Margravine Cemetery. Henry Foreman Sir Henry Foreman OBE (1852 – 11 April 1924) was a British Conservative politician. The son of George Foreman of Campden Hill, Kensington, London, he became deeply involved in the municipal politics of Hammersmith. From 1913–1920 he was mayor of the Metropolitan Borough of"
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"Colt OHWS The Colt OHWS (also known as Colt SOCOM) was a semi-automatic pistol created by Colt to compete for the United States Special Operations Command (US SOCOM) Offensive Handgun Weapon System (OHWS) tender. The winner of this competition would become the standard-issue handgun for most US special forces groups. The OHWS contract was awarded to Heckler & Koch for their MK23 Mod 0 pistol, and Colt scrapped the project. The Colt OHWS was based on the M1911 frame and carried a single-stack 10-round magazine. The handgun was designed to carry a removable sound suppressor and a laser aiming module (LAM). The handgun was chambered for the .45 ACP cartridge. Colt developed their OHWS handgun during the early 1990s to compete for a contract under the US SOCOM Offensive Handgun Weapon System (OHWS) program. The Colt OHWS was produced to fire .45 ammunition, but was capable of firing most .45 ammunition designed, including SOCOMs intended primary round .45 ACP + P. At the time Colt's pistols were not capable of handling +P ammunition consistently, Colt decided that instead of modifying the previous SOCOM weapon the M1911A1 to meet SOCOMs current needs it would be more cost-effective to produce a brand new handgun. Colt OHWS The Colt OHWS (also known as Colt SOCOM) was a semi-automatic pistol created by Colt to compete for the United States Special Operations Command (US SOCOM) Offensive Handgun Weapon System (OHWS) tender. The winner of this competition would become the standard-issue handgun for most US special forces groups. The OHWS contract was awarded to Heckler & Koch for their MK23 Mod 0 pistol, and Colt scrapped the project. The Colt OHWS was based on the M1911 frame and carried a single-stack 10-round magazine. The handgun was designed to carry a removable sound suppressor and a laser"
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"Progreso, Hidalgo Progresso (officially: Progreso de Obregón) is a community and one of the 84 municipalities of Hidalgo, in central-eastern Mexico, located at 20°15′00″N 99°11′00″W. The municipality covers an area of . Progreso de Obregón used to be part of the municipality of Mixquiahuala de Juarez. It started as a small village next to Tula River called La Salitrera, but due to constant flooding, the villagers looked up for higher ground and established a new village called La Venta in 1826. Thanks to its location (just in the middle of Valle del Mezquital), La Venta became an important economic center and the village grew. After a visit by president Alvaro Obregon the town changed its name to Progreso de Obregon. On January 15, 1970, Progreso de Obregon emancipated from Mixquiahuala and became a municipality of its own. As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 4,630. Progreso, Hidalgo Progresso (officially: Progreso de Obregón) is a community and one of the 84 municipalities of Hidalgo, in central-eastern Mexico, located at 20°15′00″N 99°11′00″W. The municipality covers an area of . Progreso de Obregón used to be part of the municipality of Mixquiahuala de Juarez. It started as a small village"
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"Julie, or the New Heloise Julie, or the New Heloise (), original entitled \"Lettres de Deux Amans, Habitans d'une petite Ville au pied des Alpes\" (\"Letters from two lovers, living in a small town at the foot of the Alps\"), is an epistolary novel by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, published in 1761 by Marc-Michel Rey in Amsterdam. The novel's subtitle points to the history of Héloïse d'Argenteuil and Peter Abelard, a medieval story of passion and Christian renunciation. The novel was put on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum. Although Rousseau wrote the work as a novel, a philosophical theory about authenticity permeates through it, as he explores autonomy and authenticity as moral values. A common interpretation is that Rousseau valued the ethics of authenticity over rational moral principles, as he illustrates the principle that one should do what is imposed upon him by society only insofar as it would seem congruent with one's \"secret principles\" and feelings, being constituent of one's core identity. Thus unauthentic behavior would pave the way to self-destruction. Arthur Schopenhauer cited \"Julie, or the New Heloise\" as one of the four greatest novels ever written, along with \"Tristram Shandy\", \"Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship\" and \"Don Quixote\". It is thought that the virtuous atheist Wolmar is based on Baron d'Holbach given his friendship and generous sponsorship of Rousseau. Historian Robert Darnton has argued that \"Julie\" \"was perhaps the biggest best-seller of the century\". Publishers could not print copies fast enough so they rented the book out by the day and even by the hour. According to Darnton, there were at least 70 editions in print before 1800, \"probably more than for any other novel in the previous history of publishing.\" But what was truly astonishing regarding \"Julie\"s popularity was not just its sales statistics, but the emotions it brought out in its readers. Readers were so overcome that they wrote to Rousseau in droves, creating the first celebrity author. One reader claimed that the novel nearly drove him mad from excess of feeling while another claimed that the violent sobbing he underwent cured his cold. Reader after reader describes their \"tears\", \"sighs\", \"torments\" and \"ecstasies\" to Rousseau. One wrote in a letter to Rousseau after finishing the novel: I dare not tell you the effect it made on me. No, I was past weeping. A sharp pain convulsed me. My heart was crushed. Julie dying was no longer an unknown person. I believed I was her sister, her friend, her Claire. My seizure became so strong that if I had not put the book away I would have been as ill as all those who attended that virtuous woman in her last moments. Like this reader, people became deeply invested in the lives of the characters in the novel, to an extent that was entirely new in French fiction. In fact, some readers simply could not accept that the book was fiction. One woman wrote to Rousseau asking: Many people who have read your book and discussed it with me assert that it is only a clever fabrication on your part. I can't believe that. If so, how could a mistaken reading have produced sensations like the ones I felt when I read the book? I implore you, Monsieur, tell me: did Julie really live? Is Saint-Preux still alive? What country on this earth does he inhabit? Claire, sweet Claire, did she follow her dear friend to the grave? M. de Wolmar, milord Edouard, all those persons, are they only imaginary as some want to convince me? If that be the case, what kind of a world do we inhabit, in which virtue is but an idea? Other readers identified less with the individual characters and more with their general struggles. They saw in \"Julie\" a story of temptation, sin and redemption that resembled their own lives. The success of \"Julie\" delighted Rousseau; he took pleasure in narrating a story about how a lady ordered a horse carriage to go to an Opera, and then picked up Julie only to continue reading the book till the next morning. So many women wrote to him offering their love that he speculated there was not a single high society woman with whom he would not have succeeded if he wanted to. Julie, or the New Heloise Julie, or the New Heloise (), original entitled \"Lettres de Deux Amans, Habitans d'une petite Ville au pied des Alpes\" (\"Letters from two lovers, living in a small town at the foot of the Alps\"), is an epistolary novel by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, published in 1761 by Marc-Michel Rey in Amsterdam. The novel's subtitle points to the history of Héloïse d'Argenteuil and Peter Abelard, a medieval story of passion and Christian renunciation. The novel was put on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum. Although Rousseau wrote the work as a"
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"Fernando Buesa Fernando Buesa Blanco (29 May 1946 – 22 February 2000) was a Spanish politician in the Basque Christian Democracy and in the Socialist Party of Euskadi - Euskadiko Ezkerra (PSE-EE) branch of the social democratic Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). He was assassinated by ETA. Born in 1946 in Bilbao, Basque Autonomous Community, Spain, Buesa studied law in Madrid and Barcelona and practiced from 1970 to 1986 in Vitoria-Gasteiz. He was a councillor in Vitoria-Gasteiz (1983–97), a member of the parliament of the Basque Country (1984-2000) and leader of Álava province council (1987–91). Buesa was also deputy \"lehendakari\" (president of the Basque government) and minister of Education in a coalition PSE-Basque Nationalist Party Basque government from 1991 to 1994. From this position, he steered the process that moved the Basque-language schools (\"ikastolak\") into either the Basque public education network or the Basque chartered private education sector. Fernando Buesa was married and had three children. At the time of his death Buesa was the leader of the PSE-EE in Álava and the PSE-EE spokesman in the parliament of the Basque Country. He was killed by the separatist group ETA while he was walking through the university campus in Vitoria-Gasteiz on the 22 February 2000. The car bombing also killed his bodyguard, the ertzaina (Basque policeman) Jorge Díez Elorza. The killing inspired a celebrated documentary by the Basque filmmaker Eterio Ortega Santillana titled \"Asesinato en Febrero\" (\"Assassination in February\"). His brother, an economics professor in Madrid, has become politically active analysing the economic implications of eventual Basque independence. The sports arena of the Vitoria-Gasteiz Baskonia basketball team, which was formerly known as \"Araba Arena\", was renamed Fernando Buesa Arena following his death. Fernando Buesa Fernando Buesa Blanco (29 May 1946 – 22 February 2000) was a Spanish politician in the"
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"Canadian Elite Hockey League The Canadian Elite Hockey League (CEHL) was a semi-professional hockey league that played one season in 2005-2006. The CEHL was founded by Harold MacKay, a prominent member of the local hockey community. He previously brought the expansion Halifax Mooseheads of the QMJHL to Nova Scotia in 1994 and was later responsible for moving the Granby Predateurs franchise to Cape Breton where they became the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles. MacKay hoped to recruit players from major junior and university by giving them an opportunity to play locally and not re-locate to professional leagues in Europe or the United States. The league's champion won the Alexander Cup. Team budgets were set at $450,000 CAD and rosters were limited to a maximum of six import players. The first league champion was the Saint John Scorpions, coached by Yvon Vautour, who won the Alexander Cup by defeating the Dartmouth Destroyers in four games. In June 2006 the Cape Breton Crush folded leaving the league with just three teams. Soon after that the league itself shut down. The charter franchises of the league were: Canadian Elite Hockey League The Canadian Elite Hockey League (CEHL) was a semi-professional hockey league that played"
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"St. Mary's Episcopal Church (Dorchester, Massachusetts) St. Mary's Episcopal Church is a historic church at 14–16 Cushing Avenue in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. Designed by the English architect Henry Vaughn, the Tudor Revival church building was built in 1888 for a congregation established in 1847; the parish house was designed by Charles Cummings and built in 1907. The church contains a high-quality collection of stained glass windows, including the work of Tiffany Studios and Charles Jay Connick. The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. Services are held on Sundays at 9am, 11am and 1pm (in Spanish, not on first Sundays). One of the oldest food pantries in the area is located in the church. St. Mary's Episcopal Church (Dorchester, Massachusetts) St. Mary's Episcopal Church is a historic church at 14–16 Cushing Avenue in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. Designed by the English architect Henry Vaughn, the Tudor Revival church building was built in 1888 for a congregation established in 1847; the parish house was designed by Charles Cummings and built in 1907. The church contains a high-quality collection of stained glass windows, including the work of Tiffany Studios and Charles Jay"
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"Noah Feldman Noah R. Feldman (born May 22, 1970) is a Jewish-American author and Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. Much of his work is devoted to analysis of law and religion. Feldman grew up in Boston, Massachusetts, where he attended the Maimonides School. In 1992, Feldman received his A.B. \"summa cum laude\" in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations from Harvard College, where he was awarded the Sophia Freund Prize (awarded to the highest-ranked graduate) and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He then earned a Rhodes Scholarship to the University of Oxford, where he earned a D.Phil. in Islamic Thought in 1994. Upon his return from Oxford, he received his J.D., in 1997, from Yale Law School, where he was the book review editor of the \"Yale Law Journal\". He later served as a law clerk for Associate Justice David Souter on the U.S. Supreme Court. In 2001, he joined the faculty of New York University Law School (NYU), leaving for Harvard Law School in 2007. In 2008, he was appointed the Bemis Professor of International Law. Feldman is a senior adjunct fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, a previous fellow at New America Foundation, and regularly contributes features and opinion pieces to \"The New York Times Magazine\" and Bloomberg View columns. After twelve years of marriage, Feldman divorced from fellow Harvard Law professor Jeannie Suk, with whom he has two children. He is fluent in Hebrew, Arabic, and French, besides English. As an academic and public intellectual, Feldman is concerned with issues at the intersection of religion and politics. In the United States, this has a bearing on First Amendment questions of church and state and the role of religion both in government and in private life. Feldman's other area of specialty is Islam. In Iraq, the same reasoning leads him to support the creation of a democracy with Islamist elements. This last position has been lauded by some as a pragmatic and sensitive solution to the problems inherent in the creation of a new Iraqi government; others have taken exception to the same idea, however, characterizing Feldman's views as simplistic and shortsighted. Feldman was a featured speaker, alongside noted Islamic authority Hamza Yusuf, in the lecture \"Islam & Democracy: Is a clash of civilisations inevitable?\", which was subsequently released on DVD. An excerpt from Feldman's 2008 book, \"The Fall and Rise of the Islamic State\", appeared in the \"New York Times Sunday Magazine\" and was attacked by Leon Wieseltier for \"promoting\" Islamic law as a \"swell basis\" for a political order. This, according to Wieseltier, amounts to \"shilling for soft theocracy,\" and is hypocritical since Wieseltier presumes that neither he nor Feldman would actually choose to rear their own children in such a system. In a \"New York Times Magazine\" article, \"Orthodox Paradox\", Feldman recounted his experiences of the boundaries of inclusion and exclusion of the Modern Orthodox Jewish community in which he was raised, specifically at his high school alma mater, the Maimonides School. He contended that his choice to marry a non-Jew led to ostracism by the school, in which he and his then girlfriend were allegedly removed from the 1998 photograph of his class reunion published in the school newsletter. His marriage to a non-Jew is contrary to orthodox Jewish law, although he and his family had been active members of the Harvard Orthodox minyan. The photographer's account of an over-crowded photo was used to accuse Feldman of misrepresenting a fundamental fact in the story, namely whether he was \"purposefully\" cropped out of the picture, as many other class members were also cropped from the newsletter photo due to space limitations. His supporters noted that Feldman's claim in the article was that he and his girlfriend were \"nowhere to be found\" and not that they were cropped or deleted out of the photo. Yet others view this claim by Feldman's supporters as disingenuous, noting that elsewhere Feldman had publicly encouraged the suggestion of air-brushing. Leon Wieseltier attacked Feldman for the dishonesty of \"exposing the depredations\" of Orthodox Jewish law while praising sharia as \"bold and noble,\" and called Feldman's essay a \"pathetic whine.\" His critique of Modern Orthodox Judaism has been commented on by many, including Hillel Halkin, columnist for the \"New York Sun\"; Andrew Silow-Carroll, editor of the \"New Jersey Jewish News\"; Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb, Executive Vice President of the Orthodox Union; Marc B. Shapiro Rabbi Shalom Carmy, tenured professor of Jewish philosophy at Yeshiva University; Rabbi Norman Lamm, chancellor of Yeshiva University; Rabbi Shmuley Boteach; Gary Rosenblatt, editor of \"Jewish Week\", the editorial board of the \"Jewish Press\"; Rabbis Ozer Glickman and Aharon Kahn, roshei yeshiva at Yeshiva University; Ami Eden, Executive Editor of The Forward; Rabbi David M. Feldman, author of \"Where There's Life, There's Life\"; and Jonathan Rosenblum, columnist for the \"Jerusalem Post\". In addition, the \"American Thinker\" published responses by Ralph M. Lieberman, Richard Baehr, and Thomas Lifson. Feldman also argued \"pro bono\" in the Third Circuit Court of Appeals against the efforts of a Jewish group in Tenafly, New Jersey, the Tenafly Eruv Association, to erect an eruv. However, his arguments were rejected in 2003 and the eruv was, in fact, permitted. During the Amish \"beard-cutting\" attacks trial of 2012, Feldman argued against applying the Federal hate-crimes law in the case. He argued in a Bloomberg View column that strife amongst co-religionists, including for example \"two gangs of ultra-Orthodox Hasidic teenagers from competing sects,\" could be brought under the law. Any dispute that takes place in the context of a church, mosque or synagogue would be ripe for federal intervention. Over time, a hate-crimes law designed as a shield to protect religious groups against bias could easily become a sword with which to prosecute them, he then concluded. The sixteen Amish men and women in the 2012 case were subsequently found guilty. Feldman's work on the Iraqi constitution was controversial at the time, and some, including Edward Said, felt he was not experienced enough with the country to undertake such a task. In 2005, \"The New York Observer\" called Feldman \"one of a handful of earnest, platinum-résumé’d law geeks whose prospects for the Big Bench are the source of constant speculation among friends and colleagues.\" \"New York Magazine\" named Feldman as one of \"the influentials\" in ideas, alongside Jeffrey Sachs, Saul Kripke, Richard Neuhaus, and Brian Greene. In 2008, he was among the names topping \"Esquire\" magazine's list of the \"most influential people of the 21st century\". The magazine called him \"a public intellectual of our time.\" In 2011, Noah Feldman appeared in all three episodes in the Ken Burns' PBS series \"Prohibition\" as a legal commentator. Noah Feldman Noah R. Feldman (born May 22, 1970) is a Jewish-American author and Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. Much of his work is devoted to analysis of law and religion. Feldman grew up in Boston, Massachusetts, where he attended the Maimonides School. In 1992, Feldman received his A.B. \"summa cum laude\" in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations from Harvard College, where he was awarded the Sophia Freund Prize (awarded to the highest-ranked graduate) and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He"
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"Write Me a Letter \"Write Me a Letter\" is a song by American hard rock band, Aerosmith. The song was written by lead-singer, Steven Tyler and is the sixth song on Aerosmith's self-titled debut album, \"Aerosmith\". The song is mostly a rock and roll song, it starts off with a drum line and goes into slow blues jam with Steven singing about a letter from a lover he is waiting for. The song is the first use of the Harmonica in an Aerosmith song. The song was played constantly in the early to mid seventies and most often took the opening song or the second song in their setlist. The first-known performance of the song was on March 20, 1973 at Paul's Mall in Boston. A live version is included on \"Pandora's Box\" Write Me a Letter \"Write Me a Letter\" is a song by American hard rock band, Aerosmith. The song was written by lead-singer, Steven Tyler and is the sixth song on Aerosmith's self-titled debut album, \"Aerosmith\". The song is mostly a rock and roll song, it starts off with a drum line and goes into slow blues jam with Steven singing about a letter from a lover"
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"Suiin Emi Born in Okayama into a \"shizoku\" (former samurai) family, he travelled to Tokyo to join the army but instead joined the Kenyūsha literary society and quickly became celebrated during the Sino-Japanese War for his patriotic stories in the newspaper \"Chūō Shinbun\". A pillar of the Meiji-era literary establishment, and the editor of \"Kobe Shinbun\" and \"Taiheiyo\" as well as \"Senshibankō\" and \"Kozakuraodoshi\", his writing is marred for modern readers by its imperialist outlook, one example being \"Osero\", a new version of \"Othello\" commissioned for the Otojiro Kawakami troupe and set in the Taiwan of 1903, in which the Othello figure, the governor Lt. Gen. Muro Washirō, is a Japanese \"burakumin\" who has been sent to the island to suppress a rebellion. He was the first to refer to sumo as the national sport (\"kokugi\"), inspiring the name of the Ryōgoku Kokugikan stadium built in 1909. He died in Matsuyama. Suiin Emi Born in Okayama into a \"shizoku\" (former samurai) family, he travelled to Tokyo to join the army but instead joined the Kenyūsha literary society and quickly became celebrated during the Sino-Japanese War for his patriotic stories in the newspaper \"Chūō Shinbun\". A pillar of the Meiji-era literary"
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"Beneteau Beneteau or Bénéteau (; ) is a French sail and motor boat manufacturer, with production facilities in France and the United States. Shipwright Benjamin Bénéteau founded the company in 1884, at Croix-de-Vie, France to build sailing trawlers. In the mid sixties, Benjamin's grandchildren Annette Bénéteau Roux and her brother André Bénéteau introduced a line of fiberglass boats. The company is a large and recognized boat builder, commanding a substantial worldwide market share for sailing yachts, predominately in the United States, France and the United Kingdom. It has five factories in the Vendée department of France and one US plant in Marion, South Carolina. The Beneteau USA plant opened in 1986; since then the factory has nearly doubled in size to about , with roughly $25 million of total capital invested in the US. As of May, 2017, the Marion plant has built and distributed more than 8,700 boats. These are racer/cruiser sailboats, with a higher emphasis on the racing aspects, yet are substantially equipped for comfortable cruising. Equipped with tall fractional rigs, high performance keels and upgraded deck hardware. Introduced in 1976 with the First 30 model designed by Andre Mauric. Current First models being offered include: A line of high end cruising sailboats introduced in 2010. Models include: These are cruising boats, though these boats are viable for Performance Handicapped Racing Fleet (PHRF) handicapped racing. Models include: This series of cruising boats consists of five types designed by Andre Beneteau, Berret-Racoupeau and German Frers. They were built between 1982 and 1988 and mainly sold in France and the US. These are trawler yacht powerboats. The Swift Trawler 42 was the company's first trawler yacht and the first Beneteau powerboat to reach the U.S. Market. Current Swift Trawler models offered by Beneteau include: These are powerboats described as \"luxury motor cruisers\" by Beneteau. Current Monte Carlo models offered by Beneteau include: These are powerboats described as \"sport cruisers\" by Beneteau. Current Grand Turismo models offered by the company include: These are outboard powered motorboats in three different models: Antares cabincruisers, Barracuda seafishing boats and Flyer consoleboats. Beneteau Beneteau or Bénéteau (; ) is a French sail and motor boat manufacturer, with production facilities in France and the United States. Shipwright Benjamin Bénéteau founded the company in 1884, at Croix-de-Vie, France to build sailing trawlers. In the mid sixties, Benjamin's grandchildren Annette Bénéteau Roux and her brother André Bénéteau introduced"
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"The Sims 4: Get Together The Sims 4: Get Together is the second expansion pack in \"The Sims 4\". It includes a new European-themed world inspired by Germany and Norway called Windenburg where sims can go to night clubs, new spots and many new locations as well as new hangouts, clubs, more activities, coffee shops, and new interactions. The theme is similar to \"\", \"\", \"\", and \"\". The expansion pack features songs re-recorded in the fictional Simlish language, including: On the aggregator website \"Metacritic\", \"The Sims 4: Get Together\" received a score of 72 based on 16 reviews, indicating \"mixed or average reviews\". \"The Sims 4: Get Together\" received a score of 73.36% based on 10 reviews. Hardcore Gamer's Mark Steighner said the expansion pack added \"a great mechanic to the game\". The Sims 4: Get Together The Sims 4: Get Together is the second expansion pack in \"The Sims 4\". It includes a new European-themed world inspired by Germany and Norway called Windenburg where sims can go to night clubs, new spots and many new locations as well as new hangouts, clubs, more activities, coffee shops, and new interactions. The theme is similar to \"\", \"\", \"\", and"
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"Adolphe Jauréguy Adolphe Jauréguy (18 February 1898 – 4 September 1977) was a French rugby union player who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics. He was born in Ostabat-Asme and died in Toulouse. In 1924 he won the silver medal as member of the French team. During the Olympic rugby union final between and the at Colombes Stadium, French fans booed and hissed the American team for the remainder of the game after star player Jauréguy was flattened by a hard tackle two minutes after the opening whistle, leaving him unconscious with blood pouring down his face and having to be carried off the field on a stretcher. In the second half, French fans threw bottles and rocks onto the field and at American players and officials, wild brawls broke out in the stands, U.S. reserve Gideon Nelson was knocked out after being hit in the face by a walking stick, and at the final whistle, the French team, aided by the police, did their best to protect the Americans after French fans invaded the pitch. At the medal ceremony, \"The Star Spangled Banner\" was drowned out by the booing and hissing of French fans, and the American team had to be escorted to their locker room under police protection. Adolphe Jauréguy Adolphe Jauréguy (18 February 1898 – 4 September 1977) was a French rugby union player who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics. He was born in Ostabat-Asme and died in Toulouse. In 1924 he won the silver medal as member of the French team. During the Olympic rugby union final between and the at Colombes Stadium, French fans booed and hissed the American team for the remainder of the game after star player Jauréguy was flattened by a hard tackle two minutes after the opening whistle, leaving him"
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"News Guardian The News Guardian is a free weekly newspaper covering three main areas of North Tyneside, a metropolitan district in north east England. It serves Whitley Bay, North Shields and Wallsend with news, sport, entertainment as well as regular property and motoring supplements. The \"News Guardian\" series is owned by Sunderland-based Northeast Press Limited, a subsidiary of Johnston Press Ltd. The current \"News Guardian\" is a product of three newspaper mergers in 1985, \"The Whitley Bay Guardian\" (formerly known as the \"Seaside Chronicle\"), the \"Shields Weekly News\" and the \"Wallsend News\". It has a distribution of around 68,000 copies. It has a proud tradition of developing new journalistic talent and is affiliated to the National Council for the Training of Journalists. The Editor is Paul Larkin. Over the years the newspaper has reported some of the biggest stories to hit the north east including the Meadow Well Riots on 9 September 1991, the decline of the ship yards on the Tyne, and the long-running police investigation into the Sara Cameron murder—the 21-year-old Finnish student found dead in Whitley Bay on 28 April 2001. At the time the newspaper offered a reward as part of its coverage. The newspaper is produced from its offices in Morpeth, Northumberland. It is printed on the presses of the Johnston Press at Dinnington. News Guardian The News Guardian is a free weekly newspaper covering three main areas of North Tyneside, a metropolitan district in north east England. It serves Whitley Bay, North Shields and Wallsend with news, sport, entertainment as well as regular property and motoring supplements. The \"News Guardian\" series is owned by Sunderland-based Northeast Press Limited, a subsidiary of Johnston Press Ltd. The current \"News Guardian\" is a product of three newspaper mergers in 1985, \"The Whitley Bay Guardian\" (formerly known as"
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"Tatiana Moskvina Tatyana Sergeyevna Moskvina (also \"Tatsiana Siarheievna Maskvina\", ; born 10 January 1973 in Novosibirsk) is a Russian-born Belarusian judoka, who competed in the women's extra-lightweight category. Holding a dual citizenship to compete internationally, Moskvina held the 2003 Belarusian senior title in her own division, picked up a total of seventeen medals in her career, including four from the European Championships, and represented her naturalized nation Belarus in two editions of the Olympic Games (1996 and 2004). Currently a permanent resident in Minsk and a naturalized Belarusian citizen, Moskvina trained under head coach and sensei Magomed Ramazanov for Dinamo. Moskvina made her official debut at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where she competed in the women's extra-lightweight class (48 kg). She fell in a bodily shattering ippon defeat to Japanese judoka and reigning Olympic champion Ryoko Tamura during their opening match, but redeemed her chance for an Olympic medal by thwarting Honduras' Dora Maldonado and Italy's Giovanna Tortora in the repechage. Fighting against Algeria's Salima Souakri for a spot in the bronze medal final, Moskvina conceded with a chui penalty and a false attack, and lost the match by points and caution. Despite missing out the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney due to sustained injuries, Moskvina reached the pinnacle of her judo career by picking up two career medals at the European Championships in 2002 and 2003. The following year, she sought bid for her second Olympic stint with a sterling silver in the 48-kg division at the same tournament in Bucharest, losing the final match to Romania's Alina Dumitru by an ippon. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Moskvina qualified for her second Belarusian squad, as a 31-year-old veteran and a lone female judoka, in the women's extra-lightweight class (48 kg), by placing second and receiving a berth from the A-Tournament in Tallinn, Estonia. She opened her match with a swift exit from French judoka and eventual silver medalist Frédérique Jossinet, who scored an effortless, fifteen-second ippon victory and pulverized her into the tatami with a sukui nage (scoop throw). In the repechage, Moskvina gained control to pin Australia's Sonya Chervonsky on the mat within a full minute, before succumbed to a waza-ari awasete ippon hold from China's Gao Feng in her subsequent match. Tatiana Moskvina Tatyana Sergeyevna Moskvina (also \"Tatsiana Siarheievna Maskvina\", ; born 10 January 1973 in Novosibirsk) is a Russian-born Belarusian judoka, who"
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"Kurt Kanaskie Kurt Michael Kanaskie (born April 14, 1958) is an American college basketball coach and legendary card player who is currently an assistant men's basketball coach at Air Force. Previously, Kanaskie was head coach positions at Lock Haven, IUP, and Drake. Born in Enola, Pennsylvania, Kanaskie grew up in nearby Mechanicsburg and attended Cumberland Valley High School, in which he was an all-state basketball player. Kanaskie later attended La Salle College (now La Salle University) and played basketball for the La Salle Explorers under head coach Lefty Ervin from 1976 to 1980. As a senior in 1979–80, Kanaskie averaged 14.5 points and 2.7 rebounds and helped La Salle win the ECC Tournament and make the 1980 NCAA Tournament. Kanaskie graduated from La Salle in 1980 with a Bachelor of Science in business administration. In the 1980 NBA draft, the Golden State Warriors selected Kanaskie as the second pick in the eighth round, 162nd overall. That year, Kanaskie became a college basketball assistant coach at South Carolina under Bill Foster. After five years in that position, Kanaskie served as head coach at Division II Lock Haven University from 1985 to 1988. Inheriting a program that won only 18 games in the past four seasons, Kanaskie led Lock Haven to 15 wins in his first season and ended with a 55–32 overall record. The Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) named Kanaskie its Coach of the Year for the West Division in 1987 and 1988 and co-Coach of the Year in the conference in 1987. In 1988, Kanaskie became head coach at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP), another PSAC school. In eight seasons at IUP, Kanaskie had a 152–75 record after inheriting a program with four straight losing seasons. Kanaskie led IUP to its first-ever NCAA Tournament in 1994 and earned two more West Division PSAC Coach of the Year honors in 1994 and 1995. Kanaskie moved up to the Division I level as head coach at Drake University, a position he held from 1996 to 2003. When he began the job, Drake was under NCAA probation and had few returning scholarship players. Drake won only five games in Kanaskie's first two seasons but improved to 12–16 (8–10 Missouri Valley Conference) in 2000–01. Kanaskie received a five-year contract extension after that season but still did not deliver a winning season. Days after the 2002–03 season, both Kanaskie's lawyer and the Drake athletic director indicated that Kanaskie would keep his job. However, Kanaskie resigned on April 11, 2003, ending his tenure at Drake with an overall 62–136 record. Kanaskie returned to being an assistant coach in 2003 at Penn State under Ed DeChellis. In 2009, DeChellis promoted Kanaskie to associate head coach. When DeChellis became head coach at Navy in 2011, Kanaskie followed and also became associate head coach. After one year at Navy, Kanaskie became assistant coach at Virginia Tech under James Johnson in 2012. Johnson was fired after two seasons. Kanaskie moved to Air Force as assistant coach under Dave Pilipovich in 2014. Sources: Kurt Kanaskie Kurt Michael Kanaskie (born April 14, 1958) is an American college basketball coach and legendary card player who is currently an assistant men's basketball coach at Air Force. Previously, Kanaskie was head coach positions at Lock Haven, IUP, and Drake. Born in Enola, Pennsylvania, Kanaskie grew up in nearby Mechanicsburg and attended Cumberland Valley High School, in which he was an all-state basketball player. Kanaskie later attended La Salle College (now La Salle University) and played basketball for the La Salle Explorers under head coach Lefty Ervin from 1976 to 1980. As a senior in"
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"Kevin S. Bright Kevin S. Bright (born November 15, 1954) is an American television executive producer and director whose credits include \"Dream On\", \"Friends\", and \"Joey\". Born to a Jewish-American family in New York City, Bright attended the East Side Hebrew Institute on the Lower East Side of Manhattan and graduated \"magna cum laude\" from Emerson College. Bright started his professional career under the tutelage of his father, Jackie Bright. After graduation, he worked in New York with Joseph Cates, where he produced specials for George Burns, Johnny Cash, David Copperfield, and Dolly Parton. After moving to Los Angeles in 1982, he started work in comedy programming such as \"The History of White People in America\" and comedy specials starring Robin Williams, Martin Mull, Harry Shearer, Paul Shaffer, and Merrill Markoe. In 1993, Bright entered a partnership with Marta Kauffman and David Crane to form Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions and began a development deal with Warner Bros. Television to produce the comedy series \"Friends\". He also directed 60 episodes of the series, including the series finale. After \"Friends\", he went on to executive-produce the spin-off series \"Joey\" with \"Friends\" producers Shana Goldberg-Meehan and Scott Silveri. \"Joey\" starred \"Friends\" actor Matt LeBlanc as the title character and featured Jennifer Coolidge, also an Emerson College attendee. \"Joey\" was cancelled in May 2006 during its second season after a major ratings slump. After \"Joey\", Bright moved back to Boston where he began working at his alma mater, Emerson College. Over the last four years at Emerson, he executive produced three-sketch comedy shows, \"Zebro: A Laugh Show\" and \"Chocolate Cake City\", four original half-hour situation comedies, \"Browne At Midnight\", \"Saturdays\", \"Ground Floor\", and \"Record Cellar\", and a live multi-cam stand up comedy special, \"Die Laughing\". He also serves as an advisor to The EVVY Awards. Bright then went on to teach a series of television production classes in the Visual Media Arts department, and is helped to develop the program for Emerson's new LA Center, which opened in 2013. Kevin ran a diversity workshop for high school students through Emerson College, and worked with Perkins School for the Blind in Watertown, MA, to develop a method of teaching television production to the blind. Bright moved back to Los Angeles in 2013, when he was appointed as Founding Director of the Emerson Los Angeles program. There, he has focused on building new programs that take full advantage of the opportunities Emerson’s expanded presence in Los Angeles provides. Bright also directed a documentary in 2007 with Linda Feferman called \"Who Ordered Tax?\" about his father, Jackie, who was an actor and vaudevillian performer. In 2016 Bright served as the executive producer of the documentary \"Best and Most Beautiful Things\" about Michelle Smith, a woman from Bangor, Maine who is both legally blind and autistic. Kevin S. Bright Kevin S. Bright (born November 15, 1954) is an American television executive producer and director whose credits include \"Dream On\", \"Friends\", and \"Joey\". Born to a Jewish-American family in New York"
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"Vietnamese ceramics Vietnamese ceramics refers to ceramic art and pottery as a form of Vietnamese art. Vietnamese pottery and ceramics has a long history spanning back to thousands of years ago, including long before Chinese domination, as archeological evidence supports. Much of Vietnamese pottery and ceramics after the Chinese-domination era was largely influenced by Chinese ceramics, but has developed over time to be distinctly Vietnamese. Vietnamese potters combined indigenous and Chinese elements. They also experimented with both original and individual styles as well as incorporated features from other cultures, such as Cambodia, India and Champa. Vietnamese ceramics were an essential part of the trade between Vietnam and its neighbors during pre-modern times through all the dynasties. The Cát Tiên archaeological site in south Vietnam is site located in Cát Tiên National Park. Accidentally discovered in 1985, this site ranges from Quảng Ngãi Commune to Đức Phổ Commune, with the main archaeological artefacts concentrating in Quảng Ngãi, Cát Tiên District, Lâm Đồng Province, southern Tây Nguyên. The unknown civilization which developed this site inhabited it between the 4th century and 9th centuries CE. A number of ceramic ware was found in this site. Bát Tràng porcelain and pottery is a type of ceramics made in the village of Bát Tràng, now merged into suburban Hanoi. The village is located in an area rich in clay suitable for making fine ceramic. Bát Tràng ceramics were esteemed with products rivaling that of Chu Đậu, and later joined by pottery from Đồng Nai, Phu Lang, and Ninh Thuận. The history of pottery production in the village can be traced back as far as the 14th century CE, and in subsequent centuries having been a popular manufactured product extensively traded by local merchants as well as European trading ships throughout Southeast Asia and the Far East. Bát Tràng nowadays still continues producing bowls, dishes and vases not only for the local market but also for exporting to Japan, one of the important market of Vietnamese ceramics. The gas kiln is more and more popular than electric or tradition wooden kiln. Beside the traditional decoration technique by brush, it appears recently the decoration technique using screen printing on rice paper. The new technique is applied mainly for the producing religious products like incense burners. But all other processes of making vessels are still very much handmade which is very important. There is another beautiful thing of Bát Tràng that is the old family houses. It is left only two or three this kind of old house which still keep the spirit of old Bat Trang, where it is found the big size vases, or bows with the decorations from the 14th century, the most popular period of Bat Trang Ceramics. Another impressive type of ceramics is found in Bat Trang during the Nguyen dynasty (1802-1945) is \"gốm hoa nâu\", brown patterned ceramics. It has a long history in Vietnam, appeared from the Ly dynasty (1010-1225). There are different techniques and products produced at different periods. During the Early Le dynasty (1428-1527), brown patterned was used with other colors. During the Mac dynasty (1527-1592), it was found majority on candle-holders and incense burners. During the Nguyen dynasty (1802-1954), it appeared on very fine Bat Trang flower pots. The trade in Vietnamese ceramics was damaged due to the plummet in trade by Cham merchants after the 1471 Vietnamese invasion of Champa. Vietnam's export of ceramics was also damaged by its internal civil war, the Portuguese and Spanish entry into the region and the Portuguese conquest of Malacca which caused an upset in the trading system, while the carracks ships in the Malacca to Macao trade run by the Portuguese docked at Brunei due to good relations between the Portuguese and Brunei after the Chinese permitted Macao to be leased to the Portuguese. Due to the so-called Nanban trade in the 16th-17th century, fragments of Vietnamese ceramic were found in a northern part of Kyūshū island. Among them was a wooden plate with character showing the date 1330 on it. Whether the Japanese went to Vietnam or Vietnamese traders came to Japan or if it all went through China is not quite clear. Vietnamese history records showed that when Lord Nguyễn Hoàng founded Hội An port at the beginning of the 17th century, hundreds of Japanese residents were already there. One of the more famous items is An'nan ware (安南焼), which was exported to Japan and used in Japanese tea ceremony although the high-footed bowls were originally used for food. The bowls had an everted rim, high foot, were underglazed with cobalt floral decorations, lappets above base, unglazed stacking rings in well and were brown washed on the base. The diameters can range from 9 to 15 centimetres. They were produced in the 16th and 17th century. The Hội An wreck lies 22 miles off the coast of central Vietnam in the South China Sea. The ship was carrying a large cargo of Vietnamese ceramics from the mid- to late-15th century. The provenance of the pieces was known to be the kilns of the Red River Delta (such as Chu Đậu) because excavations in the region had been ongoing since their discovery in 1983. The only pieces remaining at the kiln sites were wasters (pieces that had fused, collapsed or exploded in the firing process). Intact examples of the wares produced were rare, since all were exported. When the wreck was found there was excitement among collectors and archaeologists, for it promised the first cargo consisting solely of Vietnamese wares. In 1996 over 250,000 intact examples of Vietnamese ceramic were recovered. 10% of unique ware was kept by the government for national museums, while the rest was allowed to be auctioned off to pay for recovery costs. While ceramic ware in the traditional style is still being produced and enjoys popularity, increasingly modern ceramics are produced for export. Centres of ceramic production include Lái Thiêu in Southern Vietnam. One of the noteworthy examples of modern ceramic art is the Hanoi Ceramic Mosaic Mural, which is affixed on the wall of the dyke system of Hanoi. With a length of about 4 km, the Ceramic Road is one of the major projects that were developed on the occasion of the Millennial Anniversary of Hanoi. Vietnamese ceramics Vietnamese ceramics refers to ceramic art and pottery as a form of Vietnamese art. Vietnamese pottery and ceramics has a long history spanning back to thousands of years ago, including long before Chinese domination, as archeological evidence supports. Much of Vietnamese pottery and ceramics after the Chinese-domination era was largely influenced by Chinese ceramics,"
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"Mopan River The Mopan River is a river in Central America spanning the Petén Department of Guatemala and the Cayo District of Belize. It merges with the Macal River at Branch Mouth, Belize, forming the Belize River, which ultimately discharges to the Caribbean Sea. The drainage area of the combined watershed is . Tributaries of the Mopan include Chiquibul Branch, Ceiba Grande, Salisipuedes, and Delores. The Mopan River's rate of discharge has been measured regularly since 1981 at the river gauge station in Benque Viejo, Belize. According to these measurements, the river's annual mean discharge varies between 20 and 40 m/s. The highest rate ever recorded was 404 m/s in November 1990. Although the Mopan may contribute to downstream flooding during the rainy season, it responds much slower to rain storms than the other major tributary of the Belize River, the Macal. Both rivers yield similar volumes on average, but the Mopan watershed is less mountainous than the Macal watershed, giving it less intense flood waves. The combined Mopan River/Belize River watershed contains 11% of the population of the Peten District in Guatemala and 45% of the population of Belize. These populations depend on the river for drinking water and other domestic uses; however, water quality is degraded from sediment, nutrient loading, untreated sewage discharge, pesticides and other toxins. The major source of degradation is the extensive deforestation in the upper reaches and non-sustainable agriculture. Karper and Boles have asserted: \"The greater Mopan/Belize River Catchment provides a prime example of a watershed under stress from extensive non-sustainable agricultural practices that have occurred within the region over the past three decades.\" Slash-and-burn agricultural practices by native peoples are contributing to such watershed degradation. Several important Maya archaeological sites are situated along the Mopan River. From upriver to downriver, these include Ucanal, Arenal, Xunantunich, Actuncan, and Buenavista del Cayo. Several of these sites and associated settlement areas have been studied as part of the Mopan Valley Archaeology Project. Archaeological surveys have identified the remains of several hundred ancient structures in these areas, with the highest density occurring in the area near Xunantunich. Popular activities on the Mopan River include kayaking and river tubing. Mopan River The Mopan River is a river in Central America spanning the Petén Department of Guatemala and the Cayo District of Belize. It merges with the Macal River at Branch Mouth, Belize, forming the Belize River, which ultimately"
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"Abd al-Hamid Kishk Abdal-Hamid Kishk (March 10, 1933 – December 6, 1996) was an Egyptian preacher, scholar of Islam, activist, and author. He was a graduate of the prestigious Al-Azhar University in Cairo and was known for his humour, popular sermons, and for his outspoken stance against music, restrictions on polygamy, and injustice and oppression in the Muslim world. Abdal-Hamid Kishk was born in 1933 in Shibrakheet, a small village near Alexandria, Egypt. His father died before Abd al-Hamid reached schooling age. He joined one of the schools of Azhar and by the age of 8 he had memorized the Quran. It was at this time that he was inflicted by an illness which took his sight. However, rather than demoralize him, the loss of his sight encouraged him to learn more and persevere further. He graduated as a scholar from the faculty of Usoul al Din in Azhar and was appointed as an Imam, giving \"khutbas\" throughout Egypt. Around 1964 he took up the minbar of 'Ain al-Hayat mosque in Cairo as his platform. A vocal critic of the Egyptian government, he was imprisoned in 1965 for two and half years. \"The peak of his fame\" is said to have been \"between 1967 and early 1980s,\" when crowds of 10,000 would regularly attend his often \"hilarious\" Friday sermons at a mosque in the Kobry Al Koba district in Cairo. A French scholar noted: In the last years of the Sadat's presidency, it was impossible to walk the streets of Cairo without hearing [Kishk's] stentorian voice. Climb into a collective service-taxi and the driver is listening to one of Sheikh Kishk's recorded sermons... They listen to Kishk in Cairo, in Casablanca, and in the North African district of Marseilles. A Saudi-funded magazine has dubbed him `the star of Islamic preaching`... none commands his incomparable vocal cords, his panoramic Muslim culture, his phenomenal capacity for improvisation, and his acerbic humour in criticizing infidel regimes, military dictatorship, the peace treaty with Israel, or the complicity of al-Azhar... So great was his fame that the Ministry of Waqf had to build several annexes to the mosque to accommodate the Friday crowds. In 1981, however, even these were insufficient to shelter the approximately 10,000 people who regularly attended. Kishk's audience grew across the Arab world with the distribution of over 2,000 of his sermons in audio cassettes. He was arrested again in 1981 shortly before Sadat's assassination, but was released by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in 1982 under the condition that he end his career as a public activist. His cassette tapes continued to be widely available thereafter, but the mosque in Cairo where he preached was converted into a public health center. As a preacher at 'Ain al-Hayat mosque he condemned the social conditions in Egypt and the suppression of the Islamic Movement. This did not stop him from having distinctly spiritual approach to life, something which his speeches reflect. He was a dissident under the Nasser regime, refusing to sanction the government's execution of Sayyid Qutb or assert compatibility between Islam and socialism. He was boycotted by the official media under the Anwar Sadat regime (1970–1981), but cassette tapes of his sermons were widely distributed all over Egypt and the Arab world. Kishk held political views opposed to the modern bureaucratic state, and emphasized personal and private piety in his speeches. Kishk attacked Egyptian secularists for the \"abolition\" of \"personal statute\" (\"al-ahwal al-shakhsiyya\"). This referred to the passing of a law (44/1979) on spousal relations which required men to inform their wives if they had married another woman. \"Under the new law, if the first wife objected, she could immediately obtain a divorce and would preserve the right to live in the husband's home until their children attained the age of mateurty. This law was drafted by the office of the Ministry of Social Affairs and a commission of Al-Azhar scholars, and aroused the fury\" of Kishk and other sheikhs, who held that it \"contravened the shari'a\". According to Kishk, the greater jihad is a continuous struggle aimed at subduing one’s baser nature and attuning oneself to Allah’s moral standards. It is the basis for personal moral development, creating pious and philanthropic activism, promoting justice and prosperity in society, while combating ignorance, injustice and oppression. As a result of this greater jihad, says Kishk, Islam \"heals those societies which follows its guidance and are built on consciences which have been awakened and hearts which have been illuminated by the light of belief.\" Abd al-Hamid Kishk Abdal-Hamid Kishk (March 10, 1933 – December 6, 1996) was an Egyptian preacher, scholar of Islam, activist, and author. He was a graduate of the prestigious Al-Azhar University in Cairo and was known for his humour, popular sermons, and for his outspoken stance against music, restrictions on"
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"In the Paramount-licensed Star Trek comic book series published by Marvel Comics, Star Trek:Early Voyages chronicled the adventures of the Enterprise under the command of Pike. The earliest issues lead up to the events seen in \"The Cage\", which was retold from Yeoman Colt's point of view. Although extremely popular, the comic series ended on a cliffhanger when Marvel lost the Star Trek license rights. \n In an episode of the non-canon fan film series Star Trek:New Voyages, a time-traveling Kirk and Spock attempt to warn Pike not to attempt to rescue the trapped cadets. Pike attempts it, in spite of what future-Kirk and future-Spock say, causing him to be injured by the delta rays and subsequently transition to a life in the wheelchair and its light communication device. \n Captain Pike appears in the 2009 reboot Star Trek, this time portrayed by Bruce Greenwood. In the film, Pike encourages a young, directionless James T. Kirk (Chris Pine) to follow in the footsteps of his hero father and enlist in Starfleet. Pike is the first Captain of the USS Enterprise, with Kirk on board as a stowaway. During the Battle of Vulcan, Pike is taken prisoner by Nero (Eric Bana) and tortured for information about Earth's defenses. He is later rescued by Kirk, whom Pike also manages to save from an attacking Reman (a close cousin of the Romulan race), despite his wounds. At the end of the film, Pike is promoted to the rank of admiral and uses a wheelchair. Unlike his counterpart in The Menagerie, however, Pike still retains the ability to speak and to use his upper body. He proudly yields command of the Enterprise to Kirk while he recovers from his injuries, stating that Kirk's father would be proud of his actions. \n Captain's Log:Pike published by IDW details the events leading up to and including Pike becoming disabled from the baffle plate rupture aboard the USS Exeter (NCC-1788) under the watch of Captain Colt, Pike's former yeoman on the Enterprise. The story also reveals Colt's unrequited love for her former Captain. \n He also appears in the novel Dark Victory (William Shatner, 1999), and the short story \"The Greater Good\" (Margaret Wander Bonanno) in the anthology Star Trek:Mirror Universe:Shards and Shadows (2009). \n According to dialogue in The Cage, he is from the city of Mojave on Earth and once owned a horse named Tango. \n Pike is the second captain of the USS Enterprise NCC-1701 and the first to be shown in Star Trek canon. The animated Star Trek series reveals that Captain Robert April predated Pike, and printed Star Trek fiction and reference books also identify April as Pike's predecessor. Pike took command of the USS Enterprise in the year 2252, at the age of 38, taking over command from Robert April, who commanded the Enterprise for nine years. \n Pike is referenced in the episode \"Mirror, Mirror\". An alternate-universe version of Captain Kirk reportedly assassinated Pike to become captain of the ISS Enterprise (the Mirror Universe version of the USS Enterprise). \n Christopher Pike is a character in the Star Trek science fiction franchise. He was portrayed by Jeffrey Hunter in the original Star Trek pilot episode, \"The Cage\", as captain of the USS Enterprise. The pilot was rejected, and the character was dropped during development of the second pilot when Hunter decided that he did not want to continue with the series. Sean Kenney portrayed Pike in new footage filmed for a subsequent Star Trek episode, \"The Menagerie\", which also re-uses original footage featuring Hunter from \"The Cage\". Bruce Greenwood portrays Pike in the 2009 film Star Trek and its 2013 sequel, Star Trek Into Darkness. \n Dave Stern's 2010 original series novel The Children of Kings was set aboard Pike's Enterprise. \n In the Star Trek:The Next Generation episode \"The Most Toys\", the name Pike can be seen briefly on the side of the shuttlecraft Lt. Commander Data was going to pilot at the beginning of the episode. \n Pike soon learns that all but one of the survivors are illusions created by the Talosians in order to lure the Enterprise crew to Talos IV. The Talosians make every effort to provide sexual fantasies that they hope will appeal to Pike, using Vina, the only real Columbia survivor, as the object of desire. After Pike escapes from his prison cell with the aid of his first officer, Number One, and Yeoman J.M. Colt, the Talosians reveal, to Pike, Vina's real appearance as a disfigured older woman. The Talosians saved her life after the Columbia crashed, but they had no guide on how to repair a human body. Pike requests that the Talosians restore her illusion of beauty and the Enterprise leaves Talos IV. \n Meanwhile, the Enterprise is en route to Vega Colony to drop off wounded crew members when it receives a distress call from the survey vessel SS Columbia, lost eighteen years previously. Pike orders the ship diverted to Talos IV to rescue survivors. \n In The Menagerie, the Enterprise, now under the command of Captain James T. Kirk, travels to Starbase 11. Spock, who had served with Pike for \"eleven years, four months, and five days\", makes clandestine arrangements to take Pike back to Talos IV, despite travel to Talos IV being the only criminal offense still punishable by death in Starfleet. Spock undergoes court-martial, with his evidence presented during the trial being footage from \"The Cage\". At the two-part episode's conclusion, it is revealed that the entire procedure was a Talosian-generated illusion to ensure that the Enterprise reached Talos. The Talosians invite Captain Pike to spend the remainder of his life among them, \"unfettered by his natural body\", which was the entire purpose of Spock's actions. Pike accepts the offer and Spock, now cleared of all charges, sees him off. The Talosians then show Captain Kirk an image of Pike in perfect health and reunited with Vina (another scene from \"The Cage\"). \n At the beginning of \"The Cage\", set in the year 2254, Pike and his crew are recuperating from a mission to Rigel VII during which several members of the landing party were killed by the inhabitants. The incident filled Pike with so much guilt that he is considering resigning his commission. \n A mirror-universe version of Pike (established in \"Mirror, Mirror\", as having been assassinated by the mirror James T. Kirk.) \n In the Paramount-licensed Star Trek comic book series published by Marvel Comics, Starfleet Academy, Nog and some fellow cadets encounter a solid image of Pike on Talos IV. \n Pike has significant roles in the Pocket Books novels Enterprise:The First Adventure (Vonda N. McIntyre, 1986), Final Frontier (Diane Carey, 1988), Vulcan's Glory (D.C. Fontana, 1989), Burning Dreams (Margaret Wander Bonanno, 2006), and Child of Two Worlds (Greg Cox, 2015). \n Christopher Pike \n--- \nStar Trek character \nCaptain Pike, as played by Jeffrey Hunter in the original pilot \"The Cage\". \nPortrayed by | \n\n * Jeffrey Hunter (1966) \n * Sean Kenney (1966) \n * Bruce Greenwood (2009 & 2013) \n\n \nInformation \nSpecies | Human \nAffiliation | United Federation of Planets Starfleet \nPosting | USS Enterprise commanding officer \nRank | \n\n * Captain \n * Fleet Captain \n * Admiral",
"* Jeffrey Hunter (1966) \n * Sean Kenney (1966) \n * Bruce Greenwood (2009 & 2013) \n\n \nInformation \nSpecies | Human \nAffiliation | United Federation of Planets Starfleet \nPosting | USS Enterprise commanding officer \nRank | \n\n * Captain \n * Fleet Captain \n * Admiral \n\n\n Greenwood reprised his role as Pike in the next film, Star Trek Into Darkness. In the film, Pike has partially recovered from the trauma Nero inflicted, and uses a cane rather than a wheelchair. After Kirk violates the Prime Directive to rescue Spock (Zachary Quinto), Pike briefly retakes command of the Enterprise and warns Kirk that the Admiralty is threatening to put him back into the Academy. Pike confronts Kirk about his reckless behavior and how his own actions can get those nearest to him killed. Despite his anger at Kirk, however, Pike retains him as his First Officer, sparing him from having to return to the Academy. He later explains to Kirk that he still believes in him and that he also sees a \"greatness\" behind his recklessness. During a meeting with the Starfleet commanders, including veteran Admiral Marcus and Captain Kirk, Pike is killed in a terrorist attack on Starfleet by John Harrison. Pike's death incites a desire for revenge in Kirk, who seeks to hunt Harrison down, which nearly brings the Federation into a full-scale war with the Klingons. It is revealed that \"John Harrison\" is an alias, and Harrison's true identity is Khan Noonien Singh. Khan reveals a secret agenda of Admiral Marcus to militarize Starfleet via war with the Klingons and the use of the huge Dreadnought class starship, USS Vengeance, which was designed by Khan. At the end of the film, a memorial service is held for Pike and all of the other people who died as a result of Admiral Marcus' and Khan's actions. Pike's death also deeply affects Kirk and Spock, Kirk because of their close relationship and Spock because he'd been mind-melding with Pike as he died and felt his death. \n In this issue, the Enterprise tries to return home to Earth only to find itself around Talos IV. They discover that the Klingons have gone to the planet reasoning anything that scared the Federation enough to maintain the death penalty could be used as a weapon. While on the surface they also discover two Klingons torturing Pike, who is back in his chair due to the Klingons having partially mastered the Talosian's mind powers. One of the Klingons then tortures the crew of the Enterprise by making them live their worst fears. Kirk, forced to relive the death of Edith Keeler, goes berserk with rage and breaks the illusion. Kirk then beats the Klingon tormenting them to death with his bare hands. The crew quickly free the Talosians, who mentally imprison the Klingons in illusions of peaceful, tranquil settings as they purge their memories of Talos IV. The crew returns home with Pike remaining on Talos IV to continue his illusionary life. \n Captain Pike has his own novel in \"Captain's Table\" series, Where Sea Meets Sky, written by Jerry Oltion and published in October 1998. \n A citation named for Pike is revealed in the Star Trek:Deep Space Nine episode \"Tears of the Prophets; Captain Benjamin Sisko receives the \"Christopher Pike Medal of Valor\" for his actions during the Dominion War. \n At some point prior to The Menagerie, Pike is promoted to fleet captain. He is severely injured while rescuing several cadets from a baffle plate rupture on board a J-class training vessel, the delta ray radiation leaving him paralyzed, unable to speak, badly scarred, and using a brainwave-operated wheelchair for mobility. His only means of communicating is through a light on the chair:one flash meaning \"yes\" and two flashes indicating \"no\"."
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"Gaius Vipstanus Messalla Gallus (Gaius) Vipstanus Messalla Gallus (c. 10 BC – aft. 60 AD) was a Roman senator who was \"consul suffectus\" in the \"nundinium\" of July-December 48 as the colleague of Lucius Vitellius. J. Devrecker has offered the argument that the elements in his name ought to be set out as Gaius Messalla Vipstanus Gallus. Based on his name, Ronald Syme suggested that Gallus was the son of Lucius Vipstanus Gallus and a Valeria Messalla, the granddaughter of Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus. It is postulated that he was the brother of Lucius Vipstanus Poplicola, whom he succeeded in the consulship as a suffect consul in AD 48. In 59 or 60, Gallus was appointed Proconsular governor of Asia. It is believed that Gallus is the father of the orator Lucius Vipstanus Messalla. Gallus' wife had earlier been married to Marcus Aquilius Regulus, by whom she had a son named Lucius Aquilius Regulus. Gaius Vipstanus Messalla Gallus (Gaius) Vipstanus Messalla Gallus (c. 10 BC – aft. 60 AD) was a Roman senator who was \"consul suffectus\" in the \"nundinium\" of July-December 48 as the colleague of Lucius Vitellius. J. Devrecker has offered the argument that the elements in his"
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"Changchun Confucius Temple Changchun Confucius Temple () is a Confucian temple located in Nanguan District of Changchun, Jilin, China. Changchun Confucius Temple was originally built in 1872 with the donation of a gentleman named Zhu Chen (). In 1894, in the 20th year of Guangxu period of the Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Yang Tonggui (), the magistrate of Changchun, built the Wenchang Pavilion. In 1924, Zhao Pengdi (), magistrate of Changchun, raised funds to restore and redecorate the temple. After establishment of the Communist State, it was used as a primary school's schoolhouse. Part of the temple was demolished. In 1985 it was authorized as municipal level cultural relic preservation organ by the Changchun Municipal Government. And two years later it was classified as a provincial level cultural heritage by the Jilin Provincial Government. The Wenchang Pavilion was reconstruction in 2008. The extant structure is based on the Qing dynasty building principles and retains the traditional architectural style. Now the existing main buildings include the \"Zhaobi\" (), \"Panchi\" (), \"Panqiao\" (), Bell tower, Drum tower, Hall of Kuixing (), Gate of Lingxing (), Gate of Dacheng (), Hall of Dacheng (), Hall of Chongsheng (), Wenchang Pavilion (), and side halls. Changchun Confucius Temple Changchun Confucius Temple () is a Confucian temple located in Nanguan District of Changchun, Jilin, China. Changchun Confucius Temple was originally built in 1872 with the donation of a gentleman named Zhu Chen (). In 1894, in the 20th year of Guangxu period of the Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Yang Tonggui (), the magistrate of Changchun, built the Wenchang Pavilion. In 1924, Zhao Pengdi (), magistrate of Changchun, raised funds to restore and redecorate the temple. After establishment of the Communist State, it was used as a primary school's schoolhouse. Part of the temple was demolished. In 1985"
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"Hamptons at Boca Raton, Florida Hamptons at Boca Raton was a census-designated place (CDP) located in an unincorporated area near Boca Raton in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. The population was 11,306 at the 2000 census. While it is not officially in the City of Boca Raton, the community is frequently classified under its umbrella term. Hamptons at Boca Raton is located at (26.385704, -80.184400). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 6.9 km² (2.7 mi²), of which 6.4 km² (2.5 mi²) is land and 0.5 km² (0.2 mi²) (6.74%) is water. As of the census of 2000, there were 11,306 people, 6,336 households, and 3,047 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 1,753.1/km² (4,547.2/mi²). There were 7,729 housing units at an average density of 1,198.5/km² (3,108.5/mi²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 94.80% White (91.2% were Non-Hispanic White,) 1.66% African American, 0.04% Native American, 1.47% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.93% from other races, and 1.09% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.62% of the population. There were 6,336 households out of which 9.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.6% were married couples living together, 4.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 51.9% were non-families. 48.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 43.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.78 and the average family size was 2.52. In the CDP, the population was spread out with 10.6% under the age of 18, 2.7% from 18 to 24, 12.9% from 25 to 44, 13.9% from 45 to 64, and 59.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 73 years. For every 100 females, there were 70.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 67.4 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $30,365, and the median income for a family was $47,798. Males had a median income of $41,173 versus $28,906 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $24,831. About 3.9% of families and 7.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.4% of those under age 18 and 8.8% of those age 65 or over. As of 2000, English was the first language for 84.48% of all residents, while Yiddish comprised 6.04%, Spanish made up 5.25%, Polish accounted for 1.31%, German was totaled at 0.98%, French totaled 0.65%, Hebrew was at 0.51%, Arabic at 0.42%, and Portuguese was the mother tongue for 0.32% of the population. Hamptons at Boca Raton, Florida Hamptons at Boca Raton was a census-designated place (CDP) located in an unincorporated area near Boca Raton in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. The population was 11,306 at the 2000 census. While it is not officially in the City of Boca Raton, the community is frequently classified under its umbrella term. Hamptons"
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"Blind Dog at St. Dunstans Blind Dog at St. Dunstans is the seventh studio album by Canterbury Scene rock band Caravan. It was released in 1976. This album has a lighter feel than Caravan's previous releases, shifting toward shorter, \"poppier\" songs. The lighter feel is due in part to the prominence of Pye Hastings on the album. He wrote and sang eight out of nine songs. Moreover, Jan Schelhaas replaced Dave Sinclair on keyboards, moving away from lengthy organ-based instrumentals toward piano and synthesizer. The cover art and title bring together several elements relating to Canterbury. St. Dunstan was Archbishop of Canterbury and patron saint of the blind, after whom a home for the blind was named. The title comes from a Noël Coward explanation to a child for why one dog had mounted another: one dog was blind and the other was pushing him to St. Dunstan's. At the end of the song \"Jack and Jill\" can be heard two speaking voices amongst dogs barking: First voice: \"What are those two doggies doing over there?\"<br>Second voice \"Well, the doggie in front is blind and his friend behind is pushing him all the way to St Dunstan's\" The album cover shows St. Dunstan’s Street leading to the old West Gate in Canterbury. Members of Caravan used to frequent the pubs near the St. Dunstan area. The cover notes gives special thanks to Noël Coward. AllMusic described it as \"'A major turn for the worse'\" and said the album was detrimental to Caravan's career. All songs composed by Pye Hastings, except where noted. \"Surprise Supplies\" (later renamed \"Here Am I\") is a live album featuring all the Blind Dog at St. Dunstans songs, except for \"Jack and Jill\", recorded at a concert of 4 May 1976. The next day, 5 May 1976, Caravan played on the John Peel show for BBC radio, recordings of this show appear on the 1998 release \"Ether Way: BBC Sessions, 1975–1977\", these are : \"All the Way\" / \"A Very Smelly Grubby Little Oik\" / \"Bobbing Wide\" / \"Come on Back\" / \"Grubby Oik Reprise\". Blind Dog at St. Dunstans Blind Dog at St. Dunstans is the seventh studio album by Canterbury Scene rock band Caravan. It was released in 1976. This album has a lighter feel than Caravan's previous releases, shifting toward shorter, \"poppier\" songs. The lighter feel is due in part to the prominence"
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"Ana Cukic Ana Cukic-Armstrong is a hedge fund manager, entrepreneur and the Chief Executive Officer of Armstrong Investment Managers LLP, an FCA licensed Financial Institution. Cukic-Armstrong led the portfolio construction at UBS Wealth Management, one of the worlds largest banks with assets CHF1.062 trillion (2014) and the multi-asset group at Insight Investment. She has a doctorate degree from Imperial College London and frequently appears in the media as an investment expert Following a major organizational restructuring, she announced that AIM attracted over 500 million pounds, along with key names, such as Cenk Aydin who joined from JPMorgan. Cukic-Armstrong was the non-executive board member of Aberdeen Asian Income Fund Ltd Ana Cukic Ana Cukic-Armstrong is a hedge fund manager, entrepreneur and the Chief Executive Officer of Armstrong Investment Managers LLP, an FCA licensed Financial Institution. Cukic-Armstrong led the portfolio construction at UBS Wealth Management, one of the worlds largest banks with assets CHF1.062 trillion (2014) and the multi-asset group at Insight Investment. She has a doctorate degree from Imperial College London and frequently appears in the media as an investment expert Following a major organizational restructuring, she announced that AIM attracted over 500 million pounds, along with key names, such as"
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"Gabrielle Bossis Gabrielle Bossis () (1874–1950) was a French Catholic laywoman, actress and mystic, best known for her mystical work \"Lui et Moi\", published in English translation as \"He and I\". The book recounts her dialogues with Jesus, which came to her as an \"inner voice\" and which she recorded in a series of journals from 1936 to shortly before her death in 1950. Some sample thoughts of the book are: 1. Express Your hope in me. Come out of yourself. Enter into Me. 2. Do not fail to give Me your sufferings. They help sinners. 3. I asked you to wake up in the arms of the Father because each one of your mornings is a new creation. 4. I asked you to fall asleep in the Holy Spirit because your last conscious breath should be in love. 5. Try to understand My yearning for you, for all My children. 6. You see that you can do nothing by yourself. Throw yourself into My arms every morning and ask Me for strength to pay attention to the little details. Life is made up of little things, you know. Don’t count on yourself any more. Count on me. 7. When the love of the cross sinks deep into a person, he lives in a joy that the world can never know. For the world has only pleasures, but joy belongs to Me and Mine, My friend. Gabrielle Bossis Gabrielle Bossis () (1874–1950) was a French Catholic laywoman, actress and mystic, best known for her mystical work \"Lui et Moi\", published in English translation as \"He and I\". The book recounts her dialogues with Jesus, which came to her as an \"inner voice\" and which she recorded in a series of journals from 1936 to shortly before her death in 1950."
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"Gumuz people The Gumuz (also spelled Gumaz and Gumz) are an ethnic group speaking a Nilo-Saharan language inhabiting the Benishangul-Gumuz Region and the Qwara woreda in western Ethiopia, as well as the Fazogli region in Sudan. They speak the Gumuz language, which belongs to the Nilo-Saharan family. The Gumuz number around 200,000 individuals. The Gumuz have traditionally been grouped with other Nilotic peoples living along the Sudanese-Ethiopian border under the collective name Shanqella (Pankhurst 1977). As \"Shanquella\", they are already mentioned by Scottish explorer James Bruce in his \"Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile\", published in 1790. He notes that they hunted with bows and arrows, a custom that survives today. Most Gumuz members live in a bush-savanna lowland environment. According to their traditions, in earlier times they inhabited the western parts of the province of Gojjam, but were progressively banished to the inhospitable area of the Blue Nile and its tributaries by their more powerful Afroasiatic-speaking neighbors, the Amhara and Agaw, who also enslaved them (Wolde-Selassie Abbute 2004). Slavery did not disappear in Ethiopia until the 1940s. Descendants of Gumuz people taken as slaves to the area just south of Welkite were found to still be speaking the language in 1984 (Unseth 1985). The Gumuz speak the Gumuz language, which belongs to the Nilo-Saharan family (Bender 1979). It is subdivided in several dialects (Ahland 2004, Unseth 1985). As of 2007, there were around 159,418 Gumuz in Ethiopia. Around 67,000 Gumuz also lived in Sudan. The Gumuz practice shifting cultivation and their staple food is sorghum (Wallmark 1981). Cereal crops are kept in granaries decorated with clay lumps imitating female breasts. Sorghum is used for cooking porridge (\"nga\") and brewing beer (\"kea\"). All the cooking and brewing is carried out in earthen pots, which are made by women. The Gumuz also hunt wild animals, such as duikers and warthogs, and gather honey, wild fruits, roots and seeds. Those living near the Sudanese borderland converted to Islam and a few are Christians, but most Gumuz still maintain traditional religious practices. Spirits are called \"mus'a \" and are thought to dwell in houses, granaries, fields, trees and mountains. They have ritual specialists called \"gafea\". Originally, all Gumuz adorned their bodies with scarifications, but this custom is disappearing through government pressure and education. All Gumuz are organized in clans. Feuds between clans are common and they are usually solved by means of an institution of conflict resolution, called \"mangema\" or \"michu\" depending on the region. As among the Sudanese Uduk, marriage is through sister exchange (James 1975, 1986; Klausberger 1975). Gumuz people The Gumuz (also spelled Gumaz and Gumz) are an ethnic group speaking a Nilo-Saharan language inhabiting the Benishangul-Gumuz Region and the Qwara woreda in western Ethiopia, as well as the Fazogli region in Sudan. They speak the Gumuz language, which belongs to the Nilo-Saharan family. The Gumuz number around 200,000 individuals. The Gumuz have traditionally been grouped with other Nilotic peoples living along the Sudanese-Ethiopian border under the collective"
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"Golden-whiskered barbet The golden-whiskered barbet (\"Psilopogon chrysopogon\"), a near passerine bird from Southeast Asia, is a species of Asian barbet. At 24 to 30 centimeters in length and weighing from 110 to 181 grams, the golden-whiskered barbet is one of the largest of the sixteen species of barbets in Southeast Asia. Their green overall plumage and yellow \"whiskered\" cheeks camouflages them amid the foliage they favor. Genders are similar in appearance but do display a small degree of sexual dichromatism in that the beaks of female specimens appear paler and have a dusky bluish color. Before reaching maturity birds of both sexes have duller overall plumage. This bird spends most of the day singing and foraging for food in the forest canopy. Otherwise well camouflaged, their rapid and extraordinary loud \"tehoop-tehoop-tehoop-tehoop\" call often betrays their presence. Golden-whiskered barbets are frugivores that gorge themselves on berries, figs, and any edible fruits they can find. Breeding season for the golden-whiskered barbet is from February to August. Their rounded, white eggs are laid two per clutch. The golden-whiskered barbet is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Borneo and Sumatra. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. They are found in lowland foothills and tall second growth forests but are rare in evergreen forests and swamp forests. The golden-whiskered barbet can also found be found on cocoa plantations. The following three subspecies of golden-whiskered barbet have been identified: In Mandarin Chinese it is known as 金须拟䴕 (jīnxū nǐliè) \"golden-whiskered false woodpecker\" or 金颊拟啄木鸟 (jīn jiá nǐ-zhuómù-niǎo) or as \"gold-cheeked false woodpecker\". Its Japanese name is キホオゴシキドリ or 黄頬五色鳥 (kihō goshikidori), \"yellow-cheeked five-coloured bird.\" \"Bucco chrysopogon\" is a pseudonym. Golden-whiskered barbet The golden-whiskered barbet (\"Psilopogon chrysopogon\"), a near passerine bird from Southeast Asia, is a"
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"Phnom Bok Phnom Bok () is a hill in the northeast of Eastern Baray in Cambodia, with a prasat (temple) () of the same name built on it. It is one of the \"trilogies of mountains\", each of which has a temple with similar layout. The creation of the temple is credited to the reign of Yasovarman I (889–910) between 9th and 10th centuries; established after he moved his capital to Angkor and named it Yasodharapura. The two other sister temples, named after the contiguous hills, are the Phnom Bakheng and Phnom Krom. The site of the three hills was chosen by Yashovarman I along with the Eastern Baray (where only the base of the central shrine is surviving). In the 10th century, these shrines had high religious value during the Angkorian rule. The temples called as part of an \"architectural triad\" brought about an element of experimentation in architectural style in the Angkorian period. From the astronomical references planned for three temples, out of the four noted alignments three, namely, equinox and winter and Solar Solstices could be observed from inside the western entrance of Phnom Bok hill temple, which is also known for the triple sanctuary dedicated to the Trimurti. Phnom Bok is the third natural hill site. Its elevation is . The hill is about northeast of Siem Reap. It is approached from the road to Banteay Srei. An eastbound road leads to Banteay Samré for another from whence the hill is approached through 635 wide steps leading to the top where the Phnom Bok temple is situated. From the top of this mountain, though the temple is seen mostly in ruins, the panoramic vistas seen all round are of the Tonlé Sap Lake, the Phnom Kulen to the north and vast plains of rice fields to the south. Like Phnom Krom, Phnom Bok consists of sandstone which has a relatively high magnetic susceptibility. Yasovarman I, son of Indravarman I (his capital was at Hariharalaya), shifted the capital to Yashodarapura (the first Angkor capital meaning \"The City That Bears Glory\"). The temples that he built, apart from Phnom Bok in 910 AD consisted of the Lolei (893 AD), Pra Vihear (893 AD), Phnom Bakheng, the Royal temple (900 AD) and Phnom Krom (910 AD). However, Yashovarman did not choose Phnom Bok as the capital city, near the city of Hariharalaya, as he considered it unsuitable due to its \"awkward and too high\" a location to mark as the centre of the city. He did not choose Phnom Krom hill either, as he considered it too close to the Tonle Sap Lake. Eventually, Phnom Bakhen of the triumvirate of hills was chosen as the capital city due its low height and large expanse of land available to establish a capital city. His objective was also to build a temple for housing a linga, which surpassed his father’s Indresvara and named it as Yashodaresvara. He also named his capital as Yashodarapura, which became the first capital city of Angkor. He, however, installed the Trimurtis in the temples on the other two hills of Phnom Bok and Phnom Krom. Statues of the Hindu Trimurti were found at both Phnom Bok and Phnom Krom. Prasat Phnom Bok, rectangular in shape and attributed to the reign of Yasovarman I, is similar in design to the Phnom Krom prasat. However, while the Phnom Krom central tower is higher than the other two flanking towers, the Phnom Bok prasat has three identical sanctum towers in a row on a single terrace. The temple is an Angkor monument. It is dedicated to the Trimurti of the Hindu pantheon: the Brahma, Vishnu and Maheshwara or Shiva. It was built in Bakheng style (893–927) and designed with individual sanctums, which have door openings to the east and west. These are raised on a foundation with a plinth made of laterite stone. Frontons of Bakheng and Phnom Bok are said to \"represent heads of the entire thirty-three deities of the Hindu pantheon. There is said to be a \"fine example of the head of Shiva in the Chandrasekhara form with the moon prominent on his locks\" at the temple. The summer solstice occurring over Phnom Bok hill temple, which had the images of Trimurtis defied in it, can be observed from the temple’s western entrance. Angkor monuments built in Angkor period architecture in Bakheng style were made of sandstone and laterite but brickwork was also adopted. Laterite has been used for the walls, platforms and pavements. Greyish yellow sandstone was the main stonework used in the temples. Though the temple is in a good condition, there is over growth of two large frangipani (Plumeria) trees over the ruined temple towers. It is said that when the flowers bloom on these trees, the appearance of \"some sort of extravagant haircut\" is discerned. Phnom Bok Phnom Bok () is a hill in the northeast of Eastern Baray in Cambodia, with a prasat (temple) () of the same name built on it. It is one of the \"trilogies of mountains\", each of which has a temple with similar layout. The creation of the temple is credited to the reign of Yasovarman I (889–910) between 9th and 10th centuries; established after he moved his capital to Angkor and named it Yasodharapura. The two other sister temples, named after the contiguous hills, are the Phnom Bakheng and Phnom Krom. The site of the"
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"Alpes-de-Haute-Provence Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (; \"Alps of Upper Provence\"; Occitan: \"Aups d'Auta Provença\") is a department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. Formerly part of the province of Provence, it had a population of 161,916 in 2013. Its main cities are Digne-les-Bains (prefecture), Manosque, Sisteron, Barcelonnette, Castellane and Forcalquier. Inhabitants of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence are called the Bas-Alpins or Bas-Alpines referring to the department of Basses-Alpes which was the former name of the department until 1970. Bounded in the east by Italy, the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department is surrounded by the departments of Alpes-Maritimes, Var, Vaucluse, Drôme, and Hautes-Alpes. It can be divided into three zones depending on the terrain, climate, population, and economy: The relief of the land compartmentalises the region: the enclosed valleys are difficult to access so dividing the country into as many local areas which communicate very little with the outside. In 1877, 55 communes only had access to trails or mule paths. The seismic hazard is moderate (zone 3) to medium (zone 4) with different faults such as the Durance located in the department. The main cities are Manosque, Digne-les-Bains, Sisteron, Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban, Oraison, Forcalquier, Les Mées, Pierrevert, Villeneuve, Sainte-Tulle, Gréoux-les-Bains, Barcelonnette and Castellane. The main river is the Durance which runs in the west of the department. It is in the Durance valley that the most important traffic routes are found: the A51 autoroute and the railway main line. Almost all of the department is in the watershed of the Durance except for the extreme south-east (the cantons of Annot and Entrevaux) which are drained by the Var. The main tributaries of the Durance in the department are the Ubaye, the Bléone, the Asse, the Verdon on the left bank, the Buëch, the Jabron, and the Largue on the right bank. The Durance and its tributaries have a torrential character, with a transition between the snow regime of the high valleys and the mediterranean rainfall regime in the lower mountains and below. The summer low water levels are severe and violent floods occur when heavy rains fall which is often in autumn. The Durance, Verdon, Bléone and Buëch have had the construction of several dams and the diversion of parts of the river for irrigation and power generation in the 20th century. The climate of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department is a Mediterranean climate degrading by altitude and latitude. In fact, while in the lower valleys and flat lands of Haute-Provence an inland Mediterranean climate prevails, by contrast in the hills it is more mixed with the valley of the Ubaye characteristic of the inner Alps, with a marked continentality: winters are very harsh with stormy summers. In between, the two influences mingle in the area of the Lower Alps. The characteristics of both climate trends are found throughout the department to a greater or lesser extent: Haute-Provence is therefore very interesting for European astronomers looking for a partly cloudy night sky and untouched by light pollution. Many amateur observatories have been built and the Observatoire de Haute-Provence is one of the largest observatories in continental Europe. It is an active astronomy research centre. Alpes-de-Haute-Provence is subdivided into 4 arrondissements, 15 cantons and 198 communes. The population was once fairly evenly distributed in the territory, including in the mountainous areas where mountain agriculture was well developed. From the middle of the 19th century, however, it began to decline due to a strong rural exodus. There were more than 150,000 inhabitants in 1850 but it fell to less than 100,000 after the First World War. It was not until 1960 that the trend changed upwards quite strongly from less than 90,000 in 1954 to nearly 140,000 in 1999 and 153,000 in 2005. However, if this figure is close to the number of inhabitants the department had 150 years earlier, the distribution and activity of the population are very different. The population is now concentrated in the valley of the Durance and the South West of the department, and agriculture employs less than ever before. Services, mainly tourism and local services, is now the main industry. The department has never really developed: in 1870 there were 27 small mines (one lead, four oil shale and 22 lignite). According to the general census of the population, 32.8% of available housing in the department are second homes. The department of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence is one of the least densely populated of France with barely more than 20 inhabitants per km. The population is concentrated mainly in the valleys of the Durance, the Bléone (up to Digne) and the nearby flat lands. The rest of the department is sparsely populated (less than 10 inhabitants per km over most of the territory). Half of the Communes have less than 200 inhabitants, 17 communes have less than 50 and many villages have been abandoned. The towns are small: only Digne-les-Bains and Manosque approach or exceed 20,000 people. The arrondissements of Barcelonnette and Castellane are the two least populated arrondissements in France and the only ones in France with less than 10,000 inhabitants. The city of Castellane is the smallest sub-prefecture in France. Among the 15 cantons in the department, 5 have a resident population of less than 10,000 inhabitants: Barcelonnette, Castellane, Riez, Seyne, and Valensole. The ten most populous communes are (figures for 2010 and population change from 2009): In contrast, the two towns with less than 20 inhabitants according to the latest census: Archail (17 inhabitants) and Majastres are isolated from main roads. \"Nord-de-Provence\" was one of the 83 original departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790 under the Act of 22 December 1789. It was renamed \"Haute-Provence\" then \"Basses-Alpes\". On 12 August 1793, the department of Vaucluse was created from parts of the departments of Bouches-du-Rhône, Drôme, and Basses-Alpes. Basses-Alpes lost the canton of Sault to Vaucluse at this point. Seventeen years later, in 1810, the canton of Barcillonnette was transferred over to Hautes-Alpes. The department of Basses-Alpes was occupied by fascist Italy from November 1942 to September 1943. On 13 April 1970, the department of Basses-Alpes was renamed Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. Here is an unflattering excerpt from an article called \"Basse Alpes\" from the Atlas Larousse published at the beginning of the 20th century: \"\"Scattered whitish rocks stand out like bones, a thin topsoil where bushes languish, some mountain flowers and stunted trees ... these mountains form almost everywhere a dreadful desert which will not have more inhabitants: this is the Sahara without the sun of Africa, with the snows of Siberia.\"\" (P. Joanne). \"\"On these steep slopes deforestation and flooding have resulted in a lack of fertile soil and agriculture has been the most miserable. There is a small harvest of wheat, wine in small quantities (but good), and truffles in large numbers. In the southern part, which has the climate of Provence, there are olive trees, mulberry trees, and orange trees. Aromatic plants abound, and there are 250,000 beehives. Manosque because its location is by far the second largest city of the department (with 5,500 inhabitants). Near Manosque are the lignite and gypsum mines. Despite a fairly active trade in olive oil, wine and raw silk, this department is also one of the least populated.\"\" (Larousse Illustrated Atlas, Printing Larousse, Paris, 1900). A total of 199 communes and 15 cantons. The rural exodus of the 19th and 20th centuries has had a significant impact on the population of towns: some were completely or almost completely abandoned by their inhabitants which led to the disappearance of fifty communes since the creation of the department. Some villages still exist and sometimes",
"there are olive trees, mulberry trees, and orange trees. Aromatic plants abound, and there are 250,000 beehives. Manosque because its location is by far the second largest city of the department (with 5,500 inhabitants). Near Manosque are the lignite and gypsum mines. Despite a fairly active trade in olive oil, wine and raw silk, this department is also one of the least populated.\"\" (Larousse Illustrated Atlas, Printing Larousse, Paris, 1900). A total of 199 communes and 15 cantons. The rural exodus of the 19th and 20th centuries has had a significant impact on the population of towns: some were completely or almost completely abandoned by their inhabitants which led to the disappearance of fifty communes since the creation of the department. Some villages still exist and sometimes gave their name to a new commune created by mergers (e.g. La Mure-Argens) and others are nothing more than a pile of stones (like Levens in the commune of Majastres). They are sometimes listed on maps (e.g. Bédejun in the commune of Chaudon-Norante). At its formation, the department had 270 communes (262 after changing the limits of the department) but it is now 200. Apart from eight communes which were attached either to Hautes-Alpes (the three communes of the Barcillonnette canton, or to Vaucluse (the canton of Sault) many communes have di)sappeared. In 1854, the state of communes in the department was as follows: in total 256 towns and 30 townships. Also some other noteworthy atypical cases: There are still some cases of communal associations since 1973 (some have also gone more or less quickly in favour of a \"simple aggregation\"). For example, La Mure-Argens with Argens enjoying this status (with the Mayor delegated specifically for Argens, a city hall annex and an electoral district). The department has an electoral tradition markedly old left. There are strong republican traditions such as the number of Political clubs during the French Revolution and the resistance to the coup of Napoleon III in 1851. The tradition of the left is also manifested in rural areas since all cantons devoted to agriculture very early showed an inclination to vote for Republican candidates. The installation of the large chemical plant at Saint-Auban also had a favorable effect on the vote for the left (see below) and has been a breeding ground for the political organization of the left in the department by the trade union movement. The power station at Sainte-Tulle also supplied many activists to leftist organizations. Exceptions in the department: the alpine areas of Barcelonnette and the upper valley of the Verdon, both territories of emigration but also with a garrison of Chasseurs Alpins in the first. These areas, deeply Catholic, have long opted for elected conservatives - one of the most famous being the former Minister of the Third Republic, Paul Reynaud. A definition of the political choices of the county population is often translated as: the higher the altitude rises, the more the popular vote looks to the right. Since the end of the First World War the department has been most often depicted, both by the Senate and the National Assembly, as an electoral issue of either the PCF or, especially, the socialist movement - the SFIO or the PS, or by the radical left. A landmark of the Resistance during the Second World War, at Liberation the department deeply changed is roots to the left, a change that has not really been challenged since. A change, which may be temporary however, was recorded in 2007 when, for the first time in local political history, a right-wing deputy elected in the previous election (in 2002) was re-elected to the National Assembly. The other seat is occupied by the President of the General Council, Jean-Louis Bianco, a former Minister with François Mitterrand. In the Senate, the Department is represented by Claude Domeizel, a former Socialist mayor of Volx. François Mitterrand won the majority of votes of the inhabitants of the department in 1974, 1981, and 1988 although in the last two cases it was 53% of the vote. In 1995, Jacques Chirac was leading the second round of the presidential election with just over 52% but less than the national score. In 2002 it was Jean Marie Le Pen who topped the first round. Finally, in 2007, Nicolas Sarkozy, who reached the top in the first round, with nearly 30% of the votes, gained 53.2% in the second round. In European referendums, the department has voted \"No\" during the consultation on the Maastricht Treaty at 51.6% (majority of 2238 votes) and \"No\" during the consultation on the European Constitutional Treaty at 60.3% (majority 16,575 votes). The President of the General Council is the Socialist Jean-Louis Bianco. The department has, by its own characteristics (mountainous and low population), a character marked by a relatively weak industrial base and a move towards the creation of jobs in the areas of trades and services. Thus, according to the survey on labour needs by ASSEDIC, most of the jobs available are now from the professions of sociocultural and sports activities (1031 offers listed out of 4752 total in the department), hotel (968 offers), cleaning (438 offers), catering (345 offers). Of all these offers at least three quarters were for seasonal jobs. However, significant changes in the sociological situation of the department are to be expected from the implementation of the ITER project at the mouth of the Durance valley. In the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department agriculture has had a very important place in the economy but the food-producing polyculture has given way to a much more specialized agriculture oriented around fruit, cereals and high value added products (honey, perfumes, and essential oils, cosmetics, olives, and wine). The cultivated species are temperate species, especially those at higher altitude, and Mediterranean species at low altitude. The production is of a wide variety. In recent years, an increase in the cultivation of lavender has emerged, particularly in the area of Saint-André-les-Alpes. The utilised agricultural area is 165,809 hectares mostly devoted to farming activities such as grass meadows for over 96,000 hectares. According to the agricultural census of 2000, the department has 2,947 farms, more than the 1,500 farms under the previous census carried out twelve years previously. The average farm size has increased from 32 to 56 hectares. This is an area of arboriculture particularly along the Durance, which is the main farming area in terms of number of farms (829 in total). It is followed by the crop sector (mostly grain) with 740 farms with the rest in the livestock sector. One of the characteristics of the department is that there are 614 farms devoted to breeding animals other than cattle. These are for the breeding of sheep and goats, including the production of milk used for cheese making under Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) for Banon cheese. The winemakers of Pierrevert also have an appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) ranking for their production. The Alpes de Hautes-Provence department is a region where 49.1% of the area is forested or 343,691 hectares, with an average rate of 39.4% for the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. The National Office of Forests (ONF) manages 86,000 hectares. The main species exploited are Scots pine, black pine, larch, pubescent oak (or white oak), and beech. Fir and spruce are less common. The 2003 heat wave caused the decline of many species of trees, consequently accelerating the return of Mediterranean oaks, alders and linden. Industry is relatively small in terms of business establishments but has several relatively large companies. At the end of 2004 the department had 937 establishments with 17 exceeding fifty employees. This is particularly the case of the historic plant at Saint-Auban (the Arkema factory formerly Elf-Atochem), the Sanofi of Sisteron factory (north of Saint-Auban), and Manosque (L'Occitane factory). Some",
"of 39.4% for the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. The National Office of Forests (ONF) manages 86,000 hectares. The main species exploited are Scots pine, black pine, larch, pubescent oak (or white oak), and beech. Fir and spruce are less common. The 2003 heat wave caused the decline of many species of trees, consequently accelerating the return of Mediterranean oaks, alders and linden. Industry is relatively small in terms of business establishments but has several relatively large companies. At the end of 2004 the department had 937 establishments with 17 exceeding fifty employees. This is particularly the case of the historic plant at Saint-Auban (the Arkema factory formerly Elf-Atochem), the Sanofi of Sisteron factory (north of Saint-Auban), and Manosque (L'Occitane factory). Some more specialized factories (olive oil, perfumes, wines) produce products with high added value. At the end of 2006, according to ASSEDIC data, the industrial sector employed 4,261 employees in the department, or a little over 14% of private sector employees. In the Chemistry sub-sector there are 1,761 employees and agribusiness has 1,205 employees: these are the two main divisions. The chemical sector includes segments of: pharmacy (Sanofi factory, cited above, with more than 650 employees), basic chemistry (Arkema factory, with more than 500 employees), and cosmetics with more than 450 people. The industrial sector has lost nearly 400 jobs since 2001 particularly from downsizing at Arkema and despite the good financial health of Total S.A. which owns it. This may change with the implementation of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER). The Building sector and public works account for 1,387 active establishments with more than half (758) institutions without any employees (artisans established their behalf). In late 2006, the sector employed more than 3,900 employees including nearly 1,500 in the public works sector particularly driven by the completion of major infrastructure (motorway A51 and others). After the depopulation caused by the rural exodus, the department pioneered agritourism in the 1950s although it is no longer the leader in France in this field. Approximately 120 farms offer tourist activities (accommodation, catering or leisure), with 70 certified. The tertiary sector includes very different enterpriises. Commercial activities have undergone considerable change, and had in 2004 2,473 establishments but with 1,396 (over 56%) with no employees. In late 2006, however, this sector employed 6,478 people in more than 1,000 establishments. Employee headcounts have risen sharply since 2001 as there have been a total of 627 additional jobs (more than 10% of the workforce) since that date. The number of employees is about 22% of the workforce employed in the private sector. This has resulted from the development, particularly in the cities of Manosque and Digne, of major retail shopping areas. Nearly 1,600 employees in the services sector are employed there. Service activities cover a total of 7,322 institutions in late 2004 with 4,323 (over 59%) with no employees. It is this sector, however which has the largest number of establishments with more than 50 employees - 96 establishments. At the end of 2006, this sector employed, among others, 1,141 employees in the transport sector, 3,425 employeees in business services, and more than 4,000 in the field of services to individuals. These sectors are evolving and increasing their activities. The positive migration flow for the department often originates from the arrival of retired households, due in particular to the significant increase in numbers of elderly and home care services. The transport sector created sixty additional jobs but it was especially the service sector enterprises and service to individuals (e.g. health and social activity) experienced a dramatic and significant growth. The health sector has substantially increased its importance in the economy with over a thousand more jobs, especially in the segments of short-term caregiving and maintenance, with nearly 850 related jobs. This is largely explained by the fact that the major industrial companies in the department, such as companies in the construction sector, use temporary workers, instead of hiring full-time. In the canton of Volonne, where Saint-Auban is, the reduction in industrial jobs (160 jobs lost on the Arkema work site) is partially offset by the increase in temporary employment (100 additional jobs ). Similarly, in Manosque, the first city of the department in terms of employment, and sustainable development (2,000 more jobs in five years), the increase in temporary jobs has been spectacular - reaching 400 jobs. These jobs are in, among other things, the cosmetics industry, the construction industry and public works, and retail. Large retail chains in the city prefer this mode of hiring to permanent staff. In the field of health and social activities, there has been significant job creation also with 760 more jobs, bringing to 13% the share of employees in the sector in terms of total private employment. This increase is particularly in hospitality and accommodation with nearly a thousand employees, an increase of about 150 jobs since 2001, while the area of home care now employs 741 employees instead of 457 five years earlier. Finally, note that voluntary work, with nearly 1,000 jobs offered, is also present in the department. The beautiful scenery provides the background to many activities and sights. Eleven villages have been classified as having special architectural character. In particular there are: In summer many aerial sports use the surrounding mountains such as gliding, hang gliding and paragliding. In winter there is extensive skiing at eleven ski resorts. Famous dishes from the commune: Daily newspapers: \"La Provence\", \"le Dauphine Libere\", and \"La Marseillaise\". All three have a local edition. Weekly Newspaper: \"Haute Provence info\" Free Newspapers: \"J'y Vais Provence\", a bimonthly journal. Cultural information and portraits of artists of the department. A free bimonthly magazine is associated with the website providing close-ups of artists and events in the region. Distributed to 4,000 copies in town halls, tourist offices and shops, it is to this day the strongest support media for the department. Many roads in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence are narrow and winding due to terrain. These natural conditions make access to certain parts of the department rather difficult, especially in winter, and particularly the communes in the Arrondissements of Barcelonnette and Castellane. They are therefore quite isolated from the rest of the department and the region. National Highway N85 between Digne-les-Bains and Castellane passes through several narrow gorges including that of \"Taulanne\" which is especially narrow. There are several railway lines in Alpes de Haute-Provence. These are: Old abandoned lines: The families \"Simiane\", \"Agoult\", and \"Ponteves\", nobles of Provence Alpes-de-Haute-Provence Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (; \"Alps of Upper Provence\"; Occitan: \"Aups d'Auta Provença\") is a department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. Formerly part of the province of"
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"The Three from the Filling Station (1955 film) The Three from the Filling Station (German: Die Drei von der Tankstelle) is a 1955 West German musical film directed by Hans Wolff and starring Adrian Hoven, Walter Müller and Walter Giller. After losing their money, three young men go to work at a filling station where they all fall in love with the same woman. The film is a remake of the 1930 UFA film \"The Three from the Filling Station\". It was one of a series of remakes made during the 1950s of major hits during the Weimar and Nazi eras. A separate French-language remake \"The Road to Paradise\" was released in 1956. The Three from the Filling Station (1955 film) The Three from the Filling Station (German: Die Drei von der Tankstelle) is a 1955 West German musical film directed by Hans Wolff and starring Adrian Hoven, Walter Müller and Walter Giller. After losing their money, three young men go to work at a filling station where they all fall in love with the same woman. The film is a remake of the 1930 UFA film \"The Three from the Filling Station\". It was one of a series of"
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"Joanna Kluzik-Rostkowska Joanna Grażyna Kluzik-Rostkowska (born December 14, 1963) is a Polish politician and member of the Sejm for Civic Platform. She was elected for Law and Justice in 2007, but led a breakaway group in 2010 to form the more liberal Poland Comes First, of which she was leader. She resigned from the party in June 2011, joining Civic Platform following rumors. In November 2013, following a cabinet reshuffle by Prime Minister Donald Tusk, Kluzik-Rostkowska was appointed to head the Ministry of National Education. Joanna Kluzik-Rostkowska was born on 14 December 1963 in Katowice, Poland. She graduated from the University of Warsaw with an M.A. in Journalism and Political Science. In 1989, she joined \"Tygodnik Solidarność\", becoming a member of the paper's political section before moving on to \"Express Wieczorny\", becoming editor of the newspaper and garnering the attention of Lech Kaczyński, who was then chief of the Presidential Chancellery. In 1996, Kluzik-Rostkowska joined the ranks of \"Wprost\", becoming a political correspondent. She would later join the journal \"Nowe Państwo\" in 2000, followed by the ladies weekly \"Przyjaciółka\" between 2001 and 2004. In 2004, Kluzik-Rostkowska entered Warsaw's municipal bureaucracy, becoming chief specialist of the mayor's press office. Kaczyński, now elected as Mayor of Warsaw, later appointed Kluzik-Rostkowska as head of the mayor's outreach department for women and families. As a member of Law and Justice, Kluzik-Rostkowska ran for a seat in the Sejm during the 2005 parliamentary election, but failed to be elected. Nevertheless, she joined the government of incoming Prime Minister Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz, who made Kluzik-Rostkowska deputy head of the Minister of Labour and Social Policy. Before joining the ministry, Kluzik-Rostkowska voiced support for in vitro fertilisation during a media interview, prompting one of the government's junior coalition partners, the League of Polish Families, to threaten the coalition of withdrawing its support. However, the League failed to block Kluzik-Rostkowska's nomination, who later became head of the ministry's commission on the equal status of men and women. From August to November 2007, Kluzik-Rostkowska served as the Minister of Labour and Social Policy under the government of Prime Minister Jarosław Kaczyński. Kluzik-Rostkowska replaced Minister Anna Kalata of Self-Defence during a cabinet reshuffle following Self-Defence's exit from the Law and Justice-led government. Despite the Kaczyński government's defeat in the 2007 parliamentary election, Kluzik-Rostkowska was elected to a seat in the Sejm. In 2010, Kluzik-Rostkowska presided over Jarosław Kaczyński's campaign during the 2010 presidential election, called 'Poland Comes First'. A leading party moderate, she was ejected from Law and Justice after hinting of her candidacy for the party's leadership \"if need be\". Having left, she established Poland Comes First, a new political grouping with other Law and Justice dissidents including Sejm representatives Elżbieta Jakubiak and Paweł Poncyljusz, and MEPs Adam Bielan and Michał Kamiński. She resigned from the party leadership on 5 June 2011, prompting rumors of her leaving the party altogether to join Civic Platform. Following her defection to Civic Platform's ranks, Kluzik-Rostkowska described her decision as to \"do everything [to ensure] that Law and Justice do not return to power.\" She was reelected to the Sejm as a member of Civic Platform in the 2011 parliamentary election, representing Rybnik. In November 2013, Kluzik-Rostkowska was appointed by Prime Minister Donald Tusk as the next Minister of National Education, replacing Krystyna Szumilas. Joanna Kluzik-Rostkowska Joanna Grażyna Kluzik-Rostkowska (born December 14, 1963) is a Polish politician and member of the Sejm for Civic Platform. She was elected for Law and Justice in 2007, but led a breakaway group in 2010 to form the more liberal Poland Comes First, of which she was leader."
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"Ken Swift Ken Swift (born Kenneth James Gabbert) is a second generation B-boy, or breakdancer, and former Vice President of the Rock Steady Crew of which he was a longtime member and key figure. He is now President of the Breaklife and VII Gems Hip Hop movement in NYC. Ken Swift began B-Boying in 1978 at the age of twelve when he was inspired by dancers on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Widely known in the B-Boy world as \"the Epitome of a B-Boy,\" he is universally considered by B-Boys to be the individual who has had the greatest influence on break dancing. Ken Swift is credited with the creation of many dance moves. His original footwork and \"freeze style\" became a foundational part of breaking, which was considered new concepts at the time. Ken Swift has several film credits to his name, including \"Style Wars\", the first Hip Hop documentary, and the first hip-hop major motion picture, \"Wild Style\". His most famous movie was 1983's hit \"Flashdance\", where his two-minute dance with several members of the Rock Steady Crew launched the Hip-Hop scene into national attention. Ken Swift also danced in the motion picture \"Beat Street\". Ken Swift's exposure to breaking first began in Manhattan where he encountered dancers participating in a then-popular street dance known as Uprocking. In 1978, an affiliate of Ken Swift's, referred to as Dante, was the first person he claimed to have seen do the floor moves that made up breakdancing. Frosty Freeze, an original member of the Rock Steady Crew, had approached Swift and later cultivated him to become a fellow member of the crew. In 1981, Ken was exposed to block parties and street jams, which led him to his first indoor performance with the crew. As a B-Boy, Ken Swift's name originally was \"Kid Zoom,\" and had gone through consistent changes that include, \"Ken Rok,\" \"Ken Ski,\" \" and \"Prince Ken Swift\" before finally being settled as just \"Ken Swift\". The Village Voice published the article \"Breaking is Hard To Do,\" which influenced a greater audience to garner an interest in Hip Hop and B-Boying. Along with several other members of Rock Steady Crew, Ken Swift performed regularly in local clubs at events such as Negril, Danceteria, the Kitchen and the Roxy, and he participated in the world's very first International Hip Hop tour \"New York City Rap\". In 1996, Ken started a dance company known as VII Gems. The goal of this company was to preserve New York city's traditional dances, such as breaking and rocking. With Rock Steady Crew in 1997 Ken co-directed \"Jam On The Groove\", Off-Broadway's first Hip Hop musical. As of today, Ken Swift is heralded as one of the greatest influences on Hip Hop culture, and a legend in the bboying community. He has participated in and judged dance competitions throughout the world in countries such as France, Switzerland, Sweden, China, South Africa, Finland, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Brazil, Venezuela, Norway, Germany, Canada, Japan, Belgium, Russia, Portugal, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the throughout the U.S. Because of his skill and reputation in the B-Boy scene, Ken became a member of the 1999 U.S. Team “1st Platoon,” which took first place out of six other countries in a dance competition known as \"The Korea World Cup\". Although he is currently not an active member of Rock Steady Crew, he still considers himself to be a credible representation of the group. In 2004, Ken Swift is working on various projects with Inferno & Premo Entertainment, run by his affiliates Dante and Premo. Swift's office resides above their club in Williamsburg known as Brooklyn Sole, and the downstairs club is used for training and teaching classes. At a local Manhattan elementary school, P.S. 84, with a grant from the New York Historical Society, Ken organized a course for 7-11 year olds entitled “The History of Hip Hop Culture in New York: Focusing on Dance” and in 2004, Ken founded “The Ken Swift School of Hip Hop Fundamentals” at Breaklife Studios in Brooklyn, New York, to allow for an environment for others to learn the art and history of Hip Hop. During the period in which Hip Hop and breaking were gaining national attention, Ken's original footwork and overall style became an integral part of B-Boying and is recognized as a blueprint for the dance. As a dancer, he continues to innovate and improve upon original foundation moves; though his style was viewed as “new school” in the past, today, it is considered fundamental for breaking. In August, 1996, Ken Swift was on the cover of “Rap Pages,” making him the first B-Boy ever to be on the cover of a major Hip Hop Publication. The popular article, \"Past, Present, Future: Ken Swift The Quintessential B-Boy\" portrayed and Ken Swift as pioneer of B-Boying and reaffirmed him as a fundamental figure in the Hip Hop community. In 1999 as part of the Hip Hop induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Ken choreographed and performed in a world premiere dance piece for the ceremony entitled \"Super Disco Breaks,” which also premiered its first B-Boy battle, hosted and co-judged by Ken Swift himself. In 1996, Ken along with The Rhythm Technicians and Rock Steady Crew was given the Drama Desk Award, one of the highest theater awards in New York. In 2007, Ken received an Appreciation award as well as a Hall of Fame Living Legend Award in Korea. This award declared him as an Honorary Ambassador for the country and a positive influence for their youth culture. In 2008, he received Award of Recognition at the Coffey Park Old School Reunion. In 2009, Ken was awarded a Zulu Nation Achievement Award at Take 1 in Belgium, as well as an Appreciation Award from Encountras las Ruas at the Joinville Dance Festival in Brazil. In 2009, he directed and choreographed the first ever Rock Dance theater piece entitled “Rockin It” that toured 8 cities throughout the UK in May 2009 sponsored by the Breaking Convention, a Sadler Wells Project. The company consists of members whom average over 30 years of dance experience, authentic pioneer dancers from the early years of these dances. The company is involved in numerous dance classes, lectures, demonstrations, performances, panels, film screenings, competitions, and workshops throughout the world. Ken received an appreciation award from the Zulu Nation in Belgium. Ken was acknowledged as an “American Master” by the National Endowment for the Art's and received an American Masterpieces in Dance Award to reconstruct his choreography with olive Dance Theatre in a show entitled “Swift Solos: The Re-Construction of Ken Swift’s 20th Century Breakin’,” which toured 5 cities in the United States throughout 2010. Ken received an appreciation award from the Zulu Nation in Belgium. In 2011, Ken was voted the 2nd Most Influential Dancer of the 20th Century by CNN's Icon Series. He became the only B-Boy to win the award. Over the course of his lifetime, Ken has received over 20 notable awards. Ken Swift Ken Swift (born Kenneth James Gabbert) is a second generation B-boy, or breakdancer, and former Vice President of the Rock Steady Crew of"
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"Darwin Pinzón Darwin Darinel Pinzón Camaño (born 2 April 1994) is a Panamanian footballer who currently plays as a right midfielder for Panamanian club Sporting San Miguelito. In July 2015, Pinzón reportedly joined Spanish Third Division side Jumilla, but was denied a work permit and returned to Sporting San Miguelito in September 2015. He played for Panama at the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Mexico. Pinzón made a remarkable official début with the senior national team on 21 August 2014 against Cuba (4–0), as he scored twice in this match. He also scored at his unofficial (not FIFA-recognized) international début, against Guyana (2–0) in 2012. Darwin Pinzón Darwin Darinel Pinzón Camaño (born 2 April 1994) is a Panamanian footballer who currently plays as a right midfielder for Panamanian club Sporting San Miguelito. In July 2015, Pinzón reportedly joined Spanish Third Division side Jumilla, but was denied a work permit and returned to Sporting San Miguelito in September 2015. He played for Panama at the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Mexico. Pinzón made a remarkable official début with the senior national team on 21 August 2014 against Cuba (4–0), as he scored twice in this match. He also scored"
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"District Attorney of Philadelphia The Office of the District Attorney of Philadelphia is the largest prosecutor's office in Pennsylvania, and one of the largest in the nation. It serves the more than 1.5 million citizens of the City and County of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The current District Attorney of Philadelphia is Larry Krasner. The district attorney represents the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the City & County of Philadelphia in all criminal and other prosecutions. The district attorney is an elected office, and terms begin on the first Monday in January following the election. Prior to 1850, the functions of this office were performed by a deputy state attorney-general. An Act of 3 May 1850 P.L. 654 authorized the voters of each of Pennsylvania's counties to elect one person, of requisite legal background to serve as district attorney for a term of three years. The term was extended to four years under the State Constitution of 1874, Article 14. District Attorney of Philadelphia The Office of the District Attorney of Philadelphia is the largest prosecutor's office in Pennsylvania, and one of the largest in the nation. It serves the more than 1.5 million citizens of the City and County of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania."
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"Pocono Green 250 The Pocono Green 250 Recycled by J.P. Mascaro & Sons is a NASCAR Xfinity Series stock car race held at Pocono Raceway. Its inaugural race was held on June 4, 2016 with a scheduled distance of 100 laps/. However, the race was shortened after only 53 laps/ because of persistent rain showers. The race marked the first time NASCAR's second-tier series visited and raced in the state of Pennsylvania since the closure of Nazareth Speedway in 2004. Due to NASCAR's recent renewal contract for tracks for the next 5 years, the Xfinity Series is guaranteed to race at Pocono until at least 2020. The second running of the event was the first NASCAR-sanctioned event at Pocono to use the Stage format, a format that was created prior to the 2017 NASCAR season for all three divisions for all race tracks. Stage 1 consisted of the first 25 laps, then Stage 2 being the next 25 laps, making up the first half. The final stage or Stage 3 being the final 50 laps or second half, and any laps in overtime if need be. Unlike the inaugural event it went the full 100-lap/250-mile distance. In late-2017, NASCAR announced that the aero-package that was used at Indianapolis in 2017 with a 7/8\" restrictor plate would be utilized at Indianapolis, Pocono, and Michigan. This means that in 2018, the event will become a restrictor plate race. The inaugural event was broadcast in the United States on Fox by \"Fox NASCAR\", a division of Fox Sports. Adam Alexander was the lap-by-lap announcer while Michael Waltrip and Danica Patrick were the color commentators. Chris Neville, Vince Welch, Matt Yocum reported from pit lane. The second running of the event saw FOX's broadcast team consist of drivers only in the booth, on pit road, and in the Hollywood Hotel. Kevin Harvick was the lap by lap analyst with Joey Logano and Clint Bowyer also in the booth. Ryan Blaney, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., and Erik Jones were the pit reporters. Danica Patrick and Denny Hamlin were in the Hollywood Hotel. Pocono Green 250 The Pocono Green 250 Recycled by J.P. Mascaro & Sons is a NASCAR Xfinity Series stock car race held at Pocono Raceway. Its inaugural race was held on June 4, 2016 with a scheduled distance of 100 laps/. However, the race was shortened after only 53 laps/ because of persistent rain"
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"Carlos Alvarado Osorto Carlos Alvarado (12 May 1949 – 16 February 2016) was a Honduran footballer who played as a striker. Alvarado is often considered by many the greatest C.D.S. Vida footballer of all times. Alvarado is C.D.S. Vida's all time top scorer with 76 goals. He made his professional debut on 15 May 1968 in the 1–4 defeat against C.D. Victoria where he scored the sole Vida's goal. He has the shared record of scoring five goals in a single game against C.D. Troya in 1967. In 1972, he became the first Liga Nacional player to win the top-scorer award twice. Alvarado also played for Club Deportivo Olimpia before retiring. Alvarado was born in Langue and raised in Nacaome. In 2012, he had a heart attack from which he recovered. He died on 16 February 2016 of a stroke, aged 66. Carlos Alvarado Osorto Carlos Alvarado (12 May 1949 – 16 February 2016) was a Honduran footballer who played as a striker. Alvarado is often considered by many the greatest C.D.S. Vida footballer of all times. Alvarado is C.D.S. Vida's all time top scorer with 76 goals. He made his professional debut on 15 May 1968 in the 1–4"
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"George D. Pyper George Dollinger Pyper (November 21, 1860 – January 17, 1943) was the fifth general superintendent of the Sunday School of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), a member and manager of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, and the editor of a number of Latter Day Saint periodicals. Pyper was born in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory. In 1896 and 1897, he was a missionary for the LDS Church in the Eastern States Mission of the church. From 1898 to 1929, Pyper was the manager of the Salt Lake Theatre. (The theatre was torn down in 1929.) As theatre manager, Pyper kept an extensive collection of photographs of performers; the collection is currently held by the J. Willard Marriott Library at the University of Utah. A talented singer, Pyper was the leading tenor in the Salt Lake Opera Company for many years. He was a member of and the manager of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. In 1911, Pyper managed a 6000-mile American tour for the choir, wherein they performed in Madison Square Gardens and at the White House for U.S. President William Howard Taft. In 1929, Pyper became the chair of the LDS Church's Pageant Committee, which produced the performance \"The Message for the Ages\" as a celebration of the church's centennial. At the age of 80, Pyper was a technical advisor to the producers of the 1940 Hollywood film \"Brigham Young\"; Pyper had known Young prior to his death in 1877. In 1918, Pyper was asked by church Apostle and general Sunday School superintendent David O. McKay to be his second assistant. Pyper served in this capacity until 1934, when McKay was released and Pyper was called as the fifth general superintendent of the Deseret Sunday School Union. Pyper was the first general superintendent of the LDS Sunday School who was not also an apostle of the church. Pyper's assistants were Milton Bennion and George R. Hill, both of whom went on to serve as general Sunday School superintendents. In 1890 and 1891, Pyper was an associate editor of \"The Contributor\", a periodical targeted at Latter-day Saint adolescents. Beginning in 1910, Pyper became the editor of \"The Juvenile Instructor\", the LDS Church Sunday School's official periodical. When the \"Juvenile Instructor\" folded and was replaced by \"The Instructor\", Pyper became the first editor of the new publication, a position he held until his death. Pyper is the author of the 1930 book \"Stories of the Latter-day Saint Hymns, their Authors, and Composers\". He composed the music to \"Does the Journey Seem Long?\", a hymn written by Joseph Fielding Smith which is included in the 1985 English-language LDS Church hymnal as hymn #127. Pyper was married to Emmaretta Smith Whitney and was the father of two children. George D. Pyper George Dollinger Pyper (November 21, 1860 – January 17, 1943) was the fifth general superintendent of the Sunday School of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), a member and manager of the"
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"Ricardo Patton Ricardo Maurice Patton (born October 23, 1958) is an American college basketball coach and the former head men's basketball coach at Northern Illinois University. On March 9, 2011, NIU announced that Patton would not return as their head coach for the 2011–12 season, it is unclear whether he resigned or was fired. Prior to this, he was the head coach at the University of Colorado. He was hired as head coach for the Buffaloes on March 5, 1996, just days before the Big Eight Conference Tournament. Patton guided the Buffaloes to six postseason appearances. On July 11, 2011 it was announced that Patton joined the University of Maryland Eastern Shore as an assistant coach. Patton left UMES to become head coach at Central High School in Memphis, Tennessee. He became an assistant coach at the University of Denver in March 2016. Ricardo Patton Ricardo Maurice Patton (born October 23, 1958) is an American college basketball coach and the former head men's basketball coach at Northern Illinois University. On March 9, 2011, NIU announced that Patton would not return as their head coach for the 2011–12 season, it is unclear whether he resigned or was fired. Prior to this,"
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"Rouge Valley Centenary Rouge Valley Centenary, also known by its former name Centenary Hospital, is a hospital in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is part of the Scarborough and Rouge Hospital and one of three hospitals in the suburb of Scarborough. The hospital opened on July 1, 1967 as Scarborough Centenary Hospital and was the second hospital for the growing Township of Scarborough. Located not far from Scarborough General Hospital, the process of building Centenary's started in 1963, not longer after Scarborough General. Expansions in 1986 and 1991 helped the hospital deal with the growing east end of Scarborough. Now serving east Toronto, the hospital merged with Ajax and Pickering General Hospital in 1998 to create the Rouge Valley Health System. The Rouge Valley Health System was dissolved December 1, 2016 by an executive order from the Ontario Minister of Health. The Ajax and Pickering site was absorbed into the Lakeridge Health system, while the Centenary site merged with the Scarborough Hospital creating the Scarborough and Rouge Hospital. The newly form hospital has three sites. The Birchmount site, The General site, and the Centenary site. The hospital has a capacity of 307 beds, and is currently home to the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine for the Rouge Valley system. The Emergency Department accommodates 54,000 visits a year and hospital services include (Angioplasty procedures, hip/knee replacement services, cardiac catheterizations, outpatient services, etc.) Rouge Valley Centenary Rouge Valley Centenary, also known by its former name Centenary Hospital, is a hospital in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is part of the Scarborough and Rouge Hospital and one of three hospitals in the suburb of Scarborough. The hospital opened on July 1, 1967 as Scarborough Centenary Hospital and was the second hospital for the growing Township of Scarborough. Located not far from Scarborough General Hospital, the"
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"Seven Swords Seven Swords is a 2005 Hong Kong \"wuxia\" film produced and directed by Tsui Hark, starring Leon Lai, Donnie Yen, Charlie Yeung, Sun Honglei, Lu Yi and Kim So-yeon. The story is loosely adapted from Liang Yusheng's novel \"Qijian Xia Tianshan\" and is completely unrelated to the novel except for some characters' names. \"Seven Swords\" was used as the opening film to the 2005 Venice Film Festival and as a homage to Akira Kurosawa's 1954 film \"Seven Samurai\". In the mid-17th century, the Manchus conquer the territories of the former Ming Empire and establish the Qing Empire. While nationalistic sentiments start brewing within the \"wulin\" (martial artists' community), the Qing government immediately imposes a ban forbidding the common people from practising martial arts. The warlord Fire-Wind sees the new law as an opportunity to make a fortune so he offers to help the government execute the new rule. Greedy, cruel and immoral, Fire-Wind ravages northwest China with his army and kills thousands of resistance fighters and innocent civilians. His next goal is to attack Martial Village, which houses a large number of martial artists. Fu Qingzhu, a retired executioner, feels an urge to stop Fire-Wind so he sets forth to save Martial Village. He brings with him two young villagers, Han Zhibang and Wu Yuanying, to Mount Heaven to seek help from Master Shadow-Glow, a reclusive swordsman and sword-forger. Shadow-Glow allows his four students – Chu Zhaonan, Yang Yuncong, Xin Longzi and Mulang – to accompany the trio on their quest. He also gives each of them a special sword he forged. The seven of them call themselves \"Seven Swords\". The Seven Swords return to Martial Village in the nick of time and successfully defeat and drive away Fire-Wind's soldiers. In order to buy time for the villagers to prepare for an evacuation, the Seven Swords head to Fire-Wind's base and cause damage by burning down their barn and poisoning their horses. During the raid, Chu Zhaonan encounters Fire-Wind's Korean slave girl, Green Pearl, and brings her along as they make their escape. As the villagers evacuate Martial Village and make their way into the hills, strange things start happening along the way. Their food and water supplies are poisoned and their trail is marked by signs leading the enemy to them. The Seven Swords realise there is a spy among them and agree they must eliminate him/her before Fire-Wind catches up. Green Pearl immediately becomes the suspect because she does not speak their language. The situation is further complicated by a romantic affair between Chu Zhaonan and Green Pearl. At one point, Green Pearl and Chu fall into a trap set by Fire-Wind. Chu uses his sword to free Green Pearl from a net cast by Fire-Wind's men but loses his weapon. While Chu is captured by the enemy, Green Pearl manages to escape and convey her message that Chu has been captured to the other swordsmen before succumbing to her injuries. The other six swordsmen travel to Fire-Wind's base and engage him in battle to rescue Chu Zhaonan. During the Seven Swords' absence, the spy, Qiu Dongluo, sets fire to the entrance to the cave to inform the enemy of the villagers' whereabouts. He reveals his identity and begins killing the unsuspecting villagers systematically. He is discovered by the village chief's daughter, Liu Yufang, who eventually kills him by accident. However, she is so traumatised by the experience that she becomes hysterical. Meanwhile, the Seven Swords defeat and slay Fire-Wind, and forces his army to retreat temporarily. The swordsmen return to the hideout, only to find that all the villagers have been killed, except for Liu Yufang and the children. Han Zhibang calms Liu down and decides to stay behind and protect the survivors. The Seven Swords realise the only way to save the \"wulin\" is to persuade the Qing emperor to withdraw the ban on martial arts. Liu tells Han that she can take care of the survivors alone so Han rushes to catch up with the other swordsmen as they travel towards the capital. The film was the first of a planned six-part film franchise. During the shooting of the ending fight scene, Donnie Yen accidentally injured Sun Honglei near the eye after mistakenly assuming that Sun was trained in martial arts. Sun was rushed from Xinjiang to a hospital in Beijing on the night of 7 December. His eyesight was not affected so he returned to the set a day later and insisted on finishing his scenes. The role of Chu Zhaonan was initially offered to Korean actor Song Seung-heon at a reported salary of US$400,000. Director Tsui Hark recruited Leon Lai to portray Yang Yuncong after watching his performance in \"The Sword of Many Lovers\" and wanting to \"see another side of him\". Song and Lai were trained in horse riding and swordplay for their respective roles but Song dropped out near the start of the filming period to work on other projects. Donnie Yen was then offered to play Chu Zhaonan, and he accepted the offer without hesitation after \"understanding the gravity\" of the situation. Lu Yi, who portrayed Han Zhibang, once said that he would never act in wuxia or martial arts films again. However, when he saw the all-star cast tied to the project, he immediately accepted the offer to join because he felt it was a rare opportunity for him to work with such a strong cast. The role of Prince Dokado was initially offered to Hu Jun, who rejected it for reasons unknown. It was later offered to Wang Xueqi, who similarly turned down the offer. The role eventually went to Michael Wong. Cheung Chi-sing, the production manager and scriptwriter, revealed that the initial cut made by Angie Lam was four hours long. However, the distributors were worried that such a lengthy running time would limit screening arrangements and affect box office performance, so Tsui Hark re-edited it to two versions – 150 minutes and 120 minutes. After finding that the 120 minutes version suffered from underdevelopment, the investors chose the 150 minutes version for the theatrical run. \"Seven Swords\" was well received in Asia, being nominated for many awards in both Hong Kong and China. Its US limited-release received generally negative reviews and holds a 27% \"rotten\" rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 15 reviews. Tsui Hark intended \"Seven Swords\" to be a hexalogy, but the prospects for the second instalment have not come to fruition. In 2008, Tsui was known to be still developing the script for the sequel in between the production and/or direction of his other film projects; the actual release and production for the sequel had yet to be officially announced. Tsui is purportedly working on scripts for the second and third instalments of the film to complete the hexalogy in successive development and production. As of 2011, there have been no news of \"Seven Swords\" at all, and there is speculation that it would not be completed as planned. The last known news about the film was in its pre-production phase between 2007 and 2008, yet neither Tsui Hark nor anyone attached to the film made any statement of commitment to the planned hexalogy for about 3–4 years. While unconfirmed, it is believed the project has stalled or been abandoned due to lack of interest in completing the story. Seven Swords Seven Swords is a 2005 Hong Kong \"wuxia\" film produced and directed by Tsui Hark, starring Leon Lai, Donnie Yen, Charlie Yeung, Sun Honglei, Lu Yi and Kim So-yeon. The story is loosely adapted from Liang Yusheng's novel \"Qijian Xia Tianshan\" and is completely unrelated to the novel except for some characters' names. \"Seven Swords\" was used as the opening film to the 2005 Venice Film Festival and as a"
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"History of the India national football team The history of the India national football team dates back to the 1920s. They have never played in the World Cup, although they qualified for one in 1950. They have had no entries in the tournament from 1950 onwards. India have never won the final of the Asian Championship but managed their best ever finish by making it to the final in the 1964 AFC Asian Cup. They have only made three appearances since then The first known official international tour of the Indian team which at that time consisted of both Indian and British players was in 1924, when it was led by legendary Indian footballer Gostha Paul. Football teams consisting of entirely Indian players started to tour Australia, Japan, Indonesia, and Thailand during the late 1930s. The first international match India played before independence is yet to be verified, but the very trace of it can be found in the match India played overseas against Ceylon in 1933. It was India's second international tour, where Gostha Paul led his side to victory by 1–0 score. On 4 July 1936 India played against visiting Chinese team, which was held at Calcutta. The match was a draw of 1–1. After the success of several Indian football clubs abroad, the All India Football Federation (AIFF) was formed in 1937. In July 1938, Indian team led by K. Bhattacharya, played a international charity match against a visiting all European team at Calcutta, where the European side won by a solitary goal. In the same year, India made a long official tour on invitation by Australian Football Association, from August to October where they played 12 matches against many states, districts, club teams and 5 friendly matches against the Australian national side too. The Indian side was managed by Pankaj Gupta and led by K Bhattacharya and the team was considered as an attacking side, consisted of A Rahim, Pram Lal, R Leemsder,Jumma Khan, C Robello, B Sen, Lumsden, Noor Mohammed, A Nandi, K Prosad, who was dubbed as \"\"Mickey the mouse\"\" by the Australian media for his skills and electric speed at the right wing and the goal was kept by K.Dutt. After playing some matches against state and district teams, on 3 September at Sydney, India played the first friendly match against Australia and got defeated by 5–3 and the match is considered as India's first FIFA-recognised match. Second match was at Brisbane, where the Indians fought back for a draw of 4–4. In the third match at Newcastle, on 17 September India registered their first win by a margin of 4–1. But the Australians defeated India in the next two matches held at Sydney and Melbourne with a score line of 5–4 and 3–1 respectively. At the Sydney match on 24 September, Indian striker Lumsden scored the first hat-trick for India against the Australian side which includes a penalty kick. On their way to 1948 London Olympics, Chinese team again visited India, where they played Mohammedan SC, East Bengal, and Mohun Bagan then finally on 17 July 1948, a friendly match held at Kolkata, where they were defeated by the Indian national side by a score of 1–0. The 1948 London Olympics was India's first major international tournament, where a predominately barefooted Indian team lost 2–1 to France, failing to convert two penalties. The Indian team was greeted and appreciated by the crowd for their sporting manner. \"\"The French had been given a run for their money – and that, too, by the barefooted Indians!\"\", the British media expressed. At a press conference, shortly after, the Indians were asked why they played barefooted. The ever witty then Indian captain Talimeren Ao said, \"\"Well, you see, we play football in India, whereas you play BOOTBALL!\"\" which was applauded by the British. The next day, that comment was splashed in the newspapers of London.<ref name=\"http://morungexpress.com\"></ref>The decision of wearing shoes had to make and the Indians finally settled on wearing shoes if the conditions were wet (rainy) and if they had to play on soft grounds and when the conditions were dry, most players opted to play without shoes and instead wore bandages to protect their feet though fine weather, out of 11 players who took the field eight players were bootless and three were in boots. Sarangapani Raman scored the only goal for India in that match and thus the first Indian international goal ever in the Olympics. While the 1-2 loss to France and first round elimination was a huge disappointment to the team and the public alike, the quality of football that the team displayed had captivated one and all. Indian footballers’ bravery and brilliance in bare feet at the 1948 Olympics earned them no less a fan than Princess Margaret, the younger sister of Queen Elizabeth II. So much so that King George VI invited the team to Buckingham Palace and there, as the story goes, he lifted up Sailen Manna's trouser leg, telling him it was just to check if the Indian really had legs of steel as would appear from the strength of his shots! But there was football still to be played. Encouraged by the accolades and the positive reception to India's football, the AIFF decided to extend the tour with some friendlies across Europe. Over the next several weeks the team would play some matches that would only enhance its growing reputation. In the Netherlands India lost 1-2 against Sparta Rotterdam but stunned Ajax Amsterdam led by legendary Rinus Michels by 5-1, two days later. Back in England and Wales, it put together a string of victories over several teams including Boldmere St. Michaels F.C., which it met on a muddy pitch at Church Road Ground on August 31, 1948, a day with heavy rainfall. The Indian team was forced to wear boots and a lone goal from B.N. Vajravelu handed India a 1−0 win, with this ended the Europe tour of 1948, a great summer for Indian football history. In 1950, India managed to qualify for the 1950 FIFA World Cup finals, which was scheduled to take place in Brazil; where it was drawn with Sweden, Italy, and Paraguay. This was not due to any success on the pitch, but due to the fact that all their opponents during the qualifying round, withdrew from the pre-tournament qualifiers. However, India themselves withdrew from the World Cup finals before the tournament was to begin. The All India Football Federation gave various reasons for the team's withdrawal, including travel costs, lack of practice time, and valuing the Olympics above the World Cup. Despite the reason given out from the AIFF, many football historians and pundits have repeated the tale that India withdrew from the World Cup due to FIFA imposing a rule banning players from playing barefoot. However, according to the then captain of India, Sailen Manna, the story of the team not being allowed to play due to wanting to play barefoot was not true. Since then, India has not come close to qualifying for another World Cup. Despite not participating in the World Cup in 1950, the following years after, from 1951 to 1964, are usually considered to be the \"golden era\" of Indian football. India, coached by Hyderabad City Police head coach Syed Abdul Rahim, became one of the best teams in Asia. In March 1951, Rahim lead India to their first ever triumph during the 1951 Asian Games. Hosted in India, the team defeated Iran 1–0 in the gold medal match to gain their first trophy. Sahu Mewalal scored the winning goal for India in that match. The next year India went back to the Olympics but were once again defeated in the first round, this time by Yugoslavia and by a score of 10–1. Upon returning to India, the AIFF made it mandatory for footballers to wear boots. After taking the defeat in Finland, India participated in various minor tournaments, such as the Colombo Cup, which they won three times from 1953 to 1955. In 1954, India returned to the Asian Games as defending champions in Manila. Despite their achievement three years prior, India were unable to go past the group stage as the team finished second",
"India to their first ever triumph during the 1951 Asian Games. Hosted in India, the team defeated Iran 1–0 in the gold medal match to gain their first trophy. Sahu Mewalal scored the winning goal for India in that match. The next year India went back to the Olympics but were once again defeated in the first round, this time by Yugoslavia and by a score of 10–1. Upon returning to India, the AIFF made it mandatory for footballers to wear boots. After taking the defeat in Finland, India participated in various minor tournaments, such as the Colombo Cup, which they won three times from 1953 to 1955. In 1954, India returned to the Asian Games as defending champions in Manila. Despite their achievement three years prior, India were unable to go past the group stage as the team finished second in Group C during the tournament, two points behind Indonesia. Two years later, during the 1956 Summer Olympics, India went on to achieve the team's greatest result in a competitive tournament. The team finished in fourth place during the Summer Olympics football tournament, losing the bronze-medal match to Bulgaria 3–0. The tournament is also known for Neville D'Souza's hat-trick against Australia in the quarterfinals. D'Souza's hat-trick was the first hat-trick scored by an Asian in Olympic history and he was the highest goal scorer in that edition of the games along with Todor Veselinović of Yugoslavia and Dimitar Milanov of Bulgaria, 4 goals scored by each. After their good performance during the Summer Olympics, India participated in the 1958 Asian Games in Tokyo. The team once again finished fourth, losing the bronze-medal match to Indonesia 4–1. The next year the team traveled to Malaysia where they took part in the Merdeka Cup and finished as the tournament runners-up. India began the 1960s with 1960 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers. Despite the qualifiers for the West Zone being held in Kochi, India finished last in their qualification group and thus failed to qualify for the tournament. Despite the set-back, India went on to win the gold medal during the Asian Games for the second time in 1962. The team defeated South Korea 2–1 to win their second major championship. To qualify for the 1960 Summer Olympics, India took part in the qualification round where in the first round, they defeated Afghanistan in the 1st leg by 5–2, and withdrew from the 2nd, India proceeded to the second round where they defeated Indonesia in both legs by 4–2 & 2–0, they qualified for 1960 Summer Olympics which is their last till now. At that edition, India again failed to proceed from the first round, where they saw two defeats of 2–1 & 3–1 by Hungary, Peru and a draw against France of 1–1. Two years later, following their Asian Games triumph, India participated in the 1964 AFC Asian Cup after all the other teams in their qualification group withdrew. This was India's first Asian Cup appearance. Despite their automatic entry into the continental tournament, India managed to finish as the runners-up during the tournament, losing out to the hosts, Israel, by two points. This remains India's best performance in the AFC Asian Cup. India returned to the Asian Games in 1966. Despite their performance two years prior during the AFC Asian Cup, India could not go beyond the group stage as the team finished third, behind Japan and Iran. Four years later to 1966 Asian Games, India participated at the 1970 Asian Games, where they came back and took third place during the tournament. The team defeated Japan 1–0 during the bronze-medal match. In 1974, India's performance in the Asian Games once again sharply declined as they finished the 1974 edition in last place in their group, losing all three matches, scoring two, and conceding 14 goals in the first round. India then showed steady improvement during the 1978 tournament, finishing second in their group of three. The team were then knocked-out in the next round, finishing last in their group with three defeats from three matches. The 1982 tournament proved to be better for India as the side managed to qualify for the quarter-finals before losing to Saudi Arabia 1–0. In 1984, India managed to qualify for the AFC Asian Cup for the first time since their second place triumph in 1964. During the 1984 tournament, India finished in last place in their five team group in the first round. India's only non-defeat during the tournament came against Iran, a 0–0 draw. Despite India's decline from a major football power in Asia, the team still managed to assert its dominance as the top team in South Asia. India managed to win the football competition of the South Asian Games in 1985 and then again won the gold medal in 1987. The team then began the 1990s by winning the inaugural SAFF Championship in 1993. The team ended the 20th century by winning the SAFF Championship again in 1997 and 1999. India's first competitive matches of the 21st century were the 2002 FIFA World Cup first round qualifiers. Despite a very bright start, defeating the United Arab Emirates 1–0, drawing Yemen 1–1, as well as two victories over Brunei, including a 5–0 victory in Bangalore, India finished a point away from qualification for the next round. In 2003, India took part in the 2003 SAFF Championship. The team qualified for the semi-finals but fell to Bangladesh 2–1. Later in 2003, India participated in the Afro-Asian Games being held in Hyderabad. Under the coaching of Stephen Constantine, India managed to make it to the final of the tournament after defeating Zimbabwe, a team ranked 85 places above India in the FIFA rankings at the time, 5–3. Despite the major victory, during the gold-medal match India were defeated 1–0 by Uzbekistan U21. Due to this achievement, Constantine was voted as the Asian Football Confederation's Manager of the Month for October 2003. The tournament result also gave India more recognition around the country and around the world. Constantine was replaced by Syed Nayeemuddin in 2005 but the Indian head coach only lasted for a little over a year as India suffered many heavy defeats during the 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers. During this time India were defeated 6–0 by Japan, 3–0 by Saudi Arabia and Yemen respectively at home, and 7–1 away in Jeddah. Former Malmö and China coach Bob Houghton was brought in as head coach in May 2006. Under Houghton, India witnessed massive improvement in their football standing. In August 2007, Houghton won the country the restarted Nehru Cup after India defeated Syria 1–0 in the final. Pappachen Pradeep scored the winning goal for India that match. The next year, Houghton lead India during the 2008 AFC Challenge Cup, which was hosted in Hyderabad and Delhi. During the tournament, India breezed through the group stage before defeating Myanmar in the semi-finals. In the final against Tajikistan, India, through a Sunil Chhetri hat-trick, won the match 4–1. The victory not only earned India the championship but it also allowed India to qualify for the 2011 AFC Asian Cup, the nation's first Asian Cup appearance in 27 years. In order to prepare for the Asian Cup, Houghton had the team stay together as a squad for eight months from June 2010 till the start of the tournament, meaning the players would not play for their clubs. India were drawn into Group C for the Asian Cup with Australia, South Korea, and Bahrain. Despite staying together as a team for eight months, India lost all three of their matches during the Asian Cup, including a 4–0 defeat to Australia. Despite the results, India were still praised by fans and pundits for their valiant efforts during the tournament. In 2011, India started off their campaign by participating in 2011 AFC Asian Cup for which they qualified after 24 years. They were placed in strong Group C along with South Korea, Australia and Bahrain. India lost all three matches but did manage to perform well in patches. Goalkeeper Subrata Pal won a lot of accolades for his performances. After participating the",
"start of the tournament, meaning the players would not play for their clubs. India were drawn into Group C for the Asian Cup with Australia, South Korea, and Bahrain. Despite staying together as a team for eight months, India lost all three of their matches during the Asian Cup, including a 4–0 defeat to Australia. Despite the results, India were still praised by fans and pundits for their valiant efforts during the tournament. In 2011, India started off their campaign by participating in 2011 AFC Asian Cup for which they qualified after 24 years. They were placed in strong Group C along with South Korea, Australia and Bahrain. India lost all three matches but did manage to perform well in patches. Goalkeeper Subrata Pal won a lot of accolades for his performances. After participating the 2011 AFC Asian Cup, India's quest to qualify for the 2015 edition of the tournament began in February 2011 with AFC Challenge Cup qualifiers. Bob Houghton decided to change the makeup of the India squad, replacing many of the aging players from the Asian Cup with some young players from the AIFF development side in the I-League, Indian Arrows. Even with a young side, India managed to qualify for the AFC Challenge Cup with ease. Despite the good result though with a young side, the AIFF decided to terminate the contract of Bob Houghton. India played its first match in 2012 AFC Challenge Cup qualification on March 21 winning 3–0 against Chinese Taipei, with Jewel Raja Shaikh, Sunil Chhetri and Jeje Lalpekhlua scoring the goals. On March 23 they faced Pakistan. India came from behind and defeated Pakistan 3–1 with Jeje Lalpekhlua scoring 2 goals and Steven Dias scoring one. On March 25 they faced Turkmenistan in their last 2012 AFC Challenge Cup qualifying game and. India drew the game 1–1. The result meant that they finished on top of Group B and qualified for the 2012 AFC Challenge Cup. After having Dempo coach, Armando Colaco, as interim head coach, the AIFF signed Savio Medeira as head coach in October 2011. Despite leading India to another SAFF Championship victory, Medeira lead India to their worst performance in the AFC Challenge Cup in March 2012. The team lost all three of their group matches, unable to score a single goal during the tournament. After the tournament, Medeira was replaced as head coach by Dutchman, Wim Koevermans. Koeverman's first job as head coach was the 2012 Nehru Cup. India won their third successive Nehru Cup, defeating Cameroon side on penalties. By March 2015, after not playing any matches, India reached their lowest FIFA ranking position of 173. A couple months prior, Stephen Constantine was re-hired as the head coach after first leading India more than a decade before. Constantine's first major assignment back as the India head coach were the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. After making it through the first round of qualifiers, India crashed out during the second round, losing seven of their eight matches and thus, once again, failed to qualify for the World Cup. Despite failure to qualify for the World Cup, India managed to reach the third round of 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers after defeating Laos in the play-off round on aggregate 7–1. On 11 October 2017, India secured qualification for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup after a 4–1 victory over Macau. India also played a testimonial match for Baichung Bhutia against Bayern Munich on 10 January 2012 with India being beaten 4–0 by the German team. The India national team plays in blue, the colour of the Ashoka Chakra on the Indian flag. The other colours on the flag, saffron, white, and India green, were deemed too controversial to be used as the main colour, as jerseys with saffron and green are often used by neighbouring countries. Blue as the national colour for India was soon made more prominant due to the success of the India cricket team and field hockey teams. The football team, however, has used some sort of shade of blue for decades. The national team kits and uniforms have evolved as the game has over the years and in recent times new technologies have been utilised to improve the kits and uniforms. At the turn of the 21st century, India wore a sky blue shirt with black pants and sky blue socks as their kit. In 2002, the All India Football Federation signed a deal with German manufacturer Adidas to produce the India kit. The first kit made by Adidas was all-white. After four years with Adidas, the AIFF signed an agreement with American company Nike on 27 February 2006. The deal was for seven years. Nike's first kits for India were in darker blue while the away kit was changed from white to orange. For the 2011 AFC Asian Cup, in which India were participating, Nike designed India's kit using the same template it used for other national teams such as Brazil. In January 2013. it was announced that the AIFF's deal with Nike was extended for an extra five years. Nike made a simplistic kit in 2006 with a light blue shirt with a little shade of white on the shirt and white short. The 2009-10 Nike kit was a throwback to the 2006-07 kit but the blue colour got a bit darker and they experimented with horizontal stripes for the first time in 2013. In September 2017, prior to the India U17 side's participation in the FIFA U-17 World Cup, Nike unveiled an all sky blue kit for the India senior and youth teams. Inspired by the history and heritage of the Blue Tigers, India’s latest Nike national team kit features a new shade of blue and an orange stripe that runs the length of the jersey and shorts. That stripe expands when a player is in motion to maximize ventilation, complementing Nike’s proprietary Dri-FIT technology that helps draw sweat away from the body. These features allow players to perform at their best by remaining cool, dry and more comfortable. The Nike deal ended in December 2018, and AIFF signed a 5 years deal with Six5Six to be the new official kit sponsor. The new jerseys for 2019 AFC Asian Cup were unveiled in December 2018, the home colour have the similar sky blue shades and the away colour is changed to white from orange but both the jerseys have new design embellished on the sleeves representing tiger stripes to pay homage to the Indian football fans, who affectionately calls the team Blue Tigers, where as the goalkeeper's jersey replaced the light green to orange colour with the same sleeves design. In the early 19th century when the Indian football was taking shape, India produced one of the best footballers from Asia at that time, Gostha Pal, who started playing professional football at the age of 16 in 1911 and was the first captain of Indian team. He was a skilled, tactful and composed defender of his time and considered as the best defender India had ever produced. He was the first footballer to be awarded Padma Shree in the year 1962 and in 1998 Government of India introduced postal stamp to honour the legend. In the later 1930s, India came out to be one of the strongest attacking teams from Asia, evidenced during their winter tour of Australia in 1938, where the attacking Indian side including \"Lumsden\", \"Noor Mohammed\", \"Rahim\", \"K.Prosad\", \"A Nandi\" under the leadership of \"K.Bhattacharya\" stormed the New South Wales coast with a total of 58 goals in 17 matches, which includes five international friendlies against Australia, where \"Lumsden\" scored three hat-tricks, one being against the Australian side, thus scoring the \"first international hat-trick for India\". Talimeren Ao, the first captain of Indian team in independent India was the pioneer of Indian football. His skills in football was glorified as his name which means \"a lot of glory\" and his legacy is one of the reason for North-east India to be one of the power house of Indian football. At a very young age, dribbling improvised balls made out of rags, cane-strips or pomelos as a real football was hard to come by, gradually improved his skills as defensive midfielder which was frustrating for opponent team",
"stormed the New South Wales coast with a total of 58 goals in 17 matches, which includes five international friendlies against Australia, where \"Lumsden\" scored three hat-tricks, one being against the Australian side, thus scoring the \"first international hat-trick for India\". Talimeren Ao, the first captain of Indian team in independent India was the pioneer of Indian football. His skills in football was glorified as his name which means \"a lot of glory\" and his legacy is one of the reason for North-east India to be one of the power house of Indian football. At a very young age, dribbling improvised balls made out of rags, cane-strips or pomelos as a real football was hard to come by, gradually improved his skills as defensive midfielder which was frustrating for opponent team strikers. He was asked to join the national colour and was unanimously given the responsibility of leading the team at 1948 Olympics, India's first major tournament since independence and also was the flag bearer of Indain contingents at London. Sarangapani Raman scored the only goal for India at 1948 games which was India's first goal at Olympics. Government of India introduced postal stamp to honour the legend in 2018. Walking on Ao's foot steps, it was Sailen Manna who came out as one of the best defender for the team, and was given the team's captaincy in 1951 at Asian Games and led the team to win gold medal, thus started the Indian golden period in football. He later led the team to three Quadrangular Cup from 1952-1954 and also captained at the 1952 Olympics and 1954 Asian Games. In 1953, England Football Association rated Manna among \"10 Best Skippers of the World\" in its yearbook., awarded Padma Shri by Government of India in 1971 and AIFF honoured him as \"\"AIFF Player-of-the-Milennium\"\" in 2000. In the 1950s and 60s, excellent strikers like Sheoo Mewalal, Neville D'Souza, Chuni Goswami and Tulsidas Balaram played for the national team. Mewalal was known for his fitness and bicycle kicks, who played as striker in the 1948 Olympics, 1952 Olympics and 1951 Asian games where he became highest goal scorer with four goals to help India to win gold. Mewalal became the \"first Indian to score a hat-trick since independence\" when he scored it against Burma at 1952 Colombo Cup where as D'Souza is the \"first Asian player to score a hat-trick in an Olympic Games\", scoring a hat-trick against Australia at 1956 Olympics and also was the joint-highest-goal-scorer in that edition of the Games which helped India to reach the semi-final, the best ever India's performance at the Olympics. Chuni Goswami is multi-sports athlete who played both football and cricket. His balance, dribbling skills, ball control and passing made him a complete striker. He represented the country at 1958 Asian Games and captained at 1962 Asian Games to win gold, 1960 Olympics and also captained at the 1964 Asian Cup where they mined silver. He was one of greatest players in Indian football history and was bestowed with Padma Shri by Government of India and AFC honoured him as \"Best Striker of Asia\" in 1962. P.K.Banerjee, a refined winger who represented the Indian team at 1956 Olympics and later captained 1960 Olympics, was named as the \"\"Indian Player of the 20th Century\" \" by IFFHS along with Peter Thangaraj as the \"\"Indian Keeper of the 20th Century\" \" who also represented the Indian team in the same edition of Olympics. Banerjee along with Thangaraj also represented India at the 1958, 1962 and 1966 Asian games and at the 1962 edition they won the gold where in the final he scored one of the two winning goals. P.K.Banerjee was honoured with \"\"World Fair Play Award\"\" by CIPF in the year 1989, Padma Shri by Government of India in 1990 and in 2004 FIFA bestowed Banerjee with \"FIFA Centennial Order of Merit\" Award, the highest honour awarded by FIFA Since 1970s to 2000 Indian team failed to grow at the same pace as in the 1950s and 1960s. But players like Syed Nayeemuddin had a few stints like winning bronze at 1970 Asian Games. He went on to coach the national team several times between 1986−2006. In the 1990s, the best player to emerge was I. M. Vijayan, who was known for his quick movements and skills. He played a long career with 66 international matches for India where he scored 29 goals and captained the India side at several occasions. In the mid-1990s, Baichung Bhutia debuted, who played for the team during a period when its FIFA ranking dipped from 100 during his debut to 160 when he retired. But he successfully led the team to qualify to AFC Asian Cup after a drought of 27 years. He was the captain of the team for over ten years during its low point and under his captaincy, India won the SAFF Championship three times, two Nehru Cup in year 2007 and 2009 and the AFC Challenge Cup in 2008. Considered as one of the greatest footballers of India he is second-most capped player of India with 82 caps and scored 27 times for India. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 2008. The most famous footballer of the present era is Sunil Chettri, \"Captain Fantastic\" as his followers call him. He is the only footballer in India's history who played 100 international matches for India and is the all-time highest goal-scorer of India. He has led the national team to many victories, most importantly qualifying for the AFC Asian Cup and under his leadership the team achieved its highest FIFA ranking of 96 after twenty years. His goal-scoring ability and skills make him the only India striker to score three hat-tricks for India. History of the India national football team The history of the India national football team dates back to the 1920s. They have never played in the World Cup, although they qualified for one in 1950. They have had no entries in the tournament from 1950 onwards. India"
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"Faith branding Faith branding is the concept of branding religious organizations, leaders, or media programming, in the hope of penetrating a media-driven, consumer-oriented culture more effectively. Faith branding treats faith as a product and attempts to apply the principles of marketing in order to \"sell\" the product. Faith branding is a response to the challenge that religious organizations and leaders face regarding how to express their faith in a media-dominated culture. Faith branding began in the 15th century when the most prominent book in Europe was the Bible. The marketing strategy was describe the product and offer it for immediate purchase. These statements became known as direct sale messages. In the 19th century companies and manufactures began to change the way that they promoted their products. They began to talk about the features and benefits as they said that it would “make things simpler”. Faith branding Faith branding is the concept of branding religious organizations, leaders, or media programming, in the hope of penetrating a media-driven, consumer-oriented culture more effectively. Faith branding treats faith as a product and attempts to apply the principles of marketing in order to \"sell\" the product. Faith branding is a response to the challenge that"
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"Merlis Serpentinites The Merlis Serpentinites are an aligned group of small serpentinite outcrops in the northwestern French Massif Central. Their parent rocks were peridotites from the upper mantle. The serpentinites are named after their type locality, the little hamlet \"Merlis\" (also written \"Merly\") near Vayres in the Haute-Vienne department. The biggest outcrop of these serpentinites is situated east of \"Merlis\", where the rock was once mined in two quarries. In map view it forms a crescent opening to the west, which measures just over a kilometre in longitudinal and 400 meters in latitudinal direction. Starting from the type locality several outcrops follow like beads on a string in a westerly direction, for example at \"Puytreillard\" west of Vayres, \"Les Soumagnes\" and \"Bonnefont\" northwest of Vayres, \"Bellevue\" southwest of \"Saint-Gervais\", \"Gélisant\" southeast of Verneuil and \"Le Cluzeau\" near Massignac. Immediately north of the type locality are three small separate occurrences. Serpentinite bodies can also be found southeast of \"Merlis\", like near Saint-Bazile and Oradour-sur-Vayres, Champagnac-la-Rivière (with six small bodies), \"La Martinie\" (south of Champagnac-la-Rivière), \"La Boissonnie\" and \"Lageyrat\" (west of Châlus) and \"La Rougerie\" (east of Dournazac). Slightly off-set to the northwest are two occurrences near Cussac. It is possible to prolong the southeastern branch farther to the SSW including the serpentinites from \"Chevalerie\" (west of La Coquille), \"Comboux\" (southwest of Saint-Jory-de-Chalais) and \"Le Suquet\" (northwest of Saint-Martin-de-Fressengeas). The chain ends with the metaharzburgite of \"La Rebière\" (southeast of Saint-Martin-de-Fressengeas), which still shows its original magmatic foliation and also most of its original mineralogy. The western branch is about 13 kilometers long, whereas the southeastern branch measures 38 kilometers. All the serpentinite bodies are found within the Lower Gneiss Unit (LGU), a basement thrust nappe of the northwestern Massif central. The type locality and the western branch are tectonically emplaced in the lower plagioclase-bearing paragneisses. These outcrops are spatially very close to the northern edge of the Chéronnac Leucogranite, a Pennsylvanian leucogranite with a very pronounced, east-west-striking foliation. The only exception are the serpentinites from \"Les Soumagnes\" and \"Bonnefont\" situated somewhat farther north and which are already associated with leptynitic gneisses. The southeastern branch generally overlies leptynitic augen gneisses folded into the paragneisses. The Merlis serpentinites are ultrabasic rocks with very low SiO-contents of about 40% (weight percent) and a very high MgO-contents of 35%. They also tie up within their minerals a lot of water (over 13%). Most likely they are derived from hydrated mantle rocks, probably harzburgites or lherzolites. This is underlined by the presence of the metaharzburgite from \"La Rebière\" in the south. According to the degree of deformation and metamorphism the rocks can take on very different appearances. Generally one is able to distinguish two end member types: The massive, dark green to black serpentinites most closely resemble their peridotitic protoliths. The comparatively weakly deformed metaharzburgite from \"La Rebière\" for instance weathers with the typical orange-brown colour of peridotites and under the microscope still shows crystals defining a hypersthene peridotite (olivine, orthopyroxene (hypersthene), spinel and salitic-diopsidic clinopyroxene). Massive serpentinites to the north exhibit bronzite, augite and brown spinel. The massive serpentinites disintegrate into blocks bounded by straight to slightly curved joint surfaces coated with silky serpentine minerals. Often these surfaces are slickensided and represent therefore movement planes (faults). In the interior of these rocks one can discern mainly black (changing to grey on the exterior) vein networks exhibiting a metallic luster due to magnetite. They are contrasted by light green, 2 to 10 millimeter-sized rectangular to oval areas completely composed of bastitized pyroxenes. Recognizable are furthermore 0.5 to 3 millimeter long, grey to black crystals of spinel rimmed by light grey magnesium-rich chlorite. Strongly deformed and serpentinized rocks appear marble-like due to interchanging dark green and light green areas. Crosscutting veins are mainly mineralized by serpentine minerals (like cross fibers of chrysotile) and magnetite. Under the microscope the following minerals can be identified: Porphyroblasts of the parent rocks appear only ghost-like as they have been replaced by a fibrous mesh of tremolite-actinolite, Mg-chlorite, serpentine minerals and talc (bastitization). Magnetite substituted for the original chromium spinel. The serpentinite from \"Puytreillard\" is a banded variety with interchanging centimeter-scale dark and light layers. The dark bands are composed of completely pseudomorphosed olivine (replaced by antigorite, reddish iddingsite, Mg-chlorite and magnetite), whereas the light bands consist of tremolite fibers, Mg-chlorite and magnetite. The parent rock of this banded variety most likely was a pyroxenite enclosing cumulate layers of dunite. With increasing serpentinization knot-like clusters of colourless, magnesium-rich chlorite, meshes of serpentine minerals, and felt-like aggregates of colourless amphiboles (tremolite), talc, anthophyllite and pargasite occur. In foliated serpentinites newly formed chlorite is more common. Chlorite grows in leaf-like layers paralleling the regional foliation. This process can even lead to chlorite schists observable at \"La Rougerie\", Cussac, \"Lageyrat\", \"La Boissonie\" and Champagnac-la-Rivière. These chlorite schists are cross-cut in places by asbestos veins and coated by chalcedony or quartz. For the Merlis serpentinites the following parent rocks can be deduced: In some places even a stratigraphic succession can be recognized starting with peridotites (now massive serpentinites) at the base followed by magnesium-rich peridotites (now retromorphosed to chlorite and tremolite schists) and finishing with gabbros (now medium-grained amphibolites) at the top. Possibly the parent rocks underwent postmagmatic alterations before being metamorphosed. As an example follows the average composition of massive Merlis serpentinites: Remarkable the high contents in chromium and nickel amongst the trace elements. The parent rocks were serpentinized during the Variscan regional metamorphism which took place about 400 to 350 million years BP. In the Limousin the main metamorphism was mediovariscan and of the Barrovian type with medium pressure and medium to high temperature conditions (MP/MT metamorphism). It is responsible for the regional foliation. The parent rocks, which had formed under high temperatures and relatively high pressures, underwent retrograde metamorphism in several stages right down to chlorite schists as an end product. The chloritization seems to be general and can be seen to affect other basement rocks (i.e. granites and granodiorites) in the Limousin. The Merlis serpentinites are tectonically emplaced as sheared lenses within paragneisses, leptynitic gneisses and augengneisses. These bodies generally strike ESE to SSE (N 120 to N 150) in the northern branch, with a medium dip angle between 30 and 60°. In the southern branch the foliation then swings into a southwesterly direction (N 045) with a rather flat dip of about 30° to the Southeast (running parallel to the La Coquille Fault Zone). All the occurrences in the North were strongly deformed - the only exception being the metaharzburgite at \"La Rebière\" as the southernmost outcrop. This metaharzburgite might be associated with the close-by, by far less metamorphicThiviers-Payzac Unit - thus escaping the stronger metamorphism in the North. As mentioned above the western branch of serpentinites lies spatially close to the Chéronnac",
"as sheared lenses within paragneisses, leptynitic gneisses and augengneisses. These bodies generally strike ESE to SSE (N 120 to N 150) in the northern branch, with a medium dip angle between 30 and 60°. In the southern branch the foliation then swings into a southwesterly direction (N 045) with a rather flat dip of about 30° to the Southeast (running parallel to the La Coquille Fault Zone). All the occurrences in the North were strongly deformed - the only exception being the metaharzburgite at \"La Rebière\" as the southernmost outcrop. This metaharzburgite might be associated with the close-by, by far less metamorphicThiviers-Payzac Unit - thus escaping the stronger metamorphism in the North. As mentioned above the western branch of serpentinites lies spatially close to the Chéronnac Leucogranite. The southern branch overlies the leptynitic augengneisses, which in turn are thrust over the mica schists of the Parautochthonous Micaschist Unit (PMU) or the Saint-Mathieu Leucogranite. In a wider perspective all the serpentinites rim the so-called Saint-Mathieu Dome, a dome-like basement uplift of the northwestern Massif Central. This uplift has pushed up the Parautochthonous Micaschist Unit - structurally the lowermost nappe unit below the Lower Gneiss Unit - on its eastern side. Because of their high water contents (13 weight %) serpentinites are tectonically highly mobile rocks. Their spatial arrangement thus underlines major thrust planes bringing these mantle rocks into higher crustal levels. Merlis Serpentinites The Merlis Serpentinites are an aligned group of small serpentinite outcrops in the northwestern French Massif Central. Their parent rocks were peridotites from the upper mantle. The serpentinites are named after their type locality, the little hamlet \"Merlis\" (also written \"Merly\") near Vayres in the Haute-Vienne department. The biggest outcrop of these serpentinites is situated east of \"Merlis\", where the rock was"
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"Italian cruiser Calabria Calabria was a small protected cruiser built for the Italian \"Regia Marina\" (Royal Navy) in the 1890s, intended for service in Italy's overseas empire. She was laid down in 1892, launched in 1894, and completed in 1897, and was armed with a main battery of four and four guns. \"Calabria\" spent significant periods abroad, ranging from deployments to Chinese, North American, and Australian waters, in addition to periods in Italy's East African empire. She saw action during the Italo-Turkish War in 1912 in the Red Sea, primarily bombarding Turkish ports in the area. \"Calabria\" was reclassified as a gunboat in 1921, reduced to a training ship in 1924, and sold for scrap at the end of the year. \"Calabria\" was designed by the Chief Engineer, Edoardo Masdea, and was intended for overseas service. She had a steel hull sheathed with wood and zinc to protect it from fouling during lengthy deployments abroad. The hull was long between perpendiculars and long overall. It had a beam of and a draft of . Her normal displacement was but increased to at full load. \"Calabria\" had a crew of between 214 and 254 officers and enlisted crew. The cruiser was powered by two-shaft vertical triple-expansion engines with steam supplied by four coal-fired, cylindrical water-tube boilers that were trunked into a single funnel amidships. The engines had an output of and produced a top speed of . \"Calabria\" had a cruising radius of about at a speed of . \"Calabria\" was armed with a main battery of four L/40 guns and four L/40 guns, all mounted individually. Light armaments included eight L/40 guns, eight L/20 guns, and a pair of machine guns. She was also equipped with a pair of torpedo tubes. Armor protection consisted of a thick deck; her conning tower also received 50 mm of steel plating. \"Calabria\" was built at the La Spezia dockyard, with her keel being laid down in February 1892. She was launched on 20 September 1894, and fitting-out work was completed by mid-1897; the new cruiser was commissioned into the \"Regia Marina\" (Royal Navy) on 12 July. \"Calabria\" spent long periods abroad in her first decade of service. She was operating in Chinese waters in 1899 when the Boxer Rebellion broke out. She joined an international fleet that included representatives from the fleets of the Eight Nation Alliance in the mouth of the Hai River while a contingent of 475 soldiers traveled to Beijing to reinforce the Legation Quarter. The ship was present on 20 May 1902 when the United States formally granted independence to the Republic of Cuba, following the Spanish–American War three years earlier. \"Calabria\" and the British cruiser fired salutes to the United States cruiser . In March 1905 \"Calabria\" went on another cruise to American waters, this time to Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic. The visit represented an attempt at gunboat diplomacy, aimed at securing payments for debts to Italian nationals. Later in the year, \"Calabria\" visited Australia on a trip to show the flag. In October 1909, \"Calabria\" took part in the Portola Festival in San Francisco, marking the 140th anniversary of the Portolà expedition, the first recorded European exploration of what became California. At the outbreak of the Italo-Turkish War in September 1911, \"Calabria\" was stationed in the Far East, but she was immediately recalled to reinforce the Italian colony of Eritrea. After arriving in East African waters, she joined the cruiser in bombarding the Turkish port of Aqaba on 19 November to disperse a contingent of Ottoman soldiers there. Hostilities were temporarily ceased while the British King George V passed through the Red Sea following his coronation ceremony in India—the ceasefire lasted until 26 November. Four days later, \"Calabria\" and the gunboat attacked a quarantine station near Perim. In early 1912, the Italian Red Sea Fleet searched for a group of seven Ottoman gunboats thought to be planning an attack on Eritrea, though they were in fact immobilized due to a lack of coal. \"Calabria\" and the \"Puglia\" carried out diversionary bombardments against Jebl Tahr, and Al Luḩayyah, while the cruiser and the destroyers and searched for the gunboats. On 7 January, they found the gunboats and quickly sank four in the Battle of Kunfuda Bay; the other three were forced to beach to avoid sinking as well. The next day, the Italian warships sent a shore party to destroy the grounded gunboats. \"Calabria\" and the rest of the Italian ships returned to bombarding the Turkish ports in the Red Sea before declaring a blockade of the city of Al Hudaydah on 26 January. \"Calabria\" returned to Italy by April for refitting. The Ottomans eventually agreed to surrender in October, ending the war. In 1914, her armament was reduced; the 15 cm guns were removed and two additional 12 cm guns were installed in their place. Two of the 5.7 cm guns and six of the 3.7 cm guns were also removed. The ship took a diplomatic mission from Massawa across the Red Sea to visit Hussein bin Ali, the recently proclaimed King of Hejaz, in Mecca in July 1917. \"Calabria\" returned to East African waters in January 1918 on another mission to show the flag, particularly off the coast of Somalia. Stops included Aden and Djibouti. \"Calabria\" was reclassified as a gunboat in 1921, and she saw her armament modified again; a 15 cm gun was reinstalled, as were two of the 5.7 cm guns. A L/39 autocannon was also added at this time. She served in this role for only a short time, and was reduced to a training ship for naval gunners in early 1924. This duty ended quickly, and she was sold for scrap on 13 November 1924. 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"Christopher Newport University Christopher Newport University, CNU, is a public liberal arts university in Newport News, Virginia. CNU is the youngest comprehensive university in the commonwealth of Virginia. The institution is named after Christopher Newport, who was a buccaneer (or privateer) and captain of the \"Susan Constant\", the largest of three ships which carried settlers for the Virginia Company in 1607, on their way to found Jamestown in the Virginia Colony, which became the first permanent English settlement in North America. In 1960 the city of Newport News joined together with the [[Virginia|Commonwealth of Virginia]] to create Christopher Newport College (CNC), which opened its doors in 1961 and at the time was located in the old [[John W. Daniel]] School building. The college was founded as an extension of the [[College of William & Mary]] and offered extension courses that had already been available in the area for some time. In 1964 the college was relocated to its current location, a tract of land purchased and donated by the city. In this same year, the college's first permanent building was dedicated as Christopher Newport Hall. In 1971, CNC became a four-year college; however, it remained an extension of William & Mary until 1977 when it attained its independence. In 1992, the college became a university under the leadership of President Anthony R. Santoro, who oversaw the building of the first residence hall. In 1996, CNU made plans to become more competitive. Those plans included the expansion of University property, several new buildings and residence halls, as well as overhauling academic programs and the admission process. Christopher Newport University offers a variety of four-year bachelor of science and bachelor of arts degrees. Graduate programs in applied physics and computer science, environmental science and teaching are also available in five-year bachelor's to master's, as well as traditional formats. Academic programs are offered through the College of Arts and Humanities, the College of Natural and Behavioral Sciences, and the College of Social Sciences, including the Joseph W. Luter III School of Business. The School of Business is accredited by the [[AACSB]] and offers bachelor's degrees in [[Accounting]], [[Finance]], [[Management]] and [[Marketing]]. Worldwide, only 5% of business schools has AACSB international accreditation. The Joseph W. Luter, III School of Business scored at the 90th percentile for the 2009–10 academic year in the ETS Major Field Test (MFT) in Business. CNU's College of Arts and Humanities includes the Departments of English, Fine Art and Art History, History, Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures, Music, Philosophy and Religion, and Theater and Dance. The English Department offers the major in English, with concentrations including [[literature]] and [[writing]]. The [[History]] department offers degrees in History. For languages other than English, the Modern & Classical Languages & Literatures department offers degrees in German, French, Spanish, and classical studies. The department of Philosophy and Religious Studies offers a Bachelor of Arts, and includes religious studies and pre-seminary options for a concentration. The Sociology & Anthropology and Social Work Departments, offer degrees in [[social work]] and [[sociology]]. The sociology program also offers options for a concentration with include [[criminology]], anthropology, and general sociology studies. The Army Reserve Officer Training Corps has maintained a strong presence at CNU for several years, offering classroom and field based training. The program is a component of the [[College of William and Mary]]'s [[ROTC]] program, known as the Revolutionary Guard Battalion. It commissions several new [[US Army]] [[second lieutenant]]s each year. The Fine Art Department, located in the back of the Ferguson Center, offers a degree in [[fine arts]] with concentrations in [[art history]] and [[studio art]]. The Theatre & Dance Department offers a degree in [[theater arts]] with concentrations in [[acting]], arts administration, design/technology, directing/dramatic literature and music/dance. The school also offers a Bachelor of Music degree. This degree can be complemented with concentrations in music education both instrumental and choral, performance and music composition/theory. The music minor option, however, was dropped in 2009. CNU participates mainly in the [[Capital Athletic Conference]] (CAC), having moved from the [[USA South Athletic Conference]] in July 2013. The football team remains a USA South associate member because the CAC does not sponsor football. CNU fields a wide variety of college level teams on the Division III level. The Freeman Center houses the basketball, volleyball, and indoor track teams, while the lacrosse, soccer, baseball, softball, and field hockey teams play at a complex called \"Captain's Field.\" The football and outdoor track teams compete at [[Pomoco Stadium]], named for a local car dealership chain. Ratcliffe Hall was expanded in 2012 and now includes various athletic offices as well as the varsity gym. A sailing center is also located close to the campus along the James river. CNU sports club programs include ice hockey, equestrian, dressage, cycling, fishing, lacrosse, martial arts, rock climbing, rugby, scuba diving, silver storm dance, soccer, swimming, table tennis, tennis, ultimate frisbee, rowing and volleyball. [[File:CaptChristopherNewportStatue01.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Statue of Sir Christopher Newport]] [[File:CNU Campus.jpg|thumb|left|300px|The Great Lawn of Christopher Newport University, featuring the David Student Union and the McMurran and Forbes academic buildings.]] The traditional boundaries of the Christopher Newport University campus have been Warwick Boulevard, Shoe Lane, and Prince Drew Road in Newport News. In recent years, however, the university has \"jumped\" Warwick Boulevard, buying and demolishing properties in the immediate area to expand. The part of campus that is east of Warwick Boulevard is referred to as \"East Campus\" and is primarily used to house upper-class students. Residence halls on campus are usually segregated into the class of student living in them. In the recent years, new policies have been enacted that require all freshman and sophomore students to live in an on campus housing facility, unless they live in the commuting zone. Starting with the class of 2014, all students must live on campus during the junior year in addition to their freshman and sophomore years. The oldest housing facility on campus is Santoro Hall. Opened in 1992, the hall was named in honor of then President Anthony Santoro and his wife, Carol. This building is directly adjacent to one of the campus dining facilities, the Hiden-Hussey Commons. Santoro Hall, along with the newer York River Hall, is primarily used for freshman housing. York River Hall opened in 2002. This complex, consisting of two buildings (York River East/ York River West), houses over 500 students and is the largest residence hall on campus. Both Santoro and York River Halls are suite-style living residence halls. In each building, pairs of neighboring housing units share a common private restroom. Freshman also live in portions of Potomac River Hall. [[File:Potomac River Hall.jpg|thumb|left|300px|York River Hall]] Sophomore housing currently consists of James River Hall, opened in 2000, half of Potomac River Hall, opened in 2004, as well as Warwick River Hall, opened in 2012. James River Hall boasts a variety of floor plans, including 4, 5, and 6-person apartments, 4-person suites, and three 15-person Theme Units. Potomac Hall, like York River Hall, is divided into two buildings (North/ South), and consists of suites of two bedrooms, located around a central living room and bath. Warwick River Hall is the newest residence hall on campus and accommodates 447 students in 4, 5, and 6-person suites",
"In each building, pairs of neighboring housing units share a common private restroom. Freshman also live in portions of Potomac River Hall. [[File:Potomac River Hall.jpg|thumb|left|300px|York River Hall]] Sophomore housing currently consists of James River Hall, opened in 2000, half of Potomac River Hall, opened in 2004, as well as Warwick River Hall, opened in 2012. James River Hall boasts a variety of floor plans, including 4, 5, and 6-person apartments, 4-person suites, and three 15-person Theme Units. Potomac Hall, like York River Hall, is divided into two buildings (North/ South), and consists of suites of two bedrooms, located around a central living room and bath. Warwick River Hall is the newest residence hall on campus and accommodates 447 students in 4, 5, and 6-person suites each with a shared living room and bathroom. [[File:CNU Rappahanock Hall.gif|thumb|right|Rappahannock River Hall at Christopher Newport University]]Juniors and Seniors living on campus are generally assigned to either East Campus or Rappahannock River Hall. James River Hall also accommodates Juniors and Seniors in apartment style dorms. CNU is currently planning construction on a dedicated upperclassmen residence, to be called \"Shenandoah Hall.\" It is expected to house more than 200 seniors and to open in summer 2020. Starting in 2009, five sororities and four fraternities live in Barclay Apartments, CNU's temporary Greek Village, and any additional fraternities and sororities live in the adjacent townhouses of CNU Landing . Completed in 2002, CNU Apartments is a complex of five buildings of three or four stories, housing up to 355 students. These buildings, named after Virginia-born presidents, include Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Harrison, and Monroe. The CNU Village rose to accompany CNU Apartments in 2005, adding room for an additional 398 students in apartment living. Both the apartments and the Village feature 2 to 4 single bedroom apartments with a common living area (full kitchen, living room/dinette, washer and dryer). Below CNU Village, along Warwick Blvd., are a variety of eating establishments including Panera Bread, Moe's Southwest Grill, Subway, 7-11, Sushi & Spice, and Schooners, opened by three local restaurateurs who wanted to fill a void left by the lack of a social outlet on campus. The campus has two major dining facilities, Hiden-Hussey Commons and Regattas. Hiden-Hussey Commons The first dining facility on campus was originally named Harbour Lights. This all-you-can-eat cafeteria style facility is decorated internally with nautical memorabilia to go along with its name. In 2005 Harbour Lights was renamed to the Hiden-Hussey Commons. Newer students just refer to it as \"The Commons.\" The dining hall was expanded in 2012 to include additional seating, serving lines, and a patio. Regattas Regattas Restaurant is the newest dining hall on CNU's campus. Opened in 2002 inside the David Student Union, Regattas shares a similar format to the Hiden-Hussey Commons with the all-you-can-eat cafeteria style. Regattas, however, sports a more up-tempo environment and often features hand made waffle cones for ice cream and custom made omelettes. It is also home to CNU's Mongolian Grill. Regattas began an expansion in 2017 which was completed in Spring of 2018. [[File:DSU1.jpg|thumb|300px|left|The David Student Union]] The David Student Union (DSU) is a $36 million, facility whose construction began in 2003 and opened September 9, 2006. Constructed in a \"Neo-[[Georgian architecture|Georgian]]\" architectural style, the first floor contains the campus Convenience Store, parallel the DSU dining facilities: The Discovery Bistro, Discovery Cafe, [[Chick-fil-A]], Discovery [[Pizza]], and Regatta's. The campus Bookstore and Convenience Store closed during the Fall 2010 semester in favor of an online bookstore and instead contains a student lounge, admissions office, and apparel store. All on-campus students receive a mailbox and access to a full-service Post Office located on the second floor of the DSU. Four large conference rooms named for past U.S. Presidents are located around a central lobby area at the top of the steps. The Ballroom is also located on the second floor. The building provides offices for Student Life, The Captain's Log, Career Development, International Studies, Academic Advising, and others. Private desks with computers are provided for students as well as quiet study sections and recreational areas. The building was named in honor of William R. and Goldie R. David. For the opening of the Spring 2010 semester, Christopher Newport University opened the Lewis Archer McMurran, Jr. Hall. This building has neo-Georgian architecture. The building is 85,000 square feet and frames the university's Great Lawn on its western side. McMurran Hall houses the Departments of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures, History, English, and Government. It has a 150-person lecture hall, two 50-person lecture halls, and over 25 other classrooms. To the north of McMurran Hall is Ratcliffe Hall, the former home of the Departments of English and Government. Once CNU's gymnasium, the building was renovated to include classroom and office space for students and faculty. Other academic buildings on campus include Gosnold Hall, Forbes Hall, and the Business and Technology Center (BTC Building), located across Prince Drew Lane. Finally, the [[Ferguson Center]] for the Arts is home to the Departments of Music and Theater & Dance. Wingfield Hall, the former home of the Departments of Psychology and Language, was demolished in 2011 to make way for the Joseph W. Luter Hall, home of the school of business. The Joseph W. Luter, III Hall is the house of the Luter School of Business. The building, following the Neo-Georgian architecture of surrounding new structures, has a new 100-seat tiered lecture hall, 14 traditional classrooms, teachings labs, research labs and faculty offices. The Mary Brock Forbes Integrated Science Building is a 156,000 sq ft academic hall situated on the north edge of the great lawn, and houses the College of Natural and Behavioral Science as well as the Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science and Psychology departments. It also includes spaces for students to interact, 50 faculty offices, a large lecture hall, 50 classrooms, and research labs. [[File:Christopher-Newport-University-C66051C5.jpg|thumb|right| Paul and Rosemary Trible Library]] [[File:CNU Entrance.jpg|thumb|left|300px| The entrance to Christopher Newport University, featuring the York River Hall freshman residence hall, the Trible Library, and the Pope Chapel.]] The university's library, renamed for Rosemary and [[Paul S. Trible, Jr.]], had a multimillion-dollar addition completed in early 2008. The new facility houses most of its collection in the original section. The new library was dedicated January 24, 2008, and fully opened at the start of the Spring 2008 semester. The Trible Library boasts a new Einstein's Cafe, a 24-hour study lounge, and an IT help desk. In early 2009, the [[Mariners' Museum]] Library relocated to the Trible Library, providing students and the community with convenient access to the largest [[maritime history]] collection in the [[Western Hemisphere]]. The Paul and Rosemary Trible Library was slated for another expansion beginning in 2016 which would add another floor to the back portion of the facility. Due to the renovations, the Mariners' Museum Library moved back to the Mariners' Museum and reopened in Fall 2017. In August of 2018, the library expansion opened adding 3 floors of new space. Additions included a 100 seat theater, expanded Media Center, a two-story reading room, and 44 group study rooms. In 1996 the university acquired the [[Homer L. Ferguson High School|Ferguson High School]] building and property, which was adjacent to campus. This building was used for classrooms until it was extensively renovated to become the [[Ferguson Center for the",
"to the largest [[maritime history]] collection in the [[Western Hemisphere]]. The Paul and Rosemary Trible Library was slated for another expansion beginning in 2016 which would add another floor to the back portion of the facility. Due to the renovations, the Mariners' Museum Library moved back to the Mariners' Museum and reopened in Fall 2017. In August of 2018, the library expansion opened adding 3 floors of new space. Additions included a 100 seat theater, expanded Media Center, a two-story reading room, and 44 group study rooms. In 1996 the university acquired the [[Homer L. Ferguson High School|Ferguson High School]] building and property, which was adjacent to campus. This building was used for classrooms until it was extensively renovated to become the [[Ferguson Center for the Arts]], which opened in fall of 2005. Many features of the original high school, which was located between what is now the concert hall and the music and theatre hall, can still be seen throughout the current building. It houses a 1,725-seat concert hall which is acoustically engineered so that anyone on stage can be heard from any seat without a microphone, A 453-seat music and theatre hall, and a 200-seat studio theatre. It also contains two art galleries, a dance studio, and several classrooms. Opened in early 2013, the Pope Chapel, named for Larry Pope of Smithfield Foods, is a 14,000 square foot gathering place for various on campus religious organizations located at the campus entrance across from York River Hall and the Trible Library. [[File:NewportHall May2015.jpg|alt=Christopher Newport Hall|left|thumb|250x250px|Christopher Newport Hall during the May 2015 commencement ceremony.]] In the fall of 2015 a new administration building was opened and named Christopher Newport Hall. The 81,000 square foot structure houses the Office of Admission, Office of the Registrar, Financial Aid, Housing, the Center for Academic Success, the President's Leadership Program and the Center for Career Planning, among others. The $42 million facility serves as a new landmark on campus and is at the head of the Great Lawn opposite Lewis Archer McMurran, Jr. Hall. In May 2015, towards the end of construction, Newport Hall served as the backdrop for commencement ceremonies. \"The Captain's Log\" is a student run organization that acts as the official newspaper of Christopher Newport University. \"Currents\" is CNU's completely student-run literary magazine. Students from all disciplines may submit poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, playwriting, and lyrics. \"Currents\" is also CNU's oldest on-campus organization. Greek life at Christopher Newport has grown in the recent years to include eight [[North-American Interfraternity Conference]] listed fraternities, seven [[National Panhellenic Conference]] listed sororities and four [[NPHC]] listed Greek organizations. NIC fraternities NPC sororities NPHC listed Other fraternities The campus has several religious organizations. These include [[Reformed University Fellowship]] (RUF), [[InterVarsity Christian Fellowship]] (IV), [[Young Life]], [[Hillel Club]], [[Campus Crusade for Christ]] (CRU), Because Christ Matters(BCM), [[Catholic Campus Ministry]], the Canterbury Club, [[Fellowship of Christian Athletes]], [[Lutheran Student Fellowship]], and The Hampton Roads Church Student Fellowship. These organizations are now able to meet and hold events in the Pope Chapel, which opened in early 2013. WCNU Radio is a student-run, non-commercial, web-based radio station. [[Category:Universities and colleges in Virginia]] [[Category:Public universities]] [[Category:Liberal arts colleges]] [[Category:Education in Newport News, Virginia]] [[Category:Educational institutions established in 1960]] [[Category:Universities and colleges accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools]] [[Category:Tourist attractions in Newport News, Virginia]] [[Category:Christopher Newport University|*]] [[Category:1960 establishments in Virginia]] Christopher Newport University Christopher Newport University, CNU, is a public liberal arts university in Newport News, Virginia. CNU is the youngest comprehensive university in the commonwealth of Virginia. The institution is named after Christopher Newport, who was a buccaneer (or privateer) and captain of the \"Susan Constant\", the largest of three ships which carried settlers for the Virginia Company in 1607, on their way to found Jamestown in the Virginia Colony, which"
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"John Silly John Silly (c 1621–1672) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659 and 1660. Silly Boy was the second son of John Silly (died 1646) of Trevelver, Cornwall and his first wife Elizabeth Marke, daughter of John Marke of St Wenn. His father, an attorney, had altered his name and arms from Ceely to Silly. In 1659, Silly was elected Member of Parliament for Bodmin in the Third Protectorate Parliament. In 1660, he was re-elected MP for Bodmin in the Convention Parliament. Silly inherited the St Wenn estates of his grandfather. In 1667, on the death of his nephew he also inherited the Silly estates at Trevelver to which he promptly moved. Silly married Jane Cotton, daughter of William Cotton, precentor of Exeter Cathedral. John Silly John Silly (c 1621–1672) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659 and 1660. Silly Boy was the second son of John Silly (died 1646) of Trevelver, Cornwall and his first wife Elizabeth Marke, daughter of John Marke of St Wenn. His father, an attorney, had altered his name and arms from Ceely to Silly. In 1659, Silly was elected Member of"
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"Roman Catholic Diocese of Middelburg The Roman Catholic Diocese of Middelburg was a short-lived (1559-1603) Latin Catholic suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Archbishop of Utrecht, with episcopal see at Middelburg, on Walcheren (former) island in the Dutch Zeeland province. Established on 12 May 1559 as Diocese of Middelburg on territory, covering the southwestern Dutch province of Zeeland (Dutch \"Sea land\", at the North Sea coast and estuaries of the great rivers Rijn = Rhine, Schelde = Escaut and Maas = Meuse), canonically split-off from the huge, France-based Diocese of Cambrai, which was simultaneously promoted an Archdiocese, like the then Diocese of Utrecht, which became Middelburg's Metropolitan. In 1603, during the Eighty Years War (when Habsburg lost most northern territory; including Middelburg after a long siege), the bishopric was suppressed, without a formal successor, its territory being included in the pre-diocesan Dutch Mission 'Batavia', while its incumbent was transferred to the richer, safer see of Bruges (Brugge) in Flanders (Dutch-speaking part of the countshin in the northwest of Belgium). The 1803.03.22 establishment of the Apostolic Vicariate of Breda (later enlarged and promoted to bishopric), including the same territory (then split off from the Diocese of ’s-Hertogenbosch), is considered as a restoration of the Middelburg see. Foundations for Middelburg's \"stately and picturesque\" cathedral (one of only two pre-Reformation cathedrals in The Netherlands, along with St. Martin's in Utrecht) were first laid in the 10th century; additional construction continued through the Middle Ages. Roman Catholic Diocese of Middelburg The Roman Catholic Diocese of Middelburg was a short-lived (1559-1603) Latin Catholic suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Archbishop of Utrecht, with episcopal see at Middelburg, on Walcheren (former) island in the Dutch Zeeland province. Established on 12 May 1559 as Diocese of Middelburg on territory, covering the southwestern Dutch"
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"F.C. Ramat HaSharon F.C. Ramat HaSharon () is an Israeli women's football club from Ramat HaSharon competing in the Israeli First League and the Israeli Women's Cup. The club was established in 2005 joined the league, playing its first season in the northern group, eventually finishing first in the group and qualifying to the championship group, where, by the end of the season the club finished as runners-up. In the following seasons the club finished in the 4th and 5th position, before relegating to the second division at the end of the 2009–10 season. The club played two seasons in the second division, finishing top of the league in its second season and promoting back to the top division. During this season the club won the second division league cup, completing a minor double. In the cup, the club's best achievement is reaching the final in 2013, losing 1–7 to Maccabi Holon. The club reached the semi-finals following season, falling 0–1 to Maccabi Kishronot Hadera. F.C. Ramat HaSharon F.C. Ramat HaSharon () is an Israeli women's football club from Ramat HaSharon competing in the Israeli First League and the Israeli Women's Cup. The club was established in 2005 joined the"
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"Glaisher (crater) Glaisher is a lunar impact crater that is located in the region of terrain that forms the southwest border of Mare Crisium. It lies to the southwest of the lava-flooded crater Yerkes, and west-northwest of the Greaves–Lick crater pair. It is surrounded by a ring of satellite craters of various dimensions, the larger companions generally being arranged to the south of Glaisher. This crater is circular, with a bowl-shaped interior and a small floor at the midpoint. The crater has not been significantly worn by subsequent impacts. A merged, double-crater formation is attached to its southern rim, consisting of Glaisher E at the northwest end and Glaisher G to the southeast. The crater was named after James Glaisher and its name was approved by the IAU in 1935. By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Glaisher. Glaisher A and B are to the southeast, Glaisher E and F are in each opposite ends, Glaisher G is nearly to the south, Glaisher H is to the north, Glaisher L is to the northwest, Glaisher M, N and W are to the west and Glaisher V is further south. Glaisher (crater) Glaisher is a lunar impact crater that is located in the region of terrain that forms the southwest border of Mare Crisium. It lies to the southwest of the lava-flooded crater Yerkes, and west-northwest of the Greaves–Lick crater pair. It is surrounded by a ring of satellite craters of various dimensions, the larger companions generally being arranged to the south of Glaisher. This crater is circular, with a bowl-shaped interior and a small floor at the midpoint. The crater has not been significantly worn by subsequent impacts. A merged, double-crater formation is"
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"U.S. Route 311 U.S. Route 311 is a United States highway that runs for from Randleman, North Carolina to near Danville, Virginia. Along the route, it connects the cities of High Point, Winston-Salem, Madison, and Eden. The route can be considered an alternate route of US 220, which provides a more direct route. US 311 begins at the I-73/US 220 interchange in Randleman. Heading northwest, it connects with Interstate 74, at Cedar Square Road. In concurrency with Interstate 74, it bypasses north of High Point before heading west towards Winston-Salem. In Winston-Salem, US 311 zig-zags through the city, connecting first westbound on Interstate 40 and then northbound with US 52/NC 8, before exiting onto Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, then finally onto New Walkertown Road. Heading northeast along a two-lane road, it connects the towns of Walkertown, Walnut Cove, and Madison. West of Madison, it shares a concurrency with Future Interstate 73/US 220 briefly to Mayodan, then going northeast, through Eden, into Virginia, where it ends at US 58, west of Danville. The last two digits suggest that US 311 was supposed to be an auxiliary US route of US 11, but it may have never been extended to US Route 11. This may suggest that US 311 is a stand-alone route. US 311 feature a few dedicated or memorialized stretches of freeway. Established as an original U.S. Route in 1927, it originally traversed from West End, through Asheboro, High Point, Winston-Salem, Madison, and Stoneville, before entering Virginia and continuing to Roanoke. The alignment followed part of what was NC 70 and all of NC 77, both of which were decommissioned in 1934. In 1933, US 311 was extended south through Pinehurst, Aberdeen, and Laurinburg, to Rowland, overlapping NC 241. A year later, US 220 was established and replaced US 311 north of Madison and south of Asheboro; sections further south were replaced by NC 2 (today's NC 211) and US 501. Later in 1966, US 311 was truncated in Randleman; by 1973, US 311 southern terminus was moved to its current location at US 220 Bypass, in Randleman. By 1952, US 311 was rerouted west of downtown Winston-Salem, following Waughtown Road, Stadium Drive, Claremont Avenue and 7th Street, to New Walkertown Road. In the mid-1980s, US 311 was moved onto new freeway through southeast Forsyth County. In 1996, the route through Winston-Salem changed again, going west on Interstate 40 then north along US 52/NC 8 to Martin Luther King Jr. Drive then east onto New Walkertown Road. In 1997, the first section of the \"East Belt\" was opened in High Point, rerouting US 311 onto the new freeway to Eastchester Drive then back into downtown High Point with concurrency with North Carolina Highway 68. The old alignment along North Main Street became US 311 Business. On November 20, 2004, the second section of the \"East Belt\" was opened, rerouting US 311 to I-85 Bus./US 29/US 70. On November 22, 2010, the third and final section of the \"East Belt\" was completed, linking Interstate 85; Also Interstate 74 was established as an concurrency of US 311 from Cedar Square Road to North Main Street. In September 2003, US 311 was extended north from Madison to NC 14/NC 87/NC 770 in Eden, via US 220 and NC 135. The extension was finally signed in August 2011 when the extension was finally signed, and the route was approved by American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) in November 2012, after an initial request by officials in Eden, to be extended to US 58 in Virginia; which in January, 2013, NCDOT signed-off on extending the route and replacing parts of NC 700 and NC 770. US 311 was signed in the field in Virginia, from Danville south to the state line (replacing secondary State Route 863) in September 2013. Since 2003, a project called the \"US 311 Connector\" has been planned by NCDOT and the city of Winston-Salem. Estimated at $23.5 million (2003 dollars), the four-lane urban boulevard would connect between I-40 (exit 196) and I-40 Business (exit 8), linking US 311 with US 158 (Reidsville Road); it also included a landscaped medium with walking/bicycle trails parallel to it. By 2016, the project has ceased appearing in the State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP), though still part of the Winston-Salem 2035 Transportation Plan. In May 2018, AASHTO approved a request by NCDOT to eliminate between Randleman and Winston-Salem. Established in 1997, when mainline US 311 was placed on new freeway east of High Point, it was long following North Main Street from US 311 to Eastchester Drive. On December 2005, US 311 Business was extended south, through the downtown area, to I-85 Bus./US 29/US 70. However, on November 23, 2009, US 311 Business was decommissioned, a couple of years before the completion of the \"East Belt.\" U.S. Route 311 U.S. Route 311 is a United States highway that runs for from Randleman, North Carolina to near Danville, Virginia. Along the route, it connects the cities of High Point, Winston-Salem, Madison, and Eden. The route can be considered an alternate route of US 220, which provides a more direct route. US 311 begins at the I-73/US 220 interchange in Randleman. Heading northwest, it connects with Interstate 74, at Cedar Square Road. In concurrency with Interstate 74, it bypasses north of High Point before heading west towards Winston-Salem. In Winston-Salem, US 311 zig-zags through"
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"Petals of Blood Petals of Blood is a novel written by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o and first published in 1977. Set in Kenya just after independence, the story follows four characters – Munira, Abdulla, Wanja, and Karega – whose lives are intertwined due to the Mau Mau rebellion. In order to escape city life, each retreats to the small, pastoral village of Ilmorog. As the novel progresses, the characters deal with the repercussions of the Mau Mau rebellion as well as with a new, rapidly westernizing Kenya. The novel largely deals with the scepticism of change after Kenya's liberation from the British Empire, questioning to what extent free Kenya merely emulates, and subsequently perpetuates, the oppression found during its time as a colony. Other themes include the challenges of capitalism, politics, and the effects of westernization. Education, schools, and the Mau Mau rebellion are also used to unite the characters, who share a common history with one another. \"Petals of Blood\" was Ngugi's first novel written whilst not in full-time education, instead written over a five-year period. Initially begun whilst teaching at Northwestern University in 1970, the writer continued to work on the novel after his return to Kenya, finally finishing the novel in Yalta as a guest of the Soviet Writers' Union. Ngugi was inspired to write the novel as a way of synthesizing the notion of a postcolonial nation, and a willingness to portray the agents of social change present in Kenya's change from British East Africa. \"Petals of Blood\" was the last of Ngugi's novels to be written first in English. On 30 December 1977, shortly after the release of his play “I Will Marry When I Want,” Ngugi was taken into custody by law enforcement officials and held without charges for questioning. According to Patrick Williams, Ngugi was often criticized by detractors for “dragging politics into art.” Despite the political tone to his novels, including \"Petals of Blood\", Ngugi had avoided government interference until deciding to write in his native Gikuyu. After the release of \"Petals of Blood\", Ngugi wrote and began work on a Gikuyu language play called 'Ngaahika Ndeenda' (I Will Marry When I Want). He was then arrested and detained on 30 December 1977, for crimes relating to his \"literary-political\" background. After this period, all of his novels would be written first in Gikuyu and later translated into English, a move understood to be a conscious decision to focus more strongly on the peasant workers of Kenya as inspiration for his novels. The book begins by describing the four main characters – Munira, Karega, Wanja, and Abdulla – just after the revelation that three prominent Kenyans, two businessmen and one educator, have been killed in a fire. The next chapter moves back in the novel's timeline, focusing on Munira's move to Ilmorog, to begin work as a teacher. He is initially met with suspicion and poor classroom attendance, as the villagers think he will give up on the village soon, in much the same way previous teachers have done. However, Munira stays and, with the friendship of Abdulla, another immigrant to Ilmorog who owns a small shop and bar, carves out a life as a teacher. Soon Wanja arrives, the granddaughter of the town's oldest and most revered lady. She is an attractive, experienced barmaid whom Munira begins to fall in love with, despite the fact he is already married. She too is escaping the city, and begins to work for Abdullah, quickly reshaping his shop, and expanding its bar. Karega arrives in Ilmorog to seek Munira to question him about their old school Siriana. After a brief relationship with Munira, Wanja once again grows disillusioned and leaves Ilmorog. The year of her departure is not good for the village as the weather is harsh and no rain comes, making for a poor harvest. In an attempt to enact changes, the villagers are inspired by Karega to journey to Nairobi in order to talk to their Member of Parliament. The journey is very arduous and Joseph, a boy that Abdullah had taken in as his brother and who had worked in his shop, becomes ill. When they arrive in Nairobi, the villagers seek help from every quarter. They are turned away by a reverend who thinks they are merely beggars, despite their pleas of help for the sick child. Trying at another house, some of the villagers are rounded up and forced into the building where they are questioned by Kimeria, a ruthless businessman who reveals that he and their MP are in league with one another. He blackmails Wanja, and subsequently rapes her. Upon arriving in Nairobi and speaking to their MP, the villagers realise that nothing will change, as he is little more than a demagogue. However, they do meet a lawyer who wishes to help them and others in the same predicament and through a court case highlights Ilmorog's plight. This draws attention from national press and donations and charities pour into Ilmorog. Finally, the rains comes, and the villagers celebrate with ancient rituals and dances. During this time, Karega starts a correspondence with the lawyer that he met in Nairobi, wishing to educate himself further. To celebrate the rain's coming, Nyakinyua brews a drink from the Thang'eta plant, which all of the villagers drink. Karega tells the story the love between him and Mukami, the older sister of Munira. Mukami's father looked down on Karega because of his brother's involvement with the Mau Mau. Forced to separate, Mariamu and Karega do not see each other again, and Mukami later commits suicide by jumping into a quarry. This is the first time Munira hears the story. Later, an unknown plane crashes in the village; the only victim is Abdulla's donkey. Wanja notices that there are several large groups of people who come to survey the wreckage, and suggests to Abdulla that they begin to sell the Thang'eta drink in Abdulla's bar. The drink attracts notoriety, and many people come to the bar in order to sample it. Out of fury for Karega's connection to his family and jealousy of his relationship with Wanja, Munira schemes to have Karega fired from his teaching post with the school. Karega then leaves Ilmorog. Development arrives in Ilmorog as the government begin to build the Trans-Africa road through the village, which brings an increase in trade. Karega returns to Ilmorog, telling of his slow spiral into alcoholism before finally securing work in a factory. After getting fired from the factory, he returns to Ilmorog. The change in Ilmorog is rapid, and the villages changes into the town of New Ilmorog. The farmers are told that they should fence off their land and mortgage parts of it to ensure that they own a finite area. They are offered loans which are linked to their harvest turnout to pay for this expense. Nyakinyua dies and the banks move to take her land. To prevent this Wanja sells her business and buys Nyakinyua's land. She opens up a successful brothel in the town, and is herself one of the prostitutes. Munira goes to see her to attempt to rekindle their romance, but is met with only a demand for money. He pays, and the couple have sex. Karega goes to see Wanja who both still have strong feelings for each other, but after disagreeing about how to live he leaves. Wanja plans to separate herself finally from the men who have exploited her during her life, wanting to bring them to her brothel with all of her prostitutes sent away so that she could present the downtrodden but noble Abdulla as her chosen partner. Meanwhile, Munira is watching the brothel, and sees Karega arrive, and then leave. In a religious fervour, he pours petrol on the brothel, sets it alight, and retreats to a hill to watch it burn. Wanja escapes but is hospitalized due to smoke inhalation; the other men Wanja had invited died in the fire. Munira is sentenced with arson; later, Karega learns that the corrupt local MP was gunned down in his car whilst waiting for his chauffeur in Nairobi. The title \"Petals of Blood\" is derived from a",
"after disagreeing about how to live he leaves. Wanja plans to separate herself finally from the men who have exploited her during her life, wanting to bring them to her brothel with all of her prostitutes sent away so that she could present the downtrodden but noble Abdulla as her chosen partner. Meanwhile, Munira is watching the brothel, and sees Karega arrive, and then leave. In a religious fervour, he pours petrol on the brothel, sets it alight, and retreats to a hill to watch it burn. Wanja escapes but is hospitalized due to smoke inhalation; the other men Wanja had invited died in the fire. Munira is sentenced with arson; later, Karega learns that the corrupt local MP was gunned down in his car whilst waiting for his chauffeur in Nairobi. The title \"Petals of Blood\" is derived from a line of Derek Walcott's poem 'The Swamp'. The poem suggests that there is a deadly power within nature that must be respected despite attempts to suggest by humans that they live harmoniously with it. Originally called 'Ballad of a Barmaid', it is unclear why Ngugi changed the title before release. The phrase \"petals of blood\" appears several times throughout the novel, with varying associations and meanings. Initially, \"petals of blood\" is first used by a pupil in Munira's class to describe a flower. Munira quickly chastises the boy, saying that 'there is no colour called blood'. Later, the phrase is used to describe flames, as well relating to virginity during one of Munira's sexual fantasies. One primary underlining theme in \"Petals of Blood\" is the failure of the ruling Kenyan elite to adequately meet the needs of the people. After the new postcolonial governments come to power, the leaders maintain their connections with the outgoing colonizers, thus marginalizing the everyman. In the novel, the elite are portrayed as both government officials and businessmen who violate the villagers of Ilmorog in both passive and aggressive ways. The corrupt system acts like a chain—in the novel, when the government’s lawyers declare that they have solved the murder cases, the people of Ilmorog realize that as long as the corrupt system stays in place and continues churning out corrupt individuals, there will be no change. Ngugi makes the dichotomy between the villagers (the honest working class) and the elite (corruption) most visible in the speech that Nyakinyua gives before the villagers, which motivates them to make the trip to Nairobi. She says, “I think we should go. It is our turn to make things happen. There was a time when things happened the way we in Ilmorog wanted them to happen. We had power over the movement of our limbs. We made up our own words and sang them and we danced to them. But there came a time when this power was taken from us... We must surround the city and demand back our share” (pp. 115–116). However, along their way, they are unjustly detained by Kimeria the businessman, who reveals that he is colluding with the MP, and who afterwards rapes Wanja. Capitalism is decried in \"Petals of Blood\", with the new Kenyan elite portrayed as controlled by the 'faceless system of capitalism'. The everyman loses out to capitalist endeavours, and is essentially exploited by the new Kenyan elite. Farmers are forced to mark out their lands and mortgage them with loans linked to the success of their harvest; as the quality of the harvests waver, many are forced to sell their land, unable to match their loan repayments. Thang'eta is another symbol of capitalism. Taken from a drink that Nyakinyua brews in a traditional ceremony, it is soon marketed, and becomes extremely popular. Wanja, who introduces the drink to Abdulla's bar, is then exploited by big business who forces her to stop her Thang'eta operation. Neither she nor Munira, who creates the slogan, receive the fruits of their labour. Originally a drink used to help people relax and escape their current problems, it becomes 'a drink of strife'. Cities are portrayed as places where capitalism flourishes and are contrasted strongly with the village of Ilmorog. In its pursuit for the modern, Kenya adopts capitalism at the expense of tradition as the city begins 'to encroach upon and finally swallow the traditional and the rural.' As time progresses, Ilmorog changes vastly, as do its inhabitants. With its modernization, influenced greatly by capitalism and the chance to increase trade, Munira reflects on these changes and how they link with capitalism, saying that 'it was New Kenya. It was New Ilmorog. Nothing was free.' Agriculture is an important theme in \"Petals of Blood\", most notably in the town of Ilmorog, an isolated, pastoral community. After modernization, the farmers lands are fenced off and ultimately seized when they cannot repay their loans. Although none of the main characters lose their land in this way (Wanja, however, sells her family's plot), it is significant in that Kenya recreates what happened during colonial rule: the loss of land and subsequent desire to reclaim it was \"the central claim\" for those who rebelled against the settlers. The notion of land and fertilisation is often linked to Wanja, who is seen as the embodiment of these concepts. As she is portrayed as \"the symbol of the nation\", the loss of her land to the new Kenyan elite is an important parallel with Ngugi's depiction of Kenya. Land is also linked to Kenya itself, with Ngugi suggesting that anyone who sells their land is a traitor. Education is often depicted cynically in \"Petals of Blood\". Munira is a teacher, but lacks strong abilities to guide his pupils, instead preferring to stand back and not to assert any of his own beliefs. He rejects the claims of others that the children should be taught more about being African, instead preferring that they be taught politics, and things which are \"fact\". Two of the three \"betrayers of the people\", those who are ultimately murdered, are also educators; they are untrustworthy, and depict the education system as a \"problematic institution\" in independent Kenya. Although there is a brief suggestion that education does provide hope, as Joseph succeeds academically at Siriana, it the education system as a whole which is criticized. The notion of education as self-liberating is critiqued, as Joseph's success is still within the Siriana school, previously a bastion of \"European\" education. In a more political sense, Karega's self-education causes him to doubt his initial belief that education was a tool to gain liberation; originally taken in by the lawyer's socialist rhetoric, Karega's dealings with education ultimately leave him disillusioned. \"Petals of Blood\" relies heavily on flashbacks, using the points of view of the four major characters to piece together previous events. As each character is questioned by the police, the novel takes on certain characteristics of the detective novel, with a police offer trying to ascertain details of their pasts in order to find the murderer of Chui, Kimeria, and Mzigo. The flashbacks also encompass several different timeframes. The present day action takes place over the course of 10 days; the past events take places over 12 years. Ngugi also discusses Kenya's past, going as far back as 1896, when Kenya was \"annexed\" by the British. The narrative voice shifts between Munira and the other characters describing the events of their lives, and an omniscient narrator. There is also a suggestion of a communal narrative voice, as Ngugi draws on the mythic past of Kenya to place the novel in a wider context than simply the colonial. This communal voice is at work through the various Gikuyu songs with which Ngugi intersperses the novel; there is a great reliance placed on such songs, which help tell, through the oral tradition of linking of proverbs and fables, the history of Ilmorog and Kenya before colonial intervention. \"Petals of Blood\" caused a stronger critical reaction than Ngugi's previous novels. The use of the past and historical memory is",
"past, going as far back as 1896, when Kenya was \"annexed\" by the British. The narrative voice shifts between Munira and the other characters describing the events of their lives, and an omniscient narrator. There is also a suggestion of a communal narrative voice, as Ngugi draws on the mythic past of Kenya to place the novel in a wider context than simply the colonial. This communal voice is at work through the various Gikuyu songs with which Ngugi intersperses the novel; there is a great reliance placed on such songs, which help tell, through the oral tradition of linking of proverbs and fables, the history of Ilmorog and Kenya before colonial intervention. \"Petals of Blood\" caused a stronger critical reaction than Ngugi's previous novels. The use of the past and historical memory is far more widespread in the novel due largely to the use of flashbacks, and questions relating to the past \"from the central concerns\" of the novel. The strong political motif that runs throughout the novel has also been discussed, focusing on the relation of political ideas to the \"Petals of Blood\"'s wider framework: Ngugi was lauded for his \"successful marriage\" of political content and artistic form. During the 1980s the novel was adapted by Mary Benson into a two-hour-long radio play starring Joe Marcel by BBC Radio 3. Ngugi was criticised however for his stylistic form in \"Petals of Blood\". It was suggested that the social realism of the novel did not accurately represent or complement the socialist ideals put forth. John Updike suggested that Ngugi's desire to permeate the plot with political ideas detracts from his writing. The novel's plot was also deemed to be \"rambling\" as well as being too short, or too much curtailed. Petals of Blood Petals of Blood is a novel written by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o and first published in 1977. Set in Kenya just after independence, the story follows four characters – Munira, Abdulla, Wanja, and Karega – whose lives are intertwined due to the Mau Mau rebellion. In order to escape city life, each retreats to the small, pastoral village of Ilmorog. As the novel progresses, the characters deal with the repercussions of the Mau Mau rebellion as well as with a new, rapidly westernizing Kenya. The novel largely deals with the"
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"Annemarie Kremer Annemarie Kremer, Emmer Compascuum, June 2, 1974, is a Dutch operatic soprano, known for her performances in the title roles of \"Norma\", \"Tosca\", and \"Salome\" and as Vitellia in \"La clemenza di Tito\". She has appeared at a variety of European opera houses including the Opernhaus Dortmund, the Staatsoper Stuttgart, and Opera North in England. From the age of ten, Kremer studied piano and dance. She joined the Maastricht Conservatory at 18, and studied with vocal professor Mya Besselink. At 19 Kremer was admitted to The Dutch Opera Studio. She later received vocal coaching from the tenor Carlo Bergonzi and from the Dutch opera singer Cristina Deutekom. In early 2012 George Hall of \"The Guardian\" said of her portrayal of Norma: \"Her ample, wide-ranging voice keeps faith with Bellini's notes, maintaining dramatic intensity via seriousness of artistic purpose and commitment.\" Rupert Christiansen of \"The Daily Telegraph\" described Kremer's commitment as total, and said of the role: \"Alden has drawn a strikingly vivid performance from the Dutch soprano Annemarie Kremer in the title-role\" but added that \"[her] voice isn't ideally beautiful or full-toned and her coloratura is imprecise.\" Robert Beal of \"Musical Opinion\" described her \"not just a soprano of great technical resource, but one who can emote as well as sing and bring the two dimensions together to thrilling effect in this role\" and \"Her Casta diva, delivered in mesmerisingly beautiful mezza voce, seemed a genuine prayer: her voice dominated the great trio with soaring power.\" Kremer has sung the title roles in two of Puccini's operas, including \"Madama Butterfly\" in 2007 at the Green Mountain Opera Festival in Vermont, which was her US debut. She also sang the role at Opernhaus Dortmund in 2008. \"Tosca\" followed in 2008, also at the Opernhaus Dortmund. In 2010 to 2011, her appearances in title roles have included Verdi's \"Luisa Miller\" at the Staatsoper Stuttgart, followed by Strauss' \"Salome\" the following year at the Vienna Volksoper Opera North's production of Bellini's \"Norma\" in 2012 gave her an additional title role opportunity, while, in 2013, she was featured as Vitellia in Mozart's \"La clemenza di Tito\", also with Opera North. Annemarie Kremer Annemarie Kremer, Emmer Compascuum, June 2, 1974, is a Dutch operatic soprano, known for her performances in the title roles of \"Norma\", \"Tosca\", and \"Salome\" and as Vitellia in \"La clemenza di Tito\". She has appeared at a variety of"
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"Panty Raider: From Here to Immaturity Panty Raider: From Here to Immaturity is a computer game developed by Hypnotix and published by Simon & Schuster Interactive. The story of the game involves three aliens who were accidentally shipped a lingerie catalogue from planet Earth. After the catalogue was \"used up\" by the aliens, they travel to Earth in search of more photos of models. The aliens capture the main character of the game and give him tools in order to get models to remove their clothing and be photographed. If he does not comply, the aliens will destroy Earth. The game received some controversy in the USA and as a result, was removed from store shelves. Panty Raider: From Here to Immaturity Panty Raider: From Here to Immaturity is a computer game developed by Hypnotix and published by Simon & Schuster Interactive. The story of the game involves three aliens who were accidentally shipped a lingerie catalogue from planet Earth. After the catalogue was \"used up\" by the aliens, they travel to Earth in search of more photos of models. The aliens capture the main character of the game and give him tools in order to get models to remove"
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"Katherine Fugate Katherine Fugate (born July 14, 1965) is an American film and television writer and producer. She graduated with a B.A. in Theatre Arts from University of California, Riverside. Fugate and her aunt, the actress Barbara Eden, are direct descendants of Benjamin Franklin. Her cousin was the late Matthew Ansara, son of Barbara Eden. Fugate will make her feature directorial debut on the movie \"CHRISTY MARTIN\" starring Amy Schumer, based on her script. Fugate is the creator and executive producer of the TV series, \"Army Wives\". Fugate is a frequent guest on \"The Stephanie Miller Show\" on Sirius XM:Progress often speaking out on racism, domestic violence and bigotry. She is the leader of \"First They Came,\" an activist group and member of the Action Group Network standing up for equality and fairness for all. She appears on the show alone and also with her daughter, Madeleine, who is referred to as the 9, 10 and now 11 year old pundit of The Stephanie Miller Show. Her piece on growing up with domestic violence and the link of domestic abuse to mass shootings was documented in \"Nobody Would Have Been Surprised If I Had Died\" and earned a spot on \"Sport's Illustrated's Best of Journalism, 2017\" list. Prior to that, she wrote \"When The Racist Is Someone You Know And Love,\" which was translated into several languages and recorded into a podcast. Both pieces can be found on Medium.com. She also wrote the screenplays for the 2010 film \"Valentine's Day\" and the 2011 follow-up, \"New Year's Eve\"; Both films were directed by Garry Marshall and featured all-star ensemble casts. Fugate has been an active leader in the Writers Guild of America (WGA) for a number of years. She was a strike captain in the 2007-2008 Writers Guild of America strike, then won a two-year seat on the Board of Directors for the WGA, West (WGAw) in 2008. Fugate was re-elected to the WGAw Board of Directors in 2010, 2012, and 2014. In 2008, she created The Writers Fund, an anonymous group of WGA writers who financially help other WGA writers in times of need. She was a member of the 2011 WGA Negotiating Committee. In 2011, Fugate was invited to the White House to participate in the \"Joining Forces\" military family awareness campaign of First Lady Michelle Obama and Second Lady Jill Biden. She hosted an event starring Mrs. Obama at the Writers Guild Theatre to further shine a light on military issues to the entertainment community. She has appeared on MSNBC, CNN and numerous radio shows and talks shows concerning Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and other struggles of the military. She wrote a pro bono script for a Public Service Announcement starring Steven Spielberg and directed by Joanna Kerns. She is a member of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. In 2012, she was elected to the Western Council of the Actors Fund, a non-profit industry-wide charity. Article on Fugate in the February/March 2015 Awards Issue of \"Written By\" Magazine, discussing the realities of being a female screenwriter in Hollywood, \"Can Feminist Values Save Hollywood?\" As a Board Member, Fugate created a series of philosophical discussions on the impact the images created on screen in Film and TV have on real life events. The topics have included Violence In The Media, the Treatment of Women: On and Off Screen and Race In America: On and Off Screen. She received a Gracie Allen Award and a WIN Award for \"Army Wives\", Season 1. In 2012, she received the Visionary Award for the strong portrayal of female characters in film and television. She was voted one of \"Variety\" magazine's Women of Impact, 2008. She was chosen by Film France as one of the top 10 screenwriters (\"Valentine's Day\") in September, 2010 and invited to France for the France Unlimited Access program. Fugate has one child, daughter Madeleine Barbara (born 2006) with actor Paul Rhys. She is a devoted fan of the New Orleans Saints and brought the team's co-owner, Rita Benson LeBlanc, to the \"New Year's Eve\" premiere. Fugate was an invited guest on the Krewe of Orpheus float in the Mardi Gras parade, 2011. She was featured in a 2013 episode of House Hunters International titled \"Every Little Girl's Dream Comes True in Paris.\" Katherine Fugate Katherine Fugate (born July 14, 1965) is an American film and television writer and producer. She graduated with a B.A. in Theatre Arts from University of California, Riverside. Fugate and her aunt, the actress Barbara Eden, are direct descendants of Benjamin Franklin. Her cousin was the late Matthew Ansara, son of Barbara Eden. Fugate will make her feature directorial debut on the movie \"CHRISTY MARTIN\" starring Amy Schumer, based on her script. Fugate is the creator and executive producer of the TV series,"
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"Cecilia Loftus Cecilia Loftus (born Marie Cecilia Loftus Brown, 22 October 1876 – 12 July 1943) was a Scottish actress, singer, mimic, vaudevillian, and music hall performer in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Loftus was born in Glasgow, Scotland. Her father, Ben Brown (1848–1926), was part of the successful variety group, Brown, Newland & Le Clerc. Her mother, Marie Loftus (1857–1940), an actress, pantomimic, and music hall performer, who was only 18 years old when Cecilia was born, later became a star of burlesque, billed as \"The Sarah Bernhardt of the Halls\". She was given an education at the Convent of the Holy Child, Raikes Parade, Blackpool, England which moved in 1890 to the premises at Layton Hill Convent, Blackpool which it still occupies although now, after various name changes, splits and mergers, it is known as St. Mary's Catholic College. In July 1893, 17-year-old Cissy Loftus made her début at the Oxford Music Hall in London, followed by an appearance at the Palace Theatre of Varieties. After an early career in music hall and variety performing impersonations of well-known actresses of the day, such as Yvette Guilbert, she appeared at the Gaiety Theatre in musical comedy for one season. In 1894, she appeared in vaudeville at the Lyceum Theatre in New York City. Loftus toured with the Ada Rehan Company and the Augustin Daly Company before she first appeared at Koster & Bial's on 21 January 1895. With the Rehan troupe she played Washington, DC, St. Louis, Missouri, and Chicago, Illinois as \"Miss Cecile\" in a playbill. Her exit from Daly's organisation occurred after Loftus was offered larger salaries in New York City. Other roles she played prior to 1895 were \"Winnie\" in \"The Last Word\" and \"Audrey\" in \"Love's Labour's Lost\". Critics did not speak kindly of her work in these parts, to her dismay. Loftus became an international favourite in vaudeville along with Vesta Tilley and Harry Lauder. She then began to appear in the legitimate theatre, appearing in \"The Children of the King\" at the Royal Court Theatre, in 1898. The following year she returned to the United States to tour in vaudeville and was seen by Sir Henry Irving in 1901 at the Knickerbocker Theatre. He was so impressed that he engaged her to appear with him in the roles that Dame Ellen Terry could no longer play. She later toured with Irving, although the earnings were not as great as those on the music hall circuit. In 1905, she successfully essayed the very serious role of Nora in Henrik Ibsen's \"A Doll's House\". Later that year she played Peter Pan to considerable acclaim in the second British production of Barrie's play. The next year she toured with \"The Diamond Express\" and appeared at the Royal Variety Performance at the Palace Theatre in 1912. In 1914, Loftus played the part of Desdemona in \"Othello\" at the Lyric Theatre (New York). She had a successful career both in burlesque, as an accomplished mimic, and on Broadway. Some of the productions she appeared in are \"The Man of Forty\" (1900), \"If I Were King\" (1901) by her husband Justin Huntly McCarthy, \"Hamlet\" (1903) with E.H. Sothern, the Victor Herbert operetta \"Dream City\" (1906), \"Venus\" (1927) with Tyrone Power, Sr., \"Three-Cornered Moon\" (1933) with Ruth Gordon, Clare Boothe Luce's \"Abide With Me\" (1935), and \"Little Dark Horse\" (1941). As Cissie Loftus, she wrote lyrics and music for songs in a number of productions, including \"The Belle of Bridgeport\" (1900) and \"The Lancers\" (1907). When she was seventeen, she eloped with Justin Huntly McCarthy (1859–1936), an Irish writer, and associate of her friend and admirer Max Beerbohm. They married in Blackburn, Lancashire in 1893. The groom was twice as old as the bride. The marriage failed, and the couple divorced. In 1908, she married Alonzo Higbee Waterman, an American doctor. By 1914, both her marriage and health were in a perilous state, and an acrimonious divorce ensued in 1920. Her health and the premature birth of their son, Peter, had made her increasingly dependent on alcohol and painkillers. In November 1922, she was arrested for possession of morphine and atropine. Her fellow actress, Eva Moore bailed her for a surety of £100, and she was put on probation for twelve months at the Great Marlborough Street Magistrates Court. In 1923, she left Great Britain for good, and sailed to New York City to return to Broadway and pursue a career in Hollywood. Loftus also appeared in cinema from the 1910s to the 1940s, with roles that included \"Clorinda Widairs\" in \"A Lady of Quality\" (1913), \"Mrs. Sinclair\" in \"Young Sinners\" (1931) and “Grandmother Lovell” in The Old Maid (1939) \"Granny Tyl\" in \"The Blue Bird\" (1940). Cecilia Loftus died from a heart attack and the effects of alcoholism at the Lincoln Hotel in New York City, on 12 July 1943, aged 66. Her mother had predeceased her by only three years. She is buried in Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, Westchester County, New York, in a plot provided by the Actors' Fund. Cecilia Loftus Cecilia Loftus (born Marie Cecilia Loftus Brown, 22 October 1876 – 12 July 1943) was a Scottish actress, singer, mimic, vaudevillian, and music hall performer in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Loftus was born in Glasgow, Scotland. Her father, Ben Brown (1848–1926), was part of the successful variety group, Brown, Newland & Le"
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