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"Spring Valley High School (West Virginia) Spring Valley High School is a high school located in an unincorporated portion of Wayne County, West Virginia, United States, with a postal address in the nearby city of Huntington. It is part of the Wayne County Board of Education system. The school's mission statement is: The school has several clubs, including: Spring Valley High School originally had a marching band during the summer/fall and concert band during the winter/spring with most members participating in each. Additionally, a Jazz Band was held as an after-school club. Including auxiliary members, the band was nearly 200 members. Over time the school has adjusted the music program, currently with a total of six different bands. The first band is the \"Freshman Band\", limited to freshmen. The \"Symphonic Band\" consists mainly of sophomores and juniors. The \"Wind Ensemble\" consists of juniors, seniors, and a few sophomores. The award-winning \"Jazz Ensemble\" was chosen to play at the West Virginia State Music Convention, the highest recognition a West Virginia jazz band can receive. In 2008-09, the program developed a Secondary Jazz Band along with a \"Non-Marching Band\" class. Students who are not in the marching band are required to enter the new class. Since the school's inception, the \"Marching Timberwolves\" have won numerous awards in many competitions including their first time on the competition field in Hurricane, WV during the fall of 1998. In fact, the colorguard went undefeated in 2010, winning first place at every competition including the biggest one held at Marshall University. Composed of approximately 15% of the school's total enrollment, the band's performances include appearances at the Gator Bowl, Sugar Bowl, Walt Disney World, MGM Studios, James Madison \"Parade of Champions\", and many amusement parks. Spring Valley High School (West Virginia) Spring Valley High School is"
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"Kenickie approaches Rizzo and demands to talk to her, only to have her reveal she is not pregnant after all. Overjoyed, they reunite. He proposes to her again, and this time she accepts. Danny shows up wearing a Letterman's sweater and reveals he lettered in track while the rest of the T-Birds were preoccupied with tuning up Kenickie's car. The T-Birds lament that Danny has forsaken being a greaser in favor of becoming a jock which Danny confesses is a decision he has made in an effort to clean up his image so that he can be together with Sandy, telling the T-Birds that they too will have to grow up and stop following people all the time. The group is subsequently stunned when Sandy appears seconds later sporting a new hairstyle, dressed in black leather, and smoking a cigarette. In song, the two admit they love each other and reunite (\"You're the One That I Want\") and Sandy also tells Danny that if she was willing to change for him then it is only fair that he do the same for her by being faithful and more mature. \n A sequel, Grease 2, was released in 1982, with Maxwell Caulfield and Michelle Pfeiffer playing leads. Only a few of the original cast members reprised their roles. \n Year | Nominee/work | Award | Result \n---|---|---|--- \n1978 | Grease | Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture–Musical or Comedy | Nominated \nJohn Travolta | Golden Globe Award for Best Actor–Motion Picture Musical or Comedy | Nominated \nOlivia Newton-John | Golden Globe Award for Best Actress–Motion Picture Musical or Comedy | Nominated \n\"Grease\" | Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song | Nominated \n\"You're the One That I Want\" | Nominated \n1979 | CIC | Golden Screen Award | Won \nStockard Channing | People's Choice Award for Favorite Motion Picture Supporting Actress | Won \nGrease | People's Choice Award for Favorite Musical Motion Picture | Won \nGrease | People's Choice Award for Favorite Overall Motion Picture | Won \n\"Hopelessly Devoted to You\" | Academy Award for Best Original Song | Nominated \n2006 | Grease | Satellite Award for Best Classic DVD | Nominated \n2008 | \"You're the One That I Want\" | TV Land Award for Movie Dance Sequence You Reenacted in Your Living Room | Nominated \n John Travolta had previously worked with producer Robert Stigwood on Saturday Night Fever, had a nascent singing career at the time (including the top-10 hit \"Let Her In\" in 1976), and had previously appeared as Doody in a touring production of the stage version of Grease. He made a number of casting recommendations that Stigwood ultimately accepted, including suggesting Randal Kleiser (who had never directed a theatrical feature before this but had directed Travolta in the 1976 telefilm The Boy in the Plastic Bubble) as director, and Olivia Newton-John, then known almost exclusively as a country music singer, as Sandy. Newton-John had done little acting before this film, with only one film credit (the unreleased 1970 film Toomorrow, which predated her singing breakthrough) to her name up to that time. Before accepting the role, Newton-John requested a screen test for Grease to avoid another career setback. The screen test was done with the drive-in movie scene. Newton-John, who is native to England and lived most of her life in Australia, was unable to perform with a convincing American accent, and thus her character was rewritten to be Australian. Before Newton-John was hired, Allan Carr was considering numerous names such as Ann-Margret, Susan Dey and Marie Osmond for the lead role; Newton-John agreed to a reduced asking price in exchange for star billing. In a case of life imitating art, Newton-John's own musical career would undergo a transformation similar to that of the Sandy Olsson character; her next album after Grease, the provocatively titled Totally Hot, featured a much more sexual and pop-oriented approach, with Newton-John appearing on the album cover in similar all-leather attire and teased hair. \n Grease was voted the best musical ever on Channel 4's 100 greatest musicals in 2004. The film currently holds a 75% \"Certified Fresh\" rating on the review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes based on 61 critic reviews with an average rating of 6.6/10 and with a consensus that reads, \"Grease is a pleasing, energetic musical with infectiously catchy songs and an ode to young love that never gets old.\" It holds a score of 70/100 on similar website Metacritic. \n On July 8, 2010, a sing-along version of Grease was released to select theaters around the U.S. A trailer was released in May 2010 with cigarettes digitally removed from certain scenes, implying heavy editing; however, Paramount confirmed these changes were done only for the film's advertising, and the rating for the film itself changed from its original PG to that of PG-13 for \"sexual content including references, teen smoking and drinking, and language.\" The movie was shown for two weekends only; additional cities lobbied by fans from the Paramount official website started a week later and screened for one weekend. \n After her parents decide to move from Australia, Sandy enrolls at Rydell and is befriended by Frenchy, who considers dropping out of school to become a beautician. Unaware of each other's presence at Rydell, Danny and Sandy tell their respective groups the accounts of events during the pair's brief romance, without initially mentioning the other's name. Sandy's version emphasizes the romance of the affair, while Danny's version is more sexual (and therefore presumably less honest) (\"Summer Nights\"). \n Vincent Canby on its initial release in June 1978 called the film \"terrific fun\", describing it as a \"contemporary fantasy about a 1950s teen-age musical–a larger, funnier, wittier and more imaginative-than-Hollywood movie with a life that is all its own\"; Canby pointed out that the film was \"somewhat in the manner of Close Encounters of the Third Kind, which recalls the science-fiction films of the' 50s in a manner more elegant and more benign than anything that was ever made then, Grease is a multimillion-dollar evocation of the B-picture quickies that Sam Katzman used to turn out in the' 50s (Don't Knock the Rock, 1956) and that American International carried to the sea in the 1960s (Beach Party, 1963).\" \n The soundtrack album ended 1978 as the second-best selling album of the year in the United States, exceeded only by another soundtrack album, from the film Saturday Night Fever, which also starred Travolta. The song \"Hopelessly Devoted to You\" was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Music–Original Song. The song \"You're the One That I Want\" was released as a single prior to the film's release and became an immediate chart-topper, despite not being in the stage show or having been seen in the film at that time. Additionally, the dance number to \"You're the One That I Want\" was nominated for TV Land's award for \"Movie Dance Sequence You Reenacted in Your Living Room\" in 2008. In the United Kingdom, the two Travolta/Newton-John duets, \"You're the One That I Want\" and \"Summer Nights\", were both number one hits and as of 2011 are still among the 20 best-selling singles of all time (at Nos. 6 and 19 respectively). The movie's title song was also a number-one hit single for Frankie Valli.",
"Danny apologizes to Sandy and tries to make it up to her by taking her to a drive-in theater. She's unmoved by his pleas for forgiveness until he gives Sandy his ring, which she gleefully accepts. Moments later, Danny tries to aggressively make out with her, causing Sandy to angrily throw his ring at him and depart, leaving Danny distraught (\"Sandy\"). Meanwhile, Rizzo admits she may be pregnant to Marty, who in turn tells Sonny, and the rumor spreads like wildfire through the drive-in, reaching Kenickie just as Rizzo is walking past. He attempts to talk to Rizzo about it, telling her he doesn't run away from his mistakes. Rizzo tells him it was someone else's mistake, a response that angers Kenickie. At school the next day, word of Rizzo's pregnancy fears reaches Patty Simcox, who has spread the gossip to her clique and sneers at Rizzo as they walk by. A visibly hurt Rizzo, who thanks Sandy for her offer of help, sings to herself about how her sins are not as bad as they could be (\"There Are Worse Things I Could Do\"). \n Frenchy invites Sandy to her house for a sleepover. Sandy throws up from trying a cigarette, drinking a dessert wine, and getting her ears pierced by Frenchy. While she recovers in the bathroom, Rizzo makes fun of her innocence and virtuous nature (\"Look At Me, I'm Sandra Dee\"). The T-Birds arrive in Kenickie's car, and Rizzo departs to make out with Kenickie, leaving the other T-Birds stranded. Sandy laments over her feelings towards Danny, despite his earlier behavior (\"Hopelessly Devoted to You\"). As Kenickie and Rizzo are having a tryst, the condom Kenickie is using breaks. The two are also interrupted by Leo Balmudo (Dennis C. Stewart), leader of the T-Birds' rival gang, the Scorpions, and his girlfriend Cha-Cha (Annette Charles). \n The gang realizes that high school is now over, and worries that they'll never see each other again. Danny insists, \"Nah, that'll never happen,\" and everyone celebrates their friendship (\"We Go Together\"). As the song nears its conclusion, Danny and Sandy depart in a red hot rod, which takes flight, and the pair wave goodbye to their friends. \n The opening beach scene was shot at Malibu's Leo Carrillo State Beach, making explicit reference to From Here to Eternity. The exterior Rydell scenes, including the basketball, baseball and track segments, were shot at Venice High School in Venice, California, while the Rydell interiors, including the high school dance, were filmed at Huntington Park High School. The sleepover was shot at a private house in East Hollywood. The Paramount Pictures studio lot was the location of the scenes that involve Frosty Palace and the musical numbers \"Greased Lightning\" and \"Beauty School Dropout\". The drive-in movie scenes were shot at the Burbank Pickwick Drive-In (it was closed and torn down in 1989 and a shopping center took its place). The race was filmed at the Los Angeles River, between the First and Seventh Street Bridges, where many other films have been shot. The final scene where the carnival took place used John Marshall High School. And due to budget cuts a short scene was filmed at Hazard Park in Los Angeles. \n On March 12, 2013, Grease and Grease 2 were packaged together in a Double Feature DVD set from Warner Home Video. \n Some of the songs were not present in the film; songs that appear in the film but not in the soundtrack are \"La Bamba\" by Ritchie Valens, \"Whole Lotta Shaking Going On\" by Jerry Lee Lewis, \"Alma Mater\", \"Alma Mater Parody\", and \"Rydell Fight Song\". \"Alone at a Drive-in Movie (instrumental)\", \"Mooning\", and \"Freddy My Love\" are not present in the film, although all three are listed in the end credits in-addition to being on the soundtrack. (Both \"Mooning\" and \"Rock'n'Roll Party Queen,\" the latter of which was played in the film as background music, were written in the musical for a character named Roger that was written out of the film, replaced by the non-singing Putzie. In general, all of the songs in the musical that were performed by characters other than Danny, Rizzo, Sandy or Johnny Casino were either taken out of the film or given to other characters, including Marty Maraschino's number \"Freddy My Love,\" Kenickie's \"Greased Lightnin' ,\" and Doody's \"Those Magic Changes.\") \n Grease was first released in the US on VHS by Paramount Home Video in 1982, with reissues in 1989 and 1994; the last VHS release was on June 23, 1998 and titled the 20th Anniversary Edition following a theatrical re-release that March. On September 17, 2002, it was released on DVD for the first time. On September 19, 2006, it was re-released on DVD as the Rockin' Rydell Edition, which came with a black Rydell High T-Bird jacket cover, a white Rydell \"R\" letterman's sweater cover or the Target-exclusive Pink Ladies cover. It was released on Blu-ray Disc on May 5, 2009. \n Grease was originally released to North American theaters on June 16, 1978 and was an immediate box office success. In its opening weekend, the film grossed $8,941,717 in 862 theaters in the United States and Canada, ranking at No. 2 (behind Jaws 2) at the box office. Grease has grossed $188,755,690 domestically and $206,200,000 internationally, totaling $394,955,690 worldwide. Globally, it was the highest-grossing musical ever, eclipsing the 13-year-old record held by The Sound of Music, but has since been overtaken by Les Misérables, Mamma Mia! and the 2017 release of Beauty and the Beast. Grease is now the fourth highest-grossing live action musical. \n * AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Passions:No. 97 \n * AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Songs:No. 70 for \"Summer Nights\" \n * AFI's Greatest Movie Musicals:No. 20",
"When Sandy finally tells everyone it was Danny Zuko, Rizzo arranges a surprise reunion for the two at a pep rally, where Sandy is cheering along with high-achiever Patty Simcox (Susan Buckner). At the rally, Sandy catches the eye of a member of the football team (Lorenzo Lamas). When Sandy and Danny are reunited, they are initially elated, but Danny soon slips back into his greaser attitude, which offends Sandy. At the same rally, Kenickie reveals his new car and announces he has entered it into a \"pinks\" street race at Thunder Road. \n John Wilson did the animated title sequence for the start of the film. \n Henry Winkler was once considered for a lead in the film. Winkler, who was playing Arthur Fonzarelli on Happy Days, was originally chosen to play Danny. His lack of singing experience and fear of being typecast after Happy Days and the film The Lords of Flatbush led him to decline the role. Adult film star Harry Reems was originally signed to play Coach Calhoun; however, executives at Paramount nixed the idea due to Reems' previous work in adult films, and producers cast Sid Caesar instead. Caesar was one of several veterans of 1950s television (Eve Arden, Frankie Avalon, Joan Blondell, Edd Byrnes, Alice Ghostley, Dody Goodman) to be cast in supporting roles. Coincidentally, Frankie Avalon and Randal Kleiser had both appeared in 1966's Fireball 500, the latter as an extra. \n The school dance arrives, broadcast live on television and hosted by DJ Vince Fontaine (Edd Byrnes), who flirts with Marty. Rizzo and Kenickie attempt to spite one another by bringing Leo and Cha-Cha as their dates, while Danny and Sandy arrive together. Danny and Sandy dance well and appear to be on their way to winning the competition, but a drunken Sonny pulls Sandy off the floor partway through. Cha-Cha joins Danny for the rest of the dance, and the two win (\"Born to Hand Jive\"). During the last dance (\"Blue Moon\"), Putzie leads Sonny and Doody in a mooning of the national TV audience, which Principal McGee (Eve Arden) vows to put on their permanent records. \n * John Travolta as Danny Zuko, who lives a double life as leader of the greaser gang the T-Birds and as Sandy's love interest \n * Olivia Newton-John as Sandra Dee \"Sandy\" Olsson, an Australian expatriate and ingenue \n * Stockard Channing as Betty Rizzo, the cynical leader of the Pink Ladies clique \n * Jeff Conaway as Kenickie, Danny's best friend, Rizzo's boyfriend and the owner of Greased Lightnin' \n * Barry Pearl as Doody, a member of the T-Birds \n * Michael Tucci as Sonny LaTierri, a trouble-making wannabe womanizer \n * Kelly Ward as Putzie, a member of the T-Birds and Jan's boyfriend \n * Didi Conn as Frenchy, Sandy's closest friend in the Pink Ladies \n * Jamie Donnelly as Jan, a member of the Pink Ladies and Putzie's girlfriend \n * Dinah Manoff as Marty Maraschino, a member of the Pink Ladies whose attractiveness regularly draws the attention of men \n\n\n Grease \n--- \nTheatrical release poster \nDirected by | Randal Kleiser \nProduced by | Robert Stigwood Allan Carr \nScreenplay by | Bronte Woodard \nBased on | Grease by Jim Jacobs Warren Casey \nStarring | \n\n * John Travolta \n * Olivia Newton-John \n * Stockard Channing \n * Jeff Conaway \n\n \nMusic by | Michael Gibson \nCinematography | Bill Butler \nEdited by | John F. Burnett Robert Pergament \nProduction company | RSO Records \nDistributed by | Paramount Pictures \nRelease date |",
"Grease \n--- \nTheatrical release poster \nDirected by | Randal Kleiser \nProduced by | Robert Stigwood Allan Carr \nScreenplay by | Bronte Woodard \nBased on | Grease by Jim Jacobs Warren Casey \nStarring | \n\n * John Travolta \n * Olivia Newton-John \n * Stockard Channing \n * Jeff Conaway \n\n \nMusic by | Michael Gibson \nCinematography | Bill Butler \nEdited by | John F. Burnett Robert Pergament \nProduction company | RSO Records \nDistributed by | Paramount Pictures \nRelease date | \n\n * June 16, 1978 (1978-06-16) \n * * * * \n \nRunning time | 110 minutes \nCountry | United States \nLanguage | English \nBudget | $6 million \nBox office | $395 million \n The song \"Look at Me, I'm Sandra Dee\" references Sal Mineo in the original stage version. Mineo was stabbed to death a year before filming, so the line was changed to refer to Elvis Presley instead. The references to Troy Donohue, Doris Day, Rock Hudson and Annette Funicello are from the original stage version. Coincidentally, this scene as well as the scene before and the scene after it were filmed on August 16, 1977, the date of Elvis Presley's death. \n Grease received mostly positive reviews from movie critics and is considered by many as one of the best films of 1978. \n On the day of the race, Kenickie asks Danny to be on standby in case he decides to back out. Moments before the race is set to begin, Kenickie suffers a concussion when he bends over to pick up a penny for good luck and Putzie opens the car door on Kenickie's head, and Danny takes the helm of the car. Leo and Danny run a tight race, with Leo attempting to shred Danny's tires with bladed hubcaps (in a sequence paying homage to Ben-Hur); Danny eventually wins when Leo skids out. Sandy watches from afar and concludes that she still loves Danny. She decides to change her attitude and image to impress him and asks Frenchy for help (\"Look At Me, I'm Sandra Dee ( Reprise)\" ). \n On August 17, 2009, a television series inspired by the film premiered in Venezuela. The series was produced and directed by Vladimir Perez. The show will explore and expand on the characters and story from the film. \n The songs appear in the film in the following order:\n Grease is a 1978 American musical romantic comedy film based on Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey's musical of the same name. Written by Bronte Woodard and directed by Randal Kleiser in his theatrical feature film debut, the film depicts the life of Rydell High School students Danny (John Travolta) and Sandy (Olivia Newton-John) in the late 1950s. Grease was successful both critically and commercially. Its soundtrack album ended 1978 as the second-best selling album of the year in the United States, behind the soundtrack of the 1977 blockbuster Saturday Night Fever. \n Lorenzo Lamas was a last-minute replacement for Steven Ford, who developed stage fright shortly before filming and backed out. His role contained no spoken dialogue and required Lamas to dye his hair blond to avoid looking like most of the other T-Birds (although Conaway and Ward were also blonds). \n Scenes inside the Frosty Palace contain obvious blurring of various Coca-Cola signs. Prior to the film's release, producer Allan Carr had made a product-placement deal with Coca-Cola's main competitor Pepsi (for example, a Pepsi logo can be seen in the animated opening sequence). When Carr saw the footage of the scene with Coca-Cola products and signage, he ordered director Randal Kleiser to either reshoot the scene with Pepsi products or remove the Coca-Cola logos from the scene. As reshoots were deemed too expensive and time-consuming, optical mattes were used to cover up or blur out the Coca-Cola references. The' blurring' covered up trademarked menu signage and a large wall poster, but a red cooler with the logo could not be sufficiently altered so was left unchanged. According to Kleiser, \"We just had to hope that Pepsi wouldn't complain. They didn't.\" \n Jeff Conaway, like Travolta, had previously appeared in the stage version of Grease; he had played Danny Zuko during the show's run on Broadway. Jamie Donnelly reprised her role as Jan from the Broadway show, the only cast member to do so; as her hair had begun to gray by this point, she had to dye her hair to resemble her stage character. Kelly Ward had previously appeared as a similar sarcastic supporting character in The Boy in the Plastic Bubble with Travolta under Kleiser; the role was substantially rewritten from the musical. Whereas \"Rump\" in the musical sang lead on two songs and was particularly known for his mooning, the renamed \"Putzie\" did not sing and shares the mooning scene with two of the other T-Birds, Sonny and Doody. \n The sequel, Grease 2 (1982), stars Maxwell Caulfield and Michelle Pfeiffer. While only a few cast members from the original movie such as Dody Goodman, Sid Caesar, Eddie Deezen, Didi Conn, Dennis Stewart and Eve Arden reprise their respective roles. Dick Patterson returned, playing a different character. It was not as successful, grossing just $15 million on its $13 million budget. Patricia Birch, the original movie's choreographer, directed the ill-fated sequel. It would be the only movie that she would direct. \n Grease premiered for the first time on American television in 1981 on ABC-TV. It was re-released to theaters in 1998 to mark the 20th anniversary. The film was also ranked number 21 on Entertainment Weekly's list of the 50 Best High School Movies. \n The next day, Danny and the T-Birds prepare to get Kenickie's car ready for the race (\"Greased Lightnin'\"). In an attempt to impress Sandy, Danny approaches Coach Calhoun (Sid Caesar) in an effort to become a high school athlete. His combative nature leads to fights with the basketball team, wrestlers, and baseball players, so Calhoun suggests cross-country running, in which Danny excels. Danny's running proves to impress Sandy, prompting the two to reconcile for a date at the Frosty Palace; when the other greasers arrive, Danny and Sandy promptly leave in discomfort. Kenickie and a noticeably distressed Rizzo get into an argument and break up, while Putzie and Jan begin dating. Left alone, Frenchy–who dropped out of Rydell to enroll in beauty school, only to quit when she turned her own hair bright pink–is visited by a guardian angel (Frankie Avalon) who advises her to return to Rydell (\"Beauty School Dropout\"). \n * Eve Arden as Principal Greta McGee, who shows discomfort at the goings-on at Rydell High \n * Dody Goodman as Vice Principal Blanche Hodel, who enjoys even the wilder antics at the school \n * Sid Caesar as Coach Calhoun, the tough-talking gym teacher and coach of all the school's perennially losing sports teams \n * Eddie Deezen as Eugene Felsnick, the class nerd \n * Susan Buckner as Patty Simcox, head cheerleader and a rival for Danny's affections \n * Lorenzo Lamas as Tom Chisum, a jock who competes for Sandy's affections \n * Dennis C. Stewart as Leo \"Craterface\" Balmudo, head of the Scorpions, a rival greaser gang \n * Annette Charles as Charlene \"Cha-Cha\" DiGregorio, Leo's girlfriend \n * Joan Blondell as Vi, a waitress at the Frosty Palace \n * Ellen Travolta as Waitress \n * Frankie Avalon as Teen Angel \n * Edd Byrnes as Vince Fontaine, on-air personality at KZAZ radio and television \n * Sha-Na-Na as Johnny Casino and the Gamblers, a rock and roll band \n * Alice Ghostley as Mrs. Murdock, a rogue shop teacher who helps build Greased Lightnin' for the T-Birds \n * Darrell Zwerling as Mr. Lynch \n * Dick Patterson as Mr. Rudie \n * Fannie Flagg as Nurse Wilkins \n * Michael Biehn as Mike",
"In the summer of 1959, Danny Zuko (John Travolta) and vacationing Sandy Olsson (Olivia Newton-John) met at the beach and fell in love. When the summer comes to an end, Sandy, who is going back to Australia, frets that they may never meet again, but Danny tells her that their love is \"only the beginning\". The film moves to the start of the seniors' term at Rydell High School (\"Grease\"). Danny, a greaser, is a member of the T-Birds, consisting of his best friend Kenickie (Jeff Conaway), Doody (Barry Pearl), Sonny (Michael Tucci), and Putzie (Kelly Ward). The Pink Ladies, a popular clique of girls, also arrive, consisting of Rizzo (Stockard Channing), Frenchy (Didi Conn), Marty (Dinah Manoff), and Jan (Jamie Donnelly). \n In the 2010 sing-along version (see below), the blurred Coke poster has been digitally removed. In its place is more of the wavy wall design that surrounded it. \n 1. \"Love is a Many-Splendored Thing\" \n 2. \"Grease\" \n 3. \"Alma Mater\" \n 4. \"Summer Nights\"–Danny, Sandy, Pink Ladies and T-Birds \n 5. \"Rydell Fight Song\"–Rydell Marching Band \n 6. \"Look at Me, I'm Sandra Dee\"–Rizzo and Pink Ladies \n 7. \"Hopelessly Devoted to You\"–Sandy \n 8. \"Greased Lightnin'\"–Danny and T-Birds \n 9. \"La Bamba\" \n 10. \"It's Raining on Prom Night\" \n 11. \"Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On\" \n 12. \"Beauty School Dropout\"–Teen Angel and Female Angels \n 13. \"Rock n' Roll Party Queen\" \n 14. \"Rock n' Roll is Here to Stay\"–Johnny Casino and the Gamblers \n 15. \"Those Magic Changes\"–Johnny Casino and the Gamblers; Danny sings along onscreen \n 16. \"Tears on My Pillow\"–Johnny Casino and the Gamblers \n 17. \"Hound Dog\"–Johnny Casino and the Gamblers \n 18. \"Born to Hand Jive\"–Johnny Casino and the Gamblers \n 19. \"Blue Moon\"–Johnny Casino and the Gamblers \n 20. \"Sandy\"–Danny \n 21. \"There Are Worse Things I Could Do\"–Rizzo \n 22. \"Look at Me, I'm Sandra Dee (Reprise)\"–Sandy \n 23. \"Alma Mater Parody\" (instrumental) \n 24. \"You're the One That I Want\"–Danny, Sandy, Pink Ladies, and T-Birds \n 25. \"We Go Together\"–Cast \n 26. \"Grease (Reprise)\" \n\n\n On the last day of school, a sobbing Principal McGee and her equally nostalgic assistant Blanche (Dody Goodman), in a speech over the intercom, state that some of the Rydell graduates could go on to become great leaders, such as the next Eleanor Roosevelt or Richard Nixon (which appeals to Sonny). The seniors celebrate their graduation at the fair on the school grounds. Sonny and Putzie find out they can not graduate until completing summer school, as Coach Calhoun had failed Sonny in physical education and Putzie had never even taken the course."
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"Maqbool Ahmed Sabri Maqbool Ahmed Sabri (12 October 1945 – 21 September 2011) was a major Qawwali singer, and a leading member of the Sabri Brothers, a leading qawwali group in Pakistan during the 1970s–1990s. He was awarded the Pride of Performance Award by the President of Pakistan in 1978. Born in Kalyana in eastern Punjab, Maqbool was initially educated in the north Indian classical tradition by his father \"Ustad Inayat Sen Sabri\" And His Beloved Brother Ghulam Farid Sabri. The family came from a musical background, and claimed direct descent from Mian Tansen, who had played at the court of the 16th-century Mughal emperor Akbar. \"Mehboob Baksh Ranji Ali Rang\", his paternal grandfather, was a master musician of his time; \"Baqar Hussein Khan\", his maternal grandfather, was a unique sitarist. His family belongs to the \"Sabriyya\" order of Sufism, hence the surname Sabri. The family made the perilous journey to Karachi during the partition of India in 1947, though Maqbool was almost left behind and rejoined the family party only when a servant found him still in the house – he had to run to catch up, clutching one of his instruments. Maqbool furthered his knowledge of music under his father Inayat Hussain Sabri, his elder brother Ghulam Farid Sabri, Ustad Fatehdin Khan, Ustad Ramzan Khan, and Ustad Latafat Hussein Khan Rampuri. Showing musical talent from a young age, with the help of his father, Maqbool formed a Qawwali group at the age of eleven and named it Bacha Qawwal Party. His First Public Performance Was In 1956 At A Urs Ceremony Held At The Home Of Mr. Jameel Amrohi, Where He sang \"Do Alam Baqa Kul Giraftar e Aali\" In The Presence Of Giant Qawwals Of That Time. Soon afterwards, his elder brother Ghulam Farid Sabri, who was then performing with Ustad Kallan Khan's Qawwali party, joined him and became the leader of the party, which soon came to be known as Sabri Brothers. Their first recording, released in 1958 under the EMI Pakistan label, was the Urdu Qawwali, \"Mera Koi Nahin Hai Teray Siwa\". Their later hits included \"Tajdaar-E-Haram\" (King of the Kaaba, 1975) and \"Balaghal Ula Be Kamalehi\" (Reaching the Highest Heights Through Perfection, 1977), \"Saqia Aur Pila\", \"O Sharabi Chorde Peena\". They have sung many Qawwalis in Persian like \"Nami Danam Che Manzil Boodh, Chashm-e-Mast-e-Ajabe, etc.\" of Amir Khusro and also \"Man Kunto Maula\" and \"Rang\" of Amir Khusro. They have also sung a Kalaam of Imam Ahmed Raza Khan which is in four languages—Arabic, Persian, Urdu, and Hindi. The kalaam is \"Lam Yaati Nazeeruka Fee Nazarin.\" Maqbool was considered a master of improvisational wordplay, often making references in Urdu and Punjabi, as well as Persian or Arabic, to historical events or to traditional poetry. Maqbool Sabri Was Considered To Be One Of The Best Classical Singers. Maqbool Sabri also sang ghazal which included \"Tere Ghungroo Toot Gaye\",\"Aa Jan-e-Wafa\", \"Kabhi Tanha Beith Ke\",\"Gul Badan Gul Pairhan\", \"Jab Kabhi Aankh Milate Hain\", \"Din Ek Sitam\", \"Mere Mizaj Ki Awargi\" and \"Aaina Torr Diya\". Several of their qawwalis have featured in films. \"Mera Koi Nahin Hai Teray Siwa\" appeared in the 1965 film Ishq-e-Habib, \"Mohabbat Karne Walo Hum Mohabbat Iss Ko Kehtain Hain\" in the 1970 film Chand Suraj, \"Aaye Hain Tere Dar Pe\" in the 1972 film Ilzam, \"Bhar Do Johli Meri Ya Muhammad\" in the 1975 film Bin Badal Barsaat, \"Teri Nazr-e-Karam\" in the 1976 film Sachaii, \"Tajdar-e-Haram\" in the 1982 film Sahaaray, and \"Aftab-e-Risalat\" in the 1977 Indian film Sultan-e-Hind, \"Tere Dar Ko Chord Chale\" in the 1988 Indian Film Gangaa Jamunaa Saraswathi Which Had Solo Playback By Maqbool Sabri. The Sabri Brothers is the only qawwali troupe which has a \"first class\" status on the Pakistan Television Corporation. Popular film and recording artists in Pakistan, the Sabri Brothers troupe has toured Europe, Asia and the Middle East. In 1970 the Government of Pakistan sent them to Nepal as representatives for the royal wedding. They were the first exponents of Qawwali to the West, when they performed at New York's Carnegie Hall in 1975. In 1975 they performed in the United States and Canada under the auspices of The Performing Arts Program of The Asia Society. In April 1978, the album Qawwali was recorded in the United States, while the Sabri Brothers were on tour. The New York Times review described the album as \"the aural equivalent of dancing dervishes\" and the \"music of feeling.\" In June 1981, they performed at the Royal Tropical Institute in Amsterdam. They played the Womad festival in the UK in 1989 – one of a series of appearances there – and released the album Ya Habib (O Beloved) on Peter Gabriel's Real World Records label the following year. In 1996, after death of Ghulam Farid Sabri he performed at the Brooklyn Academy of Music-Next Wave Festival, as part of a double-bill with alternate-rockers Cornershop, \"Voices Of God\" Event In 1999 Held At Marrakesh. In the 1960s he took allegiance of \"Warsi\" order of Sufisim along with his most loved companion and elder brother Ghulam Farid Sabri, on the hands of \"Ambar Ali Shah Warsi\". He is survived by his wife, Fatima, a son, Shumail, and his daughters, Ameema Shah, Gulerukh, Kanza and Tunanza. Maqbool was treated in a hospital in South Africa for two months because he was suffering from heart problems and diabetes. He died in South Africa on Wednesday 21 September 2011 due to cardiac arrest. He was buried near his brother Ghulam Farid Sabri's grave. On 22 June 2016 (In Ramdan), his nephew Amjad Farid Sabri was shot dead in Liaquatabad, Karachi, Pakistan. Amjad Farid Sabri Was Buried Near His Grave On 3rd October 2018, His Nephew Azmat Farid Sabri Passed Away. Maqbool Ahmed Sabri Maqbool Ahmed Sabri (12 October 1945 – 21 September 2011) was a major Qawwali singer, and a leading member of the Sabri Brothers, a leading qawwali group in Pakistan during the 1970s–1990s. 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"The Heights (newspaper) The Heights (est.1919) is the independent student newspaper of Boston College. The paper, published weekly during the academic year, is editorially and financially independent from the University. The paper's Editorial Board consists of 42 editors and managers who are responsible for the operations of the newspaper. Connor Murphy is the current Editor-in-Chief. In 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009 the paper was selected as an ACP Pacemaker Finalist. In 2011, 2012, and 2013 the paper was selected as an ACP Pacemaker Award Winner, placing \"The Heights\" among the top 50 college newspapers in the United States. In 2015, \"The Heights\" was selected as an ACP Online Pacemaker Award winner for its website, bcheights.com. Led by John Ring, class of 1920, the first \"Heights\" debuted as a weekly newspaper on November 19, 1919 at a mere four pages, becoming the smallest college newspaper at the time. \"The Heights\" received funding from the school and ran stories about student clubs, sporting events, and lectures on campus. The first board declared \"The Heights\" a “news organ” that would live up to the “purity and ruggedness” of its name. Notably, in 1920, an editorial ran suggesting that the mascot of BC be an eagle; the Eagle remains the mascot of Boston College. Through the early years of the ’30s and ’40s, \"The Heights\" remained focused on campus issues. During World War II, \"The Heights\" began to include editorials of greater international focus, including pieces about the draft and the war, though Boston College remained the focal point. Among other issues, \"The Heights\" wrote heavily about the need for an active student council; \"The Heights\" first petitioned in 1947, predating the current undergraduate government (UGBC) by a number of years. Before the ’50s, the buildings in the Quad had no official names. What is now Gasson was simply “the tower building,” and what are now Lyons, Devlin, and Fulton were also nameless. \"The Heights\" suggested naming the buildings after influential figures in the university's history. Eventually, the focus of \"The Heights\" was not limited to University issues, but also included national issues. In the 1950s, \"The Heights\" reprinted a Martin Luther King Jr. article, and in 1960, accusing the University of not honoring the rights of its black students. \"The Heights\" also became more vocal about the Vietnam War, encouraging discussion of the war and calling for an end to it through support of protest groups. These more liberal attitudes at the time were a shift from Boston College's more conservative, Catholic values, and became the beginnings of a strained relationship between the paper and the University administrators. By the mid-’60s, the paper began to come into conflict with the school's administration. At one point, the paper wanted to sponsor a lecture by birth control activist William Baird, but the University wouldn’t allow it, as birth control opposes stated Jesuit and Catholic values; \"The Heights\" still held the lecture in its office in McElroy. The University placed sanctions on five \"Heights\" editors for their actions. Thus began University president Fr. Joyce's somewhat tense relationship with \"The Heights\". Soon, though, the paper would be forced to divorce itself from university funding in order to maintain editorial independence. In 1971, \"The Heights\" had a source bug a Board of Trustees meeting and printed a transcript of the meeting in the next issue, publicizing the University’s plans to fire Executive Vice President Fr. F.X. Shea. The administration pressed charges and had a restraining order put on the information. The paper's editors, Tom Sheehan and Michael Berkey, were arrested on charges of conspiring to obtain information by illegal means. They pleaded no contest and were assessed a small fine. Sheehan and Berkey believed they were acting in the best interest of the student body; one BC professor, Richard Hughes, described Sheehan as “a genuine crusader, passionately dedicated to his beliefs.” The administration evicted \"The Heights\", and cut off all funding after the incident. In the meantime, the newspaper operated out of the office of the Undergraduate Government of Boston College (UGBC) with borrowed money. Eventually, editors cut a deal with the administration to rent out McElroy 113, its current location. From 1971 onwards, \"The Heights\" would be an independent college newspaper, but would occasionally still clash with the values of the Jesuit University; in 1978, the University threatened not to renew lease after the paper published ads for an abortion clinic. In recent years, the board has editorialized in favor of the creation of a Gay-Straight alliance and the revisions of the non-discrimination policy. As an independent student newspaper, \"The Heights\" may print what the editorial board chooses, but in order to retain good relationships with the University for a variety of reasons (though the university could not stop the paper from printing per se, they control campus distribution rights and the terms of The Heights' lease agreement for its office on campus), the board has agreed not to run sexually explicit ads or ads \"for service(s) which may reasonably be interpreted as abortion.\" In 2003, \"The Heights\"’ lease was called into question, following publication of a sexually explicit column called “Sex and the Univer-city”. A resolution has since been reached, and relationship with the university has been restored. In 2004, the paper began printing twice weekly, Mondays and Thursdays. \"The Heights\" has, in recent years, maintained a strong relationship with the University and with the Undergraduate Government of Boston College. In January 2013, \"The Heights\" became the first college newspaper to be printed by and establish a publication partnership with Globe Newspaper Company, Inc, publishers of \"The Boston Globe\". The new partnership allows \"The Heights\" to be a more sustainable newspaper, cutting down on waste and being more environmentally friendly while providing the same high quality of news to its readers. In 2017, \"The Heights\" returned to a once-a-week print cycle. The Heights (newspaper) The Heights (est.1919) is the independent student newspaper of Boston College. The paper, published weekly during the academic year, is editorially and"
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"Luisa Kuliok Luisa Kuliok (b. Buenos Aires, 20 March 1953) is an Argentine actress of theater, film and television. From the age of five, she studied acting and did her first play in a school production when the lead was sick. Later, she studied with Agustín Alezzo and in 1976, the same year she married, she had her professional debut. Kuliok is often credited as being the first international Argentine telenovela star. Her work in \"La extraña dama\" in 1989 was shown, became a hit in Italy and opened doors for the Argentine industry to expand into new markets. It also led to her being offered a role in \"Más allá del horizonte\" (Beyond the Horizon) replacing Gina Lollobrigida. Kuliok worked primarily in television and telenovelas until 1994. The economic crisis that occurred in the ten years between 1994 and 2004 caused her to branch out into other entertainment venues. In 2006, she was nominated for an ACE Award for her role in the theater production of \"Del Antiguo Oriente\" and in 2010, she was nominated for her performance in \"El alma inmoral\". Luisa Kuliok Luisa Kuliok (b. Buenos Aires, 20 March 1953) is an Argentine actress of theater, film"
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"M. V. Lomonosov School of Electrotechnics and Electronics The M. V. Lomonosov School of Electro-technics and Electronics (,( \"Professional College of Electrical and Electronic engineering\" ) is a Bulgarian professional Engineering school and one of the most selective technical schools in Bulgaria. The school is located in Gorna Oryahovitsa. M. V. Lomonosov College of Electrical and Electronics was founded in 1959 by the engineer Marco Genchev, as a successor to the Technical College in Gorna Oryahovitsa. Initially, lessons were taught in the building of \"Georgi Izmirliev\" School and in Gorna Oryahovitsa. The first year of instruction began on 15 September 1959. Teachers were \"specialized\" in subjects such as mathematics, history and foreign languages. Over fifty percent of the teachers were engineers, from a variety of engineering disciplines, including electrical, power and radio technology. The planning and construction of a dedicated building complex began in 1960. In 1961, a meeting of the school committee chose a patron for their school. They chose Russian scientist Mikhail Lomonosov; in the 1962-1963 the official name of the school was M. V. Lomonosov School of Electricity (in Bulgarian:Техникум по електротехникe \"Михайло Василиевич Ломоносов\" (ТЕТ \"В.М.Ломоносов\")). In 1965, the new building and park were finished. The building contained laboratories for radio, television, power electronics, and the study and applications of general electronics. The school had its own production center. Students took a role in manufacturing industrial solder, electric motors, radio antennas and other electronic items during their studies. Teacher of Bulgarian language and literature, Yordan Yordanov, composed the first school song. At the end of the 1960s, it had created professional relationships with other technical schools in Bulgaria and East Europe. The most thorough collaboration was with the School of Electrical in Odessa. In 1971 the northern portion of the school complex was completed. The construction included classrooms and further laboratories for technical studies. At that time the school offered were radio and television technology, electrical power, electrics and electrical machines. In 1973, a cinema was added, with seating for 500. From 1973 to 1974, the first cultural meeting exhibition occurred, showcasing student projects. From 1975 to 1976, a commemorative ceremony was held for the Bulgarian heroes of the April uprising. In 2001, the name of the school was changed to M. V. Lomonosov Professional High School of Electronics. Computer technologies, communications and computer networking were added to the school's curriculum in 2000. In 2006 the program added the Show of Electronics (, \"Shouto Na\" Zhuchka \"I Elektrichka\"). Since the founding of the school, around 10,000 students have graduated. M. V. Lomonosov School of Electrotechnics and Electronics The M. V. Lomonosov School of Electro-technics and Electronics (,( \"Professional College of Electrical and Electronic engineering\" ) is a Bulgarian professional Engineering school and one of the most selective technical schools in Bulgaria. The school is located in Gorna Oryahovitsa. M. V. Lomonosov College of Electrical and Electronics was founded in 1959 by the engineer Marco Genchev, as a successor to the Technical College in Gorna Oryahovitsa. Initially,"
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"2016 FIFA Extraordinary Congress The 2016 FIFA Extraordinary Congress was held at the Hallenstadion in Zürich, Switzerland, on 26 February 2016. This special session of the FIFA Congress, called as a result of the 2015 FIFA corruption case, included the passage of a major statutory reforms proposal as well as the election of Gianni Infantino to replace Sepp Blatter as the President of FIFA. Amid a major corruption scandal at FIFA, incumbent Sepp Blatter was re-elected to a fifth term as FIFA President during the 65th FIFA Congress on 29 May 2015, defeating Prince Ali bin Hussein of Jordan. On 2 June, Blatter announced his intent to resign, remaining in office until an extraordinary FIFA Congress convened and elected a new president. An extraordinary congress was set for 26 February 2016 by the FIFA Executive Committee in July, who also announced the deadlines for candidates and other necessary procedures. A \"landmark\" reform package was overwhelmingly approved during the first part of the session by 179 of 207 members. Among the promised tenants is the dissolution of the Executive Committee, to be replaced by a larger FIFA Council selected by regional confederations, as well as imposed term limits on executive offices such as the presidency. The deadline for candidates to formally present their nominations, with support of at least of five national federations, was 26 October 2015, 23:59 CET (22:59 GMT). Sepp Blatter was also a likely candidate, despite him saying that \"I will not be a candidate for the election in 2016.\" Blatter previously said that he is \"not resigning\" before the announcement of the election date. On 28 October 2015, FIFA announced the names of the seven candidates to replace Sepp Blatter as its president. On 9 November 2015, the Ad-hoc Electoral Committee admitted and declared five candidates eligible to stand for election to the office of FIFA President. The FIFA presidential election entered a second round of voting for the first time in 42 years after Gianni Infantino of Switzerland secured more backing than pre-vote favourite Sheik Salman bin Ibrahim al Khalifa of Bahrain in the first round, when a two thirds majority was required to win. A simple majority of more than 50 per cent (104 votes) was sufficient for victory in the second round. The unexpected victory of Infantino over Salman, named a heavy favorite in the lead-up to the election, surprised some observers; a bloc in opposition to Salman is speculated to have tipped the second round vote in Infantino's favor. United States Soccer Federation president Sunil Gulati and other CONCACAF federations played a key role in Infantino's margin of victory, reportedly shifting their vote from Prince Ali to Infantino after a series of conversations between the two rounds of voting. The second round of voting was the first to be held since 1974. The day prior to the election, Sepp Blatter gave a press interview in which he said that he was leaving the office \"a happy man\". Blatter later congratulated Infantino, but warned that he must stay vigilant and that in the job \"friends become rare\". 2016 FIFA Extraordinary Congress The 2016 FIFA Extraordinary Congress was held at the Hallenstadion in Zürich, Switzerland, on 26 February 2016. This special session of the FIFA Congress, called as a result of the 2015 FIFA corruption case, included the passage of a major statutory reforms proposal as well as the election of Gianni Infantino to replace Sepp Blatter as the President of FIFA. Amid a major corruption scandal at FIFA, incumbent Sepp Blatter was re-elected to a fifth term as FIFA President during the 65th FIFA"
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"TRT GAP TRT GAP, belonging to the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation, has been established to enhance the recognition of The Southeastern Anatolia Project, abbreviated as GAP, on a rational ground which serves forming the necessary social, cultural and psychological environment in the region. Within this context, the Channel aims to meet the demands of those living in the East and Southeast Anatolia as well as inform them about the contributions resulting from the Project (GAP) to the region and the country at large. TRT GAP’s programs are especially produced by paying attention to both the needs and peculiarities of the East and Southeast Anatolia, consisting education, culture, drama, music programs and news with commercials. TRT GAP’s transmissions are realized through the same channel with the TRT 3 since 2001 (which broadcasts live footage of TBMM TV) on a time-share basis. From 1989 to 2001 TRT GAP was broadcasting on TRT 2. TRT GAP TRT GAP, belonging to the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation, has been established to enhance the recognition of The Southeastern Anatolia Project, abbreviated as GAP, on a rational ground which serves forming the necessary social, cultural and psychological environment in the region. Within this context, the"
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"John Calder Brennan John Calder Brennan (November 19, 1908 – February 6, 1996) was a Laurel, Maryland historian. A member of the class of 1930 at The Citadel, where he majored in English and History, Brennan retired as a personnel specialist for the Federal Reserve. He was a Laurel resident for more than 50 years and wrote a column on history and etymology for the \"Laurel Leader\" newspaper in the 1960s and 1970s. Considered a Booth scholar, Brennan wrote the article \"John Wilkes Booth’s Enigmatic Brother Joseph\", published in the Spring 1983 issue of \"Maryland Historical Magazine\". Also among Brennan's works is \"The Three Versions of the Testimony in the 1865 Conspiracy Trial\", published in 1983 and cited in the book \"Blood on the Moon: The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln\". The Laurel Museum's research library is named after Brennan, whose works are among its major holdings. A World War II veteran who served as a Major in the U.S. Army Air Corps, Brennan is interred at St. Lawrence Cemetery in Sumter County, South Carolina. John Calder Brennan John Calder Brennan (November 19, 1908 – February 6, 1996) was a Laurel, Maryland historian. A member of the class of 1930 at"
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"Elena Shvarts Elena Andreyevna Shvarts () (17 May 1948 – 11 March 2010) was a Russian poet. Born in Leningrad, where she lived her entire life, Shvarts attended the University of Tartu, where her first poems were published in the university newspaper in 1973. After that, however, she did not publish for another decade in her own country; her work began to appear in émigré journals in 1978, and she published two collections of poetry (\"Tantsuyushchii David\" and \"Stikhi\") and a novel in verse (\"Trudy i dni Lavinii\") abroad before a collection (\"Storony sveta\") was allowed to be published in the Soviet Union, \"bringing her immediate recognition both at home and abroad.\" Birdsong escaping from a cage is a metaphor running through her work. Poems Prose and essay Collected Works Elena Shvarts Elena Andreyevna Shvarts () (17 May 1948 – 11 March 2010) was a Russian poet. Born in Leningrad, where she lived her entire life, Shvarts attended the University of Tartu, where her first poems were published in the university newspaper in 1973. After that, however, she did not publish for another decade in her own country; her work began to appear in émigré journals in 1978, and she"
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"Tracey Towers Tracey Towers refers to two twin buildings designed by the noted architect Paul Rudolph, located in the Bronx, New York City. They are a predominant feature of the Bronx's mainly flat skyline. The buildings were created as a result of the Mitchell-Lama program, in addition, air rights were also utilized in order to allow construction. Intended to be a luxury condominium, the buildings were completed in 1972 and opened in 1974 as subsidized housing, and combined, they have 871 units of various sizes, such as one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartments. The towers became the tallest in the borough when completed, at 400 feet, although the 404 feet tall River Park Towers took the title just three years later. They were and remain the second tallest cooperative housing development in the Bronx, behind Co-Op City, the largest of its kind in the world. Amenities however, have been on a slow decline in quality. In particular, tenants complain about the inconsistencies of the towers' boilers, and hot water is frequently shut without prior notice. Tracey Towers consist of nine windowless concrete tubes built with grooved blocks an without any setbacks. These blocks create asterisks which are divided by white slabs relative to each floor. Unlike most buildings in the city, the windows and balconies are placed in between the gaps formed by the concrete tubes. These tubes are also designed to spiral around a central keystone-like structure on a square-shaped plot. This design was chosen in order to align with Rudolph's vision for a futuristic obelisk. This architectural style which the towers employ is known as brutalism, with some postmodern elements added. The plot of land which it sits on is mostly resembles a trapezoid and takes up the majority of the land on the block. The inside is similarly as complex; tenants and visitors alike are confused at the various openings and exits. Although they may appear identical at first, one is taller and has three more floors than its shorter counterpart. The complex sits on the Jerome Yard, which forces the heights of the buildings to differ by a significant margin. More specifically, the yard is under the complex's parking lot and is used to store trains of the 4 line and houses a maintenance shop. The parking lot of Tracey Towers maintains the same design as the towers proper. About a story tall, an ear-shaped route which ramps downward toward the intersection at Mosholu Parkway and Paul Ave is necessary for vehicles. Cars loop around on a curved, slightly elevated route to enter the lot which starts on the intersection with Mosholu Parkway and Jerome Avenue. The entire route is one-way only, and it goes under the East Tower at one point. The route is mostly separate from the parking lot except for where cars exit/enter it. A blue basketball court is present on the building. The Jerome Yard is located under the parking lot, which stores the R142s and R142As of the 4 train. A yellow, blocky maintenance building cuts through some of the parking lot space. A stub of the IRT Jerome Avenue Line diverges from the main line heading west, sloping down until the tracks travel under the parking lot. Another, human-accessible entrance exists at Paul Avenue below the exit ramp mentioned below. It also handles vehicles. Like the rest of the complex, the parking lot has been tampered with by both natural and man-made sources. This includes graffiti and vines stretching through all of the parking lot's walls. Tracey Towers Tracey Towers refers to two twin buildings designed by the noted architect Paul Rudolph,"
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"Wolf Wondratschek Wolf Wondratschek (born August 14, 1943) is a German author. He was born in Rudolstadt in Thuringia. Wondratschek grew up in Karlsruhe. From 1962 through 1967, he studied literature, philosophy and sociology at the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg, Georg-August University of Göttingen, and the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main. In 1968, Wolf won the prestigious Leonce and Lena Prize for poetry given by the city of Darmstadt. The next year, Wolf's first book, \"Früher begann der Tag mit einer Schußwunde\", came out to critical acclaim; the short stories which included his famous piece, \"Mittagspause\". During 1970 and 1971, Wolf was a Research Fellow at the University of Warwick. In 1970, he won the Hörspielpreis der Kriegsblinden for his radio play \"Paul oder die Zerstörung\" (\"Paul or the Destruction\"). He continued to publish both poetry and prose during the 1980s, when he took an extended vacation to the United States, and Mexico. Upon his return to Germany, Wondratschek settled into residences in Munich and Vienna, publishing not only poetry and prose, but also radio plays and screenplays. In 2012, Wolf was awarded the Literaturpreis der Wilhelm und Christine Hirschmann-Stiftung, a Bavarian literary prize. Wondratschek was influenced mainly by writers from Gruppe 47, such as Ingeborg Bachmann and Paul Celan. His work is characterized by its sparseness and usage of \"colloquial language; his sentences are short and clear, grammatically reduced to a minimum.\" Wolf Wondratschek Wolf Wondratschek (born August 14, 1943) is a German author. He was born in Rudolstadt in Thuringia. Wondratschek grew up in Karlsruhe. From 1962 through 1967, he studied literature, philosophy and sociology at the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg, Georg-August University of Göttingen, and the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main. In 1968, Wolf won the prestigious Leonce and"
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"Asoo Billa Asoo Billa (2001) is a typical Pakistani Punjabi language masala action revenge flick. It became a sizeable and surprising hit in 2001. This Pakistani film is directed by classic Punjabi director Hasnain, who has produced films like \"Nikah\" and \"Naukar Tey Malik\" (1982). Asoo's (Shaan) father, who works in a local godown or warehouse finds that \"poe-durr\" (heroin) is being smuggled from the godown and he being the upright, virtuous (idiotic) type decides that he absolutely must go to the police to blow the whistle on the nefarious drug smuggling operation going on under his own very nose at the behest of his own employers. Asoo's dad meets a terrible fate, as the police turns out to be a party to the drug smuggling ring instead of rewarding the poor man for his civic sense and courage, thrashes and beats him to a pulp. Then the old man is fraudulently charged with the theft of Rupees 200,000, humiliated and thrown into prison. Meanwhile, a shell-shocked Asoo arrives at the police station where he is told that unless he manages to get hold of the money that his father has been accused of stealing, matters would get out of hand. When poor Asoo fails to turn up with the money on time the corrupt officer turns up at his home and humiliates Asoo’s mother and hits her and worse causes the dupatta to fall off her head. This indignity for Asoo is the last straw and as he arrives at the Police Station in a fury. It is only to find his dad being pummeled into a meatball. This for young Asoo is too much to take, and all of a sudden, the mild mannered Asoo is transformed into a drooling, axe-wielding maniac who proceeds to bludgeon to death what seems like the entire local police force. The next day in court, Asoo pleads guilty to murder and is sentenced to death so vehemently by the judge that he snubs his nib while writing the word death ... .deep, meaningful symbolism Lollywood style! Now the blood bath begins as his friend Ghiasia whisks Asoo away from jail in a deadly grenade attack. Asoo takes refuge with Sana the gold-hearted prostitute who shows up habitually to launch into an energetic dance complete with serious pelvic thrusting and torso twisting. Asoo Billa becomes the local Robin Hood, stealing from the rich to provide for the destitute and now it remains to be seen if he can complete his mission of destroying all his enemies before he is himself struck down and it doesn’t take a genius to guess exactly what does transpire later. Asoo Billa Asoo Billa (2001) is a typical Pakistani Punjabi language masala action revenge flick. It became a sizeable and surprising hit in 2001. This Pakistani film is directed by classic Punjabi director Hasnain, who has produced films like \"Nikah\" and \"Naukar Tey Malik\" (1982). Asoo's (Shaan) father, who works in a local godown or warehouse finds that"
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"John Day River The John Day River is a tributary of the Columbia River, approximately long, in northeastern Oregon in the United States. Undammed along its entire length, the river is the third longest free-flowing river in the contiguous United States. There is extensive use of its waters for irrigation. Its course furnishes habitat for diverse species, including wild steelhead and Chinook salmon runs. However, the steelhead populations are under federal Endangered Species Act (ESA) protections, and the Chinook salmon have been proposed for such protection. The river was named for John Day, a member of the Pacific Fur Company's overland expedition to the mouth of the Columbia River that left Missouri in 1810. Day struggled through eastern Oregon during the winter of 1811–12. While descending the Columbia River in April 1812, he and Ramsay Crooks were robbed and stripped naked by Native Americans at the mouth of the river that now bears his name, forcing them to hike back to friendly Umatilla Indians under extreme conditions. The absence of dams on the river causes its flow to greatly fluctuate throughout the year depending on snowpack and rainfall within the watershed. The highest flow recorded at a gauge on the lower John Day was on January 2, 1997. The lowest flow was no flow at all, which occurred on September 2, 1966; from August 15 to September 16, 1973; and on nine days in August 1977. The average flow at the gauge is . Through its tributaries, the river drains much of the western side of the Blue Mountains, flowing across the sparsely populated arid part of the state east of the Cascade Range in a northwest zigzag, then entering the Columbia upstream from the Columbia River Gorge. It flows through exceptionally scenic canyons in its upper course, with several significant paleontological sites along its banks. Elevations within the watershed range from at the river's mouth to more than in the Strawberry Mountains. The main branch of the John Day River rises in the Strawberry Mountains in eastern Grant County. The North Fork heads on the western slope of the Elkhorn Mountains in northeastern Grant County. The Middle Fork rises near the crest of the Blue Mountains on the eastern edge of Grant County. The South Fork's source is in northern Harney County, about south of the Grant County line. The main, south and middle forks each have their heads in different parts of the Malheur National Forest, while the North Fork's source is located within in the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest. The main fork flows initially north, then west through the John Day Valley and through the cities of Prairie City, John Day and Mount Vernon. At Dayville, in western Grant County, it is joined from the south by the South Fork John Day River, then flows north through Picture Gorge and the Sheep Rock Unit of the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument. At Kimberly in northwestern Grant County, it is joined from the east by the North Fork John Day River (which had already joined with the Middle Fork John Day River above Monument, Grant County, Oregon). The river then flows west across Wheeler County. At the county line with Jefferson County it flows north, past the Clarno Unit of the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument. As it approaches the Columbia River in north-central Oregon it flows in an increasingly meandering course, forming the boundary between Sherman County to the west and Gilliam County to the east. The John Day River joins the Columbia from the southeast approximately northeast of Biggs. The mouth of the river is on the narrow Lake Umatilla reservoir, formed on the Columbia by the John Day Dam, approximately downstream from the mouth of the John Day. The John Day is navigable by rafts and other small river craft by boaters who obtain permits provided by the BLM. The practice of a federal agency requiring person to obtain and pay for a permit to navigate the river is seriously called into questioned by the Oregon Admission Act of 1859, which specifically states, \"... said rivers and waters, and all the navigable waters of said State, shall be common highways and forever free, as well as to the inhabitants of said State as to all other citizens of the United States, without any tax, duty, impost, or toll therefor.\" This is not only a federal statute, but is also codified as a state statute [11 Stat. 383 (1859)], and is a term and condition of statehood. Its lower course is used for irrigation of cropland and ranching. In 1988, the United States Congress designated of the river from Service Creek to Tumwater Falls as Wild and Scenic for its recreational opportunities. The segment of the river is a popular destination for anadromous steelhead and warm water bass fishing, as well as whitewater rafting. In addition to wild spring chinook salmon and bass, the river furnishes habitat for Columbia River redband trout, bull trout, and westslope cutthroat trout. There are no hatchery salmon or steelhead released in the John Day River. John Day River The John Day River is a tributary of the Columbia River, approximately long, in northeastern Oregon in the United States. Undammed along its entire length, the river is the third longest free-flowing river in the contiguous United States. There is extensive use of its waters for irrigation. Its course furnishes habitat"
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"Good to See You Again, Alice Cooper Good to See You Again, Alice Cooper is a 1974 feature film starring Alice Cooper. The movie primarily features live concert footage of the Alice Cooper band on their record-breaking \"Billion Dollar Babies\" tour, filmed in Texas (mostly at the Sam Houston Coliseum) in April 1973, with some footage from other tour stops, including the Memorial Coliseum, Portland, Oregon, intercut with 'comedy' scenes of a German film director chasing the \"Cooper gang\" for revenge after they abandoned his would-be masterpiece movie. Two versions of the film exist. The alternate version was issued for its original theatrical release across the US in 1974. Poorly edited and virtually unscripted, the 'storyline' segments of the original version were replaced with B/W excerpts of scenes from old Hollywood movies. Despite this the film still failed at the box office. This version of the film remains commercially unreleased, although bootleg copies have been circulating amongst fans and at Record Fairs readily since the early-1980s. The original version of the film was eventually restored and released in 2005 on DVD, which includes Cooper providing insightful audio commentary. On September 14, 2010 Shout! Factory released the film (original version) on Blu-ray for the first time. The film was shown only in Broome County, NY on its opening day, the one place in the USA that banned Alice Cooper from playing at their arena the year before. The film provides a glimpse of a far less family-friendly Alice Cooper than that portrayed in the \"Welcome to My Nightmare\" concert film (shot two years later on the lead singer's first solo tour). The concert segments were performed by the original five-piece band (plus two live session musicians) at their artistic and commercial peak, and there is ample evidence of the behaviour and implications which made the early Alice Cooper character such a controversial figure. The heavy sarcasm, pointed social satire (mannequin stage-props equipped with pubic hair, skewered baby dolls, a bloody 'execution' sequence, and in the show's finale, when an American flag is unfurled and a Richard M. Nixon impersonator is 'beaten up' by the entire band), confrontational improvisation (frontman Cooper taunting audience members), and the infamous boa constrictor were all present. The special features of the DVD are: Good to See You Again, Alice Cooper Good to See You Again, Alice Cooper is a 1974 feature film starring Alice Cooper. The"
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"Ben Dunkelman Benjamin \"Ben\" Dunkelman (1913 – June 11, 1997) was a Canadian Jewish officer who served in the Canadian Army in World War II and the Israel Defense Forces in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. In Israel, he was called Benjamin Ben-David. Benjamin Dunkelman was the son of Polish-Jewish immigrants. His father was David Dunkelman, the founder of the Canadian men's retailers, Tip Top Tailors and his mother was a committed Zionist. Dunkelman and his siblings grew up on an estate, Sunnybrook Farm (now the site of Sunnybrook Medical Centre), northeast of Toronto. He attended Upper Canada College in Toronto. At 18 Dunkelman went off to work on a kibbutz in Palestine, at that time still under a British mandate. He returned to Toronto in 1932 to assist his father, but went again to Palestine in the late 1930s to develop new settlements. He was back in Toronto in 1939 when the Second World War broke out. He attempted to join the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN), but anti-semitism in the RCN at the time precluded a naval career. Instead Dunkelman enlisted as a private with The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada; as the war progressed he rose from Private to Major. He was in the second wave to land on Juno beach, the Canadian beach in the Normandy landings on D-Day 6 June 1944. During his career with the regiment he earned numerous commendations and a Distinguished Service Order (DSO) for his service in the Hochwald campaign. He also fought in the difficult earlier campaigns in northern France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany, including bloody battles at Caen, Falaise, and the Battle of the Scheldt Estuary that led to the critical port of Antwerp. After the war, he was offered command of the Queen's Own Rifles but declined owing to business interests at home. Dunkelman returned to Canada, but again decided to travel to war, this time to fight for Israel in the spring of 1948. He arrived there at a time when the Israeli army was short of officers with combat experience. Initially, he took command of a mortar unit in the Mahal, the legion of Jewish and Christian foreign volunteers fighting for Israel. Dunkelman's skill with mortars brought him to the attention of the Israeli High Command, and he was instrumental in the breaking of the siege of Jerusalem. Shortly afterwards, he became the commander of the 7th Brigade, the country's best-known armored brigade. In his autobiography, called \"Dual Allegiance\", Dunkelman tells the story of how, between July 8 and 18, 1948 during Operation Dekel, he led the 7th Brigade and its supporting units as it moved to capture the town of Nazareth. Nazareth surrendered after little more than token resistance. The surrender was formalized in a written agreement, where the town leaders accepted to cease hostilities in return for solemn promises from the Israeli officers, including Dunkelman, that no harm would come to the civilians of the town. Shortly after the capture, Dunkelman received orders from General Chaim Laskov to expel the civilian population from the town, which he refused to carry out. Israeli journalist and translator Peretz Kidron, with whom Dunkelman collaborated in writing \"Dual Allegiance\", reproduced his record of Dunkelman's account of the capture of Nazareth in a book chapter entitled \"Truth Whereby Nations Live\": 12 hours after Dunkelman had refused to expel the inhabitants of Nazareth, Laskov had appointed another officer as military governor. Dunkelman's defiance of the evacuation order forced Laskov to attempt to obtain sanction from a higher level. However, David Ben-Gurion finally vetoed the order; the Arab inhabitants in Nazareth were never forced to evacuate. During the war, Dunkelman met and married Yael Lifshitz, a fellow volunteer in the Israeli Army. After the war Dunkelman was offered, but refused, a commission in the peacetime Israeli Army; the Dunkelmans returned instead to Toronto where he went into the family business, which he expanded then sold to Dylex Limited in 1967. He later became a developer. Among his developments were the Cloverdale Mall and the Constellation Hotel, later renamed the Regal Constellation Hotel. He and his wife also ran the Dunkelman Gallery in Toronto as well as several restaurants. He was also one of the founders of the Island Yacht Club. Dunkelman lived in retirement in Toronto until his death. There is a bridge on the Lebanese border called \"Gesher Ben\" in Dunkelman's honor. His story is told in the film \"Ben Dunkelman: The Reluctant Warrior\". Ben Dunkelman Benjamin \"Ben\" Dunkelman (1913 – June 11, 1997) was a Canadian Jewish officer who served in the Canadian Army in World War II and the Israel Defense Forces in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. In Israel, he was called Benjamin Ben-David. Benjamin Dunkelman was the son of Polish-Jewish immigrants. His father was David Dunkelman, the founder"
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"Eleazar Jiménez Eleazar Jiménez Zerquera (25 June 1928 – 6 May 2000) was a Cuban chess master. Jiménez won the Cuban Championship five times, in 1957, 1960, 1963, 1965, and 1967. He won the Pan American Chess Championship three times, in 1963, 1966 and 1970. In 1962, he tied for 15-16th in Havana (1st Capablanca Memorial; Miguel Najdorf won). In 1963, he tied for 2nd-3rd in Havana (zonal). In 1963, he tied for 16-17th in Havana (2nd Capablanca Memorial; Viktor Korchnoi won). In 1963, he took 14th in Moscow (Vasily Smyslov won). In 1964, he took 15th in Havana (3rd Capablanca Memorial; Wolfgang Uhlmann and Smyslov won). In 1965, he took 15th in Havana (4th Capablanca Memorial; Smyslov won). In 1966, he tied for 1st-2nd with Albéric O'Kelly de Galway in Costa del Sol, Spain. In 1967, he took 2nd in Caracas (zonal). In 1967, he took 18th in Palma de Mallorca (Bent Larsen won). In 1967, he took 16th in Leningrad (Korchnoi won). In 1968, he took 7th in Havana (6th Capablanca Memorial; Ratmir Kholmov won). In 1969, he tied for 8-9th in Havana (7th Capablanca Memorial; Alexei Suetin and Korchnoi won). In 1969, he tied for 1st-2nd with Olavo Yépez in Quito (zonal), and beat him in a playoff match (2,5 : 0,5). In 1970, he took 24th in Palma de Mallorca (interzonal; Robert James Fischer won). In 1971, he played for Cuba at first board (+2 –1 =3), and won team silver medal in Tucuman (1st Pan-American Chess Team Championship). In 1972, he took 16th in Cienfuegos (9th Capablanca Memorial; Anatoly Lein won). Jimenez played for Cuba in seven Chess Olympiads. Jimenez was awarded the International Master (IM) title in 1963. Eleazar Jiménez Eleazar Jiménez Zerquera (25 June 1928 – 6 May 2000) was a Cuban chess"
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"Scott Coffey Scott Coffey (born Thomas Scott Coffey; May 1, 1967) is an American actor, director, producer and screenwriter. His film credits include \"Shag\", \"Some Kind of Wonderful\", \"Dream Lover\", and \"Mulholland Drive\". He directed \"Ellie Parker\" in 2005. Coffey was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, where he began his acting career appearing in school plays, community theatre and with the Hawaii Performing Arts Company. He also appeared in several episodic television shows. He is now an acclaimed writer director. Coffey lives in Berlin, Germany and L.A. with his longtime boyfriend, novelist Blair Mastbaum. At sixteen, with the money he had earned acting, he travelled to Europe. Inspired by Bertolucci's \"La Luna\", he felt compelled to visit Rome along with Paris and Budapest. He stayed three years, attending high school in Rome and acting in seven films, including \"Once Upon a Time in America\" and the CBS miniseries \"Christopher Columbus\". While on location for \"Christopher Columbus\", he was contacted by the William Morris Agency and moved to New York, where he signed with the agency and studied acting while co-starring in the off-Broadway play \"It's All Talk\". After a year he moved to Los Angeles to pursue his film career and has been working ever since, appearing in \"Ferris Bueller's Day Off\" and \"SpaceCamp\" His television work includes a special \"The New Twilight Zone\" entitled \"Private Channel\", as well as an episode of \"Amazing Stories\" episode directed by Robert Zemeckis. His feature film, \"Ellie Parker\" (2005), which finished production in July 2005, was an Official Selection of the 2005 Sundance Film Festival and won the New American Cinema Special Jury Prize at the Seattle International Film Festival. It was released in late 2005 by Strand Releasing. He wrote another film based on \"All God's Children Can Dance\" by Haruki Murakami. Scott Coffey Scott Coffey (born Thomas Scott Coffey; May 1, 1967) is an American actor, director, producer and screenwriter. His film credits include \"Shag\", \"Some Kind of Wonderful\", \"Dream Lover\", and \"Mulholland Drive\". He directed \"Ellie Parker\" in 2005. Coffey was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, where he began his acting career appearing in school plays, community theatre and with the Hawaii Performing Arts Company. He also appeared in several episodic television shows. He is now an acclaimed writer director. Coffey lives in Berlin, Germany and L.A. with his longtime boyfriend, novelist Blair Mastbaum. At sixteen, with the"
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"Boulazac Basket Dordogne Boulazac Basket Dordogne, shortly named BBD, is a French professional basketball club, based in Boulazac. The team currently plays in the LNB Pro A, the first level of basketball in France. Originally playing in Périgueux as \"US périgourdine\", the club moved to the city of Boulazac (suburb of Périgueux) in 1992 when a new sport hall was constructed. The club evolved in French Pro B from 2005 to 2012. The club finished 2nd in the 2011–12 LNB Pro B and was finalist in the play-offs, gaining the right to compete in top Pro A league for the 2012–13 season. Boulazac Basket Dordogne Boulazac Basket Dordogne, shortly named BBD, is a French professional basketball club, based in Boulazac. The team currently plays in the LNB Pro A, the first level of basketball in France. Originally playing in Périgueux as \"US périgourdine\", the club moved to the city of Boulazac (suburb of Périgueux) in 1992 when a new sport hall was constructed. The club evolved in French Pro B from 2005 to 2012. The club finished 2nd in the 2011–12 LNB Pro B and was finalist in the play-offs, gaining the right to compete in top Pro A league"
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"Brothers Stoney Brothers Stoney is an Australian hip hop group hailing from Brisbane, Queensland. The crew comprises emcees Lazy Grey and Len One. Both Lazy Grey and Len One are members of the Brisbane hip hop crew, 750 Rebels. Lazy Grey and Len One, along with Melbourne MC Bias B, were in a crew called Boney & Stoney. Boney & Stoney released a self-titled EP in 1999, which has become known as one of the top pioneering releases of Australian hip hop. It was rated as the number 1 Australian hip hop 12\" record by Melbourne-based DJ/producer Doc Felix. The group reformed for individual performances in more recent years, including a show in Perth in December 2010 and at a gig forming part of the Robert Hunter Cup in Melbourne in October 2012 in memory of MC Hunter. Brothers Stoney have played at Livid Festival (2001), Good Vibrations Festival (2004) and performed alongside artists such as Native Ryme Syndicate (2001). Brothers Stoney have had airplay on Australian radio programs and stations such as national broadcaster Triple J, Melbourne station 3RRR, and Brisbane station 4ZZZ. Lazy Grey was in a Brisbane band called \"Towering Inferno\" with DJ Damage and B-Boy Flex in 1994–1997. The group performed at the first \"B-Boy Kingdom\" hip hop jam in 1996. Lazy Grey has collaborated with artists such as Brisbane band, Resin Dogs (Hi Fidelity Dirt album, 2003), Bias B, Brad Strut, Pegz, Tornts. Lazy Grey's musical style has been described as \"Ocker hip hop\" by Tony Mitchell in his paper \"The Reography of Reason: Australian Hip Hop as Experimental History and Pedagogy\": \"‘Ocker’ hip hop is mainly Anglo-Australian, insists on using a broad Australian accent, with frequent swearing and recourse to Australian slang, decries MCs who rap with an American accent as ‘wack’ (ridiculous) and often celebrates aspects of Anglo-Australian working class culture like barbecues, sport and pubs. Prominent exponents include the Hilltop Hoods, Brisbane’s Lazy Grey and Perth-based ‘femcee’ Layla.\" OzHipHop.com's hip hop music reviewer, gerling in her review of Lazy Grey's \"The Soundtrack\" album, noted that, \"Lazy Grey has lost none of his frustrated verbal elegance, and with 'The Soundtrack' he proves that he is one of Oz hip hop's pre-eminent MCs. His diction is crisp, his flow is effortless and he can still write intricate, clever rhymes\". Boney & Stoney (1999) Stone Broke (2003) Tappin Buttons (Instrumentals) (2004) On Tap (with Len-one) (Cassette only) (1997) On or Off Tap (1998) Banned in Queensland (2004) The Soundtrack (2009) Begged, Borrowed or Stolen (2006) (with DJ DCE) Brothers Stoney Brothers Stoney is an Australian hip hop group hailing from Brisbane, Queensland. The crew comprises emcees Lazy Grey and Len One. Both Lazy Grey and Len One are members of the Brisbane hip hop crew, 750 Rebels. Lazy Grey and Len One, along with Melbourne MC Bias B, were in a crew called Boney & Stoney. Boney & Stoney released a self-titled EP in 1999, which has become known as one of the top pioneering"
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"South Korea at the 2014 Winter Olympics South Korea competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia from 7 to 23 February 2014. The team consisted of 71 athletes and 49 officials. This marks an increase of 25 athletes from four years prior. Originally 64 athletes were named to the team but reallocations brought the final team size to 71 athletes. South Korea left Sochi with a total of 8 medals (3 gold, 3 silver, and 2 bronze), its lowest total at the Winter Olympics since 2002; female athletes won seven of these medals. With Pyeongchang being the host city of the 2018 Winter Olympics, a Korean segment was performed at the closing ceremony. According to the quota allocation released on 27 January 2014, South Korea has qualified a total quota of five athletes in alpine skiing. Based on their performance at the 2012 and 2013 Biathlon World Championships South Korea qualified 1 man and 1 woman. According to the quota allocation released on 27 January 2014, South Korea has qualified a total quota of two athletes, each of them will compete only in classical events. Based on results from 2012 World Women's Curling Championship and the 2013 World Women's Curling Championship, South Korea has qualified their women's team as one of the seven highest ranked nations. South Korea has a bye in draws 1, 5 and 9. \"Monday, February 11, 9:00\" \"Tuesday, February 11, 19:00\" \"Wednesday, February 12, 14:00\" \"Thursday, February 13, 19:00\" \"Friday, February 14, 14:00\" \"Saturday, February 15, 9:00\" \"Sunday, February 16, 14:00\" \"Monday, February 17, 9:00\" \"Monday, February 17, 19:00\" South Korea has achieved the following quota places: Three athletes were named to the team. Based on their performance at the 2013–14 Luge World Cup, South Korea has achieved a total quota of four athletes and a spot in the mixed team relay due to allocation. Based on their performance at the two World Cup events in November 2013 South Korea qualified a full team of 5 men and 5 women. Noh Jin-kyu qualified for the team but broke his elbow on 14 January 2014 and will miss the Olympics. His replacement was named as Lee Ho-suk. Due to a conflict with or lack of support from the South Korean coaches and national short-track administrators, Ahn Hyun-soo, one of South Korea's best skaters, left the Korean team and competed for Russia in these Olympics. He defeated the Korean skaters in all four short track events and the Korean men were completely shut out of medals in these Olympics. South Korea has qualified two spots in the men's event for the first time in history on its fourth consecutive Olympics. South Korea has received the following start quotas: Based on the results from the fall World Cups during the 2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup season, South Korea has earned the following start quotas: On 11 February 2014, Lee Sang-hwa won the gold medal for the women's 500m longtrack speedskating race, having previously won the one at the 2010 Games. She became the first woman since Catriona Le May Doan at the 2002 Games to defend her gold at the event. She became the third woman to win back-to-back golds at the 500m, and hence the first Korean woman to do so. South Korea at the 2014 Winter Olympics South Korea competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia from 7 to 23 February 2014. The team consisted of 71 athletes and 49 officials. This marks an increase of 25 athletes from four years prior. Originally 64 athletes were named to the team but reallocations"
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"Our Lady of Graces Our Lady of Graces (Italian: \"Madonna delle Grazie\" or \"Nostra Signora delle Grazie\") or St Mary of Graces (Italian: \"Santa Maria delle Grazie\") is a devotion to the Virgin Mary in the Roman Catholic Church. Churches with this dedication often owe their foundation to thankfulness for graces received from the Virgin Mary, and are particularly numerous in Italy, India, Australia, United States, France and the Italian-speaking region of Switzerland. Our Lady of Graces is the patron saint of the diocese of Faenza. According to a legend, in 1412, Mary appeared to a local woman. Mary was holding broken arrows symbolizing protection against God's wrath and promised an end to the plagues. Faenza Cathedral has a chapel dedicated to Our Lady, while residents often place ceramic titles with the image on their homes. Other Italian towns that have Our Lady of Graces as their patron saint include: The Our Lady of Grace Parish was once a small hut where religious services were held in the presence of few people. It commenced when the Archbishop of Manila, Most Rev. Michael J. O’ Doherty, granted the request of the OMI Superior in the Philippines, Rev. Fr. Gerard Mongeau, to establish a house in Grace Park. The Philippine Realty Corporation, administrators of the Grace Park Subdivision, donated the use of eight lots in Block 171 for the church. With the help of the U.S. Signal Corps, a temporary chapel was built. The first Eucharistic Celebration was done on May 16, 1946, by Rev. Fr. Joseph F. Boyd, OMI, attended by thirty–five people. The small church was blessed on September 1946, with the Good Shepherd Convent taking care of the choir and the church decoration. But as early as mid–1949, just three years after the inauguration of the church, the need for a bigger space was seen because the number of parishioners can no longer be accommodated. In response to this necessity, the people of Grace Park launched a fund–raising campaign. After two years, a new church was ready to be blessed by the Archbishop of Manila, Rev. Msgr. Gabriel Reyes. The parish, a product of the Second Vatican Council (1963 – 1965), responded to the call of mounting the dignity of man, being the “People of God”, by renewing the way of Christian Life and Church Structure. Through the active leadership of the OMI Fathers and the Oblates of Notre Dame (OND) Sisters, Basic Ecclesial Communities were organized in eight specific areas of the parish, in order to aid the people regarding the political, environmental, and socio–economical issues. It is also in this period that, the Notre Dame of Greater Manila was established, a school governed by the Oblates of Mary Immaculate that aims to form people of aptitude and morals. Today, Our Lady of Grace Parish is a clear reflection of what people living in Kalookan are like; industrious, helpful, loving, and faithful. Time may move on, but the spirit of St. Eugene de Mazenod and of our Mother will continue to stir through the lives of his priests and her parishioners. The church co-patron is St. Eugene de Mazenod and the feast of Our Lady of Grace is observed every first Sunday of May. There are many thousands of paintings by this name throughout Italy. One may be seen at Grosseto Cathedral (by Matteo di Giovanni, 1470), in the church of San Lorenzo at Poggibonsi, and in the cathedral of Perugia. Unlike the Madonna del Soccorso or the Madonna della Misericordia, the Madonna delle Grazie has no particular iconography, although many of these paintings represent just the head or bust of the Virgin. A full-figure Madonna Lactans, with both of Santa Maria's breasts fully exposed and showering lactating grace down upon souls in purgatory, was painted in Ravello, Italy, by bequest of Don Pietro Marciano (1 October 1572), and placed in a chapel he had built to hold it on Punta Paradiso (1576), overlooking Minori. A gift to the Madonna for the miraculous deliverance at Lepanto, this village-style icon was restored in 2014. A renewal of its lost devotion and the restoration of the chapel are being contemplated. There are statues of her by Antonello Gagini at Chiesa dell'Osservanza, Catanzaro and the church of Madrice Vecchia, Castelbuono, and by Vincenzo Gagini at the Church of San Martino, Randazzo. Another statue sculpted from wood by Mariano Gerada could be found in Żabbar a Maltese town dedicated to Our Lady of Graces, Il-Madonna tal-Grazzja, as known by the locals. Festivals to her are again celebrated in many places. In Italy one of the most famous is at Catenanuova. In Stamford, Connecticut she is celebrated by emigrants from Minturno. In the Maltese Islands at Żabbar and Victoria the feast is celebrated on the first Sunday after 8 September every year and is the last feast of the Summer season. Our Lady of Graces Our Lady of Graces (Italian: \"Madonna delle Grazie\" or \"Nostra Signora delle Grazie\") or St Mary of Graces (Italian: \"Santa Maria delle Grazie\") is a devotion to the Virgin Mary in the Roman Catholic Church. Churches with this dedication often owe their foundation to thankfulness for graces received from the Virgin Mary, and are particularly numerous in Italy, India, Australia, United States, France and the Italian-speaking region of Switzerland. Our Lady of Graces is the patron saint of the diocese of Faenza. According to a legend, in 1412,"
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"Francis Palmer Selleck Sir Francis Palmer Selleck (20 August 1895 – 2 October 1976) was an Australian businessman and politician who served as the 73rd Lord Mayor of Melbourne. He was the grandson of the first Francis Palmer Selleck (1824–1883), of Shaugh Prior, Meavy and Plympton, Devon. Sir Francis Palmer Selleck was the son of Christopher and Emily Selleck, née Latimer. Christopher Selleck was born at the \"Royal Oak Inn\" at Meavy in Devon. He emigrated to Australia before 1890 as he married Emily Latimer at Nathalia, Victoria, in 1890. There were two children of this marriage: On 9 March 1915 Selleck enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force. Posted to the 24th Battalion, he served (from September) at Gallipoli as quartermaster sergeant. In May 1916 he was sent to the Western Front where he was commissioned (September), appointed adjutant (September 1917), promoted captain (January 1918), mentioned in dispatches (May) and wounded in action (July). For his work between March and September 1918—making reconnaissances under enemy fire and organizing the battalion's movements—he was awarded the Military Cross. His AIF appointment ended on 23 April 1920. In 1923 he helped to form the Legacy Club of Melbourne, of which he was inaugural treasurer. He has been credited with suggesting the name, 'Legacy'. At All Saints Church, St Kilda, on 22 December 1923 he married with Anglican rites Mollie Constance Maud Miller. In 1949 he was elected to the Melbourne City Council. He improved its management practices and chaired a committee which recommended ways to achieve economies and raise additional revenue. On 30 August 1954 he was elected Lord Mayor. He held office for three, consecutive, one-year terms. The third term was unexpected: councillors had intended that Sir Frank Beaurepaire would be Lord Mayor during the Olympic Games, but he died in May 1956. Selleck presided over the redevelopment of the city centre, including the neglected sites of the Eastern and Western markets. Recognizing the potential of postwar Melbourne, he advocated increased loans as a means of providing municipal infrastructure. He took advantage of the Olympic Games and the attendant publicity to promote his city. Selleck gained a reputation for directness and efficiency, characteristics which were sometimes interpreted as irascibility by council staff. He was a self-made man, and his success had been earned. In 1956 he failed to win Liberal and Country Party pre-selection for a seat in the Legislative Council. He was knighted that year and appointed as a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1957. Francis Palmer Selleck Sir Francis Palmer Selleck (20 August 1895 – 2 October 1976) was an Australian businessman and politician who served as the 73rd Lord Mayor of Melbourne. He was the grandson of the first Francis Palmer Selleck (1824–1883), of Shaugh Prior, Meavy and Plympton, Devon. Sir Francis Palmer Selleck was the son of Christopher and Emily Selleck, née Latimer. Christopher Selleck was born at the \"Royal Oak Inn\" at Meavy in Devon. He emigrated to Australia before 1890 as"
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"Sigizmund Levanevsky Sigizmund Aleksandrovich Levanevsky (; ) (May 15, 1902 – August 13, 1937) was a Soviet aircraft pilot of Polish origin and a Hero of the Soviet Union (1934). Sigizmund Levanevsky was born to a Polish family in St. Petersburg. His brother Józef Lewoniewski (1899-1933) was a Polish military and sports pilot. Sigizmund took part in the October Revolution on the Bolshevik side, later took part in the civil war in Russia, serving in the Red Army since 1918. In 1925 he graduated from the Sevastopol Naval Aviation School and became a military pilot. In 1930 he was withdrawn to reserve. Levanevsky became a pilot for the Glavsevmorput' (Main Northern Maritime Route's Administration) - providing ice reconnaissance for shipping convoys in the eastern part of the northeast passage. In July 1933 he achieved his first international fame during the evacuating flight from Anadyr to Nome of the American pilot James Mattern who had crash landed to the west of Anadyr during his attempt to break the record for a solo rtw flight. The following year Levanevsky and fellow-pilot Mavriky Slepnyov traveled to Alaska to obtain a pair of Consolidated Fleetster transport planes for use in the aerial rescue efforts for the passengers of the crushed steamship Cheliuskin. During the March 24th flight from Nome, Levanevsky's plane was forced down at Kolyuchin Bay on the north Chukotka coast and during landing its skis were ripped off. Slepnyov evacuate him to the operations base at Vankarem but without a plane Levanevsky did not participate in the rescue efforts. However, he would later shuttle the ill captain of the Cheliuskin to Alaska for emergency attention - for which he was awarded the title of the Hero of the Soviet Union. On August 3, 1935 Levanevsky and a two-man crew (co-pilot Georgy Baidukov and navigator Victor Levchenko) attempted a transpolar flight from Moscow to San Francisco in a prototype single engine Tupolev ANT-25 long-range bomber. A thousand miles into the flight (just north of the Kola Peninsula) the engine developed an oil-leak and Levanevsky chose to scuttle the mission. The following year Levanevsky and navigator Levchenko sought to prove the possibility of an air route between the U.S. and U.S.S.R. via the Alaskan-Bering Strait, and completed a 11,800+ mile multistage flight from Los Angeles to Moscow in a Vultee V-1A floatplane. On August 12, 1937 a type Bolkhovitinov DB-A (no. N-209, a \"Dalniy Bombardirovshik-Academy\", i.e. Long-range Bomber) aircraft with 6-men crew under captaincy of Levanevsky started its long distance flight from Moscow to the United States via the North Pole. The radio communications with the crew broke off the next day, on the 13th of August, at 17:58 Moscow time when the aircraft encountered adverse weather conditions. The Soviet Government financed two aerial searches for the missing aircraft using purchased US aircraft under the command of Canadian bush and Antarctic pilot Herbert Hollick-Kenyon in 1937 and 1938. Jimmie Mattern flew a Lockheed 12, \"The Texan\" from California to assist in the search for his former rescuer in the initial search. After the unsuccessful search attempts all the members of the crew were presumed dead. In March 1999, Dennis Thurston of the Minerals Management Service in Anchorage located what appeared to be wreckage in the shallows of Camden Bay, between Prudhoe Bay and Kaktovik. There was conjecture in the media that it was Levanevsky's aircraft, but a subsequent attempt to locate the object again proved unsuccessful. Sigizmund Levanevsky Sigizmund Aleksandrovich Levanevsky (; ) (May 15, 1902 – August 13, 1937) was a Soviet aircraft pilot of Polish origin and a Hero of the Soviet"
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"Central Baseball League The Central Baseball League, formerly the Texas–Louisiana League, was a minor league whose member teams were independent of any Major League Baseball affiliations. In 1991, potential owners, Dallas businessman Byron Pierce and U. S. Congressman John Bryant, became frustrated that the Texas League had no plans to expand into other Texas locations, and formed The Texas–Louisiana League. The league began play in 1994. After further expansion into Missouri and Mississippi, the Texas–Louisiana League changed its name to the Central Baseball League. In 12 seasons, the league produced 10 different champions; Alexandria and Edinburg were the only teams to win a title twice. After the 2005 season, the eight-team Central Baseball League disbanded. Five teams joined the American Association: Pensacola, Shreveport, Fort Worth, Coastal Bend and El Paso; and one joined the United League, San Angelo. Edinburg also received a franchise in the United League, unrelated to the now-defunct Roadrunners of the Central League. The following teams were, at one time, either a member of the Central Baseball League or the Texas–Louisiana League. Central Baseball League The Central Baseball League, formerly the Texas–Louisiana League, was a minor league whose member teams were independent of any Major League Baseball"
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"Yale Club of New York City The club is located at 50 Vanderbilt Avenue, at the intersection of East 44th Street, across Vanderbilt Avenue from Grand Central Terminal and the MetLife Building. Four other clubs affiliated with Ivy League universities have clubhouses in the surrounding neighborhood: the Harvard Club of New York, the Princeton Club of New York, the Penn Club of New York City, and the Cornell Club. The neighborhood also includes similar clubs not affiliated with universities, like the New York Yacht Club and the University Club of New York, as well as the flagship stores of Brooks Brothers, J. Press, and Paul Stuart, which traditionally catered to the club set. The 22-story clubhouse contains three dining spaces (the \"Tap Room,\" the \"Grill Room,\" and the Roof Dining Room and Terrace), three bars (in the Tap Room, Grill Room, and Main Lounge), banquet rooms for up to 500 people, 138 Guest Rooms, a library, a Fitness and Squash Center with three international squash courts, and a barber shop, among other amenities. The heart of the clubhouse is the main lounge, a large room with a high, ornate ceiling and large columns and walls lined with fireplaces and portraits of the five Yale-educated United States presidents, all of whom are or were members of the Yale Club: William Howard Taft, Gerald R. Ford, George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush. Outside the lounge above the main staircase hangs a posthumous portrait of Elihu Yale by Francis Edwin Elwell. The roots of the club reach back to 1868 and the foundation of the Old Yale Alumni Association of New York. In response to the association's desire for a permanent clubhouse, it formally established the Yale Club in 1897. One of the incorporators was Senator Chauncey Depew, whose portrait by the Swiss-born American artist Adolfo Müller-Ury painted in 1890 hangs in the building. The first president of the Yale Club was attorney Thomas Thacher, founder of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett. The first clubhouse was a rented brownstone at 17 East 26th Street. Thereafter, in 1901, the club built and opened a new, twelve-story clubhouse at 30 West 44th Street, which today is home to the Penn Club of New York. The current clubhouse opened in June 1915, designed by architect and Yale alumnus James Gamble Rogers. It was largely paid for by money raised or contributed by President George C. Ide of Brooklyn (whose portrait by George Burroughs Torrey also hangs in the building). It purposely was situated on the very corner where Yale alumnus Nathan Hale was hanged by the British Army for espionage during the American Revolution. Today, the site of Hale's execution is disputed. According to the Ken Burns documentary \"Prohibition\", the Yale Club was able to stock up enough liquor to see the club through the repeal of Prohibition in 1933. In July 1999, the Yale Club became the first of New York's Ivy League university clubs to change its dress code to business casual, a move which upset some members and was received with polite scorn from other clubs. Today, the dress code remains business casual, except in the athletic facilities. In the fall of 2012, the club began to allow denim to be worn in the library, the Grill Room, and on the rooftop terrace during the summer, but nowhere else, as long as it is \"neat, clean, and in good repair.\" Following the September 11 attacks in 2001, the Heisman Trophy, traditionally presented at the Downtown Athletic Club, was presented at the Yale Club in 2002 and 2003. The 2002 winner was quarterback Carson Palmer of the USC Trojans, and the 2003 winner was quarterback Jason White of the University of Oklahoma Sooners. Before the two Heisman Trophy ceremonies, the un-awarded trophy itself was displayed in the Yale Club's lobby, flanked by portraits of Yale's two Heisman winners, end Larry Kelley (1936) and halfback Clint Frank (1937). In June 2007, former United States Solicitor General and onetime Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork sued the club in federal court. Bork alleged that, while trying to reach the dais to speak at an event for \"The New Criterion\" magazine, he fell because the club negligently failed to provide steps or a handrail between the floor and the dais. Bork claimed that his injuries required surgery, immobilized him for months, forced him to use a cane, and left him with a limp. He sought judgment for $1 million in damages plus punitive damages and attorney's fees. In May 2008, Bork and the club reached a confidential, out-of-court settlement. To be eligible for election to membership, a candidate must be alumni, faculty member, or full-time graduate student of Yale University. The club also offers legacy memberships for any Yale-affiliated member's children. The club sends out a monthly newsletter to all members. Yale College did not allow women to become members until 1969. Wives of members even had to enter the club through a separate entrance (today the service entrance), and were not allowed to have access to much of the clubhouse. Once Yale opened to women, however, the club quickly followed suit on July 30, 1969, although the club did not open its bar, dining room, or athletic facilities to women until 1974 and did not open its swimming pool (known as \"the plunge\") to women until 1987. Now, though, women constitute a large percentage of the club's membership. Three other, smaller clubs also are in residence at the Yale Club: the Dartmouth Club, the Virginia Club, and the Delta Kappa Epsilon Club. Members of these other clubs have the same access to the clubhouse and its facilities as members of the Yale Club itself. According to a book published for the club's 1997 centennial, members at that time included George H. W. Bush, Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Gerald Ford, John Kerry and George Pataki. Among others were architect Cesar Pelli and author David McCullough. Today, the Yale Club has over 11,000 members worldwide. Notes Yale Club of New York City The club is located at 50 Vanderbilt Avenue, at the intersection of East 44th Street, across Vanderbilt Avenue from Grand Central Terminal and the MetLife Building. Four other clubs affiliated with Ivy League universities have clubhouses in the surrounding neighborhood: the Harvard Club of New York, the Princeton Club of New York, the Penn Club of New York City, and the Cornell Club. The neighborhood also includes similar clubs not affiliated with universities, like the New York Yacht Club and the University Club of New York, as well as the flagship stores of Brooks"
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"Khor Fakkan Khor Fakkan () is a city in Sharjah, located on the east coast of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Sharjah is the only one of the seven emirates that faces both the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. The city, the second largest on the east coast after Fujairah, is set on the picturesque bay of Khor Fakkan, which means \"Creek of Two Jaws\". Khor Fakkan is an enclave of the Emirate of Sharjah, being geographically surrounded by the emirate of Fujairah. It is the site of Khor Fakkan Container Terminal, the only natural deep-sea port in the region and one of the major container ports in the UAE. Khorfakkan has a long history of human settlement. There is evidence of post holes from the wooden uprights of the traditional barasti huts known as \"areesh\", similar to those found at Tell Abraq which dates from the 3rd to 1st millienium BC. Excavations by a team from the Sharjah Archaeological Museum have identified 34 graves and a settlement belonging to the early-mid 2nd millennium BC. These are clustered on rock outcrops overlooking the harbour. Around 1500, Duarte Barbosa described it as a village “around which are gardens and farms in plenty”. In 1580 the Venetian jeweler Gasparo Balbi noted \"Chorf\" in a list of places on the east coast of the United Arab Emirates, which is considered by historians to indicate Khor Fakkan. The Portuguese built a fort at Khor Fakkan that was a ruin by 1666. The log book of the Dutch vessel the \"Meerkat\" mentions this fort and another one, describing \"Gorfacan\" as a place on a small bay, with about 200 small houses built from date branches, near the beach. It refers to a triangular Portuguese fortress on the northern side, in ruins, and a fortress on a hill on the southern side, also in ruins, without garrison or artillery. As well as date palms, the \"Meerkat\"s log also mentions fig trees, melons, watermelons and myrrh. It notes several wells with \"good and fresh water\" used for irrigation. One reason suggested for the ruinous state of the forts is an invasion in 1623 of the Persian navy under the control of Omani Sheikh Muhammad Suhari. Suhari, facing a Portuguese counter-attack, withdrew to the Portuguese forts, including that of Khorfakkan. When the Persians were expelled, the Portuguese commander Rui Freire urged the people of Khorfakkan to remain loyal to the Portuguese crown and established a Portuguese customs office as well. In 1737, long after the Portuguese had been expelled from Arabia, the Persians again invaded Khor Fakkan, with some 5,000 men and 1,580 horses, with the help of the Dutch, during their intervention in the Omani civil war. In 1765 Khor Fakkan belonged to a sheikh of the Al Qasimi, Sharjah's ruling family, according to the German traveler Carsten Niebuhr. There is a map by the French cartographer Rigobert Bonne dating to about 1770 that shows the Arabian Peninsula and the Persian Gulf and includes Khor Fakkan. At the turn of the 19th century, Lorimer notes that Khor Fakkan had about 5,000 date trees and was home to about 150 houses of Naqbiyin and Arabicised Persians, amounting to some 800 souls. The population lived by cultivation and pearling and the town had seven shops. The German submarine U-533 sank about off the coast on 16 October 1943 during World War II. Divers found the wreck at a depth of in 2009. The modern Khor Fakkan Container Terminal was inaugurated in 1979, and is the only natural deep-sea port in the region, and one of the top ports in the Emirates for containers. The Dh 300 million ($81.75 million) project involved reclaiming some to increase the storage capacity and to facilitate large cranes, and deep quays to accommodate for major vessels over in length. As of 2004 it handled 1.6 million TEU's. Khor Fakkan lies on the east coast of the UAE, between the Indian Ocean and the Hajar Mountains. The bay of Khor Fakkan is north-east facing and is protected from prevailing winds by a jetty serving the container terminal. Tourism is well developed thanks to sandy beaches and the coral reefs that attract many divers. Khor Fakkan Beach lies to the north of the centre of the town. From November to April Khor Fakkan is sunny and warm during the day; the evenings are cool and humidity low. Daytime temperatures range from 18 °C to 30 °C. One may expect rain and tropical storms between January and March. The climate warms from May to September with the high temperature at noon in July and August reaching 40 °C. The nights too are warm, with the temperature reaching 36 °C, with high humidity. Khor Fakkan has one 4 star holiday beach resort, the Oceanic Hotel. The fish, fruit and vegetable \"souq\" is located at the southern end of the \"corniche\" and near the main highway. 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"Seka Aleksić Svetlana Seka Aleksić (; born 23 April 1981), married Piljikić, is a popular Bosnian-Serbian pop-folk recording artist. Born in Zvornik, Bosnia and Herzegovina she comes from an ethnically mixed marriage, the daughter of a Serb father, Milorad Aleksić, and Bosniak mother, Ibrima (\"née\" Ramić). Her father hails from Niš, and currently lives in Loznica. She has a younger half-brother named Nedžad Ramić. She started out singing in kafanas before reaching fame. Aleksić moved to Switzerland for two years to boost her career in clubs and discothèques. She signed with the record label Grand Production and released her debut studio album \"Idealno tvoja\" on 5 May 2002. Her mainstream success however came next year with her second album and hit-song \"Crno i zlatno\". With the 2015 and 2017 albums she switched to more pop sound. Seka Aleksić had two best-selling albums - \"Kraljica\" (2007) and \"Lek za spavanje\" (2017) and held two concerts in Belgrade Arena (2010 and 2018). In 2006, Aleksić had a part in the Serbian film \"\" as Smokvica, a girlfriend of a pop-folk star. Aleksić had her own clothing line, first was called \"Šošonka\" and was released at the same time as her third album, \"Dođi i uzmi me\" (2005) and the second clothing line is called \"Queen\" after her fourth album, \"Kraljica\" (\"Queen\", 2007). She even had her own reality show on Prva called \"Moja desna ruka\" (similar to Signed by Katie Price). In 2009, she became engaged and on September 12, 2010 got married to Veljko Piljikić. In 2016, they had a baby boy named Jakov. Aleksić along side her family resides in Stara Pazova, Serbia. [Category:Living people]] Seka Aleksić Svetlana Seka Aleksić (; born 23 April 1981), married Piljikić, is a popular Bosnian-Serbian pop-folk recording artist. Born in Zvornik, Bosnia and Herzegovina"
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"Jorge Wilstermann Jorge Wilstermann (April 23, 1910 in Punata, Bolivia – January 17, 1936 in Sipe Sipe), was the first Bolivian commercial pilot. The son of a mechanic who worked for Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano, Wilstermann took an interest in aviation, and became Bolivia's first civilian aviator. Jorge Wilstermann died in 1936, after an aeroplane accident when flying the Cochabamba–Oruro route on his Junkers airplane. Wilstermann's pioneerism inspired homages in Bolivia. His friend and the then boss of Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano, Wálter Lemm, requested that the name of the local airport in Cochabamba and the local football team's name (which was started by people involved in aviation, workers for Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano) be changed to Jorge Wilstermann in his honour. Jorge Wilstermann Jorge Wilstermann (April 23, 1910 in Punata, Bolivia – January 17, 1936 in Sipe Sipe), was the first Bolivian commercial pilot. The son of a mechanic who worked for Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano, Wilstermann took an interest in aviation, and became Bolivia's first civilian aviator. Jorge Wilstermann died in 1936, after an aeroplane accident when flying the Cochabamba–Oruro route on his Junkers airplane. Wilstermann's pioneerism inspired homages in Bolivia. His friend and the then boss of Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano, Wálter"
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"Cármen Lúcia Cármen Lúcia Antunes Rocha (; 19 April 1954) is a Brazilian jurist and member of the Supreme Federal Court since 2006. She is the second woman to have been chosen as a justice for the Court and Chief Justice and a professor of Constitutional Law at Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais. She was nominated by former President of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Antunes Rocha's work has been marked by the rigor with which she tries corruption cases and her firm stance regarding women's rights. She was President of the Superior Electoral Court of Brazil. She currently is the President of the Supreme Federal Court. She became Acting President from April 13, 2018 until April 14 of the same year, as President Michel Temer attended the VIII Summit of the Americas, and the president of the Chamber of Deputies, Rodrigo Maia, and the president of the Senate, Eunício Oliveira were outside Brazil. At her introduction to the role she was championed by José Celso de Mello Filho, the most senior justice of the court. Lucia replaced Ricardo Lewandowski who had been known for championing a reduction in oversight and an increase in remuneration for judges. Her champion gave a speech talking about the need to remove corruption, although the event had presence of a number of alleged suspects. In 2018, the minister Dias Toffoli succeeded Carmen Lúcia as president of the Court. Cármen Lúcia Cármen Lúcia Antunes Rocha (; 19 April 1954) is a Brazilian jurist and member of the Supreme Federal Court since 2006. She is the second woman to have been chosen as a justice for the Court and Chief Justice and a professor of Constitutional Law at Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais. She was nominated by former President of Brazil Luiz Inácio"
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"Alitalia Flight 771 Alitalia Flight 771 was a multi-leg Douglas DC-8-43 international scheduled flight from Sydney via Darwin, Bangkok, Bombay, Karachi and Tehran to Rome with 94 on board. On July 7, 1962 18:40 UTC (July 8, 1962, 00:10 local) it crashed into a hill about 84 km north-east of Bombay while on approach. The aircraft involved in the accident was a Douglas DC-8-43 constructed in 1962 and registered as I-DIWD to Alitalia. At the time of the accident the aircraft had sustained 964 flight hours. The registration and airworthiness certificates were both valid. The Captain of the flight had signed the Certificate of Maintenance on 6 July 1962. The aircraft was equipped with a VHF navigation receiver, glide slope receiver, marker beacon receiver, ADF receiver, Loran receiver, doppler radar and a transponder; but the aircraft did not have any flight recorders. No mechanical issues were reported, and the center of gravity and weight of the DC-8 were within permitted parameters. Nine crew members were aboard the flight. The cockpit crew consisted of: The remaining six members of the crew were flight attendants. Both the captain and co-pilot were trained navigators, but there was no individual navigator in the flight crew. After starting initially with 45 passengers in Sydney and taking on more passengers on the stops to Darwin and Singapore, Flight 771 departed from Bangkok at 15:16 UTC with 94 people aboard as stated by the load sheet, although the official flight plan stated there was to be 98 people aboard. The flight plan was not signed by the pilot-in-command, a violation of the Alitalia Operations Manual. Flight 771 first made communications with Bombay Flight Information Center at 17:20, during which the flight requested a weather forecast for landing, as well as stating their estimated time of arrival to be 18:45 and their altitude to be 36,000 feet. Between the times of 17:30 and 17:47 they were informed of the local weather forecast; Various weather reports for Bombay at the time of the accident indicated that there was light rain but no thunderstorms or other dangerous conditions. At 18:20 the flight switched to the Bombay approach frequency and requested to initiate descent when over the point of Aurangabad to an altitude of 20,000 feet. The descent was approved and the weather information provided was acknowledged. The flight initiated descent at 18:24:36 UTC, descending from 35,000 ft to 20,000 ft approximately twenty minutes before it was due to land at Bombay with an ETA at 18:45. At 18:25 the flight was cleared to take a transition level of 4,000 ft. Weather information was transmitted again at 18:28:04, with the QNH at 29.58 inches. At 18:29 the air traffic controller was informed of the flight's preference to land of runway 27. At 18:38:34 the flight was asked if it would be making a 360° over the beacon or landing in directly. At 18:38:49 the flight only replied \"OK\" leading to some confusion as to which approach would be taken. The flight clarified shortly thereafter that it would make a 360° over the outer beacon. At 18:38:54 the DC-8 reached an altitude of 5,000 feet; the flight plan provided by Alitalia prescribed a 100-mile descent to Bombay in 13 minutes. The flight continued descending further to 3,600 feet, well below the minimum safety altitude at 9,000 feet as well as below the 4,000 ft minimum initial approach altitude. The last communication heard from the aircraft was at 18:39:58 again confirming the 360° over the beacon. The DC-8 crashed into Davandyachi hill on a bearing of 240°. The wreckage of the aircraft was found scattered among trees on the hill with the remains of the cockpit altimeter at an altitude of 3,600 feet, only 5 feet short of the top. The DC-8 was completely destroyed and all persons aboard perished in the crash. Investigators explored several potential causes, including: navigational errors which led the pilot to believe that he was nearer to his destination than he actually was; failure to maintain the recommended safe altitude; and pilot unfamiliarity with the flight route. Pilot intoxication was initially suggested but ruled out as a contributing cause. Chart number 21 from the radio facility did not show the terrain the flight crashed into and only indicated the presence of a location 13 miles to the north at a height of 5,400 feet. Investigators concluded that errors in navigator led the pilot to think he was closer to the necessary point of descent than in reality resulting in a premature descent for a straight-in instrument approach at night, resulting in controlled flight into terrain. Secondary causes of the accident were cited as follows by the ICAO:\"1. Failure on the part of the pilot to make use of the navigational facilities available in order to ascertain the correct position, of the aircraft.2. Infringement of the prescribed minimum safe altitude.3. Unfamiliarity of the pilot with the terrain on the route.\" Alitalia Flight 771 Alitalia Flight 771 was a multi-leg Douglas DC-8-43 international scheduled flight from Sydney via Darwin, Bangkok, Bombay, Karachi and Tehran to Rome with 94 on board. On July 7, 1962 18:40 UTC (July 8, 1962, 00:10 local) it crashed into a hill about 84 km north-east of Bombay while on approach. The aircraft involved in the accident was a Douglas DC-8-43 constructed in 1962 and registered as I-DIWD to Alitalia. At the time of the accident"
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"Do You Feel What I Feel? \"Do You Feel What I Feel?\" is a song by British boy band JLS from their third studio album, \"Jukebox\". It was released as the album's third and final single on 30 December 2011. The song was written by Gloria Shayne Baker, Tebey, Julian Bunetta, Noël Regney, John Ryan, and it was produced by Julian Bunetta. The song samples Bing Crosby's classic festive hit \"Do You Hear What I Hear?\". The song charted at number 16 on the UK Singles Chart becoming their first single to miss the top 10. On 24 November 2011, the band announced on their website that the video for song will be live on 25 November. The preview pictures for the accompanying music video show the band in a winter setting and having a house party in the snow with Akai Osei, winner of \"Got To Dance\", as Aston Merrygold's cousin. The video was uploaded to JLS's official VEVO channel on 25 November, at a total length of three minutes and fifty-two seconds. The video was nominated for, and then later won \"Best Video\" at the 2012 MOBO Awards, giving the band their fifth MOBO award in four years. The video features radio presenter Eddie Nestor acting the part of Aston's uncle. The group performed the song live for the first time on 18 November 2011 on the Children in Need 2011 telethon. The group once again performed the song on 25 November on \"The Graham Norton Show\", and on their special for Channel 4's \"The Album Chart Show\" on 27 November. On 9 December, they performed the song with a live band for the Live Lounge section of Fearne Cotton's BBC Radio 1 show along with a cover of the Labrinth hit \"Earthquake\". They also performed the single on the New Year's Eve special of \"\". On 18 February 2012, they performed the song on the first live show of \"Let's Dance for Sport Relief\". For the band's Christmas special, \"A Very JLS Christmas\", they recorded a brand new remix of the song, featuring Alesha Dixon: Do You Feel What I Feel? \"Do You Feel What I Feel?\" is a song by British boy band JLS from their third studio album, \"Jukebox\". It was released as the album's third and final single on 30 December 2011. The song was written by Gloria Shayne Baker, Tebey, Julian Bunetta, Noël"
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"Luke Thompson (politician) Sir Luke Thompson (18 July 1867 – 15 January 1941) was a British coal merchant and Conservative politician. Thompson was born on Chester Road, Bishopwearmouth, the son of John Thompson (1823–1883), a coal merchant, and his wife, Catherine (née Liddell, 1826–1915). After schooling, he became a ship's draughtsman before entering into the coal trade. In the general election of 1922, Thompson was elected Member of Parliament for the two-seat constituency of Sunderland, alongside Walter Raine. Both defeated by the Labour politicians Marion Phillips and Alfred Smith in the general election of 1929, Thompson regained the seat in a by-election in 1931, following Smith's death. He then held the seat alongside Phillips, briefly, and then with Samuel Storey. Retaining the seat after the general election of 1931, he sat until the general election of 1935 when he retired. Thompson was knighted by George V in 1934. Thompson was accidentally killed on 15 January 1941 in Sunderland, aged 73, according to Sir Cuthbert Headlam, Bart. after \"trying to work a winch and [getting] caught up in the machinery.\" He was buried in Bishopwearmouth Cemetery with his wife's parents and siblings. On 19 October 1895, Thompson married Ann Trobe Potts (1869–1946) at Fawcett Street chapel, Sunderland. They had two daughters, Dorothy Trobe (1896-?) and Catherine (1900-?). Luke Thompson (politician) Sir Luke Thompson (18 July 1867 – 15 January 1941) was a British coal merchant and Conservative politician. Thompson was born on Chester Road, Bishopwearmouth, the son of John Thompson (1823–1883), a coal merchant, and his wife, Catherine (née Liddell, 1826–1915). After schooling, he became a ship's draughtsman before entering into the coal trade. In the general election of 1922, Thompson was elected Member of Parliament for the two-seat constituency of Sunderland, alongside Walter Raine. Both defeated by the Labour politicians"
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"Mapfre Mapfre, S.A. (, officially typeset MAPFRE) is a Spanish insurance company, based in Majadahonda, Madrid. The name comes from the old mutual origin of the company (\"Mutualidad de la Agrupación de Propietarios de Fincas Rústicas de España\"), but the company now only refers to itself as Mapfre. It is the leading insurance company in Spain and the largest non-life insurance company in Latin America. The company purchased Webster, Massachusetts-based Commerce Insurance Group, a major provider of vehicle insurance, for over €1.5 billion in October 2007. Mapfre was listed in the Fortune Global 500 list on its 2008 edition. Rafael Nadal is officially sponsored by the company. In October 2010, Mapfre acquired British travel insurance provider InsureandGo for an undisclosed sum. In March 2012, Antonio Huertas took over as Mapfre's chairman from José Manuel Martínez, who had held the role since 2001. In 1976 the Fundación Mapfre was set up as a private charitable foundation, headquartered in Madrid, which gives grants for various charitable purposes, including many in the cultural sector, mostly in the Spanish-speaking world. In 2014 Fundación Mapfre opened a new exhibition space for photography in the centre of Madrid at Calle Bárbara de Braganza 13, opposite the National Library. The space is 868 square meters large spread over two floors. It opened with a retrospective exhibition by Vanessa Winship. In 2015 it opened Fundación Mapfre Casa Garriga Nogués, a gallery in the Eixample district of Barcelona for painting and photography. Espacio Miró is a permanent exhibition on the Catalan painter Joan Miró inaugurated in Madrid on December 13, 2016, organized by the Mapfre Foundation at its main headquarters on Paseo de Recoletos, 23. Mapfre Mapfre, S.A. (, officially typeset MAPFRE) is a Spanish insurance company, based in Majadahonda, Madrid. The name comes from the old mutual origin"
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"Thurl Bailey Thurl Lee Bailey (born April 7, 1961) is an American retired professional basketball player whose NBA career spanned from 1983 to 1999 with the Utah Jazz and the Minnesota Timberwolves. Bailey has been a broadcast analyst for the Utah Jazz and the University of Utah— in addition to work as an inspirational speaker, singer, songwriter, and film actor. Bailey attended North Carolina State University and was a leader in the Wolfpack's miracle run to the 1983 NCAA Championship. That year, under head coach Jim Valvano, he led the Wolfpack in both scoring and rebounding. The Utah Jazz selected him as the 7th pick of the 1983 NBA draft. Jazz management reported that he was selected for the quality of his character, as well as the quality of his game. This was the beginning of 16 years of his playing professional basketball, 12 of those years were with the NBA. On November 25, 1991, he was traded by the Jazz along with a 1992 second-round draft pick to the Minnesota Timberwolves for Tyrone Corbin. There he played for almost three seasons until 1994 when he left the NBA and played in the Greek League (playing for Panionios) for the 1994–95 season. From 1995 to 1998 he played in the Italian League for Polti Cantù in 1995–97 and Stefanel Milano in 1997–98, before returning to the Jazz as a free agent on January 21, 1999. He retired after the end of 1998–99 season. Throughout his career Bailey has also been involved in community service. He has directed basketball camps for youth since 1984 in which he teaches young people lessons about life and basketball. Bailey's basketball camps often focus on students with serious illnesses or disadvantaged backgrounds. Bailey's record of service has resulted in numerous awards for leadership and contributions to the community. Included in his awards are: the NBA's prestigious Kennedy Community Award, the Utah Association for Gifted Children's Community Service Award, Sigma Gamma Chi fraternity's Exemplary Manhood Award, the Great Salt Lake Council of the Boy Scouts of America's American Champion Award and the Italian League's 1998 All Star Games Most Valuable Player. Bailey currently is a public speaker, a broadcast analyst for the Utah Jazz and the University of Utah, an actor, and a singer/songwriter. Bailey's music includes uplifting songs as well as a fusion of R&B and Nu Soul. His albums include \"Faith In Your Heart\" (1998), \"The Gift of Christmas\" (2001), and \"I'm Not the Same\" (2002). In addition to his music, he has appeared in a few films. Bailey is chairman of Big T Productions, Fertile Earth (which has a patent pending on a fertilizer that works through sprinkler systems), and FourLeaf Films. He works with various charities — including Make-A-Wish, D.A.R.E., the Happy Factory. Bailey continues to coach in the Salt Lake City area using the private coaching service, CoachUp. Bailey gave the opening prayer at the 2008 Republican National Convention. Bailey was born in Washington, D.C., and grew up in a violent household in a high-crime neighborhood in the suburbs of Maryland bordering D.C. He is the father of six children. Bailey and his wife, Sindi (née Southwick), live in Salt Lake City with their three children. Bailey has a daughter with his college sweetheart, and two sons from his first marriage. Bailey was raised Baptist. While playing basketball in Italy, Bailey decided to join The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was baptized by his father-in-law on 31 December 1995. Thurl Bailey Thurl Lee Bailey (born April 7, 1961) is an American retired professional basketball player whose NBA career"
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"Registered Cossacks Registered Cossacks (, ) comprised special Cossack units of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth army in the 16th and 17th centuries. Registered Cossacks became a military formation of the Commonwealth army beginning in 1572 soon after the Union of Lublin (1569), when most of the territory of modern Ukraine passed to the Crown of Poland. Registered Cossack formations were based on the Zaporozhian Cossacks who already lived on the lower reaches of the Dnieper River amidst the Pontic steppes as well as on self-defense formations within settlements in the region of modern Central and Southern Ukraine. Historically, the first official plan for the creation of Cossack formations as a border service was brought to the State Council of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 1524 by Semen Polozovic and Kristof Kmitic. However, due to the lack of funds, the idea was not realized. The starosta of Cherkasy, Ostap Dashkevych, revived the idea at the 1533 council in Piotrków Trybunalski. Dashkevych tried to show that in order to protect the borders beyond the Dnieper it would be necessary to maintain an army of 2,000 soldiers and several hundred cavalrymen. He pointed out the importance of establishing forts on the river's islands to keep Tatar raids in check. On July 21, 1541 the King of Poland, Sigismund I the Old, issued an edict to the starosta of Cherkasy, Andrei Glebovich Pronsky (?-1557, a descendant of the Pronsk princes), in which he strictly warned Pronsky to control the Cossack raids against Tatar uluses. With the start of the Livonian War in the 16th century, the voivode of Kiev, Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski, and the starosta of Cherkasy, Alexander Wisnowecki, recruited Cossacks to their armies, while in 1568 King Sigismund II Augustus sent a proposition to the Zaporizhian Sich to join his foreign campaign and sign up for royal service. Sigismund II Augustus decreed the formation of registered Cossacks on June 5, 1572 when the King confirmed the orders of Great Crown Hetman Jerzy Jazłowiecki, the voivode of Podole and Ruthenia, for state service. The first Hetman of the Registered Cossacks and court marshal was Jan Badowski. The registered Cossacks were the only military Cossack formation recognized by the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. The most well-known of the first recorded Cossack reforms came from King of Poland Stefan Batory. At first Batory tried to control Cossack forces that were waging wars in Moldavia and Wallachia as well as other parts of the Ottoman Empire. On 4 April 1578 he issued four universals to all local government officials. He asked them to support Jan Tarlo in an investigation of the coup-d'etat by Zaporozhian leader Ivan Pidkova. The coup overthrew the Ottoman-installed Hospodar of Moldavia, Peter the Lame, in 1577 under a pretense that Ivan was the brother of the previous voivode of Moldavia, John III the Terrible. Batory also ordered the voivode of Kiev, Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski, to send a punitive expedition against Pidkova and asked the mayors of Khmilnyk, Bar, Bratslav, Vinnytsia, Bila Tserkva and others to support him. At the same time Batory sent his ambassador to the Khan of Crimea proposing cooperative actions against the Zaporizhian Sich. On July 27, 1578 Batory sent ambassador Jancsi Bereg to the Zaporozhian host proposing the Cossacks redirect their raids from Moldavia to Muscovy. To further discuss the proposition, a delegation headed by Andriy Lykhansky arrived in Lviv on September 15, 1578. The next day it was agreed that 500 Cossacks would be enlisted for fifteen florins each per year. Starosta of Cherkasy and Kaniv, Prince Michał Wiśniowiecki, was appointed hetman while his deputy was . The Cossacks headquarters was established at Trakhtemyriv (today a village in Kaniv Raion) with its monastery, which was used as the Cossacks' hospital. The Cossacks were given a banner that denoted their relationship to the state army and were promised by Bereg to be paid in Cherkasky on Saint Nicolas Day. The Cossacks evidently were paid only after the Siege of Pskov in 1581. Even though the official register consisted of only 500 names, in reality the contingent of registered Cossacks numbered around 4,000. Batory's military reform, however, was not effective. The Polish government promised to pay the Cossacks' salary, but often did not do so. The Cossacks frequently and proudly pledged their allegiance to serve the King of Poland and hoped for the same financial compensation at least as the regular army. Due to the hold ups in pay some Cossacks returned to raiding the Tatars and Moldavians. In 1590 the Sejm issued a new declaration recreating the Cossack units. A king's edict was issued on July 25, 1590 through which 1,000 cossacks were registered for policing duty in order to prevent unauthorized raids into neighboring countries. The registered cossacks were paid from 5 to 12 zloty each quarter and the Zaporizhian Sich was selected to be their headquarters. As the Polish interests were aimed in securing the Swedish crown, however, the Cossack movement was allowed to grow out of control, leading to a series of local rebellions by polkovnyk Krzysztof Kosiński and Severyn Nalyvaiko, with assistance from kosh otaman of the Zaporozhian Cossacks Hryhoriy Loboda. Registered Cossacks formed an elite among the Cossacks, serving in the military under officers (\"starshyna\"), colonels (\"polkovnyk\") and generals (\"hetman\"), under the Grand Crown Hetman (the highest Commonwealth military commander). A substantial minority of Cossacks formed skilled light cavalry units (\"choragiew\"), excellent skirmishers trained in mounted archery (and later using firearms), making lightning raids, harassing heavier, slower formations and disengaging. Those units were often used as support for heavy elite Commonwealth cavalry, the husaria, and were much cheaper to form than a hussar unit. The main Cossack units were the infantry, known for their tabor formation. Registered Cossacks had many privileges, including personal freedom, exemption from many taxes and duties, and the right to receive wages, although the Commonwealth military's fiscal problems, led to delayed payments, often via items like clothing or weapons instead of coin. Many Cossacks were skilled warriors and their major income source came from raids on the southern neighbors of the Commonwealth: the (Ottoman Empire and its vassals). However, only a small number were actually 'registered Cossacks'; the exact number was from few hundred to few thousand and varied over time, usually increasing during wartime. This led to many social and political tensions, especially as szlachta (Polish and Ukrainian gentry) continually attempted to force the Cossacks into submission as peasants, while the Cossacks demanded significant expansions of the Cossack register. Furthermore, the Cossack-szlachta conflict was aggravated as Cossacks often supported Commonwealth monarchs like Wladyslaw IV Waza who were at odds with Polish szlachta who wished to further limit the monarch's powers. The tensions between the Cossacks and szlachta grew from the late 16th century and resulted in several uprisings with the registered Cossacks often forced to choose sides between supporting their own people or the szlachta-backed Commonwealth forces. Eventually the king's refusal to expand the registry led to the Khmelnytsky uprising of 1648. A Russian-Polish alliance was formed against Bohdan Khmelnitsky, with his Cossacks being declared rebels against all order. Don Cossack raids on Crimea left Khmelnitsky without the aid of his usual Tatar allies. The rebellion ended with the 1654 Treaty of Pereyaslav in which Khmelnitsky's Cossacks, so as to destroy the Russian-Polish alliance against them, pledged their loyalty to the Russian Tsar, who guaranteed their protection, the recognition of their starshyna (officer-nobility) and their property and autonomy under his rule, freeing the Cossacks from the Polish sphere of",
"Cossacks often forced to choose sides between supporting their own people or the szlachta-backed Commonwealth forces. Eventually the king's refusal to expand the registry led to the Khmelnytsky uprising of 1648. A Russian-Polish alliance was formed against Bohdan Khmelnitsky, with his Cossacks being declared rebels against all order. Don Cossack raids on Crimea left Khmelnitsky without the aid of his usual Tatar allies. The rebellion ended with the 1654 Treaty of Pereyaslav in which Khmelnitsky's Cossacks, so as to destroy the Russian-Polish alliance against them, pledged their loyalty to the Russian Tsar, who guaranteed their protection, the recognition of their starshyna (officer-nobility) and their property and autonomy under his rule, freeing the Cossacks from the Polish sphere of influence in favor of Russian hegemony. Despite this, the Registered Cossacks remained an official unit of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth army until 1699, with individual Cossacks travelling to the Commonwealth to enroll in its ranks. According to the Treaty of Zboriv, signed on August 17, 1649, the number of Registered Cossacks increased up to forty thousand. Registered Cossacks Registered Cossacks (, ) comprised special Cossack units of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth army in the 16th and 17th centuries. Registered Cossacks became a military formation of the Commonwealth army beginning in 1572 soon after the Union of Lublin (1569), when most of the territory of modern Ukraine passed to the Crown of Poland. Registered Cossack formations were based on the Zaporozhian Cossacks who already lived on the lower reaches of the Dnieper River amidst the Pontic steppes as well as on self-defense formations within settlements in the region of modern Central and Southern Ukraine. Historically,"
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"Deep Sea Drilling Project The Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP) was an ocean drilling project operated from 1968 to 1983. The program was a success, as evidenced by the data and publications that have resulted from it. The program is now supported by Texas A&M University, although for the years of its operations these were all coordinated by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego. DSDP provided crucial data to support the seafloor spreading hypothesis and helped to prove the theory of plate tectonics. DSDP was the first of three international scientific ocean drilling programs that have operated over more than 40 years. The initial contract between the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Regents of the University of California was signed on June 24, 1966. This contract initiated the first phase the DSDP, which was based in Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego. Global Marine, Inc. conducted the drilling operations. The Levingston Shipbuilding Company laid the keel of the \"Glomar Challenger\" on October 18, 1967, in Orange, Texas. It sailed down the Sabine River to the Gulf of Mexico, and after a period of testing, DSDP accepted the ship on August 11, 1968. Through contracts with Joint Oceanographic Institutions (JOI), NSF supported the scientific advisory structure for the project and funded pre-drilling geophysical site surveys. Scientific planning was conducted under the auspices of the Joint Oceanographic Institutions for Deep Earth Sampling (JOIDES). The JOIDES advisory group consisted of 250 distinguished scientists from academic institutions, government agencies, and private industry from all over the world. Over the next 30 months, the second phase consisted of drilling and coring in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Ocean as well as the Mediterranean and Red Sea. Technical and scientific reports followed during the period. The second phase of DSDP ended on August 11, 1972. The success of the \"Glomar Challenger\" was almost immediate. On one of the sites with a water depth of 1,067 m (3,500 ft), core samples revealed the existence of salt domes. Oil companies received samples after an agreement to publish their analysis. The potential of oil beneath deep ocean salt domes remains an important avenue for commercial development today. As for the purpose of the scientific exploration, one of the most important discoveries was made when the crew drilled 17 holes at 10 different locations along an oceanic ridge between South America and Africa. The retrieved core samples provided strong proof for continental drift and seafloor renewal at rift zones. This confirmation of Alfred Wegener's theory of continental drift strengthened the proposal of a single, ancient land mass, which is called Pangaea. The samples gave further evidence to support the plate tectonics theory, which at the time attempted to explain the formation of mountain ranges, earthquakes, and oceanic trenches. Another discovery was how youthful the ocean floor is in comparison to Earth's geologic history. After analysis of samples, scientists concluded that the ocean floor is probably no older than 200 million years. This is in comparison with the 4.5 billion-year age of the Earth. The International Phase of Ocean Drilling (IPOD) began in 1975 with the Federal Republic of Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, and France joining the United States in field work aboard the \"Glomar Challenger\" and in post-cruise scientific research. The Glomar Challenger docked for the last time with DSDP in November 1983. Parts of the ship, such as its dynamic positioning system, engine telegraph, and thruster console, are stored at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. With the advent of larger and more advanced drilling ships, the JOIDES Resolution replaced the \"Glomar Challenger\" in January 1985. The new program, called the Ocean Drilling Program (ODP), continued exploration from 1985 to 2003, at which point it was replaced by the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP). Although itself a remarkable engineering accomplishment, the \"Glomar Challenger\" saw many advances in deep-ocean drilling. One problem solved involved the replacement of worn drill bits. A length of pipe suspended from the ship down to the bottom of the sea might have been as long as 20,483 ft (6,243 m). The maximum depth penetrated through the ocean bottom could have been as great as 4,262 ft (1299 m). To replace the bit, the drill string must be raised, a new bit attached, and the string remade down to the bottom. However, the crew must thread this string back into the same drill hole. The technique for this formidable task was accomplished on June 14, 1970, in the Atlantic Ocean in 10,000 ft (3048 m) of water off the coast of New York. This re-entry was accomplished with the use of sonar scanning equipment and a re-entry cone that had a diameter of 16 ft (4.88 m) and height of 14 ft (4.27 m). One major technological advance was the extended use of the holes after drilling. Geophysical and geochemical measurements were made during and after drilling, and occasionally long-term seismic monitoring devices were installed in the holes. This extended understanding of the dynamic processes involved in plate tectonics. Another technological advance involved the introduction of the hydraulic piston corer (HPC) in 1979, which permitted the recovery of virtually undisturbed cores of sediment. This greatly enhanced the ability of scientists to study ancient ocean environments. From August 11, 1968, to November 11, 1983, the Glomar Challenger achieved the following accomplishments: The ship retrieved core samples in long cores with a diameter of . These cores are currently stored at three repositories in the USA, Germany, and Japan. One half of each core is called the archive half and is preserved for future use. The working half of each core is used to provide samples for ongoing scientific research. The scientific results were published as the \"Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project\", which contains the results of studies of the recovered core material and the associated geophysical information from the expeditions from 1968 to 1983. These reports describe the core materials and scientific data obtained at sea and in shore-based laboratories post-cruise. These volumes were originally prepared for NSF under contract by the University of California, Scripps Institution of Oceanography. In 2007, the printed books were scanned and prepared for electronic presentation by the Texas A&M University College of Geosciences. Deep Sea Drilling Project The Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP) was an ocean drilling project operated from 1968 to 1983. The program was a success, as evidenced by the data and publications that have resulted from it. The program is now supported by Texas A&M University, although for the"
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"Vedant Institute of Management & Technology Vedant Institute of Management & Technology (VIMT) is an engineering college run and managed by Choudhary Bishambhar Singh Education Society. It was established in 2007. VIMT is approved by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi and affiliated to Uttar Pradesh Technical University (UPTU). In 2003, Ved Ram Yadav began to develop Garhmukteshwar into an education hub and he founded Choudhary Bishambhar Singh Education Society. This society was used to promote the quality of higher education in Garhmukteshwar and its first act was the launch of the Vedant College of Education in 2004. Later, in 2007, the school became Vedant Institute of Management & Technology after adding degrees in Education and Physical Education to its catalogue. VIMT offers 4 Year Bachelor of Tech Programs in the following specialties: Vedant Institute of Management & Technology Vedant Institute of Management & Technology (VIMT) is an engineering college run and managed by Choudhary Bishambhar Singh Education Society. It was established in 2007. VIMT is approved by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi and affiliated to Uttar Pradesh Technical University (UPTU). In 2003, Ved Ram Yadav began to develop Garhmukteshwar into"
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"Delft jewelry Delft Jewelry is the generic name for jewelry featuring Dutch (Netherlands) miniature Delftware medallions or brooch panels in a silver setting. Delft jewelry includes necklaces, pendants, earrings, brooches, bracelets, rings, and cufflinks. The Delft panels are usually made of pottery and decorated with a blue and white windmill landscape. The silver setting often has the form of silver filigree. Delft jewelry has been made in the Netherlands since c.1879. It flourished especially in the decades after WW2 as a result of demand from the Dutch tourist industry. That era saw the emergence of three specialist producers of Delft medallions. For most other Delftware factories however, brooch panels have been a relatively small side product. The main producers of Delft brooch panels as a side product have been: The main specialist producers of Delft brooch panels have been: Delft brooch panels are usually set in silver. The emergence of specialist producers of Delft jewelry in Gouda, Netherlands, was greatly helped by the presence of an important silversmithing community in the nearby town of Schoonhoven. Zenith Gouda and Goedewaagen Gouda have been suppliers of Delft medallions to silversmith H. Hooykaas of Schoonhoven. Van Katwijk, Verwoerd, and Porceletti have been suppliers of Delft brooch panels to silversmith G.J. Van den Bergh Jr. Several other Schoonhoven silversmiths have been involved in the production of Delft jewelry as well. Delft jewelry Delft Jewelry is the generic name for jewelry featuring Dutch (Netherlands) miniature Delftware medallions or brooch panels in a silver setting. Delft jewelry includes necklaces, pendants, earrings, brooches, bracelets, rings, and cufflinks. The Delft panels are usually made of pottery and decorated with a blue and white windmill landscape. The silver setting often has the form of silver filigree. Delft jewelry has been made in the Netherlands since c.1879. It flourished especially"
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"Kateryna Kasper Kateryna Kasper (born 1986) is a Ukrainian operatic soprano. A member of the Frankfurt Opera, she has appeared in major international opera houses. She has performed in recitals and recordings. Her broad repertory includes works from Cavalieri's \"Spiel von Seele und Körper\" to the premiere of \"Der goldene Drache\" by Péter Eötvös. Kasper studied voice at the Prokofiev State Music Academy in Donetsk. After her bachelor exam, she continued her studies on a scholarship by the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst at the Hochschule für Musik Nürnberg with Edith Wiens. When Wiens moved to New York City, Kasper completed her studies at the Musikhochschule Frankfurt with Hedwig Fassbender, graduating in 2014 with a master's degree and the concert exam. She made her debut at the Frankfurt Opera as Waldvogel in Wagner's Siegfried in 2012, in a production of the \"Ring\" cycle that was recorded. In 2013, she appeared as Anima in Cavalieri's \"Spiel von Seele und Körper\", and a reviewer noted the lyrical quality of her voice. Kasper has been a member of the Frankfurt Opera from the 2014/15 season, coming from the company's opera studio. She has performed there roles such as Tigrane in Handel's \"Radamisto\", Susanna in Mozart's \"Le nozze di Figaro\", Zerlina in his \"Don Giovanni\", Nannetta in Verdi's \"Falstaff\", Gretel in Humperdinck's \"Hänsel und Gretel\", and Sophie in \"Der Rosenkavalier\" by Richard Strauss. In 2014, she appeared in the leading roles (Young woman / The little Chinese) in the premiere of \"Der goldene Drache\" by Péter Eötvös, with the composer conducting the Ensemble Modern. A reviewer noted that she mastered long lines bordering on the ecstatic, but also cat-like sounds when suffering from toothache, combined with lively acting. She appeared at the Los Angeles Opera as Belinda in Purcell's \"Dido and Aeneas\" that year, staged by Barrie Kosky, alongside Paula Murrihy as Dido and Liam Bonner as Aeneas. In 2015, again in Frankfurt, she was Antonida, the hero's daughter, in Mikhail Glinka's \"Iwan Sussanin\" in a production staged by Harry Kupfer. A reviewer wrote that she presented her first aria, longing for her beloved, with vocal intensity and convincing acting. She was awarded first prize at the Mirjam Helin International Singing Competition in Helsinki in 2014. In 2018, she recorded the soprano part in Bach's \"St John Passion\" live with Raphaël Pichon conducting the Ensemble Pygmalion, as the Evangelist and Tomáš Král as the vox Christi. Kateryna Kasper Kateryna Kasper (born 1986) is a Ukrainian operatic soprano. A member of the Frankfurt Opera, she has appeared in major international opera houses. She has performed in recitals and recordings. Her broad repertory includes works from Cavalieri's \"Spiel von Seele und Körper\" to the premiere of \"Der goldene Drache\" by Péter Eötvös. Kasper studied voice at the Prokofiev State Music Academy in Donetsk. After her bachelor exam, she continued her studies on a scholarship by the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst at the Hochschule für Musik Nürnberg with Edith Wiens. When Wiens moved to New York City, Kasper completed her"
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"Jimmie T. Roberts Jimmie T. Roberts (born June 5, 1939 - December 6, 2015) was the founder of a religious movement known as The Brethren. Within the group, it is alternatively referred to as the Brothers, the Church, the Assembly, and The Body of Christ. Roberts was born in the American South, the son of a part-time Pentecostal preacher. He later joined the United States Marine Corps. Around 1970, He became convinced that mainstream churches had become corrupt and that the last days were imminent. Roberts began recruiting followers to his apocalyptic views, advocating a lifestyle based upon an itinerant example he found in the New Testament accounts of Jesus sending forth disciples. Within the movement, he is known as \"Brother Evangelist\" and \"the Elder\". Members of the group dress distinctively. Men wear their beards untrimmed and knee-length shirts sewn by the \"sisters\". Women wear their hair long, untrimmed and unstyled, and wear handmade long sleeve dresses down to the foot. The style of dress for both men and women is in order to be \"Modest in color and fit\". After several incidents during the late 1970s and early 1980s, both Roberts and the group became extremely secretive and disappeared from public view, except for occasional mentions in books and the media. Roberts died in Denver, Colorado on December 6, 2015. He was 76 years old and his cause of death is listed as metastatic adenocarcinoma. Jimmie T. Roberts Jimmie T. Roberts (born June 5, 1939 - December 6, 2015) was the founder of a religious movement known as The Brethren. Within the group, it is alternatively referred to as the Brothers, the Church, the Assembly, and The Body of Christ. Roberts was born in the American South, the son of a part-time Pentecostal preacher. He later joined the United"
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"Lee Tressel Lee Tressel (February 12, 1925 – April 16, 1981) was a football coach and athletic director at Baldwin–Wallace College in Berea, Ohio. Tressel accumulated the most winning record as the head football coach as Baldwin–Wallace. His 1978 team won the NCAA Division III Football Championship, achieved National Coach of that year, and in 1996 was inducted into College Football Hall of Fame. Tressel served as football coach and athletic director at Baldwin–Wallace College in Berea, Ohio. Tressel accumulated a 155–52–6 record in 23 seasons (1958–1980) as the head football coach at Baldwin–Wallace. His 1978 team won the NCAA Division III Football Championship and for his efforts, Tressel was named National Coach of the Year that championship season. Before coaching at Baldwin–Wallace, Tressel was a successful high school head coach in Ohio, with stops at Ada High School, Massillon Washington High School, and Mentor High School. At Mentor, Tressel put together a 34-game winning streak, while compiling a 16–3 mark in two seasons at Massillon. Tressel was married to Eloise Tressel, who worked as the athletic historian at Baldwin–Wallace. Tressel is the father of Jim Tressel, who was the head football coach at Ohio State University from 2001 through the 2010 season. Another son, Dick, was the head football coach at Hamline University in Saint Paul, Minnesota for 23 seasons (1978–2000) and was later an assistant at Ohio State. Tressel was 56 at the time of his death from lung cancer. After Tressel's death in 1981 he was posthumously inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. On the south side of the Baldwin–Wallace campus in Berea, there is a \"Tressel Street\" named in his honor. At the corners where Tressel Street starts and ends, at Bagley Road and E. Center Street, lay decorative street signs in honor of Lee and Eloise Tressel for their contributions to the Baldwin-Wallace campus. In 2012, the Football Field at George Finnie Stadium was dedicated to the Tressel Family. Lee Tressel Lee Tressel (February 12, 1925 – April 16, 1981) was a football coach and athletic director at Baldwin–Wallace College in Berea, Ohio. Tressel accumulated the most winning record as the head football coach as Baldwin–Wallace. His 1978 team won the NCAA Division III Football Championship, achieved National Coach of that year, and in 1996 was inducted into College Football Hall of Fame. Tressel served as football coach and athletic director at Baldwin–Wallace"
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"Cape Horn Interchange The Cape Horn Interchange, named after nearby Cape Horn Avenue, is a major interchange on British Columbia Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway), where it connects to Lougheed Highway (Highway 7), a heavily signalized thoroughfare in Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, and Burnaby, and the Mary Hill Bypass (Highway 7B), bypassing the Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam sections of Lougheed Highway and forming the quickest route to Pitt Meadows and Maple Ridge. It also includes several exits to United Boulevard, a light-industrial and commercial road in southern Coquitlam. The Canadian Pacific Railway mainline roughly follows the alignment of Lougheed Highway in this area, and skirts the south and east sides of the interchange. This interchange contains several \"types\" of interchanges within it, but overall is a hybrid stack interchange. The junction between Highways 1 and 7 is a 4-way, 3-level stack interchange, with two turning movements left out (eastbound Hwy 7 to westbound Hwy 1 and eastbound Hwy 1 to westbound Hwy 7). Vehicles making those movements should use the Brunette Avenue Interchange, 4 km west of the Cape Horn. Hwy 7B (more commonly known as the Mary Hill Bypass) has a half-single point urban interchange (westbound exit, eastbound entrance) with United Boulevard, and then westbound 7B merges onto Highways 1 and 7 westbound. Traffic from eastbound Highways 1 and 7 each have a free-flowing ramp to Highway 7B east. Just north of the Hwys 1/7 junction, United Boulevard intersects Lougheed Highway with two free-flowing ramps (eastbound Lougheed to southbound United, northbound United to westbound Lougheed. All other turning movements must be made over an overpass and down a small connecting road to a light (which forms a continuous green t-intersection with the Lougheed Highway mainline). Via this connection, traffic from Mariner Way and Cape Horn Avenue (two major residential roads in Coquitlam) may also access the interchange. On the Port Mann Bridge, where Highway 1 crosses the Fraser River immediately east of the interchange, eastbound traffic to 152nd Street/Surrey City Centre must exit before the bridge, in the middle of the Cape Horn Interchange, and cross the bridge in a 2-lane carriageway, separate from the mainline. Westbound traffic follows a similar arrangement, where vehicles seeking to exit at the Cape Horn Interchange from Highway 1 westbound must exit before the bridge, at exit 44. The Cape Horn Interchange also features two truck-only exits to United Boulevard. Namely, from Highway 1 westbound to the intersection of United Boulevard and Fawcett Road (accessed via the Highway 7 west ramp), and from Highways 1 and 7 eastbound to the intersection of United and Leeder Street (accessed via their combined ramps to Highway 7B). Trucks can also access Highway 1 east from the intersection of United and Fawcett. This entrance leads directly into the separated lanes for 152nd Street in Surrey, and they can merge back onto the mainline of the freeway after the exit to 152nd. General traffic may use these ramps on weekends and after 5pm on weekdays. Originally opened with the expressway alignment of Highway 1 (in the 1960s) this interchange featured a trumpet interchange on Highway 1, a short connecting road, and then a modified half-cloverleaf interchange with Highway 7. As part of the Port Mann/Highway 1 Improvement project, which saw the replacement of the Port Mann Bridge, this interchange was significantly modified to reduce bottlenecks and weaving. Cape Horn Interchange The Cape Horn Interchange, named after nearby Cape Horn Avenue, is a major interchange on British Columbia Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway), where it connects to Lougheed Highway (Highway 7), a heavily signalized thoroughfare in Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, and Burnaby, and"
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"Achenbach House The Achenbach House is located in Saddle River, Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. The house was built in 1757 by Johan George Achenbach and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 18, 1979. The house was the home of Larry Blyden and Carol Haney in the 1960s. It was owned (but never occupied) by travel pioneer Mario Perillo until his death in 2003, and subsequently passed on to a trust in his son Stephen Perillo's name, who is the present owner. It was largely destroyed by fire in 2004, though a portion of the original structure remains intact as a guest cottage. Achenbach House The Achenbach House is located in Saddle River, Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. The house was built in 1757 by Johan George Achenbach and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 18, 1979. The house was the home of Larry Blyden and Carol Haney in the 1960s. It was owned (but never occupied) by travel pioneer Mario Perillo until his death in 2003, and subsequently passed on to a trust in his son Stephen Perillo's name, who is the present owner. It was largely"
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"Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari This single was the first release by Supercell which did not use the Vocaloid singing synthesizer Hatsune Miku as the vocalist, as they had done for their debut album \"Supercell\" (2009). Instead, Supercell employed the singer Nagi Yanagi, a vocalist who had previously submitted cover versions of songs to the Nico Nico Douga video sharing website under the name Gazelle. The single peaked at No. 5 on Japan's weekly Oricon singles chart, and in February 2010 was awarded a Gold Disc by the Recording Industry Association of Japan for having exceeded 100,000 copies shipped in a single year. During the production of the 2009 anime series \"Bakemonogatari\", Supercell was asked to compose what would later become the ending theme song \"Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari\". It was already decided that Supercell would release their debut album \"Supercell\" in March 2009, which used the Vocaloid singing synthesizer Hatsune Miku as the vocalist. In place of Miku, Supercell employed the singer Nagi Yanagi, a vocalist who had previously submitted cover versions of songs to the Nico Nico Douga video sharing website under the name Gazelle. \"Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari\" was the first release by Supercell to not use Miku as the vocalist. Yanagi was chosen for \"Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari\" by Ryo, who had been a fan of her voice even before uploading his own songs to Nico Nico Douga in late 2007. Roughly the next day after Ryo uploaded Supercell's first song \"Melt\" onto Nico Nico Douga in December 2007, Yanagi uploaded a cover of her singing the song. Yanagi, who was herself a fan of Ryo's music, contacted him and the two talked about someday collaborating. After asking Yanagi to be the singer for \"Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari\", Supercell decided that Yanagi would be the singer for Supercell's second album \"Today Is A Beautiful Day\" (2011), though officially Yanagi is not a member of Supercell. In switching to a human singer, Ryo said \"that although he loses absolute control over the tone of each and every phrase, working with a singer adds a human element that resonates better with listeners.\" After Ryo used Hatsune Miku for the demo of \"Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari\", he thought the vocal range would wear out any human singer, but was pleased to find Yanagi had just as wide a vocal range as Miku. After listening to Yanagi sing the song, Ryo realized just how difficult it was to sing, but he did not deliberately change the song during the creation process to make it easier on Yanagi's voice. \"Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari\" is a J-pop song with instrumentation from electric and bass guitars, drums and piano. According to a book of sheet music published by Yamaha Corporation, it is set in common time, and moves at a quick tempo of 165 beats per minute in the A major key throughout the song. The introduction starts with only piano accompanying Yanagi's vocals, and uses a bridge with added guitars and drums to transition into the first verse. Another bridge is used between the first and second verses; both verses use the same music with different lyrics. After the third verse, a break is employed, followed by the fourth verse. After a short outro, an instrumental coda is used to close the song. When writing the lyrics, Ryo did not want to copy the tone or style of the original \"Bakemonogatari\" novels, because he felt the author Nisio Isin would enjoy the song more if it was more original. Thus, Ryo wrote a different story after borrowing the general setting of the novels. The lyrics tell the story of a girl with an unrequited love who was never able to convey her feelings to the person she loved. The cover artwork features an illustration by Shirow Miwa with the Summer Triangle depicted in the starry sky. The Summer Triangle is mentioned in the second verse of the song and stargazing in general is featured throughout the lyrics. The art direction and designs were handled by Yoshiki Usa. Before designing the cover, Ryo had Miwa and Usa listen to the song and told them the image of it in a word or two, but otherwise gave them full freedom to design the artwork. \"Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari\" was released in limited and regular editions on August 12, 2009 as a CD by Sony Music in Japan. The limited edition came bundled with a DVD containing the music video and TV commercial advertisement for \"Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari\", as well as bundled with stickers featuring characters from \"Bakemonogatari\" illustrated by Redjuice of Supercell. The song peaked at No. 5 on Japan's weekly Oricon singles chart, selling over 30,000 copies in its first week of sales. It stayed in the top 10 for the following week, peaking at No. 6, and charted for 66 weeks. \"Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari\" debuted and peaked on the \"Billboard\" Japan Hot 100 at No. 9. In January 2010, \"Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari\" was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) for 100,000 full-track ringtone digital music downloads (\"Chaku Uta Full\"), and was again awarded a Gold Disc by the RIAJ in February 2010 for having exceeded 100,000 copies shipped in a single year. The music video was shot in Chōshi, Chiba, Japan. Tokawa Station on the Chōshi Electric Railway Line and Inubōsaki lighthouse can be seen in the video. The video, directed by Hirohisa Sasaki, does not feature any members of Supercell nor the singer Nagi Yanagi. Instead, the video prominently follows the actors Marika Fukunaga, Shuto Tanabe and Naho Kitade, who play members of a high school astronomy club with five others. Fukunaga, Tanabe and Kitade are in a love triangle where Fukunaga initially holds feelings for Tanabe, who pursues a relationship with Kitade. Time passes in the video, going through summer vacation and eventually graduation. As a parting gift, Tanabe gives Fukunaga his address, written on an ice cream stick, to where he is moving to in Tokyo, and he parts with Kitade at the train station, hinting that he broke off his relationship with Kitade to possibly start over with Fukunaga. More time passes, and Fukunaga is shown throwing the ice cream stick into the ocean after being reminded of the time she spent with Tanabe. The video ends with a flashback showing Fukunaga, Tanabe and Kitade happily gazing at the Summer Triangle at Inubōsaki lighthouse. The Summer Triangle is shown twice in the video as an allusion to the beginning of the second verse of the song which mentions it. Kimi no Shiranai"
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"Joystick A joystick is an input device consisting of a stick that pivots on a base and reports its angle or direction to the device it is controlling. A joystick, also known as the control column, is the principal control device in the cockpit of many civilian and military aircraft, either as a center stick or side-stick. It often has supplementary switches to control various aspects of the aircraft's flight. Joysticks are often used to control video games, and usually have one or more push-buttons whose state can also be read by the computer. A popular variation of the joystick used on modern video game consoles is the analog stick. Joysticks are also used for controlling machines such as cranes, trucks, underwater unmanned vehicles, wheelchairs, surveillance cameras, and zero turning radius lawn mowers. Miniature finger-operated joysticks have been adopted as input devices for smaller electronic equipment such as mobile phones. Joysticks originated as controls for aircraft ailerons and elevators, and are first known to have been used as such on Louis Bleriot's Bleriot VIII aircraft of 1908, in combination with a foot-operated rudder bar for the yaw control surface on the tail. The name \"joystick\" is thought to originate with early 20th century French pilot Robert Esnault-Pelterie. There are also competing claims on behalf of fellow pilots Robert Loraine, James Henry Joyce, and A. E. George. Loraine is cited by the \"Oxford English Dictionary\" for using the term \"joystick\" in his diary in 1909 when he went to Pau to learn to fly at Bleriot's school. George was a pioneer aviator who with his colleague Jobling built and flew a biplane at Newcastle in England in 1910. He is alleged to have invented the \"George Stick\" which became more popularly known as the joystick. The George and Jobling aircraft control column is in the collection of the Discovery Museum in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Joysticks were present in early planes, though their mechanical origins are uncertain. The coining of the term \"joystick\" may actually be credited to Loraine, as his is the earliest known usage of the term, although he most certainly did not invent the device. The electrical two-axis joystick was invented by C. B. Mirick at the United States Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and patented in 1926 (U.S. Patent no. 1,597,416)\". NRL was actively developing remote controlled aircraft at the time and the joystick was possibly used to support this effort. In the awarded patent, Mirick writes: \"My control system is particularly applicable in maneuvering aircraft without a pilot.\" The Germans developed an electrical two-axis joystick around 1944. The device was used as part of the Germans' \"Funkgerät\" FuG 203 \"Kehl\" radio control transmitter system used in certain German bomber aircraft, used to guide both the rocket-boosted anti-ship missile \"Henschel Hs 293\", and the unpowered pioneering precision-guided munition \"Fritz-X\", against maritime and other targets. Here, the joystick of the \"Kehl\" transmitter was used by an operator to steer the missile towards its target. This joystick had on-off switches rather than analogue sensors. Both the Hs 293 and Fritz-X used FuG 230 \"Straßburg\" radio receivers in them to send the \"Kehl's\" control signals to the ordnance's control surfaces. A comparable joystick unit was used for the contemporary American Azon steerable munition, strictly to laterally steer the munition in the yaw axis only. This German invention was picked up by someone in the team of scientists assembled at the \"Heeresversuchsanstalt\" in Peenemünde. Here a part of the team on the German rocket program was developing the Wasserfall missile, a variant of the V-2 rocket, the first ground-to-air missile. The Wasserfall steering equipment converted the electrical signal to radio signals and transmitted these to the missile. In the 1960s the use of joysticks became widespread in radio-controlled model aircraft systems such as the Kwik Fly produced by Phill Kraft (1964). The now-defunct Kraft Systems firm eventually became an important OEM supplier of joysticks to the computer industry and other users. The first use of joysticks outside the radio-controlled aircraft industry may have been in the control of powered wheelchairs, such as the Permobil (1963). During this time period NASA used joysticks as control devices as part of the Apollo missions. For example, the lunar lander test models were controlled with a joystick. In many modern airliners aircraft, for example all Airbus aircraft developed from the 1980s, the joystick has received a new lease on life for flight control in the form of a \"side-stick\", a controller similar to a gaming joystick but which is used to control the flight, replacing the traditional yoke. The sidestick saves weight, improves movement and visibility in the cockpit, and may be safer in an accident than the traditional \"control yoke\". Ralph H. Baer, inventor of television video games and the Magnavox Odyssey console, released in 1972, created the first video game joysticks in 1967. They were able to control the horizontal and vertical position of a spot displayed on a screen. The earliest known electronic game joystick with a fire button was released by Sega as part of their 1969 arcade game \"Missile\", a shooter simulation game that used it as part of an early dual-control scheme, where two directional buttons are used to move a motorized tank and a two-way joystick is used to shoot and steer the missile onto oncoming planes displayed on the screen; when a plane is hit, an explosion is animated on screen along with an explosion sound. In 1970, the game was released in North America as \"S.A.M.I.\" by Midway Games. Taito released a four-way joystick as part of their arcade racing video game \"Astro Race\" in 1973, while their 1975 run and gun multi-directional shooter game \"Western Gun\" introduced dual-stick controls with one eight-way joystick for movement and the other for changing the shooting direction. In North America, it was released by Midway under the title \"Gun Fight\". In 1976, Taito released \"Interceptor\", an early first-person combat flight simulator that involved piloting a jet fighter, using an eight-way joystick to aim with a crosshair and shoot at enemy aircraft. The Atari standard joystick, developed for the Atari 2600, released in 1977, was a digital controller, with a single fire button. The Atari joystick port was for many years the \"de facto\" standard digital joystick specification. Joysticks were commonly used as controllers in first and second generation game consoles, but they gave way to the familiar game pad with the Nintendo Entertainment System and Sega Master System during the mid-1980s, though joysticks—especially arcade-style one—were and are popular after-market add-ons for any console. In 1985, Sega's third-person arcade rail shooter game \"Space Harrier\" introduced a true analog flight stick, used for movement. The joystick could register movement in any direction as well as measure the degree of push, which could move the player character at different speeds depending on how far the joystick was pushed in a certain direction. A distinct variation of an analog joystick is a positional gun, which works differently from a light gun. Instead of using light sensors, a positional gun is essentially an analog joystick mounted in a fixed location that records the position of the gun to determine where the player is aiming on the screen. It is often used for arcade gun games, with early examples including Sega's \"Sea Devil\" in 1972; Taito's \"Attack\" in 1976; \"Cross Fire\" in 1977; and Nintendo's \"Battle Shark\" in 1978. During the 1990s, joysticks such as the CH Products Flightstick, Gravis Phoenix, Microsoft SideWinder, Logitech WingMan, and Thrustmaster FCS were in demand with PC gamers. They were considered a prerequisite for flight simulators such as \"F-16 Fighting Falcon\" and \"LHX Attack Chopper\". Joysticks became especially",
"variation of an analog joystick is a positional gun, which works differently from a light gun. Instead of using light sensors, a positional gun is essentially an analog joystick mounted in a fixed location that records the position of the gun to determine where the player is aiming on the screen. It is often used for arcade gun games, with early examples including Sega's \"Sea Devil\" in 1972; Taito's \"Attack\" in 1976; \"Cross Fire\" in 1977; and Nintendo's \"Battle Shark\" in 1978. During the 1990s, joysticks such as the CH Products Flightstick, Gravis Phoenix, Microsoft SideWinder, Logitech WingMan, and Thrustmaster FCS were in demand with PC gamers. They were considered a prerequisite for flight simulators such as \"F-16 Fighting Falcon\" and \"LHX Attack Chopper\". Joysticks became especially popular with the mainstream success of space flight simulator games like \"\" and \"Wing Commander\", as well as the \"Six degrees of freedom\" 3D shooter \"Descent\". VirPil Controls' MongoosT-50 joystick was designed to mimic the style of Russian aircraft (including the Sukhoi Su-35 and Sukhoi Su-57), unlike most flight joysticks. However, since the beginning of the 21st century, these types of games have waned in popularity and are now considered a \"dead\" genre, and with that, gaming joysticks have been reduced to niche products. In NowGamer's interview with Jim Boone, a producer at Volition Inc., he stated that \"FreeSpace 2\"s poor sales could have been due to joysticks' being sold poorly because they were \"going out of fashion\" because more modern first-person shooters, such as \"Quake\", were \"very much about the mouse and [the] keyboard\". He went further on to state \"Before that, when we did \"Descent\" for example, it was perfectly common for people to have joysticks – we sold a lot of copies of Descent. It was around that time [when] the more modern FPS with mouse and keyboard came out, as opposed to just keyboard like \"Wolfenstein [3D]\" or something.\". Since the late 1990s, \"analog sticks\" (or \"thumbsticks\", due to their being controlled by one's thumbs) have become standard on controllers for video game consoles, popularized by Nintendo's Nintendo 64 controller, and have the ability to indicate the stick's displacement from its neutral position. This means that the software does not have to keep track of the position or estimate the speed at which the controls are moved. These devices usually use potentiometers to determine the position of the stick, though some newer models instead use a Hall effect sensor for greater reliability and reduced size. An arcade stick is a large-format controller for use with home consoles or computers. They use the stick-and-button configuration of some arcade cabinets, such as those with particular multi-button arrangements. For example, the six button layout of the arcade games \"Street Fighter II\" or \"Mortal Kombat\" cannot be comfortably emulated on a console joypad, so licensed home arcade sticks for these games have been manufactured for home consoles and PCs. A hat switch is a control on some joysticks. It is also known as a POV (point of view) switch. It allows one to look around in one's virtual world, browse menus, etc. For example, many flight simulators use it to switch the player's views, while other games sometimes use it as a substitute for the D-pad. Computer gamepads with both an analogue stick and a D-pad usually assign POV switch scancodes to the latter. The term hat switch is a shortening of the term \"Coolie hat switch\", named for the similar-looking headgear. In a real aircraft, the hat switch may control things like aileron or rudder trim. DE9, often called as Atari type connector, was the most common connector during the 1980s. (*1) The Atari 7800 buttons require special wiring. (*2) For the second button/right mouse button the POT X line is used (and for 3rd button/middle mouse button POTY), which - different to the other lines - must be pulled to VCC via the button. (*3) The CD32 supports \"game pad mode\" and uses pin 5 to switch to it (it is pulled to active high by the CD32). Actual CD32 controllers have active components. Regular \"atari\" joysticks will work at the CD32, but CD32 controllers will not work at e.g. a C-64 (*4) The \"SEGA\" controllers can not be converted into \"Atari\" Joysticks simply by rewiring them. Unlike regular \"Atari sticks\" they contain pull-up resistors for each signal line (which might interfere with scanning the keyboard on C64) and some controllers may contain active circuits and will not work without the VCC. The Megadrive controllers use an active circuit. . The Saturn controllers also contain an active circuit and are wired up completely non standard. (*5) The respective GND lines are pulled low to select the respective \"row\". Regular Joystick uses row 9. In recent times, the employment of joysticks has become commonplace in many industrial and manufacturing applications, such as; cranes, assembly lines, forestry equipment, mining trucks, and excavators. In fact, the use of such joysticks is in such high demand, that it has virtually replaced the traditional mechanical control lever in nearly all modern hydraulic control systems. Additionally, most unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and submersible remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) require at least one joystick to control either the vehicle, the on-board cameras, sensors and/or manipulators. Due to the highly hands-on, rough nature of such applications, the industrial joystick tends to be more robust than the typical video-game controller, and able to function over a high cycle life. This led to the development and employment of Hall effect sensing to such applications in the 1980s as a means of contactless sensing. Several companies produce joysticks for industrial applications using Hall effect technology. Another technology used in joystick design is the use of strain gauges to build force transducers from which the output is proportional to the force applied rather than physical deflection. Miniature force transducers are used as additional controls on joysticks for menu selection functions. Some larger manufacturers of joysticks are able to customize joystick handles and grips specific to the OEM needs while small regional manufacturers often concentrate on selling standard products at higher prices to smaller OEMs. Specialist joysticks, classed as an assistive technology pointing device, are used to replace the computer mouse for people with fairly severe physical disabilities. Rather than controlling games, these joysticks control the pointer. They are often useful to people with athetoid conditions, such as cerebral palsy, who find them easier to grasp than a standard mouse. Miniature joysticks are available for people with conditions involving muscular weakness such as muscular dystrophy or motor neurone disease as well. They are also used on electric powered wheelchairs for control since they are simple and effective to use as a control method. Joystick A joystick is an input device consisting of a stick that pivots on a base and reports its angle or direction to the device it is controlling. A joystick, also"
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"Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit donkey rescue organization based in San Angelo, Texas. It is the largest donkey rescue organization in the United States with 24 sanctuaries and 26 adoption centers nationwide. It shelters around 3,000 donkeys, providing food, water, medical care, gentling, training, and adoption services. The organization has rescued a total of over 8,000 donkeys. Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue was founded in 2000 by husband and wife, Mark and Amy Meyers, on their small ranch in Acton, California. It received nonprofit status in January 2001. By October of that year, the organization had rescued 40 donkeys and adopted out half of those. In 2005, Mark and Amy Meyers moved the operation to an almost 100-acre property near Tehachapi, California. By 2006, the property held around 250 rescued donkeys. In 2008, the organization entered into an agreement with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to rescue feral or abandoned donkeys in Big Bend Ranch State Park. In 2011, it was responsible for nearly 800 donkey rescues, 700 of which occurred in Texas. In 2012, Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue moved its main headquarters to a 172-acre facility (a former dairy farm) in San Angelo, Texas. It was operating 15 adoption centers serving 27 states by 2013. The organization earned accreditation from the Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries in July 2016. In May 2018, it entered into an agreement with the National Park Service to rescue and remove up to 2,500 wild donkeys from Death Valley National Park and the Mojave National Preserve as part of the Wild Burro Project. Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit donkey rescue organization based in San Angelo, Texas. It is the largest donkey rescue organization in the United States with 24 sanctuaries"
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"Fulmar (1868) The Fulmar was a cargo vessel that sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Kilkee, County Clare, Ireland, on the night of 30 January 1886. At the time of the disaster the ship was transporting coal from Troon in Ayrshire, Scotland to Limerick city in Ireland. Occurring 50 years to the day of the sinking of the \"Intrinsic\", the ship is one of four that have perished with loss of life off the coast of the small town of Kilkee, the others being the \"Edmond\", and the \"Inishtrahull\". Originally built for Francis Atkinson in 1868, the ship was bought in 1877 by Middlesbrough businessman James Dixon. The sinking of the vessel was not the first time it had been en-toiled in trouble, with the ship running aground near the French town of Boulogne-sur-Mer in 1883. After this the ship required extensive repairs, with the bill eventually coming to around £6,000 (£300,000 today). The ship was then laid up in the Royal Victoria Dock in London for 2 years, only being used for a few coastal voyages in the intervening period. The port side of the ship suffered damage when lying in Dún Laoghaire harbour in 1885 and on its return to Troon in Scotland, began to leak. When the vessel arrived in Troon harbour it was given temporary repairs and decided that the ship would continue on to Limerick, as it had been chartered, and when it returned it would be sent to Cardiff for a full overhaul and repair. The ship left Troon on the afternoon of 28 January 1886 with a crew of 17 aboard. On the ship at the time was 809 tons 11 cwt. of coal bound for Limerick and 55 tons 5 cwt. in the vessel's bunkers. According to the wreck report compiled after the disaster the ship was listing considerably on the starboard side due to it having 10 to 12 tons more coal than the port bunker. In ordinary circumstances the ship should have completed its journey in approximately 50 hours, making her estimated arrival in Limerick on 30 January at 18.30pm. During the night of the 30th and the early morning of the 31st, gale force winds of between 9 and 10 were reported along the west coast of Ireland and it is believed the ship foundered in these, not helped by the fact the ship was already listing. What had happened only came to knowledge on 31 January when a quantity of wreckage identified as belonging to the \"Fulmar\" was picked up near Kilkee, a town located about 22km from the entrance to the River Shannon, the ship's intended route. On 4 February a body of a person, believed to have been Captain Webb, washed ashore. This was the only victim of the 17 aboard to be recovered. It is believed the ship founded in an approximate position of . Fulmar (1868) The Fulmar was a cargo vessel that sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Kilkee, County Clare, Ireland, on"
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"Pushyamitras The Pushyamitras were a tribe who lived in Central India during the 5th century CE. Living on the banks of the river Narmada, they are believed to have posed a serious threat to the Gupta Empire during the late period of Kumaragupta I's reign. Inscriptions covering the events between 455 and 467 CE emphasise the role of Skandagupta, Kumaragupta's successor, in defeating the Pushyamitras. The Pushyamitras are only known from this inscription, of which the reading is sometimes disputed (it could be \"Yudhy-amitrdths-cha\" rather than \"Pushyamitrams-cha\"), as well as a single mention in the Puranas. Therefore their existence is sometimes doubted. The people Skandagupta fought could more probably have been a confederation including the Vakatakas. The dynasty of the Vakatakas ended around that time in a war, when, according to the \"Dashakumaracharita\", attacking the area of Vanavasi to the south, they were in turn attacked from the rear resulting in the death of the last Vakataka king. Pushyamitras The Pushyamitras were a tribe who lived in Central India during the 5th century CE. Living on the banks of the river Narmada, they are believed to have posed a serious threat to the Gupta Empire during the late period of"
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"Baltasar Rigo Baltasar Rigo Cifré (born 26 June 1985 in Campos, Majorca, Balearic Islands) is a Spanish footballer who plays for CE Campos as a central defender. A product of local RCD Mallorca's youth ranks, Rigo made his senior debut in the 2004–05 season in the third division, being relegated. After a second year, he signed for SD Huesca also in the third level, appearing in only two matches as the Aragonese club achieved a first-ever promotion to division two in 2008 (22 minutes of action). In the summer of 2009, Rigo moved to the fourth division and joined UD Almería B on a free transfer, being an important defensive unit to help them promote to the third tier for the first time. Subsequently, he was promoted to the first team by manager Juan Manuel Lillo, also signing a professional contract. On 5 December 2010, Rigo made his debut for Almería's main squad, starting – but also conceding a penalty and being booked – in a 1–1 home draw against Real Zaragoza. In the following transfer window, however, he left Andalusia and returned to Huesca. Baltasar Rigo Baltasar Rigo Cifré (born 26 June 1985 in Campos, Majorca, Balearic Islands) is"
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"Rick Martel Richard Vigneault (born March 18, 1956) is a Canadian retired professional wrestler, trainer, and television presenter, better known by his ring name, Rick Martel. He is best known for his appearances with the American Wrestling Association, the World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling. Championships held by Martel over the course of his career include the AWA World Heavyweight Championship, WCW World Television Championship, and WWF World Tag Team Championship. Martel is from a family of wrestlers, and made his professional debut at age sixteen when his brother Michel, a wrestler, asked him to replace an injured wrestler. Martel was already a skilled amateur wrestler, and quickly adapted to professional wrestling. Martel wrestled throughout the world, winning titles in Canada (in Stu Hart's Stampede Wrestling and Vancouver-based NWA All Star Wrestling), New Zealand and Puerto Rico. His first real success in the United States came in the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA)'s Portland affiliate, Pacific Northwest Wrestling, where he became a top talent, holding the Canadian and PNW tag team titles simultaneously. He left PNW on August 16, 1980, when he lost a Loser Leaves Town match to Buddy Rose. Martel also served a stint as a booker for a wrestling territory in Hawaii, where he would help the promotion set up matches and construct the storylines that would play out inside and outside of the ring. Martel debuted in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in July 1980. That fall, he formed a tag team with Tony Garea. On November 8, they defeated The Wild Samoans to capture the WWF Tag Team Championship. They successfully defended the title until dropping the belts to The Moondogs on March 17, 1981. They regained the title from The Moondogs on July 21. Their second reign came to an end on October 13, when they lost to Mr. Fuji and Mr. Saito. Though they would challenge the champions numerous times, Martel and Garea were unable to recapture the belts, and Martel left the WWF in April 1982. Martel signed with the AWA in 1982 and quickly ascended through the ranks, defeating Jumbo Tsuruta to win the AWA World Heavyweight Championship on May 13, 1984. His reign as champion lasted nearly nineteen months (the third-longest title reign and the longest title reign of the 1980s), during which time he wrestled several matches with NWA World Champion Ric Flair, as well as with Jimmy Garvin, Nick Bockwinkel and King Tonga. His finishing move alternated between the slingshot splash and the combination atomic drop/back suplex. On December 29, 1985, Martel lost the title to Stan Hansen, who forced him to submit to the \"Brazos Valley Backbreaker\" (Hansen's version of the Boston crab). In 1986, Martel returned to the WWF, with his tag team partner Tom Zenk. They were billed as The Can-Am Connection. The Can-Am Connection had been formed by Martel in the Montreal-based Lutte Internationale in 1986. Zenk was the boyfriend of Martel's sister-in-law, and had been introduced to Martel in the AWA by Curt Hennig. The Can-Am Connection with their youthful looks and high energy in-ring performances quickly garnered the affection of fans, and they looked likely to win the WWF Tag Team Title in the near future. At WrestleMania III in front of a reported 93,173 fans at the Pontiac Silverdome, The Cam-Am connection defeated Ace Cowboy Bob Orton and The Magnificent Muraco in the opening match, when Martel pinned Muraco with a flying cross-body helped by what commentator Gorilla Monsoon called \"a schoolboy trip from behind\" by Zenk. They split shortly afterward; Zenk claimed Martel had secretly negotiated an individual contract worth three times more than his partner's contract (traditionally, tag teams are paid roughly equal salaries). Martel strongly disagreed. In \"Mad Dogs, Midgets and Screw Jobs\", he said: “Ever since I had been fired by Jim Barnett, I decided not to discuss money matters with other wrestlers . . . I did the same thing with Tom, and he put it in his head, or some other people put it in his head, that I made more than him. But as far as Vince was concerned, if you were in a tag team, you earned the same amount of money.” He also claimed Zenk \"...was overwhelmed by it all... Wrestling is very hard on your body. Hard on you also mentally. It's hard physically. Tom wasn't mentally or physically hard as I thought he would be.\" At the time of Zenk's departure, The Can-Am Connection was in a feud with The Islanders (Haku and Tama); Zenk's departure was worked into the feud, with the Islanders claiming that Zenk was a quitter and abandoned Martel because he knew they could never beat them. In July 1987, Martel defeated both Haku and Tama in singles competition. Then on the August 15, 1987 episode of \"Superstars of Wrestling\" after Martel defeated Barry Horowitz, he was jumped by The Islanders. Tito Santana, who was doing commentary in the Spanish broadcast booth, ran to the ring to help Martel fight off his attackers. Martel and Santana then formed a tag team called Strike Force. The team were played off as good looking pretty boys (a storyline that came directly from the Can-Am Connection), even using the theme called \"Girls In Cars\", which was originally made for the Can-Am Connection. The name Strike Force came from Santana's promise that as a team they would, \"be striking (The Islanders) with force.\" Martel immediately came up with the team's name based on this. After winning their feud with The Islanders, Strike Force immediately challenged The Hart Foundation (Bret \"Hitman\" Hart and Jim \"The Anvil\" Neidhart) for the WWF World Tag Team Title. Strike Force won the titles on an episode of \"Superstars\" after Martel made Neidhart submit to a Boston crab. Strike Force would hold the titles for five months, defending primarily against the Hart Foundation and the Islanders, before losing to Demolition (Ax and Smash) at WrestleMania IV in Atlantic City when Smash pinned Martel as a result of Martel being hit on the back of the neck by Ax using Mr. Fuji's cane as a weapon when Martel had Smash in the Boston crab and the referee was distracted by Santana beating up Mr. Fuji on the ring apron. Shortly afterward, Martel (kayfabe) took time off due to injuries sustained in a title rematch against Demolition at a \"Prime Time Wrestling\" taping in Oakland, California on June 1, 1988 (aired July 11). Smash hit Martel with a steel chair, then Demolition performed their \"Demolition Decapitation\" finisher on him at ringside, leaving him unconscious on the floor. On the June 18 \"Superstars\", it was announced he suffered back injuries and a concussion. In the storyline, he briefly retired due to these injuries. In reality, he was granted leave from the WWF and took six months off to help care for his severely ill wife. Martel returned in January 1989 as a singles wrestler, before reforming Strike Force with Santana at WrestleMania V to face The Brain Busters (Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard). During the match, Santana accidentally hit Martel with his signature flying forearm smash and knocked him out of the ring. A frustrated Martel refused to tag in and walked away, leaving Santana to be beaten down and pinned. Immediately after the match in an interview with \"Mean\" Gene Okerlund who asked him how he could leave his partner \"high and dry\" and said that Strike Force was \"supposed to be a team, a team\", an irate Martel said, \"I'm sick and tired. I'm sick and tired of him. You know, I was doing great as a singles wrestler, but no, Mr. Tito wants to ride my coattails some more. You saw his timing was off\". Then angrily addressing Santana he said \"You're lucky that being the gentleman that I am that I just walked off. That could have been a lot worse for you Tito Santana.\" Following his heel turn, Martel acquired Slick as his manager. He feuded with Santana on and off over the next two years, losing to him in the finals of the 1989 King of the Ring tournament,",
"Santana to be beaten down and pinned. Immediately after the match in an interview with \"Mean\" Gene Okerlund who asked him how he could leave his partner \"high and dry\" and said that Strike Force was \"supposed to be a team, a team\", an irate Martel said, \"I'm sick and tired. I'm sick and tired of him. You know, I was doing great as a singles wrestler, but no, Mr. Tito wants to ride my coattails some more. You saw his timing was off\". Then angrily addressing Santana he said \"You're lucky that being the gentleman that I am that I just walked off. That could have been a lot worse for you Tito Santana.\" Following his heel turn, Martel acquired Slick as his manager. He feuded with Santana on and off over the next two years, losing to him in the finals of the 1989 King of the Ring tournament, then defeating him at The Main Event IV taping on October 30, 1990 (aired November 23). As 1989 came to a close, Martel's relationship with Slick quietly ended. In late 1989, Martel adopted a narcissistic gimmick, as \"The Model\". Just before the 1989 Survivor Series (where in a continuation of their feud, Martel pinned Santana in the opening elimination match of the night), he introduced his own (fictional) brand of cologne called \"Arrogance\", which he carried in a large atomizer and sprayed in the eyes of his opponents to blind them. He wore a turquoise sweater tied around his neck to the ring (later replaced by a turquoise sportcoat), with a large lapel pin that read \"Yes, I am a model.\" Martel made his pay-per-view singles match debut at WrestleMania VI at the Skydome in Toronto, where he defeated Koko B. Ware via submission with his signature Boston Crab. Martel's most high-profile feud during his stint as \"The Model\" was with Jake \"The Snake\" Roberts, sparked when he blinded Roberts with \"Arrogance\" on \"The Brother Love Show\" in October 1990. Martel and Roberts captained opposing teams at the Survivor Series. \"The Visionaries\" (Martel, The Warlord and Power and Glory) defeated The Vipers (Roberts, Superfly Jimmy Snuka and The Rockers) in a 4-0 clean sweep, the first time this had happened in Survivor Series history. In the 1990 Survivor Series (unlike previous editions), the heel survivors faced off against the babyface survivors in a grand final \"Match Of Survival\". There \"The Visionaries\" teamed with \"The Million Dollar Man\" Ted Dibiase to face Tito Santana, Hulk Hogan and WWF World Heavyweight Champion The Ultimate Warrior. Martel was eliminated from the match after he got himself counted out by abandoning his team after receiving beatings from both Hogan and The Warrior. Martel continued to have the upper hand in the 1991 Royal Rumble match, eliminating Roberts from the match en route to lasting (a then-record) 53 minutes, before being eliminated by The British Bulldog. Roberts would ultimately get his revenge at WrestleMania VII, defeating Martel in a blindfold match. Unfortunately, due to the nature of the blindfold match in which both wrestlers wore black hoods and could not see (though Roberts later admitted that they did have limited vision due to the lighting), it was rated as one of the poorer Wrestlemania matches. For the rest of 1991, Martel represented the WWF on Japanese tours for Super World Sports. In December 1991, he lost to Naoki Sano in a match to determine the inaugural SWS Junior Heavyweight Champion. In early 1992, Martel began a feud with Tatanka, leading to WrestleMania VIII, where Tatanka pinned him. He went on to work against Santana on house shows that spring. That summer, Martel had a brief feud with Shawn Michaels, as both men sought the affections of Sensational Sherri. The feud ended with a chain of events that resulted in a double countout at SummerSlam 1992 held at the Wembley Stadium in London, England in front of what remains the SummerSlam record attendance of 80,355. The match carried a \"no punching in the face\" stipulation, mutually agreed upon and eventually disregarded by the two narcissistic heels. Martel then resumed his rivalry with Tatanka by stealing his sacred eagle feathers, to add to his wardrobe. The feud was resolved at the 1992 Survivor Series, where Tatanka again defeated Martel and reclaimed the feathers. By 1993, Martel mainly appeared on the lower undercard, and rarely on television, mostly on programs such as \"All-American Wrestling\" and \"Wrestling Challenge\". However, at the September 27 \"Monday Night Raw\" taping, he was the co-winner (with Razor Ramon) of a battle royal (aired October 4) to decide the competitors in a match for the vacant Intercontinental Championship. He lost that match (aired the next week) to Ramon. After this, Martel began moving slightly up the card once again. Martel also briefly feuded with Bastion Booger, losing one of their matches when he got fed up with how Booger smelled and started spraying him with his \"Arrogance\" cologne. Martel also appeared at \"Survivor Series 1993\" in a 4-4 elimination match, being eliminated by The 1-2-3 Kid and in the \"1994 Royal Rumble\" as the 26th entrant before getting eliminated by his old rival Tatanka. Martel was set to appear in a ten-man tag team match at \"Wrestlemania X\" but the match was cancelled during the show due to the show running out of time. The match was later held on \"RAW\", with Martel's team victorious. By the summer of 1994, Martel dropped out of the WWF picture and would not be seen again until participating in the 1995 Royal Rumble (he was a substitute for Jim Neidhart). Martel's final appearance came the following month at a house show in Montreal, as his wrestling career began to slow as Martel pursued a career in real estate. In a shoot interview with RF video, Martel claimed that he and Don Callis were set to return to the WWF as 'The Supermodels' in 1997, before Callis turned on Martel, turning him face for the first time since 1989. However, after a pay dispute with WWF owner Vince McMahon, Martel signed with World Championship Wrestling (WCW). Callis confirmed that he and Martel were set to debut as a team during an interview with WWE.com in 2015. Martel debuted for WCW in 1997, feuding with Booker T for the World Television Championship and winning it on the February 16, 1998 \"Nitro\". Martel's comeback was cut short during his rematch with Booker T at SuperBrawl VIII on February 22, when he landed badly on a throw, hitting his leg on one of the ring ropes. He tore an inside ligament of his right knee, fractured his leg and suffered cartilage damage, effectively ending his in-ring career. He was originally booked to retain the Television Title in the match, intended to be a gauntlet match, by beating Booker and then Perry Saturn. Martel and Booker worked out a finish in the ring (by which Martel suffered a further injury after a botched Harlem Sidekick), and then Booker and Saturn worked the second half of the match entirely on the fly. Martel was out of action for several months. After suffering another injury in his first match back (on the July 13 episode of \"Nitro\", against Booker T's Harlem Heat tag team partner (and real life older brother), Stevie Ray), Martel retired from the ring. After retiring from the ring, Martel worked for WCW as a trainer, and as host of the French versions of WCW programming. After the main event of a house show in Quebec City on May 3, 2003, then WWE Champion Brock Lesnar introduced Martel to the ring as a surprise, and shook his hand. Martel, who received a standing ovation from his home fans, said he was honoured to be associated with WWE and thanked the fans. At WWE's pay-per-view in 2007, Martel, along with his former teammate Tony Garea, saved Jimmy Snuka and Sgt. Slaughter from a post-match attack at the hands of Deuce 'n Domino. Martel is a playable character in \"WWE 2K18\" and \"WWE 2K19\", the first video game appearance since 1993's Sega Mega drive/Genesis version of \"WWF Royal Rumble\". Rick Martel Richard Vigneault (born March 18, 1956) is a Canadian retired professional",
"for WCW as a trainer, and as host of the French versions of WCW programming. After the main event of a house show in Quebec City on May 3, 2003, then WWE Champion Brock Lesnar introduced Martel to the ring as a surprise, and shook his hand. Martel, who received a standing ovation from his home fans, said he was honoured to be associated with WWE and thanked the fans. At WWE's pay-per-view in 2007, Martel, along with his former teammate Tony Garea, saved Jimmy Snuka and Sgt. Slaughter from a post-match attack at the hands of Deuce 'n Domino. Martel is a playable character in \"WWE 2K18\" and \"WWE 2K19\", the first video game appearance since 1993's Sega Mega drive/Genesis version of \"WWF Royal Rumble\". Rick Martel Richard Vigneault (born March 18, 1956) is a Canadian retired professional wrestler, trainer, and television presenter, better known by his ring name, Rick Martel. He is best known for his appearances with the American Wrestling Association,"
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"Dongzhi (solar term) The traditional East Asian calendars divide a year into 24 solar terms. Dōngzhì, \"Tōji\", \"Dongji\", or \"Đông chí\" (in Vietnamese) is the 22nd solar term, and marks the winter solstice. It begins when the Sun reaches the celestial longitude of 270° and ends when it reaches the longitude of 285°. It more often refers in particular to the day when the Sun is exactly at the celestial longitude of 270°. In the Gregorian calendar, it usually begins around 21 December (22 December East Asia time) and ends around 5 January. Along with equinoxes, solstices () mark the \"middle\" of East Asian calendar seasons. Thus, in \"\", the Chinese character \"至\" means \"extreme\", which implies \"solstices\", and therefore the term for the \"winter solstice\" directly signifies the summit of winter, as \"midwinter\" is used in English. In China, Dongzhi was originally celebrated as an end-of-harvest festival. Today, it is observed with a family reunion over the long night, when pink and white \"tangyuan\" are eaten in sweet broth to symbolise family unity and prosperity. Dongzhi (solar term) The traditional East Asian calendars divide a year into 24 solar terms. Dōngzhì, \"Tōji\", \"Dongji\", or \"Đông chí\" (in Vietnamese) is"
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"Luigi Lavitrano Luigi Lavitrano (7 March 1874 – 2 August 1950) was an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Palermo from 1928 to 1944, and as prefect of the Sacred Congregation for Religious from 1945 until his death. Lavitrano was elevated to the cardinalate in 1929. Born in Forio, Lavitrano lost his entire family in an earthquake in 1883 that devastated the island of Ischia. He studied at the Pontifical Urbaniana University, the Pontifical Roman Athenaeum S. Apollinare, the Royal University, and the Pontifical Leonine Institute in Rome. He was ordained to the priesthood on 21 March 1898, and then taught at the Leonine Institute until 1910, when he became its rector. He was raised to the rank of Privy Chamberlain of His Holiness on 8 March 1904. On 25 May 1914, Lavitrano was appointed Bishop of Cava e Sarno by Pope Pius X. He received his episcopal consecration on the following 21 June from Basilio Cardinal Pompili, with Bishops Giovanni Regine and Giovanni Scotti serving as co-consecrators. Lavitrano was later named Archbishop of Benevento on 16 July 1924, and finally archbishop of Palermo on 29 September 1928. In addition, he served as Apostolic Administrator of Castellammare di Stabia from 1924 to 1925. Pope Pius XI created him Cardinal-Priest of \"San Silvestro in Capite\" in the consistory of 16 December 1929. Lavitrano, who once scolded Italian Catholics for their religious negligence, was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 1939 papal conclave that selected Pope Pius XII. After resigning as Palermo's archbishop in December 1944, he was made Prefect of the Sacred Congregation for Religious in the Roman Curia on 14 May 1945. Lavitrano's resignation was unexpected, and it is considered that he resigned because his alleged sympathy for the Fascists -- he voted for the National Fascist Party in the 1929 Italian general elections -- became unpopular. Lavitrano died in Marino, in the Alban Hills, at age 76. He is buried in the basilica of Santa Maria di Loreto in his native Forio. Luigi Lavitrano Luigi Lavitrano (7 March 1874 – 2 August 1950) was an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Palermo from 1928 to 1944, and as prefect of the Sacred Congregation for Religious from 1945 until his death. Lavitrano was elevated to the cardinalate in 1929. Born in Forio, Lavitrano lost his entire family"
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"1873 Boston Red Stockings season The 1873 Boston Red Stockings season was the third season of the franchise. They won their second consecutive National Association championship. Managed by Harry Wright, Boston finished with a record of 43–16 to win the pennant by 4 games. Pitcher Al Spalding started 54 of the Red Stockings' games and led the NA with 41 wins. Second baseman Ross Barnes won the league batting title with a .431 batting average, and catcher Deacon White topped the circuit with 77 runs batted in. Harry Wright, Al Spalding, first baseman Jim O'Rourke, and shortstop George Wright have all been elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame. \"Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in\" \"Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in\" \"Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts\" \"Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts\" 1873 Boston Red Stockings season The 1873 Boston Red Stockings season was the third season of the franchise. They won their second consecutive National Association championship. Managed by Harry Wright, Boston finished with a record of 43–16 to win the pennant by 4 games. Pitcher Al Spalding started 54 of the Red Stockings' games and led the NA with 41 wins. Second baseman Ross Barnes won the league batting title with a .431 batting average, and catcher Deacon White topped the circuit with 77 runs batted in. Harry Wright, Al Spalding, first"
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"Perakian Malay people Perakian Malay people refers to a group of Malay people originating from the Malaysian state of Perak. As of 2010, it is estimated that the population of the Perakian Malays in Perak are about 55.74% of the state's population. Perakian Malays uses a distinct form of Malay variant known as Perak Malay. Linguistically, there are about five Malay dialects traditionally spoken in Perak, only one of which is intended by the name \"Perak Malay\" and it can be divided into two sub-dialects namely Perak Tengah sub-dialect and Kuala Kangsar sub-dialect. Other Malay dialects used in Perak include Perak Selatan dialect which is more influenced by Selangor Malay and Perak Ulu Malay dialect (also known as \"Basa Ulu\" or \"Basa Grik\") but are not considered as part of Perak Malay as they do not share many similarities with Perak Malay but instead it is linguistically much closer to neighbouring Kelantan-Pattani Malay and other East Coast Malay varieties such as Terengganu Malay and Pahang Malay. Malaysian language is used as a second language and English as a third language. Traditional Perakian Malay dance are such as:- Perakian Malay people Perakian Malay people refers to a group of Malay people"
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"Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich of Russia Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich of Russia (; 7 October 1869 – 18 July 1918) was the fifth son and sixth child of Grand Duke Michael Nikolaievich of Russia and a first cousin of Alexander III of Russia. He was born and raised in the Caucasus, where his father was viceroy. In 1881 the family moved to St Petersburg. He became a close friend of the then Tsarevich Nicholas. They grew apart upon Nicholas II's marriage and accession to the throne. Grand Duke Sergei remained a bachelor living at his father palace in the imperial capital. He had a long affair with the famous ballerina Mathilde Kschessinska, who had previously been the mistress of Nicholas II. She was also later involved with Grand Duke Andrei Vladimorovich. Sergei recognized Mathilde's son as his own and remained their protector until his death. Following family tradition, Grand Duke Sergei pursued a military career. He served as General Inspector of the Artillery with the rank of Adjutant General. During World War I he was chief of the artillery department, a position he was forced to resign amid controversy. He was then appointed Field Inspector General of Artillery at Stavka. After the fall of the monarchy, he remained in the former Imperial capital keeping a low profile. With the ascension of the Bolshevist to power, he was sent to internal Russian exile. He was murdered by the Bolshevik along with several other Romanovs relatives and his personal secretary at Alapayevsk on 18 July 1918, one day after the murder of Tsar Nicholas II and his immediate family at Yekaterinburg. Grand Duke Sergei was born on , at Borjomi, his father’s estate from Tiflis. He was the fifth son and sixth child of the seven children of Grand Duke Michael Nicolaievich of Russia and his wife Grand Duchess Olga Feodorovna, born Princess Cecile of Baden. Named Sergei after St. Sergius of Radonezh, Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich spent his early years in the Caucasus, until 1881 when his family moved to St Petersburg. Raised in strict and militaristic environment, he received little affection from his parents. His father, occupied in military and governmental endeavors, remained a distant figure. His demanding mother was a strict disciplinarian and cold towards her children. Like his brothers, Sergei Mikhailovich was destined from birth to follow a military career. He was two weeks old when he was enrolled in a military unit that was named after him: the 153rd Infantry Vakusnkii Regiment of HIH Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich. Sergei Mikhailovich loved the military life and served in a number of regiments. Like his father, he was drawn towards ordnance and artillery. After graduating from the Mikhailovsky Artillery School, he started his military service in the Life Guard of the Cavalry Artillery Brigade. In 1891, he became aide-de-camp to the Emperor and in 1899 was promoted to the rank of colonel. In 1904, he was made major general in the House Guards Artillery Brigade of the suite of the Tsar. He replaced his father in 1905 as Inspector General of Artillery, a post he held until 1915 when he was removed under controversy during World War I. In 1908, he became adjutant General. In 1914, he was promoted to the rank of General of Cavalry. From January 1916, he served as Field Inspector General of the Artillery until he resigned his military post at the fall of the monarchy. Sergei Mikhailovich was tall, reaching six-foot three, and was the only among Grand Duke Michael Nicholaievich’s children to inherit father’s blue eyes and blond hair. He became prematurely bald and was considered the least handsome of a very good-looking family. He had a keen sense of the ridiculous, but was pessimistic, as influenced by his tutor Colonel Helmerson. He had the habit of saying \" tant pis!\" (so much the worse!) to any bad news. Widely considered rude and moody, he was at the same time sincere, affectionate, loved simplicity and was easily accessible without class distinction. Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich was, unlike his brothers, interested in mathematics and physics, which coincided with his fondness for artillery. His only artistic inclination was choral singing, and he formed an amateur chorus of more than sixty voices, including some professional singers. They were directed by Kasatchenko, the master of the Imperial Theater. For a decade, the group met at Sergei’s palace every Monday evening from 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm before the Russo-Japanese War stopped it. Like his brothers George and Alexander, Sergei Mikhailovich was also fond of numismatics and gathered a large collection of coins. Like all the Grand Dukes, Sergei was immensely wealthy. Beside his Grand Ducal allowance of 200,000 roubles a year, he received the income from vast personal states, which include a hunting lodge from St Petersburg. At the death of his father in 1909, his wealth increased even further. He remained a bachelor, living in the household of his father, and later with his eldest brother on the Neva: the new Michaelovsky Palace in St Petersburg. The halls and corridors were so vast that Sergei used a bicycle to visit his brothers Grand Dukes George and Nicholas Mikhailovich who lived in other wings of the large Palace. In the early 1890s, Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich was particularly close to his brother Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich. Traveling together to India, they had to stop their trip in Bombay in 1891 upon the sudden death of their mother. Both brothers fell in love with Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna, their first cousin, once removed. She chose his brother over Sergei and married Alexander in 1894. During the last year of Tsar Alexander III’s reign, Sergei and his brothers Alexander and George Mikhailovich were constant companions of the future Tsar, Nicholas II. Their closeness ended with Nicholas' ascension to the throne and marriage. When Nicholas II, then the Tsarevich, broke off with his mistress, the famous ballerina Mathilde Kschessinska, he asked Sergei to take care of her. From 1894, Grand Duke Sergei, who was then 25 years old, became Kschessinska’s protector. He provided generously for his mistress. In 1895, the grand duke bought a dacha for her in Strelna. Kschessinska, who was ambitious, used her connections to the Romanovs to promote her career. Sergei, as president of the Imperial Theatres Society, took an active role in the ballet world to secure a prominent place for Kschessinska in the Imperial Ballet. Although Sergei was devoted to Mathilde, she was not in love with him and used him as a tool to fulfill her ambitions. He remained her devoted friend through to the end of his life. He never married and found in Mathilde’s company the substitute of a family life. In February 1900 Kschessinska met, Grand Duke Andrei Vladimorovich, who was a son of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich, Sergei’s first cousin. Mathilde fell in love with Andrei and soon they started a new relationship. Grand Duke Sergei tolerated their affair remaining a close and loyal friend to the famous ballerina, but the relationship between the two Grand Dukes was tense. They tried to avoid each other while sharing the same woman for almost two decades. The ménage à trois became more complicated when on 18 June 1902, Mathilde gave birth to a son. Both Grand Dukes were at first convinced they were the child’s father. After the Revolution, both Kschessinska and Grand Duke Andrei maintained that Andrei was the father, but it was Grand Duke Sergei who looked after Mathilde and her son while he was alive. The child, who became known within the family by his nickname Vova, received the name and patronymic of Vladimir Sergeivich, although no surname was made public until 1911. The birth certificate showed Sergei as the father, and he was devoted to the child. The question of Vladimir’s paternity remains unresolved. However, most sources attribute the paternity to Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich, who the child resembled.",
"for almost two decades. The ménage à trois became more complicated when on 18 June 1902, Mathilde gave birth to a son. Both Grand Dukes were at first convinced they were the child’s father. After the Revolution, both Kschessinska and Grand Duke Andrei maintained that Andrei was the father, but it was Grand Duke Sergei who looked after Mathilde and her son while he was alive. The child, who became known within the family by his nickname Vova, received the name and patronymic of Vladimir Sergeivich, although no surname was made public until 1911. The birth certificate showed Sergei as the father, and he was devoted to the child. The question of Vladimir’s paternity remains unresolved. However, most sources attribute the paternity to Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich, who the child resembled. Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich also had a relationship with Countess Barbara Vorontzova-Daskova, née Orlova (1870, Paris -1915, Petrograd), the widow of Count Ivan Illarionovitch Vorontzov-Daskov (1866–1897). In 1908 she gave birth to a son, Alexander, in Switzerland. The father of Alexander seems to have been Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich. Alexander (1908, Switzerland - 1979, New York) was adopted by a friend of his mother, Sophia Vladimirovna Dehn, whose grandmother was a daughter of Tsar Nicholas I. He spent his childhood in Italy where his adopted father was on naval service. Alexander was a well-known artist and often showed his watercolors at American galleries. He married twice and died in the U.S. in 1979. After visits to Austria and Germany in 1913 Sergei Mikhailovich reported to the Government of the feverish work of military factories of the central European powers, but his warning about an imminent war was not heeded by the Russian ministers. In the summer of 1914 just before the outbreak of World War I, Grand Duke Sergei was traveling near Lake Baikal when he fell ill with rheumatic fever in Chita. At his return to Mikhailovskoe, during the first days of autumn, his illness, complicated with pleurisy took a severe form. He spent five months confined to bed before being pronounced fit enough to resume his duties. He was appointed inspector general of Artillery and was attached to the general headquarters, once making a trip to Arkhangelsk to check on the munitions sent there by the allies. As chief of the artillery department Grand Duke Sergei came under fire of the president of the Duma, Mikhail Rodzianko. Corruption and negligence were rampant in the department and there was a scandal over contracts. Kschessinskaya was accused of getting preferential orders for firms in pursuit of economic gains. The grand duke was blamed for not uncovering a band of thieves and protecting the dealings of his mistress. A special commission launched an investigation on the matter and in January 1916, Grand Duke Sergei had to resign as head of the artillery department. He was then appointed Field Inspector General of Artillery at Stavka. He was in a position to deal with Nicholas II every day, living in the same headquarters train with the Tsar. He was increasingly pessimistic about the outcome of the war for Russia but he could not assert any influence over Nicholas II who only trusted his wife Alexandra Feodorova who disliked Sergei Mikhailovich and had listed him among her enemies. The Tsarina following the rumors of corruption that had clouded Sergei’s reputation had pressed her husband to make Sergei Mikhailovich resign from the artillery department. The scandal over the bribes did not die down in the last period of Imperial Russia and Grand Duke Sergei spent nearly all his time at Stavka. He became more cautious in an attempt to distance himself from Kshessinskaya, who had used him in her quest for financial profit. About the outcome of the war, Grand Duke Sergei had no hope. At the fall of the monarchy, Grand Duke Sergei was at Mogilev in the company of Nicholas II when he had to abdicate. During the first months of the provisional government, Grand Duke Sergei remained in Mogilev in voluntary exile on the advice of his brother Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich, because of the cloud of corruption that hung over him as a result of the Ksehesinskaya scandal. However, after twenty-two years of having a substitute of a family life with his mistress, he resisted pressure from his brother to break off all relations with Mathilde and her son. Sergei Mikhailovich returned to Petrograd at the beginning of June 1917. He remained in the former Imperial capital during the period of the constitutional government, living with his brother Nicholas Mikhailovich in the New Michaelovsky Palace. Grand Duke Sergei proposed to Kschessinskaya. She, although caring for him, did not love him and refused. Instead, she decided to join Grand Duke Andrei in the Caucasus. On 13 July, Grand Duke Sergei went to the Nicholas Railway Station to say goodbye to Mathilde and her son. After the successful Bolshevik coup of November 1917, the Petrograd newspapers published a decree summoning all male Romanovs to report to the dreaded Cheka, the secret police. Initially they were just required not to leave the city. In March 1918, the Romanovs who registered were summoned again, now to be sent away into internal Russian exile. Sergei Mikhailovich was sent to Viatka, a small town in the foothills of the Ural Mountains. With suitcases in hand, the grand duke arrived at the Nicholas railway station on the afternoon of 4 April 1918. Sergei’s personal secretary, Fedor Remez (1878–1918), followed him in his exile. At seven that evening, the train pulled out of Petrograd headed east to Siberia. Grand Duke Sergei departed to his destiny in the company of his secretary, three sons of Grand Duke Konstantine Kosntantinovich (Princes: Ivan, Konstantine and Igor Konstantinovich) and Prince Vladimir Paley, the son of the morganatic marriage of Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich. In Viatka, the Grand Duke was lodged in a different house from his much younger relatives. Although they all were virtually prisoners, they were allowed to walk freely around town, and could attend services at a local church. However, their situation changed after only eleven days. On 30 April, Grand Duke Sergei, his secretary, and the other Romanovs with them were transferred to Yekaterinburg by order of the Ural Regional Soviet. The journey lasted for three days through the forest of the Urals. On 3 May 1918, the prisoners arrived in Yekaterinburg. They were housed at the Palace Royal Hotel on the city’s Voznesensky Prospekt. A few days later, Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna, sister of the Tsarina, joined them and they were all allowed a certain amount of freedom. Although the Tsar and Tsarina with their children were there nearby at the Ipatiev House, they were unable to make contact. After two weeks, the Ural Regional Soviet decided once again to transfer Grand Duke Sergei and the other Romanovs in his group. On 18 May 1918, they were told that they were to be taken to the town of Alapayevsk, in the northern Urals, from Yekaterinburg, and ordered to quickly pack. That same afternoon, they boarded a train and, two days later, arrived at their destination. The Romanovs were placed in the Napolnaya School, on the fringe of the town. The school was small, consisting of only six rooms, the furniture basic but scanty. Each prisoner received an iron bed. They were allowed to move into the desolate former schoolrooms and sort out their living arrangements on their own. Grand Duke Sergei shared a room with Feodor Remez and Prince Paley. Although the captives were under the strict guard of the Red Army soldiers, they were allowed to walk in town, to talk to people and to go to church on feasts days. Preparing to spend a long time in Alapayevsk, they planted flowers and vegetable gardens near the school and spent many hours working there. On rainy days, the Romanovs read Russian novels to each other. Gradually, the regimen toughened and they were",
"The Romanovs were placed in the Napolnaya School, on the fringe of the town. The school was small, consisting of only six rooms, the furniture basic but scanty. Each prisoner received an iron bed. They were allowed to move into the desolate former schoolrooms and sort out their living arrangements on their own. Grand Duke Sergei shared a room with Feodor Remez and Prince Paley. Although the captives were under the strict guard of the Red Army soldiers, they were allowed to walk in town, to talk to people and to go to church on feasts days. Preparing to spend a long time in Alapayevsk, they planted flowers and vegetable gardens near the school and spent many hours working there. On rainy days, the Romanovs read Russian novels to each other. Gradually, the regimen toughened and they were forbidden to take walks. The school was encircled with a barbed-wire fence and small trenches. Two weeks later, they were murdered. There exists an eyewitness account of the murders of the Romanov group in Alapayevsk, related by one of the local Bolsheviks, Vasisili Ryabov. He later recalled: “It was night of the 17th to 18th July, 1918. When we were sure the whole town was asleep, we quietly stole through the window into the school building. Nobody there noticed our presence, they were already all asleep. We entered through the unlocked door into the building where the women were sleeping, and woke them up, telling them quietly to get dressed at once, as they were to be taken to a safe place because of the possibility of an armed attack. They obeyed silently. We tied their hands behind their backs there and then, blindfolded them, and let them out to the cart, which was already waiting by the school, sat them in it, and sent them off to their destination. After that, we went into the room occupied by the men. We told them the same story as we had told the women. The young princes Konstantinovich (KR's sons) and Prince Paley also obeyed meekly. We took them out into the corridor, blindfolded them, bound their hands behind their backs, and put them in another cart. We had earlier decided that the carts should not go together. The only one to try to oppose us was Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich. Physically he was stronger than the rest. We had to grapple with him. He told us categorically that he was not going anywhere, as he knew they all were going to be killed. He barricaded himself behind the cupboard and our efforts to get him out were in vain. We lost precious time. I finally lost my patience and shot at the Grand Duke. However, I only fired with the intention of wounding him slightly and frightening him into submission. I wounded him in the arm. He did not resist further. I bound his hand and covered his eyes. We put him in the last cart and set off. We were in a great hurry: already the dawn was heralding morning. Along the way, Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich again repeated that he knew they were all going to be killed. “ Tell me why? He asked. “ I have never been involved in politics. I loved sports, played billiards, and was interested in numismatics. “ I reassured him as best as I could. although I was very agitated myself by everything I have been through that night. Despite his wounded arm, the Grand Duke did not complain. At last, we arrived at the mine. The shaft was not very deep and as it turned out had a ledge on one side that was not covered by water.” At shaft # 7, the deepest and longest unused mine shaft, the carriages stopped. Blindfolded, the Romanovs were ordered to walk across a log placed over the mine. Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovcih, the oldest man in the group, was the only one to disobey. He threw himself at the guards and they shot him to death immediately. His body was thrown into the shaft. His relatives were struck in the head and thrown into the deep shaft still alive. A couple of hand grenades were pitched in after that. The mouth of the mine was filled with dry brushwood and set it alight until there were no signs of life beneath the earth. On 28 September 1918, the White Army captured Alapayevsk, hoping to rescue the prisoners from the school building. Some local peasants directed the investigators of the Romanovs disappearance to the abandoned mine. On 8 October, they began to retrieve the bodies from the shaft. The corpse of Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich was recovered two days later. Identification of the Romanovs was made based on the clothing worn and by papers found in their pockets. The White Army investigators had no medical or dental records, and eleven weeks in the mine had substantially altered the victim's physical appearance. The autopsy revealed that Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich had a bruise on the left side of his head, but his death had been caused by a gunshot wound to the right side of his head. Sergei’s relatives received the information gathered about his death. This included the photograph of the bloated corpse. Some time later, Grand Duchess Xenia sent Mathilde Kschessinska the items found on Sergei’s body. There was a gold pendant in the shape of a potato on a gold chain, the emblem of the \"Potato club which Tsarevich Nicholas, Sergei, some of his brothers and friends had formed in the days of their youth. There was also a small gold medallion with an emerald in the middle, which had been a present to Sergei from Mathilde many years earlier. It contained her portrait; a ten kopek piece minted in 1869, the year of Sergei’s birth, and was engraved with the words: 21 August Mala – 25 September. The significance of the dates is not known. After the autopsies were performed, the bodies of the Romanovs were washed, dressed in white shrouds, and placed in wooden coffins. There was a funeral service for them on 19 October when the coffins were placed in the crypt of the cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Alapayevsk where they remained until July 1919. Then, as Alapayevsk, was about to be retaken by the Red Army, the coffins were moved to Irkutsk. There the coffins rested for less than six months, before the advance of the Red army forced their removal eastward. Early in 1920, the coffins with the remains of Grand Duke Sergei and those killed with him, were taken out of Russia by train through Harbin. By April 1920 the coffins were in Beijing, where they were placed in the crypt of the chapel attached to the Russian Mission. They remained there until 1957 when they were buried at the Russian Orthodox cemetery as the chapel was demolished. The government of the USSR did not have any interest in the preservation of the Russian cemetery in Beijing and in the late 1980s the Chinese authorities converted it into a park. It is believed that the coffins are still in place, now buried beneath a parking area. After the Communist regime collapsed, the mineshaft where the Grand Duke was killed with his relatives became a site of religious pilgrimage and an orthodox chapel was built there. Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich of Russia Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich of Russia (; 7 October 1869 – 18 July 1918) was the fifth son and sixth child of Grand Duke Michael Nikolaievich of Russia and a first cousin of Alexander III of Russia. He was born and raised in the Caucasus, where his father was viceroy. In 1881 the family moved to St Petersburg. He became a close friend of the then Tsarevich Nicholas. They grew apart upon Nicholas II's marriage and accession to the throne. Grand Duke Sergei remained a bachelor living at"
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"Harry Järv Harry Järv (27 March 1921 – 21 December 2009) was a Finland Swedish librarian, author and translator. He was a lieutenant ranked veteran of World War II. By his political views Järv was an anarcho-syndicalist. Järv was born in a farmer's family in Western Finnish municipality of Korsholm. After graduating from high school in Vaasa Järv went to sea at the age of 18. As the Winter War broke out on November 1939 he enlisted in the Finnish Army as a volunteer. Later at World War II Järv was a platoon leader in the 61st Infantry Regiment that consisted almost exclusively of Swedish-speaking Finns. He was a member of patrol unit, leading recon and combat patrols behind the enemy lines. On September 1943 Järv was seriously wounded by a landmine and he spent rest of the war at Saint Göran Hospital in Stockholm. Järv carried a camera through the war and took a plenty of pictures that were later published in his books. The 2004 Finnish war film \"Beyond the Front Line\" is based on Järv's diaries. In 1945 Järv helped his former superior Alpo Marttinen flee Finland to Sweden, although Järv said he didn't like Marttinen as a person. Colonel Marttinen, who later joined the United States Army, was involved with the Weapons Cache Case. After the war was over, Järv received a scholarship from Uppsala University and moved to Sweden where he spent the rest of his life. Järv had a great interest in reading and collecting books since his childhood. Järv's personal library had more than 14,000 copies. He worked as a librarian and later as a deputy director at the National Library of Sweden. In 1973 Järv was awarded an Honorary degree by Uppsala University. He was also a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities. Järv wrote and translated more than 50 books as well as dozens of articles in various publications. His own books were mostly an essay collections of Ancient history, politics and philosophy. Järv was the Editor-in-chief in Swedish culture magazines \"Horisont\", \"Radix\" and \"Fenix\" and was known as an eminent expert on Franz Kafka. Järv was first introduced to anarchist ideas as a teenager by the books of Peter Kropotkin. On his time at the sea Järv was influenced by Finnish syndicalist Niilo Wälläri who was the leader of Finnish Seamen’s Union. During the war Järv suited anarchist ideas on his role as a platoon leader. Järv treated his men equally to himself and the decisions were made democratically. This often led to conflicts with his superior officers and Järv was considered as \"unmilitary\". In 1952 Järv joined the Swedish anarcho-syndicalist union SAC and started writing articles in its newspaper \"Arbetaren\". Harry Järv Harry Järv (27 March 1921 – 21 December 2009) was a Finland Swedish librarian, author and translator. He was a lieutenant ranked veteran of World War II. By his political views Järv was an anarcho-syndicalist. Järv was born in a farmer's family"
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"Gita Dhyanam The (), also called the Gītā Dhyāna or the Dhyāna Ślokas\"\"' associated with the Gītā, is a 9-verse Sanskrit poem that has often been attached to the \"Bhagavad Gita\", one of the most important scriptures of Hinduism. In English, its title can be translated literally as \"meditation on the Gita,\" and it is also sometimes called the \"Invocation to the Gita\". The nine \"Gita Dhyanam\" verses offer salutations to a variety of sacred scriptures, figures, and entities, characterize the relationship of the \"Gita\" to the \"Upanishads\", and affirm the power of divine assistance. Although differing accounts are given of its origins, the poem is widely circulated in India, and its verses have been quoted by many Hindu leaders. The \"Gītā Dhyānam\"'s first verse opens by affirming an act of meditation (\"anusandadhāmi\"): \"Om. I meditate on the \"Bhagavad Gītā\", which gave enlightenment to Arjuna... by the Lord himself\" The \"Gītā\" is also affirmed as a mother (\"bhagavatīm\", \"amba\") who rescues from ceaseless change (\"bhava dveṣiṇīm\"). The next verse offers salutations to Vyāsa, the traditional recorder of the \"Gītā\". Several additional verses offer salutations (\"namaḥ\", bowing down) to Kṛṣṇa (verses 3, 5, 8), or to the supreme Godhead (\"devāya\", verse 9). The commonly quoted fourth verse characterizes the \"Gītā\" as a distillation of the wisdom of the \"Upanishads\". It uses the image of the \"Upanishads\" as like cows, and Arjuna (the person to whom the \"Gītā\" is told) as like a calf who is receiving their milk. This and another selected verse are shown in the table at right, in English translation, Sanskrit original, and romanized transliteration. The eighth verse affirms faith that God (represented in the \"Gītā\" as Kṛṣṇa) can work benevolent miracles, such as giving speech to the dumb. This verse, shown in the table, is also commonly quoted. The remaining \"Gītā Dhyānam\" verses extoll the virtues of the \"Mahābhārata\", the larger scripture in which the \"Gītā\" is embedded, or describe the challenges and foes overcome by Arjuna, to whom Kṛṣṇa spoke the \"Gītā\" (verses 6 and 7). Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan and Nataraja Guru each stated that the \"Gītā Dhyānam\" is from the \"Vaiṣṇavīya Tantrasāra\". Swami Chinmayananda wrote that the \"Gītā Dhyānam\" was \"attributed traditionally to the pen of Madhusudana Sarasvati.\" Swami Ranganathananda wrote that the \"Gītā Dhyānam\" verses are current all over India, and now, in foreign countries also. We don't know who composed them. Some people believe it was Sridhara Swami, a commentator on the Gita and on the Srimad Bhagavatam, who lived about three or four centuries ago. Nataraja Guru stated that the \"Gītā Dhyānam\" \"is found prefixed to most Indian editions of the Gita.\" Swami Ranganathananda stated that in studying the \"Gita\", \"generally, before commencing the study of the text, we study what are called \"Gita Dhyana Slokas\", 'the nine Meditation Verses on the \"Gita\".'\" Hindu leaders have quoted or alluded to verses from the \"Gītā Dhyānam\". Swami Vivekananda wrote from Chicago, following his attendance at the 1893 World Parliament of Religions, that \"I am doing the Lord's work, and wherever He leads I follow. मूकं करोति वाचालं etc. - He who makes the dumb eloquent and the lame cross a mountain, He will help me.\" Mahatma Gandhi, when praising work done at a school for orphans, wrote that \"Seeing the school, I bowed my head in reverence and wondered what love could not do. It can make the dumb speak and the lame climb a mountain.\" Swami Ranganathananda wrote with regard to the 8th verse that \"Many saints and sages in India have used this verse again and again to express the power of Divine Grace.\" Swami Chinmayananda has published a word-for-word English translation of the \"Gītā Dhyānam\", along with extensive commentary: Other translations into English include: The \"Gītā Dhyānam\" has also been translated into Italian: Gita Dhyanam The (), also called the Gītā Dhyāna or the Dhyāna Ślokas\"\"' associated with the Gītā, is a 9-verse Sanskrit poem that has often been attached to the \"Bhagavad Gita\", one of the most important scriptures of Hinduism. In English, its title can be translated literally as \"meditation on the Gita,\" and it is also sometimes called the \"Invocation to the Gita\". The nine \"Gita Dhyanam\" verses"
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"Budic of Nantes Budic of Nantes was Count of Nantes from 1005 to his death in 1038. Budic was the son of Count Judicaël of Nantes. From 1005 to 1010, he ruled under the scrutiny of Walter II, Bishop of Nantes (1005-1041) who had been appointed by the Count of Rennes Geoffrey I of Brittany. Budic took advantage of the Bishop's pilgrimage in the Holy Land around 1020 to seize the episcopal possession and destroy the prelate's castle. Back in Brittany, the Bishop asked for the Count of Renne's intervention while Budic asked for Count Fulk III of Anjou's assistance. This led to the loss of part of the lands held by the Counts of Nantes in the south of Loire, that is to say almost the whole Mauges, in 1025. The building of Clisson castle was the sign of the Count of Nantes' wish to stop the progression of the County of Anjou. Around 1030, after a last conflict with Alan III, Budic sided with the Count of Rennes. On April 5, 1030 he subscribed to a charter by Alan III in favor of Mont Saint-Michel Abbey This crisis led to a noticeable decline of the County of Nantes' authority as it was at this time that the first castles were built in the peripheral parts of the pagus of Nantes: Châteaubriant, La Roche-Bernard, Machecoul. Budic and his wife Hawise had three sons: Budic of Nantes Budic of Nantes was Count of Nantes from 1005 to his death in 1038. Budic was the son of Count Judicaël of Nantes. From 1005 to 1010, he ruled under the scrutiny of Walter II, Bishop of Nantes (1005-1041) who had been appointed by the Count of Rennes Geoffrey I of Brittany. Budic took advantage of the Bishop's pilgrimage in the Holy Land"
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"Rule based DFM analysis for forging Rule based DFM analysis for forging. Forging is the controlled deformation of metal into a specific shape by compressive forces. The forging process goes back to 8000 B.C. and evolved from the manual art of simple blacksmithing. Then as now, a series of compressive hammer blows performs the shaping or forging of the part. Modern forging uses machine driven impact hammers or presses which deform the work-piece by controlled pressure. The forging process is superior to casting in that the parts formed have denser microstructures, more defined grain patterns, and less porosity, making such parts much stronger than a casting. All metals and alloys are forge-able, but each will have a forge-ability rating from high to low or poor. The factors involved are the material’s composition, crystal structure and mechanical properties all considered within a temperature range. The wider the temperature range, the higher the forge-ability rating. Most forging is done on heated work-pieces. \"Cold forging\" can occur at room temperatures. The most forge-able materials are aluminum, copper, and magnesium. Lower ratings are applied to the various steels, nickel, and titanium alloys. Hot forging temperatures range from 93°C (200°F) to 1650°C (3000°F) for refractory metals. Here is the Rule-based DFM analysis for Forging process. These rules can be incorporated at the design stage to improve the efficiency of the process. DFM refers to design for manufacturability. In open die forging a cylindrical billet is subjected to upsetting between a pair of flat dies or platens. Under frictionless homogeneous deformation, the height of the cylinder is reduced and its diameter is increased. Forging of shafts, disks, rings etc. are performed using open die forging technique. Square cast ingots are converted into round shape by this process. Open die forging is classified into three main types, namely, cogging, fullering and edging. It is also known as impression die forging. Impressions are made in a pair of dies. These impressions are transferred to the work piece during deformation. A small gap between the dies called flash gutter is provided so that the excess metal can flow into the gutter and form a flash. Flash has got a very important role during deformation of the work piece inside the die cavity. Due to high length to thickness ratio of the flash gutter, friction in the gap is very high. Due to this the material in the flash gap is subjected to high pressure. There is high resistance to flow. This in turn promotes effective filling of the die cavity. In hot forging, the flash cools faster as a result of it being smaller in size. This enhances the resistance of the flash material to deformation resistance. As a result of this, the bulk of work piece is forced to deform and fill the die cavity more effectively – even intricate parts of the die cavity is filled. Hot forging is defined as working a metal above its recrystallization temperature. The main advantage of hot forging is that as the metal is deformed the strain-hardening effects are negated by the recrystallization process. Cold forging is defined as working a metal below its recrystallization temperature, but usually around room temperature. (see Table 2.1 and Table 2.2) : a) Length, width and height tolerances. b) Mismatch tolerances. c) Residual flash (and trimmed flat) tolerances. d) Pierced hole tolerances. (see Table 2.3 and Table 2.4) : Thickness tolerances. Ejector mark tolerances. (Table 2.5.jpg and Table 2.6) : Straightness and flatness tolerances. Tolerances for centre-to-centre dimensions. Fillet and edge radii tolerances (see Table 2.7). Burr tolerances (see Table 2.7). Surface tolerances. Tolerances on draft angle surfaces. Eccentricity tolerances for deep holes. Eccentricity tolerances for pierced holes. Tolerances on concentric bosses. Tolerances for unforged stock. Tolerances for deformation of sheared ends. The tolerances for lengths, widths, heights, and thicknesses cover IL only the diligences of dimensions, but also the deviations of form which are: a) Out of round, b) Deviations from cylindricity c) Deviations from parallelism, and cl) Other deviations from specified contour. The deviations arc not to exceed the limits given by the tolerances. III extreme cases they may cover the whole fields of tolerances unless other is agreed to between the supplier and purchaser. Where restrictions deviations of form have been agreed, this shall be noted on the drawing. In order to assist the forging supplier to utilize his experience to best effect, both in designing the dies and tools and in establishing forging inspection procedures, rt is in the purchaser’s interest to supply the following Information: a) A finished machined drawing; b) Details and dimensions of machining locations (prior notice should be given of any subsequent changes in these location points) c) Anv other relevant information on machining operations and function of the component. It is recommended that the drop drawing which should then be submitted forger should prepare the forging to the purchaser for approval,and, if necessary, for joint consultation. In instances where the purchaser wishes to prepare his own fully dimensioned forging drawing, it is no less necessary that the drawing of the finished machined component and the other information referred to above should be made available to the supplier. It is imperative to note that, with the exception concerning draftangle surfaces the tolerances indicated in this standardshall be npplicd only to those dimensions specifically indicated on the agreed forging drawing. For this reason the method of indicating dimensions on the forgingdrawing has a vital bearing on the dimensional control of the forging. Tolerances for dimensions not shown on the forging drawing may not be taken from the standard but may be determined, if required, only by calculation based on the dimensions and tolerances which are already shown on the agreed forging drawing. All forging drawings should be endorsed, ‘Tolerances conform with IS : 3469 (Part II)-1974 unless otherwise indicated For correct endorsement of forging drawings the following form of presentation of tolerances at the foot of the drawing is recommended: Category: 1. Lengths and overall diameters 2. Widths 3. Heights 4. Mismatch 5. Residual flash and trimmed flat 6. Thickness 7. Straightness 8. Flatness 9. Fillet and edge radii 10. Surfaces Any tolerances which are only applicable to specific dimensions shall be indicated on the drawing against the particular dimensions concerned. Ejector mark tolerances and burr tolerances should be shown on the forging drawing against the specific locations. Any special tolerances agreed between the purchaser and the supplier shall be indicated clearly on the forging drawing and shall, wherever possible be entered against the specific dimensions concerned. The drawing of the forged part which has been accepted by the purchaser is the valid document for inspection of the forged part. This drawing is also the only valid document for tolerances on parts of the forging remaining unmachined There are many different kinds of forging processes available, however they can be grouped into three main classes: 1. Drawn out: length increases, cross-section decreases 2. Upset: Length decreases, cross-section increases 3. Squeezed in closed compression dies: produces multidirectional flo 4. Common forging processes include: roll forging, swaging, cogging, open-die forging, impression-die forging, press forging, automatic hot forging and upsetting. Open-die forging is also known as smith forging. In open-die forging a hammer comes down and deforms the workpieces, which is placed on a stationary anvil. Open-die forging gets its name from the fact that the dies (the working surfaces of the forge that contract the workpiece) do not enclose the workpiece, allowing it to flow except where",
"There are many different kinds of forging processes available, however they can be grouped into three main classes: 1. Drawn out: length increases, cross-section decreases 2. Upset: Length decreases, cross-section increases 3. Squeezed in closed compression dies: produces multidirectional flo 4. Common forging processes include: roll forging, swaging, cogging, open-die forging, impression-die forging, press forging, automatic hot forging and upsetting. Open-die forging is also known as smith forging. In open-die forging a hammer comes down and deforms the workpieces, which is placed on a stationary anvil. Open-die forging gets its name from the fact that the dies (the working surfaces of the forge that contract the workpiece) do not enclose the workpiece, allowing it to flow except where contacted by the dies. Therefore, the operator needs to orient and position the workpiece to get the desired shape. The dies are usually flat in shape but may have a specially shaped surface for specialized operations; for instance the die may have a round, concave, or convex surface or be a tool to form holes or be a cut-off tool. Open-die forging lends itself to short runs and is appropriate for art smiting and custom work. Other times open-die forging is used to rough shape ingots to prepare it for further operations. This can also orient the grains to increase strength in the required direction. Impression-die forging is also called closed-die forging. In impression-die work metal is placed in a die resembling a mold, which is attached to the anvil. Usually the hammer die is shaped as well. The hammer is then dropped on the workpiece, causing the metal to flow and fill the die cavities. The hammer is generally in contact with the workpiece on the scale of milliseconds. Depending on the size and complexity of the part the hammer may be dropped multiple times in quick succession. Excess metal is squeezed out of the die cavities; this is called flash. The flash cools more rapidly than the rest of the material; this cool metal is stronger than the metal in the die so it helps prevent more flash from forming. This also forces the metal to completely fill the die cavity. After forging the flash is trimmed off. In commercial impression-die forging the workpiece is usually moved through a series of cavities in a die to get from an ingot to the final form. The first impression is used to distribute the metal into the rough shape in accordance to the needs of later cavities; this impression is called edging, fullering, or bending impression. The following cavities are called blocking cavities in which the workpiece is working into a shape that more and more resembles the final product. These stages usually impart the workpiece will generous bends and large fillets. The final shape is forged in a final or finisher impression cavity. If there is only a short run of parts to be done it may be more economical for the die to lack a final impression cavity and rather machine the final features. Impression-die forging has been further improved in recent years through increased automation which includes induction heating, mechanical feeding, positioning and manipulation, and the direct heat treatment of parts after forging. One variation of impression-die forging is called flashless forging, or true closed-die forging. In this type of forging the die cavities are completely closed, which keeps the workpiece from forming flash. The major advantage to this process is that less metal is lost to flash. Flash can account for 20 to 45% of the starting material. The disadvantages of this process included: additional cost due to a more complex die design, the need for better lubrication, and better workpiece placement. There are other variations of part formation that integrate impression-die forging. One method incorporates casting a forging preform from liquid metal. The casting this then removed after it is cooled to a solid state, but while still hot. It is then finished in a single cavity die. The flash is trimmed and then quenched to room temperature to harden the part. Another variation follows the same process as outlined above, except the preform is produced by the spraying deposition of metal droplet into shaped collectors (similar to the osprey process). Closed-die forging has a high initial cost due to the creation of dies and required design work to make working die cavities. However, it has low reoccurring costs for each part, thus forgings become more economical with more volume. This is one of the major reasons forgings are often used in the automotive and tool industry. Another reason forgings are common in these industrial sectors is because forgings generally have about a 20% higher strength to weight ratio compared to cast or machined parts of the same material. Forging dies are usually made of high-alloy or tool steel. Dies must be impact resistant, wear resistant, maintain strength at high temperatures, and have the ability to withstand cycles of rapid heating and cooling. In order to produce a better, more economical die the following rules should be followed: 1. The dies should part along a single, flat plane if at all possible, If not the parting plan should follow the contour of the part. 2. The parting surface should be a plane through the center of the forging and not near an upper or lower edge. 3. Adequate draft should be provided; a good guideline is at least 3° for aluminum and 5° to 7° for steel 4. Generous fillets and radii should be used 5. Ribs should be low and wide 6. The various sections should be balanced to avoid extreme difference in metal flow 7. Full advantage should be taken of fiver flow lines 8. Dimensional tolerances should not be closer than necessary The dimensional tolerances of a steel part produced using the impression-die forging method are outlined in the table below. It should be noted that the dimensions across the paring plane are affected by the closure of the dies, and are therefore dependent die wear and the thickness of the final flash. Dimensions that are completely contained within a single die segment or half can be maintained at a significantly greater level of accuracy. A lubricant is always used when forging to reduce friction and wear. It is also used to as a thermal barrier to restrict heat transfer from the workpiece to the die. Finally the lubricant acts as a parting compound to prevent the part from sticking in one of the dies. Press forging is variation of drop-hammer forging. Unlike drop-hammer forging, press forges work slowly by applying continuous pressure or force. The amount of time the dies are in contact with the workpiece is measured in seconds (as compared to the milliseconds of drop-hammer forges). The main advantage of press forging, as compared to drop-hammer forging, is its ability to deform the complete workpiece. Drop-hammer forging usually only deforms the surfaces of the workpiece in contact with the hammer and anvil; the interior of the workpiece will stay relatively undeformed. There are a few disadvantages to this process, most stemming from the workpiece being in contact with the dies for such an extended period of time. The workpiece will cool faster because the dies are in contact with workpiece; the dies facilitate drastically more heat transfer than the surrounding atmosphere. As the workpiece cools it becomes stronger and less ductile, which may induce cracking if deformation continues. Therefore, heated dies are usually used to reduce heat loss, promote surface flow, and enable the production of finer details and closer tolerances. The workpiece may also need to be reheated. Press forging can be used to perform all types of forging, including open-die and impression-die forging. Impression-die press forging usually requires less draft than drop forging and has better dimensional accuracy. Also, press forgings can often be done in one closing of the dies, allowing for easy automation.",
"period of time. The workpiece will cool faster because the dies are in contact with workpiece; the dies facilitate drastically more heat transfer than the surrounding atmosphere. As the workpiece cools it becomes stronger and less ductile, which may induce cracking if deformation continues. Therefore, heated dies are usually used to reduce heat loss, promote surface flow, and enable the production of finer details and closer tolerances. The workpiece may also need to be reheated. Press forging can be used to perform all types of forging, including open-die and impression-die forging. Impression-die press forging usually requires less draft than drop forging and has better dimensional accuracy. Also, press forgings can often be done in one closing of the dies, allowing for easy automation. Upset forging increases the diameter of the workpiece by compressing its length. Based on number of pieces produced this is the most widely used forging process. Upset forging is usually done in special high speed machines; the machines are usually set up to work in the horizontal plane to facilitate the quick exchange of workpieces from one station to the next. The initial workpiece is usually wire or rod, but some machines can accept bars up to 25 cm (10 in.) in diameter. The standard upsetting machine employs split dies that contain multiple cavities. The dies open enough to allow the workpiece to move from one cavity to the next; the dies then close and the heading tool, or ram, then moves longitudinally against the bar, upsetting it into the cavity. If all of the cavities are utilizes on every cycle then a finished part will be produced with every cycle, which is why this process is ideal for mass production. A few examples of common parts produced using the upset forging process are engine valves, couplings, bolts, screws, and other fasteners. The following three rules must be followed when designing parts to be upset forged: 1. The length of unsupported metal that can be upset in one blow without injurious buckling should be limited to three times the diameter of the bar. 2. Lengths of stock greater than three times the diameter may be upset successfully provided that the diameter of the upset is not more than 1.5 times the diameter of the stock. 3. In an upset requiring stock length greater than three times the diameter of the stock, and where the diameter of the cavity is not more than 1.5 times the diameter of the stock, the length of unsupported metal beyond the face of the die must not exceed the diameter of the bar. The automatic hot forging process involves feeding mill-length steel bars (typically 7 m or 24 ft long) into one end of the machine at room temperature and hot forged products emerge from the other end. This all occurs very quickly; small parts can be made at a rate of 180 parts per minute (ppm) and larger can be made at a rate of 90 ppm. The parts can be solid or hollow, round or symmetrical, up to 6 kg (12 lbs), and up to 18 cm (7 in.) in diameter. The main advantages to this process are its high output rate and ability to accept low cost materials. Little labor is required to operate the machinery. There is no flash produced so material savings are between 20 - 30% over conventional forging. The final product is a consistent 1050 °C (1900 °F) so air cooling will result in a part that is still easily machinable (the advantage being the lack of annealing required after forging). Tolerances are usually ±0.3 mm (±0.012 in.), surfaces are clean, and draft angles are 0.5 to 1°. Tool life is nearly double that of conventional forging because contact times are on the order of 6/100 of a second. The downside to the process is it only feasible on smaller symmetric parts and cost; the initial investment can be over $10 million, there large quantities are required to justify this process. The process starts by heating up the bar to 1200 to 1300 °C (2200 to 2350 °F) in less than 60 seconds using high power induction coils. It is then descaled with rollers, sheared into blanks, and transferred several successive forming stages, during which it is upset, preformed, final forged, and pierced (if necessary). This process can also be couple with high speed cold forming operations. Generally, the cold forming operation will do the finishing stage so that the advantages of cold-working can be taken advantage of, while maintaining the high speed of automatic hot forging. Examples of parts made by this process are: wheel hub unit bearings, transmission gears, tapered roller bearing races, stainless steel coupling flanges, and neck rings for LP gas cylinders. Manual transmission gears are an example of automatic hot forging used in conjunction with cold working. Roll forging is a process where round or flat bar stock is reduced in thickness and increased in length. Roll forging is performed using two cylindrical or semi-cylindrical rolls, each containing or more shaped grooves. A bar is inserted into the rolls and when it hits a stop the rolls rotate and the bar is progressively shaped as it is rolled out of the machine. The workpiece is then transferred to the next set of grooves or turned around and reinserted into the same grooves. This continues until the desired shape and size is achieved. The advantages of this process is there is no flash and it imparts a favorable grain structure into the workpiece. Examples of products produced using this method include axles, tapered levers and leaf springs. This process is also known as precision forging. This process was developed to minimize cost and waste associated with post forging operations. Therefore, the final product from a precision forging needs little to no final machining. Cost savings are gained from the use of less material, and thus less scrap, the overall decrease in energy used, and the reduction or elimination of machining. Precision forging also requires less or a draft, 1° to 0°. The downsize of this process is its cost, therefore it is only implemented if significant cost reduction can be achieved. The most common thought of forging equipment is the hammer and anvil. The principles behind the hammer and anvil are still used today in drop-hammer equipment. The principle behind the machine is very simple, raise the hammer and then drop it or propel it into the workpiece, which rests on the anvil. The main variations between drop-hammers is in the way that the hammer is powered; the most common being air and steam hammers. Drop-hammers usually operate in the vertical position. The main reason for this is because excess energy (energy that isn't used to deform the workpiece) that isn't released as heat or sound needs to be transmitted to the foundation. Moreover, a large machine base is needed to absorb the impacts. To overcome some of the shortcomings of the drop-hammer the counterblow machine or impactor is used. In a counterblow machine both the hammer and anvil move and the workpiece is held between them. Here excess energy becomes recoil. This allows for the machine to work horizontally and consist of a smaller base. Other advantages include less noise, heat and vibrations. It also produces a distinctly different flow pattern. Both of these machines can be used for open die or closed die forging. A forging press, often just called a press, is used for press forging. There are two main types: mechanical and hydraulic presses. Mechanical presses function by using cams, cranks or toggles to produce a preset (a predetermined force at a certain location in the stroke) and reproducible stroke. Due to the nature of this type of system difference forces are available at different stroke positions. Mechanical presses are faster than their hydraulic counterparts (up to 50 strokes per minute). Their capacities range from 3 to 160 MN (300 to 18,000 tons). Hydraulic presses use fluid pressure and a piston to generate force. The advantages of a hydraulic press over a mechanical press is its flexibility",
"flow pattern. Both of these machines can be used for open die or closed die forging. A forging press, often just called a press, is used for press forging. There are two main types: mechanical and hydraulic presses. Mechanical presses function by using cams, cranks or toggles to produce a preset (a predetermined force at a certain location in the stroke) and reproducible stroke. Due to the nature of this type of system difference forces are available at different stroke positions. Mechanical presses are faster than their hydraulic counterparts (up to 50 strokes per minute). Their capacities range from 3 to 160 MN (300 to 18,000 tons). Hydraulic presses use fluid pressure and a piston to generate force. The advantages of a hydraulic press over a mechanical press is its flexibility and greater capacity. The disadvantages are that they are slower, larger and more costly to operate. The roll forging, upsetting, and automatic hot forging processes all use specialized machinery. Rule based DFM analysis for forging Rule based DFM analysis for forging. Forging is the controlled deformation of metal into a specific shape by compressive forces. The forging process goes back to 8000 B.C. and evolved from the manual art of simple blacksmithing. Then as now, a series of compressive hammer blows performs the shaping or forging of the part. Modern forging uses machine driven impact hammers or presses which deform the work-piece by controlled pressure. The forging process is superior to casting in that the parts formed have denser microstructures, more defined grain patterns, and less porosity, making"
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"L'impermeable L'Impermeable is the name of the first waterproof watch invented at the end of the 19th century and manufactured by the \"West End Watch Company\", one of the oldest Swiss brands still active. Waterproof (or water-resistant) describes objects unaffected by water or resisting water passage, or which are covered with a material that resists or does not allow water passage. In horology, the waterproofness of a watch is defined by its resistance under pressure. The manufacturers indicate mostly the degree of waterproofness in metres (m), feet (ft) or atmospheres (atm). Watches with the \"waterproof\" name, with or without indication of overpressure, have to be complied and have to undergo successfully the tests planned in the standard ISO-2281. These watches are intended for a current daily use and have to resist to the water during exercises such as the short-term swimming. So finally watches said waterresistant must : resist to a dive in the water in a depth of at least 100 metres (330 ft), have a system of control of time and answer all the criteria planned by the standard ISO 6425: luminosity, shock resistance, resistance in magnetic fields, solidity of the bracelet. The watchmaker company \"Alcide Droz & Sons\", established in St-Imier (Berne) since 1864, developed the first watch attested waterproof. They called it \"L'Impermeable\". They had the idea to place a seal in the crown of winder, which is screwed on the counterpart. \"L'Impermeable\" was born: it is the very first waterproof watch intended especially to protect the movement from dust and humidity. This pocket watch is nowadays on display at the International Watchmaking Museum in La Chaux-de-Fonds. L'impermeable L'Impermeable is the name of the first waterproof watch invented at the end of the 19th century and manufactured by the \"West End Watch Company\", one of the"
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"Jimmy Murphy (racing driver) James Anthony Murphy (September 12, 1894 – September 15, 1924) was an American race car driver who won the 1921 French Grand Prix, the 1922 Indianapolis 500, and the American Racing Championship in 1922 and 1924. Muphy was born in San Francisco, California, on Minna Street, between 7th and 8th, in September 1894. His parents were Irish immigrants who owned a fuel and feed store which fronted on Mission Street behind the family home on Minna. This area of San Francisco was called \"South of the Slot\" by locals in those days, and comprised a sprawling ghetto of mostly Irish immigrants and their children who made up the majority of the local labor force. Murphy's mother died during the April 18 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire. Murphy's father left him in the care of his cousin, San Francisco firefighter Lt. Tom Murphy (later to become San Francisco's fire chief and recognized as one of the pioneers of modern firefighting in San Francisco), and his wife Catherine. There are no records as to the whereabouts or fate of Murphy's father after 1906; it was not unusual in those days for single fathers to leave their children in the care of relatives and go \"traveling\", hopefully to find a new wife. Murphy lived with Tom and Catherine and their five children in a house in the Hayes Valley neighborhood of San Francisco until late 1907, when Murphy's mother's brother-in-law, Judge Martin O'Donnell of Vernon, California (now part of East Los Angeles), sent for Jimmy to come live with him. In Southern California Murphy attended Huntington Park High School and commuted to and from school on a motorcycle given him by Judge O'Donnell. He became an expert rider and mechanic and, a few months short of graduation, opened a garage with a friend, developing a clientele of motorcycle and automobile owners from the Los Angeles area. Murphy began his racing career as a riding mechanic, back in the days when racing cars carried a driver and a \"mechanician.\" He rode in winning driver Eddie O'Donnell's (no relation) Duesenberg at the 1916 Corona road race, their car achieving an average speed of , a truly terrifying speed for those early days. Murphy rode with some of America's greatest drivers of the time, including Ralph DePalma, Harry Hartz, Eddie Rickenbacker, Peter DePaolo and Tommy Milton. After the war, Murphy's career as a driver was spotted, but he showed promise to those who knew \"the racing game.\" Through the influence of Duesenberg's Number One driver, Tommy Milton, Murphy was given a factory car to drive in the inaugural race at the Beverly Hills Speedway, a superfast, high banked, wooden speedway. To everyone (except Milton's) surprise, Murphy won that February 14, 1920 race. He went on to win regularly and became a popular champion on the circuit. In 1921, as part of a team of Duesenbergs sponsored by French immigrant Albert Champion, he became the only American to have ever won a Grand Prix race in a truly all-American car, by winning the French Grand Prix at Le Mans. The next time an American driver would win a Grand Prix in an American-built car would be 46 years later, when Dan Gurney won the 1967 Belgian Grand Prix. Additionally, in 1967 Gurney became the second American driving an American built car to win at LeMans when he won LeMans that year also. So since the 1921 French Grand Prix was raced on the LeMans course, Gurney was the second American driver to win LeMans driving an American built vehicle. The feat of an all-American Grand Prix victory has not been repeated, nor it is likely to be. Murphy's mechanic in that race was none other than Ernie Olsen who also rode with Murphy in the 1922 Indianapolis 500. Murphy’s victory was not a hollow one as he was facing the best European teams from England (Sunbeam) with young gun Henry Segrave driving a 1921 Grand Prix car and France (Ballot) led by the experienced Jean Chassagne. In 1922, Murphy won the Indianapolis 500, in the Le Mans winning car, which had been modified for the Indy race and was powered by a Miller engine. He also became National Champion that year. Murphy won the final Universal Trophy Cup Race, beating Milton, at both Tacoma Speedway and the Uniontown Speedway board track in 1922. In 1923, Murphy placed second in the National Championship, even missing several races to go to Europe and race for Los Angeles race car builder, Harry Miller. He placed third in the Italian Grand Prixat Monza that year, in a race whose Grand Marshal was Benito Mussolini. Mussolini gave Jimmy two German Shepherd dogs as Jimmy loved dogs. Murphy's success continued in 1924. Murphy finished third in the Indy 500, and by the last weeks of the season, he had accumulated an unbeatable lead in the points toward the Championship. Murphy died in a race promoted by a friend, at the Syracuse, New York fairgrounds dirt track on September 15, 1924. (see below.) He was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 1998. Although not an accomplished dirt racer, he agreed to appear at a race promoted by a friend, at the Syracuse, New York fairgrounds dirt track on September 15, 1924. As he charged for the lead late in the race, his car slid sideways and crashed through the inside wooden rail. A large piece of the rail was pushed through Jimmy's chest, impaling him and killing him instantly. Murphy was buried at Calvary Cemetery in Los Angeles, in the O'Donnell family plot. His death made headlines across the country. His funeral was attended by most of the great drivers and racing entrepreneurs, engineers and promoters of the time. In a precedent-setting move, the American Automobile Association's Competition Board awarded the 1924 National Championship posthumously, to Murphy. At the funeral, Fred J. Wagner, Chief Starter for the AAA's Contest Board, said in his eulogy, \"Sportsmanship, like every other moral quality is not instinctive. It must be acquired. Jimmy Murphy, as no other, possessed the quality of a 100% sportsman. Invariably, when he won, he attributed his success to the goddess of fortune. He carried his honors more blithely than any other man I have ever come in contact with in my 30 years as an official. He accepted victory without a sneer or a strut, and defeat without a whimper. He was one in a million.\" American Championship car racing Information on Jimmy's life has been gathered from various sources, including the original record books of the old AAA's Contest board, from newspapers of the time including the San Francisco Chronicle, the San Francisco Examiner and the Los Angeles Times; from the annals of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco, Mr. Jerry Grant of the Champion Spark Plug Company, and the public relations department of the AC/Delco Division of General Motors, as well as a personal interview with the late Mr. Peter DePaolo, who was a contemporary of Jimmy's. Jimmy Murphy (racing driver) James Anthony Murphy (September 12, 1894 – September 15, 1924) was an American race car driver who won the 1921 French"
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"Belgian Pontifical College The Belgian Pontifical College (, , ) in Rome is a Belgian Catholic educational institution. The college was erected by command of the Belgian Episcopal Conference in 1844, with the permission and support of Pope Leo XIII. It has been home to many famous residents, in particular the young Karol Wojtyla residing here between 1946 and 1948 together with his friend Gustaaf Joos. During his studies at Rome, Leo Joseph Suenens resided at the college and also served as the college librarian. Another famous resident was Yves Congar. This location is the residence for students sent to study in Rome by the Belgian dioceses. It is also the main residence of the Belgian clergy when in Rome. They participate in the Clericus Cup. Belgian Pontifical College The Belgian Pontifical College (, , ) in Rome is a Belgian Catholic educational institution. The college was erected by command of the Belgian Episcopal Conference in 1844, with the permission and support of Pope Leo XIII. It has been home to many famous residents, in particular the young Karol Wojtyla residing here between 1946 and 1948 together with his friend Gustaaf Joos. During his studies at Rome, Leo Joseph Suenens"
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"Troy Stone Troy Stone (born 13 December 1971 in Paddington, New South Wales) is an Australian rugby league player who played professionally in England and Australia. A junior from Goulbourn United, Stone debuted in 1993 for the Cronulla Sharks as a centre. However, in 1994, when he moved to join the Dragons he moved into the front row. He played in the 1996 Grand Final for the Dragons, which they lost to Manly. Also in 1996 Stone played in his only representative game, playing for NSW City in their annual clash with NSW Country. Stone then played the 1997 Super League season with the new Hunter Mariners franchise before joining the Canterbury Bulldogs. He played from the interchange bench for the Canterbury Bulldogs in their loss at the 1998 NRL grand final to the Brisbane Broncos. Halfway through the 2001 NRL season he joined the Huddersfield Giants after receiving little game time at the Bulldogs. He spent a season with the Widnes Vikings before retiring at the end of 2002. Troy Stone Troy Stone (born 13 December 1971 in Paddington, New South Wales) is an Australian rugby league player who played professionally in England and Australia. A junior from Goulbourn"
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"Charterhouse Square Charterhouse Square is a garden square, a pentagonal space, in Smithfield, central London and is the largest courtyard or yard associated with London Charterhouse, mostly formed of Tudor and Stuart architecture restored after the London Blitz. The Square adjoins other buildings including a small school. It lies between Charterhouse Street, Carthusian Street and the main Charterhouse complex of buildings south of Clerkenwell Road. The complex includes a Chapel, Tudor Great Hall, Great Chamber, the Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry and a 40-residents almshouse. The square roughly covers a large 14th century plague pit, discovered by deep excavations of Crossrail near which, within the main site, the history of the Charterhouse is exhibited in a branch of the Museum of London. The centre of one of its roads forms the boundary between the extreme south of the London Borough of Islington and the City of London. In 1371 a Carthusian monastery was founded by Walter de Manny on what is now the north side of the square. It was established near a 1348 plague pit, which formed the largest mass grave in London during the Black Death, and tens of thousands of bodies were buried there. The name of the monastery, Charterhouse, was derived as an Anglicisation of \"La Grande Chartreuse\", whose order founded the monastery. The Charterhouse was dissolved as a monastery in 1537, and in 1545 was purchased by Sir Edward (later Lord) North (c. 1496–1564) and transformed into a mansion house. Following North's death, the property was bought by Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, who was imprisoned there in 1570 after scheming to marry Mary, Queen of Scots. Later, Thomas Sutton bought the Charterhouse, and on his death in 1611, endowed a hospital (almshouse) and school on the site, which opened in 1614, supporting 80 pensioners (known as 'brothers'). The school for boys coexisted with the home for pensioners until 1872 when Charterhouse School moved to Godalming in Surrey. Following this, the Merchant Taylors' School occupied the buildings until 1933. One side is partially occupied by Charterhouse Square School a much smaller school and which is at primary level. In July 2011, English Heritage granted Grade II listed status to the \"setted\" road surface in the Square, which was laid down in the 1860s. In 2014 evidence of the large burial pit for plague victims dating from 1348–50, the time of the Black death, was discovered under the square by workers building the Crossrail project. Subsequent analysis of DNA and isotopes from the skeletons of those buried revealed data about Londoners who fell victim to the pandemic, such as their birthplace, diet, and the fact that there were actually three periods of plague burials, from 1348, 1361 and the early 15th century as outbreaks recurred. Charterhouse gives accommodation as an Almshouse to over forty single pensioners aged over sixty many of whom retain the tradition of having been \"military men, schoolmasters, clergy, artists, musicians, writers and businessmen\", who are in financial, housing and social need but not in significant debt and keen to contribute to the community. Additionally it has the Queen Elizabeth II Infirmary Care Home and private tenants in 9 commercial units, 13 flats and 3 houses. The complex is open for pre-booked guided tours. The chapel can be viewed as part of the annual Open House London event. The site extends far back from the north side of the Square in restored buildings and garden courtyards of the old monastery/school. The Charterhouse Square campus of Queen Mary University of London starts at the north-east corner of the Square and then spreads out (close to a café and few narrow houses fronting that side it occupies new buildings and some of the former school buildings). It comprises student accommodation and departments of Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry: Barts Cancer Institute (BCI), the Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine and the William Harvey Research Institute (WHRI). The BCI and the Centre for Cancer Prevention (CCP) within the Wolfson Institute also make up the Cancer Research UK Barts Centre of Excellence, together with Barts and the London NHS Trust. Related to the above the City of London Migraine Clinic lines part of the south-west side of the Square. Florin Court, a residential building in the Art Deco style built in 1936 by Guy Morgan and Partners, is on the east side. The building has a concave façade, roof garden and basement swimming pool. Charterhouse Square School is on the south side of the square, co-educational, independent, for ages 3 to 11, with a small roll of pupils: intaking 26 pupils in the first year of learning. Smithfield Market is to the south-west along Charterhouse Street. The nearest station to the Square is Barbican tube station 80 metres to the south-east facing Barbican bus stop on the urban A1. The next nearest is Farringdon on the same tube lines, plus the Metropolitan Line, hybrid Elizabeth Line (from December 2018) and the mainly overground line crossing London north-south, Thameslink. Florin Court was used as the fictional residence of Hercule Poirot, \"Whitehaven Mansions\", in the 1980s TV series \"Agatha Christie's Poirot\" based on Agatha Christie's crime novels. Charterhouse Square Charterhouse Square is a garden square, a pentagonal space, in Smithfield, central London and is the largest courtyard or yard associated with London Charterhouse, mostly formed of Tudor and Stuart architecture restored"
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"Moore Public Library (Lexington, Michigan) The Moore Public Library is a library building located at 7239 Huron Avenue Lexington, Michigan. The building was formerly a professional office, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. John Divine was born in 1823, and by 1850 had moved to Lexington and married Mary Ann Francis. Soon after, he opened a law office, the first in Sanilac County. Divine served in the state legislature in 1855 and 1856, and in 1859 took on a partner in his law firm, W.S. Mills. Mills left after two years, and Divine soon took another partner, L.L. Wixson. By the mid-1870s, Divine was successful enough to build his own office in Lexington. The building likely housed a store at ground level, with Divine's law offices on the second floor. Divine ran his law practice out of this building until his death in 1892, after which ownership of the building passed to Judge and local resident Watson Beach. In 1902, the building was purchased by Mary, Ella, and Emily Moore, the daughters of Charles H. Moore, who had settled in Lexington in 1854. The women refurbished the building into a public library and meeting hall, naming it after their father. The sisters also gave the library $2500 with which to start an endowment fund, and deeded the library to the village of Lexington in 1904. The building continues to serve as a library. The Moore Public Library is a two-story, three-bay brick structure. Although the original structure was likely Italianate in style, the refurbishment by the Moore sisters included the construction of a new facade in a vernacular neoclassical style. This new facade has a rusticated base at the first floor level, and an entry door in the right-hand bay with a brick porch sheltering it. A triple window spans the center and left bay. A wide metal frieze and cornice separates the first and second floors, and wraps around the side of the building. The second floor contains three tall, one-over-one, double hung sash windows. The interior of the building reflects the neoclassical design used to remodel the structure at the turn of the century. The first floor contains a small entry foyer near the front stairway, a large room to the front and a slightly smaller rear room. The walls are finished with tongue-and-groove wainscoting below and plaster on the upper portion. Windows have wood surrounds with molded sides and Classical top-pieces. A stained glass window in the stairwell contains a half-circle top piece and elaborate woodwork surrounds. The second floor contains an open hall flanked by the stairwell, a small room that is now a kitchen, and another small room in the front. Moore Public Library (Lexington, Michigan) The Moore Public Library is a library building located at 7239 Huron Avenue Lexington, Michigan. The building was formerly a professional office, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. John Divine was born in 1823, and by 1850"
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"167th Rifle Division (Soviet Union) The 167th Rifle Division was an infantry division of the Red Army of the Soviet Union, formed twice. During the war, the 167th Rifle Division was established at Tula prior to 6.41 and wiped out at Rogachev in August 1941. On 16 December 1941, the 438th Rifle Division was formed in the Ural Military District. On 23 January 1942, it became the 167th Rifle Division (Second Formation). The division was recreated at Ssucho Lug in February 1942 and fought near Bryansk and at Kursk. The division fought in the Battle of the Dnieper. Division personnel Major Fyodor Bruy, Junior lieutenant Alexander Bondarev, Sergeant major Arkady Chepelev, Senior sergeant Alexey Gabrusev, Sergeant Andrian Zhuravlev and Private Dmitry Yemelyanov, among others, were awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union for their actions during the battle. The division fought in the Carpathians and in Hungary. The division was with the 1st Guards Army of the 4th Ukrainian Front in May 1945. The division ended the war with the honorifics \"Sumy-Kiev Twice Red Banner\". Postwar, the division moved to Chortkov with the 107th Rifle Corps, part of the 38th Army in the Carpathian Military District. The division and its corps were disbanded in May 1946. 167th Rifle Division (Soviet Union) The 167th Rifle Division was an infantry division of the Red Army of the Soviet Union, formed twice. During the war, the 167th Rifle Division was established at Tula prior to 6.41 and wiped out at Rogachev in August 1941. On 16 December 1941, the 438th Rifle Division was formed in the Ural Military District. On 23 January 1942, it became the 167th Rifle Division (Second Formation). The division was recreated at Ssucho Lug in February 1942 and fought near Bryansk and at Kursk. The division fought in"
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"Geography of Saskatchewan The geography of Saskatchewan (suskăchuwun\"), is unique among the provinces and territories of Canada in some respects. It is one of only two landlocked regions (Alberta is the other) and it is the only region whose borders are not based on natural features like lakes, rivers or drainage divides. The borders of Saskatchewan, which make it very nearly a trapezoid, were determined in 1905 when it became a Canadian province. The population in May 2012 was 1,072,853. Saskatchewan has a total area of of which is land and is water. The province's name comes from the Saskatchewan River, whose Cree name is: \"kisiskatchewani sipi\", meaning \"swift flowing river\". Saskatchewan can be divided into three regions: grassland (part of the Great Plains) in the south, aspen parkland in the center, and forest (taiga) in the north, part of the Canadian Shield. Its principal rivers are the Assiniboine River, North and South Saskatchewan. Saskatchewan's economy is based on its abundant natural resources, notably petroleum, natural gas, coal, potash, uranium and forests, and agriculture (wheat and other grains, and cattle ranching). The original inhabitants of Saskatchewan were the Cree Indians in the south and central regions and the Dene in the north. The Hudson's Bay Company controlled the area named Rupert's Land beginning in 1670. The French established settlements in the region c. 1750, though the Hudson's Bay Company made the first permanent settlement in 1774. The Hudson's Bay Company ceded Rupert's Land in 1869 and, by 1870, the North West became a member of the Dominion of Canada as a part of the Northwest Territories. From 1882 into the early 1900s, the extension of the railroad brought in large numbers of European settlers. Saskatoon is the largest city and Regina is the second-largest city and capital. Saskatchewan is a trapezoid. Its western border runs concurrent with the 4th meridian or the 110°W longitude, separating Saskatchewan from the province of Alberta. This border extends in length for and was established in 1905 when both provinces were formed. Saskatchewan's eastern border includes minor measurement errors from the 1880s, so that it does not lie perfectly on the 102°W longitude, but rather it is slightly west of that meridian from 60°N parallel to 55°47'N, then slightly east of that until the Canada–United States border – an irregular line (rather than a straight one) for its distance. When Saskatchewan was formed in 1905, Manitoba and the District of Keewatin were the neighboring areas to the east. Manitoba was enlarged in 1912 north to the 60th parallel, becoming Saskatchewan's only eastern neighbor. This remaining section of the border was determined by survey between 1961 and 1972. Saskatchewan's southern border with the United States sits approximately on the 49th parallel, as agreed in the Treaty of 1818—though minor measurement errors during the 1870s International Boundary Survey result in some variance between the actual Canada–United States border and the 49th parallel. This boundary was not formally established until the 1867 survey. This border extends across southern Saskatchewan. The Northwest Territories is north of the 60th parallel which forms the northern border of the province. This border extends across northern Saskatchewan. The aforementioned measurement errors in the 1880s surveys place the Saskatchewan/Manitoba border approximately west of the 102nd meridian and the accurately measured Northwest Territories/Nunavut border, just missing a true quadripoint of the Saskatchewan/Manitoba/Northwest Territories/Nunavut borders. The geology of Saskatchewan can be divided into two main geological regions, the Pre-Cambrian or Canadian shield and the Phanerozoic or Western Canada Sedimentary Basin. Within the Canadian shield exists the Athabasca sedimentary basin. Meteorite impacts have altered the natural geological formation processes. The Quaternary period is the most recent geological process when the prairies were affected by glacial events. There are six notable meteorite or comet impact craters in Saskatchewan. Carswell, Deep Bay and Gow Lake have affected the Canadian Shield area of the north. In the southern Phanerozoic crater are the Viewfield, Elbow and Maple Creek structures. The Carswell structure is largest astrobleme at in diameter. Archaeologists have dated the first human settlements to 9,500 BCE. The four groups inhabiting the area at the time of the first European contact were the Cree, Assiniboine, Salteaux and Dene. Henry Kelsey of the Hudson's Bay Company is considered the first European person to see this area. The earliest trading posts were made by the French; however, the first permanent settlement was established at Cumberland House in 1774 by the HBC. In addition, several more ports were set up by British fur traders among the area's waterways. The forested area of the Canadian Shield was the favoured area for early settlement, and the economy was heavily dependent on hunting and trapping. In 1870, the Hudson's Bay Company sold Rupert's Land and ceded its rights to the Canadian Government. The region became a part of the Northwest Territories. The majority of the Canadians of indigenous descent in the Northwest Territories sold their lands to the government in the 1870s and were settled on reservations. Additional native peoples and Métis (people of mixed French and indigenous Canadian ancestry), led by Louis Riel, rebelled between 1884 and 1885 and were suppressed. The arrival of settlements and the rail lines also brought agricultural economies and development in the Central Lowlands Area. The Great Plains or Palliser Triangle area to the south was mainly used for ranching economies. In the beginning of the 20th century, Saskatchewan farmers created cooperative organizations to maintain grain marketization. During the drought and depression of the 1930s, the population decreased as immigration nearly ended and numerous families left. During World War II, conservation programs and the increased demand for grain revived the economy. Being in the centre of North America, Saskatchewan is far removed from the moderating effects of any large body of water and therefore has a temperate continental climate, Köppen climate classification types BSk, Dfb and Dfc. Hot to warm summers and cold winters mean that the annual temperature range can be up to 65 °C. On average, Saskatchewan has 211 days per year when the temperature drops below freezing. Plough winds, Supercell hail or high precipitation rain storms and tornadoes are eventful summer occurrences. Midale reached 45 °C (113 °F) on July 5, 1937, the highest recorded temperature in Canada. Compared to average values from all thirteen Canadian provinces and territories, Saskatchewan is the sunniest province or territory year round (2206 hours per year), has the second-lowest annual snowfall (), the fourth-lowest total precipitation () and the second-hottest summer (). The number of frost-free days ranges from 95 days in the north (Prince Albert, for example) to as high as 124 days in the south (Estevan). Saskatchewan's capital is Regina. Its most populous city is Saskatoon. Other major cities include Estevan, Flin Flon , Humboldt, Lloydminster , Melfort, Melville, Moose Jaw, North Battleford, Prince Albert, Swift Current, Weyburn, and Yorkton. The native flora of the Saskatchewan includes vascular plants, plus additional species of other plants and plant-like organisms such as algae, lichens and other fungi, and mosses. Non-native species of plants are recorded as established outside of cultivation in Saskatchewan, of these some non-native species remain beneficial for gardening, and agriculture, where others have become invasive, noxious weeds. Saskatchewan is committed to protecting species at risk in Canada. The growing season has been studied and classified into plant hardiness zones depending on length of growing season and",
"populous city is Saskatoon. Other major cities include Estevan, Flin Flon , Humboldt, Lloydminster , Melfort, Melville, Moose Jaw, North Battleford, Prince Albert, Swift Current, Weyburn, and Yorkton. The native flora of the Saskatchewan includes vascular plants, plus additional species of other plants and plant-like organisms such as algae, lichens and other fungi, and mosses. Non-native species of plants are recorded as established outside of cultivation in Saskatchewan, of these some non-native species remain beneficial for gardening, and agriculture, where others have become invasive, noxious weeds. Saskatchewan is committed to protecting species at risk in Canada. The growing season has been studied and classified into plant hardiness zones depending on length of growing season and climatic conditions. Biogeographic factors have also been divided into ecoregions and floristic kingdoms across Saskatchewan, and natural vegetation varies depending on elevation, moisture, soil and weather. The study of ethnobotany uncovers the interrelation between humans and plants and the various ways people have used plants for economic reasons, food, medicine and technological developments. The Government of Saskatchewan has declared 3 indigenous plants as provincial symbols. The fauna of Saskatchewan include many land and aquatic species. From the multiplicity of invertebrates and vertebrates two have been chosen as symbols of Saskatchewan, the white-tailed deer and the sharp-tailed grouse. Cenozoic vertebrate fossils reveal the geological evolution of the interior plains and its prehistoric biogeography. Today, Saskatchewan's ecosystems range from the sub-arctic tundra of the Canadian Shield in north Saskatchewan to aspen parkland, and grassland prairie. Fauna inhabit areas unique to their own specific and varied breeding, foraging and nesting requirements. With a large land and water area, and small population density, the ecoregions of Saskatchewan provide important habitat for many animals, both endangered and not. Naturalists observing wildlife have enumerated shrinking and growing wildlife populations. They advocate programs and methods to preserve or re-introduce endangered species and identify programs of control for outbreaks of wildlife populations. A broad diversity of wildlife habitats are preserved as parks and reserves protecting the feeding and breeding grounds of protected and indigenous fauna of Saskatchewan. The total area of freshwater is 59,366 km. There are two main river basins, the Nelson and Churchill River Basins, both of which drain into Hudson Bay. Qu'Appelle and Souris, the North and South Saskatchewan, confluence is east of Prince Albert becoming the Saskatchewan which are all a part of the Nelson river basin. The Churchill River connects lakes and streams through the lower portion of the Canadian shield. Rupert's Land a historical political division of Canada comprised all lands of the Hudson Bay drainage system between the years 1670 to 1870. Frenchman River does not flow east to Hudson Bay, but rather south to the Missouri River, which is part of the Missouri river basin catchment area. The Mackenzie River basin of north Saskatchewan flows north draining into the Arctic Ocean, which belongs to the Mackenzie river basin drainage area. There are over 10 thousand lakes across Saskatchewan, the main lake region being north of the tree line in the Canadian Shield. Saskatchewan's largest lake is Lake Athabasca which sits astride the Saskatchewan – Alberta border. The second in size is Reindeer Lake which is located on the Saskatchewan – Manitoba border. Other lakes of notable size would be Wollaston, Cree, Frobisher, and Lac La Ronge. The deepest water point is located in Reindeer Lake at the Deep Bay Structure site which was created by a meteor impact. Saskatchewan is also home to preserved wetlands which are partially submerged areas of land. Saskatchewan's waterways also contain bogs, as well as the salt water lakes. Quill Lake is Canada's largest saltwater lake, Chaplin Lake is a Western Hemispheric Shorebird Reserve Network and Little Manitou, an ehdorheic lake, is a popular tourist resort. Brine shrimp siheries have existed on sodium magnesium sulphate lakes such as Chaplin, Frederick, Ingebright, and Little Manitou lakes. Saskatchewan has 34 provincial parks that provide for recreational use or preserve wilderness, special environments or sites of historic importance. The province is also home to two of Canada's 36 National Parks. Grasslands National Park, which covers in southernmost part of the province, was established in 1981. The other is Prince Albert National Park covering in central Saskatchewan, which was established in 1927. The economy of Saskatchewan has been associated with agriculture resulting in the moniker Bread Basket of Canada and Bread Basket of the World. According to the Government of Saskatchewan, approximately 95% of all items produced in Saskatchewan, depend on the basic resources available within the province. Various grains, livestock, oil and gas, potash, uranium, wood and their spin off industries fuel the economy. Saskatchewan's GDP in 2006 was approximately C$45.922 billion. Geography of Saskatchewan The geography of Saskatchewan (suskăchuwun\"),"
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"Charles Sommers Charles Sommers (20 January 1862 – 19 March 1922) was an Australian businessman and politician who was a member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia from 1900 to 1918. He was a minister in the first government of George Leake. Sommers was born in Geelong, Victoria, and attended Geelong Grammar School. After a period farming at Bendigo, he went to Morwell (in the Gippsland region). Sommers was elected to the Traralgon Shire Council in 1883, aged only 21. He returned to Geelong in 1886, and was elected to the Geelong Municipal Council, serving until 1894. The following year, Sommers left for Western Australia and settled in Coolgardie, where he had interests in various mines and was the managing director of a hotel that had previously been owned by his brother. He was elected mayor of the Coolgardie Municipality in 1899, and would serve until 1903. Sommers was elected to parliament at the 1900 Legislative Council elections, replacing Harold Parsons (a former mayor of Kalgoorlie) in North-East Province. In May 1901, following the 1901 state election, Sommers was appointed Minister for Lands in the new ministry formed by George Leake. He served only until November of the same year, when Leake was replaced as premier by Alf Morgans. At the 1906 Legislative Council elections, Sommers transferred to Metropolitan Province, succeeding the retiring Sir George Shenton. He was re-elected in 1912, but in 1918 was defeated by Henry Saunders. Sommers died in Perth in 1922, aged 60. He had married Agnes Donaldson in 1886, with whom he had four children. Charles Sommers Charles Sommers (20 January 1862 – 19 March 1922) was an Australian businessman and politician who was a member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia from 1900 to 1918. He was a minister in the first"
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"Axcelis Technologies Axcelis Technologies, Inc. is an American company engaging in the design, manufacture, and servicing of capital equipment for the semiconductor manufacturing industry worldwide. It produces ion implantation systems, including high and medium current implanters, and high energy implanters, and curing systems used in the fabrication of semiconductor chips. The company was incorporated in 1995 and is headquartered in Beverly, Massachusetts, United States. In 2000, Eaton Corporation spun off its semiconductor manufacturing equipment business as Axcelis Technologies. On December 4, 2012 Axcelis Technologies decided \"...that it will exit the dry-strip business and divest its dry-strip intellectual property and technology, including the advanced non-oxidizing process technology of its Integra product line, to Lam Research...Axcelis will continue to ship its 300 mm dry-strip products through August 2013...\" Axcelis Technologies Axcelis Technologies, Inc. is an American company engaging in the design, manufacture, and servicing of capital equipment for the semiconductor manufacturing industry worldwide. It produces ion implantation systems, including high and medium current implanters, and high energy implanters, and curing systems used in the fabrication of semiconductor chips. The company was incorporated in 1995 and is headquartered in Beverly, Massachusetts, United States. In 2000, Eaton Corporation spun off its semiconductor manufacturing equipment"
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"3rd Manitoba Legislature The members of the 3rd Manitoba Legislature were elected in the Manitoba general election held in December 1878. The legislature sat from February 1, 1879, to November 26, 1879. Premier John Norquay with the support of Joseph Royal was able to form a majority government. However, Royal demanded that the government must have the support of a majority among both French-speaking and English-speaking representatives in the assembly. Royal, in partnership with Thomas Scott, attempted to take control of the government. Norquay countered by aligning himself with the English-speaking members of the assembly excluding Scott. A new election was held later in the year. John Wright Sifton served as speaker for the assembly. There was one session of the 3rd Legislature: Joseph Édouard Cauchon was Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba. The following members were elected to the assembly in 1878: Notes: No by-elections were held to replace members. 3rd Manitoba Legislature The members of the 3rd Manitoba Legislature were elected in the Manitoba general election held in December 1878. The legislature sat from February 1, 1879, to November 26, 1879. Premier John Norquay with the support of Joseph Royal was able to form a majority government. However, Royal demanded"
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"Larisa Bakurova Larisa Angela Bakurova (, ; born February 21, 1985) is a Ukrainian actress and model based in Taiwan. Besides her modeling engagements, she has appeared in supporting roles for the Taiwanese drama \"They Kiss Again\" and the film \"Don't Go Breaking My Heart. In 2012, Bakurova starred in the film \"Young Dudes\" directed by DJ Chen Yin-Jung. Bakurova was a professional rhythmic gymnast from ages 3–15 and won numerous national competitions. She was Miss Kiev at age 18. Bakurova is a graduate of Odessa National Economics University, where she holds a master's degree in economics. As of June 2013, Bakurova holds the Taiwan Permanent Resident Certificate and she has begun the naturalization process. She married a Taiwanese national in 2015 and gave birth to a daughter in 2016. Larisa Bakurova Larisa Angela Bakurova (, ; born February 21, 1985) is a Ukrainian actress and model based in Taiwan. Besides her modeling engagements, she has appeared in supporting roles for the Taiwanese drama \"They Kiss Again\" and the film \"Don't Go Breaking My Heart. In 2012, Bakurova starred in the film \"Young Dudes\" directed by DJ Chen Yin-Jung. Bakurova was a professional rhythmic gymnast from ages 3–15 and won"
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"Sexual anorexia Sexual anorexia is a pathological loss of \"appetite\" for romantic-sexual interaction, often the result of a fear of intimacy to the point that the person has severe anxiety surrounding sexual activity and emotional aspects (i.e. an intimate relationship). In the view of some practitioners, corroborating the \"seminal\" work of Patrick Carnes, there are people who appear to have a sexual addiction which is expressed through a variety of behaviors such as the compulsive use of strip clubs, prostitutes, porn sites, etc. but fit the definition of sexual anorexic in that they seem to lack the ability to have a relationship of a sexual nature beyond a paid-for or anonymous experience. The person does not have an aversion to sex but to intimacy. The concept of sexual anorexia was first mentioned by psychologist Nathan Hare in 1975, in an unpublished dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment for a Ph.D. at the California School of Professional Psychology in San Francisco. Ellen Goodman, the nationally syndicated columnist, wrote about psychiatrist Sylvia Kaplan's use of the concept in 1981 and this was noted in the editor's \"Notes\" in the journal \"Black Male/Female Relationships\". A book by psychologist Patrick Carnes called \"Sexual Anorexia\" was published in 1997. Hare's Ph.D. dissertation on \"Black Male-Female Relations\" (1975) as well as the now defunct journal called \"Black Male/Female Relationships\" (1979–1982). See also Nathan and Julia Hare's, \"Sexual Anorexia,\" \"Crisis in Black Sexual Politics\", published in 1989. Julia Hare has also used it in a book \"The Sexual and Political Anorexia of the Black Woman\" in June 2008. A sex addict is more likely to be capable of being in a more intimate relationship and is often married or in a committed relationship when deciding to get treatment for their addiction. A sexual anorexic may have a social phobia or be so fragile emotionally that the risk of rejection or criticism is far more frightening than being isolated. Narcissistic traits are often seen in both sexual anorexics and sex addicts, but in the sexual anorexic, the traits are considered far more \"brittle\" and the pain of rejection and criticism is far more deeply felt than for the sex addict. Treatment is aimed at helping the person see where their fears lie and to see the world in less black and white terms. The patient is encouraged to take calculated risks with social activities and distorted thinking is gently challenged with facts and reality. The goals for both sex addicts and sexual anorexics is to learn to have healthy sex and get emotional needs met in direct ways, and to set healthy boundaries. This is an issue that requires ongoing treatment in planned stages with the end goal of autonomy, independence, and improved social relationships. Sexual anorexia Sexual anorexia is a pathological loss of \"appetite\" for romantic-sexual interaction, often the result of a fear of intimacy to the point that the person has severe anxiety surrounding sexual activity and emotional aspects (i.e. an intimate relationship). In the view of"
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"Bloom County Bloom County is an American comic strip by Berkeley Breathed which originally ran from December 8, 1980, until August 6, 1989. It examined events in politics and culture through the viewpoint of a fanciful small town in Middle America, where children often have adult personalities and vocabularies and where animals can talk. On July 12, 2015, Breathed started drawing \"Bloom County\" again. The first revived strip was published via Facebook on July 13, 2015. \"Bloom County\" originated from a comic strip known as \"The Academia Waltz\", which Breathed produced for \"The Daily Texan\", the student newspaper of the University of Texas. The comic strip attracted the notice of the editors of \"The Washington Post\", who recruited him to do a nationally syndicated strip. On December 8, 1980, \"Bloom County\", syndicated by The Washington Post Writers Group, made its debut and featured some of the characters from \"Academia Waltz,\" including former frat-boy Steve Dallas and the paraplegic Vietnam war veteran Cutter John. Breathed set \"Bloom County\" in a small town. Breathed said he made the choice because he had followed a girlfriend to Iowa City, Iowa; Breathed commented, \"You draw—literally—from your life if you’re going to write anything with some juice to it. I did just that.\" Breathed's hand-printed signature on his strips was usually presented in mirror image, i.e. right to left. Breathed was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in editorial cartooning in 1987 for \"Bloom County\". The win was disapproved of by many members of Association of American Editorial Cartoonists. At the very beginning of the strip (December 1980), the central setting was the Bloom boarding house run by the grandparents of Milo Bloom. As the strip continued, various boarders (and/or pets) moved into the boarding house. In the order the characters debuted: \"For detailed summaries of all storylines, see the entries for the individual books.\" Breathed decided to end the strip in 1989. In keeping with the continuity of the Bill the Cat/Donald Trump storyline, Trump \"buys out\" the comic strip and fires all of the cast. In the strip's final weeks the cast found new \"jobs\" with other comic strips. A \"goodbye party\" was held over the course of the week where characters talked about joining new strips. Portnoy and Hodge Podge get jobs as janitors behind the scenes at \"Marmaduke\"; Steve Dallas joins the cast of \"Cathy\" and attempts to pitch himself as a new superhero, but is quickly fired from both jobs; Michael Binkley becomes a wild boar skinner for \"Prince Valiant\". Lola Granola says that she's been invited to pose for \"Playboy\", which Opus dislikes. Milo Bloom is seen with a snake swallowing him head first and informing Opus he would be appearing Tuesdays in \"The Far Side\". Oliver Wendell Jones is seen with the distinct features of \"Family Circus\" characters. He informs Opus he is being \"bussed in\" to the strip as part of a court order. Once \"Bloom County\" characters are scattered, only Opus is left as part of a plot to transition to Breathed's next strip in \"Bloom County\"'s final week. Shortly after \"Bloom County\" ended, Breathed started a Sunday-only strip called \"Outland\" with original characters and situations introduced in \"Bloom County\"'s final days. However, Opus, Bill and other characters eventually reappeared and slowly took over the strip. \"Outland\" ran from September 3, 1989, to March 26, 1995. Another Sunday-only spinoff strip called \"Opus\" ran from November 23, 2003, to November 2, 2008. On July 12, 2015, Breathed posted to his Facebook page a photo with the caption \"A return after 25 years. Feels like going home.\" The photo showed him drawing a comic strip with the title \"Bloom County 2015\" with Opus pictured in the first frame. A fan asked in the comments on the picture if this was in response to Donald Trump's presidential campaign, and Mr. Breathed responded to the comment that \"This creator can't precisely deny that the chap you mention had nothing to do with it.\" The next day, July 13, 2015, the first comic of the revived strip was officially posted online, also to Breathed's Facebook page. The strip was relaunched under the \"Bloom County 2015\" title, only to be renamed simply as \"Bloom County\" at the start of 2016. On the return of the strips Breathed stated, Breathed originally had no plans of publishing the new strips outside of his Facebook page, commenting that “Newspapers need deadlines, alas. Like my departed friend Douglas Adams used to say, the only part of deadlines I enjoyed was the whooshing sound as they sped by.” An archive of the new strips has started at GoComics since then. A new book was announced in June 2016, \"Bloom County Episode XI: A New Hope\" will be a compilation of strips from 2015 and 2016. \"Bloom County\" has had an influence on other cartoonists, particularly cartoonists who have an irreverent bent or tackle political topics in their work. For example, Scott Kurtz, creator of the webcomic \"PvP\", acknowledged Breathed's contributions at one point with a strip expressing the opinion that \"so many webcomics. ..are nothing but \"Bloom County\" ripoffs\", then lampooning itself by mimicking Breathed's art and dialogue style in the final panel. Aaron McGruder, creator of the comic and later animated series \"The Boondocks\", has paid homage to Breathed's work as well, with a few aspects of the strip bearing more than a passing resemblance to important \"Bloom County\" features (including at least a couple of artistic similarities), and an episode of the animated series wherein the character Uncle Ruckus calls Breathed \"Master Penguin Draw'er\". The series was adapted into the 1991 animated Christmas special entitled \"A Wish for Wings That Work\", which is now available on DVD. The fictional setting of \"Bloom County\" served as a recurring backdrop for the comic and its sequels, although the nature of the setting was frequently altered. In the comics, the county is presented as a stereotypical American midwestern small town. The small town setting was frequently contrasted with the increasing globalization taking place in the rest of the world; though Bloom County contained the likes of farmers and wilderness creatures by default, it was frequented by Hare Krishnas, feminists, and rock stars. While the location of Bloom County is never explicitly mentioned, there have been some clues in the strip. When Oliver Jones identified Bloom County as the place where Halley's Comet would crash into Earth, a sign was seen saying that it was at 35.05 N 146.55 E. This would place it in the Pacific Ocean, about 300 miles off the coast of Japan. Oliver's previous calculation was 39.43 N 105.01 W, which would place it just south of Denver, Colorado. In an early strip, Milo gives his address as \"Box 163, Bloom County, N.I., 12460\", the zip code for which would place it about 30 miles southwest of Albany, New York. Another strip has Opus trying to make airline reservations to Des Moines, Iowa. He balks at the outrageously high quoted price for a ticket stating that \"Des Moines is just 94 miles from Bloom County\". Geographically, this would place Bloom County in either Iowa or the far north-central tier of counties of Missouri, but likely referring to the distance from Iowa City, where the strip was produced, to Des Moines. (See Real World References below). Also, in a Sunday strip with L.H. Puttgrass, he is holding a King Soopers bag, which would place the comic in Colorado. On January 29, 2016, Berkeley Breathed posted on Facebook that \"The Bloom County boarding house still sits in beautiful hayseedless Iowa City, home for this cartoonist for four years.\" The county was home to the Bloom Boarding House, Steve Dallas' law offices, the \"Bloom Beacon\" and \"Bloom Picayune\" newspapers, at least one pond, and Milo's Meadow. In the comic's later years, the county contained what appeared to be a big-city ghetto (\"the wrong side of the tracks\", as it was known). 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"tier of counties of Missouri, but likely referring to the distance from Iowa City, where the strip was produced, to Des Moines. (See Real World References below). Also, in a Sunday strip with L.H. Puttgrass, he is holding a King Soopers bag, which would place the comic in Colorado. On January 29, 2016, Berkeley Breathed posted on Facebook that \"The Bloom County boarding house still sits in beautiful hayseedless Iowa City, home for this cartoonist for four years.\" The county was home to the Bloom Boarding House, Steve Dallas' law offices, the \"Bloom Beacon\" and \"Bloom Picayune\" newspapers, at least one pond, and Milo's Meadow. In the comic's later years, the county contained what appeared to be a big-city ghetto (\"the wrong side of the tracks\", as it was known). The geographical profile of the county was fluid as the artistic style of the strip evolved. During most of \"Bloom County\"'s run, the rural meadow setting was presented realistically, while in its later years it became increasingly more abstract. The \"Outland\" setting of the strip was originally set apart from the county by way of a magical doorway. By \"Outland\"<nowiki>'s</nowiki> end, the Outland appeared to be a part of Bloom County itself. The final \"Outland\" strip listed the characters as living at \"555 Hairybutt St. Bloom County, Outland\". \"Opus\" also takes place in Bloom County. The setting of \"Bloom County\" resembled Iowa City, Iowa, in several ways; Breathed lived there during the early years of the strip. The Bloom Boarding House, for example, which appeared as a high contrast photo within the strip, is modeled after the Linsay House located at 935 East College Street in Iowa City. Another Iowa City landmark, The Prairie Lights Bookstore, was referred to in the strip as the Prairie Lights Newsstand, original \"Bloom County\" artwork from Breathed hangs in the bookstore. An original \"Bloom County\" strip hangs in the Iowa City Public Library. Breathed used the call letters KRNA to refer to \"Bloom County\"'s rock radio station featuring \"Rockin' Charmin' Harmon\". The call letters belong to an actual Iowa City rock station which featured a disc jockey named \"Charmin'\" Jeff Harmon in the 1980s. Several Iowa City local news items also directly inspired \"Bloom County\" storylines. For example, a fictional Ronald Reagan sexist gaffe, referring to women as \"little dumplin's\", was lifted from University of Iowa football coach Hayden Fry's comment, infuriating feminists at the university. Like many other popular comic strips, \"Bloom County\" has been republished in various collections. By 2004, the comic strip was reprinted in 11 books, the first having been published in 1983 and the last in that year. None of the reprints contained complete runs of the strip, although \"Bloom County Babylon\" contained many of the strips that preceded \"Loose Tails\". All of the daily strips have been reprinted in \"Comics Revue\" magazine. IDW Publishing published \"The Bloom County Library\", a five volume hardback collection of all \"Bloom County\" strips, beginning in October 2009. This series is part of their \"Library of American Comics\" series. It is a complete reprint of the strip, including side notes about cultural and political references made in the strip, \"Headlines\" breaks to identify the top stories of the day, and commentary from Breathed. Each volume has three separate releases: a standard edition, a signed edition, and a signed, remarked edition. Breathed said that the reason why the strips printed in \"The Bloom County Library\" were not published in previous collections was that the publisher would not let Breathed publish 400 pages each year, so Breathed had to reduce the content in each book. Breathed also said that he believes that, \"I just closed my eyes and dropped a dart on the ones to be included.\" He felt relieved the publishers did not \"have to ask […] to do this again.\" On October 25, 2017 IDW published \"Bloom County: Real, Classy, & Compleat: 1980-1989\", collecting the complete run of \"Bloom County\" in two volumes. An \"Ultimate Collectors Set\" was also released, including the original art from a daily strip featuring Opus, a page from Breathed's sketchbooks, and a personalized sketch of Opus on the slipcover. Published by The Library of American Comics, an imprint of IDW Publishing. Bloom County Bloom County is an"
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"Cyphaspis Cyphaspis is a genus of small trilobite that lived from the Late Ordovician to the Late Devonian. Fossils have been found in marine strata in what is now Europe, Africa and North America. Various species had a compact body, and a large, bulbous glabellum. Many species had long spines arranged similarly to closely related genera, such as \"Otarian\", \"Otarionella\", \"Chamaeleoaspis\", and \"Namuropyge\". The following species in the genus \"Cyphaspis\" have been described: Fossils of \"Cyphaspis\" have been found in: Colombia (Floresta Formation, Altiplano Cundiboyacense), the Czech Republic, Morocco, United States (Alaska, Iowa, Oklahoma), and Uzbekistan Canada (Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario), the United Kingdom, and the United States (Indiana, New York, Tennessee) Sweden, and the United States (Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri) Cyphaspis Cyphaspis is a genus of small trilobite that lived from the Late Ordovician to the Late Devonian. Fossils have been found in marine strata in what is now Europe, Africa and North America. Various species had a compact body, and a large, bulbous glabellum. Many species had long spines arranged similarly to closely related genera, such as \"Otarian\", \"Otarionella\", \"Chamaeleoaspis\", and \"Namuropyge\". The following species in the genus \"Cyphaspis\" have been described: Fossils of \"Cyphaspis\" have been found in:"
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"Jamie Strange Jamie Ross Strange (born 1976) is a New Zealand politician. He is a Member of Parliament in the House of Representatives for the Labour Party. Before entering parliament, Strange taught music at Berkley Normal Middle School in Hillcrest, Hamilton. He is also a former church minister. Strange had a music career himself and has written over 40 songs and released his own album \"Thanks for Faking It Sometimes\" in 2007. The songs videos featured a mannequin who was present to mimic the \"plastic-looking\" girlfriends rock stars often have. Strange named the mannequin 'Kate Brightstar' after purchasing it from a store called Brightstar and later sold it on TradeMe to a truck driver. Strange stood unsuccessfully for a seat on the Hamilton City Council in 2013. The next year he contested the North Island electorate of at the , but was defeated by the incumbent, National's Louise Upston. Strange stood for Labour in the electorate in the and was placed 36 on Labour's party list. Strange did not win the electorate, but entered parliament via the Party list. In July 2018 Strange said he expects a Hamilton to Auckland rail commuter service to be operating by the end of 2019. Jamie Strange Jamie Ross Strange (born 1976) is a New Zealand politician. He is a Member of Parliament in the House of Representatives for the Labour Party. Before entering parliament, Strange taught music at Berkley Normal Middle School in Hillcrest, Hamilton. He is also a former church minister. Strange had a music career himself and has written over 40 songs and released his own album \"Thanks for Faking It Sometimes\" in 2007. The songs videos featured a mannequin who was present to mimic the \"plastic-looking\" girlfriends rock stars often have. Strange named the mannequin 'Kate Brightstar' after purchasing it"
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"Charles E. Bayless Charles E. Bayless (born November 2, 1942) is a former President of West Virginia University Institute of Technology and a regional Vice-President of West Virginia University, United States. He retired from WVU Tech on June 30, 2008. Charles E.Bayless is a native of Dunbar, West Virginia. In High School he attended Greenbrier Military School. He graduated from West Virginia University Institute of Technology, in 1968 with a degree in Electrical Engineering. At Tech he was Vice-President of the Student Council and a member of Sigma Pi fraternity. He received an MBA in finance from University of Michigan, an MSEE degree in Electric Power Engineering and a Juris Doctor, both from WVU. During college Bayless worked several summer jobs for Kentucky Power and Pennsylvania Power and Light. From 1972 to 1981 he was an attorney, then Director of Nuclear Fuel Supply and later Director of Special Corporate Projects for Consumer's Power Company of Jackson, Michigan. From 1981 to 1989, he was Senior VP and CFO of Public Service Company of New Hampshire. He was the CEO of Tucson Electric Power from 1989 to 1998. He then served as CEO of Illinois Power Company and later became President of West Virginia Tech in 2004. Bayless has served on the Board of Directors for several different companies. These were: Dynegy, Primary Energy, REcycled Energy Development, Commerce Energy, Thermon, Ontario Power Authority, Patina Oil and Gas, Pike Electric, Trigen Energy Inc, Aquilon Energy Services, West Virginia American Water, EPRI and EEI. He was the Chairman of the Board for Independent Wireless One. He is a Member of the Judging Panel for the Platts Global Energy Awards. Bayless has been extensively involved with the Boy Scouts of America, he has been a council President, a former member of the National Executive Board, where he was Vice president for venturing and is currently a member of the National Advisory Board. He is a recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award, Silver Beaver Award, and Silver Antelope Award. He served as the chairman of the Southern Arizona Leadership Council. He was a member of the University of Arizona Business School Board of Advisors and the Arizona Commission on Appellate Judicial Appointments. He was also vice president of the Tucson Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce.and is Co-Chair of the Climate Institute. Charles E. Bayless Charles E. Bayless (born November 2, 1942) is a former President of"
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"County Offaly County Offaly () is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Midlands Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the ancient Kingdom of Uí Failghe and was formerly known as King's County. Offaly County Council is the local authority for the county. The population of the county is 78,003 according to the 2016 census. Offaly is the 18th largest of Ireland's 32 counties by area and the 24th largest in terms of population. It is the fifth largest of Leinster's 12 counties by size and the 10th largest by population. It is the largest county by area and the third largest by population in the Midlands. Lusmagh Tullamore is the county town and largest town in Offaly and is the 30th largest in Ireland. Offaly borders seven counties: Galway, Roscommon, Tipperary, Laois, Westmeath, Kildare and Meath. The Slieve Bloom Mountains are in the southern part of the county on the border with County Laois. Offaly has the 24th highest county peak in Ireland. The highest point is Arderin () in the Slieve Blooms at . The Slieve Bloom Mountains contain the county's highest points including Stillbrook Hill and Wolftrap Mountain which are the county's second and third highest peaks. Croghan Hill rises from the Bog of Allen and is located in northern Offaly. Although only 234 metres high, it is known for its view over the surrounding area and it stands out by itself. The floodplain of the River Shannon is in the north-western part of the county. The River Camcor runs through the town of Birr and is a Wild Trout Conservation Area. The River Brosna runs across the county from Lough Owel in Westmeath to Shannon Harbour. Silver River runs through several towns in the south of the county before joining Brosna near the town of Ferbane. The Grand Canal also runs across the county from Edenderry on the north-east to Shannon Harbour before joining the Shannon. The county contains many small lakes from Lake Boora to Pallas Lake and it also contains 42 hectares of swamp land. There are a number Eskers in the counties landscape including Esker Riada. Offaly largely comprises a flat landscape and is known for its extensive bog and peatlands. There are many large bogs in Offaly including the Bog of Allen, Clara bog, Boora bog and Raheenmore Bog which are spread out across the county with the Bog of Allen extending into four other counties. The county consists of approximately 42,000 hectares of peatlands which is 21% of Offaly's total land area. Offaly contains approximately of forest and woodland area, which only amounts to 4.5% of the county's land area. This includes woodlands within the Slieve Blooms and the Lough Boora Parklands. Roughly 75% of Offaly's forested area is Conifer High Forest. The following are the historical baronies located in County Offaly: One of the earliest known settlements in County Offaly is at Boora bog which dates back to the Mesolithic era. Excavations here provide evidence of a temporary settlement as no structures were found at the site. Stone axes, arrow heads and blades were discovered which date to between 6,800 – 6,000 BCE. The Dowris Hoard dating from the Late Bronze Age was found in a bog at Dowris, Whigsborough near Birr. It is the largest collection of Bronze Age objects ever found in Ireland. It includes more than 200 items of which roughly 190 are extant, 111 in the National Museum of Ireland and 79 in the British Museum. Forty four spearheads were found, forty-three axes, twenty-four trumpets, and forty-four crotals (a kind of bell or chime instrument, unique to Ireland). A bronze bucket was also found, it was constructed of sheets of bronze riveted together, this item is considered to be an imported item, two other buckets were also found and these are presumed to be native copies. After Christianisation, the monastic complex of Clonmacnoise was erected at the River Shannon near Shannonbridge. It is today a significant tourist destination. The county itself was formed following the Tudor plantations of Laois and Offaly in an attempt by the English Crown to expand its sphere of influence in Ireland which had declined following the Norman Conquest of Ireland. Both Laois (Leix) and Offaly (Uí Failghe) were petty kingdoms in Gaelic Ireland located just outside the Pale (a region around Dublin and the mid east of Ireland that remained loyal to the English Crown following the Norman Conquest). The older kingdoms of Leix and Uí Failghe are not coterminous with the present day counties that were formed. The Kingdom of Uí Failghe from which the name Offaly is derived, was ruled by the Ó Conchobhair Failghe (anglicised as: O'Conor Faly) whose territory extended from the east of the county into north Kildare. The Kingdom of Firceall ruled by the O'Molloy clan constituted much of the centre of the county. The Kingdom of Firceall was part of the Kingdom of Meath while Uí Failghe was part of the Kingdom of Leinster. Much of the south of the present day county (as well as northern County Tipperary) was ruled by Ó Cearbhaill of Éile (anglicised as: O'Carroll Ely). Ely formed part of the Kingdom of Munster. These petty kingdoms were swept aside by the Tudor plantations. In 1556, an Act of the Parliament of Ireland created \"King's County\", named after Philip, the then King of Ireland. This replaced the old Kingdoms with Baronies and the present day County System. Despite the county's name being upheld as Offaly through the 2001 Local Government Act, no legislation was ever enacted after independence explicitly changing the name from King's County, the name formally established under the 1898 Local Government Act which continued to have legal effect. Legal transfers and assignments of land in the county still refer to it as \"King's County\". Offaly County Council is the local authority for the county. The council is responsible for local services such as housing policy, social and cultural services, economic development and planning, motor taxation and infrastructural policy in the county. Following the implementation of the Local Government Reform Act 2014 the number of Councillors returned was reduced to 19 from 21 councillors. The reforms also reduced the number of electoral areas to 3 which are Tullamore (7 members), Birr (6 members) and Edenderry (6 members). Prior to the reforms there were 4 electoral areas in Tullamore (7 members), Ferbane (4 members), Edenderry (6 members) and Birr (4 members). Councillors were also elected to town councils in Birr, Tullamore and Edenderry which were abolished. Up until the 2011 general election Offaly was part of the Laois–Offaly constituency which elected 5 TDs to the Dáil. Between 1921 and 2011 this consisted of the full territory of both counties. For the 2011 general election some electoral divisions in South Offaly where part of Tipperary North. The Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013 established a new constituency called Offaly for the 2016 general election. The constituency incorporates all of Offaly from the existing Laois–Offaly constituency, and twenty four electoral divisions from Tipperary North. This constituency elects 3 TDs to the Dáil. There are five main news outlets for the county covering radio, print and online. The radio station that covers Offaly is Midlands 103 which broadcasts across three counties, Offaly, Laois and Westmeath. The main online resource for news and sport for the county is the Offaly Express, www.offalyexpress.ie The print edition of the newspaper ceased publication in July 2012. The three main newspapers are the Midland/Tullamore Tribune, Offaly independent and Offaly Topic. The Midland/Tullamore Tribune and the Offaly Topic are published each Wednesday while the Offaly Independent is distributed across the county on Fridays. The 2006 population figure for County Offaly is the highest for the county since 1881. The Central Statistics Office estimates that the increase in population between 2002 and 2006 (7,205) comprised a",
"for the county covering radio, print and online. The radio station that covers Offaly is Midlands 103 which broadcasts across three counties, Offaly, Laois and Westmeath. The main online resource for news and sport for the county is the Offaly Express, www.offalyexpress.ie The print edition of the newspaper ceased publication in July 2012. The three main newspapers are the Midland/Tullamore Tribune, Offaly independent and Offaly Topic. The Midland/Tullamore Tribune and the Offaly Topic are published each Wednesday while the Offaly Independent is distributed across the county on Fridays. The 2006 population figure for County Offaly is the highest for the county since 1881. The Central Statistics Office estimates that the increase in population between 2002 and 2006 (7,205) comprised a natural increase of 2,026 people with the balance of 5,179 accounted for by net in-migration from within Ireland as well as abroad. The population increased by 11.3% between 2002 and 2006 which was a greater rate than the national average rate of 8.2%. This may be attributed to the county's proximity to the Greater Dublin Area, increased accessibility to Dublin (M6, M7, and improved rail services) and lower house prices than in Dublin. The population of many towns rose during the period 1996 to 2006: Birr +21.5%, Tullamore +28.8% and Edenderry +53.9%. The population of Portarlington increased by 50.1% between 2002 2006e. The population as of census 2011 is 76,687 people with 35.7% (27,378 people) under the age of 25 and 11.6% (8,909 people) over the age of 65. Gaelic games are popular in the county. Offaly GAA consists of some 44 clubs playing Gaelic football and hurling in communities throughout the county. Birr is generally considered a hurling stronghold with Birr GAA winning four All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championships. County teams have also had national success in both hurling and football, winning the Liam MacCarthy Cup four times and the Sam Maguire Cup three times. The football team is perhaps best known for the Seamus Darby goal in the dying minutes of the 1982 football final when Offaly took the title by one point denying Kerry an historic five All-Ireland titles in a row. Traditionally, west Offaly has been the hurling stronghold with clubs like Birr, Coolderry, And Kilcormac/Killoughey enjoying success in the Leinster and All-Ireland Championships Famous hurlers from Offaly include: Famous Footballers from Offaly include: Tullamore Town F.C. play at Leah Victoria Park. Previously they played in the A Championship and League of Ireland B Division Other popular sports in the county include rugby and golf. Birr Golf Club and Esker Hills Golf Club near Tullamore are popular. Irish golfer Shane Lowry is a member of Esker Hills. He is from the town of Ferbane outside Tullamore. As an amateur, he won the 2009 Irish Open. Traditionally, agriculture and industry have been the main driving force of the economy in the county. Offaly has extensive bogland, particularly in the northern parts of the county, that forms part of the Bog of Allen. Bord na Móna was founded in 1946 and provided employment to hundreds of people in Offaly by making peat briquettes (for home domestic use) and supplying peat to power stations operated by ESB. Peat briquettes are currently made at the Bord na Móna factory at Derrinlough near Birr. Power stations are operating at Shannonbridge and Edenderry. With the continuing depletion of the bogs a number of power stations have closed down in recent years. The ESB power station at Lumcloon, Ferbane was a major employer in the midlands but closed in 2001. Rhode power station closed down soon afterwards. These were major landmarks in Offaly with large cooling towers that were visible for miles around Offaly and beyond, but were demolished soon after the stations closed. Many bogs are now used as wildlife reserves or for tourism activities such as Lough Boora. The opening of the Grand Canal in the 18th century brought prosperity to towns such as Banagher and Tullamore. Both towns were important stops on the Dublin to Limerick navigation which supported a number of industries and brought cheap and efficient water transport to the county in that era. The Celtic Tiger also brought an increase in economic activity to Offaly with business enterprise and industrial parks opening in Birr, Edenderry and Tullamore. Many people particularly in the east of the county are within an easy commuting distance to Dublin where many find employment. Offaly is well served by rail transport. Railway stations are located at Tullamore and Clara. Both stations are on the main Dublin-Westport/Galway railway line with regular trains serving the area especially for Dublin commuters. Portarlington railway station is located just over the County Laois border and is in a catchment area for the south east of the county. Portarlington railway station is on the main Dublin-Cork railway line with regular commuter services to Heuston Station, Dublin and intercity services to Cork, Limerick, Killarney & Tralee. The Limerick-Ballybrophy railway line travels through the south of the county however there are no railway stations on the line in County Offaly. The nearest stations are located at Cloughjordan and Roscrea both just outside the county boundary. A railway line from Birr connected to the line at Roscrea until it was closed in the 1960s. A controversial railway line also connected Birr to Portumna between 1868 to 1878, and became something of a folk legend. Three main national secondary routes pass through the county. The N52 road passes from Kilbeggan to Tullamore and Birr which then continues to Nenagh where it intersects with the M7. The N62 from Athlone passes through Ferbane and Birr and continues onto Roscrea and Thurles. The N80 route starts in Tullamore and continues to the south east passing through Portlaoise and Carlow. There are no main national primary routes in the county, however, the M6 skirts the county to the north and the M7 skirts the county to the south through Moneygall. Road infrastructure has improved with the completion of the Tullamore bypass in 2009 and improved access to regional cities following completion of the intercity motorway network. Bus Éireann provide public transport services throughout the county with regular bus services to Limerick and Waterford from Athlone bus station. Other private bus coach services provide direct bus services from Birr to Dublin such as Kearns bus service who run several services daily. Slieve Bloom Coaches run services from Tullamore and Portarlington to Dublin. The Grand Canal connecting Dublin to the river Shannon was constructed through the towns of Edenderry and Tullamore and joins the Shannon at Shannon Harbour. Traditionally this was an important route for transport, communication and trade between Dublin, Limerick and the midlands of Ireland. The route fell into decline as road transport became more popular. Much of the route is now used for boating and leisure activities. Midlands 103 (originally Midlands Radio 3) which broadcasts to Laois, Offaly and Westmeath is based in Tullamore and has studios across the midlands. RTÉ's medium wave transmitter broadcasting RTÉ Radio 1 was also located in Tullamore but transmission stopped in 2008. A number of local newspapers are published in Offaly. The Offaly Independent and Tullamore Tribune are based in Tullamore. The Midland Tribune based in Birr covers local news in the west and south of the county as well as parts of northern Tipperary including the towns of Birr, Roscrea and Nenagh and surrounding areas. The Offaly Express was a former newspaper based in Tullamore. It closed down in July 2012 after 29 years in operation. It is now an on line news platform for the county at www.offalyexpress.ie County Offaly County Offaly () is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Midlands Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the",
"RTÉ's medium wave transmitter broadcasting RTÉ Radio 1 was also located in Tullamore but transmission stopped in 2008. A number of local newspapers are published in Offaly. The Offaly Independent and Tullamore Tribune are based in Tullamore. The Midland Tribune based in Birr covers local news in the west and south of the county as well as parts of northern Tipperary including the towns of Birr, Roscrea and Nenagh and surrounding areas. The Offaly Express was a former newspaper based in Tullamore. It closed down in July 2012 after 29 years in operation. It is now an on line news platform for the county at www.offalyexpress.ie County Offaly County Offaly () is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Midlands Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the ancient Kingdom of Uí Failghe and was formerly known as King's"
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"Canadian federal budget In Canada, federal budgets are presented annually by the Government of Canada to identify planned government spending, expected government revenue, and forecast economic conditions for the upcoming year. Federal budgets are usually released in February or March, before the start of the fiscal year. All of the provinces also present budgets. Since provincial finances are dependent on money from the federal government, these budgets are usually released after the federal one. The budget is announced in the House of Commons by the Minister of Finance, who traditionally wears new shoes while doing so. The Budget is then voted on by the House of Commons. Budgets are a confidence measure, and if the House votes against it the government can fall, as happened to Prime Minister Joe Clark's government in 1980. The governing party strictly enforces party discipline, usually expelling from the party caucus any government Member of Parliament (MP) who votes against the budget. Opposition parties almost always vote against the budget. In cases of minority government, the government has normally had to include major concessions to one of the smaller parties to ensure passage of the budget. Historically the official opposition used to prepare a complete alternative budget and present this alternative to the Canadian people along with the main budget. In recent years, opposition parties are more likely to pick only certain aspects to criticize. The Reform Party revived this practice for a time, however. A complete alternative budget is today produced each year by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, a leftist think-tank. Traditionally, the budget process was immensely secretive with little consultation. Under Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent, the Finance Minister famously would type the entire budget himself so that no secretary could read it. This secrecy was felt to be needed for inside information could enable individuals to profit from upcoming government decisions. The secrecy also had a large political component, as it would help undermine the response by the opposition. Under Prime Minister Jean Chrétien and his Finance Minister Paul Martin, this changed considerably. Most of the budget would be released well before its announcement, especially any major changes so as to get feedback from the populace and the market. The process of creating the budget is a complex one which begins within the working ranks for the Federal Government. Each year, the various departments that make up the Government (for example, Health, Transportation, Foreign Affairs, Dept of Defence, Industry, CRA, etc.) submit what are called 'The Main Estimates' to The Treasury Board Secretariat. These documents identify the planned expenditure of each department, linking these proposed expenses to programs, to objectives and ultimately to the priorities of the current ruling Government. The Treasury Board Secretariat combines these budget estimates and compile an initial proposed budget. From there, the Cabinet and Prime Minister's Office adjust the budget based on a series of economic, social and political factors. In reality, decisions are usually made with the primary intent of re-election and so often include advantages for key regions and lobby groups. Following the budget, Parliament will pass an Appropriation Act (called the 'Interim Supply') which will allow individual departments to spend 3/12th of their annual budget. (The Government of Canada Fiscal Year runs from April 1 to March 31.) This partial authority enables Parliament to spend more time in examining the Estimates documents. In June, Parliament appropriates Full Supply. International: Canadian federal budget In Canada, federal budgets are presented annually by the Government of Canada to identify planned government spending, expected government revenue, and forecast economic conditions for the upcoming year. Federal budgets"
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"Palaeoloxodon namadicus Palaeoloxodon namadicus or the Asian straight-tusked elephant, was a species of prehistoric elephant that ranged throughout Pleistocene Asia, from India (where it was first discovered) to Japan. It is a descendant of the straight-tusked elephant. Some authorities regard it to be a subspecies of \"Palaeoloxodon antiquus\", the straight-tusked elephant, due to extreme similarities of the tusks. Their skull structure was also different from that of a modern elephant. \"P. namadicus\" is thought to have died out around 24,000 years ago, near the end of the Pleistocene. In 2015, a study based on extensive research of fragmentary leg bone fossils suggested that \"P. namadicus\" may have been the largest land mammals ever. Several studies have attempted to estimate the size of the Asian straight-tusked elephants, as well as other prehistoric proboscideans, usually using comparisons of thigh bone length and knowledge of relative growth rates to estimate the size of incomplete skeletons. One partial skeleton found in India in 1905 had thigh bones that likely measured when complete, suggesting a total shoulder height of for this individual elephant. Two partial thigh bones were found in the 19th century and would have measured 160 cm (5.2 ft) when complete. A fragment from the same locality was said to be almost a quarter larger; volumetric analysis then yields a size estimate of tall at the shoulder and in weight. This would make \"P. namadicus\" the largest land mammal known, surpassing the largest indricotheres. The researcher Dr. Asier Larramendi of the Eofauna Scientific Research team is considered a leading authority in the field, especially with regard to volumetric analyses in estimating the height and weight of this and other extinct species. Palaeoloxodon namadicus Palaeoloxodon namadicus or the Asian straight-tusked elephant, was a species of prehistoric elephant that ranged throughout Pleistocene Asia, from India"
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"Prix Maurice de Nieuil The Prix Maurice de Nieuil is a Group 2 flat horse race in France open to thoroughbreds aged four years or older. It is run at Longchamp over a distance of 2,800 metres (about 1¾ miles), and it is scheduled to take place each year in July. The event was established in 1920, and it was initially called the Prix des Maréchaux. It was named in honour of the French and Allied marshals (\"maréchaux\") who served in World War I. The race was originally staged at Saint-Cloud, and it was open to horses aged three or older. The early runnings were contested over 3,100 metres, and the distance was cut to 2,800 metres in 1928. It was shortened to 2,600 metres in 1936. The Prix des Maréchaux was cancelled in 1940, and for a period thereafter it was held at Longchamp (1941–42, 1944–45), Le Tremblay (1943) and Maisons-Laffitte (1946). The Longchamp editions were run over 2,500 metres, and this became the regular distance when it returned to Saint-Cloud. It was known as the Prix de Strasbourg in 1947 and 1948. The race was renamed the Prix Maurice de Nieuil in 1949. This was in memory of Maurice de Nieuil (1860–1949), a former chairman of the Société Sportive d'Encouragement, one of the precursors of France Galop. The Prix Maurice de Nieuil was transferred to Maisons-Laffitte in 1990. It was closed to three-year-olds and extended to 2,800 metres in 2001. It was run over 3,000 metres in 2004, but it reverted to 2,800 metres the following year. The event moved to Longchamp in 2006, and it is now part of the Grand Prix de Paris meeting. It is currently held on the evening of July 14, the French national holiday of Bastille Day. Most successful horse (2 wins): Leading jockey (5 wins): Leading trainer (9 wins): Leading owner (5 wins): The 2016 and 2017 races took place at Saint-Cloud while Longchamp was closed for redevelopment. Prix Maurice de Nieuil The Prix Maurice de Nieuil is a Group 2 flat horse race in France open to thoroughbreds aged four years or older. It is run at Longchamp over a distance of 2,800 metres (about 1¾ miles), and it is scheduled to take place each year in July. The event was established in 1920, and it was initially called the Prix des Maréchaux. It was named in honour of the"
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"Birkenhead and Tranmere (ward) Birkenhead and Tranmere (previously Argyle-Clifton-Holt, 1973 to 1983, and Birkenhead, 1980 to 2004) is a Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council ward in the Birkenhead Parliamentary constituency. The ward had its boundaries changed and was renamed Birkenhead and Tranmere for the 2004 local election in which it was won by the three incumbent Labour party candidates. Since 2012, the ward has been a Labour-Green marginal with no winning candidate achieving a majority of over 8.7% except for in 2015 where a coinciding General Election and higher turnout gave Labour a majority of 24.5%, despite an increase in number of votes for the Greens. Pat Cleary was elected in 2014, beating the incumbent, Labour's Brian Kenny, by a margin of 237 votes to become the first Green representative on Wirral Council. Brian Kenny later became a councillor for the neighbouring Bidston and St James ward in the 2015 election. In 2016, Birkenhead and Tranmere was the most marginal seat in Wirral with the incumbent, Labour's Jean Stapleton, having a 172 vote (or 5.3%) lead over the Green Party's Steve Hayes. Pat Cleary was successfully re-elected in 2018 with 1,881 votes (49.7%) to Labour's Paul Jobson's 1,810 votes (47.8%) in what was, initially, Wirral Labour's only target seat for the election. This decision was criticized by Wirral Labour's own Local Campaign Forum (or LCF) and more target seats were later added. Both parties number of votes increased from 2016 with a higher turnout and a larger electorate with Labour's vote share decreasing very slightly. The seat became even more marginal with just 71 votes separating first and second place (though this was to be only the second most marginal of the night). The result was the Green Party's best in the borough, both in terms of vote share and number of votes cast. indicates seat up for re-election. \"Candidates so far declared:\" • \"italics\" denotes the sitting councillor • bold denotes the winning candidate Birkenhead and Tranmere (ward) Birkenhead and Tranmere (previously Argyle-Clifton-Holt, 1973 to 1983, and Birkenhead, 1980 to 2004) is a Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council ward in the Birkenhead Parliamentary constituency. The ward had its boundaries changed and was renamed Birkenhead and Tranmere for the 2004 local election in which it was won by the three incumbent Labour party candidates. Since 2012, the ward has been a Labour-Green marginal with no winning candidate achieving a majority of over"
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"Joel Briscoe Joel Briscoe is a member of the Utah House of Representatives from Utah. A Democrat, he represents District 25 in Salt Lake City. Briscoe graduated from the University of Utah and taught English, U.S. History, and Civics in secondary schools for twenty-six years, twenty-one of them at Bountiful High School. Briscoe served on the Salt Lake City Board of Education from 1998–2002, the last two years as the Board President. He also served as the chair of the East Central Community Council, a community council located between downtown Salt Lake and the University. In this capacity, Briscoe led community opposition to a proposal to install above-ground high voltage electrical transmission lines through neighborhood yards. He currently lives in Salt Lake City, Utah with his wife Christine and three children. Briscoe served on the Salt Lake City Board of Education from 1998–2002, the last two years as the Board President. He also served as the chair of the East Central Community Council, a community council located between downtown Salt Lake and the University of Utah. In this capacity, he led community opposition to a proposal to install above-ground high voltage electrical transmission lines through neighborhood yards. Briscoe was elected to the Utah House of Representatives on November 2, 2010 and has made education issues a focus of his legislative efforts. During the 2016 legislative session, Briscoe served as the House Assistant Minority Whip. He served on the Executive Appropriations Committee, the Public Education Appropriations Subcommittee, the House Revenue and Taxation Committee, as well as the House Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment Committee. Briscoe passed one of the seven bills he proposed, giving him a 14% passage rate. He also floor sponsored three Senate bills. Joel Briscoe Joel Briscoe is a member of the Utah House of Representatives from Utah."
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"Africa Magic Africa Magic is a collection of Pay TV entertainment channels that focus on African programming, most popularly Nigerian series and movies. \"Africa Magic\", which started off as single channel of the same name, is a brand owned by M-Net and now comprises seven channels. \"Africa Magic\" was launched in July 2003 as a movie and general entertainment channel geared at showcasing nollywood talent and African culture and couture. At the time of its launch it received high popularity amongst DStv subscribers, especially in South Africa and Nigeria. Thus the launching of a sister channel, Africa Magic Plus, was made possible. The two channels went on another brand identity and over the next decade, the brand expanded to include seven more channels comprising movies, television shows and general entertainment. Africa Magic currently broadcasts in more than 50 African countries. The channels include \"Africa Magic Family\", \"Africa Magic World\", \"Africa Magic Showcase\", \"Africa Magic Yoruba\", \"Africa Magic Igbo\", \"Africa Magic Hausa\". \"Africa Magic Epic\" and \"Africa Magic Urban\". Africa Magic is also responsible for the annual Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards (AMVCAs), the biggest celebration of film and television talent in Africa. Africa Magic started out as a single nollywood channel which gained popularity from Multichoice's biggest revenue generators, South Africa and Nigeria, the reason why Africa Magic plus was launched, These were later renamed along with the creation of new channels. Africa Magic Showcase Previously Africa Magic Plus then Africa Magic Entertainment. Shows first-run original series and latest nollywood movie premiers. Africa Magic Urban Previously Africa Magic Movies. A contemporary lifestyle entertainment channel with predominantly movies and talk shows, as well as series from Mzansi Magic Africa Magic Epic Previously Africa Magic Movies1. A channel inspired by Africa's traditional roots with movies and series depicting cultural aspects. Africa Magic Family The parent Africa Magic channel serving family-orientated programs Africa Magic Hausa Movies and series broadcast in Hausa Africa Magic Yoruba Movies and series broadcast in Yoruba Africa Magic Igbo Movies and series broadcast in Igbo Other channels, though not bearing the Africa Magic brand, are still considered to be part of Africa Magic. These are affiliated to the channel and share most of the programs, but are independently sourced from their respective regions Maisha Magic Formerly Africa Magic Swahili. A channel catering for the East African diaspora. Has three dedicated entertainment channels, Maisha Magic East, Maisha Magic Swahili and Maisha Magic Bongo Jango Magic The West African-inspired channel with a Kenyan version of \"The Voice\" Zambezi Magic Channel catering for the Southern African area (except South Africa). Notable for the series Don't Mess With Kansiime. Africa Magic World Channel derived from Magicworld. Played mostly reruns. Africa Magic Go Subscription-based Video-on-demand service available to users outside Africa Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards (AMVCA) is an annual accolade presented by Multichoice recognizing outstanding achievement in television and film. The inaugural Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards ceremony was held in Lagos, Lagos State in Nigeria on 9 March 2013, and was broadcast live in more than 50 countries. Entries into the award ceremony are films and TV series that have been aired in the previous year. Africa Magic Africa Magic is a collection of Pay TV entertainment channels that focus on African programming, most popularly Nigerian series and movies. \"Africa Magic\", which started off as single channel of the same name, is a brand owned by M-Net and now comprises seven channels. \"Africa Magic\" was launched in July 2003 as a movie and general entertainment channel geared at showcasing nollywood talent and African culture and couture. At the time of its launch"
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"V. Akilesapillai V. Akilesapillai (March 7, 1853 – January 1, 1910) was a Sri Lankan Tamil scholar, poet and writer. Akilesapillai was born on March 7, 1853 in the town of Trincomalee, Sri Lanka. He was a trained teacher and also served as a Head Master of a School. Besides being a Tamil scholar, he was also fluent in English language. He had an exceptional love and dedication towards Tamil for which he quit his teaching career and devoted his life for the development of Tamil Language and Hinduism in Trincomalee. His most famous work is Thirukonasala Vaipavam, which is a writing on the history of Koneswaram Temple at Trincomalee. This was first published in 1952 by his brother V.Alahakone and was reprinted in 2000. V. Akilesapillai V. Akilesapillai (March 7, 1853 – January 1, 1910) was a Sri Lankan Tamil scholar, poet and writer. Akilesapillai was born on March 7, 1853 in the town of Trincomalee, Sri Lanka. He was a trained teacher and also served as a Head Master of a School. Besides being a Tamil scholar, he was also fluent in English language. He had an exceptional love and dedication towards Tamil for which he quit his"
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"Conrad II, Duke of Swabia Conrad II (February/March 1173 – August 15, 1196) was duke of Swabia from 1191 to his death and Duke of Rothenburg (1188–1191). He was the fourth son of Frederick III Barbarossa and Beatrice I, Countess of Burgundy, and brother of Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor. He was engaged to Berengaria of Castile in 1187, and knighted by Alfonso VIII of Castile in 1188. The marriage was never completed, at first because of her young age of 9. By 1191, she resisted the marriage and sought an annulment of the marriage treaty. In 1191, Conrad was present in Rome for the coronation of his brother, Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor. He then joined the Norman campaigns in Sicily in 1191 and 1194. A chronicler described Conrad as \"\"a man thoroughly given to adultery, fornication, defilement, and every foulness; nevertheless, he was vigorous and brave in battle and generous to his friends\".\" Conrad was murdered in Durlach in 1196, allegedly by the husband of a woman he had raped. Another story says that Conrad was bitten in the eye by a virgin he was attempting to rape, and that he died of the resulting infection. Conrad II,"
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"Internet Friends \"Internet Friends\" is a song by Australian electro house duo Knife Party. It was released on 2011 as the first single from the Knife Party EP, \"100% No Modern Talking\" by Knife Party members (the former members of the drum and bass band Pendulum), Rob Swire and Gareth McGrillen. The song entered the UK Singles Chart at number 89 due to strong sales, despite being initially available for free download. The song was featured on the fifth season of \"The Walking Dead\". In 2013, a \"VIP\" remix of the song was featured on the Knife Party EP, \"Haunted House\". Internet Friends \"Internet Friends\" is a song by Australian electro house duo Knife Party. It was released on 2011 as the first single from the Knife Party EP, \"100% No Modern Talking\" by Knife Party members (the former members of the drum and bass band Pendulum), Rob Swire and Gareth McGrillen. The song entered the UK Singles Chart at number 89 due to strong sales, despite being initially available for free download. The song was featured on the fifth season of \"The Walking Dead\". In 2013, a \"VIP\" remix of the song was featured on the Knife Party EP,"
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"Food Party Food Party is an American television series that airs on the Independent Film Channel in the United States. The show is a pseudo-reality cooking show filmed on an elaborate, technicolored cardboard kitchen set. Each episode features multi-course, out-of-this-world gourmet meals cooked up by hostess Thu Tran and a cast of colorful puppets for arriving \"celebrity\" guests. The show was originally produced and filmed in Cleveland for two web series based episodes, and later relocated to Brooklyn for the final web series episodes and six IFC produced shows. In October 2010, Thu Tran announced that the show was not picked up by IFC for a third season. Food Party Food Party is an American television series that airs on the Independent Film Channel in the United States. The show is a pseudo-reality cooking show filmed on an elaborate, technicolored cardboard kitchen set. Each episode features multi-course, out-of-this-world gourmet meals cooked up by hostess Thu Tran and a cast of colorful puppets for arriving \"celebrity\" guests. The show was originally produced and filmed in Cleveland for two web series based episodes, and later relocated to Brooklyn for the final web series episodes and six IFC produced shows. In October 2010,"
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"Elisha T. Barrett Elisha T. Barrett (September 11, 1902 – May 8, 1966) was an American politician from New York. He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Suffolk Co., 2nd D.) from 1937 to 1956, sitting in the 160th, 161st, 162nd, 163rd, 164th, 165th, 166th, 167th, 168th, 169th and 170th New York State Legislatures. He was a member of the New York State Senate from 1957 to 1966, sitting in the 171st, 172nd, 173rd, 174th, 175th and 176th New York State Legislatures; and was Chairman of the Committee on Finance in 1963 and 1964. His legislative work transcended his home state, being elected to two non-consecutive terms as Chairman of the Council of State Governments, first in 1953, while serving as a representative, and then in 1959, while serving in the New York State Senate. No other state legislator has served two non-consecutive terms in that position. Elisha T. Barrett Elisha T. Barrett (September 11, 1902 – May 8, 1966) was an American politician from New York. He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Suffolk Co., 2nd D.) from 1937 to 1956, sitting in the 160th, 161st, 162nd, 163rd, 164th, 165th, 166th, 167th, 168th,"
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"Grayson Rodriguez Grayson Greer Rodriguez (born November 16, 1999) is a baseball pitcher in the Baltimore Orioles organization. Rodriguez attended Central Heights High School in Nacogdoches, Texas. As a junior, he went 14-1 with a 0.38 ERA, leading Central Heights to the 3A state title. He signed to play college baseball at Texas A&M University. Rodriguez was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles 11th overall in the 2018 MLB Draft. On June 12, 2018, Rodriguez signed with the Orioles for $4.3 million. He made his professional debut with the GCL Orioles and spent the whole season there, going 0-2 with a 1.40 ERA in nine games (eight starts). Grayson Rodriguez Grayson Greer Rodriguez (born November 16, 1999) is a baseball pitcher in the Baltimore Orioles organization. Rodriguez attended Central Heights High School in Nacogdoches, Texas. As a junior, he went 14-1 with a 0.38 ERA, leading Central Heights to the 3A state title. He signed to play college baseball at Texas A&M University. Rodriguez was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles 11th overall in the 2018 MLB Draft. On June 12, 2018, Rodriguez signed with the Orioles for $4.3 million. He made his professional debut with the GCL Orioles and spent the"
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"John Daly (trade unionist) John Daly (born 1930 or 1931) is a former British trade union leader. Daly began his career working for the National Union of Tailors and Garment Workers, and also served as a Trades Union Congress (TUC) education officer. In 1968, he moved to work for the National and Local Government Officers' Association (NALGO), spending time in each of the health, gas, and local government sections. He was chosen as an assistant general secretary of the union in 1976 and progressed to deputy general secretary in 1982. When Geoffrey Drain, general secretary of NALGO, announced his intention to retire in 1983, Daly was the strong favourite to succeed him. He only narrowly defeated John Ward of the First Division Association, the two both placing well ahead of Alan Jinkinson, Campbell Christie and Ernest Baxendale. In the same year, he was elected to the General Council of the TUC. Daly retired in 1989, and was succeeded by Jinkinson. John Daly (trade unionist) John Daly (born 1930 or 1931) is a former British trade union leader. Daly began his career working for the National Union of Tailors and Garment Workers, and also served as a Trades Union Congress (TUC)"
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"Charles Schnabel Charles Franklin Schnabel (1895-1974) was an American agricultural chemist who became known as the father of wheatgrass. Dr. Schnabel opened the door to scientific research on cereal grass. After Schnabel's initial work in the mid 1920s that showed chickens nearly tripled their winter egg production when a small amount of cereal grass was added to their diet, he went on to find benefits with nearly every kind of livestock. His research documented larger litters, richer milk, more milk, less infant mortality, better fur and improved general health when a small amount of dehydrated cereal grass was added to the animal's food ration. Charles Schnabel was born in Ionia, Missouri, in 1895. He graduated from the University of Missouri, Columbia, with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1918 at which time he was also granted a lifetime teaching certificate in vocational agriculture and chemistry. He taught at the high school level in Excelsior Springs, Missouri, from 1920 to 1922. From 1922 to1928, Schnabel was a chemist for Standard Milling Company, Kansas City, where he first began his research into the proteins of leafy green vegetables and cereal grasses. Schnabel's discovery of the nutritional value of grasses as a food occurred in 1931 which led to his first patent application in 1933. By 1935 he was a research chemist for the company he founded, Cerophyl Laboratories, where he stayed for the remainder of his career. On April 15, 1933, Charles F. Schnabel, a former feed mill chemist, applied for a patent for a 'feed' product that he developed for both animal and human consumption. The patent was for processing young grass shoots from wheat, barley and rye crops as a dietary supplement that provided unique health benefits from the chlorophyll. Schnabel studied many aspects of growth and nutrition associated with cereal grasses. He found that some soils were not suitable for providing high quality cereal grasses, and that the nutrients provided by these green plants varied with the stage of growth of the grasses. He gave the dehydrated grasses, an economical and practical food supplement, to his family of seven. As reported in the Buffalo Courier Express, none of his children ever had a serious illness or a decayed tooth. In order to make this food available to more people, Schnabel started Cerophyl Laboratories in the 1930s. Cerophyl was a company that produced what some called “the world's first multivitamin.” At about the same time Schnabel was documenting the nutritional and health benefits of dehydrated cereal grass for both animals and humans, vitamins were being discovered. Schnabel applied these new vitamin analysis protocols to dehydrated cereal grass harvested at the jointing stage. Charles Schnabel's wheatgrass was wholefood powder, grown slowly in cold weather, and was used in an extensive body of both animal and human medical research. Schnabel did not grow his wheatgrass indoors and did not use juice, but rather the dried wholefood powder. Schnabel explained how he had begun experimenting with the nutritive value of young grass shoots from wheat and barley. Once the shoots began \"jointing,\" their nutritional value began to dissipate as the plant reserved all of its food value to send into forming the seed kernels. Schnabel continued to explain that he was looking for a way to preserve the nutritional value of the young grasses to increase their shelf life. In 1935 Schnabel, then an employee of American Dairies, approached Lynwood Smith to request the use of an unused drying machine. When Smith asked Schnabel why he wanted to use the machine Schnabel answered \"…to dry grasses.\" His answer led to a three-hour discussion in Smith's office. His experiments had indicated that the young grass shoots had to be dried quickly, which was the reason behind his request for the unused drying machine. This is the key finding that separates wheat grass grown and harvested at the jointing stage from cereal grasses grown in trays indoors or harvested at any other time in the growing process. The jointing process is why Schnabel's wheat grass was superior in terms of total nutritional value. This still holds true today. Through his research and experiments, Dr. Schnabel found that in nearly every case, cereal grass contained a higher level of vitamins than other foods. With all the discoveries, people were clamoring for a way to increase the vitamins in their diets. Schnabel's Cerophyl was the answer. With the recommended 20 tablets per day, people could receive their minimum daily requirements of most of the known vitamins. Cerophyl's market took off immediately. Nearly every pharmacy in the United States carried the product. Due to the onslaught of articles in medical journals and the FDA's approval as a food, doctors routinely recommended Cerophyl to their patients. It also had a growing international market. Several dehydrating facilities in Northeast Kansas were working at maximum capacity, harvesting thousands of acres of cereal grass at the jointing stage to keep up with the demand. Cerophyl became a popular brand name for two decades. In the 1950s, the widespread popularity of Cerophyl started to wane with the introduction of One-A-Day Vitamins. It was an era that lauded \"the miracles of modern science.\" People reasoned that it was better to take one tablet of synthetic vitamins per day than to obtain their vitamins from a natural source by taking twenty Cerophyl tablets. Although the first use of Cerophyl for both human and animal consumption occurred in August 1937, it was not trademarked years later. The popularity of Cerophyl gave way to synthetic vitamins that people thought were better and more convenient. Schnabel developed a version of Cerophyl, fortified with synthetic vitamins, so the consumer could reduce the daily requirement from twenty tablets to four, but this second product had limited success. Although Cerophyl continued to be sold on a limited basis, it was not until 1976 that the use of cereal grass as a human food began to increase again. He also tested cereal grass at every stage of growth and determined the highest level of nutrition was achieved just prior to and at the jointing stage. He developed a dehydration method that captured that high nutritional level. His research led directly to dozens of dehydration facilities in every state where cereal grains and alfalfa are grown. These facilities have produced millions of tons of cereal grass and alfalfa for both human and animal consumption. Many are still in operation. Over the last 75 years, facilities based on Charles F. Schnabel's research have produced billions of dollars in animal feeds as well as billions in human food supplements. These facilities are being used exclusively for drying cereal grass and alfalfa for human consumption. Other companies also have dehydration facilities used for cereal grass as a food or as a nutrient-dense ingredient in foods. Charles Schnabel Charles Franklin Schnabel (1895-1974) was an American agricultural chemist who became known as the father of wheatgrass. Dr. Schnabel opened the door to scientific research on cereal grass. After Schnabel's initial work in the mid 1920s that showed chickens nearly tripled their winter egg production when a small amount of cereal grass was added to their diet, he went on to find benefits with nearly every kind of livestock."
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"Magdalensberg Magdalensberg (Slovene: \"Štalenska gora\") is a market town in the district of Klagenfurt-Land in Carinthia in Austria. Magdalensberg lies at the foot of the Magdalensberg in the Klagenfurt basin in the lower Gurk valley. The Gurk and the Raba flow through the municipality. The municipality comprises 40 villages and hamlets:<br> Christofberg, Deinsdorf, Dürnfeld, Eibelhof, Eixendorf, Farchern, Freudenberg, Gammersdorf, Geiersdorf, Göriach, Gottesbichl, Großgörtschach, Gundersdorf, Haag, Hollern, Kleingörtschach, Kreuzbichl, Kronabeth, Lassendorf, Latschach, Leibnitz, Magdalensberg, Matzendorf, Ottmanach, Pirk, Pischeldorf, Portendorf, Reigersdorf, Schöpfendorf, Sillebrücke, St. Lorenzen, St. Martin, St. Thomas, Stuttern, Timenitz, Treffelsdorf, Vellach, Wutschein, Zeiselberg, Zinsdorf.<br>and is composed of 13 cadastral subdivisions (\"Katastralgemeinden\"): Zinsdorf, Reigersdorf, Ottmanach, Wutschein, Gammersdorf, Schurianhof, Timenitz, Vellach, Freudenberg, Portendorf, Zeiselberg, Lassendorf, St. Thomas All the villages have also Slovenian names. The municipality took its name (\"Magdalene's Mountain\") from the mountain on its territory, which is renowned for the extensive Celtic settlement on the hilltop, which was probably the royal capital of the Celtic kingdom of Noricum. The excavations that have been going on for a century now have, however, so far not brought to light any traces of the Celtic town. This might be due to the fact that the excavations were focussed on the spectacular centre of the settlement, which was obviously completely \"upgraded\" by the Romans from about 50 BC onwards, before they started on building the municipium of Virunum, the new capital of the Roman Province of Noricum at the foot of the mountain. The Celtic settlement's name is still unknown. For a while it was assumed to be the Noreia of ancient sources, then this idea was rejected, and now the archaeologists in charge of the excavations think that the Roman city of Virunum had probably been given the name of its Celtic hilltop predecessor. The most spectacular find was made as early as 1502: a perfect statue of a young man. The beautiful \"Jüngling vom Helenenberg\", so named after the mountain's name at that time which was Helenenberg, was a European sensation and as the finest example of Greek sculpturing in the monarchy has found its way into the Vienna Museum of Art. For tourism's sake the young man was renamed \"Jüngling vom Magdalensberg\" and copies of the statue can now be seen both in the Magdalensberg museum and in Klagenfurt. The \"original\" was then identified as a Roman copy of a Greek original of the 5th century BC; recently, however, it turned out to be an early Renaissance copy of an original Roman copy of the Greek original both of which had gone lost, yet their beauty has been preserved. According to Barry Cunliffe, Noricum was from the time of the Roman Republic a friendly ally of Rome. Trade between the two states was intense, particularly from Noricum's iron, gold, and agricultural produce. \"The adjacent trading centre of Magdalensberg consisted of two elements, a native oppidum on the summit of the mountain and a Roman trading colony below. The oppidum was the principal administrative centre of the kingdom and the residence of the royal Noricum family, and as such provided a natural focus for Roman merchants. The Roman colony developed on a south-facing terrace below the oppidum. The earliest buildings were of timber and can be dated to c. 100 BC but by 30 BC the traders' houses were built in stone and were decorated with murals depicting classical mythological scenes painted by immigrant Roman artists. The focus of the colony was a large open forum where the commercial transactions would have been carried out. The Roman merchants who lived and worked here were representatives of the great business houses, mainly from Aquileia, and like all traders in foreign lands they surrounded themselves with the outward and visible signs of their own culture. The scale of the trade with Rome was considerable and acted as a spur to local production; it also introduced the Roman lifestyle to the natives who, over the decades, increasingly embraced Roman luxuries and Roman manners\" (Cunliffe, 2001). The area is also an important centre of the cultural and State history of the Slovenians. Numerous settlements emanate from the pre-feudal Slavic social structure, namely the so-called \"kosezi\" which were later named in German \"Edlinger\". Those were the electors of the prince of the State of Carantania, whose centre was precisely nearby in the village of Karnburg (Slovenian: Krnski grad) in the valley of Zollfeld. The famous ritual departed from a village nearby the Municipality. In Thomas Jefferson's personal copy of Jean Bodin's \"Treatise on Republican Government\" (1576), Jefferson's initials appear next to the description of the ceremony. A myth has developed that this inspired Jefferson during the creation of the US constitution. However, there is no evidence for this theory and it has been dismissed by mainstream scholars. The central mountain hill was also taken over by Slavs / Carantanians as a religious centre. Namely, Pavle Zablatnik, a local ethnologue, identified the pilgrimage on four hills departing of the peak of the Magdalensberg-mountain as being pre-christian, so it had to be first inculturated in to the Slavic culture before being practiced today. Also, the three headed stone of Magdalensberg is said to be a major example of early Slavic art from the 8th. to the middle of the 9th Century that represents at its perfection the process of Inculturation of the Slavic main divinity Triglav (the three headed god), as it would otherwise be destroyed during the early phase of christianization of the Slovenes. Numerous vestiges of Slovenian cultural history are still present, though the language became clearly a minority language. Ottmanach, one of the constituent villages of the municipality, was the original home of the singer and light music composer Udo Jürgens. Magdalensberg Magdalensberg (Slovene: \"Štalenska gora\") is a market town in the district of Klagenfurt-Land in Carinthia in Austria. Magdalensberg lies at the foot of the Magdalensberg in the Klagenfurt basin in the lower Gurk valley. The Gurk and the Raba flow through the municipality. 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"Chalermchatri Yukol M. R. Chalermchatri Yukol (; ; born September 28, 1985), is a Thai film and television series director who started his career as a Radio host. He has directed in film \"Sarawat Maba\" () (2013), \"The Black Death\" () (2013). Current he is directing television series \"\" M. R. Chalermchatri Yukol, is usually known by his nickname Adam (). He is the son of \"Chatrichalerm Yukol\" and \"Kamala Yukol\" and graduated about making film from Australia. He used to be 3rd assistant director in film series \"King Naresuan\". Later then, he doing entertainment work in Internet, film website, behind the scene from film and all promotional merchandise at FukDuk company. Current he has been a lecturer at leading universities. For example, Chulalongkorn University, Thammasat University, Bangkok University, Assumption University etc. The role of lecture about filmmaking techniques. The details of the film and video statute in 2008. He also launched the FuKDuK website in url fukduk.tv, a TV service that has its own work in internet channel on October 14, 2007, and regularly hosts radio shows in FM 96.5 MHz in the Mass Communication Organization of Thailand (MCOT) Chalermchatri Yukol M. R. Chalermchatri Yukol (; ; born September"
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"Iain Donald Campbell Iain Donald Campbell (24 April 1941 – 5 March 2014) was a Scottish biophysicist and academic. He was Professor of Structural Biology at the University of Oxford from 1992 to 2009. Campbell was born on 24 April 1941 in Blackford, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. He was the son of Daniel Campbell and Catherine Campbell (née Lauder). He was educated at Perth Academy, a state school in Perth. He went on to study physics at the University of St Andrews, graduating in 1963. He remained at St Andrews to undertake post-graduate research and completed his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in physics. His doctoral advisor was Dirk Bijl, and he undertook research under John F. Allen. Campbell worked briefly at the University of Bradford before moving to the Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory at the University of Oxford in South Parks Road, Oxford, in 1967, to work with the chemist Sir Rex Richards. He was appointed a Fellow of St John's College, Oxford in 1987 and Emeritus Research Fellow in 2009. Campbell was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1995. He was elected a member of the European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO). He was awarded the Croonian Lecture by the Royal Society in 2006 and received honorary degrees from the University of Lund, University of Portsmouth and University of St Andrews. Campbell married Karin Wehle in 1967. They had two daughters and a son. The family lived in Summertown, Oxford. Campbell died of bone cancer. Iain Donald Campbell Iain Donald Campbell (24 April 1941 – 5 March 2014) was a Scottish biophysicist and academic. He was Professor of Structural Biology at the University of Oxford from 1992 to 2009. Campbell was born on 24 April 1941 in Blackford, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. He was the"
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"Han River (Guangdong) The Han River () is a river in southeast China. It is located mainly in eastern Guangdong province and has a total length of . The river is combined with two main tributary rivers, Mei River and Ting River, at Sanheba (三河坝), Dabu County. Han River flows south through the Han River Delta entering the South China Sea at Chenghai District and Longhu District of Shantou. The Teochew people refer to the river as \"the Mother River\". The river is named after Han Yu, a writer, poet and government official of the Tang dynasty, in honor of his contribution to Chaoshan. It was originally named as E Xi () before Han Yu's exile to Chaozhou. The river became pacific under Han's river regulation and named after him after his departure. Han River (Guangdong) The Han River () is a river in southeast China. It is located mainly in eastern Guangdong province and has a total length of . The river is combined with two main tributary rivers, Mei River and Ting River, at Sanheba (三河坝), Dabu County. Han River flows south through the Han River Delta entering the South China Sea at Chenghai District and Longhu District"
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"Mary Burke (basketball) Mary L. Burke (born c. 1965) is an American basketball coach who is currently the head women's basketball coach at Bryant University. She has held the position since 1991. Prior to coaching at Bryant, she served as an assistant coach for four years under Ralph Tomasso at Bryant. While attending Toll Gate High School in Warwick, Rhode Island in the early 1980s, Burke played both volleyball and basketball. She earned All-State recognition in both sports, three times in basketball and twice in volleyball. She was named Rhode Island's Schoolgirl Athlete of the Year in 1983. While enrolled at Providence College, Burke helped lead the 1985-86 Friars to the Big East Championship Game and a bid in the NCAA tournament and also secure her team's entry into the 1986-87 NWIT. She was named a District I All-American as a senior. In 1987, she was named Rhode Island's Female Athlete of the Year. Burke took an assistant coaching job with Bryant University after graduating college in 1987. She was promoted to head coach on August 1, 1991, becoming only the fourth women's head basketball coach in Bulldogs history. In the 2003-04 season, the Bulldogs finished the year ranked in the top 25 of the \"USA Today\" Division II Coaches Poll and advanced to the NCAA DII Regional Final, where they lost. Burke's Bulldogs in the 2007-08 season were picked to finish ninth in the preseason coaches' poll. They went on to defeat three nationally ranked teams en route to a sixth-place conference finish and seventh-seed NCAA DII Regional Tournament ranking. It was Bryant's seventh NCAA tourney appearance and the team's last season in Division II. In 2012-13, Burke helped her Bulldogs to their first-ever trip to the Northeast Conference Tournament. Bryant won eight of its final 13 games to clinch the eighth and final spot. Burke also earned her 300th career victory on January 26, 2013. The following season, the Bulldogs, coached by Burke, reached the NEC Tourney semifinals and earned a berth to the Women's Basketball Invitational. In 2014-15, Burke led the Bulldogs to their best Division I season to date in which they earned a share of the NEC regular-season title. The first conference championship of her career, Burke had a record-setting season featuring a tie for the most wins in program history (22), most NEC wins in a season (14), and the highest finish in the NEC standings (tied for first). Again, the Bulldogs advanced to the NEC Tourney semifinals. Burke took her Bulldogs back to the NEC Tourney in the 2015-16 season, notching 14-4 conference mark, including a 10-0 start in league play, and becoming one of only seven teams to reach the 10-0 tally in NEC history (29 years). Burke recorded 10-plus conference wins in 14 seasons, including eight-straight years with double-digit league victories (2000-08). The Bulldogs advanced for the third-straight year to the league semifinals. In 2016-17, Burke led the Bulldogs to their best-ever NEC finish, reaching the conference finals, after earning the No. 4 seed in the league tournament. Mary Burke (basketball) Mary L. Burke (born c. 1965) is an American basketball coach who is currently the head women's basketball coach at Bryant University. She has held the position since 1991. Prior to coaching at Bryant, she served as an assistant coach for four years under Ralph Tomasso at Bryant. While attending Toll Gate High School in Warwick, Rhode Island in the early 1980s, Burke played both volleyball and basketball. She earned All-State recognition in both sports, three times in basketball and twice in volleyball. She was named Rhode Island's Schoolgirl Athlete"
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"Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - First Assault Online Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - First Assault Online (; ), also known simply as First Assault, was a free-to-play online first person shooter video game developed by South Korean developer Neople and published by Nexon. It was due for a 2017 worldwide release on Steam, but due to a declining player base, both the Japanese and Worldwide versions shut down. The game was based on the universe of \"\". The game featured a cyborg customization feature which supported 5,000 different layouts. Players were able to share skills with nearby allies, allowing players to strategically support others, in addition to using thermoptic camouflage and power armor, and controlling various mecha. There will be PvE and PvP modes. Attributes could be used to customise the player's character include power, which granted weapons, stealth (used for invisibility), detection (reconnaissance drones), and \"support\" which gave the ability to construct turrets. The game began development in September 2011 by the same development team responsible for \"Dungeon Fighter Online\". In 2012, game publisher Nexon secured the rights to a \"Stand Alone Complex\" game from Kodansha. In 2013, Nexon planned to release the game in the first half of 2014. The first trailer for the game was unveiled during the G-STAR 2014 game exhibition in Busan. The title was revealed as \"Ghost in the Shell: First Connection Online\". At the exhibition, representatives of Neople stated that the game will preserve the atmosphere of the original anime series as closely as possible. The game will utilise the Gamebryo engine. In 2015, the final title was revealed as \"Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - First Assault Online\". A closed beta ran from October 1, 2015, to October 5, 2015. \"First Assault Online\" was released on Steam as an early access title on December 14, 2015. The game entered open beta on July 28, 2016. The game's public beta ended on July 1, 2017. Within the World wide release there were 6 official servers in 1.0 and 5 by 2.0 (2 of the servers merged due to lack of player based). These Servers were; There was also a Japanese version of the game which had its own servers and development (some additional features were introduced such as clans and weapon rental) Note: there was no support for LAN or private servers \"PC Gamer\"s Andy Kelly described an early iteration of the early access game as \"a fairly basic FPS\" and criticised interface elements and the choice to make a squad-based shooter instead of a role-playing game, though he praised \"First Assault Online\"s fidelity towards the anime. Player reception to the game was mixed. During the Open Beta the game received mainly positive reviews on Steam. The game would receive an average maximum of 1000 concurrent players per day during open Beta. The release of \"Renewal\" saw many changes to the game mechanics and as such, Steam reviews shifted from mostly positive to mostly negative. During the \"Renewal\" period the game saw a drop in the average maximum concurrent users from 1000 down to under 500. The game discontinued service in Japan on November 29, 2017. Item sales ended on September 6. Players with unused consumable items by November 29 were compensated with Nexon Points on December 13. It was announced on August 21st, 2017 that the worldwide version would follow its Japanese counterpart and be discontinued. Upon notice of the discontinuation, all sales of DLC and in-game items ceased immediately. However, all weapons and attachments that could be purchased with in-game currency were lowered in price by 99%. The worldwide version officially closed on December 6, 2017. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - First Assault Online Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - First Assault Online (; ), also known simply as First Assault, was a free-to-play online first person shooter video game developed by South Korean developer Neople and published by Nexon. It was due for a 2017 worldwide release on Steam, but due to a declining player base, both the Japanese and Worldwide versions shut down. The game was based on the universe of \"\". The game featured a"
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"Sambavar Vadagarai Sambavar vadakarai is a Panchayat town (Peerooratchi) in Tirunelveli district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. In the 2001 India census, Sambavar Vadakarai had a population of 14,647. Males constituted 49% of the population and females 51%. Sambavar Vadakarai had an average literacy rate of 54%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy was 65%, and female literacy was 44%. In 2001 in Sambavar Vadakarai, 12% of the population was under 6 years of age. By the 2011 census, the town had grown to 17,284 inhabitants. Sambavar Vadakarai was part of Kingdom of Travancore before 1956. The name of this place refers to the caste named Sambavar who were the ancient priests of lordshiva. This Village surrounded by good scenic beauties. There are two parts of village. 1. Melur, 2.Keelur. There are Two important big temples in Keelur part. One is Sri Ramasamy koil and another one is Sri Iyappan koil. Both the temples are old and renovated at the cost crores. The Iyappankoil is Built in the style of original Sabarimalai Temple. The temple is built by the single man V.S.Rajasekaran with the help of more Donors. Now the temple is governed by the individual body. One of the old Shiva temple built by Pandian kings is the main attraction of this village, the main deity's name of this temple is Sri Moolanatha Swamy and Maduravani Ambal. The temple is located on the banks of Hanuman Nadhi, a tributary to the famous Tambraparani River. Hanuman Nadhi originattes in Western Ghats up-hills to Sencottah Town (18 km west of this village) and converges into Tambaraparani near Srivaikuntam. South West of Hanuman Nadhi lies the Agraharam, which consists of two streets, viz. Perumal Koil Street (formerly known as North Street) and Pillayar Koil Street (formerly known as South Street). Agraharam is mainly domiciled by Brahmin community. Two very ancient Temples viz. Sri Vedanarayana Perumal Koil and Sri Varasiddhi Vinayagar Koil adorn thm e Agraharam. In addition, in and around Agraharam is blessed with temples for Vishnu Durgai, pavalakotha ayyanar( Sastha) and Neelakanti Amman. An age-old Annadhana Chatram established and endowed by erstwhile Brahmin community was catering to the needs of visitors and pilgrims for short stay and feeding, and supporting various temple festivals and charities, mainly out of agricultural income derived from lands endowed by ancestors for this specific purpose. Over a period time, due to insufficient returns, these activities have practically died down. Many families of Agraharam have since migrated and presently live / settled elsewhere in India and abroad. Nevertheless, by shear love and affection for their native village and family deity, the descendants have been in touch and visiting the Village occasionally to have darshan of their family deities and perform worships. One Government Higher secondary school and 3 Government Primary Schools and only one CSI Church in this village. Another two temple for Moopanar cast temple for sivananynthaperumal and sudalaimadan kovil is most famous temple this temple is living in Hanuman Nadhi river south side. and Moopanar community temple another one is mariamman temple this is a village north side build. This is written by S.ALAGUSUNDARAM.DCE,B.TECH,MBA. The Angala Parameshwari Temple in sambavarvadakarai is very famous for the Mahashivaratri festival celebrated for 10 days every year by the Sengunthar Mudaliyar community people. The Patrakali Amman Temple on the river banks of Hanuman Nadhi is also famous. Sambavar Vadagarai Sambavar vadakarai is a Panchayat town (Peerooratchi) in Tirunelveli district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. In the 2001 India census, Sambavar Vadakarai had a population of 14,647. Males constituted 49% of the population"
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"Viva World Cup The VIVA World Cup was an international association football tournament organized by the New Federation Board, an umbrella association for teams unaffiliated with FIFA, held five times between 2006 and 2012. It is succeeded by the newly organized ConIFA World Football Cup, which was first held in 2014. The oldest precedent of the VIVA World Cup was the Alternative Worldwide Cup of 1988, developed in Jordan. In April 2005, the NF-Board announced that the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus had been chosen to host the inaugural VIVA World Cup, having successfully hosted the KTFF 50th Anniversary Cup, a tournament to celebrate 50 years of the Cyprus Turkish Football Federation, featuring fellow NF-Board member Sápmi and FIFA-unaffiliated Kosovo. The NF-Board hoped that sixteen teams would take part, drawn from across its membership. In spring 2005, the new government elected in the Cyprus Turkish Football Federation (KTFF) was keen to foster relations with other nations. The NF-Board claim that the government of Ferdi Sabit Soyer insisted on restricting which teams could and could not take part in order to head off potential political arguments. For their part, the KTFF claim that the NF-Board made unreasonable financial demands. The upshot of this was that the NF-Board decided to grant the hosting rights for the tournament to Occitania. In response, the KTFF announced that they would hold their own tournament, the ELF Cup, scheduled for the same time as the VIVA World Cup. Some NF-Board members accepted the invitations to take part in the ELF Cup. Occitania announced that the tournament would still be held on 19–25 November 2006, with games played in and around Hyères les Palmiers, near Toulon. The number of entrants was reduced to eight, in anticipation of the ELF Cup (which agreed to pay expenses) drawing NF-Board members away from the VIVA World Cup. A lack of suitable competitors meant that the tournament was to include six teams: Monaco, the Romani, the Sápmi, Southern Cameroons, West Papua, and the Occitania national football teams. However, the failure of West Papua and Southern Cameroon to attend the NF-Board General Assembly in September 2006, and logistical problems facing the Romani, threw new doubt on the tournament, which looked as though it might go ahead with just three teams. Four teams - twelve fewer than initially hoped for - were set to take part when Southern Cameroons agreed to send a team; unfortunately, they were unable to take part because of visa problems, resulting in walkovers in all their games. By the end of the week, Sápmi had triumphed, scoring 42 goals in their three games, and lifting the first VIVA World Cup trophy, destroying Monaco 21–1 in the final. The second VIVA World Cup was played in the Swedish town of Gällivare in Sápmi from 7 to 13 July 2008. The matches were played under the midnight sun. Twelve teams had expressed an interest in participating in the men's tournament; however, only five teams took part, and Padania emerged as winners, beating the Aramean team 2-0. The host, Sápmi, finished in third place. The women's tournament had only two teams, and the host, Sapmi, beat Kurdistan. Padania was the host for the 2009 edition. The tournament was played in some important stadiums in northern Italy. The final was held in Verona on June 27, 2009, and saw Padania retain the title, defeating Kurdistan 2-0. The Gozitans hosted the tournament at the newly refurbished artificial turf ground of 2009-10 Champions Sannat Lions, as well as the 4,000 capacity Gozo Stadium in Xewkija. From May 31 to June 6, teams from Padania, Kurdistan, Provence, Occitania, Two Sicilies and Gozo competed for the Nelson Mandela Trophy. Only two teams, Gozo and Padania, took part in the women's tournament. The Tibet national football team was looking for sponsors to participate to the VIVA World Cup 2010 but failed to come. In December 2009, the NF-Board came to an agreement with the Island Games Association that the VIVA World Cup would be held alternately with the Island Games in a deal that would see the IGA assist the NF-Board in its attempts to provide competition for its members and potential members. As a result of this agreement, the fifth VIVA World Cup was awarded to Kurdistan, to take place in 2012. This tournament had the most participating teams of any Non-FIFA tournament. The hosts beat Northern Cyprus in the final (the first time the latter failed to win a non-FIFA tournament in which they took part). ^ \"Withdrew before the start of the tournament due to visa problems.\" The VIVA World Cup Trophy was designed by French sculptor Gérard Pigault, and is named The Nelson Mandela Trophy, in honour of the former South African president. Viva World Cup The VIVA World Cup was an international"
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