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"Max Wittek Max Nolan Wittek (born July 31, 1993) is a former American football quarterback. He played at USC from 2011 to 2013, and transferred to Hawaii, sitting out the 2014 season. Born in Contra Costa County, California, Wittek grew up in Norwalk, Connecticut but later moved to Santa Ana, California where he attended Mater Dei High School. His immediate predecessor as starting quarterback for Mater Dei was future USC teammate Matt Barkley. As a senior, he completed 153 of 282 passes for 2,252 yards with 24 touchdowns and 15 interceptions. He was ranked as the third best pro-style quarterback recruit in his class by Rivals.com. He committed to USC in April 2010. Wittek was redshirted as a freshman in 2011. As a redshirt freshman in 2012, Wittek won the backup job to Matt Barkley. Wittek made his first career start on November 24, 2012 after Barkley suffered a sprained AC joint in his right shoulder. Prior to that game, he had completed eight of nine passes for 95 yards with a touchdown. Scheduled to start his first USC game against rival and No. 1 ranked Notre Dame, Wittek made a stir by asserting his confidence in a Trojans victory: \"I'm going to go out there, and I'm going to play within myself, within the system, and we're gonna win this ballgame.\" Notre Dame defeated USC 22–13 to advance to the 2013 BCS National Championship Game. Wittek threw for 186 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions. For the 2013 season, he and Cody Kessler competed for the starting job. He eventually lost the quarterback competition by the second week of the season. In January 2014, Wittek decided to pursue a master's degree and compete for a QB position at another university. In August, Wittek eventually announced his intention to transfer to Hawaii. In September 2015 for Hawaii, Wittek threw for 202 yards and three touchdown passes in a 28–20 win over Colorado, in the season opener for both teams. Wittek started in 8 of Hawaii's first 9 games before being benched for poor play. In those games he completed less than 50 percent of his passes and threw just 7 touchdowns against 13 interceptions. His season ended in November when he was scheduled for surgery on his right knee. Wittek reportedly was slowed by sore knees as well as a foot injury. He finished the season with those statistics, including 1,542 yards passing as Hawaii completed the 2015 season with a 3–10 record. On May 1, 2016, Wittek signed with the Jacksonville Jaguars. He was waived from their roster August 23, 2016. Max Wittek Max Nolan Wittek (born July 31, 1993) is a former American football quarterback. He played at USC from 2011 to 2013, and transferred to Hawaii, sitting out the 2014 season. Born in Contra Costa County, California, Wittek grew up in Norwalk, Connecticut but later moved to Santa Ana, California where he attended Mater Dei High School. His immediate predecessor as starting quarterback for Mater Dei was"
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"Devaadi Raja Perumal temple Devaadi Raja Perumal temple (also called Amaruviappan temple) in Therazhundur, a village in Nagapattinam district of the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, is dedicated to the Hindu god Vishnu. Constructed in the Dravidian style of architecture, the temple is glorified in the \"Divya Prabandha\", the early medieval Tamil canon of the Azhwar saints from the 6th–9th centuries AD. It is one of the 108 \"Divyadesam\" dedicated to Vishnu, who is worshipped as Amaruviappan and his consort Lakshmi as Sengamalavalli Thayar. The original structure of the temple was built by the Karikala Chola during the 1st century CE, with later additions from the Cholas during the 11th century. A granite wall surrounds the temple, enclosing all its shrines. The temple tank is located opposite to the temple, outside the main entrance. The temple follows Vadakalai tradition of worship. Six daily rituals and many yearly festivals are held at the temple, of which the Vaikasi Brahmotsavam during the Tamil of \"Vaikasi\" (during May - June), and Vaikuntha Ekadashi during \"Margazhi\" (December - January) being the most prominent. The temple is maintained and administered by the Hindu Religious and Endowment Board of the Government of Tamil Nadu. As per local legend, Uparisiravasu, a king obtained boons after severe penance for years from Brahma that would enable him to fly with his chariot. While flying at this place, his chariot (locally called \"ther\") fell in waters and splashed on sage Agasthya who was doing penance. The chariot got stuck in the place and hence it came to be known as Theranzhundur (where the chariot got immersed). Another variant, Uparisiravasu ruled in favour of celestial deities against the sages and the sages cursed that his chariot would not any further and it got stuck in the place. A third variant notes that the king did not heed the request of her queen to get down to worship Vishnu at this place while flying in his chariot and on account of divine powers his chariot was held at this place. As per Hindu legend, Brahma, the Hindu god of creation, drove the cattle belonging to Krishna, an avatar of Vishnu. Krishna created another herd in the meanwhile. Realising that the herd belonged to Krishna, Brahma apologized and wished Krishna to set his abode at this place. Since Krishna appeared for the cattle and settled here, the presiding deity is called Amaruviappan (the one who is flanked by cattle). Following the legend, the presiding deity in the sanctum is portrayed with cattle surrounding him. As per another legend, Prahalad, an ardent devotee of Vishnu feared Narasimha, the avatar that killed Hiranya, the demon father of Prahalad. Amaruviappan appeared to console Prahalad. There is another belief that Kaveri, the river goddess prayed Amaruviappan to relieve herself off the curse by sage Agastya. Amaruviappan temple is located in Therazhundur, a village located from Mayiladuthurai in Nagapattinam district. The temple is believed to have been built by Karikala Chola during the 1st century CE, with additions in the later century. The temple tank is located in front of the temple and the temple is approached to the roads in the embankment. The temple has a five tiered \"rajagopuram\", the gateway tower that pierces the granite concentric walls. The central shrine houses the image of Devadi raja Perumal in standing posture and the festival deity Amaruviappan, housed under the Garuda Vimanam. There are also other images of cattle and sages in the sanctum. There is a separate shrine of Sengamalavalli, the consort of Amaruviappan in the second precinct. There are separate shrines for Agastya, Narasimha, Rama, Viswaksena, Hanuman and Azhwars. Adisesha, Surya Prabhai, Indra Vimanam, horse and elephant are the mounts used for Amaruviappan. For the goddess, the mounts used are Surya Prabhai. Yali, Swan, elephant and lion. The sub-temples of this shrine are Govindarajar temple. There are two water bodies associated with the temple along with river Kaveri, namely Darsa Pushkarani located in front of the temple and Gajendra Pushkarani in the northern side. Amaruviappan temple is revered in \"Nalayira Divya Prabhandam\", the 7th–9th century Vaishnava canon, by Thirumangai Azhwar. The temple is classified as a \"Divyadesam\", one of the 108 Vishnu temples that are mentioned in the book. Thirumangai Azhwar has glorified the powers of Sengamalavalli Thayar. The temple also finds mention in later works by Nathamuni, Thirukachi Nambi, Ramanuja and Manavala Mamunigal. During the 18th and 19th centuries, the temple finds mention in several works like \"108 Tirupathi Anthathi\" by Divya Kavi Pillai Perumal Aiyangar. The temple is also one of the Pancha Krishnaranaya Kshetrams, the five divine places for Krishna, an avatar of Vishnu. Devaadi Raja Perumal is believed to be a representation of \"Rakshakathvam\", the divine protection rendered to true devotees of Vishnu. The temple follows Vadakalai tradition of worship based on Pancharatra Agamic tradition. The temple is open from 6:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. The temple priests perform the \"pooja\" (rituals) during festivals and on a daily basis. The temple rituals are performed four times a day: \"Ushathkalam\" at 8 a.m., \"Kalasanthi\" at 10:00 a.m., \"Sayarakshai\" at 5:00 p.m. and \"Ardha Jamam\" at 8:00 p.m. Each ritual has three steps: \"alangaram\" (decoration), \"neivethanam\" (food offering) and \"deepa aradanai\" (waving of lamps) for both Nithyakalyana Perumal and his consort Sengamalavalli. There are weekly, monthly and fortnightly rituals performed in the temple. Various festivals are celebrated in the temple, with the Vaikasi Brahmotsavam during the Tamil of \"Vaikasi\" (during May - June), Thiruvonam and Vaikuntha Ekadashi during \"Margazhi\" (December - January) being the most prominent. During Brahmotsavam festival, the festival deities of Devaadi Raja Perumal and Sengamalavalli is taken in procession around the steerts of the temple. The temple is maintained and administered by the Hindu Religious and Endowment Board of the Government of Tamil Nadu. Devaadi Raja Perumal temple Devaadi Raja Perumal temple (also called Amaruviappan temple) in Therazhundur, a village in Nagapattinam district of the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, is dedicated to"
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"Echo Night: Beyond Echo Night: Beyond, known in Japan as is a 2004 adventure video game developed by FromSoftware for the PlayStation 2 console. Agetec published the game in North America, with the European release, by Indie Games, following in August 2005. It is the third game in the \"Echo Night\" series. The game tells a science fiction ghost story, set in the not-too-distant future. Players take the role of a newlywed, off for a honeymoon on the moon. The vessel crashes before reaching its lunar resort destination, however, separating the just-married couple and leaving the hero alone at an abandoned research base. Players explore the station from a first-person perspective, inside a spacesuit. In addition to the many spiritual anomalies that haunt the station, strange lunar lights and relative weightlessness add to the atmosphere of the game's environments. \"Echo Night: Beyond\" is played from a first-person perspective, but unlike most other first-person games there is no use of firearms in the game. When confronted by a ghost the player must run before the player character's heart rate reaches a critical level; otherwise, he will die of a heart attack. There are no means of directly defending against ghosts; they must be avoided. The player's space suit is equipped with a flashlight, but must be kept charged by batteries. The ghosts can be defeated only by clearing the mist they inhabit. This is done by using a control panel to activate the ventilation system. To purify the souls of the dead, personal items important to them in life must be found and brought to them. The only exception to this is the priest ghost, who will pop out from time to time. When ghosts must be avoided, they can be spotted through the use of security monitors, which are placed throughout the station. The game's storyline concerns Richard Osmond, who is flying in a space shuttle to a moon base with his fiancé Claudia, who he will wed upon arriving. A supernatural force causes the shuttle to crash during landing, killing many and releasing their ghostly spirits upon the base. Richard awakens and, discovering that he is alone, decides that Claudia might be elsewhere. The game centers around finding her, while also putting to rest the uneasy souls that roam the base. Shortly after arriving on the base, Richard encounters a strange man whom seems to know him. He follows the man back to his room, which is painted to resemble a field. Every time Richard frees a spirit, the spirit's picture is painted on the walls. The man reveals that he is an android who enjoys painting. He also knows Claudia, saying that she is skilled in engineering. Richard continues to explore the base, freeing various spirits. He frees employees, passengers and a team of astronauts. When viewing various recordings, Richard learns of the facility's chief, whom discovered a strange red stone. Though he initially wanted to mine it for its high oxygen production, he later discovers that it grants wishes at the costs of life. He used it on his close friend, Kenneth, and wished that the facility would be successful. When the oxygen was being harvested from the mineral, the resulting fog escaped and filled the base, causing pain to the souls. Richard also discovers that the chief had a relationship with Claudia. Near the end of his journey, the android reveals that he is Kenneth, and that his picture would be finished soon. After freeing all the souls, Kenneth tells Richard that the stone was what started the whole thing and is what he will be faced with in the end. He asks Richard to come back to his room one last time, saying that his picture is done. If the player returns to the room, Richard finds that Kenneth has become part of his painting. A keycard on the desk takes an elevator to the B2 level. There, Richard finds a mummified corpse, which is the chief of the facility. He finds a ring and a letter on the table next to him, saying he was in love with Claudia. Richard proceeds to the observatory, where he finds the specter of Claudia. She used the red stone to kill herself and wished that she would see Richard again. She then offers Richard the stone. Depending on the choices made, the ending will be different. The game received \"mixed\" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. In Japan, \"Famitsu\" gave it a score of three sevens and one six for a total of 27 out of 40. Echo Night: Beyond Echo Night: Beyond, known in Japan as is a 2004 adventure video game developed by FromSoftware for the PlayStation 2 console. Agetec published the game in North America, with the European release, by Indie Games,"
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"JBJ (band) JBJ () was a South Korean project boy band consisting of six members who previously participated in Mnet's 2017 survival show \"Produce 101 Season 2\". The group was managed by Fave Entertainment, while CJ E&M oversaw the group's release production. The group officially debuted on October 18, 2017. They held their final concert on April 22, 2018, and disbanded on April 30, 2018. \"Produce 101 Season 2\" premiered on Mnet in April 2017, where 101 male trainees from various South Korean entertainment companies competed to debut in an 11-member boy group that would promote for two years under YMC Entertainment. The show ended on June 16, forming the project group Wanna One. On the same day, the show's fans had named Kenta Takada of Star Road Entertainment, Jin Longguo of Choon Entertainment, Kim Sanggyun of Hunus Entertainment, and Kim Taedong of The Vibe Label (later known as Major Nine), as eliminated trainees whom they would like to debut together as a project group equivalent to \"Produce 101\"'s I.B.I. The fans tentatively named the group \"JBJ\", which is stands for the Korean phrase 정말 바람직한 조합, meaning \"A Really Desirable Combination,\" and \"Just Be Joyful\". Later on, Roh Taehyun of Adore & Able (later known as Star Crew Entertainment), Kim Dong-han of OUI Entertainment, and Kwon Hyunbin of YGKPlus were soon added into the fan-imagined group after the Instagram photo that Taehyun posted had received positive feedback from fans. Discussions to officially form and debut JBJ began around early July 2017 between the seven tentative members and their respective agencies. CJ E&M and LOEN Entertainment also participated in the discussions as the intended management companies of the group's releases and activities, respectively. Fave Entertainment, LOEN Entertainment's in-house label, was tasked to be the group's official agency. On July 25, the trainees and the companies had reached an agreement. It was reported that the group's contract would last seven months, but LOEN Entertainment expressed that they are open for any discussions to extend the group's contract. JBJ was tentatively scheduled for debut on September 10 with all seven members, but was later confirmed for debut on October 18 without Kim Taedong. Kim Taedong's participation in the group was not confirmed because of an ongoing conflict with his agency, The Vibe Label. On July 27, Taedong had sent his agency and requested for his contract be terminated. Since then, the involved parties, including CJ E&M and LOEN Entertainment, have had numerous meetings to resolve the conflict but, as of September 7, have yet to reach an agreement. After more than a year of inactivity, during which he was unable to promote as an official member of JBJ, he has returned to the agency, now called Major 9 Entertainment. The group's first reality show, Just be Joyful JBJ, began airing on September 27, 2017 on Mnet M2 Channel. JBJ released their debut extended play \"Fantasy\" on October 18, 2017 with the title song \"Fantasy\". They also held a debut showcase at Korea University's Hwajung Gymnasium on the same day. On October 19, JBJ made their official debut stage on the music program \"M Countdown\" with performing title song \"Fantasy\" along with song \"Say My Name\". On October 19, it was announced that JBJ will be held fan meetings all across Asia started in Japan (Tokyo and Osaka) on November 23 and 26 respectively. On December 21, it was confirmed that JBJ's new album was set to be released in January 2018 and also announced that JBJ will held their first solo concert titled \"JBJ 1st Concert [Really Desirable Concert]\" from February 3 to 4, 2018. The two-day concert was held in Olympic Park’s Olympic Hall. It was reported that 7.000 tickets of their first solo concert had been sold out in under a minute. On January 3 at midnight, JBJ announced the new extended play titled \"True Colors\" and also revealed the tracklist of the EP, followed by six individual teaser image of each members over the next six days. One day later, four teaser images of the group's was revealed. Two days later, the music video teaser for the title track \"My Flower\" was released and the EP spoiler video was released three days later. Following by the release of \"True Colors\" on January 17 at 6PM KST, JBJ held a comeback showcase titled \"Joyful Colors\" in Yes24 Live Hall at 8PM KST in the same day. On January 18, Fave Entertainment announced that JBJ's fanmeetings all across Asia had been concluded and finished in the Philippines on January 14. JBJ received their first music program trophy with \"My Flower\" on the January 26th episode of \"Music Bank\". Originally, JBJ was set to disband in April 2018. However, as all six members expressed interest in extending their contracts, there had been discussion over a possible extension of their contracts. On February 22, Fave Entertainment and all of the members' agencies had officially been discussing the possibility of a contract extension until December 2018. On March 14, Fave Entertainment confirmed that JBJ's seven-month promotions would be concluded with the expiration of the management contract on April 30, as the companies decided not to extend the contracts. The members would still actively promote until the end of their contracts. On March 15, 2018 JBJ confirmed that they would be releasing their last single \"New Moon\" on April 17, and also announced plans to hold a domestic concert and fanmeeting before the official disbandment date of April 30. On March 19, JBJ announced details on the final solo concert, titled \"JBJ Really Desirable Concert [Epilogue]\", which would take place in Seoul from April 21 to 22, 2018 as an extension of their first concert \"Really Desirable Concert\" in February. The two-day concert will be held in SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium. JBJ released their final album \"New Moon\" on April 17. The album included three new tracks in addition to all the songs from EP \"Fantasy\" and \"True Colors\". On April 22, JBJ officially concluded their final concert \"JBJ Really Desirable Concert [Epilogue]\" as their last performance. The group officially disbanded on April 30, 2018, due to members' contract expiration with Fave Entertainment. Adapted from their Naver profile. 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"Enrique Sapene Enrique Luis Sapene (born August 4, 1983) is a Venezuelan born actor and producer based in Los Angeles. Enrique Sapene was born in Caracas, Venezuela. He comes from a family with a long lineage in Television which includes Marcel Granier and Eduardo Sapene from Venezuela's RCTV. Enrique grew up between Venezuela, France and the United States where he now resides. While in the United States, Enrique attended the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute for method acting. On March 16, 2016 WEtv announced the cast of \"My Life is a Telenovela\" with Enrique as a principal actor along with fellow telenovela stars , Liliana Rodriguez, Maria Raquenel Portillo and Gustavo Pedraza. The show highlighted the lives of telenovela stars, the challenges of casting and the drama usually associated with the famed telenovelas. In 2008, Enrique participated in a reality show named \"Viva Hollywood\" on the VH1 Network hosted by Carlos Ponce and María Conchita Alonso. Enrique Sapene Enrique Luis Sapene (born August 4, 1983) is a Venezuelan born actor and producer based in Los Angeles. Enrique Sapene was born in Caracas, Venezuela. He comes from a family with a long lineage in Television which includes Marcel Granier and"
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"Monroe County Airport (Ohio) Monroe County Airport is a county-owned, public-use airport in Monroe County, Ohio, United States. located one nautical mile (2 km) north of the central business district of Woodsfield, Ohio. This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a \"general aviation\" facility. Monroe County Airport covers an area of 105 acres (42 ha) at an elevation of 1,197 feet (365 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 7/25 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,805 by 75 feet (1,160 x 23 m). For the 12-month period ending June 3, 2011, the airport had 3,324 aircraft operations, an average of 277 per month: 63% general aviation, 19% military, and 18% air taxi. At that time there were 10 aircraft based at this airport: 90% single-engine and 10% ultralight. Monroe County Airport (Ohio) Monroe County Airport is a county-owned, public-use airport in Monroe County, Ohio, United States. located one nautical mile (2 km) north of the central business district of Woodsfield, Ohio. This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a \"general aviation\" facility. Monroe County Airport"
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"Taos Ski Valley, New Mexico Taos Ski Valley is a village and alpine ski resort in Taos County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 69 at the 2010 census. Until March 19, 2008, it was one of four ski resorts in America to prohibit snowboarding. The Kachina lift, constructed in 2014, serves the highest elevation of any triple chair in the North American Continent, to a peak elevation of . The village was originally settled by a group of miners in the 1800s, but in 1955 Ernie and Rhoda Blake founded the area as a ski mountain. The village was incorporated in 1996. In 2013, Taos Ski Valley, Inc., was sold by the founding family to billionaire conservationist Louis Bacon. It has 110 trails with 24% beginner, 25% intermediate and 51% advanced/expert. The Ernie Blake Snowsports School is one of the highest rated ski schools in North America. According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all land. Taos Ski Valley is the highest municipality in the US, sited at an elevation of ; however, the village limits reach and the highest residential dwelling is at . Kachina Village, at over 10,350 feet, houses Bavarian Restaurant and two condo complexes and accommodates six permanent residents and visitors in 30 condo units; 70–80 home sites are planned for development. Wheeler Peak, the tallest mountain in New Mexico at , overlooks the village. In the 1800s the site was the small copper mining town of Twining, later abandoned. Present day Taos Ski Valley was founded in 1955 by Ernie and Rhoda Blake. They lived in an eleven-foot camper in the absence of any buildings in the area except almost-completed Hondo Lodge (now Snakedance Condominiums). Even after moving into the lodge, they lived without power until 1963. Ernie and Rhoda had been living in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Ernie was managing the Santa Fe Ski Basin. The first ski lift, a J-bar, was installed in 1956. Until 1957, the ski resort featured only one ski slope, Snakedance. In 1957, the resort installed a second lift—a Poma (platter) lift. Blake was for a time involved in the day-to-day management of the resort, answering the phone and telling prospective visitors whether the skiing was expected to be good in advance of weekend trips. In December 2013, the billionaire Louis Bacon purchased Taos Ski Valley from the Blake family, who had owned it since 1954. Tourism is the village's main industry. As of the 2011-2012 season Taos Ski Valley Corporation employed approximately 700 people during winter months. In an average year $47 million are spent in the local economy of Taos Ski Valley. About $12 million is from ski operations alone. The community is a popular summer and fall vacation destination. In 2005, 55 businesses operated in Taos Ski Valley. Lodging options include hotels, private home rentals, condominiums and alpine styled bed and breakfasts. The town of Taos, located 30 minutes drive down the canyon, provides year-round services. As of the 2010 census, the Village held 69 people and 272 housing units, with only 14.3% occupied. From 2000 to 2010 population increased 23.2%. The population density was . The racial makeup was 75.4% White and 24.6% Hispanic or Latino. In 2000, 12.5% of 32 households had children under the age of 18 living with them, 37.5% were married couples living together, while 59.4% were non-families. 46.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 3.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.75 and the average family size was 2.46. Only 4.3% were under age 18, 5.4% from 18 to 24, 33.9% from 25 to 44, 50.0% from 45 to 64, and 1.8% who were 65 years or older. The median age was 47 years. For every 100 females, there were 166.7 males. The ratio of males to females was 1.66. The median household income was $67,708, and the median income for a family was $103,422. Males had a median income of $65,833 versus $24,375 for females. The per capita income for the village was $43,143. None of the population were below the poverty line. Taos Ski"
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"Al Wesal TV Al Wesal TV is a Saudi-based Sunni Islamic educational channel television network. The production of this channel is based on the teachings of Quran-o-Sunnah. A team of Islamic scholars monitors the material presented on its programs. Each program of Wesal Urdu TV is previewed according to authentic references of Quran-o-Hadees. In 2015, it launched its Urdu language TV channel. The channel is a topic of controversy. It was accused of preaching Salafism and spreading anti-Shia rhetoric throughout the network. In 2014, a channel's host praised suicide bombing that killed at least 47 Houthis, prompting Saudi Arabia's Culture and Information Minister to announce the closure of the channel. Al Wesal TV Al Wesal TV is a Saudi-based Sunni Islamic educational channel television network. The production of this channel is based on the teachings of Quran-o-Sunnah. A team of Islamic scholars monitors the material presented on its programs. Each program of Wesal Urdu TV is previewed according to authentic references of Quran-o-Hadees. In 2015, it launched its Urdu language TV channel. The channel is a topic of controversy. It was accused of preaching Salafism and spreading anti-Shia rhetoric throughout the network. In 2014, a channel's host praised suicide bombing"
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"Sherwin Rosen Sherwin Rosen (September 29, 1938 – March 17, 2001) was an American labor economist. He had ties with many American universities and academic institutions including the University of Chicago, the University of Rochester, Stanford University and its Hoover Institution. At the time of his death, Rosen was Edwin A. and Betty L. Bergman Distinguished Service Professor in Economics at the University of Chicago and president of the American Economic Association. Rosen received his B.S. in economics from Purdue University in 1960, his M.A. and Ph.D. in economics from the University of Chicago in 1962 and 1966 respectively. He was chair of the Economics department at the University of Chicago and colleague to an impressive range of celebrated economists including friend Gary S. Becker. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1997. Rosen died at the Bernard Mitchell Hospital on March 17, 2001 at the age of 62. As Palda wrote in 2013 Rosen showed that tied sales could lead to the segregation of people by their types. He argued that the worst effects of segregation could be palliated by a market that resolved supply and demand of complicated tied sales situations through a monetary payment he called an “equalizing difference”. This work led to many unexpected insights on the effects of government policy. For example, the minimum wage might not decrease employment, as economists commonly believed, but it might induce employers to provide less on-the-job training to employees. In addition to implications for policy, Rosen's analysis of choice in characteristics space with tied sales specified the conditions under which the parameters of demand and supply function parameters for the underlying characteristics of goods could be deduced from so-called hedonic regressions. Sherwin Rosen Sherwin Rosen (September 29, 1938 – March 17, 2001) was an American labor"
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"Tom Gilmore (American football) Tom Gilmore (born September 25, 1964) is an American football coach and former player. He is currently a Defensive Analyst at Wake Forest University. Gilmore is second on the all-time coaching wins list at Holy Cross. He took over a program that suffered 10 losing seasons in the previous 11 years and turned in a winning season in just his second year, including a win over the #10 ranked Lehigh, his previous coaching stop. His teams progressively improved, just narrowly missing three championships by a total of 5 points before claiming Patriot League title in 2009. That 2009 team lost a close match-up with eventual national champion Villanova in the national playoffs and finished with a #14 national ranking. He coached winning teams in eight of his 14 seasons. Gilmore is an alumnus of the University of Pennsylvania and a former defensive lineman on the Penn Quakers football team. Gilmore also played one summer for the British Columbia Lions of the Canadian Football League and one summer for the New York Knights of the Arena Football League. Prior to taking the head coaching position at Holy Cross, Gilmore served as an assistant at Penn, Columbia University, Dartmouth College and Lehigh University. Gilmore was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Irish-born parents; Jack Gilmore & Sarah \"Sadie\" (Boyce) Gilmore. He has older brothers John and Jim (Ohio State & NFL player) & two younger siblings, Mike (Lycoming College Athletic Hall of Fame) and sister Mary Ann (LaSalle College). He attended St Bartholomew Parish grade school and then Northeast Catholic High School for Boys. At North, he was selected to the All-Catholic League teams in three separate sports - football, wrestling and track. He graduated in 1982 from North Catholic with high honors and received the school's most prestigious award, the Provincial's Medal of Honor. He was inducted into the North Catholic Alumni Hall of Fame in 2014, Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2009 and Football Hall of Fame in 2014. As a football player at the University of Pennsylvania, he was a 4-time Ivy league Champion. He was named team captain in 1985 and was a 3-time All-Ivy League selection as a defensive lineman, as well as second team All-American in 1984 and third team All-American in 1985. He established new school career records for quarterback sacks and tackles for loss and received numerous team awards including the George Munger Award (Team MVP) and the Chuck Bednarik Award (Top Lineman). As a senior, he was named the Ivy League Player of the Year (Asa S. Bushnell Award), one of only two linemen to ever win the award before it was divided into two awards for Offense and Defense in 2012. An Academic All-American at the University of Pennsylvania, Gilmore graduated in 1986 with a bachelor's degree in computer mathematics. He received the Class of 1915 Award as Penn's top male Scholar-Athlete at graduation. He was also selected as one of the 12 members of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame Scholar-Athlete Team in December, 1985. He was named to the University of Pennsylvania Football All-Century Team in 2000 and was inducted into the Penn Athletics Hall of Fame in 2017. Tom Gilmore (American football) Tom Gilmore (born September 25, 1964) is an American football coach and former player. He is currently a Defensive Analyst at Wake Forest University. Gilmore is second on the all-time coaching wins list at Holy Cross. He took over a program that suffered 10 losing seasons in the previous 11 years and turned in a winning season in just his second"
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"Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) or PEDOT (or sometimes PEDT; \"IUPAC\" name poly(2,3-dihydrothieno[3,4-\"b\"][1,4]dioxane-5,7-diyl)) is a conducting polymer based on 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene or EDOT. Advantages of this polymer are optical transparency in its conducting state, high stability and moderate band gap and low redox potential. A large disadvantage is poor solubility, which is partly circumvented in the composite, and the PEDOT-TMA material. Applications of PEDOT include electrochromic displays, antistatics, photovoltaics, electroluminescent displays, printed wiring, and sensors. The polymer is generated by oxidation. This process begins with production of the radical cation of EDOT monomer, [CHOCHS]. This cation attacks a neutral EDOT followed by deprotonation. The idealized conversion using peroxydisulfate is shown For commercial purposes, the polymerization is conducted in the presence of polystyrene sulfonate (PSS). The resulting composites, PEDOT coatings are deposited on a conductive support (Pt, Au, glassy carbon, indium tin oxide, etc.) in organic solvents or in aqueous suspensions. Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) or PEDOT (or sometimes PEDT; \"IUPAC\" name poly(2,3-dihydrothieno[3,4-\"b\"][1,4]dioxane-5,7-diyl)) is a conducting polymer based on 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene or EDOT. Advantages of this polymer are optical transparency in its conducting state, high stability and moderate band gap and low redox potential. A large disadvantage is poor solubility, which is partly circumvented in the composite, and"
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"Philip Charles Durham Admiral Sir Philip Charles Calderwood Henderson Durham, GCB (29 July 1763 – 2 April 1845) was a Royal Navy officer whose service in the American War of Independence, French Revolutionary War and Napoleonic Wars was lengthy, distinguished and at times controversial. Destined to be one of the luckiest men in the Georgian Navy, Philip Charles Durham was born in Largo, Fife in 1763, the fourth child and third son of James Durham His maternal grandmother was the diarist Margaret Calderwood. He came from a wealthy landed family, and entered the navy aged fourteen in 1777 aboard the ship of the line HMS \"Trident\". His first year at sea became rather difficult when he found himself under a tyrannical and occasionally sadistic commander, who reduced the ship to a state of near mutiny on a couple of occasions. In 1778 Durham procured his discharge and afterwards obtained a position on HMS \"Edgar\" in British waters where conditions were far more pleasant and educational. On this ship he saw his first action during the Great Siege of Gibraltar, gaining the attention of Admiral Richard Kempenfelt, with whom he served on HMS \"Victory\" and HMS \"Royal George\". Durham was watch officer on 29 August 1782 when, through no fault of his own, the \"Royal George\", which was heeled for repairs, suddenly and catastrophically sank at Spithead. Being on deck, Durham was able to jump overboard and swim to safety, but the Admiral and over 800 persons lost their lives. Durham was transferred to HMS \"Union\" in which he saw further service at the siege of Gibraltar before making a cruise to the West Indies and then another one down the African coast in HMS \"Raisonnable\" as a junior lieutenant. Durham spent the next two years living in France, becoming fluent in French. Afterwards he served in HMS Salisbury and HMS \"Barfleur\". The emergency in 1790 brought him promotion to Commander on 2 November 1790 and command of HMS \"Daphne\". From there he moved in 1791 to HMS \"Cygnet\". On 12 February 1793 Durham took command of the small sloop HMS \"Spitfire\". \"Spitfire\" was pierced for 14 guns but only carried ten. The next day he captured the French privateer \"Afrique\". The capture of \"Afrique\" was the first capture of the war of a vessel flying \"La tricolore\". For this feat Lloyd's of London gave him a piece of plate worth 100 guineas, or £300, their first such award of the war. Durham received promotion to post captain on 24 June 1793 and command of the frigate HMS \"Narcissus\". From her, on 22 October, he moved to HMS \"Hind\". In \"Hind\" he brought in a convoy of 157 merchant ships from the Mediterranean in the face of enemy opposition. This feat provoked accolades and rewards, and he took over the frigate HMS \"Anson\" in 1796. \"Anson\" was the biggest frigate in the Navy, cut down (razeed) from a ship of the line to oppose large French frigates, and in her fought numerous actions, especially at the Battle of Donegal in October 1798. On 28 March 1799 he married Lady Charlotte Matilda Bruce, daughter of royal governess Lady Elgin and sister of the Lord Elgin of Elgin Marbles fame, and continued his service in home waters until the Peace of Amiens. Following the resumption of hostilities, Durham was given HMS \"Defiance\", which he took to join Admiral Sir Robert Calder's fleet in 1804 and participated in the battle of Cape Finisterre after which he was informally reprimanded by Calder for being \"over zealous\" in pursuit of the enemy. Following the battle Admiral Calder requested a court martial to acquit his own conduct and called Captain Durham to appear in his defence along with two other captains. Unlike his two comrades, Durham flatly refused to leave his ship which had been repaired at Portsmouth and specially requested by Lord Nelson and so was still in command at the Battle of Trafalgar a few months later. The other two captains, William Brown and William Lechmere commanding HMS \"Ajax\" and HMS \"Thunderer\" missed the battle whilst in England. At the Battle of Trafalgar, \"Defiance\" headed straight for the Spanish flagship \"Principe de Asturias\" but was blocked by the , a captured British ship in French service. Deliberately ramming her opponent, \"Defiance\" tore off most of the French ship's bow and devastatingly raked her before fighting a long gun duel with the battered \"Aigle\" as the \"Berwick\" wallowed in her wake (she sank after the battle). The \"Defiance\" was unable to gain the upper hand against the \"Aigle\", and so a young master's mate named Jack Spratt swam between the ships and leaped on board, fighting alone against the entire French crew until support could be given from his ship. The British crew then swarmed across the Frenchman and captured her. Durham was wounded in the battle. He took his battered ship (which had suffered 17 men killed 53 wounded)back to England, in time to give evidence at Calder's court-martial, became a banner bearer at Nelson's funeral. Following his recovery and receipt of the usual awards for a Trafalgar captain, Durham was transferred to HMS \"Renown\" which he commanded in the English Channel and the Mediterranean until 1810 when he was made a Rear-Admiral. In 1814 he was given command of the Leeward Islands Station and captured two enemy frigates on his way there in HMS \"Venerable\". He remained at this post until the end of the war in 1815 when the French West Indies surrendered to him. He was Knighted and created \"Knight Commander (KCB)\". Following his first wife's death in 1816 he married, in 1817, wealthy heiress Anne Isabella Henderson but this marriage was also childless. In 1819, was promoted to Vice Admiral He was on friendly terms with King George III, who was especially fond of Durham's tall tales, often remarking \"That's a Durham!\" when he heard such a tale regardless of the raconteur. In 1830 Durham became a full admiral and conferment as a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath on 1 December. He was elected a Member of Parliament for Queenborough in 1830, though this was overturned on petition and he did not take his seat. He was successfully elected for Devizes in 1834. He became the naval Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth (1836–1839) and was the second president (first naval president) of the Army and Navy Club in London. He added the names Henderson and Calderwood to his own on his second marriage and on inheriting his mother's family estate, respectively. Following his second wife's death in 1844, Durham journeyed to Rome on private business. Contracting bronchitis, he went to Naples intent on taking a ship back to Britain, but died at Naples he was struck down at age 81 by bronchitis. He died on 2 April 1845, his remains being returned to Largo for burial in the family vault. As his biographer Dr Hilary L. Rubinstein discovered, he had an illegitimate daughter, Ann Bower (1789/90 - 1858), but left no further descendants. \"In memory of Sir Philip Charles Henderson Calderwood Durham of Fordell, Polton and Largo, Admiral of the Red, Knight Grand Cross of Bath and of military merit in France. He was born on 29 July 1763 entered the R.N at 14 and was made Post Captain in 1793, his activity, gallantry, judgement and zeal were excelled by none in his profession and his numerous captures and successes were acknowledged by many public testimonials. He became Rear Admiral in 1810 with Commander in Chief for he West Indies from 1813 till peace in 1815 and held the command at Portsmouth from 1837-1839, he represented Queensburgh and Devises in several Parliaments, but passed his later years chiefly at Fordel. Courted in society and generously spending an ample fortune, in 1799 he married Lady Charlotte Matilda Bruce, daughter of Charles, 5th Earl of Elgin who died in 1816 and secondly in 1817 Ann Elizabeth (sic), daughter and heiress of Sir John Henderson of Fordell, Baronet, whom he survived only 3 months, he died at Naples on the 2.4.1845 and was interred beneath the West Isle of this Church. Erected by his Great Nephew",
"by none in his profession and his numerous captures and successes were acknowledged by many public testimonials. He became Rear Admiral in 1810 with Commander in Chief for he West Indies from 1813 till peace in 1815 and held the command at Portsmouth from 1837-1839, he represented Queensburgh and Devises in several Parliaments, but passed his later years chiefly at Fordel. Courted in society and generously spending an ample fortune, in 1799 he married Lady Charlotte Matilda Bruce, daughter of Charles, 5th Earl of Elgin who died in 1816 and secondly in 1817 Ann Elizabeth (sic), daughter and heiress of Sir John Henderson of Fordell, Baronet, whom he survived only 3 months, he died at Naples on the 2.4.1845 and was interred beneath the West Isle of this Church. Erected by his Great Nephew James Wolfe Murray of Cringletie 1849.\" Philip Charles Durham Admiral Sir Philip Charles Calderwood Henderson Durham, GCB (29 July 1763 – 2 April 1845) was a Royal Navy officer whose service in the American War of Independence,"
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"Rudi Wetzel Rudi Wetzel (10 January 1909 - 31 August 1992) was a German political activist who became an East German journalist and newspaper editor after the Second World War. Rudolf \"Rudi\" Wetzel was born in Rechenberg, a small town in the mining region of Saxony on the frontier with what was, at that time, the Austrian province of Bohemia. His father worked as a decorator and furniture painter. After leaving school he attended the Construction Academy in Dresden before embarking, in 1929, on the study of Pedagogy at the Dresden Technical University (\"\"TU Dresden\"\"). It was also in 1929 that he joined the Social Democratic Party (\"\"Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands\"\" / SPD). In 1931 he switched to the Communist Party. During the next couple of years he served as a party officer as chair of the Communist Students's Association in Dresden. It was also during this time that he met the Hungarian Communist activist, Inke Rosza, who became his partner - probably also at some stage his wife. Early in 1933 the Nazis took power and lost no time in transforming Germany into a one-party dictatorship. The Reichstag fire at the end of February 1933 was blamed, with implausible haste, on \"communists\" and indeed people with records as communist activists were among those most assiduously targeted by the authorities. Wetzel continued with his political activity after it became illegal and was first taken into \"protective custody\" in 1933, which put an end to his student career. In 1934 he was sentenced to a two-year prison term for \"preparing to commit high treason\". When the two years had been served he was transferred to the Sachsenburg concentration camp. He was released in 1937, shortly after which he fled to Budapest with Inke. Then, travelling via Paris and London he made his way to Hull in eastern England where he trained and worked as a welder. In 1938 he moved on to Gothenburg and Jönköping in Sweden, where as a qualified welder he had no difficulty in obtaining work. He also joined the . After his emigration to Sweden the Nazi police departments back in Germany identified Wetzel as a public enemy. They incorrectly believed that he was still in Britain. Early in 1940 the Security Services in Berlin added his name to the \"Sonderfahndungsliste G.B.\" (\"usually identified in English language sources as \"Hitler's Black Book\"\"), a list of (in the end) 2,820 individuals who would, in the event of a successful German invasion and occupation of Britain, be sought out by commando task forces and arrested as a priority. In August 1939 Wetzel was the author of the so-called \"Gothenburg Resolution\" which was critical of the non-aggression pact concluded between Germany and the Soviet Union that month. This opened Wetzel up to criticism from the leadership of the exiled Communist Party leadership based in Moscow. Wetzel's \"Gothenburg Resolution\" insisted that, despite the non-aggression pact, it was still Hitler and his power structure that must be seen as the true enemies of the German working class, rather than the old imperialist powers of Britain and France that were the implicit targets of understandings between Hitler and Stalin. Walter Ulbricht, already prominent among the exiled German communists in Moscow, issued instructions that German communists in Sweden should \"isolate\" Wetzel. Even if subsequent events may have vindicated Wetzel's judgements, incurring the suspicions of the man who later became the first leader of the German Democratic Republic is unlikely to have boosted his career prospects in Germany's Soviet occupation zone after 1945. In 1942 Wetzel relocated to Stockholm. The 1941 German invasion of the Soviet Union had led to a stark political reconfiguration affecting the various strands of the exiled German communist party. Wetzel's \"Gothenburg Resolution\" had become redundant, and by 1943 he was again fully engaged in party work. Around this time he and Inke separated, remaining on friendly terms. He became editorial secretary of \"Politische Information\", a German language party newspaper produced in the Swedish capital. He also produced a significant number of articles for it, often using one of a succession of pseudonyms, including \"Ber Wernau\", \"Karl Scharf\" and \"Max Richter\". His activities also came to the attention of the authorities in Germany, and he was formally deprived of his German nationality on 21 October 1944. War ended again in May 1945. The large central area of Germany surrounding Berlin, including Wetzel's Saxon homeland, was now administered as the Soviet occupation zone. He returned, now moving directly to Berlin, in January 1946, accompanied by his new Swedish wife, Inge: the marriage would prove short-lived. He was appointed to a senior management position with the press and broadcasting department of the Central Committee of the newly formed Socialist Unity Party (\"\"Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands\"\" / SED). In 1947 he became head of the foreign press section, with the title \"Second Deputy Head of the Agitation Department\" (\"\"2. stellvertretender Leiter der Abteilung Agitation\"\"). The contentious launch in April 1946 of the SED had been part of a nation building exercise planned with Moscow support by a team of leading exiled German communists during the war years and implemented during the later 1940s. In October 1949 the Soviet occupation zone was relaunched as the German Democratic Republic (East Germany), a new kind of one-party dictatorship. Wetzel was removed from his existing duties and sent to study at the \"Karl Marx\" Party Academy. Between 1950 and 1953 he served as managing editor of \"Neuer Weg\", a journal produced for SED party officials. At the same time he was a member of the presidium of the \"International Journalists' Organisation\". During the early part of 1953 he was briefly editor in chief at the news-magazine \"Friedenspost\" (\"literally \"Peace Post\"). After a few months he was switched to , a weekly mass-circulation newspaper newly launched by the party central committee to cover politics, economics, business and the arts. Here, as the publication's first editor in chief, he was effectively its creator, always subject to the party's requirements. Also in 1953 he took over from Karl Bittel as Chairman at the (East) German Union of Journalists (\"\"Verband der Deutschen Presse\"\" / VDP). However, his position became increasingly precarious after 1956. On 27 October 1956, shocked by the attitude of the party leadership to the popular uprisings in Hungary and Poland, Wetzel joined with fellow editors to publish an open letter of protest addressed to the politburo. They called for \"information faithful to the truth\" (\"\"wahrheitsgetreue(n) Informationen\"\") and adherence to \"Leninist standards of party and national life\" (\"\"Leninschen Normen des Partei- u. Staatslebens\"\"). The wheels of the East German power structure ground into action and in January or March 1957, under pressure from the authorities, Wochenpost dispensed with the services of their founding editor. He was also removed from the chairmanship of the VDR. At the same time he was sharply criticised at a meeting of the Central Committee press department. The irritation of the leader, Walter Ulbricht, had been exacerbated by the fact that the editors' open letter to the politburo had included a line on the subject of \"press freedom\" which had already been rejected by the Central Committee when proposed for a prominent feature in Neues Deutschland, East Germany's principal daily newspaper. The fact that Wetzel and his fellow letter writers had included the rejected line in their open letter was seen by Ulbricht as a practical failure of personal loyalty on Wetzels' part. During the ensuing years Wetzel was regarded with renewed suspicion by the East German leadership, and he held a succession of relatively low-profile journalistic positions. In June 1957 he became an editor with \"Freie Welt\", an illustrated magazine, but in February",
"The irritation of the leader, Walter Ulbricht, had been exacerbated by the fact that the editors' open letter to the politburo had included a line on the subject of \"press freedom\" which had already been rejected by the Central Committee when proposed for a prominent feature in Neues Deutschland, East Germany's principal daily newspaper. The fact that Wetzel and his fellow letter writers had included the rejected line in their open letter was seen by Ulbricht as a practical failure of personal loyalty on Wetzels' part. During the ensuing years Wetzel was regarded with renewed suspicion by the East German leadership, and he held a succession of relatively low-profile journalistic positions. In June 1957 he became an editor with \"Freie Welt\", an illustrated magazine, but in February 1958 he was dismissed without notice on account of his \"ideological failings\" by the \"Culture and Progress\" publishing house. In 1959 he found an editorship with the magazine \"Urania\". He was also contributing to publications such as \"Wissen und Leben\". In 1965 Wetzel became a freelance journalist. He wrote for the Swedish trades union newspaper \"Grafis\" and othr Swedish publications a succession of articles about East Germany, and he contributed numerous articles about Sweden in the East German press. As an accredited journalist he also had opportunities to travel to the west. By 1968 - possibly earlier - he was under permanent Stasi surveillance, identified as a friend of the dissident intellectual Rudolf Bahro. During 1975-77 he was involved in the preparation for publication of Bahro's important work \"The Alternative\", which led to the arrest of Bahro. Wetzel was on several occasions questioned by the security services about the book and its publications - openly in the west. His wife lost her job at the Academy of Sciences and Humanities. But there was a reluctance on the part of the leadership to exaggerate the significance of the work, coupled with a determination to present Bahro as a lone voice: possibly for this reason, Wetzel was not subjected to any serious state mandated retribution in respect of his involvement with \"The Alternative\". Someone who had reached Wetzel's level of seniority in the journalism during the 1950s would normally have seen their eightieth birthday celebrated with a congratulatory message from the party, but early in January 1989 Wetzel's eightieth birthday passed without published comment in Neues Deutschland or any other mainstream publication. He had still not been forgiven for that open letter in 1956. Across the border in West Germany it was a different matter: newspapers such as the Frankfurter Rundschau marked the birthday of the communist \"non-conformist\" and \"lateral thinker\", quoting a maxim which he had himself used in the part: \"Head held high and not the hands\" (\"\"Kopf hoch und nicht die Hände\"\"). A couple of weeks later, however, on 25 January 1990, as the authorities struggled to come to terms with the changes slowly but surely transforming the old German Democratic Republic, an \"extraordinary congress\" of the VDP rehabilitated Wetzel. A few months later, still in 1990, he joined the Party of Democratic Socialism, which was a sometimes uneasy reincarnation, in contemplation of a democratic multi-party future, a relaunched version of the old SED. He did this, in his own words, \"out of solidarity\" (\"\"aus Solidarität\"\"). Rudi Wetzel Rudi Wetzel (10 January 1909"
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"Gersfeld Gersfeld is a town in the district of Fulda, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated on the Fulda River, in the Rhön Mountains, southeast of Fulda. It belonged to the abbey-principality of Fulda before secularisation in 1803. It then belonged to the Principality of Nassau-Orange-Fulda between 1803 and 1806, to France between 1806 and 1810, and then later to the Grand Duchy of Frankfurt between 1810 and 1813. After the Battle of Leipzig, it was occupied by the Allied troops of the Sixth Coalition between 1813 and 1815. After that, it was ceded to the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1815. During the Austro-Prussian War, it was occupied by Prussia before its annexation in the newly established Hesse Nassau province. It was finally incorporated in the state of Hesse in 1945. Gersfeld Gersfeld is a town in the district of Fulda, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated on the Fulda River, in the Rhön Mountains, southeast of Fulda. It belonged to the abbey-principality of Fulda before secularisation in 1803. It then belonged to the Principality of Nassau-Orange-Fulda between 1803 and 1806, to France between 1806 and 1810, and then later to the Grand Duchy of Frankfurt between 1810 and 1813."
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"WKAQ-TV WKAQ-TV, virtual channel 2 (UHF digital channel 28), is a Telemundo owned-and-operated television station licensed to San Juan, Puerto Rico. The station is owned by the NBC Owned Television Stations subsidiary of NBCUniversal (itself a subsidiary of Comcast) and is sister to New York City NBC flagship WNBC (which is simulcast on WKAQ's third digital subchannel as NBC Puerto Rico) and fellow Telemundo O&Os WNJU and WSCV. WKAQ-TV's studios are located on Roosevelt Avenue in San Juan, and its transmitter is located near the Bosque Estatal de Carite mountain reserve. WKAQ-TV operates a semi-satellite, WORA-TV (channel 5) in Mayagüez, which re-broadcasts over 95% of WKAQ-TV's programming under an affiliation agreement for the western region of Puerto Rico. The station formerly operated WOLE-TV (channel 12) in Aguadilla as another satellite station. WKAQ-TV also has three low-power translator facilities: W09AT in Fajardo, W28EH-D in Adjuntas and W28EQ-D in Utuado. WKAQ-TV first signed on March 28, 1954 as the first television station in Puerto Rico. The station was founded by Ángel Ramos, founder of \"El Mundo\" (\"The World\") and Puerto Rico's first licensed radio station, WKAQ. Ramos wanted to maintain a consistent branding inter-proprietorially using the \"mundo\" theme, and decided to brand WKAQ-TV as Telemundo (\"Tele-World\"). Ramos had tried to obtain a television station license as early as the mid-1940s, but due to a licensing freeze for all new American television stations imposed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Ramos had to wait until 1954. WKAQ began broadcasting in color in 1968. During the station's history, WKAQ-TV battled fiercely with WAPA-TV to become the highest-rated in Puerto Rico, in great part due to influence from Arturo Ortiz del Rivero (better known as Diplo), a local comedian, who was under an exclusive contract with Ángel Ramos, and who, in 1954 produced the first comedy/variety show for WKAQ-TV, \"La Taberna India\", followed by \"La Farándula Corona\". During the 1970s and 1980s, WKAQ-TV (then branded as Telemundo Canal 2) was a major producer of Puerto Rican Spanish soap operas. The station was also known by its \"fingers\" logo, a bold number 2 with a left-handed silhouette raising two fingers, replacing the negative space within the \"2\" numeral, which was used from 1976 to 1992. During this time, it called itself \"El canal de los dedos\" (\"The channel of the fingers\"). WKAQ-TV has produced and broadcast recognized local shows such as \"El Show de las 12\", \"La Gente Joven de Menudo\", \"En Casa de Juanma y Wiwi\", \"Los Kakucómicos\", \"Teatrimundo\", \"Musicomedia\", \"El Show de Chucho\", \"Telecine de la Noche con Manolo Urquiza\", \"Noche de Gala\", \"Estudio Alegre\", \"La Pensión de Doña Tere\", \"El Show de Nydia Caro\", \"No te Duermas\", \"Marcano El Show\", \"Con lo que Cuenta este País\", \"Videoteces\", \"Súper Sábado\", \"Fantástico\", \"El Tío Nobel\", \"Telecómicas\", \"Al Grano con Zervigón\", \"Ahora Podemos Hablar\" and \"Dame un Break\". It also produced famous telenovelas such as \"El Hijo de Ángela María\", \"Tomiko\", \"Cristina Bazán\", \"El Ídolo\", \"Viernes Social\", \"La Verdadera Eva\", \"Rojo Verano\", \"Modelos S.A.\", \"Coralito\", and \"Tanairi\". Professional Wrestling also aired as well such as the World Wrestling Council in the early 1980s, Americas Wrestling Federation in the early 1990s, International Wrestling Association (Puerto Rico) \"Impacto Total\" and \"Zona Caliente\" and WWF \"Shotgun Saturday Night\" and \"Metal\" (1998–2001). When Telemundo spun-off in 1987, the station started branding itself as \"Telemundo Puerto Rico\" (before, WKAQ-TV had branded itself as either \"Telemundo\" or just \"Canal 2\"). Since then, WKAQ-TV has since then become one of Telemundo's flagship stations, as well as the recognized original \"Telemundo\". It has been highly criticized that because of the station's affiliation to the Telemundo network, locally produced programming has been traded for \"enlatados\", or foreign Spanish programming such as Mexican and Venezuelan telenovelas. To avoid this criticism, in 2006, WKAQ-TV aired the first Puerto Rican written and produced telenovela in 15 years: \"Dueña y Señora\". To the general population, WKAQ-TV is still known simply as \"Telemundo\", and it is branded as such to this day. In 2005, WKAQ-TV became a superstation when NBC Universal reformatted its entertainment-based cable channel Telemundo Internacional into Telemundo Puerto Rico. The channel aired WKAQ-produced programs such as \"No te Duermas\" and \"TVO\", as well as the station's news program, \"Telenoticias\". Telemundo Puerto Rico was aimed at Puerto Ricans and other Caribbean communities living in the mainland United States. The superstation feed, however, was discontinued in early 2008. On October 9, 2007, NBC Universal announced that they had put WKAQ-TV up for sale, following its acquisition of Oxygen Media. However, NBC Universal took the station off the market on 21 December. On August 25, 2008, WKAQ-TV, in co-production with the Telemundo network, launched the morning news and lifestyle show \"Levántate\" from its San Juan studios. The station also began to air a local teen drama series, \"Zona Y\", which achieved success in the Puerto Rican teen market. On April 23, 2009, WKAQ-TV became the first commercial station in Puerto Rico to begin broadcasting its programming in high definition with its telecast of the \"Billboard Latin Music Awards\". WKAQ-TV shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 2, on 12 June 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 28. Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former VHF analog channel 2. WKAQ-TV currently broadcasts 16 hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with 3 hours each weekday except for Tuesdays with 2½ hours and 3 hours on weekends, 1½ hours each day). \"Telenoticias\" is the name of WKAQ-TV's newscasts created by Evelio Otero, its first news anchor and original announcer when Telemundo went on the air. Otero proposed the name to Angel Ramos, who approved it on the spot. The newscast began in 1954 and it was the first local television program in Puerto Rico. In the 1960s, a renewed edition of \"Telenoticias\" began with different anchors. For more than twenty years, \"Telenoticias\" only had two editions: an early evening newscast at 5 p.m. and a late evening newscast at 11 p.m. However, in 2002, a weekend edition was introduced, which (like its weekday counterparts) aired at 5 and 11 p.m. In 2003, the station debuted a weekday morning newscast called \"Telemundo por la Mañana\" with Charito Fraticelli, Silverio Perez, Lourdes Collazo, Miguel Ramos and panel experts. In the 1990s, \"Telenoticias\" used \"Telemundo 1992 News Theme\" as the main theme music for its newscasts; this was replaced later by \"Telemundo News Theme.\" In 2005, the newscasts began to use the production theme \"Raw Power\" from Network Music. Currently, \"Telenoticias\" uses an original theme from Manolo Mongil. In 2006, as part of the \"NBC Universal 2.0\" restructuring, WKAQ-TV laid off 60 to 80 staffers, including some \"Telenoticias\" anchors and reporters. In addition, the morning, midday and weekend editions of \"Telenoticias\" were cancelled. On January 8, 2007, \"Telenoticias\" debuted a new set, new graphics and new music. In September 2011, NBCUniversal announced that it would relaunch the 11 a.m. and weekend evening editions of \"Telenoticias\" in early 2012, as a condition by the FCC to approve the sale of a controlling stake in the company to Philadelphia-based cable provider and telecommunications company Comcast, requiring NBCUniversal's NBC and Telemundo owned-and-operated stations to increase the amount of locally produced programming. On May 29, 2014, just months after cancellation of Univision Puerto Rico's",
"the \"NBC Universal 2.0\" restructuring, WKAQ-TV laid off 60 to 80 staffers, including some \"Telenoticias\" anchors and reporters. In addition, the morning, midday and weekend editions of \"Telenoticias\" were cancelled. On January 8, 2007, \"Telenoticias\" debuted a new set, new graphics and new music. In September 2011, NBCUniversal announced that it would relaunch the 11 a.m. and weekend evening editions of \"Telenoticias\" in early 2012, as a condition by the FCC to approve the sale of a controlling stake in the company to Philadelphia-based cable provider and telecommunications company Comcast, requiring NBCUniversal's NBC and Telemundo owned-and-operated stations to increase the amount of locally produced programming. On May 29, 2014, just months after cancellation of Univision Puerto Rico's weekend newscast, WKAQ-TV announced it was going to bring back the weekend newscast. Then on May 31, a weekend newscast premiered, titled \"Telenoticias Fin de semana\". WKAQ-TV can be seen across Puerto Rico on the following stations: Since the beginning of the Telemundo network, WKAQ had been operated semi-independently from the network. This allowed the station to continue to focus on local productions, with network programming utilized as filler. This had often led to Telemundo network programs not airing on the same timeframe as on the mainland, with telenovelas often falling months behind. However, years of declining ratings and local cancellations have led to unconfirmed rumors and speculation that WKAQ may become a standard Telemundo station, dropping all local programming except for \"Telenoticias\". WKAQ's problems began during the early 2000s, when its ratings declined significantly, mostly due to the entrance of Univision into the Puerto Rican market through WLII. Since then, local shows produced by WKAQ, such as \"El Gran Bejuco\" and \"Dame Un Break\", that competed against Univision network offerings have slipped in the ratings, as viewers turned away from WKAQ in favor of Univision. As WKAQ's ratings continued to decline, the station began laying off staff, including Paquito Cordero, one of the most prominent producers on Puerto Rican television. His layoff led to the cancellation of \"El Show de las Doce\", the oldest program in Puerto Rican television outside of local news programming. Many other local programs have also been canceled since then, replaced with Telemundo network programming. Currently, WKAQ has very few non-news local programming remaining. The most recent local program to be canceled was \"No te Duermas\", the second longest-running local program after \"El Show de las Doce\". The few attempts made at new, locally produced programming have achieved little success, often being canceled after only a few months. Nevertheless, the station has recently become the leading station on the island in terms of viewership against WLII and WAPA, with its telenovela block dominating in the 7 to 10 p.m. time period. Additionally, since January 2009, WKAQ has aired \"Lost\" on weeknights at 10:00 p.m., leading that time slot. Also, \"Día a Día\" has seen an increase in viewership in its 11:00 a.m. time slot, and a local teen drama \"Zona Y\" has been a great success in the teen market in Puerto Rico. WKAQ also regained the rights to the local Miss Universe pageant, after the Miss Universe organization dismissed Magaly Febles as the owner to the franchise. The organization named Luisito Vigoreaux, Desirée Lowry, and Telemundo Puerto Rico in charge of the pageant. Telemundo kept some elemental concepts, but a more direct approach is gained. (The rights to Miss Universe Puerto Rico would be eventually lost to WAPA in April 2015.) On January 12, 2010, a new gossip show named \"Dando Candela\" began airing, with some members from WLII's former \"Anda Pal Cará\" section \"El Avispero\". Alexandra Fuentes, Saudi Rivera, Papo Brenes, and Harold Rivera, along with producer Soraya Sánchez, moved to Telemundo after being fired by Univision. In the premiere show, Pedro Juan Figueroa, formerly of Hector Marcano's \"Qué Suerte\", joined the show. It has had some controversy, but the program helped WKAQ compete with WAPA-TV's gossip show \"SuperXclusivo\" (featuring former Telemundo talent Kobbo Santarrosa and his puppet La Comay). WKAQ-TV WKAQ-TV, virtual channel 2 (UHF digital channel 28), is a Telemundo"
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"The P.O.X. The P.O.X. is a German psychobilly band formed in 1982. P.O.X. stands for “Psychobilly Orchestra X”. The P.O.X. was founded 1982 in Hanover (Germany) by the singer and guitarist Beaker Pox (Mathias Böker) and the drummer Slin Pox (Nils Enghusen). It belongs to the first wave of psychobilly bands, and is the first band of the genre in Germany. In 1983 the guitarist and songwriter Carl Pox (Karl-Heinz \"Kalle\" Schmidt) completed the final band formation, and in 1984 the band struck a record deal with Wahnsinn Records (Hamburg), releasing the mini LP \"It's So Dark\". International concerts followed, and their next album \"Voodoo Power\" was released on the Dutch label KIX4U. In November 1986, the group disbanded after a European tour. In the following years, the P.O.X. still played at various international psychobilly festivals with the line up Beaker Pox, Carl Pox and Jake Pox, but in 1991 the band finally stopped playing live. In 2008, Beaker and Carl Pox revived the band to celebrate a comeback at the Psychomania Rumble Festival in Potsdam. After P.O.X., Nils Enghusen became a member of Celebrate the Nun (as Slin Thompson). He also leads the music school \"Fit in Music\" in Garbsen. The P.O.X. mostly played without the usual double bass and replaced the upright bass through electric bass or omitted the bass completely. With the introduction of a strongly distorted rhythm guitar, the P.O.X. brought in a further style element which was still uncommon in psychobilly in 1984. In connection with likewise atypically distorted singing resulted in the characteristic P.O.X. sound, which distinguished itself clearly from the traditional psychobilly sound of a slap bass dominated band. Starting from 1985, the P.O.X. used also MIDI and samples, which again represented an innovation in the scene. The P.O.X. produced the intro track for the Voodoo Power demo and studio production together with producer Yak Bondy. P.O.X's arrangements differ from the predominant blues pattern of early psychobilly; the song “It's So Dark” is composed and arranged more in the style of new wave or early gothic rock in the style of Bauhaus, rather than being classical \"old school\" psychobilly. While modern psychobilly shows playful aspects in the song lyrics and stage shows, P.O.X. consider psychobilly to be a style of expression for the dark sides of human nature. The shows include visual elements of music and text using morbid references of animal blood or skeletons, as well as transvestite elements echoing \"The Rocky Horror Picture Show\". The P.O.X. were considered influential in introducing psychobilly to other music genres. The P.O.X. The P.O.X. is a German psychobilly band formed in 1982. P.O.X. stands for “Psychobilly Orchestra X”. The P.O.X. was founded 1982 in Hanover (Germany) by the singer and guitarist Beaker Pox (Mathias Böker) and the drummer Slin Pox (Nils Enghusen). It belongs to the first wave of psychobilly bands, and is the first band of the genre in Germany. In 1983 the guitarist and songwriter Carl Pox (Karl-Heinz \"Kalle\" Schmidt) completed the final"
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"Harvey Hicks Harvey Elgin Hicks (June 2, 1865 – February 17, 1940) was a physician and political figure in Manitoba. He represented Lansdowne from 1903 to 1907 in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Conservative. Born in Milford, Prince Edward County, Canada West, Hicks came to Manitoba in 1891 and studied at Manitoba Medical College. While pursuing his studies there, he also taught school near Griswold, Manitoba. He graduated in 1897 and set up practice in Griswold. Hicks was defeated by Tobias Norris when he ran for reelection to the Manitoba assembly in 1907. After his term in the assembly, Hicks did post-graduate work in Britain. In 1910, he joined the staff of the Brandon Mental Hospital and, in 1915, he became superintendent for the facility. Despite his age, he was allowed to serve in the Canadian Armed Forces near the end of World War I. After the war, Hicks returned to practice in Griswold until his retirement in 1926. He ran again unsuccessfully for the Lansdowne seat in 1920 and again in a 1928 by-election, and in Rockwood in 1922. Hicks died at home in Griswold and was buried in Brandon. Harvey Hicks Harvey Elgin Hicks (June 2,"
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"Eric Drache Eric Drache (born 1943) is a professional poker player, former cardroom manager and consultant for NBC. Drache is best known for his management contributions to the poker world, and he is also a notable seven-card stud player. He finished second in World Series of Poker stud events in 1973, 1981, and 2009. As of 2009, Drache's total live poker tournament winnings exceed $325,000. Drache was responsible for inventing tournament satellites while running the World Series of Poker in the 1970s as a way to get more entries per tournament. Drache also managed and hosted notable cardrooms at the Golden Nugget and The Mirage. Drache's innovations as poker manager include: ante structures, dealer training and the invention of the \"must-move\" table. Eric Drache trained both Donna Harris and Doug Dalton, cardroom managers at The Mirage and Bellagio respectively. In the mid 1990s, he was prosecuted on federal tax fraud charges and lost his Nevada gaming license as a result, which is required to work in casinos. Eric Drache Eric Drache (born 1943) is a professional poker player, former cardroom manager and consultant for NBC. Drache is best known for his management contributions to the poker world, and he is"
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"Onoto Onoto is a town in the eastern Venezuelan state of Anzoátegui. This town is the shire town of the Juan Manuel Cajigal Municipality and, according to the 2001 Venezuelan census, the municipality has a population of 12,358. The Juan Manuel Cajigal Municipality, according to the 2001 Venezuelan census, has a population of 12,358 (down from 14,183 in 1990). This amounts to 1% of Anzoátegui's population. Onoto is the shire town of the Juan Manuel Cajigal Municipality in Anzoátegui. The mayor of the Juan Manuel Cajigal Municipality is Mardo Marcano, reelected in 2004 with 32% of the vote. The last municipal election was held in October 2004. Onoto Onoto is a town in the eastern Venezuelan state of Anzoátegui. This town is the shire town of the Juan Manuel Cajigal Municipality and, according to the 2001 Venezuelan census, the municipality has a population of 12,358. The Juan Manuel Cajigal Municipality, according to the 2001 Venezuelan census, has a population of 12,358 (down from 14,183 in 1990). This amounts to 1% of Anzoátegui's population. Onoto is the shire town of the Juan Manuel Cajigal Municipality in Anzoátegui. The mayor of the Juan Manuel Cajigal Municipality is Mardo Marcano, reelected in 2004"
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"Hanover Township, Cook County, Illinois Hanover Township is one of 29 townships in Cook County, Illinois, USA and is located at the end of the county's panhandle. As of the 2010 census, its population was 99,538. Hanover Township was established on April 2, 1850. The first reported population of the Township was 672. The Township gets its name from the \"Kingdom of Hanover in Western Germany,\" which is where a majority of the Township's first residents originated from. The primary governmental concerns were collecting taxes, control and collection of stray animals and maintenance of the roads. \"Poor relief\" was minimal in the early days of the Township and the Clerk was in control of organizing the machinery for elections, similar to the job they do today. Today, Hanover Township has a population of over 100,000 residents. Most of Streamwood lies within the boundaries of the Township, along with portions of Bartlett, Elgin, Hanover Park, Hoffman Estates, Schaumburg and unincorporated Cook County. Township offices are set throughout the Township with the Township Town Hall at 250 S. IL Route 59 in Bartlett, the Senior Center at 240 S. IL Route 59 in Bartlett, the Astor Avenue Community Center at 7431 Astor Avenue in Hanover Park, the Community Resource Center at 1535 Burgundy Place in Streamwood and the Izaak Walton Center at 899 Jay Street in Elgin. The current township officials are: The Hanover Township Heritage Marker Program began in April 2011 to recognize and promote the many historic locations in Hanover Township. Currently there are five Heritage Markers around the Township, including: Ahlstrand Park in Hanover Park, Immanuel United Church of Christ Cemetery in Streamwood, Hoosier Grove Schoolhouse in Streamwood, Lords Park in Elgin and Leatherman Homestead in Bartlett. According to the United States Census Bureau, Hanover Township covers an area of ; of this, is land and , or 0.89 percent, is water. According to the \"Census Reporter\" Hanover Township's Demographics are listed below. Total Population: 100,603Male: 51% Female: 49%White: 45% African American: 4% Asian: 13%Hispanic: 36% Two or more races: 1%Median Age Range: 34.7 yearsAge 0-18: 28%Age 19-64: 65%Age 65 and above: 7%Median Household Income: $74,546 Per Capita Income: $29,444 The township contains these four cemeteries: Bartlett, Bluff City, Lake Street Memorial Park and Mount Hope. Hoosier Grove cemetery behind Immanuel United Church of Christ on Old Church Road in Streamwood is closed for in-ground burials, but does have columbarium niches available through the church. Hanover Township, Cook County, Illinois Hanover Township is one of 29 townships in Cook County, Illinois, USA and is located at the end of the county's panhandle. As of the 2010 census, its population was 99,538. Hanover Township was established on April 2, 1850. The first reported population of the Township was 672. The Township gets its name from the \"Kingdom of Hanover in Western Germany,\" which is where a majority of the Township's first residents originated from. The primary governmental concerns were collecting taxes, control and collection of stray animals and maintenance of"
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"Switzerland men's national ice hockey team The Switzerland men's national ice hockey team (; ; ) is a founding member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) and is controlled by the Swiss Ice Hockey Federation. As of 2018 the Swiss team was ranked 7th in the world by the IIHF. From a bronze medal at the 1953 World Championships until the silver medal of 2013, Switzerland did not win a medal at a major senior ice hockey tournament, coming close in 1992 and 1998, when they finished in 4th place at the World Championships both years. Before the 2013 IIHF World Championship, the Swiss national hockey team scored two historic upsets at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, defeating the Czech Republic 3–2 and shutting out Canada 2–0 two days later. They finally fell to Sweden in the quarterfinals. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, the Swiss nearly stunned Canada again in round-robin play, taking the heavily favored Canadians to a shootout, which they lost 1–0 for a narrow 3–2 loss. Roster for the 2018 IIHF World Championship. Head coach: Patrick Fischer Switzerland made their U20 debut in 1977 at the A Pool championships held in Montreal. Their first game was an 18–1 loss to the Soviet Union. Switzerland was relegated to the B Pool, but were promoted back to Pool A after posting a 4–0 record with wins over the Netherlands, Denmark, Italy and France. This began a consistent cycle of relegation and promotion, and Switzerland did not win their first A Pool game until 1991 when they defeated Norway 2–1 to avoid relegation. Switzerland's presence in the A Pool became more consistent after the IIHF changed its format to include a medal round after the round-robin in 1995. The new format allowed 2 new teams to join Pool A, which were Slovakia and Switzerland. In 1998, the Swiss won their first-ever quarter-final game over Sweden in a shootout, thanks to stellar play from goaltender David Aebischer. The team lost 2–1 to Finland in the semi-finals but rebounded to win the bronze medal with a 4–3 win over the Czech-Republic. In 2002, Switzerland upset Slovakia in a shootout in the quarter-finals on the back of great play from goaltender Tobias Stephan. Switzerland lost to Canada in the semi-finals, and faced Finland in the bronze medal match. The Swiss were optimistic, having recorded a 3–0 win over Finland in their opening game of tournament, but they lost the match 5–1 for a 4th-place finish. Switzerland was relegated in 2008 along with Denmark. Switzerland hosted the 2009 Div I tournament and were promoted back to Pool A. In the 2010 tournament Switzerland earned a spot in the quarter-finals against a heavily favored Russia. The Swiss pulled off a major upset by beating the Russians 3–2 in overtime. Nino Niederreiter scored twice in the game, including the OT winner. Switzerland lost 6–1 in the semi-finals to Canada and then 11–4 to Sweden in the bronze medal match for a 4th-place finish, their highest since the 2002 tournament. The lopsided score was the highest margin of victory in a medal game since the new format took place in 1995. In an interesting twist, Switzerland was originally to host the 2010 tournament, but withdrew their application due to fear of being relegated based on their poor performance in recent tournaments. The host city was rumored to be Bern or Lugano. Switzerland men's national ice hockey team The Switzerland men's national ice hockey team (; ; ) is a founding member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) and is controlled by the"
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"All the Right Friends \"All the Right Friends\" is one of the earliest songs written by R.E.M., in fact written by Peter Buck and Michael Stipe before they had met their future bandmates, according to the liner notes to the band's \"\" compilation album. Like all R.E.M. songs, its composition is credited to all members. The song was recorded for \"Murmur\" in 1983, but was left off the album. In January 1993, the European reissue of \"Dead Letter Office\", a B-side album compilation, included that recording, along with an acoustic version of \"Gardening at Night\". The song was also recorded during the \"Reckoning\" sessions, but not used (though bootlegged), and later recorded during the \"Lifes Rich Pageant\" demo sessions, and this version was included on the bonus disc of the 25th Anniversary edition of the album. In 2001, director Cameron Crowe released the movie \"Vanilla Sky\", starring Tom Cruise. R.E.M. were approached with the idea of them contributing a rock song to the soundtrack. According to Peter Buck, they were approached \"about eight days before they needed it\", and they had loads of material left from \"Reveal\", but they wanted a rock song, and their manager Bertis Downs had liked \"All the Right Friends\", so they recorded it. Slightly different from the other version (with most of the original lyrics missing), the song was, in Peter Buck's vision, recorded as if they were recording it for the \"Chronic Town\" EP, as Buck noted on the sleeve notes to the band's 2003 \"In Time\" compilation album. The song was recorded on October 23, 2001, in Seattle's Bad Animals Studio's \"Studio X\" while R.E.M. were in town for a performance at the Groundwork Benefit the previous day and, that evening, at the Crocodile Café. On an R.E.M. special of \"The South Bank Show\", which aired in May 2002 on the UK's ITV, Buck is seen recording a guitar overdub for the song, then, upon completion, the camera follows him into the control room to evaluate the recording. In addition to the \"Vanilla Sky\" soundtrack album, the re-recording is included on R.E.M.'s 2003 Warner Bros. Records compilation, \"\". The original 1983 version of the song recorded for \"Murmur\" was internationally released on the expanded edition of the 2006 EMI compilation, \"And I Feel Fine... The Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982–1987\". All the Right Friends \"All the Right Friends\" is one of the"
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"Nadezhda Alliluyeva Nadezhda Sergeevna Alliluyeva (; 22 September 1901 – 9 November 1932) was the second wife of Joseph Stalin. She was the youngest child of Russian revolutionary Sergei Alliluyev (1866-1945), a railway worker, and his wife Olga, a woman of German and Georgian ancestry, who spoke Russian with a strong accent. She was a young woman when she first met Stalin, who was much older. Sergei Alliluyev was Russian but had found work and a second home in the Caucasus. During Stalin's time of exile, the Alliluyev family was a source of assistance and refuge, and in 1917, Stalin slept from time to time in their apartment. Nadezhda first met Stalin as a child when her father, Sergei Alliluyev, sheltered him after one of his escapes from Siberian exile during 1911. After the revolution, Nadezhda worked as a confidential code clerk in Lenin's office. She eschewed fancy dress, makeup, and other trappings that she felt un-befitting for a proper Bolshevik. The couple married in 1919, when Stalin was already a 40-year-old widower and father of one son (Yakov), born to Stalin's first wife (Kato) who died of typhus in 1907. Nadezhda and Joseph had two children together: Vasily, born in 1921, who became a fighter pilot (C.O. of 32 GIAP) at Stalingrad, and Svetlana, their daughter, born 1926. According to her close friend, Polina Zhemchuzhina, the marriage was strained, and the two argued frequently. On 9 November 1932, after a public spat with Stalin at a party dinner, enraged at the government's collectivization policies on the peasantry, Nadezhda shot herself in her bedroom. The official announcement was that Nadezhda died from appendicitis. Accounts of contemporaries and Stalin's letters indicate that he was much disturbed by the event. Svetlana, Nadezhda's daughter, defected to the US in 1967, where she eventually published her autobiography, which included recollections of her parents and their relationship. Svetlana became a British citizen in 1992, and died at the age of 85 in 2011. Alliluyeva was portrayed by Julia Ormond in the 1992 television film \"Stalin\". Nadezhda Alliluyeva Nadezhda Sergeevna Alliluyeva (; 22 September 1901 – 9 November 1932) was the second wife of Joseph Stalin. She was the youngest child of Russian revolutionary Sergei Alliluyev (1866-1945), a railway worker, and his wife Olga, a woman of German and Georgian ancestry, who spoke Russian with a strong accent. She was a young woman when she first"
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"Alice Rahon Alice Phillipot (Alice Rahon) (8 June 1904 – September 1987) was a French/Mexican poet and artist, whose work contributed to the beginning of abstract expression in Mexico. She began as a surrealist poet in Europe, but began painting in Mexico. She was a prolific artist from the late 1940s to the 1960s, exhibiting frequently in Mexico and the United States, with a wide circle of friends in these two countries. Her work remained tied to surrealism, but was also innovative including abstract elements and the use of techniques such as sgraffito and the use of sand for texture. She became isolated in her later life due to health issues, and except for retrospectives at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in 1986 and at the Museo de Arte Moderno in 2009 and 2014, has been largely forgotten despite her influence on Mexican modern art. Rahon was born Alice Marie Yvonne Philppot in Chenecey-Buillon, Quingey in the east of France. Her most vivid memories of childhood were of Brittany, the house of her paternal grandparents in Roscoff, where she passed long periods of time in the summer and during the Christmas holidays. She also remembered visiting the beaches of Morlaix. When she was about three years old, she suffered a serious accident which put her in casts and affected the rest of her life. One of the injuries was a fracture in the right hip which forced her to recuperate lying down for long periods of time. This left her isolated from other children, including her younger sister Geo, spending time in the family garden reading, writing and drawing to occupy her mind. This isolation was reinforced when she fell again at age twelve, breaking a leg. These events gave her an identity of fragility and by the time she was a teenager, she preferred solitude, creating worlds of her own imagination. For the rest of her life physically, she always walked with a slight limp and pain. She became pregnant when she was very young, but the child had a congenital defect and died soon after birth. When she and her sister were young women, they lived in Paris and discovered its bohemian scene. In 1931, she met artist Wolfgang Paalen and they married in 1934. With him she became involved with the Surrealism movement, published poetry under the name Alice Paalen, and met others such as Eva Sulzer, a Swiss photographer, with whom she was lifelong friends. Her life with Paalen also introduced her to travel, which she did much of during her life. In 1933, the couple visited the cave paintings at Altamira and in 1936, she traveled to India accompanied by poet Valentine Penrose. Both of these travels had impact on her life and art, even naming two cats Vishnu and Subhashini in her late life. She traveled extensively during much of her life with later voyages to Alaska, Canada, the United States, Lebanon and in Mexico. Rahon, Paalen and Sulzer were invited to visit Mexico by Andre and Jacqueline Breton and Frida Kahlo . They first traveled in Alaska, British Columbia and the U.S. west coast, where Paalen became fascinated by indigenous art. They finally arrived to Mexico City in 1939, at first staying in a hotel in the San Ángel neighborhood. She became friends with Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. With Frida she shared frustrations of a fragile body and the inability to have children as well as using art and writing to pass the time. The bond with Frida led to the later creation of a painting called La balada para Frida Kahlo. Both the couple’s fascination with the country and the outbreak of World War II in 1939, prompted them to remain permanently in the country, with Rahon becoming a Mexican citizen in 1946. In 1947, Alice and Paalen divorced and she named herself Rahon, married the Canadian Edward Fitzgerald. However, this relationship ended several years later after the two worked on a film together. From then, Rahon’s social life revolved around friends in various artistic, intellectual and foreign exile circles, which she had begun in Europe. By the 1950s, these friendships included Rufino Tamayo, Carlos Mérida, Octavio Paz, Henry Miller, Anaïs Nin, Henry Moore, Gordon Onslow Ford and his wife, along with Kahlo and Diego Rivera. She also maintained contacts with groups of artists in New York and California. After her death, a record she kept of these people’s lives and deaths was found. She also continued to travel frequently, in part because of her art exhibits in the United States and Mexico but she also visited many cities in Mexico and spent long periods in Acapulco. One reason for this was that she was a strong swimmer despite her physical problems, moving more comfortably in the water than on land. In 1967, she had another accident, this time falling down stairs at the opening of a show at the Galería Pecanins in Mexico City. This time, she injured her spine, but she refused medical treatment, stating that doctors had tortured her enough as a child. The injury caused her to become a recluse. She was the subject of an exhibit at the Galería de Arte Mexicano in 1975, and a retrospective at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in 1986, but for the last years of her life, she lived practically in seclusion in her house in Tlaquepaque, visited by only a few friends such as Eva Sulzer and American professor Wayne Siewart, who she had known since the 1950s. She lived surrounded by mementoes of her life, including books signed by the likes of Breton, Paul Éluard, poems by Picasso, letters from Henry Moore and Anaïs Nin, paintings dedicated by Yves Tanguy and Paalen, and old photographs and souvenirs. By 1987, she could no longer take care of herself in her home and was placed in a nursing home. Refusing food, she died four months later in September 1987. Rahon’s first career was as a poet. In 1935, she became part of the Surrealist movement in Europe, meeting artists such as Paul Eluard and Max Ernst through her husband. In France, she published 'A meme la terre' with a print by Yves Tanguy, and in 1938 Sablier Couche, illustrated by Joan Miró. Both projects were supported by André Breton. She also wrote 'Muttra' and other poems while in India with Hindi influence, as well as poems related to the work of painters she admired, such as Picasso. In Mexico, Rahon gradually left poetry, but she did publish one last collection of works called 'Noir Animal', in which appears a portrait of Alice painted by Paalen. She also contributed some poems and illustrations to Wolfgang Paalen's DYN (magazine), which published writing in English and French about Mexico for foreign audiences. However, her work with DYN was mostly as editor, working with writers such as Alfonso Caso, Miguel Covarrubias and Jorge Enciso . However, even as a painter, she remained connected to poetry, illustrating the writings of others such as Chateau de Grissou by Cesar Moro . Her career as a painter and visual artist spanned almost forty years, starting shortly after she arrived to Mexico in 1939. She was supported in this endeavor by husband Wolfgang Paalen, who helped her get her first exhibits in 1944 and 1945 at the Galería de Arte Mexicano with Inés Amor, then in California and New York. She exhibited frequently, especially from the late 1940s into the 1960s in Mexico, the United States and even in Beirut, working frequently with artists and writers living outside their native Europe. Other artistic endeavors included theater and film. In the late 1940s, she became interested in the genre, especially puppet theater. She created the script and costume design for a production called Orion, el gran hombre del cielo; however, it was never produced during her lifetime. However, it was revived in 2009 for a retrospective of Rahon’s work at the Museo de Arte Moderno by a group called Laboratorio de la Máscara. They used her original notes and sketches to create sets and choreography inspired by dances from India. She worked on a film with her second husband Edward Fitzgerald, about a magician that lived at the bottom of",
"the late 1940s into the 1960s in Mexico, the United States and even in Beirut, working frequently with artists and writers living outside their native Europe. Other artistic endeavors included theater and film. In the late 1940s, she became interested in the genre, especially puppet theater. She created the script and costume design for a production called Orion, el gran hombre del cielo; however, it was never produced during her lifetime. However, it was revived in 2009 for a retrospective of Rahon’s work at the Museo de Arte Moderno by a group called Laboratorio de la Máscara. They used her original notes and sketches to create sets and choreography inspired by dances from India. She worked on a film with her second husband Edward Fitzgerald, about a magician that lived at the bottom of the sea called Les Magiciens. The main character was sometimes represented by an actor and other times by a marionette. It was a costly and long project, with Rahon making chutney and other foods in her kitchen to sell and help finance the project. Years later, the project was finished, but she had separated from Fitzgerald and the only copy of the experimental film was lost. Only a few stills from the film exist. By the late 1960s, she painted rarely. She withdrew from the art world, with only one major exhibit of her work, a retrospective at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in 1986, sponsored by Teresa del Conde who was head of INBA at the time. Her isolation in her later years meant that no one was promoting her work and she was almost forgotten by younger generations of artists and art historians, despite her important role in the development of Mexican art . However, in 2009, the Museo de Arte Moderno held a major retrospective of her work, which, along with inclusion in a collective exhibition at the Museo Mural Diego Rivera the same year, was the first public showing of her work since 1986. Rahon's early artistic work was in poetry, often writing about scenes and landscapes from her childhood, as well as about her immobility and nostalgia. However, after arriving in Mexico, she began to paint, firstly in satercolours, inspired by the colour she encountered in Mexico. Most of her later work was in oils, but she also created drawings, collages and objects. The main influences in her work are surrealism, poetry, her travels and Mexico. Her work has been described as primitive and intensely poetic, “breathing with and inner life.” Her paintings have some link to surrealism but are also tied to her experiences in Mexico and her use of colour, light and the appearance of landscapes show influence from poetry. Influence from cave paintings and tribal art from her travels can also be seen. Her works were considered mature from the beginning, with abstract elements (not accepted in Mexico at the time) but still representing something concrete, almost always natural phenomena. Her surrealist influence was mostly from Paalen, with important early influences being Moraines, Rendez-vod de vivieres and Cristales del espacio. However, she is also classed with other surrealist artists from Europe in Mexico, such as Remedios Varo and Leonora Carrington . Unlike these two, she did not confine herself to oils but experimented with techniques, especially those related to texture, showing influence from Rufino Tamayo. Her themes include landscapes, elements from myths, legends, Mexican festivals, and elements of nature, along with mythical cities (which represent introspective worlds) and homage to various artists that she admired. Water appeared often, both in form and as the color blue. She made series of paintings related to rivers, similar to those created by Paul Klee titled El Nilo, Rio Papaloapan, Rio Papagayos and Encuentro de Rivieras (painted many years later). She created paintings to honor Giorgio de Chirico, Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, Joan Miró and Pablo Neruda . Two dedicated to Frida Kahlo include La balada de Frida Kahlo (made shortly after Frida's death), as well as Frida aux yeux d’hirondelle in 1956, which was reworked a decade later. While surrealist, her work also demonstrates the beginning of abstract art in Mexico in the 1940s, along with Carlos Mérida, Gunther Gerzso and Wolfgang Paalen. She was also a pioneer in the use of sand, sgraffito and other textures on her canvases. Alice Rahon Alice Phillipot (Alice Rahon) (8 June 1904 – September 1987) was a French/Mexican poet and artist, whose work contributed to the beginning of abstract expression in Mexico. She began as a surrealist poet in Europe, but began painting in Mexico. She was"
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"Etoxazole Etoxazole is a narrow spectrum systemic acaricide used to combat spider mites. It targets a variety of mites in the egg, larvae and nymph stages however not the adult stage. It also exhibits insecticidal activity towards aphids, the green rice leafhopper and diamondback moth. The mode of action was originally suspected to inhibit the molting process but has since been shown to inhibit chitin synthesis. Resistance due to its high efficacy and cross resistance when used with other acaricides are both of concern similar to was seen in the fast development of cross resistance in the previous generation of acaricides. The LC for resistant mite strains has been observed over 100,000 times greater than that of susceptible strains. Thus resistance management strategies are important in order to limit the increase of etoxazole resistant mite strains. Etoxazole has a mammalian toxicity LD of 5 g/kg and an environmental persistence DT of 19 days. Toxicity towards fish is of potential concern. Etoxazole was discovered in the 1980s by Yashima and was released for commercial use in 1998 in Japan. It is sold under various commercial preparations for crop application such as TetraSan 5 WDG and Zeal by Valent in the United States. Etoxazole Etoxazole is a narrow spectrum systemic acaricide used to combat spider mites. It targets a variety of mites in the egg, larvae and nymph stages however not the adult stage. It also exhibits insecticidal activity towards aphids, the green rice leafhopper and diamondback moth. The mode of action was originally suspected to inhibit the molting process but has since been shown to inhibit chitin synthesis. Resistance due to its high efficacy and cross resistance when used with other acaricides are both of concern similar to was seen in the fast development of cross resistance in the previous generation"
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"San Francisco (sans-serif typeface) San Francisco is a neo-grotesque sans-serif typeface made by Apple Inc. It was first released to developers on November 18, 2014. It is the first new typeface designed at Apple in nearly 20 years and has been inspired by Helvetica and FF DIN. The San Francisco typeface has four variants: \"SF\" (or \"SF UI\") for macOS, iOS, and tvOS; \"SF Compact\" for watchOS; \"SF Mono\" (based on SF Compact) for the Xcode application; and \"SF Serif\" for Apple Books. The main difference is that the sides of letters with round shapes, such as \"o\", \"e\", and \"s\", are round in SF, whereas they are flat in SF Compact. The flat sides allow the letters to have more space between them, thereby making the text more legible at small sizes, which is particularly important for the Apple Watch. Both SF and SF Compact each have two optical sizes: \"display\" for large and \"text\" for small text. Compared to display, the letters in text have larger apertures and more generous letter-spacing. The operating system automatically chooses the display optical size for sizes of at least 20 points, and the text optical size otherwise. Additionally, included in macOS Sierra and iOS 10 is a new variant named \"SF Compact Rounded\". It is used in the new contact placeholder icons introduced in the OSes. The \"SF Serif\" variant was showcased during the keynote at WWDC 2018 on June 4, 2018 when the all-new Apple Books app was introduced. This variant is exclusive to Apple Books in iOS 12 and macOS Mojave, is not mentioned in Apple's Typography design guidelines, and is not publicly downloadable like other variants of the San Francisco typeface. Since its introduction, San Francisco has gradually replaced most of Apple's other typefaces on their software and hardware products and for overall branding. It was the original system typeface of watchOS and tvOS and has replaced Helvetica Neue and Lucida Grande as the system typeface of macOS and iOS since OS X El Capitan and iOS 9. Apple uses it on its website and for its product wordmarks, where it replaced Myriad Pro. It is also used on the keyboard of the 2015 MacBook and on the 2016 MacBook Pro, replacing VAG Rounded. It is also used as Apple's corporate typeface. Apple restricts the usage of the typeface by others. It is licensed to registered third-party developers only for the design and development of applications for Apple's platforms. San Francisco (sans-serif typeface) San Francisco is a neo-grotesque sans-serif typeface made by Apple Inc. It was first released to developers on November 18, 2014. It is the first new typeface designed at Apple in nearly 20 years and has been inspired by Helvetica and FF DIN. The San Francisco typeface has four variants: \"SF\" (or \"SF UI\") for macOS, iOS, and tvOS; \"SF Compact\" for watchOS; \"SF Mono\" (based on SF Compact) for the Xcode application; and \"SF Serif\" for Apple Books. The main difference is that the sides"
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"21 Down 21 Down is a comic book published by WildStorm, and created by writers Justin Gray, Jimmy Palmiotti and artist Jesus Saiz. The title was an ongoing series published as a twelve-issue \"season\". Depending on sales, the creators hoped to produce a second season. They planned to start the second season in the Eye of the Storm but it never happened. The comic tells the story of young Preston Kills, who could sense how people were going to die. Preston also knew that he was going to die at age 21, hence the title. Part of the first \"season\" was collected as a trade paperback: 21 Down 21 Down is a comic book published by WildStorm, and created by writers Justin Gray, Jimmy Palmiotti and artist Jesus Saiz. The title was an ongoing series published as a twelve-issue \"season\". Depending on sales, the creators hoped to produce a second season. They planned to start the second season in the Eye of the Storm but it never happened. The comic tells the story of young Preston Kills, who could sense how people were going to die. Preston also knew that he was going to die at age 21, hence the"
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"Taiheiyō Coal Services and Transportation Rinkō Line The is a Japanese freight only railway line between Harutori and Shireto, all within Kushiro, Hokkaidō. This is the only railway line of . The line is the only private railway in Hokkaidō, as well as the only surviving colliery railway in Japan. The first section of the line opened in 1925. It also had a passenger service until 1966. The line transports coals from the mine to Port of Kushiro. The Pacific Ocean Coal Co. opened a 6km line from the coal mine at Harutori to Irifune-cho wharf in 1925/27, with a 3km line connecting the mine to Higashi-Kushiro opening in 1928. The line was truncated 2km in 1966 when a new coal loading wharf opened, the passenger service ceasing at the same time. The Pacific Ocean Coal Co. merged with Taiheiyō Coal Services and Transportation Co. in 1979. The Higashi-Kushiro - Harutori section closed in 1986, with the remaining section continuing to operate. This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia Taiheiyō Coal Services and Transportation Rinkō Line The is a Japanese freight only railway line between Harutori and Shireto, all within Kushiro, Hokkaidō. This is the"
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"Goštautai Goštautai (Lithuanian plural form), masculine Goštautas and feminine form Goštautaitė (\"Polish\" original, after Kasper Niesiecki - Gastoldowie, later transformed into Gasztołdowie) were a Lithuanian-Polish noble family, one of the most influential magnate families during the 15th and early 16th centuries. Their only serious rivals were the Kęsgailos, and from the end of the 15th century the fast rising in power and influence Radziwiłł family clan. It appears from the Latin original spelling of their name Gastoldus which is a variation of \"castaldius\" that they had been close to the Grand Dukes and that their function was to oversee ducal demesne. Most power family gained during the reign of Casimir Jagiellon. The castaldius of Vytautas, Andrius Goštautas might have been a voivode of Vilnius and Kreva, and father of Jonas, appears to have been the precursor of the family growth. The majority of the family's possessions (lands) were in the western part of the Duchy and eastern ethnic Lithuania. After the death of the last scion of the family, Stanislovas Goštautas, the Polish King and Grand Duke of Lithuania Sigismund II Augustus inherited his possessions as a matter of right, per Grand Duchy of Lithuania law. The Goštautai family name may be found in numerous renderings: \"Gasztold\", \"Gasztołd\", \" Gasztołt\", \"Gashtold\", \"Gastoldus\", \"Gastold\", \"Gastołd\", \"Gosztold\", \"Gosztowd\", \"Gosztowt\", \"Gosztowtt\", \"Gochtovtt\", \"Gasztowt\", \"Gaszdtowt\", \"Gasztowtt\", \"Gasthawdus\", \"Gostautas\" and \"Goštautas\"; these are all different renderings of the same distorted pagan given name of Goštautai's ancestor, mentioned in written sources as \"Johann Gastawd\". Upon the baptism he retained his pagan Lithuanian name (which may be reconstructed as *Gāstaŭtas) and passed it on to his descendants; that was a common practice of the rising Lithuanian nobility subsequent to the Christianization of Lithuania. Hence at first such names were used much like patronymics rather than surnames in a modern sense. In Lithuanian the name of the clan is rendered \"Goštautai\" or \"Gostautai\" (singular, \"Goštautas\" or \"Gostautas\"); in Polish language the forms \"Gastold\" or \"Gasztołd\" are used. Contemporary written sources use different forms of the name; latest English sources use both forms, Polish \"Gasztold\" and Lithuanian \"Gostautas\". Goštautai Goštautai (Lithuanian plural form), masculine Goštautas and feminine form Goštautaitė (\"Polish\" original, after Kasper Niesiecki - Gastoldowie, later transformed into Gasztołdowie) were a Lithuanian-Polish noble family, one of the most influential magnate families during the 15th and early 16th centuries. Their only serious rivals were the Kęsgailos, and from the"
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"Skimlinks Skimlinks is a content monetisation platform for online publishers (including editorial sites, forums, bloggers, social networks, and app developers) that specialises in in-text, contextual advertising. The company was launched in London in 2007 by Australian co-founders Alicia Navarro and Joe Stepniewski. It has over 80 employees, and has raised $24 million in funding as of August 2013. It has offices in London and New York City. On October 17, 2013, Skimlinks was announced as a member of Tech City UK's Future Fifty Programme, a government programme that supports fast-growing companies with the aim of potentially floating in the London Stock Exchange. In 2014, Skimlinks drove $625 million in sales for over 20,000 vendors. Skimlinks was founded in 2007 by co-founders Alicia Navarro and Joe Stepniewski as a result of a pivot away from the social recommendation tool Skimbit.com. It is notable as one of the first technology companies headquartered in what is now known as the Silicon Roundabout area in London. Alicia Navarro created Skimbit.com in 2006 in Australia, but quickly moved to London to promote her site as she felt it was a much more supportive environment for entrepreneurs. Skimbit was relatively successful and quickly evolved into a white-label social shopping service. In November 2008, Joe Stepniewski was brought on as co-founder, and together they realised that both users and investors weren't interested in their end-product, but in the behind-the-scenes technology they were using to monetise their site through affiliate marketing. As a result, they pivoted the company into what it is today - a \"stand-alone commercial platform to help other businesses monetize their editorial and user-generated content.\" Alicia Navarro has been featured in a number of prominent publications, highlighting her role as one of the few female CEOs in the ad-tech world. She was also recently announced as the winner of the Entrepreneur of the Year Award during the 2014 edition of the FDM everywoman in Technology Awards. In February 2012, LL Social, an online marketing blog, broke the news that Pinterest was using Skimlinks to monetise content posted by its users. Commercial links included in Pins were being affiliated via Skimlinks. Although the partnership had been ongoing for 2 years, Pinterest had just recently grown exponentially in popularity and the news was badly received. Most of the backlash centered on the company's failure to disclose its monetisation practices rather than its decision to monetise users' content. Though it was claimed that the revelations prompted Pinterest to drop its affiliation with Skimlinks, Pinterest's CEO, Ben Silbermann, clarified that they had actually been using Skimlinks as a test while they explored various monetisation solutions and had stopped using the service a week before the news broke. Funds have been raised from investors including The Accelerator Group, Sussex Place Ventures, NESTA, Venrex, BDMI and Greycroft, with advisory board members such as Gokul Rajaram (formerly Head of Product for Google Adsense and Facebook Ads) and Oren Michels (CEO of Mashery). In early 2015, Skimlinks' brought investors from Frog Capital on board as part of their Series C funding round, bringing their total funds raised to $24 million. Skimlinks acquired New York–based competitor, Atma Links, in 2011 to power its SkimWords technology. It then acquired InvisibleHand - a significant player in real-time e-commerce and product pricing - in 2013. Through relationships with various affiliate networks like Commission Junction, Pepperjam, and Linkshare, Skimlinks aggregates over 24,000 merchant programs which are available to publishers who join the service. To use Skimlinks, prospective users need to apply. Once approved, publishers receive a custom JavaScript snippet to be installed in the footer of their site(s). Users can also install Skimlinks using a WordPress plugin. The snippet will then automatically affiliate applicable URLs in their content. By using Skimlinks, publishers can earn money via commissions on sales, from product links and references in their content to merchants in the Skimlinks network. Skimlinks is used by 1.5 million domains globally by online publishers like BuzzFeed, Condé Nast, Hearst Digital, WordPress, Time Inc., and Mail Online. The company has released a variety of tools to which users have access in order to monetise their content. The main ones (as shown on the company's website) are as follows: Skimlinks also offers a series of extras, like the URL shortening of regular links into monetisable links, and SkimRSS which allows users to affiliate links in their RSS feeds. Skimlinks Skimlinks is a content monetisation platform for online publishers (including editorial sites, forums, bloggers, social networks, and app developers) that specialises in in-text, contextual advertising. The company was launched in London in 2007 by Australian co-founders Alicia Navarro and Joe Stepniewski. It has over 80 employees, and has raised $24 million in funding as of August 2013. It has offices in London and New York City. On October 17, 2013, Skimlinks"
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"Thomas Foley, 1st Baron Foley (1673–1733) Thomas Foley, 1st Baron Foley FRS (8 November 1673 – 22 January 1733) was an English landowner, ironmaster and Member of Parliament. He was the eldest son of Thomas Foley (c. 1641–1701) and inherited the Great Witley estate on his father's death. His younger brothers were Edward Foley (1676–1747) and Richard Foley (1681–1732). He entered Lincoln's Inn to study law in 1695. He was Member of Parliament for Stafford from 1694 until his elevation to the peerage in 1712, as one of 12 peers created on the recommendation of the Lord Treasurer, Robert Harley Earl of Oxford, to give him a majority in the House of Lords. When the lease of ironworks at Wilden and Shelsley Walsh expired in 1708, he took them in hand and they were operated as an estate enterprise by him and successive owners of the estate until 1776. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1696. Thomas Foley married Mary Strode with whom he fathered seven children, five of them predeceasing their parents. His only surviving son was Thomas Foley, 2nd Baron Foley, after whose death the title became extinct, while the estates devolved upon the latter's distant cousin Thomas Foley of Stoke Edith, Herefordshire, for whom the title was revived in 1776. Thomas Foley, 1st Baron Foley (1673–1733) Thomas Foley, 1st Baron Foley FRS (8 November 1673 – 22 January 1733) was an English landowner, ironmaster and Member of Parliament. He was the eldest son of Thomas Foley (c. 1641–1701) and inherited the Great Witley estate on his father's death. His younger brothers were Edward Foley (1676–1747) and Richard Foley (1681–1732). He entered Lincoln's Inn to study law in 1695. He was Member of Parliament for Stafford from 1694 until his elevation to the peerage"
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"1963 Lombank Trophy The 4th Lombank Trophy was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 30 March 1963 at Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, England. The race was run over 50 laps of the circuit, and was won by British driver Graham Hill in a BRM P57. The lead changed hands several times between Richie Ginther and Jim Clark, before Hill, who had started from the back of the grid, passed Clark on lap 33. He stayed in front until the end of the race, with Clark second, while Ginther spun and finished fifth. This was the first and only Formula One start for Adam Wyllie, who was killed at a Formula Three event at Dunboyne in 1965, when he was involved in an accident with Jack Pearce. Pearce had also entered this Lombank Trophy race but withdrew. 1963 Lombank Trophy The 4th Lombank Trophy was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 30 March 1963 at Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, England. The race was run over 50 laps of the circuit, and was won by British driver Graham Hill in a BRM P57. The lead changed hands several times between Richie Ginther and Jim"
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"Balázs Horváth Balázs Horváth (13 August 1942, Budapest – 2 July 2006) was an Interior minister of Hungary. He was a member of the Hungarian Democratic Forum. He was a lawyer, a graduate of the Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest. In 1988 he was among the founders of the Hungarian Democratic Forum, in 1990 for several months served as interior minister in the government of József Antall. Later he left the Hungarian Democratic Forum, for a time was an independent MP, in 2004, he founded the National Forum with several representatives, which entered into a coalition with Fidesz block. On behalf of the Fidesz won a parliamentary mandate in April 2006, but died two months later. His nephew, Zsolt Horváth succeeded him in that position. Balázs Horváth Balázs Horváth (13 August 1942, Budapest – 2 July 2006) was an Interior minister of Hungary. He was a member of the Hungarian Democratic Forum. He was a lawyer, a graduate of the Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest. In 1988 he was among the founders of the Hungarian Democratic Forum, in 1990 for several months served as interior minister in the government of József Antall. Later he left the Hungarian Democratic Forum, for"
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"Rhenish German Coldblood The Rhenish German Coldblood, , is a breed of heavy draught horse from the Rhineland area of western Germany. It was bred in second part of the nineteenth century, principally at the Prussian state stud at Schloss Wickrath in Wickrathberg, now part of Mönchengladbach in North Rhine-Westphalia. The farmers of the Rhineland needed powerful horses to work the heavy loess soil of the area. In the nineteenth century various heavy horses were imported from neighbouring countries – Belgium, Denmark, France and the Netherlands – as were Clydesdale, Shire and Suffolk Punch animals from England; these led to little improvement of the local stock, partly because of acclimatisation problems, partly because of lack of a clear direction. In the 1870s the decision was taken at the Prussian state stud at Schloss Wickrath, at that time in the Rhine Province of the Kingdom of Prussia, to concentrate breeding on the Belgian type. The first Belgian stallions stood at Wickrath in 1876, and by 1880 there were fifty. A stud book was opened in 1892; there were 148 mares registered in that year. Numbers of the breed grew rapidly in the first half of the twentieth century, and by 1946 there were 26,990 registered mares. In some years 700 young stallions were presented for approval for breeding. The Second World War caused a drastic decline in the Rhenish German Coldblood. While there was a brief revival in agricultural use of horses in the post-War years, the progressive mechanisation of agriculture led to a further decline. The Wickrath stud was closed in 1957, and merged into the stud of Warendorf, in Westphalia. By 1975 there were eleven mares and two stallions registered in the stud book. Numbers have slowly recovered, and in 2013 were reported as 1173 mares and 149 stallions. The Rhenish German Coldblood was listed as \"endangered\" by the FAO in 2007; it is listed in Category III, \"endangered\" on the red list of the Gesellschaft zur Erhaltung alter und gefährdeter Haustierrassen. Because of the political division of Germany in the aftermath of the Second World War, which lasted until the Fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, there was for more than fifty years no possibility of interbreeding between populations of the Rhenish German Coldblood in West Germany and those in the East. Three regional sub-populations of the breed developed in East Germany during this time: the Altmärkisches Kaltblut in the historical Altmark region, the Mecklenburger Kaltblut in the historical Mecklenburg region, and the Sächsich-Thüringisches Kaltblut in Thuringia and the former province of Saxony. As a result of their long reproductive isolation, the Mecklenburger and Sächsich-Thüringisches sub-populations, while genetically indistinguishable, are genetically distinct from the Rhenish German Coldblood of the western part of the country. Rhenish German Coldblood The Rhenish German Coldblood, , is a breed of heavy draught horse from the Rhineland area of western Germany. It was bred in second part of the nineteenth century, principally at the Prussian state stud at Schloss Wickrath in Wickrathberg,"
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"Fumie Suguri Suguri was born in Chiba, Chiba, Japan. Her younger sister, Chika, is also a figure skater. Their father was a pilot for JAL and due to his job, the family moved to Anchorage, Alaska when Suguri was three. She is bilingual in Japanese and English. Suguri graduated from Waseda University. She has a degree in social sciences. In November 2014, Suguri came out as bisexual. Suguri began skating at age 5 in Alaska. When she returned to Japan, she began formal training under coach Nobuo Sato, a ten-time Japanese national champion. In 1994, while visiting the practice rink for the 1994 World Championships, Suguri was taught the triple Lutz jump by Michelle Kwan, who was competing in the event. Suguri became Japan's national champion for the first time in 1997. Her second national title came in the 2000–01 season. She went on to win gold at the 2001 Four Continents, becoming the first Japanese woman to win the competition. In 2001–02, Suguri won her third national title and competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics, where she placed 5th. A month later, she won the bronze medal at the 2002 World Championships behind Michelle Kwan and Irina Slutskaya. Her bronze medal at Worlds was the first medal for a Japanese woman at the World Championships since Yuka Sato won the title in 1994. In the 2002–03 season, Suguri won her fourth national title. She was awarded gold at Four Continents and repeated as the bronze medalist at the World Championships, this time behind Kwan and Elena Sokolova. In 2003–04, Suguri won gold at the NHK Trophy and bronze at Cup of China, thus qualifying for the Grand Prix Final. She stood atop the podium at the Final after defeating Sasha Cohen to become the first Japanese woman to take gold at the competition. Suguri left Sato after the 2004 World Championships after she lost two competitions to Miki Ando, who was also coached by Sato at the time. She moved to Chicago in the United States to train with Oleg Vasiliev in the autumn of 2004. In the 2004–05 season, Suguri placed fourth at both of her Grand Prix assignments. After placing third at the Japanese Championships, she won her third Four Continents title. She finished fifth at the World Championships. After the Japan Skating Federation refused to let her continue working with Vasiliev, Suguri returned to Sato and soon after Ando left him. In the 2005–06 season, Suguri won her fifth national title, competing against Mao Asada and Shizuka Arakawa. She placed fourth at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, and concluded her season with a silver medal at the 2006 World Championships, having finished second to Kimmie Meissner. She became the first Japanese woman to earn three World Championship medals. In the 2006–07 season, Suguri finished fourth at the Japanese championships behind younger competitors Mao Asada, Miki Ando and Yukari Nakano, and missed a spot to the World Championships held in her home country. She competed at the Four Continents Championships but withdrew due to injury after falling on two jumps in her short program. At the end of the season, Suguri left Sato again as she felt overshadowed by Nakano, who was also training with Sato at the time. For the 2007–08 season, Suguri decided to train in Russia with Alexander Zhulin, who had choreographed her programs in the previous season. Due to Zhulin's marital problems, she had to spend most of her time with Igor Pashkevich. At the Japanese National Championships, Suguri placed third after her short program, but she stumbled in the free program, finishing fourth overall, and, again, she missed a spot on the World Championship team. During the 2008–09 season, Suguri chose to train with coach Nikolai Morozov in Hackensack, New Jersey. There, she was able to improve her jumping ability. Her first competition of the season was Skate Canada where she placed second behind Joannie Rochette. Her next competition was Cup of Russia, where she led after the short program, then placed third in the free skate, and finished third, overall. At the 2008/2009 Japanese Championships she was 5th after the short program due to a fall on a triple flip. In her long program she landed five triples and scored 121.27 points, winning the long program and placing second overall behind Mao Asada. Suguri made the World team for the first time in three years. She placed 6th at the 2009 Four Continents and 8th at the 2009 World Championships. Suguri left Morozov in the summer of 2009 to train with Alexei Mishin in Russia, saying she wanted to work on triple/triple combinations and the triple axel. Mishin neglected Suguri and she spent most of her time with Igor Pashkevich. She finished 7th at the 2010 Japanese National Championships. In March 2011, Suguri stated that she would continue competing the next season, and possibly until 2014. She began working as a regular employee in the Sports Marketing Division at Sunny Side Up and gained a sponsorship at a medical company, Yoshindo. Suguri was unsuccessful in her effort to reach the 2011–12 Japanese Nationals, finishing 12th in her qualifying competition. She was dealing with an ankle injury. In 2016, she competed in her first adult skating event. \"GP: Champions Series / Grand Prix\" Fumie Suguri Suguri was born in Chiba, Chiba, Japan. Her younger sister, Chika, is also a figure"
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"Oldbury Nuclear Power Station Oldbury nuclear power station is a closed nuclear power station located on the south bank of the River Severn close to the village of Oldbury-on-Severn in South Gloucestershire, England. It was operated by Magnox Limited on behalf of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA). Oldbury is one of four stations located close to the mouth of the River Severn and the Bristol Channel, the others being Berkeley, Hinkley Point A, and Hinkley Point B. Opened in 1967, it had two Magnox reactors producing 424 megawatts (MWe) in total – enough electricity on a typical day to serve an urban area twice the size of Bristol. Reactor 1 went critical on 18 September 1967 and first generated electricity on 9 November 1967, Reactor 2 started generating electricity in April 1968. The construction was undertaken by a consortium known as The Nuclear Power Group ('TNPG'). The reactors were supplied by TNPG and the turbines by AEI and C. A. Parsons & Co. The main civil engineering contractor was Sir Robert McAlpine. Construction on site began in 1961. Oldbury was the first nuclear power station in the UK to use prestressed concrete pressure vessels, earlier Magnox reactors having used steel pressure vessels more suited to smaller reactors. The design net power output of the station was 626 MWe, but due to steel corrosion problems from the hot carbon dioxide coolant within the reactor, operating temperature had to be reduced soon after operation started causing a large drop in power output. Initially power output was set at 424 MWe, dropping to 400MWe by 1973. Then as remedial measures were adopted power was progressively increased to 434 MWe by 1983 with a gas outlet temperature of , compared to the design temperature, which was maintained as the normal operational output. The station was originally to be decommissioned at the end of 2008, however continued use was licensed in various stages; an additional two and a half years in the case of reactor 2, and 4 years for reactor 1. Reactor 2 ceased operating permanently on 30 June 2011, followed by Reactor 1 on 29 February 2012. From 2005 until 2012, the power station was supported by armed officers from the Civil Nuclear Constabulary. In 1976/77 Oldbury was presented with the Hinton Cup, the CEGB's \"\"good house keeping trophy\"\". The award was commissioned by Sir Christopher Hinton, the first chairman of the CEGB. On 30 May 2007, only a few days after reopening after safety checks, the power station was shut down as part of standard emergency procedure when a fire broke out on one of the generator transformer HV bushings. No-one was injured in the fire and no radiation was released. Information suggests an insulator overheated, causing it to fail. Minor damage ensued resulting in a standard shutdown. All emergency procedures were commenced, and by 11:30am the situation was stabilised. The power station resumed production for a few days in June then shut down again. Production eventually resumed on 24 August 2007, at which point it had only produced electricity for eight days since August 2006. On 17 March 2011 at 10:40, Reactor 2 was automatically shut down after an electrical problem. Magnox stated that workers had been carrying out routine maintenance when a small relay overheated (this failure caused the turbine to shut down). Their spokesman went on to say, \"Because the turbine tripped the steam produced in the boilers couldn't be sent to the turbine as it would normally and so was released through relief valves on top of the building.\" and \"To reduce the amount of steam being produced, and in accordance with expectations, the reactor automatically tripped and was safely shut down.\" On 14 July 2011, Reactor 1 was automatically shut down after 'problems with the refuelling machinery.' Large plumes of steam could be seen rising from the power station, concerning nearby residents. The incident came a week after the number 2 reactor was permanently shut down after its 43-year life because it had 'reached the end of its operational life'. The silt lagoons at Oldbury power station are used as a high tide roosting site by birds which feed on the Severn Estuary. Between 1979 and 2005, 199 bird species were recorded at the site. This included a number of vagrants: a green-winged teal in January 2001, a ring-necked duck in April and May 2000, a black-winged stilt in May 1997, a Kentish plover in August 1993, a semipalmated sandpiper in August 1990, a Temminck's stint in April 1984, a pectoral sandpiper in September 1989, a broad-billed sandpiper in August 1983, a ring-billed gull in October 1994, and a Richard's pipit in October 1996. Horizon Nuclear Power, an E.ON and RWE joint venture, announced in 2009 intentions to install up to 3,300 MWe of new nuclear plant at Oldbury. Horizon is considering building up to either two 1,650 MWe Areva EPR reactors, or three 1,100 MWe Westinghouse AP1000 reactors. As the Severn estuary water supply would be inadequate to cool these larger reactors, cooling towers would be built. On 18 October 2010 the British government announced that Oldbury was one of the eight sites it considered suitable for future nuclear power stations. On 29 March 2012 E.ON and RWE npower announced that their plans to build the new power station had been shelved. In late 2012, It was announced that Hitachi had bought the UK Nuclear project from E.ON & RWE, They plan to build ABWR (Advanced Boiling Water Reactors) at this site along with Wylfa Nuclear Power Station, the lead site. The construction of the new station won't start until the new station at Wylfa is operational. This is to gain knowledge and learn from the construction of Wylfa B and correct the things that were problematic during construction. Oldbury was used as a filming location for the \"Doctor Who\" serial, \"The Hand of Fear\". Filming at Oldbury took place in 1976. On one occasion, rock band \"Slade\" recorded a performance for \"Top of the Pops\" inside one of the reactor buildings. The power station also appeared in several episodes of \"Blake's 7\". Oldbury Nuclear Power Station Oldbury nuclear power station is a closed nuclear power station located on the south bank of the River Severn close to the village of Oldbury-on-Severn in South Gloucestershire, England. It was operated by Magnox Limited on behalf of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA). Oldbury is one of four stations located close to the mouth of the River Severn and the Bristol Channel, the others being Berkeley, Hinkley Point A, and Hinkley Point B. Opened in 1967, it had two"
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"2006–07 División de Honor de Futsal The 2006–07 season of the División de Honor de Futsal is the 18th season of top-tier futsal in Spain. The Finals were broadcast in Spain on RTVE. (1) Boomerang Interviú vs. (8) Carnicer Torrejón: \"Boomerang Interviú wins the series 2-0\" (2) Polaris World Cartagena vs. (7) PSG Móstoles: \"Polaris World Cartagena wins the series 2-0\" (3) ElPozo Murcia Turística vs. (6) Caja Segovia: \"ElPozo Murcia Turística wins the series 2-1\" (4) Benicarló Onda Urbana vs. (5) MRA Navarra: \"Benicarló Onda Urbana wins the series 2-1\" (1) Boomerang Interviú vs. (4) Benicarló Onda Urbana \"Boomerang Interviú wins the series 2-0\" (2) Polaris World Cartagena vs. (3) ElPozo Murcia Turística \"ElPozo Murcia Turística wins the series 2-0\" (1) Boomerang Interviú vs. (3) ElPozo Murcia Turística: \"ElPozo Murcia Turística wins the series 2-0\" CHAMPION: : ElPozo Murcia Turística 2006–07 División de Honor de Futsal The 2006–07 season of the División de Honor de Futsal is the 18th season of top-tier futsal in Spain. The Finals were broadcast in Spain on RTVE. (1) Boomerang Interviú vs. (8) Carnicer Torrejón: \"Boomerang Interviú wins the series 2-0\" (2) Polaris World Cartagena vs. (7) PSG Móstoles: \"Polaris World Cartagena wins the"
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"1862 (novel) 1862 is an alternate history novel by Robert Conroy. It was first published in paperback by Presidio Press/Ballantine on June 2006, and as an ebook by Presidio on December 18, 2007. The novel depicts an alternative version of the American Civil War in which the United Kingdom allies itself with the Confederacy after the Trent Affair. In our timeline, cooler heads prevailed after the seizure of the RMS \"Trent\" by Union forces, with the British retaliating only diplomatically, by recognizing the Confederacy as a belligerent, instead of merely being a rebellion. In late 1861, the United Kingdom gets involved in the Southern rebellion on the side of the Confederacy in the wake of the Trent Affair. At the start of 1862, the Union attempts to win a decisive victory against the Confederacy before British reinforcements arrive in the Americas at the Battle of Culpeper, but fail miserably due to the awful leadership of George B. McClellan. But after numerous defeats for the Anglo-Confederate Alliance, losing Robert E. Lee and most of Canada, the United Kingdom accepts an offer of peace from the Union on the Union's terms. Britain frames the Confederacy for supposedly causing the Trent Affair and switches sides in the war. As a result, in early 1863 the Confederacy admits defeat, ending the conflict two years sooner. John Wilkes Booth is arrested and sentenced to death for trying to help Confederate snipers kill President Abraham Lincoln, therefore Lincoln is never assassinated. Most of the battles take place in Canada or in the oceans, like Hampton Roads. A cavalry battle near the end of the novel takes place on the outskirts of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, presumably in Hummelstown and Hershey. The climactic battle takes place at Washington, DC. 1862 (novel) 1862 is an alternate history novel by Robert"
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"Francisca Gavilán María Francisca Gavilán Valladares (born 27 June 1973) is a Chilean film, theater, and television actress and singer. She is the daughter of professor Osvaldo Gavilán. Francisca Gavilán graduated from the Theater School of in 1994, with the play \"Madame de Sade\", directed by Rodrigo Pérez. In this academy she was a student of Luz Jiménez, who has been one of her main artistic influences. She also counts as influences Tamara Acosta – who was her partner at theater school and on the cast of \"Los Pincheira\" and \"Papi Ricky\" – Amparo Noguera, and Paulina Urrutia. She has participated in several Chilean television series, beginning with \"Romané\" on Televisión Nacional de Chile (TVN) and ' on Canal 13, and then returning to TVN with more central roles in ', \"Los Pincheira\", and \"\". In 2007 she returned to Canal 13 to play Andrea Kuntz on the series \"Papi Ricky\", and in 2010 she played a small role on the series \"Los 80\". In cinema she has acted in the films \"Monos con navaja\" (2000), \"Ulysses\" (2010), and in 2011 she was the protagonist of the Violeta Parra biopic \"Violeta Went to Heaven\", directed by Andrés Wood. In \"Violeta Went to Heaven\", Gavilán stood out for interpreting the songs of Parra sung in the movie. In 2016 she appeared on the program ' with La Regia Orquesta, where she performed songs by Parra and from the musical '. Francisca Gavilán María Francisca Gavilán Valladares (born 27 June 1973) is a Chilean film, theater, and television actress and singer. She is the daughter of professor Osvaldo Gavilán. Francisca Gavilán graduated from the Theater School of in 1994, with the play \"Madame de Sade\", directed by Rodrigo Pérez. In this academy she was a student of Luz Jiménez, who has been"
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"Vapours (disease) In archaic usage, the vapours (or vapors) is a reference to certain mental or physical states, such as hysteria, mania, clinical depression, bipolar disorder, lightheadedness, fainting, flush, withdrawal syndrome, mood swings, or PMS, where a sufferer lost mental focus. Ascribed primarily to women and thought to be caused by internal emanations (vapours) from the womb, it was related to the concept of female hysteria. The word \"vapours\" was subsequently used to describe a depressed or hysterical nervous condition. Over 4000 years of history, this disease was considered from two perspectives: scientific and demonological. It was cured with herbs, sex or sexual abstinence, punished and purified with fire for its association with sorcery and finally, clinically studied as a disease and treated with innovative therapies. However, even at the end of 19th century, scientific innovation had still not reached some places, where the only known therapies were those proposed by Galen. The evolution of these diseases seems to be a factor linked with social “westernization”, and examining under what conditions the symptoms first became common in different societies became a priority for recent studies over risk factor. Today, the phrase \"a case of the vapors\" is most often used either melodramatically or for comedic effect. In the Victorian era, a variety of conditions which affected women were referred to as \"\"a case of the vapours\"\". Ladies' tight corsets could squeeze their internal organs, including the lungs, and could restrict breathing causing the wearer to feel faint and suffer \"\"the vapours\"\". A Treatise of Vapours or Hysterick Fits, by John Purcell, published in 1707, describes the various conditions described as \"vapours\", with treatments. A description of someone having \"a case of the vapours\" was sometimes used for a person in a state of emotional agitation. Vapours (disease) In archaic usage,"
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"Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2 is a DVD box set that was released by Warner Home Video on November 2, 2004. It contains 60 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons and numerous supplements. As with Volume 1, the individual discs were released separately in Region 4: In Region 1, discs 3 and 4 were also released separately as the more family-friendly \"Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection: Volume 2\". Music-and-Effects Only Audio Tracks for \"Tweet Tweet Tweety\" and \"A Bird in a Guilty Cage\" Although all cartoons on \"The Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2\" are presented uncut, a handful of cartoons in this DVD set feature digital video noise reduction (DVNR) applied artifacting: the noise reduction process unintentionally erases or blurs some of the scenes in the cartoons. This process has upset consumers and animation collectors; subsequent Looney Tunes DVDs lack such artifacting. Cartoons in the collection that have been afflicted with DVNR are Bob Clampett's \"The Big Snooze\", Frank Tashlin's \"Have You Got Any Castles?\", and Robert McKimson's \"Gorilla My Dreams\". Also controversial is the inclusion of interlaced copies of a handful of cartoons, most of which are present on the DVD in progressive scan. Many have raised concern over the process and have insisted that Warner Home Video encode the cartoons onto DVD in progressive scan only. The interlaced cartoons on this collection are Bob Clampett's \"A Corny Concerto\" and \"Book Revue\", Tex Avery's \"I Love to Singa\" and \"Hollywood Steps Out\", and Frank Tashlin's \"Have You Got Any Castles?\". No interlacing is used for the cartoon shorts (but appears in the special features) in the PAL version of the collection. In 2007 Warner Home Video began a replacement disc program whereby consumers could replace their interlaced discs with new progressive scan ones. Warner Home Video was not sure that \"\" would sell well enough to justify a second release in the series. Prior to the release of the second volume, WHV's Vice President of Non-Theatrical Franchise Marketing announced, \"We are extremely pleased with consumer response to last year's Volume One editions and we are delighted to release another installment of our most famous animated classics.\" The first set in the \"Looney Tunes Golden Collection\" series had won the Classic Award at the Parents' Choice Awards, and the second release was also an award-winner. TVShowsOnDVD.com reported that the set won the award for \"Best Animated Series\" release at the 3rd Annual TV-DVD Conference. In \"The New York Sun\", author and critic Gary Giddins complained that this set, like the first one, was skimpy with the black-and-white shorts, and seemed to avoid the more politically incorrect cartoons in the series. When his review was reprinted in the book, \"Natural Selection\", Giddins noted that \"\" made up for the latter shortcoming by including some of the racist caricature in the series, preceded by an explanatory introduction by Whoopi Goldberg. In a review reprinted in Syracuse, New York's \"The Post-Standard\", Randy Salas, a critic for the \"Minneapolis, St. Paul Star Tribune\", called the second volume in the \"Looney Tunes Golden Collection\" series a \"glorious release\". Salas describes the main content of the set, highlighting contributions from Chuck Jones and Friz Freleng with particular emphasis on Jones' \"One Froggy Evening\" (1955). The extras highlighted in the review include commentary from music historian Daniel Goldmark, and interviews with Chuck Jones, who had died in 2002. The review summed up, \"This is an essential set for any animation fan, and it might just convert many who are not.\" The reviewer concluded by pointing out that a 2-disc \"Spotlight Collection\" with selections from the 4-disc set was also available, but advised, \"Skip it and go for the full course.\" Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2 is a DVD box set that was released by Warner Home Video on November 2, 2004. It contains 60 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons and numerous supplements. As with Volume 1, the individual discs were released separately in Region 4: In Region 1, discs 3 and 4 were also released separately as the more family-friendly \"Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection: Volume 2\". Music-and-Effects Only Audio Tracks for \"Tweet"
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"2010–11 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League The 2010–11 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League season, known as the Telikom NSL Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the fifth edition of Papua New Guinea National Soccer League. The title was won for the fifth consecutive season by Hekari United, who defeated Eastern Stars in the Grand Final 4–0. The Golden Boot was won by Jamal Seeto of Besta PNG United, while teammate Emmanuel Simon was the Player of the Season. There were seven teams in the competition, with three teams withdrawing and one debuting. Previous runners-up Gelle Hills and Rapatona both withdrew, while University Inter also chose not to take part. Petro Souths became the only new team. In the regular season, each team played each other twice. The team at the top of the league after all matches were played was crowned 'Minor Premiers' and secured qualification for the 2011–12 OFC Champions League. At the end of the regular season, the top four teams advanced to a knockout competition, the winners of which were crowned Champions. Seven teams were confirmed ahead of the new season in early August, although the expected start date of 9 October was postponed until the end of October, due in part to late registration fees. Hekari United stamped their domination on the division from the first game week with a 6–2 victory over Gigira Laitepo on 30 October. As the only team to win on the opening day, they went straight to the top of the division, where they would remain for almost the entirety of the regular season. They were, however, held to account early on by Eastern Stars and Tukoko University, the latter of whom went unbeaten in their opening four matches. Heading into the winter break, Hekari led the table by a single point ahead of Eastern Stars, with the reigning champions having a game in hand due to their participation in the 2010 FIFA Club World Cup in Abu Dhabi. Further down the table, the race for the playoffs was proving to be very open, with Gigira Laitepo going into Christmas with five points from five games in fourth place. Madang Fox had one fewer point but a game in hand, while debutants Petro Souths sat sixth with three points from five, and Besta PNG United looked destined to finish bottom again with just two points from six matches. On 15 January 2011, Gigira Laitepo drew 4–4 with Eastern Stars amid some 'pathetic' refereeing, a result which damaged Stars' title hopes while boosting Gigira's playoff hopes. A week later, Gigira secured a shock 1–0 win over champions Hekari, but would later have the result overturned to a 0–3 defeat after it was discovered they had fielded an ineligible player. In fact, four of Gigira's fixtures – including two more wins, against Besta PNG and Madang Fox – were later overturned for the same reason, with side slumping from playoff hopefuls to league basement dwellers. Elsewhere, Besta PNG United began to revive their season with back-to-back wins, including 2–0 win over Tukoko University on 29 January, which took them into February in fourth place. On 12 February, with Eastern Stars having closed the gap once again to just one point, Hekari – who now had two games in hand – defeated their closest rivals 2–1 to all but end the fight to be crowned 'Minor Premiers'. Midweek, the four-time champions dropped their first and only points of the season with a 1–1 draw against a revitalised Besta PNG United. Eastern Stars kept up the pressure, though, while Hekari were away in OFC Champions League action in late February. They defeated Petro Souths 2–1 on 19 February, and won 3–2 against Besta PNG United the following weekend to go top of the league for the first time in the season. With one game to go, they were ahead of Hekari by a single point with 23; however, the reigning champions still had four matches still to play. On what ought to have been the final weekend, both Hekari and Eastern Stars won, meaning Hekari needed just one point from their final three matches to secure the Minor Premiership. A double header against Madang Fox on 12–13 March resulted in two victories, 3–2 and 8–0, which meant their final scheduled match against Tukoko University was scrapped. It was the first time in National Soccer League history that a side had gone through the regular season unbeaten. In the playoffs, Hekari withstood some early resilience from Besta PNG United before eventually cruising to a 5–1 victory, while Eastern Stars secured their place in the Grand Final with a 3–1 win over Tukoko University. However, Stars were unable to prevent Hekari from surging to their fifth straight title, with the defending champions winning 4–0 to again reinstate their dominance of Papua New Guinean football. One match could not be played. 2010–11 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League The 2010–11 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League season, known as the Telikom NSL Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the fifth edition of Papua New Guinea National Soccer League. The title was won for the fifth consecutive season by Hekari United, who defeated Eastern Stars in the Grand Final 4–0. The Golden Boot was won by Jamal Seeto of Besta PNG United, while teammate Emmanuel Simon was the Player of the Season. There were seven teams in the competition,"
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"The Squaw Man (play) The Squaw Man is a 1905 western/drama stage play in four acts written by Edwin Milton Royle. It debuted on October 23, 1905, at the Wallack's Theatre, Broadway, starring William Faversham in the title role, as Captain James Wynnegate also known as Jim Carson. The doomed bad man, Cash Hawkins, was played by William S. Hart. Directed by Edwin Milton Royle and William Faversham, \"The Squaw Man\" was produced by Liebler & Company. Receiving significant critical acclaim, the play ran for 222 performances before closing on April 1, 1906. \"The Squaw Man\" has had four Broadway revivals, in 1907, 1908, 1911 and 1921. The 1911 revival starring Dustin Farnum ran for only eight performances. The 1921 revival starring William Faversham at the Astor Theatre ran for 50 performances. The story has also been adapted into a novel, three films and a musical. All three films were directed by Cecil B. DeMille. The first act of the play is set in England in the 1800s. The lead character is Capt. James Wynnegate. His older cousin, heir Henry Wynnegate, Earl of Kerhill, steals from the family trust fund and speculates heavily. Henry loses the fortune, causing them to default on a commitment to an orphans' home. Capt. Wynnegate is in love with Henry's wife, Diana. She does not love her husband and returns the affection of the captain. As the money has been lost, Capt. Wynnegate agrees to leave England and take the blame (see remittance man). He is then accused of being a thief, which allows Henry to avoid suspicion and protects the name and the reputation of his wife. He goes to the Wild West of Montana, where he buys the Red Butte Ranch and makes a name for himself under the alias Jim Carson. In the second act, several years later, Henry and Diana show up. The bad man, Cash Hawkins, is about to shoot Jim when the Ute Indian maiden, Nat-u-ritch, shoots Hawkins from the sidelines and saves Jim's life. Nat-u-ritch, who is the daughter of Chief Tab-y-wana, rescues Jim several more times, it is revealed through exposition in the third act. They fall in love and have a son, Little Hal. Jim marries Nat-u-ritch. The marriage between a white man in his social position and an Indian woman is deemed scandalous. By the fourth act, more time has passed and Diana comes West again with news that Henry has died. The English solicitor shows up and persuades Jim that Hal should be taken to England and raised as the heir to the large Wynnegate estate. Jim agrees to send the boy away. Apparently, Jim and his social group believe it is his right to take the child away from his mother. Nat-u-ritch's father, Chief Tab-y-wana's resolve is not much different. At the first sign of disobedience the chief voices his sentiment where a woman is concerned. \"If she will not obey, beat her. If she disobeys again, kill her.\" Knowing that she is going to lose her son, and hearing that she will be arrested for killing Hawkins, Nat-u-ritch commits suicide. Now Jim is free to be with his English woman. The play concludes with the Indian chief standing stoically erect with the pathetically limp figure of the little mother squaw, his daughter, lying across his outstretched arms, the reversal of the usual Pieta. The Squaw Man (play) The Squaw Man is a 1905 western/drama stage play in four acts written by Edwin Milton Royle. It debuted on October 23, 1905, at the Wallack's Theatre, Broadway, starring William Faversham in the title role,"
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"Asaphodes glaciata Asaphodes glaciata is a species of moth in the family Geometridae. This species is endemic to New Zealand. This moth has only be found in Westland in the areas near Fox and Franz Josef Glaciers. This species was described by George Hudson in 1925 as \"Xanthorhoe glaciata\" using material collected by Charles E. Clarke at Mount Moltke in Westland in January at 1700m. Hudson also discussed and illustrated this species under this name in his 1928 publication \"The Butterflies and Moths of New Zealand\". In 1987 Robin C. Craw proposed assigning this species to the genus \"Asaphodes\". In 1988 John S. Dugdale agreed with this proposal. The holotype specimen is held at the Auckland War Memorial Museum. Hudson described the species as follows: This species is endemic to New Zealand. \"A. glaciata\" can only be found in Westland around the Fox and Franz Josef Glaciers. \"A. glaciata\" is on the wing in January. Asaphodes glaciata Asaphodes glaciata is a species of moth in the family Geometridae. This species is endemic to New Zealand. This moth has only be found in Westland in the areas near Fox and Franz Josef Glaciers. This species was described by George Hudson in"
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"Henry Smith (preacher) Henry Smith (ca. 1560 – 1591?) was an English clergyman, widely regarded as \"the most popular Puritan preacher of Elizabethan London.\" His sermons at St. Clement Danes drew enormous crowds, and earned him a reputation as \"Silver Tongued\" Smith. The collected editions of his sermons, and especially his tract, \"God's Arrow Against Atheists\" were among the most frequently reprinted religious writings of the Elizabethan age. Despite his popularity in the Elizabethan period, considerable uncertainty surrounds Smith's biography. Probably born in Leicestershire around 1560, Smith may have enrolled during the 1570s in colleges at both Cambridge and Oxford, but seems not to have taken a degree. He was in any case by 1589 among London's most popular preachers; however in that year, Smith seems to have contracted an illness which according to Charles Henry Cooper's \"Athenae Cantabrigienses\" caused him to devote his remaining time to preparing his writings for publication: During his sickness, being desirous to do good by writing, he occupied himself in revising his sermons and other works for the press. his collected sermons he dedicated to his kind patron Lord Burghley. . .He died before the collection came from the press, being buried at Husbands Bosworth in his native country. In the register of that parish is this entry: Anno 1591, Henricus Smyth, theologus,m filius Erasmi Smyth, armigeri, sepult. fuit 4to. die Julii. Smith's preparations allowed his writings to become among England's most popular, after his death. However, some sources indicate that Smith may have survived until around 1600, or even until as late as 1613. Henry Smith (preacher) Henry Smith (ca. 1560 – 1591?) was an English clergyman, widely regarded as \"the most popular Puritan preacher of Elizabethan London.\" His sermons at St. Clement Danes drew enormous crowds, and earned him a reputation as"
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"Ronald Darby Ronald Darby (born January 2, 1994) is an American football player for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the second round of the 2015 NFL Draft. He played college football at Florida State. Darby is also a world class sprinter, having won medals at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics. Darby attended Potomac High School in Oxon Hill, Maryland, where he played as many as six different positions on offense, defense, and special teams. Excelling on defense, Darby was part of a Wolverines' secondary that also included Tavon Young, and which registered four shutouts and allowed just 82 points in 2011. Darby was a \"USA Today\" and \"Sports Illustrated\" High School All-American in 2011, and participated in the 2012 Under Armour All-American Game. as a junior, rushed for 1,329 yards and 23 touchdowns, while tallying three interceptions and eight pass breakups on defense. Regarded as a four-star recruit by Rivals.com, Darby, running a 4.37-second 40-yard dash, was ranked as the No. 2 cornerback prospect in his class, behind only Tracy Howard. He chose Florida State over Notre Dame, Maryland, Clemson and Auburn. Darby won a bronze medal in the 200 m at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics. He also finished fourth in the 100 m. Along with Aldrich Bailey, Najee Glass, and Arman Hall, he ran a World Youth Best in the meet's medley relay. His personal bests are 6.77 seconds in the 60 meters, 10.41 seconds in the 100 meters and 21.05 seconds in the 200 meters. As a true freshman at Florida State, Darby was part of a Florida State defense that led the ACC in points allowed (15.1 per game) and yards allowed (253.8). They ranked seventh in the FBS. Although exclusively a back-up to Xavier Rhodes and Nick Waisome, Darby registered 18 tackles and broke up seven passes in 2012, which earned him ACC Defensive Rookie of the Year honors. Darby was also named Freshman All-American by the Football Writers Association of America. In the 2013 Orange Bowl vs. Northern Illinois, Darby registered four solo tackles and one defended pass. As a sophomore, he played in 14 games with nine starts, including playing in, and winning the 2013 BCS National Championship game. For the season he had 14 tackles and two interceptions. As a junior in 2014, he started all 14 games and recorded 43 tackles. Present during the Jameis Winston alleged rape, Darby claimed he thought the sex was consensual. After his junior season, Darby entered the 2015 NFL Draft. Coming out of Florida State, Darby was projected to be selected in the second or third rounds by the majority of analysts and scouts. With a deep cornerback draft class, Darby was considered the second-best cornerback coming out of Florida State behind P.J. Williams. He was invited to the NFL Combine and was able to raise his draft stock after finishing with good times in the 40, 20, and 10-yard dash. Darby participated at Florida State's Pro Day, but was satisfied with his combine performance and only performed positional drills. He had scheduled visits with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Indianapolis Colts, Carolina Panthers, Tennessee Titans, and New York Jets. Going into the 2015 NFL Draft, he was ranked the third-best cornerback by Lance Zierlein, the sixth-best cornerback by \"Sports Illustrated\", and the seventh-best by NFLDraftScout.com. The Buffalo Bills selected Darby in the second round (50th overall) of the 2015 NFL Draft. He was the seventh cornerback drafted and one of ten players from Florida State to be selected. On May 19, 2015, the Buffalo Bills signed Darby to a four-year, $4.56 million contract with $2.17 million guaranteed and a signing bonus of $1.58 million. After competing with Stephon Gilmore, Corey Graham, Ross Cockrell, Nickell Robey, and Ron Brooks throughout training camp, Darby was named a starting cornerback, opposite Gilmore, to begin the regular season. Darby made his professional regular-season debut in the Buffalo Bills' season-opener against the Indianapolis Colts, recorded six combined tackles and two pass deflections, and intercepted Andrew Luck for the first pick of his career, as the Bills defeated the Colts, 27–14. On September 27, 2015, he made five combined tackles and a season-high four pass deflections, and intercepted Miami Dolphins' quarterback Ryan Tannehill during a 41–14 victory. He was named the AFC Defensive Rookie of the Month for September. During a Week 9 match-up against the Dolphins, he had a season-high ten solo tackles and deflected a pass in a 33–17 victory. He missed a Week 16 victory over the Dallas Cowboys after suffering a groin injury. Darby finished his rookie season with 68 combined tackles (61 solo), 21 pass deflections, and two interceptions in 15 games and 15 starts, while also being named Pro Football Focus' Defensive Rookie of the Year. Darby was named the starting cornerback to begin the 2016 regular season. He started the Buffalo Bills' season-opener against the Baltimore Ravens and recorded seven solo tackles and made two pass deflections in a 13–7 loss. He missed the Bills' Week 3 victory over the Arizona Cardinals with a hamstring injury. During a Week 7 contest against the Miami Dolphins, he made a season-high eight solo tackles in a 28–25 loss. On November 27, 2016, Darby left in the first quarter of a game against the Jacksonville Jaguars after suffering concussion while trying to make a tackle on Jaguars' running back Chris Ivory. Ivory attempted to hurdle him but his knee was driven into Darby's helmet in the process. He missed the 38–24 loss to the Oakland Raiders the following week. On December 11, 2016, he racked up a season-high ten combined tackles during a 27-20 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers. Darby finished the 2016 season with 69 combined tackles (60 solo) and 12 pass deflections in 14 games and 14 starts. The Buffalo Bills finished with a 7-9 record and head coach Rex Ryan was fired after Week 16 and replaced with Anthony Lynn. On August 11, 2017, the Bills traded Darby to the Philadelphia Eagles for slot wide receiver Jordan Matthews and a 2018 third-round NFL draft pick. In his first game with the Eagles, Darby injured his ankle in the second quarter and was carted off the field. It was revealed that he dislocated his ankle and was ruled out for 4–6 weeks. He would then make his return in Week 11 against the Dallas Cowboys in which he achieved his first interception as an Eagle. Darby finished his first season as an Eagle with 34 tackles, 3 interceptions, and 9 passes defended. The Eagles reached Super Bowl LII where they would defeat the New England Patriots 41-33. Darby had 4 tackles and 2 passes defended in the game. Darby entered the 2018 season as a starting cornerback for the Eagles. He started the first nine games before suffering a season-ending torn ACL in Week 10. He was placed on injured reserve on November 17, 2018. He finished the season with 43 tackles, 12 passes defensed, and one interception. Ronald Darby Ronald Darby (born January 2, 1994) is an American football player for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football"
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"Machavariani Machavariani () is a Georgian surname, formerly a noble family from western part of Georgia, Kingdom of Imereti. Originally coming from Svaneti, mountainous region of Georgia, they established themselves in Upper Imereti as a noble family in the regions of Kharagauli, Zestafoni, Chiatura since 1452. Later they spread across Kingdom of Kartli - Shida Kartli and Kvemo Kartli regions. In ancient Georgian feudal hierarchy the Machavariani are mentioned as aznauri or takhtis aznauri of the Georgia royal (tavadi) families - House of Orbeliani, Amirejibi and few others. After Georgia was annexed by the Russian Empire, the Machavariani were confirmed in their nobility title (dvoryanstvo) in 1850. The following are notable people with this surname: ჟურნალი „თბილისიელები\" რუბრიკა „ვისი გორის ხარ\" N 15(380), 7–13 აპრილი 2008 წელი Machavariani Machavariani () is a Georgian surname, formerly a noble family from western part of Georgia, Kingdom of Imereti. Originally coming from Svaneti, mountainous region of Georgia, they established themselves in Upper Imereti as a noble family in the regions of Kharagauli, Zestafoni, Chiatura since 1452. Later they spread across Kingdom of Kartli - Shida Kartli and Kvemo Kartli regions. In ancient Georgian feudal hierarchy the Machavariani are mentioned as aznauri or takhtis"
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"Yeshey Zimba \"Lyonpo\" Yeshey Zimba (born 10 October 1952) is a political figure from Bhutan. He was Prime Minister (Chairman of the Council of Ministers) of Bhutan two times: first from 2000 to 2001; then from 20 August 2004 to 5 September 2005. During this period, each minister took turns holding the chairmanship for one year. He completed his high school in North Point School and got his bachelor's degree from St. Joseph's College, Darjeeling, an affiliate of the University of North Bengal. Yeshey later graduated with an MA in Economics from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Zimba served as Minister of Trade and Industry until resigning in mid-2007 to participate in the March 2008 general election. Following the election, he became Minister of Works and Human Settlement on 11 April 2008. Yeshey Zimba \"Lyonpo\" Yeshey Zimba (born 10 October 1952) is a political figure from Bhutan. He was Prime Minister (Chairman of the Council of Ministers) of Bhutan two times: first from 2000 to 2001; then from 20 August 2004 to 5 September 2005. During this period, each minister took turns holding the chairmanship for one year. He completed his high school in North Point School and got his bachelor's"
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"Scott Allan Scott Allan (born 28 November 1991) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Celtic. Allan began his career in Scotland with Dundee United, and spent time on loan with Forfar Athletic, before joining English Premier League club West Bromwich Albion in 2012. He never broke into the first team, and after loan spells with Portsmouth (twice), Milton Keynes Dons and Birmingham City, he was released at the end of the 2013–14 season. Allan then returned to Scottish football with Hibernian. After one season with Hibs, Allan joined Celtic. After signing for Celtic he had loan spells at Rotherham United, Dundee and Hibernian. He is also a Scotland youth international, having represented his country at under-17 and under-21 level. Allan was born in Glasgow, and was a pupil at Rosshall Academy in Crookston until 2008. He grew up as a Rangers supporter and said his idol was Paul Gascoigne. Allan joined Dundee United at the age of 10, and signed a full-time contract in January 2008. In September 2008 he represented United against Montrose in a Forfarshire Cup tie. Allan signed for Forfar in September 2010 on an emergency loan until 30 October 2010. He made his debut for them in a Second Division league fixture against Alloa Athletic on 2 September 2010. In total he made four league appearances for Forfar, scoring one goal for them, in his last game for the club on 30 October 2010 against Livingston. After returning to United, Allan was named on the bench for four Scottish Premier League (SPL) fixtures during the 2010–11 season but did not make an appearance. He made his debut for United on 14 July 2011, as a substitute in their 1–0 Europa League defeat against Śląsk Wrocław. He made his SPL debut at Tynecastle Stadium in an away victory for Dundee United on 31 July 2011, playing 83 minutes. Contract negotiations between Allan, whose deal expired at the end of the 2011–12 season, and United broke down in September 2011. It was reported that he was asking for £1,600 per week, which would have made him the third highest earner at the club. Several clubs, including Rangers, Celtic and Newcastle United, expressed an interest in signing Allan. As a result of rejecting a new contract, Allan fell out with Manager Peter Houston. In December 2011, United agreed a deal with West Bromwich Albion. Allan completed his move to Albion on 9 January 2012. In February 2012, he joined Championship side Portsmouth on a 28-day youth loan. His debut in English football came on 25 February for Portsmouth, when he featured in the starting line-up playing 76 minutes in scoreless draw at home to Leeds United. He then extended his deal by another 28 days on Thursday 22 March 2012. He scored his first goal for Portsmouth and set up a goal for Greg Halford in a 2–1 win against Crystal Palace on 17 April 2012. After his loan at Portsmouth, Allan was linked with a loan move with Crystal Palace. However, the move fell through. On 29 September 2012, Allan joined League One side MK Dons on a one-month loan deal. He made his debut against Crewe Alexandra in a 1–0 victory. On 29 October 2012, after little success with MK Dons, Albion sent Allan back to Portsmouth. Shortly signing for Portsmouth, Allan made his debut in a 1–0 loss against Sheffield United, playing 90 minutes. Weeks later, Allan scored on his return in a 3–2 loss against Leyton Orient. After the game, the club revealed they are on the verge of extending Allan's loan spell and it was successfully negotiated for another month On 21 December 2012, his loan spell was extended until 4 January 2013 He returned to Albion when his loan expired, having played his last game in a 2–0 loss against Walsall. Allan signed for Birmingham City on a season-long loan on 19 July 2013. He made his debut as a second-half substitute in a 1–0 defeat at home to Watford on 3 August, and scored twice as Birmingham beat Plymouth Argyle 3–2 after extra time in the League Cup three days later. He made no first-team appearances after August until receiving a surprise recall to the squad, playing in two of the last three League matches of the season. West Bromwich Albion chose not to take up the option of extending Allan's contract for another year, and he was released at the end of the 2013–14 season. Despite being linked to a move to Rangers, Allan signed a two-year contract with Hibernian in July 2014. Allan made his debut for Hibs on 5 August 2014, coming on as a substitute during extra-time in a 2–1 defeat against Rangers in the Scottish Challenge Cup. He made his first league appearance for Hibs on 17 August, coming on as a late substitute against Hearts. Allan soon established himself as a regular in the team, and after scoring his first goal for the club in a 6–3 win over Dumbarton in November, manager Alan Stubbs described him as being \"as good as anyone in the league\", adding that he considered Allan to be \"head and shoulders above a lot of people he's up against.\" He turned in an outstanding performance for Hibs in their 4–0 win over Rangers on 27 December 2014, where he provided assists for Hibs' third and fourth goals and won the Man of the Match award. Allan helped Hibernian finish in second place ahead of Rangers, although Hibernian lost to them in the promotion play-offs. He did finish the season by being named the PFA Scotland Player of the Year for the Championship. During the summer of 2015, Rangers made three transfer bids for Allan, the latter offer being for around £280,000. Although Allan also submitted a transfer request, Hibernian turned down all these bids as they were reluctant to sell him to their main rivals for promotion. A bid of £375,000 from Rotherham United was also turned down by Hibs. Celtic were then reported as expressing an interest in signing Allan, and Hibs subsequently agreed a cash plus player (Liam Henderson on loan) deal with Celtic. On 14 August 2015, Allan signed a four-year deal with Scottish Premiership champions Celtic. He made his debut on 22 August, coming on as a substitute during the second half of Celtic's 3–1 league win away at Dundee United. Allan made his Celtic Park debut, with 10 minutes remaining, in a 3–1 defeat of St Johnstone a week later. He made his first start on 10 December, playing 73 minutes in a 1–1 draw at Fenerbahçe in the UEFA Europa League. Allan did not make his first league start for Celtic until 26 February, in a 1–1 draw at Hamilton. His only other start for the team was a defeat at St Johnstone on 11 May. Despite being mainly used as substitute throughout his first season, Allan managed to register assists in wins at Inverness on 29 November and Stranraer on 11 January, and also made three more assists at home to Hamilton on 19 January and Inverness on 20 February. Allan made 17 appearances in all competitions for Celtic during the 2015–16 season. His 13 appearances in the league were enough to qualify him for a winner's medal, after Celtic won the Scottish Premiership title. Allan was loaned to EFL Championship team Rotherham United for the 2016–17 season. The move did not go well for Allan; he was dropped from the team in October 2016 with manager Alan Stubbs publicly criticising the player for lack of effort. Allan only played in a further three games after that, before returning to Celtic at the end of the season. Allan joined Dundee in June 2017, signing on a loan deal that was due to run for the whole of the 2017/18 season. He made his debut on 18 July in a 2–1 win over Raith Rovers in the Scottish League Cup, providing assists for both Dundee goals. His loan to Dundee was curtailed in January 2018, as Dundee, Celtic and Hibernian exchanged three players. On 31 January 2018, Allan signed for Hibernian for a second time, joining on loan until the end of the 2017–18 season. In his first game back with Hibs on 3 February 2018, he won the penalty which led to their winning goal in a 2–1 victory over Rangers at Ibrox. He scored the first goal of",
"criticising the player for lack of effort. Allan only played in a further three games after that, before returning to Celtic at the end of the season. Allan joined Dundee in June 2017, signing on a loan deal that was due to run for the whole of the 2017/18 season. He made his debut on 18 July in a 2–1 win over Raith Rovers in the Scottish League Cup, providing assists for both Dundee goals. His loan to Dundee was curtailed in January 2018, as Dundee, Celtic and Hibernian exchanged three players. On 31 January 2018, Allan signed for Hibernian for a second time, joining on loan until the end of the 2017–18 season. In his first game back with Hibs on 3 February 2018, he won the penalty which led to their winning goal in a 2–1 victory over Rangers at Ibrox. He scored the first goal of his second spell with Hibs on 9 March, in a 2–0 Edinburgh derby win against Hearts. Allan has played youth football for Scotland. He made his debut for the Scotland national under-21 football team on 10 August 2011, against Norway. Shortly after joining Dundee United as a youth, Allan was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. He requires daily insulin injections, but the condition has not unduly hindered his football career. Allan was charged with assault in November 2010 after an incident in Glasgow which left two men needing hospital treatment. Charges against him were dropped on the basis of insufficient evidence, although three other men involved in the incident were convicted. Celtic Individual Scott Allan Scott Allan (born 28 November 1991) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Celtic. Allan began his career in Scotland with Dundee United, and spent time on loan with Forfar Athletic, before joining English Premier League club West Bromwich Albion in 2012. He never broke into the first team, and after loan spells with Portsmouth (twice), Milton Keynes Dons and Birmingham City, he was released at the end of the 2013–14"
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"Andrew Doria (1775 brig) Andrew Doria was a brig purchased by the Continental Congress in November 1775. She is most famous for her participation in the Battle of Nassau—the first amphibious engagement by the Continental Navy and the Continental Marines—and for being the first United States vessel to receive a salute from a foreign power. On 13 October 1775, the Continental Congress authorized the purchase of the merchant brig \"Defiance\". The ship was acquired in mid-November and moored in Wharton and Humphreys shipyard in Philadelphia where she was converted into a warship by Joshua Humphreys (hull strengthening), John Barry (re-rigging), and John Falconer (ordnance and provisioning) at a cost of £296.4s.6d. She was named \"Andrew Doria\" after the 16th-century Genoese admiral Andrea Doria. Under the command of Captain Nicholas Biddle, \"Andrew Doria\" departed Philadelphia on 4 January 1776, as a warship in Esek Hopkins' small fleet of five newly fitted warships (\"Alfred\", \"Andrew Doria\", \"Cabot\", \"Columbus\", and \"Providence\"), bound for the Chesapeake Bay. Between 11 and 17 February, the fleet was joined by the small sloop \"Fly\", the sloop \"Hornet\", and the schooner \"Wasp\". On 17 February 1776, Hopkins decided to take advantage of the discretion offered him and skip his missions in the Chesapeake Bay and along the coasts of the Carolinas. Instead, he took the fleet to the Bahamas for a raid on the island of New Providence to seize a large supply of gunpowder reportedly stored in the two forts that protected Nassau. On 1 March, the fleet reached the coast of Abaco Island where the ship \"Alfred\" captured two small sloops and Hopkins obtained intelligence from the prisoners that New Providence lay undefended. Hopkins planned to take Nassau by frontal assault, slipping his landing party of 270 sailors and marines into the harbor hidden on board the captured sloops. It was hoped that the American troops would not be detected until the landing and assault on Fort Nassau began. Success in this endeavor would enable the fleet to enter the harbor while the fort's guns, then in American hands, held the town at bay. The marines and sailors embarked on the two captured sloops on the evening of 2 March and headed for New Providence, hoping to arrive at daybreak. While following the sloops, the fleet attempted to remain out of sight until the landing party had secured the fort. \"Andrew Doria\"—popularly referred to as the \"Black Brig\"—outdistanced her consorts and found it necessary to lay-to until the other American warships caught up. As the troop-carrying sloops headed into the harbor, Fort Nassau's guns opened fire. The shot fell short but demonstrated that the American fleet had been detected and that its intentions had been surmised. Hopkins recalled his ships. After conferring with his officers, Hopkins decided to land his troops two miles (3 km) down the coast from Fort Montagu, which protected the eastern approaches to Nassau. The marines and sailors went ashore on 3 March and marched to Fort Montagu whose garrison surrendered without offering any real resistance. On 4 March, the Americans took Fort Nassau and town of Nassau. The fleet remained for almost two weeks, dismantling the guns of the forts and loading the captured materiel. During this stay, large numbers of the crew of each ship were stricken by a virulent fever. This complicated an already serious health problem caused by an outbreak of smallpox on all of the ships except for \"Andrew Doria\" whose crew had been protected by inoculation due to the far-sighted insistence of Nicholas Biddle. As a result of the crew's immunization, \"Andrew Doria\" was selected to serve as a hospital ship for the fleet and continued in this role for the remainder of the expedition. On 16 March, Hopkin's fleet departed Nassau and headed north. Shortly after midnight on 6 April 1776, a lookout on \"Andrew Doria\" sighted two vessels to the southeast. Biddle passed word of the discovery to Hopkins who ordered the fleet to head for the strangers. The larger of the unidentified ships headed toward the Americans and before long she was within hailing distance and identified herself as \"... his majesty's ship of war \"Glasgow\"...\" A broadside from \"Cabot\" into the British frigate opened a fierce fight in which the American ships were unable to fight as a squadron. In attempting to avoid a salvo from \"Glasgow\", \"Cabot\" crossed \"Andrew Doria\"'s bow, forcing Biddle's brig onto a port tack which avoided collision but took her away from the action. Meanwhile, \"Alfred\" and \"Columbus\", Hopkins' largest warships, took on \"Glasgow\" but received worse punishment than they inflicted. As the crew of \"Andrew Doria\" worked the ship into position to reenter the engagement and opened fire, \"Glasgow\"'s captain realized he was overmatched and decided to stand off to the northward. \"Andrew Doria\", followed at a distance by her consorts, gave chase and kept up a running fight with her bow chasers until recalled by Hopkins, lest \"Glasgow\" lead his fleet to a Royal Navy squadron then operating in Rhode Island waters. When the American fleet had reformed, it retired to New London, Connecticut, where it arrived on the morning of 8 April. From 9 April to 17 September 1776, \"Andrew Doria\" patrolled the Atlantic coast from Connecticut to Bermuda, capturing a number of British and Loyalist ships. Capt. Biddle anchored his brig at Chester, Pennsylvania, on the evening of 17 September, ending his last cruise on the warship, as he had been selected to command \"Randolph\", one of the four new frigates being built at Philadelphia for the Continental Navy. Capt. Isaiah Robinson took command of \"Andrew Doria\". Robinson sailed \"Andrew Doria\" down the Delaware River on 17 October 1776, for a voyage to the West Indies to obtain a cargo of munitions and military supplies at the Dutch island of Sint Eustatius. When the brig reached the island on 16 November, she fired a 13-gun salute and received a reply from Fort Oranje—the first salute to an American flag on board an American warship in a foreign port. \"Andrew Doria\" also carried a copy of the Declaration of Independence to the island. The so-called \"first salute\" was widely reported in the United States at the time, and later provided the title for Barbara Tuchman's 1988 book, \"The First Salute: A View of the American Revolution\". On her way back to the Delaware River, \"Andrew Doria\" encountered the sloop HMS \"Racehorse\", of 10 guns, and under the command of Commander James Jones. A two-hour single-ship action ensued before \"Racehorse\" struck. \"Andrew Doria\" had lost four men killed and eight wounded; casualties on \"Racehorse\" apparently were higher. \"Andrew Doria\" encountered a British snow and assigned Joshua Barney to return the ship to Philadelphia, but was captured with a fouled rudder off Chincoteage by . The captain released Barney on pardon in Charleston to return to Philadelphia on foot over 19 days. \"Andrew Doria\" returned to Philadelphia where the Continental Navy acquired \"Racehorse\", which it renamed \"Surprise\". \"Andrew Doria\" was stationed in the Delaware River through the spring and summer of 1777. After Vice Admiral Lord Howe brought his British fleet into the river in September 1777, \"Andrew Doria\" was part of the forces charged with defending Philadelphia. Following the British occupation of Fort Mifflin on 16 November, \"Andrew Doria\", with the remaining ships of the Continental Navy, sought shelter under the guns of Fort Mercer, at Red Bank, New Jersey. With the evacuation of Fort Mercer on 20 November, Robinson gave orders the next day for the ships to be burned to prevent capture. This was done shortly thereafter. The not-for-profit organization Andrew Doria – The First Salute, Inc., is raising funds to build a working replica of \"Andrew Doria\". On 18 May 2009, the city council of Havre de Grace, Maryland, agreed to lease land to the organization for the construction of a shipyard which will",
"Lord Howe brought his British fleet into the river in September 1777, \"Andrew Doria\" was part of the forces charged with defending Philadelphia. Following the British occupation of Fort Mifflin on 16 November, \"Andrew Doria\", with the remaining ships of the Continental Navy, sought shelter under the guns of Fort Mercer, at Red Bank, New Jersey. With the evacuation of Fort Mercer on 20 November, Robinson gave orders the next day for the ships to be burned to prevent capture. This was done shortly thereafter. The not-for-profit organization Andrew Doria – The First Salute, Inc., is raising funds to build a working replica of \"Andrew Doria\". On 18 May 2009, the city council of Havre de Grace, Maryland, agreed to lease land to the organization for the construction of a shipyard which will be located near the Susquehanna Museum at the Lockhouse on the banks of the Susquehanna River. Andrew Doria (1775 brig) Andrew Doria was a brig purchased by the Continental Congress in November 1775. She is most famous for her participation in the Battle of Nassau—the first amphibious engagement by the Continental Navy and the Continental Marines—and for being the first United States vessel to receive a salute from a foreign power. On 13 October 1775, the Continental Congress authorized the purchase of the merchant brig \"Defiance\". The ship"
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"Sancreed Beacon Sancreed Beacon is a Bronze Age archaeological site near the village of Sancreed in the Penwith peninsula of Cornwall maintained by the Cornwall Heritage Trust. On top of the hill are several stone cists and Bronze Age archaeological remains comprising burial mounds and the remains of a Bronze Age hut on the Western slope. This site can be taken in the context of a rich variety of archaeological evidence in the vicinity from the Iron Age, Bronze Age and dating as far back as Neolithic times including Carn Euny Iron Age village 1 mile to the southwest, Caer Bran Hill Fort half a mile southwest, Sancreed Holy Well to the southeast, and Bartinney Castle to the west about 1 mile. Sancreed Beacon Sancreed Beacon is a Bronze Age archaeological site near the village of Sancreed in the Penwith peninsula of Cornwall maintained by the Cornwall Heritage Trust. On top of the hill are several stone cists and Bronze Age archaeological remains comprising burial mounds and the remains of a Bronze Age hut on the Western slope. This site can be taken in the context of a rich variety of archaeological evidence in the vicinity from the Iron Age,"
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"Thomas Manly Deane Sir Thomas Manly Deane (1851–1933) was an Irish architect, the son of Sir Thomas Newenham Deane and grandson of Sir Thomas Deane, who were also architects. Born at Ferney House, Blackrock, Cork, on 8 June 1851, he was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and travelled in France and Italy before joining his father's practice. Deane went into partnership with his father from 1884 till his father's death in 1899, when he joined Sir Aston Webb. He designed three buildings of note in Dublin, Ireland. These are the National Museum and National Library on Kildare Street and also in the 1937 Reading Room in Trinity College Dublin. He was knighted in 1911 and died in Wales on 3 February 1933. Thomas Manly Deane Sir Thomas Manly Deane (1851–1933) was an Irish architect, the son of Sir Thomas Newenham Deane and grandson of Sir Thomas Deane, who were also architects. Born at Ferney House, Blackrock, Cork, on 8 June 1851, he was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and travelled in France and Italy before joining his father's practice. Deane went into partnership with his father from 1884 till his father's death in 1899, when he joined Sir Aston Webb."
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"Mariam Dadiani (1783–1841) Mariam Dadiani (; 1783 – 19 March 1841) was the last Queen Consort of the western Georgian kingdom of Imereti as the wife of King Solomon II. She was a daughter of Katsia II Dadiani, Prince of Mingrelia. After the Russian conquest of Imereti and Solomon's flight to the Ottoman Empire in 1810, Mariam fell in the hands of the Russian authorities who sent her in exile to Russia proper, where she was known as Maria Katsiyevna Imeretinskaya (). Mariam was born in 1783, in the family of the Mingrelian ruling prince Katsia II, of the Dadiani dynasty, and his wife Elisabed, daughter of Teimuraz II of Kakheti. She was given in marriage, in the 1790s, to the Imeretian king Solomon II, who later fought his brother-in-law and Katsia's successor, Grigol Dadiani, over territorial disputes. The marriage proved to be childless. Therefore, Solomon had to designate his closest legitimate relative and a son of an old adversary, Prince Constantine, as heir apparent in 1804. Solomon's reign was under threat from the Russian Empire, whose suzerainty he had accepted in 1804. He offered armed resistance to the Russian troops sent in to reinforce the tsar's decision to depose Solomon in February 1810. Mariam stood by her husband's side. Solomon was forced to capitulate in March 1810, but he escaped from captivity and reignited an anti-Russian rebellion in May 1810. The Russian commander-in-chief Alexander Tormasov retaliated by ordering General Simonovich to incarcerate Mariam, her sister Maria, wife of Prince Davit Mikeladze, and Solomon's sister Mariam, wife of Prince Malkhaz Andronikashvili, at the fortress of Poti. The arrested noblewomen were to receive food from their own estates; giving money to them was prohibited. Simonovich advised caution, warning that harsh treatment of the female dignitaries would exasperate the Imeretians. Mariam remained with her beleaguered husband until the king eventually escaped to the Ottoman territory in September 1810. Queen Mariam, on the other hand, fled to Mingrelia under protection of its ruler, Princess Nino. Tormasov inveigled her into surrendering. The Russian military convoy escorted her and other Imeretian female royals to Tiflis and placed them under custody in November 1810. Queen Mariam and Solomon's sister Mariam, as the fugitive king's corroborators, were deported to Voronezh, whence the queen sent, with the help of Marquis Paulucci, a letter to Solomon, urging him to surrender and return from his exile in the Ottoman Empire. After the death of Solomon in Trebizond in 1815, Mariam was allowed to move to Moscow, and then to St. Petersburg in 1817. The tsar granted her a pension and decorated her with the Order of St. Catherine, Grand Cross. According to one account, in her last years, Mariam personally asked the tsar to allow Solomon II's peasant servant Salaridze, who had helped the king to escape from Russian captivity back in 1810, to return from his exile in Siberia. The permission was granted and Mariam hosted Salaridze at her house, only to find him dead of a heart attack on the next morning. Mariam died in St. Petersburg in 1841, at the age of 58, and was buried at the Donskoy Monastery. Mariam Dadiani (1783–1841) Mariam Dadiani (; 1783 – 19 March 1841) was the last Queen Consort of the western Georgian kingdom of Imereti as the wife of King Solomon II. She was a daughter of Katsia II Dadiani, Prince of Mingrelia. After the Russian conquest of Imereti and Solomon's flight to the Ottoman Empire in 1810, Mariam fell in the hands of the Russian authorities who sent her in exile to Russia proper, where she was known"
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"Dragons of Faerûn Dragons of Faerûn is a supplement to the 3.5 edition of the \"Dungeons & Dragons\" role-playing game. \"Dragons of Faerûn\" is an accessory for the Forgotten Realms which details some of the setting's most notorious dragons and dracoliches, and also presents information on dragon-related organizations such as the church of Tiamat and the Cult of the Dragon. The book also includes ready-to-play adventures, new traps and treasures found within the lairs of dragons, new spells for dragons, and new monsters. \"Dragons of Faerûn\" was written by Eric L. Boyd and Eytan Bernstein, and published in August 2006. Cover art was by Lucio Parrillo, with interior art by Anne Stokes, Daarken, Gonzalo Flores, Tomás Giorello, Eric M. Gist, Fred Hooper, Howard Lyon, William O'Connor, and Jim Pavelec. Dragons of Faerûn Dragons of Faerûn is a supplement to the 3.5 edition of the \"Dungeons & Dragons\" role-playing game. \"Dragons of Faerûn\" is an accessory for the Forgotten Realms which details some of the setting's most notorious dragons and dracoliches, and also presents information on dragon-related organizations such as the church of Tiamat and the Cult of the Dragon. The book also includes ready-to-play adventures, new traps and treasures found"
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"The song consists of three verses, two of which describe dream visions involving Mother Nature. The three verses move forward in time from the past (a medieval celebration with the sun floating on the breeze), to the present (the singer lying, distressed, in bed with the full moon in his eyes when there is a nuclear bomb explosion ie sunburst), and, finally, the future (spaceships transporting the chosen ones to a new home in the sun). The theme of the sun links all three verses. On the original recording, in addition to Young's vocals, two instruments are used in the song:a piano and a french horn. The french horn solo in the middle of the song is often replaced by a harmonica solo by Young in live performances. The line \"Look at Mother Nature on the run/In the 1970s\" has been amended by Young in concert over the decades and is currently sung as \"Look at Mother Nature on the run/in the 21st century.\" \n \"After the Gold Rush\" is a song written, composed, and performed by Neil Young and is the title song from the 1970 album of the same name. In addition to After the Gold Rush, it also appears on Decade, Greatest Hits, and Live Rust. \n Dolly Parton once commented about the making of her version of the song:\"When we were doing the Trio album, I asked Linda and Emmy what it meant, and they didn't know. So we called Neil Young, and he didn't know. We asked him, flat out, what it meant, and he said, ' Hell, I don't know. I just wrote it. It just depends on what I was taking at the time. I guess every verse has something different I'd taken. '\" The Trio version of the song was also released as a single, and while it received modest radio airplay, a video accompanying the song was very popular on a number of cable video outlets, including CMT.In 2017 The Detroits'Seatbelts' cover was made into a video by Torontos' Greasy King. \n \"After the Gold Rush\" \n--- \nSong by Neil Young and Crazy Horse \nfrom the album After the Gold Rush \nReleased | September 19, 1970 \nRecorded | March 12, 1970 \nGenre | Folk rock \nLength | 3:45 \nLabel | Reprise \nSongwriter (s) | Neil Young \nProducer (s) | Neil Young David Briggs \nAfter the Gold Rush track listing \n| \"Tell Me Why\" (1) | \"After the Gold Rush\" (2) | \"Only Love Can Break Your Heart\" (3) \n---|---|---\n | This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (May 2015) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) \n---|---\n The song has been covered numerous times. In 1973, it was interpreted by Prelude, whose a capella version was a top 40 hit all over the globe, especially the United Kingdom where it re-charted in the Top 40 in 1982. Other versions have been performed by artists such as Thom Yorke, k.d. lang, The Flaming Lips, The King's Singers, Michael Hedges, Nena, and Natalie Merchant. Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton, and Emmylou Harris included it on their smash Trio II album in 1999 and were awarded a Grammy for their version. (Parton also released a solo version of the song in 1996, though her version altered the line \"I felt like getting high\" to \"I felt like I could cry\" with the permission of Neil Young.) During Radiohead's 2003 and 2012 world tours, Thom Yorke occasionally played this song solo, usually segueing into \"Everything in Its Right Place.\" Patti Smith included it on her 2012 album, Banga. The song has also been covered in live shows by Tori Amos, Dave Matthews, Neil Finn during Crowded House's 2007 tour of the United States, and by Nana Mouskouri during her 1970s BBC show."
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"Kelly Schmedes Kelly Schmedes (born Kelly Wilson on 11 February 1983) is an American soccer forward who last played for Boston Breakers of Women's Professional Soccer, and was a member of the United States women's national soccer team. Schmedes was born in Odessa, Texas. There she attended Permian High School. She was recruited by, and eventually enrolled in, the University of Texas at Austin. While there, Schmedes played for the Texas Longhorns women's soccer team. She was a four-time All-Big 12 First Team selection, in addition to being a three-time Hermann Trophy nominee and two-time NSCAA All-American. At the conclusion of her career with Texas, Schmedes was the all-time leader in points (129), assists (41), game-winning goals (13) and games started (84) for the university. After graduating from Texas, Schmedes played for W-League side Charlotte Lady Eagles in 2005. She appeared in 8 games (679 minutes) and scored 11 goals with an assist. Her stay in the United States was short lived as Schmedes moved abroad to play for Sweden's KIF Örebro DFF in 2006. 2007 saw Schmedes return to Charlotte Lady Eagles, where she appeared in a further 12 games (903 minutes), and tallied 7 goals and 6 assists. 2008 saw more of the same with Schmedes playing in 13 games (1149 minutes). She scored 14 goals with 6 assists. Throughout her three years with the club, Schmedes ranks 3rd in goals and 4th in assists. With the return of top-flight women's soccer in the United States in Women's Professional Soccer, teams were keen to obtain Schmedes' playing rights. She was selected in the 6th round of the 2009 WPS Draft by Boston Breakers. In the inaugural 2009 Women's Professional Soccer season, she appeared in 17 games (10 starts, 1033 total minutes) and scored 1 goal and 1 assist. Following the conclusion of the 2009 season, Schmedes was drafted by expansion club Philadelphia Independence in the 2009 WPS Expansion Draft but did not make the final roster. Schmedes is the all-time leader in international goals scored (31) for the United States U-20 women's national soccer team. As Kelly Wilson, she scored nine goals in five games at the 2002 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship in Canada, becoming the second-highest scoring player in the tournament and winning the Bronze Ball and Silver Shoe awards. Schmedes has only appeared twice for the United States national team, at the 2002 and 2005 Algarve Cups, scoring her only international goal against England in 2002. Kelly Schmedes Kelly Schmedes (born Kelly Wilson on 11 February 1983) is an American soccer forward who last played for Boston Breakers of Women's Professional Soccer, and was a member of the United States women's national soccer team. Schmedes was born in Odessa, Texas. There she attended Permian High School. She was recruited by, and eventually enrolled in, the University of Texas at Austin. While there, Schmedes played for the Texas Longhorns women's soccer team. She was a four-time All-Big 12 First Team selection, in addition to being a"
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"Patricia Giles Patricia Jessie Giles (; 16 November 1928 – 9 August 2017) was a women's activist and Australian Senator. She was the President of the International Alliance of Women for three terms, the last ending in 2004. A qualified nurse, she founded the Women's Electoral Lobby branch in Perth in 1973. She also returned to study at the University of Western Australia, where she received her Bachelor of Arts in 1974. She later became an organizer for the Hospital Employees Union of Western Australia, and she was the first woman on the executive of the West Australian Trades and Labor Council. In 1981 she was elected as an Australian Labor Party Senator for Western Australia. During her twelve years as a senator she was active in issues related to women, she led the Australian delegation to the United Nations Decade for Women meetings in the 1980s. She and Sara Dowse contributed the piece \"Women in a Warrior Society\" to the 1984 anthology \"\", edited by Robin Morgan. Following her retirement from politics, she continued to be active in women's rights, serving three terms as president of the International Alliance of Women. On Australia Day, 2010, she was named a Member of the Order of Australia, \"For service to the community through organisations and advisory bodies that promote the interests of women, and to the Parliament of Australia\". She died on 9 August 2017. Patricia Giles Patricia Jessie Giles (; 16 November 1928 – 9 August 2017) was a women's activist and Australian Senator. She was the President of the International Alliance of Women for three terms, the last ending in 2004. A qualified nurse, she founded the Women's Electoral Lobby branch in Perth in 1973. She also returned to study at the University of Western Australia, where she received"
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"Bardhyl Çaushi Bardhyl Çaushi (, ) (1936–1999) was a Kosovo Albanian human rights lawyer and activist. Highly active in cases of human rights abuses in Kosovo, Çaushi was the dean of the school of law of the University of Pristina and the first head of the \"Independent Jurists of Kosovo\". During the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia he was abducted by Yugoslav forces and held in prisons in Serbia. Çaushi's state was unknown until 2005 when his remains were found and identified. His body was returned to Kosovo, where he was reburied with presidential honours. Born in Đakovica, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (present-day Kosovo) on 15 August 1936, Bardhyl Çaushi studied law in Skopje. He served as district court judge of Peć and head judge of Đakovica. Çaushi started his academic career as professor of Roman law at the University of Pristina and eventually became dean of the school of law of the university. In 1992 he was a member of the group of lawyers which defended Albanian civilians accused among others of \"association for the purpose of carrying out hostile activities\". Human rights organisations like HRW reported that the defendants were denied due process and their arrests and trials were possibly linked to ethnicity or political beliefs. During the case the lawyers asserted that like many other trials of Albanians, that particular one was another show trial with political purposes. In 1999 Çaushi was abducted in his hometown by Yugoslav troops. His fate was unknown although human rights organisations feared him dead. His body was found and identified in a mass grave in 2005 in Serbia. He was reburied on 30 September 2005 in his hometown and posthumously awarded the \"Golden Medal of Independence\" by Kosovan President Ibrahim Rugova. Bardhyl Çaushi Bardhyl Çaushi (, ) (1936–1999) was a Kosovo Albanian human"
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"Stoating Stoating, sometimes written stoting or stotting, is a type of stitching made to join two pieces of woven material, with raw edges placed together, such that the resulting stitches are not visible from the right side of the cloth. Stoating is accomplished by passing the needle only halfway through the pieces of material to be stoated, using a very fine needle and thread, such as silk, or even hair. Stitches would be drawn from side to side across the opening to be sewn closed, in a pattern resembling a zig-zag or the rungs of a ladder. Stoating may be used on heavier fabrics, such as felt and some types of tweed, or fabrics that will not fray easily. Stoating would also be used in place of seaming on heavy furs. When completed, the join should lie flat and not be visible from the right side of the fabric. Stoating Stoating, sometimes written stoting or stotting, is a type of stitching made to join two pieces of woven material, with raw edges placed together, such that the resulting stitches are not visible from the right side of the cloth. Stoating is accomplished by passing the needle only halfway through the"
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"Binding post A binding post is a connector commonly used on electronic test equipment to terminate (attach) a single wire or test lead. They are also found on loudspeakers and audio amplifiers as well as other electrical equipment. A binding post contains a central threaded metal rod and a cap that screws down on that rod. Binding posts slowly evolved from 19th century general purpose fasteners into 20th century electrical binding posts. Examples of binding posts used during 19th century are telegraph key and blasting machine devices. Caps are commonly insulated with plastic and color-coded: red commonly means an active or positive terminal; black indicates an inactive (reference or return) or negative terminal; and green indicates an earth (ground) terminal. Caps during the 19th century were typically bare metal until synthetic plastic, such as Bakelite, became available in early 20th century. During the late 1940s, General Radio created a new binding post that had a jack in a cap. Today it is commonly known as a \"five-way\" or \"universal\" binding post, which allows many types of connection methods: Even so-called isolated binding posts are typically not sufficiently isolated to protect users from coming into contact with their metal parts carrying voltage. As such they are not suitable to be used for carrying dangerous voltages (cf. extra-low voltage). On several types of equipment it has been becoming common to no longer use the traditional binding posts, but safety banana jacks. The \"universal\" property of binding posts is lost here, since safety banana jacks can only be used with traditional and safety banana plugs. In the past, it was common for multiple five-way binding posts to have their drilled holes lined up; this provided convenience in some applications as a bare wire could be strung from post to post to post. But this also impaired safety as two wires or pin connectors could be inserted from opposite sides of two binding posts and the tips of the wires or probes might inadvertently short together. Holes are now normally aligned in such a fashion that such shorts cannot occur. In order to permit the use of double banana plugs, the most common distance between the centers of the plugs should be inch (about 19 mm), which originated on General Radio test equipment during the 1920s. It should be noted that inch is not the only spacing. Binding post A binding post is a"
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"Nanocrystal A nanocrystal is a material particle having at least one dimension smaller than 100 nanometres, based on quantum dots (a nanoparticle) and composed of atoms in either a single- or poly-crystalline arrangement. The size of nanocrystals distinguishes them from larger crystals. For example, silicon nanocrystals can provide efficient light emission while bulk silicon does not and may be used for memory components. When embedded in solids, nanocrystals may exhibit much more complex melting behaviour than conventional solids and may form the basis of a special class of solids. They can behave as single-domain systems (a volume within the system having the same atomic or molecular arrangement throughout) that can help explain the behaviour of macroscopic samples of a similar material without the complicating presence of grain boundaries and other defects. Semiconductor nanocrystals having dimensions smaller than 10 nm are also described as quantum dots. The traditional method involves molecular precursors, which can include typical metal salts and a source of the anion. Most semiconducting nanomaterials feature chalcogenides (S, Se, Te) and pnicnides (P, As, Sb). Sources of these elements are the silylated derivatives such as bis(trimethylsilyl)sulfide (S(SiMe) and tris(trimethylsilyl)phosphine (P(SiMe)). Some procedures use surfactants to solubilize the growing nanocrystals. In some cases, nanocrystals can exchange their elements with reagents through atomic diffusion. Nanocrystals made with zeolite are used to filter crude oil into diesel fuel at an ExxonMobil oil refinery in Louisiana at a cost less than conventional methods. Nanocrystal A nanocrystal is a material particle having at least one dimension smaller than 100 nanometres, based on quantum dots (a nanoparticle) and composed of atoms in either a single- or poly-crystalline arrangement. The size of nanocrystals distinguishes them from larger crystals. For example, silicon nanocrystals can provide efficient light emission while bulk silicon does not and may be used"
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"Joint Base Lewis–McChord Joint Base Lewis–McChord (JBLM) is a U.S. military installation home to I Corps and 62d Airlift Wing located south-southwest of Tacoma, Washington under the jurisdiction of the United States Army Joint Base Headquarters, Joint Base Lewis–McChord. The facility is an amalgamation of the United States Army's Fort Lewis and the United States Air Force's McChord Air Force Base which merged on 1 February 2010 into a Joint Base as a result of Base Realignment and Closure Commission recommendations of 2005. Joint Base Lewis–McChord is a training and mobilization center for all services and is the only Army power projection base west of the Rocky Mountains in the Continental United States. Its geographic location provides rapid access to the deep water ports of Tacoma, Olympia, and Seattle for deploying equipment. Units can be deployed from McChord Field, and individuals and small groups can also use nearby Sea-Tac Airport. The strategic location of the base provides Air Force units with the ability to conduct combat and humanitarian airlift with the C-17 Globemaster III. In 1916, a combination of local civilian businessmen seeking the creation of a military base in the Puget Sound area and a military survey team approved a military post to be constructed near American Lake. Businessmen and Washington voters approved a donation of the land near American Lake to the United States government. The base (then known as Camp Lewis) would serve as a vital training base for United States soldiers during World War I. This base would be known as one of the most well managed and cheaply funded bases that was constructed during World War I. Additional construction of the camp would officially commemorate a renaming of Camp Lewis to Fort Lewis in 1927. The construction of the base also included the seizure of Nisqually tribe reservation lands for their use as an artillery field. Legal seizure of the lands occurred through eminent domain and seizure, which resulted in tribal members being forced from their homes. Units trained at Fort Lewis would serve with major distinction in both the Pacific and European theaters during World War II. Prisoner of war compounds were constructed to house German and Italian POWs until the end of the war. Fort Lewis units also participated in major operations in the modern day, including Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm. McChord Air Force Base was originally named Tacoma Field in 1927 when a local voting measure voted to create a municipal airport. This airport would be purchased by the United States government in 1938 and renamed to McChord Field in May 1938 in honor of Colonel William McChord, who had died in an aircraft accident in Virginia. The early work and construction of the base prior to the start of World War II occurred under the Works Projects Administration. McChord Field served as a critical piece of defense infrastructure during World War II, training bomber aircraft pilots who would participate in the allied invasion of Italy, southern France, and the Doolittle Raid. McChord Field became McChord Air Force Base in 1948 with the formation of the United States Air Force as a separate division of the armed forces from the United States Army. McChord Air Force Base served as an airlift base since the end of World War II. The base functions as a strategic airlift base participating in transport (such as in Operation Desert Shield), humanitarian (such as relief during 1992 typhoons, support during the eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980, and support to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina), and air defense roles (such as military interception in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks). Fort Lewis and McChord Air Force Base officially joined to form Joint Base Lewis McChord in 2010 following the apolitical Base Realignment and Closure Commissions recommendations in 2005. The large protected lands available to military reservations makes environmental protection significantly important worldwide. Both formerly named Fort Lewis and McChord Air Force Base lands have been used as areas to conduct significant environmental studies. The use of military equipment on the base reservation contains the potential to damage environmental habitats. United States military facilities have implemented and continue to implement practices that include environmental preservation and protections. The Joint Base Headquarters (JBHQ) operates the installation in support of the warfighting units, their families and the extended military community. The mission of the JBHQ is to provide support to mission commanders and the joint base community, to serve as an enabler to the soldiers as they train and project America's combat power, and to make JBLM the station of choice for American soldiers and their families. With an Army joint base commander and an Air Force deputy joint base commander, the JBHQ supports the installation through directorates and agencies that provide a full range of city services and quality-of-life functions; everything from facilities maintenance, recreation and family programs to training support and emergency services. The major organizations that make up the bulk of the JBHQ include: Additional staff offices that support the installation mission include the Joint Base Public Affairs Office, the Religious Support Office, the Resource Management Office, Equal Employment Opportunity Office, the Joint Base Safety Office and the Plans, Analysis and Integration Office. Other partners who work closely with the JBHQ include the Civilian Personnel Advisory Center, the Mission and Installation Contracting Command and Joint Personal Property Shipping Office. Two military units support the JBHQ JBLM Service Members receive medical care through on-base facilities such as Madigan Army Medical Center, the Okubo Clinic, the Nisqually Clinic, and the McChord Clinic. In 2010, Joint Base Lewis–McChord was called the U.S. military's \"most troubled base\" in 2010 by the military's Stars and Stripes newspaper. By 2015, the base had changed its public image, winning recognition in the Army Communities of Excellence awards program with a Silver Award in 2012, and Bronze Awards in 2013 and 2014. JBLM has two Senior Service Component Commanders, one Army (Commander, I Corps) and one Air Force (Commander, 62d Airlift Wing), and has more than 45,000 service members and civilian workers. The post supports over 120,000 military retirees and more than 29,000 family members living both on and off post. The base has a total active population of nearly 210,000 inhabitants, making it the fourth largest military installment worldwide by population. JBLM consists of four geographical areas, Lewis Main, Lewis North, McChord Field, and Yakima Training Center. Lewis Main, Lewis North and McChord Field cover over ; while Yakima Training Center covers . JBLM Lewis Main, Lewis North and McChord Field have abundant high-quality, close-in training areas, including 115 live fire ranges. Additional training space is available at Yakima Training Center in eastern Washington, including maneuver areas and additional live fire ranges. In 2009, the former Fort Lewis Regional Correction Facility was remodeled and renamed the Northwest Joint Regional Correctional Facility (NWJRCF). The facility houses minimum and medium security prisoners from all branches of the U.S. Armed Forces. JBLM Lewis North hosted the Leader Development and Assessment Course, a capstone program for the U.S. Army's ROTC program until it was relocated to Fort Knox, KY in 2014. Camp Murray (Washington National Guard) is adjacent to the post. Joint Base Lewis–McChord Joint"
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"Social Democratic Party (Japan, 1926) The (a more accurate translation of the Japanese name would be \"Social People's Party\", but this naming is common in English texts) was a political party in Japan between 1926 and 1932. Amongst the three main proletarian parties in Japan at the time, the Social Democratic Party occupied a rightist position. The party was founded on December 5, 1926 by the Japan Federation of Labour (\"Sōdōmei\"), other trade unions and the Independent Labour Association, an organization of moderate leftist intellectuals. Abe Isoo was elected chairman of the party. Suzuki Bunji, Nishio Suehiro, Akamatsu Katsumaro, Shimanaka Yuzō and Kagawa Toyohiko were Central Committee members of the party. The elements which formed the new party had belonged to the Labour-Farmer Party, which opposed the inclusion of leftists in the latter party. \"Sodomei\" and other trade union had pulled out of the Labour-Farmer Party on October 24, 1926. However, only four days after its foundation the new party suffered its first split, as leftwing socialists broke away and formed the Japan Labour-Farmer Party. In March 1927 the General Federation of Japanese Peasant Unions was formed as the agrarian wing of the party. () was a farmers' organization in Japan. A women's organization linked to the party, the Social Women's League, was founded in November 1927. It changed its name to Social Democratic Women's League in July 1928. Regarding the Chinese question, the party opposed the policies of the Japanese government, demanding a recognition of the Nanking government and encouragement of the Three Principles of Sun Yat-sen. In May 1927 the Social Democratic Party sent Miyazaki Ryusuke and Matsuoka Komakichi to Shanghai, where they met with Chiang Kai-shek. A solidarity agreement between the Social Democratic Party and the Kuomintang was signed. Miyazaki Ryusuke left the party in 1929, forming the National Democratic Party. The party won two seats in the 1930 national election. The party merged with the National Labour-Farmer Masses Party in July 1932, forming the Social Masses Party. Social Democratic Party (Japan, 1926) The (a more accurate translation of the Japanese name would be \"Social People's Party\", but this naming is common in English texts) was a political party in Japan between 1926 and 1932. Amongst the three main proletarian parties in Japan at the time, the Social Democratic Party occupied a rightist position. The party was founded on December 5, 1926 by the Japan Federation of"
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"Wills Act 1963 The Wills Act 1963 (1963 C. 44) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that repealed the Wills Act 1861 and brought United Kingdom law in line with the suggestions of the Ninth Hague Conference on Private International Law, completed on 5 October 1961. Along with the Wills Act 1837, the 1963 Act is the principal Act dealing with wills in the United Kingdom. The 1963 Act allows a will to be considered \"properly executed\" if it was executed in line with local law in the state where it was executed, the state where the testator lived or the state the testator was a citizen of, rather than applying United Kingdom law to all wills. The 1861 Act, known as Lord Kingsdown's Act, was a frequently used example of the conflict between various national laws because of the different standards it set between subjects and wills from the United Kingdom and from other nations. In addition it failed to distinguish between movable and immovable property, and immovable property had to be compatible with the law of the state it was in, with no consideration for the nationality of the testator or any other factors. The meeting of the produced a Draft Convention on the Formal Validity of Wills, and combined with the Fourth Report of the Lord Chancellor's Private International Law Committee this provided enough incentive for the government to introduce a bill repealing the 1861 Act and replacing it with something that meshed with the law of other states. The bill was introduced to the House of Commons on 21 November 1962, given its second reading on 22 February 1963, and received the Royal Assent on 31 July 1963. The Act is divided into seven sections. Section 1 allows a will to be considered \"properly executed\" if it was executed in line with the laws in the state where it was executed, the state the testator lived in up to his death or the state the testator was a citizen of. This gets rid of the problem with the 1861 Act which meant that wills could be declared formally invalid if not executed in a very narrow way - wills of British citizens had to be executed in line with British law, regardless of where the citizen lived. It has been suggested that \"will\" should include similar things in nations with different types of inheritance, such as the \"contracts of inheritance\" in German and Swiss law. Section 1 deliberately makes no distinction between wills of real property and wills of personal property. Section 2 allows a will to be considered executed if it is executed on board an aircraft or ship in a fashion which follows the law of the state in which the aircraft is registered. If a will disposes of real property it is considered executed if it conforms to the law in the state the property was in, and a will overturning a previous will is considered executed if its purpose is to overturn a previous will valid under the Act, or terms of a previous will which would not be considered valid under the Act. A will to appoint executors is considered similarly executed. Section 3 takes into account the laws of other states on the make-up of a will, and says that the way a will is constructed does not have to be changed if the testator moves state after the will is executed. Section 5 took into account the Scottish system of property transfer, but was repealed by the Succession (Scotland) Act 1964. Sections 6 and 7 are procedural ones, which define certain terms and indicate that the Act comes into force on 1 January 1964. Primary sources Secondary sources Wills Act 1963 The Wills Act 1963 (1963 C. 44) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that repealed the Wills Act 1861 and brought United Kingdom law in line with the suggestions of the Ninth Hague Conference on Private International Law, completed on 5 October 1961. Along with the Wills Act 1837, the 1963 Act is the principal Act dealing with wills in the United Kingdom. The 1963 Act allows a will to"
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"The Unknown (Over the Garden Wall) \"The Unknown\" is the final episode of the American animated television miniseries \"Over the Garden Wall\". It first aired on Cartoon Network on November 7, 2014. The episode's story was supervised by Amalia Levari, Tom Herpich, and series creator Patrick McHale, while writing and storyboarding were managed by Herpich, Jim Campbell, and Natasha Allegri. The bluebird Beatrice navigates through a snowstorm in search of Wirt, and comes across Greg, who is performing meaningless tasks at the request of the Beast. Upon finding Wirt, Beatrice begins to lead him to where she saw Greg. Meanwhile, the Woodsman journeys into the forest as the sun sets, in search of Edelwood. He finds Greg, who is in the process of being turned into an Edelwood tree by the Beast. He attempts to help Greg and to drive the Beast away as Wirt and Beatrice arrive. Having knocked down the Woodsman, the Beast offers to Wirt to keep Greg's soul alive within his lantern, as long as Wirt takes on the Woodsman's task of keeping the lantern alight. Wirt however, realizes that the Beast's soul resides inside the lantern, explaining this to all present, and refuses the offer. Wirt frees Greg and gives Beatrice the magical scissors belonging to Adelaide, which will cure Beatrice and her family of the curse that transformed them into bluebirds. As they depart, the Woodsman, who had been told by the Beast that he was keeping his daughter alive by keeping the lantern alight, ignores the Beast's continuous lies and extinguishes the lantern, defeating the Beast. After Wirt and Beatrice exchange goodbyes, Wirt is shown awakening underwater in a lake. He pulls Greg up to the surface with him, where the police and his friends await. After being taken by ambulance to a hospital, Wirt regains consciousness and finds that his friends and Sara are present. Sara tells Wirt that she hasn't listened to a cassette tape that he made for her, as she does not own a cassette tape player. Greg, having detailed his adventures in the Unknown to those around him, shakes his pet frog, who rings and glows, indicating that Auntie Whispers' magical bell is still inside him and that Wirt and Greg's journey into the Unknown was not in their imaginations. In the Unknown, the melancholic Woodsman sits on his porch, and is happily surprised when his daughter appears, having been restored back to life. The other inhabitants of the Unknown appear to be living pleasant lives, and Beatrice and her family are shown in their original human forms. As Greg's frog plays a piano and sings, Greg returns a stolen rock to Mrs. Daniels' garden. The show, created by Patrick McHale, is based on the 2013 animated short film \"Tome of the Unknown\", which McHale wrote and directed for Cartoon Network Studios as part of their shorts development program. The final episode features Elijah Wood as Wirt, Collin Dean as Greg, Melanie Lynskey as Beatrice, Christopher Lloyd as the Woodsman, and Samuel Ramey as the Beast. The series as a whole, including the finale, received critical acclaim. The episode has been analyzed for its allusions to fear and choice, with journalist Vrai Kaiser noting that the decision made by Wirt and the Woodsman to no longer light the Beast's lantern represents the discovery of \"a truth that can not only shape the future but inform the past\". The Unknown (Over the Garden Wall) \"The Unknown\" is the final episode of the American animated television miniseries \"Over the Garden Wall\". It first aired on Cartoon Network on November 7,"
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"San Leandro Tech Campus The San Leandro Tech Campus is a business park being constructed by Westlake Development Partners LLC in downtown San Leandro, California, near the San Leandro BART station. Construction of Phase 1 of the project began in 2014, and was completed in 2016. The primary tenant of the first phase of construction is OSIsoft, a software company based in San Leandro. Phase 2 of the project is expected to be completed in 2019 with Ghirardelli Chocolate Company as the lead tenant. The site is the permanent location for the sculpture \"Truth is Beauty\" by Marco Cochrane. The sculpture generated some controversy, as it is a large ( tall) nude outdoor sculpture, albeit on private property. San Leandro Tech Campus The San Leandro Tech Campus is a business park being constructed by Westlake Development Partners LLC in downtown San Leandro, California, near the San Leandro BART station. Construction of Phase 1 of the project began in 2014, and was completed in 2016. The primary tenant of the first phase of construction is OSIsoft, a software company based in San Leandro. Phase 2 of the project is expected to be completed in 2019 with Ghirardelli Chocolate Company as the"
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"Coley Park Coley Park is a suburb of the town of Reading in the English county of Berkshire. It is largely built on the country estate of the same name, surrounding Coley House. It is primarily a residential area, although it is also home to the Berkshire Independent Hospital and has previously been the site of government offices. Coley Park is an area of south-west Reading, bounded to the north by the Berkeley Avenue and the older district of Coley, to the south and east by the Holy Brook and the water meadows of the Kennet Valley, and to the west by the Reading to Basingstoke railway line, the now disused Coley branch line and the suburb of Southcote. Coley Park lies entirely within the borough of Reading, within Minster ward. It is within the Reading West parliamentary constituency. The suburb is split between the Church of England parishes of All Saints Church and St Giles' Church, although neither church is actually within the area. The suburb of Coley Park was built largely on the lands of the Coley Park estate, the history of which is closely linked to that of the Vachell family. John Vachell (1287-1340) was the first member of the family to own land in the area, buying it from Thomas Syward of Reading in 1309. However this land was mostly agricultural, and although the Vachell family were known to have a house in Coley, it is unclear whether this was on the lands later to become Coley Park, or elsewhere in old Coley. The first manor house known to be on the Coley Park estate was known as Vachell House, and was built in around 1555 by Thomas Vachell (1537–1610). This was situated on the banks of the Holy Brook, where Coley Park Farm remains today. It was restored after the English Civil War by Tanfield Vachell (1602–1658). By 1727 the estate was heavily indebted, and was sold by William Vachell to Colonel Richard Thompson, who had made his money as a merchant in Jamaica before retiring to the UK in 1711. The property passed to Thompson's daughters, Anne and Frances, when he died in 1736, and they sold it to William Chamberlayne in 1792. Chamberlayne's son, also named William, in turn sold the estate to Thomas Bradford in 1802. Bradford resold the property the same year to John McConnell. By this time Vachell House had once again fallen into disrepair, and was subject to seasonal flooding from the Holy Brook. McConnell commissioned a new mansion, Coley House, from the architect Daniel Asher Alexander, well known for his work in London Docks. This house still stands today, and is often referred to as Coley Mansion House or Coley Park House. The old house was demolished, and it is likely that much of its materials were recycled in the new house, which, as built, was of two stories. In 1810, McConnell sold the estate and house to John Berkeley Monck. Around 1840, John Bligh Monck made some changes to Coley House, including a new staircase and, probably, adding the third floor that is now to be seen. The Monck family would continue to own the estate until 1937, when it was sold to John Bucknell. The Bucknell continued to own the site until the mid-1950s when the estate was sold to a number of purchasers. Between 1882 and 1889, Reading Football Club played their games at Coley Park, on the site now known as Coley Park Recreation Ground. This was the clubs first enclosed venue, with previous matches being played on open playing fields. During the First World War two fields in Coley Park were used as an airfield for the Royal Flying Corps' No 1 School of Military Aeronautics and No.1 School of Technical Training, based nearby. However, flying was disrupted by river fogs and by the end of the war the airfield fell into disuse. Amongst the pilots trained at Coley Park was W. E. Johns, who went on to create the Biggles series of aviation based adventure stories. After the Second World War, the Ministry of Agriculture occupied Coley House and the garden areas in the northern part of the estate. Two blocks of offices were built for the ministry in these grounds, the more recent in 1968. Coley House subsequently became semi-derelict. In 1956 the then Reading Corporation purchased the southern section of Coley Park estate for a future council housing estate. By 1958 new residents were arriving and by 1960 a set of three high-rise 15-storey flats were under construction. By the end of the 1960s a row of five shops, a pub, a church and a school had been built on the Coley Park estate. New roads built at this stage included \"Wensley Road\" and \"Lesford Road\". In 1993 the Berkshire Independent Hospital run by Ramsay Health Care UK was purpose built on a site (part of the ministry site) adjacent to Coley House. This involved constructing a new access road (known as \"Swallows Croft\") parallel to \"Wensley Road\" and between that road and Coley House. Subsequently Coley House itself underwent major restoration works, including the construction of new buildings to the rear and a complete facelift of the roof areas. Today this Grade II Heritage listed building contains consulting rooms and other outpatient facilities for the hospital. Two new housing developments on the site of Coley House's former gardens followed around 2000. One, at the end of Swallows Croft, replaced the later of the ministry office blocks. The other, accessed by the new \"Rembrandt Way\", was situated to the north of the hospital. The earlier ministry office was refurbished and reroofed for continued use by Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, but this too eventually succumbed to a further housing development, being closed in 2011 before being demolished and replaced by 71 new homes. Coley Park has limited road access, with only two trafficable streets (\"Shaw Road\" and \"St Saviours Road\") connecting the suburb's roads to the adjacent \"Berkeley Avenue\", although there are several other access routes available only to pedestrians and/or cyclists. It is connected to Reading town centre by Reading Buses route 11, which operates every 20 minutes during the day, but less frequently in the evening, and takes about 20 minutes. Coley Park Coley Park is a suburb of the town of Reading in the English county of Berkshire. It is largely built on the country estate of the same name, surrounding Coley House. It is primarily a residential area, although it is also home to the Berkshire Independent Hospital and has previously been the site"
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"Richard Conniff Richard Conniff (born March 1, 1951) is an American non-fiction writer, specializing in human and animal behavior. Conniff also writes about wildlife, human cultures and other topics for \"Time\", \"Smithsonian\", \"Atlantic Monthly\", \"The New York Times Magazine\", \"National Geographic\", \"Audubon Magazine\", \"Yale Environment 360\", and other publications in the United States and abroad. His magazine work in \"Smithsonian\" won the 1997 National Magazine Award, and was included in The Best American Science and Nature Writing in 2000, 2002, and 2006. Conniff is also the winner of the 2001 John Burroughs Award for Outstanding Nature Essay of the Year, a 2007 Guggenheim Fellowship, and a 2009 Loeb Journalism Award. Conniff has been a frequent commentator on NPR and serves as a contributing opinion writer for \"The New York Times\" online. He has written and presented television shows for National Geographic Channel, TBS, Animal Planet, the BBC, and Channel Four in the UK. His television work has been nominated for an Emmy Award for distinguished achievement in writing, and he won the 1998 Wildscreen Prize for Best Natural History Television Script for the BBC show \"Between Pacific Tides\". Richard Conniff Richard Conniff (born March 1, 1951) is an American non-fiction"
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"MS Barfleur (1992) MV \"Barfleur\" is a ferry operated by Brittany Ferries on the route between Poole on the south coast of England and Cherbourg, France. She was built at Masa Yards Turku New Shipyard in Finland for the Brittany Ferries subsidiary \"Truckline\" and entered service in 1992. In 1999 she was repainted in Brittany Ferries standard livery. \"Barfleur\" was the last ship to carry the 1983–2002 version of the Brittany Ferries logo and livery which was replaced by the post-2002 version in March 2009. She sails under the French flag and is registered in Cherbourg. From 27 April 2012 until December that year, she was in service with DFDS Seaways who had renamed her as \"Deal Seaways\" to ensure she had the same initials as their other ships, all DS. She was used on their joint Dover—Calais route with LD Lines. On 19 December 2009 Brittany Ferries announced that they would be withdrawing \"Barfleur\" from its service between Poole and Cherbourg. They claimed to have been losing money on the service for quite some time. After completing her last trip in February 2010 \"Barfleur\" was laid up in the canal near to Caen. For many months there was much speculation as to the future of the vessel with many believing it was to be chartered to another operator. On the 16 December 2010, almost a year after the announcement of withdrawal, Brittany Ferries made a statement that \"Barfleur\" would resume service on the Poole to Cherbourg route commencing on 27 February 2011. However, the service was to be aimed at freight traffic with proportionately fewer passengers. On 11 July 2011, Brittany Ferries further announced that \"Barfleur\" would again be withdrawn from service between Poole and Cherbourg with effect from 3 October 2011, citing ongoing profitability concerns. The company further commented that the service 'may be reintroduced for the Summer 2012 season'. It was announced on 10 February 2012 that \"Barfleur\" would not resume service in 2012 due to the ongoing difficult economic situation. She would remain laid up at Caen for the foreseeable future. The French press reported on 23 March 2012 that the ship had been acquired by LD Lines/DFDS Seaways for their joint Dover—Calais service where she would be put into service starting on 27 April. Announcements from Brittany Ferries and DFDS confirmed that Barfleur was to be chartered by the DFDS/LD Lines joint venture. DFDS renamed her as \"Deal Seaways\" to ensure she had the same initials as their other ships, all DS. \"Deal Seaways\"'s charter was scheduled to end in February 2013 and Brittany Ferries announced that would be renaming her \"Barfleur\", bringing her back into service. DFDS/LD Lines therefore sought a new vessel and managed to charter ex , which had been acquired by Scapino Shipping Ltd after SeaFrance's liquidation. \"Molière\" was renamed as and joined the Dover/Calais fleet on 7 November 2012 leaving \"Deal Seaways\" out of service. \"Deal Seaways\" proceeded to Dunkerque for lay-up and de-storing, and was not used by DFDS Seaways before her livery was changed back to that of Brittany Ferries. The \"Barfleur\" returned to the Poole—Cherbourg route on 19 March 2013, running alongside which inaugurated a new route between Poole and Bilbao, also starting on the same date. The \"Barfleur\" re-commenced overnight services between Cherbourg and Poole in November 2013, on a Tuesday and a Wednesday in place of the usual evening service. These overnight sailings were also repeated in 2014 except during the peak summer period. The \"Barfleur\" was laid up for the winter period with the last sailing from Poole being on Wednesday 31st January 2018 but returned to service on 4th March 2018. \"Barfleur\" has also served on Portsmouth—Caen (Ouistreham) where she acted as refit cover for and . During the winter seasons of 1997 and 1998 \"Barfleur\" operated between Poole and Santander at weekends and made the crossing in 28 hours. As a result of major engine problems with \"Val de Loire\" in September 2000, \"Barfleur\" operated between Plymouth and Roscoff for two round trips before moving to Portsmouth—Caen (Ouistreham) in place of . Barfleur's place at Poole was taken by \"MV Purbeck\". On rare occasions \"Barfleur\" has also operated routes not usually undertaken by Brittany Ferries:- \"Barfleur\" has sailed on this route as a positioning move to provide refit cover but also as a result of strike action by French dockworkers in October 2002. As a result of the previously mentioned strike a round trip to Roscoff was undertaken in October 2002 to facilitate a crew change. This route was repeated between 23 and 26 May 2008 due to a blockade of Cherbourg by French fishermen. In December 2005 \"Barfleur\" was chartered by Victor Treacy International for a one off freight-only crossing to help clear a buildup of freight caused by a strike at Irish Ferries. On 16 July 2014 at 6:26am the ferry collided with a chain of the chain-ferry crossing Poole harbour entrance, snapping the chain and causing the chain-ferry to be out of action for 2 days. This happened on a previous occasion (believed to be around 1996) when damage to the rudder/propellers occurred. MS Barfleur (1992) MV \"Barfleur\" is a ferry operated by Brittany Ferries on the route between Poole on the south coast of England and Cherbourg, France. 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"Paradise Murdered Paradise Murdered (; lit. \"Homicide Case on Paradise\") is a 2007 South Korean film starring Park Hae-il and Park Sol-mi, and is the directorial debut of filmmaker Kim Han-min. Off the southern coast of the Korean Peninsula, an island of 17 inhabitants exists. The so-called Paradise Island holds up to its name with its breath-taking mountains and sea coupled with good-natured people. No worries or stress holds for anyone who comes to visit this beautiful oasis. But this peace doesn’t last long as every single one of the inhabitants disappear one day without a single trace. Chaos initially breaks out when a blood-drenched corpse is found and everyone becomes a suspect. The furious sea allows them no boat ride to the mainland and their only existing radio communication device has been smashed. Trapped together on the island, everyone is suspicious of each other and even the unseen could be a possible suspect. As hideous secrets get revealed day by day, an island of paradise slowly turns into an island of death. Paradise Murdered Paradise Murdered (; lit. \"Homicide Case on Paradise\") is a 2007 South Korean film starring Park Hae-il and Park Sol-mi, and is the directorial debut"
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"Kerstin Cook Kerstin Cook (born 15 April 1989) is a Swiss born British model and beauty pageant titleholder who won the title of Miss Switzerland 2010 and represented her country in the 2011 Miss Universe pageant. Born to English parents, Karen and Derek (Born 1959) and she has two older brothers Richard (born 1985) and James (born 1987) , , Cook has been working as a model since age 15. A biology student and sales associate in Kriens, she's also an avid sportswoman, practicing athletics and inline skating. She's been dating FC Luzern player Silvan Büchli since 2007. Cook, who stands tall, competed as one of the 12 finalists in her country's national beauty pageant, Miss Switzerland, held in Zürich, where she obtained the \"Photogenic\" award and the crown of \"Miss Schweiz\", gaining the right to represent Switzerland in the 2011 Miss Universe pageant, broadcast live from São Paulo, Brazil on 12 September 2011. Prior to finals night, Cook discovered her grandmother in Cambridge had a cancer recurrence, and would have to undergo chemotherapy. Unable to travel to England, Cook dedicated her participation in Miss Switzerland to her. Kerstin Cook Kerstin Cook (born 15 April 1989) is a Swiss born"
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"Los Trios Ringbarkus Los Trios Ringbarkus was an Australian stand up comedy duo prominent in the late 1980s. Despite the name there were only two performers, Neill Gladwin and Steve Kearney formed in 1979 when they were drama school students at Rusden State College, Victoria, Australia. Their crumpled suits and awkward, stilted delivery style gave them a unique act on the international live comedy circuit. Their brand of comedy theatre, a kind of cross between Samuel Beckett and Buster Keaton saw them on the world art festival and comedy circuits over the next 13 years, working in theatre, film and TV. They described their work as ‘anti-tainment’, a kind of dada inspired disaster act in which they played two stage frightened clowns who couldn’t greet the audience without creating a mistake. Their humour depended on making the audience laugh through making them feel uncomfortable and not through generating confidence. This original theatrical construction was designed to be hilarious as well as confronting. They were winners of the Perrier Comedy Awards for the Best Comedy at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 1983, the first Australian comedians to have won this award. Los Trios Ringbarkus Los Trios Ringbarkus was an Australian stand up"
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"Palmate sea fan The palmate sea fan (\"Leptogorgia palma\") is a species of gorgonian sea fan in the family Gorgoniidae. This fan grows up to 2m in total height and is bright red. It has small white polyps which retract into slits in the colony when not feeding. It has branches which fork from the central flattened trunk. This sea fan is found only around the South African coast from the Cape Peninsula to Sodwana in 10–100 m of water. It is endemic to this region. This fan is very slow-growing, at only 15mm per year, so large colonies may be more than 100 years old. It is eaten by a sponge crab (\"Pseudodromia latens\"), and a topshell snail (\"Calliostoma ornatum\"). Palmate sea fan The palmate sea fan (\"Leptogorgia palma\") is a species of gorgonian sea fan in the family Gorgoniidae. This fan grows up to 2m in total height and is bright red. It has small white polyps which retract into slits in the colony when not feeding. It has branches which fork from the central flattened trunk. This sea fan is found only around the South African coast from the Cape Peninsula to Sodwana in 10–100 m of"
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"Geewa Geewa is a Czech online and mobile games company based in Prague. It powers a portal for mobile multiplayer online games, Geewa.com. The company develops and publishes casual competitive multiplayer games for mobile devices (phones, tablets) and browsers (such as Facebook games). Geewa was awarded the Red Herring 100 Europe award in 2013. Geewa was founded in 2005 and shortly afterwards launched the games portal Geewa.com with six initial games. Historically, the business model was based on free-to-play principles and financed through advertisement. In 2006, Geewa closed a partnership with the biggest web portal in the Czech Republic (Seznam.cz) to jointly operate a gaming portal called Hry.cz. Geewa raised $2.2 million in Series A funding from Poland’s MCI Ventures in 2007. In the two following years, Geewa closed license partnerships with Bigpoint, Alawar and Ganymede for distribution of their games on Geewa portals in the Czech Republic. A full micro-transactions economy to enable virtual goods sales was implemented as well. In 2009 Geewa started to publish its games on Facebook and in 2010 published Pool Live Tour on Facebook. The title is still one of the most popular pool games on Facebook with millions of monthly active users. In 2012, Geewa published Pirates Poker on Facebook and acquired Cuketa, a Brno-based company behind the Age of Defenders game. At the end of 2012, major creditor of Geewa was MCI Management S.A. with €400 thousand loan bearing interest 8% p.a. In 2013, Geewa released Pool Live Tour on mobile devices and the competitive word-forming game, On Words, on web. In 2014, Geewa closed a funding round totaling 4.2M US$. Lead Investor of this financing round was Czech Republic-based KKCG Ventures with participation of existing investor, MCI Ventures. 2014 also sees a lot of progress in game development with the introduction of On Words and Munchie Mania on mobile devices and the release of Tile On, a competitive tile-based puzzle game. Work also begins on the successor to Pool Live Tour, with a focus on mobile first. This year, Geewa expanded its game portfolio with the launch of Pool Live Tour 2 and Prima Kvizy, a joint venture between Geewa and Czech Television company, Prima. Pool Live Tour 2, built in Unity, is currently in soft launch in Czech Republic, Slovakia, Turkey, and Argentina, with more countries to follow. Geewa’s business model is currently based on 2 main revenue streams. The first one is user generated micro-transactions and virtual goods. The second one is advertising, primarily premium ad positions (i.e. pre-roll and post-roll). Geewa Geewa is a Czech online and mobile games company based in Prague. It powers a portal for mobile multiplayer online games, Geewa.com. The company develops and publishes casual competitive multiplayer games for mobile devices (phones, tablets) and browsers (such as Facebook games). Geewa was awarded the Red Herring 100 Europe award in 2013. Geewa was founded in 2005 and shortly afterwards launched the games portal Geewa.com with six initial games. Historically, the business model was based on"
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"Sawan Serasinghe Sawan Serasinghe (born 21 February 1994) is a badminton player from Australia. He competed in the Men's doubles event at the 2016 Summer Olympics alongside Matthew Chau. Serasinghe started playing badminton since the age of five, he was born in Galle, Sri Lanka, and moved to Australia when he was 11-years-old. He trains at the National Training Centre in Melbourne, and took out back-to-back Oceania Championships titles with Chau in 2015 and 2016. The 22-year-old also won the 2014 Sydney International Challenge mixed doubles with Setyana Mapasa, against some of the best players in the world. The Melbournian’s first international experience was at the 2013 Australian Youth Olympic Festival where he competed in the men’s doubles with Chau and also took the court in the men’s singles competition. He made his first Olympic appearance at the 2016 Summer Olympics, competing in the men's doubles with Matthew Chau. They headed into Rio as the 46th highest ranked pairing in the world. Unfortunately the pair were eliminated in the group stages after losing each of their matches against South Korea, Russia, and Chinese Taipei. Off the court, Serasinghe studies a Bachelor of Business Information Systems at Monash University. \"Men's doubles\" \"Mixed doubles\" The BWF Grand Prix has two level such as Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. \"Mixed doubles\" \"Men's doubles\" \"Mixed doubles\" Sawan Serasinghe Sawan Serasinghe (born 21 February 1994) is a badminton player from Australia. He competed in the Men's doubles event at the 2016 Summer Olympics alongside Matthew Chau. Serasinghe started playing badminton since the age of five, he was born in Galle, Sri Lanka, and moved to Australia when he was 11-years-old. He trains at the National Training Centre in Melbourne,"
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"Aruna Sen v. Government of Bangladesh Aruna Sen v. Government of Bangladesh (1975) 27 DLR (HCD) 122 is a case of the High Court Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. The case concerns unlawful detention under the Special Powers Act, 1974 (SPA). The judgement set a precedent for invalidating most detentions under the SPA. The original 1972 Constitution of Bangladesh included no provision for preventive detention. Part III of the original constitution provided strong safeguards for civil and political rights, including the right not to be arbitrarily detained. In Article 26 (2), it provided that any law inconsistent with any provision in Part III would, \"to the extent of such inconsistency, become void\". Article 32 added that \" no person shall be deprived of personal liberty save in accordance with law.\" With Article 33, Part III proceeded to create three safeguards for the rights of detainees: they must be informed of the grounds of their arrest \"as soon as may be\", they must have a \"right to consult and be defended by a legal practitioner\" and they must be produced before a magistrate within 24 hours of the arrest. The spirit of 1972 did not last long. In September 1973, only nine months after the constitution was created, parliament passed Act XXIV, also known as the Second Amendment Bill. Now, Article 26 no longer provided an absolute safeguard of \"fundamental rights\" but allowed them to be circumvented by amendments. Furthermore, the addition of Article 33(3) allowed preventive detention and exempted it from constitutional safeguards for arrest and detention. Parliament was quick to make use of its newly-granted authority. Five months later, on 9 February 1974, it enacted the Special Powers Act, 1974 (SPA). The act was purportedly designed to crush black marketers and smugglers, said to be responsible for the food shortages throughout the country. As political dissent by left-wing guerrillas intensified, Prime Minister Sheikh Mujibur Rahman cracked down through a series of measures: a printing and press ordinance, a three-month ban on strikes, a ban on public gatherings, the declaration of a state of emergency under which civil rights were suspendeddand finally the establishment of one-party rule in 1975. The Special Powers Act (SPA) proved to be a useful instrument in that process. The detention of Chanchal Sen, who had been taken away by the Rakki Bahini, was challenged by a writ petition, under Article 102 (2) (b) (i) of the Constitution by his mother, Aruna Sen. Writ petitions are an indirect system of judicial review in Bangladesh. After much effort, she came to know that her son had been handed over to the Special Branch of the Police Department and was in custody at Mohammadpur Police Station within Dhaka City. She visited her son and found him in a miserable condition. Signs of physical torture were visible on his whole body. The case of the government was that the detainee had been held under section 3 of the Special Powers Act, 1974, for various activities such as illegal possession of arms, robberies and murders. The court observed the following: It is further observed in Aruna Sen’s case that an order of detention of malafide or collated purpose is illegal, it must be shown that the grounds of detention are relevant and do not suffer from vagueness, are not indefinite and are not such as to deprive the detained person of his constitutional and legal right of making an effective representation against his detention at the earliest opportunity as provided in clause (5) of Article 33 of the Constitution and subsection (1) of section 8 of the Special Powers Act, 1974. It is also held in that case that if some of the grounds are irrelevant or non-existent, the satisfaction of the detaining authority, in that particular case, may be said to have been caused by both valid and invalid grounds and such satisfaction cannot be held to be sufficient compliance with the requirement of law. Similarly, on question relating to furnishing of grounds of detention to the detenu as required by clause (5) of Article 33 of the Constitution and sub-section (1) of section 8 of the Special Powers Act, 1974, it is held that if some of the grounds are vague and indefinite although some other grounds are not so, the constitutional and legal requirements of the above provisions cannot be said to have been complied with. The case set a precedent against unlawful and preventive detention. Most of the detentions under the Special Powers Act were found invalid because of procedural irregularities or because the evidence was insufficient to warrant the assumption that a detainee was likely to commit a \"prejudicial act\". In one case the court went so far as to assert that hardly any real case occurred when the provision containing a \"threat to the security of the state\" was found to have been properly applied. The case showed that the Bangladesh High Court had wider powers for judicial review than its regional counterparts in the rest of Asia. Despite the landmark High Court judgement, arbitrary detentions have continued in Bangladesh. Aruna Sen v. Government of Bangladesh Aruna Sen v. Government of Bangladesh (1975) 27 DLR (HCD) 122 is a case of the High Court Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. The case concerns unlawful detention under the Special Powers Act, 1974 (SPA). The judgement set a precedent for invalidating most detentions"
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"Shiyue (magazine) Shiyue (; ) is a Chinese literary magazine. It was established in August 1978 as a quarterly periodical in Beijing. Since 1980 \"Shiyue\" has been published bimonthly. The main founder, Wang Shimin, was director of the Literature and Art Department of \"Beijing Publishing House\". Mao Dun, a Chinese novelist and journalist, wrote a foreword for the first issue. Several other editors contributed to the founding. Shiyue concentrated on novellas in its early phase. The novella was unlike literary periodicals that people had known in the past, which generally published short stories. When the first issue was launched, it drew readers from all classes of society and was considered the first literary magazine published after the Cultural Revolution. It published many important Chinese literary works, including Gao Xingjian's early drama works, such as \"Station\" and \"Absolute Signal\". Mo Yan, a Nobel Prize-winning Chinese novelist, had his novels 'Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out' and 'The Garlic Ballads' published in the magazine. Jia Pingwa's novel \"Deserted City\", which proved to be a smash hit in China, was published in the magazines 4th issue in 1993. The book was published by \"Beijing Publishing House\", a bestseller, but soon afterwards was banned throughout China. Due to threat of prosecution, the former associate editor of Shiyue magazine and the executive editor of \"Deserted City\" Tian Zhenying, was forced to take early retirement. Xie Dajun, the former chief editor of Shiyue Magazine, was removed from the magazine office. Shiyue (magazine) Shiyue (; ) is a Chinese literary magazine. It was established in August 1978 as a quarterly periodical in Beijing. Since 1980 \"Shiyue\" has been published bimonthly. The main founder, Wang Shimin, was director of the Literature and Art Department of \"Beijing Publishing House\". Mao Dun, a Chinese novelist and journalist, wrote a"
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"Annabel Tollman Annabel Tollman (March 7, 1974 – June 5, 2013) was a fashion journalist and editor of \"Interview\" magazine. Tollman was born in Brussels and raised in both London and Western New York. She was a stylist, fashion director, and soon-to-be star of a Bravo reality series. Among her clients were Scarlett Johansson, Mariah Carey, and Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen In 2011, \"The Hollywood Reporter\" placed her at 21 in its list of the 25 most powerful stylists in Hollywood. She was also the stylist and spokeswoman for eBay fashion. In 2010, she was voted one of the 50 most stylish New Yorkers by StyleCaster. Tollman died in her sleep, reportedly from a blood clot, at the age of 39. Annabel Tollman Annabel Tollman (March 7, 1974 – June 5, 2013) was a fashion journalist and editor of \"Interview\" magazine. Tollman was born in Brussels and raised in both London and Western New York. She was a stylist, fashion director, and soon-to-be star of a Bravo reality series. Among her clients were Scarlett Johansson, Mariah Carey, and Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen In 2011, \"The Hollywood Reporter\" placed her at 21 in its list of the 25 most powerful stylists"
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"Paul Yandell Paul Yandell (September 6, 1935 – November 21, 2011) was an American guitar player from Mayfield, Kentucky. Yandell played fingerstyle, a style he learned to play from his neighbors, influenced by Chet Atkins and Merle Travis. In 1955 he was hired by The Louvin Brothers and performed and recorded with them. From 1959 to 1961 he served in the US Army and on his return was a touring musician with Kitty Wells, Johnnie Wright, George Hamilton IV, and Jerry Reed. From 1975 until the late 1990s, Yandell worked with Chet Atkins doing shows, recordings, and TV appearances, and produced an instructional video called \"Fingerstyle Legacy\". After Atkins died in 2001, Yandell recorded seven CDs and was a consultant for guitars for Gretsch, most notably the limited edition stereo version of the Gretsch 6120, a model used by Atkins in the 1950s. He died in Hendersonville, Tennessee, of cancer, at age 76. In 2011, Atkins' daughter Merle Atkins Russell bestowed the light-hearted Certified Guitar Player (CGP) degree on Yandell. She then declared no more CGPs would be allowed by the Atkins estate. Paul Yandell Paul Yandell (September 6, 1935 – November 21, 2011) was an American guitar player from"
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"Cynanchum auriculatum Cynanchum auriculatum is a species of climbing vine swallowworts. Its Chinese name is \"niu pi xiao\" [ 牛皮消 ] (leather eater). \"C auriculatum\" flowers between June and August; fruiting from August all the way to December. \"Cynanchum auriculatum\" is native to Asian temperate and tropical regions; found in China (in Sichuan, Xizang, and Yunnan provinces), Bhutan, Nepal, and the northern parts of Pakistan and India (it is also native to Kashmir). Its habitat is mountainous shrubland terrain, at elevations from 2800–3600 meters. Ethanol extracts derived from roots of \"C. auriculatum\" are being studied for use in anti-cancer medicine; one preliminary study found extracts to have some cytotoxic effects on certain human tumor cell lines. The tests were conducted, both \"in vitro\" and \"in vivo\", on both human subjects, and mice. Cynanchum auriculatum Cynanchum auriculatum is a species of climbing vine swallowworts. Its Chinese name is \"niu pi xiao\" [ 牛皮消 ] (leather eater). \"C auriculatum\" flowers between June and August; fruiting from August all the way to December. \"Cynanchum auriculatum\" is native to Asian temperate and tropical regions; found in China (in Sichuan, Xizang, and Yunnan provinces), Bhutan, Nepal, and the northern parts of Pakistan and India (it"
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"The Grid (U.S. TV series) The Grid, hosted by podcasting and public radio host Jesse Thorn, is an American fifteen-minute weekly rundown of what is trending in indie culture. Each week on IFC, \"The Grid\" recommends movies, music, games, and gadgets of interest. Joining Jesse are an array of up-and-coming comedians, offering their own opinions on what is trending now. \"The Grid\" aired every Thursday at 7:45 p.m. EST, 4:45 PST on IFC. Various segments from the week's episode can be viewed online at IFC.com and on social networking websites. The Grid premiered on IFC on September 9, 2010 The program's executive producer is Michael B. Pressman, and the producer is Michelle Von Wald. Each episode is written by Joshua Weiner. Although Jesse Thorn is the only correspondent to appear on every episode, he did not become the host until episode 104. The first two episodes were hosted by Alex Berg, and the third was hosted by correspondent Sarah Lane. Other correspondents included Alonso Duralde, Whitney Pastorek, Kat Lyn, Ryan Downey, Taylor Orci and Shira Lazar. The director of these episodes was Lew Abramson. Beginning with episode 111, Michael B. Pressman took over as the show's director and the show's regular correspondents became those listed below. The Grid (U.S. TV series) The Grid, hosted by podcasting and public radio host Jesse Thorn, is an American fifteen-minute weekly rundown of what is trending in indie culture. Each week on IFC, \"The Grid\" recommends movies, music, games, and gadgets of interest. Joining Jesse are an array of up-and-coming comedians, offering their own opinions on what is trending now. \"The Grid\" aired every Thursday at 7:45 p.m. EST, 4:45 PST on IFC. Various segments from the week's episode can be viewed online at IFC.com and on social networking websites. The Grid premiered on"
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"Taraneh Mousavi Taraneh Mousavi (1981–2009) (Persian: ترانه موسوی) is said to be a young Iranian woman who reportedly died after being sexually abused while in custody after being arrested for protesting the 2009 election results. Most information about her comes from Iranian blogs and Internet sites and has not been verified. But Morteza Alviri, representative to a committee tasked with investigating post-election crimes, confined the affair of Taraneh Mousavi. Mousavi was reportedly arrested at a protest rally close to the Ghoba mosque in Tehran on June 28, 2009. Reports are unclear as to whether she was participating in the rally. Some weeks later, according to one Iranian blog, her mother received an anonymous call from a government source informing her that her daughter had been hospitalized for \"rupturing of her womb and anus in ... an unfortunate accident\". She could be found at Imam Khomeini Hospital in the city of Karaj, just north of Tehran. Another site reportedly has stated that Mousavi \"was mentally and physically abused\" in Evin prison. The site reported self-described witnesses as saying nothing about her death but that a person matching \"her physical description and injuries\" had been treated at the Imam Khomeini Hospital, but was unconscious both when witnessed and when later \"transferred out of the hospital.\" On July 17 one of the blogs reported that, the day before her family was informed, \"a burned corpse matching Taraneh's description had been found in the desert between Karaj and Qazvin,\" and that they should keep quiet about the incident. In the US, a Republican Senator publicized the incident in a speech on the Senate floor. Doubts have been raised as to the veracity of the story. Mehdi Jami of Newsbann first raised questions about the absence of any evidence of the story being true. This was then picked up on by QLineOrientalist, who argued that the story as presented by a clique of three bloggers with a \"high degree of coordination between them\" and was riddled by unresolvable internal contradictions. For example, the burned body was supposedly identified by a security official, but it is unclear how a burned body would have been identified as belonging to Taraneh Muslavi by people who, presumably, were not looking for her. The Islamic Republic released a video purporting to identify the real Taraneh Musavi. In this video, they claimed there were only three people in Iran with the name \"Taraneh Mousavi\" in Iran; however, opposition groups produced a list of other Taraneh Mousavis in Iran including a musician in a music band called \"Orchide\". Taraneh Mousavi Taraneh Mousavi (1981–2009) (Persian: ترانه موسوی) is said to be a young Iranian woman who reportedly died after being sexually abused while in custody after being arrested for protesting the 2009 election results. Most information about her comes from Iranian blogs and Internet sites and has not been verified. But Morteza Alviri, representative to a committee tasked with investigating post-election crimes, confined the affair of Taraneh Mousavi. Mousavi was reportedly arrested at"
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"Robert Stanley Breed Robert Stanley Breed (October 17, 1877 – February 10, 1956) was an American biologist, born in Brooklyn, Pennsylvania. He received a bachelor's degree from Amherst College in 1898, an M.S. from the University of Colorado in 1899, and a Ph.D. from Harvard in 1902. In 1902 he became professor of biology at Allegheny College and was there secretary of the faculty in 1907–1910. He became known especially for his researches on the post-embryonic development of insects and for his contributions to scientific journals on the public milk supply. In 1903 he published \"The Changes which Occur in the Muscles of a Beetle during Metamorphosis. In 1913, Breed became head of bacteriology at the New York Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, New York. In 1927, he served as president of the Society of American Bacteriologists. From the 1920s until his death in 1956, he was a principal editor of \"Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology\". Robert Stanley Breed Robert Stanley Breed (October 17, 1877 – February 10, 1956) was an American biologist, born in Brooklyn, Pennsylvania. He received a bachelor's degree from Amherst College in 1898, an M.S. from the University of Colorado in 1899, and a Ph.D. from"
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"Cocio Cocio is a chocolate milk drink produced in Esbjerg, Denmark. While not a staple in Danish culture, Cocio is a well-known product to Danes. It's also at least moderately popular in the rest of Scandinavia and, to a lesser extent in some US regions, namely New England. It is also available in the UK and the Netherlands. A brand new factory in Esbjerg was first used in 2002. The factory is 8000 square metres, and contains Production and Administration. The new factory is much bigger than the old one. Cocio was founded by Anker Pallesen in 1951. He and his wife began researching recipes in their own kitchen. In the beginning, the new factory produced 1000 bottles a day. In 1976, he sold the company to The Borden Food Corporation in United States, but the production continued in Esbjerg. In the mid 1980s Cocio released a new 1 litre bottle, and the drink gained popularity in Denmark. In 1988, Cocio had the first commercial in Danish television. In 1989, the Cocio company bought its rival, Congo, who had a 25 percent market share at the time. Following the take-over, Cocio was alone on the Danish market. In 1998, Jamin Potamkin entered the product for a pilot program with the FDA to import the foreign milk on a trial basis (something that Denmark had been trying to do for over thirty years). This was the first time that a foreign milk was allowed to enter the United States, allowed to be distributed in all fifty states in a consumable form directly from the containment vessel. Though Arla Foods (then a wholly Danish company under the business name of MD Foods) also asked Jamin Potamkin to get other dairy products (in particular their yoghurt) into the United States and had their head of US operations ask for assistance, it was refused by Jamin Potamkin and the United States Federal Government. No other Danish liquid dairy products are allowed to enter the US territory, except for the maximum allowed under the Federal Import Milk Act (FIMA), which allows for liquid milk to enter as a percentage in a combined product, i.e. baby formula with 10% or less foreign milk. The current legality of entry of Cocio Chocolate Milk is being reviewed. In the 1999 the E. Bank Lauridsen Holding A/S and IAT Corporation decided to buy Cocio, to bring the Danish spirit to the company again. Then in 2002 Arla Foods became joint owner, buying a 50 percent share in the company. As of 1 January 2008, Arla Foods is the sole owner of Cocio A/S. Cocio A/S ceased cooperation with Jamin Potamkin (A/S Imports, Inc.) and the United States in 2003. Cocio was also once imported into the United States by CKF Foods Inc., but is no longer available to consumers in the USA. The production equipment is able to produce around 58,000 bottles per hour and is capable of packaging milk-based, juice, and iced-tea drinks in glass and tins. Famously, Cocio have used Eva Mendes as a front figure in their commercials. Cocio Cocio is a chocolate milk drink produced in Esbjerg, Denmark. While not a staple in Danish culture, Cocio is a well-known product to Danes. It's also at least moderately popular in the rest of Scandinavia and, to a lesser extent in some US regions, namely New England. It is also available in the UK and the Netherlands. A brand new factory in Esbjerg was first used in 2002. The factory is 8000 square metres, and contains Production and Administration. The new factory is much bigger than the"
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"Parish of Korri Korri Parish is a remote civil Parish, of the County of Delalah a cadasteral division of New South Wales. The Parish is located at 29°07′10″S 142°55′48″E. The topography is the flat arid landscape of the Channel County with a Köppen climate classification of BWh (Hot semi arid). The economy in the parish is based on broad acre agriculture, mainly Wheat, and sheep. There are no towns in the parish and the nearest settlement is Tibooburra, New South Wales and Hungerford, Queensland. The Queensland and New South Wales Border runs along the northern boundary of the parish. The parish is on the traditional land of the Karrengappa people. The first Europeans through the area were Burke and Wills and in the 1890s was included in the Albert Goldfields. Parish of Korri Korri Parish is a remote civil Parish, of the County of Delalah a cadasteral division of New South Wales. The Parish is located at 29°07′10″S 142°55′48″E. The topography is the flat arid landscape of the Channel County with a Köppen climate classification of BWh (Hot semi arid). The economy in the parish is based on broad acre agriculture, mainly Wheat, and sheep. There are no towns in"
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"Point of Violence Point of Violence is a 1966 thriller novel by Lois Duncan. It is one of Duncan's few novels written primarily for adults. It follows a young widow who finds herself being stalked while hiding at a remote beach house after the murder of her husband. Julia Culler, a recent widow after her husband, Mark, died in a water skiing accident, relocates with her two children to a house on Heron Key, suspicious of a man whom she believes is responsible for her husband's death. At her remote beach home, she finds herself being stalked by an unseen assailant. Point of Violence Point of Violence is a 1966 thriller novel by Lois Duncan. It is one of Duncan's few novels written primarily for adults. It follows a young widow who finds herself being stalked while hiding at a remote beach house after the murder of her husband. Julia Culler, a recent widow after her husband, Mark, died in a water skiing accident, relocates with her two children to a house on Heron Key, suspicious of a man whom she believes is responsible for her husband's death. At her remote beach home, she finds herself being stalked by an"
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"German submarine U-413 U-413 was a Type VIIC U-boat built for Nazi Germany's \"Kriegsmarine\" for service during World War II. She was commissioned in mid 1942, with \"Oberleutnant zur See\" Gustav Poel in command. Poel commanded her (receiving promotion to \"Kapitänleutnant\"), until 19 April 1944, when he was relieved by \"Oberleutnant zur See\" Dietrich Sachse who commanded her until her loss. \"U-413\" was laid down on 25 April 1941 at the Danziger Werft (as yard number 114), launched on 15 January 1942 and commissioned on 3 June. She conducted eight patrols in World War II, sinking six ships totalling . German Type VIIC submarines were preceded by the shorter Type VIIB submarines. \"U-413\" had a displacement of when at the surface and while submerged. She had a total length of , a pressure hull length of , a beam of , a height of , and a draught of . The submarine was powered by two Germaniawerft F46 four-stroke, six-cylinder supercharged diesel engines producing a total of for use while surfaced, two Siemens-Schuckert GU 343/38–8 double-acting electric motors producing a total of for use while submerged. She had two shafts and two propellers. The boat was capable of operating at depths of up to . The submarine had a maximum surface speed of and a maximum submerged speed of . When submerged, the boat could operate for at ; when surfaced, she could travel at . \"U-413\" was fitted with five torpedo tubes (four fitted at the bow and one at the stern), fourteen torpedoes, one SK C/35 naval gun, 220 rounds, and one C/30 anti-aircraft gun. The boat had a complement of between forty-four and sixty. The U-boat departed Kiel on 22 October 1942, on her first patrol. On 14 November 1942, she sank the 20,107-ton troop transport ship MV \"Warwick Castle\" (one of the largest sunk in World War II). At 08:44, the ship, under the command of Henry Richard Leepman-Shaw in Convoy MKF-1X was hit by one of two torpedoes fired, about NW of Cape Espichel, Portugal. The U-boat hit her again at 08:57, causing the ship to sink about one hour later. The master, 61 crew members and 34 service personnel died. 201 crew members, 29 gunners and five naval and 131 service personnel were rescued by , , , and the British . The latter ship had been in Convoy KMF-1 for Operation \"Torch\", (the invasion of North Africa). On 19 November 1942, \"U-413\" was attacked by a British Lockheed Hudson aircraft with five bombs and was damaged so severely that she had to return to a new base - Brest in occupied France. Her second patrol was marked by sinking the American ship \"West Portal\" in mid-Atlantic on 5 February 1943; there were no survivors. She also attacked and sank the Greek \"Mount Mycale\" on 22 January 1943, northeast of Newfoundland. Her third patrol saw her leave Brest on 29 March 1943, once more for the Atlantic. There, she sank the British vessel \"Wanstead\" south of Greenland, whose survivors were picked up by the corvette and the ASW (anti-submarine warfare) . Her fourth sortie was a frustrating one; it was split into three parts, but she failed to sink any ships. On 20 February 1944, she sank the British 1,100 ton destroyer about 15 miles off Trevose Head, north Cornwall. This was Poel's last patrol. He moved to the Naval Academy Mürwik in Flensburg. Her last victory was when she sank \"Saint Enogat\" on 19 August 1944 in the English Channel. \"U-413\" did not suffer any casualties until 20 August 1944, when she was sunk, by one of the 115 strategically placed Naval Mines in the Cornish corridor 15 miles off the coast from Padstow. 45 of her crew were killed; there was one survivor. The wreck of \"U-413\" was located and identified by marine archaeologist Innes McCartney in 2000 close to the official sinking position. \"U-413\" took part in 15 wolfpacks, namely. Neal Stephenson's novel \"Cryptonomicon\" features a fictitious \"U-413\", a milchkuh (supply boat). German submarine U-413 U-413 was a Type VIIC U-boat built for Nazi Germany's \"Kriegsmarine\" for service during World War II. She was commissioned in mid 1942, with \"Oberleutnant zur"
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"Sancho d'Avila Sancho d'Avila (21 September 1523 – 1583) was a Spanish general. Born at Ávila, he first served as the commander of the Duke of Alba's bodyguard. It was in this function that d'Avila arrested the Count of Egmont. When the Eighty Years' War started, d'Avila suffered a defeat in the Battle of Le Quesnoy. He was also involved in the 1572 Siege of Middelburg and the Battle of Flushing a year later. In 1574, d'Avila defeated Louis and Henry, brothers of William the Silent, in the Battle of Mookerheyde. In 1576, as commander of the Spanish troops in the Citadel of Antwerp, he was the main instigator of the Sack of Antwerp in which some 7,000 lives and a great deal of property were lost. Four years later, he participated with the Duke of Alba at the Battle of Alcântara. d'Avila died at Lisbon of a wound infection, during a raid in Portugal. Sancho d'Avila Sancho d'Avila (21 September 1523 – 1583) was a Spanish general. Born at Ávila, he first served as the commander of the Duke of Alba's bodyguard. It was in this function that d'Avila arrested the Count of Egmont. When the Eighty Years' War"
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"Aquarium de La Rochelle Aquarium de La Rochelle is a family-owned public aquarium in La Rochelle, France. It has a surface area of over with 3 million litres of seawater. It has 73 display aquaria and 150 quarantine aquaria exhibiting more than 12,000 animals of 600 different species. It has an average of 800,000 visitors per year. In 1988, during the second international aquarium congress in Monaco, the opening of the Aquarium La Rochelle was announced as being the one of the biggest French aquarium at the time. The aquarium, then located near the marina of Les Minimes, was over with 36 aquaria whose volume total was 550,000 litres. Within 12 years, the building welcomed seven million visitors. The aquarium moved due to this success, and a new one was inaugurated near the Vieux-Port, in the middle of the city of La Rochelle, in 2001. With a surface area of over , it is part of the biggest European public aquariums. It exhibits more than 12,000 animals of 600 different species which are split into 3 million litres of seawater, including 1.5 million litres for the sharks area. It welcomes around 800,000 visitors per year. The Aquarium de La Rochelle has become the 1st tourist attraction of the department Charente-Maritime (before La Palmyre Zoo), the 2nd one of the region Poitou-Charente, and the 6th overall in France. The aquarium is open every day of the year. The tour requires at least two hours of visiting. The tour is made for families since observation points at children's heights are provided, as well as audio guides. To access to the rooms, visitors are invited to take elevators, so that they feel like they are going deep inside the ocean. 19 aquariums display local species of Charente-Maritime coasts and of the intertidal zone. Composed of 12 aquariums, this room displays fishes, invertebrates and corals of Mediterranean Sea. A huge aquarium displays fauna living off the coasts of Africa. This room is dedicated to jellyfishes from tropical and temperate waters. Two tube-shaped aquariums allow visitors admire plankton. 5 aquariums are dedicated to species living in the Caribbean. In a huge terrarium, a recreated mangrove can be observed. 21 aquariums, including a giant one of 100 000 litres, display different species of fishes, invertebrates and corals living in the Great Barrier Reef and in the Hawaiian and Red Sea archipelagos. Three aquariums plunged into total darkness allow visitors observe life of the night-time reef: bioluminescence, fluorescence and light absorption. Different species of sharks can be observed from tiers. This aquarium of 150 000 litres displays surgeon fishes and giant trevally fishes evolving among moray eels, a green turtle and a scale turtle which weights 60 kg. (132.3 lb) Composed of the aquarium and a turtle river, the greenhouse allow visitors admire varied fauna and flora. 13,500 primary and secondary pupils on average are greeted for educational activities every year and 25 activities are proposed. A room for practical activities, a room for activities and an amphitheatre of 50 seats are available. The care and studies centre for sea turtles (CESTM in French) takes charge of sea turtles washed up from the Atlantic arc to the Opal Coast to take care of them and release them once they recovered. A 112 turtles were healed and released from 2000 to 2011. The C.E.S.T.M's purpose is to help to preserve those species by leading scientific research, which tends to understand better their behaviour and thus contribute to their protection. The Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy supports the centre. Since 2008, the centre has been setting up a program of satellite monitoring of young Loggerhead sea turtles in real time by implanting an electronic chip in a flipper before releasing them. This program allows studying their moving in the Gascony gulf. The Aquarium of La Rochelle works on this project in partnership with Oceanopolis in Brest. The Aquarium of La Rochelle reproduces about twenty marine species and grows different type of corals in 150 quarantine aquariums, which thus avoids samples in natural environment. Aquarium de La Rochelle Aquarium de La Rochelle is a family-owned public aquarium in La Rochelle, France. It has a surface area of over"
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"Wuxia The word \"\" is a compound composed of the elements (, literally \"martial\", \"military\", or \"armed\") and (, literally \"chivalrous\", \"vigilante\" or \"hero\"). A martial artist who follows the code of is often referred to as a (, literally \"follower of \") or (, literally \"wandering \"). In some translations, the martial artist is referred to as a \"swordsman\" or \"swordswoman\" even though he or she may not necessarily wield a sword. The heroes in fiction typically do not serve a lord, wield military power, or belong to the aristocratic class. They often originate from the lower social classes of ancient Chinese society. A code of chivalry usually requires heroes to right and redress wrongs, fight for righteousness, remove oppressors, and bring retribution for past misdeeds. Chinese traditions can be compared to martial codes from other cultures such as the Japanese samurai's tradition. Even though the term \"wuxia\" as the name of a genre is a recent coinage, stories about xia date back more than 2,000 years. Wuxia stories have their roots in some early youxia tales from 300–200 BCE. The Legalist philosopher Han Fei spoke disparagingly of youxias in his book \"Han Feizi\" in the chapter \"On Five 'Maggot' Classes\" about five social classes in the Spring and Autumn period. Some well-known stories include Zhuan Zhu's assassination of King Liao of Wu, and most notably, Jing Ke's attempt on the life of the King of Qin (who became Qin Shi Huang later). In Volume 86 of the \"Records of the Grand Historian\" (\"Shi Ji\"), Sima Qian mentioned five notable assassins – Cao Mo, Zhuan Zhu, Yu Rang, Nie Zheng and Jing Ke – in the Warring States period who undertook tasks of conducting political assassinations of aristocrats and nobles. These assassins were known as \"cike\" (刺客; literally \"stabbing guests\"). They usually rendered their loyalties and services to feudal lords and nobles in return for rewards such as riches and women. In Volume 124 of the \"Shi Ji\", Sima Qian detailed several embryonic features of xia culture from his period. These popular phenomena were also documented in other historical records such as the \"Book of Han\" and the \"Book of the Later Han\". Xiake stories made a turning point in the Tang dynasty and returned in the form of \"chuanqi\" (傳奇; literally \"legendary tales\"). Stories from that era, such as \"Nie Yinniang\" (聶隱娘), \"The Kunlun Slave\", \"Thirteenth Madame Jing\" (荊十三娘), \"Red String\" (紅線) and \"The Bearded Warrior\" (虬髯客), served as prototypes for modern wuxia stories. They featured fantasies and isolated protagonists – usually loners – who performed daring heroic deeds. During the Song dynasty, similar stories circulated in the \"huaben\", short works that were once thought to have served as prompt-books for \"shuochang\" (traditional Chinese storytelling). The genre of the martial or military romance also developed during the Tang dynasty. In the Ming dynasty, Luo Guanzhong and Shi Nai'an wrote \"Romance of the Three Kingdoms\" and \"Water Margin\" respectively, which are among the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. The former is a romanticised historical retelling of the events in the late Eastern Han dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period, while the latter criticises the deplorable socio-economic status of the late Northern Song dynasty. \"Water Margin\" is often seen as the first full-length wuxia novel: the portrayal of the 108 heroes, and their code of honour and willingness to become outlaws rather than serve a corrupt government, played an influential role in the development of jianghu culture in later centuries. \"Romance of the Three Kingdoms\" is also seen as a possible early antecedent and contains classic close-combat descriptions that were later borrowed by wuxia writers in their works In the Qing dynasty, further developments were the \"gong'an\" (公案; literally \"public case\") and related detective novels, where xia and other heroes, in collaboration with a judge or magistrate, solved crimes and battled injustice. The Justice Bao stories from \"Sanxia Wuyi\" (三俠五義; later extended and renamed to \"Qixia Wuyi\") and \"Xiaowuyi\" (小五義), incorporated much of social justice themes of later wuxia stories. Xiayi stories of chivalrous romance, which frequently featured female heroes and supernatural fighting abilities, also surfaced during the Qing dynasty. Novels such as \"Shi Gong'an Qiwen\" (施公案奇聞) and \"Ernü Yingxiong Zhuan\" (兒女英雄傳) have been cited as the clearest nascent wuxia novels. The term \"wuxia\" as a genre label itself first appeared at the end of the Qing dynasty, a calque of the Japanese \"bukyō\", a genre of oft-militaristic and bushido-influenced adventure fiction. The term was brought to China by writers and students who hoped that China would modernise its military and place emphasis on martial virtues, and it quickly became entrenched as the term used to refer to xiayi and other predecessors of wuxia proper. In Japan, however, the term \"bukyō\" faded into obscurity. Many wuxia works produced during the Ming and Qing dynasties were lost due to the governments' crackdown on and banning of such works. Wuxia works were deemed responsible for brewing anti-government sentiments, which led to rebellions in those eras. The departure from mainstream literature also meant that patronage of this genre was limited to the masses and not to the literati, which led to the stifling of the development of the wuxia genre. Nonetheless, the wuxia genre remained enormously popular with the common people. The modern wuxia genre rose to prominence in the early 20th century after the May Fourth Movement of 1919. A new literature evolved, calling for a break with Confucian values, and the xia emerged as a symbol of personal freedom, defiance to Confucian tradition, and rejection of the Chinese family system. The early 20th century and the period from the 1960s–80s were often regarded as the golden ages of the wuxia genre. Xiang Kairan (pen name Pingjiang Buxiaosheng) became the first notable wuxia writer, with his debut novel being \"The Peculiar Knights-Errant of the Jianghu\" (江湖奇俠傳). It was serialised from 1921–28 and was adapted into the first wuxia film, \"The Burning of the Red Lotus Temple\" (1928). Zhao Huanting (趙煥亭), who wrote \"Chronicles of the Loyal Knights-Errant\" (奇俠精忠傳, serialised 1923–27), was another well-known wuxia writer based in Shanghai. Starting from the 1930s, wuxia works proliferated and its centre shifted to Beijing and Tianjin in northern China. The most prolific writers there were collectively referred to as the \"Five Great Masters of the Northern School\" (北派五大家): Huanzhulouzhu, who wrote \"The Swordspeople from Shu Mountains\" (蜀山劍俠傳); Gong Baiyu (宮白羽), who wrote \"Twelve Coin Darts\" (十二金錢鏢); Wang Dulu, who wrote \"The Crane-Iron Pentalogy\" (鹤鉄五部作); Zheng Zhengyin (郑証因), who wrote \"The King of Eagle Claws\" (鹰爪王); Zhu Zhenmu (朱貞木), who wrote \"The Seven-Killing Stele\" (七殺碑). Wuxia fiction was banned at various times during the Republican era and these restrictions stifled the growth of the genre. In spite of this, wuxia writing prevailed in other Chinese-speaking regions, such as Taiwan and Hong Kong. Writers such as Liang Yusheng and Louis Cha (Jin Yong) spearheaded the founding of a \"new school\" of the wuxia genre that differed largely from its predecessors. They wrote serials for newspapers and magazines. They also incorporated several fictional themes such as mystery and romance from other cultures. In Taiwan, Wolong Sheng, Sima Ling, Zhuge Qingyun (諸葛青雲), Shiao Yi (萧逸) and Gu Long became the region's best known wuxia writers. After them, writers such as Woon Swee Oan and Huang Yi rose to prominence in a later period. Chen Yu-hui is a contemporary female wuxia novelist who made her debut with the novel \"The Tian-Guan Duo Heroes\" (天觀雙俠). There have also been works created after the 1980s which attempt to create a post-wuxia genre. Yu Hua, one of the more notable writers from this period, published a counter-genre short story titled \"Blood",
"the founding of a \"new school\" of the wuxia genre that differed largely from its predecessors. They wrote serials for newspapers and magazines. They also incorporated several fictional themes such as mystery and romance from other cultures. In Taiwan, Wolong Sheng, Sima Ling, Zhuge Qingyun (諸葛青雲), Shiao Yi (萧逸) and Gu Long became the region's best known wuxia writers. After them, writers such as Woon Swee Oan and Huang Yi rose to prominence in a later period. Chen Yu-hui is a contemporary female wuxia novelist who made her debut with the novel \"The Tian-Guan Duo Heroes\" (天觀雙俠). There have also been works created after the 1980s which attempt to create a post-wuxia genre. Yu Hua, one of the more notable writers from this period, published a counter-genre short story titled \"Blood and Plum Blossoms\", in which the protagonist goes on a quest to avenge his murdered father. Modern wuxia stories are largely set in ancient or pre-modern China. The historical setting can range from being quite specific and important to the story, to being vaguely-defined, anachronistic, or mainly for use as a backdrop. Elements of fantasy, such as the use of magic powers and appearance of supernatural beings, are common in some wuxia stories but are not a prerequisite of the wuxia genre. However, the martial arts element is a definite part of a wuxia tale, as the characters must know some form of martial arts. Themes of romance are also strongly featured in some wuxia tales. A typical wuxia story features a young male protagonist who experiences a tragedy – such as the loss of his loved ones – and goes on to undertake several trials and tribulations to learn several forms of martial arts from various fighters. At the end of the story, he emerges as a powerful fighter whom few can equal. He uses his abilities to follow the code of xia and mends the ills of the jianghu. For instance, the opening chapters of some of Jin Yong's works follow a certain pattern: a tragic event occurs, usually one that costs the lives of the newly introduced characters, and then it sets events into motion that will culminate in the primary action of the story. Other stories use different structures. For instance, the protagonist is denied admission into a martial arts sect. He experiences hardships and trains secretly and waits until there is an opportunity for him to show off his skills and surprise those who initially looked down on him. Some stories feature a mature hero with powerful martial arts abilities confronting an equally powerful antagonist as his nemesis. The plot will gradually meander to a final dramatic showdown between the protagonist and his nemesis. These types of stories were prevalent during the era of anti-Qing revolutionaries. Certain stories have unique plots, such as those by Gu Long and Huang Yi. Gu Long's works have an element of mystery and are written like detective stories. The protagonist, usually a formidable martial artist and intelligent problem-solver, embarks on a quest to solve a mystery such as a murder case. Huang Yi's stories are blended with science fiction. Despite these genre-blending elements, wuxia is primarily a historical genre of fiction. Notwithstanding this, wuxia writers openly admit that they are unable to capture the entire history of a course of events and instead choose to structure their stories along the pattern of the protagonist's progression from childhood to adulthood instead. The progression may be symbolic rather than literal, as observed in Jin Yong's \"The Smiling, Proud Wanderer\", where Linghu Chong progresses from childish concerns and dalliances into much more adult ones as his unwavering loyalty repeatedly thrusts him into the rocks of betrayal at the hands of his inhumane master. The eight common attributes of the xia are listed as benevolence, justice, individualism, loyalty, courage, truthfulness, disregard for wealth, and desire for glory. Apart from individualism, these characteristics are similar to Confucian values such as \"ren\" (仁; \"benevolence\", \"kindness\"), \"zhong\" (忠; \"loyalty\"), \"yong\" (勇; \"courage\", \"bravery\") and \"yi\" (義; \"righteousness\"). The code of xia also emphasises the importance of repaying benefactors after having received deeds of \"en\" (恩; \"grace\", \"favour\") from others, as well as seeking \"chou\" (仇; \"vengeance\", \"revenge\") to bring villains to justice. However, the importance of vengeance is controversial, as a number of wuxia works stress Buddhist ideals, which include forgiveness, compassion and a prohibition on killing. In the jianghu, martial artists are expected to be loyal to their master (\"sifu\"). This gives rise to the formation of several complex trees of master-apprentice relations as well as the various sects such as Shaolin and Wudang. If there are any disputes between fighters, they will choose the honourable way of settling their issues through fighting in duels. The martial arts in wuxia stories are based on wushu techniques and other real life Chinese martial arts. In wuxia tales, however, the mastery of such skills are highly exaggerated to superhuman levels of achievement and prowess. The following is a list of skills and abilities a typical fighter in a wuxia story possesses: In wuxia stories, characters attain the above skills and abilities by devoting themselves to years of diligent study and exercise, but can also have such power conferred upon them by a master who transfers his energy to them. The instructions to mastering these skills through training are found in secret manuals known as \"miji\" (秘笈). In some stories, specific skills can be learned by spending several years in seclusion with a master or training with a group of fighters. The meaning of the term \"jianghu\" () has evolved over the course of Chinese history, but is usually used to describe the martial arts world of ancient China. First coined by Zhuangzi in the late 4th century BC, it was used to describe a way of life different from that of being actively involved in politics. At the time, it referred to the way of life of underachieving or maligned scholar-officials who distanced themselves from the circles of political power. In this sense, jianghu could be loosely interpreted as the way of life of a hermit. Over the centuries, jianghu gained greater acceptance among the common people and gradually became a term used to describe a sub-society parallel to, and sometimes orthogonal to, mainstream society. This sub-society initially included merchants, craftsmen, beggars and vagabonds, but over time it assimilated bandits, outlaws and gangs who lived \"outside the existing law\". During the Song and Yuan dynasties, bards and novelists began using the term jianghu to create a literature of a fictional society of adventurers and rebels who lived not by existing societal laws, but by their own moral principles. The core of these moral principles encompassed \"xia\" (), \"yi\" (), \"li\" (), \"zhong\" () and \"chou\" (). Stories in this genre bloomed and enriched various interpretations of jianghu. At the same time, the term jianghu also developed intricate interconnections with gang culture because of outlaws' mutually shared distaste towards governments. The inclusion of martial arts as a feature of jianghu was a recent development in the early 20th century. Novelists started creating a fantasy world in jianghu in which characters are martial artists and in which the characters' enforcement of righteousness is symbolised by conflicts between different martial artists or martial arts sects and the ultimate triumph of good over evil. Martial arts became a tool used by characters in a jianghu story to enforce their moral beliefs. On the other hand, there are characters who become corrupted by power derived from their formidable prowess in martial arts and end up abandoning their morality in their pursuit of power. Around this time, the term jianghu became closely related to a similar term, \"wulin\" (), which referred exclusively to a",
"The inclusion of martial arts as a feature of jianghu was a recent development in the early 20th century. Novelists started creating a fantasy world in jianghu in which characters are martial artists and in which the characters' enforcement of righteousness is symbolised by conflicts between different martial artists or martial arts sects and the ultimate triumph of good over evil. Martial arts became a tool used by characters in a jianghu story to enforce their moral beliefs. On the other hand, there are characters who become corrupted by power derived from their formidable prowess in martial arts and end up abandoning their morality in their pursuit of power. Around this time, the term jianghu became closely related to a similar term, \"wulin\" (), which referred exclusively to a community of martial artists. This fantasy world of jianghu remains as the mainstream definition of jianghu in modern Chinese popular culture, particularly wuxia culture. The following description focuses more on the martial arts aspect of jianghu, its well-established social norms, and its close relation with \"wulin\". A common aspect of the jianghu is that the courts of law are dysfunctional and that all disputes and differences (within the community) can only be resolved by members of the community, through the use of mediation, negotiation or force, predicating the need for the code of \"xia\" and acts of chivalry. Law and order within the jianghu are maintained by the various orthodox and righteous sects and heroes. Sometimes these sects may gather to form an alliance against a powerful evil organisation in the jianghu. A leader, called the \"wulin mengzhu\" (武林盟主; literally \"master of the wulin alliance\"), is elected from among the sects in order to lead them and ensure law and order within the jianghu. The leader is usually someone with a high level of mastery in martial arts and a great reputation for righteousness who is often involved in some conspiracy and/or killed. In some stories, the leader may not be the greatest martial artist in the jianghu; in other stories, the position of the leader is hereditary. The leader is an arbiter who presides and adjudicates over all inequities and disputes. The leader is a \"de jure\" chief justice of the affairs of the jianghu. Members of the jianghu are also expected to keep their distance from any government offices or officials, without necessarily being antagonistic. It was acceptable for jianghu members who are respectable members of society (usually owning properties or big businesses) to maintain respectful but formal and passive relationship with the officials, such as paying due taxes and attending local community events. Even then, they are expected to shield any fugitives from the law, or at the least not to turn over fugitives to the officials. Local officials who are more savvy would know better than to expect co-operation from jianghu members and would refrain from seeking help except to apprehend the worst and most notorious criminals. If the crimes also violated some of the moral tenets of jianghu, jianghu members may assist the government officials. An interesting aspect is that while senior officials are kept at a distance, jianghu members may freely associate with low-ranking staff such as runners, jailers, or clerks of the magistrates. The jianghu members maintained order among their own in the community and prevent any major disturbance, thus saving a lot of work for their associates in the \"yamen\". In return, the runners turn a blind eye to certain jianghu activities that are officially disapproved, the jailers ensured incarcerated jianghu members are not mistreated, and the clerks pass on useful tips to the jianghu community. This reciprocal arrangement allowed their superiors to maintain order in their jurisdiction with the limited resources available and jianghu members greater freedom. Although many jianghu members were Confucian-educated, their attitudess towards the way of life in the jianghu is largely overshadowed by pragmatism. In other words, they feel that Confucian values are to be respected and upheld if they are useful, and to be discarded if they are a hindrance. The basic (spoken and unspoken) norms of the jianghu are: The term jianghu is linked to cultures other than those pertaining to martial arts in wuxia stories. It is also applied to anarchic societies. For instance, the triads and other Chinese secret societies use the term jianghu to describe their world of organised crime. Sometimes, the term jianghu may be replaced by the term \"underworld\" \"à la\" \"criminal underworld\". In modern terminology, jianghu may mean any circle of interest, ranging from the entertainment industry to sports. Colloquially, retirement is also referred to as \"leaving the jianghu\" (退出江湖). In wuxia stories, when a reputable fighter decides to retire from the jianghu, he will do so in a ceremony known as \"washing hands in the golden basin\" (金盆洗手). He washes his hands in a golden basin filled with water, signifying that he will no longer be involved in the affairs of the jianghu. When a reclusive fighter who has retired from the jianghu reappears, his return is described as \"re-entering the jianghu\" (重出江湖). Notable modern wuxia writers include: New and original wuxia writings have dwindled significantly in modern times, particularly so as patronage and readerships of the genre decimated due to readily available alternatives in entertainment such as DVDs, gaming consoles and so forth. The genre has proliferated in manhua (Chinese comics) in places like Hong Kong and Taiwan, with the core essentials of the wuxia genre living on in weekly editions equivalent to the Japanese manga. Some notable comic artists are listed as follows: The earliest wuxia films date back to the 1920s. Films produced by King Hu and the Shaw Brothers Studio featured sophisticated action choreography using wire and trampoline assisted acrobatics combined with sped-up camera techniques. The storylines in the early films were loosely adapted from existing literature. Cheng Pei-pei, Jimmy Wang and Connie Chan are among the better known wuxia movie stars in the 1960s–70s, when films made by King Hu and the Shaw Brothers Studio were most prominent. More recent wuxia movie actors and actresses include Jet Li, Brigitte Lin, Michelle Yeoh, Donnie Yen, Tony Leung and Zhang Ziyi. Yuen Woo-ping is a choreographer who achieved fame by crafting action-sequences in wuxia films. Wuxia was introduced to Hollywood studios in 2000 by Ang Lee's \"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon\". Following in Lee's footsteps, Zhang Yimou made \"Hero\", targeted for the international market in 2003, \"House of Flying Daggers\" in 2004 and \"Curse of the Golden Flower\" in 2006. Western audiences were also introduced to wuxia through Asian television stations in larger cities, which featured miniseries such as \"Warriors of the Yang Clan\" and \"Paradise\", often with English subtitles. Western attempts at the genre have been limited, such as the 2008 film \"The Forbidden Kingdom\", which starred Jackie Chan, Jet Li and Michael Angarano. However, a major exception is DreamWorks Animation's media franchise \"Kung Fu Panda\". Created as an earnest, if humorous, emulation by producers who were knowledgeable admirers of the genre, the series has been particularly hailed in China as an excellent contribution to the form. More recently, 1990s–2000s Hong Kong stars Daniel Wu and Stephen Fung have worked with AMC Networks to bring wuxia to a US television audience with \"Into the Badlands\", which premiered in 2015 and has since been renewed for second and third seasons. 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"Panda\". Created as an earnest, if humorous, emulation by producers who were knowledgeable admirers of the genre, the series has been particularly hailed in China as an excellent contribution to the form. More recently, 1990s–2000s Hong Kong stars Daniel Wu and Stephen Fung have worked with AMC Networks to bring wuxia to a US television audience with \"Into the Badlands\", which premiered in 2015 and has since been renewed for second and third seasons. Some notable wuxia video games of the action RPG genre include \"The Legend of Sword and Fairy\", \"Xuan-Yuan Sword\", \"Jade Empire\", and \"Kingdom of Paradise\", all of which blend wuxia with elements of Chinese mythology and fantasy. \"The Legend of Sword and Fairy\", in particular, expanded into a franchise of eight video games, two of which were adapted into the television series \"Chinese Paladin\" (2005) and \"Chinese Paladin 3\" (2009). There are also MMORPGs, such as \"Heroes of Kung Fu\" and \"Age of Wulin\", and hack and slash games, such as \"Bujingai\" and \"Heavenly Sword\". Games adapted from the works of wuxia writers include \"Heroes of Jin Yong\", an RPG based on characters in Jin Yong's novels; \"Dragon Oath\", an MMORPG inspired by Jin Yong's \"Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils\"; and \"Martial Kingdoms\", a strategy game featuring several martial arts sects which commonly appear in wuxia fiction. Wuxia The word \"\" is a compound composed of the elements (, literally \"martial\", \"military\", or \"armed\") and (, literally"
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"Violator (film) Violator is a 2014 Philippine psychological horror film written and directed by Eduardo \"Dodo\" Dayao. It stars Victor Neri, Anthony Falcon, RK Bagatsing, Timothy Mabalot, Andy Bais, and Joel Lamangan. It premiered at the Cinema One Originals film festival, where it won Best Editing, Best Picture, Best Sound, and Best Supporting Actor for Bais. At the Gawad Urian Awards, it won Best Sound and was nominated for Best Cinematography, Best Editing, and Best Supporting Actor for Lamangan. At the height of a super-typhoon that could well be the first wave of an impending Apocalypse, five men take refuge in a flooded-in police station and spend the rest of the night with a prisoner who may or may not be the Devil. Writer-director Dayao is a film critic, and \"Violator\" is his directorial debut. He says the step was natural to him, though he accepts others find it less so. When casting the film, Dayao consciously cast the actors against type. All of the actors were his first choices, and they all took the roles that he desired. \"Violator\" premiered on 10 November 2014 at the Cinema One Originals film festival. Derek Elley of \"Film Business Asia\" rated the film 6/10 stars and, while calling it an impressive debut, wrote that it \"is stronger on technique than actual content\". Richard Kuipers of \"Variety\" wrote, \"This stylishly assembled Filipino chiller creates plenty of intrigue but can't quite deliver a knockout punch.\" Michael Atkinson of \"The Village Voice\" called it \"an apocalyptic creep-out as heavy with atmosphere and portent as a doomsday sermon\". Todd Brown of Twitch Film called it \"a gorgeously executed and tightly controlled exercise in religious dread\". Violator (film) Violator is a 2014 Philippine psychological horror film written and directed by Eduardo \"Dodo\" Dayao. It stars Victor Neri,"
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"Gerhard VII, Duke of Jülich-Berg Gerhard VII, Duke of Jülich-Berg ( – 19 August 1475) was the son of William VIII of Jülich, Count of Ravensberg and Adelheid of Tecklenburg. Gerhard was the second duke of the combined Duchy of Jülich-Berg but the 7th Gerhard in the House of Jülich. Upon his father's death in 1428, Gerhard became Count of Ravensberg. In 1437, his uncle Adolf died without heirs and Gerhard inherited his title as Duke of Jülich-Berg. Gerhard continued his uncle's fight for the dukedom of Guelders, supported by King Albert II of Germany. In 1444 he won the Battle of Linnich but was unable to prevail in his fight for Guelders and ultimately sold his claim to Burgundy and acquired Blankenheim-Löwenberg and Heinsberg from Guelders. He was increasingly unable to govern his territories after 1461. His spouse Sophie of Saxe-Lauenburg then wielded regency for him. In 1444, Gerhard married Sophie of Saxe-Lauenburg (1428 – 9 September 1473), daughter of Bernard II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg. They had the following children: Gerhard VII, Duke of Jülich-Berg Gerhard VII, Duke of Jülich-Berg ( – 19 August 1475) was the son of William VIII of Jülich, Count of Ravensberg and Adelheid of"
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"Ditchley Foundation The Ditchley Foundation based at Ditchley Park near Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, aims to promote international understanding and relations, especially Anglo-American relations, through a programme of around twelve annual conferences on matters of international interest. The foundation was established in 1958 by Sir David Wills, descendant of the tobacco importing family, W. D. & H. O. Wills of Bristol. At each conference, around forty international invitees are drawn from senior levels of politics, business, the armed forces, media, and academia. The current director is James Arroyo OBE, previously director for data at the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office, charged with adapting the organisation to the digital age. Discussion at each two-day conference begins with all members present, before participants divide into three sub-groups, each having its own chairman and \"rapporteur\" to summarise proceedings. Proceedings end with one more conference-wide session. Discussions are private and non-attributable, under the Chatham House Rule, but a full account is produced by the Director, and posted on the Foundations website. Sister organisations, American and Canadian Ditchley, help to shape the conference programme as well as select American and Canadian participants. The list below includes some current, but many former Governors Ditchley Foundation The Ditchley"
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"Nchelenge Nchelenge is a town in the Luapula Province of northern Zambia, lying on the south eastern shore of Lake Mweru. It is contiguous with Kashikishi, and they are sometimes referred to as Nchelenge-Kashikishi. Nchelenge is the administrative centre for the Zambian part of Lake Mweru, being the seat of the district government and branches of national agencies, while Kashikishi is the market and fisheries centre. Ferries sail from Nchelenge to Kilwa Island and Isokwe. In 2001 a large motorised barge was launched to carry trucks laden with concentrated copper ore from the Dikulushi Mine in DR Congo across Lake Mweru to Nchelenge, from where they travel to Namibia. The principal highway of the Luapula Province ends its tarred surface at Nchelenge-Kashikishi, providing good communication southwards to Mansa and the Great North Road at Serenje. Northwards a dirt road continues to Chiengi and Zambia's border with DR Congo. Nchelenge Nchelenge is a town in the Luapula Province of northern Zambia, lying on the south eastern shore of Lake Mweru. It is contiguous with Kashikishi, and they are sometimes referred to as Nchelenge-Kashikishi. Nchelenge is the administrative centre for the Zambian part of Lake Mweru, being the seat of the district"
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"Russian research vessel Yantar Yantar (Янтарь) is a special purpose intelligence collection ship built for the Russian Navy. The ship has been operated by the Russian Navy's Main Directorate of Underwater Research (GUGI) since 2015 and is reportedly a spy ship. The vessel's home port is Severomorsk, where it is attached to the Northern Fleet. A sister Project 22010-class ship \"Almaz\" is also under construction. \"Yantar\" was designed by the CMDB Almaz Design Bureau in St. Petersburg, and the hull was laid down on 8 July 2010. It was launched in December 2012, and concluded its sea trials in May 2015. The ship has a length of and a full displacement of 5,736 tons. It uses diesel-electric propulsion for a top speed of approximately . It officially has a complement of 60. The ship was built at the Yantar Shipyard in Kaliningrad. \"Yantar\" can act as a mothership to mini-subs. The United States Navy has stated that the submersibles are able to sever cables miles beneath the ocean's surface. The submersibles are reportedly capable of operating at depths of up to . The submersibles are reportedly the project 16810 \"Rus\"-class submersible and the project 16811 . According to Alexei Burilichev, head of the Russian Defense Ministry's deepwater research department, \"Yantar\" is an oceanic research complex. \"Yantar\" has been reported in position near undersea telecommunications cables. In 2015, \"Yantar\" was spotted off the coast of Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. Summer 2016, \"Yantar\" was anchored outside the Nuuk, Greenland. In 2017, \"Yantar\" was active in the eastern Mediterranean, near an undersea cable linking Israel to Cyprus. It was also reportedly used to recover \"secret equipment\" from crashed Su-33 and MiG-29 aircraft. On 23 November 2017, upon an order of Russian President Vladimir Putin, \"Yantar\" and the specialists of the Russian Navy's 328th expedition search and rescue unit were sent to Argentina's coast to search for the Argentine submarine that went missing on 15 November 2017. Russian research vessel Yantar Yantar (Янтарь) is a special purpose intelligence collection ship built for the Russian Navy. The ship has been operated by the Russian Navy's Main Directorate of Underwater Research (GUGI) since 2015 and is reportedly a spy ship. The vessel's home port is Severomorsk, where it is attached to the Northern Fleet. A sister Project 22010-class ship \"Almaz\" is also under construction. \"Yantar\" was designed by the CMDB Almaz Design Bureau in St. Petersburg, and"
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"Ignatius Hidayat Aloho Ignatius Hidayat Aloho was the Patriarch of Antioch, and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 1597 until his death in 1639. Hidayat Aloho was born in the city of Mardin in the 16th century. In 1586 he became a monk in the Monastery of Mor Hananyo near Mardin, where he was ordained a deacon the following year by the Syriac Orthodox Patriarch Ignatius David II Shah. In 1595, Hidayat was ordained bishop and in 1597 was consecrated Maphrian by Ignatius Pilate I and patriarch later that year upon his death. Upon becoming patriarch he assumed the patriarchal name Ignatius. Members of Malankara Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church believe that during his apostolic journey to India, Mar Ignatious Hidayat Aloho was captured by the Portuguese. Further resentment of these measures led a part of the community to take in the Coonan Cross Oath in 1653 swearing \"never to submit to the Portuguese\". Since Portuguese could not say the name \"Hidayat Aloho\" they called him \"Ahathalla\". Upon Hidayat's death, Ignatius Simon I became patriarch, however his rule was contested by the Bishop of Damascus, Ahatallah who some claim to be Hidayat himself. Ignatius Hidayat Aloho Ignatius Hidayat Aloho was"
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"Fort Dundas Fort Dundas was a short lived British settlement on Melville Island between 1824 and 1828 in what is now the Northern Territory of Australia. It was the first of four British settlement attempts in northern Australia before Goyer's survey and establishment of Palmerston, now known as Darwin. Captain J. J. Gordon Bremer set sail on from Port Jackson on the 24 August 1824 to colonise the northern part of Australia. His ship was accompanied by , and . The ships transported Captain Maurie Barlow, Lieutenant John Septimus Roe, Lieutenant Everard and 23 men of the 3rd Regiment, a subaltern and 26 men of the Royal Marine, a surgeon, three commissariat workers, three free men seeking adventure and 44 convicts. The construction of a settlement began upon arrival on 27 September 1824. It was officially proclaimed on 21 October 1824, on Trafalgar Day. It was named Fort Dundas was named for Robert Dundas, the First Lord of the Admiralty. The intention was to commence and develop trade with the Malays. During the first two years, the settlers never saw a Malay. Furthermore, the settlers had not been able to penetrate more than 20 miles into the island's interior 'due to the hostility of the natives - being in the most savage state of barbarism, and all attempts to conciliate them proving abortive'; such was the report to the British people. The establishment of the settlement caused the border of New South Wales to be moved west from the 135th meridian to the Western Australian border (129th meridian). Captain Bremer was relieved by a Scot, Major John Campbell in 1827. Campbell's party was the first to include women. The first marriage in the Northern Territory occurred shortly after at the fort. In his party was the wife of Lieutenant Hicks, who dies shortly after. The Tiwi put up strong resistance to the new settlers on their land. There was no contact between the colonisers and Indigenous people of the Tiwi Islands, the Tiwi people during the first few weeks of the settlement. While Bremer that nonoted The first recorded meetings occurred on 25 October 1824. Exploring a small river on Bathurst Island across the strait from the settlement, Bremer came into contact with a party of ten Tiwi men. Bremer described as initially defensive and aggressive, calming down upon the presentation of gifts: After some time they gained confidence and came so near as to take a handkerchief and other trifles we put towards them on an oar... having given them all the boat afforded I left them apparently well satisfied. On the same day two convicts were seized but not injured. The Tiwi retreated when troops appeared on the scene, taking the convicts’ axes with them. Bremer suspected the Islanders had been watching the settlements for some time and saw the value metal and tools. Attacks on the fort became regular, \"sometimes daily\". Two people were speared to death including the fort's surgeon, Dr Gold. He was discovered with 31 spear wounds. Seven spear heads remained in his body. One had passed through his head \"from ear to ear\". The storekeeper John Green had 17 spear wounds and his skull was smashed open. Bad relations with the Tiwi people, tropical storms, isolation and low food and medical supplies caused Campbell to request the post was closed an the garrison taken away from \"this vile island\". He was relieved by Captain Humphrey Hartley but orders were received shortly after to abandon the fort in late 1828. The last of the settlers left by April 1829. One soldier could not be found and was left behind, with his wife & family sailed without him. South Australian governor Lord Kintore later declared Bremer's selection of Fort Dundas as ill-suited and \"never satisfactorily explained\". Remnants of the fort were visible in 1895, nearly 70 years after the fort's closure. The moat and stonework from a building, thought to be a church, were present as were grave sites. There were several visitors to the site in the early 1900s, who observed the remains of earthworks, part of a stone wharf, a building, and retaining walls, and noted that the once-cleared hillside had regenerated. A commemoration event was held in Darwin in 1924, a century after the abandonment of the fort. In 1938 relics of uniforms worn at Fort Dundas were found during a medical survey of Melville Island. They were donated to the Mitchell Library at the University of Sydney in 1972. In 1939, original stones were retrieved from Fort Dundas and used to construct a memorial to the early settlement at Darwin's garrison which was unveiled in 1945. Also in 1939, mobile patrol units were established at the fort aimed at preventing trespassing on Aboriginal reserves. A 49-day excavation was completed in 1975, which mapped and documented the condition of site. Aretfacts were found including a glass bottle and a 3rd Regiment brass badge or 'Shako Plate' which are now held at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory. The final report recommended an ongoing research program of the site. Fort Dundas Fort Dundas was a short lived British settlement on Melville Island between 1824 and 1828 in what is now the Northern Territory of Australia. It was the first of four British settlement attempts in northern Australia before Goyer's survey and establishment of Palmerston, now known as Darwin. Captain J."
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"Rudolf Keyser Rudolf Keyser (1 January 1803 – 9 October 1864) was a Norwegian historian, archaeologist and educator. Jakob Rudolf Keyser was born in Christiania, now Oslo, Norway. Following studies in Iceland, Rudolf Keyser was appointed as a docent at the Royal Frederick University in Christiania in 1828. He became a professor in 1831 and remained at the University until he retired in 1862. Keyser was also the first manager for the University Museum of National Antiquities. He cataloged and categorized prehistoric artifacts which had originated from excavations. He did so utilizing the chronological system developed by Christian Jürgensen Thomsen. Keyser was most commonly associated with the Theory on immigration to Norway. Keyser was a supporter of the migration theory that the Norse tribes had wandered into Norway from the north and east, a view also shared by Peter Andreas Munch, a former student of Keyser. This theory was inspired in part by the earlier works of Gerhard Schøning. The theory was commonly denounced by many Norwegian historians especially by Ludvig Kristensen Daa. Rudolf Keyser became a knight in the Order of St. Olav in 1847. Rudolf Keyser Rudolf Keyser (1 January 1803 – 9 October 1864) was a Norwegian"
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"CCMIX CCMIX (Center for the Composition of Music Iannis Xenakis, 2000), formerly Les Ateliers UPIC [UPIC workshops], CEMAMu (Centre d'Etudes de Mathématique et Automatique Musicales, 1972), and EMAMu (Equipe de Mathématique et Automatique Musicales), was a research institute and a center for contemporary music. It was established by composer Iannis Xenakis with the support of the French Ministry of Culture in 1966 to encourage interdisciplinary research between arts and sciences. The center is best known for producing UPIC (Unité Polyagogique Informatique CEMAMu, 1977). Following an audit by the French Ministry of Culture in late 2006, CCMIX was reorganized as the Centre Iannis Xenakis (CIX) with a narrower focus on the safeguarding, development, and dissemination of the intellectual heritage of the work of Iannis Xenakis. Since December 2010, it has been located at the University of Rouen. CCMIX CCMIX (Center for the Composition of Music Iannis Xenakis, 2000), formerly Les Ateliers UPIC [UPIC workshops], CEMAMu (Centre d'Etudes de Mathématique et Automatique Musicales, 1972), and EMAMu (Equipe de Mathématique et Automatique Musicales), was a research institute and a center for contemporary music. It was established by composer Iannis Xenakis with the support of the French Ministry of Culture in 1966 to encourage"
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"Centrifugal partition chromatography Centrifugal partition chromatography is a special chromatographic technique where both stationary and mobile phase are liquid, and the stationary phase is immobilized by a strong centrifugal force. Centrifugal partition chromatography consists of a series-connected network of extraction cells, which operates as elemental extractors, and the efficiency is guaranteed by the cascade. The extraction cells consist of hollow bodies with inlets and outlets of liquid connection. The cells are first filled with the liquid chosen to be the stationary phase. Under rotation, the pumping of the mobile phase is started, which enters the cells from the inlet. When entering the flow of mobiles phase forms small droplets according to the Stokes' law, which is called atomization. These droplets fall through the stationary phase, creating a high interface area, which is called the extraction. At the end of the cells, these droplets unite due to the surface tension, which is called settling. When a sample mixture is injected as a plug into the flow of mobile phase the compounds of the mixtures elute according to their partition coefficients: formula_1 Centrifugal partition chromatography requires only a biphasic mixture of solvents, so by varying the constitution of the solvent system it is possible to tune the partition coefficients of different compounds so that separation is guaranteed by the high selectivity. Countercurrent chromatography and centrifugal partition chromatography are two different instrumental realization of the same liquid–liquid chomatographic theory. Countercurrent chromatography usually uses a planetary gear motion without rotary seals, while centrifugal partition chromatography uses circular rotation with rotary seals for liquid connection. CCC has interchanging mixing and settling zones in the coil tube, so atomization, extraction and settling are time and zone separated. Inside centrifugal partition chromatography, all three steps happen continuously in one time, inside the cells. Adventages of centrifugal partition chromatography: Disadventages of centrifugal partition chromatography: Centrifugal partition chromatography has been extensively used for isolation and purification of natural products for 40 years. Due to the ability to get very high selectivity, and the ability to tolerate samples containing particulated matter, it is possible to work with direct extracts of biomass, opposed to traditional liquid chromatography, where impurities degrade the solid stationary phase so that separation become impossible. There are numerous laboratory scale centrifugal partition chromatography manufacturers around the world, like Armen Instrument (Gilson), RotaChrom, Kromaton (Rousselet Robatel), and AECS-QUIKPREP. These instruments operate at flow rates of 1–500 mL/min. with stationary phase retentions of 40–80% and column volumes of 25 mL to 25 L. Centrifugal partition chromatography does not uses any solid stationary phase, so it guarantees a cost-effective separation for the highest industrial levels. As opposed to countercurrent chromatography, it is possible to get very high flow rates (for example 10 liters / min) with active stationary phase ratio of >80%, which guarantees good separation and high productivity. As in centrifugal partition chromatography, material is dissolved, and loaded the column in mass / volume units, loading capability can be much higher than standard solid-liquid chromatographic techniques, where material is loaded to the active surface area of the stationary phase, which takes up less than 10% of the column. Industrial instrument differ from laboratory scale instruments by the applicable flow rate with staisfactory stationary phase retention (70-90%). Industrial instruments have flow rates of multiple liter / minutes, while able to purify materials from 10 kg to tonnes per month. Centrifugal partition chromatography Centrifugal partition chromatography is a special chromatographic technique where both stationary and mobile phase are liquid, and the stationary phase is immobilized by a strong centrifugal force. Centrifugal partition chromatography consists of a series-connected network of extraction cells,"
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