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"Curaçao Express Curaçao Express was a regional airline based in Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles. It operated services between the islands of the Netherlands Antilles, mostly flights between Curaçao's Hato International Airport and St Maarten's Princess Juliana International Airport. The airline started operations on 4 October 2004 with one ATR 42-500 and was formerly known as CuraçaoExel and later became Curaçao Express. It was wholly owned by Bonaire Participation. The airline was planned to expand with new aircraft types and destinations in the United States and South America. The airline merged with Bonaire Express to form Dutch Antilles Express, which operated until it ceased operations in 2013. Curaçao Express operated the following services (in January 2005): Domestic scheduled destinations: \"Bonaire\" \"Curaçao\" \"St Maarten\" International scheduled destinations: \"Aruba.\" The CuracaoExel/Curaçao Express fleet consisted of the following aircraft (at January 2005): Curaçao Express Curaçao Express was a regional airline based in Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles. It operated services between the islands of the Netherlands Antilles, mostly flights between Curaçao's Hato International Airport and St Maarten's Princess Juliana International Airport. The airline started operations on 4 October 2004 with one ATR 42-500 and was formerly known as CuraçaoExel and later became Curaçao Express. It was wholly"
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"André Gobert André Henri Gobert (30 September 1890 – 6 December 1951) was a male tennis player from France. Gobert is a double Olympic tennis champion of 1912. At the Stockholm Games he won both the men's singles and doubles indoor Gold medals. He was born and died in Paris. Gobert first started playing tennis at age eleven. He was a 2-time winner of the French Championships in 1911 and 1920, when the tournament was only open to amateur tennis players who had a membership with a French tennis club. He also won the International Lawn Tennis Federation's World Covered Court Championship (Indoor Wood) in 1919. Also twice runner-up at the World Hard Court Championships on Clay (1913 & 1920). He won the indoor tennis Gold medal at the 1912 Olympic Games. Gobert reached the Wimbledon all comers final in 1912, beating James Cecil Parke and Max Decugis before losing to Arthur Gore. He won the singles title at the British Covered Court Championships, played at the Queen's Club in London, five times; in 1911, 1912, 1920, 1921 and 1922. In 1910 he won the All England Plate at Wimbledon, the competition for players who were defeated in the first and second rounds of the singles competition. Between 1912 and 1922 Gobert played for the French Davis Cup team in five ties and compiled a record of three wins and eleven losses. André Gobert André Henri Gobert (30 September 1890 – 6 December 1951) was a male tennis player from France. Gobert is a double Olympic tennis champion of 1912. At the Stockholm Games he won both the men's singles and doubles indoor Gold medals. He was born and died in Paris. Gobert first started playing tennis at age eleven. He was a 2-time winner of the French Championships in"
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"Lankadeepa (Ceylon) Lankadeepa was a Sinhala language daily newspaper in Ceylon published by Times of Ceylon Limited (TOCL). It was founded on 29 October 1947 and was published from Colombo. Initially an evening paper, it became a morning daily on 1 May 1949. In 1966 it had an average net sales of 56,241. It had an average circulation of 57,769 in 1970, 33,751 in 1973 and 14,000 in 1976. TOCL was nationalised by the Sri Lankan government in August 1977. The state-run TOCL faced financial and labour problems and on 31 January 1985 it and its various publications closed down. Ranjith Wijewardena, chairman of Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited (ANCL) before it was nationalised in July 1973, bought the trade names and library of the TOCL publications in 1986. Wijewardena's company, Wijeya Newspapers, subsequently started various newspapers using the names of former TOCL publications. \"Lankadeepa\" started publishing in 1991. Lankadeepa (Ceylon) Lankadeepa was a Sinhala language daily newspaper in Ceylon published by Times of Ceylon Limited (TOCL). It was founded on 29 October 1947 and was published from Colombo. Initially an evening paper, it became a morning daily on 1 May 1949. In 1966 it had an average net sales"
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"Stefan Mitrović (footballer) Stefan Mitrović (, ; born 22 May 1990) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Strasbourg. On 9 June 2012, Mitrović signed a three-year deal with Kortrijk in the Belgian Pro League. On 7 May 2013, he moved to Benfica on a five-year contract, joining a host of fellow countrymen. During his first six months, he only appeared for the reserve team. On 22 January 2014 he was loaned until the end of the season to Real Valladolid. On 16 July 2014, Mitrović signed with SC Freiburg for a €1.175 million transfer fee. He made his debut on 4 October 2014, against Werder Bremen. He signed for French club RC Strasbourg from Belgian club Gent in June 2018. He made his debut for his national team on 31 May 2014, against Panama. On 14 October 2014, Mitrović took down the flag of \"Greater Albania\" during a UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying match in Belgrade that was flown over the pitch by a remote control drone. Stefan Mitrović (footballer) Stefan Mitrović (, ; born 22 May 1990) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Strasbourg. On 9 June 2012, Mitrović signed"
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"Mildred Alango Mildred Akinyi \"Milka\" Alango (born 10 March 1989 in Mombasa) is a Kenyan taekwondo practitioner. Alango qualified for the women's 49 kg class at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, after winning the championship title from the African Qualification Tournament in Tripoli, Libya. She lost the preliminary match to China's Wu Jingyu, who was able to score seven points at the end of the game. Because her opponent advanced further into the final match, Alango took advantage of the repechage round by defeating Sweden's Hanna Zajc on the superiority rule, after the pair had tied 2–2. She progressed to the bronze medal match, but narrowly lost the medal to Venezuela's Dalia Contreras, with a sudden death score of 0–1. Mildred Alango Mildred Akinyi \"Milka\" Alango (born 10 March 1989 in Mombasa) is a Kenyan taekwondo practitioner. Alango qualified for the women's 49 kg class at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, after winning the championship title from the African Qualification Tournament in Tripoli, Libya. She lost the preliminary match to China's Wu Jingyu, who was able to score seven points at the end of the game. Because her opponent advanced further into the final match, Alango took advantage"
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"It's Superman! It's Superman! is a novel by Tom De Haven based on the comic book superhero Superman. It was released on September 15, 2005 in hardcover and August 29, 2006 in paperback. The premise tells the tale of Clark Kent's beginnings into becoming Superman, set in the 1930s, where Clark befriends a wrongly convicted photographer named Willi Berg, and is then taken from Kansas to Hollywood and finally in New York where he meets Lois Lane, fights Lex Luthor, as he debuts in his superhero persona. Despite the setting, this is not about the Golden Age Superman also known as the Superman of Earth-2; as Perry White, the Daily Planet, Lex Luthor's position and his trademark powers (including flight) are not part of that alternate Earth. Rather, it's a Superman period piece set in the 1930s. In Smallville, Kansas, of 1935, Clark Kent is interviewed by the local sheriff over the death of a wanted man that Clark confronted at the local movie theatre. They believe the man died from his handgun firing backwards, but Clark and his father, Jonathan Kent, know the real truth: the man fired his gun at Clark, and the bullet bounced off Clark's forehead, killing the wanted man instead. Clark is scared over what he is becoming, with his father providing no answers to his questions. To make matters worse, Clark's beloved mother, Martha Kent, dies of a terminal illness not soon after. In Manhattan, Willi Berg storms out from his girlfriend, Lois Lane's, apartment over an argument concerning getting his camera from the pawn shop, so he decides to steal it. Arriving, he discovers several men dead, and gets wounded by the gang when he tries to escape after seeing the face of their leader: Lex Luthor, New York's leading Alderman. Lex frames Willi for the murders, with no one believing Willi's truth of the events. A henchwoman attempts to murder Willi at the hospital when she is stopped by federal agents, led by Meyer Lansky. With their help, and Lois's, Willi goes on the run, finding himself in Smallville as a member of the WPA. He meets Clark, now a reporter for the \"Smallville Herald Progress\", and befriends him after he shows off his superspeed. After solving the crime of a kidnapped child that ends tragically, Clark quits the paper and Willi proposes for them to leave Smallville and travel. Because he wants to see what else is out there, Clark agrees. In 1937; Clark has a job as a Hollywood stuntman, and is dating costume designer Diana Dewey. Willi meets with Lois' former roommate, Skinny, where he is found by police and is arrested. Clark tries out a costume that was made for a canceled science fiction film: a blue leotard with a red cape and a red and black \"S\". After he discovers his ability to fly, Clark puts on the costume and frees Willi from the police. Clark and Willi head back to New York where they meet back up with Lois, now a reporter for the Daily Planet. Clark falls instantly in love with Lois, and at their new apartment, they describe their “friend” who freed Willi from the cops: Superman. Lois reveals the case that had been building against Lex Luthor has been dropped, due to the death of the head agent of the case, and the missing evidence. Willi becomes depressed, as the odds his name being cleared for murder now seems impossible. In a shocking turn of events, Lex announces his resignation from his Alderman position, and from his company, LUTHOR Corp., he initiates the construction of weaponized robots dubbed \"Lexbots\". On Halloween Night; Clark tries to cheer up Willi as they walk throughout the city. At the same time, Lois joins her former boyfriend, an ex-cop named Ben, when he is called by Ceil Stickowski, widow of one of Lex' old henchmen, who wants to reveal secret information on Luthor's plans. A gun fight occurs outside between them and henchman Paulie Scaffa, who murders Ceil in the process and shoots Ben. Paulie takes off until he is stopped by Clark, wearing his Superman costume. He damages the car to get Paulie out, but it causes a Lexbot to activate from inside the trunk, and attack Superman. After the Lexbot goes haywire, destroying city blocks that leaves several building on fire. a bruised and exhausted Superman finally destroys the robot and escapes when police arrive. Lois is “introduced” to Superman, while they find a piece of the robot with the LUTHOR Corp. logo on it. Thanks to both that and Clark's article on Superman himself; Lex Luthor is called to be arrested, while Clark gets a job at the Daily Planet. Before he is arrested, Superman meets with Lex at his home; as Lex talks about how similar the two are, making them \"perfect rivals\", Lex forces his assistant to jump from the window. Superman saves the assistant, but Luthor escapes. In the closing chapter, the central characters watch the play Our Town in February 1938, while Clark reflects on what has happened to him and Superman since that night. While he has saved countless lives, and was given a new more powerful costume with a red and yellow \"S\" by a still on the run Lex Luthor, Clark sometimes hates his Superman persona because of the pressures put upon him. He is reluctant to have a chat with FDR, and is heartbroken that Lois dislikes Clark but loves Superman. As the play ends, he thinks of what his father said to him just before he passed away recently; to use his powers for good, as not doing so wouldn't be fair for everyone. Lois notices Clark sobbing in his theater box and, surprised by her own concern, calls out to him. She finally gains his attention by throwing a shoe at him, and when she sees Clark takes off his glasses, she develops the classic suspicion that Clark and Superman are one and the same. At the same time, Clark realizes that he will love her for the rest of his life and that love will fuel him to do his best for the world. He has struggled through the entire book to feel \"like everyone else\", and now, he is \"like everyone else\". Sheriff Bill Dutcher, is the Sheriff of the county in which Smallville, Kansas is located. His duty is dealing with the crimes that occur in the unincorporated county area surrounding Smallville; two of which feature and involve Clark Kent. He is sometimes accompanied by other law enforcement officers, such as Doug Parker, Smallville's local Chief of Police, and later with FBI Agent Foley. Jiggs Markley and the Markley Gang are criminals on the FBI's most wanted list who find themselves in Smallville, Kansas. Jiggs is killed by what the Sheriffs of Smallville believe his gun firing backwards while confronting Clark Kent at the Jewel movie theatre (in reality, the bullet bounced off Clark's forehead). Three others from the gang, made up by Ike \"Curly Ike\" Kelting, Milt George, and Claude Draper, later kidnap and murder the child of a banker they were holding for ransom. The gang is later taken down, while Ike is killed in a car crash caused by Clark, covering the incident for his town's newspaper. All others from the gang are mentioned to have fled to Mexico. Alger Lee is a young African-American man, who first appears working for the Jewel movie theatre, and later at the Kent Farm (like his father did) when Clark starts moving on away and Jonathan Kent becomes weaker due to old age. Alger knows Clark, and knows Clark can do things no other man can do, but keeps it a secret just like Willi. It is assumed that, after the passing of Jonathan Kent, that Alger and his family get the farm thanks to their generosity. Paulie Scaffa and Herman \"Sticky\" Stickowski are two of Lex Luthor's well-known henchmen. They perform their duties however Lex wants them do to them, and try not to get their boss angry at either one of them from whatever mistakes they make on purpose or not. Paulie is the son of a father who does not appreciate anything he does, even after showing him a Lexbot robot. Because of that, he hates his father. Sticky, already terminally ill, is smothered to death by Lex, who then offers his wife, Ceil, a job",
"on away and Jonathan Kent becomes weaker due to old age. Alger knows Clark, and knows Clark can do things no other man can do, but keeps it a secret just like Willi. It is assumed that, after the passing of Jonathan Kent, that Alger and his family get the farm thanks to their generosity. Paulie Scaffa and Herman \"Sticky\" Stickowski are two of Lex Luthor's well-known henchmen. They perform their duties however Lex wants them do to them, and try not to get their boss angry at either one of them from whatever mistakes they make on purpose or not. Paulie is the son of a father who does not appreciate anything he does, even after showing him a Lexbot robot. Because of that, he hates his father. Sticky, already terminally ill, is smothered to death by Lex, who then offers his wife, Ceil, a job managing a brothel. Ceil Stickowski continues to nearly worship Lex until, near the end of the novel, she realizes he murdered her beloved husband. She is later killed by Paulie when Mrs. O'Shea learns that Ceil is about to spill all she know about Lex's robots to Lois Lane during a fight between Superman and a Lexbot the thug has foolishly hidden in the trunk of his car. Skinny Simon is a friend of Willi and Lois, and is ironically nicknamed Skinny because of her voluptuous figure. She works at a hospital in Manhattan and is the first to tell Lois when Willi is shot. Later, she and Willi meet in Hollywood where she is almost murdered by her husband. Despite these ordeals, she perseveres and eventually finds herself back in New York. She eventually marries Ben Jaeger. Dick Sandglass is a New York City detective; has a son nicknamed Spider, and is admired by both Willi Berg and his fellow partner, Ben Jaeger. He spends two years investigating the link between a \"ghost gang of criminals\" and Alderman Lex Luthor. Because of his investigation; Sandglass is later murdered by Luthor's men, and his son dies afterward while trying to rescue his father. Caesar Colluzo is a self-taught engineer who is hired by Lex Luthor to design ultra-powerful, omnipresent robots. After the creation of the Lexbots are a success; Lex murders Caesar so that he will not reveal Lex's secrets. Diana Dewey is briefly Clark's girlfriend - and his first lover - when he is living in Hollywood, California, working as a stuntman. A former actress; Diana is a costume designer for various movies, one was of which that becomes cancelled was going to be \"\"The Saucer Man from Saturn\"\". Clark tries out the only outfit made for the film which later becomes the Superman costume. By the time Clark and Willi are in New York, Diana is never seen again. One idea is that Diana might've seemed uncomfortable after Clark revealed what he could do and later after he freed Willi from jail was possibly eager to rid herself of Clark; but there is no evidence to support that theory. The only thing the novel does is that, once Clark meets and is smitten by Lois Lane, he doesn't seem to remember Diana at all. Ben Jaeger is a New York City cop, a protegee of Dick Sandglass, and the boyfriend (later ex-boyfriend) of Lois Lane. After the death of his mentor, Sandglass; Jaeger is hit hard and becomes obsessed with nailing. Even during this obsession, he brings Lois candy, but she is put off by his intense, brooding, single-minded demeanor. He is shot in the chest twice by Paulie and nearly dies, but later recovers, and finds a new lease on life working at the theatre with his first gig being involved with the play Our Town. Helen O'Shea (mainly called Mrs. O'Shea) is Lex Luthor's personal assistant, but after she murders the son of Dick Sandglass, she becomes Lex' full partner and his lover. Her husband, Denholm is serving a 50-year prison sentence for murdering a union organizer with a shed cutter. Lex met O'Shea after she was sent to the House of Detention for Women in Greenwich Village, and has been working for him since. Once she realizes Ceil Stickowski is going to inform Lois Lane on Luthor's Lexbots, she goes out to kill her, only to be killed herself by Paulie Scaffa, one of Lex's henchmen, who also kills Ceil. Edith \"Soda\" Wauters is a singer and owner of a jazz music club named after her nickname, and the mistress of late Dick Sandglass. A twice divorcee; Soda fell in love at first sight toward Sandglass (though he never told her his last name, and lied saying he was not a cop). She is devastated when he stops coming around, eventually realizing he is dead. It is only when she remembers the package he left for her to keep safe (a copy of the same one that was to be used against Lex Luthor, but was destroyed after Sandglass was murdered) that a drunken Soda heads out and after some dead ends, makes it to the Daily Planet the next day, where she meets Clark Kent. She and Clark later become friends; as evidenced by Clark's birthday present to her by taking her to see \"\"Out Town\"\", and by Soda dedicating the song \"\"Someone to Watch Over Me\"\" anytime he visits her club. After the release of his 1985 book, \"Funny Papers\", Tom De Haven began working on the novella \"Sunborn Lake\". From the work done in creating it, De Haven ended up falling in love with the 1930s, the period the first of his novellas was set in. After the release of \"Derby Dugan Depression Funnies\", the sequel to \"Funny Papers\", in 1996, De Haven got a call from DC, asking if he would be interested in doing a Superman novel set in the same period as \"Depression Funnies\", the 1930s. De Haven was honored at first, because of the iconic nature of the character, but on the other hand felt unsure as he would not own the copyright as he had done for his previous works. Nevertheless, he accepted the job. However, he was already committed in writing \"Dugan Under Ground\", and wanted to finish that first. DC agreed, even though that novel was finally published in September 2001, four years later. During that time, DC gave De Haven copies of Superman's early stories found in the pages of DC Archive Editions, for the writer to study. For De Haven, he wanted \"It's Superman!\" to be a straight adult novel, with little irony, and very real world (New York instead of the more famous Metropolis), as much as he wanted the Clark Kent/Superman who was an average Joe like Jerry Siegel's and Joe Shuster's version. A coming of age story where everything that made up the 1930s, religion, politics, or the world, influenced the mind of our main character. It was De Haven's idea to end the story with Clark ready to experience his life experiences as Superman, different from similar stories of the norm where everything is all set in the end. This was done for readers to easily have confidence in Clark because of the story's main events as the book closes. After De Haven's pitch proposal, Chronicle Books made the offer to publish the novel. Even with the contract to finish the manuscript within one year, it ended up taking up to two-and-a-half years to complete. The finished manuscript ran up to 1000 pages long, obviously too long for a published book, and De Haven was allowed more time to cut down the book to a reasonable page length in early 2005. What was removed were: the backstory on Lex Luthor, a subplot involving a Russian spy after Luthor's \"Lexbot\" plans, more about Diana Dewey, Clark's girlfriend from Hollywood, more on Martha Kent, and more. Losing the material was not missed on De Haven's part, as it made the book shorter, or as he put it, \"\"faster than a speeding bullet.\"\" Reviews of \"It's Superman!\" were overall generally positive. Readers applauded the 1930s details, from movies to even the brands of cigarettes, as well as the book's nature to \"suck them into\" the story. \"The New York Times\" described the novel as \"Delightful with energy and imagination\", and \"Entertainment Weekly\" stated that the book is \"textured with authentic faces, places, and attitudes.\" Various websites went as far as to put the novel side by side with non-superhero novels such as \"The Grapes of",
"a subplot involving a Russian spy after Luthor's \"Lexbot\" plans, more about Diana Dewey, Clark's girlfriend from Hollywood, more on Martha Kent, and more. Losing the material was not missed on De Haven's part, as it made the book shorter, or as he put it, \"\"faster than a speeding bullet.\"\" Reviews of \"It's Superman!\" were overall generally positive. Readers applauded the 1930s details, from movies to even the brands of cigarettes, as well as the book's nature to \"suck them into\" the story. \"The New York Times\" described the novel as \"Delightful with energy and imagination\", and \"Entertainment Weekly\" stated that the book is \"textured with authentic faces, places, and attitudes.\" Various websites went as far as to put the novel side by side with non-superhero novels such as \"The Grapes of Wrath\" and \"The Outsiders\". Comic Geek Speak, a fan podcast dealing with comics and other media, did an episode about the novel, where De Haven was also a guest. The novel was praised by the podcast, where the hosts stated that they liked the novel's story being original, and the depiction of Clark, where he was seen as \"..a much more 'human' Clark than we are used to seeing in comics and other media.\" It was also brought up that this novel alone had gotten every one of the hosts interested in other novels based on comic books and superheroes, noting as one example. Some reviewers though felt the opposite, to which De Haven described in his entry on the Thunder Child website that he felt those readers \"didn't get it\". One example was from Superman Homepage.com; while one reviewer gave the novel a positive review, the other reviewer gave a negative one, feeling that, regardless of how intelligent the novel was, it should have been a superhero novel, and thus felt ripped off. The reviewer noted that there was only one battle in the book, and the actions Clark/Superman does in the novel were not \"Superman-like\", and went as far as to say the character was stupid. Those alone were defended by De Haven himself from the Thunder Child website, where he described that he was in \"disgust\" over the negative comments, and he explained that: \"\"he is a young man who grew up in his time and his place and was educated according to the theories and with the tools of that context. (He went to Smallville High, not Phillips Exeter Academy, for crying out loud.) He worries that he's not smart enough to do the things that he wants to do, feels he should do, but he manages to put aside, if never completely overcome, those feelings of inadequacy, and to me that's heroic. Why would anyone think a 17-20 year old kid from a tiny farming town in eastern Kansas would move out into the greater world and immediately, instinctively believe he could compete with a big-city politician like Lex Luthor or engage in an easygoing man-to-man conversation with the President of the United States?\"\" Comic Geek Speak joined De Haven in his comments, with co-host Bryan Deemer saying that he liked \"It's Superman!\"'s Clark because he himself was tired of seeing Clark as the \"perfect angel\" all the time; adding that Clark's actions made sense for him to do because he was a kid, and it will still lead him into the boy scout he will soon evolve into. Also, co-host Peter Rios pointed out that he saw the scenes where the doubtful Clark did not \"get it\", as scenes where Clark came across as \"alien...which is exactly what he is.\" It's Superman! It's Superman! is a novel by Tom De Haven based on the comic book superhero Superman. It was released on September 15, 2005 in hardcover and August 29, 2006 in paperback. The premise tells the tale of Clark Kent's beginnings into becoming Superman, set in the 1930s, where Clark befriends a"
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"Spectacled hare-wallaby The spectacled hare-wallaby (\"Lagorchestes conspicillatus\") is a species of macropod (hence a marsupial) found in Australia and New Guinea. In Australia, a small sub-population is found on Barrow Island, while the mainland type is widespread, though in decline, across northern regions of the country. A species of Lagorchestes, Hare-wallaby are small members of the family Macropodidae. The spectacled hare-wallaby is found across northern Australia in tropical tussock or spinifex habitats. It can be found from Queensland to Western Australia. In 1997 it was discovered in the savanna country of southwest Papua New Guinea. It is a solitary, nocturnal herbivore, and is considerably larger than its relatives. It is coloured grey-brown with golden tips and an orange circle around its eye, from which it gets its name. It builds its nests among the tough vegetation. When disturbed it hops off in a zigzag manner. The young are produced singly at any time of the year and become sexually mature at about a year old. The species was first described by John Gould, naming this hare-wallaby as \"Lagorchestes conspicillata\", and provided an illustration that was included in \"The Mammals of Australia\" (Volume II) as plate 59. A separate description, \"Lagorchestes leichardti\", was included in the same work as Pl. 58. This is now regarded as a subpopulation of the same species, which is sometimes described as a subspecies. The species was reviewed on the Red List (2008) as having the conservation status least concern. The subspecies \"L. conspicillatus conspicillatus\" is restricted to Barrow Island, Western Australia, but was once found throughout the Montebello Islands. Predation by introduced species and development on the island have led to a vulnerable status. \"L. conspicillatus leichardti\", the mainland subspecies, was once regarded as a near-threatened status. The population of the species is in decline, largely due to reduction of habitat through land clearing. Concern also exists regarding the disappearance from arid parts of its far northern range. Reintroduction to former habitats has been proposed, following the related Western Shield projects. A spectacled hare-wallaby fossil was discovered in Queensland dating up to 11,000 years ago from the early Holocene. Spectacled hare-wallaby The spectacled hare-wallaby (\"Lagorchestes conspicillatus\") is a species of macropod (hence a marsupial) found in Australia and New Guinea. In Australia, a small sub-population is found on Barrow Island, while the mainland type is widespread, though in decline, across northern regions of the country."
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"Calistoga Spa Hot Springs Calistoga Spa Hot Springs is a geothermal mineral water resort located in the upper Napa Valley town of Calistoga, California. The resort has been continuously operated as a hot spring resort since the early 1900s. The Calistoga Spa Hot Springs is located at 1006 Washington Street and bordered by Gerard Street to the Northwest and Franklin Street to the Southeast. The indigenous Wappo civilization occupied the region for thousands of years and annually migrated to the upper valley to village near the exposed mineral pools found along the western ridge of the Mayacamas mountain range. Geothermal forces and tectonic activity elevate the temperature of the mineral water to 180 degrees Fahrenheit at the source. A mud bath is a bath of mud, commonly from areas where hot springs water can combine with volcanic ash. The volcanic ash found in the upper Napa Valley is derived from the eruptions of Mount Konocti and Mount St. Helena ending some 10,000 years ago. Mud baths have existed for thousands of years and since ancient times have been used to treat health problems and beautify the skin. Balneology or sometimes referred to as \"taking in the waters\" is an ancient method of gaining the benefits of mineral water through immersion, ingestion and contact with the water over a period of time. It is believed that the mineral content within the water, especially magnesium, initiates a calming effect on the user. From 1965 through 1986 the property operated Calistoga's largest open to the public pool, the Roman Pool. Through vigorous use and age the pool fell into decline and was closed in 1985. Between 1965 and 1985 several new guest room buildings were added to the property to allow for more overnight visitors wanting to \"take in the waters\". In 1986 a new main building was constructed to house the spa, mud bath and mineral bath facility. This building rests upon the space previously occupied by the Roman Pool. The pools and surrounding patio areas were improved and barbecue areas were created for guests to use during their visit. In 2014 four new mineral pools were added. Calistoga Spa Hot Springs Calistoga Spa Hot Springs is a geothermal mineral water resort located in the upper Napa Valley town of Calistoga, California. The resort has been continuously operated as a hot spring resort since the early 1900s. The Calistoga Spa Hot Springs"
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"Hikari Okubo Born in Tokyo, Okubo started in the All Japan Road Race Championship GP125 class in 2008, riding for Endurance Honda, where he finished the season in 20th place overall with a best result of 13th at Tsukuba. For 2009 Okubo remained in the GP125 class but joined the 18 Garage Racing Team once again on a Honda. 2009 saw a significant improvement from 2008, with sixth overall in the championship; his best result in 2009 was sixth position at Okayama. Okubo once again rode with the 18 Garage Racing Team aboard a Honda in 2010, staying in the newly renamed J-GP3 class. Okubo opened the season with his first victory in the Japanese championship at Tsukuba, this was followed by another victory at Motegi, these victories along with two other podiums were enough to secure his first Japanese championship title. Okubo also competed in his first 125cc World Championship event as a wildcard at the Japanese round at Motegi, he qualified in 26th and finished the race just out of the points in 16th position. Deciding to try to defend his title in 2011, Okubo stayed in the J-GP3 class, along with 18 Garage Racing Team for the third consecutive year. Okubo only finished two of the five races, as he could only finish tenth overall. He once again received a wildcard entry to the 125cc World Championship for the Japanese round held at Motegi, he qualified 25th and finished just outside the points again in 17th. Deciding not to remain in the Japanese championship in 2012, Okubo joined the one-make Asia Dream Cup aboard a Honda CBR250 for the inaugural season. The Asia Dream Cup, which runs alongside the Asia Road Racing Championship, spanned across six different countries in Asia. Okubo was engaged in an all out battle with fellow Japanese rider Hiroki Ono, which Okubo prevailed in by ten points ahead of Ono. For 2013, Okubo returned to the Japanese championship to try and recapture the J-GP3 title with the Hot Racing Honda squad, he eventually finished third overall with five third-place finishes his best results. He remained in the J-GP3 class with Hot Racing aboard a Honda NSF250R in 2014, he finished the season in sixth overall, with a second-place finish at Motegi being his best result. He also received a wildcard for the Motegi round of the 2014 Moto3 Grand Prix World Championship, he failed to finish the race after qualifying 26th. In 2015 he made a class change as he stepped up to the ST600 series with Kohara Racing riding a stock Honda CBR600RR, he finished the season third overall after two podium finishes in the final rounds of the season at Okayama and Suzuka. In November 2015, it was announced that Okubo had signed to race for CIA Landlord Insurance Honda in the 2016 Supersport World Championship season, riding a Honda CBR600RR. He finished his rookie season 21st overall, scoring points in six of the twelve races. His best finish result was 10th place at EuroSpeedway Lausitz. He remained in the class for the 2017 season, riding a Honda CBR600RR. He improved his final championship position to 15th overall, highlighted by a 6th place at Buriram International Circuit. In 2018 he switched to the Puccetti Racing squad, riding a Kawasaki ZX-6R. Okubo finished in 13th place in the championship, with 8th place at Circuito San Juan Villicum his best result. Okubo will remain with Kawasaki Puccetti Racing in 2019. Hikari Okubo Born in Tokyo, Okubo started in the All Japan Road Race Championship GP125 class in 2008, riding for Endurance Honda, where"
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"Orange Records Orange Records is a British record label, founded in 1969. The founder was Cliff Cooper, owner of Orange Studios. Out of his studio, where prospective young artists produced demos, the record company was born. Cooper negotiated a pressing and distribution deal with Pye Records for the UK. Soon afterwards, they signed licensing deals for territories around the world. Cliff designed a record label using the \"Voice of the World\" logo and produced a stylish full-colour sleeve. Later, in the early 1970s, when Flower Power was running out of steam, he decided to change the label's logo, instead opting for a black background with gold lettering. Cliff signed John Miles, who was with a band called The Influence. It was this group that provided Orange Records with its first release on 7 November 1969 titled \"I Want To Live\". The single didn't make the top ten, but it launched John's career. At the same time, the label released a duo group called Contrast, featuring Roger and Christine Jeffrey. \"Hey That's No Way To Say Goodbye\" was their first single. Other releases from the early 70s included \"Ned Kelly\" by Brian Chalker (1970) and \"Candy Girl'\" by The Pal Brothers (1973). To promote the records Cooper engaged \"Pluggers\" to encourage airplay, and Cliff admits to being one of them. This gave him an insight in the record promotion and networking process, and he made a lot of good friends in the business. It was a tough business, though, and the promotion side was very expensive. Most releases sold very well and they received good reviews in the music press. The label became well respected in the music industry. Even now Cliff gets lots of requests to re-release those early records. Top DJ, Emperor Rosko still calls asking Cliff to bring out the entire Orange Records back catalogue. Some of the releases from later years include \"BIG BAND JOHN/Tribute to the Rat Pack\" and \"TOM & CATHERINE – A True Love Story\" (1999), both featuring recordings from John Miles of different eras. Besides the record company, Cooper is into production of amplifying equipment, through the company Orange Amps founded already in 1968. Orange Records Orange Records is a British record label, founded in 1969. The founder was Cliff Cooper, owner of Orange Studios. Out of his studio, where prospective young artists produced demos, the record company was born. Cooper negotiated a"
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"Kazuno, Akita Kazuno is located in a valley in the mountains of far northeastern Akita Prefecture, with the Ōu Mountains and Iwate Prefecture on the east. Much of the city is within the borders of the Towada-Hachimantai National Park. Much of the city area is covered in forest. Due to its inland location, the city is noted for its heavy snowfall in winter.it is also known for the wild deer Per Japanese census data, the population of Kazuno has declined over the past 40 years. Kazuno has a Humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification \"Dfa\") with large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters with heavy snowfalls. The average annual temperature in Kazuno is 8.9 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1464 mm with July as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 23.8 °C, and lowest in January, at around -3.3 °C. The area of present-day Kazuno was settled in prehistoric times, and contains major Jōmon period archaeological sites and numerous burial mounds from the Kofun period. The area was part of ancient Mutsu Province and was ruled by the Nambu clan of Morioka Domain during the Edo period. After the start of the Meiji period, the area became briefly part of Rikuchū Province before being transferred to Akita Prefecture in 1871. It was organized as part of Kazuno District, Akita Prefecture in 1878. The modern city of Kazuno was founded on April 1, 1972. Kazuno has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city legislature of 18 members. The economy of Kazuno is based on agriculture, forestry and seasonal tourism. Kazuno has nine public elementary schools and five public middle schools operated by the city government and two public high schools operated by the Akita Prefectural Board of Education. Akita Prefecture also operates one special education school. Kazuno is twinned with: Kazuno, Akita Kazuno is located in a valley in the mountains of far northeastern Akita Prefecture, with the Ōu Mountains and Iwate Prefecture on the east. Much of the city is within the borders of the Towada-Hachimantai National Park. Much of the city area is covered in forest. Due to its inland location, the city is noted for its heavy snowfall in winter.it is also known for the wild deer Per Japanese census data, the"
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"Rugby Challenge 2006 Rugby Challenge 2006 is a 2006 rugby union video game. There are a number of tournaments that can be played in the game, both club and international competition. In addition there is a career mode (which includes trade/recruitment/management etc.), full training mode, as well as player/team/tournament editor. There are a number of 'Challenge Modes' as well; Survival mode, Classic mode and Superstar mode. Classic games/teams can also be unlocked. The in-game commentators are John Inverdale and Dewi Morris. The game has multiplayer up to 4 people. There are a number of different cover arts for the game; one features four different rugby union players (one from England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland), one features a number of Italian players, another has a Biarritz player (Dimitri Yachvili), and another has no rugby player, but a rugby ball on the cover. Rugby Challenge 2006 Rugby Challenge 2006 is a 2006 rugby union video game. There are a number of tournaments that can be played in the game, both club and international competition. In addition there is a career mode (which includes trade/recruitment/management etc.), full training mode, as well as player/team/tournament editor. There are a number of 'Challenge Modes' as well;"
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"Ocean Man \"Ocean Man\" is a song by the American rock band Ween. It was released in 1997 as the second single from their sixth studio album \"The Mollusk\". It was also released as the B-side to the earlier single \"Mutilated Lips\" on June 24, 1997. It is one of Ween’s most well-known songs, and has appeared on various film soundtracks and commercials since its release, most notably with \"The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie\". The song has been performed live at various occasions, most notably Live in Chicago and Live at Stubb's. \"Ocean Man\" is an alternative rock song set in the key of E major with a tempo of 123 beats per minute. Excluding the equivocal lyrics, the song has a distinctive upbeat tropical theme that stands in contrast to the other songs featured in \"The Mollusk\". Recorded and performed with filtered vocalization, the song contains a mandolin riff, a power pop drum beat, and an electric guitar solo from Melchiondo. The song was featured in the end credits of \"The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie.\" The song was also heard in a 2003 commercial for the Honda Civic. Allmusic referred to this song as an example of how Ween's \"array of silly jokes and musical parody is richer and more diverse than most of its alternative rock contemporaries.\" In late 2015 and early 2016, \"Ocean Man\" became an internet Meme. Following its use in the final scene of the SpongeBob SquarePants movie, the song began appearing in remix videos on video sharing platforms such as iFunny, Vine, and YouTube. Becoming a meme also helped the band gain more listeners with \"Ocean Man\" being their most listened to song on Spotify. Ocean Man \"Ocean Man\" is a song by the American rock band Ween. It was released in 1997 as the second"
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"Revolutionary Guard Corps The Revolutionary Guard Corps (\"Liwa Haris al-Jamahiriya\") or Jamahiriyyah Guard was a Libyan paramilitary elite unit that played the role of key protection force of the regime of Muammar Gaddafi, until his death in October 2011. Composed of 3,000 men hand-picked from Gaddafi's tribal group in the Sirte region, the Guard was well armed, being provided with T-54 and T-62 tanks, APCs, MRLs, SA-8 SAMs and ZSU-23-4 Anti-aircraft guns taken from the army inventory. As of 2005, its commander was Hasan al-Kabir al-Gaddafi, a cousin of the former Libyan leader. The Revolutionary Guard developed from the Revolutionary Committees, even if the latter had at first been introduced only into workplaces and communities, and not extended to the Armed Forces. After the early 1980s, however, the Revolutionary Guard, as a paramilitary wing of the Revolutionary Committees, became entrenched within the military. They served as a parallel channel of control, a means of ideological indoctrination in the barracks, and an apparatus for monitoring suspicious behavior. The Revolutionary Guards reportedly held the keys to ammunition stockpiles at the main military bases, doling it out in small quantities as needed by the regular forces. Their influence increased after a coup attempt in May 1985, that was blocked mainly thanks to the action of the Revolutionary Guard that engaged regular army units in a series of street battles. Revolutionary Guard Corps The Revolutionary Guard Corps (\"Liwa Haris al-Jamahiriya\") or Jamahiriyyah Guard was a Libyan paramilitary elite unit that played the role of key protection force of the regime of Muammar Gaddafi, until his death in October 2011. Composed of 3,000 men hand-picked from Gaddafi's tribal group in the Sirte region, the Guard was well armed, being provided with T-54 and T-62 tanks, APCs, MRLs, SA-8 SAMs and ZSU-23-4 Anti-aircraft guns taken from"
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"Brian Carpenter (American football) Brian Milton Carpenter (born November 27, 1960) is a former American football in the cornerback in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Giants (1982), the Washington Redskins (1983-1984), and the Buffalo Bills (1984). He played college football as a defensive back at the University of Michigan from 1978 to 1981. Carpenter was born in Flint, Michigan, in 1960. He attended Flint Southwestern High School. Carpenter enrolled at the University of Michigan in 1978 and played college football as a defensive back for Bo Schembechler's Michigan Wolverines football teams from 1978 to 1981. As a junior, he started 11 of 12 games at wide side cornerback for the 1980 Wolverines that compiled a 10-2 record, finished #4 in the AP and UPI polls, and outscored opponents 322 to 129. Carpenter totaled 25 tackles, seven assists and five interceptions (tied for the team lead), including 2 against Indiana University. He also was a part of a defense that didn't allow a touchdown for 22 consecutive quarters. In the 1981 Rose Bowl, he made an interception at Michigan's eight-yard line, to contribute to a 23-6 win over the University of Washington. As a senior, he started 8 of 12 games and had one interception for the 1981 Wolverines, after missing three games with a sprained left ankle. He was selected by the conference coaches as a second-team defensive back on the 1981 All-Big Ten Conference football team. He finished with 6 career interceptions, played in two Big 10 championship teams (1978 and 198) and started in the Rose and Bluebonnet Bowls. Carpenter was selected by the Dallas Cowboys in the fourth round (101st overall pick) of the 1982 NFL Draft. He was waived on September 6. On September 16, 1982, he signed as a free agent with the New York Giants. He appeared in four games, none of them as a starter. He was released on August 28, 1983. On August 30, 1983, he was claimed off waivers by the Washington Redskins. He appeared in 15 games, none as a starter. The next year, he appeared in four games as a backup, before being traded to the Buffalo Bills in exchange for a draft choice on September 19, 1984. In 1984, he appeared in 13 games for the Buffalo Bills and saw his first action as an NFL starter, starting 10 games at left cornerback. He was released on August 19, 1985. During his three-year career, he appeared in 35 games, intercepted four passes and recovered two fumbles. Brian Carpenter (American football) Brian Milton Carpenter (born November 27, 1960) is a former American football in the cornerback in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Giants (1982), the Washington Redskins (1983-1984), and the Buffalo Bills (1984). He played college football as a defensive back at the University of Michigan from 1978 to 1981. Carpenter was born in Flint, Michigan, in 1960. He attended Flint Southwestern High School. Carpenter enrolled at the University of Michigan"
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"William T. Pheiffer William Townsend Pheiffer (July 15, 1898 – August 16, 1986) was an American lawyer, Republican politician and diplomat. He was a Representative from New York in the 77th Congress and ambassador to the Dominican Republic. He was born in Purcell, Indian Territory (now Oklahoma), the son of William Pfeiffer (1869-?) and Susan Garfinkel (1869-?). His brother was Harry R. Pfeiffer (1896-?). His father was a lawyer. His maternal uncle was Julius Garfinckel, wealthy merchant. He attended the public schools of Purcell, Ardmore and Oklahoma City, and the University of Southern California, where he was a member of the Chi Phi Fraternity. During World War I, Pheiffer served as a private in the cavalry of the U.S. Army, in 1918. He earned a law degree at the law school of the University of Oklahoma, in 1919. That same year, he was admitted to the bar and began working in general practice like his father. He practiced in Sayre, Oklahoma, from 1923 to 1926. In 1924, he was a candidate for the 2nd District in the Oklahoma Senate. Pheiffer moved to Amarillo, Texas, in 1926, and continued the practice of law. In 1932, he was an alternate delegate from Texas at the Republican National Convention in Chicago, Illinois. He was a delegate to the Republican State conventions in 1936 and 1942. In 1939, he moved to New York City. The following year, he was elected by a wide margin to represent the 16th Congressional District on the East Side of Manhattan in the 77th Congress, January 3, 1941 to January 3, 1943. Pheiffer was the first Republican to carry the district, defeating the Democratic incumbent, James Fay. He was defeated for reelection by Fay by 80 votes in 1942. The 16th District was merged with others in a 1944 reapportionment. During World War II, Pheiffer entered the Army as a captain of the cavalry and served from March 12, 1943, to April 22, 1944. On August 1, 1944, he was appointed counsel to the Petroleum Administration for War, Washington, D.C., and served until February 8, 1945. He then resumed private practice as a member of the New York and Washington law firm of Pheiffer, Stephens & Weaver. He was also an executive assistant in charge of the New York headquarters of the Republican National Committee from 1945 to 1948. President Eisenhower appointed Pheiffer the Ambassador to the Dominican Republic on May 28, 1953. His full title was Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and his presentation of credentials took place on June 29. On March 20, 1954, he was married in the fashionable Everglades Club in Palm Beach, Florida, to Frances Margaret Laacke (September 30, 1892 – July 8, 1993) (She was first married to and divorced from physician Samuel G. Higgins; she then married and became the widow of Milwaukee brewer/real estate dealer George E. Uihlein). Pheiffer then returned with his bride to the Dominican Republic and they took up residence together at the U.S. Embassy in Ciudad Trujillo (now Santo Domingo). He served at his post as envoy until June 2, 1957. He and his wife then returned to New York, where he carried on his practice of law. At his death, his law office was at 645 Madison Avenue. He died at age 88 at his home in New York City. William T. Pheiffer William Townsend Pheiffer (July 15, 1898 – August 16, 1986) was an American lawyer, Republican politician and diplomat. He was a Representative from New York in the 77th Congress and ambassador to the Dominican Republic. He was born in Purcell, Indian Territory (now Oklahoma),"
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"Samsung Galaxy A7 (2015) The Samsung Galaxy A7 (2015) is an Android phablet manufactured by Samsung Electronics and released in February 2015. Samsung Galaxy A7 (2016) is a successor to the Samsung Galaxy A7 (2015). The Samsung Galaxy A7 is not available in the United States. Samsung Galaxy A7 rolled out the Marshmallow update on 25th of July 2016. The Samsung Galaxy A7 was first released in January 2015. It serves as one of the successors to the Samsung Galaxy Alpha. It was released alongside the Samsung Galaxy A3 and A5. It was first released with Android 4.4.4 Kitkat, upgradeble to Android 5.0.2 Lollipop and Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow. It serves as the high-end variant of the Galaxy A series. It was succeeded by the Samsung Galaxy A7 (2016). Samsung Galaxy A7 (2015) The Samsung Galaxy A7 (2015) is an Android phablet manufactured by Samsung Electronics and released in February 2015. Samsung Galaxy A7 (2016) is a successor to the Samsung Galaxy A7 (2015). The Samsung Galaxy A7 is not available in the United States. Samsung Galaxy A7 rolled out the Marshmallow update on 25th of July 2016. The Samsung Galaxy A7 was first released in January 2015. It serves as"
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"Western Sydney University Solar Car Project The Western Sydney University Solar Car Project is the student-led, multidisciplinary solar racing team of Western Sydney University based in Penrith, in Sydney, Australia. The team was founded in 2012 and competes in the biennial World Solar Car Challenge (WSC) from Darwin, Northern Territory to Adelaide, South Australia over a distance of 3,022 km (1,878 mi) through the Australian Outback. Since it was established, the team has competed in three World Solar Challenges, placing 11th in 2013, 10th in 2015 and 6th in 2017 in the Challenger Class. In 2018 the Western Sydney University Solar Car Team was the first team to represent Australia in the American Solar Car Challenge and achieved 1st place, the first non-american team to win the event. Western Sydney University Solar Car Project The Western Sydney University Solar Car Project is the student-led, multidisciplinary solar racing team of Western Sydney University based in Penrith, in Sydney, Australia. The team was founded in 2012 and competes in the biennial World Solar Car Challenge (WSC) from Darwin, Northern Territory to Adelaide, South Australia over a distance of 3,022 km (1,878 mi) through the Australian Outback. Since it was established, the team"
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"ZipRealty ZipRealty is a website that offers real estate listings and homes for sale as part of Realogy’s company-owned brokerage operations, NRT LLC. Ziprealty.com is maintained by ZapLabs LLC, the innovation and technology development division of Realogy. Founded in 1999 by Scott Kucirek and Juan Mini, two graduates of the University of California, Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, ZipRealty operated in 35 metropolitan areas in 22 states and the District of Columbia. Headquartered in Emeryville, CA and incorporated in Delaware, the company went public in November 2004 and traded on NASDAQ under the ticker symbol ZIPR. ZipRealty, Inc. was started as an independent U.S. real estate brokerage firm with licensed agents in offices nationwide, who sell real estate on ZipRealty.com. After operating a tech-enabled brokerage for 15 years, the company was acquired by Realogy in 2014, maintaining the technology division as part of the Realogy Franchise Group, and adding the ZipRealty brokerage into Realogy’s company-owned brokerage operations, NRT. In June 2016, the technology division rebranded itself as ZapLabs LLC. This was to differentiate itself from the brokerage and to establish itself as the central source of real estate technology solutions for Realogy’s franchise brands, with solutions designed to serve brokers and agents as well as home buyers and sellers.In March 2017, ZipRealty's sales professionals joined another brokerage Coldwell Banker United Realtors. ZipRealty ZipRealty is a website that offers real estate listings and homes for sale as part of Realogy’s company-owned brokerage operations, NRT LLC. Ziprealty.com is maintained by ZapLabs LLC, the innovation and technology development division of Realogy. Founded in 1999 by Scott Kucirek and Juan Mini, two graduates of the University of California, Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, ZipRealty operated in 35 metropolitan areas in 22 states and the District of Columbia. Headquartered in Emeryville, CA and incorporated in"
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"Tugaya, Lanao del Sur ', officially the ', is a in the province of , . According to the , it has a population of people. The municipality, also known as \"Togaya\", is known as the \"Industrial Capital of Lanao del Sur\" due to its Maranao crafts which includes gongs, drums, musical instruments, weaves, baskets, and metalwares, among others. It is also distinguished as a 'UNESCO Home for Culture and Heritage'. Tugaya has a land area of 4028 hectares, equal to 40.28 square kilometers. Tugaya is located on the shores of the largest lake on Mindanao Island: Lake Lanao. Tugaya is politically subdivided into 23 barangays. Tugaya is unique in that the town is inhabited almost entirely by craftsmen and artisans of various pursuits. Each household specializes in some form of art or craft that is part of traditional Maranao culture: back-strap loom weaving, tapestry weaving, and other kinds of handmade textile manufacture; foundry casting of various forms of brass or bronze vessels, instruments, and decorative items; wood-carving and mother-of-pearl inlay work; metalwork and silver- and gold-smithing—all of which utilize the traditional Maranao form of decoration, okir. From this community come the artisans called upon to decorate major forms of architecture in the traditional manner, e.g., the Maranao \"torogan\" or royal houses. Performance arts are also unique among the residents of Tugaya, where the penchant for the artistic spills out into everyday games and mundane articles of domestic use. Textile weaving in Tugaya includes traditional Southeast Asian back-strap loom weaving, utilizing indigenous okir decorative motifs. Laborious, expert needle-weaving produces the complex \"langkit\" panels which are incorporated into the traditional Maranao garment, the \"malong landap\". Foundries employ the cire perdue or \"lost wax\" method to produce various types of bronze or brass products which follow traditional forms, such as the \"gador\" (a pair of ornate brass urns). Metal forging uses the traditional Southeast Asian double-bellows forge, and employs traditional tools. Other forms of metalwork include hand shaping and pounding of metal sheets, a laborious method which transforms flat metal sheets into sturdy, solid metal Maranao kulintang ensemble gong instruments, including \"gandingan\" and \"agong\". Woodworking includes manufacture of decorative objects, ornate furniture such as the traditional storage chest \"baul\", musical instruments such as the large drum \"dadabuan\", and ceremonial 12-foot-tall Maranao drums (such as were used for the adhan in the 1800s). Carved and painted wood products also feature the distinctive okir decorative motifs. Nearly every member of the community is engaged in one or more of these forms of traditional arts and crafts, and many of their products are specially ordered on a regular basis by merchants in Davao City, which is the largest city on Mindanao island, a full day's drive from Tugaya. When displayed in the stores of Davao City, Tugaya's products are purchased by locals and international visitors, and by professional buyers from the department stores and tourist shops of MetroManila. Thus, Tugaya supplies both inhabitants and visitors to Metro Manila with high quality, traditional, handmade items which are identified to customers as simply being \"from Mindanao\". Majority of items sold in Metro Manila as being \"from Mindanao\" are actually manufactured in Indonesia or Thailand, but are represented as being from Mindanao because the items were imported into Davao City by a middleman before being re-sold and transported to Metro Manila. The Kawayan Torogan is the oldest known torogan in the Philippines, located in Marantao municipality. It is a traditional Maranao house built for royal Maranao families. There was once a campaign where the people wanted the municipalities of Marantao and Tugaya to pass an ordinance where the architectural scheme of the two towns will follow only the totogan style, in effect, preserve the Maranao people's most royal architectural style and lead to the first two towns with a planned town landscape under an indigenous Maranao architecture. However, the campaign led to deaf ears due to little funding available. Aside from the current heritage of Tugaya today, the town also hosted the oldest mosque in Lanao del Sur until 1955 where the region was hit by an earthquake. The entire mosque sank beneath Lake Lanao along with hundreds of heritage pieces. Majority of the sunken artifacts have not been researched on by the National Museum of the Philippines due to tensions in the area. The lake is known as one of the deepest in the country and one of the 17 most ancient lakes in the world. The Old Town of Tugaya was formerly listed in the UNESCO Tentative List for Heritage Sites. However, it was dropped from the list as UNESCO officials announced that the site was better to be nominated in the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List instead due to its many intangible heritages. The National Commission for Culture and the Arts was tasked to do the job. Tugaya, Lanao del Sur ', officially the ', is a in the province of , . According to the , it has a population of people. The municipality, also known as \"Togaya\", is known as the \"Industrial Capital of Lanao del Sur\" due to its Maranao crafts which includes gongs, drums, musical instruments, weaves, baskets, and metalwares, among others. It is also distinguished as a 'UNESCO Home for Culture and Heritage'. Tugaya has a land area of 4028 hectares, equal to 40.28 square kilometers. Tugaya is located on the shores of the largest lake on Mindanao Island: Lake"
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"Ugo Pagliai Ugo Pagliai (born 13 November 1937) is an Italian actor and voice actor. Born in Pistoia, in 1958 Pagliai enrolled at the Accademia Nazionale d'Arte Drammatica, starting his career on stage in the early 1960s. He became first known in 1969, thanks to the Giuseppe Fina's critically acclaimed stage play \"Ross\". In 1971 he got a major success as the lead actor of the Daniele D'Anza's miniseries \"Il segno del comando\", and then appeared in a number of other successful RAI TV-series, often directed by the same D'Anza. He is mainly active on stage, often together with his wife Paola Gassman, the daughter of actors Vittorio Gassman and Nora Ricci. In 1988 Pagliai received a Flaiano Prize for his career. Ugo Pagliai Ugo Pagliai (born 13 November 1937) is an Italian actor and voice actor. Born in Pistoia, in 1958 Pagliai enrolled at the Accademia Nazionale d'Arte Drammatica, starting his career on stage in the early 1960s. He became first known in 1969, thanks to the Giuseppe Fina's critically acclaimed stage play \"Ross\". In 1971 he got a major success as the lead actor of the Daniele D'Anza's miniseries \"Il segno del comando\", and then appeared in a"
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"Neelix Neelix is a character in the science fiction television series \"\", played by actor Ethan Phillips since the series' inception. Neelix is an alien native to the distant far side of the galaxy, who has joined the crew of the United Federation of Planets starship USS \"Voyager\" as cook after its being captured by a mysterious shock wave to the Delta Quadrant. The character of Neelix is from Rinax, a moon of the planet Talax, located in the Delta Quadrant of the show's fictional representation of the Milky Way galaxy. His entire family was killed in a conflict with the Haakonian race. Neelix was introduced in \"\", the two-part pilot episode of the series, where he was rescued along with his partner Kes by the \"Voyager\" crew. Previously a space trader, Neelix states his familiarity with the Delta Quadrant and appoints himself the ship's cook. He later earns the titles of Morale Officer and Chief Ambassador. When Naomi Wildman becomes the first baby born aboard \"Voyager\", her mother Samantha names Neelix as her daughter's godfather. Neelix departs the show in the seventh season's 23rd episode \"\". The ship encounters a colony of Talaxians, the last of his species that he is likely to see as the ship travels further from his home, and he chooses to stay with them. The character returns for a cameo in the series finale, \"\". The persona of Neelix is also the central character in \"The Star Trek Cookbook\", published by Pocket Books/Star Trek; 1st edition (January 1, 1999; ) by Ethan Phillips and William J. Birnes. The cookbook includes contributions by \"Star Trek\" actors from across several series and movies, as the cook of the USS \"Voyager\" accounts for the eclectic task of feeding its 140 diverse crew members. The recipe book also features a fictional guide for whipping up the drinks served at Quark's. Neelix Neelix is a character in the science fiction television series \"\", played by actor Ethan Phillips since the series' inception. Neelix is an alien native to the distant far side of the galaxy, who has joined the crew of the United Federation of Planets starship USS \"Voyager\" as cook after its being captured by a mysterious shock wave to the Delta Quadrant. The character of Neelix is from Rinax, a moon of the planet Talax, located in the Delta Quadrant of the show's fictional representation of the"
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"Charles Edmund Beard Charles Edmund Beard (November 23, 1900 − July 18, 1982) was the former President of Braniff Airways, Inc. d/b/a Braniff International Airways, from 1954 until 1965. He was the third president since its inception in 1928, the first person outside the Braniff family to be CEO of the airline. Beard, along with Braniff Board Chairman Fred Jones (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Ford dealer magnate), managed the airline conservatively, but recorded record growth and traffic statistics between 1954 and early 1965. Beard was born September 5, 1906, in Toledo, Ohio. His parents were Hiram Edmund Beard and Mamie Reiser Beard. He attended Lake Forest Academy in Lake Forest, Illinois, where he completed grades nine through twelve. . Beard entered the United States Navy at the age of 16 as a Carpenter's Mate, after convincing them that he was 18 and therefore allowed to enlist. He signed up for aerial gunnery school and graduated third in a class of 400. He was assigned to the Great Lakes Training Station as a Chief Gunner's Mate instructor. Beard was honorably discharged from the military and continued his education at the university level. He returned to Lake Forest, Illinois, and attended nearby Lake Forest College to take basic courses. He then transferred to the University of Toledo to prepare for a career in the newspaper business. At Toledo he took courses including history, journalism, and English. He could not graduate from the university, as he left the school in 1922, to begin working to support his family. Charles Beard was offered a job as a reporter with the \"Chicago Daily News\". He accepted and moved to Chicago at the age of 21. Beard's career in journalism was short-lived, and he became interested in acting. In 1922, he moved to New York City, and began his stage career on what was called the Subway Circuit, a group of legitimate New York theaters not on Broadway that featured shows that had left Broadway and were to be \"going on tour\" or shows being tried out in the Subway Circuit first to see if they would get a positive review on Broadway. In 1922, he met Rose Esther Wheaton of Kokomo, Indiana, and married her on February 23, 1923, in Toledo, Ohio, after moving from New York to Toledo where he accepted a position working in a warehouse. The pay was eighteen dollars per week and Beard remained with the warehouse job until 1928, eventually being promoted to sales manager. In 1929, Beard was offered a job in Chicago with the Chicago Air Traffic Association as a ticket manager. He did well there, and was asked to go to New York to open a consolidated ticket office for the Association in 1932. Beard was then offered a job with Northwest Airways in 1933, as Passenger Traffic Manager. He remained with the carrier for only a short period until an industry-wide economic slowdown caused him to be laid off. Beard then took various jobs at the Chicago World's Fair working for Chevrolet and finally Goodyear Tire and Rubber between 1933 and 1935. His career path would soon change and he would find his career home for the next thirty years at a small Oklahoma-based airline. Beard was hired by Braniff Airways, Inc. of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, in October, 1935. His first position was as General Traffic Manager. Braniff grew from a small local service carrier to the tenth largest carrier in the world in terms or passengers carried, becoming a major international carrier in 1948 with service extended from the mainland US to the southern reaches of South America. In 1937 Beard would be elevated to Vice President of the Texas airline, and was also elected to the Board of Directors. His duties were administration of advertising, sales and airline traffic. He was further promoted in 1943 to the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors and in 1947 was again promoted to Executive Vice President. Beard was second in command behind company founder Thomas Elmer Braniff, and was in general running the company by the early 1950s. On January 11, 1954, company founder Tom Braniff was killed in a private plane crash while on a fishing trip. Beard was elected President of Braniff Airways with Fred Jones, an original Braniff investor, as Chairman of the Board. Tom Braniff had managed the company with a fatherly and personal touch and that, together with Beard's pragmatic management style, created the perfect team. Beard was now on his own and his overly conservative management methods began to alienate employee groups who had always felt that Braniff was a family, a belief publicized by Tom Braniff. In 1955 Beard wrote a biography of Tom Braniff \"Thomas E. Braniff (1883-1954) Southwest Pioneer in Air Transportation,\" published by the Newcomen Society Press, . Beard was, however, a personable manager and was known to arrive at a ticket counter or out in the hangar and extend his hand for a shake followed by \"Hello, I'm Chuck Beard, and I work here too.\" He led the company through the loss of their founder and began planning to take the airline into the fast approaching jet age. He ordered new Lockheed Electra four-engine turboprop aircraft and soon followed with five Boeing 707-227 pure jet aircraft for the longer haul routes of South America and mainland USA transcontinental operations. He also ordered 26 new British Aerospace Corporation BAC-One11 twin jet aircraft for the shorter haul low density operations. In 1964, Braniff International Airways was purchased by insurance magnate Troy V. Post's Greatamerica Corporation along with National Car Rental. The new owner decided that the airline was in need of a new management team, hiring Harding Lawrence, the Executive Vice President of Continental Airlines, to be President and Greatamerica's Ed Acker as Vice President. This led to Beard's retirement at the age of 64. In April, 1965, Charles Edmund Beard retired from Braniff after 30 remarkable years of service with the Texas-based carrier. He left on a high note and was at Dallas Love Field on March 11, 1966 for the first delivery of the new BAC-One11 twinjet from England. Beard was largely credited for increasing traffic and profits during each year he was President of Braniff from 1954 until early 1965. However, the phenomenal growth and profits that Braniff would produce after his departure would be the envy of the industry. After his April, 1965, retirement from his beloved Braniff Airways, Charles Beard remained active in the Dallas business community with his various board memberships and civic activities. On May 12, 1982, the day Braniff International ceased operations, he suffered a major heart attack. He died on July 18, 1982, and was buried with his first wife, Rose E. Beard, who died of cancer in 1963. He had two children with her: a son, Rev. Robert D. Beard, and a daughter Barbara Rose Magee. After her death he married Doris Stewart Beard in 1964. Charles Edmund Beard Charles Edmund Beard (November 23, 1900 − July 18, 1982) was the former President of Braniff Airways, Inc. d/b/a Braniff International Airways, from 1954 until 1965. He was the third president since its inception in 1928, the first person"
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"Las Vegas Redevelopment Agency Las Vegas Redevelopment Agency is a redevelopment agency whose goal is to work in concert with the community and private sector to revitalize the City of Las Vegas. The city of Las Vegas Redevelopment Agency (RDA) was created in 1986 by the Nevada Legislature to help revitalize downtown Las Vegas. Although the RDA is legally a separate entity from the city, city council members sit on its board and approve projects, contracts and incentive programs. The city of Las Vegas currently has two designated redevelopment areas. Redevelopment Area 1 encompasses 4,336 acres. The area roughly includes the greater downtown Las Vegas area east of I-15, south of Washington Avenue, north of Sahara Avenue and west of Maryland Parkway. It also includes the Charleston Boulevard, Martin L. King Boulevard and Eastern Avenue corridors. Redevelopment Area 2, consisting of approximately 1,049 acres, covers Sahara Avenue from I-15 to Decatur Boulevard, Charleston Boulevard from Rancho Drive to Rainbow Boulevard, and Decatur Boulevard from Sahara Avenue to U.S. 95. An RDA designation gives the Las Vegas Redevelopment Agency the powers to redevelop, rehabilitate and revitalize an area. This designation also allows the Redevelopment Agency to provide qualified owners/operators with certain business incentives. The RDA can aid qualifying companies located within the Redevelopment Areas with federal New Markets Tax Credits funding, Tax Increment Financing, Visual Improvement Program matching grant funds and the Downtown Las Vegas Retail Assistance Program. The RDA promotes the redevelopment of downtown Las Vegas and surrounding older commercial districts by working with developers, property owners and the community to accomplish beneficial revitalization efforts, create jobs and eliminate urban decay. The RDA coordinates with the city of Las Vegas Economic and Urban Development Department (EUD) on day-to-day operations, development, job creation and long-term strategic goals. The agency's major projects have included Symphony Park, a new headquarters location for Zappos.com, development of the Fremont East Entertainment District, the Urban Chamber of Commerce Business Development Center, the Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement and the new Las Vegas City Hall public-private, mixed-use complex. Las Vegas Redevelopment Agency Las Vegas Redevelopment Agency is a redevelopment agency whose goal is to work in concert with the community and private sector to revitalize the City of Las Vegas. The city of Las Vegas Redevelopment Agency (RDA) was created in 1986 by the Nevada Legislature to help revitalize downtown Las Vegas. Although the RDA"
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"Chris Rea (rugby union) Christopher William Wallace Rea (born 22 October 1943) is a former Scotland international rugby union player. He was capped 13 times for Scotland, scoring three tries, including the winning try in the 1971 Calcutta Cup. He toured New Zealand in 1971 with the British and Irish Lions, scoring three tries. At the time played club rugby for Headingley FC in Leeds having previously played for West of Scotland F.C.. He became a sports journalist, working for the BBC amongst others, and became Head of Marketing at the MCC and then IRB Communications Manager in 2000. He also hosted the BBC's canoeing contest 'Paddles Up' during the 1980s and early 1990s. He is a former student of the University of St Andrews. Chris Rea (rugby union) Christopher William Wallace Rea (born 22 October 1943) is a former Scotland international rugby union player. He was capped 13 times for Scotland, scoring three tries, including the winning try in the 1971 Calcutta Cup. He toured New Zealand in 1971 with the British and Irish Lions, scoring three tries. At the time played club rugby for Headingley FC in Leeds having previously played for West of Scotland F.C.. He became"
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"National Register of Historic Places listings in Otero County, New Mexico This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Otero County, New Mexico. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Otero County, New Mexico, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in a map. There are 31 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county. All of the places within the county on the National Register are also listed on the State Register of Cultural Properties. National Register of Historic Places listings in Otero County, New Mexico This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Otero County, New Mexico. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Otero County, New Mexico, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in a map. There are 31 properties and districts listed on the National Register"
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"Davenport Rood Davenport Rood was an American carpenter from Jefferson, Wisconsin who served in the 1st Wisconsin Legislature as a Democratic member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the 3rd Jefferson County district. Rood was a carpenter, who did the interior finishing work on the Jefferson County courthouse, jail and sheriff's residence built in 1842-43. In 1848, he was one of several directors of a company chartered by the Territorial Assembly to build plank roads between Milwaukee, Waukesha, Watertown, the Rock River and elsewhere. Other directors of this company (not the same as the one which successfully built the Milwaukee-Watertown Plank Road) included Winchel Bacon, Joseph W. Brackett and Andrew Proudfit. Rood was one of the first town supervisors (city council members) of Jefferson, in 1844. The 3rd district included the Towns of Farmington, Jefferson, Koshkonong, Lake Mills and Oakland. He was succeeded in the 1849 session by fellow Democrat William H. Johnson. Davenport Rood Davenport Rood was an American carpenter from Jefferson, Wisconsin who served in the 1st Wisconsin Legislature as a Democratic member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the 3rd Jefferson County district. Rood was a carpenter, who did the interior finishing work on the Jefferson County"
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"Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park, nicknamed \"The Law\", is the home stadium of the Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball team in Lubbock, Texas. It is located on the Texas Tech University campus, adjacent to Jones AT&T Stadium and Fuller Track. Dan Law Field was rated as one of the top three places to watch a college baseball game by \"Sports Illustrated On Campus\". From 1988 through 2011, the ballpark was named Dan Law Field after former Texas Tech baseball player Dan Law who was instrumental in the stadium's renovation. Law played for the Red Raider football team from 1955–56 and baseball from 1956-57. Since the 2012 season, the ballpark has been known as Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park. An anonymous donor to the 2012 renovation requested the field be named after Rip Griffin, a long-time supporter of Red Raider baseball and Texas Tech athletics. The ballpark has a permanent seating capacity of 4,368. Renovated in 1996 and 2001, the stadium underwent another upgrade in 2007 and its latest in 2012. In 2015, the Red Raiders ranked 13th among Division I baseball programs in attendance, averaging 3,665 per home game. A record attendance of 4,898 was set on June 12, 2016 when Texas Tech hosted East Carolina University in the Lubbock Super Regional matchup. Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park, nicknamed \"The Law\", is the home stadium of the Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball team in Lubbock, Texas. It is located on the Texas Tech University campus, adjacent to Jones AT&T Stadium and Fuller Track. Dan Law Field was rated as one of the top three places to watch a college baseball game by \"Sports Illustrated On Campus\". From 1988 through 2011,"
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"All Saints Church, Shirburn All Saints Church is the redundant Church of England parish church of the parish of Shirburn, Oxfordshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building, and is in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. The church is at the west end of the village, immediately south of Shirburn Castle, the seat of the Earls of Macclesfield since 1715. The north chapel of the church is the mausoleum of the Parker family, Earls of Macclesfield. The church dates from the late 11th or early 12th century. Additions and alterations were made in the 13th and 14th centuries. Further alterations took place in the 18th century, when the top stage was added to the tower, and in the early part of the 19th century, when a north transept was added \"as a family pew for the Earl of Macclesfield\". The church was restored and largely rebuilt in 1876 by T. H. Wyatt. It was declared redundant in 1995 and vested in the Churches Conservation Trust. The church was used in 2011 as a shooting location for the television series \"Midsomer Murders\". Most of the church is in rendered chalk and flint rubble, and the north transept is in brick. The roofs are tiled. Its plan is cruciform. It consists of a nave with north and south aisles, north and south transepts, a south porch, a chancel with an organ chamber and a vestry to its north, and a west tower. To the south of the tower is a 19th-century circular staircase. On the north side of the tower is a two-light window which is probably Norman. The top stage of the tower is Georgian in style. Above the medieval west window in the bottom stage of the tower is a reset Norman tympanum decorated with a figure-of-eight pattern. In the corresponding position inside the tower is a re-set Norman lintel, decorated with stars, beast heads and foliage. These were placed here in the 1876 restoration. The dates of the windows around the church spread from the 12th to the 19th century. Inside the church are two 13th-century three-bay arcades between the nave and the aisles, and a two-bay arcade between the chancel and the north chapel. In the chancel and the transepts are memorials to the Chamberlain and Macclesfield families, and others. The south transept contains a 14th-century piscina, and in the nave is a 13th-century font with an 18th-century cover. The stained glass in the east window is by Ward and Hughes. The single-manual organ was made in the 1880s by Gray and Davison. All Saints Church, Shirburn All Saints Church is the redundant Church of England parish church of the parish of Shirburn, Oxfordshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building, and is in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. The church is at the west end of the village, immediately south of"
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"Jason Cunliffe Jason Ryan Quitugua Cunliffe (born 23 October 1983) is a Guamanian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bank of Guam Strykers in the Budweiser Guam Mens Soccer League, and was the captain of the Guam national football team from 2012 to 2017. Cunliffe first played for Guam’s Tumon Soccer Club at the age of five. He was part of the Houston Texans team that won two youth national championships in 2001 and 2002, and was part of the 2001 Texans team that won the Brazil Cup. Cunliffe played for the NCAA Division I men’s soccer team for the Santa Clara University Broncos, including playing for its 2003 team that competed in the NCAA Final Four. From 2010 to 2012, he played for Guam Shipyard for the Guam Men's Soccer League. In 2012, he signed for Philippine side Pachanga, which played in the United Football League. After his stint with the Philippine club, Cunliffe returned home to Guam to join Rovers FC. He played for the Rovers at the 2017 AFC Cup play-off qualifiers. He then moved to the Bank of Guam Strykers FC and is set to play for them at the 2018 Guam FA Cup. He has first represented Guam at youth level for its under-16 national team. He made his senior debut in the 2006 AFC Challenge Cup, with his first match as a starting player on 3 April 2006 against the host nation, Bangladesh. Since 2006, Cunliffe has became a mainstay in the national team and was captain from 2012 to 2017. He made his 50th international cap on September 4, 2018 in Guam's match against Macau at the 2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship First Prelimary round. He is the first Guam national team player to achieve the said feat. Jason Cunliffe Jason Ryan"
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"`Alí-Muhammad Varqá `Alí-Muhammad Varqá (; 1911September 22, 2007) was a prominent adherent of the Bahá'í Faith. He was the longest surviving Hand of the Cause of God, an appointed position in the Bahá'í Faith whose main function is to propagate and protect the religion on the international level. Varqá was born in 1911 in Tehran, Iran to a well-known Iranian Bahá'í family. His grandfather Mírzá `Alí-Muhammad Varqá, from whom he received his name, was an Apostle of Bahá'u'lláh, and his father, Valíyu'lláh Varqá, was also a Hand of the Cause. Varqá moved to Paris and studied at the Sorbonne, where he obtained a doctorate in 1950. He then returned to Iran and taught at the universities of Tehran and Tabriz. During this time, he also served in various administrative capacities in the Bahá'í community of Iran. After his father's death, Varqá was appointed as a Hand of the Cause by Shoghi Effendi on November 15, 1955. He served in that capacity for 52 years until his death in 2007, and was the last surviving Hand of the Cause. As part of his role, he travelled to many countries, and attended the first Bahá'í national conventions of many countries including Belgium and Central African Republic. He also served as the trustee of Huqúqu'lláh since 1955, a role which his father also held. In 1979, he moved to Canada and later moved to Haifa, Israel where the Bahá'í World Centre is located. He died on September 22, 2007 in Haifa and was buried in the Bahá'í cemetery there. `Alí-Muhammad Varqá `Alí-Muhammad Varqá (; 1911September 22, 2007) was a prominent adherent of the Bahá'í Faith. He was the longest surviving Hand of the Cause of God, an appointed position in the Bahá'í Faith whose main function is to propagate and protect the religion"
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"Puncak Puncak or Puncak Pass (Indonesian for \"top\" or \"peak\") is a mountain pass in West Java, Indonesia. The area has been considered a popular weekend destination for residents in Jakarta, especially for those who are longing for clean air and beautiful scenery. The pass connects the city of Bogor and Bandung, and is spread within the regencies of Bogor, Cianjur, and Sukabumi. Puncak Pass is located on the ridge to the north of Mt.Gede-Pangrango. The highest point of the pass is about 1500 m altitude. Puncak is a large conglomeration of districts in Bogor regency, such as Cisarua, Ciawi, Megamendung, Cipanas, etc. All of those districts are unified by the main road, Jalan Raya Puncak. Puncak (old Dutch spelling \"Poentjak\") is the name of a pass on the Indonesian island of Java which one passes when one of Bogor to Bandung travel. The highland, being cooler than Batavia, has already been popular resort area for the inhabitants of Batavia who is looking for cooler air. Many Swiss-type chalets were built around Puncak during the pre-World War II colonial period. Today Puncak Pass is surrounded by hotels and resorts. Puncak is famous for its individual private resorts/villas, which can be rented out for individual or group bookings. Many schools and companies organized group outings, business conference, and trainings in those resorts. There are many tea plantations on either side of the main Puncak road, and the many activities you can do there; from paragliding, tea plantation walking, or just relaxing and admiring the beautiful view. In addition, Puncak also has a lot of landmarks and tourist attractions, such as Taman Safari, Puncak Pas, and Kota Bunga. Another tourist attraction, just south of the pass, is the Cibodas Botanical Garden. Taman Safari, a wildlife park, is also located in Puncak. There is a volcanic lake Telaga Warna near the main route. Bogor Regency is planning to build an alternative route from Sentul International Circuit-Babakan Madang-Hambalang-Sukmamakmur-Cipanas Palace, Pacet with total length of 47 kilometers, and a carriageway 30 meters wide. Most of the land will be granted by businessmen such as Probosutedjo and Tommy Suharto. The construction will commence in 2011 and was scheduled to be partly finished in 2013. Puncak Puncak or Puncak Pass (Indonesian for \"top\" or \"peak\") is a mountain pass in West Java, Indonesia. The area has been considered a popular weekend destination for residents in Jakarta, especially"
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"Toronto Street Post Office The Toronto Street Post Office, also known as Toronto's Seventh Post Office, is a heritage building in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was completed in 1853 and is located at 10 Toronto Street in downtown Toronto. The building was designed by Frederick William Cumberland and Thomas Ridout in the Greek Revival style. It served as a post office until 1872 and as a government office building until 1937. It was then used by the Bank of Canada until 1959, when it became the head office of E. P. Taylor's Argus Corporation, which was subsequently controlled by Conrad Black. It was here that Conrad Black was taped removing boxes of documents from the office. The building was sold to Morgan Meighen & Associates, an independent Canadian investment manager, in 2006 for C$14 million. They were one of 200 bidders for the property, which sold for C$1,800 per sq. foot, roughly three times the price of a typical building in downtown Toronto. In 1958, the building was designated a National Historic Site of Canada. In 2006, it was designated by the City of Toronto under the \"Ontario Heritage Act\" (By-law 182-2006). Toronto Street Post Office The Toronto Street Post"
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"NCAA Women's Division III Cross Country Championship The NCAA Women's Division III Cross Country Championship is an annual cross country meet to decide the team and individual national champions of women's NCAA Division III intercollegiate cross country running in the United States. It is held every fall, usually in November the Saturday before Thanksgiving. The most successful program is SUNY Cortland, with seventh national titles. The current champions are Washington–Saint Louis, who won their second title in 2018. The race included 9 teams in 1981, 12 teams from 1982 to 1986, 14 teams from 1987 to 1992, 21 teams from 1993 to 1998 and 24 teams from 1998 to 2005. Beginning in 2006, the national championship race has included 32 teams. Teams compete in one of eight regional championships to qualify. In addition to the 32 teams, 56 individual runners qualify for the national championship. NCAA Women's Division III Cross Country Championship The NCAA Women's Division III Cross Country Championship is an annual cross country meet to decide the team and individual national champions of women's NCAA Division III intercollegiate cross country running in the United States. It is held every fall, usually in November the Saturday before Thanksgiving. The"
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"Canta y sé feliz \"Canta y sé feliz\" (, ) was the Spanish entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 1974 in Brighton, United Kingdom. It was sung in Spanish by Peret. The song is an up-tempo belonging to the Catalan rumba genre, with both music and lyrics by Pedro Pubill Calaf - Peret himself. On the night of the final, the song performed in the third position, following United Kingdom's Olivia Newton-John singing \"Long Live Love\" and preceding Norway's Anne-Karine Strøm with \"The First Day of Love\", and at the close of the voting had received 10 points, placing 9th in a field of 17. It was succeeded as Spanish representative at the 1975 contest by Sergio y Estíbaliz with \"Tú volverás Canta y sé feliz \"Canta y sé feliz\" (, ) was the Spanish entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 1974 in Brighton, United Kingdom. It was sung in Spanish by Peret. The song is an up-tempo belonging to the Catalan rumba genre, with both music and lyrics by Pedro Pubill Calaf - Peret himself. On the night of the final, the song performed in the third position, following United Kingdom's Olivia Newton-John singing \"Long Live Love\" and preceding"
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"Nathaniel Pigott Nathaniel Pigott (1725–1804) was an English astronomer, noted for his observations of eclipses, a transit of Venus and a transit of Mercury, and comets. He became a Fellow of the Royal Society on 16 January 1772, a foreign member of the Imperial Academy at Brussels in 1773, and a correspondent of the French Academy of Sciences in 1776. Born in Whitton, Middlesex, Pigott was the son of Ralph Pigott of Whitton by his wife Alethea, daughter of the eighth Viscount Fairfax. He was the grandson of barrister Nathaniel Pigott (1661–1737), a Roman Catholic and intimate friend of poet Alexander Pope, who eulogised him in an epitaph inscribed in the parish church of Twickenham. The younger Nathaniel Pigott married Anna Mathurina, daughter of Monsieur de Bériol, and spent some years at Caen in Normandy for the education of his children. He and his family led a somewhat vagrant life in various parts of Britain and the Continent, where conditions were more congenial for the staunchly Catholic family. It is not known when Pigott first became interested in astronomy. However, he was able to purchase fine instruments from London craftsmen and became known for observational ability and computational accuracy. The Academy of Sciences of Caen chose him a foreign member about 1764, and he observed there, with John Dollond's six-foot achromatic telescope, the partial solar eclipse of 16 August 1765. His observations of the transit of Venus on 3 June 1769 were transmitted to the French Academy of Sciences; his meteorological record at Caen, from 1765 to 1769, to the Royal Society, of which body he was elected a fellow on 16 January 1772. He maintained a friendly relationship with astronomer William Herschel. In Brussels in 1772, he undertook, at the request of the government, to determine the geographical positions of the principal towns of the Low Countries. The work occupied five months and was carried out at his own expense, with the assistance of his son Edward Pigott and of his servants. The longitudes were obtained from observations of the eclipses of Jupiter's satellites, the latitudes by means of meridian altitudes taken with a Bird's quadrant lent by the Royal Society. Pigott described these operations in a letter to Nevil Maskelyne, dated Louvain, 11 August 1775, and their results were printed at large in the \"Memoirs of the Brussels Academy of Sciences\". He was chosen a foreign member of the Brussels Academy on 25 May 1773, and a correspondent of the French Academy of Sciences on 12 June 1776. Pigott also participated in an unusual experiment on 1 November 1773, to ascertain variances in barometric pressure created by the ringing of the 16,000-pound bell of the cathedral of Ste. Goedule in Brussels. Pigott spent part of the summer of 1777 at Lady Widdrington's house in Gloucestershire, of which he determined the longitude, and then took up his residence at Frampton House, Glamorganshire, on his own estate. Here he fitted up an observatory with a transit by Sisson, a six-foot achromatic by Dollond, and several smaller telescopes. He ascertained its latitude, and in 1778–9 discovered some double stars. He and his son Edward also investigated and corrected the mapping of many localities in the area. In 1783 he sent to the Royal Society an account of a remarkable meteor seen by him while riding across Hewit (Heworth) Common, near York. He observed at the Collège Royal, Louvain, a few days after his arrival from England, the transit of Mercury of 3 May 1786. Pigott died abroad in 1804. His son Edward, who assisted in many of his observations, became a noted astronomer in his own right. His second son, Charles Gregory Pigott, assumed the name Fairfax on succeeding his cousin, Anne Fairfax, in 1793, in the possession of Gilling Castle, Yorkshire; he married in 1794 Mary, sister of Sir Henry Goodricke, and died in 1845. The possession of Gilling Castle had been the subject of a lengthy family dispute. Nathaniel Pigott Nathaniel Pigott (1725–1804) was an English astronomer, noted for his observations of eclipses, a transit of Venus and a transit of Mercury, and comets. He became a Fellow of the Royal Society on 16 January 1772, a foreign member"
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"The Island of Doctor Apocalypse The Island of Doctor Apocalypse is a 1982 role-playing game adventure for \"Villains and Vigilantes\" published by Fantasy Games Unlimited. \"The Island of Doctor Apocalypse\" picks up where \"Death Duel with the Destroyers\" ended: The Destroyers have been defeated by the forces of good, but the thread of Dr. Apocalypse to destroy selected U.S. cities unless Manhattan Island is evacuated and ceded to him still hangs over the country. William A. Barton reviewed \"The Island of Dr. Apocalypse\" in \"The Space Gamer\" No. 59. Barton commented that \"Overall, \"Island of Dr. Apocalypse\" is a satisfying follow-up adventure to \"Death Duel\" and should help gain new adherents to \"V&V\" – possibly even regain some who may have defected to some of the newer second-generation superhero RPGs. And if not, with a few revisions \"Island\" would make a great adventure for \"Champions\" or \"Superworld\" too.\" The Island of Doctor Apocalypse The Island of Doctor Apocalypse is a 1982 role-playing game adventure for \"Villains and Vigilantes\" published by Fantasy Games Unlimited. \"The Island of Doctor Apocalypse\" picks up where \"Death Duel with the Destroyers\" ended: The Destroyers have been defeated by the forces of good, but the thread"
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"Island Telecom Island Telecom Inc. is a Canadian internet service provider in Prince Edward Island. Its headquarters is located in Summerside. In 2014 a group of Internet Service Providers in Prince Edward Island was consolidated under the Island Telecom brand name; the legal name of \"Island Telecom Inc.\" applies to the main company. In January 2015 it was announced that Island Telecom henceforth was to operate fixed-wireless internet service provider Route 2, which had until then been municipally-owned by the City of Summerside. This created a third player in the marketplace behind Bell Aliant and Eastlink. Island Telecom serves 20 Mbit/s throughout Prince Edward Island as of 2015 and 100 Mbit/s in certain areas of the province as of 2016. In 2018 the company, through related companies, began offering 1 Gbit/s and 10 Gbit/s services on its province-wide fibre optic network. The member companies of Island Telecom are ISN Wireless, Ruranet, Kennet, and Route 2. The combined companies service the vast majority of the province of Prince Edward Island with a combination of cable, DSL, fibre optic, and fixed-wireless connectivity options. It provides gigabit fibre service under the Optra name in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, making that city one of only a handful in Canada to have true Gigabit fiber service. Island Telecom introduced digital phone service in 2016, available on the cable, Optra fibre, and next-generation fixed-wireless networks. While the voice quality is very high due to the all-digital technology, digital phone service may not work during a power outage and the company requires customers to have a mobile phone for emergencies such as calling 9-1-1 when electrical power is not available. A different company briefly existed under the 'Island Telecom' name when in 1998 the MT&T-controlled company Island Telephone, commonly known as 'IslandTel', was renamed Island Telecom Inc. to reflect the growing diversity of its business areas. It merged with the other Stentor Alliance companies in Atlantic Canada in 1999 to form 3595641 Canada Inc., later renamed Aliant Telecom Inc. / Télécommunications Aliant Inc. (now Bell Aliant), and disappeared entirely by 2001. The company had been founded on April 29, 1929, when the Prince Edward Island Legislature enacted an act to incorporate \"The Island Telephone Company Limited\", later known as 'Island Telephone'. An even earlier company \"The Telephone Company of Prince Edward Island\" was founded in 1885, but suffered severe financial hardship when on September 5, 1911, disaster struck as fire destroyed the company's newly installed switchboard and caused heavy damage to the central office in Charlottetown. By December 1 of 1911 a controlling interest in the company was bought by Nova Scotia-based MT&T. Eastern Telegraph and Telephone Co. became owner of \"The Telephone Company of Prince Edward Island\" on January 30, 1922, which led to the creation of \"The Island Telephone Company Limited\" seven years later. Island Telecom Island Telecom Inc. is a Canadian internet service provider in Prince Edward Island. Its headquarters is located in Summerside. In 2014 a group of Internet Service Providers in Prince"
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"Haidhausen (Munich) Haidhausen is a quarter of Munich, Germany. It is now part of the borough —or stadtbezirk— number 5 Au-Haidhausen. Haidhausen is bordered to the north by Bogenhausen, Berg am Laim to the east, to the south by Au, and the west border of the district is delimited by the Isar river. The boundary of the zone runs north along the Prinzregentenstraße avenue then west of the square Vogelweideplatz between the civic amenity site and the tram depot on the railway track which forms the eastern border, where the entire track is still part of Haidhausen. In the south the Rosenheimer, Hoch, Rabl and Balanstraße streets form the border with Au. To the west there are the right banks of the Isar river. Haidhausen was first mentioned in the year 808 under the name of \"haidhusir\" described in the documents as a settlement of small houses and a church. From Munich you can reach it via the \"gaachen Steig\" (very steep path), which in the course of time became the term \"Gasteig\". The word also stands for the well-known cultural centre that marks the border to Haidhausen today. The salt trail led through Haidhausen to Munich. The production of clay bricks made from loamy soil was economically important at an early stage. In the High Middle Ages Haidhausen belonged to the domain of the Counts of Wolfratshausen and after their extinction in 1157 to the Counts of Dießen, who renamed themselves von Andechs. Even before the death of the last Count Andechs, Otto III in 1248, the area passed to the Duchy of Bavaria of the Wittelsbach family in 1246 at the latest. From 1610 or 1612 Haidhausen as well as the neighbouring villages Au and Untergiesing belonged to the court ob der Au. In Haidhausen was the country seat of the Counts of Preysing-Hohenaschau from the 17th century to 1827. Their castle later became church property and in its place the still existing monastery buildings were erected in Preysingstraße. Not far from today's Wiener Platz, small-town structures with hostels for poorer sections of the population had already developed at an early stage, who worked for example in the brick factories. The last of these houses can still be seen today, for example on the Kreppe. In 1835 there were already 10,000 people living in Haidhausen. Especially at the end of the 19th century, Haidhausen grew strongly as a result of industrialisation. At this time, the hospital Klinikum rechts der Isar was founded here and the Maximilianeum was built as the end point of Maximiliansstraße. On October 1, 1854, the incorporation of Haidhausen together with Au and Giesing into the city of Munich took place after the inhabitants of the villages had declared their support almost unanimously in May 1848. After two years of construction, the Haidhaus railway station, built by Friedrich Bürklein, architect of the Maximilianeum, was opened in 1871. At that time the area \"Auf den Lüften\" between the railway station (east), Rosenheimer Straße (south), Milch- and Steinstraße (west), Preysingstraße (north) was still undeveloped. In 1870, Arnold von Zenetti designed a Wilhelminian style urban expansion plan for the \"Streets to Braunau Railway Station\" for the development of this area. The semicircular Orleansplatz formed the basis for the symmetrical three-beam system of the Ostbahnhofviertel, which is also known as the \"French Quarter\" because of its streets named after French towns: Wörthstraße became the central axis - Weißenburger Straße and Belfortstraße the diagonal. In 1872 the first streets were laid out and named after places of victorious battles of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71. An exception is Bordeauxplatz, which was later named after the town partnership between Munich and Bordeaux. The area was built between 1870 and 1900 from Rosenheimer Strasse in a northerly direction - mainly in the style of the Neo-Renaissance of the 1880s and the New Baroque of the 1890s. The development was carried out closely in order to provide affordable housing for the poorer population. Around 1900, one of the most densely populated areas in Munich developed, which today has a particularly high proportion (66%) of older buildings (before 1914). The 1910 census revealed a population of over 60,000 in the Haidhausen area, and on 5 May 1919, after the Munich Räterepublik had been smashed up, the innkeepers of the Hofbräukeller were shot by members of the Freikorps, who had previously denounced the citizens of Perlach. On 16 October 1919 Adolf Hitler gave his first party political speech to 111 visitors in the Hofbräukeller. On the eve of the Hitler coup on November 8, 1923, Hitler proclaimed the 'National Revolution' in the Bürgerbräukeller on Rosenheimerstrasse. For a long time, Haidhausen in Munich was regarded as a \"shattered glass district\" due to its poor conditions. When in the 1980s industrial areas were demolished and replaced by living space, the municipal Gallery Lothringer13 in Lothringerstr. 13, the Muffathalle and the Gasteig Cultural Centre were built, the old buildings were also gradually renovated. The attractiveness of the district gradually increased, so that today Haidhausen is counted among Munich's coveted residential areas, which are characterised by a multitude of shops, cafés, restaurants and a broad cultural offer. Due to its wide range of bars and restaurants, Haidhausen is considered the third centre of Munich's nightlife after the Glockenbachviertel and Schwabing. Beside inns and beer gardens there are restaurants of almost every state cuisine between Ostbahnhof, Rosenheimer Platz and Max-Weber-Platz. Haidhausen (Munich) Haidhausen is a quarter of Munich, Germany. It is now part of the borough —or stadtbezirk— number 5 Au-Haidhausen. Haidhausen is bordered to the north by Bogenhausen, Berg am Laim to the east, to the south by Au, and the west border of the district is delimited by the Isar river. The boundary of the zone runs north along the Prinzregentenstraße avenue then west of the square Vogelweideplatz between the civic amenity site and the tram depot on the railway track which forms the eastern border, where the entire track is still part of Haidhausen. In the south"
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"North Crows Nest, Indiana North Crows Nest is a town in Washington Township, Marion County, Indiana. The town is approximately northwest of downtown Indianapolis. The town is adjacent to the neighboring community of Crows Nest. The population was 45 at the 2010 census. It has existed as an \"included town\" since 1970, when it was incorporated into Indianapolis as part of Unigov. It is part of Indianapolis, but retains town governmental powers under IC 36-3-1-11. North Crows Nest is located at (39.867307, -86.163751). According to the 2010 census, North Crows Nest has a total area of , all land. As of the census of 2010, there were 45 people, 19 households, and 15 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 19 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 100.0% White. There were 19 households of which 21.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 73.7% were married couples living together, 5.3% had a male householder with no wife present, and 21.1% were non-families. 15.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.37 and the average family size was 2.67. The median age in the town was 47.5 years. 22.2% of residents were under the age of 18; 0.0% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 22.2% were from 25 to 44; 31% were from 45 to 64; and 24.4% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the town was 51.1% male and 48.9% female. As of the census of 2000, there were 42 people, 18 households, and 16 families residing in the town. The population density was 654.0 people per square mile (270.3/km²). There were 18 housing units at an average density of 280.3 per square mile (115.8/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 100.00% White. There were 18 households out of which 22.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 72.2% were married couples living together, 5.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 11.1% were non-families. 11.1% of all households were made up of individuals and none had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.33 and the average family size was 2.50. In the town, the population was spread out with 9.5% under the age of 18, 9.5% from 18 to 24, 14.3% from 25 to 44, 42.9% from 45 to 64, and 23.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 55 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 111.1 males. The median income for a household in the town was $132,364, and the median income for a family was $132,364. Males had a median income of $100,000 versus $12,083 for females. The per capita income for the town was $48,029. None of the population or the families were below the poverty line. North Crows Nest, Indiana North Crows Nest is a town in Washington Township, Marion County, Indiana. The town is approximately northwest of downtown Indianapolis. The town is adjacent to the neighboring community of Crows Nest. The population was 45 at the 2010 census. It has existed as an \"included town\" since 1970, when it was incorporated into Indianapolis as part of Unigov. It is part of Indianapolis, but retains town governmental powers under IC 36-3-1-11. North Crows Nest is located at"
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"Harvey Whittemore Frederick Harvey Whittemore (born August 17, 1952) is an American lawyer and businessman in the Reno, Nevada area. As an influential lobbyist for the gambling, alcohol and tobacco industries, and for his own ventures, Whittemore was called \"one of Nevada's most powerful men.\" In 2012, Whittemore came under grand jury investigation, initiated by the Federal Election Commission, to determine whether he should be indicted for breaking federal campaign contribution laws. He was charged with four felonies with convictions on three of the counts, and sentenced September 2013 to two years in prison. He was also given a $100,000 fine, along with two years supervision after his incarceration and 100 hours community service. Whittemore was the president of Coyote Springs Investment, LLC, the land-development company behind Coyote Springs, a controversial $30 billion planned golf course community of 160,000 homes on 43,000 acres (17,000 ha) in the rural Nevada desert. Whittemore's close relationship with Senator Harry Reid came under scrutiny because of perceived legislative and political pressure favors allowing Coyote Springs to overcome regulatory problems. Whittemore, whose daughter, Andrea Whittemore-Goad, is a chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) patient, founded a research center known as the Whittemore Peterson Institute to investigate the condition. Members of the Institute notably claimed in 2009 that a mouse virus was the cause of CFS. The paper was retracted following widespread failure to replicate the finding, which was determined to be the result of laboratory contamination. Whittemore's business partners filed a civil suit against Whittemore, accusing him of improperly using company resources to support the institute. Frederick Harvey Whittemore was born in Carson City, Nevada, in 1952, and was raised in Nevada and Arizona. He graduated from Sparks High School in Sparks, Nevada in 1970. Whittemore and his wife Annette met at their college, the University of Nevada, Reno, and married in 1973. Whittemore earned a law degree from Arizona State University's Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law. Whittemore's first experience with politics was the 1978 Nevada gubernatorial race, during which he established contacts in the Nevada political scene. He was hired by the law firm Lionel Sawyer & Collins as a lobbyist, where he advanced to senior partnership. Whittemore frequently lobbied on behalf of industries including the Nevada casinos, liquor, and tobacco. He was called one of the most powerful men in Nevada, the most powerful casino lobbyist, and \"the Lance Burton\" of lobbying. State Senator William Hernstadt attributed Whittemore's success to his ability to command attention and respect, remarking, \"when Harvey Whittemore speaks, the Nevada Senate listens.\" Whittemore also lobbied for his own ventures, both business and non-profit. His influence was diminished when the legality of his campaign contributions were scrutinized in 2012 by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, leading the Las Vegas Review-Journal to write that he was \"now a pariah.\" Whittemore's land-development ventures included golf communities and Coyote Springs, a planned living community about north of Las Vegas on of desert land. First envisioned by Whittemore in the early 1990s, Coyote Springs is located in a large valley on the border of Clark County and Lincoln County and is slated to include 160,000 homes, twelve golf courses and several hotel-casinos. Its total cost has been estimated at around $30 billion. The first golf course, designed by golfer Jack Nicklaus, opened in 2008. Home construction was expected to begin in fall 2012. Coyote Springs has been called a \"marvel\" and an \"outrage.\" Whittemore considered the development an opportunity \"to create a beautiful place which is unique in the world.\" Whittemore obtained land in the Coyote Springs Valley from a private owner but was unable to acquire all of the land or build on what he owned because of regulatory obstacles. The desert land included a sanctuary for the desert tortoise, an endangered species, and some of the adjacent land was designated a wilderness study area. A federal easement for utilities was also present, and the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) would not allow building due to the presence of stream beds in the area. Water rights agreements were also needed to procure large amounts of water. Whittemore and his company successfully overcame most of the obstacles to development of Coyote Springs. A commentator at the \"Las Vegas Review-Journal\" called Whittemore's triumphs a \"marvel.\" Politicians at the state and national levels have introduced legislation to benefit the project by removing some of the regulatory problems; in other cases, politicians reportedly exerted pressure on regulatory agencies to agree to Whittemore's projects. Journalists and advocacy groups questioned whether Whittemore's personal and financial relationships with political figures, particularly Senate majority leader Harry Reid, affected these developments. A grand jury convened in late February 2012 to investigate alleged illegal campaign contributions by Whittemore to Harry Reid's re-election campaign in 2007. Whittemore, his wife, and company contributed tens of thousands of dollars to Reid's election campaigns and to Reid's leadership fund, which was used to aid Reid's allies and is said to have helped Reid attain his leadership position. Federal prosecutors alleged that Whittemore had promised money to Reid, and in order to conceal his involvement wrote checks to family members and 29 of his employees or their family members, who then contributed the maximum allowable amount to Reid. Whittemore was reportedly one of Reid's closest friends, and both men have characterized their relationship as close and decades long. Reid stated that he was unaware of the illegalities, noting that Whittemore's contributions were only a small portion of his war chest. In June 2012 Whittemore was indicted by the grand jury. Whittemore was found guilty by a federal jury of three out of four felony charges in May 2013. He was sentenced on September 30, 2013 by U.S. District Court Judge Larry Hicks to two years in prison and given a $100,000 fine. He will also have two years of supervision after his incarceration and 100 hours of community service. Whittemore completed his prison term on 2 May 2016, having served 21 months, including the last three at a halfway house. Previously, Whittemore also funded the political campaigns of two of Reid's sons. All four Reid sons have at one time been employed by Whittemore's law firm. According to the \"Los Angeles Times\", Whittemore helped advance the careers of two sons, including Leif Reid, Whittemore's personal attorney. Responding to allegations of favoritism, Reid's office stated that the Senator's behavior had been \"legal, proper and appropriate.\" In 1998, Harry Reid and John Ensign, Nevada's past Republican Senator, co-sponsored legislation removing restrictions to the sale of federal wilderness lands in Nevada. Environmental groups, who initially supported the bill because of accompanying protection of mountainous areas, now say they regret their actions. In 2002, Reid introduced \"The Clark County Conservation of Public Land and Natural Resources Act of 2002\", reclassifying land on or abutting Coyote Springs, moving a federal easement off Coyote Springs land and allowing Whittemore to make a land swap at no cost. Whittemore was eventually obliged to pay for the land after watchdog groups objected to the transfer provision. Reid achieved additional adjustments to the land's status in 2004 legislation. Reid has blocked funding to study the impact of underground water pumping on neighboring Utah. In 2006, two public lands issue groups sued the federal government over what they charged was an illegal land swap between the United States Bureau of Land Management (BLM) (an agency in",
"of mountainous areas, now say they regret their actions. In 2002, Reid introduced \"The Clark County Conservation of Public Land and Natural Resources Act of 2002\", reclassifying land on or abutting Coyote Springs, moving a federal easement off Coyote Springs land and allowing Whittemore to make a land swap at no cost. Whittemore was eventually obliged to pay for the land after watchdog groups objected to the transfer provision. Reid achieved additional adjustments to the land's status in 2004 legislation. Reid has blocked funding to study the impact of underground water pumping on neighboring Utah. In 2006, two public lands issue groups sued the federal government over what they charged was an illegal land swap between the United States Bureau of Land Management (BLM) (an agency in the Department of the Interior) and Whittemore's Coyote Springs. The Western Lands Project and the Nevada Outdoor Recreation Association stated that the government had unlawfully exchanged almost of protected desert tortoise sanctuary for property owned by Whittemore himself. The \"Los Angeles Times\" reported that the swap consolidated and added to the value of Whittemore's holdings. The advocacy groups questioned the role of Whittemore's political allies in this decision and sought a restraining order. Whittemore responded to the filing by stating that neither Senator Reid nor his son Leif had affected the decision, and, along with the BLM, requested dismissal of the suit. District Judge Brian Sandoval declined to do so in 2007. The United States Environmental Protection Agency initially refused to grant permits based on the projected environmental impact of destroying stream beds in the Coyote Springs Valley. In what EPA officials called an \"unusual\" move, Senator Harry Reid contacted the EPA administrator after a process including a phone call from his son Leif, Whittemore's personal attorney. Soon thereafter, the EPA came to an agreement with Whittemore and also awarded Whittemore's company an environmental sensitivity award. The prize was accepted by Leif Reid. Senator Reid's office denied any wrongdoing, but emphasized that Leif Reid should not have called his father on behalf of his employer. Environmentalists, residents of Utah and California and local ranchers fear negative consequences of Coyote Springs water usage, summarized by Las Vegas investigative reporter George Knapp as \"pumping water in the teeth of a drought for golf courses.\" Water rights issues initially interfered with Coyote Springs progress, but agreements were reached. In coverage by \"Bloomberg\", water rights attorney Greg James stated, “You need a large amount of money and some very powerful people to make water projects happen\". \"Bloomberg\" notes that Harry Reid's son Rory is an employee of Whittemore's law firm and was the vice-chairman of the Southern Nevada Water Authority from 2003 to 2008. However, an opinion piece in the \"Las Vegas Review-Journal\" states that Rory Reid, who is also the Clark County Commission chairman, \"bows out of all discussions and actions\" related to Coyote Springs. The Center for Biological Diversity, an environmental advocacy group, announced plans in 2009 to sue the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The Center expressed concern about the environmental impact of agreements of the agencies and Whittemore's company, contending that the Coyote Springs development and loss of water resources and habitat would harm the desert tortoise and potentially hasten the extinction of the Moapa dace, both endangered species. The Fish and Wildlife Service and Nevada's water authority responded that they, too, are interested in protecting the Moapa dace, a small fish living in the Muddy River north of Las Vegas. In 2007, Judicial Watch, a politically conservative watchdog group, sued the BLM for documents related to Coyote Springs. Judicial Watch alleged that Harry Reid and other Nevada politicians may have applied pressure improperly on behalf of Whittemore and Reid's son. Reid's office stated that there was no misconduct. In 2004, Whittemore partnered with Thomas Seeno to lead the Wingfield Nevada Group, with Seeno paying for half of the company. Whittemore stopped his paid lobbying activities in 2005. In 2007, Seeno's brother Albert Seeno, Jr. paid to join as partner, with Wingfield Nevada Group ownership divided in three but Whittemore holding management rights. That year, Wingfield initiated the Coyote Springs project, but a financial downturn in the housing market kept the project from moving forward. In mid-2010 Albert Seeno, Jr. took over management of Wingfield, and he brought in his son, Albert Seeno III. Brad Mamer, right-hand man to Whittemore, said that under the new management, changes were made to Coyote Springs golf course without proper permits. The Seenos examined the company books in August 2010 and said that Whittemore was embezzling money and defrauding Wingfield. Whittemore said he lent Wingfield $30 million, and it was reported that Whittemore had borrowed $10 million from Thomas Seeno because of greatly reduced finances. Whittemore met with the Seenos in Reno, where, according to Whittemore, Albert Seeno, Jr. threatened his life if he did not repay the Seenos. On March 6, 2011, Whittemore reported to the Reno police that he was afraid of being killed, that Mamer had taken a phone call from Albert Seeno III who threatened Whittemore physically. Reno police took recorded statements from Whittemore in March and November. On January 27, 2012, the Seenos filed suit against Whittemore in Las Vegas on the grounds that Whittemore inappropriately used tens of millions of Wingfield's money to live luxuriously and to lobby politically, giving illegal campaign funds. A week later, Whittemore countered with a lawsuit asking for $1.8 billion in damages from the Seenos who he said were involved in extortion, grand larceny and racketeering. He and the Seenos settled the civil suits in February 2013. The terms of the agreement were confidential. Whittemore and his wife Annette, together with chronic fatigue syndrome specialist Daniel Peterson, established a CFS research organization known as the Whittemore Peterson Institute for Neuro-Immune Disease (WPI). A study conducted by the WPI reported in October 2009 that the so-called xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus was found in most CFS patients they tested, sending many patients to doctors for tests and drugs. Repeated independent attempts to replicate this result were unsuccessful. Additional studies found that the WPI results were the result of contamination with a laboratory recombinant virus and that there was no evidence that humans have been infected. The WPI paper was retracted. The Whittemores contributed and raised funds for the institute in response to what they felt was a lack of action on chronic fatigue syndrome from the federal government. They also believed, along with Peterson, that CFS must be caused by a virus. The Whittemore's daughter, Andrea Whittemore-Goad, had been diagnosed with CFS at the age of 11. At 31, in 2009, she was reported to be very ill and has seizures. The Whittemores state that the only treatment with any effects was an experimental antiviral drug administered by Peterson. They envisioned a wider mission for WPI as a research and educational institute involved in patient care. Whittemore and his wife Annette met at the University of Nevada Reno, and Whittemore credits Annette with influencing his choice of career. They have five children. Harvey Whittemore Frederick Harvey Whittemore (born August 17, 1952) is an American lawyer and businessman in"
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"Winemaker A winemaker or vintner is a person engaged in winemaking. They are generally employed by wineries or , where their work includes: Today, these duties require an increasing amount of scientific knowledge, since laboratory tests are gradually supplementing or replacing traditional methods. Winemakers can also be referred to as oenologists as they study oenology – the science of wine. A vintner is a wine merchant. In some modern use, particularly in American English, the term is also used as a synonym for winemaker. The term started in Middle English, superseding the earlier term \"vinter\". Due to the close political and commercial ties between Bordeaux and England during the 14th and early 15th centuries, vintners were among the more important people in London with winemakers being four times mayor of the city under the reign of Edward II. A vigneron is someone who cultivates a vineyard for winemaking. The word connotes or emphasizes the critical role that vineyard placement and maintenance has in the production of high-quality wine. The term, French for someone who grows grapes or makes wine, is often used in Australia to describe a winemaker who is also involved as an owner or manager as opposed to a person who is employed only to make wine, who is generally referred to as a winemaker. It is also used when referring to a winemaker from France. Vincent of Saragossa is the patron saint of vignerons. A négociant is the French term for a wine merchant who assembles the produce of smaller growers and winemakers and sells the result under its own name. Négociants buy everything from grapes to grape must to wines in various states of completion. In the case of grapes or must, the \"négociant\" performs virtually all the winemaking. If he buys already fermented wine in barrels or \"en-vrac\"—basically in bulk containers, he may age the wine further, blend in other wines or simply bottle and sell it as is. The result is sold under the name of the \"négociant\", not the name of the original grape or wine producer. Some \"négociants\" have a recognizable house style. \"Négociants\", who are also called wine merchants/traders, were the dominant force in the wine trade until the last 25 years for various reasons: Many \"négociants\" are also vineyard owners in their own right. In Burgundy for instance, \"négociants\" as Bouchard Père et Fils and Faiveley are among the largest owners of vineyards. Well-known \"négociants\" in Burgundy are Maison Louis Jadot, Joseph Drouhin, and Vincent Girardin; in Beaujolais, Georges Duboeuf; in Province, Mirabeau; and in the Rhône region, Guigal, Jaboulet, Jean-Luc Colombo, Chapoutier, and Famille Perrin\". Winemaker A winemaker or vintner is a person engaged in winemaking. They are generally employed by wineries or , where their work includes: Today, these duties require an increasing amount of scientific knowledge, since laboratory tests are gradually supplementing or replacing traditional methods. Winemakers can also be referred to as oenologists as they study oenology – the science of wine. A vintner is a"
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"Sharon Foley Sharon Gallen (née Foley, born 20 May 1972) is an Irish former track and field athlete who specialised in the high jump. She also competed in the triple jump, pentathlon and heptathlon. A winner of 22 Irish national titles, she competed in the high jump at the 1993 World Championships. Born in Lifford, County Donegal, Foley was a member of Lifford A.C.. In the high jump, she was outdoor national champion in 1989, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997 and 2001. She was also indoor champion in 1990, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998 and 2003. Foley was national Pentathlon champion from 1993-1995. In 2001, she won both the high jump and triple jump events at the Norwich Union British Grand Prix at Crystal Palace. Foley holds the Women's Senior Irish National Record for the Heptathlon with 5394 points, achieved in Hemel Hempstead on 23 and 24 August 1997. Her personal best (and second in the Irish all-time records) in the high jump is 1.88m. set in Rotterdam, Netherlands on 13 June 1993. Foley also holds second in the Irish all-time records for the triple Jump with a distance of 12.49 set in Lappreenta, Finland on 21 June 2003. Her biggest achievement was her representation for Ireland at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart where she competed in the high jump. Foley is now retired and married to Martin Gallen, with two children. Sharon Foley Sharon Gallen (née Foley, born 20 May 1972) is an Irish former track and field athlete who specialised in the high jump. She also competed in the triple jump, pentathlon and heptathlon. A winner of 22 Irish national titles, she competed in the high jump at the 1993 World Championships. Born in Lifford, County Donegal, Foley was a member of Lifford A.C.. In the high jump, she"
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"1998 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina The United States House of Representative elections of 1998 in North Carolina were held on 3 November 1998 as part of the biennial election to the United States House of Representatives. All twelve seats in North Carolina, and 435 nationwide, were elected. The Republicans won seven seats to the Democrats' five. Eleven incumbents won re-election, while Democrat Bill Hefner's retirement in the 8th district allowed Republican Robin Hayes to enter the House for the first time. The Libertarian Party ran in every district, almost quadrupling their total vote share, but their vote was smaller than the margin of victory in all races. It is not to be confused with the election to the North Carolina House of Representatives, which was held on the same day. 1998 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina The United States House of Representative elections of 1998 in North Carolina were held on 3 November 1998 as part of the biennial election to the United States House of Representatives. All twelve seats in North Carolina, and 435 nationwide, were elected. The Republicans won seven seats to the Democrats' five. Eleven incumbents won re-election,"
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"Mananambal The Mananambal is a Filipino practitioner of traditional medicine; a medicine man who is also capable of performing sorcery. The \"mananambal\" treats both natural and supernatural maladies. The appellation \"mananambal\" is a derivative of the term for the art of \"panambal\" or \"traditional folk healing\" in the Philippines, a term used most especially in the islands of Siquijor and Bohol in the Visayas. The term is synonymous with the Tagalog word \"albularyo\", a type of folk healer. The \"mananambal\" uses a combination of traditional practice and Christian beliefs. The amalgamation of folk healing and Christian spiritism may have begun at the onset of the Spanish influence in the Philippines – when Magellan converted the Queen of Cebu to Catholicism. The \"mananambal\" observed the marked success in exorcism of the Spanish friars and wished for their part to be mediums of the high spirit (the Holy Spirit) that granted the Catholic friars such power. This link with the Catholic faith is evident in their yearly quest, called \"pangalap\", for materials used as ingredients in the concoctions for their traditional practice. The \"pangalap\" begins seven Fridays after Ash Wednesday, prior to the Christian observance of Holy Week. It culminates on Good Friday and Black Saturday. The \"mananambal\" also uses \"orasyones\" or \"magical prayers\". The \"mananambal\"'s pharmacopoeia is made up of plants (80%), animals (10%) and minerals (10%). Some of the rituals observed by the \"mananambal\" include: The powers of sorcery may be gained after a practitioner \"learns methods of malign magic and establishes a relationship with a spirit that supports this magic\". Some forms of sorcery include: These forms of sorcery equate with the Tagalog term, \"Kulam\" and are resistant to the ministrations of Western medicine. Only a \"mananambal\" can reverse the effects of such sorcery. Mananambal The Mananambal is a"
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"Bishopric of Merseburg The Bishopric of Merseburg was an episcopal see on the eastern border of the medieval Duchy of Saxony with its centre in Merseburg, where Merseburg Cathedral was constructed. The see was founded in 967 by Emperor Otto I at the same time in the same manner as those of Meissen and Zeitz (from 1029: Naumburg), all suffragan dioceses of the Archbishopric of Magdeburg as part of a plan to bind the adjacent Slavic (\"Wendish\") lands in the Saxon Eastern March beyond the Saale River more closely to the Holy Roman Empire. The prince-bishopric was re-established by King Henry II of Germany in 1004. It then covered a considerable small territory stretching from the Saale up to the Mulde River and the Margraviate of Meissen in the east. About 919 Otto's father King Henry the Fowler had a \"Kaiserpfalz\" erected in Merseburg in the Eastphalian \"Hassegau\", hometown of his first wife Hatheburg of Merseburg. The establishment of the diocese traced back to a vow Otto took before his victory against the Hungarians at the Battle of Lechfeld on Saint Laurence day, 10 August 955. Confirmed by Pope John XIII at the 968 synod in Ravenna, the first Merseburg bishop was Boso, a Bavarian monk descending from St. Emmeram's Abbey in Regensburg (Ratisbon), already distinguished by his missionary labours among the pagan Sorbs. Boso's successor Gisilher, a confidant of the new Emperor Otto II, from 971 procured the suppression of the see in favour of his aims to become Archbishop of Magdeburg, finally reached through the Emperor's power over Pope Benedict VII in 981. However this step was clearly against the interests of the Church and the position of Magdeburg archbishopric was decisively enfeebled after the Great Slav Rising of 983, therefore the dissolution was revoked by the papacy in 998 or early in 999 at a Roman synod. Upon Archbishop Gisilher's death in 1004, King Henry II re-established the prince-bishopric; the diocese did not, however, recover all its former territory, and was now almost exclusively a missionary jurisdiction among the Sorbs, who were not fully converted to Christianity until the middle of the 12th century. Under Bishop Thietmar (1009-1018) the erection of Merseburg Cathedral began, it was consecrated in 1021 in presence of Emperor Henry II. During the Investiture Controversy the Merseburg bishops sided with Pope Gregory VII and also joined the Great Saxon Revolt, which, however, could not stop the dwindling importance of the small diocese. From the 13th century onwards, the bishops had to deal with rising power of the Meissen margraves of the Wettin dynasty, from 1423 Electors of Saxony, who by denying Merseburg's Imperial immediacy attempted to acquire the overlordship. By the 1485 Treaty of Leipzig the Wettins allocated the protectorate over Merseburg to Duke Albert III of Saxony. The bishopric's fate was sealed with the Protestant Reformation, which was enforced here during the episcopate of Prince Adolph II of Anhalt, who was driven out of office by his uprising subjects during the German Peasants' War in 1525. In 1544 Elector Augustus of Saxony finally assumed the rule as Protestant administrator, with Prince George III of Anhalt as Coadjutor bishop. In 1561 the Saxon elector installed his minor son Alexander as administrator, who nevertheless died four years later, whereafter the Bishopric of Merseburg was finally incorporated by the Saxon electorate. From 1652 to 1738 the descendants of the Wettin duke Christian I held the title of a \"Duke of Saxe-Merseburg\". At the 1815 Congress of Vienna, three-fourths of the former diocesan territory was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia, the rest remaining Saxon; the religious attitude of the people was by that time almost entirely Lutheran. Bishopric of Merseburg The Bishopric of Merseburg was an episcopal see on the eastern border of the medieval Duchy of Saxony with its centre in Merseburg, where Merseburg Cathedral was constructed. The see was founded in 967 by Emperor Otto I at the same time in the same manner as those of Meissen and Zeitz (from 1029: Naumburg), all suffragan dioceses of the Archbishopric of Magdeburg as part of a plan to bind the adjacent Slavic (\"Wendish\") lands in the Saxon Eastern March beyond the Saale River more"
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"Civil enforcement officer A civil enforcement officer (CEO or colloquially traffic warden) is a person employed to enforce parking, traffic and other restrictions and laws in England & Wales. In England, they are employed by county councils, London Borough Councils, metropolitan district councils or Transport for London, and in Wales by county (borough) councils - or private companies contracted by any of the above. Until the passage of the Traffic Management Act 2004, on-street parking and traffic movement violations were enforced by non-warranted police traffic wardens employed by constabularies. Off-street parking violations were enforced by parking attendants employed by local authorities and private companies. Civil enforcement officers may only exercise their functions when wearing a uniform authorised by the Secretary of State. They may issue Penalty Charge Notices for numerous offences (governed by Civil law), either via a hand-held device or CCTV. They may inspect and confiscate blue badges. They may interview motorists suspected of disabled badge fraud under caution. They may immobilise vehicles. Penalty charge notices are not criminal proceedings, and failure to pay will result in certificated bailiffs serving warrants of execution. They may issue penalties for several moving violations, among them driving in bus lanes, executing prohibited turns and driving the wrong way on a one way system. They may penalize for failure to display valid road tax. Increasingly civil enforcement officers employed by some authorities issue fixed penalties for non-traffic offences using the Community Protection scheme of the Police Reform Act 2002. This range of offences include environmental crime such as fly-tipping and spitting, as well as anti-social behaviour like noise violations and truancy, in addition to issuing tickets for parking and traffic violations. In Belgium, municipalities use Stadswacht(en) (City Guard(s)); these public but civil officials can be compared to civil enforcement officers and can only write reports that are sent to a magistrate who decides if according to the findings of the guards report a fine will be issued. In Belgium Stadswachten can be recognized by the purple jackets they wear. In the Netherlands municipalities used Stadswachten (City Guards) until 2004, these officers were public civil servants who patrolled the city but had no power to fine civilians. These days Stadswachten do not exist anymore and the Guard departments were changed into Handhaving (Enforcement) units. Unlike the British City Wardens, Handhavers (Enforcers) do not have civil status but are fully public officials and have limited police powers, all these officers are sworn BOA (Special Enforcement Officer) and have the powers to detain people to confirm their identity, search people for proof of identification or offensive or dangerous weapons (if arrested), investigate offences and certain crimes, issue fixed penalties, make warrantless arrests and use force with or without the use of weapons (baton, pepperspray). Most municipal enforcement officers (BOA) are equipped with handcuffs. Some cities also issue police batons to their officers. According to Dutch law some BOA's can be equipped with pepperspray (City of Utrecht and Amsterdam in 2016) and a handgun (City of EDE and Enschede) if the necessity is proven by the city council and mayor. Also BOA's working for the Dutch Correctional Services (Dienst Vervoer en Ondersteuning) who do transportation and guard duty for the Dutch Prisons are equipped with baton, pepperspray and a handgun. They also support the Dutch police force whenever and where ever it is needed. Failure to comply with an order given by a BOA can result in arrest. In 2014 the justice department ordered the creation of a national style uniform for BOAs employed by municipalities. Until that date every city had its own uniform. The new uniform is based on the National police uniform but with a totally different color and unique element. The name used in this uniform is HANDHAVING and consist of a navy blue cargo pants, two colored polo shirts (navy and kbaly blue) with a checkered band across the chest. On the chest and on the back is the text \"Handhaving\" and on the sleeves are BOA patches which consist of a hand holding a scepter in front of a shield. Furthermore, officers wear Spanish-style police caps with a checker band and a metal BOA insignia on the front. Officers are allowed to wear high shoes with trouser legs twisted above them. Some cities issue officer anti stab vests in the same colors as the polo shirts, although a few cities use high-visibility yellow vests. A majority of large cities also use BOA bike patrol, motorcycle units (Amsterdam and Rotterdam), vehicle patrols in marked cars or plain clothes officers. Civil enforcement officer A civil enforcement officer (CEO or colloquially traffic warden) is a person employed to enforce parking, traffic and other restrictions and laws in England & Wales. In England, they are employed by county councils, London Borough Councils, metropolitan district councils"
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"Marcarelli is also a founding member of the Table Ten Films production company. He co-wrote the storyline for the 2011 independent film The Green, for which he also wrote the screenplay. \n Marcarelli has a twin brother, Matthew, who is a highly decorated firefighter and the current Assistant Chief of Operations at the New Haven Fire Department. Matthew also was a member of the New Haven 20, a group of firefighters who successfully alleged discrimination before the Supreme Court of the United States in the landmark case Ricci v. DeStefano, 557 U.S. 557 (2009). \n Paul Marcarelli is an American actor best known as the ubiquitous \"Test Man\" character in commercials (\"Can you hear me now?\") for Verizon Wireless. He appeared in all of his Verizon commercials wearing a gray Verizon jacket and his own horn-rimmed glasses until 2011. He now appears as a spokesman for the Sprint network. \n In 2002 Marcarelli started appearing as the \"Test Man\" character in Verizon Wireless commercials, for which Entertainment Weekly named him one of the most intriguing people of 2002. In October 2009, he appeared on The Price Is Right during the showcase sponsored by Verizon Wireless. In February 2011, he revived his role as the Verizon test man in a commercial advertising the release of the iPhone 4 for Verizon. \n A founding member of New York's Mobius Group Productions in 1998, Marcarelli produced and performed in works by Eric Bogosian, Warren Leight, and Richard Nelson. Mobius's production of The Adding Machine, in which he played the lead role, garnered the award for excellence in overall production from the New York International Fringe Festival in 2001; and his 2005 production, Bridezilla Strikes Back! starring Cynthia Silver, which The New York Times called \"irresistible,\" won the Fringe's overall excellence award for outstanding solo show. \n Marcarelli is a native of North Haven, Connecticut and graduated from North Haven High School. Marcarelli then received his bachelor's degree in English from Fairfield University in 1992 where he was a member of Theatre Fairfield, the resident production company. \n Marcarelli wrote and produced the feature film Clutter, starring Carol Kane and Natasha Lyonne. The film won Best Film at the Harlem International Film Festival and was nominated for the New American Cinema Award in 2013. \n In April 2011 Marcarelli was informed by email that Verizon was moving in a new direction with their advertising campaign. He remained under contract but would no longer play \"Test Man\". Marcarelli was glad that he was able to move on from it. \n Paul Marcarelli \n--- \n| (1970-05-24) May 24, 1970 (age 47) North Haven, Connecticut \nAlma mater | Fairfield University, B.A. \nOccupation | Film, voice actor, screenwriter \n As of 2016 Marcarelli is now working as a Sprint spokesman and often refers to his switch from Verizon to Sprint in the commercials in which he appears. \n Marcarelli's husband's name is Ryan, who also appeared with Paul in a Sprint ad. \n Prior to Verizon, Marcarelli had already appeared in numerous commercials for companies including Old Navy, Merrill Lynch, Dasani, T-Mobile and Heineken. He also performed in industrial and promotional films, and as a voiceover artist for Comedy Central, United Airlines and Aetna Insurance, among others."
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"St. Charles Parkway St. Charles Parkway is an unnumbered county road in Charles County. It begins at the intersection where MD 5 branches off northwards on Mattawoman Beantown Road and MD 5 BUS (Leonardtown Road) continues westward until its terminus at US Route 301. It primarily serves as the main road into the various villages and neighborhoods of St. Charles. In 2008, the parkway was extended farther south to connect with the town of La Plata at the intersection of Rosewick Road and Radio Station Road. This offers through traffic another route around the often-congested US 301 in Waldorf. St. Charles Parkway serves the following neighborhoods: According to the St. Charles Master Plan, future neighborhoods and villages that will be served by the Parkway include: White Plains Regional Park, which includes an 18-hole golf course, lighted tennis courts, picnic pavilions, and a playground, is located off of St. Charles Parkway. Also nearby is Regency Furniture Stadium (via Billingsley Road), home of the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs. St. Charles Parkway St. Charles Parkway is an unnumbered county road in Charles County. It begins at the intersection where MD 5 branches off northwards on Mattawoman Beantown Road and MD 5 BUS (Leonardtown"
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"Thrivent Financial Thrivent Financial ( ) is a Fortune 500 not-for-profit financial services organization headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Appleton, Wisconsin and founded by Lutherans. As a member-owned fraternal benefit society, it operates under a chapter system, serving nearly 2.3 million members. Operating through its local chapters nationwide, Thrivent Financial and its subsidiaries offer financial products and services including life insurance, annuities, mutual funds, disability income insurance, credit union products, money management, brokerage services, retirement planning and more. In 2013, the organization and its members provided volunteer services to charitable organizations, schools, congregations and individuals in need, and contributed $182.7 million to organizations and activities that aim to strengthen families and communities. Thrivent members volunteered more than 8.6 million volunteer hours in 2013. In June 2013, members voted to allow non-Lutheran Christians to join and in March 2014 the marketing name was shortened from \"Thrivent Financial for Lutherans\" to \"Thrivent Financial.\" Thrivent Financial was officially formed on January 1, 2002, with the merger of Aid Association for Lutherans (AAL) and Lutheran Brotherhood (LB), which had been established in 1902 and 1917 respectively. The merger formed the largest fraternal benefit society in the United States. In the late 19th and early 20th century, the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod forbade its members to join fraternal societies because these required initiation rites and secret oaths. Life insurance was also frowned upon in some quarters because Martin Luther had written against similar enterprises in his day, the practice could be considered a form of usury, and it reflected a distrust in God. In 1899, Albert Voecks, a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Appleton, Wisconsin, broached the idea of creating an insurance society for Lutherans to fellow church members Gottlieb Ziegler and William Zuehlke. They each gave $13 to the fund, and found several hundred others willing to contribute $5 each. In 1902 the founders of the society recruited the 500 applicants necessary to receive a charter from the State of Wisconsin for their group. It was chartered on November 24, 1902 as the Aid Association for Lutherans in Wisconsin and Other States. Like most fraternal benefit societies of the time, the AAL operated on the actuarially unsound graded assessment system. In 1905, it began a move to the legal reserve system, a transformation that was completed in 1911. 1905 was also the year women were admitted as members. Most of the early business was conducted in German, until this was discontinued in 1927. Membership was open only to members of the Missouri Synod and other Lutherans who were in fellowship with it until the mid-1960s, when it became open to Lutherans of all denominations. In the late 1960s, the Association had 792,000 members; this increased to about 1,200,000 members in 5,019 branches in 1978. By 1979, it was the largest member of the National Fraternal Congress of America and ranked 13th among the 1,800 insurance firms in the country. The AAL had no initiation rites, oaths, or other rituals. The Association was organized on two levels: the local branches attached to Lutheran congregations, and the national level, which consisted only of a board of directors that met four times a year. The AAL was particular about it locals \"not\" being called \"lodges\" because that was too similar to the nomenclature of oath-bound, ritualistic groups such as the Freemasons or the Oddfellows. The AAL was headquartered in Appleton, Wisconsin. The AAL was also involved philanthropically, giving money to scholarships, support for educational institutions and training for church workers. Grants were made to agencies, boards and homes for the aged, disabled and to minorities. The Association was also had its own family health program, and sponsored blood drives and family health workshops. It also joined the National Center for Voluntary Action. The roots of Lutheran Brotherhood go back to the founding convention of the Norwegian Lutheran Church of America when Jacob Preus, the state insurance commissioner of Minnesota, proposed launching a not-for-profit aid society. As with other Lutheran denominations, this move proved controversial, with some saying it indicated a lack of faith in God. Those who favored the society prevailed by arguing that the new aid society would prevent Norwegian Lutherans from joining unacceptable secret beneficial societies or \"lodges\" which was forbidden by conservative Lutheran doctrine. The organization authorized by the convention was called the Luther Union, and was incorporated in the State of Minnesota on September 18, 1918. That month the Luther Union entered into negotiations with Lutheran Brotherhood of America of Des Moines, Iowa. These two organizations merged in the Lutheran Brotherhood in 1920. The articles of incorporation of Lutheran Brotherhood stated its purpose:<br> \"\"To aid the Lutheran Church in extending the Lutheran Faith, to foster patriotism, loyalty, justice, charity and benevolence, to provide education, instruction, proper entertainment and amusements, to encourage industry, saving, thrift and development on the part of its members, to give aid in the case of poverty, sickness, accident or old age, and otherwise promote the spiritual, intellectual and physical welfare of its members.\"\" Membership was open only to Lutherans. There were 550,000 members in 1965 and 900,000 in 1979. Like the AAL, the LB had no rituals, secrets, or oaths. Local units were called \"branches\", which were divided into three categories: A-1, affiliated to Lutheran congregations; A-2, usually sponsored by a group within a Lutheran parish; and A-3, geographic branches. The Lutheran Brotherhood had a quadrennial convention and a board of directors who managed its business. It was headquartered in Minneapolis. The LB helped establish new Lutheran congregations through the Church Extension Fund, sponsored scholarships for Lutheran clergy, and arranged seminars on Christian topics. In 1972 the Canadian branches of the Lutheran Brotherhood and the Aid Association for Lutherans merged, as a result of the desire to have an indigenous Canadian fraternal benefit society. They formed a new fraternal order called the Faith Life. Like the AAL and LB, the LLISC was organized into branches and run by a board of directors. There were 120 branches in 1979. The society was based in Kitchener, Ontario. The LLISC provided scholarships to Lutheran educational institutions, gave grants to churches and church-related organizations and projects, and gave reduced rate mortgages for Lutheran churches. The AAL and LB functioned independently throughout the 20th century. In June 2001, after close consideration of how combining the two organizations would be of benefit to members, the AAL and LB merged, with the merger completed by the end of that year. Following the merger, in 2002 a new name was voted upon and approved by the members of the merged organization: Thrivent Financial for Lutherans. In 2016 Thrivent Financial ranked 318 on the Fortune 500. In 2016, Thrivent received an A.M. Best rating of AA+ (Superior) and a Fitch rating of AA+ (Very Strong). Thrivent Financial members made donations to Haiti relief following the 2010 Haiti earthquake through Lutheran World Relief, ELCA Domestic Disaster Response, LCMS World Relief/Human Care, and WELS Committee on Relief. Thrivent Financial provided funding for the 2003 film \"Luther\". Through its Thrivent Choice program, members are offered the opportunity to support anti-LGBTQ organizations such as James Dobson's Focus on the Family but are not afforded the opportunity to support pro-LGBTQ organizations such as Reconciling Ministries. Thrivent Choice is a program that offers members the opportunity to make recommendations for where",
"2016 Thrivent Financial ranked 318 on the Fortune 500. In 2016, Thrivent received an A.M. Best rating of AA+ (Superior) and a Fitch rating of AA+ (Very Strong). Thrivent Financial members made donations to Haiti relief following the 2010 Haiti earthquake through Lutheran World Relief, ELCA Domestic Disaster Response, LCMS World Relief/Human Care, and WELS Committee on Relief. Thrivent Financial provided funding for the 2003 film \"Luther\". Through its Thrivent Choice program, members are offered the opportunity to support anti-LGBTQ organizations such as James Dobson's Focus on the Family but are not afforded the opportunity to support pro-LGBTQ organizations such as Reconciling Ministries. Thrivent Choice is a program that offers members the opportunity to make recommendations for where some of Thrivent Financial's charitable outreach funds are directed. Thrivent has formed an alliance with Habitat for Humanity called Thrivent Builds with Habitat for Humanity through which it contributes financial assistance for building affordable homes. The initiative also sponsors homebuilding trips by Thrivent members throughout the world. The Thrivent Builds alliance began in September, 2005, with a four-year commitment of $105 million. Thrivent Financial chose Habitat for Humanity as an ally because in the ten years previous, its members had already proven their interest in volunteering with them by building over 500 homes. In December, 2007, Thrivent Financial increased its total commitment to $125 million. The alliance makes Thrivent Financial one of Habitat's largest single allies and aims to increase Habitat's annual house production by hundreds of U. S. homes per year and more around the world. There are two programs within the Thrivent Builds alliance. Additionally, there are two whole communities being built: The Aid Association for Lutherans maintained a library of over 12,000 books on business management, fraternalism, and life and health insurance. In 2017, Thrivent Financial was named on its list of The World's Most Ethical Companies by \"Ethisphere Magazine\". Assessment is based upon the Ethisphere Institute's Ethics Quotient® (EQ) framework which offers a quantitative way to assess a company's performance in an objective, consistent and standardized way. Scores are generated in five key categories: ethics and compliance program (35%), corporate citizenship and responsibility (20%), culture of ethics (20%), governance (15%) and leadership, innovation and reputation (10%), and provided to all companies who participate in the process. Thrivent Financial Thrivent Financial ( ) is a Fortune 500 not-for-profit financial services organization headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Appleton, Wisconsin and"
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"Rich Gotham Richard Ernest \"Rich\" Gotham (born August 31, 1964) is an American business executive and the current president of the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is a graduate of Providence College and resident of Medfield, Massachusetts. On April 18, 2007 Gotham was named president of the Boston Celtics. Prior to that, he had a successful career as an executive within the online media and Internet technology industries. Gotham was born in Norwood, Massachusetts. After graduating from Milford High School in 1982, Gotham attended Providence College in Rhode Island. He graduated in 1986, with a bachelor's degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Marketing. An active alumni, he is currently a member of the Providence College Boston President's Council, Varsity Athletics Board, and the Vision Team for the Men's Basketball program. Gotham spent five years holding senior management positions with the global internet media company Lycos. His last job with the company was the Vice-President of Sales and Corporate Development. Prior to that, he was Vice-President of Channel Sales and Market Development with FTP Software. Gotham left Lycos in April 2003, and joined the Celtics as the organization's Executive Vice-President of Sales, Marketing and Corporate Development. He was promoted to Chief Operating Officer in June 2006. On April 18, 2007 Gotham was named President of the Celtics. The position had been vacant since team patriarch Red Auerbach died in October 2006. Official BostonCeltics.com story<BR> Sports Illustrated Online Story<br> Rich Gotham interview February 2008, Biz of Basketball<br> Rich Gotham NECN Video Interview, \"Celtics business model all about winning Championships\" April 2010 Rich Gotham Richard Ernest \"Rich\" Gotham (born August 31, 1964) is an American business executive and the current president of the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is a graduate of Providence"
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"Quchan Quchan ( ' ; also Romanized as Qūchān and Quçan; also known as Gochan) is a city and capital of Quchan County, in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran. It is located due south of the border city of Ashgabat. At the 2006 census, its population was 96,953, in 25,066 families. In a 2006 census, Quchan's population was 96,953 consisting of mostly Kurds, Persians, and Turks . Quchan is in the north-east of Iran in Razavi Khorasan Province at an elevation of 1,149 meters above sea level north of the Shah Jahan Mountains. It is located south of the border with Turkmenistan. Quchan is connected by road to Mashhad, 125 km southeast and Turkmenistan, 100 km north. Quchan has suffered from many earthquakes, and the town was relocated about 10 km east of the original town in 1895 following its destruction in another earthquake. Grains and wine are among the district's produce. Quchan University of Technology Islamic azad university-quchan branch On 20 June 1747, Nader Shah was assassinated in Quchan. He was surprised in his sleep by Salah Bey, captain of the guards, and stabbed with a sword. Nader was able to kill two of the assassins before he died. A devastating earthquake in 1893 killed 10,000 residents in Quchan. The U.S. press reported on January 28, 1894 that, \"The bodies of ten thousand victims of the awful disaster have already been recovered. Fifty thousand cattle were destroyed at the same time. The once important and beautiful city of twenty thousand people is now only a scene of death, desolation, and terror.\" Quchan Quchan ( ' ; also Romanized as Qūchān and Quçan; also known as Gochan) is a city and capital of Quchan County, in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran. It is located due south of the border city of Ashgabat."
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"Juno Stover-Irwin Juno Stover-Irwin (November 22, 1928 – July 2, 2011) was a four-time Olympic diver for the United States in 1948, 1952, 1956 and 1960 Primarily a 10-meter platform performer, Irwin was a native of Los Angeles, California; she attended Hoover High School and Glendale Community College. Juno was three and a half months pregnant when she took the Bronze medal at the Helsinki Olympic Games. She travelled to competitions with her ukulele which she played for relaxation and enjoyment. As Juno Stover, she placed fifth at the 1948 Olympics in London. Four years later in Helsinki, as Juno Stover-Irwin, she captured a bronze medal. At the 1956 Olympics, in Melbourne, Australia, Stover-Irwin was the 10-meter platform silver medalist. Irwin would later become the first diver to compete in four Olympics, when she placed fourth at the 1960 Games in Rome. Stover-Irwin was also a two-time USA National AAU champion and two-time Pan-American Games silver medalist. Upon retiring from active competition, Stover-Irwin coached the women’s diving team at California State University (Berkeley Campus). She was honored with induction to the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1980. She was the mother of four children born between 1952 and 1965. Juno Stover-Irwin Juno Stover-Irwin (November 22, 1928 – July 2, 2011) was a four-time Olympic diver for the United States in 1948, 1952, 1956 and 1960 Primarily a 10-meter platform performer, Irwin was a native of Los Angeles, California; she attended Hoover High School and Glendale Community College. Juno was three and a half months pregnant when she took the Bronze medal at the Helsinki Olympic Games. She travelled to competitions with her ukulele which she played for relaxation and enjoyment. As Juno Stover, she placed fifth at the 1948 Olympics in London. Four years later in Helsinki, as Juno"
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"Interstate 110 (Florida) Interstate 110 (I-110) is a auxiliary route of the Interstate Highway System in Pensacola, Florida, extending north from U.S. Highway 98 to Interstate 10. I-110 carries the hidden Florida Department of Transportation designation of State Road 8A. The easternmost auxiliary route of I-10, it is also known as the Reubin O'Donovan Askew Parkway in honor of the former governor of Florida who originated in Pensacola. I-110 consists of six interchanges. Unlike most Florida interstates, it retained its sequential exit numbering system when others switched to a mile-log system. The freeway begins at exits 1A through 1C, composing a directional T interchange that connects I-110 to Gregory Street, Chase Street (US 98), and Garden Street (US 98 Business). One-half mile north, exit 2 links I-110 to Cervantes Street (U.S. 90/98) via a southbound exit and northbound entrance. Exit 3, one further mile north, consists of a southbound exit and northbound entrance to and from Maxwell and Jordan Streets. I-110 is elevated on separate viaducts for northbound and southbound lanes throughout this initial 2.4-mile span through Downtown Pensacola. North of exit 3, the freeway is built at-grade, and there are two modified diamond interchanges. The first is exit 4, leading to Fairfield Drive (SR 295). Both northbound ramps of exit 4 are located in the southeast quadrant of the intersection and directly connect to Davis Highway (SR 291). Approximately 1.5 miles north is exit 5, an interchange with Brent Lane (SR 296) and Airport Boulevard (SR 750). Interstate 110's northern terminus is at Interstate 10. There is a modified trumpet/semi-directional T interchange at this location with additional direct connections to SR 291. I-110 was completed between I-10 and SR 295/Fairfield Drive by 1965. An extension south to Maxwell Street was completed in 1969. In 1978, I-110 was further extended south to its current terminus in Downtown Pensacola. The original freeway was four lanes for its entirety and connected to I-10 via an unmodified trumpet interchange. Between 2004 and 2009, I-110 was rebuilt and expanded to a minimum of six lanes between I-10 and Maxwell Street. Reconstruction of the freeway included access to and from Airport Boulevard via a modification of the existing Brent Lane interchange. The interchange with I-10 was rebuilt to include new flyover ramps to I-10 eastbound and from I-10 westbound, as well as direct connections to and from SR 291. Originally, north of SR 750/Airport Boulevard, there was an overpass for SR 742 along Burgess Road. In 2006, SR 742 was rerouted along a new, wider overpass at Creighton Road, and the Burgess Road overpass was demolished. In the 1990s, there was official discussion of extending I-110 north to U.S. 90 Alternate (Nine Mile Road) and possibly as far as I-65 in southwestern Alabama. However, political and financial hurdles stalled serious consideration of the project. Interstate 110 (Florida) Interstate 110 (I-110) is a auxiliary route of the Interstate Highway System in Pensacola, Florida, extending north from U.S. Highway 98 to Interstate 10. I-110 carries the hidden"
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"2016–17 Southeastern Conference women's basketball season The 2016–17 Southeastern Conference women's basketball season began with practices in October 2016, followed by the start of the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season in November. Conference play started in early January 2017 and concluded in March with the 2017 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina. The South Carolina Gamecocks were both regular season and tournament champions, with the Mississippi State Bulldogs as runner-up. Both teams received bids to the 2017 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament and advanced to face each other in the championship, where South Carolina claimed their first-ever national title. \"Note:\" Stats shown are before the beginning of the season. Overall and SEC records are from time at current school. This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. The conference tournament was held March 1 through March 5, 2017, at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina. Teams were seeded by conference record, with ties broken by record between the tied teams followed by record against the regular-season champion, if necessary. The 2017 WNBA draft was held on April 13 in New York City. Eight women from the SEC were selected. This is the most draft picks for the SEC since 2008 (10), and the seventh time at least eight players from the league have been drafted. It is the sixth time that the SEC has had at least four first round picks. 2016–17 Southeastern Conference women's basketball season The 2016–17 Southeastern Conference women's basketball season began with practices in October 2016, followed by the start of the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season in November. Conference play started in early January 2017 and concluded in March with the 2017 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament"
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"Akavan Erityisalojen Keskusliitto AEK ry v Fujitsu Siemens Computers Oy Akavan Erityisalojen Keskusliitto AEK ry v Fujitsu Siemens Computers Oy (2009) C-44/08 is a European labour law case, concerning the information and consultation in the European Union. The Dutch giant Fujitsu Siemens Computers (Holding) BV was the parent that owned subsidiary Fujitsu Siemens Computers. It had plants in Finland and Germany. On 14 December 1999, the parent directors proposed to close the Finnish factory of the subsidiary. The subsidiary consulted between 20 December 1999 and 31 January 2000. The decision to close was taken on 1 February 2000, and completed the week after. The workers claimed the decision was taken before consultation began, contrary to the Collective Redundancies Directive 98/59/EC article 2(1) which required an employer to embark upon consultations when ‘contemplating’ collective redundancies and ‘in good time’. The Court of Justice, Fourth Chamber, Judge Lenaerts presiding, rejected that the real decision was taken on 14 December, and that consultations should have been concluded before then. Redundancies being a mere probability were not enough. The obligation does not depend on availability of information, as information would evolve with the process. The obligation to start consulting arises irrespective of who is making the decision, but liability stays with the subsidiary. Akavan Erityisalojen Keskusliitto AEK ry v Fujitsu Siemens Computers Oy Akavan Erityisalojen Keskusliitto AEK ry v Fujitsu Siemens Computers Oy (2009) C-44/08 is a European labour law case, concerning the information and consultation in the European Union. The Dutch giant Fujitsu Siemens Computers (Holding) BV was the parent that owned subsidiary Fujitsu Siemens Computers. It had plants in Finland and Germany. On 14 December 1999, the parent directors proposed to close the Finnish factory of the subsidiary. The subsidiary consulted between 20 December 1999 and 31 January 2000. The decision to"
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"Irwin \"Ike\" H. Hoover Irwin Hood Hoover, (October 24, 1871 – September 14, 1933), also known as \"Ike,\" served as the White House Chief Usher from 1909 to 1933. He served in the White House for 42 years and as Usher for 29 years, and both records remain unbroken as of 2018. Irwin \"Ike\" Hoover was born in Washington, D.C., the son of a grocer. His first job was as a telephone operator, but he later became an electrician. He became an employee of the Edison Electric Company, and was sent to the White House on May 6, 1891, to install the first electric lights and an electric bell system in the executive mansion. At the time, no private building in the city had electricity, and the only government-owned building which did was the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. President Benjamin Harrison and his family considered electricity dangerous, and no one in the Harrison family would even turn a light switch for fear of electrocution. On May 15, when Hoover finished the installation, he was asked by President Harrison to leave Edison Electric and join the White House staff as an electrician. Hoover agreed. For the next several years, Hoover's job was to turn lights on and off throughout the day, and to assist the family in using the bell system (which they were also afraid of). As the Harrisons and other presidential families became less fearful of electricity, Hoover's job was to keep the system working and to install new electrical wiring and appliances as needed. In 1904, Hoover accepted a position as an usher at the White House. The White House had asked him to act as temporary usher on several previous occasions, so the promotion was not as unusual as it might seem. Hoover was appointed Chief Usher by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1909. (Hoover and Roosevelt were already well-acquainted with one another, as Roosevelt had served on the United States Civil Service Commission during the Harrison administration and had been Assistant Secretary of the Navy under President William McKinley.) Hoover served as Chief Usher until his death in 1933. From 1891 until 1909, his daily uniform was a tailcoat (which hung to below the knees), waistcoat, formal trousers, and dress shirt with tie. This changed when President William Howard Taft allowed staff to wear business suits. During these 42 years of service, Hoover had intimate daily contact with ten Presidents and their families. As Chief Usher, he was the executive head of the household, in charge of all social affairs and entrusted with confidential matters of every description regarding the household and First Family. It was also his duty to welcome guests of the President, to arrange the details of their visits, and to make them feel at home in the White House. During his tenure at the White House, Hoover oversaw the preparations for the funerals of President McKinley and President Warren G. Harding. He also oversaw the planning for the weddings of Alice Roosevelt, Eleanor Wilson, and Jessie Wilson, presidential daughters who were all married at the White House. When President Woodrow Wilson traveled to France for peace negotiations at the end of World War I, Hoover traveled with him and controlled the staff and household operations in the palaces where Wilson stayed. Ike Hoover died suddenly at his home in Washington, D.C., of a heart attack on the evening of September 14, 1933. His death was reported on the front page of the next day's \"The Washington Post\". President Franklin D. Roosevelt offered the use of the White House for Hoover's funeral, but the Hoover family declined the offer. Hoover's funeral was held at the Glenwood Cemetery Mortuary Chapel at Glenwood Cemetery in Washington, D.C. Colonel Julien E. Yates, chief of all United States Army chaplains, officiated. President Roosevelt, members of his Cabinet, and Roosevelt's personal secretary Louis Howe served as honorary pallbearers. The entire White House staff attended the funeral. Hoover was buried at Glenwood Cemetery. He was survived by his wife, Hattie Mary Hoover, and his son and daughter. Irwin \"Ike\" H. Hoover Irwin Hood Hoover, (October 24, 1871 – September 14, 1933), also known as \"Ike,\" served as the White"
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"Simone Collio Simone Collio (born December 27, 1979 in Cernusco sul Naviglio) is an Italian sprinter who specializes in the 60 and 100 metres. His personal best times are 6.55 seconds in the 60 metres (indoor) and 10.06 seconds in the 100 metres, the third all-time best performance in the Italian ranking of 100 meters, after the 10.01 at altitude of Pietro Mennea and 9.99 of Filippo Tortu. Participating in the 2004 Summer Olympics, he achieved fourth place in his 100 metres heat, thus securing qualification to the second round. He then achieved sixth place in his second round heat, thus failing to secure qualification to the semi-finals. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing he competed at the 100 metres sprint and placed 3rd in his heat behind Richard Thompson and Martial Mbandjock in a time of 10.32 seconds. He qualified for the second round in which he failed to qualify for the semi finals as his time of 10.33 was the 7th time in his race, causing elimination. Together with Fabio Cerutti, Emanuele di Gregorio and Jacques Riparelli he also competed at the 4x100 metres relay. In their qualification heat they were disqualified and eliminated for the further competition. He was engaged to the Bulgarian sprinter Ivet Lalova whom he met in Sofia. They married in September 2013. Simone Collio Simone Collio (born December 27, 1979 in Cernusco sul Naviglio) is an Italian sprinter who specializes in the 60 and 100 metres. His personal best times are 6.55 seconds in the 60 metres (indoor) and 10.06 seconds in the 100 metres, the third all-time best performance in the Italian ranking of 100 meters, after the 10.01 at altitude of Pietro Mennea and 9.99 of Filippo Tortu. Participating in the 2004 Summer Olympics, he achieved fourth place in his"
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"Regenerative thermal oxidizer A regenerative thermal oxidizer (RTO) is a piece of industrial equipment used for the treatment of exhaust air. The system is a type of thermal oxidizer that uses a bed of ceramic material to absorb heat from the exhaust gas. It then uses this captured heat to preheat the incoming process gas stream and destroy air pollutants emitted from process exhaust streams at temperatures ranging from 815 °C (1,500 F) to 980 °C (1,800 F). These gas streams are usually produced by processes requiring ventilation, including paint booths, printing, and paper mills. Municipal waste treatment facilities such as mechanical biological treatment plants are required by law in Germany to incorporate these systems. Biological alternatives to this system include biofilters and bioscrubbers. They are suited to applications with low VOC concentrations but high waste stream flow rates. This is due to their high thermal energy recovery. The basic operation of an RTO consists of passing a hot gas stream over a heat sink material in one direction and recovering that heat by passing a cold gas stream through that same heat sink material in an alternate cycle. They are used to destroy air toxins, odors, VOCs, and that are discharged in industrial process exhausts. There are a number of RTO suppliers throughout North America, Europe and Asia. From a technical stand point the most advanced form of RTO technology is the rotary valve RTO. Different solutions to the waste gas problems of one of the mentioned industries are available: Regenerative thermal oxidizer A regenerative thermal oxidizer (RTO) is a piece of industrial equipment used for the treatment of exhaust air. The system is a type of thermal oxidizer that uses a bed of ceramic material to absorb heat from the exhaust gas. It then uses this captured heat"
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"Erin O'Flaherty Erin O'Flaherty is an American beauty pageant titleholder who held the title of Miss Missouri in the Miss America 2017 pageant. She is the first openly lesbian contestant to compete in Miss America. In 2013, she was crowned Miss University of Central Florida. While there, she was an ambassador for Children's Miracle Network. She took a couple years off from pageant competition, however, wanted to compete before she surpassed the age eligibility. In 2016, she was crowned Miss Missouri in the Miss America pageant. Also in 2016, she became the first openly lesbian contestant to compete in Miss America. Her platform is suicide prevention, a cause close to her heart from losing her best friend to suicide and experiencing her first funeral at the age of 13. As an advocate for suicide prevention, she works with The Trevor Project, a hotline for LGBT youth, and The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Her talent is a vocal performance. Erin O'Flaherty is originally from Florence, South Carolina. O'Flaherty came out as gay when she was 18. She decided to attend the University of Central Florida, where she graduated with a bachelor's degree in accounting. During an interview at UCF, O'Flaherty's dream job was to be a cashier as a child. She loved balancing her grandmother's checkbook every Sunday and was fascinated with the transaction process. As her strength for rules, organization, and numbers increased with her entrepreneurial drive, her dream of owning or operating a small business was created. She currently lives in Chesterfield, Missouri as an owner of a boutique called Rachel's Grove. She enjoys world traveling, kayaking to see wildlife in Wekiwa Springs, and playing soccer. She also enjoys singing, which contributes to her talent in pageants. Erin O'Flaherty Erin O'Flaherty is an American beauty pageant titleholder who"
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"Alliance Base Alliance Base was the cover name for a secret Western Counterterrorist Intelligence Center (CTIC) that existed between 2002 and 2009 in Paris. The existence of CTICs were first revealed by Dana Priest in a November 17, 2005 \"Washington Post\" article, while she referred to the Alliance Base in a July 2, 2005, article. The name was chosen in reference of Al Qaeda, which means \"The Base\" in Arabic. It was headed by a French General assigned to the Directorate-General for External Security (DGSE), and largely funded by the CIA's Counterterrorist Center. It hosted officers from Great Britain, France, Germany, Canada, Australia and the United States and was used for intelligence exchange and operational planning. Its existence was confirmed on 8 September 2006 by Christophe Chaboud, chief of the UCLAT (\"\"Unité de Coordination de la Lutte contre le Terrorisme\"\", \"Fight against Terrorism Coordination Unit\"), in an interview to RFI. Although intelligence exchange between intelligence agencies has become more and more widespread in the last decade, in particular following the September 11, 2001 attacks, this organisation also engaged in operations. Its existence was first revealed by a November 17, 2005, article by Dana Priest in \"The Washington Post\", who also broke the story concerning the existence of the CIA's \"black sites\". In the article, both the CIA and the French government declined to comment on Alliance Base, while all intelligence officers requested anonymity due to the sensitive nature of the project, in particular relating to its political and judicial dimensions. \"No country wanted to be perceived as taking direction from the CIA,\" wrote Dana Priest, while France was the only European state willing to engage in more than simple information exchange. \"To play down the U.S. role, the center's working language is French,\" told an anonymous source to the Washington Post investigative reporter. \"The base selects its cases carefully, chooses a lead country for each operation, and that country's service runs the operation.\" Furthermore, this cooperation permits \"German case officers to read information from their own country's law enforcement authorities\", which is prohibited by German law. Alliance Base also takes advantage of the \"harsh laws\" of France concerning anti-terrorism. French magistrates are allowed to detain people suspected of \"conspiracy in relation to terrorism\" while gathering evidence. According to the top anti-terrorist magistrate, Jean-Louis Bruguière, he has in the past ordered the arrest of more than 500 suspects, some with the assistance of US authorities. Dana Priest cited him as saying: \"I have good connections with the CIA and FBI.\" Dana Priest described the working of Alliance Base, writing that \"The CIA brings money from its classified and ever-growing 'foreign liaison' account — it has paid to transport some of France's suspects from abroad into Paris for legal imprisonment' [thus rendering them to France] — and its global eavesdropping capabilities and worldwide intelligence service ties.\" France, on the other hand, \"brings its harsh laws, surveillance of radical Muslim groups and their network in Arab states, and its intelligence links to its former colonies\". By reporting information to its counterparts, French intelligence agencies helped the US convict Ahmed Ressam, arrested in 1999, as well as Zacarias Moussaoui, who lived a long time in France. In the days following the 9/11 attacks, President Jacques Chirac issued an edict to French secret services ordering them to share information with US counterparts \"as if they were your own service,\" according to two officials who read it and were cited by Dana Priest. According to the \"Washington Post\" investigative reporter, the arrest of Christian Ganczarski, alleged to be a senior Al Qaeda leader, was one of the 12 major operations it conducted during its first years. Since the end of 2001, France has detained about 60 suspects, some with the help of the CIA, according to a CIA veteran cited by Priest. Pierre de Bousquet de Florian, director of the Directorate of Territorial Surveillance (DST), said \"There's easy exchange of information. The cooperation between my service and the American service is candid, loyal and certainly effective.\" Jean-Louis Brugière, on the other hand, was quoted by Dana Priest as saying that \"The relations between intelligence agencies in the United States and France has been good, even during the transatlantic dispute over Iraq, for practical reasons\". John E. McLaughlin, former director of the CIA, has claimed that the cooperation between the DGSE and the CIA \"is one the best of the world\". Christian Ganczarski, a German convert to Islam, took an Air France flight from Riyadh on June 3, 2003, back to Germany, with a change of planes in Paris. But he was secretly followed on board by an undercover officer. In Paris' airport, a senior CIA officer was waiting for him, while French authorities separated him from his family and arrested him, on charges of association with terrorists. This operation was conceived at the Alliance Base. On May 20, 2003, Alliance Base learned that Ahmed Mehdi, who lived near Ganczarksi in Germany, was about to travel for a 14-day vacation to La Réunion, a French island in the Indian Ocean. Although the German BND thought that he was planning an attack, they had not enough evidence to arrest him. The CIA arranged someone to suggest that Mehdi stop in Paris on his way to La Réunion. The French services clandestinely helped him to have a visa, while the Germans monitored calls and contacts. On June 1, 2003, he was arrested by French authorities at Charles de Gaulle Airport and sent to Fresnes Prison. Two days later, Ganczarksi was also there. Following interrogations of both men, investigators suspected that they had links with the Hamburg cell, which plotted the September 11 attacks. Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy implicitly referred to Alliance Base on June 11, 2003, declaring to the National Assembly that \"This arrest took place thanks to the perfect collaboration between the services of the great democracies.\" Alliance Base Alliance Base was the cover name for a secret Western Counterterrorist Intelligence Center (CTIC) that existed between 2002 and"
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"Rodney Evans (filmmaker) Rodney Evans (born 1971) is an American filmmaker and lecturer based in New York City. Evans was born in Brooklyn and grew up in Queens. He graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in modern culture and media from Brown University in 1993, and a Master of Fine Arts in film production from the California Institute of the Arts in 1996. In 2004, he produced his first feature-length film, \"Brother to Brother\", telling the story of the challenges faced by a young gay black man who meets a survivor of the Harlem Renaissance. \"Brother to Brother\" was awarded the Special Jury Prize for Drama in the 2004 Sundance Film Festival, as well as obtaining awards in numerous other film festivals such as Outfest, the Roxbury Film Festival and Seattle Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. In 2008 Evans was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Creative Capital Foundation Grant. In 2009, Evans produced a short documentary drama, \"Billy and Aaron\", about the experiences of jazz musician Billy Strayhorn as a gay man in the 40s; this film was the official selection at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival. In 2013 he released his second feature film, \"The Happy Sad\", based on a Ken Urban play and portraying two very different young couples in Brooklyn who decide to explore the boundaries of gender and sexuality. The film premiered at the IFC Center and the Sundance Cinemas. Evans began teaching at Princeton University in 2015. Rodney Evans (filmmaker) Rodney Evans (born 1971) is an American filmmaker and lecturer based in New York City. Evans was born in Brooklyn and grew up in Queens. He graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in modern culture and media from Brown University in 1993, and a Master of Fine Arts in film production from"
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"Anson County Airport Anson County Airport is a public airport located three miles (5 km) north of the central business district of Wadesboro, a town in Anson County, North Carolina, United States. It is owned by Anson County. Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Anson County Airport is assigned AFP by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA. Anson County Airport covers an area of which contains one asphalt paved runway (16/34) measuring 5,498 x 100 ft (1,676 x 30 m). For the 12-month period ending August 3, 2005, the airport had 7,200 aircraft operations, an average of 19 per day: 90% general aviation, 7% air taxi and 3% military. There are 32 aircraft based at this airport: 66% single engine, 25% ultralight, 6% multi-engine and 3% gliders. The Anson County Airport was originally equipped with a runway only . long. In 2006, a new . runway was completed, in addition to a new . terminal building and several new hangars. Future plans for the airport include the addition of a new Instrument Landing System. Anson County Airport Anson County Airport is a public airport located three miles (5"
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"El y Ella \"El y Ella\" is a short story written by Miguel Mihura about the first people: Adam and Eve. Providing a new twist to the common creation myth from The Book of Genesis, the author writes a parody incorporating new characters and a new ending. Titled \"El amigo de El y Ella\", this new version begins with Adam and Eve angry and upset because they are not alone in the garden, there is another man accompanying them in Paradise, Don Jeronimo. This unexpected guest is described as wearing pajamas and having a thick mustache. Though the title directly translates to \"The Friend of Him and Her\", Don Jeronimo is perceived as being a nuisance to both Adam and Eve until he swoons Eve and later marries her. In every culture there is some sort of degree with which people agree to describe the reality of the world. Upset and angry by the fact that they are not alone in Paradise, Adam and Eve are accompanied by another man with a big mustache wearing pajamas. Every day this man, Don Jeronimo, greets the two of them very cordially and attempts to befriend them. Even though Don Jeronimo's intentions are solely to become friends with Adam and Eve, they cannot help but feel angry because the Paradise was only meant for the two of them. Don Jeronimo owns a hotel and has cows which he tends to, all of which irritate Adam and Eve more. One day, Don Jeronimo asks them whether there are others living in Paradise and they respond by saying no and that they are the first people. He congratulates them and invites Adam and Eve to dinner. The reunion between the three of them did not seem right, the picture was not meant to be painted with the three of them but rather only Adam and Eve and the serpent. To Adam and Eve, Paradise was ruined; the gentleman with the mustache had spoiled their plans. However, as Adam and Eve began to spend more time with Don Jeronimo, little by little they began to like him and become entertained by his jokes. They saw that he was a kind generous man and so the three of them were delighted to be in each other's company. Don Jeronimo asked Adam and Eve if they were married. Not knowing how to answer and unaware of what that meant, they responded by saying no. Don Jeronimo followed up by asking whether they were brother and sister, Adam and Eve answered saying yes, they were brother and sister. A thought then came into Don Jeronimo's mind. He began to tell more jokes to Eve to impress her and even gave her some of his cows. He told her he loved her and the two of them married. They had children whom as they grew created more noise and chaos in Paradise. Even though Adam respected Don Jeronimo, he and the serpent began to feel anger as they realized Paradise would never be what it was. There was nothing more to say or do, change was inevitable. The author presents the audience with a humorous version of the creation myth from The Book of Genesis, Adam and Eve. Miguel Mihura is a playwright; from a young age he loved theater and could imagine a different life through his pieces. He is considered one of the best comics of Spanish theater from the 20th century because he learned to balance comical and absurd language. His story \"El Amigo de El y Ella\" was published in 1942. He wrote this story during the postwar era; his story helped improve morale of the Spanish people. Along with this piece, Mihura's other works usually incorporate a strange character that adds a twist to the story. El y Ella \"El y Ella\" is a short story written by Miguel Mihura about the first people: Adam and Eve. Providing a new twist to the common creation myth from The Book of Genesis, the author writes a parody incorporating new characters and a new ending. Titled \"El amigo de El y Ella\", this new version begins with Adam and Eve angry and upset because they are not"
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"Faber and Faber Faber and Faber Limited, often abbreviated to Faber, is an independent publishing house in the United Kingdom. Faber has published some of the most well-known literature in the English language, including William Golding's \"Lord of the Flies\". Poet T. S. Eliot was once a Faber editor. In 2006 the company was named the KPMG Publisher of the Year. Faber and Faber Inc., formerly the American branch of the London company, was sold in 1998 to the Holtzbrinck company Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Faber and Faber ended the partnership with FSG in 2015 and began distributing its books directly in the United States. Faber and Faber began as a firm in 1929, but originates in the Scientific Press, owned by Sir Maurice and Lady Gwyer. The Scientific Press derived much of its income from the weekly magazine \"The Nursing Mirror.\" The Gwyers' desire to expand into trade publishing led them to Geoffrey Faber, a fellow of All Souls College, Oxford; they founded Faber and Gwyer in 1925. After four years, \"The Nursing Mirror\" was sold and Geoffrey Faber and the Gwyers agreed to go their separate ways. Faber selected the company name of Faber and Faber, although there was no other Faber involved. T. S. Eliot, who had been suggested to Faber by Charles Whibley, had left Lloyds Bank in London to join Faber as a literary adviser; in the first season, the firm issued his \"Poems 1909–1925\". In addition, the catalogues from the early years included books by Ezra Pound, Jean Cocteau, Herbert Read, Max Eastman, George Rylands, John Dover Wilson, Geoffrey Keynes, Forrest Reid, Charles Williams, and Vita Sackville-West. In 1928, Faber and Faber published its first commercial success, \"Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man\". The book was at first published anonymously; the author's name, Siegfried Sassoon, was added to the title page for the second impression. Over the next six months, it was reprinted eight times. Poetry was originally the main composition of the Faber list, with W. H. Auden, Stephen Spender, and Louis MacNeice joined Ezra Pound, Marianne Moore, Wyndham Lewis, John Gould Fletcher, Roy Campbell, James Joyce, and Walter de la Mare being published under T. S. Eliot's aegis. Under Geoffrey Faber's chairmanship, the board in 1929 included Eliot, Richard de la Mare, Charles Stewart, and Frank Morley. The firm's art director was Berthold Wolpe. Faber published biographies, memoirs, fiction, poetry, political and religious essays, art and architecture monographs, children's books, and an ecology list. It also published Eliot's literary review, \"The Criterion\". Eliot rejected two books by George Orwell, \"A Scullions Tale\" (the original version of \"Down and Out in Paris and London\") and \"Animal Farm\". During the Second World War, paper shortages resulted in high profits but much of this profit going to taxation. Notable postwar Faber writers include William Golding, Lawrence Durrell, Robert Lowell, Ted Hughes, Sylvia Plath, W. S. Graham, Philip Larkin, P. D. James, Tom Stoppard, and John Osborne. The firm increased its investment in contemporary drama, including plays by three Nobel Laureates: Harold Pinter, Samuel Beckett, and T. S. Eliot. Other playwrights subsequently joined Faber, including Alan Ayckbourn, Alan Bennett, Brian Friel, Tony Harrison, David Hare, Frank McGuinness, and Timberlake Wertenbaker. Modern writers such as Kazuo Ishiguro, Peter Carey, Orhan Pamuk, and Barbara Kingsolver also joined Faber. Having published the theatrical works of Samuel Beckett for several years, the company acquired the rights to the remainder of his oeuvre from the publishing house of John Calder in 2007. Faber announced in October 2011 that Jarvis Cocker, lead singer of the band Pulp, would be joining as editor-at-large, an appointment similar to one held by Pete Townshend of The Who in the 1980s. In 2008, the imprint Faber Finds was set up to make copyrighted out-of-print books reavaliable, using print-on-demand technology. Works republished in the imprint have included items from the Mass-Observation archives, and works by John Betjeman, Angus Wilson, A. J. P. Taylor, H. G. Wells, Joyce Cary, Nina Bawden, Jean Genet, P. H. Newby, Louis MacNeice, John Carey, F. R. Leavis, Jacob Bronowski, Jan Morris, and Brian Aldiss. In 2009, Faber Finds began to release e-books. Faber's American arm was sold in 1998 to Farrar, Straus and Giroux (\"FSG\"), where it remained as an imprint focused on arts, entertainment, media, and popular culture. In February 2015, Faber announced the end of its partnership with FSG. In June 2012, to coincide with the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, Faber launched a website – Sixty Years in Sixty Poems. Commissioned for The Space – the new digital arts platform developed by the Arts Council in partnership with the BBC – Sixty Years in Sixty Poems took the poems from Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy's anthology, Jubilee Lines, and interpreted them using actors' recordings, sound-based generative design, and archive film footage. In 2008, Faber launched The Faber Academy, a creative writing business offering courses for aspiring writers. Courses include \"The Art of Publication\", \"Writing Fiction\", and \"Becoming a Poet\". At times, courses are tutored by famous writers, such as Mike Figgis, Jeanette Winterson, and Tobias Hill. Notable students have included S. J. Watson. In 2018, The Faber Academy started offering a scholarship to two writers every year, with a focus on under-represented groups such as writers of colour, disabled writers and LGBTQ+ writers. Faber Digital was launched in 2009. It has published a number of book-related apps for the iPhone and the iPad, including Malcolm Tucker: The Missing Phone (which was nominated for a BAFTA award), QI: Quite Interesting, Harry Hill's Joke Book, and The Waste Land for iPad app. The Waste Land for iPad app was Faber's second collaboration with Touch Press, following the Solar System for iPad, which won the Futurebook Award for Digital innovation at the Book Industry Awards in 2011. In 2013, in partnership with Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, Faber Digital launched Drama Online, a subscription-based digital content platform for libraries, educators, students, and researchers. Faber (in partnership with the Perseus Books Group in the US) introduced The Faber Factory in 2011, a digitisation service. The firm's original location was its Georgian offices at 24 Russell Square, in Bloomsbury, London. Faber later moved to 3 Queen Square, London, and on 19 January 2009 the firm moved to Bloomsbury House, 74–77 Great Russell Street, London. Faber and Faber Faber and Faber Limited, often abbreviated to Faber, is an independent publishing house in the United Kingdom. Faber has published some of the most well-known literature in the English language, including William Golding's \"Lord of the Flies\". Poet T. S. Eliot was once a Faber editor. In 2006 the company was named"
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"Chris Hedges Christopher Lynn Hedges (born September 18, 1956) is an American journalist, Presbyterian minister, and visiting Princeton University lecturer. His books include \"War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning\" (2002), a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction; \"Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle\" (2009); \"Death of the Liberal Class\" (2010); \"Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt\" (2012), written with cartoonist Joe Sacco, which was a \"New York Times\" best-seller; \"Wages of Rebellion: The Moral Imperative of Revolt\" (2015); and his most recent \"America: The Farewell Tour\" (2018). Hedges is a columnist for the progressive news and commentary website Truthdig. He is also a host for the television program \"On Contact\" on RT. Hedges spent nearly two decades as a foreign correspondent in Central America, West Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and the Balkans. He has reported from more than fifty countries, and has worked for \"The Christian Science Monitor\", NPR, \"Dallas Morning News\", and \"The New York Times\", where he was a foreign correspondent for fifteen years (1990–2005). In 2001, Hedges contributed to \"The New York Times\" staff entry that received the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting for the paper's coverage of global terrorism. He also received the Amnesty International Global Award for Human Rights Journalism in 2002. He has taught at Columbia University, New York University, the University of Toronto and Princeton University, where he is a visiting lecturer in African American studies. Hedges has taught college credit courses for several years in New Jersey prisons. He teaches a course through Princeton University in which the class is composed of half prisoners and half Princeton undergraduates. He has described himself as a socialist and more specifically as a Christian anarchist, identifying with Catholic activist Dorothy Day in particular. Christopher Lynn Hedges was born in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, the son of Thelma Louise (\"née\" Prince) and the Rev. Thomas Havard Hedges, a Presbyterian minister. He grew up in rural Schoharie County, New York, southwest of Albany. He graduated in 1975 from the Loomis Chaffee School, a private boarding school in Windsor, Connecticut. He founded an underground newspaper at the school that was banned by the administration and resulted in his being put on probation. Hedges received his Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Colgate University in 1979. He received a Master of Divinity degree from Harvard Divinity School (where he studied under James Luther Adams) in 1983. He speaks English, Arabic, French, and Spanish, and studied Latin and Classical Greek at Harvard. Hedges worked for 15 years as a foreign correspondent for \"The New York Times\". He was based in the Middle East for five years, serving for four of those years as the Middle East bureau chief. He covered the war in the former Yugoslavia as the Balkan bureau chief based in Sarajevo. He later covered Al Qaeda in Europe and the Middle East from Paris. Three of Hedges' articles were based upon the stories of Iraqi defectors, who had been furnished to Hedges by the Information Collection Program of the U.S.-funded Iraqi National Congress. The program promoted stories to major media outlets in order to orchestrate U.S. intervention in Iraq in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. Most significant of his reports in this period was a November 8, 2001, front-page story about two former Iraqi military commanders who claimed to have trained foreign mujahedeen how to hijack planes without using guns. Hedges quoted a man whom he believed to be an Iraqi general: \"These Islamic radicals ... came from a variety of countries, including Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Algeria, Egypt, and Morocco. We were training these people to attack installations important to the United States\". The two defectors also asserted there was a secret compound in Salman Pak facility where a German scientist was producing biological weapons. According to \"Mother Jones\": \"The impact of the article ... was immediate: Op-eds ran in major papers, and the story was taken to a wider audience through cable-TV talk shows. When Condoleezza Rice, then George W. Bush's national security adviser, was asked about the report at a press briefing, she said, 'I think it surprises no one that Saddam Hussein is engaged in all kinds of activities that are destabilizing. As late as 2006, conservative magazines including \"The Weekly Standard\" and \"National Review\" continued to use this article to justify the invasion of Iraq. It later was revealed that the story which Hedges reported was \"an elaborate scam\". The defector whom Hedges quoted, who had identified himself as Lt. General Jamal al-Ghurairy, was a former sergeant. The real Ghurairy had never left Iraq. Hedges said that he had taken on reporting this account at the request of Lowell Bergman of \"Frontline\", who wanted the defectors for his show but could not go to Beirut for the interview. The trip had been organized by Ahmed Chalabi, whom Hedges considered to be unreliable. Hedges said he had done the piece as a favor to Bergman, explaining, \"There has to be a level of trust between reporters. We cover each other's sources when it's a good story because otherwise everyone would get hold of it.\" Hedges had relied on the U.S. embassy in Turkey for further confirmation of the man's identity. Hedges wrote two more articles that year that were informed by Chalabi-coached defectors. The second one, claiming that Iraq still held 80 Kuwaitis captured in the 1991 Gulf War in a secret underground prison, was also found to be baseless. Hedges was an early critic of the Iraq War. In May 2003, Hedges delivered a commencement address at Rockford College in Rockford, Illinois, saying: \"We are embarking on an occupation that, if history is any guide, will be as damaging to our souls as it will be to our prestige and power and security.\" His speech was received with boos and his microphone was shut off three minutes after he began speaking. \"The New York Times\", his employer, criticized his statements and issued him a formal reprimand for \"public remarks that could undermine public trust in the paper's impartiality\". Shortly after the incident, Hedges left \"The New York Times\" to become a senior fellow at The Nation Institute, and a columnist at Truthdig, in addition to writing books and teaching inmates at a New Jersey correctional institution. Hedges has worked for a decade teaching in prisons in New Jersey, and he has become a fierce critic of mass incarceration in the United States. In the 2008 United States presidential campaign, Hedges was a speech writer for candidate Ralph Nader. In his December 29, 2008, column for Truthdig, Hedges stated that \"[t]he inability to articulate a viable socialism has been our gravest mistake. It will ensure, if this does not soon change, a ruthless totalitarian capitalism\". He elaborated upon this in a 2013 interview with The Real News, claiming that \"the left has been destroyed, especially the radical left, quite consciously in the whole name of anti-communism\", and \"we have allowed ourselves to embrace an ideology which, at its core, states that all governance is about maximizing corporate profit at the expense of the citizenry. For what do we have structures of government, for what do we have institutions of state, if not to hold up all the citizenry, and especially the most vulnerable?\". In a March 2009 column, Hedges warned that human over-population and mass species extinction are serious problems, and that any measures to save the ecosystem will be futile unless we cut population growth, and noted that, \"As long as the Earth is viewed as the personal property of the human race, a belief embraced by everyone from born-again Christians to Marxists to free-market economists, we are destined to soon inhabit a biological wasteland.\" On December 8, 2009, Hedges",
"ourselves to embrace an ideology which, at its core, states that all governance is about maximizing corporate profit at the expense of the citizenry. For what do we have structures of government, for what do we have institutions of state, if not to hold up all the citizenry, and especially the most vulnerable?\". In a March 2009 column, Hedges warned that human over-population and mass species extinction are serious problems, and that any measures to save the ecosystem will be futile unless we cut population growth, and noted that, \"As long as the Earth is viewed as the personal property of the human race, a belief embraced by everyone from born-again Christians to Marxists to free-market economists, we are destined to soon inhabit a biological wasteland.\" On December 8, 2009, Hedges identified as a \"radical Keynesian\" during his lecture at The New School, entitled \"Empire of Illusion\". On December 16, 2010, Hedges was arrested outside the White House along with Daniel Ellsberg and more than 100 activists who were protesting the war in Afghanistan. Hedges appeared as a guest on an October 2011 episode of the CBC News Network's \"Lang and O'Leary Exchange\" to discuss his support for the Occupy Wall Street protests; co-host Kevin O'Leary criticized him, saying that he sounded \"like a left-wing nutbar\". Hedges said \"it will be the last time\" he appears on the show, and compared the CBC to Fox News. CBC's ombudsman found O'Leary's heated remarks to be a violation of the public broadcaster's journalistic standards. On November 3, 2011, Hedges was arrested with others in New York as part of the Occupy Wall Street demonstration, during which the activists staged a \"people's hearing\" on the activities of the investment bank Goldman Sachs and blocked the entrance to their corporate headquarters. Hedges has appeared on the syndicated \"Democracy Now!\" television program; on \"Breaking the Set\" on RT (formerly known as Russia Today), and on CBC's \"George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight\". In October 2012, Hedges publicly supported Jill Stein, the candidate of the Green Party of the United States, in the 2012 United States presidential election. On April 7, 2013, Hedges delivered the keynote address at the Green Party of New Jersey state convention.<ref name=\"Green Party to livestream Chris Hedges keynote at NJ GP annual meeting, Sun. 4/9\"></ref> In June 2013, Hedges and numerous celebrities appeared in a video showing support for Chelsea Manning. On September 20, 2014, a day before the People's Climate March, Hedges joined Bernie Sanders, Naomi Klein, Bill McKibben, and Kshama Sawant on a panel moderated by WNYC's Brian Lehrer to discuss the issue of climate change. Hedges and Klein also participated in the 'Flood Wall Street' protests that occurred shortly thereafter. On November 11, 2014, Hedges published an article explaining why he and his family have become vegan. He explained that this is \"the most important and direct change we can immediately make to save the planet and its species\". In a December 15, 2014, article, Hedges compared the actions of ISIS today to the way Israel's founding fathers acted in the late 1940s. Hedges contended at the Left Forum in 2015 that with the \"denouement of capitalism and the disintegration of globalism\", Karl Marx has been \"vindicated as capitalism's most prescient and important critic\". He said that Marx \"foresaw that capitalism had built within it the seeds of its own destruction. He knew that reigning ideologies—think neoliberalism—were created to serve the interests of the elites and in particular the economic elites.\" On April 15, 2016, Hedges was arrested, along with 100 other protesters, during a sit-in outside the U.S. Capitol during Democracy Spring to protest the capture of the political system by corporations. Commenting on the 2016 election during an interview on The Real News, Hedges asserted that the modern American Left's embrace of neoliberalism resulted in a dysfunctional democracy and has given rise to a Trump presidency, which he characterizes as \"proto-fascist\". Hedges argues that logical result of neoliberalism is neofascism. At a March 2017 speech delivered in Vancouver, British Columbia, Hedges insisted that resistance to the Trump Administration must be broadly socialist and anti-capitalist in nature: This resistance must also be accompanied by an alternative vision of a socialist, anti-capitalist society. Because the enemy in the end is not Trump or Bannon—it is corporate power. And if we do not stop corporate power, we will never dismantle fascism's seduction of the white working class and unemployed.\" In 2012, after the Obama Administration signed the National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, Hedges sued members of the U.S. government, claiming that section 1021 of the law unconstitutionally allowed presidential authority for indefinite detention without \"habeas corpus\". He was later joined in the suit, \"Hedges v. Obama\", by activists including Noam Chomsky and Daniel Ellsberg. In May 2012 Judge Katherine B. Forrest of the Southern District of New York ruled that the counter-terrorism provision of the NDAA is unconstitutional. The Obama administration appealed the decision and it was overturned. Hedges petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case, but the Supreme Court denied certiorari in April 2014. On October 5, 2014, Hedges was ordained a minister within the Presbyterian Church. He was installed as Associate Pastor and Minister of Social Witness and Prison Ministry at the Second Presbyterian Church Elizabeth in Elizabeth, New Jersey. He noted having been rejected for ordination 30 years earlier, saying that \"going to El Salvador as a reporter was not something the Presbyterian Church at the time recognized as a valid ministry, and a committee rejected my 'call. Chris Hedges is married to the Canadian actress Eunice Wong. The couple have two children. Hedges also has two children from a previous marriage. He currently lives in Princeton, New Jersey. Chris Hedges Christopher Lynn Hedges (born September 18, 1956) is an American journalist, Presbyterian minister, and visiting Princeton University lecturer. His books include \"War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning\" (2002), a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction; \"Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle\" (2009); \"Death of the Liberal Class\" (2010); \"Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt\" (2012), written with cartoonist Joe Sacco, which was"
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"Charles McGleenan Charles McGleenan (1895 – 1974) was a farmer, Irish republican volunteer and political candidate. McGleenan was an Irish Republican Army volunteer during the Irish War of Independence. He was interned at Newbridge Prison, but successfully escaped. He subsequently worked as a farmer of apples. At the 1935 general election, McGleenan stood in Armagh as an Independent Republican, winning 32.4% of the vote. He joined the Anti-Partition League of Ireland (APL), which was founded in 1945. In May 1950, the APL conference voted down a motion calling for abstentionism from the Parliament of Northern Ireland. McGleenan had been a supporter of the motion, and when a local convention selected him as their candidate for the South Armagh by-election in 1950, this was in clear opposition to party policy. Despite this, the executive did not intervene, and McGleenan was able to defeat an Irish Labour Party candidate. McGleenan did not take his seat, but did join with the Nationalist Party MPs Cahir Healy, Joe Connellan and Edward McCullagh in lobbying for admission to the Dáil, as elected representatives of territory it claimed. A motion from Con Lehane proposing this was rejected; later in the year, a more modest proposal by McGleenan to gain a right of audience in the Dáil or the Seanad Éireann was put by Seán MacBride, but also failed. McGleenan held his seat in an uncontested election in 1953, but stood down at the 1958 general election. At the 1966 general election, McGleenan stood again in Armagh, on this occasion taking 28% of the vote. Charles McGleenan Charles McGleenan (1895 – 1974) was a farmer, Irish republican volunteer and political candidate. McGleenan was an Irish Republican Army volunteer during the Irish War of Independence. He was interned at Newbridge Prison, but successfully escaped. He subsequently worked as"
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"Puven Pather Puven Pather is an Australian film director, screenwriter, actor and stunt performer born in South Africa. Puven has been married to actress Jessica Gower since 2004, and the couple have a daughter named Sequoia. Pather came to Australia at the age of nine from Durban, South Africa. He began his film career at the age of 16, as a stunt performer in Melbourne. He has been a professional stunt performer and stunt coordinator since 1990. As a stunt performer, he has performed such stunts as high falls, water work (scuba), air rams, rock climbing, rigging, ski/snowboarding, full body torches, driving, fights, car hits, crash bangs and more. His credits include Superman, Ghost Rider and Charlotte's Web. He has been an actor in films since 1995, often performing his own stunts. He is a directing graduate of the Australian Film, Television and Radio School (AFTRS), where he gained recognition and won awards for his work as a Director. His directorial debut was with the films \"The Shot\" and \"The Visitor\". As part of the Slamdance Film Festival, \"The Shot\" had its US premiere at American Cinematheque on 20 August 2003, at the Egyptian Theater. It was shown at the Tampere International Short Film Festival, Finland, 5–9 March 2003, the 29th Seoul Independent Film Festival, and the AFTRS National screening tour. However Pather is most known for neighbours episode 7591, where he places a stunt double. He won \"Best New Director\" for \"The Shot\", at the 20th annual St Kilda Film Festival in Melbourne, where he also won both \"Best Fiction\" and \"Best Achievement with An Original Screenplay\" for his work \"The Visitor\". \"The Shot\" then won \"Best Film\" at the \"Spanischer Kurzfilm Sieger bei Festival\" (Spanish Film festival) in Berlin. and \"First Prize\" at the 2003 \"Australian Shorts Film Festival\". \"Current\" offered of \"The Shot\":This is a very good, tightly shot, short film that anyone into vanguard photojournalism should watch. Cinematography and direction are well executed and the story is succinctly sharp. Puven Pather Puven Pather is an Australian film director, screenwriter, actor and stunt performer born in South Africa. Puven has been married to actress Jessica Gower since 2004, and the couple have a daughter named Sequoia. Pather came to Australia at the age of nine from Durban, South Africa. He began his film career at the age of 16, as a stunt performer in Melbourne. He has"
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"Cat Feud Cat Feud is a 1958 Merrie Melodies animated short film directed by Chuck Jones. It is the fifth to star Marc Anthony and Pussyfoot. In this short, Marc Anthony is grey, whereas in previous shorts he was brown. Marc Anthony is guarding a construction site when he catches a bag and begins barking at it. Coming out of the bag, it reveals Pussyfoot and he barks at her. However, she isn't afraid, believing the dog is her friend and Marc Anthony's emotions soften. Before returning to guard duty, he leaves Pussyfoot a sausage for her to snack on and she gratefully kisses him. However, trouble is ahead thanks to a hungry alley cat who has seen the sausage and wants it for himself. However, Marc Anthony catches on and beats up the cat. Then it becomes a cat and mouse game between the two as Marc Anthony does all he can to protect Pussyfoot and the sausage he gave her from the cat. The final confrontation ends with the cat stuck below on a magnet in a bucket, while Marc Anthony endures a brief pain as Pussyfoot makes herself comfortable before falling asleep. Relieved, Marc Anthony falls asleep. - The original version of the cartoon showed a car driving by the construction site and throwing the bag out, which landed in the trash can. This explains why Pussyfoot was in both the bag and the trash can in the first place. This scene has been cut from all versions post the late 1980s. This is featured on Disc 4 of the . Cat Feud Cat Feud is a 1958 Merrie Melodies animated short film directed by Chuck Jones. It is the fifth to star Marc Anthony and Pussyfoot. In this short, Marc Anthony is grey, whereas in previous"
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"John L. Sieb John L. Sieb (November 6, 1864 – October 24, 1941) was an American politician and barber. Born in Michigan City, Indiana, Sieb moved to Racine, Wisconsin with his mother after his father died. He went to public and Lutheran schools. Sieb became a barber and open his shop in Racine. He served on the board of education from 1900 to 1902 and was president of the board. Then from 1915 until 1923, Sieb served on the Racine Common Council and was president of the council. Sieb was on the Racine Water Commission and the Racine Board of Health. He was also as Wisconsin Deputy Oil Inspector. Sieb served in the Wisconsin State Assembly during the 1931 session as a Republican and again from 1935 until 1941 as a Progressive. In the 1940 election Thomas P. Corbett defeated Sieb. Later, in 1941, Sieb sold the barber shop and retired. He died in Racine, Wisconsin. John L. Sieb John L. Sieb (November 6, 1864 – October 24, 1941) was an American politician and barber. Born in Michigan City, Indiana, Sieb moved to Racine, Wisconsin with his mother after his father died. He went to public and Lutheran schools. Sieb"
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"Wellington Improvisation Troupe The Wellington Improvisation Troupe (WIT) is Wellington’s not-for-profit, community-based improvisational theatre group. WIT performs and teaches the skills of improvisational theatre at community venues around the Wellington region. Theatre is made up on the spot by some of Wellington’s leading improvisers and courageous newcomers alike, based on suggestions from the audience. WIT players share a love of storytelling and work together as a team to inspire the audience. WIT theatre is sometimes serious, often hilarious and always totally unpredictable. WIT's establishing members performed in the ‘Micetro’ show that won the New Zealand International Fringe Festival Best Comedy Award in 2003, and decided it was about time they formed a group that had a name. The group brought together many of Wellington’s casual improvoholics, out-of-work actors and bored public servants. Now made up of forty to sixty active members, the group welcomes people from all walks of life. WIT is run by a committee elected by and from its members. WIT launched properly in 2004, participated in the New Zealand Fringe and Comedy Festivals and become licensed as an International Theatresports Institute group. WIT performs both long and short-form improvisation. Major WIT shows include: WIT was also the original organisation behind the New Zealand Improv Festival, a celebration of improvised theatre which brings shows, teachers and troupes from around New Zealand and Australia to Wellington. The festival will become an independent trust in 2015. WIT Objectives WIT’s specific objectives as listed in the incorporated society’s founding document are as follows: WIT Creative Background and Philosophy The Creative Philosophy of WIT starts with the teachings of Keith Johnstone, and several of WIT's senior players have traveled to Calgary to undertake training at Loose Moose Theatre, which Johnstone co-established in 1977. WIT has three creative drivers – telling stories, cooperation and having fun. WIT believe these drivers are interdependent and create the best kind of improv. Source Wellington Improvisation Troupe The Wellington Improvisation Troupe (WIT) is Wellington’s not-for-profit, community-based improvisational theatre group. WIT performs and teaches the skills of improvisational theatre at community venues around the Wellington region. Theatre is made up on the spot by some of Wellington’s leading improvisers and courageous newcomers alike, based on suggestions from the audience. WIT players share a love of storytelling and work together as a team to inspire the audience. WIT theatre is sometimes serious, often hilarious and always totally unpredictable. WIT's"
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"Steens Mountain Wilderness The Steens Mountain Wilderness is a wilderness area surrounding a portion of Steens Mountain of southeastern Oregon in the United States. The reserve falls within the Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Area (CMPA). Both the reserve and the CMPA are administered by the Bureau of Land Management. The wilderness area encompasses of the CMPA's total . of the Wilderness are protected from grazing and free of cattle. The Steens Mountain Wilderness ranges in elevation from at the summit of Steens Mountain. The reserve features a variety of vegetative zones, from the arid sagebrush zone in the Alvord Desert, through the western juniper, mountain mahogany, mountain big sagebrush, quaking aspen, subalpine meadow, and subalpine grassland, to the snow cover zone. Steens Mountain is the largest fault-block mountain in North America. Pressure under the Earth's surface thrust the block upward approximately 20 million years ago, resulting in a steep eastern face with a more gentle slope on the western side of the mountain. During the Ice Age, glaciers carved several deep gorges into the peak and created depressions where Lily, Fish, and Wildhorse lakes now stand. Vegetation in the Steens Mountain Wilderness varies greatly according to elevation. Common plants include sagebrush, juniper, various species of bunchgrass, mountain mahogany, aspen, mountain meadow knotweed, and false hellebore. Other vegetation endemic to Steens Mountain includes Steens paintbrush (\"Castilleja pilosa var. steenensis\"), moss gentian (\"Gentiana fremontii\"), Steens Mountain penstemon (\"Penstemon davidsonii var. praeteritus\"), Steens Mountain thistle (\"Cirsium peckii\"), a dwarf blue lupine, and Cusick's buckwheat (\"Eriogonum cusickii\"). Steens Mountain is home to a variety of wildlife, including bighorn sheep, Rocky Mountain elk, pronghorn, sage grouse, and the Great Basin redband trout. Cattle can be found in the wilderness as well, though they are excluded from grazing on top of Steens Mountain. Coyote are also known to the area. Steens Mountain Wilderness The Steens Mountain Wilderness is a wilderness area surrounding a portion of Steens Mountain of southeastern Oregon in the United States. The reserve falls within the Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Area (CMPA). Both the reserve and the CMPA are administered by the Bureau of Land Management. The wilderness area encompasses of the CMPA's total . of the Wilderness are protected from grazing and free of cattle. The Steens Mountain Wilderness ranges in elevation from at the summit of Steens Mountain. The reserve features a variety of vegetative zones, from"
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"Jimmy Walsh (footballer, born 1930) James Walsh (3 December 1930 – 6 August 2014) was a professional footballer who played for Celtic and Leicester City as a forward. He was a prolific goalscorer and scored the winning goals in both the finals of the 1953 Coronation Cup as well as playing in the 1955 Scottish Cup Final for Celtic. He then moved to Leicester City in 1956, where he was twice the club's top scorer in 1958-59 and 1960-61. He also played as Leicester lost the 1961 FA Cup Final. He still remains as one of Leicester's top 10 all-time top goalscorers. Walsh died on 6 August 2014 at the age of 83. Jimmy Walsh (footballer, born 1930) James Walsh (3 December 1930 – 6 August 2014) was a professional footballer who played for Celtic and Leicester City as a forward. He was a prolific goalscorer and scored the winning goals in both the finals of the 1953 Coronation Cup as well as playing in the 1955 Scottish Cup Final for Celtic. He then moved to Leicester City in 1956, where he was twice the club's top scorer in 1958-59 and 1960-61. He also played as Leicester lost the 1961"
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"Pat Porter Patrick (\"Pat\") Ralph Porter (May 31, 1959 – July 26, 2012) was an American distance runner. Born in Wadena, Minnesota, he graduated from Adams State in 1982 with a degree in marketing, after which he became one of the most dominant U.S. distance runners of the 1980s. Porter was a two time U.S. Olympian, running the 10000 meters at the 1984 and 1988 Olympic Games. In 1983 he set the World Record for a road 10K at 27:31.8. He won the silver medal at the 1985 IAAF World Cup in Canberra, Australia, getting nipped at the tape by Ethiopia's Wodajo Bulti by six hundredths of a second. Porter had a personal record of 4:29 in the mile while running for Evergreen High School in Evergreen, Colorado. He was not heavily recruited to run in college. He is a 1982 alumnus Adams State College in Alamosa, Colorado, and flourished under the training of coach Joe Vigil. At Adams State, Porter won 6 RMAC championships, and 3 national NAIA championships. Porter was best known for his cross country running accomplishments. He won a record eight consecutive USA Cross Country Championships from 1982 to 1989. Porter also represented the United States at the World Cross Country Championships each of these years. His best finish at the World Championships was 4th in 1984, followed by 6th, 7th, 9th and 10th-place finishes throughout his career. 1984<br> Porter finished 15th in 28:34.59 at the Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics - 10000 metres. 1988<br> Porter did not advance to the Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics - 10000 metres final after finishing 11th in 28:45.04 in the 1st round, ranking him 23rd in the Olympics that year, but only 20 qualified to the final. His time would have ranked 17th as several runners ran slower in the final, still almost 1:25 (almost a lap and a half) behind the winner. In 1998 Porter played Finnish distance runner Lasse Virén in \"Without Limits\", a biographical film about American distance legend Steve Prefontaine. He was married to fellow U.S. 1988 Olympic Team member high jumper Trish King. Porter was inducted in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame in 1987. Porter was inducted in the RMAC Hall of Fame in July 2012. Only days before his death, on July 20, Porter had been inducted into the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Hall of Fame in Colorado Springs and was also inducted into the Adams State Athletics Hall of Fame in 2000 in Alamosa, Colorado. On July 26, 2012, at approximately 8:30 a.m., Porter was killed in an airplane crash along with his 15-year-old son Connor and his son's friend, 14-year-old Connor Mantsch. Porter, an avid pilot, hit a boundary fence at the south end of the Sedona Airport runway just outside Sedona, Arizona, then went down a steep mesa and burst into flames upon impact at the bottom of the hill. He was 53 years old. Pat Porter Patrick (\"Pat\") Ralph Porter (May 31, 1959"
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"François Bégaudeau François Bégaudeau (; born 27 April 1971) is a French writer, journalist, and actor. He is best known for co-writing and starring in \"Entre les murs\" (2008), a film based on his 2006 novel of the same name. The film won the Palme d'Or at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film in 2009. He was born in Luçon, Vendée and was first a member of the 1990s punk rock group Zabriskie Point. After receiving his degree in Literature, he taught high school in Dreux and in an inner city middle school in Paris. Bégaudeau published his first novel, \"Jouer juste\" in 2003. In 2005, he published \"Dans la diagonale\" and \"Un démocrate, Mick Jagger 1960-1969\", a fictionalized account of the life of Mick Jagger. In 2006, his third novel entitled \"Entre les murs\" earned him the Prix France Culture/Télérama. Bégaudeau works as a movie critic for the French version of \"Playboy\", having previously worked for the \"Cahiers du cinéma\". He was also a regular contributor for several French magazines, including \"Inculte\", \"Transfuge\" and \"So Foot.\" Since 2006, he has been a columnist for \"La Matinale\" and \"Le Cercle\" on Canal+ television. He worked on the screenplay for \"Entre les murs\" (2008), a film based on his 2006 novel of the same name, in collaboration with the film's director Laurent Cantet. Bégaudeau also starred as the lead in the film, which went on to win the Palme d'Or at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival. The film also earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film in 2009, though it ultimately lost to Japan's \"Departures\". The English-language version of \"Entre les murs\" was published in April 2009 by Seven Stories Press under the title \"The Class\". François Bégaudeau"
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"The Trussell Trust The Trussell Trust is a NGO and charity, based in Salisbury, UK, that co-ordinates the only nationwide network of food banks in the country. The Trussell Trust was founded in 1997, by Paddy and Carol Henderson while working with street children in Bulgaria at Sofia Central Railway Station. Named for Carol's mother Betty Trussell from whom they had received a legacy, the couple's work spread to the United Kingdom after the couple were contacted by a British mother who was struggling to feed her children. After researching the issue of short-term hunger in the area, Henderson founded the first of the trust's food banks in the garage and shed of his Salisbury home. The trust runs a network of food banks across the United Kingdom. In 2004 they ran only two food banks. With new banks opening every week, it was estimated in a May 2013 report published by Oxfam and Church Action on Poverty that over 500,000 people had used the trust's food banks. The number of people using food banks in the first half of the 2014-15 financial year was 38% higher than the same period the previous year. Reasons why people have difficulty getting enough to eat include redundancy, sickness, delays over receiving , domestic violence, family breakdown, debt, additional fuel costs in winter. Some clients of foodbanks are in work but cannot afford everything they need due to low pay. In 2015, the trust released figures showing that there were over one million users of food banks during the 2014-2015 financial year. The banks run on a 'front line' model rather than a 'warehouse' model. That is, food is taken in and distributed directly to those who need it. People are referred to the food banks by doctors, social services, CAB and police who assess need to ensure that it is genuine. Visitors are given vouchers for three days' worth of food, with each visitor eligible for no more than three vouchers. Visitors are also signposted to agencies that can help with longer-term difficulties. The Trussell Trust needs extra donations during the long summer school holiday because school children from poor families do not get free school meals then. The charity continues to work in Bulgaria, where it operates programmes that work with street children in the country, and Romani people who are among the poorest in the region. The Trussell Trust The"
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"The Eyes of Texas (TV series) The Eyes of Texas is a long-running regional television series which aired original episodes from 1969 to 1999. The program focused on unique people, events, and places throughout the state of Texas. It was produced and syndicated by KPRC-TV and Stonefilms, both in Houston. The series won a number of awards and produced a number of travel guides covering the state, intertwining notable locations featured in the program with the usual tourist attractions. The first host, KPRC news director Ray Miller (1919–2008), created the show and nurtured it through the early years. \"The Eyes of Texas\" evolved into a weekly celebration of Texas culture, history, and people. After Miller retired, KPRC anchor Ron Stone, whose production company syndicates the series, took over as host. Beginning in 2007, KPRC presented several \"Best of\" programs featuring memorable stories aired during the course of the original run, interspersed with recent pieces on various events and places in the style of the original series. As of 2009, new episodes have been airing periodically, hosted by current KPRC anchors Bill Balleza and Dominique Sachse. These travel guides, all containing text by Miller and photographs by Gary James (and others), were published in Houston by Cordovan Corporation: Second editions of the guides were published in the late 1980s by Lone Star Press. The Eyes of Texas (TV series) The Eyes of Texas is a long-running regional television series which aired original episodes from 1969 to 1999. The program focused on unique people, events, and places throughout the state of Texas. It was produced and syndicated by KPRC-TV and Stonefilms, both in Houston. The series won a number of awards and produced a number of travel guides covering the state, intertwining notable locations featured in the program with the usual tourist"
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"Abolition of serfdom in Poland Abolition of serfdom in Poland occurred over a period of time. At the end of 18th century a reform movement in Poland resulted in the Constitution of May 3, 1791 which took the peasantry under protection of state (the Constitution was later overthrown by Russia). Full abolishment was enacted by the Proclamation of Połaniec but it was also short-lived as Poland was parted by her neighbours. In the 19th century various reforms on Polish territories were taking place at different paces in the Austrian partition, Prussian partition and the Russian partition. Serfdom was abolished in Prussia in 1807, in Austria in 1848, in Russia in 1861, and in Congress Kingdom of Poland, in 1864. After the First Partition of Poland of 1772, Polish peasants who found themselves in the Austrian borders noticed some changes, particularly after the Serfdom Patent of 1781. The reformed serfdom granted peasants hereditary ownership of land, they could not be removed from the land without a court order, the serfdom was limited to three days a week, the serf children could seek education outside agriculture, and the government control and administration was extended to the serfs. But still peasants could not buy the lands on their own. The Polish peasants who found themselves in the Prussian borders noticed some small improvements, as the peasants couldn't be removed from land without a court order; they had the right to buy themselves out of serfdom, and send children to education aimed at attaining positions outside agriculture. German colonists were however given preferential treatment compared to Polish peasants. Either way, the Prussian reforms were not going as far as the Austrian ones. On the other hand, they were later discriminated because of their nationality (e.g. Drzymała's wagon and the German Kulturkampf measures). The Polish peasants who found themselves in the Russian borders were subject to an even harsher serfdom demands than they had in Poland. They also had to serve in the Imperial Russian Army. Serfdom was abolished in the Duchy of Warsaw on July 22, 1807, and in Prussia later that year on November 11, 1807. The reforms of the Congress Kingdom of Poland did not change the peasant situation significantly. The years 1830-1850 saw a raising conflict between the serfs, anti-serfdom activists and pro-serfdom governments, with increasing unrest and peasant rebellions particularly in Prussia and Austria. In Prussia, numerous smaller reforms improved the situations of peasants over the 19th century. In Austria, the reforms were spurred by the Kraków Uprising of 1846 and the Spring of Nations in 1848, resulting in the abolishment of serfdom in 1848. In 1846, in Congress Poland peasants gained protection from being removed from their land, and several other beneficial changes were also implemented. At the same time, unrest in the villages continued, affecting about 20% of those still under serfdom. Following the Emancipation reform of 1861 of Western Krai and the January Uprising of 1863-1864, an emancipation reform was introduced that went beyond that of the Russian Empire. In particular, peasants were allowed to regain some territories that they were removed from in the past. In Austria and Russia, many reforms improving the peasant situation on the Polish territories were spurred by, and accelerated by the governments desire to ensure peasant support for them, instead of the Polish activists, and to deny the Polish activists the additional support from the simmering peasant unrest. Abolition of serfdom in Poland Abolition of serfdom in Poland occurred over a period of time. At the end of 18th century a reform movement in Poland resulted in the Constitution of May"
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"Carlos Muñoz (Mexican footballer) Carlos Eduardo Muñoz Remolina (born September 8, 1959 in San Luis Potosí), popularly nicknamed \"El Internacional\" (The International), “El Pierna Fuerte” (The Strong Leg), “El Tigre Mayor” (The Chief Tiger), and “Carlitos\", is a Mexican footballer, who played midfielder and was a manager. He was also a member of the Mexico national team (). Muñoz was the assistant manager at Tigres de la UANL for 11 years. His personal life is always in order and as an example, he was an Industrial Engineer and Christian, Carlos Reinoso has repeatedly expressed his gratitude to Muñoz, at a very difficult stage of his life, supported and persuaded him to become a Christian, which helped him much. Carlos Muñoz arrived at Tigres de la UANL in the 1982-1983 season. He was considered one of the best midfielders in Mexico, and remained there until the arrival of Carlos de los Cobos, who began to take his place for the Mexico national team in 1995. A reference, a symbol, an icon, an asset, a franchise player, who defended the colors of Tigres de la UANL in all areas and all forms, Muñoz was respected by his peers and feared by his rivals. Muñoz began his international career playing in the 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship in Australia, where Mexico national team finished third in their group. Muñoz played in all three matches 0-1 West Germany national team, 1-1 Spain U-20 national team, and 3-3 Egypt U-20 national team). Muñoz played in the 1986 FIFA World Cup for Mexico national team, facing Belgium national team and Paraguay national team in Group B. Muñoz also played in the Round of 16 match against Bulgaria national team where Mexico won 2-0. His last match of the World Cup was against West Germany national team where Mexico national team fell 4-1 in penalties in the quarter-finals. After retiring as a player, he took up managing, becoming the assistant manager for Tigres de la UANL in 1998 and remaining there until 2009. Carlos Muñoz (Mexican footballer) Carlos Eduardo Muñoz Remolina (born September 8, 1959 in San Luis Potosí), popularly nicknamed \"El Internacional\" (The International), “El Pierna Fuerte” (The Strong Leg), “El Tigre Mayor” (The Chief Tiger), and “Carlitos\", is a Mexican footballer, who played midfielder and was a manager. He was also a member of the Mexico national team (). Muñoz was the assistant manager at"
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"John Patrick Flannery John Patrick (Sean) Flannery is an investment management expert with three decades of experience in international economics and the financial industry. He is an Affiliate at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs. His current research there is focused on “the role of global deregulation in the current financial crisis and economic development in low-resource environments.” For 2009-10, he was appointed as a Fellow of the program, and for 2010-11, as an Associate. He also collaborates with Corporate Knights Capital (Canada) and Meister Consultants Group (Boston) on investable sustainability opportunities. Flannery holds a B.A. in Economics from George Washington University. After he graduated from George Washington University, Flannery sold and managed fixed income investments with several different financial firms for approximately sixteen years. In September 1996, he joined State Street Global Advisors (SSgA), where he started as a product engineer He eventually became the Executive Vice President of State Street Corporation and Chief Investment Officer for the Americas. Between developed and emerging markets, Flannery managed almost US$2 trillion in assets under management across several markets. He was also responsible for fundamental and quantitative investment disciplines, and all other research functions at the firm. As an Executive Management Group member he was responsible for business strategy and firm management. Flannery was chair of the Technical Committee, which supervised investment strategies generated by quantitative models. He also served on the Proxy Committee and the Investment Committee. Flannery played a key role in developing the Pan Asian Investment Fund , sponsored by the Executive Meeting of East Asian Principals (EMEAP), and has worked comprehensively with more than thirty central banks. Outside of his investment and management portfolios, Flannery has taught at universities and industry conferences on topics related to investment and economics. In September 2010, Flannery and James D. Hopkins, former head of SSgA North American Product Engineering, were charged with misleading investors about the risks and concentration of subprime investments in State Street bonds funds. Flannery and Hopkins opted not to settle and were cleared of all charges in October 2011 by Brenda Murray, the chief administrative law judge of the SEC. She determined that the SEC did not show how Flannery and Hopkins' interactions with investors had broken any securities laws. In her decision, Judge Murray noted that “Flannery has had an unblemished record in the industry and those who have worked with him believe him to be unusually honest, capable, and ethical.” Flannery is Vice-Chairman of Corporate Knights Capital. He is a Director of the Ujenzi Trust, which addresses health challenges using sustainable solutions in sub-Saharan Africa and other low-resource locations. The organization is associated with the Massachusetts General Hospital, where Flannery serves as Senior Economic Advisor to the Division of Global Health and Human Rights. He also founded and is a Director of the African Institute for Innovation and Technology, located in Kisumu, Kenya. Flannery is a member of the Panel of Advisors of the Climate Bond Initiative, the Network for Sustainable Financial Markets, and the Boston Committee on Foreign Relations. John Patrick Flannery John Patrick (Sean) Flannery is an investment management expert with three decades of experience in international economics and the financial industry. He is an Affiliate at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs. His current research there is focused on “the role of global deregulation in the current financial crisis and economic development in low-resource environments.” For 2009-10, he was appointed as a Fellow of the program, and for 2010-11, as an Associate. He also collaborates with Corporate Knights Capital (Canada) and Meister Consultants Group (Boston) on investable sustainability opportunities. Flannery holds a B.A."
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"Charles Kenningham Charles Kenningham (18 November 1860 – 24 October 1925) was an English opera singer and actor best remembered for his roles in the 1890s with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company. After singing as a boy soprano, Kenningham briefly served in the 5th Dragoon Guards. After nearly five years' service as a tenor at Canterbury Cathedral, he performed in Arthur Sullivan's grand opera \"Ivanhoe\" in 1891. He then became principal tenor with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company until 1898. There he created several roles, including the tenor roles in the last two Gilbert and Sullivan operas. He was also a composer who had a number of songs published in the 1890s. From 1898 to 1906, he toured in Australia and New Zealand with the J. C. Williamson opera company. Kenningham was born in Hull, England. He began his musical career as a boy soprano soloist, at the age of eight, at Holy Trinity Church in Hull. Two years later he was principal boy chorister at St Paul's Cathedral in London, where he studied the organ with John Stainer. After his voice changed, he became the organist and choir master at St Luke's Church, Hull, at the age of age fourteen. After an engagement with a short-lived stage company he enlisted in the 5th Dragoon Guards. With that military company, he travelled to Egypt in 1882, taking part in two engagements. He then returned to England, where he was stationed at York and gave organ recitals, earning enough from them to purchase his military discharge. Kenningham's London stage debut was at the Adelphi Theatre in 1882 as Duvalor in a single matinée performance of Haydn Millars's operetta \"Mariette's Wedding\". He was appointed principal tenor at Canterbury Cathedral, where he sang for almost five years. He went on to create the role of Maurice de Bracy in Sir Arthur Sullivan's grand opera, \"Ivanhoe\", at the Royal English Opera House from January to July 1891. In August 1891 Kenningham joined a D'Oyly Carte Opera Company touring company as Indru in \"The Nautch Girl\". He replaced Courtice Pounds as Indru at the Savoy Theatre in October 1891 before returning to the Royal English Opera House to play Jeban D'Eveille in \"La Basoche\" by André Messager, and reprising his role as de Bracy in \"Ivanhoe\" for six performances during November and December 1891. Kenningham rejoined D'Oyly Carte on tour in March 1892 in the role of the Reverend Harry Sandford in \"The Vicar of Bray\". Returning to the Savoy Theatre in September 1892, he created the parts of Oswald in \"Haddon Hall\", Tom in \"Jane Annie\", and Captain Fitzbattleaxe in Gilbert and Sullivan's penultimate opera, \"Utopia, Limited\". When Courtice Pounds returned to the Savoy Theatre in July 1894 to take the tenor lead in \"Mirette\", Kenningham rejoined the D'Oyly Carte touring company as Fitzbattleaxe until October 1894, leaving to create the part of Erling in W. S. Gilbert and Osmond Carr's \"His Excellency\" at the Lyric Theatre from October 1894 to April 1895. Kenningham returned to D'Oyly Carte in July 1895 to tour as Cyril in \"Princess Ida\", Fitzbattleaxe in \"Utopia Limited\", and Count Vasquez in \"The Chieftain\". Kenningham returned to the Savoy Theatre as Nanki-Poo in \"The Mikado\" in November 1895, a revival that lasted until March 1896, when he created the part of Ernest Dummkopf in the last Gilbert and Sullivan opera, \"The Grand Duke\". He remained at the Savoy until May 1898, and appeared successively as Nanki-Poo from July 1896 to February 1897, Prince Max in \"His Majesty\" from February to April 1897, and Colonel Fairfax in \"The Yeomen of the Guard\" from May to November 1897. He played Fritz in D'Oyly Carte's revival of \"The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein\", from December 1897 to March 1898, and Marco in \"The Gondoliers\" from March to May 1898. In the 1890s Kenningham composed the music of several songs, including the ballad \"Without thy love\" (to lyrics written by a fellow D'Oyly Carte performer, Wallace Brownlow), \"Scarborough Sal\" and \"I Dream of the Days\". He wrote both the words and the music for \"Can it be Love\" and \"Love of my Life 'tis You\". His song \"Since thou hast come\", to lyrics by H Cornell, was sung by Ivor McKay at the inaugural concert of The Proms in August 1895. From 1898 to 1906, Kenningham toured in Australia and New Zealand for J. C. Williamson, who had bought the rights to produce the Gilbert and Sullivan operas there from Richard D'Oyly Carte. Kenningham performed in the leading tenor roles in \"The Yeomen of the Guard\", \"H.M.S. Pinafore,\" \"The Pirates of Penzance\", \"The Sorcerer\", \"Patience\", \"Iolanthe\", \"Princess Ida\", \"The Mikado\", \"The Gondoliers\" and \"Utopia, Limited\". He also played Lancelot in \"La poupée\" in 1899 and Donegal in \"Florodora\" in 1900. Kenningham died in Australia at the age of 64. Charles Kenningham Charles Kenningham (18 November 1860 – 24 October 1925) was an English opera singer and actor best remembered for his roles in the 1890s with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company. After singing as a boy soprano, Kenningham briefly served in the 5th Dragoon Guards. After nearly five years' service as a tenor at Canterbury Cathedral, he performed in Arthur Sullivan's grand opera \"Ivanhoe\" in 1891. He then became principal tenor with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company until 1898. There he created several roles, including the tenor roles in the last two Gilbert and Sullivan"
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"Thamnophis sauritus septentrionalis Thamnophis sauritus septentrionalis, the northern ribbon snake, is a subspecies of garter snake. It is one of four subspecies of the ribbon snake (\"Thamnophis sauritus\") and occurs in the United States and Canada in southern Maine, Connecticut, Massachusetts, southern Ontario, Michigan, New York, Nova Scotia, northern Minnesota, Ohio, Illinois, and Indiana. It is listed as a state endangered species in Wisconsin. It is a slender black or brown snake with three bright-yellow or white stripes on its back and sides. The head is black, with the scales alongside the mouth being white. The underside is also white or light yellow, but it is mostly white on juveniles and adults. Adult ribbon snakes are in length. Ribbon snakes inhabit marshes or live near the edges of lakes, ponds, and streams. They swim well and their diets include frogs, tadpoles, salamanders, small fish, and insects. Northern ribbon snakes have from three to 26 young which are born in late summer. The young snakes are 7-9 in long and are colored the same as the adults. As most garter snakes, the mother gives birth to live young (ovoviviparous). Thamnophis sauritus septentrionalis Thamnophis sauritus septentrionalis, the northern ribbon snake, is a"
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"Progressive Party of Coahuila The Progressive Party of Coahuila or PRO is a regional political party founded in the northern Mexican state of Coahuila de Zaragoza on October 2, 2011 in the city of Palaú. The members of this party are popularly known as progressive. Its motto is \"For a Progressive Coahuila\". Participated for the first time in elections for mayors 2013. The Progressive Party of Coahuila was initially formed by the fall of 2011, it was not until the summer of 2012 that formally began its registration as a political party before the Local Electoral Institute, finally getting it in March 2013. Since its registration, the PRO is considered the ruling established opposition party in the state, during the elections for mayor in 2013, formed an alliance with the National Action Party in several municipalities including the capital. Progressive Party of Coahuila The Progressive Party of Coahuila or PRO is a regional political party founded in the northern Mexican state of Coahuila de Zaragoza on October 2, 2011 in the city of Palaú. The members of this party are popularly known as progressive. Its motto is \"For a Progressive Coahuila\". Participated for the first time in elections for mayors"
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"Wilson-Martin House The Wilson-Martin House is a historic house at 511 Bond Street in Warren, Arkansas. The two story brick house was built in 1916, and is an excellent local example of Georgian Revival styling, despite later alterations. The house was built by John Rufus Wilson, a lawyer, teacher, and state legislator, and was sold by the Wilsons to Bryan Martin, a local merchant, in 1930. The house has elegant Georgian features, including a hip roof, brick corner quoins, and a projecting front entry porch with triangular pediment. The entrance is flanked on both sides by three casement Prairie-style windows. The second floor of the front has a pair of small windows above the entry porch, and flanking sash windows on either side. The house originally had single-story porches on three sides, but those on the east and south sides have been enclosed and topped by a second floor chamber. Other alterations have been made to the interior of the house, but it has retained much of its original material, including the porch supports for the enclosed porches. The property also includes original landscape elements. A poured concrete base wall lines the north and west property lines, with brick anchor posts. The sidewalk and driveway entrance have iron gates mounted on brick gate posts. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. Wilson-Martin House The Wilson-Martin House is a historic house at 511 Bond Street in Warren, Arkansas. The two story brick house was built in 1916, and is an excellent local example of Georgian Revival styling, despite later alterations. The house was built by John Rufus Wilson, a lawyer, teacher, and state legislator, and was sold by the Wilsons to Bryan Martin, a local merchant, in 1930. The house has elegant Georgian features, including"
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"Jean-Paul Fung Jean-Paul Fung (born 6 November 1988) is an Australian producer, engineer, mixer, musician and songwriter who has worked on multiple award-winning records. Fung learned how to play the piano, guitar, bass guitar and drums at a young age. Throughout his teenage years he played in punk rock, hardcore and folk music bands. In November 2009, at the now-defunct BJB Studios, Fung was hired as in-house assistant by Australian producer Scott Horscroft. He was later promoted to in-house audio engineer, shortly followed by in-house producer. Following the closure of BJB Studios in September 2011, Fung moved to freelance work. In Late 2010, he produced and engineered a single for young Brisbane band Last Dinosaurs. Their single \"Time & Place\" has received high rotation on Triple J. In 2011, the band again worked with Fung on their debut full-length album \"In A Million Years\", which debuted at No. 8 on ARIA Charts and No. 2 on ARIA digital charts. Fung's production credits include Theophilus London, Silverchair, Birds of Tokyo, Jet, Bluejuice, Josh Pyke, Die! Die! Die!, Art vs. Science, Little Red, Leader Cheetah, Phrase, Drapht, 360, Mahalia Barnes, Last Dinosaurs, My Disco, Guineafowl, Jinja Safari, Snakadaktal and Papa Vs Pretty. More recently, he has worked on various projects with Glass Towers, Private Life, Olympic Ayres, Colour Coding and Guineafowl. Jean-Paul Fung Jean-Paul Fung (born 6 November 1988) is an Australian producer, engineer, mixer, musician and songwriter who has worked on multiple award-winning records. Fung learned how to play the piano, guitar, bass guitar and drums at a young age. Throughout his teenage years he played in punk rock, hardcore and folk music bands. In November 2009, at the now-defunct BJB Studios, Fung was hired as in-house assistant by Australian producer Scott Horscroft. He was later promoted to in-house audio engineer,"
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"The Witches Hammer The Witches Hammer is a 2006 low budget English action/horror film written and directed by James Eaves, produced by British production company Amber Pictures, and starring Stephanie Beacham and Claudia Coulter with George Anton as an antagonistic vampire. After Rebecca (Claudia Coulter) is attacked in the streets, she is awakened by agents from \"Project 571\". She wants to return to her husband and son, but the agents inform her that she cannot because they have \"altered\" her to be a genetically modified vampire. Coercing her by promising that she might see her family again, they train her into a highly skilled assassin. Returning from an assignment and discovering that everyone at Project 571 has been slaughtered, Rebecca is rescued by a warlock named Edward (Jonathan Sidgwick) and taken to Madeline (Stephanie Beacham), the witch who heads \"Project 572\". She is told that they need her expertise to retrieve \"The Witches Hammer\", a spellbook written by the Russian witch Katanya. The book is required to kill the vampire Hugo Renoir (Tom Dover), whose only vulnerability is one of its spells. As Rebecca and Edward begin their quest, they are set upon by both rival vampires and Hugo's minions, each whom wish the book for themselves. First screened at Cannes on 22 May 2006, the film had its theatrical debut in Japan on 22 December 2006 and its DVD premiere on 7 March 2007 in the UK. The film received a nomination for \"Best Feature Film\" at the 2008 Swansea Film Festival. Don Sumner of \"Best Horror Movies\" wrote that one can see the \"influences of several other popular movies in the way the film’s story progresses and how the scenes are shot\", making note of influences from \"Blade\", where the protagonist is skilled in martial arts and, \"Underworld\" where vampires and werewolves have an eternal malice toward each other. He summarized by writing \"The story is great and engrossing, the characters are interesting and the acting is very good – especially the ice-queen performance of Stephanie Beacham\". \"Moria Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy Film Review\" most enjoyed the way writer/director Eaves crafted a \"back mythology\" and appreciated that the background of the supporting characters was treated with depth and imagination. Noting that the action scenes felt like they were \"boiler-plated in as set-pieces at regular intervals\", they felt that they were \"convincingly done and come with a stylish, well-choreographed kick\". Andrew Mackenzie of Beyond Hollywood wrote that \"The Witches Hammer\" \"exists only as an example of the terrible things that happen when filmmakers are heavily influenced by Hollywood.\" Rees Savidis of JoBlo.com rated the film 1.5/4 stars and called it amateurish and muddled. David Johnson of DVD Verdict called it \"an achingly abysmal exercise in vampire action-horror\". The Witches Hammer The Witches Hammer is a 2006 low budget English action/horror film written and directed by James Eaves, produced by British production company Amber Pictures, and starring Stephanie Beacham and Claudia Coulter with George Anton as an antagonistic vampire."
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"River Rose and the Magical Lullaby River Rose and the Magical Lullaby is a children's picture book written by American singer Kelly Clarkson, first published by HarperCollins on October 4, 2016. Illustrated by Laura Hughes, the story centers on a little girl who was too ecstatic to fall asleep on the eve of her first trip to the zoo. The book debuted at number 7 on \"The New York Times\" Best Sellers List for Children's Picture Books. It's a big day for River Rose as she is about to visit the zoo. But when she is too excited to fall asleep the night before, it takes a magical lullaby from her mom to send her off on a dream and musical adventure—soon River Rose is hopscotching with the hippos, slip-sliding with the penguins, and dancing with the big brown bears. \"River Rose and the Magical Lullaby\" was inspired by Clarkson's daughter, whom she took to various international locations—such as Vietnam, the United Kingdom, and Australia, while in the midst of a promotional campaign for her seventh studio album, \"Piece by Piece\" in 2015. Believing that her daughter was too young to be able to remember the places they visited, she wrote a variety of short stories to accompany a set of photographs she had filmed during their trips abroad for future use. Clarkson later developed those stories into a picture book, in which she remarked that she hoped that other children can also be inspired by it and know they that can achieve anything. On February 9, 2016, David Linker of HarperCollins acquired the worldwide publishing rights for the book from the Creative Artists Agency, which it plans to publish on October 4, 2016. HarperCollins also announced an original lullaby recording written and performed by Clarkson would accompany the book in its release. The book, released for sale on October 4, 2016, includes a link to a HarperCollins' website where the lullaby, \"River Rose's Magical Lullaby\", can be heard. The HarperCollins' website also directs the user to SoundCloud as a means to stream the recording. \"River Rose's Magical Lullaby\" was released as a promotional single digital download to online music stores or available to stream through music streaming services. On October 3, 2016, the day before the book's street date, a lyric video for the book's lullaby was uploaded to Clarkson's official YouTube channel. Prior to release of the book, Michelle Lynn praised it, stating that the book \"exceeded all expectations.\" She noted that \"the pictures are emotive and cute. The words flow off your tongue, making it much more pleasant to read the same book a million times\" and \"the rhymes never once lean toward the cheesy side\". She concluded the review on a positive note, saying that \"there isn't a single thing not to like about this story or the way it's presented\". River Rose and the Magical Lullaby River Rose and the Magical Lullaby is a children's picture book written by American singer Kelly Clarkson, first published"
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"Castro station Castro station is a Muni Metro station at the intersection of Market Street, Castro Street, and 17th Street in The Castro district of San Francisco, California. Service at the station began on June 11, 1980. The station consists of two side platforms next to the tracks on the second level down with the concourse mezzanine level overlooking it. Uniquely among Muni Metro stations, the platforms are slightly curved due to the transition from the Market Street Subway to the Twin Peaks Tunnel between this station and the now disused Eureka Valley, just southwest. At both Castro Street Station and Church Street Station, there is only one stairway on each side of Market Street leading into the station. (All other stations on the Market Street Subway have entrances spread out along the length of the station.) One of these entrances is located in Harvey Milk Plaza on the south-west corner of Market and Castro, and the other is on the north-west corner of Market and 17th. Muni plans to construct accessibility improvements, including a second elevator, in Harvey Milk Plaza at the south entrance of the station. , the project is projected to be complete in 2020. Castro station"
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"Bronze Head of Queen Idia The Bronze Head of Queen Idia is a commemorative bronze head from mediaeval Benin that probably represents Queen Idia, who was a powerful monarch during the early sixteenth century at the Benin court. Four cast bronze heads of the queen are known and are currently in the collections of the British Museum, the World Museum in Liverpool, the Nigerian National Museum in Lagos and the Ethnological Museum of Berlin. The bronze head was made using the lost wax casting technique in the early sixteenth century. It is a very realistic representation of a young woman from the Benin court, who wears a high pointed \"ukpe-okhue\" crown of lattice-shaped red coral beads. The eyes and two bands between them are inset with iron. Above each eyebrow are engraved four cicatrices. The sophisticated technique and design of the four heads suggest that they were made in the early sixteenth century, when Queen Idia, mother of Oba Esigie, ruled the Benin court. Many Benin works of art entered the European art market after the Benin Expedition of 1897. The British Museum head was presented to the museum by Sir William Ingram in 1897. Queen Idia played an instrumental role in her son's successful military campaigns against neighbouring tribes and factions. After her death, Oba Esigie ordered dedicatory heads of the queen to be made, to be placed in front of altars or in the Queen Mother's palace. The heads were designed to honour her military achievements and ceremonial power. Bronze Head of Queen Idia The Bronze Head of Queen Idia is a commemorative bronze head from mediaeval Benin that probably represents Queen Idia, who was a powerful monarch during the early sixteenth century at the Benin court. Four cast bronze heads of the queen are known and are"
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"American College of Healthcare Sciences The American College of Healthcare Sciences (ACHS) is a for-profit online college based in Portland, Oregon, that specializes in online holistic health distance education. The college was founded in 1978. ACHS was founded in 1976 as the extramural or distance education department of an on-campus naturopathic college in Auckland, New Zealand. Dorene Petersen, a graduate of the South Pacific College of Natural Therapeutics, was assigned head of the new department. In 1978, ACHS split off into a stand-alone institution as the South Pacific College was going through accreditation by an accrediting agency that did not accredit distance learning. Dorene Petersen became the head of the new institution, which was named the Australasian College of Herbal Studies. The USA office opened in 1991 and became owned and operated independently from the New Zealand school in 1995. It has grown each year. In 1998, ACHS became state licensed by the Oregon Department of Education. The Oregon Department of Education noted that it was the first state-licensed college in the U.S. offering distance education programs in holistic medicine. ACHS moved from Lake Oswego to its present campus in SW Portland in 2002. The Portland, Oregon, campus includes a botanical teaching garden (public welcome), the Apothecary Shoppe College Store, and custom-designed and accessible classroom and administrative offices. The following year, ACHS became accredited by the Distance Education Accrediting Commission and changed its name from the Australasian College of Herbal Studies to the Australasian College of Health Sciences. In May 2009, ACHS changed its name from the \"Australasian College of Health Sciences\" to the \"American College of Healthcare Sciences\". In September 2016 ACHS became a Certified B Corporation. Certified B Corps meet higher standards of social and environmental performance, transparency, and accountability and operate with a clear mission to benefit the communities they serve. The American College of Healthcare Sciences offers certificate programs, an Associate of Applied Science degrees, Master of Science degrees, and continuing education courses, webinars, community wellness workshops, and study-abroad programs. ACHS is accredited by the Accrediting Commission of the Distance Education Accrediting Commission (DEAC), which is recognized by both the U.S. Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) as an accrediting body. In February 2003, the American College of Healthcare Sciences opened its new campus in Portland, Oregon in the Johns Landing area next to the Willamette River. The campus includes the Botanical Teaching Garden, a demonstration garden open to the public which incorporates native and non-native herbs. The campus also includes the Apothecary Shoppe, where the college hosts community wellness events and the public can purchase organic certified and sustainably wildcrafted essential oils and herbs. The Botanical Teaching Garden also has a small lavender field planted alongside the footpath. The American College of Healthcare Sciences has been designated a Servicemembers Opportunity Consortium College (SOC). As a member of SOC, ACHS supports and complies with the SOC Principles and Criteria to ensure that servicemembers and their families: 1) share in the post-secondary educational opportunities available to other citizens; 2) are provided with appropriately accredited educational programs, courses, and services; and 3) receive enhanced access to American College's courses through flexible programs and procedures, including admissions, counseling, credit transfer, course articulations, recognition of nontraditional learning experiences, scheduling, and the ACHS online course format. ACHS is also participates in the Yellow Ribbon GI Education Enhancement Program and was named a 2012, 2011, and 2010 Military Friendly School by \"G.I. Jobs\" magazine. Select ACHS programs are approved for the use of Veteran's benefits by the Oregon Department of Education, the State Approving Agency. For information about Veteran's benefits and scholarships, contact the college. ACHS frequently hosts community wellness classes and workshops on the Johns Landing campus, which provide year-round opportunities for the community to learn about holistic health and wellness protocols. For those who cannot attend these events in person, many wellness workshops are filmed and posted as a health resource on ACHS TV. ACHS's many classes focus on a holistic approach to health care and to the environment. All classes promote sustainability; for example, ACHS gardening classes explore composting and nutrition classes talk about the benefits of buying organic foods. As of September 2008, ACHS pledged their participation to PGE's Save More, Matter More campaign. In place of traditional power, ACHS has pledged to use renewable power, which makes use of clean wind to save energy, cut costs, and help the environment. In 2009 ACHS was approved by Green America's Green Business Network. Green America's \"Green Business Network\" is the nation's only directory of screened and approved green businesses. Green America is a not-for-profit membership organization that was founded in 1982. Their mission is to harness economic power—the strength of consumers, investors, businesses, and the marketplace—to create a socially just and environmentally sustainable society. In December 2010, the ACHS Apothecary Shoppe became Oregon Tilth Certified Organic (OTCO). OTCO is the certifying agent for the National Organic Program (NOP) of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). In June 2013, ACHS and the Apothecary Shoppe was re-certified as a Green America Gold Certified Business. In January 2016 the Apothecary Shoppe, ACHS's college store, announced it will donate 2% of all essential oil sales to directly support global sustainability education initiatives in botanical production for the essential oil industry. In June 2016, ACHS was named #6 of out of 100 Best Green Workplaces by \"Oregon Business\" magazine. American College of Healthcare Sciences The American College of Healthcare Sciences (ACHS) is a for-profit online college based in Portland, Oregon, that specializes in online holistic health distance education. The college was founded in 1978. ACHS was founded in 1976 as the extramural or distance education department of an on-campus naturopathic college in Auckland, New Zealand. Dorene Petersen, a graduate of the South Pacific College of Natural Therapeutics, was assigned head of the new department. In 1978, ACHS split off into a stand-alone institution as the South Pacific College was going through accreditation by an accrediting agency that did"
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"1. FC Bamberg The 1. FC Bamberg was a German from the town of Bamberg, Bavaria. In 2006, the club merged with TSV Eintracht Bamberg to form 1. FC Eintracht Bamberg. 1. FC Eintracht went bankrupt in 2010 and a new club was formed, FC Eintracht Bamberg 2010. 1. FC had spent a number of seasons at top level in German football but, by the time of the merger, had fallen to an existence in the fifth and sixth division of German football. The new club briefly rose to tier-four Regionalliga Süd, dropped back to the Bayernliga before rising to the new Regionalliga Bayern again. 1. FC Bamberg, formed in 1901, made its first division debut in 1910, when it earned promotion to the Ostkreisliga, a statewide football league in Bavaria, where it played against the strongest Bavarian clubs at the time, 1. FC Nürnberg, FC Bayern Munich and SpVgg Fürth. 1. FC lasted for two seasons at this level, coming ninth in the league on both occasions and being relegated in 1912. The club returned to the Bavarian first division, now renamed the Kreisliga Bayern and divided into a northern and a southern division, after the First World War, in 1919. After struggling for the first two seasons, it profited after 1921 from a further split of the league, now into four regional divisions, and came fourth in 1922 and 1923. Nevertheless, in 1923, when the league was renamed to Bezirksliga Bayern and reorganised into a single division once more, \"1. FC\" did not qualify and was unable to return to top level football for almost 20 years. It was not until the Second World War that the club made a return to top-flight football, when it earned promotion to the northern division of the Gauliga Bayern, which had replaced the Bezirksliga in 1933. Bamberg had its greatest season in 1943–44, when it finished runners-up in its division, three points behind 1. FC Nuremberg. The following season was never completed because of the effects of the war. Post-war football saw the club being grouped in the second division Landesliga Bayern in 1945, a league the club won, earning promotion to the Oberliga Süd. The following season marked the team's last-ever in top-flight, coming 18th out of 20 clubs and being relegated once more in 1947. In the Landesliga, now sub-divided into two regional divisions, 1. FC won another championship but missed out on promotion when it lost to southern champions BC Augsburg, drawing at home and losing 1–4 in Augsburg. Bamberg won another title in the Landesliga in 1950, now in a single division again, but failed to gain promotion, missing out to Hesse champions SV Darmstadt 98. Instead, the side, along with four other Bavarian clubs, gained entry to the newly formed second division, the 2nd Oberliga Süd. In the new league, Bamberg never performed particularly well, with the exception of 1952–53, when the side came third, four points behind a promotion rank. While it narrowly avoided relegation in 1955, the season after the side went down after coming last in the league. The club took out two division titles in the northern group of the Amateurliga Bayern in 1957 and 1958, followed up by Bavarian championship wins over southern division winners FC Penzberg and FC Wacker München. It remained winless in the promotion round to the 2nd Oberliga in 1957, when Amicitia Viernheim and Borussia Fulda were promoted instead, but was luckier the following year and earned promotion alongside VfB Friedberg from Hesse. The team lasted for two seasons in the second division and made a permanent farewell from the league in 1960, when it once more came last. Bamberg remained a strong side in the Amateurliga, coming second and fifth in the years after relegation, with a final league title in 1963. It was unable however to crown the season with the Bavarian championship, missing out to TSV Straubing in three games. Additionally, because of the reorganisation of the German league system with the introduction of the Bundesliga, no promotion was available. For the club, it was the end of an era, it was never again able to repeat past performances. In the era from 1961 to 1967, Bamberg's Dieter Zettelmaier was capped twenty times for the German amateur team, scoring 13 goals for the team. Zettelmaier, an outstanding goal scorer, was also top scorer of the Bayernliga from 1961 to 1963 and once more in 1966. 1. FC qualified to play in the new single division third tier Bayernliga, which was established in 1963, but results from now on were poor. In 1967, the club suffered relegation to the fourth division the Landesliga Bayern-Nord, and it took until 1975 to make a return to Bavaria's highest league. The club became a predominantly mid-table side in the Landesliga from then on. A brief stint in the Bayernliga in 1975–76 was followed by another five Landesliga seasons. Another title in this league, in 1981, however returned the side to the Bayernliga. It spent five seasons at this level, with a seventh place in the first one as its best result, but another relegation followed in 1986. The club was not to return to this level either after that. Bambergs return to the Landesliga was an unlucky one, the club finished 15th and was relegated even further down, now to the Bezirksliga. Difficult years followed for the club, playing for a season in the Bezirksliga, gaining entry to the new Bezirksoberliga Oberfranken in 1988, and making a brief return for two seasons to the Landesliga from 1992 to 1994. In 1997, the side finally made a permanent return to the Landesliga, which it would play in for the next nine seasons, until the merger. In this era, two second places, in 2004 and 2006, were its best result, the later allowing the club to earn promotion back to the Bayernliga through the promotion round, but then under a new name. The club's promotion-clinching 2–0 victory against Freier TuS Regensburg in Schwabach on 13 June was to become the side's last competitive game under the old name and identity. The new club retained most the old clubs logo which depicts the Bamberg Horseman. The club's honours: The final seasons performances of the club since 1999: The club operated a successful basketball department for many years before it became independent as what is now the Brose Baskets Bamberg. The team shared the football departments rivalry to local neighbour Bayreuth, in the form of SpVgg Bayreuth in football and BBC Bayreuth in basketball. 1. FC Bamberg The 1. FC Bamberg was"
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"Jeff Julian (golfer) Jeffrey Jackson Wedgwood Julian (July 29, 1961 – July 15, 2004) was an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour. He was the grandson of Basketball Hall of Fame coach Doggie Julian. After a failed attempt to walk on at Clemson University, Julian returned to New England, turned pro, and began earning his PGA of America class A status. Julian played on what is now the Web.com Tour in 1990 and 1997 to 2000, winning the Nike Dominion Open in 1997. He played on the PGA Tour in 1996 and 2001 after earning his PGA Tour card through Q-School. He played the 2002 PGA Tour season on sponsor's exemptions. Julian was diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease) in October 2001. He succumbed to ALS in July 2004 and is survived by his wife Kimberly, and two sons, Keegan, and Tyler. Julian played in three U.S. Opens at Medinah in 1990, Shinnecock Hills in 1995, and Oakland Hills in 1996. Julian also won the 1992 Bangor Open and the 2000 Cape Cod Open. He was the recipient of the Ben Hogan Award in 2002. Jeff Julian (golfer) Jeffrey Jackson Wedgwood Julian (July"
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"Abalienatio Abalienatio, in Roman law, is a legal transfer of property by sale or other alienation. According to Cicero, \"abalienatio est ejus rei, quae mancipi est, aut traditio alteri nexu aut in jure cessio, inter quos ea jure civili fieri possunt.\" Cicero defines abalienatio to be \"ejus rei quae mancipi est;\" and this is effected either by \"traditio alteri nexu aut in jure cessio inter quos ea jure civili fieri possunt.\" According to this definition, abalienatio is of a Res Mancipi, a class of things determinate; and the mode of transfer is either by \"traditio nexu\" or by \"in jure cessio\". Abalienatio Abalienatio, in Roman law, is a legal transfer of property by sale or other alienation. According to Cicero, \"abalienatio est ejus rei, quae mancipi est, aut traditio alteri nexu aut in jure cessio, inter quos ea jure civili fieri possunt.\" Cicero defines abalienatio to be \"ejus rei quae mancipi est;\" and this is effected either by \"traditio alteri nexu aut in jure cessio inter quos ea jure civili fieri possunt.\" According to this definition, abalienatio is of a Res Mancipi, a class of things determinate; and the mode of transfer is either by \"traditio nexu\" or by \"in"
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"Sham (film) Sham is a lost 1921 American silent romantic drama directed by Thomas N. Heffron and starring Ethel Clayton and Theodore Roberts. The film is based on the 1905 play of the same name written by Elmer Harris and Geraldine Bonner, and was adapted for the screen by Douglas Z. Doty. Based upon a description in a film publication, Katherine Van Riper (Clayton) is an extravagant young society girl who is very much in debt, and her wealthy aunts and uncle refuse to give her any money. Katherine is desperate enough that she is considering marrying the wealthy Montee Buck (Hiers), although she is in love with the westerner Tom Jaffrey (Fillmore), who says he is poor. Finally, Katherine decides to sell the famous Van Riper pearls, pay off her debts, and marry Tom. However, upon examination the jewelry turns out to be paste, with her father having sold the genuine pearls several years earlier before his death. Montee is assured by the aunts that Katherine will marry him and tells this to Tom. Tom is about to leave town when Uncle James (Ricketts) steps in and pays off Katherine's debts, leaving the niece free to marry Tom. Sham"
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"Makoto Tanaka Tanaka was born in Shizuoka on August 8, 1975. After graduating from Shimizu Commercial High School, he joined Júbilo Iwata in 1994. From 1997, he became a regular player as center back and central player in golden era in club history. The club won many title 1997, 1999, 2002 J1 League, 1998 J.League Cup and 2003 Emperor's Cup. In Asia, the club won the champions 1998–99 Asian Club Championship and the 2nd place 1999–00 and 2000–01 Asian Club Championship. He left the club end of 2008 season for generational change. He moved to J2 League club Avispa Fukuoka in 2009. The club won the 3rd place in 2010 and was promoted to J1 League. He announced his retirement at the end of the 2011 season having played over 500 in his career. In July 1996, Tanaka was elected Japan U-23 national team for 1996 Summer Olympics. He played as center back of 3 back defender in all 3 matches. Although Japan won 2 matches, Japan lost at First round. At this time, Japan won Brazil in first game. It was known as \"Miracle of Miami\" () in Japan. On April 25, 2004, Tanaka debuted for Japan national team against Hungary. After the debut, he played many matches as center back. At 2004 Asian Cup, he played all 6 matches and Japan won the champions. In 2005, he also played many matches including 2006 World Cup qualification and 2005 Confederations Cup. In 2006, he was called up for Japan's 2006 World Cup team, but had to withdraw after sustaining a thigh injury in the run-up to the tournament. He played 32 games for Japan until 2006. Makoto Tanaka Tanaka was born in Shizuoka on August 8, 1975. After graduating from Shimizu Commercial High School, he joined Júbilo Iwata in"
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"Marathi Vishwakosh The Marathi Encyclopedia (or Marathi Vishwakosh) (Marathi:'मराठी विश्वकोश') is an online free encyclopedia in Marathi language, funded by the Government of Maharashtra, India. The project to create the encyclopedia started as a print project and was inaugurated in 1960, and Lakshman Shastri Joshi was named the first president of the project. The first volumes were published in 1976, and eventually 18 volumes were published by 2010. The encyclopedia began publishing the existing volumes on the internet on October 25, 2011, as announced by the Chief Minister of Maharashtra in Mumbai. Currently nineteen volumes of the encyclopedia are available online on the Internet. Marathi Vishwakosh The Marathi Encyclopedia (or Marathi Vishwakosh) (Marathi:'मराठी विश्वकोश') is an online free encyclopedia in Marathi language, funded by the Government of Maharashtra, India. The project to create the encyclopedia started as a print project and was inaugurated in 1960, and Lakshman Shastri Joshi was named the first president of the project. The first volumes were published in 1976, and eventually 18 volumes were published by 2010. The encyclopedia began publishing the existing volumes on the internet on October 25, 2011, as announced by the Chief Minister of Maharashtra in Mumbai. Currently nineteen volumes of"
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"Nokian Capacitors Nokian Capacitors Ltd., established in 1957, is a company that designs and manufactures equipment and systems for reactive power compensation and harmonic filtering such as low- and high-voltage power capacitors and air-core reactors. The factory is located in Tampere, Finland and the company employs about 230 people. A new reactor manufacturing plant was opened in 2005 and the company received the Finnish Internationalization Award in that year. AREVA’s Transmission and Distribution division has signed an agreement with the Finnish company, Nokian Capacitors Ltd, to acquire its activities. The operation is of strategic importance for AREVA as it will reinforce its position on the growing ultra high-voltage market. With 2006 sales of 51 million euros, the company currently has 290 employees and is represented in 70 countries at the time of the buyout. Capacitors are components used in High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) schemes and Flexible Alternative Current Transmission Systems (FACTS). HVDC and FACTS both help reduce CO emissions by respectively minimizing power losses and ensuring the balance and efficiency of high-voltage transmission networks. They also facilitate the connection of renewable energy sources into the power network. Nokian Capacitors Nokian Capacitors Ltd., established in 1957, is a company that"
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"No Point \"No Point\" is a song by avant-garde band King Missile. It appears on the band's 1990 album \"Mystical Shit.\" In \"No Point,\" a psychedelic rock track with prominent lead guitar, frontman John S. Hall sings a list of states and activities to which \"there is no point.\" The list includes answering the telephone, opening the mail, using drugs, \"not\" using drugs, and life and death themselves. In the liner notes of the compilation \"Mystical Shit & Fluting on the Hump,\" Hall writes of \"No Point\": The video for \"No Point\" was directed for $1200 by Benton Bainbridge. In the video, Hall plays a \"seeker\" who is repeatedly visited in his bedroom by an enigmatic \"seer,\" played by Andrea Cook. The seer presents the seeker with an assortment of objects, such as an alarm clock, a jacket, and a wind-up toy, which he invariably throws out his window and onto the sidewalk below, on which the other members of King Missile are playing. In between visits from the seer, the seeker uses a crystal ball to view various mystical and/or psychedelic images. At the end of the video, the seer appears to have achieved some form of enlightenment. Hall thinks the video \"sucked.\" No Point \"No Point\" is a song by avant-garde band King Missile. It appears on the band's 1990 album \"Mystical Shit.\" In \"No Point,\" a psychedelic rock track with prominent lead guitar, frontman John S. Hall sings a list of states and activities to which \"there is no point.\" The list includes answering the telephone, opening the mail, using drugs, \"not\" using drugs, and life and death themselves. In the liner notes of the compilation \"Mystical Shit & Fluting on the Hump,\" Hall writes of \"No Point\": The video for \"No Point\" was directed for $1200"
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"Janeth Arcain Janeth dos Santos Arcain (, born April 11, 1969 in São Paulo, Brazil) is a retired Brazilian professional women's basketball player. She played in the United States for the Houston Comets in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) from 1997–2005. Arcain is one of the players induced in the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2015. Arcain was one of the original players selected from the WNBA's inaugural season in 1997. She was selected 13th overall in the second round of the Elite draft by the Houston Comets. She played every Comets game in the first seven seasons of the WNBA before skipping the 2004 season to prepare for the Olympics. A key piece of the Comets dynasty that included four championships from 1997 to 2000, Arcain had her best season in 2001, averaging 18.5 points per game en route to Most Improved Player and First Team All-WNBA honors. With the Brazil national team, Arcain won the FIBA World Championship for Women in 1994 and two medals in the Olympic Games: silver in 1996, and bronze in 2000. Arcain also finished fourth in 2004, where she became the highest-scoring female player ever of the Olympics with 535 points, a record broken in 2012 by Lauren Jackson. She decided to retire after two big events to be hosted in Brazil, the 2006 FIBA World Championship for Women (fourth) and the 2007 Pan American Games (silver). Arcain was named mayor of the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic Village. Janeth Arcain Janeth dos Santos Arcain (, born April 11, 1969 in São Paulo, Brazil) is a retired Brazilian professional women's basketball player. She played in the United States for the Houston Comets in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) from 1997–2005. Arcain is one of the players induced in the Women's Basketball"
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"Febo Conti Febo Conti (25 December 1926 – 16 December 2012) was an Italian TV and radio presenter and actor. Born in Bresso, Conti started his career as radio-host in Radio Italia Nord, and then in RTSI. He was best known as host of the RAI TV quiz show \"Chissà chi lo sa?\" (trad. \"\"Who knows, who knows?\"\") that put in front two teams of students from different schools with an encyclopedia as the prize. The show was a huge success and it was broadcast for thirteen years. Conti was also co-founder and, between 1975 and 1980, manager of the theme park Gardaland. Febo Conti Febo Conti (25 December 1926 – 16 December 2012) was an Italian TV and radio presenter and actor. Born in Bresso, Conti started his career as radio-host in Radio Italia Nord, and then in RTSI. He was best known as host of the RAI TV quiz show \"Chissà chi lo sa?\" (trad. \"\"Who knows, who knows?\"\") that put in front two teams of students from different schools with an encyclopedia as the prize. The show was a huge success and it was broadcast for thirteen years. Conti was also co-founder and, between 1975 and 1980,"
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