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Creators (comics) The Creators is a fictional organization appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Publication history The Creators first appeared in Doctor Strange: Master of the Mystic Arts #19-20 (October, December 1976), and was created by Marv Wolfman and Alfredo Alcala. The organization subsequently appears in Doctor Strange #22-28 (April 1977-April 1978). Fictional organization history The Creators were a league of sorcerers from various time periods, some from at least as far back as the Pre-Cataclysmic era. Backed by the power of the In-Betweener, the Creators temporarily took control of the universe by transforming themselves into stars in an attempt to control the entire universe, and forcing the real stars into human forms. All was set right again by Doctor Strange and the Ancient One. References External links Category:Marvel Comics Atlanteans (pre-cataclysm)	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Andrea Borgato Andrea Borgato (born 14 December 1972) is an Italian para table tennis player and has represented his country in 2012 Summer Paralympics and 2016 Summer Paralympics. He became quadriplegic after being involved in a car accident in 1995. References Category:Italian male table tennis players Category:Paralympic table tennis players of Italy Category:Table tennis players at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Category:Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Category:Living people Category:1972 births	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Bobbau Bobbau is a village and a former municipality in the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since September 1, 2009, it has been part of the town Bitterfeld-Wolfen. Category:Villages in Saxony-Anhalt Category:Duchy of Anhalt Category:Bezirk Halle	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Get Stupid Get Stupid may refer to one the following topics: "Get Stupid", a 2004 song on the Mac Dre album Ronald Dregan: Dreganomics Get Stupid!, a 2005 book by Trevor Strong of the comedy team The Arrogant Worms "Get Stupid", a 2008 video interlude by Madonna featured on her Sticky & Sweet Tour "Get Stupid" (song), a 2015 song on the Aston Merrygold album Show Stopper	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
2008 Abierto Mexicano Telcel – Men's Doubles Potito Starace and Martín Vassallo Argüello were the defending champions. They were both present but did not compete together. Starace partnered with Nicolás Massú, but lost in the semifinals to Oliver Marach and Michal Mertiňák. Vassallo Argüello partnered with Albert Montañés, but lost in the first round to Óscar Hernández and Sergio Roitman. Oliver Marach and Michal Mertiňák won in the final 6–2, 6–7(3–7), [10–7], against Agustín Calleri and Luis Horna. Seeds Draw Draw External links Draw Category:2008 Abierto Mexicano Telcel Abierto Mexicano Telcel	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Barry Islands The uninhabited Barry Islands are members of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago in the Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut. They are located in Bathurst Inlet, southeast of Wollaston Point. Its two major islands are Algak Island and Kanuyak Island. References Category:Islands of Bathurst Inlet Category:Uninhabited islands of Kitikmeot Region Category:Islands of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Parvigrus Parvigrus is an extinct bird genus, with the single species Parvigrus pohli. It is considered a family, the Parvigruidae. The remains of Parvigrus pohli have been described from fossils found in Vachères in France, from rocks from the Lower Oligocene. The name Parvigrus is derived from the Latin parvus for small and grus for crane, the specific epithet refers to Burkhard Pohl who obtained the specimen for the Wyoming Dinosaur Center. Parvigrus pohli was a chicken sized relative of the cranes and the Limpkin. References Category:Gruiformes Category:Prehistoric birds of Europe Category:Oligocene birds Category:Fossil taxa described in 2005 Category:Taxa named by Gerald Mayr	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
European Community number The European Community number (EC number) is a unique seven-digit identifier that was assigned to substances for regulatory purposes within the European Union by the European Commission. The EC Inventory comprises three individual inventories, EINECS, ELINCS and the NLP list. Structure The EC Number may be written in a general form as: NNN-NNN-R, where R is a check digit and N represents integers. The check digit is calculated using the ISBN method. According to this method, the check digit R is the following sum modulo 11: If the remainder R is equal to 10, that combination of digits is not used for an EC number. To illustrate, the EC number of dexamethasone is 200-003-9. N1 is 2, N2 through N5 are 0, and N6 is 3. The remainder is 9, which is the check digit. There is a set of 181 ELINCS numbers (EC numbers starting with 4) for which the checksum by the above algorithm is 10 and the number has not been skipped but issued with a checksum of 1. EC Inventory The EC Inventory includes the substances in the following inventories. The content of these inventories is fixed and official. List numbers European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) also applies the EC number format to what it calls "List number". The number are assigned under the REACH Regulation without being legally recognised. Hence, they are not official because they have not been published in the Official Journal of the European Union. List numbers are administrative tools only and shall not be used for any official purposes. See also Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals European chemical Substances Information System CAS registry number References External links Category:Chemical numbering schemes Category:European Union law	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Ginkgo cranei Ginkgo cranei is an extinct Ginkgo species in the family Ginkgoaceae described from a series of isolated fossil ovulate organs and leaves. The species is known from upper Paleocene sediments exposed in the state of North Dakota, USA. It is the first Ginkgo species to be described from Paleogene period with reproductive structures. History and classification Ginkgo cranei is represented by a group of fossil specimens from the Upper Paleocene aged Sentinel Butte Formation exposed near the town of Almont, North Dakota. The specimens are preserved in a fine-grained yellow- to brown-colored shale with a notably high iron content. Fossils found in the shales are often three-dimensionally preserved with stem and seed structure intact. The age of the formation is based on the recovery of late Tiffanian mammals in the upper section of the formation along with the floral and palynological assemblages of the formation. Many of the G. cranei seeds are preserved as casts with hollow crystalline interiors and exterior cuticle present. Associated with the ovulate organs are fossil leaves that were formerly assigned to the taxon Ginkgo adiantoides. The type specimens for G. cranei include two ovulate organ fossils, a holotype and a paratype. The holotype is numbered number UWSP42706 which, along with four other specimens, is currently preserved in the paleobotanical collections of University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. The paratype, number PP34187, along with one additional specimen, are part of the geology collections maintained at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, Illinois. A total of only seven G. cranei ovulate organ fossils were known at the time of the species description. The specimens were studied by paleobotanist Zhiyan Zhou of Nanjing University, Cheng Quan of Jilin University and Yu-Sheng (Christopher) Liu of East Tennessee State University. Zhou and associates published their 2012 type description for G. cranei in the International Journal of Plant Sciences. The chosen specific name cranei was in honor of Sir Peter Crane who, with Steven Manchester and David Dilcher, first discovered the Almont Ginkgo fossils. Description G. cranei ovulate organs are noted for the presence of distinct epidermal cells that have thick, dome-like periclinal walls. Overall the ovulate organs range from by . Both the size and cell structuring is different from the living Ginkgo biloba ovulate organs, which are larger at and have less bulging periclinal walls. The stomata complexes found on G cranei ovulate organs and leaves are sparser in distribution and fewer in total number than the complexes on G. biloba. References Category:Flora of North Dakota Category:Fossil taxa described in 2012 Category:Ginkgophyta Category:Paleocene plants Category:Prehistoric plants Category:Plants described in 2012 Category:Extinct flora of North America	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Michael Hare Michael Meredith Hare (January 17, 1909 – August 30, 1968) was an American architect. Based in New York City, he advocated for modernism in architecture. Early life and education Michael Meredith Hare was born to Montgomery Hare and Constance Parsons Hare in New York City. He attended Groton School from 1921 to 1927. He entered Yale College in 1927 and transferred to the department of architecture in 1929. Following a leave of absence to study architecture in France in 1931, Hare returned to Yale in 1933 to complete his degree. In 1931 he married Jane P. Jopling; they had three children. During the Second World War Hare served in the U.S. Marine Corps. He later received a degree from Columbia University in 1935. Career Hare was seen as an imaginative, progressive young architect who produced controversial designs. While a student at Yale, his experiences in Paris changed him. He was completely out of sympathy with the philosophy then prevalent at that school. In Paris, Mr. Hare had become converted to the Contemporary viewpoint, quite different from that held at Yale. Hare later worked at New York architectural firm of Corbett and MacMurray, under famed architect Harvey Wiley Corbett. While at the firm, he was a part of a team of architects that helped construct Rockefeller Center and Radio City Music Hall. In 1936, Hare designed the Nordic Theater, a single-screen streamline moderne cinema in Marquette, Michigan. Initially the Peter White Building, the White family commissioned Hare to build the theater using an rare, unconventional design for acoustics. The Nordic Theater later served as the world premiere venue for the 1959 film Anatomy of a Murder. In 1937, Hare designed the Wisconsin Union Theater at the University of Wisconsin. He was a member of the Board of Design for the 1939 New York World's Fair where he pushed for the Fair to be contemporary rather than colonial. His theme, "The Fair of the Future", was modified to "The World of Tomorrow." In 1954, Hare was appointed by the President's Commission to design the U.S. embassy in Honduras. While in Honduras, he began the study of philosophy, psychology, and psychical phenomena and wrote several books on these subjects in 1966 and 1968. He died on August 30, 1968 in Cambridge, England. Known Works Rockefeller Center (1928) Radio City Music Hall (1931) Nordic Theater (1936) Wisconsin Union Theater (1939) Dau-Kreinheder Hall (Valparaiso University) (1955) References External links Wisconsin Union Theater Category:1909 births Category:1968 deaths Category:20th-century American architects Category:Architects from New York City	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
National symbols of Bangladesh The national symbols of the Bangladesh consist of symbols to represent Bangladeshi traditions and ideals that reflect the different aspects of the cultural life and history. Bangladesh has several official national symbols including a historic document, a flag, an emblem, an anthem, memorial towers as well as several national heroes. There are also several other symbols including the national animal, bird, flower and tree. Flag Emblem Government seal Musical nationalism National anthem Amar Sonar Bangla (, "To Love, To Sound, Bengal ") is song written and composed by the Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore, the first ten lines of which were adopted in 1972 as the national anthem of Bangladesh. The song was written in 1905 during the period of Bônggôbhônggô (Partition of Bengal (1905)) - when the ruling British empire had the province of Bengal split into two parts. This song, along with a host of others, was written by Tagore, a pioneer of the cultural and political movement against this partition. These songs were meant to rekindle the unified spirit of Bengal, to raise public consciousness against the communal political divide. The lyrics first appeared in the September issues of "Bongodorshon" and "Baul" simultaneously, in 1905. It is said that the music of this song was inspired by the Baul singer Gagan Harkara's song "Kothay Pabo Tare". The instrumental orchestra rendition was composed by Samar Das. The English translation was done by Syed Ali Ahsan. National march Notuner Gaan (, Natunēra gāna) is the national march () of Bangladesh. This song is written by Kazi Nazrul Islam, the national poet of Bangladesh (also known as 'rebel poet'), in 1929. This song is belongs to his famous book titled as The Evening (Sôndhya: ). Nazrul is the musician of the song too. On 13 January 1972, the ministry of Bangladesh has adopted this song as a national marching song on its first meeting after the country's independence. At any military ceremony or function, first 21 lines of the song is being played. It is also known as the national military song of Bangladesh. Honors song Ekusher Gaan ( "The Song of Twentyfirst"), more popularly known (after its first line) as Amar Bhaier Rokte Rangano ( "My Brothers' Blood Spattered") is a Bengali song written by Abdul Gaffar Choudhury to mark the Bengali Language Movement in 1952 East Pakistan. It was first published anonymously in the last page of a newspaper with the headline Ekusher Gaan, but was later published in Ekusheys February edition. The song is often recognized as the most influential song of the language movement, reminding numerous Bangladeshis about the conflicts of 1952. Every 21 February sees people from all parts of the Bangladesh heading to the Shaheed Minar in the probhat feri, a barefoot march to the monument, paying homage to those killed in the language movement demonstrations by singing this song. It is regarded by the listeners of BBC Bengali Service as the third best song in Bengali. Flora and fauna National monuments and memorials Shaheed Minar National Martyrs’ Memorial Martyred Intellectuals Memorial Column of Independence Other national and official symbols References *	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
On n'est pas couché On n'est pas couché is a French talk show broadcast on France 2 every Saturday night, presented by Laurent Ruquier and co-produced by Ruquier and Catherine Barma. It first aired on 16 September 2006 and is currently in its thirteenth season. Ruquier is assisted by two columnists, currently Christine Angot and Charles Consigny. Notable personalities have starred on the show, including Éric Zemmour, Éric Naulleau and Natacha Polony. Secondary columnists are also sometimes present, including humourists Jonathan Lambert and Nicolas Bedos. The show runs for about 190 minutes. Ruquier starts by a monologue that lasts for about 20 minutes; he presents the past week's news with humour. He also presents some of the week's best cartoons before turning to his columnists for comments. The five guests (mainly actors, singers, writers) then talk about their projects and interact with the columnists. A personality (often a politician, philosopher, union leader) is then interviewed by Ruquier and his columnists for about an hour. Columnists References Category:French television talk shows Category:2006 French television series debuts	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Joshua Breakstone Joshua Breakstone (born July 22, 1955) is an American jazz guitarist. Breakstone came into contact with the music business early in life through his parents and siblings. His sister was a lighting technician at the Fillmore East theater, where he saw musicians such as Jimi Hendrix and Frank Zappa. Later, he became interested in jazz and was influenced by Charlie Parker and Lee Morgan. He studied with guitarist Sal Salvador in Manhattan. In 1972, he enrolled at the New College of the University of South Florida and graduated three years later. He continued studies at Berklee College of Music. After living in Brazil for a few months, he returned to New York City, where he performed and taught. In 1979, he recorded with Canadian saxophonist Glen Hall, with Joanne Brackeen, Cecil McBee, and Billy Hart participating. Until 1983, when he recorded his debut album, he worked with Vinnie Burke, Warne Marsh, Emily Remler, and Aaron Bell. He taught privately and at the Rhode Island Conservatory of Music. Beginning in 1986, Breakstone recorded four albums for Contemporary Records, with sidemen including Pepper Adams, Kenny Barron, Dennis Irwin, Jimmy Knepper, Tommy Flanagan, Keith Copeland, and Kenny Washington. In 1986 he went on his first tour of Japan. Since then, Breakstone has played twice a year in Japan. He has worked with Terumasa Hino, Monkey Kobayashi, and Eiji Nakamura. In 1991, he signed a contract with the Japanese label King Records, which released four albums: Walk Don't Run (with interpretations of Shadows and Ventures numbers such as "Telstar" and "Apache") and I Want to Hold Your Hand and Oh! Darling, two albums with Beatles compositions. On Remembering Grant Green (Evidence, 1996), he worked with organist Jack McDuff and the drummer Al Harewood, who had been sideman for guitarist Grant Green. His album Sittin' on the Thing with Ming (Capri, 1994) contained many of his compositions. He followed that album with tributes to Thelonious Monk, Wes Montgomery, and Bud Powell. He recorded A Jamais (Capri, 2004) with French musicians Louis Petrucciani and . In 2005, the album Memoirs - The French Sessions, Vol. 2 was produced in France. Discography References Sources Richard Cook and Brian Morton: The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings, 8th Edition, London, Penguin, 2006 Category:American jazz guitarists Category:Guitarists from New Jersey Category:People from Elizabeth, New Jersey Category:1955 births Category:Living people Category:20th-century American guitarists	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Santa Maria della Sanità, Naples The Basilica of Santa Maria della Sanità is a basilica church located over the Catacombs of San Gaudioso, on a Piazza near where Via Sanità meets Via Teresa degli Scalzi, in the Rione of the Sanità, in Naples, Italy. The church is also called San Vincenzo or San Vincenzo della Sanità, due to the cult of an icon of San Vincenzo Ferrer, also called locally O' Monacone (the big monk). History The church was originally attached to a Dominican monastery founded in 1577. The church was built in a centralized Greek-cross plan from 1602 to 1613 using the architectural designs of Giuseppe Nuvolo. The main altar is elevated and accessed via flanking Baroque-style spiraling staircases, all sheathed in polychrome marble. The entrance to the crypt or catacombs is beneath the altar, which was elevated above the site of the original chapel at the site. On the left of the nave is an elevated polychrome marble pulpit, designed by Dionisi Lazzari. The crypt, once site of a paleochristian chapel, was supposedly the burial site for San Gaudioso, a bishop of North Africa. The crypt has ten shallow altars surmounted by frescoes by Bernardino Fera. The interior of the upper church and chapels are decorated by painters such as: Giovanni Balducci (St Peter Martyr in right 2nd chapel) Giovanni Bernardino Azzolini (Virgin of the Rosary and a Condemnation of the Albigensian Heretics in the large chapel and an Annuciation in 3rd chapel on the left), Andrea Vaccaro (Marriage of St Catherine in right 4th chapel and St Catherine of Siena receives Stigmata in right 5th chapel) Girolamo de Magistro (Santa Lucia left large chapel) Giovanni Vincenzo Forli (Circumcision in large chapel on left) Luca Giordano (San Nicola with saints Ambrose and Ludovico Beltrando below in the first chapel on the right, Sermon of San Vicenzo in right 3rd chapel beside the original 5th century icon; also painted Virgin with St Rosa in left 2nd chapel, and a St Hyacinth a cui porge una scritta "gaude fliimi hyacinte". He also painted a St Pius V with Dominican Saints) Pacecco de Rosa (St. Thomas of Aquino) Gaspare Traversi (ovals in 3rd chapel on left) Agostino Beltrano and his wife Aniella de Rosa (San Raimondo da Pennafort in first chapel on left) Also works by Anna Maria Bova, Francesco Solimena, Giovanni Pisani, and Filippo Donzelli. The original church was connected to the veneration of San Gaudioso, a bishop of Abitina in the Roman province of Africa, who died in Naples in c.451 after being set adrift from the north African coast by the Vandal King Genseric. In the 1500s, a 6th-century image of the Madonna and Child was uncovered here, and led to the establishment of this church. The marble pulpit dates from 1677 to 1705. The organ, now in disuse, dates from the early 1700s. References External links Category:Basilica churches in Naples Category:Roman Catholic churches completed in 1613 Category:17th-century Roman Catholic church buildings Category:Church buildings with domes Category:Rione Sanità	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Center for Advanced Engineering Environments The Center for Advanced Engineering Environments (CAEE) is a department center of the Frank Batten College of Engineering and Technology at Old Dominion University. The center was created in 2001 to serve as a focal point for research activities pertaining to Collaborative distributed Knowledge discovery and exploitation, Interactive visual simulations, Intelligent synthesis, and advanced learning/training technologies and environments, and their application to future complex engineering systems. The activities of the center include the synergistic coupling of modeling, visual simulations, intelligent agents, multimedia and synthetic environments, human-technology interactions, computational intelligence, computational, information and collaboration technologies in the multidisciplinary analysis, sensitivity studies, optimization, design and operation of complex engineering systems. The Center is located at the Old Dominion University Peninsula Higher Education Center in Hampton, Virginia. Objectives The Center has the following five specific objectives: Conduct innovative research on applications of the aforementioned areas to complex engineering systems. Develop innovative paradigms, technologies and strategies for Advanced Learning / Training Environments. Act as a pathfinder, by demonstrating to the research community what can be done (high-potential, high-risk research). Help in identifying future directions of research, and future interdisciplinary areas, in support of future complex engineering systems. Form strategic partnerships with technology providers, industry and research organizations to accelerate technology and workforce development. In addition to research, the activities of the Center include forming strategic partnerships and collaborative agreements with leading universities, industry and software vendors who are developing collaborative distributed Knowledge discovery and exploitation systems and intelligent synthesis environments for future aerospace and other high-tech engineering systems; organizing workshops and national symposia; and writing monographs and special publications on timely topics. Research The current research activities of the center include: Collaborative distributed engineering knowledge discovery and exploitation Interactive distributed visual simulation environment and 3D virtual worlds Pervasive blended lifelong cyberlearning (using learning and research networks, personal/collaborative learning environments, 3D interactive immersive classrooms, and other emerging learning spaces / platforms) Distributed heterogeneous augmented and hyper-reality systems Brain-based, intelligent and multimodal human-technology interfaces Intelligent, adaptive cyber-physical ecosystems and emergent engineering Facilities The CAEE website provides the following facilities: Comprehensive Information Retrieval Intelligent Question/Answering – Search Facility Patent Applications/Filings Search Facility Space and Technology News and Blog Alerts Knowledge Repositories Links to Multimedia Sites NASA Sites International Space Agencies Other Sites References Category:Old Dominion University Category:Laboratories in the United States Category:Hampton, Virginia Category:Educational institutions established in 2001	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Performance testing Performance test or performance testing may refer to: Performance test (assessment), an assessment requiring the subject to perform a task or activity Performance test (bar exam), a section of the bar exam simulating a real-life legal task Software performance testing, a procedure to determine how a system performs under a particular workload See also Performance (disambiguation)	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Brontispa longissima Brontispa longissima (known as the coconut leaf beetle, the two-coloured coconut leaf beetle, or the coconut hispine beetle) is a leaf beetle that feeds on young leaves and damages seedlings and mature coconut palms. It has become an increasingly serious pest of coconuts throughout various growing regions in the Pacific, especially over the last 3 decades, including Indonesia, Solomon Islands, Vietnam, Nauru, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Maldives, Myanmar, Hainan Island, and Aru Islands, and most recently, the Philippines. On September 27, 2007, Philippines' Metro Manila and 26 provinces were quarantined due to having been infested with this pest (to save the $800-million Philippine coconut industry). Control measures include pesticides, and biological control agents such as parasitic wasps (e.g., Asecodes hispinarum). There is a similar-looking pest species of leaf beetle in a related genus, Plesispa reichei, also sometimes referred to as the "coconut leaf beetle", which is distinguished only with some difficulty from B. longissima; primarily by its slightly broader body and stronger punctation. Sources ASEAN IPM Fact Sheet References Category:Chrysomelidae Category:Insect pests of tropical forests Category:Beetles of Asia	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
List of medical schools in Iran This list of medical schools in Iran includes major academic institutions in Iran that award Doctor of Medicine (MD) degrees. Current medical schools {\| class="wikitable sortable" \|- ! scope="col" \| Province ! scope="col" \| City ! scope="col" \| School ! scope="col" \| Est. \|- \|Tehran \|Tehran \|Tehran University of Medical Sciences School of Medicine \|1851 \|- \|Tehran \|Tehran \|Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences School of Medicine \|1961 \|- \|Isfahan \|Isfahan \|Isfahan University of Medical Sciences School of Medicine \|1946 \|- \|Fars \|Shiraz \|Shiraz University of Medical Sciences School of Medicine \|1946 \|- \|Eastern Azerbaijan \|Tabriz \|Tabriz University of Medical Sciences School of Medicine \|1947 \|- \|Khorasan Razavi \|Mashhad \|Mashhad University of Medical Sciences \|1949 \|- \|Tehran \|Tehran \|Iran University of Medical Sciences School of Medicine \|1974 \|- \|Tehran \|Tehran \|Shahed University of Medical Sciences School of Medicine \|1990 \|- \|Tehran \|Tehran \|Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences School of Medicine \|1994 \|- \|Tehran \|Tehran \|AJA University of Medical Sciences School of Medicine \|1993 \|- \|Hamadan \|Hamadan \|Hamadan University of Medical Sciences School of Medicine \|1975 \|- \|Khuzestan \|Ahvaz \|Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences School of Medicine \|1955 \|- \|Tehran \|Tehran \|Islamic Azad University Medical Branch of Tehran \|1985 \|- \|Markazi \|Arak \|Arak University of Medical Sciences School of Medicine \|1987 \|- \|Western Azerbaijan \|Urmia \|Urmia University of Medical Sciences School of Medicine \|1980 \|- \|Fars \|Jahrom \|Jahrom University of Medical Sciences School of Medicine \|1978 \|- \|Qom \|Qom \|Qom University of Medical Sciences School of Medicine \|1997 \|- \|Alborz \|Karaj \|Alborz University of Medical Sciences School of Medicine \|2010 \|- \|Mazandaran \|Babol \|Babol University of Medical Sciences School of Medicine International Branch \|1962 \|- \|Sistan and Balouchistan \|Zahedan \|Zahedan University of Medical Sciences School of Medicine \|1986 \|- References * Medical Schools In Iran, List Of Iran, List Of Medical Schools In	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
St. James Episcopal Church (Wilmington, North Carolina) St. James Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal church in the historic district of Wilmington, North Carolina. The church is part of the Episcopal Diocese of East Carolina and is the oldest church in the city of Wilmington. It is a contributing building in the Wilmington Historic District. History New York architect Henry C. Dudley (1813-1894) designed the truss roof in 1871 and the chancel and transept in 1885. Over his lifetime Dudley designed over 180 churches throughout the southern and eastern states. Church interior St. James Episcopal Church's oak altar and reredos were carved by Silas McBee, depicting the Nativity, Crucifixion, and Resurrection of Jesus. McBee also designed the Bishop's chair and two of the stained glass windows, including The Resurrection of Christ. Ecce Homo A painting of Christ was found in the captain's cabin of the Fortuna by scavengers when being salvaged. The painting turned out to have been done by Spanish artist Francisco Pacheco, and was named Ecce Homo, Latin for Behold the Man. The painting was given to St. James Episcopal Church in 1751, and still resides in the church. Notable burials The historic graveyard at St. James has many notable burials. These burials include: Cornelius Harnett, American Revolutionary George Washington Glover, first husband of Mary Baker Eddy Grainger & Joshua Wright, Wrightsville Beach was named after their father Joshua Grainger Wright Robert Strange, Episcopal bishop Thomas Atkinson, Episcopal bishop Thomas H. Wright, Episcopal bishop Elizabeth Brice, only daughter of Marmaduke Jones, Esq. who was a member of Royal Governor Arthur Dobbs's Council, and later Attorney General of NC. References Category:Churches completed in 1839 Category:Anglican congregations established in the 18th century Category:Cemeteries in North Carolina Category:Churches in Wilmington, North Carolina Category:Episcopal church buildings in North Carolina Category:Reportedly haunted locations in North Carolina Category:19th-century Episcopal church buildings	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Baby Hold On "Baby Hold On" is a song recorded by American rock singer Eddie Money. It was written by Money and guitarist Jimmy Lyon and released in 1978 as the first single from Money's debut album Eddie Money. The song reached number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 4 on the Canadian Hot 100, and number 19 on the Kent Music Report. The song was a big success, and has since been considered one of Eddie Money's most famous songs. It still gets frequent airplay on classic rock and adult contemporary radio stations. Content "Baby Hold On" starts with a simple, catchy guitar introduction by Jimmy Lyon. The song contains this similar riff, but builds in tempo as the song progresses. The lyrics alter the borrowed refrain "Whatever will be, will be/The future's NOT ours to see" from the Doris Day song "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)" written by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans to "Whatever will be, will be/the future IS ours to see". Critical reception James Halliday of Rolling Stone magazine gave the song 4/5 stars in 1977. He stated "while 'Baby Hold On' is simple, it's simply catchy and it's bound to get stuck on your head; which is a good thing in this case." In popular culture "Baby Hold On" was performed by Eddie Money on Saturday Night Live in 1978 and American Bandstand in 1980. The song was used in the films Queens Logic (1991), Imaginary Heroes (2004), Roll Bounce (2006), A Little Help, and Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser (2016). while he performed the song on NBC Sunday Night Football in 2011. The song was featured in the video games Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (2006) and Rock Band 3 (2010), on the TV shows, Cold Case S5 E14 "The Cornerstone", Hawaii Five-O S4 E3 "The Last Break", as well as in an episode of the musical television series Take Me Out in 2013. It also appeared in a 2007 Chevrolet Silverado television commercial, and in an episode of The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. The song was covered by John Roberts for the Bob's Burgers episode O.T.: The Outside Toilet. Chart performance Weekly charts Year-end charts References External links Category:Eddie Money songs Category:1978 debut singles Category:Song recordings produced by Bruce Botnick Category:1977 songs Category:Songs written by Eddie Money Category:Columbia Records singles	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
2015–16 FC Ararat Yerevan season The 2015–16 season is a FC Ararat Yerevan's 25th consecutive season in Armenian Premier League. This article shows player statistics and all official matches that the club will play during the 2015–16 season. Squad Transfers Summer In: Out: Winter In: Out: Frendlies Competitions Armenian Premier League Results summary Results by round Results Table Armenian Cup Statistics Appearances and goals \|- \|colspan="14"\|Players who left Ararat Yerevan during the season: \|} Goal scorers Disciplinary Record References Category:FC Ararat Yerevan seasons Ararat Yerevan	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
2012 Scottish local elections The 2012 Scottish local elections, were held on 3 May, in all 32 local authorities. The Scottish National Party (SNP) overtook Labour to win the highest share of the vote, and retained and strengthened its position as the party with most councillors. Labour also made gains, while the Liberal Democrats experienced meltdown, falling behind the Conservatives. For the first time since the introduction of the Single Transferable Vote system, the SNP won majority control of 2 councils, from no overall control. Labour also won majority control of 2 councils from no overall control, while retaining majority control over 2 councils. Independent councillors retained majority control over the 3 island councils. The 23 other councils remained under no overall control. Background The election was due to be held on 5 May 2011, but Scottish Ministers heeded the advice of the Gould Report and split the Holyrood and local elections - in order to avoid a repeat of the 2007 fiasco. These local elections were the second since the Single Transferable Vote (STV) was first introduced for the 2007 local government elections. This election was the first since the SNP won a majority in the Scottish Parliament. They were also the first local elections in Scotland since 1995 not to take place at the same time as a Scottish parliamentary election. New eCounting system In October 2010 a new company - Logica was awarded the contract for the vote counting system for the 2012 council elections, and since January 2011 testing has been under way to sort out many issues. On the 5 August 2011, A Dummy election was set up in Perth to test out new "eCounting" system, as part of robust test, in which 160,000 ballot papers run through the machine. This forms third stage of rigorous testing of the system in partition of these elections. Party performance Both the SNP and Labour performed well, increasing both share of the vote and their numbers of councillors. The SNP gained control of two councils from No Overall Control: Angus and Dundee. Labour gained majority control over two councils, Renfrewshire and West Dunbartonshire, also from No Overall Control, and held on to their overall majority in both Glasgow and North Lanarkshire councils. The Conservative & Unionist Party lost significant ground, but did gain a seat in Argyll & Bute and managed to come third. The Liberal Democrats continued to experience a political meltdown following on from the previous year's Scottish elections, losing 57% of their councillors. In one Edinburgh ward, Pentland Hills, Mike 'Professor Pongoo' Ferrigan who intended to dressed as a penguin to council meetings received 444 first-preference votes, 74 more than the Liberal Democrat candidate, Stuart Bridges, and 122 more than the Green Party candidate. In Edinburgh, where the Liberal Democrats had previously been in a ruling coalition with the SNP, they lost 13 of their 16 seats. In the Fife Council ward of 'Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages', the party's candidate, Lois Lothian, received just 21 votes. The Scottish Greens boosted their councillor numbers from 8 to 14, including doubling their representation in Edinburgh (where they topped the poll in two wards for the first time) and electing councillors for the first time to Stirling, Midlothian and Aberdeenshire local authorities (note: Cllr Martin Ford, re-elected in 2012 as a Green, won in 2007 as a Liberal Democrat). The Scottish Socialist Party held its sole seat, that of Jim Bollan in West Dunbartonshire. Meanwhile, the UK Independence Party lost its sole councillor in Scotland on Fife Council. Independent councillors retained majority control over the three island councils (Na h-Eileanan Siar, Orkney and Shetland). Aftermath Talks took place to decide who would control of the 23 remaining councils This resulted in Labour taking control of Fife, East and West Lothian, Inverclyde and South Lanarkshire and forming a grand coalition with the SNP in the City of Edinburgh and an anti-Conservative alliance in East Renfrewshire. The SNP took control of Clackmannanshire, North Ayrshire and Perth and Kinross and became the largest party in controlling coalitions in Argyll and Bute, Highland, Midlothian, Scottish Borders and East Ayrshire. They also joined the Scottish Conservatives in a coalition arrangement in Dumfries and Galloway. Results Results to follow: Note: The net gain/loss and percentage change in number of votes relates to the result of the previous Scottish local elections on 3 May 2007. This differs from the table in the reference above which shows gain/loss relative to seats held at dissolution of Scotland's councils. Analysis Councils Name of party shows the largest group within each council. However, the party names in brackets identify members of a coalition leading the council. In some cases, the largest party is shown, but is not in charge of the council. Further reading Complete results and vote data files for all wards in Scotland, with figures illustrating the count process, are available at http://www.macs.hw.ac.uk/~denis/stv_elections/SC2012/ Notes References 2012 Local Category:May 2012 events in the United Kingdom	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Michael Cranford Michael Cranford is an ethicist, game developer, and software architect. Game designer Cranford is best known as a game designer and game programmer. He was the designer and programmer of 1985's The Bard's Tale and 1986's The Bard's Tale II: The Destiny Knight role-playing video games published by Interplay Productions. He also programmed the Apple version of Donkey Kong, the Commodore 64 version of Super Zaxxon, as well as Maze Master (a spiritual predecessor of The Bard's Tale). His last video game was Dark Seed for Cyberdreams in 1992. He left the video game industry to pursue graduate studies, and thus was not involved in the creation of 1988's The Bard's Tale III. Almost thirty years later, however, he was approached by inXile Entertainment to assist with the development of The Bard's Tale IV and had agreed to provide feedback and advice for the new game. Academic career He was a professor for eight years at Biola University in La Mirada, California, gaining his Master of Divinity degree from Biola and a master's degree in Social Ethics from the University of Southern California. He studied architecture at the University of California at Berkeley and he holds a degree in philosophy from the University of California, and has completed a Ph.D. in Religion and Social Ethics from the University of Southern California, with a focus on ethics and technology. His current work focuses on web application development and voice-interactive interfaces. Publications Reprinted in Personal life Cranford is a Christian with no denominational affiliation. He was divorced in October 2013, though he refused to participate in the divorce due to his religious convictions. He has three children from the marriage: Logan, Leilani and Dylan. References External links The Bard's Tale Compendium - more information about Michael Cranford's popular game series GDC 2018 will host a Classic Game Postmortem of The Bard's Tale! - Cranford's upcoming lecture at the 2018 Game Developer's Conference Category:American video game designers Category:Biola University alumni Category:Biola University faculty Category:University of Southern California alumni Category:UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design alumni Category:Living people Category:People from San Clemente, California Category:Video game programmers Category:Interplay Entertainment people Category:1963 births	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
1963 Primera División de Chile The 1963 Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol Profesional, was the 31st season of top-flight football in Chile. Colo-Colo won their ninth title following a 2–1 win against Universidad Católica in the championship last match day on 4 January 1964, also qualifying to the 1964 Copa de Campeones de America. Final table Results Title Topscorer Notes References RSSSF Page Category:Primera División de Chile seasons Chile Category:1963 in Chilean football	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Vera Komarkova Vera Komarkova () (25 December 1942 - 25 May 2005) was a prominent mountaineer and botanist of Czechoslovakian origin. Credited as a pioneer of women's mountaineering, she was the first woman to summit Annapurna and Cho Oyu. Early Life Komarkova was born in Písek and at the age of 16 she got to the Charles University in Prague to study botany. There, she discovered climbing and began making first ascents in the Tatras and other Carparthians. Climbing Alaska In 1976 she climbed Denali and the next year she opened a new route on Mount Dickey. These exploits impressed Arlene Blum so she invited Komarkova to her Annapurna expedition in 1978. Annapurna The expedition was organised by Arlene Blum after she returned from an Everest expedition "marred by male chauvinist traits". Irene Miller recommended Komarkova immediately as they had ascended Mount Doonerak together and her Alaskan exploits were well known. To raise funds for the 1978 expedition, the team sold T-shirts with the slogan "A woman's place is on top". The T-shirts sales raised $60,000, which was over 75% of the estimated costs of the expedition. They were also sponsored by ob tampons, which Komarkova noted was "the unexpected advantage of an all-women team". Komarkova was an "enigmatic" personality on the mountain, reportedly unfazed by the avalanches and unimpressed by group discussions or collaborative leadership. Although other climbers like Blum and Alison Chadwick-Onyszkiewicz were in favour of women-only summit attempts, she pushed to have Sherpas Mingma and Chewang join them. Her tent was full of botanical samples she had collected along the way, with her climbing partner joking that there would be a "press release: climber killed by falling plant presses". Komarkova and Miller, along with Sherpas Mingma and Chewang, reached the summit of Annapurna on October 15. Himalayas Komarkova led The American Women's Expedition up Dhaulagiri in 1980, but were pushed back by storms, avalanches and the death of a team member. She retired from climbing after a successful expedition to Cho Oyu with Dina Štěrbová and Sherpas Ang Rita and Nuru, becoming the first woman to reach the summit. Academia In the 1970s, Komarkova moved to Boulder, Colorado, and earned a PhD in plant ecology. Her dissertation was published as a book "Alpine Vegetation of the Indian Peaks Area". She was described by her colleague, Adolf Ceska, as "the greatest phytosociologist in the United States", but too far ahead of her time for mainstream recognition. Komarkova used Braun-Blanquet methods to classify plants floristically, a method unpopular in the United States, that gained recognition in 2004. She returned to Europe in 1986 and worked at the American College of Switzerland in Leysin as Professor of Science and information technology. Personal Life In 1963 she married a fellow botanist and alpinist , 11 years her older. She graduated the following year with masters of Biology. After gaining her degree Komarkova and her three friends made a female group called Šlápoty ("The Footmarks") to walk from Czechoslovakia to Mexico City for the 1968 Summer Olympics. Their feat was followed by the Czech media, and they averaged 25 miles a day for almost a year. They walked across Europe to England, then took a ship to Canada, then went down to Mexico City. While in Mexico, she climbed Ixtaccihuatl and was briefly married for a second time to a local man named Esquinoza Aquillar. After Czechoslovakia was invaded by the Russians and the borders closed, Komarkova emigrated to the United States taking her third husband with her. In between her attempt on Dhaulagiri and ascent of Cho Oyu she gave birth to her first son, and her second after she returned. She raised them as a single mother in Europe. Death Komarkova died on May 25, 2005 at her home in Leysin, Switzerland of complications of breast cancer treatment. List of climbs See also Arlene Blum American Women's Himalayan Expedition References Category:Female climbers Category:American mountain climbers Category:People from Písek Category:American people of Czech descent Category:1942 births Category:2005 deaths	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Intel 80486DX2 The Intel i486DX2, rumored as 80486DX2 (later renamed IntelDX2) is a CPU produced by Intel that was introduced in 1992. The i486DX2 was nearly identical to the i486DX, but it had additional clock multiplier circuitry. It was the first chip to use clock doubling, whereby the processor runs two internal logic clock cycles per external bus cycle. An i486 DX2 was thus significantly faster than an i486 DX at the same bus speed thanks to the 8K on-chip cache shadowing the slower clocked external bus. For many players of video games during the early and mid 1990s, towards the end of the MS-DOS game era, the i486DX2-66 was a very popular processor. Often coupled with 8 - 16 MB RAM and a VLB video card, the CPU was capable of playing every title available for several years after its release, making it a "sweet spot" in CPU performance and longevity. The introduction of 3D graphics spelled the end of the 486's reign, because of their heavy use of floating point calculations and the need for faster cache and more memory bandwidth. Developers began to target the P5 Pentium processor family almost exclusively with x86 assembly language optimizations which led to the usage of terms such as Pentium compatible processor for software requirements. An i486DX2-50 version was also available, but because the bus speed was 25 MHz rather than 33 MHz, this was a significantly less popular processor. There are two major versions of the DX2 - Identified by P24 and P24D, the latter has a faster L1 cache mode, called "write-back", that improves performance. The original P24 version offered only the slower "write-through" cache mode. AMD and Cyrix both produced a competitor for the Intel i486DX2. See also Intel DX4 External links Intel Datasheets Embedded i486DX2 80486DX2 de:Intel i486#i486DX2	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Yankee Quill Award The Yankee Quill Award is a regional American journalism award that recognizes a lifetime contribution toward excellence in journalism in New England. The award is bestowed annually by the Academy of New England Journalists, and administered by the New England Society of Newspaper Editors. It is considered the highest individual honor awarded by fellow journalists in the region. Recent recipients 2008 Nelson Benton, editorial page editor, The Salem News Ann Smith Franklin (posthumous), American colonialist almanac printer, Newport, Rhode Island John Howe, editor and general manager, The Citizen, Laconia, New Hampshire Al Larkin, retired executive vice president, The Boston Globe 2007 Michael Donoghue, sportswriter at The Free Press in Burlington, Vermont, and executive director of the Vermont Press Association. Larry McDermott, publisher of The Republican in Springfield, Massachusetts, and president of the Massachusetts Newspaper Publishers Association Eileen McNamara, professor of journalism at Brandeis University James Taricani, investigative reporter for WJAR TV in Providence, Rhode Island Barbara Walsh (journalist), reporter at The Eagle-Tribune in North Andover, Massachusetts 2006 David B. Offer, Executive editor, Kennebec Journal, Augusta, Maine, and the Morning Sentinel, Waterville, Maine Gary Lapierre, Managing editor, WBZ Radio, Boston Chris Powell, Managing editor and VP for news, the Journal Inquirer, Manchester, Connecticut Walter Robinson, Assistant managing editor/Spotlight Team, The Boston Globe 1992 John P. Reilly, Executive editor, The Hour, Norwalk, Connecticut Here is the list of winners from 1960 through 2009: 1960 George F. Booth, Worcester Telegram & Gazette Sevellon Brown, Providence Journal-Bulletin Minnie Ryan Dwight, Holyoke Transcript-Telegram James B. Morgan, Boston Globe Norris G. Osborn, New Haven Courier-Journal 1961 Herbert Brucker, Hartford Courant Erwin D. Canham, Christian Science Monitor Waldo L. Cook, Springfield Republican Henry Beetle Hough, Vineyard Gazette Arthur G. Staples, Lewiston Journal 1962 David Brickman, Medford Mercury/Malden News Guy P. Gannett, Guy P. Gannett Newspapers James M. Langley, Concord Monitor William J. Pape, Waterbury Republican and American David Patten, Providence Journal-Bulletin 1963 Paul S. Deland, Christian Science Monitor Louis M. Lyons, Nieman Foundation Henry W. Minott, United Press International 1964 John R. Herbert, Quincy Patriot Ledger Leslie Moore, Worcester Telegram & Gazette Laurence L. Winship, Boston Globe 1965 Gordon N. Converse, Christian Science Monitor Rudolph F. Elie, Boston Herald-Traveler Francis R. Murphy, Associated Press 1966 Thomas K. Brinkley, Fall River Herald-News William Dwight, Holyoke Transcript-Telegram Edward A. Weeks, Atlantic Monthly 1967 Charles E. Gallagher, Lynn Item Lawrence K. Miller, Berkshire Eagle John R. Reitemeyer, Hartford Courant 1968 Arch M. MacDonald, WBZ-TV Michael J. Ogden, Providence Journal-Bulletin Forest W. Seymour, Worcester Telegram & Gazette 1969 Harry Bryant Center, Boston University Alexander J. Haviland, Boston Globe Edgar M. Mills, Christian Science Monitor 1970 C. Edward Holland, Boston Record-American Charles J. Lewin, New Bedford Standard-Times David M. White, Boston University 1971 Barnard L. Colby, The Day J. Edward DeCourcy, Newport Argus-Champion Francis E. Whitmarsh, WBZ-TV 1972 Thomas J. Murphy, Waltham News-Tribune Thomas Winship, Boston Globe 1973 John N. Cole, Maine Times Thomas W. Gerber, Concord Monitor Abraham A. Michaelson, Berkshire Eagle 1974 Robert C. Achorn, Worcester Telegram & Gazette Bob Eddy, Hartford Courant Kingsley R. Fall, Berkshire Eagle 1975 Robert J. Leeney, New Haven Register and Journal-Courier G. Prescott Low, Quincy Patriot Ledger William L. Plante, Essex County Newspapers J. Russell Wiggins, Ellsworth American 1976 Joseph L. Doherty, Boston Globe Loren F. Ghiglione, Southbridge Evening News Elliot Norton, Boston Herald-American 1977 John Hughes, Christian Science Monitor Cornelius F. Hurley, Associated Press John B. Hynes, WCVB-TV Marjorie Mills, Boston Herald 1978 Dwight E. Sargent, Boston Herald-American George A. Speers, Northeastern University Charles L. Whipple, Boston Globe 1979 Everett S. Allen, New Bedford Standard-Times Judith Brown, New Britain Herald Ernest W. Chard, Portland Press Herald Philip Weld, Essex County Newspapers 1980 John C.A. Watkins, Providence Journal-Bulletin William J. Clew, Hartford Courant 1981 Alton H. Blackington, Boston Herald/WBZ Richard C. Garvey, Springfield Daily News Donald Murray, University of New Hampshire W. Davis Taylor, Boston Globe 1982 George B. Merry, Christian Science Monitor Richard C. Steele, Worcester Telegram & Gazette 1983 Stephen A. Collins, Danbury News-Times Robert H. Estabrook, Lakeville Journal Brooks W. Hamilton, University of Maine 1984 John C. Quinn, USA Today Kenneth J. Botty, Worcester Telegram & Gazette Deane C. Avery, The Day 1985 Leonard J. Cohen, Providence Journal-Bulletin George Esper, Associated Press Sidney B. McKeen, Worcester Telegram & Gazette George W. Wilson, Concord Monitor 1986 Roger Allen, WRKO Stanton J. Berens, United Press International Raymond A. Brighton, Portsmouth Herald K. Prescott Low, Quincy Patriot Ledger 1987 John S. Driscoll, Boston Globe James D. Ewing, Keene Sentinel James Thistle, Boston University 1988 William B. Ketter, Quincy Patriot Ledger James Ragsdale, New Bedford Standard-Times Daniel Warner, Lawrence Eagle-Tribune 1989 Irving Kravsow, Hartford Courant Caryl Rivers, Boston University James V. Wyman, Providence Journal-Bulletin 1990 Carmen Fields, WGBH-TV Charles McCorkle Hauser, Providence Journal-Bulletin Carter H. White, Meriden Record-Journal 1991 No awards presented 1992 Edward S. Bell, Associated Press Arnold S. Friedman, Springfield Newspapers Warren F. Gardner, Meriden Record-Journal 1993 Betty J. Brighton, Portsmouth Herald Bernard Caughey, Quincy Patriot Ledger Robert W. Mitchell, Rutland Herald Hugh Mulligan, Associated Press John P. Reilly, The Norwalk Hour 1994 Steve Riley, Guy Gannett Publishing Co. Norman Runnion, Brattleboro Reformer David Starr, Springfield Newspapers William O. Taylor, Boston Globe 1995 Leonard I. Levin, Providence Journal-Bulletin Reid MacCluggage, The Day Kathie Neff Ragsdale, Lawrence Eagle-Tribune Bernard S. Redmont, Boston University 1996 Katherine Fanning, Christian Science Monitor Stan Grossfeld, Boston Globe Kenneth E. Grube, The Day 1997 Natalie Jacobson, WCVB-TV C. Michael Pride, Concord Monitor Matthew Storin, Boston Globe 1998 William Breisky, Cape Cod Times Michael Short, Associated Press Rod Doherty, Foster’s Daily Democrat Irving Rogers Jr., Lawrence Eagle Tribune 1999 William J. Pape II, Waterbury Republican-American Morley L. Piper, New England Newspaper Association John F. Henning, WBZ-TV Linda Lotridge Levin, University of Rhode Island 2000 Elizabeth S. Ellis, Journal-Inquirer Sarah-Ann Shaw, WBZ-TV David Nyhan, Boston Globe Robert Foster, Foster’s Daily Democrat 2001 Philip Balboni, New England Cable News Thomas Kearney, The Keene Sentinel Morgan McGinley, The Day Alan Lupo, Boston Globe 2002 Patrick J. Purcell, Boston Herald/Community Newspaper Co. Joseph W. McQuaid, Union Leader and New Hampshire Sunday News Clark Booth, WCVB-TV Ken Hartnett, New Bedford Standard-Times 2003 Paul LaCamera, WCVB-TV Stephen A. Kurkjian, Boston Globe James H. Smith, Record-Journal Harry T. Whitin, Worcester Telegram & Gazette 2004 Benjamin Edes, Boston Gazette Elaine N. Hooker, Associated Press Jonathan F. Kellogg, Republican-American Joel P. Rawson, Providence Journal R.D. Sahl, New England Cable News 2005 John Burke, Boston Globe George Geers, New England Newspaper Association Thomas Heslin, Providence Journal Emily Rooney, WGBH-TV George Stone, The Day Isaiah Thomas, Worcester Gazette 2006 Gary Lapierre, WBZ David Offer, Kennebec Journal Chris Powell, Manchester Journal Inquirer Walter Robinson, Boston Globe William Lloyd Garrison 2007 Michael Donoghue, Burlington Free Press Larry McDermott, The Republican, Springfield Eileen McNamara, The Boston Globe Jim Taricani, WJAR, Providence Barbara Walsh, Portland Press Herald 2008 Nelson Benton, Salem, Mass., News John Howe, The Citizen, Laconia, N.H. Al Larkin, The Boston Globe. 2009 James Campanini, The Sun, Lowell, Mass. James Foudy, Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, Mass. Sam Fleming, WBUR radio, Boston George Krimsky, AP, Center for Foreign Journalists, and the Republican-American newspapers, Waterbury, Conn. 2017 robin young Elected posthumously References Category:American journalism awards	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Felix Gelt Felix M. Gelt is a Canadian retired association football player representing municipal, provincial, varsity, national, semi and professional teams. Biography Felix was a center defender through most of his playing career and shifted to right back later in his career. He was best known for his leadership, tenacity and fierce competitive spirit to win! During his youth, Felix grew up playing soccer in southwest Calgary for Fish Creek Park followed by Foothills Football Club. During those early years, he led his team as the Captain to winning multiple municipal and provincial championships in Alberta, Canada. In 1990, Felix was the youngest player in Alberta history to make the U-15 provincial squad at the age of 12. He went on to become the Captain of the Alberta provincial team for several consecutive years growing through the U-15, U-17 and Youth programs. He competed at 5 consecutive National Championships winning several bronze medals. In 1997, Felix represented Team Alberta the at the Canadian Summer Games in Brandon, Manitoba. Based on his provincial play at competitive competitions, Felix was invited to Canadian National team try-outs for the U-17 and U-21. Despite not making the squads, this experience was quintessential in his growth athletically and personally. In 1996, Felix was recruited to join The University of British Columbia (UBC) to play for the Men's Varsity Soccer Team, which has the most victorious record of all Canadian Universities. Through his athletic and academic scholarships, Felix played 4 years at UBC winning 3 Canada West Championships and a silver at the 1999 Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) National Championships. During his Varsity career, Felix was a scholar off the field where he pursued a Bachelor of Commerce degree. He was recognized as an Academic All-Canadian, an award for student athletes who combine athletic excellence with strong academic performance. Post Varsity, Felix joined the Vancouver Whitecaps training and reserve squad given their affiliation with UBC. In 2001, he moved to Toronto, Ontario to join the Canadian Maccabi Team and to play semi-professional in the Canadian Professional Soccer League (CPSL) with the North York Astros from 2001-2005. Felix was Captain of the first outdoor men's soccer team that Maccabi Canada sent to the Maccabi Games in 2005. This experience culminated with beating the two time defending champions Argentina 1-0 in the opening game of the tournament. Despite not advancing past their group, their victory over Argentina took the 2 time defending champions out of the tournament and shocked the international Maccabi soccer scene with Team Canada's performance. Four years later in 2009, Team Canada managed to advance to the quarter-final stage with a heart breaking loss to Mexico. At that point, Felix tied up his laces and retired from International and competitive playing to focus on his professional career. Felix leveraged his sporting experiences and mentality to advance a career as a Management Consultant where he leads companies to greater profitability through unleashing performance. Playing career In 2005 and 2009, Gelt was named as Captain of the Canadian football squad competing at the 2005 Maccabiah Games and 2009 Maccabiah Games in Israel. Statistics Footnotes Category:1978 births Category:Living people Category:Canadian soccer players Category:Jewish footballers Category:North York Astros players Category:Canadian Professional Soccer League (1998–2005) players Category:Competitors at the 2005 Maccabiah Games Category:Competitors at the 2009 Maccabiah Games Category:Association football defenders Category:UBC Thunderbirds soccer players	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Cosmo Kramer Cosmo Kramer, usually referred to as simply "Kramer", is a fictional character on the American television sitcom Seinfeld (1989–1998), played by Michael Richards. The character is loosely based on comedian Kenny Kramer, Larry David's ex-neighbor across the hall. Kramer is the friend and neighbor of main character Jerry, residing in Apartment 5B, and is friends with George and Elaine. Of the series' four central characters, only Kramer has no visible means of support; what few jobs he holds seem to be nothing more than larks. A lovable rogue, his trademarks include his upright hairstyle and vintage wardrobe, whose combination led Elaine to characterize him as a "hipster doofus"; his taste in fresh fruit; love of occasional smoking, Cuban cigars in particular; bursts through Jerry's apartment door without even bothering to knock first; frequent pratfalls and penchant for nonsensical, percussive outbursts of noise to indicate skepticism, agreement, irritation and a variety of other feelings. He has been described as "an extraordinary cross between Eraserhead and Herman Munster". Kramer appeared in all but two episodes: "The Chinese Restaurant" and "The Pen", in the second and third seasons, respectively. In "The Seinfeld Chronicles", the pilot episode of Seinfeld, Kramer was originally called "Kessler" to prevent legal issues since it was based on Larry David's real-life next-door neighbor Kenny Kramer. Kenny apparently liked Seinfeld and permitted Larry David, who was the writer of Seinfeld from seasons 1–7, to use "Kramer" as Kessler's name. Beginning with The Stake Out, the character's name was changed to Kramer. Background and family In "The Trip", Kramer admits that a man in a park exposed himself to him when he was a young boy. In "The Big Salad" Kramer reveals to Jerry that he grew up in a strict household where he had to be in bed every night by 9:00PM. In "The Letter", Kramer tells two art patrons that he ran away from home at age seventeen and stowed away aboard a steamer bound for Sweden. Kramer never completed high school; however, it is made clear in "The Barber" that Kramer has a GED. Kramer was estranged for a long period from his mom, Babs Kramer, who works as a restroom matron at an upscale restaurant. Unlike George and Jerry, Kramer's character does not have a well-developed network of family members shown in the sitcom. He is the only main character on the show whose dad never makes an appearance; however, in "The Chinese Woman", Kramer mentions that he is the last male member of his family, implying that his father had died. He also mentions in "The Lip Reader" that he has or had a deaf cousin, from whom he learned fluent American Sign Language, but when Kramer tries to communicate in ASL, he speaks complete gibberish and cannot correctly translate the ASL he sees others using. He also apparently has no biological children, although he adopted mile 114 of the Arthur Burkhardt Expressway in "The Pothole". During an opening discussion, Kramer reveals to Jerry that in 1979 he was struck on the head by a falling air conditioner while walking on the sidewalk. Jerry asks if that was when Kramer lived in Greenwich Village, to which Kramer replies that he cannot remember. This is discussed in the beginning of "The Little Kicks". In "The Strong Box", it is revealed that Kramer spent a brief time in the Army, although info about this time is "classified". In episode three of season one he says he lived in Los Angeles for three months. Personality Kramer has conflicting personality traits. He is sometimes shallow, callous and indifferent. Though eccentric, Kramer is generally caring, friendly and kind-hearted; he often goes out of his way to help total strangers, and tries to get his friends to also help others and to do the right thing even when they do not want to. He is confident in his own unique way of doing things, yet he can be neurotic and high-strung. His quirkiness, strange body movements and frequent gibberish mutterings have become his trademark. Kramer also gets his friends directly into trouble by talking them into unwise or even illegal actions such as parking illegally in a handicapped space ("The Handicap Spot"), urinating in a parking garage ("The Parking Garage"), committing mail fraud ("The Package") or even hiring an assassin to get rid of a dog ("The Engagement"). Kramer is also known to mooch off his friends, especially Jerry. Kramer regularly enters and uses Jerry's apartment without his consent or knowledge, and often helps himself to Jerry's food. Kramer also uses tools/appliances of Jerry's, only occasionally with permission, and often returning them in a state of disrepair. The reason for all this is because Kramer is told "What's mine is yours" on his first meeting with Jerry ("The Betrayal"). Kramer is known for his extreme honesty and, correspondingly, lack of tact; in "The Nose Job", he tells George's insecure girlfriend that she needs a nose job. In "The Kiss Hello" when Elaine tries to take advantage of this personality quirk by inviting Kramer to meet her friend, Wendy, whose hairstyle she feels is outdated, Kramer tells her he loves it. Instead of being horrified, many characters end up thanking Kramer for his candor. Kramer rarely gets into trouble for it, but his friends often do; in "The Cartoon", Kramer makes comments to Sally Weaver (Kathy Griffin), who then blames Jerry for "ruining her life" as a result. One explanation as to Kramer's personality and traits, with respect to his mysterious childhood and background, is hinted in "The Chicken Roaster". After a series of conflicts, Jerry is forced to live in Kramer's apartment and vice versa. Jerry, bothered by the many oddities and idiosyncrasies associated with Kramer's home, begins behaving like his wacky friend. Conversely, when Kramer begins living in Jerry's regular, normal apartment, he briefly becomes more like his calm, quick-witted friend. In general, Kramer excels at persuading Jerry into doing things against his better judgment. On the other hand, Kramer has displayed an almost unbending loyalty toward Jerry in many episodes, especially when choosing to help him against Newman in many episodes, including "The Suicide" and "The Millennium" (in this episode, Kramer calls Jerry "my buddy" and even keeps a photograph of them arm in arm at a previous New Year's Eve on his nightstand). In the same respect, Jerry has helped Kramer out of good will and always seems to forgive and ultimately accept Kramer's mooching tendencies. At times, Jerry is clearly quite entertained by Kramer's antics, which may also be a factor in the friendship's endurance. In "The Serenity Now", overemotional Jerry declares a near-brotherly love for Kramer, to which Kramer easily responds, "I love you, too, buddy." His relationship with Newman is defined from the start in "The Suicide", where they get along very well. Like the main characters they also get into conflict with each other, most notably "The Junk Mail". Their get-rich-quick schemes are noted in "The Old Man" and "The Bottle Deposit". His relationship with Susan is mixed. Although they get along in "The Pool Guy", there are many episodes in which he makes her life a mess. He throws up on her in "The Pitch", unwittingly burns her dad's cabin in "The Bubble Boy", dates Mona while Susan is a lesbian in "The Smelly Car" and after calling her "Lily" in "The Invitations," she insists that he not be an usher at her and George's upcoming wedding (she was also concerned that "he'd fall or something ...and ruin the whole ceremony"). Kramer's apartment is the subject of numerous radical experiments in interior design. Oftentimes, the "experiments" never happen due to Kramer's inherent short-attention span, including his plan to eliminate all furniture and build "levels... like ancient Egypt" in "The Pony Remark". He reconstructed the set of The Merv Griffin Show in "The Merv Griffin Show". Inside views of Kramer's apartment are seldom seen, but it's known that he installed hardwood flooring and woodgrain-like wallpaper to, as he explains to Jerry, "give it the feel of a ski lodge." The apartment is centered around a large hot tub and couch styled after a 1957 Chevy. The apartment is decorated with many small statues of people, all made entirely out of pasta: Kramer also gives these to his friends as gifts, for example to Jerry in "The Fusilli Jerry" and Bette Midler in "The Understudy". Kramer has also experimented with his apartment entrance, including reversing his peephole "to prevent an ambush" in "The Reverse Peephole" and installing a screen door (after salvaging it from George's parents' house) in "The Serenity Now". Kramer has a liking for smoking Cuban cigars. It starts in "The Wallet" and in "The Abstinence" he sets up a smoking club in his apartment, which included a regularly-scheduled "pipe night" for those who preferred pipe tobacco to cigars and/or cigarettes. His face gets ruined after so much smoking and he hires Jackie Chiles to sue the cigarette company, but instead gets his image as the Marlboro Man on the Marlboro billboard in Times Square. At one point, he goes so far as to try to hire Cuban cigar rollers in an attempt to make his own Cuban cigars in "The English Patient", but the scheme goes awry when the "Cubans" turn out to be Dominicans. Richards's portrayal of the Kramer character closely resembles that of Stanley Spadowski, a janitor-turned-children's-TV-host he played in the 1989 comedy UHF, starring "Weird Al" Yankovic. Kramer's conversation sometimes contains onomatopoeia or nonsensical sounds in order to stress an emotional point or describe earlier actions. He sometimes expresses his agreement with a sentiment or suggestion via the word "Giddyup!". He is also known to indicate pleasure with, "Oh, Mama!" Of the four main characters, Kramer has the fewest on-screen romantic relationships. He does not seem to have trouble attracting women, but his relationships often come to an embarrassing end, and, like Jerry's, are usually short lived. Kramer has on a few occasions taken people under his wing and aggressively protected their interests. Kramer is known to embrace strange philosophies unique to himself, and reject acceptable social behaviors or established facts. Development Inspiration The character of Kramer was originally based on the real-life Kenny Kramer, a neighbor of co-creator Larry David from New York. However, Michael Richards did not in any way base his performance on the real Kramer, to the point of refusing to meet him. This was later parodied in "The Pilot" when the actor that is cast to play him in Jerry and George's sitcom refuses to base the character on the real Cosmo Kramer. At the time of the shooting of the original Seinfeld pilot, "The Seinfeld Chronicles," Kenny Kramer had not yet given consent to use his name, and so Kramer's character was originally known as "Kessler." Larry David was hesitant to use Kenny Kramer's real name because he suspected that Kramer would take advantage of this. David's suspicion turned out to be correct; Kenny Kramer created the "Kramer Reality Tour", a New York City bus tour that points out actual locations of events or places featured in Seinfeld. The "Kramer Reality Tour" is itself spoofed on Seinfeld in "The Muffin Tops." In the episode, when Kramer's real-life stories are used by Elaine to pad the biography of J. Peterman she was ghostwriting, he develops a reality bus tour called "The Peterman Reality Tour" and touts himself as "The Real J. Peterman," even though, as Jerry notes, reality is the last thing Kramer is qualified to give a tour on. Richards' physicality can be seen in his early 1980s appearances on The Tonight Show, the early 1980s ABC sketch comedy show "Fridays", and his appearance in the film "Young Doctors in Love" where he plays a hit man; a nod to this appears in the "Air Conditioner" episode. Given and surnames Kramer was known only as "Kramer" during the show's first five seasons (from 1990 to 1994). In "The Seinfeld Chronicles", Jerry referred to him as "Kessler", which was his original name for the show, until it was changed to "Kramer". However, in the first draft of the script, he was named "Hoffman". In "The Betrayal", when it is shown how Jerry met Kramer, Kramer says that his name is incorrectly listed as "Kessler" in the apartment building. This retcons the pilot's use of "Kessler" as the character's name. George finds out his unusual first name of "Cosmo" through an encounter with Kramer's long estranged mom, Babs (Sheree North), in "The Switch". Despite this, most characters continued to call him Kramer for the remainder of the show's run (although many minor characters referred to him as "Cosmo"). The name "Cosmo" was suggested by Larry David; he took the name from a boy who lived in the same apartment building as him and Kenny Kramer. Additionally, the episode titled "The Bet" would have revealed Kramer's first name as "Conrad", not "Cosmo", but it was never filmed. Employment Despite the failure of the majority of his schemes and his unwillingness to even apply for a normal job, Kramer always seems to have money when he needs it. In the episode, "The Shoes", Jerry remarks that Kramer received a "ton of money" at some earlier point in his life (presumably via inheritance). In "The Visa", George makes a comment about Kramer going to a fantasy camp, and how Kramer's "whole life is a fantasy camp. People should plunk down two thousand dollars to live like him for a week. Do nothing, fall ass-backwards into money, mooch food off your neighbors, and have sex without dating. That's a fantasy camp." As a younger man, Kramer had several jobs. In the episode "The Strong Box", Kramer says one of the things in his strongbox is his military discharge. Upon being asked, "You were in the Army?", Kramer replies, "Briefly," and claims the reason for his discharge is classified. Also, in the episode "The Muffin Tops", Kramer mentions shaving his chest when he was a lifeguard. His long term unemployed status is partially, if nonsensically, explained in "The Strike", when he went back to work at H&H Bagels after being on strike since 1985. His union finally settled the strike when the minimum wage of New York was raised to the hourly rate the strikers had demanded twelve years earlier (Kramer still felt the strike was a success although his fellow strikers apparently all moved on years earlier). He only worked at H&H Bagels a short time before he was fired, and, during the brief period he was re-employed there, he went on strike at least once more because he was forced to work on Festivus, a holiday only celebrated by Frank Costanza. Along with his stint at H&H Bagels, Kramer is engaged in a variety of short-lived jobs. In the episode The Bizarro Jerry Kramer accidentally begins working for a made up company called Brandt/Leland. He is later fired later in the episode because he has "no business training at all". He is a compulsive gambler who successfully avoids gambling for several years until "The Diplomat's Club", in which he bets with a wealthy Texan on the arrival and departure times of flights going into New York's LaGuardia Airport. A struggling (and terrible) actor, Kramer's first gig was a one-line part in a Woody Allen movie in "The Alternate Side" (his line, "These pretzels are making me thirsty", becomes the show's first catchphrase). Although he is fired before completing his scene, he says he "caught the bug" because of it, and briefly moves to Los Angeles to pursue a career in Hollywood. After returning to New York, Kramer auditions for the role of "Kramer" in the pilot of a new sitcom called Jerry, using his stage name of Martin van Nostrand ("The Pilot"). He is unable to complete the audition due to an intestinal problem. Kramer later works as a stand-in on a soap opera with his friend Mickey Abbott in "The Stand In" and various other low-paying or non-paying theater projects, such as acting out illnesses at a medical school in "The Burning". Inventions, entrepreneurship, and lawsuits Kramer shows an entrepreneurial bent with "Kramerica Industries," for which he devises plans for a pizza place where customers make their own pie ("Male Unbonding"), a bladder system for tankers that will "put an end to maritime oil spills" ("The Voice"), and a product that will put ketchup and mustard in the same bottle. In "The Friar's Club", he creates a concept restaurant that only serves peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, which he calls P.B. & Js. He also comes up with the idea of a beach-scented cologne in "The Pez Dispenser", but a marketing executive for Calvin Klein tells him the idea is ridiculous. Despite this, it is revealed in the episode The Pick that Calvin Klein began making an ocean-scented cologne. Instead of suing, Calvin Klein offer to allow Kramer to be an underwear model, which Kramer accepts. In "The Doorman", Kramer and Frank Costanza co-develop a prototype for a bra for men called the "bro" or the "manssiere". In "The Muffin Tops", Kramer cries foul after failing to receive due credit for J. Peterman's book success which is based on Kramer's misadventures. He then confronts Peterman during a book signing and is kicked out of the event. Kramer then declares himself "The Real Peterman" and initiates The Real Peterman Reality Bus Tour, charging customers $37.50 for a tour of his life. Kramer also hatches a scheme to smuggle Cubans to the United States to make Cuban cigars, only to learn the "Cubans" are actually Dominicans ("The English Patient"). He participates in lawsuits against various people and companies and considers himself "very litigious". He is always represented in these lawsuits by Jackie Chiles, a parody of Johnnie Cochran. In "The Maestro," he settles one such suit (though receiving no monetary compensation) against a coffee company whose beverages are too hot (a reference to the McDonald's coffee case). In "The Abstinence," Kramer sues a tobacco company for the damage its products cause to his appearance, and in "The Caddy," he sues Sue Ellen Mischke for causing a traffic accident that ruins his chances of becoming a professional golfer. Coffee table book about coffee tables A storyline running throughout the fifth season is the development of one of Kramer's few successful ideas. Kramer first thinks of the book in "The Cigar Store Indian", although he later claims that he first had the idea when skiing. Throughout the season, his quest to get the book published becomes a running gag. Although Elaine is shown as disliking the idea, Mr. Lippman, her boss, likes it, which surprises her. Pendant Publishing (where Elaine and Kramer's then-girlfriend work) decides to publish it in "The Fire". In "The Opposite", Kramer starts his "book tour" with an appearance on Regis and Kathie Lee. By accidentally spitting his coffee over Kathie Lee Gifford ("All over my Kathie Lee Casuals!"), his book tour immediately goes down in flames. Also in the episode, as a result of a bizarre chain of events, Elaine inadvertently causes the end of Pendant Publishing and therefore the end of Kramer's book. Nevertheless, the book is mentioned later in the episode "The Wizard" where it is revealed that the book is being made into a movie and the money Kramer makes allows him to briefly retire to Florida and run for president of the condo board at Del Boca Vista, Phase 3. The book itself is full of pictures of celebrities' coffee tables, and even had a pair of foldable wooden legs so that it could itself be turned into a coffee table. He also says that he has plans for a coaster to be built into the cover. Tom Gammill and Max Pross, writers of "The Cigar Store Indian", came up with the idea of the coffee table book about coffee tables, and Larry David added on the idea of the foldout legs to turn it into a coffee table. Physical moments Kramer's physical eccentricities are a frequent source of humor. His entrance is a recurring gag. He frequently 'slides' into Jerry's apartment, often resulting in applause, as in "The Virgin". In "The Revenge", Kramer clumsily carries a dry sack of cement powder to the washing machine. In "The Foundation", he takes on a group of kids at a karate school, and in "The Van Buren Boys", after giving his stories to Elaine to write, he slips up on the golf balls and lands on the floor. Pseudonyms Like the other three characters, Kramer has pseudonyms he uses in various schemes. Under the name H.E. Pennypacker in "The Puerto Rican Day", Kramer poses as a prospective buyer interested in an elegant apartment in order to use its bathroom. Kramer also appears as Pennypacker to help Elaine get revenge on a Mayan clothing store, "Putumayo", by repricing all the merchandise in the store with a pricing gun in "The Millennium", though due to a mishap with the pricing gun, Pennypacker was forced to instead remove the desiccants from clothes in the store in order to render them "noticeably musty in five years". In this latter capacity, he claims Pennypacker is "a wealthy American industrialist." As Dr. Martin van Nostrand, Kramer tries to get hold of Elaine's medical chart to erase the negative comments her doctor has made in "The Package". He also uses the Van Nostrand alias in the episode "The Slicer", posing as a "Juilliard-trained dermatologist" for a cancer screening at George's company, Kruger Industrial Smoothing. Mr. Kruger later recognizes him as Dr. Van Nostrand in "The Strike". Kramer uses the name Martin van Nostrand (without the "doctor" prefix) while auditioning for the role of himself on the show Jerry in "The Pilot, Part 1". Kramer poses as Professor Peter van Nostrand in "The Nose Job" in order to retrieve a favorite jacket from another man's apartment; Kramer's jacket, to which he attributes at least some of his amorous success, is a minor plot point in other episodes until, in "The Cheever Letters", he trades it to a Cuban embassy official for several boxes of authentic Cuban cigars. Kramer is also occasionally called "the K-Man" ("The Barber", "The Bizarro Jerry", "The Busboy", "The Note", "The Hamptons", "The Scofflaw" and "The Soup Nazi"). A derogatory designation for Kramer has been "hipster doofus", a moniker assigned to him by a woman in a wheelchair he once dated in the episode "The Handicap Spot", and occasionally directed at him by Elaine, as in "The Glasses". The nickname was first used in The Atlantic Monthly review of Seinfeld. Reception Ken Tucker wrote in a 1992 review in Entertainment Weekly that Kramer is "the most cartoonish, least-defined person in Seinfeld. Kramer is an earnest dope whose long, gangly body always seems to surprise his mind — he’s always running, stumbling, bumping into things; he doesn’t enter Jerry’s apartment so much as he explodes into it." In 1999, TV Guide ranked him number 36 on its '50 Greatest TV Characters of All Time' list. In popular culture The band Kramer's Place made reference to the character Kramer. It is shown that Kramer is subletting his apartment from Paul Buchman, one of the main characters in NBC's Mad About You. Paul and Kramer have a conversation about Paul giving Kramer the apartment in Mad About You episode "The Apartment" (Season 1, Episode 8). Pop-Punk band Ledger make reference to Kramer in the title of the song "Some Days You're Kramer, Some Days You're Costanza." 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List of Playboy Playmates of the Year This is a list of models who were chosen as a Playboy Playmate of the Year for the American edition of Playboy magazine. List of Playmates of the Year 1953: 1954: 1955: 1956: 1957: 1958: 1959: 1960: Ellen Stratton 1961: Linda Gamble 1962: Christa Speck 1963: June Cochran 1964: Donna Michelle 1965: Jo Collins 1966: Allison Parks 1967: Lisa Baker 1968: Angela Dorian 1969: Connie Kreski 1970: Claudia Jennings 1971: Sharon Clark 1972: Liv Lindeland 1973: Marilyn Cole 1974: Cyndi Wood 1975: Marilyn Lange 1976: Lillian Müller 1977: Patti McGuire 1978: Debra Jo Fondren 1979: Monique St. Pierre 1980: Dorothy Stratten 1981: Terri Welles 1982: Shannon Tweed 1983: Marianne Gravatte 1984: Barbara Edwards 1985: Karen Velez 1986: Kathy Shower 1987: Donna Edmondson 1988: India Allen 1989: Kimberley Conrad 1990: Reneé Tenison 1991: Lisa Matthews 1992: Corinna Harney 1993: Anna Nicole Smith 1994: Jenny McCarthy 1995: Julie Lynn Cialini 1996: Stacy Sanches 1997: Victoria Silvstedt 1998: Karen McDougal 1999: Heather Kozar 2000: Jodi Ann Paterson 2001: Brande Roderick 2002: Dalene Kurtis 2003: Christina Santiago 2004: Carmella DeCesare 2005: Tiffany Fallon 2006: Kara Monaco 2007: Sara Jean Underwood 2008: Jayde Nicole 2009: Ida Ljungqvist 2010: Hope Dworaczyk 2011: Claire Sinclair 2012: Jaclyn Swedberg 2013: Raquel Pomplun 2014: Kennedy Summers 2015: Dani Mathers 2016: Eugena Washington 2017: Brook Power 2018: Nina Daniele 2019: Jordan Emanuel Playmates of the Year by original month of appearance January Connie Kreski (1968) Liv Lindeland (1971) Marilyn Cole (1972) Kimberley Conrad (1988) Heather Kozar (1998) Jayde Nicole (2007) February Cyndi Wood (1973) Julie Lyn Cialini (1994) March Stacy Sanches (1995) Ida Ljungqvist (2008) April Linda Gamble (1960) Lisa Matthews (1990) Brande Roderick (2000) Carmella DeCesare (2003) Hope Dworaczyk (2009) Jaclyn Swedberg (2011) Raquel Pomplun (2012) Nina Daniele (2017) May Marilyn Lange (1974) Kathy Shower (1985) Anna Nicole Smith (1992) Dani Mathers (2014) Brook Power (2016) June Kara Monaco (2005) July Sara Jean Underwood (2006) August Sharon Clark (1970) Lillian Müller (1975) Dorothy Stratten (1979) Corinna Harney (1991) Christina Santiago (2002) September Christa Speck (1961) Angela Dorian (1967) Debra Jo Fondren (1977) October Allison Parks (1965) Marianne Gravatte (1982) Jenny McCarthy (1993) Jodi Ann Paterson (1999) Claire Sinclair (2010) November Lisa Baker (1966) Claudia Jennings (1969) Patti McGuire (1976) Monique St. Pierre (1978) Shannon Tweed (1981) Donna Edmondson (1986) Renee Tenison (1989) December Ellen Stratton (1959) June Cochran (1962) Donna Michelle (1963) Jo Collins (1964) Terri Welles (1980) Karen Velez (1984) India Allen (1987) Victoria Silvstedt (1996) Karen McDougal (1997) Tiffany Fallon (2004) Kennedy Summers (2013) Eugena Washington (2015) Jordan Emanuel (2018) See also List of Playboy Playmates of the Month Playboy Playmate List of Penthouse Pets References External links Playmates of the Year Category:Playboy lists * Playboy Playmates of the Year Playboy Playmates of the Year es:Anexo:Playmates	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Belisario (given name) Belisario is a given name. Notable people with the given name include: Belisario Agulla (born 1988), Argentine rugby union player Belisario Porras Barahona (1856–1942), Panamanian journalist and politician Belisario Betancur (1923–2018), Colombian politician Belisario Corenzio (c. 1558–1643), Greek-Italian painter Belisario Domínguez (1863–1913), Mexican physician and politician Belisario Mattera, Italian musician and mandolin virtuoso Belisario Villacís (1899-?), Ecuadorian long-distance runner See also Belisario (surname)	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
List of species described in 1766 Species described in 1766. Animals Eurasian pygmy shrew - Sorex minutus, Linnaeus, 1766 Hawksbill turtle - Eretmochelys imbricata, Linnaeus, 1766 House shrew/musk shrew - Suncus murinus, Linnaeus, 1766 Dark sword-grass - Agrotis ipsilon, Hufnagel, 1766 Heart and club - Agrotis clavis, Hufnagel, 1766 Plants Ixia monadelpha - Delaroche 1766 Manihot esculenta - Heinrich Johann Nepomuk von Crantz 1766 Fragaria moschata - Antoine Nicolas Duchesne 1766 Fragaria virginiana - Antoine Nicolas Duchesne 1766 Category:Lists of animals Category:Lists of plants Species described in 1766 Species described in 1766 1766	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Notoacmea petterdi Notoacmea petterdi is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Lottiidae, one of the families of true limpets. Description Distribution References Category:Lottiidae Category:Gastropods described in 1876	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
KWWN KWWN (1100 AM) is a radio station licensed to Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. The station is owned by Lotus Communications. Programming includes the UNLV Rebels football and men's basketball teams, ESPN Radio talk shows and play-by-play, and various local talk shows. Its studios are in the unincorporated community of Spring Valley in Clark County and its transmitter is in North Las Vegas. Station history KWWN officially signed on in December 2007, and was running tests for several months on its transmitter. These tests were mainly to arrange the nighttime directional signal of the station, so it would not interfere with nearby KNZZ or other stations on 1100 kHz. While testing, the station ran at half power (10,000 watts day and 1,000 watts night) to further limit the possibility of interference. 1100 AM is a United States clear-channel frequency, on which WTAM in Cleveland, Ohio is the dominant Class A station. KWWN is currently running at its normal power. Originally, KWWN simulcast sister station KBAD. Sometime in 2008, the simulcast ended; KBAD became the local affiliate of Fox Sports Radio, while KWWN picked up the ESPN Radio affiliation. KENO, which had been the FSR station, joined ESPN Deportes Radio. Before the start of the 2018-19 season, the station was named as an affiliate of the Los Angeles Lakers Radio Network References External links WWN Category:Sports radio stations in the United States Category:Radio stations established in 2007 Category:2007 establishments in Nevada Category:Lotus Communications stations	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Fabiola Morales Fabiola María Morales Castillo is a Peruvian politician and a Congresswoman representing Piura for the 2006-2011 term. Morales belongs to the National Unity party. She has been known for her constant activity as a "troll" in order to attack current mayor of Lima, Susana Villaran, from which she has received more criticism than praise. She also gained a negative public image due to mayor corruption scandals, as well as homophobic comments and discrimination against the handicapped. References External links Official Congressional Site Category:University of Piura (Peru) alumni Category:Living people Category:National Unity (Peru) politicians Category:Members of the Congress of the Republic of Peru Category:Year of birth missing (living people)	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Gurla Thammirajupeta Gurla Thammirajupeta is a village panchayat in Mentada mandal of Vizianagaram district, Andhra Pradesh, India. References Category:Villages in Vizianagaram district	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
The Partisans (sculpture) The Partisans is a 1979 aluminum sculpture by the Polish-American sculptor Andrzej Pitynski that has been exhibited in Boston, Massachusetts, since 1983. The sculpture depicts Polish anti-communist "cursed soldiers". It is dedicated to freedom fighters worldwide. Description The sculpture is long, high, and wide. This modern aluminum sculpture depicts five riders and their horses. The horsemen carry spears on their back, and with their bowed heads the sculpture intends to convey the themes of crucifixion and sacrifice. According to its creator they are intended to represent: Five armed riders in a marching formation; five desperate men who resemble forest ghosts more than they resemble human beings ... five partisans who are tattered, mortally tired, who are bleeding from endless battles, escapes, skirmishes ... immersed with their own thoughts about the tragedy of their nation, who are riding their horses, stumbling from exhaustion. The sculpture is a symbolic representation of the cursed soldiers – anti-communist Polish partisans who fought against the Polish communist regime following the communist takeover of Poland in the aftermath of World War II (and not, as some sources erroneously suggest, World War II era anti-Nazi Polish partisans). The sculptor however dedicated his work to "all freedom fighters around the world". History Pitynski designed the sculpture in 1979 for the Johnson Atelier – The Technical Institute of Sculpture, with financial support from the Sculpture Foundation. The sculpture was met with a degree of controversy, and Pitynski received threats from the sympathizers of the then-communist People's Republic of Poland. The sculpture has been displayed in Boston since 1983. At first it was given to the city for temporary display, but it has since become a permanent monument. Until January 2006, the statue was located on Boston Common, near the corner of Charles and Beacon streets. City officials cited concerns that the statue lacked a proper pedestal and stored it in a warehouse, which triggered protests from the Polish-American community and from the sculptor himself. In July of that year, the statue was moved to a new public location, thanks to assistance from the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA). It is now located on the South Boston waterfront near the Boston Institute of Contemporary Art and the MBTA's World Trade Center Station on the Silver Line. The statue was rededicated in the presence of the area's Polish American community and of local officials, a gesture endorsed both by Pitynski and by the Polish Consulate in Boston. References Category:1983 establishments in Massachusetts Category:1983 sculptures Category:Aluminum sculptures in Massachusetts Category:Boston Common Category:Cursed soldiers Category:Horses in art Category:Monuments and memorials in Boston Category:Outdoor sculptures in Boston Category:Polish-American culture in Massachusetts Category:Tourist attractions in Boston	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Joseph Errigo Joseph A. Errigo is a Republican politician who formerly represented New York's 133rd Assembly District in the New York State Assembly. The district includes Livingston County, as well as portions of Monroe County and Steuben County. Background Errigo was born in Rochester, New York in 1938 and graduated from the Aquinas Institute in 1956. He served in the United States Marine Corps Reserves. Errigo then worked as a draftsman for the New York Department of Transportation. From 1965 to 1995, Errigo worked as a court reporter. He started a business, the Tiro Reporter Service, in 1978, and started a second business, Errigo Sand & Gravel, in 1995. Political career Errigo was elected as the representative for the 136th Assembly District in 2000, and after redistricting, represented the 130th Assembly District. He is a Republican. He did not seek reelection in 2010. On September 14, 2016, Errigo was selected by a New York Republican State Committee to replace Bill Nojay on the general election ballot for the 133rd Assembly District. Nojay, the incumbent, had committed suicide several days before the primary election while under investigation for fraud. In the general election campaign, Errigo defeated Democratic candidate Barbara Baer. Errigo lost renomination in 2018 to Marjorie Byrnes. On October 10, 2018, he was charged with fraud and other charges. References Category:1938 births Category:Living people Category:Politicians from Rochester, New York Category:Military personnel from Rochester, New York Category:Businesspeople from Rochester, New York Category:Members of the New York State Assembly Category:New York (state) Republicans Category:21st-century American politicians	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
The Last of Sheila The Last of Sheila is a 1973 American mystery film directed by Herbert Ross and written directly for the screen by Anthony Perkins and Stephen Sondheim. It starred Richard Benjamin, Dyan Cannon, James Coburn, Joan Hackett, James Mason, Ian McShane, and Raquel Welch. The original music score was composed by Billy Goldenberg. The song "Friends", sung by Bette Midler, can be heard during the final scene of the film and the end credits. Plot On a one-week Mediterranean pleasure cruise aboard the yacht of movie producer Clinton Greene (Coburn), the guests include actress Alice Wood (Welch), her talent-manager husband Anthony (McShane), talent agent Christine (Cannon), screenwriter Tom Parkman (Benjamin), Tom's wife Lee (Hackett), and film director Philip Dexter (Mason). The trip is, in fact, a reunion; with the exception of Lee (who was "sick of Santa Barbara"), all were together at Clinton's home one year before, on the night a hit-and-run accident resulted in the death of Clinton's wife, gossip columnist Sheila Greene. (Yvonne Romain, a former Hammer horror actress, appeared as Sheila Greene in a cameo performance.) Once the cruise is under way, Clinton, a parlor game enthusiast, informs everyone that the week's entertainment will consist of "The Sheila Greene Memorial Gossip Game." The six guests are each assigned an index card containing a secret (in Clinton's words, "a pretend piece of gossip") that must be kept hidden from the others. The object of the game is to discover everyone else's secret while protecting one's own. Each night the yacht anchors at a different Mediterranean port city, where one of the six secrets is disclosed to the entire group. The guests are given a clue, then sent ashore to find the proof of who among them holds the card bearing that night's secret. The game for that night ends when the actual holder of the subject secret discovers the proof. Anyone who has not yet solved the clue receives no points on Clinton's scoreboard for that round. Following the revelation of the first card, "YOU are a SHOPLIFTER," suspicion begins that each guest's card does not contain "pretend" gossip but in fact an actual, embarrassing secret about each guest. On the second day, Christine is nearly killed when someone (not revealed to the camera) turns the boat's propellers on while she is swimming near them. The second game session takes place in an abandoned, derelict abbey during a thunderstorm, where the second card is revealed to be "YOU are a HOMOSEXUAL." When Clinton does not return from the second evening's installment of the game, the guests return ashore the following day and discover his corpse. Although the group initially assumes that Clinton perished when a stone column collapsed during the storm, Tom points out several clues that suggest otherwise. The blood where Clinton was struck came from a stone at the bottom of a pillar, not the top, meaning it could not have fallen on him from a great height. Furthermore, a piece of wood landed in his jacket from where he was sitting earlier in the evening, implying he died there and was moved underneath the column. Finally, there was a burnt cigarette butt at his feet, despite Clinton being a non-smoker. Tom surmises that one of the six killed him where he sat, then dragged the body to one of the pillars and dropped a stone (mistakenly from the bottom of the column) on his head to make it seem like an accident. Next, Tom reveals that his card reads, "YOU are a HIT-AND-RUN KILLER." After getting everyone else to reveal their cards (the others are EX-CONVICT, INFORMANT and LITTLE CHILD MOLESTER), he confesses to having had an affair with Clinton, revealing himself to be the homosexual and suggesting that one of the secrets belongs to each of the others. It is implied that the hit-and-run killer murdered Clinton to conceal his or her guilt in Sheila's death. This begins a macabre game of musical chairs of sorts, with guests jousting over who lays claim to which dirty little secret. Eventually, it becomes clear that Christine was the informant, Alice the shoplifter, Anthony the ex-convict, and Philip the little child molester. Lee tearfully confesses to having killed Sheila while driving drunk the previous year, and having accidentally killed Clinton the previous night after he provoked her by blaming her for Sheila's death. She locks herself in her cabin, and Tom is unsuccessful in reaching her. Shortly thereafter, she is found dead with her wrists slit, and the case seems to be closed. On the final night of the cruise, the crew and most of the guests go to a party on the shore, but Philip, who brought no money, remains on the ship. Tom returns to find him thinking over loose ends of the earlier events. Philip experiments with stamping out cigarettes, speculating that it was Clinton who attempted to stamp out the cigarette but was unable to in the dark. This further implies that he only had one try at it; Philip posits that, while he looked down and tried to put it out, the killer murdered him. Lee could not have killed him in this way, and therefore Philip suspects that Lee had "killed" a dead body. He further speculates that someone else - presumably the actual killer - stayed there after Lee fled and rearranged the scene to implicate her instead. Finally, Philip realizes that the six clues (Shoplifter, Homosexual, Ex-convict, etc.) spell out "SHEILA," and that a picture taken the first day has each of them standing under a letter of Sheila's name that corresponds to their clue - except for the final "A", which breaks the pattern. (The use of the acronym also explains the redundant "LITTLE" in Philip's own clue; "CHILD MOLESTER" would have divulged Philip's secret guilt well enough, but the "L" from "LITTLE" was necessary for the photograph.) With this, it becomes clear what had actually happened: after Alice (with whom Tom had been having an affair) confessed to being a shoplifter to Tom on the first night, he realized the pattern and saw an opportunity. He changed out his own card - "YOU are an ALCOHOLIC," the missing A - for a more condemning one, "YOU are a HIT-AND-RUN KILLER," knowing both secrets applied to Lee. He arranged for Lee to see his card and think the game's purpose was to expose her for her role in Sheila's death. Then he murdered Clinton on the second night, planning to frame Lee for the deed - made much easier after (impersonating Clinton) he taunted Lee into attacking the corpse. Thus, all of his detective work that day had been based on the crime that he himself committed. After Lee's guilt was "established," he spiked her bottle of bourbon with sleeping pills and, after she drank it, dragged her into the bathtub and slit her wrists, making it seem like a suicide. Her estate, worth $5 million, therefore went to him and freed him to pursue other romantic interests. Philip is himself guilty of attempted murder, having attempted to kill Clinton with the boat's propellers in order to prevent his secret from coming out. After Philip deduces Tom's guilt, Tom attempts to strangle him, but their fight is broken up by the arrival of Christine, who had listened to the entire series of events. Philip blackmails Tom into financing a film with the money from Lee's estate, employing the various guests in roles related to it but keeping Tom on only in a very minor capacity. Cast Richard Benjamin as Tom Parkman Dyan Cannon as Christine James Coburn as Clinton Greene Joan Hackett as Lee Parkman James Mason as Philip Dexter Ian McShane as Anthony Wood Raquel Welch as Alice Wood Yvonne Romain as Sheila Production The movie was inspired by an irregular series of elaborate, real-life scavenger hunts Sondheim and Perkins arranged for their show business friends (including Lee Remick and George Segal) in Manhattan in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Herb Ross also took part in the treasure hunts with his wife Norma; he says one of the clues was spelt out by icing on a cake which had been cut up into different pieces. The climax of one hunt was staged in the lobby of a seedy flophouse, where participants heard a skipping LP record endlessly repeating the first line of the Harold Arlen/Johnny Mercer standard One for My Baby ("It's quarter to three ... It's quarter to three ..."). The winning team eventually recognized the clue—2:45—and immediately headed for room 245 of the hotel, where bottles of Champagne awaited them. Sondheim later recalled: The idea for the movie grew out of two murder games I devised some time ago. One was for Phyllis Newman; the other for four couples just after I got out of college. A murder game? No, nobody gets murdered. With the four couples, I told each person to think of a way to kill one of the others over the weekend we would be spending together in the country. Then we passed out envelopes and inside one was an 'X'. That person was the only one who was to carry out his plan; the others were to spend the time avoiding being murdered. Herb Ross made the film for his own production company; it was distributed by Warner Bros. Ross: If you have a group of people on a ship, the ship becomes a metaphor for existence, you can't help it. It's not a symbol one strives for, but it does happen. It's not a picture about film people, it's about people... I'll tell you what this picture is about. It's about civilisation and barbarism. You cannot make up for the absence of civilisation. Casting Stephen Sondheim said he and Perkins "thought of the secrets before the characters". The Dyan Cannon character was based on talent agent Sue Mengers. Herbert Ross originally offered the role to Mengers herself, but she turned it down, claiming too many of her clients were out of work. Instead she pitched her client, Dyan Cannon, for the part. "But they came and took pictures of my office to see what a lady agent's office looks like," says Mengers. "It's filled with ferns and plants. They want to construct a set just like it over in Nice." Cannon later said she did not want to do the film at first as she did not like the part on the page - "the script seemed too broad, everybody caricaturised, especially my part. I mean, Sue Mengers is wild, but not that wild. There seemed to be no humanity in the women's roles." However she says Mengers talked her into it as "it'll be a chance to show them you've got something more than your obvious assets". Cannon gained 19 pounds to play the role. She said the part was "finally changed, deepened. I still had to bring a lot to it, and I think the result's unlike anything I've ever done." James Mason played a washed-up film director, who was reportedly based on two real life directors. "Steve and Tony insist they wrote the part for me," said Mason. "If they did, they did it for a ready-made image. If the passé director is played by someone who makes constant appearances on The Late, Late Show, it helps. Consequently I'm playing it as everybody's idea of James Mason." Raquel Welch played a movie starlet and Ian McShane her manager-husband. Welch said the two were based on Ann-Margret and her husband Roger Smith but Sondheim later said the part was actually based on Welch herself and her one time husband Patrick Curtis. Shooting The movie was shot in the south of France. In an interview for a fortieth-anniversary screening of the film, Cannon said that filming on an actual yacht proved to be too difficult, and so production was halted, stranding the cast on location: "So we had to wait in the south of France while they built a set at the Victorine Studios [in Nice] for us. We had to spend our days lying on the beach and going to lunch and shopping. It was a hard job!" The shoot was not easy; according to Dyan Cannon the first cameraman was fired and the yacht sank. This required reshooting early in the process. There were also complaints about Raquel Welch's behaviour. In turn, she announced she was suing Herbert Ross for assault and battery as a result of an incident in her dressing room. She claimed she had to flee to London during the shoot "to escape physical harm". However she then returned to Nice to shoot the film's final scenes, although she was provided with a bodyguard. Warner Bros later issued a statement supporting Ross and criticising Welch for her "public utterances". James Mason told a newspaper at the time that Welch was "the most selfish, ill-mannered, inconsiderate actress that I've ever had the displeasure of working with." Joel Schumacher worked on the film as costume designer. Reception Perkins and Sondheim's script was novelized by Alexander Edwards. The critical reception for the film was mostly positive. The film currently holds an 86% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 14 reviews. In The New York Times Vincent Canby called the film "an old-fashioned murder mystery" that "makes murder, as well as life, more interesting." Raquel Welch later said she was "good" in the film "but being good in a bad movie doesn't do anything for your career." Follow-up In 1975, Tony Perkins said he and Sondheim were working on another script, The Chorus Girl Murder Case. "It's a sort of stew based on all those Bob Hope wartime comedies, plus a little Lady of Burlesque and a little Orson Welles magic show, all cooked into a Last of Sheila-type plot," said Perkins. He later said other inspirations were They Got Me Covered, The Ipcress File and Cloak and Dagger. However, the film was never made. In the 1980s, Perkins and Sondheim collaborated on another script, the seven part Crime and Variations for Motown Productions. It, too, was never made. 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Chassis configuration The chassis configuration is a formula that gives information about the wheels of a road vehicle including number of wheels, number of driven wheels and number of steered wheels. A common example is 4x4. Formula The formula is defined as follows: A × B / C or A × B * C with: A = number of wheels (twin-mounted tires count as one wheel) B = number of driven wheels / = the fore of the rear axles is steered (pusher axle) * = the rearmost of the rear axles is steered (tag axle) C = number of steered wheels Basis is always the standard configuration, meaning a steered front axle and a non-steered driven rear axle. This means: If only the front wheels are steered, the rearmost part of the formula can be left out. The most common example is probably the 4×4 configuration. 6×44 is the chassis configuration for a vehicle with six wheels where four wheels are driven, in addition, the two front wheels as well as the rearmost two wheels are steered. In this case it is a three-axled vehicle. Often the formula A × B × C is used. Even if the information contained by C is needless, it means that only front axles are steered. This can give information about the distribution of axles. For example, provide manufacturers the chassis configuration 84*4 to show that the vehicle has two steered front axles and two driven rear axles See also :Category:All-wheel-drive vehicles 6x6 References Josef Epker: Lastkraftwagen und Technik. Epjos Verlag, 2014. External links Category:Car layouts	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
University of the Philippines College of Arts and Sciences The University of the Philippines Manila College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) is one of the nine-degree granting units of the University of the Philippines Manila. It is the largest college by population of UP Manila. The college offers subjects under the general education curriculum. It provides education to around 1,200 non-CAS students and 1,700 CAS students annually. It is the college which offers the most number of subjects every semester. History When the University of the Philippines transferred to Diliman, the U.P. Board of Regents approved a resolution creating a University Extension Division on June 21, 1951. The Division was to be located in the original Manila campus of the University, and had for its mission, to service the working students. Courses offered included undergraduate subjects in the general education program leading to an Associate in Arts or a bachelor's degree in Arts, Business Administration, Education and Law and three graduate programs: Master of Education, Master of Arts and Master in Industrial Management. On November 22, 1966, the Board of Regents adopted a resolution specifying the Plan of Operations for the Extension Division which provided for the following: 1.) limitation of curricular offerings to undergraduate courses of the College of Arts and Sciences; and 2.) creation of an Academic Advisory Committee to oversee the program of courses with the Director of the Extension Division as chairman, and the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, U.P. Diliman and the Director for Undergraduate Studies as members. As a result of this resolution, the supervision of some of the programs, specifically the graduate program in education and the undergraduate program in Business Administration were transferred to the mother colleges. The Extension Division was also renamed College of Arts and Sciences, Manila unit. At this point, the future of the Extension Unit became uncertain. In 1969, with the assumption of Salvador Lopez as U.P. President, the atmosphere of uncertainty somehow changed. In 1969, the Manila unit was elevated to college status with "U.P. Extension in Manila" as its new name and designation of its head was changed from director to dean. Prof. David G. Wico, director then, assumed the title of dean in his last year of service at the University. After Dr. Bonifacio S. Salamanca took over as dean, the college experienced vigorous growth. Expansion included the institution of new degree programs, such as B.S. Biological Sciences and the appointment of more full-time faculty members and administrative personnel. This led to the creation of three academic committees which later evolved into the Divisions of Humanities, Physical and Biological Sciences, and Social Sciences. In 1973, the name of the college was further changed to U.P. College in Manila. On March 19, 1975, U.P. President O.D. Corpuz issued Administrative Order No. 17, advising the college to re-examine its goals. Dr. Nestor N. Pilar was appointed dean in 1978. The college's objectives of giving an arts and sciences education were re-emphasized. A new degree program, B.A. Development Studies was also offered. When Atty. Edgardo J. Angara assumed the U.P. presidency, he created two committees: one to re-examine curricular offerings (Committee to Review Academic Programs or CRAP) and the other, the Management Review Committee or MRC to re-examine the organizational structure and management of the University. It was the latter's recommendation which was approved by the Board of Regents later embodied in Executive No. 4. This made possible the creation of the autonomous University of the Philippines in Manila on October 22, 1982. This started the rapid growth of U.P. Manila. In 1985, under Dr. Benjamin Lozare, the Division of Physical and Biological Sciences was renamed Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics and the B.S. Biological Sciences became B.S. Biology. New curriculum offerings which included B.A. Organizational Communication, B.A. Philippine Arts were instituted. Under the stewardship of Dean Angela P. Sarile, the CAS has 5 departments: Biology, Arts and Communication, Physical Education, Physical Sciences and Mathematics and Social Sciences. Departments The College is divided into six academic departments which offer courses in the Natural and Social Sciences, The Humanities and Physical Education. Department of Arts and Communication Chair: Alice B. Adeva, M.A. Department of Behavioral Sciences Chair: Ma. Teresa G. De Guzman, PhD Department of Biology Chair: Jay T. Dalet, Ph.D. Department of Physical Sciences and Mathematics Chair: Marie Josephine M. de Luna, Ph.D. Department of Social Sciences Chair: Jerome A. Ong, M.A. Department of Physical Education Chair: Lenita R. Otadoy, M.S.P.E. Academic programs The college offers the following academic degree programs: Undergraduate program Bachelor of Science in Applied Physics (Health Physics) Bachelor of Arts in Behavioral Sciences Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry Bachelor of Science in Biology Bachelor of Science in Computer Science Major in Health Informatics Major in Statistical Computing Bachelor of Arts in Development Studies Bachelor of Arts in Social Science (Area Studies) Bachelor of Arts in Organizational Communication Bachelor of Arts in Philippine Arts Bachelor of Arts in Political Science Graduate Programs Master in Management major in Business Management major in Public Management major in Educational Management Master of Science in Health Policy Studies (in partnership with College of Public Health) Master of Science in Health Informatics (Bioinformatics track)(in partnership with College of Medicine) Officials Administration Dean: Leonardo R. Estacio Jr., Ph.D. Associate Deans: Academic Affairs: Maria Constancia O. Carrillo, Ph.D. Planning And Development: Ma. Paula G. Sioco, Ph.D. Research and Public Service: Marilen P. Balolong, Ph.D College Secretary: Ignatius H. Vinzons, M.A. Coordinators and Special Assistants to the Dean: Coordinator, Office for Institutional Linkages:Sharon A. Caringal, M.E.M.D. Coordinator, Office of Student Services:Mishima Z. Miciano, M.A. Coordinator, Gender Program:Kimberly B. Benjamin, M.Sc. Convenor, Manila Studies Program:Julian V. Advincula Jr., M.A. Coordinator, Alumni Affairs:Melody Anne B. Ocampo, M.Sc. Coordinator, Extension Services:Allan Joseph F. Mesina, M.E.M.D. Coordinator, Health and Safety:Samuel M. Go, M.S.P.H. Administrative Officer:Carlota P. Surat, M.B.A. CAS Librarian':Emerlona E. Delgado References External links University of the Philippines College of Arts and Sciences University of the Philippines Manila Faura Online, the official tri-partite online newsletter of CAS UP Manila Conference on Global Climate Change Organizational Communication Conference Department of Physical Sciences and Mathematics Category:Graduate schools in the Philippines	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Henry Maingot Henry Maingot was a sailor from the France, who represented his native country at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. Maingot took the 8th in the 1st race of the 3 to 10 ton. Sources Category:French male sailors (sport) Category:Sailors at the 1900 Summer Olympics – 3 to 10 ton Category:Sailors at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Open class Category:Olympic sailors of France Category:Year of birth missing Category:Year of death missing	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Pimenio Pimenio, (Pymenius) was Bishop of Assidonia (Medina Sidonia). He participated in the Fourth Council of Toledo in AD 633 and sixth in the year 638, being represented by the priest Ubiliensio in the seventh council of Toledo 646. He devoted several churches, putting in them further relics of martyrs, what various inscriptions are preserved in the chapel of Saints in Medina Sidonia (year 630), in the Saint Ambrosio church Vejer de la Frontera (year 644), in Salpensa (near Utrera) of 648, and in Alcalá de los Gazules 662. He carried out substantial work of renewal in his diocese and his episcopate lasted at least 18 years from 629 until after 646. He was buried in a monastery in the village of Aquis (Talavera de la Reina) where in the year 681 in honor of the Saint, the Visigoth king Wamba established the bishopric of aquense-eborense dependent of the pontifical chair of Merida. References Category:7th-century bishops	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Ainslie baronets The Ainslie Baronetcy, of Great Torrington in the County of Lincoln, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 19 November 1804 for the Scottish diplomat Sir Robert Ainslie, with remainder to Robert Sharpe Ainslie, son of General George Ainslie, brother of the first Baronet. Robert Sharpe Ainslie succeeded in the baronetcy in 1812 according to the special remainder. He had previously represented Mitchell in Parliament. The title became extinct on his death in 1858. Ainslie baronets, of Great Torrington (1804) Sir Robert Ainslie, 1st Baronet (–1812) Sir Robert Sharpe Ainslie, 2nd Baronet (1777–1858) References Category:Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Salt Range The Salt Range () is a hill system in the Punjab province of Pakistan, deriving its name from its extensive deposits of rock salt. The range extends along the south of the Pothohar Plateau and the North of the Jhelum River. The Salt Range contains the great mines of Khewra, Kalabagh and Warcha which yield vast supplies of salt. Coal of a medium quality is also found. Sakaser is the highest peak of Salt Range. Namal Lake, Khabikki Lake and Uchhali Lake are lakes in the Salt Range. History The Awan, Gakhars, and Janjuas had engaged in an endless battle for sovereignty over the Salt Range. But later in the 16th century, the Awan drove out Janjuas and Ghakhars from the western parts of the Salt Range. According to the Emperor Babar, the Jud and the Janjuha were "two races descended from the same father, " who from old times had been rulers of the hills between Nilab and Bhera, that is, of the Salt Range. "On one-half of the hill lived the Jud, and on the other half the Janjua." The Awans now occupy western half of these hills towards Nilab and Janjuas (Rajputs) on eastern part of these Hills. Juds are actually a sub-clan of Janjuas and there are still 7 seven villages of Juds near Dhrabi Area of Chakwal including Dhrabi village and Dam. They are descendants of Raja Jodh who was 2nd Prince of Janjua King Raja Mal Dev Khan Janjua.There are several forts on these hills and all of them were built by Janjua Rajputs and there ancestors the Pandav's at Katas Raj as well as the Janjua Shahi Dynasty of 2nd Kabul Shahis at Nandna fort. Also this area is known as the first ever Muslim Rajputs Kingdom and Raja Mal Dev Khan Janjua was the founder of This Kingdom. He was from Chandravanshi Rathore Rajputs clan and he was from the bloodline of famous Indian Mahabharata Warrior Prince Arjun Dev Pandav. About 1500 Janjua Rajputs warrior cavalry fought in the battle of Panipat from this area in support of Babur under the command Malik Hast Khan Janjua (Asad). Sultan Lashkar Janjua and Raja Sanghral Ali Khan Janjuas were also commanding their own Muslim Janjua Rajputs during Battle of Panipat and Battle of Khanwa against Rana Sanga. All of them were rulers of these Hills and chieftains of this ruling Rajput clan. Before these hills were known as Koh-e-jodh, it was on the name of Raja Jodh Janjua son of Raja Mal Dev Khan Janjua. Kathwai Two interesting sites are close to Kathwai, Kutte Mar, and Tulaja fort. At Kuttee Mar to the Northeast of Kathwai are Muslim graves made of Kangar and the purported grave of a dog that is said to have died defending the wedding procession of its owner from an attack by bandits. Kutte Mar may have been the place where the Khura inscription of Toramana was found (Buhler 1891–92, 238–41; Sircar 1965: 422–4). If this assessment is correct, a Buddhist monastery was established here around 500. A.D. This inscription and another fragmentary inscription found at Sakaser (Pakistan Archaeology 5, 1968: 284-70) confirm that this area was a flourishing, center for Buddhism, which is borne out by the extensive archaeological remains. The Tulaja fort is located on a huge rock outcropping with sheer cliffs overlooking the shrine of Kacchianwalla and the Punjab plains. The entire area is covered with the ruins of defensive walls, houses, and other structures made of large stone blocks. Although one building has been identified as a mosque, it is very difficult to distinguish other religious, military or civil structures. One of the most interesting features is a large square tank made of the flat rectangular bricks, which may have supplied water so that the fort could withstand a siege. Comparing this tank with those in other forts may help in assigning a relative date to its construction. In addition to architectural styles, evidence from any coins, which are found here, may help to indicate if this city belonged to the period of the Turk Sultans, Lodhis or Mughals. Extensive remains of a cemetery and other settlements are on the slopes below the fort. There are also supposed to be some remains on Tulaji across the valley from Talaja. Habitat The Salt Range has a high level of biodiversity and is home to a number of wildlife sanctuaries (ChumbiSurla, Jahlar Lake, Sodhi, Khabekki Lake and KundalRakh) and protected areas, including the Chinji National Park and several forest (e.g. Simli Reserved Forest and Noorpur Reserved Forest) and wetland areas (including Ucchali, Jahlar and Khabbiki lakes). See also List of mountains in Pakistan "Himalayan" salt References The Salt Range: Pakistan's unique field museum of geology and paleontology External links Salt Range Temples Category:History of Pakistan Category:Regions of Punjab, Pakistan Category:Mountain ranges of Punjab (Pakistan) Category:Salt industry in Pakistan	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Denny Party The Denny Party is a group of American pioneers credited with founding Seattle, Washington. They settled at Alki Point on November 13, 1851. History A wagon party headed by Arthur A. Denny left Cherry Grove, Illinois on April 10, 1851. The party included his father John Denny, stepmother, two older brothers who settled in the Willamette Valley of Oregon, his younger brother David Denny, his wife, Mary Ann Boren, Mary's younger sister Louisa, and their brother Carson Boren. Mary Ann was Arthur Denny's wife and his stepsister, and was pregnant throughout the journey. Mary's sister Louisa Boren married David Denny in 1861. Arthur Denny was also ill throughout the journey, but remained the group's leader. On July 6, 1851, the party battled Native Americans at American Falls on the Snake River, but escaped unharmed. The following day they met John Low, and he joined the party. Late in July they reached the Burnt River in eastern Oregon where they encountered a man named Brock. He suggested to Denny that Puget Sound would be a good place to create a town. The Denny Party arrived in Portland, Oregon on August 22, 1851. Arthur Denny was ill and Mary Ann was about to give birth so the party convalesced in Portland. On September 2, Mary gave birth to a son, Rolland H. Denny. John Low and David Denny headed north to scout the possibilities. Along the way they were joined by Leander "Lee" Terry. In newly founded Olympia, Washington, they met Michael Simmons, the wealthy founder of Tumwater. He guided them to Alki as a possible site for a settlement. On September 28, 1851, Terry and Low began building a cabin with help from the local Native Americans, and then staked claims to the land. Low returned to Portland to alert the others, Terry looked for a froe to make redcedar shake shingles, and David Denny stayed on in the unfinished cabin. Like his brother, he was not in good health, and his situation was not improved by staying in an unroofed cabin. He injured his foot with an axe. In Portland, Arthur Denny recruited Illinois farmer William Nathaniel Bell and his wife, and, by coincidence, Charlie Terry, Leander's younger brother. The Terry brothers, from Waterville, New York, had come west as part of the California Gold Rush, but had not liked the rough and tumble of San Francisco. On November 5, 1851, the Denny Party left Portland on the schooner Exact, bound for Puget Sound and the Queen Charlotte Islands. The Exact carried a number of settlers bound for Puget Sound in addition to the Denny Party, including Daniel Bigelow who settled in Olympia. After a difficult passage, particularly hard on the still-ill Denny, they arrived at Alki on November 13, where David greeted them with the words, "I wish you hadn't come." Denny was bitterly disappointed that Low and Lee Terry had already staked the relevant claims for Alki. However, he had no choice but to pitch in, finish the cabin and settle in for the winter. Denny convinced Bell and Boren that they needed to scout a different location. Once the worst of winter cleared, Denny and other party members explored as far as Commencement Bay (now the site of Tacoma), Port Orchard, Smith Cove, and up the Duwamish River to the present site of Puyallup, before settling on an island in the mudflats near the east shore of Elliott Bay, now the site of Pioneer Square. For the next three years Alki Point and Elliott Bay sites competed as rival townsites. Charlie Terry bought out his brother's and Low's Alki holdings, and led this community. Arthur Denny settled at Elliott Bay and, along with his rival "Doc" Maynard, led the development of Seattle. The tides at Alki were so strong that piers could not be built. Terry moved to the community on the east shore of Elliott Bay, which became the nucleus of the city of Seattle. Monument A monument at Alki Beach is inscribed with the names of all members of the Denny Party. References William C. ("Bill") Speidel, Sons of the Profits, Nettle Creek Publishing Company, Seattle, 1967. Category:History of Seattle Category:American city founders Category:Washington (state) pioneers	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Donald Arnold Donald John Arnold (born July 14, 1935 in Kelowna, British Columbia) is a Canadian competition rower and Olympic champion. He received a gold medal in coxless fours at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, together with Archibald MacKinnon, Lorne Loomer and Walter D'Hondt. At the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Arnold received a gold medal in eights, and a silver medal in coxed fours. He received a silver medal in eights at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, as a member of the Canadian team. Awards Arnold was inducted into the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame in 1958. He was inducted into British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame in 1966, and into University of British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame in 1993, together with the other members of the Olympic gold team. References External links sports-reference Category:1935 births Category:Canadian male rowers Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Canada Category:Living people Category:Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics Category:Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic gold medalists for Canada Category:Olympic medalists in rowing Category:Olympic rowers of Canada Category:Olympic silver medalists for Canada Category:Rowers at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Category:Rowers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Category:Rowers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Category:Sportspeople from Kelowna Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in rowing	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Prisoner X2 "Prisoner X2" (in Hebrew: "האסיר איקס 2" or "X2 האסיר") is a placeholder name of a Mossad agent (described as an "important operative") who, as of 2014, reportedly has been secretly imprisoned in Israel for about a decade, after he was convicted of treason (spying for a foreign power). Reports about Prisoner X2 First details about a "second Prisoner X" being secretly held in Ayalon Prison emerged in 2013, following the exposure of the death of Ben Zygier. Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, who chaired the Knesset Committee on Defense and Foreign Affairs, told Knesset members the case was "extremely serious" but that the prisoner's rights were being upheld. Prominent Israeli lawyer Avigdor Feldman described this case as "a terrible security breach", and "much more grave, sensational, amazing and riveting from Zygier's case." The case was kept under wraps in Israel, and reports about it were deleted from Israeli news sites. References External links Lieberman reveals: The second X prisoner is involved in an "extremely grave case" (in Hebrew), Nrg, July 10, 2013 Sources in Prison Service tell Haaretz: The second X prisoner is being held in total isolation for years (in Hebrew), Haaretz, July 10, 2013 What We Know — and Don't Know — About Israel's Prisoner X2, The Forward, July 14, 2013 Israel's 'Prisoner X2' case raises concerns, Deutsche Welle, July 18, 2013 Category:People of the Mossad Category:People convicted of treason against Israel Category:Incarcerated spies Category:Double agents Category:People convicted of spying Category:Post–Cold War spies Category:Israeli prisoners and detainees Category:Censorship in Israel Category:Iranian spies Category:Iran–Israel relations Category:Unidentified people	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Buam-dong, Seoul Buam-dong is a dong, neighbourhood of Jongno-gu in Seoul, South Korea. Attraction A bronze statue of Choi Gyu-sik (최규식) is on Jaha Gate hill near the Buam-dong residential service office. Choi was a chief of the Jongno police station who killed in the line of duty when North Korean spies tried to penetrate Cheong Wa Dae, South Korean presidential office and residence in 1968. Another attraction to Buam-dong is the Changuimun Gate, otherwise known as the Northeast Gate of the Fortress Wall of Seoul. Changuimun is one of the Eight Gates of Seoul; its gatehouse is the oldest among the “Four Small Gates” (사소문). The area is home to a store founded in 1969, Dongyang Bangagan, that sells tteok, traditional rice cakes. It grinds rice to make them at home and sells many varieties, as well as seasonal specialties. See also Administrative divisions of South Korea References External links Jongno-gu Official site in English Jongno-gu Official site Status quo of Jongno-gu by administrative dong Buam-dong Resident office Origin of Buam-dong name Category:Neighbourhoods of Jongno-gu	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Arkansas ArchAngels The Arkansas ArchAngels were a team in the World Basketball Association, they began playing in the 2005 season. 2005 season Despite being overshadowed by the highly successful Arkansas RimRockers, the ArchAngels had a decent first season, and received good press coverage. Attendance hung around 200-300 for the first season. The ArchAngels played home games at Philander Smith College The team finished 16-8, but was stunned in the quarterfinals by the Gulf Coast Bandits, who upset Arkansas 101-96. 2006 Silencing questions of the team's future, the ArchAngels unveiled an improved website as well as additional sponsors prior to the 06 season. The team played their home games at the old UALR University of Arkansas at Little Rock Trojan Field House, not the newer Jack Stephens Center. They had a successful season making it to the 2nd Round of the WBA Playoffs where they were defeated 106-104, in overtime, by the Marietta Storm. Despite their success, 2006 would be the final season for the ArchAngels in the WBA. Related links Official Website Category:World Basketball Association teams Category:Basketball teams in Arkansas Category:Basketball teams established in 2005 Category:Basketball teams disestablished in 2006 Category:2005 establishments in Arkansas Category:2006 disestablishments in Arkansas Category:Sports in Little Rock, Arkansas	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2018 – Men's freestyle 61 kg The men's freestyle 61 kg is a competition featured at the Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2018, and was held in Krasnoyarsk, Russia on the 26th of January. Medalists Results Legend F — Won by fall WO — Won by walkover (forfeit) Final Top half wrestler 1: Ismail Musukaev of Kabardino-Balkaria def. Rustam Abdurashidov of Dagestan by TF, (12–1) wrestler 2: Aleksandr Bogomoev of Buryatia def. Yulian Gergenov of Buryatia (9–0) Section 1 Repechage References Men's freestyle 61 kg	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Nolan (disambiguation) Nolan is a surname and a given name. Nolan may also refer to: Places Canada Nolans Corners, Ontario United States Nolan, Texas Nolan County, Texas Nolan River in Johnson County and Hill County Nolan, West Virginia See also Colby Nolan, a housecat who was awarded an MBA degree in 2004 by Trinity Southern University, a Texas-based diploma mill Nolan Helmets, an Italian helmet manufacturer The Nolans, an Irish all-female band The Nolan Chart, a political diagram popularized by Libertarian David Nolan The Nolan principles, first report of the Committee on Standards in Public Life	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
List of state divisions of the Liberal Party of Australia This is a list of articles for the official state and territorial party organisations (or equivalents) of the Liberal Party of Australia. Liberal Party of Australia (New South Wales Division) (Site) Liberal Party of Australia (Victorian Division) (Site) Liberal National Party (Queensland) (Site) Liberal Party of Australia (Western Australian Division) (Site) Liberal Party of Australia (South Australian Division) (Site) Liberal Party of Australia (Tasmanian Division) (Site) Liberal Party of Australia (Australian Capital Territory Division) (Site) Country Liberal Party (Northern Territory) (Site) References Category:Liberal Party of Australia	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Eco-industrial park An eco-industrial park (EIP) is an industrial park in which businesses cooperate with each other and with the local community in an attempt to reduce waste and pollution, efficiently share resources (such as information, materials, water, energy, infrastructure, and natural resources), and help achieve sustainable development, with the intention of increasing economic gains and improving environmental quality. An EIP may also be planned, designed, and built in such a way that it makes it easier for businesses to co-operate, and that results in a more financially sound, environmentally friendly project for the developer. The Eco-industrial Park Handbook states that "An Eco-Industrial Park is a community of manufacturing and service businesses located together on a common property. Members seek enhanced environmental, economic, and social performance through collaboration in managing environmental and resource issues." Based on the concepts of industrial ecology, collaborative strategies not only include by-product synergy ("waste-to-feed" exchanges), but can also take the form of wastewater cascading, shared logistics and shipping & receiving facilities, shared parking, green technology purchasing blocks, multi-partner green building retrofit, district energy systems, and local education and resource centres. This is an application of a systems approach, in which designs and processes/activities are integrated to address multiple objectives. EIPs can be developed as greenfield land projects, where the eco-industrial intent is present throughout the planning, design and site construction phases, or developed through retrofits and new strategies in existing industrial developments. Examples "Industrial symbiosis" is a related but more limited concept in which companies in a region collaborate to utilize each other's by-products and otherwise share resources. In Kalundborg, Denmark a symbiosis network links a 1500MW coal-fired power plant with the community and other companies. Surplus heat from this power plant is used to heat 3500 local homes in addition to a nearby fish farm, whose sludge is then sold as a fertilizer. Steam from the power plant is sold to Novo Nordisk, a pharmaceutical and enzyme manufacturer, in addition to a Statoil plant. This reuse of heat reduces the amount thermal pollution discharged to a nearby fjord. Additionally, a by-product from the power plant's sulfur dioxide scrubber contains gypsum, which is sold to a wallboard manufacturer. Almost all of the manufacturer's gypsum needs are met this way, which reduces the amount of open-pit mining needed. Furthermore, fly ash and clinker from the power plant is utilized for road building and cement production. The industrial symbiosis at Kalundborg was not created as a top-down initiative, but instead evolved gradually. As environmental regulations became stricter, firms were motivated reduce the cost of compliance, and turn their by-products into economic products. In Canada, eco-industrial parks exist across the country and have enjoyed some success. The best known example is Burnside Park, in Halifax, Nova Scotia. With support from Dalhousie University’s Eco-Efficiency Centre, the more than 1,500 businesses have been improving their environmental performance and developing profitable partnerships. Subsequently, two greenfield industrial developments have been started in Alberta: TaigaNova Eco-Industrial Park is in the heart of the Athabasca oil sands, while Innovista Eco-Industrial Park is a gateway to the Rocky Mountains ~300km west of Edmonton. UNIDO Viet Nam (United Nations Industrial Development Organization) has compiled a list in 2015 of Eco-Industrial Parks (EIP) in the ASEAN Economic Community in a report titled "Economic Zones in the ASEAN" written by Arnault Morisson. Other usage EIPs also refer to industrial parks where a "green" approach has been taken towards the infrastructure and development of the site. This can include green infrastructure related to Renewable Energy Systems; stormwater, groundwater and wastewater management; road surfaces; and transportation demand management. Green building practices can also be encouraged or mandated EIPs are often used as a stimulus for economic diversification in the community or region where they are located. Anchor tenants, such as bio-based product manufacturers or waste-to-energy facilities, etc., can attract complementary businesses as suppliers, scavengers/recyclers, service providers, downstream users and other businesses that could benefit from eco-industrial strategies. Suggested usage It is suggested that EIPs be used as a means of growing the renewable energy sector. In the case of a Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Manufacturing plant, an EIP can increase the manufacturing efficiency to make it more economical, while reducing the environmental impact of producing the solar cells. In essence, this assists the growth of the renewable energy industry and the environmental benefits that come with replacing fossil-fuels. See also EcoPark – EIP in Hong-Kong Industrial ecology Industrial symbiosis Kalundborg Eco-industrial Park References Further reading Greening the Asphalt Acres. Alberta Venture. Aug, 2008. Eco-industrial Zones: Sustaining the wealth of industrial developments. Building Sustainable Communities E-Zine. Jan, 2009. Eco-Industrial Parks surging in popularity. Business Edge Magazine. Nov, 2008. https://www.unido.org/fileadmin/user_media_upgrade/Resources/Publications/UCO_Viet_Nam_Study_FINAL.pdf Economic Zones in ASEAN. UNIDO. 2015. External links Eco-Industrial Development Network Industrial Symbiosis Industrial Ecology Wiki - Repository of information about Eco-Industrial Parks around the world Indigo Development Eco-Industrial Park page and handbook Existing and Developing Eco-Industrial Park Sites in the U.S. Industrial Symbiosis Timeline Industrial Symbiosis in Action Zero Emissions Research & Initiatives TaigaNova Eco-Industrial Park in Fort McMurray, AB, Canada Innovista Eco-Industrial Park in Hinton, AB, Canada The Eco-Efficiency Centre in Burnside, Nova Scotia, Canada CleanTech Park in Singapore European EIPs/EEPAs Shawnigan ECO-Industrial Park Category:Industrial ecology Category:Industrial parks Category:Waste processing sites	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Wu Liufang Wu Liufang (), born on 22 December 1994, is a retired Chinese gymnast. Gymnastics career Wu Liufang made the Chinese national team in 2008. At the 11th Chinese national games in September 2009, she achieved bronze for uneven bars and silver for the team event (as part of Guangdong team). Wu participated in the 2010 Doha World Cup, where she won gold on balance beam and floor, and silver on uneven bars. She also won beam gold at the 17th Internationaux de France world cup held in Paris Bercy. At the 2010 Chinese national championships, Wu Liufang, participating for the Guangdong team, won silver in all-round, and came 4th in uneven bars and 4th in beam. Wu Liufang attended the 2010 World Championships in Rotterdam as the 7th reserve member of the Chinese team, and did not end up competing. She was also named into the Chinese team for the 2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Tokyo but was replaced just before the qualifying round by teammate Huang Qiushuang. She was the oldest member for the Chinese WAG team at the 2012 Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships where she won the Team gold with teammates Zeng Siqi, Shang Chunsong, Luo Peiru, Li Yiting and Huang Huidan. In the individual event finals, she beat teammate Huang Huidan to win the Uneven Bars gold. Wu Liufang retired from gymnastics in October 2013. Competitive history References External links Category:Chinese female artistic gymnasts Category:1994 births Category:Living people Category:Gymnasts from Guangxi Category:People from Liuzhou	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Mandirow, Qasr-e Qand Mandirow (, also Romanized as Mandīrow; also known as Mānderīyū and Mānderow) is a village in Talang Rural District, Talang District, Qasr-e Qand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 490, in 92 families. References Category:Populated places in Qasr-e Qand County	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
As d'Or The As d'Or (Golden Ace) is a games award given out by a jury at the Festival International des Jeux in Cannes, France. The awards were established in 1988. From 1989 to 2003, a jury of journalists allotted "Golden Aces" by category to games presented by their editors. A special prize, the Super As d'Or, was allotted to the best game from any category. In 2003, the process was modified to give more autonomy to the jury. A single As d'Or was awarded, and 10 nominees were announced. In 2005, the award merged with the Jeu de l'Année. It was decided that the combined award should be named after the year of awarding rather than year of publication, so the first combined award was the 2005 As d'Or Jeu de l'Année with awards in three categories: general public/family games, experts, and children. In 2012, the As d'Or Prix du Jury was added. Super As d'Or As d'Or L'As d'Or Jeu de l'Année L'As d'Or Jeu de l'Année combined in 2005 the L'As de'Or and the Jeu de l'Année into a single set of awards, presented in four categories. As d'Or Jeu de l'Année (Grand Public) As d'Or Grand Prix (Expert) As d'Or Jeu de l'Année Enfant (Children's Games) As d'Or Prix du Jury External links Cannes Games Festival official website Category:Game awards Category:French awards Category:Awards established in 1988 Category:Board game awards	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
The Adventures of Hutch the Honeybee (1989 series) is a 1989 remake of the 1971 classic anime series The Adventures of Hutch the Honeybee. The show follows the original series' main storyline, and tells the adventure of a young bee who searches for his missing queen bee mother. Like the 1970 show, this remake is notable for its sad and cruel scripts, often featuring the deaths of the protagonist's friends. Cast Hitomi Ishikawa as Hutch Atsuko Mine as Honey Masako Nozawa as Kumagoro Michiko Nomura as Aya Rei Sakuma as Roza Ryūji Saikachi as Old Man Osamushi Toshiko Maeda as Narrator Yoshiko Sakakibara as Mam Episodes Foreign versions In France, whereas the original series had been broadcast under the title Le Petit Prince Orphelin (the Little Orphan Prince), this remake was broadcast on France 3 under the titles of Hacou l'abeille (Hacou the bee), or simply Hacou with only 26 of the 55 episodes being shown. In Italy, the series was broadcast on Italia 1. In the Middle East, the anime was shown in Kuwait under the title of Arabic Bashar (). In Jordan, it was renamed as Siwar Al-Asal (), and was first shown on Showtime Broadcasting and in Saudi Arabia on Channel 1. In Germany, the series was named Flitz das Bienenkind (Filtz the bee child). The German dub was produced by Saban in 1994 and was based on the US dub. The original 91 episodes were cut together for a total of 65 episodes. The series premiered on ARD on 29 december 1996. References External links Category:1989 anime television series Category:Nippon Television shows Category:Tatsunoko Production Category:Animated television series about insects Category:Animated television series about orphans	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Brian Ocampo Brian Alexis Ocampo Ferreira (born 25 June 1999) is a Uruguayan footballer who plays as a forward for Nacional in the Uruguayan Primera División. References External links Profile at Nacional Official Website Category:1999 births Category:Living people Category:Club Nacional de Football players Category:Uruguayan Primera División players Category:Uruguayan footballers Category:Association football forwards	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Joseph C. Wells Joseph Collins Wells (1814–1860) was an English-born architect who practiced in New York City from 1839 to 1860. He was a founding member of the American Institute of Architects, and several of his works have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Two of his works, the Henry C. Bowen House and the Jonathan Sturges House, have been designated as U.S. National Historic Landmarks. He also designed First Presbyterian Church ("Old First"), a New York City Landmark in Greenwich Village. Life and career Wells was born in England in 1814 and emigrated to the United States in 1839. His first known work in the United States is the Jonathan Sturges House in Connecticut. By 1840, Wells had formed a partnership with architect William Ranlett in New York City; that partnership lasted one year. Wells has been credited with designing some of "the earliest Gothic Revival cottages in this country", a style later popularized by Andrew Jackson Downing. In February 1857, Wells was one of 13 architects who met to form an organization to "promote the scientific and practical perfection of its members" and "elevate the standing of the profession." The organization became the American Institute of Architects. Others at that meeting included Richard Morris Hunt, Charles Babcock, Richard Upjohn, his son Richard Mitchell Upjohn and Leopold Eidlitz. A number of his works are listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and two, the Henry C. Bowen House and the Jonathan Sturges House, are U.S. National Historic Landmarks. Works Wells' works include: Former Century Association Building, 1857 renovation and extension by Wells, 111 East 15th St, Manhattan, New York City. First Presbyterian Church (1846), also known as "Old First," 48 Fifth Avenue, Greenwich Village, New York, New York, designated a New York City Landmark. Wells designed the original 1846 structure. Luzerne County Courthouse (1856, former), Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania E. B. Morgan House, 431 Main Street, Aurora, New York, part of the NRHP-listed Aurora Village–Wells College Historic District Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims (1849–1850), 75 Hicks Street, New York, New York (Wells, J. C.), NRHP-listed The Reef (built 1852–1853, burned 1942), also known as Sea-Cliffe and the Christopher Wolfe House, 562 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island Roseland Cottage, also known as Henry C. Bowen House, CT 169, Woodstock, Connecticut (Wells, Joseph Collins), NRHP-listed Store-and-loft building at 47 Murray Street (c. 1855), 47 Murray Street, Manhattan, New York, New York (attributed to Joseph C. Wells) Jonathan Sturges House, 449 Mill Plain Road, Fairfield, Connecticut (Wells, Joseph Collins), NRHP-listed United Congregational Church, Spring and Pelham Streets, Newport, Rhode Island (Wells, Joseph C.), NRHP-listed The Villard Houses are sometimes misattributed to Wells, but they were in fact built more than 20 years after he died, and were actually designed by Joseph M. Wells (1853–1890) of the McKim, Mead & White firm. References Notes External links Category:1814 births Category:1860 deaths Category:Architects from New York City Category:English emigrants to the United States Category:Founder of American Institute of Architects Category:19th-century American architects	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Crystal Marie Fleming Crystal Marie Fleming (born November 26, 1981) is an American sociologist and author. She is an associate professor of sociology and Africana studies at Stony Brook University. Fleming is the author of two books about race and white supremacy. Early life and education Crystal Marie Fleming was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee. She was raised by her mother in a religious environment and her family belonged to a black Pentecostal church. Fleming graduated in 2004, magna cum laude, with a Bachelor of Arts in sociology and French from Wellesley College. She completed a senior thesis titled Performing Blackness: Symbolic Boundaries and Aesthetic Distinctions among Spoken Word Poets in Boston. She obtained a Master of Arts in sociology in 2007 at Harvard University. At the same institution, Fleming earned a Doctor of Philosophy in sociology in 2011. Her dissertation was titled Imagining French Atlantic Slavery: A Comparison of Mnemonic Entrepreneurs and Everyday Antilleans in Metropolitan France. Fleming's doctoral advisor was Michèle Lamont. She won the 2012 Georges Lavau Dissertation Award from the American Political Science Association for an English-language dissertation on French politics. Career Fleming is Associate Professor of Sociology, Africana Studies and Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Stony Brook University. She was previously a visiting professor at Charles de Gaulle University – Lille III in 2015. She is the author of two books: Resurrecting Slavery: Racial Legacies and White Supremacy in France and How to Be Less Stupid About Race: On Racism, White Supremacy and the Racial Divide. Personal life Fleming identifies as bisexual and queer. Selected works Books References External links Category:1981 births Category:20th-century American women writers Category:21st-century American women writers Category:Living people Category:21st-century African-American people Category:African-American women writers Category:American women social scientists Category:American sociologists Category:Stony Brook University faculty Category:Wellesley College alumni Category:Harvard University alumni Category:Women sociologists Category:Bisexual women Category:LGBT writers from the United States Category:Bisexual academics Category:LGBT African Americans Category:LGBT people from Tennessee Category:Queer women Category:Queer writers	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Live and Let Die (soundtrack) Live and Let Die is the soundtrack to the eighth James Bond film of the same name. It was scored by George Martin. The title song was written by Paul and Linda McCartney and performed by Paul McCartney and Wings. It was the first Bond film score not to involve John Barry. History The music for most of the Bond films through Diamonds Are Forever had been scored by John Barry. Due to his working on a musical, and having fallen out with Bond producer Harry Saltzman over the last title song, Barry was unavailable to score Live and Let Die. Producers Saltzman and Albert Broccoli approached Paul McCartney to write the theme song and McCartney in turn asked Martin to record it for him. Impressed with the orchestration for the finished track, Saltzman and Broccoli considered Martin for the film's score. Martin worked closely with director Guy Hamilton who described what the music should convey in each scene as it unfolds. Only very minor changes to the finished score were asked for. Martin felt that this was as much for Hamilton's accurate briefing. The orchestra was conducted by Martin and recorded at AIR Studios. The soundtrack was also released in quadrophonic. Title song Having recorded McCartney's performance, Martin was taken aback when Saltzman asked him who he thought should sing the film's title song, suggesting to him Thelma Houston. Saltzman had envisaged a female soul singer. Martin said that it should be McCartney. He nonetheless scored a soul arrangement to accompany singer B. J. Arnau for a nightclub sequence in the film. Live and Let Die was the first time that a rock music arrangement was used to open a Bond film. It was also the first time that McCartney and Martin had worked together since Abbey Road in 1969. McCartney had been considered as title song composer for the previous Bond film, Diamonds Are Forever. The song was nominated for an Academy Award but lost to "The Way We Were". The ″Live and Let Die" single was a major success in the U.S. and UK and continues to be a highlight of McCartney's live shows. Chrissie Hynde covered the song for Bond composer David Arnold's compilation album Shaken and Stirred: The David Arnold James Bond Project. Track listing The original soundtrack LP ended with track 14, James Bond theme, and this version was later released on CD in 1988. The digitally remastered CD re-release, 2003, as well as adding eight additional tracks also extended several of the original ones, such as Bond Meets Solitaire. Except as noted, all tracks composed by George Martin. "Live and Let Die (Main Title) (Paul and Linda McCartney)" – Paul McCartney & Wings "Just a Closer Walk with Thee (Trad. Arr. Milton Batiste) /New Second Line (Milton Batiste)" – Harold A. "Duke" Dejan & The Olympia Brass Band "Bond Meets Solitaire" "Whisper Who Dares" "Snakes Alive" "Baron Samedi's Dance of Death" "San Monique" "Fillet of Soul – New Orleans/Live and Let Die/Fillet of Soul – Harlem" – B. J. Arnau "Bond Drops In" "If He Finds It, Kill Him" "Trespassers Will Be Eaten" "Solitaire Gets Her Cards" "Sacrifice" "James Bond Theme" (Monty Norman) "Gunbarrel/Snakebit" "Bond to New York" "San Monique (Alternate)" "Bond and Rosie" "The Lovers" "New Orleans" "Boat Chase" "Underground Lair" See also Outline of James Bond References Category:Soundtrack albums from James Bond films Soundtrack Category:Albums produced by George Martin Category:Film soundtracks Category:1973 soundtracks Category:United Artists Records soundtracks Category:Albums conducted by George Martin Category:Albums arranged by George Martin	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Sipsey Sipsey is the name of several features in the U.S. state of Alabama: Sipsey, Alabama, a town in Walker County The Sipsey Wilderness, a wilderness area in the Bankhead National Forest Sipsey Fork of the Black Warrior River, flowing through the Sipsey Wilderness The Sipsey River and swamp near Tuscaloosa, unrelated to the Sipsey Fork of the Black Warrior Rive See also Sipsey Creek (disambiguation) Sipsey Fork (disambiguation)	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Plaskett (crater) Plaskett is a prominent lunar impact crater that is located on the northern hemisphere on the far side of the Moon. It lies only a few hundred kilometers south of the lunar north pole, and the sunlight it receives is at a low angle. The large walled plain Rozhdestvenskiy is attached to the northeast rim of Plaskett, between the crater and the pole. To the south is the overlapping crater pair of Milankovic and Ricco. The outer rim of Plaskett has a somewhat polygonal shape formed from outward bulges in the perimeter. The inner wall is terraced along the southern edge, while the remainder is rougher and less finely featured. The interior floor is relatively flat and there is a central peak formed of a double-mount at the midpoint. The satellite crater Plaskett U is attached to the northwest rim. Because of the isolation of this crater and its location near the lunar limb, it has been suggested as the ideal spot for a future lunar base. A base here would allow simulation of a mission to Mars. Satellite craters By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Plaskett. External links LAC-1 area - Map of northern lunar pole References Category:Impact craters on the Moon	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Evan Markopoulos Elias Evan Markopoulos (born April 13, 1994), better known by his ring name Elia Markopoulos, and sometimes referred to as Evan, is a Greek-American professional wrestler from Hudson, Massachusetts. Elia wrestles on the independent circuit, mainly for Ohio Valley Wrestling in Louisville, Kentucky and formerly in the Northeast United States. At the age of 18 years old, Elias appeared at TNA Wrestling's TNA Gut Check, in a match against Douglas Williams on the September 20, 2012, episode of Impact Wrestling, making him the youngest person to appear on Impact television. Professional wrestling career Early years and training Markopoulos grew up and went to school in Hudson, Massachusetts. He had graduated from Hudson High School in 2012. The summer after seventh grade ended he decided to begin professional wrestling training at the early age of 13. In 2007 he began training at the Killer Kowalski School of Wrestling. Today its referred to as the New England Pro Wrestling Academy. Elia has trained under Mike Hollow, Todd Hansen, Brian Milonas, and Brian Fury, however he credits the Chaotic Training Center as a whole, Ohio Valley Wrestling and Al Snow as his trainers. was also trained by Todd Hansen "Hanson" from the ROH tag team known as war machine Independent circuit (2008–present) Elias has worked for a number of different independent professional wrestling promotions across the Northeast United States. Elia had his first match at the age of 14, against Nick Gamma, and has worked for such promotions as Chaotic Wrestling, New England Championship Wrestling, Millennium Wrestling Federation, Top Rope Promotions, Beyond Wrestling, NWA On Fire, CTWE, Eastern Wrestling Alliance, NWA Vintage Pro, East Coast Wrestling Association, Showcase Pro Wrestling, UFO Wrestling, PWF Northeast, and Big Time Wrestling. Of all his accomplishments, capturing the Chaotic Wrestling New England Championship at just 15 years old is probably his greatest achievement. Elia has been a standout performer in his area since 2009. Before becoming known as Elia Markopoulos in Chaotic Wrestling he was known as the masked Vortex, and also Evan Young. In late 2009, after winning the New England Championship with the help of Alex Arion, Elias started teaming with the then long time heel in New England, and dubbed themselves the Greek Squad. The babyface team failed to capture the Chaotic Wrestling Tag Team Championship numerous times causing Elia to turn heel on Arion in late 2011. The former tag partners then had a match at Cold Fury 10 in 2012, with Arion being victorious. Later in 2012, after Arion had been taken out due to injury by Elia, Markopoulos joined forces with Frankie Arion (Alex's kayfabe brother) and named themselves the Greek Squad. In August 2012 Arion returned and ultimately joined the heel faction again, this time Elia was the leader however. On the June 15, 2012 episode of WWE Smackdown, under the ring name Ari Cohen, Elias competed on WWE television. Elias tagged with Mike Testa, losing in a handicap match to Ryback. On January 18, 2013 at Chaotic's first event of the year, Elias returned after a three-month hiatus and defeated Mark Shurman, and joined Sean Gorman's empire along with the man who trained him, Todd Hansen. At Cold Fury 12, on March 1, 2013, Elias captured the vacant Chaotic Wrestling New England Championship in a four-way match, winning the championship for the second time in his career, but later vacated the title in early June 2013. In July 2013 Markopoulos was kayfabe fired from Chaotic Wrestling by then heel president Sean Gorman. The reason being Markopoulos moving to Louisville to further his wrestling training with Ohio Valley Wrestling. Markopoulos did return to Chaotic Wrestling in April 2014. On September 10, 2016, Markopoulos appeared on the Evolve Wrestling 68 show in Deer Park, NY. On July 19, 2019, Markopoulos made his return after a 4-month hiatus to Chaotic Wrestling, this time under the moniker Evan Wallbridge. Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2012) Elias received national recognition after appearing as a contestant on TNA Gut Check, using the ring name Evan Markopoulos, competing in a try out against Douglas Williams on the September 20, 2012 episode of Impact Wrestling. Evan would lose and was ultimately not awarded a contract (however he was given a developmental contract). At only 18 years old, Evan became youngest TNA Gut Check contestant there has been. On August 28, 2013, Markopoulos made his Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) debut as a heel in a dark match losing to Dylan Bostic. A few months after starting a friendly heel versus heel feud with Bostic, the two ended the feud and began teaming together due to their cheating and lying antics. Markopoulos was waived from his TNA contract in June 2015. Championships and accomplishments Chaotic Wrestling Chaotic Wrestling Heavyweight Championship (1 time) Chaotic Wrestling New England Championship (3 times) Chase for the Gold Tournament (2017) King of Chaos (2015) Lucky Pro Wrestling LPW Tag Team Championship (1 time with Christian Cassanova) Pro Wrestling Illustrated PWI ranked him #481 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2012 References Category:1994 births Category:Greek wrestlers Category:Living people Category:People from Hudson, Massachusetts Category:Sportspeople from Louisville, Kentucky	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Latin Lingo "Latin Lingo" is a song by American hip hop group Cypress Hill. The song was released as the final single from the group's self-titled debut album. The song "Hand on the Glock" is a re-recorded version of the song "Hand on the Pump". Music video The song's music video primarily shows the group performing the song at a house. Track listing Chart positions Notes A "Latin Lingo" did not enter the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but peaked at number 5 on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart, which acts as a 25-song extension to the R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. References Category:1991 songs Category:1992 singles Category:Cypress Hill songs Category:Ruffhouse Records singles Category:Spanglish songs Category:Hardcore hip hop songs Category:Songs written by DJ Muggs Category:Songs written by B-Real Category:Songs written by Sen Dog Category:Song recordings produced by DJ Muggs	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Robert H. Michel Robert Henry "Bob" Michel (; March 2, 1923 – February 17, 2017) was an American Republican Party politician who was a member of the United States House of Representatives for 38 years. He represented central Illinois' 18th congressional district, and was the GOP leader in Congress, serving as Minority Leader for the last 14 years (1981–1995) of a decades-long era of Democratic Party dominance of the House. Early life Michel was born and raised in Peoria, Illinois. His father was an emigrant from Alsace and his mother was the daughter of German immigrants. He attended Peoria High School. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from Bradley University. Military service When the U.S. entered the Second World War, Michel joined the United States Army and served with the 39th Infantry Regiment as an infantryman in England, France, Belgium, and Germany from February 10, 1943, to January 26, 1946, while also participating in the Invasion of Normandy in 1944. He was wounded by machine gun fire and awarded two Bronze Stars, the Purple Heart, and four battle stars. Education and early career After the war ended, Michel attended Bradley University in Peoria, graduating in 1948. From 1949 to 1956, he worked as an administrative assistant to U.S. Representative Harold Velde. Electoral career Although Michel was never part of the majority party, during his 38 years in the House he was noted for his bipartisanship in striking bargains. Michel was well respected across the aisle and was good friends with Democrats such as Speaker Thomas "Tip" O'Neill and Ways and Means Chairman Dan Rostenkowski. Michel was elected as a Republican to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1956 and served until his retirement on January 3, 1995. He served as Minority Whip from 94th Congress through the 96th Congress. Michel served from 1959 to 1980 as a member of the House Appropriations Committee, including 12 years as the ranking Republican on the Labor, Health, Education and Welfare Subcommittee. Later, he served as Minority Leader from the 97th Congress through 103rd Congresses. Michel voted in favor of the Civil Rights Acts of 1957, 1960, 1964, and 1968, and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Michel's toughest re-election was probably during the 1982 midterms, when he was in a tight race due to dissatisfaction over U.S. President Ronald Reagan's economic policies and the 1982 recession. Reagan travelled to Peoria to campaign for him. Michel stirred a controversy in 1988 when he recalled enjoying and participating in blackface minstrel shows as a young man, and said he missed the shows. He also compared the removal of racially offensive words in songs such as "Ol' Man River" to the Soviet re-writing of history. He later apologized for having given offence, explaining that he was honestly attempting to understand and accept changes in U.S. culture. In the early 1990s, Newt Gingrich and other young, aggressive conservative congressmen criticized Michel for being too easy-going and not fighting hard enough for Republican goals in the House. Supporters said Michel's practice of socializing with Democrats over a game of golf or cards resulted in deals that moved bills through the legislative process. It was also noted that Michel's voting was nearly as conservative as Gingrich's. In 1993 Michel gave the rebuttal to President Bill Clinton's first State of the Union speech, criticizing the economic policies of the newly inaugurated president. "The Clinton spin doctors have even given us a new political vocabulary, if you will – investment now means big government spending your tax dollars. Patriotism now means agreeing with the Clinton program. The powerful evocative word, sacrifice, has been reduced to the level of a bumper sticker slogan", he said. He was later criticized for obstructing Clinton's economic stimulus plan. As a result of Gingrich's rising prominence which gradually attracted support from the caucus, Michel decided not to seek re-election in the 1994 mid-term elections. Had Michel run in the 1994 elections and won, he would have served in a Republican-controlled House for the first time in his entire Congressional career. However the caucus would have likely favored Gingrich over Michel as Speaker of the House, due to Gingrich's central role in the Republican Revolution. In announcing his retirement, Michel complained that some of his fellow congressmen were more interested in picking fights than in passing laws. Gingrich had a confrontational style, which contrasted sharply with Michel's bipartisanship, but Republicans retained the majority during his term. Gingrich's successor as Speaker, Dennis Hastert, stated his desire to return to Michel's style. Michel was succeeded in Congress by his longtime chief of staff, Ray LaHood. Several years after Michel's retirement, LaHood praised his former boss. Michel "knew warfare first hand", LaHood said. "That is the reason he never used the macho phrases like 'warfare' and 'take no prisoners' when discussing politics with his staff. To Bob, the harsh, personal rhetoric of ideological warfare had no place in his office, no place in the House, and no place in American politics." Namesakes and honors On January 18, 1989, outgoing president Ronald Reagan conferred upon him the Presidential Citizens Medal, the second highest civilian award given, making him the 7th recipient of the honor. On August 8, 1994, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in the United States, by President Bill Clinton. He was one of the recipients of the first Congressional Distinguished Service Award in 2000, along with John Rhodes, Louis Stokes, and Don Edwards. This honor was created by then-Speaker Dennis Hastert and then-Minority Leader Dick Gephardt. In 2010, he was given the Schachman Award by the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. The Society commended him for his post-congressional work in increasing public and congressional support for the National Institutes of Health which contributed to the doubling of the NIH's budget. During the 1960s Michel was a frequent winning pitcher in the annual Democrats vs. Republicans baseball game, and in 1993, the Capitol Hill publication Roll Call, named him to its Baseball Hall of Fame. In 1994, Michel received the U.S. Senator John Heinz Award for Greatest Public Service by an Elected or Appointed Official, an award given out annually by Jefferson Awards. The Bob Michel Bridge, carrying Illinois Route 40 across the Illinois River at Peoria, is named after Robert H. Michel as is the Robert H. Michel Student Center at Bradley University. In the United States Capitol, the second-floor suite of offices occupied by the Speaker were designated the Robert H. Michel Rooms by the House in 1995. At the Capitol Hill Club located adjacent to the Republican National Committee, the cloak room is named for Bob Michel. In Peoria, Illinois, the VA Clinic is named the Bob Michel Community Based Outpatient Clinic. The Robert H. Michel Lifetime Achievement Award is presented by the Creve Coeur Club of Peoria each year at the Club's Washington Day Banquet to recognize community leadership. Robert H. Michel was inducted as a Laureate of The Lincoln Academy of Illinois and awarded the Order of Lincoln (the State's highest honor) by the Governor of Illinois in 1997 in the area of Government. Personal life and death Michel was married to Corinne Woodruff (Michel) from 1948 until her death in 2003. The couple had four children, Scott, Bruce, Robin, and Laurie. In 1978, he required hospital treatment after he was robbed and beaten by youths outside his Washington, D.C. home. One perpetrator was caught and convicted in juvenile court of assault on a member of Congress and assault with intent to rob. Michel died on February 17, 2017, at the age of 93 from pneumonia in Arlington, Virginia. 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Fructolysis Fructolysis refers to the metabolism of fructose from dietary sources. Though the metabolism of glucose through glycolysis uses many of the same enzymes and intermediate structures as those in fructolysis, the two sugars have very different metabolic fates in human metabolism. Unlike glucose, which is directly metabolized widely in the body, fructose is almost entirely metabolized in the liver in humans, where it is directed toward replenishment of liver glycogen and triglyceride synthesis. Under one percent of ingested fructose is directly converted to plasma triglyceride. 29% - 54% of fructose is converted in liver to glucose, and about a quarter of fructose is converted to lactate. 15% - 18% is converted to glycogen. Glucose and lactate are then used normally as energy to fuel cells all over the body. Fructose is a dietary monosaccharide present naturally in fruits and vegetables, either as free fructose or as part of the disaccharide sucrose, and as its polymer inulin. It is also present in the form of refined sugars including granulated sugars (white crystalline table sugar, brown sugar, confectioner's sugar, and turbinado sugar), refined crystalline fructose , as high fructose corn syrups as well as in honey. About 10% of the calories contained in the Western diet are supplied by fructose (approximately 55 g/day). Unlike glucose, fructose is not an insulin secretagogue, and can in fact lower circulating insulin. In addition to liver, fructose is metabolized in intestine, testis, kidney, skeletal muscle, fat tissue and brain, but it is not transported into cells via insulin-sensitive pathways (insulin regulated transporters GLUT1 and GLUT4). Instead fructose is taken in by GLUT5. Fructose in muscles and adipose tissue is phosphorylated by hexokinase. Fructolysis and glycolysis are independent pathways Although the metabolism of fructose and glucose share many of the same intermediate structures, they have very different metabolic fates in human metabolism. Fructose is metabolized almost completely in the liver in humans, and is directed toward replenishment of liver glycogen and triglyceride synthesis, while much of dietary glucose passes through the liver and goes to skeletal muscle, where it is metabolized to CO2, H2O and ATP, and to fat cells where it is metabolized primarily to glycerol phosphate for triglyceride synthesis as well as energy production. The products of fructose metabolism are liver glycogen and de novo lipogenesis of fatty acids and eventual synthesis of endogenous triglyceride. This synthesis can be divided into two main phases: The first phase is the synthesis of the trioses, dihydroxyacetone (DHAP) and glyceraldehyde; the second phase is the subsequent metabolism of these trioses either in the gluconeogenic pathway for glycogen replenishment and/or the complete metabolism in the fructolytic pathway to pyruvate, which enters the Krebs cycle, is converted to citrate and subsequently directed toward de novo synthesis of the free fatty acid palmitate. The metabolism of fructose to DHAP and glyceraldehyde The first step in the metabolism of fructose is the phosphorylation of fructose to fructose 1-phosphate by fructokinase (Km = 0.5 mM, ≈ 9 mg/100 ml), thus trapping fructose for metabolism in the liver.Hexokinase IV (Glucokinase), also occurs in the liver and would be capable of phosphorylating fructose to fructose 6-phosphate (an intermediate in the gluconeogenic pathway); however, it has a relatively high Km (12 mM) for fructose and, therefore, essentially all of the fructose is converted to fructose-1-phosphate in the human liver. Much of the glucose, on the other hand, is not phosphorylated (Km of hepatic glucokinase (hexokinase IV) = 10 mM), passes through the liver directed toward peripheral tissues, and is taken up by the insulin-dependent glucose transporter, GLUT 4, present on adipose tissue and skeletal muscle. Fructose-1-phosphate then undergoes hydrolysis by fructose-1-phosphate aldolase (aldolase B) to form dihydroxyacetone phosphate (DHAP) and glyceraldehyde; DHAP can either be isomerized to glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate by triosephosphate isomerase or undergo reduction to glycerol 3-phosphate by glycerol 3-phosphate dehydrogenase. The glyceraldehyde produced may also be converted to glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate by glyceraldehyde kinase or converted to glycerol 3-phosphate by glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase. The metabolism of fructose at this point yields intermediates in gluconeogenic pathway leading to glycogen synthesis, or can be oxidized to pyruvate and reduced to lactate, or be decarboxylated to acetyl CoA in the mitochondria and directed toward the synthesis of free fatty acid, resulting finally in TG synthesis. Synthesis of glycogen from DHAP and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate The synthesis of glycogen in the liver following a fructose-containing meal proceeds from gluconeogenic precursors. Fructose is initially converted to DHAP and glyceraldehyde by fructokinase and aldolase B. The resultant glyceraldehyde then undergoes phosphorylation to glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate. Increased concentrations of DHAP and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate in the liver drive the gluconeogenic pathway toward glucose-6-phosphate, glucose-1-phosphate and glycogen formation. It appears that fructose is a better substrate for glycogen synthesis than glucose and that glycogen replenishment takes precedence over triglyceride formation. Once liver glycogen is replenished, the intermediates of fructose metabolism are primarily directed toward triglyceride synthesis. Synthesis of triglyceride from DHAP and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate Carbons from dietary fructose are found in both the FFA and glycerol moieties of plasma TG. Excess dietary fructose can be converted to pyruvate, enter the Krebs cycle and emerges as citrate directed toward free fatty acid synthesis in the cytosol of hepatocytes. The DHAP formed during fructolysis can also be converted to glycerol and then glycerol 3-phosphate for TG synthesis. Thus, fructose can provide trioses for both the glycerol 3-phosphate backbone, as well as the free fatty acids in TG synthesis. Indeed, fructose may provide the bulk of the carbohydrate directed toward de novo TG synthesis in humans. Fructose induces hepatic lipogenic enzymes Fructose consumption results in the insulin-independent induction of several important hepatic lipogenic enzymes including pyruvate kinase, NADP+-dependent malate dehydrogenase, citrate lyase, acetyl CoA carboxylase, fatty acid synthase, as well as pyruvate dehydrogenase. Although not a consistent finding among metabolic feeding studies, diets high in refined fructose have been shown to lead to hypertriglyceridemia in a wide range of populations including individuals with normal glucose metabolism as well as individuals with impaired glucose tolerance, diabetes, hypertriglyceridemia, and hypertension. The hypertriglyceridemic effects observed are a hallmark of increased dietary carbohydrate, and fructose appears to be dependent on a number of factors including the amount of dietary fructose consumed and degree of insulin resistance. ‡ = Mean ± SEM activity in nmol/min per mg protein § = 12 rats/group * = Significantly different from control at p < 0.05 Abnormalities in fructose metabolism The lack of two important enzymes in fructose metabolism results in the development of two inborn errors in carbohydrate metabolism – essential fructosuria and hereditary fructose intolerance. In addition, reduced phosphorylation potential within hepatocytes can occur with intravenous infusion of fructose. Inborn errors in fructose metabolism Essential fructosuria The absence of fructokinase results in the inability to phosphorylate fructose to fructose-1-phosphate within the cell. As a result, fructose is neither trapped within the cell nor directed toward its metabolism. Free fructose concentrations in the liver increase and fructose is free to leave the cell and enter plasma. This results in an increase in plasma concentration of fructose, eventually exceeding the kidneys' threshold for fructose reabsorption resulting in the appearance of fructose in the urine. Essential fructosuria is a benign asymptomatic condition. Hereditary fructose intolerance The absence of fructose-1-phosphate aldolase (aldolase B) results in the accumulation of fructose 1 phosphate in hepatocytes, kidney and small intestines. An accumulation of fructose-1-phosphate following fructose ingestion inhibits glycogenolysis (breakdown of glycogen) and gluconeogenesis, resulting in severe hypoglycemia. It is symptomatic resulting in severe hypoglycemia, abdominal pain, vomiting, hemorrhage, jaundice, hepatomegaly, and hyperuricemia eventually leading to liver and/or kidney failure and death. The incidence varies throughout the world, but it is estimated at about 1/20,000 (range 1/12,000 to 1/58,000) live births. Reduced phosphorylation potential Intravenous (i.v.) infusion of fructose has been shown to lower phosphorylation potential in liver cells by trapping Pi as fructose 1-phosphate. The fructokinase reaction occurs quite rapidly in hepatocytes trapping fructose in cells by phosphorylation. On the other hand, the splitting of fructose 1 phosphate to DHAP and glyceraldehyde by Aldolase B is relatively slow. Therefore, fructose-1-phosphate accumulates with the corresponding reduction of intracellular Pi available for phosphorylation reactions in the cell. This is why fructose is contraindicated for total parenteral nutrition (TPN) solutions and is never given intravenously as a source of carbohydrate. It has been suggested that excessive dietary intake of fructose may also result in reduced phosphorylation potential. However, this is still a contentious issue. Dietary fructose is not well absorbed and increased dietary intake often results in malabsorption. Whether or not sufficient amounts of dietary fructose could be absorbed to cause a significant reduction in phosphorylating potential in liver cells remains questionable and there are no clear examples of this in the literature. References External links The Entry of Fructose and Galactose into Glycolysis, Chapter 16.1.11. Biochemistry, 5th edition, Jeremy M Berg, John L Tymoczko, and Lubert Stryer, New York: W H Freeman; 2002. 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Bavanat County Bavanat County () is a county in the Fars Province of Iran. The capital of the county is Surian. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 44,069, in 11,341 families. The county is subdivided into two districts: the Central District and Sarchehan District. The county has four cities: Surian, Korehi, Mazayjan & Hesami. References Gitashenasi Province Atlas of Iran اطلس گیتاشناسی استان‌های ایران Bavanat	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Osawatomie Osawatomie may refer to: Osawatomie Brown, an 1859 play by Kate Edwards about John Brown. John "Osawatomie" Brown, the abolitionist. Osawatomie High School Osawatomie, Kansas Osawatomie (periodical)	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Wilson Noble Wilson Noble (21 November 1854 – 1 November 1917) was a barrister and Conservative Party politician in England who served from 1886 to 1895 as Member of Parliament (MP) for Hastings in East Sussex. Early life Noble was born 21 November 1854 in Bloomsbury, a district in the West End of London. He was the son of the son of John Noble, Landowner, and his wife Lily. Career From 1886 to 1895, Noble served as a Conservative Member of Parliamentfor Hastings in East Sussex. He unsuccessfully contested the Hastings constituency at the 1885 general election, losing narrowly to the sitting Liberal MP Sir Thomas Brassey; however, at the 1886 general election Brassey stood down from the House of Commons and was elevated to the peerage as Baron Brassey of Bulkeley. Noble won the seat, and was re-elected in 1892. He retired from the Commons at the 1895 general election. Personal life In 1879, Noble was married to Marian Caroline Dana (1857–1927), in Paris, France, where Marian was born. She was a daughter of William Parsons Winchester Dana, an American born artist who became a naturalised British citizen. Through her mother, Marian was also the granddaughter of businessman James Boyles Murray, a descendant of Sir James Murray, Lord Philiphaugh, the Lord Clerk Register of Scotland. In 1901, Noble was living at Tangley Park in Worplesdon with his wife, four daughters, a niece, and ten servants. In London, they resided at 52 Sloane St. Together, they were the parents of: Lilian Georgette Noble (b. 1881) Marian Murray Noble (b. 1883) Evelyn Violet Noble (b. 1886) Nadine Frances Noble (1891–1983), who married Guy William Lambert, the son of Joseph Alexander Lambert, the High Sheriff of Mayo. Guy was the Assistant Under-Secretary of State for War between 1938 and 1951. At the time of his death, he lived at Park Place, near Remenham in Berkshire. Noble died on 1 November 1917. References External links Category:1854 births Category:1917 deaths Category:Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Category:UK MPs 1886–1892 Category:UK MPs 1892–1895 Category:People from the Borough of Wokingham	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Lou Rankin Lou Rankin (May 27, 1929 – August 12, 2016) was an American sculptor starting in the 1960s. He developed an innovative use of concrete to create sculptures of animals, all with a touch of whimsy. Whether joyful, mischievous or a touch of pathos, all of his creations are seemingly alive. Originally training to be a cartoonist, Lou Rankin was attending the University of California, Berkeley before being sent to the Korean War. When he returned from his tour of duty, Rankin attended UCLA where he took various art and writing classes. One of them was a sculpture class, inspiring him to make Christmas gifts of birds made from nails. These were so popular, Rankin realized he had found a way to make a living from art. His bird sculpture was used to decorate the lobby during the premiere of Alfred Hitchcock's classic thriller The Birds (film) in New York in 1963. In 1964, Rankin tried using concrete for the first time in order to make the body of an owl which he could not do with nails. These were sold in art galleries, at Gump's in San Francisco, and at his own gallery in the Tlaquepaque complex in Sedona, Arizona. In the 1990s, Rankin developed a serious allergy to concrete, forcing him to wear latex gloves when handling the medium. Rankin's sculpture has been presented as U.S. presidential gifts of protocol. In the 1990s, Rankin started designing toys and gifts for Dakin and Hallmark Cards, both well-known American companies. References "Lou Rankin's Animals, a peaceful menagerie", by Karla Schiller, Sedona Magazine, Summer 1996, p46-49 "Lou Rankin, concrete sculpture artist", Concrete Construction, 1978, Publication C780031, The Aberdeen Group ftp://ftp.ebuild.com/woc/C780031.PDF "Concrete In the hands of an artist", Publication #C730375, The Aberdeen Group, 1973 Category:American sculptors Category:2016 deaths Category:1929 births	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Inland Fisheries Ireland Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI; ) is a state agency responsible for fisheries management of freshwater fish and coastal fish with 12 nautical miles of the shore. A separate agency, Bord Iascaigh Mhara, is responsible for sea fisheries. IFI's mission statement is "To ensure the valuable natural resources of Inland Fisheries and Sea Angling are conserved, managed, developed and promoted in their own right to generate a positive return for the community and the environment". Statutory history Inland and coastal fishing rights are a form of private property. The Fisheries (Ireland) Act 1842 established regional Boards of Conservators for regulation and conservation. In 1951 Iontaobhas Iascaigh Intíre Ioncorportha (the Inland Fisheries Trust Incorporated) was established for publicly owned fisheries. The Fisheries Act 1980 established a Central Fisheries Board, which replaced Iontaobhas Iascaigh Intíre and the Boards of Conservators. The Inland Fisheries Act 2010 established Inland Fisheries Ireland as a replacement for the Central Fisheries Board. The restructure was partly a cost-saving rationalisation in line with Ireland's post-2008 austerity measures, and partly a shift of emphasis from economic exploitation towards environmental stewardship. Structure There are six river basin districts, each with a separate IFI office: Eastern (office in Dublin); South Eastern (Clonmel); South Western (Macroom); Shannon River (Limerick); Western (Galway and Ballina) and North Western (Ballyshannon). References External links Inland Fisheries Act 2010 as amended to 1 March 2018, from the Law Reform Commission's revised statues site Category:2010 establishments in Ireland Category:Fishing in Ireland Category:Environment of the Republic of Ireland Category:State-sponsored bodies of the Republic of Ireland Category:Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine Category:Fisheries protection	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Speedtest.net Speedtest.net is a web service that provides free analysis of Internet access performance metrics, such as connection data rate and latency. It was founded by Ookla in 2006, and is based in Seattle, Washington. The service measures the bandwidth (speed) and latency of a visitor's Internet connection against one of 8,000 geographically dispersed servers (as of November 2019) located around the world. Each test measures the data rate for the download direction, i.e. from the server to the user computer, and the upload data rate, i.e. from the user's computer to the server. The tests are performed within the user's web browser or within apps. , over 21 billion speed tests have been completed. Tests were previously performed using the HTTP protocol at Layer 7 of the OSI model. To further improve accuracy, Speedtest.net now performs tests via direct TCP sockets and uses a custom protocol for communication between servers and clients. The site also offers detailed statistics based on test results. This data has been used by numerous publications in the analysis of Internet access data rates around the world. History The owner and operator of Speedtest.net, Ookla, was established in 2006 by a small team of internet and technology veterans. Ookla was acquired by Ziff Davis in 2014. In 2014, Ookla Speedtest for iOS updated with iPad support. In late 2015, Ookla launched beta.speedtest.net to test its updated speedtest.net with Flash independent. In October 2016, Ookla Speedtest became available for Windows 10 through Microsoft Store In late 2017, Ookla Speedtest released 4.0 update with new UI for iOS while March 2018 for Android. In late April 2019, Ookla Speedtest adds 1000 Mbs support for Android device, followed with Speedtest Live Tool update which tracks application data usage in May. Technology The technology of Speedtest.net is similar to that of Ookla NetGauge, which is provided to a wide variety of companies and organizations on a licensed basis. Speedtest.net Mini was a free, stripped-down Flash version of the speed test technology used on Speedtest.net that users could run on their own web server, however it was replaced in 2016 with Speedtest Custom, an HTML5-based tool. Speedtest.net data Speedtest market reports In 2016, Speedtest began releasing market reports for different countries and cities, providing raw statistics regarding download and upload speeds for the past year for ISPs and mobile carriers. It also includes analysis of the current ISP and mobile markets of the respective country and breakdowns by region and city. ISPs and mobile carriers are ranked by their geographic performance. Speed Wave The site offers a service by which groups of friends may compare results against each other and as a group average. Badges are also awarded for achievements such as Highest Download Speed and Lowest Latency. Badges are awarded when either Highest Download or Lowest Ping'' will be. My Results The Ookla Speed Test also has a tool called “My Results” which lets you graphically compare your upload and download speeds as well as the different servers you have tested. Users who have been through many internet service providers, or that have more than one, may find value in this tool and could use it to choose the most efficient. Acquisitions See also List of countries by Internet connection speeds Ookla Launches An Interactive Map Showing All The 5G Networks In The World References External links Category:Internet technology companies of the United States Category:Internet properties established in 2006 Category:Network performance Category:Computer network analysis Category:Mobile applications Category:IOS software Category:Android (operating system) software Category:Free network management software	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
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Pseudomonas aureofaciens Pseudomonas aureofaciens is a yellowish, aerobic, Gram-negative, motile, polar-flagellated, rod-shaped bacterium isolated from clay near the River Maas. Based on 16S rRNA analysis, P. aureofaciens has been placed in the P. chlororaphis group. References Category:Pseudomonadales Category:Bacteria described in 1956	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
The World Should Know (Couse and the Impossible album) The World Should Know is the second album released Dave Couse (or more specifically, Couse and The Impossible) since the breakup of A House, and his first on 1969 Records. Rather than being solely credited to Dave Couse, the record is credited to Couse and the Impossible. Couse received nominations for "Best Album" and "Best Irish Male" for the 2006 Meteor Music Awards. The album was initially released in Ireland in 2005, and then received a UK release in 2006. Track listing "A Celebration" "Batman And Robin" "Beauty Is" "The Right Choice" "***** [stars]" "Celebrity" "Fakers" "As The Colours" "The World Should Know" "I Have Lived" "All I See" "Into You" "Little Darlin'" (features Briana Corrigan) (All songs written by Couse except "Little Darlin'", written by Couse and Corrigan.) Notes External links Dave Couse Website 1969 Records A House and Dave Couse videos Dave Couse Forum A House Website Category:2005 albums Category:Dave Couse albums	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Ann-Margaret Carrozza Ann-Margaret Carrozza (born c. 1967) is an American lawyer and politician from New York, who was a member of the New York State Assembly from 1997 to 2010. She has appeared in numerous episodes of the Dr. Phil Show. Biography Ann-Margaret Carrozza completed undergraduate studies at SUNY Albany and Empire State College. She received her Juris Doctor degree from the Hofstra University School of Law. Prior to her election to the State Assembly, Carrozza served as a court attorney for Civil Court Judge Peter O'Donoghue and as a clinical intern in the Queens County District Attorney's Office. She was a member of the New York State Assembly (26th D.) from 1997 to 2010, sitting in the 192nd, 193rd, 194th, 195th, 196th, 197th and 198th New York State Legislatures. Her district comprised East Flushing, Douglaston, Whitestone, Little Neck, Floral Park, Bay Terrace, and Bayside among other neighborhoods located in Northeast Queens. Carrozza was Chair of the Standing Committee on State and Federal Relations, as well as a member of several other standing committees, including Aging, Banks, Governmental Employees and Insurance. On March 26, 2010, she announced that should would not be seeking re-election. She currently heads an elder law practice, with offices in Bayside, Queens, Port Jefferson, Long Island, Glen Head, New York, and Manhattan, New York and lives in Glen Head, New York with her husband William Duke, and her two sons Danny Duke, and Vine celebrity Billy Duke. References Category:1960s births Category:Living people Category:Members of the New York State Assembly Category:New York (state) Democrats Category:Women state legislators in New York (state) Category:Maurice A. Deane School of Law alumni Category:People from Bayside, Queens Category:People from Glen Head, New York Category:21st-century American politicians Category:21st-century American women politicians Category:20th-century American politicians Category:20th-century American women politicians	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Suzanne Nilsson Suzanne Nilsson (born 25 October 1966) is a former Swedish Olympic swimmer. She competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics, where she swum the 200 m freestyle and the 4×100 m freestyle relay. Clubs Helsingborgs SS References Category:1966 births Category:Swedish female swimmers Category:Living people Category:Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic swimmers of Sweden Category:European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Category:Helsingborgs SS swimmers	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
History of rugby union matches between Argentina and Scotland The national rugby union teams of Scotland and Argentina (Los Pumas) have played since 1969. However, the status of the countries' first three matches—two in 1969 and one in 1973—is ambiguous, as only Argentina awarded Test caps for those encounters. The first match recognised by both sides as a Test took place in 1990. As of November 2018, they have met 21 times, but only 18 of those matches have been recognised by both sides as Tests. Scotland went 2–1 in the three pre-1990 matches, and crushed Argentina 49–3 in their first mutually recognised Test in 1990. The Pumas then went on a seven-match winning streak, but Scotland have been more successful in recent times, winning the last five encounters and winning a two-test tour in 2010. Their most recent match took place in November 2018 and was won 14-9 by Scotland. Summary Note: Summary below reflects test results by both teams. Overall Records Note: Date shown in brackets indicates when the record was or last set. Results XV Results Below is a list of matches that Argentina has awarded matches test match status by virtue of awarding caps, but Scotland did not award caps. List of series Notes Category:Scotland national rugby union team matches Category:Argentina national rugby union team matches	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Lycée Français de Los Angeles Le Lycée Français de Los Angeles is a private bilingual education school founded in 1964. School As of March 2007 the school had more than 1,075 students, about 50-60% of them being French citizens and the remainder Americans or coming from over 54 nations. It is composed of the following campuses: Campus 55 (Preschool and K1) Century City Campus (K2 and 1st Grade) Pacific Palisades Campus (Preschool through Grade 2) Overland Campus (Grade 2 through 8) The Raymond & Esther Kabbaz High School (Grade 9 through 12) Former campuses In 1980 the Lycee bought the former Parkway School property, located in the Hollywood Riviera section of Torrance, from the Torrance Unified School District. This property became the Lycee's Torrance campus, and as of February 1990 the campus had 100 students. In November 1989, the Lycee sold the property. Notable alumni Leslie Bega, actress Mika Boorem, actress Christie Brinkley, model Jodie Foster, actress Noah Hathaway, actor Claire Danes, actress Kelli Williams, actress Molly Ringwald, actress See also Agence pour l'enseignement français à l'étranger American School of Paris - An American international school in France References Further reading "Le Lycée Francais de Los Angeles" (Archive). Marie-Amélie Fauchier-Magnan. "Un nouveau campus pour le Lycée Français de Los Angeles" (Archive). France-Amérique. 14 September 2009. External links Official website Official website (Archive) Raymond Kabbaz Theatre (Théâtre Raymond Kabbaz) Category:Schools in Los Angeles Category:French international schools in the United States Category:International schools in California Category:Private K-12 schools in California Category:Bilingual schools in the United States Category:High schools in Los Angeles Category:AEFE accredited schools Category:French-American culture in California Category:Century City, Los Angeles Category:Palms, Los Angeles Category:Rancho Park, Los Angeles Category:Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles Category:Woodland Hills, Los Angeles Category:Torrance, California Category:Educational institutions established in 1964 Category:1964 establishments in California	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
850 Naval Air Squadron 850 Naval Air Squadron (850 NAS) was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm. References Category:800 series Fleet Air Arm squadrons Category:Military units and formations established in 1943 Category:Military units and formations of the Royal Navy in World War II	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Fałków Fałków is a village in Końskie County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Fałków. It lies in the northwestern corner of historic Lesser Poland, approximately west of Końskie and north-west of the regional capital Kielce. In 2006 the village had a population of 1,100. Fałków had the status of a town from 1340 to 1869, when, like many other former towns in Poland, it lost that status after the January Uprising. The history of the village dates back to the 13th century, when it belonged to the influential Odrowaz family. Some time in the first half of the 14th century, the family changed its name to Falkowski, and in 1340, King Kazimierz Wielki allowed Jakub and Piotr Falkowski to turn the village into a town, based on the Magdeburg rights. In the Kingdom of Poland and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Fałków belonged to the County of Opoczno, Sandomierz Voivodeship. The town had several owners, and remained very small, with population of as little as 140 (as for 1662). After the Partitions of Poland, Fałków in 1815 became part of the Russian-controlled Congress Poland. In the early 19th century, a blast furnace was opened here, as the village was located in the Old-Polish Industrial Region. Following the January Uprising, Fałków lost its town charter (1869). During World War I, the village together with its ancient church was destroyed. Fałków has ruins of a 17th-century defensive manor house, which was destroyed shortly after completion, during the Swedish invasion of Poland. References External links Fałków official website Category:Villages in Końskie County Category:Lesser Poland Category:Radom Governorate Category:Łódź Voivodeship (1919–1939)	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Comillas Pontifical University Comillas Pontifical University () is a private university in Madrid, Spain. It is a Catholic university run by the Society of Jesus. The university is involved in a number of academic exchange programmes, work practice schemes and international projects with over 200 institutions of higher education in Europe, Latin America, North America and Asia. History Pope Leo XIII founded the Seminary of St. Anthony of Padua in 1890 in the town of Comillas, Cantabria, in response to efforts made by the Marquis of Comillas to build an institution for educating local candidates to the priesthood. At the time of its foundation, the seminary was entrusted to the Society of Jesus. In 1904, the seminary was raised to the status of a Pontifical university when Pope Pius X granted the school the power to confer academic degrees in theology, philosophy and canon law. In 1969 the university was moved to Madrid, where it admitted a wider range of students including international students. In 1978 the Jesuits incorporated into the university their Madrid's higher education institution ICAI-ICADE, the resultant entity of the merger in 1960 of ICAI and ICADE, two institutes established in 1908 and 1956 respectively. They are today the ICAI School of Engineering, the ICADE School of Law and the ICADE School of Business and Economics. Several other schools, like the San Juan de Dios School of Nursing, were incorporated later on, to reach the university's present structure of seven colleges and schools: Facultad de Teología (Divinity School) Facultad de Derecho Canónico (Canon Law School) Facultad de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales (Human & Social Sciences School) Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería ICAI (ICAI School of Engineering) Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales ICADE (ICADE School of Business & Economics) Facultad de Derecho ICADE (ICADE School of Law) Escuela Universitaria de Enfermería y Fisioterapia "San Juan de Dios" (Saint John of God's School of Nursing and Physiotherapy) Study and research centres and institutes have been created (Institute for Research in Technology, Institute for Liberalism, Krausism and Freemasonry Research, Graduate Studies Institute, Institute for Educational Science, Institute for Migration Research, Faith and Secularism Institute, Law Innovation Center, Modern Language Institute, University Institute on the Family). Alumni Pablo Ruz, Lord Justice. Diego López Garrido, Former Undersecretary for European Affairs. José Bono, former Prime Minister of Castilla La Mancha Regional Government and former Secretary of Defense of Spain. Enrique Barón, former President of the European Parliament and Former Secretary of Transportation of Spain. Fátima Báñez, Secretary of Employment and Social Security of Spain. Ignacio J. Pérez Arriaga, Professor of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Comillas Pontifical University. See also Antonio López y López List of modern universities in Europe (1801–1945) References External links Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Official website IIT - Institute for Research in Technology. Official website Category:Educational institutions established in 1890 Category:Catholic universities and colleges in Spain Category:Jesuit universities and colleges in Spain Category:Engineering universities and colleges in Spain Category:1890 establishments in Spain	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
1995 Indianapolis mayoral election The Indianapolis mayoral election of 1995 took place on November 7, 1995. Incumbent Republican mayor Stephen Goldsmith was reelected. Election results References 1995 Category:1995 United States mayoral elections Category:1995 Indiana elections	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Anthericonia anketeschke Anthericonia anketeschke is a stick insect of the Pseudophasmatidae family. It is found in Costa Rica. Category:Insects of Costa Rica	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Serik Mirbekov Serik Mirbekov (born 9 June 1988) is an Uzbekistani sprint canoer. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the men's C-2 1000 metres. References External links Category:1988 births Category:Living people Category:Uzbekistani male canoeists Category:Olympic canoeists of Uzbekistan Category:Canoeists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Category:Asian Games gold medalists for Uzbekistan Category:Asian Games silver medalists for Uzbekistan Category:Asian Games bronze medalists for Uzbekistan Category:Asian Games medalists in canoeing Category:Canoeists at the 2006 Asian Games Category:Canoeists at the 2010 Asian Games Category:Canoeists at the 2014 Asian Games Category:Canoeists at the 2018 Asian Games Category:Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Category:Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Category:Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Category:Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
C20H34O5 The molecular formula C20H34O5 may refer to: Prostaglandin F2alpha Prostaglandin E1	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Saridoscelinae Saridoscelinae is a subfamily of moths of the family Yponomeutidae. Genera Saridoscelis Meyrick, 1894 ?Eucalantica Busck, 1904 External links Eucalantica: a lost child of Saridoscelinae, a subfamily new to the New World	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Manuel Naya Barba Julio Manuel Naya Barba (born July 17, 1968) is a Mexican football manager. At the beginning of his career he served as assistant of Indios de Ciudad Juárez, Tigres B, León, UAT and Deportivo Guamúchil. In 2012 he was appointed as UAT Premier manager, position in which he remained until 2013. In 2017, Naya was the temporary head coach of Real Estelí FC, after that, in 2018 he was hired by Coras de Nayarit F.C. References Category:1968 births Category:Living people Category:Mexican football managers Category:Association football defenders	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Kocaeli Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kağıt Spor Kulübü The Kocaeli Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kağıt Spor Kulübü, aka Kocaeli BB Kağıtspor, is a multi-sports club sponsored by the Metropolitan Municipality of Kocaeli in Turkey. It was founded in 1937 as "İzmit Kağıtspor", a sports club of the state-owned SEKA Cellulose and Paper Works in Izmit, Kocaeli. Club colors are blue and white. Current club president is Dr. Ali Yeşildal, who is also the chairman of the Turkish Ice Hockey Federation. Since the beginning, İzmit Kağıtspor has operated branches like rowing and sailing and won also many international titles in athletics, sport wrestling and boxing. The club merged in 1987 into "Kocaeli Belediyespor" and was renamed. It has expanded quickly since then and is active in 30 sports branches with a total of 2,453 athletes as of 2007, making it one of the biggest sports clubs of Turkey. Its amateur and professional individual sports people and teams of various branches are very successful at domestic and international events as well. The total number of sports people licensed by the club competing for Turkey's national teams amounted to 155 in 2007. The 2007-2008 budget of the club is TRY 2.2m (about US$ 1.76m). Branches Some of the 30 branches the club sponsors are: Athletics (men's, women's) Basketball (men's, women's) Boxing Fencing Figure skating Football Ice hockey (men's, women's) Judo Karate (men's, women's) Skeet and trap Taekwondo Volleyball (men's, women's) Weightlifting (men's. women's) Wrestling Notables Athletics Hülya Baştuğ - world-class female mountain runner (2007) Abdil Ceylan (born 1983), long-distance and marathon runner Meryem Erdoğan (born 1990), female long-distance runner Boxing Nagehan Gül (born 1985), female amateur boxer Fatih Keleş (born 1989), 2011 European champion in lightweight division Selçuk Eker (born 1991), amateur boxer Karate Yıldız Aras (born 1977) - World (2000, 2006), European (2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009) Gülderen Çelik (born 1980) - World (2004), European (2003, 2005, 2007, 2012) Hüsniye Gürel - 2008 European female youth champion Serap Özçelik (born 1988) - European (2011, 2012) Tuba Yenen (born 1991) - European (2013) Karate men's team - 2007 European champion Taekwondo Bahri Tanrıkulu (born 1980), 2001, 2007 and 2009 world champion in 87 kg. 2000, 2002 European and 2005 Universiade champion. Hatice Kübra Yangın (born 1989), 2011 world female bronze medalist in 53 kg. 2008 and 2010 European, 2011 Summer Universiade champion Weightlifting Sibel Şimşek (born 1984), 2010 European women's weightlifting champion Gülnaz Yanık - 2007 European female junior champion Other sports Özlem Becerikli (born 1980), 2012 Paralympics bronze medalist female powerlifter Tuğba Karademir (born 1985), first ever Turkish Olympic female figure skater (2006) Arzu Özyiğit (born 1972), female basketbaler Ice hockey men's team - 2007 Turkish Ice Hockey Super League champion References Category:Kocaeli Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kağıt Spor Category:Sports clubs established in 1937 Category:Taekwondo in Turkey Category:1937 establishments in Turkey	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Yapeyú The word Yapeyú comes from the Guaraní language and means "ripe fruit". Yapeyú, Corrientes Yapeyú River now called Guaviraví River Category:Guaraní words and phrases	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Blaine, Indiana Blaine is an unincorporated community in Greene Township, Jay County, Indiana. History A post office was established at Blaine in 1882, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1914. Blaine was officially platted in 1883. The community was named in honor of James G. Blaine, who ran in the 1884 United States presidential election. Geography Blaine is located at . References Category:Unincorporated communities in Jay County, Indiana Category:Unincorporated communities in Indiana	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Vance Astrovik Vance Astrovik, also known as Justice and formerly known as Marvel Boy, is a fictional mutant superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He possesses the superhuman power of telekinesis. Astrovik has been affiliated with the New Warriors and The Avengers. He first appeared in Giant-Size Defenders #5 (July, 1975) and was created by Don Heck and Gerry Conway Publication history More than a decade after his creation, Vance appeared first as a mainstay in the New Warriors and later in the third volume of the Avengers titles. He usually appeared with Firestar, who was his girlfriend then later fiancee. In 1994, he had his own four issue limited series, Justice: Four Balance and appeared in the I (heart) Marvel: Masked Intentions oneshot in 2006. He was a major character in Avengers: The Initiative, early in the series. Justice appeared as a supporting character in Avengers Academy from issue #1 (Aug 2010) through issue #20 (Dec 2011). Fictional character biography Vance Astrovik was born in Saugerties, New York. He was visited as a teenager by an alternate, time traveling version of his future self, Major Vance Astro of the Guardians of the Galaxy, an astronaut who had volunteered for an experimental space flight and consequently been lost in space in cryogenic suspension for a thousand years. The elder Vance Astro convinced his younger self to not become an astronaut, and in the process, sparked the premature emergence of the younger Vance's telekinetic powers. Due to the vagaries of time travel in the Marvel Universe, this did not create a paradox, but instead made the Guardians' future world into a parallel timeline, to which they later returned. Although Major Vance Astro had not had a chance to fully develop his psionic power in his time in NASA, the younger Astrovik now had the opportunity to hone his power. Astrovik soon became the costumed crime-fighter Marvel Boy. Early adventures After his powers developed, Vance's father, Arnold, began to physically abuse him for being "different". Running away from home, Vance wound up supporting himself as a professional wrestler in the Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation, a circuit for superhuman competitors. While wrestling as "Manglin' John Mahoney", he befriended Ben Grimm, a.k.a. the Thing, who at the time was himself estranged from his "family", the Fantastic Four. Eventually, Vance was convinced to return home, with assurances from his parents that the abuse would stop. New Warriors When Marvel Boy was rejected for membership in the Avengers by Captain America, he helped found a team of teenage superheroes, the New Warriors, led by the new hero Night Thrasher. He had many intense times during this early period, such as a fight against the White Queen, her Hellions and the immortal villain Gideon. At the same time, Vance developed friendships with the other Warriors, and a romantic relationship with teammate Firestar, and his powers increased both in strength and skill. However, his costumed activities renewed Arnold Astrovik's prejudice towards Vance's powers; both Vance and his mother suffered from Arnold's abusive behavior, and Vance's instinctively protecting himself with his powers only made things worse, with tragic consequences. Murder Trial One night, Arnold Astrovik not only attacked a disadvantaged Vance (injured in a fight with Terrax and further injured by Gideon), but struck his wife when she tried to intervene. In one burst of his ever-growing superpowers and pent-up emotion, Vance lashed out at his abusive father and unintentionally killed him. Vance turned himself in and went to trial, charged with first degree murder and negligent homicide, and defended by attorney Foggy Nelson. The Thing was a character witness for Vance and helped establish the history of abuse that he suffered, as did Vance's mother, Norma; other testimony established the good he had done as a costumed hero and his increasing competence with his powers. However, the prosecuting attorney pursued the latter angle, using testimony from Firestar and cross-examination of Norma Astrovik to establish that Vance could have used his powers to stop his father without lethal force. Finally, in her closing argument, the prosecutor drew a gun on Vance and fired a (unknown to Vance) blank round. Instinctively, Vance not only disarmed her, but reacted so precisely that he contained the actual smoke from the gun, driving home the prosecution's case; Vance was acquitted of murder, but was convicted of negligent homicide. As a result of the trial, Vance's secret identity became public knowledge. Vance was sentenced to serve his time at the superhuman restraint facility known as the Vault. He was shown enjoying the occasional free walkabout on the long road-trip to the Vault, joking and playing around with the officers. When his friends Firestar, Namorita, and Nova showed up to free him, Vance protested, declaring he wished to serve his time. He also said he was going to be paroled in fourteen months, so they'd see him again, soon. Firestar, even though she tried to tough it out, was very torn up about it, but she realized what Vance wanted to do and decided to go on. During his stay in the Vault, he was granted "training periods" with the Guardsmen on duty, determined to hone his abilities to prevent another incident like his father's death. When a riot broke out over the perception of poor living conditions, Vance helped calm the riot by convincing the warden to allow the plant-based villain Terraformer, once part of the Force of Nature, access to a plant. Despite the warden's fears Terraformer would use it in an escape attempt, the villain simply enjoys it being with him. This serves to calm the ire of the other prisoners and it is agreed that, on a case by case basis, their living conditions would be examined to accommodate superhuman prisoners' unique needs. Justice After his time in the Vault, he adopted the codename Justice. He briefly went undercover working with Shinobi Shaw to spy on the activities in the so-called "Younghunt." When the Sphinx, a previous Warriors foe, dispersed members of the team throughout history, Vance encountered his father as an adolescent. He discovered that Arnold, his father, was a homosexual who was bullied into accepting a heterosexual lifestyle by his own abusive father. Understanding that his father was as much a victim as he was, Vance attempted to change history by threatening his grandfather, but stopped when he realized that he was, in his own way, perpetuating the cycle of violence handed down from father to son. Though history remained unchanged, this new knowledge allowed Vance to make a measure of peace with the memory of his father. Justice spent some time in a leadership role with the New Warriors and talked about marriage with Firestar. This hit a snag when she learned her microwave powers might render her infertile. The Avengers A mystical incident had caused all those who were once Avengers to be targeted by creatures and monsters. Vance and Angelica accompanied their friend Rage, who had been an Avenger, to a meeting at Avengers Mansion. They willingly helped out in various ways before Morgan LeFay attacked, altering reality. Vance and Angelica were caught up in the literal mystical maelstrom and were turned into super-powered enforcers under the command of LeFay. However, several Avengers managed to break free of the control, based on their deep belief in the team itself. Vance found himself coming to his senses despite never being an Avenger, a fact that surprised the remaining heroes; thus, he joined the resistance. After the threat of LeFay was ended and the two proved themselves by defeating Whirlwind on their own, they managed to become Avengers. Although he was thrilled to be living his lifelong dream of being an Avenger, Vance made some small rookie mistakes at first, stemming from a case of hero worship. However, he proved himself when he came up with a way to defeat the current plans of the current form (or forms) of the villain Ultron, despite a broken leg. Vance and Angelica then spent some time undercover investigating the Triune Understanding, a cult-like movement with seemingly good intentions but a villainous leadership. After the House of M ended, Justice and Firestar were unaffected by the global depowerment of mutants and thus retained their powers. Vance's wish for more in their relationship, opposed to Firestar's wish for less (being ages 22 and 19 respectively) ended their engagement, and their relationship. Civil War Justice and former teammate Rage learned that people were hunting down former New Warriors members because of perceived blame for the deaths caused by Nitro in Stamford, Connecticut while fighting an incarnation of the team. They both sought out the legal services of Jennifer Walters (She-Hulk) in protecting the allies of the New Warriors, as their identities were already publicly exposed. They eventually discovered that former New Warriors member Carlton LaFroyge (Hindsight) was responsible for the persecution and exposure of their teammates, operating a website that was slowly outing the identities of the twenty or so remaining Warriors. Both Rage and Justice refused to go along with the proposed super-human registration act. This is further evidenced when they join Captain America's Secret Avengers during the Civil War as a result of the death of Bill Foster. The Initiative After the Civil War, Justice was recruited by Iron Man to head the youth outreach arm of The Initiative superhero training program, based at Camp Hammond. He is clearly unaware of some of the shadier aspects of the program, and is growing increasingly irritated by the Initiative "Drill Sergeant" Gauntlet's constant demeaning and disparaging remarks about the deceased New Warriors. Justice's personal investigation into the fate of Initiative recruit MVP opened his eyes to the morally ambiguous activities of the Initiative, instituted by Camp Hammond director Henry Peter Gyrich. As a result, Justice apparently deserted from the Initiative to continue his investigation, and recruited Ultra Girl, Rage and other former New Warriors Debrii and Slapstick to his cause. After a clone of MVP goes rogue and leaves the Initiative with major casualties, Justice and these former New Warriors, along with the two surviving Scarlet Spiders, officially inform Iron Man of their intention to quit the Initiative and act as Counter Force, a form of independent oversight for the program; as the group are all registered superhumans, Iron Man is unable to act against Justice's team unless they commit an illegal act. However, Ultra Girl decides to return to the Initiative, apparently ending her relationship with Justice. Secret Invasion During the Skrull invasion, Justice and Counter Force encounter Night Thrasher (Donyell Taylor) at the old New Warriors, looking for a DNA sample to prove whether or not the Night Thrasher that died at Stamford was a Skrull imposter. Counter Force initially believe that Donyell is a Skrull, due to his reluctance to reveal his identity, and comes into conflict with Donyell's New Warriors. When Donyell finally reveals his identity, the two teams join together to storm the S.H.I.E.L.D. helicarrier where the deceased New Warriors bodies were being held, and recover them. The corpse of Night Thrasher is proven to be of human composition, and the two teams bury the bodies outside the old base. Dark Reign When Ragnarok, a deranged clone of Thor, attacks Camp Hammond, Counter Force (Now calling themselves "The New Warriors", and boasting Night Thrasher as a member) arrive to help. During the fight, Ragnarok kills one of the Scarlet Spiders, and nearly kills Vance, who is saved by Ultra Girl. After the battle, Vance retrieves the corpse of the original MVP, seeking to give him a proper burial. However, their actions in exposing the duplicity to the public, allowed H.A.M.M.E.R. director, Norman Osborn to shut down Camp Hammond and reorganize the Initiative, placing villains on Initiative teams. The New Warriors rescue Gauntlet and Tigra from the Hood's gang and formed the Avengers Resistance. Siege Things hit the tipping point for the Resistance, when Osborn orchestrates a siege on Asgard by creating an incident similar to Stamford. Justice declares that while most of the Initiative is busy with the Siege, the Resistance will take down Camp H.A.M.M.E.R. in order to expose Osborn once and for all. Heroic Age Vance becomes one of the teaching staff of "Avengers Academy", alongside former Avengers teammates Hank Pym, Tigra, Quicksilver and former New Warriors teammate Speedball. One of his students, Veil, has a secret crush on him until she finds out that he has renewed his relationship with Ultra Girl. His relationship with Ultra Girl is further complicated during the Avengers Academy Prom Night, when Firestar appears. Powers and abilities Justice is a mutant who possesses telekinesis. By using his powers to lift himself, he can levitate and fly at high speed. He has shown the ability to hold a large number of people. Initially, Justice's telekinesis was limited in its scope and using them at the peak level of his power would cause him headaches and nosebleeds. However, his powers later increased dramatically and he was no longer hindered by the physical symptoms he had once suffered from. Other versions The Vance Astrovik character in an alternate timeline became a founding member of the Guardians of the Galaxy, calling himself Vance Astro. Marvel has treated this as a separate character from the alternate Earth-691, and the two have even met on occasion. In other media Television On the Fantastic Four animated series, Justice makes a brief cameo at the beginning of the episode "Doomsday" flying alongside Darkhawk as the Silver Surfer passes by both of them. Video games Justice appears as a non-playable character in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2, voiced by Sean Donnellan. He ends up under the control of the nanites and assists A-Bomb in fighting the heroes in Wakanda on the path to the Black Panther's palace. He mentions his past and his relationship with Firestar. 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Caneyville Township, Chautauqua County, Kansas Caneyville Township is a township in Chautauqua County, Kansas, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 88. Geography Caneyville Township covers an area of and contains no incorporated settlements. According to the USGS, it contains three cemeteries: New Cloverdale, Old Cloverdale and Pleasant Valley. The streams of Squaw Creek and Wolf Creek run through this township. References USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) External links US-Counties.com City-Data.com Category:Townships in Chautauqua County, Kansas Category:Townships in Kansas	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Leptospora Leptospora is a genus of fungi in the class Dothideomycetes. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the class is unknown (incertae sedis). Species Leptospora crinita Leptospora decipiens Leptospora dematium Leptospora elaeodendri Leptospora euphrasiae Leptospora felina Leptospora huebneri Leptospora hyperici Leptospora implexa Leptospora indica Leptospora inquinans Leptospora jubaeae Leptospora musae Leptospora nuda Leptospora palustris Leptospora radiata Leptospora rubella Leptospora sparsa Leptospora stictochaetophora See also List of Dothideomycetes genera incertae sedis References External links Leptospora at Index Fungorum Category:Dothideomycetes incertae sedis Category:Fungus genera	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Rose Blossom Rose Blossom (born Blossom Breneman, and sometimes credited as Donal Blossom) was an American actress active during Hollywood's silent era. She was a contract player at MGM, and she often appeared as a cowgirl. She was the leading lady in the Buck Jones film The Gentle Cyclone. She was noted for her short stature and slight build. Biography Blossom was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and was the daughter of Edward Breneman and Bessie Parker. She graduated from Kirkwood High School at the age of 16 in 1922, and studied art for two years at the University of Washington before she moved to New York City to pursue a career as an actress. After appearing in several films shot in New York in 1925, she moved to Hollywood and appeared in a string of films, sometimes as the leading lady. On October 10, 1928, she married golfer and restaurateur William Sherman Medart, and they had a child together, although they separated soon afterward. They later reconciled, going into business together and gaining fame for their St. Louis hamburger stand, The Cottage, by the early 1930s, and later a restaurant called Bill Medart's. The secret to their reconciliation: She agreed to give up acting, and he agreed to give up golf. The couple had three children before the marriage ended when Medart died in a fall from a hotel window in Paris. His death was ruled a suicide by a coroner. Selected filmography The Bride of the Colorado (1928) Laddie Be Good (1928) Whispering Smith Rides (1927) (serial) Catch-As-Catch-Can (1927) Lure of the Night Club (1927) White Flannels (1927) Desert Greed (1926) Speed Cop (1926) The Gentle Cyclone (1926) The Night Patrol (1926) The Fool (1925) I'll Tell the World (1925) (uncredited) References External links Category:American silent film actresses Category:Actresses from Missouri Category:Actresses from St. Louis Category:1905 births Category:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract players Category:Year of death missing Category:20th-century American actresses Category:Western (genre) film actresses Category:Film serial actresses	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Alchorneopsis Alchorneopsis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1865. It is native to Central America, the Greater Antilles, and northern South America. Species Alchorneopsis floribunda (Benth.) Müll.Arg. - Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, 3 Guianas, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, NW Brazil Alchorneopsis portoricensis Urb. - Puerto Rico (considered by some authors to be a synonym for A. floribunda) References Category:Euphorbiaceae genera Category:Acalyphoideae	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Amazing Grace (1974 film) Amazing Grace is a 1974 comedy film directed by Stan Lathan and starring Moms Mabley as Grace Teasdale Grimes. Grace is a widow who influences the local mayoral election in Baltimore, Maryland after she discovers her somewhat slow-witted neighbor is being used to run for mayor by shady politicians and the incumbent mayor to further his own self-serving reelection efforts. Grace knows the politicians have no interest in the betterment of the neighborhood and are only interested in getting their hands on the money that comes into it. She organizes some of the people in the community and together they devise a plan to thwart the crooked politician’s schemes. Mabley appeared in the film a year before her death at the age of 81. The film also featured cameo appearances by veteran actors Butterfly McQueen and Stepin Fetchit. The film's title is a play on words based on the name of the Christian hymn "Amazing Grace". It is available on DVD from MGM, and on Blu-Ray from Olive Films. References External links Amazing Grace (1974 film) at Amazon.com Category:1974 films Category:1970s comedy films Category:American films Category:English-language films Category:Films set in Maryland Category:Films shot in Baltimore Category:Films shot in Maryland Category:United Artists films Category:American comedy films	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Duthie Park Duthie Park, situated in Aberdeen, Scotland, by the banks of the River Dee, comprises of land given to the council in 1881 by Lady Elizabeth Duthie of Ruthrieston, in memory of her uncle and of her brother. She purchased the land for £30,000 from the estate of Arthurseat. The park is noted for the spectacular David Welch winter gardens with tropical and arid houses which contain the second largest collections of bromeliads and of giant cacti respectively in Great Britain (second to the Eden Project in Cornwall, England). Originally opened in 1899, the greenhouses had to be demolished and rebuilt after suffering storm damage in 1969. Today they are a tranquil place, containing such plants as tree ferns, Spanish moss, anthuria, and banana trees. Within the gardens are railings salvaged from the south side of the major bridge in the middle of the city's Union Street. These feature unusual metal cats, derived from the city coat of arms, and were saved when the side of the bridge was developed for retail units in the mid-20th century. In 2013 paddle boats were reintroduced to the park. Kayaks are regularly offered in the boating pond. Outside the winter garden is the Japanese garden, opened in 1987 to commemorate the dead of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The park has undergone a £5 million pound refurbishment with funding provided by the Heritage Lottery Fund and Aberdeen City Council. The original 1883 plans were consulted in order to restore some of the long-lost features. Work was completed in 2013 and the official reopening was on 30 June 2013. See also Green spaces and walkways in Aberdeen References Category:Parks in Aberdeen Category:Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes Category:1881 establishments in Scotland Category:Gardens in Aberdeen	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }

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