Malcolm Waldron born 6 September 1956 is an English former footballer who played for various clubs, including Southampton and Portsmouth. He played as a centre back during the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Playing career

Southampton
Born in Emsworth, Hampshire, Waldron was initially spotted playing for Havant and Hampshire school teams and was snapped up by Southampton, joining them as an apprentice in July 1973 before signing professional papers on reaching 18 in September 1974.

He made his debut on 12 April 1975 in a 0–0 draw away to Nottingham Forest. He made 3 appearances that season and 2 the following before establishing himself as a regular member of the Saints' defence in 1976–77. Although he could play anywhere in the back four, his best position was as sweeper, with his strength lying mainly in heading and tackling.

Waldron is described in Holley & Chalk's The Alphabet of the Saints as being "extememly agile and lithe for a big man, he also packed a thunderbolt of a shot and scored some memorable goals for the club".

During Southampton's promotion season 1977–78, he played "second fiddle" to Chris Nicholl and Mike Pickering and was often replaced by Manny Andruszewski in the centre of defence. He really came to the fore in Saints' first season back in Division 1, when he was an ever-present. He also played in all of Southampton's matches as they reached the final of the League Cup in 1979, only to lose 3–2 in the final. He was voted Saints' "Player of the Season" for 1978–79 and in the following season he was called up for the England B team against New Zealand.

The following season, he lost his place to David Watson as Lawrie McMenemy once again started to re-build the Southampton team. Injury forced him to miss most of the 1980–81 season in which Saints finished in sixth place in Division 1, thus qualifying for European football.

He spent the summer of 1981 playing in the United States for Washington Diplomats before returning to The Dell. His return was disappointing and a succession of irritating injuries and a loss of form led to a transfer to Burnley for £90,000 in September 1983.

Waldron made a total of 218 appearances for Southampton over 8 years, scoring 11 goals.

Burnley and Portsmouth
His brief spell at Turf Moor was not a happy time and after falling out with John Bond he moved to his home-town club, Portsmouth the following May.

At Fratton Park he continued to suffer from injuries and was unable to return to his previous high standard. He eventually retired from professional football in December 1986.

After retirement

He turned out for Road-Sea Southampton F.C. in their final 1986–87 season. He subsequently worked for Abbey Life and latterly as health care adviser for BUPA in Poole.

References

1956 births
Living people
People from Emsworth
Southampton F.C. players
Burnley F.C. players
Portsmouth F.C. players
England men's B international footballers
Men's association football central defenders
English men's footballers
Footballers from Hampshire

Malcolm Waldron


Alessandro Blasetti (3 July 1900 – 1 February 1987) was an Italian film director and screenwriter who influenced Italian neorealism with the film Quattro passi fra le nuvole. Blasetti was one of the leading figures in Italian cinema during the Fascist era. He is sometimes known as the "father of Italian cinema" because of his role in reviving the struggling industry in the late 1920s.

Early life

Blasetti was born in Rome, where he also died. After studying law at university, Blasetti chose to become a journalist and film critic. He worked for several film magazines and led a campaign for national film production, which had largely ceased by this point. In 1919 he made a brief foray into acting when he appeared as an extra in Mario Caserini's Tortured Soul.

Director
In 1929 Blasetti made his directorial debut with Sun, a fictional story set against the ongoing draining of the Pontine Marshes. The film was well received at a time when there were few Italian films being made. Benito Mussolini described it as "the dawn of the Fascist film". Like many of his early productions, it had elements that were a precursor to neorealism.

The strong reception for Sun led to Blasetti receiving an offer from Stefano Pittaluga, the only significant commercial producer left working in Italy at the time. Pittaluga had recently converted his Rome studios for sound films. Blasetti directed what would have been the first Italian sound film Resurrection, but delays meant that it was released after Gennaro Righelli's The Song of Love.

In 1934 Blasetti directed the play 18 BL a "mass theatre" performed outdoors with 2,000 amateur actors.

Blasetti was a driving force in the revival of the Italian film industry in the 1930s, having lobbied for greater state funding and support. One outcome was the construction of the large Cinecittà studios in Rome.

Later life
He played himself in Luchino Visconti's film Bellissima starred by Anna Magnani, a Roman mother who desires to make her daughter a filmstar in Cinecittà where Blasetti makes the screen test for the child actors.

He was President of the Jury at the 1967 Cannes Film Festival. His 1969 film Simón Bolívar was entered into the 6th Moscow International Film Festival.

Selected filmography

Sun (1929)
Nerone (1930)
Resurrectio (1931)
Mother Earth (1931)
The Table of the Poor (1932)
Palio (1932)
The Haller Case (1933)
1860 (1934)
The Old Guard (1934)
Aldebaran (1935)
The Countess of Parma (1936)
Ettore Fieramosca (1938)
 Backstage (1939)
Un'avventura di Salvator Rosa (1940)
La corona di ferro (1941)
The Jester's Supper (1942)
Quattro passi fra le nuvole (1943)
 Men of the Mountain (1943)
Un giorno nella vita (1946)
Fabiola (1949)
Prima comunione (1950)
Altri tempi (1951)
Peccato che sia una canaglia (1954)
A Slice of Life (1954)
La fortuna di essere donna (1956)
Love and Chatter (1957)
Europa di notte (1959)
I Love, You Love (1961)
Three Fables of Love (1962)
Liolà (1963)
Io, io, io... e gli altri (1966)
Simón Bolívar (1969)

References

Bibliography
 Moliterno, Gino (2008). Historical Dictionary of Italian Cinema. Scarecrow Press. .

External links

1900 births
1987 deaths
Film directors from Rome
20th-century Italian screenwriters
David di Donatello winners
Nastro d'Argento winners
Italian male screenwriters
20th-century Italian male writers
Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement recipients

Alessandro Blasetti


Sanjay Mehrotra is an Indian-American business executive and the CEO of Micron Technology. He was a co-founder of SanDisk, where he served as president and CEO from 2011 until its acquisition by Western Digital in 2016.

Early life and education
Mehrotra was born in 1958 in Kanpur, India. He is the youngest of four siblings. His father was a liaison officer in the cotton industry, who later moved the family to New Delhi when Mehrotra was 10 years old. At an early age, Mehrotra began expressing interest in math and science, and he has since said that his father and siblings played a significant role in encouraging him to pursue an education in STEM. As a teenager, he began taking mechanical courses in school and eventually transferred over to Sardar Patel Vidyalaya, a top-ranking high school in New Delhi.

Mehrotra has said that it was his father's dream to see him continue his education in the U.S., so he committed himself to applying to American universities. At the age of 18, Mehrotra moved to the U.S., transferring from BITS Pilani to attend the University of California, Berkeley, where he earned his bachelor's degree and master's degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

He graduated in 2009 from Stanford University Graduate School of Business Executive Education Program.

Boise State University awarded an honorary doctorate to Mehrotra at the university's 110th commencement ceremony in 2022. During the ceremony, Mehrotra gave the keynote commencement address.

In 2022, the National Academy of Engineering elected Mehrotra as a member for his contributions to nonvolatile memory design and architecture enabling multilevel cell NAND flash products. Mehrotra holds more than 70 patents. He has published articles in the area of non-volatile memory design and flash memory systems.

SanDisk
Mehrotra co-founded SanDisk in 1988 and served as president and CEO from 2011 until 2016. He previously served as executive vice president and chief operating officer, senior vice president of engineering, vice president of product development and director of memory design and product engineering.

He has more than 35 years of experience in the non-volatile semiconductor memory industry, including engineering and management positions at SanDisk, Micron, Integrated Device Technology, SEEQ Technology, Intel, and Atmel.

Micron
Following the announcement of Mark Durcan's retirement in February 2017, Mehrotra was named chief executive officer. His appointment became effective May 8, 2017, with Durcan serving as an adviser to the company until early August 2017.

While CEO at Micron, Mehrotra was appointed 2019 chairman of the Semiconductor Industry Association, the primary advocacy organization for the U.S. semiconductor industry.

Awards
Mehrotra has received the following awards and honors:

 "IEEE Reynold B. Johnson Data Storage Device Technology Award" (with SanDisk co-founders Ei Harari and Jack Yuan) for "leadership in the development and commercialization of Flash electrically erasable programmable read-only memory-based data storage products", 2006.
 "CEO of the Year" from the Entrepreneur's Foundation of Silicon Valley in recognition of his leadership in advancing SanDisk's community service activities, December 10, 2013.
 "Distinguished Alumni Award in Electrical Engineering" from the University of California, Berkeley, 2013.
 "Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award" from the Chinese Institute of Engineers USA at the 13th annual Asian American Engineer of the Year Award ceremony March 1, 2014.
 Mehrotra was honored by the American India Foundation for "personal philanthropic efforts and for leading SanDisk's programs to advance educational opportunities for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds, March 21, 2015.
 "Philanthropic CEO of the Year" from the American Red Cross Silicon Valley for his "remarkable impact toward fulfilling [the] mission to prevent and alleviate human suffering locally, nationally and internationally," October 24, 2015.
 2019 Flash Memory Summit Lifetime Achievement Award for "co-founding SanDisk, advancing the architecture that enabled the industry and market for flash memory, and leadership of Micron Technology, Inc. and the Semiconductor Industry Association."
 Malaysian Order of Loyal Defender of the State medal, 2021.
 University of California, Berkeley "Spirit of 1868 Volunteer Award," 2021.
 Mehrotra was inducted into the National Academy of Engineering in 2022, one of the highest distinctions in the profession.

Activities

In April 2014, Mehrotra along with Shankar Sastry, dean and Carlson professor of engineering at UC Berkeley, opened the SanDisk Computing Lab at the College of Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. The lab was funded by a $1 million donation by SanDisk to the College of Engineering. The donation also funded recently completed renovations to Cory Hall, home of the College's Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences.

As of 2023, Mehrotra serves on the board of directors for Micron Technology, CDW, Semiconductor Industry Association, and the Engineering Advisory Board at the University of California, Berkeley.

References

External links
 Executive Profile, Sanjay Mehrotra

Living people
American chief executives of Fortune 500 companies
SanDisk
Western Digital people
UC Berkeley College of Engineering alumni
American technology chief executives
20th-century American businesspeople
21st-century American businesspeople
Indian emigrants to the United States
American people of Indian descent
Micron Technology people
American computer businesspeople
American chief executives
Chief executives in the technology industry
1958 births

Sanjay Mehrotra


The Ogasan Nature Reserve is a national park located in North Korea. It is situated around Mount Oga, which straddles the borders of Hwap'yŏng county in Chagang Province and Kimhyŏngjik county in Ryanggang.

Description
Rising to 1204 m above sea level, the park covers 6000 ha, including 800 ha of some of the oldest old-growth forest in North Korea, and more than 1330 species of plants and animals. The mountain hosts a diverse variety of plant and animal life, including both boreal and temperate species, which are divided into different zones of broadleaved, mixed and coniferous forests as one ascends the mountain. The site has been identified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area (IBA).

Among the varieties of tree found in the park are Mongolian oak, yew, linden, Manchurian fir, Jezo spruce and several varieties of pines. Many of the trees are believed to be centenarians, including a 700-year-old Mongolian oak and a 550-year-old Korean pine; the oldest tree is believed to be a yew, aged at 1100 years. The reserve contains five trees listed as living monuments. There are also many medicinal herbs on the mountain, including asiabell, barrenwort, fatsia, bracken, mountain peony, and anise.

References

External links
Ogasan Nature Reserve picture album at Naenara

Important Bird Areas of North Korea
Biosphere reserves of North Korea

Ogasan Nature Reserve


Candice Dawson is an American professional wrestler signed to WWE, where she performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Candice LeRae. She is a former NXT Women's Tag Team Champion and was a member of The Way.

Dawson began her professional wrestling career in 2002, working for the Empire Wrestling Federation (EWF) promotion until 2006. Over the following years, she competed in various promotions on the independent circuit, including Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW), Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), Shimmer Women Athletes, DDT Pro-Wrestling, and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG), where she is a one-time PWG World Tag Team Champion, making her the only female title holder in the promotion's history. Other titles she held include the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship and the FWE Women's Championship.

After competing at the inaugural Mae Young Classic in 2017, Dawson signed with WWE in early 2018 and debuted for the NXT brand, where she became involved in her husband Johnny Gargano's feuds before becoming a singles competitor. In 2020, Dawson joined Gargano, Indi Hartwell, and Austin Theory to form the villainous faction The Way, until it dissolved the following year. She left the company in May 2022 and returned in September.

Early life
Candice Dawson was born and raised in Riverside, California. She grew up watching professional wrestling with her two brothers and fell in love with the profession. In addition to her two brothers, Dawson has many male cousins, and was often the only girl when they would play sports together. After being in a marching band where she played flute and piccolo, Dawson went to an unspecified college and earned a degree in culinary arts, and worked at Universal Studios Hollywood as a baker for a few years.

Numerous outlets list her as being born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. According to Dawson, this misconception is due to a decision made by an indie promoter early in her wrestling career. The promoter in question did not perceive Dawson as a viable heel, so in an attempt to generate heat, she was billed as a Canadian.

Professional wrestling career

Early career (2002–2005)
LeRae spent the first two years of her career wrestling for the Empire Wrestling Federation (EWF) and the International Wrestling Council. She appeared as a substitute in a round one match at the ChickFight tournament in 2004, replacing the injured Miss Chevius, but lost in the first round to Princess Sugey. During 2005, LeRae was a mainstay in the EWF, facing wrestlers including Hurricane Havana, Kid Omega, and Amazing Kong. She continued competing for the promotion throughout 2006, while also wrestling for All-Pro Wrestling and Ground Zero Wrestling. 2007 saw LeRae branch out to the Midwestern United States, where she competed for Insanity Pro Wrestling and Ring of Honor (ROH). LeRae had two matches for ROH in August 2007, losing to Sara Del Rey and Daizee Haze in dark matches on August 10 and 24, respectively.

LeRae began wrestling for the Alternative Wrestling Show (AWS) promotion in December 2007. In May 2009, she participated in a tournament for the AWS Women's Championship; she defeated Kitana Vera and Christina Von Eerie en route to the final, where she defeated Erica D'Erico and Morgan in a three-way match for the vacant championship. She successfully defended the title against Carla Jade, Nikki, and Von Eerie until September 6, when she lost the championship to Von Eerie.

She also appeared for the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), and unsuccessfully challenged Amazing Kong for the NWA Women's Championship in 2008.

Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (2006–2016)

LeRae debuted in Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG) in 2006, when she put together a team to face a team managed by Jade Chung in an eight-man tag team match, with fellow future WWE superstars Seth Rollins, Chris Hero, and Kevin Owens where her team was victorious. In April 2007, she returned as the valet of Human Tornado. Her first main storyline in the company began later that year in September; Tornado had been abusing LeRae, who stood up for herself and cost Tornado a match at the 2007 Battle of Los Angeles. After the match, Tornado began to attack LeRae, who was saved by Chris Hero. As a result, Hero and LeRae united to take on Tornado. In January 2008, Tornado, Claudio Castagnoli, and Eddie Kingston defeated LeRae, Hero, and Necro Butcher in a six-person match, which meant that LeRae was forced to face Tornado in a singles match the following night. LeRae lost the match by disqualification when Hero, who was banned from ringside, came to the ring to aid her. LuFisto entered the feud in March when she teamed with Tornado in a loss to LeRae and Hero. The following night, LeRae defeated LuFisto in a singles match. LeRae continued to be involved in the storyline between Hero and Tornado over the next few months.

LeRae spent the rest of the year in intergender competition, facing wrestlers including Adam Cole, Johnny Gargano, Tommaso Ciampa, Roderick Strong, John Morrison, T. J. Perkins and Chuck Taylor. In 2009, LeRae entered a feud with Christina Von Eerie when LeRae defeated Von Eerie in the first women's match in PWG in more than a year. Throughout early 2010, they teamed with a variety of male wrestlers to face each other, until LeRae defeated Von Eerie in a match in June to end the feud. At Kurt RussellReunion 2 in January 2011, LeRae was on the winning side of an eight-person tag team match. At PWG's DDT4 event on April 3, 2011, LeRae won a Joey Ryan invitational gauntlet match to advance to a number one contenders match for the PWG World Championship against Ryan later that same night, which she lost. She wrestled only sporadically in PWG in 2012 and 2013, mainly in six and eight-person tag team matches, which included being on the winning side of an eight-person tag team match at Kurt RussellReunion 3 in January 2012.

LeRae began teaming with Joey Ryan in October 2013, with a loss to The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson), and in January 2014 they participated in the 2014 Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament, but were eliminated in the first round by Adam Cole and Kevin Steen. On March 28, 2014, at Mystery Vortex 2 LeRae unsuccessfully challenged Adam Cole for the PWG World Championship. On July 27, LeRae and Ryan defeated The Young Bucks in a Guerrilla Warfare match to win the PWG World Tag Team Championship. Known as the World's Cutest Tag Team, LeRae and Ryan made their first title defense on August 29 in a three-way match, defeating The Inner City Machine Guns (Rich Swann and Ricochet) and the team of Christopher Daniels and Frankie Kazarian. The following night, LeRae entered the 2014 Battle of Los Angeles tournament, where she defeated Rich Swann in the first round before losing to Johnny Gargano in the quarter-finals. LeRae and Ryan finished out the year with successful title defenses against Chuck Taylor and Johnny Gargano in October, and Daniels and Kazarian in December. LeRae and Ryan lost the championships to Monster Mafia (Ethan Page and Josh Alexander) on May 22, 2015, in the opening round of the 2015 DDT4. LeRae's final PWG match took place at Mystery Vortex IV, where she made a surprise appearance in a losing effort against Trent? on December 16, 2016.

DDT Pro-Wrestling (2016–2017)
LeRae debuted for Japanese promotion DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT) on January 3, 2016, teaming with Joey Ryan to defeat Golden Storm Riders (Daisuke Sasaki and Suguru Miyatake). On January 10, LeRae teamed with the Golden Storm Riders in a losing effort against Happy Motel (Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita and Tetsuya Endo). The following day, LeRae teamed with Sasaki once again, this time defeating T2Hii (Kazuki Hirata and Sanshiro Takagi). LeRae once again toured with DDT in March 2016, unsuccessfully challenging Sasaki and Shuji Ishikawa for the KO-D Tag Team Championship along with Joey Ryan on March 26 and defeating Makoto Oishi and Danshoku Dino the following day. LeRae returned to DDT in January 2017, losing to Sasaki on January 3, but teaming with Kouki Iwasaki and Kazusada Higuchi to defeat T2Hii (Sanshiro Takagi, Kazuki Hirata and Toru Owashi) on January 9. During her time with DDT, LeRae also infamously won the company's Heavymetalweight Championship by pinning Ryan in a dream sequence.

LeRae has also competed for DDT's all-female sister promotion Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling (TJP), defeating Yuka Sakazaki in her debut on January 4, 2016 and losing to Mil Clown exactly one year later on January 4, 2017.

Other promotions (2011–2018)
In 2011, LeRae began competing for NWA Championship Wrestling from Hollywood, where she developed a feud with Buggy.

In September 2013, LeRae debuted for Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW), teaming with Greg Excellent in a loss to Cherry Bomb and Pepper Parks. She returned to CZW in February 2014, losing a singles match to Kimber Lee. At Proving Grounds on May 10, she unsuccessfully challenged Shane Strickland for the CZW Wired Television Championship.

LeRae first began appearing for Family Wrestling Entertainment (FWE) in late 2013 as the mystery tag team partner of Joey Ryan at the Open Weight Grand Prix Final event. On October 3, LeRae and Ryan defeated Ivelisse Vélez and Tommy Dreamer at Refuelled Night One following interference from Drew Galloway. The next night at Refuelled Night Two, LeRae and Ryan defeated Christina Von Eerie and Carlito. Later the same night, LeRae issued a challenge to Ivelisse Vélez, and defeated her to win the FWE Women's Championship for the first time. She successfully defended the title against Veda Scott at No Limits in February 2015. The following month, LeRae and Ryan lost to Scott and Paul London in a mixed tag team match, in which LeRae lost the FWE Women's title to Scott.

LeRae appeared for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) at Turning Point on November 21, 2013, in a losing effort to TNA Knockouts Champion Gail Kim.

On May 10, 2014, LeRae and Joey Ryan competed in the 2014 Women Superstars Uncensored (WSU) Queen and King of the Ring tournament, defeating the teams of Drew Gulak and Kimber Lee, and J. T. Dunn and Shelly Martinez to advance to the final, before being defeated by Matt Tremont and Mickie Knuckles. The following month, on June 7, 2014, she won Dream Wave Wrestling's Tag Team Championship with Ryan, but they lost the title the next day.

LeRae competed at Shimmer Women Athletes' Volume 62 taping in April 2014, losing to Athena. She returned to Shimmer in October, losing to Nikki Storm and Kay Lee Ray in singles matches on Volume 68 and Volume 70, respectively.

LeRae appeared for Full Impact Pro (FIP) on June 22, 2014, teaming with Ivelisse Vélez to unsuccessfully challenge The Lucha Sisters (Mia Yim and Leva Bates) for the Shine Tag Team Championship. She then made her debut for Shine Wrestling at Shine 20 on June 27, defeating Neveah.

LeRae made her first appearance on the December 14, 2016, episode of Ring of Honor Wrestling, in a losing effort against Deonna Purrazzo.

WWE

Early years (2017–2019)
On the May 3, 2017, episode of NXT, LeRae made her televised in-ring debut for WWE, participating in a #1 contender's battle royal for Asuka's NXT Women's Championship, but was unsuccessful after she was eliminated by Billie Kay. In July, she was announced as one of the participants for the Mae Young Classic tournament. LeRae defeated Renee Michelle in the first round and Nicole Savoy in the second round, but was eliminated in the quarterfinals by Shayna Baszler.

On January 16, 2018, WWE announced that LeRae had signed a contract with the company. She was inserted into her husband Johnny Gargano's feud with then-NXT Champion Andrade "Cien" Almas and his manager Zelina Vega as an equaliser from Vega's interferences and attacks during their matches. This led to a match between the two on the April 18 episode of NXT, which LeRae won. Two weeks later, now working as an active competitor, LeRae lost to Bianca Belair, suffering her first loss. In July, LeRae competed against Kairi Sane and Nikki Cross in a triple-threat #1 contender's match, which Sane won. After a few months of investigation, it was revealed that Gargano was the mystery attacker of Aleister Black, a storyline in which Nikki Cross was the witness. This sparked a match between LeRae and Cross, which Cross won. After a short hiatus, in what was her first appearance on the main roster, LeRae competed in her first women's Royal Rumble match at the Royal Rumble on January 27, 2019, entering at # 17 but was eliminated by Ruby Riott. A few months later on April 7, LeRae made her WrestleMania debut as she competed in the second WrestleMania Women's Battle Royal during the WrestleMania 35 pre-show, where she was eliminated by Asuka. On the April 11 episode of NXT, that was taped on NXT TakeOver: New York, LeRae returned to NXT, as she defeated Aliyah in her first match back.

In the end of May, LeRae aligned with Io Shirai who was feuding with Shayna Baszler and her allies Jessamyn Duke and Marina Shafir. The alliance between the two ended after a month, after Shirai lost to Baszler for a second time, despite LeRae's attempts to help her during their steel cage match. This led to a match between the two, that took place at NXT TakeOver: Toronto on August 10, where Shirai defeated LeRae. In September, LeRae was inserted in a fatal four-way match to determine the #1 contender to Shayna Baszler's NXT Women's Championship, which she won after pinning Mia Yim. LeRae received her title match on the October 2 episode of NXT, but lost. On November 23, at NXT TakeOver: WarGames, she competed in the first-ever Women's WarGames match as part of Rhea Ripley's team, where LeRae and Ripley secured the victory against Baszler's team. The next night at Survivor Series, LeRae competed as part of Team NXT, in the first-ever 5-on-5-on-5 Women's Survivor Series elimination match, where she was one of the survivors alongside Rhea Ripley and Io Shirai.

The Way (2020–2022)
On January 26, 2020, at the Royal Rumble, LeRae competed in the women's Royal Rumble match at #9, but was eliminated by Bianca Belair. On the April 8 episode of NXT, LeRae helped Johnny Gargano (who turned heel in February) defeat Tommaso Ciampa, thereby turning heel. On the April 29 episode of NXT, LeRae debuted a new look, titantron and entrance theme as she defeated Kacy Catanzaro. Gargano and LeRae began appearing together more frequently as a power couple as they feuded with Mia Yim and Keith Lee. At TakeOver: In Your House on June 7, LeRae, Dakota Kai and Raquel González lost to Mia Yim, Tegan Nox and Shotzi Blackheart. On July 8 at The Great American Bash, LeRae defeated Yim in a Street Fight.

On the September 23 episode of NXT, LeRae competed in a battle royal to determine the #1 contender for Io Shirai's NXT Women's Championship, which she won by eliminating Blackheart. LeRae teamed up with Gargano the following week in a "Champions vs. Challengers" tag team match against Shirai and Damian Priest, where the former were victorious. At NXT TakeOver 31 on October 4, LeRae failed to win the title. On the October 14 episode of NXT, LeRae was successful in gaining yet another NXT Women's Championship match at NXT: Halloween Havoc with a consecutive win over Blackheart. Facing off against champion Io Shirai in a renamed Tables, Ladders and Chairs match on October 28, LeRae once again failed to win the title, despite having been assisted by Indi Hartwell (then presented as a masked figure), who was stopped by Halloween Havoc host Blackheart. An incensed LeRae felt that Blackheart cost her the Women's Championship, so she swore revenge by stealing and destroying Blackheart's toy tank in front of her, leaving Blackheart an emotional wreck and kicking off a feud between the two. On the November 18 episode of NXT, it was announced that LeRae would lead one of the two women's teams (Team Candice) against that of Blackheart (Team Shotzi) in the second-ever women's WarGames match at NXT TakeOver: WarGames on December 6, where LeRae's team was victorious.

The following week on NXT, LeRae was featured in a segment alongside Gargano, Hartwell, and Austin Theory, in which they started referring to themselves as The Way – a stable consisting of the four. On the January 22, 2021, episode of 205 Live, LeRae and Hartwell defeated the team of Cora Jade and Gigi Dolin in the quarterfinals of the Women's Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic Tournament, which marked the first time that a women's match has ever taken place in the brand's history. On the May 4 episode of NXT, she and Indi Hartwell defeated Ember Moon and Shotzi Blackheart in a Street Fight to win the NXT Women's Tag Team Championship. On July 6, the pair would drop the titles to the newly-formed team of Io Shirai and Zoey Stark at the Great American Bash after the returning Tegan Nox attacked LeRae, costing her and Hartwell the championship.
The Way would officially disband later that year, following the announcement of LeRae's pregnancy, the expiration of Gargano's contract with WWE, and Theory's call-up to the Raw brand. LeRae remained under contract with WWE while on maternity leave until May 6, 2022, when her contract expired after deciding not to renew it.

Return to WWE (2022–present)
On the September 26 episode of Raw, LeRae returned to WWE as a face, defeating Nikki A. S. H..

Other media
She made her video game debut as a downloadable character in WWE 2K19 and returned for WWE 2K20, WWE 2K22 and WWE 2K23.

Personal life
Dawson married fellow professional wrestler Johnny Gargano at Disneyland on September 16, 2016. They have been featured in a short-documentary on their dynamics as a wrestling couple. On August 12, 2021, the two announced that LeRae was pregnant with their first child. The child, Quill Gargano, was born on February 17, 2022.

Dawson is an avid fan of Disney movies, as well as NHL team the Anaheim Ducks. She has three brothers, one of whom was adopted by her parents when she was in high school.

Championships and accomplishments

 Alternative Wrestling Show
 AWS Women's World Championship (2 times)
 AWS Women's Title Tournament
 2nd Annual Women's Tournament (2013)
 3rd Annual Women's Tournament (2013)
 DDT Pro-Wrestling
 Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship (1 time)
 Dreamwave Wrestling
 Dreamwave Tag Team Championship (1 time)
 Family Wrestling Entertainment
 FWE Women's Championship (1 time)
 Fighting Spirit Pro Wrestling
 FSP Tag Team Championship (1 time)
 Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
 PWG World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Joey Ryan
 Pro Wrestling Illustrated
 Ranked No. 18 of the top 50 female wrestlers in the PWI Female 50 in 2016
 Smash Wrestling
 Gold Tournament (2015)
  WWE
 NXT Women's Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Indi Hartwell

References

External links

Living people
American female professional wrestlers
NXT Women's Tag Team Champions
Professional wrestlers from California
21st-century American women
21st-century female professional wrestlers
PWG World Tag Team Champions
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Heat transfer vinyl, or HTV for short, is a speciality polyurethane with a heat-activated adhesive (typically polyester-based) that can be used on certain fabrics and materials to apply designs to promotional products, textiles and apparel, such as T-shirts. It comes laminated together with a clear polyester carrier in a roll or sheet form, with an adhesive tacky backing, so it can be cut, weeded, and placed on a substrate for application via a heat press. The design is cut into the material with a cutting plotter in reverse (adhesive/vinyl side up). The excess material is removed with tools such as hooks or tweezers - a manual and dextrous process referred to as "weeding". The tacky adhesive between the carrier and the vinyl holds together complex designs, although the labour naturally increases the more weeding that is required. The clear polyester carrier keeps the design visible to aid positioning on the substrate. For these and other reasons, it is a popular and more robust alternative to transfer paper (that does not incorporate a carrier sheet). Heat transfer vinyl is made in single colors and also has special options such as patterned, glitter, flocked, holographic, glow-in-the-dark, reflective and 3D puff. Heat transfer vinyl also benefits from a high degree of stretch and rebound, achieved by a memory effect, making it suitable for use on apparel and other flexible items including the garments typically used, such as sports jerseys.

Types of heat transfer vinyl
Heat transfer vinyl comes in single colors, in the specialty options listed above, in full-color pattern options, and in a printable version that must be used with solvent ink & a solvent printer. It is best used for simple designs with minimal colors since each individual color or pattern used in the design must be cut, weeded, and heat pressed. Certain heat transfer vinyl can be layered to form multi-colored designs. The more layers involved, the harder it is to match up each to achieve the end result. Heat transfer vinyl cannot be used for full-color pictures or anything with gradients. There are other applications for those options.

Heat transfer vinyl can be used to create special effects with its glitter, flocked, holographic, glow-in-the-dark, and 3D puff options. The layering of these types of vinyl is dependent on the type of vinyl used.

Heat transfer vinyl is available in sizes from small sheets, to large "master" rolls, that can be up to 60" x 50 yards. Typical sizes are 15" and 19" wide rolls in 1 yard, 5 yard, 10 yard, 25 yard, and 50-yard lengths. In metric territories, widths are typically 200, 300 and 500 millimetres, sold per the metre or in increments i.e. 5, 10, 25, 50, 75 and 100 metre "logs", priced according to economy of scale.

The film is typically 20 to 100 micrometres thick, although specifications vary as to whether this includes the adhesive layer or not. In recent years, very thin vinyls have become available owing to improvements in the polymer extrusion and calendering process, which varies by manufacturer.

Despite being commonly referred to as vinyl, the material does not contain PVC, meaning it is generally considered non-toxic, and sometimes (for instance in Europe) carries internationally recognised ecological certifications such as from Oeko-Tex (although laboratories including SGS S.A. are also used). A common certification for heat transfer vinyl is Oeko-Tex Standard 100 (Class 1). Thus, the use of heat transfer vinyl to decorate apparel is often cited as an ecologically friendly alternative to plastisol screen-printing inks, that is despite the consumable nature of the plastics involved.

Usage
Heat transfer vinyl is traditionally placed on textile products. Because of the nature of the way the vinyl is applied, it must be used on products that can take the heat and pressure required to make the transfer adhere properly. For fabrics and clothing, typically this is temperatures in the range of 250-300 deg Fahrenheit, or 120-150 degrees Celsius. The product (also known as a substrate) will also need to hold up under the clamping action and pressure of the heat press.

Each heat transfer vinyl manufacturer will list what products can be used for each type of vinyl. Fabrics such as cotton, cotton/polyester blends, polyester, and canvas work well with heat transfer vinyl. There are types of vinyl that can also be used with nylon and leather. However, products such as paper and plastics do not work well because they cannot take the heat required to adhere the vinyl to the substrate. It is very important to make sure the correct vinyl type is used with the correct substrate.

Equipment
Equipment needed to work with heat transfer vinyl includes design software and a vinyl cutter.
Desktop cutters are suitable for low volume and low budget while standalone cutters are more appropriate for higher volumes. Print/cut printers have the ability to do printed vinyl.

Weeding tools are used to remove the heat transfer vinyl that is not going to be pressed onto the product from its adhesive carrier sheet. A heat press or iron is used to transfer the vinyl onto the product. Heat presses have the ability to set a specific temperature and pressure level to suit a specific vinyl and is recommended for professional results.

Durability
Heat transfer vinyl should last the lifetime of the product if it is attached to the substrate according to the manufacturer's instructions.

References

Vinyl polymers
Heat transfer

Heat transfer vinyl


Ronald William Gordon Mackay (3 September 1902 – 15 January 1960), known as Kim Mackay, was an Australian-born British Labour Party (and briefly Common Wealth Party) politician known for his European federalist views.

Born in Bathurst, New South Wales, Mackay studied law and education at the University of Sydney.  In 1926, he became a part-time history lecturer at St. Paul's College, and in 1932 he was a co-founder of the Australian Institute of Political Science, which argued for reform of the Australian Constitution.

Encouraged by Labour MP Stafford Cripps, Mackay moved to England in 1934, and began practising law.   He stood for the Frome constituency in the 1935 general election, losing by only 994 votes.  In 1939, he took a post in the Ministry of Aircraft Production, where he became angered at Labour's reluctance to criticise government policy, and resigned from the party.  In 1941, he published Federal Europe, calling for a federation of Western European nations, claiming that this would facilitate socialism.

Mackay contested the 1942 Llandaff and Barry by-election as an "Independent Socialist" on the invitation of the 1941 Committee.  Calling for an end to the UK National Government, claiming that this would result in the more effective prosecution of World War II, his campaign gained the support of the local Constituency Labour Party, but proved unsuccessful.

Mackay later supported Tom Driberg's successful campaign in the 1942 Maldon by-election, and in 1943, he joined the Common Wealth Party, which had been formed by the merger of the 1941 Committee with Forward March.  This new party shared his views on European federalism, and Mackay was able to immediately become its Chair.  He altered the party's structure in order for it to focus on fighting by-elections.  This had considerable success, Common Wealth gaining three seats during the Parliament.

Mackay's position came under fire from several groups within Common Wealth.  The London Region complained that he was a careerist and an anti-Marxist, while some Christians in the organisation argued that he was destroying the party's idealism in pursuit of electoralism.

Mackay became increasingly interested in electoral reform.  In 1943, he published Coupon or Free?: Being a Study in Electoral Reform and Representative Government.  He hoped that Common Wealth would be able to affiliate to Labour along with the Independent Labour Party and the Communist Party of Great Britain, and act as a left-wing pressure group.  In the event, these groups both applied to affiliate after 1945, but their applications were rejected.  Unable to convince Common Wealth of his position, Mackay resigned in late 1944 and rejoined Labour.

Mackay stood for Hull North West at the 1945 general election, and gained the seat for Labour.  In Parliament, he argued for increased power for the United Nations.  In 1947, he joined the Keep Left faction.

In 1946, Mackay was a founder member of the European Union of Federalists, superseded two years later by the European Movement.  Federalism was unpopular within his own party, who associated the idea with the Conservative Party and the Movement for a United Europe.  In distinction to Mackay, they argued that a federal Europe should not contain communist states.  In 1949, he became the chair of the European Parliamentary Union.

In 1950, Mackay's constituency was abolished, and he was instead elected for Reading North, but he lost this seat the following year.  In 1953, he retired from politics due to ill health, but continued to write articles in support of federalism.

References
Gildart, Keith, Kim Mackay, Dictionary of Labour Biography Vol. 11

An Australian socialist in England: Kim Mackay, the British Left, and European federalism, 1934-60
Catalogue of the Mackay papers held at LSE Archives

1902 births
1960 deaths
Common Wealth Party politicians
Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
Members of the Fabian Society
People from New South Wales
UK MPs 1945–1950
UK MPs 1950–1951
Australian political scientists
Australian emigrants to the United Kingdom
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Mercedes Otto-Stermitz (born 24 April 1958) is a former Austrian racing driver and 1983 Miss Austria.

Life and career
Stermitz worked as a stewardess at Austrian Airlines and then as a model when she was elected Miss Austria in 1983. She later was a Top 15 semi-finalist at Miss World 1983 and a Top 10 semi-finalist at Miss Europe 1984. Stermitz also competed in Miss Universe 1983 but did not place. At the same time, she started motorsport and, supported by Helmut Marko, drove a number of races in Austria in an Alfa Romeo GTV. In 1985 and 1986, she started in the Ford Fiesta Ladies Cup.

In 1987, Stermitz received a works contract with the BMW Schnitzer Team and, together with her teammate Annette Meeuvissen, competed in a BMW M3 in the 2nd division of the World Touring Car Championship. Both of them finished seventh in the Spa-Francorchamps 24-hour race and the 500 km race in Calder. In the same year, both started in the 500 km race in Zeltweg, which was part of the European Touring Car Championship, and also achieved seventh place there. For the 1988 season, she moved to BMW M Team Linder in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft (DTM) and finished in 37th place in the overall standings. In 1989 and 1990, she drove in the Porsche one-make cups Porsche 944 Turbo Cup and the successor Porsche Carrera Cup Germany. In 1990 and 1991, she took part in some races for the World Sports Prototype Championship and World Sportscar Championship. There, she achieved eighth place together with Otto Rensing at the 1991 race at the Nürburgring in a Porsche 962 CK6 from the Porsche Kremer Racing team.

In parallel to touring car racing, she also started, but without much success, in formula racing. In 1987, 1988, 1990 and 1992 she drove with various racing teams in the German Formula Three Championship. In 1991, she competed in a race in the British Formula 3000 Championship and in 1992 in the Buenos Aires Grand Prix – World Cup Formula 3000.

After a serious traffic accident in 1993, Stermitz had to end her motorsport career. She is married and has a daughter and a son.

References

1958 births
Living people
Austrian racing drivers
Female racing drivers
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters drivers
Austrian beauty pageant winners
Miss Universe 1983 contestants
Miss World 1983 delegates
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World Touring Car Championship drivers
European Touring Car Championship drivers
World Sportscar Championship drivers
Walter Lechner Racing drivers

Mercedes Stermitz


Mauricio González-Gordon y Díez, Marquis of Bonanza (18 October 1923 – 27 September 2013) was a Spanish sherry maker and a conservationist. Most of his life he worked for the family company, González Byass, where he increased its exports to a worldwide level. His family estate was located in the wetland region called Doñana in southern Spain and was threatened by drainage efforts in the early 1950s. González-Gordon with the help of researchers and international support managed to preserve the site, while at the same time donating some of his family land to the conservation effort. Afterward, González-Gordon became one of the founders of the Spanish Ornithological Society in 1954. His conservation efforts for Doñana culminated in the creation of the Doñana National Park in 1969. The area was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994.

Early years
González-Gordon was born on 18 October 1923 in Hampton Hill, London, United Kingdom, as a son to a Spanish family with Scottish descent rooted in the Clan Gordon. His parents were Manuel María González-Gordon and Emilia Díez Gutiérrez. Mauricio, whose father was known as the 'Pope of Sherry', was the second of a total of four children. One of his ancestors, John David Gordon of Wardhouse, had moved to Jerez de la Frontera in the 18th century and started trading in sherry. At the time of his birth, González-Gordon's father Manuel was the chairman of González Byass and was actively promoting the brand in the United Kingdom. During his youth González-Gordon was raised as a bilingual, being fluent in both Spanish and English. González-Gordon moved to Jerez de la Frontera at age three to go to school in Spain. He was homeschooled by private tutors and attended La Salle Buen Pastor college. He later attended the Instituto Padre Luis Coloma. His primary studies were followed up by economic studies at the Jerez College of Commerce, where he licensed as a teacher of trade. He passed the final period of the Spanish Civil War in 1939 working in an airplane factory, helping construct Polikarpov planes for the aerial forces of General Francisco Franco. He attended the University of Seville and graduated in Chemical Sciences in 1946.

González Byass
González-Gordon worked most of his life for the family company González Byass, which specializes in making sherry. He was the fifth generation of the family to chair the company. While working for the firm he was involved in the making, tasting and commercialisation of sherry and in later years he also helped the company expand into producing brandy and several sorts of wine. Immediately after he finished his studies in 1946 he joined the business and started at the bottom with the picking and crushing of grapes. During this time he also learned about the solera system, which is used to age different type of liquids. His interest in oenology had only developed after visiting California the year he graduated. He visited California after previously being sent to New York by boat with twelve containers of wine. In 1955 he founded the first research center for viticulture and winemaking in Spain by establishing one at González Byass. For twenty years he was occupied as head of wine selection at the company. González-Gordon also served on the board of González Byass beginning in 1961, and was president of the company between 1993 and 1999. During this period González-Gordon managed to expand the business by exporting all over the world, including to the United States, United Kingdom, China and East Asia. After his time as president he continued to serve as an advisor to his son, Mauricio Junior, who took over his position. Apart from his work at González Byass González-Gordon also diverted some of his time towards the regulatory council of the sherry making industry, serving for 24 years.

Conservationism

González-Gordon was involved with conservationism from an early age; he was also an avid bird watcher and would become an ornithologist. His family estate was located in the Coto Doñana, a wetland at the mouth of the river Guadalquivir, near Jerez de la Frontera, in southern Spain. Here González-Gordon became interested in the local ecosystem and invited European ornithologists to visit the area. When two Spanish ornithologists, Professor Francisco Bernis and José Antonio Valverde visited, González-Gordon served as their guide. The González-Gordon family saw that the wetlands were threatened by the planting of eucalyptus trees and large-scale drainage plans proposed by the government. Mauricio, together with his father, asked Bernis to try and influence Spanish dictator Francisco Franco into abandoning these proposals. The trio wrote a memorandum which was presented to Franco himself by Mauricio's father Manuel. By November 1953, Bernis had finished a report on the value of the Doñana, which showed that the area had exceptional ecological value. The group sought international support for their goals and found it. The efforts of González-Gordon to dissuade Franco exposed him to some danger, but the Franco government conceded and the drainage plans were aborted.

By 1963 an international organisation founded with the goal of protecting Doñana had purchased  in the area. After winning their fight against the construction plans González-Gordon, Bernis and Valverde wished to create a Spanish foundation for ornithology. The idea to start the organisation had already come up in their first meeting. In May 1954 they founded the Spanish Ornithological Society (SEO) in Madrid, which currently is the Spanish affiliate of BirdLife International. The trio had written the founding statutes among themselves. The organisation was supported by visits to Doñana of famous ornithologists as Edward Max Nicholson and Julian Huxley, with González-Gordon guiding them around. He would also serve as chair of the board of SEO between 1966 and 1968. The Doñana area was turned into Doñana National Park in 1969. The González-Gordon family ceded much of its land between Bonanza and Matalascañas for the creation of the national park. In 1994 the area was turned into an UNESCO World Heritage Site and currently measures . The park has a wide range of ecosystems and is especially important for migratory birds. González-Gordon also wrote a translation of Roger Tory Peterson's A Field Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe in 1957.

Personal life
González-Gordon has been described as being proud of his Scottish heritage, which centred on the town of Huntly and the Clan Gordon. His personal clothing style reflected this; he was noted for his tweed jackets and British clothes in general. He had been married to Milagro López de Carrizosa y Eizaguirre for 62 years before she died in July 2013. The couple had two children, Bibiana and Mauricio, with Mauricio being the current president of the family company. During the three final years of his life González-Gordon was in poor health and could hardly leave his home. He died on 27 September 2013 in his hometown of Jerez de la Frontera at the age of 89. His family claims that the last thing he drank was a Tío Pepe, the most famous brand of the family business. His death occurred at the Asisa clinic where he had spent his last couple of weeks. The memorial service was held at the San Juan Bautista de La Salle church on 28 September.

Apart from his work at González Byass and his conservation efforts at Doñana he was also president of the local Red Cross organisation in Jerez de la Frontera, serving as its president for thirteen years, between 1974 and 1988.

Honours and decorations
Mauricio González-Gordon y Díez was Marquis of Bonanza, obtaining the title after the death of his father in 1980. During the course of his life he received several honours and decorations:

 Cross of Naval Merit with White Decoration awarded by the King of Spain for his dedication to sailing.
 Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog awarded by the Queen of Denmark (1985).
 Member of the Gran Orden de Caballeros del Vino awarded by the British embassy in Spain.
 Golden medal awarded by the Red Cross (1986).
 Golden medal of Oenologic Merit and Grand Cross of Agricultural Merit by Miguel Arias Cañete, Spanish Minister for Agriculture, Food and Environment (2011).

In 2004 he received the Bernis Award for Ornithology from the Spanish Ornithological Society/BirdLife for his pioneering work and lifetime contribution to conservation, especially of Doñana. He was awarded the Premio Andalucía de Medio Ambiente, the Andalusian Prize of Environment, by the government of Andalusia in 2005. In 2009 he was made hijo predilecto, favourite son, of the municipality of Jerez de la Frontera.

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2013 deaths
People from Hampton, London
People from Jerez de la Frontera
University of Seville alumni
Spanish winemakers
Spanish ornithologists
Spanish conservationists
Spanish people of Scottish descent
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Marquesses of Bonanza
Crosses of Naval Merit
Knights of the Order of the Dannebrog
Spanish expatriates in the United Kingdom

Mauricio González-Gordon y Díez


Luciano Ariel Pereyra (born September 21, 1981) is an Argentine singer.

Biography
In 1984, when he was three years old, his parents noticed his talent for music and gave him a guitar for Christmas. The following year, he competed in a television program on ATC. At the age of 9, he participated in Festilindo, a program for children performing. When he was 10, he sang the song "Sólo le pido a Dios" by León Gieco in Xuxa's TV program. This song made him famous in 2000 when sang it for Pope John Paul II in the Vatican City, representing Latin America in the Jubilee Youth.

Music
Pereyra recorded his first album in 1998 called Amaneciendo (Dawning), an album containing 13 songs mixing zambas, carnavalitos, waltzes, ballads and chacareras. His first hit was called "Soy un inconsciente" (I'm reckless); this single eventually went quadruple platinum. In 1999, he performed a recital in Buenos Aires at the Teatro Opera.

In March 2000, his second album was released: Recordándote (Remembering You), including the song "Sólo le pido a Dios" (I only ask of God) and songs written by himself. The record was at the top of the national ranking for three consecutive weeks. One year later, he was chosen to sing the Argentine National Anthem during the farewell match tribute to Diego Maradona.

He has sung duets with artists such as Rodrigo Bueno, Soledad Pastorutti and Alejandro Lerner. In June 2002, Pereyra released his third album entitled Soy Tuyo (I'm yours) a disc that contains a bolero and tango influence. He toured South America and performed concerts for six nights at the Teatro Gran Rex.

In 2003, Pereyra participated in the film Tus ojos brillaban (Your eyes sparkled). On June 22 of the same year he released Luciano, with songs written by himself such as "Perdóname" (Forgive Me).

In November, 2006, he released the album Dispuesto a amarte (Willing to Love You), the fifth album of his career with a romantic song titled "Porque aún te amo" (Because I Still Love You) as a big hit.

In November 2008, Luciano Pereyra released the song "No puedo" (I can't), written and composed by Pereyra. The corresponding music video featured the model Florencia Torrente, and was influenced by Rudy Pérez, a producer and composer who had worked with artists such as Cristian Castro, Chayanne, Luis Fonsi, and Luis Miguel.

Awards
Consagración, National Festival of Dressage and Folklore Jesus Maria (1999).
Revelación, Festival Baradero (1999).
Consagración, Cosquín Festival (2000).

1981 births
Living people
21st-century Argentine male singers
People from Luján, Buenos Aires

Luciano Pereyra


The Kamani Massacre took place on July 9, 1993, during the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict. It was perpetrated against Georgian inhabitants of Kamani (a small village located north of Sukhumi), mainly by militia forces of Abkhaz separatists, and their North Caucasian and Russian allies. It became a part of the bloody campaign carried out by the separatists, which was known as the ethnic cleansing of Georgians in Abkhazia

Events
During the War in Abkhazia in 1992-93, the villages along the Gumista River (north and east of Sukhumi) such as Kamani, Shroma, and Achadara were mainly populated by ethnic Georgians.

However, the area was very important strategically, as it enabled motorized units to reach Sukhumi, the capital of the autonomous republic. After the failed attempt to storm Sukhumi from the west, the Abkhaz formations and their allies diverted their offensive on the northern and eastern sides of Sukhumi. On July 2, 1993 under the Russian military directives and naval support, the Abkhaz and their allies (Confederation of Mountain Peoples of the Caucasus) landed in Ochamchire and attacked the villages on the Gumista river. The Georgian National Guard, volunteer units and battalions made up by local civilians, were taken by surprise. The Georgian side did not expect any offensive from the north or eastern sides of Sukhumi district. Due to this manoeuvring, the Abkhaz and their allies cut through the Georgian front line and attacked the villages along the side of Gumista river. The Georgian side suffered many losses and the defensive line around Sukhumi was breached by the Abkhaz offensive. On July 5, Abkhaz, Russian, Armenian Bagramyan battalion and North Caucasian detachments stormed the villages of Akhalsheni, Guma and Shroma of Sukhumi district. The residents from the villages were rounded up and massacred. The last offensive took place on July 9, on the village of Kamani. Kamani was a Svan (sub-ethnic group of the Georgian people) village which also included the Kamani Monastery (named after St George) and convent (populated by priests and nuns).

The Georgian forces who were protecting the pathways to Kamani were annihilated early in the morning after which the main assault on the village was undertaken at 10 a.m. Within a couple of hours the village fell to Abkhaz separatists and their allies. Soon after the Abkhaz and their allies started a violent rampage against the inhabitants of Kamani. Women, children, and the elderly were systematically tortured, raped and massacred during the two days of violence. The church and convent in Kamani became the scene of a blood bath. The female nuns were raped and later killed in front of the orthodox priest father Yuri Anua and father Andria (the overseer of the convent). After witnessing the massacres of nuns the Georgian priests were taken outside of the church and while kneeling were interrogated.

"They questioned father Andria on the ownership of land in Abkhazia. He refused to answer. They questioned him repeatedly and finally he gave up and said: Abkhazia, like the rest of the world, belongs to God. They shot him soon after. Before doing so, they forced a young Abkhaz priest to kill him. He resisted and was killed near the Georgian priest. They left their corpses near the church and left".

After the July events of 1993, Kamani remains completely depopulated and all houses in the village are abandoned by the surviving inhabitants. After taking this strategic area, Abkhaz and their allies launched a large scale offensive on Sukhumi which by now was encircled by the separatist forces.

See also
Ethnic cleansing of Georgians in Abkhazia
Georgian-Abkhaz conflict
Sukhumi Massacre
United Nations resolutions on Abkhazia

References

External links
Video file capturing Kamani tragedy
Video file, Father Anua before the massacre

Massacres in 1993
Abkhaz–Georgian conflict
Russian war crimes in Georgia (country)
Massacres in Georgia (country)
Ethnic cleansing of Georgians in Abkhazia
1993 in Georgia (country)
1993 in Abkhazia
Mass murder in 1993
Anti-Georgian sentiment
July 1993 events in Asia
1993 murders in Georgia (country)

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I Spy was a Canadian hardcore punk band founded in Regina, Saskatchewan, in 1991, relocated to  Winnipeg, Manitoba, in 1994, and disbanded in 1996. Combining childish humour and politically oriented emotive hardcore, the group released several records on Recess Records and toured internationally. Front man Todd Kowalski later joined Propagandhi.

History

Career
Originally called Clump (alternately Klump), the band was composed of lead singer and guitarist Todd Kowalski ("Todd the Rod"), lead guitarist Jeromy Van Dusen ("Rary"), bass guitarist Juan David Guerrero ("Guido" or "Olive") and drummer James Ash ("Jimmy Juice Pig"). With a blend of childish humour and serious, radical left wing political subject matter, the band garnered a following in the Canadian punk rock scene behind several releases on Recess Records and extensive touring.

In 1994, the band released a split 10" record, I'd Rather Be Flag-Burning, with fellow Winnipeg band Propagandhi, and the two bands toured together throughout western Canada that year. Later in 1994, the band toured independently throughout the Midwestern United States. In 1995, they toured the western United States, western Canada and Europe. Van Dusen left the band in 1995 after the band's European tour, reducing them to a three-piece in their latter days. The final line-up had bass guitarist Sean Talarico replacing Guerrero, who moved back to Regina.

Post-breakup
G7 Welcoming Committee Records released the band's complete discography on a single CD, Perversity Is Spreading... It's About Time!. This packaged all of their released material with bonus tracks, including cover versions of songs by Diana Ross and Youth of Today. Kowalski joined Propagandhi in 1997 after the departure of bass guitarist John K. Samson, who left to form The Weakerthans. Propagandhi's 2001 album. Today's Empires, Tomorrow's Ashes. includes their version of an unreleased I Spy song, "Fuck the Border".  Kowalski also played in the grindcore band Swallowing Shit.

In 2002, the original four members reunited in Propagandhi singer Chris Hannah's basement studio to re-record their version of Diana Ross's "When We Grow Up" for the Somebody Needs a Timeout compilation album released by Campfire Records.

Band members
Todd Kowalski – vocals, guitar (1991–1996)
James Ash  – drums, vocals (1991–1996)
Juan David Guerrero  – bass guitar (1991–1995)
Jeromy Van Dusen  – guitar (1991–1995)
Sean Talarico  – bass guitar (1995–1996)

Discography
Four-song demo cassette (1993: self-released)
I'd Rather Be Flag-Burning (1994: split 10"/CD with Propagandhi, Recess Records)
Revenge of the Little Shits (1995: 10"/CD, Recess Records)
Split 7" with ...But Alive (1995: 7")
Perversity Is Spreading... It's About Time! (1998: complete discography, CD/LP, G7 Welcoming Committee Records)
I Spy has also contributed songs to numerous compilation albums.

References

External links
 I Spy profile at G7 Welcoming Committee Records
 I Spy at Allmusic

Musical groups established in 1991
Musical groups disestablished in 1996
Musical groups from Regina, Saskatchewan
Canadian hardcore punk groups
Anarcho-punk groups
G7 Welcoming Committee Records artists
1991 establishments in Saskatchewan
1996 disestablishments in Canada

I Spy (band)


Devoxx (formerly named JavaPolis) is a developers community conference series created in 2002 by Stephan Janssen, organized by the Belgian Java User Group (BeJUG). The conference takes place every year in Belgium around October or November. With over 2,800 attendees in 2006, JavaPolis became the biggest vendor-independent Java conference in the world. In 2008, the conference was renamed Devoxx.

With over 3,300 attendees, Devoxx 2011 was sold out 6 weeks before the event. In 2012, the conference was once again sold out 4 October  6 weeks before the event, reaching 3400 attendees from 40 countries. In 2017, Devoxx Belgium combi and conference tickets were already sold out the end of August. In 2019, the Devoxx Belgium conference-only tickets were sold out after 10 days,in 2023 in a few seconds.

In 2012, the first edition of Devoxx France, organized by the Paris Java User Group took place from 18/4 until 20/4 in Paris.  With more than 1200 attendees and 149 speakers Devoxx France was sold out 1 week before the event.

The first edition of Devoxx 4 Kids 2012  was organized in Ghent (13 Oct) and Brussels (20 Oct) attracting 65 teenagers between 10 and 14 years.  The teenagers played with Scratch, programmed Lego Mindstorms and discovered the wonderful world of Mars Rovers and the NAO robot.

Devoxx UK 2013 was announced during the opening keynote of Devoxx 2012 (14 November, Antwerp).  The first edition of Devoxx UK was a two-day conference hosted at the Business Design Centre in London on 26–27 March.  The event ran back to back with Devoxx France and attracted over 500 attendees in its first year.  Devoxx UK was spearheaded in 2013 by Ben Evans, Martijn Verburg, Dan Hardiker and Stephan Janssen in close collaboration with the London Java Community. Since January 2014, when Mark Hazell was appointed the new Chairman for Devoxx UK, he has focused Devoxx UK efforts, alongside Dan Hardiker, Stephan Janssen, James McGivern, a program committee of developer volunteers and community groups including the London Java Community.

In 2014, during the opening keynote at Devoxx BE, Devoxx PL was announced. Unlike all other editions, this Polish conference is not built from the ground up. It will replace a conference formerly known as 33rd Degree. The first edition of this event is planned to take place in Kraków Congres Centre on 22–24 June 2015.

In 2015, during the opening keynote at Devoxx France, Devoxx Morocco was announced. Again an existing conference that joins the Devoxx family.  It replaces the conference formerly known as JMagreb, which takes place in Casablanca (Morocco) in "Le Studio Des Arts Vivants".

Devoxx US was announced during the opening keynote of Devoxx UK 2016 on 8 June.  This inaugural event is scheduled for 21–23 March 2017 at the San Jose Convention Center. The Eclipse Foundation will be responsible for overall operation and production of Devoxx US. The event is expected to attract more than 1000 software developers and over 30 sponsors.

Devoxx Ukraine was announced during the opening keynote of Devoxx France 2018 in April.  JavaDay Ukraine was rebranded to Devoxx Ukraine to reach more international attendees, speakers and sponsors.

Planned on April 15, 2020, Devoxx France 2020 was postponed to July 1–3, 2020 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, until it was definitely cancelled via an announcement held on the initial date.

On December 7, 2020, it was announced that Devoxx France 2021 would be held on June 30-July 2, 2021 due to health restrictions again linked to the Covid-19 crisis. This would have been the 10th edition, but as the 2020 edition did not take place, the organizers decided to label it "9 3/4" as a reference to the fictitious platform in Harry Potter's universe. On May 3, 2021, the 3-day conference was postponed to September 29-October 1, 2021.

Just a few days after the end of the 2021 edition, Devoxx France announced the next edition: the (final) 10th edition would be held on April 20–22, 2022.

Devoxx Belgium was canceled in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 19th edition of Devoxx Belgium took place during the week of October 10th, 2022.

Locations
Devoxx (BE) takes place in one of the biggest European cinema complexes, the Kinepolis, located in Antwerp, Belgium.  Only part of the cinema complex is used for the conference.  As a result, the speakers' video and slides are projected on the huge cinema screens using the available THX audio setup.  Devoxx France 2014 was held at the Marriott Paris Rive Gauche conference center, while Devoxx France 2015 will be held at the Palais des congrès de Paris.

The 4 editions of Devoxx UK have been held in the Business Design Centre, London, a former Victorian agricultural hall situated in Islington.

The first 3 editions of Devoxx France took place in the Marriott Rive Gauche hotel and since 2015 Devoxx France has moved to "Le Palais des Congrès de Paris".

Devoxx Poland 2015 took place at ICE Kraków Congress Centre.

Devoxx Morocco 2015 took place in "Le Studio Des Arts Vivants".

Devoxx US 2017 took place once in the San Jose convention center.

Devoxx UA has taken place in Kyiv every year under this name since 2018.

Voxxed

Voxxed is a website for software developers launched by Stephan Janssen and Mark Hazell on 12 November 2014. The site is a collection of entries submitted by its registered users, consisting of both original and syndicated content. It carries the strapline "Share the Knowledge," reflecting this policy of sharing material from elsewhere on the web. The name "Voxxed" is a play-on-words with the word "Devoxx" and whilst a separate corporate entity, has strong ties to the event series. Voxxed editors are on site at Devoxx events to interview speakers and attendees, and the content is then shared on Voxxed.com.

The website is divided into six categories, consisting of; Java, JVM, Mobile, Cloud, Methodology, and Future. Each category is visible on the front page to new users and those who browse the site without logging into an account.

Voxxed Days Initiative

Voxxed Days is an international series of one day events for the Voxxed Community, focusing on the same areas as the Voxxed website (including: Server Side Java, Java SE, Cloud and Big Data, Web & HTML, Mobile, JVM, Architecture & Security, Methodology, and Future Technologies).  Events are also attended by members of the Voxxed team, who then feature interviews and content from the event on the main Voxxed website.

References

External links

 Devoxx Landing home page

Java (programming language)
Computer conferences

Devoxx


Platform for Change, Unity and Democracy, abbreviated as S.C.U.D. (Socle pour le Changement, l'Unité et la Démocratie in French), is a Chadian rebel group that was formed in October 2005 by former members of the Military of Chad who deserted and united under founders and current leaders, 30-year-old Yaya Dillo Djérou and his brother. The group's main objective is to oust the government of the current Chadian president, and uncle of Djérou and his brother, Idriss Déby.  SCUD has bases in eastern Chad and in the Darfur region of Sudan. On December 18, 2005, SCUD, along with members of the Rally for Democracy and Liberty (RDL) rebel group, attacked Chadian troops stationed in the city of Adré, sparking the Chadian-Sudanese conflict.

Massimo Giovanola of Cooperazione Internazionale said, "Déby is said to have got to the point of offering the rebels 400 million CFA francs (about €600,000) to put down their arms... but it's not a question of money. Déby has acquired too much power in recent years and the Zaghawa have decided to get rid of him."

External links
"War Breaks Out on Sudan Border" — Strategy Page (accessed December 29, 2005)

Chadian Civil War (2005–2010)
Rebel groups in Chad


Giselbert I () (died 1013 or 1014), count of Roussillon (991–1013), was the son of Gausfred I.  His father divided his lands between his sons, giving Ampurias to Hugh and Roussillon to Giselbert.

Though the patrimony was divided, both brothers continued to claim and annex territory belonging to the other and war was common, even among their descendants.

In 1013, Giselbert died and Hugh invaded his county.  It was not until 1020 that Hugh was repelled and Gausfred, Giselbert's son, definitively succeeded.

By marriage to Beliarda, he produced three sons:

Gausfred (died 1074), successor
Sunifred (died 1031), bishop of Elna
Berengar (died 1053), bishop of Elna

1013 deaths
Year of birth unknown
10th-century Visigothic people
11th-century Visigothic people

Giselbert I of Roussillon


Chisurudzo (Strainer made from small pot with aperture in base) uyu mudziyo unoshandiswa kumimina mvura kuchisara  madzikinyira.

Kukuna, kusurudza (to drain).

Mamwe Mazwi

Surudzo kana kasurudzo.
Kusururidza (to pour water the hand as when washing hands before eating) zvinoreva kuchingiridza mvura uchigeza mawoko.

Mazwi eBantu

Yao inoti chisulusyo (a straining basket) kureva chisurudzo. VaYao inotikusuluka (to trickle down; to leak; to be strained as of salt brine) vachireva kusuruka.
Yao inoti kusuluka (to trickle down; to leak) kureva kusuruka. Kagulu inoti ku-sulula (v. leak) kureva kuduza.
Yao inoti kusuluka (to fade; to change colour, as print cloth on being washed; to be strained - of salt brine;  to be tasteless ; to be insipid).
Yao inoti kusulusya (to strain; to boil and wash several times so as to remove all bitterness of taste) zvichireva kusurudza.
Nyakyusa inotisuluka (descend) kureva kudzika. Lugwere inoti kusulula (v. leak, drip, trickle out, flow out in droplets; of a liquid through a hole in a surface) kureva kusuruka.

Kubika kweZimbabwe

Chisurudzo


Baron Maclay, of Glasgow in the County of Lanark, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1922 for the Scottish businessman Sir Joseph Maclay, 1st Baronet. He was Chairman of Maclay & Macintyre, shipowners, of Glasgow, and also served as Minister of Shipping in the war-time coalition of David Lloyd George, without being in Parliament. Maclay had already been created a Baronet, of Park Terrace in the City of Glasgow in the County of Lanark, in 1914. His eldest surviving son, the second Baron, represented Paisley in the House of Commons as a Liberal.  the titles are held by the latter's eldest son, the third Baron, who succeeded in 1969.

Another member of the Maclay family was the politician John Maclay, 1st Viscount Muirshiel. He was the fifth son of the first Baron Maclay.

In 1913, the first Lord Maclay purchased Duchal House in Kilmacolm, Inverclyde which remains the family home to this day. The former Lords Maclay are buried alongside the Viscount Muirshiel in the graveyard of Mount Zion Church in Quarrier's Village.

Barons Maclay (1922)
Joseph Paton Maclay, 1st Baron Maclay (1857–1951)
Joseph Paton Maclay, 2nd Baron Maclay (1899–1969)
Joseph Paton Maclay, 3rd Baron Maclay (born 1942)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son Joseph Paton Maclay (born 1977).

See also
Viscount Muirshiel

Notes

References
 «Lord Maclay. Shipping magnate. To visit Australia» // «The Sydney Morning Herald», Tuesday 16 December 1924, p. 8, photo
 Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,

Baronies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Noble titles created in 1922

Baron Maclay


The Stone Carvers (2001) is a novel by the Canadian writer Jane Urquhart, focusing on the historical events of World War I, and the fictional town of Shoneval, Ontario.

The novel follows three generations of a Canadian family, starting in 19th century Ontario with a Bavarian wood carver and an immigrant German priest on a mission to found a church in an isolated town. However, the story centres around the lives of the wood carver's grandchildren in the 1900s; thus exploring the devastation of World War I, the building of the Vimy Memorial in France, and what Urquart calls "the redemptive nature of making art."

Plot summary
Beginning with the woodcarver Joseph Becker, the novel's timeline shifts back and forth between his life in 19th century Ontario, and the pre- and post-war lives of the grandchildren Klara and Tilman. Told in three parts, The Stone Carvers starts within Canada, moving to France as the characters negotiate their grief, and explore the human need to live, remember and memorialize.

The Needle and the Chisel
In the mid-19th century, Father Gstir is sent from Bavaria to Canada to minister to German-Catholic communities. He is drawn to Shoneval, a farming town situated in a valley in Ontario, and is determined to build a stone church with a bell. Joseph Becker, a master woodcarver, helps him.

Shifting to the 1930s, Klara is introduced as a middle-aged spinster alone in Shovenal. However, the narrative then rewinds to when Klara and her brother Tilman were children. Here we learn that they are the grandchildren of Becker who tries to pass on his carving skills to his grandson. However, the boy is reluctant and unenthusiastic; suffering from wanderlust, Tilman is unable to stay in the same spot for long, and often runs away from the small town. When Tilman reaches 12, his mother is overcome with the stress of losing her child over and over again, resulting in the use of some unorthodox ways to keep him to Shoneval, including literally tying him down. However, unable to be kept in one place, Tilman leaves for good. By contrast, Klara is eager to learn the carving trade and Becker teaches her while her mother passes on her skills of needlework.

In her youth, Klara falls in love with the silent son of an Irish family, Eamon O'Sullivan. Eamon does not stay in her life for long, as he leaves to fight in World War I with plans to fly an airplane and come back a hero. After he is reported as missing in action, Klara is devastated and attempts to shut out her memory of him and her emotions, and the narrative returns to her life as the spinster.

The Road
After leaving home, Tilman spends several years as a hobo on the roads and rails. He eventually meets up with a tramp named Refuto, who had left home because he felt guilty for indirectly killing his brother. Later, Refuto decides to try returning home, fearful that his family will not forgive his wrongs. Refuto brings Tilman with him to the Italian district of Hamilton; Tilman befriends Refuto's son Giorgio and lives with the family for a time, doing the odd job in this steel town. But when war comes, Tilman serves in the trenches of France.

The Monument
Aged in his 40s, Tilman returns to Shoneval, and Klara is reunited with the brother who had been assumed dead years ago. Here it is learned that Tilman is a veteran of the Great War, and lost his leg in the battle of Vimy Ridge and walks with a prosthetic.

Upon learning of the construction of the Vimy memorial, the elaborate monument dedicated to the lost soldiers without a known grave, Klara becomes determined to travel to France with Tilman to work on it. After overcoming her brother's reluctance they travel to France and start work on the monument, Klara disguised as a man. After some weeks, and without permission, Klara sculpts Eamon's face on a key statue on the memorial, the torchbearer, symbolizing all of the young men who lost their lives. Despite his initial anger, the designer, Walter Allward, sees amazing carving skills within Klara, and how the portrait of the young man's face increases the much desired allegory for those youthful men who were lost in the war. Ultimately deciding it enhances the monument, Allward keeps the alteration.

While working alongside Tilman's friend Giorgio, Klara falls in love with him, and for the first time since Eamon's death she opens up her emotions. Tilman also opens himself up to physical intimacy for the first time, with a male war-wounded French chef. Both Tilman and the chef, Recouvrir, find love and healing in each other's damaged bodies.

The novel ends with the imposing memorial completed, Allward all but forgotten, and Klara and Tilman now leading emotionally fulfilling lives with their partners in Canada, having memorialized the people they knew who had been taken by the war. The concluding statements of the novel tie together all of the story lines, revealing the vast experiences of the creation of the nation of Canada.

Analysis
Memory and history are the big players within The Stone Carvers. The building of the Vimy Memorial is mirrored in the construction of Father Gstir's church in Shoneval, and the castle of Bavarian King Ludwig II; thus "de-centring" the dominant history of the great victory of Vimy Ridge, and exhibiting the equivalence that these stories play in generating Canadian identity. This, along with the use of many character's various experiences with Vimy Ridge and World War I, Urquhart articulates the idea of memory and history being a "process" where "the meanings of past events continue to change as time progresses." Critics often use the term post-memory within analysis of The Stone Carvers. This term is coined by Marianne Hirsh, explained as a relationship between generations where the later generation is "transmitted" memories from the previous generation by way of stories, etcetera; however, these memories resonate deeply within the subsequent generation so that they feel like they have experienced it themselves. Post-memory within The Stone Carvers is evident from the very beginning as Urquhart outlines "The nuns and the one spinster clung to the story, as if by telling the tale they became witnesses, perhaps even participants" in the creation of Shovenal.

Another theme that is common within The Stone Carvers is obsession. Urquhart uses Father Gstir's obsession for his church bell, Allward's obsession with stone, Eamon's obsession to fly, to represent how over time there are similarities in the different experiences that created the "events and processes of Canadian history."

References to actual history and geography
Walter Allward and the memorial on Vimy Ridge are historical facts; however, the novel's detailed depiction of him is fictional.

The background story of Father Gstir and the church construction is loosely based on the construction of the church in Formosa, Ontario.

Awards and nominations
The Stone Carvers was a finalist for the Governor General's Award and the Giller Prize, and longlisted for the Booker Prize.

References

External links
January Interview Jane Urquhart

2001 Canadian novels
Novels set during World War I
Canadian historical novels
Novels by Jane Urquhart

The Stone Carvers


William Drysdale  (4 November 1876 – 29 September 1916) was a Scottish first-class cricketer and British Army officer.

The son of William Drysdale senior, he was born at Kirkcaldy in November 1876. He was educated at Loretto School, where he played rugby union. After leaving Loretto, he decided on a career in the British Army and attended the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He graduated as a second lieutenant into the Royal Scots in September 1896. Shortly after graduating he served in British India and British Burma, with promotion to lieutenant coming in August 1898. While in British India, he played first-class cricket for the Europeans cricket team on four occasions all against the Parsees cricket team in the Bombay Presidency between 1900 and 1902. He scored 92 runs in his four matches, with a high score of 55. He was awarded a medal for attempting to save the life of comrade from drowning in 1902. He was promoted to captain in November 1902. He married Mary Louisa Mackenzie, the daughter of Sir John Muir Mackenzie, in January 1904. Drysdale later attended the Staff College in 1908 and 1909, captaining their cricket team.

Drysdale served in the First World War, where he was wounded in action and earned the Distinguished Service Cross during the First Battle of Ypres for showing "an unsurpassed example of fearlessness and courage, refusing to quit his brigade when wounded". In February 1915 he was promoted to major. He was given command of the 7th Battalion of the Leicestershire Regiment in October 1915. He was made a brevet lieutenant colonel in June 1916, while the following month he was again wounded in action during the Battle of Bazentin Ridge when storming the village of Bazentinle-Petit. After recovering from his wounds, he returned to his battalion September, but was killed on the 29th of the same month by a German sniper when looking over a trench near Gueudecourt. He is buried at the Caterpillar Valley Cemetery.

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1876 births
1916 deaths
Sportspeople from Kirkcaldy
People educated at Loretto School, Musselburgh
Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst
Royal Scots officers
Scottish cricketers
Europeans cricketers
British Army personnel of World War I
Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
Royal Leicestershire Regiment officers
British military personnel killed in World War I
Deaths by firearm in France

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Marjorie Fulton (married name Marjorie Harrell; née Marjorie McAllister Fulton; December 28, 1909 — November 3, 1962) was an American concert violinist and music educator of distinction.

Career
Fulton was born in Oklahoma City, where she began studying piano at age nine, in 1918.  She attended the Curtis Institute of Music and held fellowships at The Juilliard School, graduating with honors in 1935.  While at Curtis, Fulton met Mack Harrell who had studied violin at Oklahoma City University and was continuing violin studies at Curtis.  They married in 1935 in New York City, the same year that she received her graduate diploma from Juilliard. Mack Harrell flourished as a concert and operatic baritone, notably with the Metropolitan Opera, and Fulton continued to perform and teach.  One of their three children, Lynn Harrell, born in 1944, was an internationally renowned concert cellist.

Fulton had performed with many major groups around the world and had given concerts at The Town Hall (debut — 4 February 1953) and Carnegie Hall in New York City, and Jordan Hall in Boston (1936–1937).

As a violin teacher, Fulton taught privately in Boston (from 1936 to 1937), New York, and Dallas.  She had taught at the University of North Texas College of Music, beginning in 1958, and became an artist in residence there in 1960.  She also had taught at the Aspen Music Festival and School where her husband was director from 1954 until his death in 1960.

Death
Fulton, while on the faculty at North Texas, died in Dallas, Texas, from injuries six days after a two-vehicle crash while traveling from Denton to Fort Worth with pianist Jean Mainous to perform a recital.  Two years earlier (1960), her husband, Mack Harrell had died of cancer.  Modernist composer Samuel Adler, a member of the composition faculty at North Texas in 1962, dedicated his 1962 composition, Elegy for Strings, to Mrs. Marjorie Fulton Harrell.  The work was performed twice in November 1962 by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Donald Johanos conducting.

References

American classical violinists
American women violinists
1909 births
1962 deaths
Texas classical music
University of North Texas College of Music faculty
Musicians from Oklahoma City
Curtis Institute of Music alumni
Juilliard School alumni
Road incident deaths in Texas
20th-century classical violinists
Women classical violinists
20th-century women musicians
American music educators
American women music educators
20th-century American violinists

Marjorie Fulton