Nemone Metaxas (born 3 November 1972 in Chester, Cheshire), often billed simply as Nemone, is an English DJ, radio presenter and television presenter/producer. She is also a trained psychotherapist practising in West and Central London. She is an active sportswoman, participating in triathlons and open water swimming and is a former track and field athlete.

Early life and family
Nemone's Greek father's maternal ancestral village is in Sykia (Συκέα) and the family name is Anastasakis.

Broadcasting career
After finishing her degree in psychology at the Victoria University of Manchester in 1995, Nemone worked as a research assistant in a psychiatric ward. She went on to become a receptionist at Kiss 102 in Manchester where she learned production and broadcasting skills in her spare time. In 1997, she became the presenter and producer of The Word radio programme as Kiss 105 went on the air. She subsequently presented Galaxy 102 FM's Morning Show, Network Chill Out Show and The Galaxy Chart for Manchester. Having started on reception, she left as anchor of the Morning Show for a job at BBC Radio 1.

Nemone joined BBC Radio 1 in October 2000 initially hosting the Saturday breakfast show. She filled in for Jo Whiley's weekday morning show in 2001 while Whiley was on maternity leave. She then took the weekend afternoon slot which she hosted from Autumn 2001 through to the end of 2003. After a revamp of the Radio 1 daytime schedule from early 2004, Nemone replaced Scott Mills on the overnight show (4am7am) broadcasting to audiences in excess of 3 million. She left Radio 1 in September 2005; JK and Joel (Monday-Thursday) and Fearne Cotton and Reggie Yates (Friday) took over her early morning slot.

Nemone joined BBC Radio 6 Music on 3 October 2005, she began presenting the Dream Ticket show as well as filling in on 6 Music's drive time show when Steve Lamacq was away. Nemone took over Vic McGlynn's weekday lunchtime show, weekdays in the 34pm slot on 4 September 2006. She could also be heard covering various shows on BBC Radio 2. Cerys Matthews filled in for her after she began six months maternity leave on 6 July 2009. After Matthews herself went on maternity leave on 24 November, the show was presented by either Chris Hawkins or Andrew Collins. In July 2009, Nemone gave birth to a baby girl and returned to the station on 1 February 2010.

When pregnant with her second child in 2011, Nemone moved from weekdays taking over the weekend breakfast show.  After a short maternity leave she returned, steering it to record RAJAR figures. The requirement to take the show to Media City in Salford meant Nemone passing on the opportunity of returning to Manchester; electing to stay in London where she had established her young family.

In April 2013 Nemone fulfilled a lifelong ambition to curate a specialist dance and electronic music show on BBC Radio 6 Music – Nemone's Electric Ladyland, later The 6 Mix with Nemone. Designing her own show, she has been able to draw on her passion for electronic music, especially championing female DJs, producers and artists like Róisín Murphy, Anna Meredith, Blessed Madonna, Jayda G, Deena Abdelwahed, Maya Jane Coles, Ellen Allien, Sister Bliss, Francesca Lombardo, B Traits, Peggy Gou, Park Hye Jin, Mary Epworth, Laura.

"The 6 Mix with Nemone" ended in March 2021 and she presented her final show on 27 March 2021.

Nemone's signature musical taste is for quirky vocal samples and wonky beats, alongside funky edged deeper house and techno. She DJs at more leftfield, boutique festivals, recently headlining Soul Circus Yoga Festival in the Cotswolds, alongside DJ Yoda and Fatboy Slim. At Beatherder in Clitheroe she played alongside school friends and former band mates Groove Armada and her pals Utah Saints.  She took Dusky and Luke Solomon to Bestival with her to play for her Electric Ladyland Love Show and Simian Mobile Disco joined her at Green Man Festival.

Nemone has also curated 6 Music Festival Lates gigs over the last decade sharing the decks with Daniel Avery, Rob Da Bank, Richy Ahmed, Hercules and Love Affair's Andy Butler, Julio Bashmore, Nightwave, Rebecca Vasmant, Soulwax, Erol Alkan, Max Cooper, Breakwave, Norman Jay, DJ Yoda, Kelly Lee Owens. The last 6 Mix with Nemone was broadcast on 27 March 2021.

Nemone has broadcast on BBC Radio 4, appearing on A Good Read and co-hosting Saturday Live with the Reverend Richard Coles.

Nemone participated with her daughter in the Bumps & Babies Mile in Battersea Park for Sport Relief 2010 along with Denise Van Outen, Carly Cole, Gail Emms, Natasha Kaplinsky and Kim Medcalf.

Psychotherapy career
Always having the intention to build on the psychology degree she gained as an undergraduate in Manchester, Nemone went back to university, studying part-time while broadcasting weekly. Six years later she gained her MA in Psychotherapy and Counselling, earning a distinction in her research project on sibling relationships and sibling death.

Alongside broadcasting and DJing, Nemone is a qualified integrative psychotherapist. She sees clients privately in both Central and West London and increasingly has international clients, whom she sees via videoconferencing. She has been a huge advocate for breathing and grounding exercises; during the COVID pandemic producing her own 15-minute mid-afternoon meditations to help people cope in isolation. She is also a massive proponent of the wellbeing effects of wild swimming having swum herself outdoors in Capri, Menorca, Skopelos, the Oman fjords, West Wittering, and close to home in London.

Television career
Nemone co-hosted the BBC One television programme 101 Ways to Leave a Gameshow alongside Steve Jones. She was seen describing the method of eviction from the game show and then interviewing the losing contestants.

Nemone was one of the contestants on Celebrity Mastermind aired on 20 August 2017 on BBC One. Her specialist subject was the children's books of Roald Dahl, and she came 2nd in the show.

Also, on screen, Nemone has hosted the X Games in Barcelona and Ski Sunday in Livigno for the television show Grandstand.

Musical career
Nemone is an accomplished musician. She was singer and saxophonist in a funk band – other members being Tom Findlay (who went on to form Groove Armada), Andy Spence (from New Young Pony Club), and Perrier Award-winning comedian Dan Antopolski.

Athletic career
Aside from radio and TV broadcasting and psychotherapy work, Nemone is also a keen athlete. Nemone is a former champion 400 metres runner. In 1999 she won the Greater Manchester Championships. In 2000 she qualified for the British Championships and competed in the 400m British Olympic trials.

Nemone decided to bid to run for the Greek Olympic team for the 2004 Summer Olympics. Her training was filmed for the BBC Three television programme My Big Fat Greek Olympic Dream. She has competed in triathlons, most notably finishing in the top 20 amateur women in the 2006 London Triathlon.

She is a keen open water swimmer, having participated in swim treks in Capri, Menorca, the Greek Islands, the Oman fjords as well as the South East of the UK. She has a passion for additional outdoor-based sports, snowboarding and surfing.

Notes

Bibliography
Honeyball, Lee,"My team : Radio 1 DJ Nemone Metaxas on Sale Harriers Athletics Club", The Observer Sport Monthly, Sunday 3 June 2001

External links
 Nemone's website

 Nemone on Instagram

1972 births
Living people
English radio DJs
People from Chester
English people of Greek descent
BBC Radio 1 presenters
BBC Radio 2 presenters
BBC Radio 6 Music presenters
Psychotherapists

Nemone


Ischoklad ("Ice chocolate"; Eiskonfekt in German, which is also translated as Ice Confectionery) is a candy originating in Germany which is now popular in both Germany and Sweden. It is a seasonal candy in Denmark and Sweden during Christmas. The sweet was invented in 1927 by the confectioner Adam Eichelmann. It is usually made using only chocolate (one-half to two-thirds) and coconut oil (one-third to one-half).

The reference to ice in the name relates to the fact that it melts very easily in the mouth and is perceived to have a cooling effect as the heat energy is absorbed. This effect is due to the melting point of coconut oil lying between 20 and 23 degrees Celsius, around 10 degrees lower than chocolate. In some recipes, menthol is added, and in industrial production, glucose is sometimes added, which both increase the cooling sensation.
Ischoklad is a popular Swedish Christmas treat. In Germany, the largest producer of Eiskonfekt is Eichetti.

Further reading
Thomas Vilgis: Eiskonfekt – Physics meets Physiology. in: Physik in unserer Zeit, 3/2009 (40), p. 162

External links
Recipe

Swedish confectionery
German cuisine
Chocolate

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The Rose Tattoo is a 1955 American film adaptation of the Tennessee Williams play of the same name. It was adapted by Williams and Hal Kanter and directed by Daniel Mann, with stars Anna Magnani, Burt Lancaster, Marisa Pavan and Jo Van Fleet. Williams originally wrote the play for Italian Anna Magnani to play on Broadway in 1951, but she declined the offer because of her difficulty with the English language at the time. By the time of this film adaptation, she was ready.

Anna Magnani won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance, and the film won
Best Art Direction and Best Cinematography receiving five other nominations including Best Picture and Best Supporting Actress for Pavan.

Plot
Serafina Delle Rose (Anna Magnani), a Sicilian seamstress, living in a community in proximity to the Gulf of Mexico, fiercely proud of and loyal to her truck-driving husband Rosario, is pregnant with her second child. While he is sleeping, Estelle (Virginia Grey) asks Serafina to make a shirt for her lover from some expensive silk material; Serafina does not know that the lover is Rosario, and that earlier that afternoon, Estelle got a tattoo of a rose on her chest to match Rosario's.

That night, Rosario is killed in an accident while trying to evade police during a smuggling run. When Serafina discovers her beloved husband's demise she collapses, and later the local doctor informs her daughter Rosa (Marisa Pavan) and the women of the neighborhood that Serafina has miscarried.

Three years later, Serafina has become a recluse, allowing her appearance and reputation to deteriorate, to Rosa's embarrassment. Serafina decides to attend her daughter's graduation, but two prostitutes arrive demanding Serafina quickly mend their bandanas for a political convention. Serafina reluctantly does so, but is appalled by their talk of men and reprimands them. One of the women, Bessie (Jo Van Fleet), takes offense and mocks Serafina with Rosario's infidelity. Serafina sits alone in the dark until Rosa comes home, and is infuriated when Rosa introduces her to her new sailor boyfriend Jack Hunter (Ben Cooper). After her interrogation, he confides that he is a virgin.  She forces him to vow before a statue of the Virgin Mary that he will respect Rosa's innocence.

Determined to find out the truth about her husband, Serafina heads to the church (where a bazaar is being held) to ask the priest if her husband had confessed to an affair with another woman. When he refuses to answer, she attacks him, and a truck driver named Alvaro (Burt Lancaster) pulls her off. Alvaro drives the dazed Serafina home in his banana truck, where she offers to repair his torn shirt. Serafina loans Alvaro the rose silk shirt that she had sewn the night of her husband's death until she is able to repair it, and they agree to meet later that night.

Alvaro returns, having impulsively gotten a rose tattooed on his chest. Serafina is disgusted and tries to throw him out, then demands that Alvaro drive her to a club her husband used to attend. Once there, she meets Estelle, who confesses and shows Serafina the rose tattooed on her chest as a symbol of her love for Rosario. Returning home, Serafina smashes the urn containing Rosario's ashes, and invites Alvaro to return in the night.

Alvaro turns up hours later severely intoxicated and, mortified by his actions, Serafina leaves him in a drunken stupor and retires to bed. That night Rosa returns home and falls asleep on the sofa; Alvaro awakens and, still drunk, mistakes Rosa for Serafina and tries to kiss her; Rosa wakes up and screams, and Serafina gets rid of him.

The following morning Serafina finds him on top of a boat mast outside her house begging for her forgiveness. Serafina and Rosa are extremely embarrassed and Serafina refuses to leave the house in order to make him come down, much to Rosa's frustration. At that moment Jack arrives and asks Serafina if he can marry Rosa. Serafina is stunned, but seeing that this is what Rosa wants she gives them her consent and they leave to be married. Serafina then calls Alvaro down from the boat mast before declaring in front of her neighbors that they have to pick up from where they left off the night before. They enter her house and shut the door. A lively pop tune is heard starting up on Serafina's player piano, along with the sounds of their partying and laughter.

Cast
 Anna Magnani as Serafina Delle Rose
 Burt Lancaster as Alvaro Mangiacavallo
 Marisa Pavan as Rosa Delle Rose
 Ben Cooper as Seaman Jack Hunter
 Virginia Grey as Estelle Hohengarten
 Jo Van Fleet as Bessie
 Sandro Giglio as Father De Leo
 Mimi Aguglia as Assunta
 Florence Sundstrom as Flora
 Jeanne Hart as Violetta

Production and release
Much of the film was shot on location in Key West, Florida, although the setting is not specifically mentioned in the film.  The house featured in the film stands to this day and is known, appropriately, as the "Rose Tattoo House".

The house was given Italian furniture and objects, as well as wallpaper not characteristic of houses in Key West at the time.

The premiere of the film was held in New York City at the Hotel Astor on December 12, 1955, with Arthur Miller, Marlon Brando, Marilyn Monroe and Jayne Mansfield among the celebrities in attendance.

Awards and nominations

References

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1955 films
1955 comedy-drama films
American comedy-drama films
American black-and-white films
American films based on plays
Films set in New Orleans
Films about Italian-American culture
Films about mother–daughter relationships
Films featuring a Best Actress Academy Award-winning performance
Films featuring a Best Drama Actress Golden Globe-winning performance
Films featuring a Best Supporting Actress Golden Globe-winning performance
Films whose art director won the Best Art Direction Academy Award
Films whose cinematographer won the Best Cinematography Academy Award
Paramount Pictures films
Films directed by Daniel Mann
Films produced by Hal B. Wallis
Films with screenplays by Tennessee Williams
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Dashi (出汁、だし) is a kind of stock or broth mainly used for soup or dishes in Japanese cooking. The most common form of dashi is a simple broth or stock made by kombu (edible kelp) or katsuobushi (flakes of dried skipjack tuna) in boiling water. niboshi (煮干し) is also used, too. It is not always necessary to strain the resulting liquid. Dashi can be a basis for miso soup, Japanese noodle (うどん or そば) soup, and many other Japanese simmering (or boiling) liquids. Fresh dashi made from kelp and katsuobushi is not so popular today in Japan. Some people use instant substitutes to add boiled water.

Other kinds of dashi stock are made by soaking (or putting) kelp, shiitake, or niboshi in cool water for many hours. Or they are made by heating them in water nearly to boiling and then straining the resulting broth. Kelp stock or konbu dashi is made by soaking kelp, or sea tangle, in water. Shiitake dashi stock is made by soaking dried shiitake mushrooms in water. Niboshi dashi stock is made by soaking dried small sardines. Some use niboshi after taking off (or pinching off) their heads and entrails in water, but others use whole niboshi as this way get tasty dashi, too.

Other important Japanese flavors include shoyu, mirin, rice vinegar, miso, and sake.

Related pages
Broth

References

Food ingredients
Soups
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Dashi


There are numerous sports teams in Erie, Pennsylvania, all of which are minor league. There are also numerous college sports teams along with high school teams. Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association District 10 high school sports are played in the area, often with close results due to the even distribution of athletic talent. Throughout history, Erie has had various semi-pro and professional sports teams. The city hosts the nationally recognized McDonald's Classic.

Baseball

The Erie SeaWolves play baseball in the Eastern League, affiliated with the Detroit Tigers. They play at UPMC Park.

The SeaWolves were originally the Single-A affiliate for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Coincidentally, the "Pirates" moniker originated with the Pittsburgh Alleghenys' pursuit of second-baseman and Erie native, Lou Bierbauer, in 1891. Bierbauer started his career with the Philadelphia Athletics of the American Association, later joining the Brooklyn Ward's Wonders of the newfound Players' League for the 1890 season. When the Players' League folded in 1891, most members returned to their former National League or American Association clubs. However, Bierbauer never signed a contract to return to the Athletics, and the Alleghenys were determined to sign him before other teams noticed. Ned Hanlon, manager of the Alleghenys, braved the icy conditions of Presque Isle during a snowstorm to commit Bierbauer. When the Athletics learned about this secret deal, they objected to Bierbauer's signing and demanded his return to their club. An official with the American Association also objected to Bierbauer's contract with the Alleghenys, calling their actions "piratical." Yet, the league ruled in favor of the Alleghenys, and they acquired Bierbauer as a free agent. Soon afterward, both players and their fans referred to the team as the "Pittsburgh Pirates." In 1891, the club officially rebranded as the "Pirates," making light of their critics.

In the past, Erie was home to other minor-league baseball teams, including the Erie Cardinals, Erie Orioles, and Erie Sailors.

Hockey
The Erie Otters play hockey in the Ontario Hockey League at Erie Insurance Arena.

Connor McDavid, a Canadian center, played for the Erie Otters from 2012 to 2015, before joining the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Otters chose him as their first overall pick in the OHL Priority Selection Draft. The NHL Central Scouting Bureau subsequently named McDavid the top North American prospect for the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, where the Oilers selected him first overall. The Greater Toronto Hockey League named McDavid "Player of the Year" for the 2011–12 season following a record of 79 goals and 130 assists.  Hockey Canada, the governing body for amateur hockey in Canada, granted McDavid "Exceptional Player" status, which permitted him to play in the OHL a year earlier than would otherwise be permissible for a player his age.  He was only the third player to receive that status, after John Tavares and Aaron Ekblad.

Before the Otters, the Erie Panthers and Erie Blades were professional hockey teams based in Erie.

Basketball
The Erie BayHawks played basketball in the NBA G League at Erie Insurance Arena from 2008 to 2021.

From 1990 to 1992 the Erie Wave was part of the World Basketball League.

Soccer
Erie Commodores FC play soccer in the National Premier Soccer League at McConnell Family Stadium.

Stock car racing
Outside of North East, Pennsylvania is Lake Erie Speedway, a 3/8 mile (0.6 km) NASCAR
sanctioned race track.

Hammett PA is Eriez Speedway, a 3/8 mile dirt track

Professional athletes from Erie
Sig Andrusking, American football player
Richard Arrington, consensus All-American football player and wrestler at Notre Dame, pioneering African-American athlete
Art Baker, professional football player, Buffalo Bills, All-American and NCAA National Championship winner in both football and wrestling, pioneering African-American athlete
Bruce Baumgartner, heavyweight Olympic wrestler, most decorated American wrestler of all time, National Wrestling Hall of Fame
Lou Bierbauer, 19th-century Major League Baseball player
Fred Biletnikoff, professional football player, Oakland Raiders, Super Bowl MVP, Pro Football Hall of Fame
Jimmy Carr, youngest-ever American Olympic wrestler, National Wrestling Hall of Fame
Nate Carr, Olympic wrestler (bronze medalist), three-time NCAA champion Iowa State University, National Wrestling Hall of Fame
James Conner, professional football player, Arizona Cardinals
Clifton Crosby, professional football player, Indianapolis Colts
Tim Federowicz, professional baseball player, Los Angeles Dodgers
George Flint, professional football player, Buffalo Bills
Eric Hicks, professional football player, Kansas City Chiefs
Sam Jethroe, Negro league and Major League baseball player from 1926 to 1966
Jovon Johnson, professional football player, Ottawa Redblacks, CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award
Caryn Kadavy, figure skater, 1987 World Bronze Medalist, 1988 Olympian
Tom Lawless, professional baseball player, St. Louis Cardinals, Toronto Blue Jays, and Montreal Expos
Bob Learn, Jr., professional bowler, 1999 U.S. Open champion who also rolled the PBA's 10th televised 300 game
Frank Liebel, professional football defensive back in the National Football League who played 7 seasons for the New York Giants and 1 with the Chicago Bears
Kayla McBride, professional basketball player, San Antonio Stars, first-team All-American for Notre Dame; was a member of the senior class that reached four Final Fours in four years, including three championship games
Mike McCoy, professional football player, Green Bay Packers, unanimous first-team All-American for Notre Dame and 1969 Heisman Trophy candidate
Bob Sanders, professional football player, Indianapolis Colts
Brian Stablein, professional football player, Indianapolis Colts and Detroit Lions
Mark Stepnoski, professional football player, Dallas Cowboys and Houston/Tennessee Oilers
Ed Hinkel, professional football player, Indianapolis Colts and Baltimore Ravens

References

Sports in Erie, Pennsylvania


Jason Richardson (born April 4, 1986) is an American track and field athlete who specializes in the 110 meter hurdles. He won the gold medal in the 110 meter hurdles at the 2011 World Championships in Daegu, and the silver medal in the same event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. His personal best for the event is 12.98 seconds, set in June 2012 at the U.S. Olympic Trials.

Background
Growing up in Cedar Hill, Texas, a suburb of Dallas, he began taking part in sports at the age of 12. Despite having a talent for hurdling, his parents were initially hesitant in encouraging him to compete in track and field. For Richardson and his family, the focus was his education: having represented his school at a national level on their debate team, he saw the discipline more as a way of pursuing further academic study via a college scholarship. By the time he graduated from Cedar Hill High School, he had run the third fastest ever time in the 400 meter hurdles for a high school athlete.

Career
In his first international outing at the 2003 World Youth Championships in Athletics, he completed a novel 110 m and 400 m hurdles double, taking both gold medals in personal record times. He became the first person ever to win a hurdles double at a major athletics championship and earned him that year's Youth Athlete of the Year award from USA Track and Field.

In 2005, he obtained a McKissick Scholarship and enrolled at the University of South Carolina to study sport and entertainment management. He began to focus more on short-sprint hurdling and ran for the South Carolina Gamecocks, taking NCAA bronze medals indoors and outdoors in his first year at the college. Injury affected his 2006 indoor season and he failed to finish at the NCAA Indoor Championship after falling at the second hurdle. He was runner-up in both hurdles competitions at the SEC Championships outdoors, and then went on to another third-place finish in the 110 m NCAA contest. He did not make the NCAA 400 m hurdles final, despite running a time of 49.82 seconds in the semi-finals. He closed the year with a silver medal over 110 m hurdles at the NACAC U-23 Championships.

Richardson focused on his studies in 2007 as an injury ruled him out of the track season. His final year at South Carolina (2008) proved to be his most successful. In the 60 meter hurdles indoors, he was runner-up at the Millrose Games, Tyson Invitational and the SEC Indoors. He was also the silver medalist at the NCAA Indoor Championship, where he ran a personal best of 7.53 seconds, but lost by a fraction of a second in a photo finish. In the outdoor season, he won the SEC Championship title in the 110 m hurdles and ran a personal best of 13.21 seconds to claim the NCAA Regional title. A win at the NCAA Outdoors brought him a SEC/NCAA Regional/NCAA hat-trick. He was named South Carolina's MVP both outdoors and indoors that year and he was also chosen at the USTFCCCA Scholar Athlete of the Year. Following a win at the NACAC Under-23 Championships in championship record time, he went on to compete at the United States Olympic Trials, although a hamstring injury in the qualifiers ruled out his selection chances.

He turned professional for the 2009 season and focused solely on the 110 m hurdles; his best run of the year (13.29 sec) came in Gainesville, Florida. He ran on the IAAF Diamond League circuit in Europe the next year, but came last in the 110 m hurdles final at the 2010 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. He twice ran a personal record time of 13.15 seconds at the 2011 USA Championships and was rewarded with third place behind David Oliver and Aries Merritt, gaining his first senior international selection in the process. During the 2011 IAAF Diamond League season, he won at the DN Galan and came second to Dayron Robles at the London Grand Prix with a personal record run of 13.08 seconds. He is coached by John Smith, who also trains Carmelita Jeter and previously coached Maurice Greene.

On August 29, 2011, Richardson ran 13.16 to win the 110 meter hurdles World Championship in Daegu, South Korea, after Robles (the initial winner) was disqualified for impeding Liu Xiang. On August 8, 2012, Richardson won the silver in the 110 meter hurdles at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. In August 2013, Richardson finished 4th in 2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdles.

Achievements

References

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1986 births
American male hurdlers
Track and field athletes from Houston
South Carolina Gamecocks men's track and field athletes
Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic silver medalists for the United States in track and field
World Athletics Championships medalists
Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
People from Cedar Hill, Texas
Sportspeople from Ellis County, Texas
World Athletics Championships winners

Jason Richardson (hurdler)


The Massachusetts State Police (MSP) is an agency of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts' Executive Office of Public Safety and Security, responsible for law enforcement and vehicle regulation across the state. As of 2022, it has 2,067 sworn troopers and 611 civilian support staff for a total of 2,678 personnel, making it the largest law enforcement agency in New England. The MSP is headed by Interim Lieutenant Colonel Jack Mawn.

History
The MSP was established by Massachusetts state governor John A. Andrew when he signed a law creating the State Constabulary on May 16, 1865. This legislative act to "establish a State Police Force", founded the first statewide enforcement agency in the nation.  The first leader of the State Police was William Sterling King, an American officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The agency remained small and rather informal until 1921, when the MSP was enlarged to comprise 50 officers stationed in barracks across the state with the primary mission of providing law enforcement to rural areas underserved by existing local police agencies. This law enforcement mission was performed by the trooper on horseback, usually, and in motor cars in areas with upgraded roads. The MSP enlarged its mission to handle primary vehicular regulation on the Commonwealth's interstate and limited-access highways after their development mid-century; during this period, it also established a presence in protecting Logan International Airport.

For much of the twentieth century, the MSP was organized along military lines with a heavy emphasis on the role of the barracks, spartan working conditions, and a uniformity in appearance and internal culture. Until recently, the MSP maintained one of the strictest regimens for physical size requirements for applicants. Efforts are being made presently to render the department more racially diverse, as well as more inclusive of women and LGBT troopers.

The history of the agency is preserved at the Massachusetts State Police Museum and Learning Center in Whitinsville. The museum was made possible by private donations from MSP troopers and employees. The museum, originally intended to be located at the site of the former Troop C2 barracks, was relocated to a building in Whitinsville after a fire damaged a portion of the old barracks building in 2017. Exhibits at the museum include:

 Restored 1931, 1941, 1951, 1978 Ford cruisers
 Motorcycles, including a 1951 Indian
 State Police Weapons (past & present)
 Historical uniforms, hats and artifacts
 Harvard riot photos and riot equipment
 Mounted police equipment and other equine related items
 Original teletype machine
 The first computer and Mobile Data Terminals used by the MSP
 Historic daily station logs
 President John F. Kennedy photos and memorabilia
 Nostalgic badges and patches

Since the MSP's inception, 47 officers from the Massachusetts State Police and its former agencies which made up its ranks, were killed in the line of duty.  The earliest death was in 1909 and the latest death was March 3, 2022.

As of 2011 troopers have started carrying the Smith & Wesson M&P pistol in .45 ACP. Prior troopers carried the SIG Sauer P226 DAK (Double Action Kellerman) in .40 S&W, prior to those the agency issued the SIG Sauer P226 in 9mm from the early 1990s. During the 1980s the .357 Magnum Smith & Wesson Model 65 was issued to the troopers. As for off-duty and special assignments different weapons were issued, and during the 1980s a common weapon was the .38 Special Smith & Wesson Bodyguard revolver. During the 1960s and 1970s the MSP issued the Walther PPK as a special assignment weapon.

As of 2023, the MSP is replacing the Smith & Wesson M&P45 .45 ACP handguns with the SIG Sauer P320 chambered in 9mm. The P320 comes equipped with a Romeo1 Red-Dot optic and a Night Stick 550XL Flashlight attached. The P320 is also set on the X-Series frame as well.

In November 2019, Superintendent Gilpin announced her retirement as colonel of the Massachusetts State police after two years in the position.

Consolidation of state-controlled police agencies
In 1992, the former Massachusetts Department of Public Safety – Division of State Police, Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles Police, Massachusetts Capitol Police, and Metropolitan District Commission (MDC) Police (commonly known as the Metropolitan Police) departments merged to form what is currently known as the Department of State Police (an agency within the Executive Office of Public Safety, which is different from the Department of Public Safety). The four former agencies officially ceased to exist on July 1, 1992. The distinctive uniform and seal of the former Division of State Police would be retained by the newly formed Department of State Police. The ranks of corporal and staff sergeant were not carried over into the new agency. The Massachusetts Environmental Police remained a separate entity under the Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Environmental Law Enforcement, and later became a separate department-level office under the re-organised Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs. In the early part of the 2000s the MBTA Police discussed a possible merger but it will most likely not happen due to high costs and standards for both recruitment and training.

Rank structure
The Massachusetts State Police rank structure is as listed:

Promotion to the ranks of Sergeant, Lieutenant, and Captain is based on varying combinations of years of service, promotional exam score, and/or performance on oral examination boards. The ranks of Detective Lieutenant and Detective Captain are appointed; an individual must already have attained the rank of Lieutenant prior to being appointed to the rank of Detective Lieutenant and must have attained the rank of Captain prior to being appointed to the rank of Detective Captain.

The ranks of Major and Lieutenant Colonel are appointed by the Colonel/Superintendent. The Deputy Superintendent holds the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. The Colonel/Superintendent is appointed by the Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Organization
 Office of the Superintendent of the State Police
 Division of Field Services
 Division of Investigative Services
 Division of Administrative Services
 Division of Standards & Training
 Division of Homeland Security & Preparedness

Division of Field Services

State Police stations

Troop A
Troop "A" includes the northeastern section of the commonwealth. The A Troop headquarters are located in Danvers, and there are 70 municipalities located within Troop A.

Troop A Barracks are located in:

Troop B
Troop "B" includes the western section of the commonwealth. The B Troop headquarters are in Northampton. Troop B has primary law enforcement responsibilities in many municipalities that lack local police departments in Western Massachusetts.

Troop B Barracks are located in:

Troop C
Troop "C" includes the central section of the commonwealth. It is the largest of the troops, and the C Troop headquarters are located in Holden. 85 towns rely on C Troop to assist with law enforcement or provide primary patrol coverage. Troop C Barracks C8, located in New Braintree, has no operational Troopers, but is the New Braintree Emergency Dispatch Center, which is the PSAP (Public Safety Access Point) for police, fire and emergency medical services for the towns of New Braintree, Hardwick, Petersham, West Brookfield, North Brookfield, Brookfield, East Brookfield, Brimfield, Holland and Wales. It is co-located with the State Police Academy.

Troop C Barracks are located in:

Troop D
Troop "D" includes the southeastern section of the commonwealth. The D Troop headquarters are located in Middleborough, and the Troop also includes Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket.

Troop D Barracks are located in:

Troop F
Troop F patrols and provides law enforcement for all properties of the Massachusetts Port Authority, including Boston's Logan International Airport in East Boston, Boston's seaport district, the Port of Boston, and South Boston's World Trade Center. Until 2010, its only barracks was located within the airport. It moved to a building on the outskirts, allowing for more space, parking, and better access to the property.

The Troop F Commander also serves as Massport's Director of Aviation Security.

Troop F Barracks is located in:
 F–1 Logan International Airport

Troop H
Troop "H" includes all of Boston and the metropolitan Boston area south, west, and northwest of Boston not covered by A-4 and A-5. This troop extends southwest to the Rhode Island border and west to the A Troop border in Waltham, and north to Somerville. Troop H headquarters are located in South Boston.

Troop H Barracks are located in:

Community Action Teams
The State Police Community Action Team is a unique unit. The purpose of the CAT is to augment A, B, C, D, and H troop barracks with extra patrols to be used for various duties.  They are a combination of an anti-crime unit and a motor vehicle enforcement unit, with a very large amount of freedom. The units are part of each troop barracks, out of A, B, C, D and H troop headquarters. The units do not take any mandatory calls, but rather respond to calls using discretion. Duties include routine patrol of high crime areas in inner cities, routine patrol of major highways, major traffic enforcement, routine plain-clothes foot or vehicle patrol, bicycle patrol, undercover missions with local police departments, and major traffic accident response. CAT troopers are also responsible for dignitary escorts, funeral prisoner escorts, attending community meetings, business seizures, school programs, static vehicle displays at community events, security at high-risk trials, security at parades, and many other various special missions. Also, during winter storms when roads are hazardous, CAT troopers perform normal barracks patrols in order to assist various troop barracks.

Special Projects Team
The Special Projects Team (SPT) team utilizes counter-insurgency (COIN) methodology to detect, disrupt, degrade and dismantle gang activity in Springfield. The team is utilizing a method termed "Counter Criminal Continuum Policing" or C3 Policing.  It is composed of a lieutenant and six troopers.

Traffic Operations

Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section (C.A.R.S.)
This section provides reconstruction services to local and state police agencies for collisions involving fatalities or serious bodily injuries.  Collision reconstruction specialists are available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year with no charge to the requesting agency. The section responds to calls for assistance in the investigation of fatal or serious bodily injury collisions.  C.A.R.S. conducts "at scene" investigations, measuring the scene using the Topcon Total Station, photogrammetry, or graduated tapes.  The collision vehicles are examined for mechanical defects and the damage is documented.  Data stored by the Event Data Recorder (EDR) is secured and analyzed, as each member is a Crash Data Retrieval (CDR) Technician and Analyst.  Mathematical analysis of the data is performed when necessary.  Scale diagrams and plates are produced as required, and a detailed reconstruction report is written.  Expert testimony is provided by members in both civil and criminal actions.  The section also provides detailed, scale mapping of large outdoor crime scenes, and assists agencies with routine mathematical analysis or vehicle examinations. The section is composed of seven sergeants and seventeen troopers, all of whom are active collision reconstructionists.  The members of the section are accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Traffic Accident Reconstruction (ACTAR), or are currently pursuing accreditation.  The members also maintain memberships in many professional associations, such as the National Association of Professional Accident Reconstruction Specialists (NAPARS).  The members, on average, handle approximately 30 cases each per year.  They are further required to attain at least 40 hours of additional education/training per year.

Motor Vehicle Regulatory Section
 Commercial Drivers Licensing Unit - This unit is the primary licensing authority for commercial driver licenses in the Commonwealth.
 Compliance Unit - This unit is responsible for a variety of law enforcement duties focusing on investigations of license fraud, and identity theft.
 Salvage Title Unit - This unit conducts salvage inspections, and assigns Mass Vehicle Identification Numbers.
 Special Assignment Unit - This unit provides a law enforcement presence at the registry of motor vehicles.
 Vehicle Services Unit - This unit is very diverse. Its duties and responsibilities include school bus inspections, and investigations on commercial establishments.

Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Section (C.V.E.S.)
Also called the "Truck Team," this unit has many duties and responsibilities. These duties include roadside inspection of commercial vehicles, insuring the safety of hazardous substances in transport, operating weigh stations, local commercial vehicle enforcement, investigating commercial vehicle crashes, investigations, and operating the regional commercial vehicle academy.

Tactical Operations

Air Wing Section

The State Police Air Wing has provided the Commonwealth and its network of first responders with airborne support for over three decades.  It currently has a fleet of four turbine helicopters and one fixed wing aircraft. It is the largest and most comprehensive full-time public safety aviation unit in New England. Aircrews stand ready to respond from three strategically located Air Bases within the state 365 days a year.  Currently, the unit consists of 21 pilots and tactical flight officers.

Special Tactics and Operations

The STOP team serves as the State Police SWAT squad. This unit was created in 1971 and responds to major incidents, hostage situations, dangerous search warrants, arrest warrants, and any other serious events.

Special Emergency Response Team

The SERT team serves as a requestable adjunct to local law enforcement agencies requesting state assistance in civil disturbances, special events, or missing persons searches.

Marine Section
The Marine Section provides routine river and marine patrol on the Charles River, Mystic River, and in the Boston Harbor Islands National Park. It also provides a statewide response facility, using road transportable vessels.

Motorcycle Unit

The motorcycle unit is responsible for dignitary escorts, funeral escorts, prisoner escorts, and many other types of special missions.

Public Order Platoon
The MSP Public Order Platoon, or POP Team, was previously known as the Mobile Field Force.  It is an on-call team composed of over 500 troopers from various barracks and special units who carry specialized equipment in their cruisers at all times to allow for rapid mobilization.  Its primary purpose is deployment for crowd control,  public disturbances, and other major incidents at the request of local public safety officials or State Police Commanders. In October 2007, while coordinating with the Boston Police Department, the unit played a large role in responding to riots in Boston following the Red Sox World Series victory.  The POP Team also policed many protests during the George Floyd protests.

K9 Unit
The State Police K-9 unit deploys approximately 41 highly trained canines to agencies throughout New England for search and rescue, criminal apprehension, narcotics detection, crowd control, missing persons searches, cadaver recovery searches, site security, arson detection, explosive detection, and other missions. Depending on specific mission requirements, members of the canine unit would work in support of, or in conjunction with, other specialized units including the Air Wing, STOP team, Marine Unit, Dive Team, and the SERT team. Their services are available upon request, without cost to the requesting agency.  The State Police uses dogs such as Labrador Retrievers, German Shepherds, Dutch Shepherds, and Belgian Malinoises.  In order to become a K-9 officer, one must be on the force for at least 5 years. Troopers also get a Massachusetts State Police K-9 cruiser.

Mounted Unit
The State Police Mounted Unit is an elite unit in the State Police. It consists of 15-25 police horses. This group of specialized troopers have been on the force for a minimum of 5 years prior to joining the Mounted Unit. The unit is located in Acton.

Dive Team
The Dive Team is composed of specially trained troopers who are trained to provide assistance in the expertise of underwater rescue and recovery.

Former Troops and Units

Troop E
Troop "E" was unique in that it did not encompass a section of the commonwealth, but was instead responsible for the Massachusetts Turnpike, which stretches from the New York border to Boston Harbor. Troop "E" headquarters were located in Boston and also patrolled Interstate 93 North and South from the Tip O'Neill Tunnel over the Zakim Bridge to Rutherford Avenue. The troop was eliminated effective May 2, 2018, following accusations of widespread overtime fraud by its members. Troops B, C, and H have taken responsibility for the four barracks and coverage of the Massachusetts Turnpike, while some personnel have been reassigned to Troop F for staff balancing.

Troop E Barracks were located in:

Division of Investigative Services

Detective units
The Commonwealth is divided into 11 State Police detective units that work out of various district attorneys' offices. Boston, Springfield, and Worcester are the only cities in the Commonwealth that have the authority to investigate homicides. This responsibility is granted through the District Attorney's Office in each city's respective county.  According to Massachusetts General Law, all homicides are under the control of the District Attorney in the county they occur. Only the District Attorney can delegate the responsibility of investigating homicides to another party. In Springfield and Worcester, it is the captain in charge of the Detective Bureau, and in Boston, it is the commander of the Homicide Unit. The various district attorneys' offices investigate all other homicides in any other cities or towns. The detective units also investigate many other major crimes and serious incidents.

Attorney General's Office
The detective unit in the Attorney General's office is composed of the drug unit, the computer crimes unit, and various other specialized investigative squads. The unit investigates everything from white-collar crime to drug distribution.

Violent Fugitive Apprehension Section
The VFAS is tasked with apprehending the commonwealth's most violent and elusive fugitives. The unit works with various local and federal agencies and is part of numerous task forces.

Gang Unit
The Gang Unit is a statewide specialty unit established to: suppress criminal gang activity, investigate gang related crimes, and gather intelligence on known and suspected gang members. Gang Unit duties include street-level narcotics enforcement, weapons enforcement, criminal investigation, and special operations.  The Gang Unit assists local cities and towns by conducting undercover narcotics operations and by providing additional officers to patrols dedicated to combating gang activity in high crime areas.  In addition to these activities, the Gang Unit also provides local police departments with personnel, intelligence, expertise, and training specific to battling gang-related crime. The Gang Unit maintains partnerships with, and provides gang awareness training to, schools, corporations, social service agencies, probation officers, trial courts, District Attorneys' offices, and civilian groups. The Gang Unit's primary objective is to improve the quality of life of all citizens adversely affected by gang activity.

Governor's Auto Theft Strike Force
The State Police Auto Theft unit is equipped with extremely stealthy vehicles which are outfitted with the latest laptop computers, LPR (Licence Plate Recognition) systems, and LoJack systems. The unit's main task is investigating motor vehicle theft and chop shops, and performs a large amount of surveillance. This force was disbanded at the end of 2012

Fire and Explosion Investigation Section
Specially trained Massachusetts State Police detectives have functioned as State Fire Marshal investigators for more than fifty years. At present, the Fire & Explosion Investigative Section (F&EIS) consists of thirty-eight full-time members who make up the Fire Investigations and Hazardous Devices (Bomb Squad) units. F&EIS also consists of eight bomb techs, five bomb dogs and five accelerant detector dogs. Each unit has its own self-contained command and control structure and a specific jurisdiction to serve. Many of the investigators have been cross-trained to assist the other sections in time of need.

Crime Lab
The main Massachusetts State Police Crime Lab is located in Maynard. There are several laboratory substations spread throughout the Commonwealth. The lab serves law enforcement agencies and District Attorneys throughout the Commonwealth, providing a wide array of support to facilitate effective investigations and criminal prosecutions. The Crime Lab examines evidence that can be used to help tie criminals to their crimes, victims to their assailants and exonerate innocent suspects. The Ballistics Section and Crime Scene Services Section are served by sworn personnel.

The lab is broken up into sections and units:

Division of Homeland Security & Preparedness
This division was formed in 2017 and oversees the Commonwealth Fusion Center and the Preparedness and Planning Section, which contains a new Watch Center that is open 24 hours a day. The fusion center's job is to collect and analyze intelligence relating to terrorism and criminal activity which is then shared among other law enforcement agencies. The Fusion Center is based in Maynard, Massachusetts and is overseen by a Major.

The Preparedness and Planning section oversees security planning for major Massachusetts events such as the Boston Marathon and Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular among others. It is also responsible for response planning to critical incidents and natural disasters. It is located at State Police Headquarters in Framingham and is overseen by a Major.

Division of Standards & Training

Recruit and in-service training for the Massachusetts State Police takes place at the MSP academy located centrally in Massachusetts at 340 West Brookfield Road in New Braintree. Prior to the 1992 merger, the Division of State Police's Training Academy was located in Framingham. This facility now houses the Department of State Police General Headquarters.

Becoming a trooper is a competitive process.  Approximately 14,000 men and women took the written entrance exam in June 2002. Out of that, only a few hundred were selected to become members of the MSP.  After receiving a conditional job offer, the recruit has to make it through 24 weeks of paramilitary training as part of a Recruit Training Troop (RTT). As of April 2009, the State Police no longer administers its own standalone examination for appointment to the department. The State Police now generates a prospective list from candidates that take the Massachusetts Police Officer Civil Service examination who elect to be considered for appointment to the State Police; this is the same examination that is used by many municipal departments and the MBTA. The Environmental Police administer their own civil service examination.

On October 17, 2011, the 80th RTT began training. This was the first class in over five years. During the 24 weeks of training the recruit lives at the academy Monday through Friday. The 80th RTT class began with 250 trainees, adding 25 trainees in the first two weeks of training as others departed the program. Their day starts at 5:30 a.m. and goes until 8 p.m. with lights out around 9:30.  The recruits attend over 98 academic classes and must pass 10 cumulative exams with a passing score of 70%.  Along with classes, recruits have to take part in daily physical regimens such as running and weightlifting. The 80th RTT graduated a record 208 new troopers on March 9, 2012.

The academy takes a toll both mentally and physically on the recruit, and many recruits do not make it through. The typical academy washout rate is around 28-30%.  For example, when the 77th RTT started in November 2004, there were 180 recruits. During the first week, 44 recruits dropped out and 34 new recruits had to be added in. By the end of the then 26 weeks, only 137 graduated.

As of the 83rd RTT, there is no more back-filling the academy class. The 83rd RTT began with 247 troops and expected to graduate around 175 in January 2018.

The academy also hosts the biannual Massachusetts State Police Student Trooper Program.  The Student Trooper program is an intensive, one-week, residential learning experience for young adults, ages 15–17.

Demographics
As of June 2000, the Massachusetts State Police had the following demographics:
 Male: 91%
 Female: 9%
 White: 89%
 African-American/Black: 11%

The MSP is one of the few State Police Departments in the US where the percentage of African American officers (11%) is significantly greater than that of the state population (6.97%).

Compensation
As of 2017, the Massachusetts State Police average pay for a state trooper was $145,413, with three troopers earning over $300,000, and 245 troopers (12% of the workforce) earning over $200,000. A trooper's base pay is augmented by working multiple details, directing traffic, overtime shifts, or providing security at special events.

Former Massachusetts inspector general Greg Sullivan criticized state police overtime as excessive, pointing out an unusual number of troopers who earned more in 2017 than the governor of the state. He cited the use of state police instead of civilian employees to direct traffic at construction details and Logan Airport as examples of wasteful spending. Sullivan argued that the reason overtime pay is so large is that the troopers who make overtime assignments also partake of the benefits of overtime, leaving no incentive to reduce the practice.  In 2017, 24 troopers earned more than $100,000 in overtime, and 20 in Troop F earned more than $250,000, a fact which was not revealed until missing payroll records were noticed by the Boston Globe.

Perks and extra benefits
Along with their base salary and overtime, troopers have other benefits to include:
 Troopers receive hazard bonus pay of $700 annually.
 Troopers who commute 75 miles or more in one way travel from home receive $75 each week.
 State police employees who work in civilian clothing for 10 days or more each calendar month receive a stipend of $62.50 per month.
 State police employees who work a five-day workweek are compensated an extra 17 days off per year. This time off is to align with employees who work four days on duty, then get two days off.

Controversies

State Police Academy hazing scandal
In September 2005, an investigation was begun after allegations of illegal hazing at the State Police Training Academy were brought to light.

A recruit who voluntarily dropped out the academy accused the academy staff of water boarding her by placing her head in a toilet bowl.

The investigation found that the recruit was told to inspect the toilet bowl after doing an inadequate job of cleaning the toilet.

As a result of the investigation, with pressure from then governor Mitt Romney, three troopers were removed from their positions, including the Academy Commandant, Lt. Richard Lane. Other demoted instructors included Troopers Eric Baldwin and Paul Weinshenk.

The 78th Recruit Training Troop graduated in December 2005.

Sgt. Brian O'Hare scandal
In February 2006, a respected state police sergeant, Brian O'Hare, was arrested by the FBI after soliciting what he thought was an underage boy for sex, who was actually an undercover FBI Agent. O'Hare was discharged from the state police and subsequently sentenced to 5 years in federal prison.

Allegations of internal racial discrimination
In March 2017 the Boston Globe reported on allegations of discrimination within the State Police against minority state troopers.

Alli Bibaud scandal
In October 2017, a state police arrest report of a judge's daughter, Alli Bibaud, was changed to remove an embarrassing and incriminating statement ("Do You Know How Many People I Had To Blow To Get That,") concerning how she obtained the heroin she allegedly possessed.  An online blog, listing "many" troopers as sources, allege that the report was changed due to Dudley District Court Judge Tim Bibaud calling District Attorney Joseph Early and Colonel Richard McKeon, who in turn directed Major Susan Anderson to have the statement removed. On November 7, 2017, the trooper who was ordered to change his report, Ryan Sceviour, sued the leadership of the state police for reversal of the discipline he received for including the embarrassing and incriminating statements in his report, as well as an official apology, lawyers fees, and punitive damages. On November 11, 2017, Colonel Richard McKeon retired in the midst of the scandal.

Leigha Genduso scandal
In February 2018, an online news blog, Turtleboysports.com, broke a story that Trooper Leigha Genduso, who was assigned to the K-9 unit, was hired by the state police in spite of testifying during grand jury proceedings targeting her former boyfriend, before her hire as first a civilian dispatcher and then state trooper, that she smoked marijuana daily, sold marijuana in amounts up to 10 pounds at a time, took various other prescription drugs not prescribed to her, and laundered money from her former boyfriend's drug profits. There was also information from "many sources" that Genduso's boyfriend at the time of her hire, then-Major (eventually Lieutenant Colonel) Daniel Risteen, used his influence to gain her favorable treatment and highly desirable assignments usually only offered to troopers with many years seniority.

On February 23, 2018, Lieutenant Colonel Risteen abruptly retired from the state police.

On Friday, August 24, 2018 Leigha Genduso resigned from the Massachusetts State Police.

Overtime theft probe
On March 20, 2018, Attorney General Maura Healey announced that her office was reviewing the "apparent discrepancies between overtime paid and actual patrols worked,"  by 21 state troopers of the Troop E division. Of the 21 state troopers, 19 are active, one retired last year, and another, Trooper Matthew Sheehan, was already suspended due to racist messages he posted online. Colonel Kerry Gilpin addressed the media and said one of the alleged offenders put in for as many as 100 no-show shifts during 2016.

On April 2, 2018, governor Baker announced the elimination of Troop E due to the ongoing overtime investigation that found dozens of active and former troopers allegedly putting in for overtime shifts for which they did not work. State Police Colonel Kerry Gilpin also announced that location of State Police cruisers will be tracked by Global Positioning System (GPS) technology known as automatic vehicle Locator technology, and the state police will also develop a body camera program.

On June 27, 2018, the Federal Bureau of Investigation agents arrested three Massachusetts state troopers for allegedly stealing thousands of dollars for overtime work they didn't complete in calendar year 2016. The troopers allegedly took steps to conceal their fraud by altering tickets written to make it look like the citations were issued during claimed overtime shifts. Sometimes tickets submitted by the troopers were fictitious or never actually issued to known motorists. Each of the three troopers were charged with a single embezzlement count.

Hidden payroll data
On March 26, 2018. the Boston Globe reported that payroll records for the 140-trooper Massachusetts State Police Troop F, which provides law enforcement and security for all properties of the Massachusetts Port Authority, have been hidden from public view and weren't filed with the state comptroller for several years. Almost 80 percent of the troopers assigned to Troop F earned more than Massachusetts governor Charlie Baker. Pay for the trooper comes from the Massachusetts Port Authority, but the police troopers are employees of the Massachusetts State Police and operations are overseen by commanders of the State Police.

After the Boston Globe report came out, governor Baker said that the act of not disclosing years of payroll records for Troop F of the State Police was "clearly deliberate," and state Comptroller Thomas Shack demanded to know if other state agencies were failing to reveal other payroll records.

On March 30, 2018, the Globe reported a Troop F detective, Lieutenant Thomas Coffey earned more than $300,000 each year between 2015 and 2017. The Lieutenant was the highest paid employee of the Massachusetts State Police for the years 2014 - 2016.

In popular culture
 Mystery Street (1950) features Ricardo Montalbán as MSP Detective Lieutenant Peter Moralas, assigned to the Barnstable County District Attorney's Office, investigating the death of a young woman whose skeleton is found buried in a Cape Cod beach.  He seeks assistance from the Department of Legal Medicine at Harvard University.
 The Departed (2006) is about two spies in the MSP's Special Investigations Unit, with Staff Sergeant Colin Sullivan (Matt Damon) being planted on the MSP as a spy for Frank Costello (Jack Nicholson), an Irish Mob boss, while Trooper Billy Costigan (Leonardo DiCaprio) is an undercover cop assigned to infiltrate Costello's crew. Director Martin Scorsese asked the MSP if he could use actual logos, badges, and color schemes on the uniforms and the cruisers, but was denied.
 Ben Benson's series of novels featuring Massachusetts State Troopers such as high ranking Chief of Detectives Wade Paris and rookie Trooper Ralph Lindsey, appearing mostly in the 1950s, were among the earliest examples of police procedurals. When Benson died, another writer, Roy Stratton (the great-grandson-in-law of Charles Dickens) started a new series about the MSP for the same publisher, Mill-Morrow, featuring Trooper Scott Gregory; but the series ended after only two books.
 The agency serves as a partial-setting for Dennis Lehane's novel Mystic River and its film version, in which the characters played by Kevin Bacon and Laurence Fishburne are MSP detectives.
 The Robert B. Parker character Spenser is said to have been with the MSP, specifically as a detective with the Suffolk County District Attorney's office.  He frequently interacts with an MSP homicide detective named Captain Healy (who also appears in the Jesse Stone novels) and worked with an MSP trooper named Brian Lundquist in the novel Pale Kings and Princes.
 An MSP cruiser comes to a halt at the Wordloaf Conference in The Simpsons episode "Moe'N'a Lisa", having pursued the Simpsons into Vermont (minute 11:50 in the episode).
 Norman Rockwell's famous painting The Runaway depicts a Massachusetts State Trooper and a young boy at a lunch counter. Rockwell lived in Massachusetts for much of his life. Actual MSP Trooper Dick Clemens is the Trooper portrayed in the painting. The boy's name is Edward Locke.
 In Edge of Darkness, Ray Winstone's character is killed by a Massachusetts State Trooper.
 In R.I.P.D., an MSP Air Wing helicopter takes part in the raid where Ryan Reynolds' character is killed.
 In Patriots Day, an MSP trooper stands guard over Martin Richard's corpse until he can be taken away by ambulance, at which point he salutes.  Other troopers appear sporadically throughout the film, and the Superintendent at the time Colonel Timothy Alben is a character in it portrayed by Charles Luise but is simply credited as "Massachusetts State Police Colonel."
 The Showtime original series City On A Hill features multiple MSP troopers assigned to the Suffolk County DAs Office.

See also

 Boston Police Strike
 C3 policing
 Highway patrol
 List of defunct law enforcement agencies of Massachusetts
 List of law enforcement agencies in Massachusetts
 Massachusetts Department of Correction
 Massachusetts Environmental Police
 The Officer's Guide to Police Pistolcraft
 State police (United States)

Bibliography

 French and Electric Blue:  The Massachusetts State Police, A History, William F. Powers, 1979, Printed by Sullivan Bros., Printers, Lowell, Massachusetts
 Enforcement Odyssey, Massachusetts State Police:  A new Commemorative History of One of the Nations Premiere State Law Enforcement Agencies by William F. Powers , 1998.  Turner Publishing Company, Paducah, Kentucky. Library of Congress Catalog No. 97-61567, .

References

External links
 Massachusetts State Police official website
 State Police Association of Massachusetts official website
 Massachusetts State Police Museum and Learning Center Website
 Boston Globe Article on MBTA Police Merger
 US Court of Appeals Ruling on the 1992 merger
 French and Electric Blue a Pictoral History of Massachusetts State Police Vehicles
 Public Discussions Forum related to the Massachusetts State Police
 MSP C3 Policing

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James Martin (1821 – 27 December 1899) was an industrialist and politician in the early days of the Colony of South Australia.

History
James Martin was born in the hamlet of Foundry, in the parish of Stithians, Cornwall, in straitened circumstances, the seventh child of a woman whose husband had died a few months previously. He had little schooling, and after starting to earn his own money, he enrolled in night classes. He worked at the local factory making steel shovels, as a millwright in Truro's flour mills, and as a fitter in the Tresavean copper mine, where he was involved in the installation of a large mine pump and a prototype of Michael Loam's "man engine", all the time gaining practical engineering knowledge. He served as a maintenance worker at a woollens factory at Ponsanooth, where an older brother was manager.

He suffered from asthma, which was exacerbated by Cornwall's climate and the atmosphere of these workplaces, and decided for his health's sake to try his luck in South Australia, and emigrated on La Belle Alliance, arriving in July 1847. He found work at Hindmarsh with John Ridley, erecting a flour mill. Determined to work for himself, he moved to Gawler on 15 June 1848, a fact that was celebrated there exactly 50 years later. Although then a tiny village, Gawler seemed a likely spot for development as a waypoint between Adelaide and the mines of Burra, the farms of the Barossa Valley, the River Murray and the incipient wheatfields of the Lower North.

He rented a blacksmith's shop from John Calton and began building bullock drays. He built a lathe, press and workbenches from local timber. With hard work, attention to detail, and by accepting any job, business grew. He started working on a farm of his own, "Trevue", where he developed implements that were manufactured by his "Phoenix Foundry" (founded around 1859). Martin & Co. became a major employer in the town. He took on Thomas Flett Loutit (ca.1832 – 20 September 1873) as a partner. It has been claimed that the first stump-jump plough was made by Martin & Co. Their machinery was successfully exhibited at the various Agricultural Shows. They tried smelting iron from local ore, but the experiment was not a resounding success.

The copper mines at Burra presented the next opportunity, and soon the Phoenix Foundry was manufacturing all kinds of engines, pumps, crushing and winding gear. A premium was placed on prompt supply, and the company profited. The next step in the company's evolution was the manufacture of railway engines and rolling stock to meet the colony's burgeoning railway system. Altogether, some 150 locomotives were built; some being sent interstate. By 1898 they had 700 employees.

Politics
James Martin was a member of the Gawler Council, and its mayor for eight years.
He was elected for the seat of Barossa in the House of Assembly in February 1865 with Walter Duffield as a colleague, and retired in 1868.
He was elected to the Legislative Council for the North-Eastern district in May 1885 and reelected in April 1894, dying in office. He was a member of the National Defence League.

Other interests
He was actively involved with the Gawler Institute (which sponsored the contest won by Caroline Carleton and Carl Linger's Song of Australia), Freemasons, the Gawler Agricultural Society, the Building Society, and the Gawler Rifles (the local branch of the voluntary militia) and the School of Mines and Industries. He was elected a Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, England. He successfully bred Hereford cattle at "Trevue".

His burial at Willaston General Cemetery was attended by a large contingent from Adelaide and locally.

Family
He married three times: to Christiana Fox ( – 1852) on 28 March 1848, to Ann Lock ( – 1853) on 6 March 1853, and to Mrs. Charlotte Vickerstaff ( – 7 November 1894) on 2 August 1858.  They lived at "Trevue", Gawler East. Among his children were:
John "Cap'n Jack" Martin (1850 – 18 May 1925) married Adelaide Isabel Annie Parr (1857–) on 27 December 1882, and inherited his father's farming properties. He was later Mayor of Brighton.

He adopted his nephew John Felix "Mr. J. F." Martin (14 August 1844 – 13 December 1916), who married Christina McNeil ( – 27 December 1931) in 1889. John was made a partner in his adoptive father's business, became General Manager, then Chairman of Directors. They had two sons and two daughters, one of whom, Emily Martin (1884–1962), married Henry Hampden Dutton (1879–1932) of Anlaby Station. The other three moved to Western Australia. In 1908 John followed his sons to Mount Barker, Western Australia, where he died eight years later.

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Anne Kelly Knowles (born 1957) is an American geographer and a specialist in Historical GIS.  After teaching for over ten years at Middlebury College in Vermont as a professor of geography, she is now a professor of history at University of Maine.

She received her MA and PhD from University of Wisconsin–Madison. Her first book, Calvinists Incorporated  Welsh Immigrants on Ohio's Industrial Frontier examined the influence of immigrants' traditions and social values on their economic behavior during the industrialization of their new region as workers and investors in Welsh-owned charcoal iron companies.

In 2002 she edited the first book ever published with case studies of the use of Historical GIS in various disciplines. She was the guest editor of a special issue of the journal Social Science History about this field.

Her research has included spatial analysis of the role of skilled ironworkers in the transfer of technology in the U.S. iron industry 1800-1868, and the mapping of the Holocaust.

Awards

Guggenheim Fellowship (2015).

John Brinkerhoff Jackson Book Award, Association of American Geographers (2014).

American Ingenuity Award for Historical Scholarship, Smithsonian magazine (2012).

National Science Foundation Collaborative Research Grant, Holocaust Historical GIS, with Alberto Giordano as fellow PI (2008 – 2011).

National Endowment for the Humanities Research Fellowship (2005).

American Council of Learned Societies Research Fellowship (1999).

References

Works
 Knowles, Anne Kelly; Tim Cole; Alberto Giordano (eds.). 2014. Geographies of the Holocaust Bloomington: Indiana University Press. At IU Press. . .
 Knowles, Anne Kelly. 2013. Mastering Iron: The Struggle to Modernize an American Industry. University of Chicago Press.
 Placing History: How Maps, Spatial Data, and GIS Are Changing Historical Scholarship (2008), edited Knowles, digital supplement edited by Amy Hillier. Redlands, Cal.: ESRI Press.
 Knowles, Anne Kelly ed. 2005. Emerging Trends in Historical GIS. In Historical Geography, Baton Rouge, LA: Geoscience Publications.
 Knowles, Anne Kelly, 2002. Past Time, Past Place: GIS for History. ESRI press
 Knowles, Anne Kelly ed. 2000. Historical GIS: The Spatial Turn in Social Science History, Social Science History 24 (3).
 Knowles, Anne Kelly.  1997. Calvinists Incorporated: Welsh Immigrants on Ohio's Industrial Frontier.

External links

 Faculty page at University of Maine
 References to Anne K. Knowles in Google Scholar
 References to Anne K. Knowles work in popular media. in New York Times

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Nicole Lurie is an American physician, professor of medicine, and public health official. During the administration of President Barack Obama, she was Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) at the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) from 2009 through the end of the president's second term. The mission of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response is to "lead the nation in preventing, responding to and recovering from the adverse health effects of public health emergencies and disasters, ranging from hurricanes to bioterrorism."

Education
Lurie received her bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania and her M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Medical School in 1979. Lurie received her Master of Science in Public Health from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where she also completed her medical residency. Lurie was a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar at UCLA.

Career
Lurie practiced primary care medicine and joined the University of Minnesota in 1985. At the University of Minnesota Medical School and University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Lurie rose to become professor of medicine and public health, director of primary care research, and director of the Division of General Internal Medicine. Lurie also worked in state government and served as medical advisor to the commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Health.

In 1998, Lurie took leave from her position in Minnesota to become Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, holding this position until 2001. In this role, Lurie worked on the Healthy People 2010 initiative and initiative to reduce health disparities, as well as pandemic influenza planning.

After leaving HHS, Lurie became senior natural scientist and the Paul O'Neill Alcoa Professor of Health Policy at the Arlington, Virginia-based Rand Corporation, a think tank. Lurie directed the organization's Center for Population Health and Health Disparities and oversaw its work on public health and preparedness. Lurie testified before the Subcommittee on Bioterrorism and Public Health Preparedness of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions in March 2006, explaining that "her work included evaluating public health preparedness in California and Georgia; conducting 32 tabletop exercises on hypothetical crises caused by smallpox, anthrax, botulism, plague, and pandemic influenza; and interviewing officials from 44 communities in 17 states."

In July 2009, Lurie returned to HHS as Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response at the Department of Health and Human Services. In that position, Lurie oversaw the federal public health response to various health crises, including Hurricane Sandy and the Boston Marathon bombing.  Lurie is also a rear admiral of the U.S. Public Health Service. Lurie was also appointed to oversee the federal response to the Flint water crisis.

While serving as assistant secretary at HHS, Lurie also practiced medicine at the Bread for the City clinic in Washington, D.C.

Memberships, awards and honors
Lurie was elected to the council of the Society of General Internal Medicine in 1987, and was president of the society from 1997-1998. Lurie is a member of the Institute of Medicine.

Lurie has received a number of awards, including the Association for Health Services Research's Young Investigator Award; the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine Distinguished Graduate Award (2009); the American Federation for Medical Research's Nellie Westerman Prize for Research in Ethics; and an American College of Physicians Mastership.

Personal life
Lurie is married to Jesse L. Goodman, a physician and the chief scientist at the Food and Drug Administration; the two met while at the University of Pennsylvania. They have three sons.

References

External links
Publications by Lurie from the RAND Corporation

Living people
Members of the National Academy of Medicine
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania alumni
United States Department of Health and Human Services officials
United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps admirals
UCLA School of Public Health alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)

Nicole Lurie


The Territory of Louisiana or Louisiana Territory was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from July 4, 1805, until June 4, 1812, when it was renamed the Missouri Territory. The territory was formed out of the District of Louisiana, which consisted of the portion of the Louisiana Purchase north of the 33rd parallel (which is now the Arkansas–Louisiana state line).

Background
The Eighth Congress of the United States on March 26, 1804, passed legislation entitled "An act erecting Louisiana into two territories, and providing for the temporary government thereof," which established the Territory of Orleans and the District of Louisiana as organized incorporated U.S. territories. With regard to the District of Louisiana, this organic act, which went into effect on October 1, 1804, detailed the authority of the governor and judges of the Indiana Territory to provide temporary civil jurisdiction over the expansive region.

Establishment
On March 3, 1805, Congress passed legislation changing the District of Louisiana into the Louisiana Territory, effective July 4, 1805.

Boundaries
The Louisiana Territory included all of the land acquired by the United States in the Louisiana Purchase north of the 33rd parallel. The eastern boundary of the purchase, the Mississippi River, functioned as the territory's eastern limit. Its northern and western boundaries, however, were indefinite, and remained so throughout its existence. The northern boundary with the British territory of Rupert's Land was established by the Treaty of 1818, and the western boundary with the Spanish viceroyalty of New Spain was defined by the Adams–Onís Treaty of 1819.

Subdivisions
The Louisiana Territory had five subdivisions: St. Louis District, St. Charles District, Ste. Genevieve District, Cape Girardeau District, and New Madrid District. In 1806, the territorial legislature created the District of Arkansas from lands ceded by the Osage Nation.

In the 1810 United States census, six counties in the Louisiana Territory, which included five counties in present-day Missouri and one county in present-day Arkansas, reported the following population counts:

Government
The territorial capital was St. Louis.

On March 11, 1805, President Thomas Jefferson appointed Gen. James Wilkinson as the first governor of the Territory of Louisiana.
Wilkinson concurrently held the position of Senior Officer of the United States Army. Meriwether Lewis (1807–1809) served as the 2nd and William Clark (1813–1820) served as the 4th, and final, territorial governor.

Renaming
On June 4, 1812, the Twelfth U.S. Congress enacted legislation which renamed Louisiana Territory as Missouri Territory, in order to avoid confusion with the recently admitted State of Louisiana.

Current States
The areas of the  Louisiana Territory  and  Orleans Territory  now cover several U.S. states, from the Gulf of Mexico to the border of Canada.

U.S. states once part of Louisiana territory include:

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Canadian provinces once part of Louisiana territory include:

See also

 Historic regions of the United States
 Territorial evolution of the United States
 Lewis and Clark Expedition

References

External links
  Louisiana: European Explorations and the Louisiana Purchase from the Library of Congress

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Great Plains
Midwestern United States
1805 establishments in the United States
Pre-statehood history of Arkansas
Pre-statehood history of Iowa
Pre-statehood history of Kansas
Pre-statehood history of Louisiana
Pre-statehood history of Missouri
Pre-statehood history of Montana
Pre-statehood history of Nebraska
Pre-statehood history of North Dakota
Pre-statehood history of Oklahoma
Pre-statehood history of South Dakota
Pre-statehood history of Wyoming
1800s in the United States
1812 disestablishments in the United States

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Pointe-Taillon National Park (Parc national de la Pointe-Taillon) is a provincial park in Quebec, Canada. It is located on the north shore of Lac Saint-Jean, northwest of Saguenay (city), northwest of Alma, near the village of Saint-Henri-de-Taillon, on the banks of Lac Saint-Jean. The park covers an area of  has as a  cycling network.

The park's mission is to protect a representative sample of the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean lowlands. In addition to having one of the most famous beaches on the lake, the park protects the marshes located between the Péribonka River and the lake. As there are no roads in the park, the best way to explore it is by bicycle or hiking. The park has several peat bogs typical of the boreal forest as well as an abundant population of moose and beavers.

The park is managed by the Quebec government through the Société des établissements de plein air du Québec (SÉPAQ).

Geography
The park is in itself a sandy point with almost flat relief. The point was formed by a post-glacial delta formed  at  years ago from the deposits of the Péribonka River. The center of the point is a huge bog and the edges include many swamps and wetlands.

History
Nicknamed when it started "Pointe Savane", Pointe Taillon bears his name in honor of Louis-Olivier Taillon, who was Premier of Quebec 4 days in 1886 and a second time between 1892 and 1896. Between 1890 and 1930, the point was opened to agriculture. The municipality of Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc was incorporated in 1916. At the peak, in 1925, the point had 307 inhabitants. The Île Bouliane, owned by Frenchman Paul-Augustin Normand, was a prosperous farm with more than 125 employees who won numerous agricultural awards.

In 1926, the closing of the gates of the central of Isle-Maligne caused the flooding of the best agricultural land on the peninsula and the purchase of the land by Alcan. A reforestation program was undertaken in 1948 and 1956. In 1977, the government acquired the land, and the park was officially created on 6 November 1985. On 22, the Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks, announced that public consultations would be held to include the islands of Lac Saint-Jean west of Alma and Saint-Gédéon. In January 2017, the park area increased from  to  by adding land to the park in Saint-Henri-de-Taillon, Saint-Gédéon and Alma including thirty islands and islets on Lac Saint-Jean.

Activities

Pointe-Taillon Park offers more than  of beaches on Lac Saint-Jean. It also offers  of cycle paths, of which  are part of the Route verte. Several short hiking trails start from this one. Four rustic campsites, three accessible by bicycle and only one by boat, allow you to stay in a park.

References

External links
Pointe-Taillon National Park - official site

National parks of Quebec
Tourist attractions in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean
Protected areas of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean
1985 establishments in Quebec
Protected areas established in 1985

Pointe-Taillon National Park


Stephen Hopkins (15811644) He was a passenger on the Mayflower in 1620, and signed the Mayflower Compact.  He was also an assistant to the Governor of Plymouth Colony in 1636.

Hopkins was born in 1581 at Upper Clatford, Hampshire, England and was the son of John and Elizabeth Hopkins.   He worked as a tanner and merchant.<ref name="NEHGS">Robert Charles Anderson, New England Historical Genealogical Society (NEHGS) Pilgrim Family Sketch Stephen Hopkins [http://www.americanancestors.org/pilgrim-families-stephen-hopkins/]</ref>

There is little information about his early life. He married a woman named Mary and they had three children: Elizabeth, Constance, and Giles.

Early adventures in the New World
On June 2, 1609 Hopkins sailed over the Atlantic Ocean for Jamestown, Virginia on the Sea Venture.  This was the head ship of a group of ships lead by Sir George Somers. The Sea Venture was carrying the new Jamestown governor, Thomas Gates, and was also delivering supplies to Jamestown.Caleb H. Johnson, The Mayflower and her passengers (Indiana: Xlibris Corp., copyright 2006 Caleb Johnson), pp. 160–162

The ships were on the sea for nearly two months when a severe storm that lasted for five days caused the ships to become separated.  The Sea Venture was badly damaged and about to sink.  They saw land which was the island of Bermuda.  They made it to land but were shipwrecked on the island.  Fortunately there was much food and water.

In September 1, 1609,  they built a long boat and sent 8 men out to try to reach Jamestown to get help but that boat never returned.

In late November 1609, they begin repairing smaller boats enough to take everyone off the island and continue to Jamestown.  Hopkins and other people did not agree with Captain Gates and did not think he was a good leader.  They had a dispute and Hopkins was charged with mutiny.  He was sentenced to death but the people on the ship begged the Captain to take mercy and Hopkins was forgiven.

The settlers in Jamestown did not get along with the Native Americans and they also refused to farm and grow food.  They sometimes cheated the Native Americans and they turned against the settlers with violence which  lasted for years.

On May 10, 1610, Hopkins and others left the island of Bermuda and came to Jamestown eleven days later.  The people in Jamestown were starving to death. They were afraid to go outside the fort and were tearing down their houses for firewood. They were not planting crops.  They also refused to trade with the Native Americans or to fish.  When he arrived from Bermuda, Governor Gates estimated there was only days worth of food left.  He decided to sail to Newfoundland and then went to England. Just as they were preparing to depart, an English ship came into the harbor with supplies and new settlers along with a new governor, Lord de la Warr. The colonists were forced to return and reestablish their fort.

William Shakespeare wrote a play called The Tempest in November 1611. It is about a group of passengers being shipwrecked by a mighty storm. That play has a character that was supposed to be Stephen Hokpins.

Back in England, Hopkins' wife Mary unexpectedly died in May 1613, leaving her three young children all alone. Hopkins returned to England to care for his children.Caleb H. Johnson, The Mayflower and her passengers (Indiana: Xlibris Corp., copyright 2006 Caleb Johnson), p. 165  Some time later, he married his second wife Elizabeth Fisher.

When Hopkins learned of the planned ''Mayflower'' voyage to Northern Virginia to establish a colony, he decided he would like to go.

The children of Stephen and Elizabeth Hopkins were Damaris, Oceanus, Caleb, Deborah, Damaris, Ruth and Elizabeth.  Oceanus was born during the voyage.

The Mayflower Voyage

Hopkins left Plymouth, England on 16 September 1620. There were 102 passengers and 30–40 crew. On 19 November 1620, the Mayflower spotted land. The Mayflower'' was supposed to land in Virginia Colony, but the ship was  damaged and they were forced to land 21 November at Cape Cod now called Provincetown Harbor. They wrote the Mayflower Compact, which made rules on how they would live and treat each other.  Hopkins signed the Mayflower Compact.

In Plymouth Colony
Hopkins and other men went to land to explore the area for a place where everyone could live.  Hopkins was very valuable because he had experience from his time at Jamestown.

One of the earliest missions included William Bradford, John Carver, Myles Standish , Edward Winslow, John Howland, Richard Warren, Stephen Hopkins and Edwary Doty.  Bradford wrote that they set off in freezing weather, "and when the set sail the salt spray froze on their coats, as if they had been glazed". Of this group Hopkins was the most experienced havings spent time at Jamestown. During their trip they observed Native Americans who appeared to be cutting up a large whale but when they saw the men approaching the natives fled.

Hopkins taught the pilgrims to hunt and to make friends with the Native Americans.  The first meeting with the Native Americans Samoset and Massasoit was held at Hopkins' house.  Over the years Hopkins was a great help to colony leaders such as Myles Standish and Edward Winslow.

Will and Death of Stephen Hopkins
Stephen Hopkins died sometime between June 6, 1644 and July 17th of that year. He made his will on June 6, 1644 and requested that he be buried next to his deceased wife, Elizabeth. The inventory was taken on July 17, 1644 and besides his deceased wife, he mentions sons Giles and Caleb, daughter Constance, wife of Nicholas Snow, daughters Deborah, Damaris, Ruth and Elizabeth.
The burial place of Stephen Hopkins is unknown."

References

1581 births
1644 deaths
Mayflower passengers
People from Hampshire

Stephen Hopkins (Mayflower passenger)


Girls in Distress () is a 1939 French drama film directed by G. W. Pabst and starring Marcelle Chantal, Micheline Presle and André Lugue.

The film's sets were designed by the art director Andrej Andrejew. It was shot at the Joinville Studios in Paris.

Cast
 Marcelle Chantal as Marthe Presle
 Micheline Presle as Jacqueline Presle
 André Luguet as Maître Jacques Presle
 Jean Aquistapace as Ternier, le ministre de la justice (as Aquistapace)
 Pierre Bertin as Legris, le secrétaire de Me Presle
 Louise Carletti as Marguerite 'Margot' Montbleu
 Jacqueline Delubac as Mme Montbleu, nom de scène: Pola D'Ivry
 Arthur Devère as Le père d'Alice
Genevieve Dorlane as Mme Tarrand
 Paulette Élambert as Denise Tarrand
 Michel François as Michel Mortier
 René Génin as Le concierge du ministère
 Gaston Jacquet as Le père d'Amélie
 Georges Jamin as Le beauaspère d'Amélie
 Margo Lion as La mère de Thérèse
 Marcel Lupovici as Morel
 Mlle Malakowsky as Amélie
 Robert Manuel as Robert
 Milly Mathis as La mère d'Alice
 Marthe Mellot as Mademoiselle Jeanne
 Marguerite Moreno as Madame Vuilliard
 Robert Pizani as Monsieur Tarrand
 Christiane Ribes as La mère d'Amélie
 Gabrielle Robinne as Le mère d'Yvette
 Barbara Shaw as La belleasmère d'Amélie
 Sinoël as Le concierge du théâtre
Yvonne Yma as L'habilleuse de Pola

Notable uncredited cast are:

 Madeleine Lebeau as a Student

References

Bibliography
 Rentschler, Eric. The Films of G.W. Pabst: An Extraterritorial Cinema. Rutgers University Press, 1990.

External links

1939 films
French drama films
1930s French-language films
1939 drama films
French black-and-white films
Films directed by G. W. Pabst
Films shot at Joinville Studios
1930s French films

Girls in Distress


David Deion Sutton (born May 30, 1984) is a former Arena football wide receiver. He was signed by the Miami Dolphins as an undrafted free agent in 2007. He played College football at Texas-El Paso.

Early years
Sutton played football his senior year at Long Beach Polytechnic High School, though he did not get much playing time. However, he was a two-year letterman in track and field, competing in the high jump and long jump. He also competed in volleyball in high school, earning team MVP his junior year and most-improved player his sophomore season.

College career
Sutton first attended Lincoln (Mo.) University beginning in 2003. As a freshman, he set a freshman record with an 89-yard reception, and ended the 2003 season with 16 receptions for 445 yards and six touchdowns. He then transferred to Compton Community College for one year. In 2004, he recorded 15 receptions for 400 yards with two touchdowns. He then transferred to UTEP in 2005, where he played in eight of 12 games his first season. He recorded two receptions for 12 yards, including a touchdown against Texas Southern. His first career reception was a two-yard touchdown pass from Jordan Palmer. As a senior in 2006, Sutton played in 12 games with two starts. He recorded four receptions for 18 yards.

Professional career

Miami Dolphins
Sutton went unselected in the 2007 NFL Draft, he was signed by the Miami Dolphins as a free agent on May 4, 2007. He was released by the team on August 27.

Utah Blaze
Sutton was signed to the practice squad of the Arena Football League's Utah Blaze on March 4, 2009

Personal
Sutton is a cousin of former UCLA and NBA player Tyus Edney.

External links
Utah Blaze bio

1984 births
Living people
American football wide receivers
UTEP Miners football players
Miami Dolphins players
San Jose SaberCats players
Players of American football from Orange County, California
Utah Blaze players
Dallas Vigilantes players
Sportspeople from Westminster, California
Lincoln Blue Tigers football players

David Sutton (American football)


Moree (formerly also known as Mouri) is a town with small seaside resort in Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese district, a district in the Central Region of south Ghana. Moree was founded by giants Asebu Amanfi and his brother Farnyi Kwegya, and prolific hunter called Adzekese. Asebu Amanfi and Farnyi Kwegya were believed to have led an army that chased Israelites during the exodus. When their men drowned in the sea, they could not return to Pharaoh but fled Egypt with their family across Lake Chad to Nigeria and finally settled in Moree, then a village and small seaside resort in Ghana. Upon arrival in Moree, the Egyptian giants established their kingdom with prolific hunter, Adzekese. Asebu Amanfi was made the first King of the Asebu kingdom while Nana Adzekese became the first Chief of Moree. Moree developed around Fort Nassau, which was the original fort on their Gold Coast taken over by the Dutch West India Company when this was founded in 1621.

References

Populated places in the Central Region (Ghana)
Dutch Gold Coast

Moree, Ghana