Weekend Now (styled as WeekendNOW; originally styled as Weekend:Now) was a weekend weather program on The Weather Channel that aired from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Eastern time on Saturdays and Sundays. The program, which originally featured unique segments including world weather, lifestyle-oriented weather, and light weather news, debuted in 2001 as the first of multiple weekend programs on The Weather Channel.

Program history
Weekend Now launched in April 2001 on The Weather Channel as Weekend:Now, two months before the debut of the channel's "Live By It" campaign (even though promotions for the new campaign were already airing), as part of The Weather Channel's shift from one all-day program (that being Weather Center) to multi-hour shows with set hosts and tone. The show was unique at the time it was originally hosted by four on-camera meteorologists consisting of two teams, and broadcast from 7 to 11 a.m. ET. One team was Kelly Cass and Bill Keneely and the other team was Melissa Barrington and Bob Stokes. Any given hour of the program would be hosted by one team while a member of the other team provided special segments like the Travel Forecast and Weather Maker.

Graphics were distinct from the rest of The Weather Channel, using a blue-green color scheme - and most notably, the voiceovers of Bob Stokes and Kelly Cass for the local forecast introduction. Among the segments were World Weather Watch, a look at weather in Latin American countries with meteorologists from The Weather Channel Latin America; Weekend Wow!, where extraordinary weather would be featured; and local and national forecasts; and Weather Maker, where one of the on-camera meteorologists not hosting that particular hour would use a telestrator to explain the meteorological details behind the day's most important weather system.

In 2003, the show's format and timeslot was given to a new show titled Weekend Planner while Weekend:Now was renamed Weekend Now and aired from 11am-2pm Eastern Time. The show in the new timeslot, unlike the original program, contained much less in the way of special segments and was much more like other programs on the network such as Weather Center and PM Edition. Directly after the relaunch, the show retained some semblance of the original program, such as using the telestrator for the Travel segment, but by the time of the next network relaunch in 2005, the program had little if anything in common with its original format. On Saturday, June 7, 2008, the program began airing in high-definition.

Weekend Now was the longest-running of the three weekend-only weather programs on The Weather Channel at the time, as Weekend View was broadcast from October 1, 2005, to September 12, 2013, and Weekend Outlook, was aired between 2003 and 2009.

The show had its first official anchors in November 2004: Kevin Robinson and Kristina Abernathy. In September 2007, Abernathy left the show and was replaced by Jennifer Lopez. Shortly after that, in June 2008, Lopez left the show and was replaced by Kim Perez (now Kim Cunningham). In March 2009, Kim Perez left for PM Edition and Kevin Robinson left for Your Weather Today. Carl Parker and Heather Tesch replaced them beginning March 7, 2009. In November 2010, Parker and Tesch started anchoring Day Planner five days a week. Soon, Maria LaRosa and Todd Santos replaced them. In April 2012, Maria LaRosa left the show to host First Outlook and Your Weather Today. On April 14, 2012, Heather Tesch returned to Weekend Now as the new host, along with Todd Santos. Julie Martin joined the show in June 2012 as a digital media correspondent and hosting various segments on the show. Heather Tesch departed Weekend Now and Weather Center Live as well as The Weather Channel on October 30, 2012. Todd Santos also departed the show soon after for Weather Center Live. The new anchors of Weekend Now became Danielle Banks and Alex Wallace. In April 2013, Banks went on maternity leave. She returned to TWC in July 2013 as a fill-in. She was replaced by Alexandra Wilson.

September 8 was Alexandra Wilson's last day on Weekend Now. She went on to anchor Weather Center Live weeknights 7-8pm and 10-11pm to replace Crystal Egger. No anchor was announced to join Alex Wallace.

If there was an ongoing, significant weather event (severe weather outbreak, winter storm, hurricane threatening the U.S.), Weekend Now was extended one hour and finished at 3pm.

On November 10, 2013, Weekend Now aired its final broadcast after more than 13 years. It was replaced by the new all-day Weather Center Live program on November 16, as part of the 2013 relaunch of the Weather Channel.

Former hosts
 Kristina Abernathy (2004-2007) (now no longer at The Weather Channel)
 Danielle Banks (2012-2013) (left for maternity leave, returned to anchor Weather Center Live overnight)
 Kim Cunningham (Perez) (2008-2009) (left to anchor PM Edition; now no longer at TWC)
 Maria LaRosa (2010-2012) (left to anchor First Forecast and Morning Rush)
 Jennifer Lopez (2007-2008) (left The Weather Channel in 2008, but returned in 2013 and is now a fill-in)
 Carl Parker (2009-2010) (left to anchor Day Planner; departed to become Storm Specialist)
 Kevin Robinson (2004-2009) (left to anchor Your Weather Today, then departed to anchor Weather Center; then left The Weather Channel in December 2009; now at WLWT-TV)
 Todd Santos (2010-2012) (left for Weather Center Live)
 Heather Tesch (2009-2010, 2012) (left in November 2010 for Day Planner; returned in April 2012; left the show and departed The Weather Channel on October 30, 2012)
 Alex Wallace (2012-2013) (program cancellation)
 Alexandra Wilson (2013) (left for Weather Center Live)

References

The Weather Channel original programming
2001 American television series debuts
2013 American television series endings

Weekend Now


The Tsilma () is a river in Leshukonsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast and Ust-Tsilemsky District of the Komi Republic in Russia. It is a left and one of the main tributaries of the Pechora. It is  long, and the area of its basin . The main tributaries are the Mutnaya (right), the Kosma (left), the Rudyanka (left), the Nonbur (right), the Myla (right), the Tobysh (left), and the Usa (right).

The river basin of the Tsilma includes the north-western part of Ust-Tsilemsky District (about a half of the district's area), south-western part of the Nenets Autonomous Okrug, as well as areas in the east of Leshukonsky and Mezensky Districts of Arkhangelsk Oblast.

The source of the Tsilma is in the east of Leshukonsky District. The river flows north, enters the Komi Republic, and downstream from the confluence with the Mutnaya turns east. The mouth of the Tsilma is opposite to the selo of Ust-Tsilma, the administrative center of Ust-Tsilemsky District.

The lower course of the Tsilma is populated. There is an unpaved road along the banks of the river downstream from the village of Filippovo. There is also a winter road (zimnik) upstream the Tsilma valley, which runs to the valley of the Sula and further to the Mezen.

The Tsilma is navigable at the  stretch of the lower course, downstream from the village of Trusovo.

The Tsilma was a part of the old trading route used by the Novgorod merchants to get from the basin of the Northern Dvina into the river basin of the Pechora. The merchants were going upstream the Pukshenga, then moved to the Pokshenga and went downstream to the Pinega. From the Pinega, they used the Yozhuga, the Zyryanskaya Vashka and the Vashka to get to the Mezen, and subsequently the Pyoza and the Tsilma to get to the Pechora.

References

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Rivers of the Komi Republic
Rivers of Arkhangelsk Oblast

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The Petitcodiac River campaign was a series of British military operations from June to November 1758, during the French and Indian War (the North American theatre of the Seven Years' War), to deport the Acadians that either lived along the Petitcodiac River or had taken refuge there from earlier deportation operations, such as the Ile Saint-Jean campaign.  Under the command of George Scott, William Stark's company of Rogers Rangers, Benoni Danks and Gorham's Rangers carried out the operation.

According to one historian, the level of Acadian suffering greatly increased in the late summer of 1758.  Along with campaigns in Cape Sable, the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and the St. John River, the British targeted the Petitcodiac River.

Historical context

The British Conquest of Acadia happened in 1710. Over the next forty-five years the Acadians refused to sign an unconditional oath of allegiance to Britain. During this time period Acadians participated in various militia operations against the British and maintained vital supply lines to the French fortresses of Fort Louisbourg and Fort Beausejour. During the Seven Years' War, the British sought both to neutralize any military threat Acadians posed and to interrupt the vital supply lines Acadians provided to Louisbourg by deporting Acadians from Acadia.

The first wave of these deportations began in 1755 with the Bay of Fundy campaign (1755).   Many Acadians fled those operations to present-day New Brunswick and the French colony of Ile Saint-Jean, now known as Prince Edward Island.

After capturing Louisbourg on Ile Royal (present-day Cape Breton, Nova Scotia) in 1758, numerous Acadians left Ile St. Jean for present-day New Brunswick.  At this time the second wave of the Expulsion began from Ile Saint Jean and Cape Breton and continued in earnest in New Brunswick. According to one historian, this wave of operations was considerably more devastating for the Acadians than the first one.

The Petitcodiac is situated between two smaller rivers – the Shepody River (off Shepody Bay) and the Memramcook river (the three bodies of water were often called "Trois-Rivières" by its inhabitants.) Weeks after the Expulsion began with the Bay of Fundy campaign (1755), the British forces raided villages at Chipoudy and Petitcodiac (Hillsborough, New Brunswick).  As well, on November 17, 1755, George Scott took seven hundred troops and attacked twenty houses at Memramcook (Dorchester, New Brunswick). They arrested the Acadians that remained and killed two hundred head of livestock.  Even after these raids, Acadians returned to these villages and the numbers grew as the deportation from peninsula Nova Scotia continued, followed by the deportation of present-day Prince Edward Island and Cape Breton.

On September 10, 1757, Captain John Knox of the Forty-third Regiment was ordered to take part in an 800 man joint force of rangers and regular troops to march against Chipoudy, which seemed to be the originating point for the Acadian and Mi'kmaq raids on Chignecto. Almost seven months later, on March 28, 1758, Gorham's Rangers raided Chipoudy and found only women and children; the men had left for Fort Cumberland, where they attacked a schooner. The Rangers were shocked at how fast the community had re-built after the previous raid.

The campaign
In June 1758, Lieutenant Meech of  Benoni Danks' Rangers along with fifty-five men advanced up the Petitcodiac River, suspecting that this was where the Acadian and Mi'kmaq raids originated.  They made contact with 40 Acadians but were unable to catch them.

On July 1, 1758, Danks himself began to pursue the Acadians.  They arrived at present day Moncton and Danks' Rangers ambushed about thirty Acadians, who were led by Joseph Broussard (Beausoleil). Many were driven into the river, three of them were killed and scalped, and others were captured. Broussard was seriously wounded. Danks reported that the scalps were Mi'kmaq and received payment for them.  Thereafter, he received a reputation in local lore as being "one of the most reckless and brutal" of the Rangers.

In September 1758, Roger's Rangers burned an Acadian settlement of 100 buildings.  he Acadians captured five of British troops and retreated with them to the Miramachi. The Acadians took prisoner William Caesar McCormick of William Stark's rangers and his detachment of three rangers and two light infantry privates from the 35th Regiment of Foot. They were taken to Miramachi and then Restogouch. (They were kept prisoner by Pierre du Calvet, who later released them to Halifax.)

November 12, 1758, Danks' Rangers sailed up the river and returned the next day with four men and twelve women and children as prisoners.  The prisoners notified Danks about the location of Joseph Broussard's home (present day Boundary Creek).  Danks' company sailed immediately up the Petitodiac to attack Broussard's home.  By the time Danks arrived the house was vacant.  Danks killed the livestock and burned the fields and village.

The Rangers returned to the river. Captain Silvanus Cobb continued to ferry Rangers up and down the river to destroy the houses and crops over two nights, November 13–14.  On November 14, Acadian militia appeared early in the morning. Two of Danks' Rangers were missing. The Rangers overwhelmed the Acadians once Danks' reinforcement of a platoon of Rangers arrived.  The Rangers took a dozen women and children hostage. Joseph Gorham reported that he had burned over a hundred homes and Danks reported he destroyed twenty three buildings.

The Rangers then returned to Fort Frederick at the mouth of the St. John River with their prisoners.

Aftermath
The Acadian refugees from the Petitcodiac River campaign went to the Penobscot River, a region that Preble and Pownall were prepared to sweep in early 1759.

A part of the regulars under Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew Rollo arrested and deported Acadians in the Ile Saint-Jean campaign.

Major General Amherst dispatched Brigadier James Wolfe to the northeast along the coast in the Gulf of St. Lawrence campaign (1758).  He sent Wolfe with three entire regiments and seven ships of the line to destroy Acadian fields and settlements.  After Wolfe had left the area, the 1760 Battle of Restigouche led to the capture of several hundred Acadians at Boishébert's refugee camp at Petit-Rochelle.

References

Notes

Primary sources
 George Scott, "Report of the Tour to Petitcodiac River", The Northcliffe Collection, p. 99; also published in Collections of the New Brunswick Historical Society, No. 13, (1930), p. 101.

Secondary sources

 (fr) Paul Surette, Petcoudiac - Colonisation et destruction - 1731-1755, Moncton, Les Éditions d'Acadie, 1998, .

External links
 Le Grand Dérangement
 Acadian Refugees
 Major George Scott and the French and Indian War

Conflicts in Acadia
Military history of New England
Military history of the Thirteen Colonies
Conflicts in New Brunswick
Conflicts in 1758
Conflicts in 1759
Conflicts in Nova Scotia
Indigenous conflicts in Canada
Battles of the French and Indian War
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Ketayun Ardeshir Dinshaw FRCR (16 November 1943 – 26 August 2011) was a prominent personality in the field of Indian medicine and played a significant role in the evolution of modern cancer care in India, and the development of effective radiation therapy. In 2001, the President of India conferred on her the Padma Shri. A prominent news channel has described her as: "The ultimate hope and the last possible post to cling onto for the cancer-struck in India". Over a thirty-year period, Dinshaw revolutionised cancer medicine in India, refining multi-modal treatments as the exception rather than the rule.

Life and career
Born to a Parsi family in Calcutta.

Dinshaw started her medical career by graduating from the Christian Medical College, Vellore in 1966. She continued her training at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge, UK, from 1970 to 1973. During this period she completed her diploma in radiation therapy (DMRT), and was then enrolled as a Fellow of the Royal College of Radiologists (FRCR) in London.

Following this she returned to India and became a staff member at the Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, in 1974, and seven years later was named head of the department of radiation oncology. In 1995, she was appointed director of the Tata Memorial Hospital, and two years later was selected to oversee the Tata Memorial Centre (Tata Memorial Hospital and Cancer Research Institute) as well. She served as Director of this institute until 2008, and played a pivotal role in shaping the institute to its present-day status as one of India's leading cancer centres.

She has received numerous awards and recognitions, and has served as a member on numerous prestigious committees and bodies, including the International Union Against Cancer, International Atomic Energy Agency, and the Government of India. She has hundreds of publications to her name, and is on the editorial board of numerous scientific journals. Throughout her tenure at Tata Memorial Centre, she has been a driving force in establishing the highest standards, organising and refurbishing all departments, providing modern instrumentation for diagnosis and treatment of cancer, and establishing modern management systems and computerisation in the hospital.

One of her earliest initiatives was fostering an integrated team approach to cancer treatment, encouraging radiologists and surgeons to review new patients in the Lymphoma Joint Clinic. Together, the doctors established clinical protocols, and now channel cancer patients into appropriate treatment programs according to set guidelines—in the context of ongoing clinical trials. A vibrant scientific review committee and hospital ethics committee were commissioned by her to guide all research programs in the Tata Memorial Hospital. She developed the first brachytherapy program in India at the Tata Memorial Hospital, and was the driving force towards developing modern radiation therapy techniques, such as 3DCRT, SRT, IMRT, and IGRT.

Dinshaw has also been the force behind the establishment of the Advanced Centre for Treatment Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC) in Navi Mumbai, the new Tata Clinic and Faculty block at TMH, the IGRT Facility block at TMH. She also played a key role in the development of an indigenous radiotherapy machine called Bhabhatron. The machine has since been installed in twenty other cancer centres in India, and donated to several developing countries.

She died on 26 August 2011 of cancer.

Honors and achievements

 Padma Shri, awarded by the President of India for her contribution to the field of Science and Engineering (26 January 2001)
 Past President, International Society for Radiation Oncology (Beijing, China 1997–2001)
 Past President, Association of Radiation Oncologists of India (1995–1996)
 Indo American Ulrich Henschke Memorial Award of Excellence, (Madras, December 1993)
 Award for Excellence in Professional Competence by Federation of the Parsi Zoroastrian Anjumans of India (June 1997)
 Life Time Achievement Award for service to the causes of cancer by the Breast Cancer Foundation of India (March 2000)
 FIE Foundation National Award for Outstanding Contribution to Medicine (1999)

References

External links
 Dr (Ms) K.A. Dinshaw, Government of India.
 Dinshaw, Ketayun (Jan 2006). From the Desk of the Director, Tata Memorial Centre.
 JCRT publication, Ghosh-Laskar S. In fond memory of a Legend: Dr. Ketayun Ardeshir Dinshaw. J Can Res Ther 2011;7:393-4
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A Rondeña is a palo or musical form of flamenco originating in the town of Ronda in the province of Málaga in Spain.

In common with other palos originating in Málaga, the rondeña antedated flamenco proper and became incorporated into it during the 19th century.

History

The rondeña has its origin in the fandango malagueño and it is said that it is "the oldest fandango actually known".

According to the experts, the name does not derive from "nocturnal rounds", as some have suggested, but is based solely on the name of the town Ronda.

The rondeña spread enormously throughout Andalusia in the 19th century, to such an  extent that numerous foreign observers, touring the region at the time, referred to it later in their writings.

Cante (Songs)

The rondeña has evolved in recent times, with a decrease in melismatic ornamentation, and generally the tempo is somewhat slower than was previously the case. It is a composition with an ad lib time signature  ( compás ), and the lyrics are frequently about rustic life. A verse consists of four octosyllabic lines which sometimes become five through repetition of the second line.

Baile (Dances)
In dance, having had no time signature at one time, the rondeña displays a rhythm of wild abandon.  Some dancers have used the rhythm of the taranto, which has many similarities but, being rondeña, more open and evocative.

Exponents
Among its higher representer we can find: Miguel Borrull senior, who was one of its forerunners, and Ramón Montoya, the first big interpreter to ennoble the genre.

Once in the 20th Century, we can highlight Manolo Sanlúcar as a player, and cantaores (singers) like Fosforito, Antonio de Canillas, Alfredo Arrebola, Jacinto Almadén, Juan de la Loma, Enrique Orozco, Antonio Ranchal, Rafael Romero, José Menese and Cándido de Málaga.

Popular rondeñas
Rondeñas vienen cantando,

sobre la cama me siento,

porque, en oyendo rondeñas,

se me alegra el pensamiento.

Las rondeñas malagueñas

cántamelas, primo mio,

que al son de las malagueñas

me voy quedando dormío.

Recommended bibliography

Diccionario Enciclopédico Ilustrado del Flamenco. Ed. Cinterco.
MANFREDI CANO, Domingo. Geografía del Cante Flamenco. Ed. Serv. Publicaciones de la Universidad de Cádiz. 1988.
NÚÑEZ, Faustino. Todo el Flamenco. Club Internacional del libro, Madrid. 1988.
DVD: Paso a Paso. Los palos del flamenco. Rondeña

Flamenco
Province of Málaga
Andalusian culture

Rondeña


Bleecker Street is an independent American film company that specializes in film distribution. The company is based in New York City and named after 65 Bleecker Street, the street address of founder Andrew Karpen's prior company Focus Features. Founded in 2014, the studio was established with the goal to distribute "smart house" films that combine the entertainment of studio blockbusters with the artistic indie allure.

History
Bleecker Street was formed in August 2014 by CEO Andrew Karpen, who is the former co-CEO of Focus Features. It was launched with backing from Manoj Bhargava. With the announcement of the company's formation, Bleecker had indicated an exclusive U.S. distribution output deal with Shivani Rawat's ShivHans Pictures, effective immediately. Initial plans have the distributor releasing three to five pictures in 2015 and expanding from there. Karpen hired four former Focus Feature employees as presidents in September 2014. At the September 2014 Toronto International Film Festival, Bleecker Street made its first film deal for Pawn Sacrifice'''s North American rights.

Bleecker Street focused on primarily theatrical releases and quickly established itself as a player on the indie-film scene with their titles such as Steven Soderbergh's Logan Lucky and Eye in the Sky, the biggest arthouse release of 2016 starring Helen Mirren.

Partnerships
2015–2019

In January 2015 at Sundance Film Festival, Bleecker Street made its first acquisition of worldwide rights with the purchase of Brett Haley's I'll See You In My Dreams At the same time, the company signed a multi-year home entertainment distribution deal with Universal Pictures Home Entertainment, now distributed by Studio Distribution Services, LLC., a joint venture between UPHE and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. Later in the month, the company signed a multi-year Canadian distribution deal with Elevation Pictures starting with Danny Collins. Bleecker Street followed that up with an exclusive multi-year licensing agreement with Amazon Prime.

In 2019, Bleecker Street partnered with Hulu on a new output deal granting Hulu exclusive SVOD rights to all upcoming Bleecker Street theatrical films. The first film to hit the streaming service in Fall 2019 was Hotel Mumbai.

2021–2022

In 2021, Bleecker Street partnered with Neon to launch the joint home entertainment distribution company DECAL. DECAL is a standalone full-service operation that handles distribution deals on the home entertainment rights to both NEON and Bleecker Street's curated slate of features. The first film to be distributed through DECAL in Winter 2021 was Bleecker Street's film Supernova.In February 2022 it was announced that Showtime Networks and Bleecker Street had struck an exclusive three-year output deal for the distributor's movies. It replaces Bleecker Street's previous output agreement with Hulu. Under the agreement, effective March, Showtime will carry Bleecker Street movies on air, on demand and via its streaming services within five months of their initial release. The agreement spans up to 12 films per year, all of which will be released theatrically by Bleecker Street.

Bleecker Street announced their first exclusive short Look at me to be launched on Bleecker Street's app in early 2023, joining a collection of shorts by filmmaking partners including Joe Penna (Arctic), Riley Stearns (The Art of Self-Defense), Gavin Hood (Eye in the Sky), and Alex Huston-Fischer (Save Yourselves!).

It was announced on September 9, 2022, that Bleecker Street has signed an exclusive output deal with Canadian distributor LevelFilm. LevelFilm will handle the Canadian distribution to Bleecker Street's films where they control the North American or worldwide rights. The first movie that will be released under the new joint venture is Catherine Hardwicke's action comedy Mafia Mamma, which stars Toni Collette and Monica Bellucci and is set for a nationwide release in 2023.

On October 27, 2022, Bleecker Street announced that they would team up with Showtime to release a feature-length documentary 2nd Chance from Oscar nominated filmmaker Ramin Bahrani. Bahrani's debut is an exploration of the life and legacy of Richard Davis, the inventor of the modern-day bulletproof vest who shot himself 192 times to prove his product worked. The film opened in New York and Los Angeles on Friday, December 2, expanding to additional cities December 9. Showtime then premiered the film on air, on streaming and on demand for all Showtime subscribers in spring 2023.

 2023
In September 2023, the company announced a joint acquisition deal with Elysian Film Group and Anonymous Content to acquire British and Irish distribution rights to Hayao Miyazaki's The Boy and the Heron'' from sales agent Goodfellas. This acquisition marked the first UK and Irish acquisition from the company, as well as their first animated acquisition.

Distribution library

References

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Entertainment companies based in New York City
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Law of the Timber is a 1941 American film directed by Bernard B. Ray.

Plot summary
Henry Lorimer is one of the two owners of downsized H & L Lumber Company camp, who returns one day to give the good news that he has negotiated a new contract with the U.S. government.

The plan is to cut down the entire tree population in Antler Valley, a place where lumbering previously has been impossible because of the resistance from the fierce inhabitants. Adams, who is to co-sign the deal, expresses his surprise over the plan.

Lorimer is determined to go through with the plan and brings his men to the site, led by the tough foreman Hodge Mason. As the work proceeds, a number of "accidents" occur, and Lorimer believes that the Cain family is responsible.

Lorimer goes to see them but they claim to have nothing to do with it, and the reason is they know Lorimer is working for the military and a valuable cause.

A young man named John Gordon comes looking for a job, and flirts with Lorimer's daughter Perry as soon as he enters the company premises. She shows no interest in the arrogant man. Still, he is hired to help lumbering.

One night, John discovers a forest fire and the men start extinguishing it. Lorimer is killed by a tree falling in the effort and Perry takes charge of the company in his place.

The camp manager, Frank Barnes, asks Perry to marry him, and Adams tries to buy her share of the company, but she refuses them both. It turns out the entire Cain family was killed in the fire, and the suspicions about their involvement are abandoned.

John is put on household work after burning his hands in the fire, and the accidents continue to happen in the forest. When a man falls to his death after his safety rope is cut, Frank talks to the sheriff. Suspicions arise that the cook, Eric, who is an immigrant, is the one responsible.

The next accident is a dynamite explosion that causes the earth to move and stop the lumber transport by train to its destination at the sawmill. Eric is cleared of suspicion, and John tries to investigate the cause of the accident. He is almost hit by a bullet when he is riding in the forest, but instead the entire supply of dynamite is ignited and explodes. The others soon suspect John of trying to sabotage the lumbering.

More dynamite is delivered, and John develops a plan to reveal who the saboteur is by claiming to have proof of the culprit. He shows them a bullet as proof and hides the bullet by his bnk bed. In the night Mason, the foreman, retrieves the bullet from its hiding place and is seen by Olaf, who knows about the plan.

Olaf tells John about it by writing him a note which he passes to him during a card game in which both John and Mason takes part. Mason picks a fight with John in order to get a chance to shoot him, but Frank breaks it up.

The next day John tells Perry that he believes Frank to be in cahoots with Mason. He also reveals to her that he is the son of late owner Hamilton, who got a share of the company as inheritance on the condition he serve as a lumberjack for some time.

Since Frank is in the forest to clear up for the transport with dynamite, john and Perry suspect he is to do further sabotage to the train transport. They ride into the forest to stop him, but Perry is rendered unconscious after a blow to the head.

Frank lets the train run towards the stack of dynamite he has prepared, and where Mason is ready. The lumber cars manage to pass before the dynamite disintegrates the rail and the rest of the train. John finds Perry and brings her back to camp. The sheriff arrives to apprehend both Frank and Mason.

Cast
Marjorie Reynolds as "Perry" Lorimer
Monte Blue as Hodge Mason
J. Farrell MacDonald as Adams
Hal Brazeale as John Gordon
Earl Eby as Barnes
Sven Hugo Borg as Olaf
George Humbert as Eric
Milburn Morante as Abe Cain
Betty Roadman as Ma Cain
Eddie Phillips as Sam Cain
Jack Holmes as Harry Lorimer
Zero the Dog as Zero

Soundtrack

External links

References

1941 films
American black-and-white films
1941 drama films
Producers Releasing Corporation films
Films directed by Bernard B. Ray
American drama films
Films set in forests
Films about lumberjacks
1940s English-language films
1940s American films

Law of the Timber


The Eugene J. McCarthy Center for Public Policy and Civic Engagement at Saint John's University, serving the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University in central Minnesota, is a non-partisan learning and outreach center aimed at fostering enhanced civic engagement and dialog about public policy. The Center sponsors the annual Eugene J. McCarthy Lecture, along with a variety of other programs aimed at CSB and SJU students, alumnae, alumni, faculty and staff, and the broader community. The Center serves students at both the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University.

History
The Center was founded in 2006 in honor of Eugene J. McCarthy, the late Senator and 1935 Saint John's graduate. The McCarthy Center is directed by Dr. Matt Lindstrom.  Lindstrom is currently the Edward L. Henry Professor of Political Science at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University.

Mission statement
The McCarthy Center aims: To cultivate the habit of promoting the common good through an integrative environment for learning and To promote the value of politics; our shared identity as citizens; our engagement in public work.

Programs

Eugene J. McCarthy Lecture
The annual public lectureship carries McCarthy's deep commitment to the ideals and principles of democratic self-government. It seeks to inspire a new generation of young people to pursue fresh ideas, to challenge the status quo, to effect positive change in their communities and, like McCarthy himself, to lead with honesty, integrity, and courage.

Past lecturers
2007: E.J. Dionne
2008: Julian Bond
2009: Chuck Hagel
2010: Amy Klobuchar
2011: Mark Shields
2012: Tom Brokaw
2013: Cokie Roberts

Mentor Program
The McCarthy Center Mentor Program connects CSB and SJU students with individual political and community leaders and offers a roadmap for mentorship and networking. Through informational interviews, job shadowing, resume critiques, and career discussions, students gain a greater awareness of multiple civic options as well as avenues for success in political and civic life.

Polidazzle
Each December, the McCarthy Center hosts the Mentor Program networking event called Polidazzle for CSB/SJU students, alumni/alumnae, staff, and faculty interested in public policy and civic life. The gathering is an excellent opportunity for current students to meet alumni/ae who are active in civic and political life as professionals or volunteers.  This open house reception is filled with stories, drinks and abundant hors d'oeuvres.

Politics and a Pint
The McCarthy Center sponsors this monthly series of informal discussions on issues related to public policy and politics, that is, any type of social interaction involving decision-making. "Politics and a Pint" invites faculty members, student leaders, administrators, alums, politicians and community members to talk with students in an informal atmosphere without academic pressures, and about current issues which may normally not enter the classroom.

Politics and a Pint is held at Brother Willie's Pub at St. John's University.  All majors and all ages are welcome to attend any portion of Politics and a Pint. Pizza and non-alcoholic beverages are always provided. Attendees age 21 and over may purchase pints at the BWP bar.

Study tours
The McCarthy Center believes in the importance of experiential learning as a way to engage students in the many layers of the policy making process. Study tours bring students face-to-face with key players and organizations working on current policy issues.

In the 2012–2013 academic year, the McCarthy Center led two study tours to Washington, D.C. While on the week-long trip, students experienced United States history and culture—touring the Capitol Building, the White House, the State Department and many, many monuments.

McCarthy Residency
The McCarthy Residency showcases the work and skills of someone who has a distinguished career in public service, policy, or politics through a week-long on-campus residency. Through visits to classes, cafeterias, practices, and public programs, the McCarthy resident engages a wide spectrum of the CSB/SJU community and the general public. The McCarthy residency culminates in a dinner honoring the resident and a final keynote program open to the campus community and the public. The primary purpose of the residency is to give students extended access to someone with real knowledge and wisdom about policy, civic engagement, and public life.

Past recipients
 Al Eisele 1958, Editor of The Hill
 Dave Durenberger 1955, former U.S. Senator
 Sean Kershaw, CEO of the Citizens League
 Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania
 John Chromy 1964, CHF International
 Gary Eichten 1969, Minnesota Public Radio News
 Lino Rulli 1993, SOT 1995, host of The Catholic Guy Show

CSBSJU Political Science Department's Washington, D.C. Summer Study
The McCarthy Center supports the Political Science Department's Washington, D.C. Summer Study Program, which sends a group of students to Washington, D.C. every summer to serve as interns in government, political, or non-profit offices while earning academic credit.

Scholarships

John E. Brandl
John Brandl was a 1959 graduate of Saint John's. The John Brandl Scholars program celebrates Brandl's lifelong commitment to mentorship and scholarship in higher education, public policy and politics. The endowment funds summer internships in public policy and leadership development activities such as conferences and trainings. These internships will range from local to international policy arenas, reflecting Brandl's diverse career and CSB/SJU's commitment to ethical leadership and the common good.

John Brandl Scholars receive $4,000 summer stipends and are offered select invitations for McCarthy Center events and mini-grants to cover travel or other expenses related to civic or scholarly engagement.

Funding
Funding for the McCarthy Center was originally provided through a grant from the Bush Foundation to sponsor "learning centers" at CSB/SJU. A permanent endowment has been created through the support of the Whalen Foundation.

References

External links
 Eugene J. McCarthy Center for Public Policy
 College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University

College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University


Cal Ripken Jr. Baseball is a sports video game released in 1992 by Mindscape for the Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It was a port of TV Sports: Baseball for home computers.

Gameplay
Due to a lack of licensing from Major League Baseball (MLB), the game features no MLB team names, stadiums, or artwork, and Cal Ripken Jr. himself is the only non-fictitious player in the game. The two game modes that are available are Exhibition and League. In Exhibition mode, players can select the field location as either domed or outdoor. Artificial turf or natural grass can be selected which affects gameplay, with artificial turf being faster. Exhibition allows for single player vs computer, 2 players against each other or an entirely computer simulated game can be watched. In League mode there are 16 teams including the player selected team. If the player is in first place at the end of the league, they will enter the playoffs, and then have the chance to win the pennant. If the player's team wins the pennant, they will face off against another pennant winner in the World Series.

Reception

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Henry V of Rosenberg (; 25 June 1456 – 21 May 1489) was a Bohemian nobleman.  He was regent of the House of Rosenberg from 1472 to 1475.

Biography
Henry was the eldest son of John II of Rosenberg and his wife Anna of Glogau (d. 1483).  After his father's death in 1472, he inherited the family possessions.  Until 1475, he administered the inheritance alone; from January to 24 August 1475, he administered it jointly with his younger brother Wok II.  He then transferred the regency to Wok II for a three-year period and retired to Rožmberk Castle, probably because he had mental and psychological problems.  We know that he had health problems from a letter by his brother-in-law Peter Holický to Sternberg to the Burgrave of Krumlov of 11 August 1476, informing the latter about the medical treatment necessary.

During his short reign, Henry sold the Lordships of Zvíkov and Milevsko to Bohuslav of Schwanberg.  The decision to sell these possessions may have been a result of his psychological problems.  Incidentally, the Rosenbergs acquired them by forging in 1437, during the reign of Henry's grandfather Ulrich II of Rosenberg.

Děpolt von Lobkowitz, who had been arrested by Zdeněk Konopišťský of Šternberk during the capture of Rosenberg Castle in 1469 and had been held prisoner at Český Krumlov Castle, was released by Henry in 1475 at the request of Joanna of Rožmitál, the widow of King George of Bohemia, after a financial settlement between the Houses of Rosenberg and Lobkowicz mediated by Bohuslav of Schwanberg.

Henry did not return to power, and died childless in 1489.  He was succeeded by his younger brother Wok II.

References
 Anna Kubíková: Rožmberské kroniky. Krátky a summovní výtah od Václava Březana, Veduta, České Budějovice, 2005,

1456 births
1489 deaths
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Henry V of Rosenberg


Mario Jorge Colazo, "El Potro", (born 4 March 1954) is an Argentine Radical Civic Union (UCR) politician. He was governor of Tierra del Fuego from 2004 to 2005, when he was removed from office by the Supreme Court. From 2001 to 2004, and again from 2007 to 2013, he sat in the Argentine Senate.

Early life and career
Colazo was born on 4 March 1954 in Río Tercero, Córdoba Province. He attended primary school in Córdoba before moving to Río Grande, Tierra del Fuego for his secondary education. He was involved in various community organisations. During the Falklands War he served in civil protection in Río Grande.

From an early age, Colazo was involved in the UCR and held senior positions in the party at provincial and national levels. From 1989 to 1991 he served as a Río Grande councillor and in 1991 he was elected Mayor of Río Grande, serving until 1999. In that year he stood as candidate for governor of the Province. From January 2000 he worked as head of the Social Services for Pensioners for the Province until 2001.

Political career
In 2001 Colazo was elected as senator. Then in 2003 he was elected as governor of the province, defeating incumbent Peronist Carlos Manfredotti and taking office in January 2004 with Hugo Cóccaro as his vice-governor. Although a Radical, he was by now identified with the attempt at political consensus of the new President, Peronist Néstor Kirchner, and was seen as one of the leading 'Radicales K'. Indeed, Cóccaro was a Justicialist, although he had been a supporter of the anti-Kirchner Peronist leader Adolfo Rodríguez Saá against Kirchner for the Presidency.

The relationship between Colazo and Cóccaro soon deteriorated, to the extent that Colazo even accused his deputy of involvement in plans to assassinate him. Colazo had also been isolated from his party, who had suspended him for his links with the Peronists. He was put under investigation by the provincial legislature for misuse of municipal funds in Río Grande and for bypassing the legislature when making budget decisions in 2004, and in September 2005 he was suspended as governor. He was impeached in December 2005 and Cóccaro formally took over.

In 2007 Colazo stood for and was re-elected to the Senate, heading the Federalist Union list. He sits with the Kirchners' Front for Victory. However, in March 2008, a Tierra del Fuego court requested that the Senate expel him in connection with the ongoing allegations relating to improper use of funds while Mayor of Río Grande. This would allow Colazo to be prosecuted.

External links
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Egloshayle is a parish and village in north Cornwall, United Kingdom. The village is beside the River Camel immediately southeast of Wadebridge. The civil parish includes Washaway and Sladesbridge.

History
Egloshayle was a medieval river port, rivalling Padstow five miles downriver. Egloshayle is now a residential suburb of Wadebridge. The town of Wadebridge developed in the parishes of Egloshayle and St Breock. A Vicar of Egloshayle named Thomas Lovibond was responsible for the building of the first bridge across the River Camel to replace a dangerous ford which was begun in 1468 and completed in 1485.

Churches

The parish church, named after St Petroc, is built almost entirely in the Perpendicular style. It has a Norman font, a stone pulpit dating from the 15th century, and a peal of eight bells. The Anglican chapel at Washaway, dating from 1882, has a font which is one of the earliest in the county.

Forts and houses
Pencarrow House, seat of the Molesworths (18th century), and Croan House (17th century) are fine examples of smaller country houses.

Kelly Rounds (or Castle Killibury) is an Iron Age fort on the border of the parish and has been associated with the legend of King Arthur.

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Egloshayle


Chetlo Harbor, also known as over the years as Cougar Bend, Napoleon, and Stanley, was a small settlement located near the southwest coast of Washington State, in the southeast corner of Willapa Bay at the mouth of the Naselle River. The population of the settlement was approximately 50 at its peak. The businesses there over the years consisted of a salmon fishery and canning operation, a logging operation, and a mining company. Chetlo, or Jetlo, is a Chinook Jargon word meaning oyster.

History
This isolated area had no roads on the lower river and not over four or five power boats on the whole river. The gas engine was not very reliable in those days. The people were served by a boat out of South Bend once a week, bringing the mail, freight, and passengers, if any. The lack of transport was why there were one-room schools all up and down the river, some only a couple of miles apart.

All the log towing was done by tugs, and there was quite a fleet of them; the Flora Brown, Agnes, Launel, Myrtle, Queen, and the Defender. The Defender was the newest and most powerful, but it did not work out because it had too much power and speed. When it was pushing the logs, they went out under the tailstick. The loss and salvage almost broke the owner. Someone decided to do something about the isolation on the lower river.

A town was platted a mile or two below the present highway bridge on the west side of the river and above the old Sunshine Mill. The machinery from the mill had been moved to South Bend years before. The town started out as Napoleon, then later named Chetlo Harbor. A dock and a store were built and building lots were sold.

A sawmill was begun over the straits, despite the lack of water there at low tide. The mill was never finished. When it was almost done it burned and was never rebuilt. There was a boardwalk from the town over to the mill, a quarter of a mile or so through the woods.

The Chetlo Harbor Packing Company was owned by Joe Rowell and Douglas Rowell, (who were brothers), and an attorney named Horne (their cousin). The operation fished prior to opening a cannery and sold its catch to fish buyers. In 1914, a cannery was constructed and Nick Kussman was hired as foreman. The operation was ready for the fall 1914 salmon season and canned 10,000 cases. The cannery was caught in the price squeeze initiated by the coastal salmon trust, in its attempt to put small Alaskan canneries out of business. The cannery ceased operation in 1915. It had employed 30-40 people. A post office was established on December 19, 1911, and closed on February 15, 1918.

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West Iberian is a branch of the Ibero-Romance languages that includes the Castilian languages (Spanish, Judaeo-Spanish, Extremaduran (sometimes) and Loreto-Ucayali), Astur-Leonese (Asturian, Leonese, Mirandese, Extremaduran (sometimes) and Cantabrian), and the descendants of Galician-Portuguese (Portuguese, Galician, Eonavian, Fala, Minderico, Cafundó, and Judaeo-Portuguese). Pyrenean–Mozarabic (Aragonese and Mozarabic) may also be included.

Until a few centuries ago, they formed a dialect continuum covering the western, central and southern parts of the Iberian Peninsula—excepting the Basque and Catalan-speaking territories. This is still the situation in a few regions, particularly in the northern part of the peninsula, but due to the differing sociopolitical histories of these languages (independence of Portugal since the early 12th century, unification of Spain in the late 15th century under the Catholic Monarchs, who privileged Castilian Spanish over the other Iberian languages), Spanish and Portuguese have tended to overtake and to a large extent absorb their sister languages while they kept diverging from each other.

There is controversy over whether the members of the modern Galician-Portuguese and Astur-Leonese sub-groups are languages or dialects. A common, though disputed, classification is to state that Portuguese and Galician are separate languages, as are Asturian, Leonese, and Mirandese. Cantabrian and Extremaduran are considered codialects of the Leonese language for UNESCO, whereas the latter is a Castilian dialect in the ISO codes.

Papiamento is a West Iberian creole language spoken in the Dutch West Indies and believed to be derived from Portuguese, Judaeo-Portuguese and Spanish.

Classification
Bold indicates language families. Daggers indicate extinct languages.
West Iberian
Asturleonese
Asturian
Leonese
Mirandese
Extremaduran
Cantabrian
Castilian
Barranquenho
Extremaduran
Judaeo-Spanish
Loreto-Ucayali
Spanish
Galician-Portuguese
Galician
Portuguese
Minderico
Barranquenho
Fala
 Judaeo-Portuguese
Pyrenean–Mozarabic
Andalusi Romance
Navarro-Aragonese
Aragonese
Judaeo-Aragonese

Notes and references

Notes

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Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance is a stand-alone real-time strategy video game released in November 2007 as the expansion to Supreme Commander. The second title in the franchise, it was similarly developed by Gas Powered Games and published by THQ.

As a standalone expansion, it is possible to play Forged Alliance without owning the original game, although without a valid CD key for Supreme Commander, online play is limited to the new faction, the Seraphim. Besides the new playable faction, Forged Alliance adds new gameplay features to the game, several new units for the three preexisting factions, and has optimizations for increased performance in response to issues with the original game.

Gameplay

Gameplay in Forged Alliance is largely the same as in the original Supreme Commander. The player uses a giant bipedal mech called an Armored Command Unit (or ACU) to build an army with which they can conquer their opponents. Forged Alliance expands on the original gameplay mechanics, adding new units, modifying old ones, and introducing other improvements to the user interface. The most notable addition to this expansion is the addition of a new faction, the Seraphim. In addition, the three original factions — the United Earth Federation (UEF), Cybran Nation, and Aeon Illuminate — also receive a number of new units. Other new content includes new maps. Several improvements to the controls and behind the scenes mechanics have been made as well. The interface has been revamped, as well as improved pathfinding and aircraft flight dynamics.

The original Supreme Commander allowed the player to employ all four traditional battlespaces — air, information, land and sea. Forged Alliance adds the ability for the UEF faction to construct orbital weaponry which the player can control. These satellites are impossible to harm directly, forcing opponents to find and destroy the control centers maintaining them.

Plot

Setting
The setting of Supreme Commander is a future in which humanity is able to travel through the galaxy quickly using a quantum tunnel, a portal opened in the fabric of space leading to a designated location potentially light-years away. Tunneling let humankind establish many colonies, which were governed by a centralized Earth Empire. As the number of human worlds grew, however, its control eventually weakened, and the Empire collapsed. The Empire's remnants formed the United Earth Federation; a race of cybernetically-enhanced humans seeking independence formed the Cybran Nation; and colonists who befriended and embraced the religion of the dying alien seraphim formed the Aeon Illuminate. The three factions came into conflict, starting the Infinite War. One thousand years later, the events of Supreme Commander take place, ending the war.

Supreme Commander endings
All three endings (one for each faction) for the Supreme Commander campaigns feature teaser endings after the credits as a reference to the (then unannounced) upcoming expansion. The Cybran ending shows the Quantum Artificial Intelligence (QAI) supercomputer calling in unidentified enemies, and then to Dr. Brackman's horror, saying "They are coming". The Aeon ending simply depicts Princess Rhianne, the leader of the faction, opening her eyes in shock and exclaiming "No!". The UEF ending shows many unidentified radar signatures appearing near the location of Black Sun on Earth.

The Seraphim
The new playable faction, the Seraphim, are a race of aliens long thought to have gone extinct. The colonists who befriended and embraced the religion of the dying alien seraphim formed the Aeon Illuminate.

Plot
The game takes place shortly after the first game, which ended with the firing of the Black Sun, a powerful weapon capable of firing a beam through the Quantum Gates to destroy enemy planets.  The Seraphim, a race long thought to have gone extinct, have exploited the firing of Black Sun to create a rift from the Quantum Realm they inhabit to our universe, on Earth.  Once through the rift, they wreak a path of destruction through the civilized galaxy, leaving Earth and most of the core worlds of the UEF in ruins. With most of the UEF's key political and military leaders lost, including General Samantha Clarke who died while fighting on Capella, General Hall and Brigadier General Fletcher lead the last of the UEF Military. QAI, the once-loyal Cybran supercomputer built by Dr. Brackman, has been compromised and is waging war on behalf of the Seraphim. It cripples the Cybran Nation's military, forcing Dr. Brackman and Dostya to retreat to the further reaches of space.  The Aeon Illuminate are divided over the arrival of the murderous Seraphim from whom they once learned what seemed the peaceful Way; many take sides with the Seraphim as the Order of the Illuminate, led by Evaluator Kael, and brand Princess Rhianne a traitor and heretic. Crusader Rhiza leads a handful of forces loyal to the Princess in a guerrilla-style campaign. Shortly afterward, the UEF and Cybran factions ally and form the Coalition against the Seraphim, with the Aeon Loyalists joining afterward despite Dr. Brackman's reservations.

Before battle commences in the first mission, the player must choose a faction to swear loyalty to. This can be the UEF, Cybran Nation, or Aeon Illuminate loyal to Princess Rhianne. The overall plot and outcome of the campaign remains the same, although certain commanders respond differently or reveal different information to the player at several points in the campaign.

The game begins with the protagonist defending the Coalition base on Griffin IV, the last major UEF base and last line of defense against the seemingly inexorable onslaught of the Seraphim. Order forces are attacking the base and the player is being gated in to hold the line. After the player chooses a side and helps Fletcher hold back the attacking Seraphim and Illuminate, it is discovered that Princess Rhianne of the Aeon Illuminate, thought to have been killed by the Order, is alive, hiding in her palace. She is rescued by Coalition forces, and is able to organize many disenfranchised Aeon who are troubled by the actions of the Seraphim and the Order. It is also discovered that there is a traitor within the Coalition, who is leaking information to the Seraphim and the Order of the Illuminate. Both the UEF and Aeon focus on reorganizing their forces while the Cybrans focus on uncovering the identity of the traitor. Cybran forces loyal to QAI are also encountered during several key battles.

During the fourth mission, the traitor is eventually revealed to be Hex5, formerly loyal to Dr. Brackman and Dostya, now serving QAI referred to as "The Master". Hex5 ambushes and kills Dostya, forcing the player to survive a difficult defense until they are recalled. Immediately afterward, the Coalition discovers that the rift from the Quantum Realm is unstable, and that the massive onslaught that has devastated their worlds and from which they are only beginning to push back is merely the first wave.  The Seraphim are building a Quantum Arch on Earth to stabilize the rift; once its construction is completed, no one will be able to survive the armada of Seraphim that will flow through it.  Thus, the Coalition plans to launch an all-out assault on Earth.

Dr. Brackman personally vows to destroy QAI, and therefore accompanies the player after Hex5 is destroyed in an experimental Megalith assault bot to destroy QAI. Afterwards, they use a Seraphim portal to gate directly to Earth, where the final assault is being prepared. Aeon loyalists led by Rhiza and UEF forces led by Fletcher are quickly organising. However, as the player progresses to destroying the Arch, Fletcher suddenly succumbs to the UEF's former xenophobia, quickly regarding all Cybran and Aeon as enemies. Despite General Hall's attempt to defuse the situation, Fletcher rebels against Rhiza and the player, even if the player's chosen faction is UEF, while announcing his plans to reactivate Black Sun. He is eventually stopped before the player proceeds to the Arch and successfully destroys it. Immediately afterward, Princess Rhianne enters the rift to the Quantum Realm and seals it from within, destroying the Seraphim's only way of accessing our universe and saving humanity. By doing so, she sacrifices her life, but brings an end to the Seraphim War.

At the end of the campaign, QAI reboots itself and seem to be coming back online. However, QAI's condition and loyalty is unknown. It is possible that the cutscene was meant as a teaser for another sequel titled Experimentals (which has been cancelled).

Development

On June 28, 2007, the first 5 screenshots were released on GameSpot's Q&A with lead designer Bradley Rebh.  On July 7, 2007, its first trailer was released, along with 8 screenshots from the trailer.  On July 11, 2007, GameSpot had another preview, revealing that there are 110 new units, including a new experimental unit for each existing faction.  On July 12, 2007, Gamershell released an HD version of the trailer; an additional 5 screenshots were released on GameSpot,
IGN released 12 old & new screenshots.  On July 14, 2007, GameSpy's preview tells of the backstory & campaign.  On July 16, 2007, info on some of the 'old' factions' new units, including space warfare/orbital weaponry, were posted on GPGnet.  On August 18, 2007, GameSpot had a 'profile preview' in which characters & a timeline were revealed. The game was released first in the US on November 6, 2007.

Community support

Forged Alliance Forever

After the official support by GPG ended with the beta patch 3603 in 2009 and the shutdown of the multiplayer backend GPGnet in 2012 the game community  took over the support of the game,  with a Server emulator. A multiplayer client was created by the Forged Alliance Forever community and has been running since 2011 and since its release many of the players have migrated across. The client features many upgrades to the official one, including a working replay vault, live replays, allowing watching of ongoing games, a mod vault and a map vault. Also, the FAF community has continued to balance and patch the game with own-made so called community patches. Several new modes are also available, including a four-way war between factions over a galaxy spread of planets, a co-operative campaign for the original Supreme Commander campaigns and the Forged Alliance campaign. As of July 2021, FAF continues to be developed, and has seen a steadily increasing playerbase and continued participation in community hosted tournaments, with some of the matches replayed and commentated since 2013.

Reception

The reception to Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance has been generally positive, on the same level as that for the original game. On November 7, 2007, GameSpot review gave it a score of 8.5 out of 10.0.

References

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The Sultan Bateri watch tower, constructed in 1784 by Tipu Sultan is in Boloor, 4 km from the centre of Mangalore city, the chief port city in the state of Karnataka, India.

History
Boloor is known for the watch tower constructed in the era of the emperor Tipu Sultan such that now the area surrounding the decaying structure is its namesake. The watch tower was constructed 15 years before his death in 1784 A.D. The place was previously known as Sultan's Battery (see artillery battery).

Sultan Battery was built of black stones and constructed to obstruct war ships from entering the river which was the major route for English invasion but was then retrieved from English by Tipu Sultan. It was also used as a fort with mounting places for cannons to avoid Britishers to enter Mangalore by sea.

There is an underground storage area under the tower that was used to store gunpowder. As per historians, this underground has secret route which leads to Mysore. Unfortunately, now it is closed and locked by Indian Tourism Authorities.

It was the major dockyard and arsenal of the ruler. It was a naval station and was of great importance to the sultan as he used it to intercept enemy warships and prevent them from docking.
If one climbs to the top of the watch tower by stairs, there is a panoramic view of Arabian Sea shows a blend of natural and man-made beauty. It is now nearly deserted with a few shacks and a boating club nearby, but it is gathering popularity among tourists.

Geography

The coastal area of Boloor and the southern adjoining area of Bokkapatna are more apt to be termed Mangalorean villages, than Mangalorean suburbs, given the general traditional lifestyle most residents of the areas still fish and trade as the primary activities. The streets of Bokkapatna at sunset give the quaint feeling of a dear old village. Boloor overlooks the Gurpura river which snakes further south and joins the Arabian sea by interrupting the 8 km long Bengre headland, primary breakwater of the city of Mangalore.

Boloor, primarily Sultan Battery, is linked to the rest of the city by bus no. 16 that makes trips to and from at intervals of 15–20 minutes.

Now, this monument is protected by central government of India and its all responsibility is on Archaeological survey of India Bangalore Circle.

References

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Derek Hadley (born 6 June 1954) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, and referee. He played at representative level for Cumbria, and at club level for Walney Central ARLFC, Barrow (two spells), and Ulverston ARLFC (two spells), as a , or .

Background
Derek Hadley was born in Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, England.

Playing career
Derek Hadley signed for Barrow on 13 August 1973. the same day as Eddie Szymala, and he made his début for Barrow against New Hunslet at Craven Park, Barrow-in-Furness on Friday 7 September 1973, and he played his last match (in his first spell) for Barrow against the Sheffield Eagles at Craven Park, Barrow-in-Furness on Wednesday 30 April 1986, and he made his second début for Barrow against Mansfield Marksman at Craven Park, Barrow-in-Furness on Sunday 4 September 1988, and he played his last match (in his second spell) for Barrow against Bramley at Craven Park, Barrow-in-Furness on Sunday 15 January 1995.

County Cup Final appearances
Through injury, Derek Hadley missed Barrow's 12-8 victory over Widnes in the 1983 Lancashire County Cup Final during the 1983–84 season at Central Park, Wigan, on Saturday 1 October 1983.

John Player Trophy Final appearances
Derek Hadley played  in Barrow's 5-12 defeat by Warrington in the 1980–81 John Player Trophy Final during the 1980–81 at Central Park, Wigan, on Saturday 24 January 1981.

Testimonial match
Derek Hadley, and Eddie Szymala shared a Testimonial match/Benefit season at Barrow during the 1983–84 Rugby Football League season, Derek Hadley was awarded a second Testimonial match/Benefit season at Barrow during the 1993–94 Rugby Football League season.

Outside of rugby league
Derek Hadley has worked at GlaxoSmithKline, North Lonsdale Road, Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12 9DR.

References

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The Isleham Hoard is a hoard of more than 6,500 pieces of worked and unworked bronze, dating from the Bronze Age, found in 1959 by William 'Bill' Houghton and his brother, Arthur, at Isleham, near Ely, in the English county of Cambridgeshire.

It is the largest Bronze Age hoard ever discovered in England and one of the finest. It consists in particular of swords, spear-heads, arrows, axes, palstaves, knives, daggers, armour, decorative equipment (in particular for horses) and many fragments of sheet bronze, all dating from the Wilburton-Wallington Phase of the late Bronze Age (about 1000 BCE). The swords show holes where rivets or studs held the wooden hilts in place.

The greater part of these objects have been entrusted to St Edmundsbury Borough Council Heritage Service and some are on display at West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village outside Bury St Edmunds, while other items are held by the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge in Cambridge.

See also
 List of hoards in Britain

References

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Treasure troves of Bronze Age Britain
Treasure troves in England
1959 in England
1959 archaeological discoveries
Hoard
Archaeological discoveries in the United Kingdom

Isleham Hoard


Geoffrey Nyarota (born c. 1951) is a Zimbabwean journalist and human rights activist. Born in colonial Southern Rhodesia, he trained as a teacher before beginning his career with a Zimbabwean state-owned newspaper, The Herald. As editor of the state-owned Bulawayo Chronicle in 1989, he helped to break the "Willowgate" scandal, which resulted in several resignations from the cabinet of President Robert Mugabe.

When Nyarota was subsequently removed from his post, he spent several years teaching in exile before returning to open the independent Daily News. Bearing the motto "Telling it like it is", the Daily News swiftly became Zimbabwe's most popular newspaper. However, the paper also suffered two bombings, allegedly by Zimbabwean security forces. Nyarota was arrested six times and reportedly was the target of a government assassination plot. After being forced from the paper by new management in December 2002, Nyarota left Zimbabwe.

In exile in the United States, he began The Zimbabwe Times, an online newspaper. His memoir Against the Grain, Memoirs of a Zimbabwean Newsman was published in South Africa in 2006.

Early life
Nyarota was born in Southern Rhodesia (today Zimbabwe) to middle-class black parents in 1951. He later received a university education. He initially trained as a teacher—stating later that "in colonial Rhodesia the only job open to educated Africans was teaching"—and was posted at Inyanga in the country's east.

When The Rhodesia Herald newspaper announced that it was recruiting a small number of black trainees in 1978, Nyarota applied and was hired.

"Willowgate" scandal

In 1989, he was editor of the state-owned Bulawayo Chronicle. The paper built a reputation for aggressive investigations into corruption at all levels of government, and Nyarota became "something of a hero". In the "Willowgate" investigation, Nyarota and deputy editor Davison Maruziva reported that ministers and officials from the government of President Robert Mugabe had been given early access to buy foreign cars at an assembly plant in Willowvale, an industrial suburb of Harare. In some cases, the cars were bought wholesale and resold at a 200% profit. The newspaper published documents from the plant to prove its case, including identification numbers from the vehicles.

Mugabe appointed a three-person panel, the Sandura Commission, to investigate the allegations. The Washington Post reported that the commission's hearings "struck a deep chord" in Zimbabwe, where citizens had grown to resent the perceived growing corruption of government. Five of Mugabe's cabinet ministers eventually resigned due to implication in the scandal, including Defense Minister Enos Nkala and Maurice Nyagumbo, the third highest-ranking official in Mugabe's party, the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU).

However, Nyarota and Maruziva were both forced out of their jobs with the state-owned paper and into newly created public relations positions in Harare. Though the men were given pay raises, Mugabe also stated that the move was a result of their "overzealousness", leading to public belief that they had been removed for their reporting. ZANU parliamentarians also criticized Nyarota and Maruziva, with the Minister of State for National Security stating that criticism was welcome, but "to the extent that the press now deliberately target Government as their enemy, then we part ways."

Nyarota then spent several years in self-imposed exile, teaching journalism in South Africa.

Daily News
In 1999, Nyarota founded the Daily News, an independent daily newspaper. The paper stated that it would be neither "pro-government" nor "anti-government", but would "be a medium for vibrant discourse among the divergent political, social, religious and other groups of Zimbabwe", as well as fight for press freedom and freedom of speech. Its first issue appeared on 21 March 1999. The newspaper's motto was "Telling it like it is".

Within a year, the newspaper had passed the circulation of the state-owned Herald, with a daily circulation of 105,000 copies; the Herald's circulation was reported to have fallen by 50% during the same period. President Mugabe accused the paper of being a "mouthpiece" for the Movement for Democratic Change, a political coalition opposed to his rule, while Nyarota asserted that the paper was independent and criticized both parties.

During his editorship of the Daily News, Nyarota was arrested six times. On 1 August 2000, the News reported that Zimbabwe's secret police, the Central Intelligence Organisation, had sent a man named Bernard Masara to kill Nyarota; however, after meeting Nyarota in a lift, Masara changed his mind and warned him of the plot. Masara then called his employer with the paper's editors listening so that they could verify the source of the plan.

On 22 April 2000, a bomb was thrown into the paper's offices, but no one was hurt. South African Associated Press photographer Obed Zilwa was arrested for the attack, but the newspaper alleged that agents of Mugabe's security forces had thrown the bomb. Zilwa was released without charge 48 hours later. In January 2001, the News building was bombed again, this time destroying its printing presses. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, "credible sources" linked the Zimbabwean military to the attack.

On 30 December 2002, Nyarota resigned as editor of the Daily News, to avoid his firing by the paper's new executive chair. The paper was shut down by the government in September 2003.

Later career
In 2003, Nyarota and his family fled to South Africa and later to the United States. There, Nyarota was awarded a fellowship at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University. He also taught journalism classes at Bard College.

In 2006, he released his first book, Against the Grain. The memoir tells of his experiences as a schoolteacher in Rhodesia and later as a journalist under Mugabe's rule. From exile, he also began the website www.thezimbabwetimes.com, describing Internet news as the "loophole" in Zimbabwean government censorship.

Awards
In 2001, the Committee to Protect Journalists awarded Nyarota its International Press Freedom Award, which recognizes journalists who show courage in defending press freedom despite facing attacks, threats, or imprisonment. The World Association of Newspapers awarded him its Golden Pen of Freedom Award in 2002. That same year he was also awarded UNESCO's Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize.

Personal life
Nyarota has a wife, Ursula, and three children.

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Yvonne Anuli Orji   (born 2 December 1983) is an American-Nigerian actress and comedian. She is best known for her role in the television series Insecure (2016–2021), for which she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award and three NAACP Image Awards.

Life and career
Orji was born on 2 December 1983, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria to Igbo parents, and she grew up in Laurel, Maryland, in the United States. She spent her high school years in the small town of Lititz, Pennsylvania, where she attended Linden Hall, the oldest all-girls boarding school in the country. Raised Catholic, Orji is now a devout Protestant and has stated that she will remain a virgin until marriage.

She earned her Bachelor of Arts in liberal arts and a master's degree in public health at George Washington University as well. Orji's parents expected her to become a doctor, lawyer, pharmacist, or engineer. However, she was inspired to do comedy as a graduate student when she performed stand-up in the talent portion of a beauty pageant.

After graduate school, in 2009, Orji moved to New York City to pursue a career in comedy. In 2015, she landed the role of Molly on Insecure without an agent or any real acting experience. In 2021, she began development on a series for Disney+ titled First Gen. The series is based on her personal life and is produced by Oprah Winfrey and David Oyelowo. Orji is the author of the book Bamboozled by Jesus.

She gave a speech at TEDxWilmingtonSalon in 2017 titled, "The wait is sexy". In the talk, she explains her reasons for abstaining from sex before marriage.

She cohosted the 2021 International Emmy Awards. She also hosted the romantic comedy reality dating series My Mom, Your Dad, which premiered on HBO Max in 2022, which ran for a single season.

In 2023, Orji voiced Tess, the estranged wife of secret bounty hunter Terry, a recurring character in My Dad the Bounty Hunter. Also in 2023, Orji had signed a two-year first-look deal with Sony Pictures Television.

Charitable efforts
Outside of her creative work, she is dedicated to philanthropy. In 2008 and 2009 she spent six months working in post-conflict Liberia, with Population Services International (PSI), an NGO that utilizes social marketing in the adoption of healthy behaviors. While in Liberia, she worked with a group of talented youth to help build a mentoring program as well as a weekly talk show that helped educate and prevent the spread of teen pregnancy and HIV/AIDS. She currently lends her time and voice as a (RED) Ambassador, a Literacy Champion for Jumpstart, and working with JetBlue for Good.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

Further reading

References

External links

Yvonne Orji on Instagram

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The Dodge Viper (VX I) (marketed as SRT Viper in 2013 and 2014) is the fifth and final generation of the Viper sports car. Introduced in the 2013 model year, the car was entirely redesigned and included features such as an anti-lock braking system, electronic stability control and traction control that made the car compatible to modern vehicle safety standards. The discontinuation of production of the VX I in August 2017 marked the culmination of the Viper sports car.

History and development
At a dealer conference on September 14, 2010 in Orlando, Florida, the then-Chrysler Group and Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne was reported to have concluded his remarks by unveiling a rolling 2012 Dodge Viper prototype. There would be cars produced for the 2011 model year. In autumn of 2011, SRT executive Ralph Gilles announced that the next generation of the Viper would debut at the New York Auto Show in April 2012. At the 2013 New York International Auto Show, the all new SRT Viper GTS was unveiled along with plans to enter the car into racing as well.

As part of Chrysler's plan of turning SRT as a separate vehicle brand within Chrysler Group LLC, the SRT Viper became the brand's halo vehicle. In May 2014, the SRT brand was re-consolidated under Dodge, with former SRT CEO Ralph Gilles continuing as senior vice president of product design and also as the CEO and president of Motorsports. The car was renamed back to Dodge Viper in 2015.

Specifications and performance
SRT initially offered two versions of the Viper; the SRT Viper and the GTS. The GTS is the premium model offering more creature comforts over the base model. The most notable exterior difference between the two models is the hood. The base model has six functional hood vents while the GTS model only has two. To commemorate the return of the Viper, SRT offered a 'launch edition' package available on 150 GTS models in 2013. All of the launch edition cars were painted in Viper Blue with twin white stripes and came with a serialized dash plaque placed inside their cabins. The interior of the launch edition cars was trimmed in Black Laguna leather with contrast stitching.

The SRT Viper GTS includes leather upholstery, accented colors on the seats, doors, center console and stitching; gun metal trim on the cluster bezel, HVAC outlets, window switch bezels, shifter base, park brake bezel and the integrated passenger grab handle on the center console; Sabelt racing seats with Kevlar and fiberglass shell, carbon-fiber hood, roof, decklid and aluminum door panels, split six-spoke forged aluminum "Venom" wheels with polished face and graphite-painted pockets (standard), fully painted Hyper Black or fully painted low-gloss black finished wheels.

The SRT Viper includes cruise control and controls on the steering wheel. It also features an Alpine surround sound system with an 8.4-inch display with an optional navigation system by Garmin, Sirius-XM satellite radio, and HD radio. The gauge cluster features a four-inch reconfigurable TFT display for vehicle information as well as a "Track Mode" with a built-in track timer, "stoplight" countdown timer display, and other features. Power seats, keyless entry, and heated seats are also new options. A built-in HDD for storing music and photos was also included as standard equipment.

The optional SRT Track Package includes Pirelli P Zero Corsa tires, StopTech slotted two-piece brake rotors and lightweight wheels in Hyper Black or matte black finishes.

Dodge introduced a new GT package in 2015 to fill the gap between the base Viper and the GTS model. The GT package included the two-mode, driver-adjustable suspension and five-mode electronic stability control system from the GTS, along with Nappa leather seats with Alcantara accents and contrast stitching.

The Viper (VX I) is powered by an all-aluminium  V10 engine. The engine initially generated  at 6,150 rpm and  of torque at 4,950 rpm but in 2015, power was raised by 5 hp for a total of .

The Viper could accelerate from  in 3.5 seconds and could attain a top speed of .

Models and special editions

TA

TA 1.0
The Time Attack (TA) model was introduced in 2013 and had two variants, 1.0 and 2.0, each variant different from the other.  The 1.0 was sold by SRT and was made as a small enhancement for the Viper GTS.

The engine received no modifications and was rated at  and , the same as the standard car, but the car's aerodynamic additions reduced the top speed to .

The car now had the addition of the Advanced Aerodynamic Package (two-piece front corner splitters and a rear decklid spoiler made from carbon fiber), lightweight Sidewinder II wheels finished in matte-black, Pirelli P Zero Corsa tires, two-mode Bilstein DampTronic suspension adapted from the GTS, but with firmer levels of damping and a smaller spread between modes, shock dampers, increased spring rates and thicker anti-roll bars, carbon fiber (instead of aluminum) underhood X-brace, carbon fiber rear tail light applique from the Exterior Carbon Fiber Accent Package, two-piece Brembo brake rotors with wider brake annulus, black-anodized Brembo brake calipers painted with the Viper logo in TA Orange, TA logos behind both front wheels and a Stryker decal instead of the standard badge on the hood. Black interior with TA Orange accent stitching on the ballistic cloth seats, instrument panel & cowl, center stack, console, hand brake, shifter boot, and door panels. The aerodynamic package adds  of downforce at .159 examples produced with 33 in Venom Black, 33 in Bright White and 93 in TA Orange.

On March 18, 2013 MotorTrend tested the SRT Viper TA at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, setting the production car lap record in 1:33.62, besting the previous lap time holder Chevrolet Corvette ZR1's 1:33.70 lap time.

TA 2.0
Along with the Viper's return to the Dodge brand, the TA 2.0 variant was added for the 2015 model year (the TA 1.0 was still available up to and including the last model year, 2017). The TA 2.0 variant included an updated aero package, comprising a bigger rear wing, new front dive planes, and a new carbon-fiber front splitter. The package improves downforce to 400 pounds at 150 mph versus the 2014 Viper TA 1.0's 278 pounds at 150 mph. Other upgrades included an improved suspension setup, new two-piece Brembo rotors, an improved X-brand, and improved shocks, dampers, springs, and stabilizer bars. The interior received fiberglass racing seats fitted with vinyl and contrast orange stitching and three exterior color options would be available; Competition Blue, Venom Black or Y'Orange.
Unlike the TA 1.0, the TA 2.0 retained the  top speed of the standard car. The car's fuel mileage was improved in the 2.0 version, with 13 mpg in city, and 20 mpg on the highway.

ACR

At SEMA 2014, Dodge presented a Viper ACR concept car based on the new VX I platform. The car was eventually introduced in 2015 for the 2016 model year. The base price of the 2016 ACR was US$121,395 in the United States and CA$159,995 in Canada.

The 2016 Viper ACR came installed with an all-new aerodynamic body kit made from carbon fiber, that included a new front splitter and a fixed carbon fiber rear wing, altogether producing a total of  of downforce. The  Viper V10 engine generated the same power output of  at 6,200 rpm and  of torque at 5,000 rpm as in all other Viper trims. The braking system was supplied by Brembo and comprises  discs with 6-piston calipers up front, and  discs with 4-piston calipers at the rear. The discs were now carbon ceramic, a first for the Viper. The ACR was equipped with Kumho Ecsta V720 ACR tires, a variant of the V720 specifically manufactured for the ACR. The front tires are P295/25R19Z, slightly smaller than the regular Viper, and P355/30R19Z at the rear. The suspension system is manufactured by Bilstein, and has 10 settings for rebound and compression tuning for the dampers.

Options included the ACR Extreme Aero Package, which helped the car break a total of 13 track lap records. The package included the addition of a removable front splitter extension, a new adjustable dual-element rear wing, four dive planes, six removable diffuser strakes, removable brake ducts, and removable hood louvers, and if removed, will reveal a hood gap. This helped the car produce up to  of downforce. The Extreme Aero package reduced the ACR's top speed to just , instead of , due to the 0.54 coefficient of drag (vs 0.37 for the standard Viper).

GTC
The GTC model was introduced in 2015, and had a customization program that offered 8,000 colors and 24,000 hand-painted stripes, 10 wheel choices, 16 interior trims, 6 aero options, and an undisclosed amount of standalone options to choose from. There were a total of 25 million possible build combinations.

Ordering a GTC enrolled a customer in a unique VIP program called Viper Concierge, which according to Dodge, "offers an exclusive point of contact throughout the custom Viper build process." The Concierge process started with the ordering stage, which included Dodge sending customers a paint chip confirming the owner's choice. Shortly thereafter, Dodge sent buyers a 1:18-scale "speed-form" replica in their chosen custom colors, to confirm or deny the build. Once the buyer's color and option selection was locked-in, that car became a one-of-one Viper for that year – no other buyer would be permitted to build a Viper to the same specifications.

Lap records
In October 2015, the ACR achieved a 7:01.67s laptime at the Nürburgring Nordscheleife with the Extreme Aero Package, which was run by SRT, and lapped by their test driver Dominik Farnbacher. Unfortunately, the lap was unofficial according to SRT.

A crowdfunding attempt started by volunteer Russ Oasis in 2017 on the GoFundMe funding platform began collecting funds to reclaim the lap record on the Nürburgring. Crowdfunding ended up being as high as $198,000. He eventually found himself supported by 377 people, and sponsorship and assistance from Kumho Tire (tire supplier), Prefix Performance (formally known as Arrow Racing Engines) (logistics and parts supplier), ViperExchange (car loaners), and Fox Pro Films (lap filming). SRT test driver, racing driver, and former Nürburgring record holder Dominik Farnbacher returned to the track to help the group retake the record. Racing drivers Luca Stolz, Mario Farnbacher, and Lance David Arnold came in as well. Their target was the second position in street legal vehicles category. The Lamborghini Huracán Performante holding the position at that time had a lap time of 6:52.01. The group went through three attempts, with the lap times of 7:03.45 (set by Dominik Farnbacher), 7:03.23 (set by Mario Farnbacher), and 7:01.30 (set by Lance David Arnold), respectively. Their third record-attempting rip to Nürburg, Germany ended after one of the Viper ACRs was crashed as a result of a tire failure. Despite the failure of surpassing the Huracán Performante, the team was still able to make the Viper ACR the fastest American, rear-wheel drive, manual transmission equipped car to go around the track. This lap time also brought the car to fifth position for street legal vehicles in 2017.

Production
Sales of the Viper in 2013 and 2014 were poor. Production was reduced by 1/3 in October, 2013 and then halted for two months in April, 2014 amid slow sales.

In October 2015, Fiat Chrysler group announced that the Viper would end production in 2017. Initially, Fiat Chrysler cited poor sales as a reason for discontinuing the Viper; however, other sources have stated the car was discontinued because the Viper was unable to comply with FMVSS 226 safety regulations, which requires side-curtain air bags. In July 2017, Fiat Chrysler announced they would be permanently closing the Conner Assembly Plant on August 31, 2017.

Chrysler announced five special edition Vipers for the final model year of production.

In total, 2,427 fifth-generation Vipers were produced from 2013 through 2017.

References

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In Buddhist thought, bodhicitta is the motivation of a bodhisattva. The word bodhicitta combines the words for enlightenment (Bodhi) and  mind (Citta). It is sometimes translated as mind of enlightenment.

Bodhicitta is taught to be the intent to become enlightened, not for oneself, but for the benefit of all beings.

Buddhist terminology

Bodhicitta


Anthony Michell Howard, CBE (12 February 1934 – 19 December 2010) was a British journalist, broadcaster and writer. He was the editor of the New Statesman and The Listener and the deputy editor of The Observer. He selected the passages used in The Crossman Diaries, a book of entries taken from Richard Crossman's The Diaries of a Cabinet Minister.

Early life
Howard was born in London, the son of Canon (William) Guy Howard (1902–1981), a Church of England clergyman (at the time of his son's birth, priest in charge at Christ Church, Victoria Road, Kensington), and Janet Rymer (1904–1983; née Hogg). He studied at Purton Stoke School at Kintbury in Berkshire and Highgate Junior School, followed by Westminster School and Christ Church at the University of Oxford, where he read jurisprudence. In 1954 he was chairman of the Oxford University Labour Club and, the following year, President of the Oxford Union.

Howard had planned a career as a barrister, having been called to the Bar (Inner Temple) in 1956. Meanwhile, he was fulfilling his National service obligations in the army, during which he saw active service in the Royal Fusiliers during the Suez War. He wrote (initially unsigned) articles for the New Statesman about his reluctant involvement in the conflict, an action for which he was almost court-martialled.

First posts in journalism
Despite this early experience as a freelance contributor, he "stumbled" into his career as a journalist in 1958, beginning on Reynolds News as a political correspondent. Howard moved to the Manchester Guardian in 1959. The following year he was awarded a Harkness Fellowship to study in the United States, though he remained on the Guardian's staff.

Howard was political correspondent of the New Statesman from 1961 until 1964. An admirer of Labour leader Hugh Gaitskell during this period, he was a strong advocate of the democratic process:

In January 1965 Howard joined The Sunday Times as its Whitehall correspondent reporting on the activities of senior civil servants. He saw his Whitehall brief as being in advance of the journalistic practices of that time. Cabinet Ministers were instructed by Prime Minister Harold Wilson's private secretary not to co-operate with Howard. Civil servants received similar instructions. Phillip Knightley reported a conversation with Howard in 2003 in which Howard had said Wilson "understood I was only trying to do my job but he had a job to do, too, and his was more important than mine. He made it very plain that all conventional sources of information would remain shut until I was willing to return to the cosy but essentially sham game of being a political correspondent." Wilson is thought by journalist John Simpson to have had a preference for secrecy and to have been fearful that such a practice would give his enemies and rivals a potential outlet.

Howard, however, was soon invited to become The Observer's chief Washington correspondent, serving in the role from 1966 to 1969, later contributing a political column (1971–72). During his period in America he made regular contributions to The World at One on Radio 4. "It got to where I was almost the World at One Washington correspondent", he once remarked. He was, though, absent from his post when President Johnson announced he would not seek re-election in the Presidential election of 1968, which did not help relations with David Astor, Observer editor at the time.

Editorial roles
As editor of the New Statesman (1972–78), succeeding Richard Crossman, whose deputy he had been (1970–72), he appointed Robin Cook as the magazine's parliamentary adviser in 1974, (Cook also contributed articles), James Fenton, Christopher Hitchens and Martin Amis as literary editor in 1977. Future New Statesman editor Peter Wilby, for whom Howard was a mentor, was a staff member during this period.

Under Howard's editorship the magazine published a rare non-British contributor: Gabriel García Márquez in March 1974, on the overthrow of Salvador Allende's elected government in Chile the previous September. Perhaps out of a sense of balance, he featured a series of critiques of the British Left, by the magazine's former editor Paul Johnson, a drinking companion and friend of Howard's, whose political rightward drift was well advanced by then. He also employed Auberon Waugh as a columnist. Howard was unable to halt the magazine's fall in circulation, however. He then edited The Listener for two years (1979–81).

Howard was deputy editor of The Observer (1981–88), where one of his journalist protégés was the journalist and (later) novelist Robert Harris, whom he appointed as the newspaper's political correspondent. His professional relationship with the editor, Donald Trelford, ultimately broke down over allegations that Trelford had allowed the newspaper's proprietor Tiny Rowland to interfere in editorial content. After leaving The Observer, following an ill-fated editorial coup against Trelford, he was a reporter on Newsnight and Panorama (1989–92), having previously presented Channel Four's Face the Press (1982–85). According to Charter88 founder Anthony Barnett he opposed that organisation's petition, and helped run the official committee dedicated to commemorating the 300th anniversary of the Glorious Revolution in 1988.

Later career
His last editorial positions before turning freelance were at The Times as Obituaries editor (1993–99), and chief political book reviewer (1990–2004), though he contributed opinion columns to the newspaper until September 2005, when his regular column was discontinued. Howard assisted his long-standing friend Michael Heseltine on his memoirs, Life in the Jungle: My Autobiography (2000), and later published an official biography Basil Hume: The Monk Cardinal (2005).

Personal life
Howard married Carol Anne Gaynor, a journalist, in 1965. He was the lover of Corinna Adam (former wife of journalist Neal Ascherson) for several decades, but did not leave his wife. Corinna Adam, also known by her married name, died in March 2012. At the time of his death, Howard lived between London and Ludlow.

Howard was appointed CBE in 1997. He died in London on 19 December 2010, aged 76, from complications of surgery for an aneurysm. Since 2013 the annual Anthony Howard Award has offered one young journalist two six-month paid placements on the politics desks of The New Statesman and The Times.

References

Bibliography
Richard Crossman (Anthony Howard (ed)) (1979) Diaries of a Cabinet Minister: Selections, 1964–70 Hamish Hamilton
Philip French & Michael Sissons (1963) The Age of Austerity Hodder & Stoughton [reprinted by OUP 1986 (contributed chapter "'We Are the Masters Now'" (on the Attlee government) pp. 1–20)]
Stephen Glover (ed) (1999) Secrets of the Press: Journalists on Journalism Allen Lane (reprinted as The Penguin Book of Journalism: Secrets of the Press Penguin 2000)  contributed chapter "Dealing with Mr Murdoch" pp. 260–71)
Michael Heseltine (2000) Life in the Jungle: My Autobiography  Hodder & Stoughton [acknowledged assistance]
Anthony Howard and Richard West (1965) The Making of the Prime Minister Jonathan Cape [USA edition: The Road to Number 10 Macmillan 1965]
Anthony Howard (1987) Rab: Life of R.A. Butler Jonathan Cape
Anthony Howard (1990) Crossman: The Pursuit of Power Jonathan Cape
Anthony Howard (ed) (1993) Lives Remembered: "Times" Obituaries, The Blewbury Press
Anthony Howard (2005) Basil Hume: The Monk Cardinal Headline Books
John Raymond (ed) (1960) The Baldwin Age, Eyre & Spottiswoode [contributor]
 Anthony Howard tells his life story at Web of Stories

External links
 Anthony Howard at journalisted
 Childe Harold: New Statesman article from 1964 on the newly elected government of Harold Wilson (6 December 1999 reprint).
 New Statesman articles by Anthony Howard (1999–2010)

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Blac Chyna (born May 11, 1988) is an American model and socialite. She was born Angela Renée White in Maryland. She began her career as a stripper and before becoming a model. She has appeared in many hip hop music videos. Drake made a reference of Black Chyna in his 2010 song "Miss Me". She was named the Model of the Year at the Urban Model Awards in 2011.

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