The Alice G. Smith Lecture, established in 1989, is sponsored by the University of South Florida School of Information (part of the College of Arts and Sciences). The lecture is an annual recognition of a scholar or author whose achievements have been instrumental in the development of librarianship or information studies. The lecture series honors the memory of the School's first director, Alice Gullen Smith, known for her work with youth and bibliotherapy. The Lecture Fund was created with the purpose of memorializing the work of Smith, who was central to the School's first accreditation by the American Library Association in 1975. Florida Library Association archivist, Bernadette Storck has provided an oral history of the development of libraries in Tampa, Florida that details the contributions of Smith including her establishment of the Tampa Book Fair that encouraged thousands of children to foster a love for books and reading

The lecture is usually presented at the Tampa campus of the University of South Florida, School of Information. However, the 2010 lecture was held at the Florida Atlantic University Library in Boca Raton; the  25th anniversary lecture was held at the annual conference of the Florida Library Association on May 7, 2014 in Orlando, Florida;  and the 30th lecture at the Robert W. Saunders Sr. Public Library a branch of the Tampa–Hillsborough County Public Library System in historic Ybor City. The Tampa Bay Library Consortium was a community partner for the 2019 lecture. The 31st lecture, given by James E. Andrews, was presented at the USFSI Sail Initiative, an interdisciplinary space for the study of information creation due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The lecturers

1989: Jane Yolen, author and storyteller,  is the author of many books, including Owl Moon, The Devil's Arithmetic, and How do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight?  Her books and stories have won an assortment of awards—two Nebulas, a World Fantasy Award, a Caldecott, the Golden Kite Award, three Mythopoeic awards, two Christopher Medals, a nomination for the National Book Award, and the Jewish Book Award, among many others. She is also the winner of the Kerlan Award from the University of Minnesota, and the Catholic Library's Regina Medal.
1990: Kenneth E. Dowlin was City Librarian for the City of San Francisco. Under his direction, a new, contemporary San Francisco Public Library was built.
1991: Miriam Drake, former Dean and Professor Emerita of Georgia Tech Library.Winner of the  Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award.
1992: P.B. Mangla, Professor and Head of the Department of Library and Information Science at Delhi University.
1994: Mary Somerville is a retired Director of the Miami-Dade Public Library System She oversaw the reopening of hurricane-damaged libraries after Hurricane Andrew.
1996: Bernadette Storck  was first director of the Pinellas Public Library Cooperative, president and later archivist of the Florida Library Association.
1998: Philip M. Turner  served simultaneously as a dean and the lead administrator for distance and distributed learning for fifteen years at two institutions: the University of Alabama and the University of North Texas.
1999: Isabel Schon, Spanish-speaking and Latino children expert. Author of 25 books and more than 400 research and literary articles  Her lecture was published in Library services to Youth of Hispanic Heritage as "From Dona Blanca to Don Quijote." Arnulfo Trejo, Founder of the Trejo Foster Institute for Hispanic Library Education introduced Schon.
2000: Satia Marshall Orange, then  Director of the American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services, focusing on areas such as service to people with disabilities, people of color, older adults, and homeless.

10th anniversary lecture
2002: Robert S. Martin was the first librarian to direct the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), national  President of Beta Phi Mu and a professor at the School of Library and Information Studies at Texas Woman's University.  His lecture was titled "Libraries and the Twenty-first Century."  Martin was honored with the Presidential Citizens Medal in 2008.
2003. Eugene Garfield chemist and leader in the field of Library and Information Science. He is also a past American Society for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) President (1998-2000) and the President and Founding Editor of The Scientist.
2004: Samantha K. Hastings is director and professor  at the University of South Carolina, School of Library and Information Science. She served as president American Society for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) in 2004.
2005: Tom W. Sloan was Executive Director of the Southeast Florida Library Information Network (SEFLIN). Lecture:  "Leading 21st Century Libraries."
2006: Donald O. Case, Professor University of Kentucky College of Communication and Information Studies was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to lecture at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal. Case's book, Looking for Information: A Survey of Research on Information Seeking, Needs, and Behavior (2002) was given the "Best Book of the Year" Award by the American Society for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T).

2007. Ashley Bryan: In commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the death of Smith,  author, illustrator, and storyteller Ashley Bryan was chosen to be the  Smith Lecturer. He has been honored with the Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Lifetime Achievement Award. Henrietta M. Smith, professor emerita,  made the introduction.
2009. John M. Budd, Professor in the School of Information Science and Learning Technologies at the University of Missouri. Among his publications are Knowledge and Knowing in Library and Information Science (2001), which won the 2002 ALA/Highsmith Library Literature Award, and Self-Examination: The Present and Future of Librarianship (2008). He received the Beta Phi Mu Award in 2020.
2010. Raymond Santiago was director of the Miami-Dade Public Library System (MDPLS)  He won Library Journal Librarian of the Year Award for 2003. This lecture was held in connection with the 14th annual USF School of Library and Information Science East Coast Graduates Reception.
2011. C.J. Roberts is President and CEO of the Tampa Bay History Center. Located in downtown Tampa, the Tampa Bay History Center is a non-profit educational institution preserving and promoting historical materials and artifacts from the greater Tampa and Hillsborough County area. The lecture, "A Shared Mission: The Tampa Bay History center and the USF Libraries: Florida Studies Center Partnership," has been uploaded to YouTube.
2013: Anthony Betrus  professor in the Computer Science/Organizational Leadership and Technology Department at the State University of New York (SUNY Potsdam). He has implemented a six-course, 18-credit hour concentration on Game Development as an option for Information Technology graduate students. Betrus' research interests include the motivational qualities of games and using games for training and instructional purposes.

25th anniversary lecture

2014: Angie Drobnic Holan, editor of PolitiFact.com, the School of Information's 25th anniversary lecturer. She is also the 2014 recipient of the School of Information Distinguished Alumni Award. Holan was a member of the PolitiFact team that won the Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of the 2008 election. She has been with the Tampa Bay Times since 2005 and previously worked at newspapers in Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, and New Mexico. She holds a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University and a master's of library science from the University of South Florida, School of Information.  This lecture, the 25th anniversary lecture, was held at the Florida Library Association annual meeting on May 7, 2014.Introduction by Jessica Riggins of the Tampa Bay Library Consortium.
2015: Barbara J. Stites, Assoc. Dean at Florida Gulf Coast University. Stites has been president of Florida Library Association. She has also been Director of both the Southwest Florida Library Network and the Tampa Bay Library Consortium. She is the 2008 recipient of the School of Information Distinguished Alumni Award. Stites' lecture, "Doing the Next Right Thing, Simple Lessons for a Successful Career" was presented at the Florida Library Association annual meeting. May 13, 2015.
2016: Roy Balleste, Director of the Dolly & Homer Hand Law Library at the Stetson University College of Law. Balleste was the 2017 winner of the Nicolas Mateesco Matte Space Law Prize.  He is author of Internet Governance: Origins, Current Issues, and Future Possibilities.
2017: Douglas W. Oard, Professor, University of Maryland, School of Information.: "There's an iSchool in your future (and in your past!)"—the University of South Florida iSchool: "The Virtuous Cycle between Engagement and Resources."
2018: Nathan R. Johnson, Department of English at the University of South Florida, historian of librarianship, information, and public memory. His lecture in May 2018 was on "Building Memory's Infrastructure: The Invisible Work of Librarians." Johnson is author of Architects of Memory: Information and Rhetoric in a Networked Archival Age

30th anniversary lecture

2019: Jessamyn West, creator of librarian.net, was the 2019 Lecturer at the Robert W. Saunders Sr. Public Library in Tampa, Florida. Title of Lecture: "Social Justice is a Library Issue; Libraries are a Social Justice Issue." The Tampa Bay Library Consortium was a community partner for the 2019 lecture.
2020: James E. Andrews, director of the School of Information, University of South Florida on the history of the School of Information as it evolved to include STEM-based Intelligence Studies and Cybersecurity.  Lecture presented at the USFSI Sail Initiative, an interdisciplinary space for the study of information creation, consumption and avoidance on December 3, 2020.
2021. Lucia M. Gonzalez, author and library director at the North Miami, Florida public library and Alicia K. Long, 2022 REFORMA "Librarian of the Year,"  and academic librarian at the State College of Florida, Manatee–Sarasota, presented a virtual lecture, "Changing the Face of Librarianship: REFORMA and Library Services to Latino Communities," December 16, 2021. Vanessa Reyes, Assistant Professor at the School of Information, moderated and Maria Feliciano, president of the School of Information student association, SOLIS, coordinated a nation-wide question and answer session.
2022. Mika Slaughter Nelson, Library Director for the City of St. Petersburg Library System in Florida. She has served on the Executive Board of the National Forum for Black Public Administrators-Tampa Bay.  Title of Lecture: "Modern Marvels: Mining Gems to Manifest Dreams]"
The lecture was rescheduled due to Hurricane Ian but was held successfully on October 27, 2022 and live streamed to a virtual national audience.
2023. Todd Chavez, Dean of the University of South Florida Libraries. Honored with the Bernie Madison Outstanding Achievement Award by the National Numeracy Network.

See also
 Children's Literature Lecture Award
 Jean E. Coleman Library Outreach Lecture

References

Outside sources
Jane Yolen: http://janeyolen.com/
Bernadette Stork oral history: http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/flstud_oh/307/
Donald O. Case: http://donaldocase.weebly.com/
Ashley Bryan: http://ashleybryancenter.org/
Jessamyn West: librarian.net
PolitiFact:

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Indiana University (IU) is a system of public universities in the U.S. state of Indiana.

Campuses
Indiana University has two core campuses, five regional campuses, and two regional centers under the administration of IUPUI.
Indiana University Bloomington (IU Bloomington) is the flagship campus of Indiana University. The Bloomington campus is home to numerous premier Indiana University schools, including the College of Arts and Sciences, the Jacobs School of Music, an extension of the Indiana University School of Medicine, the School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, which includes the former School of Library and Information Science (now Department of Library and Information Science), School of Optometry, the O'Neil School of Public and Environmental Affairs, the Maurer School of Law, the School of Education, and the Kelley School of Business.
Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), a partnership between Indiana University and Purdue University, is Indiana's urban research and academic health sciences campus. Located just west of downtown Indianapolis, it is the central location of several Indiana University schools, including the primary campus of the School of Medicine, the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology, the School of Informatics and Computing, the School of Dentistry, the Kelley School of Business, the School of Nursing, the O'Neil School of Public and Environmental Affairs, the School of Social Work, the Herron School of Art and Design, the world's first School of Philanthropy, and the Robert H. McKinney School of Law. On August 12, 2022, the boards of trustees of both Purdue and IU announced that IUPUI will split into two separate universities, with completion of the split to be finished by the fall 2024 semester.

In addition to its core campuses, Indiana University maintains five regional campuses throughout Indiana:

Indiana University East (IU East) established 1971, located in Richmond.
Indiana University Kokomo (IU Kokomo) established 1945, located in Kokomo.
Indiana University Northwest (IU Northwest) established 1963, located in Gary.
Indiana University South Bend (IU South Bend) established 1922, located in South Bend.
Indiana University Southeast (IU Southeast or IUS) established 1941, located in New Albany.

Finally, there are two regional campuses under the administration of IUPUI:

Indiana University–Purdue University Columbus (IUPUC) established 1970, located in Columbus. After IUPUI splits in 2024, IUPUC will remain a joint campus, with the mechanical engineering program to be administered through Purdue and all other academic programs to be administered through the new IU Indianapolis.
Indiana University Fort Wayne (IU Fort Wayne) established 2018, located in Fort Wayne. It was established after the dissolution of the former entity Indiana University–Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW), which had been an extension similar to that of IUPUI under the administration of Purdue University. IU Fort Wayne took over IPFW's academic programs in health sciences, with all other IPFW academic programs taken over by the new entity, Purdue University Fort Wayne (PFW).
The School of Medicine and the School of Social Work have degree programs running across multiple IU campuses. Kelley School of Business, the School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, the O'Neil School of Public and Environmental Affairs, and the School of Education have degree programs at both the Indiana University Bloomington (IU Bloomington) and Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) campuses. The School of Nursing has degree programs at the IUB, IUPUI, and IU Fort Wayne campuses. The Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health has degree programs at the IUPUI and IU Fort Wayne campuses.

Endowment
According to the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO), the value of the endowment of the Indiana University and affiliated foundations in 2016 is over $1.986 billion. The annual budget across all campuses totals over $3 Billion.

The Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation (IURTC) is a not-for-profit agency that assists IU faculty and researchers in realizing the commercial potential of their discoveries. Since 1997, university clients have been responsible for more than 1,800 inventions, nearly 500 patents, and 38 start-up companies.

In fiscal year 2016, the IURTC was issued 53 U.S. patents and 112 global patents.

Notable alumni

Jerome Adams –  American anesthesiologist and 20th surgeon general of the United States
Laura Aikin – operatic coloratura soprano
Trigger Alpert – Jazz bassist for the Glenn Miller Orchestra
OG Anunoby – Professional basketball player, currently playing for the Toronto Raptors
Howard Ashman – Oscar-winning playwright and lyricist, known for The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast
Emilie Autumn – Violinist and singer
Agnes Nebo von Ballmoos – Liberian ethnomusicologist, choral conductor, composer
Jonathan Banks — actor known from Breaking Bad, Airplane!
David Bell – Author of Cemetery Girl and The Hiding Place
Joshua Bell – Grammy Award-winning violinist and conductor
Howard Biddulph – political scientist specializing in the Soviet Union
Thomas Bryant – Professional basketball player, currently playing for the Washington Wizards
Meg Cabot – Author of The Princess Diaries series, The Mediator series, and stand-alone novels.
Bob Chapek – CEO of the Walt Disney Company
Hoagy Carmichael – Composer, pianist, singer, actor, and bandleader
John T. Chambers – Chairman and former CEO of Cisco Systems
Calbert Cheaney – Professional basketball player and assistant coach
Nicole Chevalier – Operatic soprano
Sougwen Chung – Multidisciplinary visual and performance artist
Alton Dorian Clark (known by stage name Dorian) – Hip-hop recording artist and record producer
Sarah Clarke – Actress
Pamela Coburn – soprano
Suzanne Collins – Author of The Underland Chronicles and The Hunger Games trilogy
Laverne Cox – Actress known for Orange Is the New Black, LGBT advocate
Mark Cuban – Owner of the NBA's Dallas Mavericks
John Cynn – Professional poker player. 2018 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Champion.
Mary Czerwinski – Computer scientist at Microsoft Research and Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery
Alex Dickerson (born 1990) – baseball player
Colin Donnell – Actor and singer
Thomas P. Dooley – author, minister and research scientist
Michel du Cille – Three-time Pulitzer Prize winning photojournalist
Melerson Guy Dunham – educator, civil and women's rights activist, historian
Judith Lynn Ferguson – Author of 65 cookery related books, cookery editor of Woman's Realm women's magazine, and Head of Diploma Course at Le Cordon Bleu- London
Janet Foutty – Former CEO and chairperson of Deloitte Consulting
Julia Garner – Actress
George Goehl – Community organizer, activist and executive director of People's Action
Neil Goodman – Sculptor and educator
Eric Gordon – Professional basketball player, currently playing for the Houston Rockets
Hardy – Country music singer and songwriter
Michael D. Higgins – 9th President of Ireland
Jordan Howard – Professional Football Player
Lissa Hunter – Artist
Jamie Hyneman – Host of the television series MythBusters
Mahmudul Islam - Bangladeshi Lawyer and former attorney general of Bangladesh
Narendra Jadhav – Economist, educationist, and writer
Richard G. Johnson – Acting Science Adviser to Ronald Reagan (1986), physics professor at University of Bern, and manager of the Space Sciences Laboratory of University of California – Berkeley.
William E. Jenner – Indiana state senator and U.S. Senator
Jason Jordan – Professional wrestler
Wilbur Lin – Orchestra conductor
Nina Kasniunas – Political scientist, author, and professor
E.W. Kelley – Businessman; former chairman of Steak 'n Shake restaurants
Kevin Kline — Actor
J. Lee – Lt. Cmdr. John LaMarr. The Orville and The Lion King (2019 film)
Judith McCulloh – Folklorist, ethnomusicologist, and university press editor
Sylvia McNair – Singer
Kristin Merscher – Pianist; professor at the Hochschule für Musik Saar
Christopher Mattheisen – American-Hungarian businessman, historian, economist, CEO of Magyar Telekom
Keith O'Conner Murphy – International recording artist, singer, songwriter, rockabilly hall of fame
Ryan Murphy – Film and TV screenwriter, director, and producer
Gregory Nagy – Classical scholar at Harvard University
Victor Oladipo – Professional basketball player, currently playing for the Miami Heat
Danielle Orchard – Painter
George Coleman Osborn (1904–1982), American historian
Jane Pauley – Journalist, TV anchor on CBS This Morning
 Mike Pence – 48th Vice President of the United States; 50th Governor of Indiana
 Ernie Pyle – Pulitzer Prize–winning American journalist
 Marjorie Rusche - composer
Catt Sadler – TV personality for E! News
Jay Schottenstein – CEO of Schottenstein Stores
Kyle Schwarber – Professional baseball player, currently with the Philadelphia Phillies
Will Shortz – The New York Times crossword puzzle editor
Ranveer Singh – Bollywood actor
Tavis Smiley – Host of The Tavis Smiley Show; author
James B. Smith – Dean of Engineering, Technology, and Aeronautics at Southern New Hampshire University; former U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia
Mary McCarty Snow – Composer
Sage Steele – Sports Anchor for ESPN's SportsCenter
Brad Stephens – Former Australian rules football player
Straight No Chaser – A cappella group
Jeri Taylor – Television screenwriter and producer
Miles Taylor – GOP staffer who made an anti-Trump ad for Republican Voters Against Trump
Randy Tobias – Former Administrator of USAID; former CEO of Eli Lilly & Company
Isiah Thomas – Professional basketball player and coach
Michael E. Uslan – Producer of the Batman films and first instructor to teach an accredited course on comic book folklore at a university
Noah Vonleh – Professional basketball player, currently a free agent
Jimmy Wales – Entrepreneur; co-founder of Wikipedia
Aaron Waltke – Emmy-award winning screenwriter and television producer
James Watson – Molecular biologist, geneticist, and zoologist; Nobel Prize winner
Cody Zeller – Professional basketball player, currently for the Miami Heat

Notable faculty
 Carolyn Begley – Emerita Professor of Optometry and medical researcher
 Asher Cohen – psychologist and President of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
 Daniel P. Friedman – professor of Computer Science
 Ronald A. Hites – chemist
 Elinor Ostrom – Nobel laureate and political economist
 Richard DiMarchi – chairman in Biomolecular Sciences and professor of Chemistry

Athletics

Both of the core campuses of the IU systems sponsor NCAA Division I athletic programs. The Indiana Hoosiers represent the flagship institution in Bloomington, and are founding members of the Big Ten Conference, where they compete in 24 different sports. The IUPUI Jaguars field 18 different sports, and have competed in the Horizon League since 2017; upon IUPUI's split into two universities in 2024, administration of the Jaguar's athletics programs will remain under IU Indianapolis.

Additionally, all but one of IU's regional campuses sponsors athletics within the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. The IU Northwest RedHawks and IU South Bend Titans compete as members of the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference, while the IU East Red Wolves, IU Kokomo Cougars, IU Southeast Grenadiers, and IUPUC Crimson Pride compete as members of the River States Conference.

Awards
Indiana University has three medals to recognize individuals.
The University Medal, the only IU medal that requires approval from the board of trustees, was created in 1982 by then IU President John W. Ryan and is the highest award bestowed by the university. It honors individuals for singular or noteworthy contributions, including service to the university and achievement in arts, letters, science, and law. The first recipient was Thomas T. Solley, former director of the IU Art Museum.
Indiana University President's Medal for Excellence honors individuals for distinction in public service, service to Indiana University, achievement in a profession, and/or extraordinary merit and achievement in the arts, humanities, science, education, and industry. The first recipients were member of the Beaux Arts Trio on September 20, 1985.
Thomas Hart Benton Mural Medallion "recognizes individuals who are shining examples of the values of IU and the universal academic community." President Ryan was the first to award this honor. It was first awarded to the president of Nanjing University on July 21, 1986. It honors individuals for distinction in public office or service, a significant relationship to Indiana University or Indiana, significant service to IU programs, students, or faculty, significant contribution to research or support for research.

Indiana University has several ways to recognize the accomplishments of faculty.

Distinguished Professorships – Indiana University's most prestigious academic appointment
University Distinguished Teaching Awards – recognizing "shining examples of dedication and excellence"
Thomas Ehrlich Award for Excellence in Service Learning – recognizing excellence in service-learning. The recipient is also the IU nominee for the national Campus Compact Thomas Ehrlich Award for Service Learning.

References

Further reading
 Capshew, James H. Herman B Wells: The Promise of the American University (Indiana University Press, 2012) 460 pp (excerpt and text search)
 Clark, Thomas D. Indiana University, Midwest Pioneer, Volume I: The Early Years (1970)
 Clark, Thomas D. Indiana University: Midwestern Pioneer, Vol II In Mid-Passage (1973)
 Clark, Thomas D. Indiana University: Midwestern Pioneer: Volume III/ Years of Fulfillment (1977) covers 1938–68 with emphasis on Wells.
 Gray, Donald J., ed. The Department of English at Indiana University, Bloomington, 1868–1970 (1974)
 Gros Louis, Kenneth., "Herman B Wells and the Legacy of Leadership at Indiana University" Indiana Magazine of History (2007) 103#3 pp 290–301 online

Primary sources
 Wells, Herman B Being Lucky: Reminiscences and Reflections (1980) (excerpt and text search)

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Walter Philip Zeller (October 21, 1890 – August 25, 1957) was a Canadian businessman and founder of discount retail chain Zellers.

Zeller was born October 21, 1890, near the city of Kitchener, Ontario (then Berlin). His great-grandfather settled in Breslau, Ontario after arriving from Germany.

Zeller began his career with the F. W. Woolworth Company, where he started as a delivery boy in 1912. He left after two years to move to the U.S. and work for S. S. Kresge Co. and later Metropolitan Stores.

In 1928, he returned to Canada and started his own chain of stores, with locations in London, Guelph, St. Catharines and Fort William (Thunder Bay). They were acquired by Schulte-United. After Schulte went bankrupt during the Great Depression, Zeller bought the company's Canadian stores and launched Zeller's in 1931. The store's name was eventually changed to "Zellers" to make it more bilingually appropriate. Zellers was originally concentrated in southern Ontario but gradually expanded across the country. The business was headquartered in Montreal, Quebec. In 1952, American retailer W.T. Grant Company became the largest shareholder of the company, eventually owning a 51% controlling share.

Zeller retired in 1956 and died in 1957. He is buried in Montreal, at Mount Royal Cemetery in the Lilac Knoll section.

Zeller married Nettie Lewis in 1912 and had two sons, C. Edward and Warren Robert. Warren died in 1944 as a flying officer with the RCAF and Edward served with the Royal Canadian Artillery as a lieutenant.

References

External links
 hbc Heritage: Walter P. Zeller

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Bhalukpung is a small town located along the southern reaches of the Himalayas in West Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh in India. The town is located at 213m above sea level, 100 km from Bomdila, 52 km from Tezpur and 5 km from Tipi. It lies along the Kameng river and is the headquarters of Bhalukpung circle. A road leads to Bomdila via the Tipi Orchidariurm, and the  inner line check post is located at Bhalukpung.
It has a railway station namely Bhalukpong Railway Station, connected to Rangiya Murkongselek rail line at Balipara. It has 3 platforms. One pair of trains runs daily to and from here.

Bhalukpung was governed by local tribal Aka rulers, with occasional political dominance from Bhutan and Assam. Ahom rulers of Assam did not interfere with the local tribals, except for retaliatory raids into the tribal territory. In 1873, the British  had declared the area around Bhalukpung as off-limits.

Fish angling and river rafting are the principal tourist activities in Bhalukpung. Tourist attractions in Bhalukpung include the Pakhui Game Sanctuary and Tipi Orchidarium, which hosts over 2600 cultivated orchids from 80 different species.

The annual festival Nyethidow of the Aka tribe is celebrated in January at Bhalukpung, Thrizino. Bhalukpung is inhabited by members of the Aka Tribes.

References

External links

 Bhalukpong Circle, OpenStreetMap, retrieved 1 December 2021.
 Sessa Orchid Sanctuary
 Location of Bhalukpong

Cities and towns in West Kameng district

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The Marieta Islands () are a group of small uninhabited islands a few miles off the coast of the state of Nayarit, Mexico, located in federal waters approximately  southwest of the peninsula known as Punta de Mita, in the municipality of Bahía de Banderas.

The islands are a popular tourist destination because of the abundant marine life populations due to the islands being protected from fishing and hunting by the Mexican government. The ocean water depth around the islands is between 70 and 110 feet.

Geography
The Marietas Islands were originally formed many thousands of years ago by volcanic activity, and are completely uninhabited. The islands are about an hour-long boat ride west-northwest from the coast of Puerto Vallarta or a 15-minute boat ride from the resort area of Punta Mita and are visited daily by hundreds of tourists. However, visitors cannot legally set foot on the islands.

In the early 1900s, the Mexican government began conducting military testing on the islands since they were uninhabited. Many bombings and large explosions took place on the islands causing caves and rock formations to be created. After a massive international outcry, started by scientist Jacques Cousteau in the late 1960s, the government eventually decided to declare the islands a national park and therefore protected against any fishing, hunting or human activity.

Situated in a sort of open sun-drenched crater, the beach pictured above is affectionately nicknamed the "hidden beach" or "beach of love" (), and is accessible only when the tide is low. This topographical anomaly was created by bombs in the 1900s and the erosion afterwards.

Flora and fauna

The islands are home to 44 species of plants and wildlife. This has led to the inclusion of the national park as a Ramsar site and it was designated as a UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Reserve. Many species of seabirds use the location as feeding and breeding grounds, these include blue-footed boobies as well as the red-billed tropicbirds. It also has many different varieties of coral, which, in turn, is home to a large variety of reef fish species. The island ecosystem is also home to dolphins, manta rays and a number of tropical fish. Eels and many species of sea turtles are also found in the reefs and the many caves that dot the site. During the winter months humpback whales arrive at the islands and can be observed all through winter.

Tourism

Protection by the government has created an environment conducive to the development of the marine ecosystem, and is a popular location for snorkeling and scuba diving. Not even during whale watching tours, people often report seeing sea turtles, manta rays, octopus, wild dolphins, humpback whales and thousands of species of tropical fish around the islands. The islands are also home to a few thousand birds, with species such as the blue-footed booby. Currently, the Mexican government allows only a few companies to go to the islands and allows the landing of passengers onto one secluded beach with the necessary permit from SEMARNAT.

From Punta de Mita, small boats do tours through the islands to see the wildlife of this region. From December to March gray and humpback whales can be observed that come from Alaska to give birth off the coast of Nayarit.

It has been estimated in studies carried out at the University of Guadalajara that the so-called "hidden beach" or the "love beach" can accommodate up to 116 visitors a day without degrading. The carrying capacity of the entire park is 625 visitors a day. (These studies used the antiquated system of tourism carrying capacity to estimate visitors). However the actual number of visitors is typically three or four times this limit with more than 2500 visitors landing on it each day during 2016. During the Easter holidays more than 250 boats landed on the island per day, some of them carrying as many as 400 tourists. This has been due to recent interest in the island. The number of tourists in 2012 was only 27,500, but this skyrocketed to 127,372 in 2015.

Closure to general public

In May 2016, the National Commission of Protected Natural Areas, the national environmental authority in Mexico announced that the islands and their beaches shall be closed to the general public from May 9.

There have been several reasons presented for this closure, although all of them stem from the increased number of tourists visiting the site. One of the main reasons of the closure is that the coral in the area is being destroyed. The cause of coral destruction is thought to be a combination of global warming, presence of boat oil in the water due to excessive tour trips and physical destruction due to dropping of anchors up to 250 times a day.

The structure of the islands and the famous beach is composed of two types of volcanic rocks. The interior is made up of "explosive rocks" which erode quickly and the exterior "shell" is made up of a more resilient form of rock which can withstand erosion to a greater degree. This does not mean that the island is not susceptible to erosion. According to various studies carried out in 2014 it has been estimated that the island only has a few thousand more years before it will erode away. However, the rate of erosion is being accelerated by human impact and according to officials, "Excessive tourism could lead to a more rapid destruction of this sanctuary."

Another problem is the increase in solid waste pollution and hydrocarbon pollution. These pose a threat not only to the coral but to larger animals as well. even the humpback whales have felt the negative impact of hydrocarbon pollution.

When the closure was announced, rumors began to circulate on various social media networks that the islands and the beaches had been sold to foreign corporations. Roberto Sandoval, the governor of Nayarit, dismissed these rumors as fabrications and stated that the islands were part of the Mexican national heritage and shall therefore remain an icon of Riviera Nayarit forever.

Conservation efforts
The Mexican authorities have outlined several plans to undo the damage done to the beaches and the islands. These will focus not only repairing the damage already caused by human hands, but will also focus on mitigating any further human interference in the ecosystem. The first part of the plan is to "replant" the coral in order to compensate for the coral that has been destroyed. This is done by attaching new coral to the already existing coral and letting it grow for 3 to 4 months. Another major effort focuses on limiting the damaging human impact on the sanctuary when the islands reopen for the general public and tourists. According to National Commission of Natural Protected Areas (CONANP) after the islands have been reopened for tourism tourist overload may be mitigated by placing a special floating dock in the bay area which will limit the ships that arrive. another measure under consideration is to place buoys around the fragile ecosystem in order to control the number of visitors that are arriving.

See also

 Islas Marías

References

External links

Islands of Nayarit
National parks of Mexico
Protected areas of Nayarit
Ramsar sites in Mexico
Uninhabited islands of Mexico
Important Bird Areas of Mexico

Islas Marietas National Park


The Ministry of Home Affairs (), abbreviated KDN, MOHA, is a ministry of the Government of Malaysia that is responsible for home affairs: law enforcement, public security, public order,   population registry, immigration, foreign workers, management of societies, anti-drug, publication / printing / distribution of printed materials, film control, management of volunteer, rehabilitation and implementation of punishment.

The Minister of Home Affairs administers his functions through the Ministry of Home Affairs and a range of other government agencies. The current Minister of Home Affairs is Saifuddin Nasution Ismail, whose term began on 3 December 2022.

Its headquarters is in Putrajaya.

Organisation
 Minister of Home Affairs
 Deputy Minister
 Second Deputy Minister
 Secretary-General
 Under the Authority of Secretary-General
 Legal Advisor Office
 Internal Audit Division
 Strategic Planning Division
 Corporate Communication Division
 Integrity Unit
 Deputy Secretary-General (Policy and Enforcement)
 Immigration Affairs Division
 National Registration and Societies Division
 Foreign Worker Management Division
 Institute of Public Security of Malaysia
 The Council for Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants through National Strategic Office to the council (NSO MAPO) Division
 International Relations Division
 Deputy Secretary-General (Security)
 Film Censorship Control and Enforcement Division
 Publication and Quranic Texts Control Division
 Security and Public Order Division
Prisons, Anti-Drug and Civil Defence Division
 National Key Results Area Division
 Police and Border Security Division
 Parole Board Secretariat
 Prevention of Crime Board Secretariat
 Prevention of Terrorism Board Secretariat
 Deputy Secretary-General (Management)
 Senior Under-Secretary (Management)
 Human Resources Management Division
 Information Management Division
 Management Services and Asset Division
 Parliament and Cabinet Division
 Police Force Commission Secretariat
 Senior Under-Secretary (Development and Procurement)
 Finance Division
 Account Division
 Procurement Division
 Development Division

Federal departments
 Royal Malaysia Police (RMP), or Polis Diraja Malaysia (PDRM). (Official site)
 Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) or "Agensi Penguatkuasaan Maritim Malaysia" (APMM) ()
 Malaysian Prison Department (PRIDE), or Jabatan Penjara Malaysia. (Official site)
 Immigration Department of Malaysia, or Jabatan Imigresen Malaysia (JIM). (Official site)
 Eastern Sabah Security Command (ESSCOM) or Kawasan Keselamatan Khas Pantai Timur Sabah. (Official Site)
 National Registration Department of Malaysia, or Jabatan Pendaftaran Negara Malaysia (JPN). (Official site)
 The Registry of Societies Malaysia (ROS), or Jabatan Pendaftar Pertubuhan Malaysia (JPPM). (Official site)
 The People's Volunteer Corps, or Jabatan Sukarelawan Malaysia (RELA). (Official site)

Federal agencies
 National Anti-Drug Agency, or Agensi Antidadah Kebangsaan (AADK). (Official site)
Institute of Public Security of Malaysia (IPSOM) or Institut Keselamatan Awam Malaysia
 Council for Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants, or Majlis Antipemerdagangan Orang dan Antipenyeludupan Migran (MAPO).
 Prevention of Crime Board, or Lembaga Pencegahan Jenayah.
 Parole Board, or Lembaga Parol.
 Film Censorship Board, or Lembaga Penapis Filem. (Official site)
 Prevention of Terrorism Board, or Lembaga Pencegahan Keganasan.
 National Printing Malaysian Limited, or Percetakan Nasional Malaysia Berhad (PNMB). (Official site)

Key legislation
The Ministry of Home Affairs is responsible for administration of several key Acts:
 Registration of Criminals and Undesirable Persons Act 1969 [Act 7]
 Sedition Act 1948 [Act 15]
 National Registration Act 1959 [Act 78]
 Official Secrets Act 1972 [Act 88]
 Passports Act 1966 [Act 150]
 Registration of Births and Deaths (Special Provisions) Act 1975 [Act 152]
 Immigration Act 1959/63 [Act 155]
 Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976 [Act 164]
 Explosives Act 1957 [Act 207]
 Registration of Adoptions Act 1952 [Act 253]
 Prevention of Crime Act 1959 [Act 297]
 Protected Areas and Protected Places Act 1959 [Act 298]
 Births and Deaths Registration Act 1957 [Act 299]
 Printing Presses and Publications Act 1984 [Act 301]
 National Defence Fund (Dissolution and Transfer) Act 1984 [Act 305]
 Dangerous Drugs (Special Preventive Measures) Act 1985 [Act 316]
 Printing of Qur'anic Texts Act 1986 [Act 326]
 Societies Act 1966 [Act 335]
 Police Act 1967 [Act 344]
 Criminal Justice Act 1953 [Act 345]
 Registration of Guests Act 1965 [Act 381]
 Prison Act 1995 [Act 537]
 Criminal Procedure Code [Act 593]
 Film Censorship Act 2002 [Act 620]
 National Anti Drugs Agency Act 2004 [Act 638]
 Peaceful Assembly Act 2012 [Act 736]
 Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012 [Act 747]
 Malaysia Volunteers Corps Act 2012 [Act 752]
 Prevention of Terrorism Act 2015 [Act 769]
 Special Measures Against Terrorism in Foreign Countries Act 2015 [Act 770]

Policy Priorities of the Government of the Day
 National Home Affairs Policy

Functions of the ministry
The functions of the ministry can be categorised into the following 12 key areas:

Security and Public Order
Maritime Security
Registration
Immigration and Foreign Workers
Management of Societies
Border security
Anti-Drugs
Publication and Qur'anic Text Control
Film Control
Management of Volunteers
Rehabilitation and Implementation of Punishment
Crime prevention
Terrorism prevention

Legal Framework
The Federal Constitution allows Parliament to make laws related to internal security that include:
police; criminal investigation; registration of criminals; public order;
fire and rescue; fire safety; inflammable substances; pyrotechinques
 civil defence; emergency management; emergency preparedness
immigration services; passports; visas
prisons; reformatories; remand homes; places of detention; probation of offenders; juvenile offenders;
preventive detention; restriction of residence;
maritime security; maritime search and rescue
disaster management; disaster preparedness; disaster relief
 border security; anti smuggling
intelligence services; and
national registration.

See also

 Minister of Home Affairs (Malaysia)

References

External links

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Law enforcement in Malaysia
Malaysia
Malaysia
Malaysia
Ministries established in 2008
2008 establishments in Malaysia

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Willie Lee McCovey (January 10, 1938 – October 31, 2018), nicknamed "Stretch", "Mac" and "Willie Mac", was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a first baseman from 1959 to 1980, most notably as a member of the San Francisco Giants for whom he played for 19 seasons. McCovey also played for the San Diego Padres and Oakland Athletics in the latter part of his MLB career.

He was a fearsome left-handed power hitter. At the time of his retirement in 1980, McCovey ranked second only to Babe Ruth in career home runs among left-handed batters and seventh overall. As of 2022, he ranks 20th overall on baseball's all-time home run list, tied with Ted Williams and Frank Thomas. He was a six-time All-Star, three-time home run champion, MVP, and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1986 in his first year of eligibility, only the 16th man so honored, at the time.

McCovey was known as a dead-pull line drive hitter, causing some teams to employ a shift against him. McCovey was called "the scariest hitter in baseball" by pitcher Bob Gibson, seconded by similarly feared slugger Reggie Jackson. McCovey hit 521 home runs, 231 of them in Candlestick Park, the most in that park by any player. A home run he hit on September 16, 1966, was described as the longest ever hit in that stadium.

Early life
McCovey was born in Mobile, Alabama, the seventh child of ten born to Frank McCovey, a railroad worker, and Esther. He began working part time at the age of 12 and dropped out of high school in order to work full time.

Professional career

Minor Leagues
Despite being passed on by scout Ed Scott, who signed Hank Aaron for the Negro American League Indianapolis Clowns, McCovey was invited to a New York Giants tryout camp in Melbourne, Florida, while he was living and working in Los Angeles. The invitation came from Giants scout and former Negro league owner Alex Pompez.

In 1955 McCovey made his professional debut. The Sandersville Giants of the Georgia State League in Sandersville, Georgia had McCovey on their roster, with McCovey having signed a contract for $175.00 per month. His signing bonus was a mere $500. McCovey was 17 years old, 6'2", 165 pounds, and proceeded to hit .305 with 19 home runs, scoring 113 runs in 107 games.

On his way to the Major Leagues, McCovey played for a San Francisco Giants' farm club in Dallas, Texas that was part of the Class AA Texas League. He did not participate when his team played in Shreveport, Louisiana due to segregation in that city. He later played for the Pacific Coast League Phoenix Giants just prior to being called up by the San Francisco Giants.

Major Leagues

San Francisco Giants (1959–1973)
In his Major League debut on July 30, 1959, McCovey went four-for-four against Hall-of-Famer Robin Roberts of the Philadelphia Phillies with two singles and two triples. McCovey found major league pitchers simpler to hit than minor leaguers because the major leaguers had better control of their pitches. In 52 major league games, he had a .354 batting average and 13 home runs. He was named the National League's (NL) Rookie of the Year. He won the NL Player of the Month Award in August, his first full month in the majors (.373, 8 HR, 22 RBI). He had a 22-game hitting streak, setting the mark for San Francisco Giants rookies, four short of the all-time team record.

The 1960 season was disappointing for McCovey. Season-long struggles caused him to be demoted to the minor leagues at one point, and the San Francisco fans booed him relentlessly. In nearly twice as many games as the previous year (101 to 52), he still hit the same number of home runs (13), batting .238.

McCovey was not the only first baseman on the Giants. First base was also the natural position of Orlando Cepeda, who had won the NL Rookie of the Year Award the year before McCovey and played about 60 games at the position in 1959 when McCovey was in the minor leagues. However, new manager Alvin Dark declared McCovey his first baseman for 1961, putting Cepeda in right field to begin the year. Dark also assigned Willie Mays as McCovey's roommate.

In 1962, Dark decided to put Cepeda at first base full-time and move McCovey to the outfield. James S. Hirsch, who wrote a biography of Mays, reported that a recurring joke among the Giants "was that McCovey didn't need a glove to play the outfield, just a blindfold and a cigarette." Because McCovey had struggled against left-handed pitching, Dark played him only when a right-hander was starting and frequently pinch-hit for McCovey if a left-hander was brought in. Thus, McCovey played only 91 games, but he still hit 20 home runs. He helped the Giants to the World Series against the New York Yankees, the only World Series appearance of his career. He hit a home run against Ralph Terry in Game 2, which the Giants won 2–0. In the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 7, with two outs and the Giants trailing 1–0, Mays was on second base and Matty Alou was on third base. Any base hit would likely have won the championship for the Giants. McCovey hit a hard line drive that was snared by the Yankees' second baseman Bobby Richardson, ending the series with a Yankees' win.

The moment was immortalized in two Peanuts comic strips by Charles M. Schulz. The first ran on December 22, 1962, with Charlie Brown sitting silently alongside Linus for three panels before suddenly lamenting, "Why couldn't McCovey have hit the ball just three feet higher?" The second, from January 28, 1963, featured Charlie Brown breaking an identical extended silence by crying, "Or why couldn't McCovey have hit the ball even two feet higher?" On the occasion of his Hall of Fame election 26 years later, McCovey was asked how he would like his career to be remembered.  "As the guy who hit the ball over Bobby Richardson's head in the seventh game," replied McCovey.

McCovey spent many years at the heart of the Giants' batting order, along with fellow Hall-of-Fame member Willie Mays. His best year statistically was 1969, when he hit 45 home runs, had 126 RBI and batted .320 to become the National League MVP. He was also named the Most Valuable Player of the 1969 All-Star Game after hitting two home runs to lead the National League team to a 9–3 victory over the American League. He won NL Player of the Month awards in July 1963 (.310, 13 HR, 27 RBI) and August 1969 (.315, 8 HR, 22 RBI). In 1963 he and Hank Aaron tied for the NL lead with 44 home runs.

In the early years of Candlestick Park, the Giants home stadium, the area behind right field was open except for three small bleacher sections. When McCovey came to bat, typically those bleachers would empty as the fans positioned themselves on the flat ground, hoping to catch a McCovey home run ball.

Injuries limited McCovey to 105 games in 1971, but he reached the playoffs for the first time in nine years as the Giants won the NL West. He was afflicted by injuries again in 1972, as he broke his arm early in the year in a collision at first base.

San Diego Padres and Oakland Athletics (1974–1976)

He was traded along with Bernie Williams from the Giants to the San Diego Padres for Mike Caldwell on October 25, 1973. Troubled with arthritic knees for two seasons, the 35‐year‐old McCovey was critical of manager Charlie Fox for diminishing his starting first baseman role in favor of Gary Thomasson. The Giants had been trading their higher-priced players and gave McCovey input into his destination. McCovey played in 128 games in 1974 and 122 games in 1975. He hit 22 home runs in 1974 and 23 in 1975.

In 1976, McCovey struggled, and lost the starting first base job to Mike Ivie. He batted .203 with seven home runs in 71 games. Near the end of the season, the Oakland Athletics purchased his contract from the Padres. He played in eleven games for them.

San Francisco (1977–1980)
McCovey returned to the Giants in 1977 without a guaranteed contract, but he earned a position on the team. With Hank Aaron and Frank Robinson having retired at the end of the 1976 season with 755 and 586 home runs respectively, McCovey began 1977 as the active home run leader with 465. That year, during a June 27 game against the Cincinnati Reds, he became the first player to hit two home runs in one inning twice in his career (the first was on April 12, 1973), a feat since accomplished by Andre Dawson, Jeff King, Alex Rodriguez, and Edwin Encarnación. One was a grand slam and he became the first National Leaguer to hit seventeen. At age 39, he had 28 home runs and 86 RBIs and was named the Comeback Player of the Year.

On June 30, 1978, at Atlanta's Fulton County Stadium, McCovey hit his 500th home run, and two years later, on May 3, 1980, at Montreal's Olympic Stadium, McCovey hit his 521st and last home run, off Scott Sanderson of the Montreal Expos. This home run gave McCovey the distinction, along with Ted Williams (with whom he was tied in home runs), Rickey Henderson, and Omar Vizquel of homering in four different decades: the 1950s, '60s, '70s, and '80s. McCovey is one of only 29 players in baseball history to date to have appeared in Major League baseball games in four decades.

In his 22-year career, McCovey batted .270, with 521 home runs and 1,555 RBIs, 1,229 runs scored, 2,211 hits, 353 doubles, 46 triples, 1,345 bases on balls, a .374 on-base percentage and a .515 slugging percentage. He also hit 18 grand slam home runs in his career, a National League record, and was a six-time All-Star.

Post-playing career
McCovey was a senior advisor with the Giants for 18 years. In this role, he visited the team during spring training and during the season, providing advice and other services.

In September 2003, McCovey and a business partner opened McCovey's Restaurant, a baseball-themed sports bar and restaurant located in Walnut Creek, California. The restaurant closed in February 2015.

Legacy

McCovey was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1986 in his first year of eligibility — making him the 16th player so honored.  He appeared on 346 of 425 ballots cast (81.4 percent).

McCovey is best remembered for the ferocity of his line drive batting style.  In his book Ball Four, pitcher Jim Bouton wrote about watching the slugger blast the ball in batting practice, while making "little whimpering animal sounds" in response to each of McCovey's raw power drives.  Reds manager Sparky Anderson also had a healthy respect for the damage McCovey could do, saying "I walked Willie McCovey so many times, he could have walked to the moon on all those walks."  Announcer Jack Buck thought a McCovey line-drive home run to centerfield was the hardest ball he had ever seen anyone hit. McCovey's bat was so lethal in his prime he was intentionally walked an all-time record 45 times in 1969, shattering the previous record by a dozen.  This remained the major league mark for 33 years until broken by fellow Giant Barry Bonds. The following year McCovey was intentionally walked 40 times. Once, speaking to the pitcher before a McCovey at-bat, Mets inimitable manager Casey Stengel joked, "Where do you want to pitch him, upper deck or lower deck?"

In 1999, McCovey was ranked 56th on the Sporting News list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players, and was nominated as a finalist for the Major League Baseball All-Century Team. Two years later, the sport's most prominent sabermetric analyst, Bill James, ranked him 69th, and the 9th-best first baseman.  Since 1980, the Giants have awarded the Willie Mac Award to honor his spirit and leadership.

The inlet of San Francisco Bay beyond the right field fence of Oracle Park, historically known as China Basin, has been re-dubbed McCovey Cove in his honor. Since the opening of the ballpark at the start of the 2000 season, the Cove has been famous for "splash hits", home runs that are occasionally hit into the water by Giants players and retrieved by fans in boats or kayaks. A statue of McCovey was erected across the Cove from the park, and the land on which it stands is named McCovey Point. On September 21, 1980, the Giants retired his uniform number 44, which he wore in honor of Hank Aaron, a fellow Mobile, Alabama native.

McCovey was inducted to the Multi-Ethnic Sports Hall of Fame (formerly the Afro Sports Hall of Fame) in Oakland, California on February 7, 2009. The Willie McCovey field at Woodside Elementary School in Woodside, California was rededicated to him in 2013.

Personal life
McCovey's first marriage, to Karen McCovey, produced a daughter. On August 1, 2018, he married longtime girlfriend Estela Bejar at AT&T Park. He had a quiet personality.

In 1996, McCovey and fellow baseball Hall of Famer Duke Snider pled guilty to federal tax fraud charges that they had failed to report about $70,000 in income from sports card shows and memorabilia sales from 1988 to 1990. McCovey was given two years of probation and fined $5,000. He received a pardon from President Barack Obama on January 17, 2017.

In his later years, McCovey dealt with several health issues, including atrial fibrillation and an infection in 2015 that nearly killed him. After his career ended he endured several knee surgeries, which left him in a wheelchair, and he was hospitalized several times.

McCovey died at the age of 80 at Stanford University Medical Center on October 31, 2018, after battling "ongoing health issues". He had been hospitalized for an infection late the previous week. His longtime friend and fellow Hall of Famer Joe Morgan was at his bedside. A public memorial service for McCovey was held at AT&T Park on November 8, 2018.

See also

 List of Major League Baseball home run records
 500 home run club
 Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame
 List of Major League Baseball career home run leaders
 List of Major League Baseball career hits leaders
 List of Major League Baseball career runs scored leaders
 List of Major League Baseball career runs batted in leaders
 List of Major League Baseball career total bases leaders
 List of Major League Baseball annual runs batted in leaders
 List of Major League Baseball annual home run leaders
 List of Major League Baseball career strikeouts by batters leaders
 List of Major League Baseball players who played in four decades
 List of people pardoned or granted clemency by the president of the United States

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2018 deaths
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Carmen Dell'Orefice (, ; born June 3, 1931) is an American supermodel and actress. She is known within the fashion industry for being the world's oldest working model as of the Spring/Summer 2012 season. She was on the cover of Vogue magazine at the age of 15 and has been modeling ever since, and has featured in films and television programs Her daily motto is to enjoy herself, at no-one else's expense.

Early life
Dell'Orefice was born in New York City, New York to parents of Italian and Hungarian descent. Her parents had an unstable relationship characterized by frequent break ups and reconciliations. Dell'Orefice lived in foster homes or with other relatives during her parents' clashes.

Career
At the age of 13, while riding a bus to ballet class, she was approached to model by the wife of photographer Herman Landschoff.  Her test photos, taken at Jones Beach, were a "flop" according to Dell'Orefice. In 1946, her godfather introduced her to Vogue and the 15-year-old signed a modeling contract for $7.50 an hour. She became a favorite model of photographer Erwin Blumenfeld who shot her first Vogue cover in 1946.  She appears in the December 15, 1946 issue of US Vogue; New York Vol. 108, Iss. 11, as Little Red Riding Hood, Snow White and Cinderella along with model Dorian Leigh, actors Ray Bolger and Jose Ferrer.

Dell'Orefice and her mother struggled financially, and her modeling income was not enough to sustain the family.  With no telephone, Vogue had to send runners to their apartment to let Dell'Orefice know about modeling jobs. She roller-skated to assignments to save on bus fares.  She was so malnourished that famed fashion photographers Horst P. Horst and Cecil Beaton had to pin back dresses and stuff the curves with tissue.

Dell'Orefice and her mother were accomplished seamstresses and made extra money making clothes.  One of their customers was Dorian Leigh. Dell'Orefice later became best friends with Leigh's younger sister, model Suzy Parker.  Together they were bridesmaids at Leigh's second wedding to Roger W. Mehle in 1948.

She appeared on the October 1947 cover of Vogue. She was also on Vogue's November 1948 cover. Mark Shaw photographed her for a classic Vanity Fair lingerie campaign, in which Dell'Orefice obscures her face with her hand. She was painter Salvador Dalí's muse.

Retirement and return to modeling

She joined the Ford Modelling Agency in 1953.

In need of funds, Dell'Orefice returned to modeling in 1978. In 1984 she appeared on the cover of Quarante, a newsstand quarterly publication subtitled, "For the woman of style and substance". In the 1990s and 2000s, she modeled for Isaac Mizrahi's clothing line at Target, as well as Cho Cheng and Rolex. Dell'Orefice is featured regularly in their advertising campaigns appearing in Vogue, W and Harper's Bazaar.

In 1993 she appeared in The Babe Business, a feature documentary filmed in New York about models directed by Don Boyd for Channel Four television.

On July 19, 2011 she was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of the Arts London, in recognition of her contribution to the fashion industry. The university sponsored a retrospective exhibition curated by illustrator and long-time friend David Downton, featuring Dell'Orefice's Vogue covers, career highlights, and photographs from her personal archives.

Since her return to the industry, Dell'Orefice has appeared in campaigns for Missoni, shot by Giampaolo Sgura; Sephora, shot by Mikael Jansson; Philipp Plein, shot by Steven Klein and H&M, and walked the runway for Anna Sui, Stéphane Rolland, Thierry Mugler and Guo Pei. In 2015, Dell'Orefice collaborated with David Gandy and Isabeli Fontana in the promotion for the reopening of the department store Palacio de Hierro Polanco. She has also featured on the covers of L'Officiel (Australia, Azerbaijan, Switzerland), Marie Claire Arabia and Harper's Bazaar Thailand.

Personal life
Dell'Orefice met and married Bill Miles in the early 1950s. Miles exploited his wife financially, by picking up his wife's modeling agency checks, allowing her only $50 allowance from her earnings. They had a daughter, Laura, and divorced soon after. In 1958, she met photographer Richard Heimann and married him six months later. She decided to retire, after which he left her.

Financial losses
In the 1980s and 1990s, Dell'Orefice lost most of her money in the stock market. She was forced to auction off her famous modeling photographs from the 1940s to the 1980s through Sotheby's.

In 1994, with what little money she had left, and with money from boyfriend Norman Levy, she invested with notorious financial fraud Bernie Madoff. For twelve years, Ruth and Bernie Madoff and Dell'Orefice and Norman Levy were a "foursome", traveling and partying together on lavish yachts. Levy died in 2005, at age 93, and Madoff was the executor of his will. Levy had $244 million in assets at the time of his death, according to Dell'Orefice. Madoff's fraudulent investment scheme drew on these funds to lure over 13,500 individuals and charities to his Ponzi scheme. She continued to socialize with the Madoffs after Levy's death.

In December 2008 a 68-year-old friend, who invested her life savings with Madoff, telephoned Dell'Orefice to inform her that she too had been bankrupted by the scheme. Dell'Orefice said, "For the second time in my life, I've lost all of my life savings."

Filmography

Bibliography
Staying Beautiful: Beauty Secrets and Attitudes from My Forty Years as a Model (1985)

References

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Actresses from New York City
Female models from New York (state)
American film actresses
American memoirists
American people of Hungarian descent
American people of Italian descent
American television actresses
People associated with the Madoff investment scandal
Memoirists from New York (state)
21st-century American women

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Friendship means familiar and liking of each other's mind.

People who are friends talk to each other and spend time together. They trust one another and also help each other when they are in trouble or are hurt. Friends are people that can be looked up to and trusted. Friends usually have similar interests. A friend is one who admires another person.

The strength of the bond of friendship between two people can vary. If the bond is very strong, they are called best friends.

There are expectations, demands, and complaints in friendship too. If friends do not match your expectations, it does not mean you will break the friendship. It is all about understanding, realizing, and helping whenever possible.

Friendship is both good and bad. Generally, it is only people of similar age, character, and background, mentality, etc., who can understand the problems of another person. Friends are needed for support and for sharing.

There are many different types of friendships. Most people find friends at a young age. Some do not have friends until much later in life, others will never make friends in their lifetime. Friendships can end. Friends leaving can be caused by differences in opinion or not talking to each other for a long time.

Many movies and TV shows are based on people making friends. An example of a friendship would be that of Sierra, Olivia, Emma, Langli, and Mallory in the movie Eight grade Whittier.

The word Friendship is also the official motto of Texas.

Related pages
 Platonic love
 Cross-sex friendship

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Lacuna (Chinese: 醉后一夜, literally "After a Drunken Night") is a 2012 Chinese romantic comedy film directed by Derek Tsang and Jimmy Wan.

Plot
Shen Wei and Tong Xin wake up together in a furniture store bed after a drunken binge unaware of who the other person is and how they ended up together; they part. Wei, unable to find his Audi or his friend "White Hair", soon learns about Internet videos of him, Xin and Meng Qiqi, a famous actress, taken the night before. Xin is unable to account for three hundred thousand US dollars intended as a bribe from her boss, a film director, to Qiqi to both end the director's relationship with the actress and to keep her quiet.

When called by the police saying the missing pet Wei and his 'girlfriend' reported, he is told they must both come to claim it so he and Xin meet and start to piece together their night. A bag claim token in Wei's wallet leads them to obtain Qiqi's wallet at an upmarket bar where the staff greet them by name as they are now VIP, having spent $90 000. Travelling to an unusual police station they find that their pet ate apples from a store and they find it is an alpaca. The police serjeant says Xin claimed they had to take it to her boss or the $300 000 would be useless. Xin remembers then that Qiqi refused the money. When they take the beast to the director and say it is from Qiqi he ends up using it, Xin and Wei in the Nativity scene he is filming.

A text message to Wei sees them go to another club where they meet Pupi, the lead singer of the club's band who has texted them both throughout the day, and a man named Choize. Choize's two thugs drag them into his car where they interrogate them to find the location of Maria who left with them last night. Maria, Xin remembers, is the frog they had all been filmed licking the night before and who scared her when it jumped from her purse in the morning. Xin is held hostage while Wei goes to her apartment and recovers the frog.

In her apartment Xin remembers that they went to an apartment building construction site so the pair travel there again to look for the money. They find one apartment filled with artistically sculpted furniture: sorrowful over her recent breakup Wei cheered up Xin last night by decorating the apartment with furniture made from building supplies. They find ticket stubs from a drive in cinema, in the cinema they find Wei's car and in the boot they find Wei's missing friend White Hair and Qiqi, accidentally locked in. Qiqi believes the money has all been spent but when White Hair gives them another baggage claim token the pair rush to collect the item and they find Xin's bag with $180 000 in it. The pair exchange phone numbers (though they had been texting earlier in the film) and the film ends with a brief montage of the previous night revealing that the pair wandered into the furniture store while stumbling around an alley and finding an unlocked door.

Cast
 Shawn Yue as Shen Wei
 Zhang Jingchu as Tong Xin

References

2012 films
Chinese romantic drama films

Lacuna (film)


A homologous trait is any characteristic which is derived by evolution from a common ancestor. This is contrasted to analogous traits: similarities between organisms that were evolved separately.

The term existed before 1859, but got its modern meaning after Darwin established the idea of common descent.p45
The pre-Darwinian naturalists Cuvier, Geoffroy and Richard Owen, also used the idea.

A homologous trait is often called a homologue (also spelled homolog). In genetics, the term "homologue" is used both to refer to a homologous protein, and to the gene (DNA sequence) encoding it.

Homology vs analogy
According to Russell, we owe to Richard Owen the first clear distinction between homologous and analogous organs. Owen's definitions were:
Analogue: a part or organ in one animal which has the same function as another part or organ in a different animal.
Homologue: the same organ in different animals under every variety of form and function.

The distinction is made clear by examples such as the ear ossicles of mammals. These little bones have, in the course of several hundred million years of evolution, made their way from the gill covers of fish to the rear jaw bones of Synapsids to their present position in the ear of mammals. In the fossil record is evidence of this, and also in embryology. As the embryo develops, the cartilage hardens to form bone. Later in development, tiny bone structures break loose from the jaw and migrate to the inner ear area. The ear ossicles are homologous with the jaw bones and the gill covers, but not analogous.

This rather extraordinary story was first proposed in 1818 by Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, who looked at fish and tried to discover the homologies of their bones with that of land vertebrates.

Level of analysis

A trait may be both homologous and analogous, depending on the level at which the trait is examined. For example, the wings of birds and bats are homologous as forearms in tetrapods. However, they are not homologous as wings, because the organ served as a forearm (not a wing) in the last common ancestor of tetrapods.

By definition, any homologous trait defines a clade–a monophyletic taxon in which all the members have the trait (or have lost it secondarily); and all non-members lack it.

Related terms

Cladistic terms
Homoplasy: evolved independently, but from the same ancestral structure.
Plesiomorphy: present in a common ancestor but secondarily lost in some of its descendants.
Synapomorphy: present in an ancestor and all of its descendants.

Gene sequences
Conserved sequences of DNA, RNA and proteins can be used to decide homologies between organisms.
Orthology: genes or sequences of DNA which are similar because they came from a common ancestor. They were originally separated by a speciation event. Orthologs (orthologous genes) are genes in different species which originated by vertical descent from a single gene of the last common ancestor. The term "ortholog" was coined in 1970 by Walter Fitch.

Paralogy: when a gene is duplicated to occupy two different places in the same genome, the two copies are paralogous. Paralogous genes often belong to the same species, but this is not necessary: for example, the haemoglobin gene of humans and the myoglobin gene of chimpanzees are paralogs. Paralogs typically have the same or similar function, but sometimes do not. At least one of the copies will be under less selection pressure, and may mutate and acquire a new function.

Xenology: Homologs resulting from horizontal gene transfer between two organisms. Xenologs can have different functions, if the new environment is vastly different for the horizontally moving gene. In general, though, xenologs typically have similar function in both organisms.

Deep homology
In evolutionary developmental biology,  the concept of deep homology is used to describe cases where growth and differentiation are controlled by genetic mechanisms that are homologous and deeply conserved across a wide range of species. Textbook examples common to metazoa include the homeotic genes that control differentiation along the body, and pax genes (especially PAX6) involved in the development of the eye and other sensory organs.

An algorithm identifies deeply homologous genetic modules in unicellular organisms, plants, and non-human animals based on phenotypes (such as traits and developmental defects). The technique aligns phenotypes across organisms based on the homology of genes involved in the phenotypes.

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The Best Male College Basketball Player ESPY Award was presented annually between 1993 and 2001 to the male collegiate basketball player adjudged to be the best in the United States in a given calendar year.  The award was subsumed in 2002 by the Best Male College Athlete ESPY Award.

The award voting panel comprised variously fans; sportswriters and broadcasters, sports executives, and retired sportspersons, termed collectively experts; and ESPN personalities from amongst choices selected by the ESPN Select Nominating Committee.  Inasmuch as the ESPY Awards ceremonies were conducted in February during the pendency of the award's existence, an award presented in a given year is for performance and achievements in the one year theretofore.

See also
Adolph Rupp Trophy
Best Female College Basketball Player ESPY Award
Chip Hilton Player of the Year Award
John R. Wooden Award
Naismith College Player of the Year Award
Oscar Robertson Trophy

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James Alexander Walker (August 27, 1832 – October 21, 1901) was a Virginia lawyer, politician, and Confederate general during the American Civil War, later serving as a United States Congressman for two terms. He earned the nickname "Stonewall Jim" for his days as commander of the famed Stonewall Brigade. Walker is the first graduate of the Virginia Military Institute (Class of 1852) to serve as Lieutenant Governor of Virginia. He was expelled from the Institute weeks before graduation in 1852 amidst a bitter dispute with then-mathematics professor Thomas Jackson, but was granted his degree in 1872 in recognition of his military service in the American Civil War.

Early life
Walker was born near Mount Meridian in Augusta County, Virginia on August 27, 1832. He attended private schools as a youth and attended the Virginia Military Institute. In 1852, while in the class of Natural and Experimental Philosophy under then-Major Thomas Jackson, Cadet Walker perceived that Jackson was challenging his integrity. He therefore refused to follow a directive of Jackson to sit down and "stop talking" unless Jackson would also stop talking. Jackson excused Walker from class and charged him with disobeying an order. Cadet Walker, a cadet officer who would have graduated in only weeks, challenged Jackson to a duel to defend his honor. Walker was court-martialed and expelled from the Institute for insubordination to an officer.

Following his expulsion from VMI, Walker studied law at the University of Virginia in 1854 and 1855, where he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, before being admitted to the Virginia state bar the following year. He established a successful law practice in Newbern in Pulaski County. In 1858 he married Sarah A. Poage of Augusta County, Virginia. The couple would have six children. He became an attorney for the Commonwealth in 1860.

Civil War
With the outbreak of the Civil War and Virginia's eventual secession, Walker entered the Confederate Army in April 1861 as captain of the "Pulaski Guards", which soon became Company C of the 4th Virginia Infantry. In July 1861, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and assigned to the 13th Virginia Infantry. Walker was again promoted, this time to colonel, in March 1862, leading his regiment in several actions. At Gaines Mill, he assumed brigade command after Brig. Gen Arnold Elzey was wounded. However, after only four days, Walker was replaced by the more experienced Jubal Early, who was just returning to action after a wound suffered at Williamsburg two months earlier. His regiment became a part of the Second Corps under command of Lt. Gen. Thomas Jackson. During the Maryland Campaign Walker was acting as brigade commander for the wounded Isaac Trimble; but he was wounded himself at the Battle of Antietam. At the Battle of Fredericksburg he acted as brigade commander for Jubal Early. General Jackson, on his deathbed after being shot by friendly fire at the Battle of Chancellorsville, requested that Walker be given command of the Stonewall Brigade, which Jackson had formed and led first. Walker was promoted to brigadier general and assigned to the Stonewall Brigade in May 1863.

He led it during the Gettysburg Campaign, where the brigade participated in the attacks on Culp's Hill. For his actions Walker was given the nickname "Stonewall Jim" by his troops. He was badly wounded at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House in 1864 and sent home to recuperate. After the death of Brig. Gen. John Pegram during the Petersburg Campaign, Walker was assigned command of the division. He led it until the surrender at Appomattox.

Postwar career
When the war ended in 1865, Walker returned to his law practice and political career, being elected as a Democrat to the House of Delegates of Virginia in 1871 and 1872. VMI granted him an honorary degree in 1872 in recognition of his Civil War service. Five years later, he was elected the 13th Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, serving from 1878 to 1882 under Governor Frederick W.M. Holliday.

In 1890, Walker was a charter member of The Virginia Bar Association. In 1893, Walker switched allegiances and joined the Republican Party. He was elected to the Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Congresses, serving from 1895 until 1899. During his second term, Walker served as chairman of the Committee on Elections.

In 1898, Walker was defeated for re-election by William F. Rhea. In the subsequent contest of that election, a shootout occurred at a deposition, and Walker was wounded. In 1900, Walker ran again against Rhea and lost. Walker's contest of the 1900 election was abated by his death in 1901.

Death and legacy
Walker died in Wytheville, Virginia on October 21, 1901; and was buried in the town's East End Cemetery. He was the great-grandfather of M. Caldwell Butler.

Walker was the first of two Virginia Military Institute graduates to serve as Lieutenant Governor of Virginia; the second is Ralph Northam, Class of 1981, who went on to serve as Governor of Virginia from 2018 to 2022.

See also

 List of American politicians who switched parties in office
List of American Civil War generals (Confederate)

References
 Retrieved on 2008-02-13
 Caldwell, Willie Walker. Stonewall Jim: A Biography of General James A. Walker, C.S.A. Elliston, VA: Northcross House, 1990. .
 Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher, Civil War High Commands. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001. .
 Evans, Clement A., ed. Confederate Military History: A Library of Confederate States History. 12 vols. Atlanta: Confederate Publishing Company, 1899. .
 Sifakis, Stewart. Who Was Who in the Civil War. New York: Facts On File, 1988. .
 Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Gray: Lives of the Confederate Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1959. .

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Chiller (stylized as chiller) was an American cable and satellite television network that was owned by NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment Group subsidiary of NBCUniversal, all owned by Comcast. It later opened its own film production company as well.  Chiller specialized in horror, thriller and suspense programming, mainly films.

As of February 2015, 38,820,000 American households (33.4% of households with television) received Chiller, though this declined with later removals by several cable services as carriage agreements expired.

The channel ceased operations on December 31, 2017.

Their website now redirects to Syfy Wire (formerly Sci-Fi Wire and Blastr) operated by Syfy featuring coverage of news in the science fiction, horror, and fantasy genres

History
On January 12, 2007, NBCUniversal announced its intent to launch Chiller on March 1, dedicated to films and television shows related to the horror genre. The company also stated that, aside from their own content, Chiller would feature content from competing film studios, including Lionsgate, Sony, Warner Bros., and 20th Century Fox. In February 2007, The 101, channel 101 on DirecTV, aired a "preview" of Chiller, featuring the pilot episodes of Twin Peaks and American Gothic, as well as various horror movies and programs. Sleuth, NBC/Universal's mystery-themed network later known as Cloo, aired a fourteen-hour movie marathon entitled "Chiller On Sleuth" to promote the launch of Chiller. The channel officially launched at 6:00 am Eastern/5:00 am Central on March 1. After a brief introduction to the channel, Chiller aired its first program, Alfred Hitchcock Presents.

On July 30, 2014, its carriage was merged with that of its former competitor Fearnet, a network launched by Comcast in 2006 as a video on demand service 6 years before their purchase of NBCUniversal.

Carriage decline and end of operations
The termination of Cloo on February 1, 2017, along with Esquire Network on June 28, and Universal HD (another NBCUniversal network rebranding as the Olympic Channel) on July 14, as non-prime networks in NBCU's cable portfolio, portended Chiller's fate at the end of 2017.

On February 1, 2017 (the same day sister network Cloo ended all operations), Dish removed the channel from their lineup, which cited that most of the network's rerun-centric programming was duplicative of that available on other networks and streaming services, with Charter Communications (Spectrum, Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks subsidiaries) dropping it and Esquire Network on April 25 for the same reason. Five months later on October 2, 2017, it was discontinued by Verizon FiOS, while Mediacom quietly removed the channel from their lineup on October 23.

Cox effectively ended the network's life on November 8, 2017, when it refused to continue their carriage of Chiller within their new carriage agreements with NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment Group, removing the network from several Cox regional outlets.

On November 16, 2017, NBC Universal Cable Networks confirmed that the channel would end all operations on December 31. Google Fiber stopped carrying Chiller on December 20, which left DirecTV and AT&T U-Verse as two of the last providers to carry Chiller until its demise. A year-end ratings recap showed Chiller as ranked 127 out of 136 networks, averaging 36,000 viewers a night.

The network officially left the air around 11:59 p.m. ET on December 31 after an airing of The Babadook with a simple message of "Thank you for watching Chiller. Good night!", after which the channel spaces created by Fearnet in 2006 and Chiller in 2007 both folded and ceased to exist. Its website was redirected to that of Syfy a few hours before.

Programming

Originals

On December 17, 2010, Chiller premiered Chiller 13: The Decade's Scariest Movie Moments. The countdown special featured a diverse group of pop culture mavens and horror movie experts looking back on the top 13 scary movie moments between 2000 and 2010. Show participants include renowned special makeup effects supervisor Greg Nicotero (The Walking Dead), comedians Dan Gurewitch & David Young (CollegeHumor), actress Betsy Russell (the Saw films), writer Steve Niles, Tony Todd and horror film director Lucky McKee among others. In October 2011, Chiller continued the franchise with Chiller 13: Horror's Creepiest Kids.

In December 2011, Chiller premiered its first original movie entitled Steve Niles' Remains, based on the IDW Publishing comic book by Steve Niles and Kieron Dwyer.

On March 4, 2016, Chiller premiered its only original television series entitled Slasher. Netflix acquired the licensing rights to the series after the first season.

Acquired programs
Chiller's acquired slate included genre films, international series (Afterlife, Apparitions), non-scripted programs (Fear Factor), and anthology shows (Masters of Horror).

For a period of a month in July 2015 the channel provided  selection of anime. The weekly block aired from midnight to 2:00 am on Wednesdays, but was summarily cancelled due to poor ratings. Aside from the aforementioned Tokyo Majin, Devil May Cry: The Animated Series, Is This A Zombie?, and Black Blood Brothers also found their home on the block.

Dare 2 Direct Film Festivals
In October 2007, Chiller announced its "Dare 2 Direct Film Festival" which premiered on Halloween night. Viewers uploaded 300 short films and the winners aired on this original special.

Chiller renewed its Dare 2 Direct Film Festival in 2008, which aired on Halloween night. The channel premiered webisodes of an original film, "The Hills Are Alive" from Tim Burton protégé Caroline Thompson (co-screenwriter of Tim Burton's Corpse Bride and screenwriter of Edward Scissorhands) in July on chillertv.com, and aired the complete film as its first original film in October.

Chiller Films

Chiller Films was a film production company based in New York that specializes in indie horror and thriller films. It was launched in 2011 to give select Chiller movies limited theatrical runs and nationwide VOD distribution, using a simultaneous, or "day-and date" film release strategy. This means films are released in a limited number of small and multiplex theaters in large markets, along with release on video on demand through cable providers and online film retailers the same day. Most of the films are from independent filmmakers who then license their properties to Chiller Films. With the end of the channel it was connected to, the current status of Chiller Films is unknown.

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Ramones Maniacs is a 2001 tribute album to the punk rock band the Ramones, released by Trend Is Dead! Records. The album's track list is an exact match of the band's 1988 compilation album Ramones Mania, which had been released by Sire Records. The album has 26 tracks, played by bands from across the United States, plus one from Australia and one from Canada. Ramones bassist Dee Dee Ramone plays on the track "Blitzkrieg Bop", along with the band of which he was then a member, Youth Gone Mad.

All artwork was created by Tim Bradstreet.

Cited as having the "Greatest Number of God-Awful Band Names" by Mark Prindle of SPIN magazine in 2009.

Almost every song from this album was used, without authorization, for the bootleg series RAMONES: The Tribute Vol. 1-8.

Track listing
"I Wanna Be Sedated" by Tiltwheel
"Teenage Lobotomy" by Cletus
"Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?" by Bracket
"Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment" by Santa's Dead
"Beat On The Brat" by Yogurt
"Sheena Is A Punk Rocker" by Love Camp 7
"I Wanna Live" by Frantics
"Pinhead" by Furious George
"Blitzkrieg Bop" by Youth Gone Mad featuring Dee Dee Ramone
"Cretin Hop" by Courtney Ono
"Rockaway Beach" by Dead End Kids
"Commando" by The Young Hasselhoffs
"I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend" by The Vapids
"Mama's Boy" by Yanni Rotten
"Bop 'Til You Drop" by Frantics
"We're A Happy Family" by Fallen Star
"Bonzo Goes To Bitburg" by Blanks 77
"Outsider" by Cletus
"Psycho Therapy" by Napkin
"Wart Hog" by Santa's Dead
"Animal Boy" by Hammerbrain
"Needles & Pins" by The Commercials
"Howling At The Moon (Sha-La-La)" by Politically Erect
"Somebody Put Something In My Drink" by Spazboy
"We Want The Airwaves" by Spazboy
"Chinese Rocks" by Green 11's
"I Just Wanna Have Something To Do" by Black Left Pinky
"The KKK Took My Baby Away" by Loose Change
"Indian Giver" by The Grand Prixx
"Rock 'n' Roll High School" by The Vice Dolls

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George Lewis Gillespie Jr. (October 7, 1841 – September 27, 1913) was an American soldier who received the highest military decoration that the United States bestows to members of the military, the Medal of Honor, for his actions during the American Civil War.

Biography

George Lewis Gillespie Jr. was born October 7, 1841, in Kingston, Tennessee. He graduated second in the Class of 1862 at the United States Military Academy and was commissioned a 2nd lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers on June 17, 1862.

A Southerner who remained loyal to the Union, Gillespie joined the Army of the Potomac in September 1862. He commanded two companies of the engineer battalion which built fortifications and pontoon bridges throughout the Virginia campaigns until General Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox in April 1865.

On October 27, 1897, Gillespie received the Medal of Honor for carrying dispatches through enemy lines under withering fire to Major General Philip Sheridan at the Battle of Cold Harbor, Virginia, on May 31, 1864. He was later Sheridan's Chief Engineer in the Army of the Shenandoah and the Military Division of the Gulf.

At the end of the war, Gillespie held the Regular Army rank of captain and a brevet (temporary promotion) to the rank of lieutenant colonel.

After the Civil War, Gillespie successively supervised the improvement of harbors at Cleveland, Ohio, Chicago, Boston, and New York City. He initiated construction of the canal at the Cascades of the Columbia River and built the famous Tillamook Rock Lighthouse off the Oregon coast. Gillespie also served on the Board of Engineers and for six years as president of the Mississippi River Commission.

He was promoted to major on September 5, 1871, lieutenant colonel on October 12, 1886, and colonel on October 2, 1895.

With the outbreak of the Spanish–American War, Gillespie was promoted to brigadier general of Volunteers on May 27, 1898. He commanded the Army's Department of the East until October 31, 1898, when he was discharged from the Volunteers and reverted to his Regular Army rank of colonel.

Gillespie was appointed as Chief of Engineers on May 3, 1901, and promoted to brigadier general the same day. He was acting U.S. Secretary of War in August 1901. He had charge of ceremonies at President William McKinley's funeral and at the laying of the cornerstone of the Army War College building in 1903.

About 1904 he redesigned the United States Army's version of the Medal of Honor. The new design replaced the original design dating from 1862 which was often erroneously mistaken for the membership badge of the Grand Army of the Republic—an organization for Union veterans of the American Civil War. General Gillespie's design entirely changed the planchet to feature the head of Minerva in the center of a star surrounded by a wreath. The ribbon was changed from red, white and blue stripes to a light blue ribbon with thirteen white stars.

Gillespie's final assignment was as Assistant Chief of Staff of the United States Army from 1904 to 1905 with the rank of major general.

Gillespie was a companion of the District of Columbia Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States (MOLLUS) and was assigned MOLLUS insignia number 4061.  He was also a member of the Society of the Army of the Potomac.

Major General Gillespie retired from the Army on June 15, 1905, having reached the mandatory retirement age of 64. He died on September 27, 1913, in Saratoga Springs, New York. He was buried at West Point Cemetery.

Family
General Gillespie married Rhobie Frances McMaster (1844-1921).  By her he had two sons - Robert McMaster Gillespie (1871-1947) and Laurence Lewis Gillespie (1876-1940).

Medal of Honor citation
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army. Place and date: Near Bethesda Church, Va., 31 May 1864. Entered service at: Chattanooga, Tenn. Birth: Kingston, Tenn. Date of issue: 27 October 1897.

Citation:

Exposed himself to great danger by voluntarily making his way through the enemy's lines to communicate with Gen. Sheridan. While rendering this service he was captured, but escaped; again came in contact with the enemy, was again ordered to surrender, but escaped by dashing away under fire.

See also

 List of American Civil War Medal of Honor recipients: G–L
 List of United States Military Academy alumni (Medal of Honor)
 List of major generals in the United States Regular Army before July 1, 1920
 List of United States Military Academy alumni (engineers)
 List of United States Military Academy alumni (Union Army)

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Warhammer 40,000 also called 40K is a table-top game. Model armies fight each other on miniature terrain. The armies include: Necrons, Tyranids, Space Marines, Chaos Space Marines, Eldar, Dark Eldar, Tau and Imperial Guard. Players roll dice to find out which armies win battles. A ruler shows how far a unit moves. Two or more players are needed for a game. Each player takes it turns to move, shoot, then assault.

Each army has different kinds of weapons. Weapons have different strength and armor piercing value (AP). Each army has different kinds of units. Each unit has a rating for strength, toughness, armor save, leadership, weapon and combat skill. These ratings are important for winning or losing.

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Gangster Stories was a controversial pulp magazine of the early 1930s. It featured hardboiled crime fiction that glorified the gun-toting gangsters of the Prohibition era. It was published by Harold Hersey, as part of his Good Story Magazine Company pulp chain. The inaugural issue was dated November 1929; the final issue was dated November 1932. When Hersey sold his assets to another company, Gangster Stories was continued under the title Greater Gangster Stories, under which it lasted through the May 1934 issue.

Gangster Stories (and its companion, Racketeer Stories) quickly came under censorship pressure in New York state, instigated by John S. Sumner of the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice, a state entity empowered to recommend obscenity cases to prosecutorial authorities. Hersey was forced to agree to abide by certain rules, e.g. not letting gangsters triumph over lawmen.

The fiction in Gangster Stories (and Racketeer Stories) constitutes a unique genre. Though properly categorized as crime fiction, the emphasis was on action and gunplay. The stories only tangentially resemble the traditional detective story or mystery. A typical Gangster Stories epic featured rival mobs shooting it out in the streets with Tommy guns.

Perhaps the most popular author in the magazine was Anatole Feldman, with his stories of the Chicago mobster Big Nose Serrano. Playwright Feldman initially based Serrano on the character of Cyrano de Bergerac. The first Big Nose story, "Serrano of the Stockyards" (Gangster Stories, May 1930), roughly followed the plot and characters of the famous play. Thereafter, Serrano evolved into an unlikely crusader against the social ills of the Depression.

Another popular author was former newspaper reporter Margie Harris, a clever writer with an ear for the distinctive vernacular of the mobs. Other authors include Arthur J. Burks, former Sing Sing convict Henry Leverage, C. B. Yorke, Walt S. Dinghall, George Bruce, Richard Credicott, and D.B. McCandless.

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