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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby%20Boom%20%28American%20TV%20series%29
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Baby Boom (American TV series)
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Baby Boom is an American television sitcom based on the 1987 film of the same name, created by Nancy Meyers and Charles Shyer, and starring Kate Jackson. The pilot premiered on NBC on September 10, 1988, and the series aired from November 2, 1988, to July 13, 1989.
Sam Wanamaker and the baby twins Kristina and Michelle Kennedy reprised their roles from the film, but otherwise, the characters picked up from the original film were cast with new actors. J.C. Wiatt was played by Kate Jackson, Helga Von Haupt by Joy Behar and Charlotte Elkman by Susie Essman.
Cast
Kate Jackson as J. C. Wiatt
Sam Wanamaker as Fritz Curtis
Michelle and Kristina Kennedy as Elizabeth
Daniel Bardol as Ken Arrenberg
Joy Behar as Helga Von Haupt
Susie Essman as Charlotte Elkman
Robyn Peterson as Arlene Mandell
Jane Elliot as Julie
Robin Thomas as Rob Marks
Production
At the insistence of series creators Nancy Meyers and Charles Shyer, the show was made without a laugh track. In December 1988, NBC announced that the series would go on hiatus after the December 21 episode. The network had planned on bring the show back after making certain "creative changes", but only one leftover episode aired in the summer of 1989.
Episodes
Eight episodes are registered with the United States Copyright Office.
References
External links
1980s American sitcoms
1988 American television series debuts
1989 American television series endings
English-language television shows
Live action television shows based on films
NBC original programming
Television series by MGM Television
Television shows set in New York City
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C10H12N2O
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C10H12N2O
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{{DISPLAYTITLE:C10H12N2O}}
The molecular formula C10H12N2O (molar mass 176.22 g/mol, exact mass : 176.094963) may refer to:
Cotinine, a substance found in tobacco and also a metabolite of nicotine
4-Methylaminorex
PIM-35
Serotonin
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who%20Can%20Be%20Happy%20and%20Free%20in%20Russia%3F
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Who Can Be Happy and Free in Russia?
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Who is Happy in Russia? () is an epic four-part poem by Nikolai Nekrasov, which he started publishing in January 1866 in Sovremennik and Otechestvennye Zapiski. Its fourth part, "The Feast for All the World" (1876–1877), remained unfinished.
The only full English translation was made in 1917, under the title Who Can Be Happy and Free in Russia?, by Juliet Soskice. The other suggested titles are Who Lives Happily in Russia?, Who Is Happy in Russia? and Who Can Be Happy in Russia?
Synopsis
Seven peasants embark upon the eventful journey across the Russian land united by an idea of finding just one happy person. Witnessing nothing but suffering and injustice all around, they are surprised to find that even those supposed to be the masters of the land find life here totally unsatisfactory.
The peasants decide not to return home until they find the right answer. In the prologue, they also find a self-assembled tablecloth that will feed them, and hit the road.
Chapter I. Pop
The peasants continued on their way. They met many people, but no one was interested in life. All the wanderers were close to them: the bast shoe, the artisan, the beggar, the coachman. The soldier could not be happy. He shaves with an awl, warms himself with smoke. Toward nightfall, they met a pop. The peasants stood in a row and bowed to the holy man. Luka began to ask the priest if he was free to live. The priest thought about it and began to talk. He simply kept silent about the years of study. The priest has no rest. He is called to a sick, dying person. My heart aches and aches for orphans and people leaving for another world. The hand does not rise to take copper dimes - a reward for demand. And you have to live on something. The priest has no honor. They call him insulting words, stay away on the way, compose fairy tales. They do not like either a priest's daughter, or a priest, or seminarians. Pop is not held in high esteem among all classes. Where does the priest get wealth? There used to be many nobles in Russia. Children were born in the estates, weddings were played. Even if one of the landowners lived in cities, then he came to die in the village and bequeathed to be buried in the parish. Everyone went to the priests, the wealth grew and multiplied, and the laity also received something. Now everything has changed in Russia. The landowners scattered across the foreign land, leaving only ruined possessions in their homeland. Pop complains about the emerging schismatics who live among the Orthodox. However, he was lucky here, he avoided the need to cash in on schismatics, since in his parish there are Orthodox Christians in the majority - two-thirds. But the life of the priests is becoming more and more difficult, only poor peasants give income. And what can they give? Only a dime and a pie for the holiday, and eggs for Easter. The priest finished his melancholy story and moved on. The men pounced on Luka, who argued that the priests live at ease.
History
Nekrasov started working upon the poem soon after the Tzarist manifest abolishing serfdom was published in March 1861. The rough version of the Prologue as well as Part 1 have been ready by 1863; the latter's first chapter were published in Otechestvennye Zapiskis January 1869 issue. The whole of the Part 1 appeared in the 1873 (5th) edition of the Works by N.Nekrasov. Chapter 2, "The Last One" (Последыш, Posledysh) was written in the late 1872 and appeared in print in the OZ February 1873 issue. Part 3, "The Peasant Woman" (Крестьянка, Krestyanka), was published in OZ No.1, 1874. In all the posthumous editions "Krestyanka" featured as part 2 and "Posledysh" followed it. In 1876-1877 Nekrasov was working hectically upon Part 4, "The Feast for All the World" (Пир на весь мир), but death from cancer on 28 December 1877 (old style) prevented him from finishing it.
Problems with censorship
All four parts of the poem had their problems with censorship. Part 4, which was supposed to appear in Otechestvennye Zapiskys November 1876 issue, was banned altogether. A.Petrov, the head of the Saint Petersburg censorship committee informed the magazine that it will be closed immediately should it proceed with the proposed publication. For the now terminally ill author this proved to be a heavy blow.
According to sister Anna Alekseyevna Nekrasova, on November 19 the poet "sent for censor Petrov and for two hours was trying to put it to him that there was nothing reprehensible in the Part 4. He even suggested certain lines in the earlier parts of the poem might have deserved the ban better... Petrov puffed, swiping sweat from his face, occasionally moaning: 'Please calm down, Nikolai Alekseyevich... Once you get better, you'll correct some things and it will pass through...'" In the last desperate attempt to appease the censors, Nekrasov removed several fragments (including three songs) from Part 4 and added two lines glorifying Tsar Alexander II (Glory to the one / Who's given freedom to the people, - ).
Encouraged by Dostoyevsky who (mistakenly) informed him that Professor N.N.Grigoryev, the chief of the governmental Press and Publishing department, expressed his willingness to lift the ban from the publication of the poem's final part, Nekrasov asked the latter for help in a personal letter: "I made some concessions according to the censor [Lebedev]'s demands and removed Soldier's Song along with two more songs, but to throw away Yakov's Story, - and he considers this necessary so as to avoid the arrest of both the book and the journal, - is something I cannot do, for that would render the whole thing meaningless. The ugliness of serfdom at its most extreme is shown here so as to highlight the great moral value of its abolition. How can one maul the poem on the grounds that it features gloomy songs and scenes from the times of serfdom? There is hope in it too. The final verdict depends of your Excellency. As for me, now I regret I had to cut those fragments, I did that against my own convictions." Apparently, Grigoryev was not impressed by Nekrasov's argument, for the final part of the poem remained banned.
In January 1881, three years after Nekrasov's death, as the political tension subsided, Saltykov-Shchedrin again presented the final chapter for the censor's consideration. N.S. Abaza, who succeeded Grigoryev as the Press and Publishing department's chief, found nothing wrong with it and the same censor Lebedev signed the permission. In the February 1881 issue of Otechestvennye Zapiski, "The Feast For All the World" was published for the first time, albeit with all the cuts that Nekrasov had made himself.
Having noticed in the proofs the verse glorifying the Tsar, Anna Nekrasova reminded Saltykov that it had been written under pressure and asked for it to be removed. Saltykov answered it was too late to change, besides, it was this version that had been approved by Abaza. For some reason Anna Nekrasova decided against removing the offending fragments from the text when she herself was supervising it for the 1881 edition of The Works of N.A.Nekrasov. This was done decades later, starting with the 1927 Soviet edition of it.
Elements of folklore
One the distinguishing features of the poem is its closeness to Russian poetic folklore. Working upon it, Nekrasov used numerous academic sources and ethnographical collections. He contributed to it some of his own findings too. According to Gleb Uspensky, Nekrasov for twenty years was "word by word" gathering bits and pieces he later used in the poem. "Nekrasov worked with the Russian folklore Nekrasov not as a copyist but as a real artist... He managed to work the rich and complex multitude of the Russian proverbs and sayings into the vast tapestry guided by ideological lines with great taste," argued Korney Chukovsky.
In each of the poem's four parts elements of Russian folklore were used differently. "The Last One" (Posledysh), a family drama in the form of a poetic novelette, is devoid of it altogether. "The Feast For All the World" features song-like fragments only occasionally. On the whole its written in a middle class intelligentsia manner, some of its songs ("In the moment of gloom, Oh Motherland...") sounding like no songs at all. On the other hand, "The Peasant Woman" (Krestyanka) is built upon the huge bulk of a folklore material. Some of the folk songs have undergone artistic treatment, others ("You tell me, why...", "My hated husband rises...") are used here in their authentic forms, documenting Russian peasants's ways of life.
"Krestyanka"'s Chapter 1 features some wedding zaplachki ("mourning-rants") and pritchety (lamentations) collected by Pavel Rybnikov in the Olonets region. Several songs here are taken from the "Songs Collected by P.N.Rybnikov, Vol. I-IV, 1861-1867". Chapter 2 of "Krestyanka" (The Songs) is based upon the books of collected folklore by Vladimir Dal ("The Proverbs of the Russian People, 1862"), Rybnikov, Pavel Sheyn ("Russian Folk Songs", 1870), Viktor Varentsov ("The Collection of Songs from the Samara Region", 1862) and several others.
In 1872 folklorist Elpidifor Barsov released his acclaimed "Northern Krai Lamentations", reviewed in Otechestvennye Zapiski by Nikolai Mikhaylovsky. Several of the verses from it (tellingly, all quoted by the reviewer) were used by Nekrasov in Chapter IV of the Part 3. All belonged to Irina Fedosova, the famous Olonets voplenitsa (lament-cryer). In the tale of Matryona Korchagina, one of this chapter's character, Nekrasov used details of Fedosova's autobiography, related by Barsov in his 1972 book.
Legacy
Nekrasov's magnum opus is regarded as a groundbreaking work, a "great poem, featuring the whole of the Russian people as its main hero," according to Korney Chukovsky. "With its extraordinary verbal expressiveness, energy and many discoveries, this is one of the most original Russian poems of the 19th century," wrote literary historian D.S.Mirsky.
References
External links
1877 poems
Poetry by Nikolay Nekrasov
Censored books
Epic poems
Unfinished poems
Works originally published in Otechestvennye Zapiski
Works originally published in Sovremennik
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C8H15NO
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C8H15NO
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{{DISPLAYTITLE:C8H15NO}}
The molecular formula C8H15NO (molar mass: 141.21 g/mol, exact mass: 141.1154 u) may refer to:
3,3-Diethyl-2-pyrrolidinone (DEABL)
Hygrine
Pseudotropine (PTO)
Tropine
Molecular formulas
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United%20States%20Department%20of%20Justice%20Justice%20Management%20Division
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United States Department of Justice Justice Management Division
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The Justice Management Division (JMD) is a division of the United States Department of Justice. It is the administrative arm of the Department of Justice. Its mission is to support some 40 senior management offices (SMOs), offices, bureaus, and divisions (collectively called components) of the DOJ. It was formerly called the Office of Management and Finance.
Organizational chart
Justice Management Division:Assistant Attorney General for Administration (AAG-A) (currently Lee J. Lofthus, appointed in December 2006; replaced Paul Corts, who left in the summer of 2006). The AAG-A reports to the Deputy Attorney General (DAG).
Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Information Resource Management/Chief Information Officer(DAAG IRM/CIO) is Currently Melinda Rogers
Service Delivery Staff
Cybersecurity Services Staff
Policy and Planning Staff
Deputy Assistant Attorney General/Controller
Budget Staff
Finance Staff
Strategic Planning and Performance Staff
Debt Collection Management Staff
Asset Forfeiture Management Staff
Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Human Resources and Administration (DAAG/HRA)
Human Resources Staff
Equal Employment Opportunity Staff
Security and Emergency Planning Staff
Library Staff
Consolidated Executive Office
Departmental Executive Secretariat
Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Policy, Management and Procurement
Internal Review and Evaluation Office
Office of General Counsel
Facilities and Administrative Services Staff
Departmental Ethics Office
Procurement Services Staff
Office of Records Management Policy
Office of Acquisition Management
References
External links
Justice Management Division
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nawar
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Nawar
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Nawwar or Nawar may refer to:
Nawar people, a Dom ethnic minority in Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan
Nawar Valley, a town in Himachal Pradesh, India
Nawar, a character from the Quest for Glory series of computer games
An acronym used in e-readiness that stands for "networking, applications, web-accessibility and readiness"
The name of the territory of the kingdom of Urkesh
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay%20Westerveld
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Jay Westerveld
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Jay Westerveld (also spelled Westervelt and Westerveldt) is an ecologist and researcher of habitats associated with endangered species including the Clam shrimp, Bog turtle, and the Northern Cricket frog. Westerveld coined the term "greenwashing" and has mounted ecological preservation efforts in the state of New York.
Career
In 1986, Westerveld coined the term "greenwash" in a 1986 essay examining practices of the hotel industry.
In 2009, Westerveld claimed to discover a new population of rare Clam Shrimp; if confirmed, it would be the fourth population recorded in New York state out of approximately a dozen worldwide. He was also responsible for locating the habitat of additional members of a recently discovered species of frog.
Between 2008 and 2010, Westerveld opposed construction on the Glenmere mansion restoration project. Westerveld writes that the Glenmere Lake hosts New York's largest population of the endangered Northern Cricket Frog. In 2010, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation halted the construction when it became apparent that the developers were operating without the required environmental permits and paperwork. The mansion's developers were fined and cited by the New York Department of Environmental Conservation for violations of having proper paperwork in regard to the impact of construction on the endangered Northern Cricket Frog. Subsequent studies found no frog habitats on the property and the Mansion and grounds were restored.
References
American environmentalists
Living people
1962 births
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kay%20Street%E2%80%93Catherine%20Street%E2%80%93Old%20Beach%20Road%20Historic%20District
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Kay Street–Catherine Street–Old Beach Road Historic District
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The Kay Street–Catherine Street–Old Beach Road Historic District is a historic district in Newport, Rhode Island. The area is located north of Newport's well-known Bellevue Avenue, and encompasses an area that was developed residentially between about 1830 and 1890, for the most part before the Gilded Age mansions were built further south. The district is bounded on the south by Memorial Boulevard, on the east by Easton's Pond, on the west by Bellevue Avenue and Kay and Bull Streets, and on the north by Broadway, Rhode Island Avenue, Prairie Avenue, and Champlin Street. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 22, 1973, with a boundary decrease in 2018.
Notable properties that are included in this district are the Touro Synagogue, a National Historic Site, the Redwood Library and Athenaeum and the John Griswold House, both National Historic Landmarks, and the Newport Tower. The district also overlaps a portion of the Newport Historic District, a National Historic Landmark District.
See also
National Register of Historic Places listings in Newport County, Rhode Island
References
Historic districts in Newport, Rhode Island
1830 establishments in Rhode Island
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island
National Register of Historic Places in Newport County, Rhode Island
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EU%20CBRN%20Risk%20Mitigation%20CoE%20Initiative
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EU CBRN Risk Mitigation CoE Initiative
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The EU Centres of Excellence on Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Risk Mitigation (CBRN CoE) is an initiative of the European Union which was launched in 2010. The Initiative addresses the mitigation of and preparedness for risks related to CBRN material and agents. The origin of these risks can be criminal (proliferation, theft, sabotage and illicit trafficking), accidental (industrial catastrophes, in particular chemical or nuclear, waste treatment and transport) or natural (mainly pandemics but also be the consequence of natural hazards on CBRN material and facilities). The CBRN CoE Initiative seeks to boost cooperation at national, regional and international levels, and to develop a common and coherent CBRN risk mitigation policy at national and regional level. Risk mitigation comprises prevention, preparedness and post-crisis management.
Objectives
Lack of coordination and preparedness related to CBRN risks at national level and fragmentation of responsibilities within a region can have dramatic consequences. This is why the European Union is setting up a framework for cooperation and coordination amongst all levels of government and international partners. This Initiative is mirroring the EU CBRN Action Plan implemented inside the EU.
The main objective of the EU CBRN CoE Initiative is to facilitate regional cooperation in order to enhance CBRN capabilities.
Implementers
The Initiative is implemented and funded by the European Commission (Directorate General for International Cooperation and Development - EuropeAid (DG DEVCO) in cooperation with the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI). The European External Action Service (EEAS) is also deeply involved in the follow up of the initiative.
The Initiative is developed with the technical support of the Joint Research Centre (JRC)) and relevant International/Regional Organisations, the EU Member States and other stakeholders, through coherent and effective cooperation at national, regional and international level.
Legal Framework
The legal basis for the Initiative is the Instrument for Stability (IfS) (Regulation (EC) No 1717/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 November 2006 establishing an Instrument for Stability, OJ L 327/1 24.11.2006). Funding for the CoE comes from the long term component of the Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace (IcSP) that has as one of its aims, amongst many, to mitigate and prepare against risks. The CoE remit, specifically, is to mitigate CBRN risks whether of an intentional, accidental or natural origin.
Cooperation with International and Regional Organisations
Where appropriate, the CBRN CoE Initiative is working in cooperation with international and regional partners or programmes, such as the IAEA, the OPCW, UNODA, BWC-ISU, the WHO, OIE, FAO, INTERPOL, EUROPOL, the UN SC 1540 Committee, the Arab League, the African Union, ASEAN, ISTC, Global Partnership Against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction; each contributing with its own unique support according to its mandate.
Regions
The Centres of Excellence Initiative is present in 60 countries, and is grouped around eight Regional Secretariats:
African Atlantic Façade (Benin, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Liberia, Mauritania, Morocco, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo)
Central Asia (Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan)
Eastern and Central Africa (Burundi, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Seychelles, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia)
Gulf Cooperation Council Countries (Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE)
Middle East (Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon)
North Africa and Sahel (Algeria, Burkina Faso, Libya, Mali, Morocco, Niger, Tunisia)
South East Asia (Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Muang Lao, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam)
South East and Eastern Europe (Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Georgia, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia, Ukraine)
Projects
Once Partner Country needs have been identified, by the implementation of the needs assessment process, regional projects are developed that are carried out to build capacity in the country and complement national measures. There are currently 66 projects underway involving CBRN experts from the Partner Countries together with experts from European Union Member States.
See also
Instrument for Stability
CBRN defense
European Union
EuropeAid Development and Cooperation
Joint Research Centre
United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute
International Atomic Energy Agency
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
External links
Latest Newsletter
References
European Commission
Foreign relations of the European Union
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lolium%20temulentum
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Lolium temulentum
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Lolium temulentum, typically known as darnel, poison darnel, darnel ryegrass or cockle, is an annual plant of the genus Lolium within the family Poaceae. The plant stem can grow up to one meter tall, with inflorescence in the ears and purple grain. It has a Cosmopolitan distribution.
Growth
Darnel usually grows in the same production zones as wheat and was a serious weed of cultivation until modern sorting machinery enabled darnel seeds to be separated efficiently from seed wheat. The similarity between these two plants is so great that in some regions, darnel is referred to as "false wheat". It bears a close resemblance to wheat until the ear appears. The spikes of L. temulentum are more slender than those of wheat. The spikelets are oriented edgeways to the rachis and have only a single glume, while those of wheat are oriented with the flat side to the rachis and have two glumes. Wheat will appear brown when ripe, whereas darnel is black.
Darnel can be infected by an endophytic fungus of the genus Neotyphodium and the endophyte-produced, insecticidal loline alkaloids were first isolated from this plant.
The French word for darnel is ivraie (from Latin ebriacus, intoxicated), which expresses the drunken nausea from eating the infected plant, which can be fatal. The French name echoes the scientific name, Latin temulentus "drunk."
Literary references
The ancient Greek botanist Theophrastus stated in his De causis plantarum (8:7 §1) that wheat can transform (metaballein) into darnel (aira), since fields sown to wheat are often darnel when reaped.
Darnel is mentioned in Horace's Satire 2.6 (eaten by the Country mouse while he serves his guest fancier foods) and may have been the plant in the Parable of the Tares in the Gospel of Matthew:
In ordering the St. Brice's Day massacre of all the Danes in England, Æthelred the Unready observed that "all the Danes who had sprung up in this island, sprouting like cockle amongst the wheat, were to be destroyed by a most just extermination."
Darnel is also mentioned as a weed in Shakespeare's King Lear,
Darnel is one of the many ingredients in mithridate, which Mithridates, the king of ancient Pontus, is supposed to have used every day to render him immune to poisoning.
Darnel is mentioned in the Mishnah in Kilayim (1:1) as זונין (), similar to the Arabic زؤان ().
See also
Bromus tectorum
References
External links
"Wheat’s Evil Twin Has Been Intoxicating Humans For Centuries", Atlas Obscura, March 22, 2016
Pooideae
Medicinal plants
Plants described in 1753
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
Flora of Malta
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018%20Davis%20Cup%20Asia/Oceania%20Zone%20Group%20III
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2018 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III
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The Asia/Oceania Zone was the unique zone within Group 3 of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2018. The zone's competition was held in round robin format in Hanoi, Vietnam, from 2 to 7 April 2018. The two winning nations won promotion to Group II, Asia/Oceania Zone, for 2019.
Participating nations
Draw
Date: 2–7 April, 2018
Location: Mỹ Đình Sports Complex, Hanoi, Vietnam (indoor hard)
Format: Round-robin basis. One pool of 4 teams (Pool A) and one pool of 5 teams (Pool B). The winner of Pool A will play-off against the runner-up of Pool B and the winner of Pool B will play-off against the runner-up of Pool A to determine which two nations will be promoted to Asia/Oceania Zone Group II in 2019.
Seeding
1Davis Cup Rankings as of 5 February 2018
Draw
Pool A
Pool B
Standings are determined by: 1. number of wins; 2. number of matches; 3. in two-team ties, head-to-head records; 4. in three-team ties, (a) percentage of sets won (head-to-head records if two teams remain tied), then (b) percentage of games won (head-to-head records if two teams remain tied), then (c) Davis Cup rankings.
Playoffs
and promoted to Group II in 2019.
and relegated to Group IV in 2019.
Round Robin
Pool A
Vietnam vs. Pacific Oceania
Malaysia vs. Cambodia
Vietnam vs. Cambodia
Malaysia vs. Pacific Oceania
Vietnam vs. Malaysia
Pacific Oceania vs. Cambodia
Pool B
Kuwait vs. Jordan
Qatar vs. Syria
Kuwait vs. Saudi Arabia
Qatar vs. Jordan
Kuwait vs. Qatar
Syria vs. Saudi Arabia
Kuwait vs. Syria
Jordan vs. Saudi Arabia
Qatar vs. Saudi Arabia
Syria vs. Jordan
Play-offs
Promotional play-offs
Vietnam vs. Qatar
Malaysia vs. Kuwait
Relegation play-offs
Cambodia vs. Saudi Arabia
Jordan vs. Pacific Oceania
References
External links
Official Website
Asia/Oceania Zone Group III
Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbuterol
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Carbuterol
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Carbuterol (INN; carbuterol hydrochloride USAN) is a short-acting β2 adrenoreceptor agonist.
Synthesis
References
Beta2-adrenergic agonists
Phenylethanolamines
Ureas
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20William%20Israel
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John William Israel
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John William Israel (4 July 185030 May 1926) was Commonwealth Auditor-General for the Australian Government between 1902 and 1926.
Life and career
Israel was born in Launceston, Tasmania on 4 July 1850 to parents Adelaide Maria and John Cashmore Israel. He was schooled at the private academy of Abraham Barrett.
In 1870, Israel joined the Tasmanian Railway Service and was there when the Service was transferred to the government, becoming Tasmanian Government Railways. Israel transferred to the Tasmanian Audit Office in 1882.
Israel was appointed as Australia's first Commonwealth Auditor-General, leaving his appointment as State Auditor-General in Tasmania to take up the Australian Public Service position.
As Commonwealth Auditor-General, Israel oversaw the opening of special branch offices in all of the capital cities of Australia, with headquarters in Melbourne. His staff performed continuous audits at the Post Office and at Customs and period audits in every branch of the public service, including the Commonwealth Bank and the Government's military organisations.
Israel died of cancer at his residence in Kew, Melbourne on 30 May 1926.
Awards
In 1916, Israel was awarded the distinction of the Imperial Service Order for his public service.
References
1850 births
1926 deaths
Australian public servants
Australian Companions of the Imperial Service Order
Deaths from cancer in Victoria (Australia)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat-Sheva%20Zeisler
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Bat-Sheva Zeisler
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Bat-Sheva Zeisler is an Israeli vocalist, actress, and voice teacher. She sings in the soprano range.
Biography
Bat-Sheva Zeisler's father was the city architect of Rishon Lezion, where she still lives. Zeisler graduated from the Tel Aviv University, where she studied drama and literature. She then studied voice at London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama and the London College of Music.
She was married to Israeli artist Gideon Gechtman (1942–2008), whom she met in London. Their son, Noam, works in the advertising industry. Another son, Yotam, a film director, died in 1997.
Theater and acting career
Bat-Sheva Zeisler was a member of the original cast of You and Me and the Next War, a satirical cabaret by Hanoch Levin with songs set to music by Alex Kagan and Beni Nagari. An updated version was performed by the original cast from 2004 through 2008. The director of the play was Edna Shavit.
Other productions she participated in include Everything You Wanted to Know Often, and Didn't Dare to Ask Bach short one act plays by Offenbach, directed by Eran Baniel, with Dani Masseng co-acting, and stage choreography by the late Ya'akov Sommer and musical directing of Yitzhak Steiner; The Beggar's Opera at the Beersheba Theater, with new music by Alex Kagan and directed by Dan Ronnen; An Upside-Down Monument by Yossef Mundi, and directed by him at Yuval Theater; Intimacy directed by Tammar Lederer, at Hasimta Theater; My Fair Lady, The Imaginary Patient and The Star of Tears. The two latter were directed by Motti Averbuch. Star of Tears was written by him and put to music as an opera by Thierie Wieder.
Zeisler managed the Elharizi Theater in Tel Aviv.
Singing career
Zeisler has an extensive career as a soprano vocalist. Among her programs are Songs in Red and Yellow, Bat-Sheva and Simcha go to Broadway with Habimah singer-actor Simcha Barbiro and songs by Eric Satie and Francis Poulenc. In several of these programs she is accompanied by the Dutch-Israeli classical pianist Bart Berman. She works as a voice coach.
Discography
Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe: My Fair Lady (Helicon, 1986)
Hanoch Levin: You, Me and the Next War (Ofir, 2004)
References
External links
Batsheva Zeisler at Notes on Franz Schubert
Living people
Alumni of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama
20th-century Israeli women singers
Israeli musical theatre actresses
Israeli operatic sopranos
Israeli stage actresses
Tel Aviv University alumni
People from Rishon LeZion
Jewish opera singers
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Helmut Gutiérrez
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Helmut Enrique Gutiérrez Zapana (born July 2, 1984) is a Bolivian footballer, who currently plays for Oriente Petrolero in the Bolivian Primera División.
Club career
The midfielder previously playing for La Paz, Real Potosí, Nacional Potosí and Blooming.
International career
Gutiérrez made his debut with the Bolivian national team on September 9, 2009 during a 2010 World Cup Qualifying game at home against Ecuador.
References
External links
1987 births
Living people
Footballers from La Paz
Bolivian footballers
Bolivia international footballers
Association football midfielders
Club Real Potosí players
Nacional Potosí players
La Paz F.C. players
Club Blooming players
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Hans Joachim Meyer
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Hans Joachim Meyer (born 13 October 1936) is a German politician (CDU). He served in the de Maizière cabinet as the last East German Minister for Education and the Arts. After reunification he became in the regional government of Saxony. In addition, he served between 1997 and 2009 as President of the Central Committee of German Catholics ("Zentralkomitee der deutschen Katholiken" / ZdK).
Life
Hans Joachim Meyer was born in Rostock. He grew up, after 1945, in the Soviet occupation zone which was relaunched in October 1949 as the Soviet sponsored German Democratic Republic (East Germany). After successfully completing his school studies in Rostock he moved to the Berlin area. He attended the ("Deutsche Akademie für Staats- und Rechtswissenschaft") in Potsdam between 1955 and 1958 but was excluded after six terms before he could complete his degree because he "failed to connect with the working class" (wegen "mangelnder Verbindung zur Arbeiterklasse"). The real issue, he later told an interviewer, was his commitment to the Catholic Church. His decision while still at school to join the CDU back in 1952, at a time when the ruling party was engaged in a robust campaign to take control of rival political parties, will already have drawn him to the attention of the authorities as a potential dissident in the making. For the next year he worked as an "assistant" at the VEB Lokomotivbau Potsdam-Babelsberg (factory) as the nearby rail-locomotive plant was known at that time. After that, resigning from the CDU in 1961, he was able to restart his university studies, now embarking on a course at the Humboldt University of Berlin of English and American Studies and Philology. His decision to select a subject that was seen by the authorities as less directly political was vindicated, in that this time he was able to complete his course, emerging with his university degree in 1964. He remained at the Humboldt as a teacher and senior research assistant between 1964 and 1982. He received his doctorate in 1971. His dissertation was, again, resolutely non-political: it comprised a semantic analysis of the modern English verb prefix "Up" when compared to related prefixes in English and German ("Semantische Analyse der modernenglischen Verbalpartikel "up" im Vergleich zu verwandten englischen und deutschen Verbalpartikeln"). Ten years later his habilitation, received in 1981, could have opened the way to a lifelong university career, had "events" not intervened. He was assigned to the Foreign Languages section between 1973 and 1977, becoming deputy director for education and training. Between 1978 and 1990 he headed up the Intensive Languages Training section at the Humboldt. He also held an appointment as Professor of Applied Linguistics between 1985 and 1990.
During his academic career in East Berlin Meyer was engaged with the church. Between 1973 and 1975 he served as a member of the Dresden Pastoral Synod of the region covered by the German Democratic Republic. Between 1976 and 1982 he worked with the Pastoral Council for the Bishopric in respect of East Berlin.
During the later 1980s the winds of Perestroika blowing cross from, of all places, Moscow, found a growing resonance on the streets in the German Democratic Republic, (even if the government was appalled). In November 1989 street protestors broke through the Berlin Wall, and it quickly became apparent that Fraternal Forces from the east had received no orders to intervene militarily. There would be no repeat of 1953 or of the tragedy of 1968 in Prague. A seemingly unstoppable series of events now unfolded leading to the country's first (and, as matters turned out, last) free and fair election. In previous general elections, turn-pout had always been recorded at around 99% of eligible voters and the proportion of votes cast for the ruling Socialist Unity Party had always been recorded at around 99% of votes cast. However, results in March 1990 indicated significant levels of support for various political parties, with the CDU and its centre-right allies winning 48% of the votes. Shorty after that Meyer received and accepted an invitation to join the new government headed up by Lothar de Maizière, despite not being at this stage a member of any political party, and despite not having stood for election to the national parliament ("Volkskammer"). Between 12 April and 3 October 1990 Meyer served as the German Democratic Republic's last Minister for Minister for Education and the Arts. His responsibilities included participation as leader of the East German delegation at the between May and September 1990. The commission was mandated to adapt an education system that would be implemented across a unified Germany. The commission's output was summarized in the Reunification Treaty (Articles 37 & 38) which came into force in October 1990 and was then implemented both at government level and on the ground.
In August 1990 the East German CDU (party) formally merged back into the West German CDU from which it had been forcibly separated by the post-war division of Germany, and Hans Joachim Meyer took the opportunity to rejoin the party from which, out of "disappointment over the party's limited political options", he had resigned in 1961. Directly following reunification he joined the regional government of Kurt Biedenkopf in Saxony, serving between November 1990 and May 2002 as .
Awards and honours
2002: Honorary doctorate from the TU Dresden (university)
2003: Honorary membership of the Saxony Academy of Arts and Sciences
2005: Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
2008:
2013:
2015: Order of Merit of the Free State of Saxony
2017: Order of St. Gregory the Great
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20th-century German politicians
People from Rostock
Humboldt University of Berlin faculty
Christian Democratic Union (East Germany) politicians
Christian Democratic Union of Germany politicians
German Roman Catholics
Linguists from Germany
Government ministers of East Germany
Ministers of the Saxony State Government
Commanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Recipients of the Order of Merit of the Free State of Saxony
Knights Commander of the Order of St Gregory the Great
1936 births
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Mahmoud Abou-Regaila
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Mahmoud Abou-Regaila (; born 9 September 1941), also known as Abo Regala, is a former Egyptian footballer and former head coach of Zamalek. He played on a number of teams, including the Egyptian national team. He received honours as a player in the 1965 Pan Arab Games and as a manager in the 1999 Egypt Cup.
Honours
Player
Egypt
Pan Arab Games
1965
Zamalek SC
Egyptian Premier League
1959–60, 1963–64, 1964–65
Egypt Cup
1959–60, 1961–62
Head coach
Zamalek SC
Egyptian Premier League
1983–84
Egypt Cup
1998–99
African Cup of Champions Clubs
1984
Al Nassr FC
Saudi Professional League
1975
References
1941 births
Sportspeople from Cairo
Egyptian footballers
Egypt international footballers
Zamalek SC players
Al Shabab FC (Riyadh) managers
Al Nassr FC managers
Zamalek SC managers
Al-Wehda Club (Mecca) managers
Al Aluminium SC managers
Al Masry SC managers
Yemen national football team managers
Ohod Club managers
Living people
Egyptian Premier League players
Saudi Professional League managers
Association football defenders
Egyptian football managers
Expatriate football managers in Saudi Arabia
Expatriate football managers in Syria
Expatriate football managers in Yemen
Egyptian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia
Egyptian expatriate sportspeople in Syria
Egyptian expatriate sportspeople in Yemen
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Klein surface
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In mathematics, a Klein surface is a dianalytic manifold of complex dimension 1. Klein surfaces may have a boundary and need not be orientable. Klein surfaces generalize Riemann surfaces. While the latter are used to study algebraic curves over the complex numbers analytically, the former are used to study algebraic curves over the real numbers analytically. Klein surfaces were introduced by Felix Klein in 1882.
A Klein surface is a surface (i.e., a differentiable manifold of real dimension 2) on which the notion of angle between two tangent vectors at a given point is well-defined, and so is the angle between two intersecting curves on the surface. These angles are in the range [0,π]; since the surface carries no notion of orientation, it is not possible to distinguish between the angles α and −α. (By contrast, on Riemann surfaces are oriented and angles in the range of (-π,π] can be meaningfully defined.) The length of curves, the area of submanifolds and the notion of geodesic are not defined on Klein surfaces.
Two Klein surfaces X and Y are considered equivalent if there are conformal (i.e. angle-preserving but not necessarily orientation-preserving) differentiable maps f:X→Y and g:Y→X that map boundary to boundary and satisfy fg = idY and gf = idX.
Examples
Every Riemann surface (analytic manifold of complex dimension 1, without boundary) is a Klein surface. Examples include open subsets of the complex plane (non-compact), the Riemann sphere (compact), and tori (compact). Note that there are many different inequivalent Riemann surfaces with the same underlying torus as manifold.
A closed disk in the complex plane is a Klein surface (compact, with boundary). All closed disks are equivalent as Klein surfaces. A closed annulus in the complex plane is a Klein surface (compact, with boundary). Not all annuli are equivalent as Klein surfaces: there is a one-parameter family of inequivalent Klein surfaces arising in this way from annuli. By removing a number of open disks from the Riemann sphere, we obtain another class of Klein surfaces (compact, with boundary). The real projective plane can be turned into a Klein surface (compact, without boundary), in essentially only one way. The Klein bottle can be turned into a Klein surface (compact, without boundary); there is a one-parameter family of inequivalent Klein surfaces structures defined on the Klein bottle. Similarly, there is a one-parameter family of inequivalent Klein surface structures (compact, with boundary) defined on the Möbius strip.
Every compact topological 2-manifold (possibly with boundary) can be turned into a Klein surface, often in many different inequivalent ways.
Properties
The boundary of a compact Klein surface consists of finitely many connected components, each of which being homeomorphic to a circle. These components are called the ovals of the Klein surface.
Suppose Σ is a (not necessarily connected) Riemann surface and τ:Σ→Σ is an anti-holomorphic (orientation-reversing) involution. Then the quotient Σ/τ carries a natural Klein surface structure, and every Klein surface can be obtained in this manner in essentially only one way. The fixed points of τ correspond to the boundary points of Σ/τ. The surface Σ is called an "analytic double" of Σ/τ.
The Klein surfaces form a category; a morphism from the Klein surface X to the Klein surface Y is a differentiable map f:X→Y which on each coordinate patch is either holomorphic or the complex conjugate of a holomorphic map and furthermore maps the boundary of X to the boundary of Y.
There is a one-to-one correspondence between smooth projective algebraic curves over the reals (up to isomorphism) and compact connected Klein surfaces (up to equivalence). The real points of the curve correspond to the boundary points of the Klein surface. Indeed, there is an equivalence of categories between the category of smooth projective algebraic curves over R (with regular maps as morphisms) and the category of compact connected Klein surfaces. This is akin to the correspondence between smooth projective algebraic curves over the complex numbers and compact connected Riemann surfaces. (Note that the algebraic curves considered here are abstract curves: integral, separated one-dimensional schemes of finite type over R. Such a curve need not have any R-rational points (like the curve X2+Y2+1=0 over R), in which case its Klein surface will have empty boundary.)
There is also a one-to-one correspondence between compact connected Klein surfaces (up to equivalence) and algebraic function fields in one variable over R (up to R-isomorphism). This correspondence is akin to the one between compact connected Riemann surfaces and algebraic function fields over the complex numbers.
If X is a Klein surface, a function f:X→Cu{∞} is called meromorphic if, on each coordinate patch, f or its complex conjugate is meromorphic in the ordinary sense, and if f takes only real values (or ∞) on the boundary of X. Given a connected Klein surface X, the set of meromorphic functions defined on X form a field M(X), an algebraic function field in one variable over R. M is a contravariant functor and yields a duality (contravariant equivalence) between the category of compact connected Klein surfaces (with non-constant morphisms) and the category of function fields in one variable over the reals.
One can classify the compact connected Klein surfaces X up to homeomorphism (not up to equivalence!) by specifying three numbers (g, k, a): the genus g of the analytic double Σ, the number k of connected components of the boundary of X , and the number a, defined by a=0 if X is orientable and a=1 otherwise. We always have k ≤ g+1. The Euler characteristic of X equals 1-g.
References
Further reading
Surfaces
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E. C. Burnett III
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E. C. Burnett III was an associate justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court. He was elected on March 21, 1995, to fill the unexpired nine years of Judge Randall Bell's term; Judge Bell had died before being sworn into his seat on the South Carolina Supreme Court. Burnett defeated Judge Costa Pleicones by a vote of 102–58.
In 1982 he presided over the trial of Edward Lee Elmore who was wrongfully convicted and sentenced to death row. The trial is used by investigative journalist Raymond Bonner as an example of injustice in his book Anatomy of Injustice: A Murder Case Gone Wrong (2012).
References
Justices of the South Carolina Supreme Court
People from Spartanburg County, South Carolina
1942 births
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques%20Chirac%27s%20second%20term%20as%20President%20of%20France
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Jacques Chirac's second term as President of France
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At age 69, Jacques Chirac faced his fourth campaign for the French Presidency in 2002. He was the first choice of fewer than one voter in five in the first round of voting of the presidential elections of April 2002. It had been expected that he would face incumbent prime minister Lionel Jospin on the second round of elections; instead, Chirac faced controversial far right politician Jean-Marie Le Pen of the law-and-order, anti-immigrant National Front, and won re-election by a landslide; most parties outside the National Front had called for opposing Le Pen, even if it meant voting for Chirac. Slogans such as "vote for the crook, not for the fascist" or "vote with a clothespin on your nose" appeared.
"We must reject extremism in the name of the honour of France, in the name of the unity of our own nation," Chirac said before the presidential election. "I call on all French to massively vote for republican ideals against the extreme right."
The left-wing Socialist Party being in thorough disarray following Jospin's defeat, Chirac reorganized politics on the right, establishing a new party — initially called the Union of the Presidential Majority, then the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP). The RPR had broken down - a number of members had formed Eurosceptic breakaways. While the Giscardian liberals of the Union of French Democracy (UDF) had moved sharply to the right. The UMP won the parliamentary elections that followed the presidential poll with ease.
On 14 July 2002, during Bastille Day celebrations, Chirac survived an assassination attempt by a lone gunman with a rifle hidden in a guitar case. The would-be assassin fired a shot toward the presidential motorcade, before being overpowered by bystanders. The gunman, Maxime Brunerie, underwent psychiatric testing; the violent far-right group with which he was associated, Unité Radicale was then administratively dissolved. Brunerie had also been a candidate for the Mouvement National Républicain a far-right party at a local election. Brunerie's trial for attempted murder began on 6 December 2004; a crucial question was whether the court found that Brunerie's capacity for rational thought was absent (see insanity defence) or merely altered. On 10 December, the court, exceeding the sentence pushed for by the prosecution, sentenced Brunerie to 10 years in prison.
Chirac emerged as a leading voice against US president George W. Bush's administration's conduct towards Iraq. Despite intense U.S. pressure, Chirac threatened to veto, at that given point, a resolution in the U.N. Security Council that would authorize the use of military force to rid Iraq of alleged weapons of mass destruction, and rallied other governments to his position. Russia, another permanent UN Security Council member, said it, too, would use its veto against such a resolution, (cf. Governments' pre-war positions on invasion of Iraq and Protests against the 2003 Iraq war). "Iraq today does not represent an immediate threat that justifies an immediate war", Chirac said on 18 March 2003. Chirac was then the target of various American and British commentators supporting the decisions of president Bush and prime minister Tony Blair. See also anti-French sentiment in the United States. Suspected French involvement in "under the table" deals with Saddam Hussein have led many supporters of the war to question Chirac's motives in opposing the invasion of Iraq.
During a state visit to the People's Republic of China on 21 April 2005 Chirac's Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin lent support to the new Anti-Secession Law, which justified an invasion of Taiwan by the PRC in the event of a declaration of Taiwan independence, and continued to push for a lift of the European Union arms embargo against China. France's position was seen as attempting to aid China in altering the balance of power against the U.S. in East Asia, in which the control of Taiwan is of utmost importance. This drew widespread condemnation from the U.S. which responded by threatening sanctions against the EU unless the embargo was continued.
On 29 May 2005 a referendum was held in France to decide whether the country should ratify the proposed Constitution of the European Union. The result was a victory for the No campaign, with 55% of voters rejecting the treaty on a turnout of 69%, dealing a devastating blow to Chirac and the UMP party. Chirac's decision to hold a referendum was thought to have been influenced in part by the surprise announcement that the United Kingdom was to hold a vote of its own. Although the adoption of a Constitution had initially been played down as a 'tidying-up' exercise with no need for a popular vote, as increasing numbers of EU member states announced their intention to hold a referendum, the French government came under increasing pressure to follow suit.
French voters turned down the proposed document by a wide margin, which was interpreted by some as a rebuke to Chirac and his government. Two days later, Jean-Pierre Raffarin resigned and Chirac appointed Dominique de Villepin as Prime Minister of France.
In an address to the nation, Chirac has declared that the new cabinet's top priority would be to curb the unemployment level, which consistently hovers above 10%, calling for a "national mobilization" to that effect. One of the main promises of Jean-Pierre Raffarin when he became Prime Minister had been to spur growth and that "the end of President Chirac's term would be marked by a drop in unemployment". However, at the time of his dismissal, no such improvement could be seen. Villepin set himself a deadline of a hundred days to restore the French people's trust in their government (note that Villepin's first published book was titled The Hundred Days or the Spirit of Sacrifice).
Laïcité
The Law of Secularity and Conspicuous Religious Symbols in Schools was passed in September 2004. This law stated all religious items could no longer be worn in public schools including but not limited to: kippah's, catholic crosses, and Muslim religious attire.
2012 Olympics
Chirac became the subject of controversy the day before the International Olympic Committee was due to pick a host city for the 2012 Summer Olympics. Chirac made comments stating that "the only worse food than British food is Finnish" and "the only thing the British have done for Europe's agriculture is mad cow disease". Not only were Chirac's comments considered unsportsmanlike where the normal etiquette is not to criticize rival cities, there was also the presence of two Finnish members on the International Olympic Committee who would vote in the final ballot. Out of the competing candidate cities, the bid was widely acknowledged as the front runner but Paris's narrow loss to arch-rival London led many to believe that Chirac's comments were at fault. It seems that the French public laid the blame of the failure on President Chirac, and not on the Mayor of Paris Bertrand Delanoë, whose popularity had in fact risen according to polls.
Even longtime Chirac supporters had lost their faith. Jean-Louis Debré, president of the National Assembly and a faithful Chirac supporter, declared "I'm not sure that Jacques Chirac succeeded in his presidency. I'd at least like that he succeeds in his exit."
According to a July 2005 poll, 32% judge Jacques Chirac favorably and 63% unfavorably.
It is unclear whether Jacques Chirac will run for a third mandate in 2007 and, should he not run or should he fail in a re-election bid, whether he risks prosecution and jail time for the various fraudulent schemes he has been named in. While he is currently immune from prosecution as a president, prescription (i.e. the statute of limitations) does not apply. His authority was seriously weakened by the October–November 2005 Paris suburb riots in which hundreds of cars and numerous warehouses were set alight throughout France by thousands of alienated North African immigrants who complain of widespread discrimination and unemployment. The riots were triggered by the accidental deaths of two North African immigrants in a poor Paris suburb named Clichy-sous-Bois who were rumoured to be fleeing from police. Chirac later acknowledged that France had not done enough to integrate its Muslim North African citizens into French society or combat racism.
One issue seen of increasing importance with respect to a possible 2007 re-election bid is Jacques Chirac's age and health. Chirac has often been described to be extremely resilient and hard-working, and to have conserved a legendary appetite; before 2005, he had never had major health problems throughout his long political career. He used to be a heavy smoker but had given up many years ago. Nevertheless, it has become apparent that he is also careful of hiding signs that may betray declining health. In October 2003, there was an intense debate about French leaders' tradition of keeping secret their medical problems (for example Mitterrand's cancer was hidden for 14 years) : Jacques Chirac has gone slightly deaf in one ear, and a former Environment Minister Roselyne Bachelot had revealed that a small hearing aid had been fitted discreetly into Mr Chirac's left ear. This debate leading to accusations of secrecy and speculation emerged once again in September 2005 when Chirac following a suspected stroke ( which provoked "slight impairment in his field of vision"). making it increasingly unlikely that he will run for a third term in 2007 and stoking the undeclared succession battle between Villepin and Nicolas Sarkozy (Villepin was appointed to serve in Chirac's place in the United Nations 2005 World Summit in New York City).
On 19 January 2006, Chirac said that France was prepared to launch a nuclear strike against any country that sponsors a terrorist attack against French interests. He said his country's nuclear arsenal had been reconfigured to include the ability to make a tactical strike in retaliation for terrorism.
On 17 March 2006, Chirac, was involved in a controversy over a youth employment law after protests in Paris against the measure ended in violence and 187 arrests.
Unions and student groups were reported to be planning further action, claiming up to 600,000 university and high school students took part in Thursday's action. They have tied any talks to withdrawal of the employment law, which is opposed by 68% of French people, according to an opinion poll published in Le Parisien newspaper, a rise of 13 percentage points in a week. Critics say the legal reform will create a generation of "disposable workers", but ministers tried to conciliate growing opposition, one saying no worker could be laid off without justification. The first employment contract (CPE) was designed to cut youth unemployment by allowing employers to dismiss workers under 26 within their first two years in a job. This led to a turn around by Chrirac and his Prime Minister on the 10 April saying the controversial law was to be scrapped. Chirac took the unprecedented step of signing the bill into law while at the same time calling for not applying the CPE clauses, a move with no base in the French Constitution. Stating the 'palpable discontent' in his country Chirac promised a more popular law would be enacted.
During April and May 2006, President Chirac's administration was beset by a crisis as his chosen Prime Minister, Dominique de Villepin, was accused of asking General Rondot, a top level French spy, of asking for a secret investigation into the latter's chief political rival, Nicolas Sarkozy in 2004. This matter has been called the Clearstream Affair. On 10 May 2006, following a Cabinet meeting, Chirac made a rare television appearance to try to protect Prime Minister Villepin from the scandal and to debunk allegations that Chirac himself had set up a Japanese bank account containing 300 million francs in 1992 as Mayor of Paris. Chirac stated that "The Republic is not a dictatorship of rumours, a dictatorship of calumny." Some political commentators note that the president's authority and credibility is in serious decline due to this scandal and combined impact of the French voters rejection of the European Union constitution in May 2005 which Chirac had publicly championed.
In July 2006, the G8 met to discuss international energy concerns. Despite the rising awareness of global warming issues, the G8 focussed on "energy security" issues. President Chirac continued to be the voice within the G8 summit meetings to support international action to curb global warming and climate change concerns. He warned that "humanity is dancing on a volcano" and called for serious action by the world's leading industrialized nations.
References
Politics of France
Jacques Chirac
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camden%20County%20Technical%20Schools%20Gloucester%20Township%20Campus
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Camden County Technical Schools Gloucester Township Campus
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Camden County Technical Schools Gloucester Township Campus, also called Camden County Tech, is a vocational-technical public high school serving students in ninth through twelfth grades located in Gloucester Township, New Jersey, United States (however it uses a Sicklerville mailing address), that operates as part of the Camden County Technical Schools. The school serves students from all of Camden County, and was opened in 1969 as the district's second high school, with the goal of expanding access in the eastern, more rural portion of Camden County.
As of the 2020–21 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,463 students and 125.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.7:1. There were 543 students (37.1% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 113 (7.7% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
Athletics
The Camden County Tech Warriors compete in the Olympic Conference, an athletic conference comprised of public and private high schools located in Burlington, Camden and Gloucester counties, and operates under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). With 1,003 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2019–20 school year as Group III for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 761 to 1,058 students in that grade range. Sister school and archrival, Pennsauken Technical High School Tornadoes also compete in the Olympic Conference.
Administration
The school's principal is Wanda Pichardo. Her administration team includes four assistant principals
References
External links
School webpage
Camden County Technical Schools website
Gloucester Township Technical High School, National Center for Education Statistics
1969 establishments in New Jersey
Educational institutions established in 1969
Gloucester Township, New Jersey
Public high schools in Camden County, New Jersey
Vocational schools in New Jersey
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003%20Pacific%20Life%20Open%20%E2%80%93%20Women%27s%20doubles
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2003 Pacific Life Open – Women's doubles
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Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Raymond with Lindsay Davenport and Stubbs with Elena Bovina.
Bovina and Stubbs lost in the quarterfinals to Jelena Dokić and Nadia Petrova.
Davenport and Raymond won in the final 3–6, 6–4, 6–1 against Kim Clijsters and Ai Sugiyama.
Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
Draw
Final
Top half
Bottom half
Qualifying
Qualifying seeds
Qualifiers
Flavia Pennetta / María Emilia Salerni
Lucky losers
Qualifying draw
External links
Official results archive (ITF)
Official results archive (WTA)
2003 Pacific Life Open
Pacific Life Open
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew%20Joyce
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Matthew Joyce
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Matthew or Matt Joyce may refer to:
Matt Joyce (American football) (born 1972), former National Football League offensive lineman
Matt Joyce (baseball) (born 1984), Major League Baseball outfielder
Matthew M. Joyce (1877–1956), U.S. federal judge
Matthew William Joyce, filmmaker, magazine editor and activist
Matthew Ingle Joyce (died 1930), British judge
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Packet%20Layer%20Protocol
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Packet Layer Protocol
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Packet Layer Protocol or PLP is the Network Layer protocol for the X.25 protocol suite. PLP manages the packet exchanges between DTE (data terminal) devices across VCs (virtual calls). PLP also can be used on ISDN using Link Access Procedures, D channel (LAPD).
There are 5 modes of PLP: call setup, data transfer, idle, call clearing, and restarting.
Call setup mode is used to create VCs (virtual calls) between DTE devices. A PLP uses the 14-digit X.121 addressing scheme to set up the virtual call.
Data transfer mode is used to send data between DTE devices across a virtual call. At this level PLP handles segmentation and reassembly, bit padding, error control and flow control.
Idle mode is used when a virtual call is established but there is no data transfer happening.
Call clearing mode is used to end sessions between DTE devices and to terminate VCs.
Restarting mode is used to synchronize the transmission between a DTE device and its locally connected DCE (data communications) device.
There are 4 types of PLP packet fields:
General Format Identifier (GFI): Identifies packet parameters (whether it is data or control information), what type of windowing is being used, and whether delivery confirmation is needed.
Logical Channel Identifier (LCI): Identifies the virtual call across the local DTE/DCE interface.
Packet Type Identifier (PTI): Identifies the PLP packet type (17 different types).
User Data—Contains encapsulated upper-layer information when there is user data present, otherwise additional fields containing control information are added.
External links
ITU-T recommendations
X.25
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratey%20Chu
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Ratey Chu
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Ratey Chu is a river in the Indian state of Sikkim that is the main source of water for the state capital, Gangtok. Ratey Chu emerges from the glacier-fed lake Tamze at an elevation of above sea level. Ratey Chu is tapped for drinking water at an elevation of . From this tapping point or water supply head work, water is transported for to the Selep Water Treatment Plant site.
References
Annual Report 2006–2007 Water Security and PHE Department. Government of Sikkim. Retrieved on 9 May 2008.
Rivers of Sikkim
Rivers of India
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Connie Murphy
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Cornelius David Murphy (November 1, 1870 – December 14, 1945) was a Major League Baseball catcher. He played parts of two seasons, and , for the Cincinnati Reds. Murphy's minor league baseball career spanned seventeen seasons, from until .
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Major League Baseball catchers
Cincinnati Reds players
Davenport Hawkeyes players
Quincy Black Birds players
London Tecumsehs (baseball) players
Quincy Ravens players
Albany Senators players
Binghamton Bingos players
Troy Trojans (minor league) players
Atlanta Windjammers players
Indianapolis Hoosiers (minor league) players
New Bedford Whalers (baseball) players
New Bedford Browns players
Springfield Ponies players
Little Rock Travelers players
Brockton Whalers players
Lawrence Colts players
Haverhill Hustlers players
Baseball players from Massachusetts
1870 births
1945 deaths
19th-century baseball players
Fitchburg (minor league baseball) players
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aasphota
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Aasphota
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Aasphota is 1988 Indian Kannada political drama film directed by T. S. Nagabharana, based on the novel Ayana by Manu (P. N. Rangan). The film stars Sridhar and H. G. Dattatreya, in his film debut, in the lead roles.
The film won numerous awards including the Best Film both in Filmfare Awards South and Karnataka State Film Awards and for the story, screenplay and Supporting acting.
Cast
Sridhar
H. G. Dattatreya
Triveni
Sudha Narasimharaju
Kasaragodu Chinna
Ashok Badaradinni
Rajkumar
Manu
G. V. Shivanand
Vishwanatha Rao
Shankar Rao
Susheelamma
Soundtrack
The music of the film was composed by C. Ashwath.
Awards and honors
Karnataka State Film Awards - 1987-88
Best Film
Best Supporting Actor - H. G. Dattatreya
Best Story - Manu
Best Screenplay - T. S. Nagabharana
1988 : Filmfare Awards South
Filmfare Award for Best Film - Kannada
References
External links
1988 films
1980s Kannada-language films
Indian political films
Films based on Indian novels
Films scored by C. Ashwath
Films directed by T. S. Nagabharana
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caritas%20Christi%20Health%20Care
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Caritas Christi Health Care
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Caritas Christi Health Care was a non-profit Catholic healthcare system in the New England region of the United States. It was established in 1985 and was the second largest healthcare system in New England. In 2010, Caritas Christi was sold to the private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management, which converted it to a for-profit company and renamed it Steward Health Care System. Cain Brothers acted as Caritas Christi's advisor for this transaction, for which they received Deal of the Year honors from Investment Dealer's Digest.
Caritas Christi was an integrated healthcare network providing community based medicine and tertiary care in eastern Massachusetts, southern New Hampshire and Rhode Island. Caritas Christi Health Care had 12,000 employees, 1,552 hospital beds, 2,305 doctors, 1,880 nurses, 73,546 annual inpatient discharges, 238,551 annual emergency department visits and fifty five communities served.
Caritas Christi Health Care was led by President/CEO Ralph de la Torre, MD and located within the St. Elizabeth's Medical Center campus.
Hospitals
In 1998, Caritas Christi acquired St. Joseph Health Services of Rhode Island.
Other facilities
Non-acute Caritas Christi facilities which offered a variety of services included Caritas Home Care, Caritas Good Samaritan Hospice, Caritas Labouré College, Caritas St. Mary's Women and Children's Center, Caritas Por Cristo, and the Caritas Physician Network.
References
External links
Caritas Christi official website (archived 2010)
Hospital networks in the United States
Healthcare in Boston
Economy of Boston
Cerberus Capital Management companies
Medical and health organizations based in Massachusetts
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Translations%20of%20Alice%27s%20Adventures%20in%20Wonderland
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Translations of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
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Lewis Carroll’s 1865 novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland has been translated into 175 languages. The language with the most editions of the Alice in Wonderland novels in translation is Japanese, with 1,271 editions. Some translations, with the first date of publishing and of reprints or re-editions by other publishers, are:
See also
Translations of Through the Looking-Glass, Carroll's 1871 sequel
References
Literature
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Lists of fantasy books
Children's literature bibliographies
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan%20Mica
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Dan Mica
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Daniel Mica (born February 4, 1944) is an American politician who was a U.S. representative from the state of Florida.
Education
Daniel Mica attended the University of Florida, but received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Florida Atlantic University in 1966. He was subsequently awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the same institution. He also holds an honorary law degree from Barry University.
During his time at FAU he served as the university's first student government president.
Career
Politics
From 1968 to 1978, Daniel Mica was the Chief of Staff to Congressman Paul Rogers. He succeeded Rogers in 1979 and subsequently served five terms in the U.S. House of Representatives representing Florida's 11th district
As a five-term member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Mica served his home state of Florida from 1979 to 1989 and made his mark as a bipartisan consensus-builder. He was on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Select Committee on Aging, and Veteran's Affairs Committee. He also served in the House leadership as deputy whip; and he was a member of the U.S. Secretary of State's Commission on Terrorism (the "Inman Commission").
His accomplishments while in Congress include investigating management corruption at the largest government-funded health maintenance organization (HMO) in the country, authoring anti-terrorism legislation that was enacted into law and reorganizing the federal court system by adding a new court district that helped relieve the system's backlog of cases.
While serving in Congress, Mica was appointed by President Ronald Reagan to be congressional representative to the United Nations. President Bush appointed him to the board for International Broadcasting in 1991, and President Bill Clinton selected him to serve as chairman of the board of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in 1993.
In 1988 Mica ran for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Lawton Chiles. Mica finished 3rd in the Democratic primary.
After leaving Capitol Hill, Mica joined the American Council of Life Insurers in 1989 as an executive vice president specializing in Federal Affairs. He remained in this position until 1996.
Credit Union National Association
In July 1996, Mica was named president and chief executive officer of the Credit Union National Association (CUNA).
Family
Mica is married, has four children. He is the brother of politician John Mica, a Republican who represented Florida's 7th Congressional District from 1993 until 2017. His daughter, Christine, is the current Dean of University Admissions for The Catholic University of America.
References
External links
Daniel Mica Congressional Bio
Credit Union National Association Official Website
CUNA's Profile of Daniel A. Mica
The DMA Group Official Website
1944 births
Living people
Florida Atlantic University alumni
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Florida
University of Florida alumni
Politicians from Binghamton, New York
People from West Palm Beach, Florida
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justice%20Anderson
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Justice Anderson
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Justice Anderson may refer to:
Albert Anderson (Montana judge) (1876–1948), associate justice of the Montana Supreme Court
Alexander O. Anderson (1794–1869), Tennessee lawyer who served in the United States Senate, and as a judge on the California Supreme Court from 1851 to 1853
Barry Anderson (born 1954), associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court
Donald B. Anderson (1904–1956), associate justice of the Idaho Supreme Court
E. Riley Anderson (1932–2018), former chief justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court
Forrest H. Anderson (1913–1989), associate justice of the Montana Supreme Court from 1953 to 1956
Francis T. Anderson (1808–1887), judge on the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals from 1870 to 1883
Frank Anderson (judge) (1870–1931), associate justice of the South Dakota Supreme Court
James A. Andersen (1924–2022), associate justice of the Washington Supreme Court
John C. Anderson (judge) (1863–1940), associate justice and chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court
John W. Anderson (Iowa judge) (1871–1954), associate justice of the Iowa Supreme Court
Paul Anderson (judge) (born 1943), associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court
Ralph J. Anderson (1888–1962), associate justice of the Montana Supreme Court
Reuben V. Anderson (born 1943), associate justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi
Thomas J. Anderson (judge) (1837–1910), associate justice of the Territorial Utah Supreme Court
Russell A. Anderson (1942–2020), the 20th chief justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court
Walker Anderson (1801–1857), associate justice of the Florida Supreme Court from 1851 to 1853
William Dozier Anderson (1862–1952), associate justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi
See also
Judge Anderson, fictional character in Judge Dredd comic books
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erhan%20Emre
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Erhan Emre
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Erhan Emre (born 4 September 1978) is a Kurdish–German actor, director, film producer and writer.
Filmography
Television
Director
Producer
Personal life
Emre was born to Turkish immigrants in Germany, he is one of eight children.
References
External links
1978 births
German people of Turkish descent
German male television actors
Living people
Male actors from Berlin
German male film actors
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C13H18O2
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C13H18O2
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{{DISPLAYTITLE:C13H18O2}}
The molecular formula C13H18O2 (molar mass: 206.28 g/mol, exact mass: 206.1307 u) may refer to:
Ibuprofen
Dexibuprofen
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maraekakaho%20River
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Maraekakaho River
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The Maraekakaho River is a river of the Hawke's Bay region, New Zealand. It flows into the Ngaruroro River.
See also
List of rivers of New Zealand
References
Rivers of the Hawke's Bay Region
Rivers of New Zealand
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anke%20Dannowski
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Anke Dannowski
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Anke Dannowski is a German mountain bike orienteering competitor and World Champion. She won an individual gold medal at the 2004 World MTB Orienteering Championships, and a gold medal in the relay in 2005.
References
German orienteers
Female orienteers
German female cyclists
Mountain bike orienteers
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
Cyclists from Dresden
20th-century German women
21st-century German women
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maraetaha%20River
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Maraetaha River
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The Maraetaha River is a river of the Gisborne Region, New Zealand.
See also
List of rivers of New Zealand
References
Rivers of the Gisborne District
Rivers of New Zealand
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extromatica%20Network%20Monitor
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Extromatica Network Monitor
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Extromatica Network Monitor is a network monitoring application created and maintained by Extromatica company. It is designed to monitor network hardware, servers and network services for faults and performance degradation. It alerts users when things go wrong and again when they get better. The software supports a variety of real-time notification mechanisms, including Short Message Service (SMS).
History
The development of this software began in 1999 as an internal project by Maxim Perenesenko and Yuri Zaitsev. After 2 years of development, it was released as Network Eagle Monitor. It took one more year until first stable release in 2002.
As of 2015, this software is maintained by Extromatica company and is named Extromatica Network Monitor.
Overview
Tests
Tests IP channel between monitoring system and another computer or network device with Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) protocol.
Checks accessibility of TCP based services like Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), Post Office Protocol (POP3), Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP), File Transfer Protocol (FTP), Secure Shell (SSH), and so on.
Checks availability and responsiveness of File Transfer Protocol (FTP) servers.
Checks availability and responsiveness of Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) and HTTPS servers.
Checks content of Web page by searching for specified substring.
Monitors free and used space on disk or network shares.
Tests local or remote (network share (Windows share)) directory for changes.
Periodically runs external commands or batch scripts and checks the return code.
Tests accessibility of data sources of Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) or native MS SQL. Runs SQL querys and checks return results as an option.
Executes script tests. They can be written in Visual Basic Script, JavaScript or other languages supported by the operating system (Active Scripting). For example: Active Python, ActivePerl.
Monitors a process on local or remote machines by its process identifier or name.
Monitors local or remote Windows Event Log for specified messages.
Communicates with a Windows machine to determine if a specified Windows Service is running and responding.
Monitors the content of specified file for changes by calculating MD5 hash or searching for substring; this check can test files inside archives.
Monitors status of local or network printers; can track more than twenty events, such as paper out or jammed, toner out, many more.
Tests Remote Access Service connection.
Monitors various parameters of Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) enabled computer or device.
Tests Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) server accessibility, checks LDAP directory content.
System performance - monitors loads of central processor unit (CPU), random access memory (RAM), local or remote computers.
Alerts and actions
Displays a popup-window with information about events.
Executes external program.
Plays a sound file.
Sends an e-mail message with information about events.
Writes event to Syslog.
Sends user-defined message to the Windows Event Log.
Executes script alerts. Alerts can be written in Visual Basic Script, JavaScript or other languages supported by the operating system (Active Scripting).
Rebootss local or remote computer.
Changes running state of Windows service, local or remote.
Running user-defined SQL query.
Sends SMS messages.
See also
Network administration
Network management
Comparison of network monitoring systems
External links
Extromatica Network Monitor on Twitter
Product Blog
References
http://3d2f.com/smartreviews/0-780-network-eagle-monitor-read.shtml
Network management
Internet Protocol based network software
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Disco%20Boys
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The Disco Boys
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The Disco Boys are a German house music DJ and production duo from Hamburg, which consists of Raphael Krickow (* 1966) and Gordon Hollenga (* 1969). They play a mixture of disco classics and modern house songs. The Disco Boys have played at the German Love Parade, Nature One, and the Mayday and Life Ball festivals in Austria. Even though the group was founded in 1995, they did not release their first single until 2001. Their acts as DJs take place around the world and include China.
Musical career
The Disco Boys were especially commercially successful with cover versions or productions with longer quotes or samples from other songs. Their first hit was "Born to Be Alive" from the album Volume 1, a new version of the hit by Patrick Hernandez from 1979. It was originally voiced by Roberto Blanco.
Their most popular single was "For You" released in 2004, which used longer passages from the song of the same name by Manfred Mann's Earth Band and was in turn based on the song by Bruce Springsteen. It was co-produced by Syke'N'Sugarstarr. In the seasons of 2008/09 and 2009/10 it was used by the German soccer club Borussia Dortmund as an entrance song. "For You" first reached the charts in 2005 and was re-published two years later. From 2007 to 2010 the single was repeatedly placed in the German charts, interrupted only because of a then existing rule excluding low-placed songs. Still, the song managed to reach a total of 93 weeks in the charts, with place 17 being the highest position. In 2010, over three years after its publication, "For You" reached Platinum in Germany.
"Hey St. Peter" is a cover version of a song by Flash and the Pan from 1977. The single managed to reach position 8 of the Finnish single-charts. The single "B-B-B-Baby" quotes the hit "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" by Bachman-Turner Overdrive from 1974.
Due to the tenth anniversary of the Disco Boys, the "Discofestival" was established in 2005, which took place yearly in Kassel until 2012.
In 2007, 2008 and 2009 the Disco Boys published further club hits, without using samples of other artists. "I Love You So", "What You Want", "Shadows" and other singles were published, accompanied by existing mix compilations, and reached high chart positions in Germany. Since June 23, 2010 the single "Love Tonight" is available. It is delivered in a package of remixes of the song, by Jay Frog, SONO and the Tune Brothers for example.
Their most successful single since "For You" was published in 2012: "Around The World", originally by ATC and containing vocal elements from the original song, due to permission by its creator Alex Christensen. The Disco Boys have also been renowned as re-mixers and have worked with songs by the artists and bands Rosenstolz, Ich + Ich, MIA. and Roger Sanchez among others. Their cover of "If I Can't Have You" by the Bee Gees was approved by the Gibb brothers themselves.
Each year the duo publishes a self-titled mix-compilation with the best tracks from their DJ-sets. This was first published in 2001 as a double album. Since 2012 it consists of three mixes on three CDs. The popular series reached high chart positions and especially the first two issues are still being traded for high prices on eBay. For each new volume the Disco Boys produce at least one single.
Discography
Albums
2001: Volume 1 (silver cover)
2002: Volume 2 (orange cover)
2003: Volume 3 (green cover)
2004: Volume 4 (yellow cover)
2005: Volume 5 (white cover)
2006: Volume 6 (black cover)
2007: Volume 7 (violet cover)
2007: Volume 8 (red cover)
2008: Volume 9 (blue cover)
2010: Volume 10 (gold cover)
2011: Volume 11 (purple cover)
2012: Volume 12 (rainbow cover)
2013: Volume 13 (silver cover)
2014: Volume 14 (yellow/black cover)
2015: Volume 15 (grey/ pink cover)
2016: Volume 16
2018: Volume 17 (black/pink cover)
2019: Volume 18 (white/turquoise cover)
Singles
2001: "Born to Be Alive" (The Disco Boys feat. RB)
2003: "We Came to Dance"
2004: "Here on My Own"
2004: "For You" (The Disco Boys feat. Manfred Mann's Earth Band)
2006: "Hey St. Peter"
2006: "B-B-B-Baby"
2007: "What You Want"
2007: "I Love You So"
2007: "If I Can't Have You" (Bee Gees vs. The Disco Boys)
2007: "Start All Over Again"
2008: "Shadows"
2010: "I Surrender"
2012: "Around the World"
Remixes
"Lunatic" (Club Mix)
Jacky S – "Knock on Wood" (Abfahrt, 05/02)
Bootsy Collins – "Play with Bootsy" (Eastwest, 07/03)
Marylin's Boys – "I'll Give You the Stars" (Edel, 10/03)
2Black – "Waves of Luv" (Kontor, 01/05)
Carolina Márquez – "The Killer's Song" (Kontor, 02/05)
The Lovefreaks – "Shine" (Kontor, 04/05)
Hacienda – "Makin' Luv" (Ministry of Sound, 08/05)
Discoblaster – "Fading" (Universal, 09/05)
Kujay Dada – "Let It Play" (Tiger Records, 10/05)
Lost Daze – "Illusions" (X-Mix US)
The Freemasons – "Love on My Mind" (Loaded UK)
Superfunk – "Lucky Star 2005" (Kontor)
Master Blaster – "Since You've Been Gone" (Clubland)
Tapedeck Projects – "TKKG" (Sugaspin, 01/06)
Jestofunk – "Say It Again" (Kontor, 02/06)
Bee Gees - "If I Can't Have You" (Warner, 11/07)
Marquess - "Vayamos compañeros" (Starwatch Music, 06/08)
September - "Satellites" (Kontor, 08/09)
References
External links
Official website
Myspace
The Disco Boys at Discogs
The Disco Boys at MusicBrainz
German DJs
Remixers
German house music groups
German electronic music groups
German musical duos
Progressive house musicians
Electronic dance music DJs
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIS%20Nordic%20World%20Ski%20Championships%202009%20%E2%80%93%20Women%27s%2030%20kilometre%20freestyle
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FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 – Women's 30 kilometre freestyle
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The Women's 30 kilometre freestyle at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 was held on 28 February 2009 at 13:00 CET.
Results
References
External links
Final results (FIS)
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009
2009 in women's sport
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maraetotara%20River
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Maraetotara River
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The Maraetotara River is a river of the Hawke's Bay region, New Zealand. It enters Hawke Bay at Te Awanga.
See also
List of rivers of New Zealand
References
River Mouth coordinates
Rivers of the Hawke's Bay Region
Rivers of New Zealand
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bong%20Bertrand
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Bong Bertrand
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Bertrand Benik Tequwa Bong (born March 27, 1987 in Yaoundé) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who last played as a striker for Sporting Clube de Goa in the I-League.
At the start of the 2012–13 I-League season, Bong signed for Sporting Clube de Goa from Al-Ahli.
References
1987 births
Living people
Cameroonian footballers
Al-Shamal SC players
Expatriate footballers in Oman
Cameroonian expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Qatar
Canon Yaoundé players
Expatriate footballers in Egypt
Wadi Degla SC players
Sportspeople from Yaoundé
Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Qatar
Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Oman
Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Egypt
Ravan Baku FC players
Qatari Second Division players
Association football forwards
Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in India
Expatriate footballers in India
Expatriate footballers in Bahrain
Expatriate footballers in Azerbaijan
Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mapp%20%26%20Lucia%20%281985%20TV%20series%29
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Mapp & Lucia (1985 TV series)
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Mapp and Lucia is a British television series, set in the fictional Sussex coastal town of Tilling and based on three 1930s novels by E. F. Benson, beginning with Mapp and Lucia. It was produced by London Weekend Television, filmed in Rye (on which Benson based Tilling) and neighbouring Winchelsea in the 1980s, and starred Prunella Scales as Mapp, Geraldine McEwan as Lucia, Nigel Hawthorne as Georgie, and Denis Lill as Major Benjy. The script was by Gerald Savory. There were ten episodes, (which aired in two series of five) broadcast on Channel 4 in 1985 and 1986. These have been repeated over the years, and a new BBC adaptation, Mapp and Lucia, aired in 2014.
Series one is a five-episode adaptation of Mapp and Lucia (1931). Season two adapts both the fifth book (Lucia's Progress, 1935) in the first three episodes, and the sixth book (Trouble for Lucia, 1939) in the final two episodes.
Cast
Prunella Scales as Elizabeth Mapp
Geraldine McEwan as Emmeline Lucas (Lucia)
Nigel Hawthorne as Georgie Pillson
Denis Lill as Major Benjy Flint
Cecily Hobbs as Quaint Irene
Mary MacLeod as Godiva 'Diva' Plaistow
Geoffrey Chater as Algernon Wyse
Marion Mathie as Susan Wyse MBE
James Greene as Rev. Bartlett
Ken Kitson as Cadman
Lucinda Gane as Foljambe
Geraldine Newman as Grosvenor
Cherry Morris as Withers
Irene Handl as Poppy, Duchess of Sheffield
Anna Quayle as Olga Bracely
Carol Macready as Daisy Quantock
David Gooderson as Mr. Woolgar
Production
Filming took place in Rye and Winchelsea as well as Kent – Chilham features in episodes 1, 2 and 10, doubling as Risholme and Hever Castle features as the residence of Poppy, Duchess of Sheffield.
Episodes
Series 1 (1985)
Series 2 (1986)
Home releases
References
External links
Tilling on TV - website about the LWT series
Channel 4 television dramas
Television shows based on British novels
Television series set in the 1930s
Television shows set in Sussex
British comedy-drama television shows
English-language television shows
1985 British television series debuts
1986 British television series endings
1980s British comedy-drama television series
Mapp and Lucia
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberts%20Zvejnieks
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Roberts Zvejnieks
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Roberts Jānis Zvejnieks (born 22 November 1997) is a short track speed skater who competed for Latvia at the 2018 Winter Olympics.
References
External links
1997 births
Living people
Latvian male short track speed skaters
Olympic short track speed skaters of Latvia
Short track speed skaters at the 2018 Winter Olympics
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volksflugzeug%20%28disambiguation%29
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Volksflugzeug (disambiguation)
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Volksflugzeug () can refer to:
Any one of a number of projects to produce a Volksflugzeug, a German popular aircraft design, including:
Junkers A50
Bücker Bü 180
Klemm Kl 105
Siebel Si 202
Fieseler Fi 253
Gotha Go 150
Volksflugzeug GmbH, a German manufacturer also known as PowerTrike GmbH
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green%20Party%20of%20Florida
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Green Party of Florida
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The Green Party of Florida is the state affiliate of the Green Party of the United States in Florida.
History
The Green Party of Florida was organized in 1992. At that time the State of Florida had a very stringent standard applied to what were considered minor party candidates in elections. To have statewide ballot status, minor parties had to file a petition with at least 3% of all registered voters. To keep this status, they had to maintain a number of party members equal to 5% of all registered voters.
In 1998 state law concerning access to the state ballot was eased. In February 1999 the state legislature implemented changes allowing any party organized on a state basis to field candidates in elections. This allowed the Green Party and other parties to qualify to field candidates on the ballot. The Green Party has retained its statewide ballot status ever since.
The Florida Green Party has opposed the presence of nuclear power plants in Florida. In fact, the party intervened in the licensing process of the proposed Levy County Nuclear Power Plant, which has yet to be built.
In April 2010 the Florida Green Party and the People's Lobby Coalition for Public Funding Only of All Elections held a public forum at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. The purpose of the forum was to press for only public funding of elections.
Registration
Organization
The state organization has 2 co-chairs, a treasurer and a secretary. It has a number of committees. These include the Electoral Committee, the Bylaws Committee, the Fund-Raising Committee, the Media Committee, the Outreach Committee and the IT (information technology) Committee. The Electoral Committee helps persons wanting to become candidates and also asks potential candidates about their political views.
The Green Party has ten chapters, which usually are county chapters. The state organization constantly seeks to organize new local chapters.
The Florida Green Party is listed as an endorser organization of the Move to Amend. This organization, in its own words, is "dedicated to ending the illegitimate legal doctrines that prevent the American people from governing themselves."
Public officials
Past and present public officials from the Green Party include:
Eric Fricker, City Commission, Cocoa Beach Seat 3 (Brevard County) (2000-2004)
Dan McCrea, City Commission, South Miami (Miami-Dade County) (2003)
Nadine Burns, City Council, Lake Worth District 3 (Palm Beach County) (2003-2006)
Kim O'Connor, Soil & Water District Commissioner, Ochlockonee River District 3 (2004–2006) (Leon County) Soil & Water District Commissioner, District 2 (2016-) (Hillsborough County)
John Baron, Community Commission, Aventura (Miami-Dade County) (2004)
Cara Jennings, City Commission, Palm Beach District 2 (Lake Worth) (2006–2010)
Anita Stewart, Hillsborough County Soil & Water Conservation Board, Seat 5 (2010–)
Currently Running:
Robin Harris, Florida State House of Representatives, District 41 (2022)
Presidential nominee results
Since 1996, the Green Party has run a candidate for President of the United States. The candidate who has received the most votes in Florida was Ralph Nader in 2000.
See also
Politics of Florida
Government of Florida
Elections in Florida
Political party strength in Florida
Law of Florida
List of politics by U.S. state
References
External links
Florida
Political parties in Florida
Political parties established in 1992
1992 in Florida
1992 establishments in Florida
State and local socialist parties in the United States
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanee%20Butler
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Lanee Butler
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Lanee "Carrie" Butler-Beashel (born June 3, 1970 in Manhasset, New York) is an American windsurfer. She competed at four Olympics from 1992 to 2004. Her best position was fourth in 2000.
She is married to America's Cup sailor Adam Beashel. Her brother in law is six-time Olympian Colin Beashel. She and Adam have two sons, born in 2005 and 2008.
References
1970 births
Living people
American windsurfers
Female windsurfers
American female sailors (sport)
Olympic sailors of the United States
Sailors at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Lechner A-390
Sailors at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Mistral One Design
Sailors at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Mistral One Design
Sailors at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Mistral One Design
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Brian Crecente
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Brian Crecente (born July 28, 1970) is an American journalist and columnist. He founded Kotaku, co-founded Polygon, previously served as video games editor at Variety, and was in charge of game coverage at Rolling Stone.
Career
Crecente was brought on at Variety on April 9, 2018, to expand the entertainment publication's coverage into video gaming with a new vertical that the co-editors say "represents another step forward in our effort to offer great journalism regarding every aspect of the modern media landscape." At the time he was still contributing to Rolling Stones game coverage.
In July 2017, Crecente announced on Twitter that he would be leaving Polygon for Rolling Stones gaming website Glixel.
Prior to joining Rolling Stone, Crecente was the founding editor and executive editor for Polygon and wrote Good Game, a weekly column internationally syndicated by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services.
He began his career as a journalist with the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. He covered crime and public safety for daily newspapers in Texas, Florida and Colorado for 12 years before starting his career as a video game journalist. Crecente was the founding editor-in-chief of Kotaku.
In 2018, Crecente received a special recognition from the Society of Professional Journalists for his series on game culture in Cuba. He was also awarded first place for Excellence in eSports Writing that same year by the SPJ for his story on the esports champions of Cuba. Crecente was named one of the 20 most influential people in the video game industry over the past 20 years by GamePro in 2009 and one of gaming's Top 50 journalists by Edge in 2006. He was featured in a 5280 biography.
In 2019, Crecente published a collection of his Kotaku and Polygon columns entitled Good Game, Well Played.
Crecente was laid off from Variety in June 2019, and the gaming section was removed from the Variety masthead. Rolling Stone's gaming vertical, Glixel, was similarly shut down in 2018.
In 2020, Crecente helped launch an official LEGO Games podcast for the LEGO Group entitled Bits N' Bricks to help celebrate the 25-year history of the first LEGO video game. He co-hosts the weekly show which is hosted on LEGO.com. In 2021, Crecente helped launch an official Level Infinite podcast for Tencent Games entitled This is Level Infinite. It explores the creation of the company's games. He co-hosts the weekly show which is hosted on LevelInfinite.com.
Personal life
Brian Crecente is married and has a son, Tristan. He is the uncle of Jennifer Ann Crecente, who was murdered in 2006. He was one of the judges on the "Life. Love. Game Design Challenge", a competition designed "to challenge video game designers and developers to create video games about teen dating violence" sponsored by Jennifer Ann's Group, a memorial charity for Jennifer. Crecente attended the University of Maryland, College Park.
References
External links
Kotaku
Polygon
Variety Gaming
Pad and Pixel
25 Years of LEGO Games
American male bloggers
American bloggers
American male journalists
Gawker Media
University of Maryland, College Park alumni
Writers from Denver
1970 births
Living people
Video game critics
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21st-century American journalists
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Eric Devendorf
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Eric Michael Devendorf (born April 21, 1987) is an American former professional basketball player. Devendorf played at Syracuse from 2005 to 2009. He averaged 15.7 points per game in his final season at Syracuse. He ranks 14th on the school's all-time scoring list with 1,680 points. Despite having one more year of eligibility remaining, Devendorf decided to leave Syracuse and embark on a pro career. He spent the next seven years playing professionally in the NBA D-League and in foreign countries such as Ukraine, Israel, Greece and New Zealand. In October 2016, he returned to Syracuse after being appointed to head coach Jim Boeheim's staff as assistant strength coach.
College career
2005–06
Devendorf was named to the Big East All-Rookie team his freshman year after averaging 12.1 points and 2.3 assists per game. Devendorf joined the starting lineup six games into the season, and hit a key layup against Georgetown in the Big East Tournament to send Syracuse to the Big East Championship.
2006–07
Devendorf was named MVP of the BCA Invitational after averaging 16.0 points a game during the three contests. During the regular season, Devendorf had strong showings against Marquette (20 points), St. Johns (23), DePaul (27) and Villanova (33). The sophomore saved his best showing for the postseason, scoring a career high 34 points against South Alabama in the National Invitation Tournament. Devendorf finished the season averaging 14.8 points and 4.1 assists as a sophomore and was an Honorable Mention All-Big East selection.
2007–08
Devendorf was leading Syracuse in scoring 10 games into his junior season averaging 17.0 points and 3.9 assists per game. However, he would be sidelined the rest of the season after tearing his ACL against East Tennessee State. Devendorf was granted a hardship waiver during the 2007–08 season after missing 25 games, which meant that for the 2008–09 season, although classified as a senior academically, he would remain a junior in athletic eligibility.
2008–09
Devendorf returned to the Syracuse lineup with a 14-point effort against Le Moyne and 22 points against Oakland. However, on December 11, 2008, Devendorf was suspended indefinitely, pending appeal, from Syracuse University. The suspension was the result of a university judicial board hearing stemming from an incident involving Devendorf and a female student. Devendorf was accused of striking the female student in the face during an altercation in the early morning hours of November 1. The board found that Devendorf had violated three out of the five student codes he was accused of. Furthermore, Devendorf was already on disciplinary probation as the result of harming a student during the spring 2008 semester. The university judicial board recommended he be suspended for the remainder of the academic year, which his coach Jim Boeheim thought was too severe. Devendorf, as expected, appealed.
The Appeals board rendered its decision effective on December 19, 2008, upon which Devendorf was suspended. Upon his completion of 40 hours of community service, he would be allowed to rejoin the university and the basketball team. After completing his 40 hours of community service, Devendorf was reinstated by the University on December 27.
In April 2009, Devendorf declared himself eligible for the NBA draft with one year of NCAA eligibility remaining, foregoing his senior season.
Professional career
2009–10 season
Devendorf went undrafted in the 2009 NBA draft. On December 26, 2009, he was acquired by the Reno Bighorns of the NBA D-League. He made his debut the same day, scoring just 2 points in 14 minutes of action, as the Bighorns defeated the Tulsa 66ers 102–87. On January 4, 2010, he was waived by the Bighorns.
On February 9, 2010, Devendorf signed with the Waikato Pistons for the 2010 New Zealand NBL season. He scored 49 points in the season opener.
On April 12, 2010, Devendorf was released by the Pistons following a bar conflict involving Hawks' imports Josh Pace and Jamil Terrell. The next day, he signed with the Wellington Saints for the rest of the season. The Saints went on to win the 2010 championship.
2010–11 season
In May 2010, Devendorf signed with the Melbourne Tigers for the 2010–11 NBL season. On February 2, 2011, Devendorf was released by the Tigers. In 18 games for the Tigers, he averaged 14.6 points, 2.7 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game.
Later that month, he signed with Torku Selcuk Universitesi of Turkey for the rest of the season. He scored 22 points in his first game.
2011–12 season
On November 3, 2011, Devendorf was selected by the Idaho Stampede in the 4th round of the 2011 NBA D-League draft. On January 5, 2012, he was waived by the Stampede. On January 20, 2012, he was re-acquired by the Stampede. Four days later, he was traded to the Reno Bighorns.
2012–13 season
In August 2012, Devendorf signed with Dnipro-Azot of Ukraine for the 2012–13 season.
2013–14 season
In August 2013, Devendorf signed with Hapoel Afula of Israel for the 2013–14 season. In November 2013, he left Hapoel after just 6 games.
On February 24, 2014, he signed with Ilysiakos of Greece for the rest of the season. He left after just 2 games.
On March 12, 2014, he signed with the Super City Rangers for the 2014 New Zealand NBL season. On April 25, 2014, he was released by the Rangers due to a back injury, and was replaced by Jason Cadee. In five games for the Rangers, he averaged 20.2 points, 2.4 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 1.6 steals per game.
2014–15 season
In August 2014, Devendorf signed with Proger BLS Chieti of the Serie A2 Silver Basket. However, his contract was later voided by the club after he failed medical tests.
In January 2015, Devendorf signed with Gaiteros del Zulia of the Venezuelan League, but was released the following month before appearing in any games for them.
2015–16 season
On August 24, 2015, Devendorf joined the Wellington Saints Invitational team for a three-day mini camp before travelling to Taiwan to play in the 2015 William Jones Cup. In the Saints' first game of the tournament against Chinese Taipei B on August 29, Devendorf recorded 21 points and 5 rebounds in a 102–85 win.
On February 16, 2016, Devendorf signed with the Super City Rangers for the 2016 New Zealand NBL season, returning to the club for a second stint.
Post-playing career
In October 2016, Devendorf was named the assistant strength coach for Syracuse's men's basketball team, returning to his college program that he left in 2009 and effectively ending his seven-year professional playing career. In September 2018, Devendorf accepted a job at the University of Detroit Mercy to work on the staff of the school's first-year coach Mike Davis, joining as a special assistant to the head coach.
Personal
Devendorf is the son of Curt and Cindy Devendorf, and has two sisters, Jill and Anna.
Devendorf has one daughter.
References
External links
Eric Devendorf at cuse.com
Devendorf on 'Cuse Conversations Podcast in 2020
1987 births
Living people
American expatriate basketball people in Australia
American expatriate basketball people in Greece
American expatriate basketball people in Israel
American expatriate basketball people in New Zealand
American expatriate basketball people in Turkey
American expatriate basketball people in Ukraine
American men's basketball players
Basketball players from Michigan
BC Dnipro-Azot players
Hapoel Afula players
Idaho Stampede players
Ilysiakos B.C. players
McDonald's High School All-Americans
Melbourne Tigers players
Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Virginia) alumni
Parade High School All-Americans (boys' basketball)
Point guards
Reno Bighorns players
Shooting guards
Sportspeople from Bay City, Michigan
Super City Rangers players
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental%20reporting
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Environmental reporting
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Environmental journalism
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurizio%20Arrivabene
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Maurizio Arrivabene
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Maurizio Arrivabene (born 7 March 1957) is an Italian manager and sports director who is the CEO of Italian football club Juventus.
Arrivabene was team principal of Formula One team Scuderia Ferrari. He was appointed team principal in November 2014, replacing Marco Mattiacci, and was replaced by Mattia Binotto in January 2019.
Career
Arrivabene comes from a marketing and sales background. In 1997, he joined Philip Morris International, rising to become Vice President of Marlboro Global Communication and Promotions in 2007, and Vice President of Consumer Channel Strategy and Event Marketing in 2011. Through his work with Philip Morris, he became involved with the company's sponsorship (through the Marlboro brand) of the Ferrari Formula One team, and sat on the Formula One Commission as a representative of the sport's sponsors from 2010.
On 23 November 2014, Ferrari announced that Arrivabene had been appointed as its team principal, replacing Marco Mattiacci, who had himself only been in the position since April that year. The decision to install Arrivabene was made by the new Ferrari chairman, Sergio Marchionne, who gave Arrivabene's "thorough understanding not just of Ferrari but also of the governance mechanisms and requirements of the sport" as part of the reason for his appointment. This appointment was part of a team rejuvenation process by Marchionne who deposed the ex long-time Ferrari Chairman, Luca di Montezemolo. Arrivabene was replaced as Ferrari team principal by former technical boss Mattia Binotto on 7 January 2019 after the 2018 season.
Arrivabene has been an independent board member of Italian football club Juventus F.C. since 2012.
Personal life
Arrivabene and Ulrika Eriksson Hjelm met 1986 a Madonna di Campiglio and got married 1990 until 1995. Their daughter, Stefania, was born in 1990. Today Maurizio is married to Stefania Bocchi.
References
Formula One people
Living people
Italian chief executives
Italian sports directors
Ferrari people
Italian motorsport people
Juventus F.C. directors
1957 births
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulobuterol
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Tulobuterol
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Tulobuterol (INN) is a long-acting beta2-adrenergic receptor agonist, marketed in Japan as a transdermal patch under the name Hokunalin tape (ホクナリンテープ).
Currently, it is only legal in 7 countries: Japan, Germany, China, South Korea, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Venezuela. It is available in India also.
References
Beta-adrenergic agonists
Phenylethanolamines
Chlorobenzenes
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belmont%20City%20Hall
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Belmont City Hall
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The Belmont City Hall, also known as the Former United States Post Office, is a historic post office building located in Belmont, Gaston County, North Carolina. It was designed by the Treasury Department's Office of the Supervising Architect under the direction of Louis A. Simon, and built in 1939. It is a one-story, five bay Colonial Revival style brick building. At the rear is a stepped-back rectangular secondary block and loading dock. It housed the Belmont post office until 1970, then was converted for use as the Belmont City Hall in 1973.
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. It is located in the Belmont Historic District.
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Belmont
Colonial Revival architecture in North Carolina
Government buildings completed in 1939
Buildings and structures in Gaston County, North Carolina
National Register of Historic Places in Gaston County, North Carolina
Historic district contributing properties in North Carolina
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Karasik
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Paul Karasik
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Paul Karasik ( ; born 1956) is an American cartoonist, editor, and teacher, notable for his contributions to such works as City of Glass: The Graphic Novel, The Ride Together: A Memoir of Autism in the Family, and Turn Loose Our Death Rays and Kill Them All!. He is the coauthor, with Mark Newgarden, of How to Read Nancy, 2018 winner of the Eisner Award for "Best Comics-Related Book". His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post and he is also an occasional cartoonist for The New Yorker.
Life and career
In the early 1980s, after having graduated from the Pratt Institute, Karasik studied briefly at the School of Visual Arts (SVA) in New York, where he was a student of Will Eisner, Harvey Kurtzman, and Art Spiegelman.
In 1981, Spiegelman, with his wife, Françoise Mouly, invited Karasik to become associate editor of their seminal international comics and graphics revue, RAW, a position Karasik held until 1985. During this period, originally under the auspices of Spiegelman and SVA, Karasik co-edited with fellow cartoonist Mark Newgarden three issues of Bad News, which ran work by many of the RAW cartoonists, including Kim Deitch, Ben Katchor, Richard McGuire, and Jerry Moriarty. He and Newgarden wrote the essay "How to Read Nancy," originally published in The Best of Ernie Bushmiller’s Nancy by Brian Walker (Henry Holt/Comicana, 1988). Karasik and Mark Newgarden expanded the "How to Read Nancy" essay to book length, published in 2017 by Fantagraphics Books. The book won an Eisner Award in 2018.
In 1994 Karasik collaborated with David Mazzucchelli to adapt Paul Auster’s novel City of Glass into a full-length comic. This adaptation was cited by The Comics Journal as one of the "100 Best Comics of the 20th Century". Translated into more than a dozen languages, the graphic novel has been exhibited in Italy. It was excerpted in The Norton Anthology of Post-Modern American Fiction.
Karasik's book The Ride Together: A Memoir of Autism in the Family (2004), co-written with his sister, Judy Karasik, employed the format of alternating prose and comics chapters to tell their story of growing up with an older brother with autism. The Ride Together was named the Best Literary Work of the Year by the Autism Society of America.
Karasik co-edited of Masters of American Comics (2005), the coffee-table companion catalog to the first major American exhibition of comics, co-sponsored by the Hammer Museum and the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art.
His anthology highlighting the work of the (previously) obscure Golden Age cartoonist Fletcher Hanks, I Shall Destroy All The Civilized Planets (Fantagraphics, 2007), won a 2008 Eisner Award, the highest honor in the industry. A second volume, You Shall Die By Your Own Evil Creation (Fantagraphics, 2009), when combined with the first, comprises the complete works of Fletcher Hanks. Turn Loose Our Death Rays and Kill Them All!, a volume combining the two earlier books with some added material, was published in 2016.
As Program Director of the comics festival Comic Arts Brooklyn for two years, Karasik conducted interviews with Paul Auster, Charles Burns, Roz Chast, Jeff Smith, Art Spiegelman, et al.
Paul Karasik’s gag cartoons and essays have appeared in The New York Times, The Nation and ''''The New Yorker.
Teaching
Also a teacher, Karasik has taught at Packer Collegiate Institute, the Rhode Island School of Design, Boston University, and the School of Visual Arts in the United States, and abroad at the EESI school in Angoulême, France, The Animation Workshop in Viborg, Denmark, and, at the Scuola Internazionale di Comics in Rome and Florence, Italy. He has given workshops and lectured at The Center for Cartoon Studies, and given writing seminars at Bennington College, American University, Princeton University, Penn State, and Wheaton College.
He was the first Stuckeman Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies at Penn State University in the autumn of 2017 and Visiting Professor at Texas A&M in the spring of 2020.
Personal life
Karasik grew up in the Washington, D.C. area. He moved to Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, in 1989. Karasik's wife, Marsha Winsryg, is an accomplished pastel artist and painter.
Bibliography
Paul Auster's City of Glass (Avon Books, August 1994) [re-issued 2004]
The Ride Together: A Memoir of Autism in the Family (Washington Square Press, September 14, 2004)
I Shall Destroy All The Civilized Planets (Fantagraphics, 2007)
You Shall Die By Your Own Evil Creation (Fantagraphics, 2009)
Turn Loose Our Death Rays and Kill Them All! (Fantagraphics, 2016)
How To Read Nancy with Mark Newgarden (Fantagraphics, 2017)
Notes
References
Karasik profile, Lambiek.net's Comiclopedia
External links
Karasik's blog
The Ride Together website
Living people
1956 births
Rhode Island School of Design faculty
Wheaton College (Massachusetts) alumni
American cartoonists
American writers
Comics critics
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Barry John Corr
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Barry John Corr (born 13 January 1981) is a Scottish former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Football career
Corr began his senior career with Scottish Premier League club Celtic. He made his first and only appearance for the club when he came on as a substitute for Jonathan Gould against Hearts in April 1999. From there he moved onto another SPL side, Motherwell, after a loan spell with amateur side Queens Park. After his time in Lanarkshire, Corr moved into the Scottish Football League playing for Stranraer, Queen of the South and Ayr United.
After leaving Ayr United, Corr joined Junior side Clydebank before retiring.
References
External links
Scottish footballers
1981 births
Footballers from Glasgow
Living people
Ayr United F.C. players
Stranraer F.C. players
Celtic F.C. players
Motherwell F.C. players
Queen of the South F.C. players
Scottish Premier League players
Scottish Football League players
Association football goalkeepers
Scottish Junior Football Association players
Clydebank F.C. players
Yoker Athletic F.C. players
East Stirlingshire F.C. players
Queen's Park F.C. players
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space%20Dogs
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Space Dogs (a.k.a. Belka & Strelka — Star Dogs, original: Белка и Стрелка. Звёздные собаки, Belka i Strelka. Zvyozdnye sobaki) is a 2010 Russian computer-animated adventure comedy film. The film is based on the Soviet space dogs Belka and Strelka, and honors the first animals who survived an orbital space trip, the Korabl-Sputnik 2 flight in August, 1960. In Poland it became the leader of the box-office on its first weekend, although in the United States it grossed poorly, making only $14,408 due to its limited release.
Plot
A man in black is carrying a small cage from the Soviet Union to the U.S. President Kennedy. In the cage is a present from Khrushchev to Caroline Kennedy, a stray dog named Pushok. He finds the other Kennedy pets and tells them his story.
Three years earlier, in Moscow 1960, a strange man showed up, who was catching street dogs and taking them away. Once he tried to catch a terrier puppy named Strelka, but she ran away with her friend, a rat named Lenny. Then, Strelka went to go dig for bones and Venya went to a pay telephone to get some money.
While Strelka was running from the strange man, Vova, a circus pig, became too large to fly in his rocket, and Belka, a circus dog, flew in his place. Belka loses control of the rocket and flew away from the circus. After some time she crashed onto the payphone where Lenny was looking for coins. The crash broke the phone and Lenny got all the money from the broken phone. After the crash Belka, Strelka, and Lenny were met by three other street dogs: a French bulldog named Bula, a pug named Mula, and a wolf named Pirate. Belka and Strelka ran from the other street dogs but the next morning all three of them were caught by the strange man.
After being caught the dogs are put on a train to Baikonur where they ended up at a Soviet space program training center. There they met their trainer, Kazbek the German Shepherd, who had to choose the two best dogs from the group. A month before the launch date, the chosen group was Bula and Mula, but on the final training day, Lenny came in first, with Belka and Strelka in 2nd and 3rd place. Belka and Strelka needed to fly with Lenny because he was first and the flight group was chosen.
At the end of their flight, Strelka wanted to stay in space, because her mother had said that her father, Sirius, is living among the stars. Kazbek shows up having stowed away on their flight and tried to convince Strelka to turn around. They saw a formation of objects flying towards them, believing them to be Space Dogs but they turned out to be meteorites, they got hit by a meteorite shower and the rocket caught fire from the damage. Strelka, Lenny, and Kazbek went to the back of the rocket to fight the fire with their feeding formula as water, Belka was afraid but still jumped through the fire ring into the driver's seat to turn the rocket back towards Earth. Strelka extinguished the fire, and Kazbek confessed his love for Belka. The dogs look at various constellations and Strelka salutes Sirius in lieu of her father. The dog flight crew makes it back to Earth alive.
Strelka, Belka, and Lenny receive a hero's welcome, and it is discovered that Kazbek stowed away on the flight, but the Scientist in charge of the project tells him that Soviet Propaganda won't allow the world to know that a stow-away had been on the flight.
The other Kennedy pets, led by the cat, don't believe Pushok's story, except one French dog who sees the Cosmonaut Patch on Pushok's cushion. She then asks him to tell her what happened afterward.
Strelka returns to live with her mother. Venya holds conferences, telling his story to any willing to listen to him. Belka returns to her circus as the main star, flying the repaired rocket from earlier in the film. Kazbek lives together with his love Belka, and everyone lived happily ever after.
During the end credits, real-life archive footage from the Soviet Space Program and its Soviet space dogs is shown.
Production
The directors Svyatoslav Ushakov and Inna Evlannikova, as specialists with foreign experience, were finally approved. Evlannikova - in the words of the executive producer, "a powerful production worker" - worked with everything that was directly related to animation. Ushakov was mainly engaged in the development of an artistic concept, storyboards, etc.
To recreate Moscow in the 60s and the cosmodrome, animators studied photographs of those years and newsreels for a long time. The prototype of the circus artist Belka was the circus artist - the heroine of Lyubov Orlova from the 1936 feature film " Circus ". The director Svyatoslav Ushakov specially went to the Circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard, which was the prototype of the Belka circus.
In parallel with Russian animators at KinoAtis studio, two Indian subcontractors “Cornershop Animation "and" Blowfish FX ", which were engaged in animation and rendering, worked with elaborate materials received from KinoAtis using Autodesk Maya and Pixar RenderMan.
Before the official release of the film Karoprokat looked at the International Space Station by cosmonauts Maxim Suraev and Oleg Kotov, who positively characterized it from the point of view of space specificity . Also, the first spectators were their wives and children on Earth. with some scenes of the film have been shown for some time in the program “ Спокойной ночи, малыши!”, Because the transmission format does not allow showing it in full. The movie was premiered on television in Russia 1 " on May 2, 2011.
Home media
Space Dogs (English Dub) was released on DVD, Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D & Digital Copy on 8 June 2012.
Reception
Sandie Angulo Chen of Common Sense Media gave it 3 out of 5 stars.
Soundtrack
Sequels
A sequel Space Dogs: Moon Adventures was released in Russia in 2014 and it was dubbed in English and released the United States on 26 August 2016. Mike Disa was the director on the Americanized version. In 2020, the third sequel to the Space Dogs series, Space Dogs: Return to Earth released in Russia on 24 September 2020. The film marks the establishment of the Space Dogs trilogy. Despite the release date being rescheduled due to unprecedented global events, the release date for Belka and Strelka: Caribbean Mystery (Russian title) coincided just 1 month after the 60th anniversary of the historic flight into space by the famous Soviet dogs Belka and Strelka and was one of the first major releases of Russian cinema industry.
See also
History of Russian animation
List of animated feature films of 2010
Space Dogs: Return to Earth (2020)
References
External links
Russian and Soviet animated science fiction films
2010 films
2010 animated films
2010 3D films
3D animated films
2010 computer-animated films
2010s science fiction films
Russian children's fantasy films
Animals in space
Russian animated feature films
Animated films about dogs
Films about space programs
2010s children's adventure films
2010s children's animated films
Films set in 1960
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Byron%2C%2013th%20Baron%20Byron
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Robert Byron, 13th Baron Byron
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Robert James Byron, 13th Baron Byron (born 5 April 1950) is a British nobleman, peer, politician, and barrister. He is a descendant of a cousin of Romantic poet and writer George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron.
Early life and education
Byron is the son of Lt. Col. Richard Geoffrey Gordon Byron, 12th Baron Byron, and Dorigen Margaret Esdaile. He was educated at Wellington College in Berkshire and studied law at Trinity College, Cambridge.
He married Robyn Margaret McLean in 1979. She became Lady Byron when her husband inherited the barony on 15 June 1989. The couple have four children:
The Hon. Caroline Anne Victoria Byron (1981)
The Hon. Emily Clare Byron (1984)
The Hon. Sophie Georgina Byron (1986)
The Hon. Charles Richard Gordon Byron (28 July 1990); heir apparent.
Professional life
Byron was admitted to the Inner Temple in 1974 and thus became entitled to practice as a barrister. He eventually became a partner at Holman, Fenwick & Willan, and a President of the British Byron Society.
House of Lords
Upon inheriting his title, Byron became entitled to sit in the House of Lords, where he took the Oath of Allegiance in October 1989. He attended chamber debates infrequently, speaking mostly on bills related to the justice system and shipping law. Along with most hereditary peers, he lost the right to attend when the House of Lords Act 1999 took effect in November 1999.
Arms
Personal life
Byron is resident in the New Forest, Hampshire, and in 2021 had published a novel called Echoes of a Life.
References
1950 births
Living people
20th-century British lawyers
21st-century British lawyers
Robert
Members of the Inner Temple
People educated at Wellington College, Berkshire
Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge
Barons Byron
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip%20Chen%20Nan-lok
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Philip Chen Nan-lok
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Philip Chen Nan-lok, GBS, JP (; born 1955 in Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong businessman, best known for being the first local Hong Kong Chinese Chief Executive Officer and later Deputy Chairman of Cathay Pacific. He has also held a number of senior business posts in Hong Kong, such as Executive Director of Swire Pacific, Chairman of Ocean Park, and Chief Executive Officer of Hang Lung Group and Hang Lung Properties. He was appointed Chairman of the Hong Kong Jockey Club in June 2020.
Background
Chen finished his secondary study at Wah Yan College, an eminent Roman Catholic Jesuit school in Hong Kong. He moved on to The University of Hong Kong (HKU), living at one time in Ricci Hall, and graduated in 1977 with a Honours Degree in Political Science and History. After graduation he joined Cathay Pacific and was assigned to overseas posts in such places including Tokyo and Beijing. In 1984, he received an MBA degree from HKU.
He was appointed by Swire Pacific as Chief Representative and General Manager of John Swire & Sons (China) in 1989.Chen returned to Cathay Pacific in 1992 and became Regional General Manager for Southeast Asia based in Singapore. In 1994, he was seconded to Hong Kong Dragon Airlines (Dragonair), a subsidiary of Cathay Pacific, assuming the post of Chief Executive. He returned to Cathay Pacific as Deputy Managing Director in 1997 and Chief Operating Officer in 1998. At end-2004, he succeeded David Turnbull to become the first Chinese taking up the chief executive post.
Under his reins, through a successful merger with Dragonair in a share swap, Cathay Pacific managed to foster relationship with Air China and forayed into Mainland China. This series of orchestrations were widely regarded as Chen’s highest achievement in his tenure, which cemented Cathay Pacific’s long-term growth as a regional hub airline.
He was appointed as the Chairman of the Hong Kong Ocean Park between 2000 and 2003 and was responsible for its business turnaround from major losses into profits. This success laid a solid foundation for the famous theme park to move forward. He was subsequently appointed to the Board of Hong Kong Disney.
Since August 2006, Chen has been serving as a Steward of the Hong Kong Jockey Club. The same month also saw him appointed as Director of Hong Kong Disneyland for two years.
On 8 March 2007, a day after Cathay Pacific announced its 2006 annual results, the company announced that Chen would cease to be Chief Executive effective 1 July 2007. Same day, he was appointed as the Chairman of John Swire & Sons (China), a subsidiary of Swire Pacific, and Board Director of Swire Properties Limited and Swire Beverages Limited. He remained as the non-executive Deputy Chairman of the Board of Cathay Pacific.
On 19 April 2010, Cathay Pacific announced Chen resigned as Non-Executive Deputy Chairman for personal reasons. Swire Pacific also announced Chen’s resignation as Executive Director ending his 33 years’ career with Swire.
On 27 April 2010, Chen was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Hang Lung Group and Hang Lung Properties effective 15 July 2010. He has taken charge of Hang Lung’s businesses in Hong Kong and mainland China and has successfully built up and strengthened its management system and corporate brand, moving Hang Lung forward into the future.
Senior Roles Held
Chief Executive Officer of Dragonair (1994–1997)
Chairman of Ocean Park (2000–2003)
Chief Executive Officer of Cathay Pacific (2005–2007)
Executive Director of Swire Pacific (2005–2010)
Chairman of John Swire & Sons (China) (2007–2010)
Chief Executive Officer of Hang Lung Group and Hang Lung Properties (2010–2018)
Chairman of the Hong Kong Jockey Club (2020– )
Public Service
Between January 1997 and December 2002, Chen sat on the Citizen Advisory Committee on Community Relations of the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) and served as a convenor of its Community Liaison Sub-committee. After he retired from the ICAC service for a year, he was called back to chair the Commission’s Corruption Prevention Advisory Committee and served as a member of the Advisory Committee on Corruption for another six years. He was also the Chairman of the Organising Committee of Ethics Programme for the Travel and Tourism Industry.
He is a Member of Board and Executive Committee of The Real Estate Developers Association of Hong Kong, Member of the Taiwan/Hong Kong Business Co-operation Committee, Member of the Hong Kong-Japan Business Co-operation Committee, Honorary President of the Hong Kong Association of China Travel Organisers Limited, Standing Committee Member of the Hong Kong Chinese Chamber of Commerce. He is the Founder and Honorary President of the Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce in Beijing. Chen is a Steward of the Hong Kong Jockey Club, Vice Patron of the Hong Kong Community Chest and a Director of the China Overseas Friendship Association and Shanghai Chinese Overseas Friendship Association.
Chen is a Member of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Business School Advisory Council (where he was Vice Chairman of the Council), Lingnan (University) College, Sun Yat-sen University International Advisory Board as well as the Advisory Board Member of the Nanyang Business School of Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He is an Adjunct Professor and Member of the Advisory Committee on Hotel and Tourism Management of The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Visiting Professor of the Institute of Management by the Civil Aviation Administration of China and Visiting Professor of Wong Sam Hang China America Education Management College of Yunnan University. Chen also served on the Stanford University Graduate School of Business Advisory Board from 2006 to 2011.
He has served on many public body boards including the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, Hong Kong Tourism Board, Aviation Advisory Committee, The University Grants Committee. Chen was also Founding Chairman of the Quality Assurance Council while he was on The University Grants Committee. He was Chairman of Travel Industry Council, Board of Airline Representatives and was a member of the Executive Committee of International Air Transport Association.
Family
Chen is married to Wu Suk-yan, Anita, daughter of Hong Kong Maxim’s founder James Tak Wu, with a son and a daughter.
Publications
Since 2000, Chen has written articles for a column in Wen Wei Po sharing his overseas travel experience and has published them under the following titles:
藍天綠地
寫我遊情
風花說日
雲濤偶拾
獅城畫意
美人美事
中東南北
Great Cities of the World
The royalties from the book sales have been donated to two charities - Cathay Pacific Wheelchair Bank and Sunnyside Club.
Horse ownership
Chen is a Steward of the Hong Kong Jockey Club and has owned a few horses, including Carpe Diem, Seize The Day and Take the Current.
Honours
Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society of the UK in 1997
Honoree of the Beta Gamma Sigma awarded by The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 2001
Justice of the Peace awarded in 2000
Silver Bauhinia Star awarded in 2002
Honorary Doctor of Business Administration awarded by The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 2004
Fellow of the Hong Kong Management Association in 2004
Distinction of Officier de l’Ordre National du Mérite bestowed by the French Government in 2009
Distinguished Alumni Fellowship awarded by University of Hong Kong School of Professional and Continuing Education in 2009
Honorary Member of Eta Sigma Delta Chapter awarded by The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2010
Gold Bauhinia Star awarded in 2012
University Fellow of University of Hong Kong in 2013
Honorary Doctor of Business Administration awarded by Lingnan University in 2014
Honorary Member of Beta Gamma Sigma Honouree awarded by University of Hong Kong in 2016
References
1955 births
Living people
Alumni of the University of Hong Kong
Alumni of Wah Yan
Chinese University of Hong Kong people
Hong Kong business executives
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Oristano-Fenosu Airport
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Oristano-Fenosu Airport is a small regional airport in central western Sardinia, Italy. It is in the farming village of Fenosu, approximately east of the town of Oristano, and is lapped by highway 131, the island's most important road artery. It is only available to general aviation, and has no commercial flights, though it was the home base of the short-lived FlyOristano.
The airport was named for , an Italian aviator.
Airports in Sardinia
Province of Oristano
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Mārahau River
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The Mārahau River is a river of the Tasman Region, New Zealand.
See also
List of rivers of New Zealand
References
Rivers of the Tasman District
Rivers of New Zealand
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Institute of Actuaries of France
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The Institute of Actuaries () is the association of actuaries in France. The Institute was created in 2001 by a merger of the Institute of Actuaries of France and the French Federation of Actuaries. The Institute is a full member of the International Actuarial Association and the Groupe Consultatif. As of 2012, it has about 3 000 full members. Current president of the Institute is Thomas Behar.
In France the education of future actuaries will be facilitated by the national education system. The actuarial profession in France, in itself, has no such responsibility any more. But accrediting the diplomas awarded to the future actuaries is the responsibility of the French actuarial profession. Note that, these diplomas which accredited by French have access to the actuarial body.
References
External links
Institute of Actuaries official website
https://gaapsblog.com/category/actuarial-societies/france/institute-of-french-actuaries/
Actuarial associations
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Maramarua River
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The Maramarua River is in the north-eastern part of the Waikato District of New Zealand. It is formed by the confluence of the Mangatangi River and the Ruaotehuia Stream just north of State Highway 2 between Mangatawhiri and Maramarua. It flows through the northern part of the Whangamarino Wetland and joins the Whangamarino River shortly before that river flows into the Waikato River.
See also
List of rivers of New Zealand
References
External links
1:50,000 map
Rivers of Waikato
Rivers of New Zealand
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Svalbard Act
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The Svalbard Act of 17 July 1925 no. 11, normally referred to as the Svalbard Act ( or colloquially ), is a law of Norway which governs the major aspects of the Svalbard archipelago. The law was passed by the Parliament of Norway on 17 July 1925, establishes Norwegian sovereignty of the island, and states that Norwegian criminal law, civil law and procedure law are enforced on the island. Otherwise, other provisions and laws only apply when specified. The act further established the policy for administration, including creating the Governor of Svalbard, and since 2002, Longyearbyen Community Council. The act also establishes rules for real estate and environmental protection.
The act was passed as a response to the Spitsbergen Treaty of 9 February 1920, which established Norwegian sovereignty of Svalbard, but limited the archipelago to a free economic zone and demilitarized zone. The act established the basis for an orderly civil society on the islands, which had until that point been prone to lawlessness among miners, fishermen and hunters.
The law has been amended several times, and consists of 6 chapters and 46 paragraphs. Chapter One (§§1–4) covers the relationship between Norway and Svalbard; Chapter Two (§§5–13) pertains to governance and courts; Chapter Three (§§14–21) concerns family law; Chapter Four (§§22–28) governs property law; Chapter Five (§§29–44) establishes the Longyearbyen Community Council, and Chapter Six (§§45–46) consists of miscellaneous provisions. From 1 July 2002, the Svalbard Environmental Act of 15 June 2001 nr. 79 supplements the Svalbard Act, regulating all environmental aspects of the archipelago.
References
External links
Svalbard Act at Lovdata
Law of Norway
Act
Government of the Arctic
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The Physiology of Saint Petersburg
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The Physiology of Saint Petersburg () is the first of three major literary almanacs compiled and edited in the 1840s by Nikolai Nekrasov. It came out in two volumes in Saint Petersburg in 1845, to be followed by The Petersburg Collection (Петербургский сборник) and April the First. The Illustrated Comical Almanac (Первое апреля. Комический иллюстрированный альманах). The Physiology of Saint Petersburg had considerable success and is regarded in retrospect as a major incentive for the development of realism in the Russian literature.
History
In spring 1844 Nikolai Nekrasov tried to publish "The Petersburg Corners", an excerpt from his autobiographical novel The Life and Adventures of Tikhon Trostnikov, in Literaturnaya Gazeta, but the piece, described by biographer Korney Chukovsky as "by far superior to everything he'd written before," was stopped by censors. It was then that the author came up with the idea of compiling an almanac which would unite the authors of the Nikolai Gogol-led "natural school". He found an enthusiastic supporter in Vissarion Belinsky who at the moment was "waging the war for Gogol" against the Russian literary retrogrades and instantly recognized in the proposed project a handy vehicle for his agenda. In fact, the style of the introduction written by Belinsky suggested he was a de facto co-editor who took at least some part in compiling the material, Chukovsky argued.
Among the works included into the collection were pieces by Dmitry Grigorovich, Ivan Panayev, Vladimir Dal, Yevhen Hrebinka as well as four articles by Vissarion Belinsky ("The Introduction", "The Alexandrinsky Theatre", "Petersburg and Moscow", "The Literature of St. Petersburg"), but Nekrasov's novelette was its centerpiece. Again, it caused trouble: censor Amply Otchkin found "The Petersburg Corners" "outrageous and indecent," and Nekrasov had to wait almost a year before the offending item was finally censor-approved in February 1845.
The publication proved hugely successful. Gogol himself expressed interest, asking his friend Smirnova-Rossette to send a copy to Germany where he was staying at the time. The conservative critics denounced the book unanimously. L. Brandt wrote in Severnaya Ptchela: "Nekrasov is just another component of this newest trend, set by Gogol, tending to shy all things sensitive and solemn, preferring instead to reveal scenes that are dirty and dark..., seeing art's goal as the glorification of all things ugly and obscene."
Legacy
The almanac, aiming to bring the readership as close to the real life in Russia as it was possible (by exposing "all the dark corners of our social life, and all the hidden mechanisms of our existence," as Nekrasov put it), became the triumph for the "natural school". This publication, along with the 1845's Saint Petersburg Collection (the latter featuring among other works, the Poor Folk, Dostoyevsky's debut) are seen as precursors of Nekrasov's Sovremennik.
References
Russian literature
1845 books
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Little Compton Common Historic District
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The Little Compton Commons Historic District, or Little Compton Commons, is a historic district in Little Compton, Rhode Island. It is a triangular area roughly bounded by School House Lane to the north, South Commons Road to the east, and Meeting House Lane to the south. Properties continue to the west on West Road.
The district features a variety of Greek Revival and Victorian buildings, including the United Congregational Church, whose tall steeple dominates the landscape; the First Methodist Meeting House; the Little Compton Town Hall and a former schoolhouse, now connected; Sakonnet Lodge, formerly a Methodist Church; the Little Compton Community Center, formerly Grange Hall; the Brownell Library; a restaurant; and C. R. Wilbur's General Merchandise store; among others.
At the center of the district is the town common itself; one of only two remaining in Rhode Island. It contains a large colonial cemetery with many graves, including those of American Revolutionary War veterans and other notable individuals. Nearby is Union Cemetery – also part of the historic district – which features a Civil War Memorial.
The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
Notable burials
Benjamin Church, hero of King Philip's War, father of United States Army Rangers
Elizabeth Pabodie, the first European woman born in New England, the daughter of Mayflower Pilgrims
Gallery
See also
National Register of Historic Places listings in Newport County, Rhode Island
References
External links
United Congregational Church in Little Compton
Buxton, Wilson R. et al. The Two-hundredth anniversary of the organization of the United Congregational Church, Little Compton, Rhode Island, September 7, 1904 United Congregational Society, 1906
Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island
Historic districts in Newport County, Rhode Island
Little Compton, Rhode Island
Cemeteries in Rhode Island
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island
National Register of Historic Places in Newport County, Rhode Island
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Renée Houston (born Katherina Rita Murphy Gribbin; 24 July 1902 – 9 February 1980) was a Scottish comedy actress and revue artist who appeared in television and film roles.
Biography
Born in Johnstone, Renfrewshire, into a theatrical family who performed as James Houston and Company, she toured music halls and revues with her sister Billie Houston (born Sarah McMahon Gribbin; 1906–1972) as the "Houston Sisters". They became a leading variety act in the 1920s, sometimes performing as two children in over-sized furniture; Billie played the part of a boy.
In 1926, the sisters made a short musical film, the script of which Renée had written. It was produced by Lee De Forest, whose process, Phonofilm, enabled a soundtrack to be played alongside the film (a year before The Jazz Singer). The sisters ended their working partnership in 1936, when Billie reportedly became ill, although it is suggested that the split may have been due to the sisters' frequent disagreements.
Renee Houston continued as a solo comedienne and actress, appearing in the Noel Gay revue Love Laughs!. She eventually revived her double act, this time with her third husband, the actor Donald Stewart, until his death in 1966.
In her later years, she specialised in "battleaxe" roles, notably as shop steward Vic Spanner's (Kenneth Cope) formidable mother in Carry On at Your Convenience (1971). She also worked for director Roman Polanski in Repulsion (1965) and Cul-de-sac (1966). She published her autobiography in 1974 which was entitled Don't Fence Me In.
Houston was also in early episodes of radio's The Clitheroe Kid, playing his Scottish mother in half a dozen 1958 broadcasts (but the role was quickly recast to use an English actress instead), and was a regular guest on radio panel show Petticoat Line chaired by Anona Winn. According to entertainment historian Richard Anthony Baker: "So many listeners found her forthright language unacceptable that she was eventually limited to two swear words per show."
She died in London at the age of 77 on 9 February 1980. Houston was married three times. The second was to the actor Pat Aherne, the brother of Brian Aherne. Her third husband was the actor Donald Stewart.
Filmography
Film
Television
References
Bibliography
Halliwell's Who's Who in the Movies HarperCollins
Renée Houston: Spirit of the Irresistibles by Miranda Brooke Tempest Time
External links
1902 births
1980 deaths
Scottish film actresses
Scottish television actresses
Scottish women comedians
Vaudeville performers
People from Johnstone
20th-century Scottish actresses
20th-century British comedians
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Maramataha River
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The Maramataha River is a river in the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand. The river rises west of Lake Taupo and flows generally west to become a tributary of the Ongarue River.
See also
List of rivers of New Zealand
References
Rivers of Manawatū-Whanganui
Rivers of New Zealand
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WUC
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WUC may refer to:
Water Utilities Corporation (Botswana), a government-owned corporation that provides water and waste water management services in Botswana.
World Universities Congress 2010
World Uyghur Congress
WWE Universal Championship
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Somersal Herbert
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Somersal Herbert is a hamlet and civil parish in Derbyshire, England, 2 miles northeast of Doveridge. Somersal Herbert Hall was built c.1564, incorporating an earlier building from c.1500, and is a Grade I listed building. Hill Somersal and Potter Somersal are minor settlements within 1 mile.
References
Hamlets in Derbyshire
Civil parishes in Derbyshire
Derbyshire Dales
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The Mongol cosmological system is mainly based on the positions, relationships and movements of the sun, the moon, the five major planets in the solar system and the various constellations in the sky. This system of belief is centered around local wild fauna and oral transmission, with few written sources. Mongol cosmology was largely influenced by Chinese civilisation and Buddhism.
Constellations
Generally, stars represent animals turning around the Polar Star which is symbolized by the Golden Spike (Altan Gadas). Constellations include Num Sum (The Bow and the Arrow) for the Swan, Doloon Burkhan for the seven stars of the Big Dipper, Gurvan Maral Od (the Three Kings) for Orion's Belt, and Hun Tavan Od (the Five Men) is Cassiopeia.
Planets and stars
Mongolian astrology calculates the positions of each of the planets visible with the naked eye: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn.
The names of the celestial and the days they are associated with are:
the Sun: Nar, Sunday
the Moon, Sar, Monday
Mercury: Bud, Wednesday
Venus: Sugar, Friday
the Earth: Delkhii
Mars: Angarag, Tuesday
Jupiter: Barhasbadi, Thursday
Saturn: Sanchir, Saturday
Uranus: Tengeriin-van
Neptune: Dalai-van
Pluto: Dalkhii-van.
The particle -van at the end of the name of the final three indicates royal status. Therefore a possible translation of Pluto is "the princely ground"; Uranus as "the princely sky", and Neptune as "the princely ocean." The names of the celestial bodies come from Sanskrit and are largely used in Mongolian, but in an unofficial way.
The star located above Mizar in the Big Bear constellation is prominent in Mongolian astrology. It symbolises the recovery and protection star. According to legend, it was placed there by Tengeriin, the god of heaven, to protect Mizar. In the thirteenth century, to become an archer for Genghis Khan one had to be able to identify these two stars with the naked eye.
Mongolian expertise in astrology and astronomy goes back to the fourteenth and fifteenth century astronomer, mathematician and viceroy in Samarkand, Taraghay, known as Ulug Beg, whose empire spread to Central Asia. Turning away from his royal obligations, he examined celestial bodies and astronomical questions. He was the first to precisely measure Saturn's revolution period (Sanchir) with a sextant of 40 meters radius.
Myths and legends
Mongolians are particularly attached to the Great Bear. This constellation is limited for them to the seven Dipper stars making the bear's tail and body, but the legend concerning it is probably the most famous in Mongolia.
Once upon a time, there were eight orphan brothers gifted with outstanding capabilities living within a kingdom. The king and the queen lived within it peacefully. One day, a monster came and kidnapped the queen. The king asked the eight brothers to bring her back and said: "If one of you succeeds to rescue my beloved, I will give to him a golden arrow". The orphans went together to assist their queen. They searched the monster during two days and three nights, when in the middle of the third night, they found and killed the monster. They brought back the queen in the castle. The king did not cut out the arrow in eight parts, he decided to threw it in the sky. The first to catch it could keep it. The younger brother succeeded the test and changed immediately into the North Star (Polar Star). The seven others changed into the seven gods, the seven Gods visiting their younger brother every night. The name Doloon burkhan (the Seven Gods) come from this legend to appoint the Great Bear and the Golden Stick, Altan Hadaas, the Polar Star.
One tradition, based on the birth years in the Chinese calendar, concerns the link between Mongolian people and the Great Bear as one star of this constellation is attributed to each of them. Chinese and Mongolian calendars have some similarities (the Mongolian calendar is a lunar calendar). Each year is symbolized by an animal, itself associated to a star of the constellation Great Bear. The first, Dubhe, corresponds to the Rat's year, the second, Merak, corresponds to the Ox and so on until the end of the Great Bear's tail where Alkaid symbolizes the year of the Horse. Then we come back to the first, the Goat year and we repeat the same way until the twelfth and latest year of the Chinese calendar, the one of the Pig. Therefore, the two stars at the end of the tail are assigned one time only.
Sun
At the origin of the world, there was only one man and vast particularly dry meadows, burned by the seven suns which lit the world. This man, a very good archer, made the promise to the gods that he pierced all these suns without missing a target even once. If he should fail, he would cut himself all the fingers one by one and leave to live in a hole like a marmot (ground-hog) to ward off the curse that would weigh on him. He took his bow, pulled a first arrow and hit his target. A second, a third until the sixth which destroyed the suns. He finished by pulling his seventh arrow towards the last sun, when a swallow flew off and passed through its direction. The bird was hit. The man had not reach his goal, so he left towards exile in a hole, cut his fingers and turned into a marmot. The swallow had just saved our Sun, otherwise all life would have disappeared from the world's surface.
Eclipses
At that time lived a monster named Raah which frightened the entire world. He devoured all who were in its way. The god Orchiwaani owned a magic spring: whoever drank from it became immortal. One day, Raah stole the spring and drunk. The Moon and the Sun caught the monster in the act and reported to Orchiwaani. Seething with rage to hear about this piece of news he went to fight the monster. He cut its head many times but it grew again immediately because Raah had become immortal. He thought then to cut its tail in order to allow all that it ate to leave again directly. Just as Orchiwaani would seize the monster to finish it off, it escaped and disappeared between the Moon and the Sun. Then Orchiwaani asked the Moon, who recaptured Raah and cut its rump and its tail. In revenge, the monster comes back sometimes to eat the Moon or the Sun which exit immediately, giving rise to moon and solar eclipses.
When there is an eclipse, some Mongolians believe it to mean that Raah devours the Moon or the Sun and they make a lot of noise so that the monster liberates the eclipsed star. In the 13th century, Guillaume de Rubruck wrote:
"Some [Mongolian people] have knowledge in astronomy and predict them [to other Mongolian people] the Lunar and Solar eclipses and, when it is about to produce one, everybody stocks up on food because they do not pass the door of their habitation. And while the eclipse happened, they play the drum and instruments and do big noise and clamors. When the eclipse is finished, they devote themselves to beverage and festivity and do big party."
Other beliefs linked to the sky
According to a Mongolian legend, a woman devoting herself to count one hundred stars in the sky will dream about her future husband.
Sometimes, Mongolians honor the Great Bear (Doloon Burkhan) by throwing milk in its direction. Milk, of white color, symbolizes purity in Mongolia. They pray so that something may be fulfilled, but for several persons, not for just one person, because this would bring bad luck. Milk can be replaced by vodka which, even if it is colorless, symbolizes the dark color and the strength for Mongolians. By doing this, it avoids bad luck, quarrels, fear and fends off evil spirits.
References
Cosmogony
Mongol mythology
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Jerome Increase Case (December 11, 1819December 22, 1891) was an early American manufacturer of threshing machines. He founded the J. I. Case Company which has gone through many mergers and name changes to today's Case Corporation. He served three terms as mayor of Racine, Wisconsin, and represented Racine County in the Wisconsin State Senate in 1865 and 1866. He also raised champion race horses.
Early life
Jerome Increase Case was born December 11, 1819, in Williamstown in Oswego County, New York.
His father was Caleb Case (1787–1874) and mother Deborah Jackson (1789–1833). He was one of seven children.
Through his mother he claimed to be related to Andrew Jackson.
His father sold some primitive "ground hog" machines (imported from England) that helped speed up the separation of grain after it was harvested. In 1840, Jerome started a small business threshing his neighbors' crops with the horse-powered devices. In the summer of 1842, he bought six of the machines on credit and traveled first to Chicago by ship. On his way north to Rochester, Wisconsin he sold five and kept one for his own business.
Through the winter he worked on improvements to the thresher, but the new model was not ready for the 1843 harvest.
By May 1844 the new model which did a better job of fully separating the grain was working. Since Rochester did not have water power available, he moved to Racine, Wisconsin.
Racine
He first manufactured the machines in a small shop in Racine, and then built a three-story brick factory in 1847 on the Root River.
A new vibrator process introduced in 1852 was so successful he was selling throughout Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio by 1853.
By 1855 the plant covered several acres, including a private boat dock on Lake Michigan.
In 1856 he was elected mayor of Racine, declined the re-nomination the next year, but was elected again in 1858 and 1860.
He often financed the machines with high interest rates. This worked until the panic of 1857 and unreliable state-issued paper money caused many customers to default. Case accepted animals, supplies, and land instead of cash. At the start of the American Civil War, farmers would often walk away from their debts to enlist, sometimes not returning.
The labor shortage combined with increased demand for food (with no imports from the south) resulted in a growing business in the 1860s.
Massena B. Erskine, Robert H. Baker, and Stephen Bull (his brother-in-law) became partners when J. I. Case Company was officially organized in 1863.
Case was elected to the Wisconsin State Senate in 1865 and served one two-year term.
Also in 1865 he happened to meet up with a company of the 8th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment returning from the war. He adopted the mascot of the regiment, an eagle named Old Abe, as company symbol.
In 1871 he was a founder of Manufacturers' National Bank of Racine and the First National Bank of Burlington. He was an early investor in the Northwestern Life Insurance Company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In 1876 he started another company to make plows, licensing the "center draft" technology from Ebenezer G. Whiting.
Initially called Case, Whitney & Company, when he became sole owner in 1878 it became the J. I. Case Plow Company, and J. I. Case Plow Works in 1884.
He was a founder of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters, and president of the Racine County Agricultural Society. Some time in the 1870s he had one of the rare two-story houses built on Main Street in Racine.
Horses
As he turned over the business to other partners, he spent more time on breeding race horses on his Hickory Grove Farm. Harness racing was the sport of choice among the wealthy in the 1880s.
One of his favorite horses was named Jay-Eye-See, a pun on Case's initials.
The black gelding, foaled in 1878, broke the mile trotting record of 2:10 at Narragansett Park in 1884.
After winning many other races, the horse was injured and retired in August 1889.
However, Jay-Eye-See was retrained by Edwin D. Blither to race with a new gait, and three years later set a pacing record of 2:06.25 in 1892 at Independence, Iowa. Both records were quickly broken; the trotting mark on the next day, and the pacing mark in a subsequent heat of the same race.
However, the feat of two records was unique enough that the horse became a celebrity. Currier and Ives did a series of prints and the horse's image was used to advertise products by the Case company for years. The horse outlived Case and died in 1909 at the age of 31.
The horse "known the country over" had its obituary printed in national newspapers such as the New York Times. Jay-Eye-See was inducted into the Harness Racing Hall of Fame in 1990 and the Wisconsin Harness Racing Hall of Fame in 1996.
Death and legacy
Case also owned some Great Lakes ships, a winter home in California, a ranch in Texas, and a stock farm in Kentucky.
In 1849 he married Lydia Ann Bull, daughter of DeGrove Bull of Yorkville, Wisconsin. He died on December 22, 1891, in Racine, less than a year before the comeback of his favorite horse.
His widow, born August 6, 1826, died December 9, 1909.
They had four children live to adulthood: one son and three daughters.
Henrietta Case was born March 3, 1858, and married Percival Strong Fuller (1858–1896).
Jessie Fremont Case was born April 17, 1861, and married Mitchell Wallis.
Amanda Case was born October 1, 1862, and married Jonathan James Crooks of San Francisco. Following in the footsteps of her horse-loving father, in 1926 she was instrumental in the survival and then success of the Pendleton Round-Up, the huge and still thriving Pendleton, Oregon rodeo.
Jackson Irving Case was born October 23, 1865, married Henrietta May Roy on May 25, 1886, and had four sons. He was elected mayor of Racine when he was only 26, but died January 8, 1903, before he was 38.
Three other children died young.
The family continued its interest in racing, but times had changed. The company sponsored a team of racing cars, led by driver Lewis Strang until he died in 1911. Around 1912, they named a car after Jay-Eye-See, driven by Louis Disbrow. One of the largest at the time, it had a 290-horsepower engine, and a streamlined shape that looked like an upside-down canoe.
A popular, easy to read biography of Case in the context of his company and his times is Stewart H. Holbrook, Machines of Plenty, Pioneering in American Agriculture (New York: Macmillan, 1955).
Jerome I. Case High School, located in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, is named in his honor.
It is in what is now suburban Racine, near the site of his farm. Most of Hickory Grove Farm is now developed, except for a small open space at named Case-Harmon Field.
Jay-Eye-See Avenue at was named for his horse, a block away from Case Avenue which intersects Jerome Boulevard.
A planned marble monument to Jay Eye See was never erected, and the horse's grave site neglected for almost a century. After a developer planned to build a parking lot over the suspected grave, local historians located and removed the bones in July 1997.
The remains were proposed to be re-interred in the Case family mausoleum at Mound Cemetery.
However, by 2003 the bones were still stored in a box at the historian's home waiting for funding for the memorial.
The J. I. Case Wetland Wildlife Refuge in Terre Haute, Indiana is also named in his honor.
In 2008, Case was inducted into the Association of Equipment Manufacturers Hall of fame.
References
External links
Depiction of Jay-Eye-See and two other horses by Currier & Ives
1915 photo of Jay-Eye-See racecar
Article on Case's involvement with an 1870s experimental automobile
1819 births
1891 deaths
Wisconsin state senators
People from Williamstown, New York
Businesspeople from Racine, Wisconsin
Mayors of Racine, Wisconsin
19th-century American politicians
People from Rochester, Wisconsin
United States Harness Racing Hall of Fame inductees
19th-century American businesspeople
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil%20Voss
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Neil Voss
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Neil Voss (born October 7, 1974) is a video game composer.
Voss' first recognized work was on Tetrisphere for Nintendo 64 in 1997, an acclaimed effort that earned him a "Best Soundtrack" award from Nintendo Power for that year. Later he composed tracks for The New Tetris in 1999, also for Nintendo 64. Voss later moved to working on the Game Boy Advance, producing soundtracks for Racing Gears Advance in collaboration with Orbital Media Inc. Many of his compositions for the Commodore 64 are available in The High Voltage SID Collection.
Background
At the early age of 12, Neil Voss began playing with electronic music on his Commodore 64 and this hobby soon became a big part of his life. He later became an underground electronic music developer, but saw his fellow composers signing to game developers, and so he joined H2O, a third-party developer for Atari's Jaguar. His first project was Phear, but after Jaguar failed, it was moved to Nintendo and expanded into Tetrisphere. As audio director, Voss produced, composed, and engineered the whole soundtrack for Tetrisphere, which some say made the game a hit. Voss went on to create more hit techno music in the N64 puzzle game, The New Tetris. This soundtrack became an instant favorite.
Later, in 2005, Voss worked on Racing Gears Advance for Game Boy Advance. which won for "Best Use of Sound" by IGN.
References
Composing Tetrisphere – Interview with Neil Voss (Part I) at IGN on June 15, 1998
Interview With Neil Voss (Part II) at IGN on June 16, 1998
Neil Voss: The Melody Behind the Addiction – Interview with Voss at Nintendojo
External links
Performing at Blip Festival in 2006 (video), courtesy of 2PlayerProductions
List of Neil Voss' songs at Last.fm
1974 births
American male composers
21st-century American composers
Living people
Video game composers
People from Tampa, Florida
Musicians from Tampa, Florida
21st-century American male musicians
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%20Who%20Flirt
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Women Who Flirt
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Women Who Flirt () is a 2014 Chinese-Hong Kong romantic comedy film directed by Pang Ho-cheung and starring Zhou Xun, Huang Xiaoming, Xie Yilin and Sonia Sui. The film was released on November 28, 2014.
Cast
Zhou Xun
Huang Xiaoming
Evonne Hsieh
Sonia Sui
Reception
By December 20, 2014, the film had earned ¥223.54 million at the box office.
On Film Business Asia, Derek Elley gave the film a 6 out of 10, calling it a "loosely written rom-com [that] relies almost entirely on actress Zhou Xun's screen persona."
Anite Gates for the New York Times said, "The film is exaggerated, ludicrous and simplistic. It shows a towering disdain for both men and women. But Angie and Marco have a certain good-natured charm, and there are some nice shots of Shanghai."
References
External links
2014 films
Chinese romantic comedy films
Hong Kong romantic comedy films
2010s Mandarin-language films
Films set in Shanghai
Films shot in Shanghai
2014 romantic comedy films
Films directed by Pang Ho-cheung
2010s Hong Kong films
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon%20Seals
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Leon Seals
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Leon Seals, Jr. (born January 30, 1964 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is a former American football defensive end in the National Football League.
Seals played college football at Jackson State University in Jackson, Mississippi, earning the nickname 'Dr. Sack', and joined the Buffalo Bills after the 1987 NFL Draft as a fourth round draft choice (number 109 overall). He played with the Buffalo Bills from 1987 until 1991. He started at defensive end in Super Bowl XXV and XXVI. He retired after the 1992 season with the Philadelphia Eagles.
Seals currently lives in Clinton, Mississippi. He has served as a member of the Hinds County Sheriff's Department.
References
American football defensive ends
Jackson State Tigers football players
Buffalo Bills players
Philadelphia Eagles players
1964 births
Living people
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockle
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Cockle
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Cockle may refer to:
Cockle (bivalve), an edible, marine bivalve mollusc
Lolium temulentum (also cockle), an annual plant of the family Poaceae
Berwick cockle, a white-coloured sweet with red stripes
Cockle, a codename for the folding kayaks used in World War II
Cockles (TV series), a 1984 British television series
Cockles (as in "warm the cockles of someone's heart"), the ventricles of the heart
People with the surname
Doug Cockle (born 1970), American actor and director
Dudley Cockle (1907–1986), English cricketer and Royal Air Force airman
Jackie Cockle (born 1950), British animation specialist
James Cockle (1819–1895), English lawyer and mathematician
John Cockle (1908–1966), Australian politician
See also
Cockle Bay (disambiguation)
Cockle Creek (disambiguation)
Cockleshell (disambiguation)
Cocles (disambiguation)
Cockley (disambiguation)
Cocklebur
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agaricus%20pattersoniae
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Agaricus pattersoniae
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Agaricus pattersoniae is an edible species of mushroom. It is found in the United States, where it associates with cypress trees. It has been proposed for inclusion in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
Taxonomy
It was first described in the literature in 1907 by Charles Horton Peck, based on specimens found by , a botany student at Stanford University. She found fruit bodies on Stanford campus in January, where they were growing under pine and cypress trees. The specific epithet was originally spelled "Pattersonae" by Peck, although this is now considered an orthographic variant. This species is placed in section Sanguinolenti of genus Agaricus.
Description
The cap, in diameter, is initially almost hemispherical in shape, transforming to broadly convex and finally to flattened or with edges upturned in age. The cap surface is dry, with fibrils when young, but later the fibrils form large, dark brown appressed squamules (2–9 mm long by 2–5 mm broad). The cap color may be various shades of brown depending on the maturity of the specimen. The cap flesh is typically thick, firm, white, and stains deep red 20–30 seconds after injury or bruising. The odor immediately after cutting is mild, faintly spicy, but several minutes may be described as 'fruity'. An edible mushroom, the taste of A. pattersoniae is described as mild, pleasant, and slightly sweet.
The gills are free in attachment, closely spaced, broad, and marginate. The light-cinnamon color in young specimens turns to a dark blackish brown in age after the spores develop. Bruised gills stain a vinaceous (wine-colored) red.
The stipe is usually long by thick with a bulbous shape. The interior is hollow, with the internal cavity being between thick. The stipe context somewhat fibrous and white in color, except for the basal section which is yellowish. Bruising or cutting results in a red stain after a minute. The surface of the stipe is barely striate above the annulus, and smooth below except for fragments of the universal veil. During development the veils rupture and form an upper veil (partial veil), which initially hangs from the edge of the cap, and a lower veil. As the partial veil disintegrates, it often leaves fragments 2–3 mm in size attached to the margin.
The spores are roughly elliptical in shape, 7–8.5 by 5.5–6.5 μm. The basidia, which may be 1–, 2–, 3–, or 4–spored (although usually 4–spored during active sporulation), are 26–34 by 7–11 μm, cylinder- to club-shaped, with sterigmata that are 2–3 μm long. Cheilocystidia are 12–32 by 6–15 μm in size, almost cylindrical or club-shaped, and may appear clumped or continuous.
Habitat and distribution
Agaricus pattersoniae is associated with cypress (Cupressus macrocarpa) trees, where it fruits singly or in groups. Richard Kerrigan noted that it seems to be restricted to mature trees (age 40+ years) located in the coastal counties of California, although Alexander H. Smith mentions that it has also been found in the Great Lakes regions. The species has been proposed for inclusion in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as part of the Global Fungal Red List initiative. Its main threats include habitat destruction, drought, and decline of cypress trees due to cypress canker from infection by Seiridium cardinale. The cypress trees have been removed from the type locality.
See also
List of Agaricus species
References
External links
California Fungi
pattersoniae
Edible fungi
Fungi described in 1907
Fungi of the United States
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost%20in%20the%20Shell%3A%20Stand%20Alone%20Complex%20-%20First%20Assault%20Online
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Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - First Assault Online
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Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - First Assault Online (; ), also known simply as First Assault, was a free-to-play online first-person shooter video game developed by South Korean developer Neople and published by Nexon. It was one of adaptations of the anime series Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex.
Gameplay
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - First Assault Online was based on the universe of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. The game featured a cyborg customization feature which supported 5,000 different layouts. Players were able to share skills with nearby allies, allowing players to strategically support others, in addition to using thermoptic camouflage and power armor, and controlling various mecha. There were PvE and PvP modes. Attributes could be used to customise the player's character include power, which granted weapons, stealth (used for invisibility), detection (reconnaissance drones), and "support" which gave the ability to construct turrets.
History
The game began development in September 2011 by the same development team responsible for Dungeon Fighter Online, using the Gamebryo engine. In 2012, game publisher Nexon secured the rights to a Stand Alone Complex game from Kodansha. In 2013, Nexon planned to release the game in the first half of 2014. The first trailer for the game was unveiled during the G-STAR 2014 game exhibition in Busan. The title was revealed as Ghost in the Shell: First Connection Online. At the exhibition, representatives of Neople stated that the game will preserve the atmosphere of the original anime series as closely as possible. In 2015, the final title was revealed as Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - First Assault Online.
A closed beta ran from October 1, 2015, to October 5, 2015. First Assault Online was released on Steam as an early access title on December 14, 2015. The game entered open beta on July 28, 2016. The game's public beta ended on July 1, 2017. There were six official servers in 1.0 and 5 by 2.0 (two of the servers merged due to lack of player base): America Empire East, America Empire West, European Union (Previously EU East and West in 1.0), Australia, South America. There was also a Japanese version of the game which had its own servers and development (some additional features were introduced such as clans and weapon rental). There was no support for LAN or private servers.
First Assault Online was due for a 2017 worldwide release on Steam, but due to the developers' rooted dissatisfaction with the game, both the Japanese and worldwide versions were discontinued. The game discontinued service in Japan on November 29, 2017. Item sales ended on September 6. Players with unused consumable items by November 29 were compensated with Nexon Points on December 13. It was announced on August 21 that the worldwide version would follow its Japanese counterpart and be discontinued. Upon notice of the discontinuation, all sales of DLC and in-game items ceased immediately. However, all weapons and attachments that could be purchased with in-game currency were lowered in price by 99%. The worldwide version officially closed on December 6, 2017.
Reception
PC Gamers Andy Kelly described an early iteration of the early access game as "a fairly basic FPS" and criticized interface elements and the choice to make a squad-based shooter instead of a role-playing game, though he praised First Assault Onlines fidelity towards the anime.
References
External links
NeoPle page: Korean, English
Nexon page: Japanese, English
2017 video games
Early access video games
First-person shooters
Free-to-play video games
Gamebryo games
Ghost in the Shell video games
Inactive massively multiplayer online games
Multiplayer online games
Multiplayer video games
Nexon games
Video games about police officers
Video games about terrorism
Video games developed in South Korea
Windows games
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrestling%20at%20the%201920%20Summer%20Olympics%20%E2%80%93%20Men%27s%20Greco-Roman%20middleweight
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Wrestling at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman middleweight
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The men's Greco-Roman middleweight was a Greco-Roman wrestling event held as part of the Wrestling at the 1920 Summer Olympics programme. It was the third appearance of the event. Middleweight was the median category, including wrestlers weighing up to 75 kilograms.
A total of 23 wrestlers from 12 nations competed in the event, which was held from August 16 to August 20, 1920.
Results
Gold medal round
Silver medal round
Bronze medal rounds
References
External links
Wrestling at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Greco-Roman wrestling
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shujoat%20Nematov
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Shujoat Nematov
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Şuçoat Ne'matov (born 26 September 1981) is a Tajikistani footballer whose last known club was Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda.
Career
International
Nematov was included in the Tajikistan national football team for having won the 2006 AFC Challenge Cup.
Career statistics
International
Statistics accurate as of 22 October 2015
International goals
Honours
Regar-TadAZ
Tajik League (3): 2006, 2007, 2008
Tajik Cup (2): 2005, 2006
AFC President's Cup (3): 2005, 2008, 2009
Tajikistan
AFC Challenge Cup (1): 2006
References
External links
1981 births
Living people
Tajikistani footballers
Tajikistan international footballers
Association football forwards
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belmont%20Hosiery%20Mill
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Belmont Hosiery Mill
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Belmont Hosiery Mill was a historic textile mill building located at Belmont, Gaston County, North Carolina. The original section was built in 1945–1946, and was a two-story-on-basement brick mill building. In 1952, a two-bay-deep, two-story-on basement addition was built and in 1958, a two-story-on-basement rectangular addition was built and features Art Moderne detailing. In 1969, a roughly "U"-shaped two-story-on-basement addition was built at the rear of the mill. A small one-story loading dock addition completed around 1998. The mill closed in 2000. The mill has been demolished.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.
References
Textile mills in North Carolina
Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
Moderne architecture in North Carolina
Industrial buildings completed in 1946
Buildings and structures in Gaston County, North Carolina
National Register of Historic Places in Gaston County, North Carolina
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawton%E2%80%93Almy%E2%80%93Hall%20Farm
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Lawton–Almy–Hall Farm
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The Lawton–Almy–Hall Farm is an historic farm at 559 Union Street in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. The farm comprises of land, and a well-preserved farm complex with elements dating to the 18th century. The land was first granted in 1648 to George Lawton, and was owned by six generations of the family. It was acquired in 1832 by Peleg Almy, whose family owned it until 1938, when it was sold to the Halls. The farmhouse is one of the oldest in the area, with its northern section estimated to have been built about 1700, based on stylistic resemblance to the Quaker Meetinghouse (c. 1699) and a local schoolhouse (c. 1725).
The farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
See also
National Register of Historic Places listings in Newport County, Rhode Island
References
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island
Buildings and structures in Portsmouth, Rhode Island
Houses in Newport County, Rhode Island
National Register of Historic Places in Newport County, Rhode Island
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafiqul%20Haque
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Rafiqul Haque
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Rafiqul Haque (known as Dadu Bhai; 8 January 1937 – 10 October 2021) was a Bangladeshi journalist and poet. He worked for the Daily Jugantor, published in Dhaka, as its feature editor. Earlier in his career, he was the executive editor of the Dainik Rupali, Dainik Janata and also worked for Dainik Azad, Dainik lal Sabuj and The Bangladesh Observer. Haque was reputed for his rhymes.
Haque was the acting editor of the Kishore Bangla from 1976 to 1983, the only weekly newspaper for children ever published in the Indian sub-continent.
Haque received many awards, including the Bangla Academy Award, Bangladesh Children's Academy Award, Agrani Bank Children's Literature Award, Chandrabati Academy Award, and All India Children's Literature Award.
References
1937 births
2021 deaths
Bangladeshi male poets
Bangladeshi journalists
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Djibouti%20national%20football%20team%20results
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Djibouti national football team results
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The Djibouti national football team is the association football team of Djibouti. It is controlled by the Djiboutian Football Federation, and is a member of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and the Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA).
Results
See also
Football in Djibouti
Djiboutian Football Federation
Djibouti Premier League
Djibouti Cup
Stade du Ville
References
Djibouti - List of International Matches
Djibouti at FIFA
Djibouti national football team
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank%20Maple
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Frank Maple
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Frank Harvey Maple (26 October 1904 – 29 January 1984) was an Australian rules footballer who played with in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Family
Born Frank Harvey Marriott in Kent, England in 1904, he emigrated to Australia with his mother and brother in early 1907. Shortly afterwards his mother married Horace William Maple and Frank took the Maple name.
Football
Frank Maple played football for Kew before being recruited by Hawthorn at the start of the 1926 VFL season. After two games he was dropped from the side and he did not make another senior appearance. He subsequently returned to playing for Kew in the League Sub-District competition.
Death
Frank Harvey Maple died on 29 January 1984 and was cremated at Springvale Botanical Cemetery.
References
External links
1904 births
1984 deaths
VFL/AFL players born outside Australia
VFL/AFL players born in England
Hawthorn Football Club players
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia)
People from Blean
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marchburn%20River
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Marchburn River
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The Marchburn River is a river of Marlborough Region, New Zealand.
See also
List of rivers of New Zealand
References
Rivers of the Marlborough Region
Rivers of New Zealand
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occult%20pneumonia
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Occult pneumonia
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Occult pneumonia is a pneumonia that is not observable directly by the eye, but can only be shown indirectly, especially by radiography. Occult pneumonia can be made visible by chest X-rays.
The general symptoms cough for more than 10 days and fever for more than 3 days can indicate the presence of occult pneumonia, just as a temperature of 39 °C or higher and a high white blood cell count.
Administration of a pneumococcal vaccine decreases the incidence of occult pneumonia, which suggests that Streptococcus pneumoniae is a cause of occult pneumonia. Occult pneumonia, however, can also be the result of atypical pneumonia.
Although pneumococcal vaccination lowers the prevalence of occult pneumonia, it does not make radiographic diagnosis superfluous at patients with prolonged fever, cough or leukocytosis.
Etymology: the term is derived from the Latin occultus = hidden, secret and pneumonia = inflammation of the lungs > Greek: pneuma = wind and Indo-European: pleumon = floating, swimming.
See also
Fecal occult blood
References
Pneumonia
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marokopa%20River
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Marokopa River
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The Marokopa River is a river of the Waikato Region of New Zealand. It flows west to join the Tasman Sea at Marokopa. The main part of the river is long, with about of tributaries. The catchment is some .
Near Te Anga, the river flows over the picturesque Marokopa Falls. The settlements of Awamarino and Marokopa are located on the river's banks.
Trout were introduced about 1910. The lower river is polluted.
See also
List of rivers of New Zealand
References
Rivers of Waikato
Waitomo District
Rivers of New Zealand
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McAllister%20Island
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McAllister Island
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McAllister Island is one of the many uninhabited Canadian arctic islands in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut. It is a Baffin Island offshore island located in Frobisher Bay, southeast of the capital city of Iqaluit. Other islands in the immediate vicinity include Culbertson Island, Low Island, Mark Island, Mitchell Island, and Precipice Island.
References
Islands of Baffin Island
Uninhabited islands of Qikiqtaaluk Region
Islands of Frobisher Bay
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand%20to%20Mouth%20%28album%29
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Hand to Mouth (album)
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Hand to Mouth is the second studio album by English new wave band General Public, released in 1986 by I.R.S. Records.
The album peaked at No. 83 on the Billboard 200 chart.
Critical reception
Trouser Press wrote that "the music goes down smoothly enough, but without any lasting impression."
Track listing
"Come Again! (General Public)" – 3:43 (Mickey Billingham, David Wakeling)
"Faults and All" – 3:35 (Roger Charlery, Horace Panter, Wakeling)
"Forward as One" – 6:08 (Wakeling)
"Murder" – 4:22 (Billingham, Wakeling)
"Cheque in the Post" – 3:39 (Billingham, Charlery)
"Too Much or Nothing (General Public)" – 4:25 (Wakeling)
"Love Without the Fun" – 3:29 (Billingham, Wakeling)
"In Conversation" – 5:43 (Billingham, Charlery)
"Never All There" – 4:04 (Billingham, Charlery, Wakeling)
"Cry on Your Own Shoulder" – 3:54 (Charlery, Wakeling)
1993 I.R.S. Records re-issue bonus tracks
"General Public" (12" Version) (Charlery, Wakeling)
"Limited Balance" (Charlery, Wakeling)
"All the Rage" (Billingham, Andy "Stoker" Growcott, Panter, Kevin White)
"Taking the Day Off" (Wakeling)
"Day to Day" (Live) (Charlery, Wakeling)
"Where's the Line?" (Live) (Billingham, Charlery, Panter, Wakeling)
"Tenderness (Live)" (Billingham, Charlery, Wakeling)
"Hot You're Cool (Live)" (Billingham Charlery, Panter, Wakeling)
All writing credits as per ASCAP database.
Personnel
General Public
Dave Wakeling – vocals, guitar
Ranking Roger – vocals
Gianni Minardi – guitar
Horace Panter – bass
Mickey Billingham – keyboards
Mario Minardi – drums
with:
Saxa – saxophone
Steve Brennan – violin
Gaspar Lawal – percussion
Pato Banton – toasting
Digby Cleaver – rap
Justine Carpenter, Sandra Loban - vocals
Credits
Martin Burgoyne – cover art
Peter Ashworth – photography
C More Tone – design
References
General Public albums
1986 albums
I.R.S. Records albums
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20School%20of%20Motoring
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British School of Motoring
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The British School of Motoring (BSM) is a driving school in the United Kingdom, providing training in vehicle operation and road safety.
BSM has around 1000 driving instructors. RAC's parent company, Aviva, sold BSM to Arques Industries AG in February 2009. In November 2009 the business was then sold to Managing Directors Abu-Haris Shafi and Nikolai Kesting and was then acquired by Acromas Holdings, which was the holding company for The AA and Saga in January 2011. The AA (including BSM ownership) then announced stock market flotation in June 2014.
Notable customers
Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom learnt to drive with the BSM.
Founder
British School of Motoring founded in 1910 was an independent and private educational organisation like the Chelsea College of Aeronautical and Automobile Engineering founded in 1924. Both were founded by their principal, S C H Roberts. Born in 1889 Stanley Coryton Hugh Roberts (known as "C H") died in September 1957 and was succeeded as managing director of both BSM and The College of Aeronautical and Automobile Engineering by Miss Denise McCann.
References
4. http://www.aviva.com/media/news/item/aviva-sells-bsm-to-arques-industries-ag-4800/ BSM Arques Industried AG
1910 establishments in the United Kingdom
Companies based in Basingstoke
Educational institutions established in 1910
Driver's education
Driving in the United Kingdom
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Finn
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George Finn
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George Finn (; born January 21, 1990) is a Georgian-American actor. He is best known for his roles in the films LOL, Time Lapse (2014) and Tbilisi, I Love You (2014)
Early life
George Finn was born as Giorgi Agiashvili in Tbilisi, Georgia into a family of writers and filmmakers. He moved to Los Angeles, California at a young age. Films were the main focus in the family, and Finn soon started to develop a desire to be a part of the industry.
Career
Finn first appeared in a recurring role, as Julian, on Unfabulous from 2004 until 2007. He has subsequently had many guest starring roles since then, appearing on Lincoln Heights (2009), 90210 (2009), How I Met Your Mother (2009–10), Cold Case (2010), and The Mentalist (2014). Finn has had lead roles in several films directed by his brother, Nika Agiashvili, including The Harsh Life of Veronica Lambert (2009), A Green Story (2012) and Tbilisi, I Love You (2014).
He starred as Chad in LOL (2012) alongside Demi Moore and Miley Cyrus, and was one of the lead roles, portraying Jasper, in Time Lapse (2014) alongside Danielle Panabaker and Matt O'Leary. Finn was set to star as the lead in Agiashvili's film, Short Happy Life of Butch Livingston.
Filmography
Film
Television
Web
References
External links
1990 births
Living people
Actors from Tbilisi
Male film actors from Georgia (country)
Expatriates from Georgia (country) in the United States
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian%20Reptile%20Park
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Australian Reptile Park
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The Australian Reptile Park is located at Somersby on the Central Coast, New South Wales in Australia. It is about (a one-hour drive) North of Sydney, and is just off the M1 Pacific Motorway. The Park has one of the largest reptile collections in Australia, with close to 50 species on display. The wide variety of reptile species at the Park includes snakes, lizards (such as Komodo dragons), turtles, tortoises, tuataras, American alligators and crocodiles.
In addition, the Park features Australian mammals such as kangaroos, wallabies, koalas, platypuses, Tasmanian devils, bare-nosed wombat, quokkas, echidnas, and dingoes. Australian birds featured include cassowaries.
The park is heavily involved in snake and spider venom collection for use in the production of antivenom and is credited for saving the lives of thousands. It is an institutional member of the Zoo and Aquarium Association.
History
The park was founded by Eric Worrell in 1948 at the Ocean Beach Aquarium Umina Beach. In 1959, it was renamed the Australian Reptile Park and moved to Wyoming, north of Gosford.
A second move occurred in September 1996, to Somersby, adjacent to Old Sydney Town.
Brief chronology
1949 – Eric Worrell starts building Ocean Beach Aquarium at Umina Beach
1950 - Ocean Beach Aquarium opens to the public (includes a variety of marine fish, juvenile crocodile and snake and lizard pits). Eric Worrell begins his snake venom milking work to contribute to the anti-venom manufacturing by the Commonwealth Serum Laboratories
1955 – Ocean Beach Aquarium contributes to production of first antivenom to taipan envenomation
1958 – The zoo moves to Wyoming, NSW and changes its name to the Australian Reptile Park (Ocean Beach remains open temporarily)
1959 - The Australian Reptile Park first opens to the public on the 3rd of October
1962 – The Australian Reptile Park contributes to availability of a full range of antivenoms
1963 – 'Ploddy' (originally named Dino), the dinosaur erected, the first of Australia's big icons
1968 – First nocturnal house in southern hemisphere opens
1970 – Eric Worrell receives MBE recognising his role in producing antivenom
1970 – The Park begins providing funnel-web spider venom to Seqiris (formerly bioCSL) in the long process of developing an antivenom
1972 – Captive breeding of cassowaries begins
1980 – The long-awaited funnel-web spider antivenom is made available
1985 – A management team is formed to steer the future of the Australian Reptile Park, which included future owners John and Robyn Weigel
1987 – Eric Worrell passes away, aged 62
1989 – 4.7-metre-long ‘Eric’ the saltwater crocodile is imported from the Northern Territory on a special jet freighter – named in honour of Eric Worrell
1992 – John and Robyn Weigel become principal owners of the business, and make the decision to relocate the Park.
1996 – A parade is held in Gosford celebrating the relocation of Ploddy the dinosaur to its new home. Over 15,000 well-wishers lined the streets and cheered as Ploddy was ceremoniously transported from Wyoming to her new home in Somersby
1996 – The Australian Reptile Park relocates to Somersby and reopens on 7 September
2000 – Just past midnight on 17 July, most of the main park building was destroyed when a faulty electrical wiring caused a fire. Park staff helped fire crews, but ultimately, the building was lost along with most of the hundreds of reptiles and frogs that had been maintained in the building. With a lot of work from the staff, and support from the city and from other zoos around Australia, the zoo was able to re-open its doors on 9 September 2000, just over seven weeks after the fire.
2007 – A main attraction to the park, Eric the Crocodile passes away. He is replaced by Elvis, a 4.5 metre male saltwater crocodile
2008 – Park Director, John Weigel, is awarded Member of the Order of Australia for his contribution to Australian Tourism and the production of snake and spider antivenoms.
2011 – John Weigel founds Devil Ark, a conservation breeding facility for the endangered Tasmanian devil in the Barrington Tops that is now part of the larger Aussie Ark.
2013 – The Australian Reptile Park remains the sole supplier of terrestrial snake and funnel-web spider venom to Seqiris (formally bioCSL) for the nation's antivenom program. Over its 60-year history, it is estimated that the Park has assisted in saving close to 20,000 lives.
2013 – In July, more than twenty reptiles were stolen from the Park. Lizards, geckos, snakes and one alligator were taken. A pair of Soloman Island skinks were recovered in August
2015 – Australian Reptile Park Director, Tim Faulkner, is named "Conservationist of the Year" for 2015 by The Australian Geographic Society
2016 – Tim Faulkner and Liz Gabriel named as co-directors alongside John & Robyn Weigel
2018 – New Komodo Dragon exhibit opened. Home to two Komodo dragons named Kraken and Daenerys
2018 – Australian Reptile Park wins NSW State Business of the Year awarded by the NSW Business Chamber
2019 – The Park wins Best Major Attraction at the NSW Tourism Awards
2019 – A new exhibit, housing a pair of endangered Goodfellow's tree-kangaroos, is opened
2022 – In April, three Komodo dragon babies are successfully hatched at the park and for the first time in Australia.
Animals
Reptiles at the park include American alligators, crocodiles, turtles, tortoises, tuataras (will be on public display from 21 December 2022), skinks, Komodo dragons, goannas, geckos, iguanas, pythons, taipans, brown snakes, death adders, and a King cobra.
Arachnids include tarantulas, funnel web spiders, trapdoor spider, huntsman spider, Goliath bird-eating spider, mouse spider, redback spider, wolf spider, and scorpions.
The Park also houses Australian mammals and birds including koalas, grey-headed flying foxes, eastern grey kangaroos, Tasmanian devils, bare-nosed wombat, wallabies, dingoes, platypus, echidnas, ring tailed possums, quokkas and cassowaries. In late 2019, the Australian Reptile Park opened a new exhibit, displaying a pair of Goodfellow's tree-kangaroos.
List of species (and subsp')
Reptiles
Alligator snapping turtle
American alligator
Ball python
Bavay's giant Gecko
Black-headed python
Blotched blue-tongued lizard
Broad-shelled river turtle
Burmese python
Central netted dragon
Children's python (Stimson's variant)
Coastal taipan
Common death adder
Corn snake
Cunningham's skink
Diamond python
Eastern bearded dragon
Eastern blue-tongued lizard
Eastern brown snake
Eastern long-necked turtle
Eastern water dragon
Eastern water skink
Fierce snake
Fijian crested iguana
Freckled black-tailed monitor
Freshwater crocodile
Frilled-neck lizard
Galapagos giant tortoise
Gila monster
Green anaconda
Green iguana
Green tree python
Hosmer's skink
Indian star tortoise
Jungle carpet python
King brown snake
King cobra
Komodo dragon
Lace monitor
Land mullet
Leopard tortoise
Lowland copperhead snake
Madagascan giant day gecko
Mainland tiger snake
Manning River turtle
Merten's water monitor
Midline knob-tailed gecko
Murray river short-necked turtle
New Caledonian giant gecko
Night skink
Olive python
Perentie
Philippine sailfin lizard
Pig-nosed turtle
Pygmy bearded dragon
Pygmy mulga snake
Red-bellied black snake
Red-bellied short-necked turtle
Red-faced turtle
Reticulated python
Rhinoceros iguana
Rough-scaled python
Saltwater crocodile
Sheltopusik
Shingleback bobtail lizard
Short-tailed pygmy monitor
Solomon Islands skink
Southern forest dragon
Spotted python
Tuatara
Veiled chameleon
Western diamondback rattlesnake
Woma python
Amphibians
Australian green free frog
Blue poison dart frog
Cane toad
Dyeing poison dart frog
Green and golden bell frog
Magnificent tree frog
Northern corroboree frog
Peron's tree frog
Striped marsh frog
Arachnids
Brazilian salmon pink bird-eating spider
Goliath bird-eating spider
Huntsman spider
Lychas marmoreus marbled scorpion
Mexican redknee tarantula
Mouse spider
Peruvian pink toe tarantula
Queensland whistling tarantula
Redback spider
Sydney funnel-web spider
Trapdoor spider
White-tailed spider
Wolf spider
Birds
Australian bustard
Australian king parrot
Banded lapwing
Barn owl
Black-winged stilt
Blue-faced honeyeater
Blue-winged kookaburra
Boobook owl
Brown cuckoo dove
Bush stone-curlew
Cape Barren goose
Common bronzewing
Eastern grass owl
Eclectus parrot
Emu
Green catbird
Laughing kookaburra
Major Mitchell's cockatoo
Rainbow lorikeet
Red-browed fig parrot
Regent honeyeater
Sacred kingfisher
Satin bowerbird
Scaly-breasted lorikeet
Southern cassowary
Tawny frogmouth
Topknot pigeon
Torresian imperial pigeon
White-browed woodswallow
White-headed pigeon
Wonga pigeon
Mammals
Bare-nosed wombat
Dingo
Eastern grey kangaroo
Eastern quoll
Eastern common ringtail possum
Fat-tailed dunnart
Feathertail glider
Goodfellow's tree-kangaroo
Greater bilby
Grey-headed flying fox
Kangaroo Island kangaroo
Koala
Mountain pygmy possum
Parma wallaby
Platypus
Quokka
Red kangaroo
Rufous bettong
Short-beaked echidna
Tasmanian devil
Tiger quoll
Yellow-footed rock wallaby
Past Attractions
Eric the crocodile
A crocodile named Eric, born in 1947 in Australia's Northern Territory, was featured for many years at the park. He was a star attraction and had a fan club of over 10,000 members across the world. Every year, Eric consumed his own body weight by consuming various animals such as chicken, goat and fish.
Eric had been implicated in the disappearance of two indigenous children in the 1980s, and was captured for the safety of the community. He was first taken to Darwin Crocodile Farm, where he bit off the heads of two female crocodiles with whom he was supposed to mate, and lost his right rear foot in a duel with a fellow crocodile. In 1989, he arrived by special freighter jet at the Australian Reptile Park and became a major attraction. He was named after the Park's founder Eric Worrell who had died in 1987.
Eric the crocodile died on 30 June 2007 from a systemic infection, exacerbated because staff couldn't treat him due to power outages caused by storms in the area. His vet, Peter Nosworthy, believes age made him susceptible to the infection, while his size made it impossible to administer intensive care. At 5.6m long and 700 kg, Eric was the largest crocodile in New South Wales at the time of his death. A memorial to Eric is now at the rear of the park.
Education
Talks and presentations include Galápagos tortoise feedings, a reptile show, a Tasmanian devil talk, Koala talk, Spider talk, Dingo talk, and Alligator feeding.
The Australian Reptile Park also welcomes hundreds of school groups into the Park throughout each year for syllabus-based animal and conservation education.
Antivenom Programs
Snake venom-milking program
Since the 1960s, the Australian Reptile Park has been the sole suppliers of terrestrial snake venom for the purpose of making antivenom. It is estimated that 300 lives are saved by antivenom in Australia each year and since the program's inception, approximately 20,000 Australian lives have been saved by the program. The Australian Reptile Park is currently home to 250 venomous snakes that are a part of the venom program that are milked on a fortnightly basis.
Milking snakes for venom
Focused judgement and great dexterity are needed to obtain snake venom from the venomous species of snakes found in Australia. Keepers at the Australian Reptile Park use two different techniques depending on the species of snake.
For taipans, mulga (king brown snakes) and tiger snakes, keepers position the snake's fangs to penetrate a latex membrane stretched over a glass beaker. The snake then bites onto the beaker and the venom is dropped into the beaker and collected.
For Eastern brown snakes and death adders, a technique called “pipetting” is used. The procedure requires keepers to push a polypropylene pipette onto the snake's fang with the venom dropping into the pipette.
After drying, the venom crystals are carefully scraped from the beakers and pipettes for weighing and packaging. Trained staff, who work with the venom in its various stages of processing, work extremely carefully with the venom to ensure it is not contaminated.
Producing snake antivenom
Once the venomous snakes have been milked at the Australian Reptile Park, it is then freeze-dried and sent to Seqiris (formally bioCSL) in Melbourne to be made into antivenom.
The process at Seqiris starts with the snake venom being injected into Percheron horses. Over 250 horses take part in the antivenom program, all living the life of luxury. They undergo minimal stress during the inoculation and extraction processes. Inoculation is harmless for the horses and extraction is as simple as donating blood for humans.
The horses are given increasing doses of venom over a period of six-months (until they have built up sufficient antibodies to the venom). Blood is then drawn from the horse with the antibodies extracted from the blood, purified and reduced to a usable form – this becomes antivenom.
The antivenom taken from the horses is used to treat humans suffering from snake envenomation. Antivenom is injected into the human bloodstream, with the antibodies attacking the venom, neutralising its effects. The dose of antivenom given to a patient varies according to the species responsible for the bite and, when it can be ascertained, the amount of venom injected. The age and weight of the victim makes no difference to the dose of antivenom required in the treatment.
Funnel-web spider venom-milking program
Since the inception of the Australian Reptile Park's funnel-web spider antivenom program in 1981, zero deaths have been recorded due to a bite from a funnel-web spider. The Australian Reptile Park has played a massive role in this with assistance in the inventing the funnel-web antivenom as well as playing an ongoing role in providing the raw venom to Seqiris for antivenom to be made. The Australian Reptile Park's venom program houses over 2,000 spiders from baby spiderlings up to full grown adult male specimens; who are milked on a weekly schedule.
The Australian Reptile Park encourages the public to catch funnel-web spiders in their homes and backyards, if it is safe to do so, and bring the spiders to various drop-off locations in around the Central Coast, Sydney and Newcastle. These spiders will become part of the Park's funnel-web spider breeding and venom-milking programs.
Milking funnel-web spiders for venom
Spider keepers at the Australian Reptile Park must use steady hands and extreme focus to milk funnel-web spiders. Using a glass pipette on the end of a small vacuum, keepers encourage the funnel web spider to rear up in a defensive position and then gently suck the venom from the end of the spider's fangs.
Once all spiders have been milked, the venom is then removed from the pipette and frozen until shipment to Seqiris, where the venom is made into antivenom.
Producing funnel-web spider antivenom
The process of turning venom into antivenom is long and tricky but not impossible. Once the funnel-web spiders have been milked at the Australian Reptile Park, the venom is frozen and sent to Seqiris in Melbourne, Victoria.
The Seqiris team inject very small amounts of the venom into rabbits, increasing slowly over a six-month period until the rabbit is able to withstand six-times the lethal dose. Blood is then drawn from the rabbit and the blood is spun in a centrifuge. The spinning separates the antibodies from the blood, and it is these antibodies that make antivenom.
Television
Bondi Vet
The Australian Reptile Park was a frequent feature on Australian factual television series Bondi Vet, from 2010 until the show's completion in 2016. The episodes usually involved Director Tim Faulkner calling Dr. Chris Brown to the park, or taking an animal either to Chris' clinic or the closer clinic owned by Dr. Peter Nosworthy. As of 2014, Tim became a part of the regular cast with a segment airing in every episode. When the series was revived in 2019 as Bondi Vet: Coast to Coast, Faulkner was once again part of the cast.
The Wild Life of Tim Faulkner
The Australian Reptile Park is also shown in the spin-off show The Wild Life of Tim Faulkner, which focused primarily on Tim Faulkner's animal-related activities. "The Wild Life of Tim Faulkner" was shown on Channel 9 and the National Geographic Channel.
See also
Aussie Ark
Notes
Further reading
External links
Tourist attractions in New South Wales
1958 establishments in Australia
Zoos in New South Wales
Central Coast (New South Wales)
Zoos established in 1958
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Arkils tingstad ("Assembly location of Arkil") is the remains of the Viking Age thing or assembly location of a hundred in Uppland, Sweden. It is situated on the outskirts of Stockholm. The remains consist of a rectangular stone formation and two runestones.
The runestones and the assembly location were created by the Skålhamra clan who also had the two Risbyle Runestones made across the lake near their estate. It consequently appears that they owned land on both sides of the lake. They also made the runestone U 100 at a path in the forest.
Scholars disagree on the function of a Viking Age assembly location. According to one view, all the people in the vicinity assembled there in order to reach agreements and to mete out justice. Another view sees the assemblies as meetings for the chieftains only who merely stated what they had decided to do and where they interrogated and punished their subordinates.
Before the Christianization of Scandinavia, the pagan blóts were performed by chieftains and magnates. When Christianity arrived, the Christian rites and especially baptism were central to the community. It is possible that the Skålhamra clan created the assembly location in order to have settlements around the lake baptized by priests from Sigtuna. The inscriptions suggest that the location had no continuity from Norse paganism.
Based on the styles of the inscriptions, the assembly location was created in the 1010s, and the runestones are some decades older than the Jarlabanke runestone U 212 which tells of the creation of another assembly location.
Runestones
Below follows a presentation of the runestones based on information collected from the Rundata project, organized according to location. The transcriptions from runic inscriptions into standardized Old Norse are in the Swedish and Danish dialect to facilitate comparison with the inscriptions, while the English translation provided by Rundata give the names in standard dialect (the Icelandic and Norwegian dialect).
U 225
The two runestones constitute a twin monument such that the text on U 225 is to be read as continuing on U 226. Both runestones were carved by a runemaster with the normalized name of Gunnar, with U 225 classified as being in runestone style RAK. This is the classification for inscriptions with a runic text has no dragon or serpent heads and the ends of the runic bands are straight.
Latin transliteration
... uk * arkil * uk * kui * þiʀ * kariþu * iar * þikstaþ ... ...unu * iki mirki * maiʀi * uirþa * þan * ulfs * suniʀ * iftiʀ * kir... ...iʀ * suinaʀ * at * sin * faþur
Old Norse transcription
[Ulfkell](?) ok Arnkell ok Gyi þæiʀ gærðu hiar þingstað ... [M]unu æigi mærki mæiʀi verða, þan Ulfs syniʀ æftiʀ gær[ðu], [sniall]iʀ svæinaʀ, at sinn faður.
English translation
Ulfkell(?) and Arnkell and Gýi, they made the Assembly-place here ... No landmark will be more (great), than (the one) the sons of Ulfr made in (his) memory; able lads in memory of their father.
U 226
This runestone was also made by Gunnar and is classified as being carved in runestone style Pr1. This is the classification, which is also known as Ringerike style, for those inscriptions that have runic bands that end in serpent or animal heads depicted in profile. In the text there is some question regarding whether the Old Norse words i grati should be translated as meaning "in tears" or "in lament," meaning that Gyríðr composed poetry in mourning her deceased husband. It has been suggested that the inscription Vg 59 in Norra Härene describes another widow who may have composed a lament. U 226 is the only surviving runestone signed by Gunnar, although more than forty other inscriptions have been attributed to him based on stylistic analysis. The runes kunar ik stin for "Gunnarr cut the stone" are carved in a line below the rest of the inscription.
Latin transliteration
ristu * stina * uk * staf * uan * uk * in * mikla * at * iartiknum uk kuriþi * kas at * uiri * þu mon i krati * kiatit lata kunar ik stin
Old Norse transcription
Ræistu stæina ok staf unnu(?) ok inn mikla at iarteknum. Ok Gyriði gats at veri. Þy man i grati getit lata. Gunnarr hiogg stæin.
English translation
(They) raised stones and produced the staff(?) and the great signs (of acclaim); Gyríðr also cherished her husband: he will therefore be commemorated in weeping. Gunnarr cut the stone.
Notes and references
Runestones in Uppland
Thing (assembly)
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Phnonpenh MODEL is an electronica band created by Hikaru Kotobuki, a former member of P-Model as somewhat of a joke in order to enter a P-Model cover band contest at a club. They continue to regroup from time to time and have released three studio albums and a live CD from their shows in Paris, Berlin and Tokyo. Key members are Hikaru Kotobuki, Lion Merry (ex-Yapoos and Metrofarce) and Masaaki Taniguchi.
Discography
Errors of P-MANIA! (1993, HIRASAWA BYPASS, various artists release)
Desk Top Hard Lock (1994, DIW/SYUN, as "Kotobuki Hikaru with Phnonpenh MODEL")
PATCHWORKS (1998, Club Lunatica/Captain Trip Records)
THE LAST FAMOUS INTERNATIONAL GLUTTONS (1998, Snowdonia, various artists release)
melting high/berlin～paris～tokyo (1999, Club Lunatica)
(2000, Club Lunatica)
General Midge (2007, IRQ, inc.)
Electronica music groups
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Takagi
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is a Japanese surname meaning "tall tree". Notable people with the surname include:
Akimitsu Takagi (1920–1995), Japanese crime fiction writer
Jon Mamoru Takagi (1942–1984), American martial arts instructor
, Japanese footballer
Hinako Takagi (born 1989), Japanese composer and pianist
Hitoshi Takagi (1925–2004), Japanese voice actor
, Japanese professional wrestler
Kaietsu Takagi (1883–1957), Japanese photographer
Kazumichi Takagi (born 1980), Japanese football player
Keizō Takagi (born 1941), Japanese writer, journalist and educator
, Japanese ice hockey player
Maria Takagi (born 1978), Japanese former AV star and TV actress
Miho Takagi (born 1994), Japanese speed skater
Mototeru Takagi (1941–2002), Japanese free jazz musician
Nana Takagi (born 1992), Japanese speed skater
Paul Takagi (1923–2015), American sociologist
Sadao Takagi (born 1932), Japanese entomologist
Sanshiro Takagi (born 1970), Japanese professional wrestler
Saya Takagi (born 1963), Japanese actress
Shingo Takagi (鷹木信悟, born 1982), Japanese professional wrestler
Takeo Takagi (1882–1944), Japanese vice admiral in World War II
Takuya Takagi, Japanese football player and football manager
Teiji Takagi (1875–1960), Japanese mathematician
Toranosuke Takagi (born 1974), Japanese race car driver
Wataru Takagi (born 1966), Japanese voice actor
Fictional characters
, titular character of the manga series Teasing Master Takagi-san
, a character in the manga series Tomie
, a character in the manga series Bakuman
, a character in the manga series Highschool of the Dead
Main character in Die Hard
References
Japanese-language surnames
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Style UK
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Style UK was a television channel carried on Showtime Arabia's satellite service for the Middle East, North Africa, and the Levant territories.
Similar to BBC Prime and Granada UKTV, it carried British entertainment programming from ITV, Channel 4 and the BBC, including Parkinson, The Bill, Father Ted and My Family.
On 1 April 2007, Showtime dropped the channel from their line-up and replaced it with a new channel called Series 2. Showtime stated that the new channel would be similar in content to UK Style.
See also
Showtime Arabia
External links
Showtime Arabia
Showtime Arabia network package
Showtime Networks
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Yi Gwal (1587 – 15 February, 1624) was a general during the Joseon Dynasty, Korea, known for the failed Yi Gwal's Rebellion. His family belonged to the Gosung Yi clan.
He rebelled against King Injo in 1624, but failed. Yi Gwal was then killed by his own troops. Yi Gwal's rebellion put Korea into a state of chaos before it was invaded by the Manchu Qing dynasty.
Background
In 1622, he joined the Injo revolution, which was a movement in Korea to get rid of the government of King Gwanghaegun, who advocated evenhanded diplomacy between the Ming and the Qing. At that time, the Han Ming Dynasty had recently fallen to the invading Jurchen, who had renamed themselves the Manchu. Historically, Korea was in a long time conflict with the Jurchen tribes, who inhabited the wide plains of Manchuria. The Jurchen took Liaoning during the late Ming and established the Later Jin dynasty.
Yi Gwal captured the capital of Hanyang and exile Gwanghaegun. However, he was rewarded only as a second class helper and neglected by the King.
As the relations with Later Jin deteriorated, the Korean government and Injo sent Yi Gwal to the border of Pyongan Province to ward off invasions from the Jin. There, Yi strengthened the walls and fortresses around the border and maintained strict military order.
Out of the fifteen thousand troops stationed in the northern border, Yi Gwal had command of ten thousand, stationed in Yongbyon while the five thousand stayed with General Jang Man (张晚) in Pyongyang.
Yi Gwal's Rebellion
Korea's political stance at the time caused the downfall of Yi Gwal. Since the establishment of a Confucian dynasty by King Taejo, there had been political disputes between the parties in the government. Some disputes even ended up in bloodshed, like the one which occurred in the time of King Yeonsangun. Also, during the time of King Seonjo just before the Japanese invasions of Korea, the political parties had been divided between East and West. The Eastern Party gradually split up into two parties called the Northern and Southern Parties.
In January 1624, the Western Party, recently unsatisfied with the success of Yi Gwal (who was part of the Northern Party), made a petition to the King stating that Yi Gwal and some members of the Northern Party were planning a rebellion. As these ministers all had a close relationship with the King, the petition was examined. However, the reports proved false, and the Western Party failed to condemn Yi Gwal. They tried again soon after, which provoked the suspicion of the King.
The government soon sent an examination and arrest party to Yongbyon to arrest Yi Gwal's son Yi Jeon. As he suspected that he himself would be condemned if his son confessed, he decided on a pre-emptive strike. Finally, he killed the arrest party and the rebellion officially began on January 22, 1624. He and his ten thousand troops headed straight for Hanyang, to relieve the capital and capture the King.
The first clash with the government troops happened on the Hamgyong province, where the government troops were being led by Jeong Chung-sin and Nam Yi-hong. He tried to avoid these two generals and surpassed their troops. During the march to the capital, Yi Gwal met much opposition, but all were defeated. Injo soon abandoned the capital and Yi Gwal captured it on February 10. Since the establishment of the Joseon Dynasty, it was the first time a rebel army had captured the capital.
Yi Gwal then put Heungangun on the throne, a royal relative of the King. Moreover, he put fliers all over the city so the people would support his troops. However, the rebel occupation of the capital did not last long.
The Hanseong was soon threatened by Jang Man and other generals from the government forces. Yi Gwal sent Han Myeong-ryun to combat the enemy, but the rebels were defeated due to inferior geographical position. By this time, Yi Gwal tried to escape the capital as the rebel army had disbanded and separated. As Yi Gwal and Han Myeong-ryun tried to escape on February 15, they were murdered by their own troops led by Gi Ik-heon, who were seeking forgiveness from the government.
Yi Gwal failed, but Joseon society effectively entered a period of chaos, which then provoked and facilitated the First Manchu invasion of Korea in 1627. Eventually Joseon would fall and become a vassal to the Qing dynasty.
See also
History of Korea
Manchu invasion of Korea
Joseon dynasty
1587 births
1624 deaths
Goseong Lee clan
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Bad Eisenkappel, also known as Eisenkappel, () is a municipality located in the Vellach Valley in the Karawanken mountain range with the nearby peaks: Obir, Peca, and Olševa. It is the population center of the market township of Eisenkappel-Vellach (population 3,038) of the Völkermarkt district in the State of Carinthia, Austria near the border of Slovenia.
Bad Eisenkappel was first referred to by the name Kappel in 1267. It was officially renamed in 1890 to Eisenkappel.
The area is known for its hiking and cycling trails, as well as for the extensive Obir cave system, which has been mined for lead ore since at least 1171, and has been open to the public since 1991. Frommers says "Eisenkappel is the major stopover in the Vellach Valley. This town is surrounded by centuries-old forests and mineral springs, and because of its position as a frontier town only 15km (10 miles) from the Austro-Slovenian border's Jezersko Pass, it also offers many cultural and historical attractions. ... There are many sky-blue lakes and white mountain peaks near Eisenkappel. Lake Klopeiner ..., to the north of this town, is the warmest lake in Carinthia and 8km (5 miles) to the southwest you'll see Trögerner Gorge."
The International Commission for the Protection of the Alps (CIPRA) has stated that Bad Eisenkappel is highly affected by a growing trend of "out migration" where services and basic infrastructure are leaving the area. As such the town has attempted to counterbalance this loss by starting events to keep the youth within. Currently, as noted in the report, much of the youth travel to nearby Klagenfurt.
Its sister community is Jezersko across the Austria-Slovenia border.
Notable residents
Cvetka Lipuš, poet
Maja Haderlap, writer
Florjan Lipuš, writer and Prešeren laureate
Angela Piskernik, botanist and head of the Museum of Natural History, Ljubljana
:de:Gerald Florian Messner Gerald Florian Messner, Musicologist
See also
Seeberg Saddle
Pavlič Pass
Slovenian exonyms
References
Further reading
Eisenkappel Vellach homepage in German with photo of town taken from near mountainside
Details of surrounding mountains and includes map
planetware.com Tourist data
Cities and towns in Völkermarkt District
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Adriana DeMeo
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Adriana DeMeo (born 1981) is an American actress. She is known for playing Lucy in the CBS television drama series Without a Trace.
Early life
Adriana DeMeo was born in Brooklyn, New York. Her parents moved to Brooklyn from a small town in Italy. She attended a special two-year performing arts program at Howell High School in New Jersey. DeMeo graduated from Rutgers University.
Career
Her first on-screen appearance was a guest role as Marianna in an episode of the police procedural television drama series Law & Order: Criminal Intent, soon followed by a three-episode appearance in the final season of The Practice. DeMeo's film work includes roles in Killer Movie (2008), The Wannabe (2015) and The Brooklyn Banker (2016). She joined the cast of CBS show Without a Trace, playing Lucy. She also appeared in episodes of Bones; Boston Legal; Veronica Mars; 30 Rock; Castle; The Carrie Diaries; and Blue Bloods.
She is the lead singer of a rock band called Fuckery.
Filmography
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External links
1981 births
American film actresses
American television actresses
Howell High School (New Jersey) alumni
Living people
Rutgers University alumni
Place of birth missing (living people)
21st-century American women
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17340946
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harpoon%20%28hieroglyph%29
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Harpoon (hieroglyph)
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The ancient Egyptian Harpoon, (archaeological, single-barbed type), is one of the oldest language hieroglyphs from ancient Egypt. It is used on the famous Narmer Palette of Pharaoh Narmer from the 31st century BC, in an archaic hieroglyphic form.
Language usage of harpoon
The hieroglyphic equivalent of the Harpoon is wꜥ, and means "1", a single item, and it is one of the 102 Egyptian biliterals; its use is extensive throughout the language history, and hieroglyphic tomb reliefs and story-telling of Ancient Egypt.
Rosetta Stone usage
In the 198 BC Rosetta Stone of Ptolemy V Epiphanes, the Harpoon hieroglyph is used only once, in line 8: "crowns, 10 [...] with uraeus on their fronts, on one every among them" ("on each among them").
Gallery
See also
Gardiner's Sign List#T. Warfare, Hunting, Butchery
Gardiner's Sign List#U. Agriculture, Crafts, and Professions
List of Egyptian hieroglyphs
References
Budge. An Egyptian Hieroglyphic Dictionary, E.A.Wallace Budge, (Dover Publications), c 1978, (c 1920), Dover edition, 1978. (In two volumes) (softcover, )
Budge. The Rosetta Stone, E.A.Wallace Budge, (Dover Publications), c 1929, Dover edition(unabridged), 1989. (softcover, )
Egyptian hieroglyphs: warfare-hunting-butchery
Egyptian hieroglyphs: arts and trades
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khan%20Abdul%20Bahram%20Khan
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Khan Abdul Bahram Khan
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Khan Abdul Bahram Khan () was the founder of major political family of Pakistan. Khan Abdul Bahram Khan's sons Khan Abdul Jabbar Khan (usually referred to as "Dr. Khan Sahib") and Abdul Ghaffar Khan (Bacha Khan) were political leaders in Pakistan.
Abdul Bahram Khan was a land owner, farmer, and the chief of Pashtun tribe Mohammadzai in Charsadda, North-West Frontier Province, British India.
See also
Abdul Ghani Khan
Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Abdul Wali Khan
Family of Bahram Khan
References
Pashtun people
Khan Abdul
Pakistani landowners
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