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Suat İsmail Mamat (8 November 1930 – 3 February 2016) was a Turkish professional footballer who played in Turkey for Ankara Demirspor, Galatasaray S.K., Beşiktaş J.K. and Vefa S.K. International career Mamat made 27 appearances for the full Turkey national football team, including appearing in two matches at the 1954 FIFA World Cup finals, where he scored three goals. He died on 3 February 2016, only two days after the death of his teammate Ali Beratlıgil. References External links 1930 births 2016 deaths Turkish men's footballers Turkey men's international footballers Ankara Demirspor footballers Galatasaray S.K. footballers Beşiktaş J.K. footballers Vefa S.K. footballers 1954 FIFA World Cup players Mersin Talim Yurdu managers Men's association football forwards Turkish football managers People from Bakırköy Footballers from Istanbul	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suat%20Mamat
David Ball is the debut album from American country music artist David Ball. He recorded the album in 1989 for RCA Nashville. Three singles from it charted between 1988 and 1989: "Steppin' Out", "You Go, You're Gone" and "Gift of Love", which respectively reached numbers 46, 55, and 64 on the Billboard country charts. Despite these three singles, however, the album was not released by RCA until late 1994, by which point Ball had been signed to Warner Bros. Records for the release of his breakthrough album Thinkin' Problem. The album was originally titled "Steppin' Out" on its original release schedule in 1989. The track "I Was Born with a Broken Heart" was previously a number 75 single in 1989 for Josh Logan from his album Somebody Paints the Wall, and would later be a number 38 single for Aaron Tippin from his 1992 album Read Between the Lines. In addition, Ball re-recorded "Texas Echo" for his 2001 album Amigo. Track listing "Gift of Love" (David Ball, Frank Dycus) – 3:23 "If She Were Mine" (Buddy Cannon, Pamela Brown Hayes) – 3:48 "Message in a Bottle" (Ball, Walter Hyatt) – 4:00 "All Over Me" (Tracy Parker, Jimmy Wooten) – 3:28 "Listen to My Heart" (Ball, Allen Shamblin) – 3:01 "No More Tears" (Buddy Blackman, Vip Vipperman, Ted Hewitt) – 3:17 "Texas Echo" (Ball) – 3:13 "Waitin' for Somebody New" (Don Schlitz, Roger Brown) – 3:05 "We're Steppin' Out Tonight" (Billy Wallace) – 2:40 "I Was Born with a Broken Heart" (Jim McBride, Aaron Tippin) – 3:05 "Smokin' Cigarettes and Drinkin' Coffee Blues" (Marty Robbins) – 3:03 References Allmusic (see infobox) 1989 debut albums David Ball (country singer) albums RCA Records albums	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Ball%20%28album%29
"A Trick of the Tail" is a song by the progressive rock band Genesis taken from the 1976 album of the same name. It was written by the band's keyboard player Tony Banks. History The song was released as a single with "Ripples" as the B-side but failed to make any significant chart impact. The majority of the song was written in 1972 and was originally intended for the Foxtrot album. The song's rhythm, according to Banks, is partly influenced by The Beatles' "Getting Better. The lyrics are inspired by the 1955 novel The Inheritors by British author William Golding. Like much of the album A Trick of the Tail, the song's lyrics focus on a specific character: the "Beast" who leaves his own kingdom and enters the world of humans. He is captured and put on display in a freak show after his captors refuse to believe in his kingdom. The Beast laments his decision to leave his home, describing it as a paradise covered in gold. His captors then release him in exchange for leading them to his world. However, just as they see what appears to be a "spire of gold", they find that the Beast has vanished, though they do hear his voice. Music video "A Trick of the Tail" was the third Genesis song to be accompanied by a promotional video, and the first single featuring Phil Collins as the band's lead vocalist. Previously their drummer, frequently singing backing vocals, Collins was now the band's lead singer, while continuing to play drums and percussion. The video, directed by Bruce Gowers, features the band gathered around an upright piano, with the front panels removed, performing the song. Special effects including chroma key make Collins, in miniature size, appear to walk and dance inside the piano, as well as on Steve Hackett's guitar. The video concludes with all four of the band miniaturized on the piano keyboard. In a 1994 interview with VH1 for the "Phil Collins One on One" episode, Collins called the video the most embarrassing and cringe-worthy of his entire career. Personnel Mike Rutherford – bass guitar, bass pedals Tony Banks – piano, synthesizers, organ, backing vocals Phil Collins – drums, temple blocks, bell tree, tambourine, sleigh bells, lead and backing vocals Steve Hackett – electric guitar References 1975 songs Genesis (band) songs Music videos directed by Bruce Gowers Songs written by Tony Banks (musician) Charisma Records singles Music based on novels	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%20Trick%20of%20the%20Tail%20%28song%29
Simon Martin is a British epigrapher, historian, writer and Mayanist scholar. He is best known for his contributions to the study and decipherment of the Maya script, the writing system used by the pre-Columbian Maya civilisation of Mesoamerica. As one of the leading epigraphers active in contemporary Mayanist research, Martin has specialised in the study of the political interactions and dynastic histories of Classic-era Maya polities. Since 2003 Martin has held positions at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology where he is currently an Associate Curator and Keeper in the American Section, while teaching select courses as an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania. Early life and career Simon Martin entered the field of Mayanist research with a professional background in graphic design. He attended the Royal College of Art in London during the 1980s, completing his Master's in Communication Arts in 1987. As a professional designer he worked in televisual media into the mid-1990s, for production companies designing visual elements and programmed content for TV, film and commercials. Martin had been fascinated by the Maya civilisation since childhood. After a period spent in independent study and research, in the late 1980s Martin began attending Mesoamericanist conferences and Maya hieroglyphics workshops. In parallel with his work in the design profession Martin corresponded with scholars active in Maya research, and travelled to Central America to visit some of the Maya archaeological sites. His reading proficiency and knowledge of Maya inscriptions was soon recognised in the field, and by the mid-1990s Martin was operating as an honorary research fellow at UCL's Institute of Archaeology. He gained his doctorate at the same institution in 2014. Martin secured a residential fellowship grant from Washington, D.C.'s Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection in pre-Columbian studies for the 1996/97 academic year. The fellowship allowed Martin to later move into Mayanist research as his full-time profession. In 2000 his co-authored book Chronicle of the Maya Kings and Queens: Deciphering the Dynasties of the Ancient Maya (Thames and Hudson) (with Nikolai Grube) was released and later translated into five other languages (Spanish, Portuguese, Hungarian, Bulgarian, and Japanese). An updated second edition was published in 2008. Together with Mary Miller he co-developed the exhibition "Courtly Art of the Ancient Maya" at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., and the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco in 2004, resulting in the co-authored book Courtly Art of the Ancient Maya (Thames and Hudson) from the same year. In 2003 Martin took up a position as the research specialist in Maya epigraphy at the University of Pennsylvania's Penn Museum, from where he has continued to conduct field reconnaissances to the Maya lowlands, write research papers and act as scholarly consultant for several museum exhibitions of Maya art and artefacts. He co-curated the "Maya 2012: Lords of Time" in 2012 at Penn Museum, and in 2019 completed the full re-installation of its Mexico and Central America Gallery. For the academic year 2019-2020 he was awarded the Jay I. Kislak Chair for the Study of the History and Cultures of the Early Americas at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. In 2020 he published the book Ancient Maya Politics: A Political Anthropology of the Classic Period 150-900 CE (Cambridge University Press), an extended re-analysis of the political data in the inscriptions and proposals for the underlying mechanisms at work during the florescence of Maya civilization. In 2021 that work won three prizes at the Association of American Publishers PROSE Awards, being judged best in the section of Biological Anthropology, Ancient History, and Archaeology, in the Humanities section, and finally the R.R. Hawkins Award—the first time that Cambridge University Press had taken that honor. It also received the 2021 James Henry Breasted Prize for history before 1000 CE from the American Historical Association. Research In the early 1990s Martin was at the forefront of epigraphic research that would challenge some prevailing views on the nature of Maya lowland states and their political interactions during the Mid- to Late-Classic period. Archaeologists and epigraphers had generally conceived the Maya lowlands region of this era as a mosaic of dozens of polities or city-states, each controlling only a small surrounding territory and acting more or less independently of the others. These states were engaged in alternating episodes of warfare and alliance with one another, but such interactions had been assessed as primarily local and transient in nature. However, evidence for the hierarchical ranking of kings overturned this concept and replaced it with a model in which a few dominant kingdoms exercised control over others in wide-ranging and enduring elite networks. He conducted field research at the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Calakmul, Mexico, between 1994 and 2016, and is currently collaborating with a project excavating at Ucanal in Guatemala. Notes References External links Simon Martin: Select Bibliography British Mesoamericanists Mesoamerican epigraphers Mayanists Alumni of the Royal College of Art People associated with the UCL Institute of Archaeology University of Pennsylvania faculty Living people Year of birth missing (living people) British curators University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon%20Martin%20%28Mayanist%29
Erythrina speciosa is a tree native to Brazil, which is often cultivated and has introduced populations in Africa and India. It is pollinated by hummingbirds. References External links Desert Tropicals speciosa Taxa named by Henry Cranke Andrews	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erythrina%20speciosa
Simon Martin may refer to: Simon Martin (artist) (born 1965), British artist Simon Martin (Mayanist), British historian, epigrapher and Mayanist scholar Simon Martin (bowls) (born 1976), Northern Irish lawn bowler Simon Martin-Brisac, (born 1992), French field hockey player	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon%20Martin
The Smart Border Declaration was a binational deal signed on December 12, 2001, between the United States and Canada. The aim of the plan was to continually improve border security, information sharing, infrastructure protection, and law enforcement co-operation between the two nations. The Smart Border Declaration included a four-part Action Plan. Within a year, the Smart Border Declaration was expanded into a 30-point Action Plan. See also NEXUS program References Canada–United States relations	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart%20Border%20Declaration
Starlite Lounge is the third studio album from American country music singer David Ball. It was his second album for Warner Bros. Records and was released in 1996. The album produced the singles "Circle of Friends" and "Hangin' In and Hangin' On", which respectively reached #49 and #67 on the Billboard country charts. The latter was previously recorded by McBride & the Ride (whose members also co-wrote it along with Gary Nicholson) on their 1994 album Hurry Sundown. Track listing "Hangin' In and Hangin' On" (Terry McBride, Ray Herndon, Billy Thomas, Gary Nicholson) – 2:46 "Circle of Friends" (David Ball, Billy Spencer) – 2:48 "I've Got My Baby on My Mind" (Ball) – 3:07 "What Kind of Hold" (Ball, Tommy Polk) – 2:52 "I'll Never Make It Through This Fall" (Ball, Spencer) – 3:33 "Bad Day for the Blues" (Ball, Polk) – 2:33 "If You'd Like Some Lovin'" (Ball, Polk) – 3:12 "No More Lonely" (Ball, Polk) – 2:54 "I Never Did Know" (Ball, Dean Dillon) – 3:30 "The Bottle That Pours the Wine" (Ball, Allen Shamblin) – 4:22 Personnel As listed in linernotes. David Ball - acoustic guitar, lead vocals Eddie Bayers - drums Steve Buckingham - acoustic guitar, electric guitar Mark Casstevens - harmonica Paul Franklin - steel guitar, pedabro John Hobbs - piano Dann Huff - electric guitar Roy Huskey, Jr. - upright bass Alisa Jones - hammer dulcimer Liana Manis - background vocals Brent Mason - electric guitar Joey Miskulin - accordion Farrell Morris - vibraphone, percussion Louis Dean Nunley - background vocals Don Potter - acoustic guitar Michael Rhodes - bass guitar Brent Rowan - electric guitar John Wesley Ryles - background vocals Hank Singer - fiddle Joe Spivey – fiddle, mandolin Biff Watson - acoustic guitar Dennis Wilson - background vocals Curtis Young - background vocals Reggie Young - electric guitar Chart performance References Allmusic (see infobox) 1996 albums David Ball (country singer) albums Warner Records albums Albums produced by Steve Buckingham (record producer)	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlite%20Lounge
IODP may refer to: International Ocean Discovery Program, a marine research program that began in 2013 Integrated Ocean Drilling Program, a marine research program between 2003 and 2013	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IODP
Clarence W. Spangenberger (December 9, 1905 – October 21, 2008) was the last president of the Cornell Steamboat Company, whose more than sixty vessels made it the largest tugboat company in the United States. Early life and education Spangenberger was born in Kingston, New York, on December 9, 1905. His parents both earned their incomes serving the shipyard workers and boatmen in Rondout, New York, with his mother selling bread and his father working as a barber. Spangenberger graduated from New York University, majoring in business. Career He first worked as a sales representative for the Standard Oil Company, before being hired in 1933 by the Cornell Steamboat Company, a firm whose history dated back to 1847. He started in the accounts-receivable department and later supervised the firm's engineers, firemen and oilers. Spangenberger pushed the firm's management to convert to oil power instead of steam. With the change, the company's tugboats could push twenty-one barges that were grouped three across, rather than having all twenty-one barges towed end-to-end. He was selected by the firm's trustees to become the head of Cornell in December 1954, at a time when trucks and railroads were changing the dynamics of the shipping business. His efforts to revive the company included dismissing hundreds of employees, all of whom he notified in person. New York Trap Rock Corporation, a producer of crushed stone that was the business's largest customer, acquired Cornell in 1958, in a merger that combined two of the Hudson River Valley's oldest companies. The Cornell Steamboat name was retained and Spangenberger remained in charge of the towing division. Even with more powerful tugboats and other efficiencies, Cornell went out of business in 1963. Death He died at age 102 in Rhinebeck, New York, on October 21, 2008. References 1905 births 2008 deaths 20th-century American businesspeople 21st-century American businesspeople Businesspeople from New York (state) New York University alumni People from Kingston, New York People from Rhinebeck, New York	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence%20W.%20Spangenberger
Borregas station is a light rail station operated by Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA), located in Sunnyvale, California. This station is served by the Orange Line of the VTA Light Rail system. The station is located in an industrial area; nearby offices include the headquarters of Infinera and Ruckus Networks. Service Station layout References External links Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority light rail stations Transportation in Sunnyvale, California Railway stations in the United States opened in 1999 1999 establishments in California	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borregas%20station
Crossman station is a light rail station operated by Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA), located in Sunnyvale, California. This station is served by the Orange Line of the VTA Light Rail system. It is located in an industrial area; nearby buildings include the headquarters of NetApp. Service Station layout References External links Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority light rail stations Transportation in Sunnyvale, California Railway stations in the United States opened in 1999 1999 establishments in California	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossman%20station
Fair Oaks station is a light rail station operated by Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA), located in Sunnyvale, California. This station is served by the Orange Line of the VTA Light Rail system. Service Station layout References External links Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority light rail stations Transportation in Sunnyvale, California Railway stations in the United States opened in 1999 1999 establishments in California	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair%20Oaks%20station
Old Ironsides station is a light rail station in Santa Clara, California operated by the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) as part of the VTA Light Rail system. Old Ironsides is served by the Orange Line and is the northern terminal of the Green Line. Immediately west of the station site is a pocket track and double crossover, allowing Green Line trains to switch between tracks and enabling the storage of three, 3-car trains to mobilize trains quickly after the end of an event at Levi's Stadium. Old Ironsides station is closed for up to 60 minutes after the events at the nearby Levi's Stadium to prevent crowds from overwhelming the station. VTA's Great America station (which is located closer to the stadium) has additional facilities to handle large crowds. Service Station layout References External links Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority light rail stations Railway stations in the United States opened in 1987 1987 establishments in California	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old%20Ironsides%20station
Reamwood station is a light rail station operated by Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA), located in Sunnyvale, California. This station is served by the Orange Line of the VTA Light Rail system. Service Station layout References External links Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority light rail stations Railway stations in the United States opened in 1999 1999 establishments in California	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reamwood%20station
Vienna station is a light rail station operated by Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) in Sunnyvale, California. This station is served by the Orange Line of the VTA Light Rail system. No bus connections are available at this location. Service Station layout References External links Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority light rail stations Transportation in Sunnyvale, California Railway stations in the United States opened in 1999 1999 establishments in California	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vienna%20station%20%28VTA%29
Abraham González Casanova (born 16 July 1985), known simply as Abraham, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Cypriot club Akritas Chlorakas as a central midfielder. Club career Born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Abraham made his professional debut with local Terrassa FC, appearing in 16 matches during the 2004–05 season in the Segunda División, which ended in relegation. Two years later, he was bought by neighbours FC Barcelona, being immediately assigned to its reserve side which competed in Tercera División. He made his debut for the first team during the Copa del Rey tie against Benidorm CF (1–0 win) on 28 October 2008. In the last round of La Liga, as Barça were already champions, he came on as a substitute for Xavi during the 1–1 draw at Deportivo de La Coruña. Abraham was released by Barcelona in the summer of 2009, joining Cádiz CF as the club had just returned to the second division after a one-year absence. He appeared regularly for the Andalusians, who were immediately relegated. Abraham signed with Gimnàstic de Tarragona for the 2010–11 campaign, but failed to impress at his new club. In the following transfer window he was loaned to fellow league side SD Ponferradina, eventually suffering another relegation. On 15 July 2011, Abraham joined AD Alcorcón also in the second tier. After two seasons as a starter (missing promotion in the play-offs on both occasions), he moved to La Liga with RCD Espanyol. Abraham scored his first goal in the Spanish top flight on 27 February 2015, the game's only in a home victory over Córdoba CF. On 17 June 2016, after three seasons with an average of 21 league appearances, the 30-year-old moved abroad for the first time in his career, signing with Club Universidad Nacional from the Liga MX as a free agent. Career statistics Honours Barcelona La Liga: 2008–09 Copa del Rey: 2008–09 References External links Stats and bio at Cadistas1910 1985 births Living people Spanish men's footballers Footballers from Barcelona Men's association football midfielders La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Terrassa FC footballers FC Barcelona Atlètic players FC Barcelona players Cádiz CF players Gimnàstic de Tarragona footballers SD Ponferradina players AD Alcorcón footballers RCD Espanyol footballers Liga MX players Club Universidad Nacional footballers Lobos BUAP footballers C.D. Veracruz footballers Cypriot First Division players AEK Larnaca FC players Ethnikos Achna FC players Akritas Chlorakas players Catalonia men's international footballers Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham%20Gonz%C3%A1lez%20%28footballer%29
Dixville may refer to: Dixville, New Hampshire, United States Dixville, Quebec, Canada Dixville, Liberia	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dixville
Zac Derr is a former American football placekicker in the National Football League, having played for the Dallas Cowboys, Detroit Lions, and Atlanta Falcons. He was signed by the Falcons May 12, 2006, in an open competition against Seth Marler, Ryan Rossner, and Tony Yelk. He was waived on July 30 after suffering a torn groin injury, with both sides reaching an injury settlement the next day. After this, Zac attended Seminary and became a pastor. He is currently preaching at The Chapel in Wadsworth, Ohio. References Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American football placekickers Akron Zips football players Dallas Cowboys players Detroit Lions players Atlanta Falcons players	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zac%20Derr
Play is the fourth studio album by American country music singer David Ball. It was released in 1999 on Warner Bros. Records. The album produced the singles "Watching My Baby Not Come Back" (which Ball co-wrote with Brad Paisley) and "I Want To with You", which respectively reached numbers 47 and 67 on the Billboard country charts. Ball produced the album with Ben Fowler, except for "Watching My Baby Not Come Back", "Hasta Luego, My Love", "For You", and "When I Get Lonely", which were produced by Don Cook. The track "What Do You Say to That" was also recorded by George Strait on his 1999 album Always Never the Same, from which it was released as a single. McBride & the Ride later recorded "Hasta Luego, My Love" under the title "Hasta Luego" on their 2002 album Amarillo Sky. Track listing "Watching My Baby Not Come Back" (David Ball, Brad Paisley) – 3:39 "I Want To with You" (Steve Bogard, Jeff Stevens) – 3:37 "What Do You Say to That" (Jim Lauderdale, Melba Montgomery) – 2:50 "Hasta Luego, My Love" (Tommy Lee James, Terry McBride, Jennifer Kimball) – 3:28 "A Grain of Salt" (Ball, Monty Criswell) – 3:11 "Lonely Town" (Ball) – 3:07 "Going Someplace to Forget" (Ball, Jim Weatherly) – 3:58 "For You" (Ball, George McCorkle) – 3:02 "I'm Just a Country Boy" (Ball, Dennis Morgan) – 4:00 "When I Get Lonely" (Ball, James House) – 3:12 Personnel Al Anderson - acoustic guitar, electric guitar David Ball - lead vocals Bruce Bouton - steel guitar, lap steel guitar Bob Britt - electric guitar Chris Carmichael - fiddle, background vocals Glen Caruba - percussion Mark Casstevens - acoustic guitar Joe Caverlee - background vocals Anthony Crawford - acoustic guitar Larry Franklin - fiddle Owen Hale - drums Wes Hightower - background vocals James House - acoustic guitar John Barlow Jarvis - keyboards Wayne Killius - drums Liana Manis - background vocals Brent Mason - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, gut string guitar Steve Nathan - keyboards Al Perkins - dobro, steel guitar Alison Prestwood - bass guitar Tom Roady - percussion Robby Turner - steel guitar Pete Wasner - keyboards Dennis Wilson - background vocals Lonnie Wilson - drums Glenn Worf - bass guitar Chart performance References Allmusic (see infobox) David Ball (country singer) albums Warner Records albums 1999 albums	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Play%20%28David%20Ball%20album%29
(February 11, 1942-December 17, 2009 References Supreme Court of Japan justices 1942 births 2009 deaths	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norio%20Wakui
Joseph Paruta, also known as "Old Man" (December 3, 1929 – October 1986), was a respected soldier in the Gambino crime family and considered a "key member" of Sammy Gravano's Bensonhurst, Brooklyn crew. He is the only known mobster who asked for a mercy killing after becoming terminally ill with lung cancer. The proposition was not agreed upon by John Gotti but Paruta died before the mercy killing was performed. Biography Paruta was born in Bensonhurst on December 3, 1929 to first-generation emigrants from Venice, Italy of a Luccan family from Tuscany. He was the oldest of three children, who grew up in poverty. Paruta was originally an associate who served in the crew of Gambino crime family capo Salvatore Aurello. He served in the Gambino crime family under the tutelage of Carlo Gambino and later Paul Castellano. Sammy Gravano later said, "Everybody called Joe the 'Old Man'. He was only about fifteen years older than me (Gravano was born on March 12, 1945) but he already had white hair and looked kind of decrepit. He was tough and loyal. Old Man Paruta would kill for me as quick as he would get me a cup of coffee. Over the years, there was nothing I couldn't ask of him." His capo Sammy Gravano would later say that "he was like my own personal Luca Brasi," in reference to the contract killer character from The Godfather. Following puberty he started noticeably suffering from premature aging which made him appear several decades older. He was a short man in stature with thin arms and legs with a thick torso. By middle age he started to lose his telltale white hair as the Werner's syndrome worsened. He had a hoarse voice and his skin started to thicken and suffer from cataracts. He suffered from smoker's cough that was brought on by his years of smoking cigarettes. He was married to an Italian-American woman named Dorothea, who he nicknamed "Dottie" and had several children. He was a family man who would regularly take his family out to dinner at Tali's restaurant every week and have a large dinner. Frank DeCicco later told Gravano an amusing anecdote about a robbery that Paruta, himself and several other criminal associates had arranged to pull off. He stated, It seems in his early days, Frank (DeCicco) was going on a robbery with some guys. And for this particular score, they needed a lockpicker. Someone told Frank that Paruta was just the person they were looking for. Frank was surprised. He said to Paruta, "Why haven't I heard this before about you?" Old Man Paruta just smiled in response and said there wasn't a better lock guy around than him. So they're in the place and Frankie nods at Paruta, who steps forward and what he does is, he kicks in the door. "See, what did I tell you?" Paruta said. Frank was stunned. He couldn't stop laughing. And if that ain't enough, Paruta holds out for his end of the loot. His reasoning is that they never would have got inside the place without his talents. So you know a guy like that is all right. He had a mild mannered nature and never demonstrated anger towards his fellow associates. After the murder of Frank Fiala by Sammy Gravano, Edward Garofalo, Thomas Carbonaro, Michael DeBatt and Nicholas Mormando, they assembled at his saloon, Doc's. Sammy Gravano said about Paruta, I loved the old man, Joe Paruta. My feeling for him went way beyond any oath of Cosa Nostra. He was the only one during all the plotting for the Castellano hit-all the what if this, what if that--that I confided in, was able to walk with, talk with, relax with. In one second, he agreed to take down Paul and Tommy in that diner like I asked him to before we changed the plan. He never asked me any questions if I wanted him to do something. He would take any risk. After Stymie (Joseph D'Angelo) got shot, he practically never left my side. I think about him a lot, and I never know whether to laugh or cry.... To me, Joe never seemed to change. He always looked the same, old and decrepit, always chain-smoking.... The old man had his little gambling and shylock operations and he had a piece of Tali's. He was satisfied. He never asked for anything more. Premature aging It is suspected that Joseph suffered from Werner syndrome, a rare autosomal recessive disorder that is characterized by the appearance of premature aging. By 1959, at the age of thirty Joseph had the telltale condition of the syndrome by having a "birdlike" facial appearance. This made him stand out among the mob associates in Gravano's crew and made him the target of teasing due to his elderly appearance. Other signs that Paruta displayed was cancer and heart disease. It is unknown if Paruta was ever diagnosed with having the condition. Cancer After the DiB (Rober DiBernardo) hit, his smoker's cough got worse and worse. Sammy made arrangements through some doctors he knew and checked him into the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center at 1275 York Avenue in Manhattan, New York for testing. The prognosis was that he had terminal lung cancer that had spread through the rest of his body. The doctors gave him only a year left to live. The chief doctor later confided to Sammy Gravano that he had lied to Paruta's family and that he only had three months to live. Gravano felt that he had to honor his friend. Even after being diagnosed with terminal cancer he did not stop smoking even when staying at the cancer centre. Initiation into Gambino crime family His dying wish was that he become initiated into the Gambino crime family and die a made man. Sammy sent word to John Gotti through his brother Gene for permission to fulfill his last wishes and make his dream of becoming a "made man" true. Gravano personally conducted the ceremony in his room at the cancer centre. When it came time for him to prick his finger for the blood to mix with the holy card, Sammy could hardly get a drop. He was now reduced to a living skeleton. The death of Joseph D'Angelo By 1982, Paruta was starting to act depressed over the murder of his friend Joseph D'Angelo who had been shot to death over a bar room dispute with an associate of the Colombo crime family. Sammy Gravano became concerned of his friend's mental well being. He lost interest in gambling and stopped visiting the horse races at the Aqueduct racetrack in the afternoon like he always had done. He told Gravano when asked about his depression, "Stymie ain't here no more. I'll be with you at your side until the day I die." Loyalty to the Dellacroce faction and Gravano On December 2, 1985 Aniello Dellacroce died. Sammy Gravano stated, "Even before this, we decided we had to split up and go underground. If there was a leak, somebody had to survive and keep playing. Frankie (Frank DeCicco) said him and me would move into Joe Watts' basement. Joe and his wife and kids would stay upstairs. John (John Gotti) and Angie (Angelo Ruggiero) could do what they wanted. I told Debbie I had to leave for a while, maybe for weeks, maybe for months, years. Don't ask. I don't know how long. Nobody in my crew knows anything, except Old Man Paruta. We stayed in contact with John and Angie using certain phone numbers." Plot to murder Castellano and Bilotti After the Roy DeMeo trial started, Thomas Bilotti was known to pick up Paul Castellano and drive him to a restaurant where they sat in a table near the back and discussed business before heading to court in Manhattan. Both Paul and Thomas did not know who Paruta was. Gravano and Watts planned to have Paruta walk into the restaurant and go right past them into the men's washroom. In there, someone would plant a ski mask. He would put the ski mask on and come out with two guns. They would be sitting there eating and discussing their trial when Paruta would just run out shooting. The rest of them would be outside, inside, surrounding the vicinity of the restaurant supporting him with backup. Later Frank DeCicco reported that Paul Castellano had sent him a message to be at a meeting at Spark's Restaurant in Manhattan. It was here that the actual execution would later be orchestrated and carried out. Paruta would not be chosen as one of the shooters in this planning of the murder of Castellano and Bilotti. Standing up for Sammy Gravano After a violent encounter with an outlaw biker in his Bensonhurst, Brooklyn bar, Joseph Paruta offered to help murder a biker who attacked Sammy and almost murdered him. After remaining a fugitive from the mob, the biker returned to Bensonhurst after a few years. Sammy Gravano said: "He reaches out for Paruta's kids and asks that they sit down with their father. He knows their father is connected, but he doesn't know he's with me. He says he had this trouble with Sammy the Bull and he knows he's a marked man. He wants Paruta to talk for him, and Paruta says, 'Sure, you're good friends with my kids, I'll talk to this Sammy for you. Just take it easy. Go about your business. Stay low key and I'll reach out for Sammy.' Paruta's son obviously knew their father was bullshitting him. The kids know Paruta is with me and everything that means." The murder contract was later called off and the outlaw biker's life was spared. Gangland slaying of Robert DiBernardo On June 5, 1986, Robert DiBernardo was lured to the basement offices of Sammy Gravano's drywall company on Stillwell Avenue in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Acting as if it was just a regular business meeting, Gravano told Paruta to get DiBernardo a cup of coffee. Paruta got up, but instead of getting the coffee, Paruta took a .38-caliber revolver from a cabinet behind DiBernardo and shot him in the back of the head. Gangland slaying of Nicholas Mormando Nicholas Mormando became hooked on crack cocaine. Sammy later said about Nicholas: He became like a renegade. He went berserk. He didn't want to be in the crew no more. He was going to start his own little gang. I couldn't take a chance on him running around. He knew too much. So I got permission from John (John Gotti) to kill him. We finally got Nicky to come by Tali's, and he went with Huck (Thomas Carbonaro) to pick up Old Man (Joseph Paruta), who was still alive then. Joe got in the backseat and shot Nicky twice in the back of the head. Me and Eddie (Edward Garofalo) were trailing in a car behind. We dumped the body in a vacant lot. It was found the next day. The murder of Nicholas Mormando remained unsolved until Sammy Gravano agreed to become a stool pigeon and testify against John Gotti at his racketeering trial. By the time Gravano was implicated in the murder, Paruta had succumbed to terminal lung cancer. Mercy killing In 1984, during one of Gravano's bedside visits to Paruta, he asked him to kill him. He told Sammy, "Kill me, Sammy. Kill me, please." He tried to get Gravano to understand that a swift bullet was the best gift a true friend could give him. He couldn't stand the pain any more. But like every murder of a made man (which Paruta was), even a mercy killing, he had to get permission. He sent a message through Gene Gotti to John Gotti. He tried to prepare Gene and explain the situation as best as he could. Although Gravano never found out what Gene told John when they discussed Paruta, Gotti denied the mercy killing. He said that there was no way he would authorize a murder contract on a made man under the circumstances they were facing. Sammy brought Gotti's discussion to Paruta who did not accept the answer. He begged Sammy and prevailed on him that the friendship between them was above everything and that the only way he could prove his friendship was by carrying out the murder. Sammy ordered his brother-in-law Edward Garofalo to get a gun with a silencer. Sammy gave Paruta one day's notice to have his family away from the house on the day he was to be murdered. Thomas Carbonaro would be stationed outside the house in a car ready for a swift getaway. Edward and Gravano would go through a back door that would be left open by Paruta. The two of them would go up to the bedroom where Joseph was confined to having fallen very ill at this point. Edward would sit him in a comfortable position and then join Carbonaro in the car outside when Gravano would shoot him. Sammy later said, It was all set. I was home waiting to be picked up by Huck and Eddie. My wife was there. The night before I had been real irritable. When Debbie mentioned this, I put her off. I said I had things on my mind. Now I stepped outside for a second, and when I came back, she said she had sad news. Eddie had just called. He said that Old Man Paruta suddenly took a turn for the worst. He was rushed to the hospital by ambulance, but died on the way. He was only fifty-nine. My man of loyalty, of heart and soul, a man of honor, were gone. His friend and family consigliere Frank DeCicco would later be murdered a year later. The deaths of D'Angelo, Paruta and Frank DeCicco would all play a heavy toll on Sammy Gravano. With DeCicco's murder, Gravano would no longer have any of his original close friends or crew left having all met their demise either by his hand or at hands of others. The deaths of his criminal associates would later play a factor in deciding to testify against the Gambino crime family and his former boss and friend John Gotti. After Paruta died, he would help support his wife and children financially over the years. He was the only member of Gravano's crew not to meet their fate by being murdered. He was the last member of Gravano's original Bensonhurst, Brooklyn crew that he had inherited from Salvatore Aurello after Frank DeCicco was murdered by a car bomb in 1985, two years earlier. Replaced by Louis Vallario After Joseph died, Gambino crime family capo Louis Vallario said to Gravano, "I know what you're feeling. I can't fill Stymie's (Joseph D'Angelo)'s shoes, or Paruta's. I wouldn't even try. But I promise I'll be there for you." In popular culture In the movie Witness to the Mob, Paruta is portrayed by actor Richard Bright. References Underboss: Sammy the Bull Gravano's Story of Life in the Mafia by Peter Maas Newswalker: A Story for Sweeney by R. Thomas Collins Jr. External links https://web.archive.org/web/20090515083451/http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/1995/04/26/1995-04-26__vinny_oil__is_sought_in_slay.html 1929 births 1986 deaths American gangsters of Italian descent Deaths from lung cancer Gambino crime family People from Bensonhurst, Brooklyn People of Tuscan descent People of Venetian descent	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20Paruta
Jonathan Adler (born August 11, 1966 in Bridgeton, New Jersey) is an American potter, interior decorator, and author. Adler launched his first ceramic collection in 1993 at Barneys New York. Five years later he expanded into home furnishings, opening his first namesake boutique in Soho, Manhattan. He now has 17 stores and runs an eponymous home interiors business. Early life and education After growing up in Bridgeton, New Jersey, Adler discovered an interest in pottery at summer camp when he was 12 years old. This interest in pottery was further enhanced by his father's own interest in pottery as a hobby he pursued in Philadelphia, while remaining in Bridgeton to practice law for a career. When Jonathan later attended Brown University, he studied semiotics and art history, but spent most of his time at the nearby Rhode Island School of Design making pots. His RISD pottery, including Chanel inspired teapots and Sevres inspired urns, reflected his interests in pop culture, early hip hop culture, contemporary art, and fashion. His professor told him: "You have no talent, you need to leave and give up on your dreams and go become a lawyer." Adler is Jewish. Career After graduating, he spent three years as an assistant in the entertainment industry before returning to pottery, despite his former teacher's disapproval. He said in a 2013 interview that "...every creative person, and every craftsperson, should have a naysayer to rebel against." In 1990, Adler started teaching classes at Mud, Sweat 'n' Tears in New York City in exchange for free studio space. With those pots on hand, he cold-called the buyers from Barneys New York, received an order, and became a full-time production potter. In 1993 he founded Jonathan Adler Enterprises LLC. He started as a production potter, producing on his own for years. He later worked with Aid to Artisans, a non-profit organization that works to help artisans in developing countries by connecting them with decorators in America. While in Peru visiting pottery studios, he was inspired by South American textiles and started designing pillows, throws, and rugs inspired by the work he found there. Adler opened his first store in SoHo, Manhattan in 1998 and today his designs are sold in 30 stores and over 1,000 retailers. His designs include pots and sofas. Adler has handled the interior decorator work of several commercial and residential projects. In 2004, he styled the Parker Palm Springs Hotel, the former Merv Griffin's Resort and Givenchy Spa property in Palm Springs, California. In 2016, he redesigned the hotel, extensively redoing the property including installing a seven-foot-tall bronze banana on the main lawn. Other projects include 225 Rector Place, Abington House (on the High Line), multiple Related Property apartment designs and a 2015 overhaul of the rooms, hallways, and outdoor areas at Eau Palm Beach. He speaks at home interior industry events and design-centric museums, such as IDS, IDS West, KBIS, and the Mint Museum. He has appeared as a guest on Good Morning America, The Oprah Winfrey Show, and several other national programs. On February 28, 2020, Jonathan Adler announced that he would be designing luxury cabanas for the Dreamworks Waterpark located at American Dream in East Rutherford, New Jersey, the waterpark opened on October 1, 2020, but the cabanas opened on December 9, 2020. In 2022, Adler hosted a interior design instructional series produced by Wondrium. Personal life In September 2008, Adler married his partner, Simon Doonan, in California. Doonan and Adler live in an apartment in Greenwich Village, and a house on Shelter Island. Adler first publicly expressed his support for same-sex marriage in 2009, and works with various organizations to support LGBT rights. Both he and Doonan have filmed videos for Dan Savage's "It Gets Better Project". Published works My Prescription for Anti-depressive Living, 2005, New York: HarperCollins, Jonathan Adler on Happy Chic Accessorizing, 2010, New York: Sterling Publishing, Jonathan Adler on Happy Chic Colors, 2010, New York: Sterling Publishing, 100 Ways to Happy Chic Your Life, 2012, York: Sterling Publishing, Filmography 2007: Top Design season 1, Bravo network, judge for all ten episodes 2008: Top Design season 2, Bravo network, judge for all ten episodes 2021: Design Star: Next Gen season 1, HGTV, judge for all six episodes References External links 1966 births Artists from New Jersey Artists from New York City American gay writers American gay artists Gay Jews LGBT people from New Jersey LGBT people from New York (state) American LGBT rights activists Living people People from Bridgeton, New Jersey Writers from New Jersey People from Greenwich Village	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan%20Adler
In role based access control, the role hierarchy defines an inheritance relationship among roles. For example, the role structure for a bank may treat all employees as members of the ‘employee’ role. Above this may be roles ‘department manager’, and ‘accountant’, which inherit all permissions of the ‘employee’ role, while above ‘department manager’ could be ‘savings manager’, ‘loan manager’. RBAC models generally treat the role hierarchy as either a tree (set theory), as in the 1992 RBAC model of Ferraiolo and Kuhn (FK), or a partially ordered set in the 1996 RBAC framework of Sandhu, Coyne, Feinstein, and Youman (SCFY). In object oriented programming terms, the tree role hierarchy is single inheritance, while the partial hierarchy allows multiple . When treated as a partial order, the role hierarchy example given above could be extended to a role such as ‘branch manager’ to inherit all permissions of ‘savings manager’, ‘loan manager’, and ‘accountant’. Complications can arise when constraints such as separation of duties exist between roles. If separation of duty was used to prohibit personnel from holding both ‘loan manager’ and ‘accountant’ roles, then ‘branch manager’ could not inherit permissions from both of them. The NIST RBAC model, which unified the FK and SCFY models, treats the role hierarchy as a partial order, although RBAC products have not gone beyond the tree structured hierarchy. Computer access control	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Role%20hierarchy
Tatsuuma Kiyo, born on July 16, 1809, was the daughter of a Nishinomiya brewing family, who in the nineteenth century built the largest sake empire in Japan. For many generations, the Tatsuuma house had produced sake and barrels in Nishinomiya. By the beginning of the nineteenth century, Tatsuuma had become a relatively large brewery under Tatsuuma Kichizaemon IX, Kiyo's father. Life Born in 1809, Kiyo was the only child of Tatsuuma Kichizaemon IX. As a child, Kiyo learned and observed the family business, which made her very knowledgeable about the sake industry. In 1830, Kiyo married the son of another brewing house, and in 1842, he assumed the headship of her family as Kichizaemon X. As a married couple, they had many children. Records only show six, but some sources state that she had as many as twelve. Kiyo’s husband died in 1855, and her eldest son took over as the headship of the family. For the next fifty years, the Tatsuuma brewery, called Hakushika, prospered greatly. Kiyo never assumed family headship, but she was the power behind them. Women were not allowed inside the brewery, but Kiyo learned to supervise the workers closely. Under her leadership, Hakushika grew to be the largest sake empire in Japan. By 1894, the brewery had an output of 22,000 koku annually, three times larger than the nearest competitor. Under her watch, the brewery underwent many innovations that contributed to its success. Kiyo expanded the company by purchasing her own ships to transport sake, eventually starting her own shipping company. Kiyo also began marine and fire insurance companies, and established an exchange and finance facility. Kiyo was savvy not only in business, but also in the marriage arrangements she made for her children. Through her strategy of founding branch families, sending out sons to be adopted, and marrying daughters to other brewing houses, she created her own family empire in the sake industry. Kiyo died in 1900, after she expanded the Tatsuuma family enterprises as the largest brewer and shipper of sake in an era when sake was Japan’s major industry. References 19th-century Japanese businesswomen 1809 births 1900 deaths	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatsuuma%20Kiyo
Cover Me Quick! (also known as "cover me quick/!\" with the distinctive "/!\" warning sign appended at the end of the name) is a four-piece Power pop/Alternative band from the Philippines. The group's founding members formed the group in 1998 with members Rodel "Box" Garchitorena, Ernesto Bangiban, and Mark Jay Garchitorena. Just Add Water and Mayrics stints Highly influenced by the surfacing of acts like Green Day and other widely popular grunge bands, brothers Mark and Box started jamming shortly after acquiring a new guitar and a second-hand drum set. Box urged Ernie, from their high school band "White Lies", to join the band with his brother. The group immediately jumped into joining a slew of Battle of the Bands, making it a point to record demos off the winnings. Box, who studied at the University of Santo Tomas, stalked booker Sazi Cosino for a stint at Mayric's, which is located right in front of the university. Booked as "Big Cheese" first, the three-piece changed its name just before stepping on stage to "Just Add Water". Thinking that the set sucked, the band quickly changed their name to "Cover Me Quick" for the next gig at the bar. The band thought the name ("Cover Me Quick") could justify the mistakes they commit on stage. Early recordings Continuing to win band contests, the trio continued recording and eventually got songs in a CD. The two-song EP contained "To the Girl I Did the Other Night" and "Hija" which were featured on NU 107's show "In The Raw". Francis Brew, the show's host, commented that the songs sounded like "a post Silverchair kind of deal", and added that it was a "well played, well produced" demo. Shortly, cover me quick/!\ was also guested on the "In The Raw" TV show. Getting gigs across the metro because of the radio and TV exposures, the band continued to record demos. The latest batch of songs, now recorded at Sound Creation studios in Quezon City, became the foundation for what would become the band's debut record. "Road Juan" and "Sandali Lang" The band's demo eventually got the attention of local major record label Alpha Music and got them signed in 2001. The next year, "Road Juan" was released with the carrier single "Sandali Lang". The song immediately reached NU 107's popular show "The Midnight Countdown" and peaked at no. 9. These developments resulted in relentless tours across the country and eventually had them lined up on the popular summer gig "Pulp Summer Slam". The Shinji Tanaka sessions and live gig hiatus Troubles with their label had the band stop gigging and holing up in Shinji Tanaka's Sound Creation studios where the band continued recording songs. Sessions between 2004-2005 had 15 songs made, but were never released, except for the songs "Sabihin Mo Na Lang", "A Billion" and "Biglang Liko" which were later re-recorded and included in the 2007 album "Mga Kantang Galing Sa Loob Ng Kwarto Ko". "Mga Kantang Galing Sa Loob Ng Kwarto Ko" and "Gabi Ng Prom" Struggling to find a core sound, the band started listening to bands Sugarcult, The All-American Rejects, Dashboard Confessional and other widely popular Pop punk bands. This resulted in a gearing to a more "Power pop" sound. Finding a loyal fanbase in schools that the band visited, cover me quick/!\ found themselves signed with Viva Records through the efforts of Mally Paraguya who helped them get a new record deal. Songs from the new album were recorded at Wombworks Studio in Marikina, where the band met producer Patrick Tirano who also produced records for Sponge Cola, Pupil (band) and Mayonnaise (band). The song is a full collaborative effort from the band, writing-wise, having written equal number of songs for the 10-track sophomore release. "Tanya, Tanya" was the only song on the album that had the three collaborate on one song. Mark wrote "Fifteen Minutes", "A Billion" and "Sabihin Mo Na Lang", Ernie wrote "Kung Gusto Mo Maraming Paraan, Kung Ayaw Mo Maraming Dahilan", "Biglang Liko" and "Ayoko Na". Box wrote "Ang Huling Kantang Gagawin Ko Para Sa'yo", "Gabi Ng Prom" and "Lagi Kang Tama". Hence, the title of the album which translates to "Songs from my room" in English. The album's official website (now tabbed in the band's new official site) is an interactive flash where you could find lyrics for the 10 songs scattered throughout a house that had three rooms: Ernie's, Mark's and Box's. In the corridor, the lyrics for the carrier single "Tanya, Tanya" is found, but required a pass code from the physical CD to access. The first single, though unofficial, since it got premature airplay over NU 107 became "Tanya, Tanya". However, months after, the band released a video for the first official single "Gabi Ng Prom" which got decent airplay over local music channels myx and MTV. New member, new single, and a third album After the release of its second album, cover me quick/!\ employed the services of a second guitarist in the person of their long-time friend and roadie Erikson Pasamba. Box comments: While flirting with a name change and even releasing singles under the name "My Ex-Girlfriend" over pop radio station 99.5 Hit radio, through the show "The Brewrats", the band recorded a new four-song EP that had the new member doing guitar parts and contributing a song. The four-song effort included a song from each of the members of the band. On September 30, 2008, the band officially returned to the live circuit through the shoot of an acoustic, live video for the new single "Ang Huling Kantang Gagawin Ko Para Sa'yo" from the album "Mga Kantang Galing Sa Loob Ng Kwarto Ko". The making of the new video A new single off the album "Mga Kantang Galing Sa Loob Ng Kwarto Ko" was released by Viva Records through a live video shoot at 6underground in Ortigas Center, Pasig. The song is a different version of the song "Ang Huling Kantang Gagawin Ko Para Sa’yo". A two-song acoustic set kicked off the two-set gig completed by a remake of their first single, "Gabi Ng Prom". BoX! said Erikson is working on a song for a new album in the works for the group. The second part of the set featured the band’s new singles from an album in the works, plus the singles off their current one out in the market. The band also featured their "punked-up" version of Sharon Cuneta’s song "Bituing Walang Ningning". Indefinite hiatus, new bands Before the end of 2008, Box announced on their yahoo groups page that the band is taking an indefinite hiatus from live gigs and recording. He also hinted on making music with new band/s. Discography Studio albums Compilation albums References "cover me quick/!\". Channel V AMP. Eric Borromeo (17 October 2008). "Cover Me Quick makes live video for new single", Philippine Entertainment Portal Cover Me Quick /!\ website Filipino alternative rock groups Musical groups established in 1998 Power pop groups Musical groups disestablished in 2008	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cover%20Me%20Quick%21
Stokes Castle is a three-story stone tower located near Austin, Nevada. It was built by Anson Phelps Stokes, a mine developer, railroad magnate, and banker. Intending the building as a summer home, Stokes began building the castle in 1896, completing it in 1897. The castle is patterned after a tower that Stokes had seen and admired in the Roman Campagna in Italy. The castle is built of hand-hewn native granite, and the stones were hoisted into place with a hand winch and held in place with rock wedging and clay mortar. The kitchen and dining room were on the first floor, while the second floor contained the living room and the third floor housed two bedrooms. Each of the floors had a fireplace, and the second and third floors each had a balcony. The roof had a battlemented terrace. The family occupied the Stokes Castle for a short time. The family traveled west in June 1897 with friends and spent about a month in the castle. They spent a few more days in October 1897. They returned in the summer of 1898, but they sold their mine, the milling equipment, and the castle, and never returned to the town. Eventually, the castle fell into disrepair until Molly Magee Knudsen, a cousin of Stokes, bought the castle in 1956. The tower was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. The "Castle" was owned by HW Trapnell of Austin, NV and Dunsmuir, CA until he died on July 19, 2018. It is now operated by the Austin Historical Society. References History of Nevada Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Nevada Houses in Lander County, Nevada Houses completed in 1897 Italian Renaissance Revival architecture in the United States Italianate architecture in Nevada National Register of Historic Places in Lander County, Nevada	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stokes%20Castle
Simple Green is an American brand of cleaning products produced by Sunshine Makers, Inc. Their best known product is Simple Green All-Purpose Cleaner, which totaled sales of at least US$5.7 million in 2004. It is advertised as an environmentally friendly, non-toxic, and biodegradable cleaner. It received critical attention from environmental safety activists because of the toxicity concerns of 2-butoxyethanol (EGBE), which was in the formula at under 4%. As of 2013 2-butoxyethanol has been removed from Simple Green all-purpose cleaner, and has an NFPA/HMIS rating of 0/minimal for Health, Fire, Reactivity, and Special. Its main competitors are Lysol and Clorox. Environmental uses Simple Green has been re-listed as an approved Surface Washing Agent per the EPA's National Contingency Plan after being de-listed in 1995. The new 2013 re-formulation, SW-65 was re-listed with the EPA on 7/09/2013 EPA toxicity testing reports that Menidia beryllina and Mysidopsis bahia survive slightly better in a water solution of 1:10 mixture of Simple Green with crude oil#2 (LC50 = 8.30 ppm for 96 h and 4.40 ppm for 48 h) than in a water solution of crude oil #2 (LC50 = 6.50 ppm for 96 h and 3.70 ppm for 48 h). In 2001, Crystal Simple Green was used to clean up an oil spill in the Baltic Sea. In 2005, laboratory testing on rainbow trout indicated that Crystal Simple Green by itself did not affect the survival of rainbow trout adults or fry. Crude oil #2 did not affect adults but did increase the mortality rate of fry to 36%. Crystal Simple Green combined with crude oil #2 did not affect adults but did increase the mortality rate of fry to 46%. Simple Green has also been used for soil remediation projects. Ingredients Simple Green list the ingredients of their all-purpose cleaner as The manufacturer's Ingredient Disclosure list for Simple Green® All-Purpose Cleaner includes methylchloroisothiazolinone and methylisothiazolinone. References External links Cleaning products Products introduced in 1979	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple%20Green
Topaz, in comics may refer to: Topaz (Marvel Comics), a Marvel Comics sorceress See also Topaz (disambiguation)	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topaz%20%28comics%29
1 Lincoln Plaza is a mixed-use, commercial and luxury residential condominium building in Lincoln Square, Manhattan, New York City, with 43 floors and 671 units. Construction began in 1971. Completed and ready for occupancy in 1974, the building is divided into eight floors of commercial space and 36 floors of luxury residential apartments. The roof, which is often considered the 44th floor, is home to the building's private fitness club called Top of the One. Usage A five-story residential building at 33 West 63rd Street, a tenement constructed in the 1890s owned by Jehiel R. Elyachar, became the target of an effort by Paul Milstein to assemble a group of properties that would become the site of 1 Lincoln Plaza. After lengthy negotiations, Milstein and Elyachar had agreed to a deal in which Milstein would acquire the property for cash, and then agreed to an exchange for a building on the Upper East Side. Though a verbal agreement had been reached, Elyachar insisted that a donation of $100,000 be made to one of the charitable organizations he supported, at which point Milstein walked away and said "You know what, you're going to keep your building". Howard Milstein, Paul's son, called the negotiations as being "among the most glaring examples of someone who overplayed their hand". The surrounding buildings on the site were demolished and 1 Lincoln Plaza was constructed around Elyachar's building at 33 West 63rd Street. The building has multiple addresses other than "1 Lincoln Plaza", including 20 West 64th Street, 33 West 63rd Street, 1897 Broadway, and 1900 Broadway. Provided a unit number is included, any mail sent to any of the above addresses will reach the required tenant. The building also has commercial tenants. These include three prominent entities in the entertainment industry: Sesame Workshop (which makes Sesame Street), SAG-AFTRA, and the prestigious American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP); the headquarters of ASCAP have been at One Lincoln Plaza since 1974. Notable residents In January 2012, actor Nick Santino, a resident, committed suicide soon after euthanizing his pit bull Rocco, due to pressure from what some neighbors told the press was harassment by building management. The condominium board had enacted a ban on pit bulls in 2010, though Santino's dog had been allowed to remain through grandfathering. In popular culture The building can be seen in almost any scene that was filmed in the plaza at Lincoln Center after 1971, including Ghostbusters. References External links Ogden Cap Properties Website City Realty Article on One Lincoln Plaza Residential skyscrapers in Manhattan Residential condominiums in New York City Residential buildings completed in 1974 Lincoln Square, Manhattan Privately owned public spaces Upper West Side	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1%20Lincoln%20Plaza
Amigo is the fifth studio album by American country music singer David Ball. It was released in 2001 on the Dualtone Records label. The album produced a hit single in "Riding with Private Malone", which reached number 2 on the Billboard country charts and #36 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming his first Top 40 hit since "Look What Followed Me Home" in 1995. Despite the success of the lead-off single, however, neither of the two follow-ups — "She Always Talked About Mexico" and "Whenever You Come Back to Me" — charted. The track "Texas Echo" is a re-recording of a song which Ball originally recorded on his 1989 self-titled debut. Track listing Personnel As listed in liner notes. Audrey Ball - background vocals David Ball - lead vocals, background vocals, acoustic guitar Vince Barranco - drums, percussion Chris Carmichael - fiddle Dan Frizsell - bass guitar Stephen Hill - background vocals Randy Khors - background vocals Steve Larios - steel guitar, Chromatic harmonica Scott Miller - trumpet Kim Morrison - background vocals Wood Newton - background vocals Billy Panda - acoustic guitar, electric guitar Kenny Sears - fiddle Joe Spivey - fiddle Jeff Taylor - piano, accordion Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts References 2001 albums David Ball (country singer) albums Dualtone Records albums	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amigo%20%28David%20Ball%20album%29
Provincial Road 366 (PR 366) is a provincial road in the Canadian province of Manitoba. Route description Provincial Road 366 starts in the Swan River Valley region of Manitoba, serving Bowsman and Minitonas, crosses the Duck Mountains, and then goes through west-central Manitoba from Grandview to Inglis. PR 366 serves as the main north-south route through Duck Mountain Provincial Park. It is mainly a gravel route, but there are short paved sections in Bowsman and Inglis, and longer paved stretches leading up to the Duck Mountains from both Minitonas and Grandview. The length of PR 366 is . History Since it was established, several changes and improvements have been made to the travel route: The road was moved west of its original alignment past Wellman Lake. Most of the original route, now called Regatta Bay Road, remains in use for access to a cabin subdivision and two Bible camps. During the summer of 2012, intersection improvements were made to PR 366's two junctions along PTH 10, including an exit ramp from PTH 10 to southbound PR 366 near Minitonas. The northernmost section of PR 366 (past PTH 10) has changed several times. Originally, it went straight north to PR 268, crossing PR 587 directly east of Bowsman. Then, for a time, the route was turned over to the local municipalities, and the official terminus of PR 366 was at PTH 10 near Minitonas. However, in 2006 a ford crossing on PR 587 was decommissioned, rendering the eastern portion of that route useless, except to local traffic. Rather than having PR 587 make a dead-end at Craigsford, the western part of PR 587 was resigned as PR 366, and another portion of the original PR 366 was re-established from PTH 10 to Craigsford. Thus, the route now connects Minitonas and Bowsman via Craigsford. References 366	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manitoba%20Provincial%20Road%20366
Angela Leong On Kei (; born 23 March 1960) is a Macau billionaire businesswoman and politician. She is a member of the Legislative Council of Macau. Early life Leong was born in Guangzhou, China with family roots in Sanshui, Guangdong. Career In September 2017, she bought Aldwych House in London for about £250 million. As of September 2019, she had an estimated net worth of US$4.1 billion. Leong founded Macau Sanshui Communal Association to provide social services to new immigrants. With the support of her husband to reflect the casino interests in the political scene, Leong entered electoral politics in 2005 and has then served as a directly elected legislator. The mobilization of both the working class and casino employees, a key building block of the Macau middle class, is key to Leong's political career. She is the director of the Sociedade de Jogos de Macau, a casino company owned by Stanley Ho, since its founding and the managing director since December 2010, and the vice-chairman of the Macau Jockey Club. With her new appointment as the chairperson of Po Leung Kuk, she has also become the supervisor of PLK Vicwood KT Chong Sixth Form College. Personal life She met Stanley Ho, a Macau casino tycoon famous in the political and entertainment industries in Hong Kong and Macau, 40 years her senior, when she was a dance teacher in 1986. She became his fourth partner and had four children with him: Sabrina Ho, Arnaldo Ho, Mario Ho and Alice Ho. Election results See also List of members of the Legislative Assembly of Macau References External links Angela Leong's information in Macau Legislative Council 1961 births Living people Billionaires from Guangdong Businesspeople from Guangzhou Businesspeople in the casino industry Macau billionaires Macau businesspeople Macau women in politics Members of the Legislative Assembly of Macau Politicians from Guangzhou Recipients of the Bronze Bauhinia Star Ho family	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leong%20On%20Kei
Ratu Jekesoni Lewenilovo Yavalanavanua (born 3 October 1952) is a Fijian chief and former politician, who served as a member of the Senate of Fiji. He hails from the chiefly village of Somosomo, on the island of Taveuni, Cakaudrove Province. He is the Secretary General of the Council of Chiefs of the Vanua of Lalagavesi (Cakaudrove). He spent 17 years working under the Ministry of Fijian Affairs as Assistant Roko Tui, Acting Roko Tui and Executive Officer. In 2006 he was nominated as a Senator by Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase. In May 2018 he was appointed chair of the Cakaudrove Provincial Council. Yavalanavanua attended Derrick Technical Institute (now renamed Fiji Institute of Technology), where he received his diploma in Trade Mechanical Engineering and Boiler Making. He was formerly employed by Fiji's Forest Industry and the Fiji Sugar Corporation, and later joined the Ministry of Fijian Affairs Board where he was employed for 17 years. In November 2008 when dictator Frank Bainimarama was considering reconvening the Great Council of Chiefs, Yavalanavanua demanded that he first apologise for his past insults to them. In 2019 he urged chiefs not to become involved in politics. References I-Taukei Fijian members of the Senate (Fiji) Living people 1952 births Fijian chiefs Fijian engineers Fijian civil servants Politicians from Taveuni	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jekesoni%20Yavalanavanua
The McGill Drug Store Museum is a former drug store in McGill, Nevada. It operated from 1915 to 1979. The store closed when the nearby Kennecott Copper mine closed down, with its entire inventory intact, including prescription medication. It has been re-opened as a museum with more than 30,000 items as well as prescription records extending back to 1915. The museum is a resource for investigators of retailing and historical pharmacy practices. History The museum was originally a drug store owned by the McGill Drug Company, who may have acquired the structure from another business, Steptoe Drug Company. Although the place primarily serves as a drugstore and pharmacy, it is also notable for its soda fountain, which remains in existence until now. The drug store became a museum in 1995, when the White Pine County bought the building from Elsa Culbert, who continued to operate the drug store and soda fountain with her husband, Gerald, and became the owners of the business starting from the 1940s. The drugstore stopped operating in 1979, when Gerald died, and many of the remaining items there were left as they were. Collection The museum is a time-capsule filled with relics throughout the 1940s to 1970s, including pharmaceutical products and medical equipment. It also retains many interior and exterior qualities dated to certain eras, from steel-based structures common in use during the mining era boom, to 1930-style soda counters. See also List of museums in Nevada References External links McGill Drug Store Museum at Great Basin Heritage Area Partnership McGill Drugstore Museum at White Pine Chamber of Commerce History museums in Nevada Medical museums in the United States Museums in White Pine County, Nevada Pharmacies on the National Register of Historic Places Commercial buildings completed in 1909 Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Nevada Buildings and structures in White Pine County, Nevada History of White Pine County, Nevada Great Basin National Heritage Area 1909 establishments in Nevada National Register of Historic Places in White Pine County, Nevada Health care companies based in Nevada Pharmacy museums	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McGill%20Historical%20Drug%20Store%20Museum
Heartaches by the Number may refer to: "Heartaches by the Number", a 1959 popular country music song Heartaches by the Number (Waylon Jennings album) Heartaches by the Number (David Ball album)	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heartaches%20by%20the%20Number%20%28disambiguation%29
was a Japanese judge who was a member of the Supreme Court of Japan. He is notable in Japan for his contributions to bankruptcy law. References Supreme Court of Japan justices 1943 births 2016 deaths	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutsuo%20Tahara
Steven Orville Farmer (December 31, 1948 – April 7, 2020) was an American guitarist, composer and lyricist, best known for his composition with Ted Nugent in 1968, "Journey to the Center of the Mind", performed by their group The Amboy Dukes. Farmer wrote the lyrics to the hit song, which peaked at #16 in the charts. He also co-wrote with Nugent, or self composed, 22 compositions on the first three albums by The Amboy Dukes. Amboy Dukes The Dukes' first offering was their self-titled album The Amboy Dukes which charted. It featured their first charting single "Baby, Please Don't Go", an intense cover of a Big Joe Williams song. The second album was Journey to the Center of the Mind a psychedelic rock opera that was their highest-charting album and produced their most commercially successful single. The third album was Migration. Although not a commercial success, it showed a refinement of both Farmer's songwriting skills and Nugent's songwriting and guitar skills. All three albums (released by Mainstream Records) featured Farmer touches in words and music that emphasized psychedelic imagery, so central to late sixties pop culture. 2000 album In 2000, Farmer completed work on his new millennium "journey". The album is titled Journey to the Darkside of the Mind and was released by Saint Thomas Records. Fellow Amboy Dukes member Rick Lober contributed to the album. It was produced by Victor Peraino, who is known for his innovative work on the Mellotron with England's Arthur Brown. Dukes award and reunion At the 18th annual Detroit Music Awards on April 17, 2009, the original lineup of The Amboy Dukes performed on stage for the first time in thirty years. On stage at The Fillmore Detroit were Nugent on lead guitar, Farmer on guitar, John Drake on vocals, Andy Solomon on keyboards, Lober on keyboards and Bill White on bass. In recognition of the band's contribution to rock music history, they received a Distinguished Achievement award. Death Farmer died at his home in 2020, aged 71. References External links Steve Farmer — Official Site 1948 births 2020 deaths American rock songwriters American rock singers American lyricists American rock guitarists The Amboy Dukes members American male singer-songwriters American male guitarists Singers from Detroit Guitarists from Detroit 20th-century American guitarists 20th-century American male musicians Singer-songwriters from Michigan	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve%20Farmer%20%28musician%29
Adam McQuaid (born October 12, 1986) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. He formerly played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Boston Bruins, New York Rangers and Columbus Blue Jackets. McQuaid was known primarily as an enforcer for his physical play and capability as a fighter, often protecting younger or smaller members of the team. He won the Stanley Cup in 2011 with the Bruins. Playing career Amateur McQuaid played major midget hockey in his hometown of Cornwall, Prince Edward Island, for the Cornwall Thunder before playing major junior hockey with the Sudbury Wolves of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) for four seasons. McQuaid was selected in the second round, 43rd overall, in the 2003 OHL Priority Selection as a 17-year-old overage player. He was undrafted by the OHL the previous season. After scoring 19 points in his second season with the Wolves in 2004–05, McQuaid returned to the OHL and, in his final season, helped lead the Wolves to the OHL Final against the Plymouth Whalers; the Wolves were defeated in six games. Professional McQuaid was selected in the second round, 55th overall, by the Columbus Blue Jackets in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft. He returned to the OHL and did not play a game with Columbus before he was traded to the Boston Bruins in exchange for a fifth-round draft pick in the off-season. He was immediately signed by Boston to a three-year, entry-level contract. He was assigned to Boston's American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Providence Bruins in 2007–08 and scored nine points in his professional rookie season. He scored his first NHL goal on February 7, 2010, a game-winner against goaltender Jaroslav Halák in a 3–0 win against the Montreal Canadiens at the Bell Centre. During Game 4 of the 2011 Stanley Cup Finals, analyst Pierre McGuire described him as "one tough hombre." In that same final, McQuaid won his first Stanley Cup. On July 14, 2011, McQuaid signed a three-year, $4.7 million contract with Boston. In 2010, McQuaid suffered a freak concussion after tripping over his suitcase. In the 2012–13 season, McQuaid helped the Bruins to the Stanley Cup Finals by scoring the game-winning goal against the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Final. He and the Bruins would end up losing in the Final to the Chicago Blackhawks in six games. In the 2013–14 season, McQuaid would miss most of the season with an illness. On June 26, 2015, McQuaid signed a four-year, $11 million contract extension with the Bruins. In a game against the Washington Capitals on January 5, 2016, Capitals forward Zach Sill boarded McQuaid and was suspended two games. On October 19, 2017, McQuaid was placed on injured reserve after breaking his right fibula in a game against the Vancouver Canucks. Having played in nine straight seasons with the Bruins and approaching the 2018–19 season, McQuaid was traded to the New York Rangers in exchange for Steven Kampfer, a 2019 fourth-round pick and a conditional seventh-round pick on September 11, 2018. McQuaid added a physical presence on the blueline of the rebuilding Rangers, and recorded 2 goals and 5 points through 36 games. With the Rangers out of playoff contention, and in his final year under contract, McQuaid was traded by the Rangers at the trade deadline to his original draft club, the Columbus Blue Jackets, in exchange for Julius Bergman, and a fourth and seventh round picks in 2019 on February 25, 2019. On March 15, 2019 McQuaid scored his first goal as a Blue Jacket, the game-winning goal as they shut out the Carolina Hurricanes, 3–0 in Columbus. On January 16, 2021, McQuaid officially announced his retirement from professional hockey after 12 seasons. In August 2021 McQuaid rejoined the Boston Bruins organization as the team’s new player development coordinator. Personal life McQuaid is a Christian. McQuaid helped to start a Bible study group when he was with the Boston Bruins. McQuaid married his girlfriend Stephanie Enserink in 2018. His sister, Michelle McQuaid, competed at the 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts representing Prince Edward Island. His brother Chad McQuaid is currently a practicing lawyer in Charlottetown, PEI. Career statistics References External links 1986 births Living people Boston Bruins players Canadian ice hockey defencemen Columbus Blue Jackets draft picks Columbus Blue Jackets players New York Rangers players People from Queens County, Prince Edward Island Providence Bruins players Ice hockey people from Charlottetown Stanley Cup champions Sudbury Wolves players	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam%20McQuaid
Three hundred and three scholars and artists were awarded Guggenheim Fellowships in 1959. More than $1,400,000 was disbursed. 1960 U.S. and Canadian Fellows 1960 Latin American and Caribbean Fellows See also Guggenheim Fellowship List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 1959 List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 1961 References 1960 1960 awards	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Guggenheim%20Fellowships%20awarded%20in%201960
The Sweet Basil Building, also known as the P. Martin Liquors Building, was a heritage building on the waterfront of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada which was demolished by Halifax developer Armour Group in November 2008 as part of the company's controversial Waterside Centre Development proposal. History The building, known by the name of its last occupant, a Halifax restaurant, was built in the 1840s. It was a three-story wood-frame building, the last wooden building on Halifax's Water Street and was typical of the “Sailortown” buildings which served seafarer's in Nova Scotia's Age of Sail. It stood beside the oldest storefront in Halifax, the 1820 Harrington MacDonald-Briggs Building and faced the preserved warehouses and shipping offices of Privateer's Wharf, a National Historic Site. The building served as a sailor's boarding house, liquor store, confectionery, grocery store and restaurant. The building was rented to a successful Halifax restaurant but Armour group argued that it was uneconomical because the upper floors were not suited for profitable modern office space. The last tenant, the Sweet Basil Bistro, reluctantly left the building after 19 years on the site due to the redevelopment. Heritage Status and Demolition The Sweet Basil Building was designated a municipally protected heritage building in 1981. It was also a nationally recognized building under the federal Historic Places program. However Armour Group overturned the designation in court in 2008 arguing that it was designated in error. Armour Group wished to use the land to build a nine-story office tower called the Waterside Centre, which involved the demolition of six heritage buildings, although the facades of some would be reconstructed at street level. The project faced widespread public opposition at municipal hearings in September 2008 and was narrowly rejected by the council of Halifax Regional Municipality on October 21. However Armour Group announced that they would appeal the decision to Nova Scotia's Utility and Review Board, on October 31, the same day as his company began demolition of the Sweet Basil Building\|. The Board overturned Council's decision and approved the controversial office tower on March 26, 2009, and Halifax Council voted not to further oppose the development and or try and save the remaining buildings on April 7, 2009. After boarding windows and demolishing exterior parts of the building on October 21, the entire building was demolished early Sunday morning, November 2, 2008. Promoters of downtown development such as the Halifax Chamber of Commerce noted that the demolition and disputed development highlight the need for a more streamlined development process. Heritage advocates such as Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia pointed to the demolition as a sign of the weakness of municipal heritage designations and the lack of any heritage districts in downtown Halifax. References Buildings and structures in Halifax, Nova Scotia Commercial buildings completed in 1840 Demolished buildings and structures in Canada Buildings and structures demolished in 2008	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet%20Basil%20Building
In information theory, Pinsker's inequality, named after its inventor Mark Semenovich Pinsker, is an inequality that bounds the total variation distance (or statistical distance) in terms of the Kullback–Leibler divergence. The inequality is tight up to constant factors. Formal statement Pinsker's inequality states that, if and are two probability distributions on a measurable space , then where is the total variation distance (or statistical distance) between and and is the Kullback–Leibler divergence in nats. When the sample space is a finite set, the Kullback–Leibler divergence is given by Note that in terms of the total variation norm of the signed measure , Pinsker's inequality differs from the one given above by a factor of two: A proof of Pinsker's inequality uses the partition inequality for f-divergences. Alternative version Note that the expression of Pinsker inequality depends on what basis of logarithm is used in the definition of KL-divergence. is defined using (logarithm in base ), whereas is typically defined with (logarithm in base 2). Then, Given the above comments, there is an alternative statement of Pinsker's inequality in some literature that relates information divergence to variation distance: i.e., in which is the (non-normalized) variation distance between two probability density functions and on the same alphabet . This form of Pinsker's inequality shows that "convergence in divergence" is stronger notion than "convergence in variation distance". A simple proof by John Pollard is shown by letting : Here Titu's lemma is also known as Sedrakyan's inequality. Note that the lower bound from Pinsker's inequality is vacuous for any distributions where , since the total variation distance is at most . For such distributions, an alternative bound can be used, due to Bretagnolle and Huber (see, also, Tsybakov): History Pinsker first proved the inequality with a greater constant. The inequality in the above form was proved independently by Kullback, Csiszár, and Kemperman. Inverse problem A precise inverse of the inequality cannot hold: for every , there are distributions with but . An easy example is given by the two-point space with and . However, an inverse inequality holds on finite spaces with a constant depending on . More specifically, it can be shown that with the definition we have for any measure which is absolutely continuous to As a consequence, if has full support (i.e. for all ), then References Further reading Thomas M. Cover and Joy A. Thomas: Elements of Information Theory, 2nd edition, Willey-Interscience, 2006 Nicolo Cesa-Bianchi and Gábor Lugosi: Prediction, Learning, and Games, Cambridge University Press, 2006 Information theory Probabilistic inequalities	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinsker%27s%20inequality
was a member of the Supreme Court of Japan. References Supreme Court of Japan justices 1944 births 2010 deaths Deaths from pneumonia in Japan	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takaharu%20Kondo
USS Waldo County (LST-1163), previously USS LST-1163, was a United States Navy landing ship tank (LST) in commission from 1953 to 1970, and which then saw non-commissioned Military Sealift Command service as USNS Waldo County (T-LST-1163) from 1972 to 1973. Construction and commissioning Waldo County was designed under project SCB 9A and laid down as USS LST-1163 on 4 August 1952 at Pascagoula, Mississippi, by Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation. She was launched on 17 March 1953, sponsored by Mrs. C. Richard Shaeffner, and commissioned on 17 September 1953. Operations in U.S. waters and Caribbean 1953–1955 LST-1163 departed Pascagoula on 14 October 1953 and steamed via Key West, Florida, Florida; Port Everglades, Florida; and Charleston, South Carolina, to her permanent home port, Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, in Virginia Beach, Virginia. She arrived at Little Creek on 25 October 1953. Exercises and shakedown training occupied the remainder of 1953 and the first few months of 1954. On 14 June 1954, LST-1163 departed Little Creek for Morehead City, North Carolina, to embark United States Marines for amphibious exercises. She arrived at Morehead City on the 15 June 1954, loaded troops and equipment, and got underway on 16 June 1954 for Vieques Island, located near Puerto Rico in the West Indies. LST-1163 reached Vieques Island on 21 June 1954 and conducted amphibious training until 1 July 1954, when she headed back to Little Creek. She arrived at Little Creek on 5 July 1954 and remained there eight days before entering the Norfolk Naval Shipyard at Portsmouth, Virginia, on 13 July 1954. She left the shipyard on 6 August 1954 and returned to Little Creek to resume duty with the Amphibious Force, United States Atlantic Fleet. For the remainder of the year, LST-1163 conducted a series of amphibious exercises, mostly at Vieques Island, but she also participated in one cold-weather exercise at Hamilton Inlet on the coast of Labrador in Newfoundland, Canada, in November 1954. On 18 January 1955, LST-1163 entered the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for her first major overhaul. She emerged from the yard, revitalized, on 20 May 1955 and resumed duty with the Amphibious Force. On 1 July 1955, LST-1163 was renamed USS Waldo County (LST-1163). Through the summer of 1955, Waldo County remained close to or in Little Creek. First Mediterranean deployment 1955–1956 On 24 August 1955, Waldo County departed the Norfolk, Virginia, area for her first overseas deployment. After stops at Bordeaux in France, Port Lyautey in Morocco, and at Gibraltar, she joined the United States Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean late in September 1955. For the next four months, she ranged the length and breadth of the Mediterranean Sea conducting Sixth Fleet amphibious exercises and making port visits. On 25 January 1956, she departed Port Lyautey on her way home. She returned to Norfolk on 6 February 1956 and resumed operations with the United States Second Fleet. Operations 1956–1970 In her first two years of active service, Waldo County established a pattern of operations which endured until the end of 1964. She alternated five Mediterranean deployments with periods of duty out of Little Creek conducting amphibious training at such places as Vieques Island, Onslow Beach in North Carolina, and at various locations in the Canadian Maritime Provinces. During her second Mediterranean deployment, which lasted from August 1957 to February 1958, she acted as a unit of a contingency force established in the eastern Mediterranean during civil unrest in Lebanon. In 1959 the Waldo County made her first and only Top Secret Mission. A Top Secret crypto message ordered her and two sister ship LST's to proceed from Little Creek to Quantico Marine Base for further orders. At Quantico the LST's on-loaded two battalions of South Vietnamese marines and US Marine trainers and proceeded to the Caribbean to hold amphibious landing exercises for several weeks. At the conclusion the Marines were dropped off at Camp Lejeune. Not too many years later the U.S. was deeply involved in the Vietnam war. The remaining three deployments were more routine in nature, consisting only of training missions and port visits. Between her third and fourth deployments to the Sixth Fleet, she earned the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal in November and December 1961 when she cruised Cuban waters as a part of another contingency force established in response to a wave of what the United States considered to be terrorist actions by the Cuban government following the abortive April 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion of Cuba. Otherwise, the periods between deployments consisted entirely of routine Second Fleet operations, primarily amphibious training missions at the previously named locations. Waldo County returned to Little Creek from her fifth and last Mediterranean cruise on 17 November 1964. At that point, she began a new phase of her career. No longer did she deploy to the Sixth Fleet. For the remaining six years of her active career, she confined her operations to the United States East Coast and the West Indies. The ubiquitous amphibious exercises predominated, but, on two occasions, she did perform special missions. In May and June 1965, she again earned the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal when she joined another contingency force in the West Indies during a period of extreme internal unrest in the Dominican Republic quelled by the intervention of forces of the Organization of American States. In 1966, she qualified for that award again by returning to the Dominican Republic once more. From that time on, Waldo County broke her routine of U.S. East Coast – West Indies operations only one time. In January 1970, she steamed to the Panama Canal and transited it for a brief series of landing exercises on the Pacific Ocean side of the Panamanian Isthmus. She retransited the canal on 2 February 1970 and resumed operations in the West Indies. Normal operations occupied her time until September 1970, at which time she began preparations for inactivation. Decommissioning, reserve, and Military Sealift Command service 1970–1973 Waldo County was decommissioned on 21 December 1970 and laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet at Orange Texas. She remained there until May 1972, at which time she was reactivated for non-commissioned service as a cargo ship with a civil service crew with the Military Sealift Command (MSC) as the United States Naval Ship USNS Waldo County (T-LST-1163). She operated under MSC control for about 18 months before being sticken from the Navy List on 1 November 1973. Layup and transfer to Peru Waldo County name was stricken from the Navy List on 1 November 1973, and she was transferred to the Maritime Administration for layup in the National Defense Reserve Fleet at Suisun Bay at Benicia, California. On 7 August 1984, Waldo County and three of her sister ships – USS Traverse County (LST-1160), USS Walworth County (LST-1164), and USS Washoe County (LST-1165) – were leased to Peru, and Waldo County was commissioned into service in the Peruvian Navy as BAP Pisco (DT-142) on 4 March 1985. Peru renewed the lease on all four ships in August 1989 and August 1994, and the United States sold all four outright to Peru on 26 April 1999 under the Security Assistance Program; all four were struck from the U.S. Naval Register on the day of the sale. She was decommissioned from the Peruvian Navy in 2012 and scrapped the same year. Notes References Saunders, Stephen, Commodore, RN. Jane's All the World's Fighting Ships, 2001-2002. Alexandria, Virginia: Jane's Information Group, 2001. . External links NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive: LST-1163 Waldo County See also List of United States Navy LSTs Cold War amphibious warfare vessels of the United States Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ships Ships built in Pascagoula, Mississippi 1953 ships Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ships of the Peruvian Navy	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS%20Waldo%20County
"Make Believe" is a show tune from the 1927 Broadway musical Show Boat with music by Jerome Kern and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Background In the show, it is first sung as a duet by the characters Gaylord Ravenal, a handsome riverboat gambler, and the teenage Magnolia Hawks, an aspiring performer and daughter of the show boat captain, soon after their meeting in Act I. It reveals that they are smitten with each other almost immediately upon meeting and sets the tone for the contrasts between the ideal “make believe” world of the young lovers and the harsh realities of life that they will encounter throughout the story. In Act II, Ravenal sings it to his little daughter Kim, just before he deserts her and Magnolia because of his compulsive gambling. He tells Kim to sing it whenever she is lonely and to pretend he has never been away. The song was introduced by Norma Terris and Howard Marsh. It was not performed in the 1929 part-talkie film of Show Boat. The first successful recording of the song was by Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra on January 27, 1928 (vocal by Bing Crosby). The song has since become a standard and been recorded by numerous musical artists. Other recordings Allan Jones (1941) Barbra Streisand recorded the song for The Third Album (1964) Burl Ives for the album My Gal Sal (1964) Elvis Presley recorded the song at his home in Bel Air (1960) Howard Keel for the album Close to My Heart (1990) Jan Clayton & Charles Fredericks - from the 1946 cast recording of the Broadway revival. Jo Stafford included in the album Autumn in New York (1950) Peggy Lee (1964) Robert Merrill & Patrice Munsel for the RCA album Show Boat (1956) Roger Whittaker for the album A Perfect Day: His Greatest Hits and More (1996) Steve Lawrence for the album The Steve Lawrence Sound (1960) Tony Bennett for the album The Silver Lining: The Songs of Jerome Kern (2015) Tony Martin recorded on December 21, 1946 for Mercury Records Young Jessie recorded on June 18, 1957 in Los Angeles for Atco Records Film appearances For film, it was sung by Irene Dunne and Allan Jones in the 1936 version of the musical, by Tony Martin and Kathryn Grayson in the 1946 Kern biopic Till the Clouds Roll By, and by Howard Keel and Kathryn Grayson in the 1951 version of Show Boat. In the 1951 film, instead of singing it to Kim just before he leaves, Ravenal sings it to her when he meets her for the first time after being away for several years - the exact reverse of the situation in the original show and the 1936 film version. He has finally returned and now asks her to pretend that he has never been away. References 1927 songs Songs from Show Boat Songs with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II Songs with music by Jerome Kern Frank Sinatra songs Barbra Streisand songs	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Make%20Believe%20%28Jerome%20Kern%20song%29
The New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs is a governmental department of the state of New Jersey. It is composed of the New Jersey Army National Guard as well as the New Jersey Air National Guard. They are administered by the Adjutant General and staff which oversees the activities of the two. This includes the Disasters and Emergency Services Division and Veterans Affairs Division. The department is the official channel of communication between the federal government and the New Jersey state government on military matters. The New Jersey State Guard, along with the New Jersey Army National Guard and the New Jersey Naval Militia, is also recognized as a component of the organized militia of New Jersey. The State Guard was last active during World War II. The Naval Militia was last active from 1999 to 2002. In case of a state or national emergency, there is a joint federal-state program put in place for the Governor and the President respectively. This program keeps military organizations equipped, trained, and ready to counter such situations. They also cooperate with and manage state and federal agencies in order to provide services for discharged veterans and their families. References State agencies of New Jersey New Jersey	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20Jersey%20Department%20of%20Military%20and%20Veterans%20Affairs
born February 28, 1942 is a former member of the Supreme Court of Japan. References Supreme Court of Japan justices 1942 births Living people	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koji%20Miyakawa
is a member of the Supreme Court of Japan who was Vice Foreign Minister. References Supreme Court of Japan justices Ambassadors of Japan to Indonesia 1943 births Living people People from Nara Prefecture Kyoto University alumni	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yukio%20Takeuchi
The New England Summer Nationals was a popular, annual, four-day-long automotive festival in Worcester, Massachusetts. It usually occurred on the July 4th holiday weekend. The 2012 show was on July 5–8. In 1980, the first such festival attracted 2,000 visitors; since then, attendees have peaked at 200,000, drawn from both New England and the rest of the United States. According to the Central Massachusetts Convention and Visitors Bureau, it is the largest automotive event on the East Coast. Since 1991, it has generally drawn at least 75,000 visitors. Events The Summer Nationals has many events including drag racing, controlled burnouts, and stunt motorcycle riding. References External links Official website Auto shows in the United States Motorcycling events Motorcycle rallies in the United States Recurring events established in 1980 Events in Massachusetts Culture of Worcester, Massachusetts 1980 establishments in Massachusetts	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20England%20Summer%20Nationals
KVFZ (92.1 FM) is a terrestrial American radio station, licensed to Benton, Louisiana and serving Shreveport/Bossier City. The station airs a Contemporary Christian format. History The station was formerly known as "The Buzz", created as an alternative rock addition to Shreveport, and competed mainly with local hard rock station, 99x. The Buzz brought a refreshing new style of music to the area, featuring many bands that were not played on 99x or any other station. On Saturday nights, The Buzz was transformed into "Club Buzz," where all the songs played were techno-influenced remixes of the normal alternative songs that it played. The Buzz also featured a variety of interaction with listeners as well as original contests. Weekly contests featured were The Free Buzz at 4:20, Thumbs Up or the Finger, The Buzz Rewind, and the short lived Buzz Bits, where listeners could call in and say whatever they wanted, within reason. Its Too Cool for Tool contest was also original, with each contestant sitting on a large tub of ice, and whoever lasting the longest receiving a pair of Tool concert tickets, along with a "Tool"-box full of Tool SWAG. The Buzz came to an abrupt end in 2004, in circumstances where it was literally there one minute and gone the next. No reason was ever stated for the cancellation of the station, and the format was quickly switched to Christmas music until the start of the new year. Since The Buzz, the station has been a light rock station and its current format is Spanish radio. KSYR started 95.7, which now contains the oldies format that was on this frequency. On 95.7, it was first known as country. Then in approximately 1997, it flipped to Star 95.7, an Adult Contemporary station claimed to sit in between the CHR of 94.5 and soft rock of 96.5. It played hit music without the rap, sleepy music or hard rock trying to appeal to the core working audience. However, it flipped to a rhythmic top 40 as Power 95.7. The music selection mixed boy bands with the flourishing urban music scene putting it between KMJJ, KBTT and the more rock leaning top 40 at KRUF. Ultimately in 2001 it became the Buzz and moved to its present frequency. Prior to being purchased by Coochie Brake Broadcasting LLC, the station was in simulcast with KOYE and KCUL-FM as Regional Mexican formatted "La Invasora". Effective September 26, 2023, Coochie Brake Broadcasting sold KSYR to Carol and Jetre Schuler's 6102 Seawall, LLC. The same day, it changed its call sign to KVFZ. Former on-air personalities Flynt Stone (currently on KTAL-FM) Johnny Maze Boner in the Morning (October 2001- September 2003) Drunk Mouth and Naked Jake (currently on KTUX) Bif Drysdale and Monkey Boy Rod the Human Tripod External links Radio stations in Louisiana Radio stations established in 1983 1983 establishments in Louisiana Contemporary Christian radio stations in the United States	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KVFZ
is a Japanese attorney and former justice of the Supreme Court of Japan. Saiguchi attended Chuo University, graduating with an LLB in 1961, and was admitted to the bar in 1966. He practiced law as head of the Saiguchi Law Office from 1970 to 2004. Saiguchi is known as an expert on Japanese bankruptcy laws. Following the bankruptcy of Japan Airlines, he headed a five-member investigation committee to look into compliance issues at the airline. He currently serves as advisor attorney to TMI Associates, a Tokyo law firm. References Supreme Court of Japan justices 1938 births Living people Chuo University alumni 20th-century Japanese lawyers 21st-century Japanese lawyers	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiharu%20Saiguchi
The term Variable Control Voice Actuator (VCVA) refers to a digital recording technology developed by Olympus, which is implemented in many of their digital voice recorders. It prevents the recording of silence, so pauses in a speaker's dictation do not waste time, power or recording space. Function When the microphone picks up an arbitrary level of sound, the VCVA initiates recording, and when volume detected by that microphone dips down below said threshold the VCVA stops recording. References Digital audio recording	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variable%20Control%20Voice%20Actuator
Viewed (4 October 2003 – 18 April 2010) was an Australian Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 148th Melbourne Cup on 4 November 2008. Racing record 2008 Melbourne Cup Prior to the Cup, Viewed won the AJC Listed Japan Racing Association (JRA) Plate on 30 April 2008 and two months later he qualified by winning the Group 2 Brisbane Cup on 9 June 2008. In the 2008 Melbourne Cup on 4 November, Viewed defeated the Luca Cumani-trained Bauer in a photo finish. The finish was so close that the electronic timing devices, which are placed inside the saddle cloths, recorded that Bauer had completed the course one-hundredth of a second faster than Viewed. Viewed was trained by Bart Cummings and was ridden by Blake Shinn. It was Shinn's first Melbourne Cup winner and the 12th for Cummings. It was the fourth time Cummings had won the Cup in partnership with Dato Tan Chin Nam, the owner. Viewed's Melbourne Cup was the 250th Group 1 training victory for Bart Cummings. Viewed was an outsider in the Melbourne Cup, and paid $41.00 on the totalisator in New South Wales. 2009 Caulfield Cup Following the Melbourne Cup, Viewed failed to break through in four starts during the autumn however these runs included: 4th in the Group 2 Apollo Stakes to Tuesday Joy. 4th in the Group 1 Chipping Norton Stakes, again to Tuesday Joy. 2nd in the Group 1 Ranvet Stakes to Thesio. 3rd in Group 1 The BMW to Fiumicino. Viewed returned in the spring to win the Group 1 Caulfield Cup on 17 October 2009. He was ridden by Brad Rawiller, and came from the tail of the field. Viewed was the first original topweight in history to win the Caulfield Cup, and the first Melbourne Cup winner to win the following year's Caulfield Cup since Rising Fast in 1955. Viewed defeated one of his stablemates, Roman Emperor, who was second and Vigor was third. Viewed's win was Cummings's seventh Caulfield Cup. 2009 Melbourne Cup After his victory in the Caulfield Cup, Viewed then ran in the Group 1 Mackinnon Stakes on Victoria Derby Day and finished 3rd behind Scenic Shot and Miss Maren. Viewed then finished 7th in the 2009 Melbourne Cup behind the eventual winner Shocking. Death On 18 April 2010, Viewed was euthanised following complications from a twisted bowel. See also List of Melbourne Cup winners References External links Viewed's racing record Viewed's pedigree and partial racing stats 2003 racehorse births 2010 racehorse deaths Racehorses bred in Australia Racehorses trained in Australia Melbourne Cup winners Thoroughbred family 9-h Caulfield Cup winners	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viewed
is a former justice of the Supreme Court of Japan. References Supreme Court of Japan justices 1938 births Living people	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osamu%20Tsuno
is a 1925 black and white Japanese silent film with benshi accompaniment directed by Buntarō Futagawa. It is the most popular and beloved film of Tsumasaburō Bandō, featuring the star at the height of his fame. Synopsis The film tells the story of a samurai who falls on hard times due to misunderstandings and explains the plots of his enemies. Such explanations superbly depict the absurdity of the samurai's unjust world, making this work pertinent even today. Analysis The kinetic sword fighting scenes masterfully performed by Bandō were novel in an age when kabuki-style, leisurely and dignified movies were the norm. This style was passed onto modern chambara films. Additionally, the sword fighting style's aesthetic value is slightly lost in Orochi due to the pace at which the fight scenes were filmed (fast-forward motion). Due to the kabuki style, the makeup on the characters transformed them into almost identical representations of ukiyo-e (woodblock prints), a major Japanese art form. Title The original title of the movie was supposed to be "Outlaw," but the Japanese censors and police banned it, because the depiction of an outlaw as a hero was seen as very dangerous. The title was later changed to "Serpent," describing how Bando Tsumasaburo wiggles when he fights back and how, even in death, a serpent looks terrifying. Confused, the censors allowed the title. References External links 1925 films Japanese silent films Japanese historical films 1920s Japanese films Japanese black-and-white films 1920s historical films	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orochi%20%28film%29
The 111th Pennsylvania House of Representatives District is located in Susquehanna County and Wayne County and includes the following areas: All of Susquehanna County Wayne County Berlin Township Bethany Buckingham Township Canaan Township Clinton Township Damascus Township Dyberry Township Honesdale Lebanon Township Manchester Township Mount Pleasant Township Oregon Township Preston Township Prompton Scott Township Starrucca Texas Township Waymart Representatives References Government of Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania Government of Wayne County, Pennsylvania 111	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania%20House%20of%20Representatives%2C%20District%20111
Badmaanyambuugiin Bat-Erdene () is a Mongolian politician and athlete. Bat-Erdene is widely regarded in Mongolia as one of the most successful, long lasting and celebrated wrestlers, where he won in national non-jacketed wrestling formats as well as winning a gold medal in the Sambo jacket wrestling in the 1989 World Sambo Championships in the over 100kg heavyweight division. He was also Defense Minister of Mongolia from 2016 to July 2017. Biography He was born on June 7, 1964, in Ömnödelger sum of Khentii aimag, Mongolia. He graduated from secondary school in 1982. He graduated from the Military Institute of the Mongolian People's Army in 1990 with a degree in law. He is married with 3 daughters. He speaks Russian and English. Wrestling career Between 1988-1999, Bat-Erdene won 11 national level tournaments in the Naadam. He was awarded with medals for his achievements including from the government. His rank/title in wrestling is "Dayar dursagdah, dalai dayan, tumniig bayasuulagch, darkhan avarga Bat-Erdene" literally meaning "Renowned by all, oceanic, makes people happy, strong titan Bat-Erdene" essentially the highest rank possible in Mongolian wrestling in Mongolia. He retired from wrestling in 2006. Bat-Erdene established and owns Avarga (Champion) University which trains wrestlers, trainers and sportsmen in Ulaanbaatar. Political career Bat-Erdene has been a member of the State Great Khural from 2004 being elected three times from his native Khentii province on behalf of Mongolian People's Party. In 2009-2010 he worked as the chairman of the Legal Standing Committee of the State Great Khural. As a member of parliament, Bat-Erdene has been active in talking to protect nature and homeland against irresponsible mining. Mongolian People's Party selected him as its candidate for 2013 Presidential election. Incumbent President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj, candidate of Democratic Party won at 2013 Mongolian presidential election on June 26, 2013, with 50.23% of total votes while Bat-Erdene got 41.97%, and Natsagiin Udval, candidate of Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party got 6.5% of total votes. On 23 July 2016, 90.6 percent of the members of parliament voted in favor of appointing Bat-Erdene as the Minister of Defense. Mongolian wrestling career record Notes External links 1964 births Judoka at the 1988 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 1992 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2000 Summer Olympics Living people Members of the State Great Khural Mongolian People's Party politicians Mongolian sportsperson-politicians Mongolian male judoka Mongolian male sport wrestlers Olympic judoka for Mongolia People from Khentii Province Asian Games medalists in judo Judoka at the 1990 Asian Games Judoka at the 1994 Asian Games Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for Mongolia Asian Games bronze medalists for Mongolia Ministers of Defence of Mongolia Mongolian sambo practitioners Sambo (martial art) practitioners Mongolian wrestlers	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badmaanyambuugiin%20Bat-Erdene
Vijayaratnam Seevaratnam (11 June 1950 – 3 November 2008) was a Malaysian politician of Ceylonese-Indian descent and one of the vice-presidents of the Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (PGRM) from 2005 to 2008. His late father, S. Seeveratnam was Seremban Barat Member of Parliament (DAP), and his late uncle, S. Rajaratnam served as Minister for Culture, Minister for Labour, Foreign Minister, Deputy Prime Minister and Senior Minister of Singapore. He died accidentally after falling from the roof of his clinic building in Jalan Tunku Hassan, Seremban. Biography Vijayaratnam was a former Paulian. He studied in Saint Paul's Institution. He was married to Datin Anuncia Tharumaratnam. Their four children are Ashta, Ayra, Seeralan and Ahlya. From 1997 to 1999, he was a member of the Seremban Municipal Council. In 2002, he became a Malaysian senator and later in 2005, he became Parliamentary Secretary for the Plantation Industries and Commodities Ministry. He was also PGRM International Affairs and Ethnic Relations Bureau chairman and SLC, Negeri Sembilan Vice-Chairman, Sunngai Ujong Branch chairman. Besides political offices he was also an involved with a number of professional and social bodies. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health in London, England. In 1999, he was made an Honorary Fellow of the Indian College of General Practitioners of New Delhi, and in 2007 he was made a Fellow of Faculty of Occupational Medicine, Royal College of Physicians, of Ireland. He was a life member of the Malaysian Medical Association. References 1950 births Malaysian people of Sri Lankan Tamil descent 2008 deaths Malaysian Hindus Members of the Dewan Negara Malaysian people of Indian descent Accidental deaths from falls	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vijayaratnam%20Seevaratnam
was a justice of the Supreme Court of Japan. References Supreme Court of Japan justices 1936 births 2015 deaths	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigeo%20Takii
On November 1, 2008, American vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin fell victim to a prank call by the Masked Avengers, a Quebecer radio comedy duo, who tricked Palin into believing she was talking to French President Nicolas Sarkozy. During the conversation, the fake Sarkozy, speaking in English (the real Sarkozy does not speak English), talked to Palin about foreign policy, hunting, and the 2008 U.S. presidential election. After it was revealed to Palin that the call was a prank, she handed the phone to one of her assistants who told the comedy duo "I will find you" and hung up. Both the McCain and Obama campaigns released light-hearted statements about the prank. However, a McCain campaign advisor said that behind the scenes, aides and advisors to the campaign were not happy that the pranksters were able to lie their way up to Palin, or with the publicity Palin received because of the call. Background "The Masked Avengers" are Disc jockeys and comedians Sébastien Trudel and Marc-Antoine Audette, a Canadian radio duo from Montreal, Quebec radio station CKOI-FM, who have become notorious for making prank calls to celebrities, such as business mogul Bill Gates, golfer Tiger Woods, singer Britney Spears, and French president Nicolas Sarkozy. Sarah Palin was the Republican governor of Alaska. On August 29, 2008, John McCain announced that she would be his running mate in the 2008 presidential election against Democrats Barack Obama and Joe Biden. Critics of Palin voiced their concern what they saw as her lack of foreign policy experience, especially after an interview with Katie Couric of the CBS Evening News where Palin was criticized by many for her answer to a question about her "foreign policy credentials". Preparation Marc-Antoine Audette said that it took the duo about four or five days of calls to Palin's staff to finally be able to talk to her. They claimed that they started by talking to low-level people in Alaska and made their way up through Palin's campaign staff. Audette said that at first they didn't think their prank would work, calling it a "mission impossible". He claimed that "after about a dozen calls", the duo "started to realize it [the prank call] might work, because her [Sarah Palin's] staff didn't know the name of the French President. They asked us to spell it." Audette and Trudel credited their ability to make their way up through Palin's staff to sounding convincing during the first few calls, always arranging to place the call at a set time, and not leaving a contact number. The four days of calls needed to talk to Palin was quicker compared to some of their other pranks. Audette and Trudel said that it took them two months to talk to Paul McCartney and one to talk to Bill Gates, but only two days to prank Britney Spears. Conversation Finally, on November 1, the Masked Avengers were able to talk to Palin. The call began with Trudel, who claimed to be an aide to Sarkozy named "Frank l’ouvrier", talking to an assistant to Palin who identifies herself as "Lexi". Lexi puts Palin on the line, who says "hello" only to realize that Trudel is still on the other line. Trudel tells Palin to hold on for a moment while he gives the phone to Sarkozy, who is really Audette. Palin can be heard talking to someone in the room about when to hand Palin the phone. Audette then begins to speak and a somewhat extended conversation ensues. After Audette reveals that the call was a prank by CKOI in Montreal, Palin leaves the phone and can be heard in the background telling her aides that the call was "just a radio station prank". Audette is still on the line and jokes that "if one voice can change the world for Obama, one Viagra can change the world for McCain." One of Palin's assistants picks up the phone and says "I’m sorry, I have to let you go. Thank you." Reaction In an e-mail, Palin spokeswoman Tracey Schmitt wrote that "Governor Palin was mildly amused to learn that she had joined the ranks of heads of state, including President Sarkozy, and other celebrities in being targeted by these pranksters. C'est la vie." When asked by reporters about the conversation, Palin said that she would "keep a sense of humor through all of this, just as we [the McCain campaign] did with SNL [parodies of her], too." She added that "you've got to have some levity in all this." Barack Obama senior advisor Robert Gibbs jokingly said in an interview that "I'm glad we [the Obama campaign] check out our calls before we hand the phone to Barack Obama." The Masked Avengers received a sudden burst of fame from the prank. They gave more than 300 interviews about the conversation, and were even flown to New York City by CBS to appear on The Early Show. In an interview, Marc-Antoine Audette and Sébastien Trudel said that they found it "pretty disturbing to see that idiots like us can go through to a vice-presidential candidate", and claimed that they were just "two stupid comedians with a bad French accent." The Masked Avengers also admitted that the call was "probably the biggest [prank] we've ever done." When recalling the experience, Audette said that "once we [Audette and Trudel] started making jokes, she didn't seem to mind, and she didn't seem to be aware of the fact we were making jokes", which according to Audette was when "we were like 'Oh my God this [call] is gonna be long'". The duo also said that they weren't trying to make any political statements with the call, they just like to take high-profile people to task. Impact After McCain and Palin were defeated in the general election, a Republican campaign advisor told The New York Times that the McCain campaign was not happy about the prank, which caused friction between McCain and Palin. McCain and his advisors were allegedly upset that Palin did not tell them beforehand that she planned to speak with who she thought was Nicolas Sarkozy. McCain strategist Steve Schmidt called a meeting and demanded to know who let Palin talk to the fake Sarkozy without checking with senior advisors first. Steve Biegun, one of Palin's aides admitting to vetting the call without speaking to campaign advisors or the U.S. State Department, told the Los Angeles Times that "No one's going to beat me up more than I beat myself up for setting up the governor like that." See also Parodies of Sarah Palin Saturday Night Live parodies of Sarah Palin References Notes External links Sarah Palin duped by prank call, BBC, 2 November 2008 "'I see you as president.' 'Maybe in eight years,' says Sarah Palin". The Guardian, November 4, 2008. Edited transcript of the exchange. Official video: Sarah Palin got pranked (requires Flash). 2008 hoaxes 2008 in American politics 2008 in Quebec Canadian radio comedy Hoaxes in Canada Hoaxes in the United States Prank calling Presidency of Nicolas Sarkozy Sarah Palin	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Masked%20Avengers%27%20prank%20on%20Sarah%20Palin
The 1987 Major League Baseball draft is the process by which Major League Baseball (MLB) teams select athletes to play for their organization. High school seniors, college juniors and seniors, and anyone who had never played under a professional contract were considered eligible for the draft. The 1987 MLB Draft took place as a conference call to the Commissioner of Baseball's office in New York from June 2–4. As opposed to the National Football League Draft which appeared on ESPN, no network aired the MLB Draft. The American League (AL) and the National League (NL) alternated picks throughout the first round; because an NL team drafted first in the 1986 MLB Draft, an AL team had the first selection in 1987. Having finished 67–95 in 1986, the Seattle Mariners had the worst record in the AL and thus obtained the first overall selection. The second selection went to the Pittsburgh Pirates, who had the worst record in the NL. With the first overall pick, the Mariners drafted Ken Griffey Jr. from Moeller High School. Griffey Jr. became a 13-time All-Star and helped Seattle make its first postseason appearance in franchise history. Mark Merchant, the second overall pick, however, never played in a major league game. Two years after he was drafted, the Pirates traded Merchant to Seattle, where he got to meet Ken Griffey Jr. Chicago White Sox' first overall selection Jack McDowell won the 1993 Cy Young Award as Chicago made a League Championship Series appearance that year. The total number of athletes drafted, 1,263, broke a record for the most players ever chosen in a draft. In total, 27 All-Stars were selected in 1987, although not all signed a professional contract. , only three players from the draft has been elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame– Craig Biggio, Griffey, Jr, and Mike Mussina, though Mussina did not sign in this draft. Background As with prior drafts, the team with the worst overall record from the previous season selected first, with teams from the AL and NL alternating picks. If two or more teams had the same record, the team with the worse record from two seasons prior would draft higher. Because the Pittsburgh Pirates of the NL selected first overall in 1986 Major League Baseball Draft, an AL team had the first pick in the 1987 draft. The final two selections in the first round both came from American League teams, as the AL had two more organizations than the NL. The date of the draft was set for June 2–4, and would occur as a conference call to the Commissioner of Baseball's office in New York. Unlike the 1987 NFL Draft, which aired on ESPN, no network televised the MLB draft. High school seniors, college juniors and seniors, and anyone who had never played under a professional contract were considered eligible to be drafted. For the first time, junior college players would also be included in the June draft; in years past, teams would select junior college players in a separate draft. Selections could be transferred or added if a team signed a certain type of free agent: the Elias Sports Bureau ranked players as either type-A (top 30 percent of all players), type-B (31 percent to 50 percent), or type-C (51 percent to 60 percent), based on the athlete's performance over the past two seasons. If a "type-A" player became a free agent, the team that lost the type-A player would receive the first-round draft pick from the team that signed the player, as well as a "sandwich pick" between the first and second rounds. If a "type-B" became a free agent, the team that lost him would receive a second-round pick from the team that signed the player. If a "type-C" became a free agent, the team that lost him would receive a compensation pick between the second and third rounds. The top 13 selections were considered "protected picks" and exempt from this rule. With a record of 67–95, the Seattle Mariners ended the 1986 Major League Baseball season with the worst record in the AL and thus obtained the first overall selection. The Mariners never had a winning record in the twelve years since the franchise's creation (their best winning percentage was .469, accomplished in 1982), and during the 1986 season, changed managers three times. In the NL, the Pirates finished with the league's worst record for the second year in a row and were given the second overall pick. The 1986 World Series champion New York Mets drafted third-to-last, with the runner-up Boston Red Sox selecting last. First two rounds Other players to reach MLB The following players were drafted outside of the first two rounds and played in at least one major league game: Aftermath The Kansas City Royals had the most picks of any team, with 74; following the Royals, the Toronto Blue Jays made 71, and the Cincinnati Reds and New York Mets made 61 apiece. The total number of players drafted, 1,263, broke a record for the most players ever selected in a draft. The previous record of 1,162 was set during the 1967 draft. The California Angels drafted the fewest future MLB players, with only four of their draftees appearing in an MLB game, while the Blue Jays and the Texas Rangers both drafted 13 future MLB players, the most of any team. With their first overall pick, the Mariners selected Ken Griffey Jr., an outfielder from Moeller High School. Over his 22-year career, Griffey Jr. was elected to thirteen All-Star games, won seven Silver Slugger Awards, and helped Seattle make their first playoff appearance as a franchise during the 1995 season. Mark Merchant, whom the Pirates drafted second overall, never played in an MLB game; two years after they drafted him, Pittsburgh traded Merchant to Seattle. The Pirates made the playoffs for three consecutive seasons from 1990 to 1992 but lost in the National League Championship Series all three years. Notes References General Specific Major League Baseball draft Draft Major League Baseball draft Major League Baseball draft Baseball in New York City Sporting events in New York City Sports in Manhattan 1980s in Manhattan	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987%20Major%20League%20Baseball%20draft
Božidar Špišić (September 6, 1879 in Sisak - August 31, 1957 in Zagreb) was a Croatian orthopedist and rector of the University of Zagreb. In 1908, Špišić formed the first orthopedic bureau in Croatia, which is seen as the founding of orthopedics in the country. Špišić formed the orthopedic clinic in Zagreb in 1930. He was the rector of the University of Zagreb from 1943 to 1944. In 1946, illness forced him to retire. The Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts held a symposium on Špišić in 2005. In 2008, Špišić's native city of Sisak decided to name a street in his honour to mark the 100th anniversary of orthopedics in Croatia. References Croatian orthopedic surgeons 1879 births 1957 deaths Rectors of the University of Zagreb	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo%C5%BEidar%20%C5%A0pi%C5%A1i%C4%87
Thick-film technology is used to produce electronic devices/modules such as surface mount devices modules, hybrid integrated circuits, heating elements, integrated passive devices and sensors. Main manufacturing technique is screen printing (stenciling), which in addition to use in manufacturing electronic devices can also be used for various graphic reproduction targets. It became one of the key manufacturing/miniaturisation techniques of electronic devices/modules during 1950s. Typical film thickness – manufactured with thick film manufacturing processes for electronic devices – is 0.0001 to 0.1 mm. Thick-film circuits/modules are widely used in the automotive industry, both in sensors, e.g. mixture of fuel/air, pressure sensors, engine and gearbox controls, sensor for releasing airbags, ignitors to airbags; common is that high reliability is required, often extended temperature range also along massive thermocycling of circuits without failure. Other application areas are space electronics, consumer electronics, and various measurement systems where low cost and/or high reliability is needed. The simplest form to utilise a thick film technology is a module substrate/board, where wiring is manufactured using thick film process. Additionally resistors and large tolerance capacitors can be manufactured with thick film methods. Thick film wiring can be made compatible with surface-mount technology (SMT), and if needed (due to tolerances and/or size requirements) surface-mountable parts (resistors, capacitors, ICs, etc.) can be assembled on a thick film substrate. The manufacturing of thick film devices/modules is an additive process involving deposition of several (typically max 6–8) successive layers of conductive, resistive and dielectric layers onto an electrically insulating substrate using a screen-printing process. As a low cost manufacturing method it is applicable to produce large volumes of discrete passive devices like resistors, thermistors, varistors and integrated passive devices. Thick film technology is also one of the alternatives to be used in hybrid integrated circuits and competes and complements typically in electronics miniaturization (parts or elements/area or volume) with SMT based on PCB (printed circuit board)/PWB (printed wiring board) and thin film technology. Steps A typical thick-film process would consist of the following stages: Lasering of substrates Typically thick film circuit substrates are Al2O3/alumina, beryllium oxide (BeO), aluminum nitride (AlN), stainless steel, sometimes even some polymers and in rare cases even silicon (Si) coated with silicon dioxide (SiO2)., Commonly used substrates for thick-film processes are 94 or 96% alumina. Alumina is very hard and lasering of the material is the most efficient way to machine it. The thick-film process is also a means of miniaturization, where one substrate normally contains many units (final circuits). With lasering it is possible to scribe, profile and drill holes. Scribing is a process where a line of laser pulses is fired into the material and 30–50% of the material is removed; this weakens the substrate, and after all other processes are completed the substrate can easily be divided into single units. Profiling is, for example, used a lot in sensor fabrication, where a circuit needs to fit round tubes or other different complex shapes. Drilling of holes can provide a "via" (conductive link) between the two sides of the substrate, normally hole sizes are in the range 0.15–0.2 mm. Lasering before processing the substrates has a cost advantage to lasering or dicing using a diamond saw after processing. Ink preparation Inks for electrodes, terminals, resistors, dielectric layers etc. are commonly prepared by mixing the metal or ceramic powders required with a solvent (ceramic thick film pastes) or polymer pastes to produce a paste for screen-printing. To achieve a homogeneous ink the mixed components of the ink may be passed through a three-roll mill. Alternatively, ready-made inks may be obtained from several companies offering products for the thick-film technologist. Screen-printing and its improvements Screen-printing is the process of transferring an ink through a patterned woven mesh screen or stencil using a squeegee. For improving accuracy, increasing integration density and improving line and space accuracy of traditional screen-printing photoimageable thick-film technology has been developed. Use of these materials however changes typically the process flow and needs different manufacturing tools. Drying/Curing After allowing time after printing for settling of the ink, each layer of ink that is deposited is usually dried at a moderately high temperature of to evaporate the liquid component of the ink and fix the layer temporarily in position on the substrate so that it can be handled or stored before final processing. For inks based on polymers and some solder pastes that cure at these temperatures, this may be the final step that is required. Some inks also require curing by exposure to UV light. Firing For many of the metal, ceramic and glass inks used in thick film processes a high temperature (usually greater than 300 °C) firing is required to fix the layers in position permanently on the substrate. Abrasive Trimming of resistors After firing the resistors can be trimmed using a precision abrasive cutting method first developed by S.S. White. The method involves a fine abrasive media, usually 0.027 mm aluminum oxide. The abrasive cutting is fed through a carbide nozzle tip that can be of different sizes. The nozzle is advanced through the fired resistor while the resistor element is monitored with probe contacts and when final value is reached the abrasive blast is shut off and the nozzle retracts to the zero start position. The abrasive technique can achieve very high tolerances with no heat and no cracking of the glass frit used in the ink formulation. Laser trimming of resistors After firing, the substrate resistors are trimmed to the correct value. This process is named laser trimming. Many chip resistors are made using thick-film technology. Large substrates are printed with resistors fired, divided into small chips and these are then terminated, so they can be soldered on the PCB board. With laser trimming two modes are used; either passive trimming, where each resistor is trimmed to a specific value and tolerance, or active trimming, where the feedback is used to adjust to a specific voltage, frequency or response by laser trimming the resistors on the circuit while powered up. Mounting of capacitors and semiconductors The development of the SMT process actually evolves from the thick film process. Also mounting of naked dies (the actual silicon chip without encapsulation) and wire bonding is a standard process, this provides the basis for miniaturization of the circuits as all the extra encapsulation is not necessary. Separation of elements This step is often necessary because many components are produced on one substrate at the same time. Thus, some means of separating the components from each other is required. This step may be achieved by wafer dicing. Integration of devices At this stage, the devices may require integrating with other electronic components, usually in the form of a printed circuit board. This may be achieved by wire bonding or soldering. Process control of thick film manufacturing There are numerous steps in the thick film manufacturing, which need careful control like roughness of the substrate, curing temperatures and times of pastes, selected stencil thickness vs. paste type etc., Therefore number of used pastes and process steps define the complexity of the process and cost of the final product. Designing circuits based on thick-film technology Same or similar electronic design automation tools which are used for designing printed circuit boards can be used for designing thick film circuits. However, the compatibility of tooling formats with stencil manufacturing/manufacturer needs attention as well as the availability of the geometrical, electrical and thermal design rules for simulation and layout design from the final manufacturer. See also Thin film Integrated passive devices Thermistor Surface-mount technology Hybrid integrated circuit References External links A course developed by Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BTE), Dept. of Electronics Technology concerning Technology of electronics products, chapter "Thick Film" A blog under EDN comparing thick and thin film resistors A presentation describing the usage of the thick film technology for radio frequencies Printing thick film hybrids Thick-film components for industrial applications Electronics manufacturing	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thick-film%20technology
St Audoen's Church () is the church of the parish of Saint Audoen in the Church of Ireland, located south of the River Liffey at Cornmarket in Dublin, Ireland. This was close to the centre of the medieval city. The parish is in the Diocese of Dublin and Glendalough. St Audoen's is the oldest parish church in Dublin and is still used as such. There is a Roman Catholic church of the same name adjacent to it. In 2012 the parish was merged with St. Catherine and James Church on Donore Ave. Church The church is named after St Ouen (or Audoen) of Rouen (Normandy), a saint who lived in the seventh century and was dedicated to him by the Anglo-Normans, who arrived in Dublin after 1172. It was erected in 1190, possibly on the site of an older church dedicated to St. Columcille, dating to the seventh century. Shortly afterwards the nave was lengthened (but also made narrower) and a century later a chancel was added. In 1430 Henry VI, Lord of Ireland, authorised the erection of a chantry here, to be dedicated to St Anne. Its founders and successors were to be called the Guild or Fraternity of St Anne, usually called Saint Anne's Guild. Six separate altars were set up in this chapel and were in constant use, financed by the wealthier parishioners. In 1485 Sir Roland Fitz-Eustace, Baron Portlester, erected a new chapel next to the nave, in gratitude for his preservation from a shipwreck near the site. The turbulent events of the 16th century had their effects on the upkeep of the church and in 1630 the church was declared to be in a decrepit state. The Archbishop, Lancelot Bulkeley, complained that "there is a guild there called St Anne's Guild that hath swallowed upp all the church meanes" (although chantries and guilds were suppressed during the Reformation in England and their property taken over by the king, in Ireland they survived, with varying vicissitudes, for many years). Strenuous efforts were made over the next few years to repair the roof, steeple and pillars of the building, and the guild was ordered to contribute its share. Funds were low – there were only sixteen Protestant houses in the parish. In 1671 Michael Boyle, the Church of Ireland Primate, ordered the "annoyance of the buttermilke market" under St Audoen's to be closed. In 1673 an order was made to remove the tombs and tombstones from the church "to preserve the living from being injured by the dead". St Anne's Guild, which had managed to secret away its extensive properties after the Reformation, and which had remained under Roman Catholic control, never did give up its holdings, despite several investigations and court orders lasting until 1702. Although many repairs were carried out to the church and tower over the centuries, finance for the maintenance of the structures was always a problem, particularly in the 18th and 19th centuries. By 1825, the church building itself was in a ruinous state (as reported by G. N. Wright) and "very few Protestants" remained in the parish. As the finance to carry out substantial repairs was not available, parts of the church were closed off or unroofed. As a consequence, many ancient tombs gradually crumbled and memorials were removed or rendered illegible by exposure to the weather. Parish St Audoen's parish was once the wealthiest within the city and the church was for hundreds of years frequented on State occasions by the Lord Mayor and Corporation. In its heyday, the church was closely connected with the Guilds of the city and "was accounted the best in Dublin for the greater number of Aldermen and Worships of the city living in the Parish" (Richard Stanihurst, 1568). The Tanners' Guild was located in the tower and the Bakers' Guild (Saint Anne's Guild) in a "college" adjoining the church. In 1467 St Audoen's was made a prebendary of St. Patrick's Cathedral by Archbishop Michael Tregury. In July 1536 George Browne arrived in Ireland as Archbishop of Dublin, and a few years later he energetically pushed through the wishes of Henry VIII to be recognized as supreme head of the Irish church. About 1544 the vicar of St Audoen's became the nominee of the Crown. In 1547 the assets of the parish were appropriated by the state church that was established following the English Reformation (more particularly the Tudor conquest of Ireland). Queen Mary I, soon after her accession in 1553, restored by Charter the Cathedral of St. Patrick. The Prebendary of St Audoen named in this Charter of Restoration was, in 1555, Robert Daly. However, when Queen Elizabeth I ascended the throne she nominated him Bishop of Kildare. From then on, all Roman Catholic ceremonies in the church ceased. After the Reformation, the majority of parishioners remained loyal to the Roman Catholic church, and in 1615 a new Roman Catholic parish of St Audoen's was established. However the Catholics were obliged to hold their services in secret, mainly in nearby Cook Street. Later in the century celebration of Mass was forbidden and bishops and priests were deported, imprisoned or executed. This troubled period for Catholics lasted until the beginning of the 19th century. Meanwhile, the now Protestant church and parish of St Audoen had to struggle through the seventeenth century and began to decline. Towards the end of the eighteenth century, following a trend in several inner-city parishes, many of the wealthy parish residents moved out to the suburbs, a process that was hastened by the Act of Union. Poor Catholics then moved into the houses thus vacated, which were turned into tenements. In 1813 the population of the parish was 1,993 males and 2,674 females, the majority of whom were Roman Catholics. Restoration The architect Thomas Drew was the first to draw serious attention to the importance of the church, architecturally and historically, in 1866. He produced detailed plans of the church for which he won an award from the Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland, carried out excavations and drew up a paper on the church and its history. In a booklet published in 1873, the rector Alexander Leeper urged reroofing and restoration of the church. In the 1980s an extensive restoration of the tower and bells was carried out. A few years later St Anne's chapel, which had lost its roof and many monuments, was re-roofed and converted to a visitor reception centre, which included an exhibition on the history of the church. During conservation works starting in 1996 an extensive excavation of a small section of the church was carried out, which cast new light on the early days of the church. This contributed greatly to an understanding of the building history of the church. The detailed results of this study were published in book form in 2006. Memorials In the main porch is stored an early Celtic gravestone known as the "Lucky Stone" which has been kept here or hereabouts since before 1309. It was said to have strange properties, and merchants and traders used to rub it for luck. It was first mentioned when John Le Decer, Mayor of Dublin, erected a marble cistern to supply drinking water in Cornmarket in 1309 and placed this stone against it, so that all who drank of the waters may have luck. The stone was stolen on a number of occasions but always found its way back to this neighbourhood. In 1826 it disappeared for twenty years, until found in front of the newly erected Catholic Church in High Street. In the porch of the western door lie the fifteenth-century monuments of Sir Roland Fitz-Eustace, Lord Portlester, who died in 1496, and his third wife, Margaret (née D'Artois). Fitz-Eustace was Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, then Lord Chancellor of Ireland and finally Lord High Treasurer of Ireland. His refusal to surrender this last post led to a break with the king and almost to civil war. He was buried at Cotlandstown, County Kildare. Peter Talbot the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, who died in prison in 1680, is said to have been secretly entombed nearby. Among those buried in the church are William Molyneux, his brother Sir Thomas Molyneux and Thomas' son Capel, Edward Parry, the Bishop of Killaloe and his sons John Parry and Benjamin Parry, successively Bishops of Ossory, and Lady Frances Brudenell. In the North Nave is a memorial, with Corinthian columns and a pediment, to Sir William Sparke (died 1623), one of the justices of the Court of King's Bench (Ireland), erected by his widow Mary Bryce. During excavations in the 19th century an Anglo-Norman font, dating to the 12th century, was found and is now on display in the church. The war memorial from the former St. Matthais' Church Hatch Street, was restored and relocated in 2015 to St. Audoen's. Tower The church tower dates from the 17th century. The need to keep this structure in good repair was always a drain on parish funds. It was repaired in 1637, which was paid for by the Guild of St Anne, but in 1669 part of it collapsed onto the roof of the church, and it had to be rebuilt. The Guild contributed £250 towards the cost of reconstruction. In 1826 the tower was remodelled by Henry Aaron Baker but by the end of the century was again in a dangerous state. Some remedial work was carried out in 1916 after an appeal from the Archbishop of Dublin, but it was not until the major restoration of 1982 that the tower was rendered safe. The tower houses six bells, three of which are Ireland's oldest bells, dating from 1423. The bells were rung for the Angelus and after the Reformation continued to be rung every morning and evening to call the people to and from their work. Two bells in the tower were cast by John Murphy of Dublin in 1864 and 1880, and the treble was dated 1790 and came from Glasgow. Due to the fragile state of the tower they were not rung between 1898 and 1983. After the tower was strengthened with concrete, a major overhaul was done on the bells. Three of the bells were recast, and the tenor was recast in memory of Alexander E. Donovan (1908-1982), who was closely connected with the church. They are now rung every week. The present clock on the church tower came from St Peter's Church in Aungier Street after this church was demolished in the 1980s. The clock face dates from the 1820s. Cemetery The old disused graveyard of St Audoen's has been converted into a recreation ground. Many notables were buried there, including many bishops and Lord Mayors of the city and the families of Ball, Bath, Blakeney, Browne, Cusack, Desminier, Fagan, Foster, Fyan, Gifford, Gilbert, Malone, Mapas, Molesworth, Penteny, Perceval, Quinn, Talbot and Ussher. The Curate-assistant Christopher Teeling McCready (1836-1913) collected detailed genealogies of some of these families in seven hand-written volumes, which are now in Marsh's Library. Among the burials within the church and graveyard are: Bartholomew Ball Margaret Ball Nicholas Ball Lady Frances Brudenell John Burnell John Bysse Adam Cusack Paul Davys Paul Davys, 1st Viscount Mount Cashell Sir William Davys Robert Molesworth, 1st Viscount Molesworth Sir Thomas Molyneux William Molyneux Benjamin Parry Edward Parry John Parry Philip Perceval Sir James Somerville, 1st Baronet Peter Talbot Historical events On 11 March 1597, a massive accidental gunpowder explosion in one of the nearby quays damaged the tower of St. Audoen's. In the 1640s, at the time of the Catholic Confederate Rebellion, the burghers of the city could see from the church tower the fires of their opponents burning in the distance. In 1733 a popular Alderman, Humphrey Frend, was returned at an election by a large majority, and two barrels of pitch were burned as a celebration at the top of St. Audoen's tower. The United Irishman Oliver Bond was elected Minister's Churchwarden of the church in 1787 (although a Presbyterian, the established church was entitled to appoint local residents for church duties). Another United Irishman whose family had a long association with the church was James Napper Tandy, born at No. 5 Cornmarket and baptised (as 'James Naper Tandy') on 16 February 1739. He was a Churchwarden of the church in 1765 and played a significant role in the life of the city before the Act of Union in 1801. In 1793 a petition was sent from the vestry, requesting the removal of the police on the grounds of expense and inefficiency, and for the return of the night watchman originally appointed by the parish. Organ St Audoen's Church houses a fine organ built in 1885 by the firm Forster and Andrews, of Hull. The organ was restored in 2004 by Trevor Crowe. The organ maintains its original manual bellows, and is still playable without electricity. See also Guilds of the City of Dublin References and sources Sources Dublin: Catholic Truth Society, 1911: Bishop of Canea: Short Histories of Dublin Parishes F. H. A. Aalen and Kevin Whelan (editors): Dublin City and County, from Prehistory to Present. Geography Publications, Dublin, 1992. . Notes External links Irish Architecture site with images Lord Portlester's Chapel at libraryireland.com National Monuments in County Dublin Church of Ireland churches in Dublin (city)	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St.%20Audoen%27s%20Church%2C%20Dublin%20%28Church%20of%20Ireland%29
Tamanna House is a thriller television series that aired on Zee TV channel, every Sunday to Wednesday at 10pm IST. The series is a similar version of the popular mysteries of Agatha Christie's novels. Synopsis The story revolves around the life of a couple: Tamanna & Dilip, who decide to throw a bizarre party to celebrate their impending divorce. Hence, the couple organizes a game for the guests to play, and whoever wins the game will get 5 crore (50 million rupees) from the person who loses the divorce case. The conflict arises, when Tamanna sets up some rules for the party, such as the number of guests allowed in the party would be 10, Dilip can only invite one person, and that person will invite someone else, & so on, and if Dilip happens to invite a female than that female has to invite a male. At first Dilip doesn't like his wife's idea, but he decides to cope with her rules, since the bet is worth 5 crore rupees. After going through all the rules & regulations, the time for the party arrives at 10pm. The couple gets excited, when they see their guests, but get upset because they invited rich, high class guests, and the guests that arrived at the party happens to be low class people, such as one of the guest is a thief & the other one is bar dancer. But they decide to go with the gang, but than there is another problem arises, as according to the bet the number of guest's Tamanna & Dilip invited was 10, but 11 guests showed up. Henceforth, one of the guest's has to go. On the other hand, while the game begins, a murder is committed and the party gets transformed into a murder mystery. Now, the guests are desperate to know who committed the murder? Cast Ruby Bhatia ... Tamanna Jas Arora ... Dilip Virendra Saxena Donny Kapoor Upasana Singh Satya Pooja Garg Shivam Shetty Harjeet Walia Vaishali Nazarath Hemant Pandey Phalguni Parikh Vinay Pathak References Tamanna House Official Launch Article on Essel Group Tamanna House News Article on Tribune India 2004 Indian television series debuts Indian television soap operas Zee TV original programming	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamanna%20House
USS Walter A. Luckenbach (ID-3171) was a United States Navy cargo ship and troop transport in commission from 1918 to 1919. Construction and commissioning SS Walter A. Luckenbach was a steamer launched on 19 December 1917 by the Seattle Construction and Drydock Company, Seattle, Washington, for the Luckenbach Steamship Company. The United States Shipping Board took her over early in 1918. She was delivered to the U.S. Navy on 9 June 1918 for World War I service, assigned Identification Number (Id. No.) 3171, and commissioned as USS Walter A. Luckenbach that same day at Seattle. World War I service Assigned to the Naval Overseas Transportation Service (NOTS), Walter A. Luckenbach sailed from Seattle on 13 June 1918, but an unsuccessful series of trials forced her to put into the Mare Island Navy Yard at Vallejo, California, for further work and repairs. Those modifications were completed on 18 August 1918, and she returned to sea. Walter A. Luckenbach entered Mejillones, Chile, and loaded 10,000 tons of nitrates. She departed the Chilean port on 10 September 1918, transited the Panama Canal, and arrived at Norfolk, Virginia, on 24 September 1918. After discharging her cargo and completing voyage repairs, she cleared Cape Henry and Cape Charles on 7 October 1918 and headed for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. There, she loaded United States Army supplies bound for Europe and, on 29 October 1918, headed for France. After a stop at Gibraltar, Walter A. Luckenbach arrived in Marseilles on 14 November 1918, three days after the armistice ending World War I was signed, discharged her cargo, and loaded ballast for the return voyage. She stood out of Marseilles on 26 November 1918, stopped briefly at Gibraltar once again, and arrived at New York City on 11 December 1918. On the day of her arrival, Walter A. Luckenbach was detached from the Naval Overseas Transportation Service and reassigned to the Cruiser and Transport Force. At New York, she was converted to a troop transport to help in the task of bringing home American troops from Europe. By 22 January 1919, she was ready to begin her role in that large movement of people. Between late January and early July 1919, Walter A. Luckenbach made five round-trip voyages to France, two to Bordeaux and three to St. Nazaire. She returned to New York from her final voyage on 11 July 1919. Walter A. Luckenbach was decommissioned at Hoboken, New Jersey, on 28 July 1919, and was returned to the Luckenbach Steamship Company that same day. Once again SS Walter A. Luckenbach, she entered mercantile service with that company. Post-World War I commercial career Walter A. Luckenbach labored in behalf of Luckenbach Steamship Company until 1950, when she changed hands and names twice. First, she was sold to the New Orleans Coal and Bisso Towboat Company, Inc., and briefly served that company as SS A. L. Bisso. Later in the year, the Turkish firm Marsa Ithalat-Ithracat, T.A.S., bought her and renamed her SS Mardin. She served that firm and under that name for the remainder of her mercantile career. Mardin arrived at Bremen, West Germany, early in 1957 to load cargo, but was not allowed to leave port because of unpaid repair bills. After a lengthy period in custody, she attempted to escape on a stormy, dark night later that year, slipping away from her moorings unannounced, showing no lights, using no tugboat assistance, and with no harbor pilot aboard. She proceeded at full speed down the Weser River, trying to reach international waters in the North Sea before West German authorities could stop her. The harbor police did not realize that she was attempting to escape until she was off Bremerhaven and approaching the open sea, so they used an ex-German Navy patrol boat at Bremerhaven to pursue her. They caught her just before she got beyond the three-nautical-mile (5.6 km) limit of West German territorial waters, boarded her while she was still underway, arrested her master on her bridge, and forced her to return to Bremen. She was once again placed in custody. Records of Mardins status after the 1957 incident are unclear as to her fate, but she does not appear ever to have resumed commercial operations. She is believed to have been scrapped in 1958 or 1959. References NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive Walter A. Luckenbach (ID 3171) World War I cargo ships of the United States Ships built in Seattle 1917 ships Cargo ships of the United States Navy Unique transports of the United States Navy	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS%20Walter%20A.%20Luckenbach
Two hundred and forty-eight Guggenheim Fellowships were awarded in 1955, with grants totaling at $968,000. 1955 U.S. and Canadian Fellows 1955 Latin American and Caribbean Fellows See also Guggenheim Fellowship List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 1954 List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 1956 References 1955 1955 awards	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Guggenheim%20Fellowships%20awarded%20in%201955
is a 1924 black and white Japanese silent film with benshi accompaniment directed by Buntaro Futagawa. Often acclaimed as the predecessor to Orochi, it tells the tale of a nihilistic samurai, played by Tsumasaburo Bando whose mother is killed, whose sister is used and deceived and who loses the only love of his life. References External links Gyakuryu on Internet Movie Database 1924 films Japanese silent films Japanese black-and-white films	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyakuryu
Philippe Pot (1428–1493) was a Burgundian nobleman, military leader, and diplomat. He was the seigneur of La Roche and Thorey-sur-Ouche, a Knight of the Golden Fleece, and the Grand Seneschal of Burgundy. Life Born in 1428 at the Château de la Rochepot, he was the grandson of Régnier Pot, a Crusader, knight of the Golden Fleece, and the chamberlain of Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy. Philip's grandson and heir, Philip the Good, served as Philippe's godfather. Educated at the ducal court in Dijon, and knighted 11 June 1452 before the battle of Ruppelmonde against the insurgents of Ghent, Philippe, praised by contemporary chroniclers, became chief advisor of the dukes of Burgundy and was deeply involved in all their diplomacy. Philippe was sent by Philip the Good as an ambassador to London in 1440, where he procured the release of Charles of Orléans, a prisoner since 1415 and the cousin of Charles VII of France, for 200,000 écus d'or. Charles in turn agreed to marry Mary of Cleves, Philip's niece. In 1446, Philippe obtained the hand in marriage of Catherine of Valois for the Count of Charolais, the future Duke of Burgundy, Charles the Bold. When Catherine died in 1450, Philippe obtained another French princess, Isabelle of Bourbon, for Charles. The marriage took place in 1454. In December 1456 Duke Philip recompensed Philippe with the grant of Châteauneuf-en-Auxois (which Philippe restored and fortified, giving it the appearance it retains today) and in May 1461, with the Golden Fleece at the Saint-Omer session. In 1464 he was granted the title Grand Chamberlain, and in 1466 was given the lordship of Walloon Flanders (Lille, Douai, and Orchies). After the deaths in 1467 of both Philip the Good and Isabelle of Bourbon, Philippe Pot negotiated a third match for his new patron Charles the Bold with Margaret of York, a union which had been opposed by Philip. In 1468 the marriage sealed an alliance between England and Burgundy. To have Philippe nearby him at Brussels Charles gave him the hôtel of the comte de Nevers. When Charles the Bold died in 1477, Burgundy was divided between his daughter, Mary, heiress to the Burgundian Netherlands, and Louis XI of France, legitimate heir to the Duchy of Burgundy proper. Mary was suspicious of Philippe and his close connections with the French court, and she confiscated Lille. With the support of the Burgundian baronage Philippe was able to limit the holdings of Mary and her husband, Maximilian, to the Burgundian Low Countries by another Treaty of Arras. In gratitude Louis XI named him first counsellor, knight of Saint Michael, governor of the Dauphin Charles, and Grand Seneschal of Burgundy. His treatment of Philippe went a long way to restore Louis's favour with the petty nobles of Burgundy. Louis died in 1483, while Charles VIII was still a minor. The great nobles of the kingdom, first among them Louis of Orléans, contested the regency with the dead king's nominee, Anne de Beaujeu, Charles' elder sister. In 1484 she convened the Estates General at Tours. Philippe was the representative of the nobility and he spoke so eloquently in their favour that he was called the "mouth of Cicero" (bouche de Cicéron). In his most celebrated speech, on 9 February, he denied the right of the princes to govern and advanced instead the concept of a nation represented by a monarch, and suggested that the nation be governed by regency council. The deputies then voted to accept the choice of the king and declared Anne regent. The incipient nationalism in Philippe's speech, however, frightened the regent; the Estates were quickly dissolved. Philippe was allowed to keep his function of governor of Burgundy, which he held, reconfirmed by Charles VIII, until his death in 1493. Notes Sources Jugie, Sophie. Le Tombeau de Philippe Pot. Paris: Ediciones El Viso, 2019. Scholten, Frits. "Isabella’s Weepers: Ten Statues from a Burgundian Tomb"'. Amsterdam: Rijksmuseum, 2007. Vaughan, Richard; Paravicini, Werner. Charles the Bold: The Last Valois Duke of Burgundy. London: Barnes & Noble, 1973. External links Philippe Pot at L'histoire de France Philippe Pot Room at the Louvre 1428 births 1493 deaths People from Côte-d'Or Knights of the Golden Fleece Medieval French nobility 15th-century French people	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe%20Pot
T. Krishna Kumari (6 March 1933 – 24 January 2018) was an Indian actress. She worked predominantly in Telugu films, in addition to Tamil and Kannada films in the 1950s and 1960s. She was the sister of noted actress Sowkar Janaki. She starred in over 150 films in her career, most notably Pichi Pullayya (1953), Bangaru Papa (1955), Vinayaka Chaviti (1957), Pelli Kanuka (1960), Devanthakudu (1960), Bharya Bhartalu (1961), Vagdanam (1961), Kula Gotralu (1962), Chaduvukunna Ammayilu (1963), Bandipotu (1963), Punarjanma (1963 film), Aggi Pidugu (1964), Doctor Chakravarty (1964), Gudi Gantalu (1964), Antastulu (1965), Chikkadu Dorakadu (1967),Tikka Sankarayya (1968), Neramu Siksha (1973). Early life Krishna Kumari was born on 6 March 1933 a Telugu-speaking at Naihati, West Bengal to T. Venkoji Rao and Sachi Devi. Her family hails from Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh. Owing her father's work, Kumari was schooled at Rajahmundry, Madras, Assam and Calcutta. She completed her matriculation is Assam. Her sister, Sowkar Janaki is also an actress. Career T. Krishna Kumari started her career at the age of 17 with a small role in the Telugu film Pathala Bhairavi (1951). She later played the role of a heroine for the first time in Navvithe Navaratnalu (1951). She featured as leading actress in several Tamil movies, notably Thirumbi Paar (1953), Manithan (1953), Azhagi (1953), Pudhu Yugam (1954), Viduthalai (1954) and Thuli Visham (1954). Krishna Kumari then began to focus on Telugu cinema, which propelled her to stardom. Her movies Pelli Meeda Pelli (1959), Bharya Bhartalu (1961), Vagdanam (1961), Kulagothralu (1962), Gudi Gantalu (1964) remain some of Telugu cinema's classics. In the early 1960s, Krishna Kumari entered the Kannada film industry briefly, choosing to return to her preferred Telugu cinema within years. But in the short span of 5–6 years, she gave memorable performances, most of them co-starring Dr. Rajkumar. In fact, her first ever award was for the Rajkumar starrer, Bhaktha Kanakadasa (1960). In Hindi, she acted in Kabhi Andhera Kabhi Ujala (1958). She was rechristened Rati but again, Hindi cinema held no attraction for Krishna Kumari. Although she had several offers in Hindi cinema, she returned to Madras. Her most successful movies have been with Akkineni Nageswara Rao, N. T. Rama Rao and also several mythological roles with Kantha Rao. Krishna Kumari acted in 150 Telugu films, and about 30 Tamil and Kannada films. Her repertoire won her fans across Telugu states and the President's Award. Her co-stars include N.T. Rama Rao, Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Krishnam Raju, Dr. Rajkumar, Sivaji Ganesan, Kanta Rao, and Jaggayya. Personal life In 1969, Krishna Kumari married Ajay Mohan Khaitan, a businessman and journalist who had previously served as Editor of the Indian Express and was the founder of two magazines, Screen and Businessman. Ajay Mohan Khaitan had previously been married to another lady also named Krishna, who was the daughter of Ramnath Goenka, founder and owner of The Indian Express. By his previous marriage, Ajay Mohan Khaitan was the father of two sons, including Vivek, who was adopted by Ramnath Goenka and given the name Viveck Goenka; he is presently running The Indian Express. After marriage, Krishna Kumari chose to step away from the arclights and moved to her husband's farmhouse near Bangalore, where she devoted herself to her family and developed her interests in cooking and gardening. Krishna Kumari and Khaitan had a daughter, Dipika; according to some reports, Dipika was adopted by the couple. Dipika married Vikram Maiya, the son of the Maiya family which owns the famous MTR restaurant in Bangalore and the MTR brand of ready-to-eat foods. Ajay Mohan Khaitan died in 2012 aged 85. Krishna Kumari continued to live at her farmhouse in Bengaluru with her daughter, son-in-law and grandson. Death Krishna Kumari died on 24 January 2018, in Bangalore from bone marrow cancer. Filmography In popular culture Krishna Kumari was portrayed by actress Pranitha Subhash in the 2019 biographical film NTR: Kathanayakudu, based on the real life and acting career of N. T. Rama Rao. References External links 1933 births 2018 deaths Indian film actresses Actresses in Kannada cinema 20th-century Indian actresses Actresses in Telugu cinema Actresses in Malayalam cinema People from North 24 Parganas district Actresses from West Bengal Deaths from cancer in India Deaths from bone cancer Deaths from multiple myeloma Actresses in Tamil cinema Telugu actresses	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krishna%20Kumari%20%28actress%29
Train Warning System may refer to: Train Warning System (India) Train Warning System (US)	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Train%20Warning%20System
Platón Sánchez is a town (villa) in the Mexican state of Veracruz. It is located in the state's Huasteca Alta region. It serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of Platón Sánchez. In the 2005 INEGI Census, the town reported a total population of 10,009. The town's name honours (1831–1867), a native of the area who fought in the Battle of Puebla of 5 May 1862 and later chaired the court martial that sentenced Emperor Maximilian and his generals Miguel Miramón and Tomás Mejía to death by firing squad in Santiago de Querétaro on 19 June 1867. References External links Platón Sánchez on Veracruz State Govt. web page Populated places in Veracruz	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plat%C3%B3n%20S%C3%A1nchez
The Train Warning System in India is a device that helps prevent trains passing signals at stop. The system is an implementation of Level 1 ERTMS. See also Anti-collision device Automatic Train Protection ETCS References External links EFYTimes Railway signalling in India Train protection systems	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Train%20Warning%20System%20%28India%29
is a commuter railway line in Tokyo, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Seibu Railway. The line connects Nerima Station and Toshimaen Station, both in Nerima, Tokyo. It runs parallel to the Toei Oedo Line. Stations History The line opened on 15 October 1927, between Nerima Station and Toshima Station (present-day Toshimaen Station. Station numbering was introduced on all Seibu Railway lines during fiscal 2012, with Seibu Toshima Line stations numbered prefixed with the letters "SI" (part of the Seibu Ikebukuro group of lines). References Railway lines in Tokyo Toshima Line 1067 mm gauge railways in Japan	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seibu%20Toshima%20Line
The Lady of Ibiza is a ceramic figure, 47 cm tall, that dates from the third century BC. It is on display in the National Archaeological Museum of Spain in Madrid. The figure was found in the necropolis of Puig des Molins on the island of Ibiza in the Mediterranean. It was made using a mold and has a cavity in the back, perhaps used for hanging it up. She is richly ornamented in terms of clothing and jewelry. Most of the figures found in the Puig des Molins necropolis are representations of Greek goddesses. It is believed that there was a large colony of immigrants there from Magna Grecia, (the Greek colonies of southern Italy), over the centuries. Carthaginian female figure. References See also Carthaginian Iberia Tanit 3rd-century BC sculptures European sculpture Archaeological discoveries in Spain Ancient history of the Iberian Peninsula History of the Balearic Islands	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady%20of%20Ibiza
Polycotylus is a genus of plesiosaur within the family Polycotylidae. The type species is P. latippinis and was named by American paleontologist Edward Drinker Cope in 1869. Eleven other species have been identified. The name means 'much-cupped vertebrae', referring to the shape of the vertebrae. It lived in the Western Interior Seaway of North America toward the end of the Cretaceous. One fossil preserves an adult with a single large fetus inside of it, indicating that Polycotylus gave live birth, an unusual adaptation among reptiles. History Edward Drinker Cope named Polycotylus from the Niobrara Formation in Kansas in 1869. The holotype bones from which he based his description were fragmentary, representing only a small portion of the skeleton. A more complete skeleton was later found in Kansas and was described in 1906. A nearly complete skeleton was found in 1949 from the Mooreville Chalk Formation in Alabama, but was not described until 2002. A new species, P. sopozkoi, from Russia was described in 2016. Description Like all plesiosaurs, Polycotylus was a large marine reptile with a short tail, large flippers, and a broad body. It has a short neck and a long head, and was a medium-sized plesiosaur, with the type species (P. latipinnis) measuring long and weighing . It has more neck vertebrae than other polycotylids, however. Polycotylus is thought to be a basal polycotylid because it has more vertebrae in its neck (a feature that links it with long-necked ancestors) and its humerus has a more primitive shape. The long ischia of the pelvis are a distinguishing feature of Polycotylus, as are thick teeth with striations on their surfaces, a narrow pterygoid bone on the palate and a low sagittal crest on top of the skull. Classification Unlike some better-known long-necked plesiosaurs like Plesiosaurus and Elasmosaurus, Polycotylus had a short neck. This led to it being classified as a pliosaur, a marine reptile within the superfamily Pliosauroidea, closely related to true plesiosaurs (which belong to the superfamily Plesiosauroidea). Polycotylus and other polycotylids superficially resemble pliosaurs like Liopleurodon and Peloneustes because they have short necks, large heads, and other proportions that differ from true plesiosaurs. As phylogenetic analyses became common in the last few decades, the classification of Polycotylus and other plesiosaurs have been revised. In 1997, it and other polycotylids were reassigned as close relatives of long-necked elasmosaurids. In a 2001 study, Polycotylus was classified as a derived cryptocleidoid plesiosaur closely related to Jurassic plesiosaurs like Cryptocleidus. Below is a cladogram from a 2004 study which supported a similar classification: In 2007, Polycotylus was placed in a new subfamily of polycotylids called Polycotylinae. Another newly described polycotylid called Eopolycotylus from Glen Canyon, Utah, was found to be the closest relative of Polycotylus. Below is a cladogram from the 2007 study: Paleobiology Reproduction A fossil of P. latippinis catalogued LACM 129639 includes an adult individual with a single fetus inside it. LACM 129639 was found in Kansas during the 1980s and was in storage at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County until it was described in 2011. The length of the fetus is around , which is about 32 percent of the length of the mother. Gestation was probably two thirds complete based on what is known of the fetal development of related nothosaurs. This fossil suggests that Polycotylus was viviparous, giving live birth (as opposed to laying eggs). Viviparity, or live birth, may have been the most common form of reproduction in plesiosaurs, as they would have had difficulty laying eggs on land. Their bodies are not adapted to movement on land, and paleontologists have long hypothesized that they must have given birth in water. Other marine reptiles such as ichthyosaurs also gave live birth, but LACM 129639 was the first direct evidence of vivipary in plesiosaurs. The lives of Polycotylus and other plesiosaurs were K-selected, meaning that few offspring were born to each individual but those that were born were cared for as they mature. Because it gave birth to a single large offspring, the mother Polycotylus probably gave it some form of parental care for it to survive. F. Robin O'Keefe, one of the describers of LACM 129639, suggested that the social lives of plesiosaurs were "more similar to those of modern dolphins than other reptiles." K-selected life-history strategies are also seen in mammals and some lizards, but are unusual among reptiles. Examination of the fetus of Polycotylus indicates that while in the womb, plesiosaurs sacrificed fetal bone strength for accelerated growth rates. Histological analysis and comparisons with another plesiosaur, Dolichorhynchops, showed that some plesiosaur infants were up to forty percent the length of the mother when born, and that infant plesiosaurs may have had some compromised swimming abilities. See also List of plesiosaur genera Timeline of plesiosaur research References Late Cretaceous plesiosaurs of North America Polycotylids Fossil taxa described in 1869 Taxa named by Edward Drinker Cope Sauropterygian genera	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polycotylus
The Chosen Few were an Australian punk band which formed in 1978. Three founding band mates were all from an earlier hard rock band, Deathwish: Ian John Cunningham on bass guitar (later on lead vocals), Calum "Cal" McAlpine on drums and Bruce Friday on guitar. They were soon joined by Iain Weaver on lead vocals (died 1995). The Chosen Few formed in the Mornington Peninsula and played a combination of covers of United States-influenced punk (MC5, Stooges) and hard driven original numbers inspired by Lobby Loyde and the Coloured Balls and The Saints. In 1978 The Chosen Few released a six-track extended play, The Jokes on Us. It was recorded in a studio in Smith Street, Collingwood, with Baron Rolls as audio engineer. The band played regularly around the Melbourne and Adelaide punk scenes but disbanded in May 1979. They joined Bohdan X (ex-JAB) as Bohdan and the Instigators but they broke up by late 1980. There was a short lived reunion of The Chosen Few in 1998 with a new line up: Cunningham, now on lead vocals, and McAlpine, were joined by Bill Blanche on bass guitar and Jeff Hussey on lead guitar. Two albums were released in that year: Do the Manic (Buckwheat Headlock Productions/Existential Vacuum Records, US) and A Root and a Beer (Au Go Go Records). They were followed by a double-CD album, Really Gonna Punch You Out (Hate Records, Italy), in 2001. The band revived briefly in 2018 with the following membership: Ian Cunningham (lead vocals), Jeff Hussey (guitar), Calum Hussey (guitar), Brad Barry (bass) and Alessandro Coco (drums). The band rehearsed for a couple of months intending to play at a punk festival but that event did not eventuate. References Australian punk rock groups	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Chosen%20Few%20%281970s%20Australian%20band%29
USS Luckenbach may refer to various United States Navy ships: , a cargo ship and troop transport in commission from 1918 to 1919 USS Edward Luckenbach (ID-1662), a cargo ship and troop transport in commission from 1918 to 1919 , a cargo ship and troop transport in commission from 1918 to 1919 , a collier in commission from 1918 to 1919 , a cargo ship and troop transport in commission from 1918 to 1919 , a cargo ship and troop transport in commission from 1918 to 1919 , a cargo ship and troop transport in commission from 1918 to 1919 USS Luckenbach Tug No. 1 (ID-1232), a tug commissioned in 1917 and renamed 18 days later , a cargo ship and troop transport in commission from 1918 to 1919 See also , a commercial cargo ship from 1901 to 1922, formerly the German Saale of 1886 Luckenbach No. 4, a tug commissioned in 1917 as SS Mary Luckenbach, a commercial cargo ship in service from 1947 to 1959 that previously served in the U.S. Navy as Edgar F. Luckenbach (1868–1943), businessman and owner of the Luckenbach Steamship Company, Inc. United States Navy ship names	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS%20Luckenbach
Lester DeWitt Mallory (April 21, 1904 – June 21, 1994) was an American diplomat. Mallory was born in Houlton, Maine. He received a bachelor of science in agriculture in 1927 and a Master of Science in agriculture degree in 1929 from the University of British Columbia. Mallory earned a Ph.D. in agricultural economics from the University of California, Berkeley in 1935. The son of Enrique and May Mallory, Mallory spent his early years in Oregon, Alberta, and British Columbia, and attended Naramota and Oak Bay High Schools in British Columbia from 1919 to 1922. From 1927 to 1928 Mallory was an assistant in horticulture at the University of British Columbia, and in 1929 worked as secretary of the British Columbia Fruit Growers. Mallory began working for the United States federal government in 1931, initially for the Department of Agriculture as assistant agricultural commissioner in Marseille, to which position he was appointed June 15, 1931. Mallory was selected for this position on the basis of his expertise in analysis of horticultural products. From July 1933 to August 1934 Mallory was assigned to Washington as an associate agricultural economist in the Agricultural Adjustment Administration of USDA, working on farm credit issues. In August 1934 he was assigned to Paris as assistant agricultural attaché. Effective June 2, 1938, he was designated acting agricultural attaché, and as of June 1, 1939, he was appointed agricultural attaché at Paris. Mallory was evacuated to the United States with the outbreak of World War II in September 1939 and reassigned as the first U.S. agricultural attaché in Mexico City. At that time he was commissioned a Foreign Service Officer in the Department of State, as the Foreign Agricultural Service was abolished and agricultural attachés were transferred from USDA to State in that year. Mallory subsequently served in liberated Paris, from Christmas Eve 1944 until mid-1945. During his tour of duty in Paris, Mallory was granted permission by the Department of State to marry a foreign national, Eleanor Mercedes Struck y Bulnes, whom he had met in Mexico City. He then returned to the U.S., where he was liaison officer between USDA's Office of Foreign Agricultural Relations and the U.S. Department of State. Mallory was assigned to Havana as counselor of embassy (deputy chief of mission) in 1947 and in 1949 to Buenos Aires in the same capacity. On August 23, 1950, President Truman appointed Mallory to the personal rank of Minister. Mallory served as Ambassador to Jordan from 1953 to 1958 and to Guatemala in 1958 and 1959. During his tour of duty in Jordan, on July 20, 1955, Mallory was promoted to the then-highest Foreign Service rank, Career Minister. Mallory was a Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs in 1960 and retired from the State Department on October 31 of that year. Mallory then joined the Inter-American Development Bank, working in Washington, D.C., Costa Rica, and Panama, and helped establish the anthropology department at the University of Guadalajara, Mexico. In 1961 the Guatemalan government presented him with the Order of the Quetzal. He lived in Lake Forest, California and died following a heart attack at Saddleback Hospital in Laguna Hills, California. The conference room of the Foreign Agricultural Service's office in the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City is named in his honor. His oral history interview was published by the Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. His role in the embargo against Cuba As Deputy Assistant Secretary, he wrote an internal memo on April 6, 1960, to initiate the United States embargo against Cuba. Mallory proposed denying money and supplies to Cuba, decreasing their wages, and bringing about hunger and desperation. Later that year, the Eisenhower administration instituted the embargo. In a secret memorandum, declassified in 1991, Mallory wrote on April 6, 1960: "Most Cubans support Castro…There is no effective political opposition (…) The only possible way to make the government lose domestic support is by provoking disappointment and discouragement through economic dissatisfaction and hardships (…) Every possible means should be immediately used to weaken the economic life (…) denying Cuba funds and supplies to reduce nominal and real salaries with the objective of provoking hunger, desperation and the overthrow of the government." References External links (use the search engine for a "Full Text" search on "Lester Mallory" in quotes) Ambassadors of the United States to Guatemala Ambassadors of the United States to Jordan 1904 births 1994 deaths Order of the Quetzal United States Foreign Service personnel	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester%20D.%20Mallory
Tina Bride (birth name Kim Poelmans) is a Flemish dance singer. She was born in Sint-Truiden on 23 December 1977. Bride trained and studied classical singing and jazz dance from the age of ten. She was discovered as a singer by the X-Session producer Marc Cortens in 2000, leading to the production of her first single, "Get To You", later that year. Discography Singles "Get To You" (radio edit) / "Get To You" (DA Flip mix) (BE,2000) (EAN: 7 86574 05245 3) "Get Another (Girlfriend)" (radio edit) / "Get Another (Girlfriend)" (extended mix) / "Get Another (Girlfriend)" (instrumental) (BE,2001) (EAN: 7 86574 06245 2) "Don't Give Up" (radio mix) / "Don't Give Up" (extended mix) / "Don't Give Up" (instrumental) (BE, 2001) (EAN: 7 86574 05895 0) "Perfect love" (radio mix) / "Perfect Love" (extended mix) / "Perfect Love" (instrumental) (BE, 2001) (EAN: 7 86574 05565 2) "Party @" (radio edit) / "Party @" (extended mix) / "Party @" (instrumental) (BEL, 2002) (EAN: 7 86574 06575 0) "It Feels So Good" (radio edit) / Que Pour Nous Deux (radio edit) / It Feels So Good (extended mix) (BE, 2002) (EAN: 7 86574 07165 2) "Take a chance on me" (radio mix) / "Take A Chance On Me" (instrumental) (BE, 2003) (EAN: 7 86574 07535 3) "Mr.Sun" / "Love and Understanding" (BE, 2004) (EAN: 7 86574 084652) "Mr.Sun" / "Don't Give Up" / "What A Feeling" (GER, 2004) (EAN: 0 90204 92095 2) "Funky fever" (radio edit) / "Funky Fever" (instrumentaal) (BE, 2004) (EAN: 5 412705 000219) "Close To You" / "Bubbels in M’n Buik" (BE, 2007) (EAN: -) "Close To You" (radio edit) / "Close To You" (Dexter Connection Extended Mix) / "Close To You" (Dexxclab Club Remix) + VIDEOCLIP (100MB,MPG) (GER, 2008) (EAN: 0 90204 89411 6) Compilations It Feels So Good – o.a. Kids klub (2003) Hij Komt – Sinterklaas Viert Feest (2003) Hoor Wie Klopt Daar – Sinterklaas Viert Feest (2003) Love And Understanding – Mr. Sun (2004) Mr. Sun – Mr. Sun (2004) Albums The Bride Side of Life (in 2003) References 1977 births Living people Flemish women Belgian women pop singers Belgian pop singers 21st-century Belgian women singers 21st-century Belgian singers	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tina%20Bride
Draper Island is located just inside the Michigan border, in Watersmeet Township, Gogebic County, Michigan, United States. The island is one of two inhabited islands in Lac Vieux Desert, the other being Duck Island, Wisconsin. Sometimes shown on older maps as Koch Island or Oak Island and locally as Rose Island the current name was designated official by the Board on Geographic Names Decisions of the U.S. Geological Survey in 1962. Notes Islands of Gogebic County, Michigan Lake islands of Michigan	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draper%20Island%20%28Michigan%29
Duck Island is a small island located just inside the Wisconsin border, in the town of Phelps, Vilas County, Wisconsin, United States. The island is one of two inhabited islands in Lac Vieux Desert, the other being Draper Island, Michigan. Climate Notes Landforms of Vilas County, Wisconsin Lake islands of Wisconsin	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck%20Island%20%28Vilas%20County%2C%20Wisconsin%29
Duck Island can refer to any of a number of places, including: Duck island (garden feature) Australia Duck Island (Victoria) in Australia Wild Duck Island, in Australia's Northumberland Islands chain Canada Duck Island (Newfoundland), one of the Wadham Islands Duck Island (Lake Huron), Ontario False Duck Island, in Lake Ontario Main Duck Island, in Lake Ontario United Kingdom Duck Island (Barnet) in the River Brent, Arkley, England Duck Island, a small island in St. James's Park lake, London Duck Island Cottage, the headquarters of the London Gardens Trust Duck Island, County Antrim, a townland in County Antrim, Northern Ireland United States Duck Island (Milford, Connecticut), an island in Milford, Connecticut Duck Island, an island in Westbrook, Connecticut Duck Key, Florida Great Duck Island, Maine (sometimes simply called Duck Island) Duck Island (Isles of Shoals), Maine; see Isles of Shoals Duck Island, Maryland, an island in Washington County, Maryland Duck Island (Richland County, Montana), an island in the Yellowstone River in Montana Duck Island (Valley County, Montana), an island in the Missouri River Duck Island, in Squam Lake, New Hampshire Duck Island, a district in the Tremont neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio Duck Island (New Jersey), a peninsula (formerly an island) at the confluence of the Delaware River and Crosswicks Creek Duck Island, New Jersey, an unincorporated community on the northwest edge of the above peninsula Duck Island (New York), an island in New York Duck Island, in Green Lake (Seattle), Washington Duck Island (Vilas County, Wisconsin) (near the border with Michigan) Other places Ap Chau, near Hong Kong is Chinese Patos Island (Venezuela), in Gulf of Paria	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck%20Island
Patrick Joseph Noel Purcell (23 December 1900 – 3 March 1985) was a distinguished Irish actor of stage, screen, and television. He appeared in the 1956 film Moby Dick and the 1962 film Mutiny on the Bounty. Early life and education Patrick Joseph Noel Purcell was the son of Dublin auctioneer Pierce Purcell and his second wife Catherine (née Hoban), an antique dealer. He was born at 11a, Lower Mercer Street, one of two houses owned by his mother's family. Purcell was educated at Synge Street CBS. He lost the tip of his right index finger while making cigarette vending machines, and was also missing his entire left index finger due to a different accident while he was an apprentice carpenter, a feature which he exploited for dramatic effect in the film Mutiny on the Bounty (1962). Career Purcell began his show business career at the age of 12 in Dublin's Gaiety Theatre. Later, he toured Ireland in a vaudeville act with Jimmy O'Dea. Stage-trained in the classics in Dublin, Purcell moved into films in 1934. He appeared in Captain Boycott (1947) and as the elderly sailor whose death marooned the lovers-to-be in the first sound film version of The Blue Lagoon (1949). He played a member of Captain Ahab's crew in Moby Dick (1956), Dan O'Flaherty in episode one, The Majesty of the Law, of The Rising of the Moon (1957), a gamekeeper in The List of Adrian Messenger (1963), and a barman in The Mackintosh Man (1973); the last two films were directed by John Huston. In 1955, he was an off-and-on regular on the British filmed TV series The Buccaneers (released to American TV in 1956). He narrated a Hibernian documentary, Seven Wonders of Ireland (1959). In 1962, he portrayed the lusty William McCoy in Lewis Milestone's Mutiny on the Bounty. He played a taciturn Irish in-law to Lebanese American entertainer Danny Thomas's character Danny Williams in a 1963 episode of The Danny Thomas Show. In 1971, he played the caring rabbi in the children's musical drama Flight of the Doves. He was the subject of This Is Your Life in 1958 when he was surprised by Eamonn Andrews at the BBC Television Theatre. Purcell also gained some recognition as a singer. Shortly after the Second World War, songwriter Leo Maguire composed "The Dublin Saunter" for him. He performed the song live for many years and later recorded it for the Glenside label. However, the recording was not a hit. As Purcell recalled many years later, "I don't think one person in the world bought it." However, over time it became one of the most favourite songs about Dublin, receiving countless air-play on radio programmes. In his latter years, Purcell was asked by RTÉ journalist Colm Connolly whether he had received many royalties down the years. Purcell replied: "Not a penny. I recorded it as a favour for a pal, Leo Maguire, who'd written it. No contract or anything, so I never got a fee or any payments." In 1981 (on YouTube it's 1974) he recorded a spoken word version of Pete St. John's "Dublin in the Rare Old Times". In June 1984, Purcell was given the Freedom of the City of Dublin. Nine months later, he died in his native city at the age of 84. Personal life On 7 July 1941, Purcell married former child actress Eileen Marmion. They had four sons. Selected filmography Jimmy Boy (1935) Knight Without Armour (1937) as First Train Driver Trying to Clear Track (uncredited) Odd Man Out (1947) as Tram Conductor (uncredited) Captain Boycott (1947) as Daniel McGinty The Blue Lagoon (1949) as Paddy Button Saints and Sinners (1949) as Flaherty Talk of a Million (1951) as Matty McGrath No Resting Place (1951) as Garda Mannigan Appointment with Venus (1951) as Trawler Langley Encore (1951) as Tom, Captain (Segment "Winter Cruise") Father's Doing Fine (1952) as Shaughneesy The Crimson Pirate (1952) as Pablo Murphy The Pickwick Papers (1952) as Roker Decameron Nights (1953) as Father Francisco Grand National Night (1953) as Philip Balfour Doctor in the House (1954) as The Padre (uncredited) The Seekers (1954) as Paddy Clarke Mad About Men (1954) as Percy Svengali (1954) as Patrick O'Ferrall Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Presents (1955) as Willie Hosmer Doctor at Sea (1955) as Corbie Jacqueline (1956) as Mr. Owen Moby Dick (1956) as Ship's Carpenter Lust for Life (1956) as Anton Mauve The Buccaneers (1 episode, 1956) as Pat The Adventures of Sir Lancelot (1 episode, 1956) as Liam Doctor at Large (1957) as The Padre – Bartender The Rising of the Moon (1957) as Dan O'Flaherty (1st Episode) Merry Andrew (1958) as Matthew Larabee Rooney (1958) as Tim Hennesy The Key (1958) as Hotel Porter Rockets Galore! (1958) as Father James Shake Hands with the Devil (1959) as Liam O'Sullivan Ferry to Hong Kong (1959) as Joe Skinner, Chief Engineer Tommy the Toreador (1959) as Captain Make Mine Mink (1960) as Burglar Watch Your Stern (1960) as Adm. Sir Humphrey Pettigrew The Millionairess (1960) as Prof. Merton Man in the Moon (1960) as Prospector The Three Worlds of Gulliver (1960) as Capt. Pritchard (uncredited) No Kidding (1961) as Tandy Double Bunk (1961) as O'Malley Johnny Nobody (1961) as Brother Timothy Three Spare Wives (1962) as Sir Hubert The Iron Maiden (1962) as Admiral Sir Digby Trevelyan Mutiny on the Bounty (1962) as Seaman William McCoy Make Room for Daddy (1962) as Francis Daly Nurse on Wheels (1963) as Abel Worthy The Running Man (1963) as Miles Bleeker The List of Adrian Messenger (1963) as Countryman (uncredited) The DuPont Show of the Week (1 episode, 1963) as Meager The Ceremony (1963) as Finigan Lord Jim (1965) as Captain Chester in the courtroom of the "Patna" trial The Avengers (1 episode, 1965) as Jonah Barnard Doctor in Clover (1966) as O'Malley The Saint (2 episodes, 1964–1966) as Brendan Cullin / Mike Kelly Drop Dead Darling (1966) as Capt. Daniel O'Flannery Dr. Finlay's Casebook (1 episode, 1967) as Alexander Craig The Violent Enemy (1967) as John Michael Leary I Spy (1 episode, 1967) as Fletcher Sinful Davey (1969) as Jock Where's Jack? (1969) as Leatherchest Dixon of Dock Green (1 episode, 1969) as Thomas The McKenzie Break (1970) as Ferry Captain (uncredited) Flight of the Doves (1971) as Rabbi The Onedin Line (1 episode, 1972) as Hennessy The Mackintosh Man (1973) as O'Donovan The Irish R.M. (1 episode, 1984) as O'Reilly (final appearance) See also List of people on stamps of Ireland References External links 1900 births 1985 deaths Irish male film actors Irish male television actors Burials at Deans Grange Cemetery Male actors from County Dublin 20th-century Irish male actors People educated at Synge Street CBS	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noel%20Purcell%20%28actor%29
Ziyadat Allah () can refer to: Ziyadat Allah I of Ifriqiya, third Aghlabid emir of Ifriqiya (817–838) Ziyadat Allah II of Ifriqiya, seventh Aghlabid emir of Ifriqiya (863–864) Ziyadat Allah III of Ifriqiya, eleventh and last Aghlabid emir of Ifriqiya (903–909)	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ziyadat%20Allah
Vincent Denson (born 24 November 1935) is a former professional racing cyclist who rode the Tour de France, won a stage of the Giro d'Italia and won the Tour of Luxembourg in the 1960s. He was a team-mate of Rik Van Looy and of Jacques Anquetil and, in the Tour de France, of Tom Simpson. He was the first British rider to win a stage of the Giro, before finishing 40th overall. Origins Denson was born in Chester, England. He had his first bike at 12, a black Hercules Falcon borrowed from his brother and with wooden blocks fitted to the pedals to make it smaller. He began riding to Helsby Hill, Rhyl and Prestatyn and went youth-hostelling. At 17 he joined Chester Road Club, initially for touring but then to race. He was inspired by his French teacher at school, who had lived in France, whose hero was Jean Robic and who gave his class Miroir du Cyclisme to study. Denson's first race was an evening 25-mile time-trial, which he finished in 1h 4 m 30s. He said: Denson finished four times in the top 12 of the British Best All-Rounder competition, which aggregates rides over 50 and 100 miles and 12 hours. He came seventh in the Milk Race in 1959 and fifth in 1960. He finished the Peace Race of 1960 and 1961 in 17th and 27th. The Peace Race, which linked Berlin, Warsaw and Prague was run over roads often still wrecked from the Second World War. It was always keenly contested by riders from the communist bloc. Denson said: Semi-professional career Denson failed to make the British team for the Olympic Games and took out a licence as an independent, or semi-professional, for Temple Cycles in 1961. He and three other riders, Ken Laidlaw, Stan Brittain and Sean Ryan, moved to Donzenac, near Brive. Denson rode for Britain in the 1961 Tour de France, which was for national teams. Only three of the team – Laidlaw, Brian Robinson and Seamus Elliott got to the finish. Denson dropped out on the col de la République, also known as the col du Grand Bois, outside St-Étienne. Denson returned to York, where he and his wife, Vi, were buying a house. In March 1962 they decided to return to France, travelling to Paris and then to Troyes, where Denson joined the UVC Aube club, sponsored by Frimatic. He was paid £24 a month. He won the GP Frimatic by four minutes and then the eight-day Vuelta Bidasoa, in Spain. He won a stage of a professional race, the Circuit d'Aquitaine in France and came sixth in the Grand Prix des Nations despite being led off course and twice losing his chain. Of his Circuit of Aquitaine ride, he said: Professional career Denson's club recommended him to Maurice de Muer, manager of the Pelforth-Sauvage Lejeune professional team. De Muer promised him a contract if he won a stage of the Circuit d'Aquitaine and rode well in the Grand Prix des Nations. Denson signed with Pelforth in October 1963, when he was 27, riding in the yellow, white and blue of the French brewery and its cosponsor, a bicycle factory. He was the second Englishman in the team, with Alan Ramsbottom. He came 10th in Milan–San Remo and in Paris–Nice but didn't make Pelforth's Tour team. Denson was already unhappy with Pelforth, where the policy was to pay riders' salaries at the end and not during the season. He was already reduced to eating carrots found in fields while training. Not riding the Tour was a further financial blow. He left Troyes in 1964, hoping for a place with Tom Simpson in the Peugeot team. When the place didn't become free, he moved to Ghent, in Belgium. There, if he couldn't ride for Simpson he could at least train with him. In races, however, they would be rivals; Denson was to ride for Rik Van Looy in the Solo team, sponsored by a margarine company. He was the only foreigner in the team and never did master the Dutch that the rest of team spoke. The team won six stages of that year's Tour de France. That autumn, at the world championship at Sallanches, France, Jacques Anquetil and his directeur-sportif, Raphaël Géminiani, said they had been watching Denson and wanted him for a team they were creating, sponsored by Ford-France. Denson stayed with Anquetil when the sponsor changed to Bic, opened a bar in Ghent, and had what he called the happiest years of his racing life. Simpson's death Denson rode for Britain in the 1967 Tour de France. During it, his friend Tom Simpson died close to the summit of Mont Ventoux. He said of the hours at the hotel waiting for news of his leader: Next day the French rider, Jean Stablinski, said the remaining riders wanted Denson, as Simpson's closest friend, to ride ahead of the race and win for Simpson. The victory went instead to Barry Hoban, who said he found himself at the front but remembers nothing else. Denson is still upset. Denson lost heart, began missing contracts. He recovered by the end of the year and talked to the Italian team, Molteni, about joining. Instead he signed for Kelvinator to ride the Giro d'Italia. A year later (1968) he returned to Britain and rode for the domestic professional team, Bantel. Giro d'Italia Denson won a stage of the Giro d'Italia, stage 9 in 1966 before finishing 40th overall. He said: Denson said Italian fans often made a pretence of helping push foreign riders up hills while pulling at their brakes to slow them down. He said his time-trialling experience helped him chase riders like Motta. Private life and retirement In 1969 Denson opened a wood-treatment business near Harlow, Essex, before dropping out of professional racing. He now races as an amateur. Denson was known in continental Europe as Vic, a name he acquired because Vin – short for Vincent – is French for "wine". References Further reading 1935 births British Giro d'Italia stage winners English male cyclists Living people Sportspeople from Chester Cycling writers	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vin%20Denson
The following is a list of chiefs of mission from the United States to Jordan. The first chief of mission, Gerald A. Drew held the title of Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. The second chief of mission, Joseph C. Green, was appointed as an envoy but promoted to as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, as the Legation Amman was raised to embassy status on August 27, 1952. Every chief of mission since has held the title of United States Ambassador. See also Jordan – United States relations Foreign relations of Jordan Ambassadors of the United States Embassy of Jordan, Washington, D.C. List of Jordanian ambassadors to the United States References United States Department of State: Background notes on Jordan External links United States Department of State: Chiefs of Mission for Jordan United States Department of State: Jordan United States Embassy in Amman Jordan Main United States	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20ambassadors%20of%20the%20United%20States%20to%20Jordan
Sergio Almaguer Treviño (born 16 May 1969) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a centre-back, who is the current assistant manager of Liga MX club Monterrey. Almaguer made his professional debut with the former Mexico club Ángeles de Puebla on May 16, 1987. Almaguer played with nine different clubs in Mexico and Turkey and also capped for the Mexico national team. Career Almaguer started his career with former club Ángeles de Puebla, where he played 27 games and scored three goals. After one season with Angeles he transferred to Puebla, spending three seasons with the team. After the 1989–90 season Almaguer transferred to Querétaro, he appeared in 35 games and scored 11 goals. Between 1991 and 1996 Almaguer played for Tigres UANL (included the relegation during the 1995-96 season), he also played on loan for Correcaminos UAT for the 1994–95 season. For the Invierno 1996 season turned to a defender after playing as a striker for the first nine years of his career. In his first season playing at defense, Almaguer played with Puebla, he played in 35 games and scored just two goals. After playing with Puebla, Almaguer was transferred to Necaxa for the Invierno 1997 season. His tenure with Necaxa was successful, he was champion in the Invierno 1998 season and won the 1999 CONCACAF Champions' Cup. After four years playing with Necaxa he signed with Cruz Azul where he spent two years appearing in 37 games. He was loaned to Galatasaray of the Turkey Süper Lig for one year, he only appeared in seven league matches, three UEFA Champions League matches and scored no goals. After half a season in Turkey he returned to Mexico, he signed with Chiapas. On June 28, 2005, Almaguer announced his retirement ending his 18-year career. Coaching career On February 20, 2008, Almaguer was named coach of his former team, Jaguares de Chiapas. Almaguer made his debut three days later against Tecos UAG, Jaguares won 2–0. He led the team to six victories, two draws and three losses to end the season. In the first round of the postseason, Jaguares defeated Cruz Azul 1–0 in the first leg. In the second leg Cruz Azul won 2–1 and won on aggregate 2–2 because Cruz Azul was a higher seed. After losing five of the first 10 games of the Apertura season Jaguares fired Almaguer. Mexico U-17 On July 26, 2010, Almaguer coached his first Mexico's U-17 game against Ireland's U-17, resulting in a 1–1 draw. Mexico U-20 In January 2015, Almaguer won the 2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship in Jamaica with the Mexico U-20 team also qualifying them for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand. In December 2015, Almaguer was released from his duties with the Mexico U-20 national team. Managerial statistics Managerial statistics Honours Player Puebla Mexican Primera División: 1989–90 Copa México: 1989–90 Campeón de Campeones: 1990 Tigres UANL Copa México: 1995–96 Necaxa Mexican Primera División: Invierno 1998 CONCACAF Champions' Cup: 1999 Manager Mexico U20 CONCACAF U-20 Championship: 2013, 2015 References External links 1969 births Living people Mexico men's international footballers Footballers from Nuevo León Footballers from Monterrey Mexican expatriate men's footballers 1999 Copa América players 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Tigres UANL footballers Club Puebla players Club Necaxa footballers Cruz Azul footballers Querétaro F.C. footballers Galatasaray S.K. footballers Liga MX players Süper Lig players Chiapas F.C. footballers Correcaminos UAT footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Chiapas F.C. managers Men's association football defenders Mexican football managers Querétaro F.C. non-playing staff C.D. Guadalajara non-playing staff Club América non-playing staff Mexican men's footballers	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergio%20Almaguer
Pueblo Viejo is a municipality in the Mexican state of Veracruz. It is located in the state's Huasteca Alta region. The municipal seat is the city of Ciudad Cuauhtémoc. Geography The municipality covers a total area of 286.24 km² and is located on Federal Highway 123. It borders with the state of Tamaulipas and the municipality of Pánuco to the north and west, with the Gulf of Mexico to the east, and with Tampico Alto to the south. Demographics In the 2005 INEGI Census, the municipality reported a total population of 52,593 (up from 48,054 in 1995), of whom 8,950 lived in the municipal seat. Of the municipality's inhabitants, 553 (1.2%) spoke an indigenous language, primarily Nahuatl; 0.32% of the total population spoke no Spanish. Settlements The municipal seat of Pueblo Viejo is not its largest centre of population. Of the municipality's 73 settlements, the largest are: Benito Juárez (2005 population: 14,015) Anáhuac (13,657) Cd. Cuauhtémoc (municipal seat; 8,950) Hidalgo (6,159) Primero de Mayo (Los Mangos) (5,068) References External links Pueblo Viejo on Veracruz State Govt. web page Municipalities of Veracruz	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pueblo%20Viejo%20Municipality%2C%20Veracruz
Jane Chapple-Hyam (born October 1966) is an Australian-British racehorse trainer based in Newmarket. She trains horses to run on the flat and saddled her first Group 1 winner in September 2021. Background Chapple-Hyam was born Jane Peacock in Melbourne, Australia. Her parents were Susan Rossiter and politician Andrew Peacock. Chapple-Hyam was involved with racing from an early age; her father was the owner of Leilani, winner of the 1974 Caulfield Cup. She attended Geelong Grammar School and did work experience with trainer Colin Hayes. Her parents divorced in 1977 and in 1978 her mother married the British businessman and thoroughbred owner Robert Sangster. Their horse Beldale Ball won the Melbourne Cup in 1980. Chapple Hyam spent holidays with her mother and stepfather in England and at the age of 17 did a course in stud management at the National Stud in Newmarket. While working at her stepfather's Manton House stables near Marlborough, Wiltshire, she met her future husband Peter Chapple-Hyam. Career as a trainer In 2005, with her marriage over, Chapple-Hyam moved to Newmarket and took out a licence to train on her own account. Her first major success came in 2006 when 100/1 outsider Mudawin, ridden by John Egan, won the Ebor Handicap at York. Her first Group race success came in October 2010, when Klammer, ridden by Jamie Spencer, won the Horris Hill Stakes at Newbury. In 2012 Chapple-Hyam acquired the six-year-old Mull of Killough, who went on to win three Group 3 races at Newmarket: the 2012 Darley Stakes and the 2013 and 2014 Earl of Sefton Stakes. He also ran in Group 1 races in Singapore, US and Australia and a Group 2 race in Dubai, without being able to repeat the success he had on his home turf. There were more Group 3 successes with Energia Davos and Saffron Beach before the trainer landed her first Group 1 victory when Saffron Beach, ridden by William Buick, won the 2021 Sun Chariot Stakes at Newmarket, beating favourite Mother Earth by three lengths. "It's fantastic to finally have our first Group 1 winner and especially for it to be at our local track. That is some compensation for being beaten in the 1,000 Guineas..." she said, referring to the fact that Saffron Beach had come second to Mother Earth in the 1,000 Guineas. Major wins Great Britain Sun Chariot Stakes - (1) - Saffron Beach (2022) France Prix Rothschild - (1) - Saffron Beach (2022) References 1966 births Living people British racehorse trainers Australian emigrants to the United Kingdom Sportspeople from Melbourne	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane%20Chapple-Hyam
Zearalanol may refer to: α-Zearalanol (zeranol) β-Zearalanol (taleranol) See also Zearalenol Zearalanone Zearalenone	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zearalanol
Poor Robin was an English 17th and 18th-century satirical almanac series, appearing as Poor Robin's Almanack from 1663. Other similar writings by the pseudonymous Poor Robin were published later, in America and into the 19th century. Origins The earliest volume published under the pseudonym of 'Poor Robin' was an almanac calculated from the meridian of Saffron Walden, which is said to have been originally issued in 1661 or 1662. It was taken over by the Stationers' Company, and was continued annually by various hands until 1776. The identity of its original author has been disputed, but is assigned as William Winstanley by Sidney Lee, in the Dictionary of National Biography, who dismisses the claim that Robert Herrick wrote it. He notes the discovery in the parish registers of Saffron Walden for 14 March 1646-7 relating to Robert Winstanley (a nephew of William and a younger brother of Henry Winstanley) but argues that Robert would still have been a boy when the first almanacs were written; a listing for Robert's publications was given by H. Eckroyd Smith. On internal grounds, namely the verse style of William Winstanley in his known works, Lee argues for the latter, and mentions a 1667 portrait of William Winstanley with the caption 'Poor Robin,' with verses by Francis Kirkman, in a volume called Poor Robin's Jests, or the Compleat Jester'. In the Dictionary of National Biography article on Robert Pory, by Joseph Hirst Lupton, it is said that Pory, at the time of the first edition in 1663 archdeacon of Middlesex, had his name taken in vain with the claim that he had licensed the almanac. Another volume in verse by 'Poor Robin,' in which the tone of John Taylor the water-poet is closely followed, was called Poor Robin's Perambulation from Saffron Walden to London performed this Month of July 1678 (London, 1678,); the doggerel poem deals largely with the alehouses on the road, and Lee assigns it to William Winstanley. Content "Poor Robin" established a tradition of parody, reporting the trivial and inconsequential juxtaposed with the serious, in parallel chronologies—set in rhymed couplets—of the "Loyal" and the "Fanatic", which began in 1663 and became Old Poor Robin with the 1777 issue. Poor Robin'' offered deadpan prognostications of the obvious, and substituted parodic saints' days under the "Fanatic" rubric. From the turn of the 18th century, the satire becomes blunted and wise homilies of prudence take their place. It observes the continued use of cucking stools in 1746. Further works Other works purporting to be by 'Poor Robin' and attributed to Winstanley or his imitators are: 'Poor Robin's Pathway to Knowledge' (1663, 1685, 1688); 'Poor Robin's Character of France,' 1666; 'The Protestant Almanack,' Cambridge (1669 and following years); 'Speculum Papismi' (1669); 'Poor Robin's Observations upon Whitsun Holidays' (1670); 'Poor Robin's Parley with Dr. Wilde,' 1672, sheet in verse; 'Poor Robin's Character of a Dutchman,' 1672; 'Poor Robin's Collection of Ancient Prophecies,' 1672; 'Poor Robin's Dreams, commonly called Poor Charity' 1674 (sheet with cuts); 'Poor Robin 1677, or a Yea and Nay Almanac,' a burlesque on the quakers (annually continued till 1680); 'Poor Robin's Visions,' 1677; 'Poor Robin's Answer to Mr. Thomas Danson,' 1677; 'Poor Robin's Intelligence Reviv'd,' 1678; 'Four for a Penny,' 1678; 'A Scourge for Poor Robin,' 1678; 'Poor Robin's Prophecy,' 1678; 'Poor Robin's Dream . . . dialogue between . . . Dr. T[onge] and Capt. B[edloe],' 1681; 'The Female Ramblers,' 1683; 'Poor Robin's Hue and Cry after good Housekeeping,' 1687; 'Poor Robin's True Character of a Scold,' 1688 (reprinted at Totham Hall press, 1848); 'Curious Enquiries,' 1688; 'A Hue and Cry after Money,' 1689 (prose and verse); 'Hieroglyphia Sacra Oxoniensis,' 1702, a burlesque on the frontispiece to the Oxford almanac; 'New High Church turned Old Presbyterian,' 1709; 'The Merrie Exploits of Poor Robin, the Merrie Sadler of Walden,' n.d. (Pepysian Collection; reprinted Edinburgh, 1820, and Falkirk, 1822); 'Poor Robin's Creed,' n.d. Editors In the 18th century editors included Thomas Peat. See also James Franklin (printer) Notes References External links Almanacs	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poor%20Robin
St Nicholas's Church is an Anglican church in the market town of Newport, Shropshire, England lying within the Diocese of Lichfield. It is dedicated to St Nicholas, the patron saint of fishermen. The church is a Grade II* listed building. It is of Early English and Perpendicular architecture. The church sits on an island in the centre of the town and is the main focal point for miles around. The buttressed tower dates from 1360, but the site had been used since the 13th century in the times of Henry I. History The church was built in the 12th century with the tower being rebuilt in 1360. Thomas Draper bought the church from the Abbot of Shrewsbury in 1452 but it was not until 1700 that it gained its land and the rectory was endowed. The red brick north and south aisles were added in the 18th century. Galleries and gas lighting was added in 1837. The chancel was rebuilt in 1866. The church has been restored twice, the south side in 1883 and the north side from 1890 by John Norton. The west porch was built in 1904, a gift from Lady Boughey. In 1912, politician Enoch Powell was baptised at the church where his parents previously had married in 1909. In 1998 the Vicar, Roy Hibbert, was found guilty of fraud after overcharging parishioners for funerals and other services. For the 2019 Remembrance Day 200 poppies were knitted for the church. Notable clergy Michael Beasley, assistant curate in 1999-2003 - later Bishop of Bath and Wells. Architecture The sandstone building consists of a chancel, south chapel, nave with aisles and a west tower. The stained glass includes a window in the chancel by Morris & Co. with Burne-Jones figures. One in the south chapel is by Charles Eamer Kempe. The north west corner of the nave, known locally as the "Longford Corner", contains a stained glass window by Christopher Whall in memory of two brothers of the Leake family killed in the First World War and a wooden parish war memorial plaque to local dead from the same war that were moved here from the former parish church at nearby Longford which closed in 1981. Near this corner is a brass plaque to Captain Walter Rowlands Roberts, Royal Army Medical Corps, who was killed in the Dardanelles in 1915. The tower has 8 bells hung from wooden headstocks. Five of the bells were cast by Thomas Mears of the Whitechapel Bell Foundry in London in 1812. The two most recent were cast by John Taylor & Co of Loughborough in 1952. In the churchyard is a sandstone memorial cross with brass plaques commemorating the men from the town who lost their lives in World War I and World War II, See also Grade II* listed buildings in Telford and Wrekin Listed buildings in Newport, Shropshire References Bibliography External links St Nicholas's website Church of England church buildings in Shropshire Buildings and structures in Newport, Shropshire 13th-century church buildings in England	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%20Nicholas%20Church%2C%20Newport
Joan's on Third is a specialty food marketplace and restaurant located on Third Street in Los Angeles, California, USA. Joan's is situated in an area popular with Angelenos for its eating and shopping establishments, located between the Beverly Center on La Cienega Boulevard and Farmer's Market at the Grove on Fairfax Avenue. A family business owned and operated by chef Joan McNamara and her children, Carol McNamara Glass and Susie Hastings, Joan's started out as a catering operation running out of a storefront on Third St. As demand grew, McNamara expanded her business to include a small café and marketplace. The store tripled its size after a decade of operation, and the restaurant now includes a full menu for breakfast, lunch and dinner. The shop in the same space sells artisan cheeses, prepared foods, baked goods, desserts and non-perishables. Its popularity and success has grown on the strength of its products and good reviews in multiple publications and media outlets. It also has a reputation as a hip gathering spot frequented by Hollywood celebrities and foodies, such as Robert Duvall, Jake Gyllenhaal and Moon Zappa. When the lines get too long and customers are waiting, Joan has been known to rush out with a tray of cupcakes for everyone. History Joan McNamara, namesake of Joan's, is a chef originally from New York, where she ran a cooking school and her own restaurant before moving to L.A. She opened Joan's in 1995 as a catering company located in a storefront on West Third St. Joan's two daughters, Carol, a graduate of the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration, and Susie, an alumna of the Georgetown University School of Business, also run the business, with Carol running the Catering and Special Events arm of the business, and Susie overseeing Operations. San Francisco chef Chester Hastings came to work at the store in 1997 and eventually married Susie McNamara. In 1998 Joan's expanded into an adjacent storefront on Third Street, helping to realize Ms. MacNamara's "lifelong dream of opening a gourmet foods marketplace and café." Another major expansion took place in 2007 that helped expand the scope of the company's operations by tripling the floor space of the market. Beside being a market, Joan's is also a full-service restaurant providing table service and take-out meals for it patrons. Often very busy, Joan's has been described as being reminiscent of some famous New York restaurants, including Zabar's, Dean & DeLuca, and Fairway Market. Joan's has a full-service cheese counter, dessert bar, assortment of chocolates; and a food counter where sandwiches, ready-to-eat foods, salads and snacks are offered. An assortment of dry goods and refrigerated products are also offered. The owners travel extensively to source products. Reviews The restaurant has generally been given favorable reviews in several publications and news outlets, including the New York Times, CNN and Time magazine. A Los Angeles Times review noted that Joan's is the "rare in LA specialty foods store" that "stocks essentials -- salt-cured anchovies sold by the ounce, capers under salt, ricotta cheese, fleur de sel (a specialty sea salt from France), and imported De Cecco brand pasta" and "a small selection of carefully chosen cheeses, such as locally made burrata, English Cotswold, or a truffle-infused Boschetto." Criticism While the Los Angeles Times reviewer stated that the food was "above average", she also noted that "It [the restaurant] is somewhat disorganized. When there's a rush (i.e., more than a handful of customers), the servers behind the counter can sometimes get flustered, and it seems to take longer than it should to put together an order." The Zagat Survey lists Joan's as a Top Bakery in the US and the customer reviews posted on the website are mostly positive, with one poster calling Joan's offerings "fun and delicious, albeit expensive, snacks, cheeses, etc."; however a couple of other commentators stated it is "overrated" and "overpriced". Other customer criticisms center around customer service, the order taking system, food quality, price and value. The Los Angeles Daily News Food Editor on LA.com noted the crowded conditions in Joan's and warned that "At busy times, it can be difficult to snag a table - and the frenetic pace and wait to order at the counter may not appeal to some. Parking is sometimes difficult to come by." Celebrities The company has been noted as being popular among several celebrities and gourmands who live in the southlands of California. Writing for The New York Times, Moon Zappa described Joan's on Third as her favorite Los Angeles eatery. The restaurant is also a favorite of Jake Gyllenhaal, who has been seen dining there with ex-girlfriend Kirsten Dunst. See also Bristol Farms Whole Foods Market La Brea Bakery The Grove's Farmer's Market References Restaurants in Los Angeles Bakeries of California Bakery cafés Fast casual restaurants Privately held companies based in California Restaurants established in 1995	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan%27s%20on%20Third
Chinese Culinary Institute (CCI) formerly known in English as Chinese Cuisine Training Institute (CCTI), is a cooking school at Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong. It is established and run by the Vocational Training Council of Hong Kong. It provides both full-time and part-time courses to beginners and practicing chefs in the industry who wish to obtain or upgrade their qualifications in Chinese cuisine. See also Vocational Training Council References External links Chinese Culinary Institute Cooking schools in Asia Pok Fu Lam Education in Hong Kong	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese%20Culinary%20Institute
Ranidel Rozal de Ocampo (born December 8, 1981) is a Filipino former professional basketball player and assistant coach for the TNT Tropang Giga of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He is the younger brother of Yancy de Ocampo where both played together with FedEx and Talk 'N Text. He also represented the Philippine national basketball team. College career De Ocampo started playing organized basketball at the Saint Francis of Assisi College System Doves together with his brother, Yancy. The De Ocampo brothers led the varsity squad to several NCRAA titles. Upon the exit of the older De Ocampo, the Doves were still dominating the league with him, alongside Ervin Sotto and Al Vergara. Thus, he led the squad into several statistical categories such as scoring and rebounding. He won four NCRAA MVP plums making him arguably the finest player in the history of the NCRAA. Professional career In 2004, after a celebrated collegiate career at St. Francis, De Ocampo decided to turn pro and enter the PBA draft. He was selected by the FedEx Express as the fourth overall pick, having selected ahead of higher profile players such as decorated UE point guard Paul Artadi, multi-titled PBL veteran Gary David and former Ateneo Blue Eagles star Wesley Gonzales. During his rookie year, he played alongside his brother Yancy. He played in a total of 59 games and averaged decent rookie numbers of 7.5 points and 4.6 rebounds while playing a little over 21 minutes of action per game. After a so-so performance in his first year, he made an impact in the 2005–06 season by improving his rookie numbers of 7.5 points per game to 13.3 in his sophomore year in 37 of 51 games played. He also registered 6.7 rebounds and 2.4 assists in that year. In 2008, de Ocampo was again included in the RP Training Pool, his second stint, assembled by the PBA under Coach Yeng Guiao. In the middle of the 2008–09 PBA Philippine Cup, he was traded to the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters for veteran Don Allado. His all-around play helped them beat the Alaska Aces in that conference's finals series, 4-3, earning him his first PBA title. In 2015, de Ocampo led the Texters to the 2015 PBA Commissioner's Cup championship, winning a seven-game series against Rain or Shine Elasto Painters. On April 29, 2015, de Ocampo was named as the Finals MVP. During the series, he averaged 24.3 points and 6.6 rebounds and as well as shooting at an impressive 40% from the three-point area over the course of seven games. On September 11, 2017, de Ocampo was dealt to the Meralco Bolts along with KaTropa's 2019 second round pick for Justin Chua and Norbert Torres in a three-team trade with Phoenix and Meralco. On April 13, 2020, de Ocampo announced his retirement from professional basketball. PBA career statistics Season-by-season averages \|- \| align=left \| \| align=left \| FedEx \| 59 \|\| 21.3 \|\| .585 \|\| .313 \|\| .702 \|\| 4.6 \|\| 1.2 \|\| .5 \|\| .3 \|\| 7.5 \|- \| align=left \| \| align=left \| Air21 \| 51 \|\| 30.4 \|\| .483 \|\| .377 \|\| .763 \|\| 6.7 \|\| 2.4 \|\| .8 \|\| .3 \|\| 13.3 \|- \| align=left \| \| align=left \| Air21 \| 22 \|\| 33.7 \|\| .510 \|\| .370 \|\| .750 \|\| 9.2 \|\| 3.1 \|\| .6 \|\| .5 \|\| 15.3 \|- \| align=left \| \| align=left \| Air21 \| 51 \|\| 34.0 \|\| .419 \|\| .290 \|\| .680 \|\| 7.2 \|\| 2.5 \|\| .8 \|\| .4 \|\| 12.4 \|- \| align=left rowspan=2\| \| align=left \| Air21 \| rowspan=2\|45 \|\| rowspan=2\|31.0 \|\| rowspan=2\|.447 \|\| rowspan=2\|.342 \|\| rowspan=2\|.750 \|\| rowspan=2\|8.0 \|\| rowspan=2\|2.8 \|\| rowspan=2\|.8 \|\| rowspan=2\|.4 \|\| rowspan=2\|12.0 \|- \| align=left \| Talk 'N Text \|- \| align=left \| \| align=left \| Talk 'N Text \| 47 \|\| 26.8 \|\| .504 \|\| .333 \|\| .783 \|\| 6.4 \|\| 1.8 \|\| .5 \|\| .3 \|\| 12.5 \|- \| align=left \| \| align=left \| Talk 'N Text \| 49 \|\| 23.4 \|\| .441 \|\| .400 \|\| .689 \|\| 4.9 \|\| 1.9 \|\| .6 \|\| .2 \|\| 11.9 \|- \| align="left" \| \| align="left" \| Talk 'N Text \| 54 \|\| 24.0 \|\| .408 \|\| .364 \|\| .811 \|\| 4.5 \|\| 1.4 \|\| .4 \|\| .3 \|\| 11.8 \|- \| align=left \| \| align=left \| Talk 'N Text \| 53 \|\| 27.2 \|\| .439 \|\| .359 \|\| .748 \|\| 6.3 \|\| 1.6 \|\| .3 \|\| .3 \|\| 12.7 \|- \| align=left \| \| align=left \| Talk 'N Text \| 46 \|\| 31.1 \|\| .424 \|\| .409 \|\| .820 \|\| 6.6 \|\| 1.5 \|\| .6 \|\| .7 \|\| 15.2 \|- \| align=left \| \| align=left \| Talk 'N Text \| 48 \|\| 29.1 \|\| .470 \|\| .402 \|\| .693 \|\| 5.8 \|\| 2.2 \|\| .7 \|\| .5 \|\| 15.1 \|- \| align=left \| \| align=left \| TNT \| 30 \|\| 28.2 \|\| .471 \|\| .348 \|\| .766 \|\| 6.2 \|\| 2.6 \|\| .7 \|\| .3 \|\| 12.6 \|- \| align=left rowspan=2\| \| align=left \| TNT \| rowspan=2\|61 \|\| rowspan=2\|23.0 \|\| rowspan=2\|.427 \|\| rowspan=2\|.322 \|\| rowspan=2\|.830 \|\| rowspan=2\|4.8 \|\| rowspan=2\|1.8 \|\| rowspan=2\|.5 \|\| rowspan=2\|.4 \|\| rowspan=2\|10.3 \|- \| align=left \| Meralco \|- \| align=left \| \| align=left \| Meralco \| 11 \|\| 20.3 \|\| .370 \|\| .233 \|\| .750 \|\| 4.1 \|\| 1.4 \|\| .3 \|\| .3 \|\| 7.2 \|- \| align=left \| \| align=left \| Meralco \| 20 \|\| 19.6 \|\| .333 \|\| .298 \|\| .667 \|\| 4.3 \|\| 2.1 \|\| .5 \|\| .2 \|\| 6.9 \|-class=sortbottom \| align=center colspan=2 \| Career \| 647 \|\| 27.1 \|\| .452 \|\| .354 \|\| .752 \|\| 5.9 \|\| 2.0 \|\| .6 \|\| .4 \|\| 12.0 National team career He was included in the Gilas Pilipinas roster that placed second in the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship held in Manila and earned a ticket to compete in the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup. De Ocampo also buried a crucial three point field goal late in the fourth quarter which secured Gilas a slot in the 2014 World Cup. In July 2016, de Ocampo announced his retirement from international basketball following the Gilas' loss to the New Zealand men's national basketball team that ended their bid to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics. Coaching career On June 29, 2020, de Ocampo was tapped as an assistant coach of TNT KaTropa. Career achievements 6-time PBA champion (2008–09 Philippine, 2010–11 Philippine, 2011 Commissioner's, 2012–13 Philippine, 2012–13 Philippine, 2015 Commissioner's) 2-time PBA Finals MVP (2012–13 Philippine, 2015 Commissioner's) 5-time National Team member PBA All-Rookie Team 2000 PBL Chairman's New Top Comer 2002 PBL Mythical Team Member of eight-time NCRAA champions Saint Francis of Assisi College System 4-time NCRAA MVP References 1981 births Living people Barako Bull Energy players Basketball players at the 2014 Asian Games Basketball players from Cavite Meralco Bolts players People from Tanza, Cavite Philippine Basketball Association All-Stars Philippines men's national basketball team players Filipino men's basketball players Power forwards (basketball) Small forwards SEA Games gold medalists for the Philippines SEA Games medalists in basketball TNT Tropang Giga players 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup players Competitors at the 2003 SEA Games Asian Games competitors for the Philippines St. Francis Doves basketball players Barako Bull Energy draft picks TNT Tropang Giga coaches Filipino men's basketball coaches	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranidel%20de%20Ocampo
Ciudad Cuauhtémoc is a city in the Huasteca Alta region of the Mexican state of Veracruz. It serves as the municipal seat of the surrounding Pueblo Viejo Municipality. The name honours Cuauhtémoc (c. 1502–1525), last tlatoani of the Aztecs. Demographics In the 2005 INEGI Census, Ciudad Cuauhtémoc reported a total population of 8,950. History The settlement was founded in the early years of the Conquest, in the early 16th century, by Fray Andrés de Olmos. It was given city status in 1980. References External links Pueblo Viejo on Veracruz State Govt. web page Populated places in Veracruz	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciudad%20Cuauht%C3%A9moc%2C%20Veracruz
Lady of Galera is an alabaster female figurine, made in the 7th century BC, that probably represents the Near Eastern goddess Astarte. It is at the National Archaeological Museum of Spain, in Madrid. The Lady of Galera is most likely of Phoenician manufacture. She sits between two sphinxes and holds a bowl for liquid that poured from two holes in her breasts. Her hair and costume show Egyptian influences, but the sturdy form also resembles Mesopotamian statues. She may have lasted through several generations as a sacred object before being buried as funeral goods. The figurine was found in Galera, a Spanish town once called Tutugi, in Granada province. Nearby, in Cerro del Real, is the Iberian Necropolis of Tutugi, an important archeological site with various kinds of tombs. The commonest type of tomb there consists of a rectangular chamber covered by a circular mound, which is reached via a long corridor. In these tombs have been found Phoenician, Greek and Iberian vases, ornaments, weapons, furniture and figures of clay and alabaster, dating between the third and sixth centuries BC. See also Astarte Tanit Carthaginian Iberia References External links ARTEHISTORIA.COM 7th-century BC sculptures Sculpture of the Ancient Near East Archaeological discoveries in Spain Alabaster Collection of the National Archaeological Museum, Madrid Figurines Sculptures of goddesses Phoenician sculpture Province of Granada Astarte	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady%20of%20Galera
Mary Devens (17 May 1857 – 13 March 1920) was an American photographer who was considered one of the ten most prominent pictorial photographers of the early 20th century. She was listed as a founding member of Alfred Stieglitz’s famed Photo-Secession. Life Devens was born on 17 May 1857 in Ware, Massachusetts, the daughter of Arthur Lithgow Devens and Agnes Howard White Devens. She grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts and developed an interest in photography sometime in early life. She had a strong interest in printing techniques that could be manipulated by the photographer, including ozotype, gum bichromate and platinum printing. She mastered the gum bichomate process so well that she gave a lecture on it to the Cambridge Photographic Club in 1896. At some point before her mid-30s, Devens met Boston photographer F. Holland Day, who influenced her career through encouragement and advocacy of her work. He personally submitted five of her prints to the London Photographic Salon of 1898 and was responsible for introducing her to photographer Alfred Stieglitz, with whom she would regularly correspond for many years. Day also promoted her work in his famous lecture "Photography as Fine Art" at the Harvard Camera Club in 1900 and included several of her prints in his 1901 exhibition “The New School of American Photography.” Devens traveled to Europe in 1900-1901, and there she met Edward Steichen and Robert Demachy. Demachy was so impressed with her work that he added several of her photographs to the important Paris exhibition of women photographers organized by Frances Benjamin Johnston. In 1902 Devens was elected to Britain’s Linked Ring, and Stieglitz listed her as a founding member of the Photo-Secession. That same year Stieglitz also listed her as one of the ten most prominent American pictorial photographers in an article in Century Magazine. He also published one of her photographs in his famous journal Camera Work. About this same time Devens’ eyesight began to fail rapidly due to an unknown cause. After 1904 she showed only a few prints in exhibitions, although Stieglitz included her work in the inaugural exhibition at his Little Galleries of the Photo-Secession in 1905. She is not known to have engaged in any photographic activity after 1905. Devens died on 13 March 1920 in Cambridge. A memorial exhibition of her work was held soon after her passing in 1920 by the Society of Arts and Crafts. References 1857 births 1920 deaths 19th-century American photographers 20th-century American photographers People from Ware, Massachusetts Artists from Massachusetts Pictorialists 20th-century American women photographers 19th-century American women photographers	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary%20Devens
Billie Lee Turner may refer to: Billie Lee Turner (botanist) (born 1925), American botanist Billie Lee Turner II (born 1945), his son, American geographer	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billie%20Lee%20Turner

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