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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon%20Church

Moon Church

The Moon Church () is a Romanian Orthodox church located at 10 Piața Unirii, Oradea, Romania. It is dedicated to the Dormition of the Mother of God. Origins The local Orthodox community mainly lived in the Velența and Orașul Nou districts, and was composed of Romanians, Serbs, Aromanians and Greeks. A number of them acquired substantial wealth, were prominent in city life and wished to build a grand church. Two rich, influential judges on the appeals court, noblemen devoted to the Orthodox faith, obtained an audience with Joseph II. They argued that the city’s only Orthodox church, located in Velența, was too far from other Orthodox areas. In spite of protests, permission was granted, and the Bishop of Arad, Petar Petrović, presided over the cornerstone laying. This is recorded in Greek, Romanian and Serbian inscriptions. Construction began in November 1784, during the Revolt of Horea, Cloșca and Crișan. Jakab Éder was the architect, Joann Lins the building engineer. In the summer of 1786, following several days of torrential rain, the structure partly collapsed. Work was completed in 1790, with the first services taking place in November. Once the interior painting was done, the church was consecrated, in 1832. Description The style is late Baroque with clear classicizing elements, as well as a decided provincial stamp. The interior strictly adheres to the norms of Byzantine architecture. The keystone above the iconostasis used to feature a portrait of Vasile Ursu Nicola, better known as the revolt leader Horea and usually considered the only authentic depiction of his face. Today, a copy stands in its stead; the original is at the Oradea Diocese museum. The nickname derives from a mechanism installed in the spire in 1793. The clock and moon are the work of an innovative local mechanic, Georg Rueppe. The mechanism that turns the moon is designed to complete a whole rotation around its axis every 28 days, thus indicating the phases of the moon, based on the daily cycle marked by the clock mechanism. The anchoring wheel of the clock is engraved in German with the designer’s name and hometown. The church served as a cathedral from 1920, when the Oradea Diocese was revived, until 2012, when a new cathedral opened. The church was repainted in 1977-1979. It is listed as a historic monument by Romania's Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs. Notes Buildings and structures in Oradea Historic monuments in Bihor County Romanian Orthodox churches in Romania Churches completed in 1790 Baroque church buildings in Romania Former cathedrals in Romania

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9e%20Crespin%20du%20Bec

Renée Crespin du Bec

Renée Crespin du Bec (, date of death 2 September 1659, Périgueux) — was the Countess de Gebriand, wife of the Marshal of France, Jean-Baptiste de Gebriand, and the first female ambassador in the history of France. Background Renée Crespin du Bec was the daughter of René I Crespin du Beck, Marquis of Wardes, and Helene d'Eau. She was a descendant of the house of Crespin, one of the oldest families in Normandy. On her maternal side, she was related to the Marquises of Saluzzo, and her cousin was the hero of the defense of Rhodes, Philippe de Villiers de Lisle-Adam According to historian Viscount de Noailles, Renée Crespin du Bec was extremely ambitious, proud, firm, intelligent, resourceful and loved intrigues. According to Albert Vandal, “ambition was her only passion, and politics was part of it”. In the 17th century, she was considered as an unusual woman, and in the 19th history, historians estimated that she had a character of a State leader. Historians of the 19th century interpreted her harsh and dominant facial features as representing her tenacity and ability to lead. Comte de Guébriant Unhappy with the fiancé her family had chosen for her, and whom Renée Crespin du Bec considered mediocre, she insisted on ending the engagement and instead, married a young, but poor officer, Jean-Baptiste de Guébriand, seeing his potential to become a military leader. Her dowry was 72 thousand livres, and her father promised to give another 30 thousand in the future. For a noble family, this was not a significant amount. The wedding took place on March 21, 1632, in the presence of nobles, including the dukes of Longueville and de Retz. From 1635 onwards, Guébriant was sent to various fronts during the Thirty Years' War, on February 18, 1638, he officially autorized his wife to conduct all of his business in France, to represent his interests at the court of France, maintain contacts with ministers and ensure the flow of funds to the troops. After Guébriant became commander of the army and a marshal, Renée Crespin du Bec adopted the title La maréchale de Guébriant. According to the first biographer of Guebriand Le Laboureur, this was not an empty title, since while her husband was fighting, Renée asked the government to allocate money and send reinforcements to his army, and, thus, was considered as a contributor to his victories. Death of Guébriant and inheritance Since they did not have children of their own, the Countess was engaged in the upbringing of her nephews and nieces, who were the children of Yves Buda, Baron de Sace, who died in 1631. She showed strength in the aftermath of the early death of her husband. At first, she had to deal with the financial claims of her husband's relatives: despite the fact that Guébriant was an honest servant of the king, who despised financial fraud and left a rather modest inheritance, the king had granted him some funds. The discontent of the Countess and their contemporaries was caused by the attempt of Guébriant's relatives to sue for the hundred thousand French livres, which the king promised to the marshal as his share of the ransom for the imperial generals Mercy, Lambois and Ladron, who were taken as prisoners by Guébriant during the Battle of Kempen. Renée Crespin du Bec obtained this payment from the treasury after many difficulties. Embassy in Warsaw In 1645 Mazarin and Anna of Austria gave Renée a diplomatic assignment: to accompany Princess Maria de Gonzaga to Poland, whom King Wladyslaw IV married, and to monitor the fulfilment of the terms of the agreement with France by the Polish court. The Countess de Guébriant was entrusted with the mission of providing the princess with a good reception and helping her gain influence over her husband. Renée was given significant funds, and was appointed the official head of the diplomatic mission with the rank of "ambassador-at-large" (in French: "ambassadrice extraordinaire"), which gave her the right to occupy the position next in rank after the royal family of France. The Bishop of Orange was appointed as her assistant and coadjutor. The corresponding instructions were given by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on December 29, 1645, and the Countess joined the princess in Peronne, who had left from Paris on November 27, 1645. Passing through the Spanish Netherlands, Holland and German lands, the embassy officials arrived in Gdansk, where their arrival created such a sensation that the Elector of Brandenburg, Friedrich Wilhelm, specially came incognito to see the French. In Warsaw, the Countess de Guébriant, among other things, had to insist on the consummation of the marriage, since King Vladislav was not in good health, and there were rumours he was impotent. Negotiations with the king himself were also associated with some difficulties, since Vladislav spoke fluently only Italian, so the countess's niece, young Anna de Gebrian, was brought in as a translator. The mission ended in complete success. Maria de Gonzaga took a strong position at the Polish court, which did not shake even after the imminent death of her husband. On April 8, 1646, Renée sent a dispatch to Mazarin with a message about the successful completion of the embassy, and on the 10th of April, the mission departed from Warsaw. The return journey included a passage through the Austrian lands, Venice, Northern Italy and by sea from Genoa to Marseille. Mademoiselle Anna de Guébriant, whom the marshal loved like her own daughter, fell seriously ill on the road, and died shortly after returning to Paris. Breisach case The Countess performed a less successful mission, the mission of Mazarin, during the time of the Fronde. In 1650, the cardinal sent the son-in-law of the Secretary of State for Military Affairs, Michel Le Tellier, the Marquis de Tayade, to replace Charlevoix, the commandant of the fortress Breisach. Taking advantage of the difficulties of the government, Charlevoix refused to resign and locked himself in the fortress. His actions were a form of rebellion against Mazarin's authority, and the governor of Alsace and Philippsburg, Count d'Harcourt, who himself wanted to take command in Breisach, took a neutral position in the conflict, refusing to help Mazarin. The Countess found a way to lure Charlevoix out of the fortress, using his voluptuousness. Walking regularly under the walls of the castle in the company of a pretty companion, she caught the attention of Charlevoix. Eventually, he was captured by soldiers sitting in ambush but later released after he struck a deal with the Comte d'Harcourt. The last mission the Countess de Guébriant received was in 1659, when the negotiations on the conclusion of the Treaty of the Pyrenees between Spain and France were coming to an end. In this agreement, Maria Theresa of Spain became the wife of Louis XIV, and Renée de Crespin was appointed her first maid of honor. She left Paris for the Spanish border, but died on the way, in Perigueux. References Bibliography Biographie bretonne; recueil de notices sur tous les Bretons qui se sont fait un nom soit par leurs vertus ou leurs crimes, soit dans les arts, dans les sciences, dans les lettres, dans la magistrature, dans la politique, dans la guerre, etc., depuis le commencement de l'ère chrétienne jusqu'à nos jours. T. II. — Vannes-Paris: Cauderan; Dumoulin, 1857., pp. 851—852 La grande encyclopédie. T. XIX. — P., 1894., p. 508 Le Laboureur J. Relation du voyage de la reine de Pologne et du retour de la maréchale de Guébriant, ambassadrice extraordinaire. P., 1647. in-4° Louvet L. Guébriant (Renée du Bec-Crespin, maréchale de) // Nouvelle Biographie générale. T. XXII. — P.: Firmin Didot frères, 1858., col. 356—358 Noailles A.-M., vicomte de. Épisodes de la guerre de Trente ans. Le maréchal de Guébriant (1602—1643). — P.: Perrin et Cie, 1913. Vandal A. Un mariage politique au XVIIe siècle. Marie de Gonzague à Varsovie // Revue des Deux Mondes. № 2. — 1883. Ambassadors of France to Poland 1659 deaths

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ICC World Cricket League Division Seven

ICC World Cricket League Division Seven was the second-lowest division of the World Cricket League (WCL) system for its 2009–14 and 2012–18 cycles. Like all other divisions, WCL Division Seven was contested as a standalone tournament rather than as an actual league. The inaugural Division Seven tournament was held in 2009, hosted by Guernsey and won by Bahrain. The 2011 and 2013 tournaments were both held in Botswana, and won by Kuwait and Nigeria, respectively. Because the WCL operates on a system of promotion and relegation, teams generally only participated in one or two Division Seven tournaments before being either promoted to Division Six or relegated, either to Division Eight or to regional competitions. Overall, 13 teams played in at least one Division Seven tournament, with Nigeria the only team to feature in all three tournaments. Results Performance by team Legend – Champions – Runners-up – Third place Q – Qualified     — Hosts Player statistics References Division 7

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Fabian Wagner

Fabian Wagner (born 25 April 1978) is a German cinematographer. His roles in the production of the television shows Sherlock and Game of Thrones have earned him two Creative Arts Emmy Award nominations. In 2017, he won the American Society of Cinematographers Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Regular Series for his work on the Game of Thrones episode "Battle of the Bastards". Life and career Fabian Wagner was born in Munich, Germany. He studied at the Northern Film School in Leeds, earning a master's degree. Starting in 2004, Wagner began working as a cinematographer, first shooting music videos and short films. In 2008, he began working regularly on television shows for BBC and ITV, and since then has been working almost exclusively for British and American film companies. His first role as a cinematographer for a TV show was for the 2008 BBC Three drama series Spooks: Code 9, for which he filmed all six episodes. Since then he has been working all across the world on various productions. His first feature film The Legend of Barney Thomson (2015) under director Robert Carlyle won the Scottish Bafta award for best movie. His work on the Sherlock episode "A Scandal in Belgravia" and the Game of Thrones episode "Hardhome" earned him two Emmy nominations in 2012 and 2015, respectively. He has also been nominated for ASC and BSC awards and has become one of the youngest members of the British Society of Cinematographers. Filmography Film Television Accolades References External links German cinematographers 1978 births Film people from Munich Living people Alumni of the Northern Film School

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Roncesvalles (disambiguation)

Roncesvalles can mean: Roncesvalles, a small village in Navarre, northern Spain Roncevaux Pass, a mountain pass near this village, called Roncesvalles in Spanish the Battle of Roncevaux Pass, fought there in 778 the Battle of Roncevaux Pass (824), also fought there the Battle of Roncesvalles (1813), also fought there Roncesvalles, an urban neighbourhood and a street (Roncesvalles Avenue) in Toronto, Canada Roncesvalles, Tolima, a municipality in Colombia

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Iberia, Missouri

Iberia is a city in Miller County, Missouri, United States. The population was 736 at the 2010 census. History A post office called Iberia has been in operation since 1838. The community derives its name from the Iberian Peninsula perhaps via New Iberia, Louisiana. Iberia Academy and Junior College was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. Geography Iberia is located in southeastern Miller County in the Ozarks of Central Missouri. The city is at the intersection of routes 17 and 42. Lake of the Ozarks State Park is approximately 12 miles to the west on route 42. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 736 people, 287 households, and 185 families living in the city. The population density was . There were 347 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 95.8% White, 0.8% African American, 1.1% Native American, 0.7% from other races, and 1.6% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.0% of the population. There were 287 households, of which 40.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.2% were married couples living together, 15.3% had a female householder with no husband present, 7.0% had a male householder with no wife present, and 35.5% were non-families. 31.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.56 and the average family size was 3.16. The median age in the city was 31.4 years. 31.4% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.8% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 24.7% were from 25 to 44; 22.4% were from 45 to 64; and 12.8% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 48.6% male and 51.4% female. 2000 census As of the census of 2000, there were 605 people, 268 households, and 161 families living in the city. The population density was 672.8 people per square mile (259.5/km2). There were 327 housing units at an average density of 363.7 per square mile (140.3/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 97.85% White, 0.33% African American, 0.66% Native American, 0.17% Asian, 0.33% from other races, and 0.66% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.32% of the population. There were 268 households, out of which 30.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.0% were married couples living together, 13.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.9% were non-families. 35.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 21.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.26 and the average family size was 2.91. In the city, the population was spread out, with 25.3% under the age of 18, 9.8% from 18 to 24, 25.5% from 25 to 44, 20.5% from 45 to 64, and 19.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 86.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 79.4 males. The median income for a household in the city was $30,033, and the median income for a family was $28,750. Males had a median income of $25,500 versus $16,875 for females. The per capita income for the city was $12,918. About 13.6% of families and 17.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 23.1% of those under age 18 and 18.1% of those age 65 or over. Education The Iberia R-V School District operates an elementary school, a junior high school, and a high school. Junior high and elementary are linked in two buildings, and high school operates primarily in the annex, but classes do go back and forth from the buildings. Iberia has a public library, a branch of the Heartland Regional Library System. References External links Historic maps of Iberia in the Sanborn Maps of Missouri Collection at the University of Missouri Cities in Miller County, Missouri Cities in Missouri

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Pilla Zamindar

Pilla Zamindar () is a 2011 Indian Telugu-language coming of age comedy-drama film written and directed by G. Ashok. The film stars Nani, Haripriya, and Bindu Madhavi while Srinivas Avasarala, Dhanraj, Thagubothu Ramesh, Rao Ramesh and Nagineedu play supporting roles. Inspired by the South Korean film A Millionaire's First Love (2006), the plot follows Praveen "PJ" Jayaramaraju (Nani), an arrogant youngster who is set to inherit his grandfather's wealth but must fulfil certain conditions in order to do so. The film has soundtrack composed by Selvaganesh. Pilla Zamindar was released on 14 October 2011. Plot Praveen "PJ" Jayaramaraju, the grandson of a wealthy zamindar Rudra Ramaraju, is a spoiled arrogant youngster. He attends lavish parties and spends money recklessly. PJ also breakups with Sindhu when she exposes his cheating in an exam. On PJ's 18th birthday, his dying grandfather's will with several conditions is presented to him. It states that PJ would inherit the entire wealth subject to the following conditions: He should complete his graduation as a common man without any luxuries in Shrimati Mangamma Government Degree College. He must also complete it within three years. He needs to stay in Rajanna hostel in Siripuram and manage living with a very little money (similar to other students who study on scholarship). In addition to this, another clause would be told three months after joining the college. PJ goes to the village and meets Rajanna, the hostel warden. He joins the college but finds it hard to adjust to the surroundings. He becomes good friends with Kanna Babu, Jaatheeyam, Maqbool, and others. Sindhu also comes to study in the same college which is in her hometown. While PJ struggles to adapt to simple village life, he passes the supplementary exams with the help of Sindhu who scribes for him because his hands are wounded. Three months after he joins the college, another condition is revealed that he needs to be elected as the student union president of the college and he must not have a fight with anyone during his time there. PJ begins to adapt to the conditions and changes his lavish lifestyle. Slowly, he realises the value of life and human beings. In the second year of his degree, PJ tries to get elected as a president by bribing people with alcohol but it backfires as he loses the respect and trust of all his friends and Rajanna. When disheartened PJ tries to abandon the college, Rajanna reveals the true purpose and reason behind his grandfather's conditions. PJ's father had previously studied in the same college where met his future wife, PJ's mother. Rajanna and PJ's father were friends and he is like an uncle to PJ. PJ's father married against the wishes of Ramaraju and as a result, he was deprived of his inheritance. Ramaraju later realises his mistake but his son and daughter-in-law die in an accident, and PJ grows to be the arrogant rich person he is. PJ now comes to the realisation that people are above money. He falls in love with Sindhu who reciprocates his feelings. In the final year, PJ forms a student club and helps the villagers in various aspects like bringing the teachers back to the school and fixing the roads and potholes. Ammiraju, PJ's opponent in the student election, tries to win playing the caste card but fails to do so. PJ provides logical arguments for the betterment of the college and gets elected, satisfying the last of his grandfather's wishes. PJ not only succeeds in fulfilling the conditions laid down by his grandfather but also transforms into a good person. On the day of his graduation, he risks his entire property to save Kanna Babu's life. As PJ was ready to abandon his property for saving a friend in need, he earns back his wealth and the love of all. Cast Nani as Praveen Jayaramaraju alias PJ Haripriya as Sindhu Bindu Madhavi as Amrutha Srinivas Avasarala as Kanna Babu Dhanraj as Jaatheeyam Thagubothu Ramesh as Maqbool Rao Ramesh as Military Rajanna Nagineedu as Rudra Ramaraju M. S. Narayana as Telugu lecturer Uddhandam Naramalli Sivaprasad as Lawyer Sharath Chandra Randhir Gattla as Ammiraju Satya as Pulakesi Vennela Kishore as Sarkar Sameer Hasan as Science Teacher Tarzan as Sports Teacher Sarika Ramachandra Rao as Hindi Lecturer Shankar Melkote as PJ's ex-college principal Narsing Yadav as Adavi Rambabu Raghu Karumanchi as Ramana Nalla Venu as Bangkok Naveen Neny as Chamki Meghna Naidu as an item number Production Nani and Srinivas Avasarala are once again seen together in this film after Ashta Chemma. G. Ashok opted most of the same crew who previously worked with him in Aakasa Ramanna for this film. They include Praveen Poodi handling the editing, Sai Sriram handling the camera, Chandrashekar writing the dialogues and finally Manivasan doing the art. Popular Kannada actress Haripriya was cast for the role of Sindhu, love interest of the main lead. Bindu Madhavi was cast for the role of Amrutha and Srinivas Avasarala was cast for the role of Nani's friend. Being a comedy film, it features most of the Telugu comedians like M. S. Narayana, Dhanraj, Ramesh, Raghu, Venu and Vennela Kishore. Meghna Naidu did a special song in the movie. M. S. Narayana was cast in a role of Telugu lecturer, his previous real life job before becoming an actor. Chandrashekar Gundimeda assisted Ashok with the dialogues. Shooting of the film began in October 2010 and was initially planned to release in April 2011. but the film got delayed due to 2011 Telugu film industry strike. The movie was completed in August 2011 and the film was released in October 2011. Shooting was predominantly done in Hyderabad and Guntur. Release and reception The film was released worldwide on 14 October 2011. Jeevi of Idlebrain.com rated the film 3/5 and praised Nani for his acting in the movie. Reviewer from CNN-IBN gave a positive review stating that the movie is above average and Nani's performance impressive. The film was successful at the box-office. Soundtrack Audio release of the film was held on 19 September 2011 in Prasads Lab, Hyderabad. The audio was released and distributed by Aditya Music. The music of this film was composed by Selvaganesh. The audio was well received. Telugu lyricist Krishna Chaitanya penned 5 songs in the film while Sri Mani wrote the remaining one song. References External links 2011 films 2010s Telugu-language films Indian films Films scored by V. Selvaganesh Films featuring an item number Indian buddy comedy-drama films Films about friendship Indian remakes of South Korean films Indian coming-of-age comedy-drama films 2010s coming-of-age comedy-drama films Films set in Andhra Pradesh Films set in Hyderabad, India Films shot in Andhra Pradesh Films shot in Hyderabad, India

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ji%C5%99%C3%AD%20Kop%C3%A1%C4%8D

Jiří Kopáč

Jiří Kopáč (; born 23 February 1982) is a Czech rower. He competed in the Men's lightweight coxless four event at the 2012 Summer Olympics. References 1982 births Living people Czech male rowers Olympic rowers of the Czech Republic Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Rowers from Prague

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Carlo d'Aragona Tagliavia

Carlo d'Aragona Tagliavia (Castelvetrano, Sicily, 1530 – Madrid, 25 September 1599) was a Sicilian noble and viceroy. He was the son of Giovanni Tagliavia, count of Castelvetrano, and Beatrice de Aragon y Cruillas, only daughter of Carlos de Aragon, marquis of Avola. He was a Knight of the Order of Aviz, the governor of the Duchy of Milan from 1583 to 1592, and Viceroy of Sicily two times, in 1556–1568 and 1571–1577. He was also Viceroy of Catalonia in 1581–1582. He became first Duke of Terranova on 17 August 1561 and Knight in the Order of the Golden Fleece in 1585. He married Margherita Ventimiglia and Cardinal Simeone Tagliavia d'Aragona was his son. He was succeeded as Duke of Terranova by his grandson Carlos Tagliavia de Aragón (died 1605). References External links Geni.com 1520s births 1599 deaths Clergy from Palermo Margraves of Italy Knights of the Golden Fleece Viceroys of Sicily Viceroys of Catalonia Governors of the Duchy of Milan

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Burrington, Somerset

Burrington is a small village and civil parish in Somerset, England. It is situated in the unitary authority of North Somerset, north east of Axbridge and about east of Weston-super-Mare. The parish includes the hamlets of Bourne and Rickford and has a population of 464. History Burrington is believed to mean 'The villa and an enclosure' from the Old English bur, end and tun. Burrington was part of the hundred of Brent-cum-Wrington. In the 15th century the village was called Beryngton and was involved in lead mining. It is very close to Burrington Combe where there is evidence of occupation since Neolithic times, the Bronze Age and Roman periods. There is also an Iron Age hillfort known as Burrington Camp. The 19th century Methodist chapel in Rickford is now a masonic lodge. The gauging house over the brook in the village was also built in the late 19th century, and restored in 2013. Governance The parish council has responsibility for local issues, including setting an annual precept (local rate) to cover the council's operating costs and producing annual accounts for public scrutiny. The parish council evaluates local planning applications and works with the local police, district council officers, and neighbourhood watch groups on matters of crime, security, and traffic. The parish council's role also includes initiating projects for the maintenance and repair of parish facilities, such as the village hall or community centre, playing fields and playgrounds, as well as consulting with the district council on the maintenance, repair, and improvement of highways, drainage, footpaths, public transport, and street cleaning. Conservation matters (including trees and listed buildings) and environmental issues are also of interest to the council. The parish falls within the unitary authority of North Somerset which was created in 1996, as established by the Local Government Act 1992. It provides a single tier of local government with responsibility for almost all local government functions within its area including local planning and building control, local roads, council housing, environmental health, markets and fairs, refuse collection, recycling, cemeteries, crematoria, leisure services, parks, and tourism. It is also responsible for education, social services, libraries, main roads, public transport, trading standards, waste disposal and strategic planning, although fire, police and ambulance services are provided jointly with other authorities through the Avon Fire and Rescue Service, Avon and Somerset Constabulary and the South Western Ambulance Service. North Somerset's area covers part of the ceremonial county of Somerset but it is administered independently of the non-metropolitan county. Its administrative headquarters is in the town hall in Weston-super-Mare. Between 1 April 1974 and 1 April 1996, it was the Woodspring district of the county of Avon. Before 1974 that the parish was part of the Axbridge Rural District. The parish is represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom as part of the Weston-super-Mare county constituency. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It was also part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament prior to Britain leaving the European Union in January 2020, which elected seven MEPs using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation. Religious sites The Church of the Holy Trinity is from the 15th century and was restored in 1884. It is a Grade I listed building. It contains a stained-glass window, with the arms of the Capels of Langford Court. The tower contains a bell dating from 1713 and made by Edward Bilbie of the Bilbie family. References External links Mendip Hills Civil parishes in Somerset Villages in North Somerset

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Pineapple Dance Studios

Pineapple Dance Studios, commonly known as Pineapple Studios or simply Pineapple, is a dance studio complex, performing arts school, and associated dancewear, clothing, and eyewear brand, based in London, England. Origin Pineapple Studios was founded by former model Debbie Moore, who had started dance lessons to alleviate weight gain caused by hypothyroidism. Following the closure of her local dance studio in Covent Garden, she failed to find a suitable alternative, so decided to open her own studio in the area. Pineapple Dance Studios opened in 1979, based in a former pineapple warehouse from which the company gets its name. The site continues to house the dance studios, as well as being the headquarters of the Pineapple Performing Arts School and the studios' associated dancewear and clothing brand. Pineapple Studios Originally intended as a drop-in dance centre, Pineapple Studios is a complex of 12 dance studios that are used for various purposes. The studios host over 200 scheduled dance classes each week, open to studio members and the public, however the studios have become most notable for their extensive use by the entertainments industry as a venue for rehearsals, castings and recordings. Clients who use the studios include notable dance companies, record labels, television networks, film studios, West End shows, cruise lines, talent, and model agencies. It is also well known as a rehearsal studio used by celebrities, which have included Madonna, Beyoncé, Girls Aloud, and Kylie Minogue. According to BBC London, it is "one of the world's premier dance studios" and Ballet.co.uk called it a "mecca for dancers". Class Teachers are similarly renowned and include international choreographers such as Rose Alice Larkings. The location, in London's West End "Theatre Land" was a key factor of its success. In her book, When a Woman Means Business, Debbie Moore wrote: "In my case, I knew Covent Garden was the right area". The studios were the setting for the 2010 Sky1 docusoap Pineapple Dance Studios. Clothing brand Having been regularly employed by the clothing and textiles company Courtaulds, Debbie Moore was also experienced in clothing design and manufacture. During the early 1980s, she began developing her own line of dance-wear, including using Lycra, which at that time was not a widely used fabric. She sold her designs through a shop at the dance studios and this ultimately led to the formation of the Pineapple clothing brand. Louie Spence and Debbie Moore launched the Pineapple Eye-wear range of glasses on 4 August 2010 at Pineapple Dance Studios. Documentary A docusoap following Pineapple Studios and its employees such as Louie Spence and Andrew Stone were first shown on 14 February 2010 on Sky1. With narration by ex-BBC newsreader Michael Buerk, it was a documentary that included impromptu dancing and the promotional tag-line: "Pineapple Dance Studios: Where careers are made, dreams are broken, bitching is an Olympic sport and everyone is fabulous!". References External links Pineapple Dance Studios Pineapple Performing Arts School Pineapple Dance Studios – Documentary Dance schools in the United Kingdom Dance in London Dancewear companies

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhannad%20Awadh

Muhannad Awadh

Muhannad Awadh (; born 27 May 1992) is a Saudi Arabian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Al-Jeel. External links References 1992 births Living people Saudi Arabian footballers Ittihad FC players G.D. Tourizense players Al-Orobah FC players Najran SC players Al-Wehda Club (Mecca) players Al-Watani Club players Al-Nojoom FC players Al-Kawkab FC players Al-Fayha FC players Al-Bukayriyah FC players Al Jeel Club players Saudi First Division League players Saudi Professional League players Expatriate footballers in Portugal Saudi Arabian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Saudi Arabian expatriate footballers Sportspeople from Jeddah Association football midfielders

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island%20Nation%202

Island Nation 2

Island Nation 2 () is the second season of the Taiwanese political drama, Island Nation, based on Taiwan's transition from an authoritarian state to a democracy in the 1990s. The second season debuted on September 12, 2021. Synopsys Island Nation 2 presents a fictionalized account of Taiwan from 1995-1996 amidst Taiwan's arrival at its first-ever direct presidential election, featuring political infighting, rise of criminal elements in politics, and soldiers fighting for their lives under the Third Taiwan Strait Crisis. They all represent Taiwan's spirit of “One island, one destiny.” Episodes References External links - Season 2 English subtitled episodes 2021 television seasons Television shows filmed in Taiwan Taiwanese drama television series Television series set in 1994 Television series set in 1995 Television series set in 1996 2

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California%20Republican%20Assembly

California Republican Assembly

The California Republican Assembly (CRA) is a conservative California Republican activist group. It is the oldest and largest grassroots volunteer organization chartered by the California Republican Party, and is the California affiliate of the National Federation of Republican Assemblies (NFRA). The CRA can date its origin to the 1930s and was an early supporter of Governor Earl Warren but also an early opponent of Chief Justice Earl Warren, whom it believed had moved left from his gubernatorial days to his time on the court and so was regarded as far too liberal to merit support by conservatives. The CRA was largely supportive of the efforts of Barry Goldwater's Presidential bid and helped him finalize his nomination at the 1964 Republican National Convention held in San Francisco. Later that year it helped the cause of George Murphy, a former movie actor and close friend of Ronald Reagan in being elected to the United States Senate, and then helped Reagan himself to be elected Governor of California in 1966. The group claims to hold much of the responsibility for the "Reagan Revolution". Ronald Reagan often referred to CRA as the "Conscience of the Republican Party." Unlike some other conservative political groups, it makes no pretense at being nonpartisan; the "CRA has been working to elect Republican candidates who stand unwaveringly for Republican principles," according to their website. It is anti-abortion and pro-"family values" and it supports a limited-government agenda calling for lower taxes, less governmental regulation, and more personal freedom. In the 1990s it spawned a national organization based on its own efforts, the National Federation of Republican Assemblies, which now has affiliates in approximately forty states. External links Official Website Politics of California Republican Party (United States) organizations Conservative organizations in the United States

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian%20Institute%20of%20Finance

Asian Institute of Finance

The Asian Institute of Finance Berhad (AIF) is a nonprofit organisation in Malaysia. Its main purpose is to enhance human capital development and talent management across the Asian financial services industry. AIF's headquarters are located in Kuala Lumpur. The institute attracts, develops and retains talented individuals towards ensuring the development and sustainability of the industry. It advocates this principle via domestic and regional alliances with industry, multilateral organisations and academia with the sole aim of raising the profile of the human capital and talent management agenda. AIF works closely with Central Bank of Malaysia, Securities Commission Malaysia, Asian Institute of Chartered Bankers (AICB), Asian Banking School (ABS), Chartered Institute of Islamic Professionals (CIIF), Islamic Banking and Finance Institute of Malaysia (IBFIM), Securities Industry Development Corporation (SIDC) and the Malaysian Insurance Institute (MII) towards coordinating and enhancing content as well as delivery of professional qualifications in Malaysia. History The AIF was jointly established by Central Bank of Malaysia and Securities Commission Malaysia on 17 November 2008. It was set-up under the 7th Governor of Central Bank of Malaysia, Malaysia's central bank, Tan Sri Dato' Sri Dr. Ungku Zeti Akhtar binti Ungku Abdul Aziz. AIF conducts applied research and prepares case studies relating to talent management and human capital development issues in the financial services industry. AIF also works with the financial services industry to enhance the development, implementation and advocacy of professional standards and business ethics. AIF also acts as the secretariat for a voluntary industry-led body, called the Financial Services Professional Board (FSPB), which develops and advocates universal professional and ethical standards for the financial services industry. FSPB was launched in Malaysia by Central Bank of Malaysia and Securities Commission Malaysia on 24 September 2014. AIF also develops and monitors capacity building initiatives created by Central Bank of Malaysia and designed to drive efficiency, effectiveness and the structural development of the industry. After the departure of Dr Raymond Madden, CEO in 2018 the unit was disbanded by Bank Negara Malaysia in June 2019. Headquarters The AIF headquarters is located at Plaza Sentral; off Jalan Stesen Sentral 5. The unit is now closed and no longer operates. Research AIF delivers applied research in relation to human capital development and talent management focused on the financial services industry either independently or through its partnerships with industry, multilateral organisations and academia. The aim of its research is to provide a rigorous analysis and suggest possible solutions to the challenges faced by industry in the areas of talent attraction, development and retention. AIF also publishes a regular journal, Asian Link, which provides different perspectives from industry leaders on issues and trends in the industry particularly in relation to human capital management. AIF leads several industry-wide initiatives aimed at addressing talent issues facing the industry. AIF's research is also available on The Asia-Pacific Research Exchange (ARX), a regional research hub for finance and investment management professionals to learn and engage on important industry topics and trends specific to the Asia-Pacific region. AIF has produced a series of research studies on millennials. This has included studies into debt among millennials in Malaysia as well as research into millennials in other ASEAN countries including Indonesia, Thailand and Singapore. AIF has also studied remuneration in the financial services sector and digitalisation in financial services including a 2017 study on enhancing digital trust in online banking and insurance. Another study found that crowdfunding is expected to grow as a critical source of funding for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises in Malaysia. AIF examines some of the key issues and challenges facing the human resources function and human resources professionals including high performance work practices and the need for human resources transformation in the financial services sector. AIF frequently partners with academic organisations to conduct research and university partners publish this research on their own behalf in international academic journals. In 2017, AIF published a study on the importance of Green Human Resource Management (GHRM) in the Malaysian financial services industry. Other initiatives AIF provides a platform for business leaders, academics and human capital experts to discuss some of the most pertinent issues facing businesses in Malaysia and regionally. Speakers AIF has hosted include Tan Sri Andrew Sheng, Professor Dave Ulrich, Professor Kishore Mahbubani, Professor John Kay, Manfred F.R. Kets de Vries and Brett King. AIF is often called to participate at international conferences to share its findings. References External links 2008 establishments in Malaysia Financial services in Malaysia Organisations based in Kuala Lumpur Central Bank of Malaysia

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg%20J.%20Lober

Georg J. Lober

Georg John Lober (November 7, 1891 – December 14, 1961) was an American sculptor best known for his 1959 statue of composer George M. Cohan situated in Times Square, a 1949 sculpture of statesman Thomas Paine in Morristown, New Jersey, and a bronze sculpture of Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen located in Central Park, Manhattan. He served for nearly two decades as executive secretary for the New York City Municipal Art Commission, from 1943 to 1960. Background Born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1892, Lober moved to Keyport, New Jersey, as a teenager. Lober studied sculpture at the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design and at the National Academy of Design. He apprenticed to sculptor Gutzon Borglum, who is credited with the statesmen at Mount Rushmore. Career Lober's first major works were bas reliefs of Robert Fulton, inventor of the steamship, and explorer Henry Hudson in 1909. A bronze statue of Eve that he created for the 1939 New York World's Fair in Flushing, Queens was destroyed by vandals. A 1949 sculpture of Revolutionary War figure Thomas Paine is located in Morristown, New Jersey's Burnham Park. Lober was appointed to the New York City Municipal Art Commission in 1942; it was responsible for supervising the artistic quality of all city matters. He served as its executive secretary from 1943 to 1960. In 1946 he and the Commission were tasked by Mayor of New York City William O'Dwyer to restore portraits in New York City Hall that had deteriorated severely. A June 1950 editorial in The New York Times thanked Lober and the Art Commission, saying that they "deserve a pat on the back for their careful and painstaking work" in preserving the city's heritage for future generations. Lober created an seated figure of Hans Christian Andersen on a granite bench for New York City's Central Park, which was installed in 1956. It was cast in bronze at Long Island City's Modern Art Foundry. The statue was designed to accompany an outdoor center for story-telling, and was placed on a 40-foot square stone platform surrounded by benches, trees and shrubs. The $75,000 cost of the monument was covered in part by contributions from Danish and American schoolchildren. Lober returned to the theme with his 1955 medal commemorating the 150th anniversary of Anderson's birth, created for the Society of Medalists. Composer Oscar Hammerstein II was the chairman of a committee that selected Lober and architect Otto F. Langmann to develop a statue of composer, playwright, and actor George M. Cohan. It was installed in Father Duffy Square on Broadway at the northern end of Times Square in Midtown Manhattan. The statue was formally unveiled and dedicated on September 11, 1959, by Mayor Robert F. Wagner. Denmark In 1912, Lober created an emblem for the Rebild National Park (Danish: Rebild Bakker] in Rebild, Region Nordjylland, Denmark. He also made a bronze relief of United States President Abraham Lincoln that was installed in Rebild National Park. Lober's bronze portrait of native son Hans Christian Andersen is in the Odense Museum. Denmark recognized Lober in 1950 with an appointment as a Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog. Personal life Lober lived at 33 West 67th Street in Manhattan. He died on December 14, 1961, and was interred in St. Joseph's Cemetery in Keyport. References External links Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Georg John Lober papers. 1892 births 1961 deaths Artists from Chicago People from Keyport, New Jersey Knights of the Order of the Dannebrog 20th-century American sculptors 20th-century male artists American male sculptors Sculptors from Illinois People from the Upper West Side

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liu%20Jun%20%28Southern%20Han%29

Liu Jun (Southern Han)

Liu Jun (劉濬), courtesy name Boshen (伯深), was an official of the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period state Southern Han, at one point serving as a chancellor. Background It is not known when Liu Jun was born. His father Liu Chongwang was a prominent late-Tang official and served as a chancellor during the reign of Emperor Zhaozong. Several of his uncles, including Liu Chongwang's older brother Liu Chonggui (劉崇龜), were also prominent. During Emperor Zhaozong's reign, the realm was in great turmoil. Sometime after Liu Chonggui's becoming the military governor (Jiedushi) of Qinghai Circuit (清海, headquartered in modern Guangzhou, Guangdong), early in Emperor Zhaozong's Dashun era (890-891), Liu Jun, wanting to avoid the turmoils, followed his uncle Liu Chonggui to Qinghai and became dependent on Liu Chonggui. He remained at Qinghai's capital Guang Prefecture (廣州) after Liu Chonggui's death in the middle of Emperor Zhaozong's Qianning era (894-898). Service under Liu Yin Liu Chonggui had, in or around 894, commissioned Liu Yin as the defender of Heshui Base (賀水鎮, in modern Nanning, Guangxi), and then as the prefect of Feng Prefecture (封州, in modern Zhaoqing, Guangdong). Therefore, after Liu Yin subsequently became the military governor of Qinghai, first in an acting capacity in 901 and then officially in 904, Liu Yin, in showing gratitude to Liu Chonggui, treated Liu Jun with respect. He invited Liu Jun to serve on his staff, serving with Li Yinheng and Ni Shu, often consulting them on key decisions. Service under Liu Yan In 917, Liu Yin's brother and successor Liu Yan, who had previously been a vassal of Tang's successor state Later Liang, declared himself emperor of a new state of Yue (later changed to Han, and therefore historically known as Southern Han). He commissioned Liu Jun as the minister of imperial clan affairs (宗正卿, Zhongzheng Qing) and deputy minister of public works (工部侍郎, Gongbu Shilang). Toward the end of Liu Yan's Qianheng era (917-925), there was a time when Liu Yan mobilized an army and placed it at Chao Prefecture (潮州, in modern Chaozhou, Guangdong), preparing to launch it against Southern Han's northeastern neighbor Min. Liu Jun found this inadvisable, so he discussed this with the chancellor Yang Dongqian. Yang agreed with him and tried to dissuade Liu Yan, to no avail. In 924, Liu Yan led the troops to take up a position between Min's Ting (汀州, in modern Longyan, Fujian) and Zhang (漳州, in modern Zhangzhou, Fujian) Prefectures. A Min army attacked him, and he was forced to withdraw. He thus greatly regretted not listening to Yang and Liu Jun. After Yang died in 936, Liu Yan promoted Liu Jun to be chancellor, with the titles of Zhongshu Shilang (中書侍郎) and Tong Zhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi (同中書門下平章事), to replace Yang. It was said that Liu Jun was honest and frugal. He often encouraged Liu Yan to love his people and rest his army, in terms that were delicate but firm. He died while serving as chancellor, but the date was not given. (As nothing was said about his serving under Liu Yan's successors, presumably he died before Liu Yan's death in 942.) Notes and references Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 280. Book of Southern Han (南漢書), vol. 10. Spring and Autumn Annals of the Ten Kingdoms, vol. 62. 9th-century births 10th-century deaths Southern Han people born during Tang Southern Han chancellors

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szewce%2C%20Lublin%20Voivodeship

Szewce, Lublin Voivodeship

Szewce is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Janów Lubelski, within Janów Lubelski County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately south of Janów Lubelski and south of the regional capital Lublin. References Szewce

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glyphodes%20desmialis

Glyphodes desmialis

Glyphodes desmialis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Paul Mabille in 1900. The type locality is unknown, but it is thought to originate from mainland Africa or Madagascar. References Moths described in 1900 Glyphodes

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liotyphlops%20albirostris

Liotyphlops albirostris

Liotyphlops albirostris (common name Whitenose blind snake) is a species of snake in the Anomalepididae family. It is endemic to Central America. The snake has been reported from Colombia, Curaçao, Panama and Venezuela. References Anomalepididae Snakes of Central America Snakes of South America Reptiles of the Caribbean Reptiles of Colombia Reptiles of Panama Reptiles of Venezuela Reptiles described in 1857

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Del%20meglio%20del%20nostro%20meglio%20Vol.%201

Del meglio del nostro meglio Vol. 1

Del meglio del nostro meglio Vol. 1 is the first greatest hits compilation by Italian rock band Elio e le Storie Tese. Track listing "Born to be Abramo?" 0:14 "Born to be Abramo" – 4:57 (featuring Patrick Hernandez) "L'astronauta pasticcione" – 4:51 "Servi della gleba" – 4:38 "Tapparella" – 6:11 "L'eterna lotta tra il bene e il male" – 4:10 "La terra dei cachi" (Studio version) – 4:16 "Pipppero®" – 4:20 "Nubi di ieri sul nostro domani odierno (Abitudinario)" – 4:17 "Burattino senza fichi" – 4:53 "Supergiovane" – 8:24 "Cara ti amo (Risvolti psicologici nei rapporti fra giovani uomini e giovani donne)" – 5:03 "John Holmes" – 3:47 "Alfieri" [Live at Circolo Fratellanza e Pace of Legnano 19\07\1986] – 6:25 "Sos epidos" – 1:30 Track details "Born to be Abramo?" is a sample from a contemporary advertisement for "Ava" laundry detergent, where Claudia Mori sang a reference to "La terra dei cachi" on a different melody, possibly for copyright reasons. The sample is interrupted by a loud scream from the band members. "Born to be Abramo" is a re-recording of the band's banned 1990 single, featuring guest Patrick Hernandez singing a parody of his own hit "Born to Be Alive" on religious-themed Italian lyrics by missionary Gigi Cocquio. "L'astronauta pasticcione" ("The bungling astronaut"), the first of two previously unreleased songs on the album, is a ballad about a very inept astronaut who gets sick with diarrhea as a result of space travel and ends up releasing his feces into his space suit, causing a horribly unbearable smell. The song, however, describes the event in a very sweet, almost poetical way. On a musical level, the song's chorus uses the chords from the 1975 song "Lighthouse" by James Taylor, as well as a reference to "Squonk" (1976) by Genesis. "Introservi" is a ballad-like intro to the following track, "Servi della gleba", already released as a ghost track on İtalyan, rum casusu çikti. "Servi della gleba", "Tapparella", "Pipppero" and "Burattino senza fichi" are all identical to the respective versions on the band's past albums. "La terra dei cachi" is the studio version of the song, previously available only on a promo single. The band's live performance of the song at the 1996 Sanremo Music Festival was released on Eat the Phikis. "L'eterna lotta tra il bene e il male" ("The eternal fight between good and evil"), the second previously unreleased song on the album, uses the backing track to the 1995 song "Very Good Very Bad", from the Bollywood film Trimurti, overlaid with multiple samples from a series of angry, offending and profane voicemails left on keyboard player Sergio Conforti's answering machine by an anonymous elderly lady from Milan, nicknamed "Nasty sciura" ("sciura" being Milanese for "lady") by Conforti (a.k.a. Rocco Tanica) - who apparently mistook him for the band's lead singer. In the voicemails, "Nasty sciura" repeatedly insults Conforti about the recurring use of vulgarity in the band's songs, accusing him (among other things) of having mentally corrupted her son. This track also includes a few lines sung by Elio on a melody from "Within You, Without You" by The Beatles. "Abitudinario", "Supergiovane" and "John Holmes" are new recordings of the respective songs, with small alterations (mostly consisting in slight changes to the performances and the samples used on the tracks). "Cara ti amo" is a completely new recording of the same-titled song, a surreal dialogue between two lovers, from Elio samaga hukapan kariyana turu. It is purported to be live but it was actually made in a studio, as the purported location of the live recording, "Baritone Women's Bar in Prugliasco, Switzerland", is invented - although "Planet of the Baritone Women" is a track from Frank Zappa's 1988 live album Broadway the Hard Way. As on the previous album version, the dialogue (performed by Elio and Tanica) is almost completely improvised. "Alfieri" ("Ensigns") is the only officially available version, recorded live in 1986 in a Legnano club, of the band's concluding song from their 1980s/early 1990s live shows, where, after a semi-serious verse by Elio, each band member introduces himself in a comedic verse, before ending with an equally comedic unison choir. On this particular recording, bassist Nicola Fasani (a.k.a. Faso or Pasto) and guitarist Davide Civaschi (a.k.a. Cesàreo) are heard laughing throughout their verses (because the other members are teasing them and playing practical jokes to them) and barely managing to sing their lyrics. "Sos epidos" ("The debts" in Sardinian) is a satirical song about debts, sung in the local language by a group of Sardinian tenores. Album title and artwork The album title alludes to a series of best-of albums by Mina, all entitled Del mio meglio and numbered. (In 1997 the latest volume in Mina's series, released in 1987, was Volume 9.) The cover artwork is a stereotypical stock photo, vaguely similar to several other previous releases, depicting two silhouettes of a girl and a boy, holding hands in front of a sunset on the sea. According to a statement by Elio during an episode of Cordialmente (the band's own radio show on Radio Deejay), broadcast at the time, the photo actually depicts two males, although the reliability of such a statement is debatable. Footnotes References External links Elio e le Storie Tese albums 1997 compilation albums Italian-language albums

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalkie%2C%20Queensland

Kalkie, Queensland

Kalkie is a suburb of Bundaberg in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Kalkie had a population of 2,692 people. Geography Kalkie is bounded to the west by the Burnett River. History Kalkie State School opened on 11 February 1878. A Primitive Methodist church was built at South Kalkie in 1878. Thirty years later it was relocated to Seaview Road, Bargara. Another Methodist church was built in Kalkie but was sold many years later. St Luke's Anglican School opened in 1994. In the , Kalkie had a population of 2,410 people. In the , Kalkie had a population of 2,692 people. Heritage listings Kalkie has a number of heritage-listed properties, including: 257 Bargara Road: Kalkie State School Education Kalkie State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at Bargara Road (). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 235 students with 22 teachers (19 full-time equivalent) and 20 non-teaching staff (11 full-time equivalent). It includes a special education program. St Luke's Anglican School is a private primary and secondary (Prep-12) school for boys and girls at 4 Mezger Street (). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 717 students with 58 teachers (56 full-time equivalent) and 42 non-teaching staff (35 full-time equivalent). There is no government secondary school in Kalkie. The nearest government secondary school is Kepnock State High School in Kepnock to the south. In popular culture Kalkie inspired the iconic Australian song, Sounds of Then (This is Australia), by Gang Gajang. References External links Suburbs of Bundaberg

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paungbyin

Paungbyin

Paungbyin, also known as Pyaungbin or Phaungbyin, is a town in Mawlaik District, Sagaing Division, of Myanmar, on the Chindwin River. It is the principal town of Paungbyin Township. References External links Map of Sagaing Division Asterism "Paungbyin Map — Satellite Images of Paungbyin" Maplandia Populated places in Sagaing Region Township capitals of Myanmar

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gadhpuri

Gadhpuri

Gadhpuri is a village in the Palwal district of Haryana, India. Demographics Per the 2011 Census of India, Gadhpuri had a total population of 1639 people; 880 of them male and 759 female. References Villages in Palwal district

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deitre%20Collins

Deitre Collins

Deitre Collins (born March 3, 1962) is an American volleyball player. She competed in the women's tournament at the 1988 Summer Olympics. While at Hawai'i, she won the Broderick Award (now the Honda Sports Award) as the nation's top collegiate volleyball player in both 1983 and 1984. References External links 1962 births Living people American women's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players of the United States Volleyball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American women Hawaii Rainbow Wahine volleyball players

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis%20Skidmore

Louis Skidmore

Louis Skidmore (April 8, 1897 – September 27, 1962) was an American architect, co-founder of the architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and recipient of the AIA Gold Medal. Biography Louis Skidmore was born in Lawrenceburg, Indiana. He served in the United States Army during World War I as a Sergeant. On June 14, 1930, he married Eloise Owings, the sister of Nathaniel A. Owings his future business partner. Louis and Eloise were married for over 32 years until his death in 1962. They had two sons Louis, Jr. and Philip Murray. Bradley Polytechnic Institute Louis Skidmore studied at Bradley Polytechnic Institute, now known as Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois, finishing in 1917. Boston Louis Skidmore trained with Cram and Ferguson, a large, established firm in Boston that designed Gothic style buildings. At night he studied at the Boston Architectural Club creating additional design problems that were critiqued by Harvard and MIT professors. Winning a prize at the BAC opened the door for Skidmore to attend MIT. He subsequently studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology until 1924. Europe After eight years of practicing architecture, Skidmore won the Rotch Traveling Fellowship that allowed him to travel to Europe, where he spent his time primarily in Rome and Paris. During his time in Paris he met Raymond Hood who convinced him to be involved in the Chicago's World's Fair, as Hood was head of the Board of Design. Also, while in Europe, he met Eloise Owings. They returned to the United States together where Eloise introduced Skidmore to her brother Nathaniel "Nat" Owings. Chicago World's Fair Skidmore began working with Raymond Hood on the Board of Design, as the design draftsman or junior designer, and also hired Nat Owings. When General Rufus Dawes, head of the Fair, fired all the other architects on the board, Skidmore, being the only one left, became the reviewer for all the designs that were presented by the various companies for the Fair. As a result, Skidmore became acquainted with a lot of commercial companies. After the fair, the Museum of Science and Industry was created and for it Skidmore was hired to study the museum in Munich. Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM) Skidmore and Nathaniel A. Owings co-founded the firm in 1936. John O. Merrill became the third partner in 1939. During the war years the firm built a number of large housing projects, most notably the initially secret town of Oak Ridge, Tennessee. In New York a major wartime project was the Abraham Lincoln Houses, a 14-building complex in Harlem (completed in 1948). Another major government-appointed project was the United States Air Force Academy. His firm developed its reputation for reliability in large developments, and became one of the largest and most talked-about skyscraper builders in the 1950s. SOM's most famous building under the original founders was the Lever House, built in 1952. "Skid was a very easy-going guy, very bright and tricky enough to get work, but a very pleasant guy and if he had a few drinks, he was very cordial. He was never mean. He couldn't have been nicer to me and the four partners who grew up with him. Skid was the man who had the insight in finding people. Skid picked the first four partners." – Gordon Bunshaft Civic involvement Louis Skidmore served as president of the New York Building Congress for 1949 and was vice-president of the Architectural League of New York in 1952. He received the highest individual honor for architecture from the American Institute of Architects, the Gold Medal in 1957. Children Louis Skidmore Jr. retired as an associate partner in Skidmore Owings & Merrill and currently resides in Houston, Tx. Philip M. Skidmore lives and works in Greenwich, Connecticut where he is Chairman of the wealth management firm Belpointe Asset Management. Grandchildren Louis Skidmore's first-born son, Louis Skidmore Jr., fathered three children: Christopher Skidmore, Elizabeth Skidmore and Heather Howard. Philip Skidmore fathered two children: Gregory Skidmore and Anne Skidmore. References 1897 births 1962 deaths 20th-century American architects Modernist architects Bradley University alumni Boston Architectural College alumni People from Lawrenceburg, Indiana Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni Skidmore, Owings & Merrill people Recipients of the AIA Gold Medal

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadramautic%20language

Hadramautic language

Ḥaḑramautic or Ḥaḑramitic was the easternmost of the four known languages of the Old South Arabian subgroup of Semitic. It was used in the Hadhramaut and also the area round the Hadhramite capital of Shabwah, in what is now Yemen. The Hadramites also controlled the trade in frankincense through their important trading post of Sumhuram (Hadramautic ), now Khor Rori in the Dhofar Governorate, Oman. Script and phonology Almost the entire body of evidence for the ancient Ḥaḑramautic language comes from inscriptions written in the monumental Old South Arabian script, consisting of 29 letters, and deriving from the Proto-Sinaitic script. The sounds of the language were essentially the same as those of Sabaean (see Sabaean language). Noteworthy characteristics of Ḥaḑramautic include its tendency, especially in inscriptions from Wādī Ḥaḑramawt, to represent Old South Arabian ṯ as s3: thus we find s2ls3 ("three"; cf. Sabaean s2lṯ.) There are also instances where ṯ is written for an older form s3; e.g. Ḥaḑramautic mṯnad ("inscription"), which is msnd in the rest of Old South Arabian. History Potsherds with Old South Arabian letters on them, found in Raybūn, the old Ḥaḑramite capital, have been radiocarbon dated to the 12th century BC. The language was certainly in use from 800 BC but in the 4th century AD the Ḥaḑramite Kingdom was conquered by the Ḥimyarites, who used Sabaean as an official language, and since then there are no more records in Ḥaḑramautic. During the course of the language’s history there appeared particular phonetic changes, such as the change from ˤ to ˀ, from ẓ to ṣ, from ṯ to s3. As in other Semitic languages n can be assimilated to a following consonant, compare ʾnfs1 "souls" > ʾfs1 In Ḥaḑramautic the third person pronouns begin with s1. It has feminine forms ending in ṯ and s3. References Bibliography Leonid Kogan and Andrey Korotayev: "Sayhadic Languages (Epigraphic South Arabian)" in Semitic Languages. London: Routledge, 1997, p. 157-183. Languages attested from the 8th century BC Old South Arabian languages Extinct languages of Asia Languages of Yemen

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The Benefactor (TV series)

The Benefactor is an American reality television show broadcast on ABC starting on September 13, 2004. The premise involved 16 contestants vying to win US$1 million from billionaire entrepreneur and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban. In late March and early April 2004, ABC held open auditions for the show in Atlanta, Boise, Boston, Dallas and Las Vegas and also accepted auditions by mail. The show and its format were kept tightly under wraps during its filming, which began on April 30, 2004 in Dallas, Texas. Mark Cuban purposefully kept details about the show to a minimum, revealing only a small bit of information about the show on his personal blog during filming. Dallas journalists, eager to learn what was going on, routinely compiled sightings of Benefactor film crews around town. However, the show proved to be extremely unpopular and suffered from very low ratings, despite leading into the popular Monday Night Football. The show also suffered from ABC stations in NFL markets (such as WBAY in Green Bay and Buffalo's WKBW-TV) moving the show to a timeslot after Jimmy Kimmel Live! or another night entirely due to local sports shows devoted to NFL coverage or local pre-game shows in the pre-MNF slot. Episode three had only 4.9 million viewers, the network's least-watched show of that week. Episode four did even worse, with only 4.05 million viewers and finished sixth in its time slot among 18- to 49-year-olds. The series was widely seen as a copycat and derivative of The Apprentice, a popular show of the time that was hosted by Donald Trump. The Benefactor debuted about nine months after The Apprentice did, though The Benefactor focused more on offbeat and unconventional tasks that weren't directly related to business, as opposed to The Apprentice's commerce-related tasks. The Benefactor also offered a straight cash prize as opposed to an apprenticeship with salary. Contestants The show Cuban said specifically that he would give the $1 million prize to the person that demonstrated that they had the skills that Cuban deemed necessary to be successful. Each game or test involved throughout the show was designed specifically by Cuban to require the contestants to demonstrate these skills. Week 1 (September 13, 2004) In the first week, Mark Cuban invited the sixteen contestants to a Dallas mansion to begin the game. As the contestants arrive, Cuban watches them and their interactions with the others through closed-circuit cameras. Once everyone has arrived, Cuban joins the group and announces that one of them has already failed the first test: you don't get a second chance to make a first impression. Cuban then proceeded to eliminate Richard, who Cuban believed had called the game "stupid" (In reality, he actually said that he didn't 'think ['The Benefactor'] was 'going to be one of those stupid shows.') The next part of the game involved Cuban interviewing each of the contestants. He did so with the purpose of determining whether or not the contestants could live up to the expectations that Cuban had from them from their applications. From the interviews, Cuban sent Laurel home because she wouldn't play air guitar during her interview, a contrast to her application video where she checked her mail in the nude. Cuban then deliberated between sending William and Grayson home, but had a difficult time deciding, so he decided to have the two play a game of Jenga to determine who would stay by challenging their ability to handle pressure. Grayson was able to hang in the game for a while, but William eventually won and Grayson was eliminated. Week 2 (September 20, 2004) In the second week of the program, Cuban chose three of the remaining thirteen contestants to be "captains." The captains would then select three people to be on their team and the thirteenth would be eliminated. Linda selected Chris, Kevin and Spencer, Dominic selected Tiffaney, Femia and Christine and Shawn selected Latane, William and Mario. Kathy, the thirteenth contestant, was then eliminated from the game. It was then announced that the three teams would be given several hours of Mark Cuban's time and $2,500 with the specific instruction of doing something that would not waste Mark's time. Linda's team was the first to go in the morning. They take Cuban to the Scottish Rite Children's Hospital in Dallas to visit the patients, but they realize they made a mistake when they realize that Cuban was a regular visitor to the hospital's patients and that the contestants didn't get much time to interact with Cuban. Dominic's team is next, going in the afternoon. They start off by taking a flashy Hummer limousine to the arcade Dave & Buster's. Cuban is very excited because he hasn't been to an arcade since he was fifteen and has a great time, capping the time off with a mid-day beer with the team. Shawn's team goes last late in the afternoon. They take Cuban to the Speed Zone go-kart park. Cuban again has a good time, but following racing, the team takes Mark to a sky-shot ride, which shoots riders into the sky on a giant slingshot. Mark, however, is afraid of heights and refuses to get on it. The team doesn't have a backup plan and they end up wasting the remaining 45 minutes of Cuban's time and, consequently, lose the competition. The four members of Shawn's team are then put before Cuban's "Board of Advisors" - a panel of three second-graders - who will determine which two members will stay in the game and which two will have to leave. After the three second-graders ask the four contestants a series of questions, they determine to eliminate William and Mario. 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1994 Italian local elections

The 1994 Italian local elections were held on 12 and 26 June, on 20 November and 4 December. It was the first time for many municipalities where citizens could vote both for the mayor and the city council. The elections were won by the Democratic Party of the Left, led by Achille Occhetto and his centre-left to left-wing alliance. But the elections were also characterized by a strong aftermath of Forza Italia, the new centre-right party founded by media magnate Silvio Berlusconi Municipal elections Mayoral election results (*)Mayor directly elected who had been fired. Provincial elections References 1994 elections in Italy Municipal elections in Italy June 1994 events in Europe

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AN/SPS-43

The AN/SPS-43 was a long-range air-search United States Navy radar system introduced in March 1961 that had a range of 500+ km. This radar could provide bearing and distance information, but no altitude information. The small-ship antenna (AN/SPS-29) looked like a bedspring. Larger ships used the 12.8 m wide AN/SPS-37 antenna - about twice as wide and half the height of the SPS-29 antenna - and designed with a much narrower beam. Targets were much more accurately displayed when using the -37 antenna. The -43 operated at VHF frequency - somewhat unusual for any radar - mostly in the bandwidth of television channel 13. The main difference to the SPS-37 was the greatly improved ECCM performance, as the AN/SPS-43 could jump between 20 different frequencies to frustrate jamming attempts. A sea-skimming missile could be detected at a range distance of 30 km, a large high-flying aircraft at 500 km. The SPS-43 also included MTI (Moving Target Indication) which enabled the operator to eliminate all stationary targets from his screen, but this was notoriously unreliable in practice given that it was, along with the rest of the electronics, entirely a vacuum-tube design. Vacuum tubes, operating at temperatures requiring cooling - or least properly ventilated cabinets - suffer varying temperatures in operation, so maintaining the constant output pulse leading edge - phase-coherency - (required for proper delay-line timing) was well-nigh impossible. Some operators took it upon themselves to bore a small hole in the front panel of the MTI timing cabinet through which to insert a screwdriver, enabling adjustment of a critical potentiometer without having to open and close the cabinet. This prevented the resulting heat loss and subsequent heat buildup which threw off all adjustments. Even this enterprising idea was of little help. SPS-43 MTIs went largely unused in regular operation. Typically, the -43 would detect the range and bearing of a target at long range, the target would then be picked up by a 3-D radar such as the AN/SPS-30 (or later the AN/SPS-48), which, assuming the target to be hostile would present the target information to a fire-control radar like the AN/SPG-55. The -55 was a very directional radar that would lock on to a target, which then would cause a missile to launch and "ride the beam" to the target. 49 SPS-43 radars were produced and mostly installed on aircraft carriers and World War II-cruisers converted to guided missile cruisers. Also a few amphibious command ships received the radar. The last ship to be equipped with SPS-43 was . U.S. Navy shipboard radar systems were maintained by the Navy Electronics Technician (Radar), or ETR. The -43 radar system has been replaced by newer systems, such as the AN/SPS-49. Onboard ships Essex-class aircraft carrier Midway-class aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier Forrestal-class aircraft carrier Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Atlanta Boston-class cruiser Albany-class cruiser Galveston-class cruiser Guardian-class radar picket ship References See also Sea radars

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Sebastian Gramss

Sebastian Gramss is a German double bassist, cellist, and composer of jazz and contemporary music. He received the Echo award for double bass in 2013 and 2018. Biography Gramss studied double bass at Conservatorium van Amsterdam and Hochschule für Musik Köln. He is composing for various groups as well as for radio plays, drama, film soundtracks and ballet. (He wrote among others for Pina Bausch.) Since 2009 he teaches Ensemble/Improvisation and double bass at Hochschule für Musik Köln and at "Institut für Musik Osnabrück". In 1993 Gramss founded the group "Underkarl" with Frank Wingold (guitar), Lömsch Lehmann (saxophone), Dirk-Peter Kölsch (drums) and Nils Wogram (trombone), still active as of 2017. He played with Frank Gratkowski, Tatsuya Nakatani, Rudi Mahal, Marilyn Crispell, Fred Frith, Tom Cora, Elliott Sharp, Peter Kowald, Taylor Ho Bynum, Zeena Parkins, Peter Brötzmann, Robert Dick, Karl Berger, Axel Dörner, Hannes Bauer, Heinz von Cramer, Terry Jenoure, Marjana Sadowska. He organized several groups for double bass such as the 50-member band "Bassmasse". Discography (selection) The Remedy, with Tom Cora, Peter Kowald, Axel Dörner, among others (JazzHausMusik, 1993) Underkarl – 20th Century Jazz Cover (Tcb, 1996) Underkarl – Jazzessence (Tcb, 1999) Underkarl – Maraton (Scat, 2001) Underkarl – Second Brain and Freemix (Second Brain Revisited) (Enja, 2003) Terry Jenoure / Helios String Quartet / Sebastian Gramss – Looks Like Me (Free Elephant, 2006) Underkarl – Goldberg (Enja, 2007) oirTrio – Kanata (Nottwo, 2008, with Frank Gratkowski and Tatsuya Nakatani) Das Mollsche Gesetz – Catalogue of Improvisation (WERGO, 2008) Fossile3 – Chomics (Konnex, 2010, with Rudi Mahall, Etienne Nillesen) Sebastian Gramss / Frank Gratkowski / Alexei Lapin / Helen Bledsoe – Unplugged Mind (Leo, 2009) Leonhard Huhn / Sebastian Gramss – Duke Ellington's Far East Suite (fixcel, 2011) Marilyn Crispell / Erwin Ditzner / Sebastian Gramss – Free Flight (fixcel, 2011) Underkarl – Homo Ludens (Rent a Dog, 2012) Atopie, solo (JazzHausMusik, 2012) 78 RPM, Fossile 3 (Gligg-Records 2013) Bassmasse / Schwarm, Kontrabassorchester (Gligg-Records 2013) Clarinet Summit Clarinet Summit (2017), with Perry Robinson, Gianluigi Trovesi, Bernd Konrad, Theo Jörgensmann, Annette Maye, Albrecht Maurer and Günter Sommer. References External links Homepage Sebastian Gramss Interview (Frankfurter Rundschau) Hörproben at SoundCloud Living people 1966 births Avant-garde jazz musicians 20th-century German musicians Enja Records artists Leo Records artists

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Thieuloy-Saint-Antoine

Thieuloy-Saint-Antoine is a commune in the Oise department in northern France. See also Communes of the Oise department References Communes of Oise

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Joe Robinson (radio personality)

Joe Robinson (born December 2, 1968) is an American comedian and former radio host on "Irresponsible Radio with Theo & Joe" that was broadcast 7PM-Midnight on WIYY, 98Rock (97.9 FM) in Baltimore, Maryland, from September 2007-July 2008. Robinson, a veteran of Baltimore/DC comedy, began doing standup in the late 1980s. After placing in both the 2006 "DC Improv Showcase" and "Funniest Person in Baltimore" competitions, Joe most recently was the winner of the Arlington Drafthouse Comedy Competition. He got his start in radio on XM Comedy and as a regular on 98 Rock's Mickey, Amelia & Spiegel Morning Show. In the 2007-2008 NFL season he was also the co-host on 98 Rock's "Ravens' Last Call" post-game show. He returned as the host of that show in 2015 and is now part of the pre-game broadcast team. Joe can also currently be heard at a regular guest and substitute host on the 98 Rock Morning show. In 2011 he worked briefly on 1090 AM WBAL as a regular panelist on the station's "Week in Review" program as well as one of the rotating hosts of "1090 at Night". He also co-hosts a comedy-oriented show (which more closely resembles his nighttime 98 Rock Show) live on the internet every Monday at 7:30pm with comedian Rob Maher. Joe cohosts 98 Rock's Ravens pregame show "Ravens Gameday" with Kirk McEwen. In 2020, Joe began hosting the Purple Power Hour Ravens' recap show on Monday nights with Rob Maher., his podcast partner and fellow 98 Rock personality. Late the following year when sports betting was legalized in the state of Maryland Rob and Joe were hired to do a podcast for Caesars Sportsbook and 98 Rock called "Lock it Up with Rob and Joe". References 98online.com Tom Arnold Goes on 55 Tweet Rant Baltimore Comedian at odds with Tom Arnold FMQB Radio&Record Ravens Last Call Show Baltimore Sun - "Just for Laughs" Baltimore Sun - "In their words - What the comics have to say" Washington Post - "on Stage" HBO's Lucky 21 Comedy Festival XM Comedy The Rob and Joe Show External links Official site External links Official site 21st-century American comedians American radio personalities 1968 births Living people

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Coca-Cola Olympic City

Coca-Cola Olympic City was an plaza in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, adjacent to the city's Centennial Olympic Park. It was built in concurrence with the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta. Managed by Orlando-based Baker Leisure Group, it featured three areas that displayed virtual reality Olympic sports attractions. The first area allowed patrons to play a H-O-R-S-E style game called "HOOPS" against Grant Hill. The area also allowed patrons to test their baseball skills by striking out Cecil Fielder in a pitching simulator or hitting a home run against Tom Glavine in a batting simulator. The second area allowed patrons to ride mountain bikes on simulated competition course, race against Jackie Joyner-Kersee in a dash, perform gymnastics on a balance beam with Mary Lou Retton, and race in a simulated wheelchair race as a Paralympian. The third area included an Olympic themed theater show which took patrons through a 15-minute story about the history of the Olympic Games and the spirit of the Games. The area also featured actual Olympic artifacts from the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland. Other areas of Coca-Cola Olympic City included the Champions Challenge Obstacle Course and an open-air theater that feature live shows for the Coca-Cola Olympic City Kids. Post-Olympics developments The area was left vacant after the plaza's closure. In 2002, the Coca-Cola Company donated 9 of its of property at the site to the Marcus Foundation for use as the site of the new Georgia Aquarium, which opened in November 2005. The company also made plans to construct its new World of Coca-Cola on the remainder of the property; the attraction opened in May 2007. The area was christened Pemberton Place after John Pemberton, inventor of Coca-Cola and dedicated to the people of Atlanta. References External links Wulf, Steve (July 15, 1996). "Ready...or Not?". Time. Coca-Cola buildings and structures Olympic Parks

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Chantilly lace

Chantilly lace is a handmade bobbin lace named after the city of Chantilly, France, in a tradition dating from the 17th century. The famous silk laces were introduced in the 18th century. Chantilly lace, was also produced in the 19th century but this one was actually made not in Chantilly area but in the French Norman town Bayeux and in Geraardsbergen, now in Belgium. Chantilly lace is known for its fine ground, outlined pattern, and abundant detail. The pattern is outlined in cordonnet, a flat untwisted strand. The best Chantilly laces were made of silk, and were generally black, which made them suitable for mourning wear. White Chantilly lace was also made, both in linen and silk, though most Chantilly laces were made of silk. The black silk Chantilly lace became especially popular, and there was a large market for it in Spain and the Americas. Chantilly and the Spanish laces (such as blonde lace) were the most popular black laces. Little white Chantilly was ever made. Another notable thing about Chantilly lace is the use of a half-and-whole stitch as a fill to achieve the effect of light and shadow in the pattern, which was generally of flowers. The background, or réseau, was in the form of a six pointed star, and was made of the same thread as the pattern, unlike the otherwise similar blonde lace. The lace was produced in strips approximately four inches wide, and then joined with a stitch that left no visible seam. Chantilly lace remained popular in the 19th century, when every fashionable lady had a black or white Chantilly shawl, made in Brussels or Ghent. History In the 17th century, the Duchesse de Longueville organised the manufacture of lace at Chantilly. It has been produced from then until the present day. It became popular because of the duchesse's patronage and Chantilly's proximity to Paris and came into fashion again during the reigns of Louis XV and Louis XVI; it was a special favorite of Louis XV's last mistress, Mme du Barry, and of Marie Antoinette. When the French Revolution began in 1789, demand for the lace ceased. The lace-makers were seen as protégés of the royals, and after Mme du Barry and Marie Antoinette were guillotined in 1793, the lace-makers of Chantilly were themselves killed. At this point production ceased. Napoleon I sponsored a revival of Chantilly lace between the years 1804 and 1815. At this point production was concentrated in Normandy, mainly around the Bayeux area. While it was no longer being made in Chantilly, all of the old techniques and designs were used. Chantilly lace reached the height of its popularity around 1830 and was revived again in the 1860s, at which point it was made at Bayeux as well as at Geraardsbergen, in what is nowadays Belgium. In 1844, a machine was patented that made Valenciennes lace and black silk Chantilly lace that was difficult to distinguish from the handmade lace. References External links Chantilly lace – Virtual Museum of Textile Arts Bobbin lace History of clothing (Western fashion) Textile arts of France

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Commonwealth Cup (professional wrestling)

The Commonwealth Cup is an annual independent wrestling tournament in North America, run and promoted by Virginia-based promotion NOVA Pro Wrestling. The first tournament took place in 2017, and serves as the highest honor in the promotion, as there are no official championships in NOVA Pro at the present time. Format The first year of the Commonwealth Cup, in 2017, consisted of 12 participants, with six opening round singles matches, two three-way elimination semifinal matches, and a one-on-one tournament final. In 2018, the men's tournament was expanded to 16 participants, with eight opening round singles matches, four second round singles matches, and one four-way elimination final. In 2018, the Commonwealth Cup featured its first women's tournament. The tournament was an 8-woman single-elimination format. List of winners 2017: Logan Easton Laroux 2018 Men's: Wheeler YUTA 2018 Women's: Jordynne Grace Results 2017 The first annual Commonwealth Cup was held on April 14, 2017, in Fairfax, Virginia. Both semifinal matches were elimination matches. Sterling pinned Kermon, then LaRoux pinned Sterling, in Semifinal 1. In Semifinal 2, Shields pinned Donst, then Royal pinned Shields. 2018 men's The 2018 men's Commonwealth Cup was held on June 8 & 9, 2018 in Fairfax, Virginia. Note on the Semis/Finals: The final four squared off in a four corners elimination match for the Commonwealth Cup. Times listed are the times of elimination. Royal pinned Williams; Royal pinned Phillips; YUTA made Royal submit. 2018 women's The 2018 women's Commonwealth Cup will be held on June 9, 2018, in Fairfax, Virginia. Announced participants Note: If two names are listed in the "Qualified over" column, the person won a triple threat to qualify. The Deal With the Devil: Angelus Layne was allowed to skip qualification and enter the Women's Commonwealth Cup after injury kept her from competing; however, in doing so, she agreed to put her NOVA Pro career on the line in her first-round match. Tournament Results 2019 men's The following wrestlers will take part in the 2019 Men's Commonwealth Cup. If the wrestler entered the tournament via qualifier, the opponent(s) he beat are noted. Daniel Makabe Slim J Shotzi Blackheart or Tripp Cassidy (qualified over Eddy Only, Innocent Isaiah, John Kermon, Mikey Banker, and Steve Manders) Anthony Greene (qualified over Tim Donst) Winner Of: Cabana Man Dan vs. Josh Briggs NOTE: Tripp Cassidy could not make his qualifier, but nominated Blackheart to represent him in the match. When Blackheart won, there was controversy over who officially qualified. 2019 women's The following wrestlers will take part in the 2019 Women's Commonwealth Cup. If the wrestler entered the tournament via qualifier, the opponent(s) she beat are noted. Rain Shazza McKenzie Winner Of: Kasey Catal vs. Quinn McKay vs. Gemma Cross vs. ??? vs. ??? vs. ??? See also List of independent wrestling promotions in the United States Independent wrestling References Professional wrestling tournaments Professional wrestling in Virginia

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2016 Tokyo Verdy season

2016 Tokyo Verdy season. J2 League References External links J.League official site Tokyo Verdy Tokyo Verdy seasons

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Nagendra Singh

Maharaj Sri Nagendra Singh (18 March 1914 – 11 December 1988) was an Indian lawyer and administrator who served as President of the International Court of Justice from 1985 to 1988. He was one of the four judges from India to have been Judges of the International Court of Justice in The Hague, the others being B. N. Rau (1952–1953), R. S. Pathak (1989–1991) the 18th Chief Justice of India, and Dalveer Bhandari (2012–), former Justice of the Supreme Court of India. Early life Singh was born in Dungarpur State of India as the third son of Bijaya Singh and Devendra Kunwar Sahiba. He was educated at Mayo College, Ajmer. He hails from a royal Rajput family. Before joining the Civil Service he was educated at St John's College, Cambridge. Career He joined the Indian Civil Service and served as Regional Commissioner for the Eastern States, a member of the Constituent Assembly of India, joint secretary for India's Defense Ministry, Director-General of Transport, and special secretary in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Between 1966 and 1972 Singh was secretary to the President of India, then from 1 October 1972 to 6 February 1973 he was Chief Election Commissioner of India. In 1966, 1969, and 1975, he was appointed as a representative of India in the United Nations Assembly and served on the United Nations International Law Commission on a part-time basis from 1967 to 1972. He was also elected as secretary of the International Bar Association. In 1973, he moved to The Hague to become a judge of the International Court of Justice and was its president between February 1985 and February 1988, when he retired. He continued to live at the Hague and died there in December 1988. Honours Singh was awarded the Kama award in 1938, and in 1973 he received the Padma Vibhushan from the Government of India. See also External links 1914 births 1988 deaths 20th-century Indian judges Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge Chief Election Commissioners of India Indian Civil Service (British India) officers Indian judges of United Nations courts and tribunals International Law Commission officials Members of the Constituent Assembly of India People from Dungarpur Presidents of the International Court of Justice Rajasthani people Rajasthani politicians Recipients of the Padma Vibhushan in public affairs

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Norwegian Critics' Association

The Norwegian Critics' Association (Norsk litteraturkritikerlag) is an organization for Norwegian critics in the newspaper and broadcasting professions. Former independent critic teams merged into Norwegian Critics Association in 1998. The oldest team was founded in 1927 as the Norwegian Theatre and Music Critics Association (Norsk Teater- og Musikkritikerforening). Critics teams in literature and art were created respectively in 1946 (Norwegian Literature Critics) and 1949 (Norwegian Art Critics). The association was initially created to promote a high standard of critical ethics. The association aims to safeguard the members' professional and economic interests while promoting quality in the arts and striving for quality and independence in criticism. This organization arranges seminars, meetings, open debates, and writing courses, which mark the critics role in public and creative environments. One of their most significant contributions to Norwegian culture is the award of the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature (Kritikerprisen for årets beste voksenbok or Kritikerprisen), which has been awarded every year since 1950. The prize is presented to a Norwegian author for a literary work as agreed to among the members. Other significant contributions to Norwegian cultural life are the Norwegian Theatre Critics Award (Teaterkritikerprisen or Kritikerprisen), which has been awarded every year since 1939 (except 1940–45), the Norwegian Music Critics Award (Musikkritikerprisen or Kritikerprisen), which has been awarded every year since 1947, and the Norwegian Dance Critics Award (Dansekritikerprisen or Kritikerprisen), which has been awarded every year since 1977. Since 1978 they have also awarded Kritikerprisen for årets beste skjønnlitterære barne- eller ungdomsbok, a prize for the best work of children's literature. Since 1994, Prisen Årets litteraturkritiker, has been awarded for literature criticism. Starting during 2003, the Association introduced the Critics prize for the best translation (Kritikerprisen for beste oversettelse). Sections of the organization Art: 80 members (2005) Literature: 176 members Theater, music and dance: 69 members References External links Official website Professional associations based in Norway Norwaco

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Robert Kernan

Robert Peebles "Bob" Kernan (July 18, 1881January 1, 1955) was an American football player and businessman. Kernan was born in Utica, New York in 1881 and raised in Brooklyn. He attended the Brooklyn Polytechnic School before enrolling at Harvard College. He played college football for the Harvard Crimson football team as a halfback and punter in 1901 and 1902. He was selected as a consensus All-American in 1901 and was the captain of Harvard's 1902 football team. A newspaper story in 1902 called Kernan "one of the most remarkable college athletes in the world," and added the following about his gridiron talent: He is of ideal build for a plunging half-back, and the force with which he plunges into and tears through the center of the line is only little less dangerous to an opposing team than the speed with which he goes around the end. . . . He is the kicker of the university and in a game can punt from fifty to seventy yards. Kernan also played four years for Harvard's baseball team, playing as both a pitcher and catcher. He was also a high jumper for the track team and, in 1903, won the intercollegiate championship with a high jump of six feet and one inch. Kernan received a total of seven varsity letters and was later inducted into Harvard's Varsity Club Hall of Fame as an all-around athlete. After graduating from Harvard in 1903, Kernan received a law degree from Columbia University and was admitted to the bar in 1906. He practiced law in New York for several years. In 1910, he became an assistant football coach at Harvard with responsibility for training the punters. In 1911, Kernan was involved in the formation of the Donnacona Paper Company in Quebec. He was the vice president and general manager of that company until 1932. He became the company's president in 1932 and later also served as the company's chairman. Kernan was married twice. In 1917, he married Louise Adams Beardsley; she died in 1920. In 1923, he married Alice Fitzpatrick. She died in 1954. Kernan died on January 1, 1955, in Montreal at age 73. References External links 1881 births 1955 deaths All-American college football players American football halfbacks American football punters Baseball catchers Baseball pitchers Harvard Crimson baseball players Harvard Crimson football coaches Harvard Crimson football players Harvard Crimson men's track and field athletes Columbia Law School alumni Players of American football from New York (state) Sportspeople from Brooklyn New York (state) lawyers Harvard College alumni 20th-century American lawyers

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Nazaré

Nazaré is Portuguese for Nazareth. Several places have the name Nazaré: In Brazil Nazaré, Bahia Nazaré (neighbourhood), in Salvador, Bahia Nazaré, Tocantins Nazaré Paulista, São Paulo In Portugal Nazaré, Portugal, a Portuguese municipality in Oeste region and Leiria District, known as a popular surfing destination because of its high breaking waves Nazaré (TV series) a Portuguese telenovela starring Carolina Loureiro, first airing in 2019

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Frances Blogg

Frances Chesterton (born Frances Alice Blogg; 28 June 1869 – 12 December 1938) was an English author of verse, songs and school drama. She was the wife of G. K. Chesterton and had a large role in his career as amanuensis and personal manager. Early life Frances was born on 28 June 1869, the first of seven children of George William Blogg and Blanche Keymer. Frances’ mother taught her and her sisters to think independently, having them attend London's first kindergarten. She was educated at a progressive Ladies' School in Fitzroy Square run by Rosalie and Minna Praetorius, followed by Notting Hill High School. Her father died when she was fourteen years old. Later, she attended St. Stephen's College for two years as a pupil teacher. She taught Sunday school at an Anglican church in Bedford Park. Here, she became very involved in her faith by reading the Bible and devoting herself to the Saints. In 1895, Frances began working as a secretary and administrator at the Parent's National Educational Union. She worked here, planning and organising conferences, giving speeches, and editing their publications until her marriage to G.K. Chesterton. Marriage She first met Gilbert Keith Chesterton in 1896 and married him on 28 June 1901 in St Mary Abbots, Kensington. Throughout their marriage, Frances encouraged his writing. Because of her passion for her husband, she worked as a manager, keeping his appointments' diary and accounts, hiring his typists, and negotiating on his behalf with publishers. G. K. Chesterton admired Frances' faith and how she lived it out by reading the Bible, teaching Sunday school, and taking care of the sick and elderly. Frances introduced him to the Holy Trinity and Jesus. In G.K. Chesterton's poem, The Ballad of the White Horse, he gives Frances the recognition of this impact in his life, showing that she was the reason he converted:"Therefore I bring these rhymes to you Who brought the cross to me." Frances was received into the Catholic Church on 1 November 1926, four years after her husband. Frances' faith was tested while coping with her brother's suicide, yet the Chestertons' helped one another through hard times to maintain their relationship with Jesus. Each Christmas she wrote a poem for their Christmas card, one of which, "How far is it to Bethlehem?", was later published as the hymn "Is It Far To Bethlehem?". Death and legacy In 1909 the couple moved to Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, where they lived until their deaths. She was widowed on 14 June 1936, and died on 12 December 1938. The Charity of Frances Alice Chesterton was established by her will and was registered as a charity in 1965 (registered charity number 252034). It supports the work of the Roman Catholic Church in the parish of Beaconsfield. Works Plays The Children's Crusade Sir Cleges The Christmas Gift Piers Plowman's Pilgrimage The Three Kings Legends of Gods and Saints Christmas Card Poetry Christmas 1911 In Her Warm Arms Our Lady Christmas 1912 Upon a Little Bank of Grass Christmas 1917 How Far Is It To Bethlehem? Christmas 1918 Seen and Unseen Christmas 1921 The Beast of Burden Christmas 1922 A Ballade of Christmas Christmas 1923 The Crusaders’ Carol Christmas 1925 The Carol of Three Brothers Christmas 1926 A Lullaby Carol Christmas 1927 Gold, Frankincense, and Myrrh Christmas 1928 What Manner of Salutation? Christmas 1929 Sed Ex Deo Nati Sunt Christmas 1930 The Cradle of the Winds (Notre Dame) Christmas 1931 The Lowly Gifts Christmas 1932 And It Was Winter Christmas 1933 Lux Mundi Christmas 1934 In Coelo Et Terra Christmas 1937 Now Is Our Salvation Music Words to Geoffrey Shaw's "A Lullaby Carol" Further reading Nancy Carpentier Brown: The woman who was Chesterton : the life of Frances Chesterton, wife of English author G.K. Chesterton, Charlotte, NC : ACS Books, [2015] [2015], References 1869 births 1938 deaths 20th-century British writers People educated at Notting Hill & Ealing High School Converts to Roman Catholicism from Anglicanism Amanuenses

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Tom Fox (executive)

Tom Fox is an American sports and esports executive, most recently he is the President of FaZe Clan. Fox was the chief executive of Aston Villa in the Premier League from 2014 until 2016, and later the president of the San Jose Earthquakes from 2017 to 2020. Between 2009 and 2014 he was the chief commercial officer of Arsenal and was formerly the chief executive of NBA Asia and the Senior Vice President of Gatorade at PepsiCo. Fox was appointed as CEO of Aston Villa on 21 August 2014 succeeding Paul Faulkner in the role. References Living people American chief executives of professional sports organizations Aston Villa F.C. directors and chairmen Miami University alumni American chief operating officers Year of birth missing (living people)

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Benedetto Erba Odescalchi

Benedetto II Erba Odescalchi (1679–1740) was an Italian Cardinal and Archbishop of Milan from 1712 to 1736. Early life Benedetto Erba was born on 7 August 1679 in Como to senator Antonio Maria Erba and Teresa Turconi. His great uncle was Pope Innocent XI, who died when Benedetto was 10 and from whom in 1709 Benedetto took his second surname Odescalchi (hence the lack of a hyphen). On 23 February 1700 Benedetto Erba earned a doctorate in utroque iure at the University of Pavia and he took up a career in the administration of the Papal States: in 1706 he became referendary of the Tribunals of the Apostolic Signature, on 18 April 1709 he was appointed Vice-legate in Ferrara and on 31 July 1710 Vice-legate in Bologna, a position he kept until 10 September 1710. Already on 28 February 1689, with his tonsure, Benedetto Erba entered in the clerical state, and he was ordained deacon on 11 October 1711 and Priest a week later. He was appointed Titular archbishop of Thessalonica on 18 December 1711, and on 3 January 1712 consecrated bishop in Rome by Cardinal Fabrizio Paolucci. On 25 January 1712 he became assistant at the Pontifical Throne. Benedetto Erba served as Apostolic Nuncio to Poland from 25 January 1712 to 5 October of the same year. Archbishop of Milan On 5 October 1712 Benedetto Erba was appointed Archbishop of Milan, however he entered in Milan only in August 1714 due to his ongoing diplomatic services. On 30 January 1713 he was appointed Cardinal Priest of Santi Nereo e Achilleo, a title he maintained until 1725 when he moved to the title of Santi XII Apostoli. As Archbishop of Milan he focused on pastoral activities, taking as examples Saint Charles Borromeo and Pope Innocent XI. He took care of the education of the secular priests and tried to reform the monasteries of nuns. In 1717 he made a pastoral visit to a remote area of the diocese, in the mountains of Ticino, and also in the following years he went on visiting the remote areas of his large diocese. Since 1723 he started the so-called Urban Missions in order to increase the religious sentiment of the town. He founded the seminary of St. John on the Wall in Milan, one of the largest in the town, on 22 July 1714 he approved the Congregation of the Missionary Oblates of Rho and in 1735 he authorized the erection of a house of Ursulines in Milan. In 1716 Benedetto Erba obtained from Pope Clement XI that the ordinary canon priests of the Cathedral of Milan could wear the white damask mitre in solemn celebrations. He personally supervised the restoration of the dome and of the crypt of the Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio, decorating it with rococo style. Benedetto Erba was a great patron of culture and arts, as well as a collector of sculptures and paintings, and most of his gallery is now at the Diocesan Museum of Milan, including the 41 portraits of the first archbishops of Milan he commissioned since 1715. Even if under his reign the Duchy of Milan passed from the Spanish Empire to the Habsburg Monarchy, Benedetto Erba succeeded in maintaining good relations with all the political powers. He participated to the 1721, 1724 and 1730 Papal conclaves, and in all these three conclaves it was thought possible that he would be elected pope. In 1731 he suffered a stroke which impaired him for the following years. Due to this health problem, he resigned as Archbishop of Milan on 6 December 1736, and retired to live in his family house in Milan, where he died on 13 December 1740. He was buried in the nearby church of San Giovanni in Conca, which was demolished between the 19th and 20th century. His remains are now buried in the Cathedral of Milan. References 1679 births 1740 deaths 18th-century Italian cardinals Archbishops of Milan 18th-century Italian Roman Catholic archbishops Apostolic Nuncios to Poland Burials at Milan Cathedral

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Valencian Union

Valencian Union (; ; UV) was a regionalist political party in the Valencian Community, Spain. The party had not been represented in the Valencian autonomous parliament since 1999. It scored 0.95% of the total votes in the 2007 elections, well below the 5% threshold for representation. The party had councillors on several local councils, obtaining its best results in the Valencia province. The party was closely associated with the blaverist part of Valencianist movement by claiming that the Valencian language is different from the Catalan language and opposing the concept of Països Catalans and Catalan nationalism in the Valencian Community. The party also held right-wing stances on issues such as economics. It formed an electoral alliance with the larger right wing Partido Popular (PP) in the General elections of 1982 and 2004, and the Elections for the Autonomous Parliament in 1983. Early years and prime (1982–1991) It was formed on 30 August 1982 with the stated purpose of "defending Valencian identity" and ran for the first time in the Spanish general election, 1982. It participated as part of the larger Spain-wide right-wing block Alianza Popular and won a seat held by Miguel Ramón Izquierdo. This coalition was kept for the 1983 elections to the Valencian autonomous Parliament. UV took part by itself in the 1986 general election. Miguel Ramón Izquierdo retained his seat in the Cortes Generales. In 1987, it entered the Corts Valencianes (Valencian regional parliament), winning six of the 89 seats in the parliament. It then doubled its presence at the Cortes Generales when two of its candidates won in the 1989 general election. One of the seats was won by its founder, Vicente González Lizondo. UV reached its height in the Valencian regional elections of 1991, when it became the third largest party in the Valencian Community, overtaking the traditional third party in the territory (Esquerra Unida del País Valencià). This election elevated UV to its all-time record, 10.5% of the total votes, with this figure remarkably higher in its electoral stronghold, the Valencian speaking areas in the Valencia province. Death of González Lizondo and decline (1995–to date) The turning point of UV's history took place in the regional elections of 1995. At those elections, UV achieved 7.1% of the total votes and fell back to fourth place among the parties with representation in the Corts Valencianes. But, despite having had remarkably worse results than those of their high point in 1991, UV gained an unprecedented influence at the center of the Valencian political scene, because the results of this election deprived the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) of an absolute majority. The new situation allowed both opposition parties, the Partido Popular (PP), which was short of a majority, and UV to agree on a coalition government to oust the PSOE from regional rule after the latter had served 12 consecutive years in office. From 1995 through to the next regional elections in 1999, a rising PP manoeuvered to ideologically absorb its smaller government partner UV. At the same time, the party received a fatal blow when leader Vicente González Lizondo died in 1997 after suffering a heart attack while on duty at the Corts. With UV being primarily based on a reactive idea such as blaverism rather than on a consistent ideological set of policies, the loss of its founder and leader was a setback from which it has not recovered. Also during these years, a number of medium and prominent UV ranks defected from the party and joined the PP. Then, in 1999 – at the first elections after UV's support had been crucial in forming a government – the party suffered a serious blow when its vote share of 4.76% (down from 7.1%) was just short of the 5% threshold necessary to win seats at the Corts. In those elections, the PP, which had received the lion's share of former UV votes, achieved an absolute majority in the Corts, thus completing its electoral strategy for hegemony in the Valencian Community. UV's vote share further declined in the 2003 and 2007 regional elections. For the 2004 general election, the party revived its electoral pact with the Partido Popular and obtained a seat in the Spanish Senate held by José María Chiquillo. Simultaneously, UV was plagued by a number of schisms of small groups of members who left to form their own parties such as Opció Nacionalista Valenciana, Unió de Progrés per la Comunitat Valenciana, Iniciativa de Progrés per la Comunitat Valenciana, Identidad del Reino de Valencia, Renovació Valencianista or Partido Regional de la Comunidad Valenciana. Some of these, given their very small numbers, have either been readmitted in UV or, alternatively, have joined the PP. The rest went on to form Coalició Valenciana, a party assuming the staunch rightwing image which UV has tried to depart from during the 2000s. Coalició Valenciana reached 0.72% of the total votes at the 2007 regional elections, well below the 5% threshold to enter the regional parliament, but a narrow gap when compared to UV's own 0.95%. Following acrimonious internal elections, Chiquillo quit the party and went on to join the PP, thus generating a severe internal crisis which weakened the party still further. Joaquín Ballester Sanz, a councillor for the town of Paterna succeeded Chiquillo as the Party leader. At the end of April 2006, Ballester Sanz resigned and in the leadership election in May the mayor of Náquera, José Manuel Miralles became the new leader. At the 2007 elections to the Corts Valencianes, UV achieved 0.95% of the total votes. The party announced that it would not run –neither by itself, nor repeating an electoral pact with the PP– for the 2008 general election. This decision was dubbed by its proponents as "hard, but necessary for UVs survival as a political party"; the party also said at that time that it was conducting an internal restructuring with the aim of being in better shape for the 2011 regional election. 2011 and possible merger with PP In 2011, the party announced that it would not contest either the regional or local elections due to a lack of funds and activists. This was the first time since its foundation that UV had not taken part in local or regional elections. On 10 April 2011, party leader Miralles and Valencian President Francisco Camps appeared together and announced the merger of the projects of UV and the PP, with Miralles urging UV supporters to vote for the PP in the May elections. In response, UV's Secretary General, Luís Melero announced that he would attempt to expel Miralles from the party to prevent it from being absorbed by the PP. Other members and supporters of UV decided to stand in the lists of other parties, mainly Units per València, which absorbed the UV branches of Carcaixent, Torrent and others, while Melero himself stood as part of the Units list in Silla. The party made a late attempt to contest the 2011 Spanish General Election but failed to secure the 0.1% of signatures necessary to appear on the ballot paper. References Political parties in the Valencian Community Regionalist parties in Spain Political parties established in 1982 Political parties disestablished in 2011 1982 establishments in Spain 2011 disestablishments in Spain

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Bühler

Bühler is a municipality in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden in Switzerland. History Bühler is first mentioned in 1479 as Ullrich Büllershoff. Geography Bühler has an area, , of . Of this area, 62.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 26% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 10.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.7%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). The municipality is located in the Appenzell Mittelland on the north side of the Rotbachtal. It consists of the village of Bühler and scattered hamlets and factories. Demographics Bühler has a population () of 1,652, of which about 23.5% are foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -4.3%. Most of the population () speaks German (84.2%), with Italian being second most common ( 3.6%) and Serbo-Croat being third ( 2.7%). , the gender distribution of the population was 49.1% male and 50.9% female. The age distribution, , in Bühler is; 155 people or 9.7% of the population are between 0–6 years old. 177 people or 11.1% are 6–15, and 65 people or 4.1% are 16–19. Of the adult population, 97 people or 6.1% of the population are between 20 and 24 years old. 450 people or 28.2% are 25–44, and 413 people or 25.8% are 45–64. The senior population distribution is 168 people or 10.5% of the population are between 65 and 79 years old, and 73 people or 4.6% are over 80. In the 2007 federal election the FDP received 65.6% of the vote. The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Bühler about 65.3% of the population (between age 25–64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule). Bühler has an unemployment rate of 1.19%. , there were 61 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 24 businesses involved in this sector. 517 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 32 businesses in this sector. 170 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 45 businesses in this sector. The historical population is given in the following table: References Municipalities of Appenzell Ausserrhoden

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Crenobacter cavernea

Crenobacter cavernea Cave-375 is a gram negative bacterium that is closely related to a previously discovered Crenobacter cavernae strain K1W11S-77ͭ. C. cavernea Cave-375 has not directly been described morphologically, however the related strain K1W11S-77ͭ is a "rod-shaped, motile, and strictly aerobic novel bacteria". Its metabolism has not yet been determined. C. cavernea Cave-375 was first identified from a water sample coming from a dripping stalactite. This stalactite was located in the Algar do Pena cave in the karst Estremadura Limestone Massif in central western Portugal. C. cavernea Cave-375 was first isolated and "grown on nutrient agar at 25 degrees Celsius". Its ecology is not yet known. With the sequencing of the genome of C. cavernea Cave-375, the ecological impact should be able to be identified. Diversity C. cavernea Cave-375 belongs in the Proteobacteria phylum, Neisseriaceae family, and Crenobacter cavernea species. By comparing the 16s rRNA of the CAVE-375 stain to Crenobacter cavernea species, a 99% similarity value was calculated. When comparing DNA-DNA hybridization using a Genome-to-Genome Distance Calculator, a 62.66% hybridization percentage was found. Genome "Genomic DNA was extracted from C. cavernea Cave-375 using an NZY microbial gDNA isolation kit (NZYTech, Portugal)". The whole genome was then sequenced using whole genome shotgun sequencing method. With this, "17,325,372 high-quality raw sequences were assembled into 15 contigs with an N50 value of 323,281 and a total genome size of 2,273,143 base pairs (2.9 Mb)". NCBI Prokaryotic Genome Annotation Pipeline was able to identify a 65.9% GC content and sequencing coding for proteins and tRNA. "2,779 protein coding sequences and 63 tRNA sequences" were identified using this method. References Bacteria

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If I Don't Have You

"If I Don't Have You" is a song by American singer Tamar Braxton. It was released on May 27, 2015 as a digital download through Epic and Streamline Records, replacing "Let Me Know" (2014) as the lead single from Braxton's fourth studio album Calling All Lovers. The song was written by Braxton, Kevin Randolph, Tony Russell, Makeba Riddick-Woods, Ernest Clark, Marcos Palacios, LaShawn Daniels, and Tiyon "TC" Mack, while production was handled by Da Internz. "If I Don't Have You" is a mid-tempo R&B ballad with lyrics revolving around unrequited love and the end of a relationship. Braxton said that the single was partially inspired by her past romantic relationships, and emphasized the importance of transparency with oneself. Critical response to "If I Don't Have You" was positive, with critics praising its composition. It received a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards. The single peaked at number 18 on the Hot R&B Songs Billboard chart and number 19 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay Billboard chart. In an accompanying music video released on June 9, 2015, Braxton plays a prostitute who develops a one-sided relationship with one of her clients. The visual features American television personality NeNe Leakes as the brothel's madam. Even though the song focuses on a romantic relationship, the video does not include a male lead. The clip received positive responses from critics. Background and release "If I Don't Have You" was written by Tamar Braxton, Kevin Randolph, Tony Russell, Makeba Riddick-Woods, Ernest Clark, Marcos Palacios, LaShawn Daniels, and Tiyon "TC" Mack; the song was produced by Da Internz. The audio was mixed by Mack, and Gene Gremaldi worked as the mastering engineer. The song was made available on May 27, 2015 as a digital download through Epic and Streamline Records. It was promoted as the lead single from Braxton's fourth studio album Calling All Lovers. Braxton's 2014 song "Let Me Know" was initially designated as the album's lead single before it was replaced by "If I Don't Have You". The release was scheduled alongside the premiere of the fourth season of the reality television series Braxton Family Values. Prior to the release of "If I Don't Have You", Braxton had posted the hashtag "#TamartianSurprise" on her social media accounts. Composition and lyrics "If I Don't Have You" is a mid-tempo R&B ballad that lasts four minutes and 12 seconds. Brent Faulkner of PopMatters viewed the single as a "throwback soul record". The instrumental includes a piano, and the song focuses on unrequited love and the end of a relationship. Lyrics include: “You should know if I don’t have you, Rocks me to the core / I can’t love no more / If I don’t have you, know I’m done for sure / Nobody worth fighting for.” Throughout the single, Braxton uses her upper register to sing: "I can't love no more / If I don't have you / Know I'm done for sure / Nobody worth fighting for" and "I'm tired of these walls / That's on my life / I'll lose my mind if I don't have you." According to Essence's Imani Brammer, "If I Don't Have You" functions as an "ode to vulnerability and honesty". Braxton explained: "The whole vibe of 'If I Don't Have You' is about being transparent, being aware with yourself." The singer also connected the single's content with her past romantic relationships by commenting: "I have nothing to hide about how I feel. Before I was married I kissed a lot of frogs and ogres, I talk about those experiences candidly." Reception Critical reception towards "If I Don't Have You" was primarily positive upon its release. It received a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards. The song received positive comparisons to Keyshia Cole's 2013 single "I Choose You" and Alicia Keys' 2003 song "You Don't Know My Name". In a review for Calling All Lovers, Diamond Hillyer of Vibe praised the song's composition as "sprightly instrumentals" that would appeal to listeners. Matthew Scott Donnelly of PopCrush wrote that the track was appropriate for those who are in "the mood for a good cry (or perhaps an all-out profound wail)". Idolator's Mike Wass praised Braxton's vocals on the single, but later reassessed "If I Don't Have You" as a "little undercooked" in comparison to other tracks on Calling All Lovers. "If I Don't Have You" peaked at number 18 on the Hot R&B Songs Billboard chart on August 1, 2015, and remained on the chart for eight weeks. It also reached number 19 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay Billboard chart on August 15, 2015, and stayed on the chart for 19 weeks. Music video and promotion Music video A lyric video for the single was released on June 11, 2015. The lyrics are displayed on a series of black-and-white newspaper clippings and colored graphics. The single's cover art also includes the chorus and the first verse. An accompanying music video, directed by Darren Craig, was made available through Braxton's Vevo account on July 9, 2015, approximately two months following the single's release. Prior to its premiere, Braxton had shown a preview on her official website. The music video takes place in a brothel, in which the singer plays one of its prostitutes, along with her close friends Shateria Moragne-el, Khadijah Hagg, and Malika Haqq in similar roles. While discussing her character in the visual's narrative, Braxton explained "it doesn't necessarily mean that we're selling ourselves. It just means we're all looking for something". In the video, Braxton develops a one-sided relationship with one of the clients. A majority of the clip focuses on Braxton performing the song while modeling. It ends with the singer left alone while crying about her lost love. Even though the single's lyrics focus on missing a romantic partner, the video does not prominently feature a male lead. Braxton's mother also appears in the visual as one of the brothel's customers. American television personality NeNe Leakes appears as the brothel's madam in the video's opening sequence. In the visual, Nene orders Braxton and the other women to "get on their backs and make her money". Afiya Augustine noted that Nene's performance was heavily influenced by camp. During an interview with Entertainment Tonight, Braxton said that Leakes was the first person to call to participate in the video; she explained that if Leakes was unable to play the madam, then she would have altered the entire concept for the visuals. Braxton said that she intentionally made the time period for the video ambiguous to read as either the 1930s or 2015. When writing about the video's style, Wetpaint's Afiya Augustine attributed it as having a "jazzy, art deco, 1920s feel". Sophie Schillaci of Entertainment Tonight connected the video with the 1989 film Harlem Nights. The video received positive responses from critics. While he questioned how the visuals matched the song, Kevin Apaza of Direct Lyrics praised Braxton's wardrobe and appearance, writing that she "serv[ed] body, face and life throughout the whole of it". The clip was noted as having "diva-driven cinematic visuals" by Diamond Hillyer. Live performance Braxton performed "If I Don't Have You" on the BET Awards 2015, along with American singers K. Michelle and Patti LaBelle. As part of the performance, Michelle sang her 2015 single "Hard to Do" and the three artists performed LaBelle's 1983 single "If Only You Knew". The performance was noted by media outlets as ending the rivalry between Braxton and Michelle; Braxton said: “Life is all about forgiveness, love, and unity, so tonight, I’m sorry K. Michelle, and I also forgive you.” The two artists previously had disagreements after Braxton joked about Michelle's allegations that she was physically abused by her ex-boyfriend. A writer for BET described the performance as a "battle of the ballads". Track listing Credits and personnel Credits adapted from the liner notes of Calling All Lovers. Management EMI Blackwood Music Inc Miserable Girl Inc. (BMI) EMI Blackwood Music Inc Janice Combs Publishing and Yoga Flames Music (BMI) EMI April Music Inc The Book Productions (ASCAP) Sony/ATV TwoWorks (ASCAP) Sony/ATV Viva Panama (ASCAP) Sony/ATV Tunes LLC Make Ah Sound (ASCAP) Chicago Wind (ASCAP) BMG Stankin Music (ASCAP) Personnel Songwriting – Tamar Braxton, Kevin Randolph, Tony Russell, Makeba Riddick-Woods, Ernest Clark, Marcos Palacios, LaShawn Daniels, and Tiyon "TC" Mack Production – Da Internz Mixing – Tiyon "TC" Mack Mastering engineer – Gene Gremaldi Charts Release history References 2010s ballads 2014 songs Epic Records singles Contemporary R&B ballads Songs written by LaShawn Daniels Songs written by Makeba Riddick Songs written by Tamar Braxton Soul ballads Tamar Braxton songs

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Komorowo, Włocławek County

Komorowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Izbica Kujawska, within Włocławek County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. References Villages in Włocławek County

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Shahril Alias

Muhammad Shahril bin Mohamad Alias (born 14 May 1984) is a professional football player who plays for the Woodlands Wellington in the S.League. He is a natural centre-back, though he can also play as a defensive midfielder or a right back. Club career Shahril has previously played for S.League clubs Woodlands Wellington, Young Lions, Home United and Hougang United FC. In 2011, Shahril was transferred to Hougang United FC, replacing Fumiya Kobayashi at the centre back role. He made his debut for the Cheetahs against Gombak United on 30 June 2011 alongside Vitor Borges and was influential in Hougang's 3–2 win. When his contract with Hougang expired at the end of the 2011 S.League season, he was transferred to Geylang United FC. On 1 January 2013, it was announced that Shahril had joined Woodlands Wellington along with Ang Zhiwei after spending one season at Bedok Stadium, joining up with former Geylang United captain and goalkeeper, Yazid Yasin. He made his debut for Woodlands Wellington on 21 February 2013 in a 2-2 draw against Warriors F.C. His personal achievements include being a S.League runner-up with Home United in 2007, and a League Cup runner-up with Geylang United in 2012. Club career statistics Shahril Alias's Profile All numbers encased in brackets signify substitute appearances. Appearances in AFC Cup Competitions International career Shahril has 2 substitute appearances for Singapore in a 2010 World Cup Qualifier against Uzbekistan on 7 June 2008, and a friendly match against Poland on 23 January 2010. International Appearances References External links data2.7m.cn Living people Singaporean footballers Home United FC players 1984 births Singapore international footballers Woodlands Wellington FC players Hougang United FC players Geylang International FC players Singapore Premier League players Young Lions FC players Southeast Asian Games bronze medalists for Singapore Southeast Asian Games medalists in football Association football defenders Competitors at the 2007 Southeast Asian Games Association football midfielders

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Brehon B. Somervell

Brehon Burke Somervell (9 May 1892 – 13 February 1955) was a general in the United States Army and Commanding General of the Army Service Forces in World War II. As such he was responsible for the U.S. Army's logistics. Following his death, The Washington Post lauded him as "one of the ablest officers the United States Army has produced". Somervell graduated near the top of his United States Military Academy class of 1914 and was commissioned in the United States Army Corps of Engineers. During World War I he served with the Pancho Villa Expedition in Mexico and the American Expeditionary Force in France in logistical posts. He was also decorated for gallantry in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. After the war he served in various engineering assignments. From 1936 to 1940 Somervell was head of the Works Project Administration in New York City, where he was responsible for a series of Great Depression relief works, including the construction of LaGuardia Airport. As head of the Construction Division of the Quartermaster Corps in 1941, Somervell took charge of the construction of a series of camps to house the large numbers of draftees who entering into the Army. Once again, Somervell was able to deliver vital projects on time. The most enduring of these projects was the Pentagon, which is today one of the most recognizable buildings in the world. From 1942 to 1945, Somervell commanded the Army Service Forces, the logistical arm of the United States Army. Early life Brehon Burke Somervell was born on 9 May 1892 in Little Rock, Arkansas, the only child of William Taylor Somervell, a physician, and wife Mary née Burke, a schoolteacher. The two of them opened Belcourt Seminary, a girls' finishing school in Washington, D.C., in 1906. Somervell was appointed to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York by Congressman Charles C. Reid of Arkansas. He entered West Point in 1910 and graduated sixth out of the 106 cadets in the class of 1914. Like other high-ranking cadets of the period, he was commissioned a second lieutenant in the United States Army Corps of Engineers. Fellow graduates included future general officers such as Carl Spaatz, Frank W. Milburn, Ralph Royce, John B. Anderson, Charles P. Gross, Harold Francis Loomis, Vicente Lim, Jens A. Doe, Orlando Ward, James L. Bradley, Harry C. Ingles, and Harold R. Bull. World War I Somervell traveled to Europe for his two months' graduation leave and was in Paris when World War I broke out. Reporting to the U.S. Embassy in Paris for volunteer duty, he became an assistant to the military attaché. He took charge of refugee funds and dispensed $1,000,000 to help American citizens to get back home. On return to the United States, he was posted to an engineer battalion at Washington Barracks, DC. Scoring high marks in his Garrison Officers' School examinations, he was promoted to 1st Lieutenant on 28 February 1915. During the Punitive Expedition into Mexico in 1916, he was for a time depot manager at Columbus, New Mexico, the main logistical base of the expedition. Later, he joined the expedition in Mexico, working on roads and as a supply officer. Somervell returned to Washington Barracks to attend the Engineer School but his course was interrupted by the declaration of war by the United States on Germany on 6 April 1917. The course was abruptly terminated and Somervell, along with hundreds of other junior officers, was ordered to appear before an examination board that would determine his fitness for promotion. Following a favorable report from the board, Somervell was promoted to captain on 15 May 1917. He helped organize the 15th Engineers, a rail transport unit, at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In July 1917 this became the first engineer regiment to be sent overseas, arriving in England in July 1917 and France later that month. The 15th Engineers worked on several construction projects, including a munitions dump at Mehun-sur-Yèvre and an advanced depot and regulating station at Is-sur-Tille. Somervell got his projects completed by working his men around the clock and deploying every available resource regardless of the cost. For his role, Somervell was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal. He was promoted to major on 15 August 1917 and lieutenant colonel on 1 October 1918. While visiting some friends at the 89th Division, he volunteered his services to its chief of staff, Colonel John C. H. Lee, who accepted him as a temporary replacement for his Assistant Chief of Staff, G-3, in charge of operations, who had been captured a few days before. For leading a three-man patrol to inspect damage to a bridge some in front of American lines, Somervell was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. He was one of only nine American officers, including Douglas MacArthur, Barnwell R. Legge, Sereno E. Brett or William J. Donovan, to have been awarded both the Distinguished Service Cross and the Distinguished Service Medal in the First World War. A few days later Lee arranged for Somervell to be permanently assigned to the 89th Division as the G-4 Supply Officer. Between the wars The 89th Division returned to the United States in May 1919 but Somervell remained behind as Assistant Chief of Staff, G-4, in charge of supply, of the U.S. Third Army, and the American Forces in Germany, as it was re-designated on 2 July 1919. There, he met Anna Purnell, the daughter of a Chicago businessman, who was there as a YMCA volunteer. The two were married in August 1919. They had three children together, all daughters. While in Germany, Somervell also met Walker D. Hines, a prominent New York corporate lawyer, whom he assisted with a survey of shipping and navigation on the Rhine River. Somervell reverted to the permanent rank of major on 1 July 1920. Returning to the United States in July 1920, Somervell was posted to the Office of the Chief of Engineers in Washington, D.C. His war record earned him a place at the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, reserved for the Army's best and most promising officers. He once again ranked near the top of his class. After graduation he was posted to the 1st New York Engineer District but soon obtained leave to assist Hines with a special study of navigation on the Rhine and Danube Rivers on behalf of the League of Nations, essentially a continuation of the work that the two men had done in 1920. He then attended the Army War College from 1925 to 1926. From 1926 to 1930 he was District Engineer, Washington, D.C. Engineer District. As such he became involved in a conflict between proponents of the development of hydroelectric power through damming the Great Falls of the Potomac River and the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission. Despite his advocacy, the falls remain undammed to this day. On 1 September 1930, Somervell was transferred to the Lower Mississippi Valley Division as Assistant Chief Engineer. The next year he became assistant to, and then the District Engineer of the Memphis District. In 1933, he teamed up with Hines again, for an economic survey of Turkey, which culminated in a seven-volume report. Named as District Engineer for Ocala, Florida, Somervell got behind a project to build the Cross Florida Barge Canal. Somervell was chosen to head the project but although President Franklin D. Roosevelt allocated emergency funds for the canal in 1935, opponents of the canal protested that it would cause seawater to seep into the groundwater, and work was stopped a year later. In the meantime, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel on 1 August 1935. In 1935, Somervell was appointed as head of the Works Project Administration in New York City. Over the next three and a half years he spent $10,000,000 a month on Great Depression relief works. The biggest project was the construction of what became LaGuardia Airport. Somervell established a reputation as a man who could handle projects involving hundreds of thousands of people and hundreds of millions of dollars. Early in his administration he worked to repair relations with labor unions and left-wing groups that had suffered under his strongly anti-Communist predecessor Victor F. Ridder. He stated he had no objection to picketing of WPA headquarters. He also downplayed talk of a “Red menace” in the New York WPA, once declaring that "I wouldn't know a Red if I saw one, and wouldn't do anything about it if I did." Somervell's relations with WPA's arts program were particularly difficult. When Congress in 1940 required all WPA workers to sign a loyalty oath an increasingly anti-Communist Somervell ordered a deeper investigation of even those arts project workers who had signed the oath. He also began a program of censoring the content of WPA-financed murals and other art, giving instructions to “guard against anything in which the main idea is social content, rather than artistic value, and eliminate anything that may savor of propaganda, and to see that the project devotes itself to art and not politics.” In his most controversial decision, in July 1940 he ordered the burning of three out of four murals on the history of aviation at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn because of the inclusion of supposed Communist symbols. World War II Construction Division In December 1940, Somervell became head of the Construction Division of the Quartermaster Corps, and was promoted to the temporary rank of brigadier general on 29 January 1941. His immediate concern was the construction of a series of camps—which were scheduled for completion by April 1941—to house the large numbers of draftees who were then entering the Army. Reasoning that time was more important than money, Somervell pushed the project through to completion. By February, he was responsible for a workforce of 485,000 people employed on military construction projects. The job was completed on time but over $100 million over budget. He was also responsible for constructing new facilities to hold stores and munitions, for which $700 million was allocated by December 1940. By December 1941, 375 projects had been completed and 320 were still under way, with a total value of $1.8 billion. He accepted promotion to brigadier general in the Army of the United States on February 14, 1941 with the date of rank of January 29, 1941. The best known of these projects was the Pentagon, an enormous office complex to house the War Department's 40,000-person staff together in one building. On the afternoon of Thursday, 17 July 1941, Somervell summoned George Bergstrom and Major Hugh Casey. Bergstrom was a former president of the American Institute of Architects; Casey a Corps of Engineers officer seconded to the Construction Division. The two had previously worked together closely on the design of cantonments. Somervell gave them until 9 a.m. on Monday morning to design the building, which he envisaged as a modern, four-story structure with no elevators on the site of the old Washington Hoover Airport. Over that "very busy weekend", Casey, Bergstrom and their staff roughed out the design for a four-story, five-sided structure with a floor area of —twice that of the Empire State Building. The estimated cost was $35 million. President Roosevelt subsequently moved the site of the building, over Somervell's objections, in order to prevent it being constructed in front of Arlington National Cemetery. Somervell still pursued his own designs, making important changes, including the addition of a fifth story. The outbreak of war led to a new urgency, and by May 1942, some 13,000 workers were working around the clock on the building, which was completed in early 1943 at a cost of $63 million, the overrun being caused by the emphasis on speed and the addition of the extra floor. For his work with the Construction Division, Somervell was awarded an oak leaf cluster to his Distinguished Service Medal. Somervell hoped to become Chief of Engineers but was "not really in the running", being too junior in rank. Instead, the job went to Brigadier General Eugene Reybold, the Assistant Chief of Staff, G-4 on the War Department General Staff. Somervell's post was abolished on the transfer of the Construction Division to the Corps of Engineers. Reybold, who considered Somervell "a firecracker but ruthless" who "didn't care who he hit", selected Brigadier General Thomas M. Robins to head the new Corps of Engineers Construction Division. Somervell instead received Reybold's former assignment, with promotion to the temporary rank of major general on January 28, 1942 and was promoted to temporary lieutenant general on March 9, 1942. The posting was unusual because Somervell had never previously served on War Department General Staff. As Assistant Chief of Staff, G-4, Somervell pressed for the adoption of a comprehensive Army Supply Program that would set targets and priorities for all Army production. Such a program could be used as the basis for requests for appropriations, for expenditures, and for allocating scare materials. Army Service Forces Within weeks the Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General George C. Marshall, implemented sweeping changes to the War Department designed to reduce the number of people reporting to him so as to free his time for planning and conducting a global war. Three huge new commands were created by Executive Order Number 9082 of 28 February 1942, "Reorganizing the Army and the War Department": the Army Air Forces under Lieutenant General Henry H. Arnold, the Army Ground Forces under Lieutenant General Lesley J. McNair and the Services of Supply, under Somervell. As such, he was not only promoted to the rank of lieutenant general over the heads of many more senior officers, but some of them, including Reybold, now found themselves his subordinates. He was answerable to two men: Marshall, and Under Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson. Somervell built up a good working relationship with both. Senator Harry S. Truman of the Truman Committee disapproved of Somervell's cost overruns, declaring: "I will say this for General Somervell, he will get the stuff, but it is going to be hell on the taxpayer. He has a WPA attitude on the expenditure of money." The Services of Supply was renamed the Army Service Forces in March 1943, as the term "supply" was felt to be too narrow a description of the broad range of logistic activities carried out by the organization. As head of Army Service Forces, Somervell became responsible for the implementation of the Army Supply Program. Somervell was on the cover of the June 15, 1942 issue of Time and also of Life in an article written by Charles J.V. Murphy titled "Somervell of the S.O.S", in the 8 May 1943 issue. According to military historian John D. Millett, who served on Somervell's Army Service Forces staff, Somervell was "impatient, tense, and decisive". Some saw him as an "empire-builder". Millett noted the opinion of an observer that: A 1943 attempt by Somervell to abolish the Technical Services failed amid the furor and panic created by false rumors that he was being considered for the post of chief of staff if Marshall was sent to Europe to command the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force. Somervell sometimes pushed extravagant white elephant projects, such as the Canol Road, which he continued long after the strategic imperative behind it had faded. When Somervell's retirement was announced in December 1945, Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson issued a press release that read: Later life and legacy Somervell retired from the Army on 30 April 1946 and moved to Ocala, Florida. His wife Anna had died in January 1942, and he had married Mrs. Louise Hampton Wartmann, a former student at Belcourt, in March 1943. Somervell accepted an offer to become president of Koppers, a Pittsburgh-based company that mined coal and manufactured and sold coal-based products. Applying the same managerial techniques that he had employed in the Army, he thoroughly reorganized the company, and doubled revenues and tripled profits over the next five years. Somervell suffered a series of health problems in the 1950s. He had an appendectomy in 1953 and a hernia operation in 1954. He suffered a severe heart attack in September 1954 and returned to his home Ocala to recuperate. In early 1955 he decided to resign as president and withdraw from day-to-day operations. He had a second, fatal heart attack at his home on 13 February 1955. He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery, not far from his "brain child", the Pentagon. Unfortunately, his other great creation, the Army Service Forces, did not survive, being abolished in May 1946. The Washington Post lauded him as "one of the ablest officers the United States Army has produced". The , a US Army Reserve logistics support vessel that can carry up to of cargo, is named in his honor. Orders, decorations and medals Here is the ribbon bar of General Brehon B. Somervell: Distinguished Service Cross citation Dates of rank Source: Citations Footnotes Notes References External links Generals of World War II United States Army Officers 1939−1945 1892 births 1955 deaths Military personnel from Little Rock, Arkansas United States Army generals United States Military Academy alumni United States Army Command and General Staff College alumni United States Army War College alumni United States Army personnel of World War I Burials at Arlington National Cemetery Recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross (United States) Recipients of the Distinguished Service Medal (US Army) Recipients of the Legion of Merit Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire Grand Officiers of the Légion d'honneur Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (France) United States Army generals of World War II

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Chapman Glacier (Victoria Land)

Chapman Glacier () is a glacier at the head of Yule Bay in northern Victoria Land, Antarctica. The glacier was so named by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) for A. Chapman, a member of the helicopter team in this vicinity during ANARE (Thala Dan), 1962, led by Phillip Law. The geographical feature lies situated on the Pennell Coast, a portion of Antarctica lying between Cape Williams and Cape Adare. References Glaciers of Pennell Coast

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Melaleuca groveana

Melaleuca groveana, commonly known as Grove's paperbark is a plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic to New South Wales and Queensland in Australia. It is an uncommon species with relatively large heads of white flowers in spring, the styles of which are significantly longer than the stamens. Description Melaleuca groveana is a large shrub or tree with fibrous or papery bark which grows to a height of . Its leaves are arranged alternately on the stems, narrow elliptical in shape, long, wide tapering to a point, with a stalk long. The leaves have a distinct midvein and several lateral veins. The white flowers are grouped in spikes up to long at the ends of branches which continue to grow after flowering, and sometimes in the upper leaf axils. Each spike contains 3 to 16 flowers loosely arranged and up to in diameter. The petals are and fall off as the flower matures. The stamens are arranged in five bundles around the flower and there are 11 to 26 stamens in each bundle. Flowering occurs in early spring but the flowers are relatively short-lived. The fruit are woody, cup or barrel-shaped capsules long, in diameter and spaced along the branches. Taxonomy and naming Melaleuca groveana was first formally described in 1925 by Edwin Cheel and Cyril Tenison White in Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland. The specific epithet (groveana) honours C.H. Grove, a Queensland clergyman and the collector of the type specimen. Distribution and habitat Melaleuca groveana has a fragmented distribution from the Port Stephens district in New South Wales to the Bluff district in Queensland. It grows in heath and woodland with a heathy understorey, usually in higher areas, often in exposed sites on rocky ridges and outcrops and sometimes on low hills near the coast. Ecology Some coastal populations of Grove's paperbark are under threat from competition with the introduced weed bitou bush (Chrysanthemoides monilifera). Conservation status This species is classified as "vulnerable" in New South Wales and "near threatened" in Queensland. It is listed as "rare" in the 1997 IUCN red book of threatened plants. Uses Horticulture Melaleuca groveana is a hardy species, easily propagated from seed and suitable as a screening plant. Unlike most melaleucas, after initial establishment it is relatively drought resistant plant. References groveana Myrtales of Australia Flora of New South Wales Flora of Queensland Plants described in 1925 Taxa named by Edwin Cheel Taxa named by Cyril Tenison White

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torri%20di%20Quartesolo

Torri di Quartesolo

Torri di Quartesolo is a town and comune in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, northern-eastern Italy. Geography It is north of E70 and west of A31, and has its own highway junction called "Vicenza Est", off the Autostrada A4. Economy The airline MyAir, now no longer operating, used to have its head office in Torri di Quartesolo. Torri di Quartesolo has become an important commercial hub in recent years, thanks to the opening in the 1990s of the shopping mall "Le Piramidi", which attracts shoppers from as far as 30 miles away and has spurred a remarkable residential and commercial development. References External links Official website

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strip%20mall

Strip mall

A strip mall or strip center or strip plaza is a type of shopping center common in North America where the stores are arranged in a row, with a sidewalk in front. Strip malls are typically developed as a unit and have large parking lots in front. Many of them face major traffic arterials and tend to be self-contained with few pedestrian connections to surrounding neighborhoods. Smaller strip malls may be called mini-malls, while larger ones may be called power centers or big box centers. In 2013, The New York Times reported that the United States had 65,840 strip malls. In the United Kingdom and Ireland, strip malls are called retail parks or retail outlets. They are located on the outskirts of most towns and cities as an alternative to the High Street in the UK or Main Street in Ireland. Retail parks have become popular due to the widespread use of cars and the ability to park close to the shops as opposed to the High Street, which is usually pedestrianised. In Australia, "strip shops" or "shopping strip" describes a line of independent shops and buildings along the principal streets of a city or suburban area, which are not set back from the pavement (sidewalk) and do not have dedicated car parking spaces. Current status In 2020, the Wall Street Journal wrote that in the United States, despite the continuing retail apocalypse starting around 2010, investments and visitor numbers were increasing to strip malls. Characteristics In the United States and Canada, strip malls usually range in size from to over . Power centers, described below, may also be considered strip malls, and may reach . Types Mini-mall / strip plaza The smaller variety is more common and often located at the intersection of major streets in residential areas; it caters to a small residential area. This type of strip mall or plaza is found in nearly every city or town in the United States and Canada; it is service-oriented and may contain a grocery store, hair salon, dry cleaner, laundromat, small restaurant, discount stores, variety stores, and similar stores such as a general store, toy store, pet store, jewelry store, mattress store, convenience store, thrift shop, or pawn shop. In the past, pharmacies were often located next to the grocery stores, but are now often free-standing or contained within the anchor tenant (e.g. Walmart, Target) or grocery store. Gas stations, banks, and other businesses also may have their own free-standing buildings in the parking lot of the strip center. Mini-malls in Los Angeles The mini-mall in Los Angeles is seen as the descendant of the drive-in markets with multiple independent vendors that appeared in the area in the 1920s. The 1973 oil crisis bankrupted many gas stations, freeing up their corner lots for redevelopment. La Mancha developers built the first modern-style mini-mall – a few stores with parking in front – in Panorama City, Los Angeles in 1973, with over 600 to follow in the metropolitan area. The proliferation of mini-malls from that time into the 1980s led to a 1988 anti-mini-mall ordinance in Los Angeles. Big box center / power center The other variety of strip mall in the United States is usually anchored on one end by a big box retailer, such as Walmart, Kohl's or Target, and/or by a large supermarket like Kroger, Publix or Winn-Dixie on the other. They are usually referred to as power centers in the real estate development industry because they attract and cater to residents of an expanded population area. The categories of retailers may vary widely, from electronics stores to bookstores to home improvement stores, dollar stores, and boutiques. There are typically only a few of this type of strip malls in a city, compared to the smaller types. Retailers vary from center to center, ranging from three or four large retailers to a dozen or more. Some strip malls are hybrids of these types. See also Retail park, a British term for a grouping of retail stores, usually the equivalent of a power center Types of retail outlets References External links Localcenters Commercial Strip Mall Reference Site Urban studies and planning terminology

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konarka%20Technologies

Konarka Technologies

Konarka Technologies, Inc. was a solar energy company based in Lowell, Massachusetts, founded in 2001 as a spin-off from University of Massachusetts Lowell. In late May 2012, the company filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection and laid off its approximately 80-member staff. The company’s operations have ceased and a trustee is tasked with liquidating the company’s assets for the benefit of creditors. The company was developing two types of organic solar cells: polymer-fullerene solar cells and dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). Konarka cells were lightweight, flexible photovoltaics that could be printed as film or coated onto surfaces. The company had hoped its manufacturing process, which utilized organic chemistry, would result in higher efficiency at lower cost than traditional crystalline silicon fabricated solar cells. Konarka was also researching infrared light activated photovoltaics which would enable night-time power generation. The company's co-founders included the Nobel laureate Alan J. Heeger. The company was named after Konark Sun Temple in India. Funding As of 2006, Konarka had received $60 million in funding from venture capital firms including 3i, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, New Enterprise Associates, Good Energies and Chevron Technology Ventures. Konarka also received nearly $10 million in combined grants from the Pentagon and European governments, and in 2007 was approved for further funding through the Solar America Initiative, a component of the White House's Advanced Energy Initiative. The company raised a further $45 million in private capital financing in October 2007 in a financing round led by Mackenzie Financial Corporation. The company also received $1.5 million from a state of Massachusetts alternative energy trust fund in 2003 during Governor Mitt Romney's term and another $5 million during Governor Deval Patrick's term. At the time of its bankruptcy filing in 2012, its funding history was summarized: "Konarka raised more than $170 million in private capital investments and $20 million in government grants, according to its website. Under the Bush administration, Konarka received a $1.6 million Army contract in 2005 and a $3.6 million award from the Department of Energy in 2007. Under the Obama administration, Konarka was one of 183 clean-energy companies that got a total of $2.3 billion in tax credits as part of the 2009 stimulus." Bankruptcy and political fallout The bankruptcy filing occurred days after a visit by Republican presidential candidate Romney to Solyndra, another bankrupted solar energy firm which also received over $500 million of funding from the United States government. The fact that Konarka also received a loan in 2003 during Romney's gubernatorial term was noted by Democrats and inserted into the campaign-politics debate. Technology Dye-sensitized solar cells Konarka in 2002 was granted licensee rights to dye-sensitized solar cell technology from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL). This solar-cell design included two main components: a special light-sensitive dye that released electrons when exposed to sunlight and titanium dioxide nanoparticles which escorted electrons away from the dyes and to an external electronic circuit, generating electricity Polymer-fullerene solar cells Konarka built photovoltaic products using next generation nanomaterials that were coated on rolls of plastic (Power Plastic). Konarka's nanomaterials absorbed sunlight and indoor light and converted them into electrical energy. These products could be easily integrated as the power generation component for a variety of applications and could be produced and used virtually anywhere. Konarka was one of several companies developing nanotechnology-based solar cells, others include Nanosolar and Nanosys. These materials, as well as positive and negative electrodes made from metallic inks, could be inexpensively spread over a sheet of plastic using printing and coating machines to make solar cells, using roll-to-roll manufacturing, similar to how newspaper is printed on large rolls of paper. Konarka’s manufacturing process enabled production to scale easily and results in significantly reduced costs over previous generations of solar cells. . Richard Hess, Konarka's president and CEO, said that the company's ability to use existing equipment allowed it to scale up production at one-tenth the cost compared with conventional technologies. Unlike conventional solar cells, which were packaged in modules made of glass and aluminum and were rigid and heavy, Konarka's solar cells were lightweight and flexible. This made them attractive for portable applications. What was more, they could be designed in a range of colors, which made them easier to incorporate attractively into certain applications. One of the first products to use Konarka's cells was to be briefcases that could recharge laptops. Another company was testing Konarka's solar cells for use in umbrellas for outdoor tables at restaurants. They could also be used in tents and awnings. Because the solar cells could be made transparent, Konarka was also developing a version of its solar cells that could be laminated to windows to generate electricity and serve as a window tinting. However, the technology had several drawbacks. The solar cells only lasted a couple of years, unlike the decades that conventional solar cells last and the solar cells were relatively inefficient. Conventional solar cells can easily convert 15 percent of the energy in sunlight into electricity; Konarka's cells only converted up to 8.3%, the highest that the National Renewable Energy Laboratory has recorded for organic photovoltaic cells. Flexible batteries Konarka owned the rights to an organic-based solar-recharging flexible battery technology. However, as of April 2007, Konarka had no plans to produce these commercially itself. Flexible batteries have thin-solar cells which are held inside a flexible gas barrier to prevent them from degrading when exposed to air. At just two grams in weight and just one millimetre thick, the flexible battery is small enough to be used in low-wattage gadgets - including flat smart cards and mobile phones. The potential for this type of product was seen as large, given that there was a growing demand for portable self-rechargeable power supplies. Production Dye-sensitized solar cells Konarka Technologies and Renewable Capital announced the licensing and joint development of Konarka's dye-sensitized solar cell technology for large-scale production, scaling to several hundred megawatts. Polymer-fullerene solar cells Konarka opened a commercial-scale factory, with the capacity to produce enough polymer-fullerene solar cells every year to generate one gigawatt of electricity, the equivalent of a large nuclear reactor. The company planned to gradually ramp up production at its new factory, reaching full capacity in two to three years. Patents Konarka was issued a number of United States patents relating to its photovoltaics research: 6706963, Jan 25, 2002, "Photovoltaic cell interconnection" 6858158, Jan 24, 2003, "Low temperature interconnection of nanoparticles" 6900382, Jan 24, 2003, "Gel electrolytes for dye sensitized solar cells" 6913713, Jan 24, 2003, "Photovoltaic fibers" 6924427, Jan 24, 2003, "Wire interconnects for fabricating interconnected photovoltaic cells 6933436, Apr 27, 2001, "Photovoltaic cell" 6949400, Jan 24, 2003, "Ultrasonic slitting of photovoltaic cells and modules" 7022910, Mar 24, 2003, "Photovoltaic cells utilizing mesh electrodes" 7071139, Dec 20, 2002, "Oxynitride compounds, methods of preparation, and uses thereof" 7186911, Jan 24, 2003, "Methods of scoring for fabricating interconnected photovoltaic cells" See also Fullerene Low cost solar cell Oerlikon Solar Organic electronics References External links Official website of Konarka Technologies, Inc. Konarka Claims 1GW in Organic PV Production Solar energy companies of the United States Dye-sensitized solar cells Organic solar cells Thin-film cell manufacturers Defunct technology companies based in Massachusetts Companies based in Lowell, Massachusetts Energy companies established in 2001 Renewable resource companies established in 2001 2001 establishments in Massachusetts 3i Group companies American companies established in 2001

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Burn Burn

Burn Burn may refer to: "Burn Burn" (song), a song by Lostprophets Burn Burn (album), an album by Our Lady Peace

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brennan%27s%20Criterion%20Bar

Brennan's Criterion Bar

Brennan's Criterion Bar was an Irish pub in Bundoran, County Donegal. History The pub opened for business on Saint Patrick's Day, 1900. Owners James and Catherine Ward bought a former guesthouse and converted it to a pub. In 1933 the Wards' daughter, Mary, married James Brennan, who remained behind the bar until 1981 when his two daughters, Nan and Patricia, took over the business. Nan worked while Patricia cooked (or so Nan told The Irish Times shortly before her death). Part of the pub's appeal in its latter years was its lack of television, internet, and other modern conveniences (including live music), as well as its ban on swearing. Even professional musician and songwriter Phil Coulter, encouraged one evening to sing "The Town I Loved So Well", was not allowed to get away with breaking into song. In May 2015, TheJournal.ie named it on its list of "18 of the greatest Irish pubs that tourists (mostly) don't know about", stating: "Retreat here and find peace." In 2013, Brennan's was featured in an RTÉ documentary, The Irish Pub. In March 2016, a reporter with The Boston Globe wrote a feature on the pub. In 2017, the sisters appeared together in a screen advertisement for Guinness. Nan's death in her early eighties in mid-August 2017 was reported in the national media. An elder sister, Cait, was reported to still be living in Dublin, while a younger brother, Seamus, had died in 2007. Following Nan's death, Patricia (in her late seventies at the time her sister died) closed the pub. It shut its doors for the final time on the night of Sunday, 30 September 2018. References 1900 establishments in Ireland 2018 disestablishments in Ireland Bundoran Buildings and structures in County Donegal Restaurants established in 1900 Restaurants disestablished in 2018 Pubs in the Republic of Ireland Women in Ireland

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Owen%20Pughe

William Owen Pughe

William Owen Pughe (7 August 1759 – 4 June 1835) was a Welsh antiquarian and grammarian best known for his Welsh and English Dictionary, published in 1803, but also known for his grammar books and "Pughisms" (neologisms). Biography He was born William Owen at Llanfihangel-y-pennant, Merionethshire, but the family moved to Ardudwy when William was about seven. He relocated to London in 1776. It was here that he got to know Owen Jones. Initially he worked as a clerk in a solicitor's office, subsequently becoming a teacher of Algebra in a girls' boarding school and also as a private tutor for the children of the wealthy. In 1783 he joined the Society of Gwyneddigion, and soon began compiling his Welsh-English dictionary. Pughe's influence on Welsh orthography is now generally considered as negative. In 1806, he inherited the estates of Rice Pughe, of Nantglyn, Denbighshire, a distant relative. It was in gratitude to his cousin and benefactor that he added the name "Pughe" to his birth-name. After this he enjoyed a private income which meant that he was able to devote his whole time to literary and scholarly pursuits. He remained in London after 1815, when his wife died, but with his health declining he returned to live in Wales in 1825. He died ten years later in a friend's cottage beside Tal-y-llyn Lake. Personal In 1790 Pughe married Sarah Elizabeth Harper. The marriage produced two recorded daughters and one son, the noted scholar Aneurin Owen. Works The Cambrian Biography (1803) Coll Gwynfa (translation of Paradise Lost) (1819) Hu Gadarn (1822) For Rees's Cyclopædia he wrote about history, but the topics are not known. References External links archives network wales Celtic studies scholars Welsh-language writers Welsh writers Welsh antiquarians Welsh scholars and academics 1759 births 1835 deaths

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three%20Creeks%20Conservation%20Area

Three Creeks Conservation Area

Three Creeks Conservation Area is a nature preserve in Boone County, Missouri. It's rugged Ozark terrain has many karst features including, caves, springs, and sinkholes. It is just south of Columbia, Missouri and the more well-known Rock Bridge Memorial State Park. The conservation area is named after the three streams which flow through it: Turkey Creek, Bass Creek, and Bonne Femme Creek. Its nearly 1500 acres are mostly forested and managed by the Missouri Department of Conservation. There are numerous trails for hiking. In 2019, former Columbia Daily Tribune owners, Hank Waters Vicki Russell donated 207 acres adjacent to the park for the construction of a nature school. The school will be a cooperative effort between Columbia Public Schools and the Missouri Department of Conservation. Much of the land around and in Three Creeks was purchased and farmed by African-Americans after the American Civil War. The area is part of the Bonne Femme Watershed Project. See also Three Creeks Township, Boone County, Missouri Gans Creek Recreation Area References External links Official site Area map Conservation Areas of Missouri Protected areas of Boone County, Missouri Landforms of Boone County, Missouri African-American history in Columbia, Missouri

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Wiesa (Kamenz)

Wiesa () is a locality in the town of Kamenz, Saxony. It is located in the southern part of town, south of the town centre, on the Black Elster in the district of Bautzen. History Wiesa was founded in 1238. The main job was, as in many other rural communities, agriculture. In the 19th century, several quarries were created. In 1974, Wiesa was incorporated into the neighboring town of Kamenz. References Former municipalities in Saxony Kamenz

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Aleksinac

Aleksinac () is a town and municipality located in the Nišava District of southern Serbia. According to 2011 census, the town has a population of 17,978 inhabitants, while the municipality has 51,863 inhabitants. History Prehistory and Antiquity The territory of the municipality of Aleksinac has been inhabited since the neolithic age. Most of the settlements in the area belong to the Vinča cultural group, and are located on the western side of the South Morava river. After the fall to the Romans this territory was included in the province Upper Moesia and after 293 AD it was in the Mediterranean province Dacia. A Roman military road (Via Militaris) was built in 1st century AD across the territory. There were also two stations for rest (mansio) and change of horses (mutatio) along the road on the territory of Aleksinac: Praesidium Pompei and Rappiana. Their location is still unknown, although there are few candidates for this position. Also few fortresses (Castell) are known to existed in this period, but their names are not known, except for the Castell Milareca on Gradiste hill (228 m). Middle Ages From the year 476 this territory was under Byzantine rule. There are evidences of settlements from this time, however their names still remain unknown. During the reigns of emperors Phocas (602-610) and Heraclius (610-641) Slavic peoples inhabit Balkan peninsula. In 614 they razed Niš. The Via Militaris was renamed Medieval Military Road and it was used by the crusaders of first four Crusades to reach Constantinople thus passing through the territory of Aleksinac municipality. During the reign of the Nemanjić dynasty this territory was under direct control of the state. After the death of Uroš V this territory was included in the territory of Moravian Serbia under the Prince Lazar and his successors. Two medieval towns, Bolvan and Lipovac, date from this period. Ottoman rule Aleksinac is first mentioned in 1516 in "Kruševački Tefter", a list of towns and its residents were made by Turks to keep an eye on taxes, as the village belonging to Bolvan province and Kruševac sanjak. It remained village up to the end of the 16th century when it was developed into town settlement. In the middle of the 17th century, Aleksinac was town with more than 100 shops in it, and because of its strategic location on the road to Istanbul it became important travel and caravan station. Its importance can be supported by the fact that Turks built fortress to protect it from outlaws in 1616. The development of Aleksinac was stopped during the so-called Great Turkish War (1683–1699). Aleksinac was conquered by Austrian army (general Ludwig of Baden liberated it), and later burned to the ground by the soldiers of Jegen-Osman Pasha. Serbian inhabitants of Aleksinac joined Great Serb Migrations to Habsburg Monarchy and some of them settled down in Budim. Aleksinac was destroyed again by fire during the second Austro-Turkish war (1716–1718) when grand vizier Hallil Pasha was defeated beneath the walls of Belgrade. In retreat he burned down all settlements all the way to Niš. After the third Austro-Turkish War (1737–1739) Aleksinac developed into significant trade and handcraft center. Many caravans passed through it exchanging wares from entire Ottoman Empire and central Europe. At the same time it became center of Aleksinac county which in 1784 consisted of 17 villages. There were 160 houses in Aleksinac at that time, 120 of them Christian and 40 Turkish. After the fourth Austro-Turkish War (1787–1791) Aleksinac was burned down again by the Turkish outlaws led by Osman Pazvantoğlu. Modern times Aleksinac and its surrounding area joined the First Serbian Uprising in January 1806. This included villages on the right bank of the South Morava river which were liberated by the army of Petar Dobrnjac. The settlements on the left bank were liberated by Mladen Milovanović and Stanoje Glavaš. As soon as the town was liberated, Captain Vuča Žikić built the famous Deligrad trenches on the north side of Aleksinac which earned fame in battles with the Turks, especially in 1806. After the fall on the First Serbian Uprising, Aleksinac remained under Turkish rule up to December 1832 when it became integral part of Prince Miloš's Serbia. During his first reign Aleksinac became the economic centre of the south-east Serbia with numerous trade and handicrafts shops and it developed into important government centre. It became a centre of county and county court. The third post office in Serbia (after Belgrade and Kragujevac) was opened in Aleksinac for both Serbian and Austrian post as well as the place where English courier sent and received the post from Turkey. At that time Customs office and quarantine station were built in Aleksinac. Aleksinac was also the site of major battles with Turks in First Serbo-Turkish war in 1876, with only true victory won on Šumatovac, 3 kilometers from Aleksinac. From 1929-41, Aleksinac was part of the Morava Banovina of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. Aleksinac was seriously damaged during the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999. Settlements Aside from the town of Aleksinac, the municipality includes the following settlements: Aleksinački Bujmir Aleksinački Rudnik Bankovac Beli Breg Belja Bobovište Bovan Bradarac Vakup Veliki Drenovac Vitkovac Vrelo Vrćenovica Vukanja Vukašinovac Glogovica Golešnica Gornja Peščanica Gornje Suhotno Gornji Adrovac Gornji Krupac Gornji Ljubeš Gredetin Grejač Dašnica Deligrad Dobrujevac Donja Peščanica Donje Suhotno Donji Adrovac Donji Krupac Donji Ljubeš Draževac Žitkovac Jakovlje Jasenje Kamenica Katun Koprivnica Korman Kraljevo Krušje Kulina Lipovac Loznac Loćika Lužane Ljupten Mali Drenovac Mozgovo Moravac Moravski Bujmir Nozrina Porodin Prekonozi Prćilovica Prugovac Radevce Rsovac Rutevac Srezovac Stanci Stublina Subotinac Tešica Trnjane Ćićina Crna Bara Česta Čukurovac Šurić Demographics According to the last official census done in 2011, the municipality of Aleksinac has 51,863 inhabitants. Ethnic groups The ethnic composition of the municipality: Economy The following table gives a preview of total number of registered people employed in legal entities per their core activity (as of 2018): Tourism Lake Bovan, situated 15 km from Aleksinac centre, is a place popular for tourists. The medieval monastery from the 15th century built by Despot Stefan Lazarević, St. Stefan in Lipovac, is 25 km from the city. The monastery is built beneath the slopes of Mt. Ozren (1175 m). There is also remnants of two medieval towns in the mountains surrounding Aleksinac: Bovan and Lipovac, however they are not well preserved. Notable locals Kosta Taušanović (1854–1902), one of the founders of Serbian Radical Party, minister of police and minister of commerce, founder of first insurance company in Serbia. Stevan Dimitrijević (1866–1953), theologian, historian and rector of Theologian University in Belgrade. Mihailo Gavrilović (1868–1924) prominent Serbian historian and diplomat. Dragutin Jovanović-Lune (1892–1932), Serbian guerrilla fighter, officer, politician, delegate and mayor of Vrnjci. He was awarded several times for his service in the Balkan Wars and World War I. Trivia The patron saint of Aleksinac is St. Mark. Aleksinac was the first Serbian town to get a post office, on May 25, 1840. The second was opened in Belgrade and the third in Kragujevac. Aleksinac is the home of the Native Indians Society of Serbia. Twin towns – sister cities Aleksinac is twinned with: Aiani, Greece Hisarya, Bulgaria Laurium, Greece Probištip, North Macedonia Zagorje ob Savi, Slovenia References and further reading Istorija Aleksinca i okoline do kraja prve vladavine kneza Miloša, Sprić Miodrag, Aleksinac, 1995. Aleksinac i okolina, Dr. Branko Peruničić, Beograd, 1978. External links Populated places in Nišava District Municipalities and cities of Southern and Eastern Serbia

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Data Privacy Day

Data Privacy Day (known in Europe as Data Protection Day) is an international event that occurs every year on 28 January. The purpose of Data Privacy Day is to raise awareness and promote privacy and data protection best practices. It is currently observed in the United States, Canada, Nigeria, Israel and 47 European countries. Data Privacy Day's educational initiative originally focused on raising awareness among businesses as well as users about the importance of protecting the privacy of their personal information online, particularly in the context of social networking. The educational focus has expanded over the years to include families, consumers and businesses. In addition to its educational initiative, Data Privacy Day promotes events and activities that stimulate the development of technology tools that promote individual control over personally identifiable information; encourage compliance with privacy laws and regulations; and create dialogues among stakeholders interested in advancing data protection and privacy. The international celebration offers many opportunities for collaboration among governments, industry, academia, nonprofits, privacy professionals and educators. The Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data was opened for signature by the Council of Europe on 28 January 1981. This convention is currently in the process of being updated in order to reflect new legal challenges caused by technological development. The Convention on Cybercrime is also protecting the integrity of data systems and thus of privacy in cyberspace. Privacy including data protection is also protected by Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights. The day was initiated by the Council of Europe to be first held in 2007 as the European Data Protection Day. Two years later, on 26 January 2009, the United States House of Representatives passed House Resolution HR 31 by a vote of 402–0, declaring 28 January National Data Privacy Day. On 28 January 2009, the Senate passed Senate Resolution 25 also recognizing 28 January 2009 as National Data Privacy Day. The United States Senate also recognized Data Privacy Day in 2010 and 2011. In 2022, The Rise of Privacy Tech (TROPT) expanded Data Privacy Day celebrations into Data Privacy Week, kicking off the week with TROPT Data Privacy Week 2022, followed by a live TROPT Webcast Data Privacy Day broadcast, and a TROPT Innovators networking social. Participating organizations A few of the participating organizations for the 28 January 2016 Data Privacy and Protection day include: The Rise of Privacy Tech, Anti-Phishing Working Group, Carnegie Mellon University, Cyber Data-Risk Managers, EDUCAUSE, Georgetown University, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Identity Theft Council, the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, New York State Attorney General Office, the UK Information Commissioner, and Data Security Council of India. See also Information privacy References External links Stay Safe Online website Archived (28 January 2012). National Cyber Security Alliance Convention 108 of data protection Information privacy International observances January observances Privacy

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azal%20%28Bible%29

Azal (Bible)

Azal (אצל), or Azel, is a location mentioned in the Book of Zechariah 14:5, in Bibles that use the Hebrew Masoretic Text as the source for this verse. In Bibles that follow the Greek Septuagint (LXX) rendering, depending upon the source manuscript used, Azal is transcribed Jasol (ιασολ, pronounced "Yasol"), Jasod (a corruption of Jasol), or Asael (ασαηλ): Theories on location No written work prior to the late 19th-century definitively identifies what, or where, Azal is or was. Most Bible commentators of the late 19th century considered it to be a place near Jerusalem. Cyril of Alexandria wrote in his commentary on the Book of Zechariah, Chapter 14. that Azal was known to be “a town situated at the far point of the mountain". In 1850, geographer claimed that Azal was modern Azaria, situated southeast of the southernmost peak of the Mount of Olives (then called Mount Corruption). French Orientalist and archaeologist Charles Simon Clermont-Ganneau, who identified the site of the ancient Canaanite city of Gezer and preserved the Mesha Stele inscription, claimed that Schwarz was referring to al-Eizariya, the traditional Bethany of New Testament times. However, al-Eizariya lies several kilometers due east of the Mount of Olives, not southeast of it, as Schwarz claimed. Between 1873 and 1874, Clermont-Ganneau explored many tombs in a valley immediately south of Jerusalem, which the peasants of Silwan called . Based on geographic and linguistic evidence, Clermont-Ganneau proposed that Wady Yasul is Azal. Currently, this valley is bordered on the west by the Jerusalem Peace Forest and the neighborhood of Talpiot, on the north by the Abu Tor neighborhood on the southern slope of the Hill of Evil Council, and on the south by the neighborhood of Jabel Mukaber on the ridge where the former UN headquarters sits. The mouth of the valley lies at the base of the southernmost summit of the Mount of Olives (Mount of Corruption). Its Hebrew name is (). There is evidence that Clermont-Ganneau's theory and the LXX rendering of Zechariah 14:5 are correct. In 1984, Israeli geologists Daniel Wachs and Dov Levitte identified the location of a large landslide on the Mount of Olives that is directly adjacent to both Wady Yasul (Nahal Atzal) and the area of the ancient King's Gardens at the juncture of the Hinnom and Kidron Valleys. Wachs' and Levitte's discovery validates Jewish historian Flavius Josephus' account of an earthquake-caused landslide during King Uzziah's reign blocking up the kings' gardens in the valley. It also accords with the LXX rendering of , which states a valley will be blocked up as far as Azal. Additionally, the Israelis officially named this valley אצל (Atzal), which is the same Hebrew spelling of Azal (אצל). References Biblical archaeology Hebrew Bible places

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2013 Daraa offensive

The 2013 Daraa offensive was a campaign during the Syrian Civil War launched by the FSA in the Daraa Governorate to capture the strategic border area. The offensive began in early March 2013. During the campaign, rebel forces captured several bases and towns. The offensive was eventually halted following an Army counter-offensive in mid-April, which resulted in the recapture of a few towns and villages. After that, the rebels continued their advance by launching a counter-offensive of their own. Background In early 2013, rebels in southern Syria started receiving an influx of foreign-funded weapons over the border from Jordan. This gave them a new momentum, with the rebels preparing an offensive to capture the strategically important region along the border with Jordan that would give them a critical gateway to attempt an attack on the capital, Damascus. Offensive Rebel attack On 3 March, rebels seized an artillery battalion in Jalma village near the Israeli Armistice line. Eight rebels were killed in the fighting, and SOHR stated that the rebels summarily executed the battalion commander. On 23 March, several rebel groups captured the 38th division air defense base of the Syrian Army in near a strategic highway linking Damascus to Jordan, and killed the base commander, General Mahmoud Darwish. On the next day, rebels captured a 25 km strip of land near the Jordanian border, which included the towns of Muzrib, Abdin, and the Al-Rai military checkpoint. On 29 March, rebels seized control of the strategic town of Da'el, located 10 miles from the Jordanian border, after days of fierce fighting which left 38 people dead, including 16 rebels. On 3 April, rebels captured the air defense base of the 49th battalion of the Syrian Army in the town of Alma in the northern outskirts of Daraa. On 5 April, rebels captured an Army garrison defending the main border crossing into Jordan, after a week-long siege in which dozens were reportedly killed. Government counter-attack On 10 April, the Syrian Army launched a counter-attack on the town of Sanamein and Ghabagheb, seizing control of Sanamein. Syrian state TV reported that the Army launched operations against Tafas, Dael and Jassim as well. 54 people were killed during the fighting in Sanamein: 29 civilians, 16 rebels, 9 soldiers and three defectors. Aftermath Reopening of Army supply line and stalemate On 8 May, government forces captured the strategic town of Khirbet Ghazaleh, situated along the highway to the Jordanian border. Over 1,000 rebel fighters withdrew from the town due to the lack of reinforcements and ammunition. The loss of the town also resulted in the reopening of the government supply-route to the contested city of Daraa. The rebels continued to withdraw from other towns and decided not to face the Army's advance along the highway because they no longer had ammunition. However, later in the day, an opposition commander claimed that the retreat was part of a rebel plan to set up a trap for government forces and that the opposition fighters managed to recapture the town. Still, this was denied by the opposition group SOHR which stated that the rebels had managed only to recapture one neighbourhood and fighting was still ongoing in the town. On 12 May, government forces took complete control of Khirbet Ghazaleh and secured the highway near the town. By early June, according to Jordanian border guards and militias, the rebels were conducting primitive attacks against Syrian Army positions on the other side of the border. “They attack the checkpoints in a primitive way,” according to a Jordanian commander. “Sometimes you see them holding their weapons awkwardly and wasting their ammunition. They almost never take advantage of the vehicles and equipment the Syrians leave behind. It is clear from watching them that they are not well-trained.” The Syrian military was edging closer towards the border and their success against the rebels was credited to the recent arrival of more improved gear and vehicles, not seen before, for the Syrian Army. These include drones, anti-mortar systems and communications jamming devices. The anti-mortar systems deployed in some areas allow the Syrian military to trace the source of mortar fire and even strike before the rebels launch an attack. In late June, rebel forces were in fear of being routed by the Army in southern Syria and losing control of their safe zones on the Jordanian border. By 26 June, government forces had captured the villages of Itlaa and Basr As Sham and fighting was raging outside the village of al-Sheikh Maskin. Slow rebel advances On 28 June, rebels, including units of Al-Nusra Front, took control of the strategically important Binayat checkpoint in Daraa city. They also occupied the area around the Omari mosque in the southern part of the city, which was a focal point of the initial protests in March 2011. On 8 August, Ahmad Jarba, president of the Western-backed Syrian National Coalition, crossed from Jordan into rebel-held territory in Daraa Province to meet with refugees and observe Id al-Fitr. He was accompanied by Ahmad Nima, leader of the FSA Daraa Military Council. On 28 September, rebels including groups linked to Al Qaeda seized the Ramtha border crossing on the Syria-Jordan border after days of fighting which left 26 soldiers dead along with 7 foreign rebel fighters. On 9 October, rebels also seized the Hajanar border crossing on the Jordanian border near Daraa after a month of fierce fighting. Its fall meant rebels were now in control of a swath of territory along the border from outside of Daraa to the edge of Golan Heights. On 21 October, FSA chief Yasser Abbud (aka Abu Ammar), leader of the Fallujah-Houran brigade was killed during fighting with the army in Tafas. He was once the commander of the military council of the FSA. On 2 December, Islamist rebels managed to capture an armament battalion base near the town of Busir al Harir, several soldiers were captured during the attack. One month later, rebels claimed to have taken control of the hospital in the town of Jasem, where government forces had previously been based. See also Daraa Governorate campaign References Daraa offensive Military operations of the Syrian civil war involving the Free Syrian Army Daraa offensive Daraa offensive Military operations of the Syrian civil war involving the Syrian government

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foldering

Foldering

Foldering is the practice of communicating via messages saved to the "drafts" folder of an email or other electronic messaging account that is accessible by multiple people. The messages are never actually sent. Foldering has been described as a digital equivalent of a dead drop. History Foldering was reportedly used by al-Qaeda at least as early as 2005 and it has also been used by drug cartels. Notable cases In 2012, David Petraeus was reported to have used foldering to communicate with Paula Broadwell. In June 2018, Greg Andres cited Paul Manafort's use of foldering as evidence that Manafort engaged in deceptive behaviours. Depictions in popular culture Foldering was depicted in the movie Traitor (2008). See also Dead drop Tradecraft References Data security Espionage techniques

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968%20UMass%20Redmen%20football%20team

1968 UMass Redmen football team

The 1968 UMass Redmen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1968 NCAA College Division football season as a member of the Yankee Conference. The team was coached by Vic Fusia and played its home games at Alumni Stadium in Hadley, Massachusetts. UMass finished the season with a record of 2–8 overall and 2–3 in conference play. Schedule References UMass UMass Minutemen football seasons UMass Redmen football

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambula%20hypopolius

Lambula hypopolius

Lambula hypopolius is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Walter Rothschild in 1916. It is found along the coastline of northern New Guinea, from Papua New Guinea and Karkar Island to Batanta Island. References Moths described in 1916 Lithosiina

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Lukáš Sáblík

Lukáš Sáblík (born August 5, 1976 in Jihlava) is a Czech professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing with HC Dukla Jihlava of the 1. národní hokejová liga (Czech.1). He previously played with HC Karlovy Vary in the Czech Extraliga during the 2010–11 Czech Extraliga season. References External links 1976 births Motor České Budějovice players Czech ice hockey goaltenders HC Karlovy Vary players Living people Orli Znojmo players Sportspeople from Jihlava PSG Berani Zlín players

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFPA%20921

NFPA 921

NFPA 921, "Guide for Fire and Explosion Investigations", is a peer reviewed document that is published by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). Its purpose is "to establish guidelines and recommendations for the safe and systematic investigation or analysis of fire and explosion incidents" (section 1.2.1). Familiarity with NFPA 921 is strongly recommended by National Association of Fire Investigators and the International Association of Arson Investigators (IAAI). NFPA 921 forms a large basis of the information which a professional fire investigator must know to pass the various Fire Investigator Certification (NAFI and IAAI) examinations. While not every recommendation in NFPA 921 will apply to any particular fire or explosion investigation, the document itself recommends that if a particular fire investigator does not apply certain sections to an investigation where they are called-for, the investigator must be prepared to justify the exclusion. This standard was long resisted in legal circles, with civil and criminal arson investigations leading to convictions later proven wrongful, such as that of Cameron Todd Willingham. See also Fire investigation National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Kirk's Fire Investigation External links References Fire investigation Safety organizations Firefighting in the United States NFPA Standards

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Likud

Likud

Likud (, translit. HaLikud, lit. The Consolidation), officially known as Likud – National Liberal Movement, is the major center-right to right-wing political party in Israel. A secular party, it was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin and Ariel Sharon in an alliance with several right-wing parties. Likud's landslide victory in the 1977 elections was a major turning point in the country's political history, marking the first time the left had lost power. In addition, it was the first time in Israel that a right-wing party won the plurality of the votes. However, after ruling the country for most of the 1980s, the party lost the Knesset election in 1992. Nevertheless, Likud's candidate Benjamin Netanyahu did win the vote for Prime Minister in 1996 and was given the task of forming a government after the 1996 elections. Netanyahu's government fell apart after a vote of no confidence, which led to elections being called in 1999 and Likud losing power to the One Israel coalition led by Ehud Barak. In 2001, Likud's Ariel Sharon, who replaced Netanyahu following the 1999 election, defeated Barak in an election called by the Prime Minister following his resignation. After the party recorded a convincing win in the 2003 elections, Likud saw a major split in 2005 when Sharon left to form the Kadima party. This resulted in Likud slumping to fourth place in the 2006 elections and losing 28 seats in the Knesset. Following the 2009 elections, Likud was able to gain 15 seats, and, with Netanyahu back in control of the party, formed a coalition with fellow right-wing parties Yisrael Beiteinu and Shas to take control of the government from Kadima, which earned a plurality, but not a majority. Netanyahu served as prime minister from then until 2021. Likud had been the leading vote-getter in each subsequent election until April 2019, when Likud tied with Blue and White and September 2019, when Blue and White won one more seat than the Likud. Likud won the most seats and votes at the 2020 and 2021 elections, but Netanyahu was removed from power in June 2021 by an unprecedented coalition led by Yair Lapid and Naftali Bennett. A member of the party is called a Likudnik (). History Formation and Begin years The Likud was formed as a secular party by an alliance of several right-wing parties prior to the 1973 elections—Herut, the Liberal Party, the Free Centre, the National List, and the Movement for Greater Israel. Herut had been the nation's largest right-wing party since growing out of the Irgun in 1948. It had already been in coalition with the Liberals since 1965 as Gahal, with Herut as the senior partner. Herut remained the senior partner in the new grouping, which was given the name Likud, meaning "Consolidation", as it represented the consolidation of the Israeli right. It worked as a coalition under Herut's leadership until 1988, when the member parties merged into a single party under the Likud name. From its establishment in 1973, Likud enjoyed great support from blue-collar Sephardim who felt discriminated against by the ruling Alignment. Likud made a strong showing in its first elections in 1973, reducing the Alignment's lead to 12 seats. The party went on to win the 1977 elections, finishing 11 seats ahead of the Alignment. Begin was able to form a government with the support of the religious parties, consigning the left-wing to opposition for the first time since independence. A former leader of the hard-line paramilitary Irgun, Begin helped initiate the peace process with Egypt, which resulted in the 1978 Camp David Accords and the 1979 Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty. Likud was reelected with a significantly reduced mandate in 1981. Likud has long been a loose alliance between politicians committed to different and sometimes opposing policy preferences and ideologies. The 1981 elections highlighted divisions that existed between the populist wing of Likud, headed by David Levy of Herut, and the Liberal wing, who represented a policy agenda of the secular bourgeoisie. Shamir, Netanyahu's first term, and Sharon Begin resigned in October 1983 and was succeeded as Likud leader and Prime Minister by Yitzhak Shamir. Shamir, a former commander of the Lehi underground, was widely seen as a hard-liner with an ideological commitment both to the settlements in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, the growth of which he encouraged, and to the idea of aliyah, facilitating the mass immigration of Jews to Israel from Ethiopia and the former Soviet Union. Although Shamir lost the 1984 election, the Alignment was unable to form a government on its own. Likud and the Alignment thus formed a national unity government, with Peres as Prime Minister and Shamir as foreign minister. After two years, Peres and Shamir switched posts. This government remained in power through 1990, when the Alignment pulled out and Shamir stitched together a right-wing coalition that held on until its defeat in 1992 by Labor. Shamir retired shortly after losing the election. His successor, Benjamin Netanyahu, became the third Likud Prime Minister in May 1996, following the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin. Netanyahu proved to be less hard-line in practice than he made himself out to be rhetorically, and felt pressured by the United States and others to enter negotiations with the Palestine Liberation Organization and Yasser Arafat, despite his harsh criticism of the Oslo accords and hawkish stance in comparison to Labor. In 1998, Netanyahu reluctantly agreed to cede territory in the Wye River Memorandum. While accepted by many in the Likud, some Likud MKs, led by Benny Begin (Menachem Begin's son), Michael Kleiner and David Re'em, broke away and formed a new party, named Herut – The National Movement, in protest. Yitzhak Shamir (who had expressed harsh disappointment in Netanyahu's leadership), gave the new party his support. Less than a year afterward, Netanyahu's coalition collapsed, resulting in the 1999 election and Labor's Ehud Barak winning the premiership on a platform of immediate settlement of final status issues. Likud spent 1999–2001 on the opposition benches. Barak's "all-or-nothing" strategy failed, however, and early elections for Prime Minister were called for March 2001. Surprisingly, Netanyahu declined to be the Likud candidate for Prime Minister, meaning that the fourth Likud premier would be Ariel Sharon. Sharon, unlike past Likud leaders, had been raised in a Labor Zionist environment and had long been seen as something of a maverick. In the face of the Second Intifada, Sharon pursued a varied set of policies, many of which were controversial even within the Likud. The final split came when Sharon announced his policy of unilateral disengagement from Gaza and parts of the West Bank. The idea proved extremely divisive within the party. Kadima split Sharon's perceived shift to the political center, especially in his execution of the Disengagement Plan, alienated him from some Likud supporters and fragmented the party. He faced several serious challenges to his authority shortly before his departure. The first was in March 2005, when he and Netanyahu proposed a budget plan that met fierce opposition, though it was eventually approved. The second was in September 2005, when Sharon's critics in Likud forced a vote on a proposal for an early leadership election, which was defeated by 52% to 48%. In October, Sharon's opponents within the Likud Knesset faction joined with the opposition to prevent the appointment of two of his associates to the Cabinet, demonstrating that Sharon had effectively lost control of the Knesset and that the 2006 budget was unlikely to pass. The next month, Labor announced its withdrawal from Sharon's governing coalition following the election of the left-wing Amir Peretz as its leader. On 21 November 2005, Sharon announced he would be leaving Likud and forming a new centrist party, Kadima. The new party included both Likud and Labor supporters of unilateral disengagement. Sharon also announced that elections would take place in early 2006. As of 21 November seven candidates had declared themselves as contenders to replace Sharon as leader: Netanyahu, Uzi Landau, Shaul Mofaz, Yisrael Katz, Silvan Shalom and Moshe Feiglin. Landau and Mofaz later withdrew, the former in favour of Netanyahu and the latter to join Kadima. Netanyahu's second term Netanyahu went on to win the chairmanship elections in December, obtaining 44.4% of the vote. Shalom came in a second with 33%, leading Netanyahu to guarantee him second place on the party's list of Knesset candidates. Shalom's perceived moderation on social and foreign-policy issues were considered to be an electoral asset. Observers noted that voter turnout in the elections was particularly low in comparison with past primaries, with less than 40 percent of the 128,000 party members casting ballots. There was much media focus on far-right candidate Moshe Feiglin achieving 12.4% of votes. The founding of Kadima was a major challenge to the Likud's generation-long status as one of Israel's two major parties. Sharon's perceived centrist policies have drawn considerable popular support as reflected by public opinion polls. The Likud is now led by figures who oppose further unilateral evacuations, and its standing in the polls has suffered. After the founding of Kadima, Likud came to be seen as having more of a right-wing tendency than a moderate centre-right one. However, there exist several parties in the Knesset even more right-wing than the post-Ariel Sharon Likud. Prior to the 2006 election, the party's Central Committee relinquished control of selecting the Knesset list to the "rank and file" members at Netanyahu's behest. The aim was to improve the party's reputation, as the central committee had gained a reputation for corruption. In the election, the Likud vote collapsed in the face of the Kadima split. Other right-wing nationalist parties such as Yisrael Beiteinu gained votes, with Likud coming only fourth place in the popular vote, edging out Yisrael Beiteinu by only 116 votes. With only twelve seats, Likud was tied with the Shas for the status of third-largest party. In the 2009 Israeli legislative election, Likud won 27 seats, a close second-place finish to Kadima's 28 seats, and leading the other parties. After more than a month of coalition negotiations, Benjamin Netanyahu was able to form a government and become Prime Minister. "Pride in the Likud", a political advocacy group of LGBT conservatives affiliated with the party, was founded in 2011. Following the appointment of Amir Ohana as the Likud's first openly gay member in the Knesset, in December 2015, Netanyahu said he was "proud" to welcome him into parliament. A leadership election was held on 31 January 2012, with Netanyahu defeating Feiglin. Partnership with Yisrael Beiteinu On 25 October 2012, Netanyahu and Avigdor Lieberman announced that their respective political parties, Likud and Yisrael Beiteinu, would run together on a single ballot in Israel's 2013 parliamentary election. "A joining of forces will give us the strength to defend Israel from military threats, and the strength to spearhead social and economic changes in the country", Netanyahu said. In January 2013, Lieberman said the Yisrael Beitinu merge with the Likud party will end within one month of the election. The Likud-Yisrael Beiteinu merger led to speculation that Lieberman would eventually seek the leadership of Likud. "Every soldier must strive to be chief of staff, just as every politician wants, eventually, to stand at the top of the system. I'm not obsessed with this, but that is my goal", Lieberman said. In the 2013 election, the Likud-Yisrael Beiteninu alliance won 31 seats, 20 of which were Likud members. Netanyahu continued as Prime Minister after forming a coalition with Yesh Atid, the Jewish Home and Hatnuah. The electoral alliance was unpopular among both Likud and Yisrael Beiteinu. In November 2013, it was reported that both parties would be holding discussions on whether to end their partnership. According to Haaretz, "the alliance stoked anger among senior Likud politicians, both because of the historic change and the high price the party ostensibly paid...." Efforts by Yisrael Beitenu to formally merge with Likud after the election were rebuffed by Likud activists who worried about the effect an influx of organized new power centers could have on their own influence in the ruling party. 2019–2021 elections During the course of the April 2019 Israeli legislative election campaign, Likud facilitated the formation of the Union of Right-Wing Parties between the Jewish Home, Tkuma and Otzma Yehudit by providing a slot on its own electoral list to Jewish Home candidate Eli Ben-Dahan. In the aftermath of the election, Kulanu merged into Likud. During the September 2019 Israeli legislative election campaign, Likud agreed to a deal with Zehut, whereby the latter party would drop out of the election and endorse Likud in exchange for a ministerial post for its leader, Moshe Feiglin, as well as policy concessions. Prior to the 2020 Israeli legislative election, Gideon Sa'ar unsuccessfully challenged Netanyahu for the Likud leadership. In December of that year, Sa'ar left Likud, along with four other Likud MKs, to form New Hope. Prior to the 2021 Israeli legislative election, Gesher merged into Likud, receiving a slot on its electoral list. Likud also facilitated the formation of a joint list between the Religious Zionist Party, Otzma Yehudit and Noam by providing the Religious Zionist Party a slot on the Likud list. On 14 June, after the swearing-in of the 36th government, Ofir Sofer who held the slot, split from the Likud faction and returned to the Religious Zionist Party, decreasing the Likud faction by one to 29 seats in the Knesset. Ideological positions Likud emphasizes national security policy based on a strong military force when threatened with continued enmity against Israel. It has shown reluctance to negotiate with its neighbors whom it believes continue to seek the destruction of the Jewish state, that based on the principle of the party founder Menachem Begin concerning the preventive policy to any potential attacks on State of Israel. Its suspicion of neighboring Arab nations' intentions, however, has not prevented the party from reaching agreements with the Arabs, such as the 1979 peace treaty with Egypt. Likud's willingness to enter mutually accepted agreements with the Arabs over the years is related to the formation of other right-wing parties. Like other right-wing parties in Israel, Likud politicians have sometimes criticized particular Supreme Court decisions, but it remains committed to rule of law principles that it hopes to entrench in a written constitution. , the party remains divided between moderates and hard-liners. Likud is considered to be the leading party in the national camp in Israeli politics. Platform The 1999 Likud Party platform emphasizes the right of settlement. "The Jewish communities in Judea, Samaria, and Gaza are the realization of Zionist values. Settlement of the land is a clear expression of the unassailable right of the Jewish people to the Land of Israel and constitutes an important asset in the defense of the vital interests of the State of Israel. The Likud will continue to strengthen and develop these communities and will prevent their uprooting." Similarly, they claim the Jordan River as the permanent eastern border to Israel and it also claims Jerusalem as belonging to Israel. The 'Peace & Security' chapter of the 1999 Likud Party platform rejects a Palestinian state. "The Government of Israel flatly rejects the establishment of a Palestinian Arab state west of the Jordan river. The Palestinians can run their lives freely in the framework of self-rule, but not as an independent and sovereign state. Thus, for example, in matters of foreign affairs, security, immigration, and ecology, their activity shall be limited in accordance with imperatives of Israel's existence, security and national needs." With Likud back in power, starting in 2009, Israeli foreign policy is still under review. Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu, in his "National Security" platform, neither endorsed nor ruled out the idea of a Palestinian state. "Netanyahu has hinted that he does not oppose the creation of a Palestinian state, but aides say he must move cautiously because his religious-nationalist coalition partners refuse to give away land." On 14 June 2009, Netanyahu delivered a speech at Bar-Ilan University (also known as "Bar-Ilan Speech"), at Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, that was broadcast live in Israel and across parts of the Arab world, on the topic of the Middle East peace process. He endorsed for the first time the creation of a Palestinian state alongside Israel, with several conditions. However, on 16 March 2015, Netanyahu stated in the affirmative, that if he were elected, a Palestinian state would not be created. Netanyahu argued, "anyone who goes to create today a Palestinian state and turns over land, is turning over land that will be used as a launching ground for attacks by Islamist extremists against the State of Israel." Some take these statements to mean that Netanyahu and Likud oppose a Palestinian state. After having been criticised by U.S. White House Spokesperson Josh Earnest for the "divisive rhetoric" of his election campaign, on 19 March 2015, Netanyahu retreated to "I don't want a one-state solution. I want a peaceful, sustainable two-state solution. I have not changed my policy." The Likud Constitution of May 2014 is more vague and ambiguous. Though it contains commitments to the strengthening of Jewish settlement in the West Bank, it does not explicitly rule out the establishment of a Palestinian state. Economy The Likud party claims to support a free market capitalist and liberal agenda, though, in practice, it has mostly adopted mixed economic policies. Under the guidance of Finance minister and current party leader Benjamin Netanyahu, Likud pushed through legislation reducing value added tax (VAT), income and corporate taxes significantly, as well as customs duty. Likewise, it has instituted free trade (especially with the European Union and the United States) and dismantled certain monopolies (Bezeq and the seaports). Additionally, it has privatized numerous government-owned companies, e. g., El Al and Bank Leumi, and has moved to privatize land in Israel, which until now has been held symbolically by the state in the name of the Jewish people. Netanyahu was the most ardent free-market Israeli finance minister to date. He argued that Israel's largest labor union, the Histadrut, has so much power as to be capable of paralyzing the Israeli economy, and claimed that the main causes of unemployment are laziness and excessive benefits to the unemployed." Under Netanyahu, Likud has and is likely to maintain a comparatively fiscally conservative economic stance. However, the party's economic policies vary widely among members, with some Likud MKs supporting more leftist economic positions that are more in line with popular preferences. Palestinians Likud has historically espoused opposition to Palestinian statehood and support of Israeli settlements in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. However, it has also been the party that carried out the first peace agreements with Arab states. For instance, in 1979, Likud Prime Minister Menachem Begin signed the Camp David Accords with Egyptian President Anwar al-Sadat, which returned the Sinai Peninsula (occupied by Israel in the Six-Day War of 1967) to Egypt in return for peace between the two countries. Yitzhak Shamir was the first Israeli Prime Minister to meet Palestinian leaders at the Madrid Conference following the Persian Gulf War in 1991. However, Shamir refused to concede the idea of a Palestinian state, and as a result was blamed by some (including United States Secretary of State James Baker) for the failure of the summit. On 14 June 2009, as Prime Minister Netanyahu gave a speech at Bar-Ilan University in which he endorsed a "Demilitarized Palestinian State", though said that Jerusalem must remain the unified capital of Israel. In 2002, during the Second Intifada, Israel's Likud-led government reoccupied Palestinian towns and refugee camps in the West Bank. In 2005, Ariel Sharon defied the recent tendencies of Likud and abandoned the policy of seeking to settle in the West Bank and Gaza. Though re-elected Prime Minister on a platform of no unilateral withdrawals, Sharon carried out the Gaza disengagement plan, withdrawing from the Gaza Strip, as well as four settlements in the northern West Bank. Though losing a referendum among Likud registered voters, Sharon achieved government approval of this policy by firing most of the cabinet members who opposed the plan before the vote. Sharon and the faction who supported his disengagement proposals left the Likud party after the disengagement and created the new Kadima party. This new party supported unilateral disengagement from most of the West Bank and the fixing of borders by the Israeli West Bank barrier. The basic premise of the policy was that the Israelis have no viable negotiating partner on the Palestinian side, and since they cannot remain in indefinite occupation of the West Bank and Gaza, Israel should unilaterally withdraw. Netanyahu, who was elected as the new leader of Likud after Kadima's creation, and Silvan Shalom, the runner-up, both supported the disengagement plan; however, Netanyahu resigned his ministerial post before the plan was executed. Most current Likud members support the Jewish settlements in the West Bank and oppose Palestinian statehood and the disengagement from Gaza. Although settlement activity has continued under recent Likud governments, much of the activity outside the major settlement blocs has been to accommodate the Jewish Home, a coalition partner; support within Likud to build outside the blocs is not particularly strong. In the 2019 election, Likud was widely criticized as a "racist party" after scaremongering anti-Arab rhetoric by its members as well as Netanyahu who claimed minority Arabs and Palestinians in Israel as "threats" and "enemies,". Culture Likud generally advocates free enterprise and nationalism, but it has sometimes compromised these ideals in practice, especially as its constituency has changed. Its support for populist economic programs are at odds with its free enterprise tradition, but are meant to serve its largely nationalistic, lower-income voters in small towns and urban neighborhoods. On religion and state, Likud has a moderate stance, and supports the preservation of status quo. With time, the party has played into the traditional sympathies of its voter base, though the origins and ideology of Likud are secular. Religious parties have come to view it as a more comfortable coalition partner than Labor. Likud promotes a revival of Jewish culture, in keeping with the principles of Revisionist Zionism. Likud emphasizes such Israeli nationalist themes as the use of the Israeli flag and the victory in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. In July 2018, Likud lawmakers backed controversial Nation-State bill into law which declaring Israel as 'nation-state of the Jewish people'. Likud publicly endorses press freedom and promotion of private sector media, which has grown markedly under governments Likud has led. A Likud government headed by Ariel Sharon, however, closed the popular right-wing pirate radio station Arutz Sheva ("Channel 7"). Arutz Sheva was popular with the Jewish settler movement and often criticised the government from a right-wing perspective. Historically, the Likud and its pre-1948 predecessor, the Revisionist movement advocated secular nationalism. However, the Likud's first prime minister and long-time leader Menachem Begin, though secular himself, cultivated a warm attitude to Jewish tradition and appreciation for traditionally religious Jews—especially from North Africa and the Middle East. This segment of the Israeli population first brought the Likud to power in 1977. Many Orthodox Israelis find the Likud a more congenial party than any other mainstream party, and in recent years also a large group of Haredim, mostly modern Haredim, joined the party and established The Haredi faction in the Likud. Composition (1973–1988) Leaders Leader election process During Begin's tenure as leader of Herut/Likud, his leadership was effectively unchallenged. From 1983 through 1992, Herut/Likud elected its party leaders through votes held in party agencies. The 1983 and 1984 Herut leadership elections were undertaken through a vote of Herut's Central Committee. The day after Yitzhak Shamir won the 1983 secret ballot vote of the Herut Central Committee to obtain Herut's party leadership, the party leaders of the other Likud coalition member parties announced that they agreed to have Shamir lead the Likud coalition. The 1992 Likud leadership election was the first held after Likud became a unified party. The 1992 leadership election was held as a vote of the Likud Central Committee. After 1992, the party moved to electing its leaders through votes of its general membership, with the first such vote taking place in 1993. Current MKs Likud currently has 29 Knesset members. They are listed below in the order that they appeared on the party's list for the 2021 elections. Benjamin Netanyahu Yuli Edelstein Israel Katz Miri Regev Yariv Levin Yoav Galant Nir Barkat Gila Gamliel Avi Dichter Haim Katz Eli Cohen Galit Distel-Atbaryan Tzachi Hanegbi Ofir Akunis Yuval Steinitz Dudi Amsalem Gadi Yevarkan Amir Ohana Ofir Katz Eti Atiya Yoav Kisch David Bitan Keren Barak Shlomo Karhi Miki Zohar Orly Levy-Abekasis Keti Shitrit Fateen Mulla May Golan Party organs Likud Executive Director General of the Likud: Gadi Arielli Deputy DG, head of the Municipal Division: Rafi Dwek Director of Foreign Affairs: Eli Hazan Manager of the Likud Chairman's Office: Hanni Bleiweiss Head of the Computer Division: Tsuri Siso Likud Spokeswoman: Noga Katz (Rappaport) Head of Internet & New Media: Shai Mordov Likud Central Committee Likud Secretariat Likud Bureau Likud Court Legal Advisor of the Likud Movement Likud Youth Movement Member group of the International Young Democrat Union World Likud Election results Knesset Prime Minister See also List of Likud Knesset Members New Likudniks References External links Likud Nederland Likud Knesset website Political parties in Israel Conservatism in Israel Liberal conservative parties Political parties established in 1973 Revisionist Zionism Zionist political parties in Israel Conservative parties in Israel National liberal parties Betar Liberal parties in Israel National conservative parties Right-wing populist parties 1973 establishments in Israel Right-wing populism in Israel Right-wing parties Right-wing politics in Israel Centre-right parties in Asia

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Texas Park Road 36

Park Road 36 (PR 36) is a Park Road in the U.S. state of Texas maintained by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). The road, located in northwestern Palo Pinto County west of Graford, was authorized in 1945 to provide access to a former section of Possum Kingdom State Park. PR 36 has since been extended to two private campgrounds connecting them to State Highway 16 (SH 16) while intersecting FM 2951 and FM 2353. Route description PR 36 begins at the main entrance for the Boy Scouts of America camp, Camp Constantin, and the YMCA camp, Camp Grady Spruce; the main road of the highway travels through the former. The highway travels in close proximity to Possum Kingdom Lake's southern shore, before reaching FM 2951. The highway turns towards the east, traveling through the small town of Pickwick where it intersects FM 2353. Leaving Pickwick, PR 36 travels away from the lake, ending at SH 16, about west of Graford. History PR 36 was originally designated in 1945 over an approximately segment connecting a former portion of Possum Kingdom State Park to SH 16. The road was extended westward to the Lakeview subdivision a year later. The final extension to the current western terminus at the organizational campgrounds was added in 1947. Major intersections See also References External links 0036 Transportation in Palo Pinto County, Texas

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List of schools in Bulgaria

This is a list of schools in Sofia, Bulgaria. 19 High School "Elin Pelin" 22 High School "G. S. Rakovski" 30 High School "Bratya Miladinovi" Galabov-Gymnasium Sofia 119 High School " Akad. Mihail Arnaudov" 134 Middle School "Dimcho Debelyanov" 164 GPIE "Miguel de Cervantes" American College of Sofia American University in Bulgaria Blagoevgrad (private) Anglo-American School of Sofia A.S. Popov School of Electronics Aprilov National High School English Language School "Geo Milev" (Ruse) Bacho Kiro High School Darbi College First English Language School Filip Kutev's National School for Folk Arts Kotel Foreign Language High School "Hristo Botev", Kardzhali, Bulgaria Hristo Botev Comprehensive School, Targovishte Language School "Dr. Petar Beron" Lycée Français de Sofia Lycée Français Victor Hugo (Bulgaria) M. V. Lomonosov School of Electrotechnics and Electronics National Gymnasium of Natural Sciences and Mathematics "Academician Lyubomir Chakalov" National High School for Folk Arts, Shiroka Laka National Music School Lyubomir Pipkov National Learning Complex of Culture with studying Italian language and culture (with participation of the Republic Italy) National School for Music and Performing Arts, "Prof. Pancho Vladigerov." Burgas NGDEK PMG "Ekzarh Antim I" Professor Marin Drinov Elementary School Sofia University "St. Kliment of Ochrid" (state university) Zlatarski International School St. George International School & Preschool See also Education in Bulgaria List of universities in Bulgaria Schools and kindergartens in Bulgaria Bulgaria Bulgaria Schools Schools Schools

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Johnny Adams

Laten John Adams Jr. (January 5, 1932 – September 14, 1998), was an American blues, jazz and gospel singer, known as "The Tan Canary" for the multi-octave range of his singing voice, his swooping vocal mannerisms and falsetto. His biggest hits were his versions of "Release Me" and "Reconsider Me" in the late 1960s. Life and career Adams was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, the oldest of 10 children. He became a professional musician on leaving school. He began his career singing gospel with the Soul Revivers and Bessie Griffin's Consolators, but crossed over to secular music in 1959. His neighbor, the songwriter Dorothy LaBostrie, supposedly persuaded him to start performing secular music after hearing him sing in the bathtub. He recorded LaBostrie's ballad "I Won't Cry" for Joe Ruffino's Ric label. Produced by the teenaged Mac Rebennack (later known as Dr. John), the record became a local hit. Adams recorded several more singles for the label over the next three years, most of them produced by Rebennack or Eddie Bo. His first national hit came in 1962, when "A Losing Battle", written by Rebennack, reached number 27 on the Billboard R&B chart. After Ruffino's death in 1963, Adams left Ric and recorded for a succession of labels, including Eddie Bo's Gone Records, the Los Angeles–based Modern Records, and Wardell Quezergue's Watch label. His records had little success until he signed with Shelby Singleton's Nashville-based SSS International Records in 1968. A reissue of "Release Me", originally released by Watch, reached number 34 on the R&B chart and number 82 on the pop chart. Its follow-up, "Reconsider Me", a country song produced by Singleton, became his biggest hit, reaching number 8 on the R&B chart and number 28 on the pop chart in 1969. Two more singles, "I Can't Be All Bad" and "I Won't Cry" (a reissue of the Ric recording), were lesser hits later the same year, and the label released an album, Heart and Soul. Adams left SSS International in 1971 and recorded unsuccessfully for several labels, including Atlantic and Ariola, over the next few years. At the same time, he began performing regularly at Dorothy's Medallion Lounge in New Orleans and touring nightclubs in the south. In 1983, he signed with Rounder Records, for which he recorded nine critically acclaimed albums produced by Scott Billington, beginning with From the Heart in 1984. These records encompassed a wide range of jazz, blues and R&B styles and highlighted Adams's voice. The albums included tributes to the songwriters Percy Mayfield and Doc Pomus. The jazz-influenced Good Morning Heartache included the work of composers like George Gershwin and Harold Arlen. Other albums in this series are Room with a View of the Blues (1988), Walking on a Tightrope (1989), and The Real Me (1991). These recordings earned him a number of awards, including a W.C. Handy Award. He also toured internationally, with frequent trips to Europe, and worked and recorded with such musicians as Aaron Neville, Harry Connick Jr., Lonnie Smith, and Dr. John. He died in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in 1998 after a long battle with prostate cancer. Singles (chart hits only) Albums Heart & Soul (SSS International, 1969) I Won't Cry (Ric, 1971) A Christmas in New Orleans with Johnny Adams (Ace, 1975) Stand By Me (Chelsea, 1976) After All the Good Is Gone (Ariola, 1978) From the Heart (Rounder, 1984) After Dark (Rounder, 1985) Room with a View of the Blues (Rounder, 1988) Walking on a Tightrope (Rounder, 1989) The Real Me: Johnny Adams Sings Doc Pomus (Rounder, 1991) Good Morning Heartache (Rounder, 1993) The Verdict (Rounder, 1995) One Foot in the Blues (Rounder, 1996) Man of My Word (Rounder, 1998) References External links Johnny Adams "Heart & Soul 1932 births 1998 deaths 20th-century African-American male singers American blues singers Rhythm and blues musicians from New Orleans Charly Records artists Deaths from prostate cancer Deaths from cancer in Louisiana Soul-blues musicians Blues musicians from New Orleans Singers from Louisiana

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Conservative Union (Spain)

The Conservative Union (, UC) was a Spanish political party created in 1892 by Francisco Silvela as a split from the Liberal Conservative Party. In 1899 it merged again into the Liberal Conservative Party. Electoral performance Restoration Cortes References Conservative Party (Spain) Catholic political parties Defunct political parties in Spain Political parties established in 1892 Political parties disestablished in 1899 1892 establishments in Spain 1899 disestablishments in Spain Restoration (Spain)

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Gran Hotel Guadalpin Banús

The Gran Hotel Guadalpin Banús is a luxury five-star hotel in Puerto Banús, Marbella, Spain. The hotel is situated on the beach and contains 181 rooms. The hotel is served by the Lorea restaurant specializing in Basque cuisine, and the bars Sofia Cócteles and Pool Bar. See also List of hotels in Spain References External links Official site Hotels in Marbella Hotels established in 2004 Hotel buildings completed in 2004 Hotels in Spain

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Otley Road drill hall, Skipton

The Otley Road drill hall, sometimes known as Wellington House, is a former military installation in Skipton, North Yorkshire, England. History The building was designed as the headquarters of the 3rd Volunteer Battalion, The Duke of Wellington's Regiment and was completed in 1892. This unit evolved to become the 6th Battalion, The Duke of Wellington's Regiment in 1908. The battalion was mobilised at the drill hall in August 1914 before being deployed to the Western Front. After the Second World War, the battalion converted to become the 673rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (The Duke of Wellington's Regiment). It then amalgamated with the 382nd Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery (Duke of Wellington's Regiment) in 1955, a unit which converted back to form the West Riding Battalion, The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding) at the St Paul's Street drill hall Huddersfield in 1961. After the defence cut backs in 1967, the Otley Road drill hall was decommissioned and then stood vacant for many years before being converted for commercial use as an architectural practice. References Drill halls in England Buildings and structures in North Yorkshire Skipton

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RJF

RJF may refer to: Reichsbund jüdischer Frontsoldaten Reichsjugendführer Baldur von Schirach Raymond James Financial, Inc. Reines Jüdisches Fett Red Jacket Firearms LLC, manufacturer and seller of custom weapons located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana Robert James Fischer , American chess grandmaster and the eleventh World Chess Champion.

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Bhrigu Parbat

Bhrigu Parbat is a mountain of the Garhwal Himalaya in Uttarakhand India. It is situated in the Gangotri National Park. The elevation of Bhrigu Parbat is . It is joint 167th highest located entirely within the Uttrakhand. Nanda Devi, is the highest mountain in this category. It lies NNW to Manda I its nearest higher neighbor. Climbing history A nine-member Indian expedition team from west Bengal led by Dr Anjan Chaudhary climbed Bhrigu Parvat (6041m), on September 2, 2001. They approached the peak from north of Manda via the Kedar Kharak. The summit was reached on September 2 by Tanmoy Chakraborty and Arun Danti Das. Neighboring and subsidiary peaks Neighboring or subsidiary peaks of Bhrigu Parbat: Manda III: Shivling: Gangotri I: Jogin II: Thalay Sagar: Meru Peak: Glaciers and rivers On the western side lies Kedar Bamak and on the eastern side lies Bhrigupanth Bamak and Manda Bamak. Kedar Ganga emerges from Kedar bamak and joins Bhagirathi River near Gangotri. Bhrigupanth Bamak and Manda Bamak drain down to Bhagirathi River near Bhojwas. Bhagirathi joins the Alaknanda River the other main tributaries of river Ganga at Dev Prayag and called Ganga there after. See also List of Himalayan peaks of Uttarakhand References Mountains of Uttarakhand Six-thousanders of the Himalayas Geography of Chamoli district

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Rototom Sunsplash

Rototom Sunsplash is a large European reggae festival which takes place every summer at Benicàssim, a few miles north of Valencia in Spain. Since 1994, it attracts thousands of reggae fans from all over the world, thanks to a vast cultural and musical program that lasts for up to ten days. History 1991-1999: Rototom Association and the clubs in Gaio and Zoppola The birthplace of the festival is the small Italian town of Gaio di Spilimbergo, province of Pordenone, in the region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, close to Venice. On 13 December 1991, the Rototom Cultural Association was born and with it a nightclub of the same name. It was an alternative music scene showcasing various styles from punk rock to reggae, indie, and electronic music. The name was taken from the rototom drum, and ascribed to the fact that like the drum, the club creates a variety of sounds. In 1997, the club moved to the municipality of Zoppola in the same province. At this point, the Rototom Club was divided into three rooms, each playing different genres of music: rock, pop, and rap in one; another played reggae and African music; and the last one dedicated to electronic music. Over the next nine years, the club hosted performances by the Ramones (1993), Massive Attack (1998), Bad Religion, NOFX, Suede, and Soulfly; legends like the father of Afrobeat, Fela Kuti, and reggae greats such as Burning Spear, Steel Pulse, Black Uhuru, Inner Circle, U-Roy, Yellowman, Itals, The Meditations, Junior Reid, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Misty in Roots, The Gladiators (band), Pablo Moses, Shaggy (musician), and Buju Banton, among many others. 1994: Rototom Sunsplash is born The Rototom Sunsplash festival was born as a self-financed project at the Rototom club in 1994. The name Sunsplash was taken from what was then the world’s biggest reggae event, Reggae Sunsplash, held annually in Jamaica since 1978, and discontinued in 1998. The event lasted the entire weekend of July 2 and 3, with a lineup of 14 artists, including Africa Unite, Almamegretta, and Buju Banton. The first edition of the festival attracted a thousand people, mostly musicians and producers. In addition, a dedicated radio station was created, called Radio Rototom. The second year, the event attracted 3,000 festivalgoers in two days, and the numbers continued to increase during the third and fourth editions. In 1998, the festival relocated to Latisana, due to larger audience numbers and the need for a bigger space. 1998-1999: Latisana In the summer of 1998, unable to accommodate the number of people attending the festival, the organizers decided to move it to Latisana Marittima, in the province of Udine. At this point, Rototom Sunsplash became a proper outdoor festival, with three stages and complementary cultural areas capable of absorbing thousands of attendees. From the previous year's 8,000, audience numbers grew to 20,000 in 1998. The event stretched to four days, with more acts and sideshows than ever before. For the first time, the festival was broadcast internationally via live stream on Italy's Arcoiris TV. It was also here that the "Italian Reggae Awards" were first organized. The director of the Jamaican Reggae Sunsplash, Rae Barret, was invited to choose from the best Italian bands at the festival, in order to become the first group to represent Italy at the festival in Jamaica. Reggae National Tickets took the honour that year, and this launched the solo career of Alborosie, the band's vocalist. 2000-2009: Osoppo In the summer of 2000, Rototom Sunsplash moved its headquarters once more, this time to Osoppo. This move was crucial to the festival's growth from an Italian musical celebration to a major European event. Within the 250,000 m2 of the Rivellino Park in Osoppo, the festival assumed the dimensions that it retains to the present. The duration of the festival was first extended to eight days, then later nine and finally ten days in total. An average of 150,000 people from around the world converged on this small Italian town for ten consecutive editions. Apart from a greater number of musical stages than ever before, the festival now included numerous side events and workshops, including conferences; capoeira, percussion, and African dance lessons; spaces for meditation; as well as areas with creative workshops for children. Rototom Sunsplash continued to fund itself solely through ticket sales, with a complete absence of commercial sponsors, and by 2003, almost a decade after its launch, the festival had zero debt. Beginning in 2006, the festival began to receive criticism as well as some opposition from several Italian politicians after the adoption of the Fini-Giovanardi law, declared unconstitutional in 2014, which, among other things, proposed up to ten years in prison for the use of recreational drugs such as cannabis inside spaces with leisure and cultural activities. The law essentially criminalized the event —though it was cleared in 2015— to the point that it was forced to move from Italy to Spain. 2010-present: Benicàssim In 2010, Rototom Sunsplash moved one more time, to its current location, the beach resort town of Benicàssim in Spain. After the final event in Osoppo on 12 July 2009, the festival organizers went in search of a new venue. After seven months of touring various regions of Spain, in February 2010, an agreement was reached with the city of Benicàssim, on the eastern coast of the Iberian nation. The extensive camping area made available for the event was key to the decision. The town of less than 20,000 people in the province of Castellón hosted the 17th edition of Rototom Sunsplash, and has been the festival's home to this day. The number of people attending the newly-relocated event increased with the space, to an average of 230,000 people per edition. The festival was no longer just a European attraction; fans from all over the world were attending, and the Spanish-speaking venue was especially a draw for reggae aficionados from Latin-American countries. Another major selling point for the festival was its new beach location, providing a sharp contrast to its previous Alpine setting, which was usually colder and often windy and rainy. Criticism and controversy Berliner Zeitung has criticized the fact that the festival offers, apart from its musical attractions, a questionable cultural program with a "crude mixture of enthusiasm for Africa, anti-imperialism, and esotericism". For example, a discussion on the dangers of chemtrails has been listed on the festival's "social forum". In August 2015, the festival took the political stance of disinviting the American reggae artist Matisyahu after he refused to state his personal opinion regarding the proposed two-state solution to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. Matisyahu is not Israeli, but he is Jewish. Matisyahu stated that he never includes his own political views in his shows, and he declined to clarify his previous statements on the topic. It was also reported that other musicians threatened to cancel their performances unless Matisyahu made a declaration supporting Palestinian statehood. Many human rights groups and the Spanish government suggested that the banning had anti-Semitic overtones. The Spanish foreign minister said: "Imposing a public declaration (from Matisyahu), puts into question the principle of non-discrimination on which all plural and diverse societies are based". The concert had also included singer Capleton, whose lyrics call for the murder of gays and lesbians, and who had not been disinvited. After strong reactions from various critics and accusations of anti-Semitism, Rototom Sunsplash admitted that cancelling Matisyahu's performance had been the wrong decision. The artist was then reinvited to the festival. In an official statement issued on their web page, Rototom Sunplash said: "Rototom Sunsplash rejects anti-Semitism and any form of discrimination towards the Jewish community; we respect both their culture and religious beliefs and we sincerely apologize for what has occurred". Within the context of the Matisyahu controversy, Jungle World pointed out the irony that "in a festival with a strong focus on human rights", the violent, homophobic lyrics of Capleton have not been called out by anyone. Gallery See also List of reggae festivals References External links Official Youtube channel Reggae festivals Music festivals in Spain Summer festivals Music festivals established in 1994

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Manuel Neuer

Manuel Peter Neuer (; born 27 March 1986) is a German professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper and captains both club Bayern Munich and the Germany national team. He is regarded as one of the greatest goalkeepers in the history of the sport. Neuer has been described as a "sweeper-keeper" because of his playing style and speed when rushing off his line to anticipate opponents, going out of the goalkeeper box. He was named the best goalkeeper of the decade from 2011 to 2020 by IFFHS. Neuer started his career at Schalke 04 where he won the DFB-Pokal and DFL-Ligapokal. In 2011, he signed for Bayern Munich and has since won 26 trophies, including nine Bundesliga titles and two UEFA Champions League titles in 2013 and 2020, both as part of trebles. In 2014, Neuer finished third in the voting for the FIFA Ballon d'Or award behind Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. He was awarded the UEFA Goalkeeper of the Year and the IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper five times each. Neuer was selected as Germany's number one goalkeeper for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. During the group stages, he only conceded a single goal. He provided the assist for Miroslav Klose's opening goal against England as Germany won 4–1. Four years later, Neuer won the 2014 FIFA World Cup with Germany as well as the Golden Glove award for being the best goalkeeper in the tournament. Club career Schalke 04 Neuer played for Schalke 04 II during 2003–04, 2004–05, 2006–07. 2007–08 and 2008–09 Neuer progressed through every age group at his hometown club, Schalke 04, and signed professional terms in 2005. Neuer did not make any first team appearances during the 2005–06 season. He made his Bundesliga debut with Schalke when he came on as a substitute for the injured Frank Rost on matchday 2 of the 2006–07 season. The 20-year-old eventually won the starting position when Rost was surprisingly dropped for the clash against Bayern Munich. Neuer managed to secure a 2–2 draw against the defending champions. He made 27 league appearances during the 2006–07 season. Despite his young age, he was widely tipped to be a potential successor to his former idol Jens Lehmann in the future for the German national team. Neuer started the 2007–08 season by playing in three matches in the German League Cup. On 5 March 2008, in the first knockout round of the UEFA Champions League against Porto, he almost single-handedly kept Schalke in the game with several saves, forcing the game into penalties. He then saved penalties from Bruno Alves and Lisandro López to help Schalke advance to the quarter-finals. He was shortlisted for the 2007–08 UEFA Club Goalkeeper of the Year award; he was the youngest as well as the only Bundesliga goalkeeper on the list. He was one of only three Bundesliga players to play every minute in the 2007–08 season. He finished the season by making 50 appearances in all competitions. In the 2008–09 season, Schalke finished eighth in the league table and missed out on a Europa League spot. However, his showing at the 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship sparked interest from Bayern Munich, with Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge declaring interest in signing the young goalkeeper. Schalke's new manager Felix Magath, however, insisted that Neuer would play for Schalke in the next season. In November, he was the only German goalkeeper in the list of five nominated goalkeepers for the UEFA Team of the Year. Neuer finished the 2009–10 season with 39 appearances. For the 2010–11 season, Neuer was appointed captain and led the team to its first Champions League semi-final appearance to play against Manchester United. He also won the DFB-Pokal in his final season with the club, as Schalke defeated MSV Duisburg 5–0. On 20 April 2011, he announced that he would not be extending his contract with Schalke, which was set to expire at the end of the 2011–12 season. He received criticism from Schalke fans, who were disappointed with him leaving for a rival club. Neuer finished the season with 53 appearances. Bayern Munich 2011–13: Transfer and treble winner On 1 June 2011, Neuer made his move to Bayern Munich and signed a five-year contract that lasted until June 2016. After hostilities of Bayern fans against Neuer, as some fans were unhappy about Bayern buying a Schalke keeper, a round-table discussion between Bayern and group of supporters' representatives took place on 2 July 2011. Among other things, it was decided that Neuer would be regarded as a full member of Bayern Munich, who should be treated with due respect. Furthermore, hostility towards him should cease. In the first weeks at Bayern, after a 0–0 draw with 1899 Hoffenheim, Neuer broke the Bayern Munich record for most competitive clean sheets in a row, having gone over 1,000 minutes without conceding. He improved the record formerly held by Oliver Kahn. On 25 April 2012, Neuer saved penalty kicks from both Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaká and helped Bayern through the 2011–12 Champions League semi-finals against Real Madrid. Following the match, Neuer revealed that he studied the way Ronaldo took his penalties. Neuer told Bild: "I always prepare myself for such situations. Our goalkeeping coach, Toni Tapalović, showed me on his laptop before the match how Ronaldo usually takes his penalties. I learned that Ronaldo prefers to send the ball low to his left. In the penalty shoot-out, I was convinced that he would aim for his favourite spot." Bayern went on to progress to the 2012 UEFA Champions League Final against Chelsea, which also went to a penalty shoot-out after a 1–1 draw. Neuer took and scored the third penalty for Bayern and also saved the first penalty taken by Juan Mata, but could not save the rest of the penalties as Munich lost the trophy 4–3 on penalties in their home stadium, the Allianz Arena. Neuer finished the season with 53 appearances. Neuer started the season by winning the 2012 DFL-Supercup. In the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League knockout phase, Neuer posted four clean sheets in a row versus both Juventus and Barcelona. In the 2013 Champions League Final against Borussia Dortmund, Neuer posted eight saves en route to Bayern's fifth Champions League title. The game featured several saves from both keepers, and Neuer won the duel against Roman Weidenfeller having only conceded once to İlkay Gündoğan on a penalty shot. Neuer finished the season with 31 Bundesliga appearances, five German Cup appearances, 13 UEFA Champions League appearances, and a German Super Cup appearance. 2013–16: Ballon d'Or nomination, domestic success Neuer started the season by losing in the 2013 DFL-Supercup to Borussia Dortmund. For the 2013 UEFA Super Cup, on 30 August 2013, he saved the last and decisive penalty which saw Bayern Munich win the match against Chelsea, taking some revenge for the lost 2012 UEFA Champions League final. In the FIFA Club World Cup, Neuer played against Guangzhou Evergrande in the semi-final and Raja Casablanca in the final. Neuer was announced as the 2013 World Goalkeeper of The Year on 7 January 2014. On 9 February, Bayern faced Arsenal in the Champions League knockout phase and Neuer saved the penalty from Mesut Özil in the first half. Bayern went on to win the game 2–0 away. On 2 May 2014, Neuer extended his contract until the summer of 2019. Neuer finished the season with 31 Bundesliga appearances, five German Cup appearances, 12 UEFA Champions League appearances, one German Super Cup appearance, one UEFA Super Cup appearance, and two FIFA Club World Cup appearances for a total of 52 appearances. Neuer won the Footballer of the Year (Germany) prize, was voted into the UEFA Team of the Year, and finished third in the FIFA Ballon d'Or. Neuer started the season by losing the 2014 DFL-Supercup to Borussia Dortmund. On 30 January 2015, Neuer started on matchday 18, where Bayern lost to VfL Wolfsburg 4–1. This was the first league match since joining Bayern in 2011 where he had given up four goals in a match. The last time Bayern had conceded four goals in a match was against Wolfsburg on 4 April 2009. On 28 April 2015, Neuer was one of four Bayern players to miss in a 2–0 penalty shootout defeat to Borussia Dortmund in the DFB-Pokal semi-final. Neuer finished the season with 32 Bundesliga appearances, five German Cup appearances, 12 UEFA Champions League appearances, and one German Super Cup appearance for a total of 50 appearances. The 2015-16 season season started when Neuer started in the 1–1 draw against VfL Wolfsburg in the 2015 DFL-Supercup. Wolfsburg won the subsequent shootout. On 20 April 2016, Neuer extended his contract with Bayern until 2021. Neuer finished the season with 34 Bundesliga appearances, five German Cup appearances, 11 UEFA Champions League appearances, and one German Supercup Cup appearance for a total of 51 appearances. 2016–20: Club captain and second treble Neuer's season began with a 2–0 win over Borussia Dortmund at the 2016 DFL-Supercup as FC Bayern won the title for the first time in three years, and he kept a clean sheet in the Bundesliga opener as FC Bayern grabbed a 6–0 win over Werder Bremen. In January 2017, he was voted into the FIFA Team of the Year alongside fellow German and former Bayern teammate Toni Kroos. Neuer conceded twice in FC Bayern's matches against Arsenal as the Bavarians beat the English team with an impressive 10–2 aggregate in the round of 16 of the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League. Neuer was then praised for his performance in their first game of the quarterfinals against Real Madrid, although Bayern lost 1–2 to the Spanish club. During the second leg, he suffered a left foot fracture that ended his season abruptly as Bayern lost 4–2 in a controversial match. Bayern ended the season as Bundesliga champions. In addition to playing in the DFL-Supercup, Neuer played in 26 Bundesliga matches, four German Cup matches, and nine Champions League matches. On 19 July 2017, it was announced that Neuer would become the new captain for both Bayern and the German national team following Philipp Lahm's retirement. Neuer played his first game of the season on Bundesliga matchday 2 after recovering from a foot injury that occurred in April during a Champions League game versus Real Madrid. On 13 September 2017, Neuer made his 100th European appearance in a Champions League match as his side won 3–0 over Anderlecht. It was announced in September that Neuer would be ruled out until January 2018 after another fracture to the same foot again. After series of delays on his comeback, he finally rejoined team training with Bayern Munich on 20 April 2018 after seven months away, although he had begun goalkeeping-specific training in early April. Neuer was included in the matchday squad for the first time since his injury in the DFB-Pokal final against Eintracht Frankfurt but he was an unused substitute. Neuer finished the season with three Bundesliga matches and a Champions League match. On 12 August 2018, Neuer captained his side in the first competitive match of the season as Bayern won the 2018 DFL-Supercup by defeating Eintracht Frankfurt with a 5–0 victory. On 24 August, Neuer played his first Bundesliga game in 341 days when he captained Bayern in a 3–1 victory season opener against Hoffenheim. On 14 April 2019, Neuer sustained a torn muscle fibres in his left calf in a Bundesliga match against Fortuna Düsseldorf. Due to the injury, Neuer missed six matches for Bayern in the closing stages of the season. On 18 May 2019, Neuer won his seventh consecutive Bundesliga title as Bayern finished two points above Dortmund. A week later, Neuer returned from injury and won his fifth DFB-Pokal as Bayern defeated RB Leipzig 3–0 in the 2019 DFB-Pokal Final. Neuer finished the season with 26 Bundesliga matches, 3 German Cup matches and 8 Champions League matches. Neuer's 2019–20 started with a 2–0 loss to Borussia Dortmund in the German Super Cup on 3 August 2019. On 21 May 2020, Neuer signed a new contract with Bayern, keeping him at the club until 2023. On 23 August, Neuer won the Champions League for the second time, his first as Bayern captain, keeping a clean sheet as his team won 1–0 over PSG. He was widely praised for his performance. He finished the season with 33 Bundesliga appearances, six German Cup appearances, and 11 UEFA Champions League appearances. 2020–22: The Sextuple and new records On 24 September 2020, Neuer saved a one-on-one chance from Sevilla's Youssef En-Nesyri in the 87th minute in the 2020 UEFA Super Cup, which Bayern Munich won 2–1 after extra-time. Six days later, Neuer won the German Super Cup. On 21 October 2020, Neuer reached his 200th clean sheet with Bayern in 394 matches in a 4–0 win over Atlético Madrid in the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League. His record surpassed Sepp Maier (199 clean sheets in 651 games), with only Oliver Kahn (247 clean sheets in 632 matches) ahead of Neuer. On 24 January 2021, Neuer had his 197th clean sheet in Bundesliga in 423 matches, breaking Oliver Kahn's record of 196 clean sheets in 557 matches. Neuer's 300th Bundesliga victory came in his 447th Bundesliga game on 23 October 2021. International career Youth After progressing through the youth teams, Neuer made his Germany under-21 debut on 15 August 2006 against the Netherlands. He won the 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship with Germany in Sweden, and kept a clean sheet in the 4–0 win in the final against England. 2010 World Cup Neuer was called up on 19 May 2009 to the senior German squad for a tour of Asia. He made his debut on this tour in a match against the United Arab Emirates on 2 June. He played in the November friendly against the Ivory Coast that ended 2–2. Although he took responsibility for the first goal conceded, manager Joachim Löw refused to blame him and instead commended him for doing his best. The death of keeper Robert Enke in November 2009 saw him elevated to second choice goalkeeper behind René Adler. Adler, however, suffered a serious rib injury which ruled him out of the upcoming 2010 World Cup; Neuer became Germany's first choice goalkeeper ahead of Tim Wiese and Hans-Jörg Butt for the tournament. Neuer was selected as Germany's number one goalkeeper for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. During the group stages, he only conceded a single goal, a close range shot by Milan Jovanović in the match against Serbia. He provided the assist for Miroslav Klose's opening goal against England, winning 4–1. In the same match, England player Frank Lampard scored a goal that was erroneously disallowed since the referee ruled incorrectly that the ball had not crossed the line. Controversially, Neuer admitted that he knew it was a legitimate goal, but acted in a way to make the referee doubt this. He played in all of Germany's World Cup matches apart from the third-place game against Uruguay, when Hans-Jörg Butt was rewarded with a spot in the starting lineup. Euro 2012 Neuer played every minute of every match in the qualification campaign for UEFA Euro 2012, helping Germany to secure ten wins out of ten games and top their group. After Germany's 3–1 away win against Turkey, he was especially praised for his "sensational" performance. He retained a close range volley shot by Hamit Altıntop, and then he quickly threw the ball to the halfway line into the feet of Thomas Müller, who immediately provided the assist for Mario Gómez's opening goal. Neuer then set up the second goal; under pressure by Turkish attackers, he fired a precise long range kick to Mario Götze deep in the opponent's half, who then found Müller on the edge of the opponent's penalty box to score. Neuer started all three of Germany's matches in the oft-dubbed "Group of Death", Group B. He kept a clean sheet against Portugal while also conceding one goal each to the Netherlands and Denmark. Germany went on to win Group B; they were the only team in the tournament to win all of their group stage games. He finished group play posting two saves against Portugal, three against the Netherlands and three again against Denmark. 2014 World Cup Neuer's "sweeper-keeper" playing style distinguished him from other starting goalkeepers in the 2014 World Cup. This was credited with allowing his teammates to press deep in their opponents' half; in addition, Neuer's willingness to come out and challenge opposing attackers caused them to miss shots. Neuer's outfield roaming, which had made him the team's "11th man", has been attributed to the coaching he received from Bayern Munich manager Pep Guardiola. After keeping clean sheets in group matches against Portugal and the United States, Neuer had an outstanding performance in a 2–1 win against Algeria after extra time in the round of 16, when he had to play as a sweeper-keeper to defend their counter-attacks. He recorded his third clean sheet of the World Cup in the 1–0 quarter-final defeat of France. This was his 22nd clean sheet overall in his 50th appearance for die Nationalmannschaft. In the semi-finals, Neuer conceded a late goal as his team routed hosts Brazil 7–1. On 13 July, in the FIFA World Cup Final against Argentina, Neuer was not heavily tested, but he nonetheless commanded his penalty area well, challenging attacking runs by Gonzalo Higuaín and Rodrigo Palacio that caused them to shoot wide of the net. Argentina finished the match without a shot on goal, despite several good chances, including a Higuaín goal disallowed for offside. Early in the second half, Neuer punched the ball clear before colliding with Higuaín at the edge of the box. Germany ultimately defeated Argentina 1–0 thanks to a Mario Götze goal in extra time. Neuer won the Golden Glove award for the tournament's best goalkeeper. Neuer also finished the tournament with 244 completed passes, more than outfield players like Lionel Messi (242), Wesley Sneijder (242), and Thomas Müller (221). Euro 2016 On 31 May 2016, Neuer was selected for Germany's final 23 man squad for UEFA Euro 2016. During the tournament, Neuer did not concede any goals during Germany's three group games against Ukraine, Poland and Northern Ireland. He also kept a clean sheet in the round of 16 against Slovakia. During the quarter-finals, on 2 July 2016, he finally conceded a goal against Italy from a Leonardo Bonucci penalty kick; Neuer established a new record by not conceding a goal in a major tournament for 557 minutes. The previous record-holder was his compatriot Sepp Maier, who did not concede a goal for 481 minutes. A 1–1 draw after extra-time saw the match go to a penalty shoot-out, in which Neuer helped Germany to a 6–5 victory by saving two spot kicks, including one from Bonucci; he was elected the Man of the Match for his performance. 2018 World Cup Prior to the start of qualification, on 1 September 2016, Neuer was named new captain of the national team, following Bastian Schweinsteiger's retirement from international football. On 15 May 2018, Neuer was selected in Germany's 27-man preliminary squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup even though he had not played a match since fracturing his foot for a second time in September 2017. Neuer made his first appearance since his injury on 2 June, in a 2–1 friendly defeat to Austria in Klagenfurt. On 4 June, Neuer was selected in the final 23-man squad for the World Cup. On 17 June, Neuer captained his side for the first time in the World Cup in their opening match in which they lost 1–0 to Mexico. On 23 June, Neuer made several saves as his side defeated Sweden with a 2–1 victory in their second group stage match, which kept the Germans from being knocked out of the World Cup. However, his side were knocked out of the tournament after losing 2–0 to South Korea in their last group stage match. Euro 2020 On 11 June 2019, in Germany's UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying 8-0 victory over Estonia, Neuer kept the 37th clean sheet of his international career, breaking a record set by Sepp Maier. On 19 May 2021, Neuer was selected for the squad for the UEFA Euro 2020. On 7 June 2021, he achieved his 100th cap with the national team in a friendly match against Latvia, becoming the first German goalkeeper to reach that milestone. UEFA began investigating Neuer for wearing rainbow-coloured captain's armband at the Euros to commemorate Pride month. They later confirmed it did not breach tournament rules against making on-field political statements. Style of play Considered by some in the media to be the current best goalkeeper in the world, and one of the greatest goalkeepers both of his generation and of all time, Neuer is widely regarded as a "complete" and modern goalkeeper. He is regarded by some pundits to be the best goalkeeper of the modern era, with Peter Staunton of Goal.com labelling him as "the best goalkeeper since Yashin," who is currently the only goalkeeper ever to have won the Ballon d'Or. A tall, large, athletic, and physically strong player, Neuer has earned critical acclaim from former players and pundits for his speed, stamina, composure, concentration, consistency, and mentality, as well as for being able to adapt to any given situation on the pitch. He is particularly known for his exceptional reflexes, shot-stopping abilities (with both his arms and legs), agility, speed, and footwork, as well as his handling, capacity to read the game, and ability to come out to collect crosses, which enables him to command his area effectively. When the situation demands, he will also often essentially fill the role of a sweeper when opposing players have beaten the offside trap or his team's defensive line by quickly rushing out of goal to anticipate opponents and clear the ball; his skill, speed and decision-making in this area enables his teams to maintain a high defensive line. Because of his unique playing style, Neuer has been described as a "sweeper-keeper", and has been credited with revolutionising the role of the goalkeeper in modern times. He has also been praised by pundits for his positioning between the posts, as well as his ability in one-on-one situations; furthermore, he is effective at stopping penalties, and has also been known to take and score them in shoot-outs. A former outfield player in his youth, in addition to his goalkeeping ability, Neuer has also been praised for his excellent ball control and for his accurate distribution of the ball with both his hands and feet; his long throwing range and ability to kick the ball into deep areas with either foot enables him to play the ball out on the ground or create plays or launch swift counter-attacks from the back. Regarding his technical skills on the ball in comparison to other players in his role, Neuer has stated that he could play in the German third division as a centre-back if so desired. Due to his authoritative leadership and vocal presence in goal, he also excels at communicating with his defenders and organising his team's defensive line. In 2015, Gianluigi Buffon described Neuer as the best goalkeeper of his era in the air. Despite the praise for his style of play and role in the development of the goalkeeper position in football, Neuer has also received criticism in the German media for his reflex-like objection to attacking moves in his box regardless of whether they violate rules or not. In particular, his tendency to instantaneously raise his arm to alert the referee has led to the creation of the German word Reklamierarm (roughly translated: arm of objection) in German media. Personal life Neuer was born in Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. He attended Gesamtschule Berger Feld, like many other footballers, such as Mesut Özil. His brother Marcel is currently a football referee in the Verbandsliga. He received his first football when he was two, and he had his first game on 3 March 1991, 24 days before his fifth birthday. Neuer's hero and idol as a child was fellow German and former Schalke goalkeeper Jens Lehmann. Neuer is Catholic, and lends his support to a Gelsenkirchen-based Catholic social action group which campaigns against child poverty and a Gelsenkirchen-based youth club run by the Amigonians. Neuer started a charity foundation for children, named the Manuel Neuer Kids Foundation. In November 2011, he won €500,000 for charity in a celebrity edition of Wer wird Millionär?, the German version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Neuer was in a relationship with Kathrin Glich until 2014. In 2015, Neuer started a relationship with Nina Weiss. On 21 May 2017, Neuer and Weiss married in Tannheim, Austria, in a civil ceremony, which was followed by a church wedding in the Cathedral of Santissima della Madia in Monopoli, Italy, on 10 June. The couple separated in early 2020, and Neuer started dating Anika Bissel. After an erroneous translation of his statement "it would be good if a professional football player came out because it would help others to do the same", a South American publication concluded that he was gay, which was taken up by many other media outlets and has since been widely believed in some Latin American countries. Mexico were fined for their fans' homophobic chants when Neuer had the ball during a World Cup match in 2018. Career statistics Club International Honours Schalke 04 DFB-Pokal: 2010–11 DFL-Ligapokal: 2005 Bayern Munich Bundesliga: 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21 DFB-Pokal: 2012–13, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2018–19, 2019–20 DFL-Supercup: 2012, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021 UEFA Champions League: 2012–13, 2019–20 UEFA Super Cup: 2013, 2020 FIFA Club World Cup: 2013, 2020 Germany U21 UEFA European Under-21 Championship: 2009 Germany FIFA World Cup: 2014 Individual Bavarian Merit of Honor 2021' Silbernes Lorbeerblatt: 2010, 2014 Footballer of the Year (Germany): 2011, 2014 German national Player of the Year: 2020 ESM Team of the Season: 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15 UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament: 2012 UEFA Euro Under-21 Dream Team IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2020 IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper of the Decade: 2011–2020 Best European Goalkeeper: 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2020 IFFHS Men's World Team: 2020 FIFA FIFPro World11: 2013, 2014 2015, 2016 UEFA Team of the Year: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2020 UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season: 2013–14, 2015–16, 2019–20 UEFA Champions League Goalkeeper of the Season: 2019–20 The Best FIFA Men's Goalkeeper: 2020 FIFA World Cup Golden Glove: 2014 FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 2014 FIFA World Cup Dream Team: 2014 AIPS Athlete of the Year: 2014 AIPS Europe Athlete of the Year – Frank Taylor Trophy: 2014 Bundesliga Team of the Season: 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2020–21 kicker'' Bundesliga Team of the Season: 2019–20 Ballon d'Or Dream Team (Bronze): 2020 IFFHS World Team of the Decade: 2011–2020 IFFHS UEFA Team of the Decade: 2011–2020 Notes See also List of footballers with 100 or more UEFA Champions League appearances List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps References External links Manuel Neuer at FC Bayern Munich 1986 births Living people Sportspeople from Gelsenkirchen Footballers from North Rhine-Westphalia German footballers Germany youth international footballers Germany under-21 international footballers Germany international footballers Association football goalkeepers FC Schalke 04 players FC Schalke 04 II players FC Bayern Munich footballers Regionalliga players Oberliga (football) players Bundesliga players UEFA Champions League winning players 2010 FIFA World Cup players UEFA Euro 2012 players 2014 FIFA World Cup players UEFA Euro 2016 players 2018 FIFA World Cup players UEFA Euro 2020 players FIFA World Cup-winning players People educated at the Gesamtschule Berger Feld German Roman Catholics LGBT rights activists from Germany FIFA Century Club

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Buchanan County Public Schools

Buchanan County Public Schools is the school district in charge of all public schools in Buchanan County, Virginia. The school system is managed by the School Board, headquartered in Grundy, Virginia, and the Superintendent is Melanie Hibbits. As of 2007, the school system's per pupil expenditure was $10,219, and its graduation rate was 75.7% in 2008. Schools Elementary/Middle Schools Council Elementary/Middle School, Council Hurley Elementary/Middle School, Hurley Riverview Elementary/Middle School, Grundy Twin Valley Elementary/Middle School, Oakwood High schools Council High School, Council Grundy High School, Grundy Hurley High School, Hurley Twin Valley High School, Pilgrim's Knob Specialty schools B.C.C.T.H.L.C Buchanan County Career, Technology & Higher Learning Center External links Buchanan County Public Schools References Education in Buchanan County, Virginia School divisions in Virginia

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Andrea Favilli (footballer)

Andrea Favilli (born 17 May 1997) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a striker for club Monza, on loan from club Genoa. Club career Livorno Born in Pisa, Italy, Favilli started his career at Livorno's youth academy. Loan to Juventus Favilli was loaned out to Juventus on 2 February 2015. He scored 22 goals with the Primavera (under-19) team. Favilli made his Serie A debut on 7 February 2016, against Frosinone, replacing Álvaro Morata after 93 minutes in a 2–0 away win. Ascoli Favilli was loaned to Ascoli from Livorno for the 2016–17 season, and later sold to Ascoli for a reported €3 million. He scored 13 Serie B goals in his two-season stay. Juventus On 15 June 2018, Favilli was sold to Juventus for €7.5 million, plus bonuses up to a maximum of €1.25 million. Genoa On 10 August 2018, Favilli was signed by Genoa on a season-long loan for a fee of €5 million, with an option to buy for an additional €7 million. They later signed him permanently from the beginning of the next season. Favilli played 29 games in three seasons at Genoa. Loan to Hellas Verona On 18 September 2020, Favilli signed with Hellas Verona on loan until the end of the season. He made his club debut on 27 September, during which he scored his first Serie A goal in a 1–0 home win over Udinese. Favilli scored two goals in 11 appearances. Loan to Monza On 31 August 2021, Favilli moved to Serie B side Monza on one-year loan with an option for purchase. International career With the Italy U19 team he took part at the 2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, reaching the final of the tournament. With the Italy U20's, he took part at the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup, where Italy finished in third place. He made his debut with the Italy U21 team on 23 March 2017, in a friendly match against Poland. Career statistics Club Honours Juventus Serie A: 2015–16 Italy U20 FIFA U-20 World Cup bronze medal: 2017 References Living people 1997 births Sportspeople from Pisa Italian footballers Association football forwards U.S. Livorno 1915 players Juventus F.C. players Ascoli Calcio 1898 F.C. players Genoa C.F.C. players Hellas Verona F.C. players A.C. Monza players Serie A players Serie B players Italy youth international footballers Italy under-21 international footballers

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Kim Young-bin (footballer, born 1991)

Kim Young-bin (; born 20 September 1991) is a South Korean footballer who plays as defender for Gangwon FC in K League 1. Club career He was selected by Gwangju FC in the 2014 K League draft. International career He made his debut for South Korea national football team on 9 June 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Sri Lanka. Club career statistics As of 12 December 2021 References External links 1991 births Living people Association football defenders South Korean footballers South Korea international footballers Gwangju FC players Gimcheon Sangmu FC players K League 1 players K League 2 players

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YCCC

YCCC may refer to: Yorkshire County Cricket Club, Yorkshire, England. York County Community College, Wells, Maine, United States. Youth Cricket Club of Carolina, Greensboro, North Carolina

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William Scott Smith

William Scott Smith (born April 29, 1959) is an American serial killer and kidnapper who has been convicted of kidnapping, sexually assaulting and murdering at least four women in Salem, Oregon from 1981 to 1984. For his known crimes, Smith was sentenced to four life terms, and remains a suspect in several other murders. Murders Terry Monroe On February 12, 1981, 21-year-old Terry Cox Monroe, a clerk at a Payless in downtown Salem, went to the Oregon Museum Tavern with some friends. After chatting and smoking cigarettes with them for some time, Monroe said that she would go outside to take a breath of fresh air, but did not come back. On the following day, friends and family became concerned for her safety, as Monroe did not turn up at work. The authorities were called in, and two hours into the search, her clothing and personal documents were found on the banks of the Willamette River. On March 15, a boater crossing the river spotted the body of a woman wedged amidst debris, and immediately notified the police. On the next day, the body was positively identified as Monroe's, with coroner Dr. Larry Lewman deducing that she had been strangled to death. A fund was soon established in her name, with the aim that the monetary incentive would lead to tips that could solve the case. For a brief period, it was suggested that Monroe's killing may be linked to the I-5 Killer or the Oregon Museum Tavern shooting that occurred three months later, but both of these possibilities were quickly ruled out, and the case went cold. Sherry Eyerly On July 4, 1982, 18-year-old Domino's Pizza courier Sherry Melissa Eyerly was dispatched to an address on Riverhaven Drive to deliver an order. Hours later, her delivery car, with her collie still inside, was found abandoned on a dirt road outside of town. It was first discovered by pastor David Stark and later by George Hutmacher and his two sons, acquaintances of the Eyerly family who were out setting fireworks. Upon inspecting the address given by the caller, police learned that both the name and location were fictitious, and that the call-back number listed led to a motel. Despite extensive searches over the next few days, Eyerly was not found, and remains missing to this day. Rebecca Darling On February 19, 1984, employees at a local Circle K store went to start work, only to find that the night-time employee, 21-year-old Rebecca Anne Darling, was missing. Her car, a Volkswagen Beetle, was still in the parking lot, and her purse, car keys and coat were still in the store, but there were no apparent signs of a struggle or anything being stolen. This was considered highly unusual, as Darling was considered a diligent worker who would never abandon her shift or leave her possessions behind. As a result, authorities were notified and a search began to locate her. On March 25, a farmer tending to his cows found a highly-decomposed body floating in the Little Pudding River, which was stuck in some brush. While it was apparent that the cause of death was homicidal in nature, investigators were initially unable to determine the race, sex or age of the decedent. The body was sent to medical examiner William Brady, and two days later, he positively identified the body as that of Darling. The subsequent autopsy determined that she had been strangled to death. After this revelation, police released the identikit of a man wanted for questioning, as on the day of her disappearance, the stranger had asked for Darling by name three times before her shift had even started. Around the same time, it was announced by investigators that there were no apparent links between Darling's murder and several other unsolved cases in the area, including that of Monroe three years prior. Katherine Redmond On April 7, the car of 18-year-old Katherine Ione Redmond, a freshman university student at the Alpha Chi Omega fraternity in Willamette University, was found abandoned at an intersection about two hours after she had left. Fearing that something might have happened to her, locals and authorities organized searches in attempt to locate her. Four days later, Redmond's nude body, bearing signs of sexual assault and strangulation, was found in a forested area outside Salem. The recent murders attracted heavy media attention, with authorities issuing warnings for women to avoid travelling alone. In addition, there were reportedly increased sales for Mace and handguns, and student organizations organized escorts to protect female students. Arrest, trial and imprisonment Shortly after Redmond's death, police focused their investigations on William Scott Smith, a 24-year-old unemployed truck driver with a criminal record for harassment against women dating back to 1977. At the request of district attorney Michael J. Brown, various newspapers were instructed to withhold his identity until he could be caught on a serious charge. In response to Brown's plea, the Silverton Appeal Tribune abandoned a plan to print Scott's name in an upcoming issue. On April 23, Scott pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge for making harassing phone calls to a 20-year-old Salem woman that January. In lieu of his identification in the papers, district Justice Thomas C. Beck recommended that he be prohibited from access to furloughs. Two days later, he was officially charged in Darling and Redmond's murders. In response to the charges, some Willamette University students started distributing flyers advocating for the return of the death penalty in the state. Shortly after, Smith was put on trial for the two killings. By then, he signed a written confession detailing how he had carried out both murders, but gave no discernible reason for carrying them out. It was briefly considered that he might suffer from a possible mental illness or extreme duress, but this avenue was abandoned after two psychiatric evaluations determined that he was sane. One of the psychiatrists, Dr. Wesley Weissert, described him as a "sexually sadistic serial killer" and "an extreme danger" who was highly likely to reoffend if released. His attorneys filed a motion to suppress the use of the confessions, which was denied by the court. As a result, Smith was found guilty of both charges on July 9, and during sentencing Justice Val D. Sloper called his crimes "heinous", to which Smith showed no visible emotion. He was subsequently sentenced to two life terms, each with a chance of parole after serving 20 years. Confessions After being transferred to an out-of-state prison, Smith could not be conclusively connected to either Monroe's murder or Eyerle's disappearance, which remained cold cases for a few decades. The latter case garnered many tips after receiving several features on Unsolved Mysteries, but none of them led to convictions. In November and December 2006, Smith finally confessed to investigators that he was indeed responsible for Eyerly's murder. According to him, he and an accomplice, Roger Noseff, had planned to abduct another Domino's employee and hold her for ransom, but had mistakenly taken Eyerly instead of their intended target. Instead of proceeding with their plan, Smith strangled her and threw her body in the river. On December 18, 2007, Smith pleaded guilty to the murder and was given another life sentence; Noseff could not be arrested, as he had died in 2003 from cancer. In October 2012, Smith confessed to killing Monroe, to which he later pleaded guilty and was given another life imprisonment term. It marked the first time that the newly-formed Cold Case Unit of the Salem Police Department, formed the previous year, had solved a case. As of November 2021, he remains behind bars, and is considered a possible suspect in other murders. See also List of serial killers in the United States External links Sherry Eyerly on The Charley Project Smith v. Maass (1994) References 1959 births Living people 20th-century American criminals American male criminals American serial killers Male serial killers American kidnappers American people convicted of murder People convicted of murder by Oregon American people convicted of kidnapping American prisoners and detainees Prisoners and detainees of Oregon Prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment by Oregon Violence against women in the United States Criminals from Portland, Oregon

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La Mascara

La Mascara may refer to: La Mascara (wrestler), Mexican professional wrestler La Mascara (EP), an EP by The Blackeyed Susans

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angele%20Giuliano

Angele Giuliano

Angele Giuliano (born 30 January 1976) is a Maltese businesswoman and president of the Maltese Foundation for Women Entrepreneurs. Giuliano has been CEO and managing director at AcrossLimits since 2001, as well as an expert evaluator for the European Commission and an EIC ambassador. She is also a business angel engaged in mentoring start-ups and entrepreneurs in Malta and internationally. Biography Giuliano was born in Hamrun, the youngest of three sisters. After finishing her secondary education, she went on to study business and computing at the University of Malta. She later read for a master's degree in Innovation and Creativity at the Edward de Bono for the Design and Development of Thinking. After graduating Giuliano was invited to become a visiting lecturer at the University of Malta, tutoring students on eCommerce, business and technology. In 2001, Giuliano founded AcrossLimits Ltd, an SME providing services in the fields of consultancy, research and IT development, and project management. As CEO and managing director of the company, Giuliano has developed eHealth and eLearning applications, consulted for a number of large public and private organisations on business innovation and internationalisation, and contributed to policy documents and white papers for clients including the European Parliament. Additionally, Giuliano has developed and managed a number of research and innovation projects with an array of European partners, and provides professional online development courses under the TrainingMalta brand. Giuliano has acted as an expert evaluator for the European Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, the Ministry of Education, University and Research (Italy), the Cyprus Research and Innovation Foundation and the Malta Council for Science and Technology. She has also continued to lecture at the University of Malta. Giuliano has published a number of papers on technology, most recently on entry-points into STEM fields for young people, and contributed to books on technology and education. Besides her position at AcrossLimits, Giuliano is also a business angel at Go Beyond Investing and Rising Tide 1 Female Investment Group. In this role, she evaluates business pitches relating to start-ups and scale-ups for the European market. Giuliano is President of the Foundation for Women Entrepreneurs. In this role she has lobbied for better representation of women in the business world, particularly in Malta and in Europe. She has also acted as an expert and panelist for a number of panels on European women in business, and had strong links with the European Institute for Gender Equality. Giuliano has long been involved in business mentoring and giving advice to prospective entrepreneurs. She acts to encourage women to take up IT and enter into business, something which she has pursued as an Ambassador for the eSkills Malta Foundation, as a rapporteur in European Commission workshops on women in IT and through interviews in the press. Honours Giuliano has received a number of honours in the business field. In 1998 she was the winner of the EuroMed Multimedia Award, heading a team of 15 people. In 2009, she launched the SME Week in Brussels with the then-Commissioner for Enterprise and Industry, Günter Verheugen. In 2018, she was the winner of the Malta Innovation Summit Award for the social enterprise iSmart. During the launch of Horizon Europe in Malta in February 2021, the Malta Council for Science and technology announced the winners of the Horizon 2020 Malta Awards. These awards are a recognition of the successful participation in research and innovation projects by a number of Maltese beneficiaries. AcrossLimits received the Best Impact on Health, Security or Smart Mobility Award for the project Bio2Excel Centre of Excellence for Computational Biomolecular Research. The company was also the recipient of the Best Promotion of STEM Award for the project ERA4STEM. Giuliano was appointed as a National Champion for the European Innovation Council in Malta, along with Professor André Xuereb, during its 2021 iteration, announced by the European Commission at an online event in March 2021. Giuliano has been a member of the EIC jury for the past three years and during the launch, she stated how proud she was that “the programme is continuing and becoming even more important in the next seven years”. Apart from praising the funding for the programme, which is budgeted at over €10 billion for the period 2021-2027, Giuliano remarked that “the EIC programme and accelerator offers so much more, with coaching, mentoring, and networking, to really become a movement for all European innovative companies”. In November 2021, Angele Giuliano was invited to become an EIC Ambassador in recognition of her influence in the European innovation ecosystem, where she also serves as a jury member. The role of EIC ambassadors is to promote the EIC in the Member States as well as provide feedback on the programme. The full list of EIC Ambassadors was published at the EIC Summit on 25 November 2021. Personal life Giuliano lives with her partner Antti Heikkilä and her son in Hamrun, Malta. References External links AcrossLimits Official Website TrainingMalta Official Website Women business executives 21st-century businesswomen Alumni of the University of Malta 1976 births Maltese chief executives Living people Maltese women in business

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedl

Friedl

Friedl is a Southern German diminutive variation of the name Fried - or alternately, a diminutive of the feminine given names Elfriede and Frederika. Notable people with the name include: Given name Friedl Behn-Grund (1906–1989), German cinematographer Friedl Czepa (1898–1973), Austrian actress Friedl Däuber (1911–1997), German alpine and cross-country skier Friedl Dicker-Brandeis (1898–1944), Austrian artist and educator Friedl Haerlin (1901–1981), German actress Friedl Hardt (1919–1991), German actress Friedl Iby (1905–1960), German gymnast Friedl Kjellberg (1905-1993), Austrian-born Finnish ceramist Friedl Kubelka (orn 1946), British-Austrian photographer, filmmaker and visual artist Friedl Murauer (born 1938), Austrian hurdler Friedl Rinder (1905–2001), German chess master Surname René Friedl, East German-German luger. Sigmund Friedl, Austrian philatelist, stamp dealer and forger T. J. Friedl (born 1995), American baseball player Marco Friedl (born 1998), Austrian footballer Thomas Peter Friedl, German film producer See also Friedel Feminine given names German feminine given names German-language surnames

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Architecture%20of%20Aberdeen

Architecture of Aberdeen

The architecture of Aberdeen, Scotland, is known for the use of granite as the principal construction material. The stone, which has been quarried in and around the city, has given Aberdeen the epithet The Granite City, or more romantically, and less commonly used, the Silver City, after the mica in the stone which sparkles in the sun. The hard grey stone is one of the most durable materials available and helps to explain why the city's buildings look brand-new when they have been newly cleaned and the cement has been pointed. Unlike other Scottish cities where less durable stone, such as sandstone, has been used, the buildings do not weather, and need very little maintenance. Union Street Union Street runs for , is wide and originally contained the principal shops and most of the public buildings, all granite. Part of the street crosses the Denburn ravine (utilised for the line of the Great North of Scotland Railway) by Union Bridge, a fine granite arch of span, with portions of the older town still fringing the gorge, below the level of Union Street. The latter was built between 1801 and 1805, and named after the Acts of Union 1800 with Ireland. Amongst the notable buildings in the street are the Town and County Bank, the Music Hall, the Trinity Hall of the incorporated trades (originating between 1398 and 1527), now a shopping mall; the Palace Hotel; the former office of the Northern Assurance Company, and the National Bank of Scotland. In Castle Street, a continuation eastwards of Union Street, is the new Town House, the headquarters of the city council. Designed by Peddie and Kinnear and built between 1868 and 1874, it is one of the most splendid granite edifices in Scotland, in Flemish-Gothic style in recognition of close trade links between Aberdeen and Flanders, it contains the great hall, with an open timber ceiling and oak-panelled walls; the Sheriff Court House; the Town and County Hall, with portraits of Prince Albert, the 4th Earl of Aberdeen, various Lord Provosts and other distinguished citizens. In the vestibule of the entrance corridor stands a suit of black armour, believed to have been worn by Provost Sir Robert Davidson, who fought in the Battle of Harlaw in 1411. On the south-western corner is the 210 ft (64 m) West Tower, with its prominent bartizans, which commands a fine view of the city and surrounding country. On the corner of Castle Street and King Street stands the old North of Scotland Bank by Aberdeen born architect, Archibald Simpson. This building, with its imposing corner entrance of four giant order composite columns, and statue of Ceres above, is now a pub named after its original architect. On the opposite side of the street is the fine building of the Union Bank, redeveloped in 2005 as the High Court, the third permanent high court to sit in Scotland. Castlegate At the upper end of Castlegate stands The Salvation Army Citadel, an effective castellated mansion, on the site of the medieval Aberdeen Castle. In front of it is the Mercat Cross, built in 1686 by John Montgomery, a native architect. This open-arched structure, 21 ft (6 m) in diameter and 18 ft (5 m) high, comprises a large hexagonal base from the centre of which rises a shaft with a Corinthian capital, on which is the royal unicorn. The base is highly decorated, including medallions illustrating Scottish monarchs from James I to James VII. To the east of Castle Street were the military barracks, which were demolished in 1965 and replaced with two tower blocks. Castlegate is also home to some of the oldest surviving streets in Aberdeen. Some of these are from the 13th and 14th centuries. Two houses, Provost Skene's House (1545) which is now a museum, and Provost Ross's House (1593) are in the Castlegate as well. Rosemount Viaduct This imposing terrace of late Victorian granite buildings is a prominent landmark in the city. Constructed in 1892, to a design by open competition winner Alexander Brown, the Central Library, which was opened by its benefactor Andrew Carnegie, stands at the west end of the terrace. Brown was also responsible for the extension to create the Central Reading Room in 1905. St Mark's Church by architect Alexander Marshall Mackenzie in the middle of the terrace has a giant order quatrostyle Corinthian portico, and dome modelled on St Paul's in London. His Majesty's Theatre by Frank Matcham, 1906, stands at the east end. Marischal College Marischal College and Greyfriars Kirk on Broad Street, opened by King Edward VII in 1906, is the second largest granite building in the world (after the Escorial, Madrid), and is one of the most splendid examples of Edwardian architecture in Britain. The architect, Alexander Marshall Mackenzie, a native of Elgin, adapted his material, white granite, to the design of the building with the originality of genius. This magnificent building is no longer a seat of learning. Following a comprehensive restoration project, it re-opened in 2011 as the new corporate headquarters of Aberdeen City Council. Religious Buildings Kirk of St Nicholas Kirk of St Nicholas, one of Scotland's largest parish churches and is subdivided into East and West churches. The large kirkyard of the Kirk of St Nicholas is separated from Union Street by a 147 ft (45 m) long Ionic façade. The divided church within, with a central tower and spire, forms one continuous building 220 ft (67 m) in length. The West Church was built in 1755, by James Gibbs, and the East Church was built in 1837 by Archibald Simpson. St Machar's Cathedral St Machar's Cathedral begun in the 12th century, a few hundred yards from the river Don took centuries to build with the exception of the period of the episcopate of William Elphinstone (1484–1511). Gavin Dunbar, who followed him in 1518, completed the structure by adding the two western spires and the southern transept. With high vaulted ceilings and a large church yard, you can see the remains of old parts of the church which are now ruin. Large columns supporting the ceiling arches tower from floor to ceiling on the north and south sides of the main section of the church. Residential buildings Many high-rise residential buildings were built in Aberdeen following the second world war. Of note are eight tower blocks constructed between 1959 and 1977 which were Grade A listed in January 2021, on account of their “outstanding architectural quality and historic interest”. The decision to list the towers was controversial and was appealed by Aberdeen City Council to the Planning and Environmental Appeals Division (DPEA) of the Scottish Government. In their decision, DPEA supported the listing of 5 of the 8 towers, Porthill Court, Seamount Court, Virginia Court, Marischal Court and Gilcomstoun Land. The DPEA required that 3 of the towers, Hutcheon, Greig and Thistle Courts, and some of the interiors of the remaining 5, be delisted. Other Significant Buildings in Aberdeen The Masonic Temple in Crown Street, with its distinctive open pediment, designed by Harbourne Maclennan, Jenkins and Marr, and constructed in 1910, is an example of Edwardian Baroque architecture. Bridges Bridge of Dee The Bridge of Dee was until 1832, the only access to the city from the south across the river Dee. It consists of seven semicircular ribbed arches, is about 30 ft (10 m) high, and was built in 1527 by Bishops Elphinstone and Dunbar. It was nearly all rebuilt 1718-23, and in 1842 was widened from 14 to 26 ft (4 to 8 m). This was the site of a battle in 1639 between the Royalists under Viscount Aboyne and the Covenanters who were led by the Marquis of Montrose. St. Devenick's Bridge St. Devenick's Bridge (locally known as the Shakkin' Briggie, or as Morison's Bridge), is a suspension bridge crossing the River Dee from Ardoe to Cults, designed by John Smith (architect), and built in 1837. It is now derelict. The bridge is a Category A listed structure and there are plans to restore it. Wellington Bridge Wellington Suspension Bridge is a very narrow river Dee crossing. It was designed by Captain Samuel Brown and opened in 1831 to replace the Craiglug ferry. Refurbished in 1930, the Category A listed building was closed to vehicular traffic in 1984 and to pedestrians in March 2002. Aberdeen City Council engineers strengthened and preserved the bridge and it reopened as a public footbridge in the late 2000s. Bridge of Don The Bridge of Don crosses river Don and has five granite arches, each 75 ft (23 m) in span, and was built 1827-1832. Brig o' Balgownie The Brig o' Balgownie is a picturesque single arch spanning the deep black stream, said to have been built by King Robert I, in 1320, and celebrated by George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron in the tenth canto of "Don Juan". Statues William Wallace William Wallace's colossal bronze statue of 1888, by William Grant Stevenson RSA, looking south over Union Terrace Gardens and opposite His Majesty's Theatre. Robert Burns Robert Burns's bronze statue, 1892, by Henry Bain Smith, on Union Terrace. Albert, Price Consort Prince Albert seated, bronze statue opposite the Central Library. This statue is by Carlo Marochetti, famous for the equestrian figure of Richard the Lionheart outside the Palace of Westminster in London. Sir James McGrigor Sir James McGrigor (1778–1851) is celebrated with a 70 ft (21 m) high obelisk of Peterhead granite, originally erected in the square of Marischal College, in memory of the military surgeon and director-general of the Army Medical Department, who was thrice elected Rector of the College. In the 1890s when the College was extended, the obelisk was moved to Duthie Park. General Charles Gordon A bronze statue of Major-General Charles George Gordon, by T. Stuart Burnett, stands outside Robert Gordon's College and University in Schoolhill. General Charles Gordon is unrelated to the college's Robert Gordon. Queen Victoria Queen Victoria's bronze statue stands on the roundabout at Queens Cross facing west towards Balmoral. It was originally erected by the royal tradesmen of the city at the south-east corner of St. Nicholas Street and Union Street in 1893, replacing an earlier (1866) marble sculpture by Alexander Brodie (removed to the Town House in 1888) but was moved to its present location in 1964. George Gordon George Gordon, 5th Duke of Gordon's granite statue, by Thomas Campbell, stands in Golden Square and was moved from the Castlegate in 1952. Lord Byron Lord Byron's bronze statue, by Pittendreigh MacGillivray stands in grounds of Aberdeen Grammar School in front of the original main entrance. Footnotes References External links Early Carnegie Libraries Buildings and structures in Aberdeen Culture in Aberdeen Scottish architecture Aberdeen

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Rex Murphy

Rex Murphy (born March 1947) is a Canadian commentator and author, primarily on Canadian political and social matters. He was the regular host of CBC Radio One's Cross Country Checkup, a nationwide call-in show, for 21 years before stepping down in September 2015. He currently writes for the National Post and has a YouTube channel called RexTV. Early life and education Murphy was born in Carbonear, but grew up in Placentia, 105 kilometres west of St. John's, and is the second of five children of Harry and Marie Murphy. He graduated from Memorial University of Newfoundland with a degree in English in 1968. After studying law for a year at St Edmund Hall, he began a Master's degree in English at the University of Oxford as a Rhodes scholar, but did not complete it. Early career Murphy first came to national attention while attending Memorial University during a nationally covered speech in Lennoxville, Quebec. Murphy characterized Newfoundland Premier Joey Smallwood's governing style as dictatorial and proclaimed his legislature's recent announcement of free tuition as a sham. Smallwood warned the undergraduate student in a news conference not to return. Murphy did and was elected President of Memorial University Student Council. In the end the government caved in. All students received the free tuition promised, plus a $50 living allowance. Murphy has run for provincial office in Newfoundland twice: in the 1985 provincial election in the riding of Placentia and in a by-election in the riding of St. John's East in 1986 as a Liberal. He lost both times. He also worked in the 1980s as executive assistant to Clyde Wells. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Murphy was a frequent presence on the various branches of the CBC. He had regular commentary segments entitled "Point of View" on The National, CBC Television's flagship nightly news program. He was also the regular host of CBC Radio One's Cross Country Checkup, a nationwide call-in show. In 2004, he and nine other prominent Canadians participated in the production and the defence of a Great Canadian on the CBC Television program The Greatest Canadian. Murphy, advocating for former prime minister Pierre Trudeau, guided his candidate to third place in the final vote. Murphy retired from Cross Country Checkup on 20 September 2015, and continued his commentary segments on The National until 28 June 2017. After receiving several public complaints in 2014, the CBC's ombudsman investigated claims that Murphy may have been in conflict of interest by criticizing opponents of the Alberta oil sands in his Point of view segments while receiving money from the oil industry for paid speeches. In the final report and after an investigation, the CBC's ombudsman, Esther Enkin, did not say whether Murphy's speeches presented a conflict of interest but did conclude that "since taking money leads to a perception of a conflict of interest, CBC management might want to consider, in the review they are undertaking, whether even with disclosure, it is appropriate for CBC news and current affairs staff to get paid for their speaking engagements." Subsequent work Murphy wrote a column for the Saturday edition of The Globe and Mail newspaper until January 2010, when the Globe cancelled the column and Murphy moved to the National Post, for which he continues to write. Murphy's writing is characterized by a polysyllabic style and a wide range of cultural references. In October 2019, he launched RexTV, his own YouTube channel, in which he interviews prominent figures in politics, business, academia, journalism, science and culture who might be ignored or misrepresented by the mainstream media. In 2009 Murphy criticized the Liberal party who had proposed "green" policy responses for global warming. Murphy has also criticized the Liberal government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic for creating a system in which the government is "...without opposition, free to gush money wherever it wishes, in whatever amounts it chooses, to whomever it favours." Honours In June 2008, Murphy was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Waterloo. He was awarded honorary doctorates of letters by Memorial, St. Thomas, and Nipissing universities. In June 2013, he was awarded the Honorary Fellowship of the Canadian Institute of Management. See also List of newspaper columnists References External links Rex Murphy profile at cbc.ca The National – Point of View Rex Murphy's Video Bio RexTV on YouTube 1947 births Living people Canadian columnists Canadian monarchists Canadian Rhodes Scholars Canadian social commentators Canadian talk radio hosts CBC Radio hosts CBC Television people Canadian Screen Award winning journalists Memorial University of Newfoundland alumni National Post people People from Carbonear Pre-Confederation Newfoundland and Labrador people Journalists from Newfoundland and Labrador Journalists from Toronto Alumni of St Edmund Hall, Oxford

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Chauthe

Chauthe is a village development committee in Nuwakot District in the Bagmati Zone of central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 2759 living in 515 individual households. References External links UN map of the municipalities of Nuwakot District Populated places in Nuwakot District

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Lady Donli

Zainab Elizabeth Donli, known as Lady Donli, is a Nigerian musician. She is an alternative R&B, hip hop, alternative jazz and Afrobeat singer and songwriter. Biography Lady Donli was born in Cleveland, Ohio. She is the youngest of six children. She spent her early years in Abuja and Kaduna, where her dad is from. After her secondary school education, she moved to the United Kingdom where she obtained a degree in law, from the University of Surrey. Donli's earliest musical influence was the Evangelical Church of West Africa, where a particular style of synchronous praise-chanting had become established. She was also influenced by the music of Brenda Fassie, Angelique Kidjo, Aṣa and Erykah Badu, as well as Nigeria's pop pioneers. Donli is part of Nigeria's alté music scene, which is known for blending sounds from multiple genres of music, including Afrobeats, R&B, and soul. She released her first project, the 12-song mixtape Love or War, in 2014. Donli has worked with new-age music acts like Adekunle Gold, Nonso Amadi, Tomi Thomas, M.I Abaga, Mr Eazi, SDC, Davido, Ayuu, Odunsi the Engine, and Tay amongst others. In 2018, Donli lent her vocals on a number of projects. She teamed up with Nigerian rapper, Boogey on 'Motion' and veteran MC Terry Tha Rapman on 'Open Letter'. She also worked with Mr Eazi on his sophomore album, 'Life is Eazi Vol.2', including a featured track off M.I Abaga's A Study on Self Worth: Yxng Dxnzl album. In 2019, Donli released her debut album, Enjoy Your Life. Discography Studio albums and EPs Love or War EP (2014) Wallflower EP (2016) Letters to Her EP (2018) Enjoy Your Life (2019) Selected singles Major features Awards and nominations References Alumni of the University of Surrey Nigerian singer-songwriters 21st-century Nigerian singers Year of birth missing (living people) Living people

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Christianity in Goa

The Christian population is almost entirely Goan Catholics, whose ancestors converted to Christianity during Portuguese rule. The Hindu population is mostly descended from immigrants from other states of India, who have been arriving in Goa since the last century (Ethnic Goans represent less than 50% of the state's residents.) There is a higher proportion of Christians in Velhas Conquistas than in Novas Conquistas. Christianity is the second largest religious grouping of residents in Goa, India. According to the 2011 census, 25% of the resident population are Christian, while 66% are Hindu. History Portuguese rule After the Portuguese Conquest of Goa in 1510 and its subsequent rule by Portugal, Goa's indigenous population underwent a large-scale conversion to Roman Catholicism. The first converts to Christianity in Goa were native Goan women who married Portuguese men that arrived with Afonso de Albuquerque. The city of Goa became the center of Christianisation in the east. The evangelisation activities in Goa were divided in 1555 by the Portuguese viceroy of Goa, Pedro Mascarenhas. He allotted Bardez to the Franciscans, Tiswadi to the Dominicans, and Salcette, together with fifteen southeastern villages of Tiswadi, including Chorão and Divar, to the Jesuits. After conversion, locals were usually granted Portuguese citizenship. The rapid rise of converts in Goa has been described as mostly the result of Portuguese economic and political control over the Hindus, who were vassals of the Portuguese crown. The process of Christianisation was simultaneously accompanied by "Lusitanisation", as the Christian converts typically assumed a Portuguese veneer. This was most visible by the discarding of old Hindu names for new Christian Portuguese names. Converts usually adopted the surnames of the Portuguese priest, governor, soldier or layman who stood as godfather for their baptism ceremony. For instance, the Boletim do Instituto Vasco da Gama lists the new names of some of the prominent ganvkars (Konkani: Freeholders): Rama Prabhu, the son of Dado Vithal Prabhu from Benaulim, Salcette became Francisco Fernandes, while Mahabal Pai, the son of Nara Pai, became Manuel Fernandes in 1596. Mahabal Kamati of Curtorim became Aleixo Menezes in 1607, while Chandrappa Naik of Gandaulim became António Dias in 1632. In 1595, Vittu Prabhu became Irmão de Diego Soares and the son of Raulu Kamat became Manuel Pinto in Aldona, Bardez. Ram Kamat of Punola became Duarte Lobo in 1601, while Tados Irmaose of Anjuna became João de Souza in 1658. However, the converted Hindus retained Konkani as their first language and also an approximation of their original caste status, even after becoming Catholic. Based on their previous caste affiliations, the new converts were usually lumped into their new respective Catholic castes. All converted Brahmins (Saraswat, Daivadnya, etc.) were lumped together into the Christian caste of Bamonn. The converts from the Kshatriya and even some Vaishya Vani castes became Chardos (Konkani word for Kshatriya); remaining Vaishyas became Gauddos; and converts from the Shudra castes as well as the previously Dalit and adivasi groups became Sudirs (Konkani word for Shudra). The Portuguese also oversaw the destruction of many Hindu temples. The majority of Hindu temples had already been demolished by the Bahmani and Bijapur sultanates by the time the Portuguese arrived in 1510. The Portuguese demolished almost all the remaining temples from the Velhas Conquistas and converted the majority of villagers to Catholicism. The few Hindus wishing to retain their religion relocated with their idols and built temples for them in the Novas Conquistas. Goa inquisition In 1560, the Inquisition established an office in Goa. It was finally abolished in 1812. Of the 1,582 persons convicted between 1560 and 1623, 45.2% were convicted for offenses related to Judaism and Islam. A compilation of the auto-da-fé statistics from 1560 to 1812 of the Goa Inquisition reveal that a total of 57 persons were burnt in the flesh and 64 in effigy (i.e. a statue resembling the person). All the burnt were convicted as relapsed heretics or for sodomy. Modern times Since the 20th century, the Christian population of Goa has been facing continual decline. This is caused by a combination of permanent emigration of native Goans from Goa to cosmopolitan Indian cities (e.g. Mumbai, Bangalore) and foreign countries, combined with mass immigration of non-Goans from the rest of India since 1961, which has made Goans a virtual minority in the state. According to the 1909 statistics in the Catholic Encyclopedia, the total Catholic population was 293,628 out of a total population 365,291 (80.33%). Currently, Christians constitute 25.10% of the population of Goa according to the 2011 census. Roman Catholicism The Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Goa and Daman carries the title Patriarch of the East Indies. Old Goa was once called "Rome of the East" and was the capital of the Roman church in the eastern world. The remains of the Jesuit St. Francis Xavier are kept in veneration in the Basilica of Bom Jesus. The Sé Catedral de Santa Catarina is one of the largest church buildings in Asia. The Igreja de São Francisco de Assis, built in 1661, now houses an archaeological museum. Churches and convents of Goa were declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986. Plenty of churches can be seen all over the state with impressive Portuguese-Manueline-Baroque architecture. The Goan Catholics still prefer to use Konkani in the Roman script rather than its Devanagiri counterpart, especially during the liturgy. Further reading "Archdiocese of Goa" by Hull, E. (1909). In The Catholic Encyclopedia See also Christianity in India Goan Inquisition Cuncolim Massacre Christianization of Goa References Religion in Goa

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Mace-Trefethen Seamaster

The Mace-Trefethen Seamaster is an American single seat seaplane racer. Design and development The Seamaster was developed by Parks College Alumni as the Parks Alumni Racer. It is a single place, mid-wing seaplane with a Y tail layout and a single fuselage-mounted float. The pusher propeller configuration was modified to a conventional tractor layout. Specifications (Seamaster) References Racing aircraft Mid-wing aircraft Aircraft first flown in 1950

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Enkomi

Enkomi (; ) is a village near Famagusta in Cyprus. It is the site of an important Bronze Age city, possibly the capital of Alasiya. Enkomi is under the de facto control of Northern Cyprus. In 1974, Enkomi had about 800 Greek Cypriot inhabitants. They all fled to the south of the island after the Turkish invasion, in the aftermath of the July coup. , Enkomi has a population of 2,645. It comprises displaced Turkish Cypriots from Larnaca and Turkish settlers from Adana Province and Trabzon Province. History Enkomi was settled in the Middle Bronze Age, near an inlet from the sea (now silted up). From about the 16th century BC to the 12th, it was an important trading center for copper, which was smelted at the site, with strong cultural links to Ugarit on the facing coast of Syria. The complicated and badly disturbed stratigraphy of the site has in four major phases, with many subdivisions: Level A, a poorly represented preliminary stratum on bedrock; Level I A, and B, at the beginning of the Late Bronze Age, when fortifications were twice destroyed; Level II A, and B, with many subdivisions, covering the elaborate expansion of the 14th and 13th centuries and ending in a mass destruction about 1220; Level III A, B, and C, with Mycenaean settlers, with a destructive attack, possibly related to the Sea Peoples in IIIA, culturally continuous with IIIB, ending in a destruction about 1125, and IIIC, a final, Mycenaean phase with dwindling population. During the 13th century BC, Enkomi was inhabited by Greeks, like most of the cities of Cyprus. From the 13th century, other towns along the southern coast of Cyprus competed with Enkomi. After an earthquake ca. 1050 BC, the site was abandoned, leaving an opening for the rise of Salamis. Alasia René Dussaud said that Enkomi is the Alasia of the Amarna correspondence and other texts, including Hittite texts. Long after the town disappeared, Hellenes recalled it in the cult title of Apollo Alasiotas, recorded in a Cypriote inscription as late as the 4th century BC. In 1900 the archaeologist Joseph Offord suggested that Apollo Alasiotas was a Syrian god identical with Resheph, transported to Cyprus, and some modern scholars remain unconvinced. The bronze statuette of a horned god (illustration) may represent this divinity whom Greeks identified, by interpretatio graeca, with Apollo. Excavation Following more than a decade of widespread looting drawn by the high quality of the tomb gifts, A. S. Murray worked there for the British Museum in 1894–1896. From the 1930s, excavations were continued by a joint expedition between Claude F. A. Schaeffer for the French Expedition and Porphyrios Dikaios on behalf of the Cyprus Department of Antiquities. Notable finds from Enkomi include Linear C inscriptions and the so-called "horned god", a bronze statuette dated to the early 12th century BC, depicting a deity wearing a horned helmet. Another well-known statue is the "ingot god", a statue wearing a horned conical hat and greaves, armed with shield and spear, and standing on a miniature hide-shaped ingot. A decorated metal cup, the "Enkomi Cup" has been controversially claimed to use niello decoration, which would make it one of the earliest uses of this technique. However, controversy has continued since the 1960s as to whether the material used actually is niello. Notes Literature External links Enkomi on the Department of Antiquities' website Bronze Age Cyprus Cities in ancient Cyprus Archaeological sites in Cyprus Communities in Famagusta District Populated places in Gazimağusa District Greek Cypriot villages depopulated during the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus Late Bronze Age collapse

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Laennecia pimana

Laennecia pimana is an herbaceous species from Mexico. The plant is known only from the type locale, i.e., the village of Nabogame, 18 km northwest of Yepachi, Chihuahua, at an elevation of approximately 1800 m in the Sierra Madre Occidental. The species is a small, ascending herb with densely tomentose foliage. References Astereae Flora of Mexico Flora of Chihuahua (state) Plants described in 1990

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Savage Garden

Savage Garden were an Australian pop duo consisting of Darren Hayes on vocals and Daniel Jones on instruments. Formed in Brisbane, Queensland, in 1993, the duo achieved international success in the mid 1990s and early 2000s with the No. 1 hit singles "I Want You", "To the Moon and Back", "Truly Madly Deeply", "The Animal Song" and "I Knew I Loved You". The band's two studio albums, Savage Garden and Affirmation, reached No. 1 in Australia and peaked in the top ten in both the United Kingdom and United States. These albums sold 23 million copies worldwide. The group won a record number of ten ARIA Music Awards in 1997 for their debut album and its related singles. They disbanded at the end of 2001, and Hayes continued as a solo artist. History 1993–1995: Formation In 1993, multi-instrumentalist and producer Daniel Jones placed an advertisement in Brisbane newspaper Time Off seeking a vocalist for his five-piece covers band Red Edge, which he had formed with his brothers. Darren Hayes, who was studying at university, was the only respondent and joined after his first audition. Red Edge played venues along the Gold Coast pub and club circuit, while Hayes and Jones started to write original material. In June 1994, Hayes and Jones left Red Edge to pursue a career together originally as Crush. The new duo was renamed Savage Garden after a phrase from The Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice, "Beauty was a Savage Garden". By year's end, the pair had enough songs for a demo tape; they sent 150 copies to various record companies around the world. John Woodruff (The Angels, Baby Animals, Diesel) was the only positive response; he became their manager and negotiated a contract with Roadshow Music/Warner Music. In 1995, they entered the studio to work on their debut album with producer Charles Fisher (Air Supply, Moving Pictures, 1927). 1996–1998: Debut album In May 1996, Savage Garden released their debut single "I Want You" under Roadshow Music. It peaked at No. 4 on the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Singles Chart and on the 1996 End of Year Singles Chart was highest placed by an Australian artist. On 30 September, they received their first ARIA Award nomination, in the category 'Breakthrough Artist – Single', for "I Want You". Their success garnered interest from international labels and they signed with Columbia Records. The label's executives had Darren Hayes and Daniel Jones sent to Sydney for 8 months, where they would write songs for a debut album to be released in 1997. In November 1996, "To the Moon and Back" was released which reached No. 1 in January 1997. "I Want You" was released in North America in February, where it peaked at No. 4 on the United States Billboard Hot 100 and by April had achieved gold status according to Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It peaked at No. 1 on the Canadian Singles Chart. "Truly Madly Deeply", the band's third Australian single, was released in March and reached No. 1 and soon became their signature song. In March, the duo's debut album, Savage Garden, entered the Australian charts at No. 1 and peaked there for a total of 19 weeks. According to rock music historian, Ian McFarlane, "[It] revealed the influence of 1980s UK pop on Hayes and Jones' songwriting. Tears for Fears melodies blended seamlessly with Eurythmics-like arrangements, while Cure-styled guitar provided the icing on the cake." The album was released internationally two weeks later. "I Want You" was released across Europe in April and reached No. 11 on the United Kingdom Singles Chart. At the end of May, "To the Moon and Back" was the most played song on radio in the United States. In June, a fourth single, "Break Me Shake Me" was released in Australia as the album reached No. 3 on the US Billboard 200 and was certified gold by RIAA. In September, Savage Garden won a record ten ARIA Awards from 13 nominations for the album and associated singles. They followed with their fifth Australian single, "Universe" in November. "Truly Madly Deeply" became their third release in the United States and replaced Elton John's "Candle in the Wind 1997", after its fourteen-week run at No. 1. In January 1998, "All Around Me", was released as a radio-only single in Australia, although about 3000 physical copies were given away at their second concert in Brisbane. By the end of the year, "Truly Madly Deeply" was the most played song on radio in the United States and the only one-sided single to spend a full year in the Top 30 of the Billboard Hot 100. In November, "Santa Monica", the final single from the album, was released exclusively in Japan, accompanied by a video of a live performance at the Hard Rock Cafe. As of 2005, Savage Garden had been certified 12× platinum in Australia, 7× platinum in the United States, 3× platinum in Canada, 2× platinum in New Zealand, Singapore, and in the United Kingdom. 1999–2000: Affirmation In February 1999, "The Animal Song", which was featured in the Touchstone film The Other Sister, became a No. 3 hit in Australia and Top 20 in the United Kingdom and United States. In September they released "I Knew I Loved You" – a love ballad – which peaked at No. 4 in Australia and No. 10 in the United Kingdom. It was followed in November by the duo's second album, Affirmation, produced by Walter Afanasieff (Ricky Martin, Mariah Carey, Céline Dion). It was described by McFarlane as "pure unadulterated pop, boasting enticing melodies and a classy and sleek production sound." The album peaked at No. 1 in Australia and eventually achieved 8× platinum. Within a month, it went platinum in the United States, partly due to the success of the single "I Knew I Loved You", which hit No. 1 on the Hot 100, going platinum, and becoming the most-played single on US radio for the year. Affirmation was a new turn for Savage Garden – it was mainstream pop and some songs had an adult contemporary sound. The group finished the year by winning two Billboard Music Awards: Adult Contemporary Single of the Year and Hot 100 Singles Airplay of the Year. In February 2000, as "Crash and Burn" became the third single from their second album, 1997's "Truly Madly Deeply" was still on the Monitor/Billboard Adult Contemporary Airplay Chart, breaking the record for length of time on that chart. It would finally drop off after 123 weeks, while "Crash and Burn" peaked at No. 10. In June, Hayes performed "'O Sole Mio" at Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti's annual charitable benefit concert Pavarotti and Friends. Savage Garden's success was reflected at the Billboard Music Awards, where they won Best Adult Contemporary Video and No. 1 Adult Contemporary Song of the Year, for "I Knew I Loved You", and No. 1 Adult Contemporary Artist of the Year. "I Knew I Loved You" stayed on the Monitor/Billboard Adult Contemporary Airplay Chart for 124 weeks. Savage Garden performed Affirmation at the Closing Ceremony of the 2000 Summer Olympics in October 2000. 2001: Split At the end of 2001, there was media speculation that the band would break up due to Hayes starting his solo album project. He announced that Jones was taking time off to work on a record label that he had founded. The band took a hiatus but was expected to reform by early 2002. However, in October 2001, Hayes announced that Savage Garden had broken up. Hayes and Jones had agreed that they would break up after finishing their tour for their second album. After the announcement, the band's website posted a statement: In an interview on the musicMAX network, Hayes said that a few weeks before the release of their second album, Jones did not like the fame that the band was receiving and was not happy. Hayes wanted to move on in the music industry as a solo artist. His first solo single, "Insatiable", was released in January 2002 and his solo album, Spin, followed in March. It spawned several UK Top 40 singles, including "I Miss You", "Strange Relationship", and "Crush (1980 Me)". Hayes has released more solo albums. Jones started his own production company, Meridien Musik, and built a recording studio, Level 7 Studios, to record young Australian artists including Aneiki and Bachelor Girl. In August 2007, Hayes was asked by The Daily Telegraph if he and Jones would ever consider a reunion. He replied abruptly, "No, never. I once said I'd only do it if it cured cancer, and that's still how I feel." 2005: Truly Madly Completely The greatest hits package, Truly Madly Completely: The Best of Savage Garden, was released on 7 November 2005 – with a US release following in early 2006 – and included a new single by Darren Hayes entitled "So Beautiful". Several variations of the release also included a bonus DVD featuring several music video clips, as well as the Parallel Lives documentary, which was earlier released as a bonus feature of the Superstars and Cannonballs DVD/VHS. 2015: Savage Garden: The Singles To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the band's formation, a new compilation titled Savage Garden: The Singles was released on 12 June, and features a previously unheard demo from 1994, entitled She. Hayes said of the recording; "It's a long time ago, but my recollection is I was writing about the relationship that I have, and continue to have, with the women in my life. From my sister to my mother and all the friends and the wonderful female relationships in my life. I know I'm indebted to these incredibly strong women who loved me and taught me what it was like to be strong and succeed in a world where you sometimes feel underestimated." The album also includes a bonus DVD of Australian and international music video releases. It accompanies a major re-release of their two studio albums with bonus tracks and live performances, the first time their catalogue has received such treatment. Tours The Future of Earthly Delites The Future of Earthly Delites Tour was called the To the Moon and Back Tour in the US. Some footage from this tour can be seen in the international music video for "Break Me Shake Me", as well as the music video for "Tears of Pearls". Affirmation World Tour The Affirmation World Tour played 80 shows in Australia, North America, Europe, and the Far East through 2000. The show was the beginning of Hayes's collaboration with Willie Williams, having a stage set consisting of a gameshow-like backdrop of multicoloured neon lights. The international music video for the song "Affirmation", as well as the music videos for "Chained to You" and "The Best Thing", were filmed during this tour. During the Australian leg of the tour, a camera crew also filmed both on stage and backstage for what would later be the Superstars and Cannonballs DVD/VHS. Discography Savage Garden (1997) Affirmation (1999) Awards and nominations In 2009, as part of the Q150 celebrations, Savage Garden was announced as one of the Q150 Icons of Queensland for its role as an "Influential Artists". In December 2020, Savage Garden was listed at number 28 in Rolling Stone Australias "50 Greatest Australian Artists of All Time"'' issue. References Citations Sources Note: Archived [on-line] copy has limited functionality. External links Timeline of Savage Garden Savage Garden Discography 1993 establishments in Australia 2001 disestablishments in Australia APRA Award winners ARIA Award winners Australian musical duos Australian pop music groups Australian pop rock groups Australian soft rock music groups Artists from Brisbane Pop music duos Columbia Records artists Musical groups disestablished in 2001 Musical groups established in 1993 Musical groups from Brisbane World Music Awards winners Male musical duos Soft rock duos

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James Washington

James Washington may refer to: James Augustus Washington (1831–1911), Confederate colonel during the American Civil War James H. Washington (1850–1916), Texas politician James W. Washington Jr. (1908–2000), African-American painter and sculptor James A. Washington Jr. (1915–1998), judge of the Superior Court for the District of Columbia Jim Washington (born 1943), American basketball player James Melvin Washington (1948–1997), African-American historian, educator, and minister Jim Washington (Canadian football) (1951–2018), Canadian football player James Washington (safety) (born 1965), American football player for the UCLA Bruins and in the NFL Jim Beanz (James David Washington, born 1980), American music producer James Washington (wide receiver) (born 1996), American football player See also James Washington Logue (1863–1925), American politician James Washington Lonoikauoalii McGuire (1862–1941), royal courtier of the Hawaiian Kingdom James Washington Watts (born 1960), American professor of religion

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Pre-2004 Telangana protests

The Pre-2004 Telangana protests refers to the movements and agitations related to the Telangana movement that took place before the year 2004. Andhra state and Telangana was merged to form Andhra Pradesh state on 1 November 1956 after providing safeguards to Telangana in the form of Gentlemen's agreement. Soon after the formation of Andhra Pradesh, people of Telangana expressed dissatisfaction over how the agreements and guarantees were implemented. Protests initially led by students later under the leadership of newly formed political party Telangana Praja Samithi, led by M. Chenna Reddy and Konda Lakshman Bapuji, a minister who resigned from the cabinet led by then Chief Minister Kasu Brahmananda Reddy, demanding the formation of a separate state of Telangana. More than three hundred people died in police firing. Under the Mulki rules in force at the time, anyone who had lived in Hyderabad for 15 years was considered a local, and was thus eligible for certain government posts. When the Supreme Court upheld the Mulki rules at the end of 1972, the Jai Andhra movement, with the aim of re-forming a separate state of Andhra, was started in Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions. 1952 Mulkhi Agitation For the safeguard of jobs in Hyderabad State government. It was the first major event in Telangana movement. 1969 Telangana Agitation In the years after the formation of Andhra Pradesh state, people of Telangana expressed dissatisfaction over how the agreements and guarantees were implemented. Discontent intensified in January 1969, when the guarantees that had been agreed on were supposed to lapse. All the Andhra employees who migrated to capital city in 1956 will be considered 'local' in 1969 after 12 years of residence per mulki rules. Student agitation for the continuation of the agreement began at Khammam and spread to other parts of the region. One section of students (which appeared dominant) wanted a separate state of Telangana while the other wanted implementation of safeguards. On 19 January, all party accord was reached to ensure the proper implementation of Telangana safeguards. Accord's main points were 1) All non-Telangana employees holding posts reserved for Telangana locals will be transferred immediately. 2) Telangana surpluses will be used for Telangana development. 3) Appleal to Telangana students to call off agitation. On 23 January, protests turned violent when a crowd of about 1000 agitators tried to set fire to a Sub-Inspector's residence. This resulted in police firing in which 17 people were injured who were admitted to various hospitals. Meanwhile, certain Andhra employees challenged the transfer orders promised by the all party accord, by filing a petition in the AP high court. On 29 January, Army was called in by the government to maintain law & order as the Agitation quickly turned violent. In February, Mulki rules (local jobs for local people), as promised in Gentleman's agreement, were declared by high court as void but this judgement was stayed by divisional bench of high court. Quoting statistics of development in Telangana area over the last 12 years, the chief minister maintained the state of the Andhra Pradesh was "irreversible" and made an appeal to people to help maintain unity & integrity. Protests continued in March, and a bundh turned violent when protestors burnt buses. In April, protestors tried to disrupt a meeting of CPI (which was opposed to the division of the state) by indulging in stone-pelting. Police had to resort to live firing after their attempts to control the crowd by lathi-charge & firing in the air didn't yield results. In the ensuing firing, 3 people were killed and several injured. Around 354 arrests were made related to various arson incidents during the agitation. Then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi called for a high-level meeting to discuss the issue while ruling out the division of the state. After several days of talks with leaders of both regions, on 12 April 1969, the Prime Minister developed an Eight point plan. Eight point plan: This plan includes appointment of Five committees ; High-powered committee would be set up to determine financial surpluses to Telangana. Telangana development committee Plan implementation committee Committee of jurists to be consulted on safeguards Committees to look into grievances of public servants. Telangana leaders were not satisfied with the accord. Protests continued under the leadership of newly formed political party Telangana Praja Samithi asking for the formation of Telangana and people continued to get killed in police firing. Justice Bharagava committee Justice Bhargava committee which looked into Telangana surpluses, found that 283 million rupees was diverted from Telangana to Andhra region between 1956 and 1968. Economist C H Hanumanth Rao further analysed the data from the committee report and concluded that for Telangana, cumulative surplus with interest during that period was 1.174 Billion rupees. During this period, the revenue budget of the state grew from 586 million rupees in 1957 to 2.04 billion rupees in 1968. Government employees and opposition members of the state legislative assembly threatened "direct action" in support of the students. Purushotham Rao was for outright separation, and he supported the student views. He unveiled a map of Telangana in the state assembly. A memorial called Gun Park was built near Public Gardens, Hyderabad to commemorate students who lost their lives in the struggles of 1969. Telangana Praja Samithi and Chenna Reddy Although the Congress faced some dissension within its ranks, its leadership stood against additional linguistic states. As a result, defectors from the Congress, led by M. Chenna Reddy, founded the Telangana Praja Samithi political party in 1969. In the May 1971 parliamentary elections, Telangana Praja Samithi won 10 out the 14 Parliament seats in Telangana. Despite these electoral successes, some of the new party leaders gave up their agitation in September 1971 after realising that the Prime Minister was not inclined to towards a separate state of Telangana, and rejoined the safer political haven of the Congress ranks. During this period, the Government promised to correct what critics saw as a violation of the promises of the Gentleman's agreement in the areas of jobs, budget allocations, and educational facilities. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was strongly against the division of the state, but on her recommendation, P. V. Narasimha Rao became the first Chief minister of Andhra Pradesh from Telangana on 30 September 1971. In 1972, candidates of the Telangana Praja Samithi party contested all the available seats for the assembly elections. However, only Thakkalapalli Purushothama Rao got elected, from Wardhannapet constituency in Warangal District. 1972 Jai Andhra Movement Under the Mulki rules in force at the time, anyone who had lived in Hyderabad for 15 years was considered a local, and was thus eligible for certain government posts. When the Supreme Court upheld the Mulki rules at the end of 1972, the Jai Andhra movement, with the aim of re-forming a separate state of Andhra, was started in Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions. P. V. Narasimha Rao resigned as Chief minister of Andhra Pradesh on 10 January 1973, and President's rule was declared in the state. Six-Point Formula of 1973 On 21 September 1973, a political settlement was reached with the Government of India with a Six-Point Formula. It was agreed upon by the leaders of the two regions to prevent any recurrence of such agitations in the future. Accelerated development of the backward areas of the State, and planned development of the State capital, with specific resources earmarked for these purposes; and appropriate representation of such backward areas in the State legislature, along with other experts, should formulate and monitor development schemes for the areas. The formation at the State level of a Planning Board as well as Sub-Committees for different backward areas should be the appropriate instrument for achieving this objective. Institution of uniform arrangements throughout the State enabling adequate preference being given to local candidates in the matter of admission to educational institutions, and establishment of a new Central University at Hyderabad to augument the existing educational facilities should be the basis of the educational policy of the State. Subject to the requirements of the State as a whole, local candidates should be given preference to specified extent in the matter of direct recruitment to (i) non-gazetted posts (other than in the Secretariat. Offices of Heads of Department, other State level offices and institutions and the Hyderabad City Police) (ii) corresponding posts under the local bodies and (iii) the posts of Tahsildars, Junior Engineers and Civil Assistant Surgeons. To improve their promotion prospects, service cadres should be organised to the extent possible on appropriate local basis up to specified gazetted level, first or second, as may be administratively convenient. A high-power administrative tribunal should be constituted to deal with the grievances of services regarding appointments, seniority, promotion and other allied matters. The decisions of the Tribunal should ordinarily be binding on the State Government. The constitution of such a tribunal would justify limits on recourse to judiciary in such matters. In order that implementation of measures based on the above principles does not give rise to litigation and consequent uncertainty, the Constitution should be suitably amended to the extent necessary conferring on the President enabling powers in this behalf. The above approach would render the continuance of Mulki Rules and Regional Committee unnecessary. To avoid legal problems, constitution was amended (32nd amendment) to give the legal sanctity to the Six-point formula. In 1985, when Telangana employees complained about the violations to six-point formula, government enacted government order 610 (GO 610) to correct the violations in recruitment. As Telangana people complained about non-implementation of GO 610, in 2001, government constituted Girglani commission to look into violations. Movement (1990–2004) In 1997, the state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) passed a resolution seeking a separate Telangana. Though the party created the states of Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, and Uttarakhand in 2000, it could not create a separate Telangana state because of lack of consensus with the Telugu Desam Party, which extended outside support to its government at the centre. Congress party MLAs from the Telangana region who supported a separate Telangana state formed the Telangana Congress Legislators Forum and submitted memorandum to their president Sonia Gandhi requesting the support the Telangana state. A new political party called Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), led by Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao (KCR), was formed in 2001 with the single-point agenda of creating a separate Telangana state with Hyderabad as its capital. In 2001, the Congress Working Committee sent a resolution to the NDA government for constituting a second SRC to look into the Telangana state demand. This was rejected by then union home minister L.K. Advani citing that smaller states were neither viable nor conducive to the integrity of the country. In April 2002, Advani wrote a letter to MP A. Narendra rejecting a proposal to create Telangana state explaining that "regional disparities in economic development could be tackled through planning and efficient use of available resources". He said that the NDA government, therefore, does "not propose creation of a separate state of Telangana" In October 2012, Advani said "Had our partner TDP cooperated with us during NDA tenure, there would have been separate Telangana". See also Telangana Movement Jai Andhra Movement Samaikyandhra Movement Vishalandhra Movement References External links Telangana Talks – Voice your opinion for Separation Telanaga movement article in US Library of Congress Official history of AP on AP government website Video (30 minutes): Still Seeking Justice – A documentary on Telangana Some research papers by Telangana proponents State reorganisation committee reports at Wikisource How SKC Report tried to suppress truth and deceive Telangana – Published by Telangana Development Forum Reorganisation of Indian states Telangana movement