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Rhapsody in Blue | [
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| 1945 film by Irving Rapper | will be eventually released. The Gershwin family, working in conjunction with the Library of Congress and the University of Michigan, are working to make these scores available to the public. Though the entire Gershwin project may take 30 to 40 years to complete, the Rhapsody in Blue edition will be an early volume. Rhapsody in Blue entered the public domain on January 1, 2020, although individual recordings of it may remain under copyright. References Notes Footnotes Bibliography Further reading External links Part 1 of the original acoustic recording of Rhapsody in Blue performed by George Gershwin and Paul Whiteman in | []
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| large luxury sedan | The Cadillac XTS (X-Series Touring Sedan) is a full-size luxury sedan from Cadillac. It is based on an enlarged version of the Epsilon II platform. The XTS replaced both the Cadillac STS and DTS, and is smaller than the DTS but larger than the STS. It began production in May 2012 at the Oshawa Assembly Plant and launched in June as a 2013 model. The XTS is available with front-wheel drive and all-wheel drive. For the Chinese market, the Cadillac XTS was assembled by Shanghai GM. Production began in February 2013. In addition to the LFX 3.6 V6, the Cadillac | []
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| large luxury sedan | XTS was also offered with an LTG 2.0 turbo engine in the Chinese market. In the Chinese market, the Cadillac XTS with an LFX 3.6 V6 engine is called XTS 36S, and the version with the LTG 2.0 turbo engine is called XTS 2.0T. The Cadillac XTS Sedan was available in the United States, Canada, Mexico, China, and the Middle East (except Israel), with left-hand-drive only. Overview The Epsilon II-platform is used for the XTS and is shared with the Chevrolet Impala and Buick LaCrosse. The optional twin-turbocharged engine, available only in the V-Sport, has an estimated time of 6.7 | []
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| large luxury sedan | seconds. The XTS is one of two large sedans currently offered by Cadillac (the other is the CT6), and rivals the Lincoln Continental in size and price. The XTS is manufactured in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada (Oshawa Car Assembly) and in Shanghai, China (Shanghai GM). Interior In addition to the base XTS, there are five trim packages labeled "Luxury", "Premium Luxury", and "Platinum", with the optional XTS V-Sport offered in both "V-Sport Premium Luxury" and "V-Sport Platinum". Some of the standard features include dual-zone automatic climate control, 4G LTE connectivity, adaptive cruise control, keyless entry, leather seat-upholstery, 8-way power front seats, | []
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| large luxury sedan | parking assist and comprehensive safety equipment like ABS, stability control, dual-stage front airbags, front side airbags, side-curtain airbags front and rear, and a driver side knee airbag. Optional equipment and technology is extensive, including separate climate controls for rear seat passengers, coupled with 8" LCD screens that flip up from the front passenger seat-backs, allowing an internal DVD player to display content with wireless headphones. The interior can be outfitted in a large assortment of color combinations, along with four types of wood selections. Cadillac's CUE system is standard with an 8-speaker Bose sound system, including HD Radio and SiriusXM. | []
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| large luxury sedan | versions were available for fleet and coachbuilder markets, however they are no longer manufactured as of late 2019. XTS Platinum concept General Motors exhibited a concept sedan called the XTS Platinum at the 2010 North American International Auto Show after privately unveiling the vehicle to automotive journalists on August 11, 2009. The concept was all-wheel drive and was powered by a V6 plug-in hybrid system estimated at . Its interior was based on hand-cut-and-sewn materials and uses Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) displays in place of traditional gauges and screens. A Platinum version of the production XTS went on sale | []
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| high school in Garland, Dallas County, Texas, United States | South Garland High School (SGHS) is a secondary school located in Garland, Texas. The school is part of the Garland Independent School District. The mascot for SGHS is the "Southern Colonel," and the school colors are red and Columbia blue. In 2009, the school was rated "academically acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency. History South Garland High School opened in 1964. It was the second public high school to open in Garland. Academics South Garland High School offers a variety of AP(Advanced Placement) and Dual Credit courses that allow them to enroll in freshmen courses and earn college credits at | [
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| high school in Garland, Dallas County, Texas, United States | a local institution of higher education. These classes include: Advanced Placement(AP) Biology Calculus AB Chemistry Computer Science A Principles of Computer Science English Language and Composition English Literature and Composition Government and Politics: United States Human Geography Macroeconomics Physics 1 Spanish Language and Spanish Literature Psychology Statistics United States History World History Art History Dual Credit English Language, English Lit, Pre-Calculus On Ramps, Biology AP, Electronics I, Electronics II, Auto Tech, Fashion Marketing, Advertising, BCIM, Accounting, FTI I, FTI II Starting in the 2019-2020 school year, South Garland will be partnering with Eastfield College to offer Early College High School | [
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| high school in Garland, Dallas County, Texas, United States | for the 2013–2014 school year, and will be put into UIL Class 5A Region 2 District 12 for the 2014–2015 school year, the only school in the Garland Independent School District to not be moved into UIL Class 6A for the 2014–2015 school year, moving back up to UIL Class 6A only two years later. South currently belongs in UIL Class 6A for the 2019-2020 school year. The Colonels have been in the state football playoffs 16 times, in 1970, 1973, 1990, 1991, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2012. The team made it to | [
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| high school in Garland, Dallas County, Texas, United States | Jason Abdo (2008) – Former United States Army Private First Class, went AWOL and was convicted of attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction, currently serving a life sentence at supermax facility ADX Florence Mac Percival (faculty) – NFL placekicker for the Chicago Bears and Dallas Cowboys, 1967–74. Faculty member 1965–67 See also List of high schools in Texas References External links South Garland High School South Garland High School (Archive) TEA Accountability Ratings South Garland Colonels High School Football Category:High schools in Garland, Texas Category:Garland Independent School District high schools Category:1964 establishments in Texas Category:Educational institutions established in | [
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| American biographer | Marie Joan Lyons Killilea (June 28, 1913 – October 23, 1991) is the mother of Karen Killilea and an American author, activist, and lobbyist for the rights of people with cerebral palsy. Her work culminated in the formation of the Cerebral Palsy Association of Westchester County. Later, she was a co-founder of The National United Cerebral Palsy Foundation. Parents, marriage and children Marie was the daughter of Thomas P. Lyons, a native of Wales, and Marie A. Powers, an American citizen born in Canada. She had a younger sister, Kathryn "Kay" Marie Powers. Her father, a sportswriter for the New | []
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| American biographer | York Sun who later became co-owner of a Wall Street brokerage firm, died when she was ten years old. She married James Hines Killilea on July 25, 1933. They had five children (from 18 pregnancies): Marie Lyons, Kathryn Anne (who died in infancy), Karen Ann, James O'Rourke ("Rory"), and Kristin Rose. They also informally adopted Gloria Kyle, although this adoption was never finalized legally. The family lived first in Rye, New York; later they moved to Larchmont, where they bought a house they christened "Sursum Corda" with the proceeds from Marie's first best-selling book. In the books, Killilea notes that | []
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| American biographer | in Larchmont, their nextdoor neighbors were Jean Kerr and Walter Kerr. Religious faith Marie and James Killilea were devout Roman Catholics and raised their children accordingly. Killilea expressed her religious convictions in her writings. Karen won the 1953 Christopher Award. These awards are presented annually by The Christophers, a Christian organization founded in 1945 by the Maryknoll priest James Keller, to honor "books, movies and television specials that affirm the highest values of the human spirit". Education She attended Mount St. Vincent Academy in Riverdale, New York and the Katharine Gibbs Business School. Cancer In 1969, Marie was told by | []
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| American biographer | her doctors that she had a recurrence of lung cancer and had only three months to live. On referral, she went to Mercy Catholic Medical Center in Philadelphia for treatment by Dr. Isaac Djerassi. He prescribed huge doses of Methotrexate, a powerful drug, and in eight months, every trace of her cancer was reportedly eradicated. Death Marie Killilea died in 1991, aged 78. Writings Marie Killilea wrote a biography of her daughter, called simply Karen, which became a best seller in 1952. It detailed Karen Killilea's struggle to overcome the limitations of her cerebral palsy and her family's fight to | []
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| American biographer | help her lead a satisfying life. A sequel, With Love From Karen, was published in 1963. The original was re-released in 1999. She also wrote a version of the story for children called "Wren". Publications by Killilea Karen, 1952 (re-released in 1999), New York: Buccaneer Books () With Love From Karen, (1963), New York: Buccaneer Books () Wren, (1981), New York: Dell Publishing Yearling Book () References External links Bio Category:1913 births Category:1991 deaths Category:American activists Category:American people of Welsh descent Category:Lung cancer survivors Category:People from Rye, New York Category:Writers from New York City Category:People from Larchmont, New York Category:20th-century | []
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| France-related events during the year of 1762 | Events from the year 1762 in France Incumbents Monarch – Louis XV Events Treaty of Fontainebleau Invasion of Martinique Births 9 October – Charles de Suremain, French military and diplomat (d. 1835) Full date missing Philippe Vannier, naval officer (died 1842) Deaths Full date missing Edmé Bouchardon, sculptor (born 1648). Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, poet and tragedian (born 1674) Louis-François Roubiliac, sculptor (born 1702/1705) Hyacinthe Gaëtan de Lannion, politician (born 1719) Jacques Daviel, ophthalmologist (born 1696) Augustin de Boschenry de Drucour, military officer (baptized 1703) Bernard Baron, engraver (born 1696?) Laurent Belissen, composer (born 1693) Nicolas Louis de Lacaille, astronomer | []
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| American football player and coach | Leonard Raffensperger (November 6, 1903 – September 19, 1974) was an American football and basketball player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Iowa for two seasons in 1950 and 1951, compiling a record of 5–10–3. Raffensperger played football and basketball at Iowa and then served as a high school football coach for 21 years before joining the Iowa Hawkeyes football staff as an assistant coach in 1948. Playing career Born in Victor, Iowa, Raffensperger did not play high school football, but he tried out for the football team at the University of Iowa | []
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| American football player and coach | had the inside track. Raffensperger signed a three-year contract to become Iowa's 18th head football coach, beginning with the 1950 season. He was the second Iowa graduate to be named as Iowa's head coach, following John G. Griffith in 1909. In 1950, Iowa had a 3–5–1 record, upsetting Purdue and battling Notre Dame to a 14–14 tie. The following season, Iowa posted a 2–5–2 record and failed to win a Big Ten game. However, Iowa was led by fullback Bill Reichardt, who was named the Big Ten MVP in 1951. Later life and death Raffensperger still had one year left | []
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| American football player and coach | on his contract. Iowa athletic director Paul Brechler only wanted to make a coaching change if he could find a "top man". He had targeted Forest Evashevski as that man. When Evashevski decided to take the Iowa job in 1952, Raffensperger was offered full salary for the final year of his contract and another position in the Iowa athletic department. Raffensperger accepted the offer, and he worked for the Iowa athletic department for over a decade until he decided to retire. Raffensperger died of cancer in Iowa City, Iowa on September 19, 1974 at age 70. Head coaching record College | []
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| album by Herbie Hancock | River: The Joni Letters is an album by jazz pianist Herbie Hancock that was released by Verve in 2007. It is a tribute album of cover songs written by Joni Mitchell. River was only the second jazz album to win the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. Background Hancock is a longtime friend of Mitchell's, and both he and saxophonist Wayne Shorter, who plays throughout the album, had previously collaborated with Mitchell on her 1979 album Mingus, and both continued to work with her on occasion ever since. Guest vocalists on River include Leonard Cohen, Tina Turner, Norah Jones, | []
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| album by Herbie Hancock | Corinne Bailey Rae, Luciana Souza and Mitchell herself. The album won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 2008. It peaked at #5 on the Billboard 200 after enjoying a huge post-Grammy sales boost, at #61 in Switzerland, #70 in France and #83 in the Netherlands. Awards On February 10, 2008, the album won the Album of the Year and Best Contemporary Jazz Album at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards. Hancock was competing with Kanye West, Foo Fighters, Amy Winehouse, and Vince Gill for the Album of the Year award. River was the second jazz album to win | []
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| album by Herbie Hancock | Album of the Year in the award's history. The first was Getz/Gilberto by Stan Getz and João Gilberto in 1965. The track "Both Sides Now" was also nominated for Best Jazz Instrumental. Track listing All songs were written by Joni Mitchell, except where noted. "Court and Spark" – 7:35 "Edith and the Kingpin" – 6:32 "Both Sides, Now" – 7:38 "River" – 5:25 "Sweet Bird" – 8:15 "Tea Leaf Prophecy" (Joni Mitchell, Larry Klein) – 6:34 "Solitude" (Eddie DeLange, Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) – 5:42 "Amelia" – 7:26 "Nefertiti" (Wayne Shorter) – 7:30 "The Jungle Line" – 5:00 Bonus tracks | []
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| album by Herbie Hancock | The Amazon.com exclusive version of the album includes two bonus tracks: "A Case of You" – 7:36 "All I Want" – 4:15 The iTunes Store digital version includes two bonus tracks: "Harlem in Havana" "I Had a King" All four bonus tracks were released on the 10th anniversary reissue of the album in 2017. Personnel Herbie Hancock – piano Wayne Shorter – soprano and tenor saxophone Lionel Loueke – guitar Dave Holland – bass Larry Klein – bass on "All I Want" Vinnie Colaiuta – drums Prince - guitar (uncredited) on Edith and the Kingpin References External links The Best | []
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| English association football player (born 1982) | Jonathan "Joey" Hutchinson (born 2 April 1982) is an English former professional footballer who played as a centre back. Career Born in Middlesbrough, Cleveland, Hutchinson signed a professional contract with Birmingham City on 1 July 2000, having been a trainee in the club's youth system, and was a member of the first-team squad for the 2000–01 season. After Birmingham were promoted to the Premier League Hutchinson made his first appearance in the competition, starting in a defeat to Leeds United. He was told in May 2005 he would only be offered an extension to his Darlington contract if he could | [
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| English association football player (born 1982) | His claim against Wayne Lineker, the owner of the Ibiza beach club, where the accident occurred moved to the High Court in January 2020. Career statistics Footnotes A. The "League" column constitutes appearances and goals (including those as a substitute) in the Premier League, Football League and Football Conference. B. The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals (including those as a substitute) in the Football League Trophy. References External links Category:1982 births Category:Living people Category:Footballers from Middlesbrough Category:English footballers Category:Association football defenders Category:Birmingham City F.C. players Category:Darlington F.C. players Category:York City F.C. players Category:Harrogate Town A.F.C. players Category:Premier League players | [
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| memorial garden in London | The Flanders Fields Memorial Garden is a monument dedicated to the participants of World War I situated alongside the Guards Chapel at Wellington Barracks in Central London, England. The garden was opened by Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and King Philippe of the Belgians on 6 November 2014. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge were also in attendance, alongside soldiers of the Household Division. Design The garden was designed by the Belgian architect Piet Blanckaert. The garden features a 'circular grass bed' which holds soil collected from Flanders in Belgium, the site of | []
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| 2019 box set by David Bowie | Clareville Grove Demos is a box set by David Bowie, released in May 2019. The set includes three 7" vinyl records containing six songs performed by Bowie with his friend John Hutchinson in early 1969. All songs in the collection are presented in mono, demo form. In November, all songs were released on CD on the Conversation Piece box set. Background Like Spying Through a Keyhole, the box set was released to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Bowie's 1969 album David Bowie. Two of the six demos, "Space Oddity" and "An Occasional Dream", had already been released in 2009 | []
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| American screenwriter (1897–1932) | Anthony Paul Kelly (1897 – September 26, 1932) was an American screenwriter. He wrote for 60 films between 1914 and 1930, and also wrote the play Three Faces East, which was the basis for two films of the same name. He died in Manhattan after committing suicide. Selected filmography The Tear That Burned (1914) Destiny (1915) Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman (1917) The Recoil (1917) My Own United States (1918) Love's Redemption (1921) My Old Kentucky Home (1922) The Silent Command (1923) Three Faces East (1926) (based on his play) Three Faces East (1930) (based on his play) British Intelligence (1940) | []
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| Pioneering Ska musician | the clinker-built replicas of the Golden Hind (Sir Francis Drake) and the Mayflower. His great great uncle, Captain Oates, was a member of the ill-fated Scott 1912 expedition to the South Pole. Education Due to his father's military commitments Hingley attended Drake's Mead boarding school and Tavistock Comprehensive in the United Kingdom before entering the University of York in 1974. He graduated with an honours degree in Linguistics from the universities of York and Strasbourg (France) in 1978 speaking six languages Music career Hingley emigrated to the United States in the late 1970s to manage the Forbidden Planet comic shop | [
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| high school in Idaho, United States | Pocatello High School is a four-year public high school in Pocatello, Idaho, United States, locally known as "Poky". It is the oldest of the three traditional high schools of the Pocatello/Chubbuck School District, and serves the southwest portion. The school colors are red and blue and the mascot is an Indian; the city's namesake, Chief Pocatello, was the leader of the Shoshone people. History The school was constructed in late spring and summer of 1892 at a cost of $18, 281. According to the Bannock County Historical Society, the school was originally called West Side School, holding all grades in | [
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| high school in Idaho, United States | the same school. Pocatello High School was the most impressive building in the area during the early 1900s and on many occasions the school served as a town square where concerts and athletic contests were held. Two presidents of the United States spoke on the grounds of Pocatello High School, President Theodore Roosevelt in 1902 and William Howard Taft in 1908. In 1914, a fire started in the boiler room and the high school burnt completely to the ground. The school was rebuilt in exactly the same location. In 1939, the old school was remodeled and additions were made including | [
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| Canadian swimmer, Olympic athlete | Joan Marjorie Langdon (born December 2, 1922), also known by her married name Joan McLagan, is a Canadian female former competition swimmer and breaststroker who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. At the age of 13, she competed in the first round of the 200-metre breaststroke, but did not advance. At the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney, she won the bronze medal in the 220-yard breaststroke competition. References Category:1922 births Category:Living people Category:Canadian female breaststroke swimmers Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Canada Category:Olympic swimmers of Canada Category:Swimmers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Category:Swimmers at the 1938 | [
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| 1949 film by Philip Ford | Law of the Golden West is a 1949 American Western film directed by Philip Ford and written by Norman S. Hall. The film stars Monte Hale, Paul Hurst, Gail Davis, Roy Barcroft, John Holland and Scott Elliott. The film was released on May 23, 1949, by Republic Pictures. Plot Cast Monte Hale as Bill Cody Paul Hurst as Otis Ellis Gail Davis as Ann Calvert Roy Barcroft as Clete Larrabee John Holland as Quentin Morell Scott Elliott as Wayne Calvert Lane Bradford as Henchman Belden Harold Goodwin as Northerner in bar John Hamilton as Isaac Cody References External links Category:1949 | []
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| live album by Death | Vivus! is a live album released by American death metal band Death through Relapse Records. It contains two previously released live albums: Live in L.A. (Death & Raw) and Live in Eindhoven. Both shows contained on Vivus! were recorded in 1998. Disc one features the band at Whisky a Go Go in Los Angeles, while disc two is a recording of the band on the festival stage at Dynamo Open Air. The band's manager, Eric Greif, has stated that the inspiration for the set and its title was the Kiss album Alive!. Track listing Personnel Chuck Schuldiner – vocals, guitar | []
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| genus of plants | Leptosema is a genus of flowering plants from the legume family Fabaceae. According to the Australian Plant Census, species of Leptosema occur in the Northern Territory, Western Australia, South Australia and Queensland. Species Leptosema comprises the following species: Leptosema aculeatum Crisp Leptosema anomalum (Ewart & Morrison) Crisp Leptosema bossiaeoides Benth. Leptosema chambersii F.Muell. Leptosema daviesioides (Turcz.) Benth. Leptosema uniflorum (Benth.) Crisp Species names with uncertain taxonomic status The status of the following species is unresolved: Leptosema aphyllum (Hook.) Crisp Leptosema cervicorne Crisp Leptosema chapmanii Crisp Leptosema macrocarpum (Benth.) Crisp Leptosema oxylobioides F.Muell. Leptosema tomentosum (Benth.) Crisp Leptosema villosum Crisp References | []
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| Canadian senator | William Henry McGuire (May 31, 1873 – October 31, 1957) was a Canadian senator who represented East York for 30 years. Biography Early life and education William Henry McGuire was born May 31, 1873, on a family farm near Peterborough, Ontario, one of the 14 children of John and Ellen McGuire of Seymour Township. He attended high school in Campbellford, Ontario, and was assisted in attaining higher education by an older brother, Father Michael McGuire, who was a Roman Catholic priest in the area. William "Billy" McGuire graduated from the University of Toronto in 1903 and studied law at Osgoode | []
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| Canadian senator | Hall. Career He practiced as a lawyer first in Niagara Falls, and then in Toronto, and was a member of the Liberal Party of Canada. He was named to the Senate of Canada by Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King on December 20, 1926 and served East York until his death on October 31, 1957, an impressive total of 30 years, 10 months and 12 days. Senator McGuire was influential in the Irish-Canadian/Roman Catholic communities. He and Senator Frank Patrick O'Connor (Scarborough Junction) acquired a vacant church in the village of Wexford (Lawrence Avenue East, east of Victoria Park Avenue, | []
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| Canadian senator | now in the Scarborough area of Toronto) to establish Precious Blood parish. Due to its once-vacant state, the original red brick church, even after its rejuvenation, was known for many years as "the pigeon church." Senator McGuire also owned a farm with an English garden named "Belmore" across Lawrence Avenue from the church and, although the area is now entirely urban and Wexford Collegiate Institute occupies the site of his home, many of the mature trees in the area were planted by him. Marriage and children William Henry McGuire married Anna McNevin (1881–1954) in 1911 and had one daughter, Mary | []
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| United States federal judge | John Augustine Marshall (September 5, 1854 – April 4, 1941) was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Utah. Education and career Born on September 5, 1854, near Warrenton, Virginia, Marshall received a Bachelor of Laws in 1874 from the University of Virginia School of Law. He entered private practice in Warrenton from 1874 to 1878. He continued private practice in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory (State of Utah from January 4, 1896) from 1878 to 1896. He was a Judge of the Salt Lake County Territorial Probate Court from 1888 to | []
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| United States federal judge | 1889. He was a territorial representative for Salt Lake County in 1892. Federal judicial service Marshall was nominated by President Grover Cleveland on January 13, 1896, to the United States District Court for the District of Utah, to a new seat authorized by 28 Stat. 107. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on February 4, 1896, and received his commission the same day. His service terminated on September 8, 1915, due to his resignation. Later career and death Following his resignation from the federal bench, Marshall resumed private practice in Salt Lake City from 1915 to 1924. He | []
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| American engineer and politician | James T. Oliver (August 18, 1849 – September 12, 1923) was an American marine engineer and politician. Born in Yorkshire, England, Oliver was educated in Yorkshire. In 1864, Oliver emigrated to the United States. He worked on the railroad in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. In 1872, he moved to De Pere, Wisconsin and worked in the railroad car shops. He then went to Green Bay, Wisconsin and then to Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. Oliver finally returned to Green Bay. He was a marine engineer for many years. From 1921 until his death in 1923, Oliver served in the | [
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| river in the United States of America | dam on the river. The river continues south through the towns of Chichester and Epsom, and then forms the town boundary between Pembroke and Allenstown. Shortly before reaching the Merrimack River, the Suncook drops in , a natural waterpower site that led to the growth of the village of Suncook. 2006 flood On May 16, 2006, the Suncook River, responding to the highest rainfall amounts in at least 70 years (more than 8 inches dropped by a low-pressure system in 3 days on Concord, New Hampshire), rose to flood level (see New England Flood of May 2006) and backed up | []
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| river in the United States of America | behind an old mill dam, which produced a shallowly-sloping pool that overtopped a sand and gravel quarry, connected with a downstream section of channel, and cut a new shorter channel at 25–50 meters per hour in the town of Epsom. Two previous channels, around Bear Island, were left dry. The new river course, approximately a mile long, is the largest channel change in a river in New Hampshire since systematic topographic mapping began in the state in the early 20th century. On 3 September 2018 there was news that work began to stabilize the Suncook River in its new course. | []
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| automobile model | The Dongfeng Rich is a compact pickup truck produced by the Dongfeng Nissan joint venture of Chinese auto manufacturer Dongfeng Motor Corporation. First Generation The first generation Dongfeng Rich is a pickup truck and a SUV based on the design of the Nissan D22 pickup truck due to the Dongfeng-Nissan joint venture using the Nissan F-Alpha platform. It is produced as a pickup and an SUV, which is essentially the pickup with a long roof bed cover. Second Generation The second generation Rich pickup is also based on the same Nissan platform, and was later rebadged as a Peugeot in | [
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Honda XL1000V Varadero | [
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| motorcycle | The Honda XL1000V Varadero is a dual-sport motorcycle produced by Honda. Different models have been in production from 1998 to 2013. Fuel injection was introduced in 2003, which offered a smoother motor and throttle operation, as well as ABS. It has capabilities for long road trips and limited off-road use. A smaller version, the XL125V Varadero is also produced. Varadero is the big brother of the Transalp. Since 2015, a newer design, the Africa Twin 1000, has been produced, and in some markets offering a DCT transmission. XL1000VA Honda's earliest XL1000V Varadero flagship Adventure Touring motorcycle with a 996 cc | []
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| motorcycle | V-twin engine was introduced to the public at the 1998 Munich motorcycle show. First launched in 1998 as a 1999 Model Year, its engine architecture is based on the Honda VTR1000F Firestorm/Superhawk. The Adventure category refers to motorcycles that are designed for long-range touring with basic off-road capability, hence the term Adventure used by Honda as opposed to Dual Sport as used on the Honda XR650L. All versions feature a liquid-cooled V-twin engine. In 2001, Honda introduced its Honda Ignition Security System (HISS), essentially an engine immobilizer system similar to the ones used in automobiles. In 2001, production of the | []
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| French scholar | Louis-Georges-Oudard-Feudrix de Bréquigny (22 February 1714 – 3 July 1795), French scholar, was born at Granville, Manche in Normandy. His first publications were anonymous: an Histoire des revolutions de Genes jusqu'à la paix de 1748 (750), and a series of Vies des orateurs grecs (1752). In 1754 he was given the task of completing the work of Eusèbe de Laurière, later continued by Denis-François Secousse, on the Ordonnances des Rois de France de la 3e Race. Secousse had published nine volumes and Bréquigny published five more up to 1790. In 1811, Emmanuel de Pastoret published the last eleven volumes. Elected | [
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| French scholar | a member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres in 1759, he contributed an Histoire de Posthume empereur des Gaules (vol. XXX., 1760) to the collected works of that illustrious society, and also a Mémoire sur l'établissement de la religion et de l'empire de Mahomet (vol. XXXii., 1761–1763). After the close of the Seven Years' War he was sent to search in the archives of England for documents bearing upon the history of France, more particularly upon that of the French provinces which once belonged to England. This mission (1764–1766) was very fruitful in results; Bréquigny brought back from it | [
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| French scholar | copies of about 7000 documents, which are now in the Bibliothèque Nationale. A useful selection of these documents was published (unfortunately without adequate critical treatment) by Jacques Joseph Champollion-Figeac, under the title Lettres de rois, reines et autres personages des cours de France et d'Angleterre, depuis Louis VII. jusqu'à Henri IV., tires des archives de Londres par Bréquigny (collection of Documents inédits relatifs a l'histoire de France, 2 vols., 1839, 1847). Bréquigny himself drew the material for many important studies from the rich mine which he had thus exploited. These were included in the collection of the Académie des Inscriptions: | [
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| French scholar | (vol. xli.) (vol. xlii.) four (vols. xliii. and L) (vol. 1.) This last was read to the Academy on 22 January 1793, the morrow of Louis XVI's execution. Meanwhile, Bréquigny had taken part in three great and erudite works. To the Table chronologique des diplômes, chartes, lettres, et actes imprimés concernant l'histoire de France he contributed three volumes in collaboration with Mouchet (1769–1783). Charged with the supervision of a large collection of documents bearing on French history, analogous to Rymer's Foedera, he published the first volume (Diplomata, chartae, epistolae, et alia documenta, ad res Francicas spectantia, etc., 1791). The Revolution | [
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| Genus of tapeworms | Tetragonoporus is a genus of cestodes in the order Pseudophyllidea. It is a monotypic genus, and the only species is Tetragonoporus calyptocephalus, previously known as Polygonoporus giganticus. This tapeworm is a gut parasite of whales. Description The adult T. calyptocephalus is found in the gut of whales such as the sperm whale. It is normally present in the intestine, but can also occur in the bile duct. The tapeworm can be almost in length with as many as 45,000 proglottids (segments). The scolex (head) of the tapeworm is attached to the lining of the gut and the proglottids continuously develop | []
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| 1886 Australian legal case | The Mount Rennie rape case is the only gang rape in Sydney during the 1880s that led to a full conviction of the participants involved in the crime—young larrikins of the "Waterloo Push". The attack is sometimes referred to as the "Mount Rennie Outrage" or the "Waterloo Outrage". The crime was a pivotal point in New South Wales history, coming after a history of failure of other gang-rape trials in that time period. The crime The gang rape occurred on 9 September 1886. Sixteen-year-old Mary Jane Hicks had been educated at the Bathurst convent school, then worked as a domestic | []
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| 1886 Australian legal case | The executioner, Robert Howard, botched the hangings when he miscalculated the drop necessary for the youths. One died instantly but the remaining three struggled for several minutes. Aftermath The trial was dramatised in a 2012 ABC docudrama, the first of a three-part series entitled Australia on Trial. Presented by historian Michael Cathcart, the script was based on official court transcripts of the trial. Eminent Historian, Professor Brett Hinch, traced Mary Jane Hicks life after the trial and documented that she moved to New Zealand where she died 6 years later aged 22. References Sources Gleeson, Kate. From Centenary to the | []
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| Bangladeshi banker, economist and Nobel Peace Prize recipient | Muhammad Yunus (born 28 June 1940) is a Bangladesh social entrepreneur, banker, economist, and civil society leader who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for founding the Grameen Bank and pioneering the concepts of microcredit and microfinance. These loans are given to entrepreneurs too poor to qualify for traditional bank loans. In 2006, Yunus and the Grameen Bank were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize "for their efforts through microcredit to create economic and social development from below". The Norwegian Nobel Committee said that "lasting peace cannot be achieved unless large population groups find ways in which to break out | []
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| Bangladeshi banker, economist and Nobel Peace Prize recipient | of poverty" and that "across cultures and civilizations, Yunus and Grameen Bank have shown that even the poorest of the poor can work to bring about their own development". Yunus has received several other national and international honours. He received the United States Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009 and the Congressional Gold Medal in 2010. In 2008, he was rated number 2 in Foreign Policy magazine's list of the 'Top 100 Global Thinkers'. In February 2011, Yunus together with Saskia Bruysten, Sophie Eisenmann and Hans Reitz co-founded Yunus Social Business – Global Initiatives (YSB). YSB creates and empowers social | []
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| Bangladeshi banker, economist and Nobel Peace Prize recipient | businesses to address and solve social problems around the world. As the international implementation arm for Yunus' vision of a new, humane capitalism, YSB manages incubator funds for social businesses in developing countries and provides advisory services to companies, governments, foundations and NGOs. In 2012, he became Chancellor of Glasgow Caledonian University in Scotland, a position he held until 2018. Previously, he was a professor of economics at Chittagong University in Bangladesh. He published several books related to his finance work. He is a founding board member of Grameen America and Grameen Foundation, which support microcredit. Yunus also serves on | []
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Muhammad Yunus | [
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| Bangladeshi banker, economist and Nobel Peace Prize recipient | the board of directors of the United Nations Foundation, a public charity created in 1998 by American philanthropist Ted Turner's $1 billion gift to support UN causes. In March 2011, the Bangladesh government fired Yunus from his position at Grameen Bank, citing legal violations and an age limit on his position. Early life and education Early years The third of nine children, Yunus was born on 28 June 1940 to a Bengali Muslim family in the village of Bathua, by the Kaptai road in Hathazari, Chittagong in the Bengal Presidency of the British Raj, present Bangladesh. His father was Hazi | []
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| Bangladeshi banker, economist and Nobel Peace Prize recipient | Dula Mia Shoudagar, a jeweler, and his mother was Sufia Khatun. His early childhood was spent in the village. In 1944, his family moved to the city of Chittagong, and he moved from his village school to Lamabazar Primary School. By 1949, his mother was afflicted with psychological illness. Later, he passed the matriculation examination from Chittagong Collegiate School ranking 16th of 39,000 students in East Pakistan. During his school years, he was an active Boy Scout, and travelled to West Pakistan and India in 1952, and to Canada in 1955 to attend Jamborees. Later, while Yunus was studying at | []
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Muhammad Yunus | [
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| Bangladeshi banker, economist and Nobel Peace Prize recipient | Chittagong College, he became active in cultural activities and won awards for drama. In 1957, he enrolled in the Department of Economics at Dhaka University and completed his BA in 1960 and MA in 1961. After graduation After his graduation, Yunus joined the Bureau of Economics as a research assistant to the economics researches of Professor Nurul Islam and Rehman Sobhan. Later, he was appointed lecturer in economics in Chittagong College in 1961. During that time, he also set up a profitable packaging factory on the side. In 1965, he received a Fulbright scholarship to study in the United States. | []
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Muhammad Yunus | [
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| Bangladeshi banker, economist and Nobel Peace Prize recipient | He obtained his PhD in economics from the Vanderbilt University Graduate Program in Economic Development (GPED) in 1971. From 1969 to 1972, Yunus was assistant professor of economics at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro. During the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971, Yunus founded a citizen's committee and ran the Bangladesh Information Center, with other Bangladeshis in the United States, to raise support for liberation. He also published the Bangladesh Newsletter from his home in Nashville. After the War, he returned to Bangladesh and was appointed to the government's Planning Commission headed by Nurul Islam. However, he found the job | []
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Muhammad Yunus | [
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| Bangladeshi banker, economist and Nobel Peace Prize recipient | boring and resigned to join Chittagong University as head of the Economics department. After observing the famine of 1974, he became involved in poverty reduction and established a rural economic programme as a research project. In 1975, he developed a Nabajug (New Era) Tebhaga Khamar (three share farm) which the government adopted as the Packaged Input Programme. In order to make the project more effective, Yunus and his associates proposed the Gram Sarkar (the village government) programme. Introduced by president Ziaur Rahman in the late 1970s, the Government formed 40,392 village governments as a fourth layer of government in 2003. | []
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| Bangladeshi banker, economist and Nobel Peace Prize recipient | On 2 August 2005, in response to a petition by Bangladesh Legal Aids and Services Trust (BLAST), the High Court declared village governments illegal and unconstitutional. His concept of microcredit for supporting innovators in multiple developing countries also inspired programmes such as the Info lady Social Entrepreneurship Programme. Early career In 1976, during visits to the poorest households in the village of Jobra near Chittagong University, Yunus discovered that very small loans could make a disproportionate difference to a poor person. Village women who made bamboo furniture had to take usurious loans to buy bamboo, and repay their profits to | []
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| Bangladeshi banker, economist and Nobel Peace Prize recipient | irrigation pumps like deep tube wells. In 1989, these diversified interests started growing into separate organisations. The fisheries project became Grameen Motsho ("Grameen Fisheries Foundation") and the irrigation project became Grameen Krishi ("Grameen Agriculture Foundation"). In time, the Grameen initiative grew into a multi-faceted group of profitable and non-profit ventures, including major projects like Grameen Trust and Grameen Fund, which runs equity projects like Grameen Software Limited, Grameen CyberNet Limited, and Grameen Knitwear Limited, as well as Grameen Telecom, which has a stake in Grameenphone (GP), the biggest private phone company in Bangladesh. From its start in March 1997 to | []
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| Bangladeshi banker, economist and Nobel Peace Prize recipient | to the social business that holds potential to empower them to become self-sufficient. Recognition Yunus was awarded the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, along with Grameen Bank, for their efforts to create economic and social development. In the prize announcement The Norwegian Nobel Committee mentioned: Yunus was the first Bangladeshi to ever get a Nobel Prize. After receiving the news of the important award, Yunus announced that he would use part of his share of the $1.4 million (equivalent to $ million in ) award money to create a company to make low-cost, high-nutrition food for the poor; while the rest | []
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| Bangladeshi banker, economist and Nobel Peace Prize recipient | would go toward setting up an eye hospital for the poor in Bangladesh. Former US president Bill Clinton was a vocal advocate for the awarding of the Nobel Prize to Yunus. He expressed this in Rolling Stone magazine as well as in his autobiography My Life. In a speech given at University of California, Berkeley in 2002, President Clinton described Yunus as "a man who long ago should have won the Nobel Prize [in Economics and] I'll keep saying that until they finally give it to him." Conversely, The Economist stated explicitly that while Yunus was doing excellent work to | []
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| Bangladeshi banker, economist and Nobel Peace Prize recipient | fight poverty, it was not appropriate to award him the Peace Prize, stating: "... the Nobel committee could have made a braver, more difficult, choice by declaring that there would be no recipient at all." He is one of only seven persons to have won the Nobel Peace Prize, Presidential Medal of Freedom, and the Congressional Gold Medal. Other notable awards include the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 1984, the World Food Prize, the International Simon Bolivar Prize (1996), the Prince of Asturias Award for Concord and the Sydney Peace Prize in 1998, and the Seoul Peace Prize in 2006. Additionally, | []
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| Bangladeshi banker, economist and Nobel Peace Prize recipient | Yunus has been awarded 50 honorary doctorate degrees from universities across 20 countries, and 113 international awards from 26 different countries including state honours from 10 countries. Bangladesh government brought out a commemorative stamp to honour his Nobel Award. Yunus was named by Fortune Magazine in March 2012 as one of 12 greatest entrepreneurs of the current era. In its citation, Fortune Magazine said "Yunus' idea inspired countless numbers of young people to devote themselves to social causes all over the world." In January 2008, Houston, Texas declared 14 January as "Muhammad Yunus Day". Yunus was named among the most | []
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| Bangladeshi banker, economist and Nobel Peace Prize recipient | desired thinkers the world should listen to by the FP 100 (world's most influential elite) in the December 2009 issue of Foreign Policy magazine. In 2010, The British Magazine New Statesman listed Yunus at 40th in the list of "The World's 50 Most Influential Figures 2010". Yunus received 50 honorary doctorate degrees from universities from Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Canada, Costa Rica, India, Italy, Japan, Korea, Lebanon, Malaysia, Peru, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, the UK, and the US. United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon, invited Yunus to serve as an MDG Advocate. Yunus sits on the Board of | []
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| Bangladeshi banker, economist and Nobel Peace Prize recipient | to establish political goodwill, proper leadership and good governance. In the letter, he called on everyone to briefly outline how he should go about the task and how they can contribute to it. Yunus finally announced that he is willing to launch a political party tentatively called Citizens' Power (Nagorik Shakti) on 18 February 2007. There was speculation that the army supported a move by Yunus into politics. On 3 May, however, Yunus declared that he had decided to abandon his political plans following a meeting with the head of the interim government, Fakhruddin Ahmed. In July 2007 in Johannesburg, | []
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| Bangladeshi banker, economist and Nobel Peace Prize recipient | "Friends of Grameen". On 15 February 2011, the Finance Minister of Bangladesh, Abul Maal Abdul Muhith, declared that Yunus should "stay away" from Grameen Bank while it is being investigated. On 2 March 2011, Muzammel Huq – a former Bank employee, whom the government had appointed Chairman in January – announced that Yunus had been fired as Managing Director of the Bank. However, Bank General Manager Jannat-E Quanine issued a statement that Yunus was "continuing in his office" pending review of the legal issues surrounding the controversy . In March 2011, Yunus petitioned the Bangladesh High Court challenging the legality | []
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| Bangladeshi banker, economist and Nobel Peace Prize recipient | of the decision by the Bangladeshi Central Bank to remove him as Managing Director of Grameen Bank. The same day, nine elected directors of Grameen Bank filed a second petition. U.S. Senator John Kerry expressed his support to Yunus in a statement on 5 March 2011 and declared that he was "deeply concerned" by this affair. The same day in Bangladesh, thousands of people protested and formed human chains to support Yunus. The High Court hearing on the petitions, was planned for 6 March 2011 but postponed. On 8 March 2011, the Court confirmed Yunus's dismissal. Accusation of 'loan sharking' | []
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| Bangladeshi banker, economist and Nobel Peace Prize recipient | Sympathizers of Yunus allege that the government of Bangladesh is exploiting this "moral crisis around microcredit" to oust Yunus. Political motivations behind the allegations Though Grameen Bank was quickly cleared by the Norwegian government of all allegations surrounding misused or misappropriated funds in December 2010, in March 2011 the Bangladeshi government launched a three-month investigation of all Grameen Bank's activities. This inquiry prevented Muhammad Yunus from participating in the World Economic Forum. In January 2011, Yunus appeared in court in a defamation case filed by a local politician from a minor left-leaning party in 2007, complaining about a statement that | []
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| Bangladeshi banker, economist and Nobel Peace Prize recipient | Yunus made to the AFP news agency, "Politicians in Bangladesh only work for power. There is no ideology here". At the hearing, Yunus was granted bail and exempted from personal appearance at subsequent hearings. These investigations fueled suspicion that many attacks might be politically motivated, due to difficult relations between Sheikh Hasina and Yunus since early 2007, when Yunus created his own political party, an effort he dropped in May 2007. Allegations involving partners: the food case and the phone case On 27 January 2011, Yunus appeared in court in a food-adulteration case filed by the Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) | []
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| Bangladeshi banker, economist and Nobel Peace Prize recipient | The commission also examined the legal status of the Grameen Bank and concluded that it was de jure public i.e. government entity, of which incompetent oversight by the state and (potentially unwitting) misrepresentation by Dr. Yunus in past resulted in the popular perception of the private ownership. The commission report refers to obstruction of commission investigations by current Grameen Bank management, representatives of Telenor, the Government of Bangladesh, and by partisans of Dr. Yunus. Full implications of the report are thus far not closely examined in either state-controlled elements of Bangladeshi media, or by pro-Yunus press releases, where these implicate | []
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| Bangladeshi banker, economist and Nobel Peace Prize recipient | Dr Yunus as at least accessory to corruption at the nexus of the Bangladeshi public-commercial establishment, in collusion with other parties. Criticism of ideas Microfinance has been criticised in the foreign media. The Guardian (UK) asked whether microfinance was a 'neoliberal fairytale'. The article pointed out criticisms including that most loans are not used to create small businesses, but instead 'consumption smoothing'. Trials The trial of Muhammad Yunus is the series of trials launched by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh against Muhammad Yunus. The former put the latter on trial in 2010 and ultimately removed him from Grameen Bank, | []
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| Bangladeshi banker, economist and Nobel Peace Prize recipient | citing that too old to run the Bank which he founded in 1983. In 2013, he was put on trial for a second time because he had supposedly received earnings without the necessary permission from the government, including his Nobel Peace Prize earnings and the royalties from his book sales. The article claims that this series of trials against Yunus has puzzled billions of people around the world, from the 8.3 million underprivileged women of Grameen Bank to US President Barack Obama. Likening Hasina's political vendetta against Yunus to a modern-day replay of the conflict between Archimedes and General Marcellus, | []
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| Bangladeshi banker, economist and Nobel Peace Prize recipient | the article predicts that the "banker to the poor" may face a fate similar to the father of mathematics for asking Hasina not to disturb the Grameen Bank. Vikas Bajaj wrote in the Taking Note editorial blog of The New York Times on 7 November 2013: The government of Bangladesh has played its trump card in its long-running campaign against Grameen Bank and its founder Muhammad Yunus. Last week, legislators passed a law that effectively nationalizes the bank, which pioneered the idea of making small loans to poor women, by wresting control of it from the 8.4 million rural women | []
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| Bangladeshi banker, economist and Nobel Peace Prize recipient | that own a majority of its shares. Background For many years, Yunus remained a follower of Hasina's father, Sheikh Mujib, the founding father of Bangladesh. While teaching at Middle Tennessee State University, Yunus founded the Bangladesh Citizen's Committee (BCC), as a response to West Pakistan's aggression against Bangladesh and its leader Sheikh Mujib. After the outbreak of the war of liberation, the BCC selected Yunus to become editor of its newly published Bangladesh News Letter. Inspired by the birth of Bangladesh in 1971, Yunus returned home in 1972, to help Mujib rebuild the nation shattered by a long and bloody | []
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| Bangladeshi banker, economist and Nobel Peace Prize recipient | about the viability of banks engaged in extending micro-credit to the poor. The inaugural ceremony of Grameen Phone, the largest telephone service in Bangladesh, took place at Hasina's office on 26 March 1997. Using Grameen Phone, Hasina made the first call to Thorbjorn Jagland, the then-Norwegian prime minister. When her conversation ended with Jagland, she received another call, this one from Laily Begum, a Grameen telephone employee. However, this long relationship was doomed in 2007 after Yunus disclosed his intention to form a political party, Nagorik Shakti From friends to foe The government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina waged a | []
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| Bangladeshi banker, economist and Nobel Peace Prize recipient | destructive campaign against Grameen and its founder, Muhammad Yunus. The New York Times reports, " Her actions appear to be retaliation for Mr. Yunus's announcement in 2007 that he would seek public office, even though he never went through with his plans". According to Times of India, one other factor contributed to her brash decision against Yunus: the Nobel Peace Prize Hasina thought that the Norwegian Nobel Peace Prize Committee would give her the prize for signing a peace treaty, the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) in 1997. On 9 March, Attorney General Mahbubey Alam revealed the government's attitude when he | []
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| Bangladeshi banker, economist and Nobel Peace Prize recipient | said, "Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina should have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize…" He went on to challenge the wisdom of the Nobel committee for not awarding the prize to his master, Hasina, for the CHT accord. Historical description On 11 January 2007, Army General Moeen U Ahmed staged a military coup. Meanwhile, Yunus turned down his request to become the nation's fourth Chief Advisor after Khaleda Zia's term ended. Yunus, however, suggested the general pick Fakhruddin Ahmed for the job. Fakhruddin took office on 11 January 2007 and made it clear on his very first day that he intended | []
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| Bangladeshi banker, economist and Nobel Peace Prize recipient | not only to arrange a free and fair election but also to clean up corruption. While Khalada and Hasina criticised Fakruddin and claimed that it was not his job to clean up corruption, Yunus expressed his satisfaction. In an interview with the AFP news agency, Yunus remarked that politicians in Bangladesh only work for money, saying, "There is no ideology here." Hasina had a harsh reaction to Yunus' comments, calling him a "usurer who has not only failed to eradicate poverty but has also nurtured poverty." This was Hasina's first public statement against Yunus. One could make an analogy between | []
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| Bangladeshi banker, economist and Nobel Peace Prize recipient | Yunus' involvement as a nonpolitician and the role that Czech writer Václav Havel played in his country after the overthrow of the Communist regime. Later Yunus announced the name of this prospective political party, Nagorik Shakti (Citizen's Power), saying he had a mission to enter the political arena in his nation in hope of changing its identity from "bottomless basket" to "rising tiger." However, on 3 May, Yunus published a third open letter and put his political ambitions to rest. Proceedings Bangladesh government launched the first trial against Yunus in December 2010, one month after the release of Caught in | []
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| Bangladeshi banker, economist and Nobel Peace Prize recipient | denied all illegalities, arguing, among other things, that age limits do not apply in this case since Grameen, like BRAC, is a special bank. Yunus has also become subject to legal harassment over three criminal cases. A criminal defamation case was filed against Yunus for criticising politicians in 2007. A food inspector filed another case against Yunus, alleging that yogurt manufactured by the Grameen-Danone was adulterated. The final blow came on 3 March 2011. Bangladesh Bank informed Grameen in a letter that Yunus had been removed from Grameen, citing that he was older than the mandatory retirement age of 60, | []
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| Bangladeshi banker, economist and Nobel Peace Prize recipient | then. However, Yunus still did not lose faith in the justice system. Backed by international leaders (e.g., Hillary and Bill Clinton), national leaders (e.g., Sir Fazle Hasan Abed) and 8.3 million Grameen borrowers, Yunus filed an appeal in Bangladesh Supreme Court against the High Court's verdict. The full bench of the Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice ABM Khairul Haque heard the appeal on 15 March and delivered the verdict which upheld Yunus removal by government. From 2012 On 2 August 2012, Sheikh Hasina's approved a draft of "Grameen Bank Ordinance 2012" to increase government control over the bank. Currently, | []
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| Bangladeshi banker, economist and Nobel Peace Prize recipient | that power resides with the bank's directors—consisting of nine poor women—who were elected by 8.3 million Grameen borrowers. Hasina also ordered a fresh investigation into the activities and financial transactions of Yunus in his later years as managing director of Grameen, but people see the move as nothing more than an attempt to destroy his image. The prime minister also alleged that Yunus had received his earnings without the necessary permission from the government, including his Nobel Peace Prize earnings and the royalties from his books. On 4 October 2013, Bangladesh's cabinet has approved the draft of a new law | []
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| Bangladeshi banker, economist and Nobel Peace Prize recipient | and is now planning to take over Grameen — a majority of whose shares are owned by its borrowers — and break it up into 19 regional lenders. Personal life In 1967, while Yunus attended Vanderbilt University, he met Vera Forostenko, a student of Russian literature at Vanderbilt University and daughter of Russian immigrants to Trenton, New Jersey, United States. They were married in 1970. Yunus's marriage with Vera ended within months of the birth of their baby girl, Monica Yunus, in 1979 Chittagong, as Vera returned to New Jersey claiming that Bangladesh was not a good place to raise | []
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| Bangladeshi banker, economist and Nobel Peace Prize recipient | a baby. Monica became an operatic soprano based in New York City. Yunus later married Afrozi Yunus, who was then a researcher in physics at Manchester University. She was later appointed as a professor of physics at Jahangirnagar University. Their daughter Deena Afroz Yunus was born in 1986. Yunus's brother Muhammad Ibrahim is a former professor of physics at the University of Dhaka and the founder of The Center for Mass Education in Science (CMES), which brings science education to adolescent girls in villages. His other brother Muhammad Jahangir (d. 2019) was a television presenter and a social activist in | []
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| Bangladeshi banker, economist and Nobel Peace Prize recipient | Bangladesh. Yunus Centre The Yunus Centre, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, is a think tank for issues related to social business, working in the field of poverty alleviation and sustainability. It is 'aimed primarily at promoting and disseminating Professor Yunus' philosophy, with a special focus on social business' and currently chaired by Prof. Muhammad Yunus. Publications Yunus, Muhammad, Moingeon, Bertrand and Laurence Lehmann-Ortega (2010), "Building Social Business Models: Lessons from the Grameen Experience", April–June, vol 43, number 2–3, Long Range Planning, pp. 308–325 Documentaries 2010 - To Catch a Dollar 2011 - Bonsai People – The Vision of Muhammad Yunus Legacy and | []
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| Bangladeshi banker, economist and Nobel Peace Prize recipient | honours In 2006, awarded Nobel Peace Prize for his finance work. Chosen by Wharton School of Business in Philadelphia as one of The 25 Most Influential Business Persons of the Past 25 Years, covered in a PBS documentary. In 2006, Time magazine ranked him as one of the top 12 business leaders, including him among "60 years of Asian Heroes." In 2008, Yunus was voted 2nd on the list of Top 100 Public Intellectuals in an open online poll conducted by Prospect Magazine (UK) and Foreign Policy (United States). In 2009, Yunus was awarded the Golden Biatec Award, the highest | []
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| Bangladeshi banker, economist and Nobel Peace Prize recipient | award bestowed by Slovakia's Informal Economic Forum Economic Club, for individuals who exhibit economic, social, scientific, educational and cultural accomplishments in the Slovak Republic. See also Fazle Hasan Abed Islamic banking Yunus Social Business - Global Initiatives References Further reading External links Muhammad Yunus biography at Grameen Bank Banker to the Poor 2006 lecture at NobelPrize.org Profile and Papers at Research Papers in Economics/RePEc Exclusive Interview with Educational Technology Magazine Category:1940 births Category:Living people Category:Bangladeshi economists Category:Bangladeshi businesspeople Category:Bengali people Category:Bengali Muslims Category:Development specialists Category:People in international development Category:Microfinance people Category:Recipients of the Indira Gandhi Peace Prize Category:Nobel Peace Prize | []
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| Brazilian actress | Daniela Escobar Duncan (born January 16, 1969, in São Borja) is a Brazilian actress and television presenter. Biography Daniela Escobar Duncan was born in São Borja, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. At the age of ten, she moved with her family to Porto Alegre. At the age of sixteen, she began to attend Social Communication (Advertising and Propaganda) at PUCRS. At the age of nineteen she chose Rio de Janeiro as the place where she really wanted to live. Finally she changed Advertising for classes of theater, song and dance. Career In film, she starred in the | []
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