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Juliette Schoppmann Juliette Schoppmann (born 18 March 1980) is a German singer, songwriter, dancer, actor, and vocal coach, who came to fame as the runner-up of the debut season of the television series Deutschland sucht den Superstar, the German Idol series adaptation. Born and raised in Stade, Schoppmann was a trained musical artist before she participated in the show for which she recorded the number-one hit "We Have a Dream" and the album United along with all other finalists. After DSDS, she signed with BMG and released her moderately successful debut album Unique (2004) which spawned the top ten hits "Calling You" and "I Still Believe". Following the termination of her contract, Schoppmann returned to musical theatre and worked as a songwriter and vocal coach. In 2012, she participated in the sixth season of Das Supertalent, the German version of Got Talent franchise, where she finished sixth in the final. In 2014, Schoppmann recorded and released "To the Sky", the official anthem for the 2013–2014 season of the Four Hills Tournament. The same year, she was consulted as a coach on Das Supertalent. In 2018, Schoppmman also became a vocal coach on the 15th season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar. Discography Studio albums Singles References External links Category:19 Recordings artists Category:Deutschland sucht den Superstar participants Category:Living people Schoppmann, Juliette Category:1980 births Category:21st-century German singers Category:21st-century women singers	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Stéphanie Van Gils Stéphanie Van Gils is a Belgian football forward who played for RSC Anderlecht in the BeNe League. She is a member of the Belgian national team. References Category:1991 births Category:Living people Category:Belgian women's footballers Category:People from Ravels Category:Belgium women's international footballers Category:Women's association football forwards Category:Super League Vrouwenvoetbal players Category:BeNe League players Category:RSC Anderlecht (women) players	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Seán MacBride Seán MacBride (26 January 1904 – 15 January 1988) was an Irish Clann na Poblachta politician who served as Minister for External Affairs from 1948 to 1951, Leader of Clann na Poblachta from 1946 to 1965 and Chief of Staff of the IRA from 1936 to 1939. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1947 to 1957. Rising from a domestic Irish political career, he founded or participated in many international organisations of the 20th century, including the United Nations, the Council of Europe and Amnesty International. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1974, the Lenin Peace Prize for 1975–1976 and the UNESCO Silver Medal for Service in 1980. Early years MacBride was born in Paris in 1904, the son of Major John MacBride and Maud Gonne. His first language was French, and he retained a French accent in the English language for the rest of his life. He first studied at the Lycée Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague. He remained in Paris until his father's execution after the Easter Rising of 1916, when he was sent to school at Mount St Benedict's, Gorey, County Wexford in Ireland. In 1919, aged 15, he joined the Irish Volunteers, which fought as part of the Irish Republican Army, and took part in the Irish War of Independence. He opposed the 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty and was imprisoned by the Irish Free State during the Civil War. On his release in 1924, MacBride studied law at University College Dublin and resumed his IRA activities. He worked briefly for Éamon de Valera as his personal secretary, travelling with him to Rome to meet various dignitaries. In January 1925, on his twenty-first birthday, MacBride married Catalina "Kid" Bulfin, a woman four years his senior who shared his political views. Bulfin was the daughter of the Irish nationalist publisher and travel-writer William Bulfin. Before returning to Dublin in 1927, where he became the IRA's Director of Intelligence, MacBride worked as a journalist in Paris and London. Soon after his return, he was arrested and charged with the murder of politician Kevin O'Higgins, who had been assassinated near his home in Booterstown, County Dublin. MacBride was able to prove, however, that he was on his way back to Ireland at the time, as he was able to call unionist-turned-Cumann na nGaedheal politician Bryan Cooper, whom he had met on the boat travelling home, as a witness. He was then charged with being a subversive and interned in Mountjoy Prison. Towards the end of the 1920s, after many supporters had left to join Fianna Fáil, some members of the IRA started pushing for a more left-wing agenda. After the IRA Army Council voted down the idea, MacBride launched a new movement, Saor Éire ("Free Ireland"), in 1931. Although it was a non-military organisation, Saor Éire was declared unlawful along with the IRA, Cumann na mBan and nine other bodies. MacBride, meanwhile, became the security services' number-one target. In 1936, the IRA's chief of staff Moss Twomey was sent to prison for three years; he was replaced by MacBride. At the time, the movement was in a state of disarray, with conflicts between several factions and personalities. Tom Barry was appointed chief of staff to head up a military operation against the British, an action with which MacBride did not agree. In 1937, MacBride was called to the bar. He then resigned from the IRA when the Constitution of Ireland was enacted later that year. As a barrister, MacBride frequently defended IRA prisoners of the state, but was unsuccessful in stopping the execution in 1944 of Charlie Kerins, convicted of killing Garda Detective Denis O'Brien in 1942. In 1946, during the inquest into the death of Seán McCaughey, MacBride embarrassed the authorities by forcing them to admit that the conditions in Portlaoise Prison were inhumane. Clann na Poblachta In 1946, MacBride founded the republican/socialist party Clann na Poblachta. He hoped it would replace Fianna Fáil as Ireland's major political party. In October 1947, he won a seat in Dáil Éireann at a by-election in the Dublin County constituency. On the same day, Patrick Kinane also won the Tipperary by-election for Clann na Poblachta. However, at the 1948 general election Clann na Poblachta won only ten seats. The party joined with Fine Gael, the Labour Party, the National Labour Party, Clann na Talmhan and several independents to form the First Inter-Party Government with Fine Gael TD John A. Costello as Taoiseach. Richard Mulcahy was the Leader of Fine Gael, but MacBride and many other Irish Republicans had never forgiven Mulcahy for his role in carrying out 77 executions under the government of the Irish Free State in the 1920s during the Irish Civil War. To gain the support of Clann na Poblachta, Mulcahy stepped aside in favour of Costello. Two Clann na Poblachta TDs joined the cabinet; MacBride became Minister for External Affairs while Noël Browne became Minister for Health. On his ministerial accession, McBride sent a telegram to Pope Pius XII offering: "...to repose at the feet of Your Holiness the assurance of our filial loyalty and our devotion to Your August Person, as well as our firm resolve to be guided in all our work by the teaching of Christ and to strive for the attainment of a social order in Ireland based on Christian principles". At MacBride's suggestion, Costello nominated the northern protestant Denis Ireland to the Seanad Eireann, the first resident of Northern Ireland to be appointed as a member of the Oireachtas. While a Senator (1948–1951), Ireland was Irish representative to the Council of Europe assisting McBride in the leading role he was to play in securing acceptance of the European Convention on Human Rights--signed in Rome on 4 November 1950. In 1950, McBride was president of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Council of Europe, and he was vice-president of the Organisation for European Economic Co-operation (OEEC, later OECD) in 1948–51. He was responsible for Ireland not joining the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO). He was instrumental in the implementation of the Repeal of the External Relations Act and the Declaration of the Republic of Ireland in 1949. On Easter Monday, 18 April 1949, the state left the Commonwealth of Nations. In 1951, MacBride controversially ordered Noël Browne to resign as a minister over the Mother and Child Scheme after it was attacked by the Irish Catholic hierarchy and the Irish medical establishment. Whatever the merits of the scheme, or of Browne, MacBride concluded in a Cabinet memorandum: "Even if, as Catholics, we were prepared to take the responsibility of disregarding [the Hierarchy's] views, which I do not think we can do, it would be politically impossible to do so . . . We are dealing with the considered views of the leaders of the Catholic Church to which the vast majority of our people belong; these views cannot be ignored." Also in 1951, Clann na Poblachta was reduced to two seats after the general election. MacBride kept his seat and was re-elected again in 1954. Opposing the internment of IRA suspects during the Border Campaign (1956–62), he contested both the 1957 and 1961 general elections but failed to be elected both times. He then retired from politics and continued practising as a barrister. He expressed an interest in running as an independent candidate for the 1983 Irish presidential election, but he did not receive sufficient backing and ultimately did not contest. International politics In 1929 an Irish section of the League Against Imperialism was formed and MacBride served as its secretary. MacBride was a founding member of Amnesty International and served as its International chairman from 1961 til 1975. He was Secretary-General of the International Commission of Jurists from 1963 to 1971. Following this, he was also elected Chair (1968–1974) and later President (1974–1985) of the International Peace Bureau in Geneva. He was Vice-President of the Organisation for European Economic Co-operation from 1948–51 and President of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe in 1950. He was also involved in the International Prisoners of Conscience Fund and was appointed the International Commission for the Study of Communication Problems in 1977. He drafted the constitution of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU); and also the first constitution of Ghana (the first UK African colony to achieve independence) which lasted for nine years until the coup of 1966. MacBride was a signatory of the Convention for European Economic Co-operation, the Convention for the Protection of War Victims (1949) and the European Convention on Human Rights. He also played a part in drawing up the constitutions of Ghana, Zambia and Tanzania. Some of MacBride's appointments to the United Nations System included: Assistant Secretary-General President of the General Assembly High Commissioner for Namibia, in which capacity he created the United Nations Institute for Namibia President of UNESCO's International Commission for the Study of Communications Problems, which produced the controversial 1980 MacBride report. Human rights Throughout the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, MacBride worked for human rights worldwide. He took an Irish case to the European Court of Human Rights after hundreds of suspected IRA members were interned without trial in the Republic of Ireland in 1958. He was among a group of lawyers who founded JUSTICE—the UK-based human rights and law reform organisation—initially to monitor the show trials after the 1956 Budapest uprising, but which later became the UK section of the International Commission of Jurists. He was active in a number of international organisations concerned with human rights, among them the Prisoners of Conscience Appeal Fund (trustee). In 1973, he was elected by the General Assembly to the post of High Commissioner for Namibia, with the rank of Assistant Secretary-General. The actions of his father John MacBride in leading the Irish Transvaal Brigade (known as MacBride's Brigade) for the Boers against the British Army, in the Boer War, gave Seán MacBride a unique access to South Africa's apartheid government. In 1977, he was appointed president of the International Commission for the Study of Communication Problems, set up by UNESCO. In 1980 he was appointed Chairman of UNESCO. MacBride supported the Dunnes Stores Strike and attended at least one of their gatherings in May 1985. MacBride's work was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (1974) as a man who "mobilised the conscience of the world in the fight against injustice". He later received the Lenin Peace Prize (1975–76) and the UNESCO Silver Medal for Service (1980). He received the Lenin Peace Prize for his opposition to what MacBride referred to as "this absolutely obscene arms race." He was one of only two to win both the Lenin and Nobel peace prizes, the other being Linus Pauling. During the 1980s, he initiated the Appeal by Lawyers against Nuclear War which was jointly sponsored by the International Peace Bureau and the International Progress Organization. In close co-operation with Francis Boyle and Hans Köchler of the International Progress Organization he lobbied the General Assembly for a resolution demanding an Advisory Opinion from the International Court of Justice on the legality of nuclear arms. The Advisory Opinion on the Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons was eventually handed down by the ICJ in 1996. In 1982, MacBride was chairman of the International Commission to enquire into reported violations of International Law by Israel during its invasion of the Lebanon. The other members were Richard Falk, Kader Asmal, Brian Bercusson, Géraud de la Pradelle, and Stefan Wild. The commission's report, which concluded that "the government of Israel has committed acts of aggression contrary to international law", was published in 1983 under the title Israel in Lebanon. He proposed a plan in 1984, known as the MacBride Principles, which he argued would eliminate discrimination against Roman Catholics by employers in Northern Ireland and received widespread support for it in the United States and from Sinn Féin. However the MacBride Principles were criticised by the Irish and British Governments and most Northern Ireland parties, including the nationalist Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), as unworkable and counterproductive. He was also a keen pan-Celticist. Later life and death In his later years, MacBride lived in his mother's home, Roebuck House, that served as a meeting place for many years for Irish nationalists, as well as in the Parisian arrondissement where he grew up with his mother, and enjoyed strolling along boyhood paths. He maintained a soft-spoken, unassuming demeanor despite his fame. While strolling through the Centre Pompidou Museum in 1979, and happening upon an exhibit for Amnesty International, he whispered to a colleague "Amnesty, you know, was one of my children." Seán MacBride died in Dublin on 15 January 1988, eleven days before his 84th birthday. He is buried in Glasnevin Cemetery in a grave with his mother, and wife who died in 1976. A street in Windhoek, Namibia is named after him and on the occasion of MacBride's death the African National Congress (ANC), Oliver Tambo stated "Seán MacBride will always be remembered for the concrete leadership he provided to the liberation movement and people of Namibia and South Africa. Driven by his own personal and political insight arising out of the cause of national freedom in Ireland . . . our debt to him can never be repaid." Career summary 1946–1965 Leader of Clann na Poblachta 1947–1958 Member of Dáil Éireann 1948–1951 Minister for External Affairs of Ireland in Inter-Party Government 1948–1951 Vice-President of the Organization for European Economic Cooperation (OEEC) 1950 President, Committee of Ministers of Council of Europe 1954 Offered but declined, Ministerial office in Irish Government 1963–1971 Secretary-General, International Commission of Jurists 1966 Consultant to the Pontifical Commission on Justice and Peace 1961–1975 chairman Amnesty International Executive 1968–1974 Chairman of the Executive International Peace Bureau 1975–1985 President of the Executive International Peace Bureau 1968–1974 chairman Special Committee of International NGOs on Human Rights (Geneva) 1973 vice-chairman, Congress of World Peace Forces (Moscow, October 1973) 1973 Vice-President, World Federation of United Nations Associations 1973–1977 Elected by the General Assembly of the United Nations to the post of United Nations Commissioner for Namibia with rank of Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations 1977–1980 chairman, Commission on International Communication for UNESCO 1982 Chairman of the International Commission to enquire into reported violations of International Law by Israel during its invasion of the Lebanon Further reading Jordan, Anthony J, (1993) {Sean A biography of Sean MacBride} Blackwater Press References External links Category:1904 births Category:1988 deaths Category:Alumni of University College Dublin Category:Amnesty International people Category:Burials at Glasnevin Cemetery Category:Clann na Poblachta TDs Category:Irish barristers Category:Irish expatriates in France Category:Ministers for Foreign Affairs (Ireland) Category:Irish Nobel laureates Category:Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) members Category:Irish Republican Army (1922–1969) members Category:People of the Irish Civil War (Anti-Treaty side) Category:Lenin Peace Prize recipients Sean Category:Members of the 12th Dáil Category:Members of the 13th Dáil Category:Members of the 14th Dáil Category:Members of the 15th Dáil Category:Nobel Peace Prize laureates Category:Irish officials of the United Nations	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
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William Sefton, Baron Sefton of Garston William Henry Sefton, Baron Sefton of Garston (5 August 1915 – 9 September 2001) was a British Labour Party politician. Born in a Garston to a working-class family in 1915, Sefton was a plumber by trade. He became a trade unionist and joined the Labour Party in 1949. In 1953, he was elected to the Liverpool City Council. He was leader of the Liverpool City Council from 1964 to 1974 and Chairman of the Merseyside County Council from 1974 to 1977. He stood in the 1959 general election as the Labour candidate for Liverpool Toxteth, but lost. He remarked afterward that "I don't think I could stand parliament, even being a minister. The best thing you could do is blow the place up." In 1978, he was made a life peer as Baron Sefton of Garston, of Garston in the County of Merseyside. His acceptance of the title caused surprise, as he was a self-described Marxist. In the House of Lords, he was known for his outspokenness. Famously, in a 1988 debate concerning the Education Reform Bill, Sefton asked Graham Leonard, the Bishop of London, whether the Virgin Birth was to be believed. Baroness Seear moved "that the noble Lord be no longer heard", which passed without a division, thus stopping Sefton's speech. Sefton married Phyllis Kerr in 1940; she died in 1991. He later married Evelyn Pimblett in 2000. He died on 9 September 2001, aged 86. References Category:1915 births Category:2001 deaths Category:Labour Party (UK) life peers Category:Trade unionists from Liverpool Category:Councillors in Liverpool Category:Politicians from Liverpool Category:English atheists	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Camp Abbot Camp Abbot was a military training center in the northwest United States, located in central Oregon south of Bend. Active for less than sixteen months, the U.S. Army camp was used to train combat engineers during World War II and was named for Henry Larcom Abbot. A large part of site is now Sunriver Resort, and the rest has been incorporated into the Deschutes National Forest. The only remaining structure from Camp Abbot is the officers' mess hall; now part of the resort and known as the Great Hall, it is used for large conferences and special events. Site history In 1855, Secretary of War Jefferson Davis dispatched an Army Corps of Topographical Engineers survey party to look for a railroad route from the Sacramento Valley in California to the Columbia River in the Oregon Territory. This required the party to survey the Deschutes River area in central Oregon. The survey party was led by two lieutenants, Robert Stockton Williamson and Henry Larcom Abbot. The Williamson-Abbot survey party included a geologist-botanist, a physician-naturalist, several assistant engineers, a computation specialist, a pack master, and eighteen mule packers. At Fort Reading, a military escort of eighty infantrymen and twenty cavalry troopers joined the party. The escort was commanded by Lieutenant H. G. Gibson with Lieutenants George Crook and Philip H. Sheridan leading elements of the detachment. While in central Oregon, illness forced Williamson to return to California, which left Abbot in charge of the expedition. On 4 September 1855, Abbot and a detachment of the survey party camped along the Deschutes River, near the site of the future Camp Abbot. He completed the survey of central Oregon, crossed the Cascade Mountains into the Willamette Valley, and then returned to Fort Reading, arriving in mid-November 1855. The Army published Abbot's thorough 499-page report in 1857 under the title Report of Lieut. Henry L. Abbot Upon Explorations for a Railroad Route from Sacramento Valley to the Columbia River. World War II During World War II, the Army needed to rapidly expand its combat engineer training. On 4 December 1942, the War Department established a combat engineer replacement and training center in central Oregon, along the Deschutes River south of Bend. It was named in honor of Brigadier General Henry Larcom Abbot, who had led a survey party through the area in 1855. The first trainees arrived at Camp Abbot in March 1943, even before the camp was formally dedicated on 2 September 1943. At that time, it was one of only three combat engineer training centers in the country, along with Fort Belvoir (Virginia) and Fort Leonard Wood (Missouri). Approximately 10,000 soldiers were trained during each 17-week cycle, with training conducted in three phases. The first part of the course focused on rifle marksmanship and other basic combat skills. The first phase also included special training on hand grenades, anti-tank mines, and other combat engineering tasks. The second phase was demolition training. During that phase, trainees learned how to build and destroy bridges and other structures. The final phase was three weeks of field maneuvers carried out under combat conditions. Over 90,000 combat engineers were trained at Camp Abbot before the center was closed in June 1944, shortly after the D-Day landings. Most of the camp structures were demolished shortly after the training center closed. Post-war development In the years following the war, a portion of the camp property was returned to the U.S. Forest Service, but approximately were sold as private land. That property changed hands a number of times, until it was purchased by John Grey in 1965. Grey began development of Sunriver Resort, selling the first residential lots in 1968. Today, Sunriver is a luxury resort with a 250-room lodge, three golf courses, six restaurants, and an executive airport. There are approximately 4,000 homes on the adjacent Sunriver property along with a small commercial district that supports the shopping needs of the community. Alpine skiing is nearby at Mount Bachelor. Original structures Today, only one original Camp Abbot building remains. The officers' mess hall was built in 1943 by the Army Corps of Engineers under the direction of Captain John V. Banks. It remains at its original location as Sunriver Resort's Great Hall, used for large conferences and special events, such as banquets and weddings. The historic Great Hall is an impressive log structure measuring , constructed with native stone and logs cut near the building site. It has a high ceiling with exposed beams, a large stone fireplace, and a balcony overlooking the main floor. There are also small side rooms including an intimate fireside room and a number of conference rooms. In 1993, Sunriver Resort completed a major renovation of the historic Great Hall, and it is now a modern facility with unique architectural character. The only other Camp Abbot structure to survive for an extended period was the General Patch Bridge which was constructed in 1943 by Army engineers during the Oregon Maneuver. The Oregon Maneuver was the largest military field exercise ever conducted in the Pacific Northwest. Named for General Alexander M. Patch, who led it, the maneuver involved over 100,000 army troops, many of them combat engineers based at Camp Abbot. The maneuver extended across six eastern Oregon counties. Camp Abbot was used as the exercise headquarters because of its central location and military infrastructure. The General Patch Bridge was located on Deschutes National Forest land within the boundaries of old Camp Abbott. It was demolished by the Forest Service in 2008 because the structure was unsafe. References External links Deschutes National Forest Sunriver Resort Deschutes County Landmarks - Camp Abbot Officers Club Category:Buildings and structures in Deschutes County, Oregon Category:Military in Oregon Category:Military history of Oregon Category:Military installations in Oregon Abbot Category:1942 establishments in Oregon Category:Closed installations of the United States Army Category:Rustic architecture in Oregon Category:1944 disestablishments in Oregon Category:Military installations established in 1942 Category:Military installations closed in 1944	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Hollywood, Florida Hollywood is a city in Broward County, Florida, between Fort Lauderdale and Miami. The average temperature is between . As of July 1, 2017, Hollywood had a population of 153,627. Founded in 1925, the city grew rapidly in the 1950s and 1960s, and is now the twelfth-largest city in Florida. Hollywood is a principal city of the Miami metropolitan area, which was home to an estimated 6,012,331 people at the 2015 census. History Joseph Wesley Young arrived in South Florida in 1920 to create his own “Dream City in Florida.” His vision included the beaches of the Atlantic Ocean stretching westward with man made lakes, infrastructure, roads and the Intracoastal waterway. He wanted to include large parks, schools, churches, and golf courses; these were all industries and activities which were very important to Young's life. After Young spent millions of dollars on the construction of the city, he was elected as the first mayor in 1925. This new town quickly became home to northerners known as snowbirds. These snowbirds flee the north during the winter and then escape the south during the summer to avoid the harsh climates. By 1960, Hollywood contained more than 2,400 hotel units along with the construction of 12,170 single family homes. Young bought up thousands of acres of land around 1920, and named his new town "Hollywood by the Sea" to distinguish it from his other real estate venture, "Hollywood in the Hills", in New York. The Florida guide, published by the Federal Writers' Project, describes the early development of Hollywood, an early example of a planned community that proliferated in Florida during the real estate boom of the 1920s: Prospective purchasers of land were enticed by free hotel accommodation and entertainment, and "were driven about the city-to-be on trails blazed through palmetto thickets; so desolate and forlorn were some stretches that many women became hysterical, it is said, and a few fainted. Young had a vision of having lakes, golf courses, a luxury beach hotel (Hollywood Beach Hotel, now Hollywood Beach Resort), country clubs, and a main street, Hollywood Boulevard. After the 1926 Miami hurricane, Hollywood was severely damaged; local newspapers reported that Hollywood was second only to Miami in losses from the storm. Following Young's death in 1934, the city encountered other destructive hurricanes and the stock market crashed with personal financial misfortunes. Following the damage inflicted by Hurricane Irma in 2017, an initiative called Rebuild Florida was created by the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) to provide aid to citizens affected by the natural disaster. The initial focus of Rebuild Florida was its Housing Repair Program, which offered assistance in rebuilding families' homes that were impacted by Hurricane Irma. The program priorities low-income vulnerable residents, such as the disabled, the elderly and those families with children under five. A 2017 study put the city in thirteenth place for US cities most vulnerable to coastal flooding, with 69,000 residents living within FEMA's coastal floodplain. Timeline 1921 - Hollywood by the Sea platted on land of Joseph Wesley Young 1925 Hollywood incorporated Hollywood Police Department established Hollywood Boulevard Bridge built (approximate date) Joseph Wesley Young becomes mayor; C.H. Windham becomes city manager Joseph Wesley Young House built 1926 Hollywood Beach Hotel in business September 18: 1926 Miami hurricane demolished city 1928 - Port Everglades opened near Hollywood 1930 Hollywood Hills Inn built Population: 2,689. 1932 - Riverside Military Academy Hollywood campus established 1935 - Fiesta Tropicale began 1937 - Florida Theatre built 1947 - Hurricanes occur 1948 - Broward County International Airport opened 1950 - Population: 14,351 1952 - Joseph Watson became city manager (until circa 1970) 1953 - Hollywood Memorial Hospital opened 1957 "Seminole Tribe of Florida gained official recognition by the federal government, with tribal headquarters located in Hollywood McArthur High School opened 1958 - Diplomat Hotel in business 1959 - Seminole Tribe's Okalee Indian Village in business. 1960 - Population: 35,237 1962 - Arrow Drive-In cinema in business 1964 - Home Federal Tower hi-rise built. 1967 - Hollywood West Elks Lodge founded 1970 - Population: 106,873 1971 Pageant of the Unconquered Seminoles held in Hollywood Topeekeegee Yugnee Park opened 1972 - Broward County Historical Commission established 1974 - Broward County Library System established. 1975 - Art and Culture Center of Hollywood opened 1981 July 27: Murder of Adam Walsh "U.S. Supreme Court affirms Tribe's right to high-stakes bingo at Hollywood in Seminole Tribe of Florida vs. Butterworth" 1982 - West Lake Park opened 1983 - Seminole Tribune newspaper begins publication. 1996 Kolb Nature Center opened in West Lake Park City website online (approximate date) 1997 - New Times Broward-Palm Beach newspaper began publication 2004 - Seminole Tribe's Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Hollywood in business 2010 - Population: 140,768 2013 - Frederica Wilson became U.S. representative for Florida's 24th congressional district 2016 - Josh Levy became mayor Geography Hollywood is located at (26.021467, -80.174910). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and is covered by water (11.23%). Hollywood is in southeastern Broward County, and includes about of Atlantic Ocean beach, interrupted briefly by a portion deeded to Dania Beach. It is bounded by these municipalities: To the north: Fort Lauderdale Dania Beach To the northwest: Davie Cooper City To the west: Pembroke Pines To the southwest: Miramar To the south: West Park Pembroke Park Hallandale Beach Hollywood has a tropical rainforest climate, with hot, humid summers and warm, dry winters. Demographics As of 2000, there were 59,673 households out of which 24.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.5% were married couples living together, 11.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.2% were non-families. 34.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.31 and the average family size was 3.00. The city's age demographic shows a mixed population with 21.3% under the age of 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 31.3% from 25 to 44, 23.1% from 45 to 64, and 17.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.1 males. For every 100 women age 18 and over, there were 90.9 men. The median income for a household in the city was $40,714, and the median income for a family was $55,849. Males had a median income of $33,102 versus $21,237 for females. The per capita income for the city was $22,097. About 9.9% of families and 13.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 18.1% of those under age 18 and 11.8% of those age 65 or over. As of 2000, speakers of English as a first language accounted for 66.94% of residents, Spanish accounted for 21.62%, French made up 2.06%, French Creole consisted of 1.32%, Italian comprised 1.12%, Romanian was at 0.91%, Hebrew at 0.88%, Portuguese 0.84%, and German as a mother tongue was 0.72% of the population. As of 2000, Hollywood had the seventy-fifth highest percentage of Cuban residents in the U.S., at 4.23% of the city's population, and the sixty-fifth highest percentage of Colombian residents in the US, at 2.26% of the city's population (tied with both the town and village of Mount Kisco, New York.) It also had the fifty-seventh highest percentage of Peruvian residents in the US, at 1.05% of the city's population (tied with Locust Valley, New York), and the twentieth highest percentage of Romanian residents in the US, at 1.1% of its population (tied with several other areas in the US). Attractions Hollywood has about 60 parks, seven golf courses, and sandy beaches. Hollywood Beach has a broadwalk which extends about 2.5 miles along the Atlantic Ocean. Parking is available on side streets or in parking garages for a fee, and public trolleys run through the day. restaurants and hotels line the broadwalk along with a theatre, children's playground, and other attractions including bicycle rental shops, ice cream parlors, souvenir shops, and a farmer's market. The broadwalk is used for walking and jogging, and there is a bike lane for bicyclists and rollerbladers. Guided tours along the Intercostal Waterway are common in Hollywood Florida. The Intercostal is parallel to the Atlantic Ocean and provides both tourists and locals with the exploration of nature and observation of surroundings. Young Circle is another area surrounded by shops, restaurants, and bars. A Food Truck Takeover occurs every Monday, during which dozens of local food trucks park and offer a variety of cuisines including Cuban, Venezuelan, Mediterranean, Mexican, Jamaican, and Peruvian foods in addition to barbecue, burgers, gourmet grilled cheese, and dessert trucks.{{\|date=April 2019}} Economy Prior to their dissolutions, Commodore Cruise Line and its subsidiary Crown Cruise Line had their headquarters in Hollywood. Aerospace and electronics parts manufacturer HEICO has its headquarters in Hollywood. Since 1991, the Invicta Watch Group, a manufacturer of timepieces and writing instruments, has had its headquarters in Hollywood where it also operates its customer service call center. Top employers According to the City's 2011 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the city are: Education Hollywood is made up of 32 public and charter schools with 13 private schools. The public schools are operated by the Broward County Public Schools. Public high schools Hollywood Hills High School McArthur High School South Broward High School Sheridan Technical College and High School Public charter schools Hollywood Academy of Arts and Science K-8 New Life Charter Academy Championship Academy of Distinction at Hollywood K-5 Championship Academy of Distinction, Avant Garde 6-8 BridgePrep Academy at Hollywood Hills Ben Gamla Preparatory Academy Bridge Prep Academy Public middle schools Apollo Middle School Attucks Middle School Driftwood Middle School McNicol Middle School Olsen Middle School Beachside Montessori Village Public elementary schools Mary M. Bethune Elementary School Beachside Montessori Village Boulevard Heights Elementary School Colbert Elementary School Driftwood Elementary School Hollywood Central Elementary School Hollywood Hills Elementary School Hollywood Park Elementary School Oakridge Elementary School Orange Brook Elementary School Sheridan Hills Elementary School Sheridan Park Elementary School Stirling Elementary School West Hollywood Elementary School Private schools Annunciation School Aukela Christian Military Academy Beacon Hill School Brauser Maimonides Academy Calvary Kids School Chaminade-Madonna College Preparatory School Covenant Teaching Fellowship School Ebony Village School First Presbyterian Pre-School Hollywood Christian School Little Flower School Love Outreach Christian Academy Nativity Elementary School New Mirawood Elementary School Parkway Christian School Patty Cake Academy Pembroke Park Montessori School Phyls Academy Point of Grace Christian Academy Rainbow Montessori School Sheridan Hills Christian School St. Bernadette Catholic School St. Mark's Lutheran School Toddler Technology Academy Government Mayor Joseph Wesley Young, circa 1925 ? Arthur W. Kellner, circa 1935 ? Lester Boggs, 1943-1947, 1949-1953 Alfred G. Ryll, 1954-1955 William G. Zinzil Sr., 1955-1957, 1959-1967 E. L. McMorrough, circa 1959 David Keating Mara Giulianti, circa 2002 Peter Bober, circa 2016 Josh Levy, 2016–present Police department The city is protected by the Hollywood Police Department. Crime and terrorism On May 2, 2016, the Miami Herald reported about "a man from Hollywood," James Muhammad (legal name James Medina), who planned to bomb a synagogue in Aventura, and who was recorded stating "Aventura, watch your back. ISIS is in the house." Notable people Davey Allison, former NASCAR driver Jayne Atkinson, actress, House of Cards Steve Blake, retired NBA player Lauren Book, politician Ethan Bortnick, piano child prodigy Chris Britton, baseball pitcher, San Diego Padres Marquise "Hollywood" Brown", wide receiver for NFL's Baltimore Ravens Janice Dickinson, model, author Joe DiMaggio, iconic professional baseball player, lived and died in Hollywood Mike Donald, professional golfer Scotty Emerick, singer-songwriter Seth Gabel, actor Josh Gad, actor Adam Gaynor, former member of Matchbox Twenty Alan Gelfand, developer of Ollie (skateboarding trick) Scott Hall, professional wrestler Michael Heverly, model Rosemary Homeister, Jr., jockey Erasmus James, defensive end in the NFL Evan Jenne, politician Victoria Justice, actress, model, singer Joe Klink, retired MLB pitcher Veronica Lake, actress, World War II pin-up girl Bethany Joy Lenz-Galeotti, actress, One Tree Hill Jeff Marx, composer and lyricist of Broadway musical Avenue Q Oddibe McDowell, MLB center fielder Bryant McFadden, cornerback for NFL's Pittsburgh Steelers Danny McManus, former CFL quarterback; broadcaster for TSN's CFL games Fred Melamed, actor Tracy Lindsey Melchior, actress Billy Mitchell, videogame player Michael Mizrachi, professional poker player Mike Napoli, MLB catcher and first baseman, member of 2013 World Series champion Boston Red Sox Norman Reedus, actor Ian Richards, County Court Judge of Florida's 17th Judicial Circuit Patti Rizzo, golfer, 1982 LPGA Tour Rookie of the Year Jon Pernell Roberts, drug trafficker Latrice Royale, drag entertainer Jabaal Sheard, defensive end for Super Bowl LI champion New England Patriots Megan Timpf, Canadian softball player, competitor at 2008 Summer Olympics Joe Trohman, Fall Out Boy lead guitarist John Walsh, host of America's Most Wanted Scott Weinger, actor, writer, producer Robert Wexler, former member of the U.S. House of Representatives Lorenzo White, former Houston Oilers running back Neighborhoods These are the neighborhoods and communities that are officially recognized by the City of Hollywood. 441 Corridor Alandco Arapahoe Farms Beverly Hills Beverly Park Boulevard Heights Camino Sheridan Carriage/Carriage Hills Central Business District Condo Presidents Downtown Hollywood Driftwood/Driftwood Acres East Lake Emerald Hills Emerald Oaks Emerald Point Estates of Fort Lauderdale Highland Gardens Hillcrest Hollywood Beach Hollywood Gardens Hollywood Hills Hollywood Lakes Hollywood North Beach Hollywood South Central Beach L'Etoile at Emerald Point Lake Eden Lakes of Emerald Hills Lawnacres Liberia Mapleridge Martin Luther King Jr. Community North Central Oak Point Oakridge Oakwood Hills Park East Park Side Playland/Playland Village Playland Estates Quadomain Royal Poinciana Sheridan Oaks Stirling Commercial The Homes at East Lake The Townhouses of Emerald Hills The Wood of Emerald Hills T.Y. (Topeekeegee Yugnee) Park Washington Park West Hollywood Sister cities Lecheria, Venezuela Mollendo, Peru Ciudad de la Costa, Uruguay Guatemala City, Guatemala Herzliya, Israel Romorantin-Lanthenay, France Baia Mare, Romania Salvaleón de Higüey, Dominican Republic Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina Transportation Hollywood is served by Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, the 22nd busiest airport in the United States. Broward County Transit operates several bus routes that pass through the city of Hollywood, such as the 1 on US 1 (Federal Highway). It is also served by Tri-Rail stations at Sheridan Street and Hollywood. Television The television game show Hollywood Squares taped a week of shows at the historic Diplomat Hotel in 1987 and featured aerial footage shot over Hollywood, Florida. The Art and Culture Center of Hollywood is the exterior of the police substation in the now cancelled TV show The Glades. The comedy series Big Time in Hollywood, FL is set in Hollywood, Florida. Historic structures Pictured are some of the remaining historic structures of Hollywood: See also Big Time in Hollywood, FL References Bibliography Florida, DK Eyewitness Travel Guides, 2004, pg. 132 External links Hollywood Office of Tourism Hollywood Historical Society Hollywood Gazette Art and Culture Center of Hollywood Items related to Hollywood, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America) Category:Cities in Broward County, Florida Category:Populated coastal places in Florida on the Atlantic Ocean Category:Seaside resorts in Florida Category:Cities in Florida Category:Beaches of Broward County, Florida Category:Beaches of Florida Category:1921 establishments in Florida Category:Populated places established in 1921	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
SCEL (gene) Sciellin is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SCEL gene. The protein encoded by this gene is a precursor to the cornified envelope of terminally differentiated keratinocytes. This protein localizes to the periphery of cells and may function in the assembly or regulation of proteins in the cornified envelope. Transcript variants encoding different isoforms exist. A transcript variant utilizing an alternative polyA signal has been described in the literature, but its full-length nature has not been determined. References Further reading	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Muñoveros Muñoveros is a municipality located in the province of Segovia, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 197 inhabitants. Category:Municipalities in the Province of Segovia	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Christopher Grant (cricketer) Christopher Robert Wellesley Grant (19 December 1935 – 22 October 2017) was an English cricketer active in the late 1960s. Born at Lincoln, Lincolnshire, Grant was a left-handed batsman. He died at Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire. Grant made his debut in first-class cricket for Nottinghamshire against Derbyshire in the 1968 County Championship, with him making two further first-class appearances in 1968 against the touring Australians and Sussex. He scored 125 runs in his three matches, top-scoring with 48. He also made a single appearance in List A cricket in 1968, against Worcestershire in the Gillette Cup. References External links Christopher Grant at ESPNcricinfo Christopher Grant at CricketArchive Category:1935 births Category:2017 deaths Category:Sportspeople from Lincoln, England Category:English cricketers Category:Nottinghamshire cricketers	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Shahrak-e Sadra Shahrak-e Sadra or Shahrak-e Sadara () may refer to: Shahrak-e Sadra, Neyriz Shahrak-e Sadara, Shiraz	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Calleagris kobela Calleagris kobela, the Mrs Raven's flat or Mrs Raven's skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in South Africa, in Afromontane forests from the eastern Cape along the Amatolas and coastal forests to KwaZulu-Natal up to the midlands. The wingspan is 42–44 mm for males and 43–45 mm for females. There is one generation in late summer with peaks from February to March. References Category:Butterflies described in 1864 Category:Tagiadini Category:Butterflies of Africa Category:Taxa named by Roland Trimen	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Switch (company) Switch is a company based in Las Vegas, Nevada, that develops and operates the SUPERNAP data center facilities and provides colocation, telecommunications, cloud services, and content ecosystems. History Switch was founded in 2000 by Rob Roy, CEO and the organization's principal inventor and chief engineer. In 2002, Roy purchased a former Enron facility in Nevada in an auction only attended by Roy since Enron's "fiber plans were so secretive that few people even knew about the auction", with the facility which Enron invested millions of dollar into selling for only $930,000. The facility was built in a rundown area of Las Vegas near E Sahara, constructed right over the "backbone" of fiber optic cables providing service to technology companies nationwide, which Enron sought to use as a way to sell bandwidth to Internet service providers like a commodity. Six years later in 2008, Switch was planning to build its first SUPERNAP facility which would "rival anything being built by the likes of Microsoft and Google" for $350 million, with Roy stating that he could store "four times as much gear as those companies do in his center". Rob Roy holds 218 patents or patent-pending claims for SUPERNAP designs and engineering that have been Tier IV certified by the Uptime Institute. However, in 2017, the company announced that it would no longer pursue certifications by the Uptime Institute, and instead planned to create a non-profit organization to control and define a new data center standard that uses 30 additional metrics and is called Tier 5 Platinum, and that they have plans to follow the new standards. Switch is a CLEC (Competitive Local Exchange Carrier) that sells all telecommunications services. As of July 2015, half of the company's 14 top executives are women. Seventy-percent of the current workforce are veterans. In 2015, the company became the first data center provider in the U.S. to participate in President Barack Obama's American Business Act on Climate Pledge by announcing that they would join the second round of private sector companies participating in this effort. Under this pledge, and following the company's commitment to sustainability, Switch is currently constructing the first of two solar farms, which will provide renewable energy to its data centers. As of January 1, 2016 all Switch data centers are 100% powered by clean and renewable energy. In 2016 Switch joined the WWF/WRI Renewable Buyers’ Principles with a public commitment to have their Michigan data centers also 100% renewably powered. In its 2017 report on the energy footprint of the IT sector, Greenpeace positioned Switch as one of the leaders in clean energy for the company's use of renewable energy in its data centers. Data Centers In 2008, the company opened SUPERNAP 7, a facility, its seventh data center. In 2017, LAS VEGAS 10 opened adding approximately 350,000 square feet of data center space. The Core Campus located in Las Vegas consists of eleven operating data centers spanning over 2 million square feet. At completion of construction, The Core Campus will measure more than 2.3 million square feet with 12 buildings. Power to the data facilities will be generated through two solar generation projects, Switch Station 1 and Switch Station 2. The Switch Stations will produce 179-megawatts of power and were originally part of a joint construction project through First Solar in partnership with NV Energy. In June 2017, EDF Renewable Energy acquired the two solar projects from First Solar. Switch has sued NV Energy for $30 million over disagreements about power price, and in 2016 Switch was allowed to switch from NV Energy to its own solar power plants at an "exit fee" of $27 million. In January, 2015 Switch announced a $4 billion expansion plan to build a new data center campus east of Reno in Storey County. The Citadel Campus at Tahoe Reno Industrial Center (TRIC) is over 1,000 acres and is expected to have more than 7.2 million square feet of data center space at completion. In February 2017, Switch opened its first data center on the campus, TAHOE RENO 1, which will be more than 1.3 million square feet (110,000 m2), have 130 MVA power capacity, and more than 83,000 tons of cooling capability, making it the largest data center campus in the world. This is the first of eight planned data centers to be built at TRIC. In order to connect its Las Vegas and Tahoe-Reno campus, Switch is building the Switch SUPERLOOP fiber network, which will connect Las Vegas to Reno through 500-miles (800 km) of fiber. The Switch SUPERLOOP will extend directly to include Los Angeles and San Francisco. Construction has begun on Switch's Pyramid Campus (former Steelcase Pyramid) in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Switch opened The Pyramid Campus in May 2017. At completion, it will reach up to 1.8 million square-feet making it the largest data center campus in the eastern U.S. SUPERNAP International In 2014, Switch formed SUPERNAP International in partnership with ACDC Fund and its two limited partners Orascom TMT Investments and Accelero Capital to build data centers based on designs from the Tier IV-rated Switch SUPERNAP U.S. facilities. The two new SUPERNAP International campus projects under construction are located in Siziano, Italy slated to open late 2016 and the Chonburi Province, Thailand campus opening in early 2017. The SUPERNAP data center campus in Siziano, Italy will be 452,084 square-feet (42,000 m2) and have 40-megawatt power distributed via two 132kV transmission paths. The US$300 million (11 billion THB) Thailand SUPERNAP data center facility will have capacity for more than 6,000 data server racks. It will cover an area of nearly 75 rai (12 hectares) and is located 27-kilometers away from an international cable landing station linking national and international telecoms and IT carriers. Locations Switch headquarters are in Las Vegas, with data center facilities and Innevation Centers located in northern and southern Nevada. The firm added a campus in Grand Rapids, Michigan and recently announced plans to develop a more than 1 million square foot data center campus in Atlanta, Georgia. Customers Switch has hundreds of clients, including Fortune 1000 companies. According to The Register, "organizations turn to Switch for black-ops projects, spam filtering of the most serious proportions, utility computing projects, data warehouses at casinos, modeling, online games and ordinary e-commerce". Switch developed an over $5 trillion purchasing cooperative to allow customers to collectively purchase telecommunications and other services across all of its campuses. Certifications and awards Switch SUPERNAP 8 data center has received Tier IV Gold Operational Sustainability Certificate from the Uptime Institute, a Tier IV Constructed Facility Certificate and Tier IV Design Certificate. In addition, Switch SUPERNAP 9 has received a Tier IV Gold Operational Sustainability Certificate, a Tier IV Design Certificate and a Tier IV Constructed Facility Certificate. Supercomputers In 2014, the firm announced collaboration with Intel and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas to give university researchers access to a powerful supercomputer. iSupercomputer Cherry Creek will be housed on Switch's campus, with researchers accessing the computer through the SUPERNAP facilities' telecommunications network. In 2017, the firm donated $3.4 million in data center services to the University of Nevada, Reno for a new supercomputer, called Pronghorn. The supercomputer will be housed in the TAHOE RENO 1 data center, and it is expected that the initial hardware installation will be completed in September 2017 Innovation Center The firm has designed a 65,000 square foot Innovation Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. It partnered with the University of Nevada, Reno to develop the northern Nevada-based Innovation Center in Reno which opened in September 2015. The Centers are intended for collaboration between students, entrepreneurs, businesses, investors and non-profits. The Reno center is home to the Nevada Advanced Autonomous Systems Innovation Center (NAASIC). Funded by a grant from Governor's Office of Economic Development, it hosts programs to commercialize stationary robotic and advanced manufacturing systems, unmanned aerial vehicles, driverless cars, and underwater robots. References Relevant Patents U.S. Patent-Integrated wiring system and thermal shield support apparatus for a data center Patent number 8,072,780 December 6, 2011 U.S. Patent-Server system with heat dissipation device Patent number 8,300,402 October 30, 2012 U.S. Patent-Data center air handling unit Patent number 8,469,782 June 25, 2013 U.S. Patent-Electronic equipment data center or co-location facility designs and methods of making and using the same Patent number 8,523,643 September 3, 2013 U.S. Patent-Data center facility design configuration Patent number 9,198,331 November 24, 2015 External links A Look Inside the Vegas SuperNAP, Data Center Knowledge Category:Networking companies of the United States Category:Companies based in Las Vegas Category:Internet mirror services Category:2000 establishments in Nevada Category:Companies established in 2000 Category:Companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange Category:2017 initial public offerings	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Mobile phones on aircraft In the U.S., Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulations prohibit the use of mobile phones aboard aircraft in flight. Contrary to popular misconception, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) does not actually prohibit the use of personal electronic devices (including cell phones) on aircraft. Paragraph (b)(5) of 14 CFR 91.21 leaves it up to the airlines to determine if devices can be used in flight, allowing use of "Any other portable electronic device that the operator of the aircraft has determined will not cause interference with the navigation or communication system of the aircraft on which it is to be used." In Europe, regulations and technology have allowed the limited introduction of the use of passenger mobile phones on some commercial flights, and elsewhere in the world many airlines are moving towards allowing mobile phone use in flight. Many airlines still do not allow the use of mobile phones on aircraft. Those that do often ban the use of mobile phones during take-off and landing. Many passengers are pressing airlines and their governments to allow and deregulate mobile phone use, while some airlines, under the pressure of competition, are also pushing for deregulation or seeking new technology which could solve the present problems. On the other hand, official aviation agencies and safety boards are resisting any relaxation of the present safety rules unless and until it can be conclusively shown that it would be safe to do so. There are both technical and social factors which make the issues more complex than a simple discussion of safety versus hazard. The debate on safety In the United States, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) restricts cell phone usage on aircraft in order to prevent disruption to cellular towers on the ground. As mentioned above, the FAA allows the in-flight use of wireless devices but only after the airline has determined that the device will not interfere with aircraft communication or navigation. One report asserts correlations between the use of mobile phones and other portable electronic devices in flight, and various problems with avionics. Another study concluded that some "portable electronic devices", including laptops, electronic toys and laser pointers, used in the cabin can exceed the aircraft manufacturer's permissible emission levels for safety with regard to some avionics, while they were unsuccessful in duplicating any of the errors suspected to be caused by these devices use in controlled lab conditions. Since these regulations were originally imposed by various international aviation agencies, ultra-low-power devices, such as picocells, have been developed. Reasons for this include improved security, reduction of interference, and to allow safe in-flight use of mobile phones. Many airline companies have now added such equipment to their aircraft. More are expected to do so in the coming years. Electromagnetic interference Electromagnetic interference to aircraft systems is a common argument offered for banning mobile phones (and other passenger electronic devices) on planes. Theoretically, active radio transmitters such as mobile phones, walkie–talkies, portable computers or gaming devices may interfere with the aircraft. Non-transmitting electronic devices also emit electromagnetic radiation, although typically at a lower power level, and could also theoretically affect the aircraft electronics. Collectively, any of these may be referred to as portable electronic devices (PEDs). A NASA publication details the fifty most recent reports to the Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS) regarding "avionics problems that may result from the influence of passenger electronic devices." The nature of these reports varies widely. Some merely describe passengers' interactions with flight crews when asked to stop using an electronic device. Other reports amount to crews reporting an anomaly experienced at the same time a passenger was witnessed using a mobile phone. A few reports state that interference to aircraft systems was observed to appear and disappear as that particular suspect device was turned on and off. One entry in the ASRS, designated ACN: 440557, reports a clear link where a passenger's DVD player induced a 30-degree error in the display of the aircraft's heading, each time the player was switched on. However, this report dates back to 1999 and involves a Boeing 727, an old type of aircraft that is no longer in use by airlines today. A 2003 study involved three months of testing with RF spectrum analyzers and other instruments aboard regular commercial flights, and one passage reads: A 2000 study by the British Civil Aviation Authority found that a mobile phone, when used near the cockpit or other avionics equipment location, will exceed safety levels for older equipment (compliant with 1984 standards). Such equipment is still in use, even in new aircraft. Therefore, the report concludes, the current policy, which restricts the use of mobile phones on all aircraft while the engines are running, should remain in force. Critics of the ban doubt that small battery-powered devices would have any significant influence on a commercial jetliner's shielded electronic systems. Safety researchers Tekla S. Perry and Linda Geppert point out that shielding and other protections degrade with increasing age, cycles of use, and even some maintenance procedures, as is also true of the shielding in PEDs, including mobile phones. Several reports argue both sides of the issue in the same article; on the one hand they highlight the lack of definite evidence of mobile phones causing significant interference, while on the other hand they point out that caution in maintaining restrictions on using mobile phones and other PEDs in flight is the safer course to take. The debate on other issues Social resistance to mobile phone use on flights Many people may prefer a ban on mobile phone use in flight as it prevents undue amounts of noise from mobile phone chatter. AT&T has suggested that in-flight mobile phone restrictions should remain in place in the interests of reducing the nuisance to other passengers caused by someone talking on a mobile phone near them. Competition for airlines' in-flight phone service Skeptics of the ban have suggested that the airlines support the ban because they do not want passengers to have an alternative to the in-flight phone service such as GTE's Airfone. Andy Plews a spokesman for UAL's United Airlines was quoted as saying "We don't believe it's a good safety issue...We'd like people to use the air phones." Current status In flight technology On 31 October 2013, the FAA issued a press release entitled "FAA to Allow Airlines to Expand Use of Personal Electronics" in which it announced that "airlines can safely expand passenger use of Portable Electronic Devices (PEDs) during all phases of flight." This new policy does not include cell phone use in flight, because, as the press release states, "The FAA did not consider changing the regulations regarding the use of cell phones for voice communications during flight because the issue is under the jurisdiction of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)." This FAA press release was quickly followed up by an FCC press release entitled "Chairman Wheeler Statement on In-Flight Mobile Services Proposal" in which FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler states, "modern technologies can deliver mobile services in the air safely and reliably, and the time is right to review our outdated and restrictive rules." This has led to media speculation that the use of cell phones for voice communication on board an aircraft in flight will soon be allowed. Some airlines have installed technologies to allow phones to be connected within the airplane as it flies. Such systems were tested on scheduled flights from 2006 and in 2008 several airlines started to allow in-flight use of mobile phones. Status of specific regions and individual airlines China As of 2018, Chinese regulations (and major carriers including China Southern Airlines, China Eastern Airlines and Air China) permit phone usage in flight mode (with transmitters off). Emirates Airline On 20 March 2008, Emirates flights began allowing in-flight voice calls on some commercial airline flights. European services AeroMobile and OnAir allow the use of personal electronics devices aboard flights. The services are most readily available in Europe and are licensed to specific airlines. Qantas Since 26 August 2014 Qantas permits mobile phones (and other portable electronic devices weighing less than 1 kg) to be switched on during the entire flight, if the devices are in flight mode while on board the aircraft. Jetstar (owned by Qantas) adopted the same arrangements on 30 August 2014. Ryanair On 30 August 2006 the Irish airline Ryanair announced that it would introduce a facility to allow passengers to use their mobile phones in-flight. This service started on 19 February 2009 with 20 of their Dublin-based aircraft. Turkish Airlines Turkish Airlines' stated position is that "Mobile phones interfere with the flight instruments and have a negative effect on flight safety." Mobile phones on corporate jets Dassault Aviation implemented a new concept designated SafeCell on 2 April 2009 when the Falcon 2000 commenced flying. United Kingdom On 18 October 2007 the Office of Communications published proposals for the technical and authorisational approach that would be adopted to allow this for European GSM users on the 1800 MHz band on UK registered aircraft. and on 26 March 2008 Ofcom approved the use of mobile phone-supporting picocells aboard aircraft in the United Kingdom. Airline companies will have to first equip the aircraft with picocells and apply for licences. Regulations and practice in the United States To prevent disruption to the cellular phone network from the effects of fast-moving cell phones at altitude (see Technical discussion, below), the FCC has banned the use of mobile phones on all aircraft in flight. The FCC did, however, allocate spectrum in the 450 MHz and 800 MHz frequency bands for use by equipment designed and tested as "safe for air-to-ground service" and these systems use far more widely separated ground stations than standard cellular systems. In the 450 MHz band co-channel assignments are at least 497 miles apart and in the 800 MHz band only specific sites were authorized by the FCC. The 450 MHz service is limited to "general aviation" users, usually corporate jets, while the 800 MHz spectrum can be used by airliners as well as for general aviation. The 450 MHz spectrum is named AGRAS while the name of the 800 MHz service is under review following an auction of the spectrum in 2006. The FAA in 14 C.F.R § 91.21 prohibits the use of portable electronic devices, including mobile phones, for all commercial flights and for those private flights being made under instrument flight rules (IFR). It does allow that the airline (or, for privately operated aircraft, the pilot) can make an exception to this rule if the operator deems that device safe. This effectively gives the airline, or the private pilot, the final word as to what devices may safely be used aboard an aircraft as far as the FAA is concerned although the FCC restriction still applies. (Note that for aircraft operated by an airline the pilot is not considered the "operator" and cannot legally allow exceptions to the airline's restrictions although the pilot may dictate additional restrictions.) On February 11, 2014, the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure approved the Prohibiting In-Flight Voice Communications on Mobile Wireless Devices Act. The bill would forbid airline passengers from talking on mobile phones during a flight. In September 2014, a bipartisan group of lawmakers opposed the FCC ending the ban on mobile phones aboard, citing safety as one of the main concerns. Regulatory status in Europe In September 2014, the European Aviation Safety Agency removed its ban on mobile phone use during flights. Regulatory status in India On 19 January 2018, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) permitted the use of mobile phones and internet access through Wi-Fi on-board all flights operating in Indian airspace. However, passengers are only permitted to make mobile phone calls when the aircraft is at an altitude of over . TRAI stated that the height restriction was to ensure "compatibility with terrestrial mobile networks". Future technologies A few U.S. airlines have announced plans to install new technology on aircraft which would allow mobile phones to be used on aircraft, pending approval by the FCC and the FAA. This method is similar to that used in most cars on the German ICE train. The aircraft would carry a device known as a picocell. A picocell acts as a miniature base station (like a cellphone tower) communicating with cellphones within the aircraft and relaying the signals to either satellites or a terrestrial-based system. The picocell will be designed and maintained for full compatibility with the aircraft avionics. Communication between the picocell and the rest of the telephone network will be on separate frequencies that do not interfere with either the cellular system or the aircraft's avionics, similarly to the on–board proprietary phone systems already aboard many commercial aircraft. Since the picocell's antennas within the aircraft would be very close to the passengers and inside the aircraft's metal shell both the picocell's and the cell phones' output power could be reduced to very low levels, which would reduce the risk of interference. Such systems have been tested on a few flights within the United States under a waiver from the FCC. ARINC and Telenor have formed a joint venture company to offer such a service aboard commercial aircraft. The cell phone calls are routed via satellite to the ground network and an on-board EMI screening system prevents the cell phones from attempting to contact ground-based networks. These systems are comparatively easy to implement for customers in most of the world where GSM phones operating on one of just two bands are the norm. The multitude of incompatible mobile phone systems in the United States and some other countries makes the situation more difficult—it is not clear if the onboard repeaters will be compatible with all of the different cell-phone protocols (TDMA, GSM, CDMA, iDen) and their respective providers. Technical discussion The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) currently prohibits the use of mobile phones aboard any aircraft in flight. The reason given is that cell phone systems depend on frequency reuse, which allows for a dramatic increase in the number of customers that can be served within a geographic area on a limited amount of radio spectrum, and operating a phone at an altitude may violate the fundamental assumptions that allow channel reuse to work. See also Air-ground radiotelephone service Airplane mode References Notes Further reading Study: Up To 15 Phones Are Left On During Every Flight Study: In-flight cell calls pose risk to planes 'Hello? I'm on the plane': Ryanair passengers will be able to use mobiles on board – at a price 47 CFR § 22.925: Prohibition on airborne operation of cellular telephones External links 14 CFR § 91.21: The FAA rules regarding portable electronic devices Advisory Circular 91.21-1A: Use of portable electronic devices Cell Phones Interfere with Plane Instruments: BUSTED, summary of an episode of MythBusters Category:Aviation risks Category:Mobile telecommunications	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
1991 Darwin 1991 Darwin, provisional designation , is a stony Florian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 5 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 6 May 1967, by Argentine astronomers Carlos Cesco and Arnold Klemola at the El Leoncito Yale–Columbia Southern Station of the Félix Aguilar Observatory in Argentina. It was named for both George and Charles Darwin. Classification and orbit Darwin is a member of the Flora family, one of the largest groups of stony asteroids in the main-belt. It orbits the Sun in the inner main-belt at a distance of 1.8–2.7 AU once every 3 years and 4 months (1,232 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.21 and an inclination of 6° with respect to the ecliptic. It was first observed as at Goethe Link Observatory in 1954, extending the body's observation arc by 13 years prior to its official discovery observation at El Lenoncito. Physical characteristics Darwin has been characterized as a common stony S-type asteroid based on its classification to the Flora family. Rotation period In September 1991, a rotational lightcurve of Darwin was obtained from photometric observations by Polish astronomer Wiesław Wiśniewski. Lightcurve analysis gave a rotation period of 4.7 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.08 magnitude (). Diameter and albedo According to the surveys carried out by the Japanese Akari satellite and NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer with its subsequent NEOWISE mission, Darwin measures between 4.989 and 6.32 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo between 0.16 and 0.28. The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link adopts Pravec's revised WISE data, that is, an albedo of 0.2541 and a diameter of 5.02 kilometers with an absolute magnitude of 13.6. Naming This minor planet was named in memory of English naturalist Charles Darwin (1809–1882), the first to establish the theory of biological evolution. While on research in Argentina, he crossed the Andes relatively near to the Leoncito Astronomical Complex where the minor planet was discovered. The asteroid also honors George Darwin (1845–1912), his second son who was a noted astronomer for his pioneering application of detailed dynamical analyses to problems of cosmogony and geology. The Darwins are also honored by the lunar and Martian craters Darwin. The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 1 April 1980 (). References External links Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info) Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books Asteroids and comets rotation curves, CdR – Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000) – Minor Planet Center 001991 Category:Discoveries by Carlos Ulrrico Cesco Category:Discoveries by Arnold Klemola Category:Minor planets named for people Category:Named minor planets 001991 19670506	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Al posto tuo Al posto tuo () is a 2016 Italian comedy film written by Massimo di Nicola and directed by Max Croci and starring Luca Argentero, Ambra Angiolini and Angela Melillo. Plot Luca Molteni and Rocco Fontana are two creative directors of a company that produces plumbing fixtures, where the first is a single architect by choice, sexy, who lives in a town, while the other is an architect who lives in a country house, married to Claudia and with three children. When they discover the companies they work want to fusion, their German sadic director proposes to them, to win the only position of manager in the new society, a "life exchange": for a week they will have to exchange their homes and adopt the same daily habits of the other. Cast Luca Argentero: as Luca Molteni : as Rocco Fontana Ambra Angiolini: as Claudia Serena Rossi: as Anna : as Ines : as Erminia : as Artois Carolina Poccioni: as Alice : as Salvo Giulietta Rebeggiani: as Sarah Gualtiero Burzi: as Bellatreccia Pia Lanciotti: as Mrs Welter Giulia Greco: as Mara Nicola Stravalaci: as Rosario Haruhiko Yamanouchi: as Dr. Shimura Roberta Mengozzi: as Interprete Angela Melillo: as Alba Riccardo Mandolini: as Salvo See also List of Italian films of 2016 References External links Category:2010s comedy films Category:Italian films Category:Italian comedy films	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Rainey Endowed School Rainey Endowed School,known colloquially as "The Rainey", is a voluntary grammar school in Magherafelt, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The school was founded in 1707 and has an enrolment of 783 pupils. Each year group has a total number of 120 students. The school borders three counties and draws its students from County Londonderry, County Antrim and County Tyrone. It offers the Northern Ireland curricula up to the age of 16 and a range of AS and A2 courses at post 16. It is also a member of a local inter-school program which shares its A-level classes with other schools in the area. History Establishment Rainey Endowed School was founded by Hugh Rainey, an iron smelter and wealthy merchant in the Magherafelt district. He was an elder in the Presbyterian Congregation of Castledawson, which at that time included Magherafelt. As a result of a vow made to God for his protection and favour, he, by his will dated 11 April 1707, devoted one half of his estate to fund a charity school for 24 boys: "sons of parents who were of good report and reduced to poverty". After three years of instruction the boys were to be given a suit of clothes and £2.50 for an apprentice fee. In his will, Hugh Rainey wrote "that what I have left may not only be for a generation or two, but that it may be for many not yet born", and so 'The Rainey' was founded. Development Hugh Rainey died in 1707 and the task of building the school fell to his only child, Elizabeth, and her husband. The school was built in 1713 on land leased from the Salters' Company, and is still on that site today. In 1863 negotiations with the Salters' Company resulted in the development of a new building. On 21 January 1863 the Lord Chancellor of Ireland, confirmed a new scheme of management. In 1864 the Salters' Company built a teachers' residence and a single schoolroom in Rainey Street Magherafelt. Girls were permitted into the school at the end of the 19th century. The school motto, taken from the Salters Company, is Sal Sapit Omnia, translated as Salt savours all. Background As of the academic year 2008-2009 pupils on roll were marked at 697 with four classes in each year. Teachers were numbered at male 21 and female 27. There were more than 20 subjects at Key Stage 4. It was over-subscribed, with 1.4 applications per place. There is a heavy emphasis on extra-curricular activity, including drama, public-speaking, choirs, orchestras, Scripture Union. Sport is a dominant feature, especially rugby, hockey, tennis, and athletics. 1st XV won subsidiary bowl of Schools' Cup; winners of North Easter seven-a-side rugby competition. The Rainey Under 14 hockey team won the Junior Cup beating Friends School, Lisburn in the final in 2008/09. The school has a strong musical traditions, with choirs, orchestras; traditional Irish musical groups, encouragement of solo performance, and drama productions. More than 100 pupils take part in the Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme; 25 raised £35,000 for Gold Expedition in Kenya, with half of the money given to a charitable organisation that funds primary education in Nairobi. There has been a recent emphasis by the sixth form on charity fundraising; large amounts have been raised for tsunami appeal, Leukaemia Research, and Cystic Fibrosis Trust. Plans were announced in April 2004 for a new £14.3 million school to be built. The Sunday Times Parent Power selected the school to be Secondary School of the year 2016 for Northern Ireland. Notable Old Raineyites Joseph Burns, Unionist politician Erwin Gabathuler, nuclear physicist Wendy Houvenaghel (née McClean), Olympic cyclist and former Royal Air Force dentist Ian McCrea, Democratic Unionist Party MLA Patsy McGlone, Social Democratic and Labour Party MLA Philip Maini, Professor of Mathematical Biology at the University of Oxford Rodney Orpheus, musician and author Laura Pyper, actress External links Rainey Endowed School Category:Grammar schools in County Londonderry Category:Educational institutions established in the 1710s * Category:1713 establishments in Ireland Category:Magherafelt	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
New York City Parks Enforcement Patrol The New York City Department of Parks and Recreation maintains a unit of full-time and seasonal uniformed officers who enforce parks department rules and regulations, as well as New York State laws within the jurisdiction of New York City parks. Established in 1981, NYC Parks Enforcement Patrol officers patrol on foot, bicycle, horseback, in marked sedans, vans, scooters, carts, ATVs, SUVs and trucks. Parks Enforcement officers are responsible for protecting NYC Park land, waterways under the jurisdiction of the Department of Parks and Recreation, city owned monuments, and public pools. PEP officers are responsible for enforcing quality of life laws, the New York City Administrative Code, New York State Penal Law, Parks’ Rules and Regulations, and acting as Parks’ ambassadors. History The history of the Park Enforcement Patrol Officers can be traced back to 1919, when the concept of the Parks Enforcement Patrol was first thought of by Bronx Parks Commissioner Joe Hennessy, who reported in the "1919 Annual Report of the Department of Parks" the "necessity of a proper protective force" to be established. The following year in his 1920 annual report to the mayor, Commissioner Hennessy once again pushed for a full-time park police force. On page 16 of the 1920 annual report he wrote that "Vandalism is ever present. It can never be checked until the Parks Department has a force of keepers with police authority" and he recommended that the "Park protectors should be under control of Park Commissioners absolutely". In 1920, legislature was passed for the creation of a force of park keepers for NYC parks but the city refused to approve it and authorize funding. In an effort to show the mayor the effectiveness of a park patrol force in hopes of having a full-time force established, Commissioner Hennessy created volunteer park inspectors (later called "Auxiliary Park Inspectors") to patrol the Bronx parks during the day. According to his "1919 annual report of the Department of Parks", the first park inspector he appointed was Inspector William Blackie. Inspector Blackie was injured on Columbus Day 1919 while attempting to arrest two men poaching song birds in Van Cortlandt Park. Despite the objection of the New York City Police Department, Commissioner Hennessy established the first Park Patrol Harbor unit when he obtained two small motor boats from the Navy which he immediately put into service and had park staff patrol the waterways of the Hutchinson River. In 1922, Commissioner Henessy (through his annual report) requested the mayor to establish special magistrates to deal with park related violations the same day the violator was arrested, provide police authority to the parks commissioners (each borough had a commissioner), and provide funding for a park patrol unit because the New York City Police officers "detailed to the Bronx parks in the summer on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays are not anxious to serve summonses or enforce the ordinances" Despite the recommendation to create a NYC Parks Police Department, it was not established but in 1981 the current agency was formed. Staffing As of 2016, the agency employed on estimate 300+ officers. After the end of the year 2016, there are going to be, on estimate, about 180 more officers on the field . Numbers have fallen due to budget constraints and personnel leavings. As of 2014, there were 280 officers with the expectancy of 400 officers by the year 2015. To address the need for additional PEP officers and to ensure that more City parks receive the benefit of having PEP officers present, the Council allocated $5 million in the Fiscal 2015 budget for 80 additional PEP officers. However, because the funding was not base-lined, it is not included in the Fiscal 2016 Preliminary Budget. The Council urges the Administration to increase the baseline funding for PEP officers in Fiscal 2016 by $5 million for 80 additional PEP officers, bringing the total number of PEP officers to 360, including 98 that are privately funded in Fiscal 2016. Ranks Following a paramilitary model, There are five titles (referred to as ranks) in the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation, Parks Enforcement Patrol: Power, Authority and Equipment New York City Park Enforcement Officers hold NYC Special Patrolmen status and have very limited authority under CPL 2.10 line 27. They have the power to make warrantless arrests, issue criminal and civil summonses, as well as carry and utilize handcuffs and batons. Training As of 2016, parks enforcement officer attend an 11-week peace officer training academy at Randall's Island. Training encompasses physical fitness, ethics, customer service, criminal procedure and penal law, parks rules and regulations, summons writing, verbal Judo, traffic control, NYC Parks & Urban Park Ranger history, animal rescue (domestic/wildlife), Ranger duties, ice rescue training, CPR and first aid, unarmed self-defense training and baton (PR-24) certification. Urban Park Rangers Begun in 1979 NYC Urban Park Rangers are a separate division within the department, and although they do have peace officer powers through Special Patrolman status, their primary function is to link New Yorker's to the natural world through public education. Unlike the Parks Enforcement officers, who have a primary mission of law enforcement in the parks. Rangers operate out of the city's seven nature centers and lead nature-oriented programs. Like PEP, they patrol in marked vehicles. Rangers are also responsible for handling injured, abandoned, or displaced wild animals found in the city's parks. Mounted Auxiliary Unit Begun in 1996 the NYC Parks Enforcement Patrol Mounted Auxiliary Unit is a volunteer unit within the department. This unit is made up of private citizens who volunteer their time by working with officers of the Parks Enforcement Patrol. Auxiliary officers patrol in full uniform and on horseback in various NYC parks, and "ensure the preservation of the natural and living resources in the city's parks, as well as the safety of those utilizing the parks, by maintaining a clearly visible presence. They monitor areas that are not accessible by vehicle; they deter, identify and report illegal or unsafe activities that require Parks Enforcement Patrol or police attention; and they advise the public on park rules and regulations." As an IRS 501C Corporation, the Auxiliary solicits funding to purchase horses, tack and provide training for both the Volunteers and the Professional Officers. Since inception it has provided several hundred thousand dollars towards the operation of the Mounted Unit, including the Capital Construction of a new barn. Former Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe was quoted as saying "there is some doubt that the Parks Department could afford to run a mounted unit without the Mounted Auxiliary." Auxiliary officers do not have powers beyond a citizen and cannot make arrests. For this reason a typical patrol will include a PPEP Officer and an Auxiliary Officer. By combining the two, the manpower of the Parks Enforcement Patrol is significantly increased at no cost to the City. Should the team come upon a situation requiring enforcement, the PEP Officer can deal with it while the Auxiliary Officer covers the Officer's back and radios the situation to Parks Central and if needed will ask for additional help. " Union Representation Urban Park Rangers and Associate Urban Park Rangers (Sergeants) are represented by DC37 Local 983, a civil service employees union. The union is currently headed by President Joseph Puleo. See also List of law enforcement agencies in New York Law enforcement in New York City New York city New York State Park Police United States Park Police References External links NYC Comptrollers Audit of the Parks Enforcement Patrol DC37 Local 983, NYC Motor Vehicle Operators Category:New York City Department of Parks and Recreation Category:Specialist police departments of New York (state) Parks Enforcement Patrol	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Westridge, Rawalpindi Westridge is a housing scheme in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, which dates back to 1880 when the British Army first came into this area and established its cantonment in Rawalpindi. Amongst a few other Military Units it set up here. Initially, a few units of Signals Battalion were established here in 1916. Later on, a few other military units were moved in an effort to strengthen the hold of British Army in Rawalpindi. These units consisted of Frontier Force, Air Defense, and Artillery. Later on, Special Communication Organization was also transferred here. In 1960, Cantonment Board allowed establishment of 3 housing schemes, namely Westridge 1, Westridge 2, and Westridge 3 in this area. As a result, Army Housing Directorate (Renamed to DHA in 1979) announced residential schemes for Army and Civilian personnel. The population increased in due course of time and thousands of houses were constructed in the area to allow a high end life style community that offer cultural as well as educational facilities. At present it is among the most expensive residential areas in Rawalpindi, which is partly due to its proximity to Islamabad. Educational Army Public School Fauji Foundation School Academia de Paradox Grammar Foundation School Beaconhouse School System The City School Pakistan Quality Zia Ur Rehman Teaching Hospital Bahria School For Girls and Boys Local markets Headlines Beauty Clinic & Studios Westridge Bazar Pasban Welfare Complex CSD (Canteen Stores Department) - Westridge 1 Allah Abad Market - Westridge 3 CSD - Westridge 3 Sunset Motel and BBQ - Peshawar Road. Westridge Since year 1985, civilian purchase of land and houses skyrocketed in this area, and as a result, the current population is a mix of Civil and Military population. Category:Rawalpindi District Category:Housing in Pakistan	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Request For Evidence A Request For Evidence (RFE), is a request issued by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services to petitioners for residency, citizenship, family visas, and employment visas. Examples of petitions for which a RFE may be issued are Form I-129 (alien worker authorization), Form I-140 (immigrant worker authorization), and Form I-130 (family visas). Situations where it is used The RFE is intended for use in cases where the adjudicator (the person evaluating the petition) believes that there is not enough evidence to approve the petition, but also believes that the petition may be redeemable, and that there is no clear factual or statutory basis for denial. The RFE, when used, should be as clear as possible about what types of additional evidence are needed to fill in the gap, and what inconsistencies or problems have been found in the evidence submitted so far. It is not intended for use for the adjudicator's reassurance in cases where there is enough evidence to approve the petition. The RFE is sent to, and the response must be sent by, the petitioner (or the attorney representing the petitioner, in cases where the petition is filed through an attorney) rather than the beneficiary. Related communications Differences with NOID The following are some key differences between the RFE and the Notice of Intent to Deny (NOID): Likelihood of denial: The RFE is issued when there is significant uncertainty about whether the petition will be approved, whereas the NOID is generally used when a denial is quite likely. Accompanying information: A RFE comes with a list of additional types of evidence needed. A NOID comes equipped with a list of reasons for denial. While the two lists are somewhat related (insofar as a reason for denial translates to a piece of evidence that could overturn the denial) they have different framings. Time given to respond: The time given to respond to a RFE is generally greater than that for a NOID. Request for clarification In cases where the USCIS simply needs answers to a few specific questions (such as a complete translation), it simply issues a Request for Clarification instead of a RFE. Tips for avoiding RFEs Submitting clear and complete documentation in the petition itself can minimize the need for RFEs. The USCIS website offers the following tips to avoid RFEs: Inconsistencies in documents should be explained and evidence to reconcile the inconsistencies should be included. Unavailability of documents should be explained with clear evidence. Probative value: Some kinds of documents are considered more authoritative and have more probative value. For instance, income tax returns have more probative value than letters from family or friends. Incomplete translations should be avoided. Any documents being submitted in a language other than English must be translated in their entirety. Types of evidence requested RFEs typically request one or more of the following types of evidence: ability of employer to pay periods of current or prior stay in the United States prior work experience educational details or evaluation documents supporting claims of exceptional ability or outstanding research Response protocol The time within which the response to a RFE must be sent is indicated on the RFE. It generally varies between 30 and 90 days. If no response is received within the time indicated on the RFE, the USCIS will process the application without considering the additional evidence, which in most cases means a denial (because petitions where there was enough evidence to accept should not have RFEs in the first place). The petitioner has only one chance to respond to a RFE, The petitioner can submit all the requested evidence. The petitioner can "partially respond" by submitting some of the requested evidence. The USCIS will use the partial submission along with the earlier submission to evaluate the petition. The petitioner can choose not to respond, so a final decision will be based on the original petition. This usually means a denial. The petitioner can withdraw the petition. When responding to a RFE, the petitioner may attach additional pieces of evidence over and above those explicitly requested in the RFE. Relation with processing timeline The expected processing time for petitions is generally defined as the time till an approval, denial, RFE, or NOID is issued. Therefore, the time taken while waiting for a response from the petitioner is not counted as part of the processing time. After the petitioner responds, the expected additional processing time is comparable with the processing time for a complete first application. For petitions that request the Premium Processing Service, the expected processing time to a first response (approval, denial, RFE, or NOID) is 15 days, and the time after receiving a response to the RFE is another 15 days. See also Notice of Intent to Deny Notice of Intent to Revoke USCIS processing times References External links USCIS Policy and Procedural Memoranda on Requests for Evidence (RFE) Category:United States immigration law Category:United States Citizenship and Immigration Services	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Oboe concerto No. 1 (Krommer) The oboe concerto No.1 in F major, opus 37, is an oboe concerto composed by the Czech composer Franz Krommer. Structure The concerto consists of three movements: Allegro Adagio Rondo. Allegro References Category:Oboe concertos	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Giszowiec Giszowiec (German: Gieschewald) is an eastern district of the city of Katowice (Silesian Voivodeship, Poland), created as a coal miners' settlement in 1907. Initially consisting of about 3,300 miners and their families, the district's population have grown over the years to over 18,000. Although Giszowiec's architectural originality suffered major damages in the 1970s and 1980s due to large scale urbanization, its early unique character can be still felt in the surviving miners' housings, the marketplace, numerous individual buildings and structures, as well as the relatively well preserved general design of a "Garden city". Location Giszowiec is located some 7 kilometers southeast from the center of Katowice and its geographical coordinates are 50° 14' N, 19° 04' O coordinates: 50° 14' N, 19° 04' O. Its boundaries are marked in the north by the motorway A4, in the west by the international European route E75, while in the south and in the east, Giszowiec borders the nearby city of Mysłowice. The settlement is somewhat isolated from other Katowice districts and is surrounded by green areas and forests. The neighboring districts are Murcki (3 kilometers to the southwest), as well as Janów and Nikiszowiec in the north. History Beginnings The settlement of Giszowiec does not have a long history. The company "Georg von Giesches Erben", which in late 19th century owned many mines in Upper Silesia, planned its own settlement for workers, and therefore Colonie Gieschewald was founded 1907. Structure of the colony The leading director of the settlement was Anton Uthemann, who came up with the basic project. This work was completed by George and Emil Zillmann, architects from Charlottenburg, who designed the settlement inspired by Ebenezer Howard's idea of the "Garden city". In just three years the project was completed: high living standard houses for 600 families were built, with four main streets leading to the central marketplace (today called Plac pod Lipami - Square under the Linden Trees). The settlement had its own institutions, a hotel, department stores, a swimming pool and a water tower. Some dwellings were offered to those miners who lived without family. Most inhabitants worked for the Giesche coal mine (today: Wieczorek coal mine), and the total cost of the colony was estimated at 5 million German Marks. In 1914, a narrow-gauge railway to Janów was opened. Throughout its early history the colony was an independent municipality. Silesian Uprisings Inhabitants of the settlement took active part in the Silesian Uprisings, and during the Plebiscite in Upper Silesia, over 70% locals voted for Poland. Giszowiec in Poland On 20 June 1922 Gieschewald was renamed Giszowiec and became part of the new Autonomous Silesian Voivodeship and was since then part of the Second Polish Republic. In the subsequent years, numerous Polish associations, among them also a choir were created. Giszowiec lost its independent status in 1924, when it was incorporated into the new municipality of Janów. German troops occupied the settlement on 4 September 1939. During the occupation, the Nazis tried to destroy everything related to Poland, including a monument of the Silesian Uprising. On 27 January 1945, Red Army captured Giszowiec. After the Second World War, Giszowiec was merged with Szopienice, but later this decision was voided. In the course of time the appearance of the colony changed. 1964 were established in the area of the colony after hard coal finds the Staszic Steinkohlebergwerk. In order to take up the inflow of new workers, new populated areas were proven. It was decided that the colony should be torn off and be established in the area a new settlement with zehnstoeckigen blocks of flats. Thus 1969 the Stanisław Staszic housing development was built, which approximated in the next decades ever more near to the old colony. In the western part and East part new disk's buildings replaced the old brick houses, and the colony began to lose their old character of a company-owned housing estate. With the resolutions of the responsible curator of 1978 and 1987 to place the old land development under monument protection the colony could be saved fortunately. In the nineties was begun to maintain and also restore the historical settlement. Nevertheless, only one third of the old land development remained. 1984 were begun with the building of the Barbarapfarrkirche in the Staszic settlement. Giszowiec is also today still surrounded by forest and is by its relatively large distance to the urban tightness, a popular local recreation place for the inhabitants of the whole city and, since it is the only garden city in Poland, gladly visited and also inhabited. The houses of the colony were transferred 1999 of the city Katowice, since the houses become sold at private people. Education In the old colony there is an elementary school number 51(Szkoła Podstawowa nr 51) with approximately 1000 pupils. School building was constructed in 1993 and is the newest in Giszowiec. The two high schools are older. In the seventies the Konopnicka High School (Gimnazjum numer 16 imienia Marii Konopnickiej) was established, the school chronicles go back however until 1908, thus the beginnings of the Gieschewalder school history. Here there are 400 pupils. In addition there exists another high school (Gimnazjum nr 15), with 374 pupils. Worth seeing Colony Gieschewald with received allocation of road and work houses (1907–1910) Water tower from the time of origin of the colony Forest areas in the environment Literature H.von Reuffurth, Gieschewald ein neues oberschlesisches Bergarbeiterdorf der Bergwerksgesellschaft, Kattowitz 1910 Lech Szaraniec: Osady i Osiedla Katowic. Katowice 1996 (book concerning the city Kattowitz and their quarters with German summary) Leszek Jabłołski, Maria Kaźmierczak: Na trasie Ekspresu Giszowiec Nikiszowiec Szopienice. Przewodnik po dzielnicach Katowic. CRUX, Katowice o.J., (leaders by the quarters Giszowiec, Nikiszowiec and Szopienice with English summary) External links Unofficial site about Giszowiec Category:Districts of Katowice	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Rhynchomys labo Rhynchomys labo is a species of shrewlike rat in the subfamily Murinae. It was discovered at elevations above 1250 m on Mt. Labo of the Bicol Peninsula of Luzon in the Philippines and described in 2019. References Category:Rhynchomys Category:Mammals described in 2019	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Iosif Kheifits Iosif Yefimovich Kheifits (; – 24 April 1995) was a Soviet film director, winner of two Stalin Prizes (1941, 1946), People's Artist of USSR (1964), Hero of Socialist Labor (1975). Member of the Communist Party of Soviet Union since 1945. Life and career Kheifets was born 17 December 1905 in Minsk. In 1927 he graduated from the Leningrad Technical-screen art, and in 1928 - cinema faculty of Institute of History of Art. In 1928, Iosif Kheifets came to work at the film studio "Sovkino" (now - Lenfilm Studio). In film, he first made his debut as a screenwriter, with Aleksandr Ivanov and Aleksandr Zarkhi he created the scripts for films "Moon on the left" and "Transportation of fire". Then, Iosif Kheifits became a director, while from 1928 to 1950 he worked with Alexander Zarkhi, headed the 1st Komsomol stage brigade of the Leningrad factory "Sovkino" (now Lenfilm Studio), releasing films on the Soviet youth- "Wind in the face"(1930), "Noon" (1931), the comedy "Hectic Days" (1935). "Baltic Deputy" (1937), with deep historical and psychological truth, great artistic power, showed how great Russian scientist Professor Polezhayev (referring to Kliment Timiryazev, starring Nikolay Cherkasov) joined October revolution. A significant piece of cinema became "Member of the Government" (1939), film centered on the image of a Russian peasant woman (starring Vera Maretskaya), who took the difficult path from a farmhand to a deputy of the Supreme Soviet. Together with Zarkhi he set such films as "His name is Sukhebaator" (1942), "Malakhov Kurgan" (1944), the documentary "The defeat of Japan" (1945). In 1950s he directed such famous films as "A Big Family", "Rumyantsev Case", "My dear man". Then Iosif Kheifits turned towards the Russian classics, filmed works of Anton Chekhov, Ivan Turgenev, Aleksandr Kuprin - "Lady with the Dog", "Good bad man", "Asya", "Shurochka". In 1970 his film Hail, Mary! entered the 7th Moscow International Film Festival. In 1975 he was a member of the jury at the 9th Moscow International Film Festival. Deep disclosure of the inner nature of characters, fine understanding of cinematic language and expressive details cab be listed as distinctive features of his work. His films brightly and und unexpectedly opened creative individualities of may actors, such as Iya Savvina, Alexei Batalov, Anatoly Papanov, Oleg Dal, Vladimir Vysotsky, Lyudmila Maksakova, Ada Rogovtseva, Elena Koreneva, Stanislav Sadalskiy. Many times the director's work were honored with various film awards, including Cannes Film Festival. Last work of Heifits was dramatic film 'Vagrant Bus", which was released in 1989. Iosif Kheifits died 24 April 1995. He was buried at the cemetery in Komarovo. Filmography Directing work Assistant director 1928 - Luna Sleva (The Moon Is to the Left) 1930 - Transport Ognya (Transport of Fire) Director 1930 - Wind in the Face 1931 - Noon 1933 - My Motherland 1935 - Hectic Days 1936 - Baltic Deputy 1939 - Member of the Government 1942 - His Name Is Sukhe-Bator 1944 - The Last Hill 1946 - In the Name of Life 1948 - The precious grains 1950 - The Lights of Baku 1953 - Spring in Moscow 1954 - A Big Family 1955 - The Rumyantsev Case 1958 - My Beloved 1961 - The Horizon 1960 - Lady with the Dog 1963 - Day of Happiness 1966 - In S. City 1971 - Hail, Mary! 1973 - Bad good man 1975 - The only one 1977 - Asya 1979 - First Time Married 1983 - Shurotchka 1986 - The Accused 1988 - Whose Are You, Old People? 1989 - Vagrant bus Written scenarios 1928 - Moon on the left 1935 - Hot denechki 1939 - Member of the Government 1944 - Malakhov Kurgan 1986 - Defendant 1989 - Vagrant bus Awards and prizes Stalin Prize, second class (1941); for the film "Baltic Deputy" (1936) Stalin Prize of the first degree (1946); for the documentary "The defeat of Japan" (1945) People's Artist of the USSR (1964) Hero of Socialist Labor (1975) References External links Film Reference - Heifitz, Iosif Category:1905 births Category:1995 deaths Category:People from Minsk Category:People from Minsk Governorate Category:Belarusian Jews Category:Communist Party of the Soviet Union members Category:Soviet film directors Category:Soviet screenwriters Category:Male screenwriters Category:High Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors faculty Category:Socialist realism Category:People's Artists of the USSR Category:Heroes of Socialist Labour Category:Recipients of the Order of Lenin Category:Stalin Prize winners Category:Recipients of the Order of Friendship of Peoples	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
List of Henry vacuum cleaners Henry is a series of canister vacuum cleaners which were first made by Numatic International in 1981, and are most notable for their human-like faces, which are often considered cute, on their bodies or heads. They come in a variety of colours, names and sizes, and have a wide range of additional tools, but some models in the series have been discontinued since their introduction. Current main-series vacuums This is a list of current Henry models which are being manufactured in the main series, which means they have "Henry" or another name on their caps and a face on their bodies. Some models do not have names, and as a result, only have "Numatic" on their caps, and in certain cases other words such as "Micro-filter". There are a total of fourteen current main-series Henry vacuums. Some models have been out for numerous years, meaning many of these models' looks have been changed over time, but the parts, power and bag size have stayed the same. Henry (HVR200) - Red, base model. Originally released without rewinding cable as model HVC200, but one was added at a later date. Also available in blue, green and yellow at one time. On early models, the face was also three stickers that had to be applied manually. Henry Professional (HVR240) - A slightly larger version of the standard (9-litre) model for professional and retail applications. Henry (and Hetty) Compact (HVR160 and HET160) - Smaller and more compact versions of the standard Henry models, 6-litre capacity. Henry Cordless (HVB160) - A more compact version of the standard Henry model running off two 36-volt batteries, 6-litre capacity. Henry Xtra (HVX200 and HVX160) - A version of the standard (9-litre) Henry model designed for carpet care and cleaning pet hairs. A smaller and more compact version of this model (which, like all the other "compact" Henry models, has a 6-litre capacity) also exists. Henry Micro (HVR200M) - A version of the standard (9-litre) Henry model designed for reducing exposure to dust-related allergens. Henry Allergy (HVA160) - A smaller, light blue version of the standard Henry model for capturing allergens, 6-litre capacity. Henry Wash (HVW370) - A larger, dark blue version unlike any one of the standard Henry models, carpet cleaner, 15-litre capacity. Charles (CVC370) - Larger blue wet-and-dry vacuum with a 15-litre dry and a 9-litre wet capacity which was also available in red, green and yellow at one time. In the late 1980s, this model and some others were also manufactured with a cream-and-brown colour scheme. George (GVE370) - Larger green "all-in-one" vacuum with a 15-litre dry and a 9-litre wet capacity which was also available in red, blue and yellow at one time. In 2015 the then-Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, was called on to help make several blue instances of this model when he visited Numatic International's manufacturing plant in Chard, Somerset. James (JVP180) - Yellow, professional vacuum and high performance with a caddy top and an 8-litre capacity. Originally introduced in 2002 as model NNV200 and coloured purple, it was rereleased at a later date (and its colour was changed from yellow to blue in 2019). Harry (HHR200) - Green, originally released under the name of "Henry Hound" in 2003 and designed specifically for pet owners. Hetty (HET200) - Short for Henrietta, pink "feminine" version of Henry, introduced in 2007 to be marketed towards females. The face on this model is different from that of all the other ones' because it has long eyelashes. Current secondary-series vacuums This is a list of current Henry models which are being manufactured in the secondary series, which means they have "Numatic" on their cap rather than a name (however, they still have a face on their bodies). These vacuums are often very similar to main-series ones but opt to not use the names for more industrial reasons. The PSP240 is also the basis for what the (now-discontinued) Bertie and Jack later became. PPR240, PPR370 and NBV190 - Red in colour and similar to the Henry Professional (HVR240), the now-discontinued Edward (EVR370) and the standard Henry (HVR200) respectively (however, their power switches are on the fronts of their caps as opposed to the backs of them). PSP180, PSP240 and PSP370 - Blue in colour with caddy tops and similar to both versions of James (NNV200 and JVP180) respectively. NRP240 - Green in colour and resembling a smaller version of George (GVE370), its power switches are also on the front of its cap. Mops Numatic International have also made a total of two mops in their line of Henry products. These two mops are the only ones they have ever made, and they are still currently in production (they also have an image of the faces from the Henry and Hetty vacuum cleaners on them). Henry (and Hetty) Spray Mop (HM40) - Red and pink in colour respectively, to match the Henry and Hetty vacuum cleaners themselves. Discontinued and low-production vacuums These Henry models have either been discontinued or put into a lower production state by Numatic International. These can still be bought online or in electronics stores if retailers still have them and/or are receiving them from the shorter amount being produced by Numatic. Henry (HVC200) - The original version of the first Henry vacuum cleaner which did not have a rewinding cable is now discontinued. Henry (HVR160, HVR200 and HVR240) - All earlier models of these three Henrys besides their current versions are now discontinued. Henry Turbo (HVR200T) - This Henry model which came with a 24-volt turbo-electric self-adjusting power brush is now discontinued. Basil (NB200) - Yellow, lower-cost version of Henry which was also available in red, blue and green. Its colour was later changed to lime green when it was rereleased as a Halloween special edition in 2005, but it had become discontinued by the end of that year. Edward (EVR370) - Larger red vacuum with a 15-litre capacity that was also available in blue, green and yellow, now discontinued. James (JVC200) - An older version of James which had a metal body. Gray, originally introduced in 1985 without a rewinding cable, and looking more like Henry than the current model does, it was later rereleased with a rewinding cable in 1988 but is now discontinued. David (JVR225) - Green, introduced alongside George and another green vacuum with a 15-litre capacity called "William" in 1990 as model DVR200, now discontinued. William was a lower-cost version of Charles that did not last very long before it was also discontinued. Wendy (NV250) - Numatic's first "female" vacuum cleaner. Green, introduced in 1997 as a Machine Mart exclusive, now discontinued. Bertie (PSP200A) - Orange, introduced in 2013 as a B&Q limited edition with a caddy top like that of James, now discontinued. John and Lewis (JL150) - Green and indigo, introduced in 2014 as a John Lewis and Partners limited edition, now discontinued. Jack (PSP200-11) - Blue, introduced in 2015 as a Tesco limited edition with a caddy top like that of James, now discontinued. Henry (HVR235-11) - Introduced in 2016 as a limited edition to commemorate Henry's thirty-fifth anniversary, this Henry model was technically just a standard HVR200 that had been manufactured to replicate the appearance of an earlier one, and it is now discontinued. NV200, NV250, NRV200, NRV200T and NRV370 (secondary series) - All red in colour, these models (the second of which was one of the first Numatic vacuum cleaners with a face in 1979, and the basis for what the now-discontinued Wendy later became) are now discontinued. Nuvac VNP180-11 and VNR200-2 (secondary series) - Both gray in colour, these named secondary-series models are also discontinued. NVP180, NVP200, NVP200T and NVP370 (secondary series) - All gray in colour, these secondary-series models are again discontinued. References Category:Vacuum cleaners Category:Home appliance brands Category:Technology-related lists	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
St Mary the Virgin's Church, Wiggenhall St Mary the Virgin's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the civil parish of Wiggenhall St Germans, Norfolk, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. The church stands at the end of a lane to the north of the village of Wiggenhall St Mary the Virgin, some south of King's Lynn. It is notable particularly for the quality of carving of its wooden fittings. History The north and south doorways date from the 13th century, and the rest of the church from about 1400. It was restored in 1862 by G. E. Street. Architecture Exterior The church is constructed in carrstone and brick. The aisles have lead roofs, and the nave and chancel are slated. Its plan consists of a nave with a clerestory and North and south aisles, a south porch, a chancel and a west tower. Its architectural style is Perpendicular, and it is said to be a "fine example" of this style. The tower is in three stages, and has angle buttresses and stair turrets. In the lowest stage is a west window in Perpendicular style. The middle stage contains lancet windows. In the top stage are two-light Perpendicular bell openings. The parapet is battlemented. The east and west windows of the aisles contain three-light Perpendicular windows, and in their side walls are two-light windows. The south porch is in brick and it has a tunnel vault. Above the exterior doorway is a sundial dated 1742. On both sides of the porch are two-light Perpendicular windows. The south door dates from the 13th century, and has two orders of columns. The clerestory has five windows on each side. On the north side is another 13th-century door with two orders of columns. The chancel contains two two-light windows on the south side, and one similar window and a priest's door on the north side. The Perpendicular east window has four lights. Interior Inside the church are five-bay arcades between the nave and the aisles. The chancel contains a piscina. The dado of the chancel screen, which dates from a period between about 1500 and 1525, is in two bays on each side. Each side is divided into two panels, all of which contain paintings of saints. The pulpit dates from the early 17th century and has an associated reading desk and sounding board. In the southeast of the church is a parclose screen dating from the early 16th century which has a frieze of Perpendicular tracery. The font cover dated 1625 is elaborate. It consists of four columns supporting an arcade with pendants, and has a conical roof with a ball finial on which is a vulning pelican. The brass lectern is dated 1518. The benches date from about 1500, or earlier, and are carved with pierced patterns, tracery, figures of saints in niches, crenellated buttresses, animals and poppyheads. In the north aisle is a monument to Sir Henry Kervil who died in 1624. It consists of an alabaster tomb chest on which lie the recumbent effigies of Sir Henry and his wife. On the wall above this is a blank tablet surrounded by Corinthian columns supporting an entablature containing a coat of arms. A brass in the floor of the south aisle is to the memory of Sir Robert Kervile, and is in the shape of a heart. Sir Robert died abroad, his wife retrieved his heart and buried it in the church. The two-manual organ was built in 1880 by G.M. Holdich, and was donated to the church by the squire, George Helsham. There is a ring of six bells. The oldest two of these were cast in 1638 by John Draper, one bell was cast in 1765 by Joseph Eayre, and the remaining three are dated 1873, cast by John Warner and Sons. See also List of churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust in the East of England References External links Photographs of the exterior and the interior, including the carvings and the paintings on the chancel screen Category:Grade I listed churches in Norfolk Category:Church of England church buildings in Norfolk Category:English Gothic architecture in Norfolk Category:Churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust Category:G. E. Street buildings	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Pierre Grelot Pierre Grelot (Paris, 6 February 1917 - Orleans, 22 June 2009) was a French Roman Catholic priest, biblical scholar and theologian. He had an expert knowledge of aramaic and was a specialist in Paul's letters. Biography Grelot studied at St. Louis School, in Montargis. He decided to follow religious life and he was ordained a Roman Catholic priest in 1941. He became a teacher at the Seminary of Orleans and afterwards at the Institut Catholique de Paris, from 1961 to 1983. He became an honorary teacher of the Institute in 1985. He presented his thesis in Theology, Èxègese Littérale, Éxègese Spirituelle, in 1949. He had an important role in the renewal of the Biblical studies in France with his books, Introduction aux Livres Saints (1954) and Pages Bibliques (1954), which were reissued several times and had translations in several different languages. Grelot was a counsellor of the Bishops' Conference of France and a member of the Pontifical Biblical Commission, from 1972 to 1983. He participated in the TV series Corpus Christi (1997), exhibited at the Arte channel, about the Gospels. He was quoted by Pope Benedict XVI in his book Jesus of Nazareth (2007). He had controversies with other biblical scholars who opposed a late dating of the New Testament writings; he wrote his book L'origine des Évangiles (1985) in opposition to the view held by Jean Carmignac. Works Dialogues avec un musulman, Cerf, Paris, 2004. Une lecture de l'épître aux Hébreux, Éditions du Cerf, 2003. Le langage symbolique dans la Bible, Éditions du Cerf, 2001. L'Épître de saint Paul aux Romains. Une lecture pour aujourd'hui, Éditions Saint-Paul, 2001. Corps et sang du Christ en gloire, Éditions du Cerf, 1999. Jésus de Nazareth, Christ et Seigneur, Éditions du Cerf, vol. I 1997, vol. II 1998. La Science face à la foi, Lettre ouverte à Monsieur Claude Allègre, ministre de l'Éducation nationale, Éditions du Cerf, 1998. Le mystère du Christ dans les psaumes, Éditions Desclée de Brouwer, 1998. La Tradition apostolique ; Règle de foi et de vie pour l'Église, Cerf, Paris, 1995. Réponse à Eugen Drewermann, Cerf, Paris, 1994. Combats pour la Bible en Église ; Une brassée de souvenirs, Cerf, Paris, 1994. Le Livre de Daniel (CEv 79), Paris, 1992. Un Jésus de comédie, augmenté de Un Paul de farce ; Lecture critique de trois livres récents, Cerf, Paris, 1991. L'origine des Évangiles. Controverse avec J. Carmignac, Cerf, Paris, 1986. Qu'est-ce la tradition?, Vie chrétienne, Paris, 1985 Évangiles et tradition apostolique. Réflexions sur un certain «Christ hébreu», Coll. «Apologique», Éditions du Cerf, 1984. La Bible, guide de lecture, Éditions Desclée, 1981. Les Poèmes du Serviteur - De la lecture critique à l'herméneutique, coll. Lectio Divina no 103, Cerf, Paris, 1981. Péché originel et rédemption à partir de l'Épître aux Romains. Essai théologique. Desclée, Paris, 1973. Le Couple humain dans l'Écriture, Cerf, Paris, 1969. Pages bibliques, Eugène Belin, Paris, 1954. Introduction aux livres saints, Eugène Belin, Paris, 1954. References External links "Grelot, Pierre", in Gérard Reynal (Dir.), Dictionnaire des théologiens et de la théologie chrétienne, Paris, 1998 Category:1917 births Category:2009 deaths Category:French Roman Catholic priests Category:French biblical scholars Category:New Testament scholars Category:20th-century French Catholic theologians Category:20th-century Roman Catholic priests	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
George M. Love George Maltby Love (January 1, 1831 - March 15, 1887) was a colonel in the Union Army and a Medal of Honor recipient for his actions in the American Civil War. Civil War George Love enlisted in the 21st New York Volunteer Infantry on May 9, 1861, and was mustered in as the regiment's Sergeant Major on May 13, 1861. He served in that duty until August 23, 1861, when he was transferred to the 44th New York Infantry and promoted to first lieutenant of Company A. He was promoted to captain of Company A on January 2, 1862 and led his troops through the spring and summer of that year. On September 5, 1862, he was again promoted and transferred, to major of the 116th New York Volunteer Infantry. On July 16, 1863, he was promoted to colonel of the 116th New York Infantry, replacing Colonel Edward Payson Chapin, who was killed in action. While in command of his men during the October 19, 1864 Battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia, he captured the battle flag of the 2nd South Carolina Infantry Regiment, for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor on March 6, 1865. On March 7, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln nominated Love for appointment to the brevet grade of Brigadier General of volunteers to rank from March 7, 1865, to rank from March 7, 1865, and the U.S. Senate confirmed the appointment on March 10, 1865. Love was honorably mustered out of the volunteer service on June 8, 1865. Later life and death Love enlisted in the Regular Army in 1867 and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the 11th United States Infantry. Retiring as a First Lieutenant in 1883, he received brevets up to Lieutenant Colonel, US Regular Army. Not much is known about his life after retiring. George Maltby Love died in Buffalo, New York of natural causes on March 15, 1887 at the age of 56. He was buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, New York. His Resting place lies only a few feet from where President Millard Fillmore is buried. Medal of Honor citation Rank and organization: Colonel, 116th New York Infantry. Place and date: At Cedar Creek, Va., October 19, 1864. Entered service at: New York. Birth: New York. Date of issue: March 6, 1865. Citation: Capture of battle flag of 2d South Carolina (C.S.A.). See also List of Medal of Honor recipients for the Battle of Cedar Creek List of American Civil War Medal of Honor recipients: G–L Notes References Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher, Civil War High Commands. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001. . External links Category:1831 births Category:1887 deaths Category:United States Army Medal of Honor recipients Category:United States Army officers Category:Union Army colonels Category:Military personnel from New York City Category:People of New York (state) in the American Civil War Category:American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor Category:Burials at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Greenhill Gardens, Weymouth Greenhill Gardens is a public garden, located in Weymouth, Dorset, England. It is positioned at a location on edge of the town centre, sloping up from the beach and promenade, and overlooking Weymouth's seafront and across the bay. It is located within Weymouth's northeast suburb Greenhill. History The Gardens were originally part of the Wilton Estate and were handed over as a gift to the local council in 1902 for "the benefit of the inhabitants of Weymouth." The garden has been recognised as one of the best green spaces in the country by being awarded Green Flag status based on how safe, clean, accessible, well managed and welcoming they are. The Green Flag Award scheme is the national standard for parks and green spaces across England and Wales, and is held by the best parks and gardens in the UK. As of 2013, it is the 5th consecutive year that Greenhill Gardens has been recognised for the award. Within the gardens, Bennett's Shelter, a benevolent donation made by Mayor V H Bennett, was constructed in 1919. The original shelter had lower wooden sections that have since been replaced by Portland stone walling, whilst the upper timber structure and tiled roof are essentially in its original form. The shelter continues to provide shelter to today's visitors. The Schneider Trophy weathervane is a memorial to the former Weymouth College student, Lieutenant George Stainforth, who set a world record air speed in a Schneider Supermarine S6B seaplane in 1931. The weather vane was originally presented to Weymouth College in 1932 (at that point known as Weymouth Grammar School, later renamed Weymouth Secondary School) as a memorial to Stainforth. Made of hardwood and covered in a copper sheath, the vane was erected above Weymouth College chapel in 1932, but moved for safety at the start of World War II. It was later presented to the borough council and placed in the gardens in May 1952. In 1996, the vane had to be taken down after the effects of years of sea spray and coastal winds had taken their toll, however it was restored in 1999 by a local marine engineer. In 1936, a floral clock with a cuckoo type chime, was built by Ritchie & Sons of Edinburgh. It features an adjacent clock house, holding the original mechanism that keeps the clock ticking. Since its creation, it has become one of the most popular features of the gardens. In the late 1980s, a wishing well, donated by Melcombe Regis Rotary Club, was introduced into the lower gardens, and any monies thrown into the well are collected and presented to a local charity. In 2006, the council were considering plans to erect a large Restaurant on the tennis courts in the Gardens. This plan was received with almost universal dismay and was subsequently shelved. The gardens were highlighted on national news in the summer of 2009 when pensioner Eleanor Boucher from Glastonbury, Somerset, found a postcard from Weymouth on her doormat of the gardens. After looking at it for a few moments she realised she was there - sunning herself in the picture taken 17 years before as a professional photographer snapped the shot for the postcard as Boucher, and her two daughters enjoyed a family day trip to Weymouth in 1992. Seventeen years later, her brother-in-law and his wife, who were visiting the resort, picked out the postcard by chance without noticing her in the picture. Features The gardens largely feature brightly coloured borders, winding paths and recreational areas. Within the gardens are the Greenhill Beach Cafe - an indoor cafe with outdoor seating, which lies at the far end of the gardens. Additionally, the Seascape cafe is found at the entrance to the gardens, which has an outdoor terrace and plans for a new future wooden gazebo. Pebbles Cafe is an indoor cafe sited on top of a row of beach chalets in the area as well. The gardens feature an 18-hole putting green and four tennis courts, which are summer time attractions used by residents and tourists alike. An attendant service is operated from June through to October, whilst the tennis courts are open to the public free of charge during the winter season. A bowling green and pavilion within the gardens is run by Greenhill Bowling Club and is situated at the rear of the tennis courts. Friends of Greenhill Gardens The Friends of Greenhill Gardens was formed in March 2007, with the target of improving the gardens, which was done by attaining the nationally recognised Green Flag award. The group often hold various events within the gardens. Each year a large crescent shaped bed is handed over to a charity or organisation who is celebrating a significant anniversary. The local gardeners plant out thousands of tiny bedding plants and where necessary, use coloured gravel to replicate the selected organisation's logo. In recognising the work of the group, the carpet bedding display for 2011 was dedicated to the group for their efforts in improving the gardens over the past four years. The friends have also sponsored a raised bed area which contains plants which are designed for visually impaired visitors, whilst some special needs students from Weymouth College have been allowed to plant in an area sited near the Wishing Well. References External links Official Friends of Greenhill Gardens website Gallery Category:1902 establishments in England Category:Geography of Weymouth, Dorset Category:Gardens in Dorset Category:Tourist attractions in Weymouth, Dorset	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Donald Pippin (Broadway director) Donald Pippin (born November 25, 1926) is an American theatre musical director and orchestral conductor. References External links Category:1926 births Category:Living people Category:Musicians from Macon, Georgia Category:American male conductors (music) Category:20th-century American conductors (music) Category:21st-century American conductors (music) Category:20th-century American male musicians Category:21st-century American male musicians	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Meleonoma pardalias Meleonoma pardalias is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in China. References Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog Category:Cosmopterigidae	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Control/Status Register Control and Status Register (CSR) is a register in many central processing units that are used as storage devices for information about instructions received from machines. The device is generally placed in the register address 0 or 1 in CPUs and works on the concept of using a comparison of flags (carry, overflow and zero, usually) to decide on various If-then instructions related to electronic decision flows References Category:Digital registers	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
2014 Rio Open The 2014 Rio Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 1st edition of the tournament, and part of the 2014 ATP World Tour and the 2014 WTA Tour. It took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil between 17 February and 23 February 2014. Points and prize money Point distribution Prize money 1 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money * per team ATP singles main draw entrants Seeds 1 Rankings as of February 10, 2014. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the main draw: Thomaz Bellucci Guilherme Clezar João Souza The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Facundo Bagnis Aljaž Bedene Martin Kližan Dušan Lajović Withdrawals Before the tournament Carlos Berlocq During the tournament Martin Kližan (stomach pain) Retirements Filippo Volandri (shoulder injury) ATP doubles main draw entrants Seeds 1 Rankings as of February 10, 2014. Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the main draw: Marcelo Demoliner / João Souza Juan Mónaco / André Sá The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw: Federico Delbonis / Leonardo Mayer WTA singles main draw entrants Seeds 1 Rankings as of February 10, 2014. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the main draw: Paula Cristina Gonçalves Beatriz Haddad Maia Laura Pigossi The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Irina-Camelia Begu Nastassja Burnett Verónica Cepede Royg Nicole Gibbs Danka Kovinić Alison Van Uytvanck Withdrawals Before the tournament Virginie Razzano --> replaced by Mariana Duque Retirements Lourdes Domínguez Lino (left hamstring strain) WTA doubles main draw entrants Seeds 1 Rankings as of February 10, 2014. Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the main draw: Maria Fernanda Alves / Beatriz Haddad Maia Paula Cristina Gonçalves / Laura Pigossi Withdrawals During the tournament Lourdes Domínguez Lino (left hamstring strain) Champions Men's singles Rafael Nadal def. Alexandr Dolgopolov, 6–3, 7–6(7–3) Women's singles Kurumi Nara def. Klára Zakopalová, 6–1, 4–6, 6–1 Men's doubles Juan Sebastián Cabal / Robert Farah def. David Marrero / Marcelo Melo, 6–4, 6–2 Women's doubles Irina-Camelia Begu / María Irigoyen def. Johanna Larsson / Chanelle Scheepers, 6–2, 6–0 References External links Official Website Rio de Janeiro Open Rio de Janeiro Open 2014 Rio Open	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Sigered of Kent Sigered was King of Kent, jointly with Eadberht II, in the eighth century. Sigered is known just from his charters , one of which is dated 762 and witnessed by Eadberht II. See also List of monarchs of Kent References Category:Kentish monarchs Category:8th-century English monarchs	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Navy Blue (album) "Navy Blue" is the debut studio album by American performer Diane Renay, released in 1964. It included two Top 40 hits, "Navy Blue" and "Kiss Me Sailor." Release The album was released in 1964 following the worldwide success of "Navy Blue." It reached number 54 on the Billboard Top LPs chart (now called The Billboard Hot 200), spending 11 weeks on the chart. All four of the album's singles were featured on the girl-group anthology "Growin' Up Too Fast." Critical reception The album is retrospectively regarded as a girl-pop classic. An Allmusic review by Richie Untenburger called the album "passable" and praised "Watch Out, Sally!" as being "one of the bitchiest girl-group revenge tales ever cut," awarding the album 4.5 out of 5 stars. Track listing Note Later pressings of the album included "Growin' Up Too Fast" and "Watch Out, Sally!" as bonus tracks The former was the namesake of a 1960s girl-pop collection. Charts References Category:1964 albums Category:Pop albums by American artists	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Kostyantyn Yaroshenko Kostyantyn Yuriyovych Yaroshenko (; born 12 September 1986) is a professional Ukrainian football midfielder who plays for Alians Lypova Dolyna. Career Yaroshenko also played on the Ukraine national under-21 football team where he has scored two goals in the qualification for the under-21 championship in Sweden. His father Yuriy Yaroshenko also played football. External links Profile on Official Illychivets Website Profile on Football Squads Category:1986 births Category:Living people Category:People from Luhansk Category:Ukrainian footballers Category:FC Shakhtar-3 Donetsk players Category:FC Shakhtar-2 Donetsk players Category:FC Metalist Kharkiv players Category:FC Arsenal Kyiv players Category:FC Chornomorets Odesa players Category:FC Mariupol players Category:FC Vorskla Poltava players Category:FC Sevastopol players Category:Ukrainian Premier League players Category:Ukrainian expatriate footballers Category:Expatriate footballers in Russia Category:FC Ural Yekaterinburg players Category:Russian Premier League players Category:Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Category:FC Karpaty Lviv players Category:Association football midfielders Category:Kokkolan Palloveikot players Category:Expatriate footballers in Finland Category:Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Finland Category:FC Alians Lypova Dolyna players	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
The Political Language of Islam The Political Language of Islam (1988) by Bernard Lewis is a foundational work in the contemporary, scholarly understanding of the relationship between Islam and politics and in the contemporary, scholarly understanding of the political realities of predominately Muslim countries and, to a lesser extent, of countries with large Muslim communities. Classic Islamic thought recognized no separation between church and state. According to Lewis, the idea of the secular only began to enter the political thought of Muslim countries and communities in the 19th century. References Category:Books by Bernard Lewis Category:History books about Islam Category:1988 non-fiction books	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Weiden Zentrum (KVB) Weiden Zentrum is a Cologne Stadtbahn station served by line 1. It's also served by the bus routes and some terminate here. See also List of Cologne KVB stations External links station info page Category:Cologne-Bonn Stadtbahn stations Category:Cologne KVB stations Category:Lindenthal, Cologne	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
DansGuardian DansGuardian, written by SmoothWall Ltd and others, is content-control software: software designed to control which websites users can access. It also includes virus filtering and usage monitoring features. DansGuardian must be installed on a Unix or Linux computer, such as a server computer; its filtering extends to all computers in an organization, including Windows and Macintosh computers. DansGuardian is used by schools, businesses, value-added Internet service providers, and others. As of now, DansGuardian is no longer maintained. Its successor is named "e2guardian". Technical details DansGuardian is distributed under the GPLv2 free software license, and written using the C++ programming language. It primarily runs in Linux and other Unixes. It is entirely command line and web-based, and meant to be used in conjunction with a web proxy such as Squid. Graphical configuration tools The Ubuntu Christian Edition Linux distribution includes a graphical user interface (GUI) tool for configuring DansGuardian. The tool does not work as well as the configuration tools included with SmoothWall Guardian, and other web filters. Zentyal has the option to use Dansguardian as a proxy server with a web interface. There is a graphical user interface available for Ubuntu, called WebContentControl, which was designed to install and configure DansGuardian, FireHOL and Tinyproxy easily. WebContentControl is no longer maintained. Blacklist Sources The url filtering capabilities of DansGuardian depend largely on the Blacklists, several options are available. Gratis lists can be found at Shallalist.de, Université Toulouse 1 Capitole and commercial lists can be found at Squidblacklist.org. Legal details In the United States, DansGuardian satisfies the requirements of Children's Internet Protection Act. Proprietary versions Two proprietary versions of DansGuardian exist: as part of SmoothWall Limited Firewalls and as stand-alone product Smoothwall SWG. Forks There exists a fork of Dansguardian Project called MinD. Its name is a recursive acronym for "MinD is not Dansguardian". The "Toy" version of MinD is a fork of DansGuardian version 2.10.1.1 with some improvements. MinD development began in July 2010, but stalled in December 2011. A fork of Dansguardian with many improvements and bug fixes, e2Guardian is a web content filtering proxy that works in conjunction with another caching proxy such as Squid or Oops. This project was initiated by Frédéric Bourgeois and E2bn. References Category:Content-control software Category:Free network-related software	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Hadromeropsis opalina Hadromeropsis opalina is a species of broad-nosed weevil in the beetle family Curculionidae. It is found in North America. References Further reading Category:Entiminae Category:Articles created by Qbugbot Category:Beetles described in 1876	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Tons Tons can refer to: Tons River, a major river in India Tamsa River, locally called Tons in its lower parts (Allahabad district, Uttar pradesh, India). the plural of ton, a unit of mass, force, volume, energy or power short ton, 2,000 pounds, used in the United States long ton, 2,240 pounds, used in countries such as United Kingdom which use the imperial system metric ton, also known as tonne, 1,000 kilograms, or 2,204.6 pounds Tons (band), an American rock band See also Ton (disambiguation)	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Maple Leaf (LV train) The Maple Leaf was an international night train between New York City and Toronto, operated by the Lehigh Valley Railroad in coordination with the Canadian National Railway. It ran from Pennsylvania Station in New York City and it concluded at Toronto's Union Station. It began in 1937; and a predecessor LV train on a similar itinerary was the Toronto. The Maple Leaf and the John Wilkes were the last named passenger trains operated by the Lehigh Valley Railroad. The route was double tracked from New York City to Niagara Falls; and in the Finger Lakes Region it bypassed several local stations. In contrast to the LV's Black Diamond and Star, it bypassed Ithaca on the northbound trip. However, in the final years of the Maple Leaf, after the discontinuance of those trains, it did stop in Ithaca. The train had an alternate section operated with the Reading Railroad, which originated at Reading Terminal in Philadelphia and linked with the main part of the Maple Leaf train in Bethlehem. The train had its final departure on February 3, 1961. References Category:Canadian National Railway Category:International named passenger trains Category:Lehigh Valley Railroad Category:Named passenger trains of Canada Category:Named passenger trains of the United States Category:Night trains of the United States Category:Passenger rail transport in Ontario Category:Passenger rail transportation in Pennsylvania Category:Passenger rail transportation in New York (state) Category:Passenger rail transportation in New Jersey Category:Railway services introduced in 1937 Category:Railway services discontinued in 1961 Category:Reading Company	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Bambarakanda Falls Bambarakanda Falls (also known as Bambarakele Falls) is the tallest waterfall in Sri Lanka. With a height of , it ranks as the 299th highest waterfall in the world . Situated in Kalupahana in the Badulla District, this waterfall is 5 km away from the A4 Highway. The waterfall was formed by Kuda Oya, which is a branch of the Walawe River. The Bambarakanda Falls can be found in a forest of pine trees. See also List of rivers in Sri Lanka List of waterfalls in Sri Lanka Notes References Further reading Category:Waterfalls of Sri Lanka Category:Landforms of Badulla District Category:Waterfalls in Uva Province	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
List of lighthouses in the Collectivity of Saint Martin This is a list of lighthouses in Saint Martin. Lighthouses See also Lists of lighthouses and lightvessels References External links San Martin Lighthouses *	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Parafield Airport Parafield Airport is on the edge of the residential suburb of Parafield, South Australia, north of the Adelaide city centre and adjacent to the Mawson Lakes campus of the University of South Australia. It is Adelaide's second airport and the third busiest airport in Australia by aircraft movements. Although owned by the Government of Australia, the airport is leased to and managed independently by Parafield Airport Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Adelaide Airport Limited. Parafield was Adelaide's only civil airport until Adelaide Airport was opened in February 1955 and is currently used for small aircraft, pilot training and recreational aviation. The airport is home to the Parafield Aviation campus of TAFE South Australia (TAFE SA) and to the University of South Australia Aviation Academy. The airport hosts a jet fighter museum and historic aircraft displays. The museum now houses an authentic flight worthy Wirraway. There are also multiple flight training schools including the University of South Australia Aviation Academy, FTA (Flight Training Adelaide) formerly known as Australian Aviation College, Bruce Hartwig Flying School, AFTC (Adelaide Flight Training Centre), Aerostar Aviation, and Parafield Flying Centre. Parafield Squadron of the Australian Air League, a national uniformed cadet organisation promoting and encouraging the interest of aviation and flying training in the youth of Australia, is also located at Parafield Airport. History The first powered flight in South Australia was of a Blériot Aéronautique monoplane in 1910, south-west of Salisbury. In the 1920s investigations began into construction of an airport in Adelaide. Land was initially purchased in Albert Park with the aerodrome site becoming the new suburb of Hendon; but within a few years the cost of acquiring sufficient land, neighbouring residential development and the erection of power transmission lines all interfered with airport plans and the Hendon site was effectively abandoned. In 1927, the Commonwealth government purchased of land at Parafield from a family owned farming company for £17,000. The area had been used for fattening sheep on lucerne and other fodder plants. The new airport was expanded in 1942, with the boundary extending west to the Gawler railway line. On 1 October 1927, H. C. "Horrie" Miller was the first to land on the Parafield site, ground preparation was completed on the 17th and flights began on 26 November by the Aero Club of South Australia. The site was officially opened as an airport in August 1929 by Governor-General of Australia Alexander Hore-Ruthven. The control tower opened shortly prior to World War II. Prior to the war Guinea Airways was the main company flying out of the airport using: de Havilland Fox Moth – DH83 de Havilland Dragon Rapide – DH89 Lockheed Electra Model 10A Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra Messerschmidt Taifun Douglas DC-3 Lockheed 18 Lodestar Ford Trimotor 5-A During World War II, the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) occupied the airfield as a station for basic flight training and was home to No. 1 Elementary Flying Training School (No. 1 EFTS) between 1939 and 1944 until it moved to Tamworth, New South Wales. A relief landing ground was located near Virginia. No. 34 Squadron utilised Parafield to deliver supplies to operational bases and aerodromes in the Northern Territory and Western Australia between 1943 and February 1945. In addition, No. 238 Squadron RAF was based at Parafield from June to December 1945, from where it flew Dakota aircraft in support of the British Pacific Fleet as part of No. 300 Group RAF. After the war ended, transport was also handled by Australian National Airways and Trans Australia Airlines both moving to Adelaide Airport in 1955 which now handles all regular passenger transport. In 1983 a group of trees was planted by local high school students. When fully grown, from the air they clearly spelt out the word "PARAFIELD". As of 2007 the trees had been removed. The Parafield Airport Air Traffic Control Tower is listed on the Australian Commonwealth Heritage List. Classic Jets Fighter Museum Parafield airport houses the Classic Jets Fighter Museum. Founded in the 1980s, the collection includes a Lockheed P-38 Lightning and a Bell P-39 Airacobra. Classic Jets Airshow accident On 17 March 2013, a Supermarine Aircraft Spitfire Mk26, an 80% scale home-build replica of the Supermarine Spitfire, crashed into a fence between two businesses in a commercial area on Frost Road in the nearby suburb of Salisbury, whilst completing a routine at the airshow, killing the pilot. Triumph In The Skies Hong Kong TVB filmed flight training scenes for their series Triumph in the Skies at the Parafield Airport. Accidents and Incidents In 2018, a Cessna 172 crashed into a paddock next to Parafield Airport. The plane took off but it started to have problems immediately and the pilot caused the plane to crash. There were no deaths or injuries. See also List of airports in South Australia Transport in Australia References External links Airliners.Net pictures at Parafield Airport Classic Jets Fighter Museum Parafield – RAAF Museum Category:Airports in South Australia Category:Transport in Adelaide Category:Airports established in 1927 Category:Aerospace museums in Australia Category:Military and war museums in Australia	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Parachute Tower Katowice Parachute Tower Katowice () is a 35-metre tall lattice parachute tower built in 1937 for training parachute jumps. It was used in the first days of World War II by the 73rd infantry regiment as an observation tower. The parachute Tower in Katowice is the only existing parachute tower in Poland. Defense of the Tower on 4 September 1939 During the first days of the German invasion of Poland, on 4 September, several Polish Boy and Girl Scouts shot German troops from it, most were killed, with at least 10 fatalities. This incident is the best remembered part of the defense of Katowice by irregular Polish units that occurred on that day and has been described as "legendary". Older accounts suggested that the tower was defended for many hours, through newer research suggest that the incident was much shorter. When research debunking the older version was first published, it was described as controversial and led to a number of protests. See also List of towers References External links http://www.skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?b7600 Category:Towers in Poland Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1937 Category:Buildings and structures in Katowice Category:Tourist attractions in Katowice	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Brunei national baseball team The Brunei national baseball team is the national baseball team of Brunei. The team represents Brunei in international competitions. Category:National baseball teams in Asia Baseball	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Arleigh Burke Arleigh Albert Burke (October 19, 1901 – January 1, 1996) was an admiral of the United States Navy who distinguished himself during World War II and the Korean War, and who served as Chief of Naval Operations during the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations. , the lead ship of its class of Aegis-equipped guided missile destroyers, was commissioned in Burke's honor in 1991, during his lifetime. Early life and naval career Burke was born in Boulder, Colorado, on October 19, 1901, to Oscar Burke and Clara Mokler. His grandfather, August Björkgren, was a Swedish immigrant to the US and changed his surname to 'Burke' (a popular Irish surname) to sound more 'American'. Due to the 1918 influenza outbreak, schools were closed in Boulder and he never graduated from high school. Burke won an alternate appointment to the United States Naval Academy given by his local congressman. He graduated from the academy in June 1923, and was commissioned as an ensign in the United States Navy. He married Miss Roberta Gorsuch (1899–1997) of Washington, D.C. Over the next 18 years, Burke served aboard battleships and destroyers, and earned a Master of Science degree in Engineering at the University of Michigan. When World War II came, he found himself, to his great disappointment, in a shore billet at the Naval Gun Factory in Washington, D.C. After persistent efforts on his part, in 1943 he received orders to join the fighting in the South Pacific. World War II Burke spent the remainder of the war in the South Pacific. He successively commanded Destroyer Division 43, Destroyer Division 44, Destroyer Squadron 12, and Destroyer Squadron 23. DesRon 23, known as the "Little Beavers", covered the initial landings in Bougainville in November 1943, and fought in 22 separate engagements during the next four months. During this time, the Little Beavers were credited with destroying one Japanese cruiser, nine destroyers, one submarine, several smaller ships, and approximately 30 aircraft. Burke's standing orders to his task force were, "Destroyers to attack on enemy contact WITHOUT ORDERS from the task force commander." After reviewing the Navy's early unsuccessful engagements with the Japanese, he concluded that uncertainty and hesitation had cost them dearly. The lesson was driven home to him at the Battle of Blackett Strait, when his radar operator made first contact with a ship near the shore but Burke hesitated to fire. A battle soon unfolded which ended in a US victory, which only Burke was unhappy with. Reflecting on the events Burke asked a nearby ensign what the difference was between a good officer and a poor one. After listening to the ensign's response, Burke offered his own: "The difference between a good officer and a poor one," said Burke, "is about ten seconds." Burke usually pushed his destroyers to just under boiler-bursting speed, but while en route to a rendezvous prior to the Battle of Cape St. George, a boiler casualty to (a jammed boiler tube brush used for cleaning) limited his squadron to 31 knots, rather than the 34+ of which they were otherwise capable. His nickname was "31 Knot Burke," originally a taunt, later a popular symbol of his hard-charging nature. An alternative explanation is provided by Jean Edward Smith in his biography of Eisenhower: "During World War Two, Burke mistakenly led his destroyer squadron into a Japanese minefield. Admiral Halsey radioed to ask what he was doing in a Japanese minefield. ‘Thirty-one knots,’ replied Burke”. In March 1944, Burke was promoted to Chief of Staff to the Commander of Task Force 58, the Fifth Fleet's Fast Carrier Task Force, which was commanded by Admiral Marc Mitscher. The transfer stemmed from a directive from the Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Ernest King, that required a surface commander such as Admiral Raymond A. Spruance to have an aviator as Chief of Staff, and an air commander, such as Mitscher, to have a surface officer as Chief of Staff. Neither Mitscher nor Burke were happy with the arrangement, but as time passed Burke realized he had been given one of the most important assignments in the Navy, and his hard work and diligence eventually warmed Mitscher to him. Burke was promoted to the temporary rank of Commodore, and participated in all the force's naval engagements until June 1945, near the end of the war. He was aboard both and when they were hit by Japanese kamikaze aircraft during the Okinawa campaign. After the end of the war, Burke reverted to his permanent rank of captain and continued his naval career by serving in a number of capacities, including once more as Admiral Mitscher's chief of staff, until the latter's death in 1947. Burke then took command of the cruiser for a cruise down the east coast of Africa. He was promoted to rear admiral in 1949 and served as Navy Secretary on the Defense Research and Development Board. Korean War At the outbreak of the Korean War, Admiral Forrest Sherman, then Chief of Naval Operations, ordered Burke to duty as Deputy Chief of Staff to Commander Naval Forces Far East. From there, he assumed command of Cruiser Division Five, and, in July 1951, was made a member of the United Nations Truce Delegation which negotiated with the Communists for military armistice in Korea. After six months in the truce tents, he returned to the Office of Chief of Naval Operations where he served as Director of Strategic Plans Division until 1954. In April 1954, he took command of Cruiser Division Six, then moved in January 1955 to command Destroyer Force Atlantic Fleet (DesLant). In August 1955, Burke succeeded Admiral Robert B. Carney as Chief of Naval Operations. At the time of his appointment as Chief of Naval Operations, Burke was still a rear admiral, upper half (two star) and was promoted over the heads of many Flag Officers who were senior to him. Burke had never served as a vice admiral (three star), so he was promoted two grades at the time of his appointment. Chief of Naval Operations Burke took the post of Chief of Naval Operations with significant reservations. He served at a critical time in world history, during the depths of the Cold War. He was relatively young compared to other Flag Officers at the time. He was a hard worker, and seemingly tireless, working fifteen-hour work days six days a week as a norm. He was also an excellent leader and manager, and his ability to create an effective organization were keys to his success. He supported the notoriously demanding Admiral Hyman Rickover in the development of a nuclear-powered submarine force, and instituted the development of submarine-launched ballistic missiles, which led to the Polaris missile program, headed by Burke's selectee Rear Admiral W. F. "Red" Raborn. Burke convened the Project Nobska anti-submarine warfare conference in 1956 at the suggestion of Columbus Iselin II, director of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, where discussion ranged from oceanography to nuclear weapons. At the conference, a statement by Edward Teller that a physically small one-megaton warhead suitable for Polaris could be developed led to Burke's adoption of Polaris over Jupiter. At a time when others in the Navy were very skeptical of the idea of a missile launched from a submarine, Burke succeeded in developing the single most effective deterrent to a nuclear attack on the United States. By 1961 routine Polaris deterrent patrols were in progress and a rapid construction program of Polaris submarines was underway. Burke as Chief of Naval Operations was intimately involved in the Eisenhower administration discussions on limiting the size of the submarine force. Asked "how much is enough?", as to the number of US ballistic missile submarines needed for deterrence, Burke argued that a force of around 40 Polaris submarines (each with 16 missiles) was a reasonable answer. Burke further argued that land-based missiles and bombers were vulnerable to attack, which made the U.S.-Soviet nuclear balance dangerously unstable. By contrast, nuclear submarines were virtually undetectable and invulnerable. He was very critical of "hair trigger" or "launch on warning" nuclear strategies, and he warned that such strategies were "dangerous for any nation." Burke served an unprecedented three terms as Chief of Naval Operations during a period of growth and progress in the Navy. Upon completing his third term, he was transferred to the Retired List on August 1, 1961. Last years Burke, himself of Swedish descent, was the senior representative of the United States of America at the funeral of King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden in 1973. Arleigh Burke died on January 1, 1996, at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. He was 94 years old. He is buried at the United States Naval Academy Cemetery, in Annapolis, Maryland. Legacy , the lead ship of her class of Aegis-equipped guided missile destroyers, was commissioned in his honor in 1991. In 1985, a few months after the ship was ordered, an early keel-laying ceremony was held at Bath Iron Works. Burke marked his initials on material that was later incorporated at the physical keel-laying on December 6, 1988. Burke was one of the few individuals to be honored by a ship named after them during their lifetime. The Assisted Living section of the Vinson Hall Retirement Community in McLean, Virginia, is named the Arleigh Burke Pavilion in his honor. Awards and honors Burke received numerous combat awards during his forty-two years in the Navy, including the Navy Cross, Navy Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of Merit, and the Purple Heart. None were more cherished than two awards that came early in his career. In 1928, while serving aboard , he was commended for the "rescue of shipwrecked and seafaring men." In 1939 during his first command, , he was commended when his destroyer won the fleet gunnery trophy with the highest score in many years. His ship also stood third in engineering competition and high in communication competition. For his service in Destroyer Squadron 23, Burke was awarded the Navy Cross, the Navy Distinguished Service Medal, the Legion of Merit, and the Presidential Unit Citation awarded to the squadron. The citations follow in part: Navy Cross Navy Distinguished Service Medal Legion of Merit As Chief of Staff, Commander Fast Carrier Task Force, Pacific (Task Force 38), Burke was awarded a Gold Star in lieu of a second Distinguished Service Medal, the Silver Star, a Gold Star in lieu of a second Legion of Merit, and a Letter of Commendation, with authorization to wear the Commendation Ribbon. The citations follow in part: Silver Star Gold Star in lieu of second Legion of Merit Letter of Commendation From September 1950 until May 1951, Burke served as Deputy Chief of Staff to Commander U.S. Naval Forces, Far East, and, for "exceptionally meritorious conduct (in that capacity) from September 3, 1950 to January 1, 1951" he was awarded a Gold Star in lieu of a third Legion of Merit. The citation further states: While serving as Commander Cruiser Division Five from May to September 1951, and also as a Member of the Military Armistice Commission in Korea, Burke was awarded an oak leaf cluster in lieu of a fourth Legion of Merit by the Army (Headquarters U.S. Army Forces, Far East) by General Order #5, as follows: Burke was presented a Gold Star in lieu of a third Distinguished Service Medal by President John F. Kennedy at the White House on July 26, 1961. On January 10, 1977, Burke was presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Gerald Ford. Presidential Unit Citations Burke was also entitled to wear the Presidential Unit Citations presented to Destroyer Squadron 23, , , and to . Those vessels were, at various times during his period of service, flagships of the Fast Carrier Task Forces in the Pacific. The citation for the citation to Destroyer Squadron 23 reads: Other awards In addition to the above, Burke earned the American Defense Service Medal with "Fleet" clasp, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with two silver stars and two bronze stars (twelve engagements); the American Campaign Medal; World War II Victory Medal; Navy Occupation Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal with bronze star (Admiral Burke became retroactively eligible for a second award after his retirement); Korean Service Medal with bronze battle star; the Philippine Liberation Medal with bronze service star; and the United Nations Korea Medal. He was awarded the Ui Chi Medal and the Presidential Unit Citation from the Republic of Korea as well as the Order of the Rising Sun, First Class by the Government of Japan. In 1960 he received the Grand Cross of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav from the Norwegian King. In 1999 Admiral Burke became posthumously eligible for the Korean War Service Medal awarded by the Republic of Korea. Legacy In 1962, Burke co-founded the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, D.C. with David Abshire. CSIS hosts the Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy, which "provides political and military analysis of key strategic challenges facing the United States and the world." It is held as of 2013 by Anthony Cordesman. Burke was elected as an honorary member of the New York State Society of Cincinnati in 1964. In 1991 Burke was awarded the Lone Sailor Award by the U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation for his distinguished career during World War II and the Korean War. , a guided-missile destroyer of the United States Navy and lead ship of its class, was named in his honor. The class is one of the most advanced in service and is one of only two destroyer classes currently in active US Navy service. An elementary school was named in his honor in Boulder; it was closed in 1982. Thunderbird Park, also in Boulder, was renamed Admiral Arleigh A. Burke Memorial Park in 1997. In October 2001, a dedication of the memorial was held, featuring a 12-foot, 26,000-pound anchor from a World War II destroyer, a memorial wall containing a bronze relief sculpture of the admiral and a plaque with his biography. The Navy annually awards the Arleigh Burke Fleet Trophy to "the ship or aircraft squadron from each coast selected for having achieved the greatest improvement in battle efficiency during the calendar year, based upon the Battle Efficiency Competition." Winning the Battle "E" is not a prerequisite. The United States Postal Service issued a commemorative stamp pane on February 4, 2010, honoring distinguished sailors. In addition to Burke, the other persons on the stamp pane were Admiral William S. Sims, Lieutenant Commander John McCloy, and Officer's Cook Third Class Doris Miller. 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James Dillon (composer) James Dillon (born 29 October 1950) is a Scottish composer who is often regarded as belonging to the New Complexity school. Dillon studied art and design, linguistics, piano, acoustics, Indian rhythm, mathematics and computer music, but is self-taught in composition. Dillon was born in Glasgow, Scotland. Honours include first prize in the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival in 1978, the Kranichsteiner music prize at Darmstadt in 1982, and five Royal Philharmonic Society composition awards, most recently for his chamber piece Tanz/Haus: triptych 2017. Dillon taught at Darmstadt from 1982 to 1992, and has been a guest lecturer and composer at various institutions around the world. He taught at the University of Minnesota School of Music in Minneapolis, Minnesota from 2007 to 2014. Selected works His major works include choral and vocal music, including the cycle L'évolution du vol (1993) and the opera Philomela (2004), the orchestral works helle Nacht (1987), ignis noster (1992), Via Sacra (2000), and La navette (2001), as well as a violin concerto for Thomas Zehetmair (2000) and the piano concerto Andromeda (2006) for his partner, Noriko Kawai, all showing an ease of writing for large forces. From 1982–2000, Dillon worked on the Nine Rivers cycle, a 3-hour work for voices, strings, percussion, live electronics and computer-generated tape. The epic work was first performed in full in Glasgow, November 2010. Andrew Clements of The Guardian awarded it a full five stars, describing the last movement (“Oceanos”) as having a “Wagnerian grandeur” and stating, “The cumulative power of [Nine Rivers] is massive, the range of musical experience vast.” His considerable body of chamber music, often written expressly for a performer's individual abilities, includes solos for clarinet, drumkit, cello, flute, piccolo, guitar, violin, viola, and accordion, alongside eight string quartets (1983, 1991, 1998, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2017), the five-part Book of Elements for piano (1997–2002) and the soadie waste for piano and string quartet (2002/3). In 2013, Tom Service referred to the Book of Elements as “the most significant contribution to the pianist's repertoire since György Ligeti's Études.” His fourth string quartet received the 2005 Royal Philharmonic Society Music Award for Chamber-Scale Composition. He won the same award in 1997 (for Traumwerk, Book 1), 2002 (for The Book of Elements 5), and 2017 (for Tanz/Haus: triptych 2017). His music has been published by Edition Peters since 1982. List of compositions Orchestral Windows and Canopies, small orchestra (20 players), 1985 Überschreiten, small orchestra (16 players), 1986 helle Nacht, large orchestra (90 players), 1986–87 Introitus – Nine Rivers 8, 11/12 strings, fixed media, live electronics, 1989–90 ignis noster, large orchestra (100 players), 1991–92 Blitzschlag, flute, large orchestra (66 players), 1988–96 Via Sacra, large orchestra (80 players), 1999 Concerto, violin, large orchestra (79 players), 2000 La Navette, large orchestra, 2000–01 Physis I & II, large orchestra, 2004–05 Andromeda, piano, large orchestra (80 players), 2005–06 torii, small orchestra (17 players), 2009–10 White Numbers, large orchestra (77 players), 2011 THE GATES, string quartet, large orchestra, 2016 Circe (Pharmakeia : 3), small orchestra (16 players), 2017 Chamber music Crossing Over, clarinet, 1978 Ti.re-Ti.ke-Dha, drum kit, 1979 ...Once upon a Time, alto flute (+ piccolo), oboe (+ English horn), clarinet, bassoon, French horn, trumpet, trombone, double bass, 1980 Parjanya-Vata, cello, 1981 East 11th St. NY 10003 – Nine Rivers 1, 6 percussion, 1982 String Quartet No. 1, 1983 Zone (...de azul), clarinet, French horn, trumpet, trombone, violin, viola, cello, piano, 1983 Le Rivage, flute (+ piccolo, alto flute), oboe, clarinet (+ bass clarinet), French horn, bassoon, 1984 Sgothan, flute, 1984 Diffraction, piccolo, 1984 Shrouded Mirrors, guitar, 1988 Del Cuarto Elemento, violin, 1988 L'ÉCRAN parfum – Nine Rivers 2, 6 violins, 3 percussion, 1988 La Femme invisible – Nine Rivers 4, flute (+ piccolo), alto flute (+ bass flute), oboe, English horn (+ oboe), clarinet, bass clarinet, 2 soprano saxophones (2nd + alto saxophone), piano, 3 percussion, 1989 L'Œuvre au Noir – Nine Rivers 6, bass flute (+ alto flute, piccolo, triangle), bassoon (+ contrabassoon, crotales), tenor-bass trombone, bass trombone, harp (+ sleigh bells), 2 cellos (1st + rainstick, 2nd + crotales), double bass (+ sleigh bells), 2 percussion, live electronics, 1990 éileadh sguaibe – Nine Rivers 7, 2 French horns, 2 trumpets, tenor-bass trombone, bass trombone, tuba, 2 percussion, live electronics, 1990 String Trio, violin, viola, cello, 1990–91 nuée, bass clarinet, 2 percussion ad libitum, 1991 (section of L'Évolution du vol; may be performed separately) String Quartet No. 2, 1991 Siorram, viola, 1992 Lumen naturæ, violin, viola, cello, 1992 Vernal Showers, violin, ensemble (flute [+ piccolo, alto flute], oboe, harp, guitar, mandolin, viola, cello, double bass, harpsichord, percussion), 1992 l'ascension, 2 percussion, 1993 (section of L'Évolution du vol; may be performed separately) le vent, l'arbre et le temps, double bass, 1993 (section of L'Évolution du vol; may be performed separately) Redemption, clarinet, violin, piano, 1995 Traumwerk, Book 1, 2 violins, 1995–96 Todesengel, clarinet, vibraphone, 1996 String Quartet No. 3, 1998 Eos, cello, 1999 La Coupure – Nine Rivers 5, percussion, live electronics, film, 1989–2000 Two Studies, accordion, 2001 Traumwerk, Book 2, violin, harpsichord, 2001 Traumwerk, Book 3, violin, piano, 2001–02 The Soadie Waste, piano, string quartet, 2002–03 The Magic Stick, piano, percussion, 2005 String Quartet No. 4, 2005 The Hesperides, cello, piano, 2007 Theatrum: figuræ, oboe (+ English horn), clarinet (+ contrabass clarinet), bass clarinet, trumpet, trombone, 2 percussion, 2007 String Quartet No. 5, 2003–08 The Leuven Triptych, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, trombone, harp, guitar, cello, double bass, piano (+ synthesizer), percussion, live electronics, 2008–09 String Quartet No. 6, 2010 Oslo/Triptych, flute (+ piccolo, bass flute, shortwave radio), clarinet (+ E-flat clarinet, bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet, shortwave radio), 2 violins, viola, cello, piano (+ harmonium/synthesizer), percussion (+ shortwave radio, voice transformer), 2011 New York Triptych, flute (+ piccolo, alto flute, bass flute), oboe (+ English horn), clarinet (+ E-flat clarinet, bass clarinet), violin, viola, cello, piano (+ electronic keyboard), percussion, shortwave radio, fixed media, 2011–12 String Quartet No. 7, 2013 Tanz/Haus: triptych 2017, flute, clarinet, electric guitar, violin, cello, double bass, piano, accordion, percussion, 2017 String Quartet No. 8, 2017 String Quartet No. 9, 2018 Choral Viriditas – Nine Rivers 3, 16 mixed voices, 1993–94 Oceanos – Nine Rivers 9, 16 mixed voices, orchestra, live electronics, 1985–96 Hyades, 12 mixed voices, 1998 residue..., 24 mixed voices, 1998–99 Vapor (text by Titus Lucretius Carus), 4 mixed voices, string quartet, 1999 Stabat Mater Dolorosa, 12 mixed voices, 12 players, live electronics, 2014 Vocal Who do you love, female voice, flute (+ piccolo, bass flute), clarinet, violin (+ viola), cello, percussion, 1980–81 Evening Rain, any voice, 1981 Come live with me (text from the Song of Solomon), female voice, flute (+ piccolo, alto flute), oboe (+ oboe d'amore, English horn), piano, percussion, 1981–82 A Roaring Flame (texts by Alexander Carmichael, Clara d'Anduza), female voice, double bass, 1981–82 Time Lag Zero (text from the Song of Solomon), female voice, viola, 1982 L'Évolution du vol, female voice (+ hurdy-gurdy), E-flat clarinet (+ bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet), double bass, piano (+ harmonium), 2 percussion, 1991–93 (sections 2–7 of its eight sections may be performed separately: l'homme et la vérité, female voice, piano; l'ascension; l'être-ange, female voice [+ hurdy-gurdy], E-flat clarinet; nuée; descente/désir, female voice, bass clarinet, double bass; le vent, l'arbre et le temps) Upon the cloudy night, countertenor, piano, 2009 The Louth Work: Orphic Fragments, soprano, clarinet, viola, cello, piano, percussion, 2016 Piano Dillug-Kefitsah, 1976 Spleen, 1980 black/nebulae, 2 pianos, 1995 The Book of Elements 1, 1997 The Book of Elements 3, 2000 The Book of Elements 2, 2001 The Book of Elements 4, 2002 The Book of Elements 5, 2002 Charm, 2009 Dragonfly, 2009 Fujin, 2011 Harpsichord Birl, 1986 References Bibliography Toop, Richard. 2001. "Dillon, James". The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell. London: Macmillan Publishers. External links Entry at The Living Composers Project Art of the States: the soadie waste world premiere performance of Dillon work Category:1950 births Category:20th-century classical composers Category:21st-century classical composers Category:Living people Category:Scottish classical composers Category:British male classical composers Category:20th-century Scottish musicians Category:20th-century British composers Category:21st-century British composers Category:20th-century British male musicians Category:21st-century British male musicians	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
John H. Patterson Career Center The John H. Patterson Career Center was part of Dayton City Schools. The school was closed in 2009 and turned into Ponitz Career Technology Center. The school was named after John Henry Patterson, Dayton native and founder of NCR Corporation. Patterson Co-Op was built in 1952 and was merged with Stivers High School in the 1973-74 school year. and was sometimes referred to as Stivers-Patterson at that point; prior to 1973 the school was most often called John H. Patterson Cooperative High School. Curriculum Patterson offered a three-year career-technical certificate in: Allied Health (Dental, Medical) Business and Marketing Cosmetology Engineering Technologies Food Management Graphics Communication Machine Trades Radio/TV Patterson met three of the 12 state indicators for the 2005-2006 school year, earning it a rating of "Continuous Improvement" rating. Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships Boys Track and Field – 1985 References External links Patterson Website Category:High schools in Dayton, Ohio Category:NCR Corporation Category:Defunct schools in Ohio	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Ulus Baker Ulus Sedat Baker (July 14, 1960 in Ankara, Turkey – July 12, 2007 in İstanbul, Turkey) was a Turkish Cypriot sociologist. Baker was born to a cosmopolitan family; his mother was the famous Cypriot poet Pembe Marmara, and his father was the prominent psychiatrist of the island, Sedat Baker. Baker studied in Russia (then the Soviet Union), Turkey, France, and Cyprus. He completed his studies at the Department of Sociology in METU in Ankara and began his academic life in the same institution shortly thereafter. He was a very productive intellectual and a prolific scholar; he had already become an influential public intellectual in Turkish cultural life beyond the academia by mid-nineties. Although he had always taught within academic institutions, his relation with academia had certain tensions and breaks; he only completed his Ph.D. in 2002 with a thesis titled "From Opinions to Images: Towards a Sociology of Affects", he was uninterested in having a stable academic position, and after 2000 till his death, he had various teaching gigs in different universities in Ankara and Istanbul besides his main affiliation at Middle East Technical University. Shortly before his death, he also started teaching in Istanbul, where he died. Baker was an influential figure in contemporary political theory in Turkey, both as a prolific author, and as a professor of sociology, media, and film theory. From late 80's till his death, he frequently wrote for major Turkish scholarly journals such as Birikim, Toplum ve Bilim, Virgül, and Defter. He was a polyglot, his fields of interest ranged from literary criticism to the cinema of Dziga Vertov. He significantly contributed to the rise of interest in the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze and Baruch Spinoza through a variety of translations and lecture series. His political commitments inspired him to take part in the founding of Autonomist political/artistic collective Körotonomedya in 1994 with other Ankara-based scholars, students and artists of that time. Körotonomedya collective has been among the forerunners of experimental new media and video art in Turkey, and Baker's work within the collective became a major theoretical resource in these fields. , Baker was teaching Modern Visual Arts and Visual Thinking at GİSAM (Audio Visual Systems Research and Production Centre) of METU and at Istanbul Bilgi University. He died on July 12, 2007 in Istanbul after being hospitalized for chronic liver deficiency. Besides a multitude of articles in various publications, Baker's published works include; What is Opinion? (Pyromedia, 2001), Aşındırma Denemeleri (Birikim Yayınları, Istanbul, 2002), Siyasal Alanın Oluşumu Üzerine Bir Deneme (Paragraf Yayınları, Ankara, 2005). External links What is Opinion? a video lecture by Baker Körotonomedya website of the collective A collection of Ulus Baker's articles at Korotonomedya Art & Desire Seminars An international seminar series in memory of Ulus Baker, organized by Korotonomedia, Norgunk Publishers and KozaVisual. Ulus Baker at METU Academic Staff Catalogue Modvisart Modern Visual Arts course blog Category:1960 births Category:2007 deaths Category:Turkish people of Cypriot descent Category:Middle East Technical University alumni Category:Middle East Technical University faculty Category:Turkish Cypriot non-fiction writers Category:Turkish film critics Category:Turkish literary critics Category:Turkish sociologists Category:Turkish former Muslims Category:Turkish atheists Category:People from Saint Petersburg	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Ali Agha-Mohammadi Ali Aghamohammadi is the former deputy vice president for economic affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran. He was noted for his 2011 statement that the Iranian government is working on a "halal" (Islamically permitted) version of the Internet. “Iran will soon create an internet that conforms to Islamic principles, to improve its communication and trade links with the world." Some raised doubts about the feasibility of such a network. See also Internet censorship in Iran References Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Living people Category:Iranian politicians	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
The Works Discount Bookstores The Works - Discount Bookstores was a chain of book shops which promoted itself as Britain's Leading Book Stores. It had 260 shops across Great Britain and Ireland. History The Works has its origins when husband and wife Mike and Jane Crossley started selling remaindered books from their front room in 1981. The Crossleys had both worked for British Leyland in Oxford whilst Mike Crossley's brother had been winding down a business in the West Midlands. By 1984 the Crossleys had opened their first shop in Halesowen though this no longer features as a branch in the company's chain of stores. Over the next 16 years they expanded the business to open over 160 shops in the UK and Ireland, operating as Remainders Ltd. from a purpose-built base on an industrial park at Minworth opened in 1999 and achieving a turnover of £60m through a workforce of 1,200. In 2001, the Crossleys acquired 19 stores in the West Midlands, North West and Wales from failed retailer First Stop Stationery in a £1m deal. Like their high street stores these were re-badged as The Works as opposed to their range of factory shop outlets then called Book Depot. In 2001, Remainders Ltd.'s success won the Crossleys the Birmingham Post's Business of the Month for May and, in November, Business of the Year award, which they received from the Duke of Kent at the International Convention Centre, Birmingham. The Crossley's sold Remainders Ltd. to a management buyout in 2003 for around £25m. At this point the chain had grown to 176 stores with 1,500 staff, an annual turnover of £70m and reported profits in excess of £4m. The new management team was backed by Primary Capital and led by new Chairman Terry Norris. Norris had built up the Rhino Video Games retail business which he sold to Electronics Boutiques after it built up losses. The new management regime continued to expand the business but began to struggle financially. Another Management buyout followed in 2005 when Hermes Private Equity Partners took a 79% interest. Problems persisted and plans for further expansion were abandoned in 2007. Accounts filed in 2006 showed losses totalling £54m. In January 2008 The Works was placed into administration with liabilities of over £79.5m against assets of £6.6m. The administrators, Kroll, closed 85 loss-making stores from a total of 317 and cut over 25% of the 1,600 strong workforce. The Works was rescued from administration in June 2008 by Anthony Solomon and private equity firm Endless, based in Leeds for £15m. At this point the chain had contracted to 226 stores with a turnover of £100m. Solomon brought in a new MD, Bob Lister, who had worked with him previously at The Factory Shop Group. Under the new team, the business began to recover and expand once more, with some stores re-opening and other new shops on fresh sites. Total sales for 2008/9 reached £88.8m and by July 2010 the number of outlets had climbed back to 260. The owners then declared their intention to sell the chain in early 2011 for £80m. Lost Shops Many shops were closed after The Works went into administration in early 2008. Others have closed on the expiry of leases or when other premises became available. Shops which have closed include: Bolton: Unit 7B, The Linkway London Camden Town: 197 Camden High Street (now American Apparel) Covent Garden: Unit 10, The Piazza (as Banana Bookshop) Oxford Street: 16 Oxford Street References External links Category:Bookshops of the United Kingdom Category:Bookstores established in the 20th century Category:1981 establishments in England Category:Retail companies established in 1981	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Son of Vulcan Son of Vulcan is the name of two comic book characters, one created by Charlton Comics in 1965, the other by DC Comics in August 2005. Son of Vulcan was one of the characters DC Comics purchased from defunct Charlton Comics in 1983. Johnny Mann Charlton Comics Son of Vulcan first appeared in Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds # 46 (May 1965), retitled Son of Vulcan with issue # 49, and was created by writer Pat Masulli and artist Bill Fraccio. Charlton staff writer Joe Gill would write most of his stories. Predating the Charlton "Action Heroes" line, Son of Vulcan is not properly part of that group. His final Charlton story, "The Second Trojan War" in Son of Vulcan # 50 (Jan. 1966, the last issue, after which the title became Peter Cannon, Thunderbolt for another ten issues), was the first professional work of writer and future Marvel Comics editor-in-chief Roy Thomas, with the previous issue having seen the character being given a new and more ornate costume designed by a young, cover-credited Dave Cockrum. History The original Charlton character was Johnny Mann, a scrawny but courageous reporter for an international news syndicate who had lost a leg while serving during the Korean War. Covering a bloody civil war on the Mediterranean island of Cyprete, he complained aloud while standing in the ruins of an ancient temple that the gods play with men's lives while leaving them defenseless against the forces of war and crime. Taking offense, the Roman gods transported him to Mount Olympus where he was put on trial before Jupiter, all-powerful king of the gods, for his impudence. The war god Mars argued for his immediate destruction, but Vulcan, lame-legged god of fire and forge, spoke up in his defense, and Venus, goddess of love, agreed with Vulcan. In the end, bonding with the orphaned newsman over their similar disabilities, Vulcan agreed to adopt Johnny and share with him god-like powers that would help him fight injustice in the mortal world. By calling on Vulcan's aid, Johnny would transform into a superhuman demigod, whole again and mightily muscled and clad in indestructible Roman-style armor and shield with the power to summon both fire and powerful ancient weapons from his adopted father's forge. However, it was the judgment of Jupiter that his powers could be removed from him at any time if the gods ever decided he was unworthy of them. Mars often plots against him to make him lose favor with Jupiter or destroy him and was exiled from Olympus for this. As the Son of Vulcan, Johnny had several adventures where he battled both a jealous Mars and the Asian arch-criminal Dr. Kong (the so-called "meanest man alive" who resembled a cross between Fu Manchu and Dracula) but remained a little-known hero. DC Comics DC has made very little use of Son of Vulcan. He appeared briefly in DC Challenge #9 where he was introduced into the DC universe by the aforementioned Roy Thomas and returned to take a more pivotal part in the War of the Gods miniseries that followed the Crisis on Infinite Earths fictional crossover only to be killed off in the last issue. In 2005 DC published a new Son of Vulcan miniseries whose title character and series premise was unrelated to the original. History During the War of the Gods, the Roman gods wanted Son of Vulcan (now known on Olympus as Halciber Filius, a Latinized version of his name, and endowed with all their divine powers rather than just those of Vulcan) to be their champion against the Greek gods' champion, Wonder Woman, but he refused, so they chose Captain Marvel in his stead. Son of Vulcan investigated the cause of the war and met Harmonia, daughter of the Greek god Ares, who was also investigating it, and they learned the war was part of a plan by the sorceress Circe to gain absolute divine power. Son of Vulcan and Harmonia fell in love, but the two eventually died in battle and their souls were personally escorted by Vulcan himself to the eternal paradise of Elysium. Miguel Devante Brief synopsis Orphan Miguel "Mikey" Devante, 14, is taken hostage by Jason Woodrue a.k.a. the Floronic Man at the Big Belly Burger in Miguel's hometown of Charlton’s Point. A relatively unknown hero named Vulcan tells Mikey to free the other hostages while he battles the Floronic Man. Miguel stays back after freeing the other hostages to ensure Vulcan is safe. Miguel saves Vulcan from danger by chopping off Floronic Man's arm with Vulcan's sword. Vulcan chooses Miguel to be his successor. After their adventures, Miguel and the android Pandora later go to San Francisco, where Miguel is seen talking to Beast Boy of the Teen Titans and presenting himself as simply Vulcan. While he evidently did not join the Titans during the One Year, he does appear in the line-up for the new Titans East one-shot, scheduled for release in November, 2007. Son of Vulcan was also in Infinite Crisis #6 as one of the spellcasters who summon the Spectre at Stonehenge. Seeing as Miguel's powers stem from a transferable Metagene virus it has yet to be revealed why he was there. He appeared in JSA Classified #19 written by his creator, Scott Beatty. He is one of the competitors at Roulette's fight, but, apparently, manages to survive and flee the scene. Son of Vulcan was left badly injured, seemingly dead at the end of the Titans East one-shot. Titans #1 revealed that he's still alive, but in a coma. Other versions Darkseid once masqueraded as a Son of Vulcan knockoff named Janus, Son of Jupiter (the name is probably also a reference to Jemm, Son of Saturn). As Janus he possessed great strength and the ability to fly. He also carried a supposedly indestructible shield and a high-tech mace. As Janus, Darkseid appeared as a handsome blond human. He first appears in Super Powers series 3 #3 (Nov 1986). In Grant Morrison's Animal Man storyline "Deus Ex Machina", Psycho-Pirate, while in Arkham Asylum, recreated characters removed from continuity. Son of Vulcan (or a Pre-Crisis version of him) was one of them. He appears as he originally did in Charlton Comics. Presumably, this character vanished from existence when the Psycho-Pirate's episode of madness ended, along with his colleagues. External links International Catalog of Superheroes: Son of Vulcan Son of Vulcan at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived from the original on October 25, 2011. Index to the Earth-4 adventures of the Charlton Action Heroes Further reading Category:Charlton Comics superheroes Category:Charlton Comics titles Category:Comics characters introduced in 1965 Category:DC Comics metahumans Category:DC Comics superheroes Category:DC Comics titles Category:Greco-Roman mythology in DC Comics Category:Superheroes who are adopted	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Hajla e Shkrelit Hajla e Shkrelit (Montenegrin: Шкрељска Хајла, Škreljska Hajla) is a mountain in Kosovo and Montenegro. It reaches a height of and is part of the Hajla mountain in the Prokletije. Its location in the Hajla mountain is in the far west. Notes and references Notes: References: Category:Mountains of Kosovo Category:Mountains of Montenegro Category:Prokletije Category:Two-thousanders of Kosovo Category:Two-thousanders of Montenegro	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Hapalonoma Hapalonoma is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae. Species Hapalonoma sublustricella (Walker, 1864) Hapalonoma argyracta Meyrick, 1914 References Category:Gelechiinae	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Saskia Wieringa Saskia Eleonora Wieringa (born 1950) is a Dutch sociologist. She is a professor of Gender and Women's Same-Sex Relations Crossculturally at the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences at the University of Amsterdam. The area of study was established by the Foundation for Lesbian and Gay Studies and sponsored by Hivos. From 1 April 2005 to 19 April 2012, she served as the director of Aletta, Institute for Women's History (currently Atria Institute on gender equality and women's history) in Amsterdam. Work Wieringa engages in research concerning gender relations, gender indicators, sexual policy and lesbian relationships in Indonesia, Japan and South Africa. She specializes in teaching, research and consults in the fields of human rights, sexuality, culture, cross-cultural lesbian relationships, feminist epistemology (theory of knowledge) and methodology (particularly ethnographic methods and oral history), gender and development theory, policy and planning (especially the development of indicators and monitoring of sexual policy), Women's sexology and HIV/AIDS. She has taught at various universities, both in the Netherlands and abroad in the field of women's and gender studies and sexuality. She has also been involved in setting up Women's Studies at universities in different countries. Wieringa is currently the chair of Gender and Women's Same-sex Relations Crossculturally at the University of Amsterdam. "She has published widely on sexual politics in Indonesie, women's empowerment and women's same-sex relations globally. She is presently working on a book on heteronormativity in Asia". Publications Heteronormativity, Passionate Aesthetics and Symbolic Subversion in Asia (2015, Sussex Academic Press) Sexual Politics in Indonesia (2002, Palgrave Macmillan) Tommy Boys, Lesbian Men and Ancestral Wives (met Ruth Morgan, 2005, Jacana Media South African publisher) Engendering Human Security (met anderen, 2007, Zed Books) Het Krokodillengat (2007, LaVita Publishing) Traveling Heritages. New Perspectives on Collecting, Preserving and Sharing Women’s History (2008, Aksant) Saskia Wieringa and Evelyn Blackwood have composed two anthologies about lesbian relationships. Both have been awarded literary prizes. Female Desires. Same-Sex Relations and Transgender Practices Across Cultures (1999, Columbia University Press) Women’s Sexualities and Masculinities in a Globalizing Asia (2005 Palgrave) References Category:University of Amsterdam faculty Category:Dutch sociologists Category:Women sociologists Category:Dutch women academics Category:1950 births Category:Living people Category:Women human rights defenders	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Atam Nagar Assembly Constituency Atam Nagar Assembly Constituency (Sl. No.: 62) is a Punjab Legislative Assembly constituency in Ludhiana district, Punjab state, India. Result Election results 2017 References Category:Assembly constituencies of Punjab, India Category:Ludhiana district	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Barnaby, New Brunswick Barnaby is a Canadian community in Northumberland County, New Brunswick. It is located south of the city of Miramichi. History Notable people See also List of communities in New Brunswick References Border Communities Acadie Siding Pleasant Ridge Collette Category:Communities in Northumberland County, New Brunswick	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Steph Elliott Steph Elliott (born 24 September 1990) is an English international field hockey player who plays as a defender for England and Great Britain. She plays club hockey in the Investec Women's Hockey League Premier Division for Holcombe Hockey Club and she is the First Team Captain. Elliott studied at Durham University. She made her senior international debut in February 2013. References Category:1990 births Category:Living people Category:English female field hockey players Category:Holcombe Hockey Club players Category:Women's England Hockey League players Category:Alumni of Collingwood College, Durham	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Várzea Paulista Várzea Paulista is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population is 116,601 (2015 est.) in an area of 35.1 km². The elevation is 745 m. It is part of the agglomeration of Jundiaí. References Category:Municipalities in São Paulo (state)	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Land Rover Owner Land Rover Owner International (LRO) is a monthly magazine for Land Rover enthusiasts published by Bauer Consumer Media, based in Peterborough, United Kingdom. History The first issue of Land Rover Owner was launched in July 1987 and featured a picture of Captain Mark Phillips and his horse on the front cover. The second issue front cover featured the Queen with her Series III Land Rover. The third front cover showed a Land Rover being driven off-road, which is what has been featured on the front cover ever since. Land Rover Owner was started by a group of East Anglian businessmen. The first issue cost £1 for 40 pages (mainly black and white), but during that time there were just two models to write about – the Land Rover and the Range Rover. The first two issues sold well. In May 1990 LRO reported that the Discovery had become the UK’s best-selling 4x4 with 1,533 sold in the first three months of 1990. The magazine carried a report in the December 1990 issue on the fleets of Land Rovers that were bought with much of the money raised from the Band Aid record 'Do They Know It’s Christmas?' and the subsequent Live Aid concert for the starving population of Ethiopia. In the mid-1990s LRO was bought by publishing group Emap (which became Bauer Consumer Media). References External links Official website Category:British automobile magazines Category:Land Rover Category:Magazines established in 1987 Category:Media in Peterborough Category:British monthly magazines Category:Bauer Group (UK)	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
1181 Year 1181 (MCLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events Asia Japan The Yowa era, marked by famine, begins in Japan. Southeast Asia Jayavarman VII defeats the Cham and assumes control of the Khmer Kingdom. Europe After a series of defeats, the Almohad navy, under the admiral Ahmad al-Siqilli, crushes the Portuguese fleet and reasserts its control over the Atlantic Ocean. The word Albigensians is first used by chronicler Geoffroy du Breuil of Vigeois, to describe the inhabitants of Albi, France. Philip Augustus annuls all loans made by Jews to Christians, and takes a percentage for himself. A year later, he confiscates all Jewish property and expels the Jews from Paris. By topic Science Chinese and Japanese astronomers observe what has since come to be understood as supernova SN 1181. One of only eight supernovae in the Milky Way observed in recorded history, it appears in the constellation Cassiopeia, and is visible in the night sky for about 185 days. The radio source 3C58 is thought to be the remnant from this event. Guilhem VIII, lord of Montpellier in France, frees the teaching of medicine from any monopoly. (January). Religion September 1 – Pope Lucius III succeeds Pope Alexander III, as the 171st pope. Births Mathilde of Angoulême, French noble (d. 1233) Deaths January 30 – Emperor Takakura of Japan (b. 1161) March 16 – Henry I, Count of Champagne March 21 – Taira no Kiyomori, Samurai leader of Japan (b. 1118) June 30 – Hugh de Kevelioc, 3rd Earl of Chester, English politician (b. 1147) August 30 – Pope Alexander III (b. c. 1100–1105) Adela of Meissen, queen consort of Denmark Lucas, Archbishop of Esztergom (b. c. 1120) Taira no Kiyomori, Japanese warlord (b. 1118) As-Salih Ismail al-Malik, ruler of Syria (b. 1163) References	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Ismo Alanko Ismo Kullervo Alanko () (born November 12, 1960) is a Finnish musician. He is known as the frontman of several bands, most famously Hassisen Kone, Sielun Veljet and Ismo Alanko Säätiö, as well as a successful solo artist. Alanko is known for his versatility and interest in different musical styles. During his career he has recorded punk rock, alternative rock, progressive rock, electronic music, schlager, dance music, children's music and film scores. He has achieved eight platinum records, 16 gold records and four Emma awards. Also a recognized lyricist, Alanko won the Juha Vainio Writer's Award (Juha Vainio -sanoittajapalkinto) in 2003 for his song texts. In a City magazine article in 1999, 43 Finnish journalists picked the top 99 Finnish rock artists. Ismo Alanko placed 20th, with his former bands Hassisen Kone and Sielun Veljet placing 12th and 4th, respectively. Alanko comes from a musical family: of his two younger brothers, Petri Alanko is a reputed classical flute player, Ilkka Alanko is the singer/guitarist of Neljä Ruusua, and his sister Satu Alanko-Rautamaa a violinist, and a member or the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Biography Background Ismo Alanko was born on November 12, 1960 in Kerava, but grew up in Joensuu, North Karelia. As a 15-year-old he played in a band called Sight, already writing some of his own songs. In the Finnish Rock Championship, an annual competition for young musicians, the band finished second in the progressive rock category. After completing his secondary education degree (ylioppilastutkinto), he took a break from music to move to work in Stockholm. Hassisen Kone After returning to Finland in 1979, Alanko, then 19 years of age, gained immediate success as the singer, songwriter and rhythm guitarist of the new wave group Hassisen Kone. They won the Finnish rock championship in 1980 and recorded three very successful albums, Täältä tullaan Venäjä, Rumat sävelet and Harsoinen teräs, where the band went from punk-related new wave to progressive rock. All three remain among the best-selling records in Alanko's career. Hassisen Kone disbanded in 1982. Sielun Veljet Soon after Hassisen Kone broke up, Alanko and former Hassisen Kone guitarist Jukka Orma started Sielun Veljet. Some of their early audience was expecting another Hassisen Kone, but instead the band played aggressive and repetitive post-punk. Only one Sielun Veljet album came close to reaching Hassisen Kone's album sales (L'amourha, 1985), but the band gained fame for their powerful, loud and intense live performances. The band toured constantly and played a wide variety of musical styles, including old schlager hits under the alias Kullervo Kivi & Gehenna. Sielun Veljet quit in 1991, after seven studio albums, two EPs, a box set and a 1991 documentary film titled Veljet. Solo career Alanko's solo debut, Kun Suomi putos puusta, was released in 1990. At this point Sielun Veljet still existed, but the band had become less and less active. After the band broke up, Alanko recorded the electronic music -influenced Jäätyneitä lauluja and toured Finland with his band that was named Tuonelan Lukio. The band's keyboardist was Izmo Heikkilä of the band Raptori. Alanko went on to release two more solo albums, Taiteilijaelämää (1995) and Irti (1996). In 1997, a four-CD box set Alangolla – Ismo Alangon lauluja was released. It spanned his entire career starting from Hassisen Kone and including material from different side projects. Until then, very few Finnish artists had released a box set. Sielun Veljet had released Musta laatikko in 1991 and CMX their collection Cloaca Maxima in 1997. Alanko's most popular song, "Pop-musiikkia", was recorded in 1997 with fellow rock stars Ilkka Alanko (of Neljä Ruusua), Kalle Ahola (of Don Huonot) and A. W. Yrjänä (of CMX) under the name Neljä baritonia (Four Baritones). The single has been certified platinum in Finland and is one of the most successful songs of all time on the Finnish singles chart. In 2002, Alanko appeared on Timo Rautiainen's platinum-selling Tiernapojat play with Jarkko Martikainen, Toni Wirtanen and Rautiainen himself, playing King Herod. In 2009, Alanko continues his varied projects playing with contemporary Finnish artists. In April he joined former Alanko Säätiö percussionist Teho Majamäki onstage as Teholla at Helsinki's mini-festival Arctic Paradise Live, having the same evening performed a solo concert in the Ateneum Art Museum series (A Land Without Kantele) with resident houseband of Jarmo Saari (guitars), Arttu Tolonen (bass) and Abdissa "Mamba" Assefa (drums). Ismo Alanko Säätiö In 1998, Alanko started the semi-ironically named Ismo Alanko Säätiö (Ismo Alanko Foundation). Though Säätiö performed many of Alanko's old hits, the arrangements were radically revamped to fit with their unique acoustic sound, heavily featuring the avant-garde accordion sound of Kimmo Pohjonen, a successful artist in his own right. Even though Säätiö is a band, it can be said that it is a backing band for solo performances by Alanko, as members of the band have changed rapidly. Ismo Alanko Teholla In 2007, Alanko ended Säätiö in its current form, and began touring with multi-instrumentalist Teho Majamäki as "Ismo Alanko Teholla". The name of the band is a play on words, and can mean either "Ismo Alanko with Power" or "Ismo Alanko in ICU (Intensive Care Unit)". Instruments Alanko studied classical cello in his youth, but didn't pursue a classical career because he felt it would require too much practice. In Hassisen Kone and onwards, he has played rhythm guitar in his bands in addition to singing. He still occasionally plays the cello, as well as the piano, both in the studio and on live performances. Alanko composed the music for the 2007 TV series Taivaan tulet by Kari Väänänen. Alanko also played all instruments for the score, except for flute parts that were played by his brother Petri. Alanko has said that the decision to play all the instruments himself came "out of curiosity". Discography Studio albums Live albums Compilations DVDs Singles Notes External links Official site Official Facebook site Category:1960 births Category:Living people Category:People from Kerava Category:Finnish male singers Category:Finnish songwriters Category:Finnish rock musicians Category:20th-century male singers Category:21st-century male singers	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Socialist Union of America The Socialist Union of America, also called American Socialist Union, Socialist Union or Cochranites were a Trotskyist group that split from the Socialist Workers Party in 1953 and disbanded in 1959. It included most of the SWPs trade union base, as well as others sympathetic to the "Pabloist" line of the International Secretariat of the Fourth International, though it was never recognized as a section of the ISFI. History A dissident tendency had begun to crystallize within the SWPs Michigan/Ohio District around 1948-1949 led by Bert Cochran. It included the SWP fractions within the UAW locals in Flint and Detroit, Michigan, as well as Toledo and Cleveland, Ohio; the fractions in the United Rubber Workers in Akron, led by Jules Geller; and a group around Harry Braverman within the United Steelworkers in Youngstown. This tendency was beginning to have grave doubts about the sectarian nature of the SWP, and felt that the concepts of democratic centralism and the vanguard party were out of place in the context of the United States in the 1950s. They did not believe that capitalism was heading for a revolutionary crisis, and felt that a socialist educational group for propaganda among the workers was more appropriate at that point than a vanguard party. They also believed in making alliances with the Communists within the CIO unions to fight against expulsions, and that Communists and fellow travelers should be the primary area of recruitment, especially as many were becoming disillusioned with Stalinism. A related, but distinct tendency was led by George Clarke, the SWP representative on the International Secretariat and Milton Zaslow, the Organizer of the SWPs New York local. This group was more directly influenced by the ideas of Michel Pablo, the secretary of the Fourth International at the time. They believed that because of the pressures of the Cold War the masses had forced the Soviet Union and the other Degenerated workers' states to become more revolutionary. In concert with Pablo aligned Trotskyists in other countries, this group felt that it would be best under the circumstances focus on recruiting among Communists and fellow travelers, in lieu of formal entrism The formal split began in early 1953 when Zaslow presented a document, "Report and Tasks", to the New York Local outlining his ideas. This set off a spirited debate within the party, even though a "truce" was attempted by the leaderships May Plenum. In August of that year the Zaslow group lost control of the New York Local in a city convention. A final split was "provoked" in late October when the oppositionists boycotted the 25th anniversary celebration of the expulsion of James Cannon, Max Shachtman and Martin Abern from the Communist Party, which they regarded as the foundation of their movement. When they refused to disavow the boycott they were expelled. The split cost the SWP 25% of its membership, most of its base within organized labor and its entire organization in the state of Michigan. The expelled members formed the American Socialist Union and began publishing a newspaper, the American Socialist. For the first three months of its existence, negotiations for unity were attempted between the Fourth International, the SWP and the ASU. When, three or months later this proved to be impossible Pablo asked the ASU to become the new US affiliate of the International Secretariat the Cochranites declined, believing that that would just lead the Socialist Union to become a kind of sect that feared the SWP had become. The Cochranites focused much of their activity on publishing their newspaper, American Socialist. They kept their publication "ecumenical" open to people of various leftist philosophies, including Michael Harrington and W. E. B. Du Bois. Their major constituency was among the former SWP members within the CIO and ex-CIO unions, though they also attempted to recruit among the dissidents who left the Communist Party after its crisis of 1956-1957. Zaslow, Clarke and Irving Beinin left in 1957 to work within the remnants of the American Labor Party and in the group around The Guardian magazine, where Beinin became editor. By the late 1950s, Braverman and Geller were becoming increasingly attracted to Monthly Review and disenchanted with Cochrans style of journalism. The Socialist Union disbanded and the American Socialist ceased publication in December 1959. Publications Prospects of American radicalism by Bert Cochran New York, N.Y. : American Socialist Publications, 1954 References External links American Socialist archives, as well as other related texts "Case History of an Experiment" by Murry Weiss. An SWP article on the disbanding of the Cochranites. Category:Political parties established in 1953 Category:Political parties disestablished in 1959 Category:Defunct Trotskyist organizations in the United States	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
The Smoke (film) The Smoke, also known as Two Days in the Smoke (worldwide title outside UK/Ireland: London Payback), is a British crime thriller starring Matt Di Angelo, Lili Bordán, Stephen Marcus, Lindsay Armaou, Anna Passey and Alan Ford. Lawyer Brad Walker (Matt Di Angelo) is having a bad day. His girlfriend Sasha (Anna Passey) has left him for a mate of his. And he's lost his job. While drowning his sorrows, Brad overhears a conversation between two drug dealers. In a moment of madness, Brad decides to steal thousands of pounds from their boss Jack (Alan Ford), an intimidating gangster who will stop at nothing to get his money back and exact retribution on the one who took it. Cast Matt Di Angelo ... Brad Lili Bordán ... Jodie Alan Ford ... Jack Lindsay Armaou ... Georgina Stephen Marcus ... Ben Darren Ripley ... Phil Velibor Topic ... Dmitri Christian Brassington ... Tom Anna Passey ... Sasha Jeff Leach ... Dean Funda Önal ... Sister Josephine George Weightman ... Kingo Martin Richardson ... Greg Duncan Casey ... Raef Ricky Groves ... Sweeney Frazer Hines ... Mr. Hemmings Ayden Callaghan ... Liam Jamila Jennings-Grant ... Lucy Clark Vasey ... Warren Production In April 2012, Screen Daily announced Matt Di Angelo, Alan Ford and Stephen Marcus had all signed on to appear in the film under its shooting title Two Days in the Smoke. Sections of the film were filmed at Tower Bridge, Covent Garden, St. Pancras Railway Station, RAF Uxbridge, the Apex London Wall Hotel and Apex City of London Hotel, and the Pont Alexandre III bridge over the River Seine in Paris, France. The budget for the film was over £500,000 and the film was the first to be funded using the UK Government's Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme, launched while the film was mid-production. The soundtrack features songs from Grammy-nominated En Vogue, Some Velvet Morning and an end title song by Lindsay Armaou (of Irish girlband B*Witched, who also stars in the film). The film was picked up at Cannes in 2014 by UK distributor Signature Entertainment and renamed The Smoke. Their linear studio cut of the film was released in the UK on 20 October 2014. The film was released in the US and other countries as London Payback. The non-linear Director's cut, featuring 12 additional minutes of unseen footage including an opening monologue and the last known screen appearance of the late British actor Malcolm Tierney (best known for his roles in Star Wars and Braveheart, who died before the film was completed), is as yet unreleased. References External links Two Days in the Smoke at Slate 4 Films Category:2014 films Category:British crime thriller films Category:British films Category:Films shot in England Category:Films shot in London	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
1997 Heineken Cup Final The 1997 Heineken Cup Final was the final match of the 1996–97 Heineken Cup, the second season of Europe's top club rugby union competition. The match was played on 25 January 1997 at the Arms Park in Cardiff. The match was contested by Brive of France and Leicester of England. Brive won the match 28–9; they took the lead early on through a fourth-minute penalty from Christophe Lamaison, and Sébastien Viars extended that lead with an unconverted try two minutes later. Leicester responded with three penalties from John Liley, but Brive finally made their pressure show with three second-half tries, one of which was converted, before Lamaison added a drop goal to seal a 19-point victory. Match details See also 1996–97 Heineken Cup References Final 1997 Heineken Cup Final 1997 Heineken Cup Final Heineken Cup Final Heineken Cup Final Category:1990s in Cardiff Category:CA Brive matches Category:Leicester Tigers matches	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Dashtak-e Meymand Dashtak-e Meymand (; also known as Dashtak-e Bālā and Dashtak-e ‘Olyā) is a village in Sadat Mahmudi Rural District, Pataveh District, Dana County, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 295, in 67 families. References Category:Populated places in Dana County	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Standard Publishing Standard Publishing is a nondenominational Christian publishing company associated with the Restoration Movement. It was founded in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1872. Major publications have included its flagship journal, Christian Standard, and church education materials including Vacation Bible School curricula. In 2015, Standard Publishing became an imprint of David C. Cook when the latter acquired the company's Bible lesson commentary series, Sunday school curriculum and other church resources. The company's remaining assets, including Christian Standard, The Lookout, and digital resources for churches, are now produced under the name Christian Standard Media. Founding The founding of Standard Publishing parallels the history of the Restoration Movement. Isaac Errett, Herbert Moninger, J. D. Murch, Lillie Faris, Guy P. Leavitt, C. P. Sharp, P. H. Welshimer, W. R. Walker, and Burris Butler were all editors, publishers, and contributors and were all leaders of the Restoration Movement (1790-1825). Standard Publishing began with a group of physicians, attorneys, educators, preachers, including James A. Garfield, who would later become the twentieth president of the United States. In December 1865, this group met at the home of T. W. Phillips, a noted businessman and philanthropist in New Castle, Pennsylvania. They met to consider launching a journal that would be "devoted to New Testament Christianity, its doctrine, its ordinances, and its fruits." The group organized a publishing association, funded it with $20,000 in capital, and named the journal Christian Standard. Isaac Errett of Detroit, Michigan, was named the first editor. The first issue came off the press dated April 7, 1866. Errett continued as editor, even as he became president of the newly-established Alliance College in Alliance, Ohio, in 1868. In 1869, he partnered with R. W. Carroll, a printer and publisher, in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1872, Errett, Carroll, and Errett's 22-year-old son, Russell, incorporated their publishing house as Standard Publishing. Printing history A two-story building at Ninth and Cutter Streets was purchased in 1914. The Ferro Construction Company erected the company's building at Eighth and Cutter Streets, reported to be the first concrete and steel building put up west of Pittsburgh. That year the company began to do color printing, which was new at that time. Also established was an engraving division known as the Sterling Engraving Company. In 1945, a new building at Parkway and Jackson Streets, was purchased to house the company's expanded offices. A bookstore opened in 1947. In 1955, the company moved to a new, air-conditioned plant in Mount Healthy, a northern suburb of Cincinnati. This single-story plant occupied about seven acres and housed composing, preliminary, printing, binding, and mailing operations. The printing plant included several web as well as large sheetfed presses including a press to apply felt backing to cut-out figures creating flannelgraph sets. In 1973, the company's printing plant consumed 27,500,000 pounds of paper and more than 400,000 pounds of ink. The company eventually moved out of the printing business and relocated to its current office complex just north of Cincinnati. Publications After the American Sunday School Union formed the International Sunday-School Lessons, the first Uniform Lessons appeared in Christian Standard in 1873. The company has published Uniform Lessons in a variety of formats since that time. In 1954, this material was presented in an annual bound volume, The Standard Lesson Commentary. It continues today in various editions annually. Early examples of age-appropriate journals included Sunday School Standard, Boy’s Life, and Girlhood Days. Today all ages of study are represented. Standard Lesson is adult Bible study materials for Sunday school, small groups or personal studies. Encounter offers Sunday school curriculum for junior high and high school teens. 40 Instant Studies caters to small group topical Bible studies for teens. For younger children, Standard Publishing publishes HeartShaper Sunday school curriculum for ages 1 – 12; 13 Very Series for small group Bible studies ages 3 – 12; Route 52 a Bible study curriculum for ages 3 – 12, CAMP - large group event for ages 5 – 12; and Biblical Choices which is designed for Christian school or homeschool bible study K – 6th grade. Young People’s Standard was created to serve the Christian Endeavor movement for Christian Youth, founded in 1888. Six years later Young People’s Standard became The Lookout, a weekly Christian magazine for adults with features to apply their faith and study the Bible, still published weekly today. The first edition of Training for Service was published in 1911, which in its several updated editions, is used as a Sunday school teacher training text. In 1913, Standard Publishing became the first publisher of Vacation Bible School (VBS) materials with a five-week, all-day program. Meanwhile, Christian Standard, the journal from which the company took its name, was published every week from 1866 till September 2012 when it introduced a new 64-page monthly edition. In 2014, Christian Standard introduced an app for digital editions available on smartphones and tablets. Ownership history After 1872, the Erretts bought Carroll’s share of the company. Standard Publishing continued under the ownership and control of the Errett family until 1955 when it was sold to John Bolten Sr. Under his leadership it became a multinational corporation, eventually known as Standex International. In July 2006, the Wicks Group, a New York-based private equity firm, acquired Standard Publishing. It was used as an imprint of New Mountain Learning. In 2007, the company moved to modern offices on the north side of Cincinnati, where the successor company, Christian Standard Media, continues today. In 2015, David C Cook acquired the Standard Publishing brand together with the company's Bible lesson commentary series, Sunday school curriculum and other church resources from New Mountain Learning. Christian Standard and The Lookout were not included in the deal and are published by Christian Standard Media. In 2017, Christian Standard Media was acquired by The Solomon Foundation. Bibliography The Encyclopedia of the Stone-Campbell Movement, Paul M. Blowers, Anthony L. Dunnavant, Douglas A. Foster, D. Newell Williams, editors, copyright 2004 Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., Grand Rapids, Michigan. "Standard Publishing Company," p. 698. "Christian Standard," p. 197. "Butler, Burris (1909-1982), p. 103. "Errett, Isaac," (1820-1888), p. 301. "Lookout, The," p. 487. Brian P Clark, "An Analysis of the Organizing Functions of the Christian Standard in the Restoration Movement Christian Churches/Churches of Christ" (M.A. Thesis, Wheaton College, 1998). Ralph M. Small, "Standard Publishing: An Enduring Ministry," The Lookout, July 17, 1988, p. 9 Leonard G. Wymore, "5,200 Issues—and Still Counting!" The Lookout, March 6, 1994, p. 2 James B. North, Union in Truth, copyright 1994, James B. North. The Standard Publishing Company, Cincinnati, Ohio, pp. 238–39, 263. References External links Category:Christian literature Category:Book publishing companies based in Ohio Category:Companies established in 1913	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Hard-leaf wattle Hard-leaf wattle is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Acacia sclerophylla Acacia spinescens	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Vernon Fredericks Vernon Fredericks (born 7 July 1990) is a New Zealand rugby union player who plays for the Mako in the Mitre 10 Cup competition. His position of choice is flanker. Tasman Fredericks made his debut for Tasman in 2011, playing at hooker, but then began playing at his current position of flanker. Throughout his years at the Mako, Fredericks has made many appearances for the franchise and in 2017 he played in his 50th game for the Mako against with Tasman winning 29–27. Since then Fredericks has made 6 appearances for the Mako as in Round 1 of the 2018 Mitre 10 Cup when the Mako were playing , Fredericks suffered a season ending injury after just eight minutes on the field. Super Rugby Fredericks made his debut for the in 2017 when the played the Crusaders in Suva, Fiji. He came into the squad as a replacement for injured Matt Todd and became Crusader #213 with just seven minutes remaining in the match with the having just scored a try. The Crusaders however did win the match 24-31. References Category:Rugby union flankers Category:New Zealand rugby union players Category:Tasman Mako players Category:Crusaders (rugby union) players Category:Living people Category:1990 births	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Bharla Malwat Rakhtaana Bharla Malwat Rakhtaana (), (meaning: Blood Filled Forehead) is a 2014 Marathi film directed by Anup Jagdale. Vignaharta Productions has produced the film and is said to be a remake of 1988 Hindi film Khoon Bhari Maang. Cast Teja Devkar as Lakshmi Sanjay Khapre as Na.Da.Patil Kavita Radheshyam as Mona / Atyaa Milind Shinde as Subhan Rao Production Anup Jagdale reportedly signed actress Kavita Radheshyam to play the role which was originally played by Rekha. An Online voting was held by Rediff.com to see the user's reaction about Kavita Radheshyam could match actress Rekha in this latest remake. Filmmaker Rakesh Roshan got upset with the Marathi remake of his 1988 classic and sent a Legal Notice to director Anup Jagdale. Anup Jagdale replied the Legal Notice by clarifying his film is not being a remake of Khoon Bhari Maang. References Category:Indian films Category:2010s Marathi-language films Category:2014 films	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Rian McLean Rian McLean (born 24 April 1984) in an Australian actor. He is best known for his role on the television series Round the Twist as well as Home and Away as Christopher Fletcher. Career McLean made his television debut in 1991, appearing in an episode of The Flying Doctors, during the series' eighth season. He later returned to the series in the ninth and final season, playing a different role. In 1994, he made a guest appearance on the police drama series Blue Heelers, and again in 1995 when he appeared in a new role. He also appeared in the second season of the ABC children's television series Lift Off. In 2000, he made a guest appearance on children's series Pig's Breakfast. McLean later portrayed the role of Pete Twist in the ABC children's television series Round the Twist, a role for which he is best known. He was cast in the series for seasons three and the final fourth season. The role was previously played by Sam Vandenberg and Ben Thomas in season two, before the series went on hiatus in 1992 when it finished on the Seven Network, and returning in 2000. What followed was a recurring role on the Seven Network soap opera Home and Away, when McLean appeared as Christopher Fletcher, a character originally introduced in 1988; being played by different actors until 1998. McLean played the role of Christopher when the character returned in 2003, to stay with Irene Roberts (Lynne McGranger) for a short holiday. Initially getting along with Irene's foster son Nick Smith (Chris Egan) and his best friend Seb Miller (Mitch Firth), Nick begins to suspect that Christopher is hiding a secret. It is later revealed that Christopher is gay when he tries to kiss Seb. McLean has also appeared on soap opera Neighbours and Nine Network drama series Stingers. Filmography External links Category:1984 births Category:Living people Category:Australian male soap opera actors Category:Australian male child actors Category:20th-century Australian male actors Category:21st-century Australian male actors Category:Place of birth missing (living people)	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Graeme Moran Graeme Maurice Moran (12 October 1938 – 24 February 1996) was a New Zealand rower. Early life and family Born in Wanganui on 12 October 1938, Moran was the son of Maurice Gerald Moran and Mona Moran (née Brougham). He married Susan Elizabeth Brown, and the couple went on to have three children. Rowing A long-time member of the Union Boat Club in Wanganui, Moran was in the winning Union coxed four with Donald Gemmell, Peter Aitchison, Frank Crotty and Richard Tuffin (coxswain) at the New Zealand championships in 1958. The same crew went on to represent New Zealand at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, finishing fourth. Moran went on to win a further three national rowing titles, in the eights in 1959, 1960, and 1961. He was also a member of the Wanganui eight that won the Hallyburton Johnstone Cup at the 1958 inter-provincial championships. Death and legacy Moran died on 24 February 1996, while training on the Whanganui River. The Graeme Moran Memorial Trophy, inaugurated in 1997, is a team trophy contested at inter-provincial rowing championships. References Category:1938 births Category:1996 deaths Category:Rowers from Whanganui Category:New Zealand male rowers Category:Commonwealth Games competitors for New Zealand Category:Rowers at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
The Mafia Stole My Guitar The Mafia Stole My Guitar is the second album produced by Alex Harvey after leaving The Sensational Alex Harvey Band. The earlier Alex Harvey Presents: The Loch Ness Monster was made while the rest of The Sensational Alex Harvey Band were recording Fourplay. One reviewer described the 'New Band' as 'a competent crew of old style blues-jazz orientated rock musicians' and suggested elements of the album were reminiscent of Colosseum and The Soft Machine. This was to be the last album Harvey released during his lifetime; he died in 1982. Track listing "Don's Delight" (Don Weller) "Back in The Depot" (Alex Harvey, Matthew Cang) "Wait For Me Mama" (Alex Harvey, Don Weller, Matthew Cang, Hugh McKenna) "The Mafia Stole My Guitar" (Alex Harvey) "Shakin' All Over" (Johnny Kidd) "The Whalers (Thar She Blows)" (Alex Harvey, Matthew Cang, Hugh McKenna) "Oh Spartacus!" (Alex Harvey, Matthew Cang) "Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody" (Irving Caesar, Julius Brammer/Leonello Casucci) Personnel Alex Harvey - lead vocals, lead guitar The New Band Matthew Cang - lead guitar, keyboards, vocals Simon Charterton - drums, percussion, vocals Tommy Eyre - keyboards (main), vocals Gordon Sellar - bass guitar, vocals Don Weller - saxophone, horns on "Oh Spartacus!" Technical Mike Hedges - engineer Mark Freegard - assistant engineer References Category:1979 albums Category:Alex Harvey (musician) albums Category:RCA Records albums Category:Albums recorded at Morgan Sound Studios	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Evander McNair Evander McNair (April 15, 1820 – November 13, 1902) was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Early life Evander McNair was born at Laurel Hill in Scotland County, North Carolina. His parents moved to Simpson County, Mississippi soon after his birth. In his early twenties McNair opened a mercantile business in Jackson, Mississippi. During the Mexican War McNair joined the 1st Mississippi Rifles under the command of Colonel Jefferson Davis, who would later become President of the Confederacy. In 1856 McNair moved to Washington, Arkansas, and continued his business there until Arkansas seceded from the Union. McNair raised seven companies of infantry which was augmented with other volunteers and designated the 4th Arkansas Infantry. Military service Evander McNair became colonel of the 4th Arkansas Infantry Regiment on August 17, 1861. He led his unit into battle first at the Battle of Wilson's Creek in southwest Missouri and later at the Battle of Pea Ridge. When General Benjamin McCulloch was killed and Colonel Louis Hébert was captured, McNair became the commander of the brigade. Soon after the Battle of Pea Ridge McNair and his brigade were transferred east of the Mississippi River. McNair's brigade was sent to General Edmund Kirby Smith for his invasion of Kentucky and fought at the Battle of Richmond. On November 4, 1862, McNair received his commission as Brigadier General. Several other units were folded into his brigade including the 1st and 2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifles (dismounted), the 4th Arkansas Infantry Regiment, 30th Arkansas Infantry Regiment, 4th Arkansas Infantry Battalion, and Humphrey's Arkansas Artillery Battery. On December 31, 1862, McNair and his troops participated in McCown's charge on the Union right at the Battle of Stones River near Murfreesboro, Tennessee. In May 1863 McNair and his division were sent to reinforce the Army of Tennessee under General Joseph E. Johnston for the relief of the siege at Vicksburg, Mississippi. McNair participated in the various battles around Jackson, Mississippi. At the Battle of Chickamauga McNair's brigade participated in exploiting the break in the Union lines that turned the battle for the Confederates. During the fierce fighting McNair was wounded and both he and his brigade were sent to Mississippi for recuperation. In 1864 McNair was transferred to the Trans-Mississippi Department where he served for the remainder of the war. Postbellum After the conflict McNair moved to New Orleans and later to Hattiesburg, Mississippi and Magnolia, Mississippi. Evander McNair died at Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and is buried at Magnolia Cemetery in Magnolia. His wife, Hannah Merrill McNair, a New York Yankee, preceded him in death in 1878 and is buried next to him. See also List of American Civil War generals (Confederate) References Further reading Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher, Civil War High Commands. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001. . Sifakis, Stewart. Who Was Who in the Civil War. New York: Facts On File, 1988. . Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Gray: Lives of the Confederate Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1959. . External links US Civil War Generals, accessed April 15, 2007 , accessed April 15, 2007 Category:1820 births Category:1902 deaths Category:People from Scotland County, North Carolina Category:Confederate States Army brigadier generals Category:People from Hempstead County, Arkansas Category:People of Arkansas in the American Civil War Category:People of North Carolina in the American Civil War Category:People of Mississippi in the American Civil War Category:People from Jackson, Mississippi Category:People from Hattiesburg, Mississippi Category:People from Magnolia, Mississippi	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Borki, Bartoszyce County Borki () is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bartoszyce, within Bartoszyce County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia. It lies approximately west of Bartoszyce and north of the regional capital Olsztyn. Before 1945 the area was part of Germany (East Prussia). References Borki	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Saginaw (automobile) The Saginaw cyclecar was built by the Valley Boat & Engine Co of Saginaw, Michigan between 1914-15. It was a two-seater with a belt drive. Its distinguishing feature was that the headlamps were inset into the front mud guards. The Valley Boat & Engine Co was said to be the manufacturer of the Valley Dispatch truck. References Category:Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of the United States Category:Motor vehicle manufacturers based in Michigan Category:Defunct companies based in Michigan	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Algonquin Highlands Algonquin Highlands is a township located in Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada. It has a population of 2,351. The northeastern section of the township is included in Algonquin Provincial Park. The township was formed through the amalgamation of Stanhope and Sherborne et al. townships, the latter of which included McClintock, Livingstone, Lawrence and Nightingale. It was thereafter briefly known as the Township of Sherborne, Stanhope, McClintock, Livingstone, Lawrence and Nightingale until it was renamed to its current name in March 2001. The township lacks a commercial center, but its municipal offices are located on North Shore Road, 5 km north of Carnarvon at . A satellite municipal office is located in Dorset, the main street of which straddles the border of Algonquin Highlands to the east and Lake of Bays to the west. Communities The township includes half the village of Dorset, part of Carnarvon and the hamlets of Boshkung, Buttermilk Falls, Halls Lake, Little Hawk Lake, Maple Lake, Ox Narrows, and Oxtongue Lake. Demographics According to the Canada 2006 Census: Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 868 (total dwellings: 3624) Mother tongue: English as first language: 92.1% French as first language: 1.3% English and French as first language: 0% Other as first language: 6.6% Populations prior to amalgamation (2001): Population in 1996: 1,687 Sherborne and Others (township): 487 Stanhope (township): 1,200 Population in 1991: Sherborne and Others (township): 535 Stanhope (township): 1,178 See also List of municipalities in Ontario List of townships in Ontario References External links Township of Algonquin Highlands Category:Township municipalities in Ontario Category:Lower-tier municipalities in Ontario Category:Municipalities in Haliburton County	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Indre Offerdal Indre Offerdal or Ofredal is a small village on the shore of the Årdalsfjorden (a branch of the Sognefjord) in Årdal Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is only accessible by road through the Offerdal Tunnel, a small tunnel between Seimsdalen and Indre Offerdal. The village was the administrative center of the municipality of Årdal more than 100 years ago. In those days, the main industry in Årdal was lumber, and Indre Offerdal had a strategic position near the forests and accessible by boat. Timber and grains were brought here from all over the region for use at the gristmill and sawmill. Materials were then shipped to Bergen. Today, a small museum is built on the shore of the fjord. It consists of ten buildings including a mill, a sawmill, a warehouse, and several farm buildings dating back to the 19th century. The museum is "living" and provides meals as well as accommodation and meeting facilities. There are guided tours from June through August, or by appointment. The museum is by a mountain road from Årdalstangen through the Seimsdalen valley. References Category:Årdal Category:Villages in Vestland	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Garden Cities of To-morrow Garden Cities of To-morrow is a book by the British urban planner Ebenezer Howard. When it was published in 1898, the book was titled To-morrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform. In 1902 it was reprinted as Garden Cities of To-Morrow. The book gave rise to the garden city movement and is very important in the field of urban design Background This book offered a vision of towns free of slums and enjoying the benefits of both town (such as opportunity, amusement and high wages) and country (such as beauty, fresh air and low rents). Howard illustrated the idea with his "Three Magnets" diagram. His ideas were conceived for the context of a capitalist economic system, and sought to balance individual and community needs. Two English towns were built as garden cities, Letchworth and Welwyn. Though they did not completely measure up to the ideal, they provided a model for controlling urban sprawl. Diagrams from the 1898 edition Diagrams from the 1902 edition Diagrams from the 1922 edition Notes References Larry Anderson. Benton MacKaye: Conservationist, Planner, and creator of the Appalachian Trail. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. 2002. Ebenezer Howard. Garden Cities of Tomorrow. London: S. Sonnenschein & Co., Ltd. 1902. (at Google Books) Sacred-Texts.com. Garden Cities of Tomorrow (HTML edition with introduction). Category:1898 non-fiction books Category:British non-fiction books Category:Books about urbanism	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Moresche Moresche is the plural of moresca, meaning Moorish thing, or Moorish girl in Italian. Both the singular and plural can refer to both a 15th~16th century dance genre or to a 15th~16th century song genre. This article concerns the genre of moresche, polyphonic "moorish" songs. Moresche musically have no common heritage with the moresca dance form. Instead moresche are related to villanella and villanescas, stylized village songs for three to five voices. The significant difference relates to their texts – parodying the Italian spoken by African slaves in Italy. A related genre are greghesche, madrigals imitating Italian spoken by Greeks in Italy. The texts of moresche are often near untranslatable, due either to obscenity and double entendre, or nonsense language, or both. The French singer and printer Antonio Barrè can claim the distinction of publishing the first known examples of moresche as partsongs in his Secondo libro delle muse a tre voci: canzoni moresche di diversi autori (Rome 1555). The Neapolitan moresca à 3 appeared only "after the canzone villanesca alla napolitana à 3 had gained a secure foothold" and can be considered a development of the villanesca from bucolic to more raucous subject matter; in text, language and musical idiom. Chronologically, moresche belong the last years of Renaissance polyphonic song before monody and Baroque polyphony, and also on the cusp of change from the dominance in Italy of Flemish masters such as Adrian Willaert to native Italians such as Andrea Gabrieli. Composers of moresche Lassus: Libro de villanelle, moresche, et altre canzoni. 4–8vv (1582) Giaches de Wert Adrian Willaert Baldassare Donato References Category:Renaissance music	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Preschool Auction "Preschool Auction" is the fourteenth episode of the first season of the American comedy television series Up All Night. The episode aired on NBC in the United States on February 2, 2012. Plot In an attempt to secure a spot for Amy at a prestigious preschool, Reagan volunteers to run the school's annual fundraiser, and asks Ava to help with the charity auction. Meanwhile, Chris reverts to his old competitive ways when his brother (Dean Winters) comes to visit. Production "Preschool Auction" was written by Brian Rowe, his second writing credit for the series after "Week Off". The episode was also directed by Beth McCarthy-Miller, her second credit for the series after "New Year's Eve". She previously worked with creator Emily Spivey and executive producer Lorne Michaels on Saturday Night Live as director for 11 years. The episode features a guest appearance from Dean Winters as Chris's brother, Casey. His appearance was initially reported by TV Guide writer William Keck. Winters previously worked with executive producer Michaels on the NBC comedy series 30 Rock as a recurring character. Reception Ratings "Preschool Auction" originally aired on NBC in the United States on February 2, 2012. The episode was viewed by an estimated 3.70 million viewers and received a 1.8 rating/5% share among adults between the ages of 18 and 49. This means that it was seen by 1.8% of all 18- to 49-year-olds, and 5% of all 18- to 49-year-olds watching television at the time of the broadcast. This marked a 5 percent drop in the ratings from the previous episode, "Rivals". The episode finished fourth in its time slot, being beaten by Grey's Anatomy which received a 3.6 rating/9% share in the 18–49 demographic, the CBS drama Person of Interest which received a 3.3 rating/9% share and the Fox drama series The Finder which received a 2.4 rating/6% share. The episode, however, did manage to beat the CW drama series The Secret Circle. Added with DVR viewers, who viewed the episode within seven days of the original broadcast, the episode received a 2.8 rating in the 18–49 demographic, adding a 1.0 rating to the original viewership. Reviews "Preschool Auction" received positive reviews from critics. Adam Victavage of Paste reacted very positive towards the episode and compared Ava, Missy and Reagen to the female leads of Friends and 30 Rock character Liz Lemon calling the three "fresh additions to sitcom lineage". He called Winter's appearance "pleasant" and compared his character to Arnett's character on the series Arrested Development, GOB Bluth. He concluded that if the series was to continue its rise in quality, it could possibly receive award consideration "next time around". He ultimately gave the episode an 8.8/10 calling it "commendable". The A.V. Club reviewer Margaret Eby wrote that the episode restored her "faith" in the series following its move behind The Office and the two "lackluster" episodes. She also noted that the episode was both "funny and sweet" and was able to have a good balance between the two. She later on praised Winter's guest appearance and she called the Casey-Chris plot "fresh and sharp". She ultimately gave the episode an A. References Category:2012 American television episodes Category:Up All Night (TV series) episodes Category:Television programs directed by Beth McCarthy-Miller	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Empress of China (1783) Empress of China, also known as Chinese Queen, was a three-masted, square-rigged sailing ship of 360 tons, initially built in 1783 for service as a privateer. After the Treaty of Paris brought a formal end to the American Revolutionary War, the vessel was refitted for commercial purposes. She became the first American ship to sail from the newly independent United States to China, opening what is known today as the Old China Trade and transporting the first official representative of the American government to Canton. First voyage The first American merchant vessel to enter Chinese waters left New York harbor on Washington's birthday, February 22, 1784. The Empress returned to New York on May 11, 1785 after a round voyage of 14 months and 24 days. The success of the voyage encouraged others to invest in further trading with China. President Washington bought a set of Chinese porcelain tableware from the ship. The ship's captain John Green (1736–1796) was a former U.S. naval officer, its two business agents (supercargos), Samuel Shaw (1754–1794) and Thomas Randall (1723–1797), were former officers in the U.S. Continental Army, and its syndicate of owners, including Robert Morris (1734–1806) were some of the richest men in the new nation. Legacy In 1986, China minted a silver 5-yuan to commemorate the voyage of the Empress See also Foreign relations of Imperial China RMS Empress of China (1891) Notes References Giunta, Mary A. and J. Dane Hartgrove. (1998). Documents of the Emerging Nation. Wilmington, Delaware: Rowman & Littlefield. ; OCLC 37783076 Smith, Philip Chadwick Foster. (1984). The Empress of China. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Maritime Museum. ; OCLC 11089953 External links Columbia University: Two Hundred Years of U.S. Trade with China (1784-1984) US Dept. of State: Canton Witnesses the 226th Anniversary of The Empress of Chinas Arrival and US-China Trade Relations Kickoff Meng, Xingyu Dr. (2014). The Legend of Empress of China. International Culture and History Project based on the ship Empress of China. Category:Sailing ships of the United States Category:Age of Sail merchant ships of the United States	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Riemann's Theorem Riemann's Theorem or Riemann Theorem may refer to: Riemann's theorem on conformal mappings. Riemann's theorem on removable singularities. Riemann's theorem on the rearrangement of terms of a series.	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Hessel Oosterbeek Hessel Oosterbeek (born in Gouda, Netherlands, on March 11, 1959) is a Dutch economist. He currently works as Professor of Economics at the University of Amsterdam. In particular, Oosterbeek has conducted extensive research on the returns to schooling, the economics of training, investment contracts, and overeducation and has performed impact evaluations for various interventions in especially education. Oosterbeek ranks among the most-cited Dutch economists and the world's leading education economists. Biography A native of Gouda, Hessel Oosterbeek began working as a bookseller after finishing high school, but began studying economics in 1980 at the University of Amsterdam (UVA). Therein, he earned a MSc and a PhD in, respectively, 1985 and 1992, the latter with a thesis on human capital theory. While studying at UVA, Oosterbeek worked at several research institutions in Amsterdam, including the Foundation for Economic Research (SEO), the Center for Educational Research, and the Institute for Public Expenditures, and became an assistant professor at UVA (1988–98). After his graduation and several visiting appointments at Cornell University, Stanford University, and the University of California, Berkeley, Oosterbeek was promoted to associate professor at UVA in 1998 and to full professor in 2000. Additionally, he maintains professional affiliations with CESifo, Tinbergen Institute, the Amsterdam Institute for International Development, the Max Goote Center for Vocational Education and Training, and the Latin American Social Sciences Institute (FLACSO). Moreover, he has been a member of the editorial boards of the Economics of Education Review and Effective Education. Research Hessel Oosterbeek's research interests include the economics of education, impact evaluation, experimental economics and development economics, which he has often explored in collaborations with notably Edwin Leuven, Randolph Sloof, Bas van der Klaauw and Joep Sonnemans. His research with Dinand Webbink in De Economist on higher education enrollment in the Netherlands won the 1997 Hennipman Award. According to IDEAS/RePEc, Oosterbeek belongs to the top 3% of economists registered on IDEAS as ranked by research output. Research on the economics of education Research on overeducation One early but persistent area of Oosterbeek's research is over-education in the Netherlands. Together with Joop Hartog, he finds that due to more higher education enrollment, undereducation in the Netherlands decreased throughout the 1960s and 1970s while overeducation increased, though the rate of return to education is positive even in cases of "overeducation", implying that overeducation doesn't necessarily imply private or social inefficiency. By contrast, Oosterbeek and Hartog don't observe health, wealth or happiness among Dutch to increase linearly in education: individuals with only a non-vocational secondary school degree are generally healthier, wealthier and happier than TVET or university graduates; moreover, they find IQ to increase health, social background to increase wealth, and being a woman to increase happiness. Oosterbeek's research on overeducation (and mismatch) are reviewed in his and Leuven's synthesis of those economic literatures in the Handbook of the Economics of Education. Research on the returns to education Another early area of Oosterbeek's research concerns the returns to education. Together with Wim Groot, he finds strong support for the hypothesis that schooling enhances rather than uncovers productivity once schooling is disaggregated into effective, repeated, skipped, inefficient routing, and dropout years. Moreover, Oosterbeek argues – along with Colm Harmon and Orley Ashenfelter – that estimates of the returns to education are warped by reporting bias, which they find to account for a large share of the differences in earlier estimates that were attributed to differences in the methods of estimation; correcting for the bias, they find returns to education to be particularly high in the U.S. and to have increased throughout the 1980s and 1990s. In another contribution to the discussion on the sign and size of returns to education, Oosterbeek, Harmon and Ian Walker review the literature on the microeconomic returns to education and find that education unambiguously and substantially increases individuals' earnings. Finally, in work with Leuven and Hans van Ophem, Oosterbeek observes that about one third of the variation in wage differentials between skill groups in developed economies are explained by differences in the net supply of skill groups, with relative demand and supply supply being a particularly strong determinant of relative wages of low-skilled workers. Research on the economics of training A third area of research of Oosterbeek's research are the economics of private sector training. For the Netherlands in 1995, he finds workers' schooling, personal backgrounds, and job characteristics to determine their willingness to receive work-related training, while industry and workers' gender and age determine firms' gains from having a better trained workforce. Moreover, whereas for half of the untrained workers the expected net returns to training for the firms would be positive and those of the workers negative, for another third of untrained workers the opposite would have held true. Furthermore, comparing the demand and supply of training in Canada, Switzerland, the Netherlands and the US, Oosterbeek and Leuven find that the employer is typically the provider of training and often willing to pay for general training, that international differences in training largely reflect differences in the weights of certain worker and job characteristics, and that the demand for training tends to increase in workers' education and training. Analysing the impact of legislation enabling Dutch firms to claim a larger share of their expenditures on employees' training if they are aged 40 or older, they find that the training rate of workers just above the age of 40 is 15–20% higher than that of workers just below 40, with the effect mainly reflecting the postponement of earlier training needs and having no significant effect on workers' wages. However, using an estimation method in which they narrow down the comparison group to workers who wanted private-sector training but were unable to participate because of random events, Oosterbeek and Leuven observe only much smaller, statistically insignificant returns to training. Other research on the economics of education Further topics in the economics of education wherein Oosterbeek has performed important research include the impacts of extra funding for IT on disadvantaged pupils' school achievement, of financial rewards for students, of entrepreneurship education, student exchanges, class size, and differences in gender-specific competitiveness. In particular, he finds that extra funding for personnel or computers and software targeted at primary schools with large populations of disadvantaged students significantly decrease student achievement, with extra funding for IT being particularly detrimental for girls (with Leuven, Webbink and Mikael Lindahl). By contrast, he finds that smaller classes in the last three years of primary school in Sweden substantially increase cognitive and noncognitive ability at age 13, school achievement at age 16, and wages, earnings, and education completion throughout ages 27 to 42 (with Per Fredriksson and Björn Öckert). Regarding secondary school, he finds gender-specific differences in competitiveness among Dutch high school students to explain about a fifth of gender differences in the choice of academic tracks, wherein boys tend to choose substantially more prestigious and thus more math- and science-intensive tracks than girls, as they tend to be more competitive (with Thomas Buser and Muriel Niederle). Finally, with regard to university, he finds studying abroad and studying abroad longer to increase the probability of erstwhile exchange students living abroad among Dutch students (with Webbink); the offer of financial rewards for Dutch university freshmen who pass all required first-year subjects to increase only the achievement of high-ability students while decreasing that of low-ability students and the effects to worsen over time, possibly due to the erosion of intrinsic motivation by the extrinsic reward (with Leuven and van der Klaauw); and a major Dutch entrepreneurship education programme to have no impact on college students' self-assessed entrepreneurship skills and to in fact decrease their entrepreneurial intentions. Research on public-private wage differentials, ultimatum games and gender diversity Lastly, Oosterbeek has also conducted miscellaneous research on topics such as public-private wage differentials, ultimatum games and gender diversity: In the early 1990s, the earnings prospects of Dutch public sector workers were better in the public sector than in the private sector and vice versa, pointing to comparative advantages among workers (with Hartog). In ultimatum games, responders (but not proposers) display significant differences in their behaviour depending on geographic region, though these differences are poorly correlated with cultural traits such as Hofstede's cultural dimensions (with Sloof and van de Kuilen). Business teams with an equal gender mix to outperform male-dominated teams with regard to sales and profits, though neither complementarities, learning, monitoring, and conflicts (with van Praag and Sander Hoogendoorn). References External links Personal homepage of Hessel Oosterbeek Faculty profile of Hessel Oosterbeek on the website of the University of Amsterdam Category:1959 births Category:Dutch economists Category:Development economists Category:Education economists Category:Living people Category:University of Amsterdam alumni Category:University of Amsterdam faculty Category:People from Gouda, South Holland	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
KazSat-3 KazSat-3 (, QazSat-3) is a telecommunications satellite which was launched 28 April 2014 at 10:25 GMT Astana Time from Cosmodrome Baikonur in Kazakhstan. with a Proton-M carrier rocket. KazSat-3 is designed for services of telecommunications, television broadcasting and high-speed Internet access in Kazakhstan and neighboring countries. The spacecraft is developed and produced under the contract with the Republican Centre of Space Communication within the project of creating a republican national telecommunications and broadcasting space system. See also KazSat-1 KazSat-2 References Category:Communications satellites in geostationary orbit Category:2014 in Kazakhstan Category:Spacecraft launched in 2014 Category:Satellites using the Ekspress bus Category:Satellites of Kazakhstan Category:Communications in Kazakhstan	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Haakon Haakon may refer to: Haakon (given name) Haakon County, South Dakota, United States Håkon, modern Norwegian spelling of the name Håkan, Swedish spelling of the name Hakon, Danish spelling of the name Norwegian royalty Haakon I of Norway (c. 920–961), the Good Haakon Sigurdsson, Earl of Hlaðir (c. 937–995), king of Norway in all but name Haakon Magnusson of Norway (1068–94) Haakon II of Norway (died 1162), Haakon Herdebrei Haakon III of Norway (1170s–1204), Haakon Sverreson Haakon IV of Norway (1204–1263), the Old Haakon V of Norway (1270–1319), Haakon V Magnusson Haakon VI of Norway (c. 1340–1380), as Håkan also King of Sweden Haakon VII of Norway (1872–1957) Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway (born 1973), crown prince of Norway Other people Håkan the Red (fl. late 11th century), Swedish ruler Haakon Paulsson (c.1105 – 1123), Earl of Orkney Haakon the Crazy (died 1214), Norwegian noble Haakon Chevalier (1901 – 1985), American author, translator, and professor of French literature Håkon Wium Lie, a web technologist (born in 1965) Ships HNoMS King Haakon VII, a Royal Norwegian Navy escort ship in commission from 1942 to 1951 HNoMS Haakon VII (A537), a Royal Norwegian Navy training ship in commission from 1958 to 1974 See also Haakonian Order, fictional extraterrestrial race in Star Trek	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Derwent Capital Markets Derwent Capital Markets was a pioneer in the use of social media sentiment analysis to trade financial derivatives. The company was founded in 2008 by co-owner Paul Hawtin. Derwent Capital Market's registered office is in London. In February 2011 Derwent Capital Markets launched a hedge fund using Twitter for investment direction. An academic study by Johan Bollen (Indiana University), Huina Mao (Indiana University), and Xiao-Jun Zeng (University of Manchester) established the connection between emotion-related words appearing in Twitter posts and subsequent movements in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. In May 2013, Paul Hawtin, the Founder of Derwent Capital Markets launched Cayman Atlantic , an investment management firm that uses real-time social media data such as Twitter to find valuable trading opportunities. As of December 2017, the website no longer functions and the company has been struck off. References Financial Times Article May 2012 FT Article on the Twitter Fund Bloomberg Feature External links Derwent Capital Markets official website Category:Investment companies of the United Kingdom Category:Companies based in the City of Westminster	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Tit-like dacnis The tit-like dacnis (Xenodacnis parina) is a small neotropical passerine bird found in southern Ecuador and Peru. In Spanish, it is known as Azulito Altoandino. It is found in Andean montane scrub forests from 3000 m to 4600 m elevation. Adults reach 12.5 cm in length. Males are solid deep blue with dark eyes, bill, and feet. Females of all subspecies are duller, with rufous-brown underparts. References Clements, James F., and Noam Shany. A Field Guide to the Birds of Peru. Ibis Publishing, 2001. tit-like dacnis Category:Birds of the Peruvian Andes tit-like dacnis Category:Tanagers	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Hans Reinerth Hans Reinerth (13 May 1900, in Bistritz, Austria-Hungary – 13 April 1990, in Unteruhldingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany) was a German archaeologist. He was a pioneer of Palynology (pollen analysis) and modern settlement archaeology, but is controversial because of his role before and during the period of National Socialism. Life Reinerth completed his doctorate in 1921 in Tübingen in a short cource of study, followed in 1925 by habilitation. The Tübingen Prehistoric Research Institute (Tübinger Urgeschichtliche Forschungsinstitut ) under the direction of Robert Rudolf Schmidt carried out extensive excavations at the Federsee, where Reinerth soon played an important role. He examined, among other things, the Bronze Age water castle at Buchau, but never published a complete report of the excavation during his life. Reinerth was a member of the völkisch-minded, anti-Semitic Militant League for German Culture (Kampfbund für deutsche Kultur) and joined the Nazi Party in 1931. In March 1933 he signed the declaration of 300 professors for Adolf Hitler (Erklärung von 300 Hochschullehrern für Adolf Hitler). From 1933 until the end of the Second World War Reinerth was head of the Reichsbund für Deutsche Vorgeschichte. In 1944 he was elected a member of the Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. In 1934 Reinerth succeeded Gustaf Kossinna in the chair at the University of Berlin. He became editor of the magazines Germanen-Erbe and Mannus, Zeitschrift für Deutsche Vorgeschichte and in addition was department head for pre- and early history with the Nationalsozialistischen Kulturgemeinde, the successor organization of the Kampfbund. In 1936 he was instrumental in the construction of the Archaeological Open Air Museum in Oerlinghausen. In 1937 he wrote in the magazine Volk und Heimat: "Whoever reviles and depreciates our Germanic ancestors is no longer confronted today with the isolated nationalist fighter but with the united front of all National Socialist Germans." In June 1938, with the Gauleiter of Baden Robert Wagner in attendance, Reinerth inaugurated an open-air museum he had designed with fourteen reconstructed stone age huts in Radolfzell. In 1939 he was in Alfred Rosenberg's Beauftragter des Führers für die Überwachung der gesamten geistigen und weltanschaulichen Schulung der NSDAP (Amt Rosenberg) in charge of the prehistory department. From 1940 Reinerth served as head of a special prehistory staff for the Reichsleiter Rosenberg Taskforce (ERR), which expropriated so-called "ownerless cultural property of Jews", whose owners had usually been previously killed. In 1941, after the German conquest of Greece, he directed the excavation of a Neolithic settlement in Thessaly, by which he "proved" that Germans had colonized Greece from the north. Some of the finds were transferred to Germany and surfaced only after his death in his private holdings in Unteruhldingen, from where they were reptriated in 2014 by Gunter Schöbel. In September 1942 Rosenberg assembled a "Working Group for Greek-Iranian Antiquity Research in the Occupied Eastern Territories", as a branch of the Institute of Indo-European Intellectual History, based in Munich. The research in this area was to be led by Richard Harder. Reinerth, as head of the special prehistory staff, was appointed as his representative in order to strengthen the cooperation between the staff and this working group. In a letter of September 29, 1942 Rosenberg wrote to Harder, where "protection" in today's terms means "robbery". From the 21st of September, 1942 onwards I have tasked Dr. Reinerth with the identification, protection, and research of pre- and protohistoric Germanic and Slavic finds and other legacy items in the museums, scientific institutes, private collections, and other places in the occupied eastern territories. - Rosenberg to Harder, Bundesarchiv (Germany), signature NS 8/265, p. 15 Reinerth was expelled from the Nazi Party on February 27, 1945 by the Supreme Party Court. The ostensible reason was that he had "friendly relations with Jews". The real reason was turf war between the Amt Rosenberg and the SS Ahnenerbe, since Reinerth worked for Amt Rosenberg. After the Second World War, Reinerth became director of the Pfahlbaumuseum Unteruhldingen, which for a long time provided a very conservative picture of prehistory. He was one of the few archaeologists tainted by National Socialism who could not continue their career in the post-war period. In 1949 he was excluded in a resolution of the scientific community of prehistoric and early historians by colleagues, including several former SS members such as the former SS-Obersturmbannführer Herbert Jankuhn, later professor of prehistory and early history in Göttingen, from a meeting in Regensburg because of "unobjective and tendentious science of prehistory". Between 1954 and 1958 Reinerth was the first chairman of the newly founded Association of German Scuba Divers (Verband Deutscher Sporttaucher-VDST) In 1958 he was appointed Honorary President of the VDST. From 1954 to 1961 he led the underwater research department within the association. During those years Reinerth published several articles in the Delphin, the member magazine of the VDST, on his research on the stilt houses at Unteruhldingen. Selected writings Editor of the magazines Mannus and Germanen-Erbe Die Pfahlbauten des Bodensees im Lichte der neuesten Forschung, in: Schriften des Vereins für Geschichte des Bodensees und seiner Umgebung, 50. vol. 1922, pp. 56–72 Das Federseemoor als Siedlungsland des Vorzeitmenschen. Schussenried 1923; revised and enlarged edition with additional pictures: Leipzig 1936 Die Chronologie der jüngeren Steinzeit in Süddeutschland. Augsburg 1923 Die Besiedlung des Bodensees zur mittleren Steinzeit. Memorial on the 70th birthday of Karl Schumacher. Mainz 1930, pp. 91–95 With other authors: Das Pfahldorf Sipplingen. Ergebnisse der Ausgrabungen des Bodenseegeschichtsvereins 1929/30, in: Schriften des Vereins für Geschichte des Bodensees und seiner Umgebung, 59. vol. 1932, pp. 1–154 (digitized) Das Federseemoor als Siedlungsland des Vorzeitmenschen. Kabitzsch, Leipzig 1936 Editor and co-author: Vorgeschichte der deutschen Stämme. Germanische Tat und Kultur auf deutschem Boden. 3 volumes. Bibliographisches Institut / Herbert Stubenrauch, Leipzig / Berlin 1940 Handbuch der vorgeschichtlichen Sammlungen Deutschlands, Süd- und Mitteldeutschland einschließlich des Protektorats Böhmen u. Mähren. Hg. „Reichsbund für Deutsche Vorgeschichte“ und „Reichsamt für Vorgeschichte der NSDAP“. Verlag J. A. Barth, Leipzig 1941 Pfahlbauten am Bodensee. Überlingen 1977 References Category:1900 births Category:1990 deaths Category:Austro-Hungarian scientists Category:German archaeologists	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Dorćol Elementary School Elementary school at Dorćol is located in Belgrade, in 23, Cara Dušana Street, and it has the status of a cultural monument. Architecture Dorćol Elementary School was built in 1893 according to the project of the architect Milan Kapetanović in the academic style of the 19th century. According to the "Rules on the construction of schools and school furniture" in 1881, the building was composed as a corner building and is one of the first schools in Belgrade that were special, modern and hygienic in terms of construction, erected as a whole. The building fulfilled all the conditions for the operation of such an institution, ranging from the use of building materials to the layout of the rooms, their size, lighting and more. The building was designed with a ground floor and two floors. The author formed three representative facades by plunging the angle. The two that meet each other are symmetrical, of equal number and arrangement of the window openings with emphasized entrance, balcony and bay window according to an axis of symmetry of both facades which are derived in neorenaissance style. The school has a basement, ground floor and first floor, with sixteen classrooms. It was built of brick in lime mortar, with wooden structures, except above the basement where shallow vaults are present. Vertical communication is carried out in each wing with one staircase. The school represented the model for all future school construction in Serbia, in terms of reached European ranking of programs and design, which is reflected in a number of innovations, of construction and design character, and in the equipping of all installations and facilities (gym, swimming pool, changing rooms, auditorium) as well, hitherto unknown in primary schools in Serbia. Opus of the architect Milan Kapetanović is important in the study of architecture of Belgrade between two centuries. Until 1927, Dorćol Elementary School was known as the "Serbian Royal Elementary School", later the Technical school for wood processing, interior decoration and landscape architecture. Kapetanović also worked on a similar example of a public building for the State class lottery. Milan Kapetanović did a lot in the field of residential architecture of Belgrade. See also Dorćol References External links Republic Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments – Belgrade Republic Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments-Belgrade/Immovable cultural property base List of monuments Category:Schools in Belgrade Category:Cultural monuments of Serbia Category:School buildings completed in 1893	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Symplegma Symplegma is a genus of ascidian tunicates in the family Styelidae. Species within the genus Symplegma include: Symplegma alterna Monniot, 1988 Symplegma arenosa Kott, 1972 Symplegma bahraini Monniot & Monniot, 1997 Symplegma brakenhielmi (Michaelsen, 1904) Symplegma connectens Tokioka, 1949 Symplegma japonica Tokioka, 1962 Symplegma reptans (Oka, 1927) Symplegma rubra Monniot, 1972 Symplegma teruakii Kott, 2004 Symplegma viride Herdman, 1886 Symplegma zebra Monniot, 2002 Species names currently considered to be synonyms: Symplegma connectans Tokioka, 1949: synonym of Symplegma connectens Tokioka, 1949 Symplegma elegans Michaelsen, 1934: synonym of Symplegma viride Herdman, 1886 Symplegma oceania Tokioka, 1961: synonym of Symplegma brakenhielmi (Michaelsen, 1904) Symplegma okai (Redikorzev, 1916): synonym of Kukenthalia borealis (Gottschaldt, 1894) Symplegma stuhlmanni (Michaelsen, 1904): synonym of Symplegma brakenhielmi (Michaelsen, 1904) Symplegma systematica (Sluiter, 1904): synonym of Chorizocarpa sydneyensis (Herdman, 1891) Symplegma viridis : synonym of Symplegma viride Herdman, 1886 References Category:Stolidobranchia Category:Tunicate genera	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Gumberk Gumberk () is a settlement in the hills above the right bank of the Krka River in the Municipality of Novo Mesto in southeastern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region. References External links Gumberk on Geopedia Category:Populated places in the City Municipality of Novo Mesto	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Decompression (surgery) In medicine, Decompression refers to the removal or repositioning of any structure compressing any other structure. Common examples include decompressive craniectomy (removal of part of the skull to relieve pressure on the brain), and spinal decompression to relieve pressure on nerve roots. References Category:Surgical procedures and techniques Category:Surgical removal procedures	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Kavilumpara Kavilumpara is an agricultural village in northeastern Kozhikode district in Kerala. It shares a border with Wayanad District. Geography The village is surrounded by mountains and forest reserves and it is near the origin of the Kuttiady River. Education The village has two high schools and a veterinary hospital. A. J. John Memorial High School (A. J. J. M. H. S.) is a high school located in the village (Location: Chathangottunada). It is named after A. J. John, Anaparambil. It is managed by the Missionary Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament (or MCBS Sabha). It is an aided school, and hence run by government funding. Government, however, has no role in the management of this school since in Kerala there is a system where the government funds schools, but all expenditures go to private and religious management. Transportation Kavilumpara village connects to other parts of India through Vatakara town on the west and Kuttiady town on the east. National highway No.66 passes through Vatakara and the northern stretch connects to Mangalore, Goa and Mumbai. The southern stretch connects to Cochin and Trivandrum. The eastern National Highway No.54 going through Kuttiady connects to Mananthavady, Mysore and Bangalore. The nearest airports are at Kannur and Kozhikode. The nearest railway station is at Vatakara. References Category:Kuttiady area	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Crystallography (book) Crystallography is a book of poetry and prose published in 1994 and revised in 2003 by Canadian author Christian Bök. Based around a that language is a crystallization process, the book includes several forms of poetry including concrete poetry, as well as pseudohistorical texts, diagrams, charts, and English gematria. Major poems in the book include Geodes and Diamonds. Bök explains the title in an introduction. Crystallography refers to both the science of crystallography and a reanalysis of the word's roots: crystal meaning "clear", and "graph" meaning "writing". Inspired by the etymology of the word "crystallography," such a work represents an act of lucid writing, which uses the language of geological science to misread the poetics of rhetorical language. Such lucid writing does not concern itself with the transparent transmission of a message (so that, ironically, the poetry often seems "opaque"); instead, lucid writing concerns itself with the exploratory examination of its own pattern (in a manner reminiscent of lucid dreaming). (Bök, 2003) References Bök, Christian. Crystallography. Toronto: Coach House Press, 2003(2nd. Ed.). Category:1994 books Category:1994 poetry books Category:Canadian poetry collections	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Frederick Grimke Frederick Grimke (September 1, 1791 – March 8, 1863) was a judge and author in the U.S. State of Ohio who served on the Ohio Supreme Court from 1836–1842. Biography Frederick Grimke was born in Charleston, South Carolina, a son of John Faucheraud Grimké, a Revolutionary War hero and jurist in that state, and a major slaveholder. Frederick would later drop the accent from this last name. His siblings included the Grimké sisters, whose antislavery views he did not share, the attorney Thomas Smith Grimké, and Henry W. Grimké, father of the African-American leaders Archibald Grimké and Francis J. Grimké. Frederick graduated from Yale University at age 19, studied law in South Carolina, and practiced in that state before moving to Chillicothe, Ohio in 1818. From 1820 to 1836, Grimke was President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas. In 1836, he was elected a Judge on the Ohio Supreme Court. Throughout this time he wrote essays for the Scioto Gazette (Chillicothe) and Ohio State Journal (Columbus). In 1842, literary and philosophical studies became an obsession, and he resigned from the Supreme Court. In 1846, the 544 page Considerations upon the Nature and Tendency of Free Institutions was published. The historian Richard Hofstadter has described it as deserving "a place among the more important books of nineteenth-century political speculation," for its analysis of two-party political conflict. Before he died during the American Civil War, he directed that one copy be delivered to the Federal Government, and one to the Confederate Government. He also published Essay on Ancient and Modern Literature, where he came out firmly in favor of the modern over the Classics. Grimke died March 8, 1863 at his bachelor quarters at the Madeira House in Chillicothe, and it was said that when he was moved from there to the grave, not one woman followed his remains to his resting place. He was interred at Grandview Cemetery (Chillicothe, Ohio). Honors Elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1836. Publications Notes References Category:Ohio lawyers Category:Ohio Supreme Court justices Category:People from Chillicothe, Ohio Category:Politicians from Charleston, South Carolina Category:1791 births Category:1863 deaths Category:Yale University alumni Category:Burials at Grandview Cemetery (Chillicothe, Ohio) Category:Members of the American Antiquarian Society Category:Lawyers from Charleston, South Carolina	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Juan Carlos Vallejo Juan Carlos Vallejo (born 27 May 1963) is a Spanish former swimmer who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics and in the 1984 Summer Olympics. References Category:1963 births Category:Living people Category:Spanish male swimmers Category:Male freestyle swimmers Category:Olympic swimmers of Spain Category:Swimmers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Category:Swimmers at the 1984 Summer Olympics	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }
Angiolo Mazzoni Angiolo Mazzoni (May 21, 1894 – September 28, 1979) was a state architect and engineer of the Italian Fascist government of the 1920s and 1930s. Mazzoni designed hundreds of public buildings, post offices and train stations during the Interwar period in Italy. Life Mazzoni was born in Bologna, was moved to Rome in 1905 with his parents, but returned to the Academy of Fine Arts, Bologna for his education. In 1920 Mazzoni practiced for about a year under Marcello Piacentini. The following year he was engaged as an engineer with the Special Section of Railway Workers in Milan, then rose to a position in the newly formed Ministry of Communications in 1924, producing significant independent work by 1926. Politically astute, Mazzoni also joined the National Fascist Party in 1926. He owed much of his success and influence to his intimate connections with the Fascist regime, and played a decisive role in using architecture to consolidate positive images of Fascism. The Fascist regime engaged in a comprehensive national program of public works. As chief architect for the Ministry of Communications and for the State Railways, both key modernizing sectors of Fascist rebuilding programs, Mazzoni designed many of them. Italy still contains hundreds of his large and small railway and telecommunications buildings, extant and functioning, a tribute to his mastery of robust, hard-working construction. In many of these he collaborated with architect and engineer Roberto Narducci. Mazzoni's relationship with Fascism made it politically difficult for subsequent scholars to acknowledge his importance. Construction on his major commission, the vast Roma Termini railway station, was suspended in wartime Italy and redesigned by others after the Fascist defeat. Other important buildings by Mazzoni were crudely altered or demolished in the post-war period. His own personal advocacy of Fascism worked against his legacy, even after the end of World War II when he voluntarily exiled himself in Bogota, Colombia until 1963. More recently academics and scholars such as Ezio Godoli, Giorgio Muratore, and Enrico Crispolti have begun a rehabilitation process and a critical re-evaluation of Mazzoni. His archive is now kept at the Museum of Modern Art in Trento, and efforts are being made to ensure the conservation of his most important surviving buildings. Works Mazzoni's early works shows connections to the Viennese School of Josef Hoffman and Otto Wagner, with a neo-classical influence. Stylistically eclectic, Mazzoni joined in 1933 to the so-called "second phase" of the Italian artistic movement Futurism, signing in 1934 the Manifesto of Aerial Architecture with F.T. Marinetti and the journalist Mino Somenzi, architectural evolution of the futurist aeropittura. Throughout his work, his stylistic approach varied dramatically, from the overtly bombastic and classical to the dynamically modern. In every case, his handling of composition, solids and voids, light and shade, surfaces and materials, was originally conceived, spirited, poetic, erudite, strong, and full of conviction. Mazzoni's works include: Venezia Santa Lucia railway station (designed 1924, built 1934-1943, completed postwar) Palazzo delle Poste, Palermo with murals by Benedetta Cappa (1926–1934) reconstruction of the Bolzano/Bozen railway station, with architectural sculpture by Italian sculptor Franz Ehrenhöfer (1927–1929) "Palace of Post and Telegraphs", Grosseto, with architectural sculpture by Italian sculptor Napoleone Martinuzzi (1930) the colonia "Rosa Maltoni Mussolini", Pisa (1926/1931) the railway station of Latina (1932) "Palace of Post and Telegraphs", Latina (1932) central post office, Gorizia (1932) Ricevitore Postetelegrafonica, Sabaudia (1933) the Siena railway station (1933–35) the railway station of Montecatini Terme (1933–37) the boiler house, control cabin and personnel facilities at Firenze Santa Maria Novella railway station (1934) the Reggio Emilia railway station (c. 1935) Roma Tiburtina railway station (1937) the central railway station of Reggio Calabria (1938) the central railway station of Messina (1939) Roma Termini railway station (c. 1940, unfinished and work abandoned c. 1943) Trento's Railway Station One classic example of Mazzoni's work is the railway station in Trento, a city in the north-eastern Italian Alps, built during 1934–36. Trento had a special significance for the Fascist regime as the capital of the Trentino-Alto Adige (Welschtirol-Südtirol) region, annexed to Italy from Austria at the Treaty of Versailles after World War I. Trento's railway station represents Mazzoni's interpretation of the functionalist style typical of the times; the building's continuous windows and dynamic structural lines are said to express Futurist ideas of speed and streamlining. The station stands out due to its innovative use of steel, glass, and several varieties of local stone. The station offers platforms on four rail tracks and its design is intended to facilitate the flow of people from the street to the trains. Wide wood-frame doors open on the entire facade. A wide, shallow staircase leads to the underpassage to the 2nd and 3rd tracks. Spacious waiting space is provided under cover or indoor. In addition to ticket offices, a tobacconist, a news-stand and baggage store, the station also provided office space for administration, restrooms, a restaurant and bar (today only a bar remains) and conference rooms and meeting space. Mazzoni was more than an architect. He also was an important interior and furniture designer, and all the components of his buildings, from wall decorations to brass door-handles and glazed screens, were designed by his office. The main hall of Trento railway station was decorated with large mosaics depicting the life of the people, and the natural beauties of the mountainous region around Trento. These depictions were typical of the time and served an educational-propagandistic purpose. Originally, the ceiling is said to have been painted light green. References Angiolo Mazzoni (1894–1979)- Architetto Ingegnere del Ministero delle Communicazioni, Milan, Skira, 2003. Naomi Miller, Review of Angiolo Mazzoni (1894–1979) - Architetto nell' Italia tra le due guerre, in The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Vol. 45, No. 1, (Mar., 1986), pp. 74–76 External links More information on Angiolo Mazzoni (dead link) Arch. Mazzoni Angiolo. Fascismo - Architettura - Arte / Arte fascista web site Manifesto of Aerial Architecture Information on Mazzoni's Palazzo delle Poste Category:1894 births Category:1979 deaths Category:Architects from Bologna Category:20th-century Italian architects Category:Futurist architects Category:Italian fascist architecture Category:Knights of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus Category:Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna alumni	{ "pile_set_name": "Wikipedia (en)" }

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