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Keek
Keek was a free online social networking service that allowed its users to upload video status updates, which were called "keeks". Users could post keeks to the Keek website using a webcam or via the Keek mobile apps for iPhone, Windows Phone, BlackBerry, or Android. Users could also reply back with text or video comments, known as "keekbacks", and share content to other major social media networks. There was also an embed option so users could embed their keeks into a blog or website.
Origins
The word "Keek" comes from Scots and means a look, especially a quick one. Keek Inc. is based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and has around 45 employees. Keek launched in early 2011 to "create a social network that was more authentic and personal. We are committed to delivering the fastest, most engaging social video experience," CEO Isaac Raichyk said in an interview.
Reception
Keek has been described as "the revival of rareware ", "Instagram of video" and a "micro version of YouTube". and is often compared to a combination of other major social media networks such as Facebook, YouTube, Tumblr and Twitter. "Keek is more like a combination of YouTube, Facebook and Twitter than its direct competitors."
"What makes Keek different is that it focuses on short, personal video uploads. A 'keek' can only be 36 seconds long, and is usually uploaded directly from a webcam or smartphone camera. So unlike many of the professional vloggers floating around on YouTube, the content is less polished – but also far quicker and reactive. Think of it like Twitter or Tumblr, only this time focused solely on video."
Keek has been described as a "new wave in social media technology" in reaction to the growth it received in 2012.
Growth
In 2012 the Keek community started generating a large amount of original content posting 66,000 videos per day. With the launch of the Keek mobile apps for iOS and Android in March 2012, there was a significant increase in the community and creation of content. Keek added 2 Million users in October 2012 and served 250 million pageviews.
By January 2013 Keek was adding 200,000 users per day to its social network and users were generating 4 million videos per month.
In March 2013, Keek announced the launch of verified accounts. Individuals or businesses can qualify for account verification if they are at high risk of impersonation or if they have large audiences on Keek or other social networks.
Also in March, Keek launched a BlackBerry version of their app allowing BlackBerry 10 users the ability to share videos on Keek, Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Email or via SMS.
Between March 2013 and June 2013 Keek added 24 million users to bring its network to a total of 45 million registered users.
On May 17, 2013 Keek added a new private messaging feature, allowing users to privately chat using video or text with up to 36 people at once.
Keek launched a developer portal with API access on June 14, 2013. The new API program will allow developers to access public keeks, search functionality, user profiles, Klusters and more.
Keek launched a Windows phone version of their app on June 27, 2013.
In August 2013 Keek reached a total of 58 million users growing at the rate of 250,000 new users a day. Keek has been the top video app in 18 countries globally.
However, by October 2013 Keek was struggling to raise more venture capital funding through investment firm Morgan Stanley and was forced to downsize its operation to half a dozen staff members.
By November 2013 a reverse takeover bid was announced by oil company Primary Petroleum. The reverse takeover would see Primary Petroleum sell off all of its oil holdings and change its name to Keek Inc, effectively merging the two companies, and bringing Keek to the public stock market. During this time co-founder and CEO Isaac Raichyk left Keek to found a new mobile dating platform called Clover of which he is now CEO.
As of June 2014 Keek was set to expand its offices into New York City, and had changed its upper management to include Jamie King as CPO, Lin Dai as CMO, and Alexandra Cameron as the new CEO.
On October 31, 2016, Keek was rebranded as Peeks Video.
Apps
iOS
The current version of the Keek iOS app is compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch running iOS 6.0 or later. The app is free to download in the App Store and can be found in the Social Networking category. The current app, version 4.4, has a rating of 3 out of 5 stars based on 15 user ratings. In total the Keek iOS app has received an overall rating of 4 stars out of 5 based on 14,644 user ratings. The app was last updated to version 4.4 on November 13, 2014.
Windows Phone
The Keek Windows Phone app is compatible with Windows Phone 8 smartphones. The app is free to download from the Windows Phone Store, listed in the Social category. The app was released on June 27, 2013 with version 1.0.0.1. and currently has a rating of 4 1/2 out of 5 stars based on 1,391 reviews. The app is free to download and supports English and Arabic languages.
BlackBerry
The Keek BlackBerry app is compatible with BlackBerry 10 smartphones such as the BlackBerry Z10. The app is free to download from the BlackBerry World store, listed in the Social Networking category. It is currently an Android port and not a native BlackBerry app. The app was released on March 1, 2013 with version 1.0. Currently, version 2.8.4 has a rating of 2 1/2 out of 5 stars. The app is free to download and is rated T for teen. The launch of the app for BlackBerry 10 devices marked the first time Keek was available for any BlackBerry device.
Android
The Keek Android app is compatible with Android devices running Android 2.3 or newer and can be downloaded from the Google Play store. It is currently rated 4.0 out of 5 stars (based on 117,691 user ratings) and has between 5,000,000 - 10,000,000 installs. The app is free to download.
Funding
Funding was originally provided by family and friends of the founder and CEO Isaac Raichyk.
The first round of venture capital funding was led by three Canadian venture capital firms AlphaNorth Asset Management, Plazacorp Ventures and PowerOne Capital Markets Ltd. for $5.5 million (US) on October 5, 2011.
The second round of venture capital funding was led by Cranson Capital Securities with participation from Pinetree Capital Ltd. (TSX: ) and Whitecap Venture Partners. This round of financing raised $7 million (US) bringing the total investment financing to more than $12 million (US) as of September 18, 2012.
The third round of venture capital funding was led by AGF Investments Inc., Pinetree Capital Ltd. (TSX: ) and Plazacorp Ventures, with Cranson Capital also participating. This round of financing raised $18 Million dollars (US) on January 17, 2013 which brings the total investment financing to $30 million (US).
In the fourth round of funding Keek hired Morgan Stanley to raise more venture capital, however, they were unable to do so and Keek was forced to downsize its operations.
An oil company, Primary Petroleum, set up a bid for a reverse take over of Keek which would bring Keek to the public stock market.
Keek launched on the Toronto Stock Exchange () at 0.10 cents a share, and as of July 2014 it was trading at 0.165 cents a share.
Trademark
Keek Inc. filed for a U.S. federal trademark on February 9, 2011 for the term "KEEK" and was designated the trademark serial number 85237909. The trademark was filed in the category "Computer & Software Products & Electrical & Scientific Products , Computer & Software Services & Scientific Services , Advertising, Business & Retail Services , Communications Services , Education and Entertainment Services". Keek Inc. received the registered trademark for "KEEK" on July 3, 2012.
Demographics
As of July, 2012, 85% of the Keek community were between the ages of 13 and 25, with 69% female engagement, and two-thirds of those users were active during that month.
See also
Instagram
Mobli
Snapchat
Socialcam
Tout
Vine
References
External links
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Barry Jekowsky
Barry Jekowsky is an American musician and music director who founded the California Symphony.
Jekowsky has played with the National Symphony, the Detroit Symphony, and the Reno Philharmonic Orchestra.
Jekowsky left the California Symphony in 2010 after 24 years.
He resides in Marin County, California with his wife and 3 children.
References
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Coolmax
Coolmax is the brand name for a series of polyester fabrics developed and marketed by Invista (formerly Dupont Textiles and Interiors).
Coolmax is marketed as "moisture-wicking" and "breathable". As a polyester, it is moderately hydrophobic, so it absorbs little fluid and dries relatively quickly (compared to absorbent fibers such as cotton). The cross-section is non-round, increasing surface area by an estimated 20% (over round fibers) in order to produce a wicking effect via capillary action.
Invista makes extensive use of co-branding in their marketing of Coolmax and other clothing materials, partnering with their customers to increase awareness of their product among end consumers.
Like other polyester fabrics, Coolmax is flammable and has a relatively low melting point (~255 °C), giving clothes made from it a tendency to melt and fuse to the wearer's skin when exposed to high heat. This has led to Coolmax and other polyesters (along with acrylic and rayon) being restricted or banned in certain high-fire-risk applications, such as firefighting and front-line combat.
References
External links
DuPont Company Textile Fabrics Department videotapes, photographs, slides and promotions (1918-2004) at Hagley Museum and Library.
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Barrage
Barrage may refer to:
Entertainment
Barrage (Barrage album), by band Barrage
Barrage (Paul Bley album), 1965
Barrage (group), a Canadian violin ensemble
Barrage (film), a 2017 film
Barrage (manga), a 2012 shōnen manga by Kōhei Horikoshi
Other uses
Barrage (artillery), a line or barrier of artillery or depth charge fire
Barrage (dam), a type of dam
Barrage balloon, a tethered balloon used as an obstacle to attacking aircraft
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Uplink (video game)
Uplink (known in North America as Uplink: Hacker Elite) is a video game released in 2001 by the British software company Introversion Software. It is a simulator of the cinematic depiction of computer hacking.
Plot
In the game, the player assumes the role of a hacker in the year 2010, who begins work for the Uplink Corporation, which is a worldwide company providing work for hackers. The player amasses money, software, gateway hardware and skill in the course of performing jobs for various clients, and hacking servers of global corporations for profit.
The storyline of the game begins with the player receiving an e-mail from a deceased top ranking Uplink agent concerning the research done by the Andromeda Research Corporation, related to the Andromeda organization which proclaims the destruction of the Internet. It is constructing a computer virus known as Revelation using artificial life research as a base in an attempt to destroy the Internet. One of the companies, Arunmor, attempts to cross their plans by developing Faith, a counter virus that can purge Revelation.
The player can choose between two companies or even ignore the plot in its entirety, concentrating on freelance hacking, in which case the storyline plays out without the player's participation.
Style
Uplink focuses on emulating highly stylised, Hollywood-esque hacking, as seen in movies such as Hackers, Sneakers, WarGames and Swordfish. References to these movies can be found throughout the game, including joke servers for companies such as Steve Jackson Games (which has been raided by the Secret Service) and a nuclear missile control system from WarGames. It also features at least three references to the movie Sneakers, including one which can be found in the first version of the game (and was later removed in an update released by Introversion) which is a cheat code in which the user has to enter "TooManySecrets" (an anagram to the phrase "Setec Astronomy") as the username thus allowing him to access a cheat menu. Another reference to the anagram is the fake password "MySocratesNote", sent to the player in an e-mail which starts the plotline. In addition, the voice print sections use the phrase "Hello. I am the system administrator. My voice is my passport. Verify me." which is similar to the one Sneakers used.
Most of the 'hacking' is of the form: "there is a security system of type X, level Y that is stopping me from accessing or changing something I need to access or change, so I need to have an anti-X program of level Y+". There is some need for rapid selection of programs to run, but there is no actual difficulty in running them (provided that one can afford them).
The game has a certain number of unusual features, including an in-game IRC function to talk to other players and in earlier versions a multi-monitor feature requiring another copy of the game running on a second computer. The latter was removed in later versions due to lack of stability and popularity and, as it was called "Network", was often confused with multiplayer gaming (that the game does not offer).
Soundtrack
The game uses several songs originally made in S3M, mod and xm format. The original song files are included on the bonus CD-ROM of the game, a disc that was originally given as a free addition to those who referred the game to others. The disc also includes several songs which were rejected.
The Blue Valley by Karsten Koch
Deep in Her Eyes by Peter 'Skaven' Hajba
Mystique Parts 1 and 2 by Robert 'Timelord' Gergely
Symphonic by Simon 'Hollywood' Carless
Release
The game was released for Microsoft Windows and Linux (2012) directly by Introversion, and ported to and released for Mac by Contraband and Ambrosia Software respectively. Chris Delay stated in an interview with PC Gamer UK that they did not pay for advertising of the game at all — it became known purely by word of mouth. A version released in the US was published and distributed by Strategy First under the title Uplink: Hacker Elite. Legal proceedings were undertaken when Strategy First filed for bankruptcy and ceased paying Introversion royalties, but the Hacker Elite version remains available from various sources. The game is now also available via Valve's Steam online distribution service, and via GOG.com, as well as the Ubuntu Software Center. Uplink was also released for iOS on 7 June 2012. An Android version debuted as part of The Humble Bundle for Android 3, on 15 August 2012.
Hacker Elite royalties
A version released in the US was published and distributed by Strategy First under the title Uplink: Hacker Elite. Strategy First ran into financial difficulties, and ceased paying royalties to Introversion shortly before filing for bankruptcy protection, but continued to sell the game in competition with Introversion.
On 20 January 2006 Introversion announced they were taking legal action against all retailers of Uplink: Hacker Elite, except Stardock. It transpired that, while filing for bankruptcy would have caused a breach of contract, Strategy First persuaded Canadian courts to grant a moratorium preventing termination of the contract. Strategy First has resumed paying limited royalties.
Stores and services currently reselling Hacker Elite in North America include:
Stardock, via GameStop's Impulse distribution platform.
Direct2Drive, IGN's digital distribution service (as of July 2006).
Strategy First's online store.
As some versions of Uplink: Hacker Elite have been modified, many game mods and patches will not run with the Hacker Elite version.
Reception
The iOS and PC versions received "generally favorable reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.
The editors of Computer Gaming World presented Uplink: Hacker Elite with their 2003 "Adventure Game of the Year" award. They summarized it as "an immersive, original, and suspenseful little game."
References
External links
Modlink — Modding website
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Jordan at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Jordan competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's tenth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.
The Jordan Olympic Committee selected a team of eight athletes, seven men and one woman, to compete in six sports at the Games. The nation's roster in Rio de Janeiro was also a replication to those sent to Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004, respectively, but had the highest percentage of men in its Olympic history since 1984. Among the sports represented by the athletes, Jordan made its Olympic debut in triathlon.
The Jordanian team featured two returning athletes from London 2012: Methkal Abu Drais in men's marathon, and Talita Baqlah, who became the first swimmer to attend two Olympic Games, along with her younger brother Khader. Meanwhile, super heavyweight boxer Hussein Ishaish was chosen by the committee to carry the Jordanian flag in the opening ceremony.
Jordan left Rio de Janeiro with its first ever Olympic medal of any color, a gold won by taekwondo fighter Ahmad Abu-Ghaush in the men's featherweight category.
Medallists
Athletics
Jordanian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):
Key
Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
NR = National record
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Track & road events
Boxing
Jordan has entered two boxers to compete in each of the following classes into the Olympic boxing tournament. Super heavyweight boxer Hussein Ishaish claimed his Olympic spot with a box-off victory at the 2016 Asia & Oceania Qualification Tournament in Qian'an, China. Meanwhile, Obada Al-Kasbeh received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission to compete in the men's light welterweight division.
Judo
Jordan has qualified one judoka for the men's middleweight category (90 kg) at the Games, signifying the nation's Olympic debut in the sport. Ibrahim Khalaf earned a continental quota spot from the Asian region, as the highest-ranked Jordanian judoka outside of direct qualifying position in the IJF World Ranking List of May 30, 2016.
Swimming
Jordan has received a Universality invitation from FINA to send two swimmers (one male and one female) to the Olympics.
Taekwondo
Jordan entered one athlete into the taekwondo competition at the Olympics. Ahmad Abu-Ghaush secured a spot in the men's lightweight category (68 kg) by virtue of his top two finish at the 2016 Asian Qualification Tournament in Manila, Philippines.
Triathlon
Jordan has entered one triathlete to compete at the Games, signifying the nation's Olympic debut in the sport. Lawrence Fanous was awarded a tripartite commission invitation for the men's event.
References
External links
Olympics
2016
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Dodecatheon alpinum
Dodecatheon alpinum is a perennial plant in the primrose family, Primulaceae, known by the common name alpine shooting star.
This wildflower is native to the Western United States, in California, Arizona, Nevada, Oregon, and Utah. The plant grows in wet areas in the mountains, such as in the Sierra Nevada and Transverse Ranges.
Description
Dodecatheon alpinum is partially aquatic, sometimes growing along the edges of bogs and in shallow, slow rivulets. This is a thick-rooted perennial with narrow, straight leaves around the base.
It erects slim, tall stems which are dark in color and are topped with inflorescences of one or more showy flowers. Each flower nods with its mouth pointed to the ground when new, and becomes more erect with age. It has four reflexed sepals in shades of bright pink or lavender which lie back against the body of the flower. These may have bases of white or yellow which rim the corolla. From the corolla mouth protrude large black anthers and a thready stigma.
It flowers from June to August.
References
External links
Jepson Manual Treatment — Dodecatheon alpinum
USDA Plants Profile
Dodecatheon alpinum — U.C. Photo gallery
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Joaquim Adão
Joaquim Adão Lungieki João (born 14 July 1992) is an Angolan footballer who currently plays for FC Sion as a defensive midfielder.
Adão was loaned to Scottish Premiership club Heart of Midlothian in January 2018.
International career
Adão played his first international game for Angola on 5 March 2014, in a 1–1 draw against Mozambique. He was part of the starting lineup and played the entire match.
References
External links
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Nicolai Lorenzoni
Nicolai Lorenzoni (born 1 May 1992) is a German-Swiss professional footballer who plays as a left back.
Career
Lorenzoni played in Switzerland for SV Herten and Basel. In January 2009 he joined SC Freiburg.
He made his first team debut for SC Freiburg on 1 December 2013 in a 1–0 away defeat against Borussia Mönchengladbach. He replaced Francis Coquelin after 82 minutes.
Lorenzeni joined KSV Hessen Kassel from Chemnitzer FC for the 2015–16 season.
References
External links
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Jules-Paul Pasquier
Jules-Paul Pasquier (1774–1858) was a French member of the Conseil d'État.
Early life
Jules-Paul Pasquier was born on 25 January 1774 in Paris. His father, Etienne Pasquier, was guillotined during the French Revolution.
Career
He served as the prefet of the Sarthe departments from 1814 to 1818. He served as a member of the Conseil d'État.
He became a Commandeur of the Legion of Honor in 1844.
Death
He died on 28 December 1858. He was buried in Coulans-sur-Gée.
References
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Ared Arzumanian
Ared Arzumanian (born August 11, 1970) is a producer, songwriter, and recording artist. He is a Canadian of Armenian descent from Toronto.
Career
First Success
Ared had a taste of his first success in the music industry after he co-wrote and co-produced the hit song Open Up Your Heart by Mia Minx (1995, Hi-Bias Records Inc.), a collaboration between 5 writers and produced by industry colleague Mark Ryan (H.A. Der-Hovagimian).
Branching Off
In 1996, Ared branched off and began working with a number of other recording artists and producers in Canada. As a side project, he began to write a series of pop songs with his long-time friend, pianist and composer Serouj Kradjian. That same year, Ared was signed under a recording/production deal with Odeon Records, which led to his collaboration with local dance music artists Captain GQ, Alexia Phillips, Lana, Channelle (Freda), Emanuel, and Francesco. He also created his own project, Rhythm Reaction, (co-produced by Chris Phillips) which became popular nationally with songs including You're Not Alone (1997) and My Life (1999). The single You're Not Alone received a flurry of attention from DJs and radio stations across Canada and was on heavy rotation on Toronto dance/hit stations Energy 108, Hot 103.5 (now Z103.5), and Power 88.5.
Several songs written and produced by Ared were used as part of the soundtrack to the feature film More to Love (1999, directed by Paul Lynch), which won the Feature Film Award for Best Romantic Comedy (1999) at the New York International Independent Film & Video Festival.
New Horizons
In 1999, Ared partnered with producer Maciej Kaniewski (of Dreamscape) to form the duo the Magik Brothers. Their earlier work includes dance music artist Jaade's single No More (Popular Records), a remix for the single It's My Nature by V.I.P. (Popular Records), and collaborations with dance music artist Paul London (Ti Amo Records) and pop duo NVS. A year later in 2000, Ared and Maciej recorded the hit song Zodiac, yielding the immediate attention of several record companies. Shortly after the single was aired on Z103.5, the duo was picked up by Universal Music Canada under a licensing contract. Their previously recorded single Sun also garnered national acclaim in Poland, when it was licensed by BMG (Poland). In 2002, Ared and Maciej then signed a management/production contract with UOMO, an imprint label under BMG Music Canada (now Sony BMG Music Canada Inc.). Under UOMO, the Magik Brothers completed their full-length album (2002) and produced remixes for other artists under the UOMO/BMG imprint including a dance remix for Shawn Desman's Get Ready (2002), which aired on weekly episodes of Electric Circus.
The Magik Brothers duo went on to create side projects such as EnVie (2003) and had the opportunity to work on remixes for existing artists including TLC, Gloria Gaynor, Amerie, Lyric (feat. Loon), Jerzee Monet (feat. DMX), Jarvis Church, Choclair (feat. Kurupt), Ghetto Concept, Nicci Gilbert, Andrea Lewis, Untamed, and Unique. In 2004, Ared's interest in the international music scene landed him a collaborative project working with Nune (Nune Yesayan), a popular Armenian pop singer. Nune's Manager and Executive Producer (of Prime Entertainment) arranged to record a song written by Ared in his earlier repertoire, Shame (Nune: International Album, 2005), which Ared and Maciej co-produced. Shame was released internationally across several territories worldwide and aired heavily on Armenian national radio.
Ared continues to write and produce music with industry colleagues in Canada, the United States, Poland, and Armenia.
See also
Canadians of Armenian descent
List of Armenian Canadians#Arts
References
External links
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Ared+Arzumanian
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Magik+Brothers
https://twitter.com/AredArzumanian
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Treacy
Treacy is a surname of Irish origin. It means "fighter". Below are many famous Treacys
Billy Treacy (contemporary), Irish rugby league player
Carolyn Treacy (born 1982), American Winter Olympics athlete
Colman Treacy (b. 1949), Judge, lawyer
Darren Treacy (rugby league) (born 1971), Australian former rugby league footballer
Darren Treacy (footballer) (born 1970), English former footballer
Eric Treacy (1907-1978), Anglican Bishop and railway photographer.
Emerson Treacy (1900–1967), American stage and film actor
Jim Treacy (contemporary), Irish hurler
John Patrick Treacy (1891–1964), American Roman Catholic Bishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin
John Treacy (b. 1957), Irish Olympic track and field athlete
Keith Treacy (b. 1988), Irish professional football player
Noel Treacy (b. 1951), Irish politician; TD for Galway East
Patrick Ambrose Treacy (1834–1912), Irish Roman Catholic missionary to Australia and New Zealand
Philip Treacy (b. 1967), Irish milliner; designed hats for the wedding of Prince Charles and Camilla Bowles
Ray Treacy (1946-2015), Irish professional football player
Sara Louise Treacy (born 1989), Irish Athlete
Seán Treacy (1895-1920), leader of the IRA during the Irish War of Independence
Seán Treacy (politician) (1923–2018), Irish politician; speaker of Dáil Éireann 1973–77 and 1987–97
External links
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Tomášikovský presyp
Tomášikovský presypy is a natural monument in Tomášikovo in the Trnava region of Slovakia. The natural monument covers an area of 0.9875 ha on the left bank of the Little Danube. It has a protection level of 4 under the Slovak nature protection system. It was established in 1973 and later amended in 1988.
Description
The area was protected to preserve a sand dune with significant communities of psamophytic and xerophilous species of plants and animals. The sand dune was created under the influence of water and wind activity. The surroundings of the area consist of alluvial sediments of the Danube, namely sand and gravel.
References
Category:Geography of Trnava Region
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Santa Cruz Hemp Allstars
The Santa Cruz Hemp Allstars are a super-jam group put together by Poco Marshall, featuring members of Sound Tribe Sector 9, Estradasphere, Netwerk:Electric, The Disco Biscuits, The Slip, The Living Daylights, and DJ Logic. The first show was held at Palookaville in Santa Cruz, California on April 20, 2001 as a Santa Cruz Hemp Fest afterparty. The group plays totally unrehearsed improvised jam sessions. There have only been a total of seven appearances ever by the Santa Cruz Hemp Allstars. Their last show was completely sold out.
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Roy Vue
The Roy Vue is an apartment building in Seattle, United States. Constructed in 1924 on a design by Charles Haynes, the three-story structure is built in what has been described as a "semi-gothic" style, surrounding a large, landscaped courtyard of . Its red brick facade is ornamented by several typically Tudor elements such as parapeted gables.
In 2018 plans were announced to demolish the interior of the building and build-over the signature courtyard.
References
External links
"Save the Roy Vue", an interest group
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Francisco Ribeiro
For other uses, see Ribeirinho.
Francisco Ribeiro (15 March 1965 – 14 September 2010) was a Portuguese cellist, composer, lyricist, vocalist, arranger and record producer. He was born and died in Lisbon, Portugal.
Ribeiro is best known for being one of the founding members of Madredeus, a group that combined traditional Portuguese music with influences from contemporary folk music. While with Madredeus, Ribeiro collaborated on the soundtrack for the 1994 film Lisbon Story, directed by Wim Wenders.
In 1997, Ribeiro left Madredeus to complete his musical training in England. While in England, he was a member of the Gloucester and Stroud Symphony Orchestras from 2002 through 2003. He graduated from Bath Spa University in Music and Composition, and also studied at Gloucester Tech College while attending the Music Academy of Santa Cecilia.
Ribeiro returned to Portugal in 2006. In December 2009, he released The Junction Well, the first album by his personal project Desiderata. Ribeiro was actively involved in various music projects and festivals.
Ribeiro died in Lisbon from liver cancer at the age of 45.
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Screen & Radio Weekly
Screen & Radio Weekly was a nationally syndicated Sunday tabloid-newspaper-supplement published by the Detroit Free Press from 1934 to 1940 that covered film, radio, and fashion – and included a short story.
History
The concept for the publication has been attributed to Dougles DeVeny Martin (1885–1963), one of five 1932 Pulitzer Prize winning journalists from the Detroit Free Press, who, in April 1934, proposed – to Malcolm Wallace Bingay (1884–1953), managing editor – publishing a weekly tabloid supplement in full color, 16 pages covering cinema and radio entertainment "to interest adult-minded readers, with no salacious gossip and a bare minimum of press-agent claptrap. All factual material used, according to promotional material, was staff-written and each issue featured one short story.
The Detroit Free Press first published S&RW April 29, 1934, with a photo of Janet Gaynor on the cover – an era marked by the Great Depression, before television. Full-scale commercial TV broadcasting did not begin in the United States until 1947. Movies and radio, in 1935, according to author Donovan A. Shilling, served as a relief for people living in an era of few jobs.
On the first anniversary of the publication (in 1935), circulation was 1,700,000 – reportedly more than any two other fan magazines combined.
Editors, reporters, and contributors
A few S&RW columnists who also wrote for the Detroit Free Press used pseudonymous bylines and were identified as Free Press journalists, sans the word "Detroit."
Fashion and beauty
Film
Hollywood
Managing editors
Radio
Theater
Archival access
The issues of Screen & Radio Weekly include neither mastheads nor volumes nor issue numbers – only dates. The Margaret Herrick Library – the main repository of print, graphic and research materials of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences – holds issues of Screen & Radio Weekly. ()
Digital archival access
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Arizona Silver Belt
The Arizona Silver Belt is a newspaper in Globe, Arizona. It has been published since the 1870s. It is owned by News Media Corporation, who acquired it from GateHouse Media in 2008.
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External links
Official website
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IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (abbreviated TCBB) is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal. It is a joint publication of the IEEE Computer Society, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (CIS), and the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. It is published in cooperation with the IEEE Control Systems Society.
The journal covers research related to:
algorithmic, mathematical, statistical, and computational methods used in bioinformatics and computational biology
development and testing of effective computer programs in bioinformatics
development and optimization of biological databases
biological results that are obtained from the use of these methods, programs, and databases
the field of systems biology
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2018 impact factor of 2.89.
References
External links
Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
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Adrian Ianculescu
Andrian Ianculescu (born October 28, 1973) is a retired Romanian artistic gymnast. He is a bronze world medalist with the team and on vault.
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Diving at the 2017 Summer Universiade – Women's 3 metre springboard
The women's 3 metre springboard diving event at the 2017 Summer Universiade was contested from August 25 to 26 at the University of Taipei (Tianmu) Shin-hsin Hall B1 Diving Pool in Taipei, Taiwan.
Schedule
All times are Taiwan Standard Time (UTC+08:00)
Results
Preliminary
Semifinal
Final
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Omloop van het Waasland
Omloop van het Waasland ("Circuit of Waasland") is a bicycle road race held annually in the Belgian region of Waasland. Since 2009, it is organized as a 1.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour.
It is also known for being the very last professional cycling race in which Eddy Merckx took part before retiring in 1978.
Winners
External links
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Vulgus
is a vertically scrolling shooter video game developed and published by Capcom in Japan in 1984 and released in North America by SNK the same year. The word "Vulgus" comes from Latin and means "common people", people of lower layers of society. The game was Capcom's first video game. The game is included in Capcom Classics Collection and is now available as freeware.
A Nintendo Entertainment System version was developed but never released. However, a playable finished ROM has surfaced online since its cancellation.
Gameplay
The player controls a spaceship with a single objective: destroy incoming enemies. The vessel has two different weapons: a primary weapon with infinite ammunition and a limited supply of bombs. By picking up the "Pow" icons, which sporadically appear throughout the levels, the player can replenish supplies. Similar to Xevious, the game does not have distinct levels; the background alternates between the surface of a planet and a space field. The game repeats with increased difficulty until the player loses all of their lives.
Legacy
A followup game, Titan Warriors, originally known as Neo Vulgus, was in development for the Nintendo Entertainment System, but was ultimately never officially released.
In 2001, Capcom released Vulgus as freeware for IBM PCs and PDAs.
Vulgus is available in the compilation title Capcom Generation 3 for the Sony PlayStation and Saturn. The game was also included in the 2005 Capcom Classics Collection for the Sony PlayStation 2 and Microsoft's Xbox, in Capcom Classics Collection Reloaded for the PlayStation Portable and as a bonus game at Capcom Arcade Cabinet .
Captain Commando duly notes Vulgus'''s position in gaming history as Capcom's first game in one of his Marvel vs. Capcom win quotes. Deadpool also states in Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 for a win quote that he will continue petitioning Capcom for Vulgus 2.
The Pow icon is re-used in many other Capcom games, like 1941: Counter Attack, Bionic Commando and Exed Exes. Likewise, the Yashichi enemy has made later appearances in many Capcom games, usually in a more benign role as a power-up. Valgas, a boss character from the Power Stone'' series, has his name based on this game.
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Kobol language
Kobol, or Koguman, is a Papuan language of Madang Province, Papua New Guinea.
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Wadala (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
Wadala (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is one of the ten constituencies of the Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha located in the Mumbai City district.
It is a part of the Mumbai South Central (Lok Sabha constituency) along with five other assembly constituencies, viz Dharavi, Sion Koliwada, Mahim, from Mumbai City district and Chembur and Anushakti Nagar from Mumbai Suburban district.
Members of Legislative Assembly
Key
Election results
2014 result
2009 result
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Maria Smith-Falkner
Maria Natanovna Smith-Falkner (; February 16 [February 4, Old Style], 1878 in Taganrog – March 7, 1968 in Moscow) was a Soviet economist and statistician of Jewish origin, corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR from 1939 onwards. She was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, having joined the Bolsheviks in 1918.
Biography
1901-05 - studied at the faculty of economics of the University of London.
1918-19 – chief of the department of economic research at VSNH (All-Russian Council of National Economy). Member of the Coil Section of the VSNH.
1919 – served in the Red Army in the Southern Front in the course of the Russian Civil War.
Since 1921 – taught at universities and colleges in Moscow (the Moscow State University, the Georgi Plekhanov Moscow Institute of National Economy, the Oil Institute and others).
1925 – earned her doctorate in economics.
1921 – 1924 – professor at the faculty of social studies of Moscow State University
1924 – 1930 – professor at Moscow Institute of National Economy after Plekhanov.
1925 – 1934 - full member scholar at the Communist Academy of the Central Executive Committee (Moscow).
1926 – 1930 – member of Board of the Central Statistical Administration of the USSR.
1930 – 1934 – professor at the International Lenin School.
1934 – 1936 – professor at the Economic Research Institute attached to the Gosplan (the State Planning Committee).
1937 – editor of the State Socio-Economic Publishing House.
1938 – 1941 – professor at Moscow Economic Planning Institute.
1941 – 1944 – senior staff scientist at the Economics Institute of the Academy of Sciences of USSR.
1944 – 1946 – senior staff scientist at the Institute of Foreign Trade.
1948 – 1955 – team manager at the Economics Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR.
Scientific interests
Smith-Falkner's research was focused on the issues of political economy of capitalism and socialism. Her scientific interests were: economics of capitalism and socialism, statistics theory, the status of the working class in the Western countries, etc. She conducted her research at the Institute of Economic Studies attached to the Gosplan (the State Planning Committee) and the Economic Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR.
Maria Smith-Falkner edited the works by David Ricardo and Sir William Petty to be published in the Soviet Union.
Major works
Prodovolstvennyi vopros v Anglii (The Food Question in England) St. Petersburg, 1917, The book was marked by Vladimir Lenin in the Book Chroncle (Knizhnaya letopis) journal
Klassovaia borba v sovremennoi Anglii (Class Struggle in Modern Great Britain), Moscow, 1922
Dinamika krizisov i polozhenie proletariata (The Moving Sources and Trends of Crises and the Status of Proletariat), Moscow, 1927
Teoriia i praktika sovetskoi statistiki (The Theory and Practice of the Soviet Statistics) (Collected articles), Moscow, 1930
Polozhenie rabochego klassa kapitalisicheskikh stran v svete teorii obnishchaniia Karla Marksa (The Status of the Working Class in the Capitalist Countries in the Light of Karl Marx's Pauperization Theory) Moscow, 1933
Polozhenie rabochego klassa v SShA,Anglii i Frantsii posle vtoroi mirovoi voiny (The Status of the Working Class in the USA, Great Britain and France after the WWII) Moscow, 1953
Ocherki istorii burzhuaznoi politicheskoi ekonomii (The Studies on the History of the Bourgeois Political Economy. Mid 19th – Mid 20th century) Moscow, 1961
Awards and prizes
Maria Smith-Falkner was awarded the Order of Lenin, another order and a medal.
References
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Anvil City Science Academy
The Anvil City Science Academy, also known as ACSA, is a charter school in Nome, Alaska with approximately 60 students from grades 5-8. The school expanded in 2015 to hold 66 students from the previous 44. The academy was founded in 1997 by multiple teachers. It is currently staffed by three teachers and one principal. The current principal is Lisa Leeper. As of 2018, Anvil City Science Academy had 61 students. The school has a different budget every year, known as "Taters".
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Boneh Posht
Boneh Posht () is a village in Kiskan Rural District, in the Central District of Baft County, Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 69, in 16 families.
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Kings-Kaweah Divide
The Kings-Kaweah Divide is a divide in Sequoia National Park. It splits the watersheds of the Kaweah Rivers and the Kings River, .
The Divide's extent
The Divide runs from (west to east) from Big Baldy west of Mount Silliman east to Triple Divide Peak, which is part of the Great Western Divide.
The Divide is a border
The Divide forms the northern border between Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, , .
Summits and passes on the Divide
Going west to east, Mount Silliman is a prominent summit, as are Elizabeth Peak and Alta Peak, and the Divide terminates at Triple Divide Peak, .
Both Elizabeth Pass and Copper Mine Pass are directly on the Divide, as is Silliman Pass.
It also runs along Copper Mine Pass, and is near Cloud Canyon and Upper Big Bird Lake.
External links
A map
Nearby mountains
A description of hiking the Kings-Kaweah Divide
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Nicholson, Pennsylvania
Nicholson is a borough in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 767 at the 2010 census.
History
The borough of Nicholson was incorporated on August 23, 1875 and was named after John Nicholson, who had been Pennsylvania's comptroller general in the late 1700s.
The town of Nicholson attracted national attention during the final week of July 1986, when an escaped Bengal tiger was hunted in the area for several days. Despite air and ground searches by state police and zoo officials, the animal was never found.
Geography
Nicholson is located at (41.624983, -75.783054).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it (0.83%) is water.
Demographics
As of the census of 2010, there were 767 people, 302 households, and 195 families residing in the borough. The population density was 639.2 people per square mile (246.8/km2). There were 343 housing units at an average density of 285.8 per square mile (111.7/km2). The racial makeup of the borough was 97% White, 0.1% African American, 0.1% Native American, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 0.1% some other race, and 2.5% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.4% of the population.
There were 302 households out of which 29.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.7% were married couples living together, 11.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.4% were non-families. 28.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 3.15.
In the borough the population was spread out with 25% under the age of 18, 58.3% from 18 to 64, and 16.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years.
The median income for a household in the borough was $38,650, and the median income for a family was $40,833. Males had a median income of $38,889 versus $27,813 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $21,449. About 24% of families and 24.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 41% of those under age 18 and 10.5% of those age 65 or over.
Government
The town has a weak mayor - strong council form of government.
Mayor
Council
Tunkhannock Viaduct
A local landmark, the Tunkhannock Viaduct, Tunkhannock Creek Viaduct or "Nicholson Bridge" has been a focal point of the Nicholson community since its completion in 1915. Built by the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad from 1912 until 1915, the bridge has served many owners; DL&W, Erie-Lackawanna, Conrail, Delaware & Hudson [also operated by Guilford Transportation, and New York Susquehanna & Western] before the current owner, Canadian Pacific Railway. Canadian Pacific and Norfolk Southern trains operate over it daily between Binghamton and several other New York state locations, along with rail yards in Pennsylvania such as Scranton, Allentown and Harrisburg. Each year the town organizes a festival in honor of the bridge called Nicholson Bridge Day. The entire main street of the town is shut down and filled with vendors, entertainment, and more.
Notable people
Jim Saxton, former Representative, New Jersey 3rd Congressional District
Don Sherwood, former Representative, Pennsylvania 10th Congressional District
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Acacia peregrinalis
Acacia peregrinalis, also known as New Guinea salwood, is a tree belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Juliflorae that is native to New Guinea.
The slender tree typically grows to a height of . It is found in areas of savannah, monsoon forest or rain forest in areas that are flooded during the wet season where it grows in stony or sandy soils.
See also
List of Acacia species
References
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Tranimal
Tranimal is a drag and performance art movement that began in the mid 2000s in Los Angeles. Deriving from 'transvestite' the aim was to create interpretive, animalistic and post-modern interpretations of the 'drag queen.'
History
The term "tranimal" was coined by artist Jer Ber Jones. Jer Ber Jones is responsible for starting the movement and popularizing the movement in 2006, and again in early 2007 with the original stage production of the dance musical FOWL, a collaboration with choreographer Ryan Heffington, which grew into a drag and performance art scene based in Los Angeles.
In contrast to traditional genres of drag such as camp and pageant, tranimal drag de-constructs fashion and make-up, often using found objects, and elements of surrealism. A visual emphasis was placed on hiding or exaggerating male attributes, but not necessarily shaving, tucking or plucking, creating a constant push and pull between the genders. The tranimal movement was inspired by Leigh Bowery, Radical Faeries, the Cockettes, Boy George, Grace Jones, Cindy Sherman and John Waters.
Austin Young and collaborators further popularized the look and ethos of Tranimal through portraiture work around the genre.
In 2011 the movement reached a mainstream audience when actress Ann Magnuson suggested to the Los Angeles Times that a "Tranimal Makeover Station be erected mid-way on the red carpet." (For the televised Oscar Awards Ceremony.)
Tranimal Workshop
The first public Tranimal Workshop event, held at Mark Allen's Machine Project in 2009, contextualized the movement and moved it into a participatory, open-source series of events. Each event culminated in a series of photographs shot by Austin Young. The concept of the Tranimal Workshop was a collaboration between by Austin Young, Squeaky Blonde and Fade-Dra. Participating artists have also included Matthu Andersen, Jer Ber Jones, Andrew Marlin, Jason El Diablo, and many others. The first workshop was co-produced by Austin Young and Saskia Wilson-Brown in conjunction with Ultra Fabulous Beyond Drag, Part Deux in 2007, and Ultra Fabulous Beyond Drag, Part Deux in 2009. These two film programs in Los Angeles were complemented by guest performances from artists such The Steve Lady, Jer Ber Jones, and Squeaky Blonde, among others. The Ultra Fabulous screenings served to coalesce the filmic elements of the movement in one place, for the first time.
Since the initial event, the workshop has been further developed by many of the original organizers with Austin Young at the helm, and has expanded to various venues including Los Angeles' Hammer Museum in 2010 and the Berkeley Art Museum in 2011.In 2019 June,An Indian based drag performers Patruni Chidananda Sastry rose to fame for his interpretive style of Tranimal drag with indian folk artforms.
Tranimal performers
Jer Ber Jones
Squeaky Blonde
Jackie Hell
Vain Hein
Andrew Tran
Violet Blonde
Monikkie Shame
Alisson Gothz
Fade-Dra Phey
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Humboldt, Ohio
Humboldt is an unincorporated community in Ross County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.
History
Humboldt had its start in 1878 when the railroad was extended to that point. A post office called Humboldt was established in 1880, and remained in operation until 1935. Humboldt was a whistle stop on the Ohio Southern Railroad.
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Adonna Khare
Adonna Jantina Khare (born February 7, 1980) is an American artist from Burbank, California mainly focused on large-scale pencil drawings. She received her Masters of Fine Art from California State University Long Beach. Her work has been collected by prestigious public and private collections throughout the world. In 2012 she won the world’s largest art competition ArtPrize, competing against over 1500 artists from all around the world.
She has been featured by Los Angeles Times, NPR, The Huffington Post, Daily Mail, Juxtapoz, Mashable, My Modern Metropolis, Saatchi Gallery.
Career
2014 State of the Art: Crystal Bridges Museum
2014 38th Annual Salon National des Artiste Animaliers
2014 Face to Face: Yellowstone Art Museum
2015 Natural World: Adonna Khare and Jon Ng: Fullerton College
2015 EMS Nude Survey 1: Jamie Brooks Fine Art: Costa Mesa, CA
2015 Bunnymania: ChunKing Studios, Los Angeles
2015 Menagerie at the Grand Rapids Art Museum
2015 Teton ArtLab - Artist In Residency
2016 Adonna Khare: The Kingdom: Boise Art Museum
2016 State of the Art, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis
2016 Natural Causes, CASS Contemporary Art Gallery, Tampa Florida
2016 A Fine Line, Paul Mahder Gallery, Healdsberg, CA
2016 Off the Page, Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, AZ
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Landjäger
Landjäger is a semidried sausage traditionally made in Southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Alsace. It is popular as a snack food during activities such as hiking. It also has a history as soldier's food because it keeps without refrigeration and comes in single-meal portions. As a meal, landjäger sausage can be boiled and served with potatoes and fresh greens.
Name
According to the Swiss German Dictionary, the name Landjäger was possibly derived from the dialect expression lang tige(n) 'smoked for a long time, air-cured for a long time'. The humorous reinterpretation in sense of 'mounted police' may be inspired by the comparison of the stiffness of sausages with the perceived military rigidity of a police officer. The Alsatian and French names for smoked air-cured sausage, Gendarm and gendarme, are apparently translations of the folk-etymologized German name. "Jäger" should be remembered as a direct, simplified, translation from the German, meaning "hunter". This could lead to explain the sausage's renewed popularity in the more northern, and German-settled, parts of the United States. Landjägers are considered by dedicated hunters as a food for hunters taking game to carry on the traditions associated with a lifestyle from previous generations of hunters.
Ingredients
Landjäger sausages are made of roughly equal portions of beef and pork with lard, sugar, red wine, and spices. They are each in length, made into links of two. Prior to smoking and drying, they are pressed into a mold, which gives them their characteristic rectangular cross-section of about . Typically, a pair of Landjäger weighs about 100 g and contains about 516 kcal. In Austria, Landjäger are sometimes made using horse meat.
See also
Culinary Heritage of Switzerland
List of sausages
References
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Sunnidale Park
Sunnidale Park is the largest urban municipal park in Barrie, Ontario. It is surrounded by Sunnidale Road, Cundles Rd W, Coulter St and Highway 400. The park is home to a large arboretum and the Dorian Parker Centre. The park was previously a golf course. The park also hosts a community garden.
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Shuttle diplomacy
In diplomacy and international relations, shuttle diplomacy is the action of an outside party in serving as an intermediary between (or among) principals in a dispute, without direct principal-to-principal contact. Originally and usually, the process entails successive travel ("shuttling") by the intermediary, from the working location of one principal, to that of another.
The term was first applied to describe the efforts of United States Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, beginning November 5, 1973, which facilitated the cessation of hostilities following the Yom Kippur War.
Negotiators often use shuttle diplomacy when one or both of two principals refuses recognition of the other prior to mutually desired negotiation.
Mediators have adopted the term "shuttle diplomacy" as well.
Examples
An early form of shuttle diplomacy emerged at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919 when Italy briefly withdrew from the Conference in protest of the other international delegations' refusal to grant its irredentist territorial claims promised by the Treaty of London in 1915. Upon Italy's return, Colonel Edward House of the U.S. delegation attempted to solve its conflict with Yugoslavia by placing the two countries' delegates in separate rooms and attempting to broker a compromise between the two. House's efforts were ultimately unsuccessful, leading to the collapse of Italian Prime Minister Vittorio Orlando's government in Rome and Gabriele D'Annunzio's takeover of Fiume.
Kissinger continued to participate in shuttle diplomacy in the Middle East during the Nixon and Ford administrations (1969–1977); it resulted in the Sinai Interim Agreement (1975) and arrangements between Israel and Syria on the Golan Heights (1974). The term became widespread during Kissinger's service as Secretary of State.
Soon after Kissinger's efforts, shuttle diplomacy came to the United States in the form of Israel and Egypt conducting negotiations at Camp David. The negotiations were successfully facilitated by President Jimmy Carter.
Turkey has carried out shuttle diplomacy, often involving Israel: Turkey was Israel's closest ally in the Muslim world, and some Arab countries (notably Syria, which has common borders with Turkey and with Israel) have been amenable to Turkey, with its own Muslim majority population. Another Turkish mediation took place between Russia and Georgia in 2008.
Alexander Haig used shuttle diplomacy between the United Kingdom and Argentina during the Falklands War in 1982.
See also
Back-channel
Track II diplomacy
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Sad-e Zarivar
Sad-e Zarivar (, also Romanized as Sad-e Zarīvār) is a village in Zarivar Rural District, in the Central District of Marivan County, Kurdistan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 73, in 22 families.
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Pink Music Festival 2014
Pink Music Festival 2014 was the first edition of the Pink Music Festival contest organised by Serbian broadcaster RTV Pink and featuring artists from City Records. It was held in the RTV Pink studio in Šimanovci on the outskirts of Belgrade on 28 and 29 April 2014 and broadcast live on RTV Pink. All songs were mimed, which was much-criticised by the Serbian press.
Preparation
The contest was announced on 7 March 2014, and artists had a one-month window to submit songs before the deadline of 12pm on 6 April 2014. From the 700–800 songs submitted, the final lineup of 26 songs was chosen by a four-member selection committee comprising Željko Mitrović (director and editor-in-chief of RTV Pink), Milica Mitrović (RTV Pink programming executive), Darko Popović (RTV Pink PR manager) and Bane Stojanović (head of City Records). The list of entries was announced on 10 April, and the running order for the semi-final was drawn live on Pink TV on 12 April. Performances of the entries were filmed in the RTV Pink studio and published on YouTube on 16 April.
Format
The contest was split over 2 nights, with the semi-final being held on 28 April 2014 and the final on 29 April. The results of the semi-final were decided entirely by SMS voting, with the 10 songs that received the fewest votes being eliminated. Rather than a combined jury-televote system as in Eurovision since 2010, the final featured a separate Public Award (for the song with the most SMS votes) and Jury Award (for the song ranked highest by the jury), as well as an Artists' Award voted for by the competing singers, a Sponsors' Award chosen by the event's sponsors, and a YouTube Award for the song with the most YouTube views.
Entries
Semi-final
The semi-final was held on 28 April. Viewers could vote by SMS from the start of the show, and the 16 qualifiers to the final were decided entirely by the public vote.
Final
The final was held on 29 April in the RTV Pink studio in Šimanovci. Artists including Ceca, Dragana Mirkovic, Zeljko Joksimovic, Jelena Rozga and Aca Lukas performed in the interval.
The jury in the final comprised 10 journalists and entertainment executives:
Ivan Vuković, editor-in-chief of Skandal magazine
Tamara Drača, journalist for Star magazine
Aleksandar Jovanović, editor of Telegraf online portal
Ivona Palada Višnjić, journalist for Informer daily newspaper
Sandra Rilak, journalist for Kurir daily newspaper
Ljubica Arsenović, press, Radio S
Danijela Petrović, press, DM SAT
Srdjan Milovanović, owner of TV KCN Kopernikus
Raka Marić, entertainment executive
Bane Obradović, entertainment executive
Artists' Award voting
*After the first round of voting, there was a tie between Tropico Band, Željko Samardžic and Marina Visković, so a second round followed in which each contestant voted for one of the three.
Winners
External links
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2002 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles
World No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt defeated David Nalbandian in the final, 6–1, 6–3, 6–2 to win the Gentlemen's Singles tennis title at the 2002 Wimbledon Championships. It was Hewitt's second Grand Slam title, after winning the 2001 US Open. Hewitt was also the first Australian to win the title since Pat Cash in 1987. Goran Ivanišević was the defending champion, but withdrew due to a shoulder surgery.
The 2002 Championships made history due to the unprecedentedly poor results of the top players. With the exception of Lleyton Hewitt and world no. 4 Tim Henman, the top 17 seeds were knocked out before the fourth round. This granted relatively unknown players an unusually high chance of success, especially as Hewitt and Henman were in the same half of the draw and played each other in the semi-finals.
In one of the biggest upsets in Wimbledon history, seven-time champion Pete Sampras was eliminated by George Bastl of Switzerland in the second round. It would be Sampras' final match ever at Wimbledon. The 1992 champion Andre Agassi suffered a second-round defeat to unseeded Paradorn Srichaphan of Thailand, while future eight-time champion Roger Federer was defeated in the first round by Croatian qualifier Mario Ančić, his last defeat at Wimbledon before his record-tying five straight Wimbledon-titles between 2003-07. The 1996 champion Richard Krajicek also made his final appearance at Wimbledon, reaching the quarterfinals before losing to Xavier Malisse of Belgium.
Seeds
Lleyton Hewitt (Champion)
Marat Safin (Second round)
Andre Agassi (Second round)
Tim Henman (Semifinals)
Yevgeny Kafelnikov (Third round)
Pete Sampras (Second round)
Roger Federer (First round)
Thomas Johansson (First round)
Juan Carlos Ferrero (Second round)
Guillermo Cañas (Second round)
Andy Roddick (Third round)
Jiří Novák (Second round)
Younes El Aynaoui (First round)
Thomas Enqvist (Second round)
Andrei Pavel (Third round)
Nicolas Escudé (Third round)
Rainer Schüttler (Third round)
Sjeng Schalken (Quarterfinals)
Juan Ignacio Chela (First round)
Tommy Robredo (First round)
Max Mirnyi (First round)
Nicolás Lapentti (Quarterfinals)
Greg Rusedski (Fourth round)
Gastón Gaudio (Second round)
Fabrice Santoro (Second round)
Todd Martin (Second round)
Xavier Malisse (Semifinals)
David Nalbandian (Final)
James Blake (Second round)
Ivan Ljubičić (Second round)
Stefan Koubek (Second round)
Jarkko Nieminen (Second round)
The original #5 seed Tommy Haas withdrew due to personal reasons before the tournament draw was made. All original seeds from 6-32 moved up one place, and a new #32 seed was added.
Qualifying
Draw
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Bottom half
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
References
External links
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Daleville, Virginia
Daleville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Botetourt County, Virginia, United States. The population was 2,557 as of the 2010 census, an increase of over 75% from the 2000 census, when the population was 1,454. It is part of the Roanoke Metropolitan Statistical Area. One of the county's two high schools, Lord Botetourt, is located in Daleville.
History
Nininger's Mill was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
Geography
Daleville is located at (37.417146, −79.919528).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 2.5 square miles (6.4 km²), of which 2.5 square miles (6.4 km²) is land and 0.04 square mile (0.1 km²) (0.80%) is water.
Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,454 people, 562 households, and 477 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 588.9 people per square mile (227.3/km²). There were 573 housing units at an average density of 232.1/sq mi (89.6/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 97.32% White, 1.51% African American, 0.21% Native American, 0.41% Asian, 0.14% from other races, and 0.41% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.03% of the population.
There were 562 households out of which 31.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 77.9% were married couples living together, 4.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 15.1% were non-families. 14.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 2.85.
In the CDP, the population was spread out with 23.3% under the age of 18, 4.0% from 18 to 24, 24.7% from 25 to 44, 32.0% from 45 to 64, and 16.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females there were 100.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.0 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $65,278, and the median income for a family was $65,972. Males had a median income of $40,230 versus $31,630 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $29,234. About 1.3% of families and 2.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.9% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.
Education
Botetourt County Public Schools serve the Daleville area. Students living in Daleville will attend:
Greenfield Elementary School
Read Mountain Middle School
Lord Botetourt High School - one of the county's two high schools, Lord Botetourt serves Daleville and other towns and communities in the southern half of the county.
Virginia Western Community College operates the Greenfield Education & Training Center in Daleville.
The Roanoke Japanese Saturday School (ロノアーク補習授業校 Ronōaku Hoshū Jugyō Kō), a weekend Japanese educational program, was previously held at the Greenfield Education & Training Center. It was closed for an indeterminate period in April 2006, and in February 2009 it was closed permanently.
Ballast Point Brewery
In June 2017, San Diego-based brewery Ballast Point opened their East Coast facility and Tap Room in the Greenfield area of Daleville. Beer production began in September 2017, with the first Keg of the company's well-known Grapefruit Sculpin beer being sent to the office of Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe in Richmond.
References
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Istanbul Okan University
Okan University is a private university in Istanbul, Turkey.
History
The university was founded by Okan Holding, a Turkish company, in 1999.
The university's first year of offering education was 2003.
The first graduations took place in 2007.
See also
List of universities in Turkey
External links
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Race Creek
Race Creek is a stream in Washington County in the U.S. state of Missouri.
Race Creek was named for an old mill race along its course.
See also
List of rivers of Missouri
References
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1956 in professional wrestling
1956 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.
Calendar of notable shows
Notable events
April Arena México opens, built by Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL; "Mexican Wrestling Enterprise") owner Salvador Lutteroth. Arena México became EMLL's main venue from that point forward and is referred to as the Cathedral of Lucha Libre.
Championship changes
EMLL
NWA
Debuts
Debut date uncertain:
Sandy Barr
Jody Hamilton
Smasher Sloan
Mr. Wrestling II
Births
January 11 Kuniaki Kobayashi
March 18 Rick Martel
March 28 Dangerous Danny Davis
April 5 Diamond Dallas Page
April 21 Vicky Williams
May 7 Hercules
May 9 Frank Andersson
May 11:
Espanto Jr.
Sunny War Cloud
May 24 Super Parka
May 25:
Tatsutoshi Goto
El Solar
July 13 Claude Giroux
July 19 Randy Rose
July 26 Tommy Rich
July 27 Fidel Sierra
August 8 Taras Bulba
August 10 Fred Ottman
September 16 Kazuharu Sonoda
September 18 Súper Kendo
September 19 Yoshiaki Yatsu
Septembe 21 Ricky Morton
November 2 Mike Davis
November 6 Tony Rumble
December 20 Super Strong Machine
December 31 MS-1
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E. B. Cummings House
The E. B. Cummings House is a historic house at 52 Marcy Street in Southbridge, Massachusetts. Built in the 1870s, it is an unusually late example of Greek Revival architecture with Italianate embellishments and later Victorian additions. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 22, 1989.
Description and history
The E.B. Cummings House is located in a residential area northwest of downtown Southbridge, at the southwest corner of Marcy and Edward Streets. It is the smallest but best preserved house of those at this corner, which was a fashionable residential area in the mid to late 19th century. The house is a 2-1/2 story wood frame structure, with a gabled roof and clapboarded exterior. Despite a construction date well past the typical period for Greek Revival styling, the house has paneled corner pilasters, and sidelight and transom windows around the door, elements characteristic of that style. It also has Italianate details such as double brackets in the eaves, roof pitch, and front porch. A number of other elements, such as the second floor bay window, are later additions.
The house was built in the 1870s for Edwin B. Cummings, co-owner of a hardware store on Main Street. The neighborhood had been a desirable location for the city's business elite since the 1850s, and the neighbors were either prominent local businessmen or agents for the city's mills. The other houses at the corner, while of greater size and originally more stylish, have had their historic integrity compromised by the application of synthetic siding.
See also
National Register of Historic Places listings in Southbridge, Massachusetts
National Register of Historic Places listings in Worcester County, Massachusetts
References
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Alternative versions of Thor (Marvel Comics)
This is a page that shows the alternative versions of Thor, based on the mythological character.
Prime Earth (Earth-616)
Red Norvell
Part of a documentary crew brought to Asgard by Loki, Roger "Red" Norvell meets and falls in love with Lady Sif. Red Norvell is given Thor's Iron Gauntlets and Belt of Strength by Loki to compete with Thor for Sif's affections, beating him and taking his hammer, with neither realizing this was part of a master plan by Odin to create a surrogate God of Thunder to die fighting the Serpent of Ragnarok and fulfill the prophecy.
Beta Ray Bill
Beta Ray Bill is the champion of the Korbinites, an alien race. Debuting in Thor #337, the character was initially intended to be a surprise as an apparent monster who unexpectedly proves to be actually a great hero. As such, Bill becomes the first being outside of the Marvel Universe's Norse pantheon to be deemed worthy enough to wield Thor's hammer, Mjolnir. After an initial rivalry for possession of the weapon, both the Thunder God and the alien warrior reconciled as staunch allies. Bill is granted a war hammer of his own called Stormbreaker, which grants him the same powers as Thor. He has since made numerous appearances.
Eric Masterson
Thor initially bonded with architect Eric Masterson to save the latter's life when he was injured as a bystander during one of Thor's battles. The bonding allows Masterson to transform into Thor while Thor's mind gains control. Later, Thor is punished for apparently killing Loki and exiled. Masterson retains possession of Mjolnir and the ability to transform into Thor's form, continuing his roles as a member of the Avengers and protector of Earth. Thor is eventually released from exile, but asks that Masterson continue serving as in his stead. Tricked by the Enchantress Masterson attacks Thor, and soon after relinquishes Mjolnir to Thor. In gratitude for his services, Odin provides Masterson with an enchanted mace, Thunderstrike, the name of which he uses as his new code name. He later heroically sacrifices himself to defeat the Egyptian god Set. The weapon and name Thunderstrike are later taken up by Masterson's son Kevin.
Rune King Thor
First Appearance: Avengers Disassembled/Mighty Thor (vol.2 ) #80
Rune King Thor is one of most powerful version of Thor. He defeated Mangog. This version of Thor is one of the most powerful being of Marvel Multiverse.
Jane Foster
Marvel announced that in October 2014 there will be a new Thor who is female. As revealed in the aftermath of the Original Sin storyline, Thor lost his ability to wield Mjolnir, which was later found by Jane Foster who obtains Thor's power and his name. Thor, unaware of his successor's identity and believing Jane Foster would not be able to use Mjolnir due to her cancer, used the battle axe Jarnbjorn.
Alternative continuities
1602
A version of Thor appears with an alter ego of an elderly Christian priest named Donal—an allusion to Thor's original secret identity Donald Blake. Donal fears and despises his alter-ego, believing that the shared existence will damn him. This version of Thor speaks in Anglo-Saxon alliterative verse rather than the Shakespearean English that the mainstream universe Thor speaks in.
2099
Set in the year 2099, the role of Thor is taken by a man named Cecil MacAdam, who belongs to a class of priests known as "Thorites" who worship the original version of Thor. Avatarr, the CEO of Alchemax, grants him and others the powers of the Norse gods, along with brainwashing that both convinces them they are the gods and keeps them under his control Later, in "2099: Manifest Destiny", a rejuvenated Steve Rogers finds Mjolnir and becomes the new Thor. He gives Mjolnir to Miguel O'Hara (Spider-Man 2099) at the end of the story.
Age of Apocalypse
In this continuity, Donald Blake never discovers Mjolnir and thus never becomes Thor. Blake, as a member of the Human High Council, meets with Mikhail Rasputin (one of Apocalypse's horsemen) for peace talks. Knowing the mutant would never keep his word, Blake stabbed him through the chest with his cane and shoved him out a window, where both fell to their deaths.
Amalgam Comics
In the Amalgam Comics universe, Thor is joined with Orion to form Thorion. Thorion was the son of Thanoseid (Thanos/Darkseid), but was traded to All-Highfather Odin in order to seal a truce between the realms of Apokolips and New Asgard.
During one adventure, L'ok D'saad (An amalgamation of Loki and Desaad), he for whom Thorion was traded, sought to use the Mother Cube (a mixture of a Mother box and the Cosmic Cube) and its Infinity Essence to awaken the Sleeping One called Surtur and bring about a second Ragnarok that would end everything. Thorion, however, invoked the power of the Source via his hammer to halt L'ok's evil wishes. Because of the great energies released during their conflict, Thorion was remade into a cosmic being known as The Celestial.
In Unlimited Access, a limited series which further explored themes introduced in DC vs. Marvel, the hero known as Access formed an amalgamation of what appeared to be the Silver Age versions of Thor and Superman (in his then-current blue energy form). Together, they were known as Thor-El.
King Loki
In an alternate future depicted in Loki: Agents of Asgard, King Loki successfully destroys the Earth, and King Thor comes to him for revenge for killing everyone he loves. King Loki raises an army of undead from the corpses of the Avengers, and Thor fights them off before King Loki retreats into the past to corrupt the Thor of the present.
Marvel Noir
While Thor does not appear in Marvel Noir, the Noir version of Baron Zemo reveals that his castle was previously inhabited by a mad Norse Man who believed that he was a God of Asgard, and would frequently attack people with a hammer. Zemo holds up his skeleton, and the skull is wearing a helmet reminiscent of Thor's original helmet in the 616 continuity.
Marvel Zombies
Briefly, Thor appears as a cannibalistic zombie wielding a makeshift version of a hammer composed of a concrete block and pipe as he is no longer worthy to wield Mjolnir, which he breaks when trying to attack the Silver Surfer. When the Silver Surfer is finally struck down, only a handful of zombies manage to eat a piece of his body, and Thor is not one of them. Those who did consume the Silver Surfer acquire his cosmic powers, and Thor, along with the rest of the zombies, is seemingly slaughtered. Giant-Man can be seen throwing away his skeleton after burning his body.
But in Marvel Zombies: Dead Days- a one shot prequel to the main events of the Zombie universe-, Thor is amongst the heroes on the S.H.I.E.L.D. helicarrier who survived the first wave of the zombie plague. After Reed Richards was driven insane following his construction of a device to travel to other universes, Thor, on Nick Fury's orders, destroyed the device rather than using it to escape to another dimension unaffected by the virus, in order to ensure that what had happened to their world couldn't happen to another.
Old King Phoenix Thor
This version is one of the most powerful version of Thor and being of Marvel Multiverse. He was able to defeat God Emperor Doom having power of The Beyonder, Iron Fist, Ghost Rider and Doctor Strange.
Ruins
In Ruins an alternate universe where "everything that can go wrong will go wrong" Donald Blake (Thor's human alter ego) appears claiming to have found Mjolnir when in fact he ate hallucigenic agaric mushrooms. However, Mjolnir appears at the site where the Avengers of this reality had perished at the hands of the United States military indicating Thor and Donald Blake are two separate people in this reality.
Ultimate Marvel
Thor is a member of the superhero team the Ultimates in the Ultimate Marvel Universe. Despite his claims to be a Norse god, he is regarded by many to be delusional during the first months of his career. It is not until he is seen summoning an army of Asgardian warriors to fend off an attack on Washington DC by demonic forces commanded by Loki that Thor's teammates realize he is exactly who he says he is.
Marvel Cinematic Universe
The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU; aka Earth-199999) version of Thor is played by Australian actor Chris Hemsworth, and makes his debut in the eponymous film.
The MCU Thor is a powerful but arrogant and bloodthirsty Prince of Asgard and the God of Thunder, who is about to be crowned king. After he unwittingly re-ignites the age-old conflict between the Frost Giants and Asgardians, his father Odin strips him of his power and banishes him to Earth along with his hammer, which Odin enchants so that only the worthy can wield it. On Earth Thor eventually learns humility and falls in love with Jane Foster, an astrophysicist. During a final battle between him and the Destroyer, Thor proves his worth through sacrifice and regains his powers. He returns to Asgard to stop his half-brother Loki, who had manipulated Thor, causing his banishment, and subsequently planned to destroy the Frost Giants and claimed Asgard's throne. Thor foils Loki's plan by destroying the Bïfrost Bridge between the worlds; Loki falls to his presumed death, causing Thor much grief, and he is unable to return to Earth to see Jane.
Thor returns in The Avengers. He discovers Loki is alive and on Earth, and uses the newly repaired Bïfrost to reclaim his brother from the custody of Tony Stark, Steve Rogers and Natasha Romanoff. Thor engages in a brief duel with Stark and Rogers when they try to stop him, but he learns Loki is threatening to subjugate Earth, using the power of an alien sceptre and army provided by a mysterious benefactor in exchange for capturing the Tesseract. Following Phil Coulson's death during an attack on the helicarrier, Thor decides to help the Avengers - including Banner, Romanoff and Clint Barton (once freed from Loki's control) - in stopping Loki and the alien invasion. At the end of the film, Thor takes Loki back to Asgard to stand trial for his actions.
A year later in Thor: The Dark World, Thor is alarmed when he learns his girlfriend Jane Foster is infected by a mysterious but powerful relic called the Aether, capable of altering reality. He returns to Earth and takes her with him to Asgard to find a cure, only for Asgard to fall under fire from an old enemy of Odin named Malekith who seeks the Aether. During the assault Thor's mother Frigga is killed by Malekith and a vengeful Thor along with a freed Loki who was imprisoned for his war crimes on Earth stop Malekith's plot and save Jane but at the cost of Loki's life who apparently dies in front of his eyes. Thor later returns to Earth and resumes his relationship with Jane.
In Avengers: Age of Ultron, Thor helps the Avengers to disable a Hydra cell in Eastern Europe and reclaim Loki's lost sceptre. Stark asks to study the sceptre, and Thor is enraged to discover that Stark used it to create an A.I, Ultron, that goes rogue and plans to "save" humanity by destroying life on Earth. Thor helps combat Ultron and the mysterious twins Pietro and Wanda Maximoff, the latter of whom triggers mysterious nightmares in his head. Investigating these visions leads him to learn about the Infinity Stones, and Thor returns to help create Vision, entrusting the Mind Stone to his care. After stopping Ultron in Sokovia, Thor leaves to search for the Infinity Stones after concluding that a hidden sinister figure is playing a game with them.
Two years later in Thor: Ragnarok, after being unsuccessful in his search for the stones, Thor is captured by Surtur, a fire giant and king of Muspelheim who warns him about Ragnarök and that Odin is no longer in Asgard. Thor defeats Surtur and takes his crown back to Asgard, only to find Loki alive and impersonating Odin. Thor forces Loki to travel with him to Earth to find Odin, and with help from Doctor Strange finds their father just before he passes away. Odin's death releases Hela, his firstborn daughter and the Goddess of Death, from her imprisonment. Hela destroys Thor's hammer and he and Loki are banished to Sakaar, where the Grandmaster forces him to fight his old friend and fellow Avenger Hulk in a gladiatorial duel. After escaping the planet along with Banner, Loki and Scrapper 142, a Valkyrie, he returns to Asgard and stops Hela by freeing Surtur and causing Ragnarök, though not before Hela destroys one of Thor's eyes. He and Hulk escape the destruction of Asgard with the surviving Asgardians, including Loki, Heimdall and Valkyrie, in a ship stolen from the Grandmaster, but they are confronted by Thanos' ship Sanctuary II.
Shortly after in Avengers: Infinity War, the Asgardian's ship is attacked by Thanos and his children, the Black Order, who slaughter half of the Asgardians aboard. The other half escape with Valkyrie while Heimdall, Loki, Thor and the Hulk fight Thanos. Thanos kills Heimdall - whose last act is to send Hulk to Earth to warn the Avengers - and Loki, from whom he obtains the Tesseract, one of the Infinity Stones. Thanos then destroys the ship and leaves Thor for dead, but some time later he is rescued by the Guardians of the Galaxy, responding to the Asgardian distress signal. Thor warns the Guardians that Thanos is heading to Knowhere to obtain the Reality Stone in the Aether, and leaves them to stop him while he, Rocket Raccoon and Groot head to Nidavellir to forge a new weapon: Stormbreaker. The trio head to Earth to join the Avengers battling against Thanos and his Outriders, and Thor attacks Thanos with Stormbreaker, but does not kill him before Thanos uses the now-complete Infinity Gauntlet to accomplish his goal. Thor is one of the few Avengers to survive.
In Avengers: Endgame Thor is angry about the death of his friends and brother. With the remaining Avengers and Captain Marvel, they locate Thanos, who is living on a farm on another planet. Thor cuts off Thanos's hand, only to discover that the gauntlet no longer contains the Infinity Stones. They ask him where the stones are and Thanos replies that he used their power to destroy them. Thor abruptly cuts off his head. Five years later, Thor has become a fat drunkard living with Korg and Miek in Tonsburg or New Asgard. Professor Hulk and Rocket go to Thor and tell him that they have discovered a way to bring back the victims of Thanos's snap. Although reluctant at first, Thor is convinced and goes with Rocket and Professor Hulk to join the remaining Avengers. They travel back in time through the Quantum Realm to collect all the Infinity Stones from the past. Thor and Rocket go to Asgard in the year 2013 to get the Reality Stone from Jane Foster. Thor accidentally encounters his mother while Rocket goes to collect the Reality Stone. During their conversation, Frigga reassures Thor that his past failures are nothing to be ashamed of. Although Thor attempts to warn his mother of her impending death, she refuses to let him tell her. After Rocket obtains the Reality Stone, Thor calls out to Mjolnir, discovering that he is still worthy. Taking the Stone and the hammer with them, Thor and Rocket return to 2023. Using the collected Stones, the Avengers create a new gauntlet which the Hulk uses to undo Thanos's snap. However, 2014 Nebula brings Thanos and his army in 2023 to claim the Infinity Gauntlet. Thanos, having discovered what happens after the snap, plans to use the stones to completely remake the universe so that nobody will remember the loss of what came before. During the ensuing fight, Captain America proves that he is worthy of Mjolnir. Eventually Thanos and his army are disintegrated after Iron Man uses the Gauntlet. In the aftermath, Thor tells Valkyrie that he would like her to rule New Asgard, while he travels with the Guardians of the Galaxy. Captain America returns Mjolnir and the Infinity Stones to their original places in the timeline.
Infinity Warps
During the Infinity Wars storyline, where the universe was combined in half, Thor was fused with Iron Man creating Iron Hammer. Sigurd Stark was the fifth richest person on the world thanks to his genius about technology, however due to his lack of memories before five years, taunted him driving to drink. After going through the Norvegian, he was attacked by some Dark Elves, lead by Krimson Kurse (fusion Crimson Dynamo and Kurse). He got poisoned by an arrow, slowing killing him and taken by the Elves to aid their other prisoner Eitri (fusion of Eitri and Ho Yinsen) in order to build powerful weapons for the Elves. Then, Sigurd became friend with Eitri and together build a armor, that prevented the poison from killing Sigurd, along with a hammer in order to escape the Dark Elves. However, during their escape Eitri is killed and after Sigurd defeated the Elves and Krimson Kurse, he discovered that Krimson was his lost friend who had turned into a Thrall to be a servant to Dark Elves and after that he mercy killed his friend. Sigurd then decided to the All-Father on Asgard to seek help into defeating Malekith (fusion of Malekith and Mandarin) and with the help of his A.I. assistant H.E.I.M.D.A.L.L. (fusion of Heimdall and J.A.R.V.I.S.) opened the B.I.F.R.O.S.T. and went to Asgard. When travelling, he remembered his old memories: his true name was Stark Odinson, who due to his arrogance, his father Howard Odin (fusion of Howard Stark and Odin banished his son to Earth where he would learn to how is like to be a mortal. Upon arriving, Malekith had trapped the Aesir and had allied with Madame Hel (fusion of Madame Masque and Hela and Stane Odinson (fusion of Loki and Obadiah Stane). Luckily, Iron Hammer was able to defeat Malekith and Odin allowed his son to become a god again, however Sigurd refused, feeling better as a human.
What If?
In an early What If story, Jane Foster discovered the stick rather than Donald Blake, spending time as a female Thor (called Thordis) before she was recalled to Asgard, allowing Odin to return the hammer to its rightful owner, although Jane went on to be elevated to godhood so that she could marry Odin.
In What If Rogue possessed the power of Thor?, Rogue accidentally permanently absorbed Thor when she and Mystique attempted to break the Brotherhood out of prison, resulting in her killing most of the Avengers and the Brotherhood when she was unable to cope with Thor's power. Although Loki attempted to manipulate her into waging war on Asgard after she was able to lift Thor's hammer, the sight of Odin's genuine sense of loss allowed Thor's remnants to manifest in her subconscious, affirming that he was an ideal as well as a person, allowing Rogue to inherit his power and position as she became the new Thor.
In What if Thor was the Herald of Galactus?, Galactus comes to devour Asgard. His herald kills Sif and Thor kills the herald in revenge. Galactus then announces that Asgard has fed him enough, and asks Thor to become his new herald in exchange for leaving Asgard alone. Thor agrees and directs Galactus to worlds with bloodthirsty races he deems worthy of destruction. Until the day Munnin, one of Odin's ravens, reaches him to inform him that Odin is dead and Asgard has fallen. Thor returns to Asgard, now under control of Loki and the frost giants, who reveal that Galactus' coming to Asgard was part of his plan to weaken Odin. After recovering Mjolnir, which he left behind, Thor guides Galactus to Asgard to feed in order to defeat Loki, since Asgard is an insult to what it once was. Thor frees Balder and the other imprisoned Asgardians, telling them to flee to Midgard. Thor defeats Loki, but continues being Galactus' herald: if he can be bold enough to decide which world is to be devoured, he is still worthy of wielding Mjolnir. On Earth, Balder becomes the premier super hero of Chicago.
Wastelands
A grown up Dani Cage, daughter of Luke Cage and Jessica Jones, is an recurring character in the Old Man Logan miniseries and its sequel, Dead Man Logan. In the Wastelands, Thor died many years in the past and his hammer lies in the countryside, with nobody able to lift it, and a small cult is formed around it. Dani is shot in the area, and falls next to the hammer. She takes it before dying, and becomes a new Thor. The character would be used next in the limited series Avengers of the Wastelands, to be released in January 2020.
References
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Jiří Skalák
Jiří Skalák (born 12 March 1992) is a Czech professional footballer who plays as a winger for Championship side Millwall.
Career
Early career
Skalák started his professional career at AC Sparta Prague, spending time on loan at MFK Ružomberok, 1. FC Slovácko, FC Zbrojovka Brno and FK Mladá Boleslav before moving to Mladá Boleslav permanently in 2015.
Brighton & Hove Albion
Skalák joined Football League Championship side Brighton & Hove Albion on 1 February 2016 for an undisclosed fee, believed to be £1.2 million. He scored his first goal for the club in a 4–0 win over QPR on 19 April 2016.
Millwall
On 2 August 2018, Skalák joined Championship side Millwall for an undisclosed fee.
International career
Skalák represented his country on all youth levels from under-16 to under-21. He was called up for the senior national team for the first time on 25 August 2015 to face Latvia and Kazakhstan in the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying round.
Career statistics
References
External links
Jiří Skalák, FAČR
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Oreodera copei
Oreodera copei is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by McCarty in 2001.
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2005 in Thailand
The year 2005 was the 224th year of the Rattanakosin Kingdom of Thailand. It was the 60th year in the reign of King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX), and is reckoned as year 2548 in the Buddhist Era. The year saw the re-election of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to his second term in office, becoming the first democratically elected prime minister to complete a four-year term.
Incumbents
King: Bhumibol Adulyadej
Crown Prince: Vajiralongkorn
Prime Minister: Thaksin Shinawatra
Supreme Patriarch: Nyanasamvara Suvaddhana
Events
January
February
2005 Thai general election was held on February 6. Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra won the election.
March
Miss Thailand Universe 2005 took place on March 26. Chananporn Rosjan was the winner.
April
2005 Songkhla bombings took place on April 3.
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Births
November 12 Jonathan Waley, wanting to be Thai prince
Deaths
See also
2005 Thailand national football team results
Miss Thailand Universe 2005
2005 Thailand Open (tennis)
2005 in Thai television
List of Thai films of 2005
References
External links
Year 2005 Calendar - Thailand
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Alayi
Alayi is a suburban town in the Bende local government area of Abia State, Nigeria. It is about from Aba, a commercial city of Eastern Nigeria, approximately from Owerri Airport, from Umuahia, the capital city of Abia State, from Uzuakoli, to Abiriba and to Ohafia. Alayi is divided into two sections, Akoliufu and Amankalu.
Demographics
Many of its people are from Bende local government area of Abia State. But people of other ethnic origins, as well as some foreign nationals from Ghana, Togo and other countries also live and work in Alayi.
Constituencies and neighbouring areas
Alayi is divided into two major constituencies, Amankalu and Akoliufu, with 10 autonomous communities: Amaeke, Amaoku, Amaukwu, Amakwu, Umenyere, Etitialayi, Isiaku, Isiama, Amaigwu and Umukalu. Alayi is bordered by Item, Igbere, Umuhu, Akoli, Ozuitem, Isuikwuato, Ezeukwu and Ugwueke.
Mode of governance
Alayi is governed by Igboji of Alayi (Igbojiakuru) with the help of other traditional rulers and their Council of Chiefs. There is also the youth movement called "Uke Ọza Ama" which helps to keep the youths under control and also sees to the cleanliness of the village. This group disciplines any child that gets beyond the control of his/her parents, thereby helping other children to behave well.
History of government and leaders
Historically, Alayi like many other Igbo communities, did not have a king. But the supreme leadership role of all the Alayi clans was maintained by the oldest elder in the Umuirem clan. The Umuirem clan is found in both Amaeke Alayi and Amankalu Alayi communities.
In the 20th century, upon arrival of the European missionaries and Western colonialism, the warrant chieftaincy role was given to Mazi Okereke Aka which later translated to pseudo-kingship. The ruler of Alayi is given the title of Igboji. The Amaeke community is the only community that did not become autonomous and retains the name Alayi in its royal status. All nine villages that make up Alayi have "Onu-mkpu" (a centre) at Eke Akoli in Amaeke Alayi, symbolizing the origin of each village. The immediate past rulers of Alayi since the first warrant chief include Eze (His Royal Majesty) Ukeje Aka, the father of Eze Okereke Aka (a.k.a. Okereke Nne-Ote) the uncle of Eze Onwukwe Onwukwe. (During the late 1960s when Eze Okereke Aka became ill and was incapacitated, he appointed Chief Okereke Elendu (a.k.a. Okom Ikpo) to head his council, and he was succeeded by Chief Edward Okorie (a.k.a. Okorie Emeri) after he died. Chief Edward Okorie headed the council until Okereke Nne-Ote died and thereafter. Chief Edward Okorie is the father of Chief Chekwas Okorie.
Upon the death of Eze Okereke Nne-Ote, his son Chief Nwosu Okereke was appointed to take over the position of Igboji. However, he declined the offer, and it passed to his cousin Eze Onwukwe S. Onuwkwe who reigned until his death in 2008. Eze Onwukwe Onwukwe was buried in December 2008.
Since as late as the 1960s, it is the custom that when Igboji dies, the people of Ndi Elendu royal family nominate one of their illustrious sons to take over the staff of Igboji. In December 2008, Eze Ukeje Philip was designated to assume the staff of Igboji of Alayi.
There has been a controversy regarding the status of Amaeke and Igboji in general. The Amaeke are not autonomous like other communities that make up Alayi because Amaeke Alayi was the seat of government in Alayi during the partition of the autonomous communities.
Traditional rulers
Culture
Many Alayi people are traders and industrialists in Aba and Lagos, as well as the used clothing importation business in countries like Republic of Benin, Togo and Ghana. In recent times, Alayi has produced many professionals including academics, lawyers, doctors, and accountants. The most common religion is Christianity.
Alayi has a very rich culture, which is reflected not only in their language and food but also in dances, group formations, and festivals. The people have norms, customs and practices that have endured over time through which conflicts are controlled and resolved. The New Yam Festival is the most popular, Nx is celebrated in August with many dances including Ọkọnkọ, Ekpo, Ọbọnị and Akpanikọ. These dances are exclusively for men. There are also many other seasonal dances like Ikoro, Ajọnkwụ (Amaeke), Edere (Umuenyere) Lụghụlụghụ (Amaọkụ/Amaukwụ) Ịgwansi (Amakwụ), Enyom (Elugwu and Obuchie Amankalu), Aka Ọkụkụ (Ezi Alayi), Omume Anyụ (Amaigwu, Amankalu), Oborri (Umuezike Amankalu).
Ụmụagbala Amautazi Amankalu Alayi is also a community in Alayi which observes a unique culture known as Ekete. This is performed by playing a particular drum by men, performing magical acts (spiritism) and dancing. During this festival women and children are regarded as observers. This festival is observed during the New Yam Festival (precisely two days after eating the new yam. This community is bordered by Ndịọtai and has what is known as (Ikwu) which are Ndiokereke, Ndịọtai, and Ụmụachọm. Their old men worship an idol god known as (Ọgbaegbu) discovered by their forefathers. Allegiance to this deity is deteriorating through the influence of Christianity.
References
– Abia State of Nigeria - Website
– Abia State of Nigeria - A Profile
– Abia State Background Information
– Alayi Development Union - Community Organisation
– Alayi (Igboji), Bende local government area, Abia State, Nigeria (General,), Nigeria Geography Population Map, cities, coordinates, location - Tageo.com
– Federal Nigerian Army Blunders of the Nigerian Civil War
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Omo sebua
The Omo sebua is a traditional house style of the Nias people from Nias island, Indonesia. They are built only for the houses of village's chiefs. Situated in the centre of a village, omo sebua are built on massive ironwood piles and have towering roofs. Nias culture, with former frequent inter-village warfare, has made the design of omo sebua impregnable to attack. The houses' sole access is through a narrow staircase with a small trap door above. The steeply pitched roofs can reach 16 metres (50 feet) in height. Apart from a strong defense against enemies, omo sebua have proven earthquake resistance.
Background
Nias (, Nias language: Tanö Niha) is a rugged island 140 km off the mainland port of Sibolga at the western coast of Sumatra, separated by the Mentawai Strait. Nias is part of the North Sumatra province with Gunungsitoli as its administrative center. The island covers an area of 4,771 km²; the largest of its 131 chain of islands parallel to the Sumatran coast. The population of the island is 639,675 people including Malay, Batak, Chinese) and the indigenous inhabitants Ono Niha.
Once a megalithic head-hunting society, its economy was based on agriculture and pig-rearing, and was supplemented by export of captured slaves in inter-village warfare. Although its isolation has contributed to the uniqueness of its culture, the Nias Island chain has been trading with other cultures, other islands, and even mainland Asia since prehistoric time. The predominant religion is Protestant Christianity with over 75% of the population; the remaining are about evenly divided Muslim (mostly immigrants from elsewhere in Indonesia) and Catholic. However adherence to either Christian or Muslim religions is still largely nominal; Nias continues to celebrate its own indigenous culture and traditions as the primary form of spiritual expression.
Niassan society is highly stratified and chiefs, particularly in the south of island, had access to a wealth of material resources and human labor. It was with this wealth that the early twentieth century saw the chiefs of the isolated island build themselves the grand omo sebua.
Villages
Villages in the island's south are laid out either in a single long cobblestone street or to a cruciform plan with the chief's house at one overlooking the street. They can be large with up to 5,000 residents. Villages were built with defence in mind, strategically sited on high ground and are reached by steep stone stairways and are surrounded by stone walls. Smaller villages, however, would not have been defendable in former slave-trading days. In contrast with houses of northern Nias, which are free-standing, oval in shape and built on piles, southern Nias houses are built in terraces forming long rows.
Buildings
Omo sebua, or chief's houses, are situated in the centre of the village and are built on massive ironwood piles and have towering roofs. The piles rest on large stone slabs and diagonal beams of the similar dimension and material providing longitudinal and lateral bracing, enhancing flexibility and stability in earthquakes. The warring culture built them to intimidate with size and the houses are virtually impregnable to attack with only a small trap door above a narrow staircase for access. The steeply pitched roofs reach heights of 16 metres (50 feet); gables project dramatically at both the front and rear, providing both shade and shelter from tropical rains, and giving the building a hooded, towering appearance. With structural members slotted together rather than nailed or bound, the structures have a proven earthquake resistance.
Like the omo sebua, commoners' homes are rectangular in plan. As a defensive measure, interconnecting doors link each house, allowing villagers to walk the full length of the terrace without setting foot on the street below. Both the commoners' houses and the aristocracy's omo sebua have bowed galleries underneath the large overhanging eaves. Presumed to have been inspired by the bulbous sterns of Dutch galleons, they provided a defensive vantage point, and in times of peace, a ventilated and comfortable place from which to observe the street below.
The interiors are built from planed and polished hardwood boards - often ebony - that are slotted into each other using tongue and groove joinery. The internal timbers often feature bas-relief carvings of ancestors, jewelry, animals, fish and boats with a balance of male and female elements that is essential for Niassan concepts of cosmic harmony. The more opulent houses are further decorated with freestanding wooden carvings and the internally exposed rafters are adorned with jaw bones from pigs that were sacrificed for the workers' feast at the time of the houses' completion.
2005 Earthquake damage
The December 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami caused (only) coastal damage to Nias, but the March 2005 Nias earthquake had a devastating effect on the island. More than 80% of modern public buildings were destroyed. Traditional homes were more earthquake-resistant and most survived.
Reconstruction efforts were hampered by the death of many traditional craftsmen, and the fact that NGOs lacked knowledge of Niasian building methods. The cost of repairing damaged traditional homes was estimated to be similar to building new ones, because collapsing support pillars meant that the house had to be dismantled and reconstructed.
NGO house designs were typically smaller than traditional ones, and lacked many elements that were fundamental to Nias' culture.
See also
Architecture of Indonesia
Architecture of Sumatra
References
External links
Museum Pusaka Nias Website
Artyfakt Research Site - more information on Nissan culture, including photos of omo sebua
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CP Tenerife
Club Patín Tenerife was a Spanish rink hockey club from Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands.
History
Founded in 1970, Tenerife promoted for the first time to the first division in 1982, but was immediately relegated in the next season. Fifteen years later, it promoted again to the top tier, where they remained until 2011.
In 2008, Tenerife conquered the CERS Cup and made the debut in the next season of the European League.
Three years later, the club relegated to Primera División but did not join the competition as it was dissolved due to the financial trouble.
Season to season
Men's team
Trophies
CERS Cup: 1
2008
References
External links
Club official blog
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2017 World Rally Championship
The 2017 FIA World Rally Championship was the 45th season of the World Rally Championship, an auto racing championship recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) as the highest class of international rallying. Teams and crews contested in thirteen events—starting in Monte Carlo on 19 January and ending in Australia on 19 November—for the World Rally Championships for Drivers, Co-drivers and Manufacturers. Drivers were free to compete in cars complying with World Rally Car and Group R regulations; however, only Manufacturers competing with 2017-specification World Rally Cars were eligible to score points in the Manufacturers' championship. The series were supported by the WRC-2 and WRC-3 championships and the newly created WRC Trophy at every round, and by the Junior World Rally Championship at selected rounds.
The 2017 season saw substantial revisions to the technical regulations aimed at improving the performance of the cars and offering teams a greater degree of technical and design freedom. Toyota returned to the sport as a full manufacturer team, entering the Toyota Yaris WRC, as did Citroën, who returned to full-time competition after contesting a partial campaign in 2016. Conversely, Volkswagen formally withdrew from the sport at the end of the 2016 championship.
Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia started the season as the defending World Drivers' and Co-drivers' Champions after securing their fourth World Championship titles at the 2016 Rally Catalunya. Volkswagen Motorsport, the team Ogier and Ingrassia won their 2016 titles with, were the reigning World Manufacturers' Champions, having secured their fourth title at the 2016 Wales Rally GB. However, the team did not return to defend their title after parent company Volkswagen's withdrawal from the sport.
At the conclusion of the championship, Ogier and Ingrassia successfully defended their championship titles, becoming the second most-successful crew in the sport's history behind Sébastien Loeb and Daniel Elena and only the third crew to win multiple titles with more than one manufacturer. Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul finished second, thirty-two points behind Ogier and Ingrassia, while Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja placed third. In the World Championship for Manufacturers, M-Sport World Rally Team won their first World Championship title since 2007. Hyundai Motorsport finished second overall ninety-three points behind M-Sport, with Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT in third.
Calendar
The season was contested over thirteen rounds in Europe, North America, South America and Oceania.
Calendar changes
The FIA re-organised the calendar for the 2017 season to include a greater variation in surfaces between events, bringing the Tour de Corse forward from October to April. The decision was made after concerns were expressed about the 2016 calendar, which originally contained six consecutive gravel events followed by four tarmac rallies.
The Rally of China was removed from the calendar. The event had been included on the 2016 calendar before storm damage to the proposed route forced its cancellation. The round was removed from the 2017 calendar to give event organisers more time to prepare for a future bid to rejoin the calendar. Similarly, the FIA put the Rallies of Argentina and Poland on notice regarding safety concerns, threatening to rescind their World Championship status for the 2017 season unless safety standards were improved in 2016, with drivers citing a lack of safety marshalls and expressing concerns over spectators getting too close to the cars as the main areas to be addressed. Both events were subsequently included on the calendar.
The Rallies of Sweden and Germany changed their headquarters. The Rally of Sweden stayed within Värmland County, but relocated from Karlstad to Torsby. The Rally of Germany moved from Trier in Rhineland-Palatine to Saarbrücken in the neighbouring state of Saarland.
Route changes
The Rallye Monte-Carlo introduced a heavily revised itinerary, with eighty-five percent of the route used in 2016 being revised for the 2017 event, which saw the competitive distance increase from 337.59 km to 382.65 km and included the Col de Turini as part of the Power Stage. Rally Sweden adjusted its route to remove the emphasis on purpose-built stages that had filled out the event itinerary in previous years. The new route raised the average speed of the rally and introduced more competitive mileage in Hedmark County in neighbouring Norway.
Rally Mexico also featured route revisions, with the eighty-kilometre Guanajuato stage—the longest in the championship in 2016—removed from the schedule; however, the addition of new stages and further changes to existing ones meant that the overall competitive distance of the 2017 rally was only six kilometres shorter than the route used in the 2016 event. The rally started in Mexico City with a spectator-friendly stage before moving to its traditional headquarters in León. The Tour de Corse shortened its route by seventy-four kilometres, from 390.92 km in 2016 down to 316.76 km in 2017, with most of the changes coming from shortening each of the individual stages used in 2016. Rally Portugal shortened its route by twenty kilometres, reintroducing stages that had not been used for several years and reconfiguring stages from the 2016 event. Rally Poland also revised its route, introducing a series of brand-new stages close to the Russian border. The changes saw the crews compete on a wider ranges of surfaces—including tarmac and cobblestones—within individual stages, although the rally was still officially classified as a gravel surface event.
Following the cancellation of stages in Rally Sweden when the front-running cars exceeded the maximum average speed mandated by the FIA, Rally Finland was forced to revise its route to find ways of keeping the average stage speed down—with some estimates predicting that the 2017 generation of cars could exceed —to avoid stage cancellations. This was achieved by installing artificial chicanes into all but two of the stages, which proved to be controversial as drivers complained that they were too narrow and thus had the potential to damage cars, and were poorly-positioned with little regulatory oversight from rally organisers. With Rallye Deutschland moving to a new headquarters, the rally routed was revised. The vineyard and military proving ground stages in the Baumholder region were retained, but the final leg of the route was changed to introduce high-speed stages based on country lanes.
Rally Catalunya introduced several new and returning stages to its route, focusing on the tarmac legs of the event. Organisers of the Wales Rally GB retained the event route used in 2016, but revised the itinerary to increase its difficulty, with the route featuring earlier start times, later finishes and the reintroduction of night stages. Rally Australia underwent route revisions, introducing a new loop of stages north of the rally headquarters in Coffs Harbour. The new stages were designed to be faster and more technical than in previous events.
Entries
The following teams and drivers were entered for the rallies in the 2017 World Rally Championship:
Team and crew changes
M-Sport entered the Ford Fiesta WRC, based on the Fiesta RS WRC and updated to fit the 2017 regulation. The team secured Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia to drive one car, and re-hired Ott Tänak, who returned to the team after contesting the 2016 season with DMACK World Rally Team. Tänak changed co-drivers, with Martin Järveoja replacing Raigo Mõlder. Elfyn Evans and Daniel Barritt returned to the premier class after contesting the 2016 season in the WRC-2 category, swapping places Eric Camilli and Benjamin Veillas, who stayed with M-Sport and were entered in the WRC-2.
M-Sport resumed their practice of promoting their junior drivers for guest appearances, starting with Teemu Suninen at the Rally of Poland. Suninen will be partnered by his regular World Rally Championship-2 co-driver, Mikko Markkula. The team also continued to operate their customer programme, with Adapta World Rally Team returning to the sport and merging with Jipocar Czech National Team to form the OneBet Jipocar World Rally Team, starting the season from the 65th Rally Sweden. Mads Østberg and Ola Fløene competed in a Fiesta WRC, with the team expanding to two cars later in the season; the second, an older-model Fiesta RS WRC, will be driven by Martin Prokop and Jan Tománek, who return to the World Rally Championship after missing the second half of the 2016 season. Lorenzo Bertelli, Simone Scattolin and their FWRT team acquired a Fiesta for the Rally Mexico, which like the OneBet Jipocar entry, was run by M-Sport. DMACK World Rally Team will no longer operate as a customer team, instead becoming a partner and supplier of M-Sport, providing tyres and sponsorship for Elfyn Evans' entry.
Hyundai entered a three-door variant of the i20 WRC, known as the i20 Coupe WRC, having used the five-door model in competition throughout the 2016 season. The team had previously used a three-door model in 2014 and 2015 before being forced to adopt the five-door model in 2016 for logistical reasons. However, the team considered the three-door model to be better-suited to competition, and developed the i20 Coupe WRC around it. Hyundai elected to retain the three crews—Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul, Hayden Paddon and John Kennard, and Dani Sordo and Marc Martí—who drove for the team in 2016 to contest their 2017 campaign. Following the Rally of Mexico, Hyundai announced that Paddon and Kennard would part ways after a twelve-year partnership, with Sebastian Marshall becoming Paddon's new co-driver.
Citroën returned to the sport with a fully factory-supported team after competing part-time in 2016 to focus on the development of their 2017-generation car. The DS3 WRC was succeeded by the C3 WRC, a brand-new car based on the Citroën C3. The decision to re-enter the World Rally Championship coincided with Citroën withdrawing its factory support for the Citroën C-Elysée WTCC and its World Touring Car Championship programme. The team signed Kris Meeke and co-driver Paul Nagle to contest the full season, while Craig Breen and Scott Martin shared a car with Stéphane Lefebvre between events—as they did in 2016—until the Tour de Corse, when a third C3 WRC became available; Citroën also entered a DS3 WRC for Breen and Lefebvre in the opening rounds. Gabin Moreau returned as Lefebvre's co-driver following an injury at the 34. Rallye Deutschland that saw him sit out the final events of the 2016 season. Lefebvre and Moreau were later replaced for the Rally Sardinia by Andreas Mikkelsen and Anders Jæger, who had started the season contesting the World Rally Championship-2 in a Škoda Fabia R5. Mikkelsen and Jæger went on to rotate between Citroën's entries before switching to Hyundai for the final rounds of the championship. Khalid Al Qassimi contested selected events in a fourth C3 WRC.
Toyota returned to the sport after eighteen years, entering the brand-new Toyota Yaris WRC under the banner of Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT. The development and operation of the cars is overseen by four-time World Drivers' Champion Tommi Mäkinen. Jari-Matti Latvala and co-driver Miikka Anttila left Volkswagen Motorsport following the team's withdrawal from the sport to join Toyota, where they are partnered with Juho Hänninen—who returned to the championship for the first time since 2014—and Kaj Lindström. Reigning WRC-2 champions Esapekka Lappi and Janne Ferm made their début in a WRC specification car, contesting a partial campaign from the Rally of Portugal. Toyota last competed in the sport as a factory-supported team between 1997 and 1999 with the Corolla WRC before withdrawing ahead of the 2000 season to focus on its Formula One project.
Volkswagen scaled back their involvement in the sport, withdrawing their entry as a manufacturer at the end of the 2016 season and cancelling the Polo R WRC programme in light of the emissions scandal that broke in 2015. Volkswagen instead switched focus from a factory-supported team to a customer programme with a Polo rally car built to R5 regulations and scheduled for introduction in 2018.
The 2016 specification of the Polo R WRC was made available to privateer entries and the 2017 model, known as the Polo WRC, was abandoned after the FIA denied an exemption to homologation regulations that would have allowed the Polo WRC to compete in 2017.
Regulation changes
Technical regulations
The sport underwent a revision of the technical regulations for 2017, introducing a variety of changes aimed at improving aerodynamic and mechanical grip, with modelling suggesting that average stage speeds are expected to increase to the point where stage records could be broken by up to thirty seconds and drawing comparisons to the defunct Group B regulations. These changes include:
An increase in the power output of the engine, from to , the equivalent of a TC1-specification World Touring Car Championship engine. The engine will be capable of producing of torque.
A larger turbo restrictor, increasing from 33mm in 2016 to 36mm in 2017; however, the maximum allowable turbo pressure remains fixed at 2.5 bar absolute.
A reduction of the overall weight of the car, cutting from the monocoque.
An increase in the overhang of the front and rear bumpers and increases in the size of the door sills, door pillars and the fixed rear wing, permitting the inclusion of additional aerodynamic aids, all aimed at improving aerodynamic grip. However, the bodywork of the 2017 model must be able to cover the bodywork of the 2016 model of car.
Deregulation of the rules governing the rear diffuser to allow manufacturers to develop a wider range of aerodynamic shapes. There was also further deregulation of the rules governing the wheel arches, allowing the introduction of additional brake cooling ducts.
The reintroduction of an active centre differential for the first time since the 2010 season. Similarly, electronic differentials are permitted in the sport for the first time.
In order to promote further manufacturer participation, homologation requirements were relaxed to allow any production car that is at least long to be eligible for recognition as a World Rally Car. The designs of the cars were to be finalised by September 2016 and submitted for homologation by 1 November 2016.
Sporting regulations
The points-scoring system for the World Championship for Manufacturers was changed, with manufacturers permitted to enter at least two and as many as three crews in each round, with the best two results being awarded points. Changes were also made to the points awarded for the Power Stage, with points awarded to the top five drivers.
The FIA exercised stricter controls over which drivers are eligible to compete in 2017-specification cars by only permitting registered manufacturers to enter 2017-specification cars. The rule was introduced as a response to concerns over inexperienced drivers and drivers paying for the opportunity to race being able to compete in the more powerful 2017 cars without oversight. The controls stop short of a licensing system similar to the one used in Formula One to allow experienced guest drivers to compete part-time. To complement this, a new privateers' championship known as the WRC Trophy was added for crews entering World Rally Cars used between 2011 and 2016. Crews competing in the WRC Trophy had to nominate seven rounds at which they were eligible to score points, with their six best results counting towards their final points tally.
Further changes were made to the sporting regulations, with the rules governing the running order—the order in which crews enter a stage—reverting to the system used in 2014 to address concerns over road sweeping, whereby championship leaders were forced to clear the roads of loose gravel, costing them time and exposing the harder-packed and faster road base for following drivers to take advantage of. Under the reintroduced rules, the crews will enter a stage in championship order for the first day of competition, and then in reverse championship order for the remaining legs of the event.
Season report
Monte Carlo Rally
Rallye Monte Carlo saw Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia start their title defence with a win, recording their fourth victory in the event and M-Sport's first win since the 68th Wales Rally GB in 2012. Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila finished second on Toyota's return to the sport, with Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja completing the podium. Thierry Neuville established an early lead as the opening stages were marked by attrition; Ogier lost forty seconds when he slid into a ditch, Kris Meeke and Juho Hänninen crashed out and restarted the next day with a penalty, Stéphane Lefebvre suffered a gearbox failure, and Elfyn Evans struggled for grip on the icy surface. Neuville carried the overnight lead from Ogier, who had recovered from ninth after his off, and Tänak. Neuville extended his lead to over a minute on the second leg of the rally as Ogier took a conservative approach to the icy roads. He gradually started to recover during the second pass over the day's stages, and inherited the lead when Neuville crashed on the final stage of the day, breaking his suspension and losing half an hour. Neuville's accident also handed Jari-Matti Latvala a provisional podium position. Dani Sordo encountered problems in the sister Hyundai, struggling with a loss of power steering, while Meeke was forced to retire after a collision on the road section between stages. Meanwhile, Evans regained his confidence on the dry tarmac and won three of the day's five stages to secure sixth place going into the final day of competition. The final leg of the rally saw Tänak develop a misfire that allowed Latvala to pass him for second and left him vulnerable to Sordo. A late change in the weather on the final stage left the field contending with difficult conditions; while Ogier and Latvala drove conservatively to secure first and second, Tänak withstood pressure from Sordo to finish third. Sordo and co-driver Marc Martí finished the event fourth ahead of Craig Breen and Scott Martin who were the leading Citroën crew despite driving a year-old DS3 WRC. Elfyn Evans and Daniel Barritt finished sixth, while seventh and eighth place went to World Rally Championship-2 entries; driving a Škoda Fabia R5 in a guest appearance, Andreas Mikkelsen and Anders Jæger finished ahead of Škoda Motorsport teammates Jan Kopecký and Pavel Dresler. Stéphane Lefebvre and Gabin Moreau overcame their penalty for restarting under Rally-2 regulations to finish ninth, while WRC-2 entrants Bryan Bouffier and Denis Giraudet completed the top ten in a Ford Fiesta R5. Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul scored an additional five points for winning the Power Stage.
The rally was overshadowed by a fatal accident involving a spectator on the opening stage when Hayden Paddon lost control on a patch of black ice and hit the spectator as he rolled into an embankment, blocking the roadway. The stage was stopped—and ultimately cancelled—as medical attention was sought and the car cleared away, but the spectator later died of his injuries. Although eligible to restart under Rally-2 regulations, Paddon withdrew from the event.
Rally Sweden
Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila won the Rally of Sweden, and combined with five bonus points for winning the Power Stage, took the lead of the drivers' and co-drivers' championships. The result marked Toyota's first World Rally Championship victory since Didier Auriol and Denis Giraudet won the 3rd China Rally in 1999. Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja finished second, while Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia completed the podium and allowed M-Sport to retain the manufacturers' championship lead. The first day of competition saw Thierry Neuville and Latvala emerged as the early contenders for the rally lead as drivers reported that the rough surface and frequent jumps interrupted the airflow over the cars and making the level of aerodynamic grip available inconsistent. As the crews began their second pass over the day's stages, the icy road surface began to break up enabling Neuville—whose road position meant that he had experience with the degrading road surface during the first pass—to break free, building up a twenty-second lead over Latvala at the end of the day, with Ott Tänak a further thirty seconds behind. Further down the order, Craig Breen struggled with snow drifts on his début in the C3 WRC; Juho Hänninen retired after damaging his radiator when he hit a tree; and Mads Østberg was forced out when the rear wing of his Fiesta WRC fell off. The second leg of the rally saw Neuville build his overnight lead to forty-three seconds, only crash out for the second event in a row. Tänak won every stage of the morning loop to put pressure on Latvala in second, closing to within five seconds when Latvala was forced to slow to avoid Kris Meeke as Meeke attempted to return to the stage after an off. Sébastien Ogier, running ahead of Meeke and therefore unimpeded, started to catch Tänak and was thirteen seconds behind the Estonian as the crews started the final stage of the day, a short super-special stage. Neuville hit a tire stack and broke his steering, forcing him out of the event and handing the provisional podium positions to Latvala, Tänak and Ogier; Neuville ultimately salvaged three points on the Power Stage. The third day started with Ogier spinning on the opening stage and losing ground to the leaders; meanwhile, Latvala won the opening stages to consolidate his lead over Tänak. Tänak was unable to respond on the Power Stage, handing Latvala his fourth victory in Sweden. Dani Sordo and Marc Martí finished fourth ahead of Breen and Scott Martin. Elfyn Evans and Daniel Barritt survived a late push from Hayden Paddon and John Kennard to secure sixth. Stéphane Lefebvre and Gabin Moreau finished eighth, having reverted to a year-old DS3 for the event. WRC-2 entrants Pontus Tidemand and Jonas Andersson finished ninth in a Škoda Fabia R5, while Teemu Suninen and Mikko Markkula completed the points-scoring positions in a Ford Fiesta R5.
Rally Mexico
Kris Meeke and Paul Nagle won the Rally of Mexico, marking the pair's first victory of the season, and the first for the Citroën C3 WRC. Sébastien Ogier led into Friday after two runs of the new Mexico City street stage, but an accident involving civilian vehicles lead to heavy traffic on the road to León and subsequently caused the first two special stages of Friday to be cancelled as the cars arrived late. Meeke won the first gravel stage as Hyundai, M-Sport and Toyota all suffered issues blamed on the heat and altitude of the Mexican stages. Despite a threat from Ogier and Neuville in third, Meeke maintained his lead through Saturday. A spin on a hairpin for Ogier stretched Meeke's lead to over thirty seconds by the end of the day. Stéphane Lefebvre and Lorenzo Bertelli crashed on Saturday, but both resumed on Sunday with only cosmetic damage. By Sunday morning, Ott Tänak was fourth, followed by Hayden Paddon, who reported technical issues. They would hold their positions until the end of the rally. Jari-Matti Latvala, plagued by engine issues and a poor road position on Friday, won a battle for sixth with his teammate Juho Hänninen who was suffering from illness. Further back, Elfyn Evans won three stages but had been issued a five-minute time penalty following an engine change before the first stage. Similarly, Dani Sordo had been given a ten-minute penalty for an incomplete performance at Saturday evening's super-special stage, but this was successfully appealed by his team, meaning he finished eighth. The power stage was won by Neuville, with Ogier, Tänak, Latvala and Sordo also scoring. In the final few corners of the power stage, Meeke lost control over a bump in a fast right turn, left the road and hit a spectator's parked car. After spending twenty seconds in a field doubling as a car park, he returned to the road, to win the rally with a margin of fourteen seconds. He moved to sixth in the championship standings, while Ogier took the lead from Latvala. Ogier's podium finish and championship lead were briefly threatened after his car failed scrutineering due to a technical infringement with his gearbox, but were subsequently upheld after closer examination of the car.
Tour de Corse
Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul won the Tour de Corse, making Hyundai the fourth different manufacturer to win in as many rallies. Kris Meeke and Paul Nagle established themselves as the early leaders, with Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia emerged as their closest challengers as Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja had an early off that they could not recover from. Neuville and Gilsoul made a slow start, but recovered well to take advantage of setup and hydraulics problems that stymied Ogier's progress, and by the end of the first day were in a position to challenge the reigning World Champions for second place. Meeke and Nagle continued to build their lead until their engine let go, forcing them to retire on the spot and handing the lead of the rally to Neuville and Gilsoul. With Ogier and Ingrassia struggling with an engine misfire, the Hyundai crew were able to establish a lead of over thirty seconds, and they remained unchallenged for the rest of the event. Dani Sordo and Marc Martí briefly held second place—despite struggling with setup problems and being unable to find a rhythm—before Ogier and Ingrassia reclaimed the position in the final stage. Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila finished fourth, edging out Craig Breen and Scott Martin by a tenth of a second, while Hayden Paddon and John Kennard finished sixth. Seventh place was taken by WRC-2 entrants Andreas Mikkelsen and Anders Jæger, with the fellow WRC-2 crew of Teemu Suninen and Mikko Markkula eighth. Stéphane Sarrazin and Jacques-Julien Renucci finished ninth in an independent entry, with former French junior champions Yohan Rossel and Benoît Fulcrand completing the top ten. The result saw Ogier and Ingrassia extend their championship lead by five points, while Neuville and Gilsoul took third place in the drivers' and co-drivers' championships from Tänak and Järveoja. Neuville's win and Sordo's podium saw Hyundai pass Toyota for second place in the manufacturers' standings.
Rally Argentina
Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul took their second consecutive victory in Rally Argentina to close within two points of Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila in the drivers' and co-drivers' championships. The rough roads of Argentina quickly proved to be difficult for the crews. Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia slid wide into a ditch; Latvala and Miikka Anttila struggled with an overheating engine; Dani Sordo and Marc Martí broke a steering arm and lost eleven minutes repairing it after striking a rock; Hayden Paddon and John Kennard, and Kris Meeke and Paul Nagle both rolled; while Craig Breen and Scott Martin damaged their gearbox after hitting the same rock as Meeke. With the high rate of attrition, Elfyn Evans and Daniel Barritt emerged as the early leaders, attributing their success to the durability of the soft compound DMACK tyres compared to the soft compound Michelins used by the other crews. However, two punctures, a spin and the loss of the rear diffuser on the second day saw Neuville and Gilsoul cut Evans' and Barritt's lead from one minute to eleven seconds. Neuville continued to apply pressure during the final day, cutting the deficit to less than a second going into the final stage. Neuville forced an error from Evans who struck a bridge and lost a second and a half. Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja finished third after a strategic drive to avoid damage, with Ogier and Ingrassia beating Latvala and Anttila to fourth. Paddon and Kennard recovered from their roll to finish sixth, while Juho Hänninen and Kaj Lindström finished seventh. Dani Sordo and Marc Martí successfully defended eighth from Mads Østberg and Ola Fløene, who had run as high as second before damaging their suspension. World Rally Championship-2 points leaders Pontus Tidemand and Jonas Andersson completed the points-scoring positions in tenth.
Rally de Portugal
Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia took their second victory of the season at the Rally of Portugal, matching Markku Alén and Ilkka Kivimäki's record of five wins in Portugal. Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul finished second, scoring enough points to take second place from Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila in the championship. The opening leg of the rally saw the lead change five times in seven stages, with Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja emerging at the eventual leaders. Both Latvala and Anttila and Kris Meeke and Paul Nagle briefly held the lead before crashing out of contention; Latvala, battling a fever and back injury suffered a low-speed roll-over and was able to continue, while Meeke broke his suspension after sliding off the road and he retired from the leg. The second day saw the lead between Tänak and second-placed Ogier fluctuate until Tänak ran wide and damaged his car. Ogier inherited a twenty-second lead over Neuville and started pulling away until the Hyundai driver made set-up changes for the afternoon stages and started closing the deficit. However, Ogier was able to maintain his pace and went on to win by fifteen seconds. Dani Sordo and Marc Martí completed the podium in third, while Tänak and Järveoja recovered to fourth, picking up an extra five points for winning the Power Stage. Craig Breen and Scott Martin were the leading Citroën in fifth, having won a rally-long fight with Elfyn Evans and Daniel Barritt. Juho Hänninen and Kaj Lindstrom matched their best result of the season with seventh, having driven conservatively to account for their inexperience in Portugal. Mads Østberg and Ola Flœne finished eighth in a privateer Fiesta WRC, beating Latvala and Anttila, while in the third Toyota, Esapekka Lappi and Janne Ferm scored points on their début.
Rally Italia Sardegna
Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja claimed their maiden World Rally Championship victory in Sardegna, finishing ahead of Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila, with Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul in third. The rally was run in difficult conditions, with high temperatures across the weekend while a lack of wind caused further problems as dust from the surface lingered in the forest stages, reducing visibility. Kris Meeke and Paul Nagle took the lead on the first day before suffering a roll-over—their fourth in three rallies—that damaged their rollcage and forced them into retirement. Hayden Paddon and Sebastian Marshall inherited the lead while further down the order Craig Breen and Scott Martin cracked their gearbox casing after landing heavily on a rock, Elfyn Evans and Daniel Barritt slid into a tree, and Dani Sordo and Marc Martí struggled with an intermittent turbo failure. Neuville and Gilsoul challenged for the lead until their brakes failed and they lost a minute to Paddon and Marshall. The lead changed again when Paddon and Marshall clipped and embankment and tore a suspension upright out of the car. Tänak and Järveoja inherited the lead themselves while Latvala and Anttila recovered from a slow start to be second at the end of the day. Both crews made errors throughout the final day, but Tänak and Järveoja held a twenty-eight second lead ahead of the power stage and held on to secure first place overall. Esapekka Lappi and Janne Ferm finished fourth and scored an extra five points for winning the power stage, while Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia were fifth. Juho Hänninen and Kaj Lindström matched their career-best result with sixth ahead of Mads Østberg and Øla Flœne, who damaged their suspension on the final stage. Andreas Mikkelsen and Anders Jæger scored points on début for Citroën. The points-scoring positions were completed by Eric Camilli and Benjamin Veillas in a Ford Fiesta R5 in ninth, and World Rally Championship-2 class winners Jan Kopecký and Pavel Dressler.
Rally Poland
Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul took their third win of the season in Poland to further close in on the championship lead. Hayden Paddon and Sebastian Marshall finished second in their best result of the season, with Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia completing the podium in third. Heavy rains in the region the week before the rally meant that the normally loose, sandy surface became very slippery, with deep ruts being carved into the surface for the second pass over the stages. The four crews leading the championship—Ogier and Ingrassia, Neuville and Gilsoul, Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja, and Jari-Matti Latvala and Miika Anttila—set the early pace, with the lead changing hands several times on the first morning of competition. Ogier and Ingrassia struggled to stay with the leaders during the afternoon's running as their road position meant that they were the first to encounter the ruts, while Latvala and Anttila later retired with a terminal engine fault. Neuville and Gilsoul lead the rally at the end of the first day. Tänak and Järveoja reclaimed the lead on the second day, only to lose their rear wing late in the afternoon; however, Neuville and Gilsoul were unable to build on their newfound lead as they suffered a puncture shortly thereafter. Tänak and Järveoja pushed early on the final day and briefly took the lead again, but clipped a tree stump on the next stage that spun them into an embankment, crushing their intercooler and radiator. Their retirement handed the lead to Neuville and Gilsoul, who won the rally by over a minute. Dani Sordo and Marc Martí were fourth, putting all three Hyundais in the top four, while Stéphane Lefebvre and Gabin Moreau were fifth after missing the Rally of Italy. Partnered with Mikko Markkula, Teemu Suninen scored points on his World Rally Championship début in sixth. Mads Østberg and Ola Flœne were seventh ahead of Elfyn Evans and Daniel Barritt. Andreas Mikkelsen and Anders Jæger—substituting for Kris Meeke and Paul Nagle—were ninth in an upgraded C3 WRC, with Juho Hänninen and Kaj Lindström completing the points in tenth. Re-entering the event under Rally-2 regulations, Latvala and Anttila won the Power Stage to take third position in the drivers' and co-drivers' championships from Tänak and Järveoja.
Rally Finland
Esapekka Lappi and Janne Ferm won Rally Finland in their fourth start in the sport's premier class. Elfyn Evans and Daniel Barritt finished second, claiming the position from Juho Hänninen and Kaj Lindström on the final stage. The rally saw a change in the championship lead as Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul secured enough points to match Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia; having won three rallies compared to Ogier's two, Neuville was considered the championship leader. Ogier's rally came to an early end when he damaged his suspension after landing heavily off a jump. Distracted by the change in his car's handling, Ogier misheard a pace note and slid into a tree. Although M-Sport were able to repair the car to re-enter the rally, Ingrassia was diagnosed with a concussion and the team elected against continuing on medical advice. The battle for the rally lead was waged between the three Toyotas—the Yaris WRC having been extensively tested on the roads around Jyväskylä during its initial development phase—and the privately entered Fiesta of Teemu Suninen and Mikko Markkula. Finnish crews occupied the top four positions until an electrical fault paralysed Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila's Toyota, forcing them to retire and handing a fifty-second lead to Lappi and Ferm. Suninen crashed on the final day and fell from second to fourth, while Craig Breen secured another fifth-place finish for Citroën. Neuville and Gilsoul were sixth after struggling with the undulating roads on the opening day. Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja recovered to seventh after suffering a puncture on the opening day, finishing ahead of Kris Meeke and Paul Nagle, who finished eighth on their return to the sport. Dani Sordo and Marc Martí finished ninth, with Mads Østberg completing the points in tenth with new co-driver Torstein Eriksen.
Rallye Deutschland
Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja took their second win of the season in Germany ahead of Andreas Mikkelsen and Anders Jæger. Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia reclaimed the championship lead in third as Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul failed to score points when they retired with broken suspension. Tänak and Järveoja controlled the rally for most of the event by managing their tyres across the variety of surfaces that made up the route, benefiting from errors made by other drivers. In taking victory Tänak and Järveoja secured M-Sport's first win in Germany, which prior to the rally had been the only calendar event that M-Sport had not won. Juho Hänninen and Kaj Lindström were the highest-placed Toyota crew in fourth as Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila struggled with mechanical issues and Esapekka Lappi and Janne Ferm retired after hitting a wall. Craig Breen and Scott Martin finished fifth, taking the place from Elfyn Evans and Daniel Barritt on the final stage. Latvala and Anttila recovered from their engine problems to finish seventh, while Hayden Paddon and Sebastian Marshall experienced several punctures on their way to eighth. Local privateers Armin Kremer and Pirmin Winklhofer finished ninth in a 2017-specification Fiesta WRC, and WRC-2 entrants Eric Camilli and Benjamin Veillas completed the points in tenth. Pre-event favourites Dani Sordo and Marc Martí crashed out on the opening day, but re-entered under Rally-2 regulations and went on to score five points for winning the Power Stage. Kris Meeke and Paul Nagle retired on the first stage after Meeke misjudged a corner and hit a barricade the broke his steering arm.
Rally Catalunya
Kris Meeke and Paul Nagle took the first tarmac win of their career in Catalunya, while Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia extended their championship lead. Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja finished third, passing Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul in the championship standings after Neuville and Gilsoul retired with damaged suspension.
Andreas Mikkelsen and Anders Jæger took an early lead on début for Hyundai, but fell behind during the tarmac stages. Mikkelsen acknowledged that his lack of experience with the i20 Coupe WRC on tarmac limited his ability to get the most out of it. They retired and re-entered under Rally 2 regulations when they struck a culvert and damages their suspension, as did Dani Sordo and Marc Martí in the sister Hyundai. Meeke and Nagle assumed the lead as Ogier and Ingrassia became embroiled in a fight with Tänak and Järveoja, who were forced to use a gravel-specification gearbox on tarmac when their tarmac gearbox failed. Juho Hänninen and Kaj Lindström finished fourth, the only Toyota to complete the event after Esapekka Lappi and Janne Ferm crashed out, and Jari-Matti Latvala and Mikka Anttila retired with an electrical fault. Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen finished fifth, with Østberg attributing the result to the 2017 generation of cars, which he found easier to drive on tarmac. Stéphane Lefebvre and Gabin Moreau finished sixth on their return to competition, ahead of Elfyn Evans and Daniel Barritt, who struggled with a lack of grip on tarmac. World Rally Championship entrants Teemu Suninen and Mikko Markkula finished eighth, with Jan Kopecký and Pavel Dressler in ninth and Ole Christian Veiby and Stig Rune Skjærmoen completing the points in tenth.
Wales Rally GB
Elfyn Evans and Daniel Barritt became the seventh different crew to win a rally in 2017 when they won the Wales Rally GB. The event saw Ogier and Ingrassia secure their fifth consecutive World Championship titles, becoming the first Ford crew to win the World Championship since Ari Vatanen and David Richards in 1981.
Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul finished the rally second overall despite incurring an early penalty and sliding into a ditch on the opening day. Ogier and Ingrassia finished third after nursing a puncture and broken brake disc during the foggy night stages, while a late push from Andreas Mikkelsen and Anders Jæger was enough to secure fourth position. Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila were fifth, having struggled to match the leaders' pace early in the rally until the night stages where successive stage wins saw them climb several places in the overall standings. Conversely, Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja ran as high as second through the opening legs, but struggled with low visibility in the fog and slipped to sixth. Kris Meeke and Paul Nagle struggled with a lack of pace after making several unforced errors to finish seventh ahead of Hayden Paddon and Sebastian Marshall. Esapekka Lappi and Janne Ferm finished ninth while Dani Sordo and Marc Martí completed the points in tenth position.
Rally Australia
Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul claimed their fourth win of the year in Australia, with the result securing second place in the championship. Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja were second, while Hayden Paddon and Sebastian Marshall finished in third—their first podium finish of the season—when Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttilla crashed out on the final stage.
The rally saw variable conditions across the three days of competition, ranging from dry heat to humidity and heavy rain. Andreas Mikkelsen and Anders Jæger established an early lead as the front-runners were forced to sweep the loose, heavy gravel from the road surface. They maintained their pace into the second day until they struck an embankment and punctured two tyres, but with only one spare they were not permitted to start the next stage. Neuville and Gilsoul climbed from fourth place to the lead as others suffered their own misfortunes; Craig Breen and Scott Martin damaged a wheel, while Kris Meeke and Paul Nagle damaged their rear suspension on a bridge. Citroën elected to retire the car, concerned that the suspension would fail completely on an upcoming stage, only for the stage to be cancelled. Sitting in second, Latvala and Anttilla began catching Neuville and Gilsoul in the dry, but fell back in the wet before crashing out. Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia finished fourth and won the Power Stage for an additional five championship points. Elfyn Evans and Daniel Barritt were fifth ahead of Esapekka Lappi and Janne Ferm, who lost time on the first day with a power steering failure. Having re-entered under Rally-2 regulations, Meeke and Nagle took advantage of attrition on the final day—that saw the sister Citroëns of Breen and Martin and Stéphane Lefebvre and Gabin Moreau retire—to finish seventh ahead of local privateers Nathan Quinn and John Allen. Jourdan Serderidis and Frédéric Miclotte finished eleventh overall, but were classified ninth in the points standings as the crew the finished ninth were ineligible to score points. Similarly, Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen finished in twelfth but were classified in tenth.
Results and standings
Season summary
Scoring system
Points are awarded to the top ten classified finishers. In the manufacturers' championship, points are only awarded to the top two classified finishers representing a manufacturer and driving a 2017-specification World Rally Car. There are also five bonus points awarded to the winners of the Power Stage, four points for second place, three for third, two for fourth and one for fifth. Power Stage points are only awarded in the drivers' and co-drivers' championships.
FIA World Championship for Drivers
FIA World Championship for Co-Drivers
FIA World Championship for Manufacturers
Footnotes
References
External links
Official website of the World Rally Championship
FIA World Rally Championship 2017 at ewrc-results.com
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Comet Klinkerfues
Comet Klinkerfues may refer to the following comets, all discovered by Ernst Friedrich Wilhelm Klinkerfues:
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Brooklyn Bazaar
Brooklyn Bazaar is Scott Tixier's debut album recorded in Brooklyn in September 2011 and co-produced by Jean-Luc Ponty and Mark Feldman. It was released in March 2012 by Sunnyside Records and was well received by critics (NPR "Song of the day"; "Coup De Coeur" Fnac; The New York City Jazz Record;). Brooklyn Bazaar was listed in the JazzTimes Top 50 CDs of 2012.
Track listing
All songs by Scott Tixier
"Keep in Touch" – 6:02
"Bushwick Party" – 5:45
"Arawaks" – 4:12
"Elephant Rose" – 6:38
"String Theory" – 6:06
"Miss Katsu" – 4:58
"Facing Windows" – 7:20
"Shopping with Mark F" – 5:17
"Roach Dance" – 5:16
Personnel
Scott Tixier – violin
Douglas Bradford – guitars
Jesse Elder – electric keyboards and acoustic piano
Massimo Biolcati – bass
Arthur Vint – drums
Emilie Weibel – vocal
Technical Credits
Dave Darlington (2 Grammy Awards) - Mixing/Mastering
François Zalacain - Executive Producer
Rob Mosher - Producer
Mike Marciano (2 Grammy Awards) - Engineer
Bryan Parker - Film director
Gregg Conde - Cinematography
Erik Haberfeld - Graphic Design
Corelli Savarez - Executive Producer
Chell Stephen - Cinematography
Mark Feldman - Quotation Author
Jean-Luc Ponty - Quotation Author
References
External links
Official artist website
Official record label website
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Charles Herbert
Charles Herbert Saperstein (December 23, 1948 – October 31, 2015), known as Charles Herbert, was an American child actor of the 1950s and 1960s. Before reaching his teens, Herbert was renowned by a generation of moviegoers for an on-screen broody, mature style and wit that enabled him to go one-on-one with some of the biggest names in the industry, and his appearances in a handful of films in the sci-fi/horror genre garnered him an immortality there. In six years he appeared in twenty Hollywood features.
Herbert supported his family from the age of five and went from being one of the most-desired and highest-paid child actors of his time to one of the multitude of performers Hollywood "discarded" upon reaching maturity. His situation and the lifetime of damage it created for him only recently came to light.
Early life
Herbert was born Charles Herbert Saperstein in Culver City, California, the son of Pearl (Diamond) and Louis Saperstein. According to Herbert, his career began when he was discovered by an agent: "I just happened to be riding on a bus while on a shopping trip with my mother one day, and a gentleman who was a talent agent in Hollywood, named Cosmo Morgan, saw me talking and must have thought I was cute or something. He gave me his card, which I immediately tried to give to the bus driver! That's basically how it started."
Blue eyed and freckle-faced, Herbert began his acting career at age four when he appeared on the television series Half Pint Panel (1952). The Long, Long Trailer (1954) would have been his first movie, just after he appeared in the stage production of On Borrowed Time at the Rancho Theatre. However, after auditioning with some 40 other kids and chosen for a role, he was cut from the film.
This period was highlighted by a celebrated performance at age eight for his role as a blind child on an episode of Science Fiction Theater (1956). Airing December 22, 1956, "The Miracle Hour" episode is about a man who never gives up hope that his fiancée's blind six-year-old son will not have to spend the holidays in darkness. Herbert starred with Dick Foran and Jean Byron. Five years later he played the son of a blind man (Rod Steiger) in an episode of NBC's Wagon Train.
Career
What followed included roles in such popular and cult films as The View from Pompey's Head (1955); The Night Holds Terror (1956); These Wilder Years (1956), with James Cagney and Barbara Stanwyck; Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957); The Colossus of New York (1958); The Fly (1958); Houseboat (1958); The Man in the Net (1959), with Alan Ladd; The Five Pennies; Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960); and 13 Ghosts (1960), in which producer/director William Castle gave him top billing at the age of 12 in order to secure his services.
Herbert's final feature film and starring role was in The Boy and the Pirates (1960), produced and directed by Bert I. Gordon (Mr. B.I.G.), the master of giant monster films, costarring his daughter Susan. Herbert and Susan Gordon had previously worked together in The Man in the Net (1959), the hospital scene in The Five Pennies (1959), and a TV pilot episode entitled The Secret Life of John Monroe (aka The Secret Life of James Thurber). The 30-minute unsold pilot aired as the "Christabel" episode of Alcoa/Goodyear Playhouse, June 8, 1959. Very rarely seen, The Boy and the Pirates was released by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment as a Midnite Movies double DVD set with the more recent Crystalstone (1987), on June 27, 2006.
During his peak, he was performing nonstop with multiple projects completed each year. By 1959, Herbert had achieved a lofty place among the most-desired and highest-paid child actors of his time, making nearly $1,650 per week. He had established for himself both the reputation and the nickname of "One-Take Charlie." Of his acting style, one reviewer described Herbert as "sincere, accurate, overenunciated at times, like a storybook character come to life. An extraordinary child actor by any standard. Herbert’s intense emotive quality is very much of the method acting school, highly unusual in such a young performer."
Herbert's work had him opposite Cary Grant, Sophia Loren, David Niven, Vincent Price, Johnny Carson, Donna Reed, Doris Day, and Ross Martin, for all of whom he had high praise for their treatment of him. "Anybody who is in that category [a well-known actor] who is nice to the children is a nice person. 'Cause I worked with some who were not. Children and animals are not big favorites with movie stars."
Starring screen roles in the 1950s soon evaporated, and Herbert was relegated to TV appearances in the 1960s. Growing into that typically awkward teen period, he was forced to subsist on whatever episodic roles he could muster, including bits on Wagon Train (1957), Rawhide (1959), The Twilight Zone (1962), The Fugitive (1963), Hazel (1963), Family Affair (1966), and My Three Sons (1966).
Herbert's career amassed 20 feature films, more than 50 TV shows, and a number of commercials during his youthful 14-year span.
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Personal life
Because of the studio attitude toward child actors of the time, Herbert had a keen interest in the child actors of today.
"I lost a lot more than the financial things. Financial things are way down the list for me. The way it’s set up in Hollywood is, I did 50 TV shows, the 20 movies, the commercials, all of that stuff... and when I turned 21, zero had been put away in the bank for me. It was not that way for every [kid actor]: If you signed a long-term contract--for instance, if you did Lassie or The Donna Reed Show or something--they put away like 5 percent for you. But if you were not on a long-term contract, ALL of the money you earned for the movies, for ALL the TV things, went to your guardians; and your guardians could do with it whatever they saw fit."
The only money put away for Herbert until age 21 from his TV and film earnings was $1,700.
Describing his studio education as "nonexistent," Herbert attended public schools (Melrose, Bancroft, Fairfax High) rather than one of the private schools tailored to the unique needs of child actors. "My parents made that mistake, without malice; they were not too familiar [with the problems that child actors face]." Herbert made up a story that he had a twin brother and that it was not him whom his classmates were seeing in movies and on TV. Referring to his role in the sci-fi movie classic The Fly, he said, "Back in those days, the very few people who did know I was an actor, when they were kidding me, they’d go, 'Help me, help me, help meeee!'"...
"Herbert was always happiest and at his best when he was performing. A talented actor, he felt secure and confident when the cameras rolled, but like many child actors, he faced difficulties adjusting to the real world beyond the controlled environment inside the studio walls. The career of a child actor often creates a profoundly troubling lack of identity at a difficult time, just after he has lost his commercial value with the onset of puberty."
Unable to transition into adult roles, Herbert's personal life went downhill as well. With no formal education or training to do anything else and with no career earnings saved, he led a reckless, wanderlust life and turned to drugs.
Final years
With no family of his own, it took Herbert nearly 40 years to turn his life around. Clean and sober since August 2004, his films—now reaching new generations of fans via DVD and cable TV—and his appearances at science fiction film festivals and conventions sustained him.
He expressed deep appreciation of the work Paul Petersen's organization, A Minor Consideration, does by assisting present and former child actors both financially and emotionally. Herbert and Petersen played brothers in the film Houseboat (1958), starring Cary Grant and Sophia Loren, and he guest-starred four times as David Barker from 1958 to 1960 on Petersen's ABC series, The Donna Reed Show.
Charles Herbert appeared annually for six years in the celebrity lineup at the Monster Bash, held each June, at the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Airport Four Points with his The Boy and the Pirates costar Susan Gordon. He died in Las Vegas on October 31, 2015, from a heart attack.
Filmography
References
External links
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Category:American male child actors
Category:American male film actors
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Just a Lil Bit
"Just a Lil Bit" is the third single from 50 Cent's second album, The Massacre. The song is produced by Scott Storch. Released on May 17, 2005, the single reached number #3 in the United States, becoming 50 Cent's sixth solo top-ten single, and ninth overall. It also reached #10 in the United Kingdom. The B-side is a live recording of Disco Inferno for AOL Sessions.
Background
"Just a Lil Bit" debuted at #69 on the Billboard Hot 100 and peaked at #3 on the chart. The song was eventually certified Platinum by the RIAA.
The official remix features rapper White Dawg. T-Pain used the instrumental to do a freestyle called "A Little Hit." Game also used the instrumental on his song "300 Bars & Runnin'", in which he disses 50 Cent and other members of G-Unit. He also redid "Just a Lil Bit" as a diss to 50 Cent.
Music video
The music video is set in Cancún, Mexico and follows a thin plot where 50 Cent, as "El Jefe" ("The Boss"), employs three beautiful women to set up his enemies, played by Emilio Rivera, Hassan Johnson and Jesús Ochoa. 50 Cent leaves each enemy $50. The video also contains cameos by some G-Unit artists.
CD cover
The artwork for the CD cover shows 50 Cent's modern adaptation of the rap squat that includes the prayer pose.
Track listing
UK CD single #1
"Just a Lil Bit" - 3:59
"Disco Inferno" (Live AOL Session) - 3:11
UK CD single #2
"Just a Lil Bit" - 3:59
"Just a Lil Bit" (Instrumental) - 3:59
"Just a Lil Bit" (Music Video) - 3:59
"Disco Inferno" (Live AOL Session - Music Video) - 3:11
Charts and certifications
Weekly charts
Certifications
Year-end charts
References
External links
50 Cent's official website
"Just a Lil Bit" lyrics
Category:50 Cent songs
Category:2005 singles
Category:Music videos directed by Benny Boom
Category:Song recordings produced by Scott Storch
Category:Songs written by Scott Storch
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Category:Aftermath Entertainment singles
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1929–30 Polska Liga Hokejowa season
The 1929–30 Polska Liga Hokejowa season was the fourth season of the Polska Liga Hokejowa, the top level of ice hockey in Poland. Three teams participated in the final round, and AZS Warszawa won the championship.
First round
Group A
Group B
Final round
4th place
Czarni Lwów - AZS Wilno 1:0
External links
Season on hockeyarchives.info
Category:Polska Hokej Liga seasons
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Johann Baptist Klerr
Johann Baptist Klerr (15 July 1830 – 27 September 1875) was an Austrian Kapellmeister and composer.
Life
Born in Baden bei Wien, Klerr was the younger brother of Ludwig Klerr. In 1848 Klerr got an engagement as a musician at the and from there he later went to the city theatre in Bratislava in the same function. From 1856 he worked as a conductor at the Sopron theatre and occasionally worked there with his brother Ludwig.
The next stages were Wiener Neustadt, Baden and after a short guest performance in 1858 in Kraków, Klerr was signed on in Budapest. In 1862 he was engaged as Kapellmeister at the Carltheater in Vienna and worked there until 1867 among others also with Franz von Suppé.
In 1867 Klerr moved to the Theater an der Wien, also as Kapellmeister. Between 1868 and 1872 and again from 1874 to 1875 Klerr brought together the venues of Baden and Wiener Neustadt as musical director.
Klerr died at the age of 45 in Baden, where he also found his final resting place.
Work
Die Nixe, Opera.
Die schöne Müllerin, Opera.
Der Gang nach dem Eisenhammer (music to the ballad of the same name by Friedrich Schiller).
Der kleine Josi : komisches Singspiel in einem Akte.
Further reading
Peter Erhart: Niederösterreichische Komponisten''. Verlag Doblinger, Vienna 1998, , .
External links
References
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Nuclear power in Romania
Romania currently has 1,400 MW of nuclear power capacity by means of one active nuclear power plant with 2 reactors, which constitutes around 18% of the national power generation capacity of the country. This makes Romania the 24th largest user of nuclear power in the world.
Cernavodă nuclear plant
In 1977 the Romanian Government signed a contract with AECL to build a five unit nuclear power plant in Cernavodă using Canadian CANDU reactor technology. The heavy water reactor design uses heavy water (produced at Drobeta-Turnu Severin) as its neutron moderator and water from the Danube for cooling. Construction started on the five reactors in 1980.
Currently the plant has two fully operational reactors and another three reactors that are partially finished.
Unit One took 16 years to build, completed in 1996. It produces 705.6 MW of electricity.
Unit Two took 27 years to build, achieving initial criticality in 2007 and produces 706 MW of electricity.
Unit Three and Unit Four were expected to be operational by the year 2015 (thirty-five years after the start of construction) and the total electricity production of the units was to be around 1,500 MW. The total cost of the units is expected to be around US$ 6 billion.
On 7 March 2008, Nuclearelectrica, ArcelorMittal, CEZ, Electrabel, Enel, Iberdrola and RWE agreed to set up a company dedicated to the completion, commissioning and operation of Units 3 and 4. The company is expected to be registered in May 2008.
When four of the five reactors were to be fully functional the Cernavodă Nuclear Power Plant would have produced around 40% of Romania's total electricity needs.
In 2002 and 2006, Romania made efforts to complete unit 3 and 4, respectively. The cost estimate put completion of both reactors at EUR 2.5 billion, with seven companies investing into the project, including the state run Societatea Nationala Nuclearelectrica. The six other companies include ArcelorMittal, CEZ, Electrabel, ENEL, Iberdrola, and RWE. With investment from all these companies, unit 3 would be completed in 2014 and unit 4 in 2015. In March 2008, the Romanian government suggested that it might build another four-unit power plant by 2020.
The company that operates and maintains the power plant is Nuclearelectrica.
20 January 2011, GDF Suez, Iberdrola and RWE pulled out of the project, following ČEZ which had already left in 2010, citing "Economic and market-related uncertainties surrounding this project, related for the most part to the present financial crisis, are not reconcilable now with the capital requirements of a new nuclear power project".
In November 2015 Nuclearelectrica and the China General Nuclear Power Group signed an memorandum of understanding regarding the construction, operation and decommissioning of Cernavoda 3 and 4.
Nuclear waste
Currently, nuclear waste is stored at the reactors for up to ten years. Then the waste is transported to dry storage, which is based on the Macstor system designed by AECL. The government has conducted studies into a permanent geological repository.
Plans for other power plants
There are also plans for the construction of a second nuclear power plant in Transylvania that will either have 2 reactors of 1,200 MW each or 4 reactors of 600 MW each with an electricity generating capacity of 2,400 MW and will be constructed after 2020. Currently, several locations for this plant are being considered, some on the Someș River. The French company Areva has been mentioned as a possible constructor for the new plant.
A March 2008 statement by the head of SNN "Nuclearelectrica" said that up to four more units by 2020 at a new site were proposed, and early in 2009 site selection was still under way. In May it was announced that Târnăveni municipality in Târgu Mureș district of Transylvania, and on the Mureș River in central Romania was favoured, with a site in the nearby Sibiu district on the Olt River as second choice. Three sites on the Someș River in Transylvania have also been mentioned, for 2400 MWe of capacity to be built after 2020. Areva has been approached to contribute to planning, with a view to a second plant being commissioned by 2030.
Energy production
See also
List of nuclear reactors#Romania
Energy in Romania
References
External links
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Mike Panetta
Michael Joseph "Mike" Panetta (born July 14, 1971) was the District of Columbia shadow representative, from January 2007 through January 2013.
A shadow representative is different from a delegate to Congress, an office currently held by Eleanor Holmes Norton. While the office of delegate is created by the U.S. House of Representatives, the shadow representative position was created by the D.C. government and is not recognized by Congress.
Panetta has run several high-profile campaigns for D.C. representation, including starting the District of Columbia Olympic Committee and leading efforts to rebrand RFK Stadium as "Taxation Without Representation Field". Panetta has pledged to make District of Columbia voting rights a national issue that is embraced by progressive activists across the country.
Panetta was reelected in 2008, facing no opposition in the Democratic primary and defeating D.C. Statehood Green Party candidate Joyce Robinson-Paul in the November election by 86 to 13 percent.
Election history
2010 Shadow Representative, D.C., General Election
2010 Shadow Representative, D.C., Democratic Primary Election
2008 Shadow Representative, D.C., General Election
2008 Shadow Representative, D.C., Democratic Primary Election
2006 Shadow Representative, D.C., General Election
2006 Shadow Representative, D.C., Democratic Primary Election
References
External links
www.mikepanetta.com
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Jean Racine (disambiguation)
Jean Racine (1639–1699) was a French dramatist.
Jean Racine may also refer to:
Jean-François Racine (born 1982), ice hockey goaltender
Jean-Paul Racine (1928–1988), Canadian politician
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CMLL Arena Coliseo Tag Team Championship
The CMLL Arena Coliseo Tag Team Championship (Spanish: Campeonato Arena Coliseo de Parejas CMLL) is a professional wrestling Tag team championship promoted by the Mexican Lucha Libre wrestling based promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) since 2000. The championship is considered a revival of the EMLL Arena Coliseo Tag Team Championship that was used in the 1960s and 1970s when CMLL was known as "Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre" (EMLL). The CMLL Arena Coliseo Tag Team Championship is considered a secondary championship, with the CMLL World Tag Team Championship being the primary championship for the tag team division in CMLL. As it is a professional wrestling championship, its holders are determined by promoters or promotions, not by athletic competition. As the name indicates the championship is intended to be defended in Arena Coliseo in Mexico City; one of CMLL's primary venues.
The current champions are the team of Esfinge and Tritón won the championship on March 10, 2018 by defeating Disturbio and Virus in the finals of a tournament. Esfinge and Tritón are the ninth championship team since Arena Coliseo championship was revived in 2000.
Background
The Arena Coliseo Tag Team Championship was originally created in the late 1960s or early 1970s by Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL; who would change their name to CMLL around 1990) as a secondary title to the Mexican National Tag Team Championship, which was the promotion's top tag team title at the time. Records of champions from that era are sparse with no records of who was the first champion; nor are there any records of exactly when the title was abandoned in the 1980s. Due to sparse record keeping of local wrestling in Mexico between the 1960s and early 1980s no clear history exists from that time, it has been verified that Los Villanos (Villano I and Villano II), Kung Fu and Kato Kung Lee, and the team of Dios Rojo and Dios Negro all held the Arena Coliseo Tag Team Championship due to references to the teams defending the championship at an EMLL show.
The Championship was revived in 2000, and was mainly contested for by younger or lower ranked wrestlers than those that challenged for the CMLL World Tag Team Championship. The first champions were found via a one night, eight-team tournament held to determine the first CMLL Arena Coliseo Tag Team Champions. On the night, the team of brothers Alan and Chris Stone (sometimes billed as "Motorcross") defeated the teams of Neutron and La Flecha, Ricky Marvin and Sombra de Plata and finally Fugaz and Virus to become the first CMLL Arena Coliseo Tag Team Champions in the modern era. The Stone brothers defended the title until 2002, after which the championship was barely mentioned, much less promoted by CMLL. The title is considered inactive after the Stone brothers' last recorded title defense on October 22, 2002 against Valetin Mayo and Karloff Lagarde Jr. When both Stone brothers left CMLL in 2005 to work for AAA the championship was finally declared vacant.
In June 2008 CMLL announced that they were bringing the CMLL Arena Coliseo Tag Team Championship back. A 16-team tournament was held to crown new champions, the competitors were a mixture of regular teams and random parings of CMLL low to mid-card workers. The preliminary rounds were held on June 22, 2008 and saw the teams of Stuka Jr. and Flash (Collectively known as Los Bombadieros; "The Bombardiers") and Los Infernales ("The Infernal Ones"; Euforia and Nosferatu) each win three matches to qualify for the final. On June 28, 2008 Stuka Jr. and Flash defeated Los Infernales to become the second CMLL Arena Coliseum Tag Team Champions of the modern age. Flash later changed his ring name to "Fuego". On March 3, 2013, La Fiebre Amarilla ("The Yellow Fever"; Namajague and Okumura) defeated Fuego and Stuka Jr. to become the third modern age CMLL Arena Coliseo Tag Team Champions, ending the previous champions' four and a half year reign. On November 4, 2013, Delta and Guerrero Maya Jr. became the fourth modern age Arena Coliseo Tag Team Champions. After a long-running rivalry with the then-champions Delta and Guerrero Maya Jr., La Comando Caribeño ("The Caribbean Commando"; Misterioso Jr. and Sagrado) became the fifth modern day Arena Coliseo Tag Team Champions on February 28, 2015.
Reigns
The current champions are the team of Esfinge and Tritón, who won a 16-team tournament to win the vacat championship. The duo defeated Disturbio and Virus in the finals on March 10, 2018 to become the ninth championship team of the CMLL-era.
Guerrero Maya Jr. is the only wrestler to have two documented title reigns during the CMLL-era, as he previously held the titles with Delta. No team has held the championship more than once after it was brought back in 2000, but records indicate that team of Kung Fu and Kato Kung Lee held the championship on at least two separate occasions, possibly more. The current champions are also the shortest reigning champions of the modern age, , second to only to Namajague and Okumura's reign of 245 days, but will surpass that if they remain champions until August 28, 2017. Los Bombardieros reign is the longest of the modern age, 1,708 days although there were extended periods of time where the championship went undefended. Black Terry, who was 64 years old at the time of his title victory, is the oldest person to win the Arena Coliseo Tag Team Championship. The Panther was seventeen or eighteen years old at the time he won the championship, making him the youngest champion of at least the CMLL-era and possibly in the history of the championship. In 2005, after both Stone brothers left CMLL to work for AAA, the championship was finally declared vacant.
Rules
The CMLL Arena Coliseo Tag Team Championship is designed for tag team competition only, teams of two, and has not allowed neither individual wrestlers to hold the championship by themselves nor teams of three to share the championship. The championship is considered a secondary championship for the tag team division; with the CMLL World Tag Team Championship being the primary championship for the tag team division in CMLL. As it is a professional wrestling championship, its holders are determined by promoters or promotions, not by athletic competition.
CMLL promotes a number of championships with the "world" label as well as a number of championships restricted by geographical locations such as the Mexican National Championships, or the Guadalajara specific Occidente championships, but the CMLL Arena Coliseo Tag Team Championship was created specifically for Arena Coliseo in Mexico City. Arena Coliseo was once CMLL's primary venue with CMLL founder Salvador Lutteroth financing the construction of the building in the 1940s. While CMLL also promotes shows in "Arena Coliseo" in Guadalajara on a regular basis, and occasionally in other regional Arena Coliseos across Mexico it has restricted championship matches to Arena Coliseo in Mexico City. CMLL has only allowed the championship to be defended outside of Arena Coliseo in Mexico City on a few occasions, primarily in Arena México when the regularly scheduled Arena Coliseo shows had to be moved. In January 2016, CMLL allowed the championship to be defended in Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, as part of the Fantastica Mania 2016 tour. The championship has only been won and lost in Arena Coliseo, except for when Black Terry and Negro Navarro won the championship in Arena Naucalpan.
Tournaments
2000
CMLL held a one-night, eight-team tournament on November 7, 2000 to determine the first CMLL Arena Coloseo Tag Team Champions of the modern era, bringing the titles back after abandoning them in the 1980s.
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2008
CMLL held a 16-team tournament in 2008; the top half of the bracket took place on June 15, the bottom half on June 19 and the finals took place on June 29, 2008.
2018
On February 14, 2018 then Arena Coliseo tag team champions Nuevo Generacion Dinamitas'' (El Cuatrero and Sansón) announced that they were giving up the championship to focus on a tournament for the vacant CMLL World Tag Team Championship that had just been announced. CMLL held a 16-team elimination tournament starting on February 24, 2018 with subsequent tournament matches taking place on March 5 and the finals on March 11. In the end Esfinge and Tritón defeated Disturbio and Virus to win the vacant championship.
Title history
Individual reigns by combined length
Key
Footnotes
References
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Stressed ribbon bridge
A stressed ribbon bridge (also stress-ribbon bridge or catenary bridge) is a tension structure (similar in many ways to a simple suspension bridge). The suspension cables are embedded in the deck which follows a catenary arc between supports. Unlike the simple span, the ribbon is stressed in traction, which adds to the stiffness of the structure (simple suspension spans tend to sway and bounce). The supports in turn support upward thrusting arcs that allow the grade to be changed between spans (where multiple spans are used). Such bridges are typically made from concrete reinforced by steel tensioning cables. Where such bridges carry vehicle traffic a certain degree of stiffness is required to prevent excessive flexure of the structure, obtained by stressing the concrete in compression.
Examples
Lake Hodges Pedestrian Bridge - the longest stressed ribbon bridge in the world, measuring 303m (995ft).
Leonel Viera Bridge - the first stressed ribbon bridge ever built. Designed and built by engineer Lionel Viera. Completed in 1965.
Phyllis J. Tilley Memorial Bridge - a hybrid concrete arch/stressed ribbon bridge across the Trinity River in Fort Worth, Texas.
Rogue River Pedestrian Bridge - a pedestrian-pipeline bridge across the Rogue River at Grants Pass, Oregon.
Terwillegar Park Footbridge - a stressed ribbon bridge across the North Saskatchewan River in Edmonton, Alberta that is the second longest in the world, measuring 262m (859ft).
Notes
References
External links
List of stressed ribbon bridges, Structurae
Structurae: Image of one of the two Maldonado stressed ribbon bridges
Tourist article containing a reference to the above bridge (the Maldonado bridge)
Spanish language site concerning the works of Don Leonel Viera
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Mejdi Tours
MEJDI Tours is a full-service tour company.
MEJDI Tours has operated tours in Israel and in the Palestinian Authority, Ireland and Northern Ireland, Jordan, Turkey, Iraqi Kurdistan, Spain, and Egypt, among others. They have organized Christian, Jewish, Muslim, university and Non-profit tours. Past clients include Boston University, Arcadia University, Pardes Institute for Jewish Studies, American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), National Community Church, Brisbane Church of Christ, World Vision, Hands of Peace, and Churches for Middle East Peace.
MEJDI Tours is also the sole operator of National Geographic's Holy Land and Traveling the Sands of Time: Oman to Dubai expeditions.
The company's two-guide model equips groups with two local guides. Originally launched in Israel and Palestine as a dual narrative tour—where MEJDI travelers are guided by one Palestinian guide and one Israeli—this model is now an option in all MEJDI destinations.
In 2014, MEJDI co-founder Aziz Abu Sarah gave a TED Talk about MEJDI Tours' concept and goals.
Reports about MEJDI Tours have been published by National Geographic, The Toronto Star, The United Nations World Travel Organization, The United Nations Alliance of Civilizations, Forbes, and Haaretz.
See also
Israeli-Palestinian peace process
Valley of Peace Initiative
References
External links
Group website
Blog entry, Marc Gopin website.
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Category:Israeli–Palestinian joint economic efforts
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Hải Dương
Hải Dương () is a city in Vietnam. It is the capital of Hải Dương, a highly industrialized province in the Hanoi Capital Region and the Red River Delta in Northern Vietnam. Its name is Sino-Vietnamese for "ocean sun" (海陽). The city is at the midpoint between the capital Hanoi and major port Haiphong, and is part of the Northern Key Economic Zone. In 2019, Hai Duong city had a population of 507,469.
Name
The name first appeared officially in 1498. In feudal times, Hải Dương indicated a vast area from east of Hanoi to the sea. This area corresponds to all of modern Hải Dương, Haiphong, most of Hưng Yên and the southwestern corner of Quảng Ninh. Hai Duong is homecity of Phuc Tran.
Hải Dương city is in the middle of this historical area and was the location of a citadel defending the capital. Because of this historical location, Thành Đông (eastern citadel) is a common nickname of Hải Dương.
Geography
Hai Duong city is bordered to the north-east by the Nam Sách District and Thanh Hà District. A branch of the Cái River (literally, "mother river" in Vietnamese) divides the city into two parts, on one side the urban area, on the other side lie rural and industrial outskirts. It is bordered to the west by the Cẩm Giàng District, and to the south by the Gia Lộc and Tứ Kỳ districts, and also a branch of the Sat River. The city is located in the centre of both the Northern Economic Area and of the Hanoi–Hai Phong–Quang Ninh development region as well. Hải Dương is located from Hanoi, from Hai Phong, and from Halong Bay. A railway, National Highway No.5 (Hanoi - Hải Dương - Hai Phong) and National Highway No.18 (Bắc Ninh - Hải Dương - Quảng Ninh) all pass through the province.
Hải Dương Province is also located within the Red River Delta of northern Vietnam. It is bordered by Hai Phong, Quảng Ninh Province in the east, Hưng Yên in the west, Bắc Ninh and Bắc Giang in the north, and Thái Bình in the south. With a total area of , Hải Dương Province has one major city (Hải Dương) and eleven districts (Bình Giang, Cẩm Giàng, Chí Linh, Gia Lộc, Kim Thành, Thanh Hà, Thanh Miện, Nam Sách, Kinh Môn, Ninh Giang, Tứ Kỳ).
Nowadays, highway makes it easier to commute among Hai phong, Hai Duong and Hanoi, approximately from Hai Duong to Hanoi, it takes around 45 minutes to 1 hour since Oct 2017.
Administrative divisions
Hải Dương city was built in 1804, and was first called "Thành Đông" (Sino-Vietnamese for eastern citadel), referring to the citadel east of Vietnam's capital, Hanoi. During the French colonial period, Hải Dương was a town. Before 1968, Hải Dương was a town in the Hải Dương Province. Between 1968 and 1996 it was the capital town of Hải Hưng Province, after the provinces of Hải Dương and Hưng Yên merged to form Hải Hưng. On November 6, 1996, following the separation of Hải Dương and Hưng Yên provinces, Hải Dương became the capital town of the Hải Dương province as it had been before. On August 6, 1997, Hải Dương was established as a city.
From 2013, Hải Dương city includes 17 wards (urban areas) and 4 communes (rural areas).
Precincts
Bình Hàn
Cẩm Thượng
Hải Tân
Lê Thanh Nghị
Nhị Châu
Ngọc Châu
Nguyễn Trãi
Phạm Ngũ Lão
Quang Trung
Tân Bình
Thanh Bình
Trần Hưng Đạo
Trần Phú
Tứ Minh
Việt Hòa
Ái Quốc
Thạch Khôi
Communes
An Châu
Nam Đồng
Tân Hưng
Thượng Đạt
Communes
Area and population
Climate
References
External links
Hải Dương site
Hải Dương site
Hải Dương site
Hải Dương site
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Category:Populated places in Hải Dương Province
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Tower telescope
A tower telescope is a telescope with a large refraction length at which the tube is installed inside a tower. Tower telescopes are mainly used for examinations of the sun.
Examples
Solar Observatory Tower Meudon
Richard B. Dunn Solar Telescope
Mount Wilson Observatory
Einstein Tower
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Mutisia microphylla
Mutisia microphylla is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae.
It is found only in Ecuador.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland.
It is threatened by habitat loss.
Sources
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Category:Endemic flora of Ecuador
Category:Vulnerable plants
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Glorious Mission
Glorious Mission () is a Chinese first-person shooter computer game. It is the first online, military-themed video game released by the People's Liberation Army (PLA).
Development
Glorious Mission was developed by Giant Interactive Group, a company which develops and operates a number of popular online games in China, including the ZT Online 1 Series, ZT Online 2, Elsword and Allods Online. The game took 32 months to develop. The goal of this game is to train people in combat skills and technological awareness. A non-public, military version was also developed by China's People's Liberation Army. The main story focuses on the conflict between Japan and China over a group of islands for which sovereignty is disputed, known as the Senkaku Islands in Japan and the Diaoyu Islands in China.
The final version of the game was launched on June 20, 2011. An update that allows gameplay on the Diaoyu Islands was released on Armed Forces Day in China to coincide with the 86th anniversary of the formation of the People's Liberation Army.
Background
Glorious Mission has been used to recruit potential soldiers for the People's Liberation Army as well as to train and educate current PLA combat troops. Glorious Mission accurately recreates the details of firearms, uniforms, and vehicles used by the People's Liberation Army. The game has been criticized for trivializing the reality of war by presenting it as a video game.
There are two versions of the game. The public release version supports online service and is free to play, but requires new players to register an account using their personal Resident Identity Card. The military version includes eight single-player campaigns and a multiplayer mode used by the People's Liberation Army for recreational use. The military version is also available for purchase through an activation code after a free download.
Gameplay
Glorious Mission is similar to popular American first-person shooter games such as the Call of Duty series, allowing players to make their way through basic training before being deployed in a number of combat missions. The game is divided into three parts: basic training, individual soldier tasks, and squad/team confrontation. Glorious Mission levels heavily feature scripted events, such as plane flyovers and explosions. The game often forces players on a fixed path without giving them freedom to approach situations tactically. In the first level, after a brief amphibious landing, players follow a somewhat direct line through narrow trenches. In another level, after some stationary sniping, players are pushed through a narrow cave. Other levels consist of players working their way up a fenced path.
The public release version includes player versus player and Co-op modes. Co-op battles are designed to inspire patriotism in players, with missions such as "Dream to return to Shanghai" (梦回上海 meng hui shanghai) where players fight against the Imperial Japanese Army as PLA soldiers during the Battle of Shanghai, and "Protect the Diaoyu Islands" (保卫钓鱼岛 baowei Diaoyudao), which involves defending the Diaoyu Islands base from the Japan Self-Defense Forces. The JSDF appear as basic enemies in the Training Mode and Team Time Attack player versus environment modes.
Reception
The game was extremely popular in China. According to government statistics, it has over 300 million online players. In its first quarter, the online game market was worth 8.5 billion Yuan ($1.31 billion U.S.). A common complaint about the game is that players need to pay in order to download the game online.
Controversy
Russian media outlets have reported that the enemies in the game most closely resemble soldiers of the United States. In response, a Chinese Ministry of Defense spokesman stated that the game's development is not directed against any particular country, and suggested that the media should refrain from excessive speculation and interpretation.
See also
America's Army
Footnotes
References
External links
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Penn Township, Highland County, Ohio
Penn Township is one of the seventeen townships of Highland County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 1,409, up from 1,055 at the 2000 census.
Geography
Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
Fairfield Township - northeast
Paint Township - southeast
Liberty Township - south
Union Township - southwest
Green Township, Clinton County - northwest
No municipalities are located in Penn Township.
Name and history
Statewide, the only other Penn Township is located in Morgan County.
Government
The township is governed by a three-member board of trustees, who are elected in November of odd-numbered years to a four-year term beginning on the following January 1. Two are elected in the year after the presidential election and one is elected in the year before it. There is also an elected township fiscal officer, who serves a four-year term beginning on April 1 of the year after the election, which is held in November of the year before the presidential election. Vacancies in the fiscal officership or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.
References
External links
County website
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Amoghasiddhi
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Amoghasiddhi is one of the Five Wisdom Buddhas of the Vajrayana tradition of Buddhism. He is associated with the accomplishment of the Buddhist path and of the destruction of the poison of envy. His name means He Whose Accomplishment Is Not In Vain. His Shakti/consort is Tara, meaning Noble Deliverer or Noble Star and his mounts are garudas. He belongs to the family of Karma whose family symbol is the Double vajra/thunderbolt.
Characteristics
Amoghasiddhi is associated with the conceptual skandha or the conceptual mind (as opposed to the non-conceptual or sensational mind). His action towards the promotion of Buddhist paths is the pacification of evils. This is symbolised by Amoghasiddhi's symbol, the moon. He gestures in the mudra of fearlessness, symbolising his and his devotees' fearlessness towards the poisons or delusions.
He is usually coloured green in artwork and is associated with the air or wind element. His season is autumn and his heavenly quarter is the northern buddha-kṣetra called Prakuta.
See also
Five Dhyani Buddhas
References
Further readingMythology of India: Myths of India, Sri Lanka and Tibet'', Rachel Storm, Anness Publishing Limited, Editor Helen Sudell, Page 15, Column 2-4, Line 5, Caption, Page 15, Column 4, Lines 1 - 5
External links
Symbolism of the five Dhyani Buddhas
Sacred Visions: Early Paintings from Central Tibet, an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on Amoghasiddhi(see index)
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List of foreign films shot in Nepal
Nepal has provided an exotic and mystical backdrop to numerous international films set mostly or partly in Nepal. A good many overseas films shot in Nepal come from Bollywood and Hollywood film industries, which are two of the biggest cinema industries in the world.
The following is a compilation of foreign films shot largely or partly in Nepal. The list, however, doesn't cover those that were set in Nepal but shot elsewhere, such as The Expendables 2.
#
10 Endrathukulla
B
Baby
Baraka
Beyond the Edge
D
Doctor Strange
E
Everest
F
The Fall
G
Gharwali Baharwali
The Golden Child
H
High Ground
Highway to Dhampus
Himalaya
The Himalayas
Hare Rama Hare Krishna
I
India's Most Wanted
Intlo Illalu Vantintlo Priyuralu
L
The Legend of Wisely
Little Buddha
Love in Nepal
P
Powaqqatsi
S
Seven Years in Tibet
T
Thaikulame Thaikulame
The Third Generation
To the North of Katmandu
The Touch
U
Up to His Ears
W
The Wildest Dream
Witch from Nepal
Y
Yevade Subramanyam
Yodha
Yudh
References
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Kaliva Range
Kaliva Range (, ‘Hrebet Kaliva’ \'hre-bet ka-'li-va\ is the mostly ice-covered range extending 24.7 km in southeast-northwest direction and 10 km wide, rising to 1600 m in the northwest foothills of Detroit Plateau and partly on Chavdar Peninsula, on the border between Davis Coast and Danco Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica. It is connected to Perkos Dome to the southeast by Sinitovo Gap, and surmounts Breguet Glacier to the south, Gregory Glacier to the southwest, Tumba, Samodiva and Pirin Glaciers to the north, and Wright Ice Piedmont to the northeast.
The range is named after the ancient fortress of Kaliva in Southeastern Bulgaria.
Location
Kaliva Range is centred at . British mapping in 1978.
Maps
British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 64 60. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1978.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
References
Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
Kaliva Range. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
External links
Kaliva Range. Copernix satellite image
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City of Westminster Magistrates' Court
The City of Westminster Magistrates' Court was a magistrates' court located at 70 Horseferry Road, in the City of Westminster, London. It was originally called Horseferry Road Magistrates' Court, after the road in which it was sited. However, it was renamed in July 2006 following the closure of Bow Street Magistrates' Court. It served as the court where the Chief Magistrate of England and Wales sat, and all extradition and terrorism-related cases passed through the court. The court closed permanently on 22 September 2011, and was replaced on 27 September 2011 with Westminster Magistrates' Court, built on the site of Marylebone Magistrates' Court at 181 Marylebone Road.
The court pictured has since been demolished, and replaced with a development of flats.
History
The court building, designed by C. A. Legerton and opened in 1974, was functional and "of minimal personality and minimal expression of function and purpose", according to Pevsner. It was opened as one of a series of three larger court houses, with the others at Camberwell Green and Highbury Corner. It had four courtrooms as opened and a further two were later added. The central location and proximity to New Scotland Yard caused the court to be involved in a number of high-profile cases.
References
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Poseidon's Gold
Poseidon's Gold is a 1993 historical mystery crime novel by Lindsey Davis and the fifth installment of the Marcus Didius Falco Mysteries series. Set in Rome during AD 72, the novel stars Marcus Didius Falco, informer and imperial agent. The gold in the title refers to the treasure, taken by Falco's brother Festus for one of Festus' wild schemes and which now appears to have gone down with the ship, returning to Poseidon.
Plot summary
In Poseidon's Gold, Falco returns from a six-month mission to Germania Liberia, only to become embroiled in the after-effects of a scam by his now-deceased, older brother Festus. The story recounts shipping scams, crooked antiques auctions, and hired thugs, all while Falco is trying to clear his family's name and sort out Festus' business dealings.
Characters in Poseidon's Gold
Main characters
Decimus Camillus Verus - Senatorial father of Helena Justina.
Helena Justina - Daughter of the Senator Decimus Camillus Verus
Julia Justa - Wife of Decimus Camillus Verus and mother of Helena
Junilla Tacita - Mother of Falco
Lucius Petronius Longus - Investigator for the vigiles and friend of Falco
Marcus Didius Favonius (aka Geminus) - Auctioneer and Father of Falco
Marcus Didius Falco - Informer and Imperial Agent from the Aventine.
Other characters
Anacrites - Imperial spy
Apollonius - An ex-geometry teacher
Cocceius - Auctioneer
Domitian Caesar - Youngest son of the Emperor
Epimandos - A waiter
Lenia - A Laundress
Manilus - A painter
Marponius - A trial judge and encyclopedia salesman
Orontes Mediolanus - A sculptor
Rubina - An artist's model
Varga - A painter
Major themes
Investigation into the murky business dealings of Marcus Didius Festus and the fight to clear the family name.
Developing relationship of Marcus Didius Falco and Helena Justina.
Allusions/references to actual history, geography and current science
Set in Rome in AD 72, during the reign of Emperor Vespasian.
Allusions/references to other works
The novel ends on a somewhat elaborate joke. The Judean slaves attempt to send Falco on a quest to recover a missing artifact. At first, Falco is afraid that they want him to raid the treasures brought back after the conquest. However, they then tell Falco that they want him to look for a "Lost Ark". Falco demurs, and says someone who is more of a daredevil than he would have to perform that particular quest, alluding to Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Publication details
1993, UK, Century Hardback (out of print)
1994, UK, Arrow, Paperback
1995, US, Crown/Ballantine
1999, UK, Arrow, Paperback (as part of single-volume omnibus edition, Falco on his Metal, with Venus in Copper and The Iron Hand of Mars)
Adaptations in other media
BBC Radio 4 starring Anton Lesser and Anna Madeley, in May 2009. Unlike previous Radio 4 dramatisations of novels from the Falco series (in four or six half-hour episodes), this adaptation was broadcast as ten 15-minute episodes as the Woman's Hour Drama. This installment added Trevor Peacock to the recurring cast, as Geminus.
References
External links
lindseydavis.co.uk Author's Official Website
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Love or Nothing
Love or Nothing is the 22nd studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Miyuki Nakajima, released in October 1994.
The album produced one of her most successful hit singles “Between the Sky and You", which reached number-one on the Japanese Oricon chart. The song was featured in Ienakiko, the movie sequel movie to a TV drama series of the same title.
The number one success of “Between the Sky and You” led to the album Love or Nothing debuting at number-one on the Oricon chart, becoming her last chart-topping non-compilation album to date. Upon its release, the album gained Platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of Japan for shipments of over 400,000 copies.
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Miyuki Nakajima, arranged by Ichizō Seo (except "Between the Sky and You", "Tenbin Bakari" and "Don't Fall Asleep" co-arranged by David Campbell).
"" – 5:00
"" – 5:40
"" – 5:21
"" – 5:23
"" – 5:23
"" – 4:51
"" – 6:08
"" – 5:43
"" – 4:52
"You Never Need Me" – 8:26
"" - 4:12
Personnel
Shigeru Suzuki - Electric guitar
Nozomi Furukawa - Electric guitar
Tsuyoshi Kon - Electric, Electric slide, pedal steel and dobro guitars
Chūei Yoshikawa - Nylon guitar
Tsugutoshi Gotō - Bass guitar
Yasuo Tomikura - Bass guitar
Akira Okazawa - Bass guitar
Nobuo Kurata - Acoustic Piano, Hammond B3 and keyboards
Jun Aoyama - Drums, marching drums
Eiji Shimamura - Drums
Toshihiko Furumura - Tenor sax
Bill Bergman - Tenor sax
Don Markese - Baritone sax
Dennis Farias - Trumpet
Andy Martin - Trombone
Jon Clarke - Oboe, tin whistle
Julia Waters - Background vocals
Maxine Waters - Background vocals
Oren Waters - Background vocals
EVE - Background vocals
Monalisa Young - Background vocals
Joseph Powell - Background vocals
Suginami Jidou Chorus - Background vocals
David Campbell - Strings conductor
Joel Derouin - Strings concertmaster
Suzie Katayama - String contractor
Production
Producer and Arranger: Ichizo Seo
Composer, Writer, Producer and Performer: Miyuki Nakajima
Arranger:Nobuo Kurata, David Campbell
Engineer: Tad Gotoh, Joe Chiccarelli, Kengo Katoh
Mixer: Hiroshi Tokunaga, Tomotaka Takehara, Mike Baumagerther
A&R: Yuzo Watanabe, Kohichi Suzuki
Assistant: Katsuhisa Oura, Hideki Kodera, Junichi Hohrin, Yuichi Inoue, Mitsuyoshi Kishida, Koh Yamashita, Tomoaki Satoh, Atsushi Matsui, Bino Espinozza, Randy Wine
Assistant for Producer: Tomoo Satoh
Artist Promotor: Yoshio Kan
Disc Promotor: Narihiko Yoshida, Shoko Sone
Music Coordinator - Takashi Kimura, Fumio Miyata, Tomoko Takaya, Ruriko Duer, Sam Onoda
Photographer and Art Director: Jin Tamura
Designer: Hirofumi Arai
Costume: Norio Suzuki
Hair and Make-up: Noriko Izumisawa
Location Coordinator: Tomiki Sugimura
Artist Management: Kohji Suzuki
Assistant: Maki Nishida
Management Desk: Atsuko Hayashi
General Management: Takahiro Uno
DAD - Genichi Kawakami
Charts
Weekly charts
: Limited edition issued on APO-CD
Year-end charts
Certifications
References
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Don Simmons (politician)
Donald William Simmons (14 February 1918 – 28 August 1986) was an Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Peake from 1970 to 1979 for the Labor Party.
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Alexa von Tobel
Alexa von Tobel (born February 23, 1984) is the founder and CEO of LearnVest.com, a personal finance website, and the founder and Managing Partner of Inspired Capital. Von Tobel is the author of the New York Times bestseller Financially Fearless, which debuted on December 31, 2013, and the author of Financially Forward, which debuted on May 14, 2019.
In April 2014, von Tobel was selected as an inaugural member of the Presidential Ambassadors for Global Entrepreneurship, alongside Steve Case, Reid Hoffman, Tory Burch and others.
Von Tobel is the host of Inc.'s The Founders Project with Alexa von Tobel podcast.
Early life and education
Originally from Jacksonville, Florida, Von Tobel received a B.A. in Psychology at Harvard College.
Career
After graduation, she worked as a trader at Morgan Stanley before leaving to be the Head of Business Development at Drop.io.
Von Tobel came up with the idea for LearnVest in 2006 while working at Morgan Stanley when she realized she and most other people had never had any formal education about how to manage their personal finances.
In April 2009, Von Tobel closed a $4.5 million series A round of funding led by Accel Partners. To date, Learnvest has raised outside equity of $72 million, from investors including Accel Partners, AmericanExpress Ventures and Northwestern Mutual Capital.
On March 25, 2015, Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co., based in Milwaukee, announced it would acquire LearnVest. Financial terms of the deal weren't disclosed. LearnVest will continue to operate as a separate unit under founder and Chief Executive von Tobel. The deal has been viewed as the latest attempt by traditional financial-services firms to adapt to new digital technologies. Northwestern Mutual expects the technology will encourage more adviser-client interaction and ultimately create a more rewarding experience for the customer and adviser. By adding LearnVest's technology to the insurer's existing planning platform, those advisers can devote more time to working with customers on carrying out their recommendations. The arrangement also puts customers in more frequent contact with those advisers.
In 2019, Von Tobel launched a new early stage venture capital fund, Inspired Capital, along with Penny Pritzker.
Awards and recognition
Von Tobel has been included in lists like Business Insider's 2010 "Silicon Alley 100," Inc. Magazine's "30 under 30: The Top Young Entrepreneurs of 2010," “Women to Watch” by Forbes, “18 Women Changing the World” in Marie Claire, and BusinessWeek's annual list of “Best Young Tech Entrepreneurs.” In 2012, she was selected as a Fortune "Most Powerful Women Entrepreneur" and named a scholar at the Aspen Ideas Festival.
Von Tobel has been featured in publications including: The New York Times,
The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg Businessweek, Fast Company,
Forbes, Shape Magazine,
Marie Claire,
The Huffington Post,
Mashable,
TechCrunch, and more.
Von Tobel has also appeared on several local and national televisions shows including: The Today Show, Good Morning America, CBS This Morning, CNN Newsroom, Anderson, Katie Couric, The Rachel Ray Show, The Nate Berkus Show, Bloomberg, CNBC Power Pitch, MSNBC Your Business, NBC 4 NY and several others.
Von Tobel has been a featured speaker at several conferences and events such as the 2012 SXSW Interactive,
TEDxWallStreet Event at NYSE,
Stern Entrepreneurs Exchange Summit 2012,
Ruth's Chris Steak House and Marie Claire Celebrate Female Entrepreneurs: Women in Business Speaker Series,
Fortune Summit: Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs,
The George Washington University 5th Annual Women in Business Conference,
and Inc.’s GrowCo Conference in 2013.
Von Tobel hosted the first live event for the website, LearnVest LIVE, in October 2012, featuring lectures by fashion designer Cynthia Rowley, Top Chef judge Gail Simmons, Marie Claire editor and Project Runway mentor Joanna Coles, Gilt Groupe cofounder Alexandra Wilkis, and one of LearnVest's CFP professionals and their Director of Financial Planning, Stephany Kirkpatrick.
References
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Derrick Walton
Derrick Walton Jr. (born April 3, 1995) is an American professional basketball player for the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA). After going undrafted in the 2017 NBA draft, he spent his first professional season as a two-way contract player with the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association and their G League affiliate, the Sioux Falls Skyforce.
He played college basketball for the Michigan Wolverines. As a high school senior at Chandler Park Academy in 2013, he was a Parade All-American, the Michigan Boys Basketball Gatorade Player of the Year and the runner-up for the Mr. Basketball of Michigan award. He was a 2013–14 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season All-Freshman selection in the Big Ten for the 2013–14 team, which won the Big Ten Conference regular-season championship outright. He was a 2015–16 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season All-Big Ten third-team selection by the coaches and an honorable mention selection by the media as a junior. He was a 2016–17 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season All-Big Ten second-team selection by the coaches and the media as a senior. Walton is the only Wolverine with 1,000 points, 500 rebounds and 400 assists and holds the school single-game assist record (16). He was the Most Outstanding Player of the 2017 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament for the tournament champion 2016–17 Wolverines.
Early life
Walton was born in Detroit, Michigan to Angela and Derrick Walton Sr. on April 3, 1995. Walton had considered attending Saginaw High School with a close friend of his named Dorian Dawkins, but Dawkins collapsed at a basketball camp on June 12, 2009, due to a heart defect and Walton Sr. became the head coach at Chandler Park Academy. June 13, 2011 was the first day that Michigan offered scholarships to the class of 2013. On August 1, 2011, Walton announced his non-binding verbal commitment to Michigan. At the time, he was ranked 77th, 88th and 92nd in the class of 2013, according to Scout.com, Rivals.com and ESPN.com, respectively. This commitment came one day after Zak Irvin joined Michigan's 2013 recruiting class. As a junior, he had a breakout season that included posting 47 points and 12 rebounds against Crockett High School on March 9, 2012, and a quadruple-double against Cesar Chavez Academy on January 31, 2012. During the summer of 2012, Walton's Rivals.com ranking increased from 57th to 44th in the national class of 2013. On November 16, 2012, Michigan men's basketball received a signed National Letter of Intent from the Walton. At Chandler Park Academy, he was the runner-up for the 2013 Mr. Basketball of Michigan award by a 2,130–2,086 margin to Iowa State signee Monte Morris but had one more first-place vote. He was a 2013 Parade All-American honoree and the Michigan Boys Basketball Gatorade Player of the Year. By the end of his high school career, he was ranked 37th by Rivals.
College career
Walton joined a team that had just lost Trey Burke and Tim Hardaway Jr. to the 2013 NBA draft. The 2012–13 Wolverines had reached the championship game of the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, losing to Louisville.
Freshman season
In September 2013, Sports Illustrated named him the 9th best freshman. Sporting News named him the 3rd best Big Ten newcomer. On November 8, the Wolverines opened the season against UMass Lowell. Michigan played six freshmen and Walton started. Michigan played its third game of Walton's freshman season against Morris' Iowa State Cyclones and Walton outscored Morris by a 13–2 margin, but Iowa State won the contest, upsetting the AP Poll #7/Coaches Poll #8 Wolverines 77–70 on November 17. On November 22 against Florida State, Walton contributed 15 points, 6 assists and 4 rebounds to a two-point overtime victory. Walton posted seven assists for the first time on November 29 against Coppin State. On January 9 against Nebraska, Walton contributed key baskets at the end of each half in a one-point victory, giving Michigan its first five-game win streak since the 2013 NCAA tournament. He made a buzzer beater from beyond half court before the half to give Michigan a halftime lead and a layup in Michigan's final possession to take the lead. On January 25 in the Michigan–Michigan State rivalry game, Walton set a new career high with a team-high (tied with Nik Stauskas) 19 points and added 6 rebounds and 4 assists to help Michigan defeat the (#3) Michigan State Spartans 80–75. The victory marked the first time in school history that the team defeated three consecutive AP Poll top ten opponents and marked the first time since the 1986–87 Iowa Hawkeyes that any team had won three consecutive games, all of which were against top ten opponents. It also gave Michigan a 7–0 Big Ten start, which was the best since the 1976–77 team won its first eight games. In the game, Walton went 9-for-10 from the free throw line, including 8-for-9 in the final two and a half minutes. For the week, Walton earned Big Ten Freshman of the Week recognition. On February 11, Walton posted his first double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds against Ohio State, helping Michigan win at Ohio State for the first time in 11 years. Following the regular season, he was named a Big Ten All-Freshman team selection by the coaches. Michigan clinched its first outright (unshared) Big Ten Conference championship since 1985–86. The 2013–14 team advanced to the Elite Eight round of the 2014 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament before being eliminated by Kentucky. He posted a career-high four steals in an upset loss against the EMU Eagles.
Sophomore season
In its preseason top 100 player rankings, ESPN ranked Walton #87. Walton was named along with Big Ten point guards Yogi Ferrell and Melo Trimble to the 36-man Bob Cousy Award Preseason Watch List.
Walton opened the season with a career-high 22 points against Hillsdale College on November 15. On November 29, he was sidelined with an undetermined toe injury against Nicholls State. On December 9, Walton set a career high with 4 steals in a loss against Eastern Michigan. On December 22, Walton posted a career high of 9 assists against Coppin State. In the January 17 win vs. Northwestern, Walton made a career-high four three-point field goals. On January 20 against Rutgers in the first game after Caris LeVert (the team's leader in scoring, rebounding, assists, steals and minutes) was lost for the season, Walton scored a team-high 12 points, including 10 as Michigan rallied from a 42–37 deficit to assume a 52–44 lead with just 32.5 seconds left. The 10 points included two three-pointers that tied the score at 42 and gave Michigan a 45–42 lead and 4 free throws in the final minute. On January 24, Walton scored a team-high 17 points and hit a three-pointer with 1.3 seconds to go against (AP #6/Coaches #5) Wisconsin to tie the game and send it to overtime, but Michigan eventually lost. On January 27, Walton was removed from the lineup prior to the game due to a sore toe as Michigan defeated Nebraska. He then missed the final 12 games of the season due to the toe injury.
Junior season
After playing only 19 of Michigan's 32 games the prior season for the 2014–15 Wolverines, Walton began the season as a starter against . On November 16 against Elon, Walton led all players with 24 points, six rebounds and seven assists. His performance included career highs of 24 points, eight field goals (10 attempts) and six three-point shots (seven attempts). Walton sprained his ankle in the first half of the December 1 ACC–Big Ten Challenge victory over NC State. The injury was caused when NC State's Abdul-Malik Abu stepped on Walton's foot. In the subsequent game on December 5 against Houston Baptist, Caris LeVert started in his place at point guard while he sat out. On December 15 against Northern Kentucky, Walton returned from the ankle injury that had sidelined him for three games, and posted 16 points, one rebound, one assist and one steal. On December 19 against Youngstown State, Walton posted 10 points, 11 rebounds and 13 assists, becoming the fifth player in school history to record a triple-double. The rebound and assist totals were career highs. On January 12 with leading scorer Caris LeVert sidelined, Michigan defeated (#3/#3) Maryland 70–67 as Walton had a 12-point/10-rebound double-double. On January 23, Walton's 19-point, 12-rebound double-double helped Michigan defeat Nebraska 81–68, and his 13-point, 10-rebound double-double on January 30 against Penn State helped lead Michigan to victory in the inaugural B1G Super Saturday game at Madison Square Garden. On February 10, Michigan defeated Minnesota behind a career-high 26 points by Walton. Following the 2015–16 Big Ten season, he was listed as a third-team All-Big Ten selection by the coaches and an honorable mention All-Big Ten selection by the media. On March 11, during the quarterfinals of the 2016 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament against Indiana, Walton set a Big Ten Tournament single-game record with 12 assists. Walton finished the Big Ten Tournament with 22 assists over the course of the tournament, tying him for third on the all-time single tournament list with Brent Darby (2003), until Denzel Valentine went on to total 28 assists for the tournament the next day. On March 18, Michigan lost to No. 6 seed Notre Dame in the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, 63–70. Walton recorded a career-high six steals, along with ten points, eight assists and four rebounds.
Senior season
Walton entered the season as one of ten Preseason All-Big Ten honorees. He served as a co-captain with Zak Irvin. In the championship game of the 2016 2K Sports Classic held at Madison Square Garden on November 18, Walton made a career-high seven three-point shots and scored 23 points as Michigan defeated SMU 76–54. On December 10 against (#2/#2) UCLA, Walton posted nine points, becoming the 51st Wolverine in program history to eclipse 1,000 career points. On January 6, 2017, Walton was one of five Big Ten players included on the 30-man Senior CLASS Award candidate list. On February 7 against Michigan State, Walton posted 20 points, 8 assists and 5 rebounds, becoming the third player in program history to eclipse 1,000 points, 400 rebounds and 400 assists, joining Gary Grant and Jalen Rose. On February 12, Walton led Michigan to its first road win with 25 points against Indiana, marking his fifth consecutive 20-point game. After averaging 22.5 points, 6.0 assists, 5.0 rebounds and 2.5 steals and shooting a 60.9% (14-for-23) field goal percentage, an 83.3% (5-for-6) three-point percentage and a perfect 12-for-12 on his free throws, Walton earned Co-Big Ten Player of the Week honors (along with Jordan Murphy) on February 13. On February 16 against (#11/#10) Wisconsin, Walton posted 5 points, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists, becoming the first player in program history to eclipse 1,000 points, 500 rebounds and 400 assists. On March 5, Walton posted 18 points, 5 steals, and set the Michigan single-game assists record with 16 against Nebraska in the final regular-season game of his senior year, surpassing Grant who had twice totalled 14. Walton earned another Co-Big Ten Player of the Week honor (along with Caleb Swanigan) on March 6. Walton was recognized by both the coaches and the media as a second-team All-Big Ten selection. Walton was one of ten Big Ten players honored as All-District selections by the United States Basketball Writers Association.
Prior to the 2017 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Walton incurred stitches in his right leg for injuries sustained in an airplane accident on the way to the tournament. In the March 11 semifinal of the Big Ten Tournament against Minnesota, Walton posted a career-high 29 points including a perfect 10-for-10 on his free throws as well as a game-high 9 assists to lead Michigan to an 84–77 victory. In the championship game 71–56 victory over (#23/#24) Wisconsin, Walton posted 22 points for eighth-seeded Michigan. During the Big Ten Tournament, Walton averaged 20.5 points, 6.3 assists, 4.8 rebounds and 1.8 steals while shooting 22-for-23 from the free throw line. After the tournament, he was named Big Ten Tournament Most Outstanding Player.
In the first round of the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Walton posted 26 points and 11 assists in a 92–91 victory over Oklahoma State. It marked the first time a player had had either at least 11 assists and 24 points or at least 25 points, 10 assists and 5 rebounds in an NCAA Division I tournament game since Dwyane Wade in 2003. The team reached the sweet sixteen round of the tournament. Walton was included on the National Association of Basketball Coaches Division I All‐District 7 second-team on March 22. Walton finished second in minutes played (34.8), free throw percentage (87.6%) and assists/turnover ratio (2.9) in the Big Ten for the season. He finished his career second in career free throw percentage (83.67%), third in career games started (126) fourth in career assists (499) and fourth in career three-point field goals made (233). He was selected to participate as a 3-Point Championship contestant in the March 30 State Farm College Slam Dunk & 3-Point Championships as part of the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament final four weekend. Walton finished third out of eight. Following the season, Walton was named team MVP. On April 30, 2017, Jeff Goodman of ESPN reported that he was named as an alternate to the NBA Draft Combine. Ultimately, Walton was invited to attend the combine.
Professional career
Miami Heat (2017–2018)
Following the season, Walton went undrafted in the 2017 NBA draft and signed to play with the Orlando Magic for the 2017 NBA Summer League. Walton had an impressive summer league performance. He averaged 10.0 points, 3.5 assists, 2.5 rebounds and 20.5 minutes in four games while shooting 46.9% (15-of-32) field goal percentage and 50% (6-of-12) on three-point shots, and there was speculation that given the Magic's point guard roster at the time, which included only Elfrid Payton (the starter), D. J. Augustin and the partially guaranteed C. J. Watson, that Walton might stick with the Magic. The Magic had a choice between buying Watson out for $1 million or guaranteeing him $5 million. Although the prediction that Watson was expendable proved to be correct, the Magic opted to sign point guard Shelvin Mack as their third point guard. On July 24, 2017, Walton signed a two-way contract with the Miami Heat, meaning he would split his playing time between the Heat and their G League affiliate, the Sioux Falls Skyforce. On October 23, Walton was assigned to the Skyforce with the expectation that he would spend most of the season in the G League. He did not play when the Skyforce opened their season on November 4 because he left the team in advance of the game.
On November 5, he was officially called up to the Heat to fill in when Dion Waiters took a leave of absence to attend the birth of his daughter. Walton was listed as active for the November 5 game against the Los Angeles Clippers, but when the Heat blew a 25-point second half lead, Walton did not play. With Waiters absent and Rodney McGruder sidelined, Walton was active again the following night against the Golden State Warriors, when he made his debut, posting one defensive rebound in one minute of play. When Tyler Johnson was struck by illness, Walton stayed active after Waiters' return, but was sent back to Sioux Falls after eight days with Miami, that included a stop in Michigan to celebrate the 2017 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament banner ceremony with the 2017–18 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team the day before the Heat visited the Detroit Pistons. On November 14, he played for Sioux Falls against the Austin Spurs, tallying 20 points and 9 assists in a 119–118 loss. Walton was called up several times thereafter: November 19–22, November 25–27, November 28–30, and December 15–. Walton converted 2 free throws on November 19 against the Indiana Pacers, and he posted his first NBA field goal (a three-point shot) on December 18 against the Atlanta Hawks. By December 19, he had used 22 of his 45 allowed NBA days while the Heat roster was enduring 6 concurrent injuries.
On December 22, Walton received his first meaningful action. With Hassan Whiteside, James Johnson, Rodney McGruder, Justise Winslow, Okaro White and Goran Dragic already sidelined, the Heat lost Dion Waiters to injury in the first quarter against the Dallas Mavericks and Walton was on the floor for nearly 24 minutes and contributed seven points, with five assists and zero turnovers as well as noticeable defensive efforts. Walton and fellow two-way contract signee Matt Williams Jr. were the only backcourt reserves after Waiters' injury. On January 5, Walton was sidelined with an illness. Two days later, the Heat reassigned Walton to Sioux Falls and backdated the assignment to the 5th, leaving Walton with 14 remaining days of NBA service under his two-way contract. On January 9, 2018, Walton rejoined the Heat for two days. At the January 15 deadline, the Heat decided that Walton and Derrick Jones Jr. would be the team's final two-way players for the season and made a personnel maneuver so that they had room for a $3.5 million roster exception to sign an additional player should Walton and/or Jones use all of their two-way contract NBA eligibility (Jones had 16 NBA days remaining and Walton had 12). Walton was readded to the Heat roster on January 17. In order to extend his NBA time, the Heat opted not to have Walton be with the team on travel days and some off days between games. With the Heat returning to health and being mindful of the February 8 trade deadline, Walton was returned to Sioux Falls on January 28. He was called up with four days of NBA service remaining on March 5 as the team endured injury concerns regarding Wayne Ellington and Tyler Johnson. Over the course of the season, Walton appeared in 16 games with the team.
In late June 2018, the Heat made Walton a restricted free agent by extended Walton a qualifying offer that they could withdraw at any point up to July 13. On August 12, 2018, Walton signed with the Chicago Bulls. He was waived by the Bulls on October 12, 2018.
Žalgiris Kaunas (2018–2019)
On October 18, Žalgiris Kaunas announced that they signed a contract with Walton until the end of the 2018–19 season. On February 12, 2019, Walton, whose playing time had started declining since December, left Žalgiris by terminating his deal with mutual agreement. He averaged 8.4 points and 4.4 assists in the LKL, and 4.6 points and 2.5 assists in the Euroleague.
Alba Berlin (2019)
Walton joined Alba Berlin in mid February 2019. He helped Alba reach the Basketball Bundesliga finals.
Los Angeles Clippers (2019–2020)
Walton joined the Los Angeles Clippers for the 2019 NBA Summer League. After the Summer League ended, Walton signed an Exhibit 10 contract with the team. Walton made the opening day 15-man roster. Walton was assigned to the Agua Caliente Clippers for the start of the G League season. He made key late free throws to seal wins for Agua Caliente in their first two games of the season. Walton remained deep on the Clippers bench early in the season as the team used Jerome Robinson and Terance Mann in the backup point guard role. On December 8, with JaMychal Green hobbled and Patrick Patterson, Rodney McGruder, and Landry Shamet sidelined Walton played his first meaningful minutes, posting a career-high 7 points and contributing to a win against the Washington Wizards. On December 31 (New Year's Eve), he posted his first double digit scoring effort (10 points on 4-5 shooting) against the Sacramento Kings. On January 4, 2020, with Paul George joining Patrick Beverley on the sidelines, Walton made his first NBA start against the Memphis Grizzlies.
On February 6, 2020, Walton was traded to the Atlanta Hawks in exchange for a protected 2022 second-round draft pick, and the Atlanta Hawks subsequently requested waiver on Walton.
Detroit Pistons (2020–present)
On February 21, 2020, the Detroit Pistons signed Walton to a 10-day contract.
NBA career statistics
Regular season
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| style="text-align:left;"|Miami
| 16 || 0 || 9.2 || .320 || .412 || 1.000 || 1.0 || 1.0 || .4 || .2 || 1.8
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| style="text-align:left;"|L.A. Clippers
| 23 || 1 || 9.7 || .472 || .429 || .778 || .7 || 1.0 || .2 || .0 || 2.2
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| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career
| 39 || 1 || 9.5 || .410 || .421 || .867 || .8 || 1.0 || .3 || .1 || 2.0
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Scott Fox (American football)
Scott Fox (born December 28, 1963 in Knoxville, Tennessee died June 16, 2015 Nashville, Tennessee) was a professional American football linebacker in the National Football League. He was a replacement player for the Houston Oilers during the players strike in the 1987 NFL season. He played in 2 games and had 1 sack. He played football at Clinton Senior High School in Clinton, Tennessee, graduating in 1981. He played college football at Austin Peay State. He was 6'2" and weighed 222 lbs. in his playing time.
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Artie Romero
Artie Edward Romero (born in Springfield, Missouri) is an American cartoonist, animator, producer, director and publisher. He began his career in comic books at a young age in the 1970s, and now is best known for his animation work.
Early life
The first child of Wilma and Artie Thomas, he was born in 1951 in Springfield, Missouri, and named Artie Edward Thomas, Jr. His parents' tumultuous marriage produced three more sons before ending in divorce in 1962. Wilma then married Jose Santiago Romero, and Jose adopted the four boys, changing their names to Romero.
Romero decided to pursue a career as an artist while he was still in high school. His work was published in his school's literary magazine, and he became fascinated with the technical aspects of printing and publishing. In 1968 he joined the staff of Carl Gafford's New Milford, Connecticut based fanzine Minotaur as a co-editor. Romero recruited fellow student artists and writers to create a magazine, and in January, 1969, the first issue of Platinum Toad appeared. Printed on the school's duplicator, it included poems by co-editor Tom Haber, a cover by Romero, comics by George Laws and Robert Crumb (an unauthorized reprint of Crumb's "Keep On Truckin'"), a short story by Martha Ann Kennedy, and assorted artwork.
Comics and publishing
In his school years Romero published original illustrations by Frank Frazetta, Vaughn Bode, Barry Windsor-Smith and Michael William Kaluta in his comics and science fiction fanzine Realm (1969–72). He dropped out of college to help found Everyman Studios, an artists' collective. Other founding members of Everyman Studios include illustrators Rick Berry and Darrel Anderson, who later founded Braid Media Arts.
In 1974–75, Anderson and Romero were co-editors of a Colorado Springs alternative newspaper, The Everyman Flyer, which included underground comix.
From 1978 to 1981, Romero edited and published Cascade Comix Monthly, a fanzine about underground comix with news and artist interviews, including Art Spiegelman, Denis Kitchen, Dan O'Neill, Gilbert Shelton and Trina Robbins. Cascade also published original comix and art by S. Clay Wilson, Spain Rodriguez, Skip Williamson, M. K. Brown, Jay Lynch and other pioneering underground comix artists. Several full-size underground comix, tabloids and a series of 21 minicomics with color covers were published under Everyman Comics' imprint. Several of Romero's minicomics were reprinted, including their color covers, in Fantagraphics' 2010 anthology, Newave! The Underground Mini Comix of the 1980s.
Animator, producer and director
While attending college, Romero began working on animation projects such as music videos, TV commercials and movie titles. He continued to do so from 1981 through 1994 as Everyman Studios, then in 1994 he founded ARG! Cartoon Animation Studio. ARG! currently produces animation for movies, television and the Web. Romero's screen credits include digital effects animation for Johnny Mnemonic (Sony Pictures, 1995), and animated cartoon segments for a children's program, TV Planet (Rocky Mountain PBS, 1999).
Early work
In 1981, Romero's publishing company Everyman Studios expanded into commercial animation production, hiring animators William Kirk Kennedy, Jan Johnson and Roy W. Smith, and accepting a contract to produce an animated rock video for the band Gibraltar. A work print of the 5-minute film "King's Elevator" premiered at the 39th World Science Fiction Convention in Denver, and subsequently the finished video aired on the nationally syndicated TV series "America Rocks." The studio then began producing animated television and theatrical commercials under contract.
In 1983 the studio produced titles and animation for Frameline Filmworks' Lost starring Sandra Dee and Jack Elam, and 1984, Romero produced and directed a TV series about video games called Video Game All Stars for the local NBC affiliate, KOAA Channels 5/30. The program included animated bumpers by Romero. Also in 1984, Romero produced title animation and animated bumpers for Almost Live, produced and hosted by Jeff Valdez. Everyman Studios continued to produce animation for TV commercials, movie title sequences and software throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, converting from film to digital animation production in 1991.
ARG! Cartoon Animation
In 1994 Romero rebranded Everyman Studios as ARG! Cartoon Animation in Colorado Springs, producing animation for Duracell's national sales meeting and digital effects for Sony Pictures' Johnny Mnemonic. Romero launched the ARG! website in 1996, and it quickly became one of the most popular animation sites on the Web. The ARG! site got 1 billion hits in a 20-month period in 2005-2006.
Best known for his visual effects on Keanu Reeves' 1995 cyberpunk feature Johnny Mnemonic, Romero has served as ARG! producer, director and animator on movie projects, TV series, music videos and thousands of animated shorts and commercials. His directorial credits include productions for MTV Networks, PBS, Kaiser Permanente, Harper Collins, AT&T, Transamerica, Safeco Insurance and more than 600 other companies.
In addition to its commercial work, the studio recently produced a series of short whiteboard/Flash cartoons, Edward Lear's Nonsense Stories for YouTube and cable TV. Since January, 2015, the studio has produced storyboards and 4K animation for TAYEKENI Productions' Adventures of Turtle Taido, a children's television series that is broadcast on Nigerian Television Authority stations. The program was nominated for Best Animation at the 2015 Abuja Film Festival, and was screened at Cannes Film Festival in 2016.
In 2017, the ARG! studio moved from Colorado Springs to Stilwell, Oklahoma. In 2018, the studio sold their original website domain Artie.com to Artie, Inc., a virtual reality startup, and relocated the official ARG! site to ArtieStick.com.
Selected bibliography
References
External links
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The Artie Show, Romero's blog with podcasts
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Ek Shola
Ek Shola is a 1956 Hindi film starring Pradeep Kumar and Mala Sinha.
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Hue and Cry (film)
Hue and Cry is a 1947 British film directed by Charles Crichton and starring Alastair Sim, Harry Fowler and Joan Dowling.
It is generally considered to be the first of the Ealing comedies, although it is better characterised as a thriller for children. Shot almost entirely on location, it is now a notable historic document due to its vivid portrait of a London still showing the damage of the Second World War. London forms the backdrop of a crime-gangster plot which revolves around a working class children's street culture and children's secret clubs.
Plot
Following church choir practice in 1946 east London, Joe Kirby (Harry Fowler) reads aloud to his gang (The Blood and Thunder Boys) from the Trump boys' comic, but finds a page missing. He then buys a copy so he can follow the adventures of fictional detective Selwyn Pike. While reading one part of the latest story, Joe finds the comic adventure being repeated exactly in real life when he comes across two men carrying a crate (Joe thinks they contain corpses) into Mr Jago's fur shop. Even the truck number plate—GZ 4216—matches the comic.
Joe gets a friend to distract Jago so he can search the crates. Jago catches Joe and calls the police but he does not press charges. A policeman, Inspector Ford, tells Joe to stop letting his imagination run wild. Ford sends Joe to meet a Covent Garden grocer, Nightingale (Jack Warner), for a job. Nightingale likes Joe's stories.
Later, in a hideout in a bombed-out building, Joe friends tease him about the incident, until another boy says he saw a truck with GZ 4216 plate that morning. Joe says he thinks criminals are planning jobs via the Trump. To find out more they visit the comic's writer, Felix Wilkinson (Alastair Sim).
Joe and Alec find Wilkinson's house, find out the comic's editions are being manipulated and tell Wilkinson. He sees the criminals are using the codes from the comic to communicate their plans but, fearful of the gang, Wilkinson refuses to aid the boys.
Joe tells the police but nobody listens so he visits the offices of the Trump. Here Joe meets Norman and together they work out the code from the next issue - 'Tattoo Jack's’ plan to rob an Oxford Street department store. At the store, Joe's gang think they have overpowered the thieves but it is really the police, who have been tipped off anonymously. The kids scarper down a manhole.
Norman then tells the kids about Rhona Davis (Valerie White) who also works at the Trump. After following her home, the boys tie her up. Joe then telephones Nightingale, who then rescues Miss Davis. One of Joe's gang gets in the villain's car unnoticed and hears that stolen goods are being moved to Ballard's Wharf but without seeing that it is Nightingale.
Joe then gets Wilkinson to create a Trump story that sends all the criminals to Ballard's Wharf. Next day, Joe tells Nightingale the whole plan, but then realises he is the mastermind as his car number plate matches. Nightingale and Miss Davis review the latest Trump story and are amused at Joe's attempt to capture them, that is until Nightingale realises Joe has caught him out by sending the crooks to Nightingale's own warehouse.
Joe goes to the warehouse and finds the stolen furs but is disturbed by Nightingale. However, when the other crooks arrive, Nightingale doesn't know the password as he never finished the latest comic story. He's knocked unconscious by the crooks. Heading for Ballard's Wharf, the crooks are outnumbered by hundreds of boys who capture them. Nightingale tries to flee in a van, but Joe leaps aboard and causes it to crash. Nightingale runs into a bombed building and, after a fight with Joe, Nightingale falls through one of the many holes in the floor. Joe jumps on to Nightingale, sprawled out below, winding him completely just as the police arrive. The final scene returns to the same church choir session as at the film's beginning, but with many of the boys now sporting black eyes and bandages, war-wounds from their recent adventures.
Cast
Alastair Sim as Felix H. Wilkinson
Harry Fowler as Joe Kirby
Douglas Barr as Alec
Joan Dowling as Clarry
Jack Warner as Nightingale
Valerie White as Rhona Davis
Jack Lambert as Ford
Ian Dawson as Norman
Gerald Fox as Dicky
David Simpson as Arthur
Albert Hughes as Wally
John Hudson as Stan
David Knox as Dusty
Jeffrey Sirett as Bill
James Crabbe as Terry
Stanley Escane as Roy
Frederick Piper as Mr. Kirby
Vida Hope as Mrs. Kirby
Heather Delaine as Dorrie Kirby
Joe E. Carr as Short, Nattily-dressed Thug
Henry Purvis as Larry the Bull
Paul Demel as Jago
Alec Finter as Detective Sergeant Fothergill
Arthur Denton as Vicar
Robin Hughes as Selwyn Pike
Howard Douglas as Watchman
Bruce Belfrage as BBC announcer
Grace Arnold as Dicky's Mother
Reception
On 23 February 1947, the film opened at the Tivoli cinema on the Strand in London. According to trade papers, the film was a "notable box office attraction" at British cinemas in 1947.
Restoration
The film was digitally restored and released on Blu-ray and DVD in 2015.
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Rojas
Rojas is a surname found throughout the Spanish-speaking world and especially in Latin America.
Rojas may refer to:
People
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Adrián Rojas (born 1977), Chilean professional football player
Aguelmis Rojas (born 1978), Cuban long-distance runner
Agustín de Rojas Villandrando (1572–1618), Spanish writer and actor
Alberto Müller Rojas (1935–2010), Venezuelan politician and general
Alberto Rojas (born 1965), Mexican-born prelate of the Catholic Church
Alberto Rojas Jiménez (1900–1934), Chilean poet and journalist
Alejandro González Rojas (born 1955), former Costa Rican goalkeeper
Alexis Rojas (born 1972), Colombian road cyclist
Alfredo Rojas (Argentine footballer) (born 1937)
Alfredo Rojas (Chilean footballer) (born 1985)
Alfredo Rojas (Peruvian footballer) (born 1991)
Anderson Rojas, amateur boxer from Ecuador
Andrea Rojas, fictional character from DC Comics
Andres Almonaster y Rojas (born 1728), Spanish civil servant of New Orleans
Ángel Clemente Rojas (born 1944), former Argentine footballer
Ángel Dolores Rojas (1851–1918), Argentine politician
Ángel Rojas (born 1985), Chilean footballer who plays as midfielder
Antonio Domingo Rojas Melero (born 1984), Spanish football player
Ariel Rojas (born 1986), Argentine football midfielder
Arístides Rojas (born 1970), Paraguayan footballer
Arturo Montiel Rojas (born 1943), Mexican politician
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Benigno Filomeno de Rojas (born 1821), lawyer and Dominican politician
Benjamin Rojas (born 1985), Argentine actor and singer
Bernardo de Sandoval y Rojas (1546–1618), Spanish bishop and cardinal, Grand Inquisitor of Spain from 1608 to 1618
Bruno Rojas (born 1993), Bolivian sprinter
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Carlos Rojas (born 1928), Chilean football midfielder
Carmine Rojas, bass player and Rod Stewart's bass player and music director
Christopher Rojas (born 1982), composer, musician, songwriter, and record producer
Clare Rojas (born 1976), American artist
Clara Rojas (born 1964), Colombian tax lawyer, university lecturer, and campaign manager
Claudio Rojas (born 1973), retired Guatemalan football midfielder
Clemente Rojas (born 1952), Colombian boxer
Cookie Rojas (born 1939), former Major League Baseball player, manager and coach
Cristián Rojas (born 1985), Chilean footballer
Cristóbal Rojas (artist) (1857–1890), Venezuelan painter
Cristóbal de Rojas (1555-1614), a Spanish military engineer and architect
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Darío Rojas (born 1960), retired Bolivian football goalkeeper
Diego de Rojas (died 1544), 16th-century Spanish Conquistador
Diego Rojas (born 1995), Chilean footballer
Don Rojas (born 1949), journalist and political commentator from St. Vincent
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Eladio Rojas (1934–1991), former Chilean footballer
Elio Rojas (born 1982), featherweight boxer from the Dominican Republic
Eloy Rojas (born 1967), professional boxer in the Featherweight division
Emilio Rojas (born 1984), American recording artist and rapper from Rochester, New York
Esteban Rojas Tovar, Colombian educator, philanthropist, bishop of the diocese of Garzón
Euclides Rojas (born 1967), Cuban-born coach and player development official in Major League Baseball
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Felipe Rojas (born 1986), Chilean footballer
Fernando de Rojas (c. 1465–1541), Castilian author
Francisca Rojas, believed to be the first criminal found guilty through fingerprint evidence
Francisco de Rojas Zorrilla (1607–1660), Spanish dramatist
Francisco Goméz de Sandoval y Rojas, Duke of Lerma, Duke of Lerma (1552/1553–1625)
Francisco Rojas Rojas (born 1974), Chilean football defender
Francisco Rojas Tollinchi (1911–1965), Puerto Rican poet, civic leader and journalist
Francisco Rojas Toledo (born 1956), Mexican politician
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Genaro Vázquez Rojas (born 1933), former school teacher, militant and guerrilla fighter
Geraldin Rojas (born 1981), contemporary Argentine tango dancer, also known as Geraldin Paludi
Geraldo Rojas (born 1990), undefeated Mexican professional boxer in the Middleweight division
Gonzalo Rojas (born 1917), Chilean poet
Guadalupe Pérez Rojas (born 1994), Argentine tennis player
Guillermo Rojas (born 1983), Mexican football left back
Gustavo Andrés Rojas (born 1988), Colombian football defender
Gustavo Rojas (footballer) (born 1988), Colombian football defender
Gustavo Rojas (golfer) (born 1967), Argentine professional golfer
Gustavo Rojas Pinilla (1900–1975), Colombian General, military dictator of Colombia from 1953 to 1957
Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport, international airport on the San Andrés Island, Colombia
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Héctor Rojas Herazo (1920–2002), Colombian writer
Henry Rojas (born 1987), football striker from Colombia
Heriberto Rojas, former Costa Rican footballer
Hernando de Manrique de Rojas, commander of Spanish forces sent in late 1562 to destroy the French fort at Port Royal
Homar Rojas (born 1964), former player and a manager in Minor League Baseball
Hugo Ballivian Rojas (1901–1993), de facto President of Bolivia 1951–1952
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Ibrahim Rojas (born 1975), Cuban sprint canoeist
Isaac Rojas (1906–1993), Argentine Admiral of the Navy and de facto Vice President
Iván Guzmán de Rojas (born 1934), Bolivian research scientist and the creator of Atamiri
J
Jesús Kiki Rojas (born 1964), former professional boxer in the super flyweight division
Jesus Rojas (1950–1991), Nicaraguan and a major leader of the FMLN resistance movement in El Salvador
Joao Rojas (born 1989), Ecuadorian footballer
Joaquín Rojas (born 1938), Filipino former basketball player
Joel Humberto Rojas Pérez (born 1968), Cuban painter
John Rojas, Jr. (died 2000), founder of the Chula Vista Historical Society
Jorge A. Rojas (born 1940), general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1991 to 1996
Jorge Alberto Rojas (born 1977), Venezuelan football midfielder
Jorge Rojas (footballer) (born 1993), Paraguayan international footballer
Jorge Rojas Justicia (born 1983), Spanish footballer
José Antonio Rojas (born 1987), Chilean footballer
José Domingo Gómez Rojas (1896–1920), Chilean poet
José Joaquín Rojas (born 1985), Spanish professional road bicycle racer
José López Portillo y Rojas (1850–1923), Mexican lawyer, politician and man-of-letters
José Manuel Rojas (born 1983), Chilean defender who currently plays for Universidad de Chile
José María Rojas Garrido (1824–1883), Colombian Senator
José Manuel Rojas (footballer, born 1952), football player from Costa Rica
Jose Rojas (racquetball) (born 1990), professional racquetball player
Juan Carlos Rojas (born 1984), Mexican footballer
Juan Fernández de Rojas (1750–1819), Spanish historian, writer and humorist
Juan Pablo Rojas Paúl (1826–1905), President of Venezuela from 1888 to 1890
Juan Rodrigo Rojas (born 1988), Paraguayan football midfielder
Julian Guillermo Rojas (born 1990), Colombian footballer
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Leonardo Ly Rojas (born 1985), Costa Rican footballer
Leonel Herrera Rojas (born 1978), former Chilean footballer
Liberato Marcial Rojas (1870–1922), provisional President of Paraguay July 6, 1911 – February 28, 1912
Lorena Rojas (born 1972), Mexican actress and singer best known for soap operas
Luis Giampietri Rojas (born 1940), retired admiral of the Peruvian Navy
Luis Rojas, several people
Luis Rojas Mena (born 1917), Mexican Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church
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Manuel Antonio Hermoso Rojas (born 1935), Canarian politician
Manuel Rojas (Author) (1896–1973), Chilean writer and journalist
Manuel Rojas (footballer) (born 1954), retired football midfielder from Chile
Manuel Rojas (independence leader) (1820 – 18??), Commander of the Liberation Army against Spanish rule in Puerto Rico
Marco Antonio Rojas, Costa Rican goalkeeper
Marco Rojas, New Zealand footballer
Marcus Rojas (born 1962), tubist from New York City, best known for his work in jazz
Margot Rojas Mendoza (1903–1996), Mexican pianist and teacher
María Eugenia Rojas Correa (born 1932), retired Colombian political figure
Marielys Rojas (born 1986), Venezuelan athlete specializing in the high jump
Marlon Rojas (born 1979), Trinidad and Tobago soccer player
Matías Rojas (disambiguation), multiple people
Mauricio Rojas (born 1950), Swedish politician, political economist, member of the Riksdag since 2002
Mauricio Rojas Toro (born 1978), Chilean football (soccer) player
Mel Rojas (born 1966), pitcher with a 10-year career from 1990 to 1999
Memo Rojas, Mexican-born race car driver
Michelle Rojas, (born 1987), American voice actress affiliated with Funimation
Miguel Rojas, Colombian football defender
Mike Rojas (born 1963), American professional baseball coach and player development official
Minnie Rojas (1933–2002), relief pitcher in Major League Baseball
Moisés Rojas Alou (born 1966), former Dominican-American outfielder in Major League Baseball
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Nerio Rojas (1890–1971), Argentine physician and writer on forensic medicine
Nicolas Nunez Rojas (born 1984), Chilean football (soccer) midfielder
Nicolás Rojas Acosta (1873-1946), Argentine botanist and pteridologist
Noel Guzmán Boffil Rojas (born 1954), Cuban painter
Nydia Rojas (born 1980), American singer of Mexican/Cuban/Yaqui Indian heritage
Nydia Rojas (album) (1996), the first album released by American singer Nydia Rojas
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Octavio Beras Rojas (1906–1990), Dominican prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
Omaira Rojas Cabrera (born 1967), FARC guerrilla
Óscar Rojas (born 1981), Mexican football player
Oscar Emilio Rojas (born 1979), Costa Rican-Mexican naturalized football midfielder
Óscar Pérez Rojas (born 1973), Mexican football goalkeeper
Óscar Ricardo Rojas (born 1988), Mexican footballer
Óscar Rojas (born 1981), Mexican footballer
Oscar Rojas (Chilean footballer) (born 1958), Chilean football defender
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Pablo Rojas Paz (1896–1956), Argentine writer born in Tucumán
Paola Rojas (born 1976), Mexico City television news anchor
Pedro de Rojas, Spanish lawyer and colonial official in the Philippines and New Spain
Percy Rojas (born 1949), retired football midfielder from Peru
Peter Rojas (born 1975), the co-founder of technology blogs Gizmodo and Engadget
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Rafael Hernández Rojas (born 1946), Mexican former swimmer
Rafael Rojas (born 1961), Mexican male fashion model and actor
Raúl Rojas (born 1955), professor of informatics and mathematics at the Free University of Berlin
Raul Rojas (born 1941), Mexican American featherweight boxer
René Rojas Galdames (1919–1988), Chilean lawyer and diplomat
Ricardo Francisco Rojas (born 1974), Chilean football (soccer) player
Ricardo Ismael Rojas (born 1971), Argentine born former football defender
Ricardo Rojas (boxer) (born 1955), retired boxer from Cuba
Ricardo Rojas (writer) (1882–1957), Argentine journalist and writer
Ricardo Rojas Frías (born 1955), retired boxer from Cuba
Richard Rojas (born 1975), Bolivian football midfielder
Roberto Rojas (born 1957), Chilean goalkeeper
Roberto Rojas (Peruvian footballer) (1955–1991), Peruvian football defender
Roberto Rojas (Spanish footballer) (born 1974), Spanish footballer
Rodrigo Rojas (Paraguayan footballer) (born 1988), Paraguayan footballer
Rodrigo Rojas DeNegri (1967–1986), young photographer burnt alive in Chile
Roger Rojas, Honduran football player
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Samuel Moreno Rojas (born 1960), Colombian American politician
Sandra Rojas (born 1973), Mexican sprint canoeist
Sergio Rojas (born 1973), former football player
Simón de Rojas (1552–1624), Spanish priest of the Trinitarian Order
Simon de Rojas Clemente y Rubio (1777–1827), Spanish botanist
Sixto Rojas (1982–2007), Paraguayan footballer.
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Teodoro Rojas (1877-1954), Paraguayan botanist
Tito Rojas a.k.a. "El Gallo" (The Rooster) (born 1955), salsa singer and bandleader
Tomás Rojas (born 1980), Mexican professional boxer in the Super Flyweight division
Toribio Rojas, former coach of the Puerto Rico Islanders, a USL soccer team
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Vicente Rojas Lizcano (1879–1943), aka Biófilo Panclasta, individualist anarchist writer and activist
Victor Joy Way Rojas (born 1945), former Peruvian politician
Víctor Julio Suárez Rojas (1953–2010), high-ranking member of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)
Victor Rojas (born 1968), former member of the Texas Rangers radio broadcast team
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Yulimar Rojas (born 1995), Venezuelan track and field athlete
See also
Rojas (disambiguation)
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Prambei Mum Commune
Prambei Mum () is a khum (commune) in Treang District, Takeo Province, Cambodia.
Administration
The commune contains 12 phums (villages) as follows.
References
Category:Communes of Takeo Province
Category:Treang District
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Minuscule 168
Minuscule 168 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Θε31 (Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century. It has marginalia.
Description
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 217 thick parchment leaves (size ), with Theophylact's commentary, and some lacunae (Luke 24:13-53; John 1:1-14).
The beginning of the codex was destroyed by humidity.
The text is written in two columns per page, in 40 lines per page, in brown-black ink.
The text is divided according to numbers of the (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, and the (titles of chapters) at the top of the pages. There is also a division according to the Ammonian Sections, with references to the Eusebian Canons (written below Ammonian Section numbers).
It contains tables of the (tables of contents) before each Gospel, the subscriptions at the end of Mark, with numbers of , and numbers of were added by a later hand.
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a mixture of text-types. Aland did not place it in any Category.
According to the Claremont Profile Method it has mixed text in Luke 1, in Luke 10 it has mixture of the Byzantine text-families. In Luke 20 the manuscript is defective. It has some relationship to the cluster 1675 in Luke 1 and to group Λ.
History
The manuscript was examined by Birch (about 1782) and Scholz (1794–1852). C. R. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1886.
It is currently housed at the Vatican Library (Barb. gr. 570), at Rome.
See also
List of New Testament minuscules
Biblical manuscript
Textual criticism
References
Further reading
External links
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Category:13th-century biblical manuscripts
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1994 Australian Open
The 1994 Australian Open (also known as the 1994 Ford Australian Open for sponsorship purposes) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at Flinders Park in Melbourne in Victoria in Australia. It was the 82nd edition of the Australian Open and was held from 17–30 January 1994.
Seniors
Men's Singles
Pete Sampras defeated Todd Martin 7–6(7–4), 6–4, 6–4
It was Sampras' 4th career Grand Slam title and his 1st Australian Open title.
Women's Singles
Steffi Graf defeated Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6–0, 6–2
It was Graf's 15th career Grand Slam title and her 4th and last Australian Open title.
Men's Doubles
Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis defeated Byron Black / Jonathan Stark 6–7(3–7), 6–3, 6–4, 6–3
It was Eltingh's 1st career Grand Slam title and his 1st Australian Open title. It was Haarhuis' 1st career Grand Slam title and his 1st Australian Open title.
Women's Doubles
Gigi Fernández / Natasha Zvereva defeated Patty Fendick / Meredith McGrath 6–3, 4–6, 6–4
It was Fernández's 10th career Grand Slam title and her 2nd and last Australian Open title. It was Zvereva's 11th career Grand Slam title and her 3rd Australian Open title.
Mixed Doubles
Larisa Neiland / Andrei Olhovskiy defeated Helena Suková / Todd Woodbridge 7–5, 6–7(0–7), 6–2
It was Neiland's 4th career Grand Slam title and her 1st Australian Open title. It was Olhovskiy's 2nd and last career Grand Slam title and his only Australian Open title.
Juniors
Boys' Singles
Ben Ellwood defeated Andrew Ilie 5–7, 6–3, 6–3
Girls' Singles
Trudi Musgrave defeated Barbara Schett 4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Boys' Doubles
Ben Ellwood / Mark Philippoussis defeated Jamie Delgado / Roman Kukal 4–6, 6–2, 6–1
Girls' Doubles
Corina Morariu / Ludmila Varmužová defeated Yvette Basting / Alexandra Schneider 7–5, 2–6, 7–5
External links
Australian Open official website
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1994
Category:January 1994 sports events in Oceania
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Pointe des Genevois
The Pointe des Genevois is a mountain of the Swiss Pennine Alps, overlooking Arolla in the canton of Valais. It lies just south of the higher summit of the Dent de Perroc.
References
External links
Pointe des Genevois on Hikr
Category:Mountains of the Alps
Category:Alpine three-thousanders
Category:Mountains of Switzerland
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1967 Penrith Panthers season
The Penrith Panthers 1967 season is the Penrith Panthers 1st first-grade season. The club competes in Australasia's NSWRFL. The coach of the team is Leo Trevena.
Regular season
Ladder
References
External links
Panthers official site
Category:Penrith Panthers seasons
Penrith Panthers season
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Zlatko Portner
Zlatko Portner (born 16 January 1962 in Ruma) is a former Yugoslav handball player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics.
During his successful career he played for RK Metaloplastika and FC Barcelona Handbol.
In 1988 he was part of the Yugoslav team which won the bronze medal. He played all six matches and scored 31 goals.
External links
profile
Category:1962 births
Category:Living people
Category:Yugoslav male handball players
Category:Serbian male handball players
Category:Handball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic handball players of Yugoslavia
Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Yugoslavia
Category:Olympic medalists in handball
Category:Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
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Samuel Colt
Samuel Colt (; July 19, 1814 – January 10, 1862) was an American inventor, industrialist and businessman who established Colt's Patent Fire-Arms Manufacturing Company (now Colt's Manufacturing Company) and made the mass production of revolvers commercially viable.
Colt's first two business ventures were producing firearms in Paterson, New Jersey and making underwater mines; both ended in disappointment. But his business affairs improved rapidly after 1847, when the Texas Rangers ordered 1,000 revolvers during the American war with Mexico. Later, his firearms were used widely during the settling of the western frontier. Colt died in 1862 as one of the wealthiest men in America.
Colt's manufacturing methods were sophisticated. His use of interchangeable parts helped him become one of the first to use the assembly line efficiently. Moreover, his innovative use of art, celebrity endorsements, and corporate gifts to promote his wares made him a pioneer of advertising, product placement and mass marketing.
Early years (1814–1835)
Samuel Colt was born in Hartford, Connecticut, the son of Christopher Colt (1777–1850), a farmer who had relocated his family to the city after he became a businessman, and Sarah (née Caldwell). His maternal grandfather, Major John Caldwell, had been an officer of the Continental Army; one of Colt's earliest possessions was John's flintlock pistol. Colt's mother died from tuberculosis when Colt was six years old, and his father remarried two years later, to Olivia Sargeant. Colt had three sisters, one of whom died during her childhood. His oldest sister, Margaret, died of tuberculosis at age 19, and the other, Sarah Ann, later committed suicide. One brother, James, became a lawyer; another, Christopher, was a textile merchant. A third brother, John C. Colt, a man of many occupations, was convicted of an 1841 murder and committed suicide on the day he was to be executed.
At age 11, Colt was indentured to a farmer in Glastonbury, where he did chores and attended school. Here he was introduced to the Compendium of Knowledge, a scientific encyclopedia that he preferred to read rather than his Bible studies. Its articles concerning Robert Fulton and gunpowder motivated Colt throughout his life. He discovered that other inventors in the Compendium had accomplished feats that were once deemed impossible, and he wanted to do the same. Later, after hearing soldiers talk about the success of the double-barreled rifle and the impossibility of a gun that could shoot five or six times without reloading, Colt decided that he would create the "impossible gun".
During 1829, at the age of 15, Colt began working in his father's textile plant in Ware, Massachusetts, where he had access to tools, materials, and the factory workers' expertise. Referencing the encyclopedia, Samuel built a homemade galvanic cell and advertised as a Fourth of July event during that year that he would explode a raft on Ware Pond using underwater explosives; although the raft was missed, the explosion was still impressive. Sent to boarding school, he amused his classmates with pyrotechnics. During 1830, a July 4 accident caused a fire that ended his schooling, and his father sent him away to learn the seaman's trade. On a voyage to Calcutta aboard the brig Corvo, Colt had the idea for a type of revolver while at sea, inspired by the capstan, or windlass, which had a ratchet and pawl mechanism which he would later say gave him the idea for his revolver designs. On the Corvo, Colt made a wooden model of a pepperbox revolver out of scrap wood. It differed from other pepperbox revolvers at the time in that it would allow the shooter to rotate the cylinder by the action of cocking the hammer with an attached pawl turning the cylinder which is then locked firmly in alignment with one of the barrels by a bolt, a great improvement over the pepperbox designs which required rotating the barrels by hand and hoping for proper indexing and alignment.
When Colt returned to the United States during 1832, he resumed working for his father, who financed the production of two guns, a rifle and a pistol. The first completed pistol exploded when it was fired, but the rifle performed well. His father would not finance any more development, so Samuel needed to find a way to pay for the development of his ideas. He had learned about nitrous oxide (laughing gas) from the factory chemist of his father's textile plant, so he took a portable laboratory on tour and earned a living performing laughing gas demonstrations across the United States and Canada, calling himself as "the Celebrated Dr. Coult of New-York, London and Calcutta". Colt conceived of himself as a man of science and thought if he could enlighten people about a new idea like nitrous oxide, he could in turn make people more receptive to his new idea concerning a revolver. He started his lectures on street corners and soon began doing the same in lecture halls and museums. As ticket sales decreased, Colt realized that "serious" museum lectures were not what the people wanted to pay money to hear and that it was dramatic stories of salvation and redemption the public craved. While visiting his brother, John, in Cincinnati, he partnered with sculptor Hiram Powers for his demonstrations with a theme based on The Divine Comedy. Powers made detailed wax sculptures and paintings based on demons, centaurs and mummies from Dante's work. Colt constructed fireworks to complete the show, which was a success. According to Colt historian Robert Lawrence Wilson, the "lectures launched Colt's celebrated career as a pioneer Madison Avenue-style pitchman". His public speaking skills were so prized that he was thought to be a doctor and was obligated to cure an apparent cholera epidemic aboard a riverboat by giving his patients a dose of nitrous oxide.
Having some money saved and, still wanting to be an inventor as opposed to a "medicine man", Colt made arrangements to begin building guns using proper gunsmiths from Baltimore, Maryland. He abandoned the idea of a multiple barreled revolver and opted for a single fixed barrel design with a rotating cylinder. The action of the hammer would align the cylinder bores with the single barrel. He sought the counsel of a friend of his father, Henry Leavitt Ellsworth, who loaned him $300 and advised him to perfect his prototype before applying for a patent. Colt hired a gunsmith by the name of John Pearson to build his revolver. During the next few years Colt and Pearson argued about money, but the design improved and during 1835 Colt was ready to apply for his U.S. patent. Ellsworth was now the superintendent of the U.S. Patent Office and advised Colt to file for foreign patents first as a prior U.S. patent would keep Colt from filing a patent in the United Kingdom. During August 1835, Colt left for England and France to secure his foreign patent.
Colt's early revolver (1835–43)
During 1835, Samuel Colt traveled to the United Kingdom, much as did Elisha Collier, a Bostonian who had patented a revolving flintlock there that achieved great popularity. Despite the reluctance of English officials to issue a patent to Colt, no fault could be found with the gun and he was issued his first patent (Number 6909). Upon his return to America, he applied for his U.S. patent for a "revolving gun"; he was granted the patent on February 25, 1836 (later numbered 9430X). This instrument and patent No. 1304, dated August 29, 1836, protected the basic principles of his revolving-breech loading, folding trigger firearm named the Colt Paterson.
With a loan from his cousin, Dudley Selden, and letters of recommendation from Ellsworth, Colt formed a corporation of venture capitalists during 1836 to bring his idea to market. Using the political acquaintances of these venture capitalists, the Patent Arms Manufacturing Company of Paterson, New Jersey, was chartered by the New Jersey legislature on March 5, 1836. Colt was given a commission for each gun sold in exchange for his patent rights, and stipulated the return of the rights if the company disbanded.
Colt never claimed to have invented revolvers; his design was a more practical adaption of Collier's earlier revolving flintlock incorporating a locking bolt to keep the cylinder aligned with the barrel. The invention of the percussion cap made ignition more reliable, faster, and safer than the older flintlock design. Colt's great contribution was the use of interchangeable parts. Knowing that some gun parts were made by machine, he envisioned that all the parts of every Colt gun to be interchangeable and made by machine, to be assembled later by hand. His goal was an assembly line. This is shown by an 1836 letter that Colt wrote to his father in which he said,
Colt's U.S. revolver patent gave him a monopoly of revolver manufacture until 1857. His was the first practical revolver and the first practical repeating firearm, thanks to progress made in percussion technology. No longer a mere novelty weapon, the revolver became an industrial and cultural legacy as well as a contribution to the development of war technology, represented ironically by the name of one of his company's later innovations, the "Peacemaker".
Early problems and failures
Although by the end of 1837 the Arms Company had made more than 1,000 weapons, there were not any sales. After the Panic of 1837, the company's underwriters were reluctant to fund the new machinery that Colt needed to make interchangeable parts, so he went on the road to raise money. Demonstrating his gun to people in general stores did not generate the sales volume he needed, so with another loan from his cousin, Selden, he went to Washington, D.C., and demonstrated it to President Andrew Jackson. Jackson approved of the gun and wrote Colt a note saying so. With this letter, Colt got a bill approved by Congress endorsing a demonstration for the military, but failed to obtain an appropriation for military purchase of the weapon. A promising order from the state of South Carolina for fifty to seventy-five pistols was canceled when the company did not produce them quickly enough.
Constant problems for Colt were the provisions of the Militia Act of 1808 which stated that any arms purchased by a State militia had to be in current service in the United States Military. This Act prevented state militias from allocating funds towards the purchase of experimental weapons or foreign weapons.
Colt imperiled his own company by his reckless spending. Selden often chastised him for using corporate funds to buy an expensive wardrobe or making lavish gifts to potential clients. Selden twice prohibited Colt from using company money for spending it on liquor and fancy dinners; Colt thought getting potential customers inebriated would generate more sales.
The company was briefly saved by the war against the Seminoles in Florida which provided the first sale of Colt's revolvers and his new revolving rifles. The soldiers in Florida praised the new weapon, but the unusual hammerless design, sixty years ahead of its time, resulted in difficulty in training men who were used to exposed-hammer guns. Consequently, many curious soldiers took the locks apart. This resulted in breakage of parts, stripped screw heads and inoperable guns. Colt soon reworked his design to leave the firing hammer exposed, but problems continued. During late 1843, after the loss of payment for the Florida pistols, the Paterson plant closed and a public auction was held in New York City to sell the company's most liquid assets.
Mines and tinfoil
Colt did not refrain long from manufacturing, and began selling underwater electrical detonators and waterproof cable of his own invention. Soon after the failure of the Patent Arms Manufacturing Company, he teamed with Samuel Morse to lobby the US government for funds. Colt's waterproof cable, made from tar-coated copper, proved valuable when Morse ran telegraph lines under lakes, rivers, bays, and in his attempts to lay a telegraph line under the Atlantic Ocean. Morse used the battery from one of Colt's mines to transmit a telegraph message from Manhattan to Governors Island when his own battery was too weak to send the signal.
When tensions with the British prompted Congress to appropriate funds for Colt's project toward the end of 1841, he demonstrated his underwater mines to the US government. During 1842 he used one of the devices to destroy a moving vessel to the satisfaction of the United States Navy and President John Tyler. However, opposition from John Quincy Adams, who was serving as a US Representative from Massachusetts's 8th congressional district scuttled the project as "not fair and honest warfare" and termed the Colt mine an "unchristian contraption".
After this setback, Colt turned his attention to perfecting tinfoil cartridges he had originally designed for use in his revolvers. The standard at the time was to have powder and ball contained in a paper or skin envelope or "cartridge" for ease of loading. However, if the paper got wet it would ruin the powder. Colt tried alternate materials such as rubber cement, but decided to use a thin type of tinfoil. During 1841 he made samples of these cartridges for the army. During tests of the foil cartridges, 25 rounds were shot from a musket without cleaning. When the breech plug was removed from the barrel no fouling from the tin foil was evident. The reception was moderate and the army purchased a few thousand rounds for further testing. During 1843 the army gave Colt an order for 200,000 of the tinfoil cartridges packed 10 to a box for use in muskets.
With the money made from the cartridges Colt resumed business with Morse for ideas other than detonating mines. Colt concentrated on manufacturing his waterproof telegraph cable, believing the business would prosper along with Morse's invention. He began promoting the telegraph companies so he could create a greater market for his cable, for which he was to be paid $50 per mile. Colt tried to use this revenue to resurrect the Patent Arms Manufacturing Company, but could not secure funds from other investors or even his own family. This left Colt time to improve his earlier revolver design and have a prototype built by a gunsmith in New York for his "New and improved revolver". This new revolver had a stationary trigger and had a larger caliber. Colt submitted his single prototype to the War Department as a "Holster revolver".
Colt's Patent Manufacturing Company (1847–1860)
Captain Samuel Walker of the Texas Rangers had acquired some of the first Colt revolvers produced during the Seminole War and saw first-hand their effective use as his 15-man unit defeated a larger force of 70 Comanches in Texas. Walker wanted to order Colt revolvers for use by the Rangers in the Mexican–American War, and traveled to New York City in search of Colt. He met Colt in a gunsmith's shop on January 4, 1847, and ordered 1,000 revolvers. Walker asked for a few changes; the new revolvers would have to hold 6 shots instead of 5, have enough power to kill either a human or a horse with a single shot and be quicker to reload. The large order allowed Colt to establish a new firearm business. Colt hired Eli Whitney Blake, who was established in the arms business, to make his guns. Colt used his prototype and Walker's improvements as the basis for a new design. From this new design, Blake produced the first thousand-piece order known as the Colt Walker. The company then received an order for a thousand more; Colt shared the profits at $10 per pistol for both orders.
With the money he made from the sales of the Walkers and a loan from his cousin, banker Elisha Colt, Colt bought the machinery and tooling from Blake to build his own factory: Colt's Patent Fire-Arms Manufacturing Company factory at Hartford. The first revolving-breech pistols made at the factory were named "Whitneyville-Hartford-Dragoons" and became so popular that the word "Colt" was often used as a generic term for the revolvers. The Whitneyville-Hartford Dragoons, largely built from leftover Walker parts, are known as the first model in the transition from the Walker to the Dragoon series. Beginning 1848, more contracts followed for what is known now as the Colt Dragoon Revolvers. These models were based on the Walker Colts, and during three generations slight changes to each model showed the evolution of the design. The improvements were barrels for accuracy, shorter chambers and an improved loading lever. The shorter chambers were loaded to 50 grains of powder, instead of 60 grains in the earlier Walkers, to prevent the occurrence of ruptured cylinders. Finally, a positive catch was installed at the end of the loading lever to prevent the lever from dropping due to recoil.
Besides being used in the war with Mexico, Colt's revolvers were employed as a sidearm by both civilians and soldiers. Colt's revolvers were a major tool used during the westward expansion. A revolver which could fire six times without reloading helped soldiers and settlers fend off larger forces which were not armed in the same way. During 1848, Colt introduced smaller versions of his pistols known as Baby Dragoons that were made for civilian use. During 1850 General Sam Houston and General Thomas Jefferson Rusk lobbied Secretary of War William Marcy and President James K. Polk to adopt Colt's revolvers for the U.S. military. Rusk testified: "Colt's Repeating Arms are the most efficient weapons in the world and the only weapon which has enabled the frontiersman to defeat the mounted Indian in his own peculiar mode of warfare". Lt. Bedley McDonald, who was a subordinate of Walker when Walker was killed in Mexico, stated that 30 Rangers used Colt's revolvers to keep 500 Mexicans in check. Colt used this general design for the Colt 1851 Navy Revolver which was larger than the Baby Dragoon, but not quite as large as the full-sized version. The gun became the standard sidearm for U.S. military officers and proved popular among civilian buyers. After the testimony by Houston and Rusk, the next issue became how quickly Colt could supply the military. Ever the opportunist, when the War with Mexico was ended, Colt sent agents south of the border to procure sales from the Mexican government.
Patent extension
During this period, Colt received an extension on his patent since he did not collect fees for it during the early years. During 1852, gun makers James Warner and Massachusetts Arms infringed on the patent. Colt sued the companies and the court ordered that Warner and Massachusetts Arms cease revolver production. Colt then threatened to sue Allen & Thurber due to the cylinder design of their double-action pepperbox revolver. However, Colt's lawyers doubted that this suit would be successful and the case was resolved with a settlement of $15,000. Production of Allen pepperboxes continued until the expiration of Colt's patent during 1857. During 1854 Colt struggled for his patent extension with the U.S. Congress, which initiated a special committee to investigate charges that Colt had bribed government officials in securing this extension. By August he was exonerated and the story became national news when the magazine Scientific American reported that the fault was not with Colt, but with Washington politicians. With a virtual monopoly, Colt sold his pistols in Europe, where demand was high due to tense international relations. By telling each nation that the others were buying Colt's pistols, Colt was able to get large orders from many countries who feared falling behind in the arms race.
A major cause of Colt's success was vigorous protection of his patent rights. Even though he had the only lawful patent for his type of revolver, scores of imitators copied his work and Colt found himself litigating constantly. For each one of these cases, Colt's lawyer, Edward N. Dickerson, deftly exploited the patent system and successfully ended the competition. However, Colt's zealous protection of his patents greatly impeded firearms development as a whole in the United States. His preoccupation with patent infringement suits slowed his own company's transition to the cartridge system and prevented other firms from pursuing revolver designs. At the same time, Colt's policies forced some competing inventors to greater innovation by denying them major features of his mechanism; as a result they created their own.
Colt knew he had to make his revolvers affordable, as the doom of many great inventions was a high retail price. Colt fixed his prices at a level below his competition to maximize sales volume. From his experience in haggling with government officials, he knew what numbers he would have to generate to make enough profit to invest money in improving his machinery, thereby limiting imitators' ability to produce a comparable weapon at a lesser price. Although successful at this, for the most part, his preoccupation with marketing strategies and patent protection caused him to miss a great opportunity in firearms development when he dismissed an idea from one of his gunsmiths, Rollin White. White had an idea of a "bored-through" revolver cylinder to allow the use of metallic cartridges in a handgun. After Colt dismissed White for suggesting an improvement to his revolver design, White took his idea to Colt's competitor, Smith & Wesson, which patented his invention and kept Colt from being able to build cartridge firearms for almost 20 years.
Colt's armories
Hartford
Colt purchased a large tract of land beside the Connecticut River, where he built his first factory during 1848, a larger factory named the Colt Armory during 1855, a manor that he called Armsmear during 1856, and employee tenement housing. He established a ten-hour work day for employees, installed washing stations in the factory, mandated a one-hour lunch period, and built the Charter Oak Hall, where employees could enjoy games, newspapers, and discussion rooms. Colt managed his plant with a military-like discipline: he would dismiss workers for tardiness, sub-par work or even suggesting improvements to his designs.
Colt hired Elisha K. Root as his chief mechanic in arranging the plant's machinery. Root had been successful in an earlier venture automating the production of axes and made, bought, or improved jigs, fixtures and profile machinery for Colt. Over the years he developed specialized machinery for stock turning or cutting the rifling in gun barrels. Root has been credited as "the first to build special purpose machinery and apply it to the manufacture of a commercial product". Colt historian Herbert G. Houze wrote, "had it not been for Root's inventive genius, Colt's dream of mass production would never have been realized".
Thus, Colt's factory was the first to make use of the concept known as the assembly line. The idea was not new but was never successful in industry at the time because of the lack of interchangeable parts. Root's machinery changed that for Colt, since the machines completed as much as 80% of the work and less than 20% of the parts required hand fitting and filing. Colt's revolvers were made by machine, but he insisted on final hand finishing and polishing of his revolvers to impart a handmade feel. Colt hired artisan gun makers from Bavaria and developed a commercial use for Waterman Ormsby's grammagraph to produce "roll-die" engraving on steel, particularly on the cylinders. He hired Bavarian engraver Gustave Young for fine hand engraving on his more "custom" pieces. In an attempt to attract skilled European-immigrant workers to his plant, Colt built a village near the factory away from the tenements which he named Coltsville and modeled the homes after a village in Potsdam. In an effort to end the flooding from the river he planted German osiers, a type of willow tree, in a 2-mile-long dike. He subsequently built a factory to manufacture wicker furniture made from these trees.
On June 5, 1856, Colt married Elizabeth Jarvis, the daughter of the Rev. William Jarvis, who lived downriver from Hartford. The wedding was lavish and featured the ceremony on a steamship overlooking the factory as well as fireworks and rifle salutes. The couple had four children: two daughters and a son who died in infancy and a son born during 1858, Caldwell Hart Colt.
London
Soon after establishing his Hartford factory, Colt decided to establish a factory in or near Europe and chose London. He organized a large display of his firearms at the Great Exhibition of 1851 at Hyde Park, London and ingratiated himself by presenting cased engraved Colt revolvers to such appropriate officials as Britain's Master General of the Ordnance. At one exhibit Colt disassembled ten guns and reassembled ten guns using different parts from different guns. As the world's major proponent of mass production techniques, Colt delivered a lecture concerning the subject to the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) in London. The membership rewarded his efforts by awarding him the Silver Telford Medal. With help from ICE secretary Charles Manby Colt established his London operation near Vauxhall Bridge on the River Thames and began production on January 1, 1853. During a tour of the factory, Charles Dickens was so impressed with the facilities that he recorded his comments of Colt's revolvers in an 1852 edition of Household Words:
Among the pistols, we saw Colt's revolver; and we compared it with the best English revolver. The advantage of Colt's over the English is, that the user can take a sight; and the disadvantage is, that the weapon requires both hands to fire.
The factory's machines mass-produced parts that were completely interchangeable and could be put together on assembly lines using standardized patterns and gauges by unskilled labor, as opposed to England's principal gun makers who made each part by hand. Colt's London factory remained in operation for only four years. Unwilling to alter his open-top single-action design for the solid frame double-action revolver that the British asked for, Colt sold scarcely 23,000 revolvers to the British Army and Navy. During 1856 he closed the London plant and had the machinery, tooling, and unfinished guns shipped to Hartford.
Marketing
When foreign heads of state would not grant him an audience, as he was only a private citizen, he persuaded the governor of the state of Connecticut to make him a lieutenant colonel and aide-de-camp of the state militia. With this rank, he toured Europe again to promote his revolvers. He used marketing techniques which were innovative at the time. He frequently gave custom engraved versions of his revolvers to heads of state, military officers, and celebrities such as Giuseppe Garibaldi, King Victor Emmanuel II of Italy, and Hungarian rebel Lajos Kossuth. Colt commissioned western artist George Catlin to produce a series of paintings depicting exotic scenes in which a Colt weapon was prominently used against Indians, wild animals, or bandits in the earliest form of "product placement" advertisement. He placed numerous advertisements in the same newspapers; The Knickerbocker published as many as eight in the same edition. Lastly, he hired authors to write stories about his guns for magazines and travel guides. One of Colt's biggest acts of self-promotion was the payment to the publishers of United States Magazine $1,120 ($61,439 by 1999 standards) to publish a 29-page fully illustrated story showing the inner workings of his factory.
After his revolvers had gained acceptance, Colt had his staff search for unsolicited news stories containing mention of his guns that he could excerpt and reprint. He went so far as to hire agents in other states and territories to find such samples, to buy hundreds of copies for himself and to give the editor a free revolver for writing them, particularly if such a story disparaged his competition. Many of the revolvers Colt gave away as "gifts" had inscriptions such as "Compliments of Col. Colt" or "From the Inventor" engraved on the back straps. Later versions contained his entire signature which was used in many of his advertisements as a centerpiece, using his celebrity as a seeming guarantee of the performance of his weapons. Colt eventually secured a trademark for his signature.
One of his slogans, “God created men, Col. Colt made them equal,” (claiming that any person could, regardless of physical strength, defend themselves with a Colt gun) became a popular adage in American culture.
Later years and death
Before the American Civil War, Colt supplied both the North and the South with firearms. He had been known to sell weapons to warring parties on both sides of other conflicts in Europe and did the same with respect to the war in America. During 1859 Colt considered building an armory in the South and as late as 1861 had sold 2,000 revolvers to Confederate agent John Forsyth. Although trade with the South had not been restricted at that time, newspapers such as the New York Daily Tribune, The New York Times and the Hartford Daily Courant termed him a Southern sympathizer and traitor to the Union. In response to these charges, Colt was commissioned as a colonel by the state of Connecticut on May 16, 1861, of the 1st Regiment Colts Revolving Rifles of Connecticut armed with the Colt revolving rifle. Colt envisioned this unit as being staffed by men more than six feet tall and armed with his weapons. However, the unit was never sent to the field and Colt was discharged on June 20, 1861.
Samuel Colt died of complications of gout in Hartford on January 10, 1862. He was interred on the property of his private residence Armsmear and reinterred to Cedar Hill Cemetery in 1894. At the time of his death, Colt's estate, which he willed to his wife and three-year-old son Caldwell Hart Colt, was estimated to be valued at about $15,000,000 (). His professional responsibilities were given to his brother-in-law, Richard Jarvis. The only other person mentioned in Colt's will was Samuel Caldwell Colt, the son of his brother, John C. Colt.
Colt historian William Edwards wrote that Samuel Colt had married Caroline Henshaw (who later married his brother, John) in Scotland during 1838, and that the son she bore later was Samuel Colt's and not his brother John's. In a 1953 biography about Samuel Colt based largely on family letters, Edwards wrote that John Colt's marriage to Caroline during 1841 was a way to legitimize her unborn son as the real father, Samuel Colt, felt she was not fit to be the wife of an industrialist and divorce was a social stigma at the time. After John's death, Samuel Colt cared financially for the child, named Samuel Caldwell Colt, with a large allowance, and paid for his tuition in what were described as "the finest private schools." In correspondence to and about his namesake, Samuel Colt referred to him as his "nephew" in quotes. Historians such as Edwards and Harold Schechter have said this was the elder Colt's way of letting the world know that the boy was his own son without saying so directly. After Colt's death, he left the boy $2 million by 2010 standards. Colt's widow, Elizabeth Jarvis Colt, and her brother, Richard Jarvis contested this. In probate court Caroline's son Sam produced a valid marriage license showing that Caroline and Samuel Colt were married in Scotland during 1838 and that this document made him a rightful heir to part of Colt's estate, if not to the Colt Manufacturing Company.
Legacy
It is estimated that during its first 25 years of manufacturing, Colt's company produced more than 400,000 revolvers. Before his death, each barrel was stamped: "Address Col. Samuel Colt, New York, US America", or a variation using a London address. Colt did this as New York and London were major cosmopolitan cities and he retained an office in New York at 155 Broadway where he based his salesmen.
Colt was the first American manufacturer to use art as a marketing tool when he hired Catlin to prominently display Colt firearms in his paintings. He was awarded numerous government contracts after making gifts of his highly embellished and engraved revolvers with exotic grips such as ivory or pearl to government officials. On a visit to Constantinople he gave a custom-engraved and gold inlaid revolver to the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire Abdülmecid I, informing him that the Russians were buying his pistols, thus securing a Turkish order for 5,000 pistols; he neglected to tell the Sultan he had used the same tactic with the Russians to elicit an order.
Apart from gifts and bribes, Colt employed an effective marketing program which comprised sales promotion, publicity, product sampling, and public relations. He used the newspress to his own advantage by giving revolvers to editors, prompting them to report "all the accidents that occur to the Sharps & other humbug arms", and listing incidents for which Colt weapons had been "well used against bears, Indians, Mexicans, etc". Colt's firearms did not always fare well in standardized military tests; he preferred written testimonials from individual soldiers who used his weapons and these were what he most relied on to secure government contracts.
Colt felt that bad press was just as important as good press; provided that his name and his revolvers received mention. When he opened the London armory he posted a 14-foot sign on the roof across from Parliament reading "Colonel Colt's Pistol Factory" as a publicity stunt which was noted by the British press. Eventually the British government forced him to remove this sign. Colt historian Herbert Houze wrote that Colt championed the concept of modernism before the word was invented, he pioneered the use of celebrity endorsements to promote his products, he introduced the adjective "new and improved" to advertising and demonstrated the commercial value of trade-name recognition as a word for "revolver" in French is le colt. Barbara M. Tucker, professor of history and director of the Center for Connecticut Studies at Eastern Connecticut State University, wrote that Colt's marketing techniques transformed the firearm from a utilitarian object into a symbol of American identity. Tucker added that Colt associated his revolvers with American patriotism, freedom and individualism while asserting America's technological supremacy over Europe's.
During 1867, Colt's widow, Elizabeth, had an Episcopal church designed by Edward Tuckerman Potter built as a memorial to him and the three children they lost. The church's architecture contains guns and gun-smithing tools sculpted in marble to commemorate Colt's life as an arms maker. During 1896 a parish house was built on the site as a memorial to their son, Caldwell who died during 1894. During 1975 the Church of the Good Shepherd and Parish House was listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Colt established libraries and educational programs within his armories for his employees which provided training for several generations of toolmakers and other machinists, who had great influence in other manufacturing efforts of the next half century. Prominent examples included Francis A. Pratt, Amos Whitney, Henry Leland, Edward Bullard, Worcester R. Warner, Charles Brinckerhoff Richards, William Mason and Ambrose Swasey.
During 2006, Samuel Colt was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame.
Footnotes
Bibliography
Lundeberg, Philip K., Samuel Colt's submarine battery: the secret and the enigma. Washington, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1974.
Further reading
External links
The Colt Revolver in the American West at the Autry National Center
Samuel Colt biography at Netstate.com
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The Lowland Hundred (band)
The Lowland Hundred is a British musical group, based in Aberystwyth, Wales. The band has been active since 2008. Its core members are Paul Newland and Tim Noble.
The band takes its name from Cantre'r Gwaelod, the mythical land which is said to lie beneath Cardigan Bay. The band's hometown of Aberystwyth is one of the main towns on Cardigan Bay.
The band's music and lyrics make frequent reference to the geographical and architectural features of Aberystwyth and the surrounding areas.
The band released its debut album, Under Cambrian Sky, on 7 June 2010. The album and band achieved wider notability when Mojo magazine awarded the album Disc Of The Day on 12 January 2011.
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External links
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The Tall Man (2011 film)
The Tall Man is a 2011 Australian documentary directed by Tony Krawitz. It is about the death of Cameron "Mulrunji" Doomadgee in police custody on Great Palm Island, Palm Islands, Queensland on 19 November 2004.
Synopsis
The Tall Man explores the community reaction and events surrounding the death of Cameron Doomadgee, a 36-year-old Palm Island man who, while walking home intoxicated singing his favourite song Who Let the Dogs Out?, was arrested for harassing and attacking public bystanders. Doomadgee was arrested by Sergeant Chris Hurley, or 'the tall man', and was 45 minutes later found dead in police custody with his liver almost split in two, four broken ribs, a ruptured spleen, severe bruising to his head and a torn portal vein. The police claimed that his death was caused by him tripping on a step and colluded to protect Chris Hurley from facing any charges over the incident.
In response to the news that police were claiming Mr. Doomadgee's death was the result of an accidental fall, up to 200 Palm Islanders rioted and burnt down the local police station, adjoining courthouse and police barracks. 80 reinforcement police officers carrying machine guns were flown in by helicopter to the island and 28 locals were arrested. Almost all of the 28 locals served jail sentences.
Due to media attention and public protests, manslaughter charges were laid against Chris Hurley, making him the first police officer in Australian history to even have to appear in court for the death of an Aboriginal Australian in police custody.
Believing themselves to be above the law and not required to be accountable for their actions, police around Australia staged protests demanding that Chris Hurley should not face prosecution. Although Chris Hurley was found not guilty at his trial, a final inquest by Coroner Brian Hine delivered an open finding, that Mr Doomadgee was assaulted, but police collusion on evidence meant that he could not determine if the death was deliberate or accidental.
Cast
Tracey Twaddle as herself
Andrew Boe as himself
Murrandoo Yanner as himself
TJ Yanner as himself
Erykah Kyle as herself
Lloyd Doomadgee as himself
Elizabeth Doomadgee as herself
Jane Doomadgee as herself
Tony Koch as himself
Clinton Leahy as himself
Production
Script
The film's script was based on the book The Tall Man by Chloe Hooper.
Casting
The film aims to include Aboriginal Australians telling their own stories in their own voices, in accordance with Blackfella Films's main objective.
Despite months of negotiations, the Queensland Police Service declined to be involved and no members of the Queensland Police were willing to be interviewed.
Reviews
Margaret Pomeranz described The Tall Man as "one of the most explosive stories of our time".
Awards
See also
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Aboriginal deaths in custody
Institutional Racism
Blackfella Films
Further reading
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Jil Teichmann
Jil Belen Teichmann (born 15 July 1997) is a Spanish-born tennis player from Switzerland.
She has won two singles titles on the WTA Tour, along with five singles and five doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 54, achieved on 29 July 2019, and a best doubles ranking of No. 179, achieved on 21 May 2018.
Career
At the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, she won the gold medal in mixed doubles, partnering Jan Zieliński. They defeated Ye Qiuyu of China and Jumpei Yamasaki of Japan 4–6, 6–3, [10–5] in the final. In the same year, Teichmann won the US Open girls' doubles title along with İpek Soylu, defeating Vera Lapko and Tereza Mihalíková 5–7, 6–2, [10–7] in the final.
Teichmann won her first WTA singles title when she came through the qualifiers to win the Prague Open in May 2019, beating Karolína Muchová in final. The win took her into the top 100 in the WTA rankings. She won the Palermo International in July, securing her first top 10 win with a victory over Kiki Bertens in the final.
WTA finals
Singles: 2 (2 titles)
WTA 125 series finals
Doubles: 1 (1 title)
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 11 (6 titles, 5 runner–ups)
Doubles: 11 (5 titles, 6 runner–ups)
Junior Grand Slam finals
Girls' doubles: 1 (1 title)
Olympic medal matches
Mixed doubles
Performance timelines
Singles
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments and Olympic Games are included in Win–Loss records.
This table is current through the 2020 Doha.
Notes
WTA Tournament of Champions was held from 2009 to 2014, when WTA Elite Trophy replaced it.
The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009–2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The two tournaments have since alternated status every year.
Top 10 wins
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The Last Married Couple in America
The Last Married Couple in America is a 1980 comedy film released in the US.
It was directed by Gilbert Cates, whose most successful film Oh, God! Book II, was released in the same year. The film starred George Segal and Natalie Wood as a California couple in the late 1970s struggling to maintain their "happily married" status as all their friends begin to get divorces and seem to be caught up in the decadence of the sexual revolution and the "ME" era. This is the last completed theatrical release Natalie Wood made before her death in 1981.
Plot
Life is going along smoothly for Jeff and Mari Thompson but not for any other couple they know, or so it seems. Everyone they know is getting divorced.
Their life is disrupted when Mari's old college friend, Barbara, comes into it and begins a fling with Jeff, which causes Mari to contemplate an affair of her own.
Music
The theme song to this movie is "We Could Have It All," sung by Maureen McGovern. The song became a hit on the adult contemporary charts of Canada (#6) and the U.S. (#16). It was written by Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel.
Cast
George Segal as Jeff
Natalie Wood as Mari
Richard Benjamin as Marv
Valerie Harper as Barbara
Bob Dishy as Howard
Arlene Golonka as Sally
Dom DeLuise as Walter
Allan Arbus as Al
Priscilla Barnes as Helena
Catherine Hickland as Rebecca
Sondra Currie as Lainy
Box office
Upon release, the film was disappointing at the box office.
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Aubourn Haddington and South Hykeham
Aubourn Haddington and South Hykeham was a former civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 885.
The parish included the villages of Aubourn, Haddington and South Hykeham. The A46 (the old Fosse Way) formed the north-western border of the parish.
The composite parish was formed on 1 April 1931 from the separate parishes of Aubourn, Haddington, and South Hykeham and dissolved in 1991 to become two separate parishes: Aubourn and Haddington and South Hykeham.
The dissolution order seems not to have been propagated thoroughly: GIS based national databases still use Aubourn Haddington and South Hykeham as though it is a current parish. Examples include the 2001 census and English Heritage's Pastscape database.
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National Tax Agency
The is the official tax collecting agency of Japan. As of October 2018, the Commissioner of NTA is Takeshi Fujii.
Mission
Mission: To enable taxpayers to properly and smoothly fulfill their tax responsibility.
To achieve the mission stated above, National Tax Agency is responsible for fulfilling the responsibilities stipulated in Article 19 of the Law to Establish the Ministry of Finance, while paying due consideration to transparency and efficiency.
Achieving proper and fair taxation and collection
To creating favorable environment for taxpayers:
NTA shall provide correct and easy-to-understand information on legal interpretation and administrative procedures for filing tax returns and paying taxes.
NTA shall quickly and accurately handle inquiries from taxpayers.
NTA shall endeavor to call on other ministries and citizens from all parts of society for their cooperation and participation in order to improve public understanding and support regarding the role of tax and tax administration.
Achieving proper and fair taxation
To achieve proper and fair taxation:
NTA shall ensure that laws and regulations are applied properly.
NTA shall endeavor to have taxpayers file accurate tax returns and shall correct mistakes in tax returns by conducting tax examinations of and providing guidance for those taxpayers whose returns are deemed to be inaccurate.
NTA shall endeavor to have taxpayers submit their tax payments by the deadline and shall surely collect the taxes of those who have not paid by the deadline by implementing delinquency procedures.
To protect the rights and interests of taxpayers:
NTA shall properly and promptly respond to requests for reinvestigation or requests for reconsideration.
Achieving sound development in the alcoholic beverage industry
NTA shall endeavor to promote the sound management of the alcoholic beverage industry, promote research and development on brewing technologies, and maintain the quality and safety of alcoholic beverages.
NTA shall endeavor to ensure effective use of resources for alcoholic beverages.
to ensure the proper activity of certified public tax accountants:
NTA shall endeavor to ensure that certified public tax accountants properly engage in their duties and play their vital role in implementing the self-assessment system properly and smoothly in accordance with their responsibilities.
Creation
On June 1, 1949, NTA was established as an affiliated agency of the Ministry of Finance, responsible for assessing and collecting national taxes. Until then, this role was performed by Tax Bureau of Ministry of Finance. Immediately after the Second World War, tax administration did not function properly as the Tax Bureau had undertaken out-of-scope operations. This organizational reform established NTA's current three-tiered organizational structure consisting of the head office, regional taxation bureaus and tax offices.
NTA consists of the headquarters office, 11 regional taxation bureaus (Sapporo, Sendai, Kanto-Shin-Etsu, Tokyo, Kanazawa, Nagoya, Osaka, Hiroshima, Takamatsu, Fukuoka and Kumamoto), Okinawa Regional Taxation Office and 524 tax offices throughout the country.
NTA's headquarters office has four departments: Commissioner's Secretariat; Taxation Department; Revenue Management and Collection Department; and Examination and Criminal Investigation Department.
Examination and Criminal Investigation Department at regional taxation bureau level examines large-scale corporation's corporate and consumption taxes and investigates tax evasion cases.
The local tax office is a front-line administrative body in charge of assessing and collecting domestic taxes and has the closest contacts with taxpayers. Tax office is authorized to assess and collect domestic taxes within its responsible area. Its organization structure varies, depending on tax office's scale. Generally, a tax office has 1 division and 4 groups: co-ordination division, revenue management and collection group, examination group (individual), examination group (property tax), and examination group (corporation).
Budget and personnel
As of the end of FY2003, the number of employees stands at 56,315.
As of FY2003, the total budget for tax collection operating costs stands at 721.9 billion yen.
The cost to collect 100 yen of tax and stamp duty revenues (return on collection) is 1.78 yen as of FY2003, while it was 2.79 yen in FY1950.
Voluntary reporting system
Japan relies on the self-assessment along with withholding tax system with respect to specific income and blue return systems. The due date for payment of 2011 income tax is Thursday, March 15, 2012.
Self-assessment
In the self-assessment taxation approach, taxpayers calculate their taxable income, file tax returns and pay their taxes due. This taxation system basically presupposes taxpayer's willingness to pay taxes, continue accurate bookkeeping behavior and calculate their taxable income based on objective data. This approach was adopted, in 1947, under the strong influence of the United States taxation system.
Blue return system
Proper operation of the self-assessment taxation system requires regular and accurate bookkeeping by taxpayers. To foster the practice of bookkeeping, the blue return system was introduced in 1950 as a part of comprehensive tax reform based on the recommendations of Dr. Carl Shoup.
Under the blue return system, an individual who operates a business or a corporation may obtain the district director's approval to file a tax return using a special form printed on blue paper. While these taxpayers are required to maintain books and keep continuous accounting records in accordance with prescribed standards, they are entitled by law to various income calculation benefits and preferential treatments.
Today, the blue return system is widely accepted. There are 4.95 million blue return personal taxpayers, and more than 2.6 million corporations are filing blue returns.
Mutual agreement procedures
During the FY 2010, the NTA received 157 MAP cases, of which were on BAPA. The United States and Canada are treaty partners for MAP case purposes.
The Pacific Association of Tax Administrators (PATA) issued internal operational guidance in respect of mutual agreement procedures (MAP) and bilateral advance pricing arrangements (BAPA). PATA is composed of representatives from the tax administrations of Australia, Canada, Japan, and the United States.
International coordination
On June 21, 2012, the Financial Services Agency (FSA), the Ministry of Finance (MOF) and the National Tax Agency (NTA) and the United States authority (the Treasury Department) have released a joint statement regarding a framework for intergovernmental cooperation to facilitate the implementation of FATCA and improve international tax compliance.
References
External links
NTA homepage
NTA homepage
Comprehensive Handbook of Japanese Taxes 2010
A discussion of internal guidance to improve the Mutual Agreement Procedure and Bilateral Advance Pricing Arrangement processes
An Outline of Japanese Tax Administration 2003
National Tax Collection Act (Extract) Act No. 147 of 1959; Translation date: October 26, 2009
Income Tax Act (Limited to the provisions related to nonresidents and foreign corporations) Act No. 33 of 1965; Translation date: April 1, 2009
Corporation Tax Act (Limited to the provisions related to foreign corporations) Act No. 34 of 1965; Translation date: April 1, 2009
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Matthew Palmer
Matthew Simon Russell Palmer, (born 12 May 1964) is a New Zealand judge, legal academic and former public servant.
Palmer graduated with a BA in Economics & Political Science from University of Canterbury in 1983. This was followed by a LLB (Hons) (First Class) in 1987. Then a LLM & JSD from Yale Law School in 1993.
Palmer was the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Government Relations), Dean of Law, and Director of the New Zealand Centre for Public Law at Victoria University of Wellington from January 2001 until June 2006. He has also held positions in the Treasury and has been Deputy Secretary of Justice (Public Law) in the New Zealand Ministry of Justice and Deputy Solicitor-General (Public Law) in the New Zealand Crown Law Office.
He is son of former Prime Minister Sir Geoffrey Palmer, who was also a professor of law at Victoria University for many years.
Matthew Palmer is author of The Treaty of Waitangi in New Zealand's Law and Constitution, which was published in November 2008. He also co-authored (with his father) Bridled Power, a leading text on New Zealand public law.
On 16 October 2015, Palmer was appointed a Justice of High Court of New Zealand.
References
External links
Farewell speech
Book description
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Tobique Valley High School
Tobique Valley Middle High School (TVMHS) is a school located in Plaster Rock, New Brunswick, Canada, that serves students from grades 6 through 12, and is within the Anglophone West School District. Constructed in 1947, TVMHS was formerly known as Tobique Valley High School until the mid-1990s when it began to house classes from grades lower than the junior high level.
TVMHS varsity sports teams are known as the Panthers.
During the 2008–2009 school year, TVMHS reported an enrolment of approximately 325 students.
During the 2009-10 school year, the girls' basketball team won the 2010 NBIAA AA Senior Girls' Championship at the Aitken Centre in Fredericton.
In the year 2011 TVHS boys' basketball team broke a two-year losing streak, against St. Mary's Academy.
Notable alumni
Wayne Marston – Canadian Member of Parliament, Hamilton East-Stoney Creek, 2006–2015
Robert Nielsen – journalist and editor, formerly of the Toronto Star
External links
Tobique Valley Middle High School website
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The Reunion (Rare Essence album)
The Reunion (also titled as The Reunion: Live At The Hyatt Regency 9.11.2010) is a live album released on January 11, 2015 by the Washington, D.C.-based go-go band Rare Essence. The album was recorded live at the Hyatt Regency in Crystal City, Virginia on September 11, 2010.
Track listing
"Intro" – 2:31
"I Got That Feelin'/Roll Call" – 5:42
"R.E. Herman" – 5:03
"Do You Know What Time it Is?" – 4:42
"Hey Buddy, Buddy" – 3:56
"GoGo Mickey" – 7:16
"Cherchez La R.E." – 6:21
"20 Minute Workout" – 2:27
"Uh Oh/Where My Troopers At?" – 3:26
"Where They At?" – 3:10
"Geraldine" – 3:54
"Party Lights" – 2:01
"Lock It" – 3:56
"King of the GoGo Beat" – 3:27
"Work the Walls" – 2:13
"All Da Time" – 3:24
Personnel
Andre "Whiteboy" Johnson – electric guitar, vocals
James "Jas Funk" Thomas – vocals
Darrell "Blue-Eye" Arrington – drums
Michael "Lil Mike" Smith – drums
Milton "Go-Go Mickey" Freeman – congas, percussions
Tyron "Jungle Boogie" Williams – congas, percussions
John "JB" Buchanan – flugelhorn, keyboards
Michael "Funky Ned" Neal – bass guitar
Michael Baker – bass guitar
Byron "BJ" Jackson – keyboards
Benjamin "Scotty" Haskel – keyboards
Mark "Godfather" Lawson – keyboards
Norris "Marky" Qwens – keyboards
Eric "Bojack" Butcher – percussions
Quentin "Shorty Dud" Ivey – percussions
Donnell Floyd – saxophone, vocals
Rory "DC" Felton – saxophone, trombone
Derek "DP" Paige – trumpet
Charles "Shorty Corleone" Garris – vocals
Kimberly "Ms. Kim" Graham – vocals
Kenecia "KeKe" Taylor – vocals
Bonita Glenn – vocals
Lawrence "Maniac" West – vocals
Michael Muse – vocals
References
External links
The Reunion at Discogs
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