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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret%20Woodbury%20Strong

Margaret Woodbury Strong

Margaret Woodbury Strong (1897 – July 16, 1969) was an American collector and philanthropist. Strong was an avid collector, especially of toys and her large collection formed the basis for the Strong National Museum of Play. Margaret is the second and last child of John Charles Woodbury (1859 in Rochester, NY – 1937) and the former Alice Motley (the first sibling died at childbirth). Margaret travelled the world with her parents beginning around 1907 after her father retired and sold the business started by Margaret's grandfather, The Strong and Woodbury Whip Company. This is when she began her doll collection. She married Homer Strong, over twenty years her senior, in September 1920; as a wedding gift, her parents gave her a large share of stock in the Kodak corporation. Margaret and Homer had a daughter, who died in 1946; Homer died in 1958. Her passion was collecting dolls, doll houses, and toys. She added gallery wings and outbuildings to her estate which she eventually termed a "Museum of Fascination." The grounds contained a town of dollhouses. In 1968 she received state approval for the establishment of a museum. At her death, her doll collection numbered 22,000 and was the cornerstone of a collection containing more than 300,000 items. Her father left her nearly one million dollars when he died in 1937 and this fortune had grown in excess of $77 million by the time Margaret died in 1969. She is buried in the Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York. She was a major benefactor of the Episcopal Diocese of Rochester. References External links Strong National Museum of Play Official Website 1897 births 1969 deaths Burials at Mount Hope Cemetery (Rochester) Collectors People from Rochester, New York 20th-century philanthropists

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin%20Colt

Alvin Colt

Alvin Colt (July 5, 1916 – May 4, 2008) was an American costume designer. Colt worked on over 50 Broadway shows. His first job was in a theatrical fabric house, he also worked on painting scenery during the summer. On the Town was the first Broadway show he worked on in 1944. His major Broadway credits include Guys and Dolls, Top Banana, Fanny, Finian's Rainbow, Six Characters in Search of an Author, Destry Rides Again, Wildcat, Here's Love, The Crucible, The Goodbye People, Sugar, Lorelei, Jerome Robbins' Broadway and Waiting in the Wings for producer Alexander H. Cohen, with whom he had a long working relationship. Alvin won a Tony Award in 1955 for Pipe Dream. He did the costumes for the 1957 show, Rumple. The last official show he worked on was in 2001 for If you ever leave me...I'm going with you! Colt also designed for TV and film. Among his screen credits are costume designs for the films Top Banana, Stiletto and Li'l Abner and for the TV productions of The Enchanted Nutcracker, Kiss Me Kate, The Adams Chronicles, CBS: On the Air, Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood and many years of the Tony Awards. Alvin also designed the children's musical Treehouse Trolls Birthday Day for Goodtimes Entertainment. He was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame in 2002. In 2007 the Museum of the City of New York offered the exhibition "Costumes and Characters: The Designs of Alvin Colt," and the Museum is now the home of many of his costume sketches. Colt died of natural causes on May 4, 2008 in New York City. Awards and nominations References External links Alvin Colt designs, 1935-1990, held by the Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts 1916 births 2008 deaths American costume designers Tony Award winners

20463779

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009%20Grand%20Slam%20of%20Darts

2009 Grand Slam of Darts

The 2009 PartyPoker.com Grand Slam of Darts was the third staging of the darts tournament, the Grand Slam of Darts organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The event took place from 14 to 22 November 2009 at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, England. Television coverage of the tournament was covered by ITV Sport, with live coverage on ITV4 and highlights on ITV1. Despite being beaten by Vincent van der Voort in the group stages, Phil Taylor won a third consecutive Grand Slam with a 16–2 victory over Scott Waites, who became the first BDO player to reach the final of this tournament. Prize money The prize fund increased to £400,000 for the 2009 edition of the tournament, an increase of £44,000 from the 2008 edition, £10,000 more for the runner up, £5,000 more for the semi finalists and £2,500 more for the quarter finalists. Players who failed to make it past the group stage in the last tournament got £4,000. However, players who finished 3rd would earn £1,000 more but players who finished bottom of a group would get £1,500 less. Also the player with the highest checkout would not be rewarded. Instead, the group winners would earn £2,500. Qualifying There were numerous tournaments that provided qualifying opportunities to players. Most tournaments offered a qualifying position for the winner and runner-up of the tournament, however the World Championships and the Grand Slams offers a place in the tournament to all semi-finalists. There are also various other ways of qualifying for overseas players, including those from Australia and the United States, as well as a wildcard qualifying event open to any darts player. Some minor changes were made to the qualifying criteria from 2008. The winner and the runner-up of the 2009 would be invited, whilst it was announced that only the winner of the 2008 World Masters would be invited (though runner-up Scott Waites was invited anyway due to the withdrawal of Martin Adams). It was also announced that the winner of the 2009 US Open would be invited, though this was later withdrawn from the qualification criteria. Qualifying tournaments PDC BDO Other Qualifiers Pools Draw Group stages all matches first-to-5/best of 9.NB in Brackets: Number = Seeds; BDO = BDO Darts player; Q = QualifierNB: P = Played; W = Won; L = Lost; LF = Legs for; LA = Legs against; +/- = Plus/minus record, in relation to legs; Average = 3-dart average; Pts = Points Group A 14 November 15 November 17 November Group B 14 November 15 November 17 November Group C 14 November 15 November 17 November Group D 14 November 15 November 17 November Group E 15 November 16 November 18 November Group F 15 November 16 November 18 November Group G 15 November 16 November 18 November Group H 15 November 16 November 18 November Nine-dart shootout With Andy Hamilton and James Wade finishing level on points and leg difference, a nine-dart shootout between the two took place, to see who would play Terry Jenkins in the second round. The match took place after the conclusion of the group stages. The shootout occurred exactly one year to the day after a similar situation at the 2008 Grand Slam of Darts where Hamilton beat Alan Tabern. Knockout stages Statistics References External links PDC.tv Netzone, with results and news ITV's coverage of the event Grand Slam of Darts Grand Slam of Darts Grand Slam of Darts Grand Slam of Darts

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kahl%20%28film%29

Kahl (film)

Kahl is a 1961 West German short documentary film about the Kahl Nuclear Power Plant. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. References External links 1961 films 1961 documentary films 1961 short films 1960s short documentary films 1960s German-language films West German films German short documentary films Documentary films about nuclear technology Films set in Bavaria

20463809

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tharu%20languages

Tharu languages

The Tharu (Tharu: थारु, ) or Tharuhat () languages are any of the Indo-Aryan languages spoken by the Tharu people of the Terai region in Nepal, and neighboring regions of Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar in India. Tharu language is a language spoken in the Tharu community. This language is similar to other languages. Tharu language is one of the major language spoken in Nepal. Although their own precise classification within Indo-Aryan remains uncertain, Tharu languages have superficial similarities with neighbouring languages such as Kumaoni, Awadhi, Maithili, Bengali and Bhojpuri. The lexicon of certain Tharu households is indicative of an archaic, 'indigenous' substratum, potentially predating both Sino-Tibetan or Indo-Aryan settlement. Tharu languages appear to be transitional within the context of Indo-Aryan. Chitwania Tharu is spoken by approximately 250,000 speakers east of the Gandaki River, in and around the Chitwan Valley. Chitwania, as a whole, has superficial similarities with Awadhi. Nevertheless, certain Chitwania variants appear to have considerable lexical similarities with Manchad, a Sino-Tibetan language. Dangaura, Rana, and Buksa refer to a triumvirate of mutually-intelligible Tharu variants spoken west of the Gandaki River, spoken by approximately 1.3 million people. Furthermore, an additional variant of Tharu, known as Sonha, is largely mutually intelligible with Dangauru. Kochila, a diverse Tharu variant, is also spoken by approximately 250,000 people, in regions of eastern Nepal. Many ethnic Kochila have adopted Maithili. References Eastern Indo-Aryan languages Languages of Nepal Endangered languages of India

20463816

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renato%20Cila

Renato Cila

Renato Cila is a retired Brazilian professional soccer defender who played in both the North American Soccer League and Major Indoor Soccer League. Cila signed with Corinthians when he was 17. He also played for Atletico Madrid, and Espinho before moving to Toronto and Montreal Castors to play in the National Soccer League. In 1978, Cila signed with the New York Arrows of the Major Indoor Soccer League. At the time, most of the Arrows also played for the Rochester Lancers of the North American Soccer League and Cila joined the Lancers for the 1979 outdoor season. On July 15, 1980, the New England Tea Men purchased Cila's contract from the Lancers then released him at the end of the season. In April 1981, Cila was given a league record fine of $5,000 and a thirteen-game suspension for striking an official during an Arrows playoff game. In 1982, the Baltimore Blast signed Cila, but he was back with the Arrows for the 1983-1984 season. His son is former Major League Soccer player Jordan Cila. References External links NASL career stats 1951 births Living people Baltimore Blast (original MISL) players Brazilian footballers Brazilian expatriate footballers Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–1992) players Montreal Castors players New England Tea Men players Rochester Lancers (1967–1980) players New York Arrows players Canadian National Soccer League players North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players Association football defenders Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Canada Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate soccer players in Canada Expatriate soccer players in the United States Footballers from São Paulo

20463844

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monroe%20County%20District%20Library

Monroe County District Library

The Monroe County District Library is a small rural public library in Woodsfield, Ohio, serving a population of 15,180. The library’s mission statement is as follows: It is the purpose of the Monroe County District Library to create a physical and psychological environment, which is inviting to patrons of all age groups and station and to provide those patrons with the most comprehensive library service possible within the limitations of funds available for service. The Library strives to meet the informational, cultural, educational, recreational, and general needs of the community it serves, and to provide materials that will enable patrons to make intelligent judgments in daily life. To achieve these objectives through the communication of ideas, the library assembles, preserves, and disseminates books, other information media, and related educational and recreational materials such as films. The library board consists of 7 members who have their regular meeting on the second Tuesday of every month. 9 employees work at the library. Monroe County Library is a member of SEO, one of the largest Dynix cooperatives in the United States. Library services The library’s collection consists of the following: 53,000+ books (fiction, nonfiction, adult, children's, young adult) CD-ROMs Videos (adult and juvenile)--in both VHS and DVD, Books on Cassette (adult and juvenile),Magazines (140+ titles) Newspapers. Books on CD (adult) Large print If any item is not available, users can also request material from other libraries via Interlibrary loan (ILL). All residents of Ohio are eligible to get a library card. Monroe County Library has approximately 8,000 card holders. The library has many other services, most of them free: Laminator, FAX Service, Copier, Projectors (including LCD, Slide, 16 mm, Overhead), Meeting Room for Rent, Gazebo for Rent, Story Time Programs, Other Various Programs, Tax Forms, Ebooks, Reference, Internet capable computers, WiFi, Genealogy and local history information, Online public access catalog, & Online Databases. Ohio public library funding The first financial support of public libraries in Ohio began in 1933 when libraries received revenue from the intangible personal property tax. The intangibles tax was levied on individuals’ holdings of stock and bonds. The revenue was collected in the county of origin and was distributed to libraries based on need. In 1983, the Ohio General Assembly repealed the intangibles tax and replaced it with the Library and Local Government Support Fund or LLGSF. An amount of the personal income tax equaling 6.3% of Ohio’s personal income tax receipts were earmarked for the LLGSF. This funding was divided using an equalization formula so that underserved areas would receive a guaranteed share. In 1993, the General Assembly passed legislation reducing the LLGSF from 6.3% to 5.7% of personal income tax. It remained at that level until the 2002-2003 biennium budget called for the funding to be frozen at the same level as July 2000 through June 2001. This was the beginning of a funding freeze which lasted through December 2007. Beginning with January 2008 distributions, a new funding source was developed. This fund named the Public Library Fund or PLF is 2.22% of the state’s total general tax revenue. References External links Public libraries in Ohio Education in Monroe County, Ohio Buildings and structures in Monroe County, Ohio

20463846

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double%20Dealing%20%281932%20film%29

Double Dealing (1932 film)

Double Dealing is a 1932 British comedy film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Richard Cooper, Frank Pettingell and Sydney Fairbrother. It was made as a quota quickie at Twickenham Studios. Cast Frank Pettingell as Rufus Moon Richard Cooper as Toby Traill Sydney Fairbrother as Sarah Moon Zoe Palmer as Dolly Simms Jill Hands as Betty Betty Astell as Flossie Aileen Despard as Rosie Gladys Hamer as Clara References Bibliography Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985. Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986. External links 1932 films 1932 comedy films British comedy films 1930s English-language films Films directed by Leslie S. Hiscott Films shot at Twickenham Film Studios Quota quickies British black-and-white films

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warehouse%2013

Warehouse 13

Warehouse 13 is an American science fiction television series that originally ran from July 7, 2009, to May 19, 2014, on the Syfy network, and was executive produced by Jack Kenny and David Simkins for Universal Cable Productions. Described as "part The X-Files, part Raiders of the Lost Ark and part Moonlighting", the show's blend of science fiction, comedy and drama is said to have borrowed much from the American-Canadian horror television series Friday the 13th: The Series (1987–1990). The program follows a team of field agents who retrieve artifacts that have become charged with energy that can give them dangerous powers if misused. Once retrieved and neutralized, the objects are stored in Warehouse 13, the latest in a line of storehouses with infinite capacity that have served this purpose for millennia. Plot The series follows U.S. Secret Service Agents Myka Bering (Joanne Kelly) and Pete Lattimer (Eddie McClintock) when they are assigned to the secretive Warehouse 13 for supernatural artifacts. It is located in a barren landscape in South Dakota, and they initially regard the assignment as punishment. As they go about their assignments to retrieve missing artifacts and investigate reports of new ones, they come to understand the importance of what they are doing. In episode 4 of the first season, they meet Claudia Donovan (Allison Scagliotti), who is searching for her missing brother; in season 2, she joins the team as their technology expert. In episode 1 of season 3, Steve Jinks (Aaron Ashmore), an Agent from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives comes aboard. Fictional history The series posits that there have been a dozen incarnations of the warehouse before the present-day 13th in South Dakota. Warehouse 1 was built between 336–323 BC on the orders of Alexander the Great as a place to keep artifacts obtained by war. After Alexander died, the warehouse was moved to Egypt, establishing the practice of locating the warehouse in the most powerful empire of the day, under the reasoning that it will be best defended there. Egypt's Ptolemaic rulers appointed a group of people, known as the Regents, to oversee the warehouse and act as its first "agents" and collectors of artifacts. Warehouse 2 lasted until the Roman conquest of Egypt. Other warehouses throughout history include: Warehouse 3 in Western Roman Empire (Italy), Warehouse 4 in Hunnic Empire until the death of Attila the Hun, Warehouse 5 in Byzantine Empire, Warehouse 6 in Cambodia under the Khmer Empire, Warehouse 7 in the Mongol Empire under Genghis Khan, Warehouse 8 in Germany during the Holy Roman Empire (1260–1517), Warehouse 9 in the Ottoman capital of Constantinople until the death of Suleiman the Magnificent, Warehouse 10 in Mughal Empire (India), Warehouse 11 in the Russian Empire under the Romanov Dynasty (the 1812 Napoleonic War with Russia was an attempt to seize control of Warehouse 11), and Warehouse 12 in the United Kingdom from 1830 until 1914. It was during the time of Warehouse 11 that the Regents began to employ agents to gather and protect artifacts. This practice continued under Warehouse 12, with British agents traveling further and further searching for artifacts to add to the collection. The next move brought the warehouse to South Dakota in the United States. Unlike previous warehouses, which were placed in the centers of their empires, Warehouse 13 was located in a remote area of South Dakota to hide it. The first Warehouse 13 was built in 1898, but the structure burned down because of an insufficient understanding of how to safely store artifacts. The move to the rebuilt and current Warehouse 13 occurred in 1914 at the onset of World War I. The warehouse was designed by Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla, and M. C. Escher, while the warehouse's expansion joints were created by Albert Einstein. Artifacts and gadgets Originally, artifacts are items connected to some historical or mythological figure or event. Each artifact has been imbued with something from its creator, user, or a major event in history. Some are well known: Studio 54's Disco ball; Lewis Carroll's looking glass, which contains an evil entity called "Alice" that can possess other people's bodies (Myka in Season 1 episode "Duped"), leaving their minds trapped in the mirror; and Edgar Allan Poe's pen and a volume of his writing, which can make whatever the user writes a reality. Some are not: Lizzie Borden had a mirrored compact that today compels users to kill their loved ones with an axe; Marilyn Monroe owned a brush that now turns its user's hair platinum blonde, which Myka once used on herself while under the influence of W. C. Fields' juggling balls that induce drunkenness and blackouts. Others may have humorous effects, such as Ivan Pavlov's bell, which will call any dog to you but causes excessive drooling for 24 hours, and a magic kettle that grants wishes but produces a ferret if the wish is impossible. The artifacts react with electricity and can be neutralized by immersion in a mysterious purple goo or placed inside a neutralizing reflective bag, both produced by Global Dynamics, a research laboratory from Warehouse 13s sister show, Eureka. Artie has also mentioned that ingesting neutralizer will make you "see things". During episode 43 (season 4), Mrs. Frederic shows Claudia an artifact being created—a silver bracelet worn by an ordinary person who exhibits extraordinary courage. Cast and characters Warehouse agents are provided by the host country of the warehouse, in this case from various government agencies (such as the Secret Service, FBI, ATF, CDC, and DEA, etc.). Agents of Warehouse 13 in particular were chosen either for their above-average intelligence (Artie is an expert NSA codebreaker, Myka has an eidetic memory and a wealth of encyclopedic knowledge, Claudia and H.G. Wells are both expert inventors) or because they possess a kind of extranormal ability (Pete and Mrs. Frederic both receive "vibes" regarding situations; Leena can read people's auras; and Jinks has the ability to tell when a person is lying). Main Eddie McClintock as Pete Lattimer is a "rule-bender" Secret Service Agent, now assigned to Warehouse 13. He has been able to pick up "vibes", both good and bad, since he was a child. The series frequently makes references to his being a recovering alcoholic who already had been sober for more than eight years when the series started. He is also fond of cookies. Joanne Kelly as Myka Bering, once a rising star in the Secret Service, is a by-the-book agent. She has a scrupulous eye for detail and possesses an eidetic memory. She also has extensive knowledge of books, having grown up in a book store. Reference to a former partner that ended in tragedy is frequently made, such as in the season one episode "Regrets". Saul Rubinek as Artie Nielsen is the Special Agent in Charge at Warehouse 13. A former cryptographer and codebreaker for the NSA, he has spent over 30 years at the Warehouse and is very knowledgeable about artifacts, both in the Warehouse and out in the world. He becomes a surrogate father to Claudia. Genelle Williams as Leena (seasons 1–4; guest season 5), the proprietor of the bed and breakfast in nearby Univille, where the team lives. She can read a person's aura. Simon Reynolds as Daniel Dickinson (season 1; guest season 2), Pete and Myka's former boss in Washington, D.C. Allison Scagliotti as Claudia Donovan (seasons 2–5; recurring season 1) is described as a "young, hip, brilliant techno-wiz" who earns a job at Warehouse 13 after discovering too many of its secrets. She can hack into almost any computer network and occasionally modifies artifacts to suit her needs. Aaron Ashmore as Steve Jinks (seasons 4–5; recurring season 3) was an ATF agent before being recruited to Warehouse 13 for his ability to tell when people are lying. In "Emily Lake" he is killed by Marcus Diamond (Sasha Roiz) on orders of Walter Sykes (Anthony Michael Hall). In season 4, he is resurrected by Claudia using the metronome. Ashmore was promoted to series regular beginning with the episode "Personal Effects". Recurring CCH Pounder as Irene Frederic Roger Rees as James MacPherson (seasons 1–4) Mark A. Sheppard as Benedict Valda (season 2; guest seasons 1 & 5) René Auberjonois as Hugo Miller (season 2–5) Jaime Murray as Helena G. Wells (seasons 2–5) Paula Garcés as Kelly Hernandez (season 2; guest season 5) Nolan Gerard Funk as Todd (season 2) Faran Tahir as Adwin Kosan (seasons 3–4; guest season 2) Kate Mulgrew as Jane Lattimer (seasons 3–4) Ashley Williams as Sally Stukowski (season 3) Sasha Roiz as Marcus Diamond (seasons 3–4) Brent Spiner as Brother Adrian (seasons 3-4) Lindsay Wagner as Dr. Vanessa Calder (seasons 4–5; guest seasons 2–3) Kelly Hu as Abigail Cho (seasons 4–5) Josh Blaylock as Nick Powell (season 4) Chryssie Whitehead as Claire Donovan (season 5) Erick Avari as Caturanga (guest seasons 3 & 5) Anthony Michael Hall as Walter Sykes (season 3) Jeri Ryan as Amanda Lattimer (guest seasons 3-4) Production The network, then named SciFi, originally ordered a two-hour pilot episode written by Farscape creator Rockne S. O'Bannon, Battlestar Galactica co-Executive Producer Jane Espenson, and D. Brent Mote. Jace Alexander eventually directed a revised version written by Espenson, Mote, and Blade: The Series executive producer David Simkins. SciFi ordered an additional nine episodes on September 19, 2008. The series premiered in the U.S. on July 7, 2009 concurrent with the name-change to Syfy. The series was filmed in and around Toronto, Ontario. Crossovers Character crossovers Warehouse 13 was part of Syfy's developing shared fictional universe, with several characters crossing over between series: Global Dynamics researcher Douglas Fargo (played by Neil Grayston) from Eureka traveled to South Dakota to update Warehouse 13's computer system in the Warehouse 13 episode "13.1" (S2E5). Warehouse 13 computer wizard Claudia Donovan (played by Allison Scagliotti) subsequently traveled to the town of Eureka, Oregon to check out the technological marvels at Global Dynamics in the Eureka episode "Crossing Over" (its S4E5). Fargo again appeared in the Warehouse 13 episode "Don't Hate the Player" (S3E6) when Claudia, Lattimer, and Bering traveled to Palo Alto, California to find Douglas beta testing a virtual reality simulator with the aid of a dangerous artifact. Dr. Vanessa Calder (played by Lindsay Wagner), who appeared in the Warehouse 13 episodes "For the Team" (S2E7), "Buried" (S2E11), "Love Sick" (S3E3) and "Endless Terror" (S5E1) as a physician and love interest of Artie, traveled to Fenton, Pennsylvania, to investigate a series of deaths in which the victims suffered massive organ failures in the Alphas episode "Never Let Me Go" (its S1E5). Hugo Miller spent some time in the town of Eureka, departing with Douglas Fargo at the end of episode "13.1"; he returns in "Love Sick", commenting that, "every week [there] something seems to go 'boom'!" His presence there is off screen. Actor crossovers Warehouse 13 did import characters from other TV series, but would often cast pairs of actors who had worked together on other series as single-episode characters. Erica Cerra and Niall Matter who work together on Eureka played a couple with an artifact in "Duped" (S1E8). Joe Morton who also works on Eureka played an inmate in "Regrets" (S1E9). Sean Maher and Jewel Staite who worked together on Firefly played an almost-couple in "Mild Mannered" (S2E2). Paula Garcés and Laura Harris who worked together on Defying Gravity were both cast members in "Merge with Caution" (S2E8). Before this, Garcés first appeared in "Beyond Our Control" (S2E3). Kirsten Nelson and Timothy Omundson who worked together on Psych were both cast in "No Pain, No Gain" (S4E5). Missy Pyle and Enrico Colantoni who were cast members in Galaxy Quest were together in "The Big Snag" (S4E13). Josh Blaylock and Cynthia Watros who worked together on Video Game High School were featured separately in "What Matters Most" (S4E17). James Marsters and Anthony Stewart Head who were both in Buffy the Vampire Slayer were also together in "All the Time in the World" (S4E19) and "The Truth Hurts" (S4E20). Ryan Cartwright and Erin Way who worked together on Alphas were cast together in the third episode of the final season: "A Faire to Remember" (S5E3). Reception The series premiere was Syfy's third largest debut to date, garnering 3.5 million viewers. The first six episodes were all among the top ten highest rated series episodes on Syfy. Episode 6, "Burnout", drew 4.4 million viewers, setting the record for Syfy's highest rated show. Season 2 began July 6, 2010. It was renewed October 5, 2010, for a third season of 13 episodes, which began July 11, 2011. It was renewed for a fourth season August 11, 2011, which began July 23, 2012. On May 16, 2013, Syfy renewed the series for a six-episode fifth and final season, which aired its series finale on May 19, 2014. Warehouse 13 series premiere was the most-watched cable show on American television that night. With 3.5 million viewers, it was also Syfy's third best premiere ever, behind Stargate Atlantis (2004) and Eureka (2006). Joanne Ostrow of The Denver Post described it as "X-Files light, with the bickering Scully and Mulder stand-ins going off on Indiana Jones-style adventures." IGN reviewer Ramsey Isler gave the pilot a positive review, but felt that it was not enough to give Syfy "a chance to once again boast the best sci-fi show on TV." Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly gave it a negative review in July 2009, describing it as an "unholy cross between The X-Files, Bones, and Raiders of the Lost Ark." In July 2010, Tucker amended his opinion, stating that "Warehouse improved as it went along" and "grew more riveting"; he subsequently gave the show a rating of "B". In 2010, the series' composer, Edward Rogers, was nominated for an Emmy Award for Best Original Main Title Theme Music. Warehouse 13 has received seven 2012 Portal Award nominations, including best television series, best actor (Eddie McClintock), best actress (Joanne Kelly), best supporting actor (Saul Rubinek), best supporting actress (Allison Scagliotti), best special guest (Jaime Murray as Helena G. Wells), and best episode ("Emily Lake"). It was Eddie McClintock's third straight nomination and the second nomination for Saul Rubinek and Allison Scagliotti. As of September 2020, Warehouse 13 scored 82 percent among all critics (60 percent among top critics) and 87 percent with audience members on Rotten Tomatoes. Episodes Home media DVD release Streaming All five seasons of Warehouse 13 are now available on Peacock. Individual episodes can be purchased at the Google Play Store, Apple TV+, Vudu, iTunes, Amazon Prime Video, Fandango Now. In other media Comics The first part of a five-part comic series was released in August 2011 by Dynamite Entertainment with part five released in December 2011. A trade paperback was released in May 2012 containing all five parts. Novels Games In August 2016, Infinite Dreams Gaming and Conquest Gaming announced Warehouse 13: The Board Game coming to Kickstarter. It is a semi-cooperative game for 3-5 players taking the role of Warehouse Agents with one player working secretly against the Warehouse. Agents must work together trying to retrieve artifacts while uncovering the identity of the traitor. See also The Librarian SCP Foundation References External links (Dead Link) 2000s American science fiction television series 2009 American television series debuts 2010s American science fiction television series 2014 American television series endings American adventure television series English-language television shows Fictional government investigations of the paranormal Syfy original programming Television shows filmed in Toronto Television series by Universal Content Productions Serial drama television series Television shows set in South Dakota Treasure hunt television series

20463859

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin%20Leonard

Martin Leonard

Martin Patrick Grainge Leonard DSO was an Anglican suffragan bishop from 1953 until his death. Leonard was born at Torpenhow, near Cockermouth, Cumberland, on 5 July 1889. He was educated at Rossall, Fleetwood, Lancashire and Oriel College, Oxford before embarking on an ecclesiastical career including service as a World War I chaplain. Afterward, Leonard occupied a similar post at Cheltenham College. He spent 14 years with the Toc H organisation. Leonard subsequently became Rector of Hatfield, Rural Dean of Hertford, and Provost of St Mary's Cathedral, Glasgow. He was a Bishop of Thetford, and a lifelong supporter of the Boy Scout movement. He died on 21 July 1963. References Works "A book of Prayers and Hymns Selected for Scouts"; London; C. A. Pearson; 1933. 1889 births 1963 deaths People from Cockermouth People educated at Rossall School Alumni of Oriel College, Oxford King's Own Royal Regiment officers Companions of the Distinguished Service Order Provosts of St Mary's Cathedral, Glasgow Bishops of Thetford 20th-century Church of England bishops World War I chaplains Royal Army Chaplains' Department officers

20463864

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big%20FM

Big FM

Big FM may refer to: Big FM (Indian radio station) Big FM (German radio station) Big 106.2 (Big FM), a defunct Auckland, New Zealand radio station

20463871

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Man%20in%20Gray

The Man in Gray

The Man in Gray () is a 1961 Italian short documentary film produced by Benedetto Benedetti. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. References External links 1961 films 1961 documentary films 1961 short films 1960s Italian-language films 1960s short documentary films Italian short documentary films

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacinto-class%20patrol%20vessel

Jacinto-class patrol vessel

The Jacinto-class patrol vessels currently in service with the Philippine Navy are three ships formerly belonging to the Royal Navy's Hong Kong Squadron as Peacock-class corvettes until 1997. The ships have undergone combat, electronics, weapon, propulsion and hull upgrades, with the most recent upgrade completed in August 2019. These increased their capabilities compared to the original Peacock-class vessels. History Launched as a series of five patrol vessels, the were originally part of the Hong Kong Squadron of the Royal Navy. The ships were built by Hall Russell in the United Kingdom and were commissioned into Royal Navy service from 1983 to 1984. The class was designed specifically for patrol duties in Hong Kong waters. As well as "flying the flag" and providing a constant British naval presence in the region, they could also undertake a number of different roles including seamanship, navigation and gunnery training. In addition, they performed search-and-rescue duties for which they had facilities to carry divers (including a decompression chamber) and equipment to recover vessels and aircraft. They also worked with the Marine Department of the Hong Kong Police and with Customs & Excise in order to prevent the constant flow of illegal immigrants, narcotics and electronic equipment into the Colony. Three of these ships – HMS Peacock (P239), HMS Plover (P240), and HMS Starling (P241) – were sold to the Philippines as a sign of goodwill, and were officially turned over to the Philippine Navy on 1 August 1997 when the sovereignty of Hong Kong was transferred from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China. Technical details The ships under this class are characterized by a low freeboard, an Oto Melara 76 mm gun turret located forward, a large single funnel stack amidships, and a crane and two rigid-hulled inflatable boats (RHIB) aft. For the BRP Emilio Jacinto (PS-35), the ship has the Saab 9LV Mk4 Compact Combat Management System (CMS), which allows the integration of the ship's navigation, surveillance and combat systems. Meanwhile the BRP Apolinario Mabini (PS-36) and BRP Artemio Ricarte (PS-37) do not have a CMS although both ships use a Fire Control System from Ultra Electronics. The Oto Melara 76 mm Compact DP (Dual Purpose) gun is the primary weapon and is mounted in a turret forward of the bridge. It has a range of up to and can be used against ships, aircraft or ground targets. It is remotely controlled from within the Combat Information Center by the gunnery officer and has no crew within the turret itself. The gun can fire 80 rounds in 60 seconds from its ready magazine, and the ships can carry a total of 450 rounds. The secondary weapon (located at the stern) is a M242 Bushmaster 25 mm cannon in an MSI Defense System DS-25 Seahawk A1 mount. Both guns are automated and are integrated with the Saab 9LV CMS and Saab EOS-500 Electro-optical tracking system (EOTS) on PS-35, or the Ultra Electronics C2 and FCS, and Series 1700 EOTS on PS-36 and PS-37. The Saab EOS-500 and Ultra Electronics Series 1700 EOTS replaced the Radamec 1500 Series 2500 installed by the PN in 2005, which in turn replaced the older GSA7 Sea Archer Mk 1 electro-optical director with a GEC V3800 thermal imager added in 1987. In addition to the abovementioned guns, these ships also carry two 12.7 mm 50 caliber heavy machine guns at the bridgewings, two 20 mm Mark 16 guns on Mk.68 mounts at midships, and two 50 mm rocket flare projectors. The ships are powered by two APE-Crossley SEMT-Pielstick diesels (14,188 bhp combined) driving two three-bladed propellers. It has a drop down loiter engine with a shrouded prop of used to keep station and save fuel. The main engines can propel the 664 ton (712 tons full load) ship at over , with a sustained speed of . Its range is at . These patrol vessels were specifically designed for Asian service, having air-conditioned crew spaces and have been designed to stay at sea during typhoons and other strong weather anomalies common to Asian seas. The ships were modified soon after entering the Royal Navy service with deeper bilge keels to alleviate a propensity to roll during moderate and heavy seas. Each ship carries two Avon Searaider , , 10-man RHIB. Upgrades Upon entry with the Philippine Navy, additional refits were made to replace the four (4) 7.62mm machine guns with two (2) .50 caliber heavy machine guns and two 20 mm Mk.16 cannons. There are plans to add anti-ship missiles to the ships, but due to top-weight problems, it would have to be a lightweight system such as Sea Skua, although no missiles have been ordered to date. Phase 1 involves the upgrade of the ship's command & control, surveillance, and fire control systems, and was awarded to British defense contractor QinetiQ. It involved the installation of a new MSI Defence DS-25 Seahawk A1 AUTSIG mount with M242 Bushmaster 25mm naval gun, a new Fire Control System and Radamec's 1500 Series electro-optical tracking system (EOTS), Raytheon gyro compass, Sperry Marine Naval BridgeMaster E Series Surface Search Radar, GPS, anemometer, and EM logs. All these were integrated with the ship's existing systems. The Phase 1 upgrade was completed in 2005. Phase 2 is the Marine Engineering Upgrade Program, which includes the repair and remediation of the hull, overhaul and improvement of the main propulsion including control and monitoring systems, electrical plant, auxiliary systems, outfitting and hull furnishings and training the crew in the operation and maintenance of the new plant. Phase 3 was originally a Service Life Extension Program (SLEP). But this was later changed to Combat System Alignment project to improve the combat capability of the patrol vessels. It involves replacing the existing EO/IR and fire control system with a newer system and a Command and Control (C2) module, repairing the 76mm Oto Melara Compact and 25mm Bushmaster gun on MSI Defence Seahawk mount, and other relevant upgrades. The project was divided to Phase 3A involving 2 ships (PS-35 and PS-36, later changed to PS-36 and PS-37) and the refurbishment of 3 MSI Seahawk gun mounts, while Phase 3B involves 1 ship (PS-37, later change to PS-35). The Phase 3A Combat Systems Alignment project was awarded to Ultra Electronics, which installed the Ultra Electronics Fire Control System and Series 1700 electro-optical targeting system, and the Kelvin Hughes Sharpeye X-band surface search surveillance radar. The Phase 3B Combat Systems Alignment Project was awarded to Propmech Corporation-Saab AB Joint Venture, which installed the Saab 9LV Mk.4 Compact Combat Management System (CMS), Saab EOS-500 electro-optical targeting system and the GEM Elettronica Sea Eagle X-band surface search surveillance radar. Ships in class Gallery References External links Philippine Navy Official website Philippine Fleet Official Website Jacinto Class Patrol Vessel threads @ Philippine Defense Forum Hazegray World Navies Today: Philippines Naming and Code Designation of PN Ships Ships of the Philippine Navy Patrol boat classes Corvette classes

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2000 United States elections

The 2000 United States elections were held on November 7, 2000. Republican Governor George W. Bush of Texas defeated Democratic Vice President Al Gore of Tennessee in the presidential election. Republicans retained control of both houses of Congress, giving the party unified control of Congress and the presidency for the first time since the 1954 elections. With Democratic President Bill Clinton term-limited, Gore won his party's nomination by defeating Senator Bill Bradley in the Democratic primaries. Bush defeated Senator John McCain in the Republican primaries to win his party's presidential nomination. Bush took 271 of the 538 electoral votes, winning the decisive state of Florida by a margin of 537 votes after a recount was halted by the Supreme Court in the case of Bush v. Gore. Bush was the first winning presidential candidate to lose the popular vote since the 1888 presidential election. Democrats picked up a net of four seats in the Senate, tying Republicans, however Dick Cheney provided the tie-breaking vote as Vice President of the United States. Democrats also picked up a net of one seat in the House, but Republicans retained a overall narrow majority. In the gubernatorial elections, Democrats won a net gain of one seat. Federal elections President In the 2000 presidential election, Republican Texas Governor George W. Bush defeated Democratic incumbent Vice President Al Gore. The election was eye-catchingly close, but was the third straight election where neither party won a majority of the popular vote. United States Senate The 33 seats in the United States Senate Class 1 were up for election plus one special election. Democrats picked up net of four seats. Six senators were defeated in the November 2000 election. The five defeated Republicans included Spencer Abraham of Michigan, John Ashcroft of Missouri, Slade Gorton of Washington, Rod Grams of Minnesota, and William V. Roth of Delaware. The single defeated Democrat was Charles S. Robb of Virginia. The Senate elections left both parties with control of fifty Senate seats. In the subsequent 107th United States Congress, Democrats controlled the Senate from January 3, 2001 to January 20, 2001, when Dick Cheney was sworn in as vice president. Republicans maintained control of the chamber until June 6, 2001, when Senator Jim Jeffords left the Republican Party and began caucusing with the Democrats. United States House of Representatives Republicans won the national popular vote for the House of Representatives by a margin of 0.5 points. Republicans lost two seats in the House, while Democrats gained 1 seat and 1 independent, Virgil Goode, was elected. Following the 2000 election, the majority of the House seaters in the South and Midwest were held by the Republican party, while the larger number of seats in the Northeast and West were held by the Democratic party. State elections One sitting governor was defeated in the November 2000 general election. Cecil H. Underwood, Republican of West Virginia, concluded the 2000 election with a 47.2 election percentage. Bob Wise, Democrat, was elected to a four-year term. Local elections Mayoral elections Some of the major American cities that held their mayoral elections in 2000 included: San Diego – Superior Court Judge Dick Murphy (R) was elected to a first term as mayor. Initiatives and referenda State constitutional amendments prohibiting same-sex marriage and civil unions is passed in Nebraska and Nevada passes constitutional ban on same-sex marriage only, but it doesn't go into effect because the Nevada Constitution requires two ballot votes for citizen-initiated constitutional amendments. References External links United States Election 2000 Web Archive from the U.S. Library of Congress 2000 elections in the United States 2000

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Vy bus4you

Vy bus4you, formerly Nettbuss Bus4You, is a Swedish long distance bus brand that began operations in 2007, in competition with Swebus Express. The service is operated by Vy Travel, a Swedish subsidiary of Norwegian bus operator Vy Buss. Vy bus4you operates routes between Stockholm and Gothenburg with stops in Norrköping, Linköping, Mjölby, Jönköping, Borås and Landvetter Airport, between Oslo and Copenhagen with stops in Moss, Sarpsborg, Tanumshede, Uddevalla, Gothenburg, Helsingborg, Lund, Malmö and Kastrup Airport, between Oslo and Stockholm with stops in Karlstad, Karlskoga, Kristinehamn, Örebro, Västerås and Arlanda Airport, and between Ludvika and Arlanda Airport with stops in Smedjebacken, Söderbärke, Fagersta and Stockholm. Between December 2011 and August 2015 Nettbuss in Norway also operated a Bus4You route between Sandnes, Stavanger, Haugesund and Bergen. References External links Bus4you in Sweden Vy Buss Bus transport in Sweden Bus routes in Norway Swedish companies disestablished in 2007

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Wilber-Clatonia High School

Wilber Clatonia Public School District is located in Wilber, Nebraska, United States. It was founded in 1970 when Wilber High School and Clatonia High School consolidated, forming the Wilber Clatonia Public School District, which has 530 students (K-12). The high school enrollment is approximately 258 students (grades 7-12). The Wilber Clatonia Public School District is a consolidated system located in Saline and Gage Counties and covers an area of . It has an assessed valuation of $225,842,971 and provides education to 530 students in kindergarten through grade 12. A $6,125,000 bond passage passed in August 2003 provided for the construction of a Pre-kindergarten to 6th-grade classroom facility with a library, computer lab, and gymnasium. The bond issue also provided for a new running track. History The first class graduated from Wilber High School in 1886. A new high school building was built around 1910. In 1930 a new high school building was built to the east of the old building, and the old high school was used for elementary classes. When the new school district was formed in 1970, a new high school building was built on South Franklin Street. The older school building to the west was torn down and became a playground area. The 1930 high school then became the elementary school, providing facilities for the students in the city and students now attending in town because many of the rural school districts were closed as part of the consolidation. In 2005 the elementary school was added to the existing high school and the 1930 building was torn down. Athletics The school's rival in sports is Tri-County. The school colors are green and white, and the mascot is the wolverine. Wilber Clatonia won the Class C State Championship in girls' basketball in 1983, finishing 27-0 in the season. The 1997-98 wrestling team finished the dual season comprising a record of 6-0-1, the lone tie coming to Lincoln Christian. The Wilber girls' basketball team almost beat the consecutive losing record. In the 2016-17 season, they also won the class C2 football championship. External links School website School information Educational institutions established in 1970 Public high schools in Nebraska Schools in Saline County, Nebraska 1970 establishments in Nebraska

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Kurt Kuykendall

Kurt Kuykendall is a retired American soccer Goalkeeper who played professionally in the North American Soccer League. Kuykendall attended American University, where he was a 1973 Honorable Mention (third team) All-American soccer player. He was inducted into the American University Eagles Hall of Fame in 1996. In 1974, the Washington Diplomats selected Kuykendall in the first round (second overall) of the North American Soccer League draft. In 1975, he moved to the New York Cosmos for two seasons. In 1978 while working as a real estate broker he made an appearance in an indoor match for the Diplomats giving up 7 goals in two periods of relief for the injured Eric Martin. He finished his professional career with one game with the Rochester Lancers in 1979 as a replacement goalkeeper when the NASL players went on strike. All five of his children – Kris, Shawn, Jason, Jaime and Samantha – play soccer. For the Glory, a feature film based on Kurt's career, is scheduled for release in 2011. References External links NASL career stats For the Glory 1952 births Living people American Eagles men's soccer players American soccer players American Soccer League (1933–1983) players California Sunshine players New York Cosmos players North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players North American Soccer League (1968–1984) indoor players Rochester Lancers (1967–1980) players Washington Diplomats (NASL) players Association football goalkeepers

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HTC Touch Diamond

The HTC Touch Diamond, also known as the HTC P3700 or its codename the HTC Diamond, is a Windows Mobile 6.1-powered Pocket PC designed and manufactured by HTC. It is the first device to feature TouchFLO 3D - a new version of the TouchFLO interface, unique to the Touch family. The HTC Touch Diamond was first available in Hong Kong in late May 2008. It was available across all major European carriers in June 2008, and later in the year in other parts of the world. The American Touch Diamond was launched on September 14, 2008 on the Sprint network, and April 10, 2009 on the Verizon Wireless network. The European release date was slightly delayed by a last-minute ROM update. The carrier bound names for this phone include T-Mobile MDA Compact IV, O2 XDA Diamond and O2 XDA Ignito. It is the official successor of the HTC Touch. The successor to the Touch Diamond - the HTC Touch Diamond2 - was announced in February 2009 for Q2 2009 release outside the US and Q4 release estimated for North America. Hardware HTC opted for resistive technology for the touchscreen. The reason cited by Horace Luke, HTC's Chief Innovation Officer, was that the resistive touch screen is better for Asian character recognition. However, the buttons beneath the screen, as well as being pressable buttons, have capacitive touch sensitivity. This feature is used by the camera application to auto-focus the camera as a finger approaches to press the button that will take a picture. Luke also noted that this is the thinnest device that HTC has designed to date. Some people find that the Touch Diamond's battery life is too short. Consequently, batteries offering double the capacity of the included battery are being sold by third parties and HTC itself sells an extended battery with 50% extra capacity. The screen turns itself off when a person is on a call. This is to prevent the screen accepting unwanted inputs from the user's face when they are making a call, but it also requires the user to turn the screen back on if they want to use the screen. Removing the stylus when in a phone call both turns on the screen and starts up the notes application (if so selected as an option by the user). Software In addition to the standard features of Windows Mobile, the following additional software is included on the Diamond: TouchFLO 3D The Touch Diamond uses HTC's unique TouchFLO 3D user interface. This interface makes it easier for users to accomplish common tasks using their fingers rather than a stylus. TouchFLO 3D consists of tabs, and the user switches between tabs by sliding their finger along the row of tabs at the bottom of the screen. Opera The Touch Diamond uses Opera Mobile as its default Web browser, though Internet Explorer, a standard part of Windows Mobile, is also included. It offers features such as tabbed browsing, improved zoom features, and text reflow. The browser can change the orientation of the page between portrait and landscape modes depending on the way the accelerometer senses the device is being held (not in Internet Explorer). Opera is also capable of downloading any file directly to the device, as long as the device's internal storage has enough free space. YouTube The Touch Diamond includes a YouTube program that allows users to search for videos, maintain a list of their favorite videos, and view featured videos. Teeter Teeter is a videogame utilizing the accelerometer of the Touch Diamond in which the player guides a ball to a target by tilting the device, avoiding obstacles such as walls and holes. The device vibrates when the ball hits a wall, giving the illusion that a real ball is inside the device. Android The XDAndroid project makes it possible to run Android on HTC Windows Mobile phones, including the Touch Diamond. Sales Over one million units were shipped in six weeks, compared to the HTC Touch, which took 5 months to reach the same milestone. HTC consequently raised its sales projection for 2008 from two to three million units. See also TouchFLO TouchFLO 3D HTC Touch Family Information appliance Technological convergence Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 References External links HTC Touch Diamond overview HTC Touch Diamond specification HTC Touch Diamond performance tweaks Image of HTC phone Touch Diamond Windows Mobile Professional devices Mobile phones with user-replaceable battery

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Incredible (Clique Girlz album)

Incredible is the first and only studio album by girl group Clique Girlz. In promotion of the upcoming album, an EP entitled Clique Girlz was released in April 2008. The band also released "Incredible," a single available for digital download on iTunes and other online music stores. They also released another EP entitled Smile to iTunes. Their last release was an EP called Incredible. Promotion The album features the singles: "Then I Woke Up", "Incredible," and "Smile." "Then I Woke Up" and "Smile" both reached #2 on the US Hot Singles Sales chart. It also includes many other songs that have been released before by the Clique Girlz, such as "Smile" and "The Difference In Me" from their debut EP, Clique Girlz. Incredible was supposed to come out in the summer of 2008, but the album was pushed back several times until its eventual cancellation. The Clique Girlz have filmed music videos for "Then I Woke Up", "Incredible" and "You Think". The videos are all available on iTunes. The official Vevo however only has "Then I Woke Up" and "Incredible". The group toured extensively throughout 2008, and performed "Incredible" on The Today Show on June 17, 2008. The Clique Girlz touring consisted of many other promotional appearances opening for artists such as: Demi Lovato, the Jonas Brothers, The Cheetah Girls and the Backstreet Boys. Track listing Release history References 2008 debut albums Clique Girlz albums Interscope Records albums

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The Dangerous Flirt

The Dangerous Flirt (also released as A Dangerous Flirtation) is a 1924 American melodrama directed by Tod Browning and starring Evelyn Brent and Edward Earle. Plot As described in a review in a film magazine, Sheila Fairfax (Brent), reared by a puritanical aunt, is stupidly old-fashioned. Captain Ramon Jose (Gendron) inveigles her into becoming engaged to him but she breaks it. Dick Morris (Earle), a mining engineer, gallantly whisks her away and they are married. Sheila’s puritanical training makes her an easy prey to fears on her wedding night. Dick misunderstands her timidity for disgust and leaves her. She follows him to South America and they become the guests of Don Alfonso, uncle of Ramon Jose. The Don and Jose vie for her regard and in a fight Jose is killed by his uncle. Dick faces a firing squad under the Don’s orders but Sheila saves him by a ruse and they escape, happily reunited. Cast Evelyn Brent as Sheila Fairfax Edward Earle as Dick Morris Sheldon Lewis as Don Alfonso Clarissa Selwynne as Aunt Prissy Pierre Gendron as Captain Jose Gonzales Preservation With no prints of The Dangerous Flirt located in any film archives, it is a lost film. See also List of lost films References External links 1924 films 1924 lost films 1924 romantic drama films American romantic drama films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Films directed by Tod Browning Film Booking Offices of America films Lost American films Lost romantic drama films Melodrama films

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House Office Building Commission

The House Office Building Commission is an entity within the House of Representatives of the United States that oversees the various functions of the House and its office buildings. These buildings are part of the overall United States Capitol Complex and house the offices of Members of Congress, the Committees of the House, garages, cafeterias, a power plant and a dorm for Congressional pages, among many others that serve various functions. The Commission oversees the operations of these buildings and from time to time issues regulations. While the Superintendent of the House and the Architect of the Capitol handle the day-to-day operations, rules and regulations must be approved by the Commission. It is composed of the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives and two other members of Congress, generally the House Majority Leader and the House Minority Leader. From the House Rules Manual: "The commission also issues regulations governing the House Congressional office buildings, House garages, and the Capitol Power Plant (see regulations promulgated December, 1995). The commission is composed of the Speaker and two Members of the House (traditionally the Majority and Minority Leaders) (40 U.S.C. 175)." Recently the HOBC approved a new policy related to the hallways in House Office Buildings: Previously, offices were allowed to set out displays, in particular pictures of troops killed in battle in Iraq and Afghanistan, but also things like debt clocks and indications of levels of deficits. The new policy prohibits such displays. The role of the HOBC was to approve a policy proposed by the Architect of the Capitol and recommended by various other agencies, such as the Committee on House Administration of the House. References Agencies of the United States Congress United States Capitol

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge%20Gonz%C3%A1lez%20Camarena

Jorge González Camarena

Jorge González Camarena (24 March 1908 – 24 May 1980) was a Mexican painter, muralist and sculptor. He is best known for his mural work, as part of the Mexican muralism movement, although his work is distinct from the main names associated with it (Rivera, Orozco and Siqueiros). His major works include the mural on the main administration building of the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Studies and a mural created for the Universidad de Concepción in Chile. He also created easel works, one of which, La Patria, was well known in Mexico as it was used on the cover of free textbooks from the 1960s into the 1970s. Recognitions for his work include the Premio Nacional de Arte, membership in the Academia de Artes and the Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana, grade Commendatore from the Italian government. Life González Camarena was born in Guadalajara to Arturo González and Sara Camarena, both of whom were originally from Arandas. His was an artistic and cultural family as his father was a photographer. He had seven siblings, and his brother Guillermo invented the color television set. From childhood, Jorge showed interest in art. When he visited his aunt Esther, he spent long hours watching her paint while the other children ran in the garden. This inspired him to not only draw, but to also create works in pumice stone, pebbles and clay. He also created his own comic strip called Los Chiquinitos, which he sold to classmates. In 1919, he moved to Mexico City with his family, where he began drawing lessons with a painter named Francisco Zeteno. Seeing González Camarena's talent, the teacher suggested enrolling him in the Academy of San Carlos. González Camarena entered the school at age fifteen, just after his father died and his family was taken in by his grandparents. He studied at the Academy intermittently from 1922 to 1930. He was interested in both traditional academic painting and newer trends that were forming. At this time, there was an anti-academic feeling among many younger painters. One result was the establishment of alternate schools called “open air schools” that focused on spontaneity, light and everyday topics and González studied at one of these schools as well. Another effect was the establishment of a student movement at the Academy of San Carlos to modernize its teaching and to bring Diego Rivera to teach at the institution. During his school years, his principle teachers included Mateo Herrera and Francisco Díaz de León, working in various media such as fresco, oil on fabric, vinylite, ship paint, tempera, mosaics and ceramics. González Camarena began his career before leaving school, working with Dr. Atl. In 1930, Dr. Atl gave him his own studio on top of the former monastery of San Juan de Letrán. Here he not only painted but also researched music and led discussions on the arts. In 1934, he married Jeannie Barré de Saint-Leu with whom he had four children. His new familial responsibilities pushed him to find more work, leading to contacts that began his career as a muralist. His family life affected his painting with his children and even his dog appearing in his artwork. During González Camarena's career he was also involved in a number of social causes. During his stay in Veracruz to paint a mural, he became involved in an effort in 1953 to save and restore the then crumbling San Juan de Ulúa fort, which was set to be destroyed to build new warehouses and a dock. In 1966 he became a formal member of the Seminario de Cultura Mexicana. In 1979, he participated in the IX Congress of the Association of Artists of UNESCO in Stuttgart, Germany. González Camarena died in 1980 of a brain hemorrhage. His funeral was at the Palacio de Bellas Artes as a national homage and buried at the family crypt in the Panteón de Dolores. The government has suggested that the body be moved to the Rotunda de Personas Ilustres, but the family has refused. There was a dispute for the remaining paintings in the artist's possession at the time of his death. His will stated they should be distribute among family members but this was challenged on court by critic Antonio Luna Arroyo, who even involved UNAM over the disposition of twenty two paintings. Career González Camarena began his career working as an assistant to Dr. Atl, coloring the images of church in the book Las iglesias de México. Dr. Atl became one of González Camarena's mentors until his death. After he finished with school, González Camarena first became noted for his work in publicity. In 1929, at age 21, he worked writing and drawing for publications such as Revista de Revistas and Nuestro México. He also worked into the 1930s creating images for calendar for the Editorial Casa Galas, along with calendars for Cemento Cruz Azul. In 1933, painter Jorge Enciso, then director of the Dirección de Monumentos Coloniales, commissioned him to restore the 16th-century frescos on the walls of the former monastery of Huejotzingo, Puebla. The project took two years and the project made him sensitive to the area's indigenous people and Mesoamerican art. He used some of the money he earned from the project to research indigenous painters, especially Marcos Cipactli, identifying him not only as one of the contributors to the original Huejotzingo work but also as the painter of the original image of the Virgin of Guadalupe. The latter assertion caused him some controversy. He also did a study on the presence of demon and devil images in Mexican art and folklore. González Camarena began creating mural works in 1939, with twenty six of the works still remaining. The first was created in the town of Zimapan, Hidalgo at the Hotel Fundación called Alegoría de Zimapán. At the time, the town was a crossroads for traffic between Tamaulipas and Nuevo León, but a new highway changed that later. The hotel was abandoned but the mural remains in good condition. His second mural was a pair of oil an wax panels on stone for the Guardiola Building in 1941 called La vida, la mujer y el hombre (Live, woman and man), commissioned by friend and colleague Carlos Obregón Santacilia. The work was controversial because the images of the man and woman were nudes, considered immoral by the bankers that sponsored the work. As a response, González Camarena founded the first Mexican Nudist Society to promote the use of nudes in artwork. The work remained on the building until 1957, when the earthquake of that year caused damage to the piece, and instead of being rescued, it was demolished. In response, muralists from Mexico and other countries founded the Commission of Mural Painting of INBA to protect murals and other art under censorship threat. INBA also proposed that González Camarena replace the work with a mural at the Palacio de Bellas Artes. This resulted in a mural called Liberación de la humanidad, finished in 1963. Other of González Camarena's early murals include Águila en Vuelo for the Banco de México building in Veracruz and the La Purísma Church. In 1950 and 1951 he created murals and sculptures for the Instituto Mexicano de Seguro Social building on Paseo de la Reforma in Mexico City. The mural is done in vinylite, and is accompanied by two groups of sculptures called El Trabajo and Maternidad. He worked on this project with architect Obregón Santacila, with whom he also founded a movement called Artistic Integration, with the aim of strengthening ties between builders and artists on architectural projects. In 1954, the founder of the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Studies, Eugenio Garza Sada, commissioned González Camarena to create a mural for what is now the main administration building for the university system. The project consisted of applying Italian mosaic on a relief. This project had him spent much time in Monterrey, and become involved in the artist community there, leading to the creation of the Arte, A.C. cultural group. This mural remains today as a symbol of the institution, even reproduced on class rings. In 1959 Emilio Azcárraga Vidaurreta commissioned him to decorate the facade of Televicentro, today Televisa, resulting in a 900m² mural called Frisos de la television. This outside wall was later damaged, requiring the building to be remodeled. In 1965, he was commissioned by the Mexican government to create a mural for the city of Concepción, Chile, even though the project was threatened by a boycott by artists affiliated with the Generación de la Ruptura. The resulting mural was a gift to the people of that region in southern Chile who had suffered a major earthquake in 1960. The resulting work was 300m² on a wall of the Casa de la Cultura José Clemente Orozco at the Universidad de Concepción. For the university's 75th anniversary, the image was reproduced on a Chilean stamp and in 1996, it was named the most beautiful mural in the world at an event in Vienna . The work was damaged during another earthquake, this time in 2010, but restored in 2012 in a joint Mexican-Chilean effort. Other notable murals during González Camarena's career include La erupción de Xitle (an oil/wax work) at the Cuicuilco site. Monumento a la Independencia in Dolores Hidalgo, Belisario Dominguez at the Mexican Senate and Las Razas at the Museo Nacional de Antropología e Historia, which was used on a Mexican stamp in 1992 to commemorate the 500th anniversary of Columbus's arrival to the Americas. His last mural was created in 1978, two years before his death and called Trilogía de Saltillo, in the municipal building of Saltillo, Coahuila. While best known for his mural work, González Camarena also produced over 2,000 easel work and some sculpture. His best known work of this type is La Patria, an image of a woman with national symbols to represent the country of Mexico. It is well known because from the 1960s into the 1970s, this image was used on the cover of free textbooks produced by the Secretaría de Educación Pública. These include over 350 titles totaling over 523 million copies. The image has reappeared sporadically on books produced by the government entity since. At the end of the 1970s, the Mexican government commissioned him to create a painting for the Bulgarian people of Saint George. He was invited to Bulgaria to unveil the painting. In appreciation, the Bulgarian government sponsored a European tour of Gonzalez Camarena's work which ended up in the Museo de Arte Moderno in New York. Most of his easel work is in the hands of private collectors in both Mexico and abroad. These include the Museo Soumaya, the collection of the Carso Foundation, the collection of José López Portillo and the estate of Henry Ford. Some are in the Museo de Arte Moderno. Very little of the artist's work are in the family as the rest were sold. By the 1940s, González Camarena's work began to draw serious attention from art critics and win awards. In 1966 the Palacio de Bellas Artes organized and anthological exhibition in his honor. In 1967, he received the Order of Merit, grade Commendatore from the Italian government for a portrait of Michelangelo he created for the Italian artist's house in Caprese. He received the Premio Nacional de Artes in 1970 and in 1972 was accepted as a member of the Academia de Artes. He was also a member of the Asociación Mexicana de Artes Plásticas and the Salón de la Plástica Mexicana. For the 2008 100th anniversary of his birth, institutions such as the Museo Soumaya, the Instituto Politécnical Nacional, the Mexican Senate and the Instituto Mexicano de Seguro Social held exhibitions and homage to his work and life. Artistry González Camarena was a major figure in the Mexican muralism movement. His work was distinguished early through his use of clear lines and texture. He worked with various styles, textures and techniques, ranging from Surrealism to Cubism to Magical Realism, and most of his paintings contains social and mystical motifs. As a painter, he is best known for his depictions of people, especially portraits of women. In the last year of his life, he painted a work called Las razas. This work contains images of four women, Asian, African, European and Native American. In the med 1930s, he developed his own personal method of composition which he called “cuadratismo” or “harmonic geometry.” It was developed from this work with the Huejotzingo restoration project, drawing from Mesoamerican and early colonial mural painting. From then on, it was the main guide for the compositions of his work. Mauricio Gómez Mayorga stated that “His faith in geometry and form, that is, in space and matter, make him a constructor, a builder of plane and mass.” Although part of the Mexican muralist movement, his work is distinct from the three main names associated with it (Rivera, Orozco and Siqueiros). His pre-1949 work was different from that of others in the Mexican muralism movement as they did not deal with topics related to the Mexican Revolution the rescue of Mexico's past or the struggle for social equality. Although Diego Rivera called him “the most Mexican of all,” José Clemente Orozco did not like his preference for archeology and Mexico's past, feeling that Gonzalez Camarena squandered his talent by not expressing what he felt. However, González Camarena began to conform to more of the movement's social and political themes starting in 1949, when he painted the work La vida y la industria for the Cervecería Modelo brewery in Mexico City. Here did incorporate elements common to Mexican muralism by representing the preparation of beer in a Mesoamerican scene. In the interpretation of Mexican history, Gonzalez Camarena believed that neither the country's indigenous or Spanish cultural background should be denigrated in favor of the other. He also believed that the Mexican Revolution should be honored by working towards social justice. In the work Cristo en la Cruz, the face of Christ has indigenous characteristics. He gave his depictions of Mesoamerican deities mythological qualities similar to the treatment of ancient Greek gods. The Monterrey Institute mural represents the triumph of civilization and culture over the forces of stagnation, apathy and darkness, with the first represented by Quetzalcoatl and the latter by Tezcatlipoca. He also created portraits and self-portraits. Notable examples of these include those of his sister Susana, Francisco Díaz de León, Rosa Luz Alegría and Guillermo Soberón. In his self-portraits, his eyeglasses generally dominate the composition. Works La Vendimia Nacional (1946) Autorretrato (1946) Las Razas (1964) Presencia de América Latina (1965) Milagro del Tepeyac (c 1947) Trilogía de Saltillo (1978) El abrazo (1980) References 1908 births 1980 deaths 20th-century Mexican painters Mexican male painters Mexican muralists Artists from Guadalajara, Jalisco 20th-century Mexican sculptors 20th-century Mexican male artists

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Kirill Yevstigneyev

Kirill Alekseyevich Yevstigneyev (; – 29 August 1996) was a Soviet fighter pilot and one of the top Soviet aces of World War II. During his career he claimed 53 solo and 3 shared aerial victories flying the Lavochkin La-5 and La-7 fighters. Early life Yevstigneyev was born into a Russian peasant family on in the village of Khokhly, Chelyabinsky Uyezd, Orenburg Governorate, in what is now the Shumikhinsky District of Kurgan Oblast, in Russia's trans-Urals. He completed seven grades of schooling in 1935 before moving on to vocational school. He trained as a fitter-turner and upon graduation in 1936 moved to work at the Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant, where he joined the local aeroclub which he graduated from in 1938. Early military career In September 1938 Yevstigneyev entered the Red Army. After completing initial training in 1939, he was stationed at a base in the Russian Far East until April 1940. In January 1941, he graduated from the Birm Military School of Pilots in the Amur region, after which he became a flight instructor on the I-16. In late October 1942 he was reassigned to Moscow to become acquainted with foreign-made fighters. While in Moscow, he and fellow sergeant Ivan Kozhedub came to the attention of I. S. Soldatenko, the commander of the 240th Fighter Aviation Regiment. Soldatenko selected them for his regiment in November, and by March 1943 they were deployed to the front. World War II combat service On 28 March 1943, during his first dogfight, near the village of Urazovo in the Belgorod province, he shot down a Messerschmitt Bf 109 and gained shared shootdown of a Junkers Ju 88 after engaging a group of nine Ju 88. On 5 August 1943, flying a close air-support sortie on the approach to Belgorod, Yestigneyev was shot down by friendly fire. After barely managing to parachute out of his burning plane he had to be taken to a field hospital due to the extent of wounds in both his feet. There he had to repeatedly dissuade surgeons from amputating his left foot, but ended up escaping after nine days and traveling 35 km to the nearest airfield on crutches. He found his way back to his airfield to finish his recovery there. Not long after being wounded and still on crutches, he flew his next combat sortie. That month he was appointed commander of the second squadron, and gained his tenth solo victory on 16 August 1943. Between March and November 1943, he completed 144 combat sorties, gaining 23 solo and three shared victories, for which he was nominated for the title Hero of the Soviet Union. He received it on the 2nd of August, 1944. He was again awarded title on 23 February 1945 while he was a captain and squadron commander. In July 1944, the 240th Fighter Regiment was honored with the guards designation and renamed to the 178th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment. Yevstigneyev scored his last aerial victory on 26 March 1945 when he shot down an Fw 190 over Budapest. At the end of the war he was a Major; over the course of the war, he flew 283 combat missions, engaged in 119 dogfights, and gained 53 solo and three shared aerial victories. He flew in a variety of major battles including the ones for a Kursk, Kharkov, Belgorod, the Dnieper, Dresden, Budapest, Vienna, Bratislava, and Prague. Postwar In 1949 he finished several Tactical Aviation Courses, and by 1955 served at the Military Aviation Academy. By 1960 he was on the Military Academy of General Staff. He then became Major General of aviation in 1966, from 1972 he served in the reserve. After retirement he lived in Moscow, where he died on 29 August 1996. He is buried at the Kuntsevskoe cemetery in Moscow. A bronze bust of him stands in Shumikha, Kurgan province, near the village of his birth. Awards and decorations Twice Hero of the Soviet Union (2 August 1944 and 23 February 1945) Order of Lenin (2 August 1944) Four Order of the Red Banner (11 October 1943, 26 October 1943, 22 February 1945, and 22 February 1968) Order of Suvorov 3rd class (2 October 1943) Order of the Patriotic War 1st class (11 March 1985) Order of the Patriotic War 2nd class (30 April 1943) Order of the Red Star (3 November 1953) Order of the British Empire (1943) campaign and commemorative medals References Bibliography 1917 births 1996 deaths People from Shumikhinsky District People from Chelyabinsky Uyezd Communist Party of the Soviet Union members Soviet major generals Soviet Air Force generals Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union alumni Soviet World War II flying aces Heroes of the Soviet Union Recipients of the Order of Lenin Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner Recipients of the Order of Suvorov, 3rd class Members of the Order of the British Empire Burials at Kuntsevo Cemetery

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1904–05 Southern Football League

The 1904–05 season was the 11th in the history of Southern League. Bristol Rovers won Division One for the first time and Fulham reserves finished top of Division Two. Division Two club Clapton Orient were the only Southern League club to apply for election to the Football League, and were successful after a decision was made to expand the League to 40 clubs. Division One A total of 18 teams contest the division, including 17 sides from previous season and one new team. Watford returned to Division after one season of absence. Teams promoted from Division Two: Watford Division Two A total of 12 teams contest the division, including 8 sides from previous season and four new teams, three of which were reserve teams. Newly elected teams: Clapton Orient Brighton & Hove Albion II Watford II West Ham United II, Football League elections Only one Southern League club, Clapton Orient of Division Two, applied for election to Division Two of the Football League. Although they were not elected in the first round, it was later agreed to expand the Football League from 36 to 40 clubs and all the unsuccessful candidates except Doncaster Rovers were elected. * Chelsea had played no games, nor had any players when they were elected. Hull City had been formed in 1904, but had only played friendly matches during the 1904–05 season. References External links Southern League First Division Tables at RSSSF Southern League Second Division Tables at RSSSF 1904-05 1904–05 in English association football leagues

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Bede Wing

The Bede Wing was an inflated hang glider, designed in the 1970s by aeronautical engineer Jim Bede. Intended as a safer alternative to conventional hang gliders, it resembled an early ram-air parachute, but instead was an inflatable structure, that could be filled with air for gliding, or with helium to act as a gas balloon. The aspect ratio of the Bede Wing was low, in the area of 1.8. Fitted with unusually long suspension lines, the Bede Wing had almost no dihedral. It was also reported to have a lower sink rate than conventional hang gliders of the time. Although Bede intended to start full production of the Bede Wing, the project came to nothing. However, it foreshadowed the introduction of ram-air inflated paragliders in the mid-1980s. See also References Wing Inflatable aircraft Balloons (aeronautics) Hang gliders Parafoils

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J. M. G. Le Clézio bibliography

This is a list of works by J. M. G. Le Clézio, the French Nobel Laureate. Novels Children's books Short stories La Fièvre Translated by Daphne Woodward in 1966 as "The Fever" Mondo et autres histoires La ronde et autres faits divers "La ronde et autres faits divers" was translated into English as "The Round & Other Cold Hard Facts" by C. Dickson. Printemps et autres saisons Awaité Pawana La Fête chantée et autres essais de thème amérindien Cœur brûle et autres romances Tabataba suivi de pawana Essays Travel diaries Voyage à Rodrigues Raga. Approche du continent invisible Collection translations Les Prophéties du Chilam Balam Translated by the Author into French Relation de Michoacan Translation of "Relación de Michoacan" from medieval Spanish into French. This codex, copied in the years 1539–1540, contains the narration of a Franciscan friar, whom the American historian Dr. Benedict Warren identified as Fray Gerónimo de Alcalá. Sirandanes Translated by the Author into French Petit lexique de la langue créole et des oiseaux References External links Bibliographies by writer Bibliographies of French writers Children's literature bibliographies

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Rob Kardashian

Robert Arthur Kardashian (born March 17, 1987) is an American television personality. He is known for appearing on Keeping Up with the Kardashians, a reality television series that centers on his family, as well as its spin-offs. In 2011, Kardashian also competed in the thirteenth season of ABC's Dancing with the Stars, during which he placed second. Early life Robert Arthur Kardashian was born March 17, 1987 in Los Angeles, California, United States to attorney Robert Kardashian and wife Kris. He has three older sisters, Kourtney, Kim, and Khloé. His parents divorced in 1991, and his mother married Olympic decathlete Caitlyn Jenner the same year. Through their marriage, Kardashian gained step-brothers Burton "Burt", Brandon, and Brody; step-sister Casey; and half-sisters Kendall and Kylie Jenner. His father, Robert Kardashian, died in September 2003 from esophageal cancer. Kardashian graduated from the University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business in 2009. Career Kardashian was a contestant on season 13 of Dancing with the Stars in 2011. He was paired with two-time champion Cheryl Burke and made it further than his sister Kim did during her appearance in the seventh season. Kardashian was almost eliminated in the fourth week. During the season, Kardashian became the most improved dancer, advancing with his partner Cheryl Burke to the finals, her fifth time doing so. The pair ended up in second place against J.R. Martinez and Karina Smirnoff. Kardashian has also taken on several business ventures working with PerfectSkin, Rival Spot, the BG5 and working on his own sock line. Kardashian was one of the final judges of Miss USA 2012. Kardashian announced in August 2012 that he would return to the University of Southern California and study law later in the year. USC's Gould School of Law, however, denied this, and stated via its Twitter account that Kardashian had not even applied to the school. In 2012, Kardashian participated in Fox's dating game show The Choice. That same year, he launched his sock line titled Arthur George. The reality series Rob & Chyna premiered on September 11, 2016. It followed Kardashian's relationship with model Blac Chyna as they prepared to welcome their first child. Six hour-long episodes were ordered, excluding a television special featuring the birth of Kardashian and Chyna's newborn. The show concluded that December. Personal life Kardashian dated actress Adrienne Bailon from 2007 until 2009. Their relationship was documented on the family reality show Keeping Up with the Kardashians. In 2012, he dated singer Rita Ora. In December 2015, it was reported that Kardashian was hospitalized after falling ill and diagnosed with diabetes. In January 2016, Kardashian began dating model Blac Chyna. On April 5, 2016, Kardashian and Chyna announced their engagement via Instagram after three months of dating. In May 2016, it was reported that the couple were expecting their first child together. Their daughter, Dream Renée Kardashian, was born on November 10, 2016. On December 17, 2016, the couple announced their split on social media after Chyna's Instagram account was hacked. Kardashian told his Snapchat followers that his fiancée left him, moved out of their home and took their month old daughter with her. However, the couple reconciled as the split was revealed to be done in the "heat of the moment." On December 28, 2016, Kardashian was hospitalized again for diabetes, however, he left the hospital the next day. On July 5, 2017, Kardashian made a series of Instagram posts accusing Chyna of infidelity and posted explicit pictures of her. He was later banned from Instagram for posting revenge porn, but an official account managed by Jenner Communications is active. Notes References External links 1987 births Male models from California American socialites American people of Armenian descent Armenian Apostolic Christians Rob Living people People with diabetes Marshall School of Business alumni Participants in American reality television series Models from Los Angeles

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Beaudesert railway line

The Beaudesert railway line (also known as the Upper Logan railway line) is a disused branch railway in South East Queensland, Australia. The first section opened in 1885, the line was completed in 1888 and operated as a Queensland Government Railways (QGR) line until 1996. A heritage operation was undertaken for a short period in 2003. The Canungra railway line connected at Logan Village between 1915 and 1955, and the Beaudesert Shire Tramway connected with the terminal between 1903 and 1944. A study was undertaken in 2010 by the Queensland government concerning a potential Salisbury-to-Beaudesert rail corridor as a long-term potential proposal. Route The 43 kilometre-long line commenced at Bethania railway station () south of Brisbane. It branches off the Beenleigh Line at a triangular junction immediately south of Bethania station () then progresses generally south-west to Jimboomba and then generally south to its terminus at Beaudesert, on the following route. History In 1877, a line was proposed from Wacol to Logan Village, Beaudesert and Tamrookum. A trial survey was taken around 1881 with the route commencing from Goodna. This line proposed 1-in-30 (~3.3%) grades, the steepest on the QGR system at the time, as well as requiring a bridge over the Logan River. The line as built commenced at Bethania on the Beenleigh railway line, south of the Logan River and had the advantage of being a shorter distance of new construction. The section from Bethania to Logan Village was opened on 21 September 1885, with the Logan Village to Beaudesert section opened on 16 May 1888. Initially trains were 'mixed' (i.e. consisting of both passenger carriages and goods wagons) until 1929, from when passenger services used rail motors. Use of the passenger services declined with the increasing ownership of cars following World War II, leading to the termination of the passenger services in 1961. However the Beaudesert abattoir and the dairy farmers continued to use the freight services on the line until freight services terminated on 20 May 1996. The line was unused until Beaudesert railway enthusiasts obtained an Australian Government grant to establish Beaudesert Rail to operate the line as a heritage tourism service. Beaudesert Rail In 2001, a grant provided by the federal government was given to a local group of Beaudesert people who traded as Beaudesert Rail (BR). The group set about acquiring rolling stock and locomotives. The line was upgraded to C17 use. When QGR services still operated on the Beaudesert Branch, only PB15's, B13's, B15's and 60t diesels were used. In order for Beaudesert Rail to commence steam services on the line, they needed to upgrade their track to carry the weight of their C17. The first Beaudesert rail service was held on 18 December 2002 with a run from Beaudesert to Logan Village and return. On 8 March 2003, Beaudesert Rail commenced steam-hauled services. Beaudesert Rail's steam locomotive was an ex-QR C17 #967. Built by Walkers Limited in Maryborough, 967 was in service for 19 years before being placed in a park at Caloundra. In 1985, the Ghan railway bought 967 as a gate train. In 2000, 967 was purchased and road-hauled to Beaudesert. Beaudesert rail then commenced services to Bethania on 4 April 2003. The last service to Bethania took place on 28 June 2003. On that date, Beaudesert Rail's ex-Emu Bay diesel 1105 derailed about south of Bethania, between the Dairy Creek Road and Easterly Street level crossings. Beaudesert rail experienced financial problems and the group disbanded in 2005. In 2006, the Zig Zag Railway acquired the former Beaudesert Rail carriages for use on their Blue Mountains system. Remains Whilst the track has not been substantially removed, many level crossings have been removed and paved over. The corridor is overgrown and many sections are utilised for livestock grazing. At Logan Village, only the platform remains and is covered with growth, the station area is rarely mown and fences have collapsed. At the Waterford - Tamborine road crossing the signals and signage have recently been removed after intersection upgrades. At Jimboomba, all that remains is the track. An attempt to remove the section of line here was made, but not completed. At Beaudesert the station building, water tower stand and the floor of the goods shed remains. Immediately south of the station building, the line has been covered with dirt and is now a car park. However, the station building has been repainted and a new station nameboard installed. Proposed Salisbury - Beaudesert line In 2010 a Queensland Government study proposed a new passenger rail line to Beaudesert utilising (and potentially duplicating and electrifying) the dual gauge line from Salisbury to Kagaru, then a new alignment to Veresdale, where the final ~9 km original alignment to Beaudesert would be utilised. In November 2019 the Queensland Government and Australian Government agreed to fund a $10M business case to investigate construction of two electrified narrow-gauge passenger tracks from Salisbury to Beaudesert and two dual-gauge freight tracks between Acacia Ridge and Kagaru, a corridor which is being proposed for the Inland Rail project. See also Rail transport in Queensland References External links Railway lines opened in 1888 Closed railway lines in Queensland Logan City 3 ft 6 in gauge railways in Australia 1888 establishments in Australia Scenic Rim Region 1996 disestablishments in Australia Railway lines closed in 1996 2003 establishments in Australia 2004 disestablishments in Australia

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Norm Wingert

Norman "Norm" Wingert (born April 18, 1950) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a goalkeeper. He played in the North American Soccer League between 1973 and 1975 for the Philadelphia Atoms. His son Chris is also a professional footballer. Wingert attended Hartwick College where he played soccer from 1969 to 1971. He then played for the Philadelphia Atoms of the North American Soccer League from 1973 to 1975. In 1976, he played for the New York Apollo of the American Soccer League. Norm is the father of Chris Wingert who played as a defender for Real Salt Lake. References External links NASL career stats American soccer players American Soccer League (1933–1983) players Hartwick Hawks men's soccer players New York Apollo players North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players Philadelphia Atoms players 1950 births Living people Association football goalkeepers

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Copa Petrobras Asunción

The Copa Petrobras Asunción is a tennis tournament that has been held in Asunción, Paraguay since 2006. The event is part of the ATP Challenger Tour and is played on outdoor clay courts. Past finals Singles Doubles External links ITF search ATP Challenger Tour Tennis tournaments in Paraguay Clay court tennis tournaments

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Chicken Française

Chicken Française (or Chicken Francese) is an Italian-American dish of flour-dredged, egg-dipped, sautéed chicken cutlets with a lemon-butter and white wine sauce. The dish is popular in the region surrounding Rochester, New York, where it is known as Chicken French, to the point that some have suggested the dish be called Chicken Rochester. When Italian immigrants arrived in Rochester, they brought their recipes with them, including veal francese, but they substituted chicken for the more expensive veal. Another source says that Veal Francese had been popular in the region since the 1950s, but when consumers boycotted veal in the 1970s, area chefs like James Cianciola of the Brown Derby Restaurant successfully substituted chicken. Cianciola credits chefs Tony Mammano and Joe Cairo with bringing the dish from New York City. Despite being such a well-known dish in Italian-American culture, francese is not a classical dish or sauce. There are no written recipes that mark the origin of this dish. Artichokes French is a common variation using artichoke hearts instead of chicken. Artichokes French is often served as an appetizer. See also Piccata List of chicken dishes Italian-American cuisine References French Italian-American cuisine Culture of Rochester, New York Cuisine of New York (state)

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2003 Men's European Water Polo Championship

The 2003 Men's European Water Polo Championship was the 26th edition of the event, organised by the Europe's governing body in aquatics, the Ligue Européenne de Natation. The event took place in the Aquatic Centre in Kranj, Slovenia from June 6 to June 15, 2003. There were two qualification tournaments ahead of the event, held from April 9 to April 13, 2003 in Kyiv, Ukraine (with Belarus, Spain, Germany, Netherlands, France and Ukraine competing) and Bratislava, Slovakia (Greece, Slovakia, Romania, Poland, Malta and Turkey). Teams GROUP A GROUP B Preliminary round GROUP A GROUP B Quarterfinals Thiursday June 12, 2003 Semifinals Friday June 13, 2003 Finals Sunday June 15, 2003 — Bronze Medal Sunday June 15, 2003 — Gold Medal Final ranking Individual awards Most Valuable Player Best Goalkeeper Topscorer — 24 goals References Results Men 2003 International water polo competitions hosted by Slovenia European Championship Water polo

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Pacific Airways

Pacific Airways may refer to: Pacificair (Pacific Airways Corporation), an airline in the Philippines Pacific Airways Inc., a small airline that operates DHC-2 Beaver float planes in Ketchikan, Alaska, United States Pacific Airlines may refer to: Canadian Pacific Airlines (also known as CP Air), a defunct (1942–1987) airline, later known as Canadian Airlines and now forming part of Air Canada Pacific Airlines an airline in Vietnam See also Cathay Pacific Airways

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Torneo República

The Torneo República (Republic Tournament) is a defunct official football tournament from Paraguay. The competition was held at the beginning of the year and its purpose was to integrate teams from the Asunción area with teams from other departments in order to give teams from all over the country a chance to qualify for international CONMEBOL tournaments. Finals ''*undefeated References Bibliography Corporación Deportiva Fénix (ed.) Campeones Oficiales. (In Spanish) Retrieved Nov 8, 2012. Torres, Carlos (Oct 30, 2012) D10 (ed.) «Los equipos "campesinos" en la Primera División». (In Spanish) Retrieved Dec 20, 2012. Defunct football competitions in Paraguay 1990 in Paraguayan football 1991 in Paraguayan football 1992 in Paraguayan football 1993 in Paraguayan football 1995 in Paraguayan football

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Serbia Zijin Bor Copper

Serbia Zijin Bor Copper, formerly known as RTB Bor, is a copper mining and smelting complex located in Bor, Serbia. History Formation and expansion The first geological explorations of copper ore in Bor area were conducted in 1897 and covered the area at the time called "Tilva Roš". The explorations were performed by the Serbian industrialist Đorđe Vajfert, who later provided investments of capital from France and set up a company called the "French Society of the Bor Mines, the Concession St. George". The company, with its headquarters in Paris, started operations on 1 June 1904. The French capital remained in Bor until the end of the World War II. 1951–1988: SFR Yugoslavia In 1951, the company's assets were nationalized by the Government of SFR Yugoslavia. Since then, the company Bor was in the state ownership. From 1951 until 1988, the company has changed its organizational structure, from the "organization of associated labor" to state-owned enterprise "RTB Bor". 1990s–2000s During 1993, following the breakup of SFR Yugoslavia and the outbreak of the Yugoslav Wars, RTB Bor made various investments which further initiated opening of the new mining operations such as new pit mine called "Cerovo". Since the mid-1990s and during the time of sanctions on the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, production in the RTB Bor dropped significantly from the very prosperous 1970s and 1980s. This has been due to both diminishing reserves and the inability to obtain new equipment that would most efficiently gather the remaining ore, which is no longer of such a high grade. Copper mining as the key basis of Bor's economy had significant effects on Bor's inhabitants due to decreased production during the 1990s and 2000s. 2007–2008 failed purchases In March 2007, the Government of Serbia sold RTB Bor to the Romanian Cuprom for a sum of US$400 million. Cuprom pledged to modernize the production facilities in RTB Bor and Majdanpek mine, in order to improve the productivity levels. However, due to Cuprom's failure to meet a deadline regarding the financing, the Government of Serbia had cut the deal and the complex was put up for privatization once again. In February 2008, following the second tender, RTB Bor was sold to the Austrian A-TEC for a sum of $466 million plus obligation to invest $180.4 million in facilities. After the signing of the contract was made, the first $150 million was delivered by A-TEC. However, the problems arose after A-TEC missed its deadline for the second payment at $230 million, due to A-TEC's trouble to secure bank guarantees due to the global recession caused by the financial crisis of 2007–2008. A-TEC was not permitted to see returned the $150 million it had already paid. The Government of Serbia later voted to scrap the contract and offer Oleg Deripaska's Strikeforce Mining and Resources (SMR) as the second ranked bidder a chance to purchase RTB Bor. However, after a set of negotiations, SMR decided not to increase their first offer and the second tender had officially failed. 2008–2017 For more than two decades, RTB Bor has been among the most unprofitable Serbian companies, with the accumulated debt of more than 1 billion euros. However, the Government of Serbia kept investing hundreds of millions euros in new production facilities, and even wrote off company's debts worth 1 billion euros to the government-owned companies such as Elektroprivreda Srbije. Even with high copper prices on global markets, RTB Bor continued with financial losses. For calendar year 2015 net loss was around 110 million euros and for 2016 it amounted to 42 million euros. In 2017, Greek Mytilineos Holdings won a multi-year trial against RTB Bor before the Geneva Arbitration Tribunal, seeking $40 million for failure to fulfill the contract and subsequent financial losses. During the 1990s, RTB Bor imported the copper concentrate from Mytilineos, processed it, but never sent back 4,000 tonnes of processed copper to the Greek company. Mytilineos has also launched several other lawsuits against RTB Bor over the non-fulfilled contracts signed during the 1990s. In 2017, according to the general director Spaskovski, RTB Bor had a positive net result after years of net losses, with $306 million (€255 million) of revenues and $73 million (€61 million) of EBITDA. For 2017, around 18 million tonnes of ore was mined, of which 235,000 tonnes of concentrate was processed and finally, 43,000 tonnes of copper, 5 tonnes of silver and 700 kilograms of gold was obtained. Around 75% of the processed copper is exported, while the rest is being further processed by domestic copper companies "Valjaonica bakra Sevojno" and "Pometon". 2017–present In 2017, the Government of Serbia was obliged to find a strategic partner or buyer by March 2018, in a memorandum with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The sale was later postponed until June 2018. Three companies - Zijin Mining from China, Diamond Fields International from Canada and U Gold from Russia - placed bids in a tender for a strategic partner. The Serbian government has chosen the Chinese Zijin Mining Group as its strategic partner for the copper mining and smelting complex, RTB Bor. On 31 August 2018, Chinese mining company Zijin Mining took over 63% of shares of the company, in a $1.26 billion deal with the Government of Serbia. On 18 December 2018, Zijin Mining formally took over the company under new name "Zijin Bor Copper". Later, it was announced that suffix "Serbia" will be added. For 2018 calendar year, Zijin Bor Copper had net income of around 760 million euros, with most of it coming from debts conversion into shares. Organization RTB Bor Group is composed of the following subsidies: RBB – Copper Mine Bor RBM – Copper Mine Majdanpek TIR – Smelter and Refinery The ledges of the Zijin Bor Copper are located in the southwestern part of the Carpathian Mountains and are mostly of porphyry type within the Upper Bor District eruptive area. The currently undeveloped underground site "Borska Reka", located within the Jama mine, represents a very significant potential mineral resource. The overview of total resources: Criticism Air pollution Several protests has been held in Bor in eastern Serbia over excessive air pollution that has been intensified since Zijin took over copper miner Rudarsko-Topioničarski Basen (RTB) in late 2018. Since January 2019, Bor has been struggling with excessive air pollution, with sulfur dioxide (SO2) levels topping 2,000 micrograms per cubic meter, up from the maximum allowed 350. Protesters demanded that the city government urgently adopt a plan so that the line ministry and state inspectorates can react to the alarming pollution levels in Bor. As early as April 2019, the inspector had ordered the company to take action against air pollution of the environment, human health and the environment, because it emitted excessive SO2. Zijin then explained in a letter to the Ministry of Environment that the power outage had caused pollution. However, control a few months later, in August, showed another omission – Zijin did not have a system for wet dust removal during the transportation of tailings on the Bor mine, which also threatened human health and the environment. Zijin was ordered to solve the problem, and the company later told the Ministry that a dust suppression system had been installed, which was put to trial. In November 2019, CINS sought an interview with Zijin on the topic of air pollution, to which the company responded with a press release. It says that by the end of the year, the company will have a total of five SO2-neutralized dust spray machines. Documentation obtained by CINS shows that by that time, two of the machines purchased had been in operation for about two months, but pollution data showed that it had no significant effect on the reduction of sulfur dioxide. Gallery See also List of copper production by company Valjaonica bakra Sevojno Bor mine Borska Reka mine Dumitru Potok mine Mali Krivelj mine Majdanpek mine Veliki Krivelj mine References External links Rudnik dugova at insajder.net Bor, Serbia 1904 establishments in Serbia 2003 mergers and acquisitions 2018 mergers and acquisitions Companies based in Bor Copper mining companies of Serbia D.o.o. companies in Serbia Energy companies of Serbia Metal companies of Serbia Non-renewable resource companies established in 1904 Serbian brands Smelting Companies of Yugoslavia Smelters of Yugoslavia Smelters of Serbia Copper smelters

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silk%20Stocking%20Sal

Silk Stocking Sal

Silk Stocking Sal is a 1924 American drama film directed by Tod Browning and starring Evelyn Brent. Plot As described in a review in a film magazine, member of an underworld gang Sal (Brent), while robbing a safe in a house, is surprised by the owner Bob Cooper (Ellis), who falls for her story and gives her enough money to go straight. She laughs at him, but her mother's sympathy makes an impression on her so she takes a job at Bob's office. Bob's partner is murdered, and Bob is convicted and sentenced, based upon circumstantial evidence, to death in the electric chair. Sal is so sure that Bull Reagan (Metcalfe), leader of a gang, is the murderer that she rejoins the gang. At the last minute, she taunts a confession out of him. Bob is saved and finds happiness with Sal. Cast Promotion A theater in Waterloo, Iowa, reportedly handed out a pair of silk stockings as a promotion to viewers. Preservation With no prints of Silk Stocking Sal located in any film archives, it, as with most FBO films of the mid-1920s, is a lost film. References External links 1924 films American silent feature films American black-and-white films 1924 drama films Films directed by Tod Browning Lost American films Silent American drama films Film Booking Offices of America films 1924 lost films Lost drama films

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff%20Bates%20%28technologist%29

Jeff Bates (technologist)

Jeff Bates, also known as hemos, is the co-founder of Slashdot along with Rob Malda ("CmdrTaco"). Bates graduated from Holland Christian High School in 1994 and received a Bachelor's degree in History and Biology from Hope College in 1998. Malda and Bates created Slashdot in 1997, while undergraduates at Hope College. In 1999 they sold the site to Andover.net, which was acquired by VA Linux Systems in 2000 (which became SourceForge, Inc. in 2007, then Geeknet, Inc. in 2009). Bates served as Director of Media Operations for Geeknet from May 2001 through July 2004, when he became Vice President of Editorial Operations and Executive Editor of Slashdot. In February 2008 he became Geeknet's Vice President of Platform and headed the core engineering and product teams for Slashdot, freshmeat, and SourceForge. In August 2011, Bates joined Google. He worked at Google as Chief of Staff for the CIO, and as of 2019, is the Chief of Product Operations. Slashdot Bates and Malda founded Slashdot in July 1997 under the name "chips and dips", renamed in September 1997. Slashdot was a technology-related news website, which features user-submitted and evaluated news stories about science and technology related topics. In 2012, Slashdot had around 3.7 million unique visitors per month and received over 5300 comments per day. The site has won more than 20 awards, including People's Voice Awards in 2000 for Best Community Site and Best News Site. Occasionally, a story will link to a server causing a large surge of traffic, which can overwhelm some smaller or independent sites. This phenomenon is known as the Slashdot effect. References Living people American computer businesspeople American Internet celebrities Geeknet Hope College alumni Slashdot 1976 births 21st-century American businesspeople Google employees

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teoc%2C%20Mississippi

Teoc, Mississippi

Teoc is an unincorporated community in Carroll County, Mississippi and is part of the Greenwood, Mississippi micropolitan area approximately northeast of Greenwood on Teoc Road along Teoc Creek. History Located about eight miles northwest of North Carrollton, Teoc is probably the oldest settlement in Carroll County. The community takes its name from Teoc Creek. A post office operated under the name Teoc from 1860 to 1907. William Alexander McCain, great-great grandfather of Arizona former senator John McCain, purchased Teoc Plantation in 1851 and owned at least 52 slaves there. He died in 1863, fighting for the Confederacy during the American Civil War. Bill McCain, a descendant and cousin of Senator McCain, still owns 1500 of the plantation's former . Since 2003, black and white descendants of the community at Teoc have attended family reunions organized by the black McCains, descended from two of the plantation's slaves, Isom and Lettie, and Henderson McCain. After the Civil War, the blacks remained closely entwined with Teoc, remaining as tenants of William Alexander's son, John Sidney McCain, and adopting the McCain surname. Black people surnamed McCain in Teoc, organizers of schooling for African-American children in the 1880s, were local leaders in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. Notable people William Hemingway, mayor of Jackson, Mississippi from 1901 to 1905 and member of the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1920. Blues singer Mississippi John Hurt was born in Teoc. George Redditt, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1916 to 1920 References Unincorporated communities in Mississippi Unincorporated communities in Carroll County, Mississippi Greenwood, Mississippi micropolitan area

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Col%C3%A1iste%20Chroabh%20Abhann

Coláiste Chroabh Abhann

Coláiste Chraobh Abhann [English: The College of a Branch over a River] is a community secondary school situated in Kilcoole, County Wicklow, Ireland. It is owned and run by the Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board. It was built in 2003 and reached its capacity of 560 students in 2009. The current principal is Oliver Stack. Students at the school sit the Junior Certificate syllabus for their first three years at the school, and the Leaving Certificate syllabus for their last two, with the option of Transition Year between. References External links http://www.colaisteca.ie/ Secondary schools in County Wicklow 2003 establishments in Ireland Educational institutions established in 2003

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Down%20by%20the%20Station

Down by the Station

"Down By the Station" (also known as "Down at the Station") is a popular song written by Paul Mills and Slim Gaillard and first recorded by The Slim Gaillard Trio in 1947. The song was most famously recorded by Tommy Dorsey in 1948. Background The song remains popular today as a children's music standard. The opening lines of the song are: Down by the station, early in the morning, see the little pufferbellies all in a row. It is a simple song about a railroad station master seeing the steam locomotives off to work. The song itself is much older than 1948; it has been seen in a 1931 Recreation magazine. Whether deliberately copied or not, the tune is very closely related to the chorus of the French-Canadian folk song "Alouette". Although the first line is similar to "Alouette", it is more closely related to the tune of "The Itsy-Bitsy Spider," with the first two lines being similar. The third line of "Down by the Station" is higher in pitch than the second, and the fourth line returns to the pitch of the first line (except for a higher pitched or onomatopoetic "Toot! Toot!"). Other versions The Four Preps recorded a version of "Down by the Station" in 1959, featuring an entirely different set of lyrics by group members Bruce Belland and Glen Larson. It peaked at #13 on the Billboard Hot 100. Popular culture Reverend Wilbert Awdry may have been inspired by the words of the song to write his first Railway Series story, Edward's Day Out. See also List of train songs References 1948 songs 1959 singles Children's songs Tommy Dorsey songs Songs about trains Songs written by Slim Gaillard

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Werewolf%20of%20Ponkert

The Werewolf of Ponkert

The Werewolf of Ponkert is a collection of two horror short stories by H. Warner Munn. It was published in book form with its sequel in 1958 by The Grandon Company in an edition of 500 copies. The edition was reissued as a hardback book by Centaur Books of New York in 1971, and as a paperback edition in 1976. The first story, "The Werewolf of Ponkert" arose from a comment by H.P. Lovecraft suggesting a story written from the werewolf's point of view. The stories, from Munn's Tales of the Werewolf Clan series (collected in book form, 2 vols., 1979), first appeared in the magazine Weird Tales. The first story was originally published in Weird Tales magazine, Vol. 6, No. 1, Issue 22, July 1925. The sequel, "The Werewolf's Daughter" (in abridged form) was published in Weird Tales, Vol. 12, No. 4, No. 5 & No. 6 (Issues 61, 62 & 63) in October 1928, November 1928 & December 1928. Contents "The Werewolf of Ponkert" "The Werewolf's Daughter" References Sources 1958 short story collections Horror short story collections Werewolves in written fiction Works originally published in Weird Tales

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

Bardowiek

Bardowiek () is an abandoned village in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It lies in the territory of the municipality Selmsdorf. History The earliest surviving record of Bardowiek is in the Ratzeburger Hufenregister and dates from 1292. The town was virtually destroyed during the Thirty Years War, but was rebuilt after the war’s end in 1648. During the early years of the German Democratic Republic there were still approximately forty residents. However, Bardowiek found itself in the five kilometre wide closed zone, a strip of land cleared by the government directly to the east of the Inner German border. In 1960, all the farmsteads were incorporated into the farming collective of Palingen. Destruction of the former farms began in 1977 and was completed only in 1989. After the reunification, surviving former residents sought to rebuild the village. However, their aspirations have been thwarted by a succession of legal disputes. Context of Bardowiek's destruction In the district of North-west Mecklenburg alone, no fewer than thirteen separate villages were destroyed during the later decades of the East German state in order to clear a strip of land beside the Inner German border. This was done to create a larger territory of a "no-go area" closest to the border to West Germany after the east became concerned about the extent of emigration to the western state. Other nearby destroyed villages included Lenschow, Wahlstorf (Lüdersdorf), Lankow (Mustin) and Neuhof (Gadebusch). References Former populated places in Germany Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana%20McIntosh

Diana McIntosh

Diana McIntosh (born March 4, 1937 in Calgary, Alberta) is a contemporary Canadian composer and pianist who is based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Hailed by the Canadian Encyclopedia as "a champion of 20th-century Canadian music", she has premiered piano works by such Canadian composers as Peter Allen (Logos, 1977), Norma Beecroft (Cantorum Vitae, 1981), Robert Daigneault (Corridors, Reminiscences, 1977), Alexina Louie (Pearls, 1980), Marjan Mozetich (Apparition 1985), Boyd McDonald (Fantasy, 1974), Jean Papineau-Couture (Les Arabesques d'Isabelle, 1990), Ann Southam (Four Bagatelles, 1964 & Integruities, 1973 & Inter-views, 1975), Robert Turner (Homage to Melville, 1974), and John Winiarz (Vortices, 1977). In 1977, she and Southam co-founded Music Inter Alia (MIA), a concert series of "contemporary music for people who don't like contemporary music". She served as the MIA's director until 1991. McIntosh earned an associate degree from The Royal Conservatory of Music in 1957 and a Licentiate in Music in 1961. While there she was a pupil of Boris Roubakine. In 1972, she received a Bachelor of Music from the University of Manitoba where she was a pupil of Alma Brock-Smith and Robert Turner. She also studied with Adele Marcus at the Aspen Music Festival and School and privately in New York City. Her other teachers included Gladys Egbert (studies in Calgary), Leonard Isaacs (studies in Winnipeg), and Michael Colgrass (studies in Toronto). Works Diana McIntosh Catalogue of Works References External links Official Website of Diana McIntosh 1937 births Living people Aspen Music Festival and School alumni Canadian women pianists Musicians from Calgary The Royal Conservatory of Music alumni University of Manitoba alumni Women classical pianists 21st-century Canadian composers 21st-century Canadian pianists 21st-century women composers Canadian women composers 21st-century Canadian women musicians

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

BigFM

Big FM is a German radio network that consists of three regional radio stations: bigFM Der Neue Beat in Baden-Württemberg, bigFM Hot Music Radio in Rhineland-Palatinate and bigFM Saarland in Saarland. The format is Rhythmic CHR, and the network specialises in pop, rock, dance, hip-hop and rap. Talk shows are also featured late at night that mainly focuses on young people's issues and stories, and broadcast weeknights from midnight - 2 am (Nightlounge) and Sunday from 10:45 pm - midnight (Night Talk). Frequencies Today bigFM is the biggest private radio station for young people in Germany with 2.5 million weekly listeners. In addition, 11 million people are aware of the station's existence. FM Stuttgart: 89.5 FM Rottweil: 99.0 FM Villingen-Schwenningen: 99.5 FM Cologne: 104.9 FM Frankfurt: 104.5 FM Koblenz: 104.0 FM Trier: 106.4 FM Eifel: 106.6 FM Karlsruhe: 105.2 FM Kaiserslautern: 107.6 FM Saarburg: 96.5 FM Pirmasens: 96.7 FM Baden-Baden: 103.8 FM Mannheim: 87.8 FM Heidelberg: 90.9 FM Sinsheim: 97.2 FM Ulm: 99.7 FM Freiburg: 102.8 FM Tübingen: 89.7 FM Heilbronn: 104.7 FM Aalen: 105.1 FM Göppingen: 100.3 FM Ludwigshafen: 106.7 FM Saarbrücken: 94.2 FM Merzig: 92.6 FM St. Ingbert: 96.8 Controversy The creators of bigFM had always been using practices that were rated by observers as nonsense or meaningless. In one case in 2016 this also led to a criticism of the national institute for communication Baden-Wuerttemberg at the marketing practice of the transmitter. One of the station's most controversial actions took place in summer 2017. Breakfast DJ Rob Green attempted to send a WhatsApp message to Marlen Gröger, who he expected to be a newsreader for DASDING. Its content stated that if she could leave the studio immediately even when she was reading out the news on that station, she would get a job on "Germany's biggest morning show". That message was finally sent at 7:31am that day. The message was as follows (originally in German):Hey Marlen, wenn du jetzt LIVE während deiner Nachrichten hinschmeißt, hab ich nen Job für dich in Deutschlands biggster Morningshow auf BigFM! Wir hören dich gerade!It turned out that the person who read the newscast at the time on DASDING was Athene Pi Permantier, not Marlen. In addition, Marlen had already finished her contract with DASDING for quite some time and was now working at BigFM. The radio station's production team posted an image of the act as its proof, however it caused some major backlash, with Facebook users calling the act "fake news", "scam" and questioning the station's journalistic ethic. Moreover, Baden-Württemberg Foundation decided to cancel the media partnership with BigFM for an event against fake news, false reports and fake information. The radio station later issued an apology saying they were sorry for this cancellation, but assured it was completely about "introducing a new good journalist" alone, and argued that the term of "fake news" was highly questionable, since Rob Green's show was entertainment-oriented, not hard news-oriented. In the comment section under some of the event's reports, some users said the action was not good, but described the excitement as "exaggerated." It was also noted that Marlen Gröger could not read Rob's message whatsoever during the live newscast. After investigating this view was confirmed by the Landesanstalt für Kommunikation Baden-Württemberg (LFK). There is also no violation of the state media law. The LFK accused the media criticism website Übermedien.de for "mistakenly" reporting about the bigFM action. Webradios In addition to the four main BigFM streams, BigFM also provides 22 webradios including: BigFM Charts BigFM Hip-Hop BigFM Dance BigFM Mashup BigFM Rock am Ring BigFM Sunset Lounge BigFM US Rap & Hip-Hop BigFM Oldschool Rap & Hip-Hop BigFM Deutschrap BigFM Deutscher Hip-Hop Charts BigFM Oldschool Deutschrap BigFM Groovenight BigFM Urban Club Beats BigFM World Beats BigFM NitroX EDM & Progressive BigFM NitroX Deep & Tech House BigFM Latin Beats BigFM Dancehall & Reggae Vibez BigBALKAN BigSES Türkei BigRUSSIA BigORIENT References External links Official bigFM cityclubbing Website bigKARRIERE - Job Information Board of BigFM (German) Radio stations in Germany Radio stations established in 2000

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/See%20You%2C%20See%20Me

See You, See Me

See you, See me is an Educational programme set in Scotland. It aired on BBC2 for several series between 1993 and 2005. The equivalent programme broadcast from London was Zig Zag, as both series focused on the 7 – 9 age group. Some early episodes were 15 minutes in length, while most programmes were 20 minutes. Grant Stott and Wilma Kennedy were the presenters from the beginning until the 2000s. Three series involved exploring Scottish Physical Features which saw the arrival of Goggs the Alien and Tess McCalli. Tess had a call from an American man called Mr Penneny who lived in New York City. Mr Penneny wanted to find out about the Central Lowlands where See you, See me is filmed. Series 4 was Aired in 2005 and starred Katrina Bryan and Gavin Mitchell. The latest series was presented by James MacKenzie who explored the geography and the history of Scotland. Episodes First broadcast in 1994 episodes: Romans in Scotland (15 minute episodes) (repeated in 2000) Programme 1 Frontier people Programme 2 Home Programme 3 Food Programme 4 Health Programme 5 Trade First broadcast in Autumn 1995 episodes: 1960's Programme 1 Entertainment Programme 2 Home life Programme 3 School life Programme 4 Shops and money Programme 5 Transport First broadcast in 1997 episodes: Health 1. Food Is Fun 2. Food Is Fuel 3. Feeling Fine 4. Breathe Easy 5. Being Different Maps 1. Landscape 2. Symbols 3. Farm And Croft 4. Towns 5. Transport Scotland (broadcast Spring 1997) 1. Hill 2. Glen 3. River 4. Moor 5. Sea Loch Weather 1. Weather: Rain And Snow 2. Weather: Sun And Wind 3. Weather Music 4. Weather: Art 5. Weather: Movement First broadcast in 1998 episodes: Vikings 1. Sea (12,13 January 1998) 2. Invaders (19, 20 January 1998) 3. Home And Settlements (26, 27 January 1998) 4. Women And Girls (2, 3 February 1998) 5. Trade And Crafts (9, 10, 16, 17 February 1998) Design 1. Designing Your Clothes (23, 24 February) 2. Designing Your Place (2, 3 March) 3. Designing Your Environment (9, 10 March) 4. Designing To Tell (16, 17 March) 5. Designing To Entertain (23, 24 March) Networks 1. Getting Around Town 2. Getting Out of Town 3. Goods on the Move 1 4. Goods on the Move 2 5. Eurolinks Castles 1. Building A Castle 2. Living in a Castle 3. Castle Under Siege 4. Castle Banquet 5. Castle at Leisure First broadcast in 1999 episodes: Money 1. What Is Money? 2. What Is A Bank? 3. Money at Work Where We Live 1. Falkirk And Stromness 1 2. Falkirk And Stromness 2 First broadcast in 2000 episodes: Farming 1. On The Farm 2. Farmer's Year Space 1. Solar System 2. Sun And Moon 3. Space Quest Scotland's Inventors 1. Communication – John Logie Baird 2. Transport – James Watt 3. Medicine – Alexander Fleming Cycle into Europe 1. Good Cycling 2. In The Town 3. In The Country Buildings of Faith 1. Christian Church 2. Jewish Synagogue 3. Moslem Mosque 4. Sikh Gurdwara Autumn 2001 1 Money Programme 1. What Is Money? Programme 2. What Is A Bank? Programme 3. Money at Work 2 Picts and Scots Programme 1 The Picts Programme 2 The Scotti Programme 3 The New Scots 3 Transport Networks Programme 1 Getting around town Programme 2 Getting out of town Programme 3 Goods on the move I – rail and sea links Programme 4 Goods on the move II – road links Programme 5 Euro links Spring 2002 1 The Vikings Programme 1 The sea Programme 2 Invaders Programme 3 Homes Programme 4 Women and girls Programme 5 Trade and crafts Autumn 2002 1 Scotland's Inventors 2 Weather – People and Place Spring 2003 1 Are you eco-friendly? Programme 1 The seashore Programme 2 The river Programme 3 The town Programme 4 The forest Programme 5 The mountain 2 Castles Programme 1 Building a castle Programme 2 Living in a castle Programme 3 Castle under siege Programme 4 A castle banquet Programme 5 A castle at leisure Autumn 2003 1 Buildings of Faith Programme 1. Christian Church Programme 2. Jewish Synagogue Programme 3. Moslem Mosque Programme 4. Sikh Gurdwara 2 Cycle into Europe Programme One Safe cycling Programme Two in town Programme Three The countryside Autumn 2004 1 Scotland's Inventors Programme 1 Communication Programme 2 Transport Programme 3 Medicine 2 Skara Brae Programme 1 The evidence Programme 2 The discovery 4 Farming 5 Space Programme 1. Solar System Programme 2. Sun And Moon Programme 3. Space Quest Spring 2005 1 Scottish physical features part 2 – The Central Lowlands Programme 1 Powerful Places Programme 2 Restless Rivers Programme 3 Volcanic Scotland 2 Weather – People and place Programme 1. Rain and Snow 17 January: 1030–1050 Programme 2. Sun and Wind 17 January: 1050–1110 Autumn 2005 1 Citizenship: making decisions Programme 1 at home with decisions Programme 2 Out and about with T.O.P.S. 2 Are you eco-friendly? Programme 1 The seashore Programme 2 The river Programme 3 The town Programme 4 The forest Programme 5 The mountain 3 Money Programme 1 What is money? Programme 2 What is a bank? Programme 3 Making and spending money Spring 2006 1 Scottish physical features part 3 – The Southern Uplands 2 Risk Programme 1 Living dangerously Programme 2 Stick to your guns Autumn 2006 1 Castles Programme 1 Building a castle Programme 2 Living in a castle Programme 3 Castle under siege Programme 4 A castle banquet Programme 5 A castle at leisure 2 The Highlands and Islands Programme 6 The Grampian Tour Programme 7 The Northern Tour Programme 8 The Island Tour 3 Farming Programme 9 on the farm Programme 10 The farmer's year Spring 2007 Vikings in Scotland Programme 1 The coming of the Norse Programme 2 The success of the Norse Programme 3 The legacy of the Norse Financial capability – Treasure! Programme 4 The bounty and the budget Programme 5 Debts and doubloons Autumn 2007 Buildings of Faith Programme 1 The Jewish Synagogue (15 October) Programme 2 The Sikh Gurdwara Programme 3 The Christian Church (12 November) Programme 4 The Islamic Mosque (19 November) Spring 2008 1 Skara Brae Programme 1 The evidence (10 January) Programme 2 The discovery (17 January) 2 Birds Programme 1 Urban birds (24 January) Programme 2 Rural birds (31 January) Programme 3 Coastal birds (7 February) 3 Central lowlands Programme 1 Powerful Places (28 February) Programme 2 Restless Rivers (6 March) Programme 3 Volcanic Scotland (13 March) 4 Cycle into Europe Cycle into Europe Programme One Safe cycling (29 February) Programme Two in town (7 March) Programme Three The countryside (14 March) Autumn 2008 Financial Capability Mondays 11:40 3 November 2008 The Bounty and the Budget 10 November 2008 Debts and Doubloons The Romans Fridays 11:40 7 November 2008 Programme 1 14 November 2008 Programme 2 Vikings in Scotland Fridays 11:40 21 November 2008 The Coming of the Norse 28 November 2008 The Success of the Norse 5 December 2008 The Legacy of the Norse BBC Scotland Education Teacher Notes 2001 – 2008 Series One 1993 Historic Scotland 1 – 4 September 1993 Historic Scotland 2 – 11 September 1993 Historic Scotland 3 – 18 September 1993 Series Two 1999 Finding out 1 – 1 January 1999 Finding out 2 – 8 January 1999 Finding out 3 – 15 January 1999 Series Three 2004 Decisions 1 – 22 March 2004 Decisions 2 – 29 March 2004 Decisions 3 – 5 April 2004 Series Four 2005 Powerful places – 7 January 2005 Restless Rivers – 14 January 2005 Volcanic Scotland – 21 January 2005 Series Five 2007 – The Vikings of Scotland – 30 March 2007 The history of Loch-ness – 20 April 2007 Roman Scotland – 27 April 2007 Celtic Scotland – 4 May 2007 Scottish cooking – 11 May 2007 Scottish Castles – 18 May 2007 Unknown Tx date: HEALTH AND SAFE LIVING Look out for yourself Making friends In touch ok/not ok BBC Television shows Scottish television shows

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capetus%20%28amphibian%29

Capetus (amphibian)

Capetus is an extinct genus of temnospondyl from the Upper Carboniferous of the Czech Republic. It reached a length of 150 cm. References Sequeira, S. E. K. & Milner, A. R. 1993. The temnospondyl amphibian Capetus from the Upper Carboniferous of the Czech Republic. Palaeontology 36, 657–680. Steyer, J. S., Damiani, R., Sidor, C. A., O'Keefe, R., Larsson, H. C. E., Maga, A. & Ide, O. 2006. The vertebrate fauna of the Upper Permian of Niger. IV. Nigerpeton ricqlesi (Temnospondyli: Cochleosauridae), and the edopoid colonization of Gondwana. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26, 18–28. Carboniferous temnospondyls of Europe Temnospondyls Prehistoric amphibian genera

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renee%20Godfrey

Renee Godfrey

Renee Godfrey (born Renee Vera Haal; September 1, 1919 – May 24, 1964) was an American stage and motion picture actress and singer. Early life Godfrey was born September 1, 1919, in New York, with Dutch and French ancestry as the daughter of Emil Haall, a Dutch diamond merchant, and his wife. Career Beginning at age 11, she worked as a model, and as a sophomore in high school she switched to night classes so that she could model during the day. She posed for artist John La Gatta and photographers Edward Steichen, Victor Keppler, John Hutchins, and others. She appeared in advertisements that were published nationally, and she had the most-photographed hands and legs in New York. When a film executive saw her image on a billboard, that led the way to her work in motion pictures. Godfrey was featured on both radio and television programs in Britain. She initially entered films at RKO, working as Renee Haal, and made her début in Sam Wood's Kitty Foyle (1940). Also in 1940, she was selected by RKO as that studio's actress most likely to succeed in a film career. Her next movie, Unexpected Uncle (1941), was directed by Peter Godfrey, who also directed her in the romantic thriller Highways by Night in 1942. Her work in Unexpected Uncle resulted in her signing a long-term contract with RKO early in 1942. She began working as Renee Godfrey in Up in Arms (1944). During World War II, she and her husband entertained troops with amateur magic shows that they put on through the USO. She continued working in small roles, such as Vivian Vedder in Terror by Night (1946), in which she sported a particularly unconvincing English accent, and Mrs. Stebbins in Stanley Kramer's Inherit the Wind. She worked into the 1960s, appearing in Can-Can and Tender Is the Night. For the most part, however, Godfrey was out of view. Her director-husband, who had flourished on 50s TV, was in ill health by the end of the decade. Taking secretarial and real estate classes to help support the family income, Godfrey tried making a comeback of sorts, finding bit roles in the films. She was also a guest player on such shows as Perry Mason, Hazel, The Donna Reed Show and Wagon Train. Personal life In 1938, she went to London for a singing engagement and met the actor/director/screenwriter Peter Godfrey, whom she married on August 6, 1941. He was almost 20 years her senior. With primary focus on raising her three children (which included a set of twins), she was seen only sporadically on TV during the 1950s with guest roles on programs hosted by Loretta Young and Jane Wyman. Death She died in Los Angeles, California, on 24 May 1964 from the effects of cancer. She was 44 years old. Her final performance in the film, Those Calloways was released posthumously. Her body was buried at Glendale's Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Filmography Films roles Kitty Foyle (1940) - Shopgirl in Elevator (uncredited) Let's Make Music (1941) - Helen, Chorus Girl (uncredited) Citizen Kane (1941) - Nurse (uncredited) Hurry, Charlie, Hurry (1941) - Josephine Whitley (as Renee Haal) Unexpected Uncle (1941) - Carol West (as Renee Haal) Wedded Blitz (1942) - (as Renee Haal) Framing Father (1942) - Mary Adams (as Renee Haal) Highways by Night (1942) - Ellen Cromwell Up in Arms (1944) - Goldwyn Girl (uncredited) Bedside Manner (1945) - Stella Livingston Terror by Night (1946) - Vivian Vedder Winter Wonderland (1947) - Phyllis Simpson Down Missouri Way (1946) - Gloria Baxter French Leave (1948) - Mimi The Decision of Christopher Blake (1948) - Sheila, Actress in Play (uncredited) Can-Can (1960) - Dowager (uncredited) Inherit the Wind (1960) - Mrs. Stebbins Tender Is the Night (1962) - Nurse (uncredited) Those Calloways (1965) - Sarah Mellott (uncredited) (final film role) Television roles Duffy's Tavern (1 episode, 1954) - Renee Dr. Hudson's Secret Journal (1 episode, 1955) - Nurse The Star and the Story (1 episode, 1956) - Miss Harrington Buffalo Bill, Jr. (2 episodes, 1956) - Linda Abbott Letter to Loretta (1 episode, 1956) - Andree Chartaud Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre (2 episodes, 1957) - Dorothy / Mrs. Dioso Zane Grey Theater (2 episodes, 1960) - Alicia The Ann Sothern Show (1 episode, 1961) - Martha Newton Frontier Circus (1 episode, 1962) - Stella Hazel (1 episode, 1962) - Miss Lewis The Donna Reed Show (1 episode, 1962) - Gloria Perry Mason (2 episodes, 1960–1962) - Lady Librarian / Miss Winslow General Electric Theater (1 episode, 1962) - Ethel The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1 episode, 1962) - Hartman's Secretary References External links Renee Godfrey at weblo.com Biography at New York Times online 1919 births 1964 deaths Deaths from cancer in California Actresses from New York (state) Singers from New York (state) American stage actresses American television actresses American film actresses 20th-century American actresses 20th-century American singers 20th-century American women singers Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)

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Fredensborg BI

Fredensborg Boldklub og Idrætsforening (), known as Fredensborg BI, is a Danish association football club located in the municipality of Fredensborg, which plays in the Zealand Series. Founded on 6 June 1908, it is one of the oldest clubs in Danish football. It competed in the 2003 and 2009 Danish Cup tournaments. Stadium The stadium is used by Fredensborg BI and Fredensborg Atletik Forening og Pedalatleterne, the Fredensborg Athletes' and Cyclists Society. It holds 2,000 spectators, 100 of which are provided with seats. As of late 2008, the maximum number of spectators at one match has been 1,516 people. Trainers Chief trainer Benny Johansen Assistant trainer Freddi Kairies Records Best national ranking: finished 4th in the 1987 Denmark Series External links FBI-Bold, official website Fredensborg BI at Danish Football Association Football clubs in Denmark Fredensborg Municipality Association football clubs established in 1908 1908 establishments in Denmark

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2009 Republic of the Congo presidential election

Presidential elections were held in the Republic of the Congo on 12 July 2009. Long-time President Denis Sassou Nguesso won another seven-year term with a large majority of the vote, but the elections were marred by accusations of irregularities and fraud from the opposition; six opposition candidates chose to boycott the elections. Background In April 2009, a forum called Republican Dialogue was held to prepare for the election. A coalition of about 20 opposition parties called the United Front of Opposition Parties (FUPO) decided to boycott the forum. Pascal Tsaty-Mabiala, the Secretary-General of UPADS and spokesman for FUPO, condemned the preparations for the election, saying that "conditions such as transparency, the revision of lists, and respect for the opposition are not created for this election; it will be neither free nor transparent, and we will contest that." Sassou Nguesso signed a decree on 8 May 2009 (which was announced on 11 May) setting the election date as 12 July 2009. The National Elections Organisation Committee (CONEL) oversaw the election; the opposition criticized it for allegedly favoring the government. Candidates Ange Edouard Poungui, who was Prime Minister from 1984 to 1989, was chosen as the candidate of the largest opposition party, the Pan-African Union for Social Democracy (UPADS), while Mathias Dzon, who was Minister of Finance from 1997 to 2002, was chosen as the candidate of the Alliance for the Republic and Democracy (ARD), a coalition of opposition parties. The incumbent President, Denis Sassou Nguesso of the Congolese Party of Labour (PCT), was widely expected to run; he eventually announced his candidacy at a rally in Brazzaville on 6 June 2009. On 23 February 2009, the formation of an alliance between the PCT and the opposition Rally for Democracy and Development (RDD) was announced. The parties agreed to present a single candidate in the 2009 presidential election, and the RDD agreed to join the government if their joint candidate (presumed to be Denis Sassou Nguesso) won the election. Ange Edouard Poungui was chosen as the UPADS candidate by the party's National Council in a primary election on 30 November 2008. His sole rival for the nomination, Joseph Kignoumbi Kia Mboungou (who was the UPADS candidate in the 2002 presidential election), withdrew from the vote, complaining of "lack of transparency in the process", and Poungui, as the only candidate, received about 85% of the vote. A total of 17 candidates submitted applications to run, and the Constitutional Court approved 13 of them on 18 June. Four candidacies were rejected: those of Poungui, Marcel Guitoukoulou, Rigobert Ngouolali, on the grounds that they had failed to establish their continuous residency in Congo-Brazzaville for at least two years, and that of UPADS dissident Christophe Moukoueke, on the grounds that he exceeded the 70-year age limit for candidates. UPADS spokesman Jean-Claude Ivouloungou denounced the exclusion of Poungui's candidacy and claimed that it was politically motivated, arguing that "over the last two years, all the candidates moved around, to visit family abroad, to fine-tune their plans". By rejecting Poungui's candidacy, the Constitutional Court's decision removed a key opposition candidate from the election and left Matthias Dzon as the main opposition candidate. Conduct On 10 July, six candidates—Dzon, Guy Romain Kinfoussia, Clement Mierassa, Bonaventure Mizidy Bavoueza, Jean-Francois Tchibinda Kouangou, and Marion Matzimba Ehouango—called for the election to be delayed, claiming that the electoral lists were deeply flawed and included people who were not eligible to vote, as well as people who did not exist at all. At an opposition rally later on the same day, Dzon, Kinfoussia, Mierassa, and Bavoueza called for the people to boycott the election. Tchibinda Kouangou and Ehouango were not present at the rally, but Kinfoussia said that they also backed the call for a boycott. Dzon declared on the occasion that "for us, the election is not taking place on July 12 ... It will take place on the day the Congolese people are given a real choice." Roger Bouka Owoko, the head of the Congolese Observatory for Human Rights (OCDH), criticized the electoral lists as "grotesque" on 11 July, saying that it was impossible that there could be so many people who were entitled to vote. Congo's population was estimated at about 3.6 million, and 2.2 million people were officially registered to vote; however, Bouka Owoko said that an extrapolation of statistics from other countries would predict only about 1.6 million registered voters in a population of 3.6 million. Sassou Nguesso, who was expected to win the election easily in the absence of any serious competitors, cast his vote early in the day in northern Brazzaville. CONEL President Henri Bouka claimed a "massive vote in the interior" and said that, contrary to the opposition's claims, the electoral lists were "mostly honest". The six boycotting candidates released a statement on election day asserting that over 90% of eligible voters had not participated in the election. According to the statement, "by this strong rate of abstention, the Congolese who love justice and peace have expressed their rejection of this totalitarian, arrogant and corrupt regime." The statement also urged "national and international opinion to acknowledge the illegitimacy of Denis Sassou Nguesso", and it called for the organization of a new election "with the agreement of all political forces in the country". Meanwhile, the news agency Agence France-Presse reported comments from heads of polling stations in which they described turnout as very low, and it quoted an election observer as stating that "there are more observers than voters." Late on election day, Alain Akouala Atipault, the Minister of Communication, dismissed the opposition claims as "incorrect" and said that the presence of 170 international observers disproved the accusations of fraud. He dismissed the opposition's claim that turnout was less than 10% as "ludicrous", asserting that turnout was strong outside of Brazzaville. The African Union and the Economic Community of Central African States, both of which had observer teams present, endorsed the election as "regular, free and transparent" in a joint statement, and they praised the "calm and serene atmosphere" in which the campaign took place. Results Provisional results were initially planned for release on 14 July, but Minister of Territorial Administration Raymond Mboulou announced that they would be delayed to 15 July because full results from some polling stations had not yet been received. Mboulou announced the provisional results on 15 July. These results showed Denis Sassou Nguesso winning the election with 78.61% of the vote, while Joseph Kignoumbi Kia Mboungou (who had unsuccessfully sought the UPADS nomination and then ran as an independent) placed second with 7.46% and Liberal Republican Party candidate Nicephore Fylla de Saint-Eudes placed third with 6.98%. Having called on his supporters to boycott, Dzon received 2.30% of the vote. Mboulou said that voter turnout was 66.42%. Sassou Nguesso gave a victory speech at his campaign headquarters, declaring that "in peace, freedom and transparency, in the presence of international observers, you have with the 12 July vote renewed your confidence in me". He also said that the country was "not celebrating the victory of one faction over another, of one Congo over another Congo", but rather "the victory of democracy in peace and harmony". Aftermath Kignoumbi Kia Mboungou accepted the results; although he said there might have been shortcomings, he also noted the peaceful atmosphere that was maintained during the election. With regard to turnout, he said that the boycott might have affected it, as well as voter apathy. Kinfoussia, however, described the official turnout rate as "totally false". Ehouango also rejected the results and said that the opposition could potentially take the matter to the Constitutional Court, although he said that the Court was controlled by Sassou Nguesso. The OCDH claimed that turnout was no higher than 20%, and OCDH head Bouka Owoko argued that the low turnout called Sassou Nguesso's legitimacy into question. At a news conference on 17 July, Dzon and four other candidates alleged that the official results were a fraudulent invention; on the same day, Herve Ambroise Malonga, acting as a lawyer for Dzon, filed an appeal at the Constitutional Court seeking the cancellation of the election on the grounds of alleged electoral fraud. Kignoumbi Kia Mboungou met with Sassou Nguesso on 17 July; afterwards he said that they discussed how to move forward, improve government, and satisfy the wishes of the people, and he said that the people had expressed confidence in Sassou Nguesso through the election. Two minor independent candidates, Bertin Pandi Ngouari and Anguios Nganguia Engambé, recognized Sassou Nguesso's victory and congratulated him. In a statement on 18 July, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said that several international journalists had been mistreated by the police during an opposition protest on 15 July. Speaking for the government, Akouala Atipault denied this, saying that the international press was welcome; he observed that the journalists were present "at the heart of a demonstration where some material damage was caused. One might think that some unidentified individuals were behind these acts." He was also critical of the French-language media's coverage of the election, saying that it "seemed disappointed by the fact that this election took place in calm and serenity." Reports published in the independent Congolese press after the election alleged that young men were observed in Brazzaville prior to election day with multiple voter cards, claiming that they intended to cast several votes each. The Constitutional Court confirmed the results on 25 July, ruling that Sassou Nguesso had won the election with 78.61% of the vote (1,055,117 votes). Akouala Atipault said that Sassou Nguesso would be sworn in for his new term on 14 August 2009. Sassou Nguesso was sworn in at a ceremony in Brazzaville on 14 August; various African leaders were present for the occasion. He said that his re-election meant continued "peace, stability and security", and he called for an end to "thinking like ... freeloaders" in reference to international aid received by the country. Sassou Nguesso also made an important announcement at his inauguration, saying that he would set in motion an amnesty bill to pardon Pascal Lissouba, who was President of Congo-Brazzaville from 1992 until being ousted by Sassou Nguesso in 1997; after Lissouba was ousted, he went into exile and was convicted of crimes in absentia. Sassou Nguesso said that he wanted the amnesty bill to be presented to Parliament by the end of 2009. References Congo Presidential election Presidential elections in the Republic of the Congo

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List of Marvel 1602 characters

Marvel 1602 is an eight-issue comic book limited series published in 2003 by Marvel Comics. The limited series was written by Neil Gaiman, penciled by Andy Kubert, and digitally painted by Richard Isanove; Scott McKowen illustrated the distinctive scratchboard covers. The eight-part series takes place in a timeline where Marvel superheroes are members of Elizabethan society. The characters are mainly from Marvel's 1960s period and include Nick Fury, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, Doctor Doom and Magneto. Spider-Man also features, though he appears much younger than the 1960s version and does not have any superpowers. Other popular characters, such as Wolverine and Storm, were not added, because of Gaiman's vision to address the heroes of the 1960s. "The territory doesn't go much further than 1969 in terms of the characters that I picked to use," Gaiman noted. "I couldn't get everybody in because there are an awful lot of Marvel characters." Historical figures Elizabeth I of England - Her history is essentially unchanged from the real-world version. She is assassinated by Count Otto von Doom (see below), a year before she should have died of natural causes. James VI of Scotland and I of England - His history is also largely unchanged. He keeps his firm belief in the Divine Right of Kings and his loathing of the witchbreed (this reality's version of mutants) mirrors the real-life James' view of Catholics. James later took the throne of Elizabeth I following her death and conspired with the Grand Inquisitor to eliminate the Witchbreed. When Javier criticizes Fury for smoking a pipe, Fury remarks that James once made similar reproaches. James was indeed critical of smoking and even wrote A Counterblaste to Tobacco on the subject. On the other hand, he was also a heavy drinker, and he is seldom shown without a cup of wine in his hand. There are also hints towards his homosexuality in this timeline, as there was some suggestion that he was in real life. He was later killed by the Hulk as revealed in Hulk: Broken Worlds #2. He was also later revealed to be this world's version of Wolverine in a later storyline. Virginia Dare - The first English child born in the Americas. In this world, the Roanoke Colony did not disappear in the 1580s. Inspired by a legend that Virginia was killed in the shape of a white deer, Gaiman gives his version shapeshifting powers. She is able to become any real animal (e.g., a wolf and a white deer), dinosaurs that in this timeline still survive in America (e.g., a Tyrannosaurus), and mythological creatures (like a griffin and a sphinx). She was later killed by Master Norman Osborne. Gaiman has stated that he created Virginia Dare without a previous Marvel character basis in order to provide a unique and fully American character in the 1602 universe.. However, her aspect and powers resemble the ones of the Canadian superhero Snowbird. William Shakespeare - A playwright who served the court of Elizabeth I and James I. While working on the scripts for Macbeth, he is kidnapped by the Vulture-Fliers and forced by Otto Von Doom to chronicle his journeys to the advanced city of Bensaylum (this reality's Atlantis) in Marvel 1602: Fantastick Four. Heroes Sir Nicholas Fury - The Queen's Intelligencer. The 1602 world's version of Nick Fury is in the position of Sir Francis Walsingham, one of the great spymasters of the time who obtained the evidence that led to the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots, and vital information that helped defeat the Spanish Armada. When she introduces him to Strange, Queen Elizabeth tells Fury not to give his official title since he will "tell us we do not pay you enough". In fact Elizabeth was extremely cautious with money and Walsingham's secret service got very poor financial support from the state. Dedicated to protecting the realm from threats both inside and out, Walsingham himself got into debt employing agents who have been described as "spies on a shoestring" budget. Doctor Stephen Strange - The Queen's physician who is also an alchemist and magician. Strange's interests and skills mirror some of those of the Queen's contemporary John Dee, a mathematician, astrologer, and geographer who was also interested in conjuring. Strange works from his mansion in the then-village of Greenwich outside London (a play on the "real" Doctor Strange's mansion in Greenwich Village, New York City). Peter Parquagh - Sir Nicholas' apprentice. He is this world's Spider-Man (Peter Parker), although without the powers, but with a keen interest in spiders. A running plot thread is that Peter is constantly being prevented from being bitten by spiders, which is how his mainstream counterpart obtained his powers. When Rojhaz climbs up a tower to fetch Virginia, Peter timidly and ironically says "I can't climb." He is however bitten by a spider caught in the closing timestream rift and later develops powers similar to those of the mainstream Spider-Man, adopting the alias of "the Spider". There are hints of a budding romance between Peter and Virginia Dare, who resembles the ill-fated Gwen Stacy. This is further implied by Virginia's murder at the hands of Norman Osborne. In a lead-up to the Spider-Verse storyline, Peter Parquagh was killed by Morlun. Matthew Murdoch - A blind Irish minstrel and freelance agent who occasionally works for Sir Nicholas. Matthew acquired heightened senses from a mysterious substance he encountered as a child, and is this world's Daredevil (a.k.a. Matt Murdock). He shows a lot of the quick wit and humour that Daredevil displayed before Frank Miller turned him into a more serious and moody character. Clea Strange - Dr. Strange's wife and assistant. Clea comes from another dimension (in which she used to be a Queen) and is herself a sorceress. She is this world's version of Clea. Rojhaz (pronounced "Ro-gers") - Virginia's blonde-haired, blue-eyed Native American bodyguard. The colonists assume him to be a product of congress between Indians and Welsh traders (see Welsh Indians). In fact he is actually Steve Rogers a.k.a. Captain America. Imprisoned in a dystopian future ruled by a President-for-Life and sent back in time, Rogers, and the hole his passage has left in time, serves as the trigger for the warping of history that introduces the other Marvels. He also changes history more directly by helping the Roanoke Colony through the winter. Carlos Javier - A Spaniard living in England where he runs a College for the Sons of Gentlefolk. He is a witchbreed, a being born with special powers (i.e. mutants). But unlike the Inquisitor (see below), he believes in a future of peace between witchbreed (which he calls mutantur or changing ones) and normal humans (the mondani). He is this world's Professor X. Carlos Javier's students - This world's version of the original X-Men. They are: Roberto Trefusis (Robert "Bobby" Drake, Iceman) - A nephew of Sir Francis Drake. Scotius Summerisle (Scott Summers, Cyclops) - He wears a visor made of rubies, and has a branded X on his shoulder which was put there when he was found to be a witchbreed in Scotland. Hal McCoy (Hank McCoy, the Beast) - A student with a grotesque appearance. He also escaped from James' Scotland. "John" Grey (Jean Grey) - "John" Grey is in fact a young woman (a reference to Shakespeare's plays in which young men often dress up women: As You Like It and Twelfth Night). Werner (Warren Worthington III, the Angel) - He was rescued from the Inquisition. His friendship with "Master John" causes jealous resentment on the part of Scotius Summerisle, though Werner is unaware of "John's" true sex. In fact he implies some homosexual feelings towards "Master John", which contrasts with the 1960s version of the Angel who was portrayed as a womanizing playboy. However, it also pays tribute to the love triangle between Jean, Scott, and Warren in the '60s. Uatu the Watcher - He knows that all these heroes and villains are not due for another 350 years and is tempted to break the rules of the Watchers and interfere (albeit not for the first time). The other Watchers see his actions as being for the greater good since the destruction of this universe could result in that of others, leaving them with nothing to watch. Thus they interfere as minimally as possible and Uatu is ultimately rewarded with a gift: the seed of this universe preserved rather than altered by Captain America's return to the future. The Four from the Fantastick - A famous group of heroes who feature in Murdoch's favourite ballad (which Gaiman has written a full version of, although only snippets appear in the comic). They were all transformed when their sailing ship, the Fantastick, encountered a wave of energy from the Sargasso Sea. Trapped under the castle of Count Otto von Doom, they remain in imprisonment until rescued by Sir Nicholas Fury and Carlos Javier. They are this world's Fantastic Four. Gaiman makes the interesting observation that their bodies reflect the four elements that alchemists believed made up all things. They consist of: Captain Benjamin Grimm - The captain of the Fantastick. Grimm's body becomes solid rock Sir Richard Reed - The explorer and genius who convinced the others to go on the voyage. Reed's flesh becomes pliable like water. Susan Storm - Reed's fiancé. Unlike her 616 counterpart, she is permanently invisible. Susan's body becomes weightless and invisible like air Master Jonathan Storm - He retains his hot-headed and sarcastic personality, as well as his rivalry with Ben Grimm, but appears to be several years older than in the 616 continuity; in the original comics, Johnny was a teenager and the same age as Peter Parker, while in 1602 he seems to be an adult. John's body becomes living fire. Donal the Ancient One - A Knight Templar who is entrusted with taking the "Templar Treasure" to Sir Stephen Strange. This proves to be the hammer Mjolnir, disguised as a simple walking stick. Donal is forced to use the hammer to become Thor, a pagan god who according to Donal's religion should not even exist. This act of blasphemy turns him to drink. He is this world's version of Donald Blake, a.k.a. the Mighty Thor. In a clever conceit, while the Marvel Universe Thor has Shakespearean speech patterns, the 1602 version speaks in Anglo-Saxon alliterative verse, and the calligraphy-style lettering in his speech bubbles is replaced with a rune-like font. Henri Le Pym - Henri Le Pym is a philosopher who Victor Octavius blackmailed into helping to find a cure for him at the time he was trying to cure his shrunken wife. When his wife was covered in a spilled elixir he was working on, he licked it off her resulting in him becoming a giant. He is this reality's version of Henry Pym. Janette Le Pym - Janette is Henri's wife who was shrunken by accident. After being hit by a spilled elixir, she became a human/wasp hybrid. She is this reality's version of Wasp. Supporting Characters Captain Nelson - A seaman who regularly takes Matthew Murdoch across the English Channel. He is suspicious of the blind minstrel who suggests with a smile that he should keep his thoughts to himself. Nelson is this world's Foggy Nelson. Dougan - The second-in-command of Fury's armies. He is very loyal to Fury and goes with him to Count Otto Von Doom's castle and the New World, where he stays and becomes the head of the police force, becoming a friend to Dare, as seen in 1602: New World. He is this world's Dum Dum Dugan. Jonah Jameson - An Irish-accented newspaper owner in the New World. He is almost exactly like his Marvel Universe counterpart including his dislike of people with "powers". His newspaper is called the Daily Trumpet which is this reality's version of the Daily Bugle. Rhodes - Rhodes is Lord Iron's Moorish engineer. His Marvel Universe counterpart is James Rhodes (a.k.a. War Machine). Captain Ross - He is the English captain of the vessel that transports Lord Iron to the New World. He is the 1602 manifestation of Marvel's General Ross, since both men were charged with subduing the Hulk and his human counterpart. Richard and Mary Parquagh - The parents of "The Spider". They were mentioned to have worked for Sir Nicholas Fury. They are this reality's versions of Richard and Mary Parker. Numenor - He is the ruler of Bensaylum (this reality's Atlantis). He is this reality's version of Namor. Rita - She is the cousin of Numenor. She is this reality's version of Namorita. Lord Wyatt Wingfoot - A lord who is a rival to the Human Torch for the affection of Doris Evans. Steve Rogers - About more than 300 years in the present Earth-311, an ill Steven Rogers was injected with a version of the super-soldier serum based on one of Henri Le Pym's preserved vial containing the Spider's blood. This allowed him to become this universe's modern Captain America. Marioac - She is the leader of the local Native Americans who are feuding with the colonists. Marioa becomes a sort of friend to both Peter and Banner, and is portrayed as a little magical or supernatural. She is not based on a character in the traditional Marvel Universe. Governor Dare - He is the governor of the colony and a wise and heroic man, although not based on a Marvel character. Villains Please note: among the characters classed as villains (i.e., enemies of the main protagonists) are characters who in the mainstream Marvel universe are actual heroes (e.g., Hulk), or villains-turned-heroes (e.g., Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver, and the Black Widow). "Brotherhood Of Those Who Will Inherit The Earth" - A secret society formed by Enrique, the Spanish Inquisitor who is actually one of the so-called Witchbreeds that the Inquisition has sworn to destroy. The society's name is a biblical allusion: "those that wait upon the Lord, they shall inherit the earth." (King James Bible Psalm 37:9). Among its members are: Grand Inquisitor Enrique - Born a Jew, he was taken in by a Christian priest and baptized (and also implied to have been molested). The Christians later refused to let him be returned to his Jewish family, saying that giving him back to the 'Christ-killers' would damn his soul to Hell. As an adult, he leads the Spanish Inquisition which he oversees from Domdaniel. Although ordered to execute the witchbreed, he hides those whom he can pass off as normal with him being secretly a witchbreed himself. He is this world's Magneto. Sister Wanda and Petros - The Inquisitor's assistants. They are also his children, a fact he has kept from them. They are this world's Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver (Wanda and Pietro Maximoff). Toad - He is Enrique's spy in the Vatican. Though his long tongue and ability for climbing walls are plainly visible, he manages to hide for an undisclosed, but lengthy amount of time. Gaiman also plays with other cold-blooded characteristics, such as a pronounced sleepiness at low temperatures. David Banner - An advisor to King James, who replaces Sir Nicholas Fury when James takes the English throne. He is then sent to Roanoke with orders to kill Fury. Towards the end of the story, he is caught in the energies of the Anomaly and becomes a brutish monster. He is this world's Hulk. Natasha - A freelance spy and "the most dangerous woman in Europe". She is partnered with Murdoch by Sir Nicholas, but betrays him and Donal to Count Otto. She is this world's Black Widow (who is one of Daredevil's regular on-off girlfriends). Count Otto von Doom - The ruler of Latveria, known as Otto the Handsome and he is indeed a good-looking man. A long-time enemy of Sir Richard Reed, he is responsible for the Four from the Fantastick's disappearance by the story's start. He is this world's version of Doctor Doom, though his face-scarring injuries come after rather than before the Four from the Fantastick acquire their powers. Master Norman Osborne - He wants to trick the Native Americans into selling the island of Roanoke. However, they have been educated in the English language by 'Rojhaz' (Captain America from the future) and see the flaw in his contract. Norman seeks to turn the colony against the natives, because he believes that the natives are hiding something of great value. He is this world's Green Goblin. Lord Iron - A Spaniard weaponeer who was famous for his inventions. Lord Iron was captured during the war against England and was tortured by David Banner for weeks in order to manufacture new and deadly weapons. He has since built a suit of armor powered by electricity and harbors a grudge against Banner. Despite his allegiance, he has no special loyalty towards King James, and merely seeks revenge on Banner and by association the Hulk. He is this world's Iron Man. The Vulture-Fliers - They are Count Otto von Doom's flying warriors, based on the Spider-Man villain the Vulture. The Assassins are sent by Count Otto von Doom to murder Sir Nicholas Fury, Virginia Dare, and Queen Elizabeth: The first assassin does not appear to have a definitive counterpart in the regular Marvel Universe. The second is a Vulture-Flier. The third is a booby-trapped musical machine. Baron Victor Octavius - An Italian nobleman and brilliant scientist living in exile in France who suffered from the bubonic plague. Octavius attempted to cure himself by using the blood of octopi which worked, but also slowly transformed him into a human/octopus hybrid. He is this reality's version of Doctor Octopus. Curtis Connors - A philosopher who was infected with the bubonic plague. He created an elixir that transformed him into a reptilian creature that resembled a velociraptor, but retained his mind. He worked with Baron Victor Octavius to capture the Spider. He is this world's Lizard. Four Who Are Frightful - Four Jacobean hired by Otto Von Doom to find the Lost City of Bensaylum. They are this reality's version of the Frightful Four. Among its members are: Wizard - A magic-user who is the leader of the Four Who Are Frightful. He is this reality's version of Wizard. Medusa - Medusa is the lover of the Wizard. She has snakes for hair and needs to wear a veil to prevent her gaze from turning men to stone. Though she has snakes for hair, she is still depicted as this reality's version of Medusa. Marko - An Albino who can conjure up dreams and nightmares. He can also induce sleep and waking dreams by blowing sand on people. Despite the difference, he is this reality's version of Sandman. He appears to be partially based on Gaiman's other character known as the Sandman (who appeared in DC comics). Trapster - A skilled huntsman. He is this reality's version of Trapster. The King's Pin - Wilson Fiske is a pirate captain of the H.M.S. Vanessa and was known to have never spare any survivors he attacks. He is this reality's version of Kingpin. Bull's Eye - He is an assassin and the second mate to Wilson Fiske. The future President-For-Life - He assumes power in a 20th or 21st century America and rounds up and jails many aging heroes. He is also responsible for shunting Captain America, a living symbol of freedom, into the past. His dark-purple face on a poster (in contrast to the lighter pink of the other characters seen in flashback) implies that he is the Purple Man at the summit of his powers of persuasion. References External links 1602: Fantastick Four on Marvel.com 1602 Timeline entry on Uncannyxmen.net Characters Marvel 1602 characters

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Barry Day

Sir Barry Stuart Day OBE (born 12 June 1953) was the chief executive of the Greenwood Dale Foundation Trust (GDFT). He was formerly headteacher of the Greenwood Dale School. Day was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2007 Birthday Honours and knighted in the 2014 Birthday Honours for services to education. He was appointed one of the National College for School Leadership's National Leaders of Education in October 2007. In 2008, Day received an honorary degree of Doctor of Education from Nottingham Trent University in recognition of his work to raise the aspirations and attainment of young people in the city of Nottingham, reflecting not only his success in transforming the Greenwood Dale School in Nottingham, but also his broader influence in raising educational standards nationally. Footnotes 1953 births Knights Bachelor Officers of the Order of the British Empire Schoolteachers from Nottinghamshire Living people People from Stevenage Alumni of Loughborough University

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS%20Discovery%20%281874%29

HMS Discovery (1874)

HMS Discovery was a wood-hulled screw expedition ship, and later storeship, formerly the sealing ship Bloodhound built in 1873 in Dundee. She was purchased in 1874 for the British Arctic Expedition of 1875–1876 and later served as a store ship. Discovery was sold in 1902, reverting to the name Bloodhound and her previous sealing trade. The ship was wrecked in Newfoundland in 1917. Design and Construction The steam barque Bloodhound was built as Yard No.53 in their Panmure shipyard at Dundee by Alexander Stephen & Sons for Newfoundland sealing operations. She was launched on 2 August 1872 and completed in March 1873. She measured and , and was in length, beam and depth. The ship was rigged as a 3-masted barque and her Greenock Foundry Company auxiliary compound steam engine generated 312 indicated horsepower and drove a single screw propeller. Newfoundland sealing Bloodhound was launched for Bain & Johnston of Greenock, whose previous Bloodhound had recently been lost near Labrador in the ice in April 1872. She was registered on 12 March 1873 at St John's, Newfoundland in the ownership of Walter B. Grieve of that port. Royal Navy British Arctic Expedition In 1874, the Admiralty were seeking a suitable exploration vessel for the 1875 British Arctic Expedition, and considered Bloodhound ideally suited. She was purchased on 5 December 1874 and converted for exploration, commissioning as HMS Discovery on 13 April 1875. Captain George Strong Nares was placed in command of the 1875 British Arctic Expedition, which aimed to reach the North Pole via Smith Sound, the sea passage between Greenland and Canada's northernmost island, Ellesmere Island. Contemporary geographers proposed that there could be an Open Polar Sea, and that if the thick layer of ice surrounding it were overcome, access to the North Pole by sea might be possible. Ever since Edward Augustus Inglefield had penetrated Smith Sound in 1852, it had been a likely route to the North. Nares commanded the converted sloop HMS Alert, and with him went Discovery, commanded by Captain Henry Frederick Stephenson. HMS Valorous carried extra stores and accompanied the expedition as far as Godhavn. Despite finding heavier-than-expected ice, the expedition pressed on. Leaving Discovery to winter at Lady Franklin Bay, Alert carried on a further through the Robeson Channel, establishing her winter quarters at Floeberg Beach. Spring 1876 saw considerable activity by sledge charting the coasts of Ellesmere Island and Greenland, but scurvy had begun to take hold, with Alert suffering the greatest burden. On 3 April, the second-in-command of Alert, Albert Hastings Markham, took a party north to attempt the Pole. By 11 May, having made slow progress, they reached their greatest latitude at 83° 20' 26"N. Suffering from snow blindness, scurvy and exhaustion, they turned back. The expedition returned to the UK in Autumn 1876 and was well rewarded; Nares was knighted, Markham was promoted to Captain. The geography of northern Canada and Greenland is littered with the names of those connected with the expedition; Cape Discovery () on the northern edge of Ellesmere Island is named for the ship. Storeship at Portsmouth The Discovery saw no further seagoing service after her return from the Arctic. She was employed as a storeship in Portsmouth Harbour from 1880, probably up until the time of her final disposal. Disposal Discovery was sold to D Murray in February 1902. Legacy [[File:RRS Discovery.jpg|thumb|right|Discovery'''s namesake, RRS Discovery open to the public in Dundee.]] The 1901 research vessel, built for the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901–1904), incorporated many of the features of Discovery, as well as taking her name. RRS Discovery was commanded by Robert Falcon Scott and took part in the Discovery Investigations from 1924 to 1931. She is now on permanent display at Dundee. Subsequent Royal Research Ships, launched in 1929 and 1962, have also borne the name, as has Space Shuttle Discovery. Bibliography Narrative of a voyage to the Polar Sea during 1875–76 in H.M. ships ‘Alert’ and ‘Discovery’'', by Captain George Strong Nares, in two volumes, London 1878; online book Volume 1 & Volume 2 References External links 1872 ships Arctic exploration vessels Ships built in Dundee Survey vessels of the Royal Navy Victorian-era auxiliary ships of the United Kingdom

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick%20Gosling

Mick Gosling

Mick Gosling (born 24 March 1972) is famous for being the winner of Britain's Strongest Man contest in 2005. He is the brother of fellow strongman and former holder of the title "Britain's Strongest Man", Richard Gosling. Stafford Superior Strongman In 2007 Mick Gosling approached Stafford Borough Council in order to try to promote a strongman competition in the area and to raise its profile amongst the young. The result was the Stafford Superior Strongman 2007 held at Rowley Park, Stafford. The event was well received and well attended by some of the foremost British strongmen of the time. There were 18 competitors, some men having competed at past World's Strongest Man competitions such as Mark Felix (who won the event), Mark Westaby and Laurence Shahlaei. The quality of the event was further enhanced by being overseen by the former British, European and World's Strongest Man, Geoff Capes. References External links UK Strongman to Tackle Stafford Half Marathon 1972 births Living people English strength athletes People from Cannock

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009%20Liechtenstein%20general%20election

2009 Liechtenstein general election

General elections were held in Liechtenstein on 8 February 2009. While polls and pundits predicted few changes, the Christian democratic Patriotic Union (VU) gained an outright majority in the Landtag, whilst the national conservative Progressive Citizens' Party (FBP) and the green social democratic Free List (FL) both suffered losses. Results By electoral district References Liechtenstein Elections in Liechtenstein 2009 in Liechtenstein February 2009 events in Europe

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April%202009%20Moldovan%20parliamentary%20election

April 2009 Moldovan parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Moldova on 5 April 2009. The Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova (PCRM) won a majority of seats (60 out of 101) for the third consecutive occasion. Turnout was 59%, exceeding the 50% necessary for the election to be valid. Following the elections, Parliament was required to elect a new President of Moldova as the incumbent Vladimir Voronin had to stand down after completing two terms. Presidential elections required the winning candidate to receive at least 61 votes, but the opposition parties refused to vote for the three PCRM-nominated candidates in three rounds of voting between May and June 2009, meaning no president was elected. As a result, early parliamentary elections were held in July. Background The European Union called on Moldova to reform its electoral law, which implemented an electoral threshold of 6%, giving smaller parties little chance of entering Parliament. However, President Voronin rejected these calls. Results Final results were announced on 8 April 2009; the ruling PCRM failed to gain the 61 seats required to elect the president, leaving the opposition parties with the possibility of forcing a new election. A ballot recount performed on 21 April confirmed the results. Reactions The International Election Observation Mission, represented by delegations from the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), and the European Parliament evaluated the elections as positive on the whole, with some reservations not affecting the outcome or the overall initial assessment. The opinion polls before the elections had showed a comfortable win for the Communist Party, with the only uncertainty being the size of the winning margin. The OSCE observer mission has issued a preliminary report declaring the elections generally free and fair and describing Moldova as an "overall pluralistic environment, offering voters a distinct political alternative and meeting many of the O.S.C.E. and Council of Europe commitments." Petros Efthymiou, head of the delegation of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and Special Co-ordinator of the OSCE short-term observers, said that he was delighted at the progress of democracy in Moldova. "These elections were very good and they gave me great confidence in the future of this country," Efthyimou said. However, one member of the 280-strong observation team, Emma Nicholson, Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne, whose observation post was near the border of the separatist republic of Transnitria, voiced concern over this evaluation, claiming that she had a "very, very strong feeling" that there have been some manipulation, but she "couldn't find any proof" of it. She claimed that the Russians from the organization influenced this report. She also declared that at the counting of the votes that at 1:00 the PCRM had 35% of the votes and the 15–16 parties from the opposition 40–45% altogether while shortly later, at 8:00 the situation changed radically and the PCRM had 50%. There have also been claims of voter fraud, with deceased and nonattendant persons reportedly voting. Following the recount, it was decided by the Constitutional Court that the presidential election would have to take place by 7 July 2009. Otherwise parliament would be dissolved and early elections held. The opposition parties stated that they would boycott parliament, citing electoral fraud as the reason, and tried to force new elections. The presidential election was later set for 20 May 2009. Aftermath Following the announcement of preliminary election results on 6 April 2009, which showed the Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova (PCRM) victorious, winning approximately 50% of the votes, the opposition rejected the results, accusing the authorities of falsification in the course of counting the votes and demanded new elections. Opposition and NGO activists have organized protest demonstrations in the center of Chişinău on April 6th and 7th. The demonstration spun out of control and escalated into a riot on April 7th, with protesters attacking the parliament building and the presidential palace, throwing stones at the buildings, with the riot police attempting to protect the buildings. In the afternoon of 7 April the rioters broke into the parliament building, looted it and set it on fire. Police forces had regained control of the city center by 8 April, arresting several hundred protesters. Following the arrests, numerous cases of excessive force usage, including beatings and torture by the police, were reported by the detainees. Peaceful demonstrations on the central square continued for the remainder of the week. The government and opposition parties have accused each other of sending provocateurs to incite the crowds. Recount On 10 April 2009, Voronin called on the Constitutional Court to authorise a recount of the votes, as demanded by the protesters. On 12 April the court ruled in favor of conducting a recount, which was scheduled to take place on 15 April. On 14 April, Serafim Urechean announced that the three main opposition parties would boycott the recount, citing fears that the government would use it to increase its majority to the 61 seats required to elect the next president. The results of the recount were published on 21 April. No serious errors were determined and the original election result was confirmed. Election of a new president One of the first tasks of the newly elected parliament is to elect a new president. Incumbent president Vladimir Voronin was ineligible for another term, as he had already served two terms, the maximum number allowed under the constitution. His successor needed to be elected before 8 June 2009 with a three-fifths majority (61 of 101 votes). If no candidate achieved a majority vote before that date, a new parliamentary election would be held. The three opposition parties announced that they would all vote against the PCRM's nominee for president, for which 61 votes out of 101 were required; if Parliament failed to elect a candidate three times, this would result in new parliamentary elections being required. The Communist Party nominated former Prime Minister Zinaida Greceanîi as their presidential candidate. The previous parliament failed to elect a new president triggering early parliamentary elections which were held on 29 July 2009. The Parliament had to elect, with a majority of three-fifths the President of Moldova. The ruling Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova (PCRM) nominated Zinaida Greceanîi, and a puppet-candidate, a Doctor from Chişinău. As the PCRM held only 60 of 101 seats in parliament, but 61 votes were required to elect the president, at least one vote from the opposition was required. The opposition (formed by the three liberal-oriented parties the Liberal Party, the Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova, and the Our Moldova Alliance) boycotted the first round of the election held on 20 May 2009, thus forcing repeated parliamentary elections,. The second round was set for 28 May 2009, but it was postponed to 3 June 2009; the PCRM claimed that it was due to Ascension Thursday falling that day. On 3 June 2009, the second round (repeated election) was held, the results being the same: 60 votes for Zinaida Greceanîi, forcing incumbent Vladimir Voronin to dissolve the Parliament. Early elections were set for 29 July 2009 after Voronin dissolved parliament on 15 June 2009. Elected deputies The list of deputies elected in the 5 April 2009 parliamentary elections: Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova Liberal Party Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova Our Moldova Alliance Gallery References External links April 2009 parliamentary elections eDemocracy 2009 elections in Moldova 2009 in Moldova Moldova 2009 04 April 2009 events in Europe

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir%20Boltyansky

Vladimir Boltyansky

Vladimir Grigorevich Boltyansky (; 26 April 1925 – 16 April 2019), also transliterated as Boltyanski, Boltyanskii, or Boltjansky, was a Soviet and Russian mathematician, educator and author of popular mathematical books and articles. He was best known for his books on topology, combinatorial geometry and Hilbert's third problem. Biography Boltyansky was born in Moscow. He served in the Soviet army during World War II, when he was a signaller on the 2nd Belorussian Front. He graduated from Moscow University in 1948, where his advisor was Lev Pontryagin. He defended his "Doktor nauk in physics and mathematics" (higher doctorate) degree in 1955, became a professor in 1959. Boltyansky was awarded the Lenin Prize (for the work led by Pontryagin, Revaz Gamkrelidze, and ) for applications of differential equations to optimal control, where he was one of the discoverers of the maximum principle. In 1967 he received Uzbek SSR prize for the work on ordered rings. He taught at CIMAT. He was the corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Education. He was the author of over 200 books and mathematical articles. References External links Boltyansky's biography, in Russian. 1925 births 2019 deaths Writers from Moscow 20th-century Russian mathematicians Lenin Prize winners Moscow State University alumni Russian Jews Russian science writers 21st-century Russian mathematicians Corresponding Members of the USSR Academy of Pedagogical Sciences Academicians of the Russian Academy of Education Soviet Jews Soviet mathematicians Soviet military personnel of World War II

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Grade I listed buildings on the Isle of Wight

There are over 9,300 Grade I listed buildings in England. This page is a list of these buildings in the county of Isle of Wight. In the United Kingdom, the term listed building refers to a building or other structure officially designated as being of special architectural, historical, or cultural significance; Grade I structures are those considered to be "buildings of exceptional interest". Listing was begun by a provision in the Town and Country Planning Act 1947. Once listed, strict limitations are imposed on the modifications allowed to a building's structure or fittings. In England, the authority for listing under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 rests with English Heritage, a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport; local authorities have a responsibility to regulate and enforce the planning regulations. Buildings |} See also Grade II* listed buildings on the Isle of Wight Notes References External links National Heritage List for England Isle of Wight Lists of listed buildings on the Isle of Wight

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruguay%20Open

Uruguay Open

The Uruguay Open is a tennis tournament held in Montevideo, Uruguay since 2005. The event is part of the ATP Challenger Tour and is played on outdoor clay courts. Past finals Singles Doubles References External links Official website ITF search ATP Challenger Tour Clay court tennis tournaments Tennis tournaments in Uruguay Sport in Montevideo Spring (season) events in Uruguay

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris%20Hesketh

Chris Hesketh

Christopher Hesketh (28 November 1944 – 10 August 2017) was an English World Cup winning professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s. He played at representative level for Great Britain, England and Lancashire as a , and at club level for Wigan and Salford, as a , or , i.e. number 3 or 4, or 6. Background Chris Hesketh was born in Wigan, Lancashire, England, and he died aged 72. Playing career International honours Hesketh won caps for England while at Salford in 1968 against Wales, in 1969 against Wales, and France, and won caps for Great Britain while at Salford in 1970 against New Zealand, in the 1970 Rugby League World Cup against France (sub), New Zealand (1-try), and Australia (sub); in 1971 against France, France (sub), and New Zealand (3 matches); in the 1972 Rugby League World Cup against Australia, France, New Zealand (1-try), and Australia; in 1973 against Australia (3 matches); and in 1974 against France (2 matches), Australia (3 matches), and New Zealand (3 matches). For the 1974 Great Britain Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand, Hesketh was named as captain. Rugby League career Hesketh started his career at Wigan in 1962, and following the rule change to allow of substitutions, along with Laurie Gilfedder he jointly became Wigan's first substitute on Saturday 14 November 1964. He moved to Salford in 1967, with whom he remained until retiring in 1979. Hesketh worked as a salesman before retiring in 2006. His death was announced in August 2017. County Cup Final appearances Chris Hesketh played left-, i.e. number 4, in Salford's 25–11 victory over Swinton in the 1972–73 Lancashire County Cup Final during the 1972–73 season at Wilderspool Stadium, Warrington on Saturday 21 October 1972, he played left- in the 9–19 defeat by Wigan in the 1973–74 Lancashire County Cup Final at [Wilderspool on Saturday 13 October 1973, and played left- in the 7–16 defeat by Widnes in the 1975–76 Lancashire County Cup Final at Central Park, Wigan on Saturday 4 October 1975. BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Final appearances Chris Hesketh played right-, i.e. number 3, in Salford's 0–0 draw with Warrington in the 1974 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy final at The Willows, Salford on Tuesday 17 December 1974, and played right- in the 10–5 victory in the replay at Wilderspool on Tuesday 28 January 1975. Player's No.6 Trophy Final appearances Chris Hesketh played left-, i.e. number 4, in Salford's 7–12 defeat by Leeds in the 1972–73 Player's No.6 Trophy Final during the 1972–73 season at Fartown Ground, Huddersfield on Saturday 24 March 1973. Testimonial match Chris Hesketh's Testimonial match at Salford took place in 1977. In the 1976 New Year Honours Hesketh was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for his services to rugby league. References Further reading External links (archived by web.archive.org) World Cup 1970 (archived by web.archive.org) World Cup 1972 When Great Britain won the World Cup Tracking down the heroes of 1972 Photograph "Bill Ramsey forces his way over" at rlhp.co.uk 1944 births 2017 deaths England national rugby league team players English rugby league players Great Britain national rugby league team captains Great Britain national rugby league team players Lancashire rugby league team players Members of the Order of the British Empire Rugby league centres Rugby league five-eighths Rugby league players from Wigan Salford Red Devils captains Salford Red Devils players Wigan Warriors players

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlada%20Vukoi%C4%8Di%C4%87

Vlada Vukoičić

Vladimir "Vlada" Vukoičić (; born June 2, 1973) is a Serbian basketball coach for the Qingdao Eagles of the Chinese Basketball Association. Coaching career Vukoičić was 19 years old in 1994 when he began working as coach in KK FMP's youth system. He continued there until 2003 when he got promoted to the position of first team assistant coach. He worked under head coaches Aco Petrović, Vlade Đurović, and Boško Đokić. FMP Železnik Vukoičić's first head coaching appointment came in 2005 at FMP where he ended up spending two and a half seasons. He won the 2005–06 Adriatic League title with the club. Next year he led the team to the semifinals of the 2006–07 ULEB Cup and also won the Serbian Cup. He left the position on January 14, 2008. Hemofarm and Oostende in 2018 On March 20, 2008 KK Hemofarm brought Vukoičić in to replace Miroslav Nikolić. Vukoičić finished out the 2007–08 season at the club before moving on. In the summer of 2008, he was hired by Belgian team BC Oostende, but left in October. Bosna In early November 2008, Vukoičić agreed on terms with KK Bosna, six days after the team's previous head coach Alen Abaz resigned in late October following a loss at KK Budućnost Podgorica in the Adriatic League. Goran Šehovac assumed temporary charge for one game before Vukoičić took over with his Bosna debut taking place in Belgrade away at KK Crvena zvezda. Vukoičić led the Sarajevo team to the 7th place Adriatic League finish with an 11–15 overall win–loss season record. Under Vukoičić's command, KK Bosna had a 9–11 record. On 12 April 2009, following a Bosnia-Herzegovina league loss away at Borac Banja Luka, Vukoičić offered his resignation. It was not accepted, and he continued on as head coach. In late May 2009, during the Bosnian domestic league finals series, he signed a 4-year contract extension with the club. KK Bosna ended up losing the final series versus HKK Široki 0–2. Vukoičić started the 2009–10 season as head coach but was fired in early December 2009 following a 1–9 start in the Adriatic League, including a 50-point loss to KK Zadar. Mega Vizura In 2010, Vukoičić became head coach of KK Mega Vizura from Belgrade, in the Basketball League of Serbia. In his first season with the club, Mega Vizura finished the season's initial stage in 4th spot with 15-11 record thus qualifying for the final stage (Superliga) of the competition. That year, Mega Vizura finished in last place with 3-11 record. Crvena zvezda On October 4, 2012, he became head coach of the Serbian team Crvena zvezda, replacing recently fired Milivoje Lazić. Arriving to Crvena zvezda for Vukoičić meant getting reunited with Nebojša Čović whom he worked for over a decade in various capacities at FMP Železnik. On 15 April, days after a loss to Mega Vizura, Vukoičić's firing was announced while Dejan Radonjić who coached Adriatic League rivals KK Budućnost got named as replacement with club president Čović citing "obvious deterioration of form" as the reason for the change. MZT Skopje On June 24, 2013, he became head coach of the Macedonian basketball champion MZT Skopje. In December 2013 he resigned and was replaced with Zoran Martič. National team coaching Serbia youth teams In 2007, Basketball Federation of Serbia (KSS) named Vukoičić (at the time coaching FMP Železnik at club level) head coach of the Serbian under-20 national team for the upcoming European under-20 Championship in Slovenia and Italy. Despite losing their opening game versus co-hosts Slovenia, Vukoičić's team quickly got on track, winning all their games until the end, including the final versus Spain and defending the title. Four years later in 2011, Vukoičić, now coaching Mega Vizura at club level, was asked to coach the Serbian under-18 team at the Euro championships in Poland. Serbia full squad assistant coach In late summer 2012, ahead of the EuroBasket 2013 qualifying matches, Vukoičić joined the national team's coaching setup as one of the three assistants to Serbia national team's head coach Dušan Ivković. Serbia managed to qualify despite losing 5 matches including to the Minnows, Estonia. See also List of Radivoj Korać Cup-winning head coaches References External links Profile on eurobasket.com 1973 births Living people ABA League-winning coaches BC Oostende coaches KK Bosna Royal coaches KK Crvena zvezda head coaches KK FMP (1991–2011) coaches KK Hemofarm coaches KK Mega Basket coaches Serbian expatriate basketball people in Belgium Serbian expatriate basketball people in Bosnia and Herzegovina Serbian expatriate basketball people in Bulgaria Serbian expatriate basketball people in China Serbian expatriate basketball people in North Macedonia Serbian expatriate basketball people in Lebanon Serbian men's basketball coaches

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book%20of%20Artifacts

Book of Artifacts

The Book of Artifacts (abbreviated as BoA) is a supplemental sourcebook to the core rules of the second edition of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. This book, published by TSR, Inc. in 1993, details 50 different artifacts, special magic items found within the game at the Dungeon Master's option. The book was designed primarily by David "Zeb" Cook, with some additional design by Rich Baker, Wolfgang Baur, Steve and Glenda Burns, Bill Connors, Dale "Slade" Henson, Colin McComb, Thomas M. Reid, and David Wise. Cover art is by Fred Fields and interior art and icons were designed by Daniel Frazier. Introduction The book's 8-page introduction on pages 3–10 provides an overview of the contents and the significance of artifacts within the game. One page is spent in an attempt to clear up some misconceptions regarding artifacts, including "Artifacts are too powerful for a campaign," "All artifacts have horrible curses that keep them from being useful," "Artifacts are just collections of random powers," "Artifacts are all created by gods that shouldn't be involved in the campaign," "Artifacts are found only in the Greyhawk campaign," "If the characters stumble across an artifact, it could ruin the campaign," "A character with an artifact will ruin the adventure," and "Artifacts are nothing but a headache." The next four pages of the introduction provide an explanation of the book's contents by chapter, defines what makes an artifact different from other magic items (an artifact is unique, has a special history, and provides an impetus for a story to be centered on it) and includes a set of guidelines on how a Dungeon Master can create a new artifact for the campaign. The remaining three pages of the introduction serve to explain how the specific artifacts described within the book operate. It explains the common elements of how all artifacts function within a game, and details two common types of special curses an artifact might cause: artifact possession, where an artifact's will can possess a character using the item, and artifact transformation, where the artifact literally transforms a character physically and mentally over time into something else entirely. The format for the artifact descriptions found in the next section is also explained. Each artifact is given a detailed in-game history consisting of one or more paragraphs, and each one provides a section of advice on how the Dungeon Master may use the item within a campaign. Each artifact has its most significant powers detailed, each of which falls into one of five categories: constant (always in effect), invoked (activated intentionally by the character), random (determined by the Dungeon Master or by random roll), resonating (only functioning when two or more pieces of a matched set are joined), and curse (such as artifact possession, artifact transformation, or something else). Lastly, the introduction describes how each artifact has a suggested means of destruction, none of which should be easy for a character to accomplish. Artifacts Fifty individual artifacts are described on pages 11–106. Most descriptions take up one full page, but a few require more than one page, and all are illustrated. Many of these artifacts have existed since the game's early days, and were originally found in the 1976 supplement Eldritch Wizardry: Axe of the Dwarvish Lords, Baba Yaga's Hut, Codex of the Infinite Planes, Crystal of the Ebon Flame, Hand and Eye of Vecna, Heward's Mystical Organ, Horn of Change, Invulnerable Coat of Arnd, Iron Flask of Tuerny the Merciless, Jacinth of Inestimable Beauty, Mace of Cuthbert, Machine of Lum the Mad, Mighty Servant of Leuk-o, Orbs of Dragonkind, Queen Ehlissa's Marvelous Nightingale, Regalia of Might (Regalia of Good, Regalia of Neutrality, Regalia of Evil), Ring of Gaxx, Rod of Seven Parts, Sword of Kas, and Throne of the Gods. Some of the artifacts in the Book of Artifacts originally appeared in the first edition Dungeon Master's Guide (along with the ones first found in Eldritch Wizardry) in 1979, including: Cup and Talisman of Al'Akbar, Johydee's Mask, Kuroth's Quill, Recorder of Ye'Cind, and Teeth of Dahlvar-Nar. Many of the artifacts in this book originated within other products and magazine articles, mostly for specific campaign settings, including: Acorn of Wo-Mai (The Horde: Barbarian Campaign Setting), Apparatus (Ravenloft II: House on Gryphon Hill), Artifurnace (Spelljammer campaign set), Axe of the Emperors (Dragonlance: DLR2 Taladas - The Minotaurs), Blackjammer's Cutlass (Spelljammer: Dragon #159), Book with No End (Dungeon #3), Death Rock (Kara-Tur), Hammer of Gesen (The Horde: Barbarian Campaign Setting), Iron Bow of Gesen (The Horde: Barbarian Campaign Setting), and Triad of Betrayal (Dragonlance: Tales of the Lance). Some of the remaining artifacts made their first appearance in the Book of Artifacts, including: All-Knowing Eye of Yasmin Sira (Al-Qadim), Coin of Jisan the Bountiful (Al-Qadim), Herald of Mei Lung, Ivory Chain of Pao, Monacle of Bagthalos (Forgotten Realms), Obsidian Man of Urik (Dark Sun), Psychometron of Nerad (Dark Sun), Rod of Teeth (Dark Sun), Scepter of the Sorcerer-Kings (Forgotten Realms), Seal of Jafar al-Samal (Al-Qadim), and Silencer of Bodach (Dark Sun). Creating Magical Items This section, from pages 107-129, describes the methods that a character uses to create ordinary magic items (not artifacts) as described in the second edition Dungeon Master's Guide and Tome of Magic. This section details how high in level a character must be to create a particular item, describes the requirements of the work area a character must have to create an item (a wizard's laboratory or a priest's altar, as the case may be), the difficulty of making a particular item, and what sort of magical materials may be needed. It also describes that in order to create an intelligent magic item, the spellcaster's life-force is transferred into the item, leaving the caster's body a lifeless husk. Recharging Magical Items This section, from pages 130-136, describes how a spellcaster character can recharge an item which uses charges, such as wands, rods, staves, and some rings. It describes how this process is completed and what is required, both for wizard items and priest items. Appendices The book ends with a set of three appendices. Appendix A, on page 137 is a list of common rechargeable magical items, referring to the book's previous section. Appendix B, on pages 138-158, is a set of random power tables that some artifacts may possess. Appendix C, on page 159, is simply a blank chart for the Dungeon Master to fill out to assign a list of songs, and their effects, for the Heward's Mystical Organ artifact. Reviews Review: White Wolf #41 (1994) Backstab #15 References 1993 books Dungeons & Dragons sourcebooks

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John Woodhouse

John Walker Woodhouse (28 January 188413 March 1955) was an Anglican suffragan bishop from 1945 until 1953. He was born on 28 January 1884 and educated at Charterhouse and University College, Oxford before embarking on an ecclesiastical career with a curacy at St James, Milton, Portsmouth. He was made deacon in Advent 1910 (18 December), by John Randolph, Bishop suffragan of Guildford, at Farnham Parish Church and ordained priest on St Thomas' Day 1911 (21 December), by Edward Talbot, Bishop of Winchester, at Holy Trinity Church, Guildford. He was a Temporary Chaplain to the Forces from 1915 to 1919. He served at King George Hospital in London, for a short period with the Guards Division in 1915, then back to London before an 8-month attachment to V Army in France and 6 months with the RAF.After service as a World War I chaplain he was then Vicar of St John's, Waterloo Road, Lambeth and after that St George’s, Newcastle upon Tyne. From 1942 to 1945 he was Rural Dean of Huddersfield and finally Bishop of Thetford (and also Archdeacon of Lynn from 1946) from 1945 to 1953. He was consecrated a bishop on St James's Day 1945 (25 July), by Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Westminster Abbey. He died on 13 March 1955 after a short retirement. References 1884 births People educated at Charterhouse School Alumni of University College, Oxford King's Own Royal Regiment officers Archdeacons of Lynn Bishops of Thetford 20th-century Church of England bishops 1955 deaths World War I chaplains Royal Army Chaplains' Department officers

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Maxim Levy

Maxim Levy (, 11 February 1950 – 11 October 2002) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Gesher and One Israel between 1996 and 2002, as well as mayor of Lod between 1983 and 1996. Biography Born in Rabat in Morocco, Levy made aliyah to Israel in 1957, and worked as an aeroplane technician. In 1973 he became a member of Herut's central bureau, and between 1978 and 1983 he chaired the National Workers Council of the Air Industry Workers in Israel. In 1982 he became Deputy Mayor of Lod, and the following year became mayor, serving until 1996. In the mid-1990s Levy joined Gesher, a new party established by his brother, David. Maxim was first elected to the Knesset on the Likud-Tzomet-Gesher list in 1996. During his first term, he chaired the Labour and Welfare Committee. For the 1999 elections, Gesher entered the One Israel alliance together with the Labor Party and Meimad. Levy was placed 18th on the alliance's list, and retained his seat as One Israel claimed 26 mandates. He was also appointed Deputy Speaker of the Knesset. On 7 March 2001, Levy, David Levy and Mordechai Mishani broke away from One Israel to re-establish Gesher as an independent faction. Levy resigned his seat on 5 June 2002, and was replaced by Meimad's Yehuda Gilad (as the One Israel list priority still applied to replacements). He died four months later. Following his death, the resurrected Hapoel Lod football club was renamed "Hapoel Maxim Lod" in his honour. References External links 1950 births 2002 deaths Deputy mayors of places in Israel Deputy Speakers of the Knesset Gesher (political party) politicians Herut politicians Jewish Israeli politicians Israeli people of Moroccan-Jewish descent Mayors of places in Israel People from Lod Members of the 14th Knesset (1996–1999) Members of the 15th Knesset (1999–2003) Moroccan emigrants to Israel 20th-century Moroccan Jews One Israel politicians People from Rabat

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2008–09 Cleveland Cavaliers season

The 2008–09 Cleveland Cavaliers season was the 39th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). They finished the regular season with 66 wins and 16 losses, the best record in the NBA, which easily surpassed the previous franchise best of 57–25 from the 1988–89 and 1991–92 seasons. LeBron James won his first MVP Award. The Cavaliers had the fourth best team offensive rating and the second best team defensive rating in the NBA. In the playoffs, the Cavaliers swept the Detroit Pistons in the First Round in four games, swept the Atlanta Hawks in the Semifinals in four games, before losing to the Orlando Magic in the Conference Finals in six games, despite the Cavaliers being heavily favored to beat the Magic. The Magic would go on to lose to the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA Finals in five games. Prior to their elimination by the Magic, many had expected the Cavs to appear in the Finals, which would've also been LeBron and Kobe Bryant's first head-to-head meeting in the Finals. Key dates June 26: The 2008 NBA draft took place in New York City. July 1: The [Free agency] period started. On October 7, the Cavaliers' pre-season began with an 84–104 loss to Toronto Raptors. On October 28, the Cavaliers' regular season started with an 85–90 loss at the Boston Celtics. On October 30, the Cavaliers beat the Charlotte Bobcats 96–79 for their first win in their home opener. On November 8, the Cavaliers beat the Chicago Bulls 106–97 to improve their record to 5-2 and take over first place in the Central Division. On November 18, the Cavaliers beat the New Jersey Nets 106–82 for their then season-high eighth straight win and improved their record to a then season high seven games over .500 (9-2). On December 3, the Cavaliers beat the New York Knicks 118–82 to set a franchise record by starting the season with ten straight home wins. On December 9, the Cavaliers beat the Toronto Raptors 114–94 to set an NBA record by winning nine straight games by 12 or more points. On December 12, the Cavaliers beat the Philadelphia 76ers 88–72 for their season best 11th straight win (which tied a franchise record), to improve to a then season high seventeen games over .500, their best 23 game start in franchise history (20-3), and to improve their franchise record by starting the season with thirteen straight home wins. On December 28, the Cavaliers beat the Miami Heat 93–86 to improve to a season high 22 games over .500, their best 30 game start in franchise history (26–4), and to improve their franchise record by starting the season with 16 straight home wins. On January 7, the Cavaliers beat the Charlotte Bobcats 111–81 for their best 34 game start in franchise history (28–6), to improve their franchise record by starting the season with 18 straight home wins, to take over first place in the Eastern Conference and to take a share of the best record in the NBA with the Los Angeles Lakers. On January 9, the Cavaliers beat the Boston Celtics 98–83 to improve to a season high 23 games over .500, their best 35 game start in franchise history (29–6), and to improve their franchise record by starting the season with 19 straight home wins. On January 23, the Cavaliers beat the Golden State Warriors 106–105 to improve to a season high 25 games over .500, their best 41 game start in franchise history (33–8). On February 3, the Cavaliers beat the Toronto Raptors 101–83 to get their franchise record 23rd straight home victory, and improved to 38–9 overall on the season. On February 8, the Cavaliers lost to the Los Angeles Lakers 91–101, their first home loss of the year, dropping to 23–1 at home and 39-10 overall on the season. On February 10, the Cavaliers lost to the Indiana Pacers 95–96, marking their first consecutive losses of the season. On March 2, the Cavaliers beat the Miami Heat 107–100, improving to 47-12 and marking the first time in franchise history the team was 35 games over .500. On March 4, the Cavaliers beat the Milwaukee Bucks 91–73, becoming the first team in the league to clinch a playoff berth. On March 13, the Cavaliers beat the Sacramento Kings 126–123, clinching the Central Division title: their first since the 1975–76 season and their second in franchise history. On March 19, the Cavaliers tied an NBA record by committing just 2 turnovers in a 97–92 overtime victory over the Portland Trail Blazers. On March 24, the Cavaliers beat the New Jersey Nets 98–87, improving their record to 58–13 and setting a franchise record for wins in a season. On March 31, the Cavaliers beat the Detroit Pistons 79–73, extending their winning streak to a new franchise record 13 wins in a row, setting a new franchise record and tying an NBA record for wins in any month by improving to 16–1 in March, and extending their franchise record for wins in a season, improving to 61–13. On April 10, the Cavaliers beat the Philadelphia 76ers 102–92, clinching the best record in the Eastern Conference for the first time in franchise history. On April 13, the Cavaliers beat the Indiana Pacers 117–109, clinching the best record in the NBA and home-court advantage throughout the playoffs, the first time ever the Cavaliers have done so. On April 15, the Cavaliers concluded their regular season with a 111–110 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers in OT. They finished the season 66–16, going 39–2 at home and 27–14 on the road. Their home record was the second-best in NBA history. On April 26, the Cavaliers advanced to the second round of the 2009 NBA Playoffs by defeating the Detroit Pistons four games to none. On May 9, the Cavaliers defeated the Atlanta Hawks 97–82 and became the first team in NBA history to win seven consecutive playoff games by a double-digit margin. On May 11, the Cavaliers defeated the Atlanta Hawks 84–74, earning a spot in the NBA Eastern Conference Finals. It was also the first time in franchise history they swept two consecutive playoff series. On May 30, the Cavs' season ended when they lost to the Orlando Magic in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals, 103–90, in Orlando. The Magic took Game 1 in Cleveland with a 1-point victory and went on to win the series 4-2 before going on to lose to the Los Angeles Lakers 4–1 in the NBA Finals. 8 of the last 9 eastern conference No 1 seeded teams have been beaten in the Conference Finals. Offseason On June 26, 2008, the Cavaliers acquired the draft rights to forward Darnell Jackson from the Miami Heat in exchange for the lower of the Cavaliers two second-round picks in the 2009 NBA Draft. In addition, Cleveland purchased the rights to center Sasha Kaun from the Seattle SuperSonics. On August 4, 2008, the Cavaliers signed Tarence Kinsey to a one-year contract. On August 13, 2008, the Cavaliers traded Damon Jones and Joe Smith to the Milwaukee Bucks for Maurice Williams as part of a three-team, a six-player deal among the Cavaliers, Milwaukee Bucks and Oklahoma City. On September 5, 2008, the Cavaliers signed Lorenzen Wright to a one-year contract. Second year swingman Gabe Skinner waived to make room for the acquisition. Draft picks Roster Regular season Standings Record vs. opponents Game log |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 | October 28 | @ Boston | | LeBron James (22) | Anderson Varejão (9) | LeBron James (6) | TD Banknorth Garden18,624 | 0-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 2 | October 30 | Charlotte | | Daniel Gibson (25) | Ben Wallace (10) | LeBron James (9) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 1-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 3 | November 1 | @ New Orleans | | Žydrūnas Ilgauskas (18) | Ben Wallace (8) | LeBron James (13) | New Orleans Arena18,150 | 1–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 4 | November 3 | @ Dallas | | LeBron James (29) | Ben Wallace (13) | Maurice Williams (6) | American Airlines Center19,923 | 2–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 5 | November 5 | Chicago | | LeBron James (41) | Ben Wallace (14) | LeBron James (6) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 3–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 6 | November 7 | Indiana | | LeBron James (27) | LeBron James (9) | LeBron James (8) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 4–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 7 | November 8 | @ Chicago | | LeBron James (41) | LeBron James (13) | Maurice Williams (7) | United Center21,965 | 5–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 8 | November 11 | Milwaukee | | LeBron James (41) | Varejão, Ilgauskas (10) | LeBron James (6) | Quicken Loans Arena19,842 | 6–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 9 | November 13 | Denver | | Maurice Williams (24) | James, Varejão (8) | LeBron James (11) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 7–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 10 | November 15 | Utah | | LeBron James (38) | Ben Wallace (10) | LeBron James (7) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 8–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 11 | November 18 | @ New Jersey | | LeBron James (31) | Žydrūnas Ilgauskas (9) | Maurice Williams (6) | Izod Center16,911 | 9–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 12 | November 19 | @ Detroit | | Williams, James (25) | Anderson Varejão (11) | LeBron James (6) | The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 | 9–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 13 | November 22 | Atlanta | | LeBron James (24) | Ben Wallace (8) | LeBron James (8) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 10–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 14 | November 25 | @ New York | | LeBron James (26) | Žydrūnas Ilgauskas (10) | Daniel Gibson (7) | Madison Square Garden19,763 | 11–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 15 | November 26 | Oklahoma City | | Žydrūnas Ilgauskas (17) | Ilgauskas, Varejão (7) | Delonte West (10) | Quicken Loans Arena19,753 | 12–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 16 | November 28 | Golden State | | LeBron James (23) | Szczerbiak, Wallace (9) | LeBron James (8) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 13–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 17 | November 29 | @ Milwaukee | | LeBron James (32) | Žydrūnas Ilgauskas (17) | James, West (5) | Bradley Center16,237 | 14–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 18 | December 3 | New York | | LeBron James (21) | Ilgauskas, Varejão (10) | LeBron James (6) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 15–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 19 | December 5 | Indiana | | Williams, Varejão, Ilgauskas (17) | Ilgauskas, James (8) | LeBron James (11) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 16–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 20 | December 6 | @ Charlotte | | LeBron James (25) | Žydrūnas Ilgauskas (11) | Daniel Gibson (5) | Time Warner Cable Arena19,133 | 17–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 21 | December 9 | Toronto | | LeBron James (31) | Žydrūnas Ilgauskas (6) | Maurice Williams (9) | Quicken Loans Arena20,049 | 18–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 22 | December 10 | @ Philadelphia | | LeBron James (29) | Ben Wallace (10) | LeBron James (5) | Wachovia Center15,550 | 19–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 23 | December 12 | Philadelphia | | LeBron James (28) | Darnell Jackson (8) | LeBron James (7) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 20–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 24 | December 13 | @ Atlanta | | LeBron James(33) | Anderson Varejão (8) | LeBron James (9) | Philips Arena19,200 | 20–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 25 | December 17 | @ Minnesota | | LeBron James (32) | Anderson Varejão (11) | Delonte West (5) | Target Center14,899 | 21–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 26 | December 19 | @ Denver | | LeBron James (33) | LeBron James (10) | LeBron James (8) | Pepsi Center19,155 | 22–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 27 | December 21 | @ Oklahoma City | | LeBron James (31) | Wallace, Varejão (6) | LeBron James (7) | Ford Center19,136 | 23–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 28 | December 23 | Houston | | LeBron James (27) | LeBron James (9) | LeBron James (5) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 24–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 29 | December 25 | Washington | | Maurice Williams (24) | Anderson Varejão (13) | Delonte West (7) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 25–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 30 | December 28 | Miami | | LeBron James (33) | Ben Wallace (14) | LeBron James (9) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 26–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 31 | December 30 | @ Miami | | LeBron James (38) | Anderson Varejão (10) | LeBron James (7) | American Airlines Arena19,600 | 26–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 32 | January 2 | Chicago | | Anderson Varejão (26) | LeBron James (10) | LeBron James (11) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 27–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 33 | January 4 | @ Washington | | LeBron James (30) | Anderson Varejão (10) | LeBron James (10) | Verizon Center20,173 | 27–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 34 | January 7 | Charlotte | | LeBron James (21) | Ben Wallace (9) | Delonte West (7) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 28–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 35 | January 9 | Boston | | LeBron James (38) | Anderson Varejão (9) | LeBron James (6) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 29–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 36 | January 13 | @ Memphis | | LeBron James (30) | LeBron James (11) | LeBron James (10) | FedExForum15,121 | 30–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 37 | January 15 | @ Chicago | | LeBron James (28) | LeBron James (14) | LeBron James (7) | United Center21,297 | 30–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 38 | January 16 | New Orleans | | LeBron James (29) | LeBron James (14) | LeBron James (7) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 31–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 39 | January 19 | @ L.A. Lakers | | LeBron James (23) | Anderson Varejão (12) | Maurice Williams (5) | Staples Center18,997 | 31–8 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 40 | January 21 | @ Portland | | LeBron James (34) | Wally Szczerbiak (10) | LeBron James (14) | Rose Garden20,632 | 32–8 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 41 | January 23 | @ Golden State | | LeBron James (32) | James, Pavlović, Varejão (9) | LeBron James (8) | Oracle Arena19,596 | 33–8 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 42 | January 24 | @ Utah | | LeBron James (33) | LeBron James (14) | LeBron James (9) | EnergySolutions Arena19,911 | 34–8 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 43 | January 27 | Sacramento | | Maurice Williams (43) | LeBron James (15) | Maurice Williams, LeBron James (11) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 35–8 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 44 | January 29 | @ Orlando | | LeBron James (23) | James, Varejão (8) | LeBron James (8) | Amway Arena17,461 | 35–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 45 | January 30 | L.A. Clippers | | LeBron James (25) | Ilgauskas, Wallace (11) | James, Williams (6) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 36–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 46 | February 1 | @ Detroit | | LeBron James (33) | Žydrūnas Ilgauskas (8) | LeBron James (8) | The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 | 37–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 47 | February 3 | Toronto | | LeBron James (33) | Žydrūnas Ilgauskas (8) | Maurice Williams (9) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 38–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 48 | February 4 | @ New York | | LeBron James (52) | Wally Szczerbiak (13) | LeBron James (11) | Madison Square Garden19,763 | 39–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 49 | February 8 | L.A. Lakers | | Žydrūnas Ilgauskas (22) | Ilgauskas, Varejão (9) | LeBron James (12) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 39–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 50 | February 10 | @ Indiana | | LeBron James (47) | Žydrūnas Ilgauskas (11) | LeBron James (4) | Conseco Fieldhouse18,165 | 39–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 51 | February 11 | Phoenix | | Maurice Williams (44) | Ben Wallace (11) | Maurice Williams (7) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 40–11 |- align="center" |colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Break |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 52 | February 18 | @ Toronto | | Žydrūnas Ilgauskas (22) | Anderson Varejão (14) | LeBron James (9) | Air Canada Centre19,800 | 41–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 53 | February 20 | @ Milwaukee | | LeBron James (55) | Anderson Varejão (7) | LeBron James (9) | Bradley Center18,076 | 42–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 54 | February 22 | Detroit | | Delonte West (25) | Žydrūnas Ilgauskas (8) | LeBron James (9) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 43–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 55 | February 24 | Memphis | | Daniel Gibson (19) | J. J. Hickson (9) | LeBron James (8) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 44–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 56 | February 26 | @ Houston | | James, Williams (21) | Žydrūnas Ilgauskas (13) | Maurice Williams (4) | Toyota Center18,399 | 44–12 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 57 | February 27 | @ San Antonio | | LeBron James (30) | LeBron James (14) | Delonte West (5) | AT&T Center18,797 | 45–12 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 58 | March 1 | @ Atlanta | | LeBron James (26) | Žydrūnas Ilgauskas (11) | LeBron James (11) | Philips Arena19,639 | 46–12 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 59 | March 2 | @ Miami | | LeBron James (42) | Žydrūnas Ilgauskas (15) | Maurice Williams (7) | American Airlines Arena19,600 | 47–12 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 60 | March 4 | Milwaukee | | LeBron James (23) | Anderson Varejão (9) | James, West (4) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 48–12 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 61 | March 6 | @ Boston | | Maurice Williams (26) | James, West (6) | Delonte West (8) | TD Banknorth Garden18,624 | 48–13 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 62 | March 7 | Miami | | Maurice Williams (29) | LeBron James (10) | LeBron James (12) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 49–13 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 63 | March 10 | @ L.A. Clippers | | LeBron James (32) | LeBron James (13) | LeBron James (11) | Staples Center19,060 | 50–13 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 64 | March 12 | @ Phoenix | | LeBron James (34) | LeBron James (10) | LeBron James (13) | US Airways Center18,422 | 51–13 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 65 | March 13 | @ Sacramento | | LeBron James (51) | Anderson Varejão (12) | LeBron James (9) | ARCO Arena16,317 | 52–13 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 66 | March 15 | New York | | Maurice Williams (23) | Anderson Varejão (9) | LeBron James (10) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 53–13 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 67 | March 17 | Orlando | | LeBron James (43) | LeBron James (12) | LeBron James (8) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 54–13 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 68 | March 19 | Portland | | LeBron James (26) | LeBron James (11) | LeBron James (10) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 55–13 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 69 | March 21 | Atlanta | | Maurice Willams (24) | Jackson, Varejão (8) | Maurice Williams (7) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 56–13 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 70 | March 22 | @ New Jersey | | LeBron James (30) | James, Varejão (11) | LeBron James (8) | Izod Center18,348 | 57–13 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 71 | March 25 | New Jersey | | LeBron James (22) | Anderson Varejão (11) | LeBron James (11) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 58–13 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 72 | March 27 | Minnesota | | LeBron James (25) | LeBron James (12) | LeBron James (7) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 59–13 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 73 | March 29 | Dallas | | LeBron James (24) | Joe Smith (13) | LeBron James (12) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 60–13 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 74 | March 31 | Detroit | | LeBron James (25) | LeBron James (12) | Delonte West (6) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 61–13 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 75 | April 2 | @ Washington | | LeBron James (31) | LeBron James (9) | Delonte West (7) | Verizon Center20,173 | 61–14 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 76 | April 3 | @ Orlando | | LeBron James (26) | LeBron James (9) | LeBron James (5) | Amway Arena17,461 | 61–15 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 77 | April 5 | San Antonio | | LeBron James (38) | Žydrūnas Ilgauskas (10) | LeBron James (6) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 62–15 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 78 | April 8 | Washington | | LeBron James (21) | Žydrūnas Ilgauskas (13) | LeBron James (7) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 63–15 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 79 | April 10 | @ Philadelphia | | LeBron James (27) | Žydrūnas Ilgauskas (9) | LeBron James (10) | Wachovia Center20,484 | 64–15 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 80 | April 12 | Boston | | LeBron James (29) | Žydrūnas Ilgauskas (10) | LeBron James (7) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 65–15 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 81 | April 13 | @ Indiana | | LeBron James (37) | Anderson Varejão (11) | Maurice Williams (8) | Conseco Fieldhouse18,165 | 66–15 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 82 | April 15 | Philadelphia | | Daniel Gibson (28) | Jackson, Wally Szczerbiak (8) | Wally Szczerbiak (8) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 66-16 Playoffs |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 | April 18 | Detroit | W 102–84 | LeBron James (38) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (10) | LeBron James (7) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 2 | April 21 | Detroit | W 94–82 | LeBron James (29) | LeBron James (13) | Mo Williams (7) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 2–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 3 | April 24 | @ Detroit | W 79–68 | LeBron James (25) | LeBron James (11) | LeBron James (9) | The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 | 3–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 4 | April 26 | @ Detroit | W 99–78 | LeBron James (36) | LeBron James (13) | LeBron James (8) | The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 | 4–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 | May 5 | Atlanta | W 99–72 | LeBron James (34) | LeBron James (10) | Delonte West (9) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 2 | May 7 | Atlanta | W 105–85 | LeBron James (27) | Anderson Varejão (8) | James, Williams (5) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 2–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 3 | May 9 | @ Atlanta | W 97–82 | LeBron James (47) | LeBron James (12) | LeBron James (8) | Philips Arena20,143 | 3–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 4 | May 11 | @ Atlanta | W 84–74 | LeBron James (27) | Anderson Varejão (11) | LeBron James (8) | Philips Arena19,241 | 4–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 | May 20 | Orlando | L 106–107 | LeBron James (49) | Žydrūnas Ilgauskas (10) | LeBron James (8) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 2 | May 22 | Orlando | W 96–95 | LeBron James (35) | Žydrūnas Ilgauskas (15) | James, Williams (5) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 1–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 3 | May 24 | @ Orlando | L 89–99 | LeBron James (41) | Žydrūnas Ilgauskas (9) | LeBron James (9) | Amway Arena17,461 | 1–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 4 | May 26 | @ Orlando | L 114–116 (OT) | LeBron James (44) | LeBron James (12) | James, West (7) | Amway Arena17,461 | 1–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 5 | May 28 | Orlando | W 112–102 | LeBron James (37) | LeBron James (14) | LeBron James (12) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 2–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 6 | May 30 | @ Orlando | L 90–103 | LeBron James (25) | Anderson Varejão (8) | LeBron James (7) | Amway Arena17,461 | 2–4 Player statistics Legend Season Playoffs Awards and records Awards LeBron James was named the Eastern Conference Player of the Week for games played from November 3 through November 9. LeBron James was named the Eastern Conference Player of the Week for games played from November 10 through November 16. LeBron James was named Eastern Conference Player of the Month for November 2008. LeBron James was named the Eastern Conference Player of the Week for games played from December 22 through December 28. Mike Brown was named Eastern Conference Coach of the Month for December 2008. Mike Brown was named NBA Coach of the Year for the 2008–2009 season. LeBron James was named the NBA Most Valuable Player for the 2008–2009 NBA regular season. Milestones On November 18, LeBron James became the youngest player to reach 11,000 career points and the only player to score 11,000 points in a Cavaliers uniform; he also passed Jim Brewer for 6th in defensive rebounds in Cavs history. On December 9, LeBron James passed Mark Price to become the Cavaliers' all-time steals leader. On the same night, Zydrunas Ilgauskas passed Brad Daugherty to become the Cavaliers' all-time rebounds leader. On January 4, LeBron James passed Brad Daugherty to become the Cavaliers' all-time free throws attempted leader. On the same night he also passed Wesley Person for 2nd all time in three-point field goals made. On January 23, LeBron James passed Brad Daugherty to become the Cavaliers' all-time free throws made leader. On January 30, Mike Brown became just the second Cleveland coach to coach the Eastern Conference all-star team. On February 3, LeBron James became the youngest player to reach 12,000 career points. On March 21, Zydrunas Ilgauskas became the fourth Cavalier to reach 10,000 career points. On March 22, Zydrunas Ilgauskas passed John "Hot Rod" Williams to become the Cavaliers' all-time blocks leader. On March 25, LeBron James became only the second player in NBA history to record 2,000 points, 500 rebounds and 500 assists in at least 4 seasons. On March 31, Zydrunas Ilgauskas became only the third player to play at least 700 games as a Cavalier. Transactions Trades Free agents March 5, 2009: Acquired Joe Smith from Oklahoma City Thunder References External links 2008 in sports in Ohio 2009 in sports in Ohio Cleveland Cleveland Cavaliers seasons

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St.%20Charles%20Convention%20Center

St. Charles Convention Center

The St. Charles Convention Center is a convention center in St. Charles, Missouri. It opened in April 2005 and is managed by Spectra. The facility has a . Grand Ballroom, and . of Exhibit Hall space expandable to . through the adjacent Junior Ballroom. The facility features additional meeting rooms, Executive Board Room, and the Compass Café. Other major partners include Coca-Cola, MillerCoors, Yellow Pages, New Frontier Bank, Women's Journals, and Goellner Printing. Events The St. Charles Convention Center hosts a variety of events throughout the year, from large consumer shows to dance competitions, conventions to small corporate meetings. Notable annual events include: St. Louis Best Bridal St. Louis Golf Show St. Charles Boat Show Working Women's Survival Show St. Charles Home & Garden Show St. Charles County Annual Mayors Ball St. Louis Weapon Collectors Gun & Knife Show St. Louis Comicon St. Louis Pet Expo Anime St. Louis Image gallery References External links St. Charles Convention Center Official website Convention centers in Missouri Buildings and structures in St. Charles County, Missouri Tourist attractions in St. Charles County, Missouri

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rexford%20Orotaloa

Rexford Orotaloa

Rexford Orotaloa (born 1956) is a Solomon Islands writer best known for the novel Two Times Resurrection and the story collection Suremada: Faces from a Solomon Island Village. His work often focuses on the conflict between modern and traditional culture. References The Pacific Islands: An Encyclopedia. By Brij V. Lal, Kate Fortune. University of Hawaii Press, 2000. External links Robert Viking O'Brien's article on Two Times Resurrection from Ariel: A Review of International English Literature 1948 births Solomon Islands novelists Living people Solomon Islands short story writers

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

Furryville

Furryville is a German line of Mattel toys that launched in 2005. Furryville toys are small stuffed animals up to 3 inches in height. The line consists of many types of animals, usually sold in sets. They are typically packaged as either a family of four animals of the same species or as "two-furs", two toys sold together (but not always of the same species). A Furryville toy can also be sold individually, such as "Kangaroo Court" (a tennis-playing kangaroo) or "Sensational Groom" (a wedding skunk). They are available online only. The families are named for their species, in additions to groups like "Family Moments", "Around the World" and "Town Collection". In 2006, Mattel came under fire from nurses for a new single called "Nurse Quacktitioner". Thousands of nurses complained to Mattel about the reference to "quacks" – in medicine a common expression for a medical practitioner who is a fraud. Mattel replied that the figure was a duck, and that ducks "quack". The figure was withdrawn from the market. References Products introduced in 2005 Mattel Stuffed toys Toy animals

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

Officinalis

Officinalis, or officinale, is a Medieval Latin epithet denoting organisms — mainly plants — with uses in medicine, herbalism and cookery. It commonly occurs as a specific epithet - the second term of a two-part botanical name. Officinalis is used to modify masculine and feminine nouns, while officinale is used for neuter nouns. Etymology The word literally means 'of or belonging to an ', the storeroom of a monastery, where medicines and other necessaries were kept. was a contraction of , from (gen. ) 'worker, maker, doer' (from 'work') + , , 'one who does', from 'do, perform'. When Linnaeus invented the binomial system of nomenclature, he gave the specific name officinalis, in the 1735 (1st Edition) of his , to plants (and sometimes animals) with an established medicinal, culinary, or other use. Species Althaea officinalis (marshmallow) Anchusa officinalis (bugloss) Asparagus officinalis (asparagus) Avicennia officinalis (mangrove) Bistorta officinalis (European bistort) Borago officinalis (borage) Buddleja officinalis (pale butterflybush) Calendula officinalis (pot marigold) Cinchona officinalis (quinine) Cochlearia officinalis (scurvygrass) Corallina officinalis (a seaweed) Cornus officinalis (cornelian cherry) Cyathula officinalis (ox knee) Cynoglossum officinale (houndstongue) Euphrasia officinalis (eyebright) Fumaria officinalis (fumitory) Galega officinalis (goat's rue) Gratiola officinalis (hedge hyssop) Guaiacum officinale (lignum vitae) Hyssopus officinalis (hyssop) Jasminum officinale (jasmine) Laricifomes officinalis (a wood fungus) Levisticum officinale (lovage) Lithospermum officinale (gromwell) Magnolia officinalis Melilotus officinalis (ribbed melilot) Melissa officinalis (lemon balm) Morinda officinalis (Indian mulberry) Nasturtium officinale (watercress) Paeonia officinalis (common paeony) Parietaria officinalis (upright pellitory) Pulmonaria officinalis (lungwort) Rheum officinale (a rhubarb) Rosa gallica 'Officinalis' (apothecary rose) Rosmarinus officinalis (rosemary) Salvia officinalis (sage) Sanguisorba officinalis (great burnet) Saponaria officinalis (soapwort) Scindapsus officinalis (long pepper) Sepia officinalis (cuttlefish) Sisymbrium officinale (hedge mustard) Spongia officinalis (bath sponge) Stachys officinalis (betony) Styrax officinalis (drug snowbell) Symphytum officinale (comfrey) Taraxacum officinale (dandelion) Valeriana officinalis (valerian) Verbena officinalis (vervain) Veronica officinalis (speedwell) Zingiber officinale (ginger) See also Sativum or Sativa, the Medieval Latin epithet denoting certain cultivated plants References Taxonomy (biology) Latin biological phrases

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

Marathon Technologies

Marathon Technologies Corp. was founded by senior executives and engineers responsible for developing Digital Equipment Corporation's VAXft fault-tolerant systems. The team used this experience to create the first software and networking technology that allowed multiple Windows/Intel servers to operate as a single fault-tolerant system. Marathon Technologies migrated its technology in 2004 to a software-only product named everRun that works with standard off-the-shelf x86 Intel and AMD servers with Windows Server 2003 and unmodified Windows applications. In 2007, Marathon Technologies announced its v-Available product initiative, designed to fill the gap in the market for effective high availability software for server virtualization. In the spring of 2008 the company released everRun VM for Citrix XenServer the first in the series of v-Available products from Marathon Technologies that provides fault-tolerant high availability and disaster recovery protection. In late 2010, Marathon released everRun MX, the industry's first software-based fault tolerant solution for symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) and multi-core servers and applications. Marathon Technologies is headquartered in Littleton, MA, United States with additional offices in the United States, Europe and Asia. Marathon Technologies has taken venture funding from Atlas Venture, Longworth Venture Partners and venture capital firm Sierra Ventures. Marathon Technologies was acquired by Stratus in September 2012. References External links Official Website Official Blog 24/7 Uptime - UK elite partner Stratus acquisition Companies established in 1993 Software companies based in Massachusetts Software companies of the United States

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Madden%20%28footballer%29

Peter Madden (footballer)

Peter Madden (31 October 1934 – 13 April 2020) was an English professional footballer who played for Rotherham United from 1955–1966. He was also manager of the English football clubs Darlington (1975–1978) and Rochdale (1980–1983). After leaving Rochdale in March 1983 he stayed in the area and ran a public house in nearby Littleborough. He was married to Christine and a father to five. He died in April 2020 at the age of 85. Managerial stats References External links 1934 births 2020 deaths English footballers English football managers English Football League players Association football defenders Rotherham United F.C. players Bradford (Park Avenue) A.F.C. players Aldershot Town F.C. players Darlington F.C. managers Rochdale A.F.C. managers Skegness Town A.F.C. players Footballers from Bradford Publicans

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Mystic

The Mystic

The Mystic is a 1925 American MGM silent drama film directed by Tod Browning, who later directed MGM's Freaks (1932). It was co-written by Browning and Waldemar Young, writing a similar storyline to their earlier 1925 hit film The Unholy Three. Browning was unable however to hire his favorite star Lon Chaney this time around, and The Mystic wound up a little-known film with a cast of now-forgotten names. Aileen Pringle's gowns in the film were by already famous Romain de Tirtoff (known as Erté). A print of the film exists. Plot Zara (Aileen Pringle) is a gypsy rogue who joins with Confederate Zazarack (Mitchell Lewis) to aid Michael Nash (Conway Tearle), the crooked guardian of heiress Doris Merrick (Gladys Hulette), to gain control of her estate by way of fake seances. He tries to convince her that her dead father is telling her to give all of her worldly possessions to the phony spitualists. Cast Aileen Pringle as Zara Conway Tearle as Michael Nash Mitchell Lewis as Zazarack Robert Ober as Anton Stanton Heck as Carlo David Torrence as Bradshaw Gladys Hulette as Doris Merrick DeWitt Jennings as Police Inspector Footnotes References Eaker, Alfred. 2016. Tod Browning Retrospective https://alfredeaker.com/2016/01/26/todd-browning-director-retrospective/ Retrieved 26 February 2021. External links 1925 films Silent American drama films American silent feature films American black-and-white films 1925 drama films Films directed by Tod Browning Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biesterfeld%20%28disambiguation%29

Biesterfeld (disambiguation)

Biesterfeld is a subdivision of Lügde, Germany. Biesterfeld may also refer to: Biesterfeld (company), a company of Germany People with the surname Yvonne Cormeau or Beatrice Yvonne Biesterfeld, World War II heroine See also Lippe-Biesterfeld family

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Greenwood%20School%20%28Putney%2C%20Vermont%29

The Greenwood School (Putney, Vermont)

The Greenwood School is a specialized boarding and day school for students in grades 6 through 12. Greenwood is situated on a 100-acre campus outside the village of Putney, Vermont in the southeastern part of the state. The Greenwood School is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC), approved by the state of Vermont, and is a member of the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS). History Therapeutic based hands-on learning. They believed that the education of children who were underachievers, who were diagnosed as "dyslexic" or as having "attention difficulties" was best addressed by giving them intellectual and creative challenges in the classroom using discussion and verbal instruction. Learning was adapted to the students' natural strengths and aptitudes. Because the Scheidler's design for the school embedded a variety of learning experiences in a challenging pre-prep curriculum, Greenwood was not a "special school", but an enriched pre-preparatory program tailored to meet the needs of specific students. Class days included tutorial help in rote skills, especially reading and writing, but by tailoring the entire program to meet student needs and focusing on their method of teaching via oral tradition, the Scheidlers kept costs down for families and schools. The curriculum included all elementary and middle school subjects, as well as other required courses. The curriculum included structured exercises in the spoken word, visual art, manual skills and dramatics for all students, in recognition of the enhanced imaginations, visual memory and auditory skills of many Greenwood students and the need to develop students' oral communication skills. Tom Scheidler published articles about his work using guided imagery (psychosynthesis) techniques with Greenwood students, and concerning his utilization of metaphor to help students get past psychological and emotional barriers to learning. He lectured internationally and also served on the board of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC). His work combined with Andrea Scheidler's speech, performance and visual art curriculum to encourage imagination, foster attention and self-discipline. The Scheidlers discovered that when students who were "acting out" were helped to channel energies into theater, storytelling and speech, students gained confidence and social skills that benefited them later in life. Philosophy and Academics Today, Greenwood is a Special School for students with a variety of academic learning challenges. With a 2:1 student to teacher ratio, classes are small at the Greenwood School, ranging from 1 to 10 students. Greenwood's remedial language program uses a diagnostic-prescriptive approach, including the Lindamood-Bell and Orton Gillingham methods. The program targets all aspects of literacy, including phonology, phonics, morphology, and orthography. Students spend one hour a day in a language tutorial to study and practice reading, spelling, comprehension, handwriting, and writing from dictation. All instruction is multisensory, structured, sequential, and sensitive to students’ individual learning styles. Because written work is such a difficult process for most students with a language-based learning disability, Greenwood students spend an additional period in writing instruction. Assistive technology programs such as Dragon NaturallySpeaking, Inspiration and Kurzweil are used to aid students in the writing process. The language remediation described above is combined with an academic curriculum that includes science, history, literature, art, music, crafts, and athletics. Twice daily study halls train students to apply skills independently. All students attend weekly group social pragmatics lessons, and for some students speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, and/or additional social pragmatics are also part of Greenwood's academic program. Facilities Boarding students live in the Greenwood dormitory, which has twenty-four student rooms, four faculty apartments, and three common rooms. The dorm is designed to allow developmental grouping. The remainder of the resident teachers live in adjacent buildings. The academic center houses the school library and assembly room, the dining hall, a STEM center, and 12 classrooms. A long time partnership with the Yellow Barn Music School and Festival has added nine eco-friendly, cabin-like classroom spaces that Yellow Barn uses as rehearsal spaces during the summer and Greenwood uses as supplemental classrooms during the school year. The gym, which includes an outdoor skate park and climbing wall, is used for physical education and large gatherings. The campus also includes an expanded woodshop and pottery studio and an administrative building. Sports and recreation A gym teacher and four coaches head a variety of seasonal sports and outdoor activities, including interscholastic soccer, basketball, and baseball as well as intramural track, rock climbing, volleyball, bowling, archery, outdoor leadership, orienteering, cross-country skiing and downhill skiing. A network of trails that wind through the campus are used for hiking, mountain biking, and cross-country skiing. A pond is available for science classes, fishing, and boating; and the campus has an outdoor skate/bike park and dirt jump area. The winter sports program includes a weekend trip to Mount Snow for downhill skiing, snowboarding and terrain park. Outdoor activities are emphasized, the gym facility was originally intended to be a covered basketball court for use during rainy days. Vacation program The Greenwood School runs the CONNECT Program, a community service-learning program for boys with learning differences. National recognition The Greenwood School was featured on Public Television's National Education Report in 2007. In February 2013, The Greenwood School announced that they were going to work together with Ken Burns on the documentary The Address. The film was aired on PBS in the spring of 2014. The school also was known for hosting the first annual Learn The Address national competition in 2014, where students from chosen schools would compete while reciting The Gettysburg Address. The national competition ran until 2017 in which other schools have hosted it. Notes External links The Greenwood School Website Greenwood on National Education Report International Dyslexia Association The Association of Boarding Schools (TABS) profile Learn The Address Boarding schools in Vermont Schools in Windham County, Vermont Buildings and structures in Putney, Vermont Educational institutions established in 1978 Private high schools in Vermont Private middle schools in Vermont 1978 establishments in Vermont

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

Acheloma

Acheloma (also known as Trematops milleri) is an extinct genus of temnospondyl that lived during the Early Permian. The type species is A. cumminsi. History of study Acheloma was named by Edward Drinker Cope in 1882 based on a partial skull with associated postcranial elements from the Arroyo Formation of Texas; the specimen is currently reposited at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. Subsequent discoveries of large trematopids from the Arroyo Formation were named as different species of Trematops (T. milleri, T. willistoni), but these have since been synonymized with Acheloma cumminsi. Trematops stonei from the Washington Formation of Ohio and Trematops thomasi from Oklahoma have also been synonymized with A. cumminsi. A second species of Acheloma was described by Polley & Reisz (2011) from the Richards Spur locality in Oklahoma. Anatomy Schoch & Milner (2014) provide nine characters in their diagnosis of Acheloma: (1) toothed crest on the vomer extending medial to the internal naris; (2) constricted otic notch with nearly horizontal ventral margin; (3) preorbital region twice as long as the skull table; (4) naris twice as long as the orbit; (5) posterior skull table wide and posterolaterally expanded; (6) skull margin widens at level of and posterior to orbit; (7) palatine and ectopterygoid with tall fangs; (8) large intervomerine fenestra; and (9) choana elongate and curved with a Y-shaped contour. Acheloma cumminsi and A. dunni are distinguished by the purported absence of lateral exposures of the palatine (LEP) and the ectopterygoid (LEE) in A. cumminsi, but these exposures were subsequently identified following re-examination of the holotype of this taxon. Ecology Various analyses have confirmed hypotheses that Acheloma was a terrestrial temnospondyl. Phylogeny The following cladogram shows the phylogenetic position of Acheloma, from Polley & Reisz, 2011. References Dissorophids Trematopids Cisuralian temnospondyls of North America Prehistoric amphibian genera Taxa named by Edward Drinker Cope Fossil taxa described in 1882

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20ambassadors%20of%20the%20United%20States%20to%20Croatia

List of ambassadors of the United States to Croatia

The diplomatic post of United States Ambassador to Croatia was created on April 7, 1992, following Croatia's independence from SFR Yugoslavia and its recognition as an independent state by the United States, although official presence of the US in Croatia began with the establishment of the US Consulate in Zagreb on May 9, 1946. See also Embassy of Croatia, Washington, D.C. Croatia – United States relations Foreign relations of Croatia Ambassadors of the United States References United States Department of State: Background notes on Croatia External links United States Department of State: Chiefs of Mission for Croatia United States Department of State: Croatia United States Embassy in Zagreb Croatia United States

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aikawa%2C%20Niigata

Aikawa, Niigata

was a town located in Sado Island, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. On March 1, 2004, Aikawa and the other 9 municipalities in the island were merged to create the city of Sado. Since then, Aikawa has been one of the 10 subdivisions of Sado City. History Transportation Bus Niigata Kotsu Sado Local attractions Aikawa Gold and Silver Mine (Sado mine) Kitazawa Flotation Plant (:ja:北沢浮遊選鉱場) Aikawa Folk Museum Sado bugyōsho Senkakuwan Bay (:ja:尖閣湾) See also Sado, Niigata Sado mine Sado bugyō References External links Sado Tourism Association The Sado Complex of Heritage Mines, Primarily Gold Mines (Sado City Government's website) Dissolved municipalities of Niigata Prefecture

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sawata%2C%20Niigata

Sawata, Niigata

was a town located in Sado Island, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. On March 1, 2004, Sawata and the other 9 municipalities in the island were merged to create the city of Sado. Since then, Sawata has been one of the 10 subdivisions of Sado City. Transportation Bus Niigata Kotsu Sado Sawata Bus Station Highway See also Sado, Niigata References External links Sado Tourism Association Dissolved municipalities of Niigata Prefecture

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogi%2C%20Niigata

Ogi, Niigata

was a town located in Sado Island, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. On March 1, 2004, Ogi and the other 9 municipalities in the island were merged to create the city of Sado. Since then, Ogi has been one of the 10 subdivisions of Sado City. Transportation Bus Niigata Kotsu Sado Highway Sea Ogi Port Sado Kisen Terminal Car ferry services to/from Naoetsu Port (Jōetsu City) Local attractions Shukunegi (:ja:宿根木) Tarai Bune Rengebuji temple Ogi Coast Yajima, Kyojima Kotoura Cave (Ryuodo Cave) See also Sado, Niigata External links Sado Tourism Association Shukunegi Official Website Sado Steam Ship Sado Geopark Dissolved municipalities of Niigata Prefecture

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9-Aminoacridine

9-Aminoacridine

9-Aminoacridine is a highly fluorescent dye used clinically as a topical antiseptic and experimentally as a mutagen, an intracellular pH indicator and a small molecule MALDI matrix. See also 2-Aminoacridine 3-Aminoacridine 4-Aminoacridine References Aromatic amines Acridines DNA intercalaters

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

Versicolor

Versicolor may refer to: Brugmansia versicolor, a near threatened species Calotes versicolor, an agamid lizard Eleutherodactylus versicolor, a species of frog found in Ecuador and Peru Hyla versicolor, a species of frog found in North America Ipomoea versicolor, an ornamental plant Iris versicolor, a medicinal plant Meriania versicolor, a species of plant endemic to Colombia Panulirus versicolor, a species of spiny lobster Pestalotiopsis versicolor, a plant pathogen Phrynobatrachus versicolor, a species of frog found in Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda Sphaeradenia versicolor, a species of plant endemic to Ecuador Symplocos versicolor, a critically endangered species Tinea versicolor, a common skin infection Trametes versicolor, a common polypore mushroom

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dollar%20Down

Dollar Down

Dollar Down is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Tod Browning. A print in the UCLA Film and Television Archive has one of its six reels missing. Filmed in April 1924 at the F.B.O Studios in Santa Monica, California, Dollar Down was the first of two features produced by Roland and Browning's production company, Co-Artists Productions. Cast Ruth Roland as Ruth Craig Henry B. Walthall as Alec Craig Mayme Kelso as Mrs. Craig Earl Schenck as Grant Elliot Claire McDowell as Mrs. Meadows (Craig's sister) Roscoe Karns as Gene Meadows (her son) Jane Mercer as Betty Meadows (her daughter) Lloyd Whitlock as Howard Steele Otis Harlan as Norris Edward W. Borman as Tilton (credited as Edward Borman) Newton Hall as Little Boy Pat Wing as Little Girl (credited as Madison Wing) Toby Wing as Little Girl Sonnie Walker as Little Boy Michael Dark (uncredited) Lou Marangella (uncredited) References External links 1925 films 1925 drama films Silent American drama films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Films directed by Tod Browning

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton%20D.%20Baker%20House

Newton D. Baker House

Newton D. Baker House, also known as Jacqueline Kennedy House, is a historic house at 3017 N Street NW in Washington, D.C. Built in 1794, it was home of Newton D. Baker, who was Secretary of War, during 1916–1920, while "he presided over America's mass mobilization of men and material in World War I. After the assassination of president John F. Kennedy in 1963, Jacqueline Kennedy purchased the house and lived here for about a year. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1976. History The house was built in 1794 by Thomas Beall. During its early years, the house was situated on a large plot of land and was said to have had a servants wing attached to the east side. At that time N Street was known as Gay Street and was situated higher than today. In 1796, John Laird, a wealthy merchant, lived in the house, and later Maj. George Peter, a War of 1812 commander and Maryland Congressman, purchased the house who lived there until 1827, when the same Laird bought the house for his son. In 1834, William Redin, the first auditor of the Circuit Court for the District of Columbia, purchased it. In 1868, Redin's unmarried daughter inherited and sold the dwelling, which became the Georgetown Female Seminary. The Seminary had a student body of boarders and day students totaling 105. In approximately 1890, John H. Smoot bought the building and converted it back to a private residence again. In 1915, Col. William E. Pattison French purchased the house, and began renting it to Newton D. Baker in 1916. When Baker returned to Cleveland in 1920, French either leased or lived in the house himself for more than two decades. During the World War II, the British military attache occupied the house and rented rooms to British officers. After the World War II, Vice Admiral Alan Kirk, later Ambassador to Belgium and to the Soviet Union, purchased the property. Three years later, Dr. E. H. Gushing bought the home along with his wife. They sold the attached servants' wing as a separate residence to Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Woodward who built a new front entrance and lived in the home. The Cushings updated the main house's electrical wiring and plumbing and removed some of the interior walls therefore enlarging the living room. In 1954, James McMillan Gibson bought the dwelling, added a small rear wing, and installed an elevator and lived there with his wife. In 1964, Jacqueline Kennedy purchased the house and lived in it shortly after the assassination of president John F. Kennedy in 1963. The Kennedy family lived here for about a year. In 1965, Michael Whitney Straight purchased the home for $200,000 (), from Kennedy when she moved to New York City. While living in the home, Straight married his second wife, Nina G. Auchincloss Steers in 1974. Nina was the daughter of Nina Gore and Hugh D. Auchincloss. She was the half-sister of writer Gore Vidal and coincidentally, a stepsister of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Straight and his wife spent $125,000 () renovating the home and decided to move to Bethesda, Maryland in 1976 when he was vice chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts. Straight and his wife lived in the home from until 1976. In 1976, Yolande Bebeze Fox, the former Miss America 1951, bought the home from Straight. Fox lived in the home until her death in February 2016. Architectural details The home is considered more representative of New England architecture than other contemporary Georgetown homes. The house has many architectural details including "a wide limestone stairway", "pink-painted lintels with keystones", "brick voussoirs", "Doric pilasters", and a "semi-elliptical fanlight". Resident timeline 1794-1796 - Thomas Beall 1796-? - John Laird ?-1827 - George Peter ?-1834 - John Laird's son 1834-1868 - William Redin 1868-1890 - Georgetown Female Seminary 1890-1915 - John H. Smoot 1915-1916 - Col. William E. Pattison French 1916-1920 - Newton D. Baker 1920-1941 - Col. William E. Pattison French 1941-1945 - British military attache 1945-1948 - Vice Admiral Alan Kirk 1948-1954 - Dr. E. H. Gushing (who sold the old servant's wing to Stanley Woodward) 1954-1964 - James McMillan Gibson 1964-1965 - Jacqueline Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, Jr. 1965-1976 - Michael Whitney Straight and Nina G. Auchincloss Steers 1974-2016 - Yolande Bebeze Fox 2017–present - David W. Hudgens, Rakhat K Chekirova performed extensive renovations See also List of National Historic Landmarks in Washington, D.C. References External links National Historic Landmarks in Washington, D.C. Houses completed in 1794 Georgetown (Washington, D.C.) Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C. 1794 establishments in Washington, D.C. Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Washington, D.C. District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Watson%27s%20Institution

John Watson's Institution

The John Watson's Institution was a school established in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1762. It was based in the building which is now Modern One of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, designed in the Greek Revival style in 1825 by architect William Burn. History In 1762 John Watson, an Edinburgh solicitor and Writer to the Signet, left the residue of his estate for charitable purposes for children in the Edinburgh area. A refuge was established which eventually became John Watson's Institution, commonly known as John Watson's School. In 1975 the school was closed and in 1984 the organisation was changed by Parliament to the John Watson's Trust in order to distribute funds from the sale of its assets. The school magazine was known as "The Levite". Headmasters John Langhorne (1897–1925) John Langhorne was born at Tonbridge, Kent in 1862. He was educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge. His first appointments were Queen Elizabeth's school, Dedham and Christ's College, Finchley. He moved to Edinburgh in 1890 and for seven years was master at Loretto School, which had been founded by a distant relative Thomas Langhorne. John Langhorne died whilst on a visit to Barnard Castle on 27 August 1925 and is buried there. He had been a member of the Association for Teachers in Secondary Schools (Scotland). After his death a bronze tablet was installed in his memory at the school. He was the son of the Reverend John Langhorne and died without issue. Alumni Marion Stevenson, missionary to Africa, and opponent of female genital mutilation. James Drummond Young, Lord Drummond Young, judge of the Supreme Courts of Scotland and Chairman of the Scottish Law Commission. References Defunct schools in Edinburgh Educational institutions established in 1762 1762 establishments in Scotland History of Edinburgh Charities based in Edinburgh Educational institutions disestablished in 1975 1975 disestablishments in Scotland

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lippe-Biesterfeld

Lippe-Biesterfeld

The House of Lippe-Biesterfeld was a comital cadet line of the House of Lippe (a German dynasty reigning from 1413 until 1918, of comital and, from 1789, of princely rank). The comital branch of Lippe-Biesterfeld ascended the throne of the Principality of Lippe in 1905, after the extinction of the ruling main branch, when count Leopold of Lippe-Biesterfeld became Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe. He continued to rule until the German Revolution of 1918. In 1916, he created his younger brother, count Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, a prince. Through the latter's son, Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1911–2004), the prince consort of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands, it also became a title of the Dutch Royal House, created in 1937. History The branch of Lippe-Biesterfeld was founded by count Jobst Herman (1625–1678), youngest son of count Simon VII of Lippe-Detmold. He received Biesterfeld with parts of the former county of Schwalenberg, as a paragium. From the Lippe-Biesterfeld branch the line of Lippe-Weissenfeld was separated in 1734. Both, Biesterfeld and Weissenfeld were so-called paragiums (non-sovereign estates of a cadet-branch) of the ruling House of Lippe. Jobst Herman built the manor of Biesterfeld around 1660. Frederick Charles Augustus, Count of Lippe, moved the comital brewery from Schwalenberg to Biesterfeld in 1740. However, both the lands of Lippe-Biesterfeld and Lippe-Weissenfeld were ceded and sold to the princely line of Lippe(-Detmold) on 24 May 1762. Frederick Charles Augustus preferred to live in a hunting lodge in the Sachsenwald forest, near Hamburg, named after him, Friedrichsruh, the current home of the princes Bismarck. Frederick William (1737-1803), the eldest surviving son of count Frederick Charles Augustus, married Elisabeth Johanna, Edle von Meinertzhagen (1752-1811) who inherited a small manor house at Oberkassel, Bonn, where the couple moved in 1770, and which was to become the home to the Lippe-Biesterfeld family for the following 209 years. Beethoven is said to have been the piano teacher of the couple's children. The Head of the Lippe-Biesterfeld family was given the style Illustrious Highness () at Detmold on 27 August and 1 October 1844. When, in 1895, the mentally ill Prince Alexander ascended the throne of the Principality of Lippe, Prince Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe was appointed to act as regent of Lippe, according to a then secretly kept decree of the predecessor Prince Woldemar. Alexander was the last male of the Lippe-Detmold line; the next senior lines of the House of Lippe were the Counts of Lippe-Biesterfeld, followed by the Counts of Lippe-Weissenfeld, and then by the most junior line the Princes of Schaumburg-Lippe. Shortly after becoming a member state of the German Empire in 1871, Prince Woldemar of the Lippe-Detmold line died on 20 July 1895. The next ruler was his brother, Alexander, Prince of Lippe, but the power needed to be exercised by a regent throughout his reign on account of his mental illness. This right for regency resulted in an inheritance dispute between the neighboring principality of Schaumburg-Lippe and the Lippe-Biesterfeld line. Ernest, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld, hitherto living at Oberkassel, became regent of the principality from 1897 until his death in 1904. The dispute was only resolved by the Imperial Court in Leipzig in 1905, with the lands passing to the Lippe-Biesterfeld line who, until this point, had no territorial sovereignty. Ernest's son Prince Leopold IV (1871–1949) was the first and only count of Lippe-Biesterfeld to become ruling prince of Lippe, residing at Detmold Castle. Prince Bernhard of Lippe (1872–1934), the younger brother of Leopold IV and father of prince consort Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, was born at Oberkassel and grew up there. Later he acquired castle Reckenwalde and an estate in East Brandenburg (today Wojnowo, Poland), where his son grew up. A first cousin of the prince-consort, Prince Ernst August of Lippe (1917–1990), sold the house at Oberkassel in 1979, after he had acquired Syburg castle at Bergen, Middle Franconia, in 1970. The current head of the House of Lippe is Stephan, Prince of Lippe (born 24 May 1959), a grandson of Leopold IV, and present owner of Detmold Castle. He is also a first cousin once removed of Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands (1911–2004), the prince consort of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands (1909–2004). 1627–1762: Lords of Lippe-Biesterfeld Jobst Herman, Lord 1627–1678 (1625–1678), youngest son of Simon VII, Count of Lippe Rudolf Ferdinand, Lord 1678–1736 (1671–1736) Friedrich Karl, Lord 1736–1762, raised to Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld in 1762 (1706–1781) 1762–1905: Counts of Lippe-Biesterfeld Friedrich Karl, 1st Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld 1762–1781 (1706–1781) Karl, 2nd Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld 1781–1810 (1735–1810) Ernst, 3rd Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld 1810–1840 (1777–1840) Julius, 4th Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld 1840–1884 (1812–1884) Ernst, 5th Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld 1884–1904 (1842–1904) Leopold, 6th Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld 1904–1905 (1871–1949) On 25 October 1905 Count Leopold became the reigning Prince of Lippe as Leopold IV. 1916-1918: Princes of Lippe-Biesterfeld Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, Prince of Lippe-Biesterfeld 1916–1918 (1911-2004) 1909–1916: Morganatic title and new cadet line On 8 February 1909, the title Countess of Biesterfeld (not related to the previous title Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld) was created for Armgard von Cramm (1883–1971) and her descendants. Armgard was the wife of Prince Bernhard of Lippe (1872–1934), the brother of Prince Leopold IV. On 24 February 1916, Armgard and her two sons Bernhard (1911–2004) and Aschwin (1914–1988) were created Prince(ss) of Lippe-Biesterfeld with the style Serene Highness. They returned to a more senior position in the line of succession to the Lippian throne, in which they previously had been the very last. The suffix Biesterfeld was revived to mark the foundation of a new cadet line. 1937 – present: Dutch Royal title By royal decree of 6 January 1937, the titles Prince of the Netherlands, with the style Royal Highness, and Prince of Lippe-Biesterfeld, were created in the Kingdom of the Netherlands for Prince Bernhard and his descendants. The Lippe-Biesterfeld title hereby became also a Dutch one. On 7 January 1937, Bernhard married Princess Juliana of the Netherlands (who later was the Queen regnant of the Netherlands between 1948 and 1980). From this marriage, four daughters were born who all hold the title Princess of Lippe-Biesterfeld: Beatrix (born 1938, Queen of the Netherlands from 1980 to 2013) Irene (born 1939) Margriet (born 1943) Christina (1947–2019) Since the title is only inheritable in male line, with them the title will become extinct. 1998 – present: Other By royal decree of 26 May 1998, the descendants of Prince Maurits of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven (born 1968), eldest son of Princess Margriet, all have the newly created surname van Lippe-Biesterfeld van Vollenhoven. See also List of consorts of Lippe References House of Lippe

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barren%20Island%20%28Maryland%29

Barren Island (Maryland)

Barren Island is small, uninhabited landmass in the Chesapeake Bay, just off the coast of Dorchester County, Maryland. It is located at . It is known to be a mute swan nesting ground. Ecological Restoration The Friends of Blackwater Refuge worked in conjunction with the National Aquarium in Baltimore on a major marsh restoration project at Barren Island in the Chesapeake Bay. Barren Island is located twelve miles south of the Choptank River and is part of the Chesapeake Marshlands National Wildlife Refuge Complex; the island is adjacent to the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge. The efforts of this partnership, which includes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, NOAA, the FWS, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, and Maryland Conservation Corps have resulted in the planting of over 302,000 native marsh grasses with the help of 927 volunteers totaling 7,700 volunteer hours. Aquarium staff and the Friends of Blackwater Refuge have returned to the site semi-annually to monitor the success of the restoration project. Topographic, vegetative and fish utilization data have been collected. Initial monitoring indicates that the project has been successful as wave energy is being absorbed and sediment is in fact being accreted. A very natural marsh community which includes small invertebrates that live in the sediments, larger invertebrates including crabs and shrimp and fish and birds can be found in the more mature parts of the site that were planted in 2001. The more recently planted areas appear to be progressing well toward a similar community. References External links https://web.archive.org/web/20140719081501/http://www.aqua.org/care/conservation-initiatives/barren-island Maryland islands of the Chesapeake Bay Landforms of Dorchester County, Maryland Uninhabited islands of Maryland

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esek%20Hopkins%20House

Esek Hopkins House

The Esek Hopkins House is an historic home on 97 Admiral Street (just off Route 146) on the north side of Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Description The oldest portion of the house is a 2½-story gable-roof block, three bays wide, with an entry in the rightmost bay. To the right of this section is a 1½-story gambrel-roofed addition, dating to the early 19th century. A single-story gable-roof ell extends from the rear of the main block. History Dating to 1754, the house was the home of Esek Hopkins, the first commander-in-chief of the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War. After Hopkins died, his daughters inherited the property, and it remained in the family for the next century. Descendant Elizabeth West Gould died in 1907, and the property was donated to the City of Providence in accordance with her wishes in 1908, with the stipulation that it be converted into a museum. Accounts of the time recounted that the property was being restored to its original condition. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. Over the years, various plans were put forward over the years to convert the house into a museum. They all failed for lack of resources. Most recently, in 2011 the Providence Parks department put forward a plan to convert the house into a part-time museum; this has not yet come to pass. The building has suffered from inadequate maintenance by the city's parks department, and was placed on the Providence Preservation Society's "Most Endangered Properties" list in 1995, 2011 and again in 2015. In 2021, the Esek Hopkins house partnered with a local artist collective and a local dance company to serve as an outdoor space for dance performance and classes. In September 2021, the house was the site of an original dance opera titled "The Historical Fantasy of Esek Hopkins." The performance deals with the legacy of Hopkins and slavery and adds fantastical elements. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Providence, Rhode Island References and external links "Old Providence: A Collection of Facts and Traditions relating to Various Buildings and Sites of Historic Interest in Providence" (Merchants National Bank of Providence, 1918) Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island Houses completed in 1754 Houses in Providence, Rhode Island 1754 establishments in Rhode Island National Register of Historic Places in Providence, Rhode Island

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark%20Schwed

Mark Schwed

Mark Schwed (September 24 1956 – January 31 2008) was an American television critic and journalist. He worked for The Palm Beach Post for 11 years and also worked as a critic for the Los Angeles Herald Examiner. Associate editor of The Palm Beach Post, Jan Tuckwood said Schwed "Had a great instinct for what we call the quick-turn human-interest story,". Schwed died on January 31 2008 of undisclosed causes. Schwed appeared fine until the beginning of the week when he called in work ill. References American television critics American male journalists 20th-century American journalists 1956 births 2008 deaths

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009%20Galician%20regional%20election

2009 Galician regional election

The 2009 Galician regional election was held on Sunday, 1 March 2009, to elect the 8th Parliament of the autonomous community of Galicia. All 75 seats in the Parliament were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with a regional election in the Basque Country. The election saw the People's Party (PP) retake control of the parliament from the coalition of the Socialists' Party of Galicia (PSdeG–PSOE) and the Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG), with a majority of 1 seat. As a result, Alberto Núñez Feijoo became the new President of Galicia. Overview Electoral system The Parliament of Galicia was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Galicia, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution of 1978 and the regional Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a regional president. Voting for the Parliament was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered in Galicia and in full enjoyment of their political rights. The 75 members of the Parliament of Galicia were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of five percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied in each constituency. Parties not reaching the threshold were not taken into consideration for seat distribution. Seats were allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the provinces of A Coruña, Lugo, Ourense and Pontevedra, with each being allocated an initial minimum of 10 seats and the remaining 35 being distributed in proportion to their populations. The use of the D'Hondt method might result in a higher effective threshold, depending on the district magnitude. Election date The term of the Parliament of Galicia expired four years after the date of its previous election, unless it was dissolved earlier. The election decree was required to be issued no later than the twenty-fifth day prior to the date of expiry of parliament and published on the following day in the Official Journal of Galicia (DOG), with election day taking place between the fifty-fourth and the sixtieth day from publication. The previous election was held on 19 June 2005, which meant that the legislature's term would have expired on 19 June 2009. The election decree was required to be published in the DOG no later than 26 May 2009, with the election taking place up to the sixtieth day from publication, setting the latest possible election date for the Parliament on Saturday, 25 July 2009. The president had the prerogative to dissolve the Parliament of Galicia and call a snap election, provided that it did not occur before one year had elapsed since a previous dissolution under this procedure. In the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional president within a two-month period from the first ballot, the Parliament was to be automatically dissolved and a fresh election called. Parties and candidates The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election call, whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least one percent of the electorate in the constituencies for which they sought election, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates. Below is a list of the main parties and electoral alliances which contested the election: Opinion polls The tables below list opinion polling results in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a poll. Voting intention estimates The table below lists weighted voting intention estimates. Refusals are generally excluded from the party vote percentages, while question wording and the treatment of "don't know" responses and those not intending to vote may vary between polling organisations. When available, seat projections determined by the polling organisations are displayed below (or in place of) the percentages in a smaller font; 38 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Parliament of Galicia. Voting preferences The table below lists raw, unweighted voting preferences. Victory preferences The table below lists opinion polling on the victory preferences for each party in the event of a general election taking place. Victory likelihood The table below lists opinion polling on the perceived likelihood of victory for each party in the event of a regional election taking place. Preferred President The table below lists opinion polling on leader preferences to become president of the Regional Government of Galicia. Results Overall Distribution by constituency Aftermath References Opinion poll sources Other 2009 in Galicia (Spain) Galicia Regional elections in Galicia (Spain) March 2009 events in Europe

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309%20Detroit%20Pistons%20season

2008–09 Detroit Pistons season

The 2008–09 Detroit Pistons season was the 68th season of the franchise, the 61st in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the 52nd in the Detroit area. The season was the first under new head coach Michael Curry, who took over for Flip Saunders who was fired at the conclusion of the 2007–08 season. In the playoffs, the Pistons were swept by the Cleveland Cavaliers in four games in the First Round. During the season, the Pistons traded Chauncey Billups, Antonio McDyess, and Cheikh Samb to the Denver Nuggets in exchange for Allen Iverson. McDyess was waived by the Nuggets and was re-signed by the Pistons. It was their first losing season since the 2000–01 NBA season, and the first time they didn't reach the Eastern Conference Finals since the 2001-02 NBA season. The 2008–09 season was also the last time the Pistons qualified for the playoffs, until the 2015–16 season where they were also swept by the Cavaliers and again in the first round. Following the season, Rasheed Wallace signed as a free agent with the Boston Celtics, and Iverson left to sign with the Memphis Grizzlies and Curry was fired. Draft picks On the day of the draft, the Pistons traded D. J. White to the Seattle SuperSonics in exchange for the rights to Seattle's number 32 and number 46 picks. The picks were used to select Walter Sharpe from Alabama–Birmingham and Trent Plaisted from Brigham Young, respectively. Roster Regular season Standings Game log |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 1 | October 29 | Indiana | | Tayshaun Prince (19) | Rasheed Wallace (7) | Chauncey Billups (7) | The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 | 1–0 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 2 | November 1 | Washington | | Richard Hamilton (24) | Rasheed Wallace (12) | Chauncey Billups (8) | The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 | 2–0 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 3 | November 3 | @ Charlotte | | Richard Hamilton (19) | Kwame Brown (9) | Richard Hamilton (5) | Time Warner Cable Arena11,023 | 3–0 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 4 | November 5 | @ Toronto | | Tayshaun Prince (27) | Rasheed Wallace (12) | Richard Hamilton, Rodney Stuckey (5) | Air Canada Centre18,602 | 4–0 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 5 | November 7 | @ New Jersey | | Allen Iverson (24) | Tayshaun Prince (11) | Allen Iverson, Rodney Stuckey (6) | Izod Center17,767 | 4–1 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 6 | November 9 | Boston | | Tayshaun Prince (23) | Rasheed Wallace (11) | Allen Iverson (4) | The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 | 4–2 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 7 | November 11 | @ Sacramento | | Allen Iverson (30) | Tayshaun Prince (11) | Allen Iverson (9) | ARCO Arena11,423 | 5–2 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 8 | November 13 | @ Golden State | | Richard Hamilton (24) | Tayshaun Prince (16) | Allen Iverson (9) | Oracle Arena18,477 | 6–2 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 9 | November 14 | @ L.A. Lakers | | Allen Iverson, Rasheed Wallace (25) | Rasheed Wallace (13) | Tayshaun Prince (6) | Staples Center18,997 | 7–2 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 10 | November 16 | @ Phoenix | | Richard Hamilton (19) | Rasheed Wallace (9) | Allen Iverson (7) | US Airways Center18,422 | 7–3 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 11 | November 19 | Cleveland | | Allen Iverson (23) | Rasheed Wallace (15) | Richard Hamilton (5) | The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 | 8–3 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 12 | November 20 | @ Boston | | Allen Iverson (16) | Kwame Brown, Tayshaun Prince (7) | Allen Iverson (4) | TD Banknorth Garden18,624 | 8–4 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 13 | November 23 | Minnesota | | Tayshaun Prince (20) | Rasheed Wallace (10) | Will Bynum, Richard Hamilton (6) | The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 | 8–5 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 14 | November 26 | New York | | Richard Hamilton (17) | Amir Johnson (13) | Rodney Stuckey (11) | The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 | 9–5 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 15 | November 28 | Milwaukee | | Allen Iverson (17) | Jason Maxiell (8) | Allen Iverson (7) | The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 | 10–5 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 16 | November 30 | Portland | | Richard Hamilton (18) | Amir Johnson (8) | Rodney Stuckey (5) | The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 | 10–6 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 17 | December 2 | @ San Antonio | | Allen Iverson, Rasheed Wallace (19) | Tayshaun Prince (12) | Rodney Stuckey (7) | AT&T Center17,582 | 11–6 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 18 | December 5 | Philadelphia | | Richard Hamilton (19) | Rasheed Wallace, Kwame Brown (8) | Allen Iverson (7) | The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 | 11–7 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 19 | December 7 | @ New York | | Tayshaun Prince (23) | Tayshaun Prince (10) | Allen Iverson (7) | Madison Square Garden19,763 | 11–8 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 20 | December 9 | @ Washington | | Richard Hamilton (29) | Tayshaun Prince (11) | Rodney Stuckey (11) | Verizon Center14,707 | 11–9 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 21 | December 12 | Indiana | | Richard Hamilton (28) | Rasheed Wallace (6) | Allen Iverson (12) | The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 | 12–9 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 22 | December 13 | @ Charlotte | | Allen Iverson (20) | Tayshaun Prince, Antonio McDyess (6) | Rodney Stuckey (10) | Time Warner Cable Arena17,373 | 13–9 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 23 | December 17 | Washington | | Allen Iverson (28) | Tayshaun Prince (10) | Rodney Stuckey (11) | The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 | 14–9 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 24 | December 19 | Utah | | Allen Iverson (38) | Rasheed Wallace (8) | Allen Iverson (7) | The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 | 14–10 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 25 | December 21 | @ Atlanta | | Rasheed Wallace, Rodney Stuckey (20) | Rodney Stuckey (9) | Allen Iverson (6) | Philips Arena15,233 | 14–11 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 26 | December 23 | Chicago | | Rodney Stuckey (40) | Tayshaun Prince, Antonio McDyess (11) | Allen Iverson (8) | The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 | 15–11 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 27 | December 26 | Oklahoma City | | Allen Iverson (22) | Tayshaun Prince (11) | Rodney Stuckey, Richard Hamilton (4) | The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 | 16–11 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 28 | December 27 | @ Milwaukee | | Tayshaun Prince (19) | Rasheed Wallace (12) | Rodney Stuckey, Allen Iverson (6) | Bradley Center17,086 | 17–11 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 29 | December 29 | Orlando | | Rodney Stuckey (19) | Antonio McDyess (8) | Antonio McDyess (5) | The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 | 18–11 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 30 | December 31 | New Jersey | | Allen Iverson (19) | Jason Maxiell (9) | Tayshaun Prince (5) | The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 | 19–11 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 31 | January 2 | Sacramento | | Rodney Stuckey (38) | Amir Johnson (14) | Rodney Stuckey (7) | The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 | 20–11 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 32 | January 4 | @ L.A. Clippers | | Rodney Stuckey (24) | Antonio McDyess (15) | Allen Iverson (10) | Staples Center17,968 | 21–11 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 33 | January 7 | @ Portland | | Tayshaun Prince (26) | Antonio McDyess (13) | Allen Iverson, Rodney Stuckey (7) | Rose Garden20,644 | 21–12 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 34 | January 9 | @ Denver | | Allen Iverson (23) | Antonio McDyess (12) | Tayshaun Prince (4) | Pepsi Center19,682 | 22–12 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 35 | January 10 | @ Utah | | Rodney Stuckey (19) | Antonio McDyess (9) | Allen Iverson (5) | EnergySolutions Arena19,911 | 22–13 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 36 | January 13 | Charlotte | | Rodney Stuckey (22) | Tayshaun Prince, Antonio McDyess (9) | Rodney Stuckey, Allen Iverson, Tayshaun Prince (5) | The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 | 22–14 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 37 | January 14 | @ Indiana | | Rodney Stuckey (30) | Rasheed Wallace (15) | Allen Iverson (7) | Conseco Fieldhouse11,964 | 22–15 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 38 | January 16 | @ Oklahoma City | | Tayshaun Prince, Richard Hamilton (18) | Rasheed Wallace (8) | Richard Hamilton (5) | Ford Center19,136 | 22–16 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 39 | January 17 | New Orleans | | Richard Hamilton (19) | Antonio McDyess (12) | Rodney Stuckey (6) | The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 | 22–17 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 40 | January 19 | @ Memphis | | Allen Iverson (27) | Antonio McDyess (16) | Richard Hamilton (6) | FedExForum17,483 | 23–17 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 41 | January 21 | Toronto | | Tayshaun Prince (25) | Jason Maxiell (11) | Rodney Stuckey (7) | The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 | 24–17 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 42 | January 23 | Dallas | | Richard Hamilton (17) | Rasheed Wallace (9) | Will Bynum (4) | The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 | 24–18 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 43 | January 25 | Houston | | Richard Hamilton (27) | Rasheed Wallace (11) | Rodney Stuckey, Allen Iverson (8) | The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 | 24–19 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 44 | January 28 | @ Minnesota | | Rasheed Wallace (25) | Rasheed Wallace, Antonio McDyess (10) | Rodney Stuckey (6) | Target Center14,232 | 25–19 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 45 | January 30 | Boston | | Allen Iverson, Rodney Stuckey (19) | Antonio McDyess (14) | Richard Hamilton (5) | The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 | 25–20 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 46 | February 1 | Cleveland | | Allen Iverson (22) | Amir Johnson (9) | Rodney Stuckey (8) | The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 | 25–21 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 47 | February 4 | Miami | | Rasheed Wallace, Rodney Stuckey (18) | Antonio McDyess (17) | Richard Hamilton (7) | The Palace of Auburn Hills21,720 | 26–21 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 48 | February 7 | @ Milwaukee | | Richard Hamilton (38) | Tayshaun Prince (13) | Allen Iverson, Tayshaun Prince (9) | Bradley Center17,297 | 27–21 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 49 | February 8 | Phoenix | | Richard Hamilton (27) | Antonio McDyess (13) | Allen Iverson (7) | The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 | 27–22 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 50 | February 10 | @ Chicago | | Richard Hamilton (30) | Rasheed Wallace (10) | Richard Hamilton (8) | United Center21,896 | 27–23 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 51 | February 11 | Atlanta | | Allen Iverson (28) | Antonio McDyess (10) | Tayshaun Prince (8) | The Palace of Auburn Hills20,124 | 27–24 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 52 | February 17 | Milwaukee | | Antonio McDyess (24) | Antonio McDyess (14) | Allen Iverson, Tayshaun Prince (8) | The Palace of Auburn Hills20,217 | 27–25 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 53 | February 19 | San Antonio | | Allen Iverson (31) | Antonio McDyess (13) | Rodney Stuckey (8) | The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 | 27–26 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 54 | February 22 | @ Cleveland | | Allen Iverson (14) | Jason Maxiell (9) | Richard Hamilton (6) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 27–27 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 55 | February 24 | @ Miami | | Allen Iverson (22) | Tayshaun Prince (9) | Tayshaun Prince (8) | American Airlines Arena19,600 | 27–28 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 56 | February 25 | @ New Orleans | | Richard Hamilton (24) | Antonio McDyess, Jason Maxiell (9) | Richard Hamilton, Will Bynum (6) | New Orleans Arena17,215 | 27–29 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 57 | February 27 | @ Orlando | | Richard Hamilton (31) | Antonio McDyess (13) | Richard Hamilton (6) | Amway Arena17,461 | 28–29 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 58 | March 1 | @ Boston | | Richard Hamilton (25) | Tayshaun Prince (8) | Richard Hamilton (9) | TD Banknorth Garden18,624 | 29–29 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 59 | March 3 | Denver | | Tayshaun Prince (23) | Antonio McDyess (12) | Richard Hamilton (7) | The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 | 30–29 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 60 | March 6 | Golden State | | Richard Hamilton (22) | Jason Maxiell (9) | Rodney Stuckey (8) | The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 | 31–29 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 61 | March 7 | @ Atlanta | | Richard Hamilton (20) | Antonio McDyess (12) | Rodney Stuckey (6) | Philips Arena19,101 | 31–30 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 62 | March 9 | Orlando | | Richard Hamilton (29) | Antonio McDyess (18) | Richard Hamilton (14) | The Palace of Auburn Hills20,039 | 32–30 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 63 | March 11 | New York | | Richard Hamilton (27) | Antonio McDyess (22) | Rodney Stuckey (8) | The Palace of Auburn Hills20,135 | 32–31 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 64 | March 13 | @ Toronto | | Richard Hamilton (24) | Antonio McDyess (13) | Richard Hamilton (16) | Air Canada Centre19,800 | 33–31 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 65 | March 15 | Memphis | | Antonio McDyess (19) | Kwame Brown (13) | Richard Hamilton (12) | The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 | 33–32 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 66 | March 17 | @ Dallas | | Tayshaun Prince (28) | Antonio McDyess, Jason Maxiell (9) | Rodney Stuckey (7) | American Airlines Center20,427 | 33–33 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 67 | March 18 | @ Houston | | Arron Afflalo (24) | Antonio McDyess (20) | Rodney Stuckey (10) | Toyota Center18,275 | 33–34 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 68 | March 20 | L.A. Clippers | | Antonio McDyess (24) | Antonio McDyess (17) | Tayshaun Prince (12) | The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 | 34–34 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 69 | March 22 | Miami | | Rodney Stuckey (24) | Antonio McDyess (12) | Tayshaun Prince (5) | The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 | 34–35 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 70 | March 24 | @ Chicago | | Will Bynum, Tayshaun Prince (20) | Kwame Brown (11) | Will Bynum (9) | United Center20,502 | 34–36 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 71 | March 26 | L.A. Lakers | | Will Bynum (25) | Antonio McDyess (12) | Will Bynum (11) | The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 | 34–37 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 72 | March 28 | @ Washington | | Richard Hamilton (31) | Antonio McDyess, Kwame Brown (11) | Rodney Stuckey (6) | Verizon Center20,173 | 35–37 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 73 | March 29 | Philadelphia | | Tayshaun Prince (21) | Antonio McDyess (6) | Richard Hamilton (7) | The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 | 36–37 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 74 | March 31 | @ Cleveland | | Richard Hamilton (13) | Antonio McDyess (10) | Will Bynum (3) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 36–38 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 75 | April 1 | @ New Jersey | | Richard Hamilton (29) | Rodney Stuckey, Antonio McDyess (7) | Rodney Stuckey, Richard Hamilton (6) | Izod Center15,105 | 36–39 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 76 | April 4 | @ Philadelphia | | Rodney Stuckey (23) | Kwame Brown (7) | Rodney Stuckey, Richard Hamilton (4) | Wachovia Center19,832 | 36–40 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 77 | April 5 | Charlotte | | Will Bynum (32) | Antonio McDyess, Kwame Brown (9) | Will Bynum (7) | The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 | 37–40 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 78 | April 8 | @ New York | | Richard Hamilton (22) | Antonio McDyess (16) | Richard Hamilton, Rodney Stuckey (7) | Madison Square Garden19,763 | 38–40 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 79 | April 10 | New Jersey | | Will Bynum (20) | Kwame Brown (7) | Richard Hamilton (9) | The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 | 39–40 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 80 | April 11 | @ Indiana | | Richard Hamilton (23) | Antonio McDyess (15) | Will Bynum (6) | Conseco Fieldhouse17,116 | 39–41 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 81 | April 13 | Chicago | | Richard Hamilton (25) | Antonio McDyess (10) | Rodney Stuckey (9) | The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 | 39–42 |-bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 82 | April 15 | @ Miami | | Kwame Brown (17) | Kwame Brown (13) | Rodney Stuckey (5) | American Airlines Arena19,600 | 39–43 Playoffs Game log |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 | April 18 | @ Cleveland | | Rodney Stuckey (20) | Brown, Wallace (9) | Hamilton, Stuckey (4) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 0–1 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 2 | April 21 | @ Cleveland | | Richard Hamilton (17) | Antonio McDyess (11) | Rodney Stuckey (6) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 0–2 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 3 | April 24 | Cleveland | | Richard Hamilton (15) | McDyess, Hamilton (8) | Richard Hamilton (6) | The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 | 0–3 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 4 | April 26 | Cleveland | | Antonio McDyess (26) | Antonio McDyess (10) | Richard Hamilton (7) | The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 | 0–4 Trades Free agents Additions Subtractions References External links 2008–09 Detroit Pistons telecast schedule Detroit Pistons seasons Detroit 2008 in sports in Michigan 2009 in sports in Michigan

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For%20a%20European%20Serbia

For a European Serbia

For a European Serbia () was a big tent and pro-EU electoral alliance, led by Boris Tadić, which participated in the 2008 Serbian parliamentary election. It received 38.42% of the popular vote, translating into 102 seats in the 250-seat Parliament of Serbia. History 2008 parliamentary election President of Serbia, Boris Tadić has gathered a large pro-EU coalition for the 2008 parliamentary election, around his centre-left Democratic Party (DS) and centre-right G17 Plus. On the list 166 candidates are from DS, 60 from G17+ and 8 members from each of the following minor parties Social Democratic Party of Serbia (SDPS) and League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina (LSV). 25 seats are guaranteed for G17+, 4 seats and a Ministry in the future government for both SDPS and Serbian Renewal Movement (SPO) and 3 seats for LSV. However, if the alliance wins over 100 seats, their seats will gradually increase. The list's name is For a European Serbia – Boris Tadić and its leader is Dragoljub Mićunović. Boris Tadić claimed victory at the election, despite only gaining a plurality. The victory was contested by the opposing Tomislav Nikolić, of the far-right Serbian Radical Party (SRS), which received 29.46% of the popular vote. In the election aftermath, ZES alliance formed a big tent coalition government together with the SPS-PUPS-JS electoral alliance and ethnic minority parties (Hungarian Coalition, List for Sandžak) on 7 July 2008, after securing 128 seats in the 250-seat parliament. This coalition government ruled Serbia until the 2012 elections. 2008 presidential election On 3 February 2008, Boris Tadić won in the second round of the presidential election, for the second time, his opponent Tomislav Nikolić, of the far-right SRS. He held that position until April 5, 2012, when he resigned, and scheduled new presidential elections, which would coincide with the parliamentary election on 6 May 2012. Coalition members Electoral results Parliamentary election Presidential election References External links For a European Serbia – Boris Tadić Defunct political party alliances in Serbia Pro-European political parties in Serbia

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary%20Ann%20Shadd%20Cary%20House

Mary Ann Shadd Cary House

The Mary Ann Shadd Cary House is a historic residence located at 1421 W Street, Northwest in Washington, D.C. From 1881 to 1885, it was the home of Mary Ann Shadd Cary (1823–93), a writer and abolitionist who was one of the first African American female journalists in North America, and who became one of the first black female lawyers after the American Civil War. The house was declared a National Historic Landmark on December 8, 1976, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It also is a contributing property to the Greater U Street Historic District. Description and history The Mary Ann Shadd Cary House is located on the southern fringe of Washington's Columbia Heights, on the north side of W Street between 14th Street and Florida Avenue. It is one of a series of brick row houses, probably built in the 1860s. It is three stories in height and three bays wide, with a corbelled cornice, and projecting brick hoods around its windows. It was from 1881 to 1885 the home of Mary Ann Shadd Cary. Mary Ann Shadd was born a free black in the slave state of Delaware, and was educated in Pennsylvania. Her father was active in anti-slavery circles, sheltering fugitive slaves in the family home. At first a school teacher for African American children, she and other family members left for Canada following passage of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. Settling in Ontario, she began publishing works to inform American blacks about conditions in Canada, so that they could judge whether migration there was in their interests. This effort resulted in the founding of the Provincial Freeman, the first newspaper published by a black woman in North America, and the first by a woman in what is now Canada. After the American Civil War, she returned to the United States, where she returned to teaching and continued to be active in civil rights. She acquired a law degree in 1883. See also African American history List of National Historic Landmarks in Washington, D.C. References African-American historic places Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C. Italianate architecture in Washington, D.C. National Historic Landmarks in Washington, D.C. Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Washington, D.C. Houses completed in 1881 African-American Roman Catholicism Women in Washington, D.C.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank%20Genese

Frank Genese

Frank Genese is a Long Island-based American architect and politician. He is a principal of N2 Design+Architecture, PC located in Port Washington, New York. Life and career Prior to joining N2, Genese has had a successful career in the New York design and construction industry. He was a Vice President at D&B Engineers & Architects, PC; Vice President for Capital & Facilities Management at the Queens Library; Vice President and Architect of the Garden at The New York Botanical Garden; served as head of facilities and operations at the New York Institute of Technology (NYIT), the City University of New York, and has held various positions with the government of New York City, including the Office of the Mayor, New York City Department of Design and Construction and the New York City Department of General Services. Genese is a Commissioner on the Town of North Hempstead Historic Landmarks Preservation Commission, member of the Port Washington Fire Department LOSAP Board, executive member of the Science Museum of Long Island Board of Trustees and a member of the Hempstead Harbor Protection Committee. He has served for 25 years on various boards of disabled organizations, including the Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association/United Spinal Association and the North American Wheelchair Athletic Association. Genese is licensed to practice architecture in New York, Connecticut and Florida. Genese serves as a Trustee of the Village of Flower Hill, Long Island, New York. Genese, who had previously served on Flower Hill's Planning Board and Architectural Review Committee, was originally appointed as a Village Trustee following Trustee Robert McNamara's appointment as Mayor when former Mayor Elaine Phillips was elected into the New York State Senate in 2016. He was ultimately re-elected as Trustee by residents. Genese is an alumnus of the Bronx High School of Science, and attended the State University of New York at Buffalo, where he earned a Bachelor of Professional Studies in Architecture and a Master of Architecture degree. References American business executives Living people Flower Hill, New York People from Long Island Architects from New York (state) New York Institute of Technology City University of New York staff New York Institute of Technology faculty Year of birth missing (living people) External links N2 Design+Architecture PC N2 Project Management Frank Genese AIA

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Arctic%20Buoy%20Program

International Arctic Buoy Program

The International Arctic Buoy Program is headquartered at the Polar Science Center, Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, in Seattle, Washington, United States. The program's objectives include to provide meteorological and oceanographic data in order to support operations and research for UNESCO's World Climate Research Programme and the World Weather Watch Programme of the United Nations' World Meteorological Organization. IABP participating countries include Canada, China, France, Germany, Japan, Norway, Russia, and the United States. Together, they share the costs of the program. The IABP has deployed more than 700 buoys since it began operations in 1991, succeeding the Arctic Ocean Buoy Program (operational since 1979-01-19). Commonly, 25 to 40 buoys operate at any given time and provide real-time position, pressure, temperature, and interpolated ice velocity. In support of the International Polar Year, the IABP will deploy over 120 buoys, at over 80 different locations, during the period of April–August 2008. The organization's annual meeting provides discussion on instrumentation, forecasting, observations, and outlook. References External links Official website Slilde show, PBS, February 6, 2008 Buoyage Organizations established in 1991 International environmental organizations Meteorological research institutes Hydrology organizations Arctic research 1991 establishments in the United States University of Washington organizations

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309%20Indiana%20Pacers%20season

2008–09 Indiana Pacers season

The 2008–09 Indiana Pacers season was Indiana's 42nd season as a franchise and 33rd season in the NBA. Key dates June 26: The 2008 NBA draft took place in Madison Square Garden, New York. July 1: The free agency period started. Offseason On July 9 the Pacers officially announced they had made two trades, the most notable being the trade of former All Star forward Jermaine O'Neal in exchange for Toronto Raptors players T. J. Ford, Rasho Nesterovic, Maceo Baston and Roy Hibbert who was the 17th pick on the 2008 NBA draft. The Raptors also received Nathan Jawai who was the 41st pick in the draft. Also in a trade with the Portland Trail Blazers, the Pacers acquired Jarrett Jack, Josh McRoberts and Brandon Rush who was the 13th pick in the draft. The Pacers traded away Ike Diogu and Jerryd Bayless who was the 11th pick in the draft. With the Pacers missing the playoffs for the last two seasons and reaching just the first round before that, a change was needed in Indianapolis. Having been with the Pacers for the past eight years, O'Neal's tenure was marred by numerous injuries which saw him miss 40 games last season and 31 during the 2005–06 season. Draft picks The 6-foot-10 Nathan Jawai is the first indigenous player from Australia to be drafted by an NBA team. Roster Regular season Standings Game log |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 | October 29 | @ Detroit | | Danny Granger (33) | Troy Murphy (15) | T. J. Ford (5) | The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 | 0–1 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 2 | November 1 | Boston | | Danny Granger (20) | Marquis Daniels (10) | Troy Murphy (5) | Conseco Fieldhouse18,165 | 1–1 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 3 | November 5 | Phoenix | | T. J. Ford, Danny Granger (23) | Troy Murphy (10) | Troy Murphy (4) | Conseco Fieldhouse11,660 | 1–2 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 4 | November 7 | @ Cleveland | | Danny Granger (33) | Marquis Daniels (11) | Marquis Daniels (7) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 1–3 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 5 | November 8 | New Jersey | | Danny Granger (23) | Jeff Foster (13) | T. J. Ford (9) | Conseco Fieldhouse14,355 | 2–3 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 6 | November 10 | Oklahoma City | | T. J. Ford (24) | T. J. Ford, Danny Granger (7) | T. J. Ford (10) | Conseco Fieldhouse10,165 | 3–3 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 7 | November 12 | @ New Jersey | | T. J. Ford (18) | T. J. Ford (8) | T. J. Ford (9) | Izod Center13,551 | 4–3 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 8 | November 14 | Philadelphia | | Danny Granger (18) | Jeff Foster (11) | T. J. Ford (7) | Conseco Fieldhouse12,742 | 4–4 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 9 | November 15 | @ Chicago | | T. J. Ford (16) | Troy Murphy (13) | Troy Murphy (5) | United Center21,759 | 4–5 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 10 | November 18 | Atlanta | | Danny Granger (34) | Troy Murphy (19) | Radoslav Nesterović, Jarrett Jack (5) | Conseco Fieldhouse13,379 | 5–5 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 11 | November 21 | Orlando | | Marquis Daniels (25) | Troy Murphy (10) | Radoslav Nesterović (8) | Conseco Fieldhouse14,699 | 5–6 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 12 | November 22 | @ Miami | | Marquis Daniels (25) | Troy Murphy (11) | Danny Granger, Troy Murphy (6) | American Airlines Arena18,685 | 5–7 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 13 | November 25 | @ Dallas | | Danny Granger (22) | Troy Murphy (14) | T. J. Ford (7) | American Airlines Center19,996 | 5–8 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 14 | November 26 | @ Houston | | Troy Murphy (21) | Troy Murphy (14) | Danny Granger (5) | Toyota Center18,194 | 6–8 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 15 | November 28 | Charlotte | | Danny Granger (35) | Troy Murphy (12) | T. J. Ford (6) | Conseco Fieldhouse17,160 | 6–9 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 16 | November 29 | @ Orlando | | Danny Granger (27) | Troy Murphy (11) | T. J. Ford, Jarrett Jack (5) | Amway Arena17,172 | 6–10 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 17 | December 2 | L.A. Lakers | | Danny Granger (32) | Troy Murphy (17) | T. J. Ford (8) | Conseco Fieldhouse16,412 | 7–10 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 18 | December 3 | @ Boston | | Danny Granger (20) | Troy Murphy (10) | T. J. Ford (8) | TD Banknorth Garden18,624 | 7–11 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 19 | December 5 | @ Cleveland | | Troy Murphy (15) | Jeff Foster (7) | Danny Granger (5) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 7–12 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 20 | December 7 | Boston | | Marquis Daniels (26) | Marquis Daniels, Jeff Foster (7) | Danny Granger (6) | Conseco Fieldhouse16,102 | 7–13 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 21 | December 10 | @ Toronto | | Danny Granger (22) | Troy Murphy (20) | Troy Murphy (6) | Air Canada Centre17,877 | 7–14 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 22 | December 12 | @ Detroit | | Danny Granger (42) | Troy Murphy (11) | T. J. Ford (10) | The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 | 7–15 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 23 | December 13 | @ Milwaukee | | T. J. Ford (27) | Troy Murphy (11) | T. J. Ford (6) | Bradley Center14,921 | 7–16 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 24 | December 15 | @ Washington | | Danny Granger (27) | Troy Murphy (12) | Marquis Daniels (7) | Verizon Center14,502 | 8–16 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 25 | December 17 | Golden State | | Danny Granger (41) | Danny Granger, Brandon Rush, Jeff Foster (11) | Danny Granger (6) | Conseco Fieldhouse11,151 | 9–16 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 26 | December 19 | L.A. Clippers | | Jarrett Jack (27) | Jeff Foster (11) | Jarrett Jack (7) | Conseco Fieldhouse12,653 | 9–17 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 27 | December 20 | @ Philadelphia | | T. J. Ford (25) | Jeff Foster (10) | Jarrett Jack (8) | Wachovia Center14,599 | 10–17 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 28 | December 23 | New Jersey | | Danny Granger (26) | Jeff Foster (14) | Jarrett Jack (8) | Conseco Fieldhouse11,272 | 10–18 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 29 | December 26 | @ Memphis | | Marquis Daniels (28) | Troy Murphy (12) | Jarrett Jack, Danny Granger (5) | FedExForum12,346 | 10–19 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 30 | December 28 | New Orleans | | Danny Granger (34) | Troy Murphy (16) | Jarrett Jack, Marquis Daniels (6) | Conseco Fieldhouse14,374 | 10–20 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 31 | December 30 | Atlanta | | Danny Granger (25) | Troy Murphy (14) | Danny Granger (5) | Conseco Fieldhouse13,762 | 10–21 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 32 | January 2 | @ New York | | Jarrett Jack (29) | Troy Murphy (18) | Danny Granger (6) | Madison Square Garden19,763 | 11–21 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 33 | January 3 | Sacramento | | Danny Granger (35) | Troy Murphy (13) | T. J. Ford (7) | Conseco Fieldhouse12,765 | 12–21 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 34 | January 5 | @ Denver | | Danny Granger (36) | Troy Murphy (12) | Jarrett Jack (7) | Pepsi Center14,255 | 12–22 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 35 | January 7 | @ Phoenix | | Danny Granger (37) | Jeff Foster (9) | Danny Granger (6) | US Airways Center18,422 | 13–22 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 36 | January 9 | @ L.A. Lakers | | Danny Granger (28) | Troy Murphy (6) | Jarrett Jack (8) | Staples Center18,997 | 13–23 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 37 | January 11 | @ Golden State | | Danny Granger (42) | Jeff Foster (12) | Jarrett Jack, T. J. Ford (6) | Oracle Arena18,262 | 13–24 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 38 | January 12 | @ Utah | | Danny Granger (30) | Troy Murphy (10) | Travis Diener (8) | EnergySolutions Arena19,911 | 13–25 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 39 | January 14 | Detroit | | Danny Granger (24) | Troy Murphy (13) | Jarrett Jack (6) | Conseco Fieldhouse11,964 | 14–25 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 40 | January 16 | Toronto | | Danny Granger (23) | Troy Murphy (15) | Jarrett Jack (7) | Conseco Fieldhouse13,234 | 15–25 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 41 | January 19 | @ New Orleans | | Danny Granger (30) | Troy Murphy (11) | Troy Murphy (5) | New Orleans Arena17,237 | 15–26 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 42 | January 20 | @ San Antonio | | Danny Granger (17) | Troy Murphy (10) | Radoslav Nesterović (4) | AT&T Center18,181 | 15–27 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 43 | January 23 | Houston | | Danny Granger (25) | Troy Murphy (16) | T. J. Ford (6) | Conseco Fieldhouse14,486 | 16–27 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 44 | January 25 | Charlotte | | Danny Granger (27) | Troy Murphy (14) | T. J. Ford (7) | Conseco Fieldhouse10,936 | 17–27 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 45 | January 27 | @ Orlando | | T. J. Ford (23) | Troy Murphy (7) | Travis Diener, Jarrett Jack, Mike Dunleavy, Jr. (4) | Amway Arena17,461 | 17–28 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 46 | January 28 | Milwaukee | | T. J. Ford (34) | Troy Murphy (13) | Jarrett Jack (6) | Conseco Fieldhouse12,143 | 18–28 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 47 | January 30 | Miami | | Mike Dunleavy, Jr. (30) | Troy Murphy (12) | Mike Dunleavy, Jr. (5) | Conseco Fieldhouse14,031 | 19–28 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 48 | January 31 | New York | | T. J. Ford (36) | Troy Murphy (11) | T. J. Ford (5) | Conseco Fieldhouse15,067 | 19–29 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 49 | February 3 | Minnesota | | Danny Granger (28) | Troy Murphy (12) | T. J. Ford (7) | Conseco Fieldhouse11,015 | 19–30 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 50 | February 5 | @ Philadelphia | | Mike Dunleavy, Jr. (21) | Troy Murphy (14) | T. J. Ford (7) | Wachovia Center10,699 | 19–31 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 51 | February 6 | Orlando | | Danny Granger (33) | Jarrett Jack, Troy Murphy (8) | T. J. Ford (5) | Conseco Fieldhouse13,559 | 20–31 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 52 | February 8 | @ Washington | | Danny Granger (29) | Troy Murphy (10) | T. J. Ford (7) | Verizon Center13,708 | 20–32 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 53 | February 10 | Cleveland | | Troy Murphy (18) | Troy Murphy (15) | T. J. Ford (4) | Conseco Fieldhouse18,165 | 21–32 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 54 | February 11 | @ Milwaukee | | Danny Granger (26) | Troy Murphy (10) | T. J. Ford (13) | Bradley Center13,486 | 21–33 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 55 | February 17 | Philadelphia | | Danny Granger (20) | Danny Granger (10) | T. J. Ford (7) | Conseco Fieldhouse13,259 | 22–33 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 56 | February 18 | @ Charlotte | | Jarrett Jack, Troy Murphy (18) | Troy Murphy (16) | Travis Diener (6) | Time Warner Cable Arena12,374 | 22–34 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 57 | February 20 | @ Minnesota | | Marquis Daniels (24) | Troy Murphy (14) | Travis Diener (6) | Target Center13,777 | 23–34 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 58 | February 22 | Chicago | | Troy Murphy (27) | Troy Murphy (14) | T. J. Ford, Jarrett Jack (5) | Conseco Fieldhouse17,083 | 24–34 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 59 | February 23 | @ New York | | Jarrett Jack (33) | Troy Murphy (21) | Troy Murphy (4) | Madison Square Garden17,283 | 24–35 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 60 | February 25 | Memphis | | T. J. Ford, Jarrett Jack (20) | Troy Murphy (12) | Jarrett Jack (6) | Conseco Fieldhouse13,211 | 25–35 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 61 | February 27 | @ Boston | | T. J. Ford (23) | Troy Murphy (13) | T. J. Ford, Marquis Daniels (4) | TD Banknorth Garden18,624 | 25–36 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 62 | March 1 | Denver | | Jarrett Jack (28) | Troy Murphy (18) | Jarrett Jack (8) | Conseco Fieldhouse12,458 | 26–36 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 63 | March 3 | @ Sacramento | | Jarrett Jack (26) | Troy Murphy (10) | T. J. Ford (9) | ARCO Arena10,748 | 27–36 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 64 | March 4 | @ Portland | | Marquis Daniels (28) | Troy Murphy (13) | T. J. Ford (5) | Rose Garden20,020 | 27–37 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 65 | March 7 | @ L.A. Clippers | | Jarrett Jack (25) | Troy Murphy (15) | T. J. Ford (8) | Staples Center16,518 | 28–37 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 66 | March 10 | Utah | | Troy Murphy (23) | Troy Murphy (13) | T. J. Ford (9) | Conseco Fieldhouse13,705 | 28–38 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 67 | March 13 | @ Atlanta | | T. J. Ford (29) | Troy Murphy (14) | T. J. Ford (5) | Philips Arena14,079 | 28–39 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 68 | March 15 | @ Toronto | | Troy Murphy (16) | Troy Murphy (10) | T. J. Ford (6) | Air Canada Centre18,169 | 28–40 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 69 | March 18 | Portland | | Danny Granger (35) | Jeff Foster (11) | T. J. Ford (6) | Conseco Fieldhouse13,072 | 28–41 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 70 | March 20 | Dallas | | Danny Granger (18) | Danny Granger, Troy Murphy (11) | Danny Granger, Travis Diener (4) | Conseco Fieldhouse17,232 | 28–42 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 71 | March 21 | @ Charlotte | | Jarrett Jack (31) | Jarrett Jack (6) | T. J. Ford (6) | Time Warner Cable Arena15,721 | 29–42 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 72 | March 25 | Miami | | Danny Granger (28) | Jeff Foster (16) | Jarrett Jack (4) | Conseco Fieldhouse17,117 | 30–42 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 73 | March 28 | @ Chicago | | Danny Granger (32) | Jeff Foster (18) | Jarrett Jack (9) | United Center20,756 | 30–43 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 74 | March 29 | Washington | | Danny Granger (31) | Brandon Rush (10) | T. J. Ford (10) | Conseco Fieldhouse13,729 | 31–43 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 75 | March 31 | Chicago | | Danny Granger (31) | Troy Murphy (12) | T. J. Ford (9) | Conseco Fieldhouse15,687 | 32–43 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 76 | April 3 | San Antonio | | Danny Granger (35) | Troy Murphy (13) | Jarrett Jack, T. J. Ford (6) | Conseco Fieldhouse16,414 | 32–44 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 77 | April 5 | @ Oklahoma City | | Danny Granger (24) | Troy Murphy (9) | T. J. Ford (5) | Ford Center19,136 | 33–44 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 78 | April 8 | Toronto | | Danny Granger (29) | Troy Murphy (14) | T. J. Ford (11) | Conseco Fieldhouse13,647 | 34–44 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 79 | April 10 | @ Atlanta | | Danny Granger (35) | Troy Murphy (10) | Jarrett Jack (7) | Philips Arena17,222 | 34–45 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 80 | April 11 | Detroit | | Danny Granger (24) | Troy Murphy (13) | Jarrett Jack (6) | Conseco Fieldhouse17,116 | 35–45 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 81 | April 13 | Cleveland | | Danny Granger (38) | Troy Murphy (13) | Jarrett Jack (5) | Conseco Fieldhouse18,165 | 35–46 |-bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 82 | April 15 | Milwaukee | | Danny Granger (35) | Troy Murphy (12) | Jarrett Jack (10) | Conseco Fieldhouse18,165 | 36–46 Player Statistics Regular season Player Statistics Citation: Season Transactions Trades Free agents Additions Subtractions References Indiana Pacers seasons Indiana 2008 in sports in Indiana 2009 in sports in Indiana

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

Capitosaurus

Capitosaurus is an extinct genus of temnospondyl amphibians whose remains have been found in Spitsbergen and Germany. Its skull was 30 cm long, with a total length over 122 cm. Several species have been assigned to the genus over the years, but only the type species C. polaris is still valid today. References Triassic temnospondyls of Europe Fossils of Germany Prehistoric tetrapod genera Monotypic amphibian genera

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezra%20Stiles%20House

Ezra Stiles House

The Ezra Stiles House is an historic house at 14 Clarke Street in Newport, Rhode Island. It is a large -story wood-frame structure, five bays wide, with a gambrel roof and two large interior brick chimneys, built in 1756. Originally built facing south, the house was rotated on its lot to face west in 1834, at which time its entry was given a Greek Revival surround. The house was home from the time of its construction to Rev. Ezra Stiles, later president of Yale University. Stiles lived in the house while serving as a minister for 20 years at the Second Congregational Church on Clarke Street. Stiles owned a slave boy that he acquired through an investment in a slaving expedition. Stiles freed his slave when he left Newport to serve at Yale in 1777. Stiles House is currently a private residence and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Newport County, Rhode Island References Davis, "Buying and Selling the Human Species:Newport and the Slave Trade,""Providence Journal" (March 12, 2006) Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island Houses in Newport, Rhode Island National Register of Historic Places in Newport County, Rhode Island Historic district contributing properties in Rhode Island Houses completed in 1756 Greek Revival houses in Rhode Island

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008%20Masters%20Series%20Hamburg%20%E2%80%93%20Singles

2008 Masters Series Hamburg – Singles

Rafael Nadal defeated the defending champion Roger Federer in the final 7–5, 6–7(3–7), 6–3 to win the title at the 2008 Hamburg Masters. Seeds The top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round. Draw Finals Top half Section 1 Section 2 Bottom half Section 3 Section 4 External links Draw Qualifying Draw Singles

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12%20%28Keller%20Williams%20album%29

12 (Keller Williams album)

12 is the twelfth album by Keller Williams, released in 2007. It features one song from each of his previous 11 albums, as well as one previously un-recorded song (Freshies). Track listing Turn in Difference 3:24 Anyhow Anyway 5:24 Tribe 4:48 Breathe 4:13 More Than a Little 7:50 Freeker by the Speaker 4:54 Butt Sweat 4:42 Apparition 4:37 Keep It Simple 4:35 Local 4:08 People Watchin' 5:16 Freshies 2:43 The 'Make the Title Look Silly' Track 3:15 Credits John Alagía – Engineer, Mixing Robert Battaglia – Engineer Mark Berger – Package Design Ty Burhoe – Tabla Kevin Clock – Engineer, Mixing Jeff Covert – Guitar, Engineer, Editing, Remixing, Mastering, Mixing, Soloist Doug Derryberry – Guitar, Engineer, Mixing Craig Dougald – Marimba Béla Fleck – Banjo, Engineer David Glasser – Mastering Louis Gosain – Engineer, Sample Engineering Bill Harris – Quintet Artwork Scott Harris – Bass Stacy Heydon – Engineer, Mixing Kyle Hollingsworth – Keyboards Scott Hull – Mastering Jamie Janover – Dulcimer (Hammer) Michael Kang – Violin Jenny Keel – Bass Larry Keel – Guitar Brian Durrett - Bass Jack Mascari – Engineer Bill Nershi – Slide Guitar Tye North – Bass Charlie Pilzer – Mastering Jim Robeson – Engineer, Mixing, Sample Engineering Jeff Sipe – Drums Clif Franck - Drums Michael Travis – Percussion, Drums Keller Williams – Bass, Guitar, Piano (Electric), Voices, Guitar (10 String), Guitar (12 String), Djembe, Shaker, Drum Samples Victor Wooten – Bass References 2007 albums Keller Williams albums SCI Fidelity Records albums

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safi%20Faye

Safi Faye

Safi Faye (born November 22, 1943) is a Senegalese film director and ethnologist. She was the first Sub-Saharan African woman to direct a commercially distributed feature film, Kaddu Beykat, which was released in 1975. She has directed several documentary and fiction films focusing on rural life in Senegal. Biography Early life and education Safi Faye was born in 1943 in Dakar, Senegal, to an aristocratic Serer family. Her parents, the Fayes, were from Fad'jal, a village south of Dakar. She attended the Normal School in Rufisque and receiving her teaching certificate in 1962 or 1963, began teaching in Dakar. In 1966 she went to the Dakar Festival of Negro Arts and met French ethnologist and filmmaker Jean Rouch. He encouraged her to use film making as an ethnographic tool. She had an acting role in his 1971 film Petit à petit. Faye has said that she dislikes Rouch's film but that working with him enabled her to learn about filmmaking and cinéma-vérité. In the 1970s she studied ethnology at the École pratique des hautes études and then at the Lumière Film School. She supported herself by working as a model, an actor and in film sound effects. In 1979, she received a PhD in ethnology from the University of Paris. From 1979 to 1980, Faye studied video production in Berlin and was a guest lecturer at the Free University of Berlin. She received a further degree in ethnology from the Sorbonne in 1988. Film career Faye's first film, in which she also acted, was a 1972 short called La Passante (The Passerby), drawn from her experiences as a foreign woman in Paris. It follows a woman (Faye) walking down a street and noticing the reactions of men nearby. Faye's first feature film was Kaddu Beykat, which means The Voice of the Peasant in Wolof and was known internationally as Letter from My Village or News from My Village. She obtained financial backing for Kaddu Beykat from the French Ministry of Cooperation. Released in 1975, it was the first feature film to be made by a Sub-Saharan African woman to be commercially distributed and gained international recognition for Faye. On its release it was banned in Senegal. In 1976 it won the FIPRESCI Prize from the International Federation of Film Critics (tied with Chhatrabhang) and the OCIC Award. Faye's 1983 documentary film Selbé: One Among Many follows a 39-year-old woman called Sélbe who works to support her eight children since her husband has left their village to look for work. Selbé regularly converses with Faye, who remains off-screen, and describes her relationship with her husband and daily life in the village. Faye's films are better known in Europe than in her native Africa, where they are rarely shown. Personal life Faye, who lives in Paris, is divorced and has one daughter. Filmography 1972: La Passante (The Passerby) 1975: Kaddu Beykat (Letter from My Village) 1979: Fad'jal (Come and work) 1979: Goob na nu (The harvest is in) 1980: Man Sa Yay (I, Your Mother) 1981: Les âmes au soleil (Souls under the Sun) 1983: Selbe: One Among Many (or Selbe and So Many Others) 1983: 3 ans 5 mois (Three years five months) 1985: Racines noires (Black Roots) 1985: Elsie Haas, femme peintre et cinéaste d'Haiti (Elsie Haas, Haitian Woman Painter and Filmmaker) 1989: Tesito 1996: Mossane References Bibliography External links 1943 births Senegalese ethnologists Women ethnologists Living people People from Dakar Safi Senegalese anthropologists Senegalese film actresses Senegalese film directors Senegalese women film directors Serer anthropologists Serer film directors Serer actresses

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Mogg%2C%20Baron%20Mogg

John Mogg, Baron Mogg

John Frederick Mogg, Baron Mogg KCMG (5 October 1943) is a previous Chairman of Ofgem and the current Chairman of the EU Energy Regulators. It was announced that he would become a life peer on 18 April 2008, and on 28 May 2008 he was created Baron Mogg, of Queen's Park in the county of East Sussex. On 14 January 2019 he retired from the House of Lords. Professional life Mogg spent half of his career in the Civil Service, particularly with regards to industry and European issues. He also served with the European Commission, reaching the grade of Director-General with responsibility for the Internal Market and Financial Services. Mogg is currently Chair of the Board of Governors at Brighton College. He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) in 2003. In his previous role as chairman of energy regulator Ofgem (a three-day-a-week job), he received £214,999 a year salary, as revealed to the public in July 2010. Titles Mr John Mogg (1943–2003) Sir John Mogg KCMG (2003–2008) The Rt. Hon. The Lord Mogg KCMG (2008–) References 1943 births Crossbench life peers Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Living people People's peers