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Launcelot Rolleston (1737 – 25 August 1802) was a member of the Markeaton hunt. Biography Rolleston was born in 1737, the son of John Rolleston, the minister at Aston-on-Trent and Dorothy his wife. Rolleston's family seat was Watnall Hall in Nottinghamshire. In 1762–3 Francis Noel Clarke Mundy commissioned a set of six portraits of his friends in the Markeaton Hunt and one of these was Rolleston. Each of the subjects was in the distinctive dress of the Markeaton Hunt, consisting of a blue coat over a scarlet waistcoat and yellow breeches. These paintings hung at Mundy's ancestral home, Markeaton Hall.

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Archaic bell moth genus Neopseustis is a genus of moths in the family Neopseustidae. Species

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Village in Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina Mrkosovice (Cyrillic: Мркосовице) is a village in the municipality of Konjic, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Demographics According to the 2013 census, its population was nil, down from 50 in 1991.

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Village in Madhya Pradesh, India Semri Khurd is a village in the Bhopal district of Madhya Pradesh, India. It is located in the Berasia tehsil. Demographics According to the 2011 census of India, Semri Khurd has 126 households. The effective literacy rate, i.e., the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below, is 72.65%.

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New Zealand writer and poet Tracey Slaughter (born 1972) is a New Zealand writer and poet. Life Slaughter was born in Papatoetoe, South Auckland, and lived there until she was 10 years old, when her family moved to the Coromandel Peninsula. She studied at the University of Auckland, graduating with a Ph.D in 2002. The title of her PhD thesis was Her face looking back at me: reflections on New Zealand women's autobiography. Slaughter has tutored in English at Massey University and the University of Auckland, and is a lecturer in creative writing at the University of Waikato. Slaughter's writing includes short stories, poems and novels, and focus on relationships and life in New Zealand. Her characters often experience trauma, such as suicide, cancer or infidelity. Slaughter has won the Bank of New Zealand Katherine Mansfield Award twice, in 2001 and 2004. In 2014, she won the Bridport Short Story Award for scenes of a long-term nature. Slaughter was shortlisted for the Manchester Poetry Prize in 2014, and the Manchester Short Story Prize in 2015 for ‘Stage Three’. Also in 2015, she won the Landfall Essay Competition for her non-fiction work ‘Ashdown Place’. Publications

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Wildlife preserve managed by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife The Spenceville Wildlife Area is an 11,448-acre (46.33 km2) wildlife preserve managed by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. It is located in the Sierra Nevada Foothills, within Nevada County and Yuba County of northern California. Geography The preserve is approximately 18 miles (29 km) east of the town of Marysville and Beale Air Force Base in the eastern Sacramento Valley. The elevation of the area varies from 200–1,200 feet (61–366 m). Natural history Spenceville is a foothill oak woodland of Blue oak (Quercus douglasii) and Foothill gray pine (Pinus sabiniana), and a grassland habitat. It is notable for many species of native birds and wildflowers, including the California endemic Yellow mariposa lily (Calochortus luteus). The geology of the Spenceville area is part of the Smartville Block formed during the Middle Jurassic epoch 200 million years ago. The Smartville Block is a part of the California Mother Lode for gold, and consequently Spenceville has had its share of mining activity. Cleanup from copper and zinc mining continues to this day. The area was originally home to the Maidu and Nisenan Native Americans and evidence of their grinding holes and lodge pits still exist. Recreation Spenceville hosts a variety of activities: hiking, biking, hunting, hunting dog field trials, target shooting, camping, equestrian trail riding, birding, and primitive camping. A popular trail leads to a double waterfall called Fairy Falls (a.k.a. Beale Falls, Shingle Falls, or Dry Creek Falls). There can be a high level of rattlesnakes seasonally. Conservation The Spenceville Wildlife Area may be environmentally impacted by the Waldo Dam Project proposed by the Yuba County Water Agency, and by housing development proposed between Beale Air Force Base and the wildlife area.

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Village in Hormozgan, Iran Jehad (Persian: جهاد, also Romanized as Jehād) is a village in Dar Pahn Rural District, Senderk District, Minab County, Hormozgan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 43, in 7 families.

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Village in Lorestan, Iran Village in Lorestan, Iran Deh Sefid Karim (Persian: ده سفيدكريم, also Romanized as Deh Sefīd Karīm; also known as Deh Sefīd) is a village in Kakasharaf Rural District, in the Central District of Khorramabad County, Lorestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 70, in 13 families.

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Genus of moths Pancoenia is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae. Species

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A carboxylate transporter is a membrane transport protein that transports carboxylate. They are responsible for the reabsorption of filtered carboxylate in renal physiology, resulting in a 100% reabsorption in the proximal tubule. In proximal tubule In the renal proximal tubule, there are several kinds of carboxylate transporters in the apical membrane and the basolateral membrane. Apical Basolateral

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The name Red FM refers to more than one radio station: Topics referred to by the same term

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Dium or Dion (Ancient Greek: Δίον) was a town of ancient Crete. Pliny the Elder speaks of it as an inland town. However, Ptolemy discusses a promontory on the north coast of Crete, at its greatest breadth, called Dium Promontorium (Δίον ἄκρον - Dion akron), leading some to suppose a connection to the town.

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Negative factorial is factorial of negative numbers expressed, as (-n)!= (-1)^n n! =(-1)(-2)(-3)......(-n+1)(-n) It is calculated by using Codegym in Java (programming language) It is represented by Euler's factorial function , -z)!=(-1)^z z! =

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Northrop Field was the on-campus stadium of the Minnesota Golden Gophers football team from 1899 to 1923. The original field had seating of around 3,000 and was named for University President Cyrus Northrop. After the 1902 season, the playing field was moved and new seating was added that allowed for crowds of up to 20,000. The stadium was sometimes referred to as Greater Northrop Field after 1902. In 1903, the first season at the enlarged field, the Gophers played the Michigan Wolverines in the first Little Brown Jug game. The stadium continued on as the football team's home until the end of the 1923 season. The U of M then built Memorial Stadium and moved there in 1924. The football team played at various fields on campus and around Minneapolis, including the field next to the University of Minnesota Armory and the downtown Athletic Park next to the West Hotel, from 1882 to 1898.

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Nigerian actress Eniola Ajao Listen is a Nigerian actress from Epe who has acted in over 75 films. She is known for her dynamism and versatility on set in her role delivery. Personal life Ajao and her twin sister are the youngest siblings of her parents' six children. The twin celebrates their birthday on 21 January. Growing up Ajao attended Saint Michael’s Anglican Primary School and Army Secondary School in Epe. According to Ajao although she wanted to make her parents proud, she dreamed of being an actress since she was young. Ajao would go on to attend Yaba College of Technology and then the University of Lagos where she would earn her degree in accounting. Eniola Ajao gave birth to a son named Ayomide Okikiola Daniel on 17 May 2002. Despite numerous rumors, she is not in a relationship with frequent collaborator Odunlade Adekola. Acting career Ajao's first film role would be in 2004 where she was cast in the film Ìgbà Aìmọ̀. Other films she has acted in include Eniola, Erin Orin, and Daramola. She starred in the 2018 film The Vendor. Ajao played the lead role of yeye Alara released in December 2018. She was nominated for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Yoruba-language film at the 2015 Best of Nollywood Awards, but she did not win the award. Filmography

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Football club EN Bolama, also known by its full name Estrela Negra de Bolama, is a Guinea-Bissauan football club based in Bolama. It is one of two chief club of the entire Bijagos Archipelago, the other is FC Bijagós, for most of the times, it was the most popular club in the Bijagós Archipelago but remains the most successful. It is an affiliate to the Brazilian club CR Vasco da Gama. They play in the amateur division in Guinean football, the Campeonato Nacional da Guine-Bissau. The club won only a cup title in 1980. History The club was founded in 1937 and is the oldest club in Bolama and the Bijagos (or Bissagos) Archipelago. In 1975, the club was refounded after independence in 1974. The club once played in the First Division with came one time in 2004 and continued in 2005 and 2007, in 2015, the club returned to the First Division and played for only a season, the club finished 14th which was last place with 16 points. In 2015, the club was relegated to the Second Division and currently plays there. In the 2017 season, they finished fifth in Série C of the Second Division. Logo and uniform Its logo color has a seal with a crest in the middle. Its logo and its uniforms are nearly the same as to the Brazilian club CR Vasco da Gama. Honour 1980 League and cup history National level Current squad As of the 2014 or the 2015 season Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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University in Yemen Al Saeed University is a university in Taiz, Yemen. It was founded in 2004, and added several departments in applied and medical sciences in 2013. The university was funded by Hayel Saeed Anam Group. Biochemist Eqbal Dauqan was Head of the Department of Medical Laboratories Sciences. In 2015 the university was bombed as part of the Yemeni Civil War, causing it to shut down.

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The Newfound River is a 22.1-mile-long (35.6 km) tributary of the South Anna River in east-central Virginia in the United States. Via the South Anna, Pamunkey and York rivers, it is part of the watershed of Chesapeake Bay. The Newfound River rises in southeastern Louisa County and flows generally eastward through western Hanover County. It joins the South Anna about 4 miles (6 km) north of the town of Ashland.

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Village in Bashkortostan, Russia Bychkovka (Russian: Бычковка) is a rural locality (a village) in Maloyazovsky Selsoviet, Salavatsky District, Bashkortostan, Russia. The population was 41 as of 2010. There is 1 street. Geography Bychkovka is located 10 km north of Maloyaz (the district's administrative centre) by road. Gusevka is the nearest rural locality.

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Canadian politician Roch Lanctôt (January 30, 1866 – May 30, 1929) was a Canadian politician. Born in Saint-Constant, Canada East, Lanctôt was educated at the University of Ottawa. A farmer by occupation, he was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the electoral district of Laprairie—Napierville in the general elections of 1904. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1908, 1911, 1917, 1921, 1925, and 1926. He died in office in 1929.

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American lawyer and civil rights activist (1907–1997) Bernard G. Segal (June 11, 1907 – June 1, 1997) was an American lawyer known for his advocacy for the poor and his work in the civil rights movement. Early life and education Segal was born in New York City but spent his childhood in Allentown and Philadelphia. He received both his bachelor's and law degrees at the University of Pennsylvania. Career Upon his graduation from law school, Segal became a deputy attorney general in the office of William A. Schnader, the Attorney General of Pennsylvania. At 24, Segal was the youngest deputy attorney general in state history. When Schnader lost a race for governor and established his own firm in 1935, Segal quickly became a partner, eventually serving as chairman of the firm, now known as Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis. In the 1950s, Segal became the first Jewish lawyer elected chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar Association, the nation's oldest bar association. In 1969, he became president of the American Bar Association. In fifty years as a corporate lawyer specializing in appellate work, Segal represented blue-chip clients including Bell Telephone, RCA, NBC, Hertz Corporation, Gimbel Brothers, and also United Parcel Service, where he served for many years as director and general counsel. Segal argued nearly 50 cases before the Supreme Court of the United States, but as a lawyer Segal took a broad view of his calling. Segal was known as the nation's foremost advocate of merit selection of judges. In the mid-1950s he persuaded then Attorney General Herbert Brownell and President Dwight D. Eisenhower to submit to the American Bar Association Committee on the Federal Judiciary the names of all prospective federal judicial nominees, including the Supreme Court, for a report and recommendation on their qualifications. That practice has continued ever since, with Presidents very rarely appointing a Federal Judge found "Not Qualified" by the ABA Committee. Segal chaired that Committee for six years and continued his key role in judicial selection long after he relinquished his chairmanship. In 1963, as the civil rights revolution was heating up, Segal called Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and asked why the President was not marshaling lawyers to help the civil rights movement. President John F. Kennedy convened a meeting of 244 prominent lawyers suggested by Segal and established the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, with Segal as co-chairman. The Committee sent lawyers to defend civil rights workers in southern states and played a critical role in advancing civil rights, not only in the south, but in many northern cities as well. Segal's wife, Dr. Geraldine Segal, a civil rights scholar in her own right, worked closely with Segal in their civil rights activities. Segal also played a seminal role in furthering legal services for the poor, chairing the Advisory Committee on the National Legal Services Program under President Lyndon B. Johnson and enlisting lawyers throughout the nation to provide legal services to the indigent. He was devoted to the principle that the most despised defendants also deserved a defense. In 1953, he organized the defense of nine Philadelphians denounced as Communists. Segal received honorary degrees from the University of Pennsylvania, Temple University, Villanova University, Franklin and Marshall College, Dropsie College, Jewish Theological Seminary of America, Vermont Law School, Georgetown University, Suffolk University and Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. He received many other awards and honors from institutions and organizations throughout the world, among them the World Peace Through Law Award as the "World's Greatest Lawyer"; the National Civil Rights Award by the Attorney General of the United States; first Lifetime Achievement Award of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law; the National Human Relations Award by the National Conference of Christians and Jews; and the Judge William H. Hastie Award of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. In 1981, the University of Pennsylvania Law Review devoted a unique issue to Segal, with tributes from Supreme Court Justices William J. Brennan, Jr. and Lewis F. Powell, Jr., Judges Arlin Adams and Louis H. Pollak and other legal luminaries. In that Review, former Judge A. Leon Higginbotham stated: When the high court of history writes its judgment in praise of Bernard G. Segal, it will place an even higher value on his indefatigable efforts to expand and improve legal services for the poor, the powerless, and the dispossessed. I will note his mighty role in pushing the organized bar and many individual lawyers to accept the eradication of barriers of racial discrimination and religious bigotry as part of their mission. It will stress his efforts to maintain and improve the independence and excellence of the judiciary." Personal life Segal died on June 1, 1997, 10 days before his 90th birthday, from complications of cancer at his home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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1986 video game Dead Zone (デッド ゾーン, Deddozōn) is a text-based adventure video game developed and published by Sunsoft for the Famicom Disk System in Japan on November 20, 1986. Plot In the space calendar 0385, the Earth suffers from overpopulation and humans start to build space colonies. Cark, the protagonist, works for the Earth Federation's space development office. He is a brilliant engineer in space physics and is working for the Sirius third planet colony. He gets engaged to his girlfriend Mary, but they have to postpone their wedding. Five months later, Cark, accompanied by his robot Carry, decides to visit Mary and prepare the ceremony at last. But when he arrives at the space station where she is in, everything is quiet. Then a beam of light hits him. He wakes up sometimes later, inside a sort of underground graveyard, with pieces of dismantled robots surrounding him (including Lionex (ライオネックス) from SunSoft's unreleased Nintendo Vs. Series title of the same name). Gameplay The player proceeds through the game by choosing from a selection of text menu commands. Like any traditional digital comic/text adventure games, a large view shows the surroundings. The bottom of the screen proposes simple action commands, like see, take or push; however, the game is entirely in Japanese (although it uses katakana exclusively). One of the original features of the game is to use real sampled sound in some places, which was very unusual for the time. A complete English fan translation patch was released in November 2019. Reception and legacy Reception Dead Zone received a score of 23 out of 40 from Famicom Tsūshin (Famitsu). Cark and Carry from Dead Zone have made appearances in a few games, including Nazoler Land 3 (1988), the strategy game Barcode World (1992) for Famicom (as SD characters), and the puzzle game Shanghai Musume: Mahjong Girls (2011) for iOS and Android.

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Hong Kong writer Nury Vittachi (born 2 October 1958) is a journalist and author based in Hong Kong. He has written the novel series The Feng Shui Detective, as well as non-fiction works and novels for children. Journalism career Vittachi started his career working for the Morning Telegraph in Sheffield. He worked for the South China Morning Post as a humor columnist known as Lai See until 1997. He has been previously described as an "outspoken critic of China". Vittachi has been part of the Hong Kong Young Writers’ awards for over a decade. The awards encourage and promote literature among kids, ages 6 to 18, from various backgrounds and learning styles, attracting thousands of entries from Hong Kong, Macau and China. In 2020, Vittachi published a book alleging that the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests were partially funded supported by the Central Intelligence Agency through the Oslo Freedom Foundation, the Albert Einstein Institution, and the Centre for Applied Nonviolent Action and Strategies and "revolution consultants". Personal life Vittachi was born in Sri Lanka to a Buddhist mother and Muslim father and currently resides in Hong Kong with his wife and children. Bibliography Non-fiction Fiction Children’s books

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Municipality in Bavaria, Germany Oberscheinfeld is a municipalityin the district of Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim in Bavaria in Germany.

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2015 film directed by Aneesh Anwar Kumbasaram: The Confession is a 2015 Malayalam thriller film written and directed by Aneesh Anwar, starring Jayasurya, Honey Rose, Vineeth and Priyanka. The film features music composed by Vishnu Mohan Sithara. The music label was Muzik247. The film deals with the unexpected tragedies that befall the family of an autorickshaw driver. The movie is an unofficial remake of Serbian film Klopka with few little changes. It released on 22 May 2015. Plot The movie begins with the confessions of Alby, an autorickshaw driver. He was leading a happy life with his wife Meera and their only son Jerry. Alby and Meera are extremely attached with Jerry and dream about his great future. But despite the expectations, Jerry falls critically ill; thus turning Alby and Meera's life upside down. Cast Music Composer Mohan Sithara's son and young music director Vishnu Mohan Sithara scored the music for the film. Vishnu, had debuted into music by singing in Aneesh's previous film Zachariyayude Garbhinikal. Reception The Times of India gave a positive review, stating "Jayasurya and Honey Rose succeed in taking the viewers through their emotional upheaval and child actors do not disappoint. The film connects the missing dots at key points to keep them engaged. Though it unfolds at its own pace and tests the viewers' patience at times, Kumbasaram does have its moments." Filmibeat.com also gave a positive review with a rating of 3/5, stating the films as "A perfect emotional thriller which impresses with a brilliant story, narrative and amazing performances by the actors."

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Nasenbluten were an Australian electronic music group, formed in Newcastle in 1992. The group was made up of Aaron Lubinski, David Melo, and Mark Newlands, and released six studio albums before disbanding in 2001. They have been described as a significant influence on the breakcore genre. History The group was formed in Newcastle in 1992 by Aaron Lubinski (a.k.a. Xylocaine), David Melo (a.k.a. Disassembler), and Mark Newlands (a.k.a. Mark N, Overcast). They took their name from the German word Nasenbluten, meaning nosebleed, in reference to the phrase "nosebleed techno", used to describe the harder and faster variants of the techno genre. Early in 1993, Lubinski founded the Dead Girl Records label (initially typeset as dEAdGirL) in Swansea. The group began playing house parties in Newcastle and creating music on Amiga personal computers using tracker software in the MOD format. They self-released a number of cassettes on the Dead Girl label starting with their debut album, Transient Ischemic Attack, which appeared in March 1993. On 31 July that year they recorded a live performance, which was released as Live at Wobble. In late October they recorded another album, You're Going to Die. In mid-1994 following their Dead Girl cassettes they signed to New York City-based hardcore techno label Industrial Strength Records. In August that year, Newlands founded Bloody Fist Records for local releases. Shortly after the release of Transient Ischemic Attack a Bloody Fist sampler featuring two tracks from Nasenbluten was released internationally by other record labels, including Industrial Strength. Nasenbluten inspired local musicians, leading to a thriving hardcore techno scene in Newcastle. In 2005, Luke Collison (a.k.a. Dsico) acknowledged that his major influences were "probably Nasenbluten and the Newcastle Hardcore scene. I grew up around there ... the radio show that Mark N used to do on 2NUR. Amiga 500 Hardcore was probably what got me into electronic music and especially making it". United Kingdom DJ, Loftgroover declared "there's too much niceness in the rave scene ... Gabba is how I really feel – hard, angry". He described "Nasenbluten-style extreme noise terror: 'punkcore', 'scarecore' and 'doomtrooper'". The band's emphasis on breakbeats, ironic audio samples and gangster rap samples became influential in the hardcore scene, most prominently with Australian artists signed to Bloody Fist. Due to their influence and the relatively small numbers of records that were pressed for earlier releases (including limited self-distributed cassettes), they have become popular with collectors. Bloody Fist Records provided "horrifically high-tempo electronic music that quickly became a thing of international legend. Specialising in breakcore, gabba and referential sample alchemy/exploitation", comments Shaun Prescott of Mess+Noise, going on to describe the band's 1995 double LP 100% No Soul Guaranteed as a "nasty marriage of power electronics shock tactics with vaguely danceable and purely psychotic electronic beats" making "one of the few genuinely sickening music experiences you're likely to have in your life". In 1996, Nasenbluten released a limited edition single, "Show Us Yor Tits" (often referred to as "Anna Wood" or "Fuck Anna Wood", from its sampled lyrics), on the Dead Girl label. In October of the previous year Sydney schoolgirl Anna Wood died after using ecstasy at a dance club; she was given copious amounts of water upon her collapse and later lapsed into a coma. Media reports sparked a moral panic surrounding rave parties and drug use at venues. This brought about a hard-line approach from governments to rave and dance parties in Australia. Jack Marx of The Age described how Wood's friends may have been influenced by the prevailing zero tolerance attitude and hence they were too afraid to take her directly to hospital. "Show Us Yor Tits" was not commercially available, only distributed by the band at gigs. They made 50 vinyl copies, each individually numbered. The label had a picture of Wood with the phrase "I'm having the best night of my life!" and a picture of Dutch DJ Paul Elstak on the B-side with the words "I wanna see the rainbow high in the sky", a reference to the happy hardcore scene, its links to ecstasy, and to the song "Rainbow in the Sky" by Elstak. Cat Hope described "Fuck Anna Wood" as featuring "controversial, sampled snippets from current affairs programs composed to form conversations, laid over with a gabba-style hard beat". "Show Us Yor Tits" appeared on Nasenbluten's next album for Bloody Fist, N Of Terror, a double cassette which had been recorded in April 1996. Nasenbluten continued to issue material and toured Europe from November 1996 to February 1997 on their Christ This Is Dragging On A Bit tour. While in Germany they recorded an EP, Cheapcore, for the local Strike Records label, which was issued in 1997. The group played their last gig on 30 September 2001, and issued a triple LP, Dog Control, in November before disbanding. Side and later projects Aaron Lubinski made several releases on the Dead Girl and Bloody Fist imprints as Xylocaine. David Melo created several tracks as Disassembler, including one record on the Bloody Fist label that was mis-pressed and was not commercially available. Mark Newlands recorded under the alias Overcast, also on the Bloody Fist. The Overcast album 3PM Eternal was the last double 12" album release from the label. The 1994-2004 12" split album by Aftermath / Epsilon is the final vinyl release by Bloody Fist before it shutdown. Discography Albums Extended plays

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American musician Musical artist Charlie Wood is an American singer, songwriter and keyboardist whose style draws from a wide range of genres including soul, blues, traditional R&B, jazz and popular music. Biography Wood’s musical development was first influenced by his hometown of Memphis, Tennessee and then later by New Orleans where, from the age of seventeen, he lived for several years. In his early twenties, Wood toured the US and Europe as keyboard player for blues guitarist Albert King before returning to Memphis and establishing a residency on the city’s historic Beale Street. This residency lasted for many years, during which time Wood performed with a wide range of musicians including B.B. King, Georgie Fame, Joey DeFrancesco, George Coleman, Mulgrew Miller and Alvin Batiste. Honours received during these years included being awarded the Freedom of the City and a dedicated “Charlie Wood Day” by Memphis City Council, the N.A.R.A.S. “Premier Player Award” for Keyboards and the Beale St. Merchants’ Association Entertainer of the Year” award. Wood is a prolific recording artist whose first two albums Southbound and Who I Am were released on Ben Sidran's Go Jazz label. These were soon followed by Lucky on Inside Sounds, and Holly-Wood, Somethin' Else and Charlie Wood and the New Memphis Underground on Daddy-O Records. In 2009, Wood signed a multi-album deal with Archer Records ("Flutter and Wow" and "Lush Life") and, since moving to the United Kingdom, he has recorded and released New Souvenirs and Tomorrow Night on Perdido Records. The majority of Wood's recordings are original compositions which incorporate a wide range of musical styles but primarily soul, blues, jazz and R&B. His lyrics are often characterised by their frankness, wit, wordplay and autobiographical nature. Irma Thomas's recording of one of Wood’s songs, "Never Gonna Stop New Orleans", featured in Harry Shearer’s documentary film. The Big Uneasy. In 2015, Wood's composition “Promised Land” won first prize in the Jazz Category of the USA Songwriting Competition. In October 2014, Wood became the 136th recipient of a Brass Note on Memphis’s Beale Street. Wood is now based in Britain and is married to the British jazz singer Jacqui Dankworth. Discography

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American lyricist and composer Keith Dale Gordon (born July 14, 1966), is an American lyricist and composer of musical theater, commercial jingles, and award shows. He is known primarily for his 2006 musical Saint Heaven which Gordon co-wrote with Martin Casella. Also for his musical adaptation of Camille DeAngelis' 2007 novel Mary Modern [CREATE ENTRY ON DEANGELIS PAGE AFTER PUBLISHING] and lyrical setting of Karel Jaromir Erben's poem The Wedding Night. Early life and education Gordon was born in Denver, Colorado on July 14, 1966, to Grace and Donald Gordon and began studying piano at the age of seven. Gordon graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in 1984. He studied piano and developed under the direction of numerous notable teachers and performers such as Lucia Clarke, Jane Tirey, and Helen Walker-Hill. In interviews, Gordon emphasizes the significance of his time at the University of Colorado College of Music with Argentine composer Luis Jorge Gonzalez as being a key period for his formative compositional direction. He earned his Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance and Composition in Piano Performance and Composition during this time. Gordon is an alum of the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop, where he further developed under the direction of Maury Yeston, Skip Kennon, and Richard Engquist. Career Gordon's professional career began in 1989 writing jingles at Lotas Minard Patton McIver in New York City. A number of his jingles underscored national ad campaigns for Max Factor, Tinkerbell Cosmetics, Nutrisystem, Redbook, Fitness, Cosmopolitan, and CosmoGirl. During this time Gordon was also composing songs and choral work for recording artists JoJo David, Adam Birnbaum, and Anne Marie David among others. While his professional accomplishments gained momentum commercially, he was also developing musical theater work during this time. Gordon began attracting critical interest around 2006, when Saint Heaven premiered at the Stamford Center for the Performing Arts Rich Forum. The play was directed by Matt Lenz. Notable actors who had previously won, or would go on to be nominated for, Tony Awards such as Chuck Cooper and Montego Glover starred in the production. Saint Heaven's sets were designed by Hamilton's David Korins. In 2011, Gordon's The Shadow Sparrow was performed at the O'Neill National Musical Theater Conference. According to a recent interview with Gordon, his current collaboration with Martin Casella, a musical adaptation of Camille DeAngelis' novel Mary Modern, is in development and will likely be produced soon. Selected theater works Songs and choral works Awards

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Amphibious assault ship of World War II Landing Ship, Tank (LST), or tank landing ship, is the naval designation for ships first developed during World War II (1939–1945) to support amphibious operations by carrying tanks, vehicles, cargo, and landing troops directly onto shore with no docks or piers. This enabled amphibious assaults on almost any beach.[dubious – discuss] The LST had a highly specialized design that enabled ocean crossings as well as shore groundings. The bow had a large door that could open, deploy a ramp and unload vehicles. The LST had a flat keel that allowed the ship to be beached and stay upright. The twin propellers and rudders had protection from grounding. The LSTs served across the globe during World War II including in the Pacific War and in the European theatre. The first tank-landing ships were built to British requirements by converting existing ships; the UK and the US then collaborated upon a joint design. The British ships were used in late 1942 during the Allied invasion of Algeria, by 1943 LSTs participated in the invasion of Sicily and mainland Italy. In June 1944 they were part of the huge invasion fleet for the Normandy landings. Over 1,000 LSTs were laid down in the United States during World War II for use by the Allies; the United Kingdom and Canada produced eighty more. LST Mk.1 Maracaibo landing ships The British evacuation from Dunkirk in 1940 demonstrated to the Admiralty that the Allies needed relatively large, ocean-going ships that could handle shore-to-shore delivery of tanks and other vehicles in amphibious assaults upon the continent of Europe. As an interim measure, three 4,000- to 4,800-GRT "Lake tankers", built to pass over the restrictive bars of Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela, were selected for conversion because of their shallow draft. Bow doors and ramps were added to these ships, which became the first tank landing ships, LST (1): HMS Misoa, Tasajera and Bachaquero. They later proved their worth during the invasion of Algeria in 1942, but their bluff bows made for inadequate speed and pointed out the need for an all-new design incorporating a sleeker hull. Boxer-class The first purpose-built LST design was HMS Boxer.[dubious – discuss] It was a scaled-down design from ideas penned by Prime Minister Winston Churchill. In order that it could carry 13 Churchill infantry tanks, 27 other vehicles and nearly 200 men (in addition to the crew) at a speed of 18 knots (33 km/h), it could not have a shallow draught sufficient for easy unloading. As a result, each of the three (Boxer, Bruiser, and Thruster) ordered in March 1941 had a very long ramp stowed behind the bow doors. The ships were built at Harland and Wolff from 1941 and completed in 1943. Bruiser and Thruster took part in the Salerno landings All three were intended to be converted to fighter direction ships in order to have ground-controlled interception of enemy aircraft during landing operations but only Boxer was converted. The U.S. were to build seven LST (1) but in light of the problems with the design and progress with the LST Mark II the plans were cancelled. Construction of the LST (1)s took until 1943 and the first US LST (2) was launched before them. LST Mk.2 Development At their first meeting at the Atlantic Conference in Argentia, Newfoundland, in August 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill confirmed the Admiralty's views. In November 1941, a small delegation from the Admiralty arrived in the United States to pool ideas with the United States Navy's Bureau of Ships with regard to development of ships and the possibility of building further Boxers in the US. During this meeting, it was decided that the Bureau of Ships would design these vessels. As with the standing agreement, these ships would be built by the US so British shipyards could concentrate on building vessels for the Royal Navy. The specifications called for vessels capable of crossing the Atlantic, and the original title given to them was "Atlantic Tank Landing Craft" (Atlantic (T.L.C.)). Calling a vessel 300 ft (91 m) long a "craft" was considered a misnomer and the type was re-christened "Landing Ship, Tank (2)", or "LST (2)". The LST (2) design incorporated elements of the first British LCTs from their designer, Sir Rowland Baker, who was part of the British delegation. One of the elements provided for sufficient buoyancy in the ships' sidewalls so that they would float the ship even when the tank deck was flooded. The LST (2) gave up the speed of HMS Boxer, at only 10 knots (19 km/h), but carried a similar load while drawing only three feet (91 cm) forward when beaching. Design Within a few days, John C. Niedermair of the Bureau of Ships sketched out an awkward looking ship that proved to be the basic design for the more than 1,000 LST (2) that were built during World War II. To meet the conflicting requirements of deep draft for ocean travel and shallow draft for beaching, the ship was designed with a large ballast system that could be filled for ocean passage and pumped out for beaching operations. An anchor and mechanical winch system also aided in the ship's ability to pull itself off the beach. The rough sketch was sent to Britain on 5 November 1941 and accepted immediately. The Admiralty then requested that the United States build 200 "LST (2)" for the Royal Navy under the terms of lend-lease. The preliminary plans initially called for an LST 280 feet (85 m) in length; but, in January 1942, the Bureau of Ships discarded these drawings in favor of specifications for a ship 290 feet (88 m) long. Within a month, final working plans were developed that further stretched the overall length to 328 feet (100 m) and called for a 50-foot (15 m) beam and a minimum draft of 3.8 feet (1.2 m). This scheme distributed the ship's weight over a greater area, enabling her to ride higher in the water when in landing trim. The LST could carry a 2,100 short tons (1,900 t) load of tanks and vehicles. The larger dimensions also permitted the designers to increase the width of the bow door opening and ramp from 12 to 14 feet (3.7 to 4.3 m) in order for it to be able to accommodate most Allied vehicles. As the dimensions and weight of the LST increased, steel plating thickness increased from 1⁄4-inch (6.4 mm) to 3⁄8-inch (9.5 mm) on the deck and sides, with 1-inch-thick (25 mm) plating under the bow. By January 1942, the first scale model of the LST had been built and was undergoing tests at the David Taylor Model Basin in Washington, D.C. Provisions were made for the satisfactory ventilation of the tank space while the tank motors were running, and an elevator was provided to lower vehicles from the main deck to the tank deck for disembarking. In April 1942 a mock-up of the well-deck of an LST was constructed at Fort Knox, Kentucky to resolve the problem of ventilation within the LST well-deck. The interior of the building was constructed to duplicate all the features found within an actual LST. Being the home to the Armored Force Board, Fort Knox supplied tanks to run on the inside while Naval architects developed a ventilation system capable of evacuating the well-deck of harmful gases. Testing was completed in three months. This historic building remains at Fort Knox today. Early LST operations required overcoming the 18th-century language of the Articles for the Government of the United States Navy: "He who doth suffer his ships to founder on rocks and shoals shall be punished..." There were some tense moments of concept testing at Quonset, Rhode Island, in early 1943 when designer Niedermair encouraged the commanding officer of the first U.S. LST to drive his ship onto the beach at full speed of 10 knots (12 mph; 19 km/h). Production The LST(2) was built as the LST-1 class and the LST-491 class. In three separate acts dated 6 February 1942, 26 May 1943, and 17 December 1943, Congress provided the authority for the construction of LSTs along with a host of other auxiliaries, destroyer escorts, and assorted landing craft. The enormous building program quickly gathered momentum. Such a high priority was assigned to the construction of LSTs that the previously laid keel of an aircraft carrier was hastily removed to make room for several LSTs to be built in her place. The keel of the first LST was laid down on 10 June 1942 at Newport News, Virginia, and the first standardized LSTs were floated out of their building dock in October. Twenty-three were in commission by the end of 1942. The LST building program was unique in several respects. As soon as the basic design had been developed, contracts were let and construction was commenced in quantity before the completion of a test vessel. Preliminary orders were rushed out verbally or by telegrams, telephone, and air mail letters. The ordering of certain materials actually preceded the completion of design work. While many heavy equipment items, such as main propulsion machinery, were furnished directly by the Navy, the balance of the procurement was handled centrally by the Material Coordinating Agency—an adjunct of the Bureau of Ships—so that the numerous builders in the program would not have to bid against one another. Through vigorous follow-up action on materials ordered, the agency made possible the completion of construction schedules in record time. The need for LSTs was urgent, and the program enjoyed a high priority throughout the war. Since most shipbuilding activities were located in coastal yards that were mainly used for construction of large, deep-draft ships, new construction facilities for the LSTs were established along inland waterways, some converted from heavy-industry plants, such as steel fabrication yards. Shifting the vessels was complicated by bridges across waterways, many of which were modified by the Navy to permit passage. A dedicated Navy "Ferry Command" orchestrated the transportation of newly constructed ships to coastal ports for final fitting out. Of the 1,051 LSTs built during the war, 670 were supplied by five "cornfield shipyards" in the Middle West. Dravo Corporation's facility at Neville Island, Pennsylvania, designated the lead shipyard for the project, built 145 vessels and developed fabrication techniques that reduced construction time and costs at all of the LST shipyards. The Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co. built the most LSTs of any shipyard, with 171 constructed at Evansville, Indiana. Chicago Bridge and Iron's shipyard in Seneca, Illinois, launched 156 ships and was specifically chosen because of their reputation and skills, particularly in welding. The American Bridge Company in Ambridge, Pennsylvania, built 119. Modifications By 1943, the construction time for an LST had been reduced to four months. By the end of the war, this had been cut to two months. Considerable effort was expended to hold the ship's design constant, but, by mid-1943, operating experience led to the incorporation of certain changes in the new ships. From LST-513, the elevator to transfer equipment between the tank deck and the main deck was replaced with a 12 by 32 ft (3.7 by 9.8 m) ramp that was hinged at the main deck. This allowed vehicles to be driven directly from the main deck down to the tank deck and then across the bow ramp to the beach or causeway, speeding the process of disembarkation. Changes in the later LST-542 class included the addition of a navigation bridge; the installation of a water distillation plant with a capacity of 4,000 imperial gallons (18,000 L) per day; the removal of the tank deck ventilator tubes from the center section of the main deck; the strengthening of the main deck in order to carry a smaller Landing Craft Tank (LCT); and an upgrade in armor and armament, with the addition of a 3"/50 caliber gun. LST Mk.3 Design The LST (2) design was successful and production extensive, but there was still a need for more LSTs for British operations. As such, it was decided to build a further 80 of the ships in the UK and Canada to be available in the spring of 1945. The British Staff drew up their own specification, requiring that the ship: Two major problems made a redesign necessary. The preferred light weight medium-speed (locomotive type) Electro-Motive Diesel 12-567 diesel engines were not immediately available. Staff wanted more power and higher speeds if possible, which the EMD engines could have provided. However, the only engines available were very heavy steam reciprocating engines from frigates that had been cancelled. These delivered two and a half times the power of the diesels. So large were they that significant changes had to be made to accommodate them. Lack of welded construction facilities meant that the hull had to be riveted. This combination of heavy hull and heavy engines meant that speed was only 3 knots (5.6 km/h) faster than the LCT (2). At the same time, other improvements were made—as well as simplifications required so most of the structure could be assembled with rivets. The cutaway hard chine that had been dropped in the American version of the Mark 2 vessels was restored. The tank deck, which was above the waterline, was made parallel to the keel, there was to be no round down to the upper deck, and the ship was enlarged to accommodate the more bulky machinery. Provision was made for carrying the British Landing Craft Assault (LCA) in gravity davits, instead of American assault craft. Provision was also made for carrying Landing Craft Tank (LCT) and Landing Craft Mechanized (LCM), and NL pontoon causeways. When the design commenced, engineers knew that the beaches where the ships were expected to land would be very flat, but it was not possible to produce a satisfactory vessel with a 3 ft (0.91 m) draught forward, and very little keel slope, so the 1 in 50 keel slope was maintained. It was known that the 1:50 slope would often result in the LST grounding aft on a shallow beach, resulting in the vehicles being discharged into comparatively deep water. Various methods had been investigated to overcome the problem, but heavy grounding skegs and the N.L. pontoon causeways were finally accepted as standard; the pontoon causeways were formed of pontoons 7 ft (2.1 m) × 5 ft × 5 ft (1.5 m), made up into strings and rafts. When offloading, the rafts were secured to the fore end of the ship, and the load discharged directly onto the shore, or towed on the raft to the shore. The ships were fitted out for service in both very cold and tropical conditions. The accommodation provided for both crew and army personnel was greatly improved compared with LST (2). The main hazard, apart from enemy action, was fire on the tank deck. Fire sprinklers were provided, but the water drenching system installed in later American vessels could not be provided. The bow door arrangements were similar to the LST (2), but the design arranged the bow ramp in two parts in an attempt to increase the number of beaches where direct discharge would be possible. The machinery for operating the bow doors and ramp were electrical, but otherwise, steam auxiliaries replaced the electrical gear on the LST (2). The general arrangements of the tank deck were similar, but the design increased headroom and added a ramp to the top deck, as in later LST (2)s. Provision was made for carrying LCA on gravity davits instead of the American built assault boats. The arrangements were generally an improvement over the LST (2), but suffered from a deeper draught, and, to some extent, from the haste of construction. The first orders were placed in December 1943 with British builders, and 35 with Canadian builders. Swan Hunter delivered the first ships in December 1944. During 1944, follow up orders were placed in Canada for a further 36. These programmes were in full swing when the war ended, but not all vessels were completed. The ships were numbered numbers LST-3001 to LST-3045 and LST-3501 to LST-3534. LST−3535 and later were cancelled. Fifteen 40-ton tanks or 27 25-ton tanks could be carried on the tank deck with an additional fourteen lorries on the weather deck. Propulsion Steam was supplied by a pair of Admiralty pattern 3-drum water-tube type boilers, working at 225 pounds per square inch (1,550 kPa). The main engines were of the 4-cylinder triple expansion 4-crank type, balanced on the Yarrow-Tweedy-Slick system, the cylinders being as follows: The common stroke was 30 inches (760 mm). The piston and slide valve rods were all fitted with metallic packing to the stuffing boxes, and all pistons fitted with packing rings and springs. The high-pressure valve was of the piston type, whilst the remaining ones were of the balanced type. The main engines were designed to develop 2,750 hp (2,050 kW) at 185 rpm continuously. With the ships being twin screw, the engines were fitted with a shaft coupling to the crank shaft at the forward end, allowing the engine to be turned end to end to suit either port or starboard side fitting. Modifications for landing craft When the LST (3)s were ordered, the LST (2) programme was in full swing, and similar arrangements were made to enable the LSTs to carry the 112 feet (34 m) long LCT5 or LCT6 that were being built in America for the Royal Navy. The LCT needed lifting onto the deck of the ship, being carried on wedge-shaped support blocks; at the time of launching she was set down on the "launch ways" by simply slacking off bolts in the wedge blocks, allowing the launch way to take the weight. To carry out a launch, the LST was simply heeled over about 11 degrees by careful flooding of tanks in the hull. The height of the drop was about 10 ft (3.0 m), and immediately after the launch the craft's engines were started and they were ready for operation. This method was used for moving LCT5s from Britain to the Far East, although there seems to be no reference to LST (3)s being used, most being completed late in or after the war. Even at the end of the war there was a need for more ships able to carry minor landing craft, and two of the LST (3)s then completing were specially fitted to carry LCM (7). These craft, which were 58 ft (18 m) long and weighed about 28 tons, were carried transversely on the upper deck of the ship. They were hoisted on by means of a specially fitted 30-ton derrick; This 30-ton derrick replaced a 15-ton derrick, two of which were the standard fit of the LST (3). The 30-ton derrick was taller and generally more substantial than the 15 ton one. The LCM (7)s were landed on trolleys fitted with hydraulic jacks. These ran on rails down each side of the deck, and were hauled to and fro by means of winches. The stowage was filled from fore to aft as each craft was jacked down onto fixed cradles between the rails. The ships completed to this standard were LST-3043/HMS Messina, and LST-3044/HMS Narvik. While these ships were able to carry LCMs, they were only able to carry out loading and unloading operations under nearly ideal weather conditions, and therefore could not be used for assault operations; they also lacked the facilities to maintain the landing craft (which the Dock Landing Ships provided). The Landing Craft Assault were wooden-hulled vessels plated with armour, 41 ft 6 in (12.65 m) long overall, 10 ft (3.0 m) wide, and displacing 13 tons fully loaded. Draught was 2 ft 3 in (0.69 m), and normal load was 35 troops with 800 lb (360 kg) of equipment. A pair of Scripps marine conversions of Ford V8 engines gave it speeds of 11 knots (20 km/h) unloaded, 8 knots (15 km/h) service speed, 3 knots (5.6 km/h) on one engine. Range was 50–80 miles (80–130 km) miles on 64 imperial gallons (290 L). Armament was typically a Bren light machine gun aft; with two Lewis Guns in a port forward position. The LCM (7)s that were carried on the LST (2) were considerably larger, 60 ft 3 in (18.36 m) in length, 16 ft (4.9 m) beam, with a hoisting weight of 28 tons, full load displacement of 63 tons. Beaching draught was 3 ft 8 in (1.12 m), and propulsion was provided by a pair of Hudson Invader petrol engines, later replaced with Grays diesels, both sets providing 290 bhp (220 kW), giving a speed of 9.8 knots (18.1 km/h). The main requirement of the design was to carry a 40-ton Churchill tank or bulldozer at 10 knots (19 km/h). 140 had been completed when the war ended, and some saw service through to the 1970s. Variants Some LST (3)s were converted to LST (A) (A for "assault") by adding stiffening so they could safely carry the heaviest British tanks. Two LST (3)s were converted to command vessels, LST (C): LST 3043 and LST 3044. Post war they became HMS Messina (L112) and HMS Narvik (L114). They were better armed with ten 20 mm Oerlikons and four 40 mm Bofors. Two LST (3)s were converted during building into Headquarters command ships LST (Q). These were L3012, which became L3101 (and later HMS Ben Nevis) and LST 3013, which became LST 3102, and then HMS Ben Lomond. They acted as LST "mother ships", similar in most aspects to American ships based on the LST (2) hull. They had two Quonset huts erected on the main deck to accommodate 40 officers. Berths on the tank deck berthed an extra 196 men. A bake shop and 16 refrigeration boxes for fresh provisions augmented the facilities normally provided for the crew. Four extra distilling units were added, and the ballast tanks were converted for the storage of fresh water. Service in World War II At the Armor Training School in Ft. Knox, Kentucky, buildings were erected as exact mock-ups of an LST. Tank crews in training learned how to maneuver their vehicles onto, in and from an LST with these facilities. One of these buildings has been preserved at Ft. Knox for historic reasons and can still be seen. From their combat début in the Solomon Islands in June 1943 until the end of the hostilities in August 1945, the LSTs performed a vital service in World War II. They participated in the invasions of Sicily (Operation Husky), Italy, Normandy, and southern France in the European Theater and were an essential element in the island-hopping campaigns in the Pacific that culminated in the liberation of the Philippines and the capture of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Despite the large numbers produced, LSTs were a scarce commodity and Churchill describes the difficulty in retaining sufficient LSTs in the Mediterranean for amphibious work in Italy, and later the logistics of moving large numbers to the eastern theatres, while still supplying the large armies in Europe. The LST proved to be a remarkably versatile ship. Thirty-nine of them were converted to become landing craft repair ships (ARL). In this design, the bow ramp and doors were removed, and the bow was sealed. Derricks, booms, and winches were added to haul damaged landing craft on board for repairs, and blacksmith, machine, and electrical workshops were provided on the main deck and tank deck. Thirty-six LSTs were converted to serve as small hospital ships and designated LSTH. They supplemented the many standard LSTs, which removed casualties from the beach after landing tanks and vehicles. LSTs had brought 41,035 wounded men back across the English Channel from Normandy by D-Day+114 (28 September 1944). Other LSTs, provided with extra cranes and handling gear, were used exclusively for replenishing ammunition. They possessed a special advantage in this role, as their size permitted two or three LSTs to go simultaneously alongside an anchored battleship or cruiser to accomplish replenishment more rapidly than standard ammunition ships. Three LST (2) were converted into British "Fighter Direction Tenders" (FDT), swapping their landing craft for Motor Launches and outfitted with AMES Type 11 and Type 15 fighter control radar to provide Ground-controlled interception (GCI) coverage for air defence of the D-Day landing areas. Of these ships, HMS FDT 216 was stationed off Omaha and Utah beaches, HMS FDT 217 was allocated Sword, Juno, and Gold beaches. HMS FDT 13 was used for coverage of the overall main shipping channel. In the period 6 June to 26 June Allied fighters controlled by the FDTs resulted in the destruction of 52 enemy aircraft by day, and 24 enemy aircraft by night. In the latter stages of World War II, some LSTs were fitted with flight decks that could launch small observation planes during amphibious operations. These were USS LST-16, USS LST-337, USS LST-386, USS LST-525, LST-776, and USS LST-906. Two others (USS LST-393 and USS LST-776) were fitted with the Brodie System for take off and landing. It has been estimated that, in the combined fleets assembled for the war on Japan, the tonnage of landing ships, excluding landing craft, would have exceeded five million tons and nearly all built within four years. Throughout the war, LSTs demonstrated a remarkable capacity to absorb punishment and survive. Despite the sobriquets "Large Slow Target" and "Large Stationary Target," which were applied to them by crew members, the LSTs suffered few losses in proportion to their number and the scope of their operations. Their brilliantly conceived structural arrangement provided unusual strength and buoyancy; HMS LST 3002 was struck and holed in a post-war collision with a Victory ship and survived. Although the LST was considered a valuable target by the enemy, only 26 were lost due to enemy action, and a mere 13 were the victims of weather, reef, or accident. A total of 1,152 LSTs were contracted for in the great naval building program of World War II, but 101 were cancelled in the fall of 1942 because of shifting construction priorities. Of 1,051 actually constructed, 113 LSTs were transferred to Britain under the terms of Lend-Lease, and four more were turned over to the Greek Navy. Conversions to other ship types with different hull designations accounted for 116: 6 Miscellaneous Ships (AG), 14 Motor Torpedo Boat Tenders (AGP), 7 Self-Propelled Barracks Ships (APB), 13 Battle Damage Repair Ships (ARB), 39 Landing Craft Repair Ships (ARL), 3 Salvage Craft Tenders (ARST), 4 Aircraft Repair Ships (ARVA, ARVE), 1 Advance Aviation Base Ship (AVB), 4 Unclassified miscellaneous vessels (IX), and 36 LSTH. One LST which had been sunk in an accident was later raised and converted into a Covered Barge (YF). Post-war developments United States The end of World War II left the Navy with a huge inventory of amphibious ships. Hundreds of these were scrapped or sunk, and most of the remaining ships were put in "mothballs" to be preserved for the future. Additionally, many of the LSTs were demilitarized and sold to the private sector, along with thousands of other transport ships, contributing to a major downturn in shipbuilding in the United States following the war. Many LSTs were used as targets in aquatic nuclear testing after the war, being readily available and serving no apparent military applications. World War II era LSTs have become somewhat ubiquitous, and have found a number of novel commercial uses, including operating as small freighters, ferries, and dredges. Consequently, construction of LSTs in the immediate post-war years was modest. LST-1153 and LST-1154, commissioned respectively in 1947 and 1949, were the only steam-driven LSTs ever built by the Navy. They provided improved berthing arrangements and a greater cargo capacity than their predecessors. The success of the amphibious assault at Inchon during the Korean War showed the utility of LSTs once again. This was in contrast with the earlier opinion expressed by many military authorities that the advent of the atomic bomb had relegated amphibious landings to a thing of the past. During the Korean War a number of LSTs were converted to transport the much needed, but slow and short range LSU from the United States to the Korean theater of war using the piggy-back method. After arrival the LSU was slid off sideways from the LST. Additionally, LSTs were used for transport in the building of an Air Force base at Thule, Greenland during the Korean War. Fifteen LSTs of what were later to be known as the Terrebonne Parish class were constructed in the early 1950s. These new LSTs were 56 feet (17 m) longer and were equipped with four, rather than two, diesel engines, which increased their speed to 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph). Three-inch / 50-caliber twin mounts replaced the old twin 40 mm guns, and controllable pitch propellers improved the ship's backing power. On 1 July 1955, county or, in the case of Louisiana, parish names were assigned to many LSTs, which up to then had borne only a letter-number hull designation. In the late 1950s, seven LSTs of the De Soto County class were constructed. These were an improved version over earlier LSTs, with a high degree of habitability for the crew and embarked troops. Considered the "ultimate" design attainable with the traditional LST bow door configuration, they were capable of 17.5 knots (32.4 km/h; 20.1 mph). United Kingdom Commercial ferry use In 1946, a brand new concept of transport was developed in the UK. During World War II, the great potential of landing ships and craft was recognised; if it was possible to drive tanks, guns and lorries directly onto a beach, then theoretically the same landing craft could be used to carry out a similar operation in the civilian commercial market, providing there were reasonable port facilities. From this idea grew the worldwide roll-on/roll-off ferry industry. In the period between the world wars, Lt. Colonel Frank Bustard formed the Atlantic Steam Navigation Company, with a view to cheap transatlantic travel. This never materialised, but he observed trials on Brighton Sands of a LST in 1943 when its peacetime capabilities were obvious. In the spring of 1946, the company approached the Admiralty with a request to purchase three of these vessels. The Admiralty was unwilling to sell, but after negotiations agreed to let the ASN have the use of three vessels on bareboat charter at a rate of £13 6s 8d per day. These vessels were LSTs 3519, 3534, and 3512. They were renamed Empire Baltic, Empire Cedric, and Empire Celtic, perpetuating the name of White Star Line ships in combination with the "Empire" ship naming of vessels in government service during the war. The chartered vessels had to be adapted for their new role. First the accommodation on board had to be improved, and alterations in the engine and boiler rooms had also to be made. Modified funnels and navigational aids needed to be provided before they could enter service. On the morning of 11 September 1946, the first voyage of the Atlantic Steam Navigation Company took place when Empire Baltic sailed from Tilbury to Rotterdam with a full load of 64 vehicles for the Dutch government. On arrival at Waalhaven, the vessel beached using the method employed during wartime landings, being held by a stern anchor. The vessel stayed on the beach overnight, returning at 08:00 the next morning. This leisurely pace of work was followed for the first few voyages, the beach being employed possibly because normal port facilities were unavailable due to wartime damage. Following the initial Rotterdam voyage, ASN used their new vessels to transfer thousands of vehicles for the British Army from Tilbury to Hamburg, and later to Antwerp in 1955. The original three LSTs were joined in 1948 by another vessel, LST 3041, renamed Empire Doric, after the ASN were able to convince commercial operators to support the new route between Preston Dock in Lancashire and the Northern Ireland port of Larne. Originally Liverpool was chosen, but opposition from other operators led to a move to Lancashire. However, special port facilities had to be constructed at both Preston and Larne before the new route could be opened – a wartime end-loading ramp built by engineers during World War II at Preston, and a floating pontoon from a Mulberry harbour connected via a bridge to the quay at Larne. The first sailing of this new route was on 21 May 1948 by Empire Cedric. After the inaugural sailing, Empire Cedric continued on the Northern Ireland service, offering initially a twice-weekly service. Empire Cedric was the first vessel of the ASN fleet to hold a Passenger Certificate, and was allowed to carry fifty passengers. Thus Empire Cedric became the first vessel in the world to operate as a commercial/passenger roll-on/roll-off ferry, and the ASN became the first company to offer this type of service. Some of the first cargo on this service were two lorry-loads of 65 gas cookers each on behalf of Moffats of Blackburn, believed to be the first commercial vehicles carried in this way as freight. The Preston–Larne service continued to expand, so much so that in 1950 it added a route to Belfast. This service opened in 1950, and sailings out of Preston were soon increased to six or seven a week to either Belfast or Larne. In 1954, the British Transport Commission (BTC) took over the ASN under the Labour government's nationalization policy. In 1955, another two LSTs were chartered into the existing fleet, Empire Cymric and Empire Nordic, bringing the fleet strength to seven. The Hamburg service was terminated in 1955, and a new service was opened between Antwerp and Tilbury. The fleet of seven ships was to be split up, with the usual three ships based at Tilbury and the others maintaining the Preston to Northern Ireland service. During late 1956, the entire fleet of ASN was taken over for use in the Mediterranean during the Suez Crisis, and the drive on/drive off services were not re-established until January 1957. At this point ASN were made responsible for the management of twelve Admiralty LST (3)s brought out of reserve as a result of the Suez Crisis, though too late to see service. Army service A major task at the end of World War II was the redistribution of stores and equipment worldwide. Due to the scarcity and expense of merchant shipping it was decided in 1946 that the Royal Army Service Corps civilian fleet should take over seven LSTs from the Royal Navy. These were named after distinguished corps officers: Evan Gibb, Charles Macleod, Maxwell Brander, Snowden Smith, Humfrey Gale, Reginald Kerr, and Fredrick Glover. The LSTs needed to comply with Board of Trade regulations, and to be brought up to merchant navy standards, which involved lengthy alterations including extra accommodation. On completion, five vessels sailed for the Middle East, and two for the Far East. During the evacuation of Mandatory Palestine, Humfrey Gale and Evan Gibb made fifteen voyages each between Haifa and Port Said lifting between them 26,000 tons of vehicles and stores. Similar work was done worldwide until 1952 when the ships were handed over to the Atlantic Steam Navigation Company, and subsequently in 1961 to the British-India Steam Navigation Company, tasked by the War Office directly, RASC having no further concern with their administration. Aviation training The rapid increase in the use of helicopters in the Royal Navy in the late 1950s and 1960s required an increase in the training and support facilities ashore and afloat. Operational training for aircrew was carried out by naval air stations at Portland and Culdrose. The scrapping of some carriers and conversion of others to commando carriers in the mid-1950s left a shortage of suitable decks. This led to the ordering of RFA Engadine in 1964; however she would not be available till 1967. In the meantime it was decided to convert LST 3027 to serve as an interim training ship. This work was carried out at Devonport Dockyard in 1964. The deck forward of the cargo hatch was cleared of all obstructions, and strengthened for helicopter use. A small deckhouse used to support the gun emplacements was retained, although no guns were fitted, and it was used by the Flight Deck Officer as a helicopter control position. Below deck, two 10,000-imperial-gallon (45,000 L) aviation fuel tanks were installed at the fore end of the tank deck, and refuelling positions provided at the fore end of the flight deck. The tanks were sealed off by a bulkhead and the rest of the space used for stores, workshops and accommodation. Finally the bow doors were sealed, as they would no longer be needed. The flight deck was large enough for two Westland Wessex helicopters with rotors turning, or six could be parked with rotors folded. Renamed HMS Lofoten she proved extremely useful in service, and many lessons were learned that would be incorporated into Engadine. Notable incidents World War II Post-war World War II survivors Indonesia Philippines The Philippine Navy received 20+ units of the LST Mk.2 starting in the late 1940s. This includes BRP Laguna (LT-501), ex-USS LST-230 and BRP Benguet (LT-507), ex-USS Daviess County (LST-692).[citation needed] The BRP Sierra Madre (LT-57), ex-USS Harnett County (LST-821) permanently beached on the Second Thomas Shoal. The ship serves as an advance outpost, and is currently at the center of a territorial dispute between China and the Philippines. Singapore RSS Resolution (L-204), ex-USS LST-649, is operated by the Republic of Singapore Navy as a training ship at Tuas Naval Base, Singapore. She was one of the five landing ships bought by Singapore on 5 December 1975 which consists of USS LST-836, USS LST-649, USS LST-629, USS LST-579 and USS LST-613. South Korea USS LST-849 was commissioned in 1945 and was an active ship until 2006. She served in the Okinawa campaign in May–June 1945 and earned one battle star for her service in World War II. She was transferred to the Republic of Korea Navy in 1958, commissioned as ROKS Wi Bong (LST-676), and served there until 2006. She was used to transport thousands of soldiers and their equipment from South Korea to South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. In 2007, she was decommissioned and sold to the city of Gunsan, South Korea for display in a maritime museum in a deal with the navy. Taiwan The Republic of China Navy Currently Operates 4 LST-542 Class vessels, as well as decommissioning 2 others as of recent. Thailand Vietnam Tran Khanh Du (HQ-501), ex-USS Maricopa County (LST-938), had been transferred to the Republic of Vietnam Navy, and after the Fall of Saigon was captured by North Vietnamese forces. As of 2003[update], she is active and in commission with the Vietnamese People's Navy. United States Modern developments The commissioning of the Newport class in 1969 marked the introduction of an entirely new concept in the design of LSTs. She was the first of a new class of 20 LSTs capable of steaming at a sustained speed of 20 knots (37 km/h). To obtain that speed, the traditional blunt bow doors of the LST were replaced by a pointed ship bow. Unloading is accomplished through the use of a 112-foot (34 m) ramp operated over the bow (similar in concept to the original HMS Boxer) and supported by twin derrick arms. A stern gate to the tank deck permits unloading of LVTs into the water or the unloading of other vehicles into a landing craft utility (LCU) or onto a pier. Capable of operating with high-speed amphibious squadrons consisting of LHAs, LPDs, and LSDs, the Newport-class LST can transport tanks, other heavy vehicles, and engineering equipment that cannot readily be landed by helicopters or landing craft. The Newport type were removed U.S. Navy service in the 1990s, and Spanish Navy, Chile, Australia, and Malaysia but serves on in the navies of Brazil, Mexico, Morocco, Taiwan, in a modified form and soon with Peru. Elsewhere, over 100 Polish Polnocny-class landing ships were produced from 1967 to 2002. The Indian Navy maintains a fleet of seven Polnocny-class LSTs and LCUs known collectively as the Kumbhir class. Operators Former operators Cultural references Literature Jonah's Cathedral by R. D. Wall, is a novel of the Vietnam War based on the author's experiences while serving on an LST in the Mekong Delta in 1966. The book, #1 in the Jonah Wynchester Series, follows the exploits of U.S. Navy Gunner's Mate Jonah Wynchester from the time he reports aboard his new assignment, the LST USS Winchester County, at the Navy Amphibious Base in Little Creek, Virginia on New Year's Day 1966 through the time the ship departs for Vietnam. The "Cathedral" refers to the nickname the crew have given the ship, a decrepit, run-down LST in the ready reserve fleet, that is suddenly re-activated and fully manned for the rapidly expanding need for LSTs in the Vietnam theater. Book #2, "Mekong Covenant" follows the ship across the Pacific into the deadly brown waters of the Mekong Delta. The Ninety and Nine by William Brinkley, author of Don't Go Near the Water, portrays an LST running supplies to Anzio during World War II. The title refers to the ship's company of ninety enlisted men and nine officers. The book opens with a quotation attributed to Winston Churchill – "The destinies of two great empires ... seemed to be tied by some god-damned things called LST's." In the biography Man In Motion: Michigan's Legendary Senate Majority Leader, Emil Lockwood by Stanley C. Fedewa and Marilyn H. Fedewa, Lockwood colorfully describes his World War II service aboard LST-478. "We were always in the thick of it," Emil said, "because it was our job on the LSTs to carry personnel-operated tanks, artillery, supplies—anything, you name it—into the heart of a war zone." The novel Warm Bodies by Donald R. Morris portrays life on an LST in the 1950s. The title refers to the use of any available body in port during overhaul for any duty necessary. "A Warm Body is man with at least one arm and two fingers who can pick up something when he is told to." Although a work of fiction, the novel is based on Morris' experience as an officer aboard an LST.

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Bulgarian footballer Rosen Kaptiev (Bulgarian: Росен Каптиев, born 23 September 1979) is a Bulgarian footballer currently playing for Dunav Ruse as a forward. Kaptiev has previously played in the Bulgarian A PFG for PFC Lokomotiv Sofia and PFC Spartak Varna.

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Fagnolle Castle (French: Château de Fagnolle) is a castle located in the district of Fagnolle, in the municipality of Philippeville, Wallonia, Belgium, and in the Fagne region. The castle was formerly the centre of government of the small independent Barony, later County, of Fagnolle. It was constructed in the 12th century, and is now ruined.

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Robert Sidney, 4th Earl of Leicester (17 December 1649 – 11 November 1702) was the son of Philip Sidney, 3rd Earl of Leicester, and the former Lady Catherine Cecil. Life As a child, Robert Sidney and his sister Dorothy had their portrait painted by Sir Peter Lely. He is commemorated in St John the Baptist, Penshurst. He succeeded his father to the earldom in 1698. He married Lady Elizabeth Egerton, daughter of John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, and they had four sons: Three of his sons succeeded their father in turn to the earldom. The youngest son, Jocelyn, was the last earl of this creation. Sidney's memorial can be seen at Penshurst. His tomb in Penshurst Church was designed by William Stanton of Holborn and completed by William woodman.

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Tun Sakaran Marine Park, also known as Semporna Islands Park, is a marine park located off the east coast of Sabah, Malaysia. It consists of the islands of Bodgaya, Boheydulang, Sebangkat, and Salakan, the sand cays of Maiga, Sibuan, and Mantabuan, and the patch reefs of Church and Kapikan. In 2004, the park became the seventh gazetted area under Sabah Parks with a total area of 350 km2. There are approximately 2,000 people living within the park, most of whom consist of the nomadic Bajau Laut (Sea Gypsies) people, who live in stilt houses and houseboats in and around the marine park. To this day, out of the eight islands, there is only one island (Sebangkat) that has an owner and legal grant holder after the gazetting in 2004. History Bodgaya was first gazetted in 1933 as a forest reserve, while Boheydulang as a bird sanctuary. Proposals to establish a state park was first made in 1977. Later in 1998, a collaboration, known as the Semporna Islands Project, between the Marine Conservation Society (MCS), Sabah Parks, WWF Malaysia and Nature Link took place. It was funded by the European Community under its global environment budget line. Finally in 2004 the islands were gazetted as a state park by Sabah Parks.

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American scientist Katelin Schutz is an American particle physicist known for using cosmological observations to study dark sectors, that is new particles and forces that interact weakly with the visible world. She is a NASA Einstein Fellow and Pappalardo Fellow in the MIT Department of Physics. The American Physical Society awarded her the Sakurai Dissertation Award in theoretical particle physics in 2020, citing the highly original contributions from her PhD work. Early life Schutz grew up in rural western New York in the Finger Lakes region. In 2010, she graduated from Allendale Columbia School. Career Schutz attended MIT, where she did research with Max Tegmark, David Kaiser, and Tracy Slatyer. She was awarded a Hertz Fellowship and NSF Fellowship in 2014. She did her PhD with Hitoshi Murayama at UC Berkeley. She completed her thesis in 2019, titled "Searching for the invisible: how dark forces shape our Universe." Schutz joined McGill University in Montreal as an assistant professor in August 2021 as part of the Centre for High Energy Physics and in the McGill Space Institute. Research Schutz studies extensions to the Standard Model of particle physics known as dark matter that might interact only weakly or indirectly with familiar matter made of quarks and leptons. For example, her research asks whether such dark matter particles might experience new forces outside of the Standard Model, and how we might detect such interactions. In particular, such particles would interact with standard matter via gravity, and such interactions may provide a "gravitational portal between dark and visible matter" that we can observe via astronomy, e.g. stars and galaxies, including nearby dwarf galaxies and the Milky Way itself, and also large-scale cosmological structures, such as the CMB, the Lyman-alpha forest, and the cosmological 21 cm line. Schutz and colleagues have pointed out that if dark matter consists of particles that are far lighter than electrons, then particles in the Standard Model could create dark matter through feeble interactions at low temperature known as freeze-in. She has also studied strongly interacting massive particles as a dark matter candidate. Her research has also identified mechanisms for directly detecting dark matter particles through a two-excitation process in superfluid helium as well as for detecting primordial black holes using pulsar timing. She and her colleagues also simulate galactic halos, and have used data from Gaia to observationally constrained the existence of a dark matter disk in the Milky Way. Awards As a graduate student, Schutz was a NSF Fellow and Hertz Foundation Fellow. She was named a 2019 Rising Star in physics by the Stanford and MIT Departments of Physics. In 2020 she was the first woman to receive the American Physical Society Sakurai Dissertation Award in theoretical particle physics.

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Swedish ice hockey player (born 1990) Ice hockey player Anton Rödin (born November 21, 1990) is a Swedish professional ice hockey forward currently playing for Brynäs IF in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). He previously played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Vancouver Canucks. He was selected by the Canucks in the second round, 53rd overall, of the 2009 NHL Entry Draft. Playing career A native of Stockholm, Rödin played junior ice hockey with local organization Hammarby IF. During his youth, he also played regionally for Gästrikland (alongside NHL goaltender Jacob Markström) in the 2006 TV-pucken, an under-15 national tournament. That season, he joined Brynäs IF at the under-18 level, scoring 11 points (7 goals and 4 assists) over 14 games in the HockeyAllsvenskan's junior circuit. During the campaign, he also debuted in one game with Brynäs IF's J20 SuperElit team. In 2007–08, Rödin joined the J20 level full-time and recorded 19 points (8 goals and 11 assists) over 35 games. The following season, he improved to 55 points (29 goals and 26 assists) over 37 contests, ranking second in league scoring, seven behind teammate Henrik Thegel. His success earned him a six-game loan to IK Oskarshamn's men's team in Sweden's second-tier league, HockeyAllsvenskan. During the off-season, Rödin was selected in the second round, 53rd overall, by the Vancouver Canucks in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft. Having been introduced to men's competition the previous season, Rödin moved on to Brynäs IF's premier team in the Swedish Elite League (SEL) in 2009–10. He scored 1 goal and 5 points over 36 games as a rookie, while also seeing time at the J20 level (three assists in four games) and with Mora IK in Allsvenskan on a loan. On June 1, 2010, Rödin signed a three-year, entry level contract with the Vancouver Canucks. After signing, the Canucks loaned Rödin to Brynäs IF for one more year. He improved to 26 points (7 goals and 19 assists) over 53 games in the SEL before leaving Sweden to begin playing within the Canucks' organization. After joining the team for training camp and pre-season action in September 2011, he was assigned to the Canucks' minor league affiliate, the Chicago Wolves of the American Hockey League (AHL). After two years with Chicago, Rödin's contract was not renewed by the Canucks, making him a free agent. He decided to return to Sweden, and signed a two-year contract with Brynäs IF. Rödin scored 12 goals and 35 points in 47 games in 2013–14 with the club and recorded 19 goals and 21 assists (54 games) the following season (plus five goals and two assists in seven playoff contests). He signed a new three-year deal with Brynäs in March 2015. In the 2015–16 season, Rödin tallied 16 goals and 21 assists in 33 SHL contests, while receiving the Gold Helmet Award as MVP of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). He achieved this despite playing a shortened season due to a knee injury he suffered in practice in January 2016. On March 22, 2016, Rödin was re-signed by the Vancouver Canucks for the 2016–17 NHL season. He played well during the Canucks training camp, scoring five points in five pre-season games, and it appeared he would earn a spot on the Canucks' opening roster. However, he re-aggravated his knee injury near the end of the pre-season and was placed on injured reserve. On December 11, 2016, Rödin was assigned to the Canucks' AHL affiliate, the Utica Comets, for conditioning. He was recalled on December 22 after three games and made his NHL debut the following night in a 4–1 loss to the Calgary Flames. On January 2, 2017, he scored his first NHL point, earning an assist on a Bo Horvat goal in a 3–2 victory over the Colorado Avalanche. During his third game with the Canucks, Rödin fell on his troublesome knee against Calgary on January 6. With the reoccurrence in swelling, Rödin had season-ending surgery on February 7. In the following 2017–18 season, Rödin was assigned to begin the year with the Utica Comets in an attempt to return from his injury. He recorded just one goal and two points in seven games over the opening months of the campaign before he was placed on un-conditional waivers and opted for a mutual termination from the remainder of his contract with the Canucks on November 20, 2017. As a free agent, Rödin returned to Europe, agreeing to a two-year contract with HC Davos of the Swiss National League (NL) on November 21, 2017. After returning to health, he appeared in 8 regular season games providing 6 points before leading the club in the post-season with 7 points in just 6 games. On July 1, 2018, Rödin secured a release from his NL contract in securing a one-year contract with the Anaheim Ducks of the NHL, marking his third attempt to play in the league. After attending the Ducks' 2018 training camp and preseason, Rödin failed to make the squad and with no intention to report to the AHL, he was subsequently placed on unconditional waivers, in order to facilitate a mutual termination of his contract. On October 6, 2018, Rödin rejoined previous Swiss club, HC Davos, for the duration of the 2018–19 season. In the off-season, Rödin as a free agent from Davos, opted to return home to original club Brynäs IF of the SHL, on a long-term five-year contract on April 25, 2019. Personal He is married to Kristin Sundberg, famous Instagram influencer. In 2019, they welcomed their daughter, Noomi. 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Species of bird The dark-throated seedeater (Sporophila ruficollis) is a bird species in the family Thraupidae (formerly in Emberizidae). It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay (where it can still be found at the Quebrada de los Cuervos). Its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss.

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American poker player (1939–2013) Bobby "The Wizard" Hoff (December 14, 1939 – August 25, 2013) was an American professional poker player, based in Long Beach, California. According to Hoff, his nickname "The Wizard" refers to his ability to make mountains of chips disappear. Early years Hoff was born in 1939 in Victoria, Texas. In 1958, Hoff studied at the University of Texas on an athletics scholarship, where he frequently played golf from a scratch handicap. Hoff learned poker in Las Vegas three years after graduating. He worked as a poker dealer and played regularly during his off time. He took up blackjack after reading the book Beat the Dealer by Edward O. Thorp and became a skilled player; however, he often got drunk and lost his winnings. He joined a blackjack team and played regularly for five years. Eventually he was banned from the majority of blackjack tables in Las Vegas, forcing him to return to poker. Hoff became friends with Sailor Roberts, who staked much of his poker action. World Series of Poker In the 1979 World Series of Poker (WSOP) $10,000 no limit hold'em main event, Hoff came back from a chip count of $1,730 early on the first day to $225,700 early in the final table's action. He eliminated Johnny Moss in 5th place when his A♦ 10♠ outdrew A♥ Q♠ when the 10♥ came on the river. Hoff reached the heads-up stage of the tournament, facing amateur Hal Fowler, whom he had eliminated from the same event in 1978. In the final hand, Hoff's A♥ A♣ were outdrawn by Fowler's 7♠ 6♦ on a board of J♠ 5♥ 3♣ 4♠ 10♦. The heads-up match lasted over 10 hours, and was considered the original David and Goliath match of the WSOP, as Hoff was the favorite to win. This led to increased attendance in future WSOP main events, as people realized that anyone could win. Hoff went on to have nightmares about the heads-up match for several weeks afterwards. During this time, Hoff accused Fowler of consuming either Valium or Methaqualone throughout the heads-up match. Hoff's cocaine habit grew, as he began to inject it rather than snort it. The 2006 WSOP main event winner Jamie Gold described Hoff as "maybe the best player in the world." Later poker career Hoff finished in the money of the $10,000 WSOP main event three times in his career, 1990 (13th of 194), 1993 (25th of 231), and 1998 (12th of 350). He also appeared in Poker Superstars II, finishing second in two heats (both times to Ted Forrest). He had numerous other final table finishes and cashes at live tournaments, where his total winnings exceeded $530,000. His alias on UltimateBet was "DaWiz". Hoff described Bobby Baldwin as the best poker player he ever saw. Health problems In December 2010, Hoff suffered a stroke which led to his hospitalization in Houston, Texas, in a stable condition. He recovered and returned to play in California. Hoff died on August 25, 2013, at the age of 73.

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Residential in Bristol, England Castle Park View is a 26-storey high-rise in Bristol, England. Set for completion in 2022, the development occupies the site of the former Central Ambulance Station at the corner of Castle Street and Tower Hill and was proposed in 2017, with work starting in 2019. Designed by Chapman Taylor, the development contains 375 apartments and is the tallest building in Bristol at a height of 98m. History The development sits on the site of the old wall of Bristol Castle; prior to construction commencing, an archaeological dig was commissioned to locate a dry ditch between the castle site and river. During the excavation of the site, a historic wall was discovered dating back to the circa 17th century, however, it was deemed to be of no significant interest so works continued. Construction started in 2019 with the development topping out in November 2020. The first homes were completed in April 2021 with full completion set for 2022. Architecture The development forms part of an emerging tall building cluster around Castle Park. The 26 storey tower is one of five blocks and is clad in an offsite pre-fabricated façade system that consists of Moca Creme stone, inset clay bricks, window panels and spandrel panels. The design of the tower called for fritted, black painted, laminated glass spandrel panels for the façade, however, revised Building Regulations following the Grenfell Tower Fire relating to fire safety resulted in a design change during construction, to opaque, powder-coated aluminum sheets. The tower itself is crowned with a 6-metre constellation. . Castle Park View is the first commercial connection to the Bristol district heating Network, Bristol City Council's own network of pipes providing low-carbon heat to businesses and homes across the city.

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Boma village in Jonglei State, South Sudan Kuei-juet is a boma in Jalle payam, Bor North County, Jonglei State, South Sudan, about 60 kilometers northeast of Bor. Demographics According to the Fifth Population and Housing Census of Sudan, conducted in April 2008, Kuei-juet boma had a population of 1,919 people, composed of 1,005 male and 914 female residents.

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Village in Ohio, United States Old Washington is a village in Guernsey County, Ohio, United States. The population was 279 at the 2010 census. History The village has been known by several names in its history. Platted by George and Henry Beymer in 1805, it was initially known by two names; Beymerstown and New Washington. It was incorporated as Washington in 1829, soon after the National Road reached it. The present name was later adopted to mitigate postal confusion with the City of Washington, now known as City of Washington Court House in Fayette County. In July 1863, Old Washington was the site of a small engagement during the course of Morgan's Raid. In the course of their campaign through Ohio, the Confederate raiders appeared in several Guernsey County villages, including Old Washington, where they wreaked havoc before being caught by Union cavalry. The three Confederate dead are buried at the cemetery in Old Washington. Geography Old Washington is located at 40°2′14″N 81°26′27″W / 40.03722°N 81.44083°W / 40.03722; -81.44083 (40.037302, -81.440827). According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.67 square miles (1.74 km2), all land. Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 279 people, 111 households, and 86 families living in the village. The population density was 416.4 inhabitants per square mile (160.8/km2). There were 119 housing units at an average density of 177.6 per square mile (68.6/km2). The racial makeup of the village was 98.9% White, 0.4% Native American, and 0.7% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.4% of the population. There were 111 households, of which 27.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.2% were married couples living together, 10.8% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.5% had a male householder with no wife present, and 22.5% were non-families. 18.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.51 and the average family size was 2.80. The median age in the village was 40.1 years. 21.9% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.3% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 26.3% were from 25 to 44; 24% were from 45 to 64; and 19.7% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the village was 52.3% male and 47.7% female. 2000 census As of the census of 2000, there were 265 people, 112 households, and 82 families living in the village. The population density was 403.2 people per square mile (155.0/km2). There were 124 housing units at an average density of 188.7 per square mile (72.5/km2). The racial makeup of the village was 96.60% White, 1.89% African American, and 1.51% Asian. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.38% of the population. There were 112 households, out of which 28.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.4% were married couples living together, 7.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.9% were non-families. 24.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.37 and the average family size was 2.78. In the village, the population was spread out, with 23.4% under the age of 18, 4.5% from 18 to 24, 25.7% from 25 to 44, 27.9% from 45 to 64, and 18.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females, there were 80.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.9 males. The median income for a household in the village was $26,250, and the median income for a family was $31,667. Males had a median income of $31,406 versus $23,125 for females. The per capita income for the village was $24,399. About 7.8% of families and 13.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 23.1% of those under the age of eighteen and 21.3% of those 65 or over. Education Old Washington is within the East Guernsey Local School District. Students within the village attend Buckeye Trail High School, Buckeye Trail Middle School, and Buckeye Trail Elementary School.

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Kenneth "Ken" James Moran, MBE (27 February 1925 – 6 August 2009) was an Australian Paralympic lawn bowler. He won a silver medal in the Men's Pairs at the 1984 Summer Paralympics. Personal Moran was born in the Queensland town of Beaudesert on 27 February 1925, the sixth of eight children of Tom and Johanna Moran. He grew up on the family farm during the Great Depression, and had a busy and active young life which included farm duties, schooling and playing tennis and cricket. At age 14, he left school to work full-time on the farm to help support his family during the difficult economic times. While playing a representative cricket match in February 1945, he experienced serious physical symptoms - a sudden but lasting dizziness, loss of balance and inability to focus - that forced him to retire from the match. Within a couple of days, he was diagnosed with polio and spent the next two years in a polio ward at the Royal Brisbane Hospital. When he was finally discharged, he spent a year with an uncle in Brisbane, managing his own rehabilitation and transition to life in a wheelchair before returning to Beaudesert. He studied accounting by correspondence and worked in the field, and began a lifelong involvement in community work. Sport Moran took up table tennis and lawn bowls to keep active, playing against and alongside able-bodied players. He won a bronze medal in table tennis at the 1974 Commonwealth Paraplegic Games in Dunedin, New Zealand. He won a silver medal in the men's lawn bowls pairs with Wayne Lewis at the 1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville Paralympics. Recognition In the Queen's Birthday Honours 1986 Moran was appointed as a Member of the Order of the British Empire for service to the community and paraplegic sport. On 16 September 2010, the Ken Moran Life Centre was officially opened in Beaudesert.

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Island in Tasmania, Australia The North East Isle, part of the Kent Group, is an unpopulated 32.62-hectare (80.6-acre) granite island, located in the Bass Strait, lying off the north-east coast of Tasmania, between the Furneaux Group and Wilsons Promontory in Victoria, Australia. The island has a peak elevation of 125 metres (410 ft) above mean sea level and is contained within the Kent Group National Park. The island has been unmodified by human activity. Fauna Recorded breeding seabird and wader species include little penguin, short-tailed shearwater, fairy prion, common diving-petrel, Pacific gull and sooty oystercatcher. Also present are the white-footed dunnart and White's skink.

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Swedish politician Hamza Demir (born 1956) is a Swedish politician and former member of the Riksdag, the national legislature. A member of the Left Party, he represented Västra Götaland County West between November 2017 and September 2018.

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American legal case Nitke v. Gonzalez, 413 F.Supp.2d 262 (S.D.N.Y. 2005) was a United States District Court for the Southern District of New York case regarding obscene materials published online. The plaintiff challenged the constitutionality of the obscenity provision of the Communications Decency Act (CDA). She claimed that it was overbroad when applied in the context of the Internet because certain contents deemed lawful in some communities and unlawful in others will be restricted due to the open access of the Internet. The plaintiff also sought a permanent injunction against the enforcement of the obscenity provision of the CDA. The court concluded that insufficient evidence was presented to show there was substantial variation in community standards, as applied in the "Miller test", and to show how much protected speech would actually be impaired because of these differences. The relief sought was denied, and the court ruled for the defendant. The Supreme Court subsequently affirmed this ruling without comment. Background Nitke had published images on her website that were a means of alternative sexual expression: adults performing various sexual activities. Previously, in Reno v. ACLU, the Supreme Court had ruled that the indecent speech provision in the CDA was overbroad and that it unnecessarily impaired protected speech. Barbara Nitke and the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom, which advocates for people who practice non-traditional sexual practices, sought a similar ruling against the "obscene speech" provisions of the CDA and injunctive relief against future application of those sections of the CDA, arguing that the differences in community standards of what is considered "obscene speech" would have a "chilling effect" on any content on the Internet. Alberto Gonzales was the Attorney General of the United States at the time, making him the named defendant in this case. The Communications Decency Act of 1996 47 U.S.C. § 223(a)(1)(B) criminalizes conduct which "knowingly ...makes, creates or solicits, and ... initiates the transmission of ..." an obscene or indecent communication to a juvenile. Subject to certain defenses, this is regardless of whether or not the minor accessed the content or not. "Given the size of the potential audience for most messages, in the absence of a viable age verification process, the sender [of any given communication] must be charged with knowing that one or more minors will likely view it." Vagueness The court granted the government's motion to dismiss the vagueness argument, citing the Supreme Court's decision that the Miller test was not unconstitutionally vague. Overbreadth The plaintiffs in this case had the burden of proving that the CDA was substantially overbroad. Specifically, the court indicated that the plaintiffs needed to establish: The court concluded that insufficient evidence was provided by the plaintiffs to support these points, and the United States Supreme Court denied their appeal in 2006. "The judgment is affirmed." Responses The case established community content guidelines for obscene content. If the case had not been brought, according to attorney John Wirenius, "many more Internet users [would] likely face the constitutionally unsupportable choice faced by Ms. Nitke: either to censor her published images or face prosecution." This would, in turn, cause users and publishers to use more discretion when publishing potentially obscene content online. The Electronic Frontier Foundation said, "...while it might be unconstitutional for someone to use the CDA to prosecute Nitke specifically, there are other instances in which the court believes it would be constitutional to use the CDA to prosecute a web publisher for obscenity." Their brief in support of Nitke concluded by saying that: "such identification schemes abridge the right to read anonymously."

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The Day of the German-speaking Community is a holiday in Belgium celebrated on 15 November each year. It is a public holiday for the German-speaking Community of Belgium but it is not celebrated elsewhere in the country. The equivalents of the other communities are the Day of the Flemish Community (11 July) and the Day of the French-speaking Community (27 September). The ceremony coincides with the King's Feast. History The German-speaking Community measures over 853 km2 (329 sq miles) in the Belgian region of Wallonia, and is made up of two territories consisting of nine municipalities. This territory roughly covers the former Prussian districts (Kantone) of Eupen, Malmedy and Sankt Vith (Saint-Vith). The East Cantons (Ostkantone) were part of the Rhine Province of Prussia until 1920, but were annexed by Belgium following Germany's defeat in World War I and the subsequent Treaty of Versailles. Today Malmédy is not part of the German-speaking Community. In 1989, there was a call for proposals for a flag and arms for the Community. In the end the coat of arms of the Community was designed by merging the arms of the Duchy of Limburg and the Duchy of Luxemburg, to which the two parts of the community belonged before Belgian independence. A decree adopted on 1 October 1990 and published on 15 November 1990 prescribed the arms, the flag, the colours and the Community day, which was to be celebrated on 15 November. Here is an English translation of the original version of the decree: Article 1. The Day of the German-speaking Community shall be celebrated every year on 15 November. Article 2. The German-speaking Community shall bear the following arms: Article 3. The flag of the German-speaking Community shall be hoisted on 15 November on the official buildings of the German-speaking area (Gebiet) of Belgium; outside this area, it shall be hoisted on the buildings which, because of their use, are ascribed to the German-speaking Community or are temporarily put at its disposal. In the German-speaking area of Belgium, the flag shall be further hoisted on the administrative buildings under the same conditions and on the same days as the Belgian national flag. Source: Official website of the German-speaking Community

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Highway in Washington State Route 308 (SR 308) is a 3.42-mile-long (5.50 km) state highway in the U.S. state of Washington, serving the community of Keyport in Kitsap County. The highway travels generally east from an interchange with SR 3 east of Naval Base Kitsap at Bangor to the main entrance of the Naval Undersea Warfare Center in Keyport. SR 308 was codified as the Keyport branch of State Road 21 in 1929 and continued as the Keyport branch of Primary State Highway 21 (PSH 21) in 1937. During the 1964 highway renumbering, the branch became a section of SR 303, which ran from Bremerton to Bangor and had a spur route serving Keyport. SR 308 was established in 1971 along the old route of SR 303 Spur and was extended in 1991 to the SR 3 freeway after SR 303 was re-routed onto a new freeway in Silverdale. Route description SR 308 begins as Luoto Road at a diamond interchange with SR 3 east of Naval Base Kitsap at Bangor. The highway travels east through wooded land, intersecting several minor roads until the roadway turns northeast and crosses over Liberty Bay into the unincorporated community of Keyport. Within Keyport, SR 308 passes the Naval Undersea Museum and serves as the main thoroughfare through the community before it ends at the main entrance to the Naval Undersea Warfare Center, continuing east as Strom Avenue into the base. Every year, the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) conducts a series of surveys on its highways in the state to measure traffic volume. This is expressed in terms of average annual daily traffic (AADT), which is a measure of traffic volume for any average day of the year. In 2011, WSDOT calculated that the busiest section of the highway was between SR 3 and Liberty Bay, serving 11,000 vehicles, while the least busy section was the bridge over Liberty Bay, serving 6,300 vehicles. History The current route of SR 308 was first added to the state highway system in 1929 as the Keyport branch of State Road 21 and was carried over to the primary and secondary state highway system in 1937 as a branch of PSH 21. The branch traveled 2.34 miles (3.77 km) east from PSH 21 near Naval Submarine Base Bangor to the Naval Undersea Warfare Center in Keyport, intersecting Secondary State Highway 21B (SSH 21B) before crossing Liberty Bay. The Keyport branch was incorporated into SR 303, which replaced SSH 21B, with a short spur route serving Keyport. SR 308 was established in 1971 to replace the Keyport spur of SR 303 and extended over SR 303 in 1991 to SR 3 after SR 303 was moved south to end in Silverdale. Major intersections The entire highway is in Kitsap County.

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Cyclin-D1-binding protein 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CCNDBP1 gene. This gene was identified by the interaction of its gene product with Grap2, a leukocyte-specific adaptor protein important for immune cell signaling. The protein encoded by this gene was shown to interact with cyclin D. Transfection of this gene in cells was reported to reduce the phosphorylation of Rb gene product by cyclin D-dependent protein kinase, and inhibit E2F1-mediated transcription activity. This protein was also found to interact with helix-loop-helix protein E12 and is thought to be a negative regulator of liver-specific gene expression. Two alternatively spliced variants, which encode distinct isoforms, have been reported. Interactions CCNDBP1 has been shown to interact with GRAP2 and Cyclin D1.

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South African politician Vusumuzi Cyril Xaba (born 1967) is a South African politician and a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa since 2019. He is currently serving as Co-Chairperson of the Joint Standing Committee on Defence and as Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans. A member of the African National Congress, he previously served in the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature from 1994 to 2009 and from 2014 to 2019. He was the Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Agriculture and Rural Development from 2014 to 2016. Early life and education Xaba was born in 1967. He attended Ziphathele High School. He holds a B.Proc from the University of Natal and a Master of Laws (LLM) from the University of KwaZulu-Natal. He has a number of incomplete degrees. In 1987, he enrolled for a BA in Law at the University of Durban-Westville. He could not complete the degree due to political reasons. Xaba later studied for a diploma in economic principles from the University of London, but he did not complete the course. His studies for a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) at the University of Natal was discontinued because of his election as a Member of the Provincial Legislature. Political career In 1985, he became a member of the Clermont Branch Executive of the Congress of South African Students (COSAS). Xaba was a member of the Provincial Executive Committee of the Natal Students Congress (NASCO) between 1986 and 1987. From 1989 to 1990, he served as deputy president of the Black Students Society (BSS) at the University of Natal. Xaba served as the deputy regional chair and later as the chairperson of the ANC Youth League's Southern Natal region from 1990 to 1993. He was an ex officio member of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the ANC Youth League between 1991 and 1993. Xaba was an ex officio member of the ANC's Regional Executive Committee from 1991 to 1993, before serving as an ordinary member of the regional executive committee between 1993 and 1994. In 1995, Xaba was elected as the regional secretary of the ANC's Durban West region, a position he held until 2001. Between 2002 and 2007, Xaba was the deputy chairperson of the ANC's eThekwini Region. Xaba was an ex officio member of the ANC's provincial executive committee from 1995 to 2001 and from 2004 to 2012, he served as an ordinary member. KwaZulu-Natal Legislature In 1994 Xaba was elected as a member of the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature for the ANC. From 1994 to 1999, he was the ANC's spokesperson on education. From 1999 to 2009, he was chairperson of the public works portfolio committee, the finance portfolio committee, the finance and economic development portfolio committee and an ad-hoc constitutional affairs committee to draft a provincial constitution for KwaZulu-Natal. He was also chief whip and a member of a number of committees. Xaba left the legislature in 2009 to become a special adviser to the Premier of KwaZulu-Natal. From 2010 to 2014, Xaba was chairperson of the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Planning Commission. After the 2014 provincial election, Xaba was elected to return to the provincial legislature and was appointed as MEC for Agriculture and Rural Development. He was removed from the executive council in 2016. National parliament In 2019 Xaba was elected from the ANC's KwaZulu-Natal list. On 2 July 2019, he was elected chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans. Xaba was elected co-chairperson of the Joint Standing Committee on Defence on 25 July 2019.

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Cinque Ports is also the name for a group of five English port towns, the namesake of this ship. Cinque Ports was an English ship whose sailing master was Alexander Selkirk, generally accepted as a model for the fictional Robinson Crusoe. The ship was part of a 1703 expedition commanded by William Dampier, who captained the accompanying ship, the 26-gun St George with a complement of 120 men. When the War of the Spanish Succession broke out in 1701, English privateers were recruited to act against French and Spanish interests. Despite a court-martial for cruelty to one of his crew in an earlier voyage, Dampier was granted command of the two-ship expedition which departed England on 30 April 1703 for the port of Kinsale in Ireland. Fateful voyage William Dampier's original companions dropped out of the scheme and a new agreement was made with Captain Charles Pickering of Cinque Ports. Cinque Ports was fitted out with 16 guns and a crew of 63. The two ships left Kinsale on 11 September 1703 with the intention of attacking Spanish galleons returning from Buenos Aires. When this plan fell through the privateers decided to make for the South Sea by way of Cape Horn. While the ships were off the coast of Brazil, an outbreak of scurvy on board Cinque Ports led to the deaths of a number of men, including the captain who was replaced by 21-year-old Lieutenant Thomas Stradling. After rounding the Horn and cruising up the South American coast as far as Panama, capturing several Spanish ships on the way, the two captains decided to separate. Captain Stradling stopped at one of the islands of the Juan Fernández Archipelago off the Chilean coast in September 1704 to resupply. There was a dispute between Stradling and Alexander Selkirk regarding Cinque Ports' seaworthiness, and Selkirk impetuously chose to be put ashore on the uninhabited island. Selkirk remained on Juan Fernández in solitude for four years and four months, before being rescued by Woodes Rogers in 1709. His experience was one of the likely sources of inspiration for the character Robinson Crusoe in the novel by Daniel Defoe. Selkirk's suspicions were soon justified, as Cinque Ports foundered near Malpelo Island 400 km (250 mi) from the coast of what is now Colombia; Stradling and the surviving members of his crew were taken prisoner by the Spanish. Aftermath An eyewitness account of the last voyage of Cinque Ports was published by William Funnell, an officer on board St George, who went on to circumnavigate the globe after abandoning Dampier in January 1705. The owners of Cinque Ports subsequently took legal action against Dampier over the loss of their ship. According to a deposition given by Selkirk on 18 July 1712, Dampier's failure to advise the owners to have Cinque Ports and St George covered in protective wood sheathing had resulted in "the loss of both ships, for they perished by being worm eaten." Other witnesses supported this allegation. The shipowners would be disappointed, however, as Dampier died in 1715, leaving nothing but debts.

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This is a list of PT boat bases used by the US Navy during World War II. United States Rear Pacific Area Philippines Solomon Islands Aleutian Islands Australia, Papua New Guinea & Dutch New Guinea Borneo Japan Mediterranean Atlantic

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Ukrainian biathlete and cross-country skier Pavlo Bal (born 12 June 1986) is a Ukrainian para-biathlete and para cross-country skier. Early life Bal was born on 12 June 1986. Career At the 2021 World Para Snow Sports Championships in biathlon, Bal won the gold medal at the 12.5 event.

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Coordinates: 34°21′49″N 101°44′46″W / 34.3635°N 101.7462°W / 34.3635; -101.7462 Public school in Kress, Texas, United States Kress High School is a public high school located in Kress, Texas (USA) and classified as a 1A school by the UIL. It is part of the Kress Independent School District located in southern Swisher County. In 2013, the school was rated "Met Standard" by the Texas Education Agency. Athletics The Kress Kangaroos compete in the following sports:

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Coordinates: 52°55′59″N 4°24′18″W / 52.933°N 4.405°W / 52.933; -4.405 The ancient Welsh cantref of Llŷn in north-west Wales was part of the kingdom of Gwynedd for much of its history until it was included in the new county of Caernarfonshire, together with Arfon and Arllechwedd under the terms of the Statute of Rhuddlan in 1284.

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Place in Eastern Province, Kenya Karurumo is a settlement in Kenya's Eastern Province.

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Species of butterfly Spialia therapne, the Corsican red-underwing skipper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found on the Mediterranean islands of Corsica and Sardinia. The wingspan is 19–21 mm. Adults are on wing from April to September in multiple generations per year. The larvae feed on Sanguisorba minor. They make a shelter of spun leaves.

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South African chess player Michelle Fisher (born 1997) is a South African chess player who holds the title of Woman FIDE Master (WFM, 2017). Career Fisher earned the title of Woman FIDE Master in 2017. She has represented South Africa in the Women's Chess Olympiad of 2014, 2016 and 2018 on board five, four and three respectively.

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Emir of Mecca Aḥmad ibn ‘Abd al-Muṭṭalib ibn Ḥasan ibn Abī Numayy (Arabic: أحمد بن عبد المطلب بن حسن بن أبي نمي) was Emir of Mecca and ruler of the Hejaz from 1628 to 1629. He was proclaimed Emir in Jeddah in late Safar 1037 AH (November 1627) by Kurji Ahmad Pasha, the governor of Yemen, after the latter had a dispute with Sharif Muhsin ibn Husayn. After Muhsin surrendered, Ahmad entered Mecca as Emir on Sunday, 17 Ramadan 1037 AH (21 May 1628). He was assassinated by order of Kansuh Pasha, governor of Yemen, in the 5th hour of the night, on Sunday, 5 Safar 1039 (around 10–11 pm on Saturday night, 22 September 1629).

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Kishanpur Baral is a village in Baghpat district, Uttar Pradesh, India. Kishanpur Baral is situated on the Delhi-Saharanpur Yamunotri Highway. This village is about 60 km from the New Delhi and also 60 km from Meerut. It is about 30 km from Bagpat. Economy The village is mainly agriculture based. Sugarcane is the main commercial crop. Education Education has been compulsory in this village since the time of the British administration. There are many schools and colleges. DAV Inter College is the oldest one.

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English design advocate (1808–1882) Sir Henry Cole FRSA (15 July 1808 – 18 April 1882) was a British civil servant and inventor who facilitated many innovations in commerce and education in the 19th century in the United Kingdom. Cole is credited with devising the concept of sending greetings cards at Christmas time, introducing the world's first commercial Christmas card in 1843. Biography Henry Cole was born in Bath the son of Captain Henry Robert Cole, then of the 1st Dragoon Guards, and his wife Lætitia Dormer. He was sent in 1817 to Christ's Hospital, and upon leaving school in 1823 became clerk to Francis Palgrave, and then a sub-commissioner under the Record Commission. Cole was employed in transcribing records, but found time to study water-colour painting under David Cox, and exhibited sketches at the Royal Academy. He lived with his father in a house belonging to the novelist Thomas Love Peacock, who retained two rooms in it, and became a friend of young Cole. Cole drew for him, helped him in writing critiques of musical performances, and was introduced by him to John Stuart Mill, Charles Buller, and George Grote. The friends used to meet at Grote's house in Threadneedle Street for discussions twice a week. A new Record Commission was issued in 1831, and in 1833 Cole was appointed a sub-commissioner. The secretary, Charles Purton Cooper, quarrelled with the commission, and with Cole, who applied to Charles Buller for protection. A committee of the House of Commons was appointed upon Buller's motion in 1836, which reported against the existing system, and the commission lapsed on the death of William IV on 20 June 1837. Cole wrote many articles in support of Buller. He was appointed by Lord Langdale, who, as Master of the Rolls, administered the affairs of the commission, to take charge of the records of the exchequer of pleas. The record office was constituted in 1838 under the Public Record Office Act 1838, and Cole became one of the four senior assistant-keepers. He ranged a large mass of records in the Carlton House Riding School, where he was placed for the purpose 2 November 1841. His reports upon the unsuitability of this place contributed to bring about the erection of the building in Fetter Lane (begun in 1851). Cole's duties at the record office did not absorb his whole energy. In 1838, with the leave of his superiors, he became secretary to a committee for promoting postal reform. He edited their organ, the Post Circular, suggested by himself, of which the first number appeared 14 March 1838. He got up petitions and meetings with such energy that Cobden offered to him in 1839 the secretaryship of the Anti-Cornlaw League. Parliament granted power to carry out the new postal scheme in August 1839, and the treasury offered premiums for the best proposals as to stamps. Cole gained one of the premiums; he attended the treasury to discuss details, and was employed there till the beginning of 1842 in working out the scheme. From 1837 to 1840, he worked as an assistant to Rowland Hill and played a key role in the introduction of the Penny Post. He is sometimes credited with the design of the world's first postage stamp, the Penny Black. In 1843, Cole introduced the world's first commercial Christmas card, commissioning artist John Callcott Horsley to make the artwork. Felix Summerly pseudonym Cole was personally interested in industrial design, and under the pseudonym Felix Summerly designed a number of items which went into production, including a prize-winning teapot manufactured by Minton. As Felix Summerly, he also wrote a series of children's books, including The home treasury (1843-1855); A hand-book for the architecture, sculpture, tombs, and decorations of Westminster Abbey (1859); Beauty and the beast: an entirely new edition (1843); An Alphabet of Quadrupeds (1844); and The pleasant history of Reynard the Fox, told by the pictures by Albert van Everdingen (1843). Cole and the exhibitions Through his membership of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, Cole lobbied government for support for his campaign to improve standards in industrial design. The backing of Prince Albert was secured, and in 1847 a royal charter was granted to the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA). Under the patronage of Prince Albert, Cole organised a successful Exhibition of Art Manufactures in 1847, with enlarged exhibitions following in 1848 and 1849. Cole visited the 1849 11th Quinquennial Paris Exhibition and noticed the lack of an exhibition open to international participants. He saw that the RSA's planned exhibitions for 1850 and 1851 could be adapted into a larger international exhibition, and he secured the backing of Queen Victoria to establish in 1850 the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 to manage the new exhibition, under the Presidency of Prince Albert. The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations was held in the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, London, from 1 May to 15 October 1851, and was an enormous popular and financial success, partially due to the astute management of Henry Cole. Museums As one of the Commissioners, Cole was instrumental in the decision that the £186,000 surplus from the Great Exhibition would be used for improving science and art education in the United Kingdom. Land was purchased in the South Kensington area and developed as the centre for a number of educational and cultural institutions, known half-jokingly as "Albertopolis". Henry Cole was appointed the first General Superintendent of the Department of Practical Art, set up by the government to improve standards of art and design education in Britain with reference to their applicability to industry. In this capacity he was instrumental in the development of the Victoria and Albert Museum which had begun as the Museum of Ornamental Art in Marlborough House. Cole oversaw its move to its current site, and became first director of what was called South Kensington Museum from 1857 to 1873. In 1974 a part of the museum that was once known as the Huxley Building was renamed the Henry Cole Building; today it forms the Henry Cole Wing of the V&A. Honours and legacy Cole was instrumental in the development of the National Art Training School (renamed the Royal College of Art in 1896) and played a part in the establishment of many other South Kensington institutions, such as the Royal College of Music and Imperial College London. In fact, the Imperial College Mathematics Department was formerly based in the Henry Cole Wing on Exhibition Road, before the premises were donated to the Victoria & Albert Museum. Cole was awarded the CB for his work on the Great Exhibition and was knighted by Queen Victoria in 1875. Often referred to in the press as "Old King" Cole, he was known to have the closest personal backing of the Queen and especially of the Prince Consort, who when he needed a facilitator for one of his pet projects, was heard to remark: "We must have steam, get Cole". An English heritage blue plaque commemorates where Cole lived and worked at 33 Thurloe Square, South Kensington, London, opposite the Victoria and Albert Museum. In 2001, one of Cole's first Christmas cards, which was sent to his grandmother in 1843, sold at auction for £22,500.

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American ophthalmologist Douglas Jabs is an American ophthalmologist and an expert in clinical research in the fields of ophthalmology and uveitis. Jabs is currently the Chief Executive Officer of the Mount Sinai Faculty Practice Associates, Dean for Clinical Affairs, and Professor and Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology and Professor of Medicine of The Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. Additionally, he is adjunct Professor of Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, Maryland. He is the author or co–author of over 230 publications, 45 books chapters and 86 published abstracts. Biography Jabs graduated valedictorian from Dartmouth College in 1973 with a degree in chemistry. He received his medical degree from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in 1977, and MBA degree from Johns Hopkins University's Carey Business School in 1998. He completed an internship in internal medicine at New York Hospital–Cornell Medical Center, a residency in internal medicine at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and a residency in ophthalmology at the Wilmer Eye Institute, and a rheumatology fellowship at Johns Hopkins. Jabs joined the faculty at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in 1984 as Assistant Professor. He was named Associate Professor of Ophthalmology in 1988, and Associate Professor of Medicine in 1989. In 1993 he was named Professor of both Ophthalmology and Medicine, and in 2000 he was named Professor of Epidemiology at the Bloomberg School of Public Health. In 2007, he was named Professor and Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology at The Mount Sinai Medical Center. In 2009, he was chosen as the Chief Executive Officer of the Mount Sinai Faculty Practice Associates and Dean for Clinical Affairs of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Jabs currently chairs both the Study of Ocular Complications of AIDS (SOCA) Research Group and the Multicenter Uveitis Steroid Treatment (MUST) Trial. He has chaired five randomized, controlled, clinical trials on the treatment of CMV retinitis and now chairs a multicenter epidemiologic study investigating the long–term outcomes of patients with ocular complications of AIDS, particularly CMV retinitis. Jabs has been instrumental in leading the Standardization of Uveitis (SUN) project, an effort to standardize terminology and outcomes related to uveitis. He has served on numerous data and safety monitoring committees for clinical trials, both those sponsored by the National Institutes of Health and the pharmaceutical industry. Jabs has been on the editorial board of The Journal of Retinal and Vitreous Diseases, Ocular Immunology and Inflammation, American Journal of Ophthalmology, and Ophthalmic Epidemiology. He is the recipient of many awards including the Research to Prevent Blindness Olga Keith Weiss Scholar Award, Research to Prevent Blindness Lew R. Wasserman Merit Award, Research to Prevent Blindness Senior Scientific Investigator, American Academy of Ophthalmology Senior Achievement Award, Clinical Uveitis Research Award from the German Uveitis Patient Interest Group, EyeCare America, Lifetime Volunteer Physician Award, and European Uveitis Patient Interest Association (EUPIA) Uveitis Award. Publications

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American college football season The 1943 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1943 college football season. The Tar Heels were led by first-year head coach Tom Young and played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium. They competed as a member of the Southern Conference. Schedule

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Municipality in Lower Saxony, Germany Farven is a municipality in the district of Rotenburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Farven belonged to the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen, established in 1180. In 1648 the Prince-Archbishopric was transformed into the Duchy of Bremen, which was first ruled in personal union by the Swedish Crown - interrupted by a Danish occupation (1712–1715) - and from 1715 on by the Hanoverian Crown. In 1807 the ephemeral Kingdom of Westphalia annexed the Duchy, before France annexed it in 1810. In 1813 the Duchy was restored to the Electorate of Hanover, which - after its upgrade to the Kingdom of Hanover in 1814 - incorporated the Duchy in a real union and the Ducal territory, including Farven, became part of the new Stade Region, established in 1823.

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Business Ledlenser GmbH & Co. KG is a German technology company that manufactures portable lighting products (especially LED forehead and hand flashlights & inspection lamps) and mobile energy solutions based in the North Rhine-Westphalian city of Solingen in Germany. It was founded by Rainer and Harold Opolka, who developed the first commercially available LED flashlight. At the beginning of 2019, the company had around 115 employees in Germany and around 800 in the production plant in China. The company is headquartered with product development in Germany, and the company has a 100% owned manufacturing subsidiary in the People's Republic of China. History In 1993, the twins Rainer and Harald Opolka founded a trading company for knives, scissors and other steel goods under the name Stahlwarenkontor GmbH in Beelitz, southwest of Berlin. In 1997, the company relocated to Solingen under the name Zweibrüder Stahlwarenkontor GmbH, where it still has its headquarters today. The company's premises have been located in the Mathildenhütte, a renovated former glassblowing factory, since 2002. In 2002 the name was changed to Zweibrüder Optoelectronics GmbH.[citation needed] In 2000, the Opolka twins built a 5 mm LED from Nichia into a housing. This resulted in the typical design for the following products with the perforated rim. The lamp, marketed under the name Photon Pump V8, went into stores in late 2000 and has sold over twelve million pieces in 80 countries around the world to date.[citation needed] The products from the LedLenser series have received numerous design awards since 2001. These include internationally known design awards such as the Red Dot design award, the Design Plus, the Good Design Awards or the IF Design Award. Some of the lamps received several awards, such as the V8 or the Car Lenser Rechargeable. In addition, Ledlenser was honored with the German Brand Award in the category "Industry Excellence in Branding" in 2016. The company convinced the renowned jury in terms of the degree of innovation, consistent brand management and sustainable brand communication. Ledlenser has developed the Advanced Focus System especially for its flashlights (patented in the USA and Europe). The combination of lens and reflector creates a round light cone of excellent quality with every focus. Another innovation is the mechanical one-hand focusing on the basis of a sliding carriage. The Opolka twins have protected their own developments and products with over 100 patents, designs and utility models. The brothers developed the Ledlenser V8 flashlight and sold over 200 million Euros' worth of LED flashlights during their first five years in business. The Ledlenser V8 flashlight became one of the top-selling LED flashlights in the world. The brothers sold three quarters of the shares in their company "to devote themselves exclusively to making art". They invested €25 million into a sculpture and cultural center in Jagdsitz Hubertushöhe [de] in Storkow, and Rainer started an independent project called "The Wolves Are Back?" In January 2011 Leatherman Inc., Portland / Oregon (USA) took over the majority stake in Zweibrüder Optoelectronics GmbH, at the same time the company name changed to Zweibrüder Optoelectronics GmbH & Co. KG. Since 21 December 2017 the company name has been Ledlenser GmbH & Co. KG. On 6 December 2018, the company was sold by Leatherman Tool Group Inc. to several shareholders, in particular AFINUM Achte Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, which holds the majority shares. Additionally, other shares are owned by INVISION and the Ledlenser management team. Ledlenser has its own offices in Italy (Led Lenser Italia Srl), Switzerland (Led Lenser Swiss GmbH), Japan (Led Lenser Japan, Inc.) and the United States (Ledlenser, Inc.). In the United Kingdom Ledlenser is exclusively distributed by Ledco Ltd. from a headquarters in Sunninghill, Berkshire. Production is handled by the 100% subsidiary, Ledlenser Corporation Ltd. in Yangjiang, a district-free city on the Chinese south coast in the province of Guangdong In January 2019, around 800 employees worked there. Products In addition to flashlights, headlamps, key lights and living room lights, the Ledlenser product range also includes explosion-proof lamps, diving lamps, and lamps that are tailored to the needs of fire brigade, rescue services, police and special units. Flashlights The Ledlenser program includes different flashlights of all sizes and for a wide variety of applications. The products are divided into series, which differ in terms of design, different lumens and the technology used. For example, the P series models are operated without programming, the M series lamps (M = micro-controlled) are equipped with a microchip programming. Ledlenser uses a proprietary measuring method for the runtime of the flashlights. The runtime specified by the manufacturer describes the duration the lamp takes for the brightness of the energy-saving level to drop to one lumen. For lamps without an energy-saving level (e.g. P3, P4, P5), the time is measured that elapses until the maximum brightness of the lamp has dropped to one lumen. Some Ledlenser models are also equipped with a floating charge system which enables inductive charging without small or fault-prone charging plugs. The lamps have a metal switch at the end, which acts as a magnetic contact to the charging station. By bringing the two poles closer together, the lamp slides into the holder and charging begins. Thus flashlights are always charged and always ready to hand. Headlamps Ledlenser also develops headlamps for sport, outdoor use and professional use. With the headlamp NEO, XEO 19R, the SEO and H series, there are individual solutions for all areas. The headlamps are equipped with different lumens and running times. Sponsorship Ledlenser supports a so-called PRO team with national and international athletes in extreme and fun sports as brand ambassadors, including long-distance runner Jan Fitschen and extreme runner Christian Schiester. Corporate and social responsibility In 2020, Ledlenser were an official partner with Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders). They also regularly donate food and school materials in various campaigns in the surrounding regions of the city of Yangjiang, help with English courses and have been supporting Yidong Primary School since 2016 with financial donations that enable renovations, and provide school materials.

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River in Brazil The Barreiro River is a river of Paraná state in southern Brazil.

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Irish hurler Gary Hanniffy (born 4 April 1977) is an Irish hurler who played as a centre-forward for the Offaly senior hurling team. Hanniffy made his first appearance for the team during the 1997 National League and subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement prior to the 2008 championship. During that time he won one All-Ireland medal and one National Hurling League (Division 2) medal. Hanniffy was an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion. At club level Hanniffy is a four-time All-Ireland medalist with Birr. In addition to this he has also won six Leinster medals and eleven county club championship medals. Hanniffy's father, Declan and his brothers, Darren and Rory, also played hurling with Offaly. Playing career Club Hanniffy plays his club hurling with Birr and has enjoyed much success during a lengthy career. He was still a minor when he joined the club's senior team in 1994. That year he was a non-playing substitute when Birr made a clean-sweep of county, Leinster and All-Ireland titles. By 1997 Hanniffy was a regular member of the starting fifteen. That year he won his first county championship medal following a 0–14 to 2–4 defeat of Seir Kieran. He later added a Leinster medal to his collection following an 0–11 to 0–5 defeat of Castletown. The subsequent All-Ireland final saw Birr take on Sarsfield's of Galway. Darren Hanniffy scored the only goal of the game after just five minutes and gave Birr a lead that they would never surrender. A 1–13 to 0–9 victory gave Hanniffy his first All-Ireland medal. After surrendering their titles the following year, Birr bounced back in 1999. A 3–15 to 1–11 defeat of St. Rynagh's gave Hanniffy a second championship medal. A subsequent 1–16 to 0–11 defeat of Castletown gave Hanniffy a second Leinster medal. Hanniffy won further championship medals in 2000 and 2001 as Birr retained their status as the kingpins of Offaly hurling. Once again Birr defeated Castletown in the provincial decider to give Hanniffy his third Leinster medal. Once again Birr qualified for the All-Ireland final with Clarinbridge providing the opposition. A Declan Pilkington goal inside sixty seconds was the perfect start, although the Westerners did recover to lead by 1–4 to 1 -2 at the break. With wind advantage, Birr took control and secured a 2–10 to 1–5 victory. It was Hanniffy's second All-Ireland medal. Birr continued their dominance in 2002 with Hanniffy winning a fifth championship medal following a 3–12 to 2–7 defeat of Kilcormac-Killoughey. He later added a fourth Leinster medal to his collection following a 2–5 to 1–2 defeat of Young Irelands in deplorable conditions. Birr later faced Dunloy in the All-Ireland decider. At the third time of asking Birr finally retained the title with a 1–19 to 0–11 victory. It was Hanniffy's third All-Ireland medal. In 2003 Birr defeated Ballyskenach by 1–18 to 1–11 to secure their fifth successive county championship. It was Hanniffy's sixth championship medal. A record six-in-a-row proved beyond Birr, however, Hanniffy won his seventh championship medal in 2005 as his side beat Coolderry by 0–20 to 0–5. It was the start of another great run of success for Birr as the club retained their titles in 2006 and 2007. Later that year Hanniffy won his fifth and final Leinster medal as Birr narrowly defeated Ballyboden St. Enda's by 1–11 to 0–13. Birr later had the chance to make history by becoming the first club side to win five All-Ireland titles, however, Portumna easily defeated Hanniffy's side by 3–19 to 3–9 in the decider. In 2008 Hanniffy won a remarkable tenth championship medal as Birr defeated Kinnitty by 1–15 to 0–15. It was a fourth successive county title for Birr. Inter-county Hanniffy made his senior debut for Offaly in a National Hurling League game against Tipperary in 1997. Later that year he came on as a substitute against Laois to make his championship debut. By 1998 Hanniffy was a regular impact sub for Offaly's championship campaign. He lined out in his first provincial decider that year, however, Kilkenny defeated Offaly by 3–10 to 1–11. This defeat prompted the Offaly manager, Babs Keating, to describe the team as "sheep in a heap", and he promptly resigned. It looked as if Offaly's championship hopes were in disarray, however, they overcame Antrim in the All-Ireland quarter-final and qualified to meet Clare in the semi-final. The first game ended in a draw and had to be replayed, however, the replay was ended early because of a time-keeping error by the referee Jimmy Cooney. Following a protest on the pitch of Croke Park by the Offaly supporters it was decided that Clare and Offaly would meet for a third time. Hanniffy's side won the third game and qualified to play Kilkenny in the final. On that day Brian Whelahan delivered one of his greatest-ever Offaly performances, scoring 1–6. Offaly reversed the Leinster final defeat by winning the All-Ireland final by 2–16 to 1–13. It was Hanniffy's first All-Ireland medal. Offaly surrendered their All-Ireland crown the following year but returned to the All-Ireland decider again in 2000 in a repeat of the Leinster final. Kilkenny's D.J. Carey capitalised on an Offaly mistake after just six minutes to start a goal-fest for "the Cats". Carey scored 2–4 in all, sharing his second goal with Henry Shefflin who also scored a goal in the second-half. At the full-time whistle Kilkenny were the champions by 5–15 to 1–14. The following few seasons proved difficult as Kilkenny went on to dominated the provincial championship. In 2005 Hanniffy won a Division 2 medal in the National League following a 6–21 to 4–7 trouncing of Carlow. Following Offaly's relegation from Division 1 of the National League in 2008, Hanniffy decided to call time on his inter-county career. Honours As a player Birr Offaly Leinster

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Species of beetle Mordellistenoda australiensis is a beetle in the genus Mordellistenoda of the family Mordellidae. It was described in 1963 by Ermisch.

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American journalist Theo Wilson (born Theodora Nadelstein, May 22, 1917 – January 17, 1997) was an American reporter best known for her coverage of high-profile court cases for the Daily News of New York. She reported on the trials of Sam Sheppard, Patty Hearst, Sirhan Sirhan, Charles Manson, Jack Ruby, Angela Davis, David “Son of Sam” Berkowitz and Claus von Bulow. She was born in New York City to Adolph and Rebecca Nadelstein. Adolph was the founder of Nadelstein Press. Her early publications include a story on the family's pet monkey for a national magazine, published when she was eight years old, and numerous poems, short stories, plays, and articles produced at Girls High School in Brooklyn. At the University of Kentucky, she worked at The Kentucky Kernel as a columnist and associate editor. After graduating Phi Beta Kappa in 1937, she was hired by the Evansville Press in Indiana and was soon promoted to tri-state editor. After working in Evansville, she moved to Indianapolis to marry television newscaster Bob Wilson and got a job on the Indianapolis Times. She later worked at the News Leader in Richmond, Virginia, where she began reporting on court cases, then at the Associated Press bureau in Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Bulletin before she and her husband moved back to her hometown of New York in 1952 and she was hired at the Daily News. She covered many major trials for the Daily News, with enough of them taking place in California that the paper suggested she open a West Coast bureau. The Los Angeles bureau opened in 1973 with Wilson as the primary correspondent. One problem that arose for her in Southern California was that like many New Yorkers, she did not drive. In 1976, when a school bus driver and the 26 children in his care were kidnapped in a small town 200 miles north of Los Angeles, she hailed a taxi to take her there. Following changes at the Daily News, Wilson accepted a buyout in 1982. She continued to write as a freelance journalist, covering trials for newspapers and cable television shows. Wilson divorced Bob Wilson in 1960. They had a son, Delph, born in 1946. She later developed a relationship with fellow journalist Doc Quigg. Her memoir, Headline Justice, was published in 1996. She died on January 17, 1997, in Los Angeles from a cerebral hemorrhage. Theo Wilson Square, an intersection in the Hollywood Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, where she lived for 25 years, was named for her in 1997. Awards

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Columbia Law School alumni David Jonas Bardin (born June 2, 1933) is a retired American government official who served as Deputy Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration in 1977 as well as Administrator of the Economic Regulatory Administration in the United States Department of Energy. Biography Bardin was born on June 2, 1933 in New York City. He received an A.B. from Columbia College in 1954 and LL.B. from Columbia Law School in 1956. He served in the U.S. Army from 1956 to 1958. Bardin joined the University of Virginia as lecturer in 1958 and worked as an attorney for the Federal Power Commission from 1958 to 1969. He left the FPC in 1969 as Deputy General Counsel to serve as Assistant to the Attorney General of Israel whose portfolio included public utilities, administrative and environmental law. From 1972 to 1974, he worked as an independent attorney in Jerusalem and Washington, D.C. In 1974, he was named Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and served in that position until 1977. On March 31, 1977, he was named by President Jimmy Carter to be Deputy Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration. After the Federal Energy Administration was merged into the newly founded United States Department of Energy in October 1977, Bardin became Administrator of the Economic Regulatory Administration, which included the petroleum allocation and pricing functions, two energy development programs, ombudsman function, and ten regional offices of the former FEA. He served as Administrator of the ERA until 1979. After returning to the private sector, Bardin joined Arent Fox, where he specialized in public utilities, energy, and environmental law on behalf of corporate and public clients.

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Anthony Glyn Evans (December 4, 1942 in Porthcawl, Wales – September 9, 2009) was Alcoa Professor of Materials, professor of Mechanical Engineering, director of the Center for Multifunctional Materials and Structures and co-director for the Center for Collaborative Engineering Research and Education at the University of California, Santa Barbara, United States. Evans received a Ph.D. in metallurgy at Imperial College London. Evans had previously been, successively, professor in the Department of Materials Science and Mineral Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley; chair of the Materials Department and director of the High Performance Composites Center at the University of California at Santa Barbara; Gordon McKay Professor of Materials Engineering at Harvard University; and Gordon Wu Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and director of the Princeton Materials Institute at Princeton University. Evans was vice president of the American Ceramic Society (1984–1988), and for four years served as chair of the Defense Sciences Research Council. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Royal Academy of Engineering, and member of the National Academy of Engineering and the National Academy of Sciences. Achievements Achievements include: membership in the National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Arts and Science and Royal Society of London, The Royal Academy of London. He was awarded a fellow in the Imperial College of London, Evans' alma mater. Evans' public service included a gold medal at the ASM International, ASME Nadai and Senior US Scientists. Evans authored over a thousand publications, and is one of the most highly cited authors in materials science, as well as engineering and physics. He was known for his innovative contributions and ability to collaborate ideas among colleagues. He was recognized with the highest accolades in science and engineering. He was Alcoa Professor of Materials, professor of mechanical engineering, director of the center for multifunctional Materials and Structures and co-director for the center for collaborative Engineering research and Education at the University of Santa Barbara. He was a world-renowned researcher, scientist, a top-ranked founded chair. Awards and other recognition

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Football league season The 2001 edition of the Campeonato Carioca kicked off on November 15, 2000 and ended on May 27, 2001. It was the official tournament organized by FFERJ (Federação de Futebol do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, or Rio de Janeiro State Football Federation.) Only clubs based in the Rio de Janeiro State are allowed to play. Sixteen teams contested this edition. Flamengo won the title for the 27th time. no teams were relegated. System The tournament was divided in four stages: Championship Preliminary phase Updated to match(es) played on December 16, 2000. Source: RSSSF.com Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored. Taça Guanabara Group A Updated to match(es) played on February 18, 2001. Source: RSSSF.com Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored. Group B Updated to match(es) played on February 18, 2001. Source: RSSSF.com Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored. Semifinals Finals Taça Rio Updated to match(es) played on May 13, 2001. Source: RSSSF.com Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored. Aggregate table Updated to match(es) played on May 13, 2001. Source: RSSSF.com Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored. Finals

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Irish former professional footballer Bryan Byrne (born 26 August 1982) is an Irish former professional footballer. He played in Europe and the United States. Early life and education Byrne was born on 26 August 1982, in Kilkenny, Ireland, and was raised in Castledermot. He started his career at local club Castle Villa A.F.C., where he played from U-10's through U-18's. Byrne was signed by Dermot Keely to play senior level soccer for Kildare County F.C. for the 2002–03 season. Byrne's stay was short, as Keely's son, Alan Keely, was returning from playing college soccer in Santa Barbara and Dermot recommended Byrne as a player to target. He appeared 7 total times for the club. Byrne moved to the USA and enrolled at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he was a student-athlete for the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's soccer team. He appeared in 77 games for UCSB throughout his four-year career, scoring 11 goals and assisting on 19 others. Byrne and UCSB won the 2006 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship and he was selected to the all-College Cup team. While enrolled at UCSB, Byrne also played with San Fernando Valley Quakes of the USL Premier Development League, scoring two goals in four appearances. Playing career Byrne was drafted in the third round (38th overall) of the 2007 MLS SuperDraft by the New England Revolution and manager Steve Nicol, a former Liverpool player. There had been talk before the draft that Byrne would be drafted and sign with Los Angeles Galaxy, but a disagreement over his playing position and the signing of David Beckham resulted in the team passing on him. Byrne signed a contract with the Revolution in April 2007, after the Revolution cleared roster space by waiving former UCSB teammate Tony Lochhead. He would mainly feature for the New England Reserves team, but made his MLS debut against Real Salt Lake on 2 June 2007. Byrne left New England Revolution at the end of the year and subsequently signed for Ventura County Fusion. Byrne went on to play two seasons with Fusion, helping them to the USL Premier Development League championship in 2009. He was released by Fusion at the end of 2009 as a result of the PDL's age restrictions. Post-professional career Byrne has appeared for a number of amateur teams including Hollywood United F.C., Los Angeles Celtic, and Doxa Italia. Byrne was Doxa Italia's first ever goal scorer in the Lamar Hunt Open Cup. Byrne owns and runs a website where he talks about soccer cleats, SoccerCleats101. Honors Ventura County Fusion UC Santa Barbara

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Señor de los Temblores (in Quechua known as Taytacha Temblores, meaning Christ or Lord of the Earthquakes) is a 16th-century statue of the crucifixion of Jesus in Cusco Cathedral in Cusco, Peru. It is popularly believed to have reduced damage in the city during the 1650 earthquake. Taytacha Temblores became known as the patron saint of Cusco, and is carried in procession annually on Holy Monday. The original of which Taytacha is a replica of is called "Señor Manuel de Exaltación" and is in the city of Mollepata. A copy of this statue made with varied local materials was taken to Cusco. It is one of the most well-known sculptures in present-day Peru. History The original statue is believed to have been created in Seville around 1570, according to popular story, during the government of Philip II, upon hearing that the "Indians of Peru continued to worship the Sun and that in their festivities they remembered the deities of their paganism", Philip II ordered the sculpting an image of Christ different from those venerated in Spain; it was to have a copper color and fractions that would allow the Indians to recognize themselves in the image. The statue was transported by ship to the Viceroyalty of Peru, where it was landed at the port of Callao. From there, the statue was to be taken to the city of Cusco. However, near its destination, in Mollepata, the chest containing the image became so heavy that could not be moved, the interpretation given by the local people was that the statue wished to remain in the town, where it was left. The muleteer then commissioned a copy a local indigenous artisan and then taken to Cusco and installed in the cathedral. Another narration gives account of the shipment from Spain of three chests containing images, the history indicates that when the settlers of Inkillpata (Anta) found out about the event narrated previously for the Christ that stayed in Mollepata, they entertained the retinue asking for one of the images to stay with them. The muleteer again accepted and continued the journey to Cusco where he arrived with the last of the statues, which remained stored until the unfortunate day of the earthquake of 1650. In spite of the history associated with its Hispanic origin, the technique used in the elaboration of the sculpture of the Señor de los Temblores confirms that it was a local work. This was explained in the report on the technical study carried out in 1978: For the execution, the sculptor had to make a straw mannequin of which there are traces on which the first layers of glued cloth would be applied; once these were dry, he had to remove the straw (thus leaving the image hollow) helping himself to the effect with plaster paste; only in the hands and arms we find wooden elements, placed there because these support the image. The historian Pedro Querejazu completes the previous explanation pointing out: The arms have an internal wooden tenon that reaches the thorax of the image. On the general bulk of cloth, the modeling was done with maguey wood cut into small plates and partially carved, on which the final modeling would have been done with plaster paste. Description The work is made of mixed materials, including sticks, plaques of agave fiber, and plaster. The black color is not original but the result of having been exposed for centuries to smoke and dust, the buildup of soot from candles and oil lamps, and pigment and pollen from the red ñuk'chu flowers that are showered on the statue when it is taken in procession on Holy Monday, also known as Easter Monday. The statue was not cleaned during the 1990s restoration of the cathedral interior. The sculpture, of unusual features with asymmetrical anatomy, was believed to have been modeled in llama parchment, with a hollow bust and very little aesthetic value. When analyzing its composition during a restoration in 1985, the artists realized that the body was not made of parchment or camelid leather, but of linen vegetable fiber. The head is made of maguey, while the feet and hands are made of balsa wood, common materials in the Andean region. Therefore it is considered that the Taytacha de los Temblores is autochthonous and original. The Christ is carefully adorned. The nails of his hands and feet are of pure gold inlaid with precious stones, he had a crown of pure gold with stones weighing 1.3 kg, a gift of Viceroy Francisco de Borja y Aragon, which in the 1980s was stolen. The one he now wears is also golden, but it is lighter. With the passage of time, the images of the Virgin of Sorrows and St. John the Evangelist were added to the altar. Gallery

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Hato Caves are show caves, publicly accessible since 1991 and a popular tourist attraction on the Caribbean island of Curaçao. The caves consist of marine coral limestone, which accumulated over millions of years and after sea levels had dropped were exposed to atmospheric corrosion and karstic processes. They are approximately 240 m (790 ft) long and cover an area of 4,900 m2 (53,000 sq ft) . Location The site is situated on the island's northern coast, north of the town of Willemstad on the Roosevelt Weg. The caves constitute layers and terraces. Several caves are to be found on the second terrace, the Hato Caves are exclusively located above on the third terrace. History The earliest known inhabitants of the caves about 1,500 years ago were the Amerindian Arawaks and Caiquetio Indians, who also buried their dead in the caves. The numerous petroglyphs and cave drawings are attributed to these early occupants. Before the abolition of slavery, runaway slaves used the caves as hiding places.

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American astronomer and science fiction writer Robert Shirley Richardson (April 22, 1902 – November 12, 1981) was an American astronomer, born in Kokomo, Indiana. He also published science fiction using the pseudonym Philip Latham. Career Philip Latham can support the suppositions that are the basis of his science fiction novels with accepted scientific theories. For he's an author who's in the business of "watching the stars." An astronomer at Mount Wilson and Palomar Observatories since 1931, he started writing for magazines in the early forties. His work won such wide respect that he now has a college textbook on astronomy to his credit. Movie producers as well as publishers find Mr. Latham's experience too good to pass up. He has given technical assistance to a number of studios on pictures such as Destination Moon, and he has written an article describing the work on the science fiction thriller When Worlds Collide. — From the back flap of the dust jacket on Five Against Venus. In his professional role he wrote about 10 books on astronomy. As Latham he wrote scripts for the early television series Captain Video as well as about 20 science-fiction stories. In one of these, N Day, an astronomer named Philip Latham is freed from his reclusive life by the knowledge that the sun is about to go nova. Bibliography

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Hatchie National Wildlife Refuge is an area of swampy bottomland consisting of a portion of the floodplain of the Hatchie River in West Tennessee, covering 11,556 acres (4,677 ha) in southern Haywood County. It is a rich environment for aquatic life and waterfowl. The refuge is bisected by Interstate 40 and hence passed through by almost all motor vehicle traffic between Nashville and Memphis. Wildlife includes Fish, Snakes, and Mammals.

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Tennis tournament The 2019 San Luis Open Challenger Tour was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 26th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2019 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in San Luis Potosí, Mexico between 15 and 21 April 2019. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: The following players received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking: The following players received entry into the singles main draw as alternates: The following players received entry into the singles main draw using their ITF World Tennis Ranking: The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Champions Singles Doubles

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Finnish footballer Martti Hyvärinen (born 6 November 1939) is a Finnish former footballer. He played in 16 matches for the Finland national football team from 1959 to 1967. With 119 goals in 270 games he is 10th in all time goalscorers list of Finnish premier division. During his career he won 3 Finnish championships and 1 cup title.

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St Mary's Church, Tenby is a church located in the centre of the town of Tenby in Pembrokeshire, western Wales. The church is in the Diocese of Saint David's within the Church in Wales, and a member of the Anglican Communion. It is the parish church for St Mary In Liberty (the borough and town) and St Mary Out Liberty (the rural area to the north). History and description The majority of the remaining building dates from the 15th century with some features retained from the 13th century. There is believed to have been a church on the site since Norman times, and Gerald of Wales is counted as the earliest Rector of Tenby. The 13th Century chancel has a 'wagon' roof and the panelled ceiling has 75 bosses carved in a variety of designs including foliage, grotesques, fishes, a mermaid, and a green man, as well as the figure of Jesus surrounded by the four Apostles. St. Thomas' Chapel was added in the mid-15th Century, and the St. Nicholas Chapel was added c. 1485. The spire is also a 15th-century addition. Inside the church is a 15th-century font and a 15th-century bell, cast with the letters 'Sancta Anna'. The tower is positioned to one side of the chancel and dates from the late 13th century. The first floor served as a chapel, and still has a stone altar and piscina in place. The church has two fonts, one dating from the 15th century and another late Gothic example from the 19th century. The church contains several memorials, including the tombs of Thomas and John White, both Mayors of Tenby in the fifteenth century. Thomas White was famous for hiding a young Henry Tudor from King Richard III. There is also a wall tablet in memory of Robert Recorde, an Elizabethan scholar, who introduced the equals sign ( = ) to mathematical calculation. The church was Grade I listed in 1951 as being "an outstanding late medieval church with exceptional roofs and monuments". In the churchyard, 20 metres west of the church, are the remains of what is believed to be a late 15th-century choir school or college. The wall includes a pointed arched doorway. These remains are Grade II* listed.

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The India State Hunger Index (ISHI) is a tool to calculate hunger and malnutrition at the regional level in India. It is constructed in the same fashion as the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2008 and was calculated for 17 states in India, covering more than 95 percent of the population. The ISHI was developed by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and presented for the first time 2008 in conjunction with the non-governmental organization Wealthhungerlife and the Department of Economics, University of California. According to the GHI, India has shown improvement between 2000 and 2020, however the level of hunger remains in the "serious" category. Background Despite the good economic performance, with over 200 million people who are food insecure. India is home to the largest number of hungry people in the world. In the ranking of the Global Hunger Index 2017 it covers position 100 out of 119 ranked countries and has a "serious" (31.4) food security situation. The major problem in the country is the high prevalence of underweight children under five, which is a result of low nutrition and educational status of women. While there has been attention to hunger and undernourishment at the central level, within India's political system, states are important political units with regard to the planning and execution of development programs. Thus unpacking the hunger index at the level of the federal states is an important tool to build awareness of the disparities in hunger among them. In addition, the variability of the relative contribution of the underlying components of the hunger index across the different Indian states can help to stimulate the discussion about the drivers of hunger in different state contexts. Indicators and underlying data The ISHI is constructed in the same fashion as the Global Hunger Index which follows a multidimensional approach to measuring hunger and malnutrition. It combines three equally weighted indicators: The ISHI uses two data sources for the estimation of the Indian state level: These are the first rounds of the National Family Health Survey (2005–2006) for India and the National Sample Survey data from 2004 to 2005. It is calculated and presented for 17 major states, covering 95 percent of the country's population. While the National Family Health Survey has a large enough sample size to yield representative estimates of the child underweight and mortality rates even for the smaller states and union territories in the country, the sample size of the National Sample Survey is insufficient for estimating undernourishment rates in these places. Therefore, the ISHI restricts the sample to those states for which it yields precise states level estimates. Key findings 2008 index Literature

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The men's 4×200 metre freestyle relay at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships took place on 30 March 2007 at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia. The top-12 finishers from this race qualified for the event at the 2008 Olympics. 27 teams entered and swam the event. The existing records when the event started were: Results Finals Heats

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American track and field athlete Rod Ewaliko (born April 18, 1954) is an American track and field athlete known for the Javelin throw. He was the 1983 National Champion and won the 1980 Olympic Trials to become a member of the team that did not participate in the Olympics due to the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott. He was one of 461 athletes to receive a Congressional Gold Medal instead. Ewaliko would finish in second place in the National Championships five times. He threw in two other Olympic Trials, finishing sixth in 1976 and was unable to land a legal throw in the finals of 1984. Ewaliko represented the United States in several international competitions, finishing fourth in the 1977 and 1981 World Cup, sixth at the 1979 Pan American Games, and eleventh at the 1983 World Championships. He represented Athletics West. He threw collegially for the University of Washington where he was one of the four U of W athletes to sweep the throwing events at the 1976 Pac-10 Championships, a feat that has not been duplicated. His personal best of 90.66 m (297 ft 5 in), thrown at UCSB on February 25, 1984 ranks as the 41st best effort with the old style javelin.

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County in Texas, United States U.S. county in Texas Crockett County is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 3,098. The county seat is Ozona. The county was founded in 1875 and later organized in 1891. It is named in honor of Davy Crockett, the legendary frontiersman who died at the Battle of the Alamo. History Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 2,807 square miles (7,270 km2), virtually all of which is land. Major highways Adjacent counties Crockett County is among the few counties in the United States to border as many as nine counties. Demographics Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race. As of the census of 2000, there were 4,099 people, 1,524 households, and 1,114 families residing in the county. The population density was 1.46 people per square mile (0.56/km2). There were 2,049 housing units at an average density of 0.73 per square mile (0.28/km2). The racial makeup of the county was 76.34% White, 0.68% Black or African American, 0.59% Native American, 0.27% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 19.71% from other races, and 2.39% from two or more races. 54.70% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 1,524 households, out of which 36.50% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.30% were married couples living together, 9.30% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.90% were non-families. 24.70% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.80% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.65 and the average family size was 3.19. In the county, the population was spread out, with 28.90% under the age of 18, 7.10% from 18 to 24, 26.40% from 25 to 44, 24.70% from 45 to 64, and 12.90% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 98.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.60 males. The median income for a household in the county was $29,355, and the median income for a family was $34,653. Males had a median income of $29,925 versus $14,695 for females. The per capita income for the county was $14,414. About 14.90% of families and 19.40% of the population were below the poverty line, including 24.30% of those under age 18 and 18.20% of those age 65 or over. Communities Census-designated place Ghost town Politics

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Musical artist Chad Franscoviak is a sound engineer and producer based out of Los Angeles, California. He is most well known for his work on John Mayer albums. The two were also roommates. In 2003, Franscoviak helped friend David LaBruyere by engineering his album, which was released as the 2007 EP Farrago Dance Mix. In February 2007, Franscoviak won Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards for the album Continuum (as the sound engineer). In October 2007, Franscoviak won three TEC Awards. In February 2011, Franscoviak (along with Michael H. Brauer, Joe Ferla, and Manny Marroquin) received the Grammy for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical for his work as Recording Engineer on John Mayer's Battle Studies. Awards Personal life On November 24, 2012, Franscoviak married writer Maggie McGuane, the only daughter of the late Margot Kidder. Katy Perry and John Mayer were among the performers, and Mayer deejayed the event as well. The two live in Livingston, Montana, along with McGuane's children Maisie and Charlie Kirn,[citation needed] from a previous relationship.

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Deprecated brand name after acquisition and fusion of chemical companies Merck Millipore was the brand used by Merck Group's (not US-based Merck & Co.) global life science business until 2015 when the company re-branded. It was formed when Merck acquired the Millipore Corporation in 2010. Merck is a supplier to the life science industry. The Millipore Corporation was founded in 1954, and listed among the S&P 500 since the early 1990s, as an international biosciences company which makes micrometer pore-size filters and tests. In 2015, Merck acquired Sigma-Aldrich and merged it with Merck Millipore. In the United States and Canada, the life science business is now known as MilliporeSigma. History Founding In the early 1950s, Lovell Corporation won a contract from the U.S. Army Chemical Engineers to develop and manufacture membrane filtering devices used to separate the molecular components of fluid samples. When the membranes were declassified in 1953 and offered for commercial use, Jack Bush, son of Vannevar Bush and a Lovell employee, bought the company's technology for $200,000 and established the Millipore Filter Company. Bush coined the word millipore to refer to the numerous tiny openings in the microporous membrane product. The term "millipore", originally a trademark, has since come into generic use, referring to any of several filters, made from cellulose acetate membranes, capable of removing very small particles. Later the company changed its name to Millipore Corporation to reflect its growing range of products. In 2010, Merck KGaA the world's oldest chemical and pharmaceutical company, acquired Millipore Corporation to form EMD Millipore. Filters By 1959, Millipore made porous membrane filters of cellulose esters or other materials which resembled paper in sheet form, and were brittle when dry but friable when wet. Filters consisted of nitrocellulose or polycarbonate membrane nucleopore filters ranging from pore size of 0.2 μm (micrometer) to 20 µm. Modern filters are polyvinylidene fluoride and/or polypropylene based. Growth By 1970, Millipore had established subsidiaries in seven countries. The company opened manufacturing plants in Jaffrey, New Hampshire; Molsheim, France; Cork, Ireland; and other locations. Millipore's 2006 acquisition of Serologicals Corporation provided entry to high-growth markets for drug discovery products and services, antibodies, cell biology reagents, and stem cell research. As of the late 2000s, Millipore was the only company providing both upstream cell culture and downstream separations offerings for biopharmaceutical production.[citation needed] Timeline 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s Financial history Millipore Corporation had been publicly traded on the OTC, or NASDAQ, exchange where it had paid a cash dividend to shareholders every year since 1966. In 1987 Millipore Corporation moved from the NASDAQ exchange to the New York Stock Exchange, where it traded under the ticker symbol MIL. Millipore Corporation was on the S&P 500 list of the largest publicly traded companies in the United States until it was acquired by Merck kGaA in 2010. The deal was valued at approximately EUR 5.3 billion (US$7.2 billion). Merck KGaA is not associated with Merck & Co., although the two companies stem from the same parent company.

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Colonel John Walpole (17 November 1787 – 10 December 1859) was a soldier and diplomat, a younger son of Horatio Walpole, 2nd Earl of Orford. He served with the Guards during the Peninsular War, and was wounded at the Siege of Burgos. He was Member of Parliament for King's Lynn from 1822 to 1831. Walpole served as private secretary to Lord Palmerston from November 1830 to August 1833, when he was appointed British Consul-General and Plenipotentiary at Santiago in Chile. Walpole was promoted to Chargé d'affaires in May 1841, and retired in March 1849.

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British Lions & England international rugby union player Rugby player Andrew John Sheridan (born 1 November 1979 in Petts Wood, Bromley, England) is a retired English rugby union player who played as a loosehead prop. Sheridan is 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) tall, which is unusually tall for a prop, and weighs 128 kg (20 st 2 lb; 282 lb). He is known for his great physical strength – he is a near-elite class powerlifter and able to bench press 225 kilograms (35 st 6 lb; 496 lb) and squat 275 kilograms (43 st 4 lb; 606 lb). Sheridan announced his retirement from rugby in September 2014, due to a series of neck injuries. Domestic career Early career Born on 1 November 1979 in Petts Wood, Bromley, England, Sheridan started playing rugby union at the age of nine with Old Elthamians, where he played for five years. In 1991, he went to Dulwich College and there he worked his way through the Surrey age group teams and was capped by both the England U16 and U18 Group Schools teams as a lock. He joined Richmond in the 1998–99 season and as they folded he won a place in the England U21 squad that played in the 1999 SANZAR tournament in Argentina. Bristol and positional change On his return from the SANZAR tournament he joined Bristol Shoguns, where he made around 80 appearances. His physique also caused problems; slightly short for a lock, he was also too heavy to be lifted in the line-out (a key area of second row play), meaning that if he played there, a tall back row forward (such as Dean Ryan) had to fill in; he was also not mobile enough to play in the back row himself; as a result it was decided to switch him to loosehead prop, despite his being very tall for that position. Sheridan was switched from lock to loosehead prop by New Zealander Peter Thorburn while at Bristol. He showed his versatility by also playing at Number 8. Sale Sharks After Bristol were relegated in the 2002–03 season, Sheridan joined Sale. In his first season at Sale, Sheridan played in the final of the 2004 Powergen Cup. Sheridan started for Sale as they defeated Pau in the final of the 2004–05 European Challenge Cup. Sheridan helped Sale Sharks to top the League in the 2005–06 season. An injury sustained earlier in the season meant Sheridan could not play in the final, as Sale defeated the Leicester Tigers to become Premiership champions for the first time. Toulon In 2012, he signed for French 14 club Toulon. In May 2013 he started as Toulon won the 2013 Heineken Cup Final by 16–15 against Clermont Auvergne. International career Early international career and debut In 2000 he was a squad member on England's tour to South Africa. During 2001/02 Sheridan played for England A against France A and Ireland A. In 2003 Sheridan was selected to represent England A at the 2003 Churchill Cup in Canada, as well as fixtures against the US and Japan. In December 2003, he played for the England XV that took on the Barbarians immediately following England's 2003 Rugby World Cup success. He finally won his first cap for England in November 2004, coming on as a replacement against Canada. 2005 Lions Tour He was somewhat controversially selected for the 2005 Lions tour of New Zealand, as many felt with only one cap to his name he was unlikely to feature heavily. On the 2005 tour, he was sent to the sin-bin after attempting to punch Luke McAlister following a clash of heads in the game against New Zealand Māori. Sheridan did not feature in the Test series. First start for England However, he established his reputation later that year in England's November Test against Australia, playing the main role in out-classing the Australian front row. Neither of his opposite numbers finished the match. First, Al Baxter proved unable to deal with Sheridan's power, and was eventually sin-binned late in the second half for collapsing a scrum after being warned for repeated scrum violations. Shortly afterwards, Matt Dunning, who was forced to move opposite Sheridan, was stretchered off after a scrum with what was feared to be a serious neck injury; however, scans showed no structural damage to Dunning's neck. Due to the sin-binning and Dunning's injury, the referee ordered uncontested scrums for the last 10 minutes of the match. He faced Carl Hayman of the All Blacks the next Saturday, who gave him a tough time at the scrum by scrumming very low, negating Sheridan's raw power. 2006 injury During a 23–21 victory over South Africa on 20 November 2006, Sheridan suffered a broken right ankle and ligament damage. The injury ruled him out for the rest of the 2006/07 season. 2007 Rugby World Cup He won 'Man of the match' against Australia in the Quarter final of the 2007 Rugby World Cup. Sheridan played the full 80 minutes in the 2007 Rugby World Cup Final. 2009 Lions Tour Sheridan was included in the squad for the 2009 British & Irish Lions tour to South Africa. Sheridan played in two Tests, starting the third and final Test. Outside rugby In 2010, Sheridan recorded and released an acoustic rock album, entitled "Where We Go From Here". The acoustic album features Andrew on guitar, along with piano, drum and vocal accompaniment, and was recorded at the local Cotyso Studios after Sheridan's wife contacted the owner.

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Filmography This is the filmography for Blanche Sweet. According to the Internet Movie Database, Sweet appeared in 161 films between 1909 and 1959. 1909 - 1910 - 1911 - 1912 - 1913 - 1914 - 1915 - 1916 - 1917 - 1919 - Later films - References 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1919 Later films

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2005 studio album by Billy Dean Let Them Be Little is the seventh studio album by American country music singer Billy Dean. His first album since Real Man seven years previous, it is also his first release on Curb Records. The album was originally to have been released in 2003, on View 2 Records, which promoted the first two singles ("I'm in Love with You" and a cover of John Denver's "Thank God I'm a Country Boy"). Asylum-Curb promoted the third single, "Let Them Be Little", which was co-written by Richie McDonald, lead singer of Lonestar, and recorded by the band on their 2004 album Let's Be Us Again. After this song came "This Is the Life", "Race You to the Bottom" and "Swinging for the Fence". Also included on the album are re-recordings of "Somewhere in My Broken Heart" and "Billy the Kid", two of Dean's early singles from 1991 and 1992. Dean produced the entire album, working with Lari White on tracks 3-7 and Ray Barnette for the rest. Track listing Personnel Chart performance

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This is a list of Nevada Wolf Pack football players in the NFL draft. Key Selections

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1988 song written by Juan Gabriel "Así Fue" ("That's the Way It Went") is a song written and produced by Mexican singer-songwriter Juan Gabriel and performed by Spanish singer Isabel Pantoja. It was released in 1988 as the second single from her studio album Desde Andalucía. The song tells of the singer dealing with her ex-lover after she has a new fiancé. It reached number two on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart in the United States and was the fifth best-performing Latin single of 1989 in the country. Nine years later, Juan Gabriel performed a live cover version of the song at the Palacio de Bellas Artes which was recorded and released as a live album titled Celebrando 25 Años de Juan Gabriel: En Concierto en el Palacio de Bellas Artes (1998). Juan Gabriel's cover was released as a single from the record and reached number three on the Hot Latin Songs. It was the best-performing Latin single of 1998 in the US and won the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) Latin Award for "Super Song of the Year" in 1999. The track was well received by music critics who called it one of Juan Gabriel's best compositions. "Así Fue" was recorded by other artists including Toño Rosario, Playa Limbo, and Jenni Rivera. Rosario and Playa Limbo's version led to Juan Gabriel winning an ASCAP Latin Award for their renditions while Playa Limbo received a nomination for Pop Song of the Year at the 22nd Annual Lo Nuestro Awards in 2010. Background and release In 1985, Isabel Pantoja released Marinero de Luces, an album written and produced by José Luis Perales with the music tracks written by Perales. This was her first album in three years following the death of her husband, Spanish bullfighter Paquirri, in the bullring of Pozoblanco. The album was a success in Spain and brought her back in the spotlight. Two years later, Pantoja released "Tú Serás Mi Navidad" ("You Will Be My Christmas"), a song composed by singer-songwriter Juan Gabriel. According to Juan Gabriel, he was sought by Pantoja in Ciudad Juárez where the duo recorded the song. Juan Gabriel also mentioned that he was composing and producing her next studio album which would be titled Desde Andalucía. The record was released in 1988 and reached the top of the Billboard Latin Pop Albums chart in the United States. Unlike her previous records, which she performed under the Spanish copla genre, the music of Desde Andalucía featured a balada romántica form of Latin music. "Así Fue" was released as the second single from the album in 1988 and peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs in the US on the week of 18 February 1989. It held this position for eleven non- consecutive weeks. The song deals with the singer telling her ex-lover that she has no feelings for him anymore and is happy with her new fiancé.[citation needed] The track ended 1989 as the fifth-best performing Latin single of the year in the country. A music video for "Así Fue" was filmed at a venue where Pantoja receives roses and a letter from her ex-lover. She then performs the song at the venue where her former boyfriend is attending. In 2013, Pantoja performed the song live at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City during Juan Gabriel's concert where he was celebrating his 40th anniversary of his music career. Juan Gabriel's presentation was later released as a live album titled Mis 40 en Bellas Artes (2014). Juan Gabriel version On 22 August 1997, Juan Gabriel held a concert at the Palacio de Bellas Artes to commemorate the 25th anniversary of his music career. During the show, Juan Gabriel performed a live rendition of "Así Fue". The concert was recorded and later released as a live album titled Celebrando 25 Años de Juan Gabriel: En Concierto en el Palacio de Bellas Artes (1998). "Así Fue" was released as the record's lead single and peaked at number three on the Hot Latin Songs chart in the US. The track ended 1998 as the best-performing Latin single of the year in the US. It also peaked at number four on the Billboard Latin Pop Songs and number two on the Regional Mexican Songs charts respectively. Juan Gabriel's performance of the track during his presentation at the Palacio de Bellas Artes was released as a music video. Griselda Flores of Billboard magazine named "Así Fue" one of his most memorable performances following his death in 2016 while an editor for TVyNovelas ranked it number five as his best song. It was recognized as "Super Song of the Year" and "Pop/Ballad Song of the Year" at the 1999 American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) Latin Awards. In 2015, Juan Gabriel and Pantoja recorded the song together on his duet album Los Dúo. Charts Other cover versions In 1998, Dominican Republic merengue singer Toño Rosario covered "Así Fue" on his studio album Exclusivo. Rosario's version peaked at number 22 on the Hot Latin Songs and number eight on the Tropical Songs charts in the US respectively and led to Juan Gabriel receiving an ASCAP Latin award in the merengue category. In the same year, Mexican banda group La Arrolladora Banda El Limón covered it on their album, Antes de Partir, with their version reaching number nine on the grupera charts in Mexico. In 2008, Sony Music Mexico released a tribute album to Juan Gabriel titled Amo al Divo de Juárez: Tributo al Juan Gabriel which features various rock musicians performing his songs. Mexican band Playa Limbo was one of artists listed in the album where they covered "Así Fue". Their rendition reached number 26 on the Hot Latin Songs and number 13 on the Latin Pop Songs charts. It received a nomination for Pop Song of the Year at the 22nd Annual Lo Nuestro Awards in 2010 while Juan Gabriel earned an ASCAP Latin Award in the Pop/Ballad field for their cover in the same year. In 2011, American singer Jenni Rivera recorded two versions of "Así Fue" for her studio albums Joyas Prestadas: Pop and Joyas Prestadas: Banda. The discs features cover versions of songs Rivera listened to when she was working as a record store cashier. Following her death in 2012, her rendition of the track received airplay and peaked at number 33 on the Hot Latin Songs chart. It was one of the two songs Rivera sung live along with "Como Tu Mujer" during the 19th Billboard Latin Awards ceremony. A live version of "Así Fue" was also included on her album 1969 – Siempre, En Vivo Desde Monterrey, Parte 1 (2013) which features the performance of her final concert.

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Propulsion plant in St. Catharines Ontario St. Catharines Propulsion Plant, is a General Motors Canada engine and manual transmission factory in St. Catharines, Ontario. Opened in 1954 and located on Glendale Avenue. The plant is also called "St. Catharines Powertrain - Glendale Avenue Plant". The factory supports production of cast engine blocks from Defiance Foundry in Defiance, Ohio and Saginaw Metal Casting Operations in Saginaw, Michigan. Starting in 2012, it also produces GM's new six-speed transmissions. Products Engines Other

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Australian Aboriginal artist (1932–2002) Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri AO (1932 – 21 June 2002) was an Australian painter, considered to be one of the most collected and renowned Australian Aboriginal artists. His paintings are held in galleries and collections in Australia and elsewhere, including the Art Gallery of New South Wales, the National Gallery of Australia, the Kelton Foundation and the Royal Collection. Life and painting Possum's father was Tjatjiti Tjungurrayai and his mother was Long Rose Nangala. After his father's death in the 1940s his mother married Gwoya Jungarai, better known as One Pound Jimmy, whose image was used on a well known Australian postage stamp. His brother was Tim Leura Tjapaltjarri, whose artwork appeared on another stamp. His older brother Cassidy Possum Tjapaltjarri was a traditionalist who barely gone outside of the Yuelamu community and was one of the most respected elders till his passing in 2006, Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri was the most famous of the contemporary artists who lived around Papunya, in the Northern Territory's Western Desert area, when the acrylic painting style (known popularly as "dot art") was initiated. Geoffrey Bardon came to Papunya in the early 1970s and encouraged the Aboriginal people to put their dreaming stories on canvas, stories which had previously been depicted ephemerally on the ground. Clifford Possum emerged as one of the leaders in this school of painting, which has come to be called the Western Desert Art Movement. Possum was of the Anmatyerre culture-linguistic group from around Alherramp (Laramba) community. He was of the Peltharr skin.[citation needed] When it held an exhibition of his work in 2004, the Art Gallery of New South Wales described his artistic background: He was an expert wood-carver and took up painting long before the emergence of the Papunya Tula School in the early 1970s. When Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri joined this group of 'dot and circle' painters early in 1972 he immediately distinguished himself as one of its most talented members and went on to create some of the largest and most complex paintings ever produced. Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri led a ground-breaking career and was amongst the vanguard of Indigenous Australian artists to be recognised by the international art world. Like Albert Namatjira before him, Clifford Possum blazed a trail for future generations of Indigenous artists; bridging the gap between Aboriginal art and contemporary Australian art. Death and legacy Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri died in Alice Springs on the day he was scheduled to be invested with the Order of Australia for his contributions to art and to the Indigenous community. His obituaries, which appeared in newspapers around the world, generally referred to him as Clifford Possum and gave his age as about 70. While his year of birth is considered to be approximately correct, the day and month remain undocumented. His two daughters, Gabriella Possum Nungurayyi and Michelle Possum Nungurayyi, are renowned artists in their own right. There was legal controversy surrounding his burial, as his surviving family and community maintained he wished to be buried in a location different from that specified in his will. He was buried at Yuelamu, which had been the preference of his community and daughters, several weeks after his death. Posthumously, Tjapaltjarri's works are drawing increasing attention. The artist's majestic painting Warlugulong (previously bought by the Commonwealth Bank for just $1,200) was auctioned by Sotheby's on 24 July 2007. Pre-auction, the work was expected to make art history as the most expensive Aboriginal canvas at auction. The work had been tipped to fetch up to A$2.5 million, more than double the then-record for Aboriginal art at auction. The work, in fact, sold for $2.4 million; the following day, it was revealed that the National Gallery of Australia had been the buyer. The Gallery's purchase eased tensions of a rumoured Government legal intervention had the work been purchased by an overseas buyer, out of concern that significant indigenous art would be "lost" overseas. Major collections

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Species of flowering plant in the St John's wort family Hypericaceae Hypericum calycinum is a species of prostrate or low-growing shrub in the flowering plant family Hypericaceae. Widely cultivated for its large yellow flowers, its names as a garden plant include Rose-of-Sharon in Britain and Australia, and Aaron's beard, great St-John's wort, creeping St. John's wort and Jerusalem star. Grown in Mediterranean climates, widely spread in the Strandja Mountains along the Bulgarian and Turkish Black Sea coast. Description Hypericum calycinum is a low, creeping, evergreen woody shrub (classified as a subshrub or shrublet) to about 1 m tall and 1–2 m wide but often smaller. The green, ovate leaves grow in opposite pairs. Usually 4 inches long, the undersides of the leaves are net-veined. In the sun, the leaves are a vibrant green color, and in shade, the leaves are a lighter yellow-green. The underside of the leaves is a blue-green color and in the fall, the leaves take on a purple color. The flowers are 3–5 cm in diameter, a rich yellow, with five petals and numerous yellow stamens. Its flowers can be described as “rose-like” and tend to be single or in units of two or three, flowering in June to September. Hypericum calycinum is indigenous to southeast Europe and southwest Asia. It is a popular, semi-evergreen garden shrub with many named cultivars and hybrids derived from it. Although the genus is generally not affected by rust fungi, it can appear on H. calycinum (and another cultivated plant, Hypericum × inodorum 'Elstead'). Usage Various species of the genus Hypericum have been used since ancient times as herbal remedies. This species has been used traditionally to reduce muscle spasms and for the treatment of asthma. Hypericum calycinum is an economically valuable plant in North America, commonly used for ornamental reasons and landscaping. Under ideal growing conditions, from full sun to partial shade and well-drained acidic soil, this species can grow rapidly. Although resilient in many soil types, this species grows best in sandy or loamy soils. This shrub grows through underground stems and is typically grown as ground cover or to stabilize soil on hills and requires low maintenance. It does have the potential to become invasive, as reported in some areas of California, due to its ability to grow rapidly by stolons. While generally easy to take care of, this species is suggested to be cut down each spring. According to the USDA, this species is used as nursery stock product. Etymology In North America the name Rose of Sharon is applied to a species in a different order, Hibiscus syriacus. The common name of St. John's wort, which is used to describe plants of the entire genus, arose from the old tradition of Hypericum plants being burned on the eve of St. John's Day, to stave off evil spirits. The species name, calycinum, comes from the flower's prominent calyx, the whorl of the sepals. Research This species is capable of producing the same medicinally active components as H. perforatum (hyperforin etc.), though in different ratios, with adhyperforin predominating, and a low level of hyperforin present. Research has shown that the UV pigments of the Hypericum calycinum flower stave off predators such as mites and aphids. One type of DIP (dearomatized isoprenylated phloroglucinols), a category of pigments alongside flavonoids, was found to be toxic to a caterpillar as well. A large quantity of DIPs were found in the male and female reproductive organs, which furthers emphasizes the use of DIPs as a defense mechanism. These pigments also serve a dual function to attract pollinators, as they are visible to insects and not humans. Recent research on mice has shown that the alcoholic extracts from Hypericum calycinum have antidepressant effects and are comparably as effective as antidepressant drugs, such as desipramine and trimipramine. Unlike the rest of the genus, H. calycinum does not have hypericin, which causes photosensitization, which causes the side effects of flush, fatigue, and pruritus when used in drugs. These extracts have the potential to be a remedy for depression without these side effects common in current antidepressants. However, more research is required.

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School-related gender-based violence (SRGBV) can be defined as acts or threats of sexual, physical or psychological violence happening in and around schools. This type of violence is due to gender norms and stereotypes. It can include verbal abuse, bullying, sexual abuse, harassment and other types of violence. SRGBV is widely spread around the world and is common in many societies. Millions of children and families suffer from this type of violence. Incidents related to SRGBV has been reported in all countries and regions of the world. Scale Many governments and organizations around the world are working towards getting reliable information regarding SRGBV, as it has been proved to be an urgent matter that should be solved. Based on all the data related to SRGBV around the world collected, it is important to try to find solutions in order to tackle this problematic. For instance, UNICEF's report Hidden in Plain Sight included the largest collection of data relating to violence against children. As aforementioned, this report proofs how physical and sexual abuse takes place at schools. The most common types of abuse include: Root causes Social beliefs influence gender relations in all countries of the world. In this sense, the root of violence against children depends on social construction and how the populations behave vis-a-vis gender-related issues. Some of the root issues include: Consequences Being exposed or having experienced SRGBV can have critical impacts on children's development. Especially in terms of mental and physical well-being, including children's health (HIV and early pregnancy). It has been demonstrated that victims of violence are more likely to accept aggressive types of behaviors or be violent themselves after suffering from violence. This creates a vicious circle in which violence becomes wrongly acceptable. SRGBV can have negative and long-term consequences for the future of young people, as it forges their adult personalities. Physical health and health risk behaviour outcomes Mental health outcomes Educational outcomes Challenges of addressing SRGBV Addressing SRGBV raises important challenges and is very complex. The concept is not understood by many and is considered sensitive for many. Actors from the education sector, governments and policy-makers and individuals attending schools face several challenges regarding SRGBV. These include: Social cultural norms Reporting on SRGBV situations around the world has become especially difficult since social and cultural norms do not promote this practice. Moreover, implicitly they discourage it. Many actors from society including teachers; school directors and policy-makers still avoid talking to children openly about gender; violence and sex. They fear promoting sensitive materials to children because of the taboo present in society. Work, time and patience are required to overcome set-ideas promoted by parents within their communities. It is necessary to start real and honest dialogues with children in order to create guaranty real and long-lasting results. Gender inequality Gender inequalities refer to the devaluation and discrimination of women an girls in a society. This results on giving more power to men and boys, while demeaning women and girls. For instance, a study in Ethiopia highlighted that even though 93 per cent of male students recognized violence against girls to be illegal, about 33 per cent thought it is acceptable for male students to have what they want, and appeal to their charm or force to get. 21 per cent recognized behaving this way. Capacity constraints Capacity constraints in education systems, are also responsible for slowing down the progress related to preventing SRGBV. One of the most important challenges is the training of teachers with the tools and sensitivity to teach curriculum against violence and promote gender equality. In order for real change to happen, it is necessary to introduce these new tools slowly, analyzing who is the best to communicate these elements and what skills and knowledge are needed. What's more, having enough resources will be very important to implement change. Weak coordination and monitoring mechanisms Another factor that limits the progress related to stopping SRGBV is weak coordination and unreliable monitoring mechanisms. These render difficult the collaboration between ministries of education, police, social services, child protection and more. This is important because if this collaboration is not fluent, it will be difficult to stop SRGBV. A renewal in the organization's cultural landscape will be needed to overcome challenges, including bureaucracy that disrupts the flow of knowledge sharing. Weak service support for victims Limited access to quality services, including child protection a social services among others (often absent) are due to the quality of services. This particularly concerns fragile communities. Lack of governance In the majority of countries, there is currently no legislation that protects children from violence at school, meaning not much can be done when it happens. However, it is the case that some countries have recently introduced legislations specifically for schools. This said, legislation related aspects have become a real challenge. As to stop SRGBV, perpetrators must be punished. Limited evidence Emerging, but limited, evidence base on what works, although this is an area that is receiving increasing attention. The few evaluations of SRGBV interventions that currently exist vary greatly in methodology, rigour, scale and scope. This makes it difficult to identify best practice and draw conclusions about effective strategies that can be transferred to other settings. There is also a growing body of promising practices and existing knowledge that has not yet been fully documented. Insufficient data and research As previously mentioned, many challenges slow down the reporting and impact on the quality of providing reliable data regarding certain types of violence. This implies data is incomplete in contexts such as sexual orientation, race/ethnicity, and disability among others. This is important as all of these contexts are important to fight against SRGBV. According to a recent study by USAID, to tackle SRGBV it is necessary to rely on large-scale studies which include findings that can be compared across countries; studies showing different forms of SRGBV, connections between behavior change and a discrepancy between research and practice. It is necessary to invest in strong data management system tools which divide data and will make it easier for people to analyze it. Six guiding strategies for national action Leadership: Laws, policies and education reform Governments should demonstrate leadership at the national level by: Environment: Ensuring schools are safe and supportive In order to render schools safer, it is important to adopt whole-school approaches that will create better environments for children. Also different types of stakeholders at the school level should become engaged at local communities and government. There are three specific strategies: Prevention: Curriculum, teaching and learning At the education sector level, students should be taught in a certain way and certain topics. In order to prevent SRGBV, it is important to: Responses: In and around schools Partnerships: Collaborating with and engaging key stakeholders SRGBV being a very complex issue, it is necessary to involve many and several types of stakeholders. Thus it is about creating partnerships in order to tackle SRGBV: Evidence: Monitoring and evaluation

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College football game The 2010 United Bowl was the second title game of the Indoor Football League (IFL). It was played on July 17, 2010, at the Billings Sports Plex in Billings, Montana. The top seed in the Intense Conference (Billings Outlaws) defeated the United Conference's two-seed team, Sioux Falls Storm, by a score of 43–34. Road to the United Bowl United Conference Intense Conference Playoffs z=clinched top seed in conference, x=clinched division, y=clinched wild card spot

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Genus of fishes Synchiropus is a genus of fish in the family Callionymidae found mainly in the tropical waters of the Indo-Pacific region. Species There are currently 44 recognized species in this genus:

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