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Eggleston, Virginia
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Eggleston is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Giles County, Virginia, United States. Eggleston is located along the New River, south-southeast of Pembroke. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 143.
Eggleston has a post office with ZIP code 24086.
It lies at an elevation of 1,821 feet.
Demographics.
Eggleston first appeared as a census designated place in the 2020 U.S. Census.
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History of the Jews in Cape Verde
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The history of the Jews in Cape Verde deals with the Jews and Jewish communities in Cape Verde.
Origins.
Historians agree that the Jewish population of Cape Verde has its roots in the upheavals of the Spanish and Portuguese Inquisitions with the persecutions of Spanish and Portuguese Jews who were often forced to either submit to apostasy or had to flee from their homelands, or both. A second influx of Jews arrived in Cape Verde in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries from Morocco and Gibraltar.
During the early colonial era, Portuguese Cape Verde had a population of so-called "lançados" (meaning "thrown-out ones") consisting of exiled Crypto-Jews and New Christians.
Occupations.
Jews were allowed to engage in trade craftsmanship as long as they did not compete with the Portuguese trading monopolies.
Present.
An American-based organization "Cape Verde Jewish Heritage Project" has been set up to restore the Jewish cemeteries and create an archive about Jewish ancestry of Cape Verde, and according to its president Carol Castiel its "goal is to honor the memory and explore the contributions of the many Sephardic Jewish families who immigrated to Cape Verde from Morocco and Gibraltar in the mid-19th century." This project was the subject of articles in "The Forward": "Honoring Cape Verde’s Jewish History" (2009); the "Washington Jewish Week": "Preserving a Jewish niche Group seeks to honor the ghosts of Cape Verde"(2009); and reported in the Jewish Telegraphic Agency: "Cape Verdean municipalities advance Jewish preservation" (2010) about agreements to maintain Jewish cemeteries on Ribeira Grande (Santo Antao), Praia and Boa Vista, as well as meetings with notables for this cause such as at the Cape Verdean American Business Association in 2010.
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Paterno (book)
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Paterno is a 2012 biography of the Penn State football coach Joe Paterno book by sportswriter Joe Posnanski. The Paterno family granted Posnanski a great deal of access during the writing process, which included the time period of the Penn State child sex abuse scandal and Paterno's firing. The book debuted at #1 on The "New York Times" Best Seller list for hardcover non-fiction best-seller.
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Mitch Brown (snowboarder)
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Mitchell Brown (born 18 August 1987) is a snowboarder and from New Zealand.He competed for New Zealand in the men's half-pipe events at the 2006 Winter Olympics at Turin, Italy and the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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Rock of Ages Festival
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The Rock of Ages Festival is a Christian music festival held every October in Calistoga, California, United States. It was established in 1999 and has grown to become one of Northern California's biggest rock festivals. The Rock of Ages Festival presents speakers and music on four stages ranging in style from rock, rap, and Reggae to punk, big band, Latino, and more. The festival also presents workshops on subjects from marriage and relationships, to creation science and local ministry.
The Rock of Ages Festival has alternative stages featuring sports shows including a skate park and pro skateboarders, BMX teams, motocross performers, sword swallowers, break dance teams, and more. In addition there is a Latino stage with Hispanic music and speakers, and a children's stage with entertainment, performances and interactive speakers featuring messages for families and kids.
The Rock of Ages Festival has many vendors featuring a multitude of wares, services and food, mission projects, opportunities to take foreign mission trips, and organizations that support sponsoring needy children of the world.
2014 lineup.
Steve Taylor & The Perfect Foil
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Crandall Houses
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The Crandall Houses at 112 and 136 E. 200 North in Springville, Utah are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. They are the Clarence L. Crandall House and the Nelson D. Crandall House. The houses were both built in 1900, and are twin houses that look virtually identical. The designs appear to be adapted from pattern books circulating around that time. The design of the houses reflects the Victorian ideal of adapting high-style architecture to vernacular style homes. The Queen Anne-style trim, in particular, is unique within Springville.
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James Hamilton (snowboarder)
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James Hamilton (born 7 June 1989) is a snowboarder from New Zealand.
He competed for New Zealand in the men's hornpipe event at the 2010 Winter Olympics at Vancouver.
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Matthew Henry Davies
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Sir Matthew Henry Davies (1 February 1850 – 26 November 1912) was an Australian politician, who served as Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. He was also a leading figure in the Victorian Land Boom, ending with his bankruptcy in 1894 and subsequent trial on fraud charges.
Davies was the son of Ebenezer Davies and his wife Ruth, daughter of Mark Bartlett, of Bracknell, Berkshire, England, and grandson of the Rev. John Davies, of Trevecca College, South Wales. He was born at Geelong in 1850, and educated at the Geelong College. He matriculated at the University of Melbourne in 1869. He was admitted a solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria in 1876, and married Elizabeth Locke Mercer, eldest daughter of the Rev. Peter Mercer, D.D., of Melbourne, a Presbyterian minister. They produced a family of seven — Arnold Mercer Davies (1876), Marion Agnes Davies (1877), Henry Gascoigne Davies (1879), Beatrice Elizabeth Davies (1880), Muriel Kate Davies (1882), and Olive Blanche Davies (1884), Cecil Harwood Locke Davies (1886).
For five years, Davies was honorary secretary of the Council of the Law Institute of Victoria, and was a Justice of the Peace for the central bailiwick. He was mayor of the City of Prahran from 1881 to 1882. Davies represented St Kilda in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1883 to 1889. He was a member of the Royal Commission on Transfer of Land and Titles to Land in 1885, and, from 1886 to 1887, held a portfolio in the Gillies–Deakin Government as a minister without office.
In 1886, as a member of the Victorian government, he visited England in connection with the Colonial and Indian Exhibition. He was chairman of the Royal Commission on Banking in 1887, and was elected Speaker of the Legislative Assembly in October of that year. Marking the Golden Jubilee year of Queen Victoria's reign, he gave 10,000 pounds to the Imperial Institute and other public institutions. He was returned unopposed for Toorak in 1889, and unanimously re-elected Speaker in the same year. He was knighted in 1890.
Beginning in 1877, Davies had become a major land speculator, taking advantage of the spectacular increase in land values in Victoria during the boom decades that followed the Victorian Gold Rush of the 1850s. Ten years later, he controlled a network of 40 companies, in which Victorian and overseas interests had invested millions of pounds. Like many other public figures, he was caught in the crash of early 1892, and his companies suspended payments in March. Davies resigned from Parliament and sailed to London to try to arrange finance to rescue his business empire, but was unsuccessful. He returned to Melbourne to face insolvency.
In January 1893, Davies was committed for trial on charges of conspiracy to defraud by means of a false balance sheet. The trial was delayed until May, at which point the Attorney-general, Sir Bryan O'Loghlen, withdrew the charges. Davies again travelled to London but, on the orders of the new Attorney-general, Isaac Isaacs, he was arrested in Colombo and brought back to Melbourne. After several trials, he was acquitted of the charges, but was declared bankrupt in 1894, with personal debts of 280,000 pounds. The losses of his companies totalled over 4 million pounds — one of the largest corporate defaults in Australian history.
Davies returned to his legal practice, and gradually restored his reputation through community service. He died in November 1912.
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Roma Texas Port of Entry
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The Roma Port of Entry was established in 1928 with the construction of the first suspension bridge. The current bridge was built in 1988, but the historic Roma – Ciudad Miguel Alemán International Bridge remains adjacent to it and is not currently used.
The Mexican City of San Pedro de Roma was renamed Ciudad Miguel Alemán, Tamaulipas after former Mexican President Miguel Alemán Valdés. The city of Roma, Texas was once the westernmost navigable seaport on the Rio Grande, but by 1900, water drawn from the river for irrigation upstream had so severely lowered the water levels that vessel traffic had virtually ceased.
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2012 Asia Series
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The 2012 Asia Series was the sixth time the Asia Series was held. The tournament was held in Busan, South Korea, and began on 8 November 2012 with the Final held on 12 November.
The tournament included six teams, a two team increase from the previous tournament. As has been the case in previous tournaments, the winners of NPB's 2012 Japan Series, Korea Baseball Organization's (KBO) 2012 Korean Series, Chinese Professional Baseball League's (CPBL) 2012 Taiwan Series and the Australian Baseball League's 2012 Championship Series qualified. The China Baseball League (CBL) returned to the Asia Series, with the 2012 Champion representing the country, and the host team, Busan's Lotte Giants, also participated in the tournament.
Format.
The six teams are placed in two groups of three (see below), with each team playing two games - one against each other member of their group. The team with the best record in each group will advance to the Final.
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Center for Intelligent Information Retrieval
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Center for Intelligent Information Retrieval (CIIR) is a research center at the Department of Computer Science, University of Massachusetts Amherst. It is a leading research center in the area of Information Retrieval and Information Extraction. CIIR is led by Distinguished Professor W. Bruce Croft and Professor James Allan.
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Happy Wheels
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Happy Wheels is a side-scrolling ragdoll physics-based platform browser game developed and published by Fancy Force. Created in 2010 by video game designer Jim Bonacci, the game features several player characters using various and often atypical vehicles to traverse the game's many user-generated levels. The game is best known for its graphic violence and the amount of user-generated content its players produce on a regular basis, with game maps shared on a public server. According to Bonacci, a sequel, which he has been working on since at least 2013, is still in development as of December 2020.
Gameplay.
"Happy Wheels" tagline is "Choose your inadequately prepared racer, and ignore severe consequences in your desperate search for victory!" The actual mechanics of gameplay vary because of character choice and level design; the game includes characters such as a dad and his son riding a bike, a businessman on a Segway, a homeless man in a rocket-powered wheelchair, and Santa Claus in a flying elf-pulled sleigh.
The goal of the game also differs depending on the level. In most levels, the goal is to reach a finish line or to collect tokens. Many levels feature alternate or nonexistent goals for the player. Reviewers have noted "Happy Wheels"' graphic violence. For instance, characters can be decapitated, shot, or crushed by various obstacles. Loss of limbs and profuse spurts of blood are also graphic elements. Players also have the choice to upload replays of their level attempts, which can then be viewed by other players.
"Happy Wheels" features a level editor, which allows players to create custom levels of their own. It contains a plethora of tools and objects for level building. Users can upload their maps to a public server where they are accessible.
Development.
Indie game developer Jim Bonacci, the game's main programmer and artist, began work on the game in 2006. Bonacci has said that his inspiration for the game came from other ragdoll physics-based games in the browser games community, as his friend and former boss, Alec Cove, had made a Verlet physics engine for Adobe Flash. Per Bonacci, "I was messing around with it, and eventually created a guy in a wheelchair that would endlessly fall down a random hill. I thought it was funny and stupid, so I kept expanding on it. It was only meant to be a very small game, but eventually it became my main focus." The hyper-violent nature of the game was a reaction to Bonacci's frustration with how the consequences of certain actions were not treated realistically in other game titles. Bonacci stated that "it always bothered me when... you'd fall off your vehicle and harmlessly bounce around. In other cases, you would have the same canned animation over and over. I'm not sure if it was a lack of detail or concern on the part of the developer, but the consequences of your in-game actions were often improperly illustrated. For me, half of the fun of playing a game that imitates life (sort of), is making mistakes and seeing the end result." Bonacci also noted that, because gameplay would often involve the player dying repeatedly, he put a great deal of effort into making that part of the game enjoyable.
The full version of "Happy Wheels" is only available on Bonacci's original website, totaljerkface.com. Bonacci's other game, "Divine Intervention" is also available there. Demo versions of "Happy Wheels" are licensed to other websites. These demo versions only include a limited number of featured maps and playable characters. There are approximately 10 million user-generated levels. The total count of level plays is over 13 billion. Jason Schymick has helped Bonacci work on the game programming, although different people have contributed. "The others who helped are all amazing", says Bonacci. Alec Cove joined Fancy Force in 2013 and handles all server-side architecture and development.
On September 30, 2014, Schymick announced that iOS and Android ports of the game have been in development. The iOS version was released as a free download through the App Store on August 20, 2015. For the Android version, Fancy Force began accepting beta test applications in October 2019. Following a beta testing phase, the finished version was released on January 25, 2020. On January 9, 2020, Bonacci posted on his website that a JavaScript port by Goodboy Digital was in development and the game would continue to function after Adobe Flash ended at the end of 2020. Eleven months later, on December 28, 2020, the JavaScript port was released, continuing the existence of the game after the end of Flash.
Reception.
"Happy Wheels" has received generally positive reviews. It was recommended by GameSetWatch and considered one of the "Best Free Games" by IGN. Its level editor and amount of user-generated content have received praise from reviewers. The over-the-top nature of the violence is a central theme of the game, and some reviewers have considered it humorous; one review stated that "It is so genuinely difficult to play "Happy Wheels" and not just laugh and laugh at the ridiculous ways in which your character can be torn into pieces."
Web series.
In November 2016, a 9-episode animated web series based on "Happy Wheels" premiered on Go90. The series, produced by Machinima, Inc. and Bunim/Murray Productions digital division BMP Digital, is set in the title town, dubbed as "the most dangerous community on Earth" where "people are mangled everyday by traps, spikes, mines, cars, unsafe roads and hazards. But no one seems to notice. To reduce some of the carnage in town, five concerned citizens form a safety awareness committee but often fail with hilarious results."
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Kimballton, Virginia
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Kimballton is an unincorporated community in Giles County, Virginia, United States. Kimballton is located on Stony Creek, northeast of Pearisburg. Virginia Tech's Kimballton Underground Research Facility (KURF), a low-background physics laboratory, is located in a limestone mine in Kimballton.
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2012–13 Yokohama FC Hong Kong season
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The 2012–13 season is Yokohama FC Hong Kong's debut season in the Hong Kong First Division League. They will be competing in the Hong Kong First Division League, Senior Challenge Shield and the FA Cup.
"As of 23 January 2013."
Players.
Transfers.
In.
"Players who played for Sham Shui Po last season were not listed in the table below."
"As of 4 May 2013"
"As of 4 May 2013"
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Oracle Advanced Security
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Oracle Advanced Security is an extra-cost option for Oracle database environments. It extends Oracle Net Services in the field of database computing to provide network security, enterprise-user security, public-key infrastructure security and data encryption to users of Oracle databases.
Network encryption (native network encryption and SSL/TLS) and strong authentication services (Kerberos, PKI, and RADIUS) are no longer part of Oracle Advanced Security and are available in all licensed editions of all supported releases of the Oracle database.
History.
Former incarnations of Oracle Advanced Security included Secure Network Services and Advanced Network Services, dating back to Oracle database Release 7.
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Surfing in Australia
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Australia is renowned as one of the world's premier surfing destinations. Surfing underpins an important part of the Australian coastal fabric. It forms part of a lifestyle in which millions participate and which millions more have an interest. Australian surfboard-makers have driven innovation in surfboard design and production since the mid-1960s. The country has launched corporate giants such as Billabong, Rip Curl and Quiksilver.
No surfing is possible in many parts of northern Australia due to coral reefs subduing waves. Modern surfboard design has been shaped by both Australian and Californian developments. For many years the sport was closely associated with the surf life saving movement in Australia.
Some of the popular beaches for surfing in Australia are Noosa main beach, Snapper Rocks and Cape Woolamai.
Governing body.
Surfing Australia is the national sporting body which guides and promotes the development of surfing.
Tournaments.
Major Australian tournaments include the Men's Samsung Galaxy Championship Tour, Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast (Gold Coast, Queensland), Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach (Bells Beach, Victoria) and the Drug Aware Margaret River Pro (Margaret River, Western Australia). Other tournaments include the Australian Boardriders Battle, Australian Open of Surfing, Beachley Classic, Breaka Burleigh Pro and the Noosa Festival of Surfing.
History.
Surfing was brought to Australia in 1915 by Hawaiian Duke Kahanamoku. He demonstrated this ancient Hawaiian board riding technique at Freshwater (or Harbord) in Sydney, New South Wales. Kahanamoku's board is now on display in the northeast end of the Freshwater Surf lifesaving club, Sydney, Australia.
In the 1950s, surfing was so popular that the Australian government put laws in place in an attempt to curb surfing during working hours. The laws were removed after they resulted in more people surfing than usual.
In 1956, a team of lifeguards from the US introduced Malibu boards to Australia.
In the 1960s, Australian surfboard designer Bob McTavish invented the V-bottom surfboard, which is considered instrumental to the development of shortboard surfing.
Australia has produced multiple ASP world champions, such as Wayne Bartholomew, Tom Carroll, Barton Lynch, Damien Hardman, Mark Occhilupo, Mick Fanning, Joel Parkinson, Stephanie Gilmore, Layne Beachley, Wendy Botha, Pauline Menczer, Chelsea Georgeson, Sally Fitzgibbons and Mark Richards.
The World Surf League incorporates three major championship titles held in Australia: the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast, Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach, and the Drug Aware Margaret River Pro.
One of the most successful Australian surfers, Mick Fanning, has won four titles at Bells Beach, earning him the number one spot in the surfing ranks.
Culture.
The culture of surfing has grown dramatically from just being a relaxed way of living to a mainstream sport. The progression has led to research on the health benefits of surfing. The sport promotes cardiovascular fitness, muscular strength and balance. These physical benefits come from the constant paddling through the water, increasing arm and back strength whilst also increasing the heart rate. Surfing also gives one a chance to think and relax in an environment that decreases stress and relaxes the muscles.
Demographics.
There are approximately 2.5 million recreational surfers in Australia, 420,000 annual surf participants, 107 surf schools and 2,292 accredited surfing coaches. Over 1 in 10 Australians surf as a recreational activity.
Australian World Title holders.
Men
Women
Australian surfboard shapers.
Australia is a leading country in surfing and surf board design. Shaping is an important part of the innovation and progression of surfing. Australian shapers include Darren Handley who is shaper to world champions Mick Fanning and Stephanie Gilmore. Mark Richards (four times World Champion) is an Australian surfing and surfboard shaping legend who shaped his own boards during his time on the world tour.
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A Grand Night for Swinging
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A Grand Night for Swinging is an album by American jazz guitarist Mundell Lowe featuring tracks recorded in 1957 for the Riverside label.
Reception.
Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars stating ""A Grand Night for Swinging" will be a real treat for fans unfamiliar with Lowe's earlier work, and a satisfying selection for fans of good jazz guitar".
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Staffordsville, Virginia
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Staffordsville is an unincorporated community in Giles County, Virginia, United States. Staffordsville is located along Virginia State Route 100 and Walker Creek, south of Pearisburg. Staffordsville has a post office with ZIP code 24167. The town is named after the Stafford family, who were early settlers of the area.
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Michael Grossman (economist)
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Michael Grossman (born 1942) is an American health economist and economics professor emeritus at the City University of New York Graduate Center (CUNY). He directed the Health Economics Program at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) from 1972 to 2020. Grossman was an early contributor to New Home Economics (NHE).
Grossman received his bachelor's degree from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut in 1964. He received his doctorate in economics from Columbia University in 1970. In 1966, Grossman was hired as a research assistant by Victor Fuchs at NBER. In 1972, he was hired by CUNY as a visiting assistant professor. He earned his professorship in 1978 and in 1988 became Distinguished Professor of Economics. From 1983 to 1995, he chaired the university's doctoral economics program.
Grossman was co-editor of the "Review of Economics of the Household" from 2005 to 2017, and was the inaugural recipient of the Victor Fuchs Award for Lifetime Contributions to the Field of Health Economics, presented by the American Society of Health Economists in 2008. His 1972 model of health production has been extremely influential in health economics. Grossman's work on health economics was inspired by his professors Gary Becker and Jacob Mincer, the founders of the New Home Economics. Grossman has argued for a causal relationship between schooling and health.
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Slobodan Vučeković
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Slobodan Vučeković (Serbian Cyrillic: Слободан Вучековић; born 15 December 1953) is a Montenegrin football manager and former player.
Playing career.
Born in Danilovgrad, SR Montenegro, SFR Yugoslavia, he played most of the 1970s with FK Vojvodina in the Yugoslav First League, although he also had a spell in between with NK Maribor during the early 1970s. In NK Maribor he played 58 matches scoring 26 goals. While playing with Vojvodina he won the Mitropa Cup in 1977. In 1979, he moved abroad to France and played one season with SC Bastia in the Ligue 1. Later in 1981 he joined Greek top-tier club Alpha Ethniki where he stayed until 1984.
Coaching career.
In 2009, he took charge as a coach of FK Srem in the Serbian League Vojvodina.
Honours.
Vojvodina
APOEL
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Camillo Guerra
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Camillo Guerra (21 May 1797 – 10 March 1874) was an Italian painter of portraits and historical scenes.
Biography.
Guerra was born in Naples, Italy, to a family of artists. His father Pasquale, however, was the head of a crew performing excavations at Pompeii. At the age of twelve he began to study drawing at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, under Costanzo Angelini. In 1822, he won a prize that led him to a scholarship in Rome under Tommaso Conca. He was also influenced by Vincenzo Camuccini and Pietro Benvenuti, who inspired him to paint historical and mythological subjects.
Early on, his career became linked to patronage from the Bourbon Royal Family. His first commission came in 1826, when he painted overdoors for the Royal Palace of Caserta. That same year, he was awarded a gold medal at the Bourbon Exhibition. The following year, he was named an honorary professor at the Academy.
In 1829, he collaborated with the art historian Erasmo Pistolesi (1770–1860) on an eight-volume illustrated book about artifacts in the Vatican. In 1830, he created an altarpiece depicting the "Glory of St.Joseph" at the church of San Francesco di Paola, commissioned by King Francis I .
The Chair of painting at the Academy became vacant in 1834 and, after a competition, he was named Professor. In that position, he undertook significant changes in teaching practices, promoted the revival of fresco painting and adopted the practice of copying from life. He also superintended the restoration of works at the Bourbon Museum. In 1836, he married Nicolina Ametrano and they had eight children. His son Alfonso (1845–1920) became a well-known architect.
In the 1840s, with Gennaro Maldarelli, Filippo Marsigli, and Giuseppe Cammarano, he helped decorate rooms in the Royal Palace, now part of the Biblioteca Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele III. From 1846 to 1852, he painted an imposing fresco of the "Celestial Paradise", based on a vision of St John the Evangelist, in the cupola of the Church of the Gerolomini (partly destroyed in 1943)
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Andrew Werner
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Andrew Steven Werner (born February 25, 1987) is an American college baseball coach former professional baseball pitcher. He is the pitching coach at Bradley University. He played college baseball at Illinois Central College in 2006 and 2007 before transferring to the University of Indianapolis in 2008 and 2009. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the San Diego Padres in 2012.
High School and College.
Werner graduated from Washington Community High School in 2005. He attended Illinois Central College in 2006 and 2007. He pitched for the University of Indianapolis in 2008 and 2009. On May 16, 2009, in his final game for the University of Indianapolis, Werner struck out 11 University of Southern Indiana batters in relief.
Professional career.
Independent Leagues.
Werner was never drafted. In 2009, Werner pitched for the Evansville Otters of the independent Frontier League. In 2010, Werner worked as the pitching coach for Eureka College, and then pitched for the Otters and the Windy City ThunderBolts, also of the Frontier League.
San Diego Padres.
Werner was signed by the San Diego Padres as an undrafted free agent after the 2010 season. In 2011, Werner pitched for the Fort Wayne TinCaps and the Lake Elsinore Storm. In 2012, he pitched for the San Antonio Missions and the Tucson Padres before being called up to the majors for the first time on August 22, 2012.
Oakland Athletics.
On November 16, 2012, Werner was traded to the Oakland Athletics with Andy Parrino for Tyson Ross and A.J. Kirby-Jones.
On December 4, 2013, Werner was designated for assignment by Oakland, to clear room on the 40-man roster for recently signed pitcher Scott Kazmir. Werner cleared waivers and was outrighted to Triple-A Sacramento.
Ottawa Champions.
Werner signed to play with the Ottawa Champions in the Canadian American Association of Professional Baseball in 2015. He became a free agent after the 2015 season. In 22 games (21 starts) 144.2 innings he went 12-8 with a 3.36 ERA with 86 strikeouts.
Coaching career.
Werner began his coaching career as the head assistant coach at Illinois Central College. In 2017, Werner was the pitching coach at USC Aiken. The following year he was named the pitching coach at Young Harris. On August 16, 2019, Werner was named the pitching coach at Bradley.
Personal life.
Werner married his wife, Melanie, in February 2012.
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Nisga'a Elementary Secondary School
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Nisga'a Elementary Secondary School (NESS) is a public K-12 school in Gitlaxt'aamiks, British Columbia, Canada. NESS is operated by School District 92 Nisga'a. It is the elementary school for Gitlaxt'aamiks as well as the designated secondary school for the area of the Nisga'a people in the Nass Valley, including the communities of Gitlaxt'aamiks (New Aiyansh), Gitwinksihlkw (Canyon City), Laxgalts'ap (Greenville), Gingolx (Kincolith), and surrounding settlements. Secondary grades-level students from outside of Gitlaxt'aamiks are bussed to the school each day.
In 2010 ninety-eight percent (98%) of students in the district were First Nations, primarily Nisga’a and others from northwestern British Columbia. In 2010–2011, 36.4% were classified as English as a second language (ESL) students.
In addition to core academic and physical education subjects, NESS offers courses in special education and in the Nisga'a language.
Since 2002, a high percentage of students have not met the school district's academic targets. Missed targets are in key areas such as mathematics, language, and school completion. In the 2001–2011 academic years, 50.1% of NESS students graduated. To address these problems, the school district announced in June, 2012 a district-wide restructuring. This will see NESS transform from serving students in K-12 to serving K-6 and grade 9–12, grade 7-8 classes will move to Laxgalts’ap, and more classes will be single-grade.
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US Airways fleet
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US Airways operated a predominantly Airbus fleet, with some older Boeing aircraft and a small fleet of Embraer jets. Following its merger with American Airlines, it became part of the American Airlines fleet in 2013.
Final fleet.
As of December 9, 2013, at the time of the merger, US Airways' fleet consisted of the following aircraft:
Fleet history.
US Airways previously operated the following aircraft:
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Joaquín Ibáñez, 3rd Baron de Eroles
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Joaquín Ibáñez Cuevas y de Valonga, 3rd Baron de Eroles and Marquis of Cañada Ibáñez (Kingdom of the Two Sicilies) (6 January 1785 – 25 August 1825) was a Spanish nobleman and soldier, active in Catalonia during the Peninsular War. Shortly before his death, he was promoted to Captain general of the Army, Spain's highest military rank.
Early life.
Born into a noble family, he enrolled as a cadet at the Real Colegio de Artillería, in Segovia, though he did not graduate as an officer.
He later studied law at University of Cervera and after graduating, set up his own law firm.
Peninsular War (1807–1814).
Eroles was present at the defeat at Molíns de Rey (21 December 1808), and by the end of that year he had raised, armed and financed his own unit of 1,600 volunteers, the 2nd Tercio of Talarn Volunteers.
1809.
With his tercio he fought skirmishes at Igualada (11 January 1809), putting General Chabran's troops to flight, and at Maizneja (17 January 1809) where, with 300 men, he spearheaded the attack on the enemy. This latter incident led to the Captain General of Catalonia, General Reding, promoting him to lieutenant colonel and giving him the command of the tercio.
That same year, he was active at several armed conflicts; at Capellades (17 February); at Igualada (9 March) and at which his battalion was surrounded by a force twice the size, plus 200 cavalry troops, and from which his unit was able to escape at bayonet-point; Castel Bisbal (19 March); Tarrasa (2 April); Coll de Soras (13–16 April). He then fought at San Hipólito, at Serratosa (23 May), at Uxay (24 June); captured a French convoy at La Junquera (10 July). On 1 September he was able to breach the siege of Gerona at the head of a convoy. For this latter achievement he was promoted to Colonel. Strongly opposed to the terms of capitulation, he was taken prisoner at the end of the siege but managed to escape while being taken to Perpignan.
1810.
On returning to Spain, by the end of two months he had recruited 1,500 troops and he was appointed Colonel-in-chief of the 2nd Platoon of the Catalonia Light Infantry, based at Montserrat. Shortly thereafter he was promoted to brigadier (May 1810).
He led the Spanish forces at Viladecans (19 August 1810), and at Castellolid he stopped Marshal MacDonald’s advancing forces, thereby allowing the Captain general of Catalonia, O’Donnell, to take La Bisbal (September 1810), San Feliú de Guixols and Palamós.
Appointed General-in-chief of the Ampurdán, he directed the action at La Junquera (19 October) where, despite being wounded by a bayonet, he went on to kill the seven enemy combatants that had surrounded him. At La Junquera, he captured a convoy and took 174 prisoners. (According to the "Gazeta de Valencia", 6 noviembre
1810, he took 75 prisoners, including two officers, leaving more than 255 dead on the battlefield, including five officers.) Two days later, and despite his still-open wound, he led the action at Lladó (21 October), where he defeated an enemy force four times greater than his own. At La Plana (5 & 8 December), he defeated Clément’s division and pursued it from Olot to Bañolas.
1811.
At the beginning of 1811 he was given the command of the Llobregat Line, and took part in several skirmishes on the plains of Barcelona. On 16 April, in the mountains of Puigventós, accompanied by the Alcántara Cavalry Regiment, they defeated an entire battalion, excepting five officers and 30 soldiers that were taken prisoners.
On 19 May, when together with the flankers of the Numancia Regiment and 80 horse of the Alcántara Regiment, they were able to cover the retreat of the troops that had been repelled in their assault on Montjuic, by defeating the French column that had attempted to cut off said retreat.
He fought at Manresa (31 May) where, at the head of a regiment and three battalions, he beat and pursued MacDonald's troops until almost reaching Sabadell, leading to the loss of some two thousand French troops. Shortly thereafter, he devised a plan to recover the fortress at San Fernando de Figueras: he was able to distract the French division based in the Ampurdán by taking the fortresses of Castellfullit and Olot, taking over five hundred prisoners and then, on 16 June, penetrated the enemy lines at bayonet point and managed to enter the castle with a large convoy. For that action, he was promoted to field marshal. He stayed at the castle throughout the siege, participating in several sorties, including on 3 May, when his troops penetrated the French line and attacked the town of Figueras, holding the square for several hours after the Spanish Army had been defeated and had retreated. With only two hundred horse from the castle garrison, he was able to liberate 1,600 prisoners. On another sortie, two days later, he again penetrated the lines of the French siegers and was able to gather abundant firewood and several head of cattle. On a sortie on 7 May, he was able to capture a French convoy on its way from Figueras to La Junquera and finally, in the night of 16 May, his three hundred infantrymen were able to safeguard the departure of the garrison's cavalry by breaching the enemy lines four times at bayonet point, without the loss of a single Spanish soldier but capturing around twenty French soldiers. As a result of that last action, a French division of six thousand men was sent out throughout the Ampurdán to capture him and his troops, without success.
On 11 June he beat Marshal Suchet’s cavalry near Tarragona, and on the 18th he captured a convoy of 500 mules in Falset. When Tarragona finally fell to the French, Eroles's troops supported the embarkation of the Valencia división and repulsed Suchet's vanguard at Mataró and Arenis de Mar. Although the Army of Catalonia had been dispersed, on 25 July he was able to defend Montserrat with only 300 troops against Suchet's full forces.
Shortly thereafter, he was appointed deputy commanding general of Catalonia and sub-inspector of Infantry in charge of re-assembling and re-organising the Army of Catalonia. He was quickly able to muster the Regiments and Battalions of Aragon, the Loyal Manresans, the Catalonian cazadors, and the 3rd Hussars Squadron. At the end of September 1811, he resigned his post in order to return to the battlefield.
He participated in the attack on Medas castle (9 September), in the attack on the Muntada battery (24 September), in the surprise night attack on Igualada (2 October), and the attack, the following afternoon, leading a squadron of Cavalry and an Infantry battalion, on a column of 400 grenadiers who had come down from Montserrat to attack the Spanish flank. On 5–7 October, he captured a convoy comprising 700 mules headed for Igualada, destroyed its escort and beating back Frère’s division, which had come to the convoy's aid from the town's garrison, killing 300 of the 500-strong garrison.
On 11 October he took the fortress at Cervera and relieved its garrison, taking 380 or 600 prisoners, according to the source. The following 13 and 14 October, he mined and attacked the castle of Bellpuig, forcing the French to abandon Tárrega and several other fortresses. Eroles was thus able to liberate a third of the territory of Catalonia and to destroy the French supply line from Barcelona to Lérida.
He followed that achievement with a rapid march to Cerdaña, where he surprised General Gavean, forcing him to abandon Puigcerdá, and on 24 October was able to push him back to the vicinity of Mont-Louis, in the Pyrénées-Orientales of France. At the head of 1,500 troops, he penetrated even further into French territory, past Aix, overcoming the local troops that tried to stop him and was able to get hold of a million reales in cash, as well as 3,500 sheep, 300 cows, 80 horses and a lot of wheat.
On 5 December 1811 he faced General Decaen at Sant Celoni, who was unable to move him from his positions; and again at La Garriga two days later, preventing the French forces from taking Vich.
1812.
At the combat of Villaseca (18 January 1812) Eroles, at the head of over 3,000 "somatenes", ambushed a column of French troops in the village of Vila-seca, Tarragona, taking 600–800 prisoners from General Lafosse’s column, the French general himself only managing to escape with twenty-two of his dragoons /thirty cuirassiers of his escort. Lafosse, the French governor of Tortosa, had been on his way to relieve Tarragona with an infantry battalion and a troop of dragoons, when he was surprised by Eroles. The following day, Lafosse returned to the village with as many men from the Tarragona garrison as could be spared, but was too late to reverse his defeat.
British Commodore Edward Codrington, then commanding a Royal Navy squadron in the Mediterranean Sea charged with harrying French shipping, was present at the combat, having come on shore to confer with Eroles, with whom he often collaborated, regarding an action against Tarragona. Eroles's men also managed to free two Royal Navy captains who had been taken prisoner the previous day by Lafosse's men after having landed at Cape Salou.
The following month, Eroles fought at Altafulla (20 February) and in March, at the defence of Roda de Isábena, Aragón (5 March), where he repelled three attacks by Marshal Suchet’s troops, which outnumbered his own troops by three; Suchet's army lost a general, more than forty officers and hundreds of soldiers.
With only 1,500 troops, Eroles was able to hold the Aragon front for a month and a half against Saverdi's six thousand troops, repelling him again at La Puebla de Segur (18 April).
On 15 July 1812, he participated in preparing the explosion that partially destroyed the castle at Lérida.
Eroles was then sent to the Balearic Islands to co-ordinate with the British squadron its expedition to Sicily. However, the defeat at Castalla made him return to the mainland at Alicante, where he was able to join the Army of Catalonia at the end of August 1812.
At Vasellana (20 September) he repelled a French division. He took the bridge at Tarragona (2 October); at Arbeca y Almillons he captured a whole French column from Lérida.
Around that time Eroles was able to double his forces, reorganising them at Reus; he then supported the retreat at San Martín de Pons (13 November); he later defeated Martin's division, forcing him the abandon the field at Tarragona, and surprising him at Villafranca del Panadés (2 December 1812), forcing him to flee towards Barcelona. At Tarragona, Eroles prevented the French garrison from leaving the city (11 December); that same day, he carried out a successful attack on the castle at Coll de Balaguer, capturing it.
1813.
In January 1813 Eroles was appointed, briefly, General in command of the 1st Army which repelled the French forces at Vallagona.
In April, he crossed the Ebro at Almedias (3 April) at the head of three hundred infantrymen and a hundred horse, defeating the French column that tried to prevent them. At Mora de Ebro, he captured the barge-pontoons over which the rest of his troops were able to cross and captured a French convoy. He then went on to surprise the French battery at La Ampolla (4–5 April) and the fort at Perelló (6 de abril).
Eroles repelled an attack by the French garrison from Olot (18 de junio) and the next day destroyed a French column between Besalú y Olot (19 de junio) and went on to win the battle of Bañolas (22 June) against General Lamarque's superior forces. The following month, Eroles fought at La Salud (10 de julio).
1814.
In February, he was able, thanks to an elaborate plan, to take Lérida (11th), Mequinenza (12th) and Monzón (13th), capturing their garrisons.
On 14 March he fought at Granollers.
On 24 March 1814, as second-in-command of the Spanish forces in Catalonia, Eroles accompanied his superior, the Capitán General of Catalonia, Francisco Copons y Navia, to the banks of the Fluviá to receive Fernando VII on his return to Spain from his captivity in France. The king himself, on that occasion, promoted Eroles to lieutenant general of Spain's Royal Armies.
Shortly thereafter, he received a letter from the King ordering him to arrest Copons on criminal charges, which he did on the night of the 4–5 June 1814 and had him confined at Sigüenza.
Post-war (1814–1816).
On 24 May, Eroles was given the interim command of the Army of Catalonia, command he held until the following September.
In 1814 he was also appointed member of the Real Sociedad Económica Aragonesa de Amigos del País.
In March 1815 he was given the command of the 2nd Infantry Brigade, part of the Army of the Right.
In 1815, he was appointed Honored Academic of the Real Academia de Nobles y Bellas Artes de San Luis of Zaragoza and the following year was appointed to the Real Academia de Buenas Letras de Barcelona.
Liberal Triennium.
A believer in absolutism, Eroles opposed the 1820 Liberal Triennium. In November 1820, he returned to Barcelona, only to be expelled following the events of April 1821, and moved to Mallorca. In June that year, the Government authorised his use of the Sicilian nobiliary title of marquis of Cañada Ibáñez.
The following year, he established his headquarters at Talavera de la Reina (Toledo) in May 1822 and then at Cádiz in August. However, the following September, Eroles escaped to join the Royalist forces. As a result, he was declared an enemy of the Nation and the Constitution, expelled from the Army and dispossessed of all his military honours and distinctions.
A notorious conspirator, together with Bernardo Mozo de Rosales, marquis of Mataflorida and the Archbishop of Tarragona, Jaime Creus Martí, Eroles was a member of the Urgel Regency, an interim government established by the Spanish absolutists in August 1822 (during the Triennium) based in Seo de Urgel, a fortress held by the Royalist forces some weeks earlier.
After managing to raise some troops in Catalonia, Eroles was defeated by Espoz y Mina, the then-Captain General of Catalonia, and fled to France.
Eroles returned to Spain in April 1823 with the Hundred Thousand Sons of St. Louis, the French army mobilized by the Bourbon King of France, Louis XVIII, to help the Spanish Royalists restore Ferdinand VII of Spain to the absolute power of which he had been deprived during the Liberal Triennium. The Junta Provisional de Gobierno, presided by Francisco de Eguía, appointed Eroles Captain General of Catalonia in April 1823, post confirmed by the King the following October, around the time Ferdinand VII broke his oath and again repealed the Constitution of Cádiz, declaring null and void the acts and measures of the liberal government.
Later career.
Following the fall of the Triennium, Eroles was appointed Captain General of the Royal Armies on 28 December 1824, but died less than a year afterwards, suffering from dementia.
Cultural references.
Nickname.
After having wiped out an entire battalion in the mountains of Puigventós (16 April 1811) Eroles came to be known by the enemy as the "Nero of Catalonia" ("Diario de Barcelona", 9 August 1811).
Copla.
The Official Chronicler of the City of Madrid from 1966 to 1983, Federico Carlos Sáinz de Robles, mentions in his essay "Autobiography of Madrid", a popular copla in Madrid in 1814 and 1815 about Eroles and two other generals, Francisco Javier de Elío (executed for treason during the Triennium) and Francisco de Eguía, the three of whom were considered "uncouth, fanatical and cruel":
Eguía, Eroles, Elío...<br>Dios te libre de los tres;<br>porque si Dios no te libra,<br>¡Santíguate y muérete!<br>¡Santíguate y muérete!<br>(Eguía, Eroles, Elío...<br>God save you from the three<br>because if God doesn't save you<br>Make the sign of the cross and prepare to die!<br>Make the sign of the cross and prepare to die!)
Benito Pérez Galdós.
Benito Pérez Galdós refers to Eroles on several occasions in his 1877 novel "Los Cien Mil Hijos de San Luis" ("Hundred Thousand Sons of Saint Louis"), part of his Episodios Nacionales. The following is an example:
These were the Baron de Eroles and don Jaime Creux, Archbishop of Tarragona, both of them, just like Mataflorida, from the humblest of classes, brought out of obscurity by these revolutionary times, which wasn't really a very strong argument in favour of absolutism. A Regency destined to re-establish the Throne and the Altar should be constituted of people of good breeding. But the times of commotion in which we lived meant otherwise, and even absolutism had to enlist its people from among the plebs. This fact, which had been observed since the previous century, was expressed by Louis XV, when he said that the nobility needed to be covered in manure in order to be made fertile.<br>Of these three regents, the most likeable was Mataflorida, who was also the most learned; the most tolerant was Eroles, and the most evil and unpleasant, Don Jaime Creux. It cannot be said that these men had been slow in developing their brilliant careers. Eroles was a student in 1808 and a lieutenant-general in 1816. The other, from obscure cleric, became a bishop, in reward for his betrayal of las Cortes in '14. (Pérez Galdós: "Los Cien Mil Hijos de San Luis", 1877, p. 38.)
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Stanisław Baranowski Spitsbergen Polar Station
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Stanisław Baranowski Spitsbergen Polar Station or Stanisław Baranowski Glaciologjcal Station (, nicknamed "Baranówka" or "Werenhus") is a research station near the Werenskiold Glacier on Spitsbergen, the largest island of the Svalbard archipelago in Norway. It is operated by the Institute of Geography and Regional Development of the Polish University of Wrocław.
History.
The station was founded on Spitsbergen in 1971, when the first permanent structure was built. Polish scientists had a presence in that region since the 1950s, beginning with the initiative of the International Geophysical Year (1957-1958). It was named after Stanisław Baranowski (1935–78), a Polish glaciologist who died on King George Island as a result of an accident at the Henryk Arctowski Polish Antarctic Station while a member of the 1977–78 expedition. Baranowski was also involved in the creation of the station, and upon receiving the news of his death, the research team decided to name the station in honor of his work, a decision confirmed by the university. Over time, this led to the station being nicknamed "Baranówka" and in Norwegian, based on the nearby glacier's name, "Werenhus".
As of 2005, the station is inhabited by a team of about six scientists. The station is usually staffed all year round, and has received numerous guests from Polish and foreign visiting researchers. As of 2010, the director of the station is Dr. Jerzy Pereyma.
Research.
Scientists at the station carry out climate, glacial, geomorphic and geological studies, primarily focusing on the Werenskiold Glacier.
Location.
The station is located about 1.5 km from the center of the Werenskiold Glacier, near the mid-run of the Brategg River.
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Copeland Tops State Conservation Area
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The Copeland Tops State Conservation Area is a protected conservation area located near the Barrington Tops in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia. The is situated west of Gloucester.
Features.
Relics of the "Mountain Maid" gold mine may be visited with a tour guide. Gold was discovered by timber collectors in 1875. By 1878, around one thousand people were living in the area. Most of the gold mining activity had ceased by 1890. At the end of 1886, the Mountain Maid mine yielded of gold. And the Hidden Treasure mine yielded .
Flora include wet sclerophyll eucalyptus forest and a unique "dry" rainforest. Rainforest trees present include shatterwood, black booyong, Moreton Bay fig, and the white cedar. Some of the red cedar grow in excess of tall. Of note is the large epiphytic ferns growing in the rainforest, such as birds nest ferns, staghorn fern, and elkhorn ferns.
Koalas, eastern grey kangaroos, red-necked wallabies, wombats, and greater gliders are some of the many marsupial animals found here. Microbats rest in the gold mine shafts during the day.
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Krishan Mohan
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Krishan Mohan (28 November 1922 – 2004) was an Indian Urdu poet who gained prominence after India gained independence from the British Raj.
Mohan was the takhallus of Krishan Lal Bhatia who was born in Sialkot, British India. His father, Ganpat Rai Bhatia, was an advocate; post partition of British India he practiced law in the District Courts of Meerut. Ganpat Rai was also an Urdu poet; his takhallus was Shakir.
After completing his school studies Krishan Mohan obtained his B.A. (Hons.) degrees separately in English and in Persian as a student of Murray College, Sialkot, where he was also the editor of the college house magazine. Later on he obtained his M.A. degree in English Literature as a student of Government College, Lahore.
After partition of British India his family moved to Karnal where Krishan Mohan found temporary employment as a welfare officer. Thereafter, he worked as sub-editor and assistant editor of All India Radio's publication "Aawaaz" at Lucknow and Delhi, and then as a journalist with the Press Information Bureau before joining the Indian Revenue Service as an Income Tax Officer.
He died in Delhi, aged 82 years. His children are Meera Bhatia , Neera Bhatia and Rohit Bhatia. Meera Bhatia is an advocate and does cases in supreme court and high court and was standing counsel criminal for Delhi , Haryana and Senior Counsel UOI. She has done LLB from Delhi University. Neera Bhatia was a senior teacher at DPS RK.PURAM New Delhi, she was a PGT teacher. She obtained her master's degree from Delhi University. Rohit Bhatia is his son. Krishna Mohan’s grandchildren are Abhinav Kalra , Vishakha Bhatia, Abhimanyu Kalra and Anandit Thakur.
Literary life.
Krishan Mohan was a popular and a prolific writer who after 1947 dominated Delhi’s that particular Urdu stage which was graced by stalwarts – Pandit Harichand Akhtar, Arsh Malsiani, Jagan Nath Azad, Gopal Mittal, Naresh Kumar Shad, Bismil Saeedi, Rana Jaggi, Ram Krishan Mushtar, Talib Chakwali and Bakshi Akhtar Amritsari.
While adhering to the classical style Krishan Mohan did not hesitate to experiment, at times over- reaching the extreme thresh-holds of imagination and thought. His ghazals set in the traditional mode are thoughtful and thought-provoking, and for his nazms he searched for and found new ideas and expressions.
Bibliography.
Urdu poetry (in Urdu script):
Urdu poetry (in Hindi script):
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Super Soul Sunday
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Super Soul Sunday is a self-help talk show hosted by Oprah Winfrey, which airs on the Oprah Winfrey Network. The series premiered on October 16, 2011, and ended on December 19, 2021.
Format.
"Super Soul Sunday" is designed to help viewers awaken to their best selves and discover a deeper connection to the world around them. Recognized by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences with Daytime Emmy Awards, the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation with a Gracie Award and the Religion Communicators Council with a Wilbur Award, "Super Soul Sunday" features conversations between Oprah and philosophers, authors, visionaries, and spiritual leaders. It presents an array of perspectives on what it means to be alive in today's world. Exploring themes and issues including happiness, personal fulfillment, spirituality and conscious living, guests who have appeared include: Elie Wiesel, Maya Angelou, Brené Brown, India Arie, Wayne Dyer, Gary Zukav, Iyanla Vanzant, Marianne Williamson, Phil Jackson, Ram Dass, Eckhart Tolle, Diana Nyad, Sarah Ban Breathnach, and Thích Nhất Hạnh.
"Oprah's SuperSoul Conversations" Podcast (2017–2019).
On August 6, 2017 "Oprah's SuperSoul Conversations" podcast premiered, featuring interviews pulled from the "Super Soul Sunday" television show and new conversations recorded exclusively for the podcast. New conversations recorded exclusively for the podcast have featured such guests as: Reese Witherspoon, Mindy Kaling, Jimmy Kimmel, Amy Schumer, Phil McGraw, Will.i.am, Maria Shriver, former mayor of New Orleans Mitch Landrieu, Ralph Lauren, Tina Turner, Julia Roberts, and Michelle Obama.
On February 7, 2018, Winfrey hosted a live show for the podcast at the Apollo Theatre in New York City. The show was hosted by Jessica Williams and Phoebe Robinson of 2 Dope Queens and featured interviews with Jordan Peele, Stephen Colbert, Salma Hayek Pinault, Trevor Noah, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Yara Shahidi.
On February 8, 2019, Winfrey hosted "Oprah's SuperSoul Conversations from Times Square", another live show for the podcast and television series at PlayStation Theater in New York City. The show featured interviews with Bradley Cooper, Michael B. Jordan, Beto O'Rourke, Melinda Gates, and Lisa Borders.
"Super Soul" on "discovery+" (2021).
On March 6, 2021, a new streaming series hosted by Winfrey called "SuperSoul" premiered on the "discovery+" streaming platform. Season one episodes included interviews with Andra Day, Chip and Joanna Gaines, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Sharon Stone, Jon Meacham, Dr. Bruce Perry, and Julianna Margulies.
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3,3-Bis(chloromethyl)oxetane
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3,3-Bis(chloromethyl)oxetane (BCMO) is an intermediate in the synthesis of poly(bis(azidomethyl)oxetane (PolyBAMO), an energetic polymer that is being studied for use as a propellant binder for rocket fuel.
It is classified as an extremely hazardous substance in the United States. It can cause kidney damage, lacrimation, and somnolence if consumed.
Preparation and reaction.
BCMO is formed in solution via cyclization of pentaerythritol trichlorohydrin with a non-organic base like sodium hydroxide.
BAMO can be formed from a reaction of BCMO with sodium azide. This reaction takes place in an alkaline solution with tetrabutyl ammonium bromide, which acts as a phase transfer catalyst.
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Bretti Nature Reserve
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The Bretti Nature Reserve is a protected nature reserve located near the Barrington Tops in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia. The reserve is situated approximately north of Gloucester. Flora includes wet sclerophyll eucalyptus forest and rainforest. It is most often viewed on a drive along the Thunderbolts Way. The locally rare wompoo fruit dove may be heard in rainforest areas.
The reserve is part of the Curracabundi Group, a network of wilderness and other protected areas along the Great Eastern Escarpment of the Great Dividing Range which, combined, contributes significantly to the aim of the initiative to connect and conserve mountain ecosystems running the length of eastern Australia.
There is a popular camp in the reserve, which is located next to the Bernard River, and near its confluence with the Manning River.
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Louis A. Crandall House
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The Louis A. Crandall House at 959 Main St. in Lebanon, Oregon was built in about 1906. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
It is a -story house that is the "only example of high style American Foursquare architecture in Lebanon". It was designed by Albert I. Crandall. It was built by the Crandall Brothers Planing Mill, a company including brothers Louis, Albert, and Ira Crandall.
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William Corbin (author)
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William Corbin McGraw (born January 22, 1916, in Des Moines, Iowa, died June 6, 1999, in Portland, Oregon), known professionally as William Corbin, was an author and novelist of books for adults and children.
Career.
He started his writing career as a newspaperman and later married Eloise Jarvis McGraw (née Hamilton), also an author.
Corbin became more serious about writing fiction and moved into a house with a 23-acre filbert orchard to do so. Several of Corbin's works received awards. His novel "Smoke" was made into a movie of the same name in 1970, and a British television series based on Corbin's "Horse in the House" was produced from 1977 to 1979.
Personal life.
William Corbin and Eloise had two children, Lauren and Peter McGraw.
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Oxydisulfoton
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Oxydisulfoton is a chemical compound used as an acaricide and insecticide. It is classified as an extremely hazardous substance in the United States as defined in Section 302 of the U.S. Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (42 U.S.C. 11002), and is subject to strict reporting requirements by facilities which produce, store, or use it in significant quantities.
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Tour de Guadeloupe
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The Tour de Guadeloupe (; ) is an annual men's multiple stage road bicycle race held each August in the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe.
Founded in 1948 under the name Tour Cycliste de la Guadeloupe, this elite men's competition opened officially to overseas racers in 1979, changing its name to Tour Cycliste international de la Guadeloupe. Covering a majority of the island's territory, the race includes today a prologue time trial and eight to nine stages.
For 2005 to 2012, 2014, and in 2021, the race was part of the UCI America Tour, which is one of six UCI Continental Circuits ruled by the Union Cycliste Internationale, the international governing body for cycling. Since then, the race has been rated as a 2.2 event on the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) classification standards. In 2013, from 2015 to 2020 and since 2022, the race has been on the UCI Europe Tour calendar.
This event is organized by the "Comité régional de cyclisme de la Guadeloupe" (en: "Regional cycling committee of Guadeloupe").
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King Animal
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King Animal is the sixth studio album by American rock band Soundgarden, released on November 13, 2012, through Universal Republic and Loma Vista Recordings in North America and Vertigo Records elsewhere. Produced by the band alongside Adam Kasper, it was Soundgarden's first studio album in 16 years, following "Down on the Upside" (1996). "King Animal" was also the final studio album released by Soundgarden prior to the death of frontman Chris Cornell in 2017 and the subsequent dissolution of the band in 2018.
Background and recording.
In January 2010, Chris Cornell announced that 13 years after their break-up, Soundgarden had reunited. At first, the band was primarily interested in relearning their old songs and playing them live, but Cornell declared that "It would be exciting to record one song, to hear how Soundgarden-ish that might be this much time later." The band's first studio work was finishing the song "Black Rain" for the compilation "Telephantasm" (2010), which guitarist Kim Thayil said "showed our evolvement creatively", and in late 2010 drummer Matt Cameron booked studio time to show some song ideas and have the band compose some more through jam sessions. In February 2011, it was announced on Soundgarden's homepage that they had started writing new songs. One month later, recording sessions for a new album began at Seattle's Studio X, with producer Adam Kasper. The sessions were interrupted by the end of the month so Cornell could move onto his solo "Songbook" tour, which would be interspersed with Soundgarden concerts. As the band's contract with A&M Records was fulfilled after releasing "Telephantasm" and the live album "Live on I-5" (2011), Soundgarden produced "King Animal" independently.
Cameron claimed in April 2011 that the album would be released later that year, but the recording was prolonged, with Thayil saying: "the more we enjoy it, the more our fans should end up enjoying it." In October, Cornell said the band would return to the studio in December and the album was "mostly done, we just need to finish a couple of songs and mix it, so that will be happening probably over the holidays."
In May 2012, the band reported they were eyeing a release that October. On September 17, it was announced that the album would be titled "King Animal" and would be released on November 13, 2012. Cornell said the title relates to how the band "were a big fish in a small pond, and we sort of graduated. There was a sense of us feeling like it was us four against the world. We clearly had that from the very beginning. In some weird way after all this time, we persevered. The album kind of stands out as a symbol and an indication of that."
Composition and style.
The band reported that they had 12 to 14 songs that were "kind of ready to go" in March 2011, and the material for the album was "90 percent new". One of the songs that is an updated version of an older idea is "Taree", which bassist Ben Shepherd wrote in the late 1990s. He had recorded a demo of the song for his solo album "In Deep Owl" (2013) before the band's reunion, but then decided it deserved a full-band treatment.
In June 2011, Thayil said some songs on the album would sound "similar in a sense to "Down on the Upside"", and the album "pick[s] up where we left off. There are some heavy moments, and there are some fast songs", though the maturation of the musicians during the band's hiatus has also been said to be evident. "Non-State Actor" is mostly in 4/4, but has parts in 5/8 and 7/8. "By Crooked Steps" is in 5/4.
Artwork.
The album's cover and subsequent art direction is based on a sculpture titled "Night of the Last Equinox" by Josh Graham, who Thayil sought out after seeing the artwork Graham had done for his band A Storm of Light. Featuring animal skulls above a field of flowers in a snowy forest, the sculpture features a recurring motif of Graham's art: the juxtaposition of life and death and how "everything between there is such a massive part of the human condition." Cornell said the art was inspired by Graham's interpretation of the songs, and he felt it was a good fit, given the band's frequent moody lyrics with an outdoor theme. Thayil revealed that the band asked for art that featured white and other lighter colors, as "most of our album covers have had a darker ". Graham also did the animated backdrops that Soundgarden used during the album's tour and directed the music video for the album's first single, "Been Away Too Long". The pictures of the band members in the booklet that accompanied the album were taken by the band manager Don VanCleave.
Promotion and release.
For the release of "King Animal", Soundgarden signed a deal with longtime label executive Tom Whalley's new Loma Vista Recordings, and distribution was handled by Loma Vista's partner Republic Records. Cornell said the experience of only seeking a label once the album was completed was "almost like it was in the beginning of the band." To promote the album, the band recorded a track-by-track narrative at Seattle's Moore Theatre and performed intimate concerts at New York's Irving Plaza, Toronto's Phoenix Concert Theatre, and Los Angeles' Fonda Theatre.
"Been Away Too Long" was released on September 27, 2012, almost seven weeks before the album. Both it and "By Crooked Steps" were used in promotional spots on ESPN for "Monday Night Football", and "Been Away Too Long" was used in an episode of "Sons of Anarchy". On October 31, 2012, a video for "Non-State Actor" was posted on the official Soundgarden YouTube channel, the visuals consisting of a waving American flag with the "King Animal" logo in place of the stars. The week before its November 13 release, the whole album could be streamed for free on iTunes. Dave Grohl directed a music video for "By Crooked Steps", which was released on January 29, 2013, and a music video for "Halfway There" was released on September 4.
Versions.
Along with standard CD, double LP, and digital download releases, "King Animal" was also issued as a deluxe box set that featured the CD with three demos as bonus tracks, the double LP, a DVD of the band's 2012 performance at Hyde Park, and five lithographs. There were several different versions of the CD release, in the United States and internationally, that included various demos as bonus tracks, and for Record Store Day 2013 Soundgarden issued "King Animal Demos", a limited edition pink vinyl that collected all six of those demos on a single release. Later in 2013, "King Animal Plus" was released, which featured five live tracks recorded for "Live from the Artists Den" at The Wiltern in Los Angeles and an acoustic version of "Halfway There" that Cornell and Shepherd recorded for CIMX-FM in Detroit.
Critical reception.
On Metacritic, the album has a normalized score of 70 out of 100 based on reviews from 32 critics, which indicates it received "generally favorable reviews".
Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic gave the album a positive review, writing: ""King Animal" is a big, bright album, executed with precision and professionalism. The band members sound more elderly, not quite as loud, and possess a keener sense of good taste, and it sounds as if they've aged together, which is a testament to their innate chemistry. Simply put, Soundgarden sound like they belong together; Cornell sounds richer, fuller when anchored by drummer Matt Cameron, bassist Ben Shepherd, and the deceptively sinewy and brainy guitarist Kim Thayil, whose presence has sorely been missed over the past decade." Luke Turner of "BBC Music" was also positive, saying: ""King Animal" undeniably draws its strength from the band's accessible "Superunknown" era, but also takes Soundgarden somewhere fresh." Richard Trapunski of "Now" gave the album four out of five stars and wrote: ""King Animal" doesn’t sound like a nostalgia-fed cash grab, nor is it poisoned by the desperate commercialism of Cornell's post-Soundgarden projects. Instead, it picks up where 1996's "Down on the Upside" left off, layering Cornell's distinct howl over psychedelic textures, off-kilter time signatures and heavy, chugging riffs courtesy of way-underrated guitarist Kim Thayil."
Chris DeVille of "The A.V. Club" gave the album a B− and said: "More often, though, "King Animal" affirms what a potent formula this band established. It's neither a trainwreck nor a masterpiece, but it stirs the senses in all the right ways." Michael Christopher of "The Phoenix" gave the album three out of four stars and wrote: "On the whole, "King Animal" is a welcome return, and though it doesn't reinvent the wheel, it reminds us why these guys were considered the architects of the Seattle scene." Tim Karan of the "Alternative Press" gave the album three and a half out of five stars and said: "It's difficult to imagine a new Soundgarden album that would sound startlingly different from "King Animal". It's right in line with the band's natural progression; so much so that it's almost difficult to believe it didn’t come out a decade ago. Is it as evocative and emotive as their earlier albums? Not quite. But it's new Soundgarden songs that sound like old Soundgarden songs—and if you’re of a certain generation or disposition, that's been a long time coming." Hilary Saunders of "Paste" gave the album a 7.0 out of 10 and wrote: "Comeback albums are notoriously difficult to conceptualize and actualize and "King Animal" took more than a year to create after the band spent a decade and a half on hiatus. While this record lacks the canonizing tracks like 'Jesus Christ Pose', 'Black Hole Sun', 'Spoonman' and 'Burden in My Hand', Soundgarden deserves to be commended for recapturing the feeling of grunge and reintroducing it today." Matt Melis of "Consequence of Sound" gave the album a C− and said: "Production issues aside, this record proves that Soundgarden still have their muscle but also hints that they are in the process of figuring out how to flex it again. For every realized track like 'Worse Dreams', with its circular vocal phrasings and slippery riffing, there's a jam like 'Eyelid's Mouth' that completely loses its identity — in this case, via an almost painful chorus that asks, 'Who let the river run dry?' Still, there's more than enough merit found in "King Animal" to ensure that any future tweets by Chris Cornell about new Soundgarden music will confidently be filed under #reallygoodnews."
Scott McLennan of "The Boston Globe" gave the album a mixed review, writing: "There's nothing bad about these 13 tracks, but nothing truly remarkable either. It's been 16 years since singer Chris Cornell, guitarist Kim Thayil, bassist Ben Shepherd, and drummer Matt Cameron applied their combined talents to new songs, and while the old chemistry sounds intact (though can we get more from the drummer, please?) the material is not particularly combustible." Jonathan Keefe of Slant Magazine gave the album three out of five stars and said: ""King Animal" doesn't contain any standout tracks that justify Soundgarden's comeback or which rank as essential additions to the band's very strong catalogue. The album is less a triumphant return than an example of what happens to most middle-aged rock bands: They've returned as a slightly more conservative version of what made them famous in the first place." Stuart Berman of Pitchfork Media gave the album a 5.9 out of 10 and wrote: "The best hope for "King Animal" was that Soundgarden would be inspired enough by their spiritual successors to want to outdo them, and set a new benchmark for ambitious aggression. Instead, the group's first album since 1996 just sounds like the one they would've churned out in 1998."
Commercial performance.
In the United States, the album debuted at number 5 on the "Billboard" 200 chart after selling 83,000 copies during its first week of release. This was the third highest position Soundgarden had achieved on the chart, behind "Superunknown" (1994), which had reached number 1, and "Down on the Upside" (1996), which had reached number 2. As of November 2016, "King Animal" has sold 235,000 copies in the U.S.
Internationally, the album reached the top five of the New Zealand and Danish album charts; the top ten of the Canadian, Australian, Swiss, German, and Finnish charts; the top twenty of the Norwegian, Irish, Italian, and Austrian charts; and the top thirty of the British, Spanish, Dutch, Scottish, and Swedish charts.
Personnel.
Soundgarden
Additional musicians
Technical personnel
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An autochthon in structural geology is a large block or mass of rock which is in the place of its original formation relative to its basement or foundation rock. The word is derived from Greek: "autos" means self, and "chthon" means earth.
It can be described as rooted to its basement rock as opposed to an allochthonous block or nappe which has been relocated from its site of formation. Autochthonous sediment is sediment found at or very close to its site of deposition.
While an autochthon may have experienced some minor shifting, an allochthonous block will have moved at least a few kilometres. If an overlying allochthon has an opening or hole which exposes the underlying autochthonous material, the hole is called a window or fenster.
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Jia of Zhao
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Zhao Jia (), also known as Jia, King of Dai (代王嘉) or Jia, King of Zhao (趙王嘉), reigned as the only king of the Dai state from 227 to 223 BC. His realm was a rump state of the Zhao state that covered only a northern fraction of the Zhao territories. In this regard, he is sometimes considered the last ruler of Zhao.
Name.
The title was held by the paramount leaders of Shang and Zhou-era China and is usually translated into English as "king". Under the Han and later Chinese dynasties, however, it was also used for appanages of the imperial families who had no independent sovereignty of their own. In such contexts, it is more common to translate the title as "prince". Sima Qian lists Jia as a lesser lord in his treatment of the state of Zhao, but still describes him as an independent king rather than reducing his rank.
Life.
Zhao Jia was the eldest son of King Daoxiang of Zhao, but was passed over in succession in favor of his younger brother (who became known as King Youmiu) because of the machinations of the boy's mother, the concubine Zhao Mianchang.
Qin forces captured the Zhao capital of Handan in 228 BCE and captured King Youmiu. It is likely that Zhao Jia was not in Handan at the time, for shortly afterwards he led several hundred clan members towards Dai Commandery, whose seat was southwest of present-day Yuxian in Hebei. This controlled the northeastern quarter of the Zhao kingdom. There, having been proclaimed King by his courtiers, King Jia allied himself with King Xi of Yan against Qin forces, which were poised to invade Yan after Jing Ke's failed assassination attempt on King Zheng of Qin.
At the Battle of Yi River in 226 BCE, the combined forces of Yan and Jia's Kingdom of Dai were defeated by Qin forces, with King Xi of Yan fleeing to Liaodong. Seeing this, King Jia urged King Xi to kill Jing Ke's patron, Prince Dan of Yan, in an attempt to appease the King of Qin. This, combined with the commencement of Qin wars against Wei and Chu, delayed the conquest of Dai for some years.
Ultimately, in 223 BCE, Qin forces under Wang Ben conquered the rump Yan state in Liaodong. On their way back to Central China, they conquered Dai as well. King Jia was taken prisoner, thus extinguishing the last remnant of the Zhao state.
It is unlikely that King Jia was treated too harshly, as his son was sent by the Qin court as an emissary to the Xirong. The descendants of Zhao settled in Tianshui in modern-day Gansu.
Legacy.
The site of the ancient city of Dai is now preserved in Yu County, Hebei, under the name "Dai King City" (代王城) in Zhao Jia's honor. He was also seen in Manga Kingdom.
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Hurricane Isaac (2012)
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Hurricane Isaac was a deadly and destructive tropical cyclone that came ashore in the U.S. state of Louisiana during August 2012. The ninth named storm and fourth hurricane of the annual hurricane season, Isaac originated from a tropical wave that moved off the west coast of Africa on August 16. Tracking generally west, a broad area of low pressure developed along the wave axis the next day, and the disturbance developed into a tropical depression early on August 21 while several hundred miles east of the Lesser Antilles. The system intensified into a tropical storm shortly thereafter, but high wind shear initially prevented much change in strength.
Isaac tracked between Guadeloupe and Dominica late on August 22, and then turned towards the west-northwest and entered a region favorable for intensification; it passed over Haiti and Cuba at strong tropical storm strength. A ridge of high pressure to Isaac's north intensified and turned it westward over the Florida Keys by August 26, and Isaac entered the eastern Gulf of Mexico the next day. Gradual intensification occurred, in which the system reached its peak intensity as a Category 1 hurricane, with 1-minute sustained winds of , prior to making two landfalls, both at the same intensity, on the coast of Louisiana during the late evening hours of August 28 and early morning hours of August 29, respectively. The system gradually weakened once inland, but still produced a widespread tornado outbreak across the middle of the country before dissipating into an open low early on September 1.
Before it became a hurricane, Isaac produced flooding rain across much of the Lesser and Greater Antilles. Particularly hard hit was the island of Haiti, where 24 people lost their lives. Overflowing rivers led to significant structural damage and many roadways were washed away, preventing aid to the affected area. Gusty winds and rainfall were reported in Cuba, but damage was limited to a few buildings. In Florida, Isaac produced several inches of rain, leading to flooding. Strong winds knocked out power to thousands, and waves along the coast caused minor beach erosion. The most severe effects of the storm, however, occurred in Louisiana after the storm was upgraded to hurricane intensity.
Tropical storm-force sustained winds, with gusts well over hurricane strength, knocked out power to hundreds of thousands, and heavy rain led to flooding. Many dams along the coast were briefly over-topped, though they did not break completely and were later pumped to prevent failure. Gusts near hurricane intensity and heavy rain also led to widespread power outages in the neighboring state of Mississippi, and parts of Alabama recorded nearly of rain. As an extratropical cyclone, Isaac produced torrential rains across Arkansas, flooding numerous streets and homes, and damaging many crops across the region. Strong winds felled downed lines and trees. Overall, Isaac caused $3.11 billion (2012 USD) in damage and led to 41 fatalities.
Meteorological history.
A tropical wave crossed the west coast of Africa between August 15 and August 16. Later that day and early on August 17, the system began developing more convection, while located just west of Sierra Leone. As a result, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) began monitoring the system in the Tropical Weather Outlooks (TWOs). Thereafter, further organization briefly halted, though by early on August 18, associated convection became more concentrated. On the following day, the wave had a "high" probability of undergoing tropical cyclogenesis. Between early on August 19 and early on August 21, minimal structural improvement occurred, despite increases in development probability. By August 21, the system developed enough organization for the NHC to initiate advisories on Tropical Depression Nine; at the time, the depression was about east of the Leeward Islands, moving west to the south of a large ridge. Conditions were generally favorable for further intensification, except for northeasterly wind shear.
Late on August 21, a Hurricane Hunters mission observed flight-level winds of , and on this basis the NHC upgraded the depression to Tropical Storm Isaac. Despite its intensification, the storm was disorganized with its center north of the deepest convection. The circulation became elongated early on August 22, and the storm absorbed drier air in its northeast quadrant. Later that day, the low pressure area passed just south of Guadeloupe and into the Caribbean Sea. Dry air continued to hinder convection, although Isaac gradually became better organized. By late on August 24, the Hurricane Hunters observed a well-defined circulation; by that time, however, the strongest convection was moving over Hispaniola. An eye feature developed early on August 25, and Isaac attained winds of before crossing the southwest peninsula of Haiti.
While moving across Haiti, the circulation of Isaac became disrupted while the convection became disorganized. Continuing to the northwest, the storm moved along the north coast of Cuba. Convection increased over the center by early on August 26, and Isaac re-intensified slightly while entering the Straits of Florida. However, continued dry air prevented the inner core of convection from developing. Hurricane Hunters reported that a ragged eye developed multiple times, but the feature did not persist. The storm tracked northwestward across the Gulf of Mexico due to a subtropical ridge to its north. Although the barometric pressure continued to decrease, Isaac remained a large storm, which contributed to the lack of strengthening. At about 1620 UTC (11:20 a.m. CDT) on August 28, Isaac attained Category 1 hurricane status about south-southeast of the mouth of the Mississippi River, based on data from the Hurricane Hunters.
After further intensification, Isaac made landfall at 2345 UTC (6:45 p.m. CDT) on August 28, just southwest of the mouth of the Mississippi River with winds of . The eye moved back over water shortly thereafter, crawling just offshore of southeastern Louisiana (with little change in strength) before Isaac struck Louisiana again just west of Port Fourchon at 0715 UTC (2:15 a.m. CDT) on August 29. Hours after it made landfall, Isaac's eye became less circular and was open on the western side. Around 1900 UTC (2:00 p.m. CDT) on August 29, the hurricane weakened into a tropical storm as it slowly moved through Louisiana. Despite its weakening, Isaac continued to produce strong thunderstorms to the east and southwest of the center. Around 2100 UTC (4:00 p.m. CDT) on August 30, Isaac degenerated into a tropical depression over northern Louisiana.
The Hydrometeorological Prediction Center took over the responsibility on issuing advisories from the NHC at 0300 UTC on August 31. The depression continued generally northeastward over Arkansas and Missouri before transitioning into an extratropical cyclone on September 1 as it interacted with an upper-level trough. The remnants of Isaac continued generally eastward over southern Illinois before moving southward over Kentucky. On September 3, the mid-level circulation of the storm split into two parts, with one portion continuing southward into the Gulf of Mexico and the other eastward over Ohio.
Preparations.
Lesser Antilles.
Upon the issuance of the National Hurricane Center's first advisory for Tropical Depression Nine early on August 21, numerous islands across the Lesser Antilles were placed under hurricane watches or tropical storm warnings. By the end of the day, tropical storm warnings were in place for was issued for Anguilla, Antigua, Barbuda, the British Virgin Islands, Culebra, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Desirade, Les Saintes, Marie Galante, Martinique, Montserrat, Nevis, Puerto Rico, Saba, St. Eustatius, St. Maarten, St. Martin, St. Kitts, United States Virgin Islands, and Vieques. Hurricanes watches were also in place for Puerto Rico, Vieques, Culebra, and the United States Virgin Islands. As the storm continued westward towards the region, a hurricane watch was issued for the British Virgin Islands on August 22. Later that day, Isaac entered the eastern Caribbean Sea as a minimal tropical storm rather than a hurricane, resulting in the discontinuation of all previously issued hurricane watches. As the storm gradually moved further westward into the Caribbean, warnings were discontinued for the various islands, with all warnings ceasing by the end of August 23.
Greater Antilles and The Bahamas.
At 0900 UTC on August 22, the government of the Dominican Republic issued a tropical storm watch along the north coast of the Dominican Republic, from the border with Haiti eastward to Saona Island. Simultaneously, a hurricane watch was put into place on the south coast, also extending from the Haitian border to Saona Island. At Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, a trial for five prisoners, who allegedly planned the September 11 attacks, was postponed.
At 1030 UTC on August 24, the government of Jamaica issued a tropical storm watch for the entire island of Jamaica. Early on the following day, the Cayman Islands Meteorological Service designated the Cayman Islands under a tropical storm watch. Several hours later on August 25, the tropical storm watches for both Jamaica and the Cayman Islands were discontinued.
Gulf of Mexico.
Oil production in the Gulf of Mexico was down by 24% percent and gas off by 8%, as several major companies (including BP and Shell) evacuated their installations in the east part of the basin. Overall, at least 39 (7%) of 596 production platforms and eight (11%) of 76 Gulf oil rigs were evacuated in the Gulf on August 26. By the evening of August 27, approximately 78% of the Gulf's crude oil production and 48% of its natural gas production had been closed.
United States.
Florida.
At 2100 UTC on August 24, a tropical storm watch was issued for all of Florida south of the Jupiter Inlet on the east coast and south of Bonita Springs; it also included Lake Okeechobee and the Florida Keys. Early on the next day, the tropical storm watch was upgraded to a warning, while the Florida Keys and the mainland from Ocean Reef to Bonita Springs were now under a hurricane watch. Further north, a tropical storm watch was issued from the Jupiter Inlet to the Sebastian Inlet. Later on August 25, the hurricane watch was switched to a warning, while a separate hurricane watch was issued from Golden Beach southward.
During the week of August 27, the 2012 Republican National Convention was held in Tampa, Florida. Isaac threatened to force the cancellation or postponement of the convention; there was also potential to move the event's location. According to the Republican National Convention spokesman James Davis, officials had been coordinating with the United States Secret Service, should the 50,000 politicians, delegates, and reporters require evacuation. The Republican National Convention was pushed to August 28, with the storms threatening the coast of Tampa. Chairman of the Republican National Convention Reince Priebus announced on August 25 that the convention would only convene for a short amount of time on August 27 and "immediately recess until Tuesday afternoon, August 28". At the same time, Governor of Florida Rick Scott announced he would not be attending the convention, together with Governor of Alabama Robert J. Bentley. On August 25, Governor Scott declared a state of emergency for the state of Florida ahead of Tropical Storm Isaac. Amtrak suspended the "Silver Meteor" and "Silver Star" train service from Orlando to Miami on Sunday, August 26. In Miami-Dade County, evacuations were ordered for residents living in mobile homes. Additionally, the bridges across the Port of Miami were closed during the height of Isaac. Orange juice prices increased due to the threat of the storm in Florida, which produces more than 75 percent of orange crops in the United States.
The Florida Division of Emergency Management was put into partial activation, and Florida Power & Light brought in at least 4,300 workers to help with expected power outages. Key West International Airport suspended all flights in preparation of Isaac, while all cruises and many theme parks were delayed. The United States Coast Guard activated hurricane condition "whiskey", restricting the transportation of watercraft until the storm passed. In South Florida, specifically in Monroe County, many schools were used as shelters. In Miami-Dade County, all public schools and universities – including Florida International University and the University of Miami – cancelled classes. While the airport in the county remained open, it cancelled hundreds of flights and delayed many others. As the storm passed, regular services became available once again. Across the remainder of the state, especially in coastal counties, most schools and government buildings were closed. In Escambia County, a mandatory evacuation was ordered for zones A, B, and C. Many shelters were opened for those who had nowhere to go, and all county schools were shut down. At Naval Air Station Pensacola, many planes were either evacuated from the base or placed into secure hangars. Farther east in Santa Rosa County, a mandatory evacuation was also ordered for zones A, B, and C, including all mobile home parks, campgrounds, low-lying areas, and RV parks. In Walton County, special needs and general shelters were opened to the public, and all schools and government offices were to be shut down throughout the duration of the storm. The Clyde B. Wells Bridge was also shut down in anticipation of tropical storm-force winds.
Louisiana.
Upon the issuing of hurricane watches warnings, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal declared a state of emergency for the entirety Louisiana, recommending evacuation of areas unprotected by levees or areas south of the Intracoastal Waterway. Mayor of New Orleans Mitch Landrieu took the same course of action for his city. However, he stated that the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, convention center, and Mercedes-Benz Superdome would not be emergency shelters. Residents of Plaquemines Parish's eastern bank were ordered a mandatory evacuation on August 26, while a voluntary evacuation was ordered for southern areas of the parish from Ironton to Venice. In other regions of the parish, levees were lined with visqueen to protect exposed dirt, with sandbags being added to levees in other locations including Pointe à la Hache. Evacuation orders were also placed for visitors and tourists in Grand Isle on the same day, with residents ordered to evacuate on August 27. In St. Charles Parish and Terrebonne Parish, 73,000 residents were ordered to evacuate. FEMA began to deliver meals and tarpaulins to the state on August 28. 4,000 National Guard troops were activated in the state. The closure of all schools and Universities in South East Louisiana, including Louisiana State University followed Gov. Jindal's State of Emergency declaration.
Governor Jindal announced that he would not attend the 2012 Republican National Convention and would remain in his state to take care of storm-related problems. On August 27, President Obama ordered federal aid to Louisiana to supplement state and local response efforts due to the emergency conditions resulting from Tropical Storm Isaac beginning on August 26, 2012. Governor Jindal on August 27 sent a letter to the Obama administration that the declaration fell short of the help he was requesting. Gov. Jindal had temporarily suspended Louisiana's licensing requirements for emergency medical technicians, to let medical assistance officials from other states help Louisiana respond to Hurricane Isaac. Louisiana Commissioner of Administration Paul Rainwater announced that all state government offices would be closed August 29. The US Army Corps of Engineers closed the Seabrook Floodgate and the IHNC Lake Borgne Surge Barrier to protect the New Orleans area from a storm surge.
Mississippi.
Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant declared a state of emergency the evening of August 26, 2012 The governor ordered mandatory evacuations to begin at 8 a.m. CT (9 a.m. ET) on August 27 for residents along the coast and in some low-lying areas inland. On August 27, the Jackson County Board of Supervisors ordered a mandatory evacuation of all areas south of U.S. Route 90. It included all areas south of US 90 in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, Gautier, Mississippi and Pascagoula, Mississippi. The evacuation was in effect as of 4pm CT.
Officials dispatched 1,500 National Guard troops to the state's three southern counties, as well as 45 state troopers to ease traffic flow.
On August 28, the president signed an emergency declaration for the state of Mississippi.
Alabama.
Alabama Governor Robert J. Bentley declared a state of emergency ahead of Isaac. Mandatory evacuations for Baldwin and Mobile counties beginning at 8:00 a.m. on August 27 for zones one and two. Governor Bentley soon announced that he would not be attending the 2012 Republican National Convention, and will remain in his state to take care of storm-related problems.
On August 28, Governor Bentley lifted the mandatory evacuation orders covering southern Baldwin and Mobile counties and issued voluntary orders for areas vulnerable to Isaac's expected impact.
Impact and aftermath.
Lesser Antilles.
In Martinique, a meteorologist reported at least of rain.
Venezuela.
Isaac did not directly impact Venezuela, but the storm's outer bands produced heavy rains over part of the country. In the state of Sucre, the Manzanares River overflowed its banks in the town of Cumanacoa, flooding approximately 1,200 homes, many of which were damaged and a few destroyed. Some residents had to be airlifted to safety. Similar flooding occurred elsewhere in the country, such as in Caracas where 40 families had to be evacuated. Across Caracas, transportation was significantly disrupted as the local Metro suspended service and debris blocked local roads. The most significant flooding in the city occurred in western areas where hundreds of families had to be evacuated. In the state of Monagas, heavy rains and high winds damaged a total of 47 homes. Several roads were blocked by downed trees and flooding, temporarily isolating a few cities. Across the states of Anzoátegui, Monagas, and Sucre, 3,200 families were affected by the floods and 600 homes were damaged or destroyed. In the state of Yaracuy, flooding destroyed 10 homes and affected 70 others. At least two people were killed and two others were listed as missing in various events related to the storm.
Greater Antilles.
Authorities estimated at least 30,000 residents were evacuated across the island of Hispaniola.
Haiti.
Isaac swept across Haiti's southern peninsula, bringing flooding and storms in areas affected by the January 2010 earthquake. A woman and a child died in the town of Souvenance, and a 10-year-old girl died in Thomazeau when a wall fell on her. A seven-year-old boy was electrocuted in the city of Gonaives. As many as 5,000 people were evacuated because of flooding, as scores of tents in quake settlement camps collapsed and at least 300 houses were flooded in the Port-au-Prince shantytown of Cité Soleil. Doctors Without Borders announced it anticipated a spike in cholera cases due to flooding and it was preparing to receive more patients. President Michel Martelly canceled his trip to Japan to coordinate emergency response efforts and visit residents with Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe. On August 26, 2012, the Haitian government announced that at least 14,000 people had left their homes, while another 13,500 were living in emergency shelters. According to official figures, at least a dozen houses were destroyed and 269 damaged during the storm. On August 28, the death toll in Haiti was revised up to at least 24, with three others missing. News reports in the area stated up to 29 deaths, however.
Agricultural losses across the country amounted to $242 million. Damage to the nation's electrical infrastructure reached 336 million gourdes (US$7.9 million).
Dominican Republic.
Authorities in the Dominican Republic evacuated nearly 7,800 people from low-lying areas, and at least 10 rural settlements were cut off by flooding. Parts of Santo Domingo lost electricity during the height of the storm. At least five fatalities were reported, including three men who drowned in flooded rivers, and 49 homes were destroyed throughout the country. Agricultural losses across the country were estimated to be at least $30 million.
Cuba.
The center of the storm crossed Cuba west of Maisí, the extreme eastern tip of Cuba, according to state television. In Baracoa, the electricity was cut off as a preventive measure, and at least two houses were destroyed by flooding. Authorities announced 230 people were in emergency shelters. Intermittent rains and gusty winds were present even in Havana, almost away.
Puerto Rico.
One indirect fatality occurred in Puerto Rico after a 75-year-old woman fell from a second-floor balcony in Bayamón while preparing for the storm. In Naguabo, minor coastal flooding had resulted in at least one road closure. Scattered to widespread power outages were also confirmed throughout Puerto Rico. Damage across Puerto Rico amounted to $3,000.
United States.
As of 12 P.M. (CDT) Thursday, August 30, power companies said more than 900,000 customers were without power in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Texas and Arkansas. 34 tornadoes touched down across the Southeast from August 27 to September 4 and Isaac (and later its remnants) moved across that part of the country.
Florida.
The storm impacted nearly all of Florida, despite not making landfall in the state. Due to the weak intensity and path offshore, damage was caused primarily by flooding, rather than winds. Persistent rainbands brought heavy precipitation to much of east-central and southeast Florida. In central Palm Beach County, the highest observed total precipitation was , though radars estimated that as much as fell in some areas. The resultant flooding left entire neighborhoods isolated and caused damage to homes, businesses, and roads in Palm Beach County. Other areas, such as Broward, Indian River, Martin, Miami-Dade, and St. Lucie counties, were also impacted by flooding, albeit less severely. Two people in Palm Beach County due to traffic accidents during the storm.
Despite the Florida Keys being the closest to the path of the storm, effects there were minimal. In Molasses Reef, sustained winds reached , while winds peaked at in Sombrero Key. Rainfall in the Florida Keys was light, peaking at at the National Weather Service Office in Key West. Winds were stronger in Miami-Dade County, reaching at the Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) headquarters in Virginia Key. Many trees and power lines were downed throughout the county, with an estimated 33,000 residences experiencing power outages. Tides reaching up to caused major beach erosion and minor coastal flooding in Naples. Between Everglades City and Chokoloskee, up to of tidal inundation occurred, leaving roads flooded, stranding some people. In Goodland, water entered a few homes but was mainly confined to streets, yards, and marinas. Less than 2,000 people were left without electricity in Collier County. Damage within that county was estimated to have reached $6 million. Throughout southeastern Florida, 113,000 people were left without electricity. Heavy rainfall fell in portions of Broward County, peaking at at the intersection of State Road 997 and Interstate 75 near Weston. Other significant precipitation totals include in Miramar, and in Coral Springs, with reported at numerous other locations in the county. Moderate to severe flooding occurred over parts of northern Broward County. In Lauderhill, canals overflowed their banks and streets were flooded for a few days. Additionally, a few homes sustained minor water damage. Water also entered a few homes and businesses in Tamarac. Standing water also forced the closure of a few on-ramps to the Sawgrass Expressway. Losses in Broward County reached $1 million.
The outer bands produced relatively strong winds in Palm Beach County. Wind gusts were estimated to have reached in Tequesta, where the shutters were ripped from a life guard stand and also moved the structure about from its original location. Additionally, winds in the area blew significant amounts of sand away, exposing rocks and creating drops. Slightly further south, waves of pounded the beaches of Jupiter, though only minimal beach erosion was reported. Nonetheless, hundreds of sea turtle nests were swept away, though 100 hatchlings were brought to the Loggerhead Marinelife Center in Juno Beach. In Palm Beach County, the outer bands dropped significant amounts of rainfall, with radar estimates as high as in some areas. The highest observed precipitation total, measured in that vicinity, was at Lion Country Safari in Loxahatchee, while fell in Boynton Beach, fell in Greenacres and fell in Wellington. Nearly all of the eastern half of Palm Beach County experienced at least of precipitation. The rains stranded several neighborhoods for several days. In some areas, flooding was considered the worst since Hurricane Irene in 1999. At the post office in Loxahatchee, the parking lot was flooded, forcing the building to close for several days. A major washout was reported in West Palm Beach at the intersection of State Roads 80 and 882. Also in West Palm Beach, a road collapsed and fire rescue crews quickly closed the road. On State Road 704, a portion of it became inaccessible to low-clearance vehicles. Several major and minor roads were also inundated by water in Wellington. Additionally, there was flooding at the intersections of Meadow Avenue and Greenview Shores Boulevard, and Indian Mound Road and South Shore Boulevard. Heavy rainfall left several leaking roofs at an apartment complex in Pahokee. In the southern portion of Palm Beach County, flooding and wind damage was also reported. Residents reported an unconfirmed tornado in Lake Worth. It knocked over some trees and damage a shed and some roofs, as well as cause a few power outages. The entrance to the gated community of Lawrence Grove in Boynton Beach was flooded by about of water and passable only by large pickup trucks. In Delray Beach, lightning struck a tree, causing part of it to fall through an awning, break a window, and slice into a house. Streets were littered with small branches and palm fronds in Boca Raton, while low-lying roads and swales were flooded with several inches of water. One small tree was uprooted across the street from City Hall. Initially, schools throughout the county were to remain open. However, in response to flooding, all Palm Beach County schools were closed on August 27 and August 28. Thereafter, all but eight county public schools – located in Loxahatchee and The Acreage – were opened. Damage estimates for Palm Beach County reached $71.59 million, $40 million of which was incurred to the Indian Trail Improvement District.
Precipitation amounts ranging from were common throughout Okeechobee County. The most significant impacts occurred in the city of Okeechobee and adjacent areas, such as Taylor Creek. Overflowing creeks and canals caused major flood damage to 14 homes, while another 146 had minor water intrusion. Several roads were temporarily closed due to standing water. Winds were relatively light, with gusts between along the northern shores of Lake Okeechobee. In nearby Martin County, rainfall averaged between . As a result, several roads in the county were temporarily impassable, while water entered one business complex in Palm City. Further north in St. Lucie County, rainfall amounts were similar. Standing water was reported on roads in Fort Pierce, Lakewood Park, Port St. Lucie, and White City.
The storm also produced heavy rainfall in Indian River County, with reported in Vero Beach. This was the highest observed precipitation total in the state of Florida during Isaac. Elsewhere in Indian River County, rainfall amounts were generally between . Throughout Indian River County, 27 homes and 2 single–family homes were flooded, while 20 roads were temporarily closed due to standing water. An EF0 tornado touched down in Vero Beach for about two minutes, damaging 118 mobile homes and 15 single family houses. The tornado caused $850,000 in losses. At the Vero Beach Municipal Airport, sustained winds reached . In Highlands County, up to of rain forced the closure of a small portion of U.S. Route 98 between Cowhouse Road and County Road 621 in Lorida. The inundation was caused by Arbuckle Creek overflowing and washing a few inches of water on the road. A damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service indicates that a tornado was spawned near St. Cloud in Osceola County. It destroyed an abandoned mobile home, leaving only a floor attachment to the frame. The tornado moved across a citrus grove, causing damage to trees and shrubs. Thereafter, it removed shingles and broke a window at one residence, while some fences nearby were toppled. Additionally, rainfall amounts ranging from left several roads impassable. The Myakka River overflowed in Sarasota County, flooding the Ramblers Mobile Home Park. Water rose up to the doorsteps of several units, while parking lots and grassy areas were inundated by water. Due to its weaker and further westward track than initially anticipated, impact in Hillsborough County and the city of Tampa was minimal during the Republican National Convention. On the first day of the convention, August 27, Isaac dropped of precipitation and brought sustained winds of to Tampa International Airport, with gusts up to . A waterspout moved onshore near Tampa, damaging 6 houses in addition to the fences and trees on those properties.<ref name="8/27tornadoes"></ref>
The outer bands and fringe of the storm produced light rainfall and two tornadoes in the Florida Panhandle. The first tornado in the region was spawned near Greenwood in Jackson County, but caused no damage. The other tornado touched down near Graceville in Holmes County and ripped off the front porch of a mobile home and downed numerous trees.<ref name="8/29tornadoes"></ref> Rainfall was reported for a 3-day period in Flagler County from August 26 to August 28. In Palm Coast, communities measured between of precipitation. Some minor flooding occurred in parking lots. Gusty winds of felled isolated trees in the western part of the county. A few trees were also blown down in Alachua County, one of which fell onto Main Street in Gainesville. Losses in Escambia and Santa Rosa Counties amounted to $10.4 million and $1.2 million respectively. Some coastal flooding occurred across portions of Bay, Franklin, Gulf, and Wakulla counties due to storm surge. Erosion was most significant in Franklin County, where storm surge was measured at in Apalachicola, while tides were above normal. Water Street in Apalachicola was inundated with over of water in some places. At St. George Island State Park, waves pushed pass the dune line and flooded parking areas. Losses were estimated at $500,000. In Bay County, storm surge reached at Panama City, while tides were above normal. The depth of inundation along 7th Avenue in Panama City ranged from a few inches to about one foot, while other roads in Lynn Haven and West Bay were also flooded. Tides along the coast of Gulf County flooded a road in Indian Pass and the access road to St. Joseph Peninsula State Park, causing closure of the park. In Wakulla County, minor coastal flooding was reported around St. Marks, with of water in a few businesses. The area experienced tidal flooding only about two months earlier during Tropical Storm Debby. One vacant home experienced minor water intrusion around the time of highest tide in Shell Point.
Louisiana.
While Isaac was moving ashore Louisiana, it produced a high storm surge that reached in Shell Beach. At the coast, the system's large size generated a strong storm surge that caused extensive damage to low-lying areas of the state. A National Ocean Service (NOS) tide gauge located on the southern end of Lake Borgne near Shell Beach registered a storm surge height of , the highest in association with the storm. The strong storm surge inundated areas of lower Louisiana. Areas of Plaquemines Parish were estimated to have been submerged under as much as of water, based on pressure sensors from the United States Geological Survey. In eastern areas of the parish, water had accumulated from Breton Sound against a levee. The rising water levels later overtopped the levee height, causing it to overflow and inundate primarily uninhabited areas between Braithwaite and Belair. The strong storm surge, in combination with strong winds forced the Mississippi River to flow upstream for nearly a day, rising as much as in Belle Chasse and in New Orleans. In nearby LaPlace, 5,000 homes were flooded by the surge. In contrast to the river's average flow rate downstream of per second, during the hurricane the river flowed upstream at a rate of per second. Isaac's storm surged flowed upstream along the Mississippi River as far north as Red River Landing, located from the river's mouth. In Louisiana, storm surge and storm tide-related impacts caused $493.5 million in damages and three deaths.
Hurricane Isaac dropped heavy rainfall across the state, particularly in eastern areas of Louisiana, which caused flash flooding and river flooding. Rainfall peaked at in Hammond. The city of New Orleans recorded of rainfall itself. Near Caesar, the East Hobolochitto Creek rose to a record crest above its flood stage due to the heavy rain. Runoff caused by heavy rainfall at the Tangipahoa River caused it to rise above its flood stage. In La Salle Parish, the heavy rains forced several road closures. Street flooding also occurred in New Orleans. A strong rainband remained stationary over Rapides Parish, flooding several structures and causing $10,000 in damages.
The large storm brought high winds across the state, with sustained winds of and gusts to on Grand Isle. As of Wednesday afternoon (Aug. 29), over 600,000 customers were reported without power in Louisiana, mainly in Metropolitan New Orleans. Flooding was reported in Slidell, Louisiana, as pumping stations were unable to keep up with rainfall rates. On the morning of August 30, Tangipahoa Parish officials issued a mandatory evacuation for those living on or near the Tangipahoa River from Kentwood to Robert after Lake Tangipahoa Dam at Percy Quin State Park near McComb, Mississippi sustained heavy damage. At the time, McComb Mayor Whitney Rodgers said there was a 50% chance the dam would fail. The dam held, and after the storm water was pumped over the dam to lower the lake levels and begin repairs. St. John the Baptist Parish was one of the hardest hit areas. A lack of a hurricane levee system and 8–10 ft storm surge caused massive flooding of hundreds of homes.
A 36-year-old man was killed in Vermilion Parish when he fell 18 feet from a tree while helping friends move a vehicle before the storm. After an initial rescue of 115 survivors from flooded homes in Braithwaite on the east bank of Plaquemines Parish on August 29, 2 bodies were discovered the next day floating in the kitchen of a flooded home, after a rescued evacuee in a shelter informed authorities of additional missing people. Authorities announced at least two others died in the state due to the storm, including a 75-year-old man who drowned after his car drove off a flooded highway near Slidell, and another man who died in a restaurant fire. Altogether, at least 901,000 homes lost electricity during the passage of Isaac in Louisiana, which accounts for 47% of the state's energy users. By August 31 these were down to less than 600,000 as emergency crews began operations across the region, although authorities warned it would be "days" until power was restored to everyone.
By September 1, more than 400,000 customers in the state remained without power.
Hurricane Isaac damaged nearly 59,000 homes across southeast Louisiana, which is four times more than previously estimated.
Mississippi.
A storm surge was reported in Hancock County on August 28. Wind gusts reached in Gulfport. Three adults and one infant in Mississippi were rescued overnight from a houseboat. There are about 2,132 evacuees housed in 31 shelters across the state and about 4,000 homes were without power as of 5:30 a.m. CT. A man was crushed in the cab of his tow truck in Picayune, Mississippi after a tree fell on it, while he was on a call to assist a stranded motorist. A 62-year-old woman died in similar circumstances on August 30. The National Weather Service reported that of rain had fallen at Kiln, Mississippi through 7:00 PM CDT on August 30; was recorded at Gulfport.
The excessive rain from Isaac also eroded the Lake Tangipahoa Dam at Percy Quin State Park, causing it to nearly break and flood the already-high Tangipahoa River.
Alabama.
of rain was recorded at Mobile Regional Airport through Wednesday, Aug. 29. Coastal flooding was reported in several towns in Mobile and Baldwin Counties including Bayou la Batre, Gulf Shores and Orange Beach. Hurricane Isaac uncovered the shipwreck of The Rachael—an early 20th-century vessel that ran aground in Gulf Shores, Alabama.
According to the Alabama Historical Commission, the ship is believed to have run into rough waters while carrying timber in 1930.
Arkansas.
In Arkansas, damages from the remnants of Hurricane Isaac totaled to at least $30.504 million statewide. Although no deaths were reported, three people were injured in Arkansas. Heavy rainfall from the storm complex caused flooding throughout the state. In Pine Bluff, Arkansas, numerous streets and homes were flooded, along with other structures. In addition, schools in the region, most notably the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, were forced to closed early due to the storm. Schools in other areas of Arkansas were also forced to close early. Other areas of the state encountered flash flooding after slow-moving rainbands dropped heavy rains in localized areas. Rainfall peaked at in White Hall, Arkansas. While the rainfalls benefited hay crops and pastures, rice crops were heavily damaged, and cotton, corn, and soybean crops suffered relatively minor damage. As a result of the rainfall, several rivers in the state experienced flooding. The worst river flooding impacts were felt in Brooklyn, Arkansas, where the nearby Black Creek caused damage to 15 homes near its banks after overflowing. Despite the rainfall, Isaac's remnants did not lessen the ongoing drought conditions in Arkansas.
Strong winds from Isaac's remnants blew down power poles in Arkansas County, amounting to $4,000 in damages. Strong winds also felled numerous trees. Fallen tree branches were also responsible for taking down power lines. Downed power lines and other electrical issues caused by Isaac resulted in a power outage for more than 20,000 electricity customers in Arkansas.
Aftermath.
Following the storm, Governor of Florida Rick Scott attended a briefing at the South Florida Water Management District before boarding a helicopter to tour flooded areas of Palm Beach County. Scott said, "We've got to take care of everybody's needs but we've got to get our state back to work," and also encouraged tourists to return to the state, especially in Key West, where hotel owners were considering cancelling reservations for Labor Day. A Florida state fund known as "Neighbors to the Rescue" – with the purpose of distributing money to help recovery efforts for victims of Isaac – was activated by the governor. The area already qualified for small business loans due to a state of emergency and after the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) reviewed damage assessments, President of the United States Barack Obama considered a disaster declaration. Initially, FEMA denied a disaster declaration. In response, Governor Scott mailed a letter of appeal to FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate. The appeal was accepted, and on October 18, 2012, President Obama issued a disaster declaration for Bay, Collier, Escambia, Franklin, Gulf, Martin, Monroe, Okaloosa, Palm Beach, St. Lucie, and Santa Rosa counties.
Besides for effects on populated areas, Isaac also had a dramatic effect on the wetlands and barrier islands of southern Louisiana which provide large amounts of biodiversity and offer numerous advantages to humans. The United States Geological Survey conducted multiple aerial surveys of landmasses specifically vulnerable to hurricanes. These surveys were done before and after Hurricane Isaac in order to provide a comparison. Photos of the Chandeleur Islands, a series of barrier islands off of the eastern coast of southern Louisiana, show significant erosion caused by wind and storm surge. Additionally, almost all of the pre-storm vegetation was lost.
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Stanisław Baranowski (25 March 1935 – 27 August 1978) was a Polish glaciologist and leader or member of a number of scientific expeditions to Spitsbergen and Antarctica. He died as a result of an accident near the Henryk Arctowski Polish Antarctic Station while on expedition. At the time of his death, he was head of the Department of Metereology and Climatology at the University of Wrocław. Stanisław Baranowski Spitsbergen Polar Station and Baranowski Glacier are named after him.
Biography.
Stanisław Baranowski was born in Gdynia, Poland on 25 March 1935 and graduated from the University of Wrocław in 1955. He carried out studies in glaciology and climatology and participated in many polar expeditions, beginning with the expedition to Spitsbergen during the International Geophysical Year (1957–1958). Subsequently, he organized and led a number of Polish expeditions to that region, as well as to Canada, Iceland and the Sudety Mountains in Poland. He wrote over fifty scientific articles and papers. In 1971, he became a docent and the head of the Department of Metereology and Climatology at the University of Wrocław. He received his habilitation in 1976.
In January 1978, while sleeping near the Henryk Arctowski Polish Antarctic Station on King George Island in the South Shetland Islands, he was poisoned by gas escaping from a leaking cylinder. Despite receiving medical treatment, he never regained consciousness and died in a hospital in Bytom, Poland on 27 August 1978. His obituary, published in the "Journal of Glaciology", stated the following: "Stanisław Baranowski was widely known and universally liked, and it is especially tragic that he died so young and while at the height of his creative powers."
The polar station he had founded in Spitsbergen was named the Stanisław Baranowski Spitsbergen Polar Station in his memory. A commemorative plaque has been put up at the Henryk Arctowski Polish Antarctic Station where he suffered his accident. The Baranowski Glacier is also named after him.
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Alim radar system
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Alim is the first Iranian passive radar. Passive radars do not transmit. Instead, they detect and track objects by processing reflections from non-cooperative sources of illumination in the environment, such as commercial broadcast and communications signals.
Alim is cheaper and has lower maintenance cost than conventional radars because it lacks a transmitter and movable mechanical parts. It requires high processing power, as six levels of processing are needed to track targets. Other advantages include the ability to detect low RCS targets at low altitudes. Since it doesn't transmit, it is immune to anti radiation missiles such as American AGM-88 HARM, thus it can be deployed near enemy lines.
It was first seen in 2011 during the parade of Iranian armed forces. The radar has a stated range of between 250 and 300 km and is claimed to be able to detect slow, low flying targets with relative ease.
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The 2004–05 Butler Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Butler University in the 2004–05 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Todd Lickliter, serving his 4th year. The Bulldogs played their home games at Hinkle Fieldhouse.
Schedule.
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Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos High School
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Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos Puerto Rican High School (PACHS) is an alternative high school located in the Humboldt Park neighborhood on the Paseo Boricua in Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is named for Puerto Rican nationalist Pedro Albizu Campos, and was founded in 1972 as La Escuelita Puertorriqueña, originally in the basement of a Chicago church. The school is NALSAS accredited, a founding member of the Alternative Schools Network, and a campus of the Youth Connection Charter School in Chicago. PACHS celebrated its 50th anniversary in October 2022.
School history.
PACHS was founded by concerned community members in response to a March 1971 study that cited a 71.2% high school dropout rate for Puerto Rican youth. Originally named "La Escuelita Puertorriqueña", the school began in the basement of a Chicago church as a response to alleged Eurocentric curricula and purported negative pedagogical conditions faced by Puerto Ricans in public schools. By 1974, the school had been moved two miles northeast of [Paseo Boricua], where it remained until moving to its current location on Division.
The Lolita Lebrón Family Learning Center is a satellite program of the high school which integrates educational activities for young adults and children, provides daycare services, and offer classes in women's health and wellness at the high school. In March, 2011, PACHS inaugurated a rooftop greenhouse as an extension of its science lab in order to teach students about urban agriculture and help address the high rates of obesity and diabetes in Humboldt Park, which may explain its 2006 designation as an urban "Food Desert".
Academics.
YCCS-Albizu Campus is rated a 1 out of 10 by GreatSchools.org, a national school quality information site. GreatSchools’ Summary Rating is based on four of the school’s themed ratings: the Test Score Rating, Student or Academic Progress Rating, College Readiness Rating, and Equity Rating and flags for discipline and attendance disparities at a school.
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Barbara Parker (California politician)
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Barbara Parker was the city attorney of Oakland, California, from 2011 to 2025. Born in Seattle, Parker was one of the first African American women to graduate Harvard Law School. After 20 years working as an attorney in the Oakland City Attorney's Office, Parker was appointed city attorney to fill the vacancy left by John Russo. Parker won three elections in 2012, 2016 and 2020 to keep the seat. She is the first and only African American woman elected to citywide office in Oakland. While in office, Parker led the office in lawsuits concerning cannabis regulation, the finance industry, climate change and the environment, and human trafficking.
Early life and career.
Parker is a native of Seattle. Parker's mother was a sharecropper and her father was a farmer in Arkansas. Parker's parents moved to Seattle for economic opportunity. Parker recalls facing racial discrimination in her childhood, and she was encouraged by her parents to improve the conditions of Black people.
Parker earned an undergraduate degree in economics from the University of Washington. She and her siblings are the first generation in her family's history to go to college.
Parker was one of the very few African American women at Harvard Law School when she graduated in 1975.
Political career.
Parker worked briefly as a corporate attorney and then as a federal prosecutor in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California from 1978 to 1983. She began working for the Oakland City Attorney's office in 1991. According to the city attorney's office, Parker became Chief Assistant City Attorney in 2000, second in command to City Attorney John Russo. In 2005, Parker was appointed to the Judicial Council of California.
When Russo resigned to become city manager of neighboring Alameda, California in 2011, he appointed Parker as acting city attorney. The Oakland City Council appointed Parker as city attorney on July 19, 2011, filling the vacancy until the end of the term in 2013.
Elections.
In November 2012, Parker was elected to become the second elected Oakland City Attorney, defeating Councilmember Jane Brunner by 68 to 31 percent. Parker is the first and only African American woman elected to citywide office in Oakland.
In November 2016, Parker ran unopposed for re-election.
In November 2020, Parker ran against Elias Ferran and was elected to a third 4-year term with 80.4% of the vote.
Parker chose not to run for re-election in 2024. She was succeeded by Ryan Richardson.
Cases.
Major cases include a lawsuit against the federal government to uphold Oakland's right to regulate and license medical cannabis dispensaries, and an antitrust action against big banks that has recovered more than $1 million from financial institutions including Wachovia and JPMorgan.
As city attorney, Parker sued numerous hotels and motels for allowing and profiting from prostitution/human trafficking. In 2012, Parker's office forced the closure of two hotels for a year. In 2015, Parker filed suit against a hotel near Mills College known for crimes including drug trafficking, robbery, and rape. Some hotels shut down; others settled and agreed to improve conditions.
In 2013, Parker won a record $15 million judgment against an immigration consulting business that preyed on and defrauded immigrant families seeking legal residency in the U.S.
In September 2017, Parker and San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera filed lawsuits against the top five largest investor-owned oil and gas companies. The lawsuits ask the courts to hold these companies responsible for the costs of sea walls and other infrastructure necessary to protect Oakland and San Francisco from ongoing and future consequences of climate change and sea level rise caused by the companies' production of massive amounts of fossil fuels. The oil companies tried to keep these lawsuits in federal court, where they would be more likely to be dismissed. But in 2022, a federal judge rejected this bid, allowing Oakland and San Francisco to continue prosecution of their climate justice and public nuisance lawsuits in California courts.
Monsanto.
In 2015, Parker sued the giant chemical company Monsanto to hold it accountable for "vast contamination" of Oakland's storm water system and the San Francisco Bay. Parker's office also filed a federal lawsuit against Wells Fargo to recover damages caused by predatory and discriminatory mortgage lending practices by the bank against African American and Latino borrowers.
In 2020, Oakland joined a nationwide class action suit lawsuit against Monsanto and pharmaceutical giant Bayer, which acquired Monsanto in 2016. In 2022, Oakland received an estimated $7.5 million as part of a $527.5 million settlement, to monitor or clean up PCB contamination of public water sources.
Legislation.
In 2012, Parker co-sponsored legislation with Councilmember Nancy Nadel to increase penalties for unsanctioned graffiti and property owners who do not clean up graffiti. The legislation passed.
Parker proposed a law with Councilmember Lynette Gibson McElhaney to increase penalties for illegal dumping.
Parker co-authored a comprehensive ethics reform act adopted by the city council in 2015, and her office has required landlords in Oakland to fix substandard living conditions.
Parker co-sponsored a gun safety ordinance to reduce theft of firearms from vehicles. The law makes it a crime to leave firearms, magazines or ammunition unsecured in unattended vehicles on city streets and in other public places.
Parker was named a "2016 California Champion of Choice" by NARAL Pro-Choice California for her work on the ordinance.
Campaigns.
Parker's office spearheaded a campaign to crack down on illegal dumping in Oakland using videos and other evidence submitted by the public.
Awards.
In 2013, Parker received the "Distinguished Public Service Award" from the International Municipal Lawyers Association.
The State Bar of California named Parker Public Lawyer of the Year in 2015.
In January 2018, the Alameda County Bar Association recognized Parker's Office with the Distinguished Service Award (Law Firm of the Year).
Personal life.
As of 2020, Parker lives in the Haddon Hill neighborhood east of Lake Merritt. She has one daughter she raised as a single mother.
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McElhinney's
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McElhinney's is a 3-storey fifteen-department store located in Ballybofey, County Donegal. It is the largest department store in Ireland outside Dublin. It has been named National Retail Store of the Year and Best Superstore at the Retail Excellence Ireland Awards, among other awards for Outstanding Customer Service, Occasionwear, Bridal and more. Alongside Finn Park, MacCumhaill Park and a few hotels, McElhinney's is one of Ballybofey's more recognisable landmarks.
There is another store with the same name in County Meath but there is no connection between that and McElhinney's of Ballybofey.
History.
McElhinney's was founded by John McElhinney in 1968. John McElhinney spent his time driving around Donegal selling his wares from the back of a van. Then he set up a small shop in Glenfin Street, Ballybofey, where he operated from for 8 years before opening the current Department Store on Lower Main Street. The current business has faced adversity throughout the years, including surviving both a flood in 1985, and firebomb attack in 1987.
In 1977, the store began to sell Wedding Dresses. The Bridal Rooms have been nominated and won multiple awards including; Best Bridal Retailer 2016 by Xposé Frockadvisor Awards, Bridalwear Supplier of the Year 2016 by Weddings Online Awards, and Wedding Boutique of the Year (Borders) at The Irish Wedding Awards 2017, among many others.
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Light House Cinema
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The Light House Cinema is an art cinema with 614 seats across four screens in Dublin, Ireland, which also serves as one of the venues for the Dublin International Film Festival.
From 1988–1996, the original Light House Cinema was located in an art-deco venue on Middle Abbey Street. A new government-funded cinema was built and opened in Smithfield, Dublin in 2008. It briefly closed in 2011 following the Dublin property crash, but the property was taken over National Asset Management Agency (NAMA).
In 2012, the cinema was taken over by Element Pictures and reopened. It has since become successful and popular with locals, thanks to its more eclectic mix of films including art-house and Hollywood blockbusters, as well as regular classic screenings.
The cinema also hosts quiz nights, book clubs, specially-hosted cult film screenings, and a cinema music festival called 'One Two One Two Music Festival'.
Screen 1 holds an audience of 277; Screen 2 holds 153; Screen 3 holds 116; and Screen 4 holds 68.
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Shaun O'Brien (cyclist)
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Shaun O'Brien (born 31 May 1969) is an Australian cyclist. He won the silver medal in the Men's team pursuit at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
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Indian motorcycle Grand Prix
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The Indian motorcycle Grand Prix is a motorcycling event that has been held once in 2023 as part of the FIM Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. The grand prix was held at the Buddh International Circuit situated at Jaypee Sports City near Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Following the cancellation of the 2024 edition due to organizational issues, a new three-year contract was signed with the Government of Uttar Pradesh, effective through to 2027. However, the return of the Grand Prix was further postponed until 2026 due to difficulties finding a promoter and circuit upgrade deadlines.
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Megavitiornis altirostris is an extinct, flightless, giant stem-galliform bird that was endemic to Fiji, it is the only known species in the genus Megavitiornis. Originally thought to be a megapode, more recent morphological studies indicate a close relationship with "Sylviornis" of New Caledonia, with both genera belonging to the family Sylviornithidae outside of the Galliformes crown group. It is likely that it became extinct through overhunting shortly after the colonisation of the Fiji Islands by humans.
Etymology.
The genus is monotypic, with the generic name "Megavitiornis" derived from the Greek "mega" (great), "viti" (Fiji), and "ornis" (bird). The specific epithet "altirostris" comes from Latin "altus" (high or noble), and "rostrum" (bill), referring to the extraordinarily large vertical dimension of its bill. Worthy also suggested “Noble Megapode” would be an appropriate vernacular name for the bird.
History.
It was described by New Zealand palaeontologist Trevor Worthy in October 1998 from subfossil remains collected by Worthy, G. Udy and S. Mataraba. Sites containing remains include the Udit Tomo cave at Wainibuku, Voli Voli and Delai-ni-qara caves on the island of Viti Levu, as well as on Naigani Island. The holotype is held by the Museum of New Zealand (reg. no: S.037362). In its time it was probably the largest bird in Fiji.
Description and ecology.
The bird's flightlessness is evident in its large body size, the extreme reduction of pectoral girdle elements and the loss of a keel on the sternum. The size and proportions of the bill are unlike those of any living fowl and, with a depth of 28% of the length, extraordinarily deep compared to modern galliforms. Worthy speculates that it was used for cracking the hard seeds of large forest fruits; there are several tropical forest trees native to Fiji producing hard seeds that cannot be cracked by any living birds or bats in the islands.
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Sri Angan also known as Shree Angon is an Ashram set up by Prabhu Jagadbandhu the founder of Mahanam Sampradaya in Faridpur, Bengal Presidency, British India in 1899 C.E. This ashram is the headquarters of the Mahanam Sampraday in Bangladesh. During the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971 the Pakistani Army killed 8 monks in the Ashram during the Sree Angan massacre while they were praying and damaged the ashram. Janmastami is celebrated with great religious fervour every year. A procession in honour of the Hindu God Krishna is taken through the town.
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Monte Croce di Muggio
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Monte Croce di Muggio is a mountain of Lombardy in Italy with an elevation of . It is located near Lake Como, close to the city of Bellano.
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Milestones (1975 film)
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Milestones is a 1975 American drama film directed by Robert Kramer and John Douglas.
Plot.
"A many-faceted portrait of those individuals who sought radical solutions to social problems in the United States during the 1960s and 1970s. It cuts back and forth between six major story lines and more than fifty characters, and across a vast landscape, to explore the lifestyles and attitudes of the American left who faced both personal and historical transitions in the period following the Vietnam War." said Laurence Kardish, curator at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
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Nikola Perlić
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Nikola Perlić (4 February 1912 – 19 January 1986) was a Yugoslavian footballer who played in top league clubs in Yugoslavia and France, and played for the Yugoslavia national team.
Club career.
Born in Slavonski Brod, Austro-Hungary (nowadays Croatia), Perlić was not tall but strong and reliable, playing either as an attacking midfielder or a winger, remembered by strong and effective shots from mid-distance. His playing style was characterised as simple and rational, pressing always the ball and fighting all over the field. He is among the players with longest playing careers at that period: 25 years.
Perlić started playing in the youth team of local club ŠK Proleter. He moved to a major local club, NK Marsonia, where he became senior and played between 1927 and 1933. In 1933 he moved to the national capital, Belgrade, and signed with one of the major Yugoslav clubs, SK Jugoslavija. His good exhibitions will make him with Jugoslavija will earn him 3 calls for the Belgrade representative team (it was usual at that time major cities to have their own selections), and later in 1936 his first call to the national team.
In 1937 Perlić moved to France and played one season with Lille OSC in the Ligue 1. The following year he returned to SK Jugoslavija and played further two seasons in the Yugoslav National Championship. In August 1940 he moved to ŠK Bata Borovo and played with them in the 1940–41 Serbian League. However at the end of the season the Second World War started and the Yugoslav football was reorganised. During the war, Nikola Perlić would be twice imprisoned for his resistance activities. He would appear again in the football fields after the war ended, wearing again the colors of Borovo, now renamed into Slaven Borovo. He will stay in Borovo until 1953 finishing his career at the impressive age of 41.
International career.
His debut for the Yugoslavia national team was on 6 September 1936, in a 9:3 win in a friendly match against Poland in Belgrade. His fairway match was on 12 November 1939, in a 0:2 loss against Hungary in Belgrade. In between Perlić made a total of 8 appearances and scored 3 goals. His highlight at the national team occurred on 18 May 1939, when he scored the winning goal against England in a 2:1 victory in Belgrade.
Personal life.
After retiring Perlić became a tailor. He died on 19 January 1986, in Borovo (SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia).
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Wycombe Abbey School Changzhou (WASCZ; 常州市武进区威雅实验学校, or 常州威雅 in short), formerly Wycombe Abbey School, is a school in Wujin District, Changzhou, China. It is affiliated to Wycombe Abbey School in the United Kingdom.
WASCZ is managed by BE Education and is a boarding school, from kindergarten to year 12. WASCZ aims to prepare students to study abroad, primarily in the United Kingdom and United States by offering both IGCSE and A-Level study programmes. WAISCZ is open to both Chinese and foreign students aged 2–18.
The school moved to its new campus in February 2015. The campus includes teaching buildings, a swimming pool and boathouse, a theatre building, indoor basketball and tennis courts and outdoor sports facilities consisting of a stadium with a grass sports field.
In September 2016, it was rebranded as Wycombe Abbey School and is the first overseas affiliate of Wycombe Abbey School in the United Kingdom. It enrols both male and female students, while the mother school in the UK only enrols female students. , the school had students from at least 18 countries, with Chinese students making up about 80% of the student body.
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Sally Tanner
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Sally Tanner (December 28, 1926 – August 20, 2021) was an American politician who represented California's 60th District in the California State Assembly from 1978 to 1992. During her legislative career she served as chair of the Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee. Tanner authored a consumer protection act that came to be colloquially referred to as the California Lemon Law (lemon law). In 1987 she co-founded the legislature's "Woman of the Year" program. She became a recipient of the honor in 2009. She was a Democrat.
Education and background.
Tanner attended Pasadena Community College and the Art Center School of Design in Los Angeles, California, after which she worked in advertising design and commercial art. She married and had two sons, Timothy and Christopher.
Political career.
Tanner's political career began as a volunteer for the 1956 Adlai Stevenson II presidential campaign followed by experience as an Administrative Assistant to both 58th District California Assemblyman Harvey Johnson for ten years and Congressman George E. Danielson. In 1979 Tanner ran for Representative from California's 60th District and served for 14 years.
In 1981, she helped Willie Brown become California's first African American Speaker of the Assembly. When he helped create California's first standing committee on the environment, the Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee, Tanner was appointed the first chair. The committee generally considered bills relating to environmental pollutants, chemical and toxic hazards, and product safety.
Tanner introduced numerous bills to clean up the environment throughout her career. In 1982, she authored a California law (Civil Code Section § 1793.22 et. seq.) which was officially named the Tanner Consumer Protection Act, even though commonly and officially known as the "California Lemon Law." It mandates refunds, replacements or compensation to consumers for life-threatening problems unfixed in new vehicles for the first 18,000 miles or 18 months, whichever is first. On 1 January 2001, the law was amended to consider a vehicle a lemon if two repair attempts fail.
Tanner was a founding member of the California Legislative Women's Caucus in 1985. At the same time, she was appointed to the Governor's task force on waste, energy and technology and asked to formulate a state waste management plan by Governor George Deukmejian. In 1987, with Republican Assemblywoman Bev Hansen, Tanner co-founded the legislative "Woman of the Year" program.
Later life and death.
When she retired in 1992, Sally Tanner Park () in Rosemead, California and a street in El Monte was named "Sally Tanner Drive" in her honor.
In retirement in Ferndale, California, Tanner fished, read and painted, and started the local Democratic Caucus.
In 2009, as part of Women's History Month, Assemblyman Wes Chesbro named Tanner to be the First Assembly District's Woman of the Year. Chesbro said, "The Northcoast was very fortunate when one of California's great environmental leaders, Sally Tanner chose to move to Ferndale for her retirement. Sally has lived quietly in Ferndale, but she has been a great source of wisdom and advice for me and my predecessors in the Assembly, Patty Berg and Dan Hauser."
In 2013, Tanner and Patricia Hofstetter, a retired California municipal court judge, were the only two female competitors in the 31st Annual Chopper Steelhead Derby on the Smith and Chetco rivers which they won by catching and releasing the largest fish of the derby, a 36.5 inch steelhead.
Tanner died in Ferndale, California in August 2021 at the age of 94.
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2012–13 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
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2012–13 FIS Cross-Country World Cup was a multi-race tournament over the season for cross-country skiers. It was the 32nd official World Cup season in cross-country skiing for men and women. The season started on 24 November 2012 in Gällivare, Sweden, and ended on 24 March 2013 in Falun, Sweden.
This season's biggest event was the Tour de Ski and the 2013 World Championships.
Points distribution.
The table shows the number of points won in the 2012–13 Cross-Country Skiing World Cup for men and women.
Every skier's results in all distance races and sprint races counts towards the overall World Cup totals.
All distance races, included individual stages in Tour de Ski and in World Cup Final (which counts as 50% of a normal race), count towards the distance standings. All sprint races, including the sprint races during the Tour de Ski and the first race of the World Cup final (which counts as 50% of a normal race), count towards the sprint standings.
In mass start races bonus points are awarded to the first 10 at each bonus station.
The Nations Cup ranking is calculated by adding each country's individual competitors' scores and scores from team events. Relay events count double (see World Cup final positions), with only one team counting towards the total, while in team sprint events two teams contribute towards the total, with the usual World Cup points (100 to winning team, etc.) awarded.
Achievements.
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2012–13 FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup
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The 2012/13 FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup was the thirty fourth World Cup season in freestyle skiing organised by International Ski Federation. The season started on 22 August 2012 and ended on 25 March 2013. This season included five disciplines: moguls, aerials, ski cross, halfpipe and slopestyle.
Podium table by nation.
Table showing the World Cup podium places (gold–1st place, silver–2nd place, bronze–3rd place) by the countries represented by the athletes.
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2012–13 ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup
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The 2012–13 ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season for short track speed skating. The season began on 19 October 2012 and ended on 12 February 2013. The World Cup was organised by the ISU who also ran world cups and championships in speed skating and figure skating.
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2012–13 Skeleton World Cup
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The 2012–13 Skeleton World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season for skeleton. The season started on 8 November 2012 in Lake Placid, New York, United States, and ended on 17 February 2013 in Sochi, Russia. The World Cup is organised by the FIBT who also run World Cups and Championships in bobsleigh. This season was sponsored by Viessmann.
Calendar.
Below is the schedule of the 2012–13 season
External links.
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Your Body (Christina Aguilera song)
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"Your Body" is a song by American singer Christina Aguilera from her seventh studio album, "Lotus" (2012). Savan Kotecha and Tiffany Amber wrote the song with its producers Max Martin and Shellback. RCA Records premiered the song on "On Air with Ryan Seacrest" on September 14, 2012, and later sent it to US contemporary hit and rhythmic radio stations two days later as the lead single from "Lotus". "Your Body" is an R&B, electro, EDM and pop number with elements from dubstep and Eurodance. Its lyrics express Aguilera's desire to have sex with an anonymous partner.
"Your Body" received generally positive reviews from music critics, some of them praised Aguilera's vocals while others criticized its lyrical theme and the synthesizers used in the track. The single achieved moderate success on the charts. Internationally, "Your Body" reached number one in Belarus and the Top-10 in Canada and Lebanon while reaching Top-20 in the UK, Scotland and Japan, and Top-40 in most other countries, including Germany, Denmark, New Zealand, Spain, Switzerland, Hungary, Romania and the United States, where it peaked at number 34 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 with first-week sales of 103,000 copies, as well as debuting at number 10 on the Billboard Digital Songs chart and topping the Dance Club Songs chart.
An accompanying music video for "Your Body" was released on September 28, 2012. Directed by Melina Matsoukas and shot in Los Angeles, California, the video portrays Aguilera as a woman who kills men after seducing them. It was met with generally positive reviews from critics, who deemed it one of Aguilera's best music videos. On November 2, 2012, Aguilera performed "Your Body" on the "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" with Jimmy Fallon and The Roots. The song was later included in the setlist for Aguilera's Vegas residency .
Background.
In December 2011, it was announced that Aguilera was teaming up with Swedish hit producer Max Martin on her comeback single for her then upcoming album. On July 3, 2012, "Billboard" reported that the "club banger" would be officially produced by Martin. Writing for the same publication, Andrew Hampp thought that their collaboration was very "surprising" because Martin had been working with a lot of artists, including Backstreet Boys, *NSYNC, and Britney Spears; however, "Your Body" was the first song Martin wrote for Aguilera, as Aguilera had previously wanted to differentiate herself from the aforementioned acts. During an interview with the magazine, she commented on the Swedish producer, saying "Max is legendary in the business. He's known about me but we haven't crossed paths... It's taken us a decade in the same business and watching each other from a distance, so for us to now come together and respect each other's work ethic and how we like to be heard and making a marriage out of it, I think "Your Body" is the best culmination of that".
Release and artwork.
Before its official release, an uncensored demo version of "Your Body" was leaked to the web on August 23, 2012, entitled "Fuck Your Body", where she sings "All I wanna do is fuck your body" in the chorus. On September 12, 2012, Aguilera revealed details about "Lotus" and "Your Body" via Twitter, including the cover artwork. RCA Records premiered the song on "On Air with Ryan Seacrest" on September 14, 2012. Two days later, the single was serviced to contemporary hit rhythmic radio stations in the United States. "Your Body" was available via iTunes Stores worldwide for digital download on September 17, 2012. It was also digitally release in the United Kingdom on November 2, 2012; three remixes of the track was purchased for online sales the same day. The CD single version for "Your Body" was released in Germany and the United States on November 9 and November 27, respectively.
The single's cover artwork sees Aguilera "nearly" naked, wrapping in a "sheer blush-colored" piece of fabric and barely covering her breasts with her long flowing hair, while her arms are outstretched over her head. It also features Aguilera's "all curves"; TJ from "Neon Limelight" called the cover "sizzling" and wrote that it features her "bodacious curves on full display". Rebecca Macatee of E! Online labelled the artwork "an R-rated recreation" of "Genie in a Bottle". MTV Buzzworthy's Byron Flitsch praised the cover, calling it "a stunning cover art that has rendered us totally speechless". Fuse's Nicole James and Andrew Stout from "SF Weekly" compared Aguilera's image on the artwork to that of Marilyn Monroe in the photo shoot "The Last Sitting".
Composition and lyrical interpretation.
"Your Body" is a midtempo R&B, electro, EDM and pop number with dance-pop production, a Eurodance beat and dubstep influences in its middle eight. The song features heavy synthesizers, "stuttering" drums, and "hard-hitting" beats. According to Gregory Hicks from "The Michigan Daily", "Your Body" is musically similar to Jessie J's 2011 song "Abracadabra". Chris Martins from "Spin" commented that the song "has a mellow thrust that hits muted transcendence for the chorus before dipping back down into that bummer bump". The chorus and the bridge features Aguilera's "powerful" vocals, provided by heavy synthesizers over a "booming" Eurodance beat. "Entertainment Weekly" reviewer Melissa Maerz noted that Aguilera's vocals are provided by too much synthesizers. Gregory Hicks of "The Michigan Daily" compared her "synthesized" voice on the song to those in Maroon 5's "One More Night", which was also produced by Martin.
In "Your Body", Aguilera sings of having a one-night stand with a random man. In the first verse, she "angrily" purrs, "So open the box, don't need no key, I'm unlocked". Synthesizers and "stuttering" drums are featured at the pre-chorus, "Don't even tell me your name/ All I need to know is whose place/ And let's get walking". Chris Martins of "Spin" commented that the lyrics actually means, "The economy is in the tank, congress can't agree on anything, war and natural disasters consume us ... so, what else can we do but make love?" At the second verse, she tells her lover, "I am a freak, I'm disturbed/ So come on and give me your worst/ We're moving faster than slow/ If you don't know where to go/ I'll finish off on my own". The four-on-the-floor refrain has Aguilera "flaunting her famous pipes" on the chorus, "All I wanna do is love your body/ Tonight's your lucky night, I know you want it". In a track-by-track review for "Lotus", "Billboard" critic Andrew Hampp thought that the song "doesn't peak" until Aguilera "growls", "I think you already know my name" at the bridge. According to Jason Lipshutz from "Billboard" and Robert Cospey of Digital Spy, the lyrics of "Your Body" are similar to Aguilera's previous single "Dirrty" (2002).
Reception.
Critical reception.
"Your Body" garnered generally positive reviews from music critics. In a positive feedback, a reviewer from "Billboard" wrote that "it's clear the diva is going for broke". Writing for Digital Spy, Robert Cospey scored the single a four stars out of five rating and labelled it one of Aguilera's best tracks. Jon Caramanica from "The New York Times" picked the song as one of the stand-out songs from "Lotus" that highlighted Aguilera's "volcanic" vocals, naming it "sweaty and bold". Mikeal Wood from the "Los Angeles Times" praised "Your Body"'s musical diversity from her previous 2010 record "Bionic" and complimented Aguilera's "powerhouse" vocals on the track. Sarah Deen for "Metro" praised the single as "a funky, thumping dance number that is one for the girls to dance around their handbags to". Writing for "The Guardian", Issy Sampson praised the song for being "everything you want from [Aguilera]: loud yelling, lyrics about crap one-night stands and a slutty video." The "PopCrush" critic Amy Sciarretto opined that "the song is as slick as it is sultry". She also labelled "Your Body" as a "club banger", cheered Aguilera's vocal ability and considered the lyrics "sexy". In a review for "Album Confessions" Aguilera's "powerhouse vocals" were praised, and the song itself has been called "a full-fledge, dance floor ready, sweat-pouring pop song that should get everybody in the clubs on the feet". Alexis L. Loinaz from E! Online also provided a positive review, stating that the song "promises to be a major dance-floor stomper, laying on the synths atop a thumping bass line as the power belter's potent vocals pile on the decibels".
In a mixed review, Melissa Maerz from "Entertainment Weekly" praised Aguilera's vocals, which "reaches high enough to dust the angels with bronzer". However, Maerz criticized the overused synthesizers in the track, commenting that "she could be anyone". "Rolling Stone" critic Jody Rosen wrote "You can measure a singer's place in the pop-star pecking order by the quality of the Max Martin/Shellback song she releases. For Xtina, the news ain't good." Gregory Hicks for "The Michigan Daily" criticized that the song's lyrics "aren't even worth a discussion"; he also criticized the synthesizers used in the song and commented that "even Aguilera's flop "Bionic" had more musical complexity".
Retrospective reception.
In a retrospective review, Mike Nied of "Idolator" called the song a "glorious pop anthem". He noted that, "After a rough album rollout and cancelled tour in 2010 [...] Xtina went for the safe bet by teaming up with prolific hitmaker Max Martin". He went on to say that "although the track received positive reviews from fans, it fizzled on the charts" due to lack of promotion. Joshua Haigh of "Attitude" praised the song for its bridge and a "strong central message about the joys of meaningless sex". He hailed "Your Body" as one of ten most underrated singles from the '10s. "That Grape Juice" opined that "Your Body" was "rightfully serviced as the album’s lead single", and noted: "This blaring ball of brilliance is Christina at her melismatic best". Both Orlaith Condon from Ticketmaster and "Idolator"'s Mike Wass ranked "Your Body" among the ten best songs recorded by Aguilera. Writing for "The Celebrity Cafe", Christopher Rosa placed the single on his list of Aguilera's best songs ever, at number seven, and noted: "The synthy enhancements in this track make Aguilera sound like a temptress while still staying true to her multiple-octave range".
Commercial performance.
"Your Body" underperformed or flopped in most territories. It debuted and peaked at number 34 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 on the chart issue dated October 6, 2012, with 103,000 digital copies sold. The song debuted at number 10 on the Hot Digital Songs, becoming Aguilera's first top 10 song on the chart as the lead artist since "Keeps Gettin' Better" peaked at number 5 in 2008. On the US Pop Songs chart, the track debuted at number 33 on September 29, 2012, and later reached its peak at number 20. "Your Body" was commercially successful on the Dance Club Songs, reaching # 1 on the chart on December 8, 2012. The single also peaked at number 10 on the Canadian Hot 100 on November 24, 2012. For the issue chart dated November 17, 2012, the single debuted and peaked at number 16 on the UK Singles Chart, and only remained in the top 75 of the chart for two weeks, dropping to number 31 in its second week and then to number 91 in its third week.
"Your Body" reached the top 40 charts of most European countries where it charted. It peaked at number 16 in Scotland, number 17 in Sweden, number 21 in Finland, number 22 in Switzerland and Spain, number 23 in Hungary, number 29 in Germany, and number 35 in Denmark. On The Official Lebanese Top 20 chart, the single was more successful, peaking at number six. It achieved similar success in South Korea, where it charted at number six on the Gaon International Download Chart.
Music video.
Background and concept.
The music video for the song directed by Melina Matsoukas was filmed between August 20 and 21, 2012, in Los Angeles. A cut from the video premiered on NBC's "The Voice" on September 17. A video teaser was released on Aguilera's YouTube channel on September 17, 2012. The official music video premiered on Vevo on September 28, 2012. Aguilera commented about the collaboration with Matsoukas, "Once we started talking with each other and she heard 'Your Body,' she spun it in a way that you wouldn't expect at all. And I get to play this character that, yeah, she may be a little bit of a badass, she's very confident, self-assured, but she's super playful and super tongue-in-cheek. She laughs the whole way through the video. She's watching cartoons, and you know she doesn't take herself too seriously."
The video begins with a warning saying "no men were harmed in the making of this video". In the opening, it shows Aguilera playing 1980s computer games on her computer when she gets an incoming message from an occult fortune teller. Opening the message, she asks "Hey Oranum, what's my week look like?" to which the occult fortune teller responds "You're gonna have a killer week!". Aguilera smirks to the camera and images are shown of Aguilera writhing around seductively on a bed and eating cereal whilst on the couch watching cartoons. In the clip, Aguilera plays a killer who kills men after seducing them. She goes on a ride with the first man and seduces him leading to a make-out session between the two, then after he falls asleep, she blows up his car in electric-pink flames. Next, she goes to a bar and seduces the second man in a bathroom stall, where she bludgeons him to death, leaving spatters of blue paint dripping from the walls. Finally, she seduces a third unlucky suitor (who was foretold by the same occult fortune teller that it was his unlucky day) by inviting him to a motel and then uses a baseball bat to kill him, "showering the room in a mist of red confetti". The video ends with Aguilera washing off the red confetti splashed all over herself while looking in the mirror at her reflection and as the confetti goes down the drain, shows Aguilera in her trailer eating cereal while changing channels on her television set, settling on "The Lucy Show" before smiling and turning off her television. The video features several cultural influences, including the NES Advantage video game controller, the psychic site Oranum.com, and clips of "The Lucy Show" featuring actress Lucille Ball.
Reception.
The video received positive reviews from media outlets. James Montgomery from MTV News commented that the video is "grisly and garish, but also incredibly clever and visually arresting". T. Kyle writing for MTV Buzzworthy gave the video a positive feedback, writing "Christina manages to be fun and provocative, the styling is beautiful and even aspirational, and Legendtina's body looks amazing". Sam Lansky from Idolator website complimented Aguilera's "charming sense of humor" and deemed "Your Body" as one of Aguilera's best music videos. Writing for "Billboard", Jason Lipshut noted the video seemed to be inspired by the unending stream of violence on TV, but felt that Aguilera's clothing style in the video was the standout part. In a review of the video for Yahoo! Music, Lyndsey Park complimented the cultural references in the video, writing that "it's enough to make even Seth MacFarlane or Dennis Miller's heads spin. And yet, somehow, it's all so very, very Xtina". Marc Hogan of "Spin" wrote that "It might take us a few more viewings to get the joke, but at least there's enough amazing absurdity going on to make that prospect sound entertaining". On December 4, 2012, Fuse announced that "Your Body" was the number one video of 2012, based on online voting.
Live performances.
On November 2, 2012, Aguilera performed "Your Body" on the "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" with Jimmy Fallon and The Roots, using office supplies as instruments including an iPhone and a stapler. The song was later included in the setlist for Aguilera's Vegas residency (2019–2020), as well as her European/Mexican leg The X Tour (2020). In June 2023, Aguilera closed the NYC Pride concert and performed a number of her songs, including "Your Body" and another "Lotus" track, "Let There Be Love".
In September 2023, Aguilera performed at the EuroPride concert in Malta, in front of an audience of 38,000 people. She opened the show with a remix version of "Your Body". The singer included the song in the set list for her second concert residency Christina Aguilera at Voltaire (2023–2024), which took place at The Venetian Las Vegas.
Credits and personnel.
Credits adapted from the liner notes of "Lotus", RCA Records.
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The 2012–13 FIS Snowboard World Cup was a multi race tournament over a season for snowboarding. The season started on 28 August 2012 and ended on 27 March 2013. The World Cup was organised by the FIS which also runs world cups and championships in alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, ski jumping, Nordic combined, and freestyle skiing. The FIS Snowboarding World Cup consisted of the parallel slalom, snowboard cross and the halfpipe. The men's side of the world cup also consisted of a big air competition.
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Sandro Donati (Monte Porzio Catone, 14 June 1947) is an Italian athletics coach and antidoping activist.
Biography.
He is mostly known for his battle against doping in athletics, soccer, and cycling and for denouncing Italian athletics scandals in the mid-1980s.
He coached the Italy national athletics sprint team from 1977 to 1987, but was dismissed after denouncing the rigged jump of Giovanni Evangelisti at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics held in Rome. Author of several books about doping, he was Head of Research and Experimentation of Italian National Olympic Committee from 1990 to 2006.
In 1999, after Lance Armstrong's first Tour de France victory, Donati assisted The Sunday Times journalist David Walsh in his pursuit of a connection between Armstrong and the infamous "doping doctor", Michele Ferrari.
He trained Alex Schwazer during his bid to return to the Olympics after his disqualification for doping. Schwazer qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics, however he never competed as he was found positive to doping for a second time. Donati believes a conspiracy was enacted to punish him and Schwazer for their whistleblowing against state sponsored doping.
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Alessandro Donati
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Alessandro Donati (born 8 May 1979 in Atri, Abruzzo) is an Italian professional road bicycle racer, currently riding for UCI Professional Continental team .
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King Youmiu
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King Youmiu of Zhao (; r. 235–228 BCE), personal name Zhao Qian, was a king of the Zhao state.
The younger son of King Daoxiang and Queen Daochang, King Youmiu was nevertheless able to succeed to the Zhao throne before his elder brother Zhao Jia due to his mother Chang Hou's intervention. He inherited a country that was in danger of being conquered by the Qin state, as it had been since a defeat at the Battle of Changping in 260 BCE.
The state of Zhao, however, was able to survive thanks to the services of General Li Mu, who successfully repelled Qin attempts at exploiting the situation. The Qin devised a scheme to get rid of him; through bribing a close confidante of King Youmiu, the courtier Guo Kai (郭開), Li Mu was arrested and executed on suspicion of treason.
Without Li Mu, Zhao's defenses were unable to resist the might of Qin. In 228 BCE, Qin forces under the leadership of Wang Jian captured the Zhao capital of Handan. King Youmiu surrendered and was then exiled to Fangling (modern-day northwestern Hubei). Zhao Jia then took the throne as King of Dai (代王) and reigned over a rump state in Zhao's far north.
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RC Aachen
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The RC Aachen is a German rugby union from Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, and currently plays in the 2e klasse. From 2012 till 2015, Aachen played in Rugby-Bundesliga.
History.
RC Aachen was formed in 1980, and has made occasional appearances in the 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga South/West, the second tier of the German league system, playing at this level in 2000–01, 2006–07 and again in 2011–12. In between the club played in the tier three Rugby-Regionalliga North Rhine-Westphalia until becoming a founding member of the 3rd Liga South/West in 2010. The team finished the 2011–12 season on a relegation rank in the 2nd Bundesliga but, courtesy to an expansion of the Rugby-Bundesliga from ten to 24 teams, was instead promoted to the first tier of German rugby, the Bundesliga. RCA finished sixth in their group in the 2012–13 season and failed to qualify for the championship round, instead entering the second tier DRV-Pokal, where it came fifth in the south/west division. The club advanced to the quarterfinals of the play-offs after opponent USV Potsdam Rugby canceled their first round play-off game. In the quarterfinals it was knocked out by TSV Handschuhsheim after a 0—107 defeat.
The club once more qualified for the play-offs to the DRV-Pokal in 2013–14, where it lost to Heidelberger TV in the semifinals of the playoffs. In the 2014–15 season the club finished fourth in the south-west DRV-Pokal group and was knocked out by DSV 78 Hannover II in the quarterfinals of the play-offs after a first round victory over Bremen 1860. With the reduction of the Bundesliga from 24 to 16 clubs Aachen dropped back to the 2. Bundesliga in 2015.
In 2020, RC Aachen moved to the Dutch Rugby competition. Accepted by the Dutch Rugby Association. In 2024 RC Aachen achieved promotion to the Eerste Klasse, the second tier level in the Dutch Rugby System.
Former German captain Mustafa Güngör hails from Aachen and began his rugby career at the club in 1990.
Recent seasons.
Recent seasons of the club:
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Jaroslav Moučka
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Jaroslav Moučka (9 November 1923 in Studená – 26 December 2009 in Prague) was a Czech actor. He performed in more than eighty films between 1954 and 2000.
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California Historical Landmarks in San Joaquin County
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This list includes properties and districts listed on the California Historical Landmark listing in San Joaquin County, California. Click the "Map of all coordinates" link to the right to view a Google map of all properties and districts with latitude and longitude coordinates in the table below.
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List of place names of Czech origin in the United States
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Several dozen place names in the United States have names of Czech origin, most a legacy of Czech immigration to the United States. Others were named after Americans of Czech ancestry, such as the Bohemian explorer Augustine Herman and Chicago's mayor Anton Cermak. Many places which were settled by Czech immigrants named their towns after the cities they had immigrated from in what was then Bohemia and Moravia, regions that are now located in the Czech Republic.
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Hat, Berehove Raion
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Hat' (, ) is a village in Zakarpattia Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. It is located approximately northwest of Berehove, and southwest of Mukachevo. Administratively, the village belongs to the Berehove Raion, Zakarpattia Oblast. Historically, the village was first mentioned as Gath in 1374.
Population.
In 1921, the village had a population of 1,967, mostly Hungarians. , the population includes 3,150 inhabitants, of which 3,050 (~96,8 percent) are Hungarians.
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Walterdale, Edmonton
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Walterdale is a former industrial and residential neighbourhood in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada within the North Saskatchewan River valley. It is located on the south shore of the river in an area now occupied by Kinsmen Park within a river valley neighbourhood named River Valley Walterdale.
Archaeology.
The preparation work for a reconstruction of the Walterdale Bridge in 2012 revealed evidence of human habitation in the area going back 1,000 years including stone artifacts, butchered animal bones, and evidence of plant use in association with a defined hearth feature.
History.
The neighbourhood was named for John Walter who, in 1875, was the first person to construct a house on the south side of the river opposite of Fort Edmonton, and later became a prominent businessman and local politician. With the numerous businesses he established in the area, the Walterdale neighbourhood eventually built up around his original residence in part of what eventually became Strathcona. Originally known as South Edmonton, Strathcona incorporated as a town in 1899, later incorporating as a city in 1907 and subsequently amalgamating with the City of Edmonton in 1912. The North Saskatchewan River flooded in 1915 destroying much of John Walter's assets.
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Kissi Tongi Chiefdom
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Kissi Tongi Chiefdom is a chiefdom in Kailahun District of Sierra Leone with a population of 33,457. Its principal town is Buedu. During the Sierra Leone Civil War the Kissi Tongi Chiefdom was one of the major strongholds of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF). The War Office of the RUF was opened in Buedu in February 1998, and Kissi Tongi was one of the last chiefdoms to be disarmed in January 2002.
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Keitani Graham
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Keitani Graham (February 1, 1980 — December 6, 2012) was a Micronesian Greco-Roman wrestler. He competed in the Greco-Roman 84 kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics and was eliminated in the qualifications by Charles Betts.
Graham was born in Kealakekua, Hawaii and attended Punahou School in Honolulu and the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. After college, he taught at Princess Ruth Ke’elikōlani Middle School. He died in Chuuk at the age of 32 after suffering a heart attack.
Achievements.
Graham also competed successfully in combined events in track and field athletics.
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Guy Van Waas
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Guy Van Waas (Brussels, 15 April 1948) is a Belgian conductor, clarinetist and organist.
He was clarinetist of the Orchestre des Champs-Élysées, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin and the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century. Since 2001 he is director of Les Agrémens, a baroque orchestra sponsored by the Communauté française de Belgique and conductor of the Choeur de Chambre de Namur. He was also professor of chamber music at the Conservatoire of Mons.
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Small Town Pistols
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Small Town Pistols were a Canadian country music duo composed of Amanda and Tyler Wilkinson, formerly of The Wilkinsons.
The two siblings were each pursuing individual solo careers when they both went through difficult break-ups. That led them to start writing music together again with an eye towards pitching songs to other artists including Lady Antebellum. On listening to their new material they decided to perform it themselves. While they did discuss using the Wilkinson name for their new material, they decided to use a fresh name. The name Small Town Pistols is a reference to their having been "raised in a small town of like 14,000 people" while the Pistols is a reference to their grandmother Ida.
Their self-titled debut album was released by 604 Records on February 19, 2013. Its second single, "Living on the Outside," debuted on the Canadian Hot 100 in January 2013.
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Chœur de chambre de Namur
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The Choeur de Chambre de Namur (founded 1987) is a choir based in Namur, which is sponsored by the Communauté française de Belgique. Since 2010 the artistic director has been Leonardo García Alarcón and conductor of the instrumental ensemble is Guy Van Waas.
The choir has worked with many visiting conductors: Louis Devos, Eric Ericson, Marc Minkowski, Pierre Cao, Jean-Claude Malgoire, Simon Halsey, Sigiswald Kuijken, Jean Tubéry, Roy Goodman, Michael Schneider, Philippe Herreweghe, Peter Phillips, Jordi Savall, Christophe Rousset, and Eduardo López Banzo.
The choir has a baroque instrumental ensemble, Les Agrémens which works exclusively in session under the direction of invited conductors or the current chief conductor Guy Van Waas.
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Kamarajapuram
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Kamarajapuram (Tamil: காமராஜபுரம்) is a small and popular area of Nagercoil, near Vadeserry Bustand, Kanyakumari District in Tamil Nadu, India. Its post code is 629 001.
The name "Kamarajapuram" is derived from The Honorable Former Chief Minister Mr. K. Kamraj. Kamarajapuram C.S.I. Pastorate Church serves the area. Christ Primary School under the supervision of C.S.I. Kanyakumari Diocese provides education to the people and surroundings.
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Vary, Zakarpattia Oblast
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Vary (, ) is a village in Zakarpattia Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. It is located around southeast of Berehove at the confluence of the rivers Tisza and Borzsova, not far from the Ukrainian-Hungarian border. Administratively, the village belongs to the Berehove Raion, Zakarpattia Oblast. Historically, the name originates from the Hungarian word vár meaning castle. The village was first mentioned as Vári in 1320 and was previously known as Borsovavára.
Population.
In 1921, the village had a population of 2,625, mostly Hungarians. , the population includes 3,302 inhabitants, of which 3008 are Hungarians.
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Andrzej Sypytkowski
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Andrzej Sypytkowski (born 14 October 1963) is a Polish former racing cyclist. He won the silver medal in the team time trial at the 1988 Summer Olympics and finished 6th in the road race at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
1st Stage 4 Tour de Pologne
10th Overall GP Tell
1st Overall Tour of Małopolska
2nd Team time trial, Summer Olympics (with Joachim Halupczok, Zenon Jaskuła and Marek Leśniewski)
2nd GP Lugano
6th Road race, Olympic Games
1st Tour du Lac Léman
4th Overall Tour de Pologne
1st Road race, National Road Championships
4th Druivenkoers Overijse
2nd Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
6th Overall Course Cycliste de Solidarnosc et des Champions Olympiques
3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
6th Overall Tour de Slovénie
6th Overall Course Cycliste de Solidarnosc et des Champions Olympiques
8th Overall Tour of Japan
1st Overall Tour of Japan
1st Stage 2
5th Overall Course Cycliste de Solidarnosc et des Champions Olympiques
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Nazimabad District
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Nazimabad District (), formerly "Karachi Central District", is an administrative district of Karachi Division in Sindh, Pakistan created in 1996. According to 2023 Pakistani census population of Nazimabad District is 3,822,325 (3.8 million).
Water Crisis.
Karachi Central continues to face an acute water shortage, a problem that worsens significantly during major festivals such as Eid. Despite the city's daily requirement of over 1,200 million gallons of water (MGD), it receives only around 650 MGD, leading to chronic supply deficits across multiple localities. The situation in Karachi Central is further exacerbated by high line losses and widespread water theft, which reduce the already limited supply reaching residents. During Eid holidays, the demand surges due to increased household consumption and water use for ritual sacrifices, intensifying the crisis and leaving large segments of the population struggling to access adequate water for daily needs.
History.
The district was abolished in 2000 and divided into four towns namely Gulberg Town, Liaquatabad Town, New Karachi Town, and North Nazimabad Town.
On 11 July 2011, the Government of Sindh restored Karachi Central District again.
Karachi Central District has the following dehs: Gujhro (P), in the talukas of Gulberg and Liaquatabad, and Kari Lakhi, in the taluka of North Nazimabad.
In 2022, it was divided into five towns namely Gulberg Town, Liaquatabad Town, Nazimabad Town, New Karachi Town, and North Nazimabad Town respectively.
In 2023, the Government of Sindh renamed Karachi Central District to Nazimabad District to align with Nazimabad Town.
Union committees.
The following is a list of the union councils of Nazimabad District, and their respective neighbourhoods and suburban localities. Nazimabad District has a total of five towns and 45 union councils.
Demographics.
As of the 2023 census, Karachi Central district has 651,268 households and a population of 3,822,325. The district has a sex ratio of 112.01 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 83.55%: 83.82% for males and 83.27% for females. 898,383 (23.52% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age. The entire population lives in urban areas.
The majority religion is Islam, with 98.33% of the population. Christianity is practiced by 1.27% of the population.
At the time of the 2023 census, 80.20% of the population spoke Urdu, 4.04% Punjabi, 4.65% Pashto, 3.88% Saraiki, 2.22% Sindhi, 0.88% Balochi and 0.82% Hindko as their first language.
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Velyki Berehy
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Veliki Berehi or Velyki Berehy (, Hungarian Nagybereg) is a village in Zakarpattia Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. It is located around northeast of Berehove, on the right bank of the rivulet Borzsova, and on the eastern side of the loch Szernye. Administratively, the village belongs to the Berehove Raion, Zakarpattia Oblast. Historically, the name originates in the Hungarian berek and was first mentioned as Beregu.
Population.
In 1910, it had a population of 2,133, mostly Hungarians. , the population includes 2,674 inhabitants, of which 2,240 (80 percent) are Hungarians.
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Oleksandr Kyrychenko
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Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Kyrychenko (born 13 August 1967) is a Ukrainian track cyclist. He won the gold medal in the 1 km time trial at the 1988 Summer Olympics, competing for the Soviet Union. The first coach for Olympics was Oleksandr Kulyk, which fell in battle in 2022 during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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M-Cumenyl methylcarbamate
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"m"-Cumenyl methylcarbamate is an insecticide used on cotton, fruit, vegetable and field crops. As of 1998, the Environmental Protection Agency listed it as an unregistered pesticide in the United States.
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Porgy & Bess (Mundell Lowe album)
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Porgy & Bess is an album by American jazz guitarist Mundell Lowe and his All Stars featuring their interpretations of the George Gershwin folk opera Porgy and Bess recorded in 1958 for the RCA Camden label.
Reception.
Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars with its review by Scott Yanow stating, "Lowe's arrangements are colorful and swinging, doing justice to the music while turning the familiar themes into jazz".
Track listing.
"All compositions by George Gershwin"
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M. Abdurahman Salafi
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M. Abdurahman Salafi is an Islamic scholar, and Arabic professor. He served as one of the secretaries of the Kerala Nadvathul Mujahideen state committee, managing trustee of Kerala Nadvathul Mujahideen and syndicate member of Calicut University.
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Badalovo
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Badalovo (, ) is a village in Zakarpattia Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. It is located on the river bank of Tisza, not far from the Ukrainian-Hungarian border. Administratively, the village belongs to the Berehove Raion, Zakarpattia Oblast. The village was first mentioned as Bodolou in 1226.
Population.
In 2002, the population included 1714 inhabitants, of whom 1682 are Hungarians.
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David Wilson (barrister)
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David Wilson (26 December 1879 – 6 January 1965) was an Australian barrister, King's Counsel and company director. He was the owner of the rural property Tocal Homestead at Tocal, New South Wales and a furniture maker of distinction.
Early life.
Wilson was born in Sydney, the first of four sons of William Joshua Wilson (1843–1899) and Jessie Elizabeth (née Shepherd). On his birth Wilson was a child of independent means as in 1865 his grandfather, Felix Wilson, had died and willed by entail Tocal to his unborn grandson. His younger brothers were William Hardy Wilson (1881–1955), Lindsay Wilson (born 1883–1959) and Robert Shepherd Wilson (1886–1954). He was educated at Newington College commencing in 1891 and sat and passed the Junior Examination in 1895 and the Senior in 1897. In both exams he was awarded the medal for best pass in the state in English. In 1896 he won one of four Wigram Allen Scholarships, endowed by Sir George Wigram Allen. He was a Prefect in 1896 and 1897, a member of the 1st XI cricket in the same years, and a member of the rifle shooting team in 1897. Wilson went up to the University of Sydney in 1898 and graduated B.A. in 1901 and M.A. in 1903 and gained his LL.B. degree in 1906. In 1907, while studying abroad, Wilson sold Tocal and decided to pursue a career in the law.
Marriage and family.
On 10 April 1906, Wilson married Marcia, daughter of Alex Budge of "Rathgael", Croydon. Their only daughter, Marcie Elizabeth Wilson (1907–1995), known as Betty, married Warwick Oswald Fairfax (1901–1987) in 1928 and had issue: Caroline Simpson (1930–2003) and James Fairfax (1933-2017). After divorcing Fairfax, Betty married Commandant Pierre Gilly in 1946 and had one son, Edward Gilly (1948–2005). Following her second divorce, Betty returned to being known as Betty Fairfax and, with her three children, remained close to David Wilson.
Legal career.
Following graduation, Wilson was admitted to the Bar of New South Wales in 1906. He took silk in 1946 after many years of distinguished equity practice in Sydney.
Company director.
In 1935, Wilson was appointed a director of the Colonial Sugar Refining Company and remained on the board until 1953. He was a member of the New South Wales board of The Trustees Executors and Agency Company from 1947.
Furniture maker.
At the age of 35, Wilson suffered from a mysterious and severe throat condition. His medical advisors told him not to speak for six months and to wrap a handkerchief over his mouth. To occupy himself during this period while not working, Wilson took to making furniture. The furniture made was to designs of his brother Hardy Wilson and many of the working drawings are held by the National Library of Australia. His throat recovered fully but he continued to make furniture having taken lessons from a carpenter and found a new hobby. Twenty pieces of his furniture were made between 1914 and 1925, and are all held in private family collections or by National Trust of Australia in NSW. The June 1926 issue of Art in Australia illustrates five examples of his work and nine photographs and measurements are held by the National Library. Wilson, and his brother, decided that all pieces would be made in solid Australian timbers and not to use veneers.
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JuriNet
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JuriNet Ltd is a syndicate of law offices and business partners in Finland and worldwide and one of the biggest Finnish B2B service provider to offer law firms a customer-oriented marketing and information channel.
JuriNet.
JuriNet Ltd was established in Tampere in 2011 as a marketing entity of 13 Finnish law offices and as the first one of its kind in Tampere Region. In spring 2012 company started to expand abroad and it has developed into a growing network of 100 lawyers and business professionals from Finland and abroad.
JuriNet Network.
JuriNet Ltd is a head of the network JuriNet which has been built on principles of professional services networks. The network is working under umbrella organizational structure. In each country where JuriNet is going to expand, one JuriNet representative company is situated who creates the network of law firms and business partners. Those network members subsequently cooperate on solving specific law cases, preserving their economic and legal independence. JuriNet Ltd manages the network, provides corporate marketing and evaluates fulfilling membership requirements by the law firms and business partners.
Nowadays JuriNet Ltd roofs 12 law offices and 6 business partners in Finland and 11 partners in countries India, P.R.China, Japan, South Korea, Russian Federation (August 2012).
JuriNet Ltd. was awarded the recognition of Fair Employer by The Association of Finnish Lawyers.
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Lissette Antes
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Lissette Alexandra Antes Castillo (born 2 May 1991) is an Ecuadorian freestyle wrestler. She competed in the freestyle 55 kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics; she defeated Olga Butkevych, who was representing the United Kingdom, in the 1/8 finals and was eliminated by Colombia Jackeline Rentería in the quarterfinals. She competed in the women's lightweight event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, but was defeated by Moldova's Mariana Cherdivara in the first round.
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Devil's Gate (novel)
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Devil's Gate is an adventure novel in author Clive Cussler's The NUMA Files. Co-written with Graham Brown, this installment is the ninth of that series which features the main character Kurt Austin. The story follows employees of NUMA (National Underwater and Marine Agency) who discover someone is developing a directed-energy weapon and thwart the dictator of Sierra Leone, Djemma Garand, and the mercenary group led by Andras the Knife before they are able to use the weapon. The hardcover edition was released November 14, 2011, it was subsequently released as a paperback, audiobook and ebook. It appeared on several best-seller lists and was describe by reviewers as being suitable for fans of Cussler and action-adventure stories.
Background.
This is the first collaboration between authors Clive Cussler and Graham Brown. This novel is the ninth in The NUMA (National Underwater and Marine Agency) Files series, following 2009's "Medusa". Cussler writes several novel series and in 2011, with co-authors, he added to several series in addition to adding Devil's Gate to The NUMA Files, including "The Jungle" to the Oregon Files, "The Race" to the Isaac Bell Adventures, and "The Kingdom" to the Fargo Adventures.
Plot.
Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala aboard the NUMA ship "Argo" renders assistance to the cargo ship "Kinjara Maru" which has been attacked on the Atlantic ocean. Rescuing a sole survivor, they continue on to the Azores where they participate in a race of submersibles and discover a field of wrecked ships and planes which appear to have been drawn towards a magnetic, superconducting pillar. This discovery attracts scientists from around the world and NUMA is asked to regulate access to the underwater site.
With Paul and Gamay Trout investigating "Kinjara Maru" wreckage, Austin and the Russian scientist Katarina Luskaya being attacked, and NUMA director Dirk Pitt following up on leads in the United States, they begin to suspect that someone is building a directed-energy weapon and the magnetic pillar is a hoax. The scientists are kidnapped by a mercenary named Andras the Knife and delivered to Sierre Leone dictator Djemma Garand who forces them to work on the weapon.
Over the next couple weeks, Garand begins nationalizing industries and ceases international loan repayments. Austin and Zavala discover the location of Andras's ship and sneak Austin aboard. After Russian intelligence informs American officials of an impending attack by Garand on Washington, D.C., the US Navy begin an attack on Garand's super-weapon they had traced to an off-shore platform with Paul and Gamay Trout sabotaging its foundation via a submersible. Aboard the mercenary ship Austin rescues Luskaya, sabotages the ship's weapon system, and kills Andras.
Style and genre.
"Devil's Gate" is the ninth novel in The NUMA Files series. This series features protagonist Kurt Austin, as well as supporting characters who work for the National Underwater and Marine Agency, an American organization dedicated to exploring the ocean. The series exists in the same fictional universe as the Dirk Pitt Adventures series. The series are adventure novels which use thriller and action elements. "Devil's Gate" was compared to a James Bond story for the use of "high-stake thrills and hair-raising stakes" and "an attractive Russian scientist...who becomes both love interest and hostage".
Publication and reception.
The novel was published by the Penguin Group imprint Putnam as a hardcover released in the United States on November 14, 2011, and then as a paperback in November 2012. An ebook version and a 12.5 hour audiobook were also released in 2011. The audiobook is narrated by Scott Brick. The hardcover edition of novel peaked at #12 on the "USA Today" list of top-selling books on November 24, 2011 while the paperback version reached #49 on the same list a year later. On the "Publishers Weekly" best-selling lists, it peaked at #7 on the hardcover fiction list and #4 on the mass market paperback list. The novel also peaked at #5 on "The New York Times" Best Seller fiction list and #4 on Canada's "The Globe and Mail" best-sellers paperback fiction list.
The review published in the "Library Journal" recommended it for devotees of Cussler and for fans of underwater adventures. The "Publishers Weekly" review recommended it for "thriller fans who aren't too picky about credibility". Likewise, the reviewer for "The Oklahoman" wrote "If you crave continuous thrills, worldwide plots and the sometimes improbable but always possible...[this novel has] it for you." Writing for the Associated Press, another reviewer stated it "delivers the thrills and excitement that readers expect from a Clive Cussler novel. The NUMA Files series has been hit-and-miss, but this is one of the best...The villains are a bit shallow, but the heroes more than make up for the thinness of the bad guys." The "Kirkus Reviews" concluded the novel is "vintage Cussler...just right for the armchair techie who likes his action nonstop and his characters uncomplicated. Nuance-seekers look elsewhere."
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Halabor
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Halabor (, ) is a village in Zakarpattia Oblast (province) in western Ukraine.
Geography.
The village is located south of Berehove across the river from the Hungarian village of Szatmárcseke. The village is administered as part of the Berehove Raion, Zakarpattia Oblast.
History.
The name originates from the word Hrábr. It was first mentioned as Harabur in 1300.
Population.
In 1910, it had a population of 508, mostly Hungarians. Now the population is 640 inhabitants, of which 630 (98 per cent) are Hungarians.
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Jonathan Levi
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Jonathan Levi (born 1955, in New York City, United States) is an American writer and producer.
Biography.
Following graduation from Yale University in 1977, Levi received a Mellon Fellowship to study at Clare College, Cambridge, where he revived the literary magazine "Granta" with Bill Buford and Pete de Bolla, and served as U.S. Editor until 1987.
After leaving "Granta", Levi created the program "New Opera for New Ears" for the Metropolitan Opera Guild, producing Carly Simon's opera, "" (1991), directed by Francesca Zambello at the Metropolitan Opera Guild and the Kennedy Center.
Levi’s 1992 book, "A Guide for the Perplexed" is a novel in the form of a traveler’s guide in the form of letters to a mysterious, seemingly ubiquitous travel agent named Benjamin from two stranded but eventually satisfied customers, and was called "a fable of fantastical lushness, reminiscent of the best fairy tales" by the "New York Times". His short stories and articles have appeared in many magazines including "The International Herald Tribune", "Condé Nast Traveler", "GQ". Levi's "The Lori Berenson Papers", written with Peruvian journalist Liz Mineo for "The Nation" (September 4, 2000) was attacked by Berenson's lawyer, former Attorney General Ramsey Clark. From 1996 to 2001, Levi served as the Fiction Critic for the Los Angeles Times Book Review.
In 1997 Levi commissioned Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky and Director Robert Scanlan and produced an adaptation of Pinsky's translation of Dante’s "Inferno" with actors Bill Camp, Reg E. Cathey, Jack Willis and Leslie Beatty, with violinist Gil Morgenstern playing an original score written by Bruce Saylor. After premiering in New York, the production toured the United States including performances at Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Dexter Avenue Baptist Church and The Getty Center in Los Angeles.
In 2000 Harold O. Levy, the New York City Schools Chancellor, invited Levi to oversee Arts and Cultural Affairs, where he initiated a variety of programs to reinvigorate the arts, including a master class for School Superintendents with violinist Isaac Stern. In association with the Robin Hood Foundation, Levi initiated the Library Project to re-imagine and re-design the 600 elementary school libraries in New York City.
In 2002, Levi became the first director of the Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College, designed by Frank Gehry, and created the SummerScape Festival, where his premieres included work by Russian director Kama Ginkas, the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Ballet Hispanico, and Elvis Costello.
In 2001 Levi’s first opera, "The Scrimshaw Violin", held its world premiere, with music by Bruce Saylor. It was the first project of the Nine Circles Chamber Theatre, which Levi founded with violinist Gil Morgenstern. Levi subsequently wrote two more operas for Nine Circles with composer Mel Marvin. "Guest from the Future" (2004), about the legendary 1945 meeting in Leningrad of poet Anna Akhmatova and philosopher Isaiah Berlin, premiered at the SummerScape Festival, directed by David Chambers. "Buwalsky: A Road Opera", based on an unfilmed scenario by Irma Achten, was commissioned by the Dutch Opera Spanga and directed by Corina van Eijk. Opera Spanga also commissioned Levi's "Stuyvesant Zero" with music by Dutch composer Caroline Ansink, which premiered on August 22, 2012.
Levi's 2009 drama "Falling Bodies", with music by Bruce Saylor, imagines a meeting between Galileo Galilei and Primo Levi and premiered at the Rustaveli National Theatre in Tbilisi, Georgia.
Levi's latest novel, "Septimania," released in April 2016 by Overlook Press"," follows a shy young organ tuner who falls in love with a mysterious math genius, Louiza, only to find she has disappeared. While trying to find her, he discovers he is the heir to the Kingdom of Septimania, given by Charlemagne to the Jews in the 8th century. Over the next 50 years, Malory’s search for Louiza leads to encounters with Aldo Moro, Pope John Paul II, a band of lost Romanians, a magical Bernini statue, Haroun Al-Rashid of Arabian Nights fame and an elephant that changes color, a shadowy U.S. spy agency and one of the 9/11 hijackers, an appleseed from the original Tree of Knowledge and the secret history of Isaac Newton and his discovery of a Grand Unified Theory that explains everything. But most of all, "Septimania" is the quest of a Candide for love and knowledge, and the ultimate discovery that they may be unified after all. Jen Baker at Booklist gave "Septimania" a starred review, calling it "a literary dream of a book" and "a storyteller's work of magic, and a fantastically suspenseful adventure" and compares it to Michael Chabon and Jonathan Franzen. Kirkus Reviews calls "Septimania" a "thoroughly intellectual postmodern fable, wise yet melancholy, meant to be read slowly and savored." In a recent Publishers Weekly review, "Septimania" was described as "highly intelligent, insanely ambitious, and restlessly imaginative."
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Alim Zankishiev
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Alim Zankishiev, also known as Emir Ubaidallah, was the leader of the Kabardino-Balkaria-Karachai wing of the Caucasus Emirate organisation in the Russian Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria.
Biography.
An ethnic Balkar born in 1982, Zankishiev was placed on a Russian wanted list on 21 September 2006 for attacks on law enforcement and illegal acquisition and possession of weapons. He also was accused by the Russian authorities of involvement in the killing of nine gamekeepers and hunters in November 2007 and the killing of Interior Ministry official Anatoly Kyarov in January 2008, and may have played a role in the 2005 Nalchik raid.
Much of the Jamaat’s then leadership was decimated by Russian security forces in March 2011, including emir Asker Dzhappuyev. On 9 September 2011, Dokku Umarov, Emir of the Caucasus Emirate promoted Zankishiev from commander of the Central (Nalchik) sector to overall emir of the armed forces of Vilayet KBK.
Zankishiev was killed after security forces stormed a private house in Nalchik on 27 March 2012.
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Marwa Amri
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Marwa Al-Amri (, born 8 January 1989) is a Tunisian freestyle wrestler. She was born in Tunis. She represented Tunisia in the women's lightweight freestyle competition at the 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics. She is the first woman from Africa win an Olympic medal in wrestling.
Career.
At the 2008 Olympics in the 55 kg category, she lost in the first round to Jackeline Rentería.
At the 2012 Olympics in the 55 kg category, she defeated Um Ji-Eun in the qualifications and was eliminated by Sofia Mattsson in the 1/8 finals.
She improved yet again at the 2016 Olympics, in the 58 kg category. Although she lost to Kaori Icho in the first round, she was entered into the repechage because Icho reached the final. In the repechage she beat Elif Jale Yeşilırmak, and then Yuliya Ratkevich in her bronze medal match.
In 2020, she won the gold medal in the women's freestyle 62 kg event at the African Wrestling Championships. She qualified at the 2021 African & Oceania Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament to represent Tunisia at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She competed in the women's freestyle 62 kg event.
She won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 African Wrestling Championships held in El Jadida, Morocco. A few months later, she also won the gold medal in the 62 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria. She competed in the 62 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.
She won the silver medal in the women's 62kg event at the 2023 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Early life and education.
Amri is the oldest of four children. Her father died when she was nine. She took up wrestling when she was 11. Despite a lack of funding, facilities and female training partners, Amri persevered, attending World and African championships through government funding. She has a degree in physical education.
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State Highway 20 (Tamil Nadu)
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State Highway 20 also called as Bhavani Road is a state highway running across Erode city in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It has a total length of . The road is maintained by funds received from the World Bank.
Beyond RN Pudur, the remaining stretch of this road is upgraded as NH 544H to connect Bhavani, Mettur and Thoppur.
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Men's Malaysian Open Squash Championships 2012
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The Men's Malaysian Open Squash Championships 2012 is the men's edition of the 2012 Malaysian Open Squash Championships, which is a tournament of the PSA World Tour event International (Prize money : 50 000 $). The event took place in Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia from the 12 September to the 15 September. Tarek Momen won his first Malaysian Open trophy, beating Mohamed El Shorbagy in the final.
Prize money and ranking points.
For 2012, the prize purse was $ 50,000. The prize money and points breakdown is as follows:
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Szatmárcseke
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Szatmárcseke is a village in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary.
Geography.
It lies at a distance of 94 km from Nyíregyháza, 29 km from Vásárosnamény, 17 km from Fehérgyarmat, 18 km from Tiszabecs, and 11 km from Tiszacsécse.
History.
The first written mention of the village arose in 1181 as Cseke. This time it was a thriving village that owned a church.
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RAF Deanland
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Royal Air Force Deanland or more simply RAF Deanland is a former Royal Air Force advanced landing ground located west of Hailsham, East Sussex and north east of Brighton, East Sussex, England
History.
RAF Deanland was planned as an Advanced Landing Ground in order to provide support for the D-Day Landings on 6 June 1944, with construction started in Spring 1943.
The first aircraft to take to the air on D-Day flew from RAF Deanland, providing top-cover over the OMAHA and GOLD landing beaches.
The airfield was heavily involved in the fight against the V-1 flying bombs (with 185 destroyed) and during D-Day in which it is believed to have been the home of the first Supermarine Spitfire squadron to provide air cover.
The landing ground was used by multiple units:
Along with the following ground units at some point:
On 6 June 1994, an oak-tree was planted at the western end of the airfield entrance-road. This tree is a memorial to those pilots who flew from Deanland and died in operations.
Current use.
The Airfield was dormant for a time, post-war, but the land came into the ownership of Richard Chandless, a farmer, who reactivated the site as an airfield in 1963. Richard operated his own aircraft, and he was for a number of years the main U.K. agent for Avions Pierre Robin demonstrating and selling new and used aircraft from Deanland. Richard invited a number of other aircraft owners to keep their machines at Deanland. During Chandless' time Deanland became a very active airfield, both day and night: lights were installed shortly after the runway was re-activated. It was used by a number of local business people, farmers and visitors to the area. With Glyndebourne Opera House close it was very normal to see both light aircraft and helicopters parked while their owners enjoyed the opera. In 1991 the airfield came into the ownership of Deanland Airfield LLP. In 2012 the airfield is still in use as a private airstrip.
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Paul Regina
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Paul Joseph Regina Jr. (October 25, 1956 – January 31, 2006) was an American actor and occasional screenwriter. He is best known for his role as Cliff Waters in the sitcom "Brothers" (1984–1989), as well as his roles as Felix Echeverria in the legal drama "L.A. Law" (1988–1992) and Frank Nitti in "The Untouchables" (1993–1994).
Early life and education.
Paul Joseph Regina Jr. was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Irma (née Manjarrez), an Internal Revenue Service employee, and Paul Joseph Regina, a tradesman. Raised in Medford, New York, he graduated from Patchogue-Medford High School in 1974 after appearing in several school plays and musicals. Paul attended Kentucky Wesleyan College in Owensboro, KY.
Career.
Regina began working professionally on stage in an off-Broadway production of "The World of Sholom Aleichem" in 1976. He played Kenickie in a national touring company of the musical "Grease", and later appeared briefly in the Broadway production. He appeared in several additional plays in both Los Angeles and New York City throughout his career.
He began appearing on television in 1978 in the series "Police Woman". He had starring roles in the television series "Joe & Valerie" from 1978 to 1979 with Char Fontane and "Zorro and Son" in 1983 with Henry Darrow.
He is perhaps best known for his portrayal of gay sibling Cliff Waters, with Robert Walden and Brandon Maggart as his two brothers, and Philip Charles MacKenzie as his best friend, in Showtime's groundbreaking 1980s sitcom "Brothers", which was the first American sitcom with homosexual main characters that dealt with homosexuality in a real way. The show ran from 1984 until 1989.
He appeared in several made-for-television movies and had guest appearances on a variety of television series. He also had a recurring role in six episodes of "L.A. Law" as attorney Felix Echeverria, from 1988 to 1992, and went on to appear in fifteen episodes of the 1993–1994 series "The Untouchables", playing Frank Nitti, one of Al Capone's top henchmen.
As a writer, he co-wrote the screenplay for the 2001 film "Marie" with its director, Fred Carpenter. He also penned the 2006 film "Eddie Monroe", co-writing the screenplay with Fred Carpenter, Craig Weintraub (writing as Craig Morris), and Thom Ross. He was one of three screenwriters (the others being Fred Carpenter and Joanne Tamburro) for "Just Like Joe", released in 2008. He collaborated again with Fred Carpenter and Joanne Tamburro on the story for the 2011 film "Jesse", released after his death.
Personal life and death.
Regina was married to Nancy Dye, his teacher in an improv workshop, from 1990 until his death in 2006. They had a daughter, Nicolette.
After spending more than 20 years in Hollywood, he returned to his boyhood home of Medford, New York to be with his family.
Regina died of liver cancer in Smithtown, New York on January 31, 2006, at the age of 49.
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Vadzim
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Vadzim () is a Belarusian masculine given name, an equivalent of Russian Vadim and Ukrainian Vadym.
Notable people with the name include:
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Um Ji-eun
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Um Ji-Eun (; born 18 May 1987) is a South Korean freestyle wrestler. She competed in the freestyle 55 kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics and was eliminated in the qualifications by Marwa Amri. Um was born in Incheon, South Korea.
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