title: Mongondow people

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The Mongondow or Bolaang Mongondow people are an ethnic group native to the north-eastern part of the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. The Mongondows are predominantly Muslim. They have traditionally been concentrated in the provinces of North Sulawesi and Gorontalo. This ethnic group used to be united by a single entity, the Kingdom of Bolaang Mongondow, which became the western regencies of North Sulawesi after the Indonesian independence.

Etymology
The name Bolaang originated from the word Bolango or Balangon which means Sea. Bolaang or Golaang could also means "Bright" or "Exposed and Undark", while Mongondow originated from Momondow which means "Cries of Victory".

History

The beginnings to the 8th and 9th century
The people of Mongondow believed that their ancestors originate from the offspring of Gumalangit and Tendeduata, as well as  from Tumotoiboko and Tumotoibokat that were living on Mount Komasan, in today's Bintauna, North Bolaang Mongondow Regency. The descendants of both of their offspring later became the Mongondow people. The population of the Mongondows grew and spread beyond their native region such as Tudu in Lombagin, Buntalo, Pondoli’, Ginolantungan, Tudu in Passi, Tudu in Lolayan, Tudu in Sia’, Tudu in Bumbungon, Mahag, Siniow and so forth. The source of income for the Mongondows in those days include hunting, fishing, processing of sago, and harvesting of tuber in the jungle. In short, they have yet to learn farming in those days.

Development
In the 13th century, the Bogani (leaders of the groups of Mongondow community that occupied a certain area) became united to form a government rule for the Mongondow people called Bolaang. Bolaang itself means "the sea" (balangon) which identifies this kingdom as a maritime kingdom. The results of the meeting (bakid) of the Bogani came to an agreement to appoint Mokodoludut, a Bogani Molantud man as the first king (Punu') of the Bolaang kingdom. In the 16th century, after King Mokodompit departed to Siau Island in the years of power vacuum in Bolaang Mongondow Kingdom; moreover Prince Dodi Mokoagow, the strongest candidate to succeed the throne from King Mokodompit was killed by the Alfur people in an incident in the interior of Manado. In that period, the governance of the kingdom was taken over by a Mulantud Bogani man named Dou'. After the prince of King Mokodompit in Siau Island reached adulthood, he was appointed as the 7th King of Bolaang Mongondow Kingdom. The Abo (meaning, "prince") is called Tadohe / Sadohe, while his mother is a princess from the Siau Kingdom. It was in his era that the governing system of the Bolaang Mongondow Kingdom was restored.

During the era of King Salmon Manoppo (1735–1764), there was a fierce conflict with the Dutch which ended with the King Salmon being captured and exiled to Tanjung Harapan, South Africa. This incident triggered protests and a great riot that was carried out by the Mongondow people of which the Bolaang kingdom belonged to. Finally, the Dutch returned the King of Bolaang and ever since then the name of Bolaang Kingdom has been added with the name of the ethnic group, the native of the Bolaang Kingdom to become Bolaang Mongondow to this present day. In 1901, administratively the area of Bolaang Mongondow Kingdom is part of the Bolaang Mongondow Subdivision ("Onderafdeling" in Dutch) which includes the Administrative Area ("landschap" in Dutch) of Bintauna, Bolaang Uki and Kaudipang Besar from Manado Administrative Division ("Afdeling" in Dutch).

The Bolaang Mongondow Kingdom officially ended on July 1, 1950, when the Majesty of King Tuang Henny Yusuf Cornelius Manoppo abdicated and made a declaration to join the Republic of Indonesia. Currently Mongondow is interpreted as a mountainous area and Bolaang as a coastal area. When Oemarudin Nini Mokoagow became regent of Bolaang Mongondow Regency (August 1966 to January 1976), a new village was created with the name Mongondow in Kotamobagu as a result of the redelineation from Motoboi Village.

Sub-ethnics
The Mongondow people are made up of several sub-ethnicity that resides in North Sulawesi and Gorontalo such as:-
 Bolaang Mongondow people
 Bolaang Uki people
 Kaidipang Besar people
 Bintauna people
 Buhang people
 Korompot people
 Mokodompis people

Language
The everyday Mongondow people use the Mongondow language, Bolango language and Bintauna language on a daily basis. Linguistically, these languages belong to the Greater Central Philippine languages branch (alongside Gorontalo). The Mongondow people also use Manado Malay as a form of communication with the other North Sulawesi people.

Geographical redelineation
The region of the Bolaang Mongondow covers 50.3% of the area of North Sulawesi so much so that the Bolaang Mongondow government together with the community leaders, customary leaders and religious leaders had agreed to divide the region with the full support of the Bolaang Mongondow regent, the then Marlina Moha Siahaan.

With the full support of every community as well as the local Bolaang Mongondow government, the committee of the regional division managed to convince the central government and the Parliament that the Bolaang Mongondow region has officially divided into five regencies, namely:
 Bolaang Mongondow Regency
 Kotamobagu (city)
 North Bolaang Mongondow Regency
 East Bolaang Mongondow Regency
 South Bolaang Mongondow Regency

References

Ethnic groups in Indonesia
Gorontalo (province)
Muslim communities of Indonesia
North Sulawesi


title: Salem Tipitapa

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Salem Tipitapa is a Nicaraguan football team playing in the second division of the Nicaragua football system. It is based near Tipitapa.

Achievements
Segunda División de Nicaragua: 0
TBD

List of coaches
  Jorge Linhares (July 2014–)

See also
 Segunda División de Nicaragua

External links
 Equipo – GoolNica

Football clubs in Nicaragua


title: Swimming at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's 800 metre freestyle

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The women's 800 metre freestyle event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 27 and 28 July at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow, Scotland.

The medals were presented by Robert Smith, Baron Smith of Kelvin, Chairman of Glasgow 2014 and the quaichs were presented by Kenn Banks, President of the Commonwealth Games Association of Anguilla.

Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Commonwealth Games records were as follows.

The following records were established during the competition:

Results

Heats

Second reserve swim-off

Final

References

External links

Women's 800 metre freestyle
Commonwealth Games
2014 in women's swimming


title: Shuakhevi Hydro Power Plant

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The Shuakhevi Hydro Power Plant (Skuakhevi HPP) is a run-of-the-river plant in Adjara, Georgia. Construction on the project began in 2013 and was completed in June 2017. It has an installed capacity of  with expected electricity output of . The plant has the capacity for diurnal storage in two reservoirs ( Skhalta dam with a  reservoir and  Didachara dam with a  reservoir), allowing Shuakhevi HPP to store water for up to 12 hours and sell electricity at peak demand times. Three main tunnels were constructed on the Shuakhevi project; the 5.8 km Chirukhistsqali to Skhalta transfer tunnel, the  Skhalta to Didachara transfer tunnel and the 17.8 km Shuakhevi headrace and pressure tunnel. It is estimated that the project will cost US$417 million. For the purposes of developing, constructing and operating the Shuakhevi HPP, ADB and EBRD extended a loan to Adjaristsqali Georgia LLC of up to $86.5 million and IFC a loan of 80m USD. Adjaristsqali Georgia LLC is owned by the Norwegian Clean Energy Invest AS (40%), India's Tata Power (40%) and IFC Infraventures (20%), an investment fund created by the International Finance Corporation. Alstom was chosen to supply the electromechanical equipment for the project.

The importance of Shuakhevi HPP for Georgia
Electricity demand in Georgia has been on the rise since 2009 and investment in new generation capacity is lagging behind. Georgia has about 40 billion kwt/h of potential electricity and only 18-20% is utilized today. The Shuakhevi HPP is a part of a large Georgian strategy to develop its hydropower potential. It will enable Georgia to use more of its energy resources to meet electricity demand during the winter months of December, January and February. Most of the energy will be exported to Turkey. The positive aspects of the investment according to EBRD include strengthening Georgia’s private energy sector, demonstrating new financing methods (the project will be the first power project in Georgia to rely on limited recourse financing) and setting standards for corporate governance and business conduct. It will also generate employment opportunities for local population. More than 700 Georgians were working in the project in 2016, most of them from the local communities. Almost 500 locals were trained in a school especially designed to build required technical skills. The project company has also funded an extensive CSR program in the valley with significant infrastructure upgrades for the local communities, support for local businesses etc. The project has also enabled the construction of a new 220 kV transmission line from Akhalsikhe to Batumi, significantly strengthening the grid connection in the whole of South Western Georgia.

Controversial issues

Project justification
The contract for the Shuakhevi HPP project is the only contract for a hydropower project in Georgia where articles related to obligations of the state and the company on electricity tariffs and economic profitability are kept confidential. It is hard to say how the project will benefit Georgia, since it is not clear how the money will end up in the state budget.

The project has responsibility to deliver electricity for three winter months in Georgia for a fixed tariff, contributing to reducing the need to import electricity and reducing the carbon emissions from electricity production in Georgia.

The project will pay 1% of invested amount in property taxes to the local municipality where the infrastructure is located, which is estimated to significantly increase the budgets in the municipalities hosting the infrastructure.

Environmental impact
The project is designed to divert water flows from the upper parts of the Adjaristskali, Skhalta and Chirukhistskali rivers towards the reservoirs and then the powerhouse and leave only 10 percent of the average annual flow of the rivers. That will have a negative impact on the river ecosystem, including red-listed species like trout.

Social impact
Since there are no villages within the project site, the project did not envisage resettlement of local population. However, the project site is characterised by landslides. The tunnel drilled under the village Ghurta, which is one of three diversion tunnels part of the project, did not trigger any landslide as feared by the local population. Detailed geological investigations were undertaken by Mott MacDonald, one of the leading underground geological engineers in the world before the construction started to ensure that it was safe to construct a dam in the Didachara area. The memory of the 1971 landslide which cost 22 people’s lives is still very much alive among local population. Adjaristsqali Georgia LLC is denying the risks, however they are reluctant to sign warranty contracts to offer compensation in case the constructions cause damages.

Events

Protest on 8 March 2014
On 8 March there was a protest against the Shuakhevi HPP. About 500 villagers blocked the road to prevent the construction of a tunnel for the 187 MW Shuakhevi HPP in Didachara were dispersed by policemen and special forces. The main concern of the people is that the construction would trigger landslides.

See also

 List of power stations in Georgia (country)
 Energy in Georgia (country)

References

External links
Bjorn BRANDTZAEG: "As Georgia develops, it needs more domestically generated electricity" — Interview of Bjorn Brandtzaeg (Clean Energy Group) for Caucasian Journal

Dams in Georgia (country)
Hydroelectric power stations in Georgia (country)
Run-of-the-river power stations


title: Yoko Taro

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is a Japanese video game director and scenario writer. Starting his career at the now-defunct game company Cavia, his best-known work was on the action role-playing video game series Drakengard, and its spin-offs, Nier and Nier: Automata. Yoko was born in Nagoya, Aichi, and studied at the Kobe Design University in the 1990s. While he did not initially intend to pursue a career in video games, after working at Namco and Sony, he joined Cavia and became the director and scenario writer for the first Drakengard game. He has since worked extensively on every game in the series (except Drakengard 2), and on mobile titles, after becoming a freelancer after Cavia's absorption into AQ Interactive.

Critics have noted Yoko's unconventional game design and writing style. One of the main aspects of his work is exploring the darker aspects of people, such as why they are driven to kill each other, although he typically does not share a common opinion on his story's dark natures. His writing technique, described as "backwards scriptwriting", involves outlining the ending of the story first and building the narrative backward from that point. Due to his disdain for being photographed, he generally wears a mask when giving interviews or presenting games.

Early life and education
Yoko Taro was born in Nagoya, Aichi, on June 6, 1970. Taro's parents were often absent from home due to their jobs, so he was mostly raised by his grandmother, who left a strong impression on him. During his youth, he heard about an incident that would influence his later work as a scenario writer: while an acquaintance was in a shopping street with a group of friends, one of them who was walking along a high building roof slipped and died from the fall. The scene as Yoko heard it was initially "horrifying", but included a humorous element as well. He studied at Kobe Design University and graduated in March 1994. He is married to Yukiko Yoko, an illustrator who worked on Taiko no Tatsujin series and also did work on Drakengard 3.

Career
Initially not intending to pursue a career in video games, his first job a month after graduating was as a 3D CGI designer for Namco.  In 1999, he joined Sugar & Rockets Inc., a now-defunct in-house developer owned by Sony Computer Entertainment. In 2001, a year after Sugar & Rockets' consolidation by Sony, Yoko got a job at Cavia. While working at Cavia, he became involved in the creation of Drakengard. While the game's co-producer Takuya Iwasaki intended to take the director's role, he was busy with other projects, so Yoko was asked to take up director's duties. He also helped create the scenario and characters, as well as co-writing the script with Sawako Natori. During its production, Yoko was unhappy with the amount of changes asked for by the game's advisory board. It got to the point where he decided he would not work on another Drakengard. He was later involved in the production of Drakengard 2, being credited as a video editor while also remaining as one of the game's creative staff. Mostly tied up with another project during production, his original concept for the game as an arcade-style game with dragons in space was vetoed and he had creative clashes with the game's new director Akira Yasui.

After Drakengard 2 was completed, Yoko started work on a third entry in the series. As the game developed, the initial concept was developed to the point where the game was rebranded as Nier, a spin-off from the series. Despite this, Yoko continued to consider it the third entry in the series. After Nier was released and Cavia was absorbed into AQ Interactive, Yoko left the company and pursued an independent career. During this period, he took an unknown role in the development of Square Enix's social game Monster × Dragon. The majority of his freelancer work involved social mobile games. Many years later, Yoko teamed back up with multiple staff from the production of Drakengard and Nier to create a true second sequel to Drakengard, determining through questionnaires that the main appeal to the fanbase was the dark stories. After the completion of Drakengard 3, Yoko "went back into unemployment". After that, he began writing a short-term special column for Famitsu titled "Taro Yoko's Circle of No Good Thinking". In 2015, Yoko announced that he had started his own company called Bukkoro, staffed by Yoko, his wife Yukiko, and Hana Kikuchi, novelist and scenario writer for Nier and Drakengard 3. His other works include the 2023 anime television series based on Nier: Automata titled Nier: Automata Ver1.1a, co-writing the script with the anime's director Ryouji Masuyama.

Yoko has stated his intense dislike of interviews. His reason, according to his Famitsu column, was that he feels video game developers are not entertainers or commentators on their work and that he thinks the subjects they talk about in interviews would be overly boring to those reading or listening. When he does give interviews, he prefers to wear a mask to avoid being photographed, and in a video interview concerning Drakengard 3, he used a glove puppet. He has also stated that he likes to be blunt when stating his opinions, as he feels that video game fans deserve truth and honesty.

Writing
Yoko is noted for creating games with a dark, disturbing or unusual atmosphere. This was stated as the main reason he was brought in to work on Monster × Dragon. His writing method, which he has not seen in other works of fiction, is called "backwards scriptwriting". He described it as starting with the ending first, then working backwards from there. He then creates central plot points that form emotional peaks in the narrative, adds details, then scatters them through the narrative so the player can build a suitable emotional connection. He uses a secondary method called "photo thinking" in conjunction with his scriptwriting method. Yoko describes it as a method of visualizing and keeping in order events and emotional peaks throughout the story. He cited his inspiration for this method as The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci by Jonathan Spence. He is keen in experimenting with the video game format, feeling that many conventions of the video game market inhibit developers' creative freedom. Many of his games reflect his own feelings about death and his socratic questioning of the concept. Yoko also considers food an important tool in creating a game, stating that he thinks that types of food from across the world can help him get a feel for the people the game is being aimed at.

Yoko was influenced in his style for the Drakengard series by many games of the day: a commonality he noted was that the player got gradings for their performance after killing dozens or hundreds of enemy units in a "gloating" manner. Because the concept of enjoying killing seemed insane to him, he designed the first game's main protagonists to be insane. He also wished to explore what drove people to kill each other. Later, for Nier and Drakengard 3, Yoko explored the idea of a terrible event where both sides believed they were doing the right thing. For Nier, he took direct inspiration from the September 11 attacks and the War on Terror. Another direct influence on Nier was of the gameplay of the God of War series, which both he and the game's producer Yosuke Saito admired. He has stated his dislike for the "plain and forgettable" type of female video game character: he demonstrated his dislike for this and the stereotypical role-playing video game romance in Furiae, an important character in Drakengard. Another character he has been greatly involved in creating is Zero, Drakengard 3s protagonist: while creating her, he felt it would be interesting to create a character who was formerly a prostitute as it was a character type that was fairly rare in video games. In general, Yoko does not consider his writing to be as dark as others see it, while admitting that he deliberately incorporates dark elements. A notable influence on the gameplay of his titles was the classic shoot 'em up Ikaruga; it directly inspired the dragon flight sequences of Drakengard and bullet hell sections in Nier; and informed Yoko on the synchronization of gameplay with the music. A biography of him drawn Keiji Yoshida and based on Yoko Taro's own words was released in the Game Creators of Biography web manga series, under the title "ヨコオタロウ編" ("Yokoo Tarō-hen"). It was published by Cygames on its Cycomi platform, starting from February 21, 2021.

Works

Video games

Books and manga

Television

Stage plays

Music videos

Further reading

References

External links
"Diary of Tarō Yoko" online blog
Dengeki Online interview series about Drakengard and Nier
Bukkoro home page

1970 births
Creative directors
Japanese chief executives
Japanese video game directors
Living people
People from Nagoya
Video game writers


title: Justice League: Throne of Atlantis

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Justice League: Throne of Atlantis is a 2015 direct-to-video animated superhero film featuring the DC Comics superhero team the Justice League, which is the 22nd film of the DC Universe Animated Original Movies and the fourth film in the DC Animated Movie Universe. The film is loosely based on the "Throne of Atlantis" story arc from The New 52 written by Geoff Johns and serves as a standalone sequel to 2014's Justice League: War. In the film, Arthur Curry, a half-Atlantean prince, discovers his heritage and aids the Justice League in preventing a war between the surface dwellers and the Atlanteans orchestrated by his half-brother Ocean Master. The film was released for download on January 13, 2015 and was released on Blu-ray and DVD formats on January 27.

Jason O'Mara, Christopher Gorham, Sean Astin, Shemar Moore, Steven Blum, George Newbern, and Melique Berger reprise their respective roles from Justice League: War, while Nathan Fillion reprises his role as Green Lantern / Hal Jordan from Green Lantern: Emerald Knights, Justice League: Doom and Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox.

Plot
While on patrol in the Atlantic, the entire crew of the nuclear submarine USS California is killed by an unknown attacker. At S.T.A.R. Labs, the Justice League's headquarters, Cyborg is given the news by Colonel Steve Trevor. He teleports to the sub via a Boom tube, finds hand prints on the hull and discovers that nuclear missiles are missing. Cyborg, Flash, Shazam, Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, and Batman inspect the recovered California. Diana identifies the enemy as warriors from Atlantis, beings turned into underwater creatures by their king's mystical trident. Batman and Superman decide to meet Atlantis-expert Stephen Shin.

In Atlantis, Prince Orm and Black Manta meet with Orm's mother Queen Atlanna, where they argue over declaring war on the humans. Orm blames the Justice League for his father's death while Queen Atlanna blames Darkseid. Orm wishes to attack first, but Atlanna silences him and asks Mera to bring Arthur Curry (her other son) to Atlantis. Black Manta uses a craft disguised as a US Navy submarine to attack Atlantis using the stolen missiles to frame the humans. Batman and Superman locate Shin's home and his destroyed research. Superman finds a photograph of Curry and a letter revealing that Arthur is half-Atlantean. Shin meets Arthur, but he is killed by Atlantean soldiers sent by Black Manta. Arthur is blasted out of his collapsing house. Mera saves him and dispatches the soldiers using her hydrokinetic powers.

Citizens of Atlantis and Orm demand war following the attack on Atlantis, though Atlanna disagrees. Arthur wakes up with gills on his neck in underwater Atlantean ruins. Mera explains that Atlanna is his mother, though as a royal, Atlanna could not be with his father or Arthur. Now, Atlanna believes Arthur can help bridge the gap between the two worlds. Mera dresses him in the king's royal garb, though Arthur leaves wearing only the orange and green Atlantean bodysuit. They are attacked by the Trench at the surface. The creatures overwhelm Arthur and the League helps defeat the Trenchers. Black Manta reports to Orm that the Trench failed to kill Arthur.

When Orm and Atlanna argue over starting a war, she reveals that she knows he attacked Atlantis. Orm stabs her to death from behind and takes over as the new king of Atlantis. Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Cyborg, Arthur, and Mera learn of Atlanna's death once in Atlantis. Orm (now using the mantle "Ocean Master") uses the trident to restrain the team in pods. The group is sent to be consumed by the monstrous Dark Trench while Ocean Master leads Atlantis' army to the surface. Arthur taps into the power of the trident to destroy his pod. With Superman's help, they save the rest and defeat the monster. A massive tidal wave conceals the Atlantean army's arrival in Metropolis. Superman saves John Henry Irons and Wonder Woman saves Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen. Black Manta attacks Arthur and reveals that he wants to overthrow Ocean Master to take Atlantis for himself. Arthur summons a shark to attack him.

The League and Mera battle Ocean Master, with little success. Shazam is transformed back into Billy Batson, Flash, Green Lantern, and Mera are knocked unconscious, and Cyborg is almost impaled, electrocuted and disabled. Wonder Woman is incapacitated by the trident's electric energy while Superman is wounded because of its mystical properties. Batman saves Cyborg from dying by electrocuting him with a taser device. Ocean Master is about to kill Arthur when Cyborg broadcasts the video of Ocean Master confessing to his mother's murder for Atlantis' soldiers to hear. Arthur uses the distraction to defeat Ocean Master and convinces the soldiers to stand down - and to accept him as their king.

Arthur is crowned king of Atlantis with the Justice League in the audience. Batman suggests that they need to solidify the team, given the new threats, and Cyborg reveals plans for a watchtower. Arthur joins the League as Aquaman despite his dislike toward the name, before leaving with Mera to confront the Trenchers.

In the post-credits, Orm is incarcerated at Belle Reve and approached by Lex Luthor who has a proposition for him to consider.

Voice cast

Crew
 Andrea Romano – Voice director
 Sam Register – Executive producer

Reception

Critical reception
The review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported an approval rating of , with an average rating of , based on  reviews.

Scott Mendelson of Forbes felt that the film retrod old ground with Aquaman's origin story and paled in comparison to the Justice League episode "The Enemy Below", which featured a similar plot. However, Mendelson did praise "the choice to center on Aquaman as opposed to yet-another Batman-centric story", but overall felt "that Aquaman [was] the least interesting character in his own movie". IGN gave the film a 6.5/10 rating and stated that the film "falters in its second half, delivering an only somewhat enjoyable Aquaman movie".

For ToonZone.net, reviewer Ed Liu segregated his review into two sections: one for the "good news" and one for the opposite. For the positive, Liu said that "the quality of the animation is a nice cut above nearly all TV animation and falls just short of feature film levels", and praised the voice cast. For the bad, Liu said that "it's mostly downhill from there", referring to the flimsy motivations of the villain, the inconsistencies with the characters and the plot and the unnecessary inclusion of the Justice League. Brian Lowry of Variety gave the film a relatively positive review, stating that DC Universe Animated Original Movies "remain an area where DC consistently outclasses Marvel" and that "entries like Throne of Atlantis reinforce a sense that in the game of animation, anyway, they're leading the wave, not behind it".

Sales
As of October 2021, the film has earned $4,636,124 in domestic home video sales.

See also
 List of underwater science fiction works

Notes

References

External links

2015 animated films
2015 films
2015 direct-to-video films
2010s American animated films
2010s direct-to-video animated superhero films
2010s animated superhero films
Aquaman films
Animated Justice League films
DC Animated Movie Universe
Direct-to-video sequel films
Films based on works by Geoff Johns
Films directed by Ethan Spaulding
Films scored by Frederik Wiedmann
Films set in the Atlantic Ocean
Films set in Atlantis
Matricide in fiction
Warner Bros. Animation animated films
Warner Bros. direct-to-video animated films
Films set in 2015
2010s English-language films


title: Květoslav Palov

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Květoslav Palov is a former Czechoslovak and Australian cyclist. He was the first Czech who has competed in the Tour de France. He uses a nickname Omar.

Květoslav Palov was born on 6 December 1962. He was a member of Czechoslovak national team in the 1980s. He refused to return from Italy where he raced in 1986.

In 1987, he participated as the first Czech in the Tour de France. With a Czechoslovak passport, he raced for British team ANC-Halfords. He finished the Tour as 103rd.

He raced professionally until 1991 and retired from his racing career in Australia.

He lives and runs a business in Rockhampton, Australia.

References

External links
Květoslav Palov at Cycling Archives

Czech male cyclists
Australian male cyclists
Cyclists from Queensland
Czechoslovak emigrants to Australia
Czechoslovak exiles
1962 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Brno


title: Huamanchoque

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Huamanchoque (possibly from Quechua waman falcon or variable hawk, chuqi metal, every kind of precious metal / gold (<Aymara)) is a  mountain in the Urubamba mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Cusco Region, Calca Province, Calca District, north of the Vilcanota River. Huamanchoque lies at the Cancha Cancha valley where the Lares trek route passes by. It is situated south of Canchacanchajasa, southwest of Sahuasiray and Cóndorhuachana, and north of a lower peak named Cóndorhuachana. One of the nearest towns is Huayllabamba.

References

Mountains of Peru
Mountains of Cusco Region


title: Dorothy Atkinson

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Dorothy Caroline Atkinson (born 1966) is an English actress and singer. She has appeared in several plays by playwright Alan Ayckbourn and in films by Mike Leigh, including Topsy-Turvy, All or Nothing, and Mr. Turner, which premiered at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, and for which she was nominated for the BIFA Award for Best Supporting Actress.

An April 2021 announcement stated that Atkinson would be joining the cast of the second season of All Creatures Great and Small as Diana Brompton.

Personal life
Atkinson is from Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. Her father was a bursar for a school in Nottinghamshire and she has one sister. Her nickname is "Dot". She is married to actor Martin Savage and they have one son.

Filmography

Film

Television

Theatre
Atkinson made her Broadway debut in the 2010 production of Brief Encounter, playing three roles (Dolly/Hermione/Beryl). This production was conceived originally with the Kneehigh Theatre Company (of which she is a member) and she stayed with the show when it moved to New York.

In 2009 Atkinson played Vera in Just Between Ourselves by Alan Ayckbourn at Northampton's Royal & Derngate Theatre. In 2006 she played Nora in Epitaph for George Dillon at the Comedy Theatre and in 2007 the Woman in A Matter of Life and Death at the National Theatre.
In 2003 she played Marie in the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of Beauty and the Beast by Laurence Boswell.

She has performed many shows at the Stephen Joseph Theatre with Alan Ayckbourn, including The Boy Who Fell Into a Book, in which she originated the role of the Queen in 1998.

In 2002, Atkinson was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Eden End as Lillian, by the Barclays Theatre Awards, an award recognising regional British theatre.

References

External links

20th-century English actresses
21st-century English actresses
Living people
English film actresses
English musical theatre actresses
English radio actresses
English stage actresses
English television actresses
English voice actresses
Actresses from Nottinghamshire
People from Mansfield
1966 births


title: Nebraska State Guard

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The Nebraska State Guard (NSG) is the currently inactive state defense force of the state of Nebraska, which was activated during both World War II and the Vietnam War. As a state defense force, the NSG served on as a component of the organized militia of Nebraska, serving as reservists who trained periodically but could be called up during an emergency; however, unlike the Nebraska National Guard, the Nebraska State Guard could not be federalized or deployed outside the state. Rather, when the National Guard was deployed, the purpose of the State Guard was to assume the stateside duties of the National Guard.

History of Predecessor Units
Both the National Guard and the various state defense forces trace their roots to organized militia units which composed the majority of American military forces before the creation of the modern National Guard under the Militia Act of 1903. The first organized militia, the Nebraska Volunteers, was a division-sized unit of volunteers created by an act of the Nebraska Territorial Legislature in 1856. Nebraska later created several multiple units during the American Civil War.

World War II
Following the American entrance into World War II and federalization of all National Guard units, numerous states created state defense forces in order to protect their territory against invasion, unrest, insurrection, and sabotage while their National Guard units were deployed. Nebraska created the Nebraska State Guard in 1942. In April 1943, the Nebraska State Guard was deployed alongside federal Army soldiers and civilian volunteers to assist in protecting the Omaha Municipal Airport from floodwater during a flood of the Missouri River. The Nebraska State Guard was disbanded in 1947, though the statutes authorizing it remained in effect.

Vietnam War
Due to the heightened chance of deployment for several National Guard units chosen to be a part of the Selected Reserve Force during the Vietnam War, Governor Norbert T. Tiemann reactivated Nebraska's state defense force in 1968 to replace the Nebraska National Guard. The Nebraska State Guard was organized at a cadre level, with plans to expand through four phases and ultimately reach a full strength of roughly 4,000 men; however, due to the repeal of the Selected Reserve Force program, the Vietnam-era State Guard never expanded beyond a cadre of approximately 220 officers and enlisted men, primarily veterans of World War II or the Vietnam War, organized across 35 units in 30 towns. The Nebraska State Guard was then disbanded in 1972.

Uniform
The Vietnam-era uniform for State Guardsmen, provided by the state, consisted of an army uniform with the federal patch replaced with a State Guard shoulder patch instead of the American flag, a pair of boots, and an “N.S.G.” brass insignia for the uniform's collar for officers.

Legal status
State defense forces are given a legal basis by the federal government under Title 32, Section 109 of the United States Code. Currently, 23 states and the territory of Puerto Rico maintain active state defense forces. Nebraska law also recognizes the Nebraska State Guard as a military entity which can be reactivated by the Governor of Nebraska whenever any part of the National Guard of the State of Nebraska is in active federal service, whenever the President of the United States declares a national emergency, or whenever an emergency is declared by the governor. Therefore, the legal framework exists at both state and federal levels to reactivate the Nebraska State Guard in the future should these conditions be met.

See also
Nebraska Wing Civil Air Patrol

References

State defense forces of the United States
Military in Nebraska


title: Savatije Sokolović

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Savatije Sokolović (;  1573 – d. 1586), was Archbishop of Peć and Serbian Patriarch from 1585 to 1586. Before that, he served as Metropolitan of Herzegovina from 1573 to 1585. He was a member of the notable Sokolović family, being a nephew of Serbian Patriarch Makarije Sokolović (1557–71). Savatije founded the Piva Monastery in 1573.

Life
Sokolović was born in Prijepolje, at the time part of the Sanjak of Herzegovina of the Ottoman Empire (now in Serbia).  He was a son of Vukašin, the "knyaz of Rudići", and was part of the notable Sokolović family, being a fraternal nephew of Patriarch Makarije (s. 1557–71), and relative to many other archbishops, and even Ottoman statesmen.

He succeeded his relative Antonije as the Metropolitan of Herzegovina in 1573, who then became the Serbian Patriarch; the Sokolović bishops were obviously succeeding each other as metropolitan of Herzegovina, then as coadjutor to the Serbian Patriarch, and finally as Serbian Patriarch. That same year, Savatije founded (as ktitor) the Piva Monastery, dedicated to the Dormition of the Most Holy Mother of God, located by the Piva river in the historical Piva region (the former župa of Piva, in modern-day western Montenegro).  The construction workers were brothers named Gavrilo and Vukašin. Russian historian Aleksandr Fedorovich Gilferding (1831–1872) said that the monastery was the greatest and most beautiful building in all of Herzegovina.

He remained the Metropolitan of Herzegovina until his enthronement as the Archbishop of Peć and Serbian Patriarch in 1585, and served until his presumed death in 1586 when the last mention is made of him, regarding the finished construction of Piva. He died before Gerasim. Historian S. Novaković (1842–1915) concluded that his death place was in the Ubožac- or Božac Monastery, although this has since been refuted.

Savatije proved himself more energetic than his predecessors, and boldly and persistently, with the help of Grand Vizier Sokollu Mehmed Pasha (Mehmed-paša Sokolović) and other Islamized Sokolović family members, and other Viziers of Serbian origin, to work for the strengthening of Church autonomy. Unfortunately, chronicles have no further information on his life, as is the case with many other Serbian patriarchs. Both Savatije and Sokollu Mehmed Pasha are depicted on the interior frescoes.

See also
List of heads of the Serbian Orthodox Church

References

Sources

External links
 Official site of the Serbian Orthodox Church: Serbian Archbishops and Patriarchs

16th-century Serbian people
16th-century Eastern Orthodox archbishops
People from Prijepolje
1586 deaths
16th-century births
Ottoman Serbia
Serbs from the Ottoman Empire
Patriarchs of the Serbian Orthodox Church
16th-century people from the Ottoman Empire
Bishops of Zahumlje-Herzegovina


title: Rybička (knife)

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Rybička (English: Little Fish) is a small Czech pocket knife with the handle shaped as a fish. It has been produced since the first decades of the 20th century. The knife was particularly popular during the period of socialism in Czechoslovakia. It was valued as a simple and small tool used for mushroom picking, a traditional Czech hobby. It was very popular and sold in large numbers on the Czechoslovak market. As of 2014, it is produced by the company Mikov in Mikulášovice, Czech Republic.

History
The design of the Rybička knife apparently originates from the production of the cutlery workshop of Jan Maixner, however, it gained popularity only after Ignaz Rösler took over the company. The oldest catalogue with the knife shaped as a fish is approximately 80 years old (), however, some sources suggest that the design is only about 60 years old (produced since 1947–1955). During the second half of the 20th century, a part of the production moved to Slovakia, under the sister company Sandrik. The knives were identical, only the sign on the blade was different.

During an exhibition of knives in Prague in 2005, Rybička received honorable mention as "the most famous knife of Czechoslovakia".

The company also produces various collector's series and luxury variants of the knife.

External links
Rybička on manufacturer's website

References

Pocket knives


title: Chanel Mata'utia

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Chanel Mata'utia-Leifi (pronounced ma-ta-oo-tee-a) (born 17 August 1992) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer. He plays for the Cessnock Goannas in the Newcastle Rugby League. His positions are  and . He previously played for the Newcastle Knights in the National Rugby League.

Background
Mata'utia was born in Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia. He is of Samoan descent. He is the younger brother of former Knights teammate Peter Mata'utia, now of Castleford Tigers in the European Super League, and is the older brother of Knights teammates Pat Mata'utia and Sione Mata'utia.

He played his junior football for the Bankstown Cougars, before moving to Newcastle, New South Wales at a young age and playing for the South Newcastle Lions in the Newcastle Rugby League. He was then signed by the Newcastle Knights.

Playing career

Early career
From 2010 to 2012, Mata'utia played for the Newcastle Knights' NYC team. On 21 April 2012, he played for the New South Wales Under-20s team against the Queensland Under-20s team and scored a try.

In 2013, he moved on to the Knights' New South Wales Cup team. On 16 October 2013, he re-signed with the Newcastle club on a one-year contract, later extending it by another year in 2014. On 9 July 2014, he played for the New South Wales Residents against the Queensland Residents and scored two tries.

2014
In round 20 of the 2014 NRL season, Mata'utia made his NRL debut for Newcastle against the Sydney Roosters, alongside his brother Sione Mata'utia who also debuted for the club in the same game. This was the first time since round 1 of the 1942 NSWRFL season, that two brothers had debuted in the same game together, Bill and Doug McRitchie debuting for the St. George Dragons on that day. On 9 September 2014, he was named in the Samoa train-on squad for the 2014 Four Nations, but didn't make the final 24-man squad. Late in September 2014, he signed a letter of intent to join the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs on a four-year contract starting in 2016, along with his brothers Sione and Pat. However, the NRL's rules didn't allow the Canterbury club to register the contracts until 30 June 2015, leaving the option of staying at Newcastle open for the Mata'utias.

2015
On 19 March, Mata'utia re-signed with the Newcastle club on a three-year contract, along with his brothers Sione and Pat. In May, he again played for the New South Wales Residents against the Queensland Residents and scored two tries, this time alongside his brother Peter. He managed to play only one NRL game in the 2015 season.

2016
After impressing the new coaching staff in pre-season, Mata'utia was selected to play in the Knights' round 1 side against the Gold Coast Titans, though he was injured during the game. Multiple injuries throughout the year meant the round 1 match would be his only NRL match for the season.

2017
After another injury plagued season, Mata'utia was able to break back into Newcastle's NRL side in round 18 of the 2017 season, going on to play four NRL matches for the year and scoring two tries. On 23 November, it was announced that he would be retiring from the professional level of the game and joining the local Newcastle Rugby League, after being granted a release from the final year of his Newcastle contract. Mata'utia said after being released “The club has been great to me and I will miss everyone, but it is the right time for me to step away from the game at this level”.

2018
In 2018, Mata'utia joined the Cessnock Goannas.

References

External links
Newcastle Knights profile

1992 births
Living people
Australian sportspeople of Samoan descent
Australian rugby league players
Cessnock Goannas players
Mata'utia family (rugby)
Newcastle Knights players
Rugby league centres
Rugby league players from New South Wales
Rugby league wingers
Samoan sportspeople
South Newcastle Lions players


title: Sione Mata'utia

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Sione Mata'utia-Leifi (pronounced ma-ta-oo-tee-a) (born 25 June 1996) is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a  and  forward for St Helens in the Betfred Super League. He has represented both Australia and Samoa at international level.

He previously played for the Newcastle Knights in the NRL, as well as the Prime Minister's XIII and World All Stars at representative level. Mata'utia played as  and on the  earlier in his career, before moving into the forwards.

Background
Mata'utia was born in Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia. He is of Samoan descent and moved to Newcastle, New South Wales when he was 5 years old.

He played his junior football for the Raymond Terrace Magpies and South Newcastle Lions in the Newcastle Rugby League, before being signed by the Newcastle Knights.

Mata'utia is the younger brother of former Knights players Peter Mata'utia, Chanel Mata'utia and Pat Mata'utia.

Playing career

Early career
In 2013 and 2014, Mata'utia played for Newcastle's NYC team. On 16 October 2013, he extended his contract with the Knights from the end of 2014 to the end of 2015. On 12 June 2013, he won the Brian Carlson Club-Andrew Johns Medal as Newcastle's best under-17 player. In September and November 2013, he captained the Australian Schoolboys.

2014
On 3 May, Mata'utia played for the New South Wales Under-20s team against the Queensland Under-20s team, playing at centre and scoring a try in New South Wales' 30-8 win at Penrith Stadium.

In round 20 of the 2014 NRL season, he made his NRL debut for Newcastle against the Sydney Roosters at fullback, alongside his brother Chanel Mata'utia who also debuted for the Knights in the same game. This was the first time since Round 1 of the 1942 NSWRFL season, that two brothers had debuted in the same game together, Bill and Doug McRitchie debuting for the St. George Dragons on that day. In round 23 against the New Zealand Warriors at Hunter Stadium, he scored his first NRL career try in a three try effort for Newcastle during their 28-22 win. He finished off his debut year in the NRL having played in seven matches and scoring seven tries for Newcastle in the 2014 season. On 2 September, he was named at centre in the 2014 NYC Team of the Year.

On 8 September 2014, he was named in the Samoa train-on squad for the 2014 Four Nations, later being also named in the Junior Kangaroos train-on squad. On 12 October 2014, he played for the Prime Minister's XIII against Papua New Guinea. On 14 October 2014, he was named in the Australian 2014 Four Nations squad. He became Australia's youngest ever Test player when he played against England, aged 18 years and 129 days, eclipsing Israel Folau's seven-year-old record by 65 days. He played in 3 matches for Australia including playing on the wing and scoring a try in the Kangaroos' 22-18 loss to New Zealand at Westpac Stadium.

Late in September 2014, he signed a letter of intent to join the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs on a four-year contract starting in 2016, along with his brothers Chanel and Pat. However, the NRL's rules didn't allow Canterbury to register the contracts until 30 June 2015, leaving the option of staying at Newcastle open for the Mata'utias.

2015
On 31 January and 1 February, Mata'utia played for Newcastle in the 2015 NRL Auckland Nines. On 19 March, he re-signed with Newcastle on a three-year contract, along with his brothers Chanel and Pat. He finished off the 2015 season having played in 22 matches and scoring 3 tries as the club finished last.

2016
In February, Mata'utia played for Newcastle in the 2016 NRL Auckland Nines. In round 17 against the Canberra Raiders, he switched from the centres to second-row in Newcastle's 21-25 golden-point extra time loss at Canberra Stadium. This would later prove to be a permanent move for the rest of the season. He finished the 2016 season having played in 16 matches and scoring 4 tries.

2017
In round 8 of the 2017 season, Mata'utia captained Newcastle for the first time in their loss to North Queensland.  He played a total of 22 games for Newcastle in the 2017 NRL season as the club finished last for a third straight year.

2018
In June, Mata'utia re-signed with Newcastle on a three-year contract until the end of 2021.

2019
Mata'utia played 22 games and scored five tries for Newcastle in the 2019 NRL season as the club finished 11th on the table.

2020
Mata'utia had an interrupted 2020 season due to injury, only playing in 12 matches for Newcastle. After 124 games for the Knights, he was released from the final year of his contract in November to take up a three-year contract with Super League club St Helens R.F.C. starting in 2021.

2021
In round 1 of the 2021 Super League season, he made his debut for St. Helens in their 29-6 victory over Salford.

On 14 July, Mata'utia was suspended for two matches and missed St. Helens Challenge Cup final victory over Castleford.

On 9 October, he played for St. Helens in their 2021 Super League Grand Final victory over Catalans Dragons.

2022
In round 19 of the 2022 Super League season, he was sent off for a professional foul in St Helens 25-0 victory over Huddersfield.
On 24 September, he played for St Helens in their 2022 Super League Grand Final victory over Leeds.

2023
On 18 February 2023, he played in St Helens 13-12 upset victory over Penrith in the 2023 World Club Challenge. In April, Mata'utia was knocked out during St Helens loss against arch-rivals Wigan where he remained motionless on the pitch for almost ten minutes and required oxygen. Mata'utia was then ruled out for an indefinite period after being stretchered from the field.
In the 2023 Challenge Cup semi-final, Mata'utia was controversially sent to the sin bin during St Helens 12-10 loss against Leigh.
He played 20 games for St Helens in the 2023 Super League season as the club finished third on the table. He played in St Helens narrow loss against the Catalans Dragons in the semi-final which stopped them reaching a fifth successive grand final.

References

External links
Newcastle Knights profile

1996 births
Living people
Australian rugby league players
Australian sportspeople of Samoan descent
Australia national rugby league team players
Mata'utia family (rugby)
Newcastle Knights captains
Newcastle Knights players
NRL All Stars players
Prime Minister's XIII players
Rugby league locks
Rugby league second-rows
Rugby league centres
Rugby league wingers
Rugby league players from Newcastle, New South Wales
Samoa national rugby league team players
Samoan rugby league players
Samoan sportspeople
South Newcastle Lions players
St Helens R.F.C. players


title: 2014 Team Giant–Shimano season

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The 2014 women's road cycling season was the fourth for the Team Giant–Shimano (UCI code: GIW), which began as Team Skil–Argos in 2010.

Roster

Riders who joined the team for the 2014 season

Riders who left the team during or after the 2013 season

Season victories

Results in major races

Single day races

Grand Tours

UCI World Ranking

The 2014 UCI Women's Road Rankings are rankings based upon the results in all UCI-sanctioned races of the 2014 women's road cycling season.

Team Giant–Shimano finished fifth in the 2014 ranking for UCI teams.

References

2014 UCI Women's Teams seasons
2014 in Dutch sport
2014


title: Ross Beever

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Ross Ewen Beever (3 January 1946 – 3 June 2010) was a New Zealand geneticist and mycologist.

Academic career
Born in Te Kuiti, Beever completed a MSc at Auckland University with a thesis Growth of fungi on potato extract media and a PhD at Leeds entitled Genetic and biochemical studies of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase in Neurospora crassa.

On his return to New Zealand he worked for DSIR and later Landcare Research, principally on Botrytis cinerea and other important plant diseases including Phytoplasma australiense, responsible for cabbage tree mortality, and Phytophthora species responsible for Kauri dieback.

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 2004.

Beever died in Auckland in 2010. The Ross Beever Memorial Mycological Award was established by the New Zealand Mycological Society in 2014. Fungus taxa named in his honour include the species Colletotrichum beeveri and Cortinarius beeverorum, and the genus Rossbeevera.

References

New Zealand geneticists
New Zealand mycologists
1946 births
2010 deaths
People from Te Kūiti
Alumni of the University of Leeds
University of Auckland alumni
People associated with Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (New Zealand)
Fellows of the Royal Society of New Zealand
20th-century New Zealand scientists
21st-century New Zealand scientists


title: Project 365

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Project 365 is an initiative by EtP (Ekalokam Trust for Photography) to create and preserve photographic visuals of the ancient Indian culture and contemporary lifestyle of Tiruvannamalai a South Indian ancient town in Tamil Nadu. Project 365 is part of the long-term vision to initiate public photo art projects in the rural parts of the tri-Sangam period Tamilakam, now meagerly represented in a geography comprising modern Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka and parts of Andhra Pradesh. The second phase of the project documents the Sangam period ports, connected International ports and their inland surroundings. The third phase of the project will document the culture and lifestyle alongside river Cauveri. Project 365 Tiruvannamalai began on 15 August 2014.

Photography in Tiruvannamalai

Tiruvannamalai has a rich photography history. Photographers including Indian photographers PRS Mani, Dr. T.N.Krishnaswamy, G Govind Welling, American photographer Eliot Elisofon, French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson, and many other known, and unknown, photographers have created several bodies of photography works of Sri. Ramana Maharishi and Tiruvannamalai. These images have been widely circulated and published in India and abroad. Few of these photographs are being archived and preserved by Sri Ramana Ashram, Tiruvannamalai.

Project director

Project 365 is led by contemporary Indian photographer Abul Kalam Azad a.k.a. AKA.  AKA has a decade of experience as a photo-journalist with Press Trust India and other prominent newspaper agencies and magazines.  He also received the prestigious Charles Wallace Award (fellowship 1995), UK and studied photography in the Surrey Institute of Art and Design University College. He left the promising Photojournalism|photo-journalist career to follow his passion ‘photography’. In the year 2000, AKA set up an art studio ‘Mayalokam’ in the inspiring labyrinth of ancient warehouses, situated between the Bazaar Road and the Harbour front, Fort Cochin. Soon, Mayalokam studio became a cultural hub for local, national and international artists and enthusiasts in various disciplines. Eventually, Mayalokam became ‘Mayalokam Art Collective’ to include other artists. AKA had been a frequent to Tiruvannamalai since the mid 1990s and in the year 2010, Azad moved permanently to Tiruvannamalai. He is one of the founders of EtP, a Trust dedicated to conserving, archiving and protecting contemporary photography.  He is also the recipient of senior fellowship (2012 - 2013) from Ministry of Culture, Government of India.

Project 365 photographers and partners

Photographers Dinesh Khanna, Waswo X. Waswo, Thierry Cardon, Ramu Aravindan, Shibu Arakkal, RR. Srinivasan, Ami Gupta, Anurag Sharma, Arnav Rastogi, Bhagyashri Patki, Biju Ibrahim, Iqbal MK, Jiby Charles, J Jayaraman, Leo James, Maveeran Somasundaram, Paneer Selvam, Pee Vee, Radhi Jangla, Seema Krishnakumar, Shiv K, Varun Gupta and Boney KR were part of Project 365 collective. EtP has networked with SPACES, Chennai; 1 Shanthi Road, Bangalore; Aksgar online magazine, Goa-CAP; India Photo Archive Foundation, Gurgeon; Vamsi Books, Tiruvannamalai; Thalam, Bangalore; Kannadi, Madurai and Vetri digitals, Tiruvannamalai.

The project was completed in the 2015 with the public archive having more than 3000 and odd photographs of Tiruvannamalai. The premiere show of Project 365 Tiruvannamalai was organised at Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata showcasing selected works from the public archive.

References

Indian culture
Indian journalism organisations
Photojournalism organizations
Indian photography organisations


title: Viktor Ahlmann

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Viktor Ahlmann Nielsen (born 3 January 1995) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is the brother of fellow footballer Jakob Ahlmann Nielsen.

Career
Ahlmann is a youth prospect of AaB. During the autumn holidays of 2008, Ahlmann, together with teammates from AaB, Lucas Andersen and Andreas Bruhn, participated in a trial at Premier League club Liverpool. He made his Danish Superliga debut on 19 July 2014 against SønderjyskE where he was substituted in for Anders K. Jacobsen in the 82nd minute. He played seven league games in AaB. In the fall of 2015, Ahlmann was sent on loan to Vendsyssel FF. In the spring of 2016, he was sent on a six-month loan to Jammerbugt FC, where he scored nine goals in 16 appearances.

After his contract expired with AaB, he signed with Norwegian club IF Fram Larvik in August 2016. He, however, announced on social media that he had decided to take a break from football only one month after joining Fram, due to a lack of motivation for professional football.

Ahlmann returned to football in February 2017, signing with his former side Jammerbugt FC in the third-tier Danish 2nd Division. Ahlmann left Jammerbugt at the end of the 2020–21 season, and subsequently retired from football altogether.

References

External links

1995 births
Living people
Danish men's footballers
AaB Fodbold players
Vendsyssel FF players
Danish Superliga players
Men's association football forwards
People from Brønderslev
Jammerbugt FC players
Danish 2nd Division players
IF Fram Larvik players
Danish expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Norway
Danish expatriate sportspeople in Norway
Denmark men's youth international footballers
Footballers from the North Jutland Region


title: Doin' the Gigi

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Doin' the Gigi is an album by American saxophonist Gigi Gryce compiling live and studio recordings from 1957 to 1961 which was released on the Uptown label in 2011.

Reception

AllMusic awarded the album 4½ stars stating: "Gigi Gryce had a short but productive career, which lasted roughly a decade before he abruptly left jazz in the early 1960s to become a teacher. This compilation of unissued performances is an important addition to his legacy, particularly the 1961 Birdland broadcast, which features the working band he used for his Rat Race Blues album ".

Track listing
All compositions by Gigi Gryce except as indicated
 "Blues in Bloom" (Norman Mapp) - 11:24
 "A Premonition of You" - 4:40
 "A Night in Tunisia" (Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli) - 7:37
 "Down Home" - 5:35
 "Blues in Bloom" (Mapp) - 3:02
 "Dancing the Gigi"  - 2:31
 "Sonor" (Gerald Wiggins, Kenny Clarke) - 3:32
 "Down Home" - 4:16
 "Take the "A" Train" (Billy Strayhorn) - 4:00
 "Stompin' at the Savoy" (Edgar Sampson) - 2:37
 "I'll Walk Alone" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) - 4:32
 "Caravan" (Duke Ellington, Juan Tizol, Irving Mills) - 4:58
 "All the Things You Are" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) - 1:46
 Announcements by Al "Jazzbo" Collins & Hugh Downs - 0:28
 "Leila's Blues" - 1:32
 "There Will Never Be Another You" (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon) - 2:35
 "Man of Moods" (Duke Jordan, Cecil Payne) - 2:46
 "The Blues Walk" (Clifford Brown, Chris Woods, Sonny Stitt) - 2:05
Recorded in New York City on June 24, 1957 at the Golden Thread Café, Hotel New Yorker (tracks 13-18), early 1960 at Nola Penthouse Studios (tracks 7-12), 1961 at A & R Studios (tracks 5 & 6), and August 19, 1961 at Birdland (tracks 1-4)

Personnel
Gigi Gryce - alto saxophone
Cecil Payne - baritone saxophone (tracks 13-18)
Richard Williams (tracks 1-12) - trumpet
Eddie Costa - vibraphone (tracks 1-6)
Richard Wyands (tracks 1-12), Duke Jordan (tracks 13-18) - piano
Julian Euell (tracks 1-6), unknown (tracks 7-12), Wendell Marshall (tracks 13-18) - bass
Mickey Roker (tracks 1-6), unknown (tracks 7-12), Art Taylor (tracks 13-18) - drums

References

2011 albums
Gigi Gryce albums


title: Majid Abdolhosseini

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Majid Abdolhosseini (, born March 10, 1972) is a retired professional Iranian karateka. In 1995, Abdolhosseini won a gold medal in the Philippines and another gold medal in Macau in 2005.

Abdolhosseini competed in five world karate championships, in 1996 Rdyvzhanyrv Brazil, 1998 Sun City, South Africa, 2000 Munich, Germany, 2002 Madrid, Apain and 2004 Mexico and in five Asian Karate Championships, from 1995 to 2005 and the Asian games in Bangkok, Thailand in 1998.

From 1990 to 2006 Abdolhosseini was a player in the national team of Iran in numerous competitions: Karate World Championships, Asian Championships, Asian Games.

Abdolhosseni was appointed coach of the Iran under-21 karate team in March 2014.

References

External links
 فدراسیون کاراته
 عبدالحسيني:تشكیل تیم امید کاراته راهی برای رسیدن به موفقیت‌های بیشتر است

1972 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Qom
Iranian male karateka
Karateka at the 1998 Asian Games


title: Mathias Thrane

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Mathias Thrane (born 4 September 1993) is a retired Danish professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Career
Thrane joined AaB in the summer of 2014 from Hellerup IK. He got his Danish Superliga debut on 19 July 2014 against SønderjyskE when he was substituted in for Thomas Enevoldsen in the 75th minute.

Thrane played two years in AaB before signing with the competitors from OB.

On 4 February 2019, Nykøbing FC announced the signing of Thrane. He left the club in the summer 2020.

After a spell at Faroese club B36 Tórshavn, Thrane returned to Denmark at the end of February 2022, when he signed for Næstved Boldklub. In July 2022, he returned to his former club, HIK.

In July 2023, Thrane joined FB where he would serve as a transition coach and youth coach.

References

External links

1993 births
Living people
Danish men's footballers
Danish expatriate men's footballers
Hellerup IK players
AaB Fodbold players
Odense Boldklub players
Nykøbing FC players
Boldklubben Frem players
B36 Tórshavn players
Næstved Boldklub players
Danish Superliga players
Danish 1st Division players
Danish 2nd Division players
Faroe Islands Premier League players
Men's association football midfielders
Expatriate men's footballers in the Faroe Islands


title: Far from Men

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Far from Men () is a 2014 French drama film directed by David Oelhoffen. Set in French Colonial Algeria, the narrative follows Daru, a reclusive, pacifist, Algerian-born French teacher of Spanish descent (Viggo Mortensen) who is also a war veteran, tasked with delivering Mohammad, a docile Algerian murder suspect (Reda Kateb), into the hands of French authorities as the Algerian War of Independence ignites.

Mortensen said that, as he was making the film, he thought about "European versus native populations in America, but also about Gaza" and "the artificial country called Iraq that was created by Europeans and is now falling apart. The film is based on "The Guest", a short story by Albert Camus from his Exile and the Kingdom collection.

Far from Men was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 71st Venice International Film Festival. It was screened in the Special Presentations section of the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.

Plot

The events of the movie take place in French Colonial Algeria, on the eve of its war for independence in 1954. Daru, a French school-teacher goes about his day teaching geography to the Algerian children from nearby villages, playing with them, and giving grain to their families. One of Daru's acquaintances show up to his isolated schoolhouse to warn him about rising tensions between the Algerian resistance and the French regime.

The following morning, Balducci, a French gendarme and friend to Daru, brings an Arab prisoner (who we find out is called Mohamed later on) to Daru's schoolhouse. Balducci informs Daru that he must take this prisoner to the nearby town, Tinguit, and hand him over to the police department over there. He claims that he is unable to due to there being a lack of forces to prevent a potential uprising in the town of El Ameur. Daru is displeased with the orders being given to him and outright refuses to comply. Despite Mohamed having killed his cousin over the theft of grain, Daru insists that it is out of the question for him to take the man to the authorities as they will most probably sentence him to death without much deliberation. Balducci, frustrated, tells Daru that French authorities already have an eye on him due to his friendliness with the locals. He then starts his trip back to El Ameur, leaving the prisoner and his fate in the hands of Daru.

After sharing a meal together, Daru sets up a bed for Mohamed, ensuring he is treated like a regular guest. At night, Mohamed falls sick prompting Daru to tend to him. This helps ease the tension and grow trust between the two men. The next morning, Daru is suddenly faced by a group of men in horses demanding he hand over their cousin. The situation quickly escalates and Daru is forced to use a firearm to fend them off. After shooting one of their horses, the men disperse and flee whilst promising revenge. After the situation cools down, Daru heatedly confronts Mohamed, blaming him for the events that had just taken place. Mohamed in turn asks Daru to take him to the authorities in Tinguit, to which Daru responds to by telling him to go by himself. Mohamed reluctantly goes through with this, only to be met by Daru quickly having a change of heart and agreeing to take the trip with him.

Daru proceeds to pack essentials for the trek but just as they are about to leave, they are met with a group of Frenchmen searching for a man guilty of slaughtering their cattle. When they see Mohamed, they ask Daru if he was the man in question. Daru explains his situation, but the men insist that they can take care of his prisoner and call it a day. After Daru's refusal to leave it to them, one of the Frenchmen gets agitated and threatens Daru with his gun. Daru quickly turns the situation around and holds the man at gunpoint. He expresses his empathy towards him having lost his cattle and then asks them all to leave.

Finally, after all this trouble, Daru and Mohamed finally embark on their trip to Tinguit. Unfortunately, not much time passes until they spot Mohamed's cousins in the distance searching for them. To avoid any further conflict, they deviate and follow a perilous path through the mountains. Shortly after, they accidentally confront a lone armed man riding a horse. The man is shown to be hesitant to pull the trigger as both parties try to de-escalate the situation. Nevertheless, the man fires the first shot and misses to which Daru is forced to retaliate with a shot to the chest. Daru quickly scrambles to try and resuscitate him but to no avail. Angered and frustrated, Daru calls Mohamed a coward with no honor. Mohamed ignores this and begins to recite prayers in front of the man's body and then buries him with sand. The situation cools down and both men continue their hike through the desert.

Several hours of walking later, a heavy rain settles and the duo rush back to an abandoned village they had passed by earlier to take shelter and stay warm. Once rested and refuged from mother nature, Mohamed explains to Daru why and how he got himself into this mess. He had killed his cousin for stealing grain since this grain was essential to keeping his parents and siblings fed. Had he let it happen, his family would have starved to death. Furthermore, his family was not able to pay the "blood-money" to appease their cousins, forcing Mohamed to flee and turn himself in to French authorities. If he were to die at the hands of the French, then his cousins would have nobody to take out their revenge on and neither would Mohamed's siblings seek retribution over their cousins. This was the only solution to Mohamed.

After having spent the night at the abandoned village, the pair are once again met with a group of armed men riding horses. This time, they were part of the Algerian rebellion and were currently on their way to their base camp. They quickly confiscate any arms that Daru and Mohamed were holding and decide to take them as temporary hostages. While held captive at the rebel base camp, Daru takes note of a man who he recognized to have been an old friend from his days in the infantry. After a light-hearted reunion, Slimane, Daru's friend, unties both of the hostages' hands. This cheerful moment is unfortunately short-lived as the rebels receive word that French troops are approaching. Consequently, everybody in the camp packs up and start heading towards a nearby cave in order to hide.

In the cave, Slimane explains to Daru how he must decide whether he was with or against the rebellion. Daru, who had no intention to take part in any war, was caught aback by this as he had lived all of his life in Algeria and had no qualms with either side. Slimane nevertheless leaves the decision up to Daru. After this tense exchange, Daru and Mohamed recount their experiences with women before going to sleep. Daru explains to Mohamed how he got married in the city of Algiers but unfortunately lost his wife. On the other hand, Mohamed never had the chance to get married and had never been with a woman.

The following morning, the rebels are ambushed by French soldiers just as they leave the cave. The situation intensifies so much that the rebels are forced to flee from a back entrance to the cave. While escaping, most rebels are killed with only a few managing to escape, including Slimane. Daru confronts the French troops and explains that Mohamed and him are mere hostages and are not involved in the uprising. The French lieutenant verifies over radio that Daru was a major in the army with a prisoner assigned to him and promptly releases them. Finally left to their own, Daru and Mohamed continue their walk through the Algerian desert.

Before reaching Tinguit, Daru decides to take Mohamed to the town of Berzina where he was born. There, Daru reveals to Mohamed that his parents were actually from Spain and he had in fact no French blood in him. Because of this, Daru had always felt like an outsider in Algeria. He then takes Mohamed to a bar in order to hire an escort for him. The bar owner, who knew Daru when he was young, also hired him an escort. After this stop, the duo continue their trek.

Once Tinguit is finally in view, Daru offers Mohamed two choices. The first was to continue forward to Tinguit and hand himself over to the authorities as he had planned. The second was to follow a secondary path that would lead him to a community of nomads willing to take him in. Mohamed deliberates over this for a long time but ultimately chooses the path towards the nomads. After saying their goodbyes, Daru returns to his schoolhouse where he would teach his final lesson to his students before permanently leaving.

Cast
 Viggo Mortensen as Daru
 Reda Kateb as Mohamed
 Djemel Barek as Slimane
 Vincent Martin as Balducci
 Nicolas Giraud as Lieutenant Le Tallec
 Jean-Jerome Esposito as Francis
 Hatim Sadiki as Abdelkader
 Yann Goven as Rene
 Antoine Régent as Claude

Adaptation from "The Guest"
In order to adapt "The Guest", a short story of 8 pages, into a feature-length film, Oelhoffen took numerous liberties in regards to how the plot, characters, and themes are presented.

Firstly, the original takes place solely in the isolated schoolhouse whereas Far From Men takes Daru and Mohamed around several places in the surrounding desert. Furthermore, new characters, such as Slimane, Rene, and Lieutenant Le Tallec, are introduced holding minor roles in the overarching story. In turn, they present the plot with twists such as Daru and Mohamed being held hostage by the Algerian rebels and consequently French troops. Despite all the additions the film presented, both media nevertheless conclude the story with similar endings. The only key difference present in the film would be Mohamed's choice to seek out freedom instead of turning himself in to authorities in Tinguit.

A second major aspect that was altered in the movie would be the characterization of Daru and Mohamed. In the short story, Daru does not choose the prisoner's fate but instead leaves it up to him. This reflects both his innate rejection of the man along with his indecision in picking a side in the ongoing French-Algerian conflict. In contrast, the film shows Daru actively harboring empathy and care for Mohamed whilst being unable to choose a side in the war. Furthermore, Daru even relates to Mohamed in being shunned by the French as he is of Spanish descent, a detail that was not present in the short story. This all paints Daru as a morally correct protagonist with little to no flaws as opposed to Camus' depiction of an indecisive man, caught between his racial prejudice and his principles. To add on to all this, Mohamed's character is vastly different in the film. Originally, the short story depicts Mohamed to be a complacent individual who has no say in deciding his fate as it is Daru who makes all his decisions and orders him around. Camus does not even name him and only refers to him as "the Arab". This is further amplified by his decision to give himself in to the French at the end of the story. On the other hand, Oelhoffen's Mohamed starts out similar to Camus' "Arab" but over time develops self-determination and a sense of honor and pride. Examples of this would be his verbal retaliation directed at Daru after he called him a coward and also his plan of getting caught in order to spare his family trouble. His self-determination is even made explicit when it is shown that he discovered his own worth after choosing to follow the path leading to the Nomads, and in turn freedom.

Thirdly, another variation between the short story and its adaptation would be how the theme of existentialism was portrayed. In "The Guest", Camus portrays Daru's decision (or lack of one) at the end of the story to be a meaningless one since regardless of what he chooses to do, it can be inferred that he will meet the same fate - death. If he turns in the prisoner, he would be killed by the man's family (which is how the story ends) and if he were to release him, he would in turn be prosecuted by the French authorities. While this is an unfortunate conclusion, it is equally realistic, bearing plentiful philosophical significance. Oelhoffen, in turn, decides to challenge this grim end by showing that both Daru and Mohamed can in fact find a happiness despite all their struggles. Consequently, this dis-intensifies the discussion on existentialism and causes it to resemble Western-style movies through the clichés it employs.

Critical reception
The movie was well received by the critics. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 79% of 24 critics gave the film a positive review, for an average rating of 6.8/10. Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, calculated a "generally favorable" average score of 74, based on 13 reviews.

According to Manohla Dargis of The New York Times, "Camus sets the movie's initial course, but Mr. Oelhoffen resolutely steers it home with political context, historical hindsight, an unambiguous moral imperative and a pair of well-matched performances."

Accolades

References

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2014 films
2014 drama films
2010s French-language films
2010s Spanish-language films
Algerian War films
French drama films
2010s Arabic-language films
Films based on short fiction
Films based on works by Albert Camus
Films produced by Marc du Pontavice
Films scored by Nick Cave
Films scored by Warren Ellis (musician)
Films set in 1954
Films set in Algeria
2014 multilingual films
French multilingual films
Spanish-language French films
2010s French films
Films directed by David Oelhoffen
Films with screenplays by David Oelhoffen


title: Databending

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Databending (or data bending) is the process of manipulating a media file of a certain format, using software designed to edit files of another format. Distortions in the medium typically occur as a result, and the process is frequently employed in glitch art.

Process and techniques
The term databending is derived from circuit bending, in which objects such as children's toys, effects pedals and electronic keyboards are deliberately short circuited by bending the circuit board to produce erratic and spontaneous sounds. Like circuit bending, databending involves the (often unpredictable) alteration of its target's behavior. Databending achieves this alteration by manipulating the information within a media file of a certain format, using software designed to edit files of a different format; distortions in the medium typically occur as a result.

Many techniques exist, including the use of hex editors to manipulate certain components of a compression algorithm, to comparatively simple methods. Michael Betancourt has posed a short set of instructions, included in the Signal Culture Cookbook, that involves the direct manipulation of the digital file using a hexadecimal editing program. One such method involves the addition of audio effects through audio editing software to distort raw data interpretations of image files. Some effects produce optical analogues: adding an echo filter duplicated elements of a photo, and inversion contributed to the flipping over of an image. The similarities result from the waveforms corresponding with the layers of pixels in a linear fashion, ordered from top to bottom. Another method, dubbed "the WordPad effect", uses the program WordPad to manipulate images through converting the raw data to the Rich Text Format.

Categorization
According to the artist Benjamin Berg, different techniques of the process can be grouped into three categories:
 Incorrect editing: Files of a certain format are manipulated using software designed to edit files of a different format.
 Reinterpretation: Files are simply converted from one medium to another.
 Forced errors: Known software bugs are exploited to force the program to terminate, usually while writing a file.
The "WordPad effect" would fall under incorrect editing, while reinterpretation contains a subcategory called sonification, in which data other than audio is introduced simultaneously with musical audio data. The last technique is the hardest of the three to accomplish, often yielding highly unpredictable results.

Usage and reception

Databending is frequently employed in glitch art, and is considered a sub-category of the genre. The sonification technique is commonly used by glitch musicians such as Alva Noto. Ahuja and Lu summarized the process through a quote by Adam Clark Estes of Gizmodo as "the internet's code-heavy version of graffiti." Various groups on Flickr explore the effects of databending on imagery; an Internet bot named "GlitchBot" was created to scrape Creative Commons-licensed imagery and apply the process and upload the results. Users on Vimeo who deal explicitly with databending and glitch art in general exist, and a Chicago-based digital art project named GLI.TC/H was funded using Kickstarter in 2011.

See also
 Compression artifact

References

External links
  A Simple Protocol for Databending by Michael Betancourt
 Glitch art application by Georg Fischer

 Official website of GLI.TC/H
 Databending using Audacity by Antonio Roberts

Artistic techniques
Computer errors
Computer graphic techniques
Digital electronics
Film and video technology
New media
Software anomalies
Software bugs


title: The Look of Silence

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The Look of Silence (, "Silence") is a 2014 internationally co-produced documentary film directed by Joshua Oppenheimer about the Indonesian mass killings of 1965–66. The film is a companion piece to his 2012 documentary The Act of Killing. Executive producers were Werner Herzog, Errol Morris, and Andre Singer. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 88th Academy Awards.

Overview
Adi Rukun, a middle-aged Indonesian optometrist, has lived his whole life in an environment shaped by the unending grief his parents feel over the brutal murder of his older brother in the 1965 Indonesian Communist Purge, which occurred two years before Adi's birth. He watches extra footage from Oppenheimer's The Act of Killing project, which includes video of the men who killed his brother, and decides to visit and interview some of the killers and their collaborators—which turn out to include his uncle—under the pretense of giving them an eye exam. Although none of the killers expresses any remorse, the daughter of one of them is clearly shaken when she hears, apparently for the first time, the details of the killings. Interspersed between the confrontations are scenes of Adi's elderly mother and almost deaf and blind father.

Out of concern for their safety, many members of the film's Indonesian crew are credited only as "Anonymous".

Release
The film was screened in the official competition at the 71st Venice International Film Festival, where it won the Grand Jury Prize, the International Film Critics Award (FIPRESCI), the Italian online critics award (Mouse d'Oro), the European Film Critics Award (FEDEORA), as well as the Human Rights Nights Award. Since then, it has gone on to win multiple awards, including Best World Documentary (Cinephile Prize) at the Busan International Film Festival, the Grand Prize (DOX Award) at CPH:DOX, the prize for Best Documentary at the Starz Denver Film Festival, a Danish Arts Council Award for outstanding achievement in filmmaking, and the Best Film Award at the One World human rights documentary film festival.

On 10 December 2014, International Human Rights Day, there were 480 public screenings of the film across Indonesia, including a premiere screening in Jakarta attended by 2000 people. The screenings of the film in Indonesia has been sponsored by the National Human Rights Commission of Indonesia and the Jakarta Arts Council.

It was selected for screening in the Berlinale Special Galas section of the 65th Berlin International Film Festival in February 2015.

In February 2016, Oppenheimer, along with Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, screened the film for members of the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and their House counterparts, officials from the Department of State, and members of the White House National Security Council staff. Oppenheimer hoped the Oscar buzz the film was generating would pressure the US government to formally acknowledge its collusion in the killings.

After its theatrical release, the film aired on US television as part of the PBS series POV.

Reception

Critical response
The Look of Silence received critical acclaim. On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 98% approval rating, and an average rating of 8.8/10, based on 136 reviews. The website's critical consensus states, "The Look of Silence delivers a less shocking – yet just as terribly compelling – companion piece to Joshua Oppenheimer's The Act of Killing". On Metacritic, the film has a 92 out of 100 rating based on 29 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". On 14 January 2016, the film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.

Awards and nominations
As of March 2016, The Look of Silence  has won 70 international awards, including the following:

References

External links

 The Look of Silence at POV

2014 documentary films
2014 films
American documentary films
American sequel films
British documentary films
British sequel films
Danish documentary films
Danish sequel films
Documentary films about the Indonesian mass killings of 1965–1966
Dutch documentary films
Dutch sequel films
Films set in Indonesia
Films set in the 1960s
Films shot in Indonesia
Finnish documentary films
Finnish sequel films
French sequel films
German documentary films
German sequel films
Indonesian documentary films
Indonesian sequel films
2010s Indonesian-language films
Israeli documentary films
Israeli sequel films
Plaion
Norwegian documentary films
Norwegian sequel films
Venice Grand Jury Prize winners
Best Documentary Bodil Award winners
Best Documentary Robert Award winners
2010s American films
2010s British films
2010s German films


title: Zanclodesmus

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Zanclodesmus willetti is an extinct species of archipolypodan millipede that lived in the Late Devonian period of North America, approximately 380 million years ago. It was described in 2005 based on a fossil discovered in the Escuminac Formation of Quebec, Canada two years prior. It was approximately  long and 10 mm wide with 27 body segments, and had kidney shaped patches of ocelli (simple eyes). Each trunk segment had long, sickle-shaped extensions (paranota) projecting laterally, and was decorated on the dorsal surface with low rectangular bosses ("bumps") bordered by crescent-shaped bosses. The genus name Zanclodesmus derives from Greek Zanklon, meaning "sickle", in reference to the long, curved paranota, and desmus, a common root word in millipedes. The species name willietti honors Miguasha National Park warden Jason Willett, who discovered the fossil.

References

External links
 Zanclodesmus fossil image from Miguasha National Park

†Zanclodesmus
Prehistoric myriapod genera
Devonian myriapods
Fossils of Canada
Fossil taxa described in 2005
Paleontology in Quebec
Paleozoic life of Quebec


title: Hatun Luychu

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Hatun Luychu (Quechua hatun big, luychu deer, "big deer (mountain)", Hispanicized names Jatumiuicho, Jatumluicho) is a mountain  in the Andes of Peru, about  high. It lies in the Cusco Region, Urubamba Province, on the border of the districts of Chinchero and Hayllabamba, northeast of Chinchero. The mountain southeast of Hatun Luychu is named Wallata Wachana ("where the Andean goose is born", Hispanicized Huallata Huachana)

References

Mountains of Peru
Mountains of Cusco Region


title: Bradyrhizobium icense

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Bradyrhizobium icense is a bacterium from the genus of Bradyrhizobium.

References

Durán, D; Rey, L; Mayo, J; Zúñiga-Dávila, D; Imperial, J; Ruiz-Argüeso, T; Martínez-Romero, E; Ormeño-Orrillo, E (2014). "Bradyrhizobium paxllaeri sp. nov. And Bradyrhizobium icense sp. nov., nitrogen-fixing rhizobial symbionts of Lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus L.) in Peru". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 64 (Pt 6): 2072–8. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.060426-0. .

Nitrobacteraceae
Bacteria described in 2014


title: A Tough Side of a Lady

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A Tough Side of a Lady () is a 1998 Hong Kong, ancient costumed comedy drama produced by TVB. The drama is a rendition of the legendary folklore of Hua Mulan, a brave girl who took her ailing father's place in the army to fight in battle. The series stars Mariane Chan as the protagonist Mulan and Wong Hei as a character created for the series. The series was aired as a Lunar New Year drama. Original broadcast of the series began on January 12 till February 6, 1998, on TVB's Jade channel, Monday–Friday during its 7:30–8:30 p.m. timeslot.

Synopsis
With her father (Law Kar-ying) in the army, filial oldest daughter of the Fa family Muk Lan (Mariane Chan), has the burden of taking care of and providing for her family because her mother is dependent on others, her younger sister is immature and her younger brother is a weakling. By day she works hard selling fabric at the street market and endures through the nights to weave fabric to sell the next day.

When they receive news that their father is finally returning home the Fa family is overjoyed. Muk Lan's father tells her that while he was in the army he had made a marriage arrangement for her to marry a man named Tsui Sam Gong (Lau Wing-Kin), Muk Lan did not mind the arranged marriage since she has secretly admired Sam Gong for a long time. However Sam Gong rejected on the idea of the arranged marriage because he was already in love with Long Siu Siu (Gigi Fu), the daughter of the local government official. To avoid marry Muk Lan, Sam Gong decides to join the army.

During this time the Fa family meets Ho Go Sing (Wong Hei), who rents half of the Fa family house with his forgetful mother (Mimi Chu). Muk Lan and Go Sing starts off on bad terms as she sees him as a stingy conman and tries to evict him and his mother, but the Fa family takes pity on Go Sing's mother and decides to let them stay.

After returning from the army Muk Lan's father was to be compensated by the government for his services, but he did not receive his compensation as the local government official together with his son decided to keep the money for themselves. One night while the government official and his son was transporting the stolen money they noticed Muk Lan's father and thought he had witnessed what they were doing. Thinking Muk Lan's father had seen all their illegal activities the government official decided to draft Muk Lan's father to go to war. Muk Lan's younger brother was to enlist in the army in their father's place since their father was ailing and could no longer serve another army term, but Muk Lan's goes in his place
disguised as a male because her brother is a weakling and could not take the hardship of army life. Go Sing also happens to be drafted into the army the same time as Muk Lan. He, Muk Lan and Sam Gong all end up serving in the same unit in the army.

While dressed as a male in the army Muk Lan meets Siu Siu and saves her life. For Muk Lan's heroism Siu Siu ends up falling in love with her. Sam Gong finds out that Muk Lan is the one Siu Siu loves and becomes Muk Lan's sworn enemy. He tries to sabotage Muk Lan while both are serving in the army.

Cast

Fa family
Mariane Chan 陳妙瑛 as Fa Muk Lan 花木蘭 - Dresses up as a male to enlist in the army as the Fa family representative.
Law Kar-ying 羅家英 as Fa Wu 花弧 - Fa Muk Lan's father.
Ma Cing Ji 馬菁宜 as Yeung Lau Zi 楊柳枝 - Fa Muk Lan's mother.
Shirley Cheung 張玉珊 as Fa Muk Wai 花木蕙 - Fa Muk Lan's younger sister. The Fa family middle child.
Willie Wai Kar Hung 韋家雄 as Fa Muk Dai 花木棣 - Fa Muk Lan's younger brother. The Fa family youngest child.
Yip Zan Sing 葉振聲 as Fa Ming 花明 - Fa Muk Lan's male cousin.

Ho family
Wong Hei 王喜 as Ho Go Sing 賀高陞 - Rents half of the Fa family's home. Ends up enlisting in the army the same time as Muk Lan.
Mimi Chu 朱咪咪 as Leung Hung Mui 梁紅梅 - Ho Go Sing's forgetful mother.
Peter Lai 黎彼得 as Ho Lai 賀禮 - Ho Go Sing's father. He is a con artist.

Tsui family
Lau Wing-Kin 劉永健 as Tsui Sam Gong 徐三綱 - To avoid his arranged marriage to Muk Lan he joins the army.
Cheung Ying Choi 張英才 as Tsui Ding Hong 徐定康 - Sam Gong's father.
Pak Yan 白茵 as Yeung Chui Wan 楊翠環 - Sam Gong's nanny.

Long family
Wong Wai 王偉 as Long Tak Lei 郎德利 - Corrupt government official.
Helen Ma 馬海倫 as Lee Yuk Lin 李玉蓮 - Long Tak Lei's wife. Long Yen and Siu Siu's mother.
Stephen Ho Kai Nam 何啓南 as Long Yan 郎仁 - Long Tak Lei's son and Siu Siu's older brother.
Gigi Fu 傅明憲 as Long Siu Siu 郎小小 - Thinking Muk Lan is a male, falls in love with her.
Angel Sung Chih Ling 宋芝齡 as Siu Tou 小桃 - Long Siu Siu's personal maid.
Cheung Hak 蔣克 as Long family servant

Army
Wong Ching 王青 as Minister Tso Gwan 曹軍
Tam Yut Ching 譚一清 as Captain Lee Gwong 李廣
Dickson Li Ka Sing 李家聲 as Ng Chau Sui 吳秋水
King Kong Lam 林敬剛 as Ng Yun Juk 吳願旭
Elton Loo 羅君左 as Bou Fei 布飛
Man Yeung Ching Wah 楊證樺 as Soldier 第一隊兵
Ngai Wai Man 魏惠文 as Soldier 第一隊兵

Imperial court
Chun Wong 秦煌 as Emperor 皇上
Danny Summer 夏韶聲 as Emperor's younger brother 皇弟

References

External links
 TVB official webpage

Mulan
1998 Hong Kong television series debuts
1998 Hong Kong television series endings
Television series set in the Northern and Southern dynasties
TVB dramas


title: Alice Upcott

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Alice Upcott (born 14 February 1998) is a retired British female acrobatic gymnast and the sister of Edward Upcott, world champion in 2010. With Dominic Smith, she was awarded the gold medal in the 2013 World Games, the gold medal at the 2013 Acrobatic Gymnastics European Championships and the silver medal in the 2014 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships.

Upcott was a member of spelbound, the gymnastic group who rose to fame in 2010, winning the fourth series of Britain's Got Talent. The prize was £100,000 and the opportunity to appear at the 2010 Royal Variety Performance. Her older brother, Edward is a former member of Spellbound and 2010 World Champion, 2012 world silver medalist and 2008 world bronze medalist in Men's pair, while her younger brother Adam is the 2012 World Junior Champion and 2016 world bronze medalist in Men's Group.

Personal life

Alice Poppy Rebekah Upcott is the second to last youngest out of five siblings. Upcott was born and raised in Egham, Surrey by her parents. When she was just two years old, she decided she wanted to try out gymnastics after her older brother, Edward began training and competing in the sport. From then on, she followed in his footsteps.
Upcott joined the acrobatic gymnastic elite group at Spelthorne School of Gymnastics in the summer of 2008. In 2009, she began her competing as an 11-16 mixed pair with Christopher Longley. Upcott and Longley won the British Championships in 2009 and the European Championships later that year. In 2010, Upcott moved with her coaches Neil and Andrew Griffiths to Heathrow School of Gymnastics.

In 2011, Upcott competed at the European Championships in Bulgaria, this time as a junior (12-18) mixed pair with Dominic Smith. They won a bronze medal in the dynamic discipline and finished with a silver medal overall. In 2012, Upcott and Smith won the British Championships before competing at the World Championships in Orlando Florida where they won a silver medal.
In 2013, Upcott and Smith moved to the senior level in acrobatic gymnastics. They won the British Championships before competing at the World Games in Cali where they were crowned World Games Champions. Later on in the year they also gained the title of European Champions at the European Championships in Odivelas.

In 2014, Upcott and Smith maintained the title of British Champions. In the April, whilst still competing as an acrobatic gymnast, Upcott began rehearsals with Michael Flatley's Lord of the Dance: Dangerous Games where she recreated the role of The Little Spirit. This lead her to perform in Trafalgar Square for West End Live.
Both Upcott and Smith then competed at their final competition in July in Paris at the World Championships before they both retired finishing with a silver medal behind Russia.

In September 2014, Upcott performed her first ever show with Michael Flatley's Lord of the Dance: Dangerous Games at the London Palladium where she did a two-month run before a two-month tour around Europe to finish off the year. In March 2015, Upcott continued with the show at the Dominion Theatre for five months before her final three-month tour with the show. Upcott finished performing with Michael Flatley's Lord of the Dance: Dangerous Games in December 2015. Upcott is now currently training in Contemporary Dance at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance where she will graduate in Summer 2021.

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1998 births
Living people
British acrobatic gymnasts
Female acrobatic gymnasts
World Games gold medalists
Competitors at the 2013 World Games
Medalists at the Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships
21st-century British women