title: Johannes Rick

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Johannes (João Evangelista) Rick (19 January 1869 – 1946) was an Austrian-born Brazilian priest and mycologist considered the "father of Brazilian mycology". He was the first to systematically document the fungal biodiversity, particularly the macrofungi, of Southern Brazil. Rick established communications with several contemporary mycologists, such as Giacomo Bresadola, Curtis Gates Lloyd, Heinrich Rehm, and Hans Sydow, who helped him identify his Brazilian collections. Rick was a schoolteacher in Feldkirch from 1894 to 1898 before becoming a theology student in Valkenburg (Netherlands) from 1899 until 1902. After moving to Brazil in 1902, he was a teacher until 1915, then a social worker from 1915 to 1929, and finally Professor of theology until 1942.

Selected works
Rick, J. (1960). "Basidiomycetes Eubasidii in Rio Grande do Sul - Brasilia 4. Meruliaceae, Polyporaceae e Boletaceae". Iheringia Série Botânica 7: 193–295.

Further reading

See also
 :Category:Taxa named by Johannes Rick

References

1869 births
1946 deaths
Brazilian mycologists


title: Konrad Abeltshauser

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Konrad Abeltshauser (born 2 September 1992) is a German professional ice hockey defenceman for EHC München of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). Abeltshauser was selected by the San Jose Sharks in the 6th round (163rd overall) of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft.

Playing career
Abeltshauser played four seasons (2009–2013) with the Halifax Mooseheads of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL), where he registered 28 goals, 122 assists, and 127 penalty minutes, in 219 games played.

On 13 April 2012, the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League signed Abeltshauser to an entry-level contract, but he did not make his professional debut until the 2013–14 season when he played 57 games for San Jose's AHL affiliate, the Worcester Sharks.

On 29 June 2015, Abeltshauser was traded by the Sharks to the St. Louis Blues in exchange for a conditional draft pick. He was assigned by the Blues to begin the 2015–16 season with AHL affiliate, the Chicago Wolves. After providing just five assists in 20 games with the Wolves, on 16 January 2016, Abeltshauser was placed on unconditional waivers by the Blues in order to mutually terminate the remainder of his NHL contract. Upon clearing, he returned to his native Germany, signing a contract with Red Bull München of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) on 20 January 2016. He received DEL Regular Season Defenceman of the Year honors in the 2016–17 campaign.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

Awards and honours

References

External links

1992 births
Living people
Allen Americans players
Chicago Wolves players
German ice hockey defencemen
Halifax Mooseheads players
EHC München players
San Jose Sharks draft picks
Worcester Sharks players
Sportspeople from Bad Tölz
Ice hockey people from Upper Bavaria
Ice hockey players at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Olympic ice hockey players for Germany


title: Paths of Faith

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Paths of Faith (Spanish:Senderos de fe) is a 1938 Argentine drama film directed by Luis Moglia Barth and starring Amanda Ledesma, Floren Delbene and Pedro Maratea.

Cast
 Amanda Ledesma
 Floren Delbene
 Pedro Maratea
 Marcos Caplán
 Juan Carlos Thorry
 Silvia Durante
 Juan Bono
 Ernesto Villegas
 Lalo Malcolm
 Elvino Vardaro

References

Bibliography
 Rist, Peter H. Historical Dictionary of South American Cinema. Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.

External links

1938 films
Argentine drama films
1938 drama films
1930s Spanish-language films
Films directed by Luis Moglia Barth
Argentine black-and-white films
1930s Argentine films
Spanish-language drama films


title: The White Land

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The White Land (Spanish: Las tierras blancas) is a 1959 Argentine drama film directed by Hugo del Carril and starring del Carril, Ricardo Trigo and Amanda Silva. It is based on a novel by Juan José Manauta. It is set in a poor village in Santiago del Estero Province in Northern Argentina, where the semi-desert climate gives much of the landscape a whitish appearance alluded to in the title.

Cast
 Hugo del Carril as Natalio
 Ricardo Trigo as A Countryman
 Amanda Silva as The Mother
 Nora Palmer as Angelina
 Carlos Olivieri as Odiseo
 Raúl del Valle as The Bully
 Juan José Manauta as The Teacher
 Totón Podestá
 Antonio Capuano
 Mónica Cristina Ramos
 Juan Armendáriz
 David Socco

References

Bibliography
 Borrás, Eduardo. Las aguas bajan turbias. Editorial Biblos, 2006.
 Cabrera, Gustavo. Hugo del Carril: un hombre de nuestro cine. Ediciones Culturales Argentinas, 1989.

External links

1959 films
Argentine drama films
1959 drama films
1950s Spanish-language films
Films directed by Hugo del Carril
1950s Argentine films


title: Hello, Hello, Carnival!

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Alô, Alô, Carnaval (Hello, Hello Carnival) is a 1936 Brazilian musical comedy  film directed and produced by Adhemar Gonzaga and Wallace Downey, and released by the Cinédia production company.

Hello, Hello, Carnival was the first Brazilian film to use playback in its musical  numbers. Limiting this process to only a few choice scenes, direct live audio can still be heard in the background.

The film premiered on January 20, 1936, at the Cinema Alhambra in Rio de Janeiro, and on  February 3, 1936, in São Paulo.

Originally called "O Grande Cassino", the film's inception came from the need to present singers from Brazil's golden age of radio to a larger mass audience. Set in a pre-television age, the plot focuses on a low-income population which had little, if any, access to entertainment at the nation's Casinos.

The film has been restored several times. In 1952, a print was given to the Cooperativa Cinematográfica Brasileira, where it was remounted, removing several scenes. Another restoration was made in 1974, reversing these deletions. In 1986, scenes with comedian Jorge Murad were found in the film library of the Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro. By the end of 2000, a serious quality restoration project began with substantial financial support. The team concluded its work in March 2002. The film was rereleased in São Paulo, in June 2002.

Cast
 Jaime Costa as Empresário
 Barbosa Júnior as Author 1
 Pinto Filho as Author 2
 Oscarito as man in the casino
 Lelita Rosa as Morena
 Aurora Miranda
 Carmen Miranda
 Henrique Chaves as Crupiê
 Paulo de Oliveira Gonçalves as Barman
 Jorge Murad as Contador de piadas
 Dircinha Batista
 Heloísa Helena
 Alzirinha Camargo
 Irmãs Pagãs
 Francisco Alves
 Almirante
 Bando da Lua

References

External links

1936 musical comedy films
1936 films
Brazilian musical comedy films
Films directed by Adhemar Gonzaga
1930s Portuguese-language films
Brazilian black-and-white films
Cinédia films


title: Marion C. Thurnauer

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Marion Charlotte Thurnauer is an American chemist at Argonne National Laboratory (Argonne).  She was the first woman director of the Chemistry Division (CHM) and the first woman division director in the Physical Sciences Directorate at Argonne.  She is an Argonne Distinguished Fellow Emeritus in the Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division and has received numerous awards for her work in chemistry and her support of women in science.

Early life and education
Marion Thurnauer was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, later moving to Minnesota. Her father, Hans Thurnauer was a ceramic engineer. Her mother, Lotte Oettinger Thurnauer, died in 1959, while Marion was still young.   One of her aunts, Luise Herzberg, was an astrophysicist. Thurnauer credits family interests in science as a formative influence.

She received her B.A. (1968), M.S. (1969) and Ph.D. (1974) in chemistry, from the University of Chicago.  Thurnauer credits her future husband, Alexander Trifunac with suggesting she study chemistry, rather than initially pursue her interest in biology, and learn the physical techniques of chemistry that could then be applied to biological systems.

Thurnauer's doctoral thesis advisor was Gerhard L. Closs. For her thesis work, she studied magnetic interactions in radical pairs using electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR).  The final experiments for her thesis research were conducted with an EPR spectrometer at Argonne because equipment at the University of Chicago had been damaged in an explosion.  Subsequent to this ‘unfortunate’ event she was offered a postdoctoral position in the Chemistry Division at Argonne.

Argonne National Laboratory
As a postdoctoral fellow at Argonne, Dr. Thurnauer worked with James R. Norris (chemist) and Joseph J. Katz. She used EPR spectroscopy to study photochemical energy conversion in the natural photosynthesis system. She was promoted to a staff position as an Assistant Chemist, and for several years was the only female staff scientist in the chemistry division. From 1993 to 1995 she was the Group Leader for the Photochemical Energy Sciences Group. From 1995 to 2003, she served as the first woman director of CHM, and the first woman division director within Argonne’s Physical Sciences Directorate.  In 2003 she was recognized as an Argonne Distinguished Fellow. She is currently Argonne Distinguished Fellow Emeritus from the Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division.  During her career she authored or coauthored more than 135 publications and was awarded 4 US patents.  She has actively encouraged other women scientists.

Dr. Thurnauers studies focused on the fundamental mechanisms of photophysics and photochemistry and their applications to the design of artificial photocatalytic systems.  A major area of her research was solar photochemical energy conversion in bacterial and oxygenic photosynthesis and model photosynthetic systems.  Oxygenic photosynthesis is the main process providing energy to the biosphere of the planet, creating the protective ozone layer and consuming carbon dioxide. Photosynthetic organisms use solar energy, converting it into high-energy biochemical compounds.   With her colleagues, she modeled the spin and polarization of electrons in light-activated photosynthetic systems and helped to develop  time-resolved magnetic resonance techniques for the study  of sequential electron transfer in photochemical energy conversion. With her collaborators, she extended her concepts to bio-inspired nanomaterials that mimic the energy transduction of natural photosynthetic systems. She is a co-editor of  "The Purple Photosynthetic Bacteria" (2008), a collection of authoritative reviews on bacterial photosynthesis.

Women in Science and Technology
Dr. Thurnauer was awarded the Argonne Director’s Award for Extraordinary Effort in 1990 for her work in establishing  the "Science Careers in Search of Women" conference, an extremely successful program that enables students to learn about technical careers in science and engineering and meet with women working actively in science. The first year involved college women, but in ensuing years the program has worked with high school students.

After the second conference, Argonne leadership and women scientists launched the Argonne Women in Science and Technology (WIST) program. Thurnauer and others emphasized that outreach and internal career development were closely linked, promoting change within the organization as well as without: "Young women could not be brought to Argonne and successfully encouraged to be scientists and engineers if they observed only a few women in relatively lower level positions." Thurnauer served a two-year term (1992-1994) as the Women in Science Program Initiator, a paid 30% appointment, and for several years was a member of the WIST Steering Committee.

Awards
 NATO Grant for International Collaborative Research with Professor K. Mobius and Dr. R. Furrer, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, West Germany, 1984
 Argonne National Laboratory Pacesetter Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Organization of the Conference, "Science Careers in Search of Women", 1989
 ANL Director's Award for Extraordinary Effort involved in Organizing “Science Careers in Search of Women” Conference, 1990
 Award of Merit of Chicago Association of Technological Societies, 1990
 University of Chicago Award for Distinguished Performance at Argonne, 1991
 YWCA Outstanding Women Leaders of DuPage County Award, 1996
 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1997
 Agnes Fay Morgan Research Award by Iota Sigma Pi, National Honor Society for Women in Chemistry, 1997
 Francis P. Garvan-John M. Olin Medal Award, National American Chemical Society, 2002
 Science Careers in Search of Women Conference, Founders Award, 2007
 University of Chicago - Argonne Pinnacle of Education Award, 2007, for "leadership in science through the Division of Educational Programs."
 Council for Chemical Research Diversity Award, 2010

References

University of Chicago alumni
Recipients of the Garvan–Olin Medal
American women chemists
Living people
Argonne National Laboratory people
21st-century American women
Year of birth missing (living people)
Chemists from Tennessee


title: Wallace Downey

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Wallace Downey (New York City, May 14, 1902 – New York City, January 29, 1978) was an American film producer and director.

In 1928 Wallace Downey, an executive of Columbia Records, was sent to South America to install a Brazilian branch for his company. He quickly realized Brazil was an entertainment hot bed for potential markets in records and films.

In 1931 Downey produced and directed,  Coisas Nossas, the first successful Brazilian film with sound. His 1935 film, Hello, Hello Brazil!, first introduced radio singer and actress Carmen Miranda to a larger audience paving the way to her international fame at 20th Century Fox in the United States.

Downey later founded his own production company, Waldow S.A., in a partnership with Cinédia, producing musical films.

In 1938 Downey disbanded Waldow S.A., using the resources to create a new production company, Sonofilms.

Selected filmography

Director
 Nossas Coisas (1931)
 Alô, Alô Brasil (1935)
 Estudantes (1935)

Producer
 Nossas Coisas (1931)
 Alô, Alô Brasil (1935)
 Estudantes (1935)
 Alô, Alô, Carnaval (1936)
 Banana da Terra (1936)

References

External links

1902 births
1967 deaths
American film producers
American film directors
20th-century American businesspeople


title: Myung-yong

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Myung-yong is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 19 hanja with the reading "myung" and 24 hanja with the reading "yong" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. Additionally, there is one hanja with the reading "ryong" (, meaning "dragon") which may also be written and pronounced "yong" in South Korea.

People with this name include:
Yi Myeong-ryong (이명룡, 1873–1956), Korean independence activist, recipient of the Order of Merit for National Foundation
Choi Myung-yong (born 1976), South Korean football referee
Yeo Myung-yong (born 1987), South Korean footballer

See also
List of Korean given names

References

Korean masculine given names
Masculine given names


title: JC on the Set

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JC on the Set is the debut album by saxophonist  James Carter recorded in 1993 and released on the Japanese DIW label.

Reception
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars, stating, "Twenty-five at the time of this CD, James Carter had already absorbed much of the tradition... He also shows that he has the courage to play completely outside whenever it seems logical to him... James Carter puts on quite a tour-de-force throughout this very impressive set". The Penguin Guide to Jazz said that the album “delivered in trumps.”

Track listing
All compositions by James Carter except as indicated
 "JC on the Set" - 6:27
 "Baby Girl Blues" - 7:49
 "Worried and Blue" (Don Byas) - 8:07
 "Blues for a Nomadic Princess" - 13:53
 "Caravan" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Juan Tizol) - 9:44
 "Hour of Parting" (Mischa Spoliansky, incorrectly credited to Sun Ra) - 8:20
 "Lunatic" (John Hardee) - 4:20
 "Sophisticated Lady" (Ellington, Mills, Mitchell Parish) - 6:41

Personnel
James Carter - tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone
Craig Taborn - piano
Jaribu Shahid - bass
Tani Tabbal - drums

References

1994 debut albums
James Carter (musician) albums
DIW Records albums


title: 2014 in Hungary

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Events in the year 2014 in Hungary.

Incumbents
President – János Áder
Prime Minister – Viktor Orbán
Speaker – László Kövér

Events

March
 28 March – Metro Line M4 is opened in Budapest

April
 6 April – The 2014 Hungarian parliamentary election is held. Fidesz obtains a two-thirds majority in the National Assembly

May
 25 May – 2014 European Parliament election in Hungary. Fidesz wins 12 out of the 21 seats.

September

 8 September – Hungarian Two-Tailed Dog Party registered

October
 12 October – The 2014 Hungarian local elections are held. István Tarlós (Fidesz) is reelected as Mayor of Budapest.

 25 January – Gyula Sax, chess grandmaster
 31 January – Miklós Jancsó, film director
 4 April – Gyula Szabó, actor
 5 August – Angéla Németh, javelin thrower, Olympic champion
 6 August – Imre Bajor, actor and comedian

See also
List of Hungarian films since 1990

References

Hungary
Hungary
Years of the 21st century in Hungary
2010s in Hungary


The 2014–15 UCF Knights women's basketball team will represent the University of Central Florida during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I basketball season. The Knights compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the American Athletic Conference (The American). The Knights, in the program's 38th season of basketball, were led by eighth-year head coach Joi Williams, and play their home games at the CFE Arena on the university's main campus in Orlando, Florida. They finished the season 9–21, 5–13 in AAC play to finish in eight place. They lost in the first round in the American Athletic women's tournament to Cincinnati.

The season is UCF's second as a member of The American. UCF will entire the 2014-15 with all the assistant coaches being in their first year with the program.

Media
All UCF games will have an audio or video broadcast available. For conference play, UCF games will typically be available on ESPN3, AAC Digital, or UCF Knights All-Access. Road games not on ESPN3 or AAC Digital will have an audio broadcast available on the UCF Portal. All non-conference home games will be streamed exclusively on UCF Knights All-Access. Select non-conference road games will have a stream available through the opponents website. The audio broadcast for home games will only be available through UCF Knights All-Access.

2014–15 Roster

Schedule and results

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See also
 2014–15 UCF Knights men's basketball team

References

UCF
UCF Knights women's basketball seasons
UCF Knights
UCF Knights


title: Lee In (actor)

text:
Lee In (born June 14, 1984) is a South Korean actor. He made his acting debut as a child actor in 1998 using the stage name Lee Joon. He began using his real name professionally in 2008.

Filmography

Television series

Film

References

External links
 Lee In Fan Cafe at Daum

1984 births
Living people
South Korean male film actors
South Korean male television actors
South Korean male child actors


title: Joshua Cooper (died 1757)

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Joshua Cooper ( – 4 August 1757) was an Irish landowner and politician from Markree Castle, near Collooney in County Sligo.

He  was High Sheriff of Sligo in 1718, and sat in the House of Commons of Ireland as Member of Parliament (MP) for County Sligo from 1719 until his death.

Cooper was the oldest son of Arthur Cooper (1667–1693) of Markree and his wife Mary Allen, daughter of Sir Joshua Allen and brother of the 1st Viscount Allen. Arthur's father was Edward Cooper (–1676), a cornet in the Cromwellian army who was awarded lands in County Sligo in 1663 after the defeat of the O'Brien Clan. Edward bequeathed Markree to Arthur, and his lands in Limerick and Kerry to Arthur's younger brother Richard.

Joshua Cooper married Mary Bingham, the daughter of Richard Bingham of Newbrook, County Mayo. They had two sons, Joshua (1732–1800) and Richard.
On his death, the Markree estate passed to Joshua, who was also an MP and became a Privy Councillor.

References

1696 births
Year of birth uncertain
1757 deaths
18th-century Irish landowners
Politicians from County Sligo
Joshua died 1757
Irish MPs 1715–1727
Irish MPs 1727–1760
High Sheriffs of County Sligo
Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Sligo constituencies


title: Conspiracy of Macchia

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The Conspiracy of Macchia () was a three-day uprising occurring in Naples in 1701, immediately after the ascension of the first Bourbon monarch to the Spanish throne, an event that precipitated the War of the Spanish Succession. In this short revolt, Neapolitan nobles attempted to seize control of the kingdom from the Spanish viceroy, but failed.

Uprising
After the death of the Habsburg Charles II of Spain, a number of noble families of Naples did not favor transferring allegiance to the new Bourbon King, Philip V, and formed a conspiracy to transfer the rule instead to a king from the family of the Austrian Habsburg monarch Leopold I. Some perhaps hoped in the process to acquire more power for themselves. In addition, there was also some distaste among the nobility for the present Spanish viceroy, Luis Francisco de la Cerda, Duke of Medinaceli.
The Austrian monarchy aided such machinations by releasing to Italy two of their Italian mercenary soldiers, Giovanni Carafa della Spina and Giuseppe Capece brother of the Marchese di Rofrano, joined by Don Carlo di Sangro (Prince of Sansevero). In Rome, by 1701 they were joined by Gaetano Gambacorta, Prince of Macchia, who had till then lead Neapolitan troops fighting for Spanish crown in Catalonia. He disguised his trip to Rome with the excuse of addressing some pressing family issues.

In Rome, the Prince of Macchia hoped to have troops of Prince Eugene of Savoy, allies of the Habsburgs, move with him to Naples. The Duke of Medinaceli, through spies, became aware of the conspiracy, and blocked the entry of foreigners to Naples. By then in Naples and aware that the viceroy would soon react, the Prince of Macchia, Prince of Chiusano, Tiberio Carafa, and Giuseppe Carafa joined with the Princes of Caserta and Riccia. On September 21, 1701, these nobles took to the streets calling for the Habsburg Archduke Charles (second son of Leopold) to become King of Naples.

Arriving to the lower-class neighborhood of Mercato, the assembled populace showed little interest in a revolution to overthrow the Spanish rule. They reminded Gambacorta that when Masaniello and the common people had led a revolution in 1647 against the Spanish Habsburgs, the nobility had not supported the revolution. So why, they asked through their representatives, should the people support the nobility now.

After gaining some adherents, the conspirators were able to capture and open the jail at Vicaria, and capture some of the neighborhoods near San Pietro a Majella and Mercatella. But when the Prince of Macchia (Gambacorta) prohibited the sacking of private houses by his mobs, many of them lost interest in the effort.

By the third day, confronting the superior artillery of the Viceroy, the revolt had fizzled. Giuseppe Capace was killed while fleeing. Carlo De Sangro was captured and executed. Gambacorta was able to flee to Vienna, but all his estates were confiscated, and he died in a few years from illness.

The conspiracy seemed condemned to folly when the Austrian monarchs were unable to provide the needed military to support the rebellion. However, the Austrian rule of Naples came about anyhow 12 years later, be it only for two decades. In 1713, the Peace of Utrecht had granted the rule of Naples to the Habsburg emperor Charles VI, but by 1734, the territory had been reconquered by the armies of the future Charles III of Spain, who then left the kingdom to Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies.

References

1701 in Italy
Conflicts in 1701
Battles of the War of the Spanish Succession
18th century in Naples
Attempted coups d'état in Europe
18th-century coups d'état
Philip V of Spain
Conspiracies


title: Lewis Hall (politician)

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Lewis Hall (1860 – August 11, 1933) was an English-born dental surgeon and politician in British Columbia, Canada. He served as mayor of Victoria from 1908 to 1909.

He was born in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire and came to the Ottawa area with his family at the age of two. The family moved to Chemainus in 1876. He studied at the Philadelphia College of Dental Surgery and entered practice in Oakville, Ontario, soon afterwards moving to Victoria. In 1889, Hall married Sophia M. Cummings. He opened the Central Drug Store in 1892. Hall served on the local school board from 1896 to 1904 and was a member of Victoria city council from 1906 to 1907.

He died in Victoria at the age of 73 after an extended illness.

References

1860 births
1933 deaths
People from Uttoxeter
Mayors of Victoria, British Columbia
Canadian dentists
English dentists
English emigrants to Canada


title: The Amazing Praybeyt Benjamin

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The Amazing Praybeyt Benjamin is a 2014 Philippine action comedy parody film written and directed by Wenn V. Deramas. It is the sequel to the 2011 film The Unkabogable Praybeyt Benjamin. The film is one of the official entries to the 40th Metro Manila Film Festival. Vice Ganda reprised his role as Colonel Benjamin "Benjie" Santos VIII together with a supporting cast Richard Yap, Tom Rodriguez, Bimby Yap and introducing Alex Gonzaga with the special participation of Eddie Garcia. To date, it is the last Praybeyt Benjamin series film to be directed by Deramas before his death in 2016 and also the last in the series co-financed with Viva Films before Star Cinema, will become a future distributor for the films.

Plot
On a mission in Paris, Praybeyt Benjamin and his platoon defeat a horde of zombies in a parody of Plants vs. Zombies, leading to his promotion to Colonel. To prepare him better, Benjamin is assigned under a new general, Wilson Chua. However, Benjamin screws up a subsequent mission against terrorists led by Jan Jaranjan and is narrowly rescued by his grandfather, who sacrifices himself to save him. Benjamin is about to be dismissed from service when Gen. Chua saves him by giving him a mission – to guard his bratty son Bimbee, who holds a clue to the location of the terrorists' next three bomb attacks. As he watches over Bimbee, Benjamin finds himself clashing with Misty, General Chua's daughter, and the meddlesome housemaid Gundina, while trying to gain information from a recalcitrant Bimby. However, as he gets to know Bimbee more, he learns that Bimbee is a kid deprived of love from family – something that he has ignored in his quest to be on top again. The first bomb explodes harmlessly while the second is found and defused by a Benjamin, who is fired shortly afterwards after his arrogance causes a screw-up. While relearning his humility with his family, the terrorists abduct Bimby and take him to their last target, a shopping mall. Benjamin is reinstated into the army, rescues Bimby and defuses the bomb, after which he flies off with Bimby on an umbrella resembling that of Mary Poppins.

Cast of characters

Main cast
Vice Ganda as Colonel Benjamin "Ben G" Santos VIII

Supporting cast
Richard Yap as Commanding General Wilson Chua
Tom Rodriguez as Jan Jaranjan
Bimby Aquino Yap as Bimbee Pineda Chua
Alex Gonzaga as Gundina Galamiton
Al Tantay as Benjamin "Ben" Santos VII
Eddie Garcia as General Benjamin "Bino" Santos VI
Vandolph Quizon as Buhawi Manay
Nikki Valdez as Lucresia Alcantara
Kean Cipriano as Emerson Ecleo
Anja Aguilar as Jesamine Santos
DJ Durano as Dominador "Dondi" Rosales
Ricky Rivero† as Big Boy Carnate
Dennis Padilla as Bentot Santos
Malou de Guzman as Lilibeth Santos
Abby Bautista as Anjemin Santos
Rhed Bustamante as Misty Chua
Gerard Garcia as Inspector Bautista
Kurt Ong as Inspector Realado
David Licauco as Terrorist
 Rubi Rubi as Captain Tenille
Atak Araña as Zak Apron

Cameo
Angel Locsin as young Lilibeth Santos
Kris Aquino as Krissy (Not to be confused as Krissy Achino)
Darla Sauler as Darla
Luis Manzano as young Benjamin "Ben" Santos VII
James Reid as James
Donnalyn Bartolome as herself

Reception

Box office
MMDA Chairman Francis Tolentino, revealed that The Amazing Praybeyt Benjamin topped the box office record of the 40th Metro Manila Film Festival's opening day on December 25, 2014, in a radio interview in DZMM. Praybeyt Benjamin was ahead of fellow entrants, My Big Bossing's Adventures and Feng Shui 2 ranked second and third respectively in terms of box office record on the opening day of the film festival. Tolentino did not state the official figures of the sales on the opening day of the film festival during the said interview.

During her stint at The Buzz where is she is one of the hosts, Kris Aquino said that The Amazing Praybeyt Benjamin recorded P172 million worth of box office receipts as of 3:00 pm PST December 28, 2014.

In a January 15, 2015, episode of Vice Ganda's variety show, It's Showtime, he announced that the movie closed the day before with P435 million earnings, surpassing the film Starting Over Again in terms of domestic earnings. He now hold the distinction of starring in 7 of the 20 highest-grossing films in the Philippines of all time.

Critical response
Despite being a high-grossing film at the 40th Metro Manila Film Festival, reception for The Amazing Praybeyt Benjamin generally received negative reviews.

Zig Marasigan of Rappler, described the film in his movie review as "a brainless, hyper-stylized and utterly ridiculous family comedy". Marasigan criticized Praybeyt Benjamin for "unashamedly made for profit". He also described the film as "cheap, tacky and absolutely nonsensical. But say what you might about the film's level of intellectualism (or lack thereof), it is at least honest about its intentions". Marasigan however acknowledged that the film fulfilled its purpose, to primarily entertain its target audience.

Bubbles Salvador at the Philippine Entertainment Portal, has a more positive review for the film. While Salvador took note of one loophole in the plot of the film - namely the lack of resolution between Bimbee and his father, with the former feeling unloved by the latter, Salvador described Praybeyt Benjamin 2 as "worth of one's couple of hours at the cinema this holiday season, if one is not looking for a lesson in history, a love story, or a good scare, and would settle for a light and funny action comedy".

Sequel
A third film was announced as it is officially part of the 46th Metro Manila Film Festival. Vice Ganda was expected to reprise his role. Its entry in the film festival was based on its script. Filming for the Praybeyt Benjamin sequel has yet to take place as of October 2020 due to logistics issue caused by the COVID-19 pandemic as well as uncertainties caused by the non-renewal of ABS-CBN's broadcast franchise. As a script-based submission, the Praybeyt Benjamin film would have to be produced by November 30, 2020. but the film was not listed the final ten official entries of the film festival announced in November 2020. On October 2023, it was announced that Daniel Padilla and Kathryn Bernardo joined the casts with Ivana Alawi confirmed also and  Cathy Garcia-Sampana would direct the film.

References

External links

2014 films
Philippine Christmas films
2010s fantasy comedy films
Philippine fantasy comedy films
Philippine sequel films
Star Cinema films
Viva Films films
Films set in Metro Manila
Films directed by Wenn V. Deramas
Philippine parody films
2010s Christmas films
2010s parody films
Films about terrorism in Asia
Zombie comedy films
Philippine LGBT-related films
2014 LGBT-related films


title: Manglish (film)

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Manglish is a 2014 Indian Malayalam-language action comedy film directed by Salam Bappu, and the features Mammootty and Dutch actress Caroline Bech in the lead.

The film is produced by Haneef Muhammed under the banner of Red Rose Creations. Manglish is the first Malayalam film to be released in Dolby Atmos.
The film is released on 25 July 2014 during the occasion of Eid-ul Fitr. Later the film was dubbed into Telugu as Malik Bhai.

Mammootty plays Malik Bhai, a wholesale fish auctioneer in Mattancherry market. An English lady, Michelle (Caroline Bech), arrives seeking help but the two have confusion in communicating with others. Manglish is a portmanteau, of Malayalam and English, used in popular culture of Kerala for speaking Malayalam incorporated with the English language.

Cast

Mammootty as Malik Bhai
Caroline Bech as Michelle
Srinda Ashab as Mumtaz
Alexx O'Nell as Kevin
Tini Tom as  Boss
Vinay Forrt as  Dixon
Suresh Krishna as Lakshman
P.Balachandran as Krishna Swami
Sunil Sukhada as  Anglo Charlie
Joju George as Luckochan
Sathaar as Paulose Punnookaaran
Raveendran as  Pothen
Sasi Kalinga as  Mathukutty
Ramu as  Sulaiman Haji
Sudheer Karamana as Jahangir
 Aneesh G Menon as Simmon
Kalabhavan Haneefa as Chayakaran Mani
Gopan as H.C Chandran
 Kalabhavan Rahman as Driver Rahman
Mukundan as Adv. James
Pauly Valsan as Veronica
Sreedhanya as Seenath
Sheelu Abraham as Lalitha
Sudhi Koppa as Sahadevan
Kalabavan Sinaj as Thoppumpadi Sathyan
Chembil Ashokan as Union Leader
Ullas Pandalam as  Lorry driver

Soundtrack

Release
The film was released across Kerala on 27 July 2014. The film grossed ₹3.15 crore in around 5 days.

References

External links

2014 films
Films shot in Kochi
2010s Malayalam-language films


title: Duda Yankovich

text:
Duda Yankovich (, born September 27, 1976) is a Serbian-born former boxer and mixed martial arts fighter. She has been living in Brazil since 1999. Yankovich was the Women's International Boxing Association (WIBA) 2006 light welterweight world champion.

Martial arts
Involved in martial arts since the age of 11, Yankovich was the youngest black belt in the history of Shotokan karate in Serbia. In 1994, she competed in the European Championships in Prague, winning a silver medal. That same year, she also won the bronze medal at the Junior World Championships in Zakopane, Poland. She also became involved in kickboxing and became Serbia Kickboxing Champion in 1996–1999, and Balkan Champion in 1998 and 1999. Yankovich moved to Brazil in 1999, as a result of the Yugoslav civil war, and became Brazilian Kickboxing Champion in 2001–2003.

Boxing
In 2002, she became involved with amateur boxing, training for four months with the team of former world champion, Acelino Freitas. In 2005, Yankovich represented Brazil in the First Pan-American female boxing amateur championship in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She took third place and a bronze medal in the 138-lb division.

On 23 July 2005, she made her professional boxing debut against Argentinian, Wilhelmina Fernandez. She won on in fourth round by knockout. Then she brought three more fights, winning all by knockout. During this time, Yankovich chose to abandon kickboxing competitions and to dedicate her time to reaching a World Title race in Boxing.

World champion
After two more international victories, Yankovich become a contender for a Women's International Boxing Association (WIBA) title in the category of super light. She won this World Title dispute by a unanimous decision.

After the world title win in November 2006, Yankovich made her first defense of the World Title on March 17, 2007, against American Belinda Laracuente, winning by points in a challenge that lasted 10 rounds. Soon after she won against Colombian Paola Rojas in São Paulo and then also won against the Colombian Liliana Palmera in Campo Grande – MS. In April 2008 Yankovich gave a rematch to Darys Pardo and again beat the Colombian.

On July 5, 2009, Yankovich fought with the US and WIBA champion Holly Holm (a category above her weight) and suffered her first loss in boxing, by doctor's stoppage.

On May 29, 2010, after nearly a year away from the ring due to injury suffered in the last fight held in the United States, Yankovich eventually lost her World Champion title to Esther Phiri in Lusaka, Zambia, in a defeat on points by a unanimous decision.

On April 29, 2011, Yankovich tried to win the WBC World Title. She lost the fight to Anne Sophie Mathis in Paris, France, in a defeat by TKO.

Mixed martial arts
Yankovich trains at Team Nogueira, and made her MMA debut on September 8, 2012, at Bitetti Combat 12 against Jéssica Andrade. She lost by submission with a guillotine.

In search of her first win in MMA, Yankovich faced Daniela Cristina on March 9, 2013, at Bitetti Combat 14. She won by submission with an Americana. Yankovich has fought in promotions such as Invicta.

A Fazenda 4
Yankovich attended the fourth edition of reality television show A Fazenda (The Farm), where she was expelled after assaulting the participant Thiago Gagliasso during a test, in which participants competed in a basketball mini-championship in the pool. At one point, Yankovich argued that Thiago pulled her bikini, after which she slapped his head. According to the rules of A Fazenda, any kind of aggression is punished with immediate elimination.

Professional boxing record

Mixed martial arts record

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References

External links

1976 births
Living people
Bantamweight mixed martial artists
Mixed martial artists utilizing boxing
Mixed martial artists utilizing karate
Brazilian women boxers
Brazilian female karateka
Brazilian female mixed martial artists
Sportspeople from Jagodina
Lightweight boxers
Participants in Brazilian reality television series
Serbian women boxers
Serbian emigrants to Brazil
Serbian female karateka
Serbian female mixed martial artists
World boxing champions


title: Rudolf Schöll

text:
Rudolf Schöll (1 September 1844 in Weimar – 10 June 1893 in Munich) was a German classical scholar. He specialized in the fields of Greek and Roman legal history, classical archaeology and Greek epigraphy.

He received his education at the University of Göttingen as a student of Hermann Sauppe and Ernst Curtius, followed by studies in Bonn, where his instructors included Friedrich Ritschl and Otto Jahn. In 1865 he obtained his doctorate of philosophy. Later on, he worked in Italy and Greece (1867–70), first as an aide to Theodor Mommsen in the development of inscriptions and manuscripts, afterwards as a private secretary to Guido von Usedom, the Prussian ambassador to the Italian government in Florence.

In 1871 he received his habilitation in classical philology, becoming an associate professor during the following year at the University of Greifswald. In 1874 he was named successor to Conrad Bursian at Jena, and in 1875 relocated to Strasbourg as a replacement for Ulrich Köhler. In 1885, he again replaced Bursian, this time as a professor at the University of Munich.

Throughout his lifetime he cultivated relationships with luminaries that included Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia, writer Paul Heyse, composer Franz Liszt and painter Franz von Lenbach.

Written works
 "Quaestiones juris fiscales Attici", Berlin 1873.
 "De synegoris Atticis Commentatio", Jena 1875, (with Fritz Schöll).
 "Q. Asconii Pediani orationum Ciceronianarum quinque Enarratio", Berlin 1875, (with Adolf Kiessling).
 "Satura philologica: H. Sauppio obtulit amicorum conlegarum Decas", Berlin 1879 (initiated by Schöll).
 "Iustiniani Novellae", five books, Leipzig 1880-1895 (completed by Wilhelm Kroll).
 "Anecdota varia Graeca musica metrica grammatical" (with Wilhelm Studemund, 1886).
 "Procli commentariorum in rempublicam Platonis partes ineditae", Berlin 1886 (edition of the comments by Proclus on Plato's "Politeia").

References

1844 births
1893 deaths
Writers from Weimar
People from Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
German classical philologists
Academic staff of the University of Greifswald
Academic staff of the University of Jena
Academic staff of the University of Strasbourg
Academic staff of the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich


title: Carlos Veerhoff

text:
Carlos Enrique Veerhoff (3 June 1926 in Buenos Aires – 18 February 2011 in Murnau) was an Argentine-born German composer of classical music.

Life and work
Carlos Enrique Veerhoff was born with his twin brother, Wolfgang Otto, as premature infants. Their father could only find a hospital with an incubator two days later, so that the birth date in the birth certificate is 5 June 1926, not the correct date of 3 June.

His father, Heinrich Veerhoff, was German and the head of an own company in Buenos Aires. His mother, Karla, was a violinist and the daughter of conductor Karl Panzner and singer Ida Panzner.

The Veerhoff family moved back to Germany in 1930 due to a job change by the father.

In 1933, the family moved on to South Africa. The countryside and the way of living in Africa had a great impact on the young Carlos Veerhoff, and these impressions found their way into several compositions of his later years. Another experience in South Africa was important for him as well: In 1935, the first South African airline was founded, and the young Carlos got the opportunity to take part at a pleasure flight.

Afterwards, he developed an enormous interest in flight engineering, which was only replaced later by music. But Carlos Veerhoff kept his love of natural science his whole life.

After the return of the Veerhoff family to Germany in 1935, Carlos started to attend orchestral and chamber music concerts. Also, the music played at home - his father was a good pianist and his mother a professional violinist - contributed to his future interest in classical music. This development culminated in Carlos deciding at the age of 15 to become a composer. At that time, he took his first lesson in composition theory, and in 1942 he became a student at the Musisches Gymnasium in Frankfurt am Main.

After a six-day stint as a soldier in World War II in which he was injured, Carlos Veerhoff continued his composition studies at the Universität der Künste Berlin with Hermann Grabner and later privately with Kurt Thomas and got piano lessons from Walter Gieseking. During an internment in Düsseldorf in 1946, he studied with Walter Braunfels (composition) and Günter Wand (conducting) at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln.

In 1947, Carlos Veerhoff moved to Argentina and taught music theory at the University of San Miguel de Tucumán at the Departemento Musical, which was newly founded by Ernst von Dohnányi. He also took conducting lessons from Hermann Scherchen in Buenos Aires during this period.

In 1950, Ferenc Fricsay was looking for a composition by an Argentine composer for an upcoming concert in Buenos Aires. From a selection of compositions, he chose the "Musica concertante for chamber orchestra" by Carlos Veerhoff and later conducted the world premiere. Fricsay offered him a position as an assistant to him, so Carlos Veerhoff followed Fricsay to Berlin. But from his point of view, the atmosphere in Germany was anti-artistic, and he returned to Argentina just a year later.

In the following decades, Carlos Veerhoff created dozens of compositions, nearly all of which were performed. In many cases, renowned and acclaimed musicians performed the world premieres of his works: Hans Rosbaud ("Mirages"), Ruggiero Ricci (Violin concerto No. 1), Bruno Maderna ("Cantos"), Stanislaw Skrowaczewski ("Gesänge auf dem Wege"), Ladislav Kupkovic ("Gesänge aus Samsara" and Symphony No. 4), Homero Francesch (Piano concerto No. 1), Gerhard Oppitz (Piano concerto No. 2), Thomas Zehetmair (Violin concerto No. 2) or Peter Sadlo (Percussion concerto No. 2).

Despite his success and the performances of his music, Carlos Veerhoff remained a musical outsider:
Carlos Veerhoff remained a composer in the German musical life who did not follow actual composition fashions. He called himself "clique-free" and paid this freedom with the fact that he was never offered a professorship and could not find a renowned publishing house for his compositions. Among the circle of influential German composers and critics he was never accepted as a real avant-gardist, because his advancement of the dodecaphony was unorthodox and beside all contemporary aspects always kept references to tradition.

Due to his exclusion from the close music establishment in Germany, Carlos Veerhoff often went back to Argentina. Only from 1970 on did he permanently stay in Germany to his death. From 1988, he lived in Murnau, Bavaria, near Munich. His collection of papers is archived at the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek.

Compositions

Orchestral works
 op. 9: Symphony No. 1 "Sinfonica Panta Rhei" (1953/54, WP 14 September 1961)
 op. 15: Symphony No. 2 (1958, WP 1958)
 op. 22: Symphony No. 3 "Spirales" (1968, revised version 1971, WP 1968)
 op. 32: Symphony No. 4 (1972/73, WP 1979)
 op. 43: Symphony No. 5 for strings (1975)
 op. 70: Symphony No. 6 "Desiderata" for narrator, 3 soloists, choir and orchestra (1985/96, WP: 30. April 1997, Leipzig)
 op. 0: Musica concertante, for chamber orchestra (1950, WP 1950)
 op. 3: Sinfonische Inventionen, for orchestra (1951, WP 1952)
 op. 5: Movimiento Sinfonico, for orchestra (1952, WP 1955)
 op. 16: Mirages, for orchestra (1961, WP 1962)
 op. 18: Prolog, for orchestra (1956, WP 1966)
 op. 20: Gesänge auf dem Wege, for baritone and orchestra (1966, WP 1967)
 op. 21: Akróasis, for orchestra (1966, WP 1966)
 op. 26: Textur, for string orchestra (1970, WP 1971)
 op. 29: Sinotrauc, for orchestra (1972, WP 1972)
 op. 30: Torso, for orchestra (1972, WP 1972)
 op. 39: Dorefami, for orchestra (1974, WP 1981)
 op. 45: Concertino da camera (1978, WP 1979)
 op. 59: 5 Bagatellen for wind orchestra (1974)

Concertos
 op. 40: 1. Violin concerto (1976, WP 1977)
 op. 44: 1. Piano concerto (1978/79, WP 1979)
 op. 46: 1. Percussion concerto (1982, WP 1984)
 op. 55: Concerto for 2 violins and orchestra (1983, WP 1984)
 op. 63: Concerto for cello, double bass and orchestra (1990, WP 1990)
 op. 66: 2. Piano concerto (1989, WP 1990)
 op. 67: 2. Percussion concerto (1994, WP 1994)
 op. 69: 2. Violin concerto (1992, WP 1993)
 op. 72: 3. Piano concerto (2005, WP: 6. February 2009, Munich, Musica Viva)

Chamber music
 op. 1: 1. String quartet (1949, WP 1951)
 op. 7: Mosaicos, for piano (1952, WP 1954)
 op. 10: Sonant for violin solo (1956, Neufassung 1974, WP 1974)
 op. 11: Kaleidoskop, for piano (1953)
 op. 14: 1. Wind quintet for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn (1961, WP 1961)
 op. 25: Dialogues 1, for saxophone and piano (1966, WP 1966)
 op. 27: 2. Wind quintet (1972, WP 1973)
 op. 33: 2. String quartet (1972, WP 1974)
 op. 37: 1. Brass quintet for 2 trumpets, horn, trombone and tuba (1975, WP 1975)
 op. 41: Nonett (1976, WP 1977)
 op. 47: Sonata for violin and piano (1982, WP 1983)
 op. 48: Divertimento per tre, for violin, double bass and clarinet (1979, WP 1980)
 op. 49: Sonant Nr.2 for cello and double bass (1982, WP 1982)
 op. 50: Moments Musicaux, for saxophone, accordion and percussion (1982, WP 1982)
 op. 52: 2. Brass quintet (1982, WP 1983)
 op. 53: Piano sonata (1985, WP 1988)
 op. 56: 1. String trio (1983, WP 1987)
 op. 58: 7 mal 1, for percussion solo (1987, WP 1987)
 op. 60: Ballade for accordion (1986, WP 1986)
 op. 61: Corimba for percussion (unfinished)
 op. 61: Dialogues 2, for viola and percussion (1986, WP 1987)
 op. 62: 2. String trio (1991, WP 1991)
 op. 64: Sobre la plata, for vibraphone, glockenspiel and crotales (unfinished)
 op. 65: Aphorismen for viola solo (1990, WP 1992)
 op. 68: Trio for horn, violin and piano (1992, WP 1992)
 op. 71: Sonata for viola and piano (1999, WP 2000)

Vocal music
 o. op.: Songs for high voice (1952, WP 1952)
 op. 2: Altdeutsche Lieder, for soprano and piano (1951, WP 1951)
 op. 4: Lieder vom Meer, for baritone and piano (1951, WP 1951)
 op. 6: Heitere Lieder, for baritone and piano (1951, WP 1952)
 op. 19: Cantos for high voice and 7 instruments on poems by Hans Magnus Enzensberger (1965, WP 21. August 1966, Darmstadt)
 op. 24: Ut omnes unum sint, for bass and 4 winds (1975, WP 1989)
 op. 38: Ringelnatz-Duette, for soprano, alto and piano (1975, WP 1975)
 op. 51: Pater Noster, for chorus and orchestra (1985, WP 1988)
 op. 54: Alpha-Zeta Burleske for A-cappella-chorus (1986, WP 2002)
 op. 57: Allegretto Cabaretto, for voice, piano and percussion

Stage music
 Pavane royal, ballet (1949/50)
 Targusis (Carlos H. Veerhoff), opera, op. 13 (1955–1958), withdrawn
 El porquerizo del rey (Hans Christian Andersen), ballet, op. 12 (1958–1962; WP 1963 Buenos Aires)
 Tanz des Lebens/Der letzte Gast (Fred Schneckenberger), puppet-opera, op. 17 (1962/63; WP 1963 Zürich)
 Die Goldene Maske (Carlos H Veerhoff), opera, op. 23 (1967/68)
 Es gibt noch Zebrastreifen (Edith Sartorius), miniature-opera, op. 28 (1971; WP 1973 Ulm)
 Die Manipulatoren (Carlos H Veerhoff), miniature-opera, op. 31 (1971), unfinished
 Dualis, ballet, op. 42 (1975/76; WP 1976 München)
 Der Grüne (Carlos H. Veerhoff), miniature-opera, op. 34 (1982), unfinished
 Der Schützling (Ephraim Kishon/Carlos H. Veerhoff), opera, op. 56 (1990)
 Mana (Carlos H. Veerhoff), opera, op.73 (2007)
 Gesänge aus Samsâra or Gesänge aus Sangsâra for soprano, tape, voices and orchestra, radio play, op.36 (1976, WP 6. November 1978, Stuttgart)

Notes

Further reading
 Franzpeter Messmer/Thomas Schipperges/Verena Weidner/Günther Weiß: Carlos H. Veerhoff. (= Komponisten in Bayern Bd. 47, hg. Alexander L. Suder), Verlag Hans Schneider, Tutzing 2006,
 Thomas Schipperges: Veerhoff, Carlos H. In Komponisten der Gegenwart, edited by Hanns-Werner Heister and Walter-Wolfgang Sparrer, 10. Nachlieferung, text+kritik, Munich 1996
 Thomas Schipperges: Veerhoff, Carlos H. In Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart(MGG). 2ne edition, vol. 16: Strat – Vil, Personenteil.  Bärenreiter-Verlag,  Kassel und Stuttgart 2006, Sp. 1377–1379,
Wilfried Wolfgang Bruchhaeuser (ed.): Komponisten der Gegenwart im Deutschen Komponisten-Verband. Verlag Deutscher Komponisten-Verband, Berlin 1985,

20th-century classical composers
1926 births
2011 deaths
Male classical composers
20th-century male musicians


title: Racquetball at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games

text:
The racquetball competition at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games was held at the Racquet Complex in Leyes de Reforma Sports Complex in Veracruz, Mexico, from 15 to 24 November.

There were individual competitions in men's and women's singles and doubles 15–21 November with men's and women's team competitions on 22–24 November.

Mexican players are the incumbent Central American and Caribbean Games champions in all divisions. In 2010, Álvaro Beltrán of Mexico won men's singles, Javier Moreno and Polo Gutierrez of Mexico won men's doubles, Paola Longoria of Mexico won women's singles, and Samantha Salas and Susana Acosta of Mexico won women's doubles.

Mexico also won the men's and women's team competitions. Beltrán, Moreno, Gutierrez and Gilberto Meija were the men's team with  Longoria, Salas, Acosta and Jessica Parrilla on the women's team.

Medal summary

Men's events

Women's events

Medal table

Result Summaries

Men's singles

Men's doubles

Women's singles

Women's doubles

References

External links
Official Website

2014 Central American and Caribbean Games events
2014
2014 in racquetball
Qualification tournaments for the 2015 Pan American Games
Racquetball in Mexico


title: Alexander Rybakov (cyclist)

text:
Alexander Vladimirovich Rybakov (Russian: Александр Владимирович Рыбаков; born 17 May 1988) is a Russian former cyclist. He rode for UCI WorldTeam  in 2014.

Major results

2006
 3rd  Team pursuit, UEC European Junior Track Championships
2007
 10th Overall Volta a Lleida
2008
 7th Overall Volta a Lleida
2011
 2nd Team pursuit, National Track Championships
2012
 1st Memorial Oleg Dyachenko
 5th Overall Grand Prix of Adygeya
 5th Overall Grand Prix of Sochi
 8th Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
 8th Duo Normand (with Ilnur Zakarin)
2013
 1st Memorial Oleg Dyachenko
 10th Overall Tour of Slovenia
2015
 8th Memorial Oleg Dyachenko

References

External links

1988 births
Living people
Russian male cyclists
Sportspeople from Narva
21st-century Russian people


title: Jurassic Classics

text:
Jurassic Classics is the second album by the American saxophonist James Carter, recorded and released in 1994 on the Japanese DIW label. It wasn’t released in the United States until 1995.

Critical reception

The New York Times wrote: "If [Carter] has a weakness, it is a hyperactive quality that keeps any mood from gelling; he seems to be almost too aware of his options at any given moment, and it paradoxically causes almost everything to end up eventually on the same exhausting emotional pitch." The Los Angeles Times called the album "a raging firestorm of activity, an album that both challenges and identifies him with his saxophone predecessors."

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated: "Among the most versatile and knowledgeable of today's saxophonists, Carter draws on many top stylists during these lengthy solos, yet always sounds quite individual ... A very stimulating session."

Track listing
 "Take the "A" Train" (Billy Strayhorn) - 11:03
 "Out of Nowhere" (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman) - 4:29
 "Epistrophy" (Kenny Clarke, Thelonious Monk) - 13:45
 "Ask Me Now" (Monk) - 7:11
 "Equinox" (John Coltrane) - 8:40
 "Sandu" (Clifford Brown) - 7:34
 "Oleo" (Sonny Rollins) - 4:30

Personnel
James Carter - baritone, tenor, alto & soprano saxophones
Craig Taborn - piano
Jaribu Shahid - bass
Tani Tabbal - drums

References

1994 albums
James Carter (musician) albums
DIW Records albums


title: The Last Dragon (soundtrack)

text:
The Last Dragon: Original Soundtrack Album is a soundtrack album for the 1985 movie The Last Dragon starring Taimak, Julius Carry, Vanity and Christopher Murney. The music soundtrack album was supervised by executive producer Berry Gordy, the founder of Motown Records.

The soundtrack features the DeBarge’s hit song, "Rhythm of the Night", written by Diane Warren. The song reached top five on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the Billboard R&B Singles. Also included is new music by singers’ Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson, and the film's star, Vanity; as well as various artists from the Motown label. The soundtrack also features songwriting from Norman Whitfield, who had left Motown in 1975 and set up his own record company, and returned to Motown in the early 1980s.

Track listing
US Vinyl LP Album

Charts

Singles

Credits
Executive Producer – Berry Gordy
Mastered by – John Matousek
Mastered By [Digitally Remastered] – Suha Gur

Mastered at Motown / Hitsville USA Recording Studios, Hollywood, CaliforniaDigitally remastered by Suha Gur at Universal Mastering Studios-East. Researched and supervised by Harry Weinger.

References

External links

Comedy film soundtracks
Funk soundtracks
Pop soundtracks
Soul soundtracks
1985 soundtrack albums
Motown soundtracks


title: Gavin Williamson (disambiguation)

text:
Gavin Williamson (born 1976) is a British politician.

Gavin Williamson may also refer to:
 Gavin Williamson (harpsichordist) (1897–1989), American musician
 Gavin Williamson (kickboxer), a British finalist at the Men's Light-Contact at WAKO World Championships 2007 Belgrade -89 kg


title: Old Jenny Lind, Arkansas

text:
Old Jenny Lind is an unincorporated community in Sebastian County, Arkansas, United States.

History
Old Jenny Lind was named for the Swedish opera singer Jenny Lind.

References

Unincorporated communities in Sebastian County, Arkansas
Unincorporated communities in Arkansas


title: New Jenny Lind, Arkansas

text:
New Jenny Lind is an unincorporated community in Sebastian County, Arkansas, United States.

History
New Jenny Lind was named for the Swedish opera singer Jenny Lind.

References

Unincorporated communities in Sebastian County, Arkansas
Unincorporated communities in Arkansas


title: Vallathol Unnikrishnan

text:
Vallathol Unnikrishnan is an Indian actor in Malayalam movies. He was equally good at handling comedy roles and character roles. He mainly acted in Malayalam and Tamil films during the 1970s and 1980s. He was also a theater artist.

Partial filmography
 Boeing Boeing (1985) as Priest
 Collector Malathy (1967)
 Velliyazhcha (1969)
 Missi (1976)
 Vazhivilakku (1976)
 Sreemad Bhagavadgeetha (1977)
 Jagadguru Aadisankaran (1977)
 Lisa (1978)
 Simhaasanam (1979)
 Anupallavi (1979)
 Naayaattu (1980)
 Love In Singapore (1980)
 Abhinayam (1981)
 Karimpoocha (1981)
 Chilanthivala (1982) as Shankar
 Ankam (1983)
 Samrambham(1983)
 NH 47 (1984)
 Njan Piranna Nattil (1985)
 Kurukkan Rajavayi (1987)
 Maasmaram (1997)
 Kakkakuyil (2001)
 Saudaamini (2003)
 Vettam (2004)
 Velicham (2012)

References

External links

Vallathol Unnikrishnan at MSI

Male actors from Kerala
Male actors in Malayalam cinema
Indian male film actors
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
20th-century Indian male actors
21st-century Indian male actors


title: Lithuanian Diplomatic Service

text:
The Diplomatic Service of the Republic of Lithuania is the part of the governmental service tasked with enforcing the foreign policy set by the President, the Parliament, and the Government of the Republic of Lithuania. The head of the service is the Foreign Minister.

History

Independent Lithuania (1918–1940)
Lithuania's diplomacy has extensive roots going all the way back to the era of King Mindaugas, yet modern-day diplomacy of the Republic of Lithuania is believed to have been born on 7 November 1918. On this day, Augustinas Voldemaras, then prime minister of Lithuania, assumed the office of the Foreign Minister, thus heralding the formation of the country's Foreign Ministry Today, 7 November is celebrated as the Day of the Diplomat. In 1918, Lithuanian diplomacy's goal number one was to achieve de jure recognition of the restored state of Lithuania, and to demarcate its borders. On 23 November 1918, Jurgis Šaulys was appointed Lithuania's first minister extraordinary and plenipotentiary in Germany. On 11 January 1919, the first international agreement on communication by post was signed with Germany. The second agreement was made with Latvia, granting this country a loan in exchange for the right of Lithuania to use the port of Liepāja for transportation of goods and services.

At the time, the FM was developing its system of diplomatic orders and ranks in accordance with customs of global diplomacy. On 22 May 1920, the following FM functions were established: minister, vice-minister, advisers on church and consular matters, and a General Department and an Information Department were set up. The organisational structure of the FM has changed several times, with the following three departments established on a standing basis in the long run: the Policy Department, the Legal and Administration Department, and the Economics Department. In early 1940, the FM had 218 employees with 123 of them working at the head office and 95 at foreign missions and consulates.

As the diplomatic practice of the time demanded that the title of ambassador could only be bestowed on representatives from major states, the highest diplomatic ranks in Lithuania prior to its occupation were the envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary. Before Lithuania lost its independence, it had active missions to Berlin, Buenos Aires, Brussels, London, Moscow, Paris, the Holy See, Rome, Stockholm, Tallinn, Washington, Warsaw, Geneva, Prague. The most important achievements during the period of independence for Lithuania were the de jure recognition of Lithuania's statehood. On 12 July 1920, Lithuania signed a Peace Agreement with the Soviet Russia, whereby "Russia recognizes the autonomy and independence of the State of Lithuania with all the legal implication of such recognition with no reservations, and waives all of Russia's rights of sovereignty it has had towards the people and the territory of Lithuania in good will and for all time".

One year later, on 14 May 1921 a Lithuania–Latvia agreement was signed in Riga. Under the agreement, Lithuania received Palanga while Latvia received Aknīste and agreed to conclude all territorial disputes. On 22 September 1921, Lithuania was accepted to the League of Nations. Other significant diplomatic achievements were as follows: the signing of the Klaipėda Convention legalizing the annexation of the region to Lithuania between the Republic of Lithuania and the Conference of Ambassadors in Paris on 8 May 1924, the entry into a concordat with the Vatican on 27 September 1927, and the Lithuania–Germany border agreement of 29 January 1928, which legalized the state border after the annexation of Klaipėda region to Lithuania. Furthermore, on 12 September 1934, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia signed a cooperation agreement establishing the so-called Baltic Entente.

Soviet occupation (1940–1990)

Lithuania's occupation by the Soviet Union on 15 June 1940 did not bring the operations of the diplomatic service to a halt, but made the coordination of its activities from Lithuanian soil impossible. National diplomats residing abroad ended their relations with the occupation government of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic and launched a diplomatic campaign for the liberation of Lithuania. In his telegram dated 31 May 1940, the last Foreign Minister Juozas Urbšys provisioned that, in the event of occupation, Stasys Lozoraitis, minister extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Rome, be appointed the head of the Lithuanian diplomatic service. Furthermore, he named Petras Klimas, the minister extraordinary and plenipotentiary to France as Lozoraitis' first assistant and Jurgis Šaulys, minister extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Switzerland, as his second assistant. The Lithuanian diplomatic service became a Government in exile that was a critical piece to ensuring the recognition of the continuity of Lithuanian legal statehood until independence after the Dissolution of the Soviet Union.

During the period of occupation, operations of the Lithuanian diplomatic service were heavily burdened as the Soviet Union had taken over some of the mission buildings and Lithuania's gold reserves. Despite protests from Lithuania's diplomats, some states (such as Italy, Germany, Sweden, France) complied with Soviet demands to turn over Lithuanian diplomatic property. On 23 July 1940, US Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles, declared that the US would not recognize the Baltics' incorporation into the Soviet Union on the basis of the Stimson Doctrine. The US thus allowed Lithuanian diplomats to continue to work on its territory and refused to surrender Lithuania's gold reserves to the Soviets. The United Kingdom, despite having closed Lithuania's mission to London, allowed envoy Bronius Kazys Balutis to continue to work in the country as well.

The Lithuanian diplomatic service managed to preserve representation in key Western states until 1990. After the death of Stasys Lozoraitis in 1983, the post of the head of the diplomatic service was assumed by Stasys Antanas Bačkis, minister plenipotentiary to Washington, D.C. On 15 November 1987, he surrendered his position of the chief of the mission to Washington to Stasys Lozoraitis Jr., and returned to Paris.

After World War II, the legation was replaced by the embassy as the standard form of diplomatic mission. However, Lithuania could not receive a U.S. ambassador since its territory was controlled by the Soviet Union. Therefore, the Lithuanian legation remained in the form of a legation until the end of the Cold War. By 1990, the three Baltic legations were the only legations remaining on the U.S. State Department's Diplomatic List.

Finances

One of the persistent difficulties of the diplomatic service was to obtain funds for its activities. The first few months were financed by funds held on hand, personal loans, and other improvised means. All legations and consulates cut salaries and other expenses, reducing their budgets 3–4 times. In August 1940, diplomats envisioned creation of a special fund, supported by donations of Lithuanian diaspora, particularly Lithuanian Americans. However, the solution was not ideal as the diplomatic service would have become dependent on various political groups of Lithuanian Americans. Therefore, the idea was abandoned when the United States Department of State agreed to allow the diplomats to draw on Lithuanian reserves held by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Before June 1940, Lithuania had gold reserves in the United States (Federal Reserve), United Kingdom (Bank of England), France (Banque de France), Sweden (Sveriges Riksbank), and Switzerland (Bank for International Settlements). Sweden transferred the funds to the Soviet Union. Initially, England froze the reserves and refused to transfer it to either Lithuanian diplomats or the Soviet Union; however, in 1967, the First Wilson ministry used the reserve in settling mutual claims with the Soviet Union. Swiss bank secrecy laws prevented the transfer of the gold to Lithuanian diplomats. Reserves in France were similarly not available. Thus only the funds held by the Federal Reserve were available:  of gold reserve and a currency reserve.

The funds were made available, but were supervised by the State Department and the Department of the Treasury. With limited exceptions, the funds were made available only for the use of American embassies and consulates. Therefore, embassies elsewhere had to be subsidized by the Lithuanian embassy in Washington. Initially, the diplomats drew only on the currency reserve, which sustained the diplomatic service until 1950. The gold reserve, valued at approximately $2.8 million, was sold in 1950 and 1955 and conservatively invested into Treasury bills and diversified industrial shares. The annual budget of the diplomatic service was approximately $100,000. Therefore, the funds lasted until 1980.

Once the funds were exhausted, Lithuanian diplomats and American officials considered various solutions: donations by the Lithuanian community, consolidation or closure of Lithuanian consulates, sale of the embassy building in Washington, direct financing by the U.S. (Representative Charles F. Dougherty introduced HR 5407 to that effect), loan from the U.S., etc. Eventually, a solution was found when State Department brokered a deal with the Latvian diplomatic service, which was much better off financially. Based on a verbal agreement between Anatols Dinbergs and Stasys Antanas Bačkis, Latvians agreed to provide interest-free annual loan of $120,000 from investment returns generated on their reserves to the Lithuanians. The last such loan, increased to $148,000, was received in mid 1991. In total, Latvians loaned $1.523 million. The loan was repaid by independent Lithuania in 2005.

Independent Lithuania (since 1990)

After Lithuania declared independence on 11 March 1990, steps had to be taken to consolidate the previously exiled diplomatic service into the new national government. A great contribution in this respect was made by surviving diplomats in the US, Vatican, Canada, Venezuela, whom Lithuania still recognized. Shortly, on 17 June, the Foreign Ministry was reinstated, with Algirdas Saudargas appointed its first head. On 11 February 1991, Lithuania's independence was recognized by Iceland, and on 17 September 1991, the country was accepted to the United Nations. One of the first critical diplomatic achievements was the agreement with the Russia Federation laying down the grounds for cross-border relations that was signed on 29 July 1991. Both states undertook to fairly comply with the generally recognized principles and norms of international law in their relationship. The signing of this agreement was followed by yet another achievement: the full withdrawal of the Soviet Armed Forces from Lithuania by 31 August 1993.

On 26 April 1994, the Republic of Lithuania and Poland signed an agreement on friendly relations and good neighboring cooperation, laying down a foundation for the strategic partnership between the two countries. Lithuania's accession to NATO on 29 March 2004 was an important factor that consolidated the country's independence; the foundations for the accession were laid in Washington on 1 February 1998, when the US, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia signed a Partnership Charter. The Charter endorsed a common goal of working together to create conditions for the integration of the so-called Vilnius Group into European and trans-Atlantic political, economic, and security structures, including NATO.

Another achievement was Lithuania entering the European Union on 1 May 2004 and the Schengen Area on 21 December 2007. In 2011, Lithuania was the first Baltic state to preside over the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. The presidency helped Lithuania boost its influence in international affairs. In the second half of 2013, the country presided over the Council of the European Union. On 17 October 2013, Lithuania was elected, by majority vote, non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for the 2014–2015 term and presided over the Council in February 2014 and May 2015.

Activities
The diplomatic service of the Republic of Lithuania consists of diplomats working at the Foreign Ministry and foreign diplomatic missions of the Republic of Lithuania under the Foreign Ministry including embassies of the Republic of Lithuania to international organisations, consular establishments, special missions, and negotiation groups; diplomats working at the Office of the President of the Republic of Lithuania, the Office of the Parliament, the Office of the Government, ministries, other governmental institutions or bodies as well as diplomats transferred to international organisations or institutions, European Union institutions or bodies, joint European Commission or Council institutions, joint European Commission and European Union organisations, civil international operations or missions, or foreign institutions on a provisional basis, in the manner prescribed by the Law on Delegating Persons to European Union Institutions or Foreign Institutions of the Republic of Lithuania.

The Republic of Lithuania has its diplomatic missions to foreign states and international organisations to maintain official relations with international organisations, enforce the foreign policy of the Republic of Lithuania, and protect the rights and legitimate interests of the Republic of Lithuania, its citizens, companies, and other legal entities. Diplomats abroad also negotiate with the government of the host country, protect the rights and interests of citizens and companies, legally obtain, collect, and transmit to the FM information, promote friendly cross-border relations, disseminate information about Lithuania, and maintain and strengthen the relationship between Lithuanians residing in the host country and Lithuania. Diplomatic missions of the Republic of Lithuania are directly subordinate to the Foreign Ministry.

Heads of the Lithuanian Diplomatic Service

Diplomatic ranks
 Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the Republic of Lithuania;
 Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the Republic of Lithuania;
 Minister Counsellor;
 Advisor;
 First Secretary;
 Second Secretary;
 Third Secretary
 Attaché

Locations

Lithuania has 29 foreign missions, 41 embassies, 8 consulates general, 3 consulates, 1 embassy office, 7 missions to international organisations, and 1 special mission.

References
Notes

Bibliography

Baltic diplomatic missions
Diplomatic services
Former governments in exile
Government of Lithuania


title: Lath (disambiguation)

text:
A lath is a backing material for plaster that is applied to a wood or metal framework as matrix over which stucco or plaster is applied.

Lath may also refer to:

Lath, Rajkot, an Indian village
Lath (horse), a British racehorse
Lath Branch, a stream in Kansas
 Lath, early alternative name of the Brahmi script as used in the Edicts of Ashoka

People with the surname
Melagne Lath (born 1963), Ivorian sprint canoeist
Mukund Lath (1937–2020), Indian scholar and cultural historian
Surendra Lath (b. 1949), Indian politician

See also
Lathe, a machine tool
Lat (disambiguation)


title: Miss USA 2015

text:
Miss USA 2015 was the 64th Miss USA pageant, held at the Raising Cane's River Center Arena in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on July 12, 2015. All fifty states and the District of Columbia competed. Nia Sanchez of Nevada crowned her successor Olivia Jordan of Oklahoma at the end of the event. This was Oklahoma's first Miss USA title in the pageant's history.

The pageant was broadcast on Reelz after remarks made by Miss Universe Organization owner Donald Trump regarding Mexican immigrants during Trump's speech announcing his candidacy for the Republican nomination for U.S. President on June 16, 2015, in New York City led NBC, which had broadcast the pageant since 2003, and incumbent rights holders Univision Communications and Televisa to terminate their relationships with the Organization and Trump himself. It was also affected by many of the originally announced hosts, judges and musical performers pulling out in protest. Miss USA generated a unique Twitter audience of 2.42 million, according to Nielsen Social, No. 1 among entertainment series and specials during the week ended July 12.

Entertainment correspondent Alex Wehrley, a former Miss Wisconsin USA 2009, was brought in to host the pageant alongside game show host Todd Newton after original hosts Cheryl Burke of Dancing with the Stars and MSNBC anchor Thomas Roberts withdrew.

This was the only Miss USA to be aired on Reelz and this was the last edition that Donald Trump had been the owner. This was also the first pageant since 1964 to take place in the month of July.

Results

Placements

§ Voted into Top 11 after the swimsuit competition by the public .

Awards

Pageant

Preliminary round
Prior to the final telecast, the delegates compete in the preliminary competition, which involves private interviews with the judges and a presentation show where they compete in swimsuit and evening gown. It was held on July 10, 2015, on the official Miss USA YouTube channel and was hosted by Nick Teplitz and Nia Sanchez.

Judges
 Alison Taub
 B. J. Coleman
 Daurius Baptist
 Fred Nelson
 Jennifer Palpallatoc
 Lori Lung
 Maureen Storto

Finals
The format reverted to top 15, as it was in 2013, during the final competition, the top fifteen semifinalists competed in swimsuit, 10 of the 15 semifinalists were chosen by the judges, while one was chosen for a public vote, as they competed in evening gown, before five were chosen to advance. The top 5 competed in the final question round signed up by a panel of judges and a final runway, the winner was decided by a panel of judges alongside the four runners-up.

Judges
 Tara Conner – Miss USA 2006 from Kentucky
 Rima Fakih – Miss USA 2010 from Michigan
 Crystle Stewart – Miss USA 2008 from Texas
 Nana Meriwether – Miss USA 2012 from Maryland
 Kimberly Pressler – Miss USA 1999 from New York
 Danielle Doty – Miss Teen USA 2011 from Texas
 Leila Lopes – Miss Universe 2011 from Angola
 Brook Lee – Miss Universe 1997 from United States
 Michelle McLean – Miss Universe 1992 from Namibia

Contestants
51 delegates have been confirmed:

Controversy
On June 25, 2015, Univision Communications president and CEO Randy Falco announced that the company would terminate its contract to broadcast Spanish language coverage of the 2015 Miss USA pageant (which was set to air on UniMás) and sever its business ties with Miss Universe Organization co-owner Donald Trump, following comments regarding illegal Mexican immigrants that were made by Trump during his speech announcing his candidacy for the Republican Party nomination for President of the United States on June 16, in which Trump stated that illegal Mexicans immigrating into the U.S. were responsible for importing drugs, and bringing crime, rapists, and drug dealers into the country, and called for the building of a wall along the Mexico–United States border. Chilean actor Cristián de la Fuente and Puerto Rican actress Roselyn Sánchez, who were both slated to host the Spanish language broadcast of the pageant, also announced that they were pulling out of the telecast, citing their offense to Trump's comments. Colombian reggaeton singer J Balvin, who was scheduled to make his first musical performance on mainstream U.S. television, also announced that he would also no longer participate in the event. Miss Universe 2006 Zuleyka Rivera of Puerto Rico, who was set to judge the pageant, announced she would no longer participate as well.

In a statement by Univision regarding its decision, Falco cited the consideration of the views of its predominately Hispanic broadcast audience and corporate employee base, that "[Univision] see[s] first-hand the work ethic, love for family, strong religious values and the important role Mexican immigrants and Mexican-Americans have had and will continue to have in building the future of our country." Following the announcement of the company's decision, a lawyer for Trump stated that he is strongly considering taking legal action against Univision Communications for its refusal to carry the Miss USA telecast, alleging it violated the terms of the five-year broadcast and co-production agreement for the Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants that Univision signed with the Miss Universe Organization five months earlier on February 5. Trump himself accused the Government of Mexico, among other parties, of "putting tremendous pressure on Univision to break their signed and fully effective contract with the Miss Universe Organization" because of his statements "exposing to the public, and the world, the terrible and costly trade deals that the United States is incompetently making with Mexico".

Univision noted that despite the decision by its entertainment division to terminate its business relationship with the Miss Universe Organization, its news division and owned-and-operated broadcast outlets would continue to provide coverage of Trump and all other presidential candidates during the 2016 presidential campaign "to ensure our audience continues to have access to all points of view". On June 26, Trump notified Falco that Univision employees would no longer be allowed to enter or hold membership with the Trump National Doral Miami golf course, which abuts Univision's corporate headquarters in Doral, Florida. That same day on his Instagram account, Trump also released personal correspondence from Univision anchor Jorge Ramos – containing Ramos' personal work mobile phone number, which was unobscured in the image – requesting an interview with Trump.

On June 29, NBCUniversal, which owns the 50% stake in the Miss Universe Organization not owned by Donald Trump, confirmed it was terminating its business ties with Trump – saying in a statement that "respect and dignity for all people are cornerstones of our values" – and would no longer air the Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants (Miss Teen USA has not aired on conventional television since the 2007 pageant, as it was not included in NBC's renewed television contract with the Miss Universe Organization for uncited reasons; Trump was also dismissed as host of The Celebrity Apprentice, which NBC will continue to air as United Artists Media Group holds the licensing rights to the reality competition series). Mexican media conglomerate Televisa also announced it would cut ties to Trump and end its television contract with the Miss Universe Organization. In a June 29 interview with the Kansas City Star, Miss Kansas USA 2015 Alexis Railsback – who is of Mexican American descent – said that it was "really unfortunate and kind of unfair that the Miss USA pageant is kind of taking the brunt for Donald Trump's speech". Noting that the Miss Universe Organization is a standalone entity, she iterated that Trump "does not organize the pageant, [and] does not run what goes on" and that she believes the fallout stemming from the remarks is not "really related to the pageant in any way, other than the fact that he is the co-owner". Following the decision, some pageant contestants and supporters backed a Change.org petition and used the hashtag #SavetheSash on social media and on a video posted to the pageant's official Facebook page, urging NBC to reconsider their decision not to air Miss USA.

On June 30, Thomas Roberts (who serves as an anchor for NBCUniversal-owned MSNBC) and Cheryl Burke pulled out of hosting the pageant, with Burke citing her opposition to Trump's comments and the network's decision to stop telecasting the event. After reports indicated that Miss Teen USA broadcasters Ustream and Xbox Live, as well as Netflix had showed interest in obtaining the streaming rights to the event, the Miss Universe Organization later confirmed on June 30 that the pageant would be streamed on the official Miss USA website (a subpage of the Organization's website).

After previously indicating that he may sue Univision and NBCUniversal, Trump and the Miss Universe Organization filed a breach of contract and defamation lawsuit against Univision Communications in the New York Supreme Court on June 30, seeking damages in excess of $500 million. Univision responded to the suit in a statement, calling the complaint "both factually false and legally ridiculous," and that it "will not only vigorously defend the case, but will continue to fight against Mr. Trump's ongoing efforts to run away from the derogatory comments he made on June 16th about illegal Mexican immigrants." On June 30, a rep for singer Natalie La Rose announced that she had withdrawn from performing at the pageant; La Rose was joined on July 1 by judges Emmitt Smith and Jonathan Scott, country singer Craig Wayne Boyd and rapper Flo Rida in dropping out of the pageant. Jeannie Mai, who originally announced that she would stay on as a co-host, stating that while she "do[es] not condone Mr. Trump's statements[...] I can't abandon these women when they need our support now more than ever", citing the Miss Universe Organization's mission to "unite women from all over the world and celebrate different cultures", announced on July 6, 2015, that she was withdrawing as co-host. All of them including Miss Universe 2006 Zuleyka Rivera of Puerto Rico are interested to participate and be a part of Miss Earth beauty contest.

On July 2, the Miss Universe Organization reached an agreement with Reelz to broadcast Miss USA 2015 on the digital cable channel. In a statement, Stanley Hubbard, CEO of Reelz parent Hubbard Broadcasting, said "As one of only a few independent networks, we decided to exercise our own voice and committed ourselves to bringing this pageant to American viewers everywhere." Even with the announcement of a new broadcaster for the 2015 event, a webcast of the pageant was still available via the Miss USA website (which was also viewable on smartphones, tablets and on video game consoles via their respective YouTube applications) for those not able to watch on Reelz due to the channel's absence of availability on several cable providers (such as Cox Communications) or because they do not subscribe to Reelz through a participating carrier of the channel. Baton Rouge's This TV affiliate KBTR-CD simulcast the pageant using Reelz' feed.

Notes

References

External links

 Miss USA official website

2015
July 2015 events in the United States
USA
Beauty pageants in the United States
2015 in Louisiana


title: League of Historical Cities

text:
The League of Historical Cities (LHC) was established in Kyoto, Japan in 1987. It holds a biennial world conference and connects cities from different parts of the world. The League also acts as a think tank for bilateral cooperation, mutual learning and best practices. It aims to strengthen affiliations between historic cities to exchange knowledge, deepen mutual understanding and build on the common foundations.

As of December 2014, the league was composed of 119  members from 66 countries and regions. It is in partnership with the United Nations Human Settlements Programme, International Council on Monuments and Sites and the Organization of World Heritage Cities.

The League consists of 71 historic cities from 50 different countries, and in 2008, it was joined by Gongju (Korea), Lviv and Odesa (Ukraine), Minsk (Belarus), and Osmangazi (Turkey).

The purpose of the LHC, according to its statutes, is to guarantee eternal peace for future generations, to deepen human understanding through cross-national education, and to support the development of historical cities through education with the aim of promoting human understanding across national borders. The 'League of Historical Cities' is an international organization dedicated to developing and carrying out projects on an international level that are in line with its established objectives.

World Conference of Historical Cities
The league holds a biennial world conference.
 Kyoto 1987 "Historical Cities in the 21st Century – Tradition and Creativity -"
 Florence 1988 "Historical Cities in the Future of Mankind"
 Barcelona 1991 "The Memories of and Futures of Cities"
 Kyoto 1994 "In Quest of the Wisdom of Historical Cities"
 Xi'an 1996 "Revival of Historical Cities"
 Kraków 1998 "Heritage and Development of Historical Cities"
 Montpellier 2000 "History of Value"
 Montreal 2003 "Conserving and Developing – How? With whom? Why? –"
 Gyeongju 2005 "Today and Tomorrow of the Historical Cities: Preservation and Restoration of the Historical Cities"
 Ballarat 2006 "Sustainable Historical Cities: – Economics, Preservation and Visions for the Future –"
 Konya 2008 "Living Cultural Heritage in Historical Cities"
 Nara 2010 "Succession of Historical City with Creative Revitalization"
 Huế 2012 "Defining Universal Heritage Challenges and Solutions"
 Yangzhou 2014 "Historical Cities: Ancient Culture Integrated into Modern Civilization"
 Bad Ischl 2016 "Smart, innovative, creative historical cities of the future"
 Bursa 2018 "The Impact of Globalization on Culture and Way of Living"

Member cities

Africa

 Accra
 Alexandria
 Algiers
 Fez
 Giza
 Luxor
 Tunis

Asia

 Andong
 Buyeo County
 Chengdu
 Chiang Mai
 Dujiangyan
 Gongju
 Gyeongju
 Hanoi
 Huế
 Kaesong
 Kamakura
 Kanazawa
 Kathmandu
 Kurunegala
 Kyoto
 Lahore
 Naha
 Nanjing
 Nara
 Suwon
 Taichung
 Tainan
 Ulan Bator
 Varanasi
 Vigan
 Wuxi
 Xi'an
 Yangon
 Yangzhou
 Yogyakarta
 Zhengzhou

Europe

 Alba Iulia
 Amsterdam
 Athens
 Bad Ischl
 Barcelona
 Bordeaux
 Bratislava
 Brussels
 Budapest
 Chernivtsi
 Cologne
 Constanța
 Córdoba
 Cracow
 Dijon
 Dublin
 Edinburgh
 Florence
 Geneva
 The Hague
 Helsingborg
 Iași
 Kazan
 Kyiv
 Klaipeda
 Kutaisi
 Lisbon
 Ljubljana
 Lutsk
 Lviv
 Minsk
 Montpellier
 Mtskheta
 Nicosia
 Niš
 Norwich
 Odesa
 Paris
 Prague
 Riga
 Rome
 Santiago de Compostela
 Sarajevo
 Shaki
 South East Region of Malta
 Strasbourg
 Tashkent
 Termez
 Veliko Tarnovo
 Venice
 Vienna
 Zagreb

Latin America

 Cartagena
 Cuenca
 Cusco
 Guadalajara
 Mexico City

Middle East

 Ankara
 Baghdad
 Bursa
 Hebron
 Isfahan
 Istanbul
 Jerusalem
 Kashan
 Kong
 Konya
 Luxor
 Nishapur
 Osmangazi
 Şanlıurfa
 Semnan
 Shiraz
 Tabriz
 Yazd

North America

 Boston
 Montreal
 Quebec City

Pacific

 Ballarat
 City of Melbourne
 City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters
 Whanganui

References

External links
 The League of Historical Cities

Heritage organizations
Municipal international relations
History organizations based in Japan


title: Coki Beach

text:
Coki Beach is on the island of Saint Thomas, United States Virgin Islands, in the Caribbean.

Coki Beach is a white sand beach on the North East (Atlantic) side of the island Saint Thomas, adjacent to the Coral World Ocean Park. Coki is well known for snorkeling, and is generally considered the best shore snorkel on the island. The beach is a popular tourist site, and taxi service is frequent. Vendors sell a variety of goods, including food, drinks, and crafts, and offer services such as hair braiding.
In 2011, a boardwalk and bathhouse were added to the beach.
There is also a dive center on the beach which rents snorkel and scuba diving gear and offers guided dives.

Gallery

References

External links

Beaches of the United States Virgin Islands
East End, Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands


title: 2000 in Taiwan

text:
Events from the year 2000 in Taiwan, Republic of China. This year is numbered Minguo 89 according to the official Republic of China calendar.

Incumbents
 President – Lee Teng-hui, Chen Shui-bian
 Vice President – Lien Chan, Annette Lu
 Premier – Vincent Siew, Tang Fei
 Vice Premier – Liu Chao-shiuan, Yu Shyi-kun

Events

February
 1 February
 The establishment of Coast Guard Administration.
 The establishment of National University of Kaohsiung in Nanzih District, Kaohsiung City.
 25 February – The establishment of National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium in Checheng Township, Pingtung County.

March
 18 March – 2000 Republic of China presidential election.
 29 March – The opening of Taipei City Mall in Taipei.
 31 March – The establishment of People First Party.

April
 28 April – 11th Golden Melody Awards at Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall in Xinyi District, Taipei City.

May
 20 May
 Chen Shui-bian took office as President of the Republic of China.
 Annette Lu took office as Vice President of the Republic of China.
 Tang Fei took office as Premier of the Republic of China.
 Yu Shyi-kun took office as Vice Premier of the Republic of China.
 21 May – The opening of Image Museum of Hsinchu City in East District, Hsinchu City.

July
 15 July – The first Hohaiyan Rock Festival held in Gongliao Township, Taipei County.

August
 1 August
 The opening of National Linkou High School in Linkou Township, Taipei County.
 The upgrade of Shu-Te Institute of Technology in Yanchao Township, Kaohsiung County to Shu-Te University.
 The upgrade of National Kaohsiung Hospitality Management Academy in Siaogang District, Kaohsiung City to National Kaohsiung Hospitality Management Academy.
 18–27 August – Typhoon Bilis.
 31 August – The opening of Xiaonanmen Line of Taipei Metro.

November
 26 November – The opening of Taipei County Yingko Ceramics Museum in Taipei County.

Births
 21 February – Cho I-hsuan, tennis player

References

Years of the 20th century in Taiwan
Republic of China
Taiwan
2000s in Taiwan


title: Warintapani

text:
Warintapani (Aymara, possibly composed of wari vicuña, tapa nest, -n, -ni suffixes, "the one with a nest of a vicuña", Hispanicized names Huarintapaña, Huarintapani, Hurintapaña) is a  mountain in the Andes of southern Peru. It is situated in the Moquegua Region, Mariscal Nieto Province, Carumas District, and in the Tacna Region, Candarave Province, Candarave District.

See also
 Churi Laq'a
 Ch'alluma

References

Mountains of Peru
Mountains of Moquegua Region
Mountains of Tacna Region


title: First on the Moon (disambiguation)

text:
First on the Moon may refer to:

First on the Moon, a 2005 Russian mockumentary about a fictional 1930s Soviet landing on the Moon
First on the Moon (1970 book), the 1970 book by the Apollo 11 crew
The 1960 US title of Operation Columbus, a 1959 science fiction novel by Hugh Walters
A 1958 novel by Jefferson Howard Sutton
First on the Moon: The Untold Story, a 2005 documentary


title: Arinn Young

text:
Arinn Young  (born July 10, 1996)  is a Canadian 4.5 point wheelchair basketball player who won a gold medal at the 2014 Women's World Wheelchair Basketball Championship in Toronto.

Biography
Arinn Young was born in St. Albert, Alberta, on July 10, 1996. She is nicknamed "Juice" due to her practice of drinkling juice boxes during a game. She started playing basketball when she was five years old, and went on to win 15 MVP awards and two city championships. She also played other sports, including lacrosse and horse riding, and was placed third in shot-put at the Alberta Track and Field Provincial Championship.

An injury while playing lacrosse when she was 14 saw her right knee swell up. It apparently returned to normal but "popped" a number of times over the following year. An MRI revealed an anterior cruciate ligament injury. Her meniscus was damaged and her femur, patella and fibula were bone on bone, which causes accelerated wear on the bones. A series of surgical procedures followed. She continued playing basketball with the Morinville Community High School Lady Wolves until 2013, when she severely injured her good knee in the opening game at the North Central Zone Tournament.

Young was introduced to wheelchair basketball by Max MacMillan, a friend of her father's and a wheelchair basketball coach whose daughter played the sport. Able to walk normally, Young is classified as a 4.5 point player.

She began playing for the Edmonton Inferno in 2012, placing fourth in the Canadian Wheelchair Basketball League Women's National Championship in Richmond, British Columbia, and finished first in the Canadian Women's Championship in Edmonton in 2013. In 2013, she was named to the All Star Five. She joined the U25 national team in 2013, and made her international debut with the senior women's team as the youngest player on the team at the 2014 Women's World Wheelchair Basketball Championship in Toronto in July 2014, winning a gold medal. She won silver at the 2015 Parapan American Games in August 2015.

Notes

External links
 Interview: Arinn Young (Canada) | 2014 IWBF Women's World Wheelchair Basketball Championships

Living people
1998 births
Canadian women's wheelchair basketball players
Sportspeople from St. Albert, Alberta
Wheelchair basketball players at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Wheelchair basketball players at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Paralympic wheelchair basketball players for Canada
Basketball people from Alberta


title: Separation Creek, Victoria

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Separation Creek is a small coastal locality in the Shire of Colac Otway, Victoria, Australia. In the 2016 census, Separation Creek had a population of 19.

The village is situated at the mouth of the Separation Creek, on the Great Ocean Road, which follows the coast through the locality. There are no shops at Separation Creek; the nearest shop and hotel is located at Wye River, which is connected to the town by the Great Ocean Road and on foot by Paddys Path. In July 2014, the federal government announced a $4m upgrade of the Separation Creek bridge, with a new pedestrian walkway across the creek to allow for safer access between the towns.

The Wye River Separation Creek Progress Association is a local community organisation which aims to "advance the welfare and protect the environment" of the two towns. Singer Mike Brady has a beach house in the village.

Separation Creek has a 250m long beach, which is unpatrolled year-round. Surf Life Saving Australia describes the beach as "suitable for a picnic or fishing, but unsuitable for safe bathing". It gives the beach a hazard rating of 7/10 (highly hazardous).

The remainder of the locality, outside the township, is almost entirely covered today by the Great Otway National Park and the Otway Forest Park. There are only two inland roads through the locality outside the township itself: Wye Road runs inland from the coast, much of it forming the border with Wye River, and the Benwerrin-Mount Sabine Road runs roughly north–south around the western edge of the locality.

On Christmas Day 2015 a bushfire destroyed at least 18 homes in Separation Creek. At nearby Wye River another 98 homes were destroyed. There were no deaths at either town.

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Towns in Victoria (state)
Coastal towns in Victoria (state)
Otway Ranges