title: The Last Hammer Blow

text:
The Last Hammer Blow () is a 2014 French drama film directed by Alix Delaporte. It was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 71st Venice International Film Festival where Romain Paul won the Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best New Young Actor.

Cast
 Romain Paul as Victor
 Clotilde Hesme as Nadia
 Grégory Gadebois as Samuel
 Candela Peña as Maria
 Tristán Ulloa as Fabio
 Farid Bendali as Omar
 Mireia Vilapuig as Luna
 Víctor Sánchez as Miguel

Accolades

References

External links

2014 films
2014 drama films
French drama films
2010s French-language films
Films directed by Alix Delaporte
2010s French films


title: Docphin

text:
Docphin is a mobile and web platform for medical professionals.  Launched in May 2012, Docphin helps medical professionals access medical research, landmark articles, and search for relevant medical research more easily. Docphin is available on the web, iOS, and Android.  Docphin was selected by Apple as one of the best new iOS apps in 2014. In 2016, the virtual healthcare platform, HealthTap, acquired DocPhin.

References

External links
 Docphin

Medical search engines


title: Joe Sims

text:
Joe Sims may refer to:

 Joe Sims (actor), British actor
 Joe Sims (American football) (born 1969), American football player who played for the Atlanta Falcons for five seasons
 Joe Sims (politician), American politician, Co-Chair of the Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA)


title: Jag mår illa

text:
"Jag mår illa" (in English: "I Feel Sick") is a song written by Swedish artist, composer and actor Magnus Uggla and Anders Henriksson, and recorded by Magnus Uggla for his 1989 album 35-åringen. With lyrics satirizing celebrity culture and gossip magazines, the song reached Svensktoppen on 17 September 1989, peaking at number nine on the Norwegian singles chart, while topping the Swedish singles chart. Uggla wrote the song for a screenplay of a film that was never produced. Swedish radio program Metropol appointed the song "Best Swedish song of the 1980s".

Charts

References

1989 songs
1989 singles
Magnus Uggla songs
Number-one singles in Sweden
Songs written by Magnus Uggla
Songs written by Anders Henriksson (record producer)
Swedish-language songs


title: Kalpana Devi Thoudam

text:
Kalpana Devi Thoudam (born 24 December 1989) is an Indian judoka, born in Imphal East, Manipur. She won the bronze medal in the women's 52 kg weight class at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.

Career
In her career as a judoka, Thoudam won a silver at the sub-junior national championship in Guwahati in 1998. She then won four gold medals at the junior national championships and one gold at junior Asian judo championship. In 2007, she placed second at the Asian U20 Championships, held in Hyderabad. In 2010, she won a bronze at the International Judo Federation World Cup in Tashkent. In the same year, she won a gold medal at the Commonwealth Judo Championships in Singapore. In 2013, she became the first Indian to win a medal at the IJF Grand Prix in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, when she won a bronze medal. She defeated Zarifa Sultanova of Uzbekistan, but lost to Israeli Gili Cohen. In the repechage round she defeated Raquel Silva from Brazil. Additionally, she has served as the Head Constable of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police.

In the 2014 Commonwealth Games, she won bronze in the 52 kg weight class. She has also won gold medals at the Indian Championships in 2017 and 2018, held in Chennai and Jammu, respectively.

References

External links

Living people
Indian female judoka
1989 births
People from Imphal East district
Judoka at the 2010 Asian Games
Judoka at the 2014 Asian Games
Judoka at the 2018 Asian Games
Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for India
Sportswomen from Manipur
Judoka at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Indian female martial artists
Commonwealth Games medallists in judo
21st-century Indian women
21st-century Indian people
Martial artists from Manipur
Asian Games competitors for India
Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games


title: Burnin' It Down

text:
"Burnin' It Down" is a song written by Rodney Clawson, Chris Tompkins and Florida Georgia Line members Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley and recorded by American country music artist Jason Aldean. It was released in July 2014 as the first single from Aldean's 2014 album Old Boots, New Dirt. The song won the "Top Country Song" category at the 2015 Billboard Music Awards, but polarized critics.

Content
The song is a midtempo ballad about a sexual encounter with a lover, inspired by R&B music. Florida Georgia Line, two of the song's co-writers, originally planned on recording it until Aldean expressed interest in the song.

Aldean told Country Music Television (CMT) that he considered the song "baby making music". He also felt that it was a different song style for him due to it being more sexual in nature and featuring a drum loop.

Critical reception
The single has polarized critics. Leeann Ward of Country Universe gave the song a D grade, writing that "There’s a line between a passionate love song and a passionless song. There’s [also] a line between a sexy song and a sex filled song. And there’s [even] a line between a classy, passionate love song and a classless, passionless sex filled song." Ward also said that “Burnin’ it Down” crosses the line to the latter categories on all accounts."

Giving it a B grade, Tammy Ragusa of Country Weekly was more favorable, writing that "Jason [Aldean] proves [that] he can also change things up, which he does dramatically through edgy, urban-and-pop-influenced arrangements and production" and that "the song's sexy lyrics push the boundaries of what might be construed as traditional themes in country music." In a review of Old Boots, New Dirt for Billboard, Chuck Dauphin praised "Burnin' It Down" as "the most musically adventurous track that Aldean has ever recorded".

Commercial performance
During its first week in release, the song sold 184,000 downloads in the United States and debuted at number 42 on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart. In its second week, the song moved from number 42 to 1 on the Hot Country Songs chart.  On September 29, 2014, the song was certified Platinum by the RIAA just nine weeks after release, becoming the fastest single of 2014 to do that.  It reached its millionth sales mark in October 2014. As of April 2015, the song has sold 1,589,000 copies in the US.

In Canada, the song sold 15,000 downloads in its debut week.

Music video
The music video was directed by Wes Edwards and premiered in August 2014.

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Certifications

Year-end charts

Decade-end charts

References

2014 songs
2014 singles
Country ballads
2010s ballads
Jason Aldean songs
Songs written by Rodney Clawson
Songs written by Chris Tompkins
Songs written by Tyler Hubbard
Songs written by Brian Kelley (musician)
Song recordings produced by Michael Knox (record producer)
Music videos directed by Wes Edwards
BBR Music Group singles


title: JK Lakshmipat University

text:
JK Lakshmipat University (JKLU) was established in Jaipur, the capital city of Rajasthan, in the year 2011. The curriculum and pedagogy of the university emphasises experiential learning through projects. The University is sponsored by the J. K. Organisation.

Academics
The university provides various undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral degrees. It has institutes, IET (Institute of Engineering & Technology)  and IM (Institute of Management), and ID (Institute of Design).

Undergraduate

B.Tech (4 years)
B.Des (4 years)
BBA (3 years)
BCA

Postgraduate
Pinnacle MBA (2 years)
M.Tech (2 years)
M.Des.

Doctoral

Ph.D in Management (Management Studies)
Ph.D in Engineering

References

External links

Universities and colleges in Jaipur
Universities in Rajasthan
Educational institutions established in 2011
2011 establishments in Rajasthan


title: Struggle Companies (Syria)

text:
The Struggle Companies (; Saraya al-Sira) was  5,000-strong commando force deployed around Damascus. Created in 1973 and commanded by Maj. Gen Adnan Assad, a cousin of the late Syrian president, Hafez Assad. The all Alawite Struggle Companies are broadly similar to the Defense Companies and are/were fanatically loyal to the Syrian government and were heavily used during the 1982 Hama Muslim Brotherhood uprising

The Syrian president exercised direct control over the Saraya al-Sira', Saraya al-Difa', and the Republican Guard all of whom function as a Praetorian Guard. The headquarters of the Saraya al-Sira' was Mezzeh Military Airport

The Saraya al-Sira' wore combat uniforms quite distinct from the regular Syrian military, their uniform consisted of lizard-patterned camouflage fatigues along with Soviet combat boots, helmets and bulletproof vests. Headgear consisted of a red or orange beret.

See also
 Defense Companies (Syria)
 Shabiha

References

Sources
 Arabs at War: Military Effectiveness 1948-91, Kenneth M. Pollack, University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln and London, 2002, and Pollack's book reviewed in International Security, Vol. 28, No. 2
 Arab Armies of the Middle East Wars (Men-at-Arms, 194) by Samuel Katz, Osprey Publishing 1988,
 Armies in Lebanon 1982 to 1984 (Men at Arms Series, 165) by Samuel Katz and Ronald Volstad, Osprey Publishing 1985,

External links
 LOC country study

Military units and formations established in 1973
Special forces of Syria


title: The Postman's White Nights

text:
The Postman's White Nights (; Belye nochi pochtalona Alekseya Tryapitsyna) is a 2014 Russian drama film directed by Andrei Konchalovsky. It tells the story of the people of a remote Russian village, whose main contact with the outside world is a postman. All actors in the film are non-professionals, with casting taking place over a year.

It was selected for the In Competition section at the 71st Venice International Film Festival and won the Silver Lion. It received generally positive reviews from critics. In September 2014, director Konchalovsky withdrew the film from the list of films being considered for the Russian entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. It was filmed at the Kenozersky National Park, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia.

Cast
 Aleksey Tryapitsyn as Postman
 Timur Bondarenko as Timur, Irina's son
 Irina Ermolova as Irina

Reception
As of 20 September 2020, The Postman's White Nights has an approval rating of 89% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 9 reviews, and an average rating of 8.0/10. The film also got 83% on Metacritic, based on 4 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".

Cine Vue gave this film four stars. The film was reviewed by Variety magazine, which said that likable protagonists and some stunning shots do not cover its weak spots.
 The Hollywood Reporter:
"The setting itself is gorgeous, with its boxy cottages fringed by grassy clearings and woodlands, and the placid surface of the water stretching on for miles. It's a rare pleasure to see a film made with such an elegant compositional eye […] Deep-focus shots of Lyokha at his most pensive, standing on the shores of the lake, are loaded with a sense of place, and of belonging. The same goes for the hypnotic Steadycam sequences of him zooming along in his boat, the sound of the motor quietly giving way to a slow build of electronica composer Eduard Artemyev's stirring ambient score with choral elements."
 Indiewire.com:
"'The Postman's White Nights' is being widely celebrated as a quasi-documentary, marked by a droll sense of humor that illuminates life in a forgotten corner of the world. And it is that, no doubt, but for us it went much further than mere anthropological interest. If it presents an accurate picture of this reality, then it feels like it's a reality that is unstable, so far cut off from the mainstream of life that it has begun to fray into the surreal and the magic at the edges."

References

External links

2014 films
2014 drama films
Russian drama films
2010s Russian-language films
Films directed by Andrei Konchalovsky
Films scored by Eduard Artemyev


title: Stefan Maria Kuczyński

text:
Stefan Maria Kuczyński, pen name Włodzimierz Bart (21 September 1904, Bogusław, Wołyń – 30 March 1985, Katowice), was a Polish historian and academic specializing in the medieval history of the Kingdom of Poland during the Piast dynasty and the Jagiellon dynasty, especially in the period of King Władysław II Jagiełło. After World War II he served as docent at the Uniwersytet Jagielloński (1945), then associate professor of Uniwersytet Wrocławski (1946), followed by professor of Uniwersytet Łódzki (1954–1969), and professor of Uniwersytet Śląski (1969–1982). Kuczyński also served as editor-in-chief of illustrated monthly Śląsk in 1946–1948, published in Jelenia Góra, and the scientific journal Nauka i Sztuka, one of the first of its kind in postwar Poland.

Kuczyński studied philology, law and history in the Second Polish Republic at the Uniwersytet Warszawski, and received a doctorate in 1932 for his work Rządy litewskie na Siewierszczyźnie w II połowie XIV wieku, under the direction of Oskar Halecki. He worked first as high-school teacher in Warsaw and later as lecturer at his own alma mater since 1937 (until the invasion of Poland), with the title of docent at the Institute of Medieval History. During the occupation of Poland he took part in clandestine Tajne komplety.

Publications

Scientific works
 Sine wody, Warsaw: skł. gł. "Libraria Nova" 1935.
 Ziemie Czernihowsko-Siewierskie pod rządami Litwy, Warsaw: zasiłek Funduszu Kultury Narodowej 1936. Prace Ukraińskiego Instytutu Naukowego. Serja Prac Komisji dla Badań Zagadnień Polsko-Ukraińskich ; z. 2
 Kto dowodził w bitwie pod Grunwaldem, Jelenia Góra 1947 (Odbitka: z kwartalnika "Nauka i Sztuka" t. 5).
 Śląsk Dolny w drugą rocznicę powrotu do Polski 1945-1947, 1947.
 O powstaniu wzmianki z r. 981 w "Powieści z lat doczesnych", Wrocław: Wrocławskie Towarzystwo Naukowe 1955. Seria: Sprawozdania Wrocławskiego Towarzystwa Naukowego 8.
 Rozbiór krytyczny roku 1385 "Dziejów polskich" Jana Długosza, Warsaw 1958.
 Grunwald 1410-1960, Olsztyn: "Pojezierze", 1959.
  Grunwald, Warsaw: "Arkady" 1960.
 Bitwa pod Grunwaldem, Katowice: "Śląsk" 1987,
 Król Jagiełło ok. 1351–1434, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Ministerstwa Obrony Narodowej 1985,  (wyd. 2 1987).
 Wielka wojna z Zakonem Krzyżackim w latach 1409–1411, Warsaw 1980,  (wyd. 4 popr.)
 Lata wojny trzynastoletniej w "Rocznikach, czyli kronikach" inaczej "Historii polskiej" Jana Długosza, t.1-2, Łódź: Łódzkie Towarzystwo Wydawnicze 1964-1965.
 Miechowita jako historyk, Warsaw: Państwowe Wydawnictwa Naukowe 1965.
 Sienkiewicz a współczesna historiografia polska, Warsaw 1966.
 Rzeczywistość historyczna w "Krzyżakach" Henryka Sienkiewicza, Warsaw: Państ. Instytut Wydawniczy 1967.
 Karol Szajnocha, Jadwiga i Jagiełło 1374-1413. Opowiadanie historyczne, t.1-2, wstęp: Stefan M. Kuczyński, Warsaw: Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy 1969.
 Spór o Grunwald, Warsaw: MON 1972.
 Studia z dziejów Europy Wschodniej X-XVII w., Warsaw: Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe 1965.

Historical novels
 Litwin i Andegawenka: powieść historyczna, Katowice: "Śląsk" 1974.
 Zawisza Czarny: powieść historyczna, Katowice 1980,
 Pierścień z szafirem. Opowieść o Macieju z Miechowa, Warsaw: "Nasza Księgarnia" 1962.
 Grunwaldzkie miecze. Powieść historyczna dla młodzieży, Warsaw: Ludowa Spółdzielnia Wydawnicza 1966.
 Warneńczyk Warsaw: Ludowa Spółdzielnia Wydawnicza 1968.
 Przygody Kołatka Warsaw: Ludowa Spółdzielnia Wydawnicza 1970.

References

 Tadeusz Dubicki, Krzysztof Antoni Kuczyński, Profesor Stefan Maria Kuczyński (1904-1985), "Studia i Materiały do Historii Wojskowości" 30 (1988), pp. 3–18.

1904 births
1985 deaths
20th-century Polish historians
Polish male non-fiction writers


title: Emoia caeruleocauda

text:
Emoia caeruleocauda, commonly known as the Pacific bluetail skink or Pacific blue-tail skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. It is widespread in the Indo-West Pacific.

Geographic range
E. caeruleocauda is found widespread from eastern Indonesia (from Sulawesi to east and south) through southern Philippines and New Guinea (Western New Guinea and Papua New Guinea) and the Solomon Islands northward into the Marianas, Carolines, and Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Fiji Islands, Vanuatu, and Guam. It has been reported from Borneo but the IUCN considers this doubtful.

Habitat
Emoia caeruleocauda is essentially terrestrial but it can ascend to forage in low scrub and climb a little distance up tree trunks. It is a lowland species that still can be found as high as  above sea level.

References

Further reading
. 2006. A Photographic Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Borneo. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 144 pp. . (Emoia caeruleocauda, p. 110).
De Vis CW. 1892. Zoology of British New Guinea. Part 1. Vertebrata. Annals of the Queensland Museum 2: 1–24. (Mocoa caeruleocauda, new species).

Emoia
Skinks of New Guinea
Fauna of the Federated States of Micronesia
Reptiles of Fiji
Reptiles of Indonesia
Fauna of the Mariana Islands
Reptiles of Palau
Reptiles of Papua New Guinea
Reptiles of the Philippines
Reptiles of the Solomon Islands
Reptiles of Vanuatu
Reptiles described in 1892
Taxa named by Charles Walter De Vis


title: Kolarov

text:
Kolarov (, ) is a Bulgarian and Serbian surname, an occupational surname derived from kolar, meaning "wheelwright". Notable people with the surname include:

Aleksandar Kolarov (born 1985), Serbian footballer
Atanas Kolarov (born 1934), Bulgarian chess player
Nelko Kolarov (born 1959), Bulgarian composer
Nikola Kolarov (born 1983), Serbian footballer
Vasil Kolarov (1877–1950), Bulgarian politician
Vlad Kolarov, Canadian cartoonist

Surnames of Serbian origin
Bulgarian-language surnames
Occupational surnames


title: Rau railway station

text:
The Rau railway station is one of the local railway stations in Rau, a suburb of Indore.

Rau is situated on rail line from Ratlam to Akola. Rail line is now converted from meter-gauge to broad-gauge between Ratlam and Mhow. Rau is well connected to Indore, Ratlam, Mhow, Khandwa, Akola and Ujjain. Nearest broad-gauge railway station is the main railway station that is at Indore BG which is 18 km away. The next nearest stations are Mhow (Dr. Ambedkar Nagar railway station) towards the south which is around 13 km to the south and Tihi which is the on the new Indore–Dahod & Indore–Chota Udepur railway line which is under construction. Rau is soon to be an official junction once the aforementioned lines become fully operational for passengers. The new line which diverges to the west is single line broad-gauge and non-electrified railway line mainly used to transport containers from Pithampur dry containers port near Tihi. The new railway line from Rau is laid till Tihi and the is under progress at snails pace. In 2008, the Union Cabinet approved the gauge conversion for the Ratlam–Mhow-Khandwa–Akola railway line.(472.64 km). The cost of the gauge conversion would be about Rs.1421.25 crore.

Major trains
The following trains have stoppage at the station.

See also
 Akola–Ratlam metre-gauge line

References

Railway stations in Indore
Ratlam railway division
Railway stations in Indore district
Year of establishment missing


title: Noel Galvin

text:
Noel Galvin (born 6 November 1988) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays as a left corner-back for the Cork senior team.

Born in Ballincollig, Cork, Galvin first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of twenty when he first linked up with the Cork under-21 team. He made his senior debut during the 2010 National Football League, however, it took a number of years before he joined Cork's championship team. Since then Galvin has become a regular member of the starting fifteen.

At club level Galvin plays both hurling and Gaelic football with Ballincollig.

Honours

Team

Cork Institute of Technology
Sigerson Cup (1): 2009

Ballincollig
Cork Under-21 Football Championship (1): 2007

Cork
All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship (1): 2009
Munster Under-21 Football Championship (1): 2009

References

1988 births
Living people
Ballincollig Gaelic footballers
Ballincollig hurlers
Cork inter-county Gaelic footballers


title: Tau conjecture

text:
In mathematics, the tau conjecture may refer to one of

 Lehmer's conjecture on the non-vanishing of the Ramanujan tau function
 The Ramanujan–Petersson conjecture on the rate of growth of the Ramanujan tau function, proved by Deligne
 Shub and Smale's tau-conjecture on the integer zeroes of a polynomial, one of Smale's problems


title: Wazito F.C.

text:
Wazito Football club is an association football club based Nairobi, Kenya. It is owned by Swedish businessman Ricardo Badoer.

In 2023 the club was renamed Muhoroni Youth.

History

Formation
Wazito Football Club was formed in 2011 by the University of Nairobi soccer team and the alumni members of the soccer team. Experienced players mentor the students on career paths and life experiences. The network has created morally upright students who have got jobs upon graduation.

After training together with the students for some time the alumni members decided they could form one strong team to compete in the league. In order to build team identity, in the 2011 season, Wazito played in a lot of friendlies against the league sides and participated in tournaments.

Wazito currently plays in the Federation of Kenya Football (FKF) premier league, the first-tier league in the country.

2012
In 2012 Wazito debuted in the Nairobi County football league, the fifth tier of the Kenyan Football League system. It was a good start for Wazito and they managed to win the league and earn promotion to the Provincial league.

2013
The Nairobi Provincial league was the next hurdle for Wazito. It was another good campaign and a nervy end to the season where Wazito edged off Kangemi United on penalties to emerge as the Nairobi Provincial League winners. This meant back-to-back league titles for Wazito and promotion to the FKF Division one.

2014
FKF Division one was a notch higher as it involved a lot of travel across a number of counties. However, with adequate preseason training and some new signings to beef up the squad it was another good campaign for Wazito. Wazito won the league convincingly and was crowned champions with two games to spare. The Kenyan National Super League was the next stop.

2015
In 2015, the club played in the National Super League, the third tier of the Football Kenya Federation (FKF) league. It was a tough league which also meant extensive travels throughout the country for the team. For the first time, the team did not win the league but came second after Kenya Police. This earned the two teams' promotions to the second-division league of FKF.

2016
The second-tier league was renamed National Super League (NSL) by the new Football Kenya Federation. Wazito was among 20 clubs that played in the league. It turned out to be the toughest league for the team. At the end of the season, Wazito ended at position 11 with 51 points. The club will therefore still play in the same league in the 2017 season.

2017
Wazito FC earned a promotion to Kenyan Premier League for the first time in their history after finishing second in the National Super League. The team was under coach Frank Ouna.

2018
Wazito's stay in the top-flight was however shot-lived as they got relegated at the end of their first season. They were however handed a boost when Swedish businessman Ricardo Badoer acquired the club and pumped money into the team. They acquired some of the best players in the country to help the team earn promotion back to the top tier.

2019
Wazito earned promotion back to the top league after winning the National Super League title.

2020
During the 2019/20 season that ended prematurely in March due to Covid-19, Wazito finished 13th in the FKF Premier League. Only 23 out of the 34 games were played that season.

2021
At the start of 2020/21 season, Wazito appointed experienced Francis Kimanzi  as head coach. Kimanzi has severally handled the Kenyan national team and helped Kenya attain its best-ever FIFA ranking, 68 in 2008. Wazito attained its best-ever finish in the topflight. They finished in the ninth position with 45 points.

2022
We can confirm that head coach Francis Kimanzi, his assistants Jeff Odongo and John Kamau, and the goalkeepers' coach Samuel Koko have left the club. we wish them well in their future endeavors.

Youth team head coach Fred Ambani assumes first-team duties in the interim with immediate effect.

2023

The name change to Muhoroni Youth occurred and the club remained in the Premier League under the new name.

References

External links

Wazito Livescores

Football clubs in Kenya
University of Nairobi
University and college association football clubs
FKF Division One clubs
Sport in Nairobi


title: List of Brazilian films of 1951

text:
A list of films produced in Brazil in 1951:

See also
 1951 in Brazil

External links
Brazilian films of 1951 at the Internet Movie Database

Brazil
1951
Films


title: Leopardi (film)

text:
Leopardi () is a 2014 Italian drama film directed by Mario Martone. It was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 71st Venice International Film Festival. It was also screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.

Plot
The film tells the story of the short life of the great Italian poet Giacomo Leopardi. He was a noble, born in Recanati, and soon began to study Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Aramaic and English in the rich library of his palace that his father built. Giacomo, however, possessing an inquisitive, restless spirit, would like to travel abroad to widen his views and enrich his knowledge, as was usual for European landed gentry in the 19th century, though this desire is at odds with his parents (even if his father had a sensibility akin to his, he is too bound by the social conventions and the expectations tied to his role as pater familias; his mother, on the other hand, is too busy shoring up the household declining fortunes to even care about intellectual aspirations). So the poet begins to write his first works, reflecting on the human condition, coming to the conclusion that unhappiness is a constant factor of human existence, and that in life there is no remedy for this problem. In the 1820s, Leopardi can finally leave his native Recanati, and begin to travel to Rome and Florence where, however, his high expectations of intellectual rewards and public recognition are not achieved. He suffered from repeated instances of unrequited love: that he chiefly felt towards the Countess Fanny Targioni Tozzetti, contributing to Leopardi's negative view of life and human experience. He finally moves to Naples, where a physical affliction results in his premature death.

Cast

 Elio Germano as Giacomo Leopardi
 Isabella Ragonese as Paolina Leopardi
 Anna Mouglalis as Fanny Targioni Tozzetti
 Michele Riondino as Antonio Ranieri
 Massimo Popolizio as Monaldo Leopardi
 Valerio Binasco as Pietro Giordani
 Paolo Graziosi as  Carlo Antici
 Iaia Forte as Miss Rosa

Awards

References

External links

2014 films
2014 drama films
2014 biographical drama films
2010s Italian-language films
Italian biographical drama films
Films directed by Mario Martone
Cultural depictions of Italian men
Giacomo Leopardi
Cultural depictions of poets


title: Motovlog

text:
A motovlog is a type of video log recorded by a person while riding a motorcycle or any motorized vehicle. The word is a neologism and portmanteau derived from "motorcycle", "video" and "log".

A rider who creates video blogs known as a motorcycle blogger, and the action of making motovlogs is called motovlogging. Most motovloggers upload their videos on YouTube, and the network of motovloggers here is known as the motovloggers community.

YouTube
There are many channels on YouTube dedicated to motovlogging. Many motovloggers do not show their face or the license plate of their motorcycle in videos. The British motovlogger, BaronVonGrumble, stated in an interview that anonymity exists to make the videos more mysterious and exciting to watch.

Motovloggers have occasionally captured traffic accidents while riding with the camera running. There are also videos of motovloggers helping out randomly encountered people.

Sometimes motovloggers encounters the road rage and the vlog lands into a digital proof which could be used as an evidence.

References

Video blogs
Film and video technology

Web syndication


title: 1997 Oldham Bears season

text:
The 1997 Oldham Bears season was the 102nd season in the club's rugby league history and the second season in the Super League. The Oldham Bears competed in Super League II and finished bottom of the league in 12th place, relegating them to the Northern Ford Premiership. Following their relegation, the club went into liquidation in October 1997, with debts of over £1 million.

Table

Squad

References

External links
Oldham Rugby League Heritage Trust
Oldham Bears - Rugby League Project

Oldham Bears
Oldham R.L.F.C.
English rugby league club seasons


title: Francis Y. Kalabat

text:
Francis Yohana Kalabat (born May 13, 1970) is an Catholic prelate who serves as Eparch of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Detroit in the Chaldean Catholic Church.

Life
He began undergraduate (philosophy) studies at the University of San Diego's Saint Francis de Sales Center for Priestly Formation, in San Diego County, California. Subsequently, he began the requisite graduate theological training for the Chaldean Catholic priesthood at Sacred Heart Major Seminary, in Detroit, Michigan. Ordained a priest on July 5, 1995, he was appointed Parochial Vicar (Associate Pastor) of Mother of God Church in Southfield, Michigan, the city where the Eparchy has its cathedral. Since 2001, Eparch Kalabat has been Pastor of Saint Thomas Church in West Bloomfield, Director of Vocations for the Eparchy, and has been involved with the Center for Re-Evangelization. He speaks Arabic, English and Aramaic, and also knows Spanish. He received his episcopal ordination, and was installed as Eparch on June 14, 2014.

On August 9, 2017, Pope Francis named Kalabat as administrator of Eparchy of Addai of Toronto.

See also

 Catholic Church hierarchy
 Catholic Church in the United States
 Historical list of the Catholic bishops of the United States
 List of Catholic bishops of the United States
 Lists of patriarchs, archbishops, and bishops

References

Further reading

External links

 Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Detroit Official Site
 Bishop Frank Yohana Kalabat

1970 births
Living people
Chaldean bishops
American Eastern Catholic bishops
University of San Diego alumni
Bishops appointed by Pope Francis
People from Kuwait City
Kuwaiti priests
Kuwaiti emigrants to the United States
Chaldean Americans
Chaldean Catholic Church in the United States


title: Good Kill

text:
Good Kill is a 2014 American drama film written and directed by Andrew Niccol. The film stars Ethan Hawke, Bruce Greenwood, Zoë Kravitz, Jake Abel, and January Jones. It competed for the Golden Lion at the 71st Venice International Film Festival. It was also screened in the Special Presentations section of the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.

Plot
Major Thomas Egan is an officer with the U.S. Air Force stationed at an Air Force Base near Las Vegas, Nevada. He is a former F-16 Falcon pilot, married, with two children who live with him in a suburban house off-base. His current assignment involves flying armed MQ-9 Reaper drones in foreign air space in support of the U.S. War on Terror. He is admired by his commanding officer and support staff for his calm demeanor, precise flying, and adaptability. Privately, he is concerned about the assignment, which he took after being informed there was reduced call for and increased competition among fighter pilots in the Air Force. His previous CO informed him that a tour flying unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) would look good on his record and would increase his chances of being posted back to a flying assignment.

At first, the new assignment seems stressful but relatively benign. He is assigned to attack more clear-cut terrorist cells, vehicles, and facilities in Afghanistan. He flies these assignments during daylight hours over his targets, which is night-time in Las Vegas, leaving his days free for his sleep period, and to spend time with his wife and children. However, the high-tempo assignment – he is attacking targets on almost a daily basis – begins taking its toll. His wife notices the stress he's under and he begins drinking when off-duty.

Still, his performance is excellent and his crew is rated among the highest in the squadron, so, on the orders of his commanding officer, he is assigned to more challenging missions under the direction of CIA controllers. Many of these targets are in Yemen and Somalia, places where the U.S. has no acknowledged military mission. The targets themselves are increasingly morally ambiguous: crowds the CIA controller calls terrorist cells, public buildings the controller says are sleeping spots for high level terrorist leaders or factories for making explosives. Collateral damage goes from being a rare occurrence to a routine one. On several occasions, the CIA controller orders strikes on obvious civilian targets – including women and children – describing these casualties as unfortunate but necessitated by terrorist leaders using them as human shields.

Egan's performance declines and his drinking intensifies. He narrowly avoids being arrested for drunk driving, and starts avoiding home commitments, not wanting to inflict the stress he's under on his wife. He relishes a rare overwatch assignment protecting U.S. troops as they sleep, but must break a promise to his wife in order to perform the mission. On another overwatch mission, the troops are killed by an improvised explosive device that Egan could not protect them from. After a stress-induced violent episode at home, Egan's wife demands to know the details of Egan's work, and Egan tells her. She appears appalled. Soon after, she says she is leaving him and taking the children to Reno, Nevada, blaming his drinking and violent behavior.

Finally, Egan cracks. His CIA controller orders a strike on a small group of civilians responding to an explosion at a building Egan had previously destroyed. Rather than obey the order, Egan simulates a glitch in the UAV control system and the targets escape. His CO has no choice but to demote him away from the attack role into a surveillance one. While on a surveillance mission, Egan notices a man whom he had previously watched rape a woman several times approaching her home. His Mission Intelligence Coordinator had previously described this man as "a bad guy. But not our bad guy." Egan conspires to send his support staff on a break, then uses the surveillance UAV to attack and kill the rapist. He then leaves the base without orders and is seen driving away from Las Vegas toward Reno.

Cast
 Ethan Hawke as Major Tommy Egan
 January Jones as Molly Egan
 Zoë Kravitz as A1C Vera Suarez
 Jake Abel as Mission Intelligence Coordinator (M.I.C.) Joe Zimmer
 Bruce Greenwood as Lieutenant Colonel Jack Johns
 Peter Coyote as 'Langley' (CIA controller voice)
 Ryan Montano as Airman Roy Carlos
 Dylan Kenin as Captain Ed Christie

Critical reception
Good Kill received positive reviews. , the film holds a score of 63 out of 100 on review website Metacritic, based on  and indicating "generally favorable reviews". The film holds a 75% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on  with an average rating of 6.38 out of 10. The website's critics consensus reads: "Thought-provoking, timely, and anchored by a strong performance from Ethan Hawke, Good Kill is a modern war movie with a troubled conscience."

See also
 List of films featuring drones

References

External links

2014 films
2014 drama films
2010s American films
2010s English-language films
American drama films
Drone films
Films about the United States Air Force
Films directed by Andrew Niccol
Films scored by Christophe Beck
Films set in the Las Vegas Valley
Films set in Nevada
Films shot in New Mexico
Films shot in Morocco
Voltage Pictures films
Films with screenplays by Andrew Niccol


title: Vi-Jon Laboratories

text:
Vi-Jon Laboratories is an American health and beauty care company that produces both private label and brand name products. Headquartered in the St. Louis suburb of Overland, they operate five manufacturing and distribution centers in Missouri and Tennessee. The company's products are supplied nationwide to retailers such as Kroger, Target, and Walgreens.

In the United States, the company markets a line of hand sanitizers under its flagship brand Germ-X, as well as a line of isopropyl alcohol products under the brand Swan. Both products have become widely sold during the COVID-19 pandemic.

History
Vi-Jon was founded as Peroxide Specialty Company in 1908 by John B. Brunner. Vi-Jon was acquired by investment firm Berkshire Partners in 2006.

In 2006 Procter & Gamble filed a lawsuit against Vi-Jon alleging that Vi-Jon copied the look of Crest Pro-Health mouth wash; the parties settled a few months later, with Vi-Jon agreeing to withdraw its product from the market, to not use bottle designs that are confusingly similar to those of P&G, to not make "compare to Crest Pro-Health" or gingivitis efficacy claims without specific testing to support these claims, and to pay P&G.

In August 2014, Berkshire announced its intention to sell Vi-Jon. As of September 2020, the company became 100% employee-owned.

References

External links

 Germ-X official website (archived)

Manufacturing companies  based in St. Louis
Manufacturing companies established in 1908
Personal care brands
1908 establishments in Missouri
Private equity portfolio companies


title: Pembe Candaner

text:
Pembe Candaner (born Pembe Taşhan on June 23, 1957) is a Turkish businesswoman, human resources expert and consultant, author, speaker, columnist and host of her TV show. Candaner served as the CEO of major corporations such as Adecco SA Turkey and Kariyer.net. She is a member of TUSIAD (Turkish Industry and Business Association), the top business association of Turkey and Society for Human Resource Management. Additionally to her career in private sector, she authored 4 books, held a column in daily Sabah and currently has a column in CEO Life Magazine. She is a member of Board of Advisors of Forbes Magazine in Turkey and hosted her TV show at ‘Artı Bir TV’ about Woman Leaders and Entrepreneurs. Candaner was awarded as the Business Woman of the year 2003, by the Dunya Newspaper.

Career
In 1997, Candaner was appointed Country Manager (Turkey) of Adecco SA. Later she became the CEO of Adecco Turkey, GM of Lee Hecht Harrisson and had a chair in the Board of Directors and remained in this position for nine years. In 2003, Candaner played a central role in changing the Labor Law and the legalization of Private Employment Agencies. The law also legalized temporary work, work-on-call and part-time work, which was previously not legal in Turkey. In 2005, she was selected as a consultant by European Union for the standardization of Public Employment Agency (İşkur) and for the National Employment Strategies of Turkey. In 2009, she founded the ‘Yaratıcı İnsan Platformu' (Creative Human Platform) to help the entrepreneurs in Turkey and support the creative ideas and entrepreneurship. In 2011, she also became the shareholder of Mikom Inc. and holds the position of Vice President in Board of Directors. Since 2003, Candaner is the Founding and Honorary President of Private Employment Agencies Association (Özel İstihdam Burolari Dernegi). She is also a member of TUSIAD (Turkish Industry and Business Association), the top business association of Turkey.

In 2016, she co-founded JobzMall, a job finding platform focused primarily on youth employment, located in Orange County, California. She currently serves as its President.

Bibliography
Devenin kirpiği ne zaman işe yarar? Epsilon Yayınevi, 2006
Sıradışı Kariyer için yaratıcı öyküler, Epsilon Yayınevi, 2007
Bu yerin kulağı var, İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları,2011
Türk Sanayiinde Bir Uzun Yol Kaptanı - Hasan Subaşı Kitabı, İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları,2015

References

1957 births
People from Ankara
TED Ankara College Foundation Schools alumni
Middle East Technical University alumni
Ankara University alumni
Turkish women in business
Sabah (newspaper) people
Human resource management people
Living people
Turkish businesspeople
Turkish chief executives


title: George Jamaloodin

text:
George Ranjit Mohamed Jamaloodin was Curaçao's first Minister of Finance after Curaçao obtained the status of country () upon the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles on 10 October 2010. In the 2010 general election leading up to obtaining the status of country he was placed third on list of Movement for the Future of Curaçao (MFK), led by Gerrit Schotte, who became Curaçao's first prime minister. He was initially sentenced to 28 years for fraud and "provoking" murder. On appeal, the sentenced was increased to 30 years.

Criminal charges and convictions
On 24 July 2014, Jamaloodin was arrested, according to sources of NOS in relation with the murder of Sovereign People (PS) politician Helmin Wiels on 5 May 2013. Shortly thereafter he started a hunger strike to protest against his detention. On 6 August 2014 Jamaloodin was released while remaining a suspect. In 2016 Jamaloodin and Elmer Wilsoe filed a lawsuit to be struck off as suspects in the case. The request was denied by a judge in October 2016. He was convicted on 15 August 2019 for fraud during his term as a minister of Finance and  "provoking" the Wiels' murder after that term. The sentence was appealed at the Joint Court of Justice of Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten, and of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba. On 8 March 2021, he was sentenced to 30 years without deduction of time spent in Venezuelan detention.

References

Living people
Finance ministers of Curaçao

Curaçao politicians
1976 births
Movement for the Future of Curaçao politicians
Dutch people convicted of murder
People convicted of murder by the Netherlands
Dutch politicians convicted of crimes


title: Cuisine of Abruzzo

text:
The traditional cuisine of Abruzzo is eclectic, drawing on pastoral, mountain, and coastal cuisine. Staples of Abruzzo cuisine include bread, pasta, meat, fish, cheese, and wine. The isolation which has characterized the region for centuries has ensured the independence of its culinary tradition from those of nearby regions. Local cuisine was widely appreciated in a 2013 survey among foreign tourists.

Ingredients

Abruzzese cuisine is known for the following ingredients:
Saffron of l'Aquila, cultivated primarily in Navelli and L'Aquila
 Olive oil produced in Colline Teramane (the Teramo hills), marked by the quality level DOP and considered some of Italy's best
Liquorice of Atri, primarily produced in Abruzzo
 Lamb and mutton and goat meat, especially in the mountains. Sheep's milk (or ricotta) is an important source of Abruzzese cheese, and sheep intestines are used as sausage casing or for stuffed meat rolls. “Mountain goat” or chamois meat is also occasionally consumed in Abruzzo in mountainous areas.
 Truffles and mushrooms, particularly wild mushrooms from the forests and hills
 Red Sulmona Garlic, typical zone red garlic
 Rosemary
 Diavoletto d'Abruzzo, hot chili pepper, or peperoncini, regionally known as diavolilli, are very common in Abruzzese cuisine and often used to add spice or “heat” to dishes.
 Basil
 Vegetables such as lentils, chickpeas, grasspeas and other legumes; as well as artichoke, eggplant, rapini, and cauliflower
 Fish in the coast zone and lakes.

Dishes

Starters

Abruzzese starters () include:
 Bruschetta: bread spread with salt and oil, sausage, or vegetables such as tomato or zucchini with mozzarella
 Antipasto di fegatini: appetizer from Teramo consisting of chicken livers, onion, peppers, vinegar, sugar, dry wine, pepper, salt and oil
 Mussels of Vasto: mussels stuffed with a mixture of breadcrumbs, garlic and parsley, olive oil, lemon juice, and tomato sauce
 Mussels with saffron: steamed mussels prepared with parsley, onion, bay leaf, white wine, olive oil, and saffron sauce
 Baccalà or salt cod: cod cooked in a pan with potatoes, tomatoes, oil, garlic, parsley, onion, red pepper, salt, and black olives
 Sauce all'aquilana: beef marrow with saffron, eggs, cream and butter
Ancient Abruzzo sauce: it is a sauce made with parsley, basil, sage, celery, rosemary, carrots and salt; it is used as a condiment for meats, roasts, sauces and soups.
Orange appetizer: they are slices of oranges with anchovy fillets, extra-virgin olive oil and salt.
Spur anchovies: anchovies fried with flour, eggs, oil, white vinegar, parsley and salt.
Cazzimperio: Abruzzo version of the classic pinzimonio with caciocavallo cheese, whole milk, butter, egg yolks, flour, salt, pepper, slices of stale bread.
Pizza con le sfrigole: it is a white pizza with mass dough, lard, salt and precisely the "sfrigole", or the crunchy flakes of fat and connective tissues that remained in the pan when lard was once prepared at home.
Sulmona garlic-flavoured bruschetta: classic bruschetta spread with garlic, salt and oil.
Liver sausage bruschetta: classic bruschetta with liver sausages, homemade bread, oil and salt to taste.
Marinara appetizer: mixed fish appetizer with squid, clams and scampi dressed with a sauce made up of anchovies, tuna, capers, vinegar, garlic, and parsley.
Crostini alla chietina: homemade triangular slices of bread dipped in beaten egg and fried in a pan, preferably with olive oil, garnished with anchovies, capers and butter.
L'Aquila sauce: mixture of ox marrow with saffron from Abruzzo, eggs, cooking cream, butter.
Baked chickpea croquettes: these are croquettes made with chickpeas, water, tomato, carrots, chilli pepper, bay leaf, onion, garlic, salt, chopped parsley and oil.

Pasta

Popular pasta dishes are:

maccheroni alla chitarra. The pasta is prepared by pressing dough through a chitarra, creating long, thin noodles similar to spaghetti. It is served with a tomato-based sauce, often flavored with chili peppers, pork, goose or lamb
sagne e fagioli (flavored with tomatoes, garlic, oil, and peperoncini).
gnocchi carrati, flavored with bacon and pecorino cheese
pastuccia (polenta with sausage, eggs, and cheese)
Maccheroni alla molinara: are an uneven type of thick, hand-made pasta or spaghetti, 4-6mm, using just flour, semolina and water. Often served with tomato sauce and chili peppers (or peperoncini)
Fettuccine all'abruzzese: pasta with bacon, pecorino and Parmesan
Amatriciana sauce: it is a condiment originating from the Amatrice area which until 1927 was included in the province of L'Aquila, which subsequently became a typical dish of Roman cuisine and widespread throughout the Sabine area of Abruzzo and especially in L'Aquila and Cicolano. The main ingredients are bacon, pecorino and tomato.
Rintrocele o Rintrocilo o i'ntrucioloni: Rintrocele is a long pasta (poor dough without eggs, only durum wheat and water) typical of the Lanciano area. Generally it is made with sheep's sauce or with the typical lamb sauce.
Pasta allo sparone: Sparone in dialect means rag; in fact this fresh pasta (filled with spinach, ricotta and grated cheese) is cooked all wrapped up in a white cloth. After boiling, the sparone is removed and the pasta is cut into rounds and seasoned with tomato sauce, then browned in the oven.
Maltagliati or tajulini: Pasta to be accompanied, for example, with bean soup.
Pasta alla mugnaia: egg pasta resulting from a mix of flours, which is characterized by its elongated and irregular shape and particular consistency, usually seasoned with a very rich meat sauce. It is typical of Elice where the homonymous festival is also celebrated every year.

Sagne e fagioli (fasciule): Pasta made with water, salt and flour, with a characteristic strip shape, accompanied by a tomato sauce and very moist beans.
Ceppe: Homemade pasta. It is formed from egg-free dough, and has the characteristic shape obtained by passing a strip of dough about 3-4 centimeters long and 1 centimeter wide around a log. It is excellent with wild boar meat ragout. Typical of the Civitella del Tronto area, in the Teramo area.
Ndurciulline: This pasta is characteristic of the area crossed by the ancient L'Aquila-Foggia sheep track, also called Tratturo Magno, in the section between Lanciano and Cupello. It is a fresh handmade pasta, made from durum wheat semolina and soft wheat flour, of an opaque ivory color, cut into long thin spaghetti with a rectangular section. To be able to fully enjoy the 'ndurcciullune they must be seasoned with a sauce based on sheep (with which rolls are prepared with a filling made up of chopped aromatic herbs, garlic, parsley, pork bacon or lard) tomato pieces, extra virgin olive oil and various aromatic spices. This dish was born from the encounter between the peasant culture and the pastoral one, which took place during the transhumance.

Meat

The region features several types of roast lamb and sheep, including:
 Arrosticini: skewered lamb or sheep
 Pecora alla cottora: lamb or sheep stuffed with mountain herbs and cooked in a copper pot
 Lamb cooked whole in a bread oven
 Agnello cacio e ovo: a lamb-based fricassee
 Mazzerelle: lamb intestines stuffed with lamb, garlic, marjoram, lettuce, and various spices
Non-sheep meat dishes
 Le virtù: a soup from Teramo with legumes, vegetables and pork, usually eaten in the spring at celebrations
Timballo abruzzese: lasagna-like dish with pasta sheets (scrippelle) layered with meat, vegetables and rice; often served for Christmas and Easter
 Porchetta abruzzese: moist boneless-pork roast, slow-roasted with rosemary, garlic, and black pepper or chili pepper, sometimes along with other spices. It was brought by Abruzzese immigrants to the northeastern United States (particularly Philadelphia), where it is known as "Italian roast pork" or "roast pork."
Turkey alla canzanese: typical dish of Canzano, a small town near Teramo, the turkey is served cold, together with the jelly obtained by letting the cooking broth rest and cool.
‘Ndocca ‘Ndocca: It is the classic poor peasant dish in which all the parts of the pig are used (ears, snout, rind, feet, ribs) which cannot become hams or cured meats. Typical of the Teramo area.
Coratella: animal entrails where parts such as heart, liver and lungs, kidneys, spleen, windpipe and sweetbreads are used (sometimes uses sheep)

Seafood

Seafood also plays an important role in the cuisine of Abruzzo, especially areas near the coast. The main fish dishes of Abruzzo are:

Brodetti, a fish broth from Vasto, Giulianova and Pescara, is cooked in an earthenware pot and flavored with tomatoes, herbs, and peperoncino.
 Scapece alla vastese (marinated fish) from Vasto and it is the only dish in Abruzzo to use saffron, one of the region's most important products. The fish (often skate) is cut into pieces, floured and browned in a frying pan. The vinegar-based marinade can preserve the fish for 20 to 30 days in wooden containers which are passed from generation to generation.
Baccalà all'abruzzese is another seafood dish of region: is a cod cooked in a pan with potatoes, tomatoes, oil, garlic, parsley, onion, red pepper, salt, and black olives.
: typical fish product of Campotosto Lake, it is cooked roasted on the grill and then marinated in a preparation of vinegar and with oil and chilli pepper.

  Mussels with saffron: classic cooked mussels prepared with parsley, onion, bay leaf, white wine, olive oil and seasoned with Saffron of l'Aquila sauce.
 Marinated anchovies: they are seasoned anchovies marinated with garlic, parsley, oregano, lemon, oil, salt, pepper.
 Marinara appetizer: mixed fish appetizer with squid, clams and scampi seasoned with a sauce composed of anchovies, tuna, capers, vinegar, garlic, and parsley.
 Raw squid: typical of Pescara, they are squid boiled in vinegar, and then seasoned with chopped garlic sauce, extra virgin olive oil, lemon juice, salt and hot pepper.
Vastese-style mussels: stuffed mussels with a mixture of breadcrumbs, minced garlic and parsley, oil, a few drops of lemon and a little tomato sauce.
Appetizer alla giuliese: mixed fish with minced garlic, parsley, lemon juice, oil and salt and green sauce made with tuna, anchovies, capers, green peppers, oil and vinegar.
  Crudo di calamaretti: typical of Pescara, they are baby squid boiled in vinegar, and then seasoned with minced garlic sauce, extra virgin olive oil, lemon juice, salt and hot pepper.
  Marinara appetizer: mixed fish appetizer with squid, clams and scampi seasoned with a sauce composed of anchovies, tuna, capers, vinegar, garlic, and parsley.
  Crostini alla chietina: homemade triangular slices of bread dipped in beaten egg and fried in a pan, preferably with olive oil garnished with anchovies, capers and butter.
  Marinated anchovies: they are seasoned anchovies marinated with garlic, parsley, oregano, lemon, oil, salt, pepper.
  Pasta with Scampi or Paste nghe l'Aragustine: Typical dish of the stretch of coast between Pescara and Vasto. Adriatic scampi, tomato, garlic and parsley. A light sauce is prepared with which Spaghetti alla Chitarra or Rintrocilo are seasoned.
  Pasta alla chitarra con i Pelosi: Another dish of Abruzzo's seafood cuisine made with large hairy crabs (genus Pilumnus hirtellus) found on the cliffs between Pescara and Vasto. The almost disappearance of these crabs has prohibited their capture, but they can still be tasted in some restaurants on the coast (if you know the cook). The shell is browned in oil and the peeled tomatoes are poured.

Breads and pizzas

 Pane di mais (cornbread): primarily loaves and oval, an Easter variant adds boiled potatoes, olive oil, eggs and milk.
 Bread of Senator Cappelli: primarily in the province of Chieti, it has made a comeback.
 Bread ear, named for its ear-like appearance
 Scrippelle: a rustic pancake-like dish from Teramo, similar to a French-style crêpe and served  (in broth) or part of a soufflé with ragù and stuffed with chicken liver, meatballs, hard-boiled eggs, and cheese
Pane parruozzo
Pane casareccio aquilano
Pane con le patate
Pane di Solina, pagnotte di Solina
Pane nobile di Guardiagrele
Panonta: It is mainly composed of bread greased with bacon frying oil (as an alternative to bacon you can use pork cheek), melted lard or lard, or fried golden brown (with egg) and with cod, flamed with wine white or sometimes with vinegar (the recipe varies from town to town).

Rustic pizzas are also common:
 Easter Pizza (Pizza di Pasqua), a rustic pizza with cheese and pepper from the Teramo area
 Pizza fritta, shallow-fried pizza
 Fiadoni from Chieti: a dough of risen eggs and cheese, baked in a thin pastry shell
 Pizza scima

Salumi
Salumi (singular salume) is an Italian term describing the preparation of cured meat products made predominantly from pork.

Spreadable sausage flavored with nutmeg and liver sausage with garlic and spices are hallmarks of Teramo cuisine. Ventricina from the Vasto area is made with large pieces of fat and lean pork, pressed and seasoned with powdered sweet peppers and fennel and encased in dried pig stomach.

Mortadella di Campotosto (well known in Abruzzo) is an oval, dark-red mortadella with a white column of fat and containing chili pepper. It is generally sold in pairs, tied together. Another name for the mortadella is coglioni di mulo (donkey's balls). It is made from shoulder and loin meat, prosciutto trimmings and fat. It is 80 percent lean meat; 25 percent is prosciutto (ham), and 20 percent is pancetta. The meat is minced and mixed with salt, pepper and white wine.

Other salumi of this region are:
Aquila salami
Abruzzo salami
Annoia
Horseshoe-shaped liver salami in grape syrup - Salamella di fegato al vino cotto
Teramo Nnuje salami - Nnuje teramana
Soppressata charcuterie
Frentano sausage - Salsicciotto frentano
Pennapiedimonte sausage
Prosciuttello salami
Cured Pork (lonza)
Cured pork head (Coppa di testa)
Pork sausage preserved in oli or lard- Salsiccia di maiale sott’olio o sotto strutto
Teramo Ventricina charcuterie - Ventricina teramana

Cheeses
The region's principal cheeses are:
 White cow cheese, a soft cheese made from cow's milk
 Caciocavallo abruzzese, a soft, slightly elastic dairy product made from raw, whole cow's milk with rennet and salt
 Caciofiore Aquilano, made from raw whole sheep's milk, rennet, artichokes and saffron (which gives it its characteristic yellow color)
 Caciotta vaccination frentana, a half-cooked, semi-hard cheese made from raw whole cow's milk, rennet and salt
 Canestrato of Castel del Monte, a hard cheese made from raw whole sheep's milk, with rennet and salt

 Caprino abruzzese, made from raw whole goat milk (sometimes with sheep's milk), curd, and salt
 Cheese and curd stazzo, cheese and byproducts obtained from the processing of raw milk from sheep, cattle and goats
 Junket vaccination or Abruzzo sprisciocca, a soft fresh cheese made from raw whole cow's milk, rennet, and salt
 Pecorino d'Abruzzo: one of Abruzzo's flagship products—a mild, semi-hard (or hard) cheese with holes, made from raw whole sheep's milk, rennet, and salt
 Pecorino di Atri, a compact, semi-cooked cheese made from sheep's milk, rennet and salt
 Pecorino di Farindola, cheese made from sheep's milk and pork rennet (a special type of rennet, made by filling a dried pork stomach with vinegar and white wine for forty days)
 Ricotta, made from the remnants of the coagulation of raw whole sheep's milk, heated after filtration
 Scamorza d'Abruzzo, a stretched curd cheese made from cow's milk, rennet (liquid or powder) and salt

Atri and Rivisondoli are known for their cheeses. Mozzarella (fresh or seasoned) is typically made from ewe's milk; many lesser-known cheeses are found throughout Abruzzo and Molise.

Desserts and sweets

Abruzzo's sweets are well-known:
 Confetti di Sulmona: sugar-coated almonds from Sulmona
 Torrone Nurzia: chocolate nougat from L'Aquila
 Parrozzo: a cake-like treat made from crushed almonds and coated in chocolate
 Pizzelle (also known as ferratelle): a waffle cookie, often flavored with anise
 Croccante, a type of nougat made from almonds and caramelized sugar, often flavored with lemon
 Calgionetti, cagionetti, caggiunitti, caviciunette: Christmas fritters, sometimes filled with chestnuts or chickpeas and flavored with chocolate or cocoa
 Bocconotti: stuffed sweets often served for Christmas
 Zeppole di San Giuseppe: fried or baked pastries made for Saint Joseph's Day
 Sise delle monache, two layers of sponge cake filled with custard, produced in the town of Guardiagrele in the province of Chieti

Fruits
The region's principal fruits are:

 : coastal citrus (particularly oranges), used for jam and limoncello
  and : types of chestnut
 : a local cherry
 : almonds from the town of Navelli
 : apples from the region
 : table grapes, also used for jam

Olive oil

The use of oil in regional mountain and sea dishes is important; among the most common oil products we find the Aprutino Pescarese, the Pretuziano delle Colline Teramane, l'Olio extra vergine di oliva delle Valli Aquilane and Colline Teatine.

The list of Abruzzo olive cultivars:

 Castiglionese
 Dritta
 Gentile di Chieti
 Intosso
 Monicella
 Carpinetana
 Morella
 Nebbio di Chieti
 Raja
 Toccolana
 Tortiglione
 Crognalegna
 Gentile del L'Aquila (Rusticana del L'Aquila)

Wines and liquors

Renowned wines like Montepulciano DOCG, Trebbiano d'Abruzzo DOC and Controguerra DOC are judged to be amongst the world's finest. In 2012, a bottle of Trebbiano d'Abruzzo ranked No. 1 in the top 50 Italian wine awards.

The region's principal wines are:
Montepulciano d'Abruzzo (red)
Cerasuolo d'Abruzzo
 Trebbiano d'Abruzzo, the region's wine white. In 2012, Trebbiano d'Abruzzo topped 50 Italian wines. Other wines are Montonico, Pecorino, Passerina, and Controguerra.

Liqueurs include:
Genziana liqueur, a liqueur made from gentian root
Centerba, an aromatic liqueur made from infused herbs
Aurum: brandy-based Pescara liquor with a 40-percent alcohol content, infused with oranges
Ratafià, black-cherry liqueur and wine (primarily Montepulciano d'Abruzzo)
Amaro Abruzzese, made of herbs, roots, and an infusion of fresh citrus fruits

IGT wines are Alto Tirino, Colli Aprutini, Colli del Sangro, Colline Frentane, Colline Pescaresi, Colline Teatine, Del Vastese (or Histonium), Terre di Chieti, and Valle Peligna.

See also
 Italian cuisine

References

Further reading
Teresa, Anna. "Food and Memories of Abruzzo: Italy's Pastoral Land" (Wiley, 2004)

Abruzzo
Italian cuisine
European cuisine


title: Death Cafe

text:
A Death Cafe is a scheduled non-profit get-together (called "social franchises" by the organizers) for the purpose of talking about death over food and drink, usually tea and cake. The idea originates with the Swiss sociologist and anthropologist Bernard Crettaz, who organized the first  in 2004. Jon Underwood, a UK web developer, was inspired by Crettaz's work, introduced the death cafe to London in 2011, and launched the Death Cafe website. They have since been held in many countries.

Format and purpose
The Death Cafe is not a physical location but an event, usually lasting two hours. Usually there are a dozen participants, who are free to discuss their understanding, thoughts, dreams, fears and any other aspects of death and dying. Tea and cake assist with creating a nurturing and supportive environment. Some Death Cafes have specifically created an opportunity for health-care professionals to talk about death. Venues include homes and rented halls as well as restaurants and cafes; a cemetery and a yurt have also been used.

The Death Cafe website created by Underwood states the purpose as "to increase awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their (finite) lives". Facilitators have said that there is "a need among people to open [the] closet" into which death, the "last taboo", has been placed, to reduce fear and enable people to live more fully. Crettaz said that his aim was to break the "tyrannical secrecy" surrounding the topic of death, and that at these gatherings, "the assembled company, for a moment, and thanks to death, is born into authenticity." Underwood said that "we have lost control of one of the most significant events we ever have to face."

Death Cafes have helped to relax the taboo of speaking about death, particularly with strangers, and encouraged people to express their own wishes for after they die. The open-ended discussions also provide an avenue to express thoughts about one's own life stirred up by the death of a family member. According to one commentator, Crettaz wanted to revive the pagan tradition of the funeral feast, "where the living would renew their bonds while letting go of what weighed on their hearts".

History
Crettaz organized the first  in 2004 in Neuchâtel and in 2010 brought the idea to Paris. He published a book titled Cafés Mortels: Sortir la Mort du Silence (Death Cafes: Bringing Death out of Silence).

In 2011, inspired by Crettaz and with his guidance, Underwood held the first London Death Cafe at his home. He subsequently developed the Death Cafe website, generating guidelines with his mother, psychotherapist Susan Barsky Reid, and the concept took off globally. The first US event was organized by Lizzy Miles, a hospice worker, in summer 2012 near Columbus, Ohio. By June 2014, the idea had spread to Hong Kong, and it was subsequently popularized in Shanghai by a non-profit organization that provides hospice services to cancer patients. In February 2013, a Death Cafe in London was filmed. The first Latino Death Cafe was held in San Diego on April 25, 2015, and the first on the East Coast was held on September 19, 2019 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Café Totentanz or Totentanz-Café is used in German-speaking areas.

Underwood died in June 2017; Death Cafe has since been run by his mother, his sister Jools Barsky, and his wife Donna Molloy. A qualitative study by Jack Fong, The Death Café Movement: Exploring the Horizons of Mortality, was published in 2017.

References

Further reading
 Bernard Crettaz. Cafés Mortels: Sortir la Mort du Silence. Geneva: Labor et fides, 2010. . .
 Jack Fong. The Death Café Movement: Exploring the Horizons of Mortality. London: Palgrave-Macmillan Cham, 2017. .

External links
deathcafe.com
Totentanz Café.de

Death customs
Social phenomena
Death-related organizations


title: Cool (band)

text:
Cool () was a South Korean co-ed group that debuted in 1994.

History

They debuted in 1994 as "Why You Wanted to Be". In the 1st album, Kim Sung-soo, Lee Jae-hoon, Yu Chae-young and Choi Jun-myung were four, but from the second album, Yoo Chae-young and Choi Jun-myeong withdrew and while female member Yuri joined them, Kim Sung-soo and Lee Jae-hoon together acted as a three-member group.

Vocal Lee Jae-hoon's steady singing skills, fun songs and images continued to be popular. Cool's songs were simple and easy to sing, so it was easy for the general public to love it.  Their songs were often in the top sung songs in Korean karaoke.

They mainly performed in dance and ballad music. In 2002, they received the Golden Disk Award, recording their seventh album as the year's best-selling album.

On August 2, 2005, they announced their disbandment, but on July 25, 2008, they started activities again after releasing the 10.5 "I Want to Love" album. In summer 2009, they released the 11th regular album. In 2014, they celebrated 20th anniversary with the release of "Goodbye" and began touring with broadcasting activities such as "Hidden Singer" and "Infinite Challenge."

Discography

Studio albums

Awards and nominations

Notes
  Many of the albums are referred to by number and not by name on the Music Industry Association of Korea album chart.

References

South Korean co-ed groups
K-pop music groups
South Korean pop music groups
South Korean dance music groups
Musical groups established in 1994
1994 establishments in South Korea
Co-ed groups


title: Nathan E. Hickok

text:
Nathan E. Hickok (born 1839; date of death unknown) was an American soldier who fought in the American Civil War. Hickok received his country's highest award for bravery during combat, the Medal of Honor. Hickok's medal was won for his actions at the Battle of Chapin's Farm, on September 29, 1864. He was honored with the award on April 6, 1865.

Hickok was born in Danbury, Connecticut, where he entered service in the war and was buried.

Medal of Honor citation

See also
List of American Civil War Medal of Honor recipients: G–L

References

1839 births
Date of death unknown
Year of death unknown
American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor
People from Danbury, Connecticut
People of Connecticut in the American Civil War
Union Army officers
United States Army Medal of Honor recipients
Military personnel from Connecticut


The Student and Family Tax Simplification Act () is a bill that would amend the Internal Revenue Code to consolidate several different education tax incentives into an expanded American Opportunity Tax Credit. The American Opportunity Tax Credit, under this legislation, would provide a maximum credit of $2,500.

The bill was introduced into the United States House of Representatives during the 113th United States Congress.

Provisions of the bill
This summary is based largely on the summary provided by the Congressional Research Service, a public domain source.

The Student and Family Tax Simplification Act would amend the Internal Revenue Code to provide for an American Opportunity Tax Credit, in lieu of the current Hope Scholarship and Lifetime Learning tax credits and the tax deduction for qualified tuition and related expenses, that provides for each eligible student (i.e., a student who meets certain requirements of the Higher Education Act of 1965 and who is carrying at least 1/2 the normal full-time course load) a credit of 100% of up to $2,000 of qualified tuition and related expenses (i.e., tuition, fees, and course materials, excluding expenses for courses involving sports, games, or hobbies or for expenses unrelated to academic instruction), plus 25% of so much of such expenses as exceeds $2,000, but not more than $4,000. Makes up to $1,500 of such credit refundable. Modifies the phaseout of such credit based on taxpayer modified adjusted gross income by increasing the income level for such phaseout. Allows an inflation adjustment to credit and phaseout amounts for taxable years beginning after 2018.

The bill would eliminate the disallowance of the credit for students who have been convicted of a felony drug offense.

The bill would require a taxpayer claiming such credit to include on the taxpayer's tax return the employer identification number of the educational institution to which qualified tuition and related expenses were paid.

The bill would exclude from gross income, for income tax purposes, amounts received as a Federal Pell Grant in taxable years beginning after 2014.

Congressional Budget Office report
This summary is based largely on the summary provided by the Congressional Budget Office, as ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on June 25, 2014. This is a public domain source.

H.R. 3393 would amend certain education-related provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. The bill would permanently extend, in modified form, the American Opportunity Tax Credit (AOTC) for tuition and related post-secondary expenses that is currently scheduled to expire at the end of 2017. Modifications to the credit would include increasing the refundable portion (starting in 2015) and indexing the credit and income phaseout amounts for inflation (starting in 2019). The Hope tax credit, which is scheduled to come back into effect in 2018 when the AOTC expires, would be replaced by the AOTC, and the Lifetime Learning tax credit would be repealed. In addition, for Pell grant recipients, the bill would increase the amount of expenses that potentially qualify for the AOTC, and Pell grant amounts that exceeded certain education expenses would no longer be considered taxable income. The bill would also modify the information-reporting requirements on higher educational institutions.

The staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) estimates that enacting H.R. 3393 would increase direct spending over the 2014-2024 period by about $73.7 billion, and reduce revenues over that period by about $22.7 billion. JCT therefore estimates that enacting the legislation would increase federal budget deficits by about $96.5 billion over the 2014-2024 period.

The Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 establishes budget-reporting and enforcement procedures for legislation affecting direct spending and revenues. Because enacting H.R. 3393 would affect revenues and direct spending, pay-as-you-go procedures apply.

JCT has determined that the bill contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act.

Procedural history
The Student and Family Tax Simplification Act was introduced into the United States House of Representatives on October 30, 2013 by Rep. Diane Black (R, TN-6). The bill was referred to the United States House Committee on Ways and Means. On July 17, 2014, the bill was reported (amended) alongside House Report 113-526. On July 24, 2014, the House voted in Roll Call Vote 449 to pass the bill 227-187.

On July 24, 2014, President Barack Obama released a statement in opposition to the bill.

Debate and discussion
President Barack Obama released a statement that he opposed the bill because "it is part of a broader effort to pass permanent, unpaid-for extensions of traditional tax extenders that, taken together, would add approximately $800 billion to the deficit." However, the President did say that he supported making the American Opportunity Tax Credit itself permanent.

Rep. Diane Black, who sponsored the bill, argued that "streamlining the number of education provisions and retooling those that are most effective allows us to simplify the (tax) code and reduce some of the confusion that exists today. As a result, students can spend less time figuring out how to finance the cost of a higher education and more time developing the skills they need to succeed in a knowledge-based economy."

Rep. Sander Levin (D-MI) opposed the bill, arguing that "in simplifying education provisions within the tax code, this bill leaves behind numerous undergraduate students, graduate students and lifetime learners" because of the other tax provisions it eliminates and the limit of only the first four years of schooling being eligible for the credit. According to Levin, "in 2013, the Lifetime Learning Credit, which this bill eliminates, served nearly two million students with incomes at or below $75,000, including 1 million with an income of $40,000 or less."

Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) objected to the permanence of the tax credit, arguing "there's no provisions to pay for it, and it buries us in more debt." Rep. Dave Camp (R-MI) counter-argued that having a permanent tax credit was necessary to make sure that "families and students can rely on a constant policy."

See also
List of bills in the 113th United States Congress

References

External links

Library of Congress - Thomas H.R. 3393
beta.congress.gov H.R. 3393
GovTrack.us H.R. 3393
OpenCongress.org H.R. 3393
WashingtonWatch.com H.R. 3393
Congressional Budget Office's report on H.R. 3393

Proposed legislation of the 113th United States Congress
Taxation in the United States


title: Copiphorini

text:
The Copiphorini are a tribe of bush crickets or katydids in the family Tettigoniidae. Previously considered a subfamily (the Copiphorinae), they are now placed in the subfamily Conocephalinae. Like some other members of Conocephalinae, they are known as coneheads, grasshopper-like insects with an extended, cone-shaped projection on their heads that juts forward in front of the base of the antennae.

Description
Species in the tribe Copiphorini vary in length from about . In most species, the female is considerably larger than the male, and in some, the largest male is smaller than the smallest female. Like other members of the cricket suborder Ensifera, they differ from grasshoppers (suborder Caelifera) in having filamentous antennae that are longer than their bodies. Most species have loud songs which enable them to be identified. The call is made in most instances by the two fore wings rubbing together. Some species can hear with the aid of hearing organs in the tibia segments of their legs. The ovipositor is straight and slender and bears no teeth.

Genera

Genera include:

 Acantheremus Karny, 1907
 Anacaona Yong, 2019
 Apoecides Bolívar, 1914
 Artiotonus Montealegre-Z., Morris, Sarria-S. & Mason, 2011
 Banza Walker, 1870
 Belocephalus Scudder, 1875
 Borinquenula Walker & Gurney, 1972
 Brachycaulopsis Fontana, Mariño-Pérez & Woller, 2013
 Bucrates Burmeister, 1838
 Caetitus Antunes, Chamorro-Rengifo & Takiya, 2018
 Caulopsis Redtenbacher, 1891
 Clasma Karsch, 1893
 Conocephaloides Perkins, 1899
 Copiphora Serville, 1831
 Coryphodes Redtenbacher, 1891
 Daedalellus Uvarov, 1940
 Dorycoryphus Redtenbacher, 1891
 Erioloides Hebard, 1927
 Eriolus Bolívar, 1888
 Eucaulopsis Hebard, 1931
 Euconocephalus Karny, 1907
 Eurymetopa Redtenbacher, 1891
 Gryporhynchium Uvarov, 1940
 Lamniceps Bolívar, 1903
 Lanista Bolívar, 1890
 Lanistoides Sjöstedt, 1913
 Liostethus Redtenbacher, 1891
 Lirometopum Scudder, 1875
 Loboscelis Redtenbacher, 1891
 Mayacephalus Cadena-Castañeda, Monzón-Sierra & Cortés-Torres, 2016
 Melanophoxus Karny, 1907
 Metacaputus Naskrecki, 2000
 Moncheca Walker, 1869
 Montesa Walker, 1869
 Mygalopsis Redtenbacher, 1891
 Neoconocephalus Karny, 1907
 Oxyprora Stål, 1873
 Panacanthus Walker, 1869
 Parabucrates Scudder, 1897
 Paroxyprora Karny, 1907
 Parvarhynchus Farooqi & Usmani, 2020
 Pedinostethus Redtenbacher, 1891
 Phaneracra Uvarov, 1936
 Phoxacris Karny, 1907
 Plastocorypha Karsch, 1896
 Pluviasilva Naskrecki, 2000
 Poascirtus Saussure, 1899
 Podacanthophorus Naskrecki, 2000
 Pseudorhynchus Serville, 1838
 Pyrgocorypha Stål, 1873
 Rombophora Yong, 2019
 Ruspolia Schulthess, 1898
 Santandera Koçak & Kemal, 2008
 Sphodrophoxus Hebard, 1924
 Toledopizia Chamorro-Rengifo & Braun, 2010
 Unicorniella Yong, 2019
 Vestria Stål, 1874
 Xestophrys Redtenbacher, 1891

References

Conocephalinae
Orthoptera tribes


title: Hans Tisdall

text:
Hans Tisdall (nee Aufseeser, 14 August 1910 – 31 January 1997), was a German-born artist, who worked in the UK as a designer and teacher. He is largely remembered for his bookjacket and textile designs.

After training in Munich and Berlin, Aufseeser moved to Paris and then London. He changed his name to Tisdall in around 1940, marrying the journalist and Tamesa Fabrics founder Isabel Tisdall in 1941.

Career
Hans Tisdall made his name in the 1930s as a textile designer with Edinburgh Weavers. In the 1960s, he created many designs for Tamesa Fabrics – working alongside designers such as Marianne Straub. Fabrics woven at Warner & Sons were used for a number of prestigious commercial projects.

Tisdall was among the designers who contributed to the Festival of Britain in 1951, winning the competition to design the entrance to the funfair at Battersea Park's pleasure gardens.

From the 1950s on, Tisdall also became known for creating bookjackets, notably for Jonathan Cape. A typeface based on his brushstroke style, known as Tisdall Script, was created by Michael Harvey in 2001. Another typeface called Blesk, loosely based on his lettering for books by Ivor Brown, was created in 2015.

Tisdall taught at Central School (now University of the Arts) from 1947 to 1962, initially in the textile department and later in the school of painting.

Works

Of Tisdall's paintings, Moorings at Kew and two still lifes are in the collection of Manchester Art Gallery and  Hastings is part of the collection of Pallant House Gallery in Chichester. Some of his textile designs are held at the Warner Textile Archive in Braintree. A small selection of his designs is held by University of the Arts.

Exhibitions
A retrospective of Tisdall's work was held at The Pride Gallery in London in 1988 and at the Galerie Vömel in Düsseldorf shortly before his wife's death in 2007.

Books
 Hans Tisdall: A Retrospective, The Pride Gallery, 1988, .

References

External links
 Art UK

1910 births
1997 deaths
Artists from Munich
German emigrants to the United Kingdom
Textile designers
German designers
German illustrators
Academics of the University of the Arts London


The Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change (NIPCC) is a climate change denial advocacy organisation set up by S. Fred Singer's Science & Environmental Policy Project, and later supported by the Heartland Institute lobbying group, in opposition to the assessment reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on the issue of global warming.

The NIPCC presents itself as an "international panel of nongovernment scientists and scholars who have come together to present a comprehensive, authoritative, and realistic assessment of the science and economics of global warming". Because it is not a government agency, and because its members are predisposed to dispute that climate change is caused by human greenhouse gas emissions, NIPCC claims to offer an independent “second opinion” of the evidence reviewed – or not reviewed – by the  IPCC. The scientific validity of the claims made by the NIPCC report have been heavily criticized, as has the methodology of their reports and the lack of expertise of many of their authors.

History
NIPCC states that their purpose is to objectively analyze and interpret data and facts without conforming to any specific agenda. They intend their organizational structure and purpose to stand in contrast to those of the United Nations’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which they contend is government-sponsored, politically motivated, and predisposed to believing that climate change is a problem in need of a U.N. solution.

NIPCC traces its beginnings to an informal meeting held in Milan, Italy, in 2003, organized by S. Fred Singer and the Science & Environmental Policy Project (SEPP). The purpose was to produce an independent evaluation of the available scientific evidence on the subject of carbon dioxide-induced global warming in anticipation of the release of the IPCC’s Fourth Assessment Report (AR4). NIPCC scientists concluded the IPCC was biased with respect to making future projections of climate change, discerning a significant human-induced influence on current and past climatic trends, and evaluating the impacts of potential carbon dioxide-induced environmental changes on Earth’s biosphere.

To highlight such perceived deficiencies in the IPCC’s AR4, in 2008, SEPP partnered with the Heartland Institute to produce “Nature, Not Human Activity, Rules the Climate”, a summary of research for policymakers that has been widely distributed and translated into six languages. In 2009, the Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change joined the original two sponsors to help produce Climate Change Reconsidered: The 2009 Report of the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change (NIPCC) as an alternative to the reports of the IPCC.

In 2011, the three sponsoring organizations produced Climate Change Reconsidered: The 2011 Interim Report of the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change (NIPCC), a review and analysis of new research released since the 2009 report or overlooked by the authors of that report.

In 2013, the Information Center for Global Change Studies, a division of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, translated and published an abridged edition of the 2009 and 2011 NIPCC reports in a single volume. On June 15, the Chinese Academy of Sciences organized a NIPCC Workshop in Beijing to allow the NIPCC principal authors to present summaries of their conclusions.

In September 2013, NIPCC released Climate Change Reconsidered II: Physical Science, the first of three volumes expanding and bringing up-to-date the original 2009 report as well as offering a counterpoint to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Fifth Assessment Report.

In 2014, the second volume of Climate Change Reconsidered II, subtitled "Biological Impacts", was published. It offered more than 1,000 pages of reviews of scientific research finding the impact of man-made global warming is benign and even beneficial to mankind and the natural world.

In November, 2015, the three lead NIPCC authors – Craig Idso, Robert M. Carter, and S. Fred Singer – wrote a small book titled Why Scientists Disagree About Global Warming: The NIPCC Report on Scientific Consensus stating that no survey or study shows a consensus on important scientific issues in the climate change debate, and that most scientists do not support the claims of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

From March through June 2017, the Heartland Institute mailed 300,000 copies of the second edition of this book to K-12 and college science teachers across America.

Publications
In April 2008, Singer’s Science and Environmental Policy Project (SEPP) and The Heartland Institute partnered to produce "Nature, Not Human Activity, Rules the Climate", subtitled “Summary for Policymakers of the Report of the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change.” The 48-page report listed 24 contributors from 14 countries and included a foreword by Frederick Seitz, one of the world’s most renowned scientists. (Seitz died on March 2, 2008.) It was released at Heartland’s First International Conference on Climate Change (ICCC-1) on March 2–4, 2008.

In 2008, Singer conducted an extensive international tour to promote the new report. He spoke at events in the Netherlands (June 3–4), Brussels-EU (June 5), Germany (June 6–12), Vienna, Milan, Paris (June 19–20), and London (June 22–25). Local free-market think tanks arranged those events. Heartland distributed approximately 100,000 copies of Nature, Not Human Activity, Rules the Climate in 2008, and the booklet has been translated into French, German, Italian, and Spanish.

In the tradition of the IPCC, NIPCC had published its "Summary for Policymakers" in advance of completing the underlying report. The first full report, produced with a new partner, the Center for the Study of Global Warming and Global Change, was released in 2009. It was titled "Climate Change Reconsidered: The Report of the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change (NIPCC)".

In 2011, NIPCC produced its third report, "Climate Change Reconsidered: The 2011 Interim Report". The volume summarized new research produced after the deadline for inclusion in the 2009 report as well as some research that had been overlooked when the first volume was produced.

In September 2013, NIPCC released Climate Change Reconsidered II: Physical Science, the first of three volumes expanding and bringing up-to-date the original 2009 report as well as offering a counter-point to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Fifth Assessment Report. Also in 2013, four NIPCC scientists produced a Scientific Critique of IPCC’s 2013 "Summary for Policymakers".

In 2014, the second volume of Climate Change Reconsidered II, subtitled "Biological Impacts", was published. It offered more than 1,000 pages of reviews of scientific research finding the impact of man-made global warming is benign and even beneficial to mankind and the natural world. Also in 2014, a team of climate scientists led by Robert M. Carter, a NIPCC lead author, produced a Commentary and Analysis on the Whitehead & Associates 2014 NSW Sea-Level Report, finding the Whitehead report does not provide reliable guidance to the complicated issues of measuring, forecasting, and responding to sea-level rise.

In November, 2015, NIPCC released Why Scientists Disagree About Global Warming: The NIPCC Report on Scientific Consensus. The three lead NIPCC authors – Craig Idso, Robert M. Carter, and S. Fred Singer – reveal how no survey or study shows a “consensus” on the most important scientific issues in the climate change debate, and how most scientists do not support the alarmist claims of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. This short book is a preliminary version of Chapter 2 of the forthcoming and final volume in the Climate Change Reconsidered II series, to be subtitled "Benefits and Costs of Fossil Fuels" which was published in 2017.

Organization
NIPCC is a project of three independent nonprofit organizations: Science and Environmental Policy Project (SEPP), Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change (CO2 Science), and The Heartland Institute. Contributions to all three organizations help support the project.

S. Fred Singer, the founder of NIPCC, acts as chairman and ambassador of the group. As a retired professor of environmental science, he travels the world meeting with fellow scientists, discussing NIPCC’s research, and recruiting new members to the group.

Craig D. Idso, founder and chairman of the Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change, leads the research and writing effort for NIPCC publications. He hosts the CO2Science.org website featuring reviews of new research that will be edited for inclusion in the next edition of Climate Change Reconsidered, and works with an international team of authors, editors, contributors, and reviewers.

Joseph L. Bast, president of The Heartland Institute, leads the publication and promotional efforts of NIPCC. He and Heartland’s staff edit and produce NIPCC books, host the events at which the reports are released, and market the project’s efforts.

See also

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

References

External links
NIPCC Website

Organizations of environmentalism skeptics and critics
Climate change denial
Heartland Institute
Organizations established in 2003


title: 1921 All-Pro Team

text:
The 1921 All-Pro Team represented the All-Pro team for the 1921 season of the American Professional Football Association (APFA), later renamed the National Football League (NFL). It was compiled by the Buffalo Evening News.

Team

Source:

References

All-Pro Teams
All Pro


title: Kellin Deglan

text:
Kellin Lee Deglan (born May 3, 1992) is a Canadian professional baseball catcher who is currently a free agent. He was drafted out of R.E. Mountain Secondary School in the 2010 Major League Baseball draft by the Texas Rangers.

Career

Texas Rangers
Despite not being able to play high school baseball, Deglan gained enough attention playing with the Langley Blaze of the wood-bat British Columbia Premier Baseball League (which had produced Justin Morneau and Brett Lawrie) and with the Canadian Junior National Team to be drafted 22nd overall by the Texas Rangers in the 2010 MLB draft. He signed for a below-slot bonus of $1 million. Baseball America viewed Deglan as a second or third round talent, praising his defense and power potential but seeing concerns about his overall offensive profile.

Deglan began his professional career in 2010 as an 18-year-old with the Arizona League Rangers in the rookie class Arizona League. He also appeared for the Low-A Spokane Indians, and hit .191 between the two teams. In 2011, he played for the Single-A Hickory Crawdads, slashing .227/.320/.347 in 89 games. He played 92 games for Hickory in 2012, batting .234/.310/.438 with career-highs in home runs (12) and RBI (41). He spent 2013 in High-A with the Myrtle Beach Pelicans, batting .231/.331/.393 in 89 games. The next year, he split the season between Hickory and Myrtle Beach, accumulating a .247/.314/.450 batting line with career-highs in home runs (16) and RBI (68). In 2015, he split the season between the High-A High Desert Mavericks and the Double-A Frisco RoughRiders, posting a batting line of .231/.284/.397 with 13 home runs and 42 RBI. Deglan spent the 2016 season with Frisco, hitting .194/.256/.332 in 83 games. He elected free agency on November 7, 2016.

New York Yankees
On December 12, 2016, Deglan signed a minor league contract with the New York Yankees organization, however, he missed the entire 2017 season due to injury and became a free agent after the year. On March 24, 2018, Deglan re-signed with the Yankees on a new minor league contract. He split the season between the High-A Tampa Tarpons and the Double-A Trenton Thunder, batting .179/.258/.286 in 36 games. The Yankees invited Deglan to spring training as a non-roster player in 2019. He did not make the team and split the 2019 season between Trenton and the Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, posting a .257/.329/.426 batting line with 9 home runs and 32 RBI. He became a free agent following the 2019 season. He re-signed with the Yankees on a new minor league deal and received an invitation to Spring Training on February 3, 2020. Deglan did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. On November 2, 2020, Deglan elected free agency. On December 14, 2020, Deglan again re-signed with the Yankees on a minor league contract.

Toronto Blue Jays
On August 3, 2021, Deglan was traded to the Toronto Blue Jays. He signed a minor league contract for the 2022 season with the Blue Jays on November 29, and was invited to spring training. He was released on August 5, 2022.

International career
He was selected for the Canadian national baseball team at the 2013 World Baseball Classic Qualification, 2015 Pan American Games, 2015 WBSC Premier12, 2019 Pan American Games Qualifier and 2019 WBSC Premier12.

At the 2013 World Baseball Classic Qualification tournament, appearing in the September 22 game against Germany as a defensive replacement.

In 2015, Deglan was part of the Canadian Baseball team than won gold in the 2015 Pan American Games while playing in Ajax.

References

External links

1992 births
Living people
Arizona League Rangers players
Baseball catchers
Baseball people from British Columbia
Baseball players at the 2015 Pan American Games
Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players
Canada national baseball team players
Canadian expatriate baseball players in the United States
Charleston RiverDogs players
Frisco RoughRiders players
Hickory Crawdads players
High Desert Mavericks players
Melbourne Aces players
Myrtle Beach Pelicans players
Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada
Pan American Games medalists in baseball
People from Langley, British Columbia (city)
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders players
Spokane Indians players
Surprise Saguaros players
Tampa Tarpons players
Trenton Thunder players
2015 WBSC Premier12 players
2019 WBSC Premier12 players
2023 World Baseball Classic players
Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games
Canadian expatriate baseball players in Australia


title: Government Accountability Institute

text:
The Government Accountability Institute (GAI) is a conservative think tank located in Tallahassee, Florida. GAI was founded in 2012 by Peter Schweizer and Steve Bannon with funding from Robert Mercer and family. Schweizer serves as the group's president.

The group's stated goal is to investigate and expose government corruption, misuse of taxpayer money, and crony capitalism. It is registered as a nonpartisan organization, but is largely focused on investigations of allegations related to the Democratic Party.

Overview
The Government Accountability Institute was set up by Steve Bannon as a tool for transmitting partisan dirt-digging and questionable opposition research to the mainstream media. "He realized that, though mainstream reporters were suspicious of partisan opinion, they were open to damning facts about public figures, regardless of the sourcing. He set out, with Schweizer, to produce material that would generate mainstream coverage, and right-wing outrage", wrote The New Yorker's Jane Mayer.

While GAI claims to be "a self-styled corruption watchdog group chaired and funded by conservative mega-donor Rebekah Mercer.", the group became a mainstay of Alt-right media.

Members of GAI's board of directors include Steve Bannon, Peter Schweizer, Hunter Lewis, Ron Robinson (president of Young America's Foundation), and Wynton Hall. Former U.S. representative Jason Chaffetz joined the GAI as a distinguished fellow in 2021.

Funding
Between 2012 and 2014, GAI received donations of almost $4 million from the Mercer Family Foundation and the Koch brothers-affiliated Donors Trust.

In 2019, the New Yorker reported that most of the GAI's funding came from tax-exempt donations from the family foundation of Robert Mercer, and that in the organization's 2017 tax filings listed his daughter Rebekah as chairman of the GAI board.

Activities
The organization published several reports and books with premises and claims that were debunked after—or even before—publication.

One is Clinton Cash: The Untold Story of How and Why Foreign Governments and Businesses Helped Make Bill and Hillary Rich, a 2015 book that makes false claims about  donations made to the Clinton Foundation by foreign entities, paid speeches made by Bill and Hillary Clinton, and the Clintons' personal enrichment since leaving the White House in 2001.

In October 2012, GAI released a report insinuating that the Obama campaign had received unlawful contributions. Citing no evidence, it claimed that "campaigns that aggressively raise money online are soliciting donations from people around the world-whether they intend to or not," and asserted that the Obama campaign had lacked "rigorous screening for donors' citizenship" (it is illegal for non-U.S. citizens to contribute to U.S. campaigns). Multiple media sources had debunked the claim and found no supporting evidence.

Another debunked book is Secret Empires: How the American Political Class Hides Corruption and Enriches Family and Friends, which was the first printed source about the false Biden–Ukraine conspiracy theory.

Bush Bucks: How Public Service and Corporations Helped Make Jeb Rich, an e-book published in October 2015, raises questions about the millions of dollars former Florida Governor Jeb Bush earned after leaving office from companies that benefited from Bush's policy while he was serving as Florida's governor.

Links to Breitbart News
A November 2016 investigation by The Washington Post detailed ties between the Government Accountability Institute and the conservative website Breitbart News. Three GAI employees received full-time compensation while simultaneously being employed elsewhere. From 2012 to 2015, GAI co-founder and executive chair Steve Bannon received $376,000 for working 30 hours a week. He simultaneously served as executive chairman for Breitbart News. GAI communications strategist Wynton Hall received $600,000 during the same time. Hall worked as a writer for Breitbart News and was promoted to managing editor in 2013. GAI president and treasurer Peter Schweizer, also an at-large editor and writer for Breitbart News, was paid $778,000 by the GAI from 2012 to 2015.

The Post noted that GAI's political advocacy raises questions about whether the 501(c)(3) public charity has illegally intervened in political campaigns. The Washington Post report also found that, from 2013 to 2015, GAI purchased over $200,000 in advertising from Breitbart's website.

References

External links

2012 establishments in Florida
Non-profit organizations based in Florida
Steve Bannon
Conservative organizations in the United States