title: Andrew, Archbishop of Kalocsa

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Andrew (; died 1186) was a prelate in the Kingdom of Hungary in the second half of the 12th century. He was Archbishop of Kalocsa between 1176 and 1186, and Bishop of Győr from 1169 to 1176.

Early career
Andrew was a highly educated clergyman and a skilled diplomat, who became a protégé of Pope Alexander III. In his letter issued in 1179, the pope described Andrew as "scientific, religious and virtuous".

He was elected as Bishop of Győr by the cathedral chapter in 1169, as a candidate of King Stephen III of Hungary. His last known predecessor was Gervasius, who was last mentioned in that capacity in 1158. However, despite the demand of both Pope Alexander and Stephen III, Lucas, Archbishop of Esztergom attempted to hinder the consecration of Andrew, because of his allegedly non-canonical election. Although Cardinal Manfred, who acted as papal legate to Hungary in that year, admonished Lucas to celebrate Andrew's consecration, but he still refused to do so. This event laid the foundations for a long-standing rivalry between Lucas and Andrew.

Archbishop of Kalocsa

Head of the Catholic Church in Hungary

Following the death of Stephen III, his younger brother Béla returned to Hungary from Constantinople and was unanimously proclaimed King of Hungary. However, his coronation was delayed, because Archbishop Lucas refused to perform his ceremony; he feared that the influence of "schismatics" would increase under Béla's rule (his resistance, however, even refused by Pope Alexander). Archbishop Lucas fell out of favor with Béla, and was ignored by him in the first years of his reign. Andrew elevated into the dignity of Archbishop of Kalocsa in 1176, replacing Stephen, who also opposed Béla's rule. Because of Lucas' forced exile from state affairs, Andrew, also a skilled diplomat, became de facto head of the Catholic Church in Hungary, his status was also acknowledged by Pope Alexander III.

After Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa deprived Adalbert from his dignity of Archbishop of Salzburg because of his pro-papal affiliation, Pope Alexander sent his papal legate Walter, Bishop of Albano to resolve the conflict. The pope sought assistance from Béla III to mediate the issue. During the summer of 1176, the newly elected Archbishop Andrew led a Hungarian ecclesiastical delegation to Győr, also including Mikod, Bishop-elect of Győr, Andrew's strong ally Gregory, the Provost of Székesfehérvár Chapter and Raynald, Abbot of Pannonhalma. They had met the papal legate there, who summoned both Adalbert and Frederick's candidate Henry, Provost of Berchtesgaden. Only Adalbert appeared before the court at Győr in early August 1176, which ruled in his favor and deprived Henry from his office of Archbishop of Salzburg. According to Walter, Andrew and his companions assisted his judicial activity with advices.

However, his relationship with Béla III had dramatically deteriorated at the turn of 1178 and 1179. According to the monarch, Andrew "insulted his royal authority", as a result Béla soon deprived the Archbishop and his supporter, Gregory, the Provost of Székesfehérvár Chapter, of their office and seized the revenues of the archbishopric. Around the same time, the king reconciled with Archbishop Lucas, who regained his influence at the royal court after a seven-year absence. Andrew fled Hungary and petitioned to the Roman Curia, requesting an investigation at the Third Council of the Lateran in March 1179. Pope Alexander III threatened Béla III with excommunication and punished him with ecclesiastic sanctions, but Lucas absolved him and excommunicated Andrew of Kalocsa and his clerical partisans. Lucas charged Andrew with unlawful domination of priests and clergymen of the royal churches, which were traditionally placed under the territorial authority of the Archdiocese of Esztergom. Beside personal conflicts, this case was also a chapter of the long-time rivalry between the sees Esztergom and Kalocsa for the leadership of the Hungarian church organization. In the previous years, Andrew intended to extend his own authority as bishop and metropolitan at Lucas' expense, usurping the privileges of the Archdiocese of Esztergom. In his letter of harsh tone sent to Hungary in March 1179, Pope Alexander, threatened to excommunicate Lucas if he maintains the punishment he has imposed on Andrew. In another letter, Pope Alexander also urged the Hungary clergy not to obey to Lucas' instructions. In the same time, the pope also sent letter to Béla III, in which he asked the king to take back Andrew into his graces. The conflict ended with a compromise mediated by the Holy See: Archbishop Andrew asked the monarch's pardon and the King restored him. Despite that, Andrew never regained his former influence at the royal court.

Later years
Andrew was styled as "Archbishop of Bács" by the documents of the Third Council of the Lateran, after the second archiepiscopal see of the Archdiocese of Kalocsa (present-day Bač, Serbia). Consequently, Andrew held his permanent seat there. After the fall of his influence in the royal court of Hungary, Andrew spent almost all time of his remaining tenure in Rome, and dealt with only ecclesiastical affairs. Despite the resolutions of the council, celibacy was not universal among the prelates in Hungary. Archbishop Andrew asked for guidance to the Holy See, what to do if a married man applies to be a priest. Pope Alexander answered in a letter in 1180 that a married man can be ordained a priest if he divorces with the consent of his wife and makes a vow of purity before ordination. Andrew also dealt with the insubordination polemics belonging the Benedictine friars of the Kő monastery, established by Ban Beloš decades earlier, in Syrmia (which laid under the ecclesiastical authority of Kalocsa). Andrew confiscated the abbey from the Benedictines and handed it over to the monks of Abraham of the Valley of Hebron.

According to account from 1185, Andrew had revenue of 2500 silver marks in that year. He died in the next year, in 1186, residing in Rome. He was succeeded by Paul as Archbishop of Kalocsa around 1188.

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title: Paul Lerpae

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Paul Lerpae (April 7, 1900 – October 5, 1989) was a Mexican-born American special effects artist who was nominated during the 20th Academy Awards for the film Unconquered in the category of Best Special Effects. His nomination was shared with George Dutton, Farciot Edouart, Devereux Jennings, Gordon Jennings and W. Wallace Kelley.

He worked on over 120 films during his long career.

References

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Special effects people
People from Mexico City
1900 births
1989 deaths
Academy Award for Technical Achievement winners
Mexican emigrants to the United States


title: Koz Castle

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Koz Castle (Turkish: Koz Kalesi), or Kürşat Castle is a castle in the Altınözü district of the Hatay Province of Turkey, built on a small hill where the Kuseyr Creek starts. It was built by the Principality of Antioch out of ashlar. The castle used to have a gate to the north, but this gate no longer exists and the eastern side of the castle has been leveled, with some original barns left. Some bastions of the castle stand to this day.

History
The formerly known Cursat Castle was first mentioned of in 1133, when taken by Fulk, King of Jerusalem. By 1155, the castle came into the possession of the Latin Patriarch of Antioch, Aimery of Limoges, who used the castle as a sanctuary for himself and his treasures, to be known as 'Castrum Patriarchae' (Patriarch's Castle). In 1180, Aimery excommunicated the Prince of Antioch Bohemond III, following the orders of Pope Alexander III, for matters in his private life. Bohemond III who was angered by that decision, besieged Cursat until King Baldwin IV of Jerusalem intervened.

In 1188, Aimery prevented the troops of the Ayyubid sultan Saladin from attacking Cursat by paying him a sum of money from his treasury. In 1225, the Latin Patriarch of Antioch Rainier of Antioch returned to Italy, leaving Philip in control of the castle of Cursat, where the patriarchal treasury was kept.

Later on, Pope Innocent IV had ordered that the entire church tax revenue from Antioch and Cyprus should be used for the repair and expansion of Cursat for three years, which enhanced its defenses by 1256. Hence, the castle withstood a siege by Mamluk forces led by Baibars in 1268.

After the fall of Antioch, Cursat was surrounded by Muslim-controlled territory. The castellan of the castle in the name of the patriarch was a knight named Sir William, who endeavored to maintain friendly contact with the neighboring Muslim emirs, especially with the emirs of Soghr and Bagras. Baibars refrained from attacking the castle on the condition that William shared his income with his Muslim neighbors. Later on, William became a monk and left the management of the castle to his father Bastard. On April 13, 1275, the latter was caught in a Mamluk ambush, then imprisoned in Damascus. The castle was later besieged, and finally surrendered on November 14, 1275.

References

Bibliography

Forts in Turkey
Ruined castles in Turkey
Castles in Hatay Province
Archaeological sites in Hatay Province


title: Teacher's Pests

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Teacher's Pests is a 1932 short animated film featuring Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. It is the 66th Oswald short by Walter Lantz Productions and the 118th in the entire series.

Plot
A cow who is a school teacher is doing a class. While she reacts as most of the students are singing, the boy beagle (making his debut in this film) blows his nose, that makes your teacher angry. When the cow tells the boy beagle to approach, Oswald puts his leg out of the way to trip him and his girlfriend, what is another beagle, puts a balloon under his very long shirt. The teacher is disappointed to see the boy beagle like this and as she strikes the little dog in the rear with a rod, the balloon bursts, creating a loud noise. The cow then tells the boy beagle to just stand next to the extra chalk board.

The cow then draws some numbers on the main chalk board, which is a subtraction account. She then calls Oswald to do something creative with them. Oswald takes out a music box which plays the song Raggamuffin Romeo. Surprisingly, the numbers on the board dance to his music.

At the extra chalk board, the boy beagle attempts to win the cow's forgiveness as he writes words of praise for her. After getting a little appreciation from her, he attempts to get more as he replaces some of the words with the teacher's face. The cow, however, misinterprets the act for something insulting, and therefore tells the boy beagle to stand on a tall stool.

On one of the class chairs, a bear is sleeping, and the cow is seemingly bothered by this. The cow then sends a balloon carrying a cinderblock, and then, she uses a bow with a candle to shoot and pop the balloon with the cinderblock to land on the bear's head to wake him up in a scary way. When the cinderblock lands on the bear's head, he wakes up as planned, and a hound from behind laughs at the accident. The bear responds by punching the hound. The hound tries to retaliate by hurling a book, only he ends up hitting Oswald instead of the bear and throws Oswald near the teacher. Oswald falls into a bin, and the cow confronts Oswald for some reason. The buffalo and Oswald engaged in a stick fight, resulting in the rabbit winning and pushing the teacher further in the background. A tabby comes forward, tossing chalk sticks around. The boy beagle jumps off the stool, and kicks the buffalo out of a window where she crashes onto a cake seller who drops some of the deserts.

Having enough of the students' unruly antics, the cow dismisses the class. As the students come out, the buffalo picks up and tosses the pies at them. Oswald and the boy beagle, however, are able to dodge the scheming teacher's projectiles. When the cow tosses one more pie, Oswald uses a U-shaped tube to send it back. The cow is knocked down and covered in the gooey mess from the pie. The film ends with Oswald and the boy beagle laughing.

References

External links
 Teacher's Pests at the Big Cartoon Database

1932 films
1932 animated films
1930s American animated films
1930s animated short films
American black-and-white films
Films directed by Walter Lantz
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoons
Universal Pictures short films
Walter Lantz Productions shorts
Animated films set in schools
Universal Pictures animated short films
Animated films about animals


title: Snobs (disambiguation)

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Snobs are people who believe in a correspondence between status and human worth.

Snobs may also refer to:
Snobs (club), a nightclub in Birmingham, England
Snobs (novel), a 2004 novel by Julian Fellowes
Snobs (TV series), a 2003 Australian television series
South Australian Mining Association investors, derided as "Snobs", i.e. tradesmen, in the word's original meaning
Snobs (film), a 1915 American comedy silent film
The Snobs, a British rock band

See also

The Snob (disambiguation)


title: Jazmin Sawyers

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Jazmin Sawyers (born 21 May 1994) is a British track and field athlete and sports presenter who competes in the long jump, representing Great Britain and England.  In 2023, she won her first major senior title at the 2023 European Indoor Championships.

Sawyers won the silver medal representing England in the long jump at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. She claimed silver and bronze representing Great Britain at the 2016 and 2022 European Championships respectively. Sawyers competed at both the 2016 Rio and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics,  finishing eighth in the event on both occasions.

As a junior, She won bronze in the long jump at the 2012 World Junior Championships and silver at the 2013 European Junior Championships.Sawyers earned silver at the 2015 European Under-23 Championships. She is a double gold medalist, in long jump and sprint relay, from the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games.

Sawyers is a five-time national champion.  She is the British indoor record holder for the long jump with an outright best of 7.00 m.

She has also competed for Great Britain as a bobsledder and a heptathlete. Sawyer won a silver medal at the Winter Youth Olympic Games in Innsbuck in 2012 in bobsleigh.

Outside of sport, Sawyers is also a musician, and competed in the sixth series of The Voice UK.

Early life
Jazmin Sawyers was born in Stoke-on-Trent to a Jamaican father and an English mother, who later became the Chief Constable of Staffordshire. She was initially a child gymnast, participating in the sport from the age of four. At ten years old she began to take part in athletics events at school and decided to start practising in various events.

Sawyers studied for a degree in law at Bristol University, graduating with a 2:1.

Athletics career in detail
As part of City of Stoke Athletics Club, Sawyers focused mainly on high jump and long jump. At the 2007 English Schools Championships she was the high jump runner-up with a personal best of , finishing behind Katarina Johnson-Thompson. The following year, Sawyers won the English Schools' titles in the long jump and the pentathlon – a feat she repeated in 2009. In 2010, she won a scholarship to study at Millfield public school.

Youth and junior medals
Sawyer's first international appearances came in 2011. At the World Youth Championships, she placed ninth in the heptathlon. She cleared six metres in the long jump for the first time that year and surpassed that mark to win the gold in the event at the Commonwealth Youth Games. She was also a 4 × 100 metres relay champion with England at that event.

Sawyers' bobsleigh training at the start of 2012 meant she was ill-prepared for heptathlon in the summer. She opted to focus on the long jump instead, as this combined well with the explosive strength training she had undertaken for the winter sport. This proved to be a successful switch as she set a personal best and world-leading junior mark of  to place third at the British Championships. Sawyers was the bronze medallist at the World Junior Championships – her distance of  was beaten only by the wind-assisted jumps of British rival Katerina Johnson-Thompson and Germany's Lena Malkus. Sawyers' performance was the second best wind-legal jump by a junior woman that year.

She gained a place at the University of Sheffield and began training there as well with local coach Toni Minichiello. She continued her focus on the long jump into the 2013 season. Sawyers was runner-up at the BUCS University Championships indoor and outdoors. She repeated that placing at her two major events that year, taking silver behind Shara Proctor at the UK Championships then another silver at the European Junior Championships behind Malaika Mihambo of Germany. At the end of the track and field season, Sawyers won her first meet abroad at the Gugl Games in Linz, Austria. She changed university to study law and criminology at Bristol University. She based her training near the University of Bath, however, working with coach and former long jumper Alan Lerwill.

2014: Commonwealth silver

At the start of 2014, Sawyers set an indoor best of  to place second to Johnson-Thompson at the British Indoor Championships. Outdoors, she had a string of victories (including a win at the Universities Championships) in the buildup to the European Team Championships, where she placed ninth overall. Sawyers was again second best to Johnson-Thompson at the outdoor National Championships but both gained selection for the long jump for England at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. However, Johnson-Thompson withdrew prior to the championships and the other leading English athlete Proctor could not compete in the final due to injury, making Sawyer's England's leading medal hope. At the competition in Glasgow her final round jump of  was a season's best and resulted in a silver medal – her first international senior medal and just two centimetres behind winner Ese Brume.

2020–2022
Sawyers became a triple British champion when winning the long jump event at the 2020 outdoor British Championships with a jump of 6.69 metres. She had previously won the event back in 2016.

At the 2020 Summer Olympics, held in Tokyo in 2021, Sawyers finished 8th in the final with a distance of 6.80 metres.

At the 2022 World Championships in Eugene, Oregon, she was in third position after all finalists had made their first jump, but was pushed just outside the top 8 when the eventual winner Malaika Mihambo made her first valid jump at the third attempt. She ended in ninth place with a distance of 6.62. At the Munich European Championships that year, Sawyers was in fourth position after five attempts. Ukraine's Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk was in third with 6.76 until Sawyers snatched bronze with 6.80 in the last round, reversing the outcome of 2018 when Bekh-Romanchuk displaced Sawyers from the podium with her last jump of the competition.

2023–present: first major senior title
In March 2023, Sawyers captained Great Britain at the European Indoor Championships held in Istanbul. She qualified for the final with her first jump, and went on to jump 7.00 m to win gold, setting a national indoor record and outright best in the process.

In August 2023, Sawyers failed to qualify for the final of the World Athlethics Championships Long Jump.

Bobsleigh career
In 2011, Sawyers was approached by the British Bobsleigh and Skeleton Association to train for the inaugural Youth Winter Olympics. Acting as brakewoman, she formed a two-man bob team with Mica McNeill. In January 2012 she represented Great Britain at the bobsleigh at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics and Sawyers and McNeill became the country's first ever medal-winning team at the competition (and the only medallists for Britain that year), taking the silver medals behind the Dutch team. As a result, she was chosen as one of the carriers for the 2012 Olympic torch relay.

Other activities
Sawyers is a singer/songwriter in her spare time and, in February 2017 appeared in ITV's The Voice UK. She was successful in securing Will.i.am as her coach during the 'blind auditions', though she told the programme her main priority remained with athletics. She was eliminated from the programme on 26 February in a sing-off against fellow singer Hayley Eccles.
Sawyers was an Ambassador for Right To Play, the world's leading sport for development charity. She visited Right To Play's education programme in Tanzania in 2018.

Statistics

Personal bests
 Long jump –  (Chula Vista, CA 2021)
 Long jump indoor –  (Istanbul 2023)

International competitions

National titles
 British Athletics Championships
 Long jump: 2016, 2020, 2021, 2023
 British Indoor Athletics Championships
 Long jump: 2016, 2023

References

External links

1994 births
Living people
English female bobsledders
English female long jumpers
British female long jumpers
English heptathletes
Olympic female long jumpers
Olympic athletes for Great Britain
Bobsledders at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
World Athletics Championships athletes for Great Britain
European Athletics Championships medalists
British Athletics Championships winners
Black British sportswomen
Alumni of the University of Sheffield
Alumni of the University of Bristol
English people of Jamaican descent
Team Bath track and field athletes
Team Bath winter athletes
Sportspeople from Stoke-on-Trent


title: Metro Transit Assassins

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Metro Transit Assassins, also known by the initialism MTA or as Melting Toys Away and Must Take All, is a graffiti street artist collective based in Los Angeles, most famous for its half-mile graffiti "MTA" tag along the concrete walls of the Los Angeles River.

History
MTA was founded in the late 80s by Skate (1969-1993), who was already a founding member of another crew called California Bomb Squad (CBS). Other MTA original members were Skate's girlfriend Blosm, AZ, and Anger.

Over the years, many writers have joined the crew, including Swan, Demon, Gasoline (aka Gas aka Gaso), Sufer, Smear, K9er, Apear, Toro, Nomas, Ohjae, Ralos, Suem, Resek, Rakl, Rums, Wyde, Rose, Hapho, Zoner, Blisk, Abek, Fetish (aka Fem).

Legal Actions
In June 2010, the L.A. city attorney filed a civil lawsuit against 11 alleged members or alleged former members of the MTA crew. The suit had asked for $5,000,000 in restitution from the 11 defendants and was seeking a first-of-its-kind injunction against a graffiti crew, an injunction modeled on those made for violent street gangs.

On June 20, 2012, the civil case against 11 alleged members of the MTA crew named in the suit was settled with the 11 defendants no longer required to pay the city of Los Angeles millions of dollars for graffiti cleanup. The city agreed not to enforce the injunction against 8 of the defendants (Smear being one of those 8 defendants) as long as they refrain from any "graffiti vandalism" and complete certain requirements. Furthermore, the cases would be totally dismissed when the defendants pay outstanding fines, perform 100 hours of graffiti removal and five years pass without a graffiti conviction. Since Smear had paid all outstanding fines and 5 years since 2007 had passed without a graffiti conviction and he had finished the 100 hours of community service, the case against Smear was dismissed June 20, 2012.

MTA Tag
The world famous MTA tag holds the record for the largest graffiti tag in history measuring 57 feet high and 1,700 feet long, the tag took 300 gallons of white paint and 100 gallons of black paint. The Army Corp of Engineers were brought in to buff it in late 2009, spending $3.7 million to buff the tag.

References

Street art
Culture of Los Angeles


title: Michael Late Benedum

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Michael Late Benedum (July 16, 1869 – July 30, 1959) was a wealthy businessman from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, who made his fortune in the oil and natural gas industry in the early 20th century.

Benedum was born in Bridgeport, West Virginia. His mother, Caroline Southworth Benedum, named him after the family doctor Michael Late. Michael attended school until age 16, when he quit to take his first job at the Davison Flour Mill where he worked 12 hours a day and was paid $16 a month.

His only son, Claude Worthington Benedum, was born in 1898 in Cameron, West Virginia, but died at the age of 20 during the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic while working with the United States Army on chemical warfare.

Career
Benedum's career got a lucky start after a chance encounter on a train with a superintendent of the South Penn Oil Company. Benedum was known for his negotiating skills and his success as a wildcatter. He is said to have found "more oil in more places than anyone in history." With his long-term business partner Joe Trees, Benedum created the Benedum-Trees Oil Company. The famous partnership started with the purchase of an oil lease in Pleasants County, West Virginia. The first well on this lease began producing in 1896; soon, six other wells became active. The profit from this lease allowed Benedum and Trees to purchase a dozen additional leases in West Virginia.

The company was responsible for the discovery of the famous Yates Oil Field in Texas. The business was so successful that Benedum appeared on a list of the 76 wealthiest Americans in 1957. He was proclaimed West Virginian of the Year in the same year for leaving much of his wealth to the improvement of the state.

Benedum was a Democrat and donated heavily to the party. The New York Times described him as a "friend" of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Benedum made a particular effort to convince African Americans, who at that time largely identified with the Republican party, to vote Democratic.

Legacy and philanthropy

Benedum never retired. Though he was very wealthy and 87 years old, The New York Times reported in 1956 that he continued to work seven days a week. In 1910, Benedum sold an oil lease which he had procured in Caddo Parish, Louisiana, for $7 million.

Benedum donated to many charitable causes during his lifetime. He was responsible for the construction of a civic center and a Methodist church building in his hometown of Bridgeport, West Virginia. The wealth from the Benedum estate was placed in a foundation named for the Benedums' son: the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation. Benedum directed that the foundation use the money for causes local to Pittsburgh and West Virginia.

In 1950, the Texas Railroad Commission named an oilfield after Michael Benedum. The Benedum Field is located in northeast Upton County, Texas. This honor was given Benedum after his lease produced the discovery well, Alford No. 1, in 1948. This well kicked off the oil boom of the 1940s in the Permian Basin. Benedum died in 1959 and is interred at Homewood Cemetery.

References

1869 births
1959 deaths
American businesspeople in the oil industry
Wildcatters
Businesspeople from Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Republicans
Pennsylvania Democrats
People from Bridgeport, West Virginia
Businesspeople from West Virginia
Burials at Homewood Cemetery


title: Permanent adjustments of theodolites

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The permanent adjustments of theodolites are made to establish fixed relationship between the instrument's fundamental lines. The fundamental lines or axis of a transit theodolite include the following:-
 Vertical axis
 Axis of plate levels
 Axis of telescope
 Line of collimation
 Horizontal axis
 Axis of altitude bubble and the vernier should read zero.
These adjustments once made last for a long time. These are important for accuracy of observations taken from the instrument. The permanent adjustments in case of transit theodolite are:-
 Horizontal axis adjustment.
The horizontal axis must be perpendicular to the vertical axis.
 Vertical circle index adjustment.
The vertical circle must read zero when the line of collimation is horizontal.
 Adjustment of altitude level.
The axis of altitude level must be parallel to the line of collimation.
 Collimation adjustment.
The line of collimation or line of sight should coincide with axis of the telescope. The line of sight should also be perpendicular to the horizontal axis at its intersection with the vertical axis . Also, the optical axis, the axis of the objective slide, and the line of sight should coincide.
 Adjustment of horizontal plate levels.
The axis of plate levels must be perpendicular to the vertical axis.

See also
 Temporary adjustments of theodolite
 Ranging rods
 Tape (surveying)

References

Surveying
Civil engineering


title: Pierre Torreilles

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Pierre Torreilles (21 May 1921- 22 February 2005) was a French writer, poet and editor.

Works
(by chronological order)

Collections of poems
 Noces d'Ea et Nin-Ki. Montpellier : impr. de H. Sauramps, 1950, 57 p.
 Solve et coagula. Paris : impr. de G. Lévis Mano, 1953, 53 p. Éd. originale 20 ex. sur vélin du Marais
 L'Arrière pays clos. Paris : G.L.M, 1961.
 Corps dispersé d'Orphée.... Neuchâtel : la Baconnière, 1963, 98 p. (La Mandragore qui chante ; 7)
 Répons, une Amphore, et soudain l'oiseau n'irrigue plus l'espace. Paris : G.L.M., 1963, 33 p.
 Mesure de la terre. Paris : G.L.M., 1966, 49 p.
 Voir : poèmes. Paris : Éditions du Seuil, 1968, 96 p.
 Le Désert croît : poèmes. Paris : Éditions du Seuil, 1971, 159 p.
 Errantes graminées / lithographie en couleurs de Joan Miró. Paris : G.L.M., 1971, 45 p.
 Denudare : ode. Paris : Gallimard, 1973, 170 p. Rééd. Gallimard, 1993, 169 p. (Collection Poésie ; 271)
 Espace déluté / sept pointes-sèches de Pierre Tal-Coat. Montpellier : Fata morgana, 1974. Tirage à 80 exempl. sur vélin d'Arches, et 20 exempl. marqués HC
 Cyprès d'orage. Issirac : "Solaire", 1975, 10 p. Extrait de "Solaire", 10-11.
 L'Ineffaçable / gravure de Yves Jeener. Paris : Éditions "Commune mesure", 1975, [9] p. (Collection Petites choses). Tiré à 100 ex.
 Menace innominée.  Paris : Grasset, 1976, 155 p.
 Pratique de la poésie / Montpellier : Fata Morgana, 1977, 46 p.
 Espace déluté. Gravures de Tal Coat. Montpelliers : Fata Morgana, 1977.
 Toutes les aubes conjuguées / eaux-fortes de Olivier Debré. Losne : T. Bouchard, 1978, 21 p. Tiré à 80 ex.
 Les Dieux rompus. Paris : Gallimard, 1979, 86-[7] p.
 Laconiques. Saint-Clément-de-Rivière : Fata Morgana, 1979, 33 p.
 La Voix désabritée. Paris : Gallimard, 1981, 58 p.
 Territoire du prédateur : poème en 5 chants. Paris : Gallimard, 1984, 112 p.
 Margelles du silence : poème. Paris : Gallimard, 1986, 139 p.
 Parages du séjour : poème. Paris : Grasset, 1989, 79 p.
 Venant à stance : poèmes. Paris : Gallimard, 1990, 103 p
 Où se dressait le cyprès blanc : poèmes. Paris : Gallimard, 1992, 95 p.
 7 aphorismes. Gallargues : éd. À travers, 1994.
 Ici et maintenant. ill. Jacques Clauzel. Gallargues, À travers, 1994.
 Orages de silence. ill. Jacques Clauzel. Gallargues, À travers, 1994.
 L'écrin d'ombre. ill. Jacques Clauzel. Gallargues, À travers, 1994.
 Ourlé de silence. ill. Jacques Clauzel. Gallargues, À travers, 1995.
 Au portail rouillé, suivi de Salines. ill. Jacques Clauzel. Gallargues, À travers, 1996.
 L'aigle de mer. ill. Jacques Clauzel. Gallargues, À travers, 1998.
 L'Envol de la chouette / gravures de Thierry Le Saëc. Languidic : Éd. de l'Atelier, 1997, 58 p.
 Ce qui heurte à nos mots / ill. de Thierry Le Saëc. Saint-Clément : Fata Morgana, 1998, 41 p.
 La Semence de l'eau ; suivi de Ce peu de bleu entre nos doigts. Mortemart : Rougerie, 1998, 62 p.
 Quelque chose qui vient de loin. Mortemart : Rougerie, 2000, 51 p.
 Où se vient amarrer le bleu / dessins de Jacques Clauzel. Cannes : Tipaza, 2000, 67 p. (Néographies ; 5)
 Paroles arlatines. ill. Jacques Clauzel. Gallargues, À travers, 2000.
 Dans le calme de l'œil / Yves Picquet, estampes. Plouedern : Éd. Double cloche, 2000, 25 p.
 Échardes de lumières / gravures de Louis Cordesse. Saint-Clément-de-Rivière : Fata Morgana, 2001, 31 p.
 Paysage sans tain. ill. Jacques Clauzel. Gallargues, À travers, 2001.
 Sablier de silence. ill. Jacques Clauzel. Gallargues, À travers, 2001.
 Chants de la lumière et de l'énigme. Ill.Jacques Clauzel. Saint-Clément de-Rivière : Fata Morgana, 2003, 36p.
 Résonance, précédé de Dédale. Mortemart : Rougerie,2004, 59 p.
 Ressac. Peintures d'Enan Burgos. Montpellier : Fata Morgana, 2006.
 Pratique de la poésie, réédition, suivi d'une conférence de l'auteur. Présentation de Salah Stétié. Gravure de Daniel Schmerck. Bruxelles : La Maison d'à côté.
 Quelque chose qui vient de loin, rééd. maître d'œuvre Thierry Le Saec avec œuvres originales de P. Tal Coat (pointes sèches), Olivier Debré (dessin lithographique), Louis Cordesse (eau forte), Yves Piquet (sérigraphie), Jacques Clauzel (bois gravé), Yves Jeener (burin), Thierry Le Saec (pointes sèches et bois gravé), Joël Leick (peintures), Enan Burgos (peintures). Ed. limitée 49 ex.  Ed. de La Canopée, 56440 Kergollaire-Languidic, 2008.
 Pratique de la poésie, rééd.groupée de Pratique de la poésie, Où se vient amarrer le bleu, Echardes de lumière, Chants de la lumière et de l'énigme, Ressac. Montpellier : Fata Morgana, 2011.

Anthologies
 Andrée Chedid, "Voix multiple" / textes réunis par Gabrielle Althen et Pierre Torreilles. Marseille : "Sud", 1988, 258 p. N° spécial de : "Sud".
 Vagabondages / Michel Butor ; Andrée Chédid ; Charles Dobzynski ; Salah Stétié ; Pierre Torreilles ; 5 gravures de Jacques Clauzel. Gallargues-le-Montueux : À travers, impr. 1997, [9] f.  Chaque placard est tiré à 25 ex. Éd. tirée à 10 ex. numérotés de I à X

Studies
 Guy Lévis Mano / étude de Andrée Chédid et Pierre Torreilles ; choix de poèmes de G. Lévis Mano. Paris : Seghers, 1974, 189-[16] p. (Poètes d'aujourd'hui ; 218). Rééd. Paris : Seghers, 1990, 189-[16] p. (Poètes d'aujourd'hui ; 218)

Prizes
1974: Prix Broquette-Gonin of the Académie française for Le Désert croît
1976: Prix international de Nice for Menace innominée
1990: Prix Max-Jacob for Parages du séjour

1921 births
2005 deaths
People from Aimargues
French Calvinist and Reformed ministers
Writers from Occitania (administrative region)
French male poets
20th-century French poets
20th-century French male writers
French male non-fiction writers
French editors
French Resistance members
Winners of the Prix Broquette-Gonin (literature)


title: 1978 Alan King Tennis Classic

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The 1978 Alan King Tennis Classic was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada in the United States that was part of the 1978 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix. It was the seventh edition of the tournament was held from April 24 through April 30, 1978. Harold Solomon won the singles title after Barazzutti had to forfeit in the second set due to illness induced by food poisoning. Solomon earned $50,000 first-prize money as well as 225 Grand Prix points.

Finals

Singles

 Harold Solomon defeated  Corrado Barazzutti 6–1, 3–0 ret.

Doubles
 Álvaro Fillol /  Jaime Fillol defeated  Bob Hewitt /  Raúl Ramírez 6–3, 7–6

References

External links
 ITF tournament edition details

Alan King Tennis Classic
Alan King Tennis Classic
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Tennis in Las Vegas


title: Tekken 2: Kazuya's Revenge

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Tekken 2: Kazuya's Revenge (alternately titled as Tekken: A Man Called X) is a 2014 American martial arts film directed by Wych Kaos and written by Nicole Jones and Steven Paul, based on the video game series Tekken published by Bandai Namco Games. The film serves as a prequel to Tekken (2009). It stars Kane Kosugi, Rade Šerbedžija, and Kelly Wenham. Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa and Gary Daniels reprise their roles as Heihachi Mishima and Bryan Fury, respectively.<ref name="Beyond Hollywood">{{cite web |url=http://www.beyondhollywood.com/kane-kosugi-battles-amnesia-and-assassins-in-tekken-2-kazuyas-revenge-trailer/ |title=Kane Kosugi Battles Amnesia and Assassins in Tekken 2: Kazuya's Revenge |publisher=Beyond Hollywood |date=2014-08-13 |accessdate=2014-08-30 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140905090546/http://www.beyondhollywood.com/kane-kosugi-battles-amnesia-and-assassins-in-tekken-2-kazuyas-revenge-trailer/ |archivedate=2014-09-05}}</ref>Tekken 2: Kazuya's Revenge was released direct-to-video in the United States on August 12, 2014, by SP Distribution.

Plot
A tall Japanese young male with no recollection of his past wakes up in an apartment in a district outside Tekken City before he is chased by armed men and nabbed by a femme fatale assassin named Rhona Anders.

He is brought to a guerrilla leader known as "The Minister", who gives him the letter "K" as his codename and has an explosive surgically implanted in his chest, should he fail his mission or attempt to leave the organization.

Despite his amnesia, "K" displays exceptional expertise in hand-to-hand combat and marksmanship skills. He befriends the district's local janitor, whose son killed his wife and crippled him before disappearing three years prior.

After defeating an opponent in a sparring match, "K" is ordered by the Minister to kill him or the janitor; "K" declines and tells the Minister to let the janitor go, to which the Minister's henchman breaks the defeated opponent's neck.

Over the next few days, "K" has been given an apartment to unit where he plots his next targets. He befriends a young female tenant named Laura after rescuing her from being victimized by a couple of muggers. After one of his jobs, he tells Rhona he wants out.

Recalling the events from where he first woke up, "K" returns to the apartment building from the beginning of the film and asks the manager for records on his previous stay, to which the manager only has him signed under the initials "K. M."

On his next job, "K" battles and is defeated by his target, Bryan Fury, who warns him to walk away from his job before disappearing. The next morning, "K" confronts Rhona about Fury, who is revealed to be a former associate of the Minister. As Laura is a nurse, "K" has her remove the explosive from his chest.

"K" receives a call from Fury, who warns him that the Minister has "K" marked as a target. He meets up with Rhona that night before they both encounter Fury, who shows them a newspaper article and tells them they are all pawns of the Minister.

Later, Rhona stabs the Minister in the back, but "K" later on discovers that Laura has been abducted by Gentek Factory. The duo infiltrate into Gentek, where Rhona butts heads with the Minister's other femme fatale assassin duo (who were both apparently modeled after Anna Williams and Nina Williams).

Inside of the factory, "K" meets Heihachi Mishima, who reveals that "K" is his biological son Kazuya Mishima. Like the ancient Spartans sending their male children to the wilderness to survive alone, Heihachi had Kazuya brainwashed and set loose to test his survival skills.

Heihachi is also showing Laura who has been brainwashed as well; this brain manipulation process has drastically altered her personality from a lovely and kind into a seductive woman. An enraged Kazuya witnesses Heihachi eliminating Laura at a moment's notice just after sharing a kiss with her.

Kazuya is then challenged by two formidable martial artists named Rip and Thorn. After being the victor of this final fight, Kazuya accepts his bloodline and has Rhona accompany him to find Heihachi, who stands over the skyline of Tekken City.

Cast

Kane Kosugi as Kazuya Mishima (commonly referred to as "K")
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as Heihachi Mishima
Gary Daniels as Bryan Fury
Rade Šerbedžija as The Minister
Kelly Wenham as Rhona Anders
Paige Lindquist as Laura
Charlotte Kirk as Chloe the Schoolgirl Assassin
Biljana Misic as Natashia the Serbian Assassin
Sahajak Boonthanakit as The Janitor
Ron Smoorenburg as Thorn
Russell Geoffrey Banks as Jimmy the Thief
Eoin O'Brien as Ezra
Brahim Achabbakhe as Rip
Abishek J. Bajaj as The Apartment Manager

ReceptionManly Movie'' gave the film a score of 3 out of 10, commenting that:

References

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2014 films
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title: Två av oss

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"Två av oss" is a song written by Efva Attling, which was recorded by X-models and released as a single in 1981. It was a Svensktoppen hit for ten weeks between 29 November 1981 – 7 March 1982, peaking at number four.

The X-models' single is one of the titles in the 2009 book Tusen svenska klassiker.

Charts

References

1981 songs
1981 singles
Number-one singles in Sweden
Swedish songs
Swedish-language songs
Parlophone singles


title: Kendal Thompkins

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Kendal Thompkins (born September 16, 1989) is an American football wide receiver who is currently a free agent. Thompkins was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Orlando Predators in 2014. Thompkins played college football at Miami.

Early years
In 2007, Thompkins recorded 46 receptions, 839 receiving yards and team-best 14 receiving touchdowns in his Senior season and also playing for 2007 consensus national championship Miami Northwestern Senior High School football team. He was selected to inaugural Under Armour All-Star game He was ranked as the 76th best wide receiver and 83rd best overall player in state of Florida by Rivals.com. He was ranked as the 89th best wide receiver by ESPN and he was rated 209th overall player in nation by Scout.com. He was selected to PrepStar All-Southeast Region team.

College career
He played college football at the University of Miami. He finished college 14 receptions, 152 receiving yards and 3 receiving touchdowns.

Professional career

Orlando Predators
In 2014, Thompkins signed with the Orlando Predators of the Arena Football League. Thompkins had 33 receiving touchdowns as of the 2015 Arena Football season. On July 5, 2016, Thompkins was placed on recallable reassignment.

Baltimore Brigade
On May 11, 2017, Thompkins was assigned to the Baltimore Brigade. On June 1, 2017, Thompkins was placed on recallable reassignment.

Tampa Bay Storm
On June 26, 2017, Thompkins was assigned to the Tampa Bay Storm. He was placed on reassignment on July 20, 2017.

Jacksonville Sharks
On April 30, 2018, Thompkins was activated by the Jacksonville Sharks of the National Arena League.

Washington Valor
On May 7, 2019, Thompkins was assigned to the Washington Valor.

Personal life
His brother is New York Jets wide receiver Kenbrell Thompkins and his cousin is NFL receiver Antonio Brown.

References

External links

Miami Hurricanes bio
Orlando Predators bio

Living people
American football wide receivers
1989 births
Miami Hurricanes football players
Orlando Predators players
Players of American football from Miami
Miami Northwestern Senior High School alumni
Baltimore Brigade players
Tampa Bay Storm players
Jacksonville Sharks players
Washington Valor players


title: Jerusalén

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Jerusalén, Spanish for Jerusalem, may refer to:
 Jerusalén, Cundinamarca, Colombia
 Jerusalén, El Salvador


title: Battle of Una

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The Battle of Una () was fought on 29 and 30 October 1483 between the regional Ottoman forces, mostly from the Sanjak of Bosnia, and the Kingdom of Croatia near Brod Zrinski (modern-day Novi Grad in Bosnia and Herzegovina) at the Una River crossing and was one of the first major Croatian victories against the Ottoman Empire. The Croatian army was led by the Ban of Croatia Matthias Geréb and several members of the House of Frankopan, joined by other Croatian nobles and the Despot of Serbia, Vuk Grgurević. Their goal was to intercept the Ottomans that were moving towards the Una River. In the battle that lasted for 2 days the Ottomans were defeated and soon a 7-year truce was signed with Sultan Bayezid II.

Background

Following the fall of Počitelj on the Neretva River in 1471, the whole land between Cetina and Neretva rivers except the coastline fell into Ottoman hands. To prevent further Ottoman expansion, King Matthias Corvinus named Nicholas of Ilok titular King of Bosnia. The Kingdom of Bosnia was conquered by the Ottomans in 1463 and their last king Stephen Tomašević was beheaded by Mehmed II. Soon Nicholas of Ilok was named Ban of Croatia and Slavonia, making them a single administrative unit. His task was to take the parts of Bosnia that were still held by the Ottomans, but he failed to do so. Following his death, King Matthias invaded Bosnia and reached Sarajevo, however, his success was temporary. In 1482 the Ottomans conquered all the remaining strongholds in Herzegovina. That same year Ottoman forces from the Sanjak of Bosnia plundered Carniola, while in 1483 they ravaged the surroundings of Ptuj in Lower Styria.

Battle

In early October 1483 Sultan Bayezid II sent a large Ottoman force of around 7,000 Akıncı, led by Harsi Pasha and Serli Hasan, that crossed the Una and Sava rivers and broke into Croatia. The most affected areas were the countrysides of Jastrebarsko and Petrovina. Their army was split into 3 parts, each going its own course, with one continuing towards Carniola and Carinthia on 16 October. Matthias Gereb, who became the Ban of Croatia that year, was informed about the raid, but he lacked the forces to confront the Ottomans. Therefore, he started assembling an army with the Croatian nobles; Count Bernardin Frankopan, Ivan Frankopan Cetinski, Mihovil Frankopan Slunjski, Petar Zrinski, and ban deputy Gašpar Perušić all answering the call and were later joined by Despot of Serbia Vuk Grgurević and Blaise Magyar. A part of the Croatian cavalry was sent to track the Ottomans on distance and if an opportunity comes up to intercept them.

On their way back the Ottoman armies merged into one, leading many captives which were slowing them down. Upon hearing of a large army trailing them, the Ottomans tried to evade a fight and reach the Bosnian Sanjak without confronting the enemies. As ban got bored with waiting, he marched off with his army, as he hoped to clash with the Ottomans when he encounters them. This turned out to be on the Una river crossing near Brod Zrinski (modern-day Novi Grad).

At first, the Ottomans attempted to bribe some nobleman called Vuk to let them pass, but to no avail. Then they attempted negotiations with Croatian nobles to let them back - under conditions that they release Christian captives and pay 1 Forint for each Ottoman horseman. As these negotiations were ongoing, the Croatians noticed that Ottomans started killing the captives so talks escalated into a battle.

Since there was no other crossing nearby, fighting started on dusk, 29 October. The battle was stopped by the nightfall, during which the Ottomans akinjis took position at the foot of a nearby hill. At the same time, they placed their captives on the hiltop. Fighting resumed on dawn next day and ended in a total defeat of Ottoman army. Around 2,000 Ottomans were imprisoned, while more than 1,000 fell on the battlefield. According to a report from King Matthias Corvinus, 10,000 Christian prisoners were liberated. The King sent a special letter of gratitude to Ban Matthias Geréb and the Croatian nobles and informed Pope Sixtus IV about the victory on 6 November.

Aftermath
Shortly after the battle a 7-year truce was signed with Sultan Bayezid II that lasted until the death of King Matthias Corvinus in 1490. Although during that time no major battles were fought, local border clashes continued. The Sultan used this truce to strengthen his rule and prepare fresh forces for new conquests and the expansion of his Empire westward, that continued in 1490. Croatia had another victory against the Ottomans in the Battle of Vrpile in 1491, but also a huge defeat in the Battle of Krbava Field in 1493.

References

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title: Virginia Patton

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Virginia Ann Marie Patton Moss (June 25, 1925 – August 18, 2022) was an American actress. After appearing in several films in the early 1940s, she was cast in her most well-known role as Ruth Dakin Bailey in Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life (1946). In 1949, Patton retired from acting, and her final film credit was The Lucky Stiff (1949).

Early life
Patton was born in Cleveland, Ohio on June 25, 1925, to Marie (née Cain) and Donald Patton. She was raised in her father's hometown of Portland, Oregon, where her family moved when she was an infant. She was a niece of General George S. Patton. Patton graduated from Jefferson High School in Portland, and then moved to Los Angeles, California, where she attended the University of Southern California.

Career

While a student at USC, Patton began to audition for acting parts. She collaborated in plays with screenwriter William C. DeMille while in college. She had several minor supporting film appearances before being cast in Capra's It's a Wonderful Life (1946) as Ruth Dakin Bailey, the wife of George Bailey's younger brother Harry.

Although Capra did not know Patton personally, she read the role for him, and he signed her to a contract. Patton later said that she was the only girl the famous director ever signed in his entire career. Patton still gave interviews about It's a Wonderful Life, and she was the last surviving credited member of the adult actors in the film (a number of child actors are still alive).

Patton made only four films after It's a Wonderful Life, including her first lead in the B-Western Black Eagle (1948). She appeared in the drama The Burning Cross (1946), a film about a World War II veteran who becomes embroiled with the Ku Klux Klan upon returning to his hometown.

Personal life
Patton was married to Cruse W. Moss from 1949 until his death in 2018. She gave up acting in the late 1940s to concentrate on raising a family with her husband in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She later attended the University of Michigan.

Patton died on August 18, 2022, at age 97. She was the last surviving adult cast member of It's a Wonderful Life.

Filmography

References

Citations

Bibliography

External links

 Interview with Virginia Patton in 2013

1925 births
2022 deaths
20th-century American actresses
American film actresses
Actresses from Portland, Oregon
Jefferson High School (Portland, Oregon) alumni
University of Southern California alumni
University of Michigan alumni
Actors from Ann Arbor, Michigan
Patton family


title: Josef Max

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Josef Calanza Max (16 January 1804, Janov – 18 June 1855, Prague) was a German-Czech sculptor. His brother was the sculptor Emanuel Max.

Life
Max came from a family of sculptors and woodcarvers and received his first lessons from his father. In 1822, encouraged by letters from one of his father's former students, he moved to Prague, where he found employment in a woodcarving workshop. From 1823 to 1824, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts under Joseph Bergler. He continued working for the woodcarving shop and married the owner's daughter, Anna Maria Schuhmann, in 1834. They had seven children, including the painter Gabriel Max and the photographer/painter Jindřich Břetislav Max (1847–1900). He began to exhibit as early as 1826, but received little recognition except for an award from the Academy for his statue of Germanicus. He applied for a position in the sculpture studios of , but was rejected.

In 1830, he opened his own studios. His first major contract was for a series of tombstones in Chrastava, which was obtained through the influence of a friend from the Academy, Joseph von Führich. Another important client was Prince Rudolf Kinský and his wife Vilhelmína. During the 1840s and 50s, he joined with his brother Emanuel to create several important monuments. He often collaborated with the architect Josef Kranner, most notably executing the figures on the monumental fountain dedicated to Francis I, from designs by Kranner.

He died of cholera at the age of 51.

Selected works

 Tomb for Joseph Bergler, depicting the resurrection of Lazarus, in the Malostranský Cemetery, Prague
 Figures for the tomb of Prince Rudolf Kinsky in Zlonice
 Tomb of Joseph Max, senior, at the cemetery in Sloup v Čechách
 Monuments to Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, in Mělník and Karlovy Vary
 Monument to Přemysl the Ploughman in Královské pole, donated by the Nostitz family
 Six sculptures of Czech rulers for the new wing of the Old Town Hall. The figures of Ferdinand I and Francis I were seriously damaged during World War II and are in the Municipal Museum. The other four (Spytihněv I, Ottakar II, Charles IV and Ferdinand III) were transferred to the new building of the Research Institute for Rheumatic Diseases in the 1980s.
 Parts of the Radetzky Monument in Prague (together with his brother Emanuel).
 Sculptures on the Charles Bridge. (Statues of Saints Norbert, Wenceslaus and Sigismund; John the Baptist; Saint Joseph with Jesus)
 Kranner's Fountain

References

Further reading
 Naděžda Blažíčková-Horová, Josef Max, in: Nová encyklopedie českého výtvarného umění, Vol.I ( A-M). Prague, Academia (1995), pg.497.
 Adam Hnojil, "Pomníková tvorba sochaře Josefa Maxe", in: Umění LIII, 2005, #4, pgs.347 - 365.
 Adam Hnojil, Josef Max, Eminent, Prague (2008)
  (This article is headed "Anton Max", but actually contains more information on Josef.)

External links

 List of works on Josef Max in the Czech National Library.
 Zastavení s bratry Maxovými – Documentary from Czech Television on the Max brothers and the Charles Bridge, hosted by Prof. František Dvořák.

1804 births
1855 deaths
Czech sculptors
Czech male sculptors
19th-century sculptors
German sculptors
German Bohemian people
People from Nový Bor
Burials at Olšany Cemetery


title: The Army Hour

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The Army Hour was a radio news program in the United States, broadcast on NBC April 5, 1942-Nov. 11, 1945.

Planning for The Army Hour, with Colonel Edward M. Kirby in charge, began soon after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Sponsored by the War Department and the U.S. Army, the program brought "on-the-spot stories and demonstrations from Army bases and fields of battle" to listeners back home in America. The program was "an attempt to bring the reality of the war home to the American people through the power and immediacy of radio."
One reviewer wrote in a newspaper that the secretary of war had compared The Army Hour broadcasts to "full-scale military operations ... as far as communications are concerned," and the writer agreed. NBC's investment was significant, also. In 1957, CBS executive Lou Cowan (who helped to develop The Army Hour while working with the Office of War Information) said that the program was "presented at an annual cost of a half-million dollars to the network [NBC] with no financial return."

Radio historian John Dunning wrote that the program "gave Americans their first in-depth look at the war and how it was being fought," and a 1942 article in the trade publication Billboard described it as "a weekly official message and a source of authoritative information from the Army to the civilian population of the country..." In 1943, another article in Billboard commented about Army Hour: "excellent substitute for first-hand knowledge of war; genuine picture of what loved ones are living thru; calm and objective presentation of facts of war."

Background
Another program named Army Hour existed before the one heard on NBC. That 30-minute variety show was broadcast on WRBL in Columbus, Ga., by personnel from Fort Benning. Its first broadcast was March 16, 1940.

The first broadcast of the network program, on April 5, 1942, came on the 25th anniversary of the United States' entrance into World War I. Within its first year on the air, it had added "the only official 'communique' regularly announced by an officer of the General Staff Corps," as "Col. R. Ernest Dupuy, Chief of the News Division of the Bureau of Public Relations, War Department, now reports each week from Washington."

Personnel
Much of the work on The Army Hour involved military personnel. Frequent changes in assignments makes listing of those involved in programs difficult. The following are some people whose key roles can be documented:
 Announcer: George F. Putnam
 Music directors/orchestra leaders: Jack Joy and Leo Kempinski
 Producers: Edwin L. Dunham, Jack Harris
 Producer/director: Robert Clarke Coleson
"Voice of the Army": Albert L. Warner
 Writer/producer: Wyllis Cooper

Besides those regularly employed on the program, speakers included Army officers (many of them generals) and United Nations officials.

Logistics

Locations
Unlike most radio programs, in which the activity was controlled in a studio, material for The Army Hour came from far and wide -- "as 'global' as the war itself." An article in Radio Guide magazine reported:"Army Hour" producers travel the United States by every known means of Army transportation. They pop up at morning mess with the parachute infantry; they ride the armored force's tanks; they sweat out an artillery problem with a jackass battery; not long ago one had to bail out of an airplane over a Mississippi swamp -- but he made his broadcast.

William Burke Miller of NBC wrote in a trade publication, "The outstanding feature of the hour-long Sunday program is its elaborate use of remote broadcasts." In the program's first nine months, international pickups had come from locations that include Chungking, Panama, New Delhi, Cairo, London, Leopoldville, Moscow, Melbourne, Algiers, Ireland, Iceland and the Caribbean.

The extent of The Army Hour'''s use of remotes was quantified in a Western Electric publication when an article noted that in its first 18 months of broadcasting, the program's signals logged "a grand total of 1,621,000 miles traveled during the 78 hour-long broadcasts."

An NBC executive wrote that each domestic remote broadcast "requires an announcer, a production director, one or two engineers, at least one microphone, a 'remote' outfit, a field phone direct to Radio City, Army passes for the proper people, plus all the advance arrangements so that the right soldiers and equipment will be at the right place."

Jamming of signals
In addition to challenges with regard to production, technicians with The Army Hour had to deal with jamming (intentional interference with transmitted signals). Jamming affected not the final AM transmissions in the United States but the shortwave signals that were used to connect remote sources to the main studio. A 1942 newspaper article reported that a Nazi radio station in Germany featuring "a pianist [who] played as loudly as he could" tried to jam a shortwave signal from Dutch Guiana. Columnist Drew Pearson noted another instance, when a speech by Winston Churchill was jammed. Pearson added that the Army had located the sources of the interfering transmissions and "proposes to retaliate if this deliberate interference isn't stopped." By September 1944, however, William S. Paley, chief of radio for the Supreme Allied Headquarters in Europe, announced, "The Allies have won the battle of the airwaves hands down." Although Paley's comments focused on attempts to jam shortwave broadcasts to troops, the article noted that jamming of transmissions for use in The Army Hour had been circumvented by using recorded material rather than live shortwave transmissions.

Censorship
Miller wrote, "A program that is as close to the armed forces as is 'The Army Hour' stands in constant danger of revealing vital information." Despite that danger, the program's producers consistently managed to keep American listeners informed without "revealing vital information."

Technology
In 1943, NBC waived its own rule against using recordings in order to broadcast details of a battle in Sicily and what soldiers involved felt and said. Army Signal Corps personnel recorded the material on sound films, which were edited and transferred to disc for use on The Army Hour.

A new development in recording technology, wire recording, helped The Army Hour with both transmission of programs to soldiers and coverage of war activities. A 1943 newspaper story reported that a spool of wire "no larger than the ordinary doughnut" could record The Army Hour and two newscasts in the United States. The wire was then flown to Algiers for transmission to troops. The same technology eventually was used to record reports that were broadcast as part of The Army Hour. A story in Broadcasting magazine in 1945 told of one reporter's capturing the sounds of war from "the lead plane of the Allied airborne invasion of Germany" and another's preparing a report via wire recording of 10 hours of bombardment.

Popularity and recognition
By the time it had been on the air three months, The Army Hour had become the highest-rated Sunday daytime program as measured by Hooper Ratings. At that time, it was carried by 115 domestic radio stations and transmitted outside the United States by six shortwave stations. A trade publication reported on two ways in which the audience was supplemented:
Some stations recorded The Army Hour broadcasts and played the recordings for re-broadcasts to accommodate additional listeners.
"As a service to war workers unable to hear the program at its scheduled time, many stations have been offering transcriptions to the factories which they may present over the plant's public address system at convenient times like lunch hour and rest periods."The Army Hour received a number of awards, some of which were as follows:
 1942 -- "Best Government War Program," Motion Picture Daily's annual radio poll
 1942 -- "Favorite War Program," Cleveland Plain Dealer Readers Poll
1943 -- "Best Government War Program," Motion Picture Daily's annual radio poll
1944 -- "Best Government Program," 13th Annual Poll of Radio Editors
1944 -- "Favorite Wartime Show," Radio Daily poll
1945 -- "Best Program Produced By Army or Government Bureau, or in Interest of War," 14th Annual Radio Editors' PollThe Army Hour also had a different kind of popularity in more personal ways when a local member of the Army was involved, as illustrated by two anecdotes.
In 1943, a Bowling Green, Ky., newspaper reported, "'half the town called a halt to usual Sunday afternoon pleasures' to tune in to the 'Army Hour' radio program and listen to one of their own, Brig. Gen. Victor Herbert Strahm, detail an important low-level bombing attack..."
In 1944, 1st Lt. John Markowitz of Cartaret, N.J., gave his first-hand account of leading an assault on a German-held fort. A newspaper report noted: "The sound of his voice was especially welcome to his parents, for he had been reported captured." The reporter added that members of Markowitz's church heard him on The Army Hour while attending a war-relief meeting.

Adaptations
In October 1942, the impact of The Army Hour was such that officials from the British Army sought to implement a similar program "to be shortwaved to the far-flung forces of the empire." At the time, The Army Hour was "rated as the dominant program of the week."
Also in October 1942, a trade publication reported on plans to produce a movie short, The Army Hour, which would feature the program's announcer, George F. Putnam.
A television program, The Armed Forces Hour, was broadcast October 30, 1949 - June 11, 1950, on NBC and February 4, 1951 - May 6, 1951, on the DuMont Television Network. The 30-minute program "culled from the estimated 500 million feet of film already on hand." It also featured music by service members, including The Singing Sergeants and the U.S. Navy Dance Band.
In 1953, the Armed Forces Radio Network revived the original program's concept and titled it Army Hour. An article in Broadcasting magazine said that the original program's content would be maintained and that NBC would broadcast episodes domestically.
By 1956, the revised Army Hour was on Mutual. It was still listed among that network's commercial AM programs in 1963.
Millard Lampell wrote a book, "The Long Way Home," that contained material from some of The Army Hour'' broadcasts. All of Lampell's royalties from the book's sales were contributed to the Committee for Air Forces Convalescent Warfare.

References

Further reading

External links
 "This Is the Army Hour" photo feature from Radio Guide magazine, Feb. 8-12, 1943
 "Army Hour" log from RadioGOLDINdex

1940s American radio programs
American news radio programs
NBC radio programs
Radio during World War II
1942 radio programme debuts
1945 radio programme endings


title: 2014 BWF World Championships – Men's singles

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The men's singles tournament of the 2014 BWF World Championships (World Badminton Championships) took place from August 25 to 31. Lin Dan was not given wild card entry into the 2014 World Championships, as he was in 2013.

On 27 April 2015, Lee Chong Wei was stripped of his silver medal due to doping.

Seeds

  Lee Chong Wei (final)
  Chen Long (champion)
  Jan Ø. Jørgensen (third round, withdrew)
  Kenichi Tago (first round, withdrew)
  Tommy Sugiarto (semifinals)
  Wang Zhengming (quarterfinals)
  Shon Wan-ho (quarterfinals)
  Simon Santoso (first round, withdrew)

   Hu Yun (third round)
  Hans-Kristian Vittinghus (third round)
  Tian Houwei (second round)
  Boonsak Ponsana (first round, withdrew)
  Kento Momota (first round)
  Viktor Axelsen (semifinals)
  Sho Sasaki (second round)
  Chong Wei Feng (first round)

Draw

Finals

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

References
BWF Website

2014 BWF World Championships


title: Ayitham

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Ayitham () is a 1988 Indian Malayalam-language drama film written and directed by Venu Nagavally and produced by Ambika and Radha sisters. The film stars Mohanlal, Ambika, Radha and Sukumari in lead roles. The film features music composed by M. G. Radhakrishnan. The plot is set in an Agraharam.

Plot
Vasudevan is a renowned singer of a village. Once his small village was known in his name. However, with fame came comfort; comfort to pursue his innate wild nature. This led to destruction of his life and his family. His son, Shankaran is unemployed and Bhama, daughter of the village's landlord is in love with him. Though he doesn't reciprocate as she would love to. The villagers are poor but they try to live as decently as possible with available resources. However, it becomes impossible for everyone to handle the poverty and low quality of life. This leads them to alternative choices that are not that decent, and those some conform to it to just survive. Bhama is married off to Mani Iyer, another reputable singer but her marriage is not a happy one. Because Mani Iyer is also not a stranger to the wilder comforts that fame provides. The questions of will Shankaran be able to find a job that can uplift his family, and will Bhama find happiness again in her life, form the climax of the story. The film is a diorama of life in poverty and people trying to live through it with values and fellowship.

Cast

Mohanlal as Shankaran
Ambika as Bhama
Radha as Chinna
Nedumudi Venu as Rangan
Priya as Kasthoori
Sukumari
Jagathy Sreekumar as N. S. Thovala
Innocent as Joseph
L. P. R. Varma as Vasudhevan Bhagavathar
Murali as Kachery Mani Iyyer
Santhosh as Govindhankutty
Maniyanpilla Raju as Thankamai
Sukumaran as Abu
Seema as Paapamma
V. K. Ramasamy as Periyaswamy
Sankaradi as Vikraman
Louba Schild as Louba

Production
Ayitham was produced by actresses and sisters Ambika and Radha through their production house ARS Productions, they also appeared in the principal roles alongside Mohanlal. The film was written by Venu Nagavally and was also his third directorial. Actor-politician M. G. Ramachandran had come as a guest in the pooja function of the film.

Soundtrack
The film features original songs composed by M. G. Radhakrishnan and lyrics by O. N. V. Kurup. The song "Oruvakkil Oru Nokkil" was based on the jog raga.

Release
Ayitham was released in theatres on 7 April 1988.

References

External links

 Ayitham on Eros Now
 Ayitham on Amazon Prime Video

1988 films
1980s Malayalam-language films
Indian drama films
Films shot in Palakkad
Films directed by Venu Nagavally


title: Great Central Station

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Great Central Station, also known as Great Central Depot, was an intercity train station in Chicago, Illinois, owned by the Illinois Central Railroad (IC). It opened in 1856 and for a time was the largest building in downtown Chicago. Its passenger depot building was located on Water Street. The IC had its headquarters in offices above the depot, while beyond the depot was the large rail house where eight track lines ran. It was damaged in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 but remained in operation.

The station proved inadequate to handle growing traffic and its original building was demolished in 1893 in favor of the new Central Station at the southern end of Grant Park. Although it continued to receive some traffic, over time it increasingly became a commuter rail depot. Millennium Station, formerly Randolph Street Terminal, sits on the location.

Design
The station was designed by Otto H. Matz and included both a head house and a train shed. The most distinctive feature of the train shed was the three masonry arches fronting the wooden structure. Architectural historian Carroll Meeks criticized the front of the head house, calling it an "ill-assorted complex of disparate elements." Carl W. Condit cited the design as an example of vernacular architecture.

The train shed incorporated a Howe truss in its design and measured  wide and  high. Only Birmingham New Street railway station had a wider roof. On its completion the station was the largest building in Chicago. In 1871, the Great Chicago Fire destroyed the train shed, which was never rebuilt. A subsequent fire in 1874 damaged the head house.

Services
Great Central Station officially opened on June 1, 1856. It was the Illinois Central's first permanent station in Chicago and cost . The Great Central originally served the Illinois Central, Michigan Central, Burlington Route, and Galena and Chicago Union (a predecessor to the Chicago and North Western). The G&CU was a tenant for less than a year, while the Burlington moved to the new Union Depot (predecessor to today's Union Station) in 1881. Predecessors of the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway (the "Big Four") reached the depot in 1872 via trackage rights from Kankakee. The depot was used until 1893.

Traffic peaked at 100 intercity passenger trains per day in the early 1890s, not including suburban (what would now be called commuter) trains. The Illinois Central constructed a new facility, Central Station, to meet the traffic demands of the World's Columbian Exposition. That station opened on April 17, 1893, and Great Central was demolished. Suburban trains continued to stop north of Central Station where Millennium Station now stands.

Notes

References

Former railway stations in Illinois
Railway stations in Chicago
Demolished railway stations in the United States
Railway stations in the United States opened in 1856
Railway stations closed in 1893
Former Illinois Central Railroad stations
Railway stations in the United States closed in the 1890s


title: As Long as I Got You

text:
As Long as I Got You may refer to:
"As Long as I Got You" (Lily Allen song) 2014
"As Long as I Got You" (Laura Lee song) 1968
"As Long as I Got You", a 2010 song by Dave Lee


title: 2014 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres

text:
The men's 100 metres event at the 2014 African Championships in Athletics was held August 10–11 on Stade de Marrakech.

Medalists

Results

Heats
Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Wind: Heat 1: -0.3 m/s, Heat 2: -0.6 m/s, Heat 3: -0.7 m/s, Heat 4: -1.1 m/s, Heat 5: -0.4 m/s, Heat 6: -1.3 m/s, Heat 7: +0.6 m/s

Semifinals
Qualification: First 2 of each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Wind: Heat 1: -1.2 m/s, Heat 2: +1.6 m/s, Heat 3: -0.2 m/s

Final
Wind: +0.4 m/s

References

2014 African Championships in Athletics
100 metres at the African Championships in Athletics


title: Stephan Schreckenberger

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Stephan Schreckenberger (born 16 February 1955) is a German bass singer and conductor, especially in the field of early music. From 2003, he has been a teacher at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt, and from 2011 the director of the festival Weilburger Schlosskonzerte.

Career

Schreckenberger first studied music education at the Musikhochschule Frankfurt, then voice with Annemarie Grünewald in Heidelberg and Ernst Gerold Schramm in Berlin. He finished his training with Karl-Heinz Jarius in Frankfurt.

From the late 1980s, Schreckenberger was a member of the vocal ensemble Cantus Cölln. He has worked internationally, primarily in the field of early music. He participated in around 60 recordings. He has collaborated often with conductors such as Hermann Max, Jordi Savall and Michael Schneider. He recorded Bach cantatas with Konrad Junghänel, Sigiswald Kuijken and Masaaki Suzuki.

In 1999, Schreckenberger founded the vocal ensemble Musica Lingua. Since 2003 he has taught singers and vocal ensembles at the department of historically informed performance of the Musikhochschule Frankfurt. In 2011, he was appointed director of the summer music festival Weilburger Schlosskonzerte, succeeding Karl Rarichs, who was the artistic director for 30 years.

References

External links

German basses
German male conductors (music)
1955 births
Living people
21st-century German conductors (music)
21st-century German male musicians


title: Government Islamia High School Jhang Sadar

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The Govt. Islamia Higher Secondary School Jhang Sadar (گورنمنٹ اسلامیہ ہائی سکول جھنگ صدر) is a boys high school. It is the biggest school of the city and the first school of Jhang that was established for the sake of education of the children of the Muslims of this city. The school was established in 1905 as a primary school, then was upgraded to elementary school in 1908 and as a high school in 1912. The School was further upgraded to a Higher Secondary level (up to Grade XII) in 2016.
The school is located on Bhakkar Road, near Thana Sadar in Jhang Sadar, Punjab, Pakistan. It has an area of 50 Kanal, 16 Marla. It has 51 faculty members and about 821 enrollment.

References

High schools in Pakistan
Schools in Punjab, Pakistan


title: Atomic Energy Project

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Atomic Energy Project was started at the University of Rochester as a graduate teaching program. Also known as the University of Rochester Atomic Energy Project or URAEP.

Atomic Energy Project genesis
The Atomic Energy Project was the continuation of the Manhattan Project after the end of World War II. The idea was to continue the work of training the people necessary for the peaceful use of atomic energy and nuclear materials.

Key personnel
Stafford L. Warren directed the Department of Radiology at Rochester and the Atomic Energy Project had three divisions.
William Freer Bale headed the Radiology and Biophysics division that worked largely on radioactive materials — for example, Radium, Radon, Plutonium, and Polonium.
James Newell Stannard was responsible for 2 sections, the Radiation Toxicology section and the Radioautography section.
Harold Hodge headed the Pharmacology and Toxicology division that focused on Uranium including inhalation studies.
Joe Wiseman Howland, M.D., Ph.D. headed the Medical Services division.
Herbert Mermagen worked in the Medical Physics section as a radiological physicist, known today as a health physicist.

Radiation Dose Reconstruction
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention started the Radiation Dose Reconstruction NIOSH program area for the University of Rochester Atomic Energy Project.

Employees of the U.S. Department of Energy, earlier agencies, and contractors and subcontractors that worked at the University of Rochester Atomic Energy Project in Rochester, New York, from 1 September 1943 - 30 October 1971, for at least 250 work days were included in the study. Additional employees included Laboratory Technicians that worked in the University of Rochester Atomic Energy Project laboratory building from 1 September 1943 to 19 June 1945.

References

University of Rochester
Manhattan Project


title: Karinebæk railway halt

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Karinebæk halt is a railway halt serving the eastern part of the seaside resort town of Hornbæk on the north coast of North Zealand, Denmark.

The halt is located on the Hornbæk Line from Helsingør to Gilleleje and opened in 1991. The train services are currently operated by the railway company Lokaltog which runs frequent local train services between Helsingør station and Gilleleje station.

See also
 List of railway stations in Denmark

External links
Lokaltog

Railway stations in the Capital Region of Denmark
Railway stations opened in 1991
1991 establishments in Denmark
Railway stations in Denmark opened in the 1990s


title: Meteorite (Mariah Carey song)

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"Meteorite" is a song by the American singer and songwriter Mariah Carey from her fourteenth studio album, Me. I Am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse (2014). It was composed by Carey and Q-Tip. A disco track, it contains a sample of the recording "Goin' Up in Smoke" written by Allan Felder, Norman Harris, and Ron Tyson, all of whom received songwriting credits for "Meteorite" as a result. It also quotes an observation by Andy Warhol that everyone will achieve 15 minutes of fame. "Meteorite" garnered mostly positive reviews from music critics, many of whom praised the disco influence and highlighted it as one of the album's best tracks. The song peaked at number 70 on the international download chart in South Korea. Carey performed "Meteorite" at the 2014 World Music Awards, for which she was criticized for arriving over an hour late, and included it on the set list of her 2014 tour, The Elusive Chanteuse Show.

Production and composition

In an interview with Fuse in August 2012, Q-Tip confirmed that he was working with Carey on material for her fourteenth studio album. In April 2014, Carey confirmed that she and Q-Tip had worked together on a song which was yet to be mixed in an interview with Radio.com. Of the collaboration, Carey said "He's angry with me because he thinks that I didn't allow him to do his mix, but really it's okay. He loves me, we're going to make this work. And that's good because it's one of my favorite songs. I'm going to call him soon ... I think we need to get that ready." She also stated that it was the first time they had worked together since composing "Honey" for Carey's sixth studio album, Butterfly (1997).

"Meteorite" was written and produced by Carey and Q-Tip. It was recorded by Brian Garten and Blair Wells at several locations, including Rapture Studios in Bel Air, Metrocity Studios and Jungle City Studios in New York City, and Pon de Islands Studio in Antigua. Rob Sucheck served as the assistant during the recording sessions. Manny Marroquin mixed the song at Larrabee Studios in Universal City, and was assisted by Chris Galland and Delbert Bowers. "Meteorite" is a disco song with influences of dance music and 1980s style pop music, which lasts for a duration of three minutes and 59 seconds. Mike Wass of Idolator noted that Carey has dabbled with disco music since the release of "Fantasy" in 1995, but "never as faithfully" as she does on "Meteorite" and "You Don't Know What to Do" on Me. I Am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse. The song begins with an observation by Andy Warhol that everyone will achieve 15 minutes of fame which is followed by a rocket launch blast off sound effect.

Instrumentation consists of bass performed by Louis Cato, keyboards by Ray Angry and Q-Tip, and Chris Sholar on guitar. Lewis Corner for Digital Spy noted that is also makes use of a "rattling" percussion and a 1970s style "cosmic" synth line. Carey provided her own background vocals. Courtesy of permission granted by Motown Records, the song incorporates a sample of Eddie Kendricks' 1976 song "Goin' Up in Smoke", written by Allan Felder, Norman Harris and Ron Tyson; all three received songwriting credits for "Meteorite" as a result. Me. I Am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse was available to stream for free on iTunes prior to its release. During this time, an alternate version of the song called the "Meteorite Q-Tip Remix" was released by Q-Tip on May 23, 2014, to stream on Spotify. It features a different arrangement and mix to that of the version included on the album, and has a "galloping beat" according to Rap-Up.

Critical reception
"Meteorite" received mostly positive reviews from contemporary music critics. Eric Henderson for Slant Magazine noted that "Meteorite", along with "You Don't Know What to Do", are two of Carey's "most serious-minded performances" on the album, describing them as "galaxies away" from her 2008 single "I'll Be Lovin' U Long Time". Of "Meteorite", he wrote "The chugging midnight soul train to gorgeous 'Meteorite' burns bright on the still-potent embers of Eddie Kendricks's urgent masterpiece 'Goin' Up in Smoke. PopMatters writer Devone Jones complimented Carey taking "a brave step into untouched territory" in recording a 1980s style song. Labeling the track a "breezy banger" and an album highlight, Corner wrote that the song embodies an "oddly other-worldly" feel.

Fashion designer Donatella Versace and friend of Carey's told Vogue that "Meteorite" is "upbeat" and "has the power to lift your mood". Jim Farber of New York Daily News complimented the track, writing that the disco beat and the Warhol quote was reminiscent of Studio 54. John Sargent for Pitchfork Media was less impressed with the song, simply commenting that the song "is a gloopy scoop of Cher schmaltz". AXS writer John Shetler was critical of "Meteorite" and included it on his four worst songs list from the album, writing Meteorite' gets bonus points for opening with an Andy Warhol quote, but that's not enough to save the non-descript dance track with a grating, repetitive chorus and unimaginative lyrics about shooting stars and burning up the night sky."

Live performances
Carey opened the 2014 World Music Awards with "Meteorite" in May 2014. In addition to performing, she was attending the event to collect a Pop Icon award for having sold 200 million records worldwide and for having the most number one songs for a solo artist in the United States. Carey was criticized for arriving at the ceremony over an hour late and delaying the show. Carey performed underneath disco balls while dancers skated around her on roller skates. Both Rap-Up and Vibe described the performance as "dazzling", with the former writing that "Carey [lit] up the stage". The show was due to air on NBC and was later cancelled by the network, though the ceremony later aired on August 3 through 4Music. "Meteorite" was included on Carey's 2014 tour, The Elusive Chanteuse Show.

Charts
"Meteorite" debuted at number 70 on the South Korea International Download Singles Chart for the week ending May 31, 2014, with sales of 3,088 units.

References

2014 songs
Mariah Carey songs
Song recordings produced by Q-Tip (musician)
Songs written by Allan Felder
Songs written by Mariah Carey
Songs written by Q-Tip (musician)
Disco songs
Songs written by Norman Harris (musician)


title: 1990 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament

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The 1990 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Championship was held at Bear Stadium in Boyertown, Pennsylvania from May 11 through 14. The double elimination tournament featured the top two regular-season finishers from both of the league's divisions. East top seed Rutgers defeated West Virginia in the title game to win the tournament for the fourth time, earning the Atlantic 10's automatic bid to the 1990 NCAA tournament.

Seeding and format
Each division's top teams, based on winning percentage in the 16-game regular season schedule, qualified for the field. In the opening round of the four-team double-elimination format, the East Division champion played the West Division runner-up, and vice versa.

Bracket

All-Tournament
West Virginia's Paul Prosser was named Most Outstanding Player, while Rutgers's Darrin Kotch was named Most Outstanding Pitcher.

References

Atlantic 10 Conference tournament
Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament
Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament
Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament
Baseball in Pennsylvania
College sports in Pennsylvania
History of Berks County, Pennsylvania
Sports competitions in Pennsylvania
Sports in the Delaware Valley
Tourist attractions in Berks County, Pennsylvania


title: 1+1 International

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1+1 International is an international TV channel aimed at the Ukrainian diaspora, broadcasting throughout North America and Europe. It is the international sister channel of the Ukrainian channel 1+1 and started broadcasting in March 2006. The channel is a part of 1+1 Media Group, related to Ihor Kolomoyskyi.

1+1 International is broadcast on a 24-hour schedule and is run by Anatoliy Yerema, the general producer and chief director. It is available by satellite and cable across the World, as well as in many hotel rooms in Europe.

History
In late 2008, 1+1 International was removed from DirecTV & GlobeCast World TV in the United States and the Canadian variant of the channel, which was owned by Ethnic Channels Group, was relaunched as TONIS.  1+1 International is now available again in Canada, after being picked up by IMB+ Records, an IPTV provider.

On 10 March 2016, 1+1 International re-launched in Canada, as a foreign service, via Bell Fibe TV.

Sometime in April 2022, 1+1 International was re-added to DirecTV on channel 321, the channel space was previously used for RT America.

On July 7, 2022, 1+1 International was removed from DirecTV after experiencing "temporary technical difficulties" since July 4th. The channel space currently shows a slide reading "This channel is no longer available. We regret any inconvenience." It was later revealed that the channel was dropped as it had stopped its 24/7 coverage of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and began adding entertainment programming.

On  December 15, 2022, the State Committee for Television and Radio-broadcasting re-issued the license of 1+1 International and approved a rebranding to "1+1 Ukraina", which became a backup channel for the media group's main channel 1+1. Consequently a new license was applied for 1+1 International's continuation on December 22.

Programming
The programming of 1+1 International is composed of various productions from the original 1+1 channel.

TSN (Television News Service)
TSN is broadcast live from Kyiv and provides news broadcasting for the channel.

Cultural Projects
The cultural projects Document, Telemania, Svoye Kino, Proty Nochi, Monology and Ostannya Barykada are broadcast on 1+1 International.

Talk shows
The channel also airs the talk shows Tabu and Bez Tabu.

Documentaries and TV series
Den Narodjennya Burjuya (The Bourgeois Birth Day) and Ukradene Shchastya (Stolen Happiness), as well as many more shows, are broadcast on the channel.

Webcam Project
WEB Cam is a project planned to fill the technical broadcasting intervals, with live images of the central Maidan Nezalezhnosti square in Kyiv, as well as other areas in different cities.

See also
1+1
2+2

References

External links

Television stations in Ukraine
Television channels and stations established in 2006
Ukrainian brands
1+1 Media Group
Ukrainian-language television stations in Ukraine
2006 establishments in Ukraine


title: Matt DeHart

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Matt Paul DeHart (born June 11, 1984) is an American citizen and former U.S. Air National Guard intelligence analyst and a registered sex offender. He has made several unconfirmed claims, including that he received classified documents alleging the CIA was involved in the 2001 anthrax attacks in the United States and that the government used child pornography charges to frame him for possession of state secrets.

In 2010, he was indicted for possession of child pornography and spent 21 months in prison while awaiting trial. After being released on bail in 2012, he unsuccessfully sought asylum in Canada, claiming he had been tortured by the FBI with regards to the classified documents. In November 2015 he struck a plea bargain to serve a -year sentence. He was released from prison in October 2019.

Early life and education

From an early age, DeHart was a tech geek. He started a group called KAOS (Kaos Anti-Security Operations Syndicate) in 2000. He graduated from high school in 2002. He took classes through Corning Community College; BOCES, Horseheads New York; and IVY Tech Indianapolis, Indiana. In 2004, he spent time on 4chan, a message board which gave birth to Anonymous. Besides socializing and gaming online, DeHart developed interests in encryption, internet freedom and privacy. In 2008, he took part in Project Chanology, Anonymous' anti-Scientology campaign.

Career

In 2008, DeHart enlisted in the U.S. Air National Guard, becoming an intelligence analyst. In June 2009, he was discharged from the National Guard, with an honorable discharge, as a consequence of a diagnosis of depression. DeHart says after his superiors had learned about his activism he had been offered a lump sum if he resigned but he had refused to do so.

Timeline of events

Receipt of documents

DeHart was involved in online activities with a small group 'Anonymous Anti-Security' using the anonymity network Tor. As a part of these activities, DeHart ran a dead drop server named 'The Shell', on a computer in his bedroom. In September 2009, while monitoring the server, DeHart claims to have found an unencrypted folder containing hundreds of documents, including one detailing what looked like an FBI investigation into some particularly shady deeds by the CIA. He deleted the unencrypted folder from the server, but claims to have kept screenshots. Shortly afterwards he claims to have found an encrypted version of the same file placed on another hidden server he believes was meant for WikiLeaks.

DeHart claimed the "document dropped onto his Tor server included details of FBI's investigation into CIA's possible role in the anthrax attack". DeHart said the CIA staged the attacks to draw the US into a war with Iraq.

On January 22, 2010, DeHart claims to have received a 'pretty detailed tip' from an associate who claims they were asked about the server by the FBI related to the file from a few months previously. At this point, he shut down his server entirely and claims to have destroyed its hard drives.

Initial charges and indictment

On August 9, 2010, DeHart was brought before U.S. Magistrate Judge Margaret Kravchuk and charged with coercing two teenage boys in Tennessee into sending him nude photos and videos they made of themselves at his request, and that he impersonated a teenage girl in order to acquire sexual images from other underage boys. On August 18, 2010, DeHart signed consent forms (such as the permission for any FBI agent and "any Canadian law enforcement", to record his phone calls with his old military colleagues) and authorized agents to assume his online identity, giving the FBI his aliases, and passwords to his e-mail accounts. Among the accounts was a Hushmail account in the name of "Fawkes".

DeHart was then transferred to Tennessee, where he spent 21 months in jail because of the child pornography charges against him.

After an unsuccessful attempt to seek asylum in Canada, he was deported to the US on March 1, 2015, and handed over to FBI agents at the Peace Bridge border crossing.

Plea and sentence

DeHart was described by one prosecutor as a "classic child sex predator".

In March 2015, he was granted assistance by the Courage Foundation, an international organization that defends whistleblowers.

On November 13, 2015, in Tennessee, DeHart pleaded guilty to "two charges of receiving child pornography and a charge of failing to appear as ordered in court". On February 22, 2016, U.S. District Court Judge Aleta Arthur Trauger of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee sentenced DeHart to 72 months for the porn charges and an additional 18 months for fleeing the country. According to DeHart, he was originally scheduled to be released September 11, 2018, taking into account the 14 months he had spent under house arrest in Canada; this part of his plea deal was not honored, and he was eventually released from prison in October 2019.

DeHart has claimed wrongful prosecution, accusing the U.S. government of using child pornography as a ruse to probe his activist activities. A victim-impact statement was delivered which accused DeHart of orchestrating a hoax in the media and in court to avoid taking responsibility for damaging lives.

In 2017, his mother stated that he would "be on a sex offender's registry for 10 years". Although his conviction is in Tennessee, because his last known address was in Concord, New Hampshire, he was also required to register there as a sex offender, with a mugshot dated June 14, 2021.

See also

 Canadian immigration and refugee law
  – a documentary film about the Matt DeHart case

References

Further reading

Child Porn Suspect Collapses In Court, Judy Harrison, August 11, 2010
Five-part feature on Matt DeHart's case by Adrian Humphreys, National Post, May 2014
Matt DeHart: Grand Jury Indictment
United States of America vs. Matthew DeHart, Criminal Complaint

External links

  Courage Foundation page for DeHart

1984 births
Anonymous (hacker group) activists
21st-century American criminals
American computer criminals
Corning Community College alumni
Living people
People from Newburgh, Indiana
Right of asylum in Canada
United States Air Force airmen
People associated with WikiLeaks


title: Alex Nevsky (musician)

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Alexandre Parent (born February 17, 1986, in Granby, Quebec, Canada), better known as Alex Nevsky, is a singer-songwriter from Quebec, Canada.

He graduated from École nationale de la chanson in Granby in 2007. He participated in Festival international de la chanson de Granby (Granby International Song Festival) in 2009 reaching the semi-final. He also took part in the 14th Francouvertes contest where he was a finalist.

He released his debut album De lune à l'aube in 2010 on Audiogram. The album received two nominations at the Gala ADISQ for "Revelation of the Year" and "Best Album of Year - Pop-Rock". He was also named "Révélation Radio-Canada Musique" for 2010–2011.

On 30 August 2013, he launched his second album Himalaya mon amour for which he won during the Gala de l'ADISQ 2014, "Male Singer of Year" award and his album Himalaya mon amour the award for "Best Album of the Year - Pop" , with the single "On leur a fait croire" from the album the award for "Song of the Year". Other successful singles include "Les coloriés" also from his second album, as well as "Fanny" and "Polaroid". Nevsky was a nominee for the 2014 Prix Félix‑Leclerc (Félix Leclerc Prize).

Discography

Albums
2010: De lune à l'aube
2013: Himalaya mon amour
2016: Nos Eldorados
2019: Chemin Sauvage

EPs
Alex Nevsky

Singles
2011: "Les hommes disent peu"
2013: "On leur a fait croire"
2014: "Les Coloriés"
2015: "Fanny"
2016: "Polaroid"

References

External links
Official website

French-language singers of Canada
Living people
1986 births
People from Granby, Quebec
Singers from Quebec
21st-century Canadian male singers
Canadian male singer-songwriters
Canadian singer-songwriters
French Quebecers
21st-century Canadian singer-songwriters


title: Broomend of Crichie stone

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The Broomend of Crichie Stone is a class I Pictish stone that stands within a henge at Broomend of Crichie, Port Elphinstone, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It was placed within the henge in the 19th century. The stone bears the incised symbols of the Pictish beast and the crescent and V-rod.

The henge, with the avenue, standing stones and the symbol stone, is a scheduled monument.

References

Pictish stones
Pictish stones in Aberdeenshire
Scheduled Ancient Monuments in Aberdeenshire
Inverurie