title: Pacomio

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José Pacomio Poqui, also known as Pacomio (c. 1794 - 1840), was a Chumash revolutionary, carpenter and comissario de policia (Police commissioner) of Monterey, who led the largest and one of the most significant Native American uprisings against Spanish and Mexican rule of California during the Chumash Revolt of 1824. Pacomio's revolt against the Mexican-Spanish establishment was perhaps the most brutal in California's history and showed the Mexican government that California's indigenous population was not as servile as thought.

Early life
Pacomio Poqui was born around 1794 to Chumash parents on La Rancheria de Esniscue in Alta California. He was baptized and given the Spanish name José at Mission La Purisima in 1803. As a young boy at Mission La Purisima, he proved to be extraordinarily intelligent, earning the favor of the mission's Franciscan friars. The friars taught him how to read and speak Spanish, which was rarely practiced by the Chumash. Most priests did not teach new indigenous converts Spanish, focusing instead on teaching them the basic symbols and ideology of Catholicism. Pacomio's fluent Spanish would become invaluable later in life.

In August 1807, at the age of 13, Pacomio married the 11-year-old Gordiana. The couple would live childless in Mission La Purisima for 12 years until Gordiana's unexpected death in 1819. During this time, Pacomio trained as a carpenter, working under Salvador Carabantes and, after 1811, master stonemason José Antonio Ramírez. In December 1812, Mission La Purisima was destroyed by an earthquake, and the craftsmen of the former mission were instructed to build a new version three miles to the north. Pacomio and other neophyte craftsmen, such as Mariano Francisco, Sebastián Tomás and Juan Nepomunceno, worked hard on the rebuilding. Upon Gordiana's death, Pacomio and Tomás traveled to Monterey to work on the Presidio. After his duties in the Presidio ended, Pacomio took a liking to the city and settled there. In February 1820, he married the widow Eusebia María, and in December, the couple had a daughter, María de Jesús. In 1824, growing tensions between the Chumash people and the new Mexican government forced him to leave his family in Monterey.

Chumash Revolt of 1824

When Mexico gained control over Spanish California in 1821, following its own independence from Spain, things seemed hopeless for the former Spanish colonists and soldiers. Not only had a former Spanish colony won independence and taken over their land, but under the orders of the unpopular King Ferdinand VII, the Spanish government had stopped their funding of all of the Spanish missions and presidios in California. This news was too much for the Spanish settlers to bear, and former Spanish soldiers began to take their anger out on the Native Californians. On February 21, 1824, a young Chumash boy from Mission La Purisima was severely beaten by a Mexican soldier when he was visiting a relative imprisoned inside the Mission Santa Inés guardhouse. This brutal act caused the Chumash neophytes on the mission to take up arms against the soldiers, attacking them with arrows and setting multiple buildings on fire. Two of the Chumash assailants were killed. After a heated battle with many wounded and the arrival Chumash reinforcements, the mission's priest and soldiers barricaded themselves inside a building, where they waited to be rescued until the next day, by a detachment of Mexican troops from the Presidio of Santa Barbara. The soldiers forced the Santa Inés rebels into the neophyte housing of the mission, which they promptly burnt down to flush the Chumash out. Some of the Chumash ran off to the two nearest missions, Santa Barbara and La Purisima, to inform their fellow Chumash of the revolt, and to join them. One messenger met with the Wot (leader) of the Chumash tribe, and informed him of the successful revolt against Mission Santa Inés. The Chumash leader ordered a call to arms among his people and more attacks on the surrounding missions, as well as the evacuation of all women and children to the mountains. The Chumash warriors armed themselves with bows and arrows and machetes, preparing for the inevitable conflict against the Mexican soldiers.

As the Chumash revolted against the Mexican soldiers inside Mission Santa Inés, a group of 2,000 Chumash warriors made a frontal assault on Mission La Purisima, capturing it and taking the soldiers, priests and civilians inside as prisoners. During the assault of the mission, one Chumash warrior was killed, and in retaliation, the rebels massacred four innocent travelers who had been captured during the battle. On February 24, The surviving soldiers and civilians inside La Purisima were allowed to travel back to the safety of Mission Santa Inés unharmed. Only one Franciscan, Father Antonio Rodríguez, stayed behind with the Chumash insurgents.

On February 22, the next day after the initial revolt, the Chumash occupiers were reinforced by the warriors fleeing from the skirmish at Santa Inés, as well as Chumash from Mission San Fernando Rey de España. The insurgents began to fortify La Purisima, erecting wooden palisades and cutting gun loops out of the mission's walls, arming themselves with the mission's muskets. Simultaneously, Mission Santa Barbara was also captured by another force of Chumash, who forced the mission's soldiers, clergy and civilians to retreat to the nearby Santa Barbara Presidio. Soon after the capture of Mission Santa Barbara, however, a small force of Mexican troops and priests arrived at the mission from the presidio, attempting to negotiate the surrender of Santa Barbara rebels. Predictably, the Chumash refused, and a heated battle raged inside the mission for multiple hours, ending with two Chumash killed and three wounded, and four Mexican soldiers wounded. The Mexican detachment fled back to the presidio, while the Chumash defenders ransacked the mission of its valuables and supplies, and retreated into the back country.

Upon hearing the news of the revolt at Santa Inés and the uprisings at the surrounding missions, Pacomio was overjoyed. His people had finally resisted the cruel subjugation they had faced for many years. Pacomio left his family after the Santa Inés revolt, to join the Chumash at Mission La Purisima. He assumed command over the force of 400 Chumash there and began to train them in the art of European warfare. Pacomio issued his warriors gunpowder and muskets, drilling his men endlessly with the intention that they would become proficient with the foreign weaponry. He also trained them to use the mission's two swivel guns to bring heavier firepower against the well-trained Mexican Army.

Nearly a month after the initial revolt on February 21, 1824, a company of 100 Mexican soldiers, cavalrymen, priests, and a four-pound cannon arrived at Mission La Purisima in the morning, intent on violently crushing the rebellion. The Mexican Governor of Alta California, Luis Antonio Argüello, had had enough chaos in his country's new territory and had given the order for the Chumash rebellion to be quelled with bloodshed, if necessary. A bloody battle broke out at Mission La Purisima, with Pacomio bravely leading the insurgents against the Mexicans. The Chumash let loose precise musket volleys, which scattered the Mexican ranks, and torrents of lethal arrows rained down upon the Mexican soldiers and cavalry. The Mexicans charged the Chumash with their cavalrymen, armed with muskets, who provided support and cover fire for the infantry. The four-pound cannon opened fire on the insurgents, killing many and causing disorder among the Chumash ranks. Eventually, as the battle progressed, Pacomio ordered the mission's two swivel guns to fire upon the enemy. However, the Chumash operating the guns had very little experience with them, and the two swivel guns misfired, exploding in the gunners' faces and killing them instantly. Dismayed, Pacomio commanded his men to hold strong, despite the loss of the cannons. After a morning of intense fighting, Father Rodríguez negotiated a ceasefire. The casualties at the end of the battle were appalling: five Mexican soldiers were killed and a few wounded, the Chumash suffered sixteen losses and more wounded. After the Battle of La Purisima, Pacomio and his remaining warriors surrendered. The captured La Purisima rebels were rounded up, taken to Monterey, and tried in court. Seven Chumash were convicted of the murder of the four travelers at Mission La Purisima and publicly executed by hanging. The four leaders of the revolt, Pacomio, Mariano, Benito, and Bernarde, were sentenced to ten years of chain gang labor (Benito and Bernard managed to escape the Monterey prison and fled into the mountains to join their kin). After two months of unrest, the bloodiest Native American uprising in Californian history was over.

Later life and death
After serving his ten-year sentence, Pacomio was reunited with his family in Monterey in 1834. He continued with his skill in carpentry, making furniture for the Monterey Presidio and Mission La Purisima. Pacomio's business began to flourish as Monterey's population was booming, increasing from 1,600 in 1830 to nearly 2,000 in 1845. In 1833, Pacomio's daughter, María de Jesús, was thirteen years old when she married Gregorio, a Chumash neophyte who participated in the revolt. However, in 1836, soon after moving into her father's house with her husband, María died during childbirth at sixteen.

Pacomio became an influential man in the Monterey community and local government. His contemporaries described him as "a well-educated neophyte, skillful carpenter and cabinet-maker" as well as "an intelligent citizen and member of the Ayuntamiento (city council) of Monterey." Ironically, the man who had led the Chumash in revolt in 1824 was offered the position of Monterey's comissario de policia, or Police commissioner, in 1836, which Pacomio gladly accepted.

Throughout the rest of his life in Monterey, Pacomio never lost touch with his native heritage and identity. Citizens walking past his house regularly observed him outside, singing "Chumash songs while dancing, dressed only in a breech-clout, his body painted red, white and black, and with feathers on his head."

Pacomio and his wife both died of smallpox during an Epidemic in Monterey in 1844.

References

Leffingwell, Randy (2005). California Missions and Presidios: The History & Beauty of the Spanish Missions. Voyageur Press, Inc., Stillwater, MN. .
Kimbro, Edna E. The California Missions: History, Art, and Preservation. Los Angeles, California: Getty, 2009.
Martin, Joel. Native Americans, Christianity, and the Reshaping of the American Religious Landscape. N.p.: University NC, Oct 1, 2010.

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title: Notion (magazine)

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Notion is a newsstand music magazine and fashion magazine published quarterly in the United Kingdom, founded in 2004.

About
Notion was co-founded by Billy Hussein, alternatively known as Billy Notion. Notions team is headed up by Nicholas Douglas (director). Contributors to the magazine also write for other publications including The Guardian, Drowned In Sound, Pop Justice and The Huffington Post.

The magazine has an established 'Introducing' section featuring up-and-coming artists alongside new music and fashion stories. The centre section of the magazine includes longer music features, notably in-depth interviews with established artists and fashion editorials. The last section of the magazine is devoted to culture and one-off features.

Artists to have been previously featured on the cover include Demi Lovato, Miley Cyrus, Pharrell Williams, Adam Lambert, Lindsay Lohan, Ariana Grande, Joey Badass, The Weeknd, Bastille, Bruno Mars, Jessie J, Pixie Lott and Carly Rae Jepsen. The current cover stars of Notion are Niall Horan, Rita Ora, Future, Clean Bandit and Mabel.

Notion is distributed around newsstands including WHSmith, as well as independent retailers around the United Kingdom. Notion is available for purchase online and shipped internationally.

Online and other platforms
Notion also has its website counterpart, which bridges the gap between its quarterly issues, running daily fashion, music and culture features and articles. Notionmagazine.com provides a platform for emerging and established artists to share news instantaneously. The website also runs stories digitally alongside the quarterly printed issues.

In November 2018, the website underwent an extensive relaunch with the URL changing to notion.online.

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2004 establishments in the United Kingdom
Bi-monthly magazines published in the United Kingdom
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title: VA-45 (U.S. Navy)

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VA-45, nicknamed the Fish-Hawks, was an Attack Squadron of the U.S. Navy. It was the first squadron to carry the VA-45 designation. The squadron was established as Torpedo Squadron VT-75 on 1 June 1945, redesignated VA-4B on 15 November 1946, and as VA-45 on 1 September 1948. It was disestablished on 8 June 1950.

Home port assignments
The squadron was assigned to these home ports, effective on the dates shown:
Naval Auxiliary Air Station Chincoteague – 01 Jun 1945
Naval Air Station Norfolk – 20 Mar 1946
Naval Air Station Jacksonville – 14 Feb 1949

Aircraft assignment
The squadron first received the following aircraft in the months shown:
SBF-4E – June 1945
SBW-4E – June 1945
SB2C-4E – September 1945
SB2C – 5 March 1946
AD-1 – 27 March 1947
AM-1 – February 1949
AD-1 – 20 October 1949

See also
Attack aircraft
History of the United States Navy
List of inactive United States Navy aircraft squadrons

References

Attack squadrons of the United States Navy
Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons


title: Vesuvius from Posillipo by Moonlight

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Vesuvius from Posillipo by Moonlight was painted by Joseph Wright of Derby in 1774. It is an oil painting of Mount Vesuvius in the distance, from the coastal shores of Naples at night. Dark grey smoke spews from the glowing red crater of the volcano and fills up the top right of the canvas, in contrast to the pale glow of moonlight to the left. Known as a "Painter of Light," Wright liked to play with highlights and shadows in his works and was most well known for his "Candlelight Pictures," landscape or genre scenes depicting dramatic contrasts between light and dark. Through utilizing this technique, Joseph Wright exhibits the sublimity of nature in Vesuvius from Posillipo by Moonlight as well as his other paintings of Mt. Vesuvius.

Wright made a trip to Italy in 1773, where he acquired a wealth of new sights and experiences which greatly influenced his art. He drew and wrote extensively about ancient Roman and Italian art and architecture, and Italian landscapes and coastal scenes, especially around Naples. His imagination was particularly captivated by the volcanic activities of Mount Vesuvius, from which he derived many sketches of its textures and painted over 30 versions of it upon his return to England. Wright described his impression of Vesuvius as, "the most wonderful sight in nature." Although he did not personally witness an eruption,  Wright still observed the volcano in a restrained state of activity, as it fumed smoke and spilled lava—and later expanded on and pieced together what he saw in his future paintings of the volcano.

Vesuvius from Posillipo by Moonlight was painted in Europe during the Neoclassical period. In response to the discovery of the ancient Roman cities, the king of Naples appeared to have encouraged the exploration of Mt. Vesuvius, Pompeii, Herculaneum,  and the Bay of Naples.  This likely lead numerous artists, such as Wright himself, to go to England and become inspired by the sublimity of Mt. Vesuvius. Occurring at the same time was the Enlightenment movement, towards which Wright contributed his more popular scientifically and industrially themed works, especially his two most famous pieces: A Philosopher Lecturing on the Orrery and An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump. These typically displayed scientific demonstrations in a dimly lit room, suggesting the idea that society should revolve around education. Even though Vesuvius from Posillipo by Moonlight is not of a directly historical or scientific theme, Wright may have painted Mt. Vesuvius because he felt that it was an important part of history to preserve and be aware of, in addition to his fascination by its nature. Today, is evident that the 79 A.D. eruption of Mt. Vesuvius was indeed a major catastrophic event, because two cities with great archaeological artifacts of ancient Rome lie beneath its volcanic ashes.

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title: Hall Park Academy

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Hall Park Academy (formerly Eastwood Comprehensive School) is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form  located in Eastwood in the English county of Nottinghamshire.

Previously a community school administered by Nottinghamshire County Council, Eastwood Comprehensive School converted to academy status on 1 July 2014 and was renamed Hall Park Academy. The school is now sponsored by the Redhill Academy Trust, however Hall Park Academy continues to coordinate with Nottinghamshire County Council for admissions.

Hall Park Academy offers GCSEs, BTECs and NVQs as programmes of study for pupils, while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of A Levels and further BTECs.

History

Technical school
The school was known as Eastwood Hall Park Secondary Technical School, a technical-grammar school, which opened in 1957.

Notable former pupils

Eastwood Comprehensive School
 Samit Patel, cricketer
 Lone (musician), electronic musician

Hall Park Technical Grammar School
 Stuart Boam, who was a centre-back for Middlesbrough
 Alan Buckley, who was a striker for Walsall
 Paul K. Joyce (head boy in 1975), composer who wrote Can We Fix It? (reached number 1 in 2000) for Bob the Builder
 Tony Woodcock (footballer), who was a striker for Nottingham Forest

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title: List of Lost Girl characters

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The following is a listing of fictional characters from Lost Girl, the Canadian supernatural drama television series that premiered on Showcase on September 12, 2010, and ran for five seasons.

Main cast

Bo Dennis

Portrayed by: Anna Silk

A Succubus, she has the power to absorb the life force (the "chi", or Qi) of humans and Fae by drawing it out through their mouths. She feeds from chi intake; and heals from the absorption of chi and from the energy created by sexual encounters. She can also seduce and manipulate both humans and Fae with the touch of her skin. Though at first she could not feed without killing her sexual partners (both male and female), with Lauren's help she learned to control her sexual drive and chi-drawing powers so that she can have sex with both Fae and humans without injuring or killing them. She can only go a few days without feeding before the hunger overcomes her. Absorbing the chi of Faes can increase her strength; however, although Fae are stronger than humans and can better endure her feeding on them, she can drain their chi and leave them comatose or dead. She is best friends with Kenzi and is romantically involved with both Lauren and Dyson. When Lauren's life is threatened in "Death Didn't Become Him", a strange and extremely powerful alternate persona emerges from her, which drains the chi from multiple individuals at a distance of several meters, and she declares "there will be no more dark or light, only me." In the first season, Bo finally meets her birth mother, Aife, who is also a succubus. Towards the end of the second season, she learns that Trick is her maternal grandfather and that she is named after her grandmother, Isabeau. In the third season, Bo willingly enters into a monogamous relationship for the first time in her life when she asks Lauren to be with her.

Dyson
Portrayed by: Kris Holden-Ried

A Wolf-Shapeshifter and homicide detective in the human police force. He is 1,500 years old, very strong, possesses a sharp sense of smell, and is acutely knowledgeable about Fae politics. A member of the Light Fae, his true allegiance is to Trick rather than to the Ash. He falls in love with Bo while under orders from Trick to keep an eye on her, and is best friends with Hale, his Light Fae detective partner. In the Season 1 finale, he involuntarily sacrifices his love for Bo when he offers his wolf to the Norn in return for her giving Bo the strength to defeat her murderous and maniacal mother, Aife; but the Norn – who demanded his wolf the first time he asked a favor from her in "Brother Fae of the Wolves" – realizes that his wolf is no longer what he values most and takes his love for Bo and his ability to love anyone else again instead; leaving him with the memory of their relationship but unable to feel his passion for her. He makes efforts to remain friends with Bo, which is initially awkward when Bo can't understand why he is distant (until Bo comes to terms with his detachment and declares to Kenzi in "Can't See the Fae-Rest" that her relationship with Dyson is over). After reuniting with his old love, Ciara, their relationship is hampered by Dyson's reluctance to reveal his encounter with the Norn and what he had lost in the exchange; however, he eventually admits to her that he offered his wolf but it had cost him his ability to love anyone. This ability is restored by the Norn after Kenzi threatens to mutilate and cut down her Sacred Tree in "Into the Dark". Although the idea that a wolf mates for life was ascribed to his relationship with Bo, in "End Of A Line" the voodoo witch Laveau told Dyson that his "prison" (i.e. his love for Bo) was of his own making.

Kenzi
Portrayed by: Ksenia Solo

Mackenzie "Kenzi"  Malikov: a human and Bo's best friend and sidekick, declared as Bo's "property" and "pet" to allow her to participate in Fae society. She suggests Bo use her neutrality and bewitching powers to her advantage to become a private investigator, with her as partner. Kenzi ran away from home at a young age and lived on the streets and underground for a long time before meeting Bo. A small-time criminal, somewhat compulsive pickpocket, and scam artist with a long rap sheet, she can speak Russian fluently and possesses excellent street-smarts. She prefers to be underestimated at first glance and tends to put up a facade of generic sidekick cowardice, silliness, and uselessness for camouflage and to keep herself out of harm's way. Her plentiful extended family, all local diaspora, provide a steady stream of shady connections, sources, and services, usually exchanged over the phone as "favors owed" or "favors called" (as prevalent in real-world Russian culture). This and her character's Russian streetwise slang lines, swagger, and attitudes are all quite authentic in both scripting and delivery, with in fact the only notable faux-Russianism in the series being Kenzi's name. Despite their differences, she and Bo quickly become close friends, with Bo choosing humanity rather than Fae in "It's a Fae, Fae, Fae, Fae World", after Kenzi risks her life to find out where Bo had been taken by Dyson and Hale, and calls out to Bo to help her break out of a spell she had been put under during the trial to determine her alignment with Light or Dark. She has a vast wardrobe of clothing and wigs to change her appearance at will. Kenzi and Hale became friends, and she frequently teases or assists him; and by the third season she has also endeared herself to Vex. Her character is the show's comic relief and primary source of its trademark banter, but being so far from the typical incompetent and bumbling "weakling human sidekick without any abilities", grants it much of its signature style. It can, however, also be noted that her thieving, though not of supernatural origin, is one of the most regularly used special skillsets in the show. Kenzi sacrificed herself to stop Bo's father returning to Earth in the Season Four finale, but although she was resurrected at the beginning of Season Five, she relocated to Spain as she wanted to get away from the fae world and the memories of Hale's death.

Dr. Lauren Lewis
Portrayed by: Zoie Palmer

A Human owned by the Ash as his property, she serves as a doctor and scientist for the Light Fae. She was seduced by Bo during their first meeting and hence fell in love with her. She has extensive knowledge of the different types of Fae and their abilities. In the first season, she helped Bo learn how to control her powers so that she could have sex with both Fae and humans without hurting or killing them. It is later revealed that she had a human girlfriend, Nadia, who had fallen into a coma five years earlier after contracting a mysterious virus while in the Congo with her. In exchange for her servitude, The Ash offered Lauren access to the Light Fae's laboratory and resources to find a cure for Nadia's condition. Lauren learned from Lachlan in "Masks" that she was tricked by the previous Ash: he ordered a Dark Fae Shaman to curse Nadia into a coma to insure that Lauren would do everything in her power to find an antidote to the fever that was killing Fae, and then pulled her into the Light clan's fold. After Bo (unbeknownst to Lauren) removed the curse, Lauren and Nadia reunited; but their relationship was soon shattered when it was revealed that Nadia had been infected by the Garuda and he could control her mind and body. Bo was forced to kill Nadia when she threatened Lauren's life leaving Lauren devastated. Grieving, Lauren seeks comfort in Bo and the two grow closer emotionally. In the Season 2 finale, Lauren relinquishes her chance for freedom from the Light Fae to stay with Bo, despite encouragement from Dyson to leave while she can.

In "Caged Fae", Bo asks Lauren to be together in a committed relationship. However, in "Delinquents", Tamsin visits Lauren to furtively carry out one of her mercenary tasks, and intentionally provokes Lauren by telling her that she and Bo kissed without Bo feeding from her (not knowing that the kiss was caused by Trick and Stella touching the Dawning invitation machine at the moment they shared a first kiss in "Fae-ge Against The Machine", which made the machine spark, and propelled Tamsin towards Bo to kiss her). Overwhelmed by all the stress and loss she had experienced, and feeling inadequate in satisfying Bo's succubus nature, Lauren tells Bo that she needs to take a "break" from the relationship. As time passes, however, Bo becomes concerned that it might not be a temporary separation. In "Adventures In Fae-bysitting", a part of Lauren's past is disclosed and we learn that her real name is Karen Beattie and that she is a fugitive wanted by the International Criminal Offences and Criminal Intelligence Bureau. In addition to English she is also fluent in Spanish, French and Swahili. In "Those Who Wander" Lauren feigns being through with Bo in the presence of Dr. Isaac Taft and rejects her to protect Bo, and herself, from him. After this encounter, Bo and Lauren go their separate ways. Lauren then sabotages Taft's plan to extract Dyson's DNA and transfer the cells into him so as to become a Wolf-Shapeshifter, and turns Taft into a human/Cabbit hybrid instead, making him an easy kill for Dyson. She goes missing thereafter. (The conversation that she and Dyson had during a phone call in "Sleeping Beauty School" showed that Dyson was aware of Lauren's motives for subjecting him to the deceptive procedure.) In "Turn to Stone", Lauren reveals to Crystal that she has a brother, they had been inseparable, and decided together "to change the world", but their cause had turned into blowing up pipelines. Lauren knew how to build pipe bombs and made them for her brother to position; however, one location was supposed to have been deserted but wasn't, and eleven people were killed in the explosion. This led Lauren (then known as Karen Beattie) to go on the run, change her identity, and keep running ever since. Lauren confesses that not a day goes by that she doesn't hate herself for what happened. (By the details in the ICOCIB wanted poster, the incident occurred in 1998, when Lauren was 17 or 18 years old.) In "Let the Dark Times Roll", Bo and Lauren are reunited at a Dark Fae party after the passage of a month, during which Lauren's memory of Bo was removed by The Wanderer. They jump into each other's arms and kiss passionately. Lauren told Bo that she had fled for her life after the Una Mens began to kill humans. The Dark Fae (i.e. The Morrigan) came looking for her, offering refuge, protection, and freedom to come and go as she pleased in exchange for working for the clan. When Bo tells Lauren that she can offer her protection by claiming her, Lauren turns her down. After being owned by The Ash for over five years, Lauren doesn't want to be owned by anyone, even Bo. Bo walks away, stunned and bewildered by Lauren's response. In "Dark Horse", Bo and Lauren reconciled after Bo saved Lauren from Massimo. Lauren saw that Bo was wearing the necklace gift from Lauren she had found in "Turn to Stone". When a defiant Lauren tells Bo that she's not afraid of the Fae, Bo admiringly told her, "You really are Dark"; to which Lauren replied, "No, Bo. I'm yours." Bo starts to leave, but turns around and walks back to Lauren and kisses her.

At the start of Season 5, Bo and Lauren have remained good friends, putting behind their previous tensions. In Big in Japan, when Bo felt that she was alone, following Kenzi's departure, Lauren was among those who reassured Bo that she would never be alone, because she stole her heart. In Here Comes the Night, Bo and Lauren made love again since their breakup in Season 3. They were seen by Tamsin, who had initiated a sexual relationship with Bo and thought the two were now "girlfriends". When Bo realized their 'friends with benefits' had been misunderstood she told Tamsin that she did love her, but not in a romantic way. In "End of Faes", Tamsin told Bo that it didn't matter where her body was, because her heart will always be with Lauren; that she and Lauren will always be a couple, even when they were not. Afterwards, Bo stopped Lauren to talk about what happened between them the day before and told her, "There's always going to be a reason for us not to be together. And I don't want to put this off any longer." Bewildered, Lauren simply says, "Oh, boy." Bo asks, "'Oh, boy', no. Or 'Oh, boy', yes?" Tamsin later told Lauren, "I entered the game and I lost. That's life. The best woman won. I'm over it. You should be, too." — letting Lauren know that she and Bo should get back together. Later, Bo, Lauren and Dyson are searching for Mark, Dyson's son. Bo had to leave to find Iris, one of the Ancient Fae, while Lauren and Dyson searched for Mark, but before they went different ways, Lauren told Bo, "Oh, boy, yes"; letting her know that she, too, wanted to resume their relationship.

With encouragement from Hades, Lauren developed what she thought was a formula for longevity because it meant she could be with Bo forever. She later discovered that she had, instead, turned herself into a Fae conduit, channeling the abilities of any Fae she touched. She soon realized that she was losing herself and in "Judgement Fae" took an antidote to make herself human again. But not wanting to burden Bo with being with her as she aged and eventually died, Lauren broke up with Bo for a second time in their history to spare her from that inevitable pain. In the series finale, "Rise", Dyson confessed to Lauren that he didn't worry so much about Bo when the two of them were together. He encouraged her to be with Bo because although it was complicated, it was worth it. Lauren told Dyson that she had worried about what would happen to Bo after she died and then realized she didn't have to, because Bo would always have him in her life. In the end, when Bo told Lauren that the future was completely uncertain, Lauren replied "Not completely." She then said to Bo, "I, human, Lauren Lewis, want to spend the rest of my life with you, succubus, Bo Dennis." To which Bo responded, "I always thought that because of who I am, that I couldn't have a relationship. Let alone with a human. And then I met you." When Lauren asked, "Do you think that we can do this?" Bo answered "I do." They embraced and kissed, together again for good.

Fitzpatrick "Trick" McCorrigan
Portrayed by: Rick Howland

The Bartender and owner of the only Fae pub in town, The Dal Riata, which is neutral ground where Light and Dark Fae can freely socialize and find sanctuary. Trick is very powerful: he is a Blood Sage and can alter fate by writing it with his blood. Once known as the Blood King, he forced the truce and wrote the decrees that ended the war between Light and Dark Fae, and is on equal terms with the Fae Elders. Compared to other Fae, who have contempt for humans, he is tolerant and often fond of humans, even trading away his most prized possession to help save Kenzi's life in "Food for Thought". He respects Lauren and when necessary seeks her opinion and expertise with matters involving Fae. Trick is extremely reluctant to use his blood powers as it can have unforeseen consequences: in "Blood Lines", his writing a culmination where Aife's maternal instincts emerge and stop her from hurting and killing Bo not only leaves him weakened and wounded from the loss of blood, but in "Lachlan's Gambit" he tells Lachlan that it awakened the Garuda. Near the end of the second season, he reveals to Bo that he is her maternal grandfather.

Hale Santiago
Portrayed by: K. C. Collins

A Siren and Dyson's colleague as another Light Fae undercover agent in the human police force. He can pacify, control, and kill humans and Fae alike with his whistling; in addition, he can cure pain and heal wounds with it. He is the son of the leader of one of the three most powerful and wealthiest Light Fae clans, the Clan Zamora, but despite his family's social status he makes his own way in life, preferring to create his own connections and leverage (although he allows Bo and Kenzi to use his high-class social contacts when they need to infiltrate an upper-crust Fae event). Hale becomes good friends with Kenzi, with an undercurrent of mutual attraction gradually developing between them. He helps save Kenzi's life using his siren's whistle to cauterize her wound in the Season 2 finale. In the third season, he becomes the acting Ash after Lachlan's death. Hale dies protecting Kenzi from Massimo after proposing to her in "End Of A Line".

Recurring cast

 Paul Amos as Vex: a Mesmer. A sadomasochist Dark Fae with a sarcastic and raunchy sense of humor, he can control people's bodies against their will, including forcing them to kill themselves or commit murder. Vex is a favorite of the Dark Elders and has a "like-hate" relationship with The Morrigan, serving as her hit man. He plays a pivotal role against the Garuda when Bo recruits him for her team and he uses his powers to delay the Garuda using Trick's blood to reverse the Blood Laws and reignite a war between Light and Dark. (Original Pilot, "Vexed"; Season 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
 Emmanuelle Vaugier as Evony Fleurette Marquise: The Morrigan. A Leanan sídhe and the ruthless, cunning, and vengeful leader of the local Dark Fae, she can melt and dissolve flesh with her touch. She runs a talent agency in the human world where she represents young musicians and artists while feeding off their talents and stealing their lives in exchange for fame. (Season 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
 Inga Cadranel as Aife (aka Saskia in Season 1): a Succubus and Bo's birth mother. She is the daughter of Trick, the Blood King, and Isabeau. After rebelling against the truce imposed between the Light and Dark Fae and killing a Dark Elder, she is delivered to the Dark Fae for execution. Instead of being put to death, she endures many centuries of imprisonment, torture, and rape by a Dark King before she is able to escape. She masterminds a suicide bombing that kills most of the Light Fae Elders and critically injures The Ash. (Season 1, 3, 4, 5)
 Rachel Skarsten as Tamsin: a Valkyrie. Dyson's new detective partner after Hale became the acting Ash. A mercenary and bounty hunter aligned with the Dark Fae, she is not pleased with being forced to work with a Light Fae partner. She is building a case against Bo for attacking and feeding on a member of the Dark Fae, and rendering him unconscious. Initially, she has no problem showing her distaste for Bo or Dyson's infatuation with her, but develops an attraction and respect for Bo, to the point of questioning her own loyalties. At the end of Season 3, she sped her truck towards the ghostly figure on the road that she thought was Bo's father, and drove off a cliff with Dyson sitting next to her. She was reborn at the beginning of Season 4, and firmly took Bo's side. In Season 5, she moved in as Bo's roommate and initiated a "friends with benefits" relationship with Bo, later confessing to Bo that she was in love with her. Tamsin was heartbroken when Bo responded that she loved her, but not in a romantic way. Tamsin moved out in "End of Faes", exasperatingly telling Bo, "You and Lauren, you two, you'll just always be a couple. Even when you're not." Later she told Lauren, "I entered the game, I lost. That's life. The best woman won. I'm over it." Tamsin afterwards renewed her friendship with Bo. After Lauren broke up with Bo for a second time, Tamsin visited Bo to comfort her and was unknowingly seduced by Hades, who had transformed himself into Bo's likeness. Tamsin was impregnated by him. In the series finale, "Rise", she gave birth to a daughter. All Valkyries die during childbirth, but before dying Tamsin reassured Bo that she would always live through her daughter (Dagny), her legacy, and asked Bo to look after her. Bo promised that she would do everything to protect her. (Season 3, 4, 5)
 Vanessa Matsui as Cassie: an Oracle. (Season 1, 4, 5)
 Kate Trotter as The Norn: an Ancient with the power to grant one's strongest desire in exchange for that which they hold dearest. When Bo was fighting her mother, Aife, Dyson sought her intervention, for the second time in his life, and offered her his "wolf" in return for transferring his strength to Bo; but he did not realize that what he now valued most was his love for Bo, and The Norn took his ability to love her or anyone else, instead. (In "End Of A Line" the voodoo witch Laveau told Dyson that his love "prison" – i.e. his love for Bo – was of his own making.) The Norn returned Dyson's love passion after Kenzi threatened to cut down her Sacred Tree with a chainsaw. (Season 1, 2)
 Clé Bennett as the Ash: leader of the Light Fae. He wants Bo to choose alignment with the Light, and orders Lauren to find a way to distract Bo so as to prevent her from attacking and killing Vex – which could have jeopardized the peace between the Fae clans and given the Morrigan a reason to execute Bo. He is badly injured in an assassination attempt by Bo's mother, Aife, and left in a comatose state on life support at the end of Season 1. (Original Pilot, "Vexed"; Season 1)
 Aron Tager as Mayer: a Luck Fae. He is a bookmaker running a gambling business with both Fae and human clients. He was Bo's Dark Fae contact and told her where Vex could be found. His niece, Cassie, is an Oracle and in exchange for a favor allowed Bo to meet with her and reveal information about her birth mother. (Original Pilot, "Vexed"; Season 1)
 Vincent Walsh as Lachlan: the second Ash. A Nāga, he wins the position of The Ash in a stag hunt after the previous Ash is left comatose. He is a stickler for rules and a commanding leader who does not hesitate to assert his authority, punish insubordination, and do away with anyone who threatens the Light Fae and the secret existence of the Fae. The Nāga has the power to kill the Garuda with its venom; but after losing his other heads violently for their toxin, Lachlan knows he cannot defeat his ancient enemy and before facing him in a fight to the death he has Lauren draw his venom so that she can turn it into a weapon for Bo to kill the Garuda with. (Season 2)
 Lina Roessler as Ciara: a Fairy-Scuffock hybrid. The warrior daughter of a Fairy father and Scáthach mother with powers of lightning-fast velocity, she taught the art of war to Dyson and his wolf-shapeshifter pack. Referred to as a Fairy Queen by Trick and Bo. She is a past love of Dyson, and they are reunited after the passage of centuries and become romantically involved; but although she is in love with Dyson, he is unable to respond in kind since The Norn has taken his ability to love. While she is initially treated frostily by Bo and Kenzi, Bo eventually comes to consider her a friend. She is killed by the Garuda when she shifts in front of Bo to protect her from the thrust of his sword. (Season 2)
 Anthony Lemke as Ryan Lambert: a Dark Fae Loki. He is a wealthy playboy who amassed a fortune as an inventor, alchemist, and supplier of rare and costly items. He crashes Bo's birthday party to give her an engraved bracelet that, she later learns, can protect her from a species of Fae. After Bo's relationship with Dyson ends and her romance with Lauren is interrupted when Nadia is released from her coma, she and Ryan become lustful lovers without her knowing that he is Dark, and he lets Bo feed off him. (Season 2)
 Athena Karkanis as Nadia: Lauren's human girlfriend. She accompanied Lauren to the Congo as a photographer and while there The Ash caused her to be stricken by a mysterious illness that leaves her in a coma – thereby manipulating Lauren into pledged servitude to him and the Light Fae. Bo is forced to kill her when she becomes possessed by the Garuda and attacks Lauren, threatening her life. (Season 2)
 Hayley Nault as the Nain Rouge: a divine Fae spirit that likes to observe tragic events and materializes as a young girl. The Nain Rouge appears to Bo when unexplained Fae deaths begin to occur and gives Bo a vision wherein she is the cause of Trick's death. When the reemergence of the Fae's ancient enemy, the Garuda, begins to create strange events in nature, the Nain Rouge answers Bo's call to show herself and tells Bo that for her to defeat the Garuda she needs to build a united team of Light and Dark Fae. (Season 2)
 Raoul Trujillo as The Garuda: an ancient and fiendish powerful enemy of the Fae. The Garuda transforms into a gigantic fiery eagle, and can possess and control its victims. Its source of food is anger and rage, and can only be killed with the venom of a Nāga. When the Blood King (Trick) writes the truce and Blood Laws that ended the Great War between Light and Dark, the Garudas dwindle as they starve to death until only one is left, remaining dormant for eons. When Trick uses his blood powers to stop Aife from hurting and killing Bo, it revives the Garuda, which then comes in search of Trick to force him into using his blood to repeal the Laws and reignite the war between Light and Dark. He is killed by Bo with Lachlan's venom. (Season 2)
 Aaron Ashmore as Nate: Kenzi's boyfriend. Kenzi and Nate used to be neighbours when she was six years old and they meet again by coincidence sixteen years later when he answered an ad for a musician gig at Bo's surprise birthday party. Kenzi broke up with him when the Garuda's threat was most imminent and could have endangered his life, and she was also worried that The Morrigan would steal Nate's life after she offered to be his talent agent. (Season 2)
 Rob Archer as Bruce: a bodyguard and hatchet man for The Morrigan (species unknown). (Season 3, 4, 5)
 Shawn Doyle as Dr. Isaac Taft: a psychotic human scientist and Fae hunter. He appears at Lauren's apartment delivering a research award after she fails to attend the special presentation ceremony. Dr. Taft deceptively courts Lauren until, after several failed attempts, he convinced her to join him in performing cutting edge medical research in his private laboratory. He knows about the Fae and Lauren's involvement with the supernatural race, and wants her expertise about them to inflict cruel revenge against the Fae after his brother was beheaded by one and he was blamed for the crime. Taft kidnaps Dyson to extract his DNA for use on himself, but Lauren secretly sabotages the DNA transplant and turns him into a human-Cabbit hybrid. He is killed and eaten by Dyson. (Season 3)
 Deborah Odell as Stella Nashira: a Lodestar. She is recruited by Trick to mentor Bo in her preparation for the tests she has to face during The Dawning. She and Trick fall in love and leave together for Scotland in the season finale. In the pre-Season 4 webisode "Prophecy", Trick explained to Hale that he and Stella had ended their relationship. (Season 3)
 Tim Rozon as Massimo: The Druid. Massimo's mother is Evony Fleurette Marquise (The Morrigan), who gave birth to him in the 1980s but then abandoned him and ordered Vex to raise him. (Season 3, 4)
 Christine Horne as The Keeper: the inquisitor of The Una Mens. (Season 4)
 Kyle Schmid as Rainer: a rebel Fae. (Season 4)
 Ali Liebert as Crystal: a waitress at the diner Lauren worked in while in hiding. The two started to develop a bond until Crystal had sex with Lauren after the Fae coerced her to do it so as to gain her trust, and thereafter kidnap Lauren. They were both chained and locked up in a cell together. (Season 4)
 Mia Kirshner as Clio: an Elemental Nymph. Clio had the ability to commune with all four elements of nature - Earth, Wind, Fire and Water. She helped Dyson transverse the intersecting planes of existence, which made it possible for them to get on and off the Death Train. (Season 4)
 Amanda Walsh as Zee: an Ancient and aka Zeus. (Season 5)
 Luke Bilyk as Mark: a Shapeshifter and son of Dyson. (Season 5)
 Noam Jenkins as Heratio: an Ancient and aka Hera. (Season 5)
 Shanice Banton as Iris: an Ancient and aka Nyx. (Season 5)
 Lisa Marcos as Alicia Welles: a human. (Season 5)
 Eric Roberts as Hades: an Ancient and King of the Underworld, Tartarus, and Bo's father. (Season 5)

References

External links

 Lost Girl at  Syfy (U.S.)
  Lost Girl at Prodigy Pictures Inc.
 Lost Girl at Canadian Television Fund

 Lost Girl official Twitter
 Lost Girl official page on Facebook
 Lost Girl at Lost Girl Writers Twitter
 Lost Girl at BO SERIES INC. (Giant Ape Media)
 Lost Girl at Lost Girl: The Official Site (FUNimation)
 Lost Girl at Funimation: Take Lost Girl Home
 Lost Girl at Lost Girl Official Merchandise

Lost Girl
Lists of fantasy television characters


title: Andrew Aydin

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Andrew Aydin (born August 25, 1983) is an American comics writer, known as the Digital Director & Policy Advisor to Georgia congressman John Lewis, and co-author, with Lewis, of Lewis' #1 New York Times bestselling autobiographical graphic novel trilogy March—with Representative John Lewis, which debuted in 2013 by Top Shelf Productions.

Early life
Aydin was born in Atlanta, Georgia. He attended the Lovett School in Atlanta, Georgia, earned a Bachelor of Arts from Trinity College and a Master of Arts in public policy from Georgetown University.,

Career
After college, Aydin served as District Aide to Representative John B. Larson (D-CT) and as Special Assistant to Connecticut Lieutenant Governor Kevin Sullivan.

In 2007, Aydin began working for Georgia congressman John Lewis. In the summer of 2008, while on Rep. Lewis' reelection campaign, Aydin learned that Lewis had been inspired as a young man by a classic 1950s comic book, Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story. They discussed the impact that comic books can have on young readers and soon Aydin had the idea that Lewis should write a comic book about his time in the civil rights movement. Aydin eventually convinced Lewis, who accepted on the condition that Aydin write the comics with him.

Aydin wrote his graduate thesis on the history and impact of Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story. Until 2012, no history of Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story had been written, and most versions of how the comic was created listed Al Capp as the actual creator. As part of his graduate degree at Georgetown University, Aydin wrote the first long-form history of The Montgomery Story as his graduate thesis. With the help of Carlow University Professor Dr. Sylvia Rhor and comic book icon Eddie Campbell, Aydin established most of what we know about the comic's creation and use. In August 2013, Aydin published a shortened version of his thesis as the feature article in Creative Loafing's award-winning "Future of Nonviolence" issue, which was guest-edited by Lewis and Aydin.

Aydin has appeared as a guest on The Rachel Maddow Show, Morning Joe, National Public Radio, CBS This Morning, CNN, and the BBC.

Aydin currently serves as Digital Director & Policy Advisor to Representative Lewis in his Washington, D.C. office.

March trilogy

In August 2013, Top Shelf Productions published the first book in the March trilogy, a black and white graphic novel about the Civil Rights Movement, told through the perspective of Lewis, written by Lewis and Aydin, and illustrated and lettered by Nate Powell. The book had its genesis in Lewis' 2008 reelection campaign, when Lewis told Aydin about The Montgomery Story and its influence on the civil rights movement. Aydin, who had been reading comics since his grandmother bought him a copy of Uncanny X-Men #317 off a Piggly Wiggly spinner rack when he was eight years old, found a digital copy of the book on the Internet and spent years tracking down an original print copy on eBay. The Montgomery Story directly influenced on the creation of March.

President Bill Clinton has said of Congressman Lewis that, through March, "he brings a whole new generation with him across the Edmund Pettus Bridge, from a past of clenched fists into a future of outstretched hands." Apple CEO Tim Cook has said that March is "a very unique way to present what is probably the most important story of my entire lifetime. My hope is that everyone reads this, and I would love to see the day that it is required reading in every school."

March: Book One holds an average 9.4 out of 10 rating at the review aggregator website Comic Book Roundup, based on five reviews. In addition to receiving positive reviews, it won numerous awards and accolades, was selected for college-level reading lists and by first-year reading programs in 2014 at Michigan State University, Georgia State University, and Marquette University. March: Book One received an "Author Honor" from the American Library Association's 2014 Coretta Scott King Book Awards. Book One also became the first graphic novel to win a Robert F. Kennedy Book Award, receiving a "Special Recognition" bust in 2014.

March: Book Two was released in 2015 and became both a New York Times bestseller for paperback graphic novels and Washington Post bestseller for paperback nonfiction books. At San Diego Comic Con in July 2016, March: Book Two won the Will Eisner Comic Industry Award for "Best Reality Based Work."

The release of March: Book Three in August 2016 brought all three volumes into the top 3 slots of the New York Times bestseller list for graphic novels for 6 consecutive weeks. In November 2016, March: Book Three was awarded the National Book Award in Young People's Literature, becoming the first graphic novel to receive a National Book Award. In January 2017 at the American Library Association's annual Midwinter Meeting the third volume was announced as the recipient of the 2017 Printz Award, the Coretta Scott King Award, the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction, and the Sibert Medal. It was the first time a single book won four A.L.A. awards. The trilogy received the Carter G. Woodson Book Award in 2017.

In May 2016, NYC Public Schools announced that the March trilogy was added to the systemwide 8th Grade "Passport to Social Studies" curriculum. In October 2016, Atlanta Public Schools announced the March trilogy's addition to English curriculum.

Awards and honors
Aydin and his co-authors on March were recipients of the 2014 Coretta Scott King Book Award Author Honor, the 2013 Gem Award (Independent Graphic Novel of the Year), and the 2014 YALSA Top Ten Great Graphic Novels for Teens.

In March 2014 Aydin and his co-authors received a Special Recognition award at the 2014 Robert F. Kennedy Book Awards.

That same year, March was nominated for two Eisner Awards: Best Publication for Teens & Best Reality-Based Work. March was also nominated for two Harvey Awards: Best Graphic Album – Original & Best Biographical, Historical, or Journalistic Presentation.

References

External links

1983 births
American graphic novelists
American male novelists
Carter G. Woodson Book Award winners
McCourt School of Public Policy alumni
Inkpot Award winners
Living people
Novelists from Georgia (U.S. state)
Trinity College (Connecticut) alumni
Writers from Atlanta
Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal winners


title: In the Land of Pain

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In the Land of Pain is a collection of notes by Alphonse Daudet chronicling the pain and suffering he experienced from tabes dorsalis, its effects on his relationships with friends, family, and other people, and the various drugs he took and physical treatments he underwent in his fight against the disease. Daudet originally began making these notes for a projected book, but none of the material was published in his lifetime. He planned to use the title La Doulou, a Provençal word for pain. The collection was published in French in 1930 in a volume titled La Doulou (La Douleur): 1887–1895 et Le Trésor d'Arlatan: 1897, and translated into English in 2002 by Julian Barnes.

Synopsis
Daudet records observations, experiences, and aphorisms related to his intense suffering over the course of many years. He describes his symptoms in graphic detail and charts their progression. This begins with isolated attacks of agonising nerve pain, and eventually becomes a daily litany of pain and use of drugs like opium and chloral hydrate to fight it. He comments on the effect of his illness on family and friends, and on his outlook on life.

He describes the different physical treatments he underwent, including being suspended in the air, diets, and a variety of injections. He also details his observations of fellow sufferers of the disease and his interactions with them. In his later years, he frequently spent time at sanitariums, becoming a celebrity among the other patients. He describes his time at these sanitariums in detail. Daudet stopped making these notes a few years before his death.

Critical response
Daudet originally planned to use his notes on his sufferings to make either a novel or an autobiography. After discussing the projected work with fellow writer Edmond de Goncourt, Goncourt predicted the work would be superb because Daudet would be writing from intense personal experience. Although the book was never realized, translator Julian Barnes agrees with Goncourt's prediction in relation to the collection in its current form. He believes the notes format is appropriate and fitting for the subject because of its implication of passing time and its absence of disguise.

According to critic Richard Eder, this work is worthy of lasting recognition. Daudet uses wit to probe a dark and distressing subject, providing the reader with powerful images. Daudet surprisingly responds to his pain often with humor and spirit, and even comments mockingly on his disease and its symptoms at times. Some of the most poignant moments in the book are Daudet's expressions of sympathy for his fellow sufferers.

References

1930 non-fiction books
Books about diseases
Books published posthumously
Diseases and disorders in literature
French autobiographies
Works by Alphonse Daudet


title: Rising Tide Charter Public School

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Rising Tide Charter Public School is a middle and high school in Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States that was founded in 1998.

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Educational institutions established in 1998
Buildings and structures in Plymouth, Massachusetts
Schools in Plymouth County, Massachusetts
1998 establishments in Massachusetts
Charter middle schools in Massachusetts
Charter high schools in Massachusetts


title: FCE Atsinanana

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FCE Atsinanana is a Malagasy football club who currently plays in  the THB Champions League the top division of Malagasy football.
The team is based in the Atsinanana region in eastern Madagascar.

Stadium
Currently the team plays at the 2500 capacity Stade Municipal de Toamasina.

References

General
Soccerway
Madagascar 2013

Atsinanana


title: Neville Buchanan

text:
Neville Buchanan (born 17 October 1959) is a stop motion animator and director based in England. His style is informed by his mentor Ray Harryhausen (Jason and the Argonauts, The 7th Voyage of Sinbad) His work has been likened to Harryhausen's predecessor Willis O'Brien (King Kong) with its emphasis on meticulously detailed puppets sculpted onto armatures forwarding the narrative.

Buchanan met Harryhausen as a youth while the master was at work on the original Clash of the Titans, and eventually became a set of extra hands and eyes on that set and subsequent projects. This tutelage sped along a career in 2D & 3D animation, special effects, armature construction, production design, storyboarding, sculpting, miniatures and TV/film production crews in the UK & Wales.

Buchanan's homage to this iconic art form is reflected in his own short films & series, Omni Force, The Ultra Guardians, and his online digital content. His projects profess his own space opera leanings, with grotesque creatures and heroic black, female, hybrid and cyborg characters driving the story—arrayed against conglomerates epitomizing villainy. Use of hands-on miniature detail and expressive puppet nuances also figure in his work.

He has been the subject of numerous interviews in animation journals and publications and is considered part of an exclusive tier of premier animators in his field. He was given reign by Clive Barker to design and fabricate a quadruped creature with rider for the film Nightbreed.
Buchanan's work can also be seen in the BBC series Space Odyssey: Voyage To The Planets.

References/External links

http://www.westword.com/2004-08-26/film/flick-pick/

Neville Buchanan interview (February, 1998) http://www.sfx.co.uk/1998/02/25/sfx-issue-35/
(Mentoring & early work) http://kidscreen.com/2001/10/01/upnext-20011001/#ixzz2svmvR4Pb
(Ray Harryhausen tribute issue) Cinefantastique Volume #31 1/2 February 1999: p. 77
(Glazebrook, Andrew; early production narrative) http://glazy.blogspot.com/2006/01/ultra-guardians.html
 Openshaw, Dave; Reccia, Mike;(editors); (photos: Bell, David); Sci Fi & Fantasy Models #4 January/February 1995; Puppets For Omni Force; pp. 27–29, (interview)(back cover image)
 Openshaw, Dave; Reccia, Mike; (editors); (photos: Bell, David); Sci Fi & Fantasy Models #5 March/April 1995; Models For Omni Force pp-43-45 (interview)(front cover image)

British animators
Stop motion animators
Living people
1959 births


title: Tamil Shorthand

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Tamil Shorthand is the shorthand format used in Tamil Language. This was invented by Srinivasa Rao & was adopted since 1894.

Another contributor to Tamil shorthand was N. Subramania Iyer, the founder president of The Stenographers' Guild during the years 1935. Both the methods are recognised by the Government of Madras, currently Government of Tamil Nadu for official use.

References
 Tamil Shorthand from The Hindu, National Newspaper of India

Shorthand systems


title: Herculano Alvarenga

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Herculano Marcos Ferraz de Alvarenga (born 7 November 1947) is a Brazilian ornithologist, paleontologist and physician, founder of the Taubaté Natural History Museum.

Life
Herculano Alvarenga was born in 1947 in Taubaté, São Paulo, Brazil. As a teenager, he started to watch birds and collect them. He went to São Paulo when he was 15 to study taxidermy and soon his stuffed specimens started to be exhibited in scientific expositions in high school.

His interests in biology and anatomy led him to study medicine, specializing in orthopedy. In 1975 he returned to Taubaté and became professor of the Faculty of Medicine in the city. When the faculty went on strike in 1977, he started to look for fossils, which led him to discover the first fossil of Paraphysornis brasiliensis.

After the description of Paraphysornis brasiliensis was published in 1982, the fossil gained high notoriety in the scientific community. Many museums worldwide asked for replicas of the fossil, trading it for replicas of other famous fossils. Soon Alvarenga had a rich collection of replicas and some actual fossils, as well as several stuffed animals. As a result, he founded in 2000 the Fundação de Apoio à Ciência e Natureza (Foundation for the Support of Science and Nature), which led to the opening of the Taubaté Natural History Museum in 2004.
Currently, Alvarenga is the leading paleornithologist in Brazil, having described various fossil species, including taxa from the Paleocene (Itaboraí, Rio de Janeiro) such as Diogenornis and Paleopsilopterus, Oligocene/Miocene (Taubaté basin, São Paulo) such as Paraphysornis and Hoazinavis, and Pleistocene (Bahia and Minas Gerais), such as Pleistovultur and Wingegyps, in collaboration with a number of scientists.

References

1947 births
Living people
People from Taubaté
Brazilian zoologists


title: Charles Ryan

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Charles Ryan may refer to:

 Sir Charles Lister Ryan (1831–1920), English civil servant
 Sir Charles Ryan (surgeon) (1853–1926), Australian surgeon and army officer
 Charles Ryan (mayor) (1927–2021), American politician and mayor of Springfield, Massachusetts
 Charles Ryan (game designer), American game designer of role-playing games
 Charles Ryan (footballer), English footballer


title: Sinnergod

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Sinnergod are a four-piece English alternative rock band from Wigan. Their sound is recognisable as an atmospheric, layered wall of sound consisting of guitar driven riffs and symphonic keyboards. The band, previously working under the title Sinnergod, have built a fanbase following support slots with bands such as The Misfits, Bam Margera of CKY and Jackass, Orgy, Blaze Bayley, Eso formerly Esoterica, Deathstars and Sarah Jezebel Deva from Cradle of Filth, as well as a festival appearance at Bloodstock Open Air in 2007. Metal Hammer magazine labelled Sinnergod as "The new goth kings of Manchester" in the September 2014 issue.

Sinnergod have released three EPs "Two Thousand and Never", "A World in Grey" and "Behind Every Corner" and two albums The Seven Deadly Sinphonies and Sinnergod.

History

"A World in Grey"
Sinnergod released "A World In Grey" on 5 May 2012, which went straight in at Number 4 in the Amazon.com Rock and Metal MP3 Download Chart, with only Led Zeppelin, Iron Maiden and Paradise Lost charted above them. The cover artwork features a 2003 image of the model Official Amaryllis  as photographed by Noel Taylor. The track listing includes the tracks "Jack" and "Monsters" which the lyrics are themed on Jack The Ripper.

"Behind Every Corner"
The "Behind Every Corner" EP features the single "It's A Wonderful Life", which was released on 1 October 2012, with the accompanying promotional music video hitting 12,000 views on YouTube within the first month.

Seven Deadly Sinphonies
Sinnergod released their debut album on 31 October 2013.  The album features seven tracks all themed to the Seven Deadly Sins and includes guest appearances from Tobias Keast (Esoterica) on the track "Se7en" and Hollywood actor Bill Moseley on the track "Overture", the initial releases also featured the re-mastered bonus tracks "Bang,You're Dead" and "Ugly".  Shortly after the album release keyboardist Marc Robinson announced his departure from the band, the position was filled by Paul Swindells.

The album was recorded and produced at Digiwave Studios, with the drums tracked at Fuzzbox Studios by Steve Wray of Livewire Music Productions Tobias Keast's vocals were recorded at Sabre Studios, London and Bill Moseley's narration was recorded at Travis Dickerson Recording Studios, Chatsworth, California.

The pre-release was assisted by Yellowdog Creative Project Management with post-release promotion managed by ADL Promotions.

2016 self-titled album
2016 saw the release of the bands self titled 'sophomore' album, achieving 10/10 in the August issue of PowerPlay Magazine, the album went on to hit in excess of 100,000 streams, winning an Album of the Year award and expanding the band's fan base on a much more global scale. Live shows in support of the release included multiple Headline performances up and down the UK as well support slots with Devilment, Davey Suicide and Combichrist.

New single and band name change 2022
On 25 October 2022 the group announced that it will change its working name from Sinnergod to We Are Awakened, this coincided with the advertisement of an upcoming video single entitled "We Lose Ourselves", due to premiere across the globe on 30 October 2022.

Details of an upcoming album are yet to be released to the press however, it is anticipated an announcement is due soon.

Festivals and events

Sinnergod were billed on the "Unsigned" Stage at the Bloodstock Open Air Festival on Saturday 18 August 2007, and appeared on the "Hard Rock Cafe" Stage at the 106.1 Real Radio XS Mockfest: Donisphere Festival in Manchester on 5 May 2012, this was followed by a special appearance at the Real XS Halloween Ball on 27 October 2012, with the Glitter Kittens Burlesque Dancers joining them during their set.

On 30 August 2012, Sinnergod performed a special live performance at Grand Central in Manchester featuring special guest Blaze Bayley of Wolfsbane.

2013
Sinnergod performed at SOS Fest and also headlined the Saturday evening at the Out of the Ashes Festival, their scheduled appearance at Trash Fest in Helsinki, Finland had to be withdrawn due to extra time being needed in the studio to meet the deadlines for the Seven Deadly Sinphonies album.

2014
After the cancellation of Radfest, the year began with several dates across the country including appearances at Festwich and Forever Sun  alongside the Happy Mondays, Toploader, Glen Matlock of the Sex Pistols, Buzzcocks and Protafield.

Sinnergod's appearance at Alt Fest alongside acts including The Cult, Marilyn Manson, CombiChrist and Cradle Of Filth was cancelled in 2014 due to the festival suffering financial issues.  Sinnergod performed at the "replacement" event "Ctrl Alt Fest Delete" which featured many of the acts that were due to play Alt fest on the Sophie Lancaster Stage.

2015
Sinnergod started the year by headlining The Barfly in Camden on a Camden Rocks showcase, the Summer included headline slots on the second stage at Festwich, BoltFest and RockPrest, plus a second appearance at Rock Diabetes performing alongside acts including original Iron Maiden vocalist Paul Di'Anno.

2016
Sinnergod announced their UK tour on 2 May 2016 which will run from August until November, also included were two pre-tour shows; a support slot with Mortiis at Manchester (but due to unforeseen circumstances this appearance had to be cancelled) and also headlining the opening night of Seddfest.

Previous tours
Sinnergod were special guests on Blaze Bayley's acoustic UK tour from 7 to 17 February 2013 featuring Thomas Zwijsen.

Band members
 Mark Hampson – lead vocals, rhythm guitar (2007–present)
 Chris Hampson – drums (2007–present)
 Carl Whittle – bass (2018–present)
 Dan Fulton – guitars (2021–present)

Discography
Studio albums
 Seven Deadly Sinphonies (October 2013)
 Sinnergod (September 2016)

EPs
 Two Thousand and Never (31 October 2009)
 A World in Grey (5 May 2012)
 Behind Every Corner (12 December 2012)

Singles
 "It's a Wonderful Life" (1 October 2012)
 "Burn" (25 September 2015)
 "The Endless" (August 2016)
 "We Lose Ourselves" (October 2022)

Other appearances
 Various artists – Devolution Magazine (2014) – track "The Thirst"
 Guardians of the Riff CD – "Metal Hammer Magazine Issue 261" (2014) – track "The Thirst"
 NAPA Sports Nutrition – Music used on promotional videos from July 2016 to Present.

Music videos
 It's a Wonderful Life (2012)
 The Thirst (2013)
 Burn (2015)
 The Endless (2016)
 We Lose Ourselves (2022)

References

British alternative metal musical groups


title: Águeda (freguesia)

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Águeda was a freguesia ("civil parish") in Águeda Municipality, Aveiro District, Portugal. It had an area of 41.6 km2 and in 2011 had a population of 11,346.

History
In 2013 it was merged with Borralha to form the new freguesia of Águeda e Borralha.

Places
 Alagoa
 Alhandra
 Ameal
 Assequins
 Bolfiar
 Catraia de Assequins
 Cavadas
 Giesteira
 Gravanço
 Lapas de S. Pedro
 Maçoida
 Ninho de Águia
 Paredes
 Raivo
 Regote
 Rio Covo
 Sardão
 S. Pedro
 Vale de Erva
 Vale Domingos
 Vale Durão
 Vale Durão
 Vale do Sobreirinho
 Vale Verde

Demography

Politics

Elections
In the 2009 local elections for the Assembly of the Freguesia, there were 10,328 registered voters, with 5,698 (55.17%) voting and 4,630 (44.83%) abstaining. The Socialist Party got 3,039 votes (53.33%), electing eight members of the Assembly, the Social Democratic Party got 1,495 votes (26.24%), electing four members of the Assembly and the Democratic and Social Centre – People's Party got 482 votes (8.46%), electing one member of the Assembly. The three remaining lists did not elect any member of the Assembly. As of 31 December 2011, the freguesia had 10,396 registered voters.

Religion
The Portuguese Roman Catholic Church's Diocese of Aveiro includes the Parish of Águeda as part of the archpriestship of Águeda.

Built Heritage
The Pillory of Assequins, now fragmented, is located in this former freguesia and is classified as an Imóvel de Interesse Público.

References

Former parishes of Águeda
2013 disestablishments in Portugal
Populated places disestablished in 2013


title: Tiavo Tem

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Tiavo Tem is a Malagasy football club from Manakara who currently plays in  the THB Champions League the top division of Malagasy football.
The team is based in Manakara a city on the East coast of Madagascar.

Stadium
Currently the team plays at the Municipal Stadium of Manakara.

Honours
 Regional League champions 2012, 2013 and 2014

References

Soccerway

Football clubs in Madagascar


title: Henry Alloway

text:
Henry Alloway (1856-1939) was an American journalist, publisher, and the financial editor of The New York Times from 1896 to 1906. He also owned several New York and New England newspapers, including The New Haven Palladium, The New Haven Union, The Hartford Evening Post, and The Wall Street Daily News.

Alloway was born into a Quaker family near Dover, Delaware, and began his career with the Exeter News-Letter. In 1878, he became editor of The Daily Freeman in Kingston, New York, and left the following year to join The New York Times as a financial writer.

Alloway initiated the NYT takeover in 1896 by Adolph S. Ochs and helped the Chattanooga journalist negotiate the buyout. After leaving the NYT to run his own newspapers, Alloway maintained a regular column in the Wall Street Journal, “By-the-Bye,” which appeared regularly for fourteen years.

References

1856 births
1939 deaths
American male journalists
American publishers (people)


title: Charles Swan

text:
Charles Swan may refer to:

 Charles Swan (pirate) (died 1690), reluctant buccaneer
 Charles Swan (cricketer), former Bermudian cricketer
 Charles Sheridan Swan (1831–1879), co-founder of British shipbuilding firm Swan Hunter

See also
Charlie Swan (disambiguation)
A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III, a 2012 American film


Naval Auxiliary Air Station Chincoteague was a U.S. Navy Auxiliary Air Station near Chincoteague Island, Virginia. In 1941, the United States entered World War II; early the following year, the Germans torpedoed two merchant ships off the Assateague coast. To guard the coast, the United States Army established two small posts on Virginia's Eastern Shore, one each at Accomac and Chincoteague. The Navy established the Chincoteague Naval Auxiliary Air Station in 1943, across from Chincoteague on the mainland.  One young pilot being trained there, future president George Herbert Walker Bush, got in trouble for "buzzing" the house of a young woman he had met at a dance.

In 1959, NASA acquired the former Naval Auxiliary Air Station Chincoteague, and engineering and administrative activities were moved to this location. In 1974, the Wallops Station was named Wallops Flight Center. The name was changed to Wallops Flight Facility in 1981, when it became part of Goddard Space Flight Center.

References

1941 establishments in Virginia
Chincoteague, Virginia
Military installations in Virginia
Chincoteague
Closed installations of the United States Navy


title: Lost Girl (season 2)

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Lost Girl is a Canadian supernatural drama television series  that premiered on Showcase on September 12, 2010. The series was created by Michelle Lovretta and is produced by Jay Firestone and Prodigy Pictures Inc., with the participation of the Canadian Television Fund (Canada Media Fund), and in association with Shaw Media. It follows the life of a bisexual succubus named Bo, played by Anna Silk, as she learns to control her superhuman abilities, help those in need, and discover the truth about her origins.

On November 12, 2010, Showcase renewed Lost Girl for a second season, announcing "record-breaking ratings" and the "number one scripted series for Adults 25-54 across all specialty channels" in Canada.  On July 7, 2011, Showcase announced that the Season Two premiere would be on September 4, 2011, and that an additional nine episodes had been ordered to make the season a total of 22 episodes.

In the United Kingdom and Ireland, Season Two premiered on Syfy (UK) on January 12, 2012.  In Australia, Season Two premiered on Sci Fi on February 23, 2012.  In the United States, Season Two premiered on Syfy on April 16, 2012; one week after the end of Season One.

Plot

Bo faces personal challenges with Dyson after she found out in Blood Lines that he had lied to her about knowing who her birth mother was and that he had been Trick's undercover agent, then later about his lost feelings of passion for her; and with Lauren when their  relationship becomes complicated after The Morrigan informed Bo in "It's Better to Burn Out Than Fae Away" that Lauren had a girlfriend. At the same time that she is coping with these turmoils, a villainous and evil ancient enemy of the Fae, the Garuda, is awakened and reappears with the intent to destroy the truce between Light and Dark Fae, and reignite the Great War between them. The new Ash, Lachlan, recruits Bo to be his champion in the battle against the Garuda and she agrees on the condition that he regard her as a partner, not as his servant. Bo learns in Into the Dark that she is not only Trick's maternal granddaughter, but deduces that she has inherited some of his Blood Sage powers: if her blood comes into contact with someone's open wound, it can enslave and bind the recipient to her will (the same power that her mother, Aife, used to create male slaves). She uses her blood power to unite her team in the final battle against the Garuda.

Cast and characters

Main cast
 Anna Silk  as Bo
 Kris Holden-Ried  as Dyson
 Ksenia Solo  as Kenzi
 Zoie Palmer  as Dr. Lauren Lewis
 Rick Howland  as Fitzpatrick "Trick" McCorrigan
 K. C. Collins  as Hale Santiago

Recurring cast
 Emmanuelle Vaugier as Evony Fleurette Marquise: The Morrigan.
 Paul Amos as Vex: a Mesmer.
 Kate Trotter as The Norn.
 Vincent Walsh as Lachlan: The Ash, a Naga
 Lina Roessler as Ciara: a Fairy-Scuffock hybrid.
 Anthony Lemke as Ryan Lambert: a Dark Fae.
 Hayley Nault as the Nain Rouge: a divine Fae spirit.
 Raoul Trujillo as The Garuda: an ancient and fiendish powerful enemy of the Fae.
 Athena Karkanis as Nadia: Lauren's human girlfriend.
 Aaron Ashmore as Nate: Kenzi's boyfriend.

Production
Showcase renewed Lost Girl for a second season on November 12, 2010, announcing "record-breaking ratings" and the "number one scripted series for Adults 25-54 across all specialty channels" in Canada.

Production on thirteen episodes for Season Two began on May 17, 2011, with filming taking place at a Toronto soundstage and at locations in and around the city until September 22, for a targeted Fall 2011 premiere.

On May 18, 2011, Syfy (U.S.) announced that it had acquired 26 episodes (Season One and Season Two) of Lost Girl from Prodigy Pictures.

Showcase announced in a July 7, 2011, press release that the Season Two premiere  would be on September 4, 2011, and that an additional nine episodes had been ordered to make the season a total of 22 episodes.  The order for more episodes was made public two weeks before the first appearance of Lost Girl cast and producers at San Diego Comic-Con International 2011.

On December 12, 2011, Syfy announced the United States debut of Lost Girl on January 16, 2012. Season Two premiered on April 16, 2012 (one week after the finale episode of Season One).

Broadcast special
The finale of Season Two on April 1, 2012, was preceded by the Showcase special, Lost Girl Finale Pre-Show. Filmed on the series' "Dal Riata" set, the live audience one-hour program hosted by Lost Girl writer Steve Cochrane featured behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with Anna Silk, Kris Holden-Ried, Ksenia Solo, Zoie Palmer, Rick Howland, K.C. Collins, Paul Amos, and executive producer Jay Firestone.

Episodes

Notes

Reception and popularity
In Season Two, the decision to cut eight seconds of an emotive scene between Bo and Lauren from "Scream a Little Dream" created controversy among LGBT fans of the show, resulting in the network being accused of insensitivity and censorship. Lost Girl producers responded to the backlash by issuing a public statement on the show's Facebook page explaining that the edits were done in-house, and not by Syfy, for "timing and not content."  As noted by Dorothy Snarker writing for AfterEllen: "With so little representation of gay relationships on TV, every little touch matters."  After this experience, beginning with Season Three, the traditional opening credits accompanied by the Lost Girl Theme song were replaced with all opening credits superimposed over footage of the first scene, sparing  00:30 seconds from being edited out of the episodes for Syfy (U.S.).

In a 2012 report by TiVo of television programs watched at bedtime, Lost Girl was rated one of the top ten, most watched shows.

In a Slate magazine 2012 year-end list of 15 favorite television shows that are a pleasure to watch, Lost Girl (on Syfy) was named "Number 1" on the list, and hailed as "Sexy, snarky, and Canadian."

Home media release
On November 13, 2012, Berkshire Axis Media released Season Two in Canada on DVD and Blu-ray.  In the United States (Region 1), Giant Ape Media (Funimation SC) released the Season 2 uncut episodes "not seen on Syfy" on DVD and Blu-ray on November 13, 2012.  In the United Kingdom and Ireland (Region 2), Sony Pictures Home Entertainment released the DVD of Season 2 on September 9, 2013.  In Australia, Universal Sony Pictures released Season Two on September 19, 2013.

Awards and nominations

Canadian Screen Awards

Leo Awards

WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival

References

External links

 Lost Girl at  Syfy (U.S.)
  Lost Girl at Prodigy Pictures Inc.
 Lost Girl at Canadian Television Fund

 Lost Girl list of episodes at Garn's Guides
 Lost Girl at BO SERIES INC. (Giant Ape Media)

Season
2011 Canadian television seasons
2012 Canadian television seasons


title: Bill Hamrick

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William "Bill" Grady Hamrick III (born October 6, 1964) is the Georgia Statewide Business Court Judge. Judge Hamrick was appointed by Governor Brian Kemp on August 3, 2022 and confirmed by the Georgia Legislature on September 14, 2022 to be the Statewide Business Court Judge of Georgia and was sworn in on September 26, 2022. Hamrick replaced Judge Walt Davis.

Prior to becoming the Business Court Judge, Judge Hamrick was a Superior Court Judge in the Coweta Circuit. He was appointed by Governor Nathan Deal and took office on September 3, 2012 to fill the seat vacated when Judge William F. Lee retired.

Prior to joining the bench, Hamrick was a Georgia State Senator elected to 30th District in 2000 in a special election. Senator Hamrick represented the citizens of Carroll, Douglas, and Paulding Counties. In the Senate, Hamrick was the chairman of the Senate Judiciary, chairman of Banking and Financial Institutions Committee, chairman of the Criminal Justice Subcommittee on Appropriations and served as vice chairman of the Senate Rules Committee. Hamrick also served on the Ethics and Public Safety Committees. Hamrick also chaired the Senate Study Committee to rewrite the Juvenile Justice Code. In 2003, he co-chaired the HOPE Scholarship Joint Study Commission to review the HOPE Scholarship and keep it viable for future generations.

From 1990 to 1992, Hamrick was a Governor's Intern and Student Prosecutor for the DeKalb County District Attorney's Office in Georgia.  From 1993 to 1994, he served as an Assistant to Georgia Congressman George Darden.

A native of Carrollton, Georgia, Bill Hamrick graduated from Carrollton High School in 1983. Hamrick received a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Auburn University, and then in 1992 earned a J.D. degree from Georgia State University College of Law.  In 2021, Judge Hamrick received a Masters in Judicial Studies from The University of Nevada, Reno.

While at Auburn University, Hamrick was President of Sigma Nu Fraternity. He currently resides in Carrollton, Georgia with his wife, Susan.

References

External links
Ballotpedia
Bill Hamrick papers at the University of West Georgia

1964 births
Living people
Auburn University alumni
21st-century American lawyers
20th-century American lawyers
Georgia (U.S. state) state court judges
Georgia State University College of Law alumni
Republican Party Georgia (U.S. state) state senators
Georgia (U.S. state) lawyers
People from Carrollton, Georgia
21st-century American politicians


title: 3-Methyl-2-pentanone

text:
3-Methyl-2-pentanone (methyl sec-butyl ketone) is an aliphatic ketone and isomer of 2-hexanone. It is used as a solvent and as an intermediate for syntheses. Its industrial importance is low. It is produced by base-catalyzed aldol condensation of 2-butanone with acetaldehyde, forming 4-hydroxy-3-methyl-2-pentanone, which is dehydrated to 3-methyl-3-penten-2-one over an acid catalyst, followed by hydrogenation over a palladium catalyst.

References

Ketone solvents
Hexanones


title: ASJFC Capricorne

text:
Capricorne FC is a Malagasy football club who currently plays in  the THB Champions League the top division of Malagasy football.
The team is based in the Atsimo-Andrefana region in western Madagascar.

Stadium
Currently the team plays at the 5000 capacity Stade Maître Kira.

References

External links
Soccerway

Football clubs in Madagascar


title: Mary Corse

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Mary Corse (born 1945) is an American artist who lives and works in Topanga, California. Fascinated with perceptual phenomena and the idea that light itself can serve as both subject and material in art, Corse's practice can be seen as existing at an crossroads between American Abstract Expressionism and American Minimalism. She is often associated with the male-dominated Light and Space art movement of the 1960s, although her role has only been fully recognized in recent years. She is best known for her experimentation with radiant surfaces in minimalist painting, incorporating materials that reflect light such as glass microspheres. Corse initially attended University of California, Santa Barbara starting in 1963. She later moved on to study at Chouinard Art Institute (now CalArts), earning her B.F.A. in 1968.

Work

In the mid-1960s, during her time at Chouinard Art Institute, Mary Corse developed an interest in white monochrome paintings, favoring the controlled, geometric style of Minimalism. At the same time, she began to make shaped canvases paintings as well as three-dimensional works, for which she assembled columns out of plywood and joint compound that were then painted with white acrylic paint and sanded to remove any trace of her brushwork.

In 1966, Corse started a series of works that encased fluorescent bulbs in Plexiglas boxes. In 1968, Corse became interested in attempting to move these light boxes away from the wall without cords, necessitating the use of a Tesla coil, which supports wireless electricity. Corse completed courses in quantum physics at the University of Southern California in order to earn certification to handle large Tesla coils for these works.

Also in 1968, she began to embed glass microspheres (tiny reflective beads commonly used to brighten highway lines) in her paintings by layering them over white acrylic paint. The paintings in the White Light Series are "highly responsive to their environments and reveal internal complexities when lighting conditions fluctuate or viewers change their positions." Because of their capacity for transformation, the White Light paintings reflect Corse's interest in the personal and subjective nature of perception. Unlike in her earlier sculptures and shaped canvas works, the paintings in the White Light Series embrace the brushstroke, revealing Corse's hand in the works. White Light paintings from this early period often were often composed as grids, or as single microsphere-painted fields with contrasting flat white corners.

Corse moved from Downtown Los Angeles to Topanga Canyon in 1970 after the birth of her first child. This transition prompted new explorations into materials and processes, most notably in her experimentation with ceramic, as well as small black acrylic squares which she applied in acrylic on canvas. For the Black Earth Series, begun in 1978, Corse molded slabs of clay off a sizable flat rock near her Topanga studio, creating large tiles which were then fired and painted with opaque black glaze. The series was conceptualized as a foil to her microsphere paintings, acting as a grounding strategy for Corse after a decade of White Light works. In order to make the Black Earth works, Corse personally built her own extra-large updraft kiln on her Topanga property.

Corse returned again to the White Light Series - over her decades-long career Corse experimented with different compositional formats, scales, forms, and colors within the series. Perhaps the most celebrated and elusive offshoot of the paintings is the White Light Inner Band series, an effect achieved through a new technique of painting with glass microspheres. Begun in 1996, the series is characterized by a defined interior band that emerges from within the white field of microspheres and disappears as the viewer walks along the length of the work. As Whitney Museum curator Kim Conaty explains in the catalogue for Mary Corse: A Survey in Light, the Inner Bands "...insist upon the active viewing experience [Corse] seeks. They demonstrate that a monochrome, destabilized by the viewer's perception of its shifting surface, can take on many distinct states."

Exhibitions

Corse's work has been featured in several historically significant exhibitions including Venice in Venice, a collateral exhibition created by Nyehaus in association with the J. Paul Getty Museum at the 54th Venice Biennale (2011) as well as Pacific Standard Time: Crosscurrents in L.A. Painting and Sculpture, 1950-1970 (J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles and Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany, 2011) and Phenomenal: California Light and Space (Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, 2011) both of which were included as a part of Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A., 1945–1980. In June 2018, the Whitney Museum of American Art exhibited Mary Corse: A Survey in Light, which will travel to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in July 2019.

Collections
Art works by Corse are held in the permanent collections of institutions such as the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Dia Art Foundation; Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles; The Seattle Art Museum; Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Los Angeles; Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego; Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, California; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Blanton Museum of Art at the University of Texas at Austin; Whitney Museum of American Art; among others.

Recognition
Corse was awarded the Cartier Foundation award (1993), the Theodoran Award by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (1971), and the New Talent Award by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (1967). In 1975, she received a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship.

Her image is included in the iconic 1972 poster  Some Living American Women Artists by Mary Beth Edelson.

Art market
Corse was formerly represented by ACE Gallery in Los Angeles and Lehmann Maupin in New York. In November 2016, her primary representation became Kayne Griffin Corcoran. She is also represented by Lisson Gallery in London. In July 2018, it was reported that Corse would be represented by Pace Gallery in Hong Kong, Beijing, and Seoul, and in December 2018, Pace announced their expanded representation of Corse to New York as well.

Bibliography
 Fidel, Danieli. "Mary Corse." Artforum (Summer 1968).
 Kramer, Hilton. "Los Angeles, Now the 'In' Art Scene." New York Times. June 1, 1972.
 Baker, E.C. "Los Angeles 1971." ARTnews (September 1971).
 Plagens, Peter. "Decline and Rise of Younger LA Artists." Artforum (May 1972).

References

External links
Mary Corse at Kayne Griffin Corcoran
Mary Corse-Pacific Standard Time at the Getty Center

1945 births
Artists from Berkeley, California
Living people
American women painters
Painters from California
20th-century American painters
20th-century American women artists
21st-century American painters
21st-century American women artists
Chouinard Art Institute alumni


title: Aristolochia maxima

text:
Aristolochia maxima  is a plant species native to Central and South America, naturalized in southern Florida. Common names include Florida Dutchman's-pipe (US), canastilla (Guatemala), guaco (El Salvador), and tecolotillo (Mexico).  In Florida, it grows in hammocks in the Everglades at elevations below 50 m (170 feet).

Aristolochia maxima is a liana (woody vine) that can reach a height of 20 m (67 feet), twining over other plants.  Leaves are truncate to cuneate at the base. Flowers are brownish-purple.

References

maxima
Flora of Florida
Flora of Central America
Flora of Southern America
Plants described in 1760
Taxa named by Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin


title: Shpëtim Duro

text:
Shpëtim Duro (born 24 December 1959) is an Albanian professional football coach.

Managerial career
Duro was named the manager of Macedonian First League side FK Shkëndija on 24 November 2013, just 15 hours after the sacking of Gjore Jovanovski. He was first hired as a temporary caretaker manager for the club's next three games, but he signed a contract with the club to be the manager for the remainder of the 2013–14 season.

Duro lead Shkëndija from the relegation zone to a place in the Europa League qualifications, recording 11 wins, 4 draws and only 2 defeats. He managed to beat title contenders Turnovo, Vardar, Metalurg and even the champions Rabotnicki. He was in a 7 games winning run. Although Shkëndija wanted to keep Duro, an offer from Partizani, where his family lives, convinced him to leave Shkëndija. Duro even accepted a lower offer just to be his family back in his hometown Tirana.

On 27 May 2014, he officially rejoined Partizani on a three-year contract.

He replaced Bekim Isufi as manager of Kosovan side Drita in September 2018 and on 25 July 2019, Duro was announced as head coach of Kukësi.

References

External links

1959 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Tirana
Albanian football managers
KF Bylis managers
FC Dinamo City managers
FK Apolonia Fier managers
FK Partizani Tirana managers
KF Besa Kavajë managers
KF Skënderbeu Korçë managers
KF Vllaznia Shkodër managers
KF Shkëndija managers
Flamurtari FC managers
FC Drita managers
FK Kukësi managers
Kategoria Superiore managers
Albanian expatriate football managers
Expatriate football managers in North Macedonia
Albanian expatriate sportspeople in North Macedonia
Expatriate football managers in Kosovo
Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Kosovo


title: Paul Wahlberg

text:
Paul Wahlberg (born March 20, 1964) is an American chef and reality television personality. With his brothers Mark and Donnie, he runs the burger restaurant and bar Wahlburgers and stars in the reality television show also titled Wahlburgers.

Background
Born in Boston to Alma and Donald Wahlberg, he is the fourth of nine children and the first of his siblings to graduate from high school.

As a child, he was interested in watching cooking shows like The Galloping Gourmet. He decided to become a chef when he was 17.

Career
Paul found a love for the culinary industry working for Joseph's catering, run by the Calapa family of Braintree, Massachusetts. After high school, he worked at several restaurants, including The Charles Hotel, The Four Seasons and Bridgeman's in Hull, Massachusetts, where he served as executive chef for nine years.

Personal life
Married, Wahlberg lives in Hingham, Massachusetts.  He has two children.

References

External links

1964 births
American people of Swedish descent
American restaurateurs
Living people
People from Dorchester, Massachusetts
People from Hingham, Massachusetts
Paul


title: Charles Tyrrell

text:
Charles Tyrrell may refer to:
 Charles Tyrell (politician) (1776–1872), British Tory politician
 Charles Tyrrell (priest), Dean of Nelson, 1993–2009
 Charles Alfred Tyrrell (1819–1918), promoter of medical devices
 Charles Tyrrell (artist) (born 1950), painter and printmaker