title: Unfriended

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Unfriended is a 2014 screenlife supernatural horror film directed by Levan Gabriadze and produced by Timur Bekmambetov. Set on a computer screen, it is produced in the so-called Screenlife format. The film stars Shelley Hennig, Moses Storm, Renee Olstead, Will Peltz, Jacob Wysocki, and Courtney Halverson as six high school students in a Skype conversation which is haunted by a student, played by Heather Sossaman, who was bullied by them and committed suicide. The film is told almost entirely through a screencast of a MacBook.

The film premiered at the Fantasia Festival on July 20, 2014, and was theatrically released by Universal Pictures in the United States on April 17, 2015. The film received mixed reviews from critics and was a massive box-office success, grossing $62 million against a $1 million budget. A stand-alone sequel, Unfriended: Dark Web, was released in 2018.

Plot
In Fresno, CA, high school student Laura Barns commits suicide by gunshot after an anonymous user uploads a video of her passing out and defecating at an unsupervised party, making it go viral. One year later, her former childhood best friend Blaire Lily is chatting with her boyfriend Mitch Roussel on Skype, during which they agree to lose their virginities to each other on prom night. Soon after they are joined by their friends and classmates Jess Felton, Ken Smith, and Adam Sewell, and an unknown user known as "billie227."

The group of friends tries various ways to get rid of the intruder but are unsuccessful each time. Blaire looks up the account and realizes that it belonged to Laura Barns, revealing "billie227" as Laura even though the friends are still incredulous about this possibility. The group suspects that a classmate, Val Rommel, is pranking them. After they invite Val to their chat, Jess' Facebook page is updated with embarrassing photos of Val at a party. Jess denies uploading the photos and deletes them from her account, but the pictures instantly reappear on Adam's account. Val receives a message of a picture not visible to the others, but which she considers a threat. Angry, she calls 911 to report that she is being harassed, and abruptly leaves the chat. The group receives a photo of Val and Laura's Facebook messages from before Laura's death, with Val telling Laura to kill herself. Val reappears on the chat, sitting motionless and silent next to a bottle of bleach before collapsing. Police officers arrive shortly after; the friends eavesdrop and learn that Val died from a presumed suicide. Laura then sends each of the friends a personalized message proving intimate knowledge of their secrets; in Blaire's case, which is the one visible to the audience, this turns out to be several pictures revealing that she had an affair with Adam. Ken distributes a program to remove Laura from the chat, and then Adam attempts to call the police. However, the 911 operator turns out to be the intruder and re-enters the chat, revealing a camera view from the other side of Ken's room. He approaches the camera source and his Skype is briefly cut before it shows him killing himself with a blender.

Laura forces the remaining four friends to play a game of Never Have I Ever, stating that the loser will die. During the course of the game, it is revealed that Jess started a rumor that Blaire had an eating disorder; Blaire stole and crashed Jess' mother's car; Mitch made out with Laura (although he says it was one-sided on her end and he pushed her off), and also reported Adam to the police for dealing cannabis; Jess stole $800 from Adam; and Adam offered to trade Jess' life for the others in the group. Tensions flare and a drunken Adam finally loses his temper and uses the game to force Blaire to reveal that she is no longer a virgin, having slept with him behind Mitch's back. Mitch is distraught and retaliates by forcing Adam to admit that he roofied a classmate, raped her while she was unconscious, and then forced her to abort the resulting pregnancy.

Blaire and Adam receive messages sent remotely to their printers which they refuse to show to Mitch and Jess. Mitch threatens to leave if Blaire does not show the note and Laura warns that Mitch will die if he signs off. In a moment of panic, Blaire shows her paper which states: "If you reveal this note, Adam will die." Adam shoots himself, revealing he had the same note, except it was for Blaire.

Laura continues the game, asking Jess if she defaced her grave. When Blaire convinces Jess not to continue playing, Laura cuts the lights in Jess' house and disconnects her video feed. Blaire looks for help on Chatroulette and has a stranger in Nevada send police to Jess' house. Soon after, Jess' Skype reconnects showing her with an activated curling iron in her mouth, killing her.

Laura cuts the lights in Blaire's and Mitch's houses, wanting them to confess who uploaded the video. Blaire tells her that Mitch was the one who posted it; Mitch then stabs himself in the eye with a hunting knife. Blaire tearfully regrets how their friendship ended, but Laura scoffs at the comment and starts another countdown. Laura then uploads an extended version of the party video to Blaire's Facebook which reveals Blaire operating the camera for the original video and laughing, which quickly gains attention, with multiple people sending hateful comments towards Blaire. Laura says that she wishes she could forgive Blaire before leaving the chat. As Blaire hears her bedroom door creak, Laura, now in the form of her spirit, slams Blaire's laptop shut before attacking her.

Cast

Production
Gabriadze was attracted to the project (then titled Offline) as it focused on the theme of bullying. He noted that the nature of bullying had changed since he was in school, as the Internet allowed for bullies to continue their actions even after school hours.

Production was 16 days total, including six 12-hour days of principal photography, three days of pick-ups and then a few more reshoots. When filming began, it mostly consisted of long takes around ten minutes in length. Shelley Hennig, who portrayed Blaire, found that this proved difficult for the energy and motivation needed from her and the other actors. At her request, at least one full, 80-minute-long take was filmed, with each actor in separate rooms with separate computers. The film's ending was captured during one of these feature-length takes.

The film's title changed during shooting (and would also change prior to its theatrical release), as the film's crew felt that the title of Offline was "too general and not obvious" and that the then title of Cybernatural was "more to the point of what it is". For wide release, the film was re-titled Unfriended.

A deleted scene featured Jess being pulled away, presumably by Laura's spirit. Laura then proceeds to physically abuse Jess by the clicks of a cursor all within Jess's Facebook profile. The scene ends when Laura takes a saw and chops one of Jess's hands off. The scene was later scrapped as it "didn't fit with the horror theme".

Release
Unfriended initially had its world premiere on July 20, 2014, at the Fantasia Festival and screened on the film festival circuit under the title of Cybernatural. A generally positive film festival reception and test screenings for the film prompted Universal Pictures to pick up the film rights with the intent to give it a wide theatrical release the following year. The film's title was changed from Cybernatural to Unfriended and the film was theatrically released on April 17, 2015. The film was screened at Playlist Live on February 6, 2015, and premiered at SXSW on March 13, 2015.

Marketing
Unfriended was heavily marketed online, with 60% of the marketing budget being spent on digital platforms. January 12, 2015, the film's first official trailer with the title Unfriended was released.  Shortly after, on February 6, 2015, the film was screened at Playlist Live, a popular convention for internet celebrities from Vine and YouTube. Images were also released.

On February 13, 2015, a campaign was launched with Kik Messenger, in which Kik users could have a chat conversation with Laura. This made use of automated responses and pre-scripted responses, while also driving users to a dedicated microsite.

On March 13, 2015, after the film's premiere at SXSW, an after-party was hosted by Blumhouse. Exclusive Never Have I Ever cards were released at SXSW later, and a "NEVER HAVE I EVER" section was set up on the film's official website. Unfriended-themed photo booths were set up as well. During production, official Facebook and Skype accounts were set up for the characters in the film, and, after the premiere at SXSW, people who attended were "friended" by the official Laura Barns Facebook account. There was also a Twitter account, which tweeted attendees of the after-party.

Home media and streaming
Unfriended was released on DVD and Blu-ray on August 11, 2015. It received a Netflix release in May 2017. The Criterion Collection also added the film to their streaming service in October 2023.

Reception

Box office
Unfriended grossed $32.5 million in North America and $31.6 million in other territories, for a worldwide gross of $64.1 million against a budget of $1 million. Deadline Hollywood calculated the net profit of the film to be $17.1 million, when factoring together all expenses and revenues.

In North America, the film opened against Child 44, Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 and Monkey Kingdom on April 17, 2015, across 2,739 theaters, earning $6.8 million on its opening day. In its opening weekend, Unfriended earned $15.8 million, which was higher than its $12 million range projection, and finished in third place at the box office behind Furious 7 ($29.2 million) and fellow newcomer Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 ($23.8 million). Its opening weekend is the biggest debut for an original horror movie since The Conjuring, which opened with $41.9 million in July 2013.

Critical reception
Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gives the film an approval rating of 62% based on 185 reviews, with an average rating of 6/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Unfriended subverts found-footage horror clichés to deliver a surprisingly scary entry in the teen slasher genre with a technological twist." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 59 out of 100 based on 30 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".

Reception at the Fantasia Film Festival was mostly positive. Common praise for the film centered upon its acting and visuals, and Twitch Film commented that the film was an "interesting look at modern methods of communication and the ramifications of the new normal of always-on social interaction." Variety commented that while the film was "exasperating" at points, they also felt that it was clever and innovative.

Dread Central also praised the film overall, but stated that they felt that the movie's one major flaw was "the fashion in which we are trafficked to each scare through multi-screen clicking, copying, pasting and re-sizing, basically all-around multi-tasking. It can be trying to sit through and I liken it to sitting over someone's shoulder watching them web-surf... endlessly." It was named Most Innovative Film at the Fantasia Film Festival and received a Special Mention for Feature Film.

British film critic Mark Kermode gave the film a positive review, calling it a film which understands Skyping culture and cyber-bullying. He said, "Many people who've seen the trailer say, 'You're being stalked through the internet. Just log off.' The point is they can't because they're addicted." While on one hand admitting it was a "shrieky, teen-terrorized, slasher movie," on the other hand he said it was a film about how cyber-bullying only works if you cooperate with it.

Irish film critic Donald Clarke, writing for The Irish Times, gave the film a very positive review, describing it as "genuinely unsettling" and praising the filmmakers' "uncanny grasp of the complicated dynamics of contemporary interaction" and how they succeeded in retaining "a position on the moral high ground while bloody mayhem rages around their feet".

Some critics found the film to contain unintentionally humorous moments that detracted from the experience. Lou Lumenick of the New York Post and Lauren Chval of RedEye found the scenes involving Blaire's pleas for help on Chatroulette, as well as some of the phrases typed by Laura's ghost (including "but in this version [of a drinking game], the loser doesn’t drink. The loser dies."), to be more humorous than frightening.

In CinemaScore polls conducted during the opening weekend, cinema audiences gave Unfriended an average grade of "C", on an A+ to F scale.

Sequel

In April 2015, it was announced that Universal Pictures had greenlit a sequel, tentatively titled Unfriended 2. In October 2017, it was announced that the film was shot secretly and the film’s working title would be Unfriended: Game Night. On March 9, 2018, the film’s official title revealed to be Unfriended: Dark Web. The film was released on July 20, 2018.

See also
 Bullying and suicide
 Cyberbullying
 Chatroom
 The Den
 Friend Request
 List of ghost films
 Take This Lollipop

References

External links

2010s ghost films
2014 independent films
2010s teen horror films
2014 films
2014 horror films
American ghost films
American independent films
American supernatural horror films
American teen horror films
Blumhouse Productions films
Films about cyberbullying
Films about bullying
American films about revenge
Films about suicide
Films directed by Levan Gabriadze
Films set in California
Films set in 2014
Films shot in Los Angeles County, California
Found footage films
Films about the Internet
Films about social media
Techno-horror films
Unfriended (film series)
Universal Pictures films
Bazelevs Company films
Screenlife films
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title: Asian Surfing Championships

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The Asian Surfing Championships is an association that promotes the sport of surfing in Asia through the organization of competitions.

History

The Asian Surfing Championships was created in 2011. They are headquartered in Bali and led by Tipi Jabrik. ASC promotes surfing in Asian countries and helps other countries establish events. The Championship develops the skills of surfers through competition, brings media attention to formerly unfamiliar regions and aids in the advancement of surfing locally, regionally and internationally. ASC works with local, national and multinational event sponsors, maximizing the results of competitive surfing events. Every year during a multi-national surfing tour, Asian Surfing Champions are crowned in multiple divisions: Open, Women, Longboard, Junior and Master.

In 2014, the group organized an awards trip to G-Land, filmed by Indo Inc Productions.

ASC Tour schedules

Champions by category

2013

2012

2011

References

External links

External links

Surfing competitions
Sport in Asia
Recurring sporting events established in 2011


title: Irwin McLean

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(William Henry) Irwin McLean (born 1963) FRS FRSE FMedSci is Emeritus Professor of Genetic Medicine,  at the School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee.

Education
McLean was educated at Queen's University of Belfast where he was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree with honours in microbiology in 1985 followed by a PhD in 1988 for electrophoretic and immunological analysis of proteins involved in muscular dystrophy.

Research
The McLean Lab investigates genetic disorders that affect the cells and tissues of the epithelium and is funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC) and the Wellcome Trust.

Awards and honours
McLean was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 2014. His nomination reads:

References

Living people
Fellows of the Royal Society
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title: Cuori nella tormenta

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Cuori nella tormenta (Hearts in the storm) is a 1984 Italian romantic comedy film. It marked the directorial debut of Enrico Oldoini.

Plot
Walter is a non-commissioned officer of the Navy, while Raf is a ship's cook; they become great friends but unfortunately they fall in love, without knowing it, with the same girl, Sonia, who clearly prefers the most brilliant Walter. The girl does not have the courage to reveal it to Raf, who believes instead that she loves him to death.

Cast

Carlo Verdone as Walter Migliorini
Lello Arena as Raffaele aka "Raf"
Marina Suma as Sonia
Rossana Di Lorenzo as Walter's Mother

See also
 List of Italian films of 1984

References

External links

1984 films
Italian romantic comedy films
1984 romantic comedy films
Films directed by Enrico Oldoini
Films scored by Manuel De Sica
Films scored by Fiorenzo Carpi
1980s Italian-language films
1980s Italian films


title: Witold Kieżun

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Witold Jerzy Kieżun (6 February 1922 – 12 June 2021) was a Polish economist, soldier of the Home Army (the Polish resistance movement against German occupation during World War II), participant of the Warsaw uprising and prisoner in the Soviet Gulags. Kieżun was a former professor at Temple University, Duquesne University, Universite de Montreal, Université du Québec à Montréal, Bujumbura University, Warsaw University. He served as Chief Technical Advisor of the United Nations Development Programme in Burundi, Rwanda, and Burkina Faso. Witold Kieżun was a lecturer at Kozminski University in Warsaw. He received Doctor Honoris Causa from Jagiellonian University and the National Defence University of Warsaw. Kieżun was an honorary member of the Polish Academy of Sciences and an honorary citizen of Warsaw.

Early years

Witold Kieżun was born in 1922 in Wilno, to Witold Kieżun senior, a physician and officer of the Polish army and Leokadia Kieżun née Bokun, a dentist. Both parents were Catholic Poles. After the death of his older brother Zbigniew in 1930 and his father Witold Sr. in 1931, 9-year-old Witold moved with his mother to Warsaw. They lived in the Żoliborz district, known as a preferred location for Polish Intelligentsia.

World War II

After Germany invaded Poland on 1 September 1939, which launched the Second World War, 17-year-old Witold Kieżun was taken prisoner by the German army on 17 September, but managed to escape from the POW convoy and was hidden by a local farmer in an empty barrel. After his escape, Witold returned to German-occupied Warsaw and moved back to Żoliborz with his mother. During that time the Kieżuns were providing shelter to their aunt Irena Kiełmuciowa, who was of Jewish descent, and to Witold's Catholic maternal cousin Leon Gieysztor. In 1940 Leon Gieysztor was arrested by Germans during a "Łapanka" (Roundup), and sent to Auschwitz concentration camp, where Leon died in December 1940.

During the first years of Nazi German occupation after Poland's defeat, Witold jobbed as a glass-cutter and was a student of the Technical Vocational School (formerly an engineering school, which had been transformed into a vocational school by the German occupation regime, as Germans had banned higher education for Poles). One of Witold's classmates was Jan Bytnar, codename "Rudy", a prominent member of the Polish Scouting Resistance. Among Witold's lecturers was Professor Huber. Kieżun graduated from a vocational school in 1943. In 1942 Kieżun enrolled in the Law School of the secret Warsaw Underground University, where he completed the first year of curriculum before the clandestine program was interrupted by the Warsaw uprising in 1944.

From 1939 onwards Witold Kieżun participated in the Polish resistance movement in World War II. From 1944 Witold's apartment in Żoliborz served as a weapon storage location of the Home Army. Witold actively participated in the Warsaw uprising throughout its duration, under the code name "Wypad", serving in the special combat unit "Harnaś" at the rank of Second Lieutenant. In August 1944 Witold Kieżun was awarded the Cross of Valour, amongst other things for taking 14 German soldiers captive and securing 14 rifles and 2000 rounds of ammunition. On 23 September 1944 Witold Kieżun was decorated with Poland's highest military order Virtuti Militari personally by Commander in Chief Tadeusz Bor-Komorowski. After the capitulation of the uprising on 3 October, Witold became prisoner of war, but once again managed to escape from a prisoner convoy. Due to the near-complete destruction of Warsaw by the Germans following the defeat of the Warsaw Uprising, Witold relocated to Krakow using forged documents under the name of Jerzy Jezierza. In Krakow Witold reunited with his mother, who had escaped from destroyed Warsaw.

Communist Poland

After the Soviet Red Army seized Kraków from German troops on 17 January 1945, Witold Kieżun enlisted in the Law School at the reopened Jagiellonian University. On 9 March 1945 Kieżun was arrested by the NKVD as part of Soviet repressions against members of the Polish Anti-Nazi resistance Home Army with the objective of strengthening the imposed Communist rule over post-war Poland. Kieżun was imprisoned in Kraków's infamous Montelupich Prison and intensively interrogated for his participation in the Warsaw Uprising and membership in the Home Army by Polish and Russian-speaking members of the NKVD. In March 1945, a mock execution was conducted, in which Kieżun and his fellow inmates were led to the prison yard and stood against a wall in front of a firing squad. Before the execution was performed, a senior NKVD officer arrived with orders to cancel the execution; Kieżun and the others were led back to their cell.

On 23 March 1945, Witold Kieżun was removed from Montelupich Prison and transported on a Soviet freight train prisoner transport, together with other imprisoned Polish Home Army members as well as German POWs, to a Gulag labor camp in the Soviet Union, near the city of Krasnovodsk (currently Türkmenbaşy in Turkmenistan). Witold Kieżun's paternal uncle, Jan Kieżun, was also deported to the same labor camp. The transport took 31 days and arrived in the labor camp on 23 April. The labor camp was located in the Karakum Desert. Prisoners were provided with very limited food rations and contaminated water and suffered from a variety of diseases, which led to a death rate between 60% to 86% over a period of 4 months after Kieżun's arrival. Witold Kieżun reported that the labor camp and NKVD guards used US military equipment provided to the Soviet Union as part of the Lend-Lease program and still bore US Army marking.

During his stay in the camp, Witold Kieżun contracted pneumonia, typhoid fever, typhus, dystrophy, scabies, mumps and Beriberi. On 22 June Kieżun, who had fallen unconscious, was erroneously declared dead from pneumonia and his body was placed on a pile of corpses of other deceased patients. However, a nurse noticed the mistake and Kieżun was restored to the hospital, where he gradually recovered, although suffering from consequences of late stage Beriberi throughout his life. His death was also reported by a Polish fellow prisoner to Kieżun's mother in Krakow after the prisoner's release and return. In September 1945 the camp was disbanded and on 20 September Kieżun was relocated to an NKVD hospital in Kogon, currently Uzbekistan, where he was imprisoned along with Japanese POWs. In April 1946 Witold Kieżun was released to return to Poland. First, he was sent back to an NKVD camp in Brest, where he was taken over by the Polish Communist Ministry of Public Security and imprisoned in a prisoner camp in Złotów. He was released by mid-1946.

In October 1946 Witold Kieżun re-enrolled in the Law Program of Jagiellonian University in Kraków and started working for the National Bank of Poland. In 1948 Kieżun was arrested again for 48 hours by Ministry of Public Security due to his former membership in the Polish Resistance. Kieżun graduated in Law in June 1949 and moved from Krakow to Warsaw in August of that year. In 1950, Witold married Danuta who had been a paramedic during the Warsaw Uprising.

Over the course of the 1950s and 1960s Witold Kieżun worked at the National Bank of Poland in Warsaw and pursued an academic career in Economics at the Main School of Planning and Statistics – currently the Warsaw School of Economics. Kieżun completed his doctorate studies in Economics in 1964. Under the guidance of prof. Tadeusz Kotarbiński and prof. Jan Zieleniewski, Witold Kieżun became a major representative of the Polish School of Praxeology. In 1971 Kieżun became the head of the Institute of Praxeology of the Polish Academy of Sciences. In 1973 he was fired from the post due to a request of the Institute's communist party unit. Over the next years he was employed as a lecturer at Warsaw University. He was granted the title of professor in 1975. From 1974 onwards Witold Kieżun was invited to hold a series of guest lectures in the United States and Canada: Seton Hall in 1974, Duquesne University in Pittsburgh in 1977 and University of Montreal in 1978, while still residing full-time in Poland until 1980.

Emigration

On 6 September 1980 Witold Kieżun left Poland for a contract as lecturer at the School of Business and Administration at Temple University in Philadelphia. From 1980 to 1981 he held a series of lectures about the Solidarity Movement in Poland entitled "The Spirit of Solidarity" in 14 US and Canadian Universities.

In 1981–83 Witold Kieżun worked as Technical Advisor to the UNDP in Burundi, Africa.

After the end of his first contract in Burundi, Kieżun was meant to rejoin the faculty of Temple University, but the offer was revoked at the last minute, due to the university faculty's erroneous association with the Polish Anti-Nazi resistance Home Army of which Kieżun was a member, with collaboration with the Germans, propaganda lie deliberately spread by Stalin. (See Anti-Polonism).

From 1983 to 1986 Kieżun was a professor at HEC Montréal. Kieżun returned to Burundi in 1986 as Chief Technical Advisor for the UNDP and directed the program until 1991. He was an advisor to President Pierre Buyoya. From 1989 to 1991 Kieżun was a professor at Bujumbura University. In 1990, Witold Kieżun met with Polish Pope John Paul II during his visit to Burundi.

Throughout the 1990s, Witold Kieżun alternated between roles as Chief Technical Advisor to UNDP in Rwanda (1991–1992) and Burkina Faso (1994) and his position as lecturer in Canada at the Universite de Quebec and McGill. During his time in Canada, Kieżun was co-organizer of the Canadian Foundation of Polish-Jewish Heritage in Montreal.

Return to Poland

After the fall of Communism in Poland, Witold Kieżun was being considered for the post of Minister of Finance in the government of Tadeusz Mazowiecki, but he turned down the offer due to the lack of specificity of the request and his commitment to his UNDP project in Burundi. In 1995 Witold Kieżun started giving regular 6-week long courses of international administration at Leon Kozminski Academy of Entrepreneurship and Management in Warsaw, where he became professor, but he still resided full-time in Canada until 1999, when he and his wife Danuta permanently moved back to Warsaw in Poland, where Witold continued to work as a lecturer, author and advisor.

During the 1990s, Witold Kieżun developed several propositions related to the administrative transformation of Poland and other post-communist states, e.g. the East European Countries Administrative Modernization for Nations Building project for the United Nations' Department of Technical Cooperation for Development. Witold Kieżun provided advice to the governments of Hanna Suchocka (1992–93), Jerzy Buzek (1997–2001), Marek Belka (2004–2005) and Jarosław Kaczyński (2006–2007) as well as to president Lech Kaczyński.

Witold Kieżun's assessment of the economical and administrative development of post-transformation Poland has been generally critical. Kieżun claimed that the chosen path of economic transformation after the end of Communism had not taken into account the specifics of the Polish economy and that the applied "shock therapy" did not focus on preserving and modernizing existing assets, but unnecessarily handed over public assets to foreign companies and members of the former Communist party elite at drastically understated valuations. Kieżun attributed this to a lack of interest and knowledge of the economics of the political elite in Poland during the transformation years, in particular the government of Tadeusz Mazowiecki, as well as too much academic and detached-from-reality textbook liberalism of then finance minister Leszek Balcerowicz and Poland's foreign advisors such as George Soros and Jeffrey Sachs. While Kieżun admitted that the chosen path ultimately helped stop hyperinflation, according to Kieżun Poland's economic transformation resulted in creating a post-colonial state of dependence which puts at risk the future economic development of Poland. As support for his thesis Kieżun referred to annual profit outflows by foreign-owned companies in the range of 40–80 billion Polish Zloty (~3–5% of Poland's GDP), a too low share of wages in GDP, mass emigration, high unemployment and a very low fertility rate. Witold Kieżun has also been critical of the administrative transformation of Poland, stating that it served short-term political interests by creating unnecessary complexity and an excess of public servant posts while sacrificing government efficiency.

On 9 January 2001, Witold Kieżun was kidnapped at gunpoint from a parking lot at Polna street in Warsaw by 2 unidentified men who knew his identity. The kidnappers drove Kieżun out of Warsaw in his own car, took his cell phone and address book, but were not interested in the money he carried or his Swiss watch. Ultimately, the kidnappers left Kieżun in a forest near Otwock, and drove off with his car, which was later found undamaged near Marysin. The background of the kidnapping has never been clarified.

Witold Kieżun also frequently commented on Polish history, in particular related to the Second World War and the ongoing Polish debate about the justification and sense of the Warsaw uprising. Kieżun believed that the Uprising was a necessity because the population of Warsaw longed to actively put an end to the genocidal occupation of Warsaw by the Germans. As the specific trigger for the Uprising, Kieżun saw the German order to participate in the transformation of the city into "Festung Warschau", a German military concept of the total resistance in a city to maximize the slow-down of the Soviet advance, taking into account the city's complete destruction. The population of Warsaw refused to follow the order, which was punishable with death by German occupying forces and would have affected roughly 100 thousand male inhabitants of Warsaw, had the Uprising not begun. Also, Kieżun stressed insurgents' belief that the West would provide strong air support and could not have anticipated the lack of meaningful outside support for the Uprising.

On 1 September 2014 the Polish Post issued a postage stamp bearing Kieżun's original picture from the Warsaw uprising to commemorate the 70th Anniversary of the outbreak of the Uprising. 92-year-old (as of 2014) Witold Kieżun continued writing articles and delivering lectures to various audiences, and he was also working on a new book on the Polish transformation.

Personal life
Witold Kieżun was married to Danuta Magreczyńska, who had served as a paramedic of the Polish resistance Home Army during World War II (Code Name "Jola"). Danuta Kieżun died on 9 August 2013. Witold Kieżun has two children: one daughter Krystyna Macqueron (born 1951) who resides in France and one son Witold Olgierd Kieżun (born 1954) who lives in the United States. Witold Kieżun has three grandchildren – Aurelie, Charlotte and Adam.

Kieżun died in Warsaw in June 2021 at the age of 99. He is buried at the Powązki Military Cemetery.

Awards and decorations

Publications (selection)
 2014 – Niezapomniane twarze
 2013 – Magdulka i cały świat. Rozmowa biograficzna z Witoldem Kieżunem przeprowadzona przez Roberta Jarockiego.
 2012 – Drogi i bezdroża polskich przemian
 2012 – Patologia transformacji
 2003 – O odbudowę kapitału społecznego
 1997 – Sprawne zarządzanie organizacją
 1994 – Successful, though short lived sociotechnics
 1992 – Management Efficient
 1991 – Management in Socialist Countries
 1990 – Manuel sur l’analyse des travaux administratifs
 1990 – Problematique generale de la reforme administrative dans le monde
 1984 – Organisation et Gestion
 1978 – Ewolucja systemów zarządzania
 1977 – Podstawy organizacji i zarządzania
 1977 – Autonomization of Organizational Units. From Pathology of Organization
 1974 – Organizace prace reditele
 1971 – Organizacja pracy własnej dyrektora
 1971 – Autonomizacja jednostek organizacyjnych. Z patologii zarządzania
 1968 – Dyrektor. Z problematyki zarządzania instytucją
 1965 – Organizacja bankowości w Polsce Ludowej
 1964 – Bank a przedsiębiorstwo

External links
 Witold Kieżun – personal homepage
 Biography of Witold Kiezun on http://www.warsawuprising.com/, a website dedicated to the Warsaw Uprising co-created by the son of Witold J. Kieżun.
 A Facebook page dedicated to Witold Kieżun: https://www.facebook.com/profwitoldkiezun
 Witold Kieżun speaks about his book "Patologia Transformacji" (Polish language) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWQwKq6tNE0

References

1922 births
2021 deaths
Burials at Powązki Military Cemetery
Commanders of the Order of Polonia Restituta
Home Army members
Home Army officers
Knights of the Order of Polonia Restituta
Academic staff of Kozminski University
People from Vilnius
Polish economists
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Polish prisoners of war
Polish torture victims
Recipients of the Cross of Valour (Poland)
Recipients of the Gold Cross of Merit (Poland)
Recipients of the Silver Cross of Merit (Poland)
Recipients of the Silver Cross of the Virtuti Militari
Recipients of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Warsaw Uprising insurgents
World War II prisoners of war held by Germany
Polish expatriates in Canada
Polish expatriates in the United States
Recipients of the Pro Patria Medal


title: Malaysia National Aviation Policy

text:
The Malaysia National Aviation Policy is a comprehensive policy defining all the key aspects of aviation in Malaysia, such as its direction, objectives and long-term strategies, for the purpose of stakeholder transparency.

History

The National Aviation Policy was first proposed and announced on 17 October 2011. The Transport Ministry was tasked with drafting the policy framework, following an announcement by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.

In 2010, before the announcement, the former CEO of MAS, Tengku Datuk Azmil Zahruddin, and AirAsia X CEO Azran Osman Rani, had called for a clear aviation policy for Malaysia, to ensure free and fair competition on a level playing field.

However, the then transport minister Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat had shot down their call, saying that existing guidelines were sufficient.

Details

Purpose
 To ensure the survival of the country's aviation players
 Define key aspects of aviation, direction, objectives and long-term strategies for all Malaysian Aviation stakeholder
 Fair route allocation

Key Actor
 Minister of Transport
 Department of Civil Aviation
 MAS
 AirAsia
 Malindo Air
 MAHB

References

Public policy in Malaysia
Ministry of Transport (Malaysia)
Aviation in Malaysia
2011 establishments in Malaysia


title: Gypsum Recycling International

text:
Gypsum Recycling International A/S (GRI) is a recycling company based in Nærum, Rudersdal Municipality, Denmark. GRI offers a system for the recycling of gypsum and plasterboard/drywall waste.

The company started its operations in Denmark in 2001. It originated from the largest demolition company in Scandinavia and based on these experiences developed a unique gypsum recycling system.  Within a few years, GRI increased the recycling rate for gypsum waste in Denmark up to a world record of 80%.5

Recycling system
The gypsum recycling system from GRI is a complete system with all the necessary elements for taking the waste from the place of generation to the processing facility, where the waste is transformed into a reusable raw material that is delivered to the plasterboard plant nearby at a cost lower than virgin gypsum. The system encompasses: a collection system/containers, a logistics system, mobile recycling units and end-users that can use  the recycled gypsum. The recycling unit is designed to be mobile and very compact. Hereby, multiple small processing plants/facilities located close to where the waste is generated and the recycled gypsum used can be serviced using the same recycling unit.

Markets
Nowadays, Gypsum Recycling operates in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, The Netherlands, Belgium and Germany and, furthermore, its technology is used in the US and Japan.

EU projects

GtoG
As the leading gypsum recycling company, GRI is currently, participating in the EU funded so called GtoG project  (Gypusm to Gypsum). The GtoG project is co-financed by the Life+ programme of the European Commission. It started in January 2013 and will finish in December 2015. The consortium is co-ordinated by Eurogypsum, the European Plaster and plasterboard manufacturers association and consists of 17 partners (2 universities- 5 demolition companies-1 consultant in deconstruction- 5 gypsum manufcaturers-1 laboratory- 2 recyclers). The overall aim of this project is to transform the gypsum demolition waste market to achieve higher recycling rates of gypsum waste, thereby helping to achieve a resource efficient economy.

Awards and certificates
Gypsum Recycling International and its sister companies have won several awards within Cleantech, Recycling, and Environmental Technology, honoring the company's efforts for a greener future and reducing the global CO2 emissions with its recycling efforts.

Awards include: Cleantech Prisen 2007, Swedish Recycling Award 2010, Climate Cup 08, and Environmental Gazelle of 2007.

References

Recycling organizations
Service companies of Denmark
Service companies based in Copenhagen
Companies based in Rudersdal Municipality
Danish companies established in 2001


title: Gerritsen Creek

text:
Gerritsen Creek is a short watercourse in Brooklyn, New York City, that empties into Jamaica Bay. The creek has been described as one of the "fingers" that formed the original shoreline of Jamaica Bay. The creek lies just beyond the maximum extent of the Wisconsin Glacier.

Course
The creek currently starts near Avenue U, but its original headwaters lay eight streets farther north, in what is now Midwood. Within that neighborhood, Bay Avenue and Olean Street run diagonally to the rest of the street grid, flanking the former path of the creek. The creek had been truncated to the intersection of Nostrand Avenue and Kings Highway by the early 20th century, flowing southeast through the neighborhood of Marine Park. That part of the creek was buried in a storm sewer in 1920.

The creek's mouth and much of its remaining length is part of a public park called Marine Park; the head contains the Salt Marsh Nature Center, while the artificial Mau Mau Island is located nearby. According to Touring Gotham's Archaeological Past, the mill and the dam for its tide pond were between Avenues W and V, and the mill pond beyond the dam extended past Fillmore Avenue. In recent decades, efforts have been made to restore parts of the creek, particularly the salt marsh near its mouth, to a state closer to its natural one before modern settlement. In 2012 the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers budgeted $8.3 million for the restoration.

Usage
Archeological investigation has determined that Native American people started to settle permanently in the creek's watershed as early as 5000 BC. The creek's name comes from a historic grist mill built on the creek's shore in the 17th century. The mill, a tide mill, the first to be built in North America, was built when the area was colonized by the Dutch. The mill remained in use for hundreds of years, until 1890. There were early proponents of preserving heritage buildings who lobbied for its preservation. Mayor Jimmy "Beau James" Walker was brought to the site to view the structure. However, no efforts were made, and the abandoned building was burned by an arsonist in 1935.

Recreational boaters regularly abandon unwanted and damaged recreational craft near the creek's mouth. The small salvage firm White Cap Marine Towing and Salvage, of Sheepshead Bay, specializes in rescuing or salvaging the smaller recreational vessels and smaller fishing vessels that operate out of the smaller inlets around Jamaica Bay, and is also a franchisee of Sea Tow, the leading marine assistance services company. It has a contract to keep the area clear of abandoned vessels.

References

Marine Park, Brooklyn
Inlets of New York (state)
Bodies of water of Brooklyn


title: Thomas Davis (Wisconsin politician)

text:
Thomas Davis (October 8, 1817 – August 30, 1908) was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1865 to 1866. He was born in Enosburgh, Vermont and resided in Millard and Sugar Creek, Wisconsin.

References

External links

People from Sugar Creek, Wisconsin
1817 births
1908 deaths
Members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
19th-century American politicians


title: Beautiful Pain

text:
"Beautiful Pain" is a song by Eminem featuring Sia, appearing as a bonus track on his 2013 album The Marshall Mathers LP 2, marking the first collaboration between the two musicians. They further collaborated on the song Guts Over Fear from Eminem's 2014 compilation album SHADYXV. Billboard described the song as an "emo-punched rap ballad", and one of Eminem's best collaborations with a female artist. In 2014, Spin ranked the song number 264 out of Eminem's 289 songs released to date.

Charts

Certifications

References

2013 songs
Eminem songs
Sia (musician) songs
Songs written by Luis Resto (musician)
Songs written by Eminem
Songs written by Emile Haynie
Songs written by Sia (musician)


title: Shamil Aliev

text:
Shamil Shamsudinovich Aliev (; born September 9, 1979, in Makhachkala, Russian SFSR) is a retired amateur Tajik freestyle wrestler, who competed in the men's light heavyweight category. Representing his naturalized nation Tajikistan, Aliev won a bronze medal in the 84-kg division at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea, scored a silver at the 2003 Asian Wrestling Championships in New Delhi, India, and then finished eighth at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Aliev is also a member of the wrestling team for Trade Union Sports Club in Makhachkala, before competing for the Tajik squad in 2002.

Aliev reached sporting headlines at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea, where he picked up a bronze medal over neighboring Uzbekistan's Aslan Sanakoev in the men's light heavyweight category (84 kg) with a 3–1 decision. A year later, he captured a silver at the 2003 Asian Wrestling Championships in Delhi, India, losing 2–3 to Iran's Pejman Dorostkar.

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Aliev qualified for his naturalized Tajik squad in the men's 84 kg class. Earlier in the process, he placed second and guaranteed a spot on the Tajik wrestling team from the Olympic Qualification Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria. Aliev started the four-man prelim pool with a pair of marvelous victories over four-time Olympic veteran Nicolae Ghiţă of Romania (3–4) and Senegal's Matar Sène (3–6), before being edged out by Russia's Sazhid Sazhidov in a more complacent 5–0 decision. Placing second in the pool and eighth overall, Aliev's performance was not enough to advance him to the quarterfinals.

References

External links

Profile – International Wrestling Database

1979 births
Living people
Tajikistani male sport wrestlers
Olympic wrestlers for Tajikistan
Wrestlers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Wrestlers at the 2002 Asian Games
Asian Games medalists in wrestling
Sportspeople from Makhachkala
Tajikistani people of Dagestani descent
Russian male sport wrestlers
Asian Games bronze medalists for Tajikistan
Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games


title: Languid Kisses, Wet Caresses

text:
Languid Kisses, Wet Caresses () is a 1976 Italian comedy film directed by Alfredo Angeli.

Cast

 Gigi Proietti as Orfeo Scardamazzi
 Giovanna Ralli as  Elena
 Elisa Cegani as  Clorinda
 Cristiano Censi as  Fabio
  Maria Los as  Elettra
 Nerina Montagnani as The Maid
 Giacomo Rizzo as The Policeman

See also
 List of Italian films of 1976

References

External links

1976 films
Italian comedy films
1970s Italian-language films
1976 comedy films
Films scored by Guido & Maurizio De Angelis
Films set in Rome
1970s Italian films


title: Samsung NX30

text:
The Samsung NX30 is a DSLR-style mirrorless camera, part of Samsung's NX series announced by Samsung on January 2, 2014. It is the successor of the Samsung NX20.

The NX30 is visually similar to its predecessor, the Samsung NX20, but is more advanced and has a fast hybrid autofocus which Samsung claims can detect an object in only 80ms. Another significant changes are a much more powerful processor which makes the camera far more responsible and faster, a much larger body with very good ergonomics, better video quality and capability (Full HD 60 fps, and a better codec), enhanced wifi connectivity, touch sensitive flexible display, and a large fast viewfinder with unique tilt construction.

Although nearly the same sensor was used, the NX30 has improved ISO range, the older sensor lacks a bit against modern competitors on high sensitivity but is capable of delivering very detailed images with Samsung lenses. This model was a much needed improvement after the somehow sluggish NX20, with only minor negatives, and the price was dramatically lowered after some time.

References

http://www.dpreview.com/products/samsung/slrs/samsung_nx30/specifications

NX30
Live-preview digital cameras


title: Philippines men's national basketball team results

text:
This is a list of the Philippine national basketball team results. This list includes non-competitive matches against foreign teams.

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

Notes

References


title: No Love (disambiguation)

text:
"No Love" is a 2010 song by Eminem featuring Lil Wayne.

No Love may also refer to:

No Love (film), a 1991 Soviet drama directed by Valery Rubinchik
"No Love" (Summer Walker and SZA song), a song by Summer Walker and SZA, 2021
"No Love" (Lucky J song), 2016
"No Love" (Joan Armatrading song), 1981
No Love (August Alsina song), 2014
"No Love (I'm Not Used to)", a song by Kevon Edmonds, 1999
"No Love", a song by Death Grips from No Love Deep Web, 2012
"No Love", a song by the Get Up Kids from Four Minute Mile, 1997
"No Love", a song by Kevin Gates from By Any Means 2, 2017
"No Love", a song by Lil Scrappy, 2012
"No Love", a song by HIM from the album Tears on Tape, 2013
"No Love", a song by Noriel, 2018
"No Love", a song by Olivia O'Brien, 2017
"No Love", a song by Simple Plan from Simple Plan, 2008
"No Love", a song by Young M.A from Herstory in the Making, 2019
"(I Guess There's) No Love", a song by Mable John, 1961


title: Tyler Johnson (basketball)

text:
Tyler Ryan Johnson (born May 7, 1992) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Brisbane Bullets of the Australian National Basketball League (NBL). He played college basketball for Fresno State University.

Early life
Johnson attended St. Francis High School in Mountain View, California.

College career
In his four-year career at Fresno State University, Johnson appeared in 127 games (87 starts) and averaged 10.6 points, 4.8 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.1 steals in 27.9 minutes per game while shooting 45.6 percent from the field, 37.4 percent from three-point range and 71.6 percent from the free-throw line. He finished his career ranked number 16 on Fresno State's all-time scoring list with 1,346 career points. As a senior, he was named to the All-Mountain West Conference second team and shot 43.2 percent from three-point range, the sixth-highest single-season three-point field goal percentage in school history.

Professional career

Sioux Falls Skyforce (2014–2015)
After going undrafted in the 2014 NBA draft, Johnson joined the Miami Heat for the 2014 NBA Summer League. On August 7, 2014, he signed with the Heat, but was later waived by the team on October 25. On November 3, he was acquired by the Sioux Falls Skyforce of the NBA Development League as an affiliate player of the Heat.

Miami Heat (2015)
On January 12, 2015, Johnson signed a 10-day contract with the Heat. Three days later, he made his NBA debut against the Golden State Warriors, appearing for 1:44 minutes and scoring two points on a pair of free throws.

Return to the Skyforce (2015)
On January 22, the Heat decided to not retain Johnson after his contract expired and two days later, he returned to the Skyforce.

Return to Miami (2015–2019)
Johnson later re-joined the Heat on January 29 as he signed another 10-day contract with the team. On February 8, he signed a two-year deal with the Heat. On March 2, he had a season-best game with 26 points and 4 steals in a 115–98 win over the Phoenix Suns. Five days later, he scored 24 points and played in a career-high 44 minutes off the bench as he helped the Heat defeat the Sacramento Kings, 114–109. He topped that minutes mark by playing in all 48 minutes of the Heat's season finale win over the Philadelphia 76ers.

On July 9, 2015, Johnson was sidelined for six weeks with a broken jaw that he sustained while playing for the Heat during the 2015 NBA Summer League. On December 9, 2015, he scored a season-high 20 points in a loss to the Charlotte Hornets. He later missed eight games during December with a shoulder injury. Johnson fought through his left shoulder pain during January before missing the team's final two games of the month after succumbing to the pain. After initially trying to avoid surgery, Johnson ultimately gave into the idea on February 1, 2016, a procedure that ruled him out for three months. He returned to action on May 1, coming off the bench for the final six minutes of the Heat's Game 7 win over the Charlotte Hornets in the first round of the playoffs.

After the 2015–16 season, Johnson became a restricted free agent. On July 6, 2016, he received a four-year, $50 million offer sheet from the Brooklyn Nets. Four days later, the Heat matched the Nets' contract offer, re-signing Johnson. On December 7, 2016, he scored a career-high 27 points in a 103–95 loss to the Atlanta Hawks. He topped that mark on December 20, scoring 32 points—the most any Heat reserve has ever scored in a game—in a 136–130 double overtime loss to the Orlando Magic. The previous Heat scoring record by a reserve was 29 points, by Voshon Lenard in 1999.

On December 30, 2017, Johnson scored 22 of his season-high 31 points in the third quarter of the Heat's 117–111 win over the Magic.

On December 23, 2018, Johnson scored 20 of his 25 points in the third quarter of the Heat's 115–91 win over the Magic.

Phoenix Suns (2019–2020)
On February 6, 2019, Johnson was traded, along with Wayne Ellington, to the Phoenix Suns in exchange for Ryan Anderson. On February 23, he scored a season-high 29 points in a 120–112 loss to the Atlanta Hawks. Two days later, he scored 18 points against his former team, the Miami Heat, to help the Suns snap a franchise-record 17-game losing streak to win 124–121. On April 4, 2019, Johnson was ruled out for the rest of the season after missing 10 games with right knee soreness and undergoing arthroscopic surgery. On February 9, 2020, Johnson was waived by the Suns.

Brooklyn Nets (2020–2021)
On June 24, 2020, Johnson signed with the Brooklyn Nets. On November 27, he re-signed with the Nets. In 39 games played with Brooklyn, he averaged 5.4 points, 2 rebounds, and 1.2 assists in an average of 17 minutes per game. In the Nets' elimination from the NBA playoffs against the eventual champion Milwaukee Bucks, Johnson totalled 4 points, 2 rebounds, and 5 assists in a combined 22 minutes of action. Johnson won praise for his personality fit and work with the Nets second unit, but Brooklyn chose not to re-sign him in free agency.

Philadelphia 76ers (2021–2022)
On December 22, 2021, Johnson signed a 10-day contract with the Philadelphia 76ers, via the hardship exemption. He appeared in three games and averaged 3.7 points and 2.0 rebounds per game.

San Antonio Spurs (2022)
On January 6, 2022, Johnson signed a 10-day contract with the San Antonio Spurs. He appeared in three games, and averaged 2 points, 2 rebounds, and 1.7 assists per game for the Spurs.

Brisbane Bullets (2022–2023)
On July 30, 2022, Johnson signed with the Brisbane Bullets in Australia for the 2022–23 NBL season.

Career statistics

NBA

Regular season

|-
| style="text-align:left;"|
| style="text-align:left;"|Miami
| 32 || 2 || 18.8 || .419 || .375 || .681 || 2.5 || 1.3 || 1.0 || .3 || 5.9
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|
| style="text-align:left;"|Miami
| 36 || 5 || 24.0 || .488 || .380 || .797 || 3.0 || 2.2 || .7 || .4 || 8.7
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|
| style="text-align:left;"|Miami
| 73 || 0 || 29.8 || .433 || .372 || .768 || 4.0 || 3.2 || 1.2 || .6 || 13.7
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|
| style="text-align:left;"|Miami
| 72 || 39 || 28.5 || .435 || .367 || .822 || 3.4 || 2.3 || .8 || .5 || 11.7
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|
| style="text-align:left;"|Miami
| 44 || 10 || 25.5 || .426 || .353 || .693 || 2.8 || 2.5 || .9 || .5 || 10.8
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|
| style="text-align:left;"|Phoenix
| 13 || 12 || 31.2 || .368 || .321 || .872 || 4.0 || 4.2 || 1.1 || .5 || 11.1
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|
| style="text-align:left;"|Phoenix
| 31 || 3 || 16.6 || .380 || .289 || .750 || 1.7 || 1.6 || .4 || .3 || 5.7
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|
| style="text-align:left;"|Brooklyn
| 8 || 4 || 24.3 || .405 || .389 || 1.000 || 3.0 || 3.0 || .5 || .1 || 12.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|
| style="text-align:left;"|Brooklyn
| 39 || 3 || 17.5 || .393 || .364 || .857 || 2.0 || 1.2 || .4 || .0 || 5.4
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|
| style="text-align:left;"|Philadelphia
| 3 || 0 || 12.7 || .400 || .429 || — || 2.0 || .7 || .3 || .3 || 3.7
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|
| style="text-align:left;"|San Antonio
| 3 || 0 || 17.7 || .200 || .333 || — || 2.0 || 1.7 || .7 || .7 || 2.0
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career
| 354 || 78 || 24.6 || .426 || .360 || .779 || 3.0 || 2.3 || .8 || .4 || 9.8

Playoffs

|-
| style="text-align:left;"|2016
| style="text-align:left;"|Miami
| 5 || 0 || 12.2 || .455 || .500 || .727 || 1.4 || 1.6 || .2 || .0 || 4.2
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|2018
| style="text-align:left;"|Miami
| 5 || 5 || 16.2 || .538 || .600 || .857 || 1.6 || .8 || .4 || .0 || 8.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|2020
| style="text-align:left;"|Brooklyn
| 4 || 2 || 23.3 || .457 || .393 || 1.000 || 1.8 || 2.3 || .0 || .3 || 13.8
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|2021
| style="text-align:left;"|Brooklyn
| 8 || 0 || 8.6 || .353 || .273 || 1.000 || .8 || .6 || .3 || .0 || 2.1
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career
| 22 || 7 || 13.8 || .460 || .418 || .818 || 1.3 || 1.2 || .2 || .0 || 6.0

College

|-
| style="text-align:left;"|2010–11
| style="text-align:left;"|Fresno State
| 31 || 1 || 16.9 || .441 || .143 || .540 || 2.9 || 2.0 || 1.1 || .3 || 4.4
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|2011–12
| style="text-align:left;"|Fresno State
| 33 || 23 || 29.6 || .422 || .315 || .686 || 4.6 || 2.5 || 1.3 || .3 || 9.3
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|2012–13
| style="text-align:left;"|Fresno State
| 29 || 28 || 29.6 || .461 || .402 || .709 || 4.1 || 2.0 || .9 || .2 || 12.1
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|2013–14
| style="text-align:left;"|Fresno State
| 35 || 35 || 33.6 || .479 || .432 || .805 || 7.3 || 2.9 || 1.0 || .4 || 15.9
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career
| 128 || 87 || 27.6 || .456 || .372 || .716 || 4.8 || 2.4 || 1.1 || .3 || 10.5

Personal life
Johnson is the son of Jennifer and Milton Johnson, and has four siblings: Brandon, Lauren, Logan, and Gabe. His mother is in the United States Air Force. Johnson's biggest hobby off the court is cooking.

References

External links

 Fresno State Bulldogs bio

1992 births
Living people
American expatriate basketball people in Australia
American men's basketball players
Basketball players from North Dakota
Brisbane Bullets players
Brooklyn Nets players
Fresno State Bulldogs men's basketball players
Miami Heat players
Philadelphia 76ers players
Phoenix Suns players
Point guards
San Antonio Spurs players
Shooting guards
Sioux Falls Skyforce players
Sportspeople from Grand Forks, North Dakota
Undrafted National Basketball Association players
Saint Francis High School (Mountain View, California) alumni


title: Tienie Burger

text:
Martinus Abraham Burger (born 1 November 1993) is a South African rugby union player for the  in the Pro14. His regular position is lock or flanker.

Career

Youth and Varsity Cup rugby

At the primary school level, he was selected for the  side that played at the Under-13 Craven Week competition in 2006.

Burger then went to Grey College in Bloemfontein, which is in  territory. He represented them at the Under-18 Academy Week in 2011 and also played for the  side in the 2011 Under-19 Provincial Championship. In 2012, he started off playing for the U19s in the 2012 Under-19 Provincial Championship, but halfway through the season, he was promoted to the  side and started six matches for them in the 2012 Under-21 Provincial Championship.

Burger once again played for them in the 2013 Under-21 Provincial Championship, scoring five tries in seven starts, including a brace in their match against .

Burger started the 2014 season playing Varsity Cup rugby for the , starting all seven of their matches as they finished fifth in the competition, before returning to Under-21 action in the 2014 Under-21 Provincial Championship.

Free State Cheetahs

Burger made his first class debut during the 2014 Vodacom Cup competition. He was selected in the run-on side for the  for their match against Kenyan invitational side  and scored his first senior try in the opening minute of the match as they ran out 75–10 winners. He also started their final match in the competition against the  a week later as they lost 21–22 in Bloemfontein.

Burger was then named in the starting line-up for the  for their opening match of the 2014 Currie Cup Premier Division season against the  in Bloemfontein.

References

1993 births
Living people
People from Dihlabeng Local Municipality
White South African people
South African rugby union players
Rugby union locks
Rugby union flankers
Free State Cheetahs players
Southern Kings players
Cheetahs (rugby union) players
Rouen Normandie Rugby players
Rugby union players from the Free State (province)


title: Acme, Kansas

text:
Acme is an unincorporated community in Dickinson County, Kansas, United States.

History
A post office was opened in Acme in 1897, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1906.

Education
The community is served by Chapman USD 473 public school district.

References

Further reading

External links
 Dickinson County maps: Current, Historic, KDOT

Unincorporated communities in Dickinson County, Kansas
Unincorporated communities in Kansas
1897 establishments in Kansas


title: Spara och Slösa

text:
Spara och Slösa was a Swedish comic strip series created by Birgitta Lilliehöök, and published between the years of 1926–1963 for the Swedish bank concern Sparbanken's children's magazine Lyckoslanten. Today the comic, which has become well known for the generation growing up in mid-20th century Sweden, is illustrated by Lena Forsman.

The main characters are two girls, where Slösa ("Waste") always throws away her money on entertainment and consumption while Spara ("Save") saves her money. The comics were intended to educate children on how to spend money properly.

References

1926 comics debuts
1963 comics endings
1926 establishments in Sweden
1963 disestablishments in Sweden
Swedish comic strips
Comics characters introduced in 1926
Economics in fiction
Educational comics
Text comics
Fictional Swedish people
Swedish comics characters
Comic strip duos
Child characters in comics
Comics about children
Comics about women
Comics set in Sweden
Female characters in comics


title: The Dark Side of Love

text:
The Dark Side of Love () is a 1984 Italian erotic romantic drama film written and directed by  Salvatore Samperi. The film, which has a scabrous main theme as an incest between a sister and a porn-obsessed brother, was a box office success.

Cast
Monica Guerritore as Patrizia
Lorenzo Lena as  Emilio
Gianfranco Manfredi as  Franco Alessi
Saverio Vallone as  Arrigo

References

External links

1984 films
Italian erotic drama films
Films directed by Salvatore Samperi
Incest in film
1984 drama films
Films about siblings
1980s erotic drama films
Erotic romance films
1980s Italian-language films
1980s Italian films


title: No Love (Joan Armatrading song)

text:
"No Love" is a 1981 song by Joan Armatrading from the album Walk Under Ladders. The single reached No. 50 in the UK Singles Chart on 30 January 1982.

Personnel
Joan Armatrading – lead vocal
Hugh Burns – guitar
Mel Collins – saxophone
Ray Cooper – tambourine
Tony Levin – bass
Steve Lillywhite – production, backing vocal
Jerry Marotta – drums, harmony vocal
Nick Plytas – organ, synthesizer
Gary Sanford – backing vocal

References

1982 singles
Joan Armatrading songs
Songs written by Joan Armatrading
1981 songs
A&M Records singles
Song recordings produced by Steve Lillywhite


title: Ridgeley, Nebraska

text:
Ridgeley is an unincorporated community in Dodge County, Nebraska, United States.

History
A post office was established at Ridgeley in 1868. Ridgeley was likely named for a settler.

References

Unincorporated communities in Dodge County, Nebraska
Unincorporated communities in Nebraska


title: Bringing Back the Sunshine

text:
Bringing Back the Sunshine is the ninth studio album by American country music singer Blake Shelton. The album was released on September 30, 2014, by Warner Bros. Nashville. The album was produced by Shelton's longtime producer Scott Hendricks. "Neon Light," the album's lead-off single, was released on August 18, 2014.

Commercial performance
Bringing Back the Sunshine debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's all genre Top 200 and Top Country Albums charts with a first week sales total of 101,000 copies in the United States. The album was certified Gold by the RIAA on January 7, 2015, and Platinum on October 7, 2016.

In Canada, the album debuted at No. 4 on the Canadian Albums Chart, selling 7,700 copies in its first week.

Track listing

Personnel

 Tom Bukovac – electric guitar
 Sarah Buxton – background vocals
 Perry Coleman – background vocals
 Vicki Hampton – background vocals
 Aubrey Haynie – fiddle
 Natalie Hemby – background vocals
 Mike Henderson – electric guitar
 Wes Hightower – background vocals
 Charlie Judge – synthesizer
 Troy Lancaster – electric guitar
 Ashley Monroe – vocals on "Lonely Tonight"
 Gordon Mote – Hammond B-3 organ, keyboards, piano
 Russ Pahl – pedal steel guitar
 RaeLynn – vocals on "Buzzin'"
 Blake Shelton – lead vocals
 Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass guitar
 Bryan Sutton – acoustic guitar, banjo
 Derek Wells – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
 Nir Z. – drums

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Singles

Certifications

References

2014 albums
Blake Shelton albums
Warner Records albums
Albums produced by Scott Hendricks


title: Royal Dutch Mathematical Society

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The Royal Dutch Mathematical Society (Koninklijk Wiskundig Genootschap in Dutch, abbreviated as KWG) was founded in 1778. Its goal is to promote the development of mathematics, both from a theoretical and applied point of view.

The society publishes the quarterly journal Nieuw Archief voor Wiskunde, the magazine Pythagoras, wiskundetijdschrift voor jongeren for high school children, and the scientific journal Indagationes Mathematicae.

Each year the society organizes a winter symposium for high school teachers. Biannually Koninklijk Wiskundig Genootschap organizes the Dutch Mathematical Congress. Once every three years, the society awards the prestigious Brouwer Medal to a distinguished mathematician. This medal is named after L. E. J. Brouwer.

Honorary members

Institutional members
The society has the following institutional members:

 Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica
 Delft University of Technology
 Eindhoven University of Technology
 Leiden University
 Radboud University Nijmegen
 University of Amsterdam:
 Institute for Logic, Language and Computation
 Korteweg-de Vries Institute for Mathematics
 University of Groningen
 Utrecht University
 Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

References

External links

Mathematical societies
Learned societies of the Netherlands
Organizations established in 1778
Organisations based in the Netherlands with royal patronage


title: Agent Annorlunda

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"Agent Annorlunda" was a Swedish comic strip written by Måns Gahrton and illustrated by Johan Unenge. Eight albums were published between 1986 and 1992. In 1992, it was also featured as an FF med Bert guest comics, introduced in 1995's issue 5.

Publication
The seven first comic albums were published at Bonniers Juniorförlag. The last ones were published by Carlsen/if's label Carlsen Comics in 1992, one year before Carlsen/if and Bonniers Juniorförlag were merged becoming Bonnier Carlsen Bokförlag.

"Ett fall för Agent Annorlunda", 1986
"Samvetssamlaren", 1986
"Herkules harem", 1986
"Den osynliga tjuven", 1987
"Det vettlösa vattnet", 1987
"Stjärnkraft", 1988
"Mozarts marionetter", 1990
"Det sjungande sjöodjuret", 1992

References

Swedish comic strips
1986 comics debuts
Comics characters introduced in 1986
1992 comics endings
Fictional police officers in comics
Fictional Swedish police detectives
Comics about police officers
Crime comics
Action-adventure comics
Comics set in Sweden
Male characters in comics


title: Valtice Wine Market

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Valtice Wine Market () is a wine exhibition held annually in the Valtice Chateau riding hall at the beginning of May.

The Valtice Wine Market was first held at the end of the 19th century. The modern history of the Valtice Wine Market commenced in the year 1967, when this wine contest was held for the first time in its present fashion.

Various prizes are awarded at this show: the jury awards one gold, one silver and one bronze medal for each category or variety of wine.

References

Wine-related events
Wine festivals
Břeclav District
Annual events in the Czech Republic
Spring (season) events in the Czech Republic


title: The Pirate (1973 film)

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The Pirate is a 1973 Hong Kong action martial arts film directed by Chang Cheh, Pao Huseh-li and Wu Ma. The film is based on the life of 19th-century pirate Cheung Po Tsai, who is portrayed by Ti Lung.

Plot synopsis
Pirate Cheung Po Tsai sails to a shoreline southern China disguised as a rich trader. There, the villagers live in poverty due to struggle against exploitation and corruption by the government. At the same time, Cheung attracts the attention of merchant Xiang You-lin (Tin Ching) and his sister, who are keen on killing him for a bounty offered on Cheung. Cheung then agrees to expedite funds to them in the form of cash and goods stolen from foreign invading colonists. While still on land, Cheung discovers that one of his former crew member Hua Er-dao (Fan Mei-sheng), who is an escaped convict, has captured his ship, goods and his crew. As Hua determines to seek vengeance on him, Cheung flees and seeks refuge in a casino.

The admiral of the  Qing imperial court sends young general Wu Yee (David Chiang) to investigate where pirates are hiding and ultimately finds Cheung. As the two encounter each other, each of them display their skills in duel while also appreciating each other. Wu eventually grows respect for Cheung for his righteous nature and begins to question his own conscience. He decides to let Cheung escape the government forces tracking him, facilitating Cheung a boat. Cheung promises Wu Yee that they will meet again and finish their fight on their next encounter.

Cast
Ti Lung as Cheung Po Tsai
David Chiang as General Wu Yee
Tin Ching as Xiang You-lin
Dean Shek as Master Bai
Yuen Man-tzu as Hai Tang
Fan Mei-shang as Hua Er-dao
Yue Fung as 2nd Miss
Lau Gong as Zeng Guo-xiong
Bruce Tong as Ma Ping
Wu Chi-chin as corrupt policeman
Yeung Chak-lam as corrupt policeman
Lo Dik as Leader at the ship docks
Wang Kuang-yu as secret agent
Cheng Keng-yeh as secret agent
Ko Hung as Xiao Bao
Wong Ching-ho as Desperate fisherman
Liu Wai as Brothel Boss
Shum Lo as Casino clerk
Chui Fat as Pirate
Lee Yung-kit as Pirate who gambles in casino
Leung Seung-wan as Master Shing
Tung Choi-bo as Casino Guard
Tino Wong as thug
Lau Chun-fai as thug
Yuen Shun-yi as Pirate
Lee Chiu as Pirate

Critical reception
James Mudge of Beyond Hollywood gave the film a positive review and writes "Well made and featuring charismatic turns from two of the studio’s biggest stars, it should appeal not only to Shaw Brothers aficionados, but to all fans of the pirate film." Matthew Le-feuvre of City on Fire rated the film 8 stars out of 10 and writes "the defining novelty of both Ti Lung and David Chiang spearheading their eighteenth collaboration for an indelible saga of obligation, revenge and misguided loyalties, is itself a landmark achievement even by Hollywood conventions."

References

External links

The Pirate at Hong Kong Cinemagic

1973 films
1970s action adventure films
1973 martial arts films
Hong Kong action adventure films
Hong Kong martial arts films
Pirate films
Kung fu films
1970s Mandarin-language films
Films directed by Chang Cheh
Films directed by Wu Ma
Shaw Brothers Studio films
Films set in 19th-century Qing dynasty
Films set in Hong Kong
Films shot in Hong Kong
1970s Hong Kong films


title: Everett, Nebraska

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Everett is an unincorporated area in Dodge County, Nebraska, United States.

History
A post office was established at Everett in 1875, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1907. Everett was likely named for a pioneer settler.

References

Unincorporated communities in Dodge County, Nebraska
Unincorporated communities in Nebraska


title: Alex Jeffers

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Alex Jeffers is an American novelist and short story writer. He is the grandson of Robinson Jeffers. His work has appeared in The Pioneer, the North American Review, Blithe House Quarterly, and Fantasy and Science Fiction. He also contributed to and served as an editor for the gay-oriented science fiction magazine Icarus, as well as overseeing the BrazenHead imprint of Lethe Press.

Jeffers's novel The Padishah's Son and the Fox received the 2014 Lambda Literary Award for Gay Erotica, while Deprivation; or, Benedetto Furioso: An Oneiromancy was also nominated in the Science Fiction category. Jeffers had previously been nominated for a Gaylactic Spectrum Award in 2010.

Bibliography
Safe as Houses (1995)
Do You Remember Tulum? (2009)
The New People (2011)
The Abode of Bliss: Ten Stories for Adam (2011)
You Will Meet a Stranger Far from Home: Wonder Stories (2012)
Deprivation; or, Benedetto Furioso: An Oneiromancy (2013)
The Padishah's Son and the Fox (2013)
That Door is a Mischief (2014)

References

External links
Interview with Alex Jeffers

20th-century American novelists
21st-century American novelists
American male novelists
American LGBT writers
Lambda Literary Award winners
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
American science fiction writers
American male short story writers
20th-century American short story writers
21st-century American short story writers
20th-century American male writers
21st-century American male writers
21st-century American LGBT people


title: Neil Keron

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Neil Alexander Keron (born 24 March 1953) is a British rower who competed in the 1973 European Championships and the 1976 Summer Olympics.

In 1973 he was a crew member of the British boat that finished fourth in the European Championships in Moscow.  In 1976 he was a crew member of the British boat which finished twelfth in the coxless fours event on the stroke side.

Keron was born in Bedford and educated at Bedford Modern School.

References

External links

1953 births
English male rowers
Rowers at the 1976 Summer Olympics
People educated at Bedford Modern School
Living people
Olympic rowers for Great Britain


title: Quiulacocha (Pasco)

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Quiulacocha (possibly from Quechua qillwa, qiwlla, qiwiña gull, qucha lake, "gull lake") is a mountain at a lake of that name in the Huaguruncho mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Pasco Region, Pasco Province, Ticlacayán District. Its summit reaches  above sea level.

The lake named Quiulacocha lies in the Quiulacocha valley southwest of the peak at . The intermittent stream of the valley flows to the southeast. It belongs to the watershed of the Perené River.

References

Mountains of Peru
Mountains of Pasco Region
Lakes of Peru
Lakes of Pasco Region


title: Cameron Wright (rugby union)

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Cameron Robin Wright (born 20 April 1994) is a South African rugby union player for the  in Super Rugby and in the Currie Cup. His regular position is scrum-half.

Career

Youth and Varsity Cup rugby

Wright represented KwaZulu-Natal at Under-16 level when he was selected in their squad for the Grant Khomo Week held in Upington in 2010. Two years later, he represented their Under-18 side at the 2012 Under-18 Craven Week tournament.

Later in the same year, Wright was a member of the  side that played in the 2012 Under-19 Provincial Championship, starting seven of their matches. He made twelve appearances for the team during the 2013 Under-19 Provincial Championship and graduated to the  side in 2014.

In 2014, Wright also played in the Varsity Shield competition for university side . He started all eight regular season matches for the side as they finished in second place. He also played in the final against , but could not prevent them slipping to a 35–26 defeat. He also played in the side's promotion play-off as they attempted to secure a spot in the 2015 Varsity Cup, but failing to do so as they suffered a 42–8 defeat to .

Sharks

After the 2014 Varsity Shield, Wright was included in the  squad for the 2014 Vodacom Cup competition and was named on the bench for their match against the , but failed to make an appearance.

A few months later, however, Wright found himself as the starting scrum-half for the  for their opening match of the 2014 Currie Cup Premier Division season following the recent departure of Charl McLeod, Cobus Reinach's involvement with the South Africa national rugby union team and injuries to Conrad Hoffmann and Stefan Ungerer.

References

External links
Cameron Wright on itsrugby.co.uk.

1994 births
Living people
Montpellier Hérault Rugby players
Rugby union players from Durban
Rugby union scrum-halves
Sharks (Currie Cup) players
Sharks (rugby union) players
South African rugby union players
Southern Kings players
Alumni of Hilton College (South Africa)


title: Men or Not Men

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Men or Not Men () is a 1980 Italian war-drama film directed by  Valentino Orsini. It is based on the novel with the same name by Elio Vittorini.

Cast
Flavio Bucci as  Enne 2
Monica Guerritore as Berta
Ivana Monti as  Lorena
Massimo Foschi as  El Paso
Renato Scarpa as  Cane Nero
Francesco Salvi
Michele Soavi

References

External links

1980 films
Italian war drama films
Films directed by Valentino Orsini
1980s war drama films
Films scored by Ennio Morricone
Italian Campaign of World War II films
Films about Italian resistance movement
1980 drama films
Italian World War II films
1980s Italian-language films
1980s Italian films


title: Quest for the Future

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Quest for the Future is a science fiction novel by Canadian-American writer A. E. van Vogt. It was first published by Ace Books in 1970.

A schoolteacher from the 20th century becomes involved in the activities of a group of time travelers.

Components
The author based the novel on three of his earlier stories, a procedure known as a fix-up. These stories, all first published in Astounding Science Fiction, are:

 "Film Library" (a novelette first published in July 1946). A movie projector shows scenes that seem to be from the future, including strange inventions and scenes on the planet Venus. A schoolteacher who rents the films investigates how the intended films were mysteriously replaced.
 "The Search", (a novelette first published in January 1943). A traveling salesman, after waking in hospital unable to remember what happened to him in the previous two weeks, goes back to the places he visited in order to reconstruct the events. Some of the people he meets are time travelers.
 "Far Centaurus", (a short story first published in January 1944). A spaceship travels to Alpha Centauri, a journey taking 500 years; it is a sleeper ship, the crew being in hibernation with brief periods awake. On arriving, they find an advanced civilization from Earth, who can travel there in three hours using faster-than-light machines, invented during the crew's long journey.

Summary
The protagonist of the novel is Peter Caxton, a physics teacher who, as in the story "Film Library", rents films for his school. He takes the movie projector, that seems to be changing the intended films into films from the future, home for investigation.

Caxton, then waking in hospital, is the amnesiac traveling salesman from the story "The Search"; he goes back over his sales territory to discover what happened. He meets Selanie, who is selling gadgets from the future, and her father Claudan Johns; they are time travelers, and he discovers their motor home that contains the gadgets.

He is transported into the year 2083 by a handshake from a rival time traveler. There he sees inventions from the films he rented, and he explores an enormous building; after sleeping he wakes up by an older version of Selanie, to whom he seems to be married. He meets Price, who explains that the building is the Palace of Immortality, which Claudan Johns discovered, and which is used for time travel; the time travelers are known as Possessors. A handshake from Price sends Caxton back to his original time.

In an attempt to return to 2083, he joins an expedition to travel to nearby star Alpha Centauri, as in the story "Far Centaurus". His intention is to turn the spaceship round during a waking interval between periods of hibernation, and so return to Earth at the right time; but when he wakes after 50 years, he finds it is not possible. Arriving at Alpha Centauri, the crew are received by the advanced civilization from Earth that can make the journey in three hours, and have long been expecting them. They are shown round Alpha Centauri, and around Earth. Caxton, still interested in his old sales territory, there meets Kameel Bustaman; he is a Possessor, and sends Caxton back to the 20th century.

Possessors Johns and Bustaman, and Possessor Daniel Magoelson who becomes important later, are trying to increase their ability to travel through time, as they learn to deal with probability worlds and time foldbacks. Caxton, caught up in this activity, makes further time shifts, and the story becomes increasingly complex. There is an interval where Caxton travels with Selanie and Johns in their motor home, in the North America of 1650, during which Johns discusses time travel.

The movie projector's special qualities were created by Johns and Magoelson, in an attempt to create an imbalance in a time foldback; the attempt was unexpectedly affected by the presence of Bustaman watching the film, who at that time was not aware he was a Possessor, and wrecked by Caxton's dismantling of the projector.

During the time traveling, two versions of Caxton and of Selanie are created. At the end, these versions are merged, and Selanie, resolving their relationship, says, "I can't marry you because the me that I merged with, is already married to you, remember?"

References

1970 Canadian novels
1970 science fiction novels
Alpha Centauri in fiction
Novels by A. E. van Vogt


title: Crowell, Nebraska

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Crowell is an unincorporated community in Dodge County, Nebraska, United States.

History
Crowell was laid out in 1883. It was either named for the proprietor of a local grain elevator or for Prince S. Crowell, a railroad official.

References

Unincorporated communities in Dodge County, Nebraska
Unincorporated communities in Nebraska


title: Women Against Feminism

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Women Against Feminism is an informal movement of women sharing equal ideals with antifeminists in rejecting feminism. Using #WomenAgainstFeminism, the hashtag is normally accompanied by a "selfie" style photo, holding up handwritten posters stating reasons why they disapprove of modern feminism. Most of the posts begin with the statement, "I don't need feminism because", followed by their reason(s).

The supporters of this movement primarily use social media platforms such Twitter and Tumblr, while campaigning on sites such as Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube to advocate their views.

Origin and content
The Women Against Feminism campaign began on Tumblr in July 2013, presumably in response to the "Who Needs Feminism" campaign. According to the BBC, the movement is an online community that use social media to brand 'Feminism' as a 'toxic' movement. Following on the original creator of the Women Against Feminism Tumblr page is an American woman who has chosen to remain anonymous because of online harassment and backlash she has faced for her ideas. Furthermore according to , the campaign gathered steam in July and August 2014, when several prominent columnists and bloggers brought media attention to it.

A September 12, 2017 post to the Women Against Feminism blog titled "What is Feminism?" maps out the arguments of the blog's supporters. Community member and writer Jinna states "If Women Against Feminism were asked if they believe men and women should have equal human rights and equality before the law, the answer would be a resounding 'Yes'". The blog raises issue with the modern practice of feminism rather than the fundamental definition of feminism for the reason given that "3rd wave feminism is not feminism". It argues that as long as men and women are equal before the law, feminism is unnecessary, fosters misandry, and distracts from men's rights issues.

Response
The response by the media, social commentators, and feminists has included support and criticism. As of 19 August 2014, the campaign's Facebook page had garnered 21,000 likes.

Supporters say modern feminism has gone astray in some ways and cite examples such as radical feminists not supporting trans women and saying things such as, "anyone born a man retains male privilege in society, even if he chooses to live as a woman", and related complaints that some feminists exaggerate women's problems while ignoring men's problems. Also cited was the abortion debate and the argument that women have suffered as a result of a feminist culture that promotes casual sex as empowering. In an op-ed for , Margaret Wente supports Women Against Feminism, saying she believes modern feminism has become a belief system that presents a distorted view of reality based on misandry and victim-culture, and she questions the existence of rape culture.

Critics say the young women involved in this campaign do not appear to know what feminism is and are arguing against an imaginary foe using straw man arguments. A commentator from  writes: "Most of the posts include some reiteration of the central misunderstanding about feminism, that a core belief of feminism involves hating men." A commentator from  wrote, "being anti-feminism is like being pro-apartheid, or a big fan of social injustice, but no one would think it's cute to hold up a sign saying that.", while independent researcher Mackenzie Cockerill states that "[a] global culture of misogyny is growing and flourishing thanks to the internet and its unprecedented potential for connecting people and their ideas."

Commenting on the campaign, Anette Borchorst, professor and researcher in sex and gender in the Department of Political Science, Aalborg University, stated that "there have always been disagreements and debates within feminism and those debates help to advance the movement." She added that, "Feminism has always generated debate among women and it is difficult to imagine a feminist world-view that everyone can agree on."

Beulah Maud Devaney's September 2015 column on openDemocracy compares Women Against Feminism to the history of women's opposition to feminism dating back to the late 1700s, suggesting that a modern anti-feminist campaign will be just as ineffective in combating the feminist movement as preceding efforts. Devaney asserts that Women Against Feminism mainly represents the view of privileged women who want to maintain the status quo and are, thus, deliberately misrepresenting what feminism stands for.  According to Devaney, "As intersectional feminism becomes more popular it is, sadly, to be expected that some white, straight, cis first world women will see the emphasis on their own privilege as an attack. In a similar way feminist calls for a more inclusive beauty standard and appreciation of multiple body types can be read as an attempt to undermine the received wisdom that 'skinny white girl' is the ideal aesthetic." Devaney adds that Women Against Feminism has failed to stem public support for the feminist agenda, that its influence is minor, and that its arguments are "easy to dismiss."  Devaney concludes, however, that the anti-feminism it represents deserves closer examination.

In October 2015, Angela Epstein mentioned the blog in an editorial criticizing feminists for being unpleasant to women who disagree with them. Epstein argues that feminists have lost their cause and are fighting unnecessary battles and overplaying issues such as women's "self-imposed glass ceiling". Recounting her experience of receiving insulting messages after sharing her stance on modern feminism with BBC News, she states, "I don't expect all women to agree with me. But there are many who do. Look no further than the proliferation of websites such as Women Against Feminism."

Recent works such as Oana Crusmac's The Social Representation of Feminism within the movement "Women Against Feminism" argues that social representation of feminism within WAF is not based on lack of information, but rather on a stereotypical understanding of the concept. Crusmac's work also argues that "WAF contributes do not quality as post feminists" as "While post-feminists can be easily identified and characterised by the already famous expression "I am not a feminist, but...", WAF contributes categorically reject any feminist resemblance and instead prefer either to be labelled as "humanist" or "egalitarian", either to be strong supporters of the traditional gender roles.' Cursmac's research also reveals that social representation of feminism in the on-line group WAF has "numerous common elements with the way the second wave was stereotyped by the 80s media backlash against feminism, such as: feminism is an ideology that demonises men and does not wish equality (which is a goal already accomplished), but special treatment and privileges for women, thereby ignoring the individual contribution in shaping success or decision making. Moreover, in the same direction in common with the negative illustration of the 80s, feminism is seen as a threat to family and womanhood, and as a promoter of promiscuity."

See also
 Hashtag activism
 NotAllMen
 Men's rights movement

References

External links
 Women Against Feminism on Tumblr
 Postings to #WomenAgainstFeminism on Twitter
 Who Needs Feminism? on Tumblr
 Confused Cats Against Feminism on Tumblr

Feminism in the United States
Hashtags
Social media campaigns
Men's rights
Female critics of feminism
Criticism of feminism


title: Jazz at the Pawnshop

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Jazz at the Pawnshop is a multi-session recording made by Gert Palmcrantz on December 6–7, 1976, at Jazzpuben Stampen (Pawnshop) in Stockholm, Sweden. A pawnshop had operated on the site prior to the jazz club. Proprius Records founder Jacob Boethius produced the album, and it has been issued at least five times under multiple labels and formats. The album is regarded by many audiophiles as one of the best sounding jazz recordings of the 20th Century.

Artists
The recording features Arne Domnérus, alto sax, clarinet; Bengt Hallberg, piano; Lars Erstrand, vibes; Georg Riedel, bass; and Egil Johansen, drums.

Original release
Proprius Records originally released a 180-gram, 2-LP vinyl recording (Prop 7778-79) in 1977. This version of the album featured the following tracks:

Disc 1

Disc 2

References

1977 albums
Jazz albums by Swedish artists


title: Australia men's national basketball team 2014–15 results

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2014 Sino-Australia Challenge

Australia win series 2-2; 352-349 on points differential

Friendly

Bleu Blanc Tour 2014 Antibes

Bleu Blanc Tour 2014 Strasbourg

2014 FIBA World Cup

Preliminary round

Group D

Final round

Round of 16

Australia men's national basketball team games
2014–15 in Australian basketball


title: A Kiss

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A Kiss may refer to:

"A Kiss", single by Mario Lanza written Sinatra, Brooks
"A Kiss", Russian art song by Dargomïzhsky

See also
Kiss (disambiguation)


title: Agency Rent-a-Car

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Agency Rent-a-Car was founded in Solon, Ohio (a suburb of Cleveland) as the nation's first "Insurance Replacement" car rental company by Sam J. Frankino in 1969.

Specialty
Agency Rent-a-Car specialized in delivering cars to people whose personal vehicles had been in an accident and needed a temporary replacement, usually paid for by their insurance company. The company eventually grew to have offices nationwide and a fleet of 40,000 cars until being sold to Avis. The company also opened wholly owned subsidiaries known as Amerex Rent-a-Car and Altra Auto Rental.

References

Further reading
 Barker, Robert, "Smashing Success: Agency Rent-A-Car's Growth Is No Accident," Barron's, July 28, 1986, p. 13.
 Marcial, Gene G., "Is Someone Tailing Agency Rent-A-Car?," Business Week, February 26, 1990, p. 92.

1969 establishments in Ohio


title: Happiness (Red Velvet song)

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"Happiness" () is the debut single recorded by South Korean girl group Red Velvet. The song was composed by Yoo Young-jin, Will Sims, Chad Hugo, Anne Judith Wik, and Chris Holsten, with production from Hugo and Simms. It was released digitally by SM Entertainment on August 4, 2014, in South Korea. The song also marked their first release under the Red Velvet moniker and their first as a quartet, introducing the four members Irene, Seulgi, Wendy, and Joy to the public.

An urban Euro-pop track, it is about how you can feel empowered and love yourself more by appreciating the small joys in life. Upon its release, "Happiness" received mixed reviews from music critics for its mish-mash of different sounds and styles and not much satisfaction with just this one song. The song charted moderately in South Korea, becoming the group's first top five entry on both the Gaon Digital Chart and Billboard's World Digital Songs chart. An accompanying music video was released on August 3, 2014, but a new version was reuploaded due to references to the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the September 11 attacks. Red Velvet's debut stage for the song was a performance on Music Bank and further promotion was held on several South Korean music programs.

Background and composition
Through SM Entertainment's trainee group SM Rookies, members Irene, Seulgi, and Wendy were introduced initially to the public. Rumors soon sparked out that the three members were to debut as a group in July 2014, which was then confirmed by SM Entertainment. A music video teaser for "Happiness" was then uploaded on July 28, 2014, being the group's first song, including the three aforementioned members and new member Joy, who would debut together as Red Velvet. The then-quarter girl group was SM Entertainment's new group since the introduction of Exo in 2012.
Musically, "Happiness" was described as a vibrant urban Euro-pop song that fuses "an intense synth sound" and elements from African tribal beat. Lee Ga-young of People Today described its "electronic sounds", which can be interpreted as SM Entertainment's intention to stick to experimental music styles. The song was produced by Will Simms and Chad Hugo, with the latter being known as one half of American production duo the Neptunes, and is composed in the key of B♭ minor with a tempo of 121 beats per minute. Lyrically, the song was written by songwriter Anne Judith Wik (Dsign Music) and Chris Holsten, with Korean lyrical adaption by SM songwriter and producer Yoo Young-jin. The lyrics convey a message of how you can feel empowered and love yourself more by appreciating the small joys in life.

Reception
Following its initial release, "Happiness" was met with mixed reviews from music critics. Jacques Petersen of Popdust called the track a "mish-mash of different sounds and styles that you wouldn't expect to work, but somehow does". On another song review, writers Kim Sung-Dae, Kim Sung-Hwan, Park Byung-Woon, and Park Sang-Joon of Y-Magazine described the track as featuring "four-dimensional messages mixed with Korean and English", further adding that "the individuality and charm of the vocals of the members have not yet been clearly revealed", while rating the track with three stars out of five. Writing for Hankook Ilbo, Lee Ho-yeon reported that "Happiness" was included on the songs that were on the music charts for the new year of 2020 due to positive energy from the title. In an individual song review, Yoo Je-sang of Idology magazine opined that "the frivolous melody and the lyrics that pour out without context are that of f(x)" since it was "relatively more organized and experienced than them", while writer Cho Sung-min of the same magazine viewed the track as a "little early to judge", further noticing how "there's not much satisfaction with just this one song".

The song was featured on Weiv magazine's "Weiv Writer's 2014 Singles of the Year". It received a nomination for Digital Bonsang at the 29th Golden Disk Awards, held in the year of 2015.

On the week of August 3, 2014, "Happiness" debuted and peaked at number five on South Korea's Gaon Digital Chart, marking Red Velvet's first top-five entry on the chart. It also debuted at number three and number 22 on the Gaon Download Chart and Gaon Streaming Chart, respectively. In addition, the song debuted at number four on Billboards World Digital Song Sales chart and has since sold 15,000 copies in the United States.

 Music video
 Background
Directed by Kim Sung-wook, the music video for "Happiness" was released on August 3, 2014, one day before the digital release of the song on all South Korean digital streaming platforms. The video was initially released on August 1, 2014, but then experienced a re-release due to the controversial imagery concerning the Japan bombing. The beginning of the music video also featured a few then-SM trainees, including Yeri, who would join the group shortly after. The original music video for "Happiness" was replaced with an edited version, which became the second-most viewed K-pop music video worldwide for the month of August 2014.

 Synopsis and reception
The music video is set in a jungle-inspired background with geometric patterns, combination of live action and animation, and various split screens. In addition, similarly to being led on a roller coaster at an amusement park, it has dynamic camera movements separating the fantasy world from reality, overcoming adult greed to gain happiness like in a fantasy world. Following the music video's release, Song Hyung-geun of E Today noted Red Velvet's "eye-catching charm", further praising the video for its "differentiated visual beauty using various imaging techniques such as motion graphics and collage". Kim Sun-min of News Way noted Red Velvet's "glamorous outfits and striking hairstyles" in the music video. On December 3, 2020, the music video for the track reached 100 million views on YouTube, with them becoming the first SM Entertainment group to have over a hundred million views debut music video, while it was the ninth music video of Red Velvet to reach this mark.

 Controversy
In August 2014, after the release of the music video for "Happiness", Japanese media reported that images referencing the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as well as the September 11 attacks, were seen in the background of the video. SM Entertainment responded to the reports, stating: "When I inquired with the music video director, it was said that there was no intention because it was simply using the image source of the collage technique." The representative added that the label removed the content and will take care to prevent the situation from happening in the future. SM later uploaded a new version of the music video without the controversial images.

 Live performances
Red Velvet started the promotion for "Happiness" first with a performance on Music Bank, making it their debut stage. For the performance, choreography by Japanese-born choreographer Ayako Takeuchi was commissioned, with participation from SM performance director Shim Jae-won. Following the release of the song, Red Velvet performed "Happiness" on several South Korean music programs. On September 15, 2014, Red Velvet performed the song for SM Town Live World Tour IV at the Seoul World Cup Stadium in Seoul, South Korea.

 Credits and personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of "Happiness".Studio Recorded and edited at SM BoomingSystem (Seoul, South Korea)
 Recorded and mixed at SM Yellow Tail Studio (Seoul, South Korea)
 Edited at SM Studio (Seoul, South Korea)Personnel'

 Red Velvet (Irene, Seulgi, Wendy, Joy)vocals, background vocals
 Yoo Young-jinlyrics, vocal directing, recording, additional vocal editing
 Will Simmscomposition, arrangement, track production
 Chad Hugocomposition, arrangement, track production
 Anne Judith Wikcomposition, arrangement, background vocals
 Chris Holstencomposition, arrangement
 Maxx Songvocal directing, Pro Tools operation, additional vocal editing
 Koo Jong-pilrecording, mixing
 Lee In-kyurecording assistant
 Lee Ji-hongadditional vocal editing

Charts

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Release history

References

2014 songs
2014 debut singles
Red Velvet (group) songs
SM Entertainment singles
Songs written by Chad Hugo
Music video controversies
Songs written by Will Simms
Songs written by Yoo Young-jin