title: James Maloney (Canadian politician)

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James V. Maloney  (born 16 July 1964) is a Canadian lawyer and politician, who was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 election. He represents the electoral district of Etobicoke—Lakeshore as a member of the Liberal Party caucus.  In September of 2023 he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General.

Education and early career

Maloney has law degrees from the University of Windsor and University of Wales, as well as a B.A. from Bishop's University.

Prior to his election, Maloney worked as a litigation lawyer with Hughes Amys LLP having been called to the Ontario Bar in 1996.

Municipal Politics

Maloney was appointed to Toronto City Council in 2014 to represent Ward 5 (Etobicoke—Lakeshore) as interim councillor following the resignation of Peter Milczyn from the council.

Federal Politics

Prior to become the Liberal Party candidate in Etobicoke—Lakeshore. Maloney served as president of the electoral district association.

Maloney was elected Member of Parliament for Etobicoke—Lakeshore in the 2015 election as part of the Liberal Party  near-sweep of the Greater Toronto Area. He was appointed to the Standing Joint Committee for the Scrutiny of Regulations.

Since February 2016 Maloney has served as Chair of the Standing Committee on Natural Resources and a member of the Liaison Committee. Following the 2019 general election he was appointed as a member of the standing committee on Justice and Human Rights.

Maloney has served as Chair of the Toronto Government Caucus since 2016.  He is also the Chair of the Canada/Ireland Parliamentary Group and vice-chair of the Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association.  He is a member of the Canada/United Kingdom Parliamentary Association and of the Canadian NATO Parliamentary Association.

In October 2016 community groups in south Etobicoke criticized Maloney for encouraging Metrolinx to drop an appeal of a rezoning decision made by city council. Residents claimed he was favouring the interests of his political allies Mark Grimes and Justin Di Ciano over the interests of local residents.

Maloney was re-elected in the 2019 Canadian federal election.

In January 2020 Maloney introduced a Private member's motion proposing to declare March as Irish Heritage Month.  The motion was adopted by the House of Commons on 10 March 2021.

On 19 November 2020, the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion released an investigative report that ruled Maloney violated the Conflict of Interest Code for Members of the House of Commons for missing the deadline to disclose his private interests and those of his family members. Dion recommended the House of Commons "require Mr. Maloney to apologize to it for having failed to fulfil his obligations as a Member" The matter was debated in the House of Commons on Friday 19 February 2021 and in a vote by all Members of Parliament the House of Commons declined to accept the report from Commissioner Dion. MP Scott Reid, a Conservative from Ontario, wrote about his vote against the report of the Commissioner saying "The content and structure of the Maloney Report gives some indication that the Commissioner may be acting out of vindictiveness."

Maloney made an apology in the House of Commons on 11 December 2020 and blamed the COVID-19 Pandemic and miscommunication with the Ethics Commissioner for submitting the required information after the deadline. He further state "I stood in the House and apologized, because that is what I was required to do".

Maloney was re-elected in the 2021 Canadian federal election.

Personal life
Maloney has lived in Etobicoke most of his life and attended Michael Power High School.  He lives in south Etobicoke with his partner and their dog.  His father, William Maloney, was appointed to the Supreme Court of Ontario in July 1975 and his mother Marian Maloney was appointed by Prime Minister Chretien to serve in the Canadian Senate in 1999.

Electoral record

References

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Toronto city councillors
Living people
Lawyers in Ontario
Liberal Party of Canada MPs
People from Etobicoke
University of Windsor alumni
Bishop's University alumni
Alumni of the University of Wales
Politicians from Thunder Bay
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario
University of Windsor Faculty of Law alumni
21st-century Canadian politicians
1964 births


title: John Jacob Calhoun Koon Farmstead

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John Jacob Calhoun Koon Farmstead is a historic home and farm located near Ballentine, Richland County, South Carolina, USA. The house was built in about 1890, and is a two-story farmhouse with a two-tiered Victorian influenced wraparound porch. It has a one-story, gable roofed frame rear addition. Also on the property are the contributing frame grain barn (c. 1920), a frame cotton house (c. 1900), a frame workshop/toolhouse (c. 1900), a late-19th century shed, a planing shed (c. 1920) and a sawmill (c. 1928).

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

References

Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
Victorian architecture in South Carolina
Houses completed in 1890
Houses in Richland County, South Carolina
National Register of Historic Places in Richland County, South Carolina


University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is an NHS foundation trust which operates the Southampton General Hospital, the Princess Anne Hospital, Southampton Children’s Hospital, and the New Forest Birth Centre at Ashurst, Hampshire. It also provides a few services at the Royal South Hants Hospital and previously operated Countess Mountbatten House, a palliative care service at Moorgreen Hospital, which has since been renamed Mountbatten Hampshire.

In 2016 the trust established a subsidiary company, UHS Estates Limited. The intention was to achieve VAT benefits, as well as pay bill savings, by recruiting new staff on less expensive non-NHS contracts. VAT benefits arise because NHS trusts can only claim VAT back on a small subset of goods and services they buy. The Value Added Tax Act 1994 provides a mechanism through which NHS trusts can qualify for refunds on contracted out services.

Developments
The trust has one of the 11 Genomics Medicines Centres associated with Genomics England which opened across England in February 2014. All the data produced in the 100,000 Genomes project will be made available to drugs companies and researchers to help them create precision drugs for future generations.

Demand for medical imaging has been increasing by between 10% and 15% a year cumulatively since 2005. They now have 3 Siemens MRI scanners.

It is one of the biggest provider of specialised services in England, which generated an income of £262.2 million in 2014/5.

In September 2016, the trust was selected by NHS England as one of twelve Global Digital Exemplars.

Performance

It was named by the Health Service Journal as one of the top hundred NHS trusts to work for in 2015.  At that time it had 8280 full-time equivalent staff and a sickness absence rate of 3.45%. 77% of staff recommend it as a place for treatment and 68% recommended it as a place to work.

In October 2018 it was reported that more than 7,000 ophthalmology patients had not been given appropriate follow up appointments. The trust said there had been a 5% rise in patients every year and demand had outstripped capacity in most NHS trusts.

In December 2022, the hospital declared a critical incident due to extreme pressure on its service.

References

External links

 University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust on the NHS website
 Inspection reports from the Care Quality Commission

Southampton
NHS foundation trusts
Health in Hampshire


title: Waldorf Astoria Berlin

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Waldorf Astoria Berlin is a hotel in Berlin, Germany. It is located in the City West area of Berlin , next to the upscale retail area Kurfürstendamm. It opened on January 3, 2013, and is the first Waldorf Astoria branded hotel in Germany. Guerlain Spa, the only one in Germany, is located at the hotel.

Building

The Waldorf Astoria Berlin is situated in the Berlin building Zoofenster. It is a skyscraper in the district of Charlottenburg in Berlin. It has 32 floors and a height of 118 m and was constructed from July 2008 to March 2012.

Awards
The hotel won World Luxury Spa Awards for 2014, and a Europe's Leading New Hotel of World Travel Awards.

See also
List of tallest buildings in Berlin

References

External links
 Waldorf Astoria Berlin official website

Berlin
Hotels in Berlin
Skyscrapers in Berlin
Buildings and structures in Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf
Skyscraper hotels in Germany
Hotel buildings completed in 2012
Hotels established in 2013

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title: 1905 Aberdare Urban District Council election

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The Aberdare Urban District Council was established in 1894 and covered the parish of Aberdare. Its responsibilities included public health, sanitation, roads and public works generally.

There were five wards, namely Aberaman (also known as No. 5 Ward), Blaengwawr (also known as No. 4 Ward), Gadlys (also known as No. 2 Ward), Llwydcoed (also known as No. 1 Ward), and the Town Ward (also known as No. 3 Ward).  Originally, one member was elected from each ward on an annual basis, but from 1904 an additional member was granted to each ward resulting in the election of ten members, out of a total of twenty, every three years. At the intervening election, one member continued to be elected.

An election was held in April 1905. It was preceded by the 1904 election and followed by the 1906 election. The term of office of members elected at the 1902 election came to an end and those elected were to serve until 1908. There were contested elections in three of the five wards. In both the Gadlys and Town wards the sitting members were returned unopposed after the Trades and Labour Council resolved not to run candidates.

(*) denotes sitting member

Results

Aberaman Ward

Blaengwawr Ward
Having come within 71 votes of Howell at the 1904 county election, Treharne's supporters had been hopeful of success.

Gadlys Ward

Llwydcoed Ward

Town Ward

References

Bibliography

1905
1905 Welsh local elections


title: Atshan

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Atshan () is a Syrian village located in the Suran Subdistrict in Hama District. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Atshan had a population of 1,809 in the 2004 census.

References

Populated places in Hama District


title: Etiuda&Anima International Film Festival

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The International Film Festival Etiuda&Anima (), is the leading animation film festival in Poland organized in Kraków continuously since 1994, and catering to independent producers, animation films professionals, and students of film and art schools from all over the world. Since 2010 the festival has also included workshops in scriptwriting, directing, cinematography, editing and animation, led by renown artists and pedagogues from foreign film schools. The main two events of each festival are the actual competitions awarding  the Golden, Silver and Bronze Dinosaur' prizes in two categories (hence the name, Etiuda & Anima) including feature and documentary etudes as well as (since 2005) experimental filmography. The Special Golden Dinosaur Award is presented to the best film school of the festival. In the "Anima" part of the contest, Golden, Silver and Bronze Jabberwocky are awarded, with Special Golden Jabberwocky reserved for the best animated etude of the festival. The annual Special Golden Dinosaur is awarded to an outstanding artist turned pedagogue.

Since the beginnings, the programme of the Festival includes a broad range of other events, offering an opportunity for animation artists to get acquainted with the new and old phenomena in this art-form, including prominent works in the history of animation and documentary. The events include screenings of contemporary short films and feature animated films also from the periphery of mainstream cinema.

References

Film festivals in Poland
Culture in Kraków


title: Willoughby, Virginia

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Willoughby may refer to:
Willoughby, Albemarle County, Virginia, an unincorporated community
Willoughby Spit, a neighborhood in Norfolk


title: Doe-Anderson Inc.

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Doe-Anderson Inc. is one of the oldest continuously operating advertising agencies in the United States; , it is the third oldest independent agency in the US. The agency has served some of its clients for more than 40 years, including Maker's Mark bourbon and Hillerich & Bradsby, makers of Louisville Slugger bats and equipment. In business since 1915, Doe-Anderson currently has 122 employees and offers communication services including brand positioning, strategic planning, creative execution, media buying and planning, digital services, print and broadcast production and public relations. The agency is a member of the Advertising and Marketing International Network (AMIN), and of the American Association of Advertising Agencies (4A's).

Background
Doe-Anderson was founded as the Elmer H. Doe Agency in 1915 after Elmer Doe left his post as J. Walter Thompson Copy Chief when he met and married a woman in Louisville, Kentucky In 1925, Doe hired family friend and former paint salesman Warwick Anderson as an unpaid copy trainee. After attempting to fire him multiple times, Doe took a liking to Anderson and promoted him to partner on January 1, 1934. The agency officially changed its name to Doe-Anderson in 1939 and was incorporated in 1958.

The agency uses an acorn as its symbol, representing the concept that ideas can develop into business-changing forces. Or, as Warwick Anderson related it, "Giant oaks from tiny acorns grow."

Though Doe-Anderson has always been headquartered in Louisville, its street address has changed many times. When the agency opened in 1915, it was located in the Keller Building. Doe-Anderson moved to the Columbia Building in 1927, to the Starks Building in 1932, and to the Martin Brown Building in 1936. After the Ohio River Flood of 1937, the agency moved to the Commonwealth Building where it stayed until moving to a Victorian home on East Broadway in 1972. After a stint on Main Street, home to whiskey row, Doe Anderson moved to 680 S. 4th Street on the same land they once occupied in the 1930s.
In 2016 a branch location of Doe Anderson was opened in Columbus Ohio at 629 N. High Street.

History

 In 1950, Doe-Anderson hired Louisville's first female media director, Pat Porter.
 In 1958, Warwick Anderson established the Doe-Anderson Profit Sharing Trust, offering company equity to all employees.
 Doe-Anderson won the Hillerich & Bradsby account in 1971, beginning its long relationship with the Louisville Slugger brand. The agency still holds this account today, with H&B brands now including Bionic Gloves and PowerBilt Golf.
 In 1973, Doe-Anderson began working with Maker's Mark.
 The agency ran its first advertisement featuring an A-list celebrity in 1981, a radio campaign for North American Van Lines starring Orson Welles.
 In 1985, the agency opened Kentucky's first separate public relations division, which still operates today.
 In 1988, Doe-Anderson's TV campaign for Ashland Oil, which promoted keeping kids in school, was honored for its effectiveness by being read into the US Congressional Record, and by being incorporated into a nationwide public service campaign. Ashland Oil was also invited to a ceremony at the White House in recognition of its efforts.
 After the Affordable Care Act passed, Kentucky became the only Southern state to host its own health benefit exchange. In 2013, the Commonwealth of Kentucky awarded Doe-Anderson a multimillion-dollar contract to market kynect – the state's first-ever health benefit exchange – to Kentuckians. kynect has since been cited as a national success story and was praised by President Barack Obama in his State of the Union address.
 In 2013, Doe-Anderson received international acclaim for its "Prepare for Real Life" campaign for Mercy Academy. The campaign was featured on NBC's TODAY show, among other national and international outlets.
 For Doe-Anderson's 100th anniversary in business, Louisville's Frazier History Museum is showcasing the firm's history with the exhibit "The Power of Persuasion: 100 Years of Doe-Anderson" from August 1, 2015, to February 14, 2016.

Awards and achievements
 CLIO Award, North American Van Lines, 1981
 David Ogilvy Award, Silver, Beverages and Alcohol, Maker's Mark, "It Is What it Isn't," 2012
 Effie Awards,
Gold, Government, Institutional & Recruitment, kynect: Kentucky's Healthcare Connection, "kynect: For Every Kentuckian", 2015
Bronze, Beverage and Alcohol Spirits, Maker's Mark, "Stories," 2003
 Graphis' Advertising Annual Showcases Award, Gold, Promotion, "Maker's Mark Ambassador Holiday Mailer," 2012
 OBIE Awards
 PRSA Silver Anvil Award, 1997
 Shorty Award, Best Use of a Promoted Tweet, Promoted Trend or Promoted Account, 2012
 Best Advertising Agency in Kentucky, Adweek, 2013

Notable campaigns
 American Air Filter, "Pollution Control," "Silencing Systems," "Stop Static," etc.
 Ashland Oil, "You Have the Power"
 First National Bank of Louisville (later National City, now PNC Bank)
 Fischer Packing, "Good Dog," "Eggs Benefit," etc.
 Commonwealth of Kentucky, "Introducing kynect: Kentucky's Health Benefit Exchange."
kynect: Kentucky's Healthcare Connection, "kynect: For Every Kentuckian"
 Louisville Slugger, "The Bat of Champions"
 Maker's Mark, "Stories," "Welcome to the North End," "South Station Domination," etc.
 Mercy Academy, "Prepare for Real Life"
 North American Van Lines, "Take Charge"
 Paramount Pickles, "The Pickles Pickle People Pick"

Featured celebrities

References

External links

Advertising agencies of the United States
Companies based in Louisville, Kentucky
American companies established in 1915
1915 establishments in Kentucky


title: George P. Hoffman House

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George P. Hoffman House is a historic home located at Blythewood, Richland County, South Carolina. It was built about 1855, and is a one-story, braced-frame Greek Revival style residence. The house consists of a central, five-bay block, flanked by three-bay wings.  It features a pedimented porch that spans the three central bays of the façade.
Today it serves as the Town Hall for Blythewood.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

References

Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
Greek Revival houses in South Carolina
Houses completed in 1855
Houses in Richland County, South Carolina
National Register of Historic Places in Richland County, South Carolina


title: John Paul Jameson

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John Paul Jameson (Jamieson) D.D. ( - 20 March 1700) was a Scottish Roman Catholic priest and antiquarian.

Life
Jameson was born at Aberdeen, was brought up a Protestant, but became a Roman Catholic convert. He entered the Scots College at Rome on 10 April 1678 and was ordained priest on 9 May 1685. He was nominated to the chair of divinity in the seminary of Cardinal Gregorio Barbarigo, Bishop of Padua; but he shortly returned to Rome, where he lived until 1687.

Jameson was sent back on the mission in 1687, when all the Scottish priests abroad were required by special orders from James II and VII to return to their native country. He was stationed first at Huntly, began a new mission at Elgin in 1688, and died at Edinburgh on 25 March 1700 aged 41.

Scholar
During his residence in Rome Jameson transcribed, in the Vatican and elsewhere, original documents for a planned History of Scotland, not completed. Some of these documents he left to Robert Strachan, missionary at Aberdeen, and the remainder were deposited in the Scots College at Paris. According to William Nicolson's Scottish Historical Library, Jameson took from Rome copies of many bulls and briefs, made extracts of the consistorial proceedings of the Church of Scotland from 1494 to the Protestant Reformation. He wrote critical notes on John Spotiswood's History and on the printed Chronicle of Melros, made remarks on Reliquiæ Divi Andreæ by George Martine, and compiled a Chartulary of the Church of Aberdeen. He discovered in the Christina, Queen of Sweden's library at Rome the original manuscript of the History of Kinloss by Joannes Ferrerius, and circulated his transcript of the work to Scottish scholars.

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Year of birth missing
1700 deaths
Scottish Roman Catholic priests
Scottish antiquarians
Clergy from Aberdeen


title: Rodrigo Sabiá

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Rodrigo Augusto Sabiá (born 3 September 1992) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Paulista, on loan from Grêmio.

Career statistics

References

External links
Rodrigo Sabiá profile. Portal Oficial do Grêmio.

1992 births
Living people
Brazilian men's footballers
Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense players
Grêmio Osasco Audax Esporte Clube players
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players
Men's association football defenders
People from Mogi Guaçu
Footballers from São Paulo (state)


title: John Myles (Australian politician)

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John Myles (21 June 1813 – 12 July 1893) was a politician in colonial Victoria (Australia), a member of the Victorian Legislative Council and later, the Victorian Legislative Assembly.

Myles was born in Limerick, Ireland, and with his brother, George Myles came out to Sydney c.1839.
Henry Parfitt, M.L.A., was a passenger in the same vessel.
After staying a few months in Sydney the two brothers went to New Zealand, and settled at Kororareka – a town on the Bay of Islands, and one of the earliest British settlements in New Zealand. The country was very mountainous, the climate wet, and the life very rough, and they removed to what was then known as the Port Phillip District of New South Wales. After a short stay in Melbourne they finally decided to settle down at Geelong. They built a store, and commenced business in Corio street, which was then the principal business street of the little town. After several years, as the town extended, they built new premises at the corner of Moorabool and Ryrie streets, known for many years after as Myles's corner. Then the rush to the gold diggings at Ballarat took place, and Geelong was deserted by nearly all its male population The two brothers went too, but were unsuccessful. John Myles sold out his business, and invested his means in the building of a number of shops and houses in Geelong. He took an active part in the early constitutional struggles, and in every movement for the advancement of the colony and of the district in which he lived.

Myles was a member of the Victorian Legislative Council for Grant from December 1852 until the original Council was abolished in March 1856.
Myles was a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for the Electoral district of South Grant from November 1856 to July 1861.

Myles died in Durham Ox, Victoria on 12 July 1893.

References

1813 births
1893 deaths
Members of the Victorian Legislative Council
Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
Irish emigrants to Australia
19th-century Australian politicians


title: Alauddin Muhammad Syah

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Sultan Alauddin Muhammad Syah (c. 1760 – 1795) was the twenty-eighth sultan of Aceh in northern Sumatra. He was the fourth ruler of the Bugis Dynasty and reigned between 1781 and 1795.

Youth and accession

Tuanku Muhammad, as he was called before his becoming sultan, was born in about 1760, being 22 Muslim years in 1781. While he was still a prince he performed the hajj to Mecca but was forced to spend time in the French colony Mauritius due to adverse winds. There he became fascinated in Western metallurgy and the production of artillery shells. During his travels he learnt an amount of French and Portuguese. When his father Sultan Alauddin Mahmud Syah I died in 1781 after a much-troubled reign, opinions were divided among the grandees whether Tuanku Muhammad or his younger brother Tuanku Cut should succeed to the dignity. The parties were on the verge to resort to violence when the teacher of Tuanku Muhammad appeared and besought them not spill any blood; rather, he would withdraw with his pupil and leave Tuanku Cut to take the throne. His speech made impression, and Tuanku Muhammad was after all enthroned under the name Sultan Alauddin Muhammad Syah. As a person the new sultan was described as bookish and introvert. He withdrew for long periods in order to meditate and took an interest in religious practices that would make him invulnerable to harm. Under these circumstances his principal queen Merah di Awan, a daughter of Sultan Badr ul-Alam Syah (d. 1765) gained a degree of influence in court affairs. In contrast with his father he acquired a degree of popularity among his subjects, although he did not quite trust them and preferred to keep a lifeguard of Indian sepoys. His powers were severely circumcised by the influence of the uleëbalangs (chiefs) and orang kayas (grandees).

Changing economic structures

His reign saw some economic changes of consequence in Aceh and especially its western coast. Conditions were favourable for pepper cultivation in the western coastal districts with their sloping plains and river valleys. New plants were brought over from the Malabar Coast and Acehnese from other parts of the kingdom immigrated to the west coast. Especially, two brothers called Lebai Kontee and Lebai Dappah established themselves in Singkil which was revitalized as a pepper-exporting port. Indian, American and European trading ships visited the pepper-rich regions. The British in Bengal were interested in acquiring a fortified post in Aceh and sent repeated envoys to the sultan. However, the colonial administrator Francis Light opined that a considerable force would be needed to keep a secure post there, and rather pointed at the possibilities with Penang off the coast of the Malay Peninsula.  Penang was founded as a British colony in August 1786 and quickly attracted Acehnese traders who arrived with betel-nut, pepper, rice, cloth and so on. However, Acehnese-British relations were not always peaceful in this period. 200 Acehnese warriors unexpectedly raided British Tapanuli on the west coast in 1786, triggering a British punitive expedition. French ships visited Aceh with some frequency after 1793 which made the British highly anxious of an Acehnese-French alliance.

Death

The reign of Sultan Alauddin Muhammad Syah was not without internal tension. In 1787 rebels operated on the betel-producing Pidië coast and supposedly received weapons from British merchants. In 1791 there were likewise disturbances. The sultan died still a young man in February 1795. There were rumours of poisoning (as there had been at the death of his father). The sultan was succeeded by his son Alauddin Jauhar ul-Alam Syah.

References

Literature

 Djajadiningrat, Raden Hoesein (1911) 'Critische overzicht van de in Maleische werken vervatte gegevens over de geschiedenis van het soeltanaat van Atjeh', Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 65, pp. 135–265.
 Encyclopaedie van Nederlandsch-Indië (1917), Vol. 1. 's Gravenhage & Leiden: M. Nijhoff & Brill.
 Lee Kam Hing (1995) The Sultanate of Aceh: Relations with the British, 1760–1824. Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press.

Sultans of Aceh
1760s births
1795 deaths
18th-century Indonesian people


title: H&H Magnum

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H&H Magnum may refer to:

.244 H&H Magnum
.275 H&H Magnum
.300 H&H Magnum
.375 H&H Magnum
.400 H&H Magnum
.465 H&H Magnum

See also
List of rifle cartridges
H Magnum, Ivory Coast / French rapper


title: Nebelivka (archaeological site)

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Nebelivka, or Nebelovka, located in the village of the same name in Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukraine, is the site of an ancient mega-settlement dating to 4000 B.C. belonging to the Cucuteni-Trypillian culture. The settlement was for the time huge, covering an area of 260-300 hectares and home to perhaps 15,000 - 17,000 people. The settlement within the boundary ditch includes over 1200 structures. Research from 2012 to 2014 imply "the possibility of state-level societies", contemporary with similar developments in Uruk. Mega-structures "suggest the presence of public buildings for meetings or ceremonies".

Temple

A two-storey structure 60 by 20 meters of mud and wood with a galleried courtyard has been excavated. Its structure and contents indicate it was a major temple. Artefacts include female or Venus figurines, pottery stylised faces, charred bones of animals, and small gold pieces that were perhaps hair or clothing ornaments. It has eight clay platforms, perhaps altars, and the floors and walls of all five rooms on the upper floor were "decorated by red paint, which created [a] ceremonial atmosphere."

See also
 Cucuteni-Trypillian culture
 Old Europe (archaeology)

References

Cucuteni–Trypillia culture
Megasites


title: Near poverty

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Near poverty in economics refers to the state of living on an income marginally above the poverty line, defined by the U.S. Census Bureau as a household with an income "between 100 percent and 125 percent of the poverty line". The classification was first studied by the U.S. Census in a 2014 report that showed the number of people living just above the poverty line had decreased since the 1960s, believed to be due to an increase in the number of people who have fallen beneath the poverty line.

Children are particularly at risk of poverty and near-poverty. About thirty per cent of adults (18-64 years old) live in near-poverty, compared to 44 percent of children under 18 years of age.

References

Poverty in the United States


title: Whipping frog (disambiguation)

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The whipping frog is a genus of frogs in the family Rhacophoridae.

Whipping frog may also refer to:

 Blanford's whipping frog, a frog found in China, Laos, Burma, and Vietnam
 Chinese whipping frog, a frog endemic to China
 Günther's whipping frog, a frog endemic to Sri Lanka
 Southern whipping frog, a frog endemic to Sri Lanka

Animal common name disambiguation pages


title: Grovewood

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Grovewood, also known as Weston House, is a historic home near Congaree, Richland County, South Carolina. The original one-story dwelling was built about 1765, and moved to this site and enlarged to two-stories about 1835. It is a frame dwelling, with a stuccoed brick foundation, weatherboard siding, and a low hipped roof. Also on the property is a contributing frame kitchen.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

References

Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
Greek Revival houses in South Carolina
Houses completed in 1835
Houses in Richland County, South Carolina
National Register of Historic Places in Richland County, South Carolina


title: Capitol Speedway

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Capitol Speedway may refer to:
 Capitol Speedway (Wisconsin)
 Capitol Speedway (Alaska), an auto racing track in the United States


title: 2009 Fingal County Council election

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An election to all 24 seats on Fingal County Council took place on 5 June 2009 as part of the 2009 Irish local elections. Fingal was divided into 5 local electoral areas (LEAs) to elect councillors for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

Results by party

Results by local electoral area

Balbriggan

Castleknock

Howth–Malahide

The Seniors Solidarity Party was founded in November 2008 by John Wolfe following changes to the medical card changes in the 2009 budget. It was registered to contest local elections in Dublin. This was the only election it contested. In December 2014, the registrar of political parties proposed to cancel its registration.

Mulhuddart

Swords

References

Sources

Citations

2009 Irish local elections
2009


title: Goodwill Plantation

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Goodwill Plantation is a historic plantation and national historic district located near Eastover, Richland County, South Carolina. The district encompasses 10 contributing buildings and two contributing structures. They include the millpond and a portion of the canal irrigation system (c. 1827); the overseer's house (c. 1857); the 2-1/2-story frame mill building (c. 1857 – 1870); two slave cabins (c. 1858); a blacksmith shop; the late-19th century  main house; a lodge  (c. 1910 – 1935); and a carriage house, tenant house, barn and corn crib.

The plantation was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

References

Plantations in South Carolina
Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
Buildings and structures in Richland County, South Carolina
National Register of Historic Places in Richland County, South Carolina
1857 establishments in South Carolina
Slave cabins and quarters in the United States


title: Brahhingas

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The Brahhingas or Brahingas were a tribe or clan of Anglo-Saxon England whose territory was centred on the settlement of Braughing in modern-day Hertfordshire. The name of the tribe means "the people of Brahha", with Brahha likely to have been either a leader of the tribe or a real or mythical ancestor.

The tribe are first recorded in a charter dating from the 830s or 840s, and their regio or administrative territory is likely to have included the later parishes of Reed, Barkway, Barley, Nuthampstead, Buckland, Wyddial, Anstey, Throcking, Aspenden, Layston, Great Hormead, Little Hormead, Westmill and Standon, in the valleys of the River Rib and River Quin. The Brahhingas were originally within the area of the Middle Saxons but fell under the control of the East Saxons at an early date. The area remained part of the Archdeaconry of Middlesex even after it became part of Hertfordshire.

The territory of the Brahhingas exhibits a high degree of continuity with pre-Saxon eras. Immediately to the south of the tribe's royal vill in Braughing lay the site of the second largest Roman town in modern Hertfordshire, and next to that lay an Iron Age oppidum. The location of the Roman town is called Wickham Hill,  a form of name including the Latin word vicus and the Old English suffix -ham, which often indicates continuity between Roman and Anglo-Saxon settlement. These suggest that the territory of the Brahhingas may have developed gradually from an earlier pagus of the Catuvellauni during the Romano-British period.

Alongside the Waeclingas and the Hicce, the Brahhingas were one of the most important tribes of the Anglo Saxon era within the area that would later become Hertfordshire, and the central places and territories of these areas were to be important building-blocks of the later administrative structure of the county.

References

Bibliography

Peoples of Anglo-Saxon England
History of Hertfordshire


title: Athletics at the 1998 Commonwealth Games – Men's 400 metres hurdles

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The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1998 Commonwealth Games was held 16–18 September on National Stadium, Bukit Jalil.

Medalists

Results

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

Final

References

400
1998


title: Outcast by Kirkman and Azaceta

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Outcast (trademarked as Outcast by Kirkman and Azaceta)  is an American comic book series created by writer Robert Kirkman and artist Paul Azaceta.

It is a supernatural horror story that chronicles Kyle Barnes, a man whose loved ones have been involved in demonic possession since his childhood. With the help of a clergyman, he tries as an adult to unveil what lies behind the supernatural manifestations and why he seems to carry special peculiarities.

The first issue of the monthly comic was published in 2014 by Image Comics. The series ran for a total of 48 issues until its completion in April 2021.

Before the first release, Kirkman also began to develop a television adaptation with Cinemax which began airing in June 2016 and ended in 2018 after two seasons.

Publication history
Outcast was officially announced in October 2013 at New York Comic Con, after two years of development. Kirkman said it was the first time that he already had a clear ending in mind when he began to write the comic book. He described Outcast as an epic horror story, hoping to give real scares to readers, unlike The Walking Dead style. Kirkman said that orders for the first issue were higher than for the most recent issue of The Walking Dead.

Issues
 A Darkness Surrounds Him, June 25, 2014
 From The Shadows It Watches, July 30, 2014
 I Remember When She Loved Me, August 27, 2014
 To Light Our Way, September 24, 2014
 A Wrath Unseen, November 12, 2014
 Receive Your Mark, December 24, 2014
 The Road Before Us, March 18, 2015
 A Vast and Unending Ruin, April 29, 2015
 What Lurks Within, May 27, 2015
 A Weakness Exposed, July 1, 2015
 A Line is Crossed, August 5, 2015
 Close to Home, September 9, 2015
 This Little Light, November 25, 2015
 Get Behind Me Satan, December 16, 2015
 All Alone Now, January 27, 2016
 Overwhelmed, February 24, 2016
 The Damage Done, March 23, 2016
 There is No Escape, April 27, 2016
 Under Devil's Wing, July 27, 2016
 A Power Exposed, August 24, 2016
 Blood is Spilled, September 28, 2016
 The Ticking Clock, October 26, 2016
 The Darkest Before, November 23, 2016
 No Turning Back, January 11, 2017
 Light of Day, February 22, 2017
 The Sharpened Edge, March 29, 2017
 A New Way, May 3, 2017
 His Growing Flock, June 7, 2017
 Unwelcomed, July 26, 2017
 A Coming Storm, September 6, 2017
 Homelife, October 25, 2017
 Invasion (Part 1 of 5), December 27, 2017
 Invasion (Part 2 of 5), January 31, 2018
 Invasion (Part 3 of 5), March 21, 2018
 Invasion (Part 4 of 5), May 9, 2018
 Invasion (Part 5 of 5), June 27, 2018
 A Father's Love, December 19, 2018
 Surrounded, January 23, 2019
 Infiltration, February 27, 2019
 The Darkness Grows, March 27, 2019
 Betrayed, May 1, 2019
 Shining Too Brightly, August 7, 2019
 The Merged, December 25, 2019
 The Merged Part 2, January 29, 2020
 The Merged Part 3, May 20, 2020
 The Merged Part 4, September 16, 2020
 The Merged Part 5, December 23, 2020
 The Merged Part 6, April 28, 2021

Collected editions

Television adaptation

Cinemax picked up the rights to produce a show based on the comic in 2013. Ten episodes were announced to be produced with Patrick Fugit (Kyle Barnes) and Philip Glenister (Reverend Anderson) as the leading roles for the television series, which premiered in June 2016.

Reception
The first issue of the comic was released in June 2014 to positive reviews.

References

External links

Outcast by Kirkman & Azaceta series page from Image Comics

2014 comics debuts
Comics by Robert Kirkman
Comics adapted into television series
Skybound Entertainment titles


title: Matiwane

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Matiwane (died c.1830, uMgungundlovu), son of Masumpa, was the chief of an independent Nguni-speaking tribe, the amaNgwane, a people named after Matiwane's ancestor Ngwane. The amaNgwane lived at the headwaters of the White Umfolozi, in what is now northern KwaZulu-Natal. The cunning of Matiwane would keep the amaNgwane one step ahead of the ravages of the rising Zulu kingdom, but their actions also set the Mfecane in motion. After his tribe was ousted from their homeland by Zwide or Shaka, Matiwane and his army preyed on neighboring tribes and became vagrant marauders. Eventually he fled South into lands occupied by Xhosa States, which got his whole tribe annihilated at the Battle of Mbholompo. As a refugee Matiwane was at the mercy of the Basutos and Swazis, but eventually had to seek refuge with king Dingane, successor to Shaka. This despotic ruler put Matiwane to death shortly after Matiwane sought his protection.

Migrations
Expecting an attack on his homeland, Matiwane moved some of his cattle herds westward. Soon afterwards, in 1817 or 1818, Shaka serving as Dingiswayo's general, attacked and plundered the amaNgwane and drove them across the Buffalo river. This was the onset of the Mfecane migrations in which tribes became displaced, and in turn displaced others in a series of internecine wars.

The destitute amaNgwane under Matiwane's leadership moved westwards, where they attacked the Hlubi, a larger kingdom built by Bhungane, in a quest to recover their cattle. Matiwane's patrols trapped and killed their chief Mthimkhulu c.1818, causing the Hlubi tribe to scatter in different directions. Some Hlubi abandoned their homeland and fled north or west, or joined Shaka, but some merged with the amaNgwane. Still others joined a coalition of refugees, the Fengu, who settled on the eastern frontier of the Cape Colony. The Hlubi rued this catastrophe, referring to it as the izwekufa ("country of death"), and ascribed it to an act of witchcraft.

For the next three to four years Matiwane became the overlord of the upper Thukela region, near present-day Bergville, as he incorporated smaller tribes like the Bhele (relations of the Hlubi) and Zizi.

In 1821 or 1822 Matiwane, expecting an attack from Shaka, fled over the Drakensberg and drove the Tlokwa tribe of chieftainess Mantatese (mother of Sekonyela) from their land in the Harrismith-Vrede region. Sotho tribes of the interior were also attacked, who fled to the region of Lesotho, where they joined the ranks of Moshoeshoe I. When Matiwane turned south and threatened Moshoeshoe I, he sought the protection of Shaka and sent him tribute. Matiwane established himself at Mabolela hill, near present day Clocolan, and Moshoeshoe complained to Shaka that this prevented him from sending tribute. Shaka dispatched Moselekatse (Mzilikazi) to attack Matiwane, who had to retreat before the impi's advance. They fled southwards to the lands of the abaThembu, which they once again plundered. They would however be defeated at the Battle of Mbholompo by the AmaMpondo who were led by Faku kaNgqungqushe and their Paramount, King Hintsa. Matiwane became a fugitive again in 1828, when his people were defeated by colonial troops under the command of Major Dundas and Colonel Somerset.

Death
Dingane allowed his residence on the Hlomo amabutho ridge, less than a kilometer from his royal kraal UMgungundlovu, but before long had him killed. Dingane posthumously appointed him as the "devil chief" and "great chief of the wicked", and had scores of his own enemies executed at KwaMatiwane, the Place of Matiwane.

References

1830s deaths
History of KwaZulu-Natal
Assassinated South African people
Year of birth missing
Mfecane


title: Claudius Scott Cottage

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Claudius Scott Cottage is a historic home located near Eastover, Richland County, South Carolina. It was built about 1840, and is a one-story, frame Greek Revival residence. The front façade features a small pedimented porch with four wooden pillars. It was originally built as a summer residence.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

References

Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
Greek Revival houses in South Carolina
Houses completed in 1840
Houses in Richland County, South Carolina
National Register of Historic Places in Richland County, South Carolina


title: Natel Engineering

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Natel Engineering (also known by the moniker NATEL EMS) is a company that makes electronic components. Founded in 1975, the company originally made synchro converter components for airports and for antiaircraft missiles, and now produces components for the medical industry, and electronics for satellites, computer workstations and telecommunications equipment. The company is based in Chatsworth, CA.

History

Natel Engineering Co. Inc. was founded in 1975 by Sudesh Arora. The company made electronic components for airports for the FAA and for Stinger antiaircraft missile systems, receiving a subcontract from defense contractor Raytheon in 1977. The company also produced synchro-to-binary decimal converters. When defense budgets began to decline in the late 1980s, the company began to produce components for heart pacemakers and implantable defibrillators, as well as electronics for space satellites, computer workstations and telecommunications equipment. This company did more work in this field than they had originally done in defense contracts by 1996.

In 1992, Natel acquired the microelectronics portion of Newbury Park company Semtech Corp. Then in 1993, Natel settled a legal investigation into its testing practices, paying $2.2 million to the government. In 1995, the company moved its headquarters from Simi Valley to Chatsworth. In 1999, Natel entered into an expanded agreement with Raytheon to make circuit types to build microelectronics for the F-15 and F/A-18 fighter jet radar, as well as Patriot, Sidewinder, Sparrow, Stinger and RAM missiles. In 2003, the company acquired the assets of Costa Mesa-based Scrantom Engineering Inc., which produced multilayer packages and substrates for  microelectronic packaging. In 2004, Natel acquired assets from National Semiconductor's, as well as assets and intellectual property from CMC Wireless. In 2005, Natel entered into a merger purchase agreement with Hytek Microsystems, a manufacturer of microelectronic assemblies, with Hytek becoming a subsidiary of Natel. In 2005, Natel also acquired Thin Film Concepts in Elmsford, NY, expanding capabilities in CVD thin film technologies.

In 2013, the company acquired EPIC Technologies of Ohio from the Chicago-based private equity firm CIVC Partners for an undisclosed amount. At the time, Natel was the smaller of the two companies, with annual revenues of about $100 million, compared to EPIC's annual revenues of $200 million.

People
Sudesh Arora is the founder and CEO of Natel. Laura Siegal has been the chief financial officer of Natel since July 2013. Chief operating officer James A. Angeloni joined Natel in 1982, has been vice president of manufacturing services since December 1995 and served as its head of technical support. Victor Yamauchi joined Natel in 2013 as its VP of Continuous Improvement. Dr. Prakash Bhartia [formerly Executive Vice President] serves as the company's first Engineering Fellow.

Patents

Natel holds three patents for electronic components. One is for a DC or capacitively coupled bi-directional sync. Another is for the ornamental design of a Transformer magnetic core. The last is for a power converter.

External links
Official Site
Sudesh Arora (CEO) Personal Website

References

1975 establishments in California


title: Longjiang Dam

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The Longjiang Dam is an arch dam on the Long River (upper of Shweli River) near Mangshi in Dehong Prefecture of Yunnan Province, China. It is a multiple-purpose project aimed at flood control, irrigation and hydroelectric power generation. Its reservoir has a storage capacity of , of which  is reserved for river these purposes. The dam's power station is located on its left bank and contains three 80 MW Francis turbine-generators for a total installed capacity if 240 MW. Construction on the project began on 28 November 2006 and all generators were commissioned in 2010.

See also

List of dams and reservoirs in China
List of tallest dams in China

References

Dams in China
Arch dams
Dams completed in 2010
Hydroelectric power stations in Yunnan
Buildings and structures in Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture
Energy infrastructure completed in 2010
2010 establishments in China


title: John J. Kaminer House

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John J. Kaminer House is a historic home located at Gadsden, Richland County, South Carolina. It was built about 1880, and is a 1 1/2-half-story, five bay, frame cottage with a one-story rear ell. It is sheathed in weatherboard and has a gable roof with dormers.  It features a shed-roofed front porch with cast-iron porch balusters.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

References

Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
Houses completed in 1880
Houses in Richland County, South Carolina
National Register of Historic Places in Richland County, South Carolina


title: Psilocybe chuxiongensis

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Psilocybe chuxiongensis is a species of psilocybin mushroom in the family Hymenogastraceae. Described as new to science in 2014, it is found in subtropical China. The type specimens, collected in August 2009, were found growing singly to scattered on cow dung. It is generally found in grasslands where cattle have grazed. The type locality was on Zixi Mountain (in the southwest of Chuxiong City) at an elevation of . The fruit bodies resemble Psilocybe cubensis, but can be distinguished from that species by its buff-yellow to yellowish-brown cap that lacks an umbo, and the lack of a ring on the stipe. It is classified in section Caerulescentes of the genus Psilocybe. P.  chuxiongensis is one of 14 Psilocybe species found in China. In a molecular phylogenetic analysis of DNA sequences, P. chuxiongensis was most closely related to P. cubensis, grouping in a clade sister to P. allenii and P. cyanescens.

See also
List of psilocybin mushrooms
List of Psilocybe species

References

chuxiongensis
Fungi described in 2014
Fungi of China


title: Mary Pickford (cocktail)

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A Mary Pickford is a Prohibition Era cocktail made with white rum, fresh pineapple juice, grenadine, and Maraschino liqueur. It is served shaken and chilled, often with a Maraschino cherry.

History

Named for Canadian-American film  actress Mary Pickford (1892–1979), it is said to have been created for her in the 1920s by either Eddie Woelke or Fred Kaufmann at the Hotel Nacional de Cuba on a trip she took to Havana with Charlie Chaplin and Douglas Fairbanks.

See also

 Bloody Mary (cocktail)
 Queen Mary (cocktail)

References

Cocktails with fruit liqueur
Cocktails with rum
Cocktails with pineapple juice
Cocktails with grenadine
Sweet cocktails
Cuban cocktails
Tiki drinks


title: Martin Hubmann

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Martin Hubmann (born 14 May 1989) is a Swiss orienteering competitor, world champion and European champion. He was a member of the relay team that won gold medals at the 2012 European Orienteering Championships in Falun. He won a gold medal in the sprint relay with the Swiss team at the 2014 World Orienteering Championships.

Hubmann is the younger brother of orienteering champion Daniel Hubmann.

References

External links

1989 births
Living people
Swiss orienteers
Male orienteers
Foot orienteers
World Orienteering Championships medalists
Junior World Orienteering Championships medalists


title: Ron Ballatore

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Ron "Stix" Ballatore (1941 – April 27, 2012) was an American college and international swimming coach.  From 1978 to 1994, Ballatore was the head coach of the men's swimming and diving team at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he coached his UCLA Bruins swimmers to an NCAA national championship in 1982.

Education
Graduating Southern Illinois University in 1962, he earned a bachelor of science degree. As a college swimmer, he received All-American honors competing in the backstroke for the Southern Illinois Salukis swimming team. In 1975, he completed a master's degree in educational psychology from Azusa Pacific University.

Early coaching, and UCLA
His first coaching job was at Toledo Swim Club, where he worked from 1965 to 1967, moving to Pasadena City College from 1967-1978.

In sixteen years at UCLA, Ballatore's Bruins never won a Pacific-10 Conference team championship, but finished second in the conference ten out of sixteen seasons.  Nevertheless, he was chosen as the Pac-10's Coach of the Year four times.  Nationally, however, his Bruins teams were perennial top-ten contenders in NCAA competition.  Ballatore's swimmers won twenty-six NCAA championships in individual events, plus another two NCAA championships in relay events.  His UCLA swimmers also compiled a 98 percent graduation rate.

A combination of Title IX compliance problems and the weak financial condition of the UCLA athletic department in the early 1990s forced UCLA to disband the Bruins men's swimming program after the 1993–94 season.  Ballatore became the head coach of the Brown Bears swimming team at Brown University from 1994 to 1995, and the Florida Gators swimming and diving team at the University of Florida from 1996 to 1999.  Before UCLA, he coached the Lancers swim team of Pasadena City College from 1967 to 1978.

Olympic coaching
While leading the UCLA Bruins swimming program, Ballatore coached twenty-eight Olympians, including gold medalists Brian Goodell and Tom Jager.  Four-time Olympic gold medalist Tom Jager, still holds the record in the 50-meter freestyle.

Ballatore served as a coach for five Olympic swimming teams, including the United States team at the 1984 Summer Olympics and 1988 Summer Olympics, the Peruvian team in 1968, the Ecuadorian team in 1972, and the Israeli team in 1976.  He was the head coach of the U.S. national swimming team at the 1975 Pan American Games, where his American men's swimmers won twenty-six medals in individual and relay events.

Honors
He was inducted into the American Swimming Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2009, and the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame in 2012.

Ballatore and his first wife, Sandra Lee had two children, a daughter and a son. With his second wife, Ann Claire he had three children two girls and a boy. He died in Gainesville, Florida, from cancer; he was 71 years old.

See also

 American Swimming Coaches Association
 List of Southern Illinois University alumni
 List of University of Florida Olympians
 UCLA Bruins

References

Further reading
 Ron Ballatore, William Miller and Bob O'Conner. Swimming and Aquatics Today. Eagen, Minnesota: West Group, 1990.  .

1941 births
2012 deaths
Olympic coaches for the United States
American swimming coaches
Azusa Pacific University alumni
Brown Bears swimming coaches
Florida Gators swimming coaches
Southern Illinois Salukis men's swimmers
Swimmers from Chicago
UCLA Bruins swimming coaches


title: HackerspaceSG

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HackerspaceSG is a  technology community center and hackerspace in Singapore. While predominantly an open working space for software projects, HackerspaceSG is also a landmark of the Singapore DIY movement, and also hosts a range of events from technology classes to biology, computer hardware, and manufacturing. The space is open to all types of hackers.

History

HackerspaceSG was initially founded by four people in late 2009. The four people came up with the idea after reading about similar centres that have opened up around the world, specifically in the United States, China and Japan. Wong Meng Weng envisioned HackerspaceSG as a spot where hackers and other geeks can congregate, exchange ideas and come up with cool applications, and where the clubhouse is a "combination of living room, science lab, and shared office space for the geek community".

Though the plan was initially to just have a place for geeks to gather and network, this soon evolved into a co-working space catering mainly to tech startups.

The institution has often been recognised as Singapore's first co-working space. During the Singapore start-up 2.0 boom, it was also touted in the mainstream media as a meeting space for the start-up and entrepreneurship communities, even hosting Facebook's co-founder Eduardo Saverin when he was in Singapore.

Physical space

The first iteration of HackerspaceSG was located at 70A Bussorah Street in Singapore. The 2-year lease was extended once, but in October 2013, the landlord expressed a desire to develop the Bussorah Street unit into two distinct units. This meant that members would have had to endure dust and noise, and it was unlikely that the units would be leased back to HackerspaceSG at existing rates when the lease was renewed.

In October and November 2013, a search for a new location commenced, with the membership finally settling on 344B King George's Avenue. A lease was signed on November 11, 2013, and move-in occurred on the next day.

In November 2021, due to increasing rents and the COVID-19 pandemic, HackerspaceSG moved to a different unit within King George's Building, to its current address at 336D King George's Avenue.

Organisation

HackerspaceSG is a not-for-profit membership organisation, with many chores and activities performed by self-directed member volunteers. Organisational decisions are proposed and discussed at monthly plenums, and decided mostly by consensus. A board handles administration and government-mandated filings.

The organisation has open membership: anybody can become a member. It is primarily financed through membership dues, but is open to accepting 3rd party sponsorships to fund expansions and renovations.

Culture
HackerspaceSG is entirely communal space, from the tools in the electronics lab, to the desks, to the food in the refrigerator. Anything left in the space is considered fair game for anybody to play with.  Very few restrictions are placed upon people, as long as they do not detract from the experience of members or consume resources they do not replace. Any member may host an event in the space.

Partnerships
Some partnerships formed in HackerspaceSG have been the subject of controversy and media coverage, like the organisation of a nyotaimori event as a part of a series of themed dinners.

Notable businesses with HackerspaceSG history

 Viki
 JFDI.Asia
 Islamicevents.sg

References

External links
Hackerspace.SG
"The official HackerspaceSG Google Group"
"What do Seattle, Silicon Valley, Berlin and Cambridge (both Cambridges) Have In Common?". e27. October 14, 2009
"Co-Workers of the World, Unite at Hackerspace.SG". Tech in Asia.  October 16, 2009
"Developing a 'hacker' culture of ideas, innovation". ZDNet. November 9, 2010.
"High-tech tinkerers on the rise" The Straits Times. May 5, 2011.

2009 establishments in Singapore
Computer clubs
Hacker groups
Hackerspaces
Internet in Singapore
Singaporean culture
Education in Singapore
DIY culture


title: Desire, Pennsylvania

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Desire is an unincorporated community in Henderson Township in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, United States.

A post office was established at Desire in 1898, and remained in operation until 1923. The origin of the name "Desire" is obscure. Journalist William A. White visited Desire in 1953 and wrote "there is nothing sensational about the name Desire".  White described the community as having a few houses, a gas station, and a post office named Desire.

References

Unincorporated communities in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated communities in Pennsylvania


title: Pat Yankee

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Pat Yankee (July 20, 1927 – May 30, 2022) was an American jazz and blues singer.

Yankee was born in Lodi, California and had a long career as a performing musician. She was also in the 1946 film It's Great to Be Young as Anita. She performed in an off-Broadway musical Basin Street in 1983 (in the New Federal Theatre).

Yankee died on May 30, 2022.

Discography
 Pat Yankee Salutes Louis Armstrong (GHB, 1998)
 Pat Yankee Sings Saloon Songs (GHB, 2000)
 Salute to Saloon Tunes Vol. 2 (GHB, 2003)
 Together at Last (GHB, 2004)
 Remembering Sophie Tucker (GHB, 2005)

With Turk Murphy
 Music for Wise Guys & Boosters, Card Sharps & Crap Shooters (Roulette, 1959)
 At the Roundtable (Roulette, 1959)
 Let the Good Times Roll (RCA Victor, 1962)

Filmography
 Anita in It's Great to Be Young 1946

References

External links
 P Clute, C Clute, J Goggin, B Helm. Meet Me at Mcgoon's - Google Books

1927 births
2022 deaths
American women jazz singers
American jazz singers
21st-century American women
People from Lodi, California


title: Nicholas Ball (alderman)

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Nicholas Ball (died 1609) served as Lord Mayor of Dublin, and MP for Dublin in the Parliament of Ireland. He was from a wealthy Irish Merchant family: his father Bartholomew Ball and brother Walter Ball were also mayors of Dublin. Unlike his brother who converted to Anglicanism, Nicholas remained a Roman Catholic like his martyred mother Blessed Margaret Ball. He married Begnet Luttrell and they had three children, Margaret, Jane and Bartholomew, They lived near Kells, County Meath.

Nicholas served as Master of the Merchants Guild, Sheriff of Dublin City, an Alderman of Dublin from 1574 and Mayor of Dublin from 1582 to 1583. During his time as Mayor he tried to have his aged mother released from Dublin Castle, where she had been imprisoned for recusancy on the orders of his brother Walter, but Walter, who seems to have been determined that their mother must die in prison, managed to thwart his efforts, and she died, still a prisoner, in 1584. In 1585 he was elected to serve in the Irish House of Commons for County Dublin.
He died in 1609 and is buried in St. Audoen's Church, Dublin.

References

Lord Mayors of Dublin
1609 deaths
Year of birth unknown
Irish MPs 1585–1586
Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Dublin constituencies


title: List of Asian Games medalists in softball

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This is the complete list of Asian Games medalists in softball from 1990 to 2018.

Women

References

Softball at the Asian Games

External links
 Medallists from previous Asian Games – Softball

Softball
medalists


title: Nick Dulvy

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Nicholas Kevin Dulvy is a Distinguished Professor and Canada Research Chair in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation at Simon Fraser University. He was the Co-Chair of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Shark Specialist Group from 2009–2020. He has published more than 100 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters on life histories, extinction risk, the ecosystem impacts of fishing and the ecological and socioeconomic impacts of climate change.

Dulvy was educated at The Royal School, Armagh. He received his Bachelor of Science in Zoology from University of Birmingham in 1992, and his Doctor of Philosophy from the University of East Anglia in 1998. He spent several years working for the UK Government Fisheries Agency before taking a position at Simon Fraser University in 2008. His contributions to marine ecology include providing evidence for fisheries-induced trophic cascades at the island scale on coral reefs and the discovery that fishes are moving to deeper habitats in response to climate change. Dulvy and co-authors were the first to document marine population and species extinctions.

Dulvy's work is notable for its influence on biodiversity conservation, food security, and poverty alleviation. For this work he was the 2008 recipient of the Zoological Society of London's Marsh Award for Marine and Freshwater Conservation which is awarded for "contributions of fundamental science and its application to the conservation in marine and/or freshwater ecosystems". The award citation was for "research on the effects of climate change on fisheries and coastal communities, as well as threat and extinction risks in the context of improving fisheries management". In 2010, he was made a Conservation Fellow of the Zoological Society of London, an award honouring individuals who have made exceptional contributions to conservation.

In 2014 Dulvy was the primary author of the first global analysis of the vulnerability of chondrichthyans: "Extinction risk and conservation of the world's sharks and rays", a collaborative effort involving 302 experts from 64 countries. As the most endangered species of sharks and rays are sawfishes, Dulvy and co-authors then developed the first global sawfish conservation strategy.

References

Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
People educated at The Royal School, Armagh
Alumni of the University of Birmingham
Alumni of the University of East Anglia
Canada Research Chairs
Canadian biologists
21st-century British biologists


title: Stuart Lake (baseball)

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Stuart Daniel Lake is an American college baseball coach who is currently the Coordinator of Baseball Administration / Director of Player Development for South Carolina Gamecocks baseball. He was named the Big South Coach of the Year in 2011, when the Charleston Southern Buccaneers went 29–30 and tied for third place in the conference after finishing last in 2010.

Playing career
In the early 1990s, Lake played baseball at USC Salkehatchie and Newberry College but eventually graduated from Charleston Southern in 1994.

Coaching career

Assistant coaching
After graduating from Charleston Southern in 1994, Lake spent four years as a high school baseball coach.  His first collegiate coaching experience came in four seasons with South Carolina (1999–2002).  During his tenure, the Gamecocks appeared in three NCAA Tournaments and were national runners-up once.  Lake then spent one season at College of Charleston (2003), three at Ole Miss (2004–2006), and two at The Citadel (2007–2008).

Charleston Southern
Lake was hired to replace Jason Murray as Charleston Southern's head coach for the start of the 2009 season.  After finishing 7th and 10th in the Big South in his first two seasons, the Buccaneers tied for 3rd in 2011, earning Lake the Big South Coach of the Year award.  In 2014, Charleston Southern had its first winning season under Lake, going 30–26.

Head coaching record
Below is a table of Lake's yearly records as a collegiate head baseball coach.

See also
 Charleston Southern Buccaneers

References

Living people
Charleston Southern Buccaneers baseball players
High school baseball coaches in the United States
South Carolina Gamecocks baseball coaches
Charleston Cougars baseball coaches
Ole Miss Rebels baseball coaches
The Citadel Bulldogs baseball coaches
Charleston Southern Buccaneers baseball coaches
Charleston Southern University alumni
1971 births


title: Magnolia (Gadsden, South Carolina)

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Magnolia, now known as Wavering Place also previously known as the Francis Tucker Hopkins House, is a historic plantation house located near Gadsden, Richland County, South Carolina. It was built about 1855, and is a two-story, Greek Revival style frame building with a full stuccoed brick basement and weatherboard siding.  The front facade features a portico with columns rest on tall stuccoed pedestals.  Also on the property are a brick kitchen/office, a frame smokehouse and two one-story frame slave houses.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

References

External links
Wavering Place web site

Plantation houses in South Carolina
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
Greek Revival houses in South Carolina
Houses completed in 1855
Houses in Richland County, South Carolina
National Register of Historic Places in Richland County, South Carolina


title: Khaemwaset (vizier)

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Khaemwaset was an ancient Egyptian vizier of the South, governor of Thebes, and possibly also High Priest of Ptah during the reign of pharaohs Ramesses IX of the 20th Dynasty.
He is mainly known for being the vizier who ordered and led the investigation into the royal tomb robberies which occurred under Ramesses IX.

Biography
Khaemwaset was the successor of vizier Nebmarenakht in Year 14 of Ramesses IX. In Year 16 he was informed about some irregularities in the Theban Necropolis and he decided to start an investigation which ultimately led to the discovery of several grave robbers. The entire story is reported on the Abbott Papyrus, Amherst Papyrus, and Mayer Papyri. However, on the slightly later Mayer Papyri the vizier was again Nebmarenakht: it seems that for some reasons unknown to us, Nebmarenakht was indeed restored during Year 17 of Ramesses IX.

Besides the Abbott Papyrus and Amherst Papyrus, both dated to Year 16, Khaemwaset is known from the upper part of a granite statue depicting him, now at the Cairo Museum (CG 42173 / JE 36650), and from few West-Theban graffiti (nos. 110, 111 and 113).

See also
The Robbery of Sobekemsaf's Tomb
Paweraa

References

Ancient Egyptian viziers
Memphis High Priests of Ptah
People of the Twentieth Dynasty of Egypt
12th-century BC clergy
12th-century BC Egyptian people


title: Oakwood (Gadsden, South Carolina)

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Oakwood, also known as Trumble Cottage, is a historic plantation house located near Gadsden, Richland County, South Carolina. It was built in 1877, and is a -story, vernacular Victorian frame cottage with Queen Anne style details. The front façade features a one-story porch with scroll-sawn brackets and a highly ornamented gabled dormer.  Also on the property are two slave cabins, a double pen log barn, a corn crib, a frame well house, and another storage building.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

References

Plantation houses in South Carolina
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
Victorian architecture in South Carolina
Houses completed in 1877
Houses in Richland County, South Carolina
National Register of Historic Places in Richland County, South Carolina
1877 establishments in South Carolina
Slave cabins and quarters in the United States


title: Rahel Friederich

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Rahel Friederich (born 22 January 1986) is a Swiss orienteering competitor. She was born in Zürich. She competed at the World Orienteering Championships in 2011 and 2012; in 2012 she placed fifth in the individual sprint competition. She won a gold medal in the mixed sprint relay with the Swiss team at the 2014 World Orienteering Championships.

References

External links

1986 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Zürich
Swiss orienteers
Female orienteers
Foot orienteers
World Orienteering Championships medalists
Competitors at the 2009 World Games


title: Yiannis Gabriel

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Yiannis Gabriel is a Greek-British sociologist, best known for his contributions to the academic field of organisational storytelling.

Gabriel earned his Ph.D. in sociology in 1981 from UC Berkeley on a dissertation titled Freud and Society. Since 1989, he is affiliated with the University of Bath School of Management, where he since 2009 holds a chair in organisational theory. He has previously held professorships in organisational theory at Imperial College London and Royal Holloway, University of London.

References

British sociologists
Academics of the University of Bath
Living people
University of California, Berkeley alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)


title: Exam invigilator

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An exam invigilator, exam proctor or exam supervisor is someone appointed by an educational institution or an examination board to maintain proper conduct in a particular examination in accordance with exam regulations. Typically, the main duty of an exam invigilator is to watch examination candidates to prevent cheating. The purpose of exam invigilating is to ensure each candidate sits the examination under equal conditions.

Exam invigilators are appointed to a position of trust and are expected to possess integrity and vigilance to conduct examinations in exact accordance with the board’s instructions.

Purpose
The purpose of exam invigilation is to ensure that all candidates are under active surveillance for every moment of the duration of the examination. Invigilators should also try to provide a suitably pleasant and supportive atmosphere for candidates. However, they must also prevent any kind of communication between candidates (by copying, whispering or any kind of signal, exchange of paper or objects) and any kind of access to unauthorized books, papers or electronic media of any kind for the exam duration.

Invigilators also need to ensure the security of the examination hall before, during and after the examination. From the moment the question papers are given out until all answers are collected, exam invigilators should patrol vigilantly. Particular emphasis should be given to multiple-choice and short-answer questions. The main goal should be to prevent possible academic dishonesty and administrative failures.

The minimum number of invigilators required for different kinds of examinations depends on the type of examinations held.  For general written examinations, there should be at least one invigilator present against every 30 students for patrolling and vigilance at the examination hall.

Duties

General duties
The main duty of an exam invigilator is to support the Chief Invigilator, the Deputy Chief Invigilator, the Examinations Officer and the other invigilators at the examination venue.

Some of the other general duties may include:

 Setting up the examination venues by placing candidate numbers, booklets, examination papers, stationery and equipment at desks in accordance with strict procedures.
 Implementing the exam rules and regulations and remaining vigilant throughout the examination duration.
 Assisting the candidates before, during and after the examination by directing them to their seats, advising them about possessions permitted at examination venues and dealing with queries raised by candidates etc.
 Invigilating carefully, making sure that candidates do not talk inside examination venues and also responding to any examination irregularities immediately.
 Checking attendance during examinations, recording details of late arrivals and ensuring that proper seating plans are followed.
 Escorting candidates during water breaks or washroom breaks as required and detecting any unauthorized materials inside the examination hall.
 Delivering and collecting scripts carefully at the start and end of the examination in accordance with strict examination procedures.
 Assisting with the packing of examination scripts, stationery and other equipment from the examination venues.
 Supervising candidates in leaving the examination venues in a quiet and disciplined manner and ensuring that candidates do not remove equipment or stationery from the examination venue without the permission of the authority.

Before the exam
Before the start of the examination, exam invigilators must be fully briefed and trained before carrying out the task of invigilation in their respective venues. It is essential that exam invigilators familiarize themselves with the appropriate examination regulations and procedures before attending the examination hall.

Exam invigilators should arrive at the examination hall at least one hour before the start of the examination to report for their duty and remain for an additional hour after the exams to collect and wrap up the examination scripts.

Before the candidates arrive, exam invigilators must prepare the examination venue by placing the required answer booklets, reference booklets, candidate numbers and other supplementary materials on candidates' desks. They must make sure that the time of the clock at the examination venue is set correctly and necessary instructions are clearly displayed at the front of the examination hall for the candidates. They should also help direct students to their seats and prohibit the entrance of forbidden items such as mobile phones, smart watch, headphones, portable audio/video/gaming devices and textbooks at the examination hall.

During the exam
During the examination, all exam invigilators must give their whole attention to the examination process. At this time, they must be vigilant, mobile and attentive and should not perform any other tasks throughout the examination’s duration.

At this time, exam invigilators must respond to queries from candidates immediately and assist the candidates as per their needs. Within the first 30 minutes of the examination, the invigilators should take the attendance of the candidates in the attendance record sheet and sign it before submitting it to the Chief Invigilator. While checking the attendance, they must also check the candidate's name, candidate number, passport, admit card or examination entrance card etc.

Exam invigilators must deal with students who arrive late at the examination venue and record their attendance and consult with the Chief Invigilator to determine whether extra time will be granted to such candidates or not.

Invigilators must not permit candidates to leave the examination hall room during the first 1-hour and the last 15 minutes of the examination. They should also take immediate actions in case of candidates caught cheating during the examination and report to the Chief Invigilator. If unauthorized materials are found inside the examination hall, they should remove them immediately. In the event of an emergency or fire alarm, invigilators should follow the emergency exit procedures and lead the candidates safely outside the examination hall.

Invigilators must be as quiet as possible during the examination duration but also remain vigilant to the candidates. They should not explain any questions asked by the candidates or allow any other person to ask questions of, or read answers to, the candidates.

After the exam
After the examination is over, the exam invigilators should collect the scripts, question papers, stationery and other reference booklets from the candidates and check that all the required information (name, candidate number, venue, date etc.) have been filled out by the candidates on their scripts properly. When all the scripts are collected, invigilators should release candidates and direct them towards the exit of the examination hall in complete silence.

E-proctoring
E-proctoring, also known as remote proctoring, is a form of exam proctoring which involves monitoring student behaviour during exams administered electronically, including those given as part of e-learning or remote learning.

Concerns about the use of commercial e-proctoring services include the non-functionality of the software; it mostly fails to identify any actual fraud, while it can falsely flag innocent students for suspicious behavior. Some people claim it violates students' privacy, security, and impact to students' mental health. They also claim it is prone to technical issues that can negatively impact students' exam performance. In addition, there have been multiple reports of user data from commercial e-proctoring services being hacked, resulting in thousands of colleges' and hundreds of thousands of users' data being released.

Ineffectiveness
There is clear evidence to that it is easily possible for candidates to circumvent e-proctoring software. A scientific test of the Proctorio software at the Dutch University of Twente showed that the software was not able to detect any of the cases of examination fraud it was subjected to. It showed that classic, non-technical methods of exam fraud, such as the use of cheat sheets and notes, were nearly undetectable by Proctorio. Moreover, the software could also not identify any cases of committed digital/technical fraud, such as the use of a phone, chat apps and social media during the exam, looking up information on the internet while taking the test, and others. The conclusion was that the sensitivity of Proctorio should be considered at very close to zero.

Controversy
Controversy over e-proctoring escalated during the COVID-19 pandemic, when many universities, K–12 schools, and standardized testing organizations turned to commercial e-proctoring suppliers for services. Students across the world protested the use of commercial e-proctoring services at their post-secondary institutions. It has been noted that online proctoring technologies use algorithms that discriminate against students of darker skin tones, including Black students and other persons of colour.

Proctorio lawsuits
In 2020, e-proctoring software company Proctorio sued a university employee at the University of British Columbia over alleged breach of copyright. The employee was critical of Proctorio on social media and posted links to unlisted YouTube videos produced by the company.  A court ruling on the case was published on 15 June 2021 and another on 11 March 2022, dismissing the case. As of late 2022, the employee is appealing the dismissal.

In 2020 a computer engineering student at a different college publicly shared excerpts of code installed by Proctorio on their personal computer. The student sued Proctorio after they had the material removed. Proctorio countersued arguing copyright infringement and defamation. The case was settled out of court.

Class-action lawsuits were brought up against Proctorio and two other companies. The companies were accused of failing to provide legally required data retention and destruction policies and failing to obtain consent for gathering biometric information. The lawsuit against Proctorio was dismissed by a judge in August 2022.

References

Bibliography
 320, Withheld. "How to Be a School Exam Invigilator." Career Path 360. N.p., 23 June 2009. Web. 10 July 2014.
 "The Exam Cycle : Invigilation." Department for Education. National College for Teaching & Leadership, 10 April 2014. Web. 6 July 2014.
 Guardian, The. "What I'm Really Thinking: The Exam Invigilator." The Guardian. Guardian News and Media, 14 July 2012. Web. 10 July 2014.
 Invigilators, Express. "Express Invigilators-Role." Express Invigilators – Role. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 July 2014.
 "Invigilator." The Free Dictionary. Farlex, n.d. Web. 6 July 2014.
 "Job Title: Examination Invigilator." The Ridgeway School (2012): 1–2. Eteach. The Ridgeway School, June 2012. Web. 6 July 2014.
 Kumar, BC. "Invigilator – English Language Tutorials." English Language Tutorials. Web Learn Eng, n.d. Web. 10 July 2014.
 Laurent Pascale. British Council Invigilators – Code of Practice. Brussels: Laurent Pascale, (n.d). British Council Belgium. British Council. Web. 6 July 2014.
 "Main Navigation." Invigilators FAQs. Cambridge International Examinations, n.d. Web. 6 July 2014.
 McMahon, Mary, and Kristen Osborne. "What Does an Invigilator Do?" WiseGeek. Conjecture, 5 June 2014. Web. 10 July 2014.

Education and training occupations


title: Tell Qartal

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Tell Qartal () is a Syrian village located in the Subdistrict of the Hama District in the Hama Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Tell Qartal had a population of 2,079 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.

References

Bibliography

Populated places in Hama District


title: Bohr–Sommerfeld model

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The Bohr–Sommerfeld model (also known as the Sommerfeld model or Bohr–Sommerfeld theory) was an extension of the Bohr model to allow elliptical orbits of electrons around an atomic nucleus.  Bohr–Sommerfeld theory is named after Danish physicist Niels Bohr and German physicist Arnold Sommerfeld.  Sommerfeld argued that if electronic orbits could be elliptical instead of circular, the energy of the electron would be the same, except in the presence of a magnetic field, introducing what is now known as quantum degeneracy.

The Bohr–Sommerfeld model supplemented the quantized angular momentum condition of the Bohr model with an additional radial quantization condition, the Wilson–Sommerfeld quantization condition

where pr is the radial momentum canonically conjugate to the coordinate q, which is the radial position, and T is one full orbital period. The integral is the action of action-angle coordinates. This condition, suggested by the correspondence principle, is the only one possible, since the quantum numbers are adiabatic invariants.

History

In 1913, Niels Bohr displayed rudiments of the later defined correspondence principle and used it to formulate a model of the hydrogen atom which explained the line spectrum. In the next few years Arnold Sommerfeld extended the quantum rule to arbitrary integrable systems making use of the principle of adiabatic invariance of the quantum numbers introduced by Lorentz and Einstein. Sommerfeld made a crucial contribution by quantizing the z-component of the angular momentum, which in the old quantum era was called "space quantization" (German: Richtungsquantelung). This allowed the orbits of the electron to be ellipses instead of circles, and introduced the concept of quantum degeneracy. The theory would have correctly explained the Zeeman effect, except for the issue of electron spin. Sommerfeld's model was much closer to the modern quantum mechanical picture than Bohr's.

In the 1950s Joseph Keller updated Bohr–Sommerfeld quantization using Einstein's interpretation  of 1917, now known as Einstein–Brillouin–Keller method. In 1971, Martin Gutzwiller took into account that this method only works for integrable systems and derived a semiclassical way of quantizing chaotic systems from path integrals.

Predictions

The Sommerfeld model predicted that the magnetic moment of an atom measured along an axis will only take on discrete values, a result which seems to contradict rotational invariance but which was confirmed by the Stern–Gerlach experiment.  This was a significant step in the development of quantum mechanics.  It also described the possibility of atomic energy levels being split by a magnetic field (called the Zeeman effect).  Walther Kossel worked with Bohr and Sommerfeld on the Bohr–Sommerfeld model of the atom introducing two electrons in the first shell and eight in the second.

Issues

The Bohr–Sommerfeld model was fundamentally inconsistent and led to many paradoxes. The magnetic quantum number measured the tilt of the orbital plane relative to the xy plane, and it could only take a few discrete values. This contradicted the obvious fact that an atom could be turned this way and that relative to the coordinates without restriction. The Sommerfeld quantization can be performed in different canonical coordinates and sometimes gives different answers. The incorporation of radiation corrections was difficult, because it required finding action-angle coordinates for a combined radiation/atom system, which is difficult when the radiation is allowed to escape. The whole theory did not extend to non-integrable motions, which meant that many systems could not be treated even in principle. In the end, the model was replaced by the modern quantum-mechanical treatment of the hydrogen atom, which was first given by Wolfgang Pauli in 1925, using Heisenberg's matrix mechanics. The current picture of the hydrogen atom is based on the atomic orbitals of wave mechanics, which Erwin Schrödinger developed in 1926.

However, this is not to say that the Bohr–Sommerfeld model was without its successes. Calculations based on the Bohr–Sommerfeld model were able to accurately explain a number of more complex atomic spectral effects. For example, up to first-order perturbations, the Bohr model and quantum mechanics make the same predictions for the spectral line splitting in the Stark effect. At higher-order perturbations, however, the Bohr model and quantum mechanics differ, and measurements of the Stark effect under high field strengths helped confirm the correctness of quantum mechanics over the Bohr model. The prevailing theory behind this difference lies in the shapes of the orbitals of the electrons, which vary according to the energy state of the electron.

The Bohr–Sommerfeld quantization conditions lead to questions in modern mathematics. Consistent semiclassical quantization condition requires a certain type of structure on the phase space, which places topological limitations on the types of symplectic manifolds which can be quantized. In particular, the symplectic form should be the curvature form of a connection of a Hermitian line bundle, which is called a prequantization.

Relativistic orbit

Arnold Sommerfeld derived the relativistic solution of atomic energy levels. We will start this derivation with the relativistic equation for energy in the electric potential

After substitution  we get

For momentum ,   and their ratio  the equation of motion is (see Binet equation)

with solution

The angular shift of periapsis per revolution is given by

With the quantum conditions

and

we will obtain energies

where  is the fine-structure constant. This solution (using substitutions for quantum numbers) is equivalent to the solution of the Dirac equation. Nevertheless, both solutions fail to predict the Lamb shifts.

See also

 Bohr model
 Old quantum theory

References

Atomic physics
Hydrogen physics
Foundational quantum physics
History of physics
Niels Bohr
Arnold Sommerfeld
Old quantum theory


title: Istralandia

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Istralandia is a water park in Brtonigla municipality, Istria County, Croatia. It is located near the road that leads from Novigrad to Nova Vas, approximately  from the Adriatic Sea. Opened for visitors in June 2014, it was the first Croatian water park.

Istralandia water park covers the area of . It features a  wave pool, the largest in the Mediterranean, and 20 water slides with the total length of .

Awards
Aquapark Istralandia won a special award for the entrepreneurial project of the year in the category of new parks in Europe at the 13th Best Amusement Parks Award Ceremony, which took place in Rome on 25 October 2014.
The Parksmania award is a prestigious recognition awarded by the Parksmania.it magazine to the best amusement parks in Italy and Europe.

In the 2016 Euro Attractions Show in Barcelona, hosted by the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions, a 34-member international jury ranked Istralandia 5th among more than 300 water parks in Europe.

Sources

External links

2014 establishments in Croatia
Istria County
Water parks in Croatia


The 2014 Boys' Youth NORCECA Volleyball Championship was the nine edition of the bi-annual men's volleyball tournament, played by nine countries from July 12–20, 2014 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States. The United States win this second title. USA, Cuba and Mexico qualifier to the 2015 FIVB Boys' World Championship.

Competing Nations

Pool standing procedure
Match won 3–0: 5 points for the winner, 0 point for the loser
Match won 3–1: 4 points for the winner, 1 points for the loser
Match won 3–2: 3 points for the winner, 2 points for the loser
In case of tie, the teams were classified according to the following criteria:
points ratio and sets ratio

First round

Pool A

Pool B

Final round

Championship bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Classification 5-6

Classification 3-4

Final

Final standing

All-Star Team

Most valuable player

Best setter

Best Opposite

Best outside hitters

Best middle blockers

Best libero

References

Men's NORCECA Volleyball Championship


title: Songshrike

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Songshrike may refer to any of several birds of the family Cracticidae including:

 the bell-magpie
 the butcherbird
 the currawong

Animal common name disambiguation pages


title: Andrea Rocchelli

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Andrea Rocchelli (27 September 1983 – 24 May 2014) was an Italian freelance photojournalist and founder of the independent photographers collective Cesura. He was killed during the Donbas war and Ukrainian authorities were accused by his partners for the killing.

Biography
Rocchelli graduated in 2007 at the Polytechnic University of Milan where he was awarded a master's degree in Communications Design. Subsequently, he was trained by Magnum Photos photographer Alex Majoli. In 2008, with other four photographers, he founded Cesura, a photographic collective aiming to produce independent projects.

He worked as a freelance photojournalist with a diversified curriculum. He documented the Arab Spring in Libya and Tunisia, the violation of human rights in Kyrgyzstan and Ingushetia, the conditions of migrants in Southern Italy and organized crime. His principal interest had been eastern Europe and Russia. His photos have been published by a number of journals and magazines such as Le Monde, Newsweek, The Wall Street Journal, and Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta.

When Rocchelli died, his first book, Russian Interiors, was about to be completed. The work was published posthumously by Cesura.

Death
Rocchelli was killed in Andriivka, Ukraine, near Sloviansk, on 24 May 2014 while reporting on the war in Donbas. He was travelling with the human rights activist and interpreter Andrei Mironov (who also died in the attack), a French photo reporter, and a local driver. According to an Italian court when they stopped to take some pictures near a railway line, the group was attacked with automatic weapons and mortar fire from the "Karachun" hill, where the Ukrainian army was stationed.

The last pictures Rocchelli took before his death precisely document the attack that killed him and Mironov and permanently injured Roguelon. These photographs testify to the duration of the shootings, the morphology of the area, and the civilian clothing worn by the victims.

Investigation and trial in Italy against Vitaly Markiv

William Roguelon, the sole survivor of the attack among the reporters, said that the group was targeted by mortars and automatic weapons from the Karachun hill, where the National Guard of Ukraine and the Ukrainian army were stationed.

The domestic inquiry carried out by the Ukrainian authorities explicitly did not attest any responsibility of the killings. The international rogatory issued by the Italian authorities did not bring any result due to the lack of cooperation, the substantial negligence and severe delay from the Ukrainian side. In July 2016, following the complaint of a lawyer appointed by the Rocchelli family, the Ukrainian Court of Sloviansk condemned the Ukrainian State for having violated article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights, defining "Illegal the inactivity of the investigator with respect to the preliminary investigation in the criminal proceedings for the fact of intentional homicide [...] For violation of reasonable time limits in the preliminary investigation by action of the reasonable time limits for carrying out the inspection".

In the same year the Italian prosecutors, therefore, opened a second phase of the inquiries that led to the arrest of Ukrainian and Italian National Guard soldier Vitalii Markiv. Accused to contribute to the deaths of the two civilians, Markiv has been judged guilty by the Pavia court of justice on July 12, 2019, and condemned to serve 24 years in jail. The Ukrainian State was also sued as a civil defendant. The same sentence, furthermore, calls for the forwarding of the file concerning Commander Bogdan Matkiwsky for investigation by  the Rome Prosecutor's Office because he is deemed the direct superior of Markiv during the operations that killed Rocchelli and Mironov.

Mr Markiv and the Ukrainian State made an appeal to the verdict and the II grade trial took place in fall 2020 in Milan court of justice. On November 3, 2020, the court, while holding the Ukrainian armed forces accountable of the killing of the journalists, acquitted Mr Markiv mentioning articles 605 and 530 II section of the Italian penal code (lack of evidence).

On February 16, 2021, the Attorney General's Office of Milan stated that will appeal the second degree acquittal of Vitalii Markiv. On 9 December 2021, the Supreme Court of Cassation fully acquitted Markiv, ending the trial.

Exhibitions
2014, 4–9 September, Ukraina Revolution, curated by Cesura and Ilaria Alpi Association; Palazzo Graziani, San Marino, SM.

2014 September 20 – 2 November, Evidence, retrospective curated by photographer Gianluca Grossi and Cesura; Spazio Reale, Monte Carasso, Bellinzona, CH.

2015 June 5 – 5 July, Stories, retrospective curated by Cesura and Lucia Rocchelli; Palazzo del Broletto, Pavia, IT.

2015 September 30 – 15 November, Stories, retrospective curated by Cesura and 3/3; Museo di Roma in Trastevere, Rome, IT. 2017.

2017, 3–7 May, From the last front: the Ukraine of Rocchelli and Mironov, curated by Leonardo Brogioni; The Triennale Design Museum, Milan, IT. The exhibition was part of the International Human Rights Festival of Milan. 2017.

2017 November 23 – 2018 January 14, Andy Rocchelli: Letzte Front, curated by Miklos Klaus Rosza in collaboration with COOPI; Photobastei, Zurich, CH.

2019, January 7 – February 2, Voice of the Voiceless – photo stories by Andy Rocchelli, in collaboration with Cesuralab and Osteria Letteraria Sottovento, Pavia, Italy.

2020 October, Mostra Diffusa – Andy Rocchelli's photos exhibited in several places of Pavia. Curated by the association Volpi Scapigliate.

Publications
Rocchelli's portrait of the feminine universe in the post-soviet era, Russian Interiors has been published in late 2014. It has been positively reviewed by the international critique throughout the last years, e.g. it has been listed among the best 10 photobooks of 2014 by Martin Parr on the British Journal of Photography.

Awards
2014 June 13. Photo prize Ponchielli 2014 dedicated to Andy Rocchelli, Milan, IT.

2014 September 7. Kamerton Prize to independent journalism conferred to Andy Rocchelli and Andrey Mironov. The prize is named after the Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, Moscow, RU.

2014 December. San Siro civic award assigned by the municipality of Pavia, IT.

2015 April 25 . World Press Photo, 2nd Prize of the section Portraits, Stories to the photowork Russian Interiors, Amsterdam, NL.

2015 June. OSCE dedicated a commemorative plate to Andy Rocchelli as a tribute to those fallen for OSCE values in areas of conflict, Parliament, Rome, IT.

2018, December 2, Prize for the professional activity given by the Pavia Chamber of Commerce.

References

Italian journalists
Italian male journalists
1983 births
2014 deaths
Journalists killed while covering the war in Donbas


title: Codex Waecker-Gotter

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The Codex Waecker-Gotter, also known as the Code Sanchez-Solís or Codex Egerton, is a Pre-Conquest-style manuscript from Mexico that since 1911 has been in the British Museum's collection (reference number Am1962,03.8).

Description
The codex is made of animal skin and consists of 16 leaves, each measuring approximately 27 x 21 cm; the total length of the manuscript is 4.42 m. Both sides of the codex are painted, but over time the condition of the paint has deteriorated, and one page seems to have been deliberately effaced, perhaps by a colonial official, as it bears a Spanish stamp.

The manuscript was probably first drawn in the 16th century, with later additions made in the 17th or 18th century. Most experts consider the style of the artwork to be Mixtec with some Aztec elements.

Content
The document is an important witness to the transition between Pre-Columbian times and the early colonial period in Mexico. It describes a genealogy that comprises 26 different generations that have been estimated to have lived between 970 and 1490 AD; the men are shown wearing masks and crowns while the women are in general depicted in the kneeling position. On one page the town of Cuquila Santa Maria in Tlaxiaco is illustrated, along with its first king 'Lord One Alligator Tlaloc' and his wife 'One Alligator Sun', who may have been the founding member of the dynasty.

Provenance
The manuscript was probably made over a period of time by different hands in the Mixteca Baja region. In 1869, it came in the possession of Felipe Sanchez Solis who sold it to Freiherr von Waecker-Gotter, a member of the German diplomatic corps in Mexico between 1880 and 1888. It was bought by the British Museum in 1911 from funds bequeathed by France Henry Egerton.

See also
Codex Zouche-Nuttall, also in the British Museum

Bibliography
U Berger, 'Mexican painted Manuscripts in the United Kingdom', British Museum Occasional Paper, Number 91, 1998
G. Brotherstone, Painted books of Mexico (London, The British Museum Press, 1995)
C. McEwan, Ancient Mexico in the British (London, The British Museum Press, 1994)

References

Mixtec codices
Artefacts from Africa, Oceania and the Americas in the British Museum
Mexico–United Kingdom relations