title: Staffan Hellstrand

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Staffan Hellstrand, Mats Eric Staffan Hellstrand, born 13 May 1956 in Stockholm, Sweden is a Swedish singer, rock musician (guitar, harmonica, keyboard), songwriter and record producer. He has scored record successes at the Swedish charts during the 1990s.

Discography

Studio albums
Hemlös (1989)
Den stora blå vägen (1991)
Eld (1992)
Regn (1993)
Sot (1994)
Pascha Jims dagbok (1996)
Underland (1998)
Underbarn (1999)
Starsång (2001)
Socker & synder (2002)
Elektriska gatan (2004)
Motljus (2006)
Spökskepp (2007)
Staffan Hellstrand (2012)
Blod & tårar (2015)

Compilation albums
Staffan Hellstrand & SH! samling 85–92 (1993)
Staffan Hellstrands bästa (2000)
Diamanter (2004)
Lilla fågel blå (2009)

References

External links

1956 births
Living people
Singers from Stockholm
Swedish guitarists
Male guitarists
Swedish pop singers
Swedish rock singers
Swedish male musicians


title: Austria–Turkmenistan relations

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Bilateral relations exist between Austria and Turkmenistan. Turkmenistan maintains an embassy in Vienna, where the current Ambassador of Turkmenistan to Austria is Mr. Nurberdiyev Sylapberdi Ashyrgeldiyevich. Austria has an embassy with residence in Astana (Kazakhstan) where the current Ambassador of Austria to Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan is Mr. Wolfgang Banyai

History

Diplomatic relations between the two countries were established on October 16, 1992, during the signing of a joint communique.

The UN resolution on Turkmenistan's neutrality was developed with the assistance of Austria.

In November 2008, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov visited the Austrian capital of Vienna.

On October 16, 2011, the Austrian Federal President Heinz Fischer visited Turkmenistan.

See also
 Foreign relations of Austria
 Foreign relations of Turkmenistan

References

External links
 Botschaft von Turkmenistan
 Österreich-Turkmenische Gesellschaft

Turkmenistan
Bilateral relations of Turkmenistan


title: Towers in the park

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Towers in the park is a morphology of modernist high rise apartment buildings characterized by a high-rise building (a "slab") surrounded by a swath of landscaped land. Thus, the tower does not directly front the street. It was popular in North American and European cities in the 1960s and into the 1970s, especially for public housing. The towers themselves are typically simple, brick-clad high-rise buildings with rectangular footprints and little ornamentation other than repeating series of balconies for each apartment. However, some apartment buildings from this era use less conventional designs in the "tower in the park" format.

History
Le Corbusier pioneered the "tower in a park" morphology in his unrealized 1923 Ville Contemporaine. Responding to the squalid conditions of cities in the 1920s, Le Corbusier proposed razing the old cities and replacing them with new, clean, hyper-rationalist layouts employing the "tower in a park" morphology. The skyscrapers were intended to house the new city's three million residents on only 5% of the land. By placing the buildings near the center of the block, there is room for parking, lawns, trees, and other landscaping elements. Le Corbusier further employed the morphology in his 1930 plan for Paris, the Ville Radieuse (also unrealized). Owing to the wide diffusion and influence of these two plans and their ideas post–World War II, especially the latter, the "tower in the park" morphology spread throughout Europe and North America.

Criticism and current state
By the early 1970s, opposition to this style of towers mounted, with many, including urban planners, now referring to them as "ghettos". Neighbourhoods like St. James Town were originally designed to house young "swinging single" middle class residents, but the apartments lacked appeal and the area quickly became much poorer.

Some public housing projects taking the form of towers in a park in the United States, most notably Pruitt-Igoe in St. Louis, Missouri, were demolished because of deteriorating conditions. This was principally caused by the worsening economic circumstances of residents and an overall disinvestment in public housing. By the mid 2000s, green space surrounding some of the towers began being developed with new towers in an effort to increase density.

In 2023, a new complex in Toronto was planned as part of the Centerpoint Mall redevelopment near Steeles Avenue and Yonge Street with thousands of units in several densely spaced towers.

See also
Some examples of the tower in a park morphology are below:
Vladeck Houses in New York City, New York
Morrisania, Bronx in New York City, New York
Pruitt–Igoe in St. Louis, Missouri (demolished)
Red Road Flats in Glasgow, Scotland (demolished)
Broadwater Farm in London, England
Co-op City, Bronx in New York City, New York
 Ballymun Flats in Dublin, Ireland (demolished)
 Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park in Singapore
 Parkchester in New York City, New York
 Sandburg Halls in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
 Starrett City, Brooklyn in New York City, New York
 Stuyvesant Town–Peter Cooper Village in New York City, New York
 Unité d'habitation in Marseille, France
 Castle Village in Hudson Heights, Manhattan, New York City, New York

References

Modernist architecture
Urban studies and planning terminology


title: Glenmark Eriksson Strömstedt

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Glenmark Eriksson Strömstedt (GES) is a Swedish supergroup formed in 1994. The group's line-up comprises Anders Glenmark, Orup and Niklas Strömstedt, whose last names begin with the letters forming the trio's name. During 1994 and 1995, the group achieved many list successes in Sweden, and has since then been active in periods.

History

In 1993, Anders Glenmark, Orup and Niklas Strömstedt performed together in a group called "Miss Ellies Kapell" at the entertainment house Brygget in Åre, where they played each others songs. The group also consisted of Micke "Syd" Andersson from Gyllene Tider and Tommy Ekman from Style. Strömstedt had later been asked by the Swedish Football Association to write the official song for the 1994 FIFA World Cup. He accepted the assignment together with Orup and Glenmark in order to write the song.

The World Cup song När vi gräver guld i USA became a big hit single during the summer of 1994 and won a Grammis award for Song of the Year in February 1995.

By the end of January 1995, the album Glenmark, Eriksson, Strömstedt was released, which peaked at the top of the charts in Sweden. In connection with the album release, SVT broadcast a special program about GES under the direction of Felix Herngren. The album has sold over 500,000 copies and is considered a Swedish pop classic, with hit singles such as "En jävel på kärlek" and "Hon är min". During the summer of 1995, a sold-out tour of Sweden was performed by the group, which was seen by over 200,000 people.

The group made a comeback as an intermission during the final of the Melodifestivalen 2003 in the Ericsson Globe and released their second album Den andra skivan in April of the same year. The album peaked at No. 2 on the Sverigetopplistan and during the summer a tour of 25 performance dates was carried out.
The tour was not a success and had low audience numbers.

After not performing together for almost ten years, a mutual friend of the group had his birthday in the summer of 2012, and the members decided to perform some covers of his favorite songs. When Orup got his own hour of Allsång på Skansen in "Allsångsscenen är din" during the summer of 2016, GES made a comeback with a few songs and the interest to continue playing together was aroused.

In the summer of 2017, the band played six sold-out evenings in front of 24,000 concertgoers at Borgholm Castle on the island of Öland. During the summer of 2018, GES conducted its first concert tour since 2003, with a premiere at Dalhalla on 11 July and ending at Skansen on 25 August, with a total of 18 performance dates. The tour premiere at Dalhalla broke the audience record for the arena with a total of 5,739 visitors.

In the spring of 2020, a pub show was planned to be performed at the Gothia Towers in Gothenburg. It was originally going to be performed between 3 April and 2 May, but it was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The premiere was moved to Cirkus in Stockholm in September and the Gothenburg dates were planned to be held in Scandinavium during March of 2021.

Discography

 Glenmark, Eriksson, Strömstedt (1995)
 Den andra skivan (2003)

Citations

External links

1994 establishments in Sweden
Swedish pop music groups
Swedish rock music groups
Musical groups established in 1994
Swedish musical trios


title: Baron Von Fancy

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Gordon Stevenson, known as Baron Von Fancy for certain artistic and commercial purposes, is a multimedia artist who lives and works in New York City.

Background
Baron Von Fancy was born in New York City and attended Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School.  He earned his Bachelor in Fine Arts from Bard College in 2006.  Gordon Stevenson identifies himself by his birth name for his artwork displayed in galleries, and he uses the artistic name "Baron Von Fancy" to sign his work used for commercial products. For example, his lighters are signed Baron Von Fancy, whereas his paintings are signed with his birth name.

Work
Baron Von Fancy works in various media in addition to canvas.  He has applied his distinctive artistic sensibility to create a broad range of tangible, practical items such as sponges, doormats, socks, backpacks, lighters, bow ties, matchboxes, handbags, cell phone cases and shirts. Clever and enchanting at the same time, Von Fancy's work is light-hearted, playful or, at times, crude.

Collaborations
Von Fancy has collaborated with fashion, cosmetics and sportswear brands.  Among the brands that he has worked with are: Nike, Google, Amazon, Kith, NY Mets, Vans, Uber, Rag & Bone, Reece Hudson, Reformation, Bobbi Brown Cosmetics, Gitman Vintage, Smith Optics and MeUndies.  He is known for his originality and talent in matching an object with a humorous and memorable phrase. Larger retailers such as Urban Outfitters, Elizabeth Arden, Inc., Juicy Couture, Porsche Design Group, and Patagonia have collaborated with him on distinctive collections and projects.

The mobile phone accessory company Incipio launched a line of iPhone cases featuring Baron's art in December 2017. In advance of the November 2016 launch of its new television series Good Behavior, TNT asked Von Fancy to design art and an installation, which was previewed at 29Rooms, promoting this new, edgy series.  Baron was featured as an artistic ambassador for Nike's and KITH's pop-up store in SoHo that opened in August 2016.  Later that Fall, he was retained by MOO, the London-based printer of custom business cards, to create five custom designs for a capsule collection of colorful, innovative business cards. Rogers & Cowan worked with Von Fancy in November 2016 to promote the American cotton industry's jeans recycling program.

In June 2018, Women's Wear Daily reported that New York City-based legwear firm Fun Socks! would collaborate with Von Fancy on a line of socks for F/W 18. On January 1, 2016, Vans launched a collections of sneakers featuring Baron Von Fancy's designs.  In Fall 2015, Von Fancy provided visuals for the launch of the Louis Vuitton Windows book, published by Assouline.  That Summer, Converse selected Baron Von Fancy (among other artists) for social media promotion of its Chuck Taylor All-Star II, the first changes to Converse's highly successful line of sneakers in nearly a century. In his signature typeface, Von Fancy prepared several phrases for display on Converse's Twitter page, including "Can't Wait," "What's Next?", and "Ready for More."

For Valentine's Day 2015, Kreemart presented an exhibition of his work at Melissa Galerie's SoHo store. Paperless Post launched a collaboration with Baron on Valentine's Day 2014, featuring his greeting cards, invitations and Valentine's Day cards.

Billboards and public work
For the past five years, Baron Von Fancy has displayed his art on billboards in the SoHo neighborhood and elsewhere in his native New York City.  Billboards featuring playful and charming expressions such as "On my way to steal your girl," "Don't call me baby," "Never not working," and "May the bridges I burn light the way," among others, have greeted New Yorkers in Manhattan and its environs as they look skyward since at least 2013.

In May 2016, his billboard featuring the edgy phrase "If you're feeling down, I can feel you up" was posted in lower Manhattan at the intersection of Canal and West Broadway.

In the Summer of 2013, his "I Can't Grow Up" mural was displayed on a billboard on Orchard Street in the Lower East Side.

In October 2013, for its 125th anniversary celebration, Katz's Delicatessen invited Baron to contribute a work to their pop-up art gallery housed next to the deli.  The result, a ten-foot high mural of "I'll Have What She's Having," referenced When Harry Met Sally...'s legendary fake-orgasm scene that had been shot at the deli.

Murals with some of Baron Von Fancy's signature phrases were shown in Paris at Colette, in "A Thing Called Love," a show that opened in February 2013.

Exhibitions and multimedia art
Since 2006, his work has been displayed around the world with exhibitions in California, New York, Florida, at Ochi Gallery in Idaho, as well as in Rhode Island, Iowa, and France.  In August 2015, The Tripoli Gallery presented his exhibition "Never Say Goodbye," of paintings that humorously comment on romantic relationships, featuring cartoon characters such as Casper the Friendly Ghost and Jiminy Cricket. Previously, in Spring 2014, The Tripoli Gallery presented an exhibition of his original paintings entitled "I Remember It Differently," which featured paintings of Archie and Disney animated films.

Colette invited Baron Von Fancy to create "A Thing Called Love," a show held at their flagship location in Paris and featured a range of his artwork.  Von Fancy has created sculpture using electroluminescent wire, a fresh medium ideal for explorations of the effects of color. His fascination with color interaction has also been manifested through a number of "water projects," in which he and his collaborators add multicolored dyes to fountains, rivers, etc. for public display.

Origin of the name
The artistic name evolved from his college nickname "Fancy-pants," which itself had originated from his collection of vintage Versace jeans. Baron Von Fancy also is known for other of his numerous collections which include homemade prison artifacts, pre-9/11 Twin Towers ephemera, and peep show sex tokens.

Phrases
A hallmark of Baron Von Fancy's signature style is the use of common, English language phrases. In some cases, the words are highlighted with a bright color, such as green, pink or yellow.  Von Fancy's critics have exercised considerable verbal talent in elaborating on these simple words, even going so far as to describe them (with no intentional hyperbole or irony) as "poignant," "playful," "clever," "oscillat[ing] from colloquial to profound," "bold," "poetic," and "reminiscent of the classic, hand-painted billboards that populated New York in the 1950s and 1960s."

References

American multimedia artists
American fashion designers
Bard College alumni
1984 births
Living people


title: Shangamuzo

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Shangamuzo (13 March 1973 – after 1989) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire best known for winning the Ascot Gold Cup in 1978. A specialist stayer, he won eight of his thirty-four races, finished second nine times and third on five occasions.

He showed promise as a two-year-old in 1975, despite being beaten in all three of his races. In the following season he established himself as a good performer in handicaps, winning five races including the King George V Stakes at Royal Ascot and finishing second in the Jockey Club Cup. In 1977 he emerged as a top-class stayer despite winning only once from eleven starts: he won the Doncaster Cup and was placed in the Paradise Stakes, Yorkshire Cup, Queen Alexandra Stakes and Jockey Club Stakes. Shangamuzo reached his peak as a five-year-old in 1978 when he engaged in a series of races against the outstanding French-bred stayer Buckskin. Shangamuzo decisively defeated Buckskin in both the Sagaro Stakes and the Ascot Gold Cup but after sustaining an injury in the Goodwood Cup he was beaten by his rival in the Doncaster Cup and the Jockey Club Cup.

After an unsuccessful campaign in 1979 he was retired to stud in Brazil, where he had some success as a sire of winners.

Background
Shangamuzo, was a big, powerful, dark chestnut horse with a small white star and a white sock on his right hind leg bred in England by Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven. His sire Klairon was a top-class racehorse whose wins included the Poule d'Essai des Poulains in 1955. Apart from Shangamuzo, he sired the Champion Stakes winner Lorenzaccio and Prix Jacques Le Marois winner Luthier. Klairon was a representative of the Byerley Turk sire line, unlike more than 95% of modern thoroughbreds, who descend directly from the Darley Arabian. Shangamuzo was one of several winners produced by his dam French Fern, a high-class racemare who won the Ribblesdale Stakes in 1960 and was rated 118 by Timeform. As a descendant of the broodmare French Kiss, she was a distant relative of the Breeders' Cup Mile winner Barathea.

In 1974, as a yearling, Shangamuzo was offered for sale and bought for 3000 guineas by representatives of Mrs E. White. He was first sent into training with John Sutcliffe at Epsom.

Racing career

1975: two-year-old season
After finishing unplaced in his first two starts over seven furlongs, Shangamuzo ran in a twenty-two runner maiden race over a mile at Sandown Park Racecourse in October. He showed some promise in finishing fifth, without being given a hard race.

1976: three-year-old season
Shangamuzo emerged as a successful handicapper in the first half of his three-year-old season, in which he was trained by Gavin Hunter. On his first appearance of the season he won a maiden race over eleven furlongs at Kempton and then finished second to Lighter in a handicap over on and a half miles at Haydock in June, but was awarded the race after the "winner" was disqualified for causing interference. Later that month he was sent to Royal Ascot and recorded his first major success in the King George V Stakes and was then stepped up in distance to win a minor event over two miles at Newcastle Racecourse. Shangamuzo's winning run came to an end when he finished fifth in a race at Newbury and he then finished third to Sir Montagu and the future Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Alverton in the Ebor Handicap at York in August. On his next appearance, Shangamuzo defeated Alverton by one and a half lengths in the Top Rank Club Handicap at Newcastle to win his fifth race of the season. In October, the colt was moved up in class and finished second to Bright Finish in the Group Three Jockey Club Cup over two miles at Newmarket.

1977: four-year-old season
After finishing unplaced on his debut at a four-year-old, Shangamuzo finished second by a neck to the filly Centrocon in the Paradise Stakes at Newbury. In May he ran third to Bright Finish and Grey Baron in the Yorkshire Cup and was then sent to France and finished fourth behind Buckskin, Sagaro and Citoyen in the Prix du Cadran at Longchamp Racecourse. At Royal Ascot, he ran in the two and three quarter mile Queen Alexandra Stakes and finished second behind the six-year-old John Cherry, who, as a gelding, was not allowed to compete in many of the major staying races. Later in June, Shangamuzo reverted to handicaps and ran one of his few poor races when unplaced behind Tug of War in the Northumberland Plate.

After a break of two and a half months, Shangamuzo returned in the Doncaster Cup in which he was ridden by Pat Eddery and started a 33/1 outsider. His opponents were Tug of War, Grey Baron, Bruni and the Dick Hern-trained four-year-old Belfalas. Shangamuzo took the lead half a mile from the finish and was never in any danger of defeat, recording his first Group race win by four lengths from Belfalas, with Grey Baron a further four lengths back in third. He then finished second to Nearly A Hand when carrying top weight of 141 pounds in the Newbury Autumn Cup. In his second attempt to win the Jockey Club Cup, Shangamuzo led from the start but was caught inside the final furlong and was beaten three quarters of a length by Grey Baron. On his final appearance of the season, he finished sixth behind John Cherry in the Prix Gladiateur over 4000 metres at Longchamp on 30 October.

1978: five-year-old season
In 1978, Shangamuzo moved to the Newmarket stable of Michael Stoute. On his first appearance for his new trainer, Shangamuzo started at odds of 12/1 for the Sagaro Stakes (formerly the Paradise Stakes) on very soft ground at Ascot in April. Ridden by Greville Starkey, he took the lead in the straight and drew away from his rivals to win by twelve lengths from the favourite Buckskin. In his next two races, Shangamuzo finished second to the Dick Hern-trained five-year-old Smuggler in the Yorkshire Cup and the Henry II Stakes. At York, Shangamuzo was beaten two lengths by Smuggler when attempting to concede three pounds to his rival, but was widely expected to reverse the form at level weights over a longer distance at Sandown. In the Henry II Stakes, however, Shangamuzo appeared to be unsuited by the firm ground, and was beaten two and a half lengths.

Shangamuzo, ridden by Starkey, started at odds of 13/2 for the Ascot Gold Cup over two and a half miles at Royal Ascot, with Buckskin starting favourite ahead of the filly Royal Hive (winner of the Park Hill Stakes). The other runners included Duky and Hawkberry who had finished second and third to Buckskin in the Prix du Cadran. Smuggler did not contest the Gold Cup, his owner, Lord Porchester stating that the unfashionable status of stayers as breeding stallions meant that it would devalue the horse to even enter him in the race. Buckskin's pacemaker Palei set a strong pace until six furlongs from the finish when Shangamuzo moved into the lead with Buckskin close behind. The two engaged in a brief struggle before Shangamuzo established a decisive advantage on the turn into the straight. He was never seriously challenged in the closing stages and won by two lengths from Royal Hive, with Hawkberry a length and a half away in third. Timeform described Shangamuzo's performance as "a magnificent display of courage and endurance". In the Goodwood Cup, Shangamuzo conceded weight to his rivals and led for most of the way but was caught in the closing stages and finished third behind Tug of War and the three-year-old Arapahos. It was subsequently discovered that the horse had sustained a leg injury in the race which kept him off the racecourse until the autumn.

On his return to racing, Shangamuzo was matched against Buckskin in two races which were expected to decide the identity of the best staying horse in Europe. In the Doncaster Cup, Shangamuzo appeared less than fully fit and finished third behind Buckskin and Billion. In October, Shangamuzo and Buckskin met for the final time in the Jockey Club Cup at Newmmarket. There appeared to be no excuses for Shangamuzo on this occasion as he proved no match for his rival and was beaten eight lengths into second place.

1979: six-year-old season
Shangamuzo remained in training as a six-year-old but failed to recover his best form in four races. His best effort came when he finished fourth of five, beaten four lengths by El Badr in the Prix du Cadran. On his final appearance he finished a distant fourth behind Le Moss, Buckskin and Arapahos in the Ascot Gold Cup.

Assessment
In 1975, the independent Timeform organisation did not give a rating to Shangamuzo but awarded him a "p", indicating that the colt was likely to make more than normal progress, and commented that he was certain to stay one and a half miles. In the following year, Shangamuzo was given a weight of 117 pounds in the official British Free Handicap, twenty-three pounds below the top-rated Vitiges. He was given a rating of 108 by Timeform, twenty-one pounds behind their best stayer Sagaro, and was described in their annual Racehorses of 1976 as "very genuine and consistent". In 1977, Shangamuzo's Timeform rating improved to 121, twelve pounds behind the best stayers Sagaro and Dunfermline. In the inaugural International Classification, he was given a rating of 84, ten pounds below the top-rated older horses Balmerino and Orange Bay. In 1978, Shangamuzo achieved his peak Timeform rating of 125, eight pounds below the best stayer Buckskin. In the International Classification he was rated seven pounds below Buckskin and sixteen pounds behind the top-rated Alleged. His abbreviated 1979 season saw him awarded a 113 rating by Timeform.

In their book A Century of Champions, based on a modified version of the Timeform system, John Randall and Tony Morris rated Shangamuzo as an "inferior" winner of the Gold Cup.

Stud career
At the end of his racing career, Shangamuzo was exported to become a breeding stallion in Brazil. He had some success as a sire of winners. His last reported offspring were foaled in 1990.

Pedigree

References

1973 racehorse births
Racehorses bred in the United Kingdom
Racehorses trained in the United Kingdom
Thoroughbred family 14-a
Byerley Turk sire line


title: Anita Isaacs

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Anita Isaacs is a Canadian political scientist. She is the Benjamin R. Collins Professor of Social Sciences and professor of political science at Haverford College. She studies democracy, democratization, and democratic transitions, with a focus on peace building in Latin America and particularly in Ecuador and Guatemala.

Early life and education
Isaacs is from Montreal, Canada. She attended McGill University, where she earned a BA in political science in 1980. In 1982 she graduated from Oxford University with an M.Phil. in Latin American studies. In 1985, she earned a D.Phil. in politics at Oxford.

Career
After obtaining her PhD, Isaacs worked as a program officer at the Ford Foundation. In 1988 she became an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at New York University, and then moved to the political science department at Haverford College. From 1999 to 2004 she was the Stinnes Professor of Global Studies at Haverford. In 2004, she was a visiting professor at the University of Pennsylvania. In 2006 she was named the Benjamin R. Collins Professor of Social Science at Haverford College, in addition her appointment as a professor in the department of political science.

Isaacs's research focuses primarily on democratization in Latin America, with a particular concentration on Guatemala and Ecuador. In 1993, Isaacs published the book Military Rule and Transition in Ecuador, 1972–1992. Isaacs provides in-depth historical context for the ascent of and successful 1972 coup by Guillermo Rodríguez Lara, and through field research she analyzes his regime, the causes of its downfall, and the following transition to democratic civilian rule. Isaacs's research also concerns Mexico, and Central America more broadly. She has a particular expertise in the politics of migration and refugees.

Isaacs has been interviewed for television networks, including the Public Broadcasting System, about the political, economic, and human rights situations in Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador from which thousands of youthful refugees have been fleeing across several nations into the United States. Her interviews in news media include frequent expert quotes in The New York Times, where she was one of the primary subjects of an episode of The Daily in May 2020 and a related story documenting disruptions to college education as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Other outlets that have interviewed or cited Isaacs include Time, Vox, and The Christian Science Monitor. Isaacs has also published frequently in news media outlets, including multiple articles in The New York Times, and in The Washington Post.

From 2000 to 2003, Isaacs was Director of the Haverford Center for Peace and Global Citizenship.

During the 2014–2015 school year, Isaacs was Chair of the Political Science Department at Haverford College. From March 2018 to March 2020, Isaacs was a Global Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center.

Isaacs is a past winner of the American Political Science Association's Rowman & Littlefield Award in Innovative Teaching.

See also
 Children's immigration crisis

References

External links
 Anita Isaacs Homepage
 Military Rule and Transition in Ecuador, 1972-92 (1993)

Living people
Academic staff of McGill University
Alumni of the University of Oxford
Haverford College faculty
People from Montreal
Year of birth missing (living people)


title: Boxing at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Light welterweight

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The Light welterweight boxing competition at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland took place between 26 July and 2 August at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre.

Like all Commonwealth boxing events, the competition was a straight single-elimination tournament. Both semifinal losers were awarded bronze medals, so no boxers competed again after their first loss. Bouts consisted of three rounds of three minutes each, with one-minute breaks between rounds. Punches scored only if the front of the glove made full contact with the front of the head or torso of the opponent. Five judges scored each bout; three of the judges had to signal a scoring punch within one second for the punch to score. The winner of the bout was the boxer who scored the most valid punches by the end of the bout.

Schedule
All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Medalists

Results

References

Boxing at the 2014 Commonwealth Games


title: Billy Bloomfield

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William George Bloomfield (25 August 1939 – September 2003) was an English footballer who played as an inside left in the Football League for Brentford.

Career
Bloomfield joined Third Division South club Brentford at a young age and made his senior debut on 19 April 1957, in a 2–2 West London derby draw with Queens Park Rangers at Loftus Road. He made one further first team appearance against Coventry City in September 1957. Bloomfield spent much of his time at Griffin Park playing for the reserves, scoring 28 goals in 98 appearances. He retired in January 1960 due to failing eyesight and scored a hat-trick in his final reserve team match versus Gillingham.

Personal life
Bloomfield's older brother Jimmy was also a professional footballer. He was diagnosed with a severe eye disorder in the late 1950s.

Career statistics

References

1939 births
2003 deaths
Footballers from Kensington
English men's footballers
Brentford F.C. players
English Football League players
Southern Football League players
Men's association football inside forwards


title: South Side Extension

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The South Side Extension of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) was a rail line that ran from its Market Street Branch at West Yard Junction, on the west side of Wilmington, Delaware, across the Christina River to serve industrial areas on the south side of Wilmington. Originally built by the Delaware Western Railroad and opened in 1872, it became a branch of the B&O when that railroad bought the Delaware Western to obtain charter rights across Delaware for its new main line to Philadelphia.

Diverging at West Yard Junction, the South Side Extension turned southeast and crossed the Christina River on a swing bridge in the middle of the present Wilmington riverfront. It proceeded down the platted course of C Street to a wye at Bradford Street, and ran up the latter to Christiana Avenue, crossing and running parallel to the avenue as far as the Third Street bridge over the river. A long spur ran from the wye down C Street to the edge of Christiana Avenue. The B&O showed little interest in developing the South Side Extension, unlike the W&N, which aggressively expanded to serve industries in South Wilmington. It did operate a carfloat service from the Third Street dock at the end of the extension to serve industries on the north side of the river; the service began before 1888 and ended in 1903. An extension of the spur along C Street across Christiana Avenue to the Christiana River would have facilitated a carfloat connection to the Central Railroad of New Jersey, but the branch on the New Jersey side of the Delaware River was never completed. The tracks beyond the wye were largely removed or abandoned in the late 1920s, and the swing bridge was taken out of service around 1930 and removed in the late 1930s. The B&O arranged with the Reading to switch its remaining customers on the south side of the river, and continued to serve a few industries between West Yard Junction and the bridge.

References

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad lines
Wilmington, Delaware
Rail transportation in Delaware


The Adventures of Indiana Jones Role-Playing Game is a licensed pulp style action-adventure role-playing game published by TSR in 1984 that is based on the Indiana Jones movie franchise.

Publication history
In 1984, TSR gained the license to make a role-playing game based on Indiana Jones. It was released as a boxed set designed by John Byrne and David "Zeb" Cook, with artwork by Robert Amsel, Larry Elmore, Dennis Kauth, and Dave "Diesel" LaForce. A set of pewter miniatures was also marketed in 1984 for use with the game, which the players could choose to use instead of the cardboard cutouts that were provided with each book.

Although a number of adventures and supplements were published in 1984 and 1985, the game did not sell well. The company eventually allowed the license to expire, and publication stopped. All unsold copies of the game were destroyed at that time. (Employees at the UK office of TSR Hobbies mounted a portion of the burnt remains of the last copy in a small pyramid trophy made of Perspex. Beginning in 2000, the trophy became known as the "Diana Jones Award for Excellence in Gaming".)

In 1994, West End Games acquired the rights to publish their own Indiana Jones role-playing game, The World of Indiana Jones.

Setting
The setting of the game is historical, 1930's pulp era. Players can choose to set aspects of the game at any point in the mid-to-late 1930s. Some adventure packs establish a particular timeline, while others are left to the player's discretion.

System
Designed for 2 to 8 players, the game is run and scenes are laid out by a game master, called a referee. Each adventure pack specifies which of pre-made characters are available to be played, and provide a character dossier which displays their attributes, abilities, and a health chart. Provided maps, tables, and cut-out game pieces represent the setting and characters, and are used to determine character positioning, range, line of sight, and movement.

Characters
The players choose one of seven pre-made characters based on those from the movies: Indiana Jones, Marion Ravenwood, Short Round, Willie Scott, Sallah (the digger), Jock Lindsay (the pilot), or Wu Han (an old friend of Indy's).

Each character has seven attributes to decide basic factors in the game: Strength (physical strength), Movement (action speed), Prowess (manual dexterity, coordination), Backbone (courage, determination), Instinct (perception, intuition), and Appeal (personality, physical attractiveness). When a particular feat is attempted, a check is made against the character's appropriate attribute by rolling a d100. Modifiers to the roll or attribute may be applied by the referee, based on game circumstances. If one rolls lower than their modified attribute score, the action is successful. If it is higher, the action fails. Outcome is determined by the referee.

The character generation rules for the TSR game was introduced in the accessory pack IJAC1, Judge's Survival Guide, a year after the game was introduced.

Combat
Combat is done in turns, each of which equals five seconds of in-game time. Players with the highest movement attribute have the chance to act first with a check against that attribute. Whether one is able to land a blow depends on a check against their prowess attribute, and the amount of damage done is determined by a "Modified Check Table" provided in the game rules. There are three levels of damage: light, medium, and serious. The reversed number rolled for the prowess check, looked up on the provided "Action Results Table" determines where the blow landed, if not otherwise decided by the referee. Other forms of combat, such as shooting are done in the same way, only the provided maps must be used to determine range and line of sight. No formal system of hit points or determining actual character death is put forth, and instead is left to the referee as a role-play element.

Themes
Most of the themes of the game are centered on the movies and comics, with Indiana Jones and his companions procuring items of archeological importance, while battling Nazis, rival archeologists, violent natives, gangsters, and anything else the referee chooses to put forth in the storyline. Even in the prepared adventure packs, sequence results are largely left open to player determination based on referee guidance.

Many of the modules published had no specific year in which the adventure took place; however, the setting of Temple of Doom was in 1935, and the setting of Raiders of the Lost Ark was in 1936. Material from the comic series, Further Adventures of Indiana Jones was used for plots in some of the TSR publications.

Products

Adventure packs
IJ1 - Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Adventure Pack. Tracy Hickman & Michael Dobson (TSR, 1984)
IJ2 - Raiders of the Lost Ark Adventure Pack. Douglas Niles (TSR, 1984)
IJ3 - Indiana Jones, Crystal Death. Tracy Hickman (TSR, 1984)
IJ4 - Indiana Jones, the Golden Goddess. Ed Carmien (TSR, 1985)
IJ5 - Indiana Jones, Nepal Nightmare Adventure Pack. Marlene Weigel (TSR, 1985)
IJ6 - Indiana Jones, Fourth Nail Adventure Pack. Tracy Hickman (TSR, 1985)

Accessory packs
IJAC1 - Indiana Jones, Judge's Survival Johnson, Harold. (TSR, 1985)

Reception
Paul Mason reviewed The Adventures of Indiana Jones for Imagine magazine, and stated that "while the game structure is spot on, the execution is poor, making me feel overall that the game is a missed opportunity."

Adrian Knowles reviewed The Adventures of Indiana Jones for White Dwarf #61, giving it an overall rating of 7 out of 10, and stated that "Although I found the game to be quite enjoyable (but then I  the evening propping up a bar before tackling it) it only has appeal as a 'one-off' game - good for a break but unlikely to have lasting appeal. It is fun, however, and no matter what crazy stunt you attempt, Indy will survive."

Steve Crow reviewed The Adventures of Indiana Jones in Space Gamer No. 73. Crow commented that "Indiana Jones is so locked into the concept of the two movies that it is practically useless for anything outside of reenacting the movies or similar plots. FGU's Daredevils and Hero Games' Justice Inc. both take a broader look at the genre of 30s roleplaying, giving you a chance to take your life into your own hands with characters of your own creation. Indiana Jones does neither."

While reviewing West End Games' The World of Indiana Jones in 1994 for Dragon #215, Rick Swan recalled TSR's product, and blamed its quick demise on both the "elementary mechanics" and the lack of a character creation system, pointing out that "Instead of dreaming up your own PC, you simply assumed the role of your favorite character from the films. Thus, the game ensured a flurry of fist-fights as players squabbled over who got to be Indy."

Other reviews
Different Worlds #39 (May/June, 1985)
 Casus Belli #22 (Oct 1984)
Jeux & Stratégie #30
The Complete Guide to Role-Playing Games

References

External links
Indiana Jones Role-playing Games

Historical role-playing games
Role-playing game
Pulp and noir period role-playing games
Role-playing games based on films
Role-playing games introduced in 1984
TSR, Inc. games


title: Swimming at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's 50 metre butterfly

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The women's 50 metre butterfly event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 26 and 27 July at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow, Scotland.

The medals were presented by Tony Ward, International Paralympics Committee Technical Delegate and the quaichs were presented by Mike Summers, Chairman of the Falkland Islands Overseas Games Association.

Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Commonwealth Games records were as follows.

The following records were established during the competition:

Results

Heats

Semifinals

Finals

References

External links

Women's 050 metre butterfly
Commonwealth Games
2014 in women's swimming


title: Roy Hart (footballer)

text:
Roy Ernest Hart (30 May 1933 – June 2014) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Brentford as a centre half.

Career statistics

References

1933 births
Footballers from Acton, London
English men's footballers
Brentford F.C. players
English Football League players
2014 deaths
Men's association football wing halves


title: The World of Indiana Jones

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The World of Indiana Jones is a role-playing game published by West End Games, based on the Indiana Jones franchise. West End Games acquired the rights to publish an Indiana Jones role-playing game ten years after the publication of TSR's The Adventures of Indiana Jones Role-Playing Game (1984).

History
A role-playing game based on the Indiana Jones movies was produced by West End Games (WEG) in 1994, called The World of Indiana Jones. It was designed by Brian Sean Perry and was offered in a boxed set, and several adventure modules were written for it. Two sets of pewter miniatures were marketed for use with the game.

Setting
The setting of the game is historical, 1930s pulp era. Players can choose to set aspects of the game at any point in the mid-to-late 1930s. Some adventure packs establish a particular timeline, while others are left to the player's discretion.

System
WEG published The World of Indiana Jones game using its Masterbook system. The supplement Indiana Jones Adventures (1996) included conversion rules for using the D6 System instead.

Characters
The game gave players the option of creating their own characters for The World of Indiana Jones setting.

Themes
The source books were very detailed with information that went beyond what was seen in the films.

Products
Indiana Jones and the Rising Sun. Bill Olmesdahl & David Pulver (WEG, 1994)
Raiders of the Lost Ark. Peter Schweighofer (WEG, 1994)
Indiana Jones and the Tomb of the Templars. Ken Cliffe, Greg Farshtey & Teeuwynn Woodruff (WEG, 1995)
Indiana Jones and the Lands of Adventure. Sanford Berenberg, Bill Smith & John Terra (WEG, 1995)
Indiana Jones and the Golden Vampires. James Estes, Evan Jamieson, Brian Sean Perry & Lisa Smedman (WEG, 1995)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Adam Gratun, Evan Jamieson, Richard Meyer (WEG, 1996)
Indiana Jones Adventures. John Robey, Peter Schwighofer, George Strayton, Paul Sudlow, Eric S. Trautmann(WEG, 1996)
Indiana Jones Artifacts. Scott Baron & John Terra (WEG, 1996)
Indiana Jones and the Sky Pirates and other Tales. Greg Farshtey & John Terra (WEG, 1996)Indiana Jones Magic & Mysticism; The Dark Continent''. Lee Garvin (WEG, 1997)

References

External links

Historical role-playing games
Role-playing game
Masterbook system
Permadeath games
Pulp and noir period role-playing games
Role-playing games based on films
Role-playing games introduced in 1994
West End Games games


title: Heart O'North Conference

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The Heart O'North, or HON, is a high school athletic conference in northwestern Wisconsin. It participates in the WIAA.

Current schools
Current schools in the Heart O'North are:

Former Members

See also
List of high school athletic conferences in Wisconsin

References

External links
Heart O'North Conference Website

Wisconsin high school sports conferences
High school sports conferences and leagues in the United States
Associations of schools


title: Swimming at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's 200 metre butterfly

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The women's 200 metre butterfly event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 28 July at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow, Scotland.

The medals were presented by Takitoa Taumoepeau, Secretary General of the Tonga Sports Association and National Olympic Committee and the quaichs were presented by Annette Knott, Secretary General of the Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee.

Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Commonwealth Games records were as follows.

Results

Heats

Finals

References

External links

Women's 200 metre butterfly
Commonwealth Games
2014 in women's swimming


title: Conan Role-Playing Game

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The Conan Role-Playing Game is a fantasy role-playing game published by TSR, Inc. in 1985 that is based on the Conan the Barbarian stories by Robert E. Howard, Lin Carter, Andrew J. Offutt. and Robert Jordan.

Description
Conan is a role-playing game where the players take on the roles of Conan and his companions, following adventures similar in nature and theme to Howard's stories.

Character generation
A player decides on a country of origin for their character, and then purchases talents using an allotment of 35 points. Players can gain more points by voluntarily adding a flaw to their character, such as "fear of heights" or "weakness for drink." The talents are grouped into several categories; no more than 5 points can be spent on any one talent, and at least one talent must be purchased from each category. Completing an adventure provides the player with more points with which to improve old talents or purchase new ones.

Skill resolution
To resolve any action, including combat, the player rolls a die against their character's ability in that area, then cross references the result on a color-coded result table that indicates success or failure, and the consequences.

Scenario
The game comes with an introductory scenario, The Tower of the Elephant, adapted from Howard's story of the same name.

Publication history
In 1984, TSR published Marvel Super Heroes, a role-playing game designed by Jeff Grubb, although Grubb acknowledged he received assistance from  Zeb Cook.

The following year, Zeb Cook adapted the rules from Marvel Super Heroes for a new role-playing game, Conan. This boxed set, with cover art by Jeffrey Butler and interior art by Jeff Easley, was designed for players age 10 and up and contained a full-color map, a 32-page rule book, a 16-page reference guide of talents, weaknesses, and charts, and a 48-page notebook about the land of Hyboria plus two 10 sided dice.

TSR produced three adventures for the game in 1985:
Conan the Buccaneer (based on the novel by Lin Carter)
Conan the Mercenary (based on the novel by Andrew J. Offutt)
Conan the Triumphant (based on the novel by Robert Jordan)

ZeFRS
Mark Krawec, a member of the RPGnet community, recovered the system from the past in 2007, named it ZeFRS (Zeb's Fantasy Roleplaying System) and published a free PDF document where the game mechanics had been completely expurgated from any licensed Conan material. Two years later, in 2009, a ZeFRS paperback book was printed and distributed.

Reception
Mike Dean reviewed Conan RPG for Imagine magazine, and stated that "In conclusion, this game has some interesting concepts but is lacking in certain respects, notably the magic system and the slant towards the younger gamer."

Pete Tamlyn reviewed Conan for White Dwarf #69, giving it an overall rating of 7 out of 10, and stated that "It's a great shame. With a bit of care it could have been a very good product. Most of the errors are essentially cosmetic and even with them I still prefer it to AD&D."

In Issue 45 of Different Worlds C.J. Henderson found the rules "not particularly well-organized, and there are occasional references to things which are either poorly explained or not covered at all. Henderson noted that "Compared to many other roleplaying combat systems, Conan can best be described as crude. This is not to say ill-conceived, but rather that it does not bog gamemasters and players down with infinite, time-consuming detail." XXX did not like the introductory scenario, pointing out that anyone familiar with Howard's stories would know the entire plot. Henderson also felt the adventure "railroaded" the players along only one possible storyline. Henderson concluded by giving the game a rating of  3 out of 4, saying, "If you can enjoy the freedom of using an easily-learned rules set that leaves plenty of options, Conan is great. It makes a pleasant break from more detailed fantasy campaigning and it is certain to have its players rereading the Conan stories in search of inspiration."

In his 1990 book The Complete Guide to Role-Playing Games, game critic Rick Swan thought this game was perfect for beginners, writing, "Though clearly not as sophisticated as say, Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, the game's streamlined rules and clearly defined characters make it an excellent introduction to fantasy role-playing." Swan did note "That Conan remains true to its source material is both a strong point and a weakness. Fans of the Howard stories will feel right at home, but others may feel frustrated by the narrow focus; magic, for instance, is downplayed here, as it is in the stories." Swan concluded by giving the game a rating of 3 out of 4, saying, "As for solving the game's biggest problem — namely, which player gets to play Conan — the referee is on his own."

See also
 Conan Unchained!
 Conan Against Darkness!
 GURPS Conan
 Conan: The Roleplaying Game
 Conan: Adventures in an Age Undreamed Of

References

Fantasy role-playing games
Role-playing games based on Conan the Barbarian
Role-playing games introduced in 1985
TSR, Inc. games


title: Hayke Veldman

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Habbo Siebold "Hayke" Veldman (born 5 November 1969) is a Dutch politician, he was a member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands for the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy from 25 June 2014 until 30 March 2021.

Life
Veldman was born on 5 November 1969 in Zoetermeer.  After attending high school in Rosmalen, he proceeded to study history at the Radboud University Nijmegen between 1989 and 1995. Veldman worked as a policy worker for the municipalities of Geldermalsen, Eindhoven, Arnhem and Helmond between 1996 and 2010. He's has had its own consultancy since 2010.
He was member of the municipal council of Nijmegen from 16 March 2006 until 9 July 2014. On 25 June 2014 he entered the House of Representatives when he replaced Pieter Litjens, who became alderman in Amsterdam. His term in office ended 23 March 2017. He re-entered the House on 31 October 2017. During the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands he was party spokesperson for the issue.
After his departure from the Chamber, Veldman started up his consultancy firm again. On March 8, 2021, he was appointed chairman of the Tilburg Court of Audit by the Tilburg city council. As of February 1, 2022, Veldman is a member of the Advisory Board on Regulatory Pressure. On May 21, 2022, Veldman was elected the new president of the Royal Dutch Swimming Federation. Veldman has been an envoy for the Green Deal Sustainable Care since June 1, 2023.

References

1969 births
Living people
People from Zoetermeer
Radboud University Nijmegen alumni
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy politicians
Municipal councillors of Nijmegen
Members of the House of Representatives (Netherlands)
21st-century Dutch politicians


title: Swimming at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's 200 metre individual medley

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The women's 200 metre individual medley event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 27 July at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow, Scotland.

The medals were presented by Louise Martin, Honorary Secretary of the Commonwealth Games Federation, Immediate Past Chair of Commonwealth Games Scotland and Vice-Chair of Glasgow 2014 and the quaichs were presented by Dr Fiona McEwan, Vice-Chair of Commonwealth Games Scotland.

Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Commonwealth Games records were as follows.

Results

Heats

Final

References

External links

Women's 200 metre individual medley
Commonwealth Games
2014 in women's swimming


title: George Lowden (footballer)

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George Lowden (born 2 March 1933) is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League for Brentford as a left back.

Career
Lowden began his career as an amateur in the reserve team at Brentford and signed professionally for the club in 1953, after completing his National Service in Egypt. He made his debut in a 4–1 Second Division defeat to Doncaster Rovers on 10 September 1953. Lowden managed only 29 senior appearances for the Bees in eight years at Griffin Park, but made over 200 appearances for the reserve team and was developed as a centre half.

Career statistics

References

1933 births
Footballers from Isleworth
English men's footballers
Brentford F.C. players
English Football League players
Southern Football League players
Men's association football fullbacks
Hounslow F.C. players
Hillingdon Borough F.C. players
Living people


title: Antonino Borzì

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Antonino Borzì (20 August 1852, in Castroreale – 24 August 1921, in Lucca) was an Italian botanist.

Life and career
Antonino Borzì became a professor of botany at the University of Palermo in 1879 and at the University of Messina in 1892. In 1889 he was involved in reestablishing the Orto Botanico "Pietro Castelli" dell'Università di Messina. From 1892 to 1921 he was director of Orto botanico di Palermo.

Antonino Borzì was the first who described the biopolymer cyanophycin in 1887.

Works (selection)
 . Messina, 1883-1894
 . Palermo, 1894-1909
 . Messina, 1885
 . Messina, 1884
 . Messina, 1886
 . Palermo, 1905
 . Rome, 1911
 . 1915
 . Palermo, 1917
 . Rome, 1920

1852 births
1921 deaths
19th-century Italian botanists
20th-century Italian botanists
Academic staff of the University of Palermo
Academic staff of the University of Messina


title: Sid Gepford

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Sidney "Sunshine" Gepford  (December 15, 1896 – September 9, 1924) was an American football halfback who played one season in the American Professional Football Association (APFA) with the Decatur Staleys.  He is considered one of the first APFA/NFL players to die, since the league's formation in 1920, and the first as a result of football-related head injuries.

Early life and education
Gepford was born in Decatur, Illinois, the youngest child of Capitola (Knight) and John F. Gepford, the custodians of the Decatur Poor Farm.  He attended Stephen Decatur High School in Decatur. He first enrolled at Millikin University before attending Bethany College.

Football career
With the Millikin Big Blue, Gepford played halfback and quarterback for the football team whilst captaining and playing running guard for the basketball team. In November 1919, he and teammate Roy Adkins joined the Staleys for their game against the Taylorville Independents, which the Staleys won. However, the two were exposed by Millikin head coach Norman Wann and banned from Millikin athletics for violating their amateur athlete statuses, though they were allowed to remain in school. They permanently joined the Staleys for the remainder of the year and into 1920, with Gepford playing quarterback/halfback for the football team and was a member of the basketball team. He also worked for A. E. Staley in the summer.

In 1922, Gepford and Adkins enrolled at Bethany College on the advice of a former Millikin coach. As Bethany did not have rules regarding amateur eligibility, the two were also joined by players from the Staleys. During a 1923 game against Butler, Gepford suffered multiple concussions but continued to play. Due to the injury, he began experiencing headaches that persisted while he worked at Staley and prepared for his new job as athletic director and high school history teacher at Marion High School in Marion, Illinois. On September 9, 1924, he committed suicide by gunshot, which his mother attributed to his concussion (chronic traumatic encephalopathy).

References

Further reading
 Cassidy, Alex (2022). Sunshine: The Tragic True Story of the NFL's First Suicide,  ASIN:  B0B3F48B7W

External links
Just Sports Stats

1896 births
1924 suicides
1924 deaths
Players of American football from Illinois
American football halfbacks
Millikin Big Blue football players
Bethany Bison football players
Decatur Staleys players
Suicides by firearm in Illinois
Players of American football with chronic traumatic encephalopathy


title: Swimming at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's 200 metre individual medley SM10

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The women's 200 metre individual medley SM10 event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 29 July at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow, Scotland.

The medals were presented by Sam Ramsamy, Vice President of FINA and the quaichs were presented by Adam Paker, Chief Executive Officer of Commonwealth Games England.

Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Commonwealth Games records were as follows.

Results

Heats

Finals

References

Women's 200 metre individual medley SM10
Commonwealth Games
2014 in women's swimming


title: Something Good (Richard Rodgers song)

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"Something Good" is a song written by Richard Rodgers for the 1965 film version of the 1959 stage musical, The Sound of Music. It replaced the original song sung by Maria and Captain Georg von Trapp called "An Ordinary Couple". Since then the song has been used in the various reproductions of the play and most recently the 2015 television special, The Sound of Music Live.

Background
It was first recorded by Julie Andrews and playback singer Bill Lee (dubbing over the voice of actor Christopher Plummer) for the film's soundtrack and was covered by Carrie Underwood and Stephen Moyer on the television special's soundtrack. In The Making of The Sound of Music by Max Wilk, Wilk stated that when Robert Wise and Saul Chaplin discussed replacing "An Ordinary Couple" with Rodgers, he automatically agreed to the idea and admitted he and lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II had been talking of replacing the song but Hammerstein had been too ill to do so. This was not the only song to be written for the film: another song, "I Have Confidence", was also added. Owing to the popularity of these songs in the film, both have sometimes been integrated into stage productions, with "Something Good" often replacing "An Ordinary Couple".

Themes
The song is a confession of love between Maria Kutschera and Captain Georg von Trapp. It appears in the film shortly after Maria returns to the house and after the Captain and Baroness Schräder have their falling out. A 2004 article of American Music said that the song could be interpreted on two levels. The magazine asserted that on a literal level, it is a song about redemption between Maria's past (and the real woman's difficult childhood and suspicion of the Church) contrasted with the Captain's "loving response to her." However, the article continued that the song covertly provides a "rationale for America's response to Salzburg" in the wake of Nazism—that Europe essentially had a good heart.

Legacy
As with the film, the song is used in 2013 production of The Sound of Music Live! as a confession of love between Maria (played by Carrie Underwood) and the Captain (played by Stephen Moyer) shortly after the falling out between the Captain and Baroness Schräder. It comes right after the musical number with the Captain, Baroness Schräder and Max Detweiler, "No Way to Stop It", in the broadcast. In a review of the production, Entertainment Weekly considered the song "boring" stating "This snoozefest is the musical representation of why some people say they can’t sit through Sound of Music, and that the song "is actually, well, bad." Prior to the production's live broadcast, Underwood and Moyer would record a studio recording for the production's soundtrack.

The song was used by Elaine Stritch to close Elaine Stritch at Liberty, her one-woman, Tony Award-winning 2002 Broadway show.

References

1965 songs
Carrie Underwood songs
Male–female vocal duets
Songs with music by Richard Rodgers
Songs from The Sound of Music
Songs written for films


title: Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (comic)

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Advanced Dungeons & Dragons was a comic book produced by DC Comics under license from TSR.

Publication history
From 1988 to 1991, DC Comics published several licensed D&D comics, including Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, Dragonlance, Forgotten Realms, and Spelljammer. Advanced Dungeons & Dragons debuted in October 1988, after the Dragonlance series.

Dan Mishkin was the primary author during the title's three year run.

Creator Jeff Grubb also wrote four fill-in issues. Michael Fleisher also wrote for the series. Jan Duursema was the primary artist for the comic book series for three years. Duursema drew issues #1-22, 24-30, 33-36, and Annual #1 (1988–91), while Ron Randall also provided artwork for issue #8, and Tom Mandrake illustrated issues ##23, 31-32, and Annual #1 (1990-1991).

Elliot S. Maggin served as an editor for DC from 1989 to 1991 and oversaw the licensed TSR titles, including Advanced Dungeons & Dragons.

In October 1991, the TSR license expired, with Advanced Dungeons & Dragons ending at issue 36.

Plot
The series follows the exploits of a group of adventurers in the Forgotten Realms city of Mystara. The main arc is broken into shorter stories 2-4 issues long.

The Gathering. #1-4
An ancient evil rises and threatens the Realms, only a motley band of adventurers can stop it.

The Spirit of Myrrth. #5-8
The party investigates the Jester's Guild in Waterdeep, and confronts the spirit of a long dead Jester King

Catspaw. #9-12
Timoth the Centaur takes a job as a courier. His first assignment draws the attention of Waterdeep's organized crime, headed by Xanathar the Beholder.

Spell Games. #13-16
Vajra confronts her past as a slave and gladiator in the Arena of Blood. Meanwhile, a boy under Connor's protection is kidnapped.

Kyriani's Story. #17-18
The story of Priam's half-sister (and half-elf): Kyriani.

Phases of the Moon. #19-22
Selune, goddess of the moon, has arrived at Waterdeep. Ties in with the Avatar novels by Richard Arlinson.

Lawyers! #23
Onyx the dwarf owes a debt to the mysterious Lawyers and not even the mighty wizard Khelben and the Lord of Waterdeep himself, Peirgeiron, may be able to help him.

Scavengers. #24-26
After a vicious battle with a band of savage orcs, Timoth is badly wounded and will die soon if he cannot reach a healer. Vajra, also wounded, must somehow trek through the merciless blizzard with her centaur friend in tow if they are to survive to fight another day.

Death and the Dragon's Eye. #27-30
Kyriani is on the run from the law, accused of a murder she did not commit.

Pillar of Gold. #31-32
Onyx the Invincible is reunited with his long thought dead father. They embark on an quest to unearth a lost treasure said to be located somewhere in the bowels below Waterdeep.

Summer in the City. #33
When the warrior, Vajra, and the centaur, Timoth, engage in a friendly arm-wrestling bout the stakes become even greater than anyone could have hoped to realize.

Rites and Wrongs. #34-36
Conner returns to Waterdeep with the scam to end all scams. Against her friends' better judgement, Vajra embarks on this one last quest with the rogue who has both betrayed and saved her life time and again. Timoth and Onyx mount a desperate rescue attempt to save Kyri.

Characters

Main characters

Priam Agrivar
A human paladin with a past addiction to alcohol

Vajra Valmey Jar
A female human fighter and former slave gladiator, who survived the Manshaka Arena of Blood

Onyx the Invincible
Male dwarf fighter/thief and best friend of Timoth

Timoth Eyesbright
Male centaur fighter and friend of Onyx

Cyriana of Shadowdale
Half-Elf Magic User

Connor
Human rogue with a shady past

Other characters
Kyriani
 Female half-elf/half-drow, half sister to Priam

Khelben "Blackstaff" Arunsun
appeared in the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons comic book as a friend, ally and occasional manipulator of the Waterdeep-based main characters.

Selûne
Minor goddess. Appeared as a supporting character in the series, masquerading as "Luna", the proprietor of an inn called "Selune's Smile".  Appearing mostly as a background character and occasional deus ex machina for the main story, her true identity was eventually discovered by all of the series' primary characters.  In the series' finale, Luna fully reclaimed her godly might (hidden behind an attic door within "Selune's Smile"), and ascended to the realms of the gods, bequeathing ownership of her inn to one of the series' leads.

References

External links
AD&D Comic Book Covers

Comics by Michael Fleisher
DC Comics titles
Dungeons & Dragons comics
Forgotten Realms


title: Dragonlance (comics)

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Dragonlance was a comic book produced by DC Comics under license from TSR. It featured new characters and stories in the world of Krynn, with appearances by some of the original characters from the Dragonlance books. The stories take place prior to the events of Dragons of Autumn Twilight.

Publication history
From 1988 - 1991, DC Comics published several licensed D&D comics, including Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, Dragonlance, Forgotten Realms, and Spelljammer. Dragonlance was first to be licensed and published with its first issue hitting the stands in August 1988.

Dan Mishkin was the primary writer for the Dragonlance (1988-1991) comic. Mishkin wrote issues #1-20, 22–25, and 28 (1988–1991), and Jack C. Harris also worked on issue #28 (1991).

Ron Randall illustrated issues #1-13, 16–19, 22–27, 30-32 (1988-1991); other artists on the series include Dave Hoover on issue #20 (1990), Alan Kupperberg, and Dave Simons. In 1989, Tony DeZuniga illustrated The DragonLance Saga Book Three, written by Roy Thomas.

Elliot S. Maggin served as an editor for DC from 1989 to 1991 and oversaw the licensed TSR titles, including Dragonlance. Kim Yale served as an editor for DC from 1991 to 1993 and oversaw their licensed titles.

The comic ran for 34 issues, ending in September 1991.

Characters

Main characters
Sturm Brightblade
Human Knight of Solamnia

Vandar Brightblade
Human Knight, and uncle of Sturm

Riva Silvercrown
Human Knight

Raistlin Majere
Human Magic User

Kalthanan
Dark Elf

Gnatch
Gnome

Minor characters
Kitiara uth Matar
Human warrior

Tanis Half-Elven
Half-elf warrior

References

Comics by Paul Kupperberg
DC Comics titles
Dragonlance
Dungeons & Dragons comics


title: A Line in the Sand (board game)

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A Line in the Sand is a board game published by TSR in 1991.

History
Paul Lidberg and Douglas Niles designed A Line in the Sand, which depicted the first US-Iraq War; it was one of the projects originating from TSR West, and was published the day the US bombing began thanks to Flint Dille's ability to convince the president of the company to make things move fast. The game made close to $500,000 for the company.

Strategic Simulations published A Line in the Sand, a computer game translation of the board game, in 1992.

References

External links

Board games introduced in 1991
Gulf War fiction
TSR, Inc. games


title: Retribution (2001 film)

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Retribution is the sixth episode of the British film series Hornblower. It was released on 15 April 2001, the week after the fifth episode, Mutiny, of which it is a continuation. It is based on the 1952 book Lieutenant Hornblower by C.S. Forester.

Plot
In January 1802 in Kingston, Jamaica, Hornblower and the other lieutenants of HMS Renown, Buckland, Bush and Kennedy, face a court-martial on the charge of mutiny. The tribunal consists of Commodore Pellew, Captain Hammond, and Captain Collins. Pellew is very fond of Hornblower, his former subordinate, while Hammond views the lieutenant as an overambitious schemer.

Events flash back and forth between the circumstances of six months previous (which is also covered by the previous film, Mutiny) and the court-martial. After Sawyer's failed attack on the Spanish fort, Buckland wants to admit to defeat and sail to Kingston, but Hornblower suggests they launch a bold surprise night assault on the fort by land and then trap the Spanish ships anchored in the bay beneath the fort. Thirty-three seamen, led by Randall, desert during the night. Because the desertion occurred under his command, Buckland tries to salvage his reputation by agreeing to Hornblower's plan. The landing force, led by Hornblower, Kennedy, and Bush, discovers the deserters all dead. Hornblower concludes they were killed not by the Spanish, but rebelling slaves.

A slave leader, "Colonel" Francois Lefanu, parlays with Buckland, admitting his men mistook the deserters for Spaniards. He demands the British leave Santo Domingo, asserting this is not their fight. Due to Buckland's blundering, a firefight begins accidentally. The shots alert the Spanish to the British attack. The landing party charges the fort, but is pinned down by heavy fire. Hornblower discovers a series of tunnels and leads some of the men inside; his quick thinking results in the capture of the fort. Using hot shot, the landing party fires the fort's cannons at three fleeing Spanish ships, disabling one.

After their victory, the British meet Colonel Francisco Manuel Ortega, the Spanish commander, who is strangely anxious to surrender the island to them, as long as the Spanish are allowed to board their ships and depart. The British soon discover why; the fort is under siege by the rebel slaves, and the Spanish are starving. At Hornblower's urging, Buckland stalls for time while a cannon is lifted up a cliff to where it can fire on the Spanish ships. Once they demonstrate that the Spanish ships are within range of the British cannon, Buckland obtains an unconditional surrender. Hobbs tries to free Sawyer, but fails. Hobbs then confronts Midshipman Wellard and accuses him of pushing Sawyer down the hold.

As the Spanish are surrendering, the slaves attack the fort. While evacuating the Spanish prisoners, Buckland orders Hornblower to blow up the fort. Bush and Kennedy disobey Buckland's order to remain aboard Renown and aid Hornblower in setting off the explosion, then help him return to Renown. Buckland gives Hornblower command of the Spanish ships. Later that night, the Spanish prisoners try to seize Renown. The attempt fails, due in large part to Hornblower leading his crew back aboard Renown during the fighting. Sawyer and Wellard are killed and Bush and Kennedy injured.

The tribunal members are unimpressed with Buckland when they learn that during the Spanish attempt to seize Renown, he was surprised in bed and spent the fight tied up in his cabin. In an effort to salvage his career, Buckland rashly states that Sawyer became mentally unstable because Hornblower pushed him into the hold. Buckland calls on Hobbs to back him, but Hobbs states that he does not know. During a recess, Pellew tells Hammond and Collins that instead of hanging Hornblower, they should promote him. Understanding the tribunal will blame someone for Sawyer's fall, and wanting to protect Hornblower, a dying Kennedy falsely tells the tribunal that he pushed Sawyer and acted alone.

Commodore Pellew tells Hornblower that one of the Spanish ships has been renamed HMS Retribution, that he has been promoted to commander, and that he is Retribution's new captain.

Cast

 Ioan Gruffudd as 3rd Lieutenant/Commander Horatio Hornblower
 David Warner as Captain James Sawyer
 Nicholas Jones as 1st Lieutenant/Acting Captain Buckland
 Paul McGann as 2nd Lieutenant William Bush
 Jamie Bamber as 4th Lieutenant Archie Kennedy
 Paul Copley as Matthews, Boatswain
 Sean Gilder as Styles, Boatswain's Mate
 Philip Glenister as Gunner Hobbs
 David Rintoul as Dr. Clive
 Terence Corrigan as Midshipman Wellard
 Gilly Gilchrist as Randall
 Paul Brightwell as Sergeant Whiting
 Antonio Gil as Colonel Francisco Manuel Ortega
 Hugh Quarshie as Francois Lefanu
 Katia Caballero as Señora Ortega
 Robert Lindsay as Commodore Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth
 Ian McElhinney as Captain Hammond
 John Castle as Captain Collins

References

External links

2001 television films
2001 films
2000s historical films
2000s war films
Films based on British novels
Films based on historical novels
Films based on military novels
Films set in the Caribbean
Films set in the 1800s
French Revolutionary Wars films
Hornblower (TV series)
Military courtroom films
War television films


The High Adventure Cliffhangers Buck Rogers Adventure Game was a role-playing game published by TSR in 1993.

Publication
Following lackluster response to the Buck Rogers Battle for the XXVth Century board game (1988), TSR decided to try again with a more conventional table-top RPG, this time based on the original 1928 Philip Francis Nowlan novel Armageddon, 2419 A.D. (Ace, Aug 1978, ) and subsequent 1929 comic strip continuity, in which resurgent tribal Americans overthrow their Red Mongol conquerors. The basic game was called the High Adventure Cliffhangers Buck Rogers Adventure Game (Sep 1993, ) and was co-designed by Jeff Grubb and Steven Schend. The High Adventure Cliffhangers Buck Rogers War Against The Han Campaign Supplement (Dec 1993, ) was designed by Steven Schend alone.

This new Buck Rogers role-playing game was a return to the themes of the original Buck Rogers comic strips. This game included biplanes and interracial warfare, as opposed to the space combat of the earlier Buck Rogers XXVC game. There were only a few expansion modules created for High-Adventure Cliffhangers. Shortly afterward, the game was discontinued, and the production of Buck Rogers RPGs and games came to an end. This game was neither widely advertised nor very popular. There were only two published products: the box set, and "War Against the Han".

Reception

Reviews
Dosdediez (Número 5 - Jul/Ago 1994)
Casus Belli #79

References

Buck Rogers
Role-playing games based on comics
Role-playing games introduced in 1993
Space opera role-playing games
TSR, Inc. games


title: Amar fue su pecado

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Amar fue su pecado, is a Mexican telenovela that aired on  Canal 4, Telesistema Mexicano in 1960. Directed by Rafael Banquells and starring Beatriz Aguirre.

Cast
 Beatriz Aguirre
 Magda Guzmán
 Ramón Gay
 Javier Guerrero
 Consuelo Guerrero de Luna
 Graciela Doring
 Francisco Jambrina
 Enrique del Castillo
 Roberto Araya
 Milagros de Real
 Tere Mondragón

Production
Original Story: Mimi Bechelani
Director: Rafael Banquells
Manager cameras: Leopoldo Labra

References

1960 telenovelas
Televisa telenovelas
Television shows set in Mexico City
1960 Mexican television series debuts
1960 Mexican television series endings
Spanish-language telenovelas


title: Crawford R. Thoburn

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Crawford Rockwell Thoburn (1862–1899) was an American Methodist minister and missionary.

Early life
Reverend Crawford Rockwell Thoburn was born in Nainital, India in 1862 to Bishop James M. Thoburn and Minerva Rockwell Thoburn. His mother died shortly after his birth, and Thoburn’s father, Bishop Thoburn, returned to America when Crawford Thoburn was about a year old, leaving him with grandparents Dr. Rockwell and his wife, in Evanston, Illinois. After the death of his grandparents, Thoburn was cared for by an Uncle, James Wilson, in Bellaire, Ohio.

Early career
Thoburn attended Allegheny College and graduated in 1885. After graduating, Thoburn entered the Methodist Conference and in 1886, he was sent to India as a missionary, where he was stationed at Bombay.

Career in the Northwest
After less than three years, Thoburn returned from India in poor health, and worked for a time recruiting in Kansas before joining the Puget Sound Conference. After several years in the conference, he was chosen to be the Chancellor of Puget Sound University (now University of Puget Sound), in Tacoma, Washington. Thoburn served as the head of the university from 1892-1898.  When the school was consolidated with the University of Portland, Thoburn moved to Portland but only stayed on as the Chancellor for another 8 months before accepting the pastorate of Centenary Church in Portland.

Family
Thoburn married Adelaide Spencer Bennett on April 3, 1889 in Hutchinson, Kansas. Adelaide Bennett had previously been a schoolmate in Meadville, PA, and the couple had four children at the time of Thoburn’s death.

References

External links
 President's Office Records, 1888-1942

American Methodist clergy
1862 births
1899 deaths
University of Portland faculty
American expatriates in India
19th-century Methodists
19th-century American clergy


title: Jimmy Kelly (American football)

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James J. Kelly Jr. (November 9, 1892 – August 1964) was an American football running back who played one season in the American Professional Football Association with the Detroit Heralds. He first enrolled at Saint Louis University before transferring to the University of Detroit.

References

External links
Just Sports Stats

1892 births
1964 deaths
American football running backs
Saint Louis Billikens football players
Detroit Titans football players
Detroit Heralds players


title: 113th Division

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In military terms, 113th Division or 113th Infantry Division may refer to:

 113th Division (People's Republic of China)
 113th Infantry Division (German Empire)
 113th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)


title: Paulus Verschuur

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Paulus Verschuur (1606 – 1667), was a Dutch mayor of Rotterdam, known today for his portrait by Frans Hals.

Biography
He was born in Rotterdam as the son of a textile merchant from Antwerp. He married Maria van Berckel in 1631, and three years later combined his business with that of his father-in-law.  He served seven terms as burgomaster of Rotterdam and was also a director of the Dutch East India Company. It is unknown why Verschuur travelled to Haarlem to have his portrait made.

In 1910 Hofstede de Groot documented this portrait with the following description: "Portrait of a Man M. 136.
He stands, seen almost to the knees. He is turned three-quarters right, and looks at the spectator. He rests his right hand on his hip. His left arm is enveloped in his cloak ; in the gloved left hand is his right-hand glove. He wears a black coat and cloak, a close-fitting lace collar, and a black felt hat. Signed with the monogram, and inscribed on the right, "AETAT SVAE 37. AN 1643 " ; canvas, 46 inches by 35 inches or 27 1/2 inches, according to the Bosch sale catalogue. Etched by J. Klaus. Exhibited at the Hudson-Fulton Celebration, Metropolitan Museum, New
York, 1909, No. 35. Sale. Ad. Jos. Bosch, Vienna, April 28, 1885, No. 20 (14,010 florins, Kaiser).
In the collection of Mrs. Collis P. Huntington, New York."

The sitter of this painting was only identified in 1954 after discovery of a copy made in 1700 by Pieter van der Werff for the Rotterdam chamber of the East India Company.

References

1606 births
1667 deaths
Mayors of Rotterdam
Frans Hals
Dutch East India Company people from Rotterdam


title: Montebuono, Sorano

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Montebuono is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Sorano, province of Grosseto, in the tuff area of southern Maremma. At the time of the 2001 census its population amounted to 37.

Montebuono is about 75 km from Grosseto and 12 km from Sorano, and it is situated along the Provincial Road which links Castell'Azzara and Elmo to Sovana. The village was known as Tucciano in the Middle Ages. It is composed by two hamlets: Appalto and Dispensa.

Main sights
 Sant'Andrea (13th century), main parish church of the village, it was built in the 13th century and later restructured many times. It contains some late-Renaissance paintings.
 Madonna del Cerro (17th century), church in the hamlet of Dispensa, it was built in 1686. It was restored in 1982.
 Castle of Montebuono, old castle of the village, it's now in ruins.

References

Bibliography
 Aldo Mazzolai, Guida della Maremma. Percorsi tra arte e natura, Florence, Le Lettere, 1997.

See also
 Castell'Ottieri
 Cerreto, Sorano
 Elmo, Sorano
 Montevitozzo
 Montorio, Sorano
 San Giovanni delle Contee
 San Quirico, Sorano
 San Valentino, Sorano
 Sovana

Frazioni of Sorano


title: John Pearson (footballer, born 1935)

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John Arthur Pearson (born 23 April 1935) is an English former football player and manager who played in the Football League for Brentford and Queens Park Rangers. An inside left, he later had a long career in non-League football.

Playing career

Brentford
An inside left, Pearson began his career at Third Division South club Brentford, after joining from Chase Of Chertsey in 1951. He was a part of the Brentford youth team which reached the semi-finals of the 1952–53 FA Youth Cup. He made his professional debut in a 3–0 victory over Colchester United on 10 September 1955. It proved to be his first of four appearances during the 1955–56 season. Pearson failed to establish himself in the first team at Griffin Park and made just one further appearance, before being released at the end of the 1957–58 season.

Queens Park Rangers
Pearson transferred to West London rivals Queens Park Rangers in June 1958. He had a good start to his career at Loftus Road, scoring six goals in 16 Third Division appearances during the 1958–59 season. He scored three goals in five appearances during the 1959–60 season, before departing the club.

Non-League football
After his release from Queens Park Rangers, Pearson dropped into non-League football, playing for Kettering Town, Dover, Folkestone Town, Stevenage Town, Crawley Town, Yiewsley and Chertsey Town.

Management career
While with Chertsey Town, Pearson served as player-manager at the club.

Career statistics

References

1935 births
Footballers from Isleworth
English men's footballers
Brentford F.C. players
English Football League players
Queens Park Rangers F.C. players
Kettering Town F.C. players
Dover F.C. players
Southern Football League players
Men's association football inside forwards
Folkestone F.C. players
Stevenage Town F.C. players
Crawley Town F.C. players
Hillingdon Borough F.C. players
Chertsey Town F.C. players
Living people
Chertsey Town F.C. managers
English football managers


The 2014–15 Santa Clara Broncos women's basketball team will represent Santa Clara University in the 2014–15 college basketball season. It is head coach JR Payne's first season at Santa Clara. The Broncos are members of the West Coast Conference and play their home games at the Leavey Center. They finished the season 11–18, 5–13 in WCC to finish in  seventh place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the WCC women's tournament where they lost to San Diego.

Roster

Schedule and results

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Rankings

See also
2014–15 Santa Clara Broncos men's basketball team
Santa Clara Broncos women's basketball

References

Santa Clara Broncos women's basketball seasons
Santa Clara
Santa Clara Broncos women's basketball
Santa Clara Broncos women's basketball


title: Swimming at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

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The women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 26 July at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow, Scotland.

The medals were presented by Kamalesh Sharma, Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations and the quaichs were presented by Tim Griffin, Vice-President and General Manager of Dell UK.

Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Commonwealth Games records were as follows.

The following records were established during the competition:

Results

Heats

Final

References

External links

Women's 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay
Commonwealth Games
2014 in women's swimming


title: Popcorn (Luiz Henrique and Walter Wanderley album)

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Popcorn is a 1967 jazz album by vocalist Luiz Henrique and organist Walter Wanderley with band on Verve Records. The album features Luiz Henrique, guitar and vocals, Walter Wanderley, organ; Sivuca, accordion; Romeo Penque, flute, Affonso de Paula, percussion, with James Kappes, Gary Chester, or Donald MacDonald on drums.

Track list

Personnel
 Sivuca - accordion
 David Krieger - art direction
 José Marino – bass
 Donald MacDonald (tracks: 3 to 5, 8 to 10), Gary Chester (2) (tracks: 2), James Kappes (tracks: 1, 6, 7, 1) – drums
 Melvin Tax (tracks: 1, 2, 6, 7, 11), Romeo Penque (tracks: 3 to 5, 8 to 10) – flute
 Luiz Henrique – guitar, vocals
 Walter Wanderley – organ, electric Piano, harpsichord
 Alfonso De Paula (tracks: 2), Luiz Henrique (tracks: 1, 3 to 11) - percussion
 Bob Morgan - producer

References

1967 albums
Walter Wanderley albums
Luiz Henrique Rosa albums


title: Lynn Allen

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Lynn D. Allen (February 27, 1891 – May 31, 1958) was an American football player and politician. He played college football for the University of Detroit and professional football for the Detroit Heralds. He also served as the Oakland County Clerk from 1932 until his death in 1958.

Allen was born in 1891 in Birmingham, Michigan, on a farm near Telegraph and Maple Roads. He began high school in Birmingham but transferred to Detroit Central High School as a sophomore, becoming a football star there. He then enrolled at the University of Detroit where he played for the 1917 Detroit Tigers football team that compiled an 8–1 record. He was rated as "one of the greatest halfbacks in University of Detroit football history." He enlisted in the Navy in 1918 during World War I.

He also played professional football for the 1920 Detroit Heralds. He appeared in two games for the Heralds. He lost a hand in a hunting accident in 1921.

Allen was elected as a Republican as the Oakland County Clerk in 1932. He was then reelected 12 more times. He died of heart failure in Grayling, Michigan, over the Memorial Day weekend in 1958.

References

1891 births
1958 deaths
Players of American football from Oakland County, Michigan
American football running backs
Detroit Titans football players
Detroit Heralds players
People from Birmingham, Michigan


title: Cold Mountain (opera)

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Cold Mountain is an American opera in two acts and an epilogue, with music by Jennifer Higdon and the libretto by Gene Scheer, based on Charles Frazier's 1997 novel of the same name. The opera is a co-commission between Santa Fe Opera, Opera Philadelphia and the Minnesota Opera, in collaboration with North Carolina Opera. The opera received its world premiere at Santa Fe Opera on 1 August 2015. This production coincided with the 150th anniversary of the ending of the American Civil War. Opera Philadelphia gave its first performance of the opera, in a slightly revised form, on 5 February 2016. North Carolina Opera gave the opera its home state premiere on 28 September 2017. The Minnesota Opera staged the opera in 2018 as part of its New Works Initiative. The Virginia Opera also featured performances of the opera during February 2021 as part of its themed "Love is a Battlefield" 2020–2021 season.

Composition history

The original commission for Higdon to compose her first opera, in collaboration with Scheer as librettist, came from the San Francisco Opera. Over the period of 2009 to 2011, the creators had searched for various subjects to adapt, which led to the choice of the novel Cold Mountain. However, complications related to securing the rights to adapt the novel, along with conflicts over financial demands and reports of clashes of working style with San Francisco Opera with respect to the creation of new operas, led to the lapsing of this commission.

Santa Fe Opera subsequently rescued this commission, in conjunction with the Opera Company of Philadelphia (now Opera Philadelphia) and the Minnesota Opera. Scheer began to write the libretto in autumn 2011, and Higdon began to compose the music in 2012. Higdon used her personal background of having lived in the Appalachia region of the US to assist Scheer with rendering portions of his libretto in a style of speech more authentic to the region, when needed: "I helped Gene 'southernize' the libretto. Gene's from New York, and he wasn't sure how to shape the language for the characters, so I took care of it. Those speech patterns felt very familiar.

Scheer estimated that 20 to 25% of the sung text in his libretto came directly from lines in the novel. Higdon took 20 months to complete her score. Workshops of the opera at the Curtis Institute of Music occurred in December 2012 for act 1 and in December 2013 for act 2.

In advance of the premiere, four of the five scheduled Santa Fe Opera performances sold out. This led Santa Fe Opera to add one more performance. As well, Santa Fe Opera secured an agreement with the Dutch recording label Pentatone to produce a commercial recording of the opera, captured live from the Santa Fe Opera production. The director of the premiere production at Santa Fe Opera was Leonard Foglia, with set design by Robert Brill, lighting design by Brian Nason, costumes by David C. Woolard and projection design by Elaine J. McCarthy. Miguel Harth-Bedoya was the conductor.

With respect to Opera Philadelphia, Cold Mountain is part of the company's "American Repertoire Program", a ten-year commitment to produce a contemporary American work each season. For the second production of Cold Mountain, at Opera Philadelphia, Higdon and Scheer made modest revisions. In late January 2016, Nathan Gunn withdrew from the Opera Philadelphia production because of a family medical emergency. Jarrett Ott, the understudy for Inman in both the Santa Fe Opera and Opera Philadelphia rosters, stepped into the role of Inman for the Opera Philadelphia performances.

The Pentatone commercial recording of Cold Mountain was released in April 2016. It received two Grammy nominations. In May 2016, Cold Mountain was the winner in the category of World Premiere at the International Opera Awards in London.

In July 2019, Cold Mountain made its West Coast Premiere at the Music Academy of the West 2019 Summer Festival.

Roles

Synopsis
In acts 1 and 2, the time of the opera is the American Civil War, 1865. The epilogue occurs 10 years after the close of act 2.

Act 1

W.P. Inman, a Confederate soldier wounded at the Battle of Petersburg, decides to desert from the Confederate Army and return home to Ada Monroe, his beloved who lives at Black Cove Farm, in North Carolina. Inman is aware of the Home Guard, which hunts down deserters from the Confederate Army.  The leader of the local Home Guard is Teague, who resorts to such practices as burying deserters alive.

On his journey home, Inman meets Solomon Veasey, whom he stops from committing murder.  Meanwhile, Ada, once privileged, leads a life of material desperation.  Ada meets Ruby, a mountain woman who teaches Ada about hunting and surviving.

Inman encounters Veasey again, near a river whilst fleeing the Home Guard, and bargains with him for passage across the river.  However, their vessel capsizes and the two drift down the river.  The next morning, Lila and her three sisters see Inman and Veasey.  Lila's husband drugs the two men before giving them up to the Home Guard.  Inman and Veasey are put on a chain gang of deserters.

Back at Black Cove Farm, Ruby finds her estranged father, Stobrod, a fiddler.  Strobod is trying to steal food.  Ruby wants nothing to do with her father, although he asserts that he has reformed his ways.  Teague approaches, and Ruby hides her father.  She later orders her father to stay away from her.

Inman starts an insurrection among the chain gang.  The guards shoot the entire chain gang, with a wounded Inman as the only survivor, chained to six dead prisoners.  He relives the day he bid Ada farewell, when he thought that the war would last but six months.  Inman then loses consciousness.

Act 2

Lucinda, a runaway slave, rifles through the pockets of the dead chain gang prisoners.  Inman regains consciousness and awakens, which startles her.  Lucinda frees Inman, who resumes his journey.

Back at Black Cove Farm, Stobrod and his traveling companion Pangle still rely upon Ruby and Ada for sustenance.  Stobrod tries to convince Ruby that he is a changed man, but Ruby remains skeptical.

Inman meets Sara, a war widow, who is trying to comfort her baby.  Inman helps her, gains her trust, and is invited to spend the night.

At Black Cove Farm, Teague appears, with a copy of the newspaper that lists the names of deserters, on which Ruby sees her father's name.

The next morning, Inman and Sara react quickly when Union soldiers appear.

At a campfire in the woods, Teague and his men confront Stobrod and Pangle, shoot them and leave them for dead.  Ada finds the two men, and expresses compassion for Stobrod ("I feel sorry for you").

Ada later goes hunting in the woods.  There, she and Inman reunite.  The other characters whom Inman has encountered on his odyssey appear to Inman, and urge him to tell Ada about his adventures ("Tell her of the slave you met"; "Tell her how the boat went down").  The couple affirms their pledge to each other.  Teague continues his pursuit.  Ada and Inman consummate their love, on their final night together.  Eventually, Teague and the Home Guard track down Inman.  In the final battle, Inman is killed.

Epilogue
Nine years later, Ada is at her farm, with her child by Inman.

See also
List of compositions by Jennifer Higdon

References

External links
 Kristin Tillotson, "Minnesota Opera co-commissions Cold Mountain, Minneapolis Star Tribune (Artcetera blog), 6 May 2014
 Heidi Waleson, "Creating Cold Mountain: Student Singers Help to Shape a Major Modern Opera", Overtones (Curtis Institute of Music), Spring 2014
 Cold Mountain, Opera Philadelphia page
 "Cold Mountain makes East Coast Premiere February 5–14, 2016, at the Academy of Music." Opera Philadelphia press release, 5 January 2016
 Tom Huizenga, "Great Expectations: A New Season Of New Music". National Public Radio (Deceptive Cadence blog), 3 September 2014
 "Jennifer Higdon writes an opera", The Musicalist podcast, 12 February 2014
 Jim Cotter, "Jennifer Higdon on Cold Mountain". WRTI, 90.1 FM, 16 November 2012
 Mark Gresham, "Jennifer Higdon completes her new opera, Cold Mountain". EarRelevant blog, 17 September 2013
 Pentatone Records page on Cold Mountain
 Peter Dobrin, "Cold Mountain scores", The Philadelphia Inquirer, Blogs the Arts, 16 May 2016

Musical compositions about the American Civil War
Operas set in the 19th century
Operas set in the 1860s
Operas by Jennifer Higdon
Operas based on novels
Operas set in the United States
Operas
2015 operas
Operas based on the Odyssey
Modern adaptations of the Odyssey


title: Cartas de amor (TV series)

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Cartas de amor, is a Mexican telenovela that aired on  Canal 4, Telesistema Mexicano in 1960. Produced by Ernesto Alonso and starring Angélica María and Ernesto Alonso.

Cast
 Ernesto Alonso
 Angélica María
 Sergio Bustamante

Production
Original Story: Julio Alejandro
Adaptation: Julio Alejandro
Managing Director: Fernando Wagner
Production:  Ernesto Alonso

References

1960 telenovelas
Televisa telenovelas
Television shows set in Mexico City
1960 Mexican television series debuts
1960 Mexican television series endings
Spanish-language telenovelas


title: Joe Fitzgerald (American football)

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Joseph Morris Fitzgerald (March 6, 1899 – March 1, 1978) was an American football player.  He played at the end position for the 1920 Detroit Heralds during the first regular season of the NFL (then known as the American Professional Football Association).  He was the first player in NFL history to return an interception for a touchdown, and he was the Heralds' leading scorer in 1920 with 12 points on two touchdowns.

Early years
Fitzgerald was born in 1899 in Detroit, Michigan. His father was Andrew Fitzgerald, an immigrant from Canada. His mother, Anna, was also an immigrant from Canada.  In 1910, Fitzgerald was living with his parents and five siblings at Charlevoix, Michigan, where his father was a laborer in a gravel pit.

Fitzgerald attended Detroit's Western High School, and in 1918 he was employed by the Checker National Biscuit Co. in Detroit.

Professional football
In 1920, Fitzgerald played for the Detroit Heralds during the first regular season of the National Football League (then known as the American Professional Football Association).  The Heralds opened their season with a game against the Cleveland Panthers, played at Navin Field on October 10, 1920. The Heralds won by a 40-14 score, and Fitzgerald, the Heralds' substitute left end, scored the team's fourth touchdown.

On October 24, 1920, Fitzgerald appeared in the Heralds' game against the Columbus Panhandles as the team's starting left end. Fitzgerald scored the only points of the game, as he intercepted a pass from Frank Nesser and returned it 85 yards for a touchdown.  Fitzgerald's score against Columbus was the first interception return for a touchdown in NFL history.

With 12 points on two touchdowns, Fitzgerald was the leading scorer on the 1920 Heralds team.

Later years
In his later years, Fitzgerald lived in Grand Rapids, Michigan.  He died there in 1978 at age 78. He was buried at the Resurrection Cemetery in Wyoming, Michigan.

References

1899 births
1978 deaths
Players of American football from Grand Rapids, Michigan
Players of American football from Detroit
American football wide receivers
Detroit Heralds players
People from Charlevoix, Michigan


title: Swimming at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay

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The women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 29 July at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow, Scotland.

The medals were presented by Bruce Robertson, Vice-President of the Commonwealth Games Federation and the quaichs were presented by David Downie, President of Scottish Swimming.

Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Commonwealth Games records were as follows.

The following records were established during the competition:

Results

Heats

Final

References

Women's 4 x 100 metre medley relay
Commonwealth Games
2014 in women's swimming